The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-10-27
rHE REBELS arARnELLIxo AMoxa rHrMsELvEs



A letter in the Herald, dated mt Chattanooga OF
the 18th instant gives the following state of affairs
i'll Georgia:
The theatre of war has been transferred to Whit
field, Walker and Dade counties, the northern border
of the State. 1t has at length been definitely set
tied that large force of rebel infantry Is operating
in those counties. Hitherto il has been thought
that cavalry only far from home. Rome,
Georgia, was abanloned and is now used rs a lelel
base of supplies, which ar" brought there on The
CiJst uv"f. ReSar;l I.IS bcet attacked by Il party
travelling northwarl; the road tom UP again near
TIton; Dalton captured; Ringgold, Tunnel Hill
and Cleveland evacuated, and concentration OF
Union forces has taken place here.
Colonel Johnson OF the Forty-tourth United States
colored troops, who garriSuned Dalton, surrendered
to vastly superior force night before last, seeing
that resistance was hopeless. All but SeveHtyliyc
eighty If his command We're taken by the enemy,
No great amount Of supplies fell into the enemy's
handr; but his possession OF the post the railroad,
and hundreds of sturdy Africans, was Iuts
putable. The guards and garrsonS 1T Tunnel iIill
and Ringgold rightly ~lcrci discretion the better
part Of valOr yesterday. and came III. The enemy
have the tunnel--one thousand four hunlIri
and sixty feet IN length. through gravel hji!-aul
will undoubtedly destroy 1t. This will be severe
blow to the Atlantic and Western road, toT dah.a--
may be done III half day IL the tunnel V Ia. Il
WEE Ks will OF tpaIr.
General Sttufrit carl' down from Knoxville YES
tcrdav motntn- aI.l went :" nairpn I:r.r. b. ',-
ceivod dispatches from General >h.IHdI., At og t,"
KINGSTON adyl-lnE hIm Not toternpt 20 .'rt through
10 the front. General S,hotcid, i'll company with
Brsadier- Generals Rice and SplaPue, OF the Amy
of the Tennessee, went Lt-k To- Cleveland, orl'TJt
the evacuation of that point, and came down hc.c
t0 assume direction ut affairs. All artillery and
stores were brought away from Cleveland and the
place abandoned for Il time. No information has
been received that the cneH ny have uI1,I It 80
troops from all IdaTt,l- come pouring INTO thettt-
nouga III detlchnentS and found the sound -hc1ft i
Commander of the ONO department t. ttlr" them
when they got there. Brigadrs have come IN ttCm
,f.l nm a.
the safety OF this POST. IioOts amy, W~Ic II A.
strong and enthusiastic when liz took II III hint
last JuY, oOUd make II" IMPRESSION on the l'Iu II q
strength at thee inTts gHIi~purI a. they &I' now
Two days ago General sherman a. Kingston,
when insurance rates Oh the rebel Il" X OF provi-
sjon5 at Rome must have gone up somewhat @u't-
man could leave force enough ut Atlanta u WIuP
lIo"ls army and bfng force ennulh in pun ,'iIt To
whip X. To-day he cannot be tar behind the rebels
and hourly expect To- hear that lie IS fighting
them. Emphtticay, he has hgm be "oeH t"" illcN.
From scouts and others wh" have come in, We learn
thlt after the surrender ot ti.o ami the Forty
fourth United States Cuorcd troops, Hood moved on
! Kesaca, which wits gInjsoucl hy two Iowa. reel
mrutS, under Colonel Weaver, Seventeenth Iowa
who refused To- surrender, and calamity held out un
til reinforced, when the enemy had a. rctlE",
| The army IN their rear Is sad to haFr hal Non(
| heavy skirmshlng with Hood a brisk fl Iht l. re'
ported TO have taken place ylsteri ~ near Smoke
| Creek gap, between u portion Of the Eogr.,rnt'
| corps and the Of Hoods amy. The latter q
sad to have been routed ana fe!l back towards II
l
| thus hedging III between Hoods man Amy and tn
portions guarding the \ heavy r-ht Il -
pccted to ttkr place M the Eeirhborhoot Of Ltay
ettcIt HouicI battle. he VIII have 10 do tins o
expose himself to the chance Of being ctt oft II.
ann r,ijeHtig tog,t toto AiabGm,2 From thi., b
| Is shut ont by the range Of mountains.
I'M fIUnr N rnf vAILEY-wntr Is ENrEc,sD OF
sHLHtutE.
| However much tho Conl,I,fates may have bee
L
| have not been gulled They that the clpt'.r
OF certain number of guns Is not a victory. A let
| ter from Harper's Ferry, in the Heratd, cites IA
| Yankee generals whose heads have been cut oiT f.
| their failures IN the Valley, and says that Hunter
| who got as far as Lynehburg, came nearest to 81.
cess, but got his head oif failing To 30 whS
the Government expected of him. 1t says
The question arises therefore, what IS 10 !
tn fate of Little Phil sheridan" who, afeI thre
very gallant and splendldlY lou -l engage naVHt>
| tcisr|y llJstGtnfd Jf0ps trying the S;'shgh ~ q
| teeth dga,s.St the OoH defDsces upon and arou4
| .Ho"t CTd"f0rd! Is he, too, to feel the relcnio.
| hcadSmau's axe Shall the failure tocaPiure LSnch
bmg-now that Early has been reinforced by Long
strect-hc imputed uutO sheridan, rs unto o'hef'
| iii the light OF Il criHs1 Is the last born Of ou
Young hero brood To be- stronghold he still IN Ia
very teetling process Of his fame; viii not Ia
| stroig common sense Of Ge4s.!Hl Grant step III
| assert that failure to acconpi. j mpossibItleS
| not offence Toy which any true soldier or office
| should be punished These are questions nu~ nut
agtated here Il. there he little doubt that Sher
dan will soon be moving this way, Instead OF push
ing higher up towards lynchbHIg. some call h
return Il retreat but Others, and probably the wise
contend that he IL only returning towards LIS bast
, under orders from General uraUt, - make read
for another expedition 70 be undertake. with larg>
| knowledge of the country and It's necessities.
! 4 correspondent OF the same paper, writing frol
Sheridans army, gives the following about the c;,I
| ture OF our artillery. II all picked up by {,
| yalry:
DeyIn with hiH little brgaie, kept sg coping dow
upon their rear gobhug up tiieir oiiurgs and
| by SCORES. lie pressed them hand it wss imp"
| s,ble 20 get their artillery Out of has way or the
| wagons and ambulanCtS, The drivers and cal
numeers dismounttd and ran OF into the woods d
either side of the road and the guard ot the IL
| mofaliZed rebel army, II II had one, followed stit
leaving the whole tram III our hands. Cannon, h'i
berS, cai1Sons, wagons and ambuianceswete al hE,
| died together IN the greatest disorder
GENERAL pEyINs's CAPTURES.
The following is the principal part Of General u
| yns's captures Twenty-Five pieces OF artillery, II
, Guiding a section Of thlrty-two poundel= twent
| nine army wagons, thirty ambuitn,ts, one hundr,
| and t0rty-three mule, ana one hundred and scys
| teen horses, TWO stands of Colors and a rniiun III
Ninth New York captured one of the celors. and Il
| Sixth the other. The Fnst New York dgaEooi
, took the guidon. Three hundred ana hity-Iwo r.
soncrs were captured, and IA large quantity oi shI'
! | arms, &c.
| CAPrpREs pY GENERAL CssrEas bRl"Np@'
, Custer took some twenty piece OF cannon VIA
Large number Of prIsoheis~niAAihs WY WV ~
OF artillery III all.
TuE PURSUIT CONTINUED.
| W. f,uawsd ,hs .p.n,y up to the base OF fishel
Hill where Colonel Nichols, With hts gallant Nih
| New York, charged them again and drove thr
back, leaving considerable portion ei theli was'