Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-11-05
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We c~,ptilus our e1Iac9 from New York papers Of
| SOL and Stat 0;tcSs', watch We have received through
tie kind attention Ct fr!snds.
rh, Aooli,ionis s admi, q defeat and heavy los at P.
~oo.algo, 8. G.. A correspondent writing from Hilton
Head, 1T 2S1, ssys:
The expedition commanded by Gee. Brsnnap, wbich
Wa intended TO 5g5srcy tho railroad communication bs'
tween Oharles;oo and Savannah, hiss ~. beer, 10 uso tho
N lee. term, q ~ ,csss. Ot MN lacd,l, siSjeel'd In
| arm INFO a train, which, however, etoIped hive t ken
a few prisoners sld ona gym. but wsrs p sIed upoa By
4 battery Of tbirteen guns With %shrtpaen, al short range.
which tore through their ranks. We have lost !. is pre-
sumsd, fr.n three 20 for huadIsa il killed aid wound
ca-mostly voundst-Among who n are seysral ofisers
A lieutenlnt col mel aud Q ,!onel arc reported wounded
two captains Of . Psnsyiy4nis le,lment killed. The First
nEuiar artillery battery 10 ropa'tsd al cut to pieces.
"A scooud letter, dated the 24;h, says the SedOral loss
foo.s up. according 70 o1 ,srs Of tho meiicl stAn, 10
killed and 500 wounded.
Ths Confederate loss In this bIttle wls Is killed and
10 wounded
The "Ansl; -R,Ssr steamer Waoiu's, C,pAii Glpin,
was clp.uced BY the block sd,rs, on the cos,. o. North
uaroRna, not long s.nc,. Nos. Of her cngo, ho Eever.
tai been thrown ogerb ,ard, a1d the Yankees got bit
ll.tis DO ids, the vessel.
Oas Corporal A,Ta iien, a Yankee sSh,ola lstsr, who
escaped from Savannah to For. Pul.kl, telli soma mar
velou, staris, OF biz experience Ia tbs rebd service.
Washington correspondent: "rias:
Among the distinguished visitors her" ia Ars. Cam q.
ron, via Of Judge Cameron, who ID Jtf Davis Assist.
an. 8 ,crstsry Of War. Perhaps when she has gathered
q largo badge. Of information she will be permitted 10
ma, Iarousn the line. and communicat, with thu rebi
War DEPARTMENT.
Tn, rev dspannen. Of the Uanbe'lsnd, to the com.
mand Of which General R)e,A1s has b,en assigned,
comorise, 9Th, sta.s Of Tennessee, cas-! OF The Tsnnes'
SO, river, and such plFis OF No'th'ra Alabama and
Georgia as may be tsk,n possession Of BY tbs United
States troops"
The Northern papers make "nuch ado" about the di'
6culsy between G.nerd Wool and the 'loya" citizsrs
of Baltimore. l, APPEAR .hi, a psti!ioa was circulated
in the city for signatures making representations to tho
Pee ideut Ia d~erogllan OF the m lisry capacity of G,r.
Wool, and rsqu sting bis removal; whsreupon. thu CO..
eral arrested the pJOclpsl oouspiratOrs, namely: Tlos.
II. Gardner, Usrkso Of the Criminal Cour Taos. Sewel,
Jr. Thomas r. Rch, one Of the aidi Of Gov. Btaiford,
and Alexander d. Eylnl. As We stated y6ssrdy, Lin.
coloo or Tered their rel,ss, from custody, and Il was ap.
urehepdsd tha, Woo would resign 10 coase quence.
A military commls,iou has been appointed to deter
nina upon q system Of permanent for;id,ation, for
Washington, "fn accordance with modern military ideas
"a to ~tbeiprime necessity In war Of having the capital Of
TIE nation secure against any form Of attack from ioes
within or without, eIcsp, by q p~rotraeted siege"
There was GsrminD Democratic m,ss nesting 3. the
Uooper institute, New York, on the evening Of the 20 b,
A. which speeches we're made by Mr.. COX. Of OHIO, Dap.
RJndss, and q number Of German speakers, none o.