New-York daily tribune., 1863-09-14
NEWS OF THE DAY.
THE NN1s.

to the evening of the 9Th insi aud iho Massachusetts at
Fortress Monroe with tie same dgios The Weehaw-
ken while making the attack on Fod Noultre which
resulted in the explosion Got aground "d hAd 20 re-
ccivc terrific fire from 10 Rcll guns. The Tonsides
bovever came 70 the rescue asss ed ly he Monitors,
aud poured IN overwl eiuus hro Ato houiire ana AL
the other batteries in turn ms fs as hc scnced for
time the guus OF each. She fought for five hours and
retired after inactine serious damage rpon al lcr as
sailants being herself uolurt. Tic Wocha"kch sub
seouenty got Off without damage. Au assault by our
boats nearly thirty in number made ON Fort SUN
ter on the night Of tie eth bat It proved unsuccessful
The fotila was manned ny two hundred eailors and
marines under command OF Liel'eulrt Williams, Of
the wissahickon and Captain Stevens Of the Pa.
tapsoo. Upon aitemp,ias 10 lanl icy were fired
upon Ivy musketry, and upon given signal o the Rebel
batteries which could be upon Sumter 'og' iher Win
the broadsides Of two Rebel vessels were opened upon
the boats Fifteen officers Vho had la4dr4 IN the Tort
were captured. Three boats were &u' kct n pieces ana
eigLv sailors aul Inagin, were kl'do- wounded IAf
Redmond Enquire t. nth ocalls ils account ih
substance claiming IL sdditoH th, carur oiorr boats
and three colors Tie event was .nrlo'c4 ly BeauTe
gard who reports Officially al Lc lad taken four boats
three colors and llJ prisoners Of whom iJ we're oil
GERS Rebel dispatch of tie th SAYS that ono OF Tie
co!o.s taken was the lar .overol By MAJOR Anderson
which Admiral Dall-rcA intended % ho. again over
Sumter. This is not trlc. Tie oi flc We under.
stand is in this city. and laglin hosiod et Fort sun
tex. it viii probably he done by Policeman Hart who
50 CALAMITY defended il in l-oi.I : dispatch from
Charleston. dated the o. says ih,r 10 firing on
the previous night except from Rebel biorie and az
was qniet on Thursday moniar re Union forces
were working very energetic ly Morris Island The
very latest" is a Gis.- .-ioh daea Charleston. friday.
.bo D,rbs Il ll-
we kept up steady fire a.-ail.f Morris Island. The
enemy did not fire q par' The Union forces have
mounted two heavy guns Al Battery Gregg or Cum
mings Point There had been BAT Little firing On Fri
day M TO the sending of tie dispatch. The Rebels
claim iha, a shell iOn lmes Island bad exploded the
magazine in Battery Gregg.
We have additional o.1cal particular, Of Gen.
Blunts recent operation il Arkm Dispatches r.
ceyel in ST. Louis, datel 10 Prryilc CAoctaw Ma
tiou Aug q 1853 Il &C. ta the I'D ull Ger. Blnnt
crossed the Arkansas River with his forces for tie puf'
pose Of attacking steele. who rad concentrated the
forces under Cabel Cooper ana StandW tc nunbei ing
1000 and posted them on tie out ,lo n tue Canadian
River 60 miles from Fort Blunt A4t,r mar Of o.
miles in as iOars lie came up 20 tie point wleic the
enemy had been oucamped and io.>rtl hat they had
divided their forces and COmMcloei 20 rctrcat Gen.
Blunt forced his way in, kDluI several Of tie enemy.
taking captain prisoner and capturing HerIyyile.
The latter was regular military post and az import
ant dt pot being the onl! pom. bciHeea Bogry Depot
and North Fork Town. Az rsar.! very hoiiling con
taincd Goeramcnt STOVES, Cen L!uli directed the
burning Of the Vhoe Place \ large amour. q cloth.
ing was captured AID destroyed 20 ihet deIot a. NOth
Fork Town. Adyices fIoT Ger. S,c,Ics army in Al
kansas as late as Septorbcr2 have leeH received al
Brownsville Operation wele progressing IL mnnnei
that eft doubt Of TIE coupois success % tic expe
dition.
A correspondent Of The S. Iopis R'P0Hican
writes from NeyOIleaa. up5er dste Of sept J. fol
lows "The great item is tha. 81 an immense force
from here for tie Rio GIsne. Most o.. the sailing yes
sells have been cAarerCisome sent 20 Ship Island TO
convey the troops fr0m there ard ers leaving here
crowded witt troops Napoleon movements IN Me1-
leo and Nicaragua have rendered it Necessary for Uncle
Sam TO rcasseIt the Hon.oe doctrine IN forcibe man
per There is 10 doubt Oh tbs point Tie French
commander here a. ton e. flly aware Of al that is
going on And what II lie - Considerable excite
nent prevails here, ougi srolACscl Dy prudence.
French war Is snuHcl from aiaT.' Brownsri is said
to be the destination Of the troops. large body Of
Ne1can supposed 10 be JaaTezs party, gid to be
expecting aid. This is conec, only. But tho troops
have gone aud are going. sure Loo1 ont for Stining
times from this quafei Il is predicted leTo that the
American flag Will soon be planted Ia Matamoras itself
which is just DE river. He whose IS mp
may lie abed is a French proyorr Napoooni laInc IL
up but 1t is my opinion he viii have TO keep vide
awake or rise unusually carly, 20 leep ahead Of Uncle
Samuel in tie land Of the Montezums' 50 look out
Tor breakers ahead"
The only news from Gen. Meadc's army is that
We still guard the frds between Falmouth and Kappa
hammock Station. Tie Rebel pickcts continue 10 face
ours and occasionally converse with then; but they
profess 10 know little or nothing Of Gen. Leo and the
disposition Of his forces The guerrilla White was re-
Gently PuToclsyic London County Dc, and Nose
bys force was south Of tie moanain, tho river.
Bristol, village in Sullivan County, at the
extreme north eastern corner o Tennessee the point Of
junction Of the Virginia and Tennessee Railway ex
tending from Bristol 10 Lynohburg, ud the East Ten
nessee and Virginia RAILWAY. running from Bristol to
Knoxville is reported from Washington TO in posses
aon Of our forces Bf.sto is two hundred AID four
sies from Lyncbburg lfleen from Abingdon. one hun
dred and thirty from Knoxville, and two hundred and
forty from Chattanooga Il sa most important position,
commanding East Tennessee West Yir6nia and the
mountainous parts Of North Caroline.
The Attorney G encral Of the State OF New
York has procured an JUNCTION restraining the Mayor
and Controller from signing bonds for tho S3,000OOO
C0nsoripion loan as passed " tie Common Council
over the Mayors Veto Tlif movement does not affect
the OOOOOO appropriated 70, Tie sane purpose by the
Supervisors with the sanction of tho Mayor and Con
troller.
There will be no draft in Indiana under the
present cal She has fGrnahed 80 s95 three yeays men,
which is 2s sol more than her quotas for Is6l-2 This