The New York Herald Newspaper, August 6, 1863, Page 6

4 NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, EDITOR AND PKOPRIETOR. OFFICE ¥. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU Volume XXVIII .. AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. NIBLO’S GARDEN, Broadway.—Tux Doge's Morro. WALLACK'S THEATRE, Last. WINTER GARDEN, Brosdway.—Sxnious Famuy—Leau, Broadway,—Trux 10 THE ¥ THEATRE, Bowery.—ArteRNoON—New yah BOWERY TeAnas Cunr—Preares Lecaot Evenino—Damon anv I as—Two Buzzarps—Drovexs ‘ov THE Norta—JoLLy Col THEATRE, Bowery.—ArteRNoon—Peren Pk Linp—Jack Roninson. | Eveninc—Tax Bixes—Sextoaes IN InpI4a—AnteuL Dopexk—Fe.on's Daxam, (UM'S AMERICAN MUSEUM, Broadway.—Livina eats —Ouana OUTANGAUTOMATON W RITEK, 0. Bt all hours. Maw or MuNstek—Tayinc It Ox.—Afternoon and Evening. WOOD'S MINSTREL BALL. 514 WV. —-EPRIOPLAN 4 & Broadwat ? Foros, Danoxs. &c.—Tanckt Exounsion aNd PaNoRaMa or rae Norte River.—Afternoon and Evening. NEW IDEA THEATKE, 6% Broadway.—Tuz Western Court —Afternoon and Evening. NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 618 Broadway. Cuntoarnes and Lectures, from 9 A. M. ‘till 10 P. M. NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1863. insurrection. The Star regards everything as indicating the rapid exhaustion of South- ern The Daily News expatiates of Grant, Meade and and the unimpaired efficiency of the resources. on the Rosecrans, victories pending in 1861, with the Navy Department in Washington, for his firm to construct vessels for the Union navy. There is nothing, however, to show by what authority the anonymous individuals used the name of the Secretary of the Navy. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. By the arrival of the steamer Hecla off Cape Race yesterday we have advices from Europe to the 29th ult, Details of the news, which is very interesting, may be found in another part of to- day’s paper. The Aspinwall steamer Northern Light, Captain Tinklepaugh, arrived at this port yesterday. She brings us very interesting news from Central and South America, which will be found fully detailed in our correspondents’ letters. The war between HOOLEY'’S OPERA HOUSE. Brooklyn.—Brmsorius Fones, Dances, Buacxscuns. &c. New ¥ ork, Thursday, August 6, 1863. THE SITUATION. Everything along the front of the Potomac army ‘was reported quiet yesterday morning. On the previous night the enemy opened with their artil- lery at Rappahannock Station, creating seme con- fusion among our troops across the river. Our batteries from the bluff, however, soon quieted the rebel guns and restored order. It is thought that all General Lee’s forces are .south of the Ra- pidan river, except the corps of General A. P. Hill and one brigade of General Longstreet’s divi- sien, which occupies the old works at Fredericks- burg. By the arrival of the Adelaide at Fortress Mon- roe yesterday, we have news from Charleston to the 2d inat., two daysiater. When the Adelaide left Folly Island, on Sunday afternoon, the shore and water batteries were firing on Fort Wagner. Batteries Gregg and James Island were firing at our forces. On Saturday morning at eleven o'clock & column of rebel infantry made a eortie on one of the batteries in course of erection, but was re- pulsed with considerable loss. Our troops are in the best of spifits, and quite sanguine of success. Heavy reinforcements are pouring in to General Gillmore, and the reduction of Forts Wagner and Sumter is now regarded there as merely a matter of time. A blockader which attempted to run out of Charleston on Saturday night was sunk by the guns of the Ironsides. We give some very interesting items of news from the Southern papers to-day ; among the rest @ proclamation from General Lee, calling upon every man capable of bearing arms to turn out and strike a decisive blow for the independence of their homes and country. A despatch from Memphis of the 3d instant furnishes some information from Tennessee and Georgia. The Atlanta Appeal says that the rebel ‘War Department has determined to stop the navi- gation of the Mississippi by organizing a system of guerilla jwarfare. The Governor of Georgia ‘fs fortifying all the strong places to protect the State from the contemplated raids of General Rosecrans. It is reported that Generals Chalmers, Ruggles and Richardson meditate a dash on the Memphis and Charleston Railroad near Grand Junction. The people of North Carolina who desire peace are alarmed at Jeff. Davis’ recent proclamation, and are flying into the swamps and mountains to escape conscription. The Union feeling in that State makes stronger manifestations every day. The people now only look with hope for the protec- tion of the old flag. We have late and interesting news from Mexico by the steamer Eagle direct from Havana, on the 1st instant. General Comonfort and other Mexi can notabilities are said to have gone over to the French policy. Comonfort was daily expected in the capital under safe conduct from the Frenob. Juarez still continues to keep up the show of a government at San Luis, although he has now ne army to sustain him. It is said by one of the San Luis papers that Don Juan Antonio Lafuente has been sent by Juarez to the government of the United States with full powers to make what @rrangement he best cam in regard to receiving assistance from this government. The Mexican people are described as utterly apathetic as to the fate of the country. The attack made upon Gene- ral Ortega and La Llave by their escort, which re- sulted in the death of the latter and the miraculous encape of the former, is confirmed. The gold which Ortega had with him (about $80,900) was the temptation which led to the treacherous at- taok. ,. The Eagle, which brings the news, had a turn with a blockade runner while on her outward voy- age. She reports that when in latitude 34 10, longitude 76 30, she saw a steamer with two white smokepipes, hull pated lead color, steering Goutheast. At the same time she saw a large steamer in chase, but the first seemed to be gain- ingon her pursuer. The Eagle cut her off in order that the chase might come up with her, and fired :@ blank shot, which at once stopped her. She was an English built iron side-wheel steamer of about 600 tons, laden with cotton, of which, on our approach, she threw a quantity overboard. ‘The Eagle stopped until the man-of-war, which ‘was supposed to be the Lackawanna, came up and ‘took possession of her. The Bagle then pro- eeded on her course. By the arrival of the Hecla we have dates from Nicaragua and Salvador was assuming more exten- sive proportions. Salvador seems to be getting the worst of it at present; but her chances for final success are very great. Messrs. Mackie and Squier, the United States Commissioners, had reached Lima, and were well received by the Pre- sident. The news will be read with much interest by every one interested in South American affairs. We give in another column the proclamations of the President of the United States, the Gover- nor of the State of New York and the Mayor of this city, announcing that this day has been set apart to be devoted to thanksgiving and praise to the Supreme Ruler, in acknowledgment of the many victories with which he has crowned our land and naval forces, and permitted the steady advancement of our holy efforts for the restoration of our country. The day will no doubt be gene- rally observed throughout the loyal States. In this city the shops and stores will probably open for a short time in the morning, after which busi- ness will be suspended for the remainder of the day. The annual State elections will be held to-day in Tennessee and North Carolina. The rebels in the former State are to elect a Governor and mem- bers to the Richmond Congress, ona general ticket. Inthe Old North State members to the rebel Congress are also to be chosen in the usual way, by districts, and the contest will no -doubt cause considerable warm work between the reconstructionists, who have become sick of the war, and the political wirepullers who do the bid- ding of Jeff. Davis. The Democratic State Convention of Maine is announced to be held to-day in Portland. The two factions, it is thought, will unite upon one candidate for Governor. The Democratic State Committee met at Albany yesterday, and resolved to call a State Convention to meet at Albany on the 9th of next month. The Republican State Convention will be held at Syra- cusc¢ on the 2d proximo. The Pennsylvania Republican State Convention yesterday nominated Governor Curtin for re-elec- tion. Hon. David Agnew, of Beaver county, was nominated for Judge of the Supreme Court. The trial of prisoners indicted for taking part in the late riot commenced in the Court of General Sessions yesterday, Recorder Hoffman on the bench, and District Attorney A. Oakey Hall as prosecuting ‘officer. Theodore Arnold, a boy about seventeen years ef age, pleaded guilty to an indict- ment for grand larceny, he having taken part in the robbery of the Bull’s Head Hotel. He was sentenced to the Sfate Prison for five years. Wil- liam Watson was convicted on an indictment for robbery in the first degree, for extorting money from Mr. William Chamberlain, on the 16th of July last. He was sentenced to the State Prison for ten years. Michael Doyle and John Conway were jointly convicted on an indictment which charged them with assaulting and robbing Mr. Howell, in the City Hall Park, on the night of the 16th of July last. The prisoners were each sentenced to the State Prison for fifteen years. Joseph Mar- shall was convicted on a similar indictment, which charged him with having assaulted and robbed a colored man named Charles Jackson, on the 15th of July last. He was remanded for sentence. During the day the Grand Jury brought in thirty- two additional indictments, to which all the pris- oners pleaded not guilty. The Court stands ad- journed until Friday morning at ten o'clock. The one-hundred-pounder rifled cannon on board the revenue steamer Naugatuck burst yesterday while the crew were at target practice. The entire breech of the gun was forced out, and passed through the pilot house, smokestack, deckhouse and cabin, prostrating all hands and knocking one man overboard, and severely injuring five persons. The steamer Ruth, bound for Vicksburg, with army stores and $260,000 in government funds for General Grant’s army, was destroyed by fire on Tuesday night, at Island No. 1, in the Mississippi river. Thirty lives were lost, including several army paymasters and clerks, and some of the sol- diers who were on board as a guard. General Grant, in his official despatch, says that during his operations in Mississippi he captured thirty-nine thousand rebel prisoners, thirty-one thousand of whom he paroled, and eight thousand he sent North. The stock market was strong in some points yesterday and steady in others. Prices were generally better than the day before. Goid was 127% at the close. Exchange was 140% a 1414. Money was 526 per cent on call. ‘The cotton market was quite firm and buoyant yester- day, with sales reported of 1,800 bales, ‘The transactions in fresh ground flour and prime lots of grain'were to a fair extent and at rather better prices. There was leas activity io ries and provisions, which latter were Sr Se ere dobar ae mee otherwise wore without any remarkablo alteration. The Strategy Recen V irginia—The Presen' From all the intelligence we have recently received we bave come to the conclusion that Lee, who is somewhere between Cedar Moun- tain and the Rapidan, is preparing another bloody campaign against Washington, relying upon his superior numbers to defeat Meade in the next great battle, and as a consequence to capture the federal capital. It is well known that he has been reinforced by a portion of Bragg’s army, and that he is massing his troops for some important movement. That it is a movement northward, in which he expects to recover the whole ground he has lost, there can hardly be a doubt. It may be asked, will he again uncover Rich- nd to the 29th ult. The American question ledges that on the whole it is seldom that intelli- | Cabinet of Mr. Lincoln, takes advantage of it | gence has been received #6 gloomy for the rebel | and plays upon the fears of the administration cause, It regards the riots as little short of an | Lee holds that the beat place to defend Rich- | mond is near Washington; but our military au- | thorities do not believe that the beat place to | defend Washington is at Richmond. General McClellan was of that opinion both when he encamped on the Chickahominy and when he made good his retreat to Harrison’a Landing; North, and its uniform and rapid progress. | and had he been then sustained by the noces- Mr. Laird publishes an anonymous correspondence | between his firm and some persons in Washington | ferent story to tell to-day. But a morbid ap- and New York, to show that propositions were prehension about the safety of Washington sary reinforcements there would be a very dif- marred the*whole campaign. When Jackson, with a small body of troops, dashed down the valley of the Shenandoah, the authorities at Washington became scared, and the rebel general was thus enabled to keep paralyzed not only Banks’ corps, but McDow- ell’s, which consisted of fifty thousand men, besides some thirty thousand in and around Washington—say one hundred thousand Union troops in all were kept out of the great battles of the seven days by a ruse’of Jackson, while Jackson himself, giving our generals the slip, arrived on the field in time to take a decided and important part. The same fear for Wash- ington ordered Pope and McClellan to retreat together from Lee, when they might have ef- fected a junction and destroyed the whole rebel army, just as previous to the seven days’ battles it prevented McDowell con- centrating with McClellan at Hanover Junction, where a battle had actually been brought on by Fitz John Porter’s corps; and McDowell must have heard the sound of the cannon. There the golden opportunity was lost. Had not a false and mistaken fear for Washington blinded the Cabinet and the mili- ‘tary authorities at Washington, McClellan would have been left at Harrison’s Landing, to march upon Richmond 60 soon as Lee went in pursuit of McDowell, or at all events to follow Lee rapidly overland, instead of going down the James river and up the Potomac to Alex- andria in transports, thus leaving Pope to be overwhelmed by double his own numbers. When Lee crossed the Potomac, at that tithe 6o paralyzed with fear for Washington were the Cabinet and military authorities that there was no one to give orders, and General McClel- lan, on his own responsibility, undertook to drive back the rebel chieftain. Had he failed, his name would have been blast- ed with infamy by the radicals. But ho bravely succeeded, and was in pursuit of Lee, very nearly in the same position in which Meade now is, when he was removed and a new general and a new direction given to the Army of the Potomac. What that change resulted in is too well known to our readers to need being repeated here. All are now anxious to learn what is to be the destiny of our army under the same circumstances as those which surrounded it last fall. Will it be or- dered to advance and give battle to Lee, or will it be ordered to fall back and cover Wash- ington, and will Meade be removed and the com- mand ofthe army given to some new hand? These are questions which must soon be answered; for the movements of Lee, already suspicious, will soon be so far developed as to compel decided action of some kind—either to go forward, or to stand still and await Lee’s attack, or to fall back, without fighting, upon the fortifications of | Washington. Judging from the past, we must confess we are not prepared for any bold course on the part of the military authorities, and we would not be surprised if Lee should be suc- cessful for the third time in invading the North‘ and that before the current month shall have run its course. The policy of the rebel gov- ernment will undoubtedly be to attempt to wipe out the depressing effect of Lee’s retreat and the fall of Vicksburg and Port Hudson, by striking a blow at the Army of the Poto- mac. The rebels are now desperate: the vs of Charleston and another defeat of Lee, and their cause is gone. They will, therefore, make one gigantic effort. Let us anticipate them. Collapse of the Confederate Interest in Europe. Important news from Europe will be found in our columns this morning, brought by the Hecla—news which shows how startling was the effect of the recent reverses of the rebels upon the nerves of all holders of Confederate secu- rities in England. When intelligence of the re- pulse of Lee at Gettysburg, his retreat into Vir- ginia, the retreat of Bragg’s army in Tennessee, and the fall‘of Vicksburg, reached Europe, the immediate effect was to raise United States stocks four per cent and bring down Con- federate stocks seven per.cent. In commenting on this news, we said if Charleston were cap- tured it would complete the work, and the re- bellion would be completely crushed. The in- teHigence by the Hecla shows how accurate we were in our prognostications. The news of the fall of Port Hudson, following upon the heels of the other disasters, has brought down Con- federate stocks eighteen or twenty per cent. What will be the effect when the news of the fall of Charleston adds to the terrible panic already created? It is now plain that the confederacy is re- garded in England as what Gen. Grierson said it was—a shell, hollow, without solid substance, and when broken on the outside having nothing within. It was all exterior, all show and sham; and the people of Europe, always slow to arrive at great truths compared with the rapidity of the American mind, are at last oom- ing to the conclusion that the government at Richmond is “a mockery, a delusion and a snare.” Only let our government do its duty to the country, and soon the news of the fall of Charleston will reach England and France, and sweep away the rotten stocks of the con- federacy as chaff is swept away before the whirlwind. Let the cradle of secession be taken or burned down, and the whole rebellion collapses and falls to earth like a leaky balloon which has let off all its gas. There is one point in which .Jobn Bull has always shown great sensibility, and that is where his pocket is touched. Those British mer- chants and financiers who have contributed to raise Confederate stocks into a factitious im- portance are probably already ashamed of stantial fabri of « vision, which is fast melting into thin air,ye the day dawns and the stern reality of truth-takes the place of darkness and illusion. o It requires, therefore, but « vigorous effort now to totally destroy the prestige of the con- federacy in Europe and put an end to its credit, which would have the effect of speedily wind- ing up the whole bankrupt concern, which has been carrying on business for the last two years upon a system of kiting; and the wonder is that it did not burst up long ago. All that was wanted at any time was the announcement of a few such victories as lately crowned our arms to give in Europe a staggering blow to the con- federacy from which it could never recover. ‘Tho Fall Elections, We are now within three months of the fall elections in this city and State. The politicians are busy preparing for the con- test and shaping thelr course for the struggle at the ballot box. The following officials are to be elected on the State ticket this fall:—A Judge of the Court of Appeals, Secretary of State, Comptroller, State Trea- surer, Attorney General, State Engineer and Surveyor, Canal Commissiener and State Prison Inspector. The terms of office of those at pre- sent occupying those positions expire on the 1st of next January. There is also an entire Legislature to be chosen—Senators for two years and Assemblymen for one. This makes the election in this State one of no minor im- portance, notwithstanding there is no United States official to be chosen. There are also eight Judges of the Supreme Court, or one in each Judicial district of the State, to be elected. Besides a Judge of the Supreme Court in this city, in the place of Judge Sutherland, a Re- corder, Register, two Supervisors, Justide of the Supreme Court, twa Justices of the Superior Court, a Justice of the Marine Court, Surro- gate, four Senators and Seventeen Assembly- men are to be selected. At the charter elec- tion in December a Mayor and several city officers are to be chosen. The republicans have annonnced their pro- gramme in their call for a State Convention. They have, however, presented themselves before the people in false colors, and have call- ed their movement Union, and assume to repre- sent the administration. Now, all admirers of the land of Washington and the Union, estab- lished by the blood of our forefathers, look upon the course of the administration, under the lead of the fanatical and theoretical radi- cals in and outside of the Cabinet, as that of disunion. Their present programme will lead to the disfranchisement and wiping out of all the Southern States, unless the latter adopt the negro heresies of the niggerheads, who are now potent in our national councils. No other re- sult can follow their present incendiary pro- gramme. Mozart Hall and the outside democra- tic clubs have, on the’ other hand, gone over to copperheadism, and now fully embrace those doctrines—the twin infamy of the niggerhead doctrines. Tammany has not as yet announced her plans for the fall campaign. But the present aspect of affairs does not look as hopefnl for a brilliant triumph of the conservatives in this State as last fall, owing to the division in this city. Mo- zartHall was admitted to the State Convention last year; but it is not certain but that it will be rejected this year for its copperhead ten- dencies. One thing is certain: Tammany will not affiliate with any of the copperhead fac- tions. Had the leaders last fall held fast to the plat- form upon which they were successful. their suc- cess in this State this fall would have been be- yond a shadow of doubt. The canvass of this State was carried on one year ago, on the part of the conservatives, for the prosecution of the war in all legitimate and constitutional ways for the restoration of the Union, but in opposi- tion to the dangerous and unconstitutional doc- trines of the radicals who seemed to control the administration. The verdict of the people was overwhelmingly in favor of that platform, and they administered a rebuke to the government through the ballot box, even in the face of an immense public patronage and government con- tracts that were used to prevent that result. But no sooner had the victory been won than a por- tion of those who had been swept into power by the whirlwind of denunciation of the adminis- tration at Washington were foolish enough to commence organizing copperhead movements, and planted themselves against the prosecution of the war. The canvass in Connecticut was conducted on the latter platform, and the peo- ple in that State repudiated it. They failed to read the moral lessons of the Connecticut elec- tien or take warning from its teachings, but commenced holding their public copperhead meetings in this city, and thus directly aided Jeff. Davis & Company in their conspiracy for the destruction and overthrow of the Union. They were in this the colaborets of the radi- cals, while the radicals were doing all that was within their power, officially and through their journals, to unite the South and divide the North. The copperhead gatherings were for the purpose of organizing one portion of the divided North, and throwing the weight of its influence against putting down the rebellion by force of arms. Never did two extremes play into each other’s hands so effectually. The radicals lost no occasion to inflame the South and insult a portion of the North, while the cop- perheads lost no opportunity to influence the minds of their followers, and increase their op- position to the war. The organs of the several factions joined in this nefarious work. The News and World, in the interest of the copperheads, and by their articles, assisted the rebels just the same as the Tribune, Times and Post did by their extreme radical, incendiary diatribes. It is impossible to tell to what extent the action of these two extremes will affect the true conservative vote in this city and State. Much will depend upon the character of the men placed in nomination. ‘The feeling of the conservatives in this city is with Tammany Hall, and there isa nucleus around which can be rallied the conservative | men of all parties, who will sweep everything | before them. But to secure that strength great | stration from a few hundred misguideé men in resistance to the draft, which was seized upon by some thousands of the thieves and vage- bonds of a great city for purposes of epolia- tion and plunder; and in the absence of all our local military forces these rioters did considera- ble mischief; but when systematically met they were speedily suppressed. New York was somewhat frightened for a few days, but not half so much es was the model city of London in anticipation of an invasion of the Chartists in 1848, when even Louis Napoleon, then an exile in England, was enlisted as a special con- stable in behalf of law and order. “People who live in glass houses should be careful bow they throw stones.” A Gteam or Vicrory.—The London Times, with the bad grace of a false prophet, conde- soends to call the capture of Vicksburg “a gleam of victory.” Pretty good this, as “a gleam of victory,” which placed in our hands thirty-one thousand prisoners, two hundred and seventeen pieces of artillery, forty thousand stand of small arms, &c., &c., to say nothing of the con- trol of the Mississippi river. It reminds us of Sancho Panza’s skimmings of the dinner pots at the marriage feast of a liberal nobleman. Sancho said that, happening to be present, he was allowed to take some of the skimmings of the pots; and, when asked what he thus ob- tained, he replied, “Oh, enough for Governor's dinner—three or four ducks, some chickens, a few rabbits and a turkey or two, besides other things to fill up the chinks.” Tae Deata or Yancey.—The death of that arch plotter of this terrible Southern rebellion, William L. Yancey, ts deplored among the rebel journals as involving the loss of a saint, who embodied in himself almost, if not quite, all the talents and’ all the virtues of all the great men of ancient and modern times. But justice to other dead men, even as rebels, re- quires that Yancey, in his true merits, should be handed over to an admiring posterity. He was nothing more than a restless, plotting reve- lutionist, a noisy fire-eater, an eloquent blather- skite, always in hot water, and never satisfied to let well enough alone in anything. With his decease a great bag of wind has collapsed, and nothing more. MEADE’S ARMY. Wasuincton, August 5, 1863. Last night the enemy brought several pieces of artil- lory down to the river bank at Rappahannock Station, and opened a brisk fire upon our troops this side. Considera. ble confusion was occasioned at first, but the appearance of our own batteries upon the bluff restored order and speedily drove off the rebels. The casualties were insig- nificant, Advices from the front report everything quiet along the lines this morning. . To day Captain Beckwith, of the Provost Department, received a despatch from General Meade’s headquarters directing him to allow sutlers to visit the army if acoom- panied by an escort. It is believed among army officers that ali Lee’s forces, excepting A.P. Hill’s corps.are south of the Rapidan, and that asingle brigade of Longstreet’s corps occupies the old works near Fredericksburg. The Military Sitaation. (From tho Washington Star, August 4.) It seems to be generally believed here this forenoon that the bulk of our Army of the Potomac bas again crossed the aanock, at Kolly’s Ford probably—a t be- tween the location of Lee's headquarters when beard from (Stevensburz) and tho line of advantageous defeuces near Fredericksburg, which the rebels occupied #0 long. If this be so, we apprebend that Lee's army are again io rapid retreat towards Richmond, which they will continue at least until putting the Rapidan between themselves and Meade’s veterans. That is, unless Meade yesterday evening or this morning forced them to venture a er it. We do not believe that they have any sto- mach whatever for such a battle, as they are not as pu- merous as represented, are, moreover, greatly dis- couraged by their tll success in’ all quarters throughout the past month. ‘ne fact that Lee, witn his headquarters at Stevens- burg, seven miles southeast of Culpepper Court House (rathor than four miles as stated in some newspapers), and with a considerable force of infantry at the Court House, permitted Buford to reet on Saturday night at Brandy Station (five miles from Stevensburg and five from the Court House) after the fight of that day, proves to us Lee's determination not to risk a general engago- mont in that immediate vicinity. Had he been. willing to risk, permitting the bulk of Meade’s army getting into position between his army and Fredericksburg, he would surely have essayed an attack on Buiord’s position by daylight of Sunday morning last, which be didnot do. From Stevensbarg up to Brandy Station the country is capitally suited for orerations ac- cording to the particular style of tactics to which the re- ways resort when they can, a circumstance of which Lee would have gladly avaiied himsoif if he dared venture to do so. On the whole we look momentariiy to hear either that Lee bas tly continued his retreat towards Rich- mond, or that a heavy battle was fought yesterday even. = or is being fought to-day inthe vicinity of Stevens. rg. NEWS FROM FORTRESS MONROE. Fortress Moxon, August 3, 1863. Lieutenant Colone! Ludlow, Inspector General of the Seventh army corps, and late Commissioner for the ex- change of prisoners, has been detailed for duty in the Department of the Fast, and ordered to report to Major General Dix in New York. John H. Goodwill, of the One Hundred and Fifty-second New York regiment, died August 1, 1863, in the Chesa- peake General Hospital. Jefferson P. Snyder, of Colonel Roberts’ Third Pennsyi- vania artillery, died Angust I in the Post Hospital, For- tress Monroe. ‘The steamer New York, Captain Chisholm, arrived at seven o'clock last evening from City Point, with eight hundred released Union prisoners, twenty citizen prison- orajand twenty wounded, in charge of Major Mulford, flag of truce officer, and left for Annapolis at ten o'clock last eventeg. ‘The Richmond Hnquirer of the 34 instant says that it ie confirmed 4hat nearly all of General Grant's army have left Vicksburg, aud the Yankees report they have left for Mobile and Tennessee. General Nagiee and staff arrived at Fortress Monroe at one o'clock this afternoon from Norfolk, en row/e for York. town. Fortamss Mownor, August 4, 1868. ‘The steamer Georgiana arrived this morning from Beaafort. She reports that last Sunday morning the United States gunboat Iroquois arrived at Beaufort, hav- tng in tow a prizo—an English iron propeller, the Kate, captured while running the blockade from Wilmington, N.C. She also passed another gunboat yesterday, hav. ing another prize in tow. She could not make them out. Brigadier General Potter, Chief of Major General Fos- ter’s staff, with the other members of the staff, leave to-day for Fortress Monroe, which will be their headquarters. The heroic conduct of these brave ‘and accomplished officers in battle, and their skill and efficiency in the various duties they have discharged while here, have endeared them to the veteran troops of the Eighteenth army corps, whose good wishes accompany them to their new field of labor. The United States steamer Convoy, Captain Bockner, leaves to-day. The steamer Albany left yesterday with matis for New York. The Ellen S. Terry will sail for New York to-morrow. ‘The Norfolk Virginian of August 8 says:—A rebel de. serter, Wm. J. Turner, belonging to Portamouth, arrived | tm Norfolk last evening direct from Fort Darling. He says ‘the fort is built in tee form of a square, three-quarters of care will have to be taken in the selection of | i¢ peing of sand, and the remaining portion oasemated for the time ceased to occupy the attention of British Parliament, that body having been |. The Queen's speech, however, refers it in these brief words:—‘Civil war continues America. Tt inflicts much ev not only on the parttes, but on other nationn We see, , no reason to depart from our strict neu- ” ‘The news of the rebel reverses threw a gloom the sympathizers with the South, and the loan declined at a panic rate. The London mond and expose it to capture for another des- | themselves, and their dupes are heartily curs- perate chance of gaining the coveted prize of | ing them and the confederacy, Were it not Washington? Under ordinary circumstances | that these men expected to make money out of Lee would not run this risk; but he and Jeff. | the rebellion, they never would have patron- Davis have discovered that as long as Washing- H ized it; but now, that the game is up, they will ton is threatened there is little danger of troops | denounce it and make violent efforts to con- t enough being sent by the War Department | ciliate the good will of the United States. Their their candidates and the arrangement of their platform. They must put up men with a clear record and no taint of cepperheadism, or they may find, when it is too late to correct the evil, | shat they have lost the golden opportenity. | Tae Loxvow Bucxperer on tam New Yore Richmond to effect ite fall. The dread ‘ calculations and speculations, based upon the | Riors—That great English newspaper blun- | of the loss of Washington swallows up every | grossest misrepresentations, have failed them, | deret, miscalled the Thunderer, consoles Itself | captain 8. 8. Lee te 10 command of the fort. other consideration, and every campaign of the | and thelt eyes are opened almost when it is ; with the delusive ides that the late New York | | The steamer Uuice, Captain Doses, sited from Fortress Army of the Potomac seems to be made subser- | too late. They have been deceived by their : riote marked but the beginning of a groat | vient to the single object of defending the capi- unfaithful journals holding the confederacy up | Northern rebellion against the government at | tal somewhere in ite immediate vicinity. The | to the world as a living thing—a great nation— , Washington. A little time will remove this | tus prize steamer Kate ed aiile ellating Yo dinsatoce. achaan ‘elegacverslpyrace of thie wenkage jo. the "hes Jt mae nathine ut agree, (he yan - hallueipaliags We Rare hay a, Jasrlann Memon: ° sense aoe re copares | and roofed with railroad iron. The armament consists of | six guns, three of whieh arc seven-inch rifles, and are | en barbette over the sand built part of the works. The { bluff battery, oF “Pitt's,” as it is called, ia very Inge. | niously constructed. Six holes or casemates.are dug in | the face of the blu, in each of which « gun | (a placed. It ts impossible for any one on the river to” observe what they are or how they can be reached. ‘Monroe this afternoon for Charleston, 8, C. ‘The steamer Now York left for City Point thie after- noon, with about 300 prisoners, under Major Mulford. 100 bales of cot{on en nn LL REVENUE MARINE. Explosion of the Naugatuck’s One Hundred-Pounder Rifle. Lieutenant Waldron and Five of the Crew Injured. THE DAMAGE TO THE VESSEL. FULL PARTICULARS OF THE AFFAIB, &., &e., . ae. A serious accident occured yesterday about n00a om board of revenue marine genboat Naugatuck, Lieat. Commanding J. W. Willson, by the bursting of ber gua, which hag injured several persons seriously if mot fataly. ‘We have obtained the particulars of the accideat from several parties who are conversant with the facts. It appears that the vessel was got underweigh for the pur- pose of giving the gun’s crew come exorcise in target Practice, and upon reaching the spot designated the gua was loaded and shotted with the ordinary charge of powder and the solid shot which is usually fred from that gun. The first discharge was made, and although the gua ‘was examined as it always is no symptom of weakness showed itself, It was again loaded, and at the instant of firing @ ter- riflc explosion took place, prostrating nearly every one on beard and blowing one man overboard, and making sad bavoc about decks. As soon as the smoke cleared away and the people began to recover themscives from the terrific shot it was found that the entire brecoh of the gun had been blown out, and this heavy mass of iron had been forced through the pilot house, the emoke- pipe, deck house and cabin, and then going some distance astern, buried itself in the waters of Long Island Sound. How co manyj escaped seoms a miracle. As it is only five persons are injured to any extent. ‘This is the second time the gun of this veasel has ex- ploded. The first was a one hundred pounder rifle, which biew into several pieces while the vessel was engaged with the rebel Fort Darling, on the James river. At that time her commander, Lieutenant Constable, and the cap- tain of the gun, were the only persons injured, and both of them recovered, although Captain Constable is atilt suffering from the injuries he received at that time. ‘The gun in use at the time of the accident®yesterday was an old fashioned navy forty-two-pounder, which had been rifled and a very heavy bress.retaforee shrunk on, It made the gun quite formidable looking, and it was supposed that it could withstand a very heavy charge of powder. In this case tbe charge and the shot were well ‘‘home."’ the gun was very clean, and the ele- vation was not exceasive, and it is believed that the ac- cident was purely attributable to unforseen causes, which were beyond the control of any of her officers. Captain Willeon, who commands her, ig one of the most careful mea in the revenue marine service, and every one who knows him fee!s assured that he and his officers are in no wise chargeable with any neglect which would by any moans cause such a disaster. The Naugatuck has been stationed for some time past near Fort Schuyler, to protect our interests in that quar: ter. Formerly she was stationed at the Narrows. She was buiit to exemplify the principle of Commodore Stevens’ submerging battery, which hes for so many years laid in stalu quo at Hoboken. She was built of @ small propelier, one hundred feet in length, twenty-two feet beam and nine feet deep, and was about seventy tons burden. She was propelled by two flty horse power engines, with twoscrews. Her appearance was quite novel at any time. In action she was sunk to her upper deck and her cabins and houses were all taken Gown; 90 that nothing remained above water but her pilot house, smoke stack and the gua. ‘The following ts a list of her oficers:— Theutenant C |. Wall Willsoa. Lieutenant Waldron was injured (considerably by the terrific explosion, but ene of the other officers were injured excepting a severe shock. Five of the crew were injured, two of them seriously and three of them slightly; and, as we remarked before, all hands were prostrated. ‘The vessel will probably come down to the city to-day for repairs’ and a new gun. Everybody seems to thiok that it is wonderful that the eatire vessel should not have been entirely destroyed by the explosion. Had it net been for the heavy reinforce on the gun there is no telling what the damage might have been. IMPORTANT FROM THE SOUTHWEST. Reorganization of Gen. Gran Our Losses at Jackson—E vid: President Buchanan’s Trea: truction of Rebel Property at Natches. St. Louis, August 5, 1863, The Democral’s Vicksburg despatch, dated the 30th, says that in the late advance on Jackson letters were cap- tured confirming the treason of James Buchanan. His replies to Jeff. Davis confirm General Scott's accusations. In the late operations against Jackson General Sherman lost one thousand men. The army is now undergoing a complete reorganization. General Herron’s division, at Natchez, destreyed an tmmenso amount of rebel stores and captured a large quantity of salt from Louisiana for Lee’s ermy,aad o great number of cattle from Texas. Ys Army— News from Tenmessee and Georgia. Menrmm, August 3, 1663. Robinson’s rebel force, having been driven from West Tennessee, has joined Chalmers in Mississtppi. Jesse Forrest, withjabout eight hundred cavalry, was at Jack's creek three days ago. Gev. Dodge has seat a force well organized system of guoriila warfare. ‘The editor thinks Rosecrans is moving on Selma. Every place of importance in Georgia is fortified. The moun- tains are ull of deserters. Scouts report that arrangements are being made for a dash os the Memphis and Charleston Railroad at or near Grand Junction, by Chalmers, Ruggles and Richardson. City Intelligence. Asus, Semon or raz Opp Fruows.—The R. W.