312 IptttS of fe Wool. THE WAR. GENERAL SHERIDAN’S ARMY. As we were going to press last week, news reached us of a great battle in the Shenan doah Valley in which the rebels were com pletely defeated. We had only time then to give a brief official dispatch from General Sheridan, announcing the victory. Since then the Union forces have hung closely on the rear of the retreating and defeated enemy, and administered additional punishment. The prestige of the rebels in the Shenandoah Valley is gone forever, and their hope of diverting Grant from his hold-upon, their capital has now vanished. Sheridan with his victorious army is still in hot pursuit. Feeling that our readers would like to read the details of such a battle, resulting in such a victory, we give a description from a cor respondent with the army. After describing preliminary arrangements he says: As soon as the Nineteenth Corps arrived it was formed in four lines of battle, about tnree hundred yards apart, on the right of the Sixth Corps, and everything being in readiness the advance was sounded at about ■ twelve o’clock, and thedifferent lines moved forward. The two corps advanced in splen did style, and just as composedly as though marching to a review or a parade, drums leading and colors flying, presenting such an imposing spectacle as has seldom been Been in the present war. In fact some of the old est and most experienced staff officers de clared they had never before witnessed so truly grand a spectacle. The first line had not advanced more than two hundred yards before it became warmly engaged with the enemy, who were posted in line about six bundred yards distant. At the same time our artillery opened a furious cannonade, throwing shells and solid shot into the op posite woods, where the enemy could be dis tinctly seen moving up reinforcements. Our different lines of battle continued to advance steadily until they had approached within nearly, two hundred yards of the enemy’s line, when the Rebels opened a furious can nonade with grape and canister from two batteries, which they had previously kept secreted and which ploughed through our advancing lines, mowing down a large num ber of our men. The first line was obliged to give way under so murderous a fire, and in retreating beyond the second line threw it into momentary confusion, and it was also obliged'to fall back beyond the third line, which had in the meantime been obliged to lay down in order to avoid as much as possi ble the effects of the withering fi: e, which the enemy’s batteries were directing against our advancing lines. Our artillery was now brought and posted in comamnding posi tions to silence these batteries of the enemy which had caused so much annoyance, and our line was re-formed and again moved for ward, regaining the advanced position , which they had held when they were obliged to fall back, But this success was not gained without most obstinate resistance on the' part of the enemy. General Sheridan had previously ridden along the lines, and was received everywhere by the men with the greatest enthusiasm; and when they advan ced it was with terrible deteimination “ to do or die in the attempt.” Having regained the advanced position which we had previously occupied, the dif ferent lines of battle were ordered to lay down and wait the arrival of Crook’s corps, which was held in reserve on the eastern side of the Opequan. They were ordered up to take position on the extreme right of the line, in order to counteract a movement on the part of the enemy, who were massing troops on their left flank with a view of turn-, ing our right. Precisely at 3 o’clock Crook formed on the right of the Nineteenth Corps the First Division on the extreme right of our line, and the Second Division in the rear supporting a division of the Nineteenth Corps. General Crook having formed his men, rode along the lines, and was received with the most vociferous cheering, the men promising to “ go in and wipe out Winches- General Torbert, with Merritt and Averill’s Division of Cavalry, having crossed the Opequan about 9 o’clock at Burns’ and Knox’s Fords, had been hard at work all day fighting considerable bodies of the enemy’s infantry and cavalry, and having been suc cessful in steadily driving them before them, now arrived on the extreme right, and were prepared to take part in the final struggle which secured us the victory. General Sheridan rode out to where Gen. Torbert was stationed, and after consultation with him as to the part the cavalry were to take, ordered a final charge, whioh was made with an im petuosity which nothing could resist. Our line, extending nearly three miles in length, advanced amid cheers and yells, which could be distinctly heard far above the noise made by the thunder of artillery and continuous roar of musketry, which for impetuosity has seldom been exceeded in any battle of this war. Our men had determined to win the day and nerved themselves accordingly for the coming struggle, and as our lines ad vanced closer and oloser to those of theene ' my, the battle beoamemore and more fierce until in point of desperate and fierce carnage it would compare favorably with any similar I contest of this war. The slaughter now was truly awful, and at every discharge men were distinctly seen to drop all around, and the two contending lines at some points could not have been over two hundred yards apart. Jußt at this critical period, above the roar of artillery and musketry, and the cheers and fierce yells of the contending armies, could be distinctly heard the shrill notes of the cavalry bugles sounding a charge, which was the death knell of Early’s army. There could be Been the gallant Custer and Merritt, each with his head-quarters’ flag in hand, and conspicuous among the advancing squadrons, gallantly leading his charge which in connection with the desperate courage displayed by our infantry, secured us the victory. All honor to these gallant chiefs who have done so nobly. Those who have never witnessed a cavalry charge can form np idea of its magnificence, nor of its demoralizing effect, when well executed updn an.enemy. The stubborn columns of Early’s command were forced to give way and break before the fierce onslaugh t which our cavalry made upon them, who, with sabre in hand, rode them down, cutting them right and left, capturing seven hundred and and twenty-one privates and non-commis sioned officers, with nine battle-flags and two guns. The broken and demoralized divisions comprising Early’s command now fled in confusion, throwing away everything which could in any way impede their flight, and strewing the ground with their arms. Some made for the heights beyond ’Winchester, but they we/e speedily disloged by Averill, and forced to beat a hasty and ignominous retreat up the valley, where such of Early’s command as are left him are now scattered. Our victory was a glorious one, and one well calculated to thriU the heart of every loyal man with impulses of sincere joy, but it has been well-remarked, that “every joy has its nttepding amount of sorrow,” and ours was for the gallant dead and wounded, who poured out their life’s blood freely, that this great and iniquitous rebellion should be put down. On Thursday the 22d, Early was found posted at Fisher’s Hill, about four mileß south of Strasburg, with his right resting on the north fork of the Shenandoah and ex tending across the Strasburg Valley west ward to North Mountain, occupying a posi tion which seemed almost impregnable. After a good deal of maneuvering during the day. General Crook's was transferred to the extreme right of the line carrying everything with him. While he was thus driving the enemy in the greatest confusion behind their breastworks, the Sixth and Nineteenth Army Corps attacked the rebel works in front, and the whole rebel army appeared to be broken up. They fled in the utmost confusion. Sixteen guns, with a great many caissons, artillery horses, &c., were captured. The "casualties, or the number of prisoners, are as yet unknown. The attack not being commenced till four o’clock P. M., darkness alone saved the whole of Early’s army from destruction. The First and Third Cavalry divisions went down the Luray Valley on the same day of the attack, and if they pushed on vigorously to the main valley the result of the engage ment .will-probably be still more signal. Early’s command, which Has been thu3 sig nally and completely routed, embraced the famous Stonewall Brigade, and troops con stituting “ Stonewall” Jackson's Corps, and was the elite of the rebel army. The prison ers already taken are computed at no less than 7,200, and the'total loss to the enemy is one-third of their whole army. They lost nine Generals —three killed, six wounded. Altogether, no victory in this war surpasses the present in completeness, and considering the numbers engaged, none surpasses it in. importance and probable results. For we believe that Sheridan means to make clean work of the Shenandoah Valley. Early’s is surely one of the worst beaten armies that the rebellion has yet seen, and cannot pos sibly be equal to the task of holding the Shenandoah against the impetuous advance of its victorious adversary. The latest news from General Sheridan is his dispatch dated at Woodstock, Friday morning, September 23d, giving further particulars of the fight at Fisher’s Hill. General Crook struck the enemy'sleft flank, doubling it up, and advancing along their lines. Rickett’s Division, of the Sixth Corps, joined Crook’s, Getty’s and Wheaton’s Divi sions, taking up the same movement, follow ed by the whole line attacking and carrying the enemy’s works. The rebels]threw down their arms and fled" in the greatest‘confu sion, abondoning most of their artillery. It was dark when the battle ended. The Sixth and Nineteenth Corps were, pushed on in pursuit during the night as tar as Wood stock, and there halted for rest and rations. Sixteen pieces of artillery are reported cap tured. The Union loss is comparatively light. No estimate of the number of prison ers taken at Fisher’s Hill can as yet be given. General Sheridan concludes:—“l do not think that there ever was an army so bidly routed.” On Saturday morning, the 24th instant, Early was still continuing his re treat, with General Sheridan in close pur suit. The War Department are hurrying forward all needed supplies and reinforce ments for General Sheridan. ARMY OF THE POTOMAC There has been no new or important movement in the army of the Potomac du ring the past week. Great enthusiasm pre vails among the soldiers of the army of the Potomac over the glorious news of Sheri, dan’s victory. The army has enjoyed seve ral days of unbroken stillness. Both sides are reinforcing and fortifying. The position of the Union army is regarded as impregna ble, even by the ' rebels, who decline all offers for attack. Their cavalry operations on the Union rear are generally of little moment. The news of the. victory in the Valley of the Shenandoah, was read to the troops along the lines on the 20th inst., and was received with unbounded enthusiasm and repeated cheering. A salute of one hun dred shotted guns will be fired to-morrow at daylight in honor of the event. The steam er Vanderbilt, from City Point, arrived at Washington on the 24th, with fiftyffive rebel deserters. She reports affairs unchanged at Petersburg. Rebel desertions continue fre quent. One hundred and twenty-five en tered the Union lines from a single Florida regiment. There are now sixty-five hun dred prisoners at Point Lookout. One hun dred and fifty arrived there on the 23d from Grant’s army, and within a week some four hundred have been transferred to Northern prisons. A rumor prevails that General Grant had commenced fighting at Peters burg, but there seems to be no truth in the rumor. The firing between the pickets in front of the right of the Third Division, Second Corps, still continues and casualties occur daily. Expedition to the Rapidan. It having become known that the rebels had constructed a large and valuable bridge over the Rapidan,. about fifteen miles, from Culpepper, for the double purpose of com pleting the railway communication from that place with Richmond and offering an easy exit from the Shenandoah valley for all the harvest and plunder collected by Early in his late occupation of that district, Col. onel H. M. Lazelle, of the Sixteenth Regi ment New York Volunteer Cavalry, com manding the cavalry brigade, near Fall's church, was ordered to effect its destruction. •Accordingly, on the morning of the 17th inst., that officer started at three o’clock, with three hundred men of the Sixteenth New York Volunteer Cavalry, and fifty men of the Thirteenth New York Volunteer Cavalry, for the scene of action. The party were furnished with the necessary rations and fully provided .with axes, <fcc., for the contemplated work. The command moved through Fairfax county and crossing Wolf Run Shoals after a severe march, bivouacked at Elk Run. Nextmorning at three o'clock the party resumed its march, and crossing the Rappahannock at Kelly’s Ford, passed through Stevensburg, capturing the rebel videttes on the route, then crossed the Rap idan at Raccoon Ford, and following the course of the river re-crossed it at Rapidan Station, charged through the village, cap turing the enemy's advanced line of pickets. At this point information was obtained of a large corral of the rebel Government’s horses, mules, &c., being in the neighbor hood, and a dash was made at them, result ing in the capture of the guard, and upwards of two hundred and fifty mules that were quietly grazing there were duly collected and cared for. The work of destroying the bridge, about two hundred feet in length, by one hundred and fifty in height, then commenced, under Colonel Eazelle’s super vision. Meanwhile another party proceeded to fire a large mill containing five thousand barrels of flour, the telegraph office, railroad depot and other public buildings, which were all soon consumed, together with the bridge. During these operations a large train was approaching, but having observed the smoke of the burning buildings did not PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1864. come near enough to admit of its capture. The work of destruction having been thoroughly completed, the command, to gether with the prisoners, of whom some were officers, and captured property, moved up to Culpeper, where it was met by the advance of Early’s army, consisting of Mc- Cloud’s Division, numbering about four thousand men, two hundred cavalry and six pieces of artillery, that had been sent ex pressly to guard against the‘deed just so effectually accomplished. During the march from the Rapidan to Culpepper the enemy in small bodies harrassed the rear guard con siderably, until the column came on the main body of McCloud’s Division, which at once opened a heavy fire on its flank. Col. Lazelle then marched his command on three parallel lines, and struck the foot of the mountain, where two regiments of infantry had been sent to endeavor to cut off our re-, treat. The advance was allowed to pass, and on the approach of the columns a terrific fire was opened by the rebel infantry. Here Captain Lawrence Leahy (acting Major) and Captain Brown, of the Thirteenth New York Cavalry, ably assisted-by Lieutenants Ravel and Dougherty, of the Thirteenth and Sixteenth respectively, charged with their commands, in the hopes of routing the in fantry, but owing to the positions the enemy had taken up, with a swamp in their front, were repulsed with loss. The enemy’s cav alry seeing this charge repulsed, at once charged on the rear of the column, with the view of cutting off the only road now left’for retreat, but were defeated in the main object, with heavy loss, and only succeeded in re capturing a goodly portion of the horses and mules, having been again charged in turn by Captain Leahy and his command. Colonel Lazelle now seeing, by the new forcbs mo mentarily developing themselves, that he was so greatly outnumbered, commended his retreat without gratifying 'the evident wish and intention of the rebel commander of charging on the breastworks, in which case the whole command must inevitably have been captured or cut to pieces. Our total loss in killed, wounded and missing, was one officer (Lieutenant French, Sixteenth) .miss ing) and forty men. Of this number the Thirteenth lost four and the Sixteenth one officer and thirty-six men. )j GENERAL SHERMAN’S ARMY^ There has been no further "fighting in Sherman’s army. Sherman has shown Hood and his rebel friends that he can write a letter, as well as fight a battle. The follow ing is his reply to General Hood's charge of “studied" and ungenerous cruelty" about the i emoval of the citizens of Atlanta: j Head-quarters Military Division of the Mississippi, In the Field, Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 10,1864.- — General J. B. Hood, commanding Army of the Tennessee, Confederate Army : —General—l have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of this datf’a.ffthe' hands of Messrs. Ball and Crew, consenting to the arrangements I had proposed to facil itate the removal South of the people lof Atlanta who prefer to go in that direction.] I enclose you a copy of my orders, whi|h will, I am satisfied, accomplish my purpose perfectly. You style the measures proposal “unprecedented,” and appeal to the dans history of war for a parallel, as an actiof “studied and ungenerous cruelty.” It is iot unprecedented, for General Johnston himtelf very wisely and properly removed the fami lies all the way from Dalton down, and I sse no reason why Atlanta should be excepted. Nor is it necessary to appeal to the “ dam history of war,” when recent and modern examples are so handy. You yourself burned dwelling Rouses along your parapet, and I have seen to-day j fifty houses that you have rendered unin habitable, because they stood in the way of your forts and men. You defended Atlanta on a line so close to town that every cannon shot and many musket shots from our line of investments that overshot their mark, went into the habitations of women and; children. General Hardee did the same at Jonesboro’, and General Johnston did the same last summer at Jackson, Miss. j I have not accused them of heartless cru elty, but merely instance these cases of very recent occurrence, and could go on and enu merate hundreds of others, and challenge any fair man to judge which of us has heart of pity for the families of a “brajre people.” I say it is kindness to the families of Atlanta to remove them, now at once, from scenes that women and children should not be exposed to, and the “ brave people” ■ should scorn to commit their wives and, children to the rude barbarian who thus, as; lyousay,- violate the laws Of war,~as illustrated in the pages of its “ dark history." In the name of common sense, I ask you not to appeal to a just God in such a sacrile gious manner. You who, in the midst of peace and prosperity, have plunged a nation into war—“dark and cruel war;" who dared and badgered us to battle, insulted our flag, seized our arsenals and forts that were left in the honorable custody of a peaceful ordnance sergeant, seized and made prisoners of war the very garrisons sent to protect your people against negroes and Indians, long be fore any overt act was committed by the, to you, hateful Lincoln Government, tried to force Kentucky and Missouri into rebellion, despite of themselves, falsified the vote of Lousiana, turned loose your privateers, to plunder.unarmed 'ships, expelled Union fam ilies (by the thousands, burned their homes, and declared by an act of your Congress the confiscation of all debts due to Northern men for goods had and received. Talk thus to the marines, but not to me, who' have seen these things, and who will this day make as many sacrifices for the peace and honor of the South as the best Southern er among you. If we must be enemies,, let, - us be men, and fight it out as we propose to-day, and not deal in such hypocritical ap peals to God and humanity. God will judge us in due time, and he will pronounce whether it be more humane to fight with a town full of women, and. the families of a “ brave people ” at our back, or to remove them in time to places of safety, among their own friends and people. I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, (Signed,) ■W. T. Sherman, Maj.-Gen. Commanding. Official copy: —(Signed) L. M. Dayton, Aid-de-Camp. General Sherman is busily engaged in fortfyihg Atlanta. Passengers from Atlanta report all quiet. A portion of the city is being destroyed, and : the lumber from the dwellings is used, to construct camps. The rebel army is swinging around to cover the Atlanta and West Point Railroad, so as prevent our advance on Mobile. Governor Brown, of Georgia, has offered General Sherman propositions of peace. LATEST WAR NEWS. The following is Secretary Stanton’s Bul letin, giving the latest news from all our armies # Washington, Sept. 26, 10-30 A. M.—Major General Dix, New YorkDespatches from General Sheridan, dated 11 o’clock Saturday night, six miles south of New Market, have been received. He had driven the enemy from Mount. Jackson without being able to bring on an engagement. The enemy were moving rapidly, and he had no cavaly pre-. sent to hold them. General Torbert had attacked Wickham’s force at Luray and captured a number of prisoners. General Sheridan found rebel'hospitals in all the towns from Winchester to New Market, and was ninety miles from Martinsburgh. Twenty pieces of artillery were captured at Fisher’s Hill,lloo prisoners,a large amount of ammu nition. caissons, limbers, &c., a large amount of Tools, small arms and debris. No list of captured material has yet been received. The small towns through the valley have a great many of the enemy’s wounded. General Stevenson reports the arrival at Harper’s Ferry of a train of our wounded, twenty-six captured guns and eighty additional captured officers. Breckinridge has gone to take command of the rebel Department of the Southwest. Despatches received this morn ing from General Sherman’s command, state that Hood appears to be moving toward the Alabama line. A strong force of rebel raid ers aie reported to be operating against Sher man’s communications, and had captured Athens, Alabama. Vigorous exertions were being made to overtake and destroy this force. Jeff. Davis is reported to be at Macon. Reports have also been received from Major- General jCanby. General Steele has been strongly reinforced and has taken the offen sive. Despatches from General Grant, dated at ten ojclock last night, report no military operations. The above comprises the sub stance of:military information, proper for publication received to present date by this department. Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War. MISCELLANEOUS. Guerrillas in the West. The guerrillas are quite active in the West. A train of two hundred wagons, with an escort of eight hundred men, was captured on the 19th inst., at Cabin’s Creek, Kansas. The value of the train is estimated at half a million dollars. The attack was made at three o’clock in the morning, by a fqrce of fifteen hundred rebels; supposed to be under Standwaite, and must have been a complete surprise. The train was destroyed on the spot, indicating a rapid movement northward by the rebels. A despatch from Mound City, Kansas, says that a large force of rebels were moving north, one column toward Fort Scott, and another toward Springfield, Mo. A party of; two hundred guerrillas had plun dered the town of Kry tville, Clarion county, Missouri, on the 21st, and burned the court house, with all the records, and killed the sheriff, Robert Corman, and a noted Union scout, William Young. General Fisk, with a strong force of cavalry and artilery, was in close pursuit. A party of the militia had a a fight on Saturday last with a party of bush whackers, four miles-from Lexington, and killed six o‘r seven of them, The Second Regiment of Missouri Volunteers are report ed to have fallen back from Bloomfield to White Water River, fearing an attack from a superior force of Shelby’s rebels. It was also reported at Charleston that the Missouri Militia had been overtaken, and that a fight was going on at White Water on the 22d inst. It is believed that Gen. AJ. Smith, in command of this Department, is fully able to check the threatened advance of Shelby and Marmaduke’s forces into Mis souri. Change in the Cabinet. When the resolution of the late Baltimore Convention, declaring that they “ deem it es sential to the general welfare that harmony shall prevail in the national councils, and re garding as worthy of public confidence and official trust those only who cordially indorse the principles proposed in the series of resolu tions, and which should characterize the ad ministration of the government,” was, shortly after its passage, read by Postmaster General .111 air, he at once verbally tendered his resig nation, whioh was not formally made and ac cepted until to-day, as will be seen from the correspondence'! It is understood 'that ex-Governor Dennison, of Ohio, will he his successor: ' Executive Mansion, . j . Wash in ©ton, Sept. 23, 1864. J Hon. Montgomery Blair— My Dear Sir: You have generously said to me more than once that whenever your resignation could be a relief to me it was at my disposal. The time has come. You very well know that this proceeds from no dissatisfaction of mine with you personally or officially. Your uni form kindness has been unsurpassed by that of any friend, and while it is true that the war does not so greatly add to the difficulties of your department as to those of some others, it is yet much to say, as I most truly can, that in the three years and a half during which you have administered the General Post Office, r remember no single complaint against you in connection therewith. Yours as ever, A. Lincoln. Post-Office Department, j Friday, Sept. 23, 1864. / My Dear Sir I have received your note of this date, referring to my offers to resign whenever you should deem it advisable for the public interests X should do so, and stating that, in your judgment, the time has now come, I now therefore formally tender my resignation of the office of Postmaster Gene ral. _ 1 cannot take leave of you without re newing the expressions of my gratitude for the uniform kindness which has marked your course toward, Your very truly, The President. M. Blair. Further Decline in Gold. The victories in the Shenandoah Valley, the general feeling which prevails that the rebellion now totters to its fall, have had a visible effect upon the gold market during the past week. It is now below 200. This (Tuesday) morning it is 190 and the tendency still downward. Already the panic in gold has communicated to the dry goods market, and cotton has declined 40 cents per pound. 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Or the holder has the right to demand at that time THE 5-20 BONDS AT PAR, INSTEAD OF THE CASH. This privilege is valuable, as these 5-20 Bonds are our most popular Loan, and are now selling at eight per cent. premium Subscriptions received! n ne usua. manner ndfc ne appeal and proposals of the Secretary of the .Treasury*. -fc©getb«“niili _ Ottr-OircnlHrs, an<J all necessary informa tion, will be furnished on application at our office. JAY COOKE & CO., 961-46 114 SOUTH THIRD STREET, Philadelphia. WENDEROTH & TAYLOR, 912, 914 and 916 Chestnut Street, PHILADELPHIA, PHOTO-MINIATURES ON PORCELAIN, Ivorytypes, Photographs, Cartes de Ylslte, and every style of PORTRAITS IN OIL AND WATER. COLORS, Executed in the highest style. VIEWS OF COUNTRY SEATS made, 10 by 13 inches. 628 HOOP _^ IRTS - 628 THE most complete assortment of aTI the new and desirable styles, length and sizes of Ladies’, Misses’ and Children’s HOOP SKIRTS to be found in the city, are manufactured and sold, Wholesale and Retail, at STo. 628 Arch Street. For finish, durability and cheapness, they are one quailed in the market. AI9O constantly on hand, a full line of Eastern made SKIRTS, from 16 to 40 Springs, at very low prices. 946-tf WM. T. HOPKINS. WILL BE READY SEPTEMBER 22. LOSSING’S COMMON-SCHOOL HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. By BENSON J. LOSSING, author of <* Pictorial History of the United States,” “ Field-Book of the Revolution,” etc. Pp. 372. 12m0., cloth. Profusely and elegantly illustrated. The great popularity ef Mr. Bossing’s previous School Histories of the United States, and their constantly extending use in the best schools, nave led to the preparation of this new volume, which is designed to complete the series, furnishing an .intermediate book, coming between his PICTORIAL UNITED STATES for high schools, and classes in which considerable attention is paid to this subject, and bis PRIMARY STATES, designed for beginners and younger pupils. The series will thus Three Bookß, for Primary, Common, and High Schools, each complete in itself. The COMMON-SCHOOL HISTORY, now announced, is the result of much experience in the wants of teachers, and it iB believed will be found a most accept able book to the largest number of classes. Ab speci mens of elegant typography, including beautiful illus trations, these histories are not surpassed by any other school books wbatevar. 'A specimen copy of the “ Common-School History”’ will be sent to any teacher for examination, post-paid, on receipt of $l6O. Published by MASON BROTHERS, NEW YORK. [942-lyl w. c. tailoe
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