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THE NEW YORK HERALD.
WHOLE NO. 9462, NEW YORK, FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1862. PRICE TWO CENTS.
APPALLING! DISASTER AT SEA.
Destruction by Fire of the California
Steamship Golden Gate. )
One IJundred and Eiglity
Passengers Lost.
Over a Million and a Quarter
in Treasure Sunk.
THE EXCITEMENT IN THE CITY.
REPORT OF A SURVIVOR.
THE VESSEL BEACHED
DESCRIPTION OF THE GOLDEN GATE,
HO INSURANCE ON THE SHIP.
EFFECT OF THE DISASTER ON STOCKS,
A BMt Intense and painful excitement tu eroated in
Om eity yesterday morning, on the publication, thrcutb
tbe columns of the Bauto, of a brief despatch from
Baa Francisco nniwmuciog tbe Iocs by Ore of tho steamer
OoMen Gate, on her pas6&ge from" that city to Panama
What add. to tbe general sorrow consequent on the r.
parted loss of so many lives, Is tbe heart-rending sua
pease into which tho fnlends of the passengers are
plunged by the meagre accounts y?t received, an Inter
ruption in the telegraph line east of Salt Lake preventing
the transmission.of tbe particulars attending tlie burning
Of the vessel. though we oottld not bopo to receive
by tba telegraph at once a list of those who were saved i
and of those who pcriiiho<l, yet it may be very reason- !
?bly hoped that with fuller details the catastrophe, as at
present reported, may bu divested of much of its seeming
horrors, and that the a<-iual loss of life will not bo near j
.0 lamentably great as present accounts w*old imply. |
That the relatives and friends of the iwisscngers may i
hope for more cheering accounts is evident from ths J
Statement, in a despatch received by Messis. Doncboe,
Sainton & Co., of thu city, to tbe ciTect that t:.o sbip was ,
beached. Tho fact, then, that the pMp-was run ashore,
and not burned to tho water's edge in deep water, must
bo a Koureo of hope to many <t sorrowing heart,
throughout tbe day tbe loci of this nubio vessel, with tbe
terrible Facrlflce of lifo Involved, was Ihe prominent
though gloomy topic of conversation among all cl -hm.
Every where that a bulletin announced it, at theinaws
paper offices, merchants' offices, agents,' ofiioe?, and at
hotel., anxious crowd, gathered round to read, and
turned in quick succession from Uia p?ru?al with s?a"
donod looks and sympathizing remarks. From many Ins i
was beard tho hopeful assurance that the calamity would
Ml prove near so deplorable as ilrst accounts would Ml.
?ate, and none wero so unsympatbizing as to gninsay a
W&elusion so humane and natural.
ADDITIONAL INTKI.LI'JENCB.
eontloued to bo anxiously inquired for throughout the
evening, and though vra hoped to he able to atlny much ?f
Ike sorrow wblcli pervades the community by publtabii s
Ikoti diminishing very considerably tfie extent of tho (lis
aster, accounts of which, coming to us on the tlrst mo
Baents of eousternation, must bo greatly exa?.?< i ?d,w
?I* unable to do a* this morning, tho telegraph still fall
lag us.
Wa subjoin, however, all the particulars that have
Veachod us up to the last moment.
The telegraphic despatches announcing the disaster ran
M follows:?
the steamship Golden Gate, whlrh loft 8an FrnncWco
Hty 21, for Panama, with two hundred end thirty jkm
jengurs.$l 114,000 in trcaeure fur New York, ana *270,
#00 for England, was burned at sou, July 27, ar.d ono.liuti
dred an<t eighty passengers and all the treasure Int.
Sa? Ita iscmco, Aujukt J802.
Aiuui MoLaxa, l*reaident?1iie Golden Oate burned at
Be* noar Mamani.la. Two hundred pu. M>ng?is and urcw
Mrtslied. Slup total loss. Particu;frs hh soon of !.,? suble.
FOHBES As BADOOCK.
11m above despatch was received by the fn ific MhQ
Heasnship Compaay, through thoir President, Mr.
McUum, from the agents of tha company at San Fran
?boo
11m above brtof particulars comprise all the intelligence
that has as yet directly readied the company of the losa
af the ill-fated Golden Gat?.
The following deapatah was received from Mr. Renjo
?to Hotladay, of this city, a passonger on board the ves
Ml at the time of the disaster. Be had yialted California
M bnaineaa mat te< s, and was returning in company with
Mb bnaineaa partner, Mr. Flirt, roferrod to In bis tele
gram. Mr. Hoiladay, who is a re*.dent or this city, doing
haaiaess at No. 88 Wall street, Is the owner of a Hue of
leaaeia wbioh trade between Sou Kruacinoo and British
Oaiumbia. Ua boa resumed his homeward route over
go* Ftuxciaco, August 6, 1801, \
Received August 7, lKCi, 11.45 A. M. J
W' L? Bauwy, cure of Ga >. K Otis, 88 Wall street:?*
I was saved from tho burning ship by latching myself
(?the forecastle ladder. 1 thou juiupod overboard, pass
ing and?r the port wbeol while the vessel was still under
VOrtunaUly 1 sustained to serious Injury, mod was
picked nt> by thi ship's boat.
We waro in the boat Wnly twenty houra before reach
lag Manz.inilia. Poor Flint was lost.
RENJ. HOLT,ADA Y.
Mr. Flint leaves a wife in this city to oeroave bis sail
laaa. He wai a man of Riddle uj>, ar.'' bad lived I' San
Vranclseo since February. I?fl1. TIo -.vas form' rly an
?gent for the Pacific Mail Steamship Company. Ir fnr
ttahing this despatch tc the pvess, Mr. McLnne President
the Steamship Company, wj ites:?
I beg to hand ycu herewith a coi>v of a desoatob re
?alvad litis moraii g fiom the company'a Pau Francisco
e^auta, announcing i bo total de?U",.i,on by Are if tliu
?MatmUlp Golden (.ate, with two hundred passenger*
ted crew.
When the i artlculars allude I to, wliicb will oov.uln a
list of pi^sar.goi (, with those Ion. (wciflcd, ruach hoie,
Whey will be pr tnptl) furmstic i to tho press for tbt IB
Iter mat la of n'efcatod partes.
In the tncnni uii it Is ce i tu.it pomo few pass. n
?pre were savnd. ?? Is sUouu by th? telegram from Mr
WaRi. H V-tlav to biaJkg wit in this City.
VTd? xteVs ii r v. sa well ioutiu in lire airan ,enient<<, llf*
Mala, flco.y ud was off! red by > xperiencud and tic 1 ul
men, wbio?ta< t* givu farther sfwh aoca tiiat &? me h\ en
k*v? ba?n areseived. Mcspcettully, y^ur noedleut her
Vant, A1J AN McL INK, Prcaiilnnl.
We have no i-near* of ascertaining who weio onboard
lb? steamer at .tho time of tho buralr.g,or of learning
the namoa of tb? avrv Ivors and or these who porlshed,
aMer than that in the latter catoforv is Mr. Flint, and in
Um former Mr. Ho Uadoy and Caida.n Whitney. In addi
tion to thsse we las <n lb*t Mr. Johu P. Bell, of this city,
waa a paaaenger by t,'?e Ill-fated ahip; but hit tato is sliil
?nknown.
The following despatt h was rocoivcd by Mbaira. Dono.
ho?, Ralston k Co. of tbk i city s?
& ** Fnunaoo, August 1,1803.
fa froajni Kat.tr ft Co.?
Btaamslilp Gold. n Mate, whlrh sailed linnee list July,
look flru twelve mlloa off ,Manaanllla,aBd was burned to
the water's edg?. About t* o hundred pasnougern l?i?t.
KdWH, a Flint gofio. Men A ollli<ny snd Captain Wk',tn?f
saved. It is thought tha in Maura will be aavedr.stii?
abip waa beached.
The sbovo deapatchei art ft'l that bar? boos y?t r?*
?avered.
An interruption in tha telegraph line aaat of Salt lAko
has prevented the reception ai ye\' or tha partleulars of
tb? terrible diaaater. Tnelullest dotaila will ba obtained
rremgan Frauolsco as early as possible.
Wa are Indebted to Mr jwlea, tb? talagraph operator
at Buflklo, for tb? following:?,
Bumto, August 7,1862.
Tb? California line l? dawn waat of Jaleaburg. Thar?
la aa proapeet of getting anything through to-night.
There la a great itorm pragrsssiag waat.
Cmcaoo, August 7?10 P. M.
there la no prospeet of getting a report of the Golden
?M? diaaater te night. The line if tfflfrf^wetb 9Y?r>
|?hd9>7*?4 rorltai-MjIf,
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Tb? I'acilic Uuil Sioam: h p lorapuiy'B steamer Gold, u
Onto was a splendid tido-'vuool steamer, 2,0<>7 tons, and
w: a built nt this port by Win. E. Webb. i?i I860. Her ili
msnaiona are lis follows:?265 root, breadth 40
feet, d?| ill of bold 30 feet. H?r dr^Tt < X water was about
10 feet.
Lho was one of tbo .Inost boats ou tho route between
Paramo and Sin Francirco, ami wn.? a fr.vorlte with the
truvallirg public. She as launched January 11, 1860,
aud wan built Tor Howhnd % AS},inw?ll. Her engiues
wore constructed at the Nove'ty Works.
This ship was noted for her pollco rogultti'^ns, and
tbo rules in relation to firo waro well defloed, ..ad made
pin is to all Lcr crew and passengers. It was customary
on tbls route to exercise the pasfmjrers -nd crew in Oro
dirty, and,frcm the uieogio Inl'orn.ation wo havo in
relation to the causes of the lire, it n>..et have, in it?
earliest stages, defle 1 the efforic of the uiforiurate pas
eoitfrs atidcrew, whU: , on ordinary occasions, vould
havo controlled tiie fatal element.
The Golden Gate was a fast vessel, and could arr.ommo
datonboutninehundred riseeogors.b'MM.nlarge<nwnti
tyof frelebt. She was rated at thel'adorwiitors'A2, ai.d
her securities agiisst tire vrere recorded* ?#' od." Hhe bad
two independent flro pumjis, aud cuff.ci' ui '.use, buck?ii,
a'.?e. &c. She had oscillating ougim s and twocyiude.s
of eighty Ovo i::< It o e.u-h, wilb a niue'feot stroko pisto::.
ghe cirrtad frtm eight to twelve boats, cufllclonl to
carry wrMl hundred persons.
The Go'den Gate wo* retwlred In W6, 1R58,1W9, and
Utterly tho has been put in ex allent order. She was
built fur servloo on the ruciile count, aud wussout out
tlioro after she was completed.
Mwizanllta, o(T which.it appoa?! the tlearner was whou
the Are broke out, is in the bay of Limon, Istlimus of
Panama, the steamers fiom San Francisc* call there to
ship tri asuro brought from the mines of Oolfmia, In
Mexico. It ia about three hundred inilee south of Aca
puttio and about fifteen hundred south ot San Krauc'.sco.
CAUPE OF TUB DIB'STFK iTN'KNO WK.
the cause of the Ore must remain amystery till further
accounts reach ns. That the Are burst out (suddenly
and sped W.th destructive rapidity mu?t bo painfully
apparent if the loss of life U n.-ar so great as reporlodi.
It may uatui >ily ba surmised that vlio liKht upper works
oft TCR^el !/ng tilling iu a tropical climate would
qu! -kly b# consumed, thus ronderlug all efforts to save
the boat#stow<" I upon.dock a dangerous, If not a hopeless
task. Under such clroumetanctj the destruction of this
ship by flro mint havo pie^nted ft scone seldom o^iuali- I
in horror upon 'he ocean. But yet wo have the gratify
ing fact m Mr. Holla lay's dosp itch that at least one boat
wnp 'ow 'ro ^ai d mode instrumental In taring lite;lor
fee says ho himself *a picked up by Uio ship's boat
while tho vessel was under way. It is to bo hoped that
this was no' tbo only boat left to the despairing paosun
gers in tbeir hour or deadly par II, hut that naaby wsro
thus saved.
Tii'j Golden Gate bad never run on this side of the
Isthuus of Tinama. Her burning is the first aecldent,
causing toes ef life, that ha happened to any of tho ves
sels of the oompaty owning her since their organization.
OTHER TBSS. ..8 OK TJE LINE.
Ths other vessels of the lino are the Golden ige, the
Constitution, Just sent out, the charter with the govern
ment having expired; the Orizaba, Sonora, California,
Herman, John L. Slovoas, Oregon, rsaama and Wash
ington.
The steamer which left gan Franolsco cn tho 1st Inst,
will bring duplicates of the papers of the Golden Gate
This vessel will be due as the 21st; but long before Uien
the telegraph will Sonvey us fuil #articular><
THB INSURANCE ON TBI GOLDEN OATI.
It appears that there was no Insurance on the GoVlSB
9m, W tt !? Ui9W*>i u?t U* nwie W? b9W^w|| IgJj
iusu ud, uiore Uiuu o.iu aali l>u:un iiisured in luiguuil.
In the management of tho business of the company tha
rule ih, for tlu regular shippers of epecio to have open
policies; and hence the consii(urea hire have no moans of
knowing the amount of Insurance until ILs arrival of the
mail. Tho vcss'-l was worth from $80,000 to $00,000.
AMOUNT OF SrBCIS ON BOARD.
ihe amount of specie on board wus:?For New York,
$1,114,0'j0, and for England, $-J70,COO?making, in both
Mini,$1,584,000. Tho premium ot*fonrteon per cent, at
waich tl.o I'.trUlc Mill Steametip Company's stock rate*,
added to thcoo figures, will givo tho ag^r^^tc amount
of $1,677,760.
KFifcCT OF TUE DISASTER ON T1IK PACIFIC MAIL
STOCK.
The stock of tlio J'aciflo Mail Ftoamship tympany was
adversely uffsctcd by the Intelligence of tho loss of their
splendid mini*'. In consequence thereof stock fell to
lOSJi on the receipt or the ftr.-t report of the dwustor,
but fri.tu ttiis it subsequently ralliod, reaching to 110, and
ultimately at tlut i|gur?, showing a decline of
aboi.i 2,'i'.>ci cont from yeet?rd ?y's prices. The Ion to
lie company villi umoinl to less than fire per cent on the
c i).ital stock, but which, it, Is said, will not Interfere with
the regular quarterly dividends. The effect oa the Taclflc
?tnck intl'i^nced to n (light extent tho whole market at
tho lirfct board, and in some few stocks the cxtreme
prices p*ld bei'oro tho i .oruLig session were Dot main
tained.
FATE OF TITR rASsKNGKUB.
Th?re Is no reason to d %ubt tho correctness of the num.
her of pn^songsrH r?port?d to tuve bcon on board of the
Goldon Gate, leaving Son Trancisoo. Tho number givou
Is 230, and of these ISO arc reported as lost, which leaves
tho amount saved but fifty. First accounts of dlsasteru,
where loss of human life is Involved, are stall times
more or less oxuggi>ra'ed and it If to hn hoped that thi?
rase will prove no exception to tto ru.e. We havo re.
fcrrwl to the twe important facia wheh show thai
tho efforts pf tho crow and passengers lo bhvo
life were not entirely unavailing; and itay not theso
eUoils have been more successful, ut.'jor Provldeuec,
than wo are yet aware Of T When Mr. liolladsy was over
board he waa picked up by the ship's boat, the ship her"
self still under way,maku g for the friendlv port of Maaza.
nulla, er the nearer shoro, upon which she whs beached. ,
From the fact, then, that at least on* boat was launched,
and pasi ongM-s siu-ed thereby, and that tho vessel waa
fo near tho shoro as to bo run upon tlie bo?uh, It may be
reasonably calculated?as It is t j be ho; ed?that the
number of lives saved will overbalance those lost.
The only passengers w hose names we could learn wo
have beforo given, These ai e Captain W.ntiwy ami Mr.
Ilolladay, sa\ '.dMr. Flint, lost; and Mr. Boll, whose fftto
is yet unknown. TUo telegraph will soon disclose tli<
rest.
A State Senator Indicted for PtrJnrjr.
Ewr, Pa., August 7,1*02.
The Grand Jury mw sitting for F.rle county h<.ve In
dictod Morrow B. Lowrey, a number of the Senate of
Pennsylvania, for perjury.
Winttk 0>pnrs.?This evening a complimentary bone.
Ct, under the patronage of a number of onr leading cltl
sens, will bo g -en to Messrs. A. H. Davenport and J. W.
Col'ier, Mlsa I? Mltched has onsented to appear on
this oscasion, la 1j> . pmmlar part of Fancbon, the oast of
the ?4<jce beioj lit' ?in?J as wheu originally produced by
her. This au i >u) e'.r I, iparl from the claims of the
beneftaUree, *.U be i..iS<.,nt lo insure a crowded
houso.
Tun Nnr Yokk Ce.-hul Fa?i Hiskrioir.?This great
werk, which r Ilea credit upon our noble city, will
be brouplu Int."*.ce on T .ssday, the 19tb Inst., when a
Srsi 1 p iboo disp ay if te take place. The Croton Aque
uct Bo.iM hart aam noced tliat tho water will be let In
to the grand raaarroUr CD that da/, at three o'clock in
uwimwf.
IMPORTANT FROM M'CLELLAN'S ARMY.
Our Army Advancing on
Richmond.
SUCCESSFUL RECONMSSAME LV* FORCE.
Occupancy of Malvern Hill by Gen.
Hooker's Division.
SPIRITED BRUSH WITH THE REBELS.
Two Hundred Hebel Soldiers
Captured.
INTERESTING PARTICULARS,
kit) kt.j ki.
Oar Special Arm jr Correspondence.
Tj* Camp at Xaltkm Iliu., Angust 6,1802.
Onornl Hooker has b?en impatient for a fight with the
*aemy for some days ;>a?t. II* folt that some tiling ahould
bo d' no to show tlio world that we have g'>t alio army on
the peninsula. Believing that Malvern Hill,about which
point eo much ha# been Mid, could bo retaken, notwith
standing the natural strength or th? poult ion, bo formed a
plan to aucoiuplUh this object, and submitted It to hnad
quartern. Cenerul McClellan entered heartily Into tbe plan,
and gave (ioneral Hooker tho entire command of an ex
pedlttcn for tta accomplishment. A reoonnoidbarite in
forci waa made last Saturday evening; but, the guides
loading tbe cclumn a wrong direction, tbe party returned
to camp and rested until yesterday afternoon, when tbey
were ordered to prepare Tor tbe march.
Tint KA?Clt.
Tbe column was not all upon the road until after tho
moon had riven, atid threw a flood of light Into every
opening in tbo forests through which tbo Utile array
passed The muds were smooth and even, and tho move'
mcnt of tbo artillery train made but very little tiulao.
Precautious were taken against alarming the enemy'a
pickets, one of whom?tho only one on tbe road on
which tbe column me red?was capturod. Ouarda wero
placed around tho house* on the way to prevent tbo in
mates from conveying information of tho approach of our
troepe. Whon the resting place for the night waa renobed,
officers gave tliolr orders in a whisper, as it waa known
that a camp of tbe onotny wag near. Tho alienee with
whleh tho aflitlr was conducted would have loeu com
plete ha ' not been for
a raw RHioitincn annul.,
who gave orders for brigade movements In a toIco that
could be board a great distance in the a'illness of tbe
night. Tbe result of this llttlo inflation of military pride
shows bow inexperience and lack of Judgment in one offi
cer in a long lino may sometlaaos defeat or damage the
success of an important movement. Tho result in this
case was that
Ttm inuy wins a prong w>
of our approach at twelve o'clock, and reinforcement*
sent for. General Ho ker and bis command would have
been glad to have the enemy reinforced, in order that ho
might accept the gage of battle upon his ehosrn field; but
UN warning that Jaail been giyen MuhA Uk [fffp upon
. . ?,; i.i our grasp before an adequate jmii.
ishuitui buu been administered to t'em.
l mi hiv or ao
for the night wag in Uia rear of tho Gleudale battle
ground ot' .lunc SO, on the Quaker Churcli road. Grovor'a
brigade wan in the advance, and thoir picket* nw no
movement during the night, exceptor three men who
took a pccivat tlie Secoud N .w HampsLiiro rogiinuut aud
then disappeared.
At daylight the column moved, a sufficient force having
been pouted to protect tbo rear. Pul ing through the
Nelson Farm, the b- dv marched by the
ot,n turn* cnoc.vn
of Glendalc. The Quaker church, otherwise callcd t?e
WJIHh church, lies upon the road below the fiold where
the left wing, under Helutzelman ami Hooker, re
putted the rol.c'.s on the last day of Juno. The
littio cburch beam cvldvccea enough of the
bloody work that was done roar it. Tho pows were all
ripped out ana converted into amputating tublon :md
other convenances for the car? of wounded men, and tli,
floor of the building I* entirely covered with bio
Many of the dead are buried around It, with hardly a
mvmorial to designate them. I uoticod on a head
btard of one grave tbo name of L. E. Io
Diane, Tbtol lout 'iaaa regiment. In the woods
beyond the church, on the road to Mah-ern
Hill, arc abundant evidences of the artillery practice of
the en#my upon the roar of our army during tho march
to James river. Trees of cousidi-rable a\M arc literally
mowed dowu^y the shot and fdiull, and others ac irred
by the M.uie bullets that hailed through th?m.
The column arrived *
AT MALYKRN BIU.
about half-fast flvo o'clock. The sky was clouded and
lowering, and a heavy moisture hung iu the air, which
was not stirred by the slightest breeze. It In not propor
to state what foroc.a couiprm d the expedition. SuMce it
to say that. It was a strong and well proportioned oorns,
with the propel amount of cavalry and artillery.
Cavalry aud artillery lod the column mto the Odd,
through the wooded gorge in front of Maivern Hill, ac
companied by General Hooker and hi* staff Taking a
position, with his su(l, upon a conspicuous knoll,
GKlfmM. BOOHKR OPUfFO Til* nflflT I If PKRBOtf,
as he did at Williamsburg, posting lit* artillery and or
dering the cavalry to the attack. The eaeuiy had a
battery in position at the right ef tho brick
house on the odge of the MulT towards .lames river. This
was the Fauquier bst'ory, from Fauquier county, Vir
ginia, commands* by Captain Stribllng. The Eighth and
Seventeenth Georgia regiments were on the Ueld ami two
regimen's of cavalry?one the Cobb cavalry, of Cccrg.a.
Major rickett was in command of the poet.
Tbo Eighth Illinois cavalry obarged upon the battery.
and were received by a storm of grape and canister thai
drove tl.em back. The batlcry then flred shell and
spherical case directly upon the road leading te the Ml'
from the Quaker church, nnd Captain Pennon i battery
replied. Almost Isst inlly a cloud of amoke settled over
(he Held, obscuring every object. The enemy kept
up a remarkably well directed lire upon the
road on which our Infantry were advancing.
Shells and spherical cvo burst In the road und upon
either side of It In rapid succession. The enemy's prac
tice showed that they had previously obtained tho rnngo
of this spot with great accuracy. Tho Infantry, led by
the First brigade. Hooker's division, cemmanded by
General Grovor,marched up tlie road under this Are with
out flinching, like y nterans, in admirable order, followed
by vhe oth'r brigades In tlie same man "or. When a
Shell was heard approaching a regiment tho men dr>t>| ?d,
and were distantly on their feet again, with unbr.-keu
ranka, moving forward. Fortunately only two or
three sheila took affect upon the oolumn, klllliig
two men aud wounding Hi teen, lhe talantry
marched uyoa ityf fivlll end twJc titfir J** I Hon,
and, the smoke having become go deiuo that it was impos
sible to sco the encm> , General Hooker ordered the fire
o! the artillery to b? placKined.
It v,'ua 801 u discovered, however, that
THE KNFHY WKKK ".-KJtDi. UUNO"
t< ?ards the roud ua thrtr loft, which leads to Richmond
along the bank of the Jamas. General I'leasanton, v;.U
bis cavalry and \ bat'erv of flying artillery ,< harged upon
thftm. Thinking tie bad nothing but cavalry, th?y formed
a lino of battle: but a couple of rounds from the battery
undeceived them, and UMy beat a rapid retreat. The
??avairy and artillery pursued there two and a half miles
upon the road, cutting than up baCy and taking about
fifty pro- uurfl.
When the movement toward our right was tlrst dlg
covo.od it was thought that an attempt sunlit be madd
to turn our think, and a battery wan jmst ti at our ri 'it
I and rtar, whii u uirow a ('.w round- of sh?ll in that di "0
tion. And thus ended Ike second battle of Malv?ri Hill.
The enymy expei'ed reinforcements front Ge .eral
Robert Toombr, who commands a bripado ia Longstreet'a
division, nnd who la stall ue?t at Ne wintriest. W 'rd had
be< n conveyed to htmatmidi ^M. of our approich, and
.lie prisoner.-, said that he promiHJd to briny his brigade
dowu early in tho morning. Our column cat him off:
however, and a? goon as the force at the hilifound he
could not roach them thov retreated.
If the enemy had not been apprised of onr approach
W'i should have bftgc d the regiment i]]Viu the hl'l; or It
the smoke had not concoaied thorn so completely until it
I wan too iato to cut them off thero would have been n
'? similar re?uIt. It would havo boen rashness to attempt
to cut off their retreat towards the river road until their
force was known. W^are now in qulot possession of
MalVtrn Hill, where General Hooker will give the enemy
a battle as soon an they clioope to come on.
Four men were killed on our side, and four dei.d rebels
were found and burled by our men. A number ot
amputated limbs w?ro found at the brick house; but tho
whole eneut of their loss was not ascartaUyd. About
ONR IIL'XDRKD PRSSONEIW
were taken. While the enemy were retreating Lieutenant
Joseph Hubbard, of General Grover's staff, rode up ton
squad of ten rebels and took them prisoners, telling tbea
it wan no use fur them to fight, as they were surrounded*
He captured with them two horses marked C. S.
Ttt? CASVALTUM
wore Blight. I have appertained the following:?In Cota
l>any G, Klevonth Massachusetts, Lieutenant GoloneLTIle.
st>>n,commanding; John Dolan and G. F. Jones, Killed;
I Sergeant I'rice, lei't arm shattered; Marcus Holmes and
! MarcusTowle, wounded in leg; W. E. Jeffreys, In groin?
' all in Company Q.
in the Twenty-sixth Pennsylvania regiment, Major
Tripp, of tho Mas. achusetts Eleventh, commanding, the
following wore woundod Company llei.ry Hagan.
left thigh; Corporal I lias. A. Morris, leg. Company D,
John 1). Lafferty, shoulder; Robert White, arm; James
Harris, jaw Company F, Bonj. Thomas, thigh.
Lieutenant Colonel Gsaiblo, of the Kiglith Illinois, wai
shot through the lung t It is feared fantlly.
Captain Ceiieon, of the artillery, lost a leg by an acci
dent whilo posting a section of his battery in advance o|
his other piecjs. A shell exploded near the mu/.xle ot the
| guns that were ilrinf, and ous of the fragments shattered
his leg.
GENKR1L MTLKLUkR
a-od his staff arrived at Malvern HIU at twelve o'clock,
and remained ever ni?ht. He rode with General Hook-i
npon a recunnoissane# this alteruoon. He ia much
pleased with the management and soccers of tie expedi
tion. It is probn'ole that our forces will ocoupy this
point permanently, tints extending our base and reiisvinj
the army from a pot 10 what cratnpod positl n.
?XF101T OF TOE BTMXK1I.KU3.
?Some of the stragglers who fell out of our rat.** cap
lured six ca\ airy prisoners.
Oar Fortress Monroe Correspondence.
VCE EXCHANGE OF PKI^NEIU' OK W.Ut?THb A'.'KALM
AT MAL\I?JIN HILL, ETC.
FoRTlUb3 Mj.RoK. AUSUHt 0, 1SC2.
Tho three ihoasund rebel prisoners from Fort T orres
? .#.id Fort I>elawart> ????? up the river from RvritanV
Landing night bei< re last. A Hag of truce boat aetom
ponied them, which returned last ev?ning, n vl rejton,
that tli? ohango is being made sat sfactorily, mid I but
the tamo numocr of Union prisoners from Richmond may
bo expected down the rlvor to-day or to-morrow, and
that tho lequiiemants of tho federal government in re
gard to the exchange has been strictly complied wltbj
which is understood to mean tliu relesse of Col. Corcoran
and other Union ofllcer*.
Thereconnoissanoo of Mjnday ni^ht h n rcsrltsd very
favorably. Our troops drove la the rebol f>i?h?t eary
yesterday m ruing, and tho n*ht imm :tau?ly cim
nest ed, which laetod between twoan'lihr ??1hi?r ?hj
r lit 1 i:i tho Dic'iU't \%Ktan ).ofwssi..i .i- '..lee ti 'IKI;
w'lich iter i ??? ? i ?\ u "U hi: r*. . , . :.-r.v ? . I, ?* ,,t>4
ourv .1 i.llwi <? * ? 'i ? i'" 0<>: i!j|
VJV >]'??? t. I i.l.
1.0 ;: l ? ::?> tto U. \rt ! he f?i' JT. J
wiih th.- activ.ty of tli? Army of tho v.n.i.rao
for a lew duj<! t;> come. Jh?? righting .'tud oiiu.
of Malrrru Hill wit dors by ? tlilfry,., our [ ?
small. Only tweoi v '.ve,e killc-I . ,.i w . ,?> ted. r;, r, fv
ions is luui-to jjri-ater. U? bundled c w..lrv?men. li ? ??>??.
und e>;ui;arfo Cwupiew?worn oantuioil. *icl una ?>u?li
batiory.
We may cpect thin move n bo foil n-sd up W;'!? t!^e
xM'iirtit .''ctivtiy, as tl U coiuidci' -d ? uu-r^?i??r >f u
Wjpnrtinre.
Col.nel i?unllc, of tl.o Eighth liiltioiit, is am.jjg (ht
wounded Othur ranios of thi Itilled i?:.j wo'i.i i?l wt
have not yrt bevn able to I'liUiu.
? Tho mail hi earners to Harrison's Landing arc convoysd
by i! iiihoittc.
A list of the Jtlolc mid wouiidH may h* expoci.-d to
inoirow from relumed .'itclinj >n ! primmer#.
Til? Rtbcli III j>orl? il Moving to 'l ake
Malvern Hill.
IlKAiHi'-'AkiKio oi riis Amy op tub 1'oiohac, ?
August T, [
At MaUciu Rill everything um quiet during yc-ter
day.
It vm report* 5 last nr-h* by (?e?ert<" * and c ntra
Uands that tbu rc'iols had Uea mn-ii.g fr m th? riciity
of Richmond 'ili dfiy In largo force, towards MtUvtrn 11.11,
wli.li ? view ofrr' ikiug thfst jtnsition.
Thr?fisthoo?a'!il crohaiiged Tlsonin" arilve>i yestcr lay
afternoon from Richmond. Tho< ? b?!<ingli f to tiit? army
ondflt to d.) duty were sent to their regiments. "h?
othors will leave for the N'nrtb to day. S'> o.Tcers w?rt
among the party.
There to no truth In the rtntcmsnt tl *>t il.tsarmyk
used to protect rebel property, as report.-.! in t?io cisr of
Mr. lilll Carter. Dung ?hatwo .iiy. battto of Malvtrn
llill, from 800 to 1 100 wo inMad lTn4on ? 'Vt. ?; ha l thoir
wounds dresaoa at hia homo, tho Udi** fr??ly Utarmg i>p
iliolr Hheata ai"' piUow cuo for ban 'nifrs. \fhtl? the
army was paflsii g a guard was to prot.- :t tha
women and childi en. Our horses and cattlo arc ^razm!
on his farm, and hl? ns^roes are working on our fortlrto*.
tiouH. All applloutlons for tbs.r return huvs boen re
futed.
Realstunre to Enru'mcnt In Missouri.
COLLiaiOM BKrWEKX Cin/K.CS AND MTATK IROtlFS
AT POINT ri.BA8A.tfT?SgVKUAL JULL.u'l> OH BOIH
8II>KS.
Augu tt 7, 1-rtJ.
A skirmish took place ysctwUy tiosr Point rtsasanl,
Ml>*ouri, l?elw?'ju th>. mtlxeits and ?,tato trosi*, ia wlnoh
it is r?i?rted that save- al wore klllod <>n ljott sids- I*
sei nts that tlu cltiitsns ljouu.i th:mie1r?s t"p<uIior fQ
mist ths enrii'mont aot. Troops ware wi t fruin Now
Madrid to ettforco the law, and bones lb* colic,on.
The Army of the Sotith west and the Ils?
llistppl Flotilla.
Ojiso, ALguslB. !???.
O'tnrnodor* T?vls and Geucral Curtis ars here io<on
suit with tho dsimnmcniF In ingsr l to ruiui ? morsins.tla
of lbs army of ttio Southwest. In future tiiors will be
ooncsrt of action between thsn.
?Alic R.t?u( Fight Near XcmpltU.
Mui^his, Aiiguft 4, IMS.
Iho flgM on SMidsy afternoon bet vefn the Union r?.
eonnoiierinrf ()?rty and tUo rebels was a siu.?ll affair.
About one hundred and Oily of the latter w*> e surprised
l? tv vicinity <'l Moos y oroek, and do) at ths first flrs.
yix or sevsn wsrs kilted aud sov^rsl wowed*',
Fire at Olean, N, Y?
OlR>?, N. Y., Au#n?l T, 18rtt
The largo thrcs story hulldlsg occupied by the Oteaa
Timri, and three otb?r b"tidings, couslstlog oi storos, o<?
flees, *r.,were deeiroyed by Are last night Tbsre was
g: ent loss of pi opert y oj Arc and water. TUs Or* li sup
posed to bavo iiosn tb? work Sf aa lufoudiur/. Ttas >??
ts w?U insured.