Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-10-10

THE SHELL That DlD,Sr BURST"

TIKI "6HhLL That DID hlAsl.
TheEe ia al siage To- altogether oF.notoH, accord
ing 20 the opinions en.ertared By very many coed
people hist .te devil protects hia OWL" Instances
every Row and thea oeour, perch nes BY accident,
which incline US to believe hat ther5 Is trs!h in -
AD-ooos; New York PaPeIs " Ihe s;sie that on
sunday lass a shell from reb.l battery gslE d G5ner
Al NeAdss boot leg, took piece nom ho TAI Ct GeneE
81 Humphreys horsa ard catered the ground bot"seu
Generals Ba-t.sss AID GrEil. Tle shell oil net 11
plOds.
Jus think vha. tlas SHELL il It lad been properly filed
and tGd proper fuse, might have done by timely e1
posion Frat it Woald have FglIed an.-Sls Nc. Aeso
VIC While possessing nsilhes toe dash Of Eaa' or toe
courage o. Llnnes, O1ly wants tie activity Of braia
and The expansion OF hear. combined WITH Above OF The
whole world and al Of coed spirits 10 make bin
q Charles LAMB. Par pa;en.hess, fdend who, igno-
ring he instincts Of good breeding and cardinal max
in Of Chesefsld, has been overlooking What We are
writing remarks that ks has bean severely "Lambed"
oasu enough BY Gen. La.
General Humphreys, OF whom little has been said
during the war pos5es5si more brain sld military c..
pacty than oil OF Grants corps of Generals combined
But having talked rabd secession arogni Washington
about the time Virginia seeded be is locked upoa with
suspeon BY tie Yankee authorities and CquentJ
kept in = subordinate position. How muoa Giant is
Indebted to the bran Of Humphrey ios plans and sug
gesons viii never DO cise ossd either by ss4Tal Cr-
ders or official reports 20 tie Yankee crotAr4g
Bartetts History written il the single sentence rs
daughter married Cuban R5yea'ufer, hsd gold we'd
ding, and, We believe, is separated from him. OF
GriHn. vo hnoH nothing. He il either a victim Of hs
Own obscury, or Of ignorance Of his anteoed1nEs
Living as far as know, be has done lie Souh little
harm, and hs death would have carried bu. it'll, Tee
70 the heart OF any Confederate.
We'll, toe shell didn'. do ia work, sad We have only
to say, as Gen. Early isTerossed have said Of some
Of rs caylry after tas battle Of Winchester if our
laboratory Dope dons DO bser 10 tbs future We vii
have them pus in the army"
oUR VICTORY AT sALTvILLE.
The lales, from the hgbt 81 shtylIe eonyince5 us
that Il vas one Of the eomplaes victoss yel gined
By Us in tha quarter. The hgbt commenced Oa Sun
day a. 10 o'clock on the farm OF Jajge S2nder on the
sllrylle and TszaWsn Pike, only mile and quarter
from toe Sal. Works ard continued until nighiiau.-
The enemy commenced their re.sea. abou. 10 O'Clock
A. night For most Of the Gay hs position Of the enemy
was such thA. artillery could no. DO uEsd- The Yar,
KEGS curing the day repeatedly charged position,
bst were as ef:en repalsed.
The sat,Io vas fought BY the Reserves from Snytho
pal lFrzasen Washington snd Scott oouaties, IN
ar cssnuand Of Colonel RO5sr. Il Smith; those from
Mo1igonery and Pulaski, commanded By Colonel Rob
I. Prsstoa and Col Joseph F. Ksut's battalion frou
Wythe and Carroll, aided b. the lO.h K,n.uoky, h'
5:hGeOEga and s;a Tennessee regiments TIE prinei-
pal 6Shug VAS DINE By the Reserves and the hsaVio
Iosy fsl upon them-Colonel Smith losing Is killed, o.
wounded and 81 missisg Oo!Oael Preston losing kile
a,d woundsd, and Ooloasl Ksas having killed an'
IS wounded, making = total OF Is K bed. II wounded
a nisling The regular regiments lot SO wounded
none killed.
ina msn detailed 70 bury the Yankce dead, baTie
1os ,A,tos and l57 negroes. Many blacks and white
stll remain unburisd. The LynOhburg Republican ss
fna.es the Yankee loss in killed alone at 800. Tb
Yankee Big. Gen Hansen, supposed 10 be a br'tee
of Gen. Roger Hanson, Is a. EuOFy and Henry hoePi
tai PRISONER, and Is thought to be m0Ftaay wounded
Fhs whole Yankee loss will exceed 1900. Our force
were oamuandod by Gen. A. Jackson. General
Breekiurdgs and Eshos also on the field after To
hsht had progressed for some time.
Al last accounts cavalry were n pursuit., ea2'ufp
prisoners and collecting discarded guns aud other sPo
Al RiehlAnds, 80 miles from slsyills, ruraor say
ths flying Yankee column was oVeFiaken, and 500 pr
ssasu sPtursd b. ~ TAIa assda OOnAWatila