The New York herald., 1864-08-06
MIR. Henry ThompsOn's Despatch.

PIRATES IN rHe Gully.
On the morning OF the 10th Inst the United States
lighthouse tender Martha Captain Williams was captured
,n Chandelier Sound by rebel launch containing twenty
two men.
The rebels stripped their prize s sas rigging and
cargo md transferred 10 their vessel which,
by the wsy was captured by them from fisherman tho
day prev ous The Martha then fred and burned TO
the water's edge and her sent prisoners to
Mobile with the exception Captain williams and his
non Who escaped and fled woods and afterwards
escaped TO Fort Pike IN . small boat
The at Southwest Pass are afraid 70 venture ous
to sea for tear Of being captured by these pirates.
cAPruRE OF FORT HoBsoN
On Tuesday Ju H. General AsoOn Tonrsssotn
New York and First Florida cavalry the Eightysecond
United States colored infantry and the First Florida pat
tery for purpose OF cooperating with portion OF
General Shermans force.
The day following his departure from Pensacola Gen
,-both came upon body OF the enemys cavalry, Third
(between three and four hundred) strongly In
trenced At Camp Gonzales distant from Pensacola about
s,tasn uras II called Fort HobsOn by the rebels
attsr sharp fight the rebels rereated, leaving IN our
Ma ds their flag Official papers, camp and quarermasers
eioh,ean Snrs a Iaree quantity OF ammunition and
twenty three head OF cattle The command snen %
u.popIrn n cRoss1Sa or rus MsasnpY By GENERAL DICK
TAyLoR's FoRCFs
Reports arrived sa ver have the Mss,sspp st
the mouth of the Red rye and that large Dodes tno
enemy are assembling in the LNouSche diaigGt 2hese
| reports are not generally oeneyeq
Mr. william Young's Despatch.
| New ORLEANS, July 80, 1864.
REonrHRsD ENEMEs
The registered enemies who ordered and were 10
readiness TO leave New Orleans, have few days NOR
grace allowed them The Order suspended short pc.
riod so that they may communcate In their extradi
ton, what s publicly known ir reference to pending
military and naval movements The able bodied men
among the registered enemies who have avowed to be
their purpose 20 the rebel are now confined
as prisoners and may not be permitted TO enter the linn.
/ It's OF the confederacy.
RAID UPON NEGROES.
military raid on sman scale, was made upon the
negro men In other evening" who are TO be
l converted into soldiers. it is presumed.
i GyNnRAL BANKS AFTHR DINNER srTBcH.
General dinner speech, referred 10 IN tnf
ed torisl columns Herald, happened TO have beer
General disposition To Tepodiaie them;
public speeches do not go forth without his own full
l knowledge or the meaning or every sentence.
| THE COTTON AND SUGAR CROPS.
| The cotton crops in the Department OF the Gulf are
generally very excellent, and large yield may be ex
pected this year, unless il is DESTROYED by
guerlas. II has seldom looked hopeul this
son than now The sugar crop will not be so great in
previous years, as the badly winter killed.
The fields OF cotton ligcnty planted are nteli.
venes the crop will be unusually proatabe and large
On all nearly all the plantations leased by the govern.
ment there are skilled overseers who perfectly
with the coil and its capacity for the products
which they undertake to raise
| 4 GENERAL EXCHANGE rRIsoxrRs.
Colonel Dwight, Commissioner Of Exchange, has gene
up TO the Red river laudns to confer wItn the rebel
commissioner with view TO the exchange Of all
| our military prisoners at Tyler, Texas. thus TO
relieve them from the suYerngs which they are daily
enduring There about four hundred prisoners
| at Tyler.
| ON rn lrcHAFALAvA.
The two rebel regiments which crossed the Atchafa
aya last week driven back by the cavalry that
sent out TO meet them. The rebels lost about twenty
prisoners There are now no rebels this side Of the
Atchafalaya-
ANOTHER sKrRMsH NEAR xoRoArzrA
An expedition sent out Thursday last on the
horgapzfa ferry road. under General Ullmapn. They
met the enemy. numbering some two hundred, with
whom they had lively skirmsb Killing ve capturing
two and woundlng several othera The enemy
dispersed.
CofoyEI cHRYsslER WOUNDED.
Colonel Chrysser, of the Second New York Veterans
commanding Brigade vas quite severely wounded in
the neck, We lost besides two killed and had
few wounded.
KyKMy Tm lrcTArALAYA
Our forces approached the Atchafaaya where Il was
found the rebels had three In eton ground
was 10 high that our artillery could not shell
enemys position and the cavalry could reach il,
Another expedition will be sent clean Johnnies
and their artillery.
CONTEMPLATED MOVEMENT noRGANzIA.
The rebels mad commenced movement Morganzia
- long ago ~ the l4th inst has been aban-
doncd and the enemy ars now moving towards Black
river to obtain subsistence portion Of their forces
have gone to Arkansas
ALARM IN PIAorHMSx DoNAlpsoNvIILE
Thore some alarm at Paquemine and Donads0nvilIe,
arising from the report that portion OF Dick Tayors
forces had crossed and about to make descent
the plantations. The stores Paqnemne closed In
anticipation OF raid and feverish alarm exists which
wiz suosido as soon as u ssceraincd that there
nothing to fear.
VESSELS from rRowSsvuLE IN QUARANTINE
The steamer Alliance and sch Highlander, from
Brownsville. with two hundred soldiers and two or
three hundred Texan refugees, are al quarantine.