Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1864-10-29


=. ~, sherman pressing them too closely
=. e,cmv skri1ld.ei and all these places
.r.-.l - having been capture! ~ The rcb-
:, %. Ia oocu9i-d by our '9ops.
I,r..,az>,si4. hsAsas, OF. 22--FIcht-
;-. la, l-,a gong OF all day. This after
.-.. ..e r-hels attempted 10 pass aroun1 and
.-.,, or lsf,. Dlrn= this operation. Gea
go, Ia; them heavy blows. The rrbl
:. 6, vi. Lesvy-cer;ainly much Leavi-r
- o.-.. An"ne the rcbc.s killed TO dsy
ao.asiru, Told. o, Missouri
-. ...--s,-s. 81. 2I.-There has been no
.---..rrclt y,, between the armies in Nor
Am ,;cJtsia. Hold is r.p,rt-d rapidly
-,.,.... down I'rOwnto~n VALLEY - Jackson
a. AID Taiid q. Alabama, whore he Will
..,L, 4 r.i,r az TO u IA; gonrry. Shcrman's
T. s!'-- u o.: every pound o. extra baggage
.-d IN bot pursuit. The rcb-ls have 50
81 ,h.. s;lr, and flee 50 fearfulv tia: their
,,p,rre IS TO, sure. A train came up 10
I-a4 irora Atlanta to-day. The wires are
~..s.u- through 10 atlanta.
" D.l,aas. Orf. lG.-Thc iH'aAce
hing, .ntrli-eucr that Cortinas has submit
fcito the Enp-.r1r MaNimill'an and surren-
del all Al, 10 &C., cannon and ammunilions to
On. N.iia. Who holds command under
N.Nimi.;an. Cor,inas accepted commits
si,n IL the army OF the Emperor as Brigadier
General.
The r,bcls. for some time past have have
had AGENTS a; Ma'amoras, offering large sums
.f money to Cortinas for his riiicd cannon.
Ucr.f,l>c cd 10 sell them, as the rebels were
no. on, enemies to the United States but
also cacm;cs 10 republican form of govern
mont on this con'n mt. ana il !, had not been
for the rebels Mexico would not have been in
,aded by the French.
Cair0 OF. 2l.-f.ightv men undr Col!
Mc\uthur, were attacked near Fort Donald
son on the l2th by 200 gucrrillas. Three
charges were made and repulsol, when the
rebels left, leaving 40 killed and wounded.
Our loss, killed and 10 wounded.
Cincinnaii, O1. 20.-The Peace Convcn-
ton adjourned aftcs issuing the address They
declined to make nominations and conceded
tho election. The Convention appointed an
Executive Committee consisting of one from
each State, to meet on the first Monday in
December, to form party.
The Continental telegraph was interrupted
last evening between Austin and Salt Lake.
The following brief dispatches relating to the
skirmishing which preceded the battle on the
western VI .AiSSouti, ""o ei"A'''Ae"NN
before the break occurred
81 Louis, Oct. 23.-It was Fagan's Divi-
sion which had the fight with Blunt, on the
Iittl. Blue, on the a2I: Blunt's object was
to detain the rebels as long as possible. and
he succeeded with a small force in keeping
chem employed nearly all day when they got
into position to flank him. lie then retreat
ed to the Big Blue where Gen. Deitzlcr with
Alons,,,J ,r;l;t;o onI { turtic with n
considerable force of veterans, were in posi-
ton.
Ch;cogo, Oct 2l-Tho Lcavenworth pa
p,rs of the Goth say: Ger Blunt, with two
thousand cavalry, entered Lexington, Mis-
souri,, on Tuesday. the 18th. On Wednesday
Price attacked him with an overwhelming
force and after sharp fight, drove him from,
the city. lie fell back to the Little Blue
fighting desperately.
Ncw York, Oct. "a ThcHcmlTs spe-
ci,l dispatch says, the opinion is openly avow-
ed by the highest military authorities here,
that Grant can, witch three hours fighting, oc-
cupy Richmond. Lees army will capitulate
or hastily evacuate, which is only what Grant
desires. The reasons assigned for the delay
is to obtain the same result without serious
sacrifice of life that would attend capture by
direct assault now.
.Nr,o York, Or 2i.-Thc Worlds WASH
incton special says, the course of Gen. Dix,
in pursuing St. Adams bandits across the
Canadian border, will be sustained
1t is now alledged that Stanton will be Of
fered the Chief Justice-ship.
Cameron, Banks and Butler arc mentioned
for the War Department
Refugees from tho Shenandoah Valley re-
port that notwithstanding the devastation by
Sheridan, there is still an immense quantity
Of grain out of the track taken by our army.
A Martinsburg correspondent Of the 22d.
reports that in the bate of the 10th our loss
was 5000 killed, wounded and missing. We
lost in the morning "a guns. We captured
1000 men and so guns. The enemy's loss,
therefore, is abou: ten thousand.
Gustav has receipts for fifty-onc guns, five
battle flags. a number of ambulanccs, horses
and mules. This makes fifty-onc pieces of
artillery captured by Custar's division within
two weeks.
1t is demonstrated that Longstreet was not
in the valley, but Early had struck desperate
" to recover this and his reputation.
Details from the Cedar Creek victory, state
that Devines brigade and the Ninth New
York, pursued the rebels to Fishers Hill
capturing IA guns, wagon tram and siaugh
terinc an immense number of rebels.
The operator at the plac" is unable to
communicate with Portland this morning, in
consequence Of grounl-connection between
Portland and Vancouver.
THE IDAHO ELEcTIoN.-By all We can
CLEAN from the up country papers, We fear that
the Union candidate has been defeated by a