The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1864-10-19

THE WAR.

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Affairs at Petersburg are still without
change The two armies lie qnietiy IN
camp, even picket firing having for the
time ceased. II is reported that General
Grant has relieved Generals Meade and
Warren from command. They were or
dered TO attack the strong Confederate 20.
silions near the Weldon Railroad they
protested against il, as it would cause an
immense loss OF lie, and most probably be
unsuccessful and Grant removed them.
Hancock, il il rumored, will be Meade g
successor. Whether these reports are true
we cannot say, bot all The old cabals against
Meade, which once were 80 strong, have
been revived. Birney is still in Phila1el-
phia, very low with a fever. II will be a
month before he can resume his command.
Sheridar's harbarous devastation in the
Shenandoah Valley has already borne it's
fruits The gnerilias are so numerous
aod so savage in their attacks upon his
rearsuards and supply trains, that he finds
himself unable 10 hold a position SO far ad
vanced as Strasburg His trains from Har
per's Ferry are intercepted, and Moseey
will not allow his gangs of laborers 10 re-
pair The Manassas Gap Railroad. So Sher-
mao has TO alternatives but TO abandon
S.rasSurg, and retreat northward towards
Winchester. 1t ia said he viii bring his
army all The way back 10 Charhesroxn and
Harper's Ferry. As he retreats, his devas
ta,ion is as universal a. that made in the
Valley south of Slrasbnrg. Desolalion
reians supreme. The result N il all is,
that never since the war began has guerrilla
war been so bloody as it is now in the
Shenandoah.
The New York TndeDendsnt states that
General Sherman will make no a,temp NJ this
year TO advance south OF Atlanta. For over
ihres weeks we have not had a line OF
news from his army. The railroad and
telegraph connecting Atlanta with Chaia-
nooga are still broken, and the Coniederates
have their oWu way. On Saturday last,
Wheeler captured Rome, a town ia Geor-
9ia east OF Sherman's supply railroad, aud
! look three thousand negro troops prisoners.
On the same day. he dashed INTO Marietta,
near the Kenesaw Mountain aud on the
railroad, aud spiked the cannon. Hood is
near Marietta, where the bulk OF Sher-
mans troops are. The Two armies are
resting on their arms, watching each other.
All The Federal troops have been driven
from South wesieru Virginia. One body
was followed by General Breckenridge al
most 20 Knoxville, in East Tennessee -
Bnroridge, whose command is now near
Lexington, Kentucky, reports that be lost
heavily on the retreat.
The defeat OF Washburne's command
near East Point, Alabama, by Forrest, is
confirmed. All Washburne's artillery
eight guus-wds captured Two OF his
caissons were exploded, ard one of his
transports disabled oy the Confederate
shells. Washburne has has feit eated.
General Price has made his headqnar-
The Missouri River. North OF the riser the
Federal troops have abandoned neary all
The State, and are concentrating at Macon
City, uorlhwes, of ST. Lonis
In front OF Petersburg, there Is The usual
picket and artillery firing A reconnoi--
sauce sent out by General Butler, on Thurs
day last, advanced aboni iwo and a hall
miles in the direction OF Richmond aud
alter some diminishing with parties Of Con
iederates. returned. They did not fnd the
enemy in force. The Confeder4te cavalry
are reported concentrating OF Grants letl
apparently 10 make a raid on his railroad
communication. Preparations Were ma
king 10 prevent Ibis. Secretary S,antou amt
J other gentlemen connected with The Ad-
IninislratIon are on d visit % the front.
General Scho6eld has arrived at Cha,a-
nooga, and taken command there. The
place is 10 be strengthened in anticipation
OF an attack BY The enemy Hoods arm y
ia reported at Dalton, and Sherman was
said 20 be close in his rear. Dalton is near
the Tennessee line. The Confederate, il
appears. are still besieging Aialooua, as a
des patch says that the garrison a. thai
place were making an obstinate defense
Ii now comes ont that ia the recent attack
on Alaioona, the ConfederaIeS captured
two Federal regiments.
General Price, in Missouri, has lef
Bonneville, and moved has army towards
Lexington. The Federal cavalry under
General Sanborn, met with a defeat on
Wednesday last, at Pisgah. General Rose
Grams has arrived al Jefferson Guy.
General Asboth's expedition. in Florida,
has captured the town Of Marianne. The
Federal loss was small.
We have accounts OF various cavalry eX-
petitions in Louisiana. in all of which the
! ConietesaIes we're defeated.
Tho NEW York WaRLIV Herald