Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-06-02
TIE NEWS
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re Lees army s. rapid and distino: it that we
Nee reminded o: The g,eai aud sventiul attack of the
~You1g NIpo'eoa" on Richmond, Two years sgO. To
,andid we thought the decisive struggle had actually
,p,aed and at cur issue Of Ss morning would ust sr
the dding5 Of another grta; vistSsy of Gen. Lee
ever Grant Before ten o'clock the intensity Of artl
Try fling diminished aai Afterwards it altogether
a5ed. The cessA;5r, however gave a zsst 10 rumors,
end "eso We 10 eOums a-e IL &c hea 4 cur eolamn
oUld contain them. Scms seeEsd probable and il
hay turo Gu; hey sric.ly True, at least near
Tough 50 fer Sar-ia p f 10 W, viii give them below
We ascent. red lSser isOm a C, though not o :
tel, when dsel hab.e, ia; portion OF Ger e1-
tisms rg-t gagged tie eaemy On their Irons AZ an
,.rly hour We erda., and, Lit.r brisk fgh' turned
heir aAnk. J SO, this vii prevent the eaCmy nom
reaching the WHIT Hsu-e,' the point they w.
eLty making for, unless ghey 0sos .le Psmlnke5 and
20 throrgi K g.. W T.r. That the Wiz. Il 50 Is 10
Ls .l,ue -asO u LEX supplies there seems u0s u
lie reasonable doubt Al The lett 2. iou d'on Tie per-
On Of the New Yosk VOLTS u-iortulaie correspond
,ut ia - Determined uson In the absence Of
Yankee ,ss.mUy the intreLce hAt such wouli be the
case 10 ,hOse sAo un ess and the geography Of the
country, Wou4 be q4ie natural
Speaking OF tIeir a1. pl;.d b.ss OF supplies, while
At Hanover JJuoiol, tie u Of MAJ, correspond
the Nss YOlk T. bius sa:ei th.I Grant in,eod-
I'd 70 make Pot Royal Caroline county, on the Rap
pahA1nock Iiyer y us by land east Of Frederirks-
burg, their poraIy base Of supplies. IA ooLh.mA-
len Of this arrangement tue Trba-e OF the % says:
''The li,ary COmmissi.n IS loading steamer at Bal
more with their Slmlyl.al stores Tor Por. Roysl
Grants new tsse Of operations"
Tais to be their poray base because nearer BY
forty mills to tae nou.h Of the RAPpahannock than
frsteEeksba g, and OIL distan; from HA,has' Point
On the PJ.on river, s50u. nine miles Having now
moved from H-ncVsf Juo iOn they arg eEde .vorL TO
their fo ees on tle Peninsula and lOim cticn
via Buts nee tue Wti.e HJusc and noe Port Royal
VIII b., t. US tie term G. ne T.iouuss correspondent
heir temporary Ease Of supplies. ave rather eAeu-
is,e,' 70 Osr.-w YA.-,e expression, that it viii be
"tCnpoEary
A. halt PAL 81 Oel,Ck, yesterday evening, met
a prominent etzea u tie ueigaOoAloOd Of Gaines
bill lie sad .Ler0 had b ca 6ghdpg all tie morning
etseon cur oIes5 AID IL Yankees, iron The Nil" 10
Cold Ii Zoos. lie oil X = Est We had d.iVen them
back He 81. ed that ie s.a IS across ITO Chickl.
lominy, tey,cd our La-s, al4eI 20 believed to 6e
building nred by tie e.emy. Toey hAd previously
turned Tie dstIilgo. W.sllug ,ou J-u5s, the dEsl
snd ali The OFT houses u SpO. gon, and tie NIL OF
Wa. Glmln, ioTu-eily q Caroline county. A humber
If Ide Ci.E.a in thc upper PIE OF nc county OF Han.
over, he II-rs ID, Ia tcsu arrested.
We unde,s "a, .Las in the sAirmi hing yesterday NO
COX seventy Sago and over tarse huodred prisoners.
The Latte. hive eli god apge.r,s AID Wefe t1peetd
10 a.,Vs Z; h1sl Dc Lib5y last GIT before our -
Ter sen. 10 Ies7.
1. F-5 SO Ell by rsos WSo clIe dOsn by The
Frs-'r,e. Ol 8 ..-ia from Hgoguy Station, tlas tle
u yel Ia -.sg raid On Ashland and burn, it. THIS
a;4 q o.; x, az tie houses Of tbs beiuafui
village are'v T. flr apart. We only give lie rumCr se
al it,m Of Circulating ness-and hope ana are inclined
/ believe q a. il is vi hopt foundation
cAUhut5 IN TaE rIsHF rEsrERDlr.
We rsgTe: to iyl,a tl4. Il, gallant Lieut. Colonel
E51snoy Of Greeas Virginia Cavalry Reg msnt, son of
Ttonis S + Ozrloy, o. Halifax, was killed yesterday
Wall bia5sly dong his whole duly. Seldom has Vir-
gina oFsed lP l5lsr sacrifice in IA, cause Of SJuih.
ern iGds2sl knee. d. WAS worthy son OF noble
sire.
O.l1asl IAsren', n. Ksi.t, Of S3a.i Carolina, com
ma lCil south CLsona regiment, also Onnded.
De vas for erly member Of the eli Congress. AID
belonged 20 hat regarded ths e1ir ,hisal-y
Of tie SD We fave no Drawer fH,eF in the service.
a YANKEE BATTERY AND A STAND CT coLoRs cAPfuRED
W. leaiu,d .ast night through courier jus, from
the froat, thits porsol Of Hok-s divisOa, engaged
yes.erd.y captured a complete Yltkse battery, and in
the sans i-rse tlos O L nd o. Yankee colors.
Ashland We certainly occupied yesterday mOrning I've
Wsrs rdsby i formed late last night by Yankee
force o. Try infantry aud ARTILLERY, mostly legrOsF.
They cam isOu towards Port Royal Tue rImOr hat
Ell 4
e: a late Lo-r.
TH1 RICHMOND HOSPITALS,
Oar b-avs " men here, who ready 10 20 ter
pus ia The pprOAo-irg ruggs iOc the defence of the
Capital vii be grat6sd TO read the tcl Osicg e1,raot
from an address 10 the ladies Of Atlanta Ga, oy Ms
a. T Jo es, P.e-i,ert Of S Philip Hospital ard So
esty. F. en- if The eliny reaches the Gaze CITY"
and Ne a. uo anticipate any such esnlingerey, she
rs oUr b.aye soli strzning every nerve 70 win
their on q or iaispeniere', end 50 must We lend
al our sl,rgiea TO he Of attending those who re-
Quire it A few Of Us have determined to remain in
tue city IS long a, there Confederate solder to care
for; al We appeal u You al !ay aside your fears,
forge cur pane, dismiss al thoughts Of running,
and il Us il this noble vOrb; aad when our liberty il
estAtI. sdS ou then can clam your share Of its
wasds.
Whis no Yankee viii ever reach Richmond rave as
prison r, let Gu: women, like those Of Adsnsl, be
equally Ge.eim ned aud see that no wounded COaiede-
,r,te, LoEev,r humble, sal lax Woman's nursing or
Woma1 prayers
FRoX JOHNsTOS's AMY.
The Montgomery Advertiser publishes the following
despa.c
ALTOONA, Nay "A, 1854
Mr.. g RAID:
D ar ir-Pelse give nOi,s thatI have been or
dsred Ok to Ne Mountain, b. General Johnson, With
nv rrs ce as wall be notice 70 absentees, and 0eige
Your friend.
JAS II. CLLNIoN
PS This srmy is IL 6ue spirits, and en- Johnston
master Il e poalLcn here. "