Show 2 r BY PACIFIC telegraphy L r SPECIAL j Z TO TIIE THE DAILY UNION i i c r f arhe advance of forrest checked latest from sheridan washington sept the republican h b is s issued an extra boutain ing inthe following important intelligence we learn officially that the advance of the rebel general forrest pol rest has been suddenly checked at pula palaki Pu laki tenn to which point northward lie ho pushed after destroying the railroad bridge over elk river dispatches Des patches received by government this morning containing cont t M the latest depoi report 1 from sheridan announces liol inces his arrival at harrisonburg on monday and his intention to follow up ill the pur suit of early who passed along towards staunton lon with the shattered fragments fragment of his defeated and demoralized army every attempt of eaily eai F arly ly to take ad advantage vanta of 01 the gaps in in line blue ridge mountains to sherin dans rear has been bee dere defeated abed on saturday forbids For bits cavalry met the rebel cavalry near buray court house and after a spirited fight of several hours routed them with a loss of several hundred killed wounded and prisoners the rebels were commanded by gen wickham they retreated up ill the valley on oil sunday our cavalry effected a junction with Sheri dans infantry near new market from the potomac arrest of rebel sies spies L aur a army of the potomac SL september f the quiet in front of petersburg is broken only ohly by the usual picket firing and occasional artillery duels considerable heavy firing was heard yesterday and today to day in the direction of james river supposed to be irom from gun bo boats ats A largo large body or of rebel cavalry are reported this forenoon to be moving movin 11 cr on our left the object is not noflet yet developed three spies were arrested within our lines yesterday arrival of prisoners new york sept Theste the steamer ame r cassa cassandra Cas from new orleans the with prisoners from fort morgan lias arrived 4 11 official returns from maine gardiner me sept official returns hom from towns cities and plan plantations lations tat ions or nearly the whole vote or of tile the state I 1 oot foot up lip as fbi follows lows cony coily howard bward II last jears years vote in the same towns bt edd cony 67 7 2 50 the vote on the constitutional I 1 amendment allowing soldiers absent in the field to vote stands in favor against decision of the supreme court oan of N H concord sept the supreme court of new lins line decided that tile the soldiers voting bill is valid and binding in law av without tile the c of the governor the veto Ines message sage of governor having was returned to the legislature one day too lute late foreign newa additional by ti cAsin the london globe davs says the frenca government consider th tin prospects ol of mcclellan for fop the presidency tire are secure in tile the future tile the london says there can be n no cordiality in the future relations between the 0 united states and france if mcclellan McClell nn is elected to the presidency lie he being known as it a strong tiati imperialist tile the london herald alluding to the coming coming presidential election says we ve believe nil ith lie negotiations must fail as all force lias has failed we believe separation to be just and wise and that it litis lias become inevitable we will readily denit if reunion re union were possible the democratic plan otters offers the only chance or hope for con alen t active operations have commenced for the manufacture of tile the Athin atlantic tic telegraph cable the I 1 limes lectures tile the australians who talk 0 of f separating from U egland Engli ind and says their charges charged fire that Eni Enal rhind tind has not b been 11 allowed to indulge her tab G for military ee elry alory tile the times 7 im cs proceeds to show that had bad england gone anc to war with russia on account of the poland trouble di disasters basters might have fial fallen lell on oil them rubbia expecting an outbreak break had instructed her admirals of on the atlantic C and pacific coasts to leave their respective posts by diff different crent routes fur for 1 cco ninion rendezvous to be inid the neet fleet thus assembled was to hold itself in ill readiness to bear down on oil tile the australian colonies from spain the queen by advice 0 of j 07 0 donnel had summoned narvaez to form a new ministry stry front from brazil A law late tele telegram grani states that thu the lute late government of refused the to them thein by brazil with a yiew to the n of we uie Uc public of Ur uruguay aguay almod by brazil is expected a the paris Munif eur reports that the english commander in japan hns summoned the japanese government to re iove 1 within tw twenty ity days nil all obstacles to navigation in the straits ut ot caused by the fortifications prince na L zeta constructed jf not with the 0 y i K r ekr mr baxter in addressing his bis con constituents rt at montrose expressed sentiments heartily atily sym patt lii with unionists ther the paris givs cOr currency corrence rency to tb the rumor that tile negotiations progressing at vienna with alic object to prolong them jell until t ia the of december the armistice expired on oil the of september important from st louis train captured and soldiers murdered by b Y the rebels 6 fortress monroe sept steamer swan from city point arrived and reports all quiet in front st louis lonis sept nothing has been heard from pilot knob since sinco 11 a m yesterday when the big r river brid bridge c about fifty miles from here was burned by the rebels communication was cut off up tip to that time ewing successful ly repulsed the jhc attacks by the enemy and sue succeeded ceedee in sending two trains or of commissary stores away at last accounts account s it was believed that ewing could maintain his position unless attacked by aver over wh whelming elming numbers or by the enemy planting cannon upon sheppard mountain or dr other em in the vicinity which comm command in our fortifications ile he has plenty of provisions and a good supply op of water gen smiths infantry advance has been withdrawn from mineral minera 1 point to desoto A atrain train of forty empty wagons sent from pilot knob yesterday morning for mineral point had not reached d there before communication was cut cat its it is supposed it was captured it is now believed the demonstrations on pilot knob ami an ad iron mountain railroad were feints to cover the movement of prices main force in another direction probably against rolla thence to the central part of t the h e state it is also be that shelbye Shel bys cavalry will make it a desperate effort to dash into st louis after the fashion that forrest did into memphis the passenger train which left here yeste yesterday iday morning on the north missouri road wis was cp cap bared at centralia by bill andersons bubi whackers whickers wh ackers twenty one soldiers were tal taken eil out and murdered 9 from nashville forrest addles nashville sept A courier from rosseau has ha arrived with dispatches to the efrost that during tho the night forrest withdrew his whole force from the vicinity of pulaski lie is believed to have crossed to the chattanooga v railroad rosseau reports the rebel los during S yesterday at about twenty prisoners were also captured the col commanding r at Coli columbia imbia tele grallis that mall coonts or of rebels were near columbia to strike tho the railroad beaw between een there and nashville more fighting 0 in missouri st louis sept the telegraph operator who left pilot knob in ill disguise at noon yesterday arrived at do de soto soo tody today to dy day and reports that ewing concentrated his troops in the fort the debels rebels occupied I 1 the town a and nd plundered all tho the stores and houses no government property was captured the enemy planted a battery on shepard Sli epard mountain and were throwing shells int into 0 the fort doing some execution colonel mills was attacked at mineral point last night by a large body of rebels the enemy were repulsed but our withdrew to de soto potosi was captured by the rebels last hat night smiths head quarters are still at de soto where heli hes s receiving reinforcements ewing was ordered to evacuate pilot knob but u ut the rebels cut tho the communications before he could go away general blair biair is ionic home on sick leave lie ile tendered his services to Roe rosecrans crans today to day and was directed to assist in the or organization 0 animation of the militia about ini militia litia are now under finder arms which with independent citizen companies will make inake quite it a formidable force tarco no news from sheridan later from nashville washington sept A dispatch from grant gives a telegram contained in yesterday s richmond whig T 17 chiy dated 1 charlottsville charlottesville which says that our cavalry entered staunton on monday at 8 p in and that our forces were also at W waynesboro t at 1 q b 0 i i no N 0 d damage a n i ng e li had ti b been en c done 1 one up ill t to n 4 0 c 1 0 c 1 io p i m n b but i i t t the ho s smoke mo k 0 ii indicated i that they were bi burning liming the railroad track between christian creek and staunton no direct communication has been had with sheridan for several days A courier to and from him is known to have been captured by the guerrillas is that infest that country in ins his rear dispatches to last night were received front from sherman a n a at t atlanta but 7 no movements at that point is reported from nashville our dispatches are to last lash night the enemy lid did not attack at pulaski but took the pike towards fayetteville and was purs pursued tied about nine miles by our cavalry rosseau is returning with his li ift fantry 10 to lo nashville A de desperate effort will be made by the enemy to ta force sherman from atlanta by destroying bi i communications the draft is quietly p progressing r e in g N m all the stites states si signed AD abd rebel news longstreet longstree et reports for duty new york sept the richmond enquirer of the S says early passed through port ra republic public on satur day and stopped at about thirteen t en miles from I 1 roin staunton stainton St annton and six from port republic on the road between betwee ll the valley turnpike and the south river road longstreet has reported for duty and wines comes back most opportunely to rectify in tild valley kecty seward visits 11 the army he beesa gees a little fighting and dont want to go there aaen 1 1 jelf jeff davis zone gone to georgia indications of the evacuation E of richmond Eich mond new york the te heralds loth corps correspondent of the says kecty seward and the aest kecty of war dana have been on a brief visit to grant yesterday they were escorted by grant butler bli birney ney and ord on an excursion up lip the river tor to tile the limits of our olif line on approaching dutch gap tina alit enemy opened upon them witha with a battery at house As the shell began falling about them pretty thick and fast the kecty ot of state suggested that his weapon was a pen and seldom 11 oln killed people that lie he was not prepared to encounter the rebel batteries will wilh th t weapon thereupon the boat turned about rt ro turning down the river to harrison s landing at which point the distinguished r guests were transil transferred erred to the simati steamer wr baltimore and proceeded alone on the te voyage home botne it is stated that hat jeff davis has gone to georgia to head off stephens and brown in their efforts to restore that state to the union the situation in that direction so faras tho the rebel cause is concerned is considered critical in the extreme nothing less than jeff jeffs Is presence can call reconcile the citizens ot of that state to a longer endurance or of tho the rebel yoke hoods army is also reported to be in such a state or of that the presence en of their president is is considered necessary to bring them up to the fighting v 0 point the s wallington wahington special says the peace proposition matter has been so often mado made the subject of pure canard that the people are cautious in ill believing any statement in re regard 1 ard to it and are willil willing lm 0 to 0 go cro no further than to admit that where there is so much smoke there must be some soine ore fire in III reference erville to the georgia propositions that there is more inore ire fire than fincke sine akeia is beyond doubt and that w wel el before last propositions from rom certain pill carlies ties in georgia were au i member L or of tile the cabinet it mayr bc ka jo I 1 suppress this information lot for certain certai n purposes until it a decision shall be attained but this doey does not change tit the fact that such sacir pi propositions have been presented pre for consides con consideration sidel It tion special to the world 11 orld several deserters from lees lee s army anny reached here today to day and say there is indications of the evacuation mond the 11 virginia irginia troops however protest against it and should the rebel ebel i authorities boso doso do so it would cause a mutiny lutiny il among tile tho virginians those conscripts declare that the confederates are arc making preparations which look very much like evacuation several government works and shops have been closed and the machinery had been removed further south when these parties left richmond a few days ago and the machinery broth of other shops were being picked packed for removal if it were deemed necess ary A large L number of mechanics had been conscripted tor the rebel army A special to the limes that bigo IIo okes ker has been appointed to an important command news from the potomac some fighting 0 gen birney marching on toward hickmond washington sept the following official dispatch from grint was received at tile the will war department today to day headquarters head licad quarters army of the Voton potomac inc oha cha pins farm sept 1040 1046 a am ord s corps advanced thiR morning n and lid carried a very strong fortification and in it long longhino lon glino line of entrenchments below chapin s farm capturing t aring somi some fifteen pieces of HI tillery artil kry and two t to 0 three dundr ed 1 prisoners gen awas ar dw wo but not 4 geir G e n B i fetky advanced at the sumo time from D deep beep bottom bottona and carried the newmarket road and anti entrenchments ench ile he scattered red the th e enemy ei I 1 e ill y in in i every direction ile ho is now marching 0 on n toward rich kich mund amid I 1 left birl where tile the road intersects tile the newmarket and richmond road the whole coti is filled with fortifications thus fil r signed U S GRANT capture of Stat inton by bv sheridan confirmed col now new york sept tho the post s special s nys hooker left liere here lie re for cincinnati this morning the reported capture of staunton stalin to by sheridan sher idan is canfil confirmed med washington ashington lV sept I 1 I 1 after it a careful inquiry injury it cannot be ascertained that any import importance ll c e i is S attached in oali oni cial circles to the junior ej peace propositions from georgia 11 11 1 41 4 i 1 baltimore sept 2901 the tl richmond papers of monday contain th e following on oil saturday and yesterday heavy heava cannonading canno was heard in the direction of early reached rea clied R at 11 yesterday opinions are arc divided its as to whether lie would make a stand there nr ar frill fall further back there is considerable excitement among the citizens of staunton uton A leaving sick and wounded from the south tile government stores have been moved t to a place of safety sheridan Sheri dnn may tate ta te ton but its capture will avail him nothing the valley since the war began lins lias ben it a race rac e grounds ground Shor sheridan idan has hs reached the other end of the course if lie ile dont pull up of his |