The New York herald., 1864-09-22

6ad peeu Informed Of It's location FOE ssverai dsy4
and had nearly competed prepsra,ions ID
uness TO che rebes II not destroy D Alroh1y
battevy pieces IN position 90 cro9 nW
tbis gun aud sweep tns rebel tresches When ths
rebels opened Yesterday this bsttery not bsss
covered but the re opened ~ Forts Morton an
nasKe, 90 birneys leit ~As 40 bot ana damaging 40
% conpo the rebels Last g she covering VI
our neT batery WAS reinOvsd sed " day shs nouser
viii probably be kuoclted over
RON
coo.iuuo 20 % quite especially those carc
o. we no wnere the picket hring iightsst 40 great
o enerai Brnsye line they yss srday changed sbs
troops located shere atrsbutng their Losses 10 disaso
era vs receive represent. uesrly fair proport rtoss
every state 10 League with tho rebellion Bshroa onu
sons division OF Western troops has taken the pos
tion opposite the tenth which the most favs
ra6e opportunity tor desertoo aud ling mas bsoa
established with strict inuneto0s 10 the picses 10 nrx
upon any thai attempts THIS porr nys
report from picket lines shows thar stripaeu
measures are unavailable 20 checx the stampede from
the sinking ship,
Recent deserers report thai Hoke's division which
iew days ago was Withdrawn fcm our front and sent -
toe right OF The rebel ne has been quieiy sent bsoG
and ID massed in = rayine IN iohnsQns rear Tbs
object OF this strange movement Is yet purely uassss
CHANCES IN ran srArf.
Tue stan Of the Tenth CORA has been materially
changed since the assignment ~ MAJOR General B,rusY
to the command OF the corps aud Just ofHoialsv
announced, as 10 iows;-
Lieutenant Colonel Edward W Smith. Assistant A.
iutant General
Lieutenant Colonel R. H Jackson Assistant iuspsc<s~
General and Acting Chief OF Artillery.
Surgeon Robert X. smith, Medical Director
Assistant Surgeon 7, L. Janeway Medical inspsctsr
MAJOR John G. Honshaw, Judge Advocate.
Major J. G. Br,scoe, Ard do Camp.
MAJOR A. G. warbury, Chief Of Typographical EnsusegA
Major A. Il. Stevens, Jr. Provost Marshal.
Captain G. MacMichael Aid dc Camp
Captain Charles a. Graves, Assistant Adutant Gsneea
Captain G. W. Rradley, Acting Chiet Quartermaster-
Captain ID. II. Lentz Assistant Quartermaster.
Captain M Robins, Acting Che' lommissary Of Sas
sistsnce.
Captain +. 1. Ford, Aid-de.Camp
Captain Charles Noble, Jr., Aid-ds Camp.
Captain George r Howard, Acting ordnaacs Odices.
Lieutenant Paul Brodie. signal officer
Lieutenant William 7. Shrevs Commissary OF MustsrA
Lieutenant 4 /. Phillips Ambulance officer.
REGIMENT sHARtTHoosHRs.
Major j. G. Briscoe above announced az senior aid-de
camp is al present absent 70 Philadelphia, engaged u
recruiting the second regiment OF Bsrney shars hooters
for this corps, of which Macr Brscos will be appointed
colonel He is succeeding admirably finding no troubss
in getting all the meH he wants. whicn gvos him the
opportunity OF making his selections with greater cara
These regiments bsua raised under speci authority
from the Secretary War, and with the sanction q
the Governor Of Peuusyvanis THE recruits are required
to pass the snarpshooter test as established by the
War Department, and the officers selected with The
utmost with view OF making the command all ~
name desienates 1t is designed to select pes
feet corps skrmish and picket duty The aatterpg
reputation MAJOR Briscoe has stah officer In thA
Army Of the Potomac gives great attraction In Itself .
recruits An excess Of three hundred men raised for ~
frst regiment have been turned by Colonel M0ero
20 MAJOR M ssoo IS, ~ y expected 'nsr sns sSosaa WIN
10 Philadelphia Experienced officers desirous q
entering branch OF the service that promises abu
dance OF excitement with the unusual chances for dAtino
ton. with do we'll 70 communicate with him.
Tho Washingssn Despatch.
WASHINGTON Sept. q, 1904
Information from tho Army OF the Potomac is 70 ~
effect that nothing OF importance has occurred for ~
past three or four days
The attack OF the enemy expected on Monday did 80
take place. although from indications believed thaA
the rebels seriously medated an assault.
scarcely shot had been heard along the line Ia
twenty tour hours.
Numbers OF deserters coming in daily. but shsp
brought no uews.
General Grants Confidence.
The Arrsp and Navy .Ionrnai OF last week says-"We
koow that the Lieutenant General believes he has The
enemy N his grasp We do not speak from dis.rumovS,
from lecture founded speculatous upon nAe
moveme nts Whatever momentary dash OF dospondsu0
may have crossed him once has gone