Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-07-13
THE NEWS.


Quiet a. Petersburg. There was some sheling at
very early hour, but il soon ceased, and UASnOl re-
suned until late in the evening No mail came BY the
uan, a1l cons, qu,ntly We rec lived no Express. We
were, however permitted to look over copy, brought
BY NJ Burton Of the pest Office, and therefore give
Ory a hurried synopsis Of t5 a count Of afIis in and
around Petersburg Il sSys with the exception Of the
usuaf peks. and mortar firing all quiet On Mon
dsy. Il is sill rumored that the Yankees leaving.
On this point public opinion is divided.
An ofceT Of high position has informed the EIpre
that ho Rad coed to believe that Grant Is nov
ing portion of bs force, bus the Express does nos
think that so stubborn man Graut entsrtans any
Idea of gvirg up altogether position which hss eoss
him 80 dearly Besides, he ends, for he rst time since
be lsf. tie West, protection from bis gunboats.
Grant has certainly contracted his lines having with
drawn 10 the cas-. Of the Plank read sIverAl miles
err City Point He seems for the present to have abar-
doned he idea Of eiFeunvalAiing the Richmond and
Peter. burg read which would require about $50 900
men.
A gentleman f1om Prince George, who reached Pc
tersburg Hooday, says that Grants army is stretched
from ire point alluded ssnve tie sAst Of Peters
tals - ~ Pm TIE psOl 10 OF that COUNTY have
bcu robbed Of esyhirg-negroes, stock, crepS pro-
visions, ard even furniture The people Of Prince
George we're info IN d By the Yankees two weeks ago
tha, Petersburg was occupied BY them that they held
the Wedoa, South Side snd Richmond rOaSs, an had
utterly destroyed the OsnV u road. He also stated
that there Is grJsi scarcity Of wafer, owing to the
drought, and that cons qlsntly the Yankees are en-
tey dependent pFoa the ApPOmastoG aud james. They
have DIG a csnsl ircm the ApPOmatto1 10 their camp
from vheh they pump water By engine brought from
Baltimore.
The Maryland invasion ia reported 10 Giants array As
only snail raid fF the purpose Of procuring cattle
On Thursday last party OF Yankee proceeded from
Suffolk ard burled all the houses at South Quay, ard
returned the same day. TIE affair characterized As
grand BY The New YOIk Herald
On the same day Two bigadeS Of cavalry supposed to
be saeIiians passed through saolk in hs direction Of
Portsmouth.
Tue whole country between Snith6ed and GAtesVille
q alive with Yankee deserIeEs iIom Grant. They Ay
they were made drunk, and While in that coalition in
duesd TO etIst Some OF these state thAs they were
brought TO Old Pom; in irons. They are seeking EN-
E,oyment without success.
TRcN TIE AMY on THI sOUTHSIDE.
friend Of ours received yesterday from his brother
ore Of The veterans Of tte Army Of Nor hern YrsiOiA
lelts- ia which it stated thA. the Yankees GER
tainly removing from our right ThiI will be rsnen-
brsd agrees With the iunor current on Monday. Asr
relating Incidents connected With the army, which Es
dem is improper 10 PUBLISH he closes With what Prin
1p'e'eonsidsr q sensational item. he byB: "HsrS
comes Yankee ssli-sVith much lOvs DC, Asif Yam
kse, much less a Yankee she'll bad love for any
thing eIcep. his pocket, or anybody except himself
rHE YANKEES uRE AT Qua AMBULANCE TRAm.
We are informed that only few days ago the Ambu-
lance train Which runs daily to and from this city was
on is return from station Petersburg fired upon
by the Yankee batteries though h had the hospital flag
H,iDg frcm the most prominent car. By regulation this
dag is red and not yellow as some Suppose The yellow
Is tie quarantine tag. The ambulance train which
quietly does The mereifuI work OF bringing WOundd
brethren 20 the various hospitals Of Richmond, il in
charge Of Surgeon Joseph B. Brock, whose tenderness
aud care In the observation-disclosures Of their removal
conspicuous he sui1ent proficiency IN al the details
of his profession. We write knowingly and NOT from
msre rumor. Dr. Brock however, Is charitable enough
20 hope Tor the sake Of humanity that there remote
n1obabilty that the Ysnkees failed to observe the
ho.pula. Oh tie train the time they hred. While
We know no cre Upon whose judguentWs would sooner
rsly, Wien s.ck We leg leave 10 dffsr from him IN
this instance ter the TCasOn-lhAt bpeds-He will no.
ell them men or even humaEs-U Who are deVish enough
% Iegro.s il Their presence 70 viOAs' the per
soas of r fined Yrgn MA ladies' as We know they did IN
WeslmoIelAud upon uEimpeseha6e testimony, whose
"ehief.s. goIy - RIB helpless widows and orphans
Of he Vesy last remnant Of supply OF the nsoessAries
Of life as was dOGe in Sasrdan's and Wilson's rsids'
I've wol. include the Daehmln because We dislike to
sp.l his name) VIC, sithous rsgrsl can eonSsn 70
the flames tie homes Of cd age, youth and innOesree
and yet turn their backs and ike dogs when an
armed Confederate Gpproashes, so mean OAthsOms
sud Low IN tie scale OF human existence that they can
6,s-when ous Of all dAngsr-upoa tain OF cars con-
tainisg wounded Confederate soldiers or even rob
uotbeIless nusLng Of its last bottle Of milk without
see sBgetss. eempunolOn in the region where con
science ought 20 exist.