, 1864-10-21
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4:So O'CLOCK, A. H.
EEOnI NEW YORK.


Especial Dispatcb to the Wea!eru P,ess.1 :
NEW YuAk, Thursday, Oct. 91-Mldn!yht.
THE SITUATION IN VIRGINIA.
The rebel papers are uneasy about Grants
delay. The Examiner advises the employ
nent ot negroes In the trenches. 1t Gays
the supply Of alaye labor in the country Is
ample. Why exhaust the mental and bodily
energies Of our soldiers ~ho have now been.
digging three consecutive works without !.
dax's t1ternission? II also says an 3mptes-
sion prevails that Grant moved his negroes
and probably has Yankees on the other side
Of The 1iysr, leaving only 500 or l 200 mgn
no certainty for. Would Gen. Lee be at oil
disappointed II the Impression prevailing be
coTrect-
NEW YoRK, Oct. 20-The Hera1d's special
bulletipe, headquarters 18th, says the rebel
prisoners working On the cans! sect paper
TO Commission,r 0uld, stout]y asking the
Interference. Of their Government to savs
their lives. No reply has Jet been received,
The effective force of cavalry attached to
this army Is to be Increased by the addition
Of q number OF regiments which we're raised
tor cavalry, but have been Eefglcg as infan-
The Lerazd's 5th Corps special says: The
quiet prevailing In ,otr front for several
days still continufs. The most friendly re-
la1ions exist between the pickets. Oar Can
non are also silent.
SOUTHERN NEWS.
Tie Richmond Examiner of tue 17th sa5s :.
ave haye good authority for sajtcg taat the
| cartel Las been to q certain extent resomsd.
Arr-nReneEts Eve been made to exch 'nge
/ 1mme distely 10000 Yankee p'i7'eer5 IN
| Gee rgia-"
Tie Savannah Ezehana. says the Alabama
| seIate has pssssa bill putting all able bod,
| led residents Of the State, between Ii aud 50
! rolf
| class militia, and finally declares that rncfa-
bers OF the Legislature shall not be exempt
| ed. By an act it recommends the stoppage
Of all intercourse between pickets,, on ac-
| count Of 1esertlonB-
| Toe Richmond Di.pdtch savz Grant is watt
| leg for the completion Ct the Dutch Gap
| Cannl to receive Incorporation 0f the navy.
| It adds that a double Attack may be ex.
| pect.d- ...
The Richmond Examiner Of the 18th says:
! Owing to the reduction OF clerks IN the
Richmond Postofilce, because Of their duties
open from 10 4. II until II IL from i to q
| (. ii. Only three details are no = allowed
Thes Confederate Congress Will assemble
at Richmond On Monday; November 7.
The Richmond Eranuner OF the 18th says:
| The prison e1e at Castle Thunder have been
dcpri:ed Of rich rewards from outside par
ties BY recent orders, and are now limited
! absolutely to prison ratfo6s.
Gen. Lees official report Ct Mosehy's op.
| e1atio1s On the Baltimore and Ohio allroa
tays be captured one locomotive, ten cars,
| tWtrty prisoners and fifteen horses. Among
tic prisoners, two paymasters with 1GS 0o3.
On both sides 1t Is critical, but II Hood
can kes D bis supplies, Sherman must eTact-
a1e Georgia in 10 great lelyth Of time. \
fo1tpicbx or three weeks Will determine this
pcint. Our cavalry scouts close t. the enSl
rone Of tho city, and out as faf % Decatur;
| to4o hat
the river at Sartto vi, and are north OF tho
Chn,tahoocAie, and west Of the railroad.
The position y Hh1ch they occupy has been
cut Oh. Gen. Sherman's letter describing
the situation at Atlanta, and recent mov='
ments Of Hoods army, Gays Atlanta Il NJ Il
garIIeoped BY one corps.
Late Northern papers state that soma o.
Mcsby'5 men have crossed the Potomac and
penetrated q considerable distance into Ma'
Iyiapd, playing havoc wherever they Wcnt'
: We only hope the Yankees tell the truth
/: and that the gallant Mosby, nov that he l. l.
| ayepge his murdered men, but teach North
en- people new version Of their own lesson
in barn and mill burning. + he Will only
lsave ashes and death behind him, leaving
no breathing animal alive, then the laheolt
auts Of Virginia may hope to see the wal
conducted III a civilized manner. IT he does
not DO thia, he but invites the enemy to com
nit ftIll more terrible atrocities in the de-
vestated valley.
Foa4nEss MorRoE, Oct. ~, via Ne"
TonB, Oct 20!-The iron clad Decatur ha:
arrived, tbi1ty.tw hours frou New Yors
The: steamer See vance, nine days from Mem
| Orleans has arrived
The Dag Of truce steamer, New York, II
charce. Of Lieut.. Col. j. E. Mulfoed, arrlyet
IRON Aiken's Landing, this afternoon, viii
$50 pa1olsd priaonert, nearly all naval. tn
following are the Western names ~ l the 1fs1 Z
Il. A. Chapee, Asst Surgeon, 14sh H.; J. !
Harper, Asst Surgeon, lsth ~. y cay a. >. a
AEst. Surgeon. i2tb OHIO; J: R. Iurzoms
Capt. alh Ohio; c. D. KlDg, 35th Ky, vol;
/: 6. Wooduan, SURGEON, Soth ky.; Llsat
y. q. Keef, 9th Ohio; Lieut.. D; At7cn
| y6fh Yfs Can't L. BlnCk, ll3th ONO.