Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-10-25

pulse an attack Of tla enemy, which was
handsomely dane at about y. ~. At 3P
NJ after some charges Of tie cavalry from tte
left to tho right flank, ! attacked with grsat
vigor, driving and routing the enemy and cap
turing, according to laat report, forty-three
pieces Of artillery and very many prisoners
do not yet know the nunbsr Of uiT casual.
ties or tho iossesof the enemy. Wagon trains
ambulancss and c.isfo,s in large numbers ore
in our possession. They eilo burned some oil
thoir trains. General Ramscur is prisoner
in our hands. and severely, perhaps mortallJ
wounded.
] have to rcgre. tho l0sR Of General Bid.
we'll killed., and Generals Wright, Grover
aaG Ricketts, wounded: General Wright
slightly.
Affairs at timos look badly, but, by tho cal
lapLry Of our bravo officers and nlon, disas.
tor hns been converted into splendid Yiatnry
Darkness again interviewed to shut of Crcutc!
rhspita now occupy Strasbure.
As s6nn as obtained will send YOU further
partioulara.
(5igned). +. II. SHERIDAN.
Major General.
The hatt'e wNs fought on tho samo day
(l9tb) Of tho manth that witnessed General
SherijRn's victory in September.
Whit forces, and their numbers, were or
posed to GentsalSheridan are not yet report
cd TO tbs Departments, but the holiness. vig7r
end succacs 0! tbs attack strongly Indicates
that heavy reinforcement had been sent from
Richmond with the expectation of fulfilling
Longstroeps beast "to smash up Sheridan" }"
Lougstrcet was known to DO in tho Valley
and had assumed command o! .ho rebel army
ard coaf ielt hopes Ct IN o7cIwhelming dis
as.ar t3 tie Union army vera b"Hstfu!ly ex :
pressed for several days back By the rebel ad.
hcren;s in Washington sn Baltimore.
(Signed) EDWIN N. STANTON.
Secretary Of War.
FROM oE1RGIA-uooD SUPPOSED TO BE RETREAT
ING SOUTHWARK.
CHATTANOOGA, Oet. lS.:-The la.ast news
from S5or.naa's army is that there is no ene'
my in Rieht cf his forco. Small bodies, sup
poscd to have bson detached from UnOi' amy,
ars hOyering around cur front. Hood, with
the maio body os his army. is supposed to 10
retroati-s sauthward. Ono Of our army corp.
was al Lafayette Yesterday.
CHATTANOOGA, Oct 19.-Cart0in March, o.
tho 4;h United States Regulars, hes just ar
.:vsI from Vi!lsaow, which point he left yes
teraay. Ile reports ,fet C3lorel Min!y'S hTi-
ga Of cavalry had rnes the enemy in force
snd after scvcro fight, 0nr troops charged
ng. ain aud routed lhe rebels. capturing Genera
Yonrg and IL large number # prisoners.
On tho l2'h instant the same cavalry
charged E5liy'- c2mmanh, n 'mo. with tra
a.bre, killed nnd captHrni nnmber. t.Sir |,
ali his artillery, anI scattering tho remninlor
cr .pcrru a II GJrrn-..ca
On the lTth our a17aaco cana n2on lInnTa
rear guard, aud whipped i. and drove it on!
of SNAKE Gap.
Yesterday General Sherman stnr!sd in pur-
suit of the rcHela, Win we're ro.reating south
ward via Bloomto~n Valley.
rSGH RIssoURI-DkTAILs OF THE CAPTURE OF
GLAFGow-rRIcs IN LAFATErTE COUNTY
THE REBELs GATHERING RECRUITS.
Sr. LOUIS, O,tober ia special desratch
to tho ''Dcmor~at." from j, fferson C:ty, says
'!hr rebel :nrGa that at'a.GeI Glasgow, m
der Genera! Clark, was fully 81 900 srIng.
whiIa Shelly, With soma 2 900. siiallr3 I'm
town fr. IN the narnsito Rida-( tan river Tho
rebels l,ss between 200 and 900 killed and
wounded. Our loss was thirty or forty.
Cclon,l Harding surrendered on condition
thai his p,rr should be paro!cd, furnished with
supplies, ard passed through tha rebel lines,
and tho Gf'ieera permitted to wear their side
arms aad retn;n their ho:sss and othor rrnHer-
Is.
Olar.rcli nd Jackson were with thn rebrl
army with ,Leir Command. end were racrs-
niz ID as C,afoderste officers.
General Plice was encamrcl a. hia-aha(l,
Lamvetts county, on SundIv night. an.l ""cu-
pied tho country between That p!ae, and L2x
inrton. IEs is said to bo greatly encouraged
ut tho small forces opposed to him, and tllka
confidently Of wintering in tho Stitc.
Anderson, Jackson. and others. have enlist.
ed iarEa number of recruits IN North Mia-
souri. Charlton and Howard couatica hrve
each fr-ri-hra $500, Ro1no coanty 2.0O3
Randalph | 900. Galloway and Monroe caun>
tics 500 eac', additional renruits to the rehes
TEey are cnnsian:ly gathering arms frorn car.
tured garrisons, ard :heir army is assum;rg E
alarming proportions.
RrnEL srkPATulzrRs on RAILROAD TRIMS.
TIC Alexandria (Va.) 'Jpurnai' Of Tuesday
faYs:
lis said thas additional arrests of ciiizsna.
to bn p.aead "n the railroad cara, -are to be
nuie. Several ct;zons living On tho line OF
the railroad, in the aaiecan; counties, were
arrested ard cart up yesterday, with those
from this place. Among thsm vsre Robert e.
Peyson, J. w. Foster. l.. D. Means, j. a.
G,nhrano, S. iIGuiershal and }. ". Finn.
Sevn7nl .obels reoentl7 captured es r1isrnerH
OF war, ars IN prison hsTe, - h" used far the
samc pnrposs. Ii is recommended in oom-
muuication in the Virginia Stale "Jou.ntl," "
that arresta of females in this place should bo
mnds for .he same puTp"sc.
Four ca.non, hcl,oging to Mosby's ll0rse
Artillery. wers captured BY detachment ct
Fc !e7nl troops. near R.c.ortown. last week.
Several If the artillery men we're also Glrtlr-
ed-among thom Morgan aud Americas Davis.
one Of them .s.ely,n clerk in an arothecary's
store in ,h;a pl,a+ Amaricus wa sont to The
Old CAPITOL and Morgan il to be usad on the
railroad trains.
REBEL GENERALS sgsT TO FORT WARREN.
Eosrox. Os,oaar l9.- Four rebel Generals
J ,nns, OF Virginia. Reals. Ct Arkansas, Trim
bn, Of Maryland, AMI FrZ r, passed through
B Bjs:ou day, for Fora ;!sr-"n.
ROBBERY OF BANKS At sr. ,LRiNs. VT, Br
ARM y EEs.
ST. ALBASS, VT, bt- ~. - ne laTGslnn nI
the ;oyr :nak ,,l,,a - d.y S;ur twenty y
,h;,ty ti,s armed Gcefcradacs, ~upfos,l 20 !; c
in Tho rsi.l c:n.l,y from Cana Ia. male An as-
peuit on several bank shout four O'Clock this
afternoon. The National BmS vas robbed OF
about SO 600. mostly in bills q. Alhans'
Bank wrs rubbed ofbstween sc. 600 and $50
900, and franklin County Bank Of oonsiier-
able amount. Soma twenty hrr=rs HerA ALEC
ssizsd BY TIE desparaiocs and Carried Of
Several citizsas, who rnsis.ei t:.is outrage
we're deliberately sbot Two were wounded
seriously, and it is feared fatally. E. }. Nor
rison, contractor, O. q. Huntington, q jew