Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1864-10-14

"a Pollard lN' hu'H'Ni VI tAi9'''e's '4'
1" shout $50 The ,nems nlieT b ing
I'D by our gallant cavalry. were broken,
7ap. They were foilowea 10y oar men
.55 lump % miller through Mcrnt Jack
'' and across the nuIth fork Of the S'i.n..H-
deemed it brsg t. make ILIs atia '
iay here, to -ettl, this new cavalry
81. Tne II pieces Of artillery cpsur-
~, make 50 pieces capI0rd ~ the
,ri1ah Valley rince the l9th OF sept
the artillery was new ami bcyer had
- frrd. The pieces were marked "IEed-
p. II. SHERIDAN,
MAJOR General
CRY PorNr, Va. Oct. l0-4 Bop NJ.
g,s E. ~ Stanton, See'yof ar.
Our entire loss in the cnemy's
..,sek on our liner Friday the 9Th i9st., does
- exceed 800 in killed, wounded aid miss
''>- l. estimated hv 'rn
Inc enemy 49,
1r.,s7 Al GU.
r5e Richmond Wing Vi the Stu, speaking
ihi. tie has the following Tue gal
AT zen. Gregg, commanding Fields brig
80. fell N tie advance Among other eae-
,,rir. We have 10 report zen. Briiirn. Il
saith Carolina. badly wounded. Col. Has
I.Hofthe 7th : G. Artillery, alsJ wounded.
-,,r.or state that Gen. Cesrv vas killad.
.ao, friday there has been no lighting what
.yr-.
find cur losses the other day much i,ss
than tr-t reported 400 will cover our en-
--, loss IN killed wounded and cap;nred
A.aGt $50 were captured and great many
abel dead Tell into our hands. The loss Of
.s enemy could not be less than 600 Ut
200
I. 5 GRASr, Lieut. Gen.
ALTOONA, Oct. :, 5 p. NJ.
4 Vo, Gen. Halleck;
reached this place, kenesaT mountain,
a.r ftL. lust IN time 20 witness al dis
..,- the attack on Altoona. had antici-
..-. the attack and had ordered from Rome
---si Cor,e with rviui5rcements. The
e.. was met and the enemy was mat and
~ '-td. losing some 200 dead and more
-.r 1900 wounded and prisoners Our loss
-. about 700 IN the aggregate The enemy
CAPTURED the small garrisons at Big Sunnty
,ra Acswrth and burned about seven miles
IF aur -i.rUad. but we have at Altoona an
t5.rdsuce Of provisions. Hood Observing
.urar1 tch has moved rapidly 70 Dalia,
end l8nWcrt, and J am watching him in
as-e be tri,> TO reach Kingston OF Rome
Atlanta L. Perfectly secure 70 as and tins az
ms !, better IF than IN camp.
". T. SHERMAN.
Maj. General.
CA1lr1ssuEG, Ky, Oct SIAM.
IN. z. " Stanton.
Forcing the enemy rom
inch Maintain and Laurel Gaps. after
ayv skirr'shing. We met the enemy %
j.. from LIttrclls on the morning OF the
inst. and drove him to his work, around
81, salt Works. where he was strongly en-
.uched on the bluff in heavy force under
7c- IT, VILLAINS, Vaughan, and 10 D, said
lenridgc We made an attack On hin
vi drove bin from his works on our l,fr
81 centre. and held him in check on the
= ,li, and tiusliy, in spite Of artillery ana /
uIerar numbers, whipped hin ~ every
a.n! aud forced him hack 10 his own works
20 the evening oGv ammunition gave out.
'-1 holding the position until night, with
SPIRITS
The OCCUPATION of the works themselves
7si only prevented Ny ths failure of our am
rlnitcn From prisoners lean that the
--.ry's 'orcs was between 5000 and 5000,
tritnst Breckenridge Wa present with 4. 900
I'm Lyuchburg. My force amounted 20
300 engaged. 1t is certain that his force
greatly outnumbcred ours 4 detachment F
went 70 Pound Gap. and forced H. way
through and drove prentiss with o surerior
u-os iron his works IT Gladville, capturing
--7,-ai prisoners, small number OF arm-.
s-i -nc piece Of artillery. Our loss IN all j.
.,'a, $50 and that Of the enemy more. l .
- report more fully by mail in the MORN
-.
uu the Sd received IN ORDER from ,ien.
f-maD 70 r"turn
s. 20. BysEsIDGE, Maj. ten.
SO recent intelligence has been received
Maj. zen Csuoy but by his last re-
rs. ten. Steele was moving IN force up f
st' rear Of Priyy towards Missouri
t. VI. STANTON.
Secretary Of War.
The latest accounts from Price place lin
2 miles west Of Union on Tuesday, on the
.Fcrson City road. His force consisted of
600 fighting men-cavalry and mounted
antry. and about 1000 camp followers. F..
amp ak WIS to the effect and all his move
nt- indicate a design to take jefferson /
IS. and install Tom Reynolds as Governor,
! hold tln State in the COnfederacy. 4
rpn Ewing and several officers of his f.
nmand, from Pilot Knob, reached - Louis
a; 9TH. Hi retreat from Pilot Knob was
m1losted until about % miles from liar-
-,.us station. where the rebels were driven
,,k hv artillery with loss Two other at
'.s- were made brthni which were rcpai-ed.
arriving at ila-ris1u's station on Nednes-
rghr. &c erected some slight breast
rs-, planted car ,u and fought ta- enemy
sauti, until SATURDAY afternoon. when
Breckenridge, 0lth GOO Of tine l7t4 III.
VARY arrived from Eoila. and the rebels
rt-ea
jae reiel. burned Usage bridge on rice Pa
Railroad, eight miles IRON Jeffere.atiry.
,he 1th met This is the largest bridge on
,-oal. rne militia mn away without ir-
"a shot.
Nashville dispatch says On the 9Th
. A-se force appeared on the Chattanooga
-Iroai near Ackwurth's Station, ami de
s'rv~i several miles Of track and burned
- Sisuty. Two bridges across Chattenoo-
E., 81 Iguler,yilc ana Resaca have been
damaged iy heavy rains. i rebel force was
'-'7r Dalton on the 81. moving in an easterly
'n'''lan md had 250 wagons.
Ire following hss been received hY MAJ
-rn Dix
Il 10 Rs ARNT Of Tia JANss,
Oct. 10 80 P. NJ.
Int Gen. Grant,
Birney has regained Kautze's old position
''t holds the enemy in the inner line OF his
rrenchments around Richmond, extending
m tie Darbytown road to connect with
Aeitzel near Fort Harrison. Fuere have
''-n no movements at Petersburg to-day.