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The Daily Dispatch: August 29, 1863., [Electronic resource], Later from the Notrh. (search)
he various fords of the Rappahannock. The United States sloop-of-war Bainbridge is reported to have foundered at sea, with the loss of all her officers and crew, excepting one colored man, who was picked up at sea by the brig South Boston, which has arrived at Philadelphia. This man states that the Bainbridge foundered on the 21st, during a violent gale. One other man escaped on the boat, but subsequently went crazy and jumped overboard. The Bainbridge left New York on the 18th for Port Royal, where she was to be used as a storeship. She was one of the oldest vessels in the U. S. navy. A disastrous affair occurred at Vicksburg recently. The steamer City of Madison was loading with ammunition, when an accidental explosion occurred, and the boat, with all its contents, was destroyed. Of one hundred and sixty men on board only four are known to have escaped. Col. Charles Carroll Hicks, of Nicaragua fame, lately of the rebel army, who abandoned the Confederacy some tim