Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-09-18

on the enemy q battery, aLd &C ualy brought one OF
their ricd guns dsta 10 the rear with but four
men,
Mr.. L. was but 81 year of age, and in his death he
ID Virginia tgimeni has .usaned l3s whioh viii
o easily filed.
C,pr. ]. W. RowAx-We are er, life to know that
Capt Rowan, of company A, 2li x gimept OF rhe Var
eina Volunteers is fast reeorerlg om he w)atd re-
ceiyed at the Manassas battle OF the lst July and itat
he hopes soon to return 10 bis CO rDs nd Capt served
Ia the Mexcsn war; and since hi ret has been insiru
men,a In keeping up the military spit Ia midst.
He is the captain Of the Jsersoa Guards, and being
the oldest captain In the Regimen viii no doubt, should
he recover from his wound prom,ed In his Regiment.
IN the event. which ought TO be coaip, Of Mi Lisson
Bolts tax ng the place of the gallant Frank Lackspd,
wtose loss TO the Regiment will prove serious ose
Carr Joas H.SDEasos.-we regret TO ,t.te thss this
gentleman captain Of the Home Cavalry Guard was
shot by one Of his soldiers named Miller Sunday st
The shot was intentional one bat we have not learn
cd the for the commission Of the sot ber has
been ssnt tc Winchester and placed In The hands Of the
evil authorities The extent Of the wound, and the re.
suit OF i,jury cannot present be known. The bell
entered the right shoulder and passed through
SHor Mr.. John Jo1es, member Of Colonel Ashby's
cavity was shot on Monday week by one OF the Fede.
raj punderers HArpera Ferry. lie received wonr ds
in the hand and breast. fe~ shos from members OF
Col A.hbys men, In which some three or four OF the
Yankees fell made them scamp.r in every direction
Mr.. Jores will recover.
CoMe OcoAsroSAILY-0ur citizens the border Of
the Poom c. ia ths county, very fnq1tnly vis!td
0y the Federal Hessians Over ore hundred OF them
crossed into Shepherds!own Tuesday afternoon last,
but es they with reception frcm some of tic
cavalry and others their say brief Several oi them
were sho by They were doubtless on io-sg-
ing expedition, as grub over their way Is scarce.
TIE ESEaY'S petition AT CHEAT MOUNTAIN.
letter from Ctea. Mountain published in ths lrdia.
nspolis Journal of the 3r1 thus describes the position
of the enemy a. that stroDghol1. Tho summit, Gs
the letter informs u.s. is occupied by the brigade
of Gen. R,ynoie, consisting Of tho Indianapolis
Cavalry, BrdsAlrs Cincinnati Cavalry, the IDdlna
Fourteenth aud az ohio regiment l. will be a
the three months men were coerced to stay aud cart
get away:
Since the advent of Hoosicr and Buckeye enterprise
the aepr nee OF this all has b1sn materially chinged.
The pGe forests have been lsyeed and toe rocks have
been used for huS, fre-plsces, pavemens 10 Exten-
sve breaworks have been carefully and saiuly erect
ed and ali sppIo OF the enemy, except by the Ear-
row road cut of by the falling oil tmbsr 10 confused
mass Olio and Indiana nod this pass and can
hold against auy force likely be brought against It,
We soci, visit from Gentrrl Lee.
Tte scenery here Is mag fcent much resembling that
on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. To the Eas OF us
We have fine view of the Gist ridge Of the Alegbaues,
and all around us are mountains and valleys OF the rest
description. mile to the East of we have curl
osity-beng ncthirg than the Cheat river stream
OF considerable size smoothly gliding aloDg on the top
of a mountain Il undoubtedly placed there by
mistake of nature and the has never been recii
fed This is truly great country. Nsuralsts, geoo-
gsts and boianss would fad this fruitful section fer
their investigation. There almost every vsrietyof
stone, soil, shrub and animal. Astronomers car get
along as well most anywhere else though our ln5isna
thunder beats this all to death, If away up in tho
clouds.
Almost nightly we have false and anonymous slarms,
caused generally by skirmishes among the pckets The
uior camp is aroused aHd formed in sbstlls sIrsy.
Thc sitting in your saddle fer hour or two Of cSd+
or rainy night and iheu tet to ted without pcnic
rather irksome.
General Reynolds was here to-day and, in fact. he
yet here. he came uo to take view OF things, and
am happy to say he is satisfied" While here nc eoereed
trcetory company Of troops by telling them that this
three months rumor which ia so prevalent Is all hum
bug, and am glad to say the boys now sleep easy.
As far as can learn there many traitors in In
diana as there are within hundred miles of Cheat Noun
tain. Il is hard believe there men at home base
enough give encouragement TO the Rebels while their
relatives and friends here endangeriDg their lives Tor
the sake of the Union II the tories and tory presses
at home knew the feeling of the soldiers regarding their
conduct their language end actions might be different