New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-06-27
NeiuqlprJ, Daily Gribn'1a
SATURDAY, JUNE 81, 1858.
NEWS OF THE DAY.
THl0 WAR.

-D,.erters let no one believe them without fur-
Their evideDce arrived at Newbern "a iew Gays
,ipce. with the intelligence that two heoeI IRON
clsds with five inches of plating ON eighteen ihches
of wood. mounting heavy guns, were about ready
10 make a raid on our BocSading Squadron. Ihey
ara sbou, the size of the first Merrmac, and lay very
deep in the water, and are only aoie W naAs S'l0
three or four knots AL hour"
Wilmington, N. c., is very strongly fortlled'
and small force Can hold it against great odds'
The officers of the regiments there are in favor OF
"a better prosecution of the war" while the men
who desire she capture of the city by the Yam
KEGS entertain none but mutnous regards for the
Rebel Confederacy.
The correspondence of the Merchants Exchange
and News Room SAYS: "The Rebel steamers Ala
bsma and Georgia still at Bahia on tbe l9th OF
May. coaling from British bark. The authorities
had ordered them off, but there was signs OF their
obeyiug the order when the brig St. Peter, OF Bos'
ton, left"
We have dates from Newt Orleans to the 18th
inst. The papers give 10 news from Fort hudson
The Bank of Louisiana aBd the State BANK nae
been compelled 10 20 into liquidation. A large mass
meeting of Unionists was held on the 18th inst.
Bunker Hill anniversary was duly celebrated.
Fishing vessels off Cape Sable report that a
three. mased schooner is off there burning such
American fishing or other vessels as she can find.
One ship, the Augine Of Boston, had been bonded
for $4,000 and laden with crews of destroyed
vessels.
The Rebel Secretary of War has ordered all the
North Carolina regiments into other States for imme-
date service on account of the growing disatiecton
among them. Georgia and South Carolina troops
are TO take their places in this State.
The Rebel schooner Hattie, notable blockade
runner, was captured on the 18th inst, off Whining.
ton, n. c. Ii is reported that the British steamer
Banshee, the fastest blockade runner a1oat, had
been burned in Cape Fear River.
In the vicinity of Wilmington, n. c., near the
border of South Carolina large numbers Of dessrters
aud oonscripts intrencned, and successfully re-
ssting Rebel authority, having had three severe eu-
gsgements already"
The schooner Vision, at Weldeet, reports thai;
on Tuesday last at 3p. H., Il miles 5. S. w. of the
South Sboal Light, saw side-wbeel steamer Of
about 700 tuns Oh fire. Remained by ner until she
sank.
Tho 5th Massachusetts were appropriately and
enthusiastically welcomed home at Boston on Thurs
day. The 45ih Massachusetts are said 10 have ten.
dsred their services u Gen. DIX.
"A dispatch from Baltimore says: " Gen. Butter
Aeld Of Gen. Hookers staff, arrived here Last even
ing, and il at present III consultation with Gen.
Schenek and Col. Letlertt."
The crew Of the il-fated gunboat Sumter have
l.
IN consequence Of collision with the steamer Gen.
Aeigs.
We have some further news about the Rebel
and English pirates, but nothing of great importance
Such reports to hand are printed on another
page.
1t is said that the Rebels yesterday occupied
Gettysburg with ten regiments of infantry, beside
cavalry and artillery.
The Boston Underwriters offer $4,000 for the
capture ofthe TacOny.