Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-12-17

s,,ht s.s IA ths u.ofulus started % ihsis rsssr
resehng Sussex Court Aouss and alng thsrs 90 sat
| urdI hight. The eusmy's csvihy and small bod.
Of iDiaury followed and eIdsavofsd 90 annoy the fea
1 vpa, d but each time we're driven back With ioe.
Tins Z ernoon the Nottoway river vas reached, ana
| 4 entire Q ,mmand crossed in sa ely, whore mel
| found part of the Nath CORPS. who bed started Y
their id In c,se OF an emergel oy. Tomorrow me,
viii all Do hack TO their old positions IN trent OF re-
1 ierburR ready the Btxi move against the eiem
| 10 whatever dirfc LOO tho Oolnmahderu-o"ioi nAs
| deem most ffeclAl.
Tna move NAV De considered one Of the most suc-
ec ssIu OF the csnp jgu aud nt honor NOS ohy gu
the oIieipaior bus d ore To whom its ex'ouuoh
was entrusted A most hsctise bioE mas Dsen aeah
the e6emS by the dssn ucton Of some nI,ern NIL OF
railroad which they were using 'xens,ey, soa,0 oas
hundred oars psseir9 over IL every day loaded VIE
supplies. The irask toru up, the ties piled In
heape with dry wood from adj esni ferces and set on
re With the rails on top, The heat bendrg e. TWIST
ing them in every shape. :,
All the d-pots along tbs routs we're burned No ven
AZ unerous mi l., barns and dwellings. from which
the occupants hao I'd, or from the eoVsr oil which
Rueril as bad fled o our troops. Que was osoght
Sith a gun usaf who're shot bad Just been niea IL
IL said the Ir0oDs hung hun near Ihs NStio"sy river
Oar loss dusiEg tho entire "TRIP "'i Lol ehesee lorS
or NIFTY IN Tiled and wounded, Decides lev slsg
gIers who acre cap prtd The sssefiy " 's .e.ahei
as the inoipa iSnlsy the mea had 90 elcounie',
hut A there was muvh wood The line OF march, and
Dleuy of work ios the do, thty managed 90 Keep
,hs mselsss iISm suffering severely "a thlS ACCOUNT
NoIor has lrsLspIred front vi Petersburg teddy
on tntsGsst. The weather tG.Aehs hts changed, AID
a o0ld ~ind storm prevails. = -,
T.o men named ElsAid X ave and Daniel " smith,
m .mbsrsoi the l79 Nav York Volanleers, ~ dive
sion Of the d sorIs. were '1seutsd Yesterday ior
tha ar ma OF dsoefIiun. Tne} Were haidensd crini-
nails 10! SEEMING TO care Tor themselves any one
else. Oas Of them ntu 'isd the ,cahVld smoking
cigar and IsLng bod OF the lope gave ''k 20 zee
r q vas strol tnoLgl TO h.ld him.
ero q lsSsOp, !, hoped, wal have Us prtpr h'ct
nm ,hat class OF msn who ,nust Tor The nero pn pose
of getting the bouny with the idea that th'y Gan do.
ssrt 10 the eremy uMh impuuiY. p
The AuHieaM soatains the 70 loving dispatches:
rack NORTH CAROLINA.
F,sy HoHaos, Dec II Tho expedition which lell
,tfolk n tLe 3ltLsG., compiling the u uted States
gunhoat Uh COD 70 and the 50 Mes YorA Volunteers,
cormaId a by l. eutenani Colonel llIam Clark, Tor
the purpose OF breaking up the coatraoand trade sus
uectsd for q long Tune al 'AkiI place between tie
ssbeIs of Norfolk and the nb.I agtns On Roanoke
I.lnnd has nae. With eLCopsg ng iucesss. Oolonsi
Oak wish O portion Of h.s rtgment, marched Tor
varsI mile, into tho interior Of Hartford and BerIe
counties surprising at QUO pjnt Company OF rete
,olders RuaIdIg Oi oil goods IN Irantitu Tor then
.,my and captured ard destroyed large camp. H.
80, we're iound large q iauti.ies Of oommlsar,
nj the owing ends Of gusriIlIs who continually IL
Iast this section OF the c.unrJ, aud are source OF
aux ely the psaos ul farmers aud reel
a, pts of q a! canty. Tue whole ioice r-turned In
sfaty 10 Roanoke Island the Gu inst, having
with NO loss, and with Cnly five tus OF the part,
Rouud, d, In sls skmsh "i'h company oil rebel
cavalry 1t Tar i ,ndng.
/ FIRE AND mgr IN INV ToEE
YnK Dec. IS, / A. hl.--AlaIgs FIRE Ia now
I.r.av Citv Tna baIa If mig civ bsvs
80 ,n, and large number o. fireman coll cted In
p.os5,sS near CoufIAnd street. leading to the Jer
60 div ieriy A 6glt took place between Hose
A. n,nanies Noe Q ana 10. Pistol were freely ed
md several rsoos ELIOT, but none are known to
have been klie1
A tKEIoa Oh HERMAN.
The following sketch Of William Tecumseh sher-
man Who Is az PRESENT attracting something of the
nnhlio attention, We fl d in the American:
NJ; ~ General William Teoumsth Sherman is the
IN ma az The hero who has marched upon Sayan-
nh Hs WAS born a. Lancaster, Olio, IN 1920 hit
S.thsr the Hon. DIARIES X Sherman, one Of the JUG
re,s Of the 0ho Supreme tur aid elder brother o,
snator tsrman. Hs was educated in the f,mily 81
The Hon. Tntma ENfg the d sI 6 liahed lawyer,
~Sosa daughter he married, bfcoming bEotbeI-i law
- ,Lo nov General Thomas Ewing At sixteen he
an, A and in 1910 gradui.eds from West Point In
1s4 bs was sta jned at Fjrt Mcultrie, Charleston;
I,f IS4g he Was OrtV5ttea Osptaln Tor Mexican
service in 1858 lie to,k charge Of the bal ue
h, ms OF lucas. Turner &: 90, San Franotoo ;
"a in 1850 was President Of lhs s ats 'Aililary
Academy of Lrusana--a poei lou. which he To-
s;e ed on the & g, indications OF secession, do
cs,ioe 10 Governor More tLat "Oa no cart ly go
,nuntS xoUld he do any act or think any though,
bostfIe 10 the GoVerum,nI OF the United S.ates"-
1.peral Sherman was the zero OF tue victory Of Shi
sob where Gsnei al Rousseau sage, 'he gave us our
6,st s.sops in tho IN the face OF enemy; and
of all ths uosn ever cav hu was he most nntring
LII AZ and patisnt" Grant gave him the or, dt OF
tie victory. Slernsn'a waG-iately dc crb.d OF
ramsrkable f.cs, "save the nose, which organ wa
b;Sh. hin, snJ painted w;h curve as vehement 81
tbs curl of Ml.y outass. The fec, and uCot wore
rough and covered With reddSh barr tie ego light III
color and animate d; bu thCugh callers aud bCunL-
irR HE bal from obe OH CT to suother, neitaeI
n s,cil nor trlian he hoab sell closed, but cons
mon: The care large the hards ana o. long aud THU
The e,i Et.le rolling but and aotige. Ia dfs /
and mAnper there o. 1ho slightest trace q PIE
tension. Hs fpaks rapidly, and generally vi it,
onsit va smile. To this eassnb'e. | must aid ba
aboh was ths reverse ct uiguhod dsLiDg a,sbeds
simple f,ls s.ir, with q round c;osn and droppir
brin !"