Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-11-03

Las. evening. about du.t Col, wynds.n Va. deal .
fhoroughflre Gap to bring in the pItroA. Our force
stationed there was successfully brought away BY hiu.
The expedition was fred upon BY bushvhaekers. and
two Of The men we're MORALLY wounded. An ambulance
was sent after them. Toward morning the Colonial re-
turned 70 this place with biz men.
A sPIcININ OF BRLdaApocIo.
The OhAnbsrburs, Pa, correspondent Of Q Philadsl'
phia paper gives the following:
Rumos reach us almost daily that The rebels have
crossed the Potomac-runors founded doubtless upon
the fears Of the tinid. To oroes the Potomac a. present
Is q matter impossible, our troops being 90 disposed %
10 render such q move utterly Abortive.
The people along the border are looking anxiously for
. forward movement, no one being able 10 comprehend
the delay, and all knowing that We have the best ap-
poioted and equipped army We have bad In the held
since the war commenced. The idea Of such an army,
in this delightful season, going int, winter quarters, 10
not entertained for . a moment. Onward, onward, Is the
cry Of every one; it Ia impossible that the rebel army
can vi hstand the so K Of our huge legions; the infi-
NOUS horjes must give way before the end nchiog and
terrible on.rushing Of our host, who are Sighting tor all
that 10 dear to iresmen-for the maintenance OF reput-
loan institutions, aud the utter snnihilAtion Of aristo
cratic pre- euders-
: Who would rather rule In He'll than serve In Heaven
TIE INV YAIKGl IRoH-cLADs.
We copy the annexed paragraphs 10 show What tic
Abolition Government Ia doing in the way Of naval pr.
paraton
The new suuboat Ksokuk y nov being mailed and
having her machinery put In at the Novelty Works. 8he
will have two towers, with three port holes 70 Zach. The
machinery IL 70 be placed between the towers, and both
her bow and stern are turtle shaped, 50 that . ball will
| glance from her. Behind the vail are iron bars, bat as
a ball would strike these squsrsly, the main reliance for
protection wou be on the mail. The keel Tor the mou-
sier ram three hundred and tueaty. seven feet long,
has inst been laid at hr. Webbs yard. i! is to be q
terrible fellow, AID is to DO ~complsted in about . year.
Business at the Brooklyn Navy Yard is very brisk at
present, the workmen having ~ much as they can attend
70. tn, keel, OF three new vsss,ls hayi bssa iaii, aud
they are going up "a fas! ~ possible. Tle TicoodsrogA
Is rapidly fitting on, and ale will Do ready to 90 into
| commission In u month at the iurthesl. The new iron.
clad Roanoke, upon which 80 much labor aud money
has bsen expended, will 70 upon her trial trip 10 . week
or 90. II the expectations entertained ofher are fulfilled,
she will be, without exception, the most formidable iron
clad shoAL
The new iron clad steamer Tcnaxandi, which Is 10 be
built at the Philsdslphia Navy Y4rJ, will be commenced
az soon as possible. Preparations arc sl.esdy bsing
mads to that tffost. Ii will be built on the IN nine rail-.
way, which will be the fest ship erected outside Of the
| ship-houses for q number Of years. The frame Of thia
v!ssel vii be much heavier than the New lroasidss. The
timber has been brought to the yard, aud nov lies there
ready for use, we'll SEASONED.
Toe dimensions Of the YES eel are length, two hun.
dred and seveniy.i,s ket, and breadth OF beam, fifty
feet. she will to about thirty five fee. longer than the
| New Ironsidss. Her armament will DO very heavy, con-
stating Of 6ueen inch guos, which will carry shot OF -four
hundred aud d ty.pounds weight. Her building will b
necess sriy slow and tsdious.
Al the Philadelphia Navy Yard twenty Eve hundrst
hen are constantly employed on vessels Of every ciass
JIM x0RGAs's RsclSr EXPLOITS.
Tho Louisville Journal, OF October 2ll, devotes {
good deal Of space to tie lIts exploits Of Colonel John
Morgan. We sutjoin . portion:
Lieutenant Il .rfy Choate, OF Company +, Sixth Ohio
Iuf,ntry, and Lisutersot Richard N"f, Of the Fourth
OH Cavalry, ~Lo lsfs this CT y on Sunday to join their
commands, we're captured By Morgan, aud we're among
the parole1 p isoncis " 10 art.sed las. evening. When
wi.hin three miles o. BlrdsioWn they rode into the
| centre Of john Aorgsn's cavalry, and we're captured -
| The Rebels carried them over q circuit OF tweivs miles,
aud when they arrived All poin; four miles south OF Bar H.
town, threw out pickets and sept Company h, Of Brad. 4
Kentucky scouts, 10 Oox's Creek where they captured the
wagons, one hundred Gni fifty 0ae Ia number, OF which
they burned the greater number. Five hundred mules
we're turn, a loose, bus the Rebels kept the horses. o.
Monday morning Nessrs. Ohoate and N,ff were carried
seventeen miles towards EizIbethtos VI, as they had re-
fused to be p.roled. They were paroled on the road be.
tween B ,s,on and Eiz ,belhioWn, however. and were al
lowed TO return.
II Tne heDtl3 AttcTNarus cLteIcu II L.uctntOWu, Nitnout
resistat cs, where they broke into tho post office and
took possession Of the contents. TSo FEDERAL resimens
arrived there shortly Afterwards, add drove them out,
killing four and capturing one lieutenant, who vas
wounded.
Either Lieutenant Ohoie or Lieutenant N,f bad In
his possession the commission Of Colonel Dick Auder
sou, OF the Sixth Ohio Infantry, which Morgan cIamin'
| Cd, writing upon the face o! !. Approved, J. Il. Nor
/ gao" and retuIni1g il 10 the ciptivs. Lieutenant Nef
says that Morg. ans men are the most genteel lot Of
| thieves he ever cav. When oae Of them 500. q horse
that hs admires, he will say, "Thitsa good horse Ia
like to trade = dismouat," and tue trInangs IL accom-
plshed. They obtain other property, ns sage, In = sim
lar manner.
General Damoni, who passed through this city ls'
evening on his way TO Indiana, says that Colonel ksE'
nett u in Morgan's front sith . s.rorg cavalry force
| sni that his (Damouta) cavalry are in his rear, and thai
there |, a strong probability that hoEgsn's forces will be
captured We do not Zee il In tia. way" and have
no doubt that the robber rebel has made sood his 81.
oipe.