, 1864-10-01

Ao4AusN DE4nH ItNIFo41R.
Dee;dcs these moves, there sre those Of Warrel
tG.d., Oh the Weldon Rs:sroad and OF Meade T.
the Dsaville Road, Of both Of which NC haye }us
read uews. hu, without dets,1s. Whether, uode
.htsc ci1cuns.suces, Lee cau to'd Petersburg, is
Guts'fcn II f o1nentons import, waica it will b.
ltcassa7y Tor him very so II to determine
Hit Ct rta!tls eitacu!t 10 zee how he csn at ouc
do 70 :rd Teptl au advance By the north eide .
the Iairss. We c1e, tbt retore, hourly looking fo
the Al ncrnccne1t Of The cracp alton OF Petersburg
IL withdrawing from this point Lee will throw hi;
fotce 'nto The for'lncatlon* proper OF Richmond
al the teirc Ut that city vail begin In furau.
IT at ler. With lfs Amy rcitforo+d BY EaF1y's
co;nnn, vii l'e alb e to pre.eut stubborn resist
Rncc to tie ndsa1ce VI the unton army, mar bf
&c: Oily II l:ercd anc We Iced hardly look fur thu
possibility Of ca.ryi1e RtcamoEd BY coup IL
main.
In this state Of fccts the pablo mind may a. lin
be 1'ertrrh hy The visiod Of bloody a..auits, bu
u 'osE for no euth rcauts. Richmond will b,
c1oeesy invested and operations on the other lfaee
will sbAke Lees hold on the rebel capital, cut of
his supplies, ard bring before him the necessity
Of ether dRht or hisht.
II he mpts the offensive, 1t will be prccizely
what The army has mcst Ut heart. While II be at
'tm1ta TO retreat he vii find fimself too csosely
erre11 ped to make thtF possible, save With sacri
1ces thlt must rein hts army.
In every senEe, therefore, the situation bciors
Nchncnd IAN the yery highest degree eneour
aging.
.e7scaai Dispatch 70 the Chicago Tribune,
WAsursuroy, Friday, Sept 70
The following dispatch Is Just received frog,
cur correspondent, In the VALLEY:
MARTINsBuRa, VA.,{
Tharaday, Sept. @ g P. n.
Early IL continuing his retreat. I! Is reported
that On leaving staunton be to:k Great Lexington
turnpike which leads him by tbs only dtsec. route
to 3nchburgh 1t has here. ..dowcvef, been thought
nore probable that he would turn to the eastward
from StauntDo, and make ettaisht to Charlottes.
v1lc in order to JON Lee. Shorld 1t prove that he
is really gone to Lyuchburg, thus leaving Sheridan
h1e either to follow him OF turn to Charlottesville
md tbrs plant himself on the Interior lines with
reference to Richmond, 1t will eer5c to show
that the rebels regsrd the POSSESSION Of
L5nchhurg and the defense Of its stores
OF ammunition and provision Of an fmportanc.
not scooEd to the defenpe OF Richmond Itself. A
%, or t~o muat setne the question: and 81 far to-
wards disclosing the future Of the campaign
AGAINST Richmond.
OF course, the story TINT Sheridan is fslinc back
On Ni1chetter, md that the pursuit Of u1y IL to
he abandoned. f. unfounded. Sheridan has ample
supplies to enable him to continue the pureQt
I'll subsi.t his army until he c3n reach and open
up lew lines Of communication. for all psact1ca-
bic purposes; and therefore he has cur loose from
his base, Us Grant did when he moved across the
Rspidan.
He has already moved ont from Stanton In pei
Euit.
We have Il rumor that On Sunday Gen. Torbett
captured OLE Of Esrl,'s trains sort distance be-
yoLd Staunton.
H.
csvalEy cplttaue to pick up squads Of them.
Tbt removal OF wounded from Winchester
has bcruI. They are coming here and are being
sent from here BY rail to Baltimore
Retnfotcemeuts continue 10 move forTara to
Sheridan.
There II 1umor that several hundred rebel cav
airy, probably 1mboden's suerllsas, hsd dashed
Ito Grafton, Western Virginia. If 1t is true tac
ness mrst must hsTe gone By telegraph from
Wheeling
THIS uispatch from our correspondent is the 1st-
est ntws ircm the Valley 1eceised here (Wu.hiu7
to2l up to Ills writing, 1880 a. M.
WAsH1S6ToS, Ff1oa3, Sept. .3L-Passeneers from
the torps urdtr Gen. Ord bee.n 10 omove from tbeir
old po+ition to Jauss' Neck. on the Jsmes River.
where = poLtoon bridge had been thrown across
O'Clock ire Advance guard succeeded in effeStiar
the crossing IN tntety. and tefere d,111gbt the
Mhole coFps bad GOT over. An advance "a: fmne-
>
farm were eaiteo with but Tile loss. There a.
pared to be hut few rebel troops IN the futreuch
mebs., and II ts thourht that they had been with.
e'9sF be- to r. 1S eSHs IT, % 70 check
blow ftum Grant
We hare. however, eco or 400 prisoners md Is
The 18th Corp, under B1rney advanced from
Deep Botts'1n Etont the tame time TINT ORD
movec mp to lhe New Market and Carried the ir-
little disposition 10 contest the ground. rhey ap.
peartd t. re completely surprised.
: or the subsequent movements 0! our forces. moth
70 Indicate uAt The advance of ord Ct Birney Id
b. n checked.
il il eonastnt1, believed At City Point that tss
from the cefenFes OF Richmond and sent them in
This being The Gaze Generals Ord and Bieney can
1nals eonno1sanle - 2Iosresa before the rebels can
On Wednesday night the rebels made furious
sttsck on ocf adEanee carsh*orks IN front OF Fort
ept1enctmentt Wefe held By a portion OF the I'd
beaoe, 30 d,sie.1n 9Th corps, and the rebels Were
hands o1aei, 1epulsed with considerable loFs.
~nsa 81 e. s
Snd unsneetssf1l attempt Of the rebels to retake
them. The troops attacked were commanded By
= beis, sd accelerated their 1et4eat Ratse5l bad I
biz men IL line Of battle In two minutes aft.r tho
rNkH 1uhh. 5ep.. 5o;-Ine Htfd!at Harpef's
nothing from Sheridan later than Sunday even.
1ng, at Newmarket. ilis advance was near staun-
Ton, occasionally getting within sight Of some Of
tt show feht, bui eeem wholly drpirited. They
eeCm to thiLk the C0ufedetncy used I'D, Some Of
them ssy That when General Crook charged uoon
time thst General Esrl7 wss cspt9red. but be e.
men md ttood 70 The ia.t. General Thomas g.
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little regiments that night and aso next day, cap
turing 1rtsontrs constantly. General Sheridan
tupposed General Averill was with him until The
into camp fof4he night This il laid to have o9en
the cau-s ofthe relief oithe later from duty.'
eisx MHE r,int 1onK, Fdd.y ssPs 1The HTed.
tone O. the news from the amy expresses auy mi.
Tereal feeling OF enshu.iasn, it is because th4t
feeling Is merely the reflection OF The buo1anc7 Of
esCy es91y tGslef Ae!e TIE recent victories III the
De. tic reinforced a1d 1nylgutated army, Low ,ae-
eem6ltd hete, are 81! 1na.trs for congra .alat1on
~ 1sas wh;cl tcod 10 render the troops exceed
2aign. From desertera and refugees we know that
be Utmost coLhteruatfon prevails a. Richmond,
Lat tbe citizens are packfU; up their household |
The Payneste1 and CLERK who recently a3Icoud.
d with the !nrds Of the rebel treasury, which
ht3 took good c1re to convert into greenbacks
- 1af pieh,n.cr -. ~ ru-no.a - Itts
.as len hicnmoou 1o1 Inc purpose OF whiting
,.l,1aar %4SMos 3Sis sept, Ltae aosr1tal
then ste lett beayy fripc M hesrd It he front
U our Ian ftom seven Last evening till one this
Ihq1sda,) morning..
,on.h, r1asy. septemue1C 9 ~ pne newa
erGsy. hsa been anucipattd bY ofic3ai bnisetfn.
'bey.esy that on Wednesdsy night the rebels At |
ssst9 :Sa; g1r advanced intrenehments II front Of
al : 1snn1ted' 44 N1' '7' 'u1A'em s'ao' oal were
W1tun oroN, Friday, Sept. so.--The Cos,1e7-