Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-10-21
TEE NEWS.
nrrrH GAP CANAL.


R,,ar has whou, DOUBT his troubles IN cutting biz
miniature canal across the Dutch Gap IIthmus-not the
lss, Of which il the constant bOnhardmeGt from cur
b.,teres, which keeps hs digger instead of digging
continual, do3girg or QlA,tiOg. P:ompSd By hered-
tary Yaakee euunI &, he has a. las Devised pan Oy
-bieb 10 step our uurdsrou5 f,o, by Phcng such OF
the Virginia reserves he capture IN tho uo's tx
posed psr OF his canal thinkDg that this s1pteieni
viii Il dase our Government, Gu. Of sheer eommserL-
too for their cendtOn, TO cease for the future their
bombriuert Of the GAP.
Mr.. MeCrae, one OF the local defsrcs troops, who,
With Mr.. Henley, wandered in the Yankee lines before
they knew il came up last ngst On parole, We learn, 10
sc, some arrangement BY Wh CD the captured reserves
NAV be released from their perlJu5 position Mr. Aer-
lev vas slil a. work on the canal
An o6See rho reached the ely this morning rom the
peivbborSOcd of ca Is informs us that there Wss
very hsavy bombndmsnt of "lhe Gap" by our bate
RES last night, which lasted several hours
FROM CHARLESTON.
A transport With a regiment Of tTcops lsft Norris
islaad Fsidsy forenoon and sailed North.
There waIno change OF note in the a'st.
MILITARY CHANGE IN FLORIDA.
General Jehn X. JAoksOn ID a. pretsni in Savannah
Hs has been relieved non Bis command IN foiida Sne
ordered 70 report to Lieut. neral Hlrdee for duty
H,is succeeded BY General WIN. Miller, Of orids, who
has been recently prcmO:sd to the tise OF Bdgac q
6e,eraL
oTopeTl-IHE MovEuExrs OF OUR WESTERN ARMY
We are Indebted 70 the correspondents OF the M'nt-
R,msry Nail who wires from the 'front.' for interest
log iu.sllgeros with regard to tie movements of 0ui
army in North Georgia b says: Rome vas no
captured but merely occupied fer the ensmy had re
tired.
Tbs ALTOONA affair iransp;rad On the All. II W,s
oondue,ei by GensrsI EreteA. Tbs division Of TIA
cfcsr formipR the LETT wing Of SeSAsts coTpe, ar
pced f,rhess north in the advances upoa the railroad
was ordered forssrd on tour OF observation. u
reaching the vicinity OF ALTOONA, inirsnchnerts WeI'
discovered aud clrssd With suoh thai the recon
noksAncS was olnlihu d. A. evirIpons OF deene'
t1eIelsancs gb and at length our troops reached
t4s depot with a comparatively small loss. Here
council of var was held T. deotced to attack the hills
which rise about half nile you'd, and in which thu
enemy was supposed to have fortified himsSR. In thu
assault Viii h followed oar c1uates were more nu-
marcus than before, and We were forced 10 retire.
va, now nearly night and there being no reinforce
sp,s a. hand tbs nel were contracted to the lefs o
the corps.
In this reconnaissance in force We lost only one hun
drsd and foTtyn The gallAnlry Of the troop
1, highly con amended b. General Hood. The report
second astrek and capture Of the works BY the sntr
earns combined is slAe Of the Press Sgen. at Nsn
nan. Who relied upon GnfcuIdsl and exaggerated RI
mort
A SOLDIERS EHINArE OF BIS AoFHERs PRAYERS.
Yesur1Ay, 1hiIe in seAscn OF var items, iriSn
cAlsd our attsn.isn TO young man OF nae lace AZ
70 m, cad in a modest cavalry Uniform, TenarkirE
'hsre l. one of the bragsss fellows thai ever mOunse
horse or welded q sabre" Two heurs bad soAreel
elapsed before We found OurseR Sgan near group I
which be YES one, and, without sAVssdroPpiSg va
criminal Infant Vs were he HS,snsr 70 discussion