Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-08-17

at this time is rather il an unqust state. The town is
full of refugees from Virginia, ard, as consequence
the hotels doing an extra good business In the as
lance, towards Aarinsburg, We hear the booming OF
cannon and Judge that heavy battle Is being fought
this side Of Winchester.
Yesterday ct noon the rebels withdrew their plcksts
from Fol ng Water and last night retlsed out of D. ar
tin burg to point miles distant towards Winches-
| ter, where they bvouscksd during the night.
| Among the refugees FROM Virginia here Is the pro-
pris'or Of the Uu.ted SatOa Hotel at MSrtinsburg.
Tbe canal at this point has been much destroyed tho
locks broken and the bank cut As consequence the
canal lie s quite dry, and s b. ats lie on the
bare 81 Jund load d, in the middle Of the bed
IoorrsSpOndsncs New York Trbunsl
HARPERs FeRRr August TO- 1854.
The Shenandoah Valley il Jain the soone of active
of, DsVe opCrltlOus THIS tins on such scale as gives
| promise of thorough w5rk. a largo force, both Of
cavalry and inaaFy commanded BY General Sheridan,
ara this A. H. en- route for BeFyvills AID Winchester
Il is useless 10 speculate what viii soon oe matter
OF certainty but tee present position and strength oil The
enemy gives no assurance hlt We canro advance far
without precipistlng battle Yes great title may
have been oagh Winchester fore thu aches you
tnos 10 5peculae on possibilities III forces engegedin
ills present movement SUCH that the coming cam
"a On in the Shenandoah Valley will exceed in magnitud1
aud importance any OF the many which have hitherto
| been made l. 10 even stated with some confidence
bat GeIe Lee is himself at preeent IN winchester
having lsfs the Notifications Of Petersburg sad Rich
| uond under the command Of General BeauFegsrd.
LSnsstreo is also fad 10 be in the Valley in front oil
| U.s. Time or g battle, will alone develop the real
strsng IA OF the enemy for repcr.s are 80 condogAg
! AID trustworthy information 50 hard to ob,an IL
section whore spies and scouts arc often in league Win
the enemy aud the natives give no inormshon except
| tbst which ii followed would lead to mischief. But
shatnVer their num0ers, there is strength enough op
| posed 10 them thi5 time to make short work II this
troublesome Valley of Yrginia-this Valley OF humli-
| at:ou.
Clvalry are leading the advance shelling the Woods
| as lhey go. We shall hear more soon.
THI PETERSBURG COURT OF INQUIRY.
From persons arriving from City Point We learn tha'
| tie Court of Inquiry, Of which General Hancock is
President sppciul5d investlgae the fec and cir
cumstanoes attending the Fecsn unsuccessful assault on
the enemyd position in front of Petersburg, convened
az the heatq laIiors OF the Second corps on Monday
~ jos General Meade, commanding the Army OF the
PctomaC being he frat Witneas called gave his test-
mony, presenting the preliminary correspondence DO
tween himsalf and the Lieutenant General, aud all the
orders Esusd from the hea6q arters of the y con
corning the assault The documentary evidence wac
accompanied by verOsl explanations, and oil designed
TO show that in far mskrg arrangements Tor car
ring out the Viess Of the Lieutenant General antiei-
pAtng the obstacles to be encountered and giving IN
suuOiiOns how to them, together with pro-
mulFG:ng all orders necessary TO insure the enlr
tess OF the undertaking concerned, he, sc Major
General commanding the army did all thai oorld DC
done BY bin, and shat be cannot ba held responsible
| for It's unhappy termination.
ersbls portion OF the session devoted to reading
and arranging the voluminOus documentary evidence
AID vesb, ties imony presented on the preVit day
Touching QUESTION Whch arose as 70 whether the in
VssGga0n 0uld extend to matters which tTanspred
after two P NJ, Jaly 80, when our troops With
drawn from the crater the dmoshed fort, the court
decided that in the orer OF ,hs President they we're In.
stuced to irq lire into ell the facts and circumstances
attending the unsuccessful assaul: the enemys posi-
| ton on the S0th.
| THE wEsr.
despatch from Memphis of the oh, ssys:
"GeueIal vi,hs expedition Is well cut. ia desti-
notion ia unknown. Major General sloCum has been
relieved at VckbuTg, ordered to report to General
Sherman. The district of Vcksburg has been signed
20 General Washburn, who controls the river fom
Cairo The report from the Calf Department s that all
is quiet there and on tfo White river The rebels in
te spp Department trying to cross the
Mississippi. Cereal Dick Taylor Is at Meridian, and
commands in place Of General g. D. Ice, who ia
| Atlanta,
VISIT cF TuE LEGISLATURE TO CHINBERsBURG
| CHANBERsBUTG Aug. 1.-THE Senators aud Repre-.
sentatv s. led By the President OF the Gum
hersBd Valley RlrOad aud several other persona, left
rr sbuTg at o'clock this morning, and arrived here
At hslf-past TO- in special tfain view the ruirs.
Upon arriving hsro the visitors taken in charge
by a committee Of citizsns and escorted through the
burned districts Toe never be properly de-
scribed Four tqlares in either direction, private
houses and stores have been thrown into one blsck
| ruin.
The order Of the Invaders had been to spare church
es and Of these destroyed, excspt thOse in
close proximity to residences. tho lacs that Caho
lo church jolned the Depot the means Of saving
| tbs later structure.
The losses o. the Cumberland Valley Railroad, since
the beginning OF tie var have blen hundred aud
twenty-five thousand dollars. The total loss TO Cham
bersbuIg will roach three million dol ars by actual
| O,unt.
The records Of the courts we're nearly ali preserved
and are now being arranged in q new euucmrs.
Toe people of ChAmb.rsburg are nos returning and
ccrnnencirg 70 rebuild hec dSell All well sop.
| piled with ths necesssries lie.
GUERILLA DsPaEDArIOSs IN KENTUCKY.
LouIsvILLF, Aug. l2-siIty eUorilas passed through
G ahamloWn on "Wednesday, pursued by ihr y Federal
CAIRO, August IL The rebels under Col Outlaw,
dashed Hickman KY, yesterday, and burned al the
cotton and tobacco there aud committed other depre-
! dltions.
Gen DObbino is still raidBg on the southern planters
| in the vicinity Of Helena, Arkansas.
! Guerlss are reported to be troublesome along the
| Kentucky shore OF tho Ohio river.
! LOUISVILLE, August l2-Sado; Q, on the Cumberland
Flye Twelve miles sbOse Snlt ;kl1od was attacked By
200 Icbsl cavalry SUNDAY morning, but they we're
rcpal With loss Of six killed aud twenty vopnled.
A thousand guerfiilss reported in UaiOn county,
Ky, Goiet Colonel Johneon. Also large number 10
soc western part OF the Sste the Tennessee line
| General Pine gone thither 20 ciosn them out
General P has LEVIED a tax OF 81 &c on each bale OF
oG-,oa snd % per cent. ad valolem on each hid OF
tobacco beoasug to dsloyal m,n, for the benefit of
the families Of robbed and murdered Union men. /. ia
s4p,e,ed this tax will yield 100000 in s.1 months
oAP1uRIRG A COUNTY NETTING.
WASHINGTON, August IL The Navy Department has
information OF the of expedition sent from
on beaTd the United States aloop of TatOga, ly
ing IA D1boy Sound ., for the purpose OF capturing
the male inhabitants OF hcI1tcsn county Ga who we're
ordered to meet the Sd day Of August the court
houss Of the county, for tho purpose OF forming them
selves into coast guard.
Al engaged la the meeting Were captured, and the
summary OF what the expedition accomplished toe
capture Of % prisoners % horses ard buggiea, two