New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-11-10
people Ct the Confederate Stato who shall have tayes
republican government on this continent
FROM The f,hBond Wig, Nov. T.


| FROM ATLANTA.
| Tie Macon h'etigenceT learns from gentle
man who resides ~ Fayette County Geo. IN whom II
places "every reliance that on The 2ih inst early IN
The morsng Gen Ierson started for the neicbb0rnood
OF Fiat ShOa. He also states tibet, from Intelligence
r. eiyed from gentleman well and 8yorably known
who resides IN MoDonough and who left there on che
9th ins: th-t our forces had fight with the Yankee
on the day previous. to Bethel Church, between
Atlanta ard Fiat Shoals and drove them back but the
scouts did not know anything about the loss On either
! side
The L,dlPegoer agrees with its informant who
thinks that, with energy and resolution, Atlanta VIII
soon be Ia our hands
PROM MOBILE BAY.
4 letter 10 The Ncic- Orleans Ere, dated Mo
bic Day, October IL. says: The army very active
bat still no movement Is expected to .lko place for
time come" The writer then says that al details o
operations wcnld be infOrurtiOn 80 the enemy and
therefore he rerans from writing lest his letter should
fall Into "unfricudly hands, lie also says that u is
terrible sckly" in Mobile Bay, and that many officers
and men are suffering with romittent fever.
THE LATE MOVEMENT or GRANT.
trou The Savannah Republican Nov. ..
iiCHMosD, Oct. e, 1864.
| Intelligence had been received here that the
enemy would Yesterday attempt tO rossesson OF the
Southsde hallway west 81 Petersburg aud would ut tho
same time attack the works 10y which the water APP
pToachcs to Wilmington are guarded UP 10 TINS hour
we have beard nothing from Wilmington conhinatofy
OF the information alluded TO- though we Anow shai a
| formidable movement WAS made against the .oltlsdc
Railroad, which happily iaied
Az
Grant put bon wings of his army IA mohn al an carry
hour IA the morning. His lcit wing pushed acioi
Rowanty creek below Burgess ri'. ana occOpied nc
Boydown plank ROAD ~ ne mills where ~ crosses 'ne
creek having driven cavalry back. In the aitei'
noon Cen Hoth attacked and 40 first drove the enrhJ
bat fouud them in strong force ana AZ length dtsl
cd AGcrward tic enemy attacked Hotb. aud on.
ueayored b. cut their way through 10 tue TalIoai bhi
were heavily repused leaving rome, coioIs and pIioh
ers In our hands Incy sin hold tE9 plank road AZ bur
CESS mills, However Iheenemy IN thus brought some
what nearer 20 tAe So.thside road, though ~ point
further removed from Petersburg. We have 40 report
! of tLeprobabc loss on either side.
4 simultaneously with his advance tie south side 81
the james enemy moved out on The north side ana
made an attempt to tnrn orr extreme lex. Two az
tacks upon lines were made; one To the lcit {"
Fort elmer. between the Honrco County Pooi House
and the Charles CITY road ana the other idrher hoItn
the Wiliamsburgh road Both attacks "e.e rep4s'u
aud between six and seven hundred pIisoho7 AZ" iV1i
stands Of cOoTs taken. Our own io,s did not e4ee.N
twenty.
bio completely tur orr left Gen. Longsreet penetrated
the enemy's design and despatched Bfic'icn. 1ar"y
with his cavalry and some light artillery, 10 hold thc
works in thai quarter until he could send forward nn IN
fanry force There was race as TO winch party snouu
the threatened point rst. carey or tho enemy
Fortune favored The brave however ana carey aliFu
on the ground in time 10 set his troopers AMI att'Iy
in position With his force he held the lines unit! r'ch
forcemcnis came up soon after wlioh time the enemy
| moved forward in heavy masscs and with Ioud yen
against oug works. The COnfcleGaes reserved thelI
fire until they got within short range when thcy poured
terriho yooy OF grape canister and minnie Das INTO
the faces of The advancing Toe who Keeling and stag
geriBg back hnalh broke ia wild confusion leaving
many dead and wounded on the ground 80 great vas
the impulse OF the charge however tnat tho head oil the
assembling column carried forward - the dtch o.
the outside of our ntrcnchments AID lcaping into H.
the Immediately threw down tn" arms ~ token
Of surrender Nearly ahundrcd OF them were Killed and
wounded in the ditch before their intention Was under
stood and the fire stopped Over five hundred prisoners
and four stands OF cOiOs were taken 90 hs p0in lho
prisoners were brought T. town last night by Major
Fairlx OF LOnCsircots stan, aud lOdgo IN the ilbuY
The Federal officers made two attempts subsequently
10 bring Their men up 20 the work. bat iilcd after
which lie lighting ceased along the whole Line aud has
not since been renewed IL commenced 10 rain about
neon yesterday and continued until o'clock st nght
accompanied by high winds. which stil prevail The
condition OF tie weather and tho consequent difficulty
OF moving artillery may have had some eec IN dscour-
aging the enemy from further operations to-day, though
II is now bright and clear
| We have nothing further from tue Army II the Val
ley ON the 10Th Moshy near Bunker NilL capiured
Big. Gen. Duc and several other prisonors, and q
! number OF horses and Killed . BaulDcr q tho enemy.
without sustaining any loss himself Some 81 Tho Fed
eral nnboats have made their appearance n the Rap
pasanpock high up Port Royal Possibly they are
engaged in making reconnaissance, preparatory :"
the transfer Of Sherdans army TO Fredericksburg 70
4 cooperate with Grants On the Jamcs P. " \.
RICHMoyD Oct..2 1854.
The details rs thew como in leave doubt that Grant
made BIZ grand assan Thursday, the 9Th H. may
make Gb0iher effort between TINS and the day 81
tso Presidential election; but that he took bic measures
and prepared bis plans with view 10 the speedy cap
tuTe OF Richmond or The Nontbste Railway or b"th OF
them IL manifest 10 the dulctt apprehension. A.
~ ", he tuNN iuih4h ny Us 'h't 'h t' '''tA AZ
bis defeat was compete ~ an I"ihl on Tue isn't on
the len and In tho center Tie importance ahd extent
ofour victory do not appear so mreh'irom ten Ire
oflicnl repoit from trustworthy persons VINO were
present and participated IA the bntc. Indeed, zen
Lee has an iuyeterie habit OF undressing the losses
of his az, crsgry and Of refining away hs own Victories
who<cas IS the practice II the enemy 20 magnify As
triumphs and not unirequcnty 20 ci'r victory rhrle
! he has suffered defeat.
Tie effect OF these diverse policies j. 90 ddcrcnt as
the policies themselves. IN The one ease me enemy Us
encouraged and the war spin; stiWulatd "a III" 'the
neither army people receive Tie chc0nrar
ment which should b. derived from our successes. Inc
r.. publication here OF the bulletins of the enemy
even have bad effect, Notwithstanding DC i known Z"
be- great economist uf ruth, and in many instances 10
SCI up claims which arc 10 FIep'cinu' 'h tb'f n" M
founded II the positions 81 TIC Two AII1l" hdh W."
reversed. md We had been tie aaslulting' anG i.'
enemy the assaulted pory, the whole North woald Dc
| ringing with the pa oi victory.
| IL bow seems That our success beyond Itf4hLhft
was quite nc complete a. u was below llchmond. Inc
enemy got pos session Of the Boy dton plank rond az Bur
| gess's mills. on koWaniy Greek wien Malone moved
against hm with three bigadcs In 'front.' ara Hampton
took him in the rear. Though he was not then dis
lodged Malone took four Llldrcd pri.oncrs
three stands % coors and six piece Of artillery lne
latter could not be- brought Oft however. the enemy
having OF he bridge the Greek In The
attack subsequently made by the enemy haaOne broke
three lines Of battle ana inflicted heavy loss upon the
for who retired during the night from the plank road
leaving many If ms wounded ard between two hundred
and three hundred dead on The fed. ln"ud.lg those
made the north side. quite thousand well prisoners
we're taken during ne day.
/ During these operations on the extreme l,t anu
Iic,t considerable demonstration was made on our
centre between the James and "a prOInntioX. This
wa done 70 prevent Tceniogcemeris iuu being
either 10 the night the lciL Having failed NJ ai
other points and supposing doubtless that Gen. bee
had weakened his lines In mont Of Petersburg Ia order
10 reinforce hiY Wngs. 'he enemy about O'clock nj
night. advanced against works on the Baxter Rood
ard took possession 81 them; but they soon driven
ont. Tie armies, therefore, now occupy The same
relative positions they held before The fight Is already
remarked Grant took nothing pY is last move. but lost
more than thousand men for every hundred that Lee