Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-08-01
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FsON PKrGRsRERa


Grant for ussFly s1 month"; past has been pFeparirg
to capture P5ssrsburE By bioNiog up foftiAeaons
Vairy imagining thar the surprise and confusion which
would naturally follow the explosion would enable him
easily to overcome Gsneral Lees army before it had
lime TO rally. This vas the plan to which lbs PhilA
dsphis hguirT and other Northern journals had rel
sF,nes when they stated mystedOusy that UJssss was
about 20 stsrils Ihs country with mastery movement
W D. he has attempted g., a. never vas so bold a
soAen4 50 signal fa,lIrG DriVen bleK to bic position
Wsa heavy loss HishJus irA ding Any ssriOuI irary
upon his adversary be must again double the siEo and
sEeng OF bic jaleps TO d.OEn his chagrn. He must
ever hsFesheF, 800, bear ia mind tia! Petersburg is
10. Vieksburg and toat Robert Lee commands The
Amy Of Northern Virginia.
Tho passengers b. the sTAin, yesterday evening" ad-
Did some few particulars to Whas we h4d already re-
esVSd BY telegraph and puosh ia another ooluma tLs
noIn.ng They state thai the defiance non the com.
meResmens OF the mine sbe p0i1t Of sx; losion Vas
about tour hundred ards soc and guas o. K 6.
PesrSns Petersburg BAttery, Ormerly BrsEehs were
tbrOHn Psh med up IN the ar the h.Snsss guns
reaching Insight tqlsl tha. Of the tasst neg hDOr-
ing trets.
Aoousa hundred Of our men II all belonging to this
baEsEy and companies OF the 28d and one Of the
2lst South Carolina infantry thereby e,lhsr tiled
While stunned taken prisoners. The enemy ia gree.
free At rushed IN nj took portion of cur
works, which they held unal bssEssn one and two
o'clock, when We in tpra attacked them and retock
every inoh Of the ground loss in the morning TIE So
saOlt as Brilliant t bsisf lasting only about
halt hour, bus even thss Was lo1g ezouEr for cur
brsSe boys 70 puaish she Yankees most severely B..
sides leaving their dead IN caps on the isd an idea
may be formed of shsir loss ia prisoners from the act
that up ~ yesterday afssrno0n ght hundred snd fty
PsiEatss tory seven non commissioned Cf6sers, and
enc hundred a. any negroes hal been received at Ps
teEsbOrg. The lumber OF commissioned ufioers CAP
IuSd stated elsewhere. The Hughtsr Of The negroes
Is described By every with whom We oonversed As
tremendous
Some Of Pssran's Battery, supposed to ee killed are
sad By prisoners 70 Be 10 ths hands Of The enemy.
The Ossys Battery OF thil city bad but one msn
SO0aded-a 500 o: as. GeOrgs SAEage. He was shOs
through the foot while SAnyiAg message.
Our officers regard the Fepulss Of Gant and the pr
feet failure OF bis desperate enterprise a. one Of the
most Tgaa successes ashsSed tor cur cause during the
war.
An Official dsspatch received at the War Department
states, hat, AZ A. NJ Saturday, the sremy sprung
Uine Undes one OF the saens 90 our from. and opentd
bis batteries upon eur Enss ard the c,y OF PETERSBURG
In the confusion caused By the explosion he got pos
session Of the salient which was Afterwards re,aken and
tie enemy driven back 70 bis lines With los.
later 0aiIi4l telegram gives some interesting par
teulAr1 Wlon We drove tha eneny from the sslisnt
We recovered the ious guns With which i. Wss armed,
captured twelve sands Of SOOrs seventy four officers
lCeludiBg Brig Gen BlrtlIt aud staff. eight hundred
and ai'y-aTs eaIissed mer. UpsArds Of dys hundred
Of the enemy dead lying uabusied in the renohsF.
Oar loss shsat.
TRoNTHE VALLEY.
We leAgn that the 6Sht The olhss y. commenced
between BArOnsviIs and Ksrassoxa, ab,u, 6Ss miles
this side OF Winchester Every report ba confirms the
completeness o. Elrly's victory Ovss AvsriL
Gsn- LILY, who vas caPured BY the YAakees when
they defeated Rlmseur was reoaptured We rsgre, to
lSArn that be lost an arm
W. have established hospitals for our uouadsd a.
Winchester where they are ding well. being kindly
attended TO y toe southern people Of Winchester.
TIE TSKEEs RECsOss THs JANIS
Is vas currently TePOred and generally credited yes.
terday, thai ant has withdrawn his force rou, the
Nsr,h 70 the SOush-sde Of the james.
There ives no news as the War D. partmsnl from any
garter as nine o'clock last night
cAsUALrIEs II TaE RICHMOND BLUEs.
Tho Blues Of tlis city we're ia the fighting near Ps
tsfssurg Saturday. We have the following Hss Of
easUalt,es
K lsd-PIivass ". 7. LipscOTnb, brother Of Captain
Aafin n. LP'conb) SsTiousl, Woul dad-Rohert
Read, (ormsFy proprietor Of Veraudah HutelD
J-sspt d. Dodson, (oi King William Slightly wound
e5-Lous I. fsueAsart residence Esankliu and 2srd
sreel4) J. Wesley SOisb, Carpenter, formerly with
GFsen Alou) snd Joshua j. Wilkinson, son OF the
isse Capt. A. WILKINSON.
TIE RYANINATLoN OF arLIlg lrInsu1pmrAr