Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-08-10

FROM FORTRESS MONROE.

1tkTRkS6 MON ROE, august 7.-TEA far af
truce steamboat New York, Captain Ohish oinu.
arrived from City Point las. evening with
upward OF two hundred prisoners OF war in
charge Of Major Mulford.
Major General Foster returned AZ an ea-lv
hour this morning from a Reconnaissance mn
the James river, which has occupied the GEN
erals time for the last TWO days. He wGs
accompanied by The turreied gumboa. Sauca.
more, also the gunboat Cohasset and Com Bar
ney. Capt. Cox, of the Cohasset, was killed
while at the wheel
Dutch Gap, several miles above City Point
exploded torpedo, by which two OF her sailors
We1e drowned. The Information obtained by
Gen. Foster from this expedition is of eysst
value.
FROM THE SOUTH.
ne Richmond Examiner Of August q quotes
the following from the Charleston Mercury OF
"The aspect of affairs on Morris Island an 4
elsewhere in our neighborhood has not mate
rally changed.
as sfspasF 81 eplss ss a;sa tan BATTERIES
but the feet did not participate.
"On sunday some OF the wooden gunboAts
steamed in and fired 1t Battery Wagner, but
soon withdrew, leaving the fight as the day
before. iE the hands Of the land batteries ex-
clusiN ely
The following ltems we copy from the Ex-
aminer:
"NeEToS, Miss, August 4.-Twenty.two
transports. loaded with troops, have passed
Natchez going down, mp to Friday. A number
OF Banks and Burnside men have been mus
tered ont, their time OF enlistment having ex-
pired. Transports, loaded with negroes, are
sent up daily TO Island No. IN, where a CAMP
for the instruction OF blacks in the manual or
arms has been established.
"Eastand West Louisiana have been stripped
10 form negro regiments.
THE weather is extremely warm-they-
ponleter q, degrees.
Information from Gen. Lees army OF very
little Importance has been received beyond
general piorenents rendered necessary by
those OF Meades army.
THE enemy in some force reoccupy Stafford
Heights.
.'On Tuesday last two monitors and three
eunboats appeared in James river, ana ad-
yanced as far up as Sandy Point, where they
anchored and threw shell shoreward. Yester-
day, one monitor and tw gunboats started up,
and hating within sixteen miles OF Drury's
Blum, commenced vigorous sheliing OF tie
woods, right and left. The firing was heard on
peditien appeared to be one Of obser vation Of
the depth OF water and TO ascertain the lo.a-
tion ct the torpedoes.
"a flag -of-truce boat reached this city from
Fortress Monroe yesterday morning, bringing
up three hundred paroied Confederate priyates.
thereafter the number sent of by our con-
missions Will be made to compare as infinitely
as possible with the number and condition Of
those received"
"Snbstitutes are beginning to command a
large price. This morning man in Richmond
offered $1,000, and another offers Rj5On for a
man 70 take his place in an artillery co,npaay.
"ThIs substitute system ought TO be stopped.
as Ii mas already done much mischief in our
army At the adjutant generals Office there
have been received sixty thousand substitutes,
IN place Of an equal number OF able bodied
men capable OF bearing arms. Had those sixty
Thousand men been with General Lee at
Gettysburg, we should have had q treaty Of
peace in progress before this