New-York daily tribune., 1861-08-26

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have heard 40 much Of the Big GuD' 'oan
those who watch such experiment" WIN
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10 cartridge, 4? ID; fight " 'e'O"N''
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cardse IS s fight 29I seconds; raEgei alI +
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20 o nrfI Ts~stiop O; solid shot, 423 ib; cartridge,
~ ID the same
From the following order II will be seen that
Cen Wool has given Gen. Butler command OF
,bs rolunteer force outside Of the fortress. This
will probably lead Gen. Butler to take up bis
headquarters at the Seminary or Mr.. segars
house, ss bis troops will be divided between
Camp Hamilton and Newport News. The pre-
sumption is that this will be more or less tenn
porsry, unless the forces of Gen. Wool are much
increased in numbers. Gen. Wool bears hearty
testimony 10 the amount Gen. Butler has accom-
plished during his brief command Of this Depart
ment. The following is the order assigning Gen.
Butler 10 q separate commend:
HKApopARTERs DRpIhTNEET or VIseLNA
FoKTRE0 MoSRos, Va, Aug ii, ISol'
Maior.5eneral b. f. Butler is hereby placed in COM
mand of the volunteer forces in this department, excu
ave Of those at Fort Monroe His Present command
at Camps Butler and Hamilton will include the Ist
2d 9TH 9Th, and Goth Regiments, the battalion OF
Msssachusetts volunteers the Union Coast Guard aud
the Mounted Rfes. ,,oo-
c. c. CH0RCHILL, Acting Asst Aoyt -"eAeiah
This -lornug % persons taken prisoners by
Il
the Federal forces in Western Virginia, arrived
by the Baltimore boat They are to 60 to their
homes on parole. The number corresponds with
the number that were lately released at fich-
mond oD parole, taken at Bull Run. n nag oi
| truce will take them to Norfolk. They speak IA
praise of the treatment they have received since
they were captured.
On Thursday night Of this week, party OF
rebels came down to Fox Hill, this side of Back
River, within ak or seven miles of the Fortress,
| and seized aud carried away fOrcibly Robert
| Wood John Evans John Wyatt, and "A +.
| Topping, all men OF families aud residents of The
district Mr.. Wood wa, lately appointed Col
| ector of tho port of Hampton, and all but one
were out.and.out Union men. The exception
had formerly favored Secession, but lately had
I at0NeG luIDn ftUbutulh CIV bhhNh WV NA'h'
Mr.. jeremiah Evans escaped BY moving near the
Fortress. These things are occurring almost
within the rauge Of our guns, and yet we cannot
stop them. / referred few days ago to the
danger IN which the Union men Of that district
live, aud expressed the hope that Gen. Wool
would, if possible, devise some method to pro-
tect them aud their property. The grain will
| -;.1 "a hurtt When all
gone, protection may come. 1t has ever been so.
TIE value Of troops and the place to put them
viii beat be determined by the good they
will do. Ten thousand more troops under
Gen. Wool's command, judged by this rule,
would prove Of inestimAble value at this
time. In addition to afording protec-
| ton TO the loyal Inhabitants and their
property, splendid results that would tell power.
fully on the cause might be achieved. 1t 10 to
be hoped that tho War Department will turn its
attention TO this section Of Virginia, DOW that
Washington is ont Of all danger. In truth,
the way to relieve it from danger is from this
point. The value of a counter irritant is
well understood in treating diseases. Beaure-
gard can be struck harder blow, with fewer
men, from here than from any other point. This
is demonstrated BY glance at the map, and
more especially by the facts in the case as they
are known to exist. have confidence in the
energy and sagacity Of the Department and our
Generals, and only seek to'bring clearly to their
! attention not only the advantages that would re-
suit from On augmentation Of Gen. Wools force,
| but the absolute necessity for it. Tho Union
men within the circle Of ten miles Of the fortress
should at least bs protected. Let On appeal in
their behalf be heard.
The packages of New-York papers were not
received to-day and none cane except by mail.
II sppeats that they have all been suppressed
south Of Philadelphia. The order for the sup
preston of The Journal Of Commerce, Neus, and
Das Book south OF that city, is known to have
been issued.
The account given by The Baltimore (Secession)
RepRJlieaq of O masked battery and its perform
snce, near Acquia Creek, is probably piece of
romance. According to this account the battery
commands the passage Of the Potomac, and ef.
fectuaIy shuts it of. Since the date when the
Pocahontas and Pawnee are said to have been
fred on, and the shots spanned the river, the
steamer Baltimore has passed up and down the
river, she having on her upward passage guam
tty of ordnance stores. So that so much at
least Of the story as relates 70 tho capacity of
the guns 10 throw shot acros. the river and
command the navigation j. probably imaginary
This morning Gems. Wool and Butler visited
the Rip RapJ. While there Gen. Wool expressed
q wish to witness some firing by the sawyer
gun. The second shot struck the aag-staf in the