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Wheeler too busy to interfere with Sherman's lines. Gold in New York has fallen to 218; but there has been no fall in the prices of provisions. The people are not deceived by the temporary decline, and do not want to sell for greenbacks. The steamers A. D. Vance, with four hundred and twenty bales of cotton, and Elsie, with three thousand bales, were captured on the 5th instant just out from Wilmington. The captured privateer Georgia arrived at Beaufort, North Carolina, on the 9th, and would proceed to Boston. The steamer Fawn, running upon the Dismal Canal between Norfolk and North Carolina, was captured Saturday by a party of rebel raiders and burned. The crew and passengers were all taken prisoners. The capture of the rebel guerrilla and raider, Quantrell, is announced to have been recently effected in Indianapolis. He was there in disguise, and was recognized on the street by a refugee. A report is in circulation at Little Rock, Arkansas, that the
Three thousand dollars Reward. --Left my farm, near New's Ferry Halifax county, on the 9th instant, Five Negroes, with fictitious papers; two about six feet high; two yellow men, about five ten inches; one man, with board 4 hair; and one yellow woman, about seventeen years old; supposed to be making for Richmond or Petersburg. All the men are about twenty-two years old One of the black men has a war on one black man well dressed — Yankee drab hat. S. E. Edmunds, New's Ferry. Or Williams & Bank Richmond. oc 12--3t*
ut no interference of consequence with the campaign is effected. One of the principal chiefs of these marauders, McNeal, was shot on Sunday last, during a skirmish with our cavalry, between Mount Jackson and new Market, and was not expected to recover from the effects of his wound. Burbridge's repulse at Saltville. The Yankees have at last heard from Burbridge. It is about the mildest description of a bloody repulse we have ever seen. The telegram is dated at Cincinnati on the 9th instant: General Burbridge, with two thousand five hundred mounted infantry, attacked Saltville, in Southwestern Virginia, where some extensive salt works are located, and carried two redoubts, capturing one hundred and fifty prisoners, besides a large number of horses, mules, cattle, &c Our loss was small. Colonel Mason, of the Eleventh Michigan, was killed, and Colonel Hanson, acting Brigadier-General, was wounded. Finding the place strongly fortified and defended by a large force un
The Daily Dispatch: October 13, 1864., [Electronic resource], Political affairs in the United States. (search)
Three thousand Dollars reward. --Left my farm, near New's Halifax county, on the 9th instant, five Negroes, with fictitious papers; two black about six feet high; two yellow men, about ten inches; one think-set man, with bushy hair; and one yellow woman, about seventeen years old; supposed to be making for Richmond, of burg. All the men are about twenty-two years old. One of the black men has a scar on his one black man well dressed Yankee blue drab hat. S. E. Edmunds, New's Ferry, Or Williams & Dark Richmond. oc 12--3t*
One hundred Dollars Reward will be paid for my left home on Sunday, the 9th instant or twenty years old; low, will face; color, black, hired to William he left home. William [oc 14--2t*]
Three thousand Dollars Reward. --Left my farm, near Ferry Halifax county, on the 9th instant, Five Negroes, with fictitious papers; two black about six feet high; two yellow men; about five feet ten inches; one thick-set man, with hair; and one yellow woman, about seventeen years old; supposed to be making for Richmond of Petersburg. All the men are about twenty-two years old. One of the black men has a scar on his forehead one black man well dressed — Yankee drab hat. S. E. Edmonds, New's Ferry; Or William & Barksdale, Richmond. oc 12--3t*
ke command there. General Sanborn is still pursuing the enemy. Reports were extensively circulated to-day that Magruder, with five thousand rebel infantry, had entered Southeast Missouri and occupied Frederickstown, but they prove to be unfounded. Business is suspended at St. Joseph, the citizens having been called to arms by General Fisk, in anticipation of a visit from Price. The Late operations in the Valley. A correspondent of the Herald, writing from the Valley on the 9th, gives an account of the reverse of General Rosser. On that day, Sheridan halted and sent his cavalry back to drive off Rosser, who had been greatly annoying his rear. Torbert had command of the expedition. The letter says: Sharp skirmishing in the front did not seem to indicate anything decisive until Devins's brigade succeeded in striking the enemy on the flank. This produced consternation in the rebel ranks in Merritt's front. The whole division line then pushed forward and foll
One hundred Dollars reward will be paid for my boy Essex, who left home on Sunday, the 9th instant. He is eighteen or twenty years old; low; well set; tall, round face; color, black; hired to William B. Jones when he left home. William Slater. [oc 14--2t*]
n. Stanton's War bulletin. The following is the war bulletin of Stanton: Washington, October 12, 8:40 P. M. Major-General Dix, New York: Dispatches have been received to-day from General Grant, General Sherman and General Sheridan, but no military movements since my last telegram are reported. The following details of the cavalry engagement last Sunday are furnished by General Sheridan: "I have seen no sign of the enemy since the brilliant engagement of the 9th instant. It was a square cavalry fight, in which the enemy was routed beyond my power to describe. He lost everything carried on wheels, except one piece of artillery, and when last seen it was passing over Rudes's Hill, near New Market, on the keen run, twenty-six miles from the battle-field, to which point the pursuit was kept up. The battery men and horses, etc., were captured. The horses were all in good condition, and were all exchanged by our cavalrymen for their broken- down animals.
The latest arrival brings European news to the 9th instant. The financial crisis still pressed heavily on the trading interests of England. Many new failures are reported. A Liverpool merchant was bankrupted by his dealings in the rebel cotton loan. The Bank of England maintained the rate of discount at nine per cent, and was likely to advance it. The London Times again expresses the opinion that Mr. Lincoln's chance of re-election to the Presidency is greatly improved by the successes of the Union generals. A new French Minister has been appointed to Washington in place of M. Mereier. It was said in Paris that M. Mereier will go to Madrid as successor to M. Adolphe Barrot. The Slidell-Erlariger wedding party set out from Paris for London, where the newly-married pair will spend the honeymoon. A series of most brilliant Southern American fetes were to be given by M. Erlanger in the English capital. The International Congress for the Promotion of So