Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1864-10-29

MewpAis pspsss Of The ssh says that 4
Forrest is reported eoseeetgsIIeg large 4
force at JsSkseo Fsrm. aud that merei'
less eOaserip,i0a Is bang e0foresd in the
eoeatry adjacent TO Memphis
Cel. Howes' command wss defeated In
Passport. Miss. aud has returned 10 Mem
phis. ''tN
1, Is stated that Gen Grant will insist
that the civilians at the front engaged III
the distribution IL tickets to the soldiers
for the coming election, shall either leave
the army altogether or make some arrang'
emeut by which their mission can be per
formed without impeding military opera
tious. Their political discussions sxcle
the soldiers, and in some cases lead tnem
10 neglect their dates.
The Commercials Washington special
saws the details Of Gen. Sheridans orlihan'
victory iu the valley on the l9th are 10"
coming in.
The pursuit has ended for the present,
| and there is now time nifoi ded 10 count the
spoils Of the gallaut achievement, Pison'
ers are being sent to places Of safe custody |
in the rear, and The trophies Of war adorn
the camps Of the gallent victors. $500 |
soners ha already been captrrcd.-
Fifteen hundred arrived q; lIarper's Ferry
and / 900 more were left at Winchester.
The Eraminer sgain calls attention to
the dtuukeuess in Hoods amy, aud as
cribes their defea. to it. 1t says tha, Sbsr.
idau in his devastion, spared oil the whis-
key stills, knowing its feet oa the rebels.
The H,raMs Hilton Head correspond
euce ssys: Yellow Fever still prevails 10
Charleston, Wilmington, aud other rebel
cities. Twenty or thirty are dying daily
in Charleston Gen Foster having been
officially notified that the Union prisoners
in Charleston have been renewed from un'
der fire, he has ordered the removal of reb'
I ell prisoners on Morris Island, to Fort Pu'
9 laski
= Charleston is heipg constantly sbeled by
!. lO0.pouudsr.. The firing ects an occa-
sional reply from the ncighboring rebel
. 3 batteries The effect Of shelhng Char lesion
u is said to be very destructive. Five large
IS fires have bten visible during the last
r eight days a- rs.
Is The n. Y Heruld's Chattauoga corres-
d. pondent Of tbs 18th says that Sherman is
Is mol fu,hiag Hood, but managing ifpossi-
C BILE to coop him up in the Valley aud starve
OF him.
n Hood has woefully failed in finding or
:. capturing supplies He Is trying his best
:. TO- avoid q fight. He attempted TO sneak
= back through Snake Greek Gap but 9nding
:, that outlet blocked up he abandoned the
d attempt. This morning he is reported o
d mile aud half below Fsyette, Sherman is
r, perhaps six miles from him.
y The Tribune's correspondent with the
81 army ef the james, 22I, says that at dawn
this A. NJ one of our land batteries in
- charge Of Captain Ashley, Co. E, 81 New
De York artillery. opened on the rebel feet in
g. james River, about mile above Cox,
o. Landing. with 90 and 80 pound shell, aud
4, quickly sent their wooden gnnboa,s to the
!. protecting wings of Fort Darling and their
!. other shore batteries. The three ironclad
20 rams, however, s,ocd fire and returned the
compliment for an hour or more. until one
ID of their smoke stacks was nearly shol
IS, away, and one of our shell exploded in the
ell after part of the Richmond, killing gunner
'n and wounding three scamer, when. having
ul had vigorous uDding from cur shells
10 they one by one filed away out of range L
~ place OF security, leaving an earthwoil
which the rebels bave lately constructed OF
- tbe west side Of lhe James 10 continue tht
:" duel with Ctpt. Ashley's battery aud an
10 other of our forts lower down The river
1t This rebel wok sent 100 Founders in re.
e. turn for Capt. Ashley's 20 and so pound
d shells, but received those of The same cali
A. bre from our lower battery, and fUslly
q discontinued the duel. The result of the
r,nruipna fn driva ha hot
|, rebel feet upward Of a mile from the pout
: On the river where they had recently been
y stationed. One wooden gunbost was seri
Do ously and one ironclad ram consideIatl ly
al Injured. Our casualties are summed up il
NJ the loss Of 9 leg by Michael Lyu Orderly
sls TO Capt. Ashley, from u fragment of
r. shell, which at the same time killed th
$50 horse on which be was mouated
,;s Until this evening there has been u
=. firing at Dutch Gap since yesterday noor
Ter The following is the official report ofwhs
,b we captured on the 10Th: -a.a
ul- 1900 prisoners of The rank and file,
DIV commissioned officers, 48 pieces of arriIery
he 40 caissons, battery wagons, 39S horse
and mules, with harness complete, IS al
balances, SO army wagons. 5000 round
'is. artillery ammunition, $3.50 small arm
de several wagon loads, including oil tf
ne, medical stores OF the enemy and larp
be quantity Of small arms, ammunition, and
=, large number Of battle flags 90
ish q. A letter from the President was read
n. the srmy, thanking Gen Sheridan and b
-. Nv brave army for the months operations
esr the valley, and especially for the splend
per work of the 10Th.
pre- Our losees on the nineteenth, thong
ieid not officially reported, will sum up near
, of as follows: Army Of West Va, killed 6
the sounded $50, prisoners, 400, total. 81
aud 18th corps, killed 400, wounded 1870
prisoners 100, total 100 9th corps, XII
ed SOC, wounded 1000, missing SO, tot
sew. $500. Col. Kitchinger's Division, kill'
nth 20, wounded $50, missing 56, total 22e
=. grand total 4oS6.
a. Washington specials to the n. Y. Pc
state il is rumored that Mossby's guerrill
pre- made raid upon Mar,insburg, Va, Ia
ion night, capturing Gen. Dunie and Il