The New York herald., 1864-10-29
From Below Richmond.
A DIRECT ASSAULT BY EITpRR FATTY HOpRLng


From the RichmoLd Dispatch. Oct. 26I
All fs quiet the side, and likely 70 con .nus.
rno noss ,na nave 50 ioos n'fsncnea them
sheer madness for staer TO attack the other in front The
The amount OF feied TIMBER chera1r de fise etumps.
bitches aud embaDknens, that either would have to
travel over IA making assault appears sufficient
mako II an aessluey hopeless ,nd rakie 1t has bsen
were finished or not would, before the 4h OF November
attempt something as card Tor iacolns ole ction
but strikes us now that he will rather be content 10 Tc
lincoln chonc Shridas rdliey tn N
run the risk OF spelling the game by unsuccessful
move on the Richmond lines rhia however, Is mere
speculation There sand the hos ies IN some pla es
Tr. haafd. ia Gssrs fos one hundred yards apart The
rai in their re,pectis positions all er Grant
having fought 1t out on this line all summor) any
morning night collision may be brought about.
We mentioned yesterday that the Yankees were busiy
northwest Is Fort Harrison about two hundred and y
yards distant from our lines. Their business at this
place stiI unexplained Some thnk thoy miuug
but the great distance from our front orbds the idea
They most probably before suggested throw
ing up line OF eartnworks-perhape constructing 70
doubt aud planting mortar batteries.
We glad TO be able 10 that tho eighty six
OF our prisoners put by Bher TO labor in Dutch Cap
went to Ratlors headquartsrs last sunday ho was in
formed by the Feast hst they had been withdrawn
the and sent north 80 socn a. he tbs Feast learned
that tho YanEecnegro captvss had been withdrawn from
fcrtfcations Tho truth about these Yankee negroes
this: Eighty OF them, at their suggestion,
OF our lines not two miles from the city, and much
moro toan two mtes beyond the range Of the YANKEES
mOtneub
tina, these negroes had been put TO work he had them
sent back prison. aud they returned TO the
tue sub sc, This being the plain uuvarn,shed truth Of
this matter wi that account DO rspudiaed by tho
Yankees but We state for the Information Of our
people
THE PROBABILITIES or A BATTLE.
From tho Richmond whig, Oct. 2s
We begin 10 doubt WHISTLER Grant will make the gra16
sgainst Richmond that he evidently contemplated
weeks ago, Is means Of rendering the reelection
I'm tfal Of h0
adventure risk Of defeating than chances OF
promoting sss election His preliminary movemenis
ccuragng IN their results, and Sheridan has sigDsy
failed, either to reach Iyncnburg via the valley or to
to the esst side Of the ridge aud demonstrate
from the Piedmont region. B1rbridgs too broke down
and IL is 40, unlikely, Ia addition, that the unexpected
presented By Hoods strategy In Georgia. and
ia sc number Of the rsnforosments which Grant
He'd We are, therefore, not surprised TO fnd the follow
Ing paragraph In letter from Washington 70 She Spring
Geld Hsr uJiicdn:-
sral Grant fully Of the necessity for praaence
anxious that Mr. Lincoln should be re elected
Before The late elections "the political situation
ssrs So despsras a.snp 70 cary our De
fences, but tas inference s that Is deemed
prudent TO rey for wbaisver increase OF vote may bc
neccssaTy vi the manipulatory arts % well under
siood by Ysukeo wireNOrkers, and on the ntnldlton
Of bsyoaets md bastes As or balos they have prob
empty equivoca victories 70 suffice. What eso may
be peeded the who wieds half million Of musysts
and dsrenaoz Thousand millions o. money year will
haze dficnltY IN supplying. We, therefore, conclude
that great battle by Grant AS an eectoscerng eppli.
hss been drcpped from the prosramme, and thai,
Grant wilt 20 with his interI bic efforts 10 inch 10
tc the city and 20 cut OF its supplies.
we fear that the expression OF this opinion II
should prove will do hsrm for very
sure that the great ohieIain who stands with the fam
ing swords of his army at gato like the wsrdcr who
det.nisd the entrance 10 Paradee too wise 10 be ms
too watcnul 10 be taken by SURPRISE s. the
como hen aud how he may.
GENERAL GRANT REroRTED FAILING BACK rRoS is
FRONT or P3rERsBUaG.
IFrom the Richmond Sentinel, Oct. %
We learn thai Grant reported TO be falling Gdc ffc
hi. front Ian, the C,y Point road, sas. OF Pes,-rQ,
ond ia kreiiity the ,Corks The not car Tsl-
ceipsd
The 1uiet which regns along the whole limo g not
likely to be brokon until after the election The day ia
now that Lincoln cap0ot afford any risks ana 10
doubtless considers himself pretty STANDS The
Interval till election will probably be filed may
10 hy lies from sheridan and saictes from Grants
cnesp mode OF manufacturing glory and noise.