The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-11-01
FOURTH EDITION
ARMY OF THE JAMES.
Important Advantages Gained
by General Butler.
sHERiDAN's SUCCESSES IN
THE VALLEY.

Special 20 The Evcniug Telegraph.

bpeCial 60 The Evening Telegraph.
WAsnlN0ToN, November The United sta'es
teamer Cossack arrived here this morning from
City Point, with army mails and passengers. In
the assault on the enemy's works on the norlh
side Of the James, the "a Division of the 18Th
Corps suffered rather severely, and the 92d New
York and 10th New Hampshire regiments lost
their cOlors
General Butler gained important advantages Of
position, which be retains. General MarstOn,
commander Of division in the Army Of the
James, came mp on the Cossack as passenger.
Colonel Ptkin, Chief Quartermaster at City
Point has been promoted to brigadier.
The body Of Captain Rustin, Of the 9th Ohio
Cavalry, was brought up on che Cossock.
General John A. RawlinS, Chief of Gener, Il
Grants staff, passed through Washington last
night, en- route for st. Louis.I
The Military Commission adjourned over TO-
day until tomorrow, without taking up the case
OF Colonel North, New York state Agent, charged
with completely in the soldiers vote election
fraud.
The Hagerstown correspondent of the Wash.
ington star says :--"General Custer has not vet
returned from the pursuit of the guerilla ,party
which captured General Duhe while on his way
from Winchester to this place, in a twO-hlrse
spring wagon, belonging to Mr.. @. W. Middle
hauT. General Duiie was at the time of his cap.
ture commander of this post, and has been sue
ceeded by General Max Weber, who has cstab-
lished his headquarters in the Washington House.
General Weber is in bad health aud keeps to
his room, except when business call him out
1t is anticipated that considerable number of
pyil tyiut nd
being made to receive them.
General Sheridan's dismounted cavalry camp
has been removed from Martinsburg to Hagsrs-
town. There are between three and four thou
sand men in camp, the majority of whom are of
AveTilPs old command. During last week the
camp was visited by a paymaster, who paid of
the troops.
Eight hundred head of stock captured in the
valley, and composed Of young colts, brood
mares, hogs, sheep, cows, &c. were driven
through here into Pennsylvania fow days ago,
under charge of Captain Parkhurst aud one hun
dred men. Captain William IL. Brown, of the
9th Regular Cavalry, has been appointed Chief
Quartermaster Of Cavalry in General Sheridan 8
army, with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
Sherdan's successes in tho valley have caused
feeling of security to prevail here, and our
merchants are again laying in heavy stocks Of
| goods for fall and winter trade. AS large
quantity of abandoned Government property ID
scattered throughout Washington and Frederick
counties, Detective David Swoders is actively en-
gagged in gatheringit up and turning it over to the
proper authorities. Since August he has recovered
about$40 900 worth.
Hagerstown District lacks but three men OF
filling its quota; under the last call of the Presi
dent the quota Of the district was sixty-four men
Politics are running high here, aud the Mcclellan
men are straining every nerve to carry the State.