The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-10-17

plstsd 70 the sxtent of sbur any ccrpo tor
the reinforcement Of Reeecrane: nd 6 may
% tnas Lee 10 mA101yying % ascertain n
our army y really = woAk = Fspoeted
he sspposlttoa = thee La designed
moving serce tAro1gA IAosuuUA1hre 6ap,
saa faner g ne z t1ae TIE enemy - already
be considerably ahead Of the lact. and 81 any
event Meade hae the shortest llse of snarc6
70 naaAseas, md can readily pest himeslf 90
- 10 eo03f0nt Leo wherever ho may make
his appeasa1ce, Il, indeed, the latter = not
s,rsady .., e1Ing the back track, andiDg his
The enemy made feiut of moving No the
valley on the southesn bank Il tie Robert.
s0n uyef, and our cavalry under Bufor1
crossed q GeTmania Ford aud took pcsses.
el0n of tho earthw0rks abandoned BY them.
Wheo our force was Ill across The enemy
came againet Buford 10 great Soeees drove
nim across the river, without time - destroy
me eroes!ng, and pursued him q 3ppahaa-
Kupasrick, with assores Of cavalry and ar
tiliesy, which had made . Reconnaissance
terdAy anernoon on the road TO Culpepef by
9 portion - .Ewells c0rps, which were
formed across the only road by which he
could retreat In twelve ranks. with two repi.
ments on each flank. Fitzpatrick was con.
PEELED to charge directly into the cM de sac
there made by the enemys formation. He
tSs. ,sa sre scs eeasge y person telling his men
The cavalry cut their way through under
aconcentrated hre such - has hardly been ex-
perienced by our troops during the war, and
probably his rear, with his artillery, retired
through Culpeper. Kilpatrick's loss in killed
and wounded amounted to $50
Gen. Meade is said to have displayed good
generalship In bringing his army back to the
line OF the Rappahannock.
THE ELECTIONS AT THE NORTH-DEFEAr OF
vALLANDIGHAAl.
The Herald, referring to the result { /
the elections in Ohio and Pennsylvania,
says:
From all the returns which have reached
rs up to late hour this morning there can
be no doubt that Gov. Curtin, Republican.
has been reelected by Q considerable ma
tority to the gubernatorial chair of Penneyl
vania, In Ohio Mr.. Brough, the conserva-
tive candidate, has received an immense vote
over Mr.. Vallandigham, who appears to have
made very small show, and Brough il no
different cities, counties, and townships from
the two States, will be found In another
column, as far as heard from. The reports
yet to be received will not, probably; change
the result above stated.
GEN. GREENS VICTORY IN LOUISIANA.
The papers confess the victory by
Gen. Green at Atchafalaya, La. on the
3Oth ult. The following is the conclu
sion Of the account:
Alter two gallant charges, in which many
OF our bravest men fell, our forces fell back
behind levee near by. Here the enemy
pressed us 80 closely that our line became
broken, and every man fought for himself
just as our men were beginning to recover
themselves the third detachment, which had
engaged Maj. Montgomery, appeared in our
rear, and the whole of the enemy closed
upon our force, thus completely surround.
ing them. 1t was impossible for our men to
stand the CALLING fire which was poured into
them from every side, and rather than sur
save himself as best he could. They were
not slow in taking the hint, and broke for
the bushes. A portion of them succeeded
In escaping, but the majority were taken
prisoners. Among the latter were Col
Leake, reported wounded, and Lieut. Col.
Rose. Our whole loss will not fall short of
four hundred in killed, wounded, and taken
prisoners, and two pieces Of artillery.
MISCELLANEOUS.
In New York Tuesday gold opened with
considerable excitement at 15215, rapidly ad-
vanced until about noon, at which time it
closed at 152. Exchange moved in sympa-
thy at one time, selling aa high as l72II, and
closing at 169al7O.
The Confederate steamer Robert Z. Lee.
from Wilmington, N. C., with about thirty
passengers, arrived at Halifax on the 10th
inst She was chased by the blockaders oil
Wilmington, and had u cannon ball put
through her.
The lr0ns!des was "temporarily disabled,
if not wholly crippled" by that torpedo
from Charleston. An officer on deck was
killed and two seamen wounded. She is to
60 to New York for repairs.
Two or three hundred of the leading mer.
chants and business men of New York city
gave the Russian officers splendid banquet
at the Astor House on Monday evening.
Gen. Wistar. In his report of the recent
expedition to Matthews county, claims to
have captured s'fOur rebel naval officers and
Is seamen."
Gen. Kirby Smith is reported to have
Joined Gen Sterling Price, and both are
moving on Arkadelphia.
A combined land and naval attack was to
have been made on Charleston on the 18th
inst. Means had arrived "t0 remove the
rebel Obstructi0nS."
Over 500 applications had been made to
Gen Barnes to leave Norfolk by the flag OF
truce on the 18th inst.
According to the Cincinnati Gazette, Oman
trell made clean work Of Geu. Blunt's es-
cort, killing all the prisoners he took, in-
Guiding "all OF Blunt's orderlies, the clerks.