Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-11-18
THE SITUATION.


10 III al of the event has yet reached the govern
ment by tpeeisl Dispatch boat. From Hat'eras or
tress Monroe Norfolk, ard even from the distant Wes-
tern point OF h.mphis T. nnessee, the nsgtnce resee.
o. us that thoiadUg ef our troops and the capture "a
the an town of Beaufort hss been succctsuy
accomplished ruuor prevalent yesterday that
one Of the els of The tq1adren seen Atenchor IN
the Cspes the mouh OF the Chesapeake, nnfEes PIE
srmei to os the Vanderbilt beu9d tor Annap hs, with
ial repors from Port Roys but 10 not very prs
babe that .be Vanderbilt or any other vessel fFcighted
with such Important pswe would stop at any point short
of Apuapoil While the arrival et some boat frem TIE
sqcadroa Rsa snxious txpsctsd at Washington yeser-
day her notaival accounted fer By TIE TACT hat
Gene rel Sherman would probably Lotforward any ofeai
report to the government until tho whole ebjec; OF the
expedition had been accomplished.
Several exaggerated reports rahe. Of the sensptiona
order, have been cIrculated from Fortress Monroe ;
Rmopg tltm that two fishing smacks which had takfn
shelter unGcr the FuBs c. the Cumberland, repodeG
that II ey had been fhrg in the Jamas river, supplying
fish to the rebels ard that hen they left the was
currer that Charleston had been attacked by the Union
forces and that on F.der last The peninsula between
the James and York rivera had been wholly sbaadoned
aud the rebel troops occupying thai post bad been tcn
South Il NAV be tha some portion OF the troops were
i,b drawn bu we doubt that this pcirsGlr, forming
4 srs the road Rchmond has been Hh n1oned by the
rebels With regard 70 tie attack On tha eston u IS
highly improbable that General Sherman Sorld leave
his bsss Of operations at Port Royal Island exposed 10
attack Dy SUCH UOFtHoLtI dr hp hA' Hot u"lA-'N
force to accomplish The capture of Charleston and
prsscrye the safe occupation OF his present pcsicn
p, Beaufort Nor Is it al al likely that an attsek
on Chsrlcstop, or any other large city, was ccnts.
paed By tao expedition considering hH; their lsr
noin some or severty miles by land from Charles
ton Il far more probable that the intention OF iEro-
ar nj Beaufort wns essb secure rend zvous ioT
our hee and comfortable winter quartrs fer the men,
until further pars Of acou are ma'nred Tho rumoss
oirculaed Yesterday ~ down town piper equally re-
lata .fs, oA0U,A Nk1 sUHl nm
Charleston, are therefore absurd The report that the
Union troops al Beaufort had taken possession OF TIC
Charleston railroad is also donbess somewhat exsgGer
ated It may be that they have destroyed some btdg'
e. or broken IN portion Of the road but even these
F,cts are not confirmed by any reliable authrtity The
surcess OF our aset however in landing and obtaining
oSsaeion of Port Royal Island and tho town Of Beau
f,r ia established beyond Gocb. .-aDd that is most sat
islsc ory +, sfl. at .he outset Of ihe EXPEDITION.
The steamer s2nuldipg, which arrived at Fortress
MorToe from Hlttsrss reroFis that On "Wednesday tie
tgste CEnelbra 500 tons buTthen, went ashore near
Il attogt iu The gall. The commander and crew got
safe eshcre snd the ssl afterwards blown mp by
Nfen, cent from shore by the commanding officer.
TIE loss OF the French manUfwar Proay, at Ocracoke
oreek issao reported and there seems to be some
slight coract inthe Information, 80 TO whether wes
h or the Clnelabra which was blown up, but Il evil
dent that both vesses suffered the penalty OF their rh
nrss iD endeayorng 10 infringe the blockade. The
Fn.nch war va sci Pfony made enc OF the first division
If he imper0l faet Despatched TO TIE North ame'ean
waters nv the Emperor Immediately after tho breaking
,ui Of the rebellion In the Uted S:acs There were
!aur ebips sent out under the flag Of Admiral Rynaud
off Halifax The ProBy screw propeller, ard her
armament was variousy stated in the English pspsrs at
.hrty ore ard forty guns.
nonJ and is Notifications and military deiencss. In
ddition to- them, map will bo observed 20 contain
bslocstion Of the tobacco ware house in which the o.
MON prisoners oonfaed and the hospital, where
one hundred are being taken care Of Both points viii
undoubtedly prove Of much interest TO Northern people
A desr stch dated yesterday from Gailpols, 0hio,
states the town Of Gyandote, the Virginia bank of
the Obio river thirty six miles below Glllpos, at
lacked on SUNDAY nigh. by six hundred rebels, and that
oat OF ore hundred aud fifty Union troops stationed
there cne huadred eitEer killed or taken pris-
oners Il was said that the rebels both male AMI fe
| male. fed on our troops from the houses, Three
sem,s which psssei up ths river afer the fight repre-
sert that no human being was visible at Gpysnloe -
rbrce other stesmsrs went down Guyandoto from Ptin.
Pleasant ives erdEy morning with four hnrJred Union
roous on bo.rd 6uyandOte Is a i1urshing poat I'll.
pe In Virrina tthe moGth cf the river OF that name,
! JOS n ,es belo- Wheeling and 500 miles northwes. ~
Redmond II is important point for steamboat pur-
n ,s acd has population of about one thousand in-
hsbiGus railroad to run from there and Covingon,
70 connect with tie Central railroad s r Later
states however that only eigbt OF our mon were
killed but that large numheF vera taken prisoners or
ou1dad II appears thattha rebel PORTO of the ihhGbi-
art, nyare Of tho iatended sttack and had prepared
1 sprer for the rebel cavalry On their arrival Cel)nti
Zsiesr with the Filth Virgiria Regiment arrived socn
er the b,ls left and fire TO the tosD, the greater
rt Of which has been reduced to asaes. Such is tie
,ews brought by tie steamboa: Empire State, which ar
! rived at Galpols yesterday evening.
THE pEAUPoRT DISTRICT OF SOUTH CsBoLINA-
INTERESTING STATISTICS AS UNION ,ARGU-
MENTS.