The New York herald., 1864-10-16


THE STU ALTON.
An important reconnaissance, resulting in consider
soe engagement, was made Thursday last by d.
visions o the Tenth army corps under General Terry
The expedition proceeded in q direction TO the right Of
our right wing, and after advancing some distance,
came upon the enemy's pckets, whom they drove be-
fore the and continued on u The Central or Darby.
town road, running up Richmond. They had 70.
gone up this road far before they met by opposing
skrnshers and. pressing on. Terry men found tnom
solves 10 front OF and formidable line Of rebel
works, strongly garrisoned by Hokes and Fields
divisions This important discovery
These works have been buin since the oqth
us, and are designed to supply the place
OF those taken from tn rebels by army on
thai day, and II & ascertain their exact 10.
calty and strength that the reconnaissance was made
in which It was most Ill Tho opened on
our men from these works, and a severe dght eusued
General Terry made assault, on the fortfcatous but
deemns It mpracticable them with the force a.
mis- disposal and having most satisfactorily accomplished
all tho designs with which he set out he concluded
70 return TO camp, AS his troops com.
menced 70 withdraw, the reoes sailed out
tackled them but pecdily driven back with heavy
loss, their dead and wjr nded tb,okly strewng the
ground, No further inter with the Union sol
ders was attempted. and trey returned their position
Of tho morning unmolesed Oar loss in killed wounded
and missing about four hundred and the enemy is
thought TO have suffered to about the same extent.
A portion Of the Army OF the Potomac, or the south
side Of James river close the Southside Railroad
that our men distinctly and hear the tram. as
they along. At tie latest dates all reported
quiet both before Rchmod and Petersburg, with tho ex
cepon OF occasional pickt Grng. Our War Department.
has learned that all the Union deserters aud Union
prisoners who have been starved into submission 10
Richmond 10 the Jea vs coufederacy have been put
70 labor In the workshops o. tha, city, and
gagged 10 cartridge making sad other empoyments.
It 10 reported that the rebels are a, Dal:on, Ga, 10
force, and that General sbermln close on heir rear
and prepared TO make their position exceedingly uncom.
Portable II would appea- from despa.ch that The
enemy attempting the besegemeu, Of Chattanooga
Tenn as 1t IS sand that Colonel jonn.on, the Union
mnnucf tu6ret was prepared 10 make pfolreCted
and successful defence, he strongly fortified ana
had large force TIE rick ald bridges on tue railroad
line running from Nashville TO Atlantis which were
sderaby injured by the late fresaets being rapidly
repaired, and " Il all be s.ng order again in a rev
days The gueriIas are again very troublesome in
out IN course OF perfection.
Interesting news South Carolina and Florida 10
furnished BY the arrival here last night OF the steam
ship Fulton from Port Royal on the 18Th inst Captain
Coz, OF the Fifty hrh Pen syvsna regiment who re.
oaly escaped from prison In Charleston brougb, some
inforrnation relative to Affairs i1O7ebeldom rwenty
deaths from yellow fever occurring daily Charles
con, though lbs scourge has not made ns appear.
snoe within tos Union lines at all The uuon prison
have all been seat cut Of the city. There
abou, -four Thousand rebel troops sno about
Charleston. General Foster, commanding the Depart
men OF the SOUTH has recently been tour Of nspee
t,on 10 Torea, ,xamining Union foruicaiions icing
erected at Jacksonville, Magnolia. st. Augustine and
other places which, when completed. VII. be imprsgns.
bic. Colonel Noble lately captured . camp OF militia
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talioo. under the robe xIor Church, had been made
prsopeu ten tallahassee. A large sde.whee steamer,
which wn trying 10 the blockade into Charleston
was sunk by neet the entrance OF the hsrbor on
Tho evening Of tbe TIN instant Another steamer which
attempted 10 run out the night wu driven back.
rhs guard of the rebel General Prices force ia
hYssuri left Bonneville on Thursday night. going in the
direction Of Lsxngtcn. detachment q Union cavalry
80 said to have met win repuse Cooper county on
Wednesday last. General gosscrsns reached Jefferson
C,y the capital Of the STATE, Friday night There Is
are excitement Kansas 10 reference to Prces inva
son OF Missouri and the militia have been called out
About thirty Germans murdered s Lafayette the
lo,h iosL By party OF rebel cu.tbroass.
We have 90 OF later movements BY General
sheridan Ths trains Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
ars sssm running regularly and no fears OF any more
fueriiIa icpreda,ions the line are entertained
rbs susrias are atm q, their work 10 Kentucky. A
tsad a tusm burosa the JAIL n irwin. & ,cls county,
n last Thursday night, aud released four prisoners TIE
wsrss 10 srsUdsoburs we're pupd.ysa BY them % the
H~s night o. Friday night the Bards,own Railroad
hsis vss nssd upca. The guard returned us ore wound
Sss sss ,saAss u the guerilla gang
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