The New York herald., 1863-09-14


We are in possession Of one days later news from
Charleston-namey to the 1lth inst (Friday)-but
1t comes from rebel sources. The Richmond SEN
t'nes Of Saturday says that the rebels kept up a
constant fire on Morris Island during Thursday
night. which was not responded to by nur guns
1t says that the Ironsides and Monitors were ap.
parently taking in ammunition, and that, although
very little firing took place on Saturday, one of
the rebel shells from James Island caused an ex.
plosion in the magazine of Battery Gregg where
the federal troops had just mounted two heavy
guns bearing on Sullivan's Island.
1t now appears that many of the boats engaged
in the assault on Fort Sumter got aground on the
shoals. and that only few reached the land, The
expedition numbered only three hundred and fifty
men in all.
There is notsmuch Of Importance to report from
General Meade's army beyond the advance of
General Pleasanton three miles beyond Culpepper
yesterday. He did some skirmishing by the way,
taking about forty prisoners and three guns. The
Second army corps is in Culpepper. The
guerillas Of Mosby continue to scour tho country
about Fairfax, under command of a man named
Williams, a notorious desperate.
Information has been received from a lady lust
arrived from Richmond to the effect that quite a
large number of General Lees forces we're pass.
ing through there going southwark to join Bragg's
and Beauregard's armies If this be true the ru
mors that Lee was being strengthened by rein
forcements from General Bragg's army must be
erroneous.
Our news from Tennessee is important. De.
spstchcs from Chattanooga, dated Saturday, say
that Bragg is retreatng slowly and that desertsrs
in large numbers falling of from his army,
300 of one Tennessee regiment having come over
in body. No details Of Gen. Negleys engage.
casualties were small. Bragg's main army was at
New Lafayette, four miles off during the battle
Gen. Ncgly returned 10 the foot of Lookout Noun
tain. three miles distant from the gap. 1t was re-
ported that Gen. Crittenden occupied Lafayette,
and that the arry is again concentrated.
Our correspondents despatch from General
Fosters department in North Carolina will show
how rapidly the Union sentiments of the people
are growing. Meetings have been held in different
parts of the State .upport Of the Raleigh
Standard, whose loya oplnions have provoked
the recent attack of the rebel soldiers.
Information was received at the Navy Depart
ment yesterday of the capture, by the steamer
Cayuga. of the schooner Wave, which had run the
blockade at San Louis Pass, near Galveston,
bound for Vera Cruz with eighty bales Of cotton.
she carried the flag of the Swiss Ccnrederation
and is owned by the Swiss Consul at Galveston
The Cayuga also captured of the Rio Grande the
schooner J. I. Davis, with nincty-seven bales Of
cotton. from Galveston. Both vessels were sent
to New Orleans.
Some of the Paris journals recommend the
French government to seize the privateer Florida
at Brest, on account of damage done to French
property. and "for repeated violations of the
laws"
Mr.. Nassau W. Senior writes a very interesting
letter to the London TG,aes-which VIC publish to.
day-in which he "details almost rerbdthn con-
versation hc had some months since with Mr.. Day.
ton, the United States Minister in Paris, on the
subject Of our relations with England and the
probabilities Of a war between the two countries
MFR. Dayton assured Mr. Senior that foreign
force !" would never put an end to the war for
the Unicn that combination Of the great Powers
could not affect a. and that the chances Of war
with England rested entirely on the manner in
which the government Of that country deal with
-- the rebel iron. .cads and rams-if unfairly TO
wards the Union the American people might
become uugovernable.'
MIsCELLANEOUs NEWS
The City of Manchester, on Cape Race, reports
that oonsols rated in London, on the morning Q
the Sd instant, at 93,S 93s4.
The annual State election will take place to-da,
in Maine. II will be very important in its results
as forcshadowing TO certain extent the issues o
the great contests which to come of In fh,
and other States in the middle OF October and dur
couple Of years past have been pretty equally
balanced; butt Wing to splits in the democracy
the republicans gained easy victories. This year
however, the democrats settled their diffculte.
and united upon one State ticket. which they have
sreat hopes Of pushing to success The canvas.
NATAL aud .ha C..,. -.