Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-07-05
TIE NEWS

TRE SKgs--A DULL 4EE 60 JULY IN THs ToRESooN.
Toe w:ssaerss having predicted that Grant intended
yes.srd,y morning Masking general attack upon cur
lnes eiber on The north CT south de Of toe James
we were hardly ss.ke before eOnmeoeed STAINING
our cas- 10 catch the rst sound Of the Yankee cannon
bus nothing could Lear though the city unusually
Quoa On our way to our ofios at a later hour We
found that many victims Of Sunday rumors we're smi
sGo.ed aad fOndJ inSuged the belief tina! Grant
psrcha CO. got, in accordance with bis accustomed
fOOlhAFdaess the Al OF july again butt up against
Gen. Lees imperetrable walls Of living heroes now
sanding betveea hi, army snd Petersburg and Rich
mord Blu, Exc ourselves they we're disappointed and
we're utterly unable 10 magnify the roaring Of the falls
Of The James or the moving Of Quartermasser's WAg
gen into tho r por. Of a YEnkee siege gun. EVery
thing IN TIE VA Of news then seemed to collapse and
up to ons ocsok the bulletin board not enlivslsd
by siuge Iunof or much less t3isl despatch from
the front
The e2ns DEBATE agen. of tie Associated Pc s. came
70 the rescue, Informed the pubic sta: Chase had
done What Ne FJote long since desired Nc Aemminger
20 Resigned Ais pllSsas Secretary OF the Treas
ury; tba. god in Yankee lsnds worth 24s thai is ths
public qlO,saod, aoweyer, made undst IS espionage
y. . y, y,>l-u.. F.i74Je aiyc@s contnu5 " safe
that It is he'd privately I've for One AID valued IN
busnCss irlrssciions. We bsheye It, because Whec
Northern joar5als quoted is =! 40 gentleman from
Fredericksburg, hs'd IS psisOHsr az Ashng1on, 10
mixing purchases, vas allowed 2O5 for gsld BY the
merchants Of TIA. city. l--s-
We would DO r. usl;e to the authors Of rumors-and
upon Gull day they are really indispsnsabls-f did
not s.as that t6ey we're ssl Of the belief that Grant
"a. ~. T. -. n,
attack upon Richmond, S2E, We are prepared to be
EeTe TIA, Grant, alter being completely foied In onward
movements flank snss and raids, Is foolish and
desperate enough to sttemp. anything that will afford
the Wldes: hope Of suceel; therefore, the rumOr may
no. Be altogether without foundation.
Weave reminded again While writing from the faO that
here and there Alg flying that this IS the FOur!h Of
July. I. was on05- the partnership property Of two
peoples as unlike in habits and principles night and
day, or light and darkIsss divorce has taken place.
The Purans have the navy the pubic property, the
common treasure ard the common territory; and, in
heavens name, unit, these are redeemed BY the Cava-
hers, lt ,hem have tie National day TOO with al its
s1ogs and io46calol II necessary to have temporary
annversary lst Us ooE the example OF the Christian
church, Wbish under order of things, surrender
cd The Jewish Sabbath, vi al its halloEsd and holy
associate g snd adopted lbs Asst day Of the week as
the dsy OF res. and sO5stip. .u. .t. s.l ...
Venus confess tbas rsgfttsed even the fesblesi
and mos. pasris aIusioa 10 is relufn. We say this
We frankly admit, 10 no dsrsp5et those who while
jo,sE Us in perieos dete'tsliOu Of everything that
savors Of YanksedoD nevertheless would cherish the
DAY Of our hst aonivsIsary Of Independence With the
fond abatement with which the wandering Rnsas cang
to the h9pssh4ld gods Of bis Trj jan fathers. Let cur
day b the Or 5h Of July, Aay other dAy, but for
heavens sake, le Yankeedom hereafter alone waste
pSWde and sOdAWster eoqaence in honor Of the 4h Of
The afternoon proved as barren the morning #
runos or relisb.e iAms- Ths PetsTsburg train At s.
o'clock brought Us she chronic report al quiet on the
ronssp As the War Department As late hour they
were IN possession Of nOlllrg from any quarter.
From the Petersburg Express, received Gsltr dark
"a have only time TO extract the following Il says
Webss-ued last night tAAs she enemy have erected
luue,ts fort on RushmOres farm, which mountS three
heavy gus. This is the City Point RAsOAd, about
miles below Petersburg. This fort Is intended, no
doubt to play upon the baters which the enemy COM
plans Of in lac Northern journals a. being on The
Chesterfield heighs. These batteries the Yankee cor
respondents state have annoyed them very much but
say they have found i impossible to silence them.
RlxovAL OF TROOPS.
We learned from souIcs entirely reliable that the
enemy embarked largo number of HOops at City Point
on Thursday las.. The men occupied five large
ports and tee boats spparsd 20 be crowded to over
Houing Whether thes5 Wers men whose terms Of
service have expired, WhOGe removal from Grants
AMY have hesa rendered necessary for operations sss
uhere We are uuatls to say. We she'll probably receive
A6dit O1al light ere long.
usavy eaunonAding commenced last night about lo
o'clock On CIR lst One Of the gus used vas UhOPPer
ana each explosion shook the city. We understand i
belongs 10 C5nfsdsa;e battery, but could not leAIE
tss damage done the enemy last night
RAID TaoU TIE GUSBoAT5 INTO EzsE1 COUNTY,
Ansr Grants celebrated alnk movement from Spot
svly.n;s with the loss Of $4,000 men, to PoiI
that be might have reached without the loss OF man
and thu return Of tie feet Of steamers from kredsrSks
burg down the Rsppshannock river, &c vas supposed D!
ths citizens of the counties bordering on the river ina
tbey would enjoy, for = seGsOn immunity from YANKEE
rssss and this hope Was INDUCED in even after the re
tnrn Of the gunboass, as it thought they came
s, the river and arrest deseTters from Gratis arm!
=, ro,ts for Ircolndom. Ia a short time, however,
la ssct ained that force consisting Of cavalry An'
Infantry had landed in the Northern Neck, and Wer
as.ipR the eitz,rs oil negroes horses. mules cattle
proyislous and clothing, aad committing other depre-
S.ons oss,ia account Of which has already appeared
IN oD- osn and other city OurnalA From the Northern
Neck they we're eventually driven III BY POIss Of tn
ci.r,ns, under the lead of glAat and accom- lishe
officer. and retieatsd 70 their grnOOAs on the Kappa
b,npoek. at Carriers Wharf ttenee assembled the rive
"a S,s.mbsrk.d at LaytODs Essex county, rn SAtur
d,v mOr.irg, ths lS.h uiuO The greater part, il no
s hoe force Of infAntry consisted Of negroes nun
he,ipg soue ,bree or four hundred, and company Q
s...,S, From tbe Messrs. Wsrings, whose farms