Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-11-01
The Movement by Buffers Army
jeff Davis Appoints IN TEanlss-
giving Day-The Charleston NIer-


New York, Oct. 3O.-The Tribune's dis
patch from the army of the James Oct Goth,
says of the demonstration made by Buffers
forces: General Terry moved the 10th corps
out in advance of our extreme right, and
began occupying the country along the
scene of the fight of the 14th inst, and from
that point on the Darbytown road north
wardly to the Charles City road. Consider
able desu1tory fighting occurred here du-
ring the day, without further effect than to
show the enemy's strength. The 18th corps
meanwhile, accompanied by KautZ's cavalry,
moved out toward the Williamsburg road,
and there engaged the enemy late in the
afternoon, with varying success. Holman's
brigade of colored troops succeeded in car
rylng one of the enemy's redOubts and cap
turing the guns, while Fairchild's and Hull's
brigades were roughly handled in endeav-
ing to take a strong position held by the
enemy directly on the Williamsburg road,
in the neighborhood of Seven Pines.
Darkness came on too soon to permit us
to avail ourselves of the advantage gained
by the capture of the redOuBt Oh the enc
my's left, and our troops were ordered to
retire, which they did at daylight, and made
a fair start again next morning. The result
on the other side of the James, however,
led Gen. Grant to direct the withdrawal of
our forces to their original position.
Matters have resumed their usual quiet
here. The losses of the Tenth army corps
will amount to some three hundred men,
or thereabouts, and of the Eighteenth to
probably double that, about half OF them,
however. captured by the enemy.
Among the latest rebel newspaper ex-
tracts is a proclamation of jeff. Davis,
naming the 10Th of November as national
thanksgiving day in his domains. In this
document jeff, while claiming that thanks
are due for the many signal victories with
which our arms have been crowned, for
the fruitfulness with which our land has
been blessed and for the unimpaired ener-
gy with which the hearts of the rebels have
been inspired, at the same time acknowl-
edges that our arms have merited and re-
ceived grievous chastisement, for which the
soldiers of the Union can vouch and that
large districts of the country have been
swept over and held by the armies of the
United States. That the colored troops are
a thorn in Jeff's side is shown by his state
ment that with fiendish malignity the pas
sions of servile race have been excited by
our foes.
The Charleston Mercury reviews at
length the so-called peace letters of A. II.
Stephens and the rebel Congressman Boyce.
frankly admits that the people of rebeldom
live under despotism, that the rebel Con-
stitution has been violated by the rebel
Congress in the levying of direct taxes, and
that the public faith has been forfeited by
compelling holders of rebel currency to
sacrifice one-third of it. Our late military
disasters, 1t says, have encouraged the re-
constructionists to raise their heads.
The rebel accounts of Grants last move
ments are summed up in terrible Union
loss in killed and wounded, while the rebel
loss is put at twenty-five men. The death
of the rebel General Dearing is announced.