Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-08-02
The Ne US.
FROM GEN. EARLY.

We have nothirg further from the army of the VAL
loy except the report which comes through number
OF channels that after routing Averill at KearnstoWn
General Early made quick haste for the Polomc Which
be crossed AID Is now in Maryland. 0ne aecouat which
has reached us etates that last be was at
BoonsborO', pushing esst. The excitement which is
said to prevail in Washington and Baimore indicates
that the Yankee POI uatou Of the two cities are *
pctng another visit from Early perhaps TO give them
both an opportunity Of entertaining in metropolitan
Style h;s hardy, roughly clad South nn rebl. We
sian probably, however, heir something very foon
through Northern progress of across
the Potomc G. We are rleclly hopsfui that all will
90 veil wi the army of the VsllaJ wherever it goes,
for the tason that Cement lly has already gone once
into MIryl and got what he wanted for our army,
retired at his LEISURE and when pursued had only to
change frort to give Averli Co. q sound thrss ing,
and send them ng ia confusion across the Potomac.
We learned last night, through gentleman who had
just reached Richmond that heavy firing was distinctly
heard on the Potomac supposed 70 be 10 tie neighbour
hood of Washington, all Frida,.
On Saturday night, about one lu-dred sick and
wounded soldiers from Gen. E4llys command reached
LypcAburg by the Orange road.
General ElIly determined 10 keep Grant in The
condition in which poor little Joe was kept that is
axe, him moving" That Grant lie moving noOPs
towards Washington seems TO be generally believed !
iudteS we see it stated & AZ rye number OF trans
ports we're seen going up the Potomac. How tbose
move, will result, on the great military chess boards
we are of c:urte, unprepared to state, but II Granite
reliance is lced only in his hundred day men, or his
4 yho hair alndv
of strategy the pr oncts of barnP then when Elry
ns1, cries check" somebody had better lock out fr
a "mate."
We have received the complete N,r;h Carolina cleo
zion returns from EArys command, but lest the enemy
might gain some advantage from their utilization, we
VIII state that, as everywhere else, Vance "Plsyed
sweepstakes" getting eleven to Holden's one. We
nee hardly mention tbs! there smart spr nklng Of
gallant "ar-hees in Elrlys army, and that it qlires
1aptiIy Of figures to give Vsnoes aggregate vote.
FROM NORTH GEORGIA
Up to the 2s;h ulsimO, when dispatches were last
received from Atlanta, all continued quiet. Since then,
boRever the raiders have interrupted both railroad and
teegrarhic communication with thai city, and, con.
sequence VIC have received neither exchanges des
patches.
gentleman, who left Atlanta on the 2Sd, says that
the Yankees had retired within their Ltrerchmsnts
aud we're smusirg themselves by sheling the city,
Several buildings had already been destroyed, among
them the large one occupied by Mr.. HOnneeut as drug
store.
The position held by Sherman Is sIoug one and
we'll fortified
"Personue," the well know correspondent, thus de-
scIibes Genera Hood on the morning Of the late eight
at Atlanta: TIE noble I, Kan arraJed ia full unif)m,
leaning on his utch and stick, standing in the
doorway, bis manner calm, but bis ey 1shing With
strange, ndesc;ibAbe ght, which CLEANS from them
only in the hour of bs,te. His fra observation as he
took ny band, was Ne. -, att o'clock attack the
epsmy lie has pressed our lines until he is within
shOr. distance of lanss, and mus, fight ev-eut
am gong u 6gh. Toe odds are against US, tu. l
leave the ssua wth the Cad of battles u"
oHG1Lxs 1 B owls PAEDlcH.N FULFILLED.
o-s OF cur Petersburg correspondents, ShO ri ,ices
ia the mans of CHARLES B.owa, in letter to the fret
issue Of our Evening Elition stated it will be
bertd in most excited an startling terms, that he
knew that uiant was on The eve Of blowing up Pee
tsrsburg."
So ridiculous at the time did the prediction seem,
that the Wbig in publishing il thOughrt Necessary to
add that Charles Blown had evidently been limb bin
too freely Of bad spirits. The upsaos OF the meter
was tba. Brown became highly excited, AMI the Wig
gOt no more letters. We take occasion 10 beg Mr.
Browns pardon, and sssu!e him that We viii ever here
sitter regard him either as seventh con Of seventh
son, or as an extraordinary Confederate who can se'
f4rher into either the ground or wlstOne than mos
people even if some of them DO wear etrs AID pump
kin vines.
We had expec,e to present to our readers, til
evening, the full particulars of Saturdays hght q
Peersburg, as hal taken steps to secure cur cor