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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-10-17
LATEST FROM THE NORTH.

We have received, through the kind
ness of an esteemed friend, copy of the
Philadelphia MQuirer of the 18th in
stant-one day later. We give brief
summary of the news it contains
THE UNITED STATES ELECTIONS -PENNSYI-
yANIA IN DOUBT.
The returns from forty-five counties in
Indiana give the 1.incolnites twenty thou
sand majority, and they claim that the
remaining counties will give them
five thousand more There is small
Union majority in both houses of the
Legislature. They have elected eight
Congressman, and the Democrats have
two, with Voorhees, district still in
doubt. Ohio has elected sixteen Lin
coin members and three Democrats.
The present delegation stands, fourteen
Democrats to five Republicans. The
election in Pennsylvania is in q fog, and
what is quite remarkable, the Inquirer
does not mention it at all We find the
following telegram, which is very signi-
fcant:
HARRISBURG, October 12-The general
impression here is that the State has
gone Democratic, on the home vote, by
from three thousand to five thousand
majority, but that the soldiers votes will
give from ten thousand to fifteen thou
sand Union majority.
The following letter from Harrisburg
tries to explain the great falling Oft in
the Republican vote in the State. After
conceding that it is likely the Democrats
have carried the State, the writer says
But the indications are strong that the
Unionists will gain three Congressmen-
Smith Fuller, George +. Miller and George
Y. Lawrence making our representation
in Congress fifteen Union to nine Demo
Gratis. They Will also have large con
trolling majority in the Legislature, SO
that there is really little for the Demo
cracy to crow over.
We must have a large Union report
from the army. The only drawback to
this is the fact that our commissioners
to take the vote Of the soldiers have
failed to reach Sherman's army. They
sent their rolls and documents back, an
nouncing that, owing to the advent of
Forrest between them and Atlanta, they
were unable to get through his lines to
Sherman in time to poll that army vote.
This will have most important bearing
upon the army returns, as there are
many thousands Of Pennsylvanians in
Sherman's army.
A painful report prevails that the COM
missioncrs also failed to reach the army
of Sheridun in the Valley that the rebel
guerrillas had etfectually Obstructed their
passage to Suasburg. This, If true,
would indeed be unfortunate, as there
are at least twenty five thousand Penn
sylvanians in Sheridan's army.
How true this painful report" was,
the following telegram win show;
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In consequence OF southwest gale
which was blowing portion of the time
the fiames were often communicated tC
the dwelling houses.
Nearly all the town of Woodstock was
burned by the firing Of barn on the
outskirts Of the place.
LATER R--Passengers by last nights
train report that it was understood in
Staunton that Early, having learned on
Thursday that the Barnburner had d.
vided his force, sent detachment down
the Valley to attack Cfook's corps. This
was done in the most approved and eff
fectual manner, and Crook was defeated
with severe loss, including a large NUN
Der Of prisoners. In the meantime,
Early, with the remainder of his forces.
crossed the Blue Ridge at Thornton's S
gap, as stated above, attacked the other
two corps commanded by the Barn
burner in person, and drove him back
into the Valley. No official reports have
yet been received on the subject.
FROM NORTH CAROLINA.
Authentic information arrived in this
city last night that the enemy were ad-
vancing towards Weldon, on the Sea
board and Roanoke railroad, with several
pieces Of artillery and a considerable
number of infantry and cavalry. 1t is
evidently raiding party of some pro,
portions. Our authorities in that section
have made preparations to check them
FROM FORREST.
Yankee papers report that on Tues
day night last General Buford (Confede
rate, with twelve hundred mounted men,
crossed the Cumberland river at Har
peth shoals.
In Colonel Kelley's affair, the Yankees
say that they lost twenty killed, twenty
six wounded and missing, a battery of
four guns (all they had), and had two
transports disabled, They say that
Forrest commanded in person.
FROM GEORGIA
Nothing has been heard from Hood for
the last few days The War Department
is advised OF his movements, but moth
ing has yet been made public
RETURNED OFFICERS.
Among the officers who returned
South by the last flag Of truce were Ma
jor Mcknight Casa iiartz), Captain J. G.
Bronaugh, Of the Department battalion,
and Acting Master Edward McGuire,
Confederate States Navy.
FROM MISSOURI.
At last accounts, the Confederate
troops had destroyed the Lemoine bridge,
on the Pacific railroad, one hundred and
seventy five miles from st. Louis.
Price, himself, was reported to be in
the vicinity of Bonneville, the county
seat of Cooper county, and situated on
the Missouri river, about fifty miles
above Jefferson City. The Yankee Gene
raj Sanborn is said to be harassing his
rear
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THE WAR NEHN}.

On the lines, beginning on the Charles
City road north OF James river, and ter
| Ininating on the Vaughan road, south Of
Petersburg, no military movement cf
importance has transpired since last
Thursday. The Yankees then tried to
force our lines below this city, but met
with such a reception as has had the eff
feet of keeping them quiet ever since.
Some surprise has been expressed that
Grant has postponed so long the grand
attack which it is known he is preparing
to make on our position, There are at least
two good reasons that we know Of for
his delay lie desires the co operation
of his navy, which he cannot have until
Buffers canal shall have been finished !,
and his army, for the reinforcement Of
which every effort is, with some success,
being made, is not yet strong enough for
his purposes. From gentleman who Is
Just through from Washington city,
where he conversed with many we'll
formed persons-some Of them officers
in the Yankee army-we learn that the
draft is being vigorously enforced every
where in the North except in New der
sey and Brooklyn city, and that conr
scripts are being sent to Grant at the
rate Of at least thousand day. Such
accessions to his army are worth waiting
for. Ii the supply of men continues,
by the first Of November the Yankee
army will be numerically as strong as
when it crossed the Rapid Ann last May.
The material, it is true, will be very in
fcrior; for it is not too much to say the
Yankee nation can never again put into
the field so powerful and perfect an
armed force as was the Grand Army OF
the Potomac when, after its re-organiza-
ton by Grant, it marched into the Viii
derness last spring.
When the draft has done its work, and
Butler either completed his canal or
given it over as failure, Grant will re-
sume active operations. Then We may
look out for at least two powerful as
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STYLLLATE,R FROM The NORTH.

We received yesterday evening copies
of the New York Herald and Tribune
OF Friday, the l4th instant. We give a
summary Of the news they contain
THE ELECTION IN PENNSYLVANIA.
The election in Pennsylvania is still
in doubt. The New York Herald says: ::
The all-absorbing question is the Penn
sylvania election. Both parties still
claim it on the home vote by from three
to five thousand majority. The returns
come in slowly. We are without any
returns from several counties, and in a
number of others only small portion
have been heard from. The later and
more complete returns increase the De-
mocratic gains in nine cases out Of ten.
II those sections yet to hear from show
anywhere like the Democratic gain in
proportion to the returns already re-
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INTERESTING FROM GEOPGTA

INTERESTING FROM GE0RGTA.
The Georgia papers bring us some in
telligence from the two armies confront
ing esch other in that State:
When Sherman heard that Hood had
left his front and gone northward, he
crossed the river with two corps and
formed a line of observation at Nining' 5
station. Hoods line crossed the railroad
at Big Shanty. On the I'd and 4th, the
two armies held this relation to each
other without firing gun. On the 9th,
Sherman withdrew and returned to At
lanta.
The enemy thus disposed OF, our army
set to work with axe and spade 1t
pretty effectually administered upon the
State road. From Big Shanty to the
Dcstenaula the scene is one dismal
wreck Those deep cavities among the
Etowah hills have been filled up by
heavy timber, earth and stone. The
mode Of procedure is thus described by
our correspondent Whilst one detail is
engaged in tearing up the truck and
burning the cross-ties, second occupies
Itself with hewing heavy logs for the
purpose OF choking the gaps. These
logs are thrust into the cuts, buried un-
der mass OF dirt and rock, and So eff
fectually destroying the line OF travel
The Yankee mode Of doing the same
thing is not half SO certain. We have
decidedly improved upon their plan of
operation.
The bridges OH the State road are de
stroyed from Marietta TO Dalton.
Ia General Hoods battle order, he
says his word is " forward. tie au-
nounces that Sherlnen has sent two corps
to Chattanooga that he will leave one
corps to hold Atlanta, and that the resi-
due of his army will not be match for
ours.
Our cavalry had captured train OF
thirty cars near AckwOrth, on the I'd in
stant, loaded with supplies coffee, five
hundred barrels crackers, etc. On the
Sd, they captured train OF cars loaded
with beef cattle, which We're burnt
These ,icks, together with those struck
by Forrest, will soon have the desired
effect in moving Sherman from Atlanta.
General Beanregard and staff passed
through Opelika on Friday, on his way
to the Tennessee army TO assume the
commaad, and he win personally direct
the movements and operations of the
army until the fall campaign shall have
been fully ceased.
The situation on both sides ia critical
but if Hood can keep up his supplies,
Sherman must evacuste Georgia In no
great length of time.
The Appsars Grenada correspondent
Gays the President sent Gsneral Forrest
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AFFAIRS IN TENSEsSEE-REPUISE OF YAM

EDWIN NJ. STANTON,
Secretary of War.

AFFAIRS IN TENNEssEE-REPULsE OF YAM
kEE TROOPS.
In the two dispatches given below the
Yankees acknowledge defeat; and then,
to make up for that much truth, tell lie
which they themselves can hardly be
lieye;
NASHVILLE, October 12.-Coionel
Hoag, of Washburne's command, witt,
thirteen hundred infantry and a battery
of four guns, on bQard of three trans
ports, conveyed by two gunboats. at 8
O'Clock p NJ, on the 10th instant, met
the enemy under General Forrest, com
manding in person, at East Point, with
two batteries, and was repulsed with a
loss of twenty killed and twenty-six
wounded and missing.
All the guns of the battery were lost
and two of the transports disabled. Two
caissons were burned by the explosion
of Forests shells.
Forrest is supposed to have crossed the
river.
Colonel Hodge, with the balance of his
force, had reached Johnsonyille river.
There is eight feet of water on the
shoals, and the river is falling
CLARKsvIlLE, Tenn, October IL
Lieutenant Colonel Weaver, with ninety
colored soldiers, was attacked yesterday
morning, five miles below Fort Nelson,
by two hundred rebels, under Lieutenant
Colonel Lowry. The rebels were whipped,
L.
Lowry and Captain Gardy and twenty
men killed. The Federal loss was one
lieutenant and three men killed.
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MISCELLANEOUS,

Gold in New York ran mp five cents
on the 18th, and was quoted at 20S.
Two citizens Of the District Of Colum.
bia, tried and found guilty of ntte,ing
disloyal language while the rebels were
menacing Washington, have been SEN
fenced to five years imprisonment at
hard labor.
The election in Nebraska resulted in
the success Of the Republican delegate
to Congress.
The vote on the new anti slavery con-
stitu,ion in Maryland is close, with q
prospect that the soldiers vote will de-
termine it,
Admiral David d. Porter took com
mand of the North Atlantic squadron On
Wednesday OF this week As successor
of Admiral Lee The event was signal
lied at Fortress Monroe by salute from
the steam sloop-ol,war Brooklyn.
Burbridge's defeated troops have ar
rived at Mount Sterling, Kentucky.
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RoEEERTEs. On Thursday night last,

RoEEERTEs. On Thursday night last,
the stofe-room to the residence Of Mrs.
Pitcher, on Penitentiary hill, was robbed
of orc demyohn of whiskey, two boxes
Of candies, three jars of lard, and various
other articles o, family groceries.
On Friday night, the grocery and va
riety store Of Jacob n. Hoefich, on the
corner Of Cary and Tenth streets, was
broken into and robbed of about five
thousand dollars worth of -four, sugar,
coffee, bacon, &c. Yesterday morning,
officers Jenkins and Seal arrested three
negroes, named Dick Drew, free, and
Gusts and Jacob, slaves, charged with
the theft. Upon the premises of these
fellows were fo0nd about four thousand
dollars worth Of the goods, buried un-
der an ash bank, which were fully idep-
titled by Mr.. Hoetiich as his property,
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THE WAR NEWS.

There is very little war news. The
situation article in the Herald says:
Affairs remain quiet before Richmond
and Petersburg, the rebels showing no
disposition to attempt a dislodgment of
our forces from the strong positions they
now hold on the north side of the James
since suffering the severe repulse inflicted
by the Tenth corps on last Friday
Large numbers Of desertcrs from the Ell
emy still come into cur lines General
Birncy has been compelled by a severe
attack Of fever to relinquish temporarily
the command of his gallant corps, which
will be held in his absence by General
Terry. Politics has been recently quite
an element in the army, owing TO the
efforts of the two parties to secure the
votes Of the Pennsylvania, Ohio and In
diana soldiers. Firing between the OPP
posing pickets on the right wing has en-
tircly ceased lately, and officers can now
ride along the front in perfect safety.
Rebel veterans have supplanted the raw
troops at one time manning the works in
front of the Tenth and Eighteenth corps.
IfOIi ti1C dtitN tilGiC 10
no new movement to report this morn
ing.
Though we have no fresh dispatches
from General Sherman's headquarters to
give this morning, matters will doubtless
scon assume an Interesting and decisive
phase in that region.
From Missouri We have nothing addi-
tional relative to the raid of the rebel
General Price. General Rosccraps left
st. Louis on Wednesday night for the
front Of the field OF operations in his
department.
Natchez, Mississippi, advices of the 4th
instant state that Colonel Notable, who,
with small force Of Union troops, left
Fidalia on the 2Gth ultimo on an expe-
dition, had returned, having captured the
rebel Colonel wilkins, four captains,
several guerviilas, fifty horses, one hun
drcd and fifty mules, four hundred cat
tie, large quantities Of cotton and wocl,
len cloths. arms and ammunition, and
several rebel recruits.
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SMALL FARM OF FIFTY-ONE

= ACRES, WITHIN ONE MILE OF PRINCE
EDWARD COURTHOUSE AND IN ONE MILE
Of HNMfDEA SIDNEY COLLEGE, fO3HEE-
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locatei FARM, ot which tllirtv-right acres axe
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The Improvements consist Of dwelling with three
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are enough hn"kS ca the place to build large
house. Price, 5000.
GRUBBS u WILLIAMS,
oC Its Alctlou,ers
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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE
ID DEAL ESTATE FOR SALE offer

ID EAI ESTATE FOR SALT offer
/ fot sale nv DWELLING and STORE-UOUSE,
with oue OF lard attached The property -
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sTANTON's WAR BULLETIN.


The following is the war bulletin OF
Stanton
WASHINGTON, October 12, $40 p. II.
Major General Uis, Neu orA:
Dispatches have been received TO-DAY
from General Grant, General Sherman
and General Sheridan, but no military
movements since my last telegram are
reported
The following details of the cavalry
engagement last Sunday are furnished
by General Sheridan:
Il have seen no sign Of the enemy since the bril-
liant engagement Of the 9Th instant II was I,
square cavalry fight, III which the enemy WIS routed
tcyUnd my power to describe. He lost everything
carried Oh wheels, except piece of artillery, and
when last seen II passing Rudes's Iii near
New Market on the keen run, twenty-slE miles
from the battlefield, to which point the pursuit was
kept up The battery men and horses, etc, were
captured. Thehorses were allin good condition, and
We're all exchanged by our cavalrymcii for their
blokeE-d0wu animals
"The casualties the 9th Will not exceed sixty
men. The one hundred men of the Eighth Ohio
dispersed while guarding the bridge over the She
nandoah have COME n, except tho officers
EDWIN NJ STANTON,
Secretary of War
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NISCEIIANE0 ).

Chief Justice Taney, OF the United
States Supreme Court, died in Washing
ton on the night of the 18th.
Gold was quoted in New York on the
18th ut to 3 81.
Chapman (Republican) has been .e-
elected Mayor of Baltimore by eight
thousand majority.
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GENERAL PRICE IN MISSOURI.

The following telegram, dated St.
Louis. October 18th, is all we find rela
tive to General Prices movements in
Missouri.
The rebels destroyed the Lemoine
bridge on the Pacific railroad, one hun
dred and seventy five miles from here.
Price is still reported in the vicinity OF
Bonneville, with General Sanborn ha
RAISING his rear and tlanks.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-10-17

GolNG NoRrm.-From five to six hun
dred Yankee sick and wounded prison
ers, confined for some time iD hospitals
here, will be sent North pia flag -of.truee
boat at Varina this morning Twenty
odd officers will go among the lot.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-10-17

HUsTINGs CouRr OF MAGIsrRArEs.---
Saturday was the last day of the term
ofthis court. Benjamin Degroot, charged
with Keeping faro bank, was discharged,
and the court adjourned till the term In
course.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-10-17

F.rAl THUxpEs STORM While General Hoods
army lay overnight on the y,llsriea road, about
t-n miles north VI the Caattahoochee, q fearful
thunder storm swept over the country, destroying
the bricgc near Newman, disnounting tho traAspoas
ta,iou. and seriously retaidins military operaoA,.
A stroke oi lightning passed through As esnys 1t
the 1hirtie:h Alabama regiment wounding ovar
twenty VI i.s memeers and killing three.
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FiRE-About half-past II o'clock on
Friday night last, stable on the pro-
misses of Mr.. John g Turpin, at the cor
ner Of Cary and Third streets, was set
on fire and partially destroyed The
tremen We're promptly on the ground,
and, by their efforts, saved the building
from being entirely DESTROYED
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-10-17

ARRIVALS At THE LIBBY.-Among the
commitments recorded yesterday on the
books at the Libby prison were thirteen
men belonging 10 the Thirteenth (Yan-
kee) Tennessee regiment, including a
captain, William Rice, and eighty-six
seamcn from Charleston, South Carolina,
sent here for exchange
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CHANGE OF Hour. Hereafter, today
inclusive, the Mayor will hold his court
at 10 o'clock, instead of, as heretofore,
9 O'clock A. NJ. This change is made
necessary by the increasing shortness Of
the 1aVs
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-10-17

| HARRIsBuRa, October 12.--The elec
ton commissioners to the Shenandoah
Valley have returned. They report that
| they were unable to reach Sheridan
army
The New York Fonld, in an arti-
Gle headed Pennsylvania Redeemed,
claims that the State has gone for the
Democracy. Philadelphia, which gave
the Republicans fifteen thousand ma
jority last year, this year gives Demo
cratic majority of two thousand. The
Horld, in its comments on the election,
says:
The Keystone State yesterday declared
her choice for McClellen by fifty thou
sand majority.
Ohio, too, feels the swelling Of the
tide; and although there, too, the same
unscrupulous gerrymandering of Con
gressional districts may lose us in the
House some of our best members, the
dispatches from Republican sources,
garbled, false and partial as they are,
disclose vast Democratic gain on the
popular vote. We shall be surprised if
the Republican majority of one hundred
and one thousand is not cut down to
twenty five thousand or less
From Indiana we have no trustworthy
dispatches. Those which we have re-
coived are from Republican sources, and
are doubtless supervised and doctored
by the military authorities in Governor
Morton's favor
We hope to have private dispatches
from credible and responsible parties in
that State to-day.
We will have to wait for later a,lvices
to determine what the truth of the mat
ter is. All that we have had, with the
exception of the above from the World
has been from Lincoln sources, and may
yet prove to have been a sample Of the
varying of the Yankee nation.
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MvRpYK.--Nesr Newbern, North esrolina, last
Week, Mr.. Alfred Reel and bis sster were mnrdsrsd
by negroes. In the absence ef Mr. Resi, his nsesr.
about thisty years old, and negro siri nssne ths
r.ises took ali The yaiuahes tncludira nonsyl 0At
they soula obtain. aud then Hnrte!sed Aiss ~.
Mt. Real. coming up about this tina. sateesd -
ysyd and was Instantly sAet desd.
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