New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-08-05
FROM FoRTREss MONROE.
The TTnusport Fleet in James River
Movement Of Burnsidc-Thc E.atc At
tack on UcCIeiinn'- Campfire I.nic
Bogus English EispniChCs.


FoRrHr.s MONROE. Saturday. August ?. 1902
The Sudden taking ,p, II New-loEk, Of several
ocean steamers of the 4lgert dsss, nnd the arrival
of the Baltc tie irst Of tie eet IN the Roads with
orders 20 proceed 10 ianifons Landing and report,
are not among the lcst curious ih g in the conduct
OF the war. Com drring that tie Baluc draws
twenty feet and cannot 60 within e.veutyiiye miles
Of HarIison's Landing that tie other steaucrs
cannot 90 much better, and that they might have
been ordered TO report 10 Brigham Young at hs
temple ia Salt Lake " ith just much stusc as 10
Gen Iagalls at HaU..on's Laidirr, II may lot be
considered forced Illustration OF tie maLler m
which tie Government does good many .lli -. !
assure tie reader that this is by means an isolaeu
case. Tie Baltic was hurried oh at fonr hours
notice. and though Capt. Comsiocs assured tie Gov
eminent agent III New-Iorh that it would be an
utel impossibiity 10 take tie teamerr up the jaime
River lis orders were not modified bat emphasized
and repeated. There would seem 10 have teen n
lucid moment since The Baltic lCt, since the lliuor,
in the fame category, has had her orders counter
fuaudcd and u H. prepuned go tue some - tyne Of
the Other steamers hurried of 10 er1om the same
impossibiy
lie B4luc il here She can proceed three miles
above Newport News, aud Cap. C0msiock, ~ Tie
Ia, guaYe q the great statesman be 80 much admired
finds himself continually rereniing; - here aIn
10 rot" The CaIaW ba has arrived.
Tue appearance and movements OF certain other
.r.n-IoIts indicate that the period Of eL,ampnlent
80 .a1ruaife's force 81 Newport News Is about 10
and ana ,tat their destination is mp James River 4
detocbnent d something lees than one thOufahd men
arrived Yesterday ilon Ne"beru. TO be followed BY
Others, u D. shd ,
ne immense feet which were In the reishborhood
a. uarri.ol's Landing proved cOuclusVeiy their cX
tos.d eltuntion and 10 would SEEN That mourning D.
SyuriuJ TO demonstrate Tat fomeilng mus De dOht.
Although expected by nearly t'eyDoaH u never
tleless took our army unpreIared. HAT ne ncct
t,psrort. can continue 20 lie there with the rlht
Dank %, the river in undstDlbed occupation oi lie
Rebels woulo seem o. be quite ont ci ne 4ueeuoh,
And ye' d. removal 20 a place ~ tec'HI} "'ull
uece -itale tie removal Of TIE amy also, Tor WHICH,
However 40 adequate permauonf' 5'rP'r.ig Suc"
thing practicable 10 provision Las Drtn h1ue;
have been impressed with Tie SINKING similarity
l,tyyeeu the boqus Rebel dispatch To- England 81
McC elan II fnrrcnder and the lrediotons and CON
illusions induced in Letc the next Gay alter lie had
Gained footing on the Jaucs RIVER, When u was
.aid the only question concerning the ihic 81 the
amy was. whether tlc gWbOats would ne able 70
gave j. from the alternative OF turreuotr or we ne
to-f re-rinbark alton on Transports IhaJ
this was The precise situation OF Gen. McCle'Hl was
rcurf4euted by more than one Olc'r Ol fahk I boiA
branches Of The service. | remember allihe'l{'
The English dispatch was but shauo iu au'
vance o. thil view Of the case. lbat ne us
patch WAS framed on our side Of the hhes -
very Cerjan since II contained bta'e'heh's
ouch az taat Cen. Mcclellan had gone on board OF
the Galena which was not SNOW, 10 the i'eueis'
ana to a 'cw only on tide. have heard croak-
ing OF al sof;p but never bcioIe tnch croaking'
such predictions Of disaster, Is on that occasio".
Did ] not know that they who thus lhuuiS1e
themselves were in the loyal foryicc, should
suppose that the Dispatch was in some way
traceabie TO them. Change the predictions,
not to say expressed convictions, OF what must
happen, if IT had not already happened INTO
posilive assertion, ard you have The EnglIrh dis
aich as II las come back 10 ur. To ray The least,
tue resemblance and coincidence certainly are very
remarkable.
Communication between Richmond and Balti-
more, and even New-York, Id regular aud trust.
worthy. New-York papers and mails are receiv cd
regularly IN he Rebel Capitol and consgnents Of