New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-08-05
x.vE FEoM THE s0CTH.
Rebel Accornc OF the Burning OF thc
"scrssn Rccves"-Proin Stions IN IN"
H,aeI Army Raids by thc UuiGn Forces
-GHcers of Rebel tsam " Ari-ansass'
From The RichTicHd Enquirer, Of Jtiy 20
an, nun frNInN

-O@cers of Rebel Ram &" Arians"ss''
FrOr, The Ricbuoad Enquirer Of July 3D.
BURNING or THE UNION TRANSPORT.
Ola Saturday morning, party Of five OF TIE Prn'i |
George Cav Try, Capt. Marks consist oil C1rn9fai
r..ler Cooke and PFvetes Thomas MeFt'o M. .u
Daniel Alexander Dmitry and William Ni'haai''
conceived, aud carried out successfully u P'I
little enterprise OF their own, which i-sleu ~ VIZ
butninr OF a large Union transport, ne 'a"u.N "
ils commando, md the Consideration anu AS'tI
81 the Yankee fee in tie immediate Ae.-NOO
TIE u,rtv len Coggiu's Point, oo the ~ an so.
OF J.anes river, five miles beio" Ivy "i"'' -
me oelock. SATURDAY morning, IN an open o.t'
s,t g. rake3 A ers and their reVoaVeis. iht
IIioy Bset OF Fans orts AMI gunDoas i'y arOuuu
than one guubOaJ WA at aucuoI S'Cu' ~, -
above chem, and ano,her nan niit Hiuisu'.'el.
below. while several Others, imvisioie az 'De unie
-, l.; ,.srions positions. The transports lay
scat,ared along tie channel some rO ~ yards apart
tGer oettiHg amid them, the party made re-
cn1oossapce to discover the largest, and anal,y se-
leeted n ;. i-niid boxing schooner OF two hundred
tn,s bp+dep which proved 10 be the Lorisa Riyes
Of Neyy-York loaded v-ih corr, oats ard other ar
ticles c, forage AID commanded by Cap. J"nn 4;
jones rs they approached her. IA 0os on Olaru
coms,euced barsing turiously. They pied tnelr
OAR vigorously aud quietly, and reaching he bow
cbslas boarded the Schooner wit4lOut taterng.
The crew were sleeping socudly, 6rt the captain
swakeled by tue dog, rdshed on deck RON l.e
ca5in, sad was net at the very door by MARTA
bin sefa sailor who seized hm ly tie collar, alc,
ui.,ingtl pistol hi head, cautleCed hun tnt5 70
speak WORD WIS death.
Takj,,g the srrpIised Captain back into his cab II,
he wa. allowed 10 dress and see9re wbGeVer N~Iu-
ablrs he wished to AXE away vi hun Inc mat
tresses were then G.a out rap, ed Ole1, aud Fred
tie door locked, and the captain esocred u the
boat. In a fen minutes tee party It3cleo lhe
shore when the flames burst from The ircd vessel,
and he whole feet was IL comlnolOD. Small boats
p'led hir,U, ia ever direction, haWsers were al
iscred to .ess-s, anchors weighed, and general
pulug AKA tagging commer ,ed to seep clear ol tD7
bu,uiug ressel. 49,
Iu the mean tire, the crew of TIE Louisa Rives,
awakened by the smoke, yelled lire p1d scam
pered the geek with 5uc els al water with al
the volatility al iimblercss OF y w-lorf pilgo.
4 bees Wa. sent from Of the adlacent vessels -
their lief and assistance and for the additional
pnruese C.! saving the schooner p possible But q r
cress had .cafcely m0Uated the deck before sb-l
and come rifles winch 'ere IN he catlr AIloied.
All lands commenced geuera- Stampede ana tt M
bcf over be bulw ,rk5 into their bca's In TIE II
mot confusion No further attempt vas made 10
save the vessel and ste burnec TO the "4ter e. &c
The heroes OF this achievement, concealed n the
woods above Coacin's Point, watched lie event
with tie utmost Subtraction, and then carried ,helr
pri,Oncr Iar0 quagters.
Taevse..ed that hey woni have ts,en the whole
crew. out th-ir Joet was leaky, WITH mole ID one
sldc iu5t little above the water Use that AZ they
had tk.u tie cler IN, AL would have gone down
to.etuer Had they storlei 10 lower ooat irOu
the vessel the Incueuver 3nd doubtless have been
Observed and ilrir cuptur, tie consequence.
PROMOTIONS IN TIE ElHFL ARMY.
Brg.-G,u. ). =. b. Start TO be S'ajor General a
Cavalry.
Col. Fitzhuqb Lee Of TIE FRS; Virginia Cavalry
10 be Dn-adier General q Cavalry.
Col. HAYS OF tbe Eleventh LoG'Ciaua Re ment q
be B1yadier 6 neral.
T. ig-Geu. 7 aCe hauTtOn hlC been assigned o.
the Iaade q Cavalry.
FROM HANOVER.
The Union IGd-naa erG on tAeC Central Railroad ere
now y Caroline, about tour mi,es from AnceTeons
its rt-as fffr hat
way ca yes crday.
RAID on TIE wHT"E HOUSE.
The Eaiou advance guard made raid On thc
White House, Saturday, drove IN ocf pieAe.s anc
retired No harn was done.
GAY SIGHT IN KNOXVILLE.
The stree;e OF hnoXvile prccenteO cutie i've.
appearance the morning o. the ~ Ire Ion.
'train @. Cuted States wagons captured by Co. o.
RET ri Murire-sbOc0 made Its eutree, with cfuI1
beating anu colors fl Ing, and passing Ip Gay street
WAS turned over 10 TIE G Ia ierma-ief, AMER hIs
having depC-ued the captured arms &C., at tH
Ordp 1pee Deuartnent- In the afternoon, porio'
of o. horses ard mules Were also brought in, an.
turned over 10 the care OF tie Ql4rterlaster-
SIN,is THE NOVELIST. REIMBURSED.
W. Gilmore Sim1ns the great Southern novelist
in consideration OF ihs patriotic servl rs he ias rem
dered South Carolina, has been pre- ented by lie
friends with $4,000 to aid i'll rebuilding hc home
stead recently destroyed ~ fire.
SPECULATION IN TIE STA LES.
The Eoydtec.Hc ODserver says kat cotton hfs
pcDiiDe IRON j. - cents, tobacco ~ tie pro-
pOlti0n. aud large quantities Of eech have been
bought cp on sp' culauo1
LIST OF OFFICERS OF TIE GCNBOAr ARKANSAS :.
Lieutenant CT dngG N. Brown, G. >. Navy, Bs
L,s@,ersu-a. X. s;eyenl sOuta ina, c. s Navy,
i..sr,1a,s-J,ha Gam5al South Carolina; 4. y wIar-
tou, Y unc. 4, ". hed, N sssJpi A. baToG lie e
i.is1a, Gec ~ oi,,, Tennessee a; =. WAs1n, Frstla
Az .Lsla-t Paymas-sT-ll'ch-ul Taylor. Virr'nia.
. s 80
~, yrs Ae,.ess-all4e l MAicn, Ke0 .uo,yi j. l. Phil
4. ;,,sas saisecu-C " niorat. Maryland
AID hiplss4-t j. Bacot ,oIti ,aroila. D. NJ. scalel
Misc, Ip,ii b. > Cock, tusils; c. w.. Tyler Virginia
IN, ass rat Eighteenth il. Jacs.6a Aaryaud; y.
NJ - .5e ,is.e-J A. Wilson 5iary.5ns
Pioa --shec.istt, Gilmore Brady aud Hodges.
IRON THE SOJ fH-WGSr
Telee-st his Di,-ach q The Richmond Elq1ifsr.
4 70, ciai aspatch % TIE Trtbu..e from GTanaIs
Jul. u, say. " Memphis refugees report that q
portion Of slerLaus 3rDy lef Ia. city Tuesjt AZ
la for tle Lower AlIsslssipP. sulOsei 10 be To-
Vick.bl. e.
Inform. sti,n deemed trustworthy has been received
that Gou Cuft hung .LIco o. or gueIrll.-s at lie
leua lie hasa moved al hil forces tc .he other
size OF tie nver.
MosILE. Juy 14.--A special dispatch 10 TIE
Irbuae, T. tld reul ~, yesterday, sayb:
.sgpe en-, my Yesterday adlan, 81 70 Cold Water.
w' place o. ~ iiles Wst OF SouaiOJo, itLi ar
tlisry I.laL ry, ga cavalry eslu 4tod a. from JJj
to LOO II Is morning . sslraisA eusued. win
tmAl i0ss o. ur slCe, our pcacie Iallng otck and
Luun. The O., .dges ~ stop SEER advance. Numbers
o. refugees arc arriving here from NempLil.'
Corresroa8sncs q Tie ~ y. Tribune.
Esw-OALEAys July p, 1862.
DEAR TRIBUNE; Things are going on here 70