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Where brew., ~efore - us, "Wittaree*l; Ps • MtfiFiiiedoiti's Nan ner styeaming, o'er • • "la 3EI Mt Att , • e following are burterms fer subecript n, itSfertising and job work; to which we will strictly' • adhere whilst the preacrit "war prices", continue , BIIDS(SRiPI'iON,- ther Annum, if paid within the year, after the tear, ADVERTISING; Per ISquam of tan Lines,`• threotimea; $1:80 " 4 each'sabsequent insertion; Adniinieteator's and ExecutOr's no ke& g*, 2.50 1 'A Bend 'deduction riodelo yearly iibeflisanri JOB WORK -Bills 25 to BO) .411 Mitt • ." 46 CI it 9.50 Whole " I' 44 a 6.50 tivTor all job *ork and load tains invariably cash. .ELECTION DAY.---Titcsday last, elec tion day; passed by in otir to*n with more Order and quiet than is O'stail on such occa sions although the greattst interest was man ifested by both partieshaS - to-th - e — res - ult AT little sparring in the - early part of the day was done between a couple of "inebiiated'" individuals, but nothing further that ,par• took in the least of iodyism as far as we could observe. We tnentionlbis as creditable to our town and township and trust that the November eleinion may be_condueted with . . uob fairness and good order. following is the result of the election in this township, official. Unionists in ro than, democrats in italics : President Judge. A7lgmel, Congress Koontz, Coffroth, Assembly -Nceltrre, Routh, Sharp, Comhsissio*Of. Davidson, Armstrong, Director of the Poor Criswell, Skinner, Auditor. Skinner, Marten, Coroner. Wertz, Miller, RESULT TN THE ddifATl.—The re , turns of the eleetion in this county on the home vete .so far received ate incomplete; but the probability that there will be a democratic majority of from 50 to 100. The Pepository regards the oleotion of the Union candidates for Congress and atidge as cer• tain. We will give the results officially next Week. REPORTED M A JORITIES.- , —The Hof_ lowing are the reported majoriiiet of this tonnty for congress as ptiblished in the Re pository : Koontz---North Ward; Chambers= burg, 111, South Ward, 59; Antrim, 4, Fa yetteville, 30; Montgomery ; 146;.,Washing ton, 38. I Ooffroth.. , —Ouilford,lB; Hamilton, 88; Letherkenny, 86; Loudon, 9; Lurgan, 50; Quincy, 110; Southampton ; 18; St. Thoinas, 6' Wesh Run, 58. * NEW;GOODS.—Messrs. Athbergott, ediUt & Co. have received their first supily of note fall and winter pods. The balance of Mit merchants are•nott itf citylnekitig their purchases. POST MASTER.-;—Mt. Aktlftztt , IN been aypeiated by the Departmiat i Post Master for this place, lice Mrs. Nutley Pilkingtofi, dee'd. The appeititteent rhe. Hove glees general satigfaatiou., DEMOCRATIC MEETING. I. -41i6 data . °prate held a aecond meeting in this place on Monday evening last, hieh was addressed by Messrs. Kennedy of Shippensburg i and Qrr and Duncan of Chambarsbnrg.. . • REAL ESTATE SALES,=—Several Wet of valuable real estate will be found adver tised in to-day's Taper; to. IWO, Wilnirite ispenial attention. ,pußLic SAJA.- 7 -The attention of Wag, roa.nrokers,pnd . other meohaniegis direetOd.te, the advertisement of J. IBeaver,' administm for of.jcOn W. Elarbirngh, r deo'd ,allpthet adlikittl ' h•• 1•:!, • i• . • I LI. ANOTHI.3 VICTORY.—It will lid hied from deepateheel ih Ao.day's -leper !that .en other sibtary ha,;: crowned , euriermsfitilthe Skfutaßlh;;V;flllo' , ,,. PlaYe l3 l* ol3 c.oft l o ll. lery and 31J0 prieoeiiir,..captatelk ICI= IttU'C'DIONEEItINGIVe ;divotl44o tion thiAttivertisetnitiit-of John B. 43fitith; - Egg,tif,,QoippOn Kati eb sa an L'ootiotionr; ',Y - 4111t Mid dour' will i lio:4Ored litiblio4oo, on s tinr : 13th .dagliiilOTOliikoc, jfJ§ ' birohlifiariffile SO' •I! . d , . . W. BLAIR, 'VW,. find Proptidor. 275 268 245 235 I ibEI4I9I3V/i taiSlA Et/roltiOt• ,In thst,eity. of P.l4idelistua the-majority , fet }lbwEilfri for Siferiff;, 'utuo i lt2so)sidg a Untiin i'itik 0,6# ovitr - cortiffeit **riff. of I ntl be o uOt_l .4 e ngteisional 11driet of- d, .4iity, Ml ir t . ' CrltzttatAitrent aid ICEr,iiiit (Un ion \ are ie-electrid.,'llkitorse. , (Unioh,)Ain the Pittk,Distriot,la.,ig,donbt,inflaillttos7,. Jority in Bucks cettnty is correctly reported, e defeated , bra-stfiallmajori!yr-Ituthe Sint Distriet,_liatti)Att. (Dem.) is rd-bleated. Reports tore, current hat .bight; lvo /f., (Hti - Trri Untetrmemberroftbe-legislature-ilad been aleeted in the city, a;gain of four mem beef but wo hate t..l 3 .q.ved Itu kT olll 'n!"'.. r ' , To•the SelUet , Coniaaefithrititi tee , I..iii:.. itin members are elected and two Dernoet:ats t aisalta - "Chiiiiibisi'beir liiiiliirtea - Tinion members) azalea Democrats. , , ' , • In the CoMmon Council twenty-one Union members and seven ;Democrats are. eleCted • placing the majority ,in this: chamber also largely on the Union side. The whole of the city and county Union candidates are elected. by handsome majori ties.- • In the State there are reported Demoerat io gains in tome .eonnties, and Union gains id others. .It is probably that these will bal. abet *soh other, and that the Union , majori ty upon the home vote will be about the same as last year, when Curtin:l:lA.ls;B2.s major itt; bet should this fall off, the soldiers' vote ye rte be heard from will undoubtedly bring it up so that Petinsylvania wilt be certain for ' trout' in November. OHIO AND INDIANA , ELECTIONS. INDIANA A MAJORITY OF 12,000 FOR TRH UNION-" GREAT UNION GAINS-OOP. MORTON RE-E• LECTED, INDIANAPOWSf Oct. 11.-9 M.—The election in this city today passed off qUiet iy, also throtrghout the State. The reports thus far show large Union -gains over the vote of 1860,- which gave 12r -000 'majority for the Republican ticket. Wayne eounty gives amily majority'; a Union gala of 2,000 In the Fifth Congressional district ; var. tial returns show . 7,000 Union majority ; a gain of 5.000 In Winchester Morton's teajority is 828, a gain of 60. The majority in RandolFill county for the Unton - tickeri.A4loo. In Noble county 600 majority. Cambridge county 832, a gain of 17 over Lane's vote in 1800. Dublin precinct gives Marton a - unanimous vote of 266. In Indianapolis city and township there is a probable majority of 5,000, a gain of 4.060. Centreville and township have gone for Morton.. The number of votes polled was 586. Morton's vote was 256, a gain of 150 over the vote of 1860. Delaware county gives from 1,200 to 2,000 majority for Mor ton, a gain of 1,300. RICHMOND, Ind., Oct..ll.—ln this coun ty Morton has 1,683 votes, and McDonald (Democrat) 1.529, a Union gain of 500. Decatur coutit , y gives a trolon majority of 500, • OHIO►, SIX TITOUSANU UNION 31AitORIT s Y IN CIN; CINNATI —OVERWHELMING GAINS FOR THE CINCINNATI, Oct. 11—The Union ,major ity in tbis city is 6,000. Seven wards in Cleveland give 1,045 ma jority. Sandusky City, 5 Demoeratio majoritt— a Union gain of 429 on l3rough's vote. • Seven towns in Portage county give 1,121 Union Majority. Three towns in Ashtabula county give 548 - Union majority. Cuyahoga county 100 Union majority. Hamilton county gives about 500 Union majority. —.Eggleston - and — Hays, Alm Union candi dates, are elected to Congress from the First tend Second districts. CNN. SCHENCK RE-tiLeCTED. CINCI - r4 ATI, Oct. 11.—General Schenck has bee elected to Congress in the Third District y about 2,000 majority. The nion majority for the State, on the home vi)te, is estimated at 40,000 Fifteen or sixt:een Union Congressmen • have been elected. Sherid.an's successes and Early's reverses question of the negro. All I have to say on have causad weeping and wailing through- 1 this question is this : Whatever the Ameri. out the "Confederacy." The Charleston Me - t oldly, manly and effectually and take the can people intend to do they ought to do it I b cury, which insisted at the outbreak of th Rebellion that one of the chivalry could responsibility. [Cheers.] As for slaiery whip five "Yankees," now takes a more tem- Bing destroyed by the progress of the war, perate view, and concludes that the soldiers it may be; but .I don't believe it. The way for you to, do is : War or peace come what of the Union, IYhela properly officered, are more than a mat oh for Rebels. In commen- may, take it perfectly legal, and work the thing out, root and branch, forever , and fore- on a'letter Von) Richmond detailing the defeat of Early, .at Fisher's Hill, and the ver. [Vociferous and, repeated applause.] failure of his campai g n - generally, the Mer cury says it propheced when Early first dossed the Potomac nothing but evil would result to the Rebel cause, and thA burning of„Chambersburg confirtned its fears. ,It Bay's ' the fruits of the expedition have been the raising of an army for the Federal Gov ortinitftit, the defeat of Early in two battles, and themiding of the enforcement of the draft, *MA is putting tens of thousands more eelditfts in the Union armies Cult, 11..5i ukett Mattheyrs, of Maryland, in a speech made in,Boaton lot week, said: "I tell you we have adopted as.oar motto, E Pluribus liatim, (one among many.) , And I will tell L ycra another thing: yon may.set this down as a faet, that, although it 'does not ap• pear Upon the - oscutithoon of tire Republic 4 risiblnto our eyes, yet angel .batls, -commis aloud. from the liigh — airchlti — Cf) bitter world, haveiwrittetrit there, not no* plainly, in light before ourfainting vision, but there, written-4m ,our shield, 'is that better, dearer, stiblitner. motto, "Excelsior:to the whole laud, backward for , notte!". ' , illarTbe ,declinein foreign. cloths . itr ;New l inrk las averaged. about-thirty per cent '-- Qn , some . grades fi fty per cent.,, At show •zates nearly all the. besf , gaods. : offered were passed; therefore the Allis net Conaideted eStablisfr MIMI islanfinuneed2that tile; War Department has decided ,tbatit dratted man may put, in a. substitute after be barbeensticeepted end - is in Catapg- The GorernMent diiehiiiiro bin& t - him ;to '-retarn A large gioeery firurfcrittei'Vtrklasfall4 ea for,.o4,ouppop., said, ti?l:.l4k pie jaiii*/&*fie iltho Ilaitid 'gated:— • A 61.014040 h 14. se telhirapts.Olifo fieial paper :di'qi7 7- afbct Ph r ettii 0 0,4f1a o,.follain!*iiitli*:" the ltib)eet-fir diaierY.F titestsi : of 'ate/Ur - 0e white 11)e, , toes tion in / any:4o, 'and it is pro is their minds consoientiohily, Viegatnay v Aliketar‘ . 4ol 9 B3lblN , Maintain , 4o4 is best for alVthe people'. Every one tia- IttfOktigeS4liatshmtkik.4ktvl4: 024 12 0. -who-is-free-would-reonsent-Ao , 4b--a--ilavo -- It is abherreit to . his 'nature - . Akira Tiestioirofjostieq.ittn,one right to redn'ab' hiniin . 'beittil to.tlhat itois erable sphditlori. detestable ' to mind aoii qloiro'; "Wliirrediieea r a tree man. ter alatitrii ei-eonitiiunicated by the. Church ' . Eslaverris the cause of all ottr national troubles. It was 'for slavery that the war commeneed f and the blood of the brave wee who hav'efallen on both "s'id'es in . ' this terrible war has been shed' by this insatiable monger ;- The hope 'of its restoration ie not abandoned. There are multitude's of yen who would love to see it in the ascendent. as it was before: ' its' it is now suppressed in almost all the •Soirth, 'and as no such just oc easion for its total extinction can arise again in the present generation, would it not be a sad mistake in the Christian and statesman to aid in - any way itarai&ation r What et; ' ease can be alleged to justify such 'a hideous wrong? Is the human' heart so steeled a- Etainst justice and - inethy that, te - gratify - ii politiial prejhdice, it wou • 'us up again that monstrous evil which has covered the land with mourning ? We trust no Catholic heart will do so. The curie of our nation is almost blotted oht; but let it not be said that Catholic citizens took pity on the brute and bound his wounds and played the part of a good Samaritan to the monster. We do not disturb the repose of the politician by telling him for whom he shohld vote; this is a mat ter of his own copsciefice; but he who sup ports--the-pretensions-of-slavery-after-all—he has seen of its ravages, is not likely to be dis turbed in mind or heart by anything in this world: Me - may - lie down with the lion and not fear to be mistaken for a lamb. We desire the welfare of all the people,' South as well as North. To the lover of the great 'Union of States there should be no dif ference between New England and Texas, between East and West. In this Union is our strength and our hope. There is nothing so likely_to_disturbit-as-slaveryi - and hence we desire its utter annihilation. We desire it for the good of the nation, for the welfare of the emigrant and the diffusion of the Cath ohs faith, which, in the free' States, is strong and vigorous and active, in the slave States puny and consumptive. Set Kentucky Apart by - Treaty. The Kentucky ]3reckinridge (Rev. Rob ert J.) made one of his immense speeches at Pike's opera House, Cincinnati, on Thursday night last. See with what spirit the patriot preacher spurned the peace sneaks: . lam free to say, that if ever you make this peace, sumo of you are proposinc , there are people io Kentucky that will under no circumstances submit to it. [Cheers.] You may set us apart by treaty. There are thousands of men 'in Western Virginia, Missouri, Maryland,Tennessee, &c who will stand by us in our determination to tight to the last for this great cause of ours. 1.140ud cheers ] You may talk of peace as lung as you please; we don't intend to belong to the Southern Confederacy, [cheers and laugh ter,] and we shall call on you to help us to keep from going to the Confederacy. lam afraid of nothing but of you. We are not afraid of the Rebels, and are afraid of of the Copperheads. We are riot afraid of anything that they can do; but we are afraid of' a revolution in the North, by which the North will desert us, and. leave us to our selves to crush out the rebellion. [Many voices—"No, never." If you give way in times like these, you will bring upon yourselves and your child ren the responsibility of doing what you fail to do. If you are altogether unworthy of the mission that God has sent to you, and fail in this struggle, you will go down to the grave, and your children will stand over you and weep, and do that part which you ought to 'have done yourselves. I want 'to say to you one word about this CAPTURE AND aosusav ORA RAILROAD MUNDT EVER. CINCINNATI ) . Oct. 11 —An attack on a passenger train on the Kentucky Cential Railroa was made by , twonty•fiio guerillas, midway between Paris' and Lexington. to day. The engine was thrown off"the track, the cats burned, and 82,700 taken from Ad anis' Express Company. besides which all the passengers were robbed. Tax on Serghtim, Syrup and Cider . . Treasury Department Office of Internal Revenue, Washington, Sept. 16, , 1864... In reply to yours of the 14th just , I have to sayobat syrups made from sorghum, ci der made on farms, and wine not muted with other spirits, are all taxable five per cent, ad valorem. Very respectfully, • .dos. j.. L•Awts, • Compaissioncl of Internal lieveuus. Johii W. We§stor,, Esq. . - , . 4 measoiSecciud;Districi, Nd. , , Afiirieei from Rio stale . ; largest coffee house in Brazil, With connections in New Yor k and liaitimorp, has, failed,..owing to„the All in .sterlikg ,exchange,, of which ,they .arp•htrge - hottlem. • • . gtecioa With ivooder;.ai-it who UN:a barrel of float with his ,teeth:'Thar@ is.tratoy o .berishosts who) has lifted a bitOel of ,liquor with: pki thualls and . finger._ •. . , gigteen thouean , ,b blea• *ad I tealameate from Anteiretio i Bible pobiety atNx.*.'l. - yoyk have 4rifveit, ptile tlieta e,,, to be ,diattibtitii• tuii6eglAiwira aolt. , London has morp.thipA9 . qo ~ni es of eerecta: 4:wou)o,talithckperpon, !non? Abipt lrt ii-,-4.,', , ,,,..: 11a E. I,V, : A._ it , • ' '', r ~ ...c,- ; ,‘:•:-,. ..,,),,;', ~,, ~, -. -._ ' ,:,....„. :„,,,, . ; ~ .7 , , . i t, na i l ,fl , '; i 1 , .:' iiMUlllis ',:::Li'tVl4loll - 1( BEFORE RIC I I '.. t- ~ -,.;,-: i,. , ,i,..:,-____ . , . 1, ilOrli - iiiiiiiiiibißitney n .?. 0 ' , and gautp. ir- / 1, ___ . Ant . the Iteationsi";.i , irofitet. ,' nearly as Amble ile itrijOig,tria:MlLlfter' To _nib* liv- ',, Id rociPs. •4* fr,,dfo4 . will male qur eW i ; , '`'.'sf.- 9 1 , -.4II4.;,OIIiENCIIIIIENt'S.•:' : , position cod the ,rightend left ii3pregpiible. ,••';''..''''"" .••• - •^.l-4--- •''' ' - :' 2 " - ';'''''S'', -;; tVihtittititial Uqs• are Ttittlikt , tabilttlittiWifif. '41 4 A11,4 4 1.05s Ot• tit , Tow*, . sieleptifie principles by large details of men. ':,' --'''' • ,--- . • - : — .=...”"=-L.'"T"'f" . "• - :"':" '''' . Irif WiititMei giiitifiregilifiritithilifthirde' 08.-rtebettomer#Gregg „. glued._ In denger of being ettrpnilered. - , -,-.______—.--,-• ''........b.tba1eh1i - Atear.Aftken'ti-LandingrOet: l 7,,P., AL—Qttite 4:severe engagement took plaenthis morning, between a fiiree-of die etieniy4fif 7 etWirnope Oti:c the • north Side of the Nilei,letitilah 'We 'suffered eiaueidem bler Irwin nit* tiiiitattateriiicitieltidifig..WO batteries i ,d-, four guns ~,eaeh,, 'sulfides being driven - batik iiiiiiin distannitifiem th e'adiiin did pesititin gaitteCten days ago. It will be -re numbered that our troops crossed the James at that time, .and. sneeeeded in ;driving the enemy from the lower part of Chapin's Biel, taking several guns and a Puinber, of Priaol3-, ers. An attempt was afterwards made to re capture the lost ground, but it failed. Our army entrenched itself there, 'a n d 'since , that time has considered its pealtion perfect ly secure. , A force • Of, cavalry Under -Gen. Kautz ,co-operated in all the movements there, L itre.4l and was reported'at one time as being,with= , ile or two of Richmond, but had to fall back. Since then he has been protecting the ' right flank of the army, his men being strung out t 33 that they presented . rather a weak line to the foe. • About 7 A. M., to-dayi, a sudden attack was made on 'thin cavalry force from , nearly every direction, and although they were ctoni pletely taken by surprise it is said they madb their utmost effort to hold -their around, but Were finally, forced to retreat, leaving two batteries 'without supprt, which fell- into the enemy's hands. They were the 4th Wisconsin, and Battery B, Ist U. S. The latter was commanded by Lieutenant Hill, _whiLia_said_to_have fired_all his r ammunition,- and finding he could' not get his guns off, spiked them. The engagement commenced on the Bar bytown road -and was continued on the New Market road, near which the right of the 10th Army Corps reached. The assault on this part of the line was so desperate that it, also, was forced back some distance, but the ground was afterwards recovered with heavy loss to the enemy. This ended the engage meat, although the picket skirmishing con. tinued all day. Our loss is not known,. bat must. ave been considerable, as some o our cavalry were completely surrounded. , Gen. Kautz is said to have been captured, but suc ceeded in making his escape. the enemy's loss was severe. We took about seventy prisoners, mostly of Longstreet's corps.— Some of them are fine-looking men, tolerably well dressed, and represent the appearance of having been lately called into- the ser vice. [The date of this despatch is nit so lateas the official despqtch from Gen Butler, em braced in Secretary Stanton's official gazette of Saturday] --- W - AsuirtoTort, e'eloi3k ,V,his.rteparttneut hastreeeifed fo)low f riiiofo '4fthOt # 6 .o 6 .oc' ,l 4 o3 4iiiii.iStet44 upon Gen. Butler'e line; - their subsequent tietiott 11iivint , the etierny 'to their. inner line,.of err. , trenehinents around .Richmond.: nearlqnarters,Depditment , of ,Virginia and , North Carolina, 6,80 P.. X, Oct. 7, 1864.. iiantenant •Gen. IL 8. Grant: , , • "At 6.36 P. M., the . onenai . hating moved' Fields' and, Heke's 'di v isions : fioni: the left; at Chapin's' fartn, ,around to our righcat Darby titintread, attacked with spirit Gen. Kautz's cavalry in the' entrenchmenti, and drove him back; with small losi of men, but with the loss of his artillery. . The enemktutffered ver in this attack The enemy then swept down the entrench ments towards Birney,' who, having thrown back right, Waited their assault and re heavy loss on the part of-th'e- enemy. The enemy, in the meantime, advanced to. wards Newmarket, but were •met by a teem at the signal' tower at 8 P. M. • I toolfthe offensive, sending Birney with two divisions Up the Darhyteivn road. The enmity has retreated as he advanced, and Bir ney has reached and occupied the entrench ments which the enemy took from Hank, and were fortifying for themselves. Our-loss has -been—small ;- not — one7eighth of the enemy.. We have about one Mimed prisoners. -. B. F. BUTLER, Major. General. Heaequarters of the Department of Vir ginia and North Carolina, • October 7-12 20 P. M. Brigadier General Rawlings : The following despatch has been received. B.: F BUTLER, Major General. HEADQUARTERS 10TH ARMY CORPS-40 15 A. M. Major General Butler: 1 have repulsed the attack of the enemy on, ourright flank with great slaughter. The troops seem to be Fields' and Pickett's divi sions, I send you a batch of prisoners. lam extending my. tight flank. • " The enemy seem to be entrenching on the Darby road. D. B. BIRNEY, Major General. headquarters Department of Virginia and North Carolina, Oct. 7-10.39 P. N. Lieutemnt Geneint U. S Grant;: General Berry has regained General Kau tzs old position, and holds the enemy in the in ner line of entrenchments around Richmond, extending from Darbytown, road to connect with Weitzel on the left near Fort Hamilton. 1 There has been • o movement at Peters burg to.day. We h ve secured the best of this day's work. Athousand at'least of the enemy killed and vvo nded, a hundred pris oners, and a bloody repulse. General Gregg, commanding Hoke's divi sion, is reported by 'a lady, who saw the body, as killed. B. F. BUTLER, Major General No despatches• have been received from the commands of Generals Sherman, Rose crans, and Sheridan, later than was reported in my telegram of yesterday. EDWIN IM. STANTON. Secretary of War. . . Western Virginia. CINCINNATI, Oct. 2—General Burbridge with 2,500 mounted infantry, attacked Salt ville, in Southwestern Virginia, where exten sive salt-works are located. He carried two redoubts, capturing 150 prisoners and a large number of horses, mules, and cattle. Our loss was small. Colonel Mann, of the 11th Michigan, was killed, and Colonel Ha ven. acting brigadier general, wounded. Findino• b the place strongly fortified and defended by a large force under Breckinridge and Echols, Gen Burbridge withdrew during the night, leaving his wounded. The rebels pursued him about eight miles. Gen. Bur bridge passed through Covington this after noon eu rout for Lexington. Alabama. The Charleston Courier of October Ist contains the following rebel news : - The Governor of Alabama, in his message to the Legislature, says; - “The fearful strug gle now going on in Georgia is no idle spec tacle to Alabamians. If Georgia is permit ted to be overrun and devastated by Sher man's ruthless columns, the fate of Alabama may be read in the desolated homes and starv in,,e. women and children of our sister State." He recommends an amendment of the mi. litia law • so as to include all persons exempt. cd from the Confederate service able to bear arms, and all between the ages of sixteen and fiftyfive years. General Stoneman has passed through Au gusta to be exchanged: Charleston.: WASUINGTON, Oct. B.—L=The Charleston papers of the 29th say : "The bombardment of the city, since our last has been unusually_setere,_the_enetny firing from three' guns in rapid and' 'constant. succession. Daring the tvienty-four hours, ending at 6 o'clock on Wednesday evening, eight,y , eight shots were reported to have been tired at.the city. "A , number , of casualties - occurred; bu they were mostly from flying bricks or spfin 1 ters:' . The Courier cil'Oetober Ist Saga: "Eight; four shells were fired at Charleston duri the last twenty.four - houra; ending at 6 , - clock on , Priday Tvienty-eeten sh „ were 'fired ~ at:Puk'Sumpter, during t,ho sn „ time, 'from'Battery dreg•tind the 'Sw :2' .2 • •2,, , 2." ' PenhAnent ciffleeisiti'the'artny 'Of th towao are-tangaine:thatlin ' leis thin months the Itebehi - will. be -Aileen oioti ,Vieginitt:" , ":: , Their neat= an hnoof.detenito mitt: liethe'lloatioah;: tiWunasotiihntfor their", cht hthon of 'then:Feiee:frintiffe"Nnit W.tOitiNifroN, Oot.- B. 6 thißeinforetments for Goneral G i ritntuiv,4pirded to,tbd: front, Three•stOatnit;toulto Pre Passedes rivey*. bet*en Ci FOlikt and tree , Mond' ) Op: . fapt asitteiimive they)liet irtmedieitol forifrat e tbd pup hat forti.l' nsiders SHERIDAN'S NEW VICTORY. A GREAT CAVALRY BATTLE Capture of Eleven. Cannon• • WOODSTOCK, Va , Oct. 7, 1864-9 P. M. —Lieutenant-General U. S. Grant:—l have the honor to report my command at' this point to-night. 1 commenced moving back from Port Republic ' Mount Orawford,Bridge water and Harrisonburg yesterday morning, the grain and forage in front of these points having previously been destroyed. In moving back to this point, the whole zonntry from the Blue Ridge to the North Mountain has been made untenable for a Rebel arm: I have destrOyed over two thou sand barns, filled with wheat, hay and farm ing implements; over seventy mills, filled with flouf and wheat; have driven•in front or the army over four hundred head of stock; and have killed and issued to the troops not less than three Thousand sheep. This destruc tion embraces the Luray galley and the Lit tle Ford Valley as well as the main valley.. ,A largo number of horses have been obtain ed, a proper estimate of which I cannot make. Lieut. John R. Meigs, my engineer officer, was murdered beyond Harrisonburg, near Dayton. For this .atrocity all the houses Bar• train, ur has Iny of Immo valley. to war. ►plain, abun; le on ion of ibewed iy rear, ,th O at the \ndoah, iy Mc 1y were ir, cap . .1 - en that fifty of them had reached Jp Win. !ester. McNeil was mor tally wounded, and. .:11 into our hands. This was fortunate,,as eLwas the_ most daring and dangerousLof: 11 the bUshwackers in this section of the country , . ' P. 11.,SHERIDANy - . : . . • Major General. . , S TRASBURG, Vs., Midnight, Oat. 9. Lien 4 tenant General' Grain, City Point:ln cow.' ing.baak to this point I was hot' folloWed up until late Yesterday, ,when a , large force of cavelry , uppeared in my - rear. ' I then halted ',lny'cointuand tO'bfier' battle by attacking the enemy., ' I beeimeiatisfied•that it 'was only all the Rebel cavalry, of the Valley,' comman ded by Roper, and - direeted Torbert to at -60 at'ilaylight this mortimg and finish this i:savior" of the'Valley: . • '' ',: '— • • ' 'The aitaelewai liandiftimely , mide. Gen: Ctister, cionituanang the Third , llliiiialryz , Di- Vision; cliii4ed'ili the bank inagi;*ind 'bier' riii, Mminiandleg ibe' First Cartdry Division; on 'the Strasburg , pike. Merritt capttired , -fivefgdeti' Eind• qesterAisgees . • with‘Algir • eisiionSihatteryArge, loo. Tlie two; ; .diy*, 4 0hi'eiiiiittida forty-soydkwagonsi: amh4loo,- t *il l '& 10 ; 1 '`Attiolit Oto ~rszonli:aalitured, : eW :,:,,, -• •,. ..:ti: T.:; , ...., ~..:1,,,, , . ;*q..,t) r , Po bre° oftv , .! lust igh• , • e pmo. 330 PRISONERS TAKEN. thocheadquattetrovagonwoUllosser, LoinO L Wickham and