Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-10-25
LATEST FPaaI THE UNITED STATES

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LATEST From The UNITED STATES
We have received Northern dates Of the
10Th, from which We make the following BE.
ieciions:
TIE WAR.
TEE CAHPAIGN IN GtoRG1A-oFflcIAL DEs-
rA1cuEs-uooD's ELANK1Sd oPERATloss--A
RE:UnE OF RECENT MOVEMENTS.
The following official dispatches are pub
lisheG:
WAR DEPARTMENT, Oct IL, 1864.
Major General Dix:
Tho following despatch hos been received
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Oct. 17-3 P. NJ.
Hoods main foroe was about Lafayette last
nighr, AID Shsrman's ct Ship Gap.
The report of yesterday that uoed was ap
preaching Carpenters Ferry was. a mistake
lie had not crossed Lockout Mountain last
night. ). III: ScnoFIELD'
Major General.
Another oliclal despatch, dated at Chatta'
nouga, yesterday, is Hs folioWs:
I loft General Sherman at Ship Gap, in
Tayor's Ridge, ct dark last night, The
C-,ncrni and army Gro oil right and III the best
OF suirits. Hood will not fight, though offered
repeatedly. His dreadful repulSe at Alatoona
haa mado him very cautious. -,
General Soeun is all right ut Atlanta, with
pleoty Of provisions a'd forage. :,
Hoods raid has produced 10 military result
as yet.
If lac wants to invade Tennessee, as hc has
promised his mon, be will lose BY dc5ertion
twiee as many as be has captured.
Tic Leases ii men thus far have beon in our
tavor.
Hood demanded, over his own signature,
tho surrender of Resacca and Dalton, end
said that if surrendered the whito officers and
r.e.i acu!d be- paro!et in few days, but that
if the pos. was carried by assault mo pri-
soncrs would DO taken"
Rome is al right: G. &. DANA,
Acting Secretary Of War.
stc,Np D.srArcu FROM TIE WAR OFFICE.
WAR DEPARTMENT
Warrington, d. G., Oj!. ls-9 p. NJ,
Major Gen. Dix:
Tho suaj 7ni dispatches have reached the
Departni-n; this efternoCn:
NASHVILLE, Tenn, O,:! LIS p. NJ.
Tho .o.ia.ying despatch has been recsiyel
from Gen. Sherman:
SHIP Gar, O,t. lG-5 T. NJ.
va took Ship Gap to-day, capturing part
If tl;s Twenty fourth North Carolina. Two
co,rs nrc represented to he g. Lafayette, and
orc wan. south from VDiannva Plains. They
ols,,uctcd Snake Creek PAS to delay our
,rai5c; but By tomorrow can Iaove in my di-
racti,n. W.T.. SHERMAN, Mi Cen.
IIepersers from Holds army report his force
NJ thirty Thousand. Ths strength Of his cav.
AIRY y not KNEW.
there il no additional news from the Ton
anesoe river, o1csFt tha; R11dy's forces moved
from Tufcumhin yfs:eTday.
q. ii TucAAs, MSj. Con.
CHATTANOOGA, Oct. ITO A. NJ.
'fhs rcnr Of IIood's army left Lafayette,
ro,n.. aJu!i,, at Daylight this mornng.
j. ii. ScuoFTELsD, Mrj. Gen.
nh, country south and southwest of La
f.ye,,n i4 escsedirgly difficult far an inferior
army vigorously pu7tusd, conslstius OF narrow
valleys parallel to tho ranges OF Iaylor's k!oge
an.t Lockout Mountain, broken by rough hilla.
and dcsiiiu;n oI Tod fOr men or beast, until
yca reach tho C00sa river, distance equal to
fh,ca DAYS forced marches. y. a. DANA,
Acting Secretary IF War.
HOOPS rLaEEING OPERATIONS.
Tho "IIera!dW gives tho following history Of
recea. movements in Georgia:
ucoD rGRcsD TO hsiCXs THE orFiNsVs.
This tno7emer. Of II1Gd's army, which the
raisia declared must ruin Sherman, and which
was even depended upon to affect the mp
rr9aching elections in the North, is not with
out irt.rett to us in view Of tho possibility Of
its cuIuinn'icn-in great battle, ANA re give
hsor; +. SUMMARY Of his movements to the
latest da;es, accompanied by map showing
Tho Ina Of march b. which tho rebol army
was preoip:tItsh upon Slerman's comnunlca
tons.
HOODS PREPARATORY MoVrNESTs- JEFF. DAVIS
rIsITH THE ARMY.
Ai,er aia signal defeat ut j 3neaboro and re-
treaI from Atlanta, Hood cacompod his army
near Lo7ei3y's Station. on the N soon railroad,
covering GriHia and Macon, Ga. Wl;Ic here
truce was declared to exist !;aa September
I3.h to the % !, during which Hood made his
prensrations for sctive work. As soon NJ the
lrnce was concluded he transferred bis army
iTCM IIlh on W VIZ
Atlanta ard West Point road. near Newman,
tho scene # Gen. Stoneman's surrender, July
80, with tho evident intention Of opposing
auy increment OF Sherman against Columbus,
Ga. IL was yhilo enaampel here that the
army WA visited by jeff. Davis and the moves
ment against Sherr1an's rear WA begun -
Il is Is very plausible argument that
these movements were forced uLoa llood
by tie necessity Of some active emp, y
mcnt for his men. wn0 ara -,prssented to
hs in u most dcnorAtizai sLatn, to which
jdianeaa would only add. This idoa is borne
ont hy tho reception which We perceived
was accorded to JeH. DaVis on his arrival ct
lIocds Headquarters. Tho men had not for.
gotten that TIE malca Of Davis had deprived
Them OF the care, kindness and experience OF
Joa Johnston and placad them under young
snd mex re,i..ccl msn. Many OF them had
bsen III rrendercd at Yicksburg, as thcy cup
p0sed, from the Same malice felt by DAVIS
towards johnston. The consequence was that
Davis met with such q Ool1 reception that he
could not Eus notice it, and ho requested OF his
corrs commardcrsan explanation of theslngu-
lar fact. Davis VAS told that the men were dis
satstiod at Johnston's removal; that change
ought tn be made in the command oil the army,
and Il strong demonstration IN laVor OF Joe
Johnston was made, but in vain. Davis
was joined to his idol, Hood, as he had for
merly been to Pemberton, and only granted
in part the demands of the council of officers
with whom lie bad consulted. The army Was
nlollis1d by d ch6Dgo Of departmental c9m-
ian7.;ara, Hssuregnrd being nnde commander
* The d" department Of tho Southwest" and
II lad retained in tho immediate Command Of
the Army Of Tenae.ses," but under Bcaure.
CARDS orders. This restored the old order Of
things ~ they existed under Johnston in the
fall 0f 1863, Beaurogard filling the place of
General Johnston. Johnston was ef.ctuaIy
siclvea BIZ this decision, and will doubtlobs
never again receive command. Hardse,
Disguised, asked 10 be relieved, ard WIS put
in Benurcgard's old place ut Charleston.
HOOD BEoITs Ills MOVEMENT.
S,,l.rn,eptlv Davis urpel upon Hood the