4 JULY 1863, Page 3

A ship ease, of which we have as yet only

an ex parte account, seems to imply that the Federal navy-commanders are not even yet quite brought into habits of discipline to their Government at Washington. The Confederate merchant- ship Margaret and Jessie has been chased, it is said, by the Federal ship Rhode Island not only within three miles of our coast at the Bahamas, but within a few yards of the shore, and was repeatedly fired at and ultimately destroyed in English waters. That, at least, is the Confederate state- ment. If it is confirmed, the Federal Government will, no doubt, censure, and, we hope, degrade the commander.