The New York herald., 1864-09-01
TFI It STU ALTON.

Mr.. startoDs buiion 10 General nx las. night states
that General Grant forwarded 70 hin, rebel account
o! tue surrender of Fort Morgan from the Richmond
papers This Is the only news Officially commute liea
ahe Richmond Inquire OF Tuesday has de- astch lrcm
Mobile sttng that General Page bal spiked III the gans
and destroyed all The prcre,y u Fort Morgan before
eurrerder He and his garrison have been sen to New
Orleans. No change OF anair, is reported a, Noble
Dir. Stanton adds that the cical reports represen.
the rebel Generals Forrest, Wheeler anl Morgon as
having joined their forces and are new co coorerarg
against General sherman's conmrnctt ions between
Chattanooga snd Nashville
With regard 10 General sheridans operations, we ere
Informed thst he Ia still at charlcssonn.
General Graots army has movement since lest
sccounts Tho rebels said TO DO usins sho Weldon
Railroad below Ream's station, running Their cap.
plies thence to Petersburg arorud our e g. by wagons
The reports that the LOSSES the figth co,s la the
recent three battles reach I've thousand the
facts The aggregate loss viii probably
thousand i've hundred The The Second corps in
Tuesdays nghtwill no. exceed fifteen bunared
The movements Of the Tallahassee, the notorious rebel
prvaeer ore very curious. She nsse her appearance
OIL New Inlet. North Carolina the night q Tie 2sta
uit amt was attacked by the Cpited States guuboat
Monticello, with grape shell 81. The fire was returned
b. the pirate but Ia the midst o. the conflict she
said to have suddenly disappeared; out when day
da~ned she found securely lying under the guns
OF Fort Fisher, fully protected she ssluted
by tue fort aud earncd the commitment, in sight OF
Union lect which I'M
20 be Incompetent prevent eScipc. II appears
irom dispatches another rehei priyatver has
entered the port Of Wilmington, ant saluted by
De soe BY me rebel batteries 1t Fort Cssae size
colors at her foremost and the Eugih
ensign at her stern.
EUROPEAN NEWS.
The steamship Eurosa, rom 'eeniown on the 2ls o.
August, reached halifax yesterday morning voyage
20 Boston. iier thre, days later.
The America adv,ccs broughtr3 Eogsnd By the Scotia
regarded decidedly favorable Of the
North. The rebel loan tell three per
cent in cnsea1enca
The London lndr tho acknow lodged org the rebels
IN Europe. published important article the prospect
OF peedy pc sce' In America which "nsver,''
the writer says, $50 prom sing as At presoa,.p The
though that peace candidate Tor tue Presidency
would be nominated at Cncago and that stice
any European Power which shipped ia policy IN "the
se.hsh hopc OF exhaust,ng both American bcigeren,s
that that policy will have its just reward reher the
North has lost the restorative energies o.
youth, and both have only Just learned their own
strength"
The ondon rt,s speaks o. tho great vslor displayed
BY both ,hs Aruerc armies n the late operations be
fore rete sbug concludes By expressing horo Tor
pe4ee.
IRISH NJ wtdN wi In Bel
tsst- Roting had also taken place Ia Sewry, Dundak
aud Cork. .0ur FIVE constabl.s and dozen civilians
were wounded In Belfast on The lesh Q: August.
The King o. spain stili The guest OF Napoleon
closer alliance between Spain anticipated
as the result OF the visit
There s nothing from Denmark. Some OF the
ezons OF Scacs wig claimed the right Of popular vote
on the form Of the government.
The difficulty OF the American religious mission with
the government of Egypt would be amicaby settled
Tho Liverpool cotton market remained lrm, with
prices unsiercd, the 10th q August. Breadstuns
quiet ard steady. Provisions dull. Consos closed
tn Lond the 2o.h Of August at se;s sais for
MIsCELLAHEoUs NEWS
The Nstionai Democratic Convention at Chicago yes
tedsy nominated General Mcclellan for the Presidency
aud George n. Pendleou, Of ohio, for the Vice Pres
cency. General Mcclellan chosen by large m,-
Jority the Grst ballot ard the choice Immediately
after made unanimous, amid the widest enthusiasm OF
tbe delegates and tho immense assemblage which
crowded the hall After the OF miscei
business AMI delivery several oorsTataa
tory speeches By rsmbsrs the convention adjourned,
for the present; chcors tho ticket. The ad
journmcuL however, is not positively Enai, rcsolu
ton adopted thal the members sori H. subject 20
sssemIo again ans place. call Q; tho
Chairman Y tue National Cornmii,e-.
large and eathasiastc meeting of TO city ocraoy
nl.Nt..
CITY Hall Park ut O'Clock yesterday evening" ratiy
ths nomnat9u Chicago OF George Mcclellan fos tho
Presidency. The oponfng OF the proceedings an
by thc firing OF hundred guns There wero
fifteen thousand ot~onty thcusar present.
speeches made ~ Influential gent cmen.
The Hoo James W. Wall has write, letter from
Burlington, r. - under dais OF August -, 1864, TO the
Ph-dcphs Ldec, denying hs allegations Of that Jour
oal relative 10 bis ccnDecon with scdcc or rct 'or
cue oy yerthtow o. tte eovernfneEt
Tho usual summer vacation cur prhlic schools and
oocges terminated yes,erty aud ,hs sirdcutssr there
fore pcccd 10 return ;orthw,ta their books and
etudes most o the ward schools rtogru 70 day while
che scsdcmio year will not begin IN. coli yea t
Monday uext st frsGcis xasiers College reoperE on
September 8. aDd St John's College on scpsanabsr
A nrc ct y; louis sunday moruins DESTROYED siy
psildpg. ,olyng oss Ci twestyf thousand dol.
lars
There was serious accident from collision between
passenger and freight train the Nashville Raroad At
a. early bour on sunday mornios. Two express cars,
one chartered BY the ray department, in which several
officers were riding, buried ovor steep cmbsnk
msnt and, making mspy evoutous, iacdea twenty five
feet below completely wrecked. Csptnn 3. Brown
Acting Cuartermastsr, aad Majors Crsg aud Mcdowell
both u the pay department. we're seycrey but not dan
seousy The engineer Of of tho trains wal
also badly eJured
Tho ohcago nomlnaon drove business from the minds
'hs merchants Change yes,e Day and sverv shers
sss sno scaf,ey hing else was taEed of CT ihosghi
o. "sa"ss vas sl,ose,ber q sscondnr cous ,dsrat,on.