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BY LYON PAUL, MILWAUKEE, NOVEMBER 1, 1864. JAMES R1YER! btfeades of Butler's command drann into a trap and Tbe.Kichmpnd papers gave outa, few-days ftiaoetthat Mosby would hereafter stretch to trees whom hijnight take in retaliation for tho murder of some of his own VOL. XVI. 303 Heavy firing heard in Butler's front! Lee reciting heavy rtlnforceinents Iron grt "1 Mood's army reported OOO strong! Geo. Dnffle reported to have beei murdered! men.

Duffie was the son of Rev. Dr. Duffie, the eminent Presbyterian'divine of Detroit, and entfered the serVice. a the outbreak of the rebellion. Special to the.

'president has appointed. IJol. quarter- BETWEEN LEE AND TOBK, Qet.3l.-iOn the 19th in st. wrote to Gen. Grant complaining Gen.

Butler's placing rebel prisoners un Six Confederates shot in retaliation for murders In Missouri! This practice of barbarism becoming general on both sides! Forrest's band sinks a str. and barge laden with army clothing! Rebels threatening Pine Bluff and other places! Peace resolutions passed in the Alabama Legislature! Corresponded between Lee and Grant relative to negro solders! Rebel papers favor' arming negroes! Abraham continues decor ur A nir. YOHK, Oct. correspondent with Butler's army, 'details how two of our brigades fell into a rebel trap on Thursday last. When Gen.

WeiUel reached the Williamebnrg road he found a wide open space and disconnected redoubts on either aide of the highway. The place seemed fa- Vorable for a demonstration and the works seemed only feebly The enemy using bat one gun in the redoubt to the right of the road, Gen. Weifzel deemed it advisable to essay the capture of these works and sent into the assault Callem's and Fairchild's brigades. The ranks advanced gallantly with a cheer to within a few hundred' yards of the works en the right when suddenly the other work opened a deadly cross fire of grape and shrapnel, and our troops were in a trap from which there was little chance of escaping, and the majority of both brigades were made prisoners. ABRAHAM gTILL CHEERFUL.

NEW YORK, Oct. to Commercial, Washington, 31st, are entertained that Gen. Grover, who was wounded in the late engagement in the Talley, will hare to suffer amputation of the arm. i Gen. Rawlins, Gen.

Grant's ehief of staff is in the city. The president said this p. m. he had received no news of importance to- Sherman at last advices laid he would hold Atlanta. Lincoln addressed the 42d Massachusetts regiment home, iff Jaief and cheerful speech to-day.

He alluded to the change in Maryland since the 1st Massachusetts regiment passed through. On their way homiHaey satisfaction of Brigadier-General -in, the regular army for' faithful and meritorious service. A vessel arriving here reportir speaking, on Thursday lasti the search of the Tallahassee. i Another vesel reports thatthe U. S.

steanV er Ticonderpga visited the British West-India Island of. Grenada on the 22d for a supply of. coal, but the authorities would not let her have it, and ordered her to leave port. According to the Richmond Examiner, the last man in that cjty was conscripted the other day. He an effort to get into the Union lines, was captured and sent to Castle Thunder.

Special to the Times: Government transports having been fired into on the Potomac, An expedition was sent down to the vicinity of Wysocomoca Inlet, and allthe residences known as harboring rebel syma- thizers and guerrillas were destroyed. FORREST'S InOVEflESTS. LOUISVILLE, Oct. Journal says a dispatch received at headquarters Nash ville. from Clarkesville, states that Lieut.

Col. Bratt at Fort Dorielson, reports a part of Forrest's command, with three pieces 6f artillery, had sunk a steamer and barge laden with army clothing, at Fort Herman on the Tenn. Saturday morning. The same dispatch mentions that with 25 men, the.sameday Attacked and drove aoross the river 60 of Col. Malone's rebel cavalry, killing and wounding eight.

It it rumored that 300 rebels were threatening an attack on Pine Bluff on The Democrat learns that on Gen. Meredith 's return to Paducah on Wednesday.he received dispatches from Gen. Sherman and from Columbus, stating fForrest's intends -attacking Padncah and is menacing Columbus. Scouts and deserters repots large numbers of rebels passing Dreston, Trenton, Lexington, Shady Grove and McLemonvilte At the latter place heavy supplies are being accumulated, all within 50 miles of Mayfield. Forrest is also known to have been at Jackson with several thousand men.

Danger being eminent, on Wednesday night the car airy safely withdrawn from. Mayfield. The same night business men were advised to pack up their stocks and move. rieialiation forihe rebels putting c'olored soloeris captured them in' posilion, aiod prpoeedfed much iength to show that it has always been recogaUed; that owners of slaveawere entitled to theip slaves wneii recaptured. It was so under U.

Si so even after the of aptured, hence colored soldiers captured their owners could claim them and' they had been atworE on has, however, ordered them! to be withdrawn from their exposed position and sent to the Gen. Grant in reply informed Qsn. lee that prisoners of war having beeWre- moved from their exposed position the rebel prisoners had been also removed. He also informed him that he hadjnothing to do with thei discussion of the slavery question, and declined to answer Gen. Lee's argument, but he assured him that though he would regret the necessity whenever he was informed of our prisoners being treated unkindly, he would inflict like treatment upon an equal number of rebel prisoners.

THE FRUITS OF WAR. ST. Louis, Oct. dispatch to The Times: The six men selected to be shot in retaliation for the shooting of six of Maj. Wilson's command in Franklin county were executed in the presence of thousands of people this p.

near Fort No. 4. The 41st Missouri stood guard on the occasion, and the shooting was done by a file of the provost guard consisting of 10th' Kansas. Lieut. Col.

Heinrichs, of the 41st, superintended. The unfortunate men all fell at the first volley, and none lived longer than five minutes. All behaved with. The most impressive coolness and bravery. They were notified only last night that they were to die.

Their names were James'W. Gates and Geo. T. Burch, 3d Missouri (rebel) cavalry: Asa V. Ladd, of'Burbridge's regiment; Charles W.

Minneken, of Crabtree's regiment; Harvey H. Blackburn, of Coleman's regiment, and John Nichols, 2d Missouri cavalry. This execution could have been, justly dispensed with, as axe considerably ahead in the fate shootings without judge or jury. THE ALLEGED ElECHQf FRAUDS. YORK, Oct.

Commercial's Washington special says the trial of Colonel New York state agent charged with complicity in the recently discovered election frauds, to-day before' a military commission. Judge Sorter, Wm.Eefiy and; William F. Allen, cpmmisslpners appbinted by tp investigate the action of government, are in session at WUlard's Hotel. The Post's special say Ihey are to hare an interview with tine president this after- fcdon or to-morrow. Some of the slayehoitdersin lower Maryland are holding their slaves to try the question of emancipation in the courts.

ST. ALBAS'S RAIDERS. MOMTBBAL, Oct. Confederate managers in the case of bie St. Alban's raiders, in the eient of decision being given in the Canadian courts to surrender up the raiders, appealing to the judicial committee of the Privy Council in England.

'It is reported that the Washington ment has notified England of their intention to increase their arjnameiit on the lakes for the purpose of protecting thefrontier. REPUBLICAN RIOT. BLOOMINOTOS, dispatch to The the democratic meeting at Clinton to-day, 3,000 people were present. Speeches were made by Messrs. Evans, Willard, and Stephenson.

A fearful riot was caused by republicans. Several shots were fired, and several persons wounU- ed. FROM THE ARMlf OF THE POTOMAC! Grant's army nas retired to its old ond En- Jfrw TOM, Oct quirer of Friday has the IW news comes of by by upon a heavily guarded' of the enemy near Bunker flui, in which, althoujh; unable to bring ff any body account of the heavy guard which attended it, he killed one general, killed others andjnade good his retreat. Oar readers will remember General Duffie iras captured-and seen and well afterwards by prfaidners who If dead, as the above rebel Sispatch fitates, he waf moored Ixftwta FROM THE SOUTH. WASHIBOTOH, Oct.

Keyport arrived early this morning, having on board Maj. Gen. Halleck, chief of staff, and Gens. Barnard and Rawlinsj and Col. Cutts, who have been to the front.

The Dan Webster reports loud cannonading heard yesterday morning on Gen. Butler's front before she left. The Webster brought up 40 rebel officers from colonel down who were delivered to the provost marshal. An agent who for 12 months hasrbeen attempting to from the south, succeeded several days ago reaching, our lines and is now in this city. He occupied a wspon- sible position under the confederate government and has had abundant opportunities for learning the real condition of affairs in that section, he represents that the conscription is actively in progress, and persons between 16 and 55 are being sent to the army.

Telegraphers, expressmen and railroad employees continue exempt from military duty. The rebel authorities are making every effort to get every available man into the army. 20,000 of levies have been sent to reinforce Lee. numbers about 80,000. There are few troops besides these two armies and they are scattered over the south, and there are only 40.

men as provost guard atFredericksburg Va. There appears to be a sufficiency of substantial food, and lux. uriescan at many places be purchased The gent. says thousands the soldiers wfittld, if. oould ewapibfrwa: and if aa opportunity ion feeling would emphaflcal self.

He bpught some gold 'i. -Pi YELLOW FEfER IBiTETG. YOHK, Oct. the arrival of the mail via Fort Monroe, we have North Carolina dates of the 27th inst. The late frost has materially checked the yellow fever, which is abating.

The medical authorities say Jt will not be safe for parties to return who have not been exposed to fever, until cold weather sets in permanently. gThe reported, death of Col. Beaton and son is incorrect, both have recovered. The number of deaths will not exceed 2,000 consisting mostly of citiiens and refugees. The fever originated from the ship at the foot of Craven street in Newbern, which was filled up last June by Capt.

with manure and barrels of rotten meat. The rebel papers appear to be unanimous in favor of arming the blacks. The editor of The Southern Confederacy writing to his paper from Richmond, says the pressure brought upon the authorities here favoring arming the blacks has been t-jo strong to re! sist, hence it is with gratitude that lam able to state officially, arrangements are now being made to arm for the spring campaign 800,000 slaves, whoso masters are to be compensated by the confederate government. The slaves thus armed, are tp have their freedom and 50 acres of land each, which secures them a permanent home in the south. The rebel lines found too strong for assault! Heavy firing heard in the Sherf- datfs frontj Early superseded by Log- street who Is heavy reinforcements! Losses in (he battle of the I9th foot up 7,000 Federals and 9,000 Confederates! Sherman reported to have evacuated Atlanta! for $1 in coin.

He says no one out of have ft general effects of the ravages of war on agriculture Michael ky, formerly a member of of iep. resentaiives, has niiovered from thei wpttnds he received in battffi and has been elected a member of the rebel congress from the Memphis district; PEACE RESOLUTIONS. WASHIHGTOH, series of resp- lutions have been introduced into the Alabama legislature on the peace question. After reciting what they declare-to be the terms and conditions of the, administration of Lincoln, they'say that these terms subjugation and extermination. The following are the last preamble and resolution of a long 1 1 3 At a recent convotion held in Chicago a numerous and powerful party has decTared its willingness, if succesflful.

to (stop and opeli negotiations with us of the Union: under ia: hpase of -re. presentatiyes the state of Alabama, aEjemWy; convened, we sin serely Oct. nigtiti at Gallagher's exchange 2S9f a. on the iff thf platform adbpted by lap eonventi6a', i si8ter states'of the federScy being willing thereto. i FROII HiBeiSBUBfl.

received sl- date, is aft 'follows Bepublioana, 17,883 jdeniocratsj 6, 232; Unipn majority FROHfiRAllTSARaY. AfiMT POTOMAC, Oct. the army returned 1 to its old quarters on Friday, nothing has happened. As our troops returned the rebel followed us closely, but did not do much damage. They made repeated attempts to charge, but were repulsed with loss.

As far as ascertained our losses reach 1,500. The 2d corps, which did most of the fighting, lost 10 officers killed, 31 wounded. The cavalry it is thought lost Loss of the. enemy was severe, some greater than ours. We have 828 prisoners and four battle flags.

WASHINGTON, Oct. and later details from the army of the Potomac inform us that the demonstration made on Friday last satisfied our officers that there were not only strong lines of works in our but that the enemy were ib such force 'as to render an assault to capture them at once impracticable. No assault was therefore made beyond what was necessary tp drive the enemy from their lines of rifle pits, which were not very elaborate nor defended much! obstinacy. The result has been, 1 the complete discovery of the ehape and extent etthe line of works covering the Boyntpn plankroad and South side railroad. The earthworks in ifrent of the plankroad must of course be first carried before any operations can be bade against the railroad.

We lost some prUoners, not to exceed 600, and captured in, return about 1,000. A gallant sortie on a rebel fort next to the one blown up by JBumsidfei last summer was made, and its entire captured, while the reconnoissance to the left attracted the rebels' attention. Geris. Grant and Meade were on the ground during the advance on Thursday and Friday and were several times under fire. The arniy.on yesterday was quiet in its tee has evidently been largely reinforced.

Eichmond papers of Friday last, the 28th have been received. In speaking of the movements of Grant's army on the- day before, they-say that its object was not altogether discernible, but it did not look general advance for the purpose of attacking Lee's main line. The Enquirer, however, professes to know Butler was sent towards Bichmond to Awhile Grant moved "towards side railroad for the purpose of capfuringit. Jeff. the Kovem- -ber is a for prayer.

Yoak, Oct. papers contain very little in addition to what has been telegraphed in reference to Grant's recent movements. The Herald's City Point special of the 28th says: The intention was to tura the enemy's flank, but his cavalry was found to extend some distance in that direction beyond the line of march of the 2nd corps. It was completely cut in two by the sudden appearance of our infantry. One portion under Wade Hampton fell back on their in-, fantry, and the other was to beat a hasty retreat in the opposite direction, and make a wide detour around our advancing column to rejoin Us main command.

Considerable skirmishing ensued at the crossing of Hatcher's creek, but no detension occurred. Hampton was surprised and part of ids wagon train fell into'our Had we arrived twenty minutes earlier, we should have had the whole of it. It was no part of the plan to attack any strongly'intrench- ed position. The more of the character of a reconnoissance in force by Hancock's corps, and change of exten. sion of lines of others, than of a real movement for the reduction of any particular place.

During the rain last night we could hear trains on the South Side railroad, 'whence it is that the enemy were reinforced during the nightc to oppose our further advance. The wholo movement is summed up in a general statement. After'' moving out upon the left, and placing the where the left originally rested, the army swung; upon the right as upon a piviot. Our corps held the right of the army, and hence its advance has been measured by the progress of other corps. The rebel accounts of Grant's lasl move ments'are summed up in a Union loss in killed and wounded, while the rebel loss is-'put at twenty-five men.

The death of the rebel Gen. Bearing is announced. FROH THE ARflT OF THE JiflES, NEW YOEK, Oct. Tribune's dispatch from the army of. the James, of the 28th, says of.

the demonstrations made by Butler's forces: General Terry moved the 10th.corps out in advance of our extreme right and began occupying the country along the scene of the fight on the 14th inst, and from that point on the Darbytown road northwardly to the Charles City road. Con- siderable desultory firing occurred here during the day without farther effect than to show the enemy's strength. The 18th corps meanwhile, accompanied byKautz cavalry moved out toward the Williamsburg road, and there engaged the enemy. Late in the afternoon with varying success, Holman's brigade of colored troops succeeded in carrying one of the enemy's redoubts and capturing the guns, while Fairchild's and Hill's brigades-were roughly handled in endeavoring to take a strong position held by the enemy; directly on the Williamsburg road, in the neighborhood of Seven Pines, darkness came on too soon to permit us to avail ourselves of the advantage gained by the capture of a redoubt, on the enemy's left. Our troops were ordered to return, which they did at daylight.

A fair start was again taken the next morning. The result on the other aide of thfr Jamesy however, led General Grant to direct the withdrawal ef bur forces to their original position. Matters have resumed their usual quiet here. FROM Oct. special to the from Knptville, says that General Gillem, encountered Vaughan at Mprristown to-day, and routed him, capturing five pie, cesof arbllery, and two hundred prisoners.

Hood attacked- Decatur yesterday, last night and this morning, and was handsomely repulsed each time. Granger captured four pieces of artillery, spiting two, capturing one hundred and thirty The rebels are retreating from are reported as having crossed the Tennessee at the month of Cypress Creek. Rebel prisoners and contrabands report that Beauregard and Hood are both, with the army. Hood, in a general order, aa Concluded oo eighth paga..