Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1865-04-07

tntr 20 the teNs in Tie unknoEn country
beyond. sheridan and his forccs have been
struggling With the enemy to-day also.
The adviccs from has icrccs are % general
eAar3cier. sIhoash rsliAbls. Eebsl desert
ers bring in rsportthat be has rsachsi N
Southsido RsilroaG an efscctsaIly dcstros-
% scrae svs Or sxriie.of a. TArs rspcgt
a. understcod % have confirmation By
messenger dircetly from General Shendan
himself The story j. abroad IN the army
az ieAst. aIrl Rae rroiocsd great excitement
and much loud obcerins. 90 not. bow
ever, regard it A. euiirciy authentic. Il i
oertaiu. hoscvsr. bat he cavalry has made
awide letour rosnd tbe cnemy's rish'. and
pushed up toward fhe railroad. In Ire al
vance tbs morning. eonsid,rabie resistance
va met. snd the cavalry suffered = tenn
porary check.
Tie ground . rcprcscnied a. very IN fav-
orab'e for marching or uaangavrins. beng
covered TO considcrabie extent With I'M
dergrO~th Of suail snd tangled bushe,
The vearied ard worn men a, the time Of
Tie cheek we're rslIicd by The oopmsnsIins
General himself vho appear, 70 have ~
Peated on a snail scale the eNPeriesoe Of
tie valley
This action Of Shc-iiaa AL has osieess
was greeted Vii thousands Of cheers. aaer
which !, = scarcely necessary q ala The
enemv va rapidly driven frou, BIS position
~iih hcsNy los. ani tie esrsure 81 ore or
two % his hattie fa-.. and considerable
namher e prisoners. Souae estimate Of
Shcridsn'. loss nav - formed from the
fat Tat he seat 20 besdlusr,er, for ambs-
lance, Tor Eve hundred v5und,d. lie az
pears 20 b. endrasorins % turn tie rebel
righ uPon ii.clf. While also striking oct
tor the railroad
Thc position q our inian,ry force tonight
indicates morc Esitins tamorrou. TIE
rebels will rot give o. EP ,ct. Bct~ern "a.
sni the ra1road j. bat orc In. % breast
works. ;hrowa uP quite rcceniiy. AL a pa
realty not sery strong. I've assasli hat
tomorrow. the eneuiy I'll douhticss max,
a stubborn resistance. The crd. however.
cannot d. aoabsfui. Bob Arnie. arc
f-hsinS With de.Peraii on. hut tic rebci,
show si-us ofcShaas-ioa.
Our ac-rcsa.c losses ia-in- th, day
rnay bc shecu La-8-cI TIE rebel ios.
IN kincl ard wounded I'll probably cx-ccd
~. While We have also some nine hen
irvi prisoners. perhaps uorc oar loss
IN othcr-s j. very severe. thoush tie oaiy
gcne-ai o. TT whose u1-ne have hea-d
mentioned a. beng uoanicd is Brsa8.er-
General A. W. penison % Ma-y'a-l. Mo
lot an arm IN the battle ofthc W. dcrncss.
and = nov scvercir wounded in thc Ies.
SATURDAY.
The intia.aii 90 a. as lasi desp.ioh A. %
the plan 81 fti, camPai-n. ne trust the anal
one. against Bichmoni. proves 20 have been
correct. u vs. a frsg believed Is ulosi
persons thar Gen sheridan lad been mere
iy sen; O. seize shc juaciion ofshe Danvale
and Soafhsiie Railroads. an thus ea, Of
tie iast reuia.ning linc % Gen Les sap
pies. wrote you therefore iast nirls.
that thc rcpori ~hich stated that b. Lad
--izcd The Soufhsi'ie road AMI torn up svc
OF SIX ui,cs % Is rails. was revived With
much confisnce AMI great rrjoicins. While
s,ying 9 was broashi On BY dcserser.. an
shat . ~as also stated ihat Ccn. Sherilan-s
ON mcsscnger hal iroa-ht word 10 The
same eject. ] remarked that dil not re-
gard TIE s;ory a. entirely autbentic. The
real plan never contemplated a moYcncnt
- FAR vest a. Barkesviiis. whict i. the
juaction % thcss ivo railroads. Geo. Sber-
iian struek cot from The icfi into tie sn-
knovn country only far enough % complete
D. turn The eneu,ys ri-hf fauk oar 81
iartry advance Of Wedncs,iay night probs-
h.y wouii have ocrupicl The Ssaihsilc roaE.
had that been desired bus. a. before stai-
Cd. their march vas parailsl o. %. rather
tlan directly toward r.. Gen. Grant AZ
pears o. have Tsrposeiv exposed TIE second
an3 Fifh CoT-. in order o. invite Lee o.
make rn affa-t. rni i-ec appears 20 have
fallen i-to thr trap so f1r him. Inaword.
be has bern completely oui-reueraiiei a.
vel a. out-foogt' ro-dav there has no,
bern mach f-hfInc on fhc main line. iLo.rh
81 tbc t-oors have been unler arms I'D an
fhc guns have hec- slotted for the lasi two
days. >crnc ofthe troops hnrcver. ~hirh
wrrr but yesterday n tbe nain Eue. have
beer tofir eu-a-et. sri have Won q great
victory. and doubtl-ss have suffered heavy
Joss.
Ger. ~tcriiir's OF rafiors ~ yesterday
tfridaTN tri-'y detailed IN ny lzs'. sevel-
Cpd &C. iacs hai 'he enemy hs8 ruasssd
BIZ forces heavi.v on orr extreme iefi. uhirh