Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-09-26
LATER FROM lHK UNIrkD STATES.


LATER From AHk UNITkD STATES,
We have received the Nav YORK Herald and Wash
iagton Ctron,e!s Of me ~ iuss, mn0l We copy
me following;
KKIukE or TAX KIBIL CAVALRY TO SYCAMORE 0HuAeH-
The YAAKIEs CUIWITrEO
The City Point correspondent OF Ins Herald, under
date OF 2O.h inst, says;
The Iudors OF a rebel attack the ltf. OF oul line 81
the WsIucu Railroad Hgnt Dsi0se lass We Hoy uu-
tue Gaa UrgUsteI IN hue TeGura o. Ihs TsOel Cavalry
70 sycamCEe onuIOh. Nos SAIL ma Wtn uEVIug dawn
oil Two thousand IUur hundred and ghty tXcelleu.
o., cattle Oi hero cOn aminB Dut tWo THOUSAND
four Lul dred aud eiguIy Elk failing rssCas
a. ~ sUOuer GUG lneu SAFELY oeyoAd Ehs b.AOkWatsI
and rspulsed cavalry sent Ia pursuits tnAn Iney
msUaeiy rsIuIne0 " tue graz ~ grOuad vita
hVs Dns Adee And spent tnTy nUurs IA
Ole mAsIuk Out Vi tnIs greg the marvellous
AID iuoGeCIole sorGe o, yesterday nor0ing.
Official iaiOi mAuOR was received At neasQulfteIs
a Is dugbt OF The is that tue Rebel CANARY was
rsIuruiDg, aud forces wore disposed Aecol gil
During tue forenoon Lnsy we're reported a, ~ eauvrs
G urcn, eghT ten miles distant, dfecliy dvHn TIT
.ygr, IN IScG. Scouts came ia repeat q wish tue
same information, unit there Naj EO iOBges doubt st
20 Hs tu.h. Gregg K.u Is eaVairy 0iVIaons aIe
Ia front, pIt probably unsoe 70 ohsr bAlGe sA.e
w. IS none has gwen. Iho ObJeo. speedy
10 US uLoApoOlSu M NAY uaNo OSOu tuo hlQu
siAOn OF NOE Dee Dus Ii more likely aem0as,IsIOu
70 annoy us, or tO COAX mere mpJrtans VperailUns
elsewhere.
There are no ether herds OF cattle for them 10 dive
away in thai region, thought possible Tor
heul maintain their defiant altitude "a tnAs lycaCn
msuy hour longer WIthous bang mremeuIaby vui OH
and captured. force Of iRtaLLTy sunlDtnt rUr mat
purpose Hss detached Cooperate visa the cAvaIIy
yesterday, ana tEls mornings report will prODaD,
place them saely b. yOnd puIsG'L
but Is II not Illuminating That alter all the marching
aud hsbdDg OF tns campaign, tue enemy thJuld san
Gbie 10 OusHiE ala ouhgas Us ~ p0.nT a.
this OuJWiL us beIus abe ride, i've DnRades
sIrJUS booted ana spureo cur Very dOors Witlous
deIeS On, and OuthgnG when discovered aud drive
away Their lowing 0Ooy by easy sIagOs, under very
eyes end nos,s OF cur hungry CAValrymen, whose
mouths must have WAtered The sghJ oi The ecelLg
bseVss.
Tae Notifying feature of all is that information was
given US Two days before Of she intended raid and the
composition OF toe command.
UGusul VigIsLcJ has been exercised every sbsrs
along cur lines sro3 the RAID. Toe Fin Oorus was nm
der AIMS for day or LWo, and roops at this p,e
also on the qua UDe But tho To0els hsys pfoba
ulJ accomplished all, gGd more than they expected IN
and are nov GU their way 10 Dixie again.
RIo!WoISsASoE TO TIE RAPBAE.
Washington telegram of the 2lst ssys:
On Sunday last ds.schments Of the Thirteenth and
Sixteenth New York cavalry, numbering 10 the sgRre-
gate four hundred men, command, by Colonel Lase-
les by direction of Mljor General Augur made recon
nossance from here to tao railroad bridge across the
Rapdsn, which destroyed, well the bridge az
Liberty The rebel IartcrmasteEs depot, containing
considerable SmouoI Of stores, end MILL in which were
sored tJur thousand barrels Of four also destroy
cd AID hundred mules and forty prisoners were cap.
tured. On the way back the accommodating Iarty fell
in with division Of rebel cavalry at Oupepar going to
eiu'Oycs Elry. Being greatly outnumbered Colonel
Laces fell back tozsrds Wa hingtOn and arrived here
,his morning with the loss of only tWeny-three mon
Oct OF the capture mules and soms the prisoners
we're necessarily abandoned.
IMPORTANT FROM THE fCUfHKEsr.
A telegram dated s.. Louis, 2lst says:
Dispatches 70 headquarters anne uncs that hzht CO.
eurred On the 9 at the Powder MIL on the Little
Rock river 10 Southeast MisFourI between a de;ach
ment OF the 8 Missouri militia, under Lieut.. Poper,
and portion OF Sltlby's command. Oar oss was 90
killed and wounded. The rebel lOss is unknown.
Wounded prisoners report Paico Gnd HE whole army
q. Pooahcntss, Arkansas
One lhCnssnd Tebsls reported at Ohnlb Bluff and
four buOdred az R'nn0ti, preparing TO attack Bloom
Geld, Ssoidard equity.
Shelby was reported at PoWhatan, Ask on the I2h,
with from 900 70 600 men.
FRcN THE sHINANDoAH VALLEY.
The only ofc al dispatch relative to the eight In the
Valley 10 that published in Fdda,'s Wing. wasi
nytou di'patc IN the Rr0ld dated 2lst attempts to
magnify sheridin'5 succes Il ssyl:
Much anxiety Is manifested here tonight TO hear
from General Sherdans pursuit of EMy beyond Strar.
burg So Is WAS at Fshers Hill poipt three miles be-.
loz StrssburF, Where .ry made his II etvs sand and
ended he ss pursui', in JAY This pout is ealvd the
Sey 10 ih, valley ard It Is said 10 be 60 oried that
five th' uaud Of she euemy osn hold 1t aRainst ffiy
thousand Tee Question is Woethtr Eir,'s troops are
too badly democrat I'D to make a atard
MSIs eDCOursEing accounts CONTINUE to come from
GsneFal shsfldans command. The greatness of the
vs.ory Is yes TO be appreciated The number of pri,
from las. Is estimated at seven thousand
five Hundred. The destruction of Elrlys army Is m
quastionab'y complete
SPTECH OF HON. PKEDLEIOs-MR vALLAEnIeHAM's
PosIrIcH DETIEID.
The Dayton (obir) Empire OF the l7ih inst save:
We Rad, last right another Of those magnificent
demonstrations. nov so common evsryHherc, showing
ccnclusiVey uith vbst force the tide of puolc sent
msnt mOVicg against Abraham L'acoln and In favor
Of The Dam, crazy. NJ. Pendlston came to the elty
yesterday evening, after the Empire had gone 10 press