Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1864-10-12
; WAR NEWS.



From Richmond. + 4
Early Friday morning list our frces upon the
North side Of the James attacked the enemy IN ms
breastworks on the Charles City road about i've
miles from Richmond, lying from that point IN .
southeasterly direction. These works were man
ned BY portion of the eoemy's forcs. the man
body being in the near vicinity of Fort Harrison
and numbering A, 600 strong Gen. Gary's cavalry
and a force of supporting infantry composed our
attacking column, that of the enemy consisted Of
Brnys tenth corps aud Kautz' cavalry. The enc
my made but feeble resistance, and after snort
fight began to fall back to their works on the New
market read. In the engagement We captured :
number of prisoners, nine pieces of artillery ana
one hundred artillery horses and pressed the enc
my back three miles. Our loss was slight in men,
but Gen. Gregg Of Texas, a gallant officer, was
killed and Gen. Bratton and Col Haskell wounded. /
Our troops captured two lines Of entertainments
Subsequently the enemy returned in large force
and attempted the recapture Of the lost works..
They were handsomely repulsed with heavy loss IN
killed and wounded
Petersburg.
All has been quiet along the lines except an &C.
casional csnDonade 1t is the lu that precedes the
storm. The Yankees are still busy with msttock
and spade.
Sunday morning last about noon the enemy ex-
tended their lines on our right, occupying all the
works near Fort McRae and driving out our plckets
They only occupied portion Of them up to that
time. An attack was anticipated at first, but all
soon became calm and quiet as usual
In their late movement on The Soathsde road, the
enemy admit a loss off, 600 men-mostly prisoners
They say it was caused by gap being left between
the fifth and ninth corps through which the rebels
charged and fanked the I'd division Of the ninth
corps and thus their expedition came to grief
1t is reported in military circles that Gen. r. Il.
Anderson has been appointed to the command Of
troops and department commanded by Gen. Beau.
regard.
Affairs in the vicinity Of City Point are in great
activity, as far as the eye can reach the river is
crowded with gunboats fotillas, steamtuss, &C.
The Yankees are very desirous to ascertain the
exact distance from their present position to the
southslde road. They must try it. "
From the Valley.
A dispatch from General EARLY to General Lee,
dated the 9th inst, says: "Sheridan's whole force
commenced falling back down the Valley last night,
along the Pike
nassas Gap railroad and the Orange and Alexandria
road, it may be the purpose of Sheridan to come
this side Of the mountains.
An official dispatch to the war department of the
9th states that the enemy bad advanced up the Ma
nassas Gap road on the 4th, one thousand strong,
with trains Of railroad material, and occupied Salem
and Rectoron. Mosby attacked them at Salem captur
ing all their baggage, stores &C. with loss Of 200
on his part He killed and wounded many of them
Sheridan up to the latest dates was still moving
down the valley. A large force of his cavalry was
attacked BY on the 7th and was handsomely driv.
en-. We captured number of horses, wagons several
ambulances nine FORCES with TOOLS and fifty prison.
ers, besides killing and woundng number.
From Georgia.
There are two dispatches from this point, one of
the 9Th and another of the 9th, containing impor.
tant news Our army is far in the rear Of Atlanta,
portion Of it being at Dalton, 40 or 30 miles dis.
: tant from Chattanooga. Rome has been captured
This place is situated at the confluence of the
. Etowah aud Oostanaula rivers, and is connected
d; with the Atlanta and Chattanooga railroad by a
short branch from Kinston. Three thousand ne
groes and white officers were captured. The Yam
KEGS destroyed all their commissary stores, and
three squares Of the business portion of the town
were burned. Gen. Whesler has descended into
Marietta, burned block of store-houses and spiked
three guns. Our army having crossed the Chatta.
hoochee, is supposed to be on the E.owah. Ma
rietta is between the two rivers and so is the Ken
nesaw mountain. The latter place has been fortified
Beyond the Etowah is the OOstansula, and beyond
that is Dalton and Chattanooga The former place
is occupied by our troops. Forrest is in Middle
Tennessee and Roeseau is coopcd up in Nashville,
is at Brownsville and states that Sherman has now
three corps in Atlanta and occupies strong positions
from Fining station, Across the Chattahoochee to
: above Marietta The yankees, it says, found out
! Hoods plans and anticipated him. It is not known
+ where our troops will now march. Later dates
from Atlanta say Sherman has four corps in the City,
and yankee officer claims that they have 80 600
troops and ninety days rations, and enough railroad
iron for one hundred miles of road Federal officers
say that Sherman will soon move on Macon and Au-
gusta. Deserters from the yankees say that no
trains have reached that point in eight days. All
accountsfro Hoods army arc encouraging
We must await further developments, as no ma.
tera success seems at present to have been achev-
ed by either side. There will be some startling
news from Georgia shortly. It Is Gen. Hardee, and
not Gen. Hood who has been transferred to Char
lesion.
From Mobile.
Five vessels were off the bar on the 9Th. Four
foreigners and negro were captured near the ob.
structions trying to escape to the Yankees. Far.
ragut has ZEN transferred to the North, and the
attack on Mobile postponed.
The Adoertiser has advces from Forests army
to the 9TH. He had captured three thousand pris-
oners, four guns. seven hundred horses twenty five
hundred stand of small arms, one thousand ne.
groes, and completely destroyed the Alabama and
Tennessee Railroads from Franklin to Decatur It
is considered that Forrest has made q most sue.
cessful raid.
There has been some skrmishing in this vicinity
Of not much Importance.
From Wilminston.
This point is threatened. Admiral Farragut who
| has been ordered North, will no doubt take com.
mand of squadron now concentrating in Hampton
roads, for the capture Of this place.
This place has been represented to be we'll forti-
fed Certain it is that the defences will be fully
tested, and an heavy armament of Yankee gunboats
and monitors brought to bear upon them.
| The Detailed Men.
| Gen. Cooper has ordered them to the front. The
following is his general order:
| "ADJUrAxr AND INSPECTOR GENERAL's OFrIcE,)
Richmond, October s, 1861
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