The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-11-18
EXTRACTS TROM REBEL PAPERS.

town Of Washington on Wednesday last and II was
occupied by the enemy perhaps on the same day.
| No advance In any other direction Is appreheuded
at present Our forces oll back from Plymouth TO
| point ON tho Roanoke River 10 watch the cncmy's
movements. -Ra z Oh Confederate.
Around Richmond.
The lines below Richmond and pctcrsburg were
| quiet ON yesterday. No papers which have reached
IRON the North contain anything relative to the
calling out OF million OF men by lINcoLN and
the statement was no doubt an erroneous one.
From the valley.
General EARLy's army rs still ihis side Of Wy in-
chester Official dcs0atches ieceycu hsl ul' l' sluo
! that SuERrpANs army s lnircuelgu uoi"s,H NcW-
| town and kciustown. MEWTrs and Cu7IAE7
| diyis uus OF cavalry attacked General bossEH on tho
! 10Th but were rcpulscd aud driven several miles,
LOSING two hundred prisoners ana mum or OF Nprse,
| EOfsrr'a command behaved very Handsomely par.
| ard WtCKuAM's, under LieuteuautColouo Moe
| GAN About the snmo tmc lOwELLs tuyclry DE
/ ysIon attacked MCCAUsLANu.s Brigade, at Cedar.
vlIc, On The Front Royal road, and drove it across
nIoscbv's Operations
| The cnemy arc sun cndCvOrIug 20 complete the
! railroad between Winchester and hWpurs Fouy
An omcmi despatch received at the War Depart
The rails from the Manassas zap TO thc Winchester
Railroad, and that since lhey mad uccupfnI ths Ma
nassas Gap Railroad MO.EBY had killed. wounded
aud captured over six bundled ut their mon and cap-
turCd an equal number OF horses
The Might Surprisr OF the 3Dti uit
a private letter nom Gallant colder speaks as
follows OF The brilliant affair ui the nj int tno 3J
| mys picket iiug in our mont. General FtNNE9Ay
| sent out a detachment from tho second and Eighth
Florida rcrimcut ulso ono nom thc Eleventh. ..la-
and then turned rapidly TO the n isht and captured
{. EN- as We went rom pos, 10 ps.
Inc SUR rise was splendid, and relieved space
OF tmec-quurters OF mile. Ine Alabamians, who
came up lemnd us, as we d" broke the ICE" rs 10
were turned TO tine lett ana won't down tho Yankee
picket line in the opposite direction. relieving a
slacc fully as long as that we had relieved. Every.
thing acted like a charm. Not gun was fired on
either side. Our boys came out loaded with the
uch spos OF the Yankees with which it seems they
were most uhuudanty supplied such as tents bau-
| kets, inda-rubbcrs, overcOats, ryng-pans, cups,
| kunpsacks, havoTsaCEs, &c.
Generals MALONE and FGNNEaAN were both on our
| picket Inc, experimenting the aifur. TO my own
knowledge we captured all OF three hundred pri-
! sOuCIs
Losses Of Citizens In Roc,,ingham
The county court 0, Rockingham, Va, has asccr-
taBod alter careful canvass of the cOuny the iol-
lowing losses inflicted upon tho ctiz Ms BY he iucen.
| diary ana mi ltary charlatan, SHERIDAN
| LossLs.-Dwe ling houses burned %; Barns
| burned, 45O; Nils burned, 81; Feacihg DESTROYED
| gml,sG lOOi Bushels o, whoat destroyed, 10000
Bushels OF corn destroyed, so 0jO; Tons oil hay de.
stOyed o233 Cattle carued on, 1850; Horses carried
| on 1850; Sheep carried of, 400; Hogs carried OF
| $3.50; factories burned 81 urnaco burned, /
| In addition to which, says IN, Rockingham Regis.
| ter, there was immense amo ut oil farminy uteu.
| sl.s Of every GecuptOn destroyed many OF tlcm of
great value, such as Nc oRT1cEs reapers, threshing
| achinos; also, house anu kitchen furniture, money
uonds, plate, &C, &C. The whole oss is being est.
estimate is IN Confederate prices, aud shouId BE- ne.
ducod, we think, about One-ilIth IA order to bring il
| 10 The Government standard. ans
munchauscuism.
| The Petersburg Express OF yesterday states thai
| three OF Gen. HAMProNs scouts penetrated to Che
vicinity OF Fort POwhatan, the latter part of Iast
| week, captWeu tWehy-slA Yankees, aud safely
| brought oil twenty three Of them, whom they de
lvered at the Genora's head quarters. Three OF the
prisoners managed 10 escape alter capture IN
| qu@nce OF the pauclty OF the guatu. COuIedOra. .c
scouts are active IN GRANTS rear and give mm a
East Tennessee.
Recent reports bear evidence that military affairs
IN East Tennessee have assumed a moro cheerful as
| pect. General BRECKINRIDGE has taken commau d
| in person, absentces a.e returning, new recruits
daily arriving more rigid disc pine Is being en-
| forced, and all is union and harmony.
The disaster at MorrIstown not serious a nj
first reported. Just preceding the fight the man
body OF our troops were at MOrristown while Major
| q. ". LAYS Twelfth battaonl cavalry was sta.
toned at Beans Station twelve miles distant. II
seems to have been the design OF General VAUGHAN
| to tall back to Russelye before giving fight,
where he would have had some advantage in POSITION
| 10 this end, und with view OF concentrating his
| whole strength, Major LAYS command was ordered
to the latter place, which order promptly
obeyed. But the enemy, in vastly superior force
| brought on the attack at MorristOwn General
VAUGHAN, who IS one of the "brayest OF the brave "
| did everything in his power to repel the assaults
| His efforts were unavailing From some cause, hIi
troops were panic c-stricken, and retreated IN mucf
| disorder towards Russellvil!c. Major LAY met Ou
retreatng forces at this point, with the enemy IN ho
pursuit, and within three hundred ards OF on
wagon train. lie Immediately ordered charg
| upon the ad vancing column, to which his commln'
gallantly responded, and succeeded in driyng tn
Yankees back more than a half mile thereby stop
ping the TctlCat, and saving the wagon tram. Ihc
were highly complimented by the commanding gen
eral The casualties IN the battalion were tw,
wounded, none killed OF misslngi
Ali About sherman.
From ne Richmond ErdRlrer, NoU. Is.
| NO uoubt remains but that the military author
| ties oi the enemy desired TO conceal The New 1or
papers OF the 10Th instant that the reason OF the
G | intention TO do the statement cOntaine
. there OF suERaAN's movements. In the papers
4 | the 18th which they have permitted to pass, is
careful suppression OF distinct statement in tne usu
I summaries OF news But the writer ofan editorial
I hp wi pl IN hn npDI
cludIng paragraph OF long article, which nrooab
"a | movement OF SHERMAN is the result OF orders iTo
Ne GRANT and is part OF concOcted campaign, basl
on the stunning speeches OF DAVIS at Macon, A
IS In these speeches, they maintain the Confedera
p President gave authentic in ormaton of the mtal
le situation; told where The powder mills. &c. we
m situated; where the Rebel armies were going; al
deycloped the fact hat the country south OF Allan
" was defenseess On their data SHERMAN an
y GRANT have concerted their plans. SHERMAN is Il
y sword TO be plunged into the 'yctm," while GRAN
VI aud thomas hold II stll, and away goes SHERMAN
J., on to Augusta, and taeu to Charleston. SHERAlA
It indeed has an inclination 10 the movable column
he tired n ana failed last winter in Mississippi an
h tailed because the great toRREsr was at hand VIII
} will manage him in Georgia and the Caro- mas II h
that lie VIII lind lions in his path.
. But what Il This story is simply untrue2 IntOr ma
non OF another character leads 10 the beici tia
SHERMAN has not "marched for Charleston" no
even for Augusta but tlat he is concentrating th
. best part Of his army at bridgeport. lHoMAs
certainly collecting his forces at Pulaski ia Tennss
see and idea OF these Generals appears to be thl
1
tercepts hs retreat. This design appears sufficient
8. interesting and Its promise attractive enough T.
s, distract SHEEHAS away from those grand prospect
oteLod 70 INN by the press Oi New York Ii an
Ia amy Is marching on Augusta from Atlanta II mus
20 be u email one, and unui we shall hear positive y
.s nom ouihern sources, that such adygncsI ben
~ maze We Sian continue TO be incTeduloUs about th
he | nCws. "
", Miscellaneous Matters.
e, From he RiclinOFd SsRGqel, Noe. I5
in | sAFEIN OF THE Go lELLA UAssEE."-An Official d
20 | spach, received nom Win .ngtOn yesteldlr, 2, a
ts nOuHces the saIe arrival OF the &. S. steamer ia
hGssee IN that pore Snc engaged by sew /
| United states biOCkader3 as she made port.
LIECOLN's ONE MILLIOE.-ihcre Is no confirm
es tlon ~ the story which came to as from Pete sbuI
n, that LINCOLN has called Tor million more Of me
The papers which we have received show that {
a report was without 10 unUat on.
is CHARLEsTOE, SOUTH CAHOLINA.-SiNie1u sht
ms were fired at the CITY on "Wednesday nigh. and en-
,,, teen on Thursday.
VI The Yankees mounting new gun reported
% be Of the Ama' (5CvCn milel pa.t. IN at Bate
Wagner They asI continue busily hauling ANA
ch nitOn 70 Batteries Gregg ana Wagner.
,le | No change IN the feet Is reported.
n, To BE sOLD.-ihe State Military Works located
III. | Greenyile South Carolina will be sold at aucu
on The 10Th instant to-day, by order oil Govern
- | BOEuAM.
ba | SORGHUM MoLAssE Es.-This article is selling
~ forkylllo, South Carolina, at three dollars per q
~ Ion. In Charlotte, North Carolina 1t i selling
Le ten dollars per gallon. In Richmond 1t IS thir
e, dollars per gallon.
Of | WHINING FOR PEACE.-The Alb any tGal pafri
Of under the significant caption Of " Inning peace
speaks thus OF the persons who lately addre3seC
Lot NIn ~ NHrHu fff1 and e..