New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-03-08
Terms OF The. Tribune.
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NEWS OF THE DAY.
THE, WAR.

The O. s. transport Arago from Hilton Head,
at I0s ~. Charleston Bar at p NJ Friday March, ar
rived at ths port yesterday morning. The Arago brings
large suubor Of veteran troops reeniiSied on ial'
Tough. Among the cabin passengers are twenty oncer
wounded in the late engagement in Florida There Is
nothing new from Charleston The bombardment IL
still continued with good effect The Rebels replied at
intervals but rarely doing injury The supply steamer
Bermuda is reported 10 have captured Rebel privaeer
In sight OF Fort Tiokcns after exciting chase The
Rebels had put prize crew aboard q captured trad
ing vessel which was not retaken. All was quiet at
Jacksonville on the ID ReSnforcemeuts were rapid
" arriving. and General SeymOurs position was snii
Client 70 rcpel any attack. Our troops are outside the
town. some Of them at distance Of eight niles Flags
Of truce had communicated with The Rebels for the pur
pose of endeayoring to obtain our wounded The re-
auest was refused The main body Of tho enemy Is en-
canned between Ten Mile Run and Baldwin. The Reb
els admit their loss to be enormous, some setting II as
high as 1000 On the 27tn q small skirmish occurred
between our Cavalry and the Rebels near Camp Fnno
gan. The Rebels had i've wounded. None OF our men
were hurt Gen. Gilmore arrived at Jacksonville on
the tn
q Monday evening, the Old Wigwam was
III o OVERLOOKING with War Democrats convened 70
hes peecbes in favor Of the earnest and vigorous pros
ecu On Of the war. Elijah Purdy occupied the chair
and ,pired addresses were delivered by Gems. Han
cock Meaeher Vcile Sehurz, and by james I. Brady.
Every loyal sentiment received with enthusiastic
cheers and when the of prominent Peace Demo
Gratis were mentioned they greeted with groans
aud hsses ond bitter denunciations. Gen. Hancock
was highly cOmplmented by bis fellow officers and the
masses were invited TO Join his army corps and hasten
10 crush out the Rebellion the only WAY to secure an
honorable peace
The Rebels have captured three small vessels
in Chesapeake Bay One Of them 10 the side-whoel
steamer S. P. Thomas employed a dispatch steamer
between Fort Monroe and Cherystone Inlet The other
two we're tugs-the Titan and the Ioa-empioyed in
running between the same points The party making
the captures were in o schooner which is sup
posed 10 have come out Of the Rappahannock.
They boarded the steamer and compelled Capt. Web
ster 10 give bonds To the amount of 10000 and then
released hor. They stole 81. 100 from the Captain.
Efforts were made in several quarters yester
day to disoredt the report published only in TN
IRrBUNE) Of the safety of Col Dahlgren. We hay'
now TO add from Special Correspondent, that 9TH
President has received dispatch that Col Dahlgre
and command reached Williamsburg this Nionday
morning" This Oughi TO silence the cavis Of thOs
who unable to get the news they have affected 4
doubt.
AdviceS from Knoxville Of the 9Th inst, STATE
that the Rebel Gen. Longstrect is supposed 10 be al
Greenfield and his forces hold Bulls Gap il is thought
that only small part of his army has gone to Georgia
Our advance is near MoTristoxB.
Cincinnati kilograms say that dispatches from
Chattanooga indicate that the Rebels pressing our
lines Our advance ias been withdrawn from Tunnel
Hill To Ringeold The Rebel furnaces at Atlanta have
stopped ruuping for want OF coal.
Lieut.. Gen. Grant passed through Cincinnati
on Monday morning en- route to Washington