Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-11-01

Il It SURPRISING that the rebels are informed OF the or
ders issu'd by the War Department before they ne
known by our commanding g sneras
LIST the mans LOYALTY b, proven, or let bum De re.
moved, IL the demand Of every Uniolis. who kaows ef
the matter.
TIE RlrRlAf FROM rHs KAHAwHA vALLIr-AsroUHDrxa
A letter from Point Pleasant, Va, gives some details
Of the manner In which the Abolition forces we're driven
over the disaster by the usual false assertions about Q
disparity of strength, great slaughter Of the rebels, and
fighting like devils:
Our forces uuder the command Of Colonel L;ghtburn,
Virginia Yankee Volunteers, Acting Mir General,
retreat from the Ksnawha, we have been fordfyiog oua-
selyee. Col. Liba, an oil and txpeiiet I'd cfiser, for.
merly colonel in Europe, has the plan OF the fortifcatiors,
entrusted to him. We made good use Of our FORMATIONS
at fayetteville ; and had II not been for them and the
desperate CALAMITY Of our troops not one OF US would
have been sblo TO eseaps. We we're originally attacked
by & force of eight thousand, our own being bnt eleven
hundred. We planted our cannon 10 the fort b atoms,
and they did fearful execution on the enemy, who en-.
deayored ~ffan,icslly to take them. When We started
our wagon tran 70 Gauley the enemy intrerched them.
selves behind tho trees in q thick woods, and poured q
deadly volsy amongst the teamsters, who ran away,
Leaving their teams. An Ohio regiment Was then order.
ed to drive The enemy back and secure the train. They
charged upon them and drove them back with great
~slsughter.
The next morning We cut our way through the enemy,
who had u, partially surrounded, and closely followed on
our heels. FIVE or six miles from Gaeley We again made
a s,and to check him, whilst Dol. Ligh.ourn made DOM.
PEE the work Of destruction Of oil supplies that were
valuable.
We then turned our way toward Charleston, where the
rebels made q rush to save the stores already burning,
bu. Col. Lighiburn directed his artillery 90 them, and
they Q o. csesed. much 10 their dkc,Hh urs, for th'rs
were 500, 900 wor b Ct Is. such stores as they needed.
They then followed on our party 10 Charleston, where
they were Joined by General Loring's force, swelling
their numbers to sixteen thousand. Our forcs with ad.
diions, then only amounted to three thousand but in
their face we destroyed all the stores ct Charleston, and
then gave them BATH, prircipi liy with artillery. We
then successfully made cur retreat 10 this point, after
having eneured ~hardships that eIalt our men into heroes.
Constsn ly fighting, exposed to an intense beat through.
GU, the whole distance-oyer two hundred mies-and
the DOLLY water, a great portion Of the way, was OBJ aimed
from ft " mudholes GU. Of which q 10 % wou d refuse
to rink. We destroyed all the b-dsos We left be-
hiud US, and regret not being able to destroy all the
salt works, cnlv succeeding in dsmolisting thre', and
Q king 800. 900 worth OF sat. But for the salt
~orks the enemy gain nothing but . valley they cannot
keep nor subsist themselves ip. Our lose is heavy. TIE
S4th Ohio (Tol,nd ZouaUs) bora the bruut OF the whole;
their los, amounts to some 1919 killed, wounded, AMI
mi. sing, inclu ling three commissioned eff ,ers killed.
This re yimen. has made en- immortal rame, even win.
mig praise from the enemy. Gen. LoEing said they
YOU'D sooner meet ten other Va ks than one redtop,
for they fought more Ike devils than men.
Gen. Cox and Sal have just arrived, and a forward
movement il anticipated in . few days, aad then again
The word on to Newbarr.
xoRGAs's LATE DASH INTO LEXINGTON, KY.
Tee Louisville Journal, Of OStobsr 22l, gives the fol-
lowing In relation to John Horgan's recen. exploit at
L.xir g!on. which shows that our brave partisan hGs'not
been idle since Bragg retired from Kentucky:
We have had vIgue accounts Of the & sht at L.Iinglon
on Saturday. Tie following statement BY d member ct
the 4h Ohio cavalry 10 full, aad bears evidence Of plau'
aibiity:
Company II, Of the All Ohio cavalry, uu;er Lieu.
Shoemaker, and numb ring 6ty five men, Was ststicntd
10 l. xing,op, actirg as Prov oct Guards Com psnies A,
B, and U were Ia camp on the Clay faIm, about a m 10
and a half from the city, the only otissrs With them
being Cap ain RoSey, Of company A, and Lieut. Henry.
They nGmoered some 300 men About hsl:.past hvs D
the morning Cap ain Robey ordered the men 70 saddle
They yer, Ia the set OF doing so wten q large body
Of hoIg.h's cavalry dashed 10 upon them, having cap
tured the pick 10 Toe C.psin ordered the men in o
lne Of battle, Lieutenant Henry tbrosing out bis men ss
skirmishers. Norgsn had about three thousand men and
three pieces at artillery, which were brought up and
played e1sctualy upon our forces.
Morgan detached a part OF bis command and sent
them W the lett and rear, and coming up they poured Il
yollsy into tbs Fsdsias. Captain Rooey, seeing that he
was surrounded, and that resis ance WAS usses surrer-
dBrCu. VIC l1Ss e1 killed hLu as many NOulucu. Two
uegro.s we're also killed. After the surrender two o! the
Federal cavalry we're shot in u table, but not kilsd. A
uumbsr Of horgan's MN wero wounded, but how many
cur Informant csnnot s.at,.'
Morgan took the hois,s, arms, hiyersacks, blnket',
etc., from cur c.vslry, parOled them. and imms1iat ly
dashed into LsIirg on, capturing the Provost Goard,
aud serviog them IN the sims manncr; and without
Stopping any length Of iinN, moved "a on tie Ven all e
turf pix By this operation be scared about three
hundred aud Hity hoTsAs, with al their ,quipnen's. as
many pr soncrs, aud the srns and accou remebts Ct tn
mea. We arc a It'll, curious to know whsfs the officers
Of the companies encampsd on tho Clay farm were
duri G this time. Why were they no. with their coE-
msnd,l
Morgan IL 4 thick set, well 'oImed man, weighing
about one.hundred aud seventy dVe pounds, dark com.
plsIion, and wearing 8 moursche and whisters With a
sandy tinge He wore q p'ein sui. o! grey cloth, wfh'
out any distinctions OF rank, patent leather sex boot,
aud mounted on q superb horse. Hs men wers rough,
Gncouth dArs- ID jvils, very 60 :rss in their language, aud
rude ia tn, ireatment Of prisoners.
They carry nothing bui their arms, With are frat.
class, ami their blapks's. 10 hiversscks or Any other Ia.
cumbranoe, aud live upon the country through which
enduring, ard well cared for. They fight r'ctlessly,
travel rapidly, and do an immense teal Of mischieL-
The eff ;ers generally stay with the men.
L'CoNPLICLrIoS WITH ENGLAND.
The New York correspondent Of tho Philadelphia ID
qgirsr writes, October 26,) as follows:
The Albion. OF this city, which Is considered the or.
gan Of the Eoglish population, hae q strong iutiUs i,r
that we shall soon have q new difficulty on our hants
9Th Grea. Britain, In Consequence OF the "p ranks" CT
uow A,ting Admiral) Wilkes, at Bs'muds;
aud especially the "prank" Of overhau!ing the English
msa steamship Msrliu, la is alleged at the very en-.
trance of the har Dor. AZ soon as the news Of these do
inps was received at Halifax, he Albion says, The Al.
miral on thas s.G alton forthwith ordered of the Inncr.
t,h e., 81 guns, and the Arisdne, 20 guns, two Of The
anest ships in the British navy. The EDITOR Is also some
what tolisitous 10 Lnow whether the United Safes gun.
bea' Montstm ~ lie stasbed 10 Admire! wilkes COM
nand, as Ter destructol Ct tho e;'sm, r Blanche. on the
ooss. of Cuba the other day, would stem TO chow that
'her cemnardcr ia imbued with something OF bic
fWikssD,niri,." Theee on giyiugs oftbe Albion are int,r'
esiug, as forss,AdowiOg the howl" In England when
the " reus r-Gches there.
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