The New York herald., 1864-10-24

Etar THE STU Alto
The Herald correspondents in the valley continue TO
furnish With additional interesting details of the
great but sangunary triumph OF the national arms on
the 10th inst the last and important Of sherdans
succession Of brilliant Shenandoah victories Never was
an engagement hoty contested and never was an
army more completely routed than we're tho rebels on
that occasion The fearful defeat which General Early
suffered appears 20 have amounted to almost an annha
lion OF BITS late army he is to continue operations
in the valley the Richmond authorities must give him
new one Among the principal trophies Of our men
which may be named nifty cannon nearly seven
thousand prisoners including three thousand wounded
dozen or 20 Of battle fags wagons abulances SIN all
arms horses, mules acooutremsnts &c. almost beyond
estimate No statement OF the casualties has vet
reached US but those side il is supposed were
about i've thousand in killed. wounded and missing.
Tho eaemys loss in who fell into the bands Of our
Army alone far exceeds this.
General Curtis. in despatch from Kansas City. Mis-
souri dated at six o'clock on last Saturday evening
BAYS that be had been pressed that day by the rebels
and the afternoon thoy in passing his flank
when be dealt them heavy blows de had just received
message from General Pleasan,on, who was engaged
WIN the enemy's rear. General Blunt, who occupied
Lexington in the early part OF last week. was attacked
BY Price, with overwhelming force on Wednesday,
and driven Blunt fell back TO the Little Blue river
lighting desperately al the way retardng rrces sd
vance Sktmishing continued betweea tho Little and Big
Blue an day Thursday and Friday Price must have
very considerable force as be appears To be able keep
up Sighting in different directions the Same time His
main army which has recently been estimated st twenty
Eight thirty thousand has doubt been largely in
prsassd since bis arrival In Missouri BY means os his n
sTorabe oonscription wherever he goes, and By pro-
,Amatioo which he issued time ago declaring am
pesay 70 all dessrters who would reoiu him. On pro-
mulgasios OF this proclamation many Of the scoun
1res Who had been bushwhacking throughout the
Ssats focked 10 hts camps. The outlaws Quan.
trsu. Jackman, Bin Anderson and Holtzeiaw all,
II said, nov have commands iu his army The nrss
uAmed who is notorious for his murders and incen.
diarism at Lawrence Kansas, we'll long list Of
other cutrsges, holds q brigadier generalship
Tho examination OF thirteen OF the Vermont raiders
who confined in the jail at 81. Johns Canada
viii commence to-day. They all claim belong 70 the
rebel army We are informed from Washington that our
government will act 10 the energetic man.
nor In refsrence 10 the ST. Albans, the lake
rnd al cthsr rebel raids from Canada. Gene.
raj Dix, who has been in Washington to confer with
The administrator TO be sustained action which
be took capture the raiders by sending troops
the Canadian border 10 pursue them. despatch said
have been George Sanders by OF the raiders
imply that that individual was concerned in the
70. Arbans anair.
BY way OF Cairo have New Orleans sdvces as late
tho 10th inst No military movements OF impor.
t,nce 10 the Gull Department reported It is said
TIA. the Mexican General cortina tired or being pat
riot and adhering the republican cause, has sur
rendered himself and bis forces TO the mperasts and
accepted brigador generals commission from Eaximi.
Ian General Drayton has sscoeeded Ford in command
or the rebel troops Brownsville. General HurIbut
Commanding the Department Of the Guif has issued
order regulating plantation labor.
Ali stl remains quiet In the armies in front OF
Richmond and pessrsburg 1t is said that high military
authorities in Warrington openly express the opinion that
Grant uow able TO take Richmond at any
lime. with q few hours hard fighting, and foroe
Lee either 70 oapisosse or retreat The reason that
he said 10 be bis confidence in ultimately
taking without the sacrifice life which s capture at
the present time would involve
ybourh .e,sSraph,o comm un,ca,,on with Atlanta q, mr.,
obstruc.cd we have later intelligence from General
Sherman The region Of country through which be was
moving al the date Of last accounts was rather un
rayorabts for either the telegraph couriers,
and being solely devoted 70 his grand object,
he Gods little leisure 70 send dispatches, which will
doub, come along good tms whom he has finished the
he now has on his hands The spprebensions Of an
attack on Memphis By force under Dick Taylor have
been d.speusd.
Captain Ashley, x the ship Carous Masnus, At this
port rs~ London reports that on the 18th Of September
10 The mouth OF The Engsh channel, be spoke q bark
which had spoken ,hs rebel privatesr Tallahassee the
ssns dAy On The ID Of October Captain Asblsv saw on
che eastern edge Of the Banks Newfoundland tbs deck
NJ ship which had been bsrned.
We give to-day extracts Fom Richmond papers csgr
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