The New York herald., 1864-10-15


THE STU ALTON.
Oar dispatches from thu armies OF the Potomac and
shs james give interesting details o; affairs under tho
Immediate sye Of the Lieusenao, General An
Ssoonooissanoe made On last Tuesday nigh, from
bur extreme left by two hundred and nifty men
Oi the Thirteenth Pennsylvana cavalry, under Major
eosee 1hsy passed tho sasmys cavalry picksss with.
Pat being discovered and proceeded 70 Stony creek
AndRowany stations, the latter which places is two
miles beyond the extreme rigs OF the army The
expedition successfully after making consider
hbls captures and gaining much valuable Information
u was sscer,aned that the rebels have on the ex,remi
~ q sher right wing, At Stony creek seven thousand
cavAlry and infantry, strongly ntrenchsd.
General Buer having learned that the rebel author
sizes have called former Of slaves to come for.
ward asd reclaim them from ng the coiored soldiers
cAptursa from the U ION imy, and also that many u
aAsss usgro troops had pus the ,reoches
Of tho eaemys works In his front, has given
hotIos 10 Rooer. aOuld, rebsl Exchange Coin I
missioner, that he will retaliate by assigning
~ equal number Of rebel prisoners 10 his possessou to
hard labor and already Of them have pu, to
work digging the Dutch Gap canal. General Butler
has also made proposition Ould the exchange
of all naval prisoners held both Sides and has trans
nttsd to the gentleman statements OF our officers
the ssos United States coored troops were mur
Asssd after being captured the 10Th OF month
BY rebel regiment front OF the Army Of James
y WilIisnna of tho Taneb ,nuss volucsoara
ports that hs has recaptured Pilot Knob and vicinity
From the rsbcls Two hundred and fifteen Of the enemys
woondst we're found there About one hundred thou
sand dollars worth Of goods stolen by The rebels
from stores 10 and around Pilot Knob. Parties Of the
rebel Pr,ces forces 10 The St,ts aro piagng and
oossorp,lns In she country north OF tho Missouri
Price himself with the portion Of his army,
Do b still At 'oncville The Union troops garrisoning
several small detcbed locations have been withdrawn
and ooocentratsd at Macon. In speech which Price
comfy made the people at Bonneville, he told them
That they did not rally 70 bic standard Il was the
them bat that II they promptly forward to his sup
port hs would remain among them. Stringent orders
relative 70 tho approaching election have been issued by
General Rosecrans.
No later movements OF importance In General sheri.
dams department reported. The Gueras again
work the Virginia railroads On the Baltimore and Ohio
Raroaa Thursday nigh, OF this week. thsy attacked
passenger tram absst miles Of Martnsburg,
took over Two hundred thousand dallas from army
paymas,es robbed the passengers and burned tho
Aner they had len burned human bodies found
lyias On The track. Mcsby said TO have led the gang
10 perssa. Another guerilla party attacked the guard
statooed q White Plains the Manassas Railroad, on
Thursday captured eight men, and, sfer shooting the
commanding ofhcer several timss, isr him lying the
ground and abandoned him TO his fate Other similar
recent outrsgcs by these outlaws are reported.
BY tins arrival o, the supply steamer Unon from Pen
saooa and various other Gulf points have ad.
ditioual particular OF General Asboshs expedition 10
Fiorida noticed In Thursdays HsRALD He returned 10
Psas.ooIs 90 ne is inss after being completely
fs He brought over ninety prisoners including some
Of reading cssas Of Mariana four hundred negroes
four hundred cattle -four hundred mules and large
Of stores and ammunition The0cneral received
wound vhlcb yin probably occasion the smputation o
oos Of his arma
We have no udings yet OF the missing steaHshir
Roanoke. From circumstances daily coming 70 light n
becoming pretty certain she has been captured By
% organized bsnd Of rebels, Ia Chesapeake Instead
e Ten stated tha, thirty os her thirty nvo pas
SvHgsrs were In The rebel service commanded by na.
ssl onnosw Jed Davis "nsvy," this band having rem.
dsxvoussl q Bermuda and proceeded thence 70 Havan
N sailing vessel Tue Of overcoming the crew Of
abe Rossoks sy ssch force stated well armed aud
directed BY sn sxpsrssaoed commander, would be
psrauvsy sssy. we soaa dosbssss bear Of the mss,u
sanss ss ssss - ssoshe rvbs privseer, dealing de
supssacs V or ossssiag ecmasrcs.
Abssty Of sss iss sss rsesi ran AIbsmarle on Oh
nsvsMs o. ~ s,b sss ed psssa down n . boss INT
Abs~~ss ssuss. r~th o4rolipa, designing % espsss
. usscs dssps.oA boat rsBains from our 0sst 10 sh
sosnA V Rssasts Island end 70 blew up schooasr sds
vits pswdss ou, being frustrated 10 these objscts
xhs vigaanss Of ihs oncsrs and men Of our nsss The
prssssdsd V ovcstsn sound destroyed the CrostAn gh
Ac.s. ssAs snss ssvss Ro.oots Island. and capsurs
sAs ixAsksspss ed bis vile
We have rsssi nswspapsrs d 90 ass dsss a the ial
S~sAS rh~ ssssaAa .Aay l,sss csasslAAAa 70 slsess