FROM PORT
ROYAL
Arrival of the
Atlantic –
Another
Installment of Cotton –
The Steamer
Planter,
With More
Heavy Cannon,
Surrendered by
her Crew.
The steamer Atlantic, Capt. O. ELDRIDGE, arrived at
this port yesterday, having left Port Royal on May 14. She brings the mails, and 201 bags of cotton,
consigned to Collector Barnet.
Among her passengers are Brig.-Gen. GILMORE, who
conducted the siege of Fort Pulaski, Capt. A.B. ELY, Assistant Adjutant General
of Gen. BENHAM’s staff, and a large number of
subordinate officers.
Among the vessels in port was the rebel steamer Planter, a rebel
vessel, which had been brought in by ROBERT SMALLS, a contraband pilot. The
crew, with their families, who were on board, brought with them Charleston
papers of May 12. There were on the vessel seven heavy guns and one 8-inch
rifled cannon, which were to have been mounted on Fort Ripley, a work in course
of construction in Charleston harbor.
We are indebted to Purser FORDHAM, of the Atlantic, for favors.