The New York herald., 1864-10-23
NEWS FROM the SOUTH.


Tho Richmond WIG Of October 70, had nos beard Of
me great victory in tho valley and finding that ths 10Th
instant bad passed BY wthous the fall Of Richmond. In
dugss in long article the subject Of tho day which
Sheridan has 30 well cslebrated:-
Nraculousy great men-nos moderately great msa
IKE Washington, Lee and others OF the same caiiore
but your prodigiousy prop0Dderatng, holningH
omnens aarmngly antag0nistc prep sterously pcrlen
sous great men IKE Ulysses Syphax Grant. always
supsrsttious for them which hold pretty Duch
the same thing, indeed rather Tho admirers
Of the Arst Napoleon for instance and even some who
did admire hu at ALL insisted upon t. that he had
strong belief In bis star until General Gourgaud put
nsner 70 the story BY declaring that was al faorica.
viii have IL that no believes in lucky days,
aud strangely enough one Of these days. 70 be
marked forever with Q white st0ne corresponded
with the day ofjublee OF the Yankee nation Vicksbnrg
surrendered to Grant On tho 4th OF july the defender
thereo having chosen that day for the cepuaion the
hope that thoreupon the heart might be
opcn from the combined influences Of patriotism and
nsht grant him moro favorable tesms But his admirers
do not view II IN that light Thoy preserve mysterious
connection betweon the destiny Of Ulysses and tho des
tiny Of tho great Yankee republic Of which his
upon that day the watchword and visible sign They
Of course expected fortune to smile upon him once more
upon the succeeding 4th on which day he to walk
uninvited into this goody city OF Richmond. Cromwell
defeated David Issie the Sd day OF September
and Prince Charles the next Sd OF September Crom
we'll was man Of destiny, and that the Why
this particular day OF the month assigned for his
WORKING allotted works, when no, in fact finished By
dying the same day Of the same month years after
Now Grant, too, 70 man OF destiny, and, therefore,
argued tho as,uie Yankee the 4h Of July his day The
Eessonng was good, but II failed Never mind, said his
friends he will make up for II. He will enter Richmond
on tho 10th Of october That 10 . glorious ami
dered that day. three years ago. and on that
day next coming Grant viii plant the spread eagle and
pose bis destiny broke down for he didn't come and his
admirers hsve TO lock out for another day.
TO be serieus-so fAs from coming on she 10th tyes
terday we sec not the remptost prospect that he viii
ever ge here nt ALL unless he should prisoner
Of which. We admit there not much prospect At the
present uns The spresion suhich pre,ied abroad
for time that The city iFape,a danger niysly
wifhou foundation. The campaign Of Grant, from the
day crossed Rapdan the present hour has been
complete failure. and that too one OF the most dsas
treus failures or which any account He only
accomplished nothing buI be s in no situation 70
accomplish anything. Every attack he has made has
been repulsed, and IN every instance with a slaughter
unparalleled any other than this sangunary csmpaiGn
Our troops, indeed, since commenced have
10 the habit OF saugherng the Yankees that thy hardly
think m affair 10 which number short Of thousands
day week. for instance when they made attack upon
General Fields division on the Darbytown road, they
spSss S ~ 1 n:
pile OF slaughtered huge enough 70 have struck old
French or English soldier with ama,ement AZ other
points the enemy have been repuIsed with pro-
portona,s carnage whenever they have attacked.
10 the battle of Friday week they were utterly
routed Two liuss> Of their breastworks were
taken. with several hundred prisoners, and. but
tor mistake maze by some officer, the whole Yankee
force engaged would have utterly destroyed AZ
they decidedly as the French troops
were al Waterloo. Yet Grant had the basensss
graph that gained victory the OBJ oct being no
doubt 70 influence the elections in Peunsyiyana and
Ohio. And this has been the objsc. that
have been transmitted from The fields Of battle both here
aud IN eorgla Tue Yankees we're made TO believe that
they triumphant where. when point OF fact
they have every where bacn defeated, except in the val
eager 10 continue the
But let the truth begin TO dawn and ws shai, see =
Sherman yilous the ertreme, that Grant doing
nothing here but getting himself defeated week
battle, and shall what change there win be- TAe
destruction Of Shrmdn' army srou u mako The suhoIe Yan
and Sssrmam's ,ooaid force nsae~' Nei,her Of ,he.e
events impossible in the present situation Of Affairs
and both might happen.
One Hundred and Ninetsen Deaths in
ywsnsy-four Ho0rs At Newsorn from
lFrom the Wilmington Journal, Oct. ISL
letter received oy gentleman here states that there
had occurred IN Newbern within twenty.four hours
that 10 TO say, IN one day and nightoRe hundred ami
nineteen deaths from yellow FEVER This Is fearful. and
appears almost INCREDIBLE still the writer OF the letter
perfectly truthful gentleman and places fun reiancs
in the information upon which his statement 10 based.
1hs hardly we suppose be taken as an average or
anything like It, still the average Is undoubte y high.
Tho Yankee roops have been hurried of into the woods
or anywhere W course they have suffered
The Fever at tWiI,nington-Famii Adj
vtsed 20 Leave the CITY.
Unless we have change OF wind 10 the south, with
warm damp weather, we apprehend danger from the
spread of the disease but no guarantee that
such change Of wind may place any time we
reason for changing advice those who can
CONVENIENTLY get their families ous o town, aud that s
80 get Them out without hurry and without panc but
Simply As matter Of precaution.
Ths Disease Raging at CharIsston.
Ii'rom the Richmond Wing, Oct. 2o.1
AZ Charleston the disease is said to be the increase
Tue mortality among children is very large soms
peighborhoods seem TO be more afflicted than others
especially this the case around the Arsenal Its intro
dnciion has been owing 70 the want proper precauton
city on arriving from Nassau and other affected ports
vsts sf Worth Carolina for stnte Omcs~s.
From The Richmond Sentinel, Oct c0l
The oncial vote of North Carolina ~ the late election
Thousand Ave hundre4 and sixty ono; of which r. b.
Vance received hfty eight Thousand seventy and w.
W. Holden fourteen thousand -four hundred and sixty
one Vapces majority, ory eight thousand six hundred
and nine Holden ssys be would have been elected IL be
had had fau chance but he rather ben.nd
excuses.
Drsertsrs Rst~rning 70 the Array -Eneot
from tho Richmond sentinel, oct 2o.l
Tho Wilmington Josy~ai says ,bc visit Of the President
20 the Southwest sess ~ have had the stir
up much enthusiasm, and Of swelling ranks Of Hood
army BY the return OF mssy strsgglers 10 their
sherma would hsrdiy be able make his escape FROM
Georgia
ghe Tovttncatt0ns ss Iynchbuvs.
frrom the Richinsud whlc. GOT 2ol
mo r,ry,nicr says ve have recently made sxarnins
ton Of ths that Genera olslon " ooostrnc
ina on the Amherst aide OF tho river Many import
ant sddWcus 90 the OLD works arc being made There 10
mproyrety n saying that the forlinea, IA
the Ambers, sde we're 700 mesRre and totally made
qusic purpose defence. fncy could easily have
nsnked and many approaches the city have been
thereby o,-n cavalry force The line 10 nearly psr.
feci pov and shall have works that win uon.
every pass ravine through which approach 20
tns cIiy could Otherwise be gained.
Maswfacturing 0ebiets.
ccrrespoodsni OF the Mobile R-gsnsv desoribss . nev
mode OF manufacturing glass goblets. He says
rae mine boat, IT. T. doing something last even.
ing that Crockery and glassware or tns
ordinary kind behs well nigh oosoeis in Tho confsds
rAcy especially Tang the doctor simply
msnufacluvlpg his own glassware. As mis- process is
cheap, easy, simp,s asd worthy Of immaiIos, l w,l
describe u. Take . ciaret bottle. any tnd Of Z
glass bcttle-botiles sf thin white glass with Cat
bottoms are the best--hod the bottle nrmly BIZ
both ends lss asotber person, having . cup OF
water ready, pass stout cotton ccrd twice round
the bottle and friction BY pung the snds OF she
cord 20 ana fro rspdy for minute or so tben les hm