Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-10-13

NEW YoRE October l2.-The Herad's cor
respondent with Sheridan, under date OF the 9Th.
saws
Sheridan, after having driven Early OF, Of the
Valley, DESTROYED sll the grain, forage. &c and
rendered he surrounding country unteuable Tor
another rebel army to return and take position
nearer his base of supplies.
Where he was-at Harrisonburg--his sub.
sistence had TO be hsaled in wagons almost 100
miles
On retiring he vas not followed by any con
siderable number of rebels until the eighth, when
4 large force OF cavalry made their appearance
and attacked portion of our cavalry.
tiThey were handsomely repulsed, but eucamp-
ed for the night
The NEXT morning Sheridan, having halted the
principal portion OF his command in the vicinity
OF Fishers Hill instructed Gen. Torbett 10 at
tack the enemy and drive him away from such
close proximity TO our rear rorbeu at once
carried oar tie order
Custsr's and Merits divisions made = vigor
Gus assault on he enemy at "a early hour this
morning.
On the right Merritis division occupied . DO
si;ion Oh the Winchester turnpike, about midway
between Sirsshurg and Woodstock; on the left,
Custsrs division occupied position near Toms
Greek
On the back road, about two miles closer to
the mountains, Custar advanced first with his
cavalry and horse artillery.
He made bold attack and drove the enemy
back about mile to strong position on the
brook, where the enemy made determined
stand
The rebels were AdyaEtsgcousy posted on a
commanding bill. bsrricades snd breastworks
OF rails and stones contributed considerably 10
strengthen position which uss naturally formi
dable
Gen. Custar, however. threw in his whole
command-made magnificent charges, and ~ last
carried the position by assault
A, the sSaie time snctou was formed with
Genersl Merritt on the turnpike
Sharp skifmishng in the front did not seem to
indicate ANYTHING decisive until Davis brigade
succeeded ia striking The enemy on the flank
This produced CONSERVATION u the rebel rank $
in front Of Merritt, when the wh6le di,isien push
ed forward and followed the eAesny who was
in full retreat
The retreat r,l soon turned INTO periee,
r"ut.
Generals Cusiar and Merritt pursued the flyinc
fugitives, capturing guns, caissons. wagons. a
herd OF cattle and several hundred prisoners,
The enemy was driven ia great disorder through
Woodstock, Edinburg and Mount Jackson, ds.
tance of more than twenty miles
The rebel General Lomax hsd serv narrow
escape from being captured
The Times Washington special dispatch says:
General Shermsns official repor, OF the At
lsuta campaign is published IL fills twenty col
nrns or the Army ard Navy Gazette.
lie estimates the enemy's strength TO have been
between 45. 600 and 80 900 ipfsntry and artillery
and 10000 cavsry. He maintained about the
same strength during the campaign; the number
of men arriving from furlougb and hospitals
about compensatinc for the loss in battle and by
sickness
He pays a frank and cordial tribute TO his
corps commanders for the accomplishment, o; al
his desires
Late Richmond papers have the following:
The Whig expects much from Hoods ast
movement. and describes Shermsn's position ~
that of Burgoyne in the Revolution
SheTman's effective force st At.snt, l. couut
ed not over 30 900
The Savannah Republican charges Hoods
army with RIGHTEOUSNESS and decentralization. Ii
is more feared by the inhabitants than are the
Yankees
As to the attack on Wilmington. the Angus,s
Consututionalist says:
This place bids fair to put period to the au-
dacous luck OF Farragut. as no more tremen-
dous earthworks exist on this continent than
those which are now bull, AZ the entrance of Care
Fear
The rebel failures in the Shenandoah Wales
are attributed more TO John Bsrieyeorn than tc
tbe Yankees. a. drunkenness among rebel officer,
and men had becOmo.Sery common.
The World clsins Pennsylvania by fully %,
600 majority. IL also claims tha, the Republi
+ osg y0se IN Ohio has been reduced 20 900, ans
that the report OF great Republican majority in
+ Indiana is untrue
/ A dispatch from Butler's headquarters datec
+ the llth SAWS
/ The voting ia this army ia the Pennsylvaui:
regiments has passed Of very quietly. and so IA
.s csn be learned the Republican ticket has beer
every where successful