Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-10-01

crnl Blair Of tho command Of the city and
county Of IT. Louis. From the batch Of news
from which the above items arv gleaaed we
have the account Of the capture Of gunbos'
by the rebels, with Il thousand pigs OF lead,
hut upon what liver Is not stated.
The great onward" OF Grants army TO-
ward. Richmond, has met so far, bu, slight
resistance. Warren, yesterday, attacked and
carried the enemy line on the extreme
right and General Meade moved from his
loft and carried The line near Poplar Grove
Cbuech An assault by the enemy upon
Butler's poziiion-so Batter says--~as repuls'
ed with considerable loss SO far so good.
From Sheridans army we have no intelli'
repce, excep. What s derived fsom Richmond
aud Petersburg papers. From these il :
understood that his advance cavalry had
reached Slauntou. and that AN uncoufrmed
rnmor Wa. aaoai that one Of his brigades had
Ibeen ambushed at Swift Run creek.
General Hooker has, by this time, arrived
in Cincinnati to assume The command as
signed him
1t is deciied that drafted man may FUR
nish substitute after he has been accepted
aud in camp
The Richmond papers have ramor thai
Hood army is in Shermabs rear, between
him aud Chattanooga
Lieutenant W. Il. II Moody, son OF the
notorious Granville Moody, died day or two
ago at the residence OF his father IN Piqna
Dawson's Fort Wayne Daily Times ha'
suspended. 1t predicts that huudreds Of 9th
er papers will be compelled 10 follow its eS
ample
Sam Cox is putting things through in the
Seventh District goriously. Poor Shelly will
be finally laid on the shell at the next elee'
ton
Thomas +. Marshal, one Of the most gifted
aud eloquent men ever produced by Kentucky
is dead
The editor Of the Boston Pioneer, who well
knows Chase real sentiments, says he would
rather see Lincoln in the Penitentiary than
in the White House But the promise OF big
appointment has purchased his support
The electioneering fund OF the Lincor
pafty has been ascerlaned to amount to ont
hundred and thirteen millions Of dollars.
A Aterri6e tornado passed over Coles county
Illinois, on the Odd 1t did much damage Il
railroad aud other property
We are informed this afternoon, by
Washington dispatch, that the "De9atment
is in receipt OF dispatches from Sheridan =
The Department does not embrace the Of
portunity to post Major General Dix on tn
subject matter thereof
There is nothing official from Grant late
than the bullr;iu of last night which we pu)
lish in another column. 1t is claimed by 60
respondents, however, that all is well, an
that the rebels have been driven in coniusc
to within FIVE miles of Richmond "Wait
little longer.
Nothing later from Sherman-or MiSsou
or the movements of Forrest
The Democrats had tremendous tore
light procession in Burlington, n. J, on 4
night Of the 2Sth,
Mn. LlNcoIN's organ the New York Time
says: .sH.E
i.It is not too much to say that il would
a less calamity to the country that Robert
Lee should enter Washington as rebel col
mander, than George b Mcclellan as &C
- perhead President
This is the kind OF stuff with which
shoddy papers are GlleG, and it no doubt {
:. presses the heartfelt sentiments of their e
is tors and their patrons. 1t is the "nncondti'
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