Show BY PACIFIC TELEGRAPH SPECIAL TO aff THE E DAILY UNION LT VEDETTE 1 active 0 operations P aeration s in lis missouri additional from st military preparations here have been very active and troops ire are already moving southward the blacksmith shops tire are busy all day shoeing 6 cavalry horses and ordnance stores are bei being ng sint sent to dif different points everything 0 is being r put in fine trim for immediate an and 1 active service gen pike has called all the enrolled militia out arid and gen rosecrans will issue an appeal tomorrow to morrow cal calling ing the people to arms trains from the mountain railroad are still running and so far ns AS known the ralf railroad road has not yet been molested sheridan still driving the enemy more prisoners sent in general news washington sept dispatches from sheridan to 11 saturday n mahr 1 ilir dated six milos miles south of newmarket market are received lie ile had dri driven ven theene my t from rom mount jackson without being able to bring on it ai general engagement the enemy were moving rapidly arid and lie he has no alcy ahyat at present to hold bold them Tarbet tt fc had attacked Wyck hams force at surrey and captured a number of prisoners sheridan foi found I 1 n d rebel hospitals in all the towns from winchester to newmarket twenty y pieces pice of artillery alery were captured at fishers hill together with 1100 prison prisoners erg a large amount of tion caissons chaissons cais sons limbers find and it a large jai go quantity of entrenching tools and small arnis arms no liba f the captured materials has yet been receive received the small towns through the valley contain a great many of the rebel fouad d gen aen stevens reports tile the arrival at harper s ferry of a train of aur wounded twenty cap captured turca gins atins and eighty y additional captured officers breckenridge has gone to take command of the rebel department of tile the southwest Dispa telAs s received this morning from sher mans command state that hood appears to be moving towards the alabama lines in in force the rebel raiders tire are reported operating ti against sherman s communications and IT I 1 had a captured athens alabama vigorous exertions ions are being made to overtake and e stroy this force jeff davis is reported to be I 1 sit odicon Ob M icon reports are also received from mn maj gl general canby gen has been strongly rein rein forc forced d and had taken the offensive dispatches frum from gen grant dated dameg fit at 10 dinst night report no military afy operations the above comprises tire of the military information proper for publication received up to the kte date by this department signed STANTON cotton fortifications to he be erected etc newyork new york sept the commercial s special says that it a gentleman jufa from montgomery reports bales of cotton in that city and vicinity it is military authorities are about to erect extensive fortifications at each of tile thy gaps claps in the shenandoah valley to prevent further raids the north star from aspinwall the says that in specie arrived at panama the papers contain no news correspondence between the present and resignation of the latter washington gon sept to montgomery blair you have L generously I 1 y said to me more th than I 1 once that whenever your resignation could be a relief to me it ft was at my disposal the time has come you very well ivell know that this proceeds from no of mine with you yon personally or officially amr uniform kindness has been unsurpassed by that of any friend it would only make trouble in your department and in those of some it is yet to say that in the three years and a half during which y you oil have a administered the general post office offic I 1 remember no single complaint against gaill st you in connection therewith signed A LINCOLN to the president ident 1 I have read your note of this date referring to my offar boffl r to resign whenever you abound dem deem it f advisable t dvis A ble tor for in interests teresta that I 1 should do so ao stating that in your ur judgment jud i n 11 1 it tile the time ime now come I 1 0 thelfa now therefore f 0 1 e for rolly jewler lay v triou tion of A at ibe of Gi geatal noral I 1 V i vi hii e expressions 0 of f gratitude for the uniform 1 kinf zi ing id ness which jots ws marked your bour course toward yours very truly Si signed ined BLAIR washington montgomery blair in a letter to an aft afternoon paper says k my offer to resign avas 3 not made because the principles adopted it baltimore were ivere objectionable to in me on the contrary it was made in good faith with a I 1 view to allay the animosities among t b or friends of those principles and in order to secure their triumph blair by request of tile the preside dyt will remain in the post onice office fill his successor is is tied fied nothing has been heard from gov dell nison who is canvassing in ohio nta at a where there is no telegraphic connection but no doubt is entertained that ho be will acee accept P t the office new orleans sept from the aritina brings ne dovra novra from the gunboat expedition up fish river saw mills grist mills ship yard and lumber were destroyed to the value of a milli million oll dot dol jars returning it was found that tile the rebels had felled trees across tile stream arid and at tile the some time a force appeared on the b hanks enli of the river and fired upon the boats the gunboat rudolph cleared a passapae for the rest of the fleet the telegraph cable is laid inid between ports forts morgan arid and Ga cairies Gain iries cs the guns find and of the monitor triumph will be swished up through a hole in the rams bottom fort fiort gaines is in fine condition very little morgan can ever be made serviceable movements of gen forrest orrest JF vicksburg Vicks bura sept gen dana has commenced active opera operations tiona in this district A large cavalry foree force left last nigh col osborn which will be rollow followed ed by a heavy force of cavalry the result will probably be known in about teri tea days sept formost with his bai whole force advanced upon rad and destroyed the sulphur springs C trestle work yesterday col pace commanding CP we the elk river bridge evacuated that post tit at daylight I 1 and forrest took possession this mornin morning M itis fbi force ce is estimated at with three batteries on saturday in the fight it at athens men of the ath and esth indiana CI cavalry valry were captured by forrist st lie ile is represented to have butchered all the negroes stured who ww were the tb news hews from from it a dispatch captured on a it appear appeals s that E euly irly was instructed by lee to hold the valley at all hazard sheridan is still pursuing him pich picking 1 11 g r 11 up p prisoners all along the road it is stated on reliable authority that the prisoners captured within the past three days will number no ivo fears need be entertained of the enemy m aking making a raid irr any considerable considerable force i on Sheri dans rear by crossing t through la laurash u rasy Aral valley leye t miscellaneous 1 1 washington S opt elit 26 it itis is not believed here bere that early will bo be able to reach staunton tou with avith one third original rpm pm mand Reinforce reinforcements menis have been sent to sheridan from froin this vicinity and have reached rei ched strasburg Str asbur 4 many of the rebel debef wounded who badaway daway bi hid awa in that X village billage 0 have beyn han haa led dud ov over er to our troops 1 st louir sept on the beconi recommendation mend aaion of mayor thomas and many leading men in ill this city rosecrans crans has issued an order suspending all business not absolutely after 12 0 cloo tomor to mor row rov for tile the purpose durpos of tile the organization of citizens for foi loyal defense exempts are re quested to join this organization rosecrans i an eloquent appeal to tile the citizens of missouri to take up arms defend their homes home and repel rep elthe the invaders from their state officers and soldiers now discharged are to those in the city are requested to report tocol leopold who will combine them wi with lh ili ins own groots troops and form a brigade of veterans forthe dufrense fan se of the city I 1 pilot knob lias haa aen evacuated and tho troops have lave fallen back to mineral point u gen E ving has in infantry of smiths smith 9 command price is said to be with shelby all weir air combined from 10 ta to witt with ib pie pieces ces of artillery their advance re reached ached farmington twenty miles north of east cast pilot knob beitel yesterday day no na confirmation received of if the capture or of cape girardeau ns na reported active preparations for offensive sive movements continue particulars of the rio ht in the 1 0 11 doah valle valley Y new york the serous herault special at Sheri dans headquarters says that the enemy after big bia defeat at winchester withdrew his big forces to fishers hill leaving most of the wounded ded or of the battles of the and nd those which ha 1191 accumulated from various or f crooks and Avril Prud iu ia our bauda eill 1 T t wt k he right upon Massarat tit mount ain tind m his left on the north mountain having baving his bis front about 3 miles in length covered by grug and artificial defenses def enges his right which was about one mile in advance of the left was considered almost impregnable on the a most important position in front of the centre was gained by magas knorps 0 chi the the main attack W hii begun by a strong denion demonstration by em ery 7 0 corps on the right 0 of the enemy about abou t noon or a little biter bator ricketts division althe of the ath corps advanced ail and secured some som important heights in front of f the centre while aver ills ill s division of cavalry attacked and drove at a gallop from fromuth fro mth ahe advanced po d on n his left one mile back into his main works and held him there whilo crooks corps which had been concealed during n the jay day wis was transferred in rear of Ave averilla Averil rills Ps division to tile the extreme left at 5 p m and beill A verill stormed and carried the works of tile enemy the cavalry leaping the barriers harri ers erect IW wl by the enemy and capturing two bittle battle feaga 94 bourgun four gun and prisoners lOO while cr crook 0 ok swept towards the th centre the sixth corps attacked followed by the while averill swept along the base of the north mountain outward seven miles and captured cavalry horses four caissons chaissons cais sons laqui fourteen teen wagons eight ambulances and a number of fugitives the enemy hiving probably learned or of the movement upon his right had bad commenced leaving his position some two hours bours before our attack and his departure was so has hasty tythA abu ke he wm compelled to chiave sixteen guns and over 1000 prisoners in our hands yesterday morning the pursuit of the enemy was promptly continued by our cavalry and he be was found in position at mount jackson 25 miles south of fisher hill where he seems disposed to offer a stubborn resistance yesterday morning E eirlys rear was overtaken near hampton bridge by gen averill with his cavalry divis division iod mid aad a brigade of gen DevI devlins ins and driven to the town of mount jackson whre where his hii ka entire tire force was found in position ma maj j laddy commanding two battalions was captured with several 1 privates our cavalry pressed the enemy with great vigilance and success until he brought up tip an infantry inal antry division with artillery ar and they held them in cheek check until the arrival of the ath corps which found them in the same po position this afternoon of offering fiering a 9 stubborn resi resistance ilance gen averil was relieved from duty with his divis division lon this afternoon and was granted leave of absence for twenty days this order caused a universal fueling of amazement in alip army and it is generally question of rank between beaw een gen lwi gen gea torbitt is involved the for mee toog avi 0 9 the ranking I 1 officer bat lately chief of k a thre is a prospect of another in front |