Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-05-26
1HE NEHS


me NEWS
During the Ms1ies1 war Baltimore eIq iisite, in
dres, nos in eauesou, As be we're a,cO-dlg TO the
fashioa Of the day, meek .s mooh larger than shoe
SKIING ana his paass bore no resemblance whatever to
AGAR Of sack bags raced a; the mouth made formal
m rnisEe,p. Ahsr the most fshOnabls illusions to
ths weather rad tesl gotten through With, fair friend
with beEiscbiDg gasee a matter Of course, desired
to k1Ov the war nsvs Drawing his yell1W kid, be
Piled Wisa the Isp Of Lord Dundrsary in "Oar AusrE
can Cousin" Gsn. Fsyi army when last heard FROM
was sine qUa Roa" Her rather matter Of fac' papa
grufay remarksd-"YOu mean, sir, in siSts quo
Well new, VIC we're asked a dczsn or more imss yes
tsrday what news from Gsreral Lee-lnd We feb Ike
quoting bob, BY way Of reply Ars because as far as
hshtns s concerned an that IS 1Sst will enJ satisfy
the morbid tSs.S Of ueEsgsIheTs, ,hs Army Of North
ern Virginia is in st1t quo. and as regards the defense
Of TIE Capital Of the Coltederaoy tis beyond al ques
ton sine qua non Passengers Who arrived in the
city yesterday evening by bOta r.a's communicating
WtA The Amy OF NoThs,n Virginia reported al quiet
~ TO the tine CT thsr leaving
EaeM NORTHERN VIRGINIA.
Tee following official despatch was received ysstsr
day morning:
TATLOHsvrILE, Nay 1850 Pm
Hon james 4. Ss9OR:
TIE ere-s7 cas- bsoi -sSils ,,ebls attacks u Our
Ines to-day, probably si.h view Of ascsrsauing Crr
position. They we're easily ,pu'ssd
General Nahoco dove three regiments across the
river, eap.u:ag sand Of eOlOrs and prisoners
among them an Aii-de-Csmp Of Gen. Lardly
RE.LrE
TIE SOUTH SIDE
W. learn from paragraph in lhe Petersburg EI-
pes healed aTas S..ulion that Ger. BsauFegard's
fMess nov occupy Aue some three or four miles eSss
Of the raheal having forced tie enemy eastOf Turkey
Bend On James River Oar right rests or the Apo
mal,Ox s-d cur let On the JAMS The eneUy will
soon be complied % abaadsa the Bermuda Hundreds
Neck altogether, as hare scarcely for him
10 even biVouao an army tie contracted space left
T. him. Every Gay bis sJusdoa gross more and more
pFseariOu5
At a. early haur SIluriay morning. succeed ID in
capturing picket poet of The elemy's, and gathered
ID tWenty.talee BIKE devIs all Of whom were daily
forwarded to Petersburg Tasy nov "miscssena.s'
With hes b.etasen a; toe NeEnery prison Washing
tJa street.
We heard o. but one casualty from the firing Sa.ur
day night, ah2gga there were doubles Others Cap
Marshall Of F-Uqa.sr commanding SlribbliIgs battery.
Was painfully, but act fe7iousy Hou-dsd. At last ac-
counts BE- was doing sen We ;egrct 10 learn thas 1t
Henry c. Howle.t, Of he oh Virgins Cavalry Captain
Pannilrs osmDsuy, who vas sou1dsd some Tine since
near Brandy Saon, and a, home on iu;lOugh, was
captured By the eaymy. cay, since az the house
Of a relative IN Ches,eifsld
eourisr who srliy. = N he Soa,h side last ght,
T-,.. cd At n
diE.rsnt department. isoal SIC sane quarter. during
yesterday, confirm this rsfo,L
A CAVALRY 2Kc1SSossASoE.
A desea,ch ives rees,vel Iste yesterday evening
which stated thai 4 considerable detachment OF Gen.
R;z Lees DiTisi5s WHICH, tho Day before lad goae to
Charles Oily county % ss,sIsaa The strength ami posi-
lion Of tie Yankee force there had slight skismsh
With the enemy NcDday evening. and lost siEtesn or
eighteen wounded. they found he Ylnkecs, eOmp).ed
of negroes aud whitss uEder the nOCrous Gen. Wilde
very strongly intrenehsd lear "K5nnon's" In front
Of their works they had cot a vide and deep ditch,
which, vsl formidable a5atsiS completely secure
them against eayalry dlsl. Al positions not so
well fortified, and Tiers are Yankees elsewhere upon
. whom be can operate. We expect very soon 80 hear
m9ye from him sud bis dasbing troopers.
RAD OK ruE VIRGINIA. AND EzSxElsrx RAILROAD.
o. this raid, Which proved go signal failure, we
sa!Asr me gCEoE,.g additional particulars from the
Wyhavils Dispatch: l. was the Intention Of GeaerAl
Coos, is seems who eommAn3ed tie expedition, TO take
M quarters permanently in Southwestern Virginia, and
in order % DO this army Of ten thousand picked men
was marched to Da6HD, in Pulaski county, rs miles
sast Of Wyhevile, and another force, amounting TO
two thousand, cent 10 Wythsvls with orders to burn
that baled little city, becsuss her citizens bad in July
last taken the lie Of Colonel TOlUd Expecting
sl.anca CxSep. from homo glaFds the latter marched
within Eve niles Of W. hsvle, when thsy met by
Lieut. Colonel Cook, commanding 21ss regiment and
sSsh and s7:h batAliOns Virginia cavalry and Lieut.
Colonel Graham, commanding portion of tae 18th Va
clvalry.
Morgan aad his men cams up a. she right time, and
after brief aght the Yankees repulsed with coz
siderable loss. We lOss joT Parker, Of the 4;h Ky
cavalry, and few mea.
The second force was more fortunate, and reached
Dublin, where We ne; them With inferior force
the fight taers which occurred Monday, our Wyths
vile cotemporary learns from reliable source tea
tAe Yankees lost in wounded 80, and in killed Sc
while our los was $50 wounded and so kil ed.
As soon as tie Yankees heard ihas Morgan wasic
sts,a1g distance they commenced retteas in Whet
tAsy oS 300 wagons ESQ horses aud so bead Of cattle
suesrOss, aud Atrss qlAai-y OF bacon, all Of which
fsI into our hands.
PRIs9EKRS--A FREsH ARRIVAL.
~ management" must reduce the bill Of fare a
~ Libby" or tho guests, we fear, viii become toe
numerous. We have TO record, with no pl azure, al
additional arrival Of one hundred and six y "BluG
DsVils" yesterday afternoon from Grants army. The
guard rspor: others on the way Faasis the Ist, Wher