Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-10-21
CENTRAL ORDERS. 10. l2G
HDQ'Rs DEP'T OF Vs.. AID n. q, !
Army cf the Jolarr, :
Tn fhe Fiald 0,t,bo. 10 1S6I
10 Tue Field, U1tUber IT,. lS54

L
eral by u number o! refugees and dsEe..era
from the enemy that from ono hundred Il she
hundred and fifty s1ldiars Of the United S,ai:a
captured in arms by the Ocnfederht1s On :b:
lines psar ChGfho's Bluff, have bc,u ;r!,::
from Libby Prison ard Other ;.isoes. .I.'i
| placed at labor on the entrcnohnents 1T :.:e
enenlys lines in front 1T thnir Il lp1, he c.i;u-
manding General. Oh The 18th day of G,,;o!.sr
notified the Confederate hgtht If exchange,
Robert Ould. Of tho outrage being parnsratol
upon lis s0lLicrs, and informed hun hint nn-
less tho praoios WIS stopped, retaliation in
kind would be adopted by thu Government ui
the United Ssatee.
Being assured by General Ewell, command
ing Confederate forces on the north side "f tho
| James, that An answer to the Communication,
i any, would be sent at eleven o'clock A. Nj /,
to day, ahd it being now past noon, and 40
snswor having oeen received, it is ordNred that
an equal number of prisoners Of war, p'eicr
ably members of tho Virginia reserves, BY ant
under whose charge this outrage il beng
carried on, be sas to work in the excavation at
Dutch Gap, and elsewhere along tbs tronoia',
as may hereafter seem best, iu retaliation far
tho uliust treatment Of the soldiers Of the
United States 80 kept ut labor and ssrvicr .y
the Confederate authorities.
| I. boing aso testified to by the same wit
n lsses that the ratiuns served to the sn'd!ar1
Of the Un!t,i States 80 A. labor j. ono p:uIl
of -four and one third nf pound "f hacan
| daily, it il ordered that the salno ration lia
cisely be served to these Confederate pris1nari
go kopt ut WORK, daily, and no other OR difur
ent.
1t being further testified to that thu tirno oi
labor of the soldiers Of ths United Suites s1 At
work under the Confederates, is ten hours
each d.y, these Confederate prisoners so kept
Gt wo:k will be made to work and work
faithfully, daily during the game p-:i4' Of
| time.
Tnis order will be Rad Il ths rris"',rr7 a@t
II work the frat tins they ara Tus.sra! G.r
l.b,r, n order that they ilry know Why It l=
hat they do nut receive TIA kIni and cong
teru4 treatment ;hny haze hrsniorrO lIulh t.e
Un:cl Stst ~ ne prisoners ii Tnr.
Upon any attempt to rsoa:'e l,y any ~! ih'-c
nrishners 20 at work they will he iprtsntig
shot.
BY c6mranud Ct Maj. Gen. BUTLER.
| Ep. W. SMITH, Il. 4. @.
ARRIVAL or TIE rRIsoaERs AT THE uAr
The prisoners, with the gusr'l, hsris,,i Il.
J tho gap LITTLE before five O'clock, Yesterday
afternoon. S ruOu ns they reached tbs kpot
| aud were turned over t. Msi " LudioH CON
raanaihg ths United States and other forces at
that point, and placed :t work, they were ''c-
| sirous Of tknowing the average rumaer Of da:ij
casualties since tho cpmni1nJ"nIars ii u:'"ia-
ii,',I "n the Canal, ard u!sn G '!i:i i" i': :.
mt,ei 70 build gapher hniesr IN whi"h l. IT1.
tect themselves frrIn tho fire u; ii,air irenta
| Of course Major Ludlow proper ) denial ti''''
,hit rcqueat, whsreupun they seanIGL I" !aii
| b.. * in the idea ilat The rebOl hfn nU:.!
bs turned upon them when the !sos Tara as-
nertaI eli by tue rebel military authorizes: -
In ca sc i. should DO 81 direct I'd. Trey et ::!,.J
ayerrtd in uncouth language t:at ihcf ~""lI
~ l1rgsr lead tlieir tfIT.s to the dr"5.'is
suusa of the Confoderacy 30 lily u:,rg tHcm.
Here taxa l,ave of t5eHe unfortunate men,
| Who, it would rshlly seeln, have sacoaeiad,
;:f;es much !'sfff'ing, in Tsackias trs:: LIT
| ditch"
| LOSSES IN THE TENTH CORPS.
From III oial snuroes am enabled t" -'rtr
TINT tho losses in the Tonth corr-, biesot M:j
General A. II. Terry, temp mporaclIY upinua.d,Ge
| in the Reconnaissance Of tho 18th ins: - ;ho
| Dsrbytcwn road, arc in ihsaggrcgate eighteen
officers and three huudreI aud ffty-two n:eil.
| Oi these, three officers and thirty three r;en
| wars killed, fourteen officers and TAO hundred
| mnl nne.y.eix neil wounded, gnI La3 Ci:i;cr
| AMI twenty -thfea men missing.
CAVALRY Losses.
The loBaea u! General KauIz. cnmmnpi:f
| cavalry in the snme reoonnoirsapee. numhefe.!
| totally forty-ftur ufihers and rarh. Oh this
number two were killed, twenty mae W.unir!
ard thirteen mis.ins.
FRoH sutKHAN- ARMY.
The enemy's news from the arnt Of ~nr iii
Georgia, Confirms tho dispatches already re-
aavsd bere Nothing has been heard ir,m
Sherman for ssveral dnys tha i1iloSina i2s-
,a,c!, ID all ,hat the "IIera!i' Las irvm that
urmy:
CualTAw"'oi 0at. -, lSG4
Tho repnrIs Of car ocLlr:, ;H'l t. show tho
p-:senub ui uny considerable h4dy u the GLe6Iy
north Of Tunnel Hill. Walter aud Whittls!d
have undoubtedly been secured by emull
budy "G rebel cavalry, which has not buen
vsry effective in destroying tho ralirJadr,
though 10 possession ct AltGn, aud bur little
dansss is believed 10 have been dGns
ufliss-s bIoekaLcd here Oh their way II TIE
front havs hse,, rriered t. prepare Ia ln ltet
commands 1T cnce
Usu. Schoield sent out sirunk re- Ii.nisei
or tho rebo c0iulu,,, said to 10 lnJgi.g to.sards
the West.
Scouts Of the Forty-ljarth eoloFed re9incit
in the garrison at Dalton, who ESCAPED after
Colonel JChnson's surrender, arrived here to-
day. They giVo NUMEROUS liuvun!n 1T ii!o sI-
fair They rtAte that they wcro nn picket
wanted 10 fight, ln,cEnd over The l,g Iahre:.
nul after tho surrendrr refused 10 stay radghl.
Ringgald ard the intermediate points have
been strengthened b. Ger. Sshoi,Id.
We bavv nothing hefIits as to S!..rmsh'6
whereabouts lie is known to Er .ergo,,c,.lJ
Atlanta, 10 ma'tsr wlia. rebEl c5uilr inter
v1nes.
CHATTANOOGA, O,t lj-9 p N.
Our forces to-day rsoooupsi liingg"ld nnd
the biz ca house. three miles III advnn,e. sld
found Tie railroad and bridges raie. Iiis g+no.
rally believed thGs Dalton. with the Forty
sixth colored, surrendered to Hoods nrny yss
te7day, but no.hing official il rtc.iaej. Ta=rs
is no communication yet with General %i.er-
nlsn. There was aa ahnndancr L! supr!'cz
st Atlanta, in Anticipation uF sucf L ..,4st
ment by the rebels.
Hpior General Sirjmnn had Alive. :...i .i
suncl rulnDa5d If TIE district. ias:o aIi
Fix mIItiS' supplies IN hand, hhh mo "iii';tIT
of the army feel that Hoai is making :"7a-
n,ent that vii! certainly Prove disastrous.
FKoM MIssoURl-SEDAIIA CAPTURED BY THE
REBeLs-PRICE REPORTED M0rING OS LEX
ISGTUN, &c.
Sr. LOUIS, Ocs. lG lS64.-At6dt tx" Ii N
send rebas, with two pieces CT artii=I5: n''d2T
JEFF. Thororsou, STACKED Sf":a!i' al oea's
yesrsrd:y, ani drove tic ini!i!l" 5ns vi lie
place 4 icw of the Inllsis m t!.s lot. rrsIs'-
ed tas a,,acE, but t,!sl|S slFrenter:i. fn,l
were paroled ur shot. The citizens were re-
leased without parole. The rebels lef' dnr'ng
the night, and O Union inssrtry fofco arrived
there this morning.. The rebels Tahbei ro!ss
of several Thousand dollars wOrth ui co:t;:l.
boo;s, Shoes 81, burned the wastr tatiIa, hut
did 10 ct ier injury III the rhifvGd. The Tt!iing
stock Was sent tn TipoD.
pc,.,, il re- o6rtsd tG I q moving en- L.xthc