The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-10-12
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THE SIEGE OF RICHMOND

THE SIEGE OF RICHMOND.
i New YORK, Oct 3.-The Herald's cor
respondent with the cavalry corps, under
date of the 9th inst, says: This morning
the division of General Wilcox, holding
the centre Of our cline, made an advance
with the intention or advancing our posts
ton and accommodating the position of the
enemy. The force making the reconnois-
sancs consisted Of karlsruhe brigade and
that lately commanded by Colonel Steer
An advance was made Of over mile and
half, with slight skirmisking, when the 57th
Massachusetts,, commanded by Colonel Nc
Laughlin, was fred upon by the enemy and
some fifteen men were killed. 'sES a.
connoitering party was accompanied by
Captain Twitchell, with his battery of the
4th Massachusetts,, but no opportunity was
afforded for using the pieces. The deduc
ton from the recent reconnaissance is that
the enemy are not in force this side of Pc
tersburg, on the Appomattox, and that any
effort on our part will force them to new
line upon the latter mentioned river. This
is the amount of the Information which
gather this morning.
| A special dispatch to the New York Tri
bune, dated Washington, Oct. 10, says:
we learn that q movement commenced on
Saturday, though it's object was not stated
| 1t is said that an order will at once be is
sued by Gen. Grant, directing the shooting
of every guerrilla, the burning of every
house, and the driving out of men, women
and children from the Shenandoah Valley
and the guerilla infested region between
Washington and the Army of the Poto-
mac. -':lhI "'-
By direction of the Secretary Of War,
all stoppages against the pay of officers OF
the army, at the request of the Ordnance
Bureau, for non-rendition of ordnance res
turns for the years 1861 and 1862 will be
removed, except against such regiments as
have been mustered out during the present
term of service, and those that are to be
SO mustered ont during the present quar-
ter.
Tho total amount of national bank ours
rency issued up to the week ending Octo'
Der |, 1864, was $5l, 74O,65O The amount
issued during the week ending October 8,
1864, was $l,774,880.
A dispatch to the Associated Press says ::
In all the rebel accounts of the affair on
Friday they make out that the severest
fighting was done in the attack on kautz,
while our accounts represent the heaviest
part of the engagement to have taken place
/ after the rout of Kautz.
The fact may be that the rebels may have
been made to pay very dearly for their vic
tory over Kautz, as his men were armed
with repeating rifles, and it was in this en-
eagement that the rebels lost Gen. Gregg
and several other officers.
The Times correspondent sums up the
affair as follows: rs ....
We slaughtered and wounded at least
one thousand of the enemy IN front Of the
infantry, exclusive of what injury Kautz
inflicted on them, besides taking one huns
dred prisoners. Most of the enemy's killed
and wounded were left On the field. Judg-
ing from their losses in men, they bought
their guns dearly, although we must give
them the credit of killing, disabling and
capturing, OH an outside estimate, four hun
dred men.
Looking at the matter from all points of
view, we claim very decisive victory. We
can afford to lose guns, but the rebels cans
not afford to lose the large numbers they
lost to-day in capturing them. They sig.
naly failed in their object of thanking US,
and will scarcely be likely to resume the
experiment, at least, for some time. They
also suffered as severely as We in the loss
of artillery horses. .One of their batteries
was drawn off the field by hand.
1t is feared that Kautz' Adjutant General
was captured. General Kautz himself mar
Iowly escaped.
The correspondent Of the Times gives
the story as follows; When Ksutz was re.
turning, in the rear of his column, with a
few of his staff officers and orderlies, he
came upon an entire rebel regiment, at
least mile from the road where the attack
commenced. This regiment had some Of
his men prisoners. At sight of their Cen,
raj the met called out to him to dash back,
which he did, and escaped by q by path.
HIS Adjutant General, Captain Nash, was
with him at the time, but is now missing.
The Herald correspondent at Buffers
headquarters, under date of Oct. 5, says
he has been through all the lines of the
Army of the James, and believes that sew
ersl large armies, united with the object OF
disiodging that array, would not only suffer
immensely, but would seriously risk de-
feat. These works, and their maintenance,
are necessity to the taking of Richmond,
and the army congratulates itself that the
Army of the James has won the position.
On the 9Th 750 Union prisoners were
brought down from Richmond In add
ton to 600 the day before.
Rebel prisoners and deserters continue
to come in daily.