Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-10-28
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ErIyY sKrRNsHISa BErWEEN TIE DARBTroWN AM
oEARLls ,IrY KOAI S-raK TANKtEs MASKING TROOPs
oSr-EAOklH sIDH-A B-ETLH AMI IPArED
E,ry this mcrnipg heavy CAInonAeirg vas heard II
the direction II "Ons6 z" AnS, before eleven oeloof
there Was rumoF eurrrns that Ugh: vas in progress
Atpoop horsvsr We Learn from eourisrs Gst ON BE-.
Low, trat there has been heavy skim sbinS going OF
between the DL-byoWn ard ChaIles City roads all the
uoruiog ana lhas ths enemy il messing heSVy bodice
Of uoogs OF his right. AL lAIs night Yankee roOP'
were mcyng across tho PonIOons rom tae south side
TO be Eorth side Some estimate the number as h'gt
a biry thorssnd Tbk Is Of course, AL ccri lecture
and nu,s be taken With many grains Of allowance.
Tbr esays sEoWe b ara tbA nsgIoss volunteering
IN Gran : smy Tor dsspsTEss GssGult upon works
bu id not thilk il a. The time proper item for pub
ton.
A battle may cons ca =. any mowen'. but With
stre stesned iorihcAOus and largely increased army
o. rsral he Yankees vill be b'dly iPPsd.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Il South Carolina all q comparatively quiet. fhe
shellipE Of Charleston condn o, VT exchanges
Of SCOTS between Iks Con'sdSA'e and Federal BE-
Fla -
MILITARY cHANGEE
I,is reported at Gen sral Dick Taylor tales con-
nlnd Of Gen D. Lees CorrS, and Cen. Lee goes to
oo-msnd TIE Depsr ment Of Mississippi
lM.j-r Ger. RrsnE Gardner has been ordered to the
F,AD.-M ssissipp Department, with Headquarters at
L berty, end has lett for bic new command.
&C rsrsl :vsrd J,brstcn, IL Is stated has been as
sSnsd to the command Of the Division Of Gen. French
In the Amy of rsn7'ssss-
RAID INTO KENTUCKY.
special despatch TO the LynchbuEg RsPEb!ieGH, %
ted Wy,hsVile, says;
"Cspain Everett, Of Dlks's brigade, arrived here
to-day from utucky with portion Of the stAf. Of
General keLsan, captured on a train miles from
L 1nstOn OF the LsIIg % and Cincinnati railroad
TIE cas- ard locomotive we're destroyed"
THE THEATRE OF FUTURE OPERATIONS IN NoKTH
l. 6EOs6IA-ITs TOPOGRAPHY.
The srmy correspondent Of the Mobile Tribune thinks
Chat the war in Npr:h GsergiA Is hSneeorth 10 DC or
nov unss. Tho move already uAds trAnIfIrs it from
7 Alan a to q cOdnty basWsen Blue Mountain and the
Atlanta Aad chattanooga Railroad. Atlantis viii never
again be tie scene o. conflict
Upon another line further west, the battles for the
possession Of Tennessss, Georgia and Alabama viii be
fUgl.
LIN Of much IN. RESI- then, 70 know the lccslte',
distances and topcgspay CT this region, Hheh Ia to be
come historical BY this struggle. Tee 6is.aT 90 from
Atlanta 10 Rome is about 90 miles; 70 DI'on, 100; to
Ohasaroogs, l4O. Tas distance from Blue AOuntsiD
to Rome is - milss to rgitOr, 7Oi to Dalton, rs
60 C-at,aroogl. leo; to Bridgeport, s6 to Huntsville
U.s. TIE topography Of the sOantry is rugged and
uoun.arous. with many streams aud bad roads, Th s
- contains four rivers the Oba.tahOeosse, III
Etosah, tho OosiasaulA And The Tennessee The hrs'
h,ss in 7 niles Of ALBANIA, aud thence 10 Wes! Pont
IT. tso later uli,o at Rome, AID make the OOosa,
v5iob a,w. lou.hsArd TO E6n'gOmSry. TIE Coca lie
navigsbls T. = steamboats, from q sensPOrt to R'me.-
The Fsnnessee AsWs BY Chattanooga and Bridgeport
and rear Huntsville
"Bailsy," the correspondent Cf the Macon CoSfsds
yaey writing from the army ca the Is b, says:
"A courier lac lass nigh; reported The principal PoE-
tios Of the Yankee army in and around Rems.
"Our army is certainly west Of Dalton BY tbs time
and every report oOlfrhs the opinion that the Troop
ara IN 6ne srirls How far west Is might not be Pru
dsat 10 ssy If knew
"h il rumorsd that Gsrersl BeauTesaTd Wil In te'
days make his hsadqusrtsr5 vi the army and pss0n
Al. diisc. IL movements. Nay the genius, uilisar
e1uerieree and skl shiok have gained him DIS grsa
name and brought such glory to oar arms and good
our cause shine brightly forth in sais iuPOTsaat can
paizn-the crisis Of the War-snd TO him, next
r bsrt Lee, Of eli men. will the C0nts 0"
and render the highest homage ever felt or mlnes'e
BY a tree people"
A blockade runner recently arrived 81 an E1sia
oort reports that the Wilmington biookAdng GquAdro