The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-07-28

Tor dinner ;'at spliced tAe main bE1bt, ~ +
was sesdsd. for the bsssA- -dssk, wben Ne are
in acaion, il xwfnl hot and FIJI ~ poWf0e
smoke. The fellows in the tnrrat have the
most and harIsM werk. yet have pl4nty Of
fresh air ISIS nlsrning We cent T. ene 0S Tie
wooden vssssls near soms Of the nen Who
were tired ont, most OF <hem 6remeB, ana q
boy that bslssgs in the turrst A piecs Of
sasll cane IN the port, striking iaini in the
foot, cutting him some Yesterday neon We
sent away Mr.. Simha6ns, our master, he hav.
ink tainted, or is was the cencussisa At = shot
striking against the tnrret, while hs was lssn.
ing agsinst the side Of i.
This ncon, about 2 p. n, we wsxe all mus
tered on deck. The Captain wiehsd 10 know
il any Of us theuxht we were no. 4bas 10 10
In again, bat they < seemed willing % try IL
once more. We have IA Admiral this tme
thai knows kis busiassa. and Ia n0s afraid Of
sinking the vessels. Oar decks and tides, ~
well II turrst and pilot house, are cat up, one
shot nearly went through the galley, letting
down daylight, and wa'ss by the basketball,
and auother ever the engine room tho same
way. We were struck yesterday forty Ains
times, most Of them pretty bad, aud - day
some kftssn or twenty times mers.. Oar
smoke stack also 10 badly tern, several shots
having gone through it. There wis Quo solid
shot lodged on our deck yesterday. The Cap
ta'n haA possession of it. The usaad9 OF pteees .
OF the m are laying around cant tell whseher
we are going in again or nos. Tie AdAlral
has gone ashore to zee tho General and find
out how ne ssands it. Sumter is still playing
ball with them Al.ths batteries on Morris
Island are taken but Fort Wagner. T'ha:, too,
win soon DO tnrned sa SaMssse tAae e0ed-bys
for Charleston. =
TH9 tSoNCLAD ExP6U1rioy Ue JAM RtvER
A letter in the New York Tyaes, dated
Fortress Mon'os, July 2.d, gives the follow
ing result of the recent irone-lad expedition
up James river: =.
The naval campaign on the James river has
ended III moth ing. At an early day last week
Admiral Lee ordered AN advance Of q portion
Of his II set, aud all they nave accomplished 10
the reduction Of Fort Powhatan, which, In the
irst place, should never have been allowed to
progress. Fort Powhatan was redsced last
year, during the peninsula canpa;gu, by the
Yunboat DacOtah, and was considered very
extensive fortiii cation. This time, however,
il was still more formidable, but mounted no
guns, and conse quently gave us no trouble to
destroy it. The feet moved up the James
river little beyond City Point, and the idea
was prevalent that speedy attack Oh Fort
Darling would naturally follow. But on Mon
day evening the fleet returned to Newport
News without having even saluted Drary's
Bluff The alleged reason for this is tho dis
abliDg of the monitor I-ehigh, which, be ,idss
bursting her l5-inch gun, had her engine dam
aged, and this afternoon the tugbOat James r,
Ffeeborn, Capt Waring, tows her to New
York for repairs. Tha following vessels cOa.
stituted the naval force under the command OF
Rear Admiral s. +. Lee, in the James river:
Monitor battery Lehigh, Captain Howell /;
monitor battery SAug ainon, Captain Nicholson;
gunboat Mahaska, Captain j. Is, Creighton
gunboat Morse, Capt. Babeock; gunbost Com.
modors rney, L!eusenan. Lamson guupoat
{ ,mmod ,re Jonss, gnnooat Shoekoken, gun
OOat Sey mOur, tug Alien, tug Young America,
despatch boat Mount Washington.
1De practical reason for Inc failure ia seduc.
ing Fort Daring, or compelling the rebsls "
surrender, wis the Absence OF mortar boats.
Fort Daring is situated ON au em aencs ~
lssist oav hundrsi and iisy tesi irom the water
line SAD il therefore ate io ii q Ifbng az sGosa
on alV advancing bta.. However, mortar
boat, eiter oaa5 attaining the proper range,
could MAKE ii 81 .icb Tor the occupants OF tnS
fort that they cJnsa aDs stand sucn iire any
isneti OF t,lne. Is seidss mortar boa;s, u land
force is essel tial 20 attack the rear OF tho fort
aud ia the opinion Of several prominent 2nd
experienced officers tHiS mods Is about the on
IL practicable one 10 get possession ot this
rebai Gibraltar. The reason OF Admiral Leo .
advance naay have had IA very important Oh
ject, and succeeded admirably, bn! beyond tue
capsurs of All unoceupied fortiiicatlon and y
s..ii up the river we have not heard Of any
more practical results.