Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-08-30

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| WJunded end sfng. On Sunday thh corps ~ reP0r''
ed 70 have fOug It splsnaidly.
Tbs following is the latest taken from the Washing
ton Evening Star. on the f Gus OF Wednesday
The mail steamer Dctstor, Capt RlAkemsD, arrived
ihs morning with the mails aid passengers sco Vi''
Point
Warren stu holds hs advanced linss and Is digging
dirt after sort that win speedily make them as impreg
/ nAbe ne bis hrst line.
TIE rebols made Il e6ls assault, probably recon
noissanoe on Mednesday, o. poro1 OF the s1'auceu
line The attack easily rePuissd.
There ore some indications that the Rebels ere moS,ng
troops Or another attempt to disloige Us tom the WEI
don road r scectly the trains on The chmeha hha
PesersburR read have been ip busy motion, sixteen
raios having been seen going into petersburg WITHIN
twenty four hours and Il Is believed they are carf1g
dosn Rebel troops lately In the vicinity oil Deep bss
tom on the north side OF ihs james X yer. Is Is Ger
tain that there are few Rebel troops 70 be seen now on
the NORTH side Of Jaues River.
The canal across Dutch Gap going on proepeF0usly,
and the men engaged have rot been indicated Tor sew
erA days.
The DICTATOR brought down about thirty JoSnuies,
who we're LETT At F5rress Monroe, and also General
Barlow, of New York, WHO is sick and on bis aJ
/ home.
The HeralGs correspondent thus describes the
OPERATIONS on TUESDAY
Advancing our skiFmis line some three quartefs o
A mile sondiag the Tafd division 10 teae up noIo OF
the railroad track, and completing the burial OF IRE
rebel dead the three aud cDy aots OF special inter
eat occurring to-day. Tbs further advance OF our
outer line shows that the enemy sill oecupytae posisOO
chosen after falling back on the night succeeding lie
last fight He is busy intrenohing, AID everything N
dicate5 4 determination to make stand there.
WHAT GEH. BSAUREGARD sAID BEFORE TAX TIoHF.
It is now conclusive, from the statements OF rebel
wounded and prisoners that General Bsauregsrd, 50
oops first confronted US here, made them an ADDRESS
b. ore leading them into acton, setting tcrtf tao IL
dsoensabe necessity to the Oonttdsrscy of recovering
possessicn OF the Weldon Railroad. Boys, said be
for so the speech is reported TO me IL substsI os
I'VE have lost ths railroad, and must get Il back
You are nov, you koOW, living On halt raiio0s. /
yOU don't get this road back again you will be liYlIg
o. IarteT rSLOus within four days B0ys, you kno"
your duty now, 90 in" The boys did 90 in bu, they
we're fOOn glad TO get out again.
Be patient, brave boys, i. will soon be year turn TO
Augh when the Herald hearing Of your last glorious *
plot at Reams will call upon the 'ioya North TO show
nov It bear Itself under disaster" Il has done the
thing before and Of COURSE with the pessIenOy of the
eraEsd, /; will do 60 again.
YAkEkE PkIsoSERs DESTROY TBKIE ANS.
The Herald announces the following deco Of patriotic
valor on the part Of the Datchmen Of the Yankee
army
IN u fSC5Eb otnOatCu huu"Su W laut tuab eoue
four hundred captured from the Third Division were
armed with the Spencer repeating r.as and the fall Of
the se arms into the possession Of tie enemy deeply
rsa retted. We have il iFom most positive sources
that the men having these pieces-the Bucktai reg.
ment nearly all had them~broke, bent and otherwise
Destroyed every one Of them before the enemy gol
hem. II Wss theiT first thought and work on fnou
that there possibility OF avoiding capture. l. s
such men, cool selEpoesessad and thoughtful, that
fighting our battles tor ps aud in the on lit is imma-
.f
Jet or not-Wil accomplish the final victory that viii
end the war.