Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1864-10-21
THE EVENING STAR.
LATE NEWS FROM THE SOUTH.

papers of the 18th instant:
From the Valley.
TIL. Richmond Sentinel contains report OF
q Seh. in the Valley by Early. The fight Is
said 10 have occurred on Friday last:
Al the time Of writing this there mas been no
The Charlottesville Chronicle says that Genl
Sheridan has sent two corps Of his army to this
aide Of the Blue Ridge. one OF them marching
eas Gap On Friday General Early attacked
the remaining corps the Eghth,) under Genn
Crook At S,rasburg and drove them through the
town, across Cedar Greek.
Passengers by the Central train last night
bring some particulars Of the fight on Thurs
day last The battle was fought at Stickley's
and near Cedar Greek. 1t appears that our
cavalry made the attack and then slowly fell
back to their infantry support, the fanHees
pressing on under the impression tnat notning
but cavalry was opposing them. when, the In
fantry and cavalry having united, turned upon
the enemy and completely routed taem, cap
!. is said but twelve men escaped out OF
whole brigade.
Moseby's Doings.
OcroBxR 10, 1e64.-I. A. Seldom, Secretary
Of war: On the 14th inst Col Moseby struck
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad at Dufield,
destroy ing United States mail train, consist
Ing Of q locomotive and ten cars. Twenty
prisoners and fifteen horses were captured
Among the prisoners were two paymasters,
with $l6s 600 in government funds.
R. E. LEE, General
Before Richmond.
There was a rumOr yesterday that SUNDAY
night Grant attempted to throw a poptoon
bridge across the river above Dutch Gap, but
was prevented by our gunboats. Persons who
large body Of the enemy crossed over to the
south side on Sunday night. There has been
NO change before Petersburg, and with the ex-
eeption of changing few shells occasionally
1t is very quiet-Ssntinel.
operations on the James.
q. In
secretary Of War: AT O'Clock this a. m the
enemy endeavored to advance between the
Dai6ytown and Charles City roads, but were
repulsed In every attempt. The most strenu-
GUS enort was made at p. m, after which he
slight r. F. I.rp Gsnsr aIy
thority for saying that the cartel has been to
certain ex tie nj resumed. Arrangements have
seen MADE 70 exchange Immediately ten tnous-
and Yankee prisoners at Savannah, Georgia,
and Captain Hatch will leave IN lew days
to superntend the whole affair
The Presidency.
The Richmond Sentinel says, editorially:
The elections in the North, Of which we are
Just publishing the results, indicate the cleo
ton Of Abraham Lincoln beyond reasonable
doubt The neise and enthusiasm Of the vic
torfous party are as yet too great to allow the
uaexaggerated truth to be learned, but the
States whose October elections are usually &C
eep.ed as the index to the grand struggle In
tnctness. Our enemies thus declare for con-
tinued war. And not only for continued W ar
for Mcclellan would give them that, b. It for
war conducted on the most barbarops prln
ciples, animated by the most diaoo zeal hate,
and having for its end the destruction OF a
numerous and brave people.
From Mobile.
MOBILE, Oct l2.-Three Yankee gunboats
and four transports were up the river yester-
day far as Passport. They landed 1000 men
and three pieces OF artillery. Lieut.. Col. KEEL
lavx it'll - ala
the enemy, capturing guns, 25 prisoners and
30 horses.
Two hundred of the Yankees were drowned
in attempting to re.embark on their boats.
The first shot from our batteries penetrated
the boiler Of one of the transports, and many
men were sealded and surned to death. The
boats have gone down the river. Our VIC
tory complete. N. B. FORREST, Mai. Gen.
From Georgia
The Examiner says THE report OF the
capture of Rome, Georgia, with two thousand
prisoners, is not correct but entirely un-
founded"
The Richmond Examiner says -" The Au-
Rusta Ca Sentinel says it is we'll known that
Gen. Hood is in the rear Of Sherman's army;
that no car has passed over the State road for
ten days, and that Shermans supplies are COM
pletely cut Off by that route. The Montgom-
cry Appeal says report has reached New
man, by couriers, that our forces have sue
ceeded in destroying the railroad for seventeen
miles about Big Shanty, and still held the road
on Friday"
The Cries OF the Faint. Hearted.
Under this head the Richmond Sentinel dis
courses on what it terms "stony ground pa
triots.''
We have evidences OF the faintness of some
OF our citizens, In the cries they are uttering
and the schemes they are proposing. Some OF
these stopy.ground men say peace, peace,
when they know there can be no present
peace just as the thirsty ira yeler in the desert
calls for water, which is at a dis stance, instead
OF urging his way thither. Others cry out
negotiate, when they know that the enemy re-
fms ~ TIM har ,ryf.h
with the importantly Of beggars, although we
meet only with rBffian repulses. Others call
upon ms 10 assemble in general convention Of
States, to discuss and settle the questions at
issue, although they know no such convention
has been, or can be, really offered u.s. and that
. IT would be revolutionary Of both governments,
and either nnavailing or fatal 10 us. Grave
men-men in position and affecting statesman
snip, are toying with this bubble.
The strong must bear the burdens of the weak
Tnose who would not submit to the slumbrous
influences of the Enchanted Ground must be
aroused by violent shakings, IL need be. Those
who, like benumbed travellers, sinking in the
snow, would give over their journey and lie
down 10 die must be urged and sustained and
encouraged. They must be counselled and re-
proved, not listened to. When the Athenians
engaged in war essential to the safety of the
State, they deemed it expedient TO decree in ad-
vance the punishment Of death to any citizen
who should propose peace on other than the
appointed terms. They thus cut down the
bridge behind them, and left themselves no
alternative but success. Inc military ener-
giee were protected from distraction by the
cries Of expedients of the timid, and stimulated
by the necessity Of success and the unalterable
resolve to win 1t. We have suspended no such
actpal decree over our heads; but If we are
brave, and true to ourselves, and worthy the
respect Of the world and the encomiums of
history, we shall act as il we had. We shall
allow no discoTdant voice, no faint spirit, to
come between us and our resolve. Our path
Is straight and a plain one. he who would
openly abandon his journey, and he who would
hu q al q 70 n nnnx yontt ions ~
equally culpable, are equally short OF their
duty.
The Late Defeat Of the Rebel Cavalry
The Losses.
From the Charlottes vile Va Chronicle, DC.
tober 16.
us now ascertained thatln the cavalry fight
en- sunday last our losses were nine guns,
twelve wagons, and the ordnance train OF
Munford's brigade (Wickham's Rosser's di-
vision lost, 1t Is estimated, about one hundred
and fifty men killed, wounded and missing
-