Pennsylvania telegraph. (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1864-1864, October 07, 1864, Image 2
pail g Ceirgrapt HARRISBURG, PA, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 7, 1864. NATIONAL UNION TICKET. FOR PRESIDENT, Abraham Lincoln, OF naZi7oll3. FOR VICE EItESILDBET. Andrew Johnson, OF PMM3I3X.F. ELECTORAL TICKET. . . SENATORIAL. MORTON M'MICHAEL, Philadelphia T. CUNNINGHAM, Beaver county. .REPRESENTATIVE. 1-Robert P King, 18-Elias W Hale 2-G. Morrison Coates,l4-Charles H Shriner, 3-Henry Bumm, 16 -John Wister, 4-William•H Kern, 16-David M'Conaughy, 5-Barton H Jenks, 17-David W Woods, 6-Charles M Runk, 18-Isaac Benison, 7-Robert Parke, 19-John Patton, 8-William Taylor, 20-Samuel B Dick, 9-John A Hiestand, 21-Everard Bierer, 10-Richard H Coryell, 22-John P Penney, 11-Edward Haliday, 23-Ebenez'r M'Junkin, 12-Charles F Reed, 24-John W Blanchard COUNTY TICKET. CONGRESS, GEORGE F. MILLER, of Union county ASSEMBLY, Col. H. C. ALLEIIAN, Harrisburg DANIEL KAISER, Wiconisco. PROTHONOTARY, jOSIAH Q. YOUNG, Harrisburg r.EGISTEIL, GEORGE M. MARK, Union Deposit COUNTY COMMISSIONER, HENRY HARTMAN, Washington, nraaoTon OF THE POOR, PHILIP MOYER, Upper Paxton AUDITOR, ALFRED SLENTZ, Harrisburg MEETINGS FOR THE UNION ! ! RALLY! RALLY!! RALLY!!! MASS MEETINGS Will be held as follows: At Millersburg, ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOWR 8 At Middletown, ON SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 8. At the Court House, ON MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 10. All these meetings will be addressed by able speakers. Don't be Deterred from the Main. Object of the_ Polls. By this time every truly loyal man is well convinced, that the main object with the friends of the Union in seeking a victory at the polls, is to strengthen our armies in the field. No set of men in the country under stand this fact better than our copperhead opponents. HenCe the virulence and vindic tiveness with which the copperhead leaders have been conducting the campaign. Hence the attempt to make side issues, and thereon base appeals to the lower passions of men. In seeking a victory at the polls, the copper head leaders are not so much prompted by the desire for political power, as they are by the hope of breaking up our system of free Government. Such men as C. L. Ward, the Chairman of the copperhead State Central Committee, do not ask political power from the people. What they seek is the de struction of the Government, after which they will seize the power to rule on the principle of the divine right of aristocrats, as the mas ters of the poor man and the owners of his labor. We want the poor man everywhere to remember these facts, and not allow himself to be attracted from the real object of the election. Loyally wants a victory at the polls that loyalty may triiimpli in . the field. COPPER HEAD/SM SEEED3 SUCCESS AT THE BALLOT BOX THAT SLAVERY MAT BE VICTOEIOUS ON THE AT TIE num! These are' uestions for the Work ingmen to ponder. And before every working man goes to the polls let him think that as he votes it will depend whether his dear ones shall becom e slaves in the market, or remain the cherished gods of his household altars. These are the real issues of the political contest-- for freedom—Fon PEACE BASED ON THE VINDI CATED Atrritonth OF THE GOVERNMENT-FOR A UNION AND A GOVERNMENT CON TROLLED BY THE LABOR WHICH IS THE SOURCE OF THE WEALTH AND THE STRENGTH OF BOTH! THE IirCLFT.T.SN PROGRIMEE.—The Indian apolis Sentinel, the organ of the Indiana De mocracy, published an article last Monday, headed, "A Few Thoughts Upon the Coming Presidential Election," in which the writer, after depicting the terrible results (to the De mocracy) of Mr. Lincoln's re-election, nays: "Turn we now to review the result should the Chicago nominee be elected. His programme will be a cessation of hostilities, and an at tempt to restore the Union by compromise and reconciliation, or,i if _failing in that, taking the last extreme—recognition." BrOVFMT.AN'S SNEAK POLICY.-The Louisville Daily Press states that it has "ample reason to know that Charles A. Wickliffe, of Ken tucky, stated in Baltimore that McClellan as sured him, two days in advance of his letter of acceptance, that if he (McClellan)' were elected, not a gun should 'be fired at ilre•rebels after the 4th o f March," What a curse would it be to the nation could this non-resistant do nothing Major (literal be made PreSident . 14 thel:/rdted. States ! Con. Cummrras, of Kentucky, one of the most entertaining speakers of the campaign, will speak at the Court HOTLSO on Monday ensuing not Don't fail to be& /an. •The Vote for the County and District Ticket Every truly intelligent and fervently loyal man in Dauphin county recognizes the great principle at stake in the coming political con test at the polls. The issue will not stop with, triumph at the polls. Long thereafter, in the halls of legislation, in the . departments of trade and finance, and in every social relation, the effect of a triumph or defeat will be most seriously felt for evil or for good. Hence, the importance of the people in every district in the State discharging their full duty at the polls. In a crisis like this, no man has a right to ne glect to vote, and still claim to be a citizen. He who wilfully omits the duties forfeits the rights of citizenship. Hence, in rauphincotm ty, every loyal man must . vote if he hopes to keep bright and powerful the eternal princi pies of his loyalty. The fact that we have a majority and can easily elect our county and district ticket, does not afford any man an ex cuse to absent himself fromthe polls, because we aim at higher results in this contest, than the mere election of candidates for local offi ces. We want the prestige of large majorities, to establish our unqualified devotion to great . na tional principles. Hence the principle at stake in both elections, alike the one in October and that in November, is the same. There fore, if we poll a large vote for our candidates at the first, we can increase it at the second election. This has always been proven to be the case with all parties. Prestige is allied to numbers. Give us the preponderance of a full vote for our county and district, tickets, and our word for it, the State of VennsYlva nia will roll up such a majority for Lincoln and Johnson in November, as will startle trait ors from their dark strongholds, and over-awe to obedience every mean treason sympathizer in the loyal States. Dauphin county owes it to herself to poll every loyal vote within the limits of her dif ferent election districts, on Tuesday next. The young and active men in the boroughs, wards and townships, must make it their bus iness to get out the old men of their diStricts —to see that the sick and wounded discharged soldiers get to the polls—to see that every, man in their respectiVe districts goes to the election. • In a crisis like this every man has his duty to perform—every man should feel it his duty ; to see that his neighbors vote—to see that justice is dealt out at the polls—to see that illegal votes are refused—to see that the victory is for the right We want a full vote for every man on the county ticket.— From Congress down to. Au ditor, we want a' fall vote. Our foes in thig district only hope to reduce our majorities ; it is our duty, then, to increase such majori, ties. We fight for freedom, government and the Union, against treason, despotism and anarchy ! What the People Want. The people of all the States, alike those of thenorth and the south, want peace,based on the fr.II...JuguITIOD. of filo Petleral authority. Any other peace would not last a calendar month. Until the rebel armies are beaienand broken up—until the aristocratic represents-, tives of the institution of slavery, now:de fending rebellion, are humiliated, their in stitution divested of its political prerogatives, and wherever slavery is known to contribute directly to the support of traitors in arms, the institution itself abolished—until all this is accomplished, there cannot and will not be peace in the United States, simply because the slave-holder, for the interest of that institu tion, will forever hold himself in readiness to rebel—and those who sympathize with him, for the furtherance of their political ends, will always be prompt to render slavery aid and comfort. Hence the people want the full; unmistakable, severe and stern crushing out of treason and rebellion, that it may not again become necessary for them to repeat the ter rible sacrifices of the war into which they are now plunged, to suppress another rebellion. Bat against all this the copperhead leaders now oppose themselves, to save slavery, to preserve the prestige of its leaders and main tain the power of their former political positions, that the same men .for the, 'seine purposes may, at some future propitions hour, again arm and assail the national authority. The whole political Contest in which we are now engaged, hinges on this point. While the slave-holders are working to destroy free government, `the Democratic+ leaders are strug gling to m 'anitain the political influence and the social corruption of slavery. While the free masses of the north are making noble sacrifices for peace, based on the recognition of the national authority, the Democratic leaders are alone absorbed in a con test for the nationality of slavery.. The difference between the Democratic leaderstnid the real friends of the Union, is that the De mocracy are contending for peace by the-en slavement Ot all labor, while the friends of the Union seek peace by the universal spread of liberty. The one wants all the States devoted to slavery; the other seeks a Union of common wealths based on freedom. This is the true Solution of the peace projects as they are presented for the approval of the pedple at the polls. If the true Talon men succeed, at the polls in October and November, We will have taken the first step to a peace based on freedom. If the copperheads triumph, the peace which will follow, willbe one enforced by the slave master with llie lash and the traitor victor with the bayonet. Between these is sues, as they are involved in,the political mon.- test, the people must now decide for peace. TILE Louisville Journal has the following scaly allusion to its favorits candidate for the Presidency: "We think that the Federal officers ; mili tary and civil, Nilo have nothing to dO, ahould be placed on a reduced scale , rof daties.". Itiy. Flamm: smxxlEor, of 8t Pati , ck's Chapel, Detroit, Who was drafted, has deter mined to go into the ranks. . aistriends pro posed, a _,E!ubstitiAe for him, but he declined the offer, aml said he would do his own fighting. • a. Another Copperhead Falsehood We are informed that an old gray headed copperhead is 'lining around the -city :dread fully deploring the great reverses that has h ap .. paned to Gen. Grant. He says that the rebels had blown 75,000 Union soldier up in their fortifications. The whole story is a dastard lie 'from begining to end. Gen. Grant has met with no reverses, he is securely located in front of the rebels, and will take Richmond ere long—notwithstanding the Copperheads in the North are throwing all the obstacles in the way . that they can. 330 ttelegrapt). Grant and Butler. IMPORTANT MOVEMENT OF WARREN, Heavy Firing About Chapin's Farm Capture olreAnother Line of Red _Works. Manassas Gap,Railioad Opened to Regtortown. WASHINGTON, Oct. 6. The mail steamer Manhattan, from City Point, reports that there has been no heavy fighting in front of Petersburg since the last reports. Warren has swung around on the left somewhat, to a position commanding the Southside railroad, where he is throwing up entrenchments and mounting heavy guns, by which it is believed the rebels may be pre vented from Using the, road. The Manhattan brought up forty-four rebel officers, captured by the 18th Corps on the north side of the James river; they are under charge of Captain Powell, 68th Pennsylvania Regiment, and rank from lieutenant to lieu tenant-colonel, including several majors.-- Lieutenant-colonel Maury, who commanded a rebel fortification on Chapin's farm, is among the party. Captain Powell- also had charge of thirty two rebel deserters, who came into General Butler'sliries. They have taken the oath and desire to goiNorth. The k. , "aport steamer .Belvidere has ar 'rived fromTortress Monroe; which:place she left yesterday afternoon at three o'clock. She repo* that yesterday monshigliisvy cannon :ading was heard from the - direction of Cha pin's farm, and the report was in eirculation at 'Fortress Monroe that we had'dfiven the ene my from another line 'of;intrePchinents. Yesterday four hoispital ;blatie arrived at Fortress Monroe from aboie, ,2o 'with wounded, • belonging to the Army of the . James. There was a large proportion of ifolored soldiers among these wounded. The Manassas Gap Railroad has been re paired as far as Rectortown. SECONIADISYATCH. WASHINGTON, Oct. 6.—No further move ments are reported as having taken place southwest of Petersburg. Our troops are steadily fortif,ying the positions gained, but the enemy is probably too strongly intrenched on the Southside railroad to warrant an assault upon their works. As it is, however, we have roegertsioii of the Vaughn road, over which the rebels wagoned a Mrge portion of their supplies, and our forces hold an impregnable position within two miles of the Southside railroad. This is an advantage worth far more than the cost of the attack. From Mitimouri. Arrival of General Ewing at St. Louis Account of his Retreat From Pilot Knob A. Fight with the Rebels at Harrison Station. Price Reported Near Union on Tuesday: • ST. LOUIS, Oct. 6. Gen. Ewing and several officers of his com mand reached here last night, having marched from Pilot Knob to De Soto, with an escort of Dirty men, and thence came to St. Louis by railroad. His retreat from Pilot Knob was unmolested till about twenty miles from Har rison Station, where the rebels attacked him in considerable force, but were driven.back by his artillery, with loss. He • erected some slight breastworks and planted cannon; and fought the enemy pretty constantly till Satur day afternoon, when Col. Be veride, with 600 of the 17th Illinois cavalry, arrived from Rolla, and the rebels, retired... Early on Sun day morning the command - started for Rolla, which point they reached the same evening, with 700 men and all their artillery. The total loss in the command, including the siege, Pilot Knob, skirmishing on the retreat, and the engagement at Harrison Station, were about 300, the larger proportion being prison ers. Dispatches from Franklin .report all quiet there. General Smith commands the forces at that point, including the enrolled militia, all under General Pike. The latest accounts from Price placed him six mil4Wetit of Union, on Tuesday, on the Jefferson. City road. His force consists of fifteen' thousand fighting men, cavalry, mounted infantry, and about 5,000 camp-followers. His movements, indi cate a design to take Jefferson City, install Tom Reynolds as .:Governor, Governor and hold the State for the Confederacy. General Mower has been heard from, but_ his whereabouts is contraband. 4111. The Delaware Assessors' Eleetion A LARGE UNION GAIN. The State Reported Good for Lincoln' and Johnson WII4EINGTON, Oct .6 In New Castle county the Unionists elected. twelve inspectors and six assessors ; the Dem ocrats elected five inspectors and four asses sors. There are rib returns from Bent or Sussex counties, which are usually Democratic. It was no test vote. The Union vote was not lull, while the Democrats made exertions to bring out their full vote. By comparison with 1862, the vote shows that the Union men can and will carry the State for Lincoln and aohn son. In 1862 the. Democrats had a majority of about 800, but in the November election the Union majority'was 111. Wer.l V irginia. LOSSES .. OA.VSEE , ET THE 14 1.7 /ABEL SAID Bevrruoit*, Oct 6. General gelly,*rit.es that the rebel invaders in Wesf-Ylrkinia , itode.nclidisiiii6tionjuWeir assessments between .;their :own abetters and Union sythiathizers:-' 3l l l he loss to_. Upsher courdyi Na.. alone, the estimateErat;fortir,:then sand ~ . t. From Tennessee. The Railroad Depot at Shelbyville Burned by the Rebels, Ten Prisoners Murdered. Attach on a Union Cattle Guard. Destruction - on the Chattahoochie. BATTLE NEAR ALATOONA Nasirvii.LE, Oct. 6. The rebel Oaptain.Blachwell on the 30th ult., surprised and captured some guards, numbering thirty-two, near Shelbyville, Tenn., burned the railroad depot, and a lot of arms and munitions of war. Ten of the Fed eral prisoners were shot by Blackwell near Fayetteville, and the balance were delivered to Forrest. Six of the latter escaped and reached Shelbyville. One hundred and fifty rebels under Duvall McNury, attacked Lieutenant Bliggeod, sth Kansas cavalry, in charge of a large drove of cattle from Johnsonville, fifteen miles from Nashville. The Federal guard numbered sixty, half of whom were killed, wounded or captured. The - balance escaped and arrived here safely. The cattle were stampeded, and large numbers of them were straying through the country. The river is six feet on the shoals and rising. On the 4th, a large rebel force appeared on the Chattahoochie river, near Ackworth sta tion, destroyed several pieces of the track, and burned Big Shanty. Two bridges across the Chatahoochie at Cartersville and Resaca, were damaged by heavy rains. A rebel force was near Dalton on the 3d inst., moving in a southeasterly direction. They had with them a train of 250 wagons. A severe fight occur red at Alatoona yesterday, between the garri son and a body of rebel infantry. Gen. Carse and Col. Towlett were wounded. The rebel loss was heavy, according to the reports of prisoners taken. The battle is expected to be renewed to-day. A division of rebel infantry was seen moving at the Etowah river, probably with the inten tion of crossing to this side. The river has seven feet on the shoals, and is still rising. LATER. The Rebel Attack on Alatoona They are Repulsed and Leave their Dead and Wounded in our Hands. Ouirrisoook, Oct. 6.—At six o'clock yes terday morning the enemy attacked Alatoona with artillery and infantry, The position was occupied by a portion of Gen. Smith's corps. The fight continued at intervals, and during the latter part of the day the enemy was handsomely repulsed with severe loss. In the evening they hastily retreated towards Dallas and Dalton, leaving all their dead and 400 to 600 wounded in our possession. Our loss is about 300 killed and wounded. Gen. Cane is reported to be wounded. The firing was heavy in the direction of Kenesaw during the day- This is the first clear day for nearly two weeks. All the streams are overflowing and washing away the bridges at Ringgold, Resaca and Ohattehoochie. The two first-named will be rebuilt to-day. ANOTHER COPPERHEAD DEFEAT. Connecticut Town Election.. GLORIOU'■ RESULTS. [Prom the Hew Raven Journal of Oct: 5. Below we give the returns so far as received. As is generally the case, they come to hand very slowly. Enough has been received, however, to show that the great struggle of the Copperheads to " get control of the ballot. boxes, has resulted in another fizzle. Re turns from eighty-four towns, show that the Union men gain nine towns while they loose but one. There is, as is always the case in town elections, somffefalling off from the Spring vote; but in several towns the Union majority has been considerably increased, and in those towns where there have been smaller majorities, the result is caused by the want of interest which the Union electors usually exhibit toward these town elections. Copperheads are trying to draw small comfort from the fact that some of our majorities are not as large as in the Spring, but it is a crumb that November will see taken from them by the noble majorities which will then be un failingly rolled up for Lincoln and Johnson— Liberty and Union. The following is the re sult as far as received : UNION. North Haven, (gain,) Portland, (gain,) East Haven, Birkhamst6d, (gain,) Guilford, Colebrook, Madison, Saybrook, Meriden, Franklin, New Milford, (gain,) Putnam, Orange, Pomfret, New Britain, Hilllingly, East Hartford, Plainfield, South Windsor, (g'n,) Woodstock, Manchester, Thompson, New flartford, Windham, Canton; Winchester, Norwich, Suffield, (gain,) Griswold, ._ Brooklyn, Stonington, . Plymouth, ... Lebanon, Sliusbury, New London, Avon, Groton, Granby, Torrington, East Windsor, Enfield, Lyme, Danbury, Portland, Woodbridge, Chaplin, Stratford, Eastford, Norwalk, Clinton, New Canaan, Essex, Stamford, Vernon, Darien, Mansfield, North Branford, (g'n, ) Redding, (gain,) Woodbury, (gain.) COPPEBRELD. Derby, (gain,) Lisbon, Wallingford, Windsor Locks, Middletown, East Granby, Glastenbury, Bristol, Waterbury, Bloomfield, Preston, ' Hamden, East Lynn, Branford, Waterford, Naugatuck, Windsor, t Seymour, Cheshire, • Oxford, Bridgeport (city,) Newton, Hartland, Marlborough, Canterbury, Bethany. Great Meeting at Williamsport. Wrrazamspowr, Oct. 6. The largestfaxiii most enthusiatic meeting ever held in Lycoroing county convened at Williamsport to.day. , There were five hun dred and twenty-seven wagons in the proces sion, and over one hunched horsemen. The prOcemiion was over three miles long. Hon, John:Cochrane rind 'others addressed the ini . 33/9W.,F.V.10.P0e!. ANOTHER COPPERHEAD VICTORY! Murder of a Union Soldier. Arrets of Two of the Guerrillas. EASTON; Oct. 6. Private Leander K. Deas, of Capt. Strouds cavalry of Philadelphia, was shot through the head 'with a bullet, and in several part of the body with buckshot, and was instantly killed yesterday near the residence of Jacob Miller in Price township, Monroe county. A squad of men, the deceased being one of them, had gone out as a guard to the person who was to'serve notices upon drafted men of the township, and while riding along the road they were fired upon from the bushes with the result above stated. Miller and a man named Leese were arrest ed by the comrades of the murdered man, were brought to Stroudsburg las night, and were to have been removed to Philadephia to-day. Dees was a highly respectable young man, and resided in Philadelphia. Shooting of a Soldier—Fate of His Murderer. CMC/G9, Oct. 6 This evening Dr. Faris, a notorious Virginia traitor, residing here, shot, without provoca tion, George W. 3111ibbins, a returned sol dier of the Twenty-fifth Illinois, killing him instantly. Henry M'Kibbins, brother of the deceased, was also wounded. • The outraged comrades of the deceased pur sued Faris to the house of Dr. Lumen, another notorious rebel; they surrounded the house and demanded the surrender of Faris. Luman surrendered the murderer, when the exaspe rated soldiers pot twenty bullets through him. The outraged community refuse to let the traitor be buried from either of the churches. 2D EDITION. Official War Bulletin LATER FROM SHERMAN. He Protects His Communications Heavy Engagement on the 6th inst„ Near Alatoona, The Rebels Driven From the Field with Heavy Loss. I=l They Leave their Dead and Wounded in our Hands. Trains Running to Alatoona. Heavy Rains and High. Water. Later from Gen. Granger. FORREST MOVING SOUTH. Skirmishing at Span's Creek. Further Particulars of the Engagement at Alatoona. HEAVY LOSS IN FRENCH'S REBEL DIVISION 1,000 Killed and Wounded Left in Our Hands Forrest Cornered by Morgan, and Ills Trans portation Captured. OUR GUNBOATS PREVENT HIS RETREAT Grand Operations in Front of Richmond and Petersburg. • Good News May be Expected. Sheridan at Harrisonburg DEATH OF LIEUT. MEIGS FROM :GEN. ROSECRANS EWING RETREATS TO ROLLA WASHINGTON, OCt. 7-11.40 A. ht. Major General John A. Dix, New York: In .a recent dispatch it was mentioned that Gen. Sherman was taking measures to pro.. tect his communications from the rebel forces operating•against them. Dispatches received last night show the fulfilment of the expecta tion. Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas was sent to Nashville to organize the troops in his dis district, and drive Forrest from our lines, while the attention of Gen. Sherman was di rected to the movements of the main rebel army in the vicinity of Atlanta. On the 4th of October the rebels had cap tured Big Shanty, but were followed up closely by Sherman. On the 6th a severe engagement was fought by our forces under Gen. Jno. E. Smith and the rebel forces under Gen. Forrest, in which the rebels were driven from the field with heavy loss ' leaving their dead and wounded in our hands. The details are given in the following dis patch from Gen. 'Thomas: ' Nes/num, Oct. 6-11.30 r. at. Son. E. At. Stanton, Secretary of Ward The following telegram is justreceived from Chattanodga: Gen. Smith, who left there yes terday, fifth (sth) inst., telegraphs that the enemy retreated last evening from Alatoona, moving in the direction of Dallas, leaving from four to six hundred wounded in our hands. Our loss is about 100 killed and 200 wounded. The railroad bridge near Ringgold was washed away yesterday. (Signed) S. B. MOORE, Asst-Adjt. GeneraL The Resaca bridge will be repaired by to morrow, and the trains will be able to run as far as Alatoona, going via Cleveland and Dalton Nothing further has been heard from Sher man since my dispatch of yesterday, but the retreat of the enemy towards Dallas indicates he was close upon the rear at Alatoona. I have not heard from Gene. Botusseau or Washburne to-day, but presume they are Malin Forrest as rapidly as the condition or the roads will admit. - We hilid inid heavy and continuous rains for the last frre ,days, rendering the roads and streams impassable. have just received the following dispatch froin Gen. Granger, dated . /Einakvibucp Qiitgaber 6-20 P. x--Theicon rier reported wounded in crossing 'Elk r i ver is in. He lost the dispatches while crossing the river. He reports that two rebels were captured yesterday, who say that they left Forrest at Lawrenceburg the night before, crossing south. General Morgan's advance was skirmishing with the enemy this A.. M. on Span's Creek, h e being unable to cross the creek on account of high water. He hopes to be able to cross by to-morrow morning, when he will push them still further on. The Alabama railroad will be repeaired from here to Pulaski in one week. (Signed) GEORGE H. THOMAS, Major General. Another and unofficial dispatch reports as follows: Telegraph repaired to Alatoona to day. The action yesterday was severe. French attacking . with his division, 7,000 strong, and suffering heavily, leaving his kill ed and wounded in our hands to the number of 1000, while we lost only 300. The light lasted six hours altogether. From Florence we hear that Morgan has Forrest cornered, has captured his transpor tation, and that the gunboats prevent all re treat across the Tennessee. SATISFACTORY REPORTS OF THE OP ERATIONS .1N PROGRESS.BEFORE RICH MOND AND PETERSBURG HAVE BEEN RECEIVED, but their details are not at pre sent proper for publication. A dispatch from Gen. Stevenson reports an officer of Gen. Sheridan's staff just arrived. Gen. Sheridan was still at Harrisomburg.— His supply trains were going on all right, oc casionally interrupted by guerrilla parties, the only force on the road. This officer brought in the remains of Lt. John R. Meigs, of the Engineer Corps, and only son of brevet Raj. Gen. Meigs, Quartermaster General, who was killed by bushwhackers on Monday last, while making a military survey. In the death of that gallant officer the de partment has occasion to deplore no ordinary loss. Last year he graduated at the military academy at West Point with the highest hon ors at the head of his class, was commissioned as a Lieut. of engineers, and was immediately sera into the field. He performed meritorious and dangerous services during the last year on the fortifications at Baltimore, at Harper's Ferry and at Cumberland, and was made chief engineer in the army of the Shenandoah. In the campaigns he accompa nied the army under Sigel, Hunter and Sheri dan in every positions He gave proof of graft professional skill, per sonal courage and developed patriotism. One of the youngest and brightest ornaments of the military profession, he has fallen an early victim to murderous rebel warfare. General Rosecrans reports that Gen. Ewing made good his retreat to Rolla, losing only a few stragglers, and the killed and wounded by the way were very few. From the number of the wounded rebels, the enemy's loss will not fall much short of a thousand hors du combat. (Signed) EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War. From Washington. Our Official Relations with Mexico Operations on the N. A. Blockading Squadron. FROM GENERAL GRANT'S ARMY Our Position Impregnable. Mosby . Recovering From his Recent Injpries. WASHINGTON, Oct. 6. This Government continues its official re lations with the Liberl or Constitutional Government of Mexico, and the President has recently recognized Jose Solero Pristo as Consul of that republic at the post of San Francisco. It appears,from an official statement received at the Navy Department to-day, that the North Atlantic blockading squadron has from August Ist, 1863, to October Ist of the present year, captured or destroyed fifty vessels. Most of these were first class blockade runners. The intelligence received from the Army of the Potomac to-day is that unusual quiet pre vailed during Wednesday night and yesterday morning. up to 10 o'clock, when the mail boal left City Point. Our forces on the south side are within sound and sight of the rail road, and in a strong position, capable, it is said, of resisting any rebel assault. It appears that the enemy are not using that railroad to any considerable extent. Positive information has been received by the Alexandria (Va.) Journal that Mosby has so far recovered from his recent wound as to be able to again take the saddle. It says certain it is that he is once more in command, and it may not be many days be fore there will be a renewal of the guerrilla depredations in the adjoining counties. Later from Missouri. Price Attempts to Cross the Osage River HIS FORCES REPULSED Rebels not Across the Missouri River. Official advices say that Price's main rebel army attempted to cross , the Osage River at Castle Rock, to-day, but " were prevented by a force of our troops stationed on the opposite side, between whom and the .rebels fighting has occurred—but with what result was not known. The recent rains have swollen the Osage, and Price will probably try and cross at same point higher up.. . The reports that several hundred rebels had crossed the Missouri river into Montgomery county, are unfounded. General Mower arrived in 'good time at Curent Point. His movements will soon be announced to the enemy by himself. Fortress Monroe. Civilians Prohibited from Going up the dames River, FORT MONROR, Oct. .6 Orders have been issued to-day prohibiting civilians from passing up the James River from this point. The new iron clad Massopac, from New York, • arrived here this afternoon. The steamer Wemapausett arrived from City Point this afternoon, but brings no news of moment - from the army. PkilaSelphla. Stock Market.' PIEtrADELPIThi, Oct. 7. Stocks irregular. Penna. 5s 95; Reading R. R. 611; Norris Canal 99; Pa. R. B. 69; Gold 200; Excbang,e on New York par. ST. LOUIS, Oct. 6