The New York Herald Newspaper, September 1, 1864, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD. @AMES GORDON BHNNETR EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR Sr a Sees | ana eccrosly anything was dove, The rise in pola rea-| back on the old republican party and support cored tne market raiber firmer; but most kinds o mer- | Tincolg, while Cockrane wiil recur to his chasdwe were powtvel, Oa "Change the four market Oras Sho. ' aad, high, WAH’ Se, "a. Oc. Bigher. or ginal Instincts and support McClellan, the was Lrn-r, while outy wero dull and drooping, Pork | 4eocratic nominee. Thus the ranks are clos- wae higher, witb a fair demend. eof and lard quict,| ing up on ell sides, and the contest settling bubfirm. Whiskey quiet. Freights dull and depressed. | down to @ race between McClellan and Lin- coln. It will be a very interesting and ani- OFYION XM. W, @@WER OF FULTON AND NASSAU STS, The Summing Dr of she Catesge Come | inated match The Democratic National Convention at} Sriexpi Resuirs or tue Last Cath For Chiergo has nominated Major General Me- | Troors—ILenry oy Nen.—Men for the army Cie!laa for President, and George H. Pendle-} appear to come forward almost as readily a8 ton, of Ohio, for Viee President. General Me- | they did in the first and second years of the Clelian was nominated almost unanimously | war. Very great progress bas been made all upou t.s first ballot, and, the platform baving | over the North In recruitiog our armies since beon prepared the day previous, the real work | the last call, and if the uraft should be made of the Courention was over, and {t adjouroed | on the 5th of September it will necessarily be sine die, The nomination of McClellan was | a draft for a com-aratively small number of | received with great enthusiasm in this city. | men. Taumauy Hall immediately called a mass rati- | draft; tor it fs obvious that the last call for fie :tion meeting, which was held in the City | five buudred thousaad men has already accom- Hell Park, and is fully reporteu in our news | plished its object. The President did not want co omns. | five hundred thousand men when ho issued the The platform adopted by the Convention has | last call. Warned by the experience of former at lovst the merit of brevity. It hes but six | drafts, he knew to how great an extent the ex- planks; whereas, the platform of the Baltimore erption on ali the legitimate pleas reduces the Jonvenvion hes eleven, and the platform of the | Product of a conscription, and ho knew, there- Cleveland Convention has thiricen. Wo aup- | fore, that the call must be made for twice as pose that we pray eet aside the Cleveland plat- | mavy men.as were necessary. Doubtiess it was m, a8 Fremout will now probably withdraw | so made, and the call has therefore already fur- | from the contest. The Baltimore platform sus- | pished more men than were deemed necessary | taing ihe iniegrity of the Union, and go does the | when tte draft was ordered, It is at least certain | onic ego vietform. The Chicago platform says | that if we tuke our previous conscript! even NO, B43 AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING, BIBLO'S GARDEN, Brosdway.—Cacin.ce. WINTER GARDEN, Prosdway.—Kvervaony's Fairxp— Rovew Piaroxo. BEW BOWERY THE. MoiaruwR OF FOLePO—YovE 1 6, Bowery.—Carrovdute 3 tN Danown. BOWERY THEATRE. Bowery.—Staxer or K: MOND ASKERNT BRLLR—Barc. Jany. iad BROADWAY THEATRE, 435 Be oes Liw-lBoria’s Lawyrs. Drosdway.nManaren BARKUW'S MUSEUM. brosiway.etavive Wis Two Giaxts Two Dwaars, A ba) re i hours Jocwom Ari A. vagelyng ne kd WOOD'S MINSTREL BALL Bornes, Daxces, &o.— Tus Cost CAMPBELL MINSTRELS. 199 and %! Boweryo—' anp Excinna MaLasce oF Exeioriay Upprnge Ne? MERICAN TURATRE. No. Panronrmes, BuRrwsouhs. & EBW YORK MUSTUM OF AYATOM Cuxiostnes ax Lecivnes. trom 94. Mf. BOOLEY'S OPFRA HC Brooklyn, —Brmrortan Bonus, Dancms, Buairscons, &. LL Broadway,—Ermorrim PABAN DS COLLEGE. ath By C= Vou ad way. Batiers, Van. T. C18 Boundway. LBM Ue. ork, Thursday, September 1, i862. rar LUATION. Mr. Starton’s buiiotin io General Dix Inst night states | ‘That Geveral Grant bas forwarded to hiw a rebel account | ©: the surrender of Fort Storgan from the Ricbmond | ee fected e ies ae a = b Papers. This is the only vews olllelally communierted, a sigh ties toa Os oats di Sine lutdhaanod Maguirer of ‘Tos Polsiers aa £0 does Ay Chicago plat- Sedha\s aeiiteaes tel Coansiad Paces ji ‘orm. The y platform condemns s or: : 4 bd the trary arrests, ard the Baltimore plat- and destroyed all tbe p ~ ents pomp fc n The altima} platform ngo in the Cabinet, and the Chi- n the whole Chisago platte extends fiers who are confiaed in rebel prisons, and the Baltimore platform oes not. The Baltimore plattorin refuses to h eace except that of the “uncondi- ee ander’? of tle rot els, while the Chi- aro platform offers a cessation ‘of hostilities anda convention of Statcs, with a view to ace on the basis of reuniou. The Chicago piatform denounces military iaterference in political elections, and the Baltimore platform endorses this interference. Here the contrasts nd similarities alike ocase. The Baltimore platform has a plavk about foreign immigra- tion, a plank xbout the Pacific Railroad and Sy ank about Mexico—siace taken out by Lin- coln—in regard to which subjects the Chicago platform says nothing. The inain feature of the Chicago Convention was the utter and final defeat of the Woods, Valiandigham and the other copperhead peace issue. | tained under this call than could possilly have been obtained bya draft for balf a million. | Under the influence of this great aclivity our | armies must soon fill up; for we are now | crowding forward reinforcements in every di- | rection, Distributed in the old roy iments, these | new mea will be as good as auy for the few | battles that they will bave to fisht, and their numbers will goon tell upon the weakened ranks of the enemy. hes a detpatch from o J spiked oli the gars sporty ia Fort Morgan bafore tis Fe and his garrison baye been sont to Now Orleans. No change of affairs is r Mr, Stanton adds that the oficlal reporis re tho rebel Generals Forrest, Wheeler ani Morgen as baving joined their forces, and are now co-operating against General Sherman’a comuumiections between | Chattanooga and Nashville, { ‘With regard to General Sheridan's operations, we ers | saformed thst he ia still at Charlestown, Genera! Graut’s army has wade uo movement since lest Secounts. Tho rebels are said to bo using tie Weldon Pailroad below Reams station, aud 70) pproves tuem. galls ‘or a ob a at Mobile. so platform eatls for a cl Tas retioa. fie aympatuy to ader’ Cuances iN Tua Custom House ano Post Orricx.—Considerable excitement was caused down town yesterday by blundering announce- meuts in some of the city papers to the effect that the Postmaster and Collector had been re- moved from their respective offices. We be- lieve this blunder originated with the World. ‘The facts of the case are as follows:—Mr. Lin- coln has for some time been determined to make certain changes in the offices at his dispo- sal bere; but he is a little slow in these matters, as he is sometimes in more importunt ones. But « few days ago he had, for a wonder, made up bis mind; and it was decided that Messrs. Barney and Andrews, the Surveyor and Collec- tor of the Port, were to be removed outright. Mr. Wakeman, the Postmaster, was to become Coliecior, Mr. Simeon Draper was to be Sur- veyor; but who was to have the Post Office we pg their e plies thence to Petersburg, arouod our let, by wagons. The reports that the losses to the Fifth corss In thal at three batties reach Ave thousand oxugzerate the facts. The aggregote loss will probably nut e thousand five husdred. The lose of the Sevend eorpa ia Tuesday's Agut*will not exceod fifteen bundred. rhe movements of the Tullabastee, the votorious reve eed three Privateer, ore very curious, She mace her appearance of New Jaiet, North Carolima,on the night of arn alt, ant was attacked by the United Skates gunboat Monticello, with grape, sh The fire was returned mer. Vallandigham was a deiogate to th ' aaa be the picute, Dut 12 the midst of the eoosict sbe Im | Cr ong H i ae ote panes yaa do not know. Now, having made up his mind, ®aid to bave suddenly disapyeared; bui whea day pa lobbyista, Thale ouly; huthotltg.swas’ it would appear that all the President bad to do was to finish the matter with a stroke of bis dawned she was found securcly lying under the guns But it turned out otherwise. resolution which had been volcd down by Even the Fis ' ats 5 px nn : . en. Fort Fisher, fully protected, She was stluted | the Peace Convention at Syracuse, but which White House is leaky, and Mr. Simeon Draper by (ue fort and returned the compliment, in tor the | tLey had fraudaieatly revived. These sham (ouid-oai what fi sea it 8 Vaion deet, which, for sme mysteriors reason, seemed delegates were not recognized officially; but Cages rb ieablyed isa inca eth bs d og thing bad been done, and Mr. Draper bad awakened yesterday to find ont that he was Surveyor of the Port, he wou!d have been satis- fied, as he might well be. But he was aot Sur- veyor; he was likely to be Surveyor; be was to get so much, why shouida’t be have more? He thought that, in consideration of his ser- vices, the Surveyorship was a very small place if he could get a larger one. So he clamored to be tocompeieut to preveat hor escape, It appears | thoy were booted at in tbe streets, insulted at j; the hotels, cutwitted in the caucuses, and ed by the action of the Conven- gham, Harris and the rest of the 1d delegates have not a plank in the pletfour; and the Woeds, who worked like heavers for Seymour, of New York, are Inid out cold by the nomination of McClellan. We from our despsiches that one entered the port of W. ver rebel privetcer ba Mmington, aot wae siluted “by a Yeu de Joie by Mhe robe batteries at Fort Caswell, she carried the rebel colors at hor foreruaet and the Euglich ousign at her stern. EVEOPEAN REWS. steamship Farooa, trom Q ‘eenstown on the 21st of 7 August, reached Halifax yesterday morningon her voyuge |), 4. 3 2 ici e Gk Matic, | lac oan ia Cares Gave laces, ie alwaae suey = ae that the ne) fora larger ove. He bad been an immense {he Atworica. advices brouyh gland by the Seotia | Ferbead peace party was a humbug, and that Loyal Leaguer, and he made a great row. were rernrded a: decidedly favorable wo tae cause of the | the copperbead peace fiction of the democratic This row stopped the President in the very North, Ihe revel cotton loan tell from two to three per | patty had no strength; and the vote of the Con- | 47. giduts huvw whut to do; 80 he auoptea « cent in o nsequesce. vention proves the truth of our assertions. On never failing resource—he seut a private secre- 1 " lodged or el 1 pe 94 S Auuedo Mags mal eas oe ne a the Grat ballot, after bitterly opposing MoClel- lary to this city to take soundings, or bore for jp Europe, publishe wperiaut article un the prospec ‘ nee c 2 is ak , Of a “speedy peice’ in America, whien ws “nover,” | 1°% the copperhead peace men concentrated water, or common sense, or whatever might be the writer gays, “so promising as at presont.’? The | upon Tom Seymonr, of Connecticut, and be- found here; and that ia the way the matter stands at present. Iu a few days the President will doubt! get bis courage to the proper place and strike the blow, and then of course all parties will be eatisfled with what it bas pleased him to do. He should burfy up and get through this case, and take up immediately the case of old Welles and his l'ox—the Secre- tary and Assistant Secretary of the Navy. If he dou’t get rid of these two soon he will find that he is in a much gyeater muss than any that Mr. Draper can get up. Index thought that a pence candidate for the Presideccy would be nominated at Chicago, ond that an arm'stice ‘would ‘ollow intbyee months. The rebol orga iuen warns any Furopean Power which shiped its policy te “the seifigh hope of exbaustiog both American beitigerents that (hat policy will bave its jurt reward, ag welther the North nor tbe South bas lost the restorative energies of youtu, and Loth bave oply just learned their own sireng(h.” The Lovdon Times speaks of tho groat velor dispiaged by both the Americ in armies ia the late operations be fore Fete'sburg, ond concludes by expressing a hopo for perce y ibe Irish riots were renewed with great fury ta Pel fast. Rioting bud also takes place ia Newry, Dundak | and Cork, jour cr five constables and @ dozen civiilaue were woutded tp Belt . The King o” Spain was still the guest of Napoleon, A closer allianos between France anu Spain was auticipated Qs the result of the visit, There is nothing new from Denmark. Some of the citizens of Soules aimed the right of @ popular vote ‘on tho form of the pew government, The diitioulty of he American religious mission with the government of Egypt wold be amicably nettied. hold they could only muster twenty-three and if voltes—the balf a vote representing Vai- a am probably. Then, instead of carry- ing out their blustering threats of bolting, these coppertcads all ate the bitter leek, and Vullandigham bimself moved that MeClellan’s nomination be made unanimous, What tie Woods will do we ne'ther know nor care. If they bolt it will be a godsend to the democratic party. Some time ago we warnéd Lincoln not to bar.ain with them; but he would not take our advice. If he has psid them anything down, or if that twenty-five thousand dollar Mon- tvenl check was to pay them for working Tue Peace Facrion at Cuicaco.—The radi- cal peace faction, under the tcadership of Val- agaifst McClellan, eomebody has been sadly | Jandigham and Fernando Wood, recsived its ewindied. quietus at Chicago. Out of about two uun- The candidates, the platform, the destruction | dred and twenty-six voles it mustered ouly of the copperhead pence faction—such is the | twenty-three and a haif--the half proba- summing up of the Democratic National Con- | bly including Brother Bea. Thus fs this vention. And now, at tbe commencement of | mischievous faction laid upon the shelf. the canvact, we exhort the politicians, the | Here isa chance for Barnum. Let him collect The Liverpoot cotton market remained Grm, wih | critora and the editors, both democratic and | the remnants of the faction, with Vallandigham bauer aan Gulp barnes fe gp sn aed republican, to conduct the discussion with | and Wood as tho chief curiosities, and show moderation, and to appeal to the reason, not the | them up to a wondering community at thirty porsions, of the people. This may be a closely | cents per head—Barnum’s new price. They will contested election; but there is no reason why | prove a more profitable attraction than either it should be o bloody ono. Already the | the mammoth baby or tho Brazilian ape. Tribune and Times have’ begun the campaign | Nayar, Entistuents—Tazr New Yore with articles so foolish, 80 malicious, so des- | Quora—We give elsewhere the letter and picable as to disgust evon the most ardent | statement of Supervisor Blunt, Chairman of republicans. Let the democratic press retort | the County Volunteering Committee, addressed in the same style, and the people will be cut-| tq Governor Seymour and Colonel Frederick ting each other's throats before election day. | Townsend, A. A. P. ®f., Commissioners ap- Nothing is to be gained by ribaldry and slan- | pointed by the government to investigate the der, while arguments and logic will win con- | subject of naval enlistments. It will be found verts. The crisis is too gravo to be treated in |g, perusal to be a very important document, aad a partisan spirit, We want the people to | joayes no doubt of the correctness of the claim reficet careimliy and make up their minds | mide by the Supervisors’ committee, It gives coolly, and then go to the ballot boxes and | 4 total of twenty-five thousand nine bu:.dred vote according to the best of their knowledge. | and cigity men who have enlisted into the Inflammatory and insurrectionary harangues | navy from this city since the war commenced, may do great harm, not only to the party which | ana who have not been credited to any quota, uses them most, but to the whole country. | These men are now claimed by Mr. Blunt, and besides this, only one candidate can win, and tly, we think, as belonging to our quote it Is very poor policy to rouse one-half of the os the late call for s half million of men, © to such a pitch of excltement that they | and should be so credited. This is simplo jus- will resist the decision of the ballot box if it | tice, and nothing more—a point not to be happen to be against their favorite. This was ignored because of its effect upon the number done in 1860, and must not be repented in 1864. | of nivn demanded or likely to be required. Evvher side cughs to be prepared to submit | we have furnished so many men, and must have quet'y to the will of the majority. At the | credit for them. If more are required, and State elections, since this war began, there was | another call made upon the country, we must sitogetber too much talk about “minions of | tyrnish our proportion of those also; but let us Old he’s despotism” on the one side, and | Keep our accounts equare as fast as we go. about “allies of the rebel#” on the other. We} The Commissioners, we learn, havo made a fo Lood m on the 2b of Augost at 89)¢ = 80); for money. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. The Netivnai Democratio Convention at Chicago yes terday nominated General MoCiclian for the Presideuc aud George H. Pendicton, of Unio, for the Vice Presi- Geney. General MoCieilan was chosen by a large m- Jority on the first ballot, and the choice was immediatoly after mado gnanimous, auiid the wildest enthusiasm Of the delegates and the immovee atsemblage which crowded the hall. After the transaction of some miscel- cere and the delivery ui several cong ches by wm: ra, the Uonyention sdjourned, with nine chgore (or tho ticket. The ad- however, is not pe tion wan odoptod tat the m aaremt.0 agein at any Ume and pl Chairman of the Nationa! Committe A barge wad cuthnie 9 city domocraoy, under tbo auspicos of Trmmeny Hall, was held in the ‘City Hali Park, at ax o'clock yustorday «5 the nomination at Chicago of George i. H. residency, The oponing of the proceod Boneed by Lue Bring of fro fiftern thousand totwonty thousar.! persons preset, end By cobes wore made by several jufiuential gent omen, fhe Hop, James W, Wail bas writtea @ letter from Poritogion, N. 1, under dave of August 27, 1864, to the Phiicdolphia Ledger, denying the allegations of that Jour 41 relative to bis convection with apy ecuerie or plot for the overthrow of the goverument, ‘The vsoal sacumer vacation at our public schools and Oollover term inated yosterdiy, nod the aimdente fore exyected to return tore Sivdier Most of the ward schools reopen to day, while the scademto Yoar will not beyin at the col’eges uDtit, Mowday vext. St Fraucis Xavier's College reopens on Beptew Ler G, and St. Joha's College on Seprorber 7 sitivoly fuel, 1 @ resola A fire at Inuis on Sunday moruing destroved etx Dilidings, involving @ lose of twenty-five thousend dol. | trast that these stock phrases, and others 1i thorough examination of these returns, as made lars tLem, will not be used in this canvass, Let us| ay by Ctairman Blunt, and have found them There war a scrivus accident from w colliston between a | discuss the whole question like Amerioans and | to be wonderfully correct considering the fm. passenger ond freight train op the Nash tile Raviroud at a> early bour on Sunday morpiog. Two express cars, one chartored by the pay department, in which sererat officers were riding, were buried over steep embenk Meut, and, mak.og mavy evolutions, landed twenty-five fort below, completely wrecked, Captain § B. Brown, Acting Quartermaster, aad Majors Crag aad Mooweli, both of the pay department, wore Feverely bub not dan. Eerourly wounded The engineer of ove of tho tralas was iso badly) jured. ‘The Chiosgo nomination drove business from the minds Of the merchants ou ‘Citnge yerte day and everywhere @fme, and Boarvely anyihing elee was talked of Gr ihought ot, Rowvnres was altousruer & recoudary eonsideration. like gentlomen, and then, when wo have sifted | mense labor attending their compilation. That out the rou! issue, let us deposit our votes and | their report will be confirmed by the War De- atide the resuit. We call upon good men | partment there can be no reasonable doubt, for everywhere to endorse this advice, and We | we are not disposed to believe that the ad- hope that it will be generally heeded. ministration is prepared to so outrage public Tue Crvetanp Nomiations—We suppose | eentiment hero as to refuse a eredit so mani- TO i ji featiy right and just, there are a few individuals somewhere around the country who remember the nomination of Fremont and Cochrane at Cleveland, some pe ET i Mn fp eatote months ago. Since then Fremont has made a | Bim The body was roowvored and conveyed to the Fires | he nar Wiidaw bald af urovosition to vasien, and Sf he'does be will fall! faquess nn” “ue "here or Drowsen Wie Bationa,—kdeward Kady, while bath. NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER Y [86% 8 3. STANTON. THE CAPTURE OF FORT HORSAN. REBEL ACCOUNT OF ITS SURRENDER. Latest Oficial News from Grant, Sher- man and Sheridan, Ree fe, Roe Secretary Stamton to GeneralDix, Wantinaton, August 31, 1864. To Major General Drx, New York:— ‘This Department has received from General Grant a rebel account of tho eurrendor of Fort Morgan, taken from the Richmond papors:— Crrr Porwr, August 30, 1864. The followiag ig from the Richmond Enguirer cf this moroing:— Mose, August 26, 1864. The flag of trucs boat returned last evening, The Yankees suy Fort Morgan capitulated at two o'clock last Tuesday. Oo Monday afternoon they concentrated their fire on the fort, whex tho bombardment was renewed spiritedly. Ip the meanwhile the enemy sncceeded tn getting their howitzers into position, and tho line of skirmishors along the giacis of the fort, aud opened a heavy fire on our gucs and gunners, end, with the assistance of the mortar floet, succeeded in damaging several gux carriages. The fort did not fire on Tuesday, General Page destroyed everything in the fort and spiked his guns. He and the garrison, numbering five hundred and eighty-one men, were sent to Now Orieaus, Seventeca were killed. The numbor of wounded ia un- known. None of the non-combatants were allowed to visit the city. The enemy have astrong force of 4,000 on the mala land, at Grants Pass, BEOUND DESPATCH. Mums, August 28, 1864. ‘Thero Is no ohange of affairs at this point. All is quiet. U. 8. GRANT, Lieutenant General. Unofficial reports represent Forrest, Whoeier and Mor- gan as having joined their forces and operating against General Sherman's communications between Chattanooga and Nashville; but no report bas boon received from General Sherma: General Sher town, No operations have taken place since my lsat tele, gram io front of Petersburg. EDWIN M. STANTON, Seoretary of War. 1s still with his force at Charlos- SHERIDAN. Mr. Theo. ©, Wilson’s Despatches. Martixsavra, August 20, 1584, Once more we have advanced, to find the enemy pur- suing the usual tonor of his way, upward aod ouward, towards a safe retreit in the upper part of the valley. Like faithful followors, a3 we bave been (or some tine past, we are again In his wake, viowiog tho scenes of bis late camps and, tue farms that be has robbed of thar accumulated riches in grains and other crops. He ENEMY—OUK AD! ANCE. Tt was 00 Thuredey evening lust, as the sun declined in the west, that ( became evident an intentioa on the part of the enemy to aguin crogs tbe river, On Friday morning following General Averii broke camp at fair (lay, Maryland, avd marched to reit.fore the First Vir givia cavalry of his division, then er 4 with the ese my at Williamsport. Iuthe early part of tho morving of this day the enemy made his ‘appoarance at sevoral pointson the south bank of tue Potomee, aud engaxed cur plekets. Sizbugh Lee went t+ Witiameport, Imbo. on to McCoy's ferry (some distauco above) and the rebel infantry column toward Shepherdstown, 1 SERTLANG OF WIRTIAMEPORT On arriving opposite Williamsport, Pitvuugh Loe made a bold dasy w cress, bat encountered a por of the Firat Virgiuis cavairy, wud was forced to fal! back over the bili, His artillery was then brought up aud planted tocover the for ud if possible drive off our men, Without gi warning of bis intontion--without so much a3 giviog time to the Union commander to got the women and children out of town aad out of range of the snelis—fitchugh Leo vpened fire from his artillery. Whe tho gucs were ia ton the ebemy Made several attempts to cr ing his purpese. Sb sa tbo nd burst in a tidres had take n ¥ and wuexpeetediy ing from our side 4 as we now [cara for a certainty whose name wnot learn, was subject remtods me that the: sources (hat the rebel Goueral 3 rts from several Jackson 16 badly wounded, McCausland killed, an nu abseat froin his command in consequence of having broken his leg by his bores ruon.ng against a tr que ATTEMPTS TO CROSS THE rOTOsAC As you hay: earned io driv daspat attempt of y lo Cross was pr bravery and gi! plaus thwarted day towards L ry of Averii’s ores. Find enemy withdrew his torces on iill snd Winchester, and thie, énemy from making, at © being, bis great raid toto Southern Peunsyivania aud Western Virginia. inciine to ibe belief that tho not yet shown bis hand as wm great coulempiaied raid is concerned, and that ti Movements of the past few days were for the purpo of attempting to ca; ture a portion of General Torbvert’s car vairy that wen: to Sbepherdstown, on betng cut off in Torbert’s recout cavalry ovement. OUR FURTHER aDvaNo, On learning that the enemy had rotirod from tho river the Uulou cavalry advanced in two columus, one moving across the river by tne ford at Williams. ra and the otuer by the ford near Shepherdstown. it was Averell who c at the former, and Wilson who crossed st tho latter piaco. The crossings were made on y morning. Io moving forward, on Suo- day, Geveral Averiil’s ovlumo bad ono or two skirmishes with the outposts of Vaagban’s brigade, Lact night at sundown General Wilsup, with his column, was nor Kearneysvitic, on the line of the railroad. ring the day W: had a skirmish, but no hoavy engagement. exiawismixG, ‘This morning the advance was continued by Averill’s columa from the seghborkood of Martinsburr. Farly tm the morning the rebels were found near a woods, one mile (rom — They showed a rather strong skir- mish line. ptaia & B. Howe, with a detachment of the First Virginia cavalry, engeged them, feintingly at Ost, in order to make themn deveiop their strength. NOTHE LY THE WAYSIDE, Genorai Early had his headquarters at or Dear Smith. eid on Saturday night last General Fitzbugh Lee, when he advanced to attack General Averilion Friday last, bad with bim four thou sand men and ien oe of artillery, His mea werewell dreasod avd cleau iovking, their horres {0 good condition and woll shod. Many of his men bad extra bridles and holsvers with them, and suid they were going into Pean- syivania to get borses, General Mudwall Jactson is mortally wounded in the groin, Citizens say he died the day alter be was wound ea Our latest information ts that MoCausland is wounded, but not dead. Captain Bill Ramsey, Assistant Adjutant General Se. coud cavairy division, bas been promuted to major. MARTINGKURG, Perbape not the loast curious thing is the fact that the Doys of Martinsbary, having divided u declared war against it operations On on the other the ‘koa, ° hold Agree upon au offensive movement sally out to the attack. Those fights vecur ‘and are quite Gerce in their charao- the case to hear oj some of When veiiher the Union of rebel troops occupy the town these boys lake possession of it it wo boldly that ¢ moe meu (who are erally the ouly ones left ve- bind) fear them more than they do tho soldiors of cithor side, So belligerent bh’ these boys become that on som@cooasions they attack exch other with old sabres, bay and even loaded fire arms, heu the rebels were inst in Martinsburg they robbed many of the poorer citizens of the last thing they had to Stoke They even carried off women’s and obildren's eiothing. Fantiva Watena, August 31, 1864. ENGAGEMENT OF AVERILL'S CAVALRT. General Avoriti's cavalry attacked the enemy to day on the Winchester pik drove him beyoad Clarkson villo; also preasod the enemy's pickota uvom the Ger. Fardstows and Charlestown roads, og the Winchester pike, The enomy’s pickets wore reinforeed, but beld tn check antl! shortly after one o'clock P. M., whee the rebels advanced with an infantry division and artillery, Series be Ui comp . On the>rebel advance being made, a brief engagement ensued, the a ‘Mauch greater {ores than our own, oo erm Our casualties are Lieutenant Hagerty, Com. any C, Fourteenth Penusylvania, ts among the wounded; APEAIRS AROUND CUMPERLAND, This morning s despatch was received from General Holley, at Cumberland, that all was quiet in that neigh. borbood; that MoNeil, with about two bundred and Atty ‘men, was beiween Romney and Hanging Rock, threaten- ing a raid, ‘The result of the operations is what was expected and r waa desired, The reocoupation of Martingburg by the enemy to-night is not to be regretted. The Captured Rebel Iron-Ciad Ram Tem- essee—OMcial Report of Her Condi. tion, &c., &e. Unirep Staves Srmam Stoop Ric mown, Ivame or Monies Bay, August 13, 1664. fen—In obedience to your order of the 6th inst., hereto @ppended, we Lave the honor respectfully to report that We bave made.a atrict and oarefal survey of the tron-clad cagemated steamer eure see, captured from the rebels 4m the engagement in this bay on tho morning of the Sth {Ust., by the fleet ander your command, ang submit as follows, viz:— DESCRIPTION OF THR TENNNeSEE’s AULT. ‘The hull of the vessel appears to be exceedin:ly rtrongly builtin every part, te material being oak and yellow Pibe, with iron fustenings. Length trom ete to stern on deck, 209 feet; greatest breadth of beam on dec! mean average drauybt of water, abuut 14 feet. is covered fore aud aft with Wrought iron plates two inches thick. The sides of the vegsel are protected by an overh ng, eponsonedy and covered with two layers of two inch’ wrought tron. This overhang oxtenda «bout six feet below the water tine, ides of the vossel below the deck are believed to be eiht feet thick, and the distance {rom the knuckle, or outsize of the over- hang on deck, to the base of the cisgmate on either sido is ton fet. The vessel is provided with # strong beak or prow, which projects about two feet under wator, formed by the continuation o; the s)onsouing, and covered with wrought iron plates. CASKMUATE mate of the vess'l iv very strong'y bullt. Tt is ht feetoignt tuches long wad twenty-cight tect 8 Wide inside—the si/les of the vessel extending ‘oni ton either side at the greatest breadih cf beam. The iraming consists of honvy yellow pine beams, thirteen j.ches thick, and placed close to, cally. Gutside plapking of yellow pine, fuches thick. laid horizoptally, and outside of this hori- zontal placking hore is @ layer of oak timber four iuehes thick, bolted on vertically, upon which the irom plating is secured. The plating or armor of the casemate forword is six {uohes thick, consisting of three two-inch tron plates, of abont six inches wideleach , and abaft, and on tho side fivo inches thick, consisting of two two inch «th ovo one-inch thick trou plates of the same width. the yellow pine trating of tho casemate is planked over in- side with two and @ half-inch oak timber, laid ou di. ‘agonaliy. The whole of the armor plating ia fastene |] with throuch bolts, one and one quarter inches in diameter, with ther verth nid & bal washors and wuts inside. ‘ihe casemate is covered on top swith wrought iron gratings, composed of bars tiro laches thick and six iaches wide, laid flat, avd sapperted on wooden beums, tweive inches square, and ab: e fout distant from each other, Soms of these gratiags are hinged and fitted to open from tho insid 4, There are te gun ; orts in the casemato—two tv brovd- Elde, ov either side, threo forward and threo ait. The forward and after ports, to port and starbourd, are placed £0.49 to enable the forward and acter pivot guns to be used as brondside guns Tbe directly iorward und after ports are on a live with the keol, gated ond made just wide igh for the entrance of Muzzle of the guns in training. and only bigh euorgh to ailow a mederate elevation and depression of te guy. Ta wooden backing if ont awry on each side of U0 ports Inside of the cakernate, to allow the gons to be trained about one point firward end alt, Tho gum ports ure covered with wrought iren siding plates or s! 's five Inchos thick; those for the four broadside gunz are (ited iu slides, tho sliding plites or stntio.s for the pivot The ports are elon the guns aro pivoted on tho edge, with one boli, that can be koocket out, detaching the shatter, if necessary, and are combivntion of racks And pintous. ALMAMENT ment of ine Lenmmvexeo consists of Rix rifled The two pivot worked by ed by the rebels Lirocke’s ritles 3 ae Koven unl une eixhib inch bor broadside guns uo sixmch bo: retforced abaft by two wrouekt 17 thick et i hands two Lies Divety- shot. ¥ den Blides, with a ro tivened te the eorrlage anion for runnit tie gab, and by re {ho ruck i2 Lurown Out uf Keir'to sllow the ‘Tbe arrangements for working the batwr 4 Plements and muchinery employed appear to be very good. guns are fitted pam Gn ay arm ND CREW, bie for un iron clad The cabin is ta ql distely over the deck and more per.ect ventilation than is at preco.t arlers of the crew sre cccelieat aod bie for au iron-cind vessel t sriera consist of a roomy Artes up on either sides fur the ju ‘The berth deck commun mies with theo mate by meing of a farge hatea, andi” povided with tw large Vantilators through the ‘deck ouside of the case. inate, While ta port aed ta mo ately suivoth soa it is believed that tue berth dock will be tound to be eullicluatly weil vontriatod to eusure « ressonabie dogree of comiort to but whoa the ventilators are uncbipped, it ia od that the one blower now on Board (add which is algo ised for forcing the fires) is uot sudlicteut to prodzee A proper clreulation of fresh air. ing oFrangomouta appear to be very devective containodettous for tho pilot and kelmsman bad. ots CAM, uoWever, be easily remedied und ata Stnali cost. MACHINERY, The machinery of Lie vere! consists of two geared diameter and # raged &s is tho wi Steamers ‘Thess eug steamer called the Aloazo Ct They are pliced foro and aft in the veseel, geared to an idior shalt by epur gearing, with wooden tee, and from (he idler sbait to the propditor euatt by level cast iron gear. VOURRS, There are four horizontal fie boilers, terouty-four feet Joop, placed side by side, with ovo inromce under the hole of them; the producta cf combastion returning through tho flues are dolivered 1uto op. 5 Svgine apd fro rooms are insulerably hot, aud voutilated, €3 wore taken outof tho river IN CRIES RECKIVED IN THE ACTION. The injuries ty the owermote of tho Tennesse from shot is very considerabi its a’ter side pearly al! the pat jug is started, ove drivea ia, several nuts knocked of jogide, gun carriage of the aftr pivot gun damaged, and the steering rod or chain cut pear that gua, Thore are nomisakable marks on tbe after part of the casem.ie of not loss than nine eleven’ inch gold shot biviug struck Withio the space of # few squxre fect, ia the immediate vicinity of that port On the port side of the cause he armor {s also badly dameged from snot. On sid@, Dearly amidships { the casemate, and between tho two broadside guns, a fifteon luch eoltd shot knocked a hole through the armor and backing, leaving on the in- side au undetached mess of ook and pine eplintera, about three by four fest, and projecting tuside of the casemato about two feet from theside This is the only shot that 4 ited the wooden backing of the casemate, although there are numerous pieces on tho inside giving evidence Of the offect of the forty aad fifty indentations te There are visibie botweon and marks of shot on the hull, deck and casemate, vary- ing from very eevere to stight—nine ofthe deepest in- dentations on the after part of the casemate, evidently being eleven inch shot, and the msrks of about thirty of other calibres on different parte of tho veasel. ‘There are also a fow other marks, , however, merely sora’ or slight indentations of the pi ‘The smoke stack was shot away, although it is not im probable the hoavy ramming by the Monongahela, Lacks wasua and Hartford had previousiy prepared it for its fall. Three of the wrought iron port shnttora or slides were so much damaged by shot as t” prevent tho fring of the: ‘There are no external visible marks or ovidences of in- Jury inflicted upon the bull, of the Tonnessee by tho se. vere ramming by the wr A Lackawanna and Hartford; bat inasmach as decks leak badly, and whoo there ie @ moderatesea runpiag in the bay, her re- ported usual leakage of three inches an hour being now increased to five or atx inches aa hour, it is fairly to be tnierrod that the jacreased ieakage Is causod by the con- cussion of the vessels. ‘The Tounossee ia in « state to do good service now. To Toatoro her to the state of eMoisncy ia which sho was when she went into the action with this fleot on the 6tb instant, it will bo necewery to overhaul mud of the iroa platiog 00 the port and of the casomate, aod replace some of it, The trom gua port slides or shutters, Which were damagec, must be either removed or re- Paired. Anew smoke stack is required, and additional ‘veutilators should be Otted. Blowers are required to pro- fae: ‘vontitation ia the eagive room and on the ort 5 When these smal! repairs and additions shall have been made tho iron-clad Teuncssee will bon most formidable vees*! for harbor aod river service, and for rating Feseraily in amoou water, bAD offensively and defen, sively, The original of this report is accompanied by sectional viowe of the Tennessee, and a sketch fo the effect Of shot on the outside We are, very respectfully, your obedient servante, THORNTON A. JENKINS, Captaia, JAME8 ALDEN, Captain WH, F. LEROY, Commander. T. WILLIAMSON, Oniof kn; 5 Roar Admird D. G. Farragut, Commani West Gulf Biookading Squadron, United sates hagenip Hartford. The Gaer in Koutacky. Lovisvitie, August 31, 1864, Youterday Lieutenant Colonel Graham, of the Eleventh Kontucky cavairy, was captured by Captain Foreman’s guerillas, while returning from bis home to this city, and paroled to go to Exetervilie to procure the release of two of Foreman’s gang confined there in jail, Three mea Accompanying Colonel Grabam were also captured, one of them (Samuol A. White) a Union man It in presumed they will shoot bim, Jessey hastpublicly deciared that be ‘|ill ahoot all negroes when he captures thom, THE REBEL PRIVATEERS Engagement Between the Gunbo Monticello and Piivatcer Tallabasse _ ~—__rwrrrrrrrewsee A Rebel Battery Joins in t! Fight. ESCAPE OF THE TALLAHASSEY FORT FISHER SALUTES HERe Another Privateer Ready f 2 Servics, ec, &., Mr. George H. Hart's Despaten, Beavvort, N. C.. Avgust 27, 123 My news is of interest to tue sbipping cormmunit: to insarance companice, aud the Navy Depariwont, more especially the latter, for it gives information or] subject of which for o long itrae past it kas been in rance—the whereabouts of that tervinto levixthan, Tallahaesee, Afver enjoying the luxury (for luxary ik talnly is) of going where it please, the playful mons’ has quuclided thay it can spead a Puort time egro at Wiunlogton, On the night of tho 25th Inat,, at twenty minutes p ten, Captain Poolon, commenting thy gunboat Maticel while cruising of New » Giscovered a rtear standing for the shore under a futl head of steam. fminediutely ordered ali mon ty quarvers when about five bondred yercds dissant c' her, but cticitod no reply, A cyound mot by silence, and he directed tvat a pact juch grape whould be preseuted to the myster! stranger, Tho arrival of the grape at ite des ination ascertained by @ peculiar sound, caused by contans w, resistance, and there is no reavoa to doubt that the s; of the boat received it, The siranger then replied returping @ shell of large calibre, which passod boswe the foremast aud malamast of tho Moaticall, explod cm the other side, witkout infio'ing auy dainago. GC Puelou now became mora carnest, end sent a thirg pounder eheli, to whish reply wus made 10 grape, eer ing aimoet uader the g\cm C1 too Biouliceile. Tho Mor cello then opened with nizo-iach and turty-pouny shell, short fuse; but was disappointed at receiviny Shots in return; and (hen, for tho first time, discovad] that the stranger hod suddenly disappeared. During the evgaq ats rebel battery of Whit; guve, evationed oo tha, shore, at a poling @ calle or god tavt, kepl up ® constant firs divectad against the Mor cello, but fortunately doing wo daw je, though frequ coming very close, ihe steamer avparectly mado off (rom ihe ehore, ina recilon evet-southeact, aud Captain Pao'on followed houch i the aopes that be might agaly tat bastery on the ebore still continued tte fi! great elect. From the fret momout of discovering the strange the Monticello commenced to (hrow rovkett—signals derstood by tho res! of Uke feat, distaut over vigit m from the ecete of actlon—and cuutioacd to keep th apprised of the condition of aflairs, At abvat elegy M. communication was established betwe lov and sontor officer Giesson, who hed m reach the scend of contest, Deca g ® furthor gear tho dark to be fetile, it was avindsued, cad « vigors lookout was kept ap by al the fleet dur.ag ths reat of wight. . When day had dawned so as to make distznt obje Percepuble, much to tho surpriee of assotmb, versels, thero couli bo discerned, lying sorosoly securely under the goo of Fort Sister, the long 60 odject of their search—the rebel steamor Tailadal Aa if to Gattulizo thom the me vort sulate of eleven guns. to which abe in reptwd, and there she still Inys sud continue to etwas unless come dark 0: ora of her career, for it hardly es: will be permitied to go ws ea0 way, was rather mysterious. As she . sroand by the westorn bur, and in any event necossits passiag by ae Jors, and G8 the Digns Detyht and startis: ato the im Lee dovigns taking all possible precsution, and willl morrow leave this prst to visit ine b.cokade oi Willa toa Zo Captain Photon all honor is due. To him belongs! eredit 0° first caguging the “ival of tbe desir whore end may be aimilar to that of her pre: It would seem es if etill another was to be fleet of rebel cruisers. A fow nights ayo a large, f, steamer. carrying at her etorn tb b ensixe ¢ tho rebel color ed tho port of Wite Fort Cuswoll and the battery tied a fen de protubly tbe tho ek tory. ton, Sho is supposed to be a on board some distinguished, welcous passenger. likew so eti!l remains there “ w rebel cratger, or to bave + hasseo had bat ove mart etandiog when M F the Monticello. Chased by a Sappos 8, Laitinde 140, 100 git” £0, was chased by a sc bling a piloth, supposed to be a pirate. . A Horribie Case of Wife Murders t THR VICTIM POISONED BY HES 158 \N0—-asor WOMAN IN THH CASR—-ANTR MORCEM BXAMLY TION. Coroner Ranvey was on!led vpon adout midnighd Tuesday to Lold an ante meriem ¢<amination in the of Mrs, Nancy Love, residing wito ber buseand ta Fi first street, near Ninth avenue, It is alloged that & Love is the victim of u co 8 souee, Aimed ‘The teetimong.tbus ar given 12 the caso goe to show that the wito has been poison. At she time writing sho was not dead: but Ir. Rawney waseris the 18 not possible for her to reco ror (rom the otlects of drug administered, When suo give ber testrmony | was nearly pulsolees and faiiing rapidly. We give be the testimony verbati whole bist Of the case may be learned, so ( wa ONY OF THE VICTIM. TOR res: Nancy Love, being duly sworn, ssyr house, and betteve myself In a dangerous condition, will not recover; Tem the wife of oun Love, and b boon marrie’ to him nine yoars; I wos arried by Gordon, in Forty fourth street; ‘since the fist th yoars he (meaning her bosbead) has been very unk to me, nod has frequentiy struck me with bis band any other thing that caine in bis way; | Lave been t since last Tuesday, and have bad nothing to eat sinot war taken with voraiting: since i wes taken sick 1D bad groat burning in my throat and siomach, ua Mt ‘Were on fire, ana f coutiaued to yonait until ceven o'el this oveuing; I boom hoarding with Ann O'Neil ix weoke past; ve never taken anything in sho eh: of medicine fer more than two or throo months part; landiady, Ano O'Neil, since inst Setardoy has been + unkind to me; she would not avon give me a drini, water when 1 esked ber for it; my husband bas b very unkind to me ever since I have been sick; ne dam me, to , and Mrs. O'Neil eoincided with him; I bave quently seen my husband end Aon O'Neil alceping in togother, she has to'd me she woud rot x policeman shove me into the streot, sick or woll; she told me #0 | ip age I ae os LG gag money some en it refaned; sioce I have been sick T” have quently’ callod for © doctor, but he (the husbs refused to get avy for me; he promised me a doctor | morning, but he wont dway onan excarsion and left alone; I have been left alone most of the time vin have boen sick; thie morning my butband and Aun 0° I saw tn ; my buevacd hag many a ty throatened to take my life; since I have been sick I | my busband 1 thought! bad bean poironed, bat ne m me norepiy; Ann, in my hearing, has been cout: falling to my husband, saying | was not worth keep &o,; Tom al eight roonths advanced i preguar and have felt uo life in six days past. mark. woman O'Neil have been arret ie wrempccsens precinct station be ie a boiler maker, agod ewer Both Love and are hold to await the result. Love ‘and @ native of this city. The rendered the follow ing verdict:—“ We find! , to ner ailments from poison adr | Love. und we believe janoy Love diea at ten o’etock last event Core acer will hold an foquest on the body ‘tien o'e this morning. ue Ma. amp Mre. Barney 1AM, —Thene favorite ar commence their season t! year with Grover, at W ington, playing after im Baltimore and Philadely Their regular New York engagement will be at Nit Garden, Cn! Stuinwe, ‘out keene A. Moore many years attached reeeme oot o¢ business naga, "