Show BY TELEGRAPH new york 12 A destructive fire occurred at this am on ou the equate bounded by chatham square on and dryer streets half halt a square waa was destroyed de stroKed and a large number of families rendered tendered homeless om eless cincinnati 13 the times temes washington special bayar sayar abt notwithstanding burnside Burnsl de claims that he carried out all orders meade insists that be he did not but failed to attack when ord ordered ered ereO and to answer telegrams sent in the afternoon until the next morning not less leas than sixty four dla dia patches aiches were bent sent by meade to burnside the utter latter iatter claims that be expected meade to be on hand hhand to direct oper opar operation actions which claim will not it is believed be allowed leavenworth the atchison Atch ison isoa press has news from little blue that the indians indiana on sunday last commenced an ir discriminate murder of whites on that section of the tage stage route the station keepers and settler settlers are all alt leavin leaving and the overland mall mail coaches have stopped running the dacotah Iaco tah union of the ad says saya everything of the nature of crops crons crops in the missouri valley from foit fort pierra to sioux city was ruined in the chort chert space of two days daye by grasshoppers ras rab shoppers and bays says a supply of food must t be e imported to subsist the people during the ensuing year st louis 15 A fort leavenworth dispatch bays says the indian outrages continue in kansas people in the northwestern counties have been inui dered derei crops destroyed arld aud stock driven erf eff the evidence accumulated shows hat that all or nearly all the tribes on the plains ate banded together for war gen blunt issued orders that no arms or ammunition ammu niton be sold them and notified all officers having baving authority civer over the indians indiana not cot to allow them to leave their heir reservations reserva tlona tiona for the west that guch each acts will be taken aa as a proof of hostility and they will be treated accordingly cincinnati 15 atlanta correspondent gives as an account of the fight on the goj jtb in which the corps lost over men in a parti patti partially ally aily unsuccessful assault on the line at last accounts aug eth our lines advanced three miles northwest north west of atlanta and within half a mile of the macon road the gazette gazelle has atlanta advices advises of the loth since Sch schofields movements on the bih to reach the macon road nothing important has been done these movements have been partially arti artl ally aily successful and the right of the line ras gas baa assumed position three miles north of the cast point and about a mile from the railroad the line thence extends north around the city to the chattanooga road sherman is making gradual approaches and is very near the ther enemas dorkas with works nearly as strong as theirs it is thought hood has received reint reinforcements emente headquarters army of the potomac gee gen burnside was iras relieved reli relie ered red ped yesterday and lef leathis this command last evening gen wilcox temporarily commands the 9 h corps indianapolis 15 16 the thi rebels estimated at 1500 under col Jo johnson hlibon brison captured 3 steamers at shawnee town illinois on saturday these boats were loaded with government cattle which were f ferriea ferried across into kentucky washington 15 the following follow follo iris is official flag ship hartford mobile bay august 5 15 1 I havethe lionor honor lo 10 report to the department that this mor mordina dina nina I 1 entered enterer mobile bay passing passim between arts morgan and lind gaines and add encountering the ibe rebel ram ram ran tennessee Tennee gge and some gun gunboats boats hoats of the enemy viz the selma morgan norgan and gafnea nie the hie attacking fleet was under way by a m in the f following oi lowing order the brooklyn with the Oct Oci arora on her port side eide the hartford with the meta comet the we richmond with the port ercyal the lack awana with the S minoe the monongahela gabela with the he Tecum seb b the osage with the lias IMs ex CD the oneida with the galena galeca the starboard bo rd of the feet fleet was the proper position of the monitors or iron dads fort morgan opened upon us at 10 minutes past 7 oclo ocio cr and soon after aba action became lively As we steamed up the main ship channel there was some difficulty alleada ahead and end he be hartford passed on ahead of the brooklyn at 40 minutes past 7 the tecumseh geh leh was struck by a torpedo and sank going down wy very rapidly ald ard and caroling carr ling with her all her sincera ein cera and crew with the exception of her pilot and eight or ten men who were saved by a beat baat bent sent from tho the meta comet which was alongside the hartford had passed the boats boata before at 8 o coding anding myself raked by the rebel gunboats gun boats I 1 ordered the meta bleta comet to cast east t off adago and add go in pursuit of them then one of them tho the selma she succeeded in capturing all ay my vessels had passed the torta forta I 1 by but the rebel ram Tenn osto wae was uil still ull appa uninjured in our rear tear A signal was i at once made to all the fleet to turn again and t attack the ram not only with guns but to run i ler ier down at full speed the monongahela Monon gabela was the first that struck 1 her ier ler and although she may have injured her badly yet she did not succeed in disabling I 1 her the Lic kawana also struck her but in effectually when the flag ship gave her a severe shock with her bow and as she passed ired fired into her a whole port part broadside of 0 solid nine inch shot at a distance ol 01 not more than 1 twelve feet the iron were clodin closing upon p thou thru her and the hartford and rest of the fleet e bearing down on her when at 10 a in she surrendered the rest of 0 the rebel fleet viz the morgan and gaines made their escape back under protection of fort morgan norgan M organ this terminated the action of the day admiral buchanan sent me hi hib his a sword being himself badly voundee with a compound fracture of the leg which it is supposed will have hare to be amputated having had many of my men wounded and I 1 the surgeon of the tennessee being very dei sirous to have admiral buchanan removed to hospital I 1 hent eert a flag of truce to the commanding officer of fort morgan or an brist brie gen richard L page to say thai thal that if it be he would allow the wounded of the fleet as aswell well weli ag as of the rebels to betaken betoken be taken to pensacola where they could be better cared for than here I 1 would send bend out one of our vessels provided she would be allowed to return bringing back nothing 11 an ate she bhe did net take out gen gea page con be dented t an and abd t he the meta comet was waa dispatched rhe the to total tal tai lons ions on our bide side la Is 40 0 will ta and 87 voon roon d ed on the rebel ram tennessee wee wele captured 20 officers and med men on the captured se selma 1 I in 0 officers and men signed D G FARRAGUT new york 16 the heralds city point correspondent of the gays cays but little birin firing has occurred for tor a week past until yesterday about six a in when heavy guns were heard in the direction of deep bottom and steady sometimes furl furi our cannonading canno was kept up all day the attack was commenced by the enemy and proved to be an attempt to dislodge with their artillery certain working partle parties s at 0 ours that they seemed to have just jest discovered their batteries were unable to accomplish it however and one or two of their rams dropped down the river as far as prudent and added i tb elt eit fire the other affair was an artillery eng amment at long range throughout in which our losses were inconsiderable theirs unknown the character and deaigh of 0 the operations referred to in which our working patties parties were weke engaged cannot be more than alluded to at present and time must developed dev elope them further A point ot at rocks md correspondent ec et the iho say for some time pas past butier butler has been cor cot corning ning over a brilliant scheme wherewith to andoy annoy the enemy and advance our interest in this region materially his pian plan contemplates nothing less than the construction of a canal 1 at what has been heretofore known as dutch gap but will hereafter be known as balers Bu lers gap in the direct face of the enemy when done thiv this canal is among its other results by reason dofita situation to compel the rebels ito to extend their line of de fences a distance of four miles that Is to say the distance to us by digging of canal which ia is to be 1400 yards in length is 7 miles of vater course on the james jamea river which line the rebels musi must maintain thib this morning 15 men engaged on this work were shI shelled led by the rebel ram ran but our gunboats gun boats soon drove them away A correspondent before petersburg of the says gays the rebels have erected i a new for fort t on the bito site of otlee the fhe exploded one and opened yesterday with two whitworth guns gung very fer few cas casualties occurred tho though gh the rebels threw I 1 several hundred shells during the day the N Y times ston special says sheridan has pursued hh hii advance from winchester to S early retiring from that point west new york 16 vienna dispatches state that tint an armistice is concluded with denmark for three months to term terminate 1 binate in six weeks notice washington 16 iff stanton Ft anton days says government has haa received an official report of the surrender of fort gaines and the abandonment ot of fort powell from gen cooley I 1 i gaineau surrendered unconditionally ally aily with 56 officers men and an aru art armament of 26 i guns together with provia provisions lons ions for twelve months the garrison of powell escaped but left their armament the guns f t f fort powell are fit for immediate use gen granger will immediately invest fort morgan and garrison g arrison gaines and ana headquarters army of the potomac 18 10 additional repona have bave been received of the of sunday part of the ad and part 0 the he corps were engaged with the enemy n the p ra near deep bottom the 10 b h arps carps under gen birney took part of the ine line of rebel works with four eight inch brass una and a number of prisoners with small oss to ua the enemy fell back fo 0 o a strong position losi tion and the ad di division ision of the thead ad corps vas was drawn up in line of battle and advanced a mile beyond where hancock captured our guns guna two weeks ago liere here the let lev brigade col coi macey commanding comman aing took the lead and charged chang ed across a corn field over a hill bill and nd do down v nto into a ravine when they came to a t te theara with t h a swamp on the other side the tee round being covered with impregnable brush n the margin of it our out men we were re exp eap ased to i heavy fire from the rebel at artillery til lery iery which lid did considerable damage and it was found impossible to cross the ravine our men were and lay concealed as well as possible dark when the men were withdrawn the rhe ad division lost mei men and the lat and lii til divisions which were in support lost about the wounded were all brought off our coops troops still hold a position in front of the rebel works which are very strong and well de ended owing to the nature of the country in the new york 17 the posts special says advises advices from deep bottom to 7 a m announce that gen grants lines have been advanced nearer to richmond considerable fighting during ane day and the rebels invariably driven bacic back the tae Com commercials commercial merrial r special states that a division of 0 the ath corps had landed at deep bottom this morning omaha 17 the overland stage company continue to remove their stock to some place of safety from the incursions of the indians the indiana indians have attacked three coaches loaded with passengers seven miles east cast of cottonwood this noon soldiers have been sent to their relief from that place it ia Is ascertained by reliable scout scouts ff that in less than twenty days a simultaneous attack will be made by the combined bands of Cheye cheyenne nuis nags s klowas snakes utes Co manches and Arapah oes on fort kearney fort cottonwood and all along the platte valley every measure is being taken by the whites to give them a warm reception all the ranches are deserted and the proprietors with their families are taking refuge in the forts depredations continue to he mad daily on the stock coaches and nd stations the telegraph operator at alkali lake has been bien driven off and the stock block taken on the more thickly settled portion of the road between omaha and Kearne kearney people are erecting forta torta tor for the defence derence ot at their lives and yand arming for emergencies although it is hardly i probable any incursions will be made this far down the river major alador general genera S R curtis commanding this department arrived here yesterday and leases leaves for tor the west shortly to adopt decisive and efficient measures for tor the protection of the he mail route and emigrants washington 17 the following lowing fo report is received from gen logan headquarters of the tb 15 b h army corps before atlanta baly I 1 have the honor to repert report that in pursuance of orders I 1 moved my ray command into position on the right of the corp carp which was the extreme ri fhi fit rf of the army in the field on an the night and morning of the and during the advance in line of battle to a more desirable position we met some rebel infantry try from Har hardeis Harde dees deeb ea and leed leea corps who mad made a desp rate and determined attack at 11 30 a in on the my lines were only protected by ioa loa and rails hastily thrown in front of them them the first onset receded was checked and the battle commenced and lasted until 3 p in during this time six successive charges made by the rebels were gallantly repulsed rep rap used each time w with th fearful loss to the enemy late lite in ane evening our lines were assaulted vigorously with a like result most of the fighting occurred in Harro harrows and smiths front which formed the center and right of our command commard troops could not display more courage nor greater determination rot tot to yield had they shown leas leaa they would woud hare bare been driven from their popit iun lun brig genia boods harrows ard smiths divi division gion tion commanders are entitled to equal credit for gallant conduct in repelling the assault my loss is 50 killed wounded and 53 mi missing esing aggregate there were captured from 1500 to 2 muskets and prisoners exclusive of 53 wounded who were moved to hospitals five hundred drel dred and ard sixty five rebels have been burled buried and are sup supposed to be yet unburied many were undoubtedly carried away during the night as the tue enemy did not withdraw unil til ne ner r daylight the loss losa could not have lave been in my judgment less lesa than 6 or signed LOGAN washington 16 the mall mail boat depotts the movement move meLt of tho the 21 corps up the james river en on saturday nigh as resulting in routing fi a large largo rebel force a dutch gap and the capture of ariso and seven peces of artillery the position held by the enemy la is said to have been a strong one and ia is now occupied by ohr our troops tybo are ahle able to hold bold it fortress monroe 10 15 A boat from deep bottom brought of the he wounded in the fight yesterday artillery and musketry firing was lias kept up all day a and still continued when the boat left our oar for drove in the rebel pickets early varly sanday a ra and during the day destroyed two lines of tha the earthworks earthworms earth works one being leing nine miles |