The New York herald., 1864-08-04

land again claims attention and awakens uncasincss
II undoubtedly that General EARLY has force OF
thntyhve thousand In the Shenandoah valley and
Keeps his headquarters Martinsourg. body o,
rebel cavalry visited Nagersiown on Friday. They
crossed wlamspor and dispatches last night s,ate
they were crossing there then in very large force
1t was stated trcm Harper's Ferry on Tues
day evening that the rebels, under McCausiaai,
had been overtaken at Cumberland and defeated by
Generals Averia aud Kelley. upon whom they made al
attack Several wagons calsscns and gun were re-
ported to be captured by Avcri generally believed
10 Washington that General Lee contsmplaes extern
sive raid on the Uper Potomac in order to force
Grant to withdraw from Petersburg We hope tia.
better preparations than heretofore will be adopted TO
meet him
The time for buying tho dead under the flag truce
having expired at Petersburg at has.pas ten O'Clock
Monday, tho rebels again opened Gre within ten
minutes. Generals ishrod Johnson A. p HILL Sanders
and Malone were in the field. The rebels state their loss
In tho hghi Of Saturday cigh. hundred while they
claim twelve hundred prisoners but not credited
II is said that military inquiry is to be made into the
causes OF defeat. Rumors prevail Washington that
Joe Hooker WIZ get the command Of the Army OF the
Potomac 10 General Meade's place.
Our intelligence from Atlanta to yesterday the
effect that the Macon Railroad had been Destroyed by
General soneman General Mccook's division Of caval.
y-threo thousand two hundred srong-whIo returning
by way Of Newman, had just captured number OF
wagons Oiled with valuable private property when they
were SGT upon hercey by large body OF rebels under
Gen Ransom, and Gen. Mccook's command was routed
and the greater part captured McCeok himself is
reported to have been killed. Five hundred Of his
forces returned Marietta bringing sad tale or losses
T,o ,,,o;o,roar, =, c.,or, ,,
- "oi 's ooi'Haou nas ouenoea 1enerai 200
LOCKER aad he has consequently resigned. It has been
officially ascer,aiued and admitted bv the rebea th,,
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n1 A'ou' oae 'housana prisoners, seventeen battle
Gags and six thousand stand Of arms
The nsys from .hs Southwest shows tbat tha .nonv
'N'''e A-A 1-'s''0u' ~ 'asioss 9uaf'crs
party o. gueTiias attacked plantation I've miles from
vicksburg Oh the 2sth nit and DESTROYED everything
Another hand with na,,e-v a. roY r,,s a.l ,ro ,hs
- A1'0A iN""uns' a'u siu0A ner
seventeen times, Killing one man. party OF Texan
infantry, over sixteen hundred strong made raid on
n,an,a,,o, ,o,r N,,o,o ,r,, ,r.o. 49,
= - DSs'O'' ~ o'Dsi p'opSiV'
Our da.es from New Orleans are 10 the e7Ih ult.
oo0y Of reoe were beaten near Baton Rouge by party
OF the Eighteenth cavalry. Nire hundred Union prison
ers re,urred from Tar,. "a r,,.er,,,o r,,c,, ,,,
~ ~ " ss' AueS "sio 'ef! oaoiy HeA'ed
whie 10 rebel hands as VIII be seen by the graphic &C
count OF their condition IN another column
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80
nc s'eAmsh'p Dlemen' from southampton on tno 2oth
u 1uv re-cnea '1s pors yesterday, bringing our Eu-
''pea' n'e' oa'ed % nsr aay o. saiins'
,uv se'nsu'p ?. pAV,o' IRON Lon'onoer'y On the
'us, pa'se' 1ane' fosu' yesterday oo oee voyage
Queoec her news Is TWO dass acr 'nan tue report OF
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Two br"sn vessels report tne privatecr fiorda' 10
ooc 'nem tne reoei cruiser transferred the -FOUR men
usen from the American vessel George Latimcr, who
nhVe"s' a'r'Sea 10 New York.
ine i0hoon ''m'' revN~s tne onciai career OF cx-
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