The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-10-31

i s'''' !! 1i'''h'' On" by Sorrcln. EmTt H, hard
+ 7'"' company X, Of tho same command and III
= 'nIfd by member ot the Sixty-fr,s Vr.,lnia r,,,
: mcnt.
u ABOUT dark on Thursday night, while the Hoht,s
r was progressing an right a anal! for,a IF ~
i enemy made Fl bold dash upon our w,,l. ar th
ielt anu succeeded i'll oaptusin. a horton ot than,
y Ay also gained possession of one hices of ,r.,lIsr
anu TOOK prisoners Lieutenant Co!oncI harrison ~,
l some twenty or thirty Of the Fo,ty-.ixth II,
| ginia regiment
me Petersburg Erpy"ss gives the fo!lowu-cxrl,
nation of the affair
me cent occurred about the time of rolievin:
l., h,'7' no night WIS dark and rainy and M
~ ndiihe" III k"ts requested that Hrinr shoIt raas.
~ rFll''I was alc"ded 10. When our pl, 4ets WI,
'r''i' IN" akc"s camn IN lose after ii an man,
iII'' HtliiE Themselves az drserterS hu. D. riI
tltiI snort CdFhhei concealed beneath thnir or
49,, me IUso was temporarily successful AN
o - n'i'ft1ken byla larEor force III stt hav,
resulted disastroUNly."
The Yankees woro driven from our ur,,L.a,;,,. ..
, loss OF ten OF twelve prisoners.
On Friday night. the enemy made = fsrc, ,s-,,,,.
upon Mcttae's lines, south OF the plankro,d. ln.
wefr repusod with heavy loss OnIv = small ,,or
tion Of our troops were engaged
On Saturday, all was quiet along tho Who'll, ii,a
and all the old lines seem - b.v, ha., r,-,,.,,
hlishcd. ''-'7'''
GENERAL HAMPTON'S OPERATIONS ~ ,-,,r
| BATTLE SOUTH OF PETERsBt-RG on 1>u,
| THURSDAY.
fFoSl the following dispatch of General Lee, 70.
c'1Ved Saturday evening, it will De seen that i,r,a.
raj Hampton and his brave cavalryrnen bar. ,,sie
tie enemy pay dearly for their encroae hme,,s r,n
his territory last THURSDAY:
| AtNN'"O A"ItES ARMY NoRTHFRS VIR1fyIA,t
! j. ~
! " TOR Ja0.eS A. Setiapn, SttteEarg Of Uoy.
| General Hampton followed the enar,v -, ~,
withdrawal from RoYanty creek. driving his roar
guard across ana pursuing thu cavalry behind the
lines Of their infantry.
| Several hundred prisoners were car.nr.3 and
the enemy burned some Of their caissons and ,r,-
| balances
Our lines ara re-established
-"sHe'- X. +. LEE, General"
FROM THE VALLEY.
AAefe was rumor prevalent yesterday that Dri
| Eadler-General Williams, with his cavgIrv had
met detae hment Of the cneulv's cavalry in +ha
V'inity Of HtrasbUs and defeated them, rapt,Iing
nUnher Of horse" and killing and wylnd.u, con-
9iIe!Ab!e pa': u tho Yankee forte
VICTORY ~ TIE VALLEY -M,c3I4IAHD
fEfLLSkS Two ATTACKS OF sHEEIpAy
II VIII b sen isyn. the allowing, ana the int}a
gene" - peculiarly gratifying that, n9twih stand
ing al tHe yaiJ'.ug bulletins Of Sheridan tn. ,ht
LAS not all h-en taken out Of that portion Of our
cavalry operating in the Shenandoah Valley:
HEADQUARTERS ARMY E"Rri'ERY ViR5IvI,,t
'o-!ob@. -, lsCi
" H9" JI"-s i S-i5o., S,l~cltry ~ u-ar.
Gene'a. E,:ly reports thlt the enemy att, .ks3
"a r-stv'-
slant wch brigade aul two riecos Of artillery
AID were ieP1.sei ln0 Ic>t dag they attacked with
two tf8at"s aui Elk p.p..- u artillery. AMI w.,.
again driven bsrk |
" "Genoral Lgmax reports our loss very slipIt
"CO.ouel My,by reports that. sine. th, a1y,n...o,
the eIea.y up the Manassas Gap ralIload, lie has
Killed "o4ntrd al cap:utcd over three Au..I,rd.
Iii loss LING TOUR wouudvl ana Ore captured
Signed. L. Z. LEE, General
FROM THE VICINITY OF MANASSAS GAP
RAILROAD.
Additional accounts from this section describe the
enemy a. r~iteIAtlnS the scenes OF the Valley of |
both houses aui b4tus, atur-
lng the Gtl4efs and ror.I} = tL.E = lido q! -,
road cars 10 pfevcn: 2,Ly's IIlug Iut1 tho trains
1Lty Le~t not, however, lay tbs lilttgriu.r ,f,-
ton = their =,4l-, fyr AoI5y Eiyx. very We! b.
to iol '!4eIui aud Indeed, any yne Who An9a- The
~dy aIl uneomprJmi>IHg partisan. VIII voulh for
- that II Col,tI M,sby knew that ru y wer.
lear u him werr tram, Ao wvult Lyt Oh that
account Ay~Itate 10 a;y-ie H. provided h. wrre s-
'u!e4 that the god ot his country deLua2ie IL,
sacrifice.
FROM TENNESSEE.
General Vaughn is .ti,l at woGh in Tennessee. AZ
steadily a3yanciug his lines. Thcrr ,rr;.y Ya1a,eS
N this side Of Strawberry PlsinS Gillian, the Fcly-
NJ commander, sent ont party vi twenty TO watch
ho movements Of Co!ouel Palmer, commanding
ieneIll Naughn's advance guard, when h. suI-
tISed them and captured The whole squad.
FROM GENERAL HuuIyS ARMY
There le TeFy little room 10 d5utt ta4r, ty til5
.Ine, u"LeE"l HJot'5 army IS ii Tonne 55rr. Tie
'te5t NOtAeIn accounts report II az GuI.er'~ land
ng Oh the Icnr55ce l!yrr, atour to ,5y., 1t !cl;
Iadci1, Alabama on Saturday, th- 22I aud started
Il the road toT the pulgt, ihirty ia! mt 1t ,h
lie Yankee antouncc lis arrival. On Fuday, .4e
oosa rlVrt olossed Tie etIun POI tation quickly
flowed, aui At noon the pJrtoou Wa. t.a,n ~ s,.t
80 hurried forward att-t the tr..r - UeurraI | L
heatham was quite vnweu when Il u4,uutr,l I, l.
.Ow his corps; but ~ai1 ne We ale iI.. h5nt,.
ow, ana II strap myself 10 my sldll. before they
lall leave me behind" GcuaIal Beauregard j. 4 g
Iti General Hood Every general otIi,er il AT hi4
)st and tho spirit aud a4~a!o Of The men IN II
,unied The army received thirty thousand ad- L
t1ousl blankets before it started
FROM MISSOURI h
Notwith standing the blazing toIe-rams Of the u,
tnkeo press about the detsat Vi PIlce 1t !. tx IL
Inely dyuUtnQ thcro has Keen any Ievorse 10 II
T arms.
an I.