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ac. Affairs are unchanged down the river. The Yankee came up to the yard yesterday afternoon, and in going down last night to join the flotilla ran aground about three miles below Alexandria, just below Hunting creek. The Coeur de Lion attempted to pull her off at high tide this morning, but failed. She will, no doubt, be got off at high tide this evening. Oyster vessels continue to run the blockade, and one or two are now "tacking" up, with full loads. The batteries. Gen. Hooker, we learn, expresses the opinion that any vessel of any size may now conveniently run the disunion blockade of the Potomac, the chances being fifty to one that they will not be hit, and five hundred to one that if hit no material damage will be done by the shot. Who he was. The Lieut. Col. Groghan killed by General Benham's command in Gen. Rosencranz's last brush with the enemy near Gauley, proves to be a son of the late Col. Groghan, Inspector General of the U. S. army. Cap