Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-11-18
RESULTS ACHIEVED AND ANTICIPATED FRoE
l. THE TAKING :OF PORT ROYAL.


The Sou.h IS very evident Davis, Bsars9ard aud
,.,jcr Of rebi troops frop, the army of tie Potomac
haze been Tepgsts1 Hovin9 in ne direction of ht
po,,t G,dcS.d General eonst1Naion prsgdiiS. Tue
fact that Notwithstanding the severity Of the temp
AID that probably tr,aty pssSsls, som3 OF them
shodiy vtsseis tJsod on tse eovernmelt by speculi
tors ard psculItors hdr psTShsd 5sGa diSdbid th
leet has Effected successful landing, anc the Union a
waves Beaufort Gnd the whole I-lEd Of Por. Roy
a. suErrs well fc. the gsval campaign ausp ciousy
beguo. The ruDDr that the dlsenlbGked forces were
;f4rchrg on Chsreetan, o. q at they have Ss vet
mo7ea beyond The limits OF Port Royal, is high.
lJ Improbable. Il. wI9 no par. OF tbs programni,
aud is wosld be fslly TO make adyIuce athev
upon [h1ries:on or Savannah wiih'so small force,
though il Is not impossible thata feint mad
Oh estoa by portion OF the feet il ordar n diver
It eaten from The real oLect Of attack a1d 70 dyi io
tAa Gre and distract tho iorces Of tho ener5y. The
troops landed BeAu!ort silt iortify ther p2stio7 sni
having obtained reuforcensnts vii ike |, starting
point against Tho heart OF tie rsbkoa snoth. da5
Beaufort oN be eotos, p3r!, stalsi as . Is q,
the mGst Of fke Sea Ltu.d eott,a district, and Ms
Caio msn ofbs SyELh s;H Be GLAD 70 sssd shiJmsets
htys pheH t,y ara ktsSaie{ Jroe. N; Rare d0ai II
tie iaStTgsat CHIEFS.
Nor is his tae oay nsva. expedition slains, TIE rsbe
States. .Tbere three others beiog fitted
ont which viii be equally tuccosaiu and 10 the course
Of elk weeks two months, hundred thousand men
gill cecHpy ell the Important points on ths co.'s; no.,
perhaps TO mako an advance ilO the Interior Ts nov,
bu al safe basis COR fG.rro opsraaoa5 an1 as out
lets for tue produce of the Southsloyass and the ate
ohInge Of Northern commodities With Fortress Monroe,
Hlttcrss Beaufort Pensacola Ksy West and the o.hsr
places be ssz:d and occupied, In poss .sion Of the
federal army and navy the reoes will be surrounded by
Gordon OF military pcs which will not only completely
cut c their external copauniclton, but threaten 10
many vital points .the time, that their grand
army wi De broken up into fragm9ns and rendered
posorlcss without bow and thoa the time will have
come for q forwari movement uooa Richmond and td:
nther cauQls of the rlbA.iOus States. d..
Thus Sh tho srrangementa jist made by the govern
ment 20 permit N5Fhefn meTclsnts 10 trade under soc.
eal csase with the UGioa OF the South, through
the rorts held by srn, with the appointment OF suGa
gsnstsls Bash to K'n'ucky aud BaieeE TO Missouri
and tn West 0Dd With the ,ki aud enCFgy ofacC!e2R
pssvadig and amin ,ting the whole army, the eri Of
bunaers slJI have eolsed and new ep'ch shall have
dlwnsd ypoa the Of the Unoa, op.nins bright
aud glorious pige in the history Of the republic
IMPORTANT FROM WESTERN VIRGINIA.
A BATTLE AT GUYAsDorrs THE TOWN DuRsKD by rsfoS
TRJoPs
aALmPoLIs, Ohio, Nov. II, 1861.
Guyandote, Va on the OHIO river, thirty-six miles
below here attaeke! las! niglt by COZ rebels and
out Of 100 Union troops stationed there oay about fy
1; he fest were killed or taken prisoners The
rebels bo;h male and eaale 6red from the houses on
our men. "t ~
Three steamers, which passed down last night, were
compelled to put back. These steamers vent b5ck 70
iss from Point Pleasant, bat nothing has besn tossd
from them fiTce.
Thres ste pss have passed up since the tkirmish and
feIort 70: Il person TO &c seea in town.
GAAIPoLIs, Ohio, Nov. ll--P N.
The s.sansr Empire CITY hsa jus. arrived sfom Guyan
-leue. The rebel portion c: the inhGbitant appsaIs
we're looking for tie saek, aud had supper prepared
or ho rsb vssy, Sns wGre Eeadedby toe noiorlors
| jenkins, and numbered eigh. hundred. Esbt.oi ouc
men were killed ard coDsi,rah.e number wounded and
taken plisosas The rebel loss is lot known
ColOnelzsiglers Fifth vrsiri4 regiment, on it. ar:i-
val Ged tito iOgn, and he pfuep pst y row N s'h.
ca Tic rebe5 lett about hour before the arrival oi
( Colo6l z igisr.
| NEWS FROM MISSOURI,
GsxEsAL pSIes srlLL nEfnslrISs--KIs FoEcs SAID TO
Bz so 600 sfRoSd Win iBIRIY PrKcAs OK kkrtLLskr.
! RoLIA,1 No, Nov. II, lssi
An our sick and wounded ~ Springfield, able TO be 70.
moved: were TO esye there saoftay nlght LOT S-
L,ua and orders had beca given to have the rest start
az soen as they ago able ,.,.-,-. -. e..
ye rraS 30 State Inc AID wes moydag south. Is saa
leyfd 10 be reliably ascerand that lis policy was 10
.ILal our army on bot 10 hght " siBpy TO Keep
l,ge force ere as 10 dri~ uooss from the ai'ti
% Vsle,. The general basf ir hs camp was tait
a. Loss would sooa be ia the hlads OF tls rebels from
lCclumbus, Ky. - /,
Tasr, b., been good dsai of trouble about slaves
4 who had escApsd iulo Ger. Lanes aud other slpsi
and Gsa Euit;r had gvin owners psrm 20 seareu
or oarap, O. I'd rectin them IL they could IND TEEN
IRE Tn missing III OF General Fremons's bo1y tusr1
b,d re.urred 10 sprinrsd iror. Clssvle Tley repyr
= Gn,ral PIECES force be ahou. 10000 s'Eong, wsih
thirty pieces Of artillery twve pieces sf which bad re-
emily beea sec,igs Memphis, whence Other sup
pics wsrs being receiyed,
S5 MEMS IRON HAETERAS INLET.
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