Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-08-26
c. s STEAMER SATsILIrE.
Angus 23I 1868

prudence requires tha, We should say more.
PROM TIE VILLEE-GENERAL 4 HERLLLS
EOVEWENTS
l. has beea kr5vn in the Waller for some time that
f,rcs Of cavalry made Up of mounted infantry has been
ac:amu.Atisg a. XoofEeu and Petersburg, in Hardy
county. GA Wednesday evening last, the advance
iasi OF this bo3y s,ue 500 400 in number, dashed
into Frarkiu q e eouny teI. Of Pendleton, about 5
o'eosk, dressed IA, Confederate uniform and captured
number Of citizens h rises sc. They shO. down the
mich cows as bceycs in preparation for larger fOIce
that came in s.. night. Erly OF Tburlday, they ad-
yanced I'd the South Bralch OF TIE Potomac OsNds
Mlu'erey cap,u,ilg large number Of horses on the
wav and entered he latter town a. O'clock capturing
the Covuty Court then IN session and stopping short the
speech o. a AZ. Usyile, a reug lawyer rom Barbour
county They remained all nigh, 10 that vicinity and
took possession thirty more 6ne horses Of
tue citizen Taey released tic court and citizens Wit oui
imposing any CD cations on them buJ carried of Dc,
Vie aud Capt. 40. Ayeir, AMI few Struggling 80 =
der. Tley were conducted By the infamous Captain
HukeL o. tue North FORK in Pendleton cOuIty-Whose
father is a saye.crnar, and Who has made himself
toriJus as the leader u number Of raids his OWs
people, They examined map Of Va ~ that place in
the preseacs OF some Of tbe citizens snd boosted they
wsre going into the valley aud would take the cars Tor
the Potomac.
0l Friday morning a. day lgAt, they left Monterey,
proceeding down Jleksous river and last heard
from On Sturdy morning at 10 o'clock going down
Back Greek, IN Bath county Gen. Ayeril had five
regiments Of m9ua-ed infantry OF leaving Monterey,
Wit two or three pieces OF artillery and twas believed
BY the informant Of tie writer tina. another force from
Beverley, thea at ghowo, miles Ues. of Monterey,
would join Aver,l. They bloCktded the P4rkersburg
pike behind them, batE,e Monterey rdMcDo~el and
in the direction OF Srauu.on, 10 prevsRt pursuit from
ia, qusrter L was thought tey sere in Iursui; Of
the snail force o. Col W L. Jackson Which VIXEN ALTO
ge-hcr would o., snail enough TO meet them bu, was
divided by Co. Arnl.t beia seJt =, M upper eud OF
Pocaboatas On some de'a he'd d1'y. There was aIu
NOR tia. 20J Of Jaessoa's men captured hy tie
euemy near H'gh'ogn, which wants continuation. On
Feday night CEN uboden 1ogeI hiJ force from EiOm,
on LinvIe Creek in Rex ridge county, and reached
8 POM three miles Ct stanton Sunday evening.
Ga Moldiy morning an alarm created in Stagu'
ton By The gaaolilg -tO to7n ofsomo beNde:s mount
ed scouts the Provost Gulrd Tat had been sent
10 Buffalo Gap ten mIes Of ras tosl who rePor.-
ed they Rar} As e..5y crossing hs moa tam Il was
slRce1. 70 creaa , bub5u9 Ssne'a. Iuboieu's force
Vas a: once ma,ebed ~ % loan. Tao citizens, With
an aasri,y worthy o; all prlise closed their places oil
business and pllced n m=eSCs unler ARM under bis
command, aud in the sgysega conpOsiuga force seth
Gent % have made NEAL Egeril TIC day he
tered the Waller Tls alarm olussd the detsn iOn Of
the cars 70 H. A. Y, for p.u:sa:i4. motives Not
word had been heard OF Agers movements up TO that
hoar Ia or than 10 o'clock on Saturday, when his force
WIS moving dJsu Back Greek az au average speed OF
p 70 80 miles per day Fears reasonably felt for
Jlehsons safety unless be should retire towards Lewis
burg and the mossso from the divided condition OfLi
command.
Tae point on Buck Creek a: which they we're on Sat-
urdays 10, is some 70 miles northwest of Ssur-
tom and up,ss erI, 6Gdl himself th' arted in his
attempt to ,a2urs Jlsks1u force shOu dish inO the
Yals, through Keso's or some other gap through the
North Mountain, and then ss,e2 down towards SauI-
ton, there was no cause for the alarm Yet it was all
well enough to stir up the people Of Augusta aud Rock
bridge and other counties that Ough. a. once to sdOP
the system Of home defence Of Bedford Wylhe. &c.
The citizens of Hampshire Hardy and Peodletou are
being orse treated BY this nauH Of Yankee troops han
BY any previous pOriOn OF them. Most Of them are
Psnusylvauans. One of the most respectable ladies Of
ppshire was called By Of their ofc TO board
lin ld bis staff Sac replied her negroes halAh been
taken, and she was il aud could cock fer them,
when the in amous brute replied "YOu lie, you damned
secession b-l," Taer houses pilased, their gar
dens destroyed, theis corn feds laid open. Aessrs
Thompson, Pol,nd and Frereh Of Hampshire and Taos
q. Williams and BIS brother EisArd, Of Hardy, have
been carried TO Camp .hAse some o. these goddess
Wreicbes preferred tie charge against them OF being
bIsbWsckers-l uanl0u aud infamous He-to make a
pEe:e1t for what they interdedtO do.
YANKEE HOHEKENTS on THE SBAB0ARD.
SO understand (says the Petersburg Express Of yes
terday) that 200 Federal cavalry advanced as far
WindsOr, the Norfolk and Petersburg railroad, Sun
day and eamped at thas point Sunday night Windsor
Is in Isle Of Wight county, about twelve miles from
IyoF l. Is also stated that an entire brigads.Of the
enemy consisting Of infantry and artillery, sAmred at
KelIF, in NansemODd county Sevea miles from Suffolk