Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-11-14

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- 49,. ,sss SOmnaAad the guuboat asSts which
,,non our western rivers. The fact s. We are
-, r..av % believe that he can accomplish any
.sIo either by land or water that he Wills to do
Tha following Official despatch from General Bsaure-
..ra fuIly col ms the press d. spAtOh published BY US
on Saturday SftsruOOn;
TUtoUxBIA. Nov. 8.
Gen. Ooop,r, Adj and Iasp. General:
General Forrsss reports, on the n Instant that Do
wa then engaged fighting the enemy ct JohnsonVis'
having already destroyed four gunboats OF eight guns
each fourteen steamers and twenty bSrges, with large
quantity of QuArtsrmAssr and cOmmissAry stores on
the landing and in the warehouses estimated at seven
y i've to one hundred and twenty thousand TONS Six
Runboats we're them approaching, which be hepsd 70
capture. a. l. ShAuAEsAAD'
rhs following IL General Forests official report, OF
which the above Is . summary
Man JoENsoNVILLT Nov. 6!h.
M forces under Generals Buiord and Chalmers, ale
t.Oksd Johnsouvs yesterday evening from the south
aida of the river, destroying the town and burning
tb-ee Tunbosts eleven steamers and fifteen bATgss
norton of the latter laden with CusrternssIer and
aomuiaosry Storea also burned most OF the stoses
on the landing aud In warehouses The expedition
,bus far has resulted In loss 10 the enemy OF -four
rupbOats, eight gunS each, fourteen steamboats, and
s.vsu barrOs and QaArtsraGssSrs StOrss estimated a.
,o ssysnry fss to one hundred ard twenty thousand
TINA The quantity burned the Waarf and In build
ingl vas lEnsnss. Toe ffs 70 still raging
N. B. FOEKIsT,
Major General
LOCATION OF JoaEsoHVILLh
Tia AuRasta Ola onjels and SsHtins! saya that the
plscs whss Forrest has lAey achieved greatly victory
"A uAtsd on the east bank C the Tennessee RIVER four
mss above Rsynodsberg, and 10 the tenn nus OF the
NJrthuestsrn Railroad, connecting Nashville W"h the
river. The town vas named altar ALdy dJhnSon, who
cauSsd the railroad 10 be completed 70 enable tho Ed
sra authorities to IransPO 70 Nashville in low
.t.Rss OF wafer 10 the cumberland. snCe Ihs compile
on OF the road Johusonv lie his grown to be an inpOr
at point ana has been great depot IOl
Federal supPles, which WeIs here shipped dGto! 10
Nashville lLXVle Chattanooga or AIsn1a. As dssired
rbis explanation will enAbla the reader 70 ully Gps
Oiats tns probable eIlsnI Of the destruction Of property
that took place.
F2OA FHE VALLEY.
From OoI fsdsTaIe 81 oes We SOS nethiag y s'e .
% thu siluA!iou In the Valley, iur.hsr than our army
il motion The Yankee paPsra profess 10 be- h'"eTer
more fortunate a. they state hR Sheridan has positive
information that Old Jabl designs assuming the otst-
siys aud Intends moving nOTthWard. Tais lCoks bad
for the brave, u Ky and dsshng Phil Sheridan, whom
the Northern heIOwOrshpp.rs we're g few days ego
ready to sereaads with IA al to the chief who In tri
umph aivGnoes"
THK SITUATION ON TIE NORTH AND SOUTH sIDEs.
All conf ues comparatively quiet, and she mOnOto-
s OF the al uaton has not for the past two days been
ouliytutd even By tho usual Smelling Of Dutch Gap
FROM EAST TENNESSEE
Tha Bristol Register of the IL h rtpoTts all quiet
Tie ensuT has left GfsanFie, ard are not Ia force
ths side Of Bulrs Gap.
Tho impression prevails that they have hui : small
fsrcs il and Gbou Knoxville ard thar Sherman hare
qlired the sssistaLce OF potion Of the forca.
We regret to leaFa that GCnersl Vaughn H. for the
PIE suI, lAbSslrg under slight indsposuoI; but.
it s hoped that hs aill active dutiss in te#
days.
AMNESTY 70 MISSISSIPPI DEsLRTERs
TIE Governor Of Mississippi. has issued a proclaim
ton announcing that at his solicitation, Gan
TsyoF has su hOr z,d him 10 iessrterJ eud alb
,s,s VITO will forthwith report for duty, that they
III not DO punished W dealu Ut Any lSuOmlnlOu5 o.
grs v0us punishment. HO sXtors them to surrender
themselves 10 & shsr d other civil fiSsr and en-
treats those and all good eitzsGs TO their utmost
diligence in bting his proclamation to the notice Ct
tho.e tor whose ben, fit it is intended.
o,LoEEL WOOD AND MAJOR NoRRIs
The RAlsish Confederate Says We bad the pleasure
Of visit OF yesterday from COL Wood, Of the Preti.
dsnts stsf aud H.jor Norris, chief the O g. Signal
Corn. Col. Wood will be remembered as the gallant
officer who boarded the Yankee gunbOst in the harbOr
Of NewbeEn, al captured and destroyed bar right un.
del the guus Of formidable fort thereby filing to
tss letter hIa part in the capture Of Eswben In the
celebrated Pickett snd Barton expedition. More re-
oaaly d Is officer has sisnalzsd bis usefulness in the
service by bis bTst but telling exploits the ITALIA
hsssse When he destroyed Yankee crafts almost within
bearing Of Trinity chimes on Broadway.
Major Norris, in bis admirable direction Of the de-
parmsat OF the Signal Corps, has rendered invaluable
services 30 The COEisdessOy Tor which be dsservedy
held IN high esteem By the Government Both Of these
gentlemen are on shor. scjOCrH with their families In
this place. Tee pleasure OF our shors interview with
them YES mach enhatoed b. tie earnest and hopeful
susoeas they sVs Of ths well being Of Confederate
at Are,