The New York Herald Newspaper, September 30, 1863, Page 2

9 a CHARLESTON. News from Morris Island to the 26th Instant. The Siege Progressing Favorably. Reception of the News of Gen. Gillmore’s Promotion. ENTHUSIASM OF THE. TROOPS. GRAND ARTILLERY DUEL Rebel Submarine Machine Sunk. NAVAL NEWS. LIST OF + CASUALTIES, &., &e., ke. The steamship Arago, Capt. Gadsden, from Hilton Head, 8. C., Sept. 25, and Charleston bar, Siturday morning last, arrived at tbis port yesterday morning, We are indebted to Capt. Gadsden and Purser Grantugen for kind attentions and favors. Full details of the news she brings will bo found in the dospatches of our special correspondents Mr. Galen H. Osborne's Despatch. Morris Istann, S. C., Sept. 24, 1863, ANOTHER STAR FOR GILLMORK, Tntettigence of General Gillmore’s promotion to the rank of major general was brought by the steamer Arago, which arrived at Hilton fend on Monday last Since the capture of Fort Wagner and Battery Gregg, on the Tth inst., from which day the General’s new com mission is to dato,no news more satisfactory to tho sol djers of this command has heen promulgated. They rate him as highly as you do at the North, They ike their commander not aloue because of his bravery and gallantry in the fleld, but because, more thoroughly than any other gonoral that evor led thom, ho understands that part of @ soldior's business which consists in making war upon an enemy. . ROW THE NEWS Was RECKVED. Immediately upon the receipt of the gratifying intelli xence that Gillmore’s additional etar had arrived the shipping at the wharves and in tha broad harbor of Port Royal was gaily decoraied with streamers aod many colored flags. Ensigos were run up on every available ple, and an appropriate salute was fired from Fort Wells, at Ailton Head. In the evening General Gillmore, baving visited Port Royal op- portunely, went on board.the Arago, where he was re coived with the honor of another salute from Captain Gadeden’s Parrott guus, and was afterwards entertained at dinger in the <pactous main saloon, Captain Stedman, ‘of the Pownatan, and sevorai members of the General's staff bearing him company This little impromptu dejeu ner, which at once reflected credit upon Captain Gadsden fe @ host, nnd the steward of his voble vessel asja caterer was ended at eleven o'clock, when the military portion of the party went on board the transport Delaware and satled for Morris [sland REVIEW OF THE FORCES ON MORRIS ISLAND. Here, on Tuesday, Captain Brayton’s battery was the first to prociaim its noisy welcome. Yesterday tho frigate ‘Now Ironsides continued the jubi'ant din, and t.day the echoes were awakened by still another salute, fred while Ube troops upon this letand were passing Geaeral Gillmore ju areview which General Terry had ordered, Ihave feon many a parado in this department and in the Army ‘of the Potomac, but never a military pageant more satis- factory than that which was presonted this morning All ‘the forces were out, cach man in bis best attire aad bright est equipments, The marching was excellent, the column moving over the emooth, hard beach with tbe precision of tnachiuery. Thevecasion 1s noteworthy as being the firat Lime that op African brigado has b een reviewed in com. my with wile soldiers Colonel Littiefeld’s command, cousisting of the Fiity-fourtn Massachusetts Volunteers, PS nd South Carolina Volunteers, aod Third United States colvred tro ps, bad a place im the line, sandwiched Vetween two brigades of white troops, and certainly the appearance they made refivcted great credit upon them, ollicers and men, While they bave been but a short time in the fleld, and engsged for the most part in arduous fatigue duty which left them comparatively few oppor tunities for drill, they were to exactness of step and brightness of arms in vo way bebind their Caucasian peighbors, The music of all the bands of the post, untied under the leadership of Mr, Walter Dignam, of the Fourth New Hamorbire band, was as loud, as excellent and ax well sustatued as sixty or seventy carefully trained musicians could make it A NOVEL GIFT TO THE GENERAL, The officers and men of the Forty seventh Now York Volumtoers presented to General Gitlmore, on Tuesday, a imagnificent eagle, canht in Oesibaw Sound last spring ‘The bird is of the syecies nw by Audnbo the Wash ingtow sea eagle and pictured by that author on the first page of bis work as the most noble of the feathered tribe, ‘The presentation specch was made by Adjutant Joba A. Smith, formerly prominent in the Fire Department of New York city; and the gift was received amid music by the band, cheers by the troops and its own sbrill scream ing MILITARY OPERATIONS There fs little news of military operations to communi. vicatg. The enemy maintains a bot and steady fire upon Wagner and Gegg. In the former work the bombproof has withstood their attacks 9# it did ours, proserving its fomates from harm. Gregg is more exposed, acd an oc casional bell works havoc among our forces at work there. U less the rebels should make an attack upon our lines, no startling tntelligence may be looked for from thie point eoooer than the middie of next month. INTERESTING CORRE-PONDENCR, In the absence of more exciting information Tam in duced to lay before the Hynato’s readers a brief corres yondence between the father of the tate Colonel Shaw and General Gillmore Colonel's remains. old man writes — touching the removal of the brave It isa rare and berote letter that the MR SHAW'S LETTER. Brigadier Gereral Grusoxs, Commanding Department of the Sonth: — Sin—| take the liberty to address you becanse I am in- formed that e"orte ave to be made to recover the body of my son. Colovel -haw, of the Fity fourth Massacharetts regiment, which wor buried at Fort Waener. fn Wri ng ts 10 MAY that such ¢ me of any © my family, and tb My object ts are not authorized by they are not approved by ua. We bod thats soldier © most appropriate burial pace is on the felt where he hoe fallen J shall, there fore, be much obliged, Ceneral, if, in ease the matior is Drought to your cogmiz.nee, you will forbid the desecra: prevent the disturbance of bis With mom earnest with respect and es. 1 am, 6 wiahos for your sucee Wom, your obedient ae vant FRANCIS GEORGE SHAW. New Yorx, August 24 140: GEN GILLMORR'® REPLY. Heang: antares, Orr ar Morne ietavy Aw, Faq. Clifton, bis grave oF disvarh on Had it been possible toobtain the body of Colonel Shaw Jwmediately ater the battle in which he lost his lire, f it Ht to his friends, in deference to a senii now to be widely prevaent among the frieoda of those who fall in h.tue although the practice ie one to which my own judgment has never yielded as Te view pressed in your letter are 80 congenial to the trusst nets of a soliier as to command pot only my cordial sympathy, but my respect and admirat Furely no reating place for your sor cwld be onnd mor fiiting than the scene where nia courage and Aion Were #9 couspierouriy displayed 1 beg to avall myself of this opportunity to express sympathy for yourself and tamily in their grext pont, avd to assure you tbat oo thority | 88 than your owe sbull your Son's remains be disturbed. Very ro-igetintly, vour obedwent servai Q. AP GILEAORE, Brigadier Genera! Commandia HONORS TO COLONEL SHAW'S REMAINS. ‘The movement to erect a monument over Colonel Shaw's remains io Fort Wagner is progressing favorably. ‘The First South Carolina regiment has contributed tor this purnose about « thonsand dollars, to which the colored people of Beaufort, in response to General Saxton’s appeal, have added three hundred dollars more. Other regiments will increase the amount to three or four thou- sand dollars, PROCREDINGS OF A COURT MARTIAL, A general court martial is in session on Morris Island, bofore which several officers have been tried. Among the cases already disposed of are those of First Lioutepant Mark Tomlinson, Company A, Tenth Connecticut Volun- teers, who has been dismissed from the service of the United States for “conduct prejudicial to good order and military discipline,” and Second Liontenant Nelson Orchard, Company F, Fifty-second Pennsylvania Volun- teers, who is cashiored for “drunkenness on picket duty.” RECENT CASUALTIES, During the week previous to the 20rh instant no losses occurred among our forces. Since then the following casualties have occurred:— Stephen H. Day, Co. D, 9th Maine Volunteers, wounded in thivh, Sent, 20, George W. Richardson, Co."j{I, 9th Maine Volunteers, wounded in leg, Sept, 20. Thomas T ens, Co. F, 104th Pennsylvania Volun- teore, kiled. Sept ai Amandtus Lilley, Co. D, 104th Parana Volunteers, mortally wounded, in the ide, Sopt. 21. James Stone, (Oo F, 104th Pennsylvania Volunteors, wounded in the knee, Sept 21. Gottie'b. Hart elder, Co, D, 104th Pennsylvania Volun- teers, severely wounded in foot, back, and head, Sept. 21. Levis. Godshatl, Co, D, 104th Fear esia Volunteers, wounded sevorely in the head, Santember 21. Jeremiah Wambold, Co. D, 104th Pennsylvania Volun- teers, wounded severely in tho log, September 21. Evan Millen, Co. 1D, 104th Pennsylvania Volunteers, wounded s'ightiy in leg, September 21. James Eddingtield, Co, E, 85th Pennsylvania Volun- teers, wonndet mortally in back and hip, Sentember 22. Captain Joseph Woodruff, Co. K, 39th Illinois Volun- teers, killed, Sontember 23 Silas Crott, Co, H, 39th Minois Volunteers, mortally, in arm and side Sentember 23; since died. Sergeant Joseph Horner, Co G, Independent Pattalion, eg Volunteers, wounded in head aod leg, Septem- 23. Corporal Heury Diehl, Indevendent Battalion, New York Volunteers, killed, September 23. Corporal Wm. Nicholson, Co. G, Indopendont Battalion, New York Volunteers, killed, Sept. 23. Corporal Wm. Morgan, Co. G, Independent Battalion, New York Volunteers, wounded in head, Sept. 23. Moses Herminn, Co G, Independent Battalion, Now York Volunteers. wounded in head and leg, Sept. 23 —— Reffelyn, Co. F, Independent Battalion, New York Volunteers, wounded in hand, slightly, Sept. 23. Leander Parmetes, Co. @, 7th Connecticut Volunteers, mortally wounded in left hip, Sent, 23. John N. Manson, Co. C, 7th Connecticut Volunteers, contusion of arm, Sept. 23. Geo, Webdh, Co. D, 7th Connecticut Volunteers, wounded io back, Sept, 23. — Werterhood, Co. C, 7th Connecticut Volunteers, shell wound in leg, Sent. 23, Burton W. Goodenongh, 7th Connecticut Volunteers, slightty in hand Sent. 23. Franklin Hubbard, Co. F, 7th Connecticut Volunteers, wounded slightly, Sept 23. Wm. W tts,0o A, New York Volunteer Engiveers, fracture :f right arm and thigh, sept, 20. Sergeant Samual Clark, Co. A, New York Volunteer En- gineers, mortally in hip, Sept. 22; since died. Corporal John J. Johnson, Co. New York Volunteer Engineers, contusion of arm,, Sept. 22. Jos. Morgan, C.. A, New York Volunteer Engineers, contusion of shoulder an1 hip, Sept. 23. RALUTES RY THR ENEMY. A salute of thirteen guns was fired by the enemy from one of ‘their ‘butteries on Snilivan's Island yesterday, in honor, it is thought, of the rebel General Gilmer. After- waras eight blank cartridges were fired from a small gun which the enemy bas mounted in one of the casemates on the Charleston face of Sumter. DRORRTERS. Seven deserters from Sumter came into our lines on Monday. They brought some important news touching rebel fortifications and obstructions, which, it is decided, Ought not to be published at present. BCATED FROM MXIE, ‘Sergeant Hill and two enlisted men of the Seventh Con necticut Volunteers, who were captured at Fort Wagner in July last, arrived here a couple of days since in the steamer 8. R. Spaulding from Fortress Monroe. These men were stripped of their money and their uniforms at Richmond,and clad in the cast-off garb of some rebel , soldiers. In thie attire they stole out of the city, passed the guard, were suspect- ed and chased, but eluded their pursuers, and fina'ly succeeded in getting two miles inside of our lines before they wore discovered by the Usion pickets before Yorktown, General Foster examined them at Fortress Monroe and gave them vasses hither, Secretary Stanton should rend these men a thirty-two days’ furlough in consideration of their heroi¢ and successfal efforts to escape from Rebeldom. The atory of their thrilling ad- ventures and hairbreath escapes is very iaterosting; but 1 find it has been told by one of your stirring specials at Norfolk. ‘Tum TIDES. It ts beginning to be a serious question whether this island {8 going to hold us much longer. The tides are washing away the bluffs at the south end at the rate of from ven to twenty foet a day. Fifty yards of beach have disappeared in the sea since the middle of August. Gen. Gilimore and staff have been compelled to select a site for their camp upon Folly Island. Mr. Oscar G. y' Despatch. Morus Istan, 8. C., Sept. 26, 1863. THWaITUATION. Affairs on Morris Island romain in the same quiet and tamo condition as when I wrote my last communication. ‘The enemy continues to fire upon Batteries Wagner and Gregg day and night from Fort Johnson, Batteries Sim- kins, Hasca'l and Cheves, and occasionally from Battery Bee quid Fort Moultrie, Our fatigue parties at the upper end of the tsiand are necessarily @ good deal exposed, and a fow casualties have occurred from the rebel ebelis in and about Grogg. This fire retards the completion of our works but a little, while it is rapidly and surely using up the ordnance of toe rebels. No guns ever manu- factured can ind the exbaustive strain that some of the rebel pieces are called upon to endure # great while. They are fired, with but little integmission, night and day, at @ high elevation and with largo charges of powder, Quite a number of their Brooke's seven and a half toeh rifles and their columbiads have burst,or have become so weakened as to be useless. How long their supply of heavy ordnance will prove equal to the de- maude upon it is » question Tam not able to answer But it noems certain, from all accounts we can get, that they have not as many guns as they desire, Sumter was dis- mantied for the purpose of furnishing guns for the shore batteries on James Island, and @ great many heavy guna and mortars were bronght from Savannah and the de- tached worka along the coast to enable Beauregard to G1 bis batteries with the needful ordnance. The consumption of guns in this long siege, on the rebel side bas been large, and the supply from the South is about exhausted. The Tredegar Works of Richmond are called upon for guns, but the re- sponse is unsatisfactory. Very fow have been recentiy sent. The huge Klakely guns brought from England via Nassau and Wilmington, at great expense and labor, bave proved worthless, One of them, as is weil known, ex- ploded at the second discharge; the other lies at the rail- road depot in Charleston, an object of wonder to the Charlestonians and of disgust to Beauregard and Ripley. It is an immense elephant, and they do not know what to do with it, It is known that the guns on Sullivan's Island are chinged very frequently, new ones being placed in the positions of those about used up, the latter being sent to points not likely to be attacked, Our works are going forward with an unexpected sta. dines#, when we take into consideration the furious fire Our men are competied to labor under. We are in a po- sition to defy all attempts of the enemy to retake Morris or Folly Islands, or gain even the slightest foothold upon them; and as to ovr offensive position and designs, the rebels must discover their nature themselves. I do not propose to enlighten them. THR REELS RAINFORCED. It ts quite certain that Beauregard has been reinforced to a consiterable extent from Lee's army, by the arrival Of two of three divisions of Longstreet’s corps, variously reported to be from ten to fifteen thousand strong in tte agyrogate, General Evans’ division is certainly before | us, and some cavairy pickew on James Island, newly | arrived, say that they bolong to Lee's army, but te what | division I have not learned. Beguregard’s force must pow number (rem twenty-five to thirty thousand men, | T presume that Longstreet’s corps was sent him to be in a position to retaforce Johnston and Bragg if Roseorans pusbed them down towards Atlenta, or to aid the forces to Wilmington or at points farther south if attacked. It (se nor hkely that they will attempt any offensive opera- tions againat ug other than through their heavy guns. A WRIRY ARTILERRY DUM. On Tharaday Inet one of our heavy rifle guns was opened for a whie ob Johoeo, and evidently with groat effect. | The Fert hat beowme more then nsamily eruptive that Morning, aud Was torowing shells into Wagner ead Brage NEW YORK HERALD, WiDN with great rapidity, throwing the sand about in bigh style, and slightly damaging a gun carriace. Our guns hed been silent #0 long it was really rofreshiig to heir one of their peculiar reports again, and to watch the eTeois of our own shots, The rebels hat for too long & time enjoyed a monopoly in the consump tion of powder and in killing ond wounding men, and it was Do more ¢han fair that we took our turn, So Mr. l’ar- rott spoke to Mrs. Johnson, as the boys famitivrly call the gun and the fort, and it was soon evident that the rebels heard the word. There was a fluttering about that little hamlet and a rapid hegira of officers and men to the woods, The gun was kept at ite work, and others on our side joined in the sport, Tho sand flew from Simkins and Jobnson; ehells bursated over them; great gaps begun to appear in the dingy sides of the hittle eottages wear Johnson; shingles and splinters flew, a8 did the rebels; and finally tho lofty observa tory to the north of Johnson, from which Dixie signals, was bit, and the upper part carried away ‘and sent crashing, with its occupants, to the ground, Cheer after cheor rang out from our grand guard and from the baiteries when this telling shot did its work, and the old gunner of the piece sprung up and affection- ately patted the breech of the gun, and formaily thanked it for its good service and perfect reliability; and then ina moment aimed it again, and sent a shot hurtling through a brick house, shaking it to its very foundation. Our rapid and well directed fire very quickly induced the enemy to suspend their practice, and whon we bad taught them a lesson we also ceased firing, and our fatigue par- ties again plied the shovel and spade. ARRIVAL OF RENEL DRSRRTERS, Seven privates of the First South Carolina regulars came into our lives tno othor night from Fort Moultrie, in @ pine boat belonging to ther Colonel, which they appropriated, it is fair to presume, without his knowledge or consent. Tho mon were well drossed and unusually intelligent. The majority of them were for- eigners, the balance hailing from Tennessee and New York. They gave a good deal of valuable information , of interest only to the General Commanding, which I shall not repeat; but I may, without dotrimont to the cause, relate the other bits of news which I obtained from them. ‘THN SUBMARINE CRUISER, ° ‘Thoy state that the submarine apparatus in Charleston harbor, which was invented by an ingenious fellow from the North, who found himself in the enomy’s lines at the beginning of the war, and since then unable to effect his escape, has gone to the bottom, greatly to tho regret of the rebel authorities, who hoped by its means to blow up the Ironsides and drive all the fleet from the roads. They report that the inventor of the machine took the liberty of crulsing around with it about when he chose; and frequently, unbeknown to the rebels, made submarine trips down the harbor. By some means or other suspicions were excited in the minds of some of the enemy that all wos not going right, and a watch was placod on the ‘Yankoo’s' movements. The deserters report that ho was caught one night at work clearing away the obstructions in the harbor, in order to give our tron-clads access to the city, immediately deprived of bis command, arrested, with all bis crew, and thrown into Charleston jail, to be tried as a traitor. could not state. His machino was placed in charge of an officer and five men, and an attempt was made to operate it, but with partial success. The last time it was tried, the Heutenant and his crew of five men got into tt, adjusted the machinery and opened the valves through He was What has been done with him my informants which flowed the water necessary to sink the machine to the proper depth. It gradually disappeared from view, ‘and up to the fatest accvunts had not come up again. So the machine, the lieutenant and five men found a grave together in ten fathoms of water, and have pr bably passed from the sight of men forever, and Commodore Ingraham is busy invonting some other apparatus to ‘drive the navy from its anchorage and from his sight. ‘THN REBEL IRON-CLADS. ‘The ladio«’ {ron-ciad gunboat, the Charleston, has been Javached and js nearly ready for service, Her guns and nearly all her machinery are in, and she is about to 0 into commission. From more than one source we have interesting particulars of ber build, armament and probable speed. She is not un- like ‘in form and size the Palmetto State and Chicora, which I have freqaentiy described; but she is mailed in a stronger way, and armed with heavier guns, Her engines wore made expressly for her by our doar English cousins, who presorve their neutrality ee strictly, and the rebels expect to get a speed of ten knots out of her, She has a large iron beak projecting well from hor bow to crush in the sides of ships. and, like the other iron. clads, will carry a hoavy apar under water, with a torpedo attached to it at least twonty fect from her bow, with which they propose to blow up our’Monitors when they come into the harbor. Our naval oMcers do not doubt their ability to attend to these iron-cleds, torpedoes and all when the time comes, although they do not by any means hold their offensive powers in low estimation, REVIRW OF THE FORCES ON FOLLY ISLAND. On Friday last General Gilimore accepted am invitation to review General Gordon's division on Folly Island, ten- dered nim in honor of his promotion to a major general- ship, and also to give the officers and men an opportunity to testify their respect for him as their commander and thoir gratification at his promotion, The division formed ‘on the beach, facing the ocean, and were inspected by General Gillmore, the bands playing, drums beating and colors dipping as he rode along the lines. Afterwards the division formed into column by companies and passed in review, presenting 4 floe appearance. Those of the old Potomac army showed by their steady etep, the we'll pro- served distance between the companies and the martial bearing, that tho drill and long marches they had under- gone were not without their value in forming the soldier, In marching it must be admit- ted the soldiers from the Potomac surpass in every point of view the old Tenth army corps; but in fighting we still cling to the old Tenth corps, as we have not seen the reinforcements in action, General Gilmore was received in the most flattering style by Gor don's division, who evinced their appreciation of his brilliant success before Charleston, and the propriety of the President's recognition of the same, in the most en- thusiaatic manner. The General's modest nature was quite overoome by the exhibition of the soldiers’ respect ‘and love, and be could only bow his aoknowledgments. ‘The occasion was one which all who witnessed will long remember, and no one will more gratefully cherish its memory than General Gillmore, 1} REMOVAL OF MRADQUARTMRA, In consequence of the rapid encroachments of the sea upon the sand ridge facing: the Roads, it has been found necessary to frequently strike headquarter tents and re- pitch them further inland, The tidal flow bas recently become so impetuous ag to wash away the greater part of the eand bluffs, and it now threatens to sweep en- tirety over the lower part of the island. It was at the last moment determined to move them to Folly Isiand, and yesterday the staff tents were struck and transferred to a breezy bluff on Folly Island, looking out'upon the blue waters of the ocean and shaded by the broad spread- fog branches of live oaks and Southern pines. To-day General Gillmor will transfer nis quarters to the new site, and tomorrow Goneral Terry's and the Finnatn’s beadquarters will be the only great objects of interest on the sandy biuff. The Herau's marqueo was originally pitched a hundred feet or more from high water; to-day the consuming waves throw their spray on the bluff dozen feet from the entrance of our residence. With excellent good sense the Hanaty's corps will follow in ® few days the example of bead. quarters, and betake itself to Folly Island, taking Frank Leslie's artist in its train. We need more scope, greater freedom. We may properly say— «No pent up Utica contracts our powers,’’ as nearly the greater part of Polly Island is ours, or at Teast enough of it to pitch our tent upon. We rogret the neceasity of a change, a8 Morris Island is by all odds the most agroeable location for a residence. We flod shade trees on the latter island; but this comfort tms its disa- greeable features, Where there are woods and wet or swampy lands, as there, we are sure to find maiaria and the attendant climatic fevers, which are to be dreaded at thie season of the year, Besides, the water is bad and unbeakhy. However, all these discomforts and risks are bat for a day, We bope to change again, not many wooks distant, to some more Roayitable location: PRROOM AL. Captain Joseph J. Comstock, of the Third Rhode Island artillery, who #0 gallantly and akiitully commanded one of the beary siege batteries in the reduction of Sumter, has received and acceptéd « commission of first major in & new colied regiment of heavy artillery sow forming in Rhode Ivlaad, The promotion was tendered bim by the Governor for faithful and gallant services in the field, and fe regarded by all af & substantial com: liment emi- ently Ot and well earned. Captain ©. R. Rrayton, of the ‘Third Rhode Island artillery, has aceepted the Weuten:mt coiwnelcy of the new regiment, and will in a fow duys eave for the North to enter opon bis new tne of | duties, Captain Brayton has long deserved prom too, o9 bis services in command fF he batrory have been of Merent © ' HSDAY, SEPIEN ‘oth he and Ca tity ometock, wha leave by the Ara | fronr whic! will Veer w im dhem the best wishes of the en a. among Who oy are ao well known, for their future succe-s and weilure in their new field of | duties. Jt is understood that Rrigntier General A. H. Terry is to be recommended for promotion. He has richly earned an additional siur by bis devo'ed labors in the country’s service. by his gatiantry and #o'dierly attainments, and by the prominent part he has borne in the brilliant opera tions on James Island and on Morris Island to the sie: of Charlesion, Such @ recognition of bis services by tho President will meet with the warmest approval of all who know his worth and approciate bis solid claims for advancement, Promotion has been slow in this depart- tire coun faithful officers, MAVAL APYAIRS, Concerning naval matters there is but little to write. There have been no engagemonts for the past two weeks, ‘The Monitors and ronsides have ridden out two heavy gales at their ancho 8, in-ide the bar, with safety. 1° not with comfort, and have maintained tho inéide blockade to the satisfaction of all. The line they maintain across | gonnd, inst June, the channeis boiow Forts Sumter and Moultrie is as ef- fective as any line can be. It will bea very dificult, if not an impossible matter, to clude this blockade by ves- sels running in or out, The Monitors are certainly useful in this respect, as well in the more important one of pre venting the rebel iron-clads from shelling our camps from the Roads. The expense is great, however, but necessary. ‘THR NAVAL OPMIORRE IN CHARLESTON. From deserters and other sources we have learned that the naval officers cuptured on the 8th inst. ave now in tho Charleston j il/baving been removed from ort Sumter. They have been hoard from twice or three times since they were taken, but not, [ believe, since their transier tothe city. They were in good health and spirits and anxious to be roleased. Admiral Dabigren is slowly recovering from his late ilness, although yet far from being well. He is hopeful of final success, and will act when the proper time comes. Captain Emmons, the new chief of staff, bas arrived and entered upon the pertormance of his duties. Commander Ammon as cheerful. fresh and vigorous as ever, and as full of hope and pluck, is now the ordnanco officer of the squadron. He isa valuable man; and when the story of the attack on Charleston can be told without reservation bis name will be rightfully prominent in tho narration, Ensigns Wallace, Pierson, McCormiek and Lowrey, of the Wabash, go North to-day in the Aragofor fina! exami- nation before the Examining Board, at Newport, for pros motion to the grade of lieutenants. They are all gallant young officers, who served in this equadron, since Port Royal was captured, under the eyos and tutilage of Admi ral Dupont and Commander C. K. P. Rodgers, and are now fitted for the higher duties of the grade they seck to reach. All have scen active service, and hive established reputations for bravery, nautica! skii! and gallant deport- ment. We wish them every success. NAVAL CHANGRS, Commander John H. Upshur, of the Flambeau, has boen detached and ordered North for anew command, Lieu- tenant Commander Cilley has been ordered from the Una dilia to the Flambeau, and Lieutenant Commander John ‘800 is placed in command of the Unadilla, Captain John De Camp now comminds the Wabash, Lieutenant Hop- kins being the first lieutenant and executive officer, Lieutesant Commander Wost has been assigned the com- mand of the Wissahickon, The health of the officers and crews of the Monitors is only tolerable. Our Ailton Head Correspondence. Huston Heap, Sept. 24, 1863. Departure of the Supply Ship Cnion—A Pleasmnt Pas sag'—Plosam and Jesam—Arriyal at Charleston Bar— Artillery Practice—Condition of Sumt-r—A Northvaster'y Gale—Arrival at Port Royal—Vistt to the Cripplid Monitors and the Atlanta—A Hint to Barnum—Improve- ment of the Monitors, dtc., fe. . ‘The United States supply steamship Union, Volunteer Lieutenant Conroy, which put back into New York on Friday evening, the 19th inst., in consequence of the viotence of the equinoctial gale, again left the Brook lyn Navy Yard on Sunday morning, the 20th inst. Before reaching Sandy Hook the gale bad completely subsided, and the Unton proceeded on her voyage towards the South with @ smooth sea and a god strong, but not boisterous wind, which soon hauled round 80 as to blow right astern Under such @ combination of favorable circumstances tho Union made considerable headway, bowling wlong at the rate of eleven knots, to the great delight of all on board, who anticipated @ quick and picasant passage to their re- Spective destinations, and the discomforts attendant on the gale of the 18th were forgotton. Nothing of interest happened, till the Union arrived rather more than midway between Cape Hatteras and Charleston, when, on the morning of the 22d, a number of casks were seen floatig about; several of these had been passed, when Captain Conroy determined on secur- ing threo of them that were then in sight. Accord- ingly, two of the boats were lowered and the three casks ‘were soon taken on board, On examination they proved to be filled with spirits of turpentine, Other indications lod to the supposition that the caske had formed part of the cargo of @ vessel that bad run the blockade off ‘Wiimington and afterwards foundered or been wrecked during the recent gale. The three casks are, it ia true, but a emall prize: bat small favors ought to be thankfully received. The waifs thus rescued will, It is to be presumed, become the pro. perty of the finders, though, in accordance with the an- clent laws relating to flotsam and jetsam, the prize may be claimed by some other party, who bad no trouble in securing it, Marryatt, in one of hts aca stories, relates an episode about his once baving fished up an anchor and chain, which be appropriated to himself. But while congratulating himself on the possession of his prize, some person connected with the Admir*lty camo on board his ship and demanded the anchor and chain, plead- ing the laws of flotaam and jetsam in supporto! his claim, whereupon Marryatt refused to give them up, for the three following reasons: — . First, Flotsam means floating ; but anchors never float. Second, Jotsam, signifies throwing up ; but the anchor ‘and chain were not thrown up. Third. He would eee the claimant d—d first ‘This logical reasoning was conclusive, and Marryatt kept bis anchor and chain. About 4 o'clock the same evening, the Union arrived off Charleston bar, whore sho anchored, aa she draws seventeen fect of water—too heavy « draft for her to croes the bar, For some time before coming in right of Charleston, a dark amoke was seen on the land, to the northward of Sullivan's Isiand, but what occasioned it could not be ascertained. On opening Charleston barbor, the Union flect was seen drawn up at some distance from the land opposite Sullivan's Island. Quite a number—among which was the fronsides, as well as several Monitors, were observed further in, just be- yond range of Sumter, Moultrie and the other rebel forti- fications. Vessels of deeper draught, among which was the steam frigate Wabash, were at anchor outside the bar, matotaining the blockade. Just before the Union came to an anchor a puff of smoke wag seen in the dim distance. It proved to be the firing of a gun from Fort Moultrie. The sheil burst high in the air about midway between the fort and Battery Grege— now in possession of the Union troops—at which the gun was aimed, Shot after shot succeeded at intervals, some of the shells bursting nearer to Battery Gregg, but apparently doing no damage, though it is dim. cult t© determine at the distance of the Union from the works, Oneor two shots wore fired in return from | Rattery Gregg, Dut all the shetls burst considerably short | in the’air. All thts time not a gun was fired from Fort | Sumter, from the staff of which the rebel ensign still floated defiantly, The cannonade was kept upafter the shades of evening bad fallen, shortly after which it consed. With & good ginss a great part of the damage done to Fort Samter by General Gillmore’s batteries could bo plainly diaceried, The fort presented a dilapidated ap. pearance, especially that part of it facing towards the son, ‘The wails of this part of the stronghold seem to be 80 completely battered down as to have become a mitsha. | pen mass, sloping down irregularly from the parapet to the nea, It wood be impossible, at such a distrance, how. ever, t0 deseribe more minutely the mischief done by the tremendous engines of destraction employed in the reduc tion of the fort. Nor is this necessary, ae fum descrip: Hons of the present state of Sumter have appeared in the Hernaip from time to time. Quite a number of naval officers on board the Union bad been ordered to report to Admiral Dahlgren at Charleston, Henee the anchoring outside the bar by Captain Conroy, tm the exerci“ Of the discretion with which be was in. vested. It was expected that a tug would be sent out to commuantonte «ith the Union, and @ request to that offect sigmiized to the figehip. At all events, the captain of aqwnboat whom Captain Conway spoke, and who was cotog forther in, romived to make the requinivy sig- oa The toe did not make its appearaoce, however in © ogtqcenes of which Captdin Conroy weigtéd anchor 1 or 'y bo the following morning t0 proc ed ta Port Royal, HR 30 18% 3.—TRIPLE SHEET. | omment deere, =i Charleston h place the officers could be casily sent on to ° INTERESTING FROM NEW ORLEANS. While running in towards this last named place th wind shifted raynd to the northeast, and the sea becamo Durivg the night the wind fresbened, and by daylight iteblowed balf a gale, with a somewhat ship to roll com siderably, th vgh pot in any degree to the extent it did somewhat rough, heavy sea running, gehich caused tt ——e Arrival of the Steamers Morning Star and Clinton. during the storin of the 19th. The run to Port Royal was accomplishe’ by bal’-paet twelve o'clock, and tho Union came to anchor close to the tine-of:battle ship Vermont. shortly after a tug came alongside and took off the officers, who had been ordered to report nt naval Charleston and Port Royal. Just before leaving Charles ton bar a fire was observed in Fort Moultrie, or its imme- Ment, and the presont is a proper occasion to reward | diate vicinity, bot it was not ascertained how it origin- ‘The fire was burning when the fort cessed to be ated. visiblo in the dim distance and below the horizon, Your correspondent bas just returned from a visit to the Monitors up Station creck, and the ex-rebel ram Fin- gal, now belonging to the United States, under the name of the Atianta, which, the readers of the Heraup witl remember, was captured by Com. John Rogers, in Warsaw We first went on hoard of the Monitor Pat»psco, and had an opportunity of seeing the effects of the terrible ¢annonade to which she was recently exposed during tho attack on the rebel works in Charleston har bor. er turret is indented all round by the heavy pro Jectiles {rom the rebel torts; but not a single shot pene- trated even a single plate of which the turret con- sists. We were shown down below, but ax we are about to leave for Key West. I am in too much haste to close, to say furthor than that the several apart ments are far moro oomfortab' than 1 was ied to expect. How matters may be when steam is un, and tho vessel is heated throughont, 18 another matter, which can oulv be conjectured by those who lick exnerinnce on the subject Froin the Patansco, we went on board the Weehawken, which vessel was being improved by the addition at t bottom of the tnrret of on iron rim. five inches in thick: hoss, tnd About A Leen inches deep. This improvement 1s boing made in consequence of a piece of shell having been Jammed betwee: the bottem of the turret and the deck, Preventing the latter from rovatving, when the Weehiw. Ken was aground, at the time of the bombardment of Fort Monitrie, All the other vessels of the samo class are to be furnished with a similar rim. Theso rims were bronght in sections by the Union. The Weehawken war not hit so many times ag the Matansen, but we were shewn a wound on ther starboard side, cansed by a shot from Moultrie, thronrh which the water isatill slowly trick ling, rendering a froquent recourse to the pumps ne ceas'ry, leaving the Passaic unvisited we proceeded to the Atlanta, over which wa took a hasty gance. Sho is, in some respects, like the Kseox; but not 8 well fitted up 18 that vessel. She curries a soven-inch rifled Brooks' gua astern and one ahend, hecidos two broadside six inch guns of the samo kind and by the same maker, These guns were manufactured at itebmond. They are somo- what like the Parrott gun, having the hoop at the breech: but it i claimed for tho’ Prook’s cun that it is strongor Just bofore the hoop than the Parrott, Statements of Deserters, Agentleman direct from Morris Island states that a few days hefore be le't seven deserters arrived there from Sullivan's Island, Their story is that after the Dlowing up of the magazine m Fort Moultrie, and fully exnecting acontinuance of the shelling on the followin day, the rebels made preparstions for the removal of with the tntention of evagnating the ing the next morning that the shelling was not renewed, they conelided to wait A little longer ‘These desertera reachet Morris Igland under the follow ing cironmstances: Several oMcers belonging to the gar rison of Fort Moultrie. who tut gone ont yachting, went ashore at some point in the bay, leaving theif yacht in chargo of these reven sidiors, two of whom acted as guard, As soon as the chora party were far enough away to make the atteinpt practirablo, the soldiers, guards mnd ali formed the plan of making uee of the opportunity al- forded thei of placing themsrives under the protection of tho Stars and Strings, So tha suis were hoisted, the yacht swung off from her moo-mes, and the adventurers reached the Tnion camp in safety. The yacht is said to bea very fine craft. Obituary, MAJOR ROBERT M. LEX, UNITRD STATRE ARMY. Major Rougut M. Luxx, naymaster, United States Army, aged fifty-eight years, died mu ideniv, on Monday mora. ing, Septembor 21, of heart disnase, Among the numerous sad sadly aiicting visitations Acting | which doatn has mado during tho present war, there is Bcarcely one where joas will he more deeply and genorally felt than he whose death we now mourn. A beloved, en- deared and indulgent parent; a friihful, devoted ‘and sympathizing friend: a loyal and” patriotic citizen; an earnest and conscler tious government offcinl, ho won the confidence and esteem of atl with whom he wes brought jnto contact, To the discharged soldier—sick, wounded or enteebled, with whom he was in constant intercourse in the performance of his dnty—to tnere shattered wrecks, drifting home from our battle fields and hoa pitals, he was ever kind, and extended to them hia warm- est Bympatbies, meeting them with all the aifection of a friend and gtving them advice, for which he was so emi nently qualified by his former Tewal conoeetiona: and to many who were destitnte and penniless, through the irre- cularity of their flo! pavers.and unanle to draw their pay, he would from his own pocket afford the means to reveh their homes and kindred. Such continued acts of kind. ness, performed in that xentle and unassuming manner which was peculiar to him, together with an ancommen ly geverous disposition and seciil nature, endeared him toa wide circle of warm, admiring friends, who now deeply and sincerely monn hix andden decease, THis memory witl ever he green in the hearta of these brave men who have been the recipients of bis many acts of kindness and affection. To that stricken household. in this hour of their beresvement and deep affiietion, we wonld not dare intrude a word: yet, cinid we approach them, gladly woul! we drop the tear of symoathy, and commend them to Him who hath premised te moke him. self the epocial guardian of a'l who are lett thus desolite, the Father of the fatherless, From the precinets of that silent tomb tn Lanrel Hill, and from the life'ess form that tenants it, there comes a voice still as death, and soft as A epirive whis -er—«Prepare to meet thy / He ig not dead, but slee eth, TUK HON. HAGVEY BALDWIN, of Syracuse, N. ¥., a pionoer in the samlement of Ono: daga county, one of the founders of the city of Syracu: and its first Mayor, and who bas long been known as one of its most munificent citizens, lately died at his resi. dence tn Onondaga strect, Syracuse, of a diseuse of the heart. Ho was the son of Dr. Jonas C, Baldwin, whose fa- ther, Captain Samuel Paldwin, of Windsor, Berkshire county, Masa.. was a Revelitionary officer, As early as 1639 his ancestors emizra‘ed with Whitleld, Davenport and others from England to Milford, Connecticut. His father was liberaily sted at Williams we, and in 1797 removed to Ovid in thie Stato. He was a gentioman of marked culture and refived tistos and associations, In 1801 he became a resident of Onondaga county, and founded the village of Ha'iwnsville Harvey Saldwin,. the subject of this notice. was b ru Febravry 4, 1797. Young Baldwin commenced hia edocation ander the care of his father at home, and continued it at the Onon- daga and Clinton Academicn, While yet a boy be entisted with his father and elder brother during the war of 1812 for the defence of Cawego. te was then but sixteen, but the alierity with which he performed every duty and submitted to every hardship won him immediate pro- motion. In Jess than a month he was made captain of his company, and remained #0 to the close of the cam. ign. a 1817 he commenced the «tudy of the law in the then celebrated office of Forceman & Satine, who, with Judge Geddis, were among the earliest friends of the project of uniti with those of the AUlantic. in the office of Judge Miller, : > at Auburn, and finally comoleted his studies with Messrs. Riges & Warren, of New York. In 1881 he was ad: mitted to the bar, and opened an office at Onondaga Hill, ‘then the county soat, where he remained but about three years, and removed to Syracuse. In 1825 he formed’a partoersbip with Schuyler Strong, when the firm entered at once into a large a wat profitable practice. Ip 1833 Mr, Baldwin appainted agent of the Syra- cose company From this period he entered at once upon extended real estate operations until the crisisof 1837 when he was ae of the largest real estate owners in Central York, Ip 1838, owing to tll health produced by bie untiring to business, be spent most of the year at the South. During this period he studied with care the importance to the United States of the acquisi- tion of California and the admission of Texas to the Un- fon. Toffect there objecta heexerted every nergy he possessed. on the rostram and with thé pen, to urge the people and the gov rnment to the acquisition of the one ‘and the admission of the other. His correspondence with the President, now on file in the State Depart- ment, shows him to have been one of the very first to id most prominent the waters of the lakes | eal! the attention of the government te the i of the commerce of the Pacific With Orville Taylor, be was one of the originators and warmest supporters of the present common school sys tom of this State. He was one of tho orgamization which established the state Agri cultural Society, and has been prominent in all the transactions’ of the society since ito formation He was one of the firet and the most prominent sp, tore of the project for « city charter for Syracuse. and y his energy au jo obtaining ft. He was elected ats firat Mayor, and performed the @utios of the office with the highest dignity and honor, in 1848 ho tously nominated for Congress by that portion of the denodratic party which adopted General Cass as tts jeudor, Radicalism defexted him. In 1851, when Syra- case was giveo up to the Jerry Keour mob, Mr. Baldwin ‘was one of tbe first to atigmarize mob role and the savage insolence of mob oruelty, Hie se ches on this occasion Prendg oo: Seales © saympr. bank os tyres first to Ir organize & Savi At Syracuse, was Frade 1 esident, upd remained so until his business. comp im to resign Ite duties To write an ace unt of bis connection with public ins provements in <yreeuse would be to write their history while the bistory of his oKizeush:p of syracuse is but ‘epitome of the hi 'v Of the city lteef, Social teen house has been the very home of ele- it hoepitality, In November, 1324, he waa married to Mies Looten Lanra Geddes, daughter of Judge Geddes and si-ter of the Hon George Geddes, In less than a hig home was rendered desolate by her death Mr in remained single unti! February 12, 1833, when be mare red Ano Sarah Modge, daughter of Colonel W. 5. Dodge, of Johnetown, who now surviv As mayor, Mr Baldwin won uniyersal reapect; Citizen, no man was more geveraiiy loved. Asa ‘band, he has hesiowed every care an : wae te ticwyente, netichnts Soul weno; ont be | no inheritors of his virtnes and represent ihe bis honora, ren, who farhes th 9 how are called gre te mann, Operations of General Her- ron’s Command. The Guerillas Driven from the Line of the Mississippi River. The Rebel General Green Retreats Beyond the Atchafalaya River. Kirby Smith Declares Himself Military Dicta- tor of Louisiana, Arkangns and Texas, CAPTURE OF A REBEL PAYMASIER. SERIOUS BREAD RIOT IN MOBILE. The Military Called Upon to Suppress It, but a Portion Refuse to do Duty. Attempt to Steal a United States Tug. The Tug Recnptured and the Confiscators Brought Sack in lrons, &e., &e., &e. ‘The transport steamship Clinton, Captain Seavury, ar. rived at tis port yesterday morning from New Orleans, bringing dates to the 20th. She brought 8 number of passengers, the mails and fifty paroled rebel officers, to- gether with a large cargo of sugar, cotton and oll. ‘The steamship Morning Star, Captain J M, Courtenay, also arrived at her wharf at an eariy hour yesterday morning, paying left New Orleans om the 22d, at niue The gunboat Areostook had urrived at New Orleans for repairs Another female bread riot occurred in Mobile on the 4th of September, ‘The Seventeenth Alabama regiment was ordered by General Maury to put down the disturbavce; but thoy ro‘used to do duty. Tho Mobile Cadets thea tried their bands, and were doieated and forced to fly by the women. leagetul measures finally quieted the famine Stricken womsu. Tbe rioters openly prociaimed their do- Sermfvation, if some means were not rapidity devised to relieve their sufferings or to stop the war, that they would burn the whole city, ‘the paroted Vicksburg prisoners at Mobile are suffering the greatest hardships ‘for want of care aod food, and openly declare that if they are forced iuto the feld again they will leave in the Gest battle, ; The bar pilot who brought the Morning Star out ob Southwest Pars reperted that the small tug Leviathan then lying under the guns of the De Soto, was boarded the night before (September 21) by a party of men who camo out in asmall boat trom the shore, took possession of the tug and carried ber out to Kea. ‘Two or three cua- boats were lying by when the tur was taken; but the loss ‘was not discovered till the Leviathan was several miles out in the Gnif. At daytight the De Sota signalird one of the other gun- boats, aod both put out for the tag. They overhauled her twenty miles out, exptured her and brought her back , with all on board, tothe pass. The men who attempted to “confiscate” the tug were brought back In frovg, The Moruing Star bas experienced very boisterous weather during the eptire passage, at times encountering gales. At nine M. on the 24th, the wind blowing hea- vily in squalis from tho northeast, the barometer fell to 25 07. It is supposed that of the 27,000 men paroled at Vicka- burg not more than 6,000 will ever be forced into the ranks, Gold had declined at New Orleans to 37 a 40 per ceot premium, Arrived at New Orleans Sentember 1%, steamer st, Marys, Barstow, Philadeiphia; bark Alming, Swan, New York; brig H. Fitler, Holmes, Phitadetphia, Cleared September 18, steamer Creoie, Thompson, New York; brig Alfuretta, Stover, Mhiiadeiphia, Tn the Mississippi river was spoken United States gunboat Bienville, All well, Wished to be reported Purser A. J. fullmen of the Clinton has our thauks for the prompt delivery of our despatches. Mr. James F, Lurham's Despaten. Heanqusryms, Trermerd Anwy Com ON BoAkp STKAMER HiweVILLE, Sept 10, 1863: An Expedition to Break up the @uerilla Organicati ns om the Mississippi—It Proves Highly Successful—The Gue rilias Driven Pell Mell: Back te the Aichafataya—Their Line of Defence—Gen. Green, of Tezas,in Command of Twenty five Huwired Mounted Men and Several Bate teries—He Retreats—Our Lo:s Small—the Enemy's Lows Unknown, de., ie. ‘THE GUERRILLAS, Since the fall of those strongholds of treagson--Vicke- burg and Port Hudson—the banks of the Mississippt river, from Port Hudson to the mouth of the Red river, have been infested by bands of guerillas, whose chief uty is to burn the cotton of loyal men, plunder the de. fenceless and fire on unirmed transports, ‘These, with many other of their deprodations, have made them an intolerable nuisance; for they not only se. riously interrupt the navigation of the Missispippi—wbich is by no means ‘free’ as long as these scoundrels oxist— but also preventing a great quantity of cotton and uther produce from reaching the New Orleans market Many attempts bave been made to break up these organizations. but, by what cause! know not, bave bitherto proved en- tirely unsuccessful. Scarcely a steamer arrives in New Orleans that does not have some fresh outsage to report and if not fred into herself, has seon or beard of some Steamer that has. Firing into the steamers is by no mows the extent of damage done, for numeseus are the doatha avd serious wounds that Dave been inflicted by these gueri!las, Their audacity is wonderful. But a few days sinew a body of them appeared within a short distavee of Port Hudson, and afver firing a volley at some of the negro soldiers, took to their beels and ea. caped, Not @ great while ago,as the steamer Iberville wae lying alongside of an ironclad, a namber of gueriilus cud deny appeared on the river bank, and in the (ace of the gunboss opeved on her, If fam rightly informed they succeded in wounding one man severely in the abdomen, They disappeared before the guntoat could open fire upon them, The most consummate piece of impudevce that I ever heard was perpetrated by these men only alew days | ago. ‘The Winsho was quietly lying anchored off the | meath of the Red river, when a troop of guerillas daring. ly ventured tothe edge of the levee and deliberately kimed and fired their pieces at the offlcers and men who wore sitting on deck, fortunately without effect. Tefore the guns could be broagnt to bear upon thet they bad mounted and galloped off i TARR RENDERVOTS. ‘The general rendervous and principal eamp of the guerillas i on the Atchafalaya river, about twenty five mies from Simmsport, and not more than fifteen from Morganaia, on the Mississippi. | At this point they have established an extensive camp, | which extends severs) miles in length, the men, the whole way, boing protected by a levee ten feet in height, thus affording formidable breastworks, which completely cover them from the fire of sharpsbooters, and agalost whieh artillery would be of little avail. Their whole ether | force i entimated at two thousand five hundred mounted on, and pot lens than three batteries, the whole under the command of General Green, of Texas. Being only fifteen miles from the Mississippi river, it was very nequrel (or them to make thesa raids through a]