, 1864-10-29
Q1tca9o Qribn1le,
SATURDAY, OCTOBER ee9. 1864.
THE NEwA

SATURDAY, OCTOBER es. 1864.
THE NEWS.
he Official dispatches confirm the preyi-
hints alluded to in our last issue Of
1vement Grants army. Two corps
re thrown forward On our left, those Of
,hcock snd Warren, in q strong neconnois-
ice Of which tested the etr>ngth Of the
le1 defenses below Petersburg, while Cen
ler felt the rebel strength east Of Rich
ind. 1t was not an aseault, and none was
;dc by our forces. Our men were pressed
..scly forward, but held well in hand, and
,cn the enemy attacked, Is tber did. they
RE repu1sed and driven back, our troops
l.ding the ground gained, until ordered to
.cre from the advance petition Readers
,k.r dispatches will experience sense Of
appointment that this was Ill that MAS
aiered, and may rectll, especially If they |
aCoppefhcads, the military movement Of
u"Kkog Of Franco with forty thousand !
m," but those who more adequately in |
tpret war news will accept these dispatches
pa1t and parcel Of others to come, They
call an event TO be judged not separately,
t as part Of great whole, move in a
gnd game. With Richmond the stake. Mere
lkers on at chess where TWO skillfnl players
awellmatched, are apt to wa1imp4tient, and
I'd Light importance in moves that appa.
rtly mean nothing. The bseathless crowd
aund the prize.ting sometimes wonder
~. SO long strokes are> only feints and
fdtlfse passes, but By and by comes the
tting thrust and the resouuding blows
Gnt has Just got in ole solid damaging
sbke On his advereary'e brcaa.hasketsup1 In
t. Shenandoah, and Is now making fetnts
abut his cars. Presently the mailed hands
vi strike something hard. The reconnols-
SAGE In force yesterday along our main line
otoyer score Of miles, from below Peters,
beg to the Yorktown read due east OF Rich
mnd, meant something, and ia the prelude
1oYarmer work ahead.
he rebels are aware Of our approaching
Presidential election. and are getting up ex-
cusit oparties 10 help their Northern friends.
Or co Amon purpose moves them, whether
thy 1m huugrily on the Canada line, or
bnhwhack along the Missouri border, or
prss forward their armed forces even to the
Oho River. The rebels know that the re-
election Of Abraham Lincoln rolls stone to
til. door Of their sepnlchre, and they are
eager to help Little Mac Forrest meuns
this as surely in his menace at Pad1cah as did
Prce In his swoop upon Missouri Both
and I'LL viii 1ail. Even Hoods greater
movement, now apparently aimed at
Middle Tennessee Is an electioneeeing mea-
su.e, an attempted diversion in favor Of the
rebellion. All Of them will fill. The people
hare set themselves sternly at work to crush
this It tbellion. They will pierce 1t with bull
lete, press 1t down with ballots, let out its
tou1 Life with the bayonet and follow
Though every guise until the Union is
restored The aspects OF the military situa-
ton in our dispatches elsewhere from Ten
nessoe, Kentucky and Missouri and the
hints out Of Canada upon which Gen. Dix
stirring order elsewhere given is based,
1ave this Interpretation and will have this
ending.
at1a'.a ~, she~7nsn,s o,nn1,c..sane ~
free. His army is sharply following Ho ID.
q rebel Major and six rebel priyates are 70
meet, to-dry, al St, Louis, the requirements
nj re stern mandate of Blood for Blood
To no lees eeutle treatment will the euer1llas
yit,d.
President Ctff,a ,a.d, of Hayti, issuea pro-
clan ntjou tormail* annonnclne the suppres.
s,cn ot revolt, .tt the restoration Of order
In. 1hat Rypuol,c,
Jndsh ,. Beutsuiu, the rebel Secretary. !.
mt In formal attempt to lnjure our M.
tional creoit abroad He reminds rs of a
yerv 5l1-tayored boy, with letter in the post
of8ca who shou1d bnsv btms,af In Wall
street with aecrrfnp the credit Of the mil.
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