, 1864-10-10
THE VICTORY At ALA
TCONA--CAPTuRE
OF FORESTS
TRAINS.
Gen. Sherman's Peace 0Yeriures
Rejected by EsoE. Brown.
Important from Missouri
Reported Defeat Of
Magruder.
A REBEL VICTORY CLAIMED
I'M WEST VIRGINIA,
Great Depression in the
Markets.-.Gold I 81 I.2.
OFFICIAL BULLETIN.

War DEPARTMENT..
MAsHsCToS, Saturday, Oct 8-noon. {
To Major General Di1:
T4s Department has received The Io'losfoe re.
port Of the enems's assault yesterday, on General
Buffers line. their eubseqoenr repu'se, and Gene
Tai Birney's brilliant action, drivin, the enemy to
their liner line Of i1tsenchments around RIch-
mo1d:
HEADQUARTERS DEpAHTxEST OF
VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA.
Oc obef 7-6:3u =. n.
Lieutenant General Grant:
At 6:so this morning, the enemy having moved
Fltlut' SD Bokee divisions from the left at Cha
they attacked with spirit kautz'n cavalry in their
ihtsenchmentF. and drtvt them bsck With small
l:s: o. men. but With tue 1ss Of hi, ar tefy. The
Inc enemy then e~ept down the rntrgnch neuts
xarde Birney. who havlte .hraEn hack bis right,
Wa'tet Their aItault, and repu'sed 1t ~1tn very
heavy lose on the patt OF The e1ems. Tue eusnY
in the mean1lme advanced toward. Newmarket.
but were mel by force At the sitnal tower At
ing BlEney with two DIVISIONS % the Darbyto IN
road. The enemy retreAtrd Us be advanced, and
Brney Tar reached spd t'ceustes 'be tnrrencbmehts
which the epemy took from Ea1rz, and we're foftl.
Tying for themselves. Our loss hae heen sna III.
n one-etshth tha: OF the cce1r. WehlYe about
y. Z. Ou3LEHs AA1hf General.
HEADQUARTERS TESruAExT CoRrs,f
0c1. 7-ll.,5 M
We bare repuleed the alta Of Ii. ed NJ on our
f1sht M aank u E11h s1ea, eansht.r. TIE A~p, srrm
TO be tle!ds' and Plck1tt's dir1tio1a- / eend you
: % batch cf pr'torers. an cxte1 ding rny ri:ht
Da1bytoEn road.
tsitIed} DE- BrasEr. Mai. Ca
HEADQUARTERS DEPT. VIRGINIA AND n. C., |
rt,,. co-o Oct 7-itE3o p n {
Biz ey has mr. e1 EA.A-sv- x,1 .1,srtion WITT
,;. .1s aa he innss llnc of tp5aaeh
OF Fort Harz ison.
There has been 70 increment ut Petersburg to-
:, We hare much the beat Of this days work. One
tho1fard At least of the eseuIy wcre killed aud
Ecu1ded, 100 psf-ouess aud d bloody re III e.
postsd BY a lady Who saw the body: .: Killed.
B. BUTLER
No dispatches have been received from tho con.
mnnds Of Generals Sherman, Rusecrans or sheri-
can ,ster than we:e reported in my telegram o
yestErday. E. II. SrAsroH,
Sccret.ry of War.
HEADeuAn7Ens Aaay OF TIE P.ro4Ael
All !. qnict in front OF Petersburg, The weather
IL tre and favorable tor military operations I'm
portant events may be expected sns time,
The Hera1ds 5th co1ps correspondent, October
Lth eaye: "All Is quiet In The vici. l,y or Pypar
Spring Church Newspaper mapa locate tbs pfac9
On Tie South Side R-ilruad, or very near there.
and from the fact Of our bo]fiDg Il, as-une that
He hold the South Side Railroad, or are 80 near
dttng that the rebel comm gnlcat0n by this rosd
II tnte11up ed. Pop Spring ChErch f6 about four
n'tles this side OF the 6outh Side rp16, and al.
though the road Is more strongly thfea: than
htretoiore from our 1Eess Mt positlon, the enemy
e1il! bold the ROAD and use it,
The He7uax 1Wh Corp. correapoudent. October
9Th, es.e: The situation Oh tne rorTn ride re-
ms1rs nnchanred. About the usual number OF tie-
Etr.e1e come into Cur lines d1tly gvtne ubo7t the
u-utl port Of adGira in the belel1utrcd capital
O rsfclCom.
.-To o.; VIC received tiJtnr- that in the excite
NEXT Of last 1hnr+dav thc family at Jeff. DAVIS
paeked their email traps und sEarttd in haste
tcrrhwn}d.
*'The Richmond papers give gncmlcr picture
OF the c0Dett fphfhn that prevailed there on our
approach than aty 'het we he:a previously re-
celveo- The universal consumption vi. Icf xnr-
from their military ho.tlia!e, those who could
v. IL, VT re corsPe led ro e..
50 4 large detachment Of P4YmaBte1s hare inst
arrived, xrd arc low pa Ing Ut ih's c1tp4. Many
bnvt rot bet n pafd Hr seyen montne. -
The M7d d's Sth Ct'rp- correspondent, October
G b, rsya: LAS 3et the quiet along the 7onr h1s
Tut hctn disturbed By titter party. Nothing
ysrtt4 the 1nonotn1y."
WASHINGTON. Oct. s-PAstrngcrs by the mall
toHt Today repnrt that when they lett CITY Point
). crdsy morbiug ut 1u o'c o X. htasy nri1g had
t.t 4 rninG on for fur tr five hours in Bu!ler'B
1'ennrfment Of the Jaucs. When the rebels made
III ir second att1cs, they toak our troop. BY s2r-
pr!fe-
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