New-York daily tribune., 1863-08-28
NEWS OF THE DAY.
THE WAR.

By the Arago from Charleston Bar at p. m,
Aag IS Tuesdsy) have further details OF the pro-
gre,s Of fGlmore and Dahlgren. Al Atmdnieh Saturday,
Admiral DahlgIen with five monitors advanced In the
darkness on Sumter opening fire at o'clock, and keep
ing 1t up until o'clock The fort struck over 100
times the balls tearing through the sea-wan and
doubling the number of port holes. The whole parapet
was carried away. Sumter fred one igun In response
five times but Moultrie, Gregg and Besuregard for
tloe hours Iained shell the monitors falling to 90
them any harm. Scmter is defunct-an immense pic
of ruhbsh Gen. fillmore. Thursday, notified Gen,
B,srrrgard that II lie dd surrender the forts he
wold shell the CITY in twentyour hours, at the same
lime requesting him 10 remove the women and children
No attention paid 10 this notice, and on Friday
night Gen. Gilmore threw fifteen shells into the City OF
Charleston charged with Greek fire." On Saturday
afternoon Gen. Besuregard sent down fag-oftruce
boat with an urgent protest dcnouncing Greek hire,
IA most vilainous compound, unworthy Of civilized
nations, and demanding more time TO remove the
women and children from the city, The English
FRENCH and Spanish Consus also denounced the short
time given BY Gen Gilmore and claimed more time TO
remove the subject, their respective countries Ger
Gilmore replied 10y renewal of the demand 20 surren-
der the forts and public property. Gen BeaureeaId
answered by asking for truce Of forty hours. Gen
Of snv other terms brt an unconditional surrender AT
l2 on sunday nigh; the sheng Of the city with Greek
frs" WAS resumed IL is not believed that there are
over twenty men in the ruins Of Sumter. Tie whole
rear wall is down and shells pass entirely through the
structure. The wall is terribly dsfgured
Oaantrells murderers are being hunted with
zea equal 10 the enormity of their crime. Thus far
81 Of them have been killed on sight; prisoners have
No "A lafE Eaua is
NJ and not one of the murderers viii find safety out
side the grave Nearly all the money and goods stolen
from Lawrence was abandoned when the thieves found
Lane Oh their track and much Of has been recovered
More than 800 stolen horses have been reasen Every
house in which stolen goods were found has been de-
stroyed Gen. Ewing will sternly carry ont his order
applying to the border counties and destroy tie dwell
ings Of all who do not remove by the sth Of September
The officers of the steamer Forest City, which
topk nearly 900 consoripts from Long Island 10 Alex
audra say tht frequent threats made the pas.
sage by the substitutes board TO burn the steamer
but 10 attempt made to execute them. On arriv'
ing the Potomac many efforts at escape were made
One man shot while attempting TO swim ashore.
Another was discovered in the water with box over
his head and on being picked up was found TO have
$500 in his belt After landing. quite a number es-
csped while Oh the way to the army in the cars.
Our correspondent at Vieksburg says: :" The
appearance Of AdjtGen Thomas is attended with far
less ccat than was his former visit; but or the other
hand the work which he has made bis specially is pro
gressing in much satisfactory manner Qniety.
but With steadness that guarantees the ultimate sue
cess of the enterprise the fifty skeleton regiments Of
coored troops 1ng up. There are some twelve Of
these regiments in this immediate vicinity which mum.
Der at this time about { 200 in the aggregate Recruits
are being continually brought in."
The French war steamer Tisephon, Comman-
der Maranault. NewOileans. Aug. 15 Key West, lsth
and Charleston 23d arrived at New.York Thursday
morning The Tisepbon is a sidewheel steamer OF oOO
tuns burden go horse power. has crew Of 40 neu
and mounts eight guns The Commander reports that
the siege at Morris Island was sn progressing Fort
Sumter a complete heap Of ruins. but had not
rendered.
Adyices from the Army Of the Potomac state
thn, the execution Of the five desertcrs in the llsth
Pennsylvania Regiment has been postponed until Satur.
dsr in accordance with the desire Of Of them
be allowed further time for spiritual preparation. Capt
Hunter of the 18th Virginia Regiment QebeD. and four
men of the Rebel Typographical Engineers, were cap
tured on Monday By our cavalry, in. King George
County while engaged in making survey.
n FlOleHI tOIUduO pttnt "a Vfci "a '"i"oi WI w"
village Of WatertOwn, n. T.. Oh the Goth, doing much
damage to buildings and trees. In one place, about 30
feet Of road planking ripped up and hurled against
team by killing the driver John Hart instantly
The draft continued yesterday in the Tenth
and Nineteenth Wards. all passing off quietly. Only
The Twelfth, Thirteenth. and Fourteenth Wards are
yet to be drawn.
A band of guerrilas on the 26th stopped the
steamboat Live Oak at Berlin on the Missouri River
robbed the boat and and then released them
NEWS FROM EUROPE.
The steamship Hibernan, from Galway on
Aug 10, arrived OF Cape Race Wednesday mSTning,
bringing three days later foreign news
characteristic letter las been addressed by Carl
bald 10 Abraham Lincoln the Libcrator Of the slaves
rejoicing at the noble efforts Of the American President
for Freedom and Human Progress and placing the
Emancipation policy among the most glorious events Of
history The letter is given in fun in our Turin cor
Iesrondence on the second page Of our paper,
La Fyance u Paris says that the Provisional Govern
rnent OF Mexico win administer Affairs for year and
that the consent Of the Archduke viii probably be for
vsrded 10 Mexico In November next.
GENERAL NEWS.
The inquest in the case Of Donnelly, who was
= a.