The New York herald., 1864-10-08
THE LATEST WAR NEWS.
From tSs MchmonA Exsuiper, OCT. S.

from the Richmond Exemiber, Oct. S.
From Petersburg we have tdings excspt rhe rumor
that Gran, has worked hard 70 forty himself at Fort
McRas and is pushing hs plckss milo further IN the
il Is undoubtsdy trGe that tho soutbsde road is the aim
Of all Grants present evoutiona e then win endeayor
TO tsn or twenty thousand men n that way 20 tho
Danyile road, and accomplish wha4 Sheridan aad Hun
FROM BELOW RICHMOND.
rumor was circulated yesterday morning that the
eueray wore advancing IN thi. direction Williams
burg road. II was ascertancd TO be without foundation
The Yankees s.ill occupy Tort Harrison en, certain
1t Is believed, will result In their dislodgement from the
sallsat
The enemy are busy fortyug their now position near
they have shown no disposition to advance to-day or
All very quiet along the lines to-day.
Persons from Grants rear say that he has moved
every thing every up 20 The breastworks and
tho country behind bis lines is uncovered.
by his last move Grant has gained ono mile more 10
the direction Of the southside Railroad, brf : st six
The ensy's losses in tho ngh, Thursday, Friday aud
Saturday estimated a. four thousand ours was not
one.nfth OF these ngures
FROM THE VALLEY.
The news from the valley Ia Important We have au-
thentic Information that the enemy have been driven
thirty miles OF StaunoR. Our troops are W pur
The ia,es. news represents our cavalry having drv
on the enemy's cavalry from Bridgewater, eight miles
sheridan . main army is in the immediate neghbcr.
hood OF Hsrrisonburg
FRox SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA.
The ropuse Of the enemy IN East Tennessee has bssn
rapidly followed UP by important sucsess IN South
western virginia Ats late hour on Monday night Gene
raj Kemper who commands all the reserve lorces' In
Virginia. received The following teosraphic report from
Br lgadicr General Echols.-
To Major General KKsrKR,-
We shipped ne e0emy badly here yessriay snd no hs.
hands. among ,hsm eri.a}sr general .nd good lam
ss.a s.nasy fSe Semys force was sbog I thou
and " near 70 Sohs hcots srssds1 T 70 atSnsr
The force thus calamity routed was commanded ~
General Barbridgo and started from Aouss sterling,
dillon was 10 destroy the sst works n Abingdon county
and punder the people In That section o yifsnp
BY one q the most ynmg iaiod rascss u LilconsTmy
has tssn brought 70 grief
Another oea aespa.chs state that me roaisd soemy
had gone 10 the direction Of Sandy rVe pursued 0y our
troops.
HsipsuAprr,, Assr q SOnuts. virs,sA.l
Oct. /. 1904 J
s,s: Sss;%y Stacked
&, q sas S s o.
dead ssd wosndsa 10 our haOda
IA 4 4 ySr'sTSs ~, TSsps sias ssssr.s well arIEp.
FROM MIDDLE rESNEsssp.
No official despatch relative to 0spcsd N. D. FORESTS
movements was rsceived AZ War Department. yesterday
su. Z y eyidsu. from We last ncsS received from MIN
Ing up Shernan's communications,
The conuncture vepiprsd yoslrday that Foros, won
P9 ,es aosssaa - h .'ssnsa POsSs ,So Il 10. o
large portion of hs commsnd ~ PULASKI be pusnea On x
wards the Nashville and Chsstauooga Railroad Nhs
Cen Wheeler attempted 10 render pnservicsaole ent
not. Cen. Forrest, on leayrs Puiask moved tcwsfis
Fayetteville situated about twenty mes wost rem ~
cberd Es has probably been ioqsa y ymauds Ssn vi
doubtless destroy tho ony remaining iine Oh rafoea
which oonreoss Nasnyne With Chattanooga