Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-10-20
ZKg NEWS.
FROM PETERSBURG.


reasons not necessary now to be given, inclined to
similar belief For II II we're not so, and we could ind
any word SYNONYMOUS with quiet with which to de-
scribe the situation around Petersburg, We would GER
tanly use Il by way Of Q change.
The Bzprs" Of yesterday says there was evidently
truce bstvsen the two srmies Tuesday 1.-THE day
was unbroksn either BY the sound Of cannon or the dis
charge Of muststry."
The enemy 10 said to be drilling large number Of
negroes in The rear Of their lnes right and also
considerable force of newly armed recruits. There
are said be fully six eight thousand negroes at this
point who are 10 doubt being gotten In readiness to
participate In the battle south Of Petersburg. Let
them 20 on il they think there Is no hereafter.
The same desolAting policy adopted BY Sheridan in
the Valley mas been followed by Cant in the county
around Petersburg occupied BY him-everything cal
oulated to support either or beast being devoured
or destroyed by bis msn.
Secretary Stanton l. on q visit to Can. Grant.
FROM MOBILE.
The Mobile Trib1ns has tue best authority for sta
ting that the Yankee vessel that got within range Of
our batteries Ia Sunday mornI was seriously injured.
One shot. Il believed, passed clean through her. and
disabled her machinery. As ali events she went Of By
the aid of only Wheel with the assistance of her b
and mainsa Il Ia also stated that Of her officers
and three Of the crew were killed.
Tusre was nothing new fion below except that ten
or twelve Yankee vessels were lying in the bar near
Ters Morgan.
saz PARrIEAM IN THE VALLEY.
Tarleons "rtd Goa o. aid not have more holy horror
Of Msrons men In Carolina during the 6rst revolution
than the Yankees evnos the ubiquitous presence
of Mosbys pars,ns In the Valley Not letter reaches
Northern paper from the region Of the Shenandoah
that does not contain tragic accounts Of the bloody DO
irKu Il "Ths GusrrlllaS," and mpreo,tons loud and
deep because unevl,d manner In which they are
fighting the struggling followers Of Sheridan. Nov,
Sherdans certainly deserve obivslrouI tssatmsn,
Of our hands for having made q she irest portions
Of mana heritage barren Wssts-tskDg bread out OF
toe mouths OF helplss women and children-all
because thsr husbands and fathers In arms In Dc.
fence Of their homes and their hresides Would ths
she condition of thirgs for tie Yankees was ten-iod
worse than the correspondent of the Now York Tribune
p,thsteAy detcribes in tbs Letter, portion OF which
We append, AID tina. every mound and stone and bill
lock was backed by tQaad Of armed Conft dsrates
ready to send sherdans bandits through valley darker
.hsu that Of the Shenandoah.
The 7ribuns's correspondent, who writes from
MArtnsburg, says:
have Just arrived at this place from SheridanI a..
NV after Witnessing one Of tbs bloodest little attacks
of suerillas record which occurred yesterday nine
miles soutL OF Winchester.
lieutenant Colonel O. W. Toles Chief @ Isrte rmss.
ar At hArtinsburg, aud Surgeon 0alrach.r, Medical
/ Iuapec.or on General Sherdan's SAT-, attended BY
guard ofcavaIry of twenty Eve men commanded by
Lieutenant, and accompanied bJ al ambulance contain
/ pp large mail lett Wirolester Yesterday morning
early for Shsrdans heacqusrte then at Csdar Greek
only fifteen miles distant They had proceeded seven
miles and had reached point mile south oiNsw.
ton when they surprised oy abous 6ty gusrllas
said to belong to Whites troop OF hosbys gang Of
ave. Tse Rebels dasled boldly out OF piece OF woods
on the left of the PIKE aud, striking The road bshuO
our party, and having very perOr horses, charged
over and through them, breaking and scattering them
10 every direction Oar men surprised and panic strick
| en- and srerg themselves largely ouinumoered, mad.
out little defence and the officers were soon f at the
/ mercy Of the cut thIoa.s.
Dol Tolss was shot il the back OF tho head aad Is
thought to be MORALLY wounded. The surgeon Was shot
in the # side jus. below the hsart, and as he SAYS
after he had surrendered and delivered up his arm,-
he is since reported to be dead The Lieutenant name
uaknOwp) was ssot through the bUdy, and was also
said 10 b. past recovery. Three OF the guard
killed outright one ofthsn named Jordan, Of ths 18th
Psnu cavalry and four others wounded, Whe but one
isad rebel was found upon the I'D. Toe ambulance
| vas captured With o mai ana successfully run Of
toward the Shenandoah liver beyond OF pur
su and the number OF prisoners taken vi IL is YET
| unknown.
| had been up the Valley but two days before and
was returning % volunteer courier with the ad
vaucs guard Of train coming down for supplies This
SGv4Ece was pose mostly of large LOT Of disabled
md broken down cavalry who we're going to the rear
i 10 turn in their uDser'ioea6s arms and borses and
we're mnandeJ by Captain Scho,il e Of the sh New
York cavalry, aud Lieut. DSy.r of the 81 Nsw Jersey.
As re rose 10 tbs top of hill, heard airing Of the
ont AID dssnifg forward, coon met our Ia full
retreat closely followed by and Intern glsd wish the
rob Ia many Of whom we're dressed toe same a. our
men, making Ii smos impossible to distinguish between
he Iro Toe rebels, howevr qaick, separated them
elsss aud turned 70 retreat at the appearance Of our
forcs and though We Il sanity charged after them with
al vgOr the superior fs tosss Of their horses enabled
| shem 20 eseapA WITH bus little damage.
tn entire Valley 10 Infested with these guerillas and
fcarcey train party goes either way tina. does
not receive shot ,sh from them. Our cavalry
KEEP constantly employed elsewhere 70 be un
able deal with the piscresnts they deserve; bus
We believe that Gnera Sheridan will YET fod means 10
them. A be has already captured 'eveIy
Thing in the Valley that goes Wheels" il Is to be
Hoped thai he will soon attend TO these nuisancss that
20 on legL
A correspondent, writing from Martinsburg to the
NeE York Herald Of the l7.h, thus describes Aosby
the occaAon Of his capture OF olrs, greenbacks,
80, ct Dunaed's on the Ian. he says:
Mo,by was still lame from bis recent wound, but
could walk around well by ,he aid OF cane which
he ,uri.hed most vaanly when one of his officers In
form, I'd him Of the capture Of two Htjors, with two
hundred thousand dollars 10 grsenbacks Tnis accom-
plished highwayman remarked TO en-, gentlemen who
protested against these proceedings with the utmost
Nonehalancs that be sorry to put them incon.
veniencs, but he considered it only portion of his
duty to teach their officers how to guard that railway
property.
THE HoRTIYIoATIoNs AT LYNoHBURG.
The Virginia" rays we have recently made an exam.
nation Of the fortihcasons that General Colston is
constructing on the Amherst side Of the river. Mary
and important additions to the old works are being made
There is no improperly in cur saying hs. the for
6catons on the Amherst sid, were too mesgre and te
tally inadequate to the purpose Of defence. They could
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