Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-09-21


Irsbmen have been en- poyed In the Confederate arse
naa At eight dollars per day, and have leis oeoG@
because they could not i've IN their wages fney AVOID
ed the reoel pckss were taken up BY ours and have
/ finally brought up before the Provost ATtiAl :.
mfrs TsgPed. poverty stricken, Outa'-ths-eleoW
and down st be heel set Of beggars you never saw
they actually looked pincbed and iamisned. 60
How rHI TASEus ARH RToBNID on tUa ARMY
The following, besides being smuspg, would be sur
p,ising if the apparent air Of truth With which the IAn-
kre scr bSlsr gabbles we're sincere
It is fact that the rebel regiments are smaller 10
dsy than ours yet they fully large In the sFrg'
Aud they have the habit OF consolidating oePe1Io cum
msnds 70 greater extent than We rave yet aopr' -.
Toe record Of the rebel organ ton, az nave Jas'
examined ik shoEs very many references 70 Inc mas
where Il Is explained that this o, that re mens Na o
or about such date, consolidated win tois ot ua'
other Iegmeci; that thiS or that baitahon Las oeeA
broken up, and sbs remnsns OF men sodea 70 .Ss ~
that OIL er orRsnEl alton And Il is the same Wisa orl
gadss az divisions For instance, the "stone"al
Brigade" no longer exsts-Sn fought away, 20 many
uns smashed, that but a few spnwrs remained % De
Incorporated vi any other BODY.
MCMILLAN IN TIE AMY.
Tho following is the treatment which Little Mac
end bis friends get from the Tribune. Says its e0rres
pond,ns
The present political campaign eIotes deeper inter-
est hers them ev u our own local affairs.
Little Nac" has some friends, all Of them very geoa
shlosera" # nOS the best diers. He viii gtt sous
', tss in this Armv bat by no meal = mejon1y.
Those Northern jOurna thai stale thai the army ID
tEO to for Mcclellan, pronounce libel ina time
viii rsiute.
Some Dyelons (one particularly, that has an exalted
repuA ion for coWArdce and perhaps one corps, may
give him some votes but tblI army en- mAsse Is I0r
TindicA,iog the maxim "paritr par bs'lo" Tne only
To-, L.. N
under the impression tina. will conuuct the var Win
sven more VigOr than it lie at present prosecuted
rHU HioGHF HoVInESr on THE JERu'ALIN PLAIE ROAD
We have already rspublshed she Yankee account Of
their attack on our pleksu on the Jerusalem plank
road Il il oOE represented that the object OF that
mOvemer, was to prevent boys from taking an in
side view CT ,be Yankee lines the PoatOn was an sle
vassd one, and gave soldsrs Shns view. The Ccs
rsspocdent Gays Of it
Il had become a nuisance, and General H,noOok de-
clded that Is should DO "sb&ted. So, fat night three
regiments Of General Derebrisna's BhgGds-the %
T & SIS, ooh Iudisns, armed With Snaps rides, un.
dsr Lieut. UO Netcaif and the s9ih Pennsylvania, COM
psnied By Colonel Blss, formed In perfec. silence,
isst In rear Of our Vide'ivs Al o'clock they sd
yapeed IN tuo columns hy tbs Hlrk in such Fines
strike TIE rebel position a. the extrsmies with orders
not 70 FIRE bat TeachiDg and passing The rebel oe,
mepl Vas executed beautifully and was entirely success
iul Blu. one rebel picket was awake, aud the Vhole
ujckst line OF so men, including two LeussrAnts was
e.u,ured, without los on our side, The prisoners
bslopg 70 Hahone's Division Of Hills Corps, and we're
Mcclellan men TO the backbone.
About three O'Clock, the enemy made rally 70 rs .
cover the petition, snd hey we're easily REFUSED In
tn darkness the Iigat OF orr line had been placed IN
pFecArous position, sud twelve or fifteen men OF the
sch Pennsylvania were captured. As many more,
p,rhapS we're wounded, but our whole los was very
uncomfortable, and the euemy must have suhsred Sc
ysffly charging in the face OF artillery and mus
ketry f-e The enemy had been unable, IS late ~ 8
O'Clock this afternoon to get their prisoners from the
e9sh PENNSYLVANIA Cd che eld 'shsrpshooters having
such perfect commknd of the position. Il IA hoped TO
sHsc. their rescue to night.
Il will be remembered that The only rsEcus that was
Elected BY the Yankees that o. being walked up
the Shambiss TO be slaughtered By Butcher Grant
rHE CHICAGO PLA1F IN IN IKE TANTEI ARMY.
l. appears that NJ 81 ans reputation Of the Chicago
Platform JUST the thing that his opponents wanted
him TO do This ia what the respondent rays Of 1t
When the nc limitations and platform Of the onnysn
ton we're published, r va the uDsr1mous declaration
that Il he accepted that platform and identified
timself With their worst enemies, and thUs failed
TO sand by them they could no longer sSnd oy him.
General hcO el!aus letter OF acceptance and HE PEI
sousl pla form have ls traI spired here II he hid
announced himself q 81 Independent candidate on his
On plsfoFm wi bout suy such s alton with notCfor
suDiousts, as hopeless bis ca would have been,
ola risuds in he sgmy would probably hive still stood
by him ouI Of perscns regard BI; Ms acceptance OF
he "a cago Platform and his extraordinary ecrt to
re onOe il 70 bis W. evidently gotten up TO cure the
manifest unp3pussty OF toe former and catch entirely
another class Of Vo,ers more than they can stand