New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-07-18
Departure OF Gen. Grant for Corinth-Gen'
Butler ut Baton Kouge-Isis Views Of
the HesuIt OF Foreign Intervention
Run,orcd Recnpturc Of Baton Rouge y
VIM uorn-Cnpt. NcGunnegie Of the
~. IouiS-The Bragg"
,rom ON sp,clal CoIrespondent.

from Our Special Correspondent
MgxPHis Tenn Saturday. juiy y an
Cen Grant suddenly LETT for CorntA Ia. qiInt, N
obedience to Official orders. Up to lrs cerSrsure ne
was altogether in the dark as TO the purpose for
which he ia summoned tlither, but it il understood
that his headquarters will be there for the present.
He goes up the river TO Columbus, aud thence by
railroad down to Corinth. When he came here he
rode across the country accompanied only by hs
taft, without an escort the whole party consisting OF
but twelve men. Tie country Is so infested by suer-
r.llas that il was q very hazardous experiment.
Tile bGssi,siDolon Of late date announces that
Gen. Butler was recently in BaOn Rouge, and That
during conversation with some Of tie citizens he
yys asked what the Government would DO in case OF
Interference for tho Rebels by European powers.
lie replied: Rather than give up "a single one OF
the States il will make the whole South another
san Domingo
Ne h.y. later reports from Rebel souIces tpat Van
Dorm has recaptured Baton Rouge with Low prs
one =, but they are not yet authenticated.
Can't. Mil-on MCt,unnege of the gunboat ~.
Louis, now ia command OF the iotilla remaining
here has asked 10 be relieved on account OF iniFnl
health. lie is suffering from pulmonary complaint
greatly aggravated by this changeable climate. IL
T. hoJ ed that lie vii be assigned 10 duty AZ 81 Louis
to suIeiinend the completion OF The new SunDoa,
Fort Henry, which war under bis direction.
! Can't. McGuunogle has done his duty CALAMITY
from Tie commencement Of the war, hnd nOtwith-
standing lis feeble health would not now ak 20 BE-
r, eved from aciIye service there proc Get OF
any more hard naval lighting IN the West. Ills ap-
pontment Us Commodore Davis To the Responsible
command OF the botiila ri Memphis evidences the
mph e.timatlon IN which he Is held by thnt officer.
/ Cant McGunneeie Is Of Southern birth snd rear
ing; bic father Is heavy STAKEHOLDER III missouri
nld hs wlles fortune is mainly composed OF slaves
III Maryland But his experiences during Tue wal
have made lin hearty convert 10 tie doctriue that
tie mos effective method Of putting down the he
be.lion i 10 em,ncIp9e tie slaves 0i the InsuTrec
/ ioni-ts.
When he frat went up White River he refused 70
permit slaves T. cone board bis boat; the Rebels
reraid bis consideration by firing upon him from an
bush and attempting pick of any OF bis officers oI
men who exposed themselves uron deck At the 81
Charlie. fghJ, in which he bore himself with disin
uuIshed skill and bravery, he saw them shoot hi.
Door ,caded comrades Of the Mound Cily, who were
sruggling in the rycE Tor HE after the explosion OF
her steam draw.
/ That crowning act OF devilish mhumanity was toe
much for all his early sympathes and cemented hin
10 Senator Summers prol0siton-as impregnsble a.
any other axi0m--tbat Slavery Il bsrbarism ans
makes barbarians. The withdrawal of Capt. Me-
Gunnegle will be a seriouf loss TO our Western Navy
bat he leaves IL with wel-earnei and honorable
Iepute.
The Bragg, captured from she Rebels at the battle
Of Memphis, has been al Cairo, rehtted aud repaired
Join the lotila at Yicksburg She will probably be
added 70 the biockadiDg squadron, rs she was built
/ for a sca-gOing steamship She Is commanded by
/ Lieut. Bishop formerly Of the Benton, a brave and
meritorious Young gentleman. Mr.. George l.. Lord,
leo from the Benton, is her Executive Officer.