Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-10-21
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his been received. We copy the fallovirg sI'
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All or informal IN. as sell a. The dispatches frcn
headquarters, indc 10 that the Army Of the Potomac has
It's grand sdsncs into Virginia 10 add
ton to tho advance upon ChArlestosn from Harpefs
Ferry, announced y~estsrday. Gen. Woodbury. division
also crosse the Potomac, snd took the direction OF Ban.
ker Hul. They met With bat slight r~esistsnos, and camped
on Taursasy night near K,rneysvine. Yesterday morn.
ing bis cavalry adyarc.d towards Smiihheid, Gx niies
from Bunker Hill, and there formed q notion with The
cavalry OF Geb. Hincock's division, Which had advanced
from the direction Of Oharesiown. The enemy vef,
found in large force 6. Snittf.ld, and there 70 little
doub, inland TO give kasls ct or near thar present po:.
ton. The indications, We are told, are that they will not
have to writ long before they are again met BY the Army
Of the Potomac. It
YHl STATE ILScfioIs
The large D smocra,ic gains In Pennsylvania have nses
the rsul. upon the State ticket doubtful A special
despatch to the Washington Stsr says the Democrats
have undoubtedly carried the S,sts, but the prees dee
patches hsv, not yet een6rmsd TIL, statement In The
81, yth, alst and at;h 0orgressionsl District, which
vers in doubt, the x ,ppbicabs have elected their oAndi-
da,es. The delegation, therefore, oonelss OF sixte n
r uubicsns, one Union Democrat, aud seven regularly
dominated d ,mocrats. 01io and ! ldiana have both gore
for the Democra's by from ten 70 6fteen thcusnd rif-
i,rity. 10 Ohio, the Democrats elect thirteen out o. tha
nine,een Oougres,uen. 10 Indaia, the Dim .crat. have
certainly elected fTe Of their Uongre'sIen. Toe K :
public rs have carried Iowa, thereby gazing four Con
rrsssnen by the decreased superintendent OF that State.
According to these reported results, tn, Democrats b Va
gained i've Oopg,cs,nen ID 0aio aud one Ia Indisns,
Wills. in Pennsylvania the ~dslsga,ion stands as in the
present Ooogres 8. Deaaciing tho Republican gain In
Iowa, the nett result Ia a gain of two for the Dsmocrau-
FROM KiSTucKr.
despatch from Louisville, dsied October 18th, con-
.sins nothing new. Is says that General Bragg with f0,-
900 men was at Grab Orchard, on T1eo1sy, and that De
iatended to encsmp a few miles oeioS there. dc 10 rapid
" rstreating toward Mount Vernon.
aKirby Smith was going out Of sntucky on the road
TO Manchester, Gay county, thence by the road wherein
Bragg ia r~etreains towards Cumberland Gap. l! 10
reported that the mountaineers arc falling trees and
otherwise blocking up the roads over which the Kebeis
nus, pass In order 70 leave the state:"
The Amsiean saws: "When the Rebel army were in
he central part Of kentucky, they met with such q re-
osptic1 Is their cher army under Leo met With
ia Maryland. Gas Of the chief d~la0llties they had
20 contend sgiins: VA tho feeling Of the people
against their worthless %ou7etcy: The people we're
as much, II not more, opposed to receiving Is 20
he people Of Maryland, and suoh wa their 6imne Q
against taking 1t in exchange for articles Of merchandise
that General Basg issued a general oder In which be
stated tha' any reilal to accept It wouli be treated as q
military If ncs and punished accordingly. However,
before tnis arbitrary and cruel order ccp d be enforced,
GsrerL Bragg vss driven from tsIn5ttp bJ Gsne.al
Busl"
The Union lo.sesi Ia the battle Of PsrryVlls (o,h,ruse
called he pattle Of Chapin Hi l) are, we regret to per
oeive, much larger u pm stNed IA some OF the reports
l. Rosselu's division alone the total lea, Was up Yards oil
2 900, "a fclloNs: X ed, 465; wounded, ! 1853; miss
ing, l6l; total, 2Os9 ! O Gded In thtss figures are
Sbou. 40 commissioned tfi GERS. This division, We bc.
lieve, bore the bun: OF the fight.
A correspondent, writing OF the same battle, says:
The Rebels have retired, and safely conveyed thei'
yslusbles wish hem. Now, you ask was the battle OF
tie s.h { victory. We answer hat vs DO not regard IL
90. Oar lea, iul lcss Of lie, the lose Of q battery, and the
l.ss OF SO many valuablJ tfi are hardly remIper-
s;ed BY the capture Of q barren I'LL, the killing Of ME
or six hundred wretehed Rebels, and the taxing Of a lot
Of guns and prisoners. We we're certairly net cefsated;
The enemy uss forced TO sbaLlen their positions, with
he leg, Of several wssens and a large number Of prison:
ers.
FROM Missouri.
A despatch, dased 8. Loui', lT:h instant, says:
I Adyicss ra,e.v,d at headquarters state ths: General
Soho6sld, wiz. the advasos guard Of hs army, has lefs
Gas Gle, soviny sostA sari, towares the Ltsansts line
From Eu, Arkans's intelligence has bstp received
that q rebel foros Of about sven thorsind has been CON
~osptra,ed, under Mcbride, ct Pocshontas.
a,,.,' "-.-. In e9maApS q: Hlsna, reports that
Holmes and henderson, with e,rs-:i1ss!: fore, are Oh
he vest eide OF lhe river, threatening TO ata!k Lin,
their o,ie,. 10 ng to DC ID bstnra heporid ~ teiptoreeo.
General Carr hs. crf.den. forse 10 nssp' his kositoa
safe.
BUrLrRs aVLs IN INV ehLlAsE
The B 'as. Bisler has condemned Otin q ft.ters'r,
of New o leans, to be colhisd tor SIX months at f1it
Piskens, a, hard liOo', with a tWenty 'eur Pouaa odi
Attached to his leg By 4 cssiu, for ian i1'alias and Sc
dit:ous r-nor. to the authorities o. the ulised States"
/: sppssTs d. kr. s~4ts'aoi r'Sist'r'd NJ self 90
an "enemy Of the Cons in Tod, as ia!ofprstss acd e;:.
cutcd BY the pressnt Abolition Gevsrnasnt Of the Us.
United States, but Q friend Of the Constitution aud Udion
ss interpreted BY the immortal, pure Henry Clay.
sssEaI: 9ArSrIss IN WARRINGTON.
nlp.,,Jr ,.,sraasl in Va ,hinx,on I,,,
80 ~, a. asvs a dsscri Mon of bl,eIneasnos \.
sn n,:,rss =, ,bs sss,S sdjira some etprs,sive sS,li.
I'm ssnp;nsn.s, ia Also aid:
.1rba neorls of he Sou ) srS determined. . . Tie
Rebel Goytruntn has noremsu 10 arms thsa the North
thInk, II hes. Thew Gsh; vel. Their c.lss il d. sps
-. Phs, Al M, . ! Ior ira, spo [ tion and comfor a.
bic sut dies. They ars compelled to take tho i,d vi b
n, ", hou; food. /. vu time We should 20 10 work with.
an. gloves We puuished them more o. Auusam ihAn
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