New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-10-25
NEWS OF TIE DAY.
rr,EtA, WAR.

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Port ROYAL Oates are 70 the 2is'' by 'ue 'I"u''
mort A-sco Col G. II. VAN WICK and oiser ol'ice's
arc Messengers There is no Warnews OF cohseneico'
TIE fcund ring Of the schooner Chlysoh,e on Onlie0
tegur shoals confirmed bit rotnins u sHid OF loss o
LIE The Captain and crew had oeen peSe" Up ""u
landed nj Port Royal Our fire upon CbnTieatcn 10 reg
uarly KEPT up and several oonfegre'i'ns nave recent!
oont,oa in he civ rfARpFEis the Rebel commander
All descrters agree in the statement that the Rebel
feeders encourage their men by assuring shem that Nc
CLYtay Is sure 10 10 elected IN .he North and that me
rcccrnta ofthc independence of the Coniederacy vii
Immediately follow Thoro had been soo political ndi-
cations among The Union troops, which show thai at
least five s1tbs. especially Of New.Sork troops viii
vote tic Republican Urion ticket.
The Louisville Journal gives scne mnddled
md upimpor,an. news" from Kentuckv-tir. caee
gallant State now shiSern3 before the reviewers q
fo, hundred outlaws and iacjng tie nerve and sipe-
rsauv the desire So drive the icarandens ont. Tie
yor,nol says that tie Rebel Gen. LYON has force Of
500 and is supposed to 30 trying 10 work down the
south bank Of the Cnrabcferd 20 stike The Nashville
and Sorthwca,crn Railroad Charlotte -Four reg
fm.pts OF Rebels are said TO be IN Hickman County
There was force OF 400 Ut Greensboro on friay last
and there was a new guenil,a leader at Henderson.
Tn. Golas5oso' Joarxci (RebeO learns hat on
Sunday. .he 18th inst body Of fensee infantry Al
least thousand strong with several pieces Of cst.
lrv advanced from Suffolk TOWARD Weldon. ard Grove
a. the Rebel cavalry pciets Backrstef or ffhhz
lin. Advancing few miles further they diso"s roS
force Of inianiiy in their front COMMANDED by IS-
AEmsrgAp ard bcat e iasty retreat back " stHolk.
IL the lrc,ishinc which occurred Oh theiF advance
the Rebels lost one man kd and two or three wounded
belonging to Capt TATrs company Sixth Cavalry
By way OF Halifax we hear with satisfaction
tia. The ,jllain Len,. BEASr. who Was CHIEF IN the
capture and destruction % the steamer RoanoEe ana
.eyern OF his associates have been arrested and are on
trial without benefit OF bail. Shall We venture to hope
that the British Islands vail logger be the cage ior
men who arc pirates in every Of tho term lh'
sfr and the Canada raid mey help to settle the ques
General Custer has been promoted to be
laiorenera in consideration Of his brilliant services
Sn tie Valley This as snuOuneed TO General Cl'ief
at the War Department yesterday. during the presenla
ton VI the aags oaptnred by Shcgidans forces IN tHr
late victory at Cedar Greek and was received WIN
load applause by the large crowd assembled 70 wncss
Tire presentation. ~ b. ,a'
Gen. EIcsETrs .Bas reported to be in very
low condition Yesterday, The bell which entered III
right broass and 1ssstd through his lungs was e1
trscted IN the morning from near the shoulder blade
Ills rit arm is much in1amed end u Is feared that in
iernal Needi1s Las commenced, cacsedby the eating
OF m prtcry.
The draft was renamed in Washington yesteI-
day to FIJI the decencles existing In the quotes OF the
various wards Among those drafted was tbs door
Keeper OF the Presidential mansion. who makes the
fnrh rttaee of the bite House who hes been drafted
within the past two months. = " ~ ~ i -
MosBY aud WHIrE's gangs Of guerrilias are
.cain hovering around Fairfax, Ioudon and the adj
Joining counties. On Sunday q number OF Mosby g
scouts made their appearance in the Vicinity OF the
Great Falls OF the Potomac about eighteen miles fom
Washington Two of them captured and troaght
in t'h
The Richmond papers ofthe 18th, published
On account OF the blowing up and sinking of the o. s.
steamer Nippon. Admiral PORTER today teegrsphed
10 the Navy Department that he had received letters
from officers on board the Nippon, dated 18th. 30 tho
publication Is undoubtedly untrue.
A dispatch from Kansas City, Mo, dated
Sondey says that courier Just IN reports PRICE and
The Rebel army rctreating fast possible pursued
by the Union forces. Whom last heard from they
nbcu.twenty.fve miles south Of Kansas City. as
Richmond papers of the 22d acknowledge o
defeat tn the Shenandoah Valley, and say they lost
twenty three guns besidss those they he'd taken OF r
md about enc thousand killed and wounded with few
JOHN A. WASHINGTON, one of MosBY's dis
patch bearers was captured near Rectorvile, Ys. on
Saturday. "A number Of dispatches axe said to have
been found on him when captured t..
Two blcckade-runners left Halifax on Mon
day and two others were then in port.