Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-06-20

but IN the mama Of that d uyuishsd army. soennly
protfss inst an act which would blight s greenest
laures end lay M Trophies PROSTATE In the CUT III they
war let t not BE- on domestic happiD<s hthey invade
bs their eounttys hsarths nsiolatslet them achieve
frunpA wherever their banners d. but be e not over
morale, innncsnce and virtua
LII the Cove rnuent remove this ffgms from its name
BY removing Gen. Bu:ler from bis eonnand.'
TIE RKIsyoBcEs xoyENKxr Fkos yRrDKRIcKsBuhs.
We coudeuss from the letter Of Yankee correspon-
dent the following particulars Of the reinforcement Of
Banks from McDowelis column:
Word was dashed over the wires from Washington
that the Pailstines upon the Cor geEsons Sam
sona, and We Summoned 10 the rescue The order
from tho War Department, 10 send twenty or thirty
thousand men 10 assis Banks and defend Washington,
rut an entirely new face on matters and Knocked the
paus which month and more Of time aud mi!ions Of
Honss had been spent in maturing INTO that peculiar
chaodc, foFmess and void shape pcpnlary known and
described as I. eeeked hat Az Mcclellan before had
b en- served, 80 now was HeDow.Is We found the
lo4h New York az Cadets Station, With neither ents,
arms nor clothing They informed ns that while innt
Gently encamped at Thotoughfare Gap, undermining OF
impending evil, word came to thsm from the War De.
patment that they we're utterly surrounded BY The enc
n.y. with order 10 destroy everything aud fall back
Manassas So completely did they follow out this edict
Of destruction, burning tents, arms, equipments and
everything ese that the only wonder they DIDN'T blow
Gu: their own brains-perhsPs theywogd Il they bad
hid any.
Al Markham Station, besides rheumatic pains, en-
countered Colonel Asiby's house, deserted white
washed tenement. with battered vsns and crumbipg
starcases and smelling strongly Of secession and old
cheese Fsom M.r1hsal % Fsout Roysf such road no
intelligent gray mare OF DOM sic habits and rumina
Vs and Eliminating turn Of mind, encountered be-
ore. II seems as though all the men, women and cbi
en- of the country had spent their bzy hours-which
ndeed would include the whole period Of their several
existenoes-n rolling huge stones from the mountains
down into the roads II the war ends-and there
Il reason to believe thai in the fuaess of lime It will
let suggest that the Vrgnans OF this section be pun
hed fer their conumacy by being made 70 pick up the
stones ard with them build in ea
groucds to their own folly. At Front Royal
we found ijr General Mcdowell aud several minof
Generals. They we're all determined upon one thing
that thing to bag Jackson and recip,ure the immense
train be took from Banks you must know that Banks
les. ovsr tgo millions Of dollars ia pnprtg, and is
said ssvsra, thousand prisoners. Will, Then, Ii had
been determined TO retaks all lhsss national gods and
goods
.. word abou. BIepksr's division. With all re
spsc to Gen. Blenker hims, IL whom highly esteem
q rnaa and gentleman, 1t comprises lavess set
ever pisged han rocss robbed dairy maids OF milk
aud butter. a company of them guttiEg the eel
lar Of q house. carrying off everything eatsblB and
drukable and OILY replying the earnest
of the proprietary w and the representation that she
had seven children 10 feed with cultural MIR far stdy
Aud tso infantry captains bathed their yellow boards in
Ire golden cream and sders and abettors n fact
the aud directors Of the arcenynos to
brutality.
The writer proceeds TO say that the bold rebels
'besten back" by the advance Of the 60.h oaio Regi
meat and that the PenasJVania BGckt.ils "let
at em for ast forty minutes by the va.ch" but they
didn't stay quite that length Of time
Through the opsricgs between the trees We could
see brave boys surrounded by gordon o. fire. sh
lag ato them fom the mczze OF than thousand
muskets. Bot no. sign, nor the shadow OF sign Of
yielding. Their fee met the enemy, straight I'd un
III ling the blade OF mitador. o., for reinforce
meuts but none came. Nos our "BGcktsils"
give 6ack and they break and across
The felds OF waving green between w. firing they 20
but not the huncred and fy that went in. TIE rest
Of them lie under the Grchng DIN. OF the roGcherous
forest aud the night dews alone can 30 TO mOsten the
lips OF the l6ed ones fer the rebels hold the wooos
aud We not now prepared to dislodss then. To
send forcs to their support would bi general
engagement and his IN oGT present uHpsepArcd coad
lion, would be ruin.
raK sKIRMfsa MAR HARRIEokRER1-AxorHER BULL Rus
RKrREAr-RIcH DEscRIrTISs oF TIE SCENE.
The Shenandoah Valley correspondent of ,he New
York Tmes in his letter dated Harr;souburg inst,
describes the pursuit Of Jckson and the attack upon
tbs rear guard of his army near Hrrisonburg. The
following extracts will be found particularly interesting
scou. came in and reported that Two miles we're
forty fifty bel cavalry AID few infantry, that he
horses and tired 20 either fight and
could be easily captured. "T.l have little fa1 thrI
would you like to zee /, ~ said The Colonel Wypdhsm)
Iurriog The next minute the buge sounded ito
horse" The Colonel ordered Captain S1elmires
company the 'front.' DOT skrhishers, but as the sd
vance, for so much did he rely the thorough scouting
Il supposed the woods had undergone that he neg
lec,ed this customary precauon. o. rode he colu u,
WITH sabre at shoulder aud caroline ready Very
lew scattering shots couli be heard in front, ard 1t
was necessary 10 know what going on, gaoped
up. An orderly came laundering past. What - the
natter" "Theres trouble ahead, aud I'm going for
inducements" Not dreaming from the scattering
ture Of the fire that there any immediate danger,
was Ogg leisurely eloag IN the Of the clva
csde when the head came charging down upon us-
"FAl back Fall back Ashby's cavalry and Jacksons
whole arny are coming" Il was scarcely 8 time for
remonstrsLce, when the chances we're that II one
TIE YANKEE CONGRESS.
The following from the Heralas abstract o; tho Con
gressioosl proceedings on the l2 h iasant:
In Tbs Senate, Mr.. Davis, of Ksatacky, tfsred reso
luton that the rebel Gnera Bdckner, captured at Fo
Doncson, and prisoner At Fort Warren, ought to
BE- transferred TO the civil authorities to be- tried for
500, whereof he stands indicted, in the Kentucky DE-
trio. Court. After come discussion, during which hr.
Davis said Baokner ought TO be exchanged but aksn
to Kentucky and hanged, the subjec was laid aside till
TO day.
In the HcuJe OF Representatives, the Tax bill
ported back from the Committee on Ways and Means
Mr. eveDs recommended general inconvenience Ia
the Senae's three buadred aud fourteen snendmenis
and committee of conference on the points in dspu.e
~ kzuV. Nafn - waNa
of eighty against Etsyeisht
WASHINGTON sLwy AND GossIP.
Tie i1vsstivo Washington etrrespt ndept of tie n.
z Tines in bis letter of the 49, inst, dishes up the
following ST. psgund Of fact aud fiction
The deliy of attack upon chmoni las embolde'
ed tie Secessioniss here, aud OF the betting fea