Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-08-20
zHEBERS.

storm. Fret, on Tuesday, We had warning ct uore
mining which true and Why should We, Il eAruss.-
ness, snt y deredis H. shows thai Grant az hs old
tricks there On THURSDAY We have not a iemt but e
seld and we'll gianoed attack upOl o0r lnss-Sh.ea
oaly failed because ef the numbers aud indoms,l5
bravery o. msn, add mo want the plF5 q tao
Yankees Of thOse executive qualities so requisite 70
military SUCCESS.
As iOfuida0le as tho mOVsmzn. which has seD pro-
crossing toe North eide, sines Friday las, hiss sp
PolssS, IRON tas development Of yts.erday AID te
day before We ara goEsei 70 believe that there great
PROBABILITY taas i, only isia. upon grand scala
instead OF = bcd and earnest advance upon Rcomond.
BIT it matters not which siae OF the river Ulysses
selects for before he gets hloogh With bis fOTws'd
noVsmeDt General LSe ali maze him sisd be LAD
tried The other.
Fi0m the h<grss5 Of yesterday We Learn that,
"AO0ut O'clock. A. N Jho eaemy, IL h.avy fo5cs
o. infantry elVALy, sppoarvdA Carey iaru sscos
"a mics S11Jaeass OF Jh1 0l.y, aud tdre5 ae5 Elg J
ne railroad, and thEO sng forward a s.Fcug Inc OF
tki msleis, advanced - Juc5 towards lhs roai a. ne
yellow Tavern. Lacy soOu encountered the plckes az
SEcra D-aEng's cavalry brigade, Shj ioUga. toom a.
tlsy r0rel N Tue afscuoG o. tho Izs5su, Sler5 a.
D. reseryes were encsmpse.'
Fsnm that tins uaIl z O'eloCk Gen. D. obs,insisly
fought ihe enemy uaO advanced upon hm b. supefior
ruLOsrs, falling back step by sep ulM 30 reached
D45is' fam, tHO miles nearer the ciiy Diri5g t4is
period he made dlshsg csasga up)l liz eaeay, Osp-
tur- go buud-ed PRISONERS, .ue,uiilg Lces Colo
uel end e;ghs o her esmai5.ilasi Oti3srs.
Here the enemy threw i0rWaIi SKI, m.sheIs IA, we're
held in Geek unt endorsements cane up. Tne Er-
press says a. this plilt the enemy occupied bJ.a
sides Of he rosd ths'r left extending several bundled
yards TO sht o. j. and their rghs resting away "a
to the lot amidst Tie thick woods and undesg
Oar lice formed some fJur or Eve hundred yards
in froat o. the fed occupied by t1e Va ks,s"
Our m 4, when they came up, advanced quickly, and
in tura drove all hree lines OF the Yankee sk,msh-
crs bao5 and M. and rePu'sd !aeir whole force
consisting Of fosr divsocs, commanded b. Goa. War
ren--dF y.ng them nearly nile.
TIE Yankees having heavy force, Weso enabled 10
alnk orr lef which compelled Us % fan back short
distance. Oar moa fought with tho NOS, dsseFniasd
bravery. o., los il killed AMI wounded VS. very
slight, ard 10 prisoners only abOu. thirty.
officers Of nigh rank INFORM she EEyysss hal the .css
Il tie s1Cmy killed aod wounded ia very large AID
psiscorrs Themselves admit shat they lost terribly.
Tae enemy also t0,k ab0a. tao hundred prisoners.
Tlese VS. an at i.ey duel q: D avis Farm, about o
O'Clock vhOh vas tel owed BY charge 70 di lodge the
enemy from bs potion held b. then en- the es Ct the
road The Express describes it as - 0eny executed in
the most brilAn. mlnnes." III, enemy cabs, "a aty
charged, ba. we're repul5ed.
A. seven o'clock in the evening she diminishing
ceased, zad robng heard eIesp; the firing OF he
PoEet
THE enemy sill OOO1py the soatheza road wish
their batteries planted along the line far down as the
yellow Tavern. Their lines ex end on either sle but
On ia iafr re.,h arro,s n the pa rood
They e5Hmsleed strengthening their position Oh
THURSDAY evening BY thrOsing up ofeastwo,ka
Al ,f6s.r eap,ursd, whom tbs Express describes as
very INTEL gen. says tie object Of tas movement Was
tuO-io.d-Rrsi 10 destroy the southern road, and,
secondly, By dsssng OF irOOgs from the inrsneh.
msEts in irOas OF the city, 70 make breach in our
lines.
While thoy have managed, no Doubt 10 icaes COZ
siderable damage h, road tbSy Lave equally failed
In he main otjeO. Of tAsiF Undertaking.
Ths casualties were Col Barr, Of Mss, leg broken
OIL Lyle, Of the 47h Va, arm bFOkea AdTt Lard,
N4ryhad battalion, killed; OPP. Craze, commanding
the zane, WoUnied.
Our telegraph column contains all Of interes, that
transpred yesterday around P-tersburz
aOw 70 CIR LIE AND eRASE BOTH AWAY TRox PIXIES
BUsa
savnsy B nHott in hs Hsral9 If the 1872, copy OF
vi ca -ss found upon pisopsr captured 81 Peters
burg, ThcTsdsy "L,e aud Gran evidently ma
IOs 4vorrg 70 get ,hsr armies away toa Petersburg,
calls up,n everybody - 90 ios peace and thus rem
Der the two armies logger Unnecessary"
Bennett proposes Eost sensible plan for get'irg
Ui,sses ous Of the dissgreeAbls dilemma in which
noz ands himself; and Who could, therefore, blame
him It b happened, upon the strength Of tie Proposi
tion, to take couple or even half dozen smiles Of
rOJal Bourbon.
IRON NOBLE.
From lie Mobile Register Of the Is We Learn thsi
ibs Commanding General 81 that pOgt, from iniotma
toa received expected the attack vhca vas repealed
on che ls h TIE calculations OF the enemy we're that
hsvog invested Fort Morgan by land and water, they
could Feducs IL in fcus days, ard then advance 20 tb'
: aaok Of lha city. Toe Yankees, IS IN The case o
esosaitse rebellion with ssventy6ge thousand vol
uutsers in SKY days, immense a. planning, bas sr'
wanting pEod gously ~ the faculty Of execution. Thi
vii be he case e. Mobile, warrant, unk 50 the 3
lance batssen Us and h magEi6es the spsn, energy anC
determination w5ioh marks the preparations for s de-
fierce.
The raDs-s urge al women, children sn other non
o)mba ants 10 leave a. obga j. Is believed that Ii,
e1emys sbot and shell viii reach every party Of tb'
0sy, end Il l. sytsfs bOnblEdnsHt in ts pf,ssn
crowded condition the loss Of u0u-coablvas Ifs al
he fearful and greatly aggrsvte the tsal3 oftas de
f,oss,s Of tbs CITY. There resd Be nohols, lLey cay
TIA. the e'ty viii surrender 10 avoid benz inent.
Toe eisz rs Of Mobile, A. the instance Of Gen. Ug
ins reoasssd she Pfesidea, to assign Aajsr Genera
srensh Gardiner 70 she eommiud # she troops 81 No
bile. Toe request having bOsu promptly complied wish
General Riggns, WAC Is said 70 &c noe aruier'' ca
n,v dsvots al his skin and energy 70 the nuraerou
,...--.- 10000 ~. L. .aai.-n. Of In city