The New York herald., 1864-04-08

lnas no Wa aoous 70 meet them IN fun orce ana mace
bis dispositions acoordng j. me battle fought gal
Any. asA The retreat, when became evident shas Tho
,nemy wese as BY sheer force Of numbe.s
reasons upon which General seymour acted TO
Ihe worid 80 they viii later, tho injustice
md gross feess Done he character and reputation ~
} h'er - patriot viii be appsScnA he has Deem an
am q .As opis,on mat shs recent change tAe oom
wth the recent operations In that district, but
merely - give General Hatch, who y ono OF the oldest
brssdess W shs army .he position he " entitled 70 BY
virtue o. senoEisy He could NOT serve under h juniors,
Dor could General Seymour under one Of hs own
Irsde. after he bad eopyod tho supreme command. u
|or his recent failure; bus have reason know that
= nos 90, and The ssus cause 70 that have above sug
General Seymour and I,eu,susu,s jackson and Brad.
Bhaw, The ahe-de-camp, hero awaiting orderA
eHAstsroS AUAisA
one Of Inc % iS,ss 'nss north q cns1esssn S ~ bar ds
covered small boas ~ 80 and picked Is
p q 81: ., sas sos y
They were from Charleston, whIoh place they had
escaped from bot few days rsvousiy get rid Of she
conscr'ps'on They bring " some interesting reports
Tho rebel rams, which can bs plainly discsrnsd on
We s'ocas :p fair day, nom Gregg and our Bat
bly, from our fire, which y directed against them
whenever tho weather 10 favorable for practice.
90 frequently they cannot induced 10 work regu
larly upon them Several the ship carpeutes have
besn wounded and the balance arc almost panic
The themselves have becn repeatedly hulcd and
badly shattered In fact at time Il WAS found impos
sbe 70 repair damages as fast injuries were sustained
BY shem The range has been obtained aud our shells
strike and explode every time In the immediate
nsighborhood Of shpyards, In the yards them-
selves Tho hre has had the effect Of postponsng the
launching Of the rams. and may elect0ay prevent II al
together. II viii BE- maintAned hereafter
REBKI. "DANDs
have been several times atcy night by PICK
boats which cruise about Fort sumter. There two
or three Of these "Davids or torpedo boats OF mo
same character as me ono that exploded
lroOsides, and with more success, subsequently,,
destroyed the soop-of.war Housatonio These singular
cruising abous the inner hsrbor above
Fort SUMTER either doing picket duty watching op-
portunity 10 make raid oockaders IL ~ unnecessary
" say that Commodore Rowan, the veteran nmmander
tine New lrDsdes, and the commanding officer OF the
South Atlantic h0ckading squadron B 40 vgant as man
and has made every neediol preparation to re-
will not walk bed OF roses when they 60 on their
next crusade.
THE p1Rg ON CHARLESTON
Recently our batteries have thrown few Shell daily
into the cyus enough 10 let the rebels know lhat we
alive Morris Island and propose TO hold that point
The thirty FOUNDER parro.t which has been hring for
some time past finally gave the other day. at about
the four thousand, elk hundred aud some ODD
round. As u was fired at hlgh elevation,
which considered the trying any gun, the fact
that endured long proves the value Of the Invention
The Wizard gun TO be tested 10 the severe
viii be obtaned Of interest officers and to
world. The siege Of Charleston has already developed
facts great importance IN gunnery and not the least 10
the brought 10 light by the trial OF MI Parrots
guns. Now Mr. Ward comes upon the board
ooMMANDEa At BEAUFORT.
Brgadier General VIM. Birpey, commanding colored
troops has relieved General Saxton Beaufort. The
change Ia temporary My, and General xton VIII
reassume command on tho termination 0f tho Gordon
MARTIAL OF which he is President. General Brney
has issued general orders reatDg 70 colored peo
pe special interest any but coored people
who have been advanced ono peg higher BY General
Birney. .1 at
but, as have not substantated them, shall not a.
present give any details, until know moro of the mat
ter II Ii alleged may, however, remark, that owners
plantations nnd their ands staked out BY
upon what authority or with what right has NO. been
made known, and . very lair prospect Of an
early establishment OF sauatter sovereignty, under
owners Of lana are sqasch.d by The action Of the new
power. How this 10 cannot vouch but have The
report from creditabe authority. shall look into The
matter.
There seems TO be the recent statements o
Of 1acss ace na n this daDermeu, III. infants oors
out OF wedock-and ! confess shey are moi
counted alone BY oouplss-wouid claim white ss
sssursdIy would they dark aaosher. / know Of no
c.ses where the mother white and tho father black
The Patriot got tho boot on tho wrong log.
PRISONERS 0r WAR GUIs0 NORTH
Lieutenant Colonel lial Provost Marshal General Of
the department. goes North TO- day ON tho Arago, with
thirty forty prisoners Of war; under recent order
from the War apartment.
Colonel Hall VIII be absent two or three weeks.
The floating about this del artment that Gene
raj Gilmore has ordered 10 tho Army OF the Poto
Chief Engineer. s regarded by those who ought
10 know perfectly Idle and without foundation.
Un dit, shat General vogdes will be the commander Of
the District OF Florida when the Gordon case closed.
PERSONAL
Dr. Harsh, Inspector o the United states Sanitary
Commission Of this depar goes North by the Arago
business connected with the Sanitary Commission.
Assistant Surgeon H. r. Porter Of the seventh Connect
cut has been promoted to the surgeancy the Tenth
Connections He goes North by the Arago He an able
ofncer.
MATTERS.
Commander Thos H. has been relieved from the
ron-cad Patapsco, and ordered to report 10 said u
the War Department At Washington, to perform special
duty with Lieutenant General Grant In the army OF the
Potomac: Commander James Madigan succeeds in the
command Of the Patapsco.
Colonel Gass, OF the Ninety seventh Pennsylvania 10
Volunteers. OF natures uoblemen and sodie
goes North. Mr.. Christopher Lnrrgan, late OF the
Volunteer EDRneers, also leaves by the vessel lie
has been dong duty for long time In the fopogfaphi
cal Bureau OF the Engineers Office.