The daily Chattanooga rebel. [volume] (Griffin, Ga.) 1864-1865, 1864-09-08

whites. This il an important fact. considering
/ they are great warriors q NJ occupying mining
portions Of Colorado. Their representatives 4eii
Washington favoraby impressed with the kind
treatment which they received
Subscriptions 10 the 7-Sl Dan to-day amounted
to ts5s,O00, and to the lQ-40 loan 10 Sts6,45O.
HARrfn's FrRRr, August %.
A Reconnaissance was lpAdb This morning by a
large force Of cavalry, unaorcommand Of General
! TorbRrd which resulted ln sblann1 varr imnar-
tant information with tespeet 10 the enenys
] movements From the ni0imati0n received IL
I appears that C0nsdnruble portion of the enc
/ mys forces broke camrag Qiarlestqwn this morn
/ ing al daylight and marched IN the direction OF
LeetoWn. Our cavalry siraek their line Of skirm-
shers about a mile beyoga Rooneysvle, and
after brilliant charge, succeeded IN capturing
quite number Of pis0nrrR During the skitm
ish we lost a few killed anH vou0dcd, an oi whom
were brought of fhe heAx A. ihe time % writing
this dispatch, Aeavy htahs NsFglng on ~ tlg Ut
reotion OF ShepheFdstown
RORTREss MoSBOr, August 2A.--A teiegn3h
cable Of English manniaeure arrived here today.
It is 70 be laid across the Chesapeake from Fortress
Monroe e eAoFsystoWu. Z be Old eoble has been
| 15uiirs5 ior several WUrts. -
The NAH steamer John 3rs5hs, f.QG, City Point,
arrived at fP. NJ All qaiot--uot even the usual
noiseby sharpsbooien IDe opemy have evident
ly given up the effort q retake The position SO
bNltHEiJ tiN w uhf lNlb Nf WHICH ~ AA N1NAltIN
as perfectly secure and oasily bold
. HARRisnuRG, August The called session el
the Pennsylvania Legislature adiolffnea this morn
ing to meet again on tho 28th inst =
In the House a resolution was offered calling on
President Lincoln to Ffuove Secretary stanton
from the War Department for iueiiciagy, The
resolution was referred % the UommitoeDn Federal
Relations.
NEW HAVEN, Angus 2j.-Dr. j. Knight 90
eminent physician, andN many years. Professor Of
Yale College, expired at Biz residence IN tbia city
this evening, aged seront-iiye.
SAN FRANoIsco, August %, The three Judgesof
the Supreme Court Of Neyada Territory have ro-
signed after being charged With corruption by the
press and petitioned by nearly 1000 voters to
Yacate tho bench
NEw York, August 25 -TheSWorld's dispatch
from the headquarters OF the 9Th corps at Halt /
town, OF the 23d, s4ys "A reconnaissance was
sent out at an early hour this morning on the |
Charleston pike and discovered nothing but a line
Of skirmishers.
The movements for tba past few days show that |
the return Of SheEidau rom the banks Of Cedar
Run had placed his army in position Of advant-
age for both offensive aud defensive operations,
which il was impossible to obtain at that point
There are two roads ~ which the enemy can at.
tempt to enter Marylaut, either through Smther's
gap or across the Potomac at ShephardNown,
and thence Though the g(gs Of South mountain
To 60 through Smithers gap they must first re-
treat and in either case We have The inside track
The guerrillas have been iearfully active all
along our line Of march, Several Of our men,
shot by Mosbys band were found hung by their
legs and others with shecpskus. stuffed in their
mouths
A.M.-Picket firing IS now going on in front
of the left and center. Ths enemy deyelopes no
sren 9TH aud the artillery tiieita M reenorso 'oe