Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-12-17

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UtsrsusOn COHis gives the toilSSiDg report Of the
AIR: -.
Trha apsnny on F.fsay sftsFRoeR made an attack on
our rss Of OooaAuA chic. and were sgain badly re-
pul,ed. The tsht took phc9 between The I'll hony
trrs'Is -ork and the 0oOsAvhalehie bridge. fse
heaviest 6ghsrg vas between The eDemys troops con-
ai,tlnR OF hr gads OF infantry and artillery, esnmated
AZ about three thousand BY General Hatch,
aud The Georgia troops uHd The command OF General
l. y. q rtrei, on our right resting on rihnnny ofesS'
AIMe uots concur In stating that The 6sht vas hoty
cont Alsd. The mlskstry ncing VAS te,IiaeL Our
oTea sas estimated at DOT over nine hu dfed, coa
sis,ii OF dotsohmA- u Ct the and 47.h 6sorgla,
ADD me lst ard Sd g OIEis Reserves.
SEitmishlng osmussLcsd early 10 ina morning and
vas kept up al more os less Sisor unih O'CLOCK IN
the afl, raOon when the ems agtment become general
Tae enemy aGn mptsd gain possession OF the Til
INV Cut and trssls work Important position 'm-
m,ndiI 2 the hue OF railroad TO OOosaWhstchs. Our
troops on tue enemy issAppr1sch, gave e.eef, aud
bslors they could come up charged them With great
Il al Aatry The fight lasted about tGo hours and =
af the sns NY being huhlly driven back 20 their In
tr, nehnsnts. The ensmysl IS is sad 70 have betn
| ..,v hasvy while ours vail not exceed one hundred
4 la ard wounded. G5LerAl GAsusll WAs painfully
soupded BY fragment Ut shal 10 the arm and eide.
O,pIAn Sas tasd brave and gallant OHcsf OF ihs ~
t3seFRis wss kill.d on The helf Oapishs HsaIthrtt
md Wocd. of .t Georgia reserves, we're sounded.
Tho R,seIYss have received the highest 81 NUNS
aF n AR dstD RuisLi bFsVsTy The ctlsr BEARER OF
| ihs / Il deorgia hsVu been HCuhdtd, henteosnf,
81 oss nsme could not Lear, took hSld and Iushf
Tor gard, Vas Killed within tairy yaraaOf the eOe~Js
he at battle. -
G,am ptisor srs taken 10 this fg {, ss well as from
sems OF cur ONn men who Ntre Osp.tSed and sitsr'
ssrds pc learn that ths ehsmy esim ate their
o. N last IL uisday ebgs Cement at 6st~een seven
and eight Luhdred allied aud wounded Oar loss In
lhis soslon was seven killed SDd nay SooIdsc.
The slemy lave tvsohaied BoyGs Lsndhng, and &c
,hI,bsd hs,r base al lees Ures iIt M which there
h airsc T, Ad 10 the OOossWaaiGbe railroad be dgs
Their RunboAls in Bee i creek command tie battery
in their present position ear tie limo oil railroad
despatch from hsjoI General jones' received last eve
nug, reports al quiIt q OoesAHhAehle and n JtAl-
60.
PRoA EISsIssIPPI-rHE ENESY GROSS TIE YAzOo AND
ARE ROUTED,
On the Rrst tshgram iroh B'ntoD, via Canton,
v.s received by the Meridian C2sPiOn, which st. sd
the snsmy having crosse the river the night before
we're diminishing With our pieksls on the morning OF
the According TO inform Ition reoSiScd through
negro, rho had escaped IRON than, the YANKEES
designed permanently eecopyI Woo City.
Ca che 81, dsspa:eh was Itesiv, from Dover,
YsE1o etudy, BY the same Journal
Tue 6git yes e'day was AG Concord Church, on the
Y,uSo City and VIcksbuIg road. The Yankee force
IS IaO regiaen,s.
They wore com .,Is:elJ rou;sd- TWsnty-sbrsa pris
ou,Is we're Aptarsd, including Li'u!eraSt..
They carried away most OF their wounded
Thar entire los, lie between 20 and 100. Our loss
one killtd and six wounded.
A large quantity Of Grms and equipments ard sew
sral horses we're captured.
IRON The SOUTH SIDE
With ths sxc pslOn Of the little eaLnonsdn7 which
occurred on our right On Tuesday everything Las been
quiet on Tie SOuthsids eli o. our last re-
port. ....
From ths Rrpsss Of yesterday We learn that the en-
smv has very large foics south OF The ApparnAttoI
noW-smountiDg TO nesily four corps, independent Of
hi. oay.lry-but the IOAds s's too bad 10 it. The
s,h and NiLth corps are the fiOa ard the Second
and FIJI coil in reserve. The latter rps eomprses
,se trccps who took tie recent tramp to lIhli and
aimee their 70 arrival camp. they are 6tOny to be
seld as restrvsa A gentleman who saw them on the
rsurp t.p says theJ presented dtpOrabls spectacle
Their clothes we're soitd Wi;h mad aud water, their
FEET half irt Esn aud iheir faces red from dink Tler
march vas ire ular aud disordered but rapid il
s.ui be uuder te circumstances; for they showed
dent fear Of the OjnIedsrA:ss who we're in plrsu.
hey we're in 70 condition Irng the reIHat to fight
aud hem did not eH battle, though they lag y ou'
numbered the pursueTs.
P.om tho iams urnA We learn that since the cap:
us of General Pryor al iutsIo1 whatever betWssn
DO opposing p'ctsls tbese lines have been stopped
y per- mptorJ orders iron The military authorities On
o sides.
THE EOLDIEks Observation-Disclosures STILL AHEAD.
The Whining o. "JJurnal OF the lSh teinoW-
sfg.s the blowing Gddi.ions Contributions for the
J adisrs' christmas Dirnsr:
Nal ). .-...... OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Sio