children of Charleston were long since removed 
from that city, but upon your assurance that the 
city iB still full of them, I shall suspend bombard¬ 
ment until JO P. M. to-morrow, thus giving yon 
two dayR from the time you acknowledged you 
received my communication on the 2ls*t Inst. 
Very respectfully, your ob’t serv't 
Q. A- Gilmore, 
Brig. Gen. Commanding. 
To Gen. P. T. Beauregard, commanding Confed¬ 
erate Forces, Charleston, & C. 
It appears that the Spanish and British Con¬ 
suls respectively addressed Glen. Gilmore in 
behalf of the subjects of their countries in 
Charleston, and he cheerfully suspended the 
bombardment for 24 hours to give them time to 
leave the city. Nothing was further, he says, 
from his wish than to endanger their lives and 
property. 
LieuL Cushing communicates to the naval 
authorities an account, of the gallant conduct of a 
squad of the crew of the steamer Schocbalou, of 
which he is commander, in puttingto flight three 
times their number of rebels. They took a num¬ 
ber of prisoners, captured horses, <fcc., in New 
Topsail Inlet, N. C., and destroyed the blockade 
running schooner Alexander Cooper. This ves¬ 
sel he said cleared from New York to Port Royal, 
N. C., with an assorted cargo, and was once 
towed outside the line of blockaders by a gun¬ 
boat The Lieutenant adds:—I shall try to 
learn the names of the patriotic citizens of my 
State who entered into this little speculation. 
Rock. It is reported that Gen. Blnnt is march¬ 
ing on Archdelphia. Mr. Ray says that the peo¬ 
ple of Arkansas are tired of the war, and would 
gladly oome under the protection of the Federal 
Government 
A special dispatch from Memphis to the St 
Louis Republican says : 
The steamer Progress, from White river, brings 
the news that Gen. Davidson, with cavalry and 
artillery, constituting the advance guard of 
Gen. Steele’s army, on the 27th of August drove 
the enemy, seven thousand strong, across Bayou 
Mitare bridge, killing and wounding about one 
hundred, and capturing two hundred prisoners. 
Our loss was thirty. The rebels burned the 
bridge after crossing. Gen. Steele was at Duvall’s 
Bluff on the 31st ultimo. 
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larly on the rebel side. The filing from Moultrie 
and Battery Bee was terrific. Their heavy guns 
rattled off like a snare drum in tattoo, and the 
water about the monitors was thrown up in all 
directions. Several shots threw tons of water in 
cataracts over their turrets and decks, shaking 
them with the concussion. Many shots struck 
the monitors, but did little damage. The heavy 
rifle and 15-inch shell of the ironclads burst with 
effect over and In Moultrie, and sent the earth 
whirling in all directions. Fort Wagner was 
repeatedly struck by the exploding shells and 
somewhat damaged. It fired but few shots dur¬ 
ing the contest at the monitors. Battery Gregg 
was exceedingly active. Her heavy guns were 
in play from the first to the last of the engage¬ 
ment and made some excellent shots. The mon¬ 
itors’ shells went widely on all pides, and bad 
no effect in silencing her guns. Sumter was 
struck several times by rifled shells from the 
Passaic and Patapsco, but besides detaching 
masses of loose masonry, it did no further dam¬ 
age to the fort. No guns were dismounted, if 
they exist, andno further reduction accomplished. 
After two or three hours’ fighting, the monitors 
responded to the general signal from the Iron¬ 
sides to cease firing and withdraw. W r hat the 
object of the attack was has not been developed. 
Some days ago the enemy made a systematic 
effort to blow up and destroy the gunboats and 
transports in Stono Inlet by means of torpedoes. 
Fortunately, no serious damage was inflicted on 
any of the vessels by these infernal machines, 
but the escape was quite narrow enough for com¬ 
fort. One torpedo exploded a little astern of the 
Pawnee, and blew her launch, which was towing 
astern, to fragments. A few moments later a 
tremendous explosion occurred on Bird Key, a 
few rods below the Pawnee, occasioned by 
another torpedo sent down at the same time. 
From facts since developed, it is certain that 
the rebelH sent down on that uight at least ten of 
these inventions, three or four of which were 
picked up. One drifted through a fleet of trans¬ 
ports and up the Falls river and exploded under 
the bows of the mortar schooner C. P. Williams, 
but occasioned no damage. 
The N. Y. Tribune's Morris Island letter 
states: 
Wagner will be held to the Iasi moment, and 
nothing, it is paid, but want of water will compel 
her to surrender. The dead lie so thickly around 
her walls that, the water from her shallow wells 
cannot be drank. If compelled by thirst, some 
of the soldiers are so imprudent as to swallow it, 
the next day they are in the hospital, aud before 
the close of the week many of them are in their 
graves. Brave attempts have been made to sup¬ 
ply the garrison from Charleston, but thus far a 
small quantity only has been furnished. Only 
at midnight, or under cover of some dense fog in 
the morning, have any vessels been known to 
reach them tor the past eight days. It the moni¬ 
tors would only cut off communication for one 
week longer, the fort would be in our possession; 
and with Fort Wagner. Fort Gregg and the whole 
of Morris Island once ouis, the stars and stripes 
in a few hours would wave over Sumter. We 
are now within 100 yards of Fort Wagner. By 
to-morrow our heaviest Parrotts will be able to 
deliver at the distance of 200 yards into every 
embrasure commanding the beach and an enfila¬ 
ding fire upon every gun looking seaward. 
The telegraph this (Monday) morning informs 
us that Gen. Gilmore has succeeded in ru nni ng 
a parallel against the walls of Fort Wagner 
The following is Gen. Gilmore’s reply to Gen. 
Beauregard's communication, published in Ru¬ 
in i. last week. 
HXAUQnASTKKS l)BrAP.TMKKT OF THK SOUTH, ) 
Morris Ihuand, 9P. M., Augu*t22,1863. £ 
Sir I have tlie honor lo acknowledge the 
receipt of your communication to-day, complain¬ 
ing that one of my batteries had opened upon 
the city of Charleston, and thrown a number of 
rifled shells in the city, the inhabitants of which 
were asleep, and unarmed. My letter to you 
demanding the surrender of Fort Sumter and 
Morris Island, and threatening in default thereof, 
was delivered near Fort Wagner at 11:15 A. M., 
on the 21st inst, and should have arrived at your 
headquarters in time to have permitted your 
answer to reach me within the limit assigned, 
viz., four hours. 
The fact that you were absent from your head¬ 
quarters at the time may be regarded as an un¬ 
fortunate circumstance for the city of Charleston, 
but it is one for which 1 am clearly not respon¬ 
sible. 
This letter bore date, at ray headquarters and 
was delivered by an officer of my staff. The iu- 
adverteuce of the omission of my signature doubt¬ 
less affords ground tor special pleading, but ft is 
not the argomentof a commander solicitous only 
for the salety of sleeping innocent children and 
tmarmed men. 
Your threats of retaliation for acts of mine 
which you do not allege to be in violation tu the 
usages'of civilized w at fare, except as regards the 
length of time allowed as notice of my intention, 
are passed without comment. 
I will, however, call your attention to the well 
established principle that the cornu ander of the 
place attacked, but not invested, having its 
avenues of escape opeu and pracl cable, has uo 
right of a notice of an intention of bombardment, 
other than ihut which is given by th. threatening 
attitude of his adversary. Even it tbi- letter had 
not been w ritten, the city of Charleston has had 
forty days’ notice of her danger. During that 
time tuy attack against her defrnct s has steadily 
progressed. The ultimate result has at uo time 
been doubtful If, nnder the circumstances, the 
life of a single non-combatant is exposed to peril 
by the bombardment of the city, the responsibil¬ 
ity rests with those who huve first tailed to 
remove the non-combatants, or to secure the 
safety of the city, after having held control of all 
its approaches for nearly two and a half vears in 
the presence, of a threatening force, and to after¬ 
ward refuse to accept the terms upon which the 
bombardment might have been postponed. 
From various sources, official and otherwise, I 
am led to believe that most of the women and 
Nous Ccmbmser 
— There were last week at Cape Mav, it is stated, about 
6,000 visitors. 
— Shoe making is done extensively in Haverhill, Mass., 
by the women. 
— Senator Rice of Minnesota lies seriously ill at his 
home in St Paul 
— A blue heron, 6 feet from tip to tip of wing, was late¬ 
ly shot in Vermont. 
— The Mobile Register states that Alexander H. Ste¬ 
phens has gone to Nassau. 
— The ameuDt of gas consumed at the Grand Hotel in 
Paris costs annnally J30,000f. 
— Smuggling between Maryland and Virginia is still 
carried oat to a considerable extent. 
— The Miss, paper* are predicting an extensive Federal 
raid along the Mississippi Central railroad. 
— The latest advices from New Orleam speak of a move¬ 
ment of our army in Louisiana as imminent. 
— A severe snow storm occurred on Lake Superior on 
Friday and Saturday, the last week in August. 
— A Washington special to the Tribune states that the 
report there is to be no draft in Ohio is nntrue. 
— The Cincinnati Gazette *avs that Gen. Hosocrans had 
a narrow escape from being shot a few days ago. 
— The mortality rate in New York during the present 
season has been three times as great as in London. 
— The catholic* of Liverpool, England, are organizing 
a Reformatory 8cbool to reclaim neglected children, 
— Tiie draft in Utica took seven men In the Herald of¬ 
fice, four in the Observer and four in the Telegraph. 
— Col B. L. Bell, the oldest cavalry colonel in the reg¬ 
ular service, died in Baltimore on Saturday night week. 
— As an interesting statistic,' the Springfield Republi¬ 
can says there are 113 marriageable ladies in Lee, Mass. 
— Thirty-two Sergeants and Corporals in the regular 
army have just been promoted to be second Lieutenants. 
— They tell of a Cuban lady at a bail in Saratoga last 
week whose drew and diamonds were valued at 170,000 ! 
— The Richmond Enquirer urges the immediate in¬ 
crease of ihe rebel piratical Sect by purchase in England. 
— There ar« three fathers in East Nottingham township 
Cheater county, Pa , who havo fourteen sene in the Union 
army. 
— A pioneer company of emigrants to the state of Del¬ 
aware will go thither from the North in the course of a 
month. 
— The New York Sun estimates the cost of conscription 
in that city at $11,000,000; yet only 1,000 men will be 
gained 
— The War Department has organized up to this time 
76 companies of invalids, who are to do garrison and other 
duties. 
— Frederick Douglas is to accompany Adjotant-General 
Thomas to the West to assist in organialng colored regi- 
Lmcnte. 
— There is a large tobacco field at Hatfield, Mass., for 
the crop of which New York speculators have offered 
$40,000. 
— Additional rolls of the rebels taken at Vicksburg 
swell the list to 33,000—6,000 in excess of the published 
reports. 
— There are 88 banks in Rhode Island, with a capital of 
twenty-one million, on a specie basis of a trifle over half 
a million. 
— The Army and Navy Journal says that Gen. Wads¬ 
worth has been assigned to the duty of organising negro 
regiments. 
— A negro in Rhode Island, who was drafted in two 
towns, sent a substitute from one aud represented the oth¬ 
er himself. 
— A slight shock of an earthquake occurred in the 
lower part of St. Louis about eight o’clock on Friday eve¬ 
ning week. ' 
— Onr wounded at Gettysburg are getting along admi¬ 
rably, Only 1,600 still remain in hospital. Of these some 
600 are rebels. 
— In Tippecanoe county, Indiana, there is a man living 
who is 130 years old It is supposed he is the oldest man 
in the world. 
— More thaD half of the young men who have applied 
as candidates for the Naval Academy at Newport have 
been rejected. 
— Thad Stevens has given as his opinion that the pay¬ 
ment of the $300 and the furnishing of a substitute have 
the same effect 
— A splendid entertainment was given in the city of 
Memphis the evening of the 26th ult., in honor of Major 
General Grant 
— Archbishop Hughes is the richest clergyman in this 
conntry. His private property is said to be worth a mil¬ 
lion of dollars. 
— The receipts for internal revenue for the month of 
August amount to $5,604,201 35, an increase over the re¬ 
ceipts for July. 
— The office of the United Express Company, in St. 
Louis, was robbed of nearly sixty thousand dollars Mor. 
day night w eek. 
— A mail came through to New York city last week 
from New Orleans by way of Cairo, the first since the re¬ 
bellion broke out. 
— The prize steamer Cronstadt with 600 bales of cotton, 
200 barrels of turpentine and 200 barrels of rosin, arrived 
at Boston last week. 
— Americans in Germany, to the number of about 100, 
recently assembled at a banquet at Hamburg, to celebrate 
the Federal victories. 
— The Federal vessels destroyed or bonded by Confed¬ 
erate cruisers is in all 150, measuring 61,429 tuns, aud 
valued at $11,060,000. 
— The official rote of Kentucky foots up as follows:— 
Bramlejte, Union, 07,596; Wiekliffe, Dem., 17,344. £0,242 
majority for Brain lette. 
— Reports to the Provost Marshal Gen. in Washington 
indicate that the product of the draft in all the 8tates will 
not exceed 1-50,000 men. 
— Tlie miners in the coal regions of Pa. are receiving 
the extraordinary pay of $90 to $125 per month, working 
not over eight hours a day. 
— Agents of the Government are now employed in 
Canada picking up horses for the Federal Army, but the 
supply is nearly exhausted. 
— Orders have been received by the Government agent 
from citizens of Nashville, Tenn., and Vicksburg, Miss., 
for the Government 6-20 bonds. 
Fling out the old banner, let fold after fold, 
Enshrine a new glory as each is unfurled; 
1/et it speak to our hearts still as sweet as of old, 
The herald of Freedom ail over the world. 
Let it float out iu triumph, let it wave over bead, 
The noble old ensign, its stripes and its stars; 
It gave us our freedom, o’ersbadows our dead, 
Gave might to our heroes, made sacred their sears. 
Let it wave in the sunbeam, unfurl in the storm, 
Our guardian at morning, onr beacon at night, 
When peace shine* In splendor athwart her bright form, 
Or war's bloody band hold* the standard of might. 
Unfurl the old banner, it* traitor* crush doira, 
Let it still be the banner that covers the brave, 
The star spangled banner, with glory we own, 
’Tin too noble a banner for tyrant aud slave. 
AFFAIRS IN WASHINGTON. 
The President has ordered that the Executive 
order, dating Nov. 21st, 18G2, prohibiting the 
exportations from the United States of arms 
and ammunition as munitions of war, under 
which the commandants of departments were, 
by order of the Secretary of War, dated May 12, 
1863, ordered to prohibit the purchase and sale, for 
exportation, all horses and mules within their 
respective commands, and to take and appro¬ 
priate to the use of the United States any horses, 
mules and live stock designed for exportation, 
be so far modified that any arms heretofore im¬ 
ported into the United States may be re-imported 
to the place of original shipment, and that any 
live stock raised in any State or Territory of the 
United States, bordering on the Pacific Ocean, 
may be exported from any such State or Terri¬ 
tory. 
The Secretary of the Treasury has, for some 
time past, been engaged in preparation of new 
regulations for trade with rebel States, suited to 
the altered condition of affairs occasioned by the 
opening of the Mississippi river. They will be 
completed in a few days, but may have to be 
submitted for approval of Generals commanding 
Departments in the South, before they will be 
ready for publication. 
An investigation is being prosecuted in regard 
to the character of the liquors and wines fur¬ 
nished for hospital purposes, instances of gross 
frauds by adulteration have already been dis¬ 
covered. Much of the liquor analyzed is badly 
drugged and totally unfit for use. 
The largest number of applications, for land 
uuder the Homestead Law, are in Wisconsin, 
Michigan, Kansas and Washington. The reve¬ 
nue from the public domain is scarcely more 
than nominal. No additional land will be imme¬ 
diately advertised for sale. 
The statement that Commissioner Ould has 
terminated the negotiations for exchange of 
prisoners by a positive declaration that the white 
officers of colored regiments will not be released 
or exchanged, is premature. The negotiations 
are still in progress, and no definite result has 
yet been reached. Meantime, no exchange of 
enlisted men has taken place; but both parties 
continue to release or parole small numbers of 
this class of prisoners. 
Quartermaster-General Meigs has not yet com¬ 
pleted his inspection of the Quartermaster’s 
Department of the Army of the Potomac. He 
is directed, when this is done, to travel upon a 
tour of inspection through the armies of the 
South-west It is probable, that be, as well as the 
Adjutant-General aud Surgeon-General will be 
continuously employed in peripatetic field du¬ 
ties away from Washington. 
The Indian Bureau has received information 
ot the peaceable removal of 1,500 Sioux Indians 
and 1,800 Winnebagoes from Minnesota, and 
their location in Dac-otah Territory. Under 
Supt Thompson, arrangements are being made 
for the erection of stockades tor their defence, 
together with improvements, in order to carry 
out in good faith the pledges of the Government 
ROCHESTER, N. Y., SEPTEMBER 12,1863. 
Department of the Gull 
The steamship Morning Star, from New Or¬ 
leans Aug. 27th. arrived at New York on the 5th. 
She brings 070 bales of cotton. 
A movement was on foot in New Orleans to 
present the 26th Massachusetts regiment a stand 
of colors for good behavior while in the city, that 
regiment having been ordered to active duty in 
the field. 
Many vessels are advertised to leave for St. 
Louis and other ports up the river. 
All vessels of war engaged in recent operations 
on the Mississippi are to be surveyed, and such 
of them as need repairs be sent home. 
Three hundred bales of cotton were sold on 
government account on the 25th, bringing prices 
from 67 to 68 cents per lb. 
An order has been issued to regulate the em¬ 
ployment and education of people of color. 
A New Orleans letter of Lhe 28th to the World 
describes the military and political situation in 
the Department of the South. 
The movement on Mobile had undoubtedly 
been abandoned. There were no indications of 
such a movement, and the situation of affairs in 
the army and navy seemed to preclude the possi¬ 
bility of iL Preparations were, however, going 
forward, suggesting a now and interesting cam¬ 
paign. 
The Confederate forces, ever since the evacua¬ 
tion of Brashear City, had not been idle on the 
other side of the buy, and along the Teeho were 
understood to be concentrated for an offensive 
raid or invasion through that part of Louisiana 
supposed to be held by our forces. Rebel forces 
were gathering at St. Martinville, New Iberia. 
Frankliu aDd Camp Bristand. The plan of the 
rebel campaign, us stated by deserters, con¬ 
templates a march into the Lafourche, onoe con¬ 
quered by Weitzel, and again recently in the 
bauds of Gen. Banks. 
Generals Grant and Thomas have gone to 
New Orleans. It is rumored that Gen. Banks 
will go to Texas. Gen. Grant will command all 
the Mississippi region. 
Gen. Joe Johnston's army has removed from 
the vicinity of Enterprise, but iu what direction 
is not .known. 
Th* Army in Virginia. 
The best obtainable information locates 
Gen. Lee in Richmond, and his army scattered 
on the line of the Blue Ridge, on the west' to 
Port Royal, Rappahannock on the east, and 
south as far as the line of the Virginia Central 
railroad. Ilia troops arc widely scattered, so as 
to facilitate subsisting. Gen. Ewell has the left 
A. P. Hill the centre, lying on the railroad from 
Culpepper to Orange Court House, while LoDg- 
street holds the extreme right, occupying the tine 
of the Richmond aud Fredericksburg railroad. 
Cook’s brigade of North Carolina troops occupy 
Fredericksburg. Jones’ brigade of cavalry is 
said to have gone back to the Shenandoah Yalley 
and Robinson to Richmond, Stuart is still in 
command, but growing more and more unpopu¬ 
lar. It is expected that he will be relieved by 
Wade Hampton. 
Deserters now iu report Lee’s army generally 
discussing another raid across the Potomac. 
There must be certain indications of expressions 
dropped by those in high command, to warrant 
the assumption. The reported demoralization of 
Lee’s army is much exaggerated. It is again in 
excellent fighting condition. Deserters are far 
less numerous than stated, both to the mountains 
and to our lines. 
A N. Y. TVmes dispatch says:—A distinguished 
officer iu the Army of the Potomac has sent in 
word that Gen. Lee has not given the slightest 
evidence of a purpose to move his forces. On 
the other hand, he is waiting for the result of the 
operations of Rosecrans, Gilmore and Burnside. 
The opinion prevails among the most intelligent 
of our officers at headquarters that if these oper¬ 
ations are successful, Lee will propose terms of 
surrender and endeavor to bring the war to a 
close. 
Guerrilla operations in onr rear continue, 
though the last depredations are reported from 
the vicinity of Hartwood Church, Stafford Store 
and Dumfries. A mail parly of eight was attacked 
on the road between Warrentou Junction and 
Hartwood one day last week, and four of them, 
including the mail, captured. 
Information having been received that a cav¬ 
alry expedition was to be sent up the Rappahan¬ 
nock to retake the gunboats Satellite and Reli¬ 
ance, captured by the rebels nine days ago, Gen 
Kilpatrick was directed to move down with his 
cavalry division and co-operate in such manner 
as circumstances would require. In accordance 
with theso instructions General Kil patrick moved 
on the 2d to the vicinity of Corbyn’s Neck, where 
the captured gunboats were lying, causing the 
rebel cavalry in lhat neighborhood to precipi¬ 
tately ford the river. Finding that no gunboats 
appeared to engage the Reliance and Satellite, he 
ordered the batteries of Elder and Fuller to open 
upon them. The boats were moored to the 
chore opposite Corbyn’s Neck, and having no 
steam up they were unable to escape. They 
were thoroughly riddled and disabled and can 
never be again used by the enemy. The enemy 
played upon our forces for a short time with a 
few field pieces without damage, but were speed¬ 
ily quieted. These boats were mere tugs altered 
for navy business. 
Notwithstanding the vigilance of the Fotoraac 
flotilla smuggling is still carried on to a consider¬ 
able extent A flat boat has been engaged for 
some time in transporting contraband goods 
across the river at Deep Hole Farm, between 
Oocoqugn and Dumfries, from which point the 
articles are removed into the interior and sold at 
exorbitant prices. At Dumfries, the landing 
place of many of the carriers, common salt is sold 
for $12perbbl. 
Movements in the West and South-West 
Tbnnesee.— A special to the N. Y. Tribune 
from Cincinnati says : 
Burnside is supposed to be at Clinch river. 
His march across Cumberland mountains was 
very exhausting. His column, mostly artillery 
and mounted infantry. A strong body of infan¬ 
try from Rosecrans w as to have joined him in 
Clinch river valley. 
Gen. Burnside telegraphed that he took King¬ 
ston on the 2d instant 
Part of Gen. Ministry's brigades of Rosecran’s 
army, went, simultaneously to Gen. Burnside’s 
aid. He met with no serious opposition. All 
Eastern Tennessee, except the Chattanooga re¬ 
gion. has been evacuated and is free. Everything 
is working splendidly, both in RoBeorana' army 
and in Burnside’s, The great Obstacle of this 
region, the Lookout Mountains, will be sur¬ 
mounted iu a day or two. 
A dispatch received in Cincinnati on the 6th 
announces that Gen. Burnside entered Knoxville 
on the 4th. No particulars. 
The headquarters of the army of the Cumber¬ 
land is still at Stephenson, Alabama. Only 'a 
portion of the army crossed the Tennessee. The 
forces on the south side will shortly destroy the 
railroad bridges on the line of communication. 
All movable public and private property is 
being carried out of Chattanooga. 
A dispatch to Washington on the 7th inst 
says :—“ it is represented that when Gen. Bum- 
side arrived belbro Kingston the enemy fell back 
and retreated. At this point a cavalry force was 
sent from Gen. Rosecrans’ army at Chattanooga, 
eighty milestothe south, to join Gen. Burnside’s 
forces. The latter pushed on his columns to 
Loudon, where a sharp fight took place, hut the 
enemy was completely routed with considerable 
loss. Our casualties in all skirmishes were 
trifling. Gen. Burnside met with but slight re¬ 
sistance. 
Arkansas.— The Memphis Bulletin, of the 30th 
ult, learns from Mr. Ray, lately a prisoner at 
Little Rock, that the rebel force at that place 
was 40,000 strong, many of whom were conscripts 
from 16 to 60 years of age, only half armed, and 
commanded by Gens. Ferguson and Price. The 
rebels are erecting fortifications on the opposite 
side of the river, and fourteen miles below Little 
NEWS PARAGRAPHS 
In Chicago (says the Tribune ) there are over 
four thousand children of school ages in the 
streets, running wild, and probably double that 
number from five to six years old are either 
worrying their parents or learning vice in the 
streets. 
Over 2,000 chimney sweep boys iu England 
are flogged to make them do that odious work. 
Many thousands from the age of five to ten years 
are working fifteen hours a day in a temperature 
of 150 degrees in the potteries. 
Recruiting for the Union army is being pros¬ 
ecuted with great success among the rebel pris¬ 
oners at Fort Delaware. Already six hundred 
recruits for the Third Maryland cavalry have 
been obtained from prisoners who have taken 
the oath of allegiance, most of them Southern 
born. 
Ensign Porter, whose bravery at Charleston 
was telegraphed last week is a New Yorker, his 
father living in Lockporl He entered the Naval 
School from the Lockport district in 1858, and is 
now only 10. A correspondent gives another 
instance of his gallantry as follows:—“At the 
battle of Roanoke Island, he commanded a 
launch of six Dahlgren howitzers from his vessel, 
in the advance of the centre, which he dragged 
through a swamp, the mud up to the ‘hubs’ of 
the wheels, took his position ‘nnder a gallant fire 
from the enemy.’ which he maintained, returning 
fire until most of his men had fallen, when one 
of the guns exploded, and one man alone re¬ 
mained with him, of whom he thus wrote (boy¬ 
like, of seventeen years,) to his mother: ‘He 
alone remained, when a slug passed into his 
throat, from which the blood streamed out; he 
looked in my face, choked, fell down and died. 
This made me madder than ever, and I then 
went in on my muscle.’ He bravely remained 
alone with his battery, cleaning, loading and 
firing his guns himself, until, with Hawkin’s 
Zouaves, they won the day.” 
Department of tho South. 
TnB latest, intelligence from before Charles 
ton is contained in a Morris Island letter to the 
N. Y. Herald on the 1st inst., the contents of 
which are as follows : 
For two or three days past a new rebel bat¬ 
tery on Sullivan’s Island bas been making fruit¬ 
less efforts to annoy our men In the advance 
trenches. The calibre of the gun employed is 
not certainly known, but it is supposed to be one 
of the eleven-inch guns taken from the Keokuk. 
The firing of the gun is very good, except In one 
rather important particular, its range being short, 
and only at long Intervals a shot from it reaches 
the island. Those thrown in thus far have been 
solid shots and have done no damage other than 
to the sand hills which have been hit The ma¬ 
