, 1864-09-17

Reported Evacuation OF peteFsbuFg-
Every thing Gheerful-Thc AktbeiH
UeBeFt1nE III Uroves.

WAsHN1foA, Friday. Sept. 16.-1ute1Iigence
hom The foEt etatea that the enemy have been III.
noying ouf llues on the left for some time past,
aid General Grants batteries opened yesterday
morning to put stop to 1t. Heavy firing was
kepr mp all day yesterday. The resolt has not
been afeertained. The1e fs no doubt but that the
rebel ebaspf hooters hare been si1enced.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1G-A letter received In the
CITY to-oay, iluIa an officer on Grants stat, dated
C1t9 Point, Ncorcsday evening, says:
have 20 stiF5i1g aeWs to rec1re to-day, but
VIC lie here We arc weAkentai. the enemy, while
their troops are deeertibg to our lines IN druyes
The ,1th Fioriaa 5esiment hich entered H. rabei
service with II men, hss been reduced desertefs
N.Y. TO 1ss. thsn 100 b5 descrions aaa casualties
Amorg the Eeveuty-etght It bel deserte1e brought
berc This morning from City Point were fifteen
iiCu that re ktmept.
NEW YonK, F,idsy, Sept. 10 The World's spe-
cial from 6ransfs headquarters, 18th eayH; There
ID every reaton to believe that tho rebels hare In
contemplation and a1e already preparing, tor the
within the defenees Uf Ri:bmotd. This mayac-
count for the psotracted quiet in our front r1nca
ttsir failure 70 res1 possession Of the portion Of
The uern1's 9th corps correspondent says: A
psrty OF our men stole ont few nights eioce, ncu
set nrc to !he signal sta.lop captured from Us
not worth dgh.ing for, aid ID nov out OF the way
I1e divisions OF the 9Th CORPS hare been re.
numbered. The Sd, commanded b7 Gen Wilcox,
is now the lat; tha I'd. commanded bY Gen. Pot
Ter, retains Its number; the 18th, composed or col
ored troops, commanded BY Gen. Felroro, Will In
future be know u IS the ID.
The M1uId's Harpef's Ferry dispatch Of the 18th
Iay8; The rebel rseiment captured bJ our troops
Dig before yesterday, 1s the.Sth South Carolina
regiment OF Loncftreet': corps. II numbered
the trst families OF The f'a1me to State, The men
are all vel and comfortably clad. Several officers
Of the regiment who were captured at tie same
time. speak confidently Of tbelr hopeatn obtaining
.hcir independence.
FonT MoaBoE, Sept. u, via BALTIMORE, Sept
1G-InteIlfgeneo from the front ia that our bit
teflee opened On the enemy on Wednesday. There
bad been heayy firing all day. to e1lenc1 lho Hre Of
the rebels, who have been some CARS anuoYfng
our lines, particularly On the left.
Gen. Grant arrived here yesterday, en- route for
WashiDgtort
Cupt. Sloan Is authorized by Brig. Gen Hayes,
commanding the regulars captured In the nght OH
the Weldon Railroad, to eay that great injustice
Lad been done him by newspapcrs Had his dtv1-
sion commander properly adv lsed him o. the move
meDts Of the epeuly on lis right, liz would hsye
cap ured the rebels instead Of being captured By
item. The conduct Of Col, Walker, adjntant Gen
eral to Gen. HsncacE, is spoken Of with great
pra,Ee. He, TOO, was captured on the 18th OF An-
gus, but succeeded in destroying his pnpcrs, aud
endeavorcd to escape by swimming the Appomat-
tnx. DDtnrtuuatelY, however, he landed too lar
up the river, aud was retaken BIZ the enemy within
thirty yards Of the Union pfckets, and althouyh
G. ntrontct by GeLe. BtaQregard aud Lee, refused
tn G{Arf0ER bnof1t nt1r DHNnhprA n nAait{nu