The New York herald., 1864-10-04
THE 0XTUAxION.

nou our oorrespoudeuts 10 the armes Of The Potomac
end zoe james, publishsd In yesterday mornins's
HsaALs. gave Assallsd statsmesta Of the important
nevs~ssss before Richmond and Petersburg dowr
% lsss Friday evening. The despsschss which
ws give this morning cover 1s operations
of eAtarday aad sunday both s.dss o. james river
On shs o General Grants inss the spsuy made two
sssAess " saturday-oas Ayrss divisios tho Firth
ssrps. ~hch soupOsss tns extreme q Ne infantry In
thai wtas. end Gresg's cavalry. guarding shs
asak or che Infantry. Both assaults we're bandsomely
made oy them With ssea, dsA q energy 90 Sunday
NE saiu prevented movsusu.s 70 sy ex,eat 90
Sunday evening The Army Of the ro,omso held all
The grouod hso wrsaohsd from the rebels
10 toe recent sang iaary engagements. and was
strongly tntrenohsd ns new territory. In
the Army the james uudss General Butef composea
Of tho Teosh and Esnieeotn ccrrs there was no
hghtns OF eonsequetcs either on Saturday o. Sunta,
but the men wels busy strengthening the loslsn they
have so osrcsy wrenobcd ths foe w,,h!n SIX
miles Of h,s capital and 8. s,soos nav, III ~
made tbsse detssess that .he.r ds,odg rendered
with tbs proximity Of his ines 20 Rlchmoud. seueral
Birnsy commanding the Tenth corps senI oas -scon
noterins force, soasistHg OF :wo brgades ufantry
brigade OF cavalry and Of artillery which
peaetraseo TO within two niles Of the city nod drove
shs enemy into It's inner desnces Though .hess we're
found " os very strong, Is they we're ,aly gar
rlsooed BY raw militia and exsmpts hastily soraped
up 10 che streets, our men were perfectly
Adspt thst they could have marched ioto the city
without 1nch dinnouty But az this part Of the pro.
kramme deferred ~ little while ai,e~ gauiug much
valuabs Information, Ne gallant party returned their
0nsa having sustained loss 10 killed add wounded
81 only thirty. During the progress Of this recon
nslssancs the rebels made preparations for q Al.
bach the lott Of the Tenth corps; but, discover.
ing ths movement towards ,helr capital and another
Further the right, which WAS made merely a. |.
tsint. they retired without executing their design
Tss rain prevented movements Of much
Sunday About GIVE hundred rebels captured
by mec IN their rnsucessssul sssaua d Friday
% the Tenth and EghtesCLh corps. Prisoners
end refugees represent that the greAsesi exotic
msnt prevails 10 Rchmood snd the people expect
~ the Yankees mAsc6ins sarsagh i,s streets Every
eos who by any means escape Is leaving the city
end fusitives from u constantly pouring INTO our
lines al Bermuda Rupdrsd.
Geaers sheridan despatch characterized By sena
iss military orevsy. dated ~ Harrsonburg II bali pes,
nine O'Clock Saturday aght last gives the substance
q his a.s operations, Of the principal portion Of which,
however. We had prsviousy bssn unofcialy informed
General snsridso says,-"l havs ~ e sssaoOton iod
Wayussboro With the cavalry destr0ySd The bridge
% South river. II waynesocro, throwing into sbe
svsr also bridge Snrst,aua and the rsa
soaA from stsunton 70 waynssboro" Our acsosnss
from ,he Shenandoah valley represent everything -
highly favorable Tor the sonpste u Geoeral
Sheridan . campaign.
The sKotsmsos and preparations in Missouri con.
sequeot the rebel continue II stated 10
et Louis yesterday General ROsecrans would
alatcly take toe ded In person. There e,i co rembe
inlsigeuco from General Ewing all lines OF communities
sso between him and sbe eastern part Of shs State being
cut by the guerhss. portion, at least OF Hose
taking part 10 this invasion seem 10 be des
ttuts Of sIl common humanity, and TO be
intent % cawyiog on Wholesale assassination 10
sagaged in dsfeoce po,osi murdered cold
blood sy their rebel capors ter the sHreudsr of the
place. some Of cur officers who captured Pilot
Enob subjected trestment very different from
thst which prisoners of should receive 10e rebel
loss 10 works st this latter place
about two hundred killed and between slx ard eight han
drsd wounded.
0saea Sharmsn, though no dispatches have been re
esved from him for three days known 10 be vigorously
~ work. strengthening his position and making sach
dspoaons OF his forces will shortly render bis
municstious nvunerabe to the raids OF Wheeler. For
rest aud all the Other rebol oullaws.
Hereafter 70 crcumvent my designs which the rebel
prs,es msy entertain Of making orays Canosnia
steamers this side Of The isthmus these vessels win
be conveyed between this port and Aspuwa BY govern
meot gunbosts TIE North STAR which lett here yester.
usy was accompanied by the guuboat eiaucus The
latter VIII 60 ail the way to Aspinwa with the NORTH
Star, aud return 70 New York with her
The Caroline, new and worry fast de.whsel steamer
Of four hundred and seventy tons register designed for
funnins he blockade of Southern ports spoken
% Cape Race on Sunday last ber first trip out from
tIssgow. she wss bound for Wilmington, N. c.. vis
HAifsr, aud hsd cargo Of machinery. The
pncers OF the Caroline raporled that her sister
ship. the coloos Lamb. would pass Cape Race
tosay for the same destination. There were
swelys blockade lying the harDor Of Halifsr
On Friday last ons Of lhsU was chased 10 90 the pro
vIow dsy by one q our sunboats. The United states
bsssnsr Florida anchored below halifax on Sunday, aud
ssy perhaps, ere long, cut short tho Of o
che vsssss ef this Dess
We have scms i.sms s in,ercss from rebel newspaper
or recSut dalee among which The important aekoow