Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-02-03
INTERESTING FROM FORT MONROE.
Rebel Reports about the Sinking of
the Hatteras, e BOmbardmemt near Sa-
vanmah, and the Capture of Reid
Sanders

Rebel Reports about the Sinking of
the Hatteras, BOmbardmemt near Sa-
vanmah, and the Capture of Reid
Sanders.
Fort MONROE, Feb. 1.-The steamboat
New York, which was to have left last night,
for City point, has been detained till noon to-
day, to take up one hundred and twenty rebel
prisoners which arrived this morning on the
Baltimore boat from fort McHenry.
At one o'clock this morning fire broke out
on Main street, Norfolk, destroying the build
ing and the following places of business =
Batem0n & Underwood's restaurant j. A.
Bates bar-ro0m, one grocery, and a boot
and shoe establishment. The building de-
stroyed was opposite Adams & Co.'s express
office. Their building was in great peril for
awhile, and narrowly escaped destruction.
The rebels are now driven beyond the Black
water, and, as far as is known, all is quiet in
that direction.
Col. Ludlow, United States commissioner
for exchange Of prisoners, has just returned
from City Point He has made an arrange
ment for the exchange of citizen prisoners,
and is of opinion that jeff Davis retaliatory
proposition to deliver. over all the United
States officers to the authorities of the states
where captured and which is in gross viola
ton of the cartel, will not be approved by the
rebel congress, who are now acting upon it.
The resultwill be known in a few days. We
now hold more officers than the rebels. Col.
Ludlow has earnestly protested against the
rebels permitting the authorities of any state
to apply the operation ofthe state laws to any
captured officers or men in the service of the
United States.
Richmond papers have been received here
to Jan. 3lst, and contain the following lit
is impossible that the Florida could have been
the vessel that sunk the United States gun.
boat Hatteras, as she did not leave Mobile I'M
til the night of the 18th inst, and the Hatteras
was sunk on the 1Ith. We have reliable in
formation that the vessel that did sink her
was the British man of-war Spitfire, as the
captain indicated in his reply to the Yankee
commander. 1t may be that commodore
Wilkes had wearied out British endurance by
his extraordinary blockade at Nassau and 9TH
er ports, and that orders had been issued
which resulted in this naval engagement.
On the 9th inst. bombardment took place
at fort Allister, at the mouth of the Ogechee
river, sixteen miles south of Savannah river,
Georgia. Only one iron clad was engaged,
and she was forced to haul off, her turret be-
ing injured. Our solid shot broke to pieces
as they struck her sides.
Major Reid Saunders, with his dispatches,
was captured by being betrayed by the crew
OF his yacht as soon as they got out of Charles
ton harbor. The crew tied him and steered
for the fleet, and delivered him to the Yam
KEGS. This accounts for his dispatches not
being sent to the bottom.
AT meeting at Halifax Court House, Mon
day last, Hon. Thomas S. Flournay was NOM
mated as candidate for the next governor of
Virginia.
REBEL REPORTS FROM vIcKsBURG.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Jan. 30.-ft is re-
ported that Gen. Van Dorm has recaptured
Holly Springs, Miss with 700 prisoners and
aquantity Of army ratons.s
From Vicksburg appearances indicate an
early renewal of the conflict before Vcks-
burg, and 5000 Yankees are working on the
canal opposite the city. Their intention is to
float their transports through when the river
rises and land their troops below. The force
of the enemys fleet is 1876 transports and
IA gunboats. The strength of the Yankee
army will be $4,000 men.