New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-07-10
= THE WAR FOR THE UNION.
FoRTREss MONROE,

Ma NJ, ever. NJ ros;,ive importance the dullness into
wh;ch Wa beoan 70 relapse has been measuraby re-
Keyed By the Wait of Mr. Secretary Cameron sunoiy
.,ir;ted seo.tiog expeditions aud the firing by the
C1,ev Isand batteries on our flag Of on ts way 70
Norflk that afford fair stock of gossip MI
seeaarv came in the morning. saw all there wac 70 10
,as, q, midday and went at evening. The precise OBJ
zee, # b;s visit has not TRANSFERRED is IT, perhaps u
particular importance TO outsiders what u YVES 10
spent much Of his time with Gen. nuuei' :"
of course he woeId. He reviewed the u'opo,
went TO Newport News; visited the nag-sn'P' anu
went away again How he liked what ne saw Oh "n''
he thought Of things in general or particular '' nv
known It is said, however, that me Secretary V,
20 the conclusion that everything wac rghti ID w.
Mat Gen. Butler was 1.-THE righ1 man I'D ''0 'e"'
place" So far as is known, the suffer qaes'-vn vs." s
ignored by the Secretary. At all evep. n,i
tbe old appontee, is still suter sno' 's "'sn u
everybody here is gratifed be will remain 3d. here
-, 30 rsu,a,k tina, the impuiation Of the writer in
Tuv Tp,puyx who signs himself " An Enemy OF Fie-
,;t;ons Iiouorn that Mr.. Moody has been guilty OF
muepne good or bad liquor into the Fortress, or that
he las been guilty OF any whatever calling for his
removal or the attention Of the Secretary, Is wholly
sse. The statement by the writer in question tt at
Mr.. Moody has /" been engaged in an unwarrantable
commercial combination With certain enierpisiDg spe
sulaors in New-York soDa Of the distinguished IN The
annals of fornia" il b erue libel, faoricatlon ana
an untruth: m wool and warp. There isnot and never
has been the slightest ground for the statement No
one here ever thought of such thing The statement
ropst have been made it'll malicious intenn0n the
writer il no better than posoner an ASSASSIN, without
che frat shadow of excuse. Ii the scheme for The re-
moyal Of Mr. Moody needs such wholesale lying then
ia even wore than had supposed. What Mr. Secre
tary Cameron the are, no one BLOWS
He never talked suler 30 much as once, while here
He had other 6sh to fry and he found them; and,
then like q man OF business, went away again.
Believing on the heels Of Mr.. Secretary Camerons
40, i; ,be rpmor that we are TO have a largely aug
,nenled force here, aud at shall believe tins
when see H. IL is furthermore said that we are soon
10 have large operations gong on. In fact, there is
yruor aost to-day 10 the effect that "there Ii some
thing up for tonight and that somebody, some where,
is TO be gobbled up in the most summary manner
They say that Commodore String1am has got bis
back up on acc udt of the firing on bis nag truce
yeste day. Tue faets are The hte steam-tug
Adatic bearing flag of truce, left the Minnesota III
charge Of Capt. Case, who had communicated TO the
authorities at Norfolk Toe object Of the Welt Was TO
bring away Mss Segsr daughter OF Mr. Joseph Sugar
Of Old Point, On passing Sewelrs Point, no notice
beyond, recently erected. On nearing Craney Island
Commander Case gave orders that when the tug
reached the lighthouse one mile short of Craney
Iasnd. she should be stopped, as be would then
communicate with the shore IN small boat
When .alf-a-uile short of the lighthouse,
shell was fred from Craney Island Battery,
passing directly over the boat, and falling eome
twenty wards beyond The tug was DOW stopped.
Commander Cases barge manned, with the flag
of truce nyipg ut the lore. They had not proceeded
fifty wards from the tug when shot was fired
from heavy rifedcaunon from the batteries at craney
Island which passed directly the heads Of the
officers and crew, and dropped in the water come
twenty feet beyond The boat then returned 70 tue
tpg which lay in her original position. After waiting
some half hour boat put of from the batteries under
charge of two officers of the Confederate army which
came alongside the tug and invited on board by
Commander Case, WHO inquired whether they were IN
the habit of firing flags of truce, and whether they
had been ordered to do so in that instance. Com
nander Case also inquired who commanded at CraDey
Island. They answered that Col. Richards was ID
command al the Island, and that the firing act
Of ignorance on the part of the gunner' heh would
be Immediately investigated. Commander Case com
plimt nied them firing, remarking that be
sdered il exeelle target practice The dispatches in
70 the Rebel officers, WHO promised return with an
answer After waiting for TN answer for four hours
and half without hearing anything, the Adriatic re-
turned TO the Minnesota without accomplishing the
object Of her visit.
The following officers accompanied the flag: Com
naander Csse u. S. Navy Lieut. Collier, U. s. Marines,
h. Franklin, Master Of tire Minnesota, past Midsip-
man McCook, NJ. Hastead, Secretary to Flag Officer
strinha. 1t is rumoFed that is the intention Of Com
modore Srpgham, at far distant period TO take his
feet square up the bay to Norfolk, regardless of the
batteries lust az Nelson did at Trafalgar. Probably
our Government never had formidable feet assem-
bled at any point rides at anchor in the Roads.
Consisting OF the following vessels 10 wit: Roanoke,
50 guns; the Minnesota, 50 guns; the Snsguehsnns,
so guns; all first clas steam figates. The Santa, 30
guns 6rst class sailing frigaEe. The Cumberland p
heavy guns, I'd class sailing fngate, Roger. Beside
che following gunbosts carrying from three TO six
heavy gus ana one rifed cannon each The Quaker
City, Mount Vernon, Day ight Monticello, Penguin,
Albauass, Annacosta. in all, about 800 guns and
$500 men. Other vessels hourly expected 10 arrive
viii considerably increase this force. In addition to
this formidable marine force it is said that from 5000
10 900 troops will be detached from Gen. Buffers
column, to render the expedition complete and over
whelning. give these as the runOrs of the hour,
generally credited.
Peter v. Reese, member of company ID, Col.
Townsend's Regiment, was killed to-day, while en-
gagged in playful scufe with comrade, during which
he was shot through the heart.
aRROM GEN. PATTERsoN's COLUMN.
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