Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-10-23
NUMBER 90.
SEIZURE AND KELEAsE Or UkIoS Army OFF.
GERS

place YESTERDAY orning by party OF thirty armed
bels and SIX ion recruiting ic boad iakeu
prisoners IT, rebels then searched the train bu for
unknown cid not enter the cypress cr !u
which there we're three hundred Ea6ed r'h.s and Eo
tols of military clothing, destined for NIB aka Two
OF ths cpured ,,r3 were released on the spot and
three Of the four others were set at liberty few hours
Afterwards. No shots we're fred ard nobody wss EuF'
ONE DAY LATER FROM EUROPE ARRIVAL Og
THE BRENAN AT NEW YORK AND NORTH
AMERICAN AT FARTHER POINT
The Bremen steamship Bremen, Capt,in We ssls. sr
rived st this port At sig o'clock last evening from re
ard Southampton, with the mails, Passengers aud
cargo She Left Southampton 90 the 9 s CT October.
The Dake Of Argyle has succeeded Lord Stanley. oi
Aldety, the last minister In attendance upon her Nc
jesty
The sales of cotton reported from Liverpool So.
tember SO stree the preceding Friday uut TO !.:
$50 bales the largest quantity attained in week
There il TO be rid, match betse,n The beet shot o;
Scota1d and Fame. Mr. Ed. Ross is the champion tor
Scotland
The contest for Lord kayoray Of London terminated
in the Withdrawal Of Sir Hsrry Muggindgr The pre-
ent Mayor, Crbilt will conse equeutly be elected.
The nrice of the London Times hiss been etueei from
"a to ID copy. in consequences Of tie abolition Of an
duty white paper since October the ist.
The Earl Of Eglugtou has had sporl 'ctc a:tsck
The shipment Of cotton from Liverpool to the UiteJ
States smounted, during the last four months, TO three
thousand buncred aud three bsles Of which tho
Woose we're Ameicdu ttCtpt 'Dite HunuttuAuu tHeil,
bales Of East Indian. The prirclpsl portion
convey, Il in steamers.
Toe Dublin Evening Post" rei,erates the assertion
hat agents Of the American government iu Ireland
cokii for recruits, but ia unable to cay ho~ FAR they
have succeeded but thinks they meet with little
agement.
Official returns in London show ths, the Imports OF
whea. and -four to England during the fight months
ending With August reached to the value o twenty MIL
iols 5000 000) sterling, sga anst mioss sot-
ling 70 the same tine last year.
ITEMS PROY NORTHERN PAPERS.
ASt Louis correspondent regrets Fremonts sbstae
from tha, city for thing bis lavish expenditures.
INK BATTLE OF GRESSBRIER
Tho Cipciunati (" Tim, hes long sccount from it,
Western Virginia correspondent, OF the late fght
Greenbritr, where Reynolds was whipped by Jackson.
II contains the most astonishing and absurd ehood-.
10 describing the driving in Of pckets. who by hs
way retired very slowly and sullenly making obsnas
tight with the enemy's column. this writer
at discovered that the Confederstss had ps,ei
largo infantry force threeourths OF mile In trout 10
dispute approach. They lay in ambush b.. side
fence hickened with small trees 10 the right Of the to3
and In the timber on the bill sde to the left Oa nskiug
this discovery Colonel Kiubi yss ordered to clear tl
way for the artillery with the ragged Indiana fomteenh
The boys received the order with shout, and Gdag
voley into the AMBUSH rushed upon Il With Wild
cheer
"The concealed enemy Instantly look 10 their he=ls
some rushing the valley. and others mp the
tains on eff The gallant EoUreeath. 10 ragGei
breeehts happirg III the air. started up The mountains
With a cheer, popping the COnedeIaies a; systS
crack. The Ninth indiana, It's coleTs tiuntDg beaT
fully shove The green grss rushed a.let those cfoa'
the veil y. cheer went up from toe whole h'. sal
the ambushed Confedsistss took TO Hght The ho9s'f
in pursuit
''The FoarteeotL m,de sad ~osk sith the coaisis
rates the mountains Eghtten ci thsm were i3aai
dead In one pile, md 10 another. They sisOcap
'ured several prisoners aud toot Gaze of
~ouldsd."
The cluG0usds which followed /. nafrated IN 'i5.
lar strain. Every gdn disnouned CO or hide L",
ooe The n ct OF their irs tsuhl Tie Tespeei
i've lJsses thus stated
"0Gr loss IS tsenJ--ten Killed aud leo ~ tsc,
wounded to be uL6ad Tor duty. Their i0ss teri
Le. Toe grosGs Of the wouGded could be Distinct,
heard st our batteries when the guDs wire silent TIE
al we're seen I'll their camp, aad tie !O-
or trench was said 10 be fIl q them our nteen bu4
6red shells aud explosive sho. made fearful haSoc
Sides some i,r,y hi;y we're Killed by Que infantry
the frat 4 ish outside Ct the fcrah .aiou
The readers of tie Et Irer will RENE nh sr that ie
interesting Off ,ia Report recently pubishe n hi g.
per- Of this battle honorable 10 our arms ald aiyir
sgtCus TO otr ipterests STATE. cur whole oss IA ks
AZ only sir aud the total Of casualties vi eli sor q, hul
fifty.
The game yersciou, cor espondsut puts tie eusmy1
force Il, Oo0 and ours At 10 Guu How often
compelled TO ezc,sim in connsction with the war solr
Of the times, "hoS this world is given TO lying
He adniU, hosever, tina; the s:temp. TO charge Que
I itt,ries I failure:
IAN the regiments received the order 10 sdyaTcs pih
cheers the iib and 18Th throwing of theis coats t1i
preplrIg Tor free of the biyonet. The d tool
the lead and the followed bray,ly They bad pio
cseded but shor. distance, howeyer before the reDcs
TUNED several Of their guns to h mbsr and ato
Il terrirl lire Of siel and canister Tie s;h Ind!ara
b-cke aud ran, their oiicers endeayoring 10 yAil
op them. TOeir conduc. caused some uepidaiion
morg the other regiments, eui at the ans. they
rightsd and about to advance when orders can
from General Reynolds TO withdraw. Though he iie.r
seemed 10 rain shot and she'll but lev hurt
under them"
THE IN GigSorsI.
SrsAcrsg, No Oct. IL Letters from rebels 10 Ger
Prices army have been intercepted and btough, here
They are dated hs 9h instant ard represent that Prize
aud hii army was within pn miles of the O;ageiis'
near Psdersyille and that he has 0oo wagons l6C"
horses and from - 40 TO 20.0J0 men.
General Scott busy engaged at lis headquarte:s tU
ring prefcsibed hou,s and his rsusl good hesu
Toe pressure upon him, though much relieved still vsy
great.
THE TROOPS.
ITfAsAroLIs, Oct ll.-Gen. Stone has returaeI 10
Grafton Cheat Mountain TO What hiss been rsreir
ed and whit 10 needed for Indiana The troops will e
marshed out OF Western NirRhiI 4 they robbed
s-uded aud neglected again a. in time pas. Neither hr
Governor nor their ofceis will suf.r repetition of
these outrages.
The Old School Presbyterian Synod Is now in session in
this city.
The morning papers vii eontAin portion Of Gov Nor
tons dis ,stchts relating clothing troops Wts
ern Virginia.
The Thirty ninth III rois Regiment left Chicago ye5e
day, for s.. Lous The Ipd,.nspolis Journal cay:
This makes forty regiments that lintis will ave IA
thu ID aud p iacI1ae the tumbet oil Illinois lgOops
In the country servcs to Jriy fV' Monaand rssa,
The Cavalry regiment under Col. isrnsaorih will lave
In three day. and probably l~o 'r three her
regiments viii leave this State fOr the wars within eiss.
or ten fays
Tae Mary Co,k brough, DOM 2i7 invalid soliiFTs
las: evening from the Ka'a~bs Toe greater portion
Of them we're taken to the Military Hospinl
raE ADMINISTRATIONS AND GIStsAL WOOL
There is no doubt but it ulended By the ''ish-
eat authorities" at Washington displsee Ger. Fre-
mont and give Gen. Wool command Of the Western De
partment Blu: tie veteran General looking over tte
held With the official records before him showing ih-
number o. and amount CT material a. the dsposl
o. F.sm,nf would DOT fako command unless largely -.