Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-07-06
THE REHsS
FHE NKws-Os RarEER FHs lsSEs0E OF II.

count Of IL Ody batl, ALVEY skirm:sh, or destrue-
tive raid Than could poor, Brilliant DsQuiney. before
tho clo.e Of life, without the stnulas Of opium Ibis
class is not myh, bu well nigh embraces the sntis
reading Oonmunisy-saving Sidsnsd its circle every day
sine3 the commencement Of the war. The battle Of
Bethel was, in the spring Of 81, as largs
dose Of var news as he bsdy polite could
stand without desrimsns 10 the health Of its con-
stitu,ion though the Confederate loss In the affair
vas but one killed and = few wounded The first Ma
nassas furnished Ii viii b, remembered, food for ed
tors preachers and poets long after many Of the Yam
KEGS slain By our gallant had reIurEsl 70 their
orig nal dust Bl;, who would Civ htts skiI-
mish ike Gscat Bsthsl thought grow eKuosEant In
excitement over so paltrJ affair as tho killing OF only
one thousand miserable blue devils Manassas. The
day Of small things has evidently passed, and~s are
nov wiling to puI up with nothing saOrs OF battles
which send 10 their long homes Of hOusI de Of
the enemy These must no. reeur either At short
ntsr,ss or ee We become rIitAed the slohiulness
Of the commanding generals. Nov, if this var lAss
lev years longer Who can say what the public appetite
vii cal 70, Will il MT demand thai, =. c,ss once
uv>A, .asrals La AID Johnston shall kill huLdree
tkous nd Ylnk 6s, and that the saut lhLl Be duly
posted in oeG dispatches, on .hs bulletin boards OF
oolLucEu CNlrra ~ tAAA NN--- --e NN-~1
whis or h,ajk, shall know the news"
We are induced to write the above from he manifest
vs1a,On that mA0y Of cur people display being sold
By Grant, be hav ug failed make, a. he intended,
according TO umor) agrAnd 4sh Of July assault upon
Ger. Lees army Richmond, Petersburg, and Pea
hcnas.
We have made beginning At last, and have actually
got an item An officer, who has just come into cur
~ T.. 4 D.
the other day, from Dandy Wilson's nArAuders num-
Der Of improved guns, which viii hOOs sixteen rnss
without being reloaded. Al TreVilliAh'S We captured
s-shootsrs Rsams 10 Shooters acd expect on the
next raid they will have So Let them bring them
We want improved arms OF Yankee mAnufa ctu ..
The clerk cf lie Gather is said 70 hAVs predicted
tha; We will Lave stEiing news until there IS
rain. Wei, We want new, but We want rain NSse,
because, With it will com, luxurious growth Of 'ege-
tatiOn and what Is better, vegetables and We there
fore, An1iOusy await = sheV.r. If the news fol.
lows, il aceoTdarcs wi the ssgs prediction Of the
weather prophet We pfCmis that It viii be, IS the
gars say, thankfully received" and duly RECORDED
We are rather des2ord,n- confess, after WAitiOg
fail tire hours fos alO.her item after the re-
ospton Of the one relative the capture Of the sixteen
Shooters, because, Ike a drOsnDg man eNtehinE at
straw, We hailed Is as a promising precursor Of The
may which we're 10 follow, AMI make our news column
Interesting this morning When Ws Ares heard Of tho
weather pred ctio n upon ObsSrVAton from oar ohSo
window No saw el NJ larger than = mas hand, and
thought perehaaoe l. ind Gated IAn. Taxing the pros
pees Of rain and tho Aforesaid item in eoDuneton
argued thus-Lae cloud foreshsd0Es rain, news viii fol
Low the rain aLd the stem o. the sT shooters being
Ike tn cloud small bat hOpsfa lhsrtfJrs conclude
that We vii have rAin and TecS We, = SSqasnes war
isWs.
At four O'Clock, hOseyer While WIiing, With
out a crop o. rain and oonst lsntly dry, I've do not
mean that No uleP) bus Aluds to she arid cen
dition o. tbs SOIL At the War Department and the
VAriou, military headquarters At thi hour The Author-
d.. report thai they tSV, nothing art Ter from her
GsneIa,s Lse or Johnson.
re1eshiag runor became prevalent llss in the a.
tsruOOn, and go where you would il was inEedia'sy
alluded 20. l. was hing more nCr less than that
Grant was changing bsss and removing bis forces from
toe south 70 the North sid Of the JameI The appear
anoe { heavy volumes Of saoks on the Sou1h-side,
towards Petersburg the afternoon, vas supposed by
many 10 have s,me,hing to do With the reported move
menL
By the Psterstug trar, Which arrived a. 81 o'clock,
Al was again reported reasonably quiet We unfOr,u
na.ely (yeserday) missed our Weeoms exchange,
the Express owing to the fact that is employees having
INDUCED in a fourth Of July holiday, NJ plPSr, Of
course, was issued on The 5.h.
AfROcIrIEs OF rHE EMMY IN King WILLIAN-HIAVT Loss
or PROPERTY BIT A oOSTEDHRARH oEFIcGR.
The record Of the atrocities Of the enemy are end
lass Each day brings some instance TO Light The
county Of King William, our readers are aware has
been ruihlessy pllAged BY tie rAidsrL Among 'ns
heaviest sufferers is OClInel william K Ayes'' ne"
commanding BurtOns brigade, whose hne es'As on ne
Mas.aponi river has been completely deVAatAod, and
, his mansion (.he seat Of rS6nsd hospitality made
conulete wreck. We learn from a resident st the
county shat Colonel Ayeis has lost all his slaves, e1-
Two old aad worthless ones; ell bis horseI, naCs
ana stock Of every kind; all supplies OF provisions
ana his family left in most distressing condition. Ds-
ring the last visi. of the ny to his plantation (Af'sF
,hey hal been whipped at TrsviliSns BY HamPsoO)
they sacked nd pilsged bis dwelling, broke u2 h iuf
ni,urs and q Sokery ware; see and destroyed the
clothing Of bis wife and S'idrsn scattered AIa burnt
"a valuable law papert; Gus to pieces bis del Ks and
A-sssnks E-s-l1zi IN word, ruined N eOnPe'eiy.-
All this was Coue aToWedy because be was Colonel IN
= the Confederate service
Stories Of spOaton tTss, but We DO net wonder
that The Yankees exhibited sPeeiA venom I'LL
A,lstt He has givsn them no cause 70 love him Al
tbouqh exempt at the tina, be entered The service at
,bs beginning Of the war, and has remained In Il ever
spos. He has bsea wounded twice. once a. G.t'ys-
hurg and a second time at DrsWrys Blum
vbis leading bis regiment which stOrmsd The enc
M. works. After bis recovery from the wound
rsosVsd It Getty, burg be vas for three months Il com
Md Of the brigade 10 which his reginea' belong
and again ia command Of the brigade Hhsn' 0a 'a'
,7b Of Jaue. with the rest Of Piskssts division, th'
su.uys works near Bsrma Hundreds were carried o
.,s.ut. He has bsen twice recommended Tor promo
tOo by General Pickett and if long and gallant ser'ee
-ouDd. heavy peeunAry losses and seniority Of rAnl