New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-10-24
NEWS OF THE DAY.
THE WAR.


army Of HOOD All surerfuons baggage mas p'eH
thrown aside and every effort Is beng mAue !" Over
+ats The Rsbek and compel them to fight HooD il
r.pilly falling back toward The Sonth west 80 Us W
rcacb tho railroad ut Tolladega. The NGs'r'N U"o"
of Oct 10, says. Gen. HOODS army was al Sonervie
yesterday morning evidently attempting to escape In
the direction Of Tallsdega. Alabama FORREST cav
aIry is covering his retreat Heavy Skirnishing oe'
o,r,sa AL dsv Yesterday. HOOP has his whole army
with him and therefore the reports of an attack on ~
lanta are without foundation lie will not fight as long
nc he can avoid t. Ten DAYS viii suffice to repair the
railroad from here to Atlanta HOODS army is out OF
suppl,os and can take no time collect any and his
men are compelled to live on parched corn. sHEsAAA
has plenty of supplies for months. foragns Tram Oh
800 wagons which had been sent ont few days SINCE
came in loaded YESTERDAY"
Further developments relative to the keDei
Paid from Canada into Vermont have been msde The
leader of the eare, styling himself "EESNklT H.
YOUNG First Lieutenant Provisional Army Coniede
,ste States Of America" tss written letter acknoWl
edging his connection with the affair He says he went
20 Vermont for the express object Of burning towns IN
&hat State IN retaliation for Gen. SHrRIpANs des;ruc
zion of property in the Shenandoah Valley He claims
that he has violated law Of Canada and processes
rea, distress, on account of violations Of British soil
ey the yerrnonters who pursued him and his fellows.
Another of the arrested raiders las made COMES
fon in which he says that their leader Was conimis
Stoned BY the Rebel Government for lis special eIpe'
dition Twelve Of ;he rascals have been caught II
said that official information has been received IN But
falo that another party Of Rebels in Canada is now
making preparations raid Of murder burning end
sobbery into that city.
From Missouri, we learn that heavy fighting
was going on all Saturday between Gen. CURTIS and
the main army of Price The losses were heavy, and
1t was thought The Rebels bad suffered much more SC
verey than the Union army. Gea. PLEAsAST0s with
his cavalry pressing hard on the rerg Of the enemy
dispatch from Ieayenworth dated the Dist says that
Gen BLUNT had been all tina. day stubbornly resisting
the advance Of the Rebel PRICES army toward the
western part Of the State of Missouri Gov. CARNEY
of Kansas having toeFrphed that the danger was very
great and to send 10 the front every available man,
troops were going forward rapidly.
Gen. SHERIDAN officially states that he pur-
sued the flying Rebels nearly to Mt. Jackson. and that
Che evidences of an entire rout complete every
hand The Rebels took "a pieces Of artillery from us
early in the morning. but SaEiIDAS not Only retooS
them but added nearly many 70 them and they
arc now at bis Headquarters The Valley is strsvn
with and equipments thrown away By tie enemy.
and not ess than three hundred wagons have been cap
tured or destroyed Fifteen hundred ofolr wounded
and 5O0 Rebel prisoners have arrived at Merensburg
Gen. CUsTEB arrived in Washington Saturday with
seen captured Rebel la tle.aags.
We have additional particulars Of the seizure
OF the steamship Roanoke by Rebel pirates. under
Lieut.. BRANE. The Roanoke Jeff Havana ON the goth
of last month for this port and about ten o'clock on that
Hight tie Rebels by a sudden movement. succeeded In
securing ali the officers After seeing the passengers
and crew board another vessel for BelInuds. the
pirates burned the Roanoke. Her freight was or no
great value; but lhe Lad board between ffy and
sixty thousand dollars which her Rebel cap'ors secured
Gen. BUFFERS prompt retaliation in the
matter Of setting prisoners Of war 10 work on the
enemys fortihcatlcns has opened the eyes Of Gen LEE
1t now understood that LIE has relieved our meu,
and BUTLER has taken the Rebels out Of the Dutch Gap
canal large proportion Of the latter took the oath OF
allegiance.
We have advces from Little Rock, Ark, TO
the 18th inst. All was then quiet in that vicinity
Gen. STEELE in command there has a large force
Several skirmishes in the country south OF Little Rock
1od recently taken place. In which number OF Rebels
had been killed. wounded and captured.
A daring reconnaissance was made by small
governmen, steamer IN Mobile Bay, on the 10Th ine
The boat steamed around among the distractions
torped0es and passed to within three miles OF tAe city
su broad daylight without the slightest hostile
stra,ion being nude By the Rebels.
The l.. S. steamer Arkansas. recently cap
Jared the schooner Wstchfcl fro New York Cor Mat
Anoras. having boxes Of arms secreted on board
Capt. McNArg's guerrillas captured tire
steamer Cottage, Capt. DICKENS. at Harpeth Shoals,
en- the 18th met.
Memphis is again excited by a rumor that
DICK TAYioBis near the city with large Rebel force.
Col. LOWELL, Of tse Second Massachusetts
cavalry was killed in the battle Of Cedar Creek
The Court-House atsMayGeld, KY, was
burned by gucrriIlas ON Wednesday night.
Our latest correspondence from the armies Of
Gen. GRANT represents oil quiet.
MAJ. Gen DANA has taken command Of the
ieth Army Corps with heade uarteFs ut Yicksburg.
GENERAL NEWS.