The New York herald., 1863-11-03
THE 9ITUATION

Sumter has been undergoing a terrible bonn
bsrdment from tae Union batteries. The latest
news we have from Charleston is taken from the
Richmond Whig of the slst ult.-three days later
than we have had before. II states that the bonn.
bsrdment Of Fort Sumter on the previous day was
tho heaviest that has yet taken place. From sun
down on Wednesday until sundown on Thursday
ono thousand two hundred shots from ffteen-inch
mortsrs and three hundred FOUNDER PARROTS have
been thrown against the fort. The rebel loss is
seven wounded.
On the evening Of the 3oth General Gillmore's
forces opened fire from the mortar battery at Cum.
fort The batteries engaged were those at Gregg
and Wagner, the centre battery and Cummings'
Point battery with the addition of three Monitors.
"Thc bombardment of Fort SUMTER" says the
Wing. "stll goes on; but the fire is much Stacker.
Our batteries fire slowly and deliberately. The
enemy at present pays no attention to them"
All is quiet in the Army of the Potomac. The
damaged railroads are completed. The weather
ID ane Mosby's guerillas are still dashing
around everywhere. The capture Of our two cor.
espondents-Messrs. Hendrick and Hart-took
place at house in Auburn, where they were pass,
ing Saturday night. Their horses and valuables
were ell seized by Mosby's men, who made
sudden descent upon the house.
General Thomas, in his official report of General
300 Hooker's recent affair with the rebels, says
that General Hooker took many prisoners, among
whom were four officers and one hundred and
three men. He also captured nearly a thousand
RnAeid rifles. His loss was three hundred and fifty
olhcers and men, killed and wounded.
The enemy had made no demonstration since the
9eth nit. A despatch from Louisville yesterday
ssAtes that the rebel Generals Lee, Rhoddy
Wheeler and Forrest were then in the neighbor
hood Of Decatur, Courtland and Tuscumba, south
Of ths Tennessee river, with q combined force o
Afteea thousand cavalry, prepared to operate on
tho line of General Grants communications.
Il was reported and generally believed in Wash
iagtoa yesterday that the new command allotted
to General B. r. Butler is to comprise the district,
ofGenerals Foster and schenck, both OF whom ar,
relieved from duty. Preparations we're made il
Washington for the reception of General Foster
and his staff.
Further details Of the conspiracy in Ohio ant
the arrest Of the alleged ringlesders are given in
another column. Quite a number Of individuals
appear to be involved in the mischief, ranking
from the State School Commissioner Of Ohio
down to the washer woman Of the United
States barracks at Newport, across the
river from Cincinnati. Axes and chloroform-
curious combination Of hostile weapons
seem 10 have been the destructive ele
ments designed by the conspirators for the re-
lease Of the prisoners at Camp Chase and tn,
demolition Of the pententiary. It is said that tn,
plan was to have been carried out week ago, bu
miscarried, which no doubt gave the sagacious de
tecuves who discovered the conspiracy an oppor
tunity to complete their plans.
EUROPEAN HEwa
The steamships Germania and City OF Washing
ton, from Southampton and Queenstown respec
6vely, reached this port yesterday morning, bring
ing our European files 10 the 2lst Of October, viii
very interesting and important letters from on
special correspondents in Paris and 81. Peters
burg.
The steamship China, from Queenstown on IN,
18th uit., passed Cape Race last Saturday night
On her voyage to New York. she was boarded b,
our agent at the Cape, aud her news--which i
three days later. teiegraphed from Newfound
land-is published in the HERALD this morning.
Our correspondent in St. Petersburg furnishe
very interesting letter under date of October IL
He states that the movement Of the Russian wa
vessels TO New York was decided on after cor
sultstion between Prince Gortschakof and NJ
Clay, the United States Minister to Russia, an
was regarded as political event Of importanc,
A very interesting sketch Of the life and service
Of ADMIRAL Lessonskoi, the commander Of IN
nset, is contained In the letter.
From Paris We learn that the Mexican questio