The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-08-30
your Obedient servant,
q. A. GniLMoRE,
Brigadier General Commanding.

WAsHINGToN, Aug Pit is quite well
known that no reply has been received
from Earl Russell relative to the protest
made by this Government against the
fitting out Of Anglo-rebel vessels in
Eng and. IL was made through Minister
Adams, some time since, but BIZ the last
mail from London there is no intimation
of any answer. a similar delay is said
TO have occurred At every step of this
question, sufficiently long, il afterwards
proved, for the vessels TO get out of
English ports.
The Government received dispatches
fir m General Meredith, who is at Fortres 8
Monroe, stating that negotiations were
pending with the rebel authorities in re-
lati TO an exchange of prisoners. He
had an interview with The rebel agent on
Saturday last, aud it is expected that in
the course of few days, arrangements
will be completed which will insure a
speedy discharge Of all our prisoners in
rebel hands.
The Richmond Enquirer of August "A
mentions the fact, and says it is hardly
possible for any satisfactory conclusion
10 be arrived at on the negro question.
New YoRK, Aug 28.--A Morris Island
letter of the Fl TO tho Herald, saws
that seven deserterB who escaped from
Fort Moultrie Thursday night, 10 the
Montauk, besides giving much other in
formation, state hat two blockade-run-
ners succeeded in eluding our vessels and
ran safely into Charleston last Sunday
night They were discovered by oul
blockaders and fired upon, but the nigh
was so dark and misty that they wer,
| quickly lost sight OF. They were prob.
ably portion of large feet due her,
from Nassau, with valuable cargoes.
On the evening of the 23d inst, max,
ing good bis notice to Beauregard, Gen
Gilmore directed Lieut. Selimer, com
manding the march battery, to open viii
his riaed gun upon the city of Charles
ton. During the night, aud between on,
aud two o'clock Saturday, fifteen shells
OF Birney's invention, were pitched owe
the James Island batteries, and acrOs
the island and harbor into the city. Tn
effect Of this demonstration against th
city was quite satisfactory to ourselves
Perhaps Beauregard had coneidere,
Gilmore's threat to shell Charleston at
distance OF four miles too prepOsterou
10 demand attention. Certainly the cit,
had not been evacuated by all non com
batAnts. The visitors which our swan
angel sent them created most uproaron
panic The people were reused by thei
advent, and universal confusion follow
ed and a general skedaddle ensued, a
was evident from the light of burning
buildings, ringing Of bells from ever,
steeple and the scTeeching and soreamin
OF locomotive whistles.
The same correspondent says a fel
days more of delAY may ruin tue entir
campaign Sumter was reduced becsns
it was in the way Of the navy. But AID
miral Dihlgren has as yet made no ad
vance toward completing The work whic
Gilmore has so gloriously begun. Tn
army is unable TO do more. Gilmore ha
performed his part of the contract, an
il now remains for the navy to enter up
on and perform its part Of the work
A weeks delay may enable the rebel
to replace Sumter by new batteries witt
ia the harbor, which will make the car
lure of Charleston as far of as ID was b,
fore we fired the first shot against it,
There is a deep feeling OF fear grow
, ing on shore that the fruits of our glOr
Gus triumph will be permitted TO oil
from our grasp by the inexplicable pr,
crastination on the part Of the navy,
cannot explain this seeming want of 81
ergy on the part Of the naval authoritie
They may be able to do it, but son
more substantial reasons must be CAV,
than those already in circulation, or d
country will feel far from satisfied vii
the results Of the naval operations in Ia