Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1864-10-05
n,IE,cH: FRIDAY. SEPT. 80. 1864
Latest News-The Situation.

RALEIGH: FRIDAY. SEPT. 30. 1864.
Latest News-The Situation.
~. d.ilv papers of this City of Thursday morn
contain dispatch which states that in the
p,,rv "s' gbt between Gen. Early and Gen. sher.
d.n On Monday last at Port Republic the enemy
80 ,lrivep back about three miles. But the sxme
s;.notch states that the enemy entered Stanton on
Mo.d.v evening Port Republic is about fifteen
.a;,o. from Staunton The Richmond Sentinel Of
he as,b says that Early's cavalry drove sheridans
six miles on Monday; but the Di.patoh Of the same
date says:
: - rscret to saw, not confirmed BY official dis.
ns.chas It was stated by . person who arrived
ost evening by the Central train that General Lar
ir had fight with the enemy at Browns gap on
i,ondav and drove them six miles; but we have it
nn GOOD authority that no regular engagement has
,"ken place-nothing more thar some rear guard
skrpisbing The War Department, last night AZ
nine o'clock, had no information of General Earlys
movements since falling back from Port hepuciic;
About 6se o'clock on Monday evening aI.an.d sms,,
bodv of the enemy's cavalry advanced and entered
Stanton. the route thitber being open and unoo-
s,rnced our forces having detected from the route
ia.d;nu to the oace. OF their proceedings there We
b.ve no reoort the latest intelligence having been
hrought by persons who left just as the Yankees
were coming in. Previous to this time the teie,
oranhic apparatus had been removed and thus an
direc. communication with Staanton is cut OH 'of
the present"
norton Of the enemy's cavalry appeared At
W,vnesborough on the morning Of the 27th. This
llooe Is east Stsunton and west Of the Blue RIDGE
and about twenty miles from Charlottesville
Lynchburg is about sixty miles south Of Cha'lottes
Vile and Burksve, at the junction Of the Danvllle
and Soutbside Railroads, is about sixty miles east
ofLvnchburg. EARLY has rstseated more than one
hundred miles down the Valley, since the battle OF
Winchester, and has defended himself as well as he
could in his retreat He IS evidently pressed by
greatly superior force.
It's impossible to arrive at the losses on either
side with any degree Of accuracy They are no
doubt very heavy. We have heard it stated that
Early did not have more than II, ,oee men in the
battle of Winchester, to oppose some 10000 Ct
the enemy. We greatly fear that his army is badly
cut up and demoralissd The federals claim signal
victory, and their papers Boosting that Sheridan
is pursuing Early vita much viyor: The New f''k
Uerad thinks that it is Grants purpose to sieze
the junction at Burksyile, or, falling in that to
make vigorous EFFORT to occupy the Southside
Road near Petersburg. He is probably awaiting
the result of Sherdan's movement before giving
battle again on large scale at the latter place.
The Lynchburg Republican Of the 9th states
that every thag Of value belonging to the govern
sick and wounded in that town brought to Lynch.
burg. That pape. is Of the opinion that Early in
ficted heavy punishment on Sheridan at Port Re-
public 1t thinks that Early wouh setreat further.
The same paper contains the folle#ag:
ave have information which We believe to be
authentic tat the enemy are 4nassing large force
in Eastern Kentucky foe the purpose ct destroying
the Washington county Salt W osks, and attempt
ing to operIun Southwestern Virginia. They are
said to have 5000 men at ut Sterling and 5000 al
Paintsville, all under the command Of Gen. Bur
bridge. 0Ss authorities are doubtless advised o
this iateaded movement and wiki make the neces
s.ry dispositions to chsckmabe it."
We have nothing Of interest from Petersburg.
Grant is uassing bis troops on bis left, near the
Scuthside Road.
The fedcrals are still !asxiously engaged on the
Dutch Gap Caaal, aad descrtess state that it is
nearly finished.
Accounts from Georgia represent Gen. Hood,
troops as in good spirits. The " astounding move
ment ia the neigh borhsod of Atlanta, referred tt
SO myste, ;ousy by sone of the papers, is no doubt
movement TO the rear of Sherman by Hood In
UeeQ, IL sS CODSfQSFcO Seftdu tuAs 1lOou !"
In his rezx The Nseon papers of the 24th are 81
lent on the subject, though one of them says the
federals occupied griffin on Friday morning. W.
concur With the Lyachburg Republican that IT, tht
report Of this movement by Gen. Hood be true
either skssman or Hood will "go up" in shor
| order.
General Forrest telegraphs the Secretary of Wal
that lie has caYtured Athens, Ais, with thirteen
hundred prisoners, Ave hundred horses, and large
0ulntitv af cfnYR1 Athena about twenty mllef
northwest of Huntsville. 1t is q very important
| place, and its loss will be felt by the enemy.
| Under the influence of the news from Sheridan
gold declined iu New York on the Oath to 200.
The month Of October will most probably brin,
with it the most desperate fighting ever witnessed
on this continent, or in the world Those VIII
have friends or relatives in the army may Is vel
brace themselves for the shock Gen. hoods recen
movement in Georgia must preeipitate genera
action in that quarter; and the situation Of thing
In Virginia indicates that desperate and prolonged
struggle must soon commence for the possession o
Petersburg and Richmond The interests and hope
OF the present, and the destinies Of unnumberet
generations depend on the result We are hopeful
ont we confess our hopes are not unmingled Will
serious fears.
We confess our surprise and regret that the Presi
dent OF the Confederate States should have deliver
ed such speech as the one We publish to-day
While his countrymen will concur with him in th'
earnest appeal which he makes, in the hope Of fill
ing up the army, and while they fully appreciate
MS peculiar burdens and responsibilities and co,.l,
wish that these burdens and responsibilities were
'ess 'weighty yet at the same time they cannot es
cape the impression that much Of this speech is
osnied, and that portion Of It reveals fact wh:l