New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-09-13
FROM WASHINGTON.
Special Disi,,eh to The N. Y. Tribune.
WASHINGTON. Sept. r. 1861
FROM GRANT.

FROM GRANT.
Colonel Bowers, Adjutant- General Of Grants
Staff eyed st IL tonight twenty -four hours from tho
Army OF tie Potomac, on short leave OF absence.
Everything was quict around Petersburg The army
is reported in capital spirits and condition The steamer
on which Col Bowers came was nearly foundered In
storm.
PORT SUMTER.
Col. Dana, Of the li3d Pennsylvania Regi-
uent who has Just returned from under fire ct Charles
ton reports that he was assured by parties VINO haH
been out TO Fort Sumter that it was rapidly sotng'
and In very short time 1t was beloved the wafer
would enter the lower tier Of embrnsures II Is met
well known to our engineers that this fertilization was
erected upon quite thin point OF sand which strata
Of sand rested upon a soft, PUPPY mass OF dobIn-
FORREST AT MOBILE.
Information has been received here that the
notorious Guerrilla Forrest has turned up with bis con-
mand nj Mobile Tlis ~ prevent his capture by
Sherman.
VETERAN CORPS.
Men will not in future be enlisted into the
vcteron Reserve Corps unless they have served two
years in the Army or Marine Corps, and are unfit for
active field service.
GEN. MARSToN ILL.
Gen. Mayston lies dangerously i'll at Wilson's
Landing.
PAYING SOLDIERS FIRST.
Contractors ale pressing their claims upon the
Treasury bat the Goycrnmou: is determined to pay oil
the soldiers before all others. This causes Temporary
delay In the payment Of reqasitions.
GEN. FREMONT.
Information, deemed trustworthy, is received,
-. a 4 1t su
OF Withdrawal ii tho hands Of his friends, who viii
make il public at the proper to AZ that before Ion
vALLAED!GHAM.
A private dspatch received here to-day states
ina. yallandielam considers ill is lost. Rightly in
terpreted tbs means that all IS safe.
UNION MEETING.
An enthusiastic meeting OF tic Lincoln and
johnson Campaign Club was held last night and mea
sures were taken for active demonstrations during tho
campaign.
MISSOURI.
A delegation Of influential gcnncmon from
Missouri are now in tie city. who think tnSy VIII be
able to harmonic all local differences between tie
Claybacks and radicals Of that State. TLoy have hsd
On interview With tho President which has been most
cordial and setfactory The executive branch Of the
National Union Committee is now in session here com
llotlng tie work Of organizing for the PTssidenii
canyaGs
THE NEW LOAN.
A revision Of bids for the Loan Of 1881 shows
that the whole amount Is taken a. premium Of ioul
per cent. and upward
The large amount bid was exceedingly gratifying as
the Treasury Department had not dared to hope for IN
aggregate Of more than forty or foEty.ve millions The
delivery Of bonds begun to-day, and VIII DO concluded
In two days Many ge successful bidders are paying
back interest from July in COIN that their bonds
mag begin to draw interest from that date.
COTTON TRADE.
Parties who arrived from Now-Orleans by the
last steamer or, sndeavoTug TO obtain modification
Of the policy Of the Government IN regard TO the cotton
trade in Rebel districts They Gege lct parties would
dispose OF their stock TO Yankees and thus weaken the
ba.s Of te Confederate Loan. SccIetry Stanton is,
however. firmly opposed to to business.
TAXES IN North CAROLINA.
Messrs. French, Potter and Sholes, Tax Com
nissoners for North Carolina. receiving their in
tructions from tie Treasury Department. and expect
% leave for that State next week.
LAND SALES.
A certificate Of deposit just received OF the
general Land Office shows That during tie present
month tho Receiver Of Public Monies Mt marquette
Michigan Las deposited eiia5 90 on Account OF sales
If Public Lands.
To the Associated Press
WAsHrYGToS, Sept. 70, 1854.
Cant. Clisson, of the L. s. steamer Santiago
DO Cuba undor date Of Sept j, Informs to lazy De
partrnert THAT on Saturday, when on hi way 10 hap
ton Roads for coal De discovered chased and captured
blockade runner She proved 70 lie the English stcian
u. Vance late Lord CLYDE from WInin- ton. y g.
She is az iron sdcwbee s.eam"r two years OIL. very
fast AID has on board Ogr hundred 0ud Ten bIca
II cotton, and como turpcn.rc. Her inh CARGO
cannot be known until she Is broken ont IN 10 tor Tor
which port size wi DC dispatched IN charge OF Act nS
Ensign l.. 9. Bower Ins vessel has been orc u Oh
most suoces su O., the bloctaGclunnes and those on
board say she caught only IN consequence o the
bad coal the used.
Rear. Admired Lee in q dispatch dated Beaufort 'cp-
tarnber T. saws, Tho Elsie Ian Ou' Of Wilmington Il
the lth inst and was captured DE ncx5 day b. Tie
Kevstone Statc and Quaker City. The Elsie was seen
and fired upon ITlcn SIC Ial OF, by the Nippon oI
Rrttauia and W0s chased OF BY Tic Santa dc Cuba.
nntj los. In tie dart1cs. At 1880 the next day Sic
was seen and captured, without papers or lar. 4 F
sLel from the Quaker City exploded in TIE iootaod ~
The Elsie and destroyed about $50 bales o. cotton F'i
~ no corco WAS thrown overheard ia t'c chase