The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-09-27

of the envy was very large-morc thautwo fold
our numbers. Cp'o the time OF our being t8ukeI
wc were pushing them hack.
FURIOUS CNNNoNAuGNG BEFORE PETERSBURG.
From m, Richmond Se,fiu1L = p,sHtsr9L
At D O'Clock on Wednesday morning the
enemy opened all his batteries, and shcied the
CITY for more than an hour. Our batteries replied
and the cannouadng was furious for time.
Yesterday was comparatively quiet.
EANYREINFOHCEWENTs FOR GRANT-yIoILN NNCE
OF THE rNIOS FORCEs.
From he Ei.ln0nd Wing, Stp'smt,r q.
Hesyy reutorccmcuts to Grants army are still
coming in. The enemy are very vigiaut on our
r'Eh', evidently fearing an attack on the Weldon
railroad.
THE sHorrED SALUTE.
From hs Richmond Examiner. Sept,ubsr %.
Alwss quiet ~ Petersburg yesterday hut on
Wednesday, a. day light, the whole OF the Yankee
artillery outntd upuu our lines aud upon the
city, aud along their line from Deep tom to
the Weldon railroad every mothers son of Il
Yankee in Grants army chCered and hulzted rs
II he would split his throat. All this meant that
they had beard the news Of their victory in the
valley, and were in honor of the same firing A
salute with shotted guns, and making jubilee
Centrally.
lFRAL lANrToN's CAPTURE or r'tE FEDERAL
CATTLE.
~. Hs Richmond SsstHe', S,psub,lgL
The Federal commissaries buy beevos OF the
The expense and trouble ottrausporta ion, which
are in proportion 10 numbers, make this very eN-
ptdiCnt The becyes taken in Hamptou's lac
,Nlcoition are judged by n London grazer to
weigh eight hundred pounds net
Twenty four hundred and eighty six bcevcs, at
eight hundred pounds, would make an aggregate
OF one million nine hundred and eighty eight
thOuspnd eight hundred pounds, or within frac-
tiou OF two millions of pounds This, distributed
in daily ratious Of pound each, would feed u
thousand men for nearly two thousand days;
ten thousand men for two hundred days; or
fly thousand men for forty days, and so forth.
It's very nice addition 10 our cUmmissariat, for
which We are very much obliged to Mr. Grant,
aud particularly to General Hampton and his
braves.
oEDER FOR EMBODIMENT OF ALL WHITE MALE
CIrizINs HE1wEEN InE AGES OF Il ANp 50.
ENRoLLING OFFICE, RICHMOND, September
lO.-The following circular from the Bureau Of
Consclpton is published for the information of
all concerned -
Confederate STATES or AMERICA, WAR DE-
PAR7MENT, BUREAU OF CONSUMPTION, RICIG-
MuND, Va. September 9.-COmmaudants of con
scripts will instruct county enrolling officers to
proceed diligently, with the aid OF the temporary
records, to make complete registration OF every
white male resident in their respective counties
between the ages Of seventeen and fifty yCars not
actually serving in the amy in the field, or With
the reserves. The name, age, occupation, prysi-
cal condition Of the person registered, together
with the grounds Of exemption or detail, or other
reason for not being in active military service,
Will he stated IN these registers.
Special care will be taken in stating distinctly,
though briefly, the causes which prevent the
person from being sent to the army, and not to
emit any person in the registration not serving in
the army in the field or with the Reserves. These
registers must be torwardld d to the Bureau before
the 10th of october next To accomplish the
woik In due time, enrolling officers aud temporary
boards are CnjoiuCd 10 use the utmost vgOr aud
diligence The information to be thus furni. he'd
is regarded as of great importance and the SER
vice must be accurately us well as promptly per-
formed.
Another and separate register will be a. the
same time prepared and forwarded Of all youths
in each cOuntytwho will attain the age OF seven
teen years during the next twelve months In
tins ashamed register will be stated the month
when thCSe youths viii attain the age designated.
BY Command Of Brigadier. General j. s. Pres
ton, Superintendent
c. b. DUFFIELD, A. A.G.