Show BY PACIFIC TELEGRAPH SPECIAL TO THE DAILY UNION 11 VEDETTE 1 magruder defeated by gen steel st louis october esth A report reached here today to day that a rebel force under magruder r marching towards if missouri is wa was at tacked attacked and de dc feat featenby edby gen steel on white river on tuesday last the fact that Ma matruder cruder is known to be following price with the view of protecting 0 his retreat if necessary news from the army aminy of the potomac new york sunday ath the I 1 geralds leral ds arm army y of the potomac correspondent of oct ath says refugees 0 and deserters tire are continually coming 0 in the corps correspondent says that the movement of the rebels against the right riat 0 flank was known at head quarters as soon as they left the streets of richmond late rebel papers say that the union lines now enclose many resi residences never before within hostile lines and all detailed for civil and other services v have bare been revoked every man old and young capable of bearing arms are being dragged 0 into the ranks the examiner of the ulf says tile position below richmond is is about eleven and a half miles from the corporation limits and one and a half miles from our lines correspondence from Sheri sheridan dans army is down to the fth the rebels advanced against our cavalry at bridge port and waynesboro Wayn on an the arid 2nd gaining little advantage but on a counted charge we drove them back they also attacked our pickets nel near mount crawford but were ivere promptly repulsed powells cavalry division berc sant to occupy luray valley to anticipate the rebel flank movement tile the country between winchester and harrisonburg is infested with 0 guerrillas the enquirer of the etly says earlys advance is is beyond crawford the enemy are retreating to harrisonburg and the yankees are in strong strom cavalry a Valry force at Rapa bannock station rebuilding building re c the taft railroad the same paper intimates that sheridan intends taking hinr L Gord gordonsville onsville by suddenly with drawe drawl fig n m from E eirlys irl y Is front and the re building 0 of the rappahannock Rappa hannock bridge D is is to furnish communication with the depot of supplies at alexandria or maims sas the same saine paper says rebel col witcher returned from theraid the raid aid into western Vit virginia ginia with prison prisoners I 1 erit horses and cattle he destroyed a million dollars worth of yankee stores at six differ cut towns taivo hasus he sustained no toss loss the richmond enquirer proposes to arm and equip regiments tho the enquirer favors making soldiers of negroes and giving such negroes their freedom it urges congress to purchase a quarter of a mi illion ra ilion 0 of negroes and present them their freedom then arm equip drill and fight them neither ne negroes roes nor slavery the enquirer says is to stand in the way of the success of our cause virginia after e exhausting her ber whites will fight her blacks through to the not lat man gen sto stoneman neman 0 passed through augusta to bo be new york fth nothing yet heard of the steamer boa noke now over due from havana fight on james Ri union forces driven back new york oct ath A dispatch dated in the field near aikens landing the eth says quito quite a severe engagement took place this marn morning between a force ot the enemy and our troops on the north side of the james river in which wo we suffered considerable lofs in men and material including two batter battened leit of four guns each brigade boing arti bok two owr dyad ebi gained ten da days y ao ago C it will bp be remembered that our troops crossed james river at that time lime succeeded ded 1 in I driving the enemy from the lower part of chapins bluff taking taking several gun attempts were afterwards made by the he rebels to recapture tile the lost ground but were repulsed our army since that entrenched itself and has considered ih position pretty secure A force of cay alry airy under tinder kautz operated cooperated co in all tho the movements and was reported at one time as being 0 within a mile or t two IV 0 of t richmond but had fallen back since sinca j then he has been protecting th the 0 r igat flank of our army his men being 0 so out that they presented wd rat rather her a weak line to the foe about 6 0 clock bloc k this morning 1 a sudden attack was anade oil kautza 1 cavalry force from nearly every diree tion and although they were completely taken by surprise they made every effort to hold the ground but were fin finacy illy forced to retreat leaving two batteries without support the entire guns of abiell rell fell into tho the hands they I 1 were vere 1 the ach missouri and ast 1st united states the latter is said to have tired fired all their ammunition then finding they could not got get their guns off they spiked them tho the ellra engagement C gement commenced I 1 I 1 on the darby town road and was continued on the i new market road new n cw e which the right of the corps rested rested thu the assault j on this part artile of the line was so desperate j that the line was forced back some distance but gained the t ground after afterwards warda wit with h heavy loss to the enemy this ended the fight although picket skirmishing J continued all day our loss was considerable as somo some of our cavalry were nvere completely surrounded the enem enemy ya s loss wa severe we ave took about pris boners mostly belonging 0 to Lom 0 streets command soma so ma of them present the appearance Ippe arance of lately being called into service from southwest south west vest virginia cincinnati oct bolh gen burbridg Burbri dc with avith a force of about 2500 mounted in infantry attacked salt ville in southwest south west virginia where extensive salt works were located a lew few days daya since lie he carried two redoubts doubts re capturing prisoners prisoner sand and a large number of a o f cattle and horses our loss was small finding the place strongly fortified and protected by a superior bior force under tinder Breckinrid breckinridge mo and echols echola our forces withdrew during the night leaving their wounded at a farmhouse farm house in the vicinity aud and tile the rebels pursued them about eight L miles sheridan whips longstreet j new york oct the herald s washington special says that intelligence t was received that sheridan had bad won another victory ever longstreet successor to early but no details are given lee tries his hand gets repulsed the rebel gen gregg Rep reported killed new york oct I 1 the world s irth corps gives the following 0 account of an affair on oil friday last lait the th pant t which h the tb anem enemy first made thor appearance was ivas 4 near the intersection of the i and white te t tavern boada which was held of cavalry 0 one ne of bri by two brigades gAdea which under tinder the command of colonel west was deployed across the darby town road white while tile the other under tinder bot ot lell to it I 1 cross across parabell spear wits was deployed para the white tavern road covering ibe approach from this direction arhe enemy when first aaen was coming the country from charles city road and ana moving toward the right flank of alvest es the colonel changed his front hastily to form forin a line parallel with the road fl cing the enemy he had bad hardly cifeca effected jed this and sheltered shelter d his men behind a 10 hedge skirting the road when the ell enemy in overwhelming nun numbers ibers df dashed on him and on the tb command of col saw HUU cw the men fired farci steadily but st stay y the rushing masses opposed bothem to them iam evident that aey ay must ri retreat treat so the command was given and they moved off down the darbytown Darby town road suddenly they were checked in this direction the enemy having outflanked out flanked spear ear had possession of this avenue of retreat As there was one more chance across the country they went almost without organization the ba batteries teries of the ath wis and U S which fought bravely moved in the direction I 1 taking the blind wooi wood road they had bad I 1 not goue gone far however when the forward piece was mired l 1 this stopped slopped the remainder on this spot there were ivere captured eight I 1 guns gun in all A the enemy who A bad ad followed foll 0 d closely i soon after the enemy having driven the cavalry before them now ceased the p pursuit pursuit and turned toward the unprotected flank of the corps which was held by the dinv inv invincible i old or terrys division the enemy flushed with easily gained victory vie t 0 moved towards this little band w with th all confidence of victory the brunt ot of his attack wae waa directed towards Abb abbotts 2nd and brigade he might better have choa n almost any other front for half of these troops being armed with repeating rifles made hasty basty records on the rebel ranks moving towards them steadily he exhibited a determination to force their position at any cost but the unerring ring L violence viole nep or of tile the firl fire from our troops troop more than equalized the game onward they pushed and more dense grew our om fire still they advanced within about one hundred paces of our crus crushing bing death de desilets aler i when sig turns M f reake began to m itself itsell in their ranks rank s they found that to advance tin and d F thee fice ice th that 1 ait fir birr was simply marching arching in to death in short there was nothing for them to do but bia slink alink away as best clivy the could not satisfied with the be h inflicted te terr aff affy t on oa p own r k W follow up lip the a A marika rika MM the enemy ev 1 f I 1 0 wa richmond iid bound bonind though although al hopes ot of overtaking liim kim were fruitless stul still our advance afi rance pressed on until darkness interfered then just as ponds brigade had reached within a half mile of Daiby town road an ordo awas issued to w etli in our defenses in the advance we 6 packed up mp quite a 1 number of au stragglers aegler sm en who waited behind to desert these with our captures capture before our works swelled the list of captures to gen lee le commanded in person ite ile had evidently determined to make a heavy impression our loss lom in men inen has been very small but at the 66 enemy suffered horribly their prisoners report general gregg greg n as amona among b the killed they brought two divisions into action one under tinder gen field and one I 1 provisional division under hake the richmond pers papers of friday Ms hai the following all cadais cadets of the virginia military last hute over 18 years of et ige have been called into the reserve foree force and those under 17 are requested to io teader their services the evening passenger train on ae the danville road is discontinued as govern anent needs almost the entire capacity of the road it its is said that 14 ache e union forces have again burned the bridge over the rapi dan andare and are again advancing on gor donaville dons ville 47 4 tram from ariam said to be running within a wild mile duj anda a half of Stai staunton inton A wilmington N 0 paper says the enemy appear to be making preparations for a determined attack on that place A number of vessels have recently wen been added to the bloc blockading keding fleet r the mobile advertiser says forrest completely cOMPIe tely destroyed del TOyd tho ala and tann railroad franklin tehel todia WA wk J ft t Ato A aan mph few de east tenn says that the yankees re treated from froin there towards knoxville Knox villo in in great coliff confusion ision after burning the railroad bridge brid geat it carters sh station stion the occupation of clinton by union broo troops ps thursday last after a severe engagement with the rebels under scott is announced noun ced jeff davis return to richmond is also announced |