Latest from Charleston--news from Nassau
Charleston, March 15.
--The Monitor iron-clad which was off the bar yesterday went southward late last evening.
She is supposed to be the Keokuk, from New York for Port Royal. A British steamer reached a Confederate port last night, loaded with merchandize. She brings Nassau dates to Thursday. The steamers Ruby, from Charleston, and Girsffe, from Wilmington, had arrived safely at Nassau. Many new steamers had reached Nassau from England, intending to run the blockade.
The prisoners taken at Hilton Head Island on Thursday night fully confirm the intelligence of Burnside's appointment to command the expedition against Charleston. He had not arrived at Port Royal on Thursday, but was hourly expected.
