Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-10-18
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ADDITIONAL Iron THR RORTH.
Peom the latest Yankee papers HoslVsd, We continue
our extracts;
PROM HEW oRLEAss.
The lsssst news r.es,vtd at the North from New Or
LEAFS, 10 0p 10 tie Inst, VIA Cairo
O.Iso IL, 0st. lS.-Tbs steamer Gladiator, from
Nsv prssps 90 the brings information Of sIpe'
ditCn into the nsriSr Of Yiorids, under General As
| both
Eaoheron Court House vas captured on the QSi, ulL
and twenty prisoners taken, ircladiIg Col Ter
renee and Lieutenant Gordon.
LvVe numbers of horses mules ard cattle were cap.
tursd. Syvsa ferry and all the boats In the vicinity
Utrs desuoyed.
The steamer O,isntial, from Bos.Ou, had arrived at
Mss Orleans.
TIE expedition, a! las. Accounts, was at MsriauO.
TIE New Orleans cotton market was uuretiled-
Taers we're 70 sales. Aiidlag was held at $l.60.-
81 iur Was lower.
The steamer Memphis bound to Cincinnati, had 9lO
b,ss Of cotton ana the Belle for St. Louis, had rs
eaes-
Escape OF CONFEDERATE KINRA CAMP.
The Rochester Express OF the l2h rays: Last
thursday night ten rebel prisoners escaped by bur
rowing uader several oil their oun tents near the fence,
and thea directing the mine under the fence. They
we're about fgs weeks az the business Tee earth Was
disposed of by carving Is in hAVersseks and throwing
il into The sinks. Toe 81 r very iDgsnously man
g,d and tbs rGuAWys have not been recovered being,
doubtless, oo.csslsd in the vicinity BY CoPperhGad
/ freud5.
Two rsb prisoners released last week by taking
| the cath Of alleRilrcs.
P.oKIT FIRING AT MENPHIL
We copy the folIWing from the Cairo correspond.
ence Of the Philadelphia Inquirer:
There was considerable picket firing, says a CORES
| 1rdsat as Memphis the evening Of the z b. l.
appeared to be on the fernando road and caused by
The p-esercs Of que IiEs1 How many were there we
have 10 means Of knowing bu. thirteen, we'll mounted,
Eese met few mlss from the city by some hemphiAns
on their Wsy home from q country visit. This squad
made no IfJasiVe dsmonstrStioBs
TRcM MtsIsnPPI AND AIKLSsAs.
The Memphis Argus Of the h says:
We Ie,rn thai for soma time past several bands of
iuhalksrs evidently uaier nobodys orders, have
Stopping planters in Mississippi and Arkansas, along the
line o. the river, from ten 10 thirty miles below Mem
phS, pho bire Gotten toward the river or city
This species Of robbery Is pracicsd to considerable
eXent.
Tn, rebels are vigorously conscrptipg 10 the river
ciu ltiss o. Arkansas from Selma up, taking old and
yeu e. scarcely sgarg cripplel or iuVslds. Toe peo
ole are exercised abou. it, and many are tscR
| ping TO rs river.
ago aud have been brought to the city. They report
themselves thoroughly tired OF he var and think mat
.ers lock ceciJedly "bue" for the ConiedeIscy.
IHB LoxANcI OF WAR.
Tee Cairo correspondent of the Philadelphia, TnqaGs err
irdt It's tie foloKing biz If romance;
We learn from q gentleman l.tsly from Igarzl
I la that there ia bsii tried at that pace, by
court In7Ftsl young Cfiosr, attached az A6jusnt to
M YJ;k regiment, charged with attempting to be-
tray Li, men Into busclde and desert to the
nv. l. SEEMS that the unfortunate young nan became
euamOgei f young lady, the daughter OF wealthy
| family reading not far from the coat and that d.
srirg u make her his Sifr, &c proposed and was
cep on conditions ihAi ne would oetray his Command
p Con ederats orCe 20 &c conveniently smbushcd,
he dessrJiDg the enemy, w-o il 6a1 also stipulated,
| Wouli G We nj u ccmmssion in the Rebel service.
| IlalIll starred uoLens tho unfortunate man de-
graded himself and acc ped the proposition. He con-
seuted 20 the berayslo the comrade evan unto death,
With whom he bad ought, ard by whom he was regard
Cd AZ 40 LonOrabl aud brave soldier sni who Looked
@ him for tie faishlu dclsIga OF all the duties OF the
90 i;ion be hsd been plac d 10 by his Government
hSeordir ally, plans were laid, and ire commauder Of
The q. nfsdsrote forces near by c,mmulicI'ed vi D.
proper pre;e1t gwen, The day appocted tho whole
oree st Merga e ives N. rcLed up in search OF the
sLCmy Who, i: bad been assorted had been depreds-
tirg upon the nIghLo;rg plantations 10 degree do
ssr cave Of tho interests of the planters who were, by
the Ruerrl'as, inteId.s;ed from raising crop.
However, before they tai gone far in the way, the
/ Ooontl commanding, from the aWkwardnsss Of the
traitor fu pscing that all Ees not right, halted the
eoum,, and postiCg pckets securely Immediately com
ueucei an inv, stigatou which tuminated in the
ssion Of SeIg ant Of one Of The companies sho had
hear int,usted with tie secret by the Adj liant. The
O,onel the eupon marched his men bsk 60 quarter,
aud pscmJtlJ ord rad ur martial for the tAl of the
SER Who there ia iUle doub, will be convicted and
o. course shot II this does not smack Of the romance
e VA rOhing that have heard OF in the past four
wars can he 30 accounted The situation the time the
CD rleteIs ard the deed ATTEMPTED, prompted by love,
are Rbly tho most striking features CT tho
| oT6i-sry romance.
| INHALATION.
| TIE Bl.'lstE of the has the following:
f,u fold ers watering their horses in off river on
s Saturday, sncol we're attacked by guerTillas cor
eesed in the woods the opposite side, and three OF
| thtm wounded. A detachment was pushed (orV ard
bit falling 10 fad the my, returned. We learn from
"rIus Blue yir the other side that the gueTri-
Ias we're four ia number. They were seen to 90 to.
Wrl the river early in the afternoon, and return after
tie FRI HaI heard Residents Tecogn z'd IN m As be-
To- gnE 70 company Of thieves ard cu-throats led by
an inf mous tcoundr,l ranei G ,mres. Ole ia named
Hal. He Il 6eserter from tie ghth Io'a Il'antr!.
Another was reccg0iz d as one ID wis., resident oil
this county. veral weeks stree sderal soldier VIZ
killed by soma of this gipg. Information reaching
hfstu IutsTs Tuesday tai the gang was haIboTed
and hit s,me OF them lived in the aboVs vicinity, Il
Wss Crlee1 ec OF retaliation tina. the house there
be burned Accordingly deiscbmsn t of cavalry wac
seLt over the Afternoon. They nj 10 work with
will and 10 short time aid several houses in ruins Toe
seer Of the destruction was abcu. half mile from thI
river.
IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO.
F;om tn lA!es; papers received We.get late and i'm
pOrtapt news from n xco. Il appeIrs there has beer
ba.ls rear DurAnso in which the A'Iicsns had beer
defeated MaiAmOras had been occupied BY the FrerCh
The most important feature of the news, however, 1
the reported abdicaOn Of JuArI and the assassination
II N. uiuniian Hhla nannrk nnak ha faknn On tIuah