New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-08-23
NEWS OF THE DAY.
THE WAR.

Tho contest on the Weldon Road on Friday
80. e,cesdinciy severe the enemy having been sud
Seny I'm pressed with the ideo that to ose tba' hne
oud he fatal their position About noon they maze
n flint upon the third division Of the Fifth Corps ana
80 m they CHARGED in force right between tie Fifth
and si.th Cop turning the flank of tho Fifth and cap
turing many prisoners. This part Of our line Yves
Forced back uIpn the Ninth Corps, when the Keoes
srere checked At tho sane time onset was made
pn the Second Corps which bad got over TO the west
hide OF the railroad The Second Division OF sCofp'
as and 800 TO COO Of them taken prison.
ers mostly from the Regular brigade. Gen. hayS-'ho
General himself is supposed to be prisoner ihese
rnaneavers says the Dispatch forced baeK our "hoo
line with heavy loss in killed and wounded. But IL Is
added that the Rebels suffered most. as is probable
from the fact that they were the attacking party just
before dark. our reinforcements having arrived. a
charge was made and former position recovered
we had q number Of general officers wounded. On Sat
urday no aghting occurred but 1t supposed shst
ths Rebels would very speedily make an attack to re-
cover az posibc possession Of their most important line
of communication with the South There was some
Artillery firing on Sunday but 1t did Doi prove 10 be
Important.
By the Arsgo we have Port Royal dates to
the 18TH The blockade rnnner Prince Albert was
stranded and destroyed off Charleston the 9Th. Op
eratons are about to DO resumed In Florida by Gen.
Hatch The bombardmcnt OF Sumter still goes on. The
Arago bripgs deputaon Of released prisoners charged
with representing To Government the condition Of
Union prisoners In Georgia and to urge the very rges
exchange IT only as saving Of life. It Is stated tina
Che Rebels playing false in the exchange prison
III put under fire. and that they had few days ago OK
Of our men under fire in Charleston: but they deny To-
pharge and say the men were merely 4" ro"'isH. Thi
as not fully believed. and Gen. Foster has notifies
Bon. Jones that retaliation will be made at once and
Che fullest extent Since the exchange Of the officer
(before repored few other prisoners have been eI
changed and it is said that the Rebes willing and
anxious to exchange many as possible
A German mechanic, who says he has worked
tr two years in the Rebel Navy Department tells come
large stories Of iron cads and pirates now being finished
In Seocssia. He says there two at Wilmington al
sesdy 10 run out-esch carrying four gum and plated
with four inches Of iron There arc also two others
Kinston N. c.; two in the Pedee River, one at Ply
mouth. N c. with only twelve inches Of iron all over
ben aud one building at Richmond. good story-ii
true.
We have New Orleans dates to- the 14th.
Mobile Bay advices are 10 4 q. m. llth. Admiral Far
eagut had issued orders attack Fort Morgan O'Clock
Shat morning 1t would receive fnrods shclling and
srces At late hour the night Of the lith 1t
plated that Farrsgut mathematical the unconditional
surrender Of the fort The Mayor Of Noble has order
ID non. ombstants out of the city.
Hagerstown is just now much alarmed with
Fears OF another Rebel raid The brave yeomanry who
own and till the fertile fields Of MARYLAND. are wide
nwake to the emergency, and recklessy rushing
with all their horses wheat cattle and swine TO the
Interior OF Pennsylvania They have not met Early
get
Col. A. F. Dusbane, Of Baltimore, and of the
First veteran Maryland Regiment, was killed on Sun
DAY morning In the assault made BY the rebels Gen.
Warrens corps He acting as Brgadier General Of
khe Maryland Brigade
Gen. Hanc0cks Corps recrossed the James
River on Saturday night without loss, 1t is said that
recent movements in that neighborhood completely
mystify the Rebels.
Doubtful news from Nashville rumors the
capture Of several Of trains by the Rebel Forrest
Ahe dispatch states that story current Of the
killing in battle Of the Rebel Gen. Buckner
A Baltimore papers correspondent sends o
report that Gen Lceis rapidly marching down
She Shenandoah Valley with 10000 men to reinforce
Early. little confirmation would add materially 10
the importance OF such a rumor-it looks Gshy.
The pirate Tallahassee was seen on Sunday
Dot far from Halifax NS steering North probably for
, raid upon the Newfoundland fishing vessels.
The Tennessee and Selma arrived at New Or.
pans on the 18th.