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Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-10-21
EXTRA
Victory Of Cedar
Greek Complete.
Sheridan to Grant
GRANT TO STANTON.
STANTON TO THE PEOPLE.
Over Fifty Guns Captured
from the Rebels.
O L l. g IA l. B u l. l. Il Il n.
STANTON TO THE PEOPLE.
Over Fifty Guns Captured
from the Rebels.
OFFICIAL ETIN.

WAN DEPARTMENT.
WARRINGTON, October u, 1864.
Major General Dir, Nsp York,
Tho following telegram, received this morn.
ing, contains further particulars of the battle
OF Cedar Greek.
"CEDAR GREEK, VA.-iIso .. m.-oct 20, is6L
"LieI Gen. Grant, Citv POini, Va;
1--WE have again been favored by great VIC
tory-s victory won from disaster by the gal
lantry of our officers and men.
"The attack on the enemy was made about
p. m, by a left half-wheel of the whole lire,
with division of cavalry turning each flank
Of the enemy, the whole line advancing. The
enemy, after stubborn resistance, broke and
fed, and were pushed with vigor.
"The artillery captured will probably be over
fifty pieces. This, of course, includes what
were captured from our troops in the early
morning. At least sixteen hundred prisoners
have been brought in; also, wagons and am.
balances in large numbers.
"Thls morning the cavalry made dash at
Fishers Hill and carried it, the enemy having
fed during the night, leaving only small
rear guard. have to regret the loss of many
valuable officers killed and wounded-among
them Colonel Joseph Thoburn, commanding
division of Crooks command, killed, Col. J.
Howard Kitchen, commanding brigade, wound.
ed; Col. X. @. Mckenzie, commanding brigade,
wounded severcly-would not leave the field.
"I cannot yet give exact details. Many oil
our men captured in the morning have made
their escape, and are coming in.
"Ramseur, commanding division in Early's
army, died this morning.
"P. II. SHERIDAN,
"MaJor General Commanding"
Gen. Grants appreciation Of the victory al
Cedar Creek is expressed in the following dis
patch
"CITy roIST, VA, Oct. 20, 1905 p. IN.
"HoR. Ed1iH NJ. Stanton, Secretary Of Var
81 had salute of one hundred guns from
each of the armies here fired In honor Of sher.
idan's last victory. Turning what had bid fail
10 be a disaster into a glorious victory stampi
Sheridan what have always thought him
one OF the ablest of generals.
"U. S. GRANT, Lieutenant General"
The Medical Director reports that seven hun,
dred and seventy slightly wounded had reached
Winchester from the leld, and all wounded
that are able TO bear transportation will be for
warded Immediately to MartInsburg.
The telegraph line is now working TO At
lanLa, but no late reports have been received
by the Department.
EDWIN NJ. STANTON,
Secretary of War.
Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-10-21
THE REBELS CHEERING FOR Nc.
CLELLAN.

Soon after the Chicago Convention state
mcnt was extensively published that the news
of the nomination OF Mcclellan was received
with loud cheers by the rebel soldiers at Pc
tcrsburg. As this story has been denied by
the copperheads who are ashamed of 1t, the
Philadelphia Inquirer publishes the following
confrmatory extract from q letter written by
Dr. srLvASUs 8. MILFORD, one of the most
skillful division surgeons OF General Grants
army:
"Our men feel in the best OF spirits over the
news from Atlanta, and as report after report
comes In II is received with hearty cheers from
the soldiers.
"The rebels feel sore over the loss, and
freely express in their conversation, over the
lines, their grief at the defeat.
"Very little cause have they TO choer, and
not until last night have they expressed any
10Y over the events of the day. There was then
the heartiest cheering from the rebels, three
times three, clearly and plainly given for Nc
Ciellan and the Chicago Convention.
There were q few among the soldiers of
this corps who were inclined to vote for Nc
Clellan, but their faith Is now decidedly
shaken.
"The rebels had been receiving reinforce
ments lately, and we expected, when we heard
the cheers, that It was prelude to an attack,
and were decidedly amused when finally we
found out what II meant.
"S. s. MULFoRD.n
Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-10-21
POLITICAL ITEMS.

SOLDIERS VoTE.-A gentleman Just from
the West furnishes the following: On the
route a vote was taken by Mcclellan man for
the Presidential candidates. In the passenger
cars the vote was about seventy-1ve per cent.
for Lincoln. In another car, filed with SOL
diers, the vote was 32 for Mcclellan and l2 for
Lincoln. Some surprise was manifested at
the result, but on further inquiry 1t was ascer-
tained that the soldiers were chained together
as dcserters, most of them Canadians. On
learning this at Buffalo the Mcclellan man
kept shady.
How THE CONNECTICUT SOLDIERS VoTE.-A
letter from an officer Of the Army of the Poto-
mac says that the Connecticut soldiers had
commenced to vote for President, and that in
two regiments seven oighths of the votes were
for Lincoln, another regiment nine tenths, and
another about equally divided. In the Con-
necticut battery every man OF them voted for
Lincoln.
RECORD IT.-That the indignant and Insulted
people of Chicago arc about to get up pro-
test against associating the name of their city
with the Infamous platform upon which Nc
Clellan stands
Gov. SEYMOUR hailed tho rioters in New
York last year as friends" The man who
openly proclaims his fellowship with thieves
and cut-throats has no right TO expect the Buf-
| HdBC VI EeSpccLdUlo noni anu, WnhL ID moro, III
the loyal State of New York he will not get
them.
THE LONDON Times virtually gives up the
cause of Mcclellan as hopeless. It lugubrl-
ously confesses that "the capture of Atlanta
made Llncoln's election possible, while sheri-
dams victory has rendered 1t almost certain"
Prophetic Thunderer
Do THE Copperhead orators and journals
| faly hn m ha hat hos alta
to make them believe that the results OF the
recent elections augur good TO the Democratic
cauBei
The "Cncmy In the rear" sustained Water
loo defeat last week. Their final rout and
capitulatlon is reserved until the Sih of No.
vember.
GREAT deception is practiced upon the SOL
dlers by the circulation of Copperhead electoral
tickets labeled linton Soldiers Vote" Friends
| of the soldier should see to the prevention and
counteraCtion of this insldious mischief.
Gov. MORTON, of Indiana, will address the
Union meeting at Cooper Institute, New York,
on Saturday evening.
If THE CoPPERHEADs are not satisfied with
the drubblng they got last week, they have
only TO walt until n0xt month. Instead OF
isolated peals from Pennsylvania, Indiana and
OHIO, there will be thunder all around the
sky"
CoPPERHEAD PAPER states that Mcclellan
has Every poor opinion of Gen. Grant" On
the other hand, Grant, unless we are much
mistaken, has no opinion at all OF Gen. Nc
Clellan.
? MARX ToPIEI" was maRnthropG com.
pared with those Copperhcads who assume to
extract comfort from the complexion OF the
political sky. A man dancing a hornpipf
under the gallowH world he lrg7hrnUsness
Itself Ia comparison.
Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-10-21

Hon MONTGOMERY BLAIR arrived safely at
Lexington, Ky, on Wednesday last.
REv. j. BURCuARD, the well known revival
ist, Is dead, aged 10 ears.
GENERAL DoBLADo, of Mexico, is in town,
the guest OF Senior Romero, the Mexi AN NJ mister.
JOSEPH HoXIE, of New York city, famous as
Harrison campaign singer 10 1910, and now Ia
miliarly known IS ~ Id Joe," IS stumping for the
U ion cause. "Josephus the aneienp' 10 at vii.
lards.
CHARLES G. sTEARNs, a student In Harvard
College, has been fined 8 IN the cambridge police
court for breaking sire lamps, AID S. Merri-
weather, another studt mt In this n " notorious
intuition, has beeu put on probation for being
what the po icemea call tight.
DR.. HITCaCoCK, Of Fitchburg, Mass, has
presented TO dardner Tufts, SI5, TO be expended
Tor hospital stores for the OF the husetts
military agent Al Wasgingtonj this sum being the
amount oil DR.. HtchcOsk's pers nal expenses a.
volunteer surgeon after the battle of SpottBy
Court House, allowed III by the Government.
MR. W. II. WEBR, OF New York ship-build-
ing fame, has received a d spateh from Naples via
London, III the Royal Italian iron clad frig.te
he Don Luigi de POrtogallo had arrived at Naples
di'ect, making the passage 10 twenty days and
twenty-five hours, everything being in iirst.rate
order
Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-10-21

We learn that the beautiful dag furnished by
the ladies Of the Treasury Department, for the
Treasury Guard regiment, will he presented to
the regiment at the dress parade tomorrow
Saturday. afternoon, at a quarter past three
o'clock. The ceremony of presentation will
take place at the parade ground, south of the
Presidential Mansion. The President and heads
of Departments have beon invited TO be present,
and also the military organizations attached TO
the several Departments. The presentation
speech, 1t Is expected, will be made by Hon. g.
b. Colby, Register of the Treasury, and will be
accepted In behalf Of the regiment by Col.
Willstt. The band attached to the regiment
will discourse music on :ho occasion, and,
should tho day be fine, good time may be ex.
pected. We advise our readers to be present.
Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-10-21
Recovery OF R.gimsnt.I Flags.

HEADQ'Ra MIL. DIV. west MIssIsSPrLl
NEw ORLEANS, La, Oct. ~, 1861. I
General Orders, No. 50.-The Major General
commanding has the qualification Of announc-
ing that the regimental flags lost, but without
loss Of honor, by the Union troops serving in
ment OF the Gulf, during the last year, have all
been recaptured while on their way to the rebel
War Department at Richmond. Such OF them
Us belong 10 regiments that are still In the ser
vice will at once be restored, and the remain
der will be sent TO Washington, to be disposed
Of as may be directed by the Secretary of War.
By order of Major Gen. z. X. 3. CASBT.
G. 7. christensen,
Lieut.. Colonel and A. A. G..
Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-10-21
Fatal Duel a, coneordI. PARK.

We had almost commenced to think that
duels were only to be read Of in books, and that
in our day and generation men were too wise
TO cody take a position and fire at each other,
with no other incentive than false idea that
they were brave. But TO the case In point. At
nine O'Clock yesterday morn .ng, Brevet Major
Greve aud Capt. Hansen, of 'hc 4th Missouri
cavalry, met at Concordia Park TO settlea diiii-
Guilty that had originated at Memphis over a
year ago. They were seconded by Capt. Kregi
and Emil Hochster, the latter a member of the
corps reportorial, and late local editor of the
Anzeiger, but now leading actor at the Ger
man National theatre, on Market street. After
position facing the other, at fifteen PAGES dis.
taht, armed with navy rcvolvers.
AT the signal of dropping a white handker.
chief, both fired, and Captain Hansen fell to
the ground, having been shot in the left breast,
the ball passing into the lungs, and inficting
q probably fatal wound. The ball from Capt.
Hansen's pistol cut the sleeve of Major Greve's
coat, without infictlng any wound. Captain
Hansen was taken to his boarding house, on
Second street, between Market and Walnut,
where he lays In a precarious situation, and
will probably die.
Both OF the men are veteran officers, and 1t
seems too bad that, when their services arc so
much needed as at the present time, they should
so far forget their duty 70 themselves and their
country as 10 attempt TO kill each other. Cap
tain Hansen will probably die, but an example
should be made of Major Greve that will deter
any future disciples Of the code duello from
making fools of thems, Ives and disgracing the
Federal uniform.-&. Louis Union, lsh inst.
Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-10-21
ANOTHER LETTER FROM JOHN
BRIGHT.

The great English Reformer, John Bright,
in recent letter acknowledging the gift OF a
nag from the Sanitary Fair, Philadelphia. al
ludes to our present struggle in the following
earnest language;
81 watch every step of your great conflict
with intense interest, with as much interest,
think, as II were citizen Of your country.
regard IL as q struggle, the result Of which will
ilx for ages, II may be, the character and fate
Of your continent, and which will influence all
the interests OF freedom throughout the world.
On your coming presidential election much
the North TO support the Administration In Its
efforts 10 restore the Union and TO purge the
country from the curse and guilt of slavery.
81 have had faith In your great cause from
the beginning, and | will still hope aud be-
Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-10-21

FORTRESS MONROE, Oct. l9.-The steamer
dictator, Captain Brakeman, has arrived,
thirty.two hours from New York. On the 18th
inst, of Penwick's Island, she passed the
steamer A. Hardee, bound south.
Arrived, the steamer suwanee, Captain Cal.
houn, nine days from New Orleans. On the
1Sth inst, she spoke the United States gunboat
Fort jackson, ffty-lve miles southeast from
Cape Henry, bound south; wished to be re-
ported; all well.
The hag-of-truce steamer New York, In
charge Of Lieut.. Col. J. 4. Mulford, arrived
from Aiken's Landing at 5 O'Clock this after
noon, with $50 prisoners Of war, paroled.
Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-10-21

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 20.-Dispatches from Gen.
Rosecrans say that Prices main forces are still
east Of Blackstone river.
Later advices from Danville state that no
citizens were burned in the block house at that
place, as previously reported. A scout from
Randolph returned to Mercer yesterday, hav.
ing killed II guerrillas.
The Republiedn'S Jefferson City, special
correspondent says, the guerrilla 7 odd entere I,
German settlement in Lafayette county on
Sunday night, and killed 2s Germans, fired
their houses and compelled the women to re-
main In them until the roofs were about to fall,
when they were allowed to escape.
Gen. Curtis is concentrating large force al
Kansas City, with which he will move against
Price. General Lane has command of 500
militia
Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-10-21
SHERIDAN.
or the War Department
to Torberrs Cavalry.


to Torbert's Cavalry.
The compliment paid in the following order
is richly deserved;
HEADQuARTERs MIDDLE Mil TARE DIyIsoS,(
0ctob- Z H. 1861
The following has been received, and is pub
lshed for the information of the armyt
"WAR DEPARTMENT.
"WASHIE0ToH, oct. l1-S p. m.
"MGjCr GonsrGl SheriddH;
"rhis Department tenders its thanks TO you,
and through you to Maj. Gen. Torbert, Gems.
Merit and Custer, and the officers and soldiers
under their command, tor the brilliant vic.
tories on last sunday, by their gallantry, over
the rebel cavalry in the Shenandoah Valley.
Under gallant leaders, your cavalry has be-
come tho efficient arm in this country that 1t
has proved in other countries, and is winning,
by its exploits, the admiration of the country
and Government. z. NJ. STANTON,
Secretary nf War;"
By command of Maj. Gen. Sheridan:
Z. KISGsDURY, JR., A. A. g.
HEAnVUARrERs CAVALRY, MIDDLE DIVISION
October II, 1864. !
This dispatch will be read at once at the
head of every regiment in this command.
BY command of Maj. Gen. Torbert:
WM. RUSSELL, JR., A. A. G.
Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-10-21
GENERAL BANKS TO THE VETERAN
SOLDIERS.

AT the meeting ofthe Veteran Soldiers Union
Club, in New York, on Wednesday evening, the
following letter from Major General Banks
was read:
ASToR HoUsE, New YoRH, October 10.
GENTLEMEN: l regret that l am unable TO
accept your invitation to attend tho meeting
Of the Veteran Union Association 70 night.
The memorable contest In which we arc en-
gagged presents no incident more cheering to
the friends of liberty throughout the world
than the patriotic spirit which the people have
everywhere exhibited in the great sacrifices
they have been called upon TO make; and the
brightest feature of this is the general support
given by the soldiers of the army to the cause
of the country and the Administration which
represents it.
We cannot justify the destruction of Gov
errnent so magnificent as ours for any cause
assigned as a pretext for this rebellion.
The lgople must and will reject everything
which paters to the success Of the enemy, and
make this grand calamity impossible.
The veterans of the army, who have defended
the integrity of the Union in the field, and now
organize for the purpose of maintaining the
civil side of the Government, have double
title to the chaplet of honors they have won
History presents no such record as this. The
concurrence of such elements Of power In sup
port of such a cause makes, our success as
honorable as it is certain. iii is in my power
shall seek an opportunity 10 meet tho mem.
bers of your association before the Presidential
Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-10-21
The Late Colonel George d. Wells.

A sketch OF the late Col. George D. Wells in
the Boston Post tells us why he accepted a
judgeship of Tic Boston police court:
GAN came 10 respect him the more when
they learned the true reason of his acceptance
of 1t. His father had died largely In debt; the
son, after his decease, voluntarily and of his
own motion, gave his personal liability for all
bis fathers debts, without dollar of discount.
He submitted TO the drudgery of police court
Judge, In order the more readily and certainly
TO meet those honorable obligations. He had
cancelled them all and won a name as a magls-
trate of which any man Of his age might well
be proud"
Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-10-21
Gen. Sheridan Pursuing
LmeStreet.
His Victory of the 10th
More Glorious than
First Reported.
FIFTY GUNS CAPTURED !
Prisoners, Wagons, Ambulan-
ces, Caissons, Muskets, and
Equipments in Large
Numbers Taken.
FIFTY GUNS CAPTURED
LONGSTREET RETREATING.
GEN. SHERIDAN PURSUING

The la est news received from General
Sheridan is to the effect that his success on
the 18th instant was more glorious than at
first stated. He captured rIrrr GUNS, instead
Of forty-threc.
The number Of prisoners captured lie more
than two thousand. The rout of the enemy
was complete, Sheridan pursuing and attack.
ing. The fields and roads over which the
enemy retroated were strewn with wagons, Gals
sons, smbulances, n,uskots, and equipments
Of all sorts, abandoned by the panic stricken
rebels.
1t is not certain Longstreet commanded the
rebel forces.
The more news we get from the valley the
better 1t grows.
Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-10-21

CAIRo, Oct. 20.-The steamer Mamie Birch,
from Memphis, has passed up.
Business, which was entirely suspended al
Memphis, has been resumed again. The
militia have been discharged, as the danger
from any further raid is believed to be over.
The opinion al headquarters is that the rebels
have no intention Of attacking Memphis, their
presence beyond being merely designed to cover
the march of troops into Kentucky. There Is
no rebel force within five miles of the city.
The last heard of Chalmers he was south of
fernando, retreating towards the swamps of
the Tallahatchie. Forrest was en- route for Me-
ridlan with his prisoners.
Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-10-21

"IF WE HOLD OUR OWN AND PRE-
VENT FURTHE MILITARY SUCCESSES
SYERY PROSPECT THAT MCCLELLAN
WILL BE ELECTED, AND HIS ELECTION
UPON THE CHICAGO PLATFORM MUST
LEAD TO PEACE AND OUR INDEPEN
DENCE."-ChdrleStoR Mercury.
"oUR SUCCESS IN BATTLE INsUREs
THE SUCCESS OF MCCLELLAN. OUR
FAILURE WILL INEVITABLY LEAD TO
HIS DRFEAT." - Chdrleston Courier.
Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-10-21
BY II LEG II \ = Ii
Cheering News from Missouri.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, Oct. 19.-EycrythinG
looks much more favorable tonight.
News from Gen. Curtis is most cheering.
Gen. Rosecrans took the field to-day, and TO.
night is many miles from here.
Price has declared an amnesty TO all desert
ers from his army who have been bushwhack-
ing, and they are joining him.
Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-10-21
ADDRESS OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCE
ASSOCIATION TO PRESIDENT LIN

ASooSAhNhON To PhESIDEhT Linz
COLIN.
On the list instant the following address,
bcaring the signatures OF 100 members of ''The
International Association for the Advancement
of Social Science" lately in session at Amster-
dam, was presented TO the United States Con.
sui at Amsterdam, for transmission to Mr..
Lincoln:
10 AbrGhdm Lincoln P,etidsHf Of The United SaieSs
We have followed, with profound interest,
honi its oiIsn, tile struggle between the energetic
citizens of tho North and the slaveholders of the
South. While regrettipg the bloodshsd and the
evils resulting from war, we congratulate you
upon the constant hImness with which you and
the great nation which elected you have defended
Justice and humanity. Convinced that the United
States nation will issue from this trial stron ger
than ever, and with future definitely separated
iIOm every servilc institution, await the speedy
triumph OF the holy cause OF liberty. We are sure
that the destiniss Of the great Republic Will never
he compromised by you"
Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-10-21

TUE koASoEE.-We learn by passenger per
steamer Columbia, arrived to-day from Havana,
that an organized plot for the capture of the
steamship Roanoke existed and was publicly
talked OF in Havana, and further, that after
securing her, the capture Of the Columbia and
the now steamer Moro Castle was tho pro-
Rramme.--N y. TriJan,.
Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-10-21

THE frigste AHGtlySt which had been lent by
the Admiralty TO the Atlantic Telegraph Com
pany for the purpose of conveying tho Atlantic
cable from the works Of Messrs. GLASS, ELLIOT
& Co., TO the Great EdSterH at sheerness, was
run aground soon after leaving Chatham. She
dry dock for examination, as she was supposed
10 be strained.
Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-10-21
THz REBEL DEFHAT IN Omo.-Thc Clncin-
natl Gazette says;

lHh hkBhL DkfhAT IN OHlO'-luc SInClu-
natl Gd=ate says;
The eastern journals attach special import
snce to the Union victory in Hamilton county,
and offer suggestions touching Its Significance,
which have not been fully weighed by our own
people. In the first place, Hamilton county is
the home Of the peace candidate for Vice Pres
ident. The first district, in which Mr.. Eggle-
ston made such splendid race, and achieved
spch decided triumph, is now, and has been
for many years represented by G. H. Pendle-
ton. Then, again, the candidate against Mr.
EgglosLon was Geo. z. Pugh, former United
States Senator from Ohio, and who obtained 80
much notoriety as the special champion Of
Vallandlgham.
1t was Mr.. Pugh who announced in his
'clarion voice." in the summer of 1868, that
upon Vallandigham's election he would lead
two hundred thousand Democrats To tho border
TO bring home the exile. 1t was this great war
horse of the Democracy that the Union men
killed on Tuesday. Besldes, in looking back,
1t is discovered that In 1859 Mr.. Pendleton
carried the First district by l,l27 majority.
Now Mr.. Eggleston has 700 majority on the
home vote, and these figures will be increased
by the soldiers 10 near 1000. This is Q pretty
decisive Reputation Of Mr.. Pendleton, the
peace candidate for Vice President, and an
eilcctual extinguisher Of the champion Of Val
landlgham.
Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-10-21
GOLDEN sEHTENcEs.

THE CRISIs WHICH THREATENED TO
DIVIDE THE FRIENDS OF THE UNION Is
PAsr.s
-ISBALL NOT RETURN TO SLAVERY ANY
FERSoS WHO rs FREE BY THE TERMS OF
FHE PROCLAMATION, OR BY ANY ACT OF
CONGRESS-"
IL PROCLAIM FULL PARDON TO ALL WHO
soLEMNtY SWEAR TO HENCEFoRTH FAITH
FULLY SUPPORT, PROTECT, AND DEFEND
THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES
AND THE UNION OF THE STATES THERE
UNDER"
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
WISH ALL MEN TO BE FREE.-ABRA.
NAN LMcoLN- Nal.inqtor, Oct. 10. 1854.