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these movements by the rebels, six months supplies
are Oh hand, and officers feel that Hood is making
movements that viii certainly prove disastrous. Re
ports Of scouts fail 70 show the presence 81 any con-
siderable body If the enemy north Of Tunnel Hill.
Walker and Whitfield counties were undoubtedly
secured by a small body Of rebel cavalry, but they
were not very effective in destroying the railroad.
Though they Esd possession Of Dalton, bat little
damage Is believed 10 have been done. officers
blOckade1 here, who wee ca route for the front, have
been ordered to prepare to join their commands at
once.
Gen. Schofel3 sent cut 4 strong reconuoiiering
party today 10 discover the whereabouts of a rebel
column said 70 De- moving west.
On Friday there vas considerable alarm at Chatta-
nOoga, ami every sble-bOd.ed man was put 20 work
On the fortiEcatiOns. The last advices are that Gene
raj Fitzpatrick, with bis cavalry, was o. Dalton. and
no apprehension va felt for Chattanooga or Knox.
vile. Sherman has over one hundred DAYS rations
AT Atlanta, and Knoxville has abundant provisions
10 st7nd a six months siege. At Chattanooga the
Government; storehouses are full Of provisions; be-
sides, large supplies are on the ground, covered with
taTpaulius.
CEcIySATi. Oct. 1.-THE Commercially Nash
willie dispatch says Communication has again been
opened with sherman. He was at Seton. nine miles
from Dalton, Oh Saturday noon. Hood left Dalton
Oh Sunday afternoon IN the direction Of Bridgeport,
and Sherman commenced moving in the same direc-
ton, close on his rear. No battle had been fought at
last afSices. IL Is pretty certain that Hood has
nearly hiss whole army with him.
Mexican News.
CAIsO, Oct. S.-An arrival from New Orleans
brings Mexican dates to the I'D nit. News via Malta
mOras says AliTamon e, the last dates had possession
Of tie largest part Of the city Of Mexico, and had
raised the flag Of the Republic. and called on the
Mexican people 70 sustain him and drive on; the
foreign invaders. Monterey, the capital Of Nueyo
Leon, Is reported Tecaptured by the Mexican General
CEivOga. The French, af er the capture of Monterey,
lei, a small force to hold the city. and with the re-
msinder Of their troops started for Matamorss After
they had left, Caiyoga pronounced against the French
and took the garrison prisoners.
NEw YORK, Oct. l2-By the steamer Eggle we
have Havana dates TO the 9Th October: from the City
of Mexico dates 10 the 26th of September, and from
Vera Cruz TO October lst. 1t was reported that 500
French Ind 100 Mexican troops attacked 4 200 MeXi-
cans, defeated them, took 20 cannon, $50 prisoners,
killed and wounded 500, and blew up the remainder
Of the artillery.
l. was also reported at Vera Cruz on October Ist
that Matamoras bud been occupied by the French.
General VicarO was reported TO have taken Jalapa.
and was expected TO take ChiIpaIcingo, and thus
open communication with the Acapulco expedition.
1t is said that an expedition to Mazatlan Will start
soon.
Just as the steamer left Vera Cruz there was q
report that Macmillan had been ASA ssinated; but
this was not believed.
There is little or 10 fever in Havana hsIbor.
From Sheridan.
From the Shenandoah we learn that General Sheri-
dan has begun TO fall back, having accomplished his
object OF rendering the valley untenable for the rebels.
The inhabitants OF the valley must have realized the
raSages Of war as never before, as Gen. Sheridan
NbI ~ AbNt A1h iIHbi hidEh kHIu
TO feelings. His apology. If one is needed, is that the
people have bushwhacked > every train, every
small party, and every %straggler since he came into
the yallry. They murdered Lieut.. Meiggs, and for
the atrocious act he burned all the houses within
OF five miles OF the spot. The Generals own dispatch
will best set forth what he has accomplished in the
way Of rendering the valley untenable.
WOODSTOCK, Va, Oct. II have the honor to
report my command at this point tonight. l com
meuced moving back from Port Republic, Mount
Craw ford, Bridgewater and Harrisonburg yesterday
morning The grain aud forage at these points had
previously been destroyed, and in moving back to this
point the whole country. from the Blue Ridge to the
North Mountain, has been made untenable for the
rebel army. l have destroyed over 1000 barns filed
with wheat, hay and farming implements over 20
mills filled with -four and wheat, driven in front of
my army over 400 head of stock, and killed and Sc
cured to the corTs not less than 5000 sheep. This
destruction embraces Luray Valley and Little Fort
Valley, as well as the main valley. = large number
Of horses have been obtained"
Elections.
Full returns had yet not been received for the
State Elections.
CINCINNATI Oct. I4-The Union majority of Ohio
on the home vote IS about 80, 900. The soldiers
vote will probably increase it to 5000. Seventeen
Union Congressman are elected
BALTINoKE. Oct. 1.-THE returns of the Constitu-
tionaI election come in slowly. The !esnlt is doubt
tut. The friends OF emancipation think the new Con-
stitution will be adopted by a small majority, unless
the slaveholdjug counties give larger majorities then
Is aublCilhtel.
CISCISNATG, Oct. 17.-3eturus from seventy three
counties in Ohio give q Union majority of -, 275.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 1.-THE Inquirer says the
returns foot up a Union msjoTity on the home vote of
1866.
Miscellaneous.
The Richmond Enquirer fIvors making soldiers of
negroes, and giving such negroes their freedom, and
urges Congress TO purchase 250. 600 negroes and pre-
sent them with their freedom, then arm, equip, drill
and fight them. Neither negroes nor slavery, the
Enquirer says, Is TO stand in the way of the success
Of our cause. Virginia, after exhausting her whites,
will fight her blacks through TO the last man.
Gen Stonemsn had passed through Augusta, Ga,
10 be exchanged.
The Richmond Examiner. Of the 4th, states that
BeauregArd has been assigned to the Department of
Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi, which
comprises the commands of Hood and Taylor, both Of
whom retain their present position.
The Charleston Courier, Of the 9th, says "Da-
yis's speech NJ Macon, published here TO day, appeals
earnestly to absentees t. return TO the army, and says
that men are needed. He confesses that the disparity
Of the numbers Of Hood and Sherman was very great,
and in Virginia the disparity in numbers is as great
as in Georgia Regarding the exchange of prisoners,
he says = If an exchange could be effected, he might
he induced to recognize Butler in the future Every
effort will be given as far rs possible, to effect an e1-
change The same papers says: 1--WE make no
comment on this speech, but cannot refrain from ex-
pressing our regret that such n speech should have
been made by the Chief Magistrate of the Confederate
States"
NEW YORK, Oct. I've learn from passengers per
steamer -7rGgO, from Port RoyGl. that the rebels say
that six hundred OF our prisoners at Charleston took
the rebel oath OF allegiance. Their starved condition