The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-10-11
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eRFBRAL LEE's OFFICIAL Htrotr oP ruE BArr1H
OP YEsIFKUAy.
AZ a late hSuT ltst IiSht, after the above ac-
count was wri ten, an oticu dtspa.,h was
re eiyed from Gcu,ral Lee, which states hat
yesterday morning General A ,krSOn attacked
the en- my on the Charles li,y TO 4 and drove
them ont Of two line, Of i1 i1Teuchmouts, ctp-
turing ten (l0) pieces Of cann n, with Al their
cAls,ons and horses, and n1US'r Of prisoners.
We then drove the enemy 10 the Ntwna brt
| WIZ ~, tiut ing them grOuyly fortified we
enemy's unknown. The hrlvH General Gsegg
| died at tie head Vt bis troops.
TIB CITY Yesterday.
The city was uuusu illy % " yesterday. Owing
| to the direction of The wiud, from southwest ~
| norm ast, scarcely "A sOuni OF tho uO'-fir-1G
| b TIE br, he The stiffness OF the air. About 8
O'Clock p. NJ, as TIE sun was settling In gorgeous
Olaupe aud golden clouds, the Capitol Square
pr, teuted a scene as sweet an y aCcful u, eve
| could wish to rest upon, and Nhich was a CO n
| mentary indeed upon the idea the Yankees never
| cea ~ preach and publish, that kichnOnl is
ally and nightly tho scene Of the Widest excite
| Cnt and panic. Large crowds Of citizens aud
Coy ly dressed ladies and children had assembled
| aro with feelings of the prufOuudest security
promenade 10 the delightful strains Of the
| a mOty Band, and onlv with departure of day
| ngut did the crowds disp, rse
PROM PETERSBURG.
There was a rerort of hght on the Petersburr
| line yesterday, which We dScredi'.
IT what we hear be tue. General Lee has, by
some very recent ditchiug, so checkmatod Grant
at Peter. burg rs to force him to transfer his
activity to this side Of James river.
BArIDAN BRIDGE BURNT.
An official despatch from Gordonsvllle last
night states that Yankee cavalry force Yestcrd "
hunt the railroad bridge over the Rapidan
and made their escape.
PROM TEE VALLEY SHERIDAN IN PULL RBTRsAr.
An official despatch from General EARLY, dated
the 9th aud received here yesterday, announces
mat sheridan whole force commenced falling
back down the valley last night along the pike"
Now for another race over shis famous valley
track We have for some days expressed tue
belief that that would be the result Of this Valley
campaign.
PROM NORTHERN VIRGINIA.
Yankee papers announce that their troops are
rebuilding the Manassas Gap aud Oange and
Alexandra railroads. We are not Informed for
what that expensive work is being undertaken,
| unless II may be that Sheridan is disposed u try
his fortune by raid into Virginia IN the direction
Of Gordonsvlc. Adler captains than he have tried
this route and failed.
FORREST STILL IN GRAND CAREER.
Advices from Forrest to the 9th inst bring us
the intelligence that he had completely destroyed
the Alabama aud Tennessee raj road from Frank.
lin to Decatur, and had captured three hundred
prisoners, four guns, seven hundred horses, and
twenty five hundred small arms, together with a
thousand negroes.
This l., when viewed in every aspect, one Of
Forests most important raids.
THE BATTLE AT sALTvILLR.
The Lynchburg THginia,s says the battle com
menced early in the day. Our position was we'll
taken in an open field, near Sa,tyile. Here, from
no,n until dMk, the Yankees repeatedly charged
our position; but were received with such
witheIing fire as to be each time compelled u fa
back in confusion, and with heavy loss. Atnight-
fail the battle ceased and at lU o'clock that night
the enemy commenced retr,a iog going through
TECmpsOns Pass, on The same road upon winch
they adyauced, leaving thcir dead and some of
their wounded on the field; hut carrying OH such
OF The wounded as could DC moved.
The total loss of the Reserves was eighteen
Killed, seyenty.One wounded, and twenty-one
missing. The regular regiments lost thirty nine
wounded, none killed.
The men detailed to bury the Yankee dead
buried one hundred and SIX whites and one hun
dreo and fifty seven negroes, hnC gentlemen who
visited the field on Wednesday assure us that
numbers of the dead, both white and black, are
still unburied. They think that these will reach
nifty or sixty in number, which would make the
Yankee killed upWards Of three hundred. There
are eighiy-siX wounded Yankees in tue hospital
at Emory, among Them Brigtd er- General HIM
son, of Kentucky, supposed to be mOrtaliy
wounded, who is said 70 DO q bro,her of General
Roger Hanson, who was killed in the COniedc-
rate SCI vice. A gentleman who cOnverse1 with
the General tells us that no puts the Yankee loss
at one thousand 10 twelve hundred, which we
are inclined TO believe is an understands
There are also included amo1g the wounded SIX
negroes.
Our forces were commanded on the field by
General A. E.EJacksOn. Generals BreckluTi lge
and Echos were also on the field after the light
had progressed some time.
As soon as the retreat of the enemy was dis
covered pursuit was commenced by our cavalry,
but with what success has not peen learned. There
was a report at Satyie We nosddy night that
our troops had overtaken 'hem at the Rl1hlauls,
thirty miles from the battle field, aud csptured
five hundred prisoners This report, however,
needs confirmation. The en,my had only three
pieces Of artillery and these are reported TO have
fallen into the hands OF Colonel Giltner, vino il
conducting the pursuit.
The enemy on their r9lrGl' threw away guns,
pistols, sW0i dS, sinIGnui,iUl, overcoats, KNAPP
sacks, &c, in the greatest prOiusiOn. The rOId
| from the battlefield ID with threed miles OF
| Thompson's Pass, thirty mites from the battle
leid, was literally strewn with these articles. A
| large number OF pack mules were abandonod anu
| fell into our hands.
| No portion of the SALE works were reached by
| the enemy. They were met in an open field aud
| defeated in pitched bate bY one-iifth their
numbers, and 1t will be long, we predict, before
another attempt is madci,o CT lsure these import
| ant works.
| Richmond local Items.
Return or THE PREsIDHSA-President Davis
| returned 10 the capital yesterday morning on the
Petersburg lTain, from his visit to the south aad
the army of the Southwes-. lie returns in good
health and excellent spirits, aud speaks wish con-
| hdence OF the final result IN Georgia.
| 1HB President REVIEWING GENERAL JOHN
|
| received a private letter, dated September 2j,
| nom an officer in the army containing the fol-
| lowing item -
| The President reviewed TIE troops in blvouac
| to-day, and some of the incn In Cheathams and
| Bates Divisions called Out o him TO send John-
ston back, and proposed anG gave three cheers
| for sold Joe"
The writer also states thl- tho officers having
| received information thar soTo such demonstrd-
| ilon was to be made issued orders PROHIBITING
| il, and threatening 20 punish he Offenders Some
| Of the men, however we're bold enough ~ set the
| order at defiance -MUcon CDn toaerate.
PHIsOSERs GOING SOuTH.- Thirteen hundred
| Yankee prisoners were slprtOd southward yesteT-
| day morning, and nine hundred more Will follow
| this morning, under guaci OF a detachment Of
| Reserves detailed 70 accompany them.
| Among our wounded ci liens who received
| ihtir wounds in the recent ushting In Virginia,
| is POWhGtan Wcslger, the well-known halter,
! Main street, who received severe wound In a
| cavalry fight at Water bridge on the 25th ultimO.
| THE Moro IAiPRCssNFNT BUsINEss.-Yester-
| day was q day Of real excitement among the able
| BODIED male negro population, bond and free, In
consequence of an order impresslng them for
| defense purposes. There was no FORMULATION
| OF the order ami the negroes were taken unawares
on tie street, at the market, from the shops, aud
| at every point where they were found doing the
| erTards Of themselves or their masters and mis-
! trCsses. At an early hour the negroes began 20
bLUitSOuCtliug ia the wind, and rolling the whites