The Montana post. [volume] (Virginia City, Montana Territory [i.e. Mont.]) 1864-1869, 1864-10-08
TERMs:-s so Per Year in Adv.n..
NO. 4.
To 1n TIE PaEslDEsI- s,ss

i S~~ yVoA Hoee VI tnl8 uate refer.
ring 70 my offer to resign whenever Won
should deem it advisable for the NJ, -" ~
terests that should do so1sstating fhatTin
you judgment, thattime had now come.
now, therefore, formally tender you NV re-.
slShatien OF the, office of Postmaster Gene
raj. 1 cannot take leave Of ynn v;,Sn..
renewing tS expressions Of smy gratitude for
uons .as uniform kindnsss which ha, marked
| TsirDeal Yours, very trqiyssJ
te'sneul BLAIR.
''''iil'wa Washington, Sept. 2s.
montgomery Blair, in a letter 70. an gsf.
ternoon paper says: r-iyEFT.T
NY oner to resign was not made beeaus.
tpe principles adopted at Baltimore were
oD)ectlonabieto me. On the coi,trayyE !.
was made in good faith, NTH o view teal.
lay the aaimesities among the friends ~
those principles and in order to secure their
F. Blair, by request of the President ,,x;I,
remain IN the post Office till his sucesssoris
9uaiihed. Nothing has been heard from,
1oYernor Dennison, who is canyassino 4,
onio at |" point where there is no teleoranh-
ls connection. No doubt is entertaipsd
that De will accept the Office -, - 80,
zr,- ~ -saL ,.c New YORK, Sept. 526.,
lne CommereiaFs special says, a gentle
man just from Montgomery reports 4S0 fe0o
nales OF cottonat that city and yicinity5 s.
IT'S SAID that the military authorities are
about to create extensive Notifications AZ
the east end Of the gaps in Shenandoah
valley to prevent further raids. '6E- > s
Il JyIii NEw ORLEANS, Sept 81
From Mobile the Tritina brin % nemss of
gunboat expedition up Fish river. : Saw.
mills, grist mills, q ship YARD and lumber
were desttoyed--valued at million of dol.
lars. Returning, il vas found that 46s
rebels had felied trees across the stream
AZ the same time Z force appeared o., IL,
banks of the river and fred upon the boats.
The gunboa: Randolph cleared passses
for the rest Of the feet. 40 SIastr.-VG
A telegraph cable has been laid between
Forts Morgan and Gaines. The guns.
chinery, etc., of the monitor Triumph will
be raised. 1t is thought the hole in IN,
rams bottom is SO large it cannot be raised.
= orr Esines was in fne condition Very
little OF Fort Morgan can ever be made ser.
viceable. y SO;-14 silf 7srS' -'''NN'St''o'
r, ~ ,>rs,.,' HIcksBuUo, Sept: 2I.E
Gen. Dana has commenced active onsr.-
tions in this district. A large cavalry fa,cs
left last night under Col. Osborn. which
will be followed by large force of cava1.
~. The result..will probably be known IN
about ten days. ss-rf =, -
......... WASHINGTON, Sent. as.
Forrest with his whole force adra,.oa
upon and destroyed the SULPHUR Snr;nss
trestle work yesterday Col. Pace .co,e.
manding at Elk River bridge, evacuated
that point at daylight and Forrest tool EOS.
session this morn. ng. His force IS as,;:
mated at 1000 strong, with 8 batteries. =
On Saturday, in the fight mt Athens. sao
men of the 5th and Sth Indiana ,eayalry
were captured by Forrest. Hsis represent.
ed to have butchered all the negroes can-
tured who wore Federal uniforms. @-r
From dispatches captured on Co,fad.-
rate staff officer it appears that Early wa.
instructed by Lee to hold the valley a. all
hazards. Sheridan is still pursuing him
picking up prisoners all along the road.
1t is stated On reliable authority that RI.
prisoners captured within the past tbres
days will number 5000. No fears naed he
entertained of the enemy making a raid IN
Sheridan, rear by the crossing through
Laurai valley.
1t is not believed here that Earlv win ba
able to reach Staunton with one -th;rs 1s
bis original command. Rejnforcsmsn,.
nave neen sent to Sheridan from this viciH-
ny ana have reached Strasburg.r Many of
tne reDel wounded who hid away among the
eltisens OF that village have been handed
over to our troops, : 81 "a . .-.aI - N I'SsS
~, a. -1@.Dnig4, St.-Louis, 26.s
on the recommendation of Mayor Thon-
as ana many OF the leading men of this
CITY, hosecrans has issued an order sus-
Pending all business not absolutely neces-
sary after twelve. O'clock Tomorrow. for
the purpose of organizing the citizens for
JOIN this organization. "a S''N'>SN
hosecrans has also issued an ELOQUENT
appear TO the citizens of Missouri to fake
up arms and defend their homes and repel
tne invaders OF the State. officers and SOL
dlers now under discharge are also appeal
ed TO. Those nthe city are requested TO-
report to Col Leopold, who will combine
thSA with his own troops and form brig
ade o veterans for the defense of the city.
Pilot knobthas been evacuated and the
troops fallen back to Minerei Point. 4 Gen.
Ewing has 3,OOO. infantry of Smiths com.
mand. r',.F--,.-.-'.-' : ~
Price is said to be with Shelby. Thar
o"aoineu strength IS from ten to twelve
thousand, with 'l6 pieces of artillery.
Their advance reached Farminpton. 90
miles northeast Of PHO: Knob, Yesterday.
NO confirmation has been received of the
capture of Cape Girardeau-as reported.
preparations for offensive and defensive
movements continue. q " x Ia 9sIrDq
,n,rzy,,S " TggaU New York, 26.
The Reraids Orleans correspond emf ba,
the following The trans Afississibui reh-
sis, numbering.25, 900, are moving towards
missouri. ~ lilcafG9a eiii 10 s,F'IS- siT
ID The Louisiana Legislature meet, in. t~o
weeks, The U. S. Senators to be elected
BY it viii be Governor HahnI,and perhsps
General Banks. '' e1l ~ 't..nf' t.siff
1it is rumored that Maj Gen. Huriburt
viii be assigned to the commsnd Of the
Gulf Department.
The Tribune correspondent lerrnlss from on
rebel Captain, Lees army a. month ng6
was from $4,000 to 70, 900 strong, INCLUDING
the whole of Early's co,nu.and. Lee. was
the only gen eral in whom tlle Southern peo-
pre- had any confidence. but his Army wss