New-York daily tribune., 1861-07-02
NEw-YoRK DAILY TRIBUNE. TUESDAY. JULY ., 1861.

blows az theIn, lhry iub' 10 h"ANS Va A44NiN
mon stuff ttiil 70 shout for the flag.
Yesterday the Rebels opened another battery. II is
located at the mouth of James River, opros'e to New.
port News The fling Of the guns wa. the first hti-
nation we had that another link in our investment MAS
complete. Where another battery rgi develop itself
Of course no one can say, even Il any one cares The
Cumberland the Minnesota an' the rest Of the block
aiding feet still lie at anchor b the Roads. cannot
trace to any reliable ne rumor that the purpose
is entertained Of sending flag Of to the Rebel
camp on Sewas Poin,, asking compromise, to the
effect that if they won, construct a battery that will
drive our feet out will spike the guns ON the Sdes
of the ships ranging On that side Of the Roads Such
an arrangement, entered into, would be an aerna-
tive to sending OR feet up Hampton Creek, or 'ome
other pace Of se' urity from the Rebel batteries You
may depend cr 1t that navy will not suffer isei TO
be outdone in civilities. Except some such rorsh
Chaps as BrsJ e and Faunce few among them will be
guilty Of 90 rude thing ss shooting at people mneh
ess at bate es which they had been at 70 much PAINS
and abCrj az TO construct, aud which might be dam-
aged should they DC bit.
undc stand that Lieut. Allen Of Col. Duryee's
Repint was placed under arrest to-day, by order Of
Gen. Hutler. f,r writing 20 The " y Times letter
that ,dorsed she receTt srice in that paper wherein
Generals Pierce and Fgtler alluded 70 in no very
complimentary terms end styled br;Se Of barris-
te-s." The AIticloe of War are particularly strict
81 inst snch ofenses.
email schooner vas seized at the mouth Of James
River tusay negroes, TO the
eFecttlst the crlft vas communicating with aud in tie
service Of the eory under the British flag Such IN
formation should e,ways be received with oauiion as
has been learned here. The genius for lying Is not
wholly confnedt5 white people
The Maseacmscits regiments did not to-day 60 out 10
the positions designated beyond Hampton as was
expected. Possibly the weather had something 10 do
with IT, TIE people of that district will hail with rat
isfgclion the sdVcu Of any body Of men who viii afford
them protection from the marauders who have sc0urgcd
them for The last month. These practices still go
am insured on uudoubted authority tbat party Of
soldiers Wasting cook-stove day or two since, went
from house 20 house in the village of Hampton and
broke into twenty before finding one. Finding the
object Of taoir search, they took it away though
was not stealing. The day previous soldier broke
into house, and finding piano. broke II open, aud
after njgTing il in various ways, came away with tie
stool A Agonteman, who is good Gnon man, informs
me that ne has had not less thun three thousand dollars
worth Of furniture destroyed or stolen. a party OF
scoundreis entered house a short time since and
breaking into large chest found there secured family
pictures, one Of them Of Commodore Decatur and a
military suit all Of which had been handed down for
years in tie family, and all Of which they cut and
otherwise muiilated The catalogue Of odenses If
amoet endless, which, humiditDg as II IT, shall not
hesitate 10 give in a connected form with the accomTa-
nyng circumstances IL is due TO those not guilty that
this should be done that odum may not rest on them
Senator McDougall Of California arrived here By boat
this morning. There arc hkowise a large number Of
other visitors to-day, and may be Of item are
suspected Of carry iag conceaedazes which hey would
be glad 70 have ground.