Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-08-10
From Fort Monroe.

Fort MONROE, Aug. THE flag of truce
steamboat New York, Capt. Chisholm, arrived
from City Point last evening, with upwards of
two EIndred prisoners Of war in charge of
Major milford. The Richmond Examiner of
Aug. 9th, says =
From the Charleston Mercury of last
Monday we learn that the aspect of affairs on
Morris Island and elsewhere in our neighbour
hood has not materially changed. On, Satur.
byV tflg h65tlfG iEtf batteries, but the fleet did
not participate. On Sunday some of the
| wooden gunboats steamed in and fired at bat.
terry Wagner, but soon withdrew, leaving the
| fight, as the day before, in the hands of the
land batteries exclusively"
We find the following in the Richmond pa
pcrs we have received =
MORTON, Miss, Aug. 4. - TWENTY-FIVE
transports, laden with troops, have passed
Natchez going down, up to Friday. A num-
Der Of Banks and Burnside's men have been
mustered out, their time of enlistment having
expired. Transports loaded with negroes are
sent up daily to Island No. 10, where camp
for instruction for the blacks, in the manual
of arms, has been established East and
west Louisiana have been stripped to form
negro regiments.
One OF the Richmond papers says 1.-THE
information from Gen. Lees army is of very
| little importance, beyond general movements
rendered necessary by those of Meades army
| The enemy in some force re- occupy Stafford
| Heights.
son Tuesday last, two monitors and three
gunboats appeared in James river, and adj
vanced as far up as Sandy Point, where they
| anchored and threw shells shoreward. Yes
telday one monitor and two gunboats started
up, and haltng within sixteen miles of Dru-
rvs Bluff, commenced a vigorous Smelling of
the woods right and left The firing was
heard on the outskirts of the city. The object
of the expedition appeared to be one of OBJ
servation Of the depths of water, and to as
certain the location Of the torpedoes.
"There is no doubt but Gen. Grant, imme-
diately after the surrender OF Vicksburg. re-
inforced Gen. Meade to the extent of $4,000
to 10000 troops. The troops were sent on
board transports at Vicksburg, two days after
fall, and arrived in the Chesapeake, about
a fortnight since. The 9TH U. S. artillery,
batteries and B of the 10th Pennsylvania
and 32d Massachusetts infantry, accompanied
the reinforcing column, under command of
Gems Smith and Kelley.
"a flag of truce boat reached City Point
from fort Monroe yesterday morning, bring
ing up 800 paroled confederate prvates.
lAO4 SalICl lilG uuiibti Will stlt-OH ny
our commission will be made to compare as
infinitely as possible with the number and
condition Of those received.
81 w. Gordon, citizen, was sent to Cas-
tie Thunder upon a charge not divulged. The
papers in the case remained with Gen. Will
der. VIM. Mullen, a citizen, committed on
the same charge, died yesterday.
Substitutes are beginning to command a
large price, This morning a man in Rich
mond offered $4,000 for man to take his
place IN an artillery company, and another
| offers $4,000. This substitute system ought
to be stopped, as it has already done much
mischief IN our army. At the adjutant gener-
ais office have been received 10000 subSti
tutes in place of an equal number of able
bodied men capable of bearing arms. Had
these 10000 men been with Gen. Lee at Get
tysburg we should have had a treaty of peace
In progress before this"
| Major General Foster returned to fort Mon
roe at an early hour this morning, from a
reconnaissance up James river, which has
occupied the generals time for the last two
days. He was accompanied by the turretted
gunboat Sycamore also the gunbQat Com.
Barney. Capt. Cox, of the Cohasset, was
killed at the wheel. The Com. Barney, when
at place called Dutch Gap, several miles
above City Point, exploded a torpedo, by
winch two Of her sailors were drowned The
Information obtained by Gen. Foster from this
expedition is Of great value.