The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-10-21

Busler's Ferocity-A New Torn of the Scrcr7
Frcu ne RfchrloHd HrsH'ltler, Oct 10
HITLER il determined not 70 nc 0utdoue even Ey
GIANT or SHHMDAg. While they content them
selves with burning barns and mills, he wreaKs his
,uite upon the bodies and souls OF the unhappy Con-
Edcrates who chance 10 tall into his hands. Some
Of his lying spies having reported 10 him that we
had sent one hundred aud ton captured egrees 10
work on the fertificnhOns below the city; he immc-
diatey ordered the samo number OF commissioned
sfeers Ol thel confederate array to be put to work
an the Dutch Cap Canal and there they are at this
aay toiling ike galley slaves.
mis- be dignfes with the OF retail alton, a.
n the employment prisoners thing
under tl-e snn and any reliance could oe placed
in the reports OF hs cowardly scouts, who, like
EDWARD ID. GREENwooD, never venture within
caunon range OF our lines and o. at the first mt
nation ct danger Even II we had set Yankee ne
uroes ia. work we would be but following Northern
example II Is a notorious iact that our prisoners
NJ camp Chase have built hundreds OF miles of
maeadamized turnpikes IN ONO. southern gon-
tlemau has but lasey reached this city who declares
that he worked these roads iOr six months.
II is iurher stated that BUTLER has notified the
War Department thar Tor every CAPT Ired negro re-
mandod TO his awful mastcr be would hold Con-
ledorate officer as hostage and subject him to all the
But lie climax OF atrocity was reached when BUT
ordered the deliberate murder OF six Coincide
rate soldiers retaliation Tor the alleged killing OF
four negroes. Eye witnesses declare that this da-
bOeal crime was perpetrated no later than last week.
aud wifhn speaking distance almost of the outwOrks
below this city Howlong will our soldiers continue
to give quarter TO BurLER's assnssinsg Would they
capture mad dogs and spread-head moccasins, and
treat them wellr As well do that as make BUTLER's
men prisoners OF war.
From Norfolk
We referred yesterday Information received
direct from NCrOik, in regard 20 he fleet Rttiug
ouf ior m caUture of lie torts below Wilmin
We should have added that the fleet consists OF the
iron ir gate hoHsides, which was stationed Tor some
time at Charleston, the new ron-clal ship Of the line
Iaafn " n m a flH nNng lest
and greatest range (sOme on her guns are said 10
throw shell within ilactlon of six nlesl two
tors and an immense number of wooden vessels OF
war, ammunition and picket boats, etc.
The War News rhc North sidc.
Prom Ge RichnaoRd Examiner, oct. Is.
Not a sound breaks the stiffness of our lines from
the extreme lett to the extreme night. Smelling,
picket firing and sharps hooting have ceased on this
"a good Ieeling (ominOus words in this cOnnectonl
exists between the ouists, Nho literally
lace 20 lace. Both parties are buslly engaged IN
preparations ior the deadly struggle, winch cannot
be dc ayed long. The enemy have greatly enlarged
and Strengthen ed the works at Fort Harrison, land
mounted guns and moriars ol the most formidable
description but none Of them heavier or more dan
gerOus than those whicl have been so long and so
yainly used against Petersburg and Its circumvalla
IT the enemy IL busy, our forces arc equally so.
Experience mas taught us TO use the pick and spade
Vith nearly as much deXterity the born dichers,
miners aud sappers opposed TO us. IL is not the
paItoi wisdom, however, to reduce our men to the
eYel OF aboleIs, or TO waste Their physical strength
by excessive tOll in the trenches The supply Ot
taye labor, in the country, ample; why exhaust
the mental and bodily energies OF our soloierr, who
have now been digging ior three consecutive weeks
without days lHtermlssionp We would respect
Iuily suggest 30 our military authorities tho pr0
pnetY OF fesefYing enough muscular strength IN oui
brave fellows TO enable them TO como vigorously up
70 the lighting work which awaits them.
The south side
An Intelligent Obser yer, who has recently inspeco'
tile lnts near ielersb urg expresses great condeuc'
in our ability to hold own IN that quarter. Ia
that the tug OF battle will occm simiiane us
on both aioes OF tue river, IN the yicnity 0f Fo
road on the ether and that both Wlil Iail. PasscI
gers from PeieisbuIg report that no demonstrttio
tonar5 shohng has cen, ior some cause, pfotoi
Late Northern papers state that some o MosI.uY
men have crossed the otomac and penetra cd
considerable distance INTO Maryland, pla Ying have
tell the truth and that N e gallant MosEBy, nov /
n in the saddle once more, VIII not only ayenge i
version OF their own osson IN barn and mll Durnin
II he will only leave ashes and death hemna I'M
leaving NO breathing ANN al alive, then the inhal
anta OF Virginia NAV hope 20 see the war conduct
IN q clyiized manner. II he iiHl 10 do thi9, he J
Invites the eremy 10 commit su more teiribie a.
siiies in the deyasta,e ed Valley
General i.KE says not QUO word about EAEL'
defeat OF CROOK. lie War department u oquu
the Vote in Cruncs Army,
Doserters, &c, who come from GRANTS amy
work was done thus The officers ciicaiated aml
the men the pFUmise that all who yoed the eli
ticket should have thirty da5s' Through ~ soon
victory Ia the valley.
Prom he Richmond Ez0HsfHer, Oct "a.
"lniorn atitn received here yesterday c
SHERIDAN hed sent tNO Corps, the Sixth and 81
teenth5 10 the easi oi the mountains through Che'
and ihornton's Gaps, aud that EARLY had tii
upon the remaining Corps, under CROOK, and url
them fgOm T1shoI's .li,i, through stIasburg, a
tanee OF ten mies, with heavy loss OF XIII
prsoners 4 saad 10 DC eigIt hundred Other d
tlculaib are yet 20 De Received but there are
doubts about the victory. Passengers VINO
siaunton on SATURDAY confirm thepeport,iand Z
that Mis-. GENERAL Con DoN has received letter NJ
her husband, who announced the success % our ~
Another account repre- ents that, notWithstand
the Yankee statements thai the Two corps had pas
through the Gaps above mentioned (which D.
way, are twenty miles apart, one being In fago
the other IN Warren county there Is reason 20
eye that they passed through gays 10 the nOTlh
IhOrntOn's. All accounts agree, however, IA reg.
40 the victory, whieh must dave been subslanl
one and wet calculated to cut the comb OF
young cock, SHERIDAN, Who has be9n Growing
Justify over his lucky settlement with the new
Halry General kossER. hatcYef may De his Tau
EARLY Is dOgged man, and we ielt sure he wol
not rest content until he had wiped OUT the stain
lars OF this important affair.
Later.
Passengers who came down last evening Fri
Staunton and HaTrisonburg confirm the deioat
CRooKi and man who was wounded IL the hg
states that large number Of prisoners were taxi
probably as many as two thO1sano II Is beiey
that only one Of EARLY's divisions mas engaged
this battle, the remainder Of his ioroo having cross
the mountain in order TO intercept SHKRIDAE's 4
eOtps on their way TO Alexandria, where theY v
iset ths ana ma go 70 HAaI ms A{ sTSOSnt s S I1r
has yet been received
Wilmington.
me ahe reported sinking OF the Yankee Run-bC
stnya sey oy shell thrown trOm one OF our batter
Sos,,a ~ ~ below Wilmington 10 based upon the sta
k~s ius sns s, captain Of Confederate vessel viii
, Iteo IN port. IL 10 70 be hoped that o
fhe Yapfss "a al equally accurate in their aim VIII
most rea AZ ~ " now At Fortress Monroe aud
~ that he aeet VS. ~ srriy iron Norfolk inform
foHTEa and nSs b. FAssAour. me ss o,car TS%@0a %
nv ~ they do not carr 1nsAsn ~ % the aeot The
Presenti Az they want V y gst pcssesnSs Q,
LETT Norfolk more than week ago and ~ ~ asotMa
fhen very nearly ready f0r sea. ~ H0''
Lees Latest OnieiaI Despatehea
fros fke RichD0nd Daily EzaDlaer Oct 49,
Ths Augusta ~ GeOrein) SeNftneI saysi-" Il IA y
Nn0wn th5f General HooD Il In the rear OF All