, 1864-09-30

NASAf AL&At 4AIEeAA3f 0ept. ~.
Dispatches fran Reusseau Of last evening saY
| henry skirmisa:n. between his cavalry and For
1e.i'e forces Was sept ap all day yesterday. At
p. n. tic Ekrru:shins te:3me 70 arlsa, aud uur
ftrcea httiy prsssL tht tho teie 1raph Vi
fec ut PolaaE WAS obliged TO h. closel for time,
bnt opeu.d sfatn late III tae day. Aaou1 Eve p. III
The er=ny advanced their line 10 poiut near oa1s
ard trfsk Il .ht eas.cd, in which the r.belt got
the y:.rrt of IT, About 5000 OF the euony tried TO
pet in keus"esu;s fear, bnt we're unsuccessrdl.
Our lorB during the tn'ire dny vi not
excee: eighty. ate in the evening Ecu,seau's 'ine
ii lstile ~as imu.s diac'y this South =ide Of Pa
'ast1, apo etneral engagement w.s expected to
tuEe I'll this murpirE. -; - - -
A ptisoner, c1ptnrel In Marshall coIuty, Teau.,
r'plesented hlmsef to be On .hs way to McN.nu,
vile With dispatcaes for Williams, who was to
join Fo1r*st and destroy the Railroad, while Fu;-
rest Gtt the f.htiIr. lie reocrts Forests iosco
btel:ht thousund nen aud ei:h1een or twenty
aceacb.nt1, q It btls nj T., onyile,!.n R sesu's
r.ar, nno DiA1e-. with consl,itrab'e iur:e. in
M.ustca aEu Williams couuties, nexr t1i'lsboro.
Tnere has been no cunlnntt 4ttcn aouth Of Co.
General GRANGER rp.rts from Drc4tar shat Clin.
ton. with 100 uaen AID part Of WheelGk's force,
il trying to cross the Tennessee nesr Guu,sfsy ;i
with III It tcnt,en to join Forrest.
IATEE-3 T. M.-A dispatch i. tast in from
Rouescau. The eneny Withdrew from the ylctn-
i'y OF Pulatki dunns Last night, gciu: south. Our
the track, Il milee n"1to of Pulsske. lave beea
burned. The enemy's loss 3estezday exceeds 200
--LATEST.
Forrest ia reported falling back from the Nash
willie aud Cha.'atO Oaga Raiirn8d, While Routseaua
cavalry was following to watch the u.7emtnts Of
anu basEass tie tneuy.
a scon,ae party q twsuty rebels crossed the
this morhtIr, c",tiea The wires aud tp}aring the
track, which VIII soon repaired.
Scouts IL from Meiinhsl,le nay Williams Il Is
northeast 1f sparts, and Carter. With leo men, ut
Spencer, q miles east Of McMtnnTille.
Fam Oar Owl BE- aoster.I
NAsuY1lIE, Sept. y.
We sre in The midst Of another excitement con.
seqccn1 uron raid on Sherfban's conmuaica
tluEs Fo:ret at the head Ut aoout GOO men aud
tuo or three Hsht batteries, hiss again cfo..e1 te
TeInessee river, in The vicinity of the Muscle
Sho.le a: t. .; rre*eat oper a.DS on H. rs,!ro4d
liGt nt. JIoM Tbs eeAt OF war II cont. 1ietFY Aod
confused bnt enough il known to satisfy the ao-
thorlties bat the inynrinn IA really foTmtdable
ore; anG no oae wall QUESTION the d:tti1g qualities
Il 1lc 1s3te-.
Jonn Morgan WAS a great coward, and wfthal IN
better; hnt Forlet! has bulldog courage sud ossti-
naey, and If nut Without tolr deStee uf sxfit but
BE- u The yer. embodiment Of erue.1y. perady atd
fo1r lie T.r a1d he son Of .1a;e ,raaer he eon'd
br no other than he is gllsin Of the dsene*t oye
The rider. captured athens ant destroyed A
number OF The b1iUlnts In the plHce and then
pr:ceedtd nj zsh. cspturinz a few negro soldiers.
wlum EnHor raJs he Immediately m1ssacred j; and
OF reaching Sulphur Fork tssstle, a lune and In
m sn q tbe J. 9 Go asS
he EtacAta' tae Six R!7er nfidse, tEel7s mics irs
ces'rcyed- Theearr3suD, under Col P,ns, ey Gu.
aseu ths place, without 6tht- and rettelted to
Pulaski, "heie be joined Gen Hoesseaa At the
tesd Of fo1se hastty collected to meet tho H.
vaters.
:, ,Atklfmlfhing p,!ts, under Col. spau!d'ne 1ss
throw cut 70 feel tbs reo-l. and t, check them
uLih Gen. R',n-stsu coulH receive further rein.
ttr.ements, and the work was well performed.
From every quarter troops were zen. to pu1asxl
Gen. J. D. WehfttF, OF oheImsn's ataf, immed[-
atsiy tent oct fcIces 10 cut of the vatous lords,
ct Muscle Shoals, AID prevent retnturcements
from crossing the river. The detschmenis TINS
rent out IRE Infantry, who win DO l.ttle te9ard
Rukrus IT the tiFe1 foru1.
It's expected that Forrest, ii he escapes Ros.
ss vicnty II DUCK yel Viz SteR To tha n
tsructlon Of the railroad bridge over the stream.
The csmaee du1e to the ral road, l1on tats punt
70 !: Sa s, MI MI %
Sherman little damage, st Chattanooga and nut
Nashville Is lis real base Of supplies. in the DAN
Sherman finds ample Justification for oepopu ating
Atlsnta. he oushs to raye years. provisions
stirred In that city: auch An accumulation OF sup
would relieve TINT nuSber iron sar4ison dniys
Unto tieven O'Clock to-day there has been no
intelligence VI light; AID it is even fumoIed
taat there Is no official confirmation Of the fact
taat Forrest it retiring. I nave 10 Confidence III
Tle fsbel eympathtze1s ht5e arc degpondent .o.
pfosch, u they a.,sg IRE % dnr:ns @ rid ,nty by
wow and feel tnat the gama il up; that hood and
Eafly have been bcates', and Lee cannot hoid out