The New York herald., 1864-10-22
THE STU ALTON.

further particulars OF the important victory by bis
army the enemy at Cedar creek wednesday last
hs decisive attack made, he says, by e wheel of
the whole line u advanced, divsia N Of cavalry
turning each faux OF the rebels who made stubborn
resistance al frst; but they soon broke and Ged
when they were vigorously pushed. The additional
HRALp dispatches descriptive OF the battle which we
publish this morning will be found exceedingly interest
ing. The number Of pieces oi artillery captured is
greater than AT first reported 1t bcipg ascert oed
20 foot up nfly. The guns taken from the Union
forces in the beginning Of the BATTLE amounting to about
twenty recaptursd and Included In the whole
number stated being taken by our men. The bex,
morning the battle cavary The works OF
tho rebels at Fisher's Hii which evacuated by
che m ain body Of their army the night previous.
only all guard being found when troopers
Of Thursday sixteen hundred rebel PRISONERS beeu
brought into lines, AID large Numbers ot captured
Wagons slnouauccs. &c. General Shcridans ON
Gers considerable; bat we have net yel able
70 obtain any exact estimate of the ctsutles
on either side The rebel General Ramseuc. Sho was
the ba,tio Sau,os Of hundred guus os. tbs
victory were fired ia OF the armies Of The James
and Of the Potomac on thursday. General GRAFT. IN
his despatch 20 tho War Department, says that
this glorious success "stamps Sheridan, what have
always thought him. one OF the aolesi o. generals We
give to-day another map portion OF the Shenandoah
valley showing Fishers Hill and the surrounding region.
despatch from Jenersan City, Missouri, says that
General Curtis fighting the rebel General Prices ad
vance ai yesterday. tho Little Blue river, teu miles
from Independence. Gen Curtis moved eastward some
days ago. with considerable body OF troops, from Kans
City, the border Of the State, aud appears
that he has and checked the adveuce OF Price,
who s said to have army Of thirty Thousand. Curtis
holds good position, and is prepared for regular
gsgement Price will stand 70 Il. Roseersps,
with another considerable army. is close on Prices
rear, and will soon be upon him Curtis Can succeed in
holding rebel cnieaiu whore he is The rebels
have occupied and plundered num,er Of additional
sowns the interior OF the state Genera, sanboru
skirmishing with the rebel Shelby ali dy yesterday
sween Bonneville aud waverey.
BY the steamship Emily B. souder, which arrived
hero from New Orleans night the important
rumor that walkers division Of the rebel Trans Misss
sippi army has crossed tie river and is way
reinforce Hood Georgia This of course, needs
frmaton. There is another report In connection vi,
ihis which throws discredit on both. II Is that two
hundred Of the rebel troops belonging to .hs division
shot for refusing 10 said tina, French
took possession Of Ma.amoros, Mexico, the 2oh ult'
without opposition and that General Mea appointed
10 the command Of tho town. Everything is reported
quiet at the date OF tbe latest there
said TO be twenty thousand bales OF cotton Maamor
Secretary Stanton states that The War Departments bias
NOW uninterrupted telegraphc commauicsl,o with
Atlanta but thai later reports have been received
that place. Our Chattanooga dispatches, which
sveuts In General Shermans military division, and serve
10 clear away the mist which has been hanging
many Of the late In that region. The
much vaunled captures OF Dalton aud nuumsrsbe other
towns which rebels oaim have taken disposed
Of very briefly Most OF these places, having smsi
garrsous. temporarily evacuated By our forces
the approach OF . large body Of reteh, after
our supplies in them had been conveyed 10 points
Of safety. The rebels came along, marched 10, but,
fading little capture, marched out again. and,
after each such Performance, cADed . great achieve
mcns Seary all these towns are agsn re- scupied by
Union soldiers their garrisous and stores have been
saved. the latest rebel Papers received
cougrsluatns themselves the anticipated early
capture Of Atlanta Boosting shat their picks.s are within
. mile OF that place. and endeavoring to msxe
themselves believe that our troops there have nothing
but hard tack, and very little Of that, 70 eat One
paper says that "the situation on both sides critical
but n Hood can keep up his supplies Sherman mus
svacuate Georgia in no great length Of time"
Il admits. however, that the position Sher.
man occupies has cut OF Hoods commupics
tion with his base on the Atlanta and West
Point Rarosd but consoles scf With the assertion
'she has another bass-where. need not mention"
Naoou paper has "rumor, that General sherman has
been captured BY Forrce,. The Georgia militia have
again called for BY HOOD, and ordered to rcDdez
vous At once at Macon.
Our special dispatches from before Richmond and
Petersburg brlHs the history Of ariirs there TO
Thursday Of this week. be, there nothing Q. particular
military Importance refer TO- Botn ana the
nys working parties are busy engaged IS ever in the
srsoghsppg and extension Of their immense defensive
wsr Some new batteries OF u rebels In front Of the
Fifth corps we're recently discovered. For Two nights
there had besu than tho usual artillery nrng IN
front Of Petersburg which supposed TO have been mere
iy nissdsd to Interfere with work the Qualifications
ons Of our Yortrea Monroe correspondents gives
Interesting sccoun, Of successful expedition Of por-
sics Il the twentieth New York cavalry which was
ceoty dispatched from Suffolk, va 70 break up contra
band uatnc with North caro,us. Tney had some very
lively skirm,shss with tho rebels destroy large stores Of