The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-10-08
UNION CAVALRY AT HiRRISOyBURG
BATTLE AT sALTviLLE, VA
General Breckenridge Claims
a Victory.
BURBRIDGE SAID TO HAVE
BEEN BADLY WHIPPED.
Movements Of Generals Hood and
Forrest.
HARDEE RELIEVED FROM DUTY.


News from, tbe valley.
HBADouARrBRs Army NORTHERN VIRGINIA.
October i.-General Early reports that all of the
euemys cavalry has retired towards Hlrrsnn-
burg, and that there is now no army south Of
North river. r. T.. LEE.
Exchange of Prisoners.
RIoHHoEd, Virginia, Sept. 2O.-Arl officers and
men OF the Vicksburg capture Of July (, 1853,
who reported for duty at any parole camp east OF
the Mississippi prior to September 10, 1864, are
hereby declared exchanged.
Ro OULD, Agent OF Exchange
The Latest War News.
From Re Richmond Examiner, october o.
From Petersburg we have no tidinCs except
the rumor that Grant has worked hard 10 fyrtitv
nimseli at Fort Mchae, and IS pushing his pickefs
mile lurlher in the direction of the SOirh side
road. This is but rumor; but II is undoubtedly
true that the Southside road is the aim of NH
Grants present eyolutions. He then will endeayor
to run up ten or twenty thousand men in th4t
way TO the Danvle road, aud 60 accomplish what
Sheridan and Hunter failed to do,
PROM BELOW RICHMOND.
rumor was circulated yesterday morning
thai the enemy were advancing in this direction
on the Williamsburg road. II was ascertained
TO be without foundation.
1he Yankees fiill occupy FCrt Harrison hut
oeran engineering plans are now in course of
execut on which, it is believed viii result i'm
their dlsludgment tIom the salient.
PBTERsBuBG, OclO cr I, 7 Z. M.-The enemy
McRae.
They have shown no disposition to advance
tO-uNy or to assault our works.
Al very quiet along the lines to-day.
fefbons nom Grants rear say that he has
moved everything and every man up 20 the
breastworks, and The country behind his lines is
uncovered.
BY his last move Grant has gained one mile
more in the direction of the SOuthside railroad
but is sill six miles from it.
The cncmy's losses in the fight on Thursday
". ~ re Hgf INN 81.
SAND Ours was not one-titth Of these figures.
PROM THE VALLEY
The news from the valley is important. We
nave authentic Information that the enemy have
Deen driven thirty miles north of Stauuton. Our
troops are in pursuit.
The latest news represents our cavalry as hay-
ipg driven the euemys cavalry from Bridge
water eight miles south Of darrisonburg
Sbeliduns main army is IA the Immediate
neiGhboIhoOd OF HarrisOnburg.
FROM SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA
The repuse Of the enemy in East Tennessee
mas been rapidly followed up by an important
success in Southwestern Virginia. A, a late
hour ON Monoay night General Kemper, wac
commands all the reserve forces" in VirginiL
received the following Geographic report Ecom
Brjgadier General Echols:-
SALTyLLE, october 3, lsGl.-ro Major General KEN
pr We whipped The enemy badly here yeterdi ~, AMI
he has retired u c,"uson leaving 6is deaG aud woinIsI
IN our hshas amraE them ir-ader General, good
netn troops which "ere b4dly up tins ami
are IN hot pursuit. JOHN ECI6Ls,
The force thus CALAMITY routed vas com
maudCd by General Burbridge aud started from
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, about ten days ago.
The object of the expedition was TO destroy the
salt works in Abingdon county, and to plInder
the people in that section of Virginia The whole
country will rejoice that this grand RAID led BY
one OF she most unmitiSated rascas in Lincolu's
amy, has been brought TO grief
Another ttigial uesp States that tho rnutnd
enemy had gone in the direction OF Sandy river
pursued by our troops.
HEAp9uARrERs ARim or NoErmRs VIRGINIA, Oct 4,
lb04.-HOn. Sec etary O War.-aengral Hre ki.ridse
reports that the eren attacked sayiLe on the ID INST
They rel cd eudnt he confusion appa emily in
the direct or Of sandy river leayg mls ortheir dead
our 'roops behaved wen. r. E. LEE
PROM MIDDLE TENNESSEE.
No official despatch relative to General N. b.
FORESTS MONUMENTS was received at War Depart
ment yesterday but II is evident from the last
news r c,iyed tiom him that he is still going
bravtiy on with the work of breaking up Sher-
mans communications.
The cor lecture venured yesterday that For.
rest would not attack Rousseau in his intreuched
position at Pulaski prove, to be correct. Instead
Of Iisking the loss OF large portion OF his cJm-
mand at Pulaski, he pushed on towards the
Nashville and Chattanooga railroad, which Geae-
raj Wheeler attempted to render unserVceable
but did not. General Forrest, on leaving Pulaski,
moved towards Fayetteville, situate about twen.y
miles from Decherd. lie has probably been
joined by General Williams with caya.ry forcr,
and the united commands will doubtless destroy
the only remaining line of railroad which con
necls Nashville with Chattanooga.
Escape of X. D'Orsay Ogden, the Actor.
From he Richmond DHPdtch, JcoBsr3.
Yesterday afternoon X. D'Orsay Ogden. mana.
ger OF the Richmond theatre in company wi,h
Jack liilyGrd, an officer in The same es,ahlisn-
ment, put into execution plan to escape 70 tbe
Yankees. Previous 70 the departure OF the Fre.ic-
ricksbuTg train irUm this city they by some means
gained access to the private apartment Of the
ladies' car, and were not discovered tlI the r,ip
arrived az Bowling Green, IN Caroline couaty,
where their hidlnr-place was discovered 20
the conductor, and they were placed under arrest;
but subsequently, Nj. Ogden jumped from us
cars while they were in motion on their v,,y
back to Richmond, and succeeded in making his
escaie. Hillyard was brought here, however.
and has been committed to Castle Thunder.
Neither OF them had passports TO leave the ci.y
Ogden, II will be remembered, recently failed
in an application under haJeas corpus before
Judge Haly burton for exemption from service,
and was assigned for conscript duty at CamB
Lee but never, since the decision of the Judge
has he performed service. His exit from the
COnieoeTacy will excite no surprise to our citizens
TelegrHms 10 the Richmond Papers.
IMPORTANT PROM GEORGIA.
GRIFFIN Ga, October 4.-Paries from the
front STATE that General Hoods army hold the
State road at Marietta. Sherman's army appears
10 be completely cut Off No fighting Yet OF any
consequence.
oENERAL HooD's ARMY IN REAR or ATLANTA
sHERMAN's oObfhUNICATIoNs cur.
GRIFFIN, October 4.-All accounts agree that
OeheIal hOods army is well in the rear Of
Atlanta.
RS reported positively that we hold the rail
road between Nining and Marietta.
brigade Of Yankee cavalry came out to
FaiIburn, on the West Point road, yesterday.
and attacked the command of General Iyorson
who fell back, after leaving one or two killed
and wounded.
They aIe reported at Fayetteville this morning
but this is doubted.
a prisoner taken in that ight says that no
train has arrived at Atlanta for six days.
military men here believe that Shermans army
VIII be forced 20 abandon Atlanta and cut is
way out in very few days.
hhhkhAL HARDRE REIIBYBD-HOyRMENr or
PRESIDENT DAVIS.
ohIIPIN, September 3O.--General Hardee. az
DIE own request, has been relieved of the com