New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-07-20
Gen. Euticr's Sharp Work d,
Rebel ARTILLERY About Prisoner
Resignation OF Gen. Brooiss- sn'nii
Knfd.

From Our Special Ccrrc.pouden..
GES. ByuIRs lIrADou ARrgRs July 10. Isd
The order Of the War Department CONSOLE
dating the 18th aud 10Th Corps. and rcmiHing Gen.
Butler 10 Fortress Monroe has been suspended, On Tie
request of Gen. Grant anl Gen. Buffers command IL
hAely 10 be increased rather than diminished.
About O'Clock this morning tie Rebels opened OF
the pontoon bridge across the James at Deep Bottom,
and upon Gen. Il. s Fosters headquarters on the len
bank with new battery OF Whi,North guns. located q
mile below tho bridge nj point bal 4 ehor, disance
above Malvern Hi. Tie gnnbolt hcndota. Com
mauder Nichols which lying inst below toe bridge.
replied aud soon attracted the Rebel FIRE. Within She
hour she had one man killed and seven wounded. and
was compelled 10 lJl down the stream. To Rebel.
ih.u tu,d tlNir he u,on the bridge anil Foster
position Tut without iniiiciing damage or loss one
sLe kuo, Aed tO pieces the stove on WHICH bad bcen
cOokclth breakfast. GEN Foster aud tiHi were eat
n not twenty feet diet n Arother tllcd TIE lofft
a his Adirtant General f,rt. Davis. The die
trncc Their side, AID others ti pillow "a into Tie
"a, und, and broke down tIres armand aad snoag te
tents but somehow managed to strike and burst with
Nv colnciience. Cons Grant ard But!cr ND ap.
point "a e. visit Gen. Fosters lines to-day Tho RED
Del ionsr.iiOn did not deter them FROM tc rupprc.
An hour or two rfcr tie iiinE ccaseti ten hfahnin
fffamci ~ The river with la nag hvaf Tie hAmlef
lain. having Grant ami Butler ON board. II" Efb'..
rnsurd on them with fN gus. II" LTfi shot pass
hc, wccn thc walking beam ard the ,rnoie stack md
oge 10 The deck AID several subsequent oncs came
abou, as near The ClamhcTlaiu rlli'd. but kept on
lcr way and The three Gcnrr Il laudSl tn'ty. nAd IL
spcoted cen Foster. y sl'ion. even a. tho extent 81
\ going out 81 the picket line And toy Eent back the
way they came. under the same me NJ .hs Tine stop
ping long enough to silence Tie enemy. 80 hast ttil"
| rarlv III IL not posAlbls dat h. knew low distin
guished p target he Wa aiming attic liruicrnht
General. ontlsved and irrlculaFly onno1"ns h1or
trfe ru and hrIralief bcnfral who cunitihnda Hu'
Lonts and has been t special tenor ~ thrr Eltefs.
There is some prospect that tho exchange a piron
ere may be resumed. ~ least some Fort ol nrg"lA
tpna In r,rtion Ia il pending. conducted GA ni
pat by zen. butler Who = stu ConrussiOnrr ~ ~
change with fuli powers.
several Gags u truce have passed between tho lne'
one 10 dal-.lid while fond hUpe.sh ud nubr "a
icrtaincd Nmny be- that the IcbrS have seen tie "ui
and nntcnaborcs, ~ their position md val u list con
seat Ia far cartel IL ' iurrcmes absurd iof 'hen u
refuse to exchange ~ grOcs for " j. ne sh. "a main
mining that our black soldiers mufe valuable fh1f
their white oncs On the oheF hand II ihey in'st That
tho negro Is property Gen. Butler 10. sufficient nn1
Der Of cgTtTed boses % redeem al the coiyred soldier
/ he their possession. Salu" for vnuc
II N understood thai Cen. BOoks for -0-lc Zinc y
command Of the l"th Coip- has resigned ron ~
army aud that lis resignation hls been accepted by
! the War department. Tie feeling here seems IA be-
that hy some nal .Inu. complication Of circumstance
dcsrr'!ng officer @. long ahd honorable service y
thus lost 10 he army, and :. line hen such men cu
! least b. spared.
| believe Major Gen. A. A. IIumphries. 20 long the
admirable chief ~ siaf o. Gen Meade. has aliona,
been assigned 70 tie l0ih Corps. vice Gen Brooks. Fc
| signed.
Iicui..Co. Patton aud 30 men 81 TIE Vow lorA
I Mountcd Rifles, accompanied by Cnpt.. Shallcr ana
Manning of Gen. Ru'leI. sthh. returned dny or i've
since from tide Tho cuuntry to suffolk IAry
wer. absont tir dl,s went and came by dif rent
routes. and gathered great deal Of Information cap
turod tyo quail officers and number ~ pr1aes
brought of 80 horses AID mnler score or tWn ~ able
bodied negroes. and searched for prov ling ,quads 81
Rebel cavalry but which too wary 90 risk ma IN
counter sud TOO feet 10 b. compelled "a one
The unparalleled dronth hsr destroyed thc crops an
ded uP ME streams o: all ihe region ihcy raVeised
considered of tic mot fertile in The Sefc. Corn
especially seems 10 be bryuad recovery, slOnld
Their, he early and copous Isns IL IS quite possible
that the reinor-cc-s droutl which not Only prey AL
! throughout Virginia. hui reaches down into horll
Caroline may yet prove ,nirable ay 10 our lrinlc
in the desiirrion-particulaTly OF fofngc-yhch II
mus, entail upon the ,nCmy. Beyond Temporary lncon
ycnicsce il docs not affect u, AID VIII rot for The
Jane. River being tidewator j. Eoi Nkely to iai b.,
low nayi gable capacity and while sho pn
our keels the army viii continue Ia be supplied, A.