New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-09-17

a s,ir nj Newport NcWs-Ine h0rktewn
,r.L.s her Appearance-Dis'.ngu
px;.suers from NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF
sb. Rebels Sudden Withdrawal Of Regu-
lar Troops from the ForUess- Brigadier-
General ReyneIds Turned Back-Rumors,
Facts, and 20 On.
From Our Special CorTesp ndens.
FoH1REss MoSKon, od Point Comfort, Sept. H. 1861
There was stirring Time at Newport News yes'ef'
day afternoon. About P. m. the Rebel steamer
Yorktown which 70, months has been lying mp dames
River, awaiting favorable opportunity for gong
out 70 ses, was seen TO be approaching ON Der way
down. The Cumberland and Savannah were lying
opposite the point. At the same time report was
brought into camp that body OF infantry ana cA'ay
wee srp,oacling and tie belief was thai comoined
80 I'D h,,d attack WIS alton, 10 be msde. AT
distance Of little Ies than three miles, che f"ktown
s-sd ssv al, Ia at the SayInnsb by whom they were
returned. but her sbots fell short Inc sawyer
On, m the s.ore battery, Wes then brought to be1r
o 10 Re,ol st4amer. The tint GSOt went be!on1;
Tho nsx, fell ort sid the third, It was Thought, MT
hsr Haspwhile Lieut.. BOder, with rIfeS b.
,.onDa.r .,arioned himself on tho bank short dis
,a,os above and planted three or four shots seuare
into b.r side wlrreat she Yorktown began TO back
An, and 6pdirg the reception too warm, though not
tenth mart of the oppos1g force had been brought to
hes, mon her. me msSe off ut her best speed. Had
No, Gen Pbelps felt srised "a turning her back, 1t is
believed that a few more thOts from the Sawyer
Gun would have cut her short. 1t Is probable
that the report IN regard 10 te land force was without
foundation, as nOihipg was seen or heard OF the
Rebels alleged 10 be approaching.
There il re SOD 70 believe that considerable part Ct
che force at Sew as Point and Norfolk has recently
been withdrawn; but whether to the Potomac or tse
Southern coast, or 70 Yorktown, is not known. Most
likely, however, they have gone to the Potomac, As
everything appears TO have been stasedon the throw
there.
Ouite stir was crested this morning by the arrival
in the Baltimore boat OF Mayor Brown OF Ba umore,
Ross Winans and some fifteen others from that city a.
poltical prisoners They taken 70 the fortress
and CHARTERED in chsema ca.
Tnete ana similar arrests taken in connection with
the suppre sion of newspapers, remind us more io'eo
than an, thing else Of The cha actero OF the Crisis through
which our country Is passing
An order war received from Washington this morn
ing by Gen. Wool send forward without delay four
companies OF artillery from the regular garlsoS OF the
Fortress. Consequently at O'Clock COMPANIES d ana
l. Of the cd Artillery, ind companies and h OF the
Sd, commanded BY BrevetMaior Hayes, Capt. Larned'
and Lieut.nants Tunbull and Manadier, embarked On
the Spauldug for Baltimore. There is probably not IN
the service better body of soldiers than tie regular
Ranison here and the withdrawal Of these four com
paues is probably place important batteries on the
Potomac in the bands q experienced artllerIs's-
Bripaoier General Reynod', who VAS about to leave
for Us,ters las been ordered elsewhere, and he Left
ID the syaulding with troops.
In common with MANY others ] regretted TO zee IN
TuE TRiBuXF of late date letter dated on board the
Roanoke al sncuor in the Roars in which the tier
d that more than half the trooIs in the fortress were
drunk The writer must either have been drubk him
self or a consumuste liar-or may be both together
Gisebood 80 INDUSTRIOUS he explained on no other
ground What else re says of the troops their tepts
ana condition Is equally destitute of truth doubt
whether the writer aboard of the Roanoke IN
any capacity Ii he wss then ne disgraced the noble
ship.
There arrived last night Jersey ferry boat, which
for the moment made one feel that he more IN
the neiphborhood Of Courlandt street. She accompa-
MED the Spauldng into the Chesapeake, bound, it is
said, up the Potomac. There be nothing better
for Transporting large bod es Of troops in shos water
than ,is description Of boats, and have heard EN-
strongly rec, mended for the sounds and streams Of
Norh Carolina.
understand that there is difficulty in finding
the right sort of boas for PanlcO Sound; therefore,
some decay may occur but it will not be many days
before the Sound will bear its bosom the fleet that
lie destined to play an important part
Our intelligence from Washington is that Beauregard
must eilher give battle very soon fall back. The
latter he lie scarcely expected TO do. Although hn
army lie Represented as numbering two hundred tbous
and men OIL the Potomse and in the neighbohood, 1t il
said that the army Of Mcclellan fully matches tina
number.