The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-08-31
SHERMAN.
Operations .,f the Rebel Cavalry.

Operations 40 the Rebel Cavalry.
| Ma. avuLs. Tenn. August 80, 1884
Great sxcltsmsnt prsya u Ia Nashville to-day in conss
qusnce OF . rumor that an attack 10 TO be MADE o'
Wheeers cavalry force RI NOR gives his force At IRON
SIX TO eight thousand men, VII ntweve guns "nen las
hoard from they we're near ~ 'Minuvils, advancing TO
wards Murr Their prsA able intention Is to des
troy the Union line or communie ion 10 the front Il
supposed the drss demonstration III os made upon pucs
river bridge No apprehension % felt 10 regard
an attack upon this city.
Reports reschsd bore this ornngt hat rebel cavalry
force near Lebanon, aud had cam ured some thirty
Union cavalry but the river being 100, nigh to ford
presumed that they have since o,nes Whesers maiu
body near Murfreesboro
No reports hsvs been received Geaa ra Sherman
Five hundred rebel prisoner, including twenty three
officers. reached here last night.
rss river Is two .eet deep tho shoals saa falling
NAsHvItLs, August - p NJ
Governor Johnson has received despatch VIA ed L. K
N. Patton. colonel commanding, dated Gaanah J. soth,
saying
Ths from Lebanon % bapast eight ectA ok shis
morning is that General Migan is 10 Wheeler ssA lands
The college was surrounded with all the troeps sn IT,
The enemy supposed TO be fifteen hundred ssronsA We
arc scouting all the roads 10 that direction.
NEAR Ar.AsrA, August ", 1884
We had yss,sraay and to-day the average ancua6 . :
ssismishing and artillery firing and used to
this that little drng Ia necessary recreation for US
Artillery firing il rather unpleasant At agnt though for
whom you lie down your rude camp bed Il wilt not
help TO compose you much TO refect that huge sixty
four pound nap kettle might slip through y,a while
eslesp Such sh.ogs happen.
vKw %
tha Of nIr Ina Hama 49s
called after the ownsr Colonel Howard IN the rebel
servics This is general observatory from which
have o fas view of the town and rebel works With
good glass could holes pierced our
through the houses and passing and repassng
The town Is much damaged several houses having be en-
burned down others sadly dapdated In the rebel works
could group of rebels assembled around Are with
one man adns some pottage to the rest al Of which the
small ort group OF officers talking eagerly and
gestcuatng that they must have had some subject OF
down several times and then locked towards mo- So
did they appear with glass that really thought
Frenchman declared that his glas Dss strong
so that u brins Won near byvoo ue away uu.ii he
shoots him yst bis Won pistlc"
II Is currently believed that Hood has been largely
cent? and those dong garrison beer brought
up from the roar bnt cannot account Cor others
| lie has Dot boon reinforced by Lea
INCIDENTS.
have always remarked chat when mo beiligereut
troops are lying near one anothsr Tor length Of time
| they become qae commnnica'Lye and friendly They
forget that they are enemies aud KIND OF chvsric
honor and ccur,esy are strictly observed during their
sefsppohted truce II they compelled to Tire during
the existence OF his solfconsuted ams.lcs they Ore
the first goey IN the air. ss TO give the others time TO
get back. Tue following ineideut. which happened ia
front Of the Fourteenth corps few days sacer vii! fully
illustrate bow t'ck!ish they are about their honor on
such occasiops-
Our works pretty close TO the enemy's, and the
pickcts nearly meet in the centre There was 40 firing
along the lines and occurred TO the fellows 90 BOTH
sles that 1t would DO pleasant Ia get up out OF their re
pits, stretch thc cranred limbs and have tie friend
In tnfNr s1.atrn ca pfu
qoism conversation ensued from the pits and all pro
limnarcs being satisfactorily arranged regular truce
friendly way that would thought they
the best snd most loving neighbos ia the world
and rccouned bsue friends ard scenes
warmly discussed In the midst " he thing the rebels
In the rer called out to their conrades, boys come
bsrk the MAJOR IS coniias' Now, happened tna,
tho Ms s was an o. rus'y e,gsiy custom tom
| 30 when he came up he WAS 10 iumo
and called oat damn you, como back bore api Why me
fire fellows they had TO their pits which
set the MAJOR IN such boiling that be snatched
regular cry Of indignation at such violation OF fath
raised by as men, and five OF them actually walked
OF lines into vowing that they could NOT Ia
Justice 10 their honor. seve any longer IN an army
Their canrades refused to interfere asd evidently deay
sympathzed with their offended dignity oar boys re-
tho Welcome The cewps day tho rebel pcGst Gated
ont In quiet way TO ours, "Boys, No eut allowed 10
nod hy son, VIM s yoa out YOU sis 70
tho salts action OF all parties that were 20 attack
them, ami both parties TO fire in the air aud whc tho
lling was hottest our boys were TO capture them Ac
cordingiy at night ,de vigorous atscs and after
very heavy nring, captured orc hundred men
and otcors What sounded strange to tue untni
tiaied-"Hcayy arns no cosuntcs &"
On the othsr hand n ia strange wha. hcrror most Of
have being taken prisoners Libby, with All
Its h ard sarrors, rises up like an appalling saectre DO
fore them The prefe- death on the battle heid 70
tho consuming iazarette The following narrowing
case shows 70 What pitch this ia carried -oenera
Woods division Fourth corps lately made 81 attack GU
the rebel works man OF the forty-utnth ohi icd
wounded the reho works we not boug able u car
him on. lie cooiiy pulled out bs knife, cut Loose ois
bolt, and then cut open bis IN vat
Since writing the above have been well informed
from Official sources that wheecr's attempts Dalton
and Elton were both repused md tBat finding tho
SITUATION gcttng too bot he fell back General john r
Smith vision OF the Army Of the Tennessce "
10 pursuit, also MAJOR General Steeduan bcsdes s,ne
cavalry currently reported mere. aud DO
evci 10 be true that fitzpatrick mas cn no A,coa lns,
| destroying aarge portion OF IT,
Rebel Accounts.
| GENERAL HOOD COM dent or IFS ABILITY 70 EEEr
4 Ar1ASrA MORGAN MOVING TOWARDS gN *
l vIaE-A FRESH RAID By sGFRMhN. Hfc,
l from tho Richmond Sentinel, August 27.I
Wheeler work tbs enemy's conmunic,tiobs,
| and sherman IL becoming uneasy before Atlanta Al
who just arrived from Atantagives cheerri
| account or affairs at that poiut
An officer from Atlanta Gays that onr Commander there
no mo Intends give up Atlanta and no mote Got bis
M ability TO hold IL, than Get ers Ice does a. 70 HCa
! MORGAN MOVING TOWARDS
Richmond papers prbsh the following despatch, dated
| Atlantis August "a
letter from IN elicer nj Gre enve Feet Tenuessee
GAYS that Johl Morgan left that pout Tor Knox Vile
Scouts report that another federal RAID thousand
strong with niue pieces q artillery, started fTou eca
-. AZ la. llA l.aat CFn U.