, 1864-10-18

as smother attack is made By gueri]tas on the
tralrF. In the meautime rebel hostages from
Alexandria are sent out On every train to re-
ce'Se any bullets their friends, the gueril1as,
nay have Tor them.
TIE NEW YoRK Cors. On JUDGE HOLT.
TIE Democratic organization In New York
makes ro other aneWer to Judge Holt's OIL
cial report Of the Western conspiracy, than
to cali him one Of the fanatics who got Us
Irto war srd laughing stock to the country
THY forget that he Ia q Kentuckiau, md that
he Tas member Of Buchanan's Cabinet.
APPLY IT ALL ROUND.
The Quartc1master OF this district gave a
lot OF bis employees, residents of Pennsyl-
vanla, furlouehs to 60 home and vote. a
they hnd voted for Mcclellan candidates.
When they cortInuc8 repeating these boasts
obtrusively ard ot1ensiqelY. the Quarter
master finally told them that he thought he
their work, and SO sent them adrtft. There
upon they Wtnt to Adtutant Gen. Tt wnscud,
with lcuc. .mGUtled fuvectlyes that the quar-
termsster Nas interfering ~l:h the politic8
Of his employees, and tbereupon the quarter
master sas 1elitred, to the great delight o,
gested TO the Adjutant General that II inter
tcrer ce in politics is to constitute sufficient
ground for military disc1pline, be had best
begin In a c.1taiu A.njor Central who has
been ssrrips un political opposition to hta
Comtnu ud6r-in CLict very aEsfduGusly. aud
still ersRs bis psE. very Regularly. Il he is
Tot punished, perhaps then the Adjutart
General might BE-.
Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune.l
WAsnsGros, Monday, Oct II.
TuE cEcEHT OPERATIONS ON BuTLKR's
FRONT.
The following are the details Of Thurs
days operations in Bnt1er's army:
A force comprising the 1st Division Of the
Tenth corps, and Gen. Kautz's cavalry d.
vision. moved out to reconnpiter the enc.
my's position GU the Darby town road, and
be, oud it. The enemy's skirmishers were
met about half past eight n. IN, md driven
back to the works. the position Of which,
On the Darb5town road. Wus NOW discov-
cred.
These iEtrencbmeLts are new and coltinu-
ous vrh the line that coaironts us further
to The lett, Of which Fort Gilmer forms a
Fart. After lying for several hours in front
Of the enemy, feeling the ground and ap-
preaching as near as practicable to ths works,
he fell back.
Gen. hautZ reported the result OF bis expe-
dltion On Charles City road. He had pressed
up without opposition to point further
than the e1pe dl1ion By the DatpJ town road.
Ger. 1etrc now Pressed ont the tint brigade
Of the first division On the right, apparently
pushing 1Le left OF the rebel line and advanced
It 1orr ard. The enemy now opened on the
lett hark Of the brigade abcye mentioned, as
| it no. I'd or*ard, subjecting it to very Sc.
we're Ere. The ADVANCE, bowey.r, was con.
tinued till 1t was found that the enemy Of
tered serious opposition.
Afttr having pretty thoroughly developed
the eneny's position Gen. Terry returned.
stroI K l.ne of works with two redoubts, cne
On the extreme end Of The line and the other
On the Da1bytcwn road. Our loss In the
18th corpB is stated to be IS killed, II missing
and 2G3 wounded Kautx's loss on the Charles
City road Was about 25 or so In all.
It Col, P. B. Tsylor, 1e2d Ohio, Was NOR
tally wounded. The commanding officer Of
the solh Illinois was killed, also Captain
DickeS, 6th q. s; 4setEt: ~e. >:
A.GEN HK0M RICHMOND.
Tie Riceuond Exaniner Of saturday, 18th,
n Of america vii pause to 10 dwsli ' with i.'a an
incrcduleus amszsment on the fact that In
this year Of great war certain parties
-propts+d for . solution Of their
s.o, s5onoles .,, correction OF al the
men r. ceived such projcc. with favor, and
reconmended its adoption, az II IN The mi i5t
Of tie Pnnic wars some mauIac had pro.
posed TO eettle the matter by report Of
joint committee Of the seuatss Of Carthage
shd 81 Rome. the perp'e1ed historian win
strive 10 account for this phenomenon, and
Explain away or make light Of it, but all in
vain Thus etandB The record. i great par
II at the North, lately the dominant party
aud Looping soon to BE- dominant again, be.
Ing assv.nbled ut Chicago, do solemnly an
uonnce that. We having failed to subjugate
the South, q convention shall be called Of all
TIE s1A1.s, North and South, to settle their
little differences. LIT future generations
nuke note Of TINT and account for 1t as
post1ity pleases.
The REBEL CoMFORTEES.
The Simultaneous arrest today Of hum
d1ed merchants aud their clerks, In BaltI-
mort, and OF smaller numbers in Philadel-
phia St. Louie, Cincinnati and Washington,
By order Of tie War Department, on charges
Of having been concerned In furnishing
EmuEelrfs with goods to run the blockade,
is tht result cf 1org and careful inyestiga.
tion by the Department, duplicating large
Numbers OF business men Of hitherto IN.
spotted reputation.
A special train from Baltimore brought
down the parties arrested there, and the
doors Of the old Capitol stood opsn for their
rectIrion-
KENTUCKY NEGRO TROOPS.
II: Kentucky negro troops made quite a
eeub- ton In Baltimore, md the comparison
bei~ cen them apd the negro troops raised
here abouts are I'll IL favor IF the Western
article. Mutrey, the officer in Charge OF ne
gro recruiting in Tennessee, has evidently
dcIt his work more carefully thao his East
ern co-}ahorers, or else he has had better
Dast rjkl to work from.
New YoRK, Monday, Oct II The Posts
Washington special Gays: The Inter7iew
With the Sioux indians, In Minnesota, has
resulted In demand On the mart of the IN,
diars that their rannuitiss be paid in gold, and
the commissioners wall recommend to Con
grees compliance with the reqnest~
Wasu1scTos, Monday, Oct. 17-stcretary
Eee: :eIden for awhile stopped the issue Of
1fgt1 tender notes In all firms. and it is now
utd rstcod thst he hks determined to stop
The lstu= Of certificates Of Indebtedness, and
thst no more warrants payable in c5rtifi-
cates will be signed.
The eubEcripti n to the 730 loan during
th- inst week, as reported to the Treasury
Department, amounted to more than
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