8th [August].ー Saw a canoe coming from the shore. Sent and brought her on board with four riflemen that had left the rebels. During the time we have been here, we have observed the rebels very busy in, erecting batteries, fitting out row galleys, and making large and high building of wood to sink in the river to destroy the navigation above the town: the row galley and floating batteries have been sent several times against the Phoenix and Rose, but we hear they have always been beat off with loss.