The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-08-24
AFFAIRS IN KEW YORK.

AFFAIRS IN NEW hORh,
A New York letter, dated the 18TH in the Phila-
dephia Inquirer, says:
The city delegates to the Syracuse State Conven-
tion have returned with sore heads. They say Fer
nando Wood and his gang were completely out-gen-
eraied by the peace men from the rural Districts.
FernandOs programme to have an advisory
committee authorized to 90 to the Chicago Conveil-
ton, there 10 dictate terms Fernando expected to
lead this delegation, and, by virtue of his position,
10 be able TO procure If not place the ticket at
Chicago, theu his denomination for Congress in New
Golk. But as 1 have said, the expectation was
cruelty disappointed by the voting down of the reso-
luton appointing the committee; and so Fernando
comes home, feeling, for the first time, that there
smarter even than he i'll the bucolic regions.
The sensation Washington kilograms to some
Of the morning papers about proposition for au
ar1nistce to be made by the Government to the
rebels are attracting some attention, but it is pre-
sumcd that nobody but the very green place any
faith in them Indeed, there IL a strong suspicion
that these "telegrams'' never came the wires
at a but We're manufactured IN this city by certain
parties to promote schemes OF their own. As the
"p0stponelnent OF the draft is coupled with the
"armstice," the substitute brokers say that prices
for recruits have fallen from twenty-five to thirty
per cent. Perhaps it TO accomplish this very
thing that the especial teegrams" were concoeted.
United States Commissioner Osborne this morning
issued warrant, at the instance OF the United States
District Attorney, for the arrest Of Mr. John Null
aby, editor and proprietor of the NefrOpoiitaa Re
cord, for ncendary and sudltious articles in that
Journal counseng riot and resistance to the draft.
Up to four O'Clock this afternoon, however Mr. Null
laby could not be found. The process against him
is civil, not military one, as III the case Of cer-
tain New Jersey editor, arrested recently for like
offences.
The grave-diggers at Calvary and Greenwood Gem
eteries have struck for higher wages! Ugh
SECRETARY FeSSenden Is in town. He Will leave for
Washington Tomorrow. During the day he has
been free consultation with the bankers but the
result of their conference has not been dyulgel as
yet.
THE OPENING On FORT MORGAN,
The steamer Kate Dale from Fort Ganes Mobile
haIbor arrived at New Orleans on the 18th
instant. Admiral Farragut had prepared his fleet
for action ana issued orders TO attack Fort Nor
gan AT eight o'clock A. NJ. the next day. 1t was to
receive an enhlddng fire from the fleet; and the
land force in its have invested wherever there
was foot Of ground to stand upon. The rebels
have destroyed all the outbuiidngs of the fort and
also burned their only vessel lying under its guns.
thing about the fort indicated determination
to contest the battle till the last. The channel to
Dog river unobstructed. The naval iron-clad
force was confident of success.
At 4 late hour last night we heard that Admiral
Faragut had demanded the unconditional surren-
der of the fort. Admiral FaTragut's demand for its
surrender, made on Tuesday, refused, the COM
mander Of the fort saying that he had six months
provisions and fighting rations and would resist to
the last moment. Before this, General Granger's
force i'll the had cut the communications of the
fort. The ram Tennessee was in the attack on the
fort. Admiral Farragut was confident of reducing
the fort. The flagship Hartford was badly injured.
We held all the channels to the bay.
The Tecumseh settled almost Immediately after
the explosion of the torpedo. There was no evi-
dence OF the torpedo troIa shock noisc but the
vessel sunk rapidly that the BERTH deck was soon
submerged, and two acting masters, who escaped
from the top Of the trret stepped directly off ints
the water. They were fired upon by musketry shot:
from Fort Morgan while struggling iii the water.
The pilot had very narrow escape, Captain Cra.
yen having caught him by the legs as he out
OF the top of the turret into the water and the
struggled some time together, when the pilot finally
extricated himself from the Captain and saved him
self.
MIs(EILAEEOCs.
There are twenty thousand wounded at the Wash
ington hospitals.
Suits for Hbel to the amount of one hundred
thousand dollars, pending against the Chicago
Times.
The New York Tribune expresses the opinion that
not onethird of the journals OF that city paying
current expenses and adds s. 1t is notoriously true
that the capital invested here in newspapers is pay
ing no profit whatever