8 Brevoort Pl., Thursday.
The details of the landing of the fleet at Port Royal fill all minds and mouths. I hope Georgy will have, from “our own correspondent” with the expedition, a full account of the landing of the 7th Connecticut, which seems to have been the first on shore. The sight of those vessels rounding to and sailing past, with sails spread, and the bands playing, and the men crying, instead of cheering, for joy! must all have been wonderful. The poor blacks coming down to the shore, with their little bundles in their hands, is the most touching of all. Every one asks me what I think now of the state of the country, and I say–the results of the expedition are good, as far as they go. We must have something more than a Hatteras fizzle this time.
Flags are shown from all the private houses today. Our’s is out again, and I dare say Broadway will be quite a sight.