Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-09-13
1RE NkRS.
IHE SITUATION BELoW-DUIOH eAP-TaI NV W4TOH
foNER.

TAX sIFUAIIoN BELoW-DUIoH GAP-TaH EEN W4TOH
ToWEE.
We made reconnaissance yesterday, as military
PaOps say to gain something from observation Of the
condition OF hiogs below. o. arriving at osbOTue's
reach just abreast OF the pt Of Dutch Gap through
Which the Yauks.= are cutting the BudeE-,aDal, We
found our peks,s separated Il the Yankee pickets
ou by The river, Which, at that point Il about Two
hundred yards in width. We found that on the lower
sde lhs ground low and sWsnpy, while the bluff
tbs opposite aide reaches considerable elevation. This
sill eOpseque, ely, give the Yankees, In cutting the
canal splendid ded for the display Of the indOmitabs
energy Which Ihsr rdmirers claim for them. We felt
yohsh when We behGli the Yankee pokeis, principally
genuine negroes clad In foil Uniform, AID carrying
U1lted Sta.ss muskets moving with q staggering non
chSlAnos frOm point to point along the river bank
Their white comrades were, 40 d0ub composed Of tie
debris Of Ireland the SSusbisus and Hessans of Ger
many the LazTuOni OF Italy and the very sOum of the
res. Of Europe. Ca our aide, matched man tor man
with these creatures. Nsre boys born of Southern
mothers, and from Infancy indOctInated with prDc-
plss calculated 20 dt them for oi;izNns o. free Con-
isderscy. 1t seemed TO u.s. very much, as if we're
playing spanish dOublOOus against English fartbing4-
and up to q isE days ago we're more communicative
than conclusive to military discipline This Olused
an order on Saturday Prohibiting conversation the
exchange OF papers.
Before communication ceased between the picke's, 8
Yankee told one of cor soldiers that they Intended 10
elect Mcclellan President end they would then come
We. a1d shake hAad, and qai,.
Toe Yanases have thrown up earthWOrks EloGg the
marrow part Of the Du eh Gap but cid not any
guns in position. Il may De that they intend usipg Oy
field pi,e's, perhaps that the works designed
Is protection for infantry Ia the event tha. tie Con-
ederAtes sttenP iner, rance With their canal Ops
rAiODL
The great event OF last week the completion Of
he new Yankee Wssch-IoSeI, Which, well could
Judge at the distance of miS-And-a-ha, is at least
szo hundred feet high rising above the I'D lOt kou,
ana The tale usghbOrug iorCs: trees as prominently
the ghast OF our eauIch seeples does above tie
ordinary baldings which surround it. Il resembles In
q frame work huge bridge pier, and tspers gradually
from base 70 APEX Ga the top in pCuous position
% comfortable looking observatory, large enCugn to
.eccmuods,s bachelor lOdger. We e.uld distinctly
zee, without tie aid OF glass, a sounding the
adder By which the observatory is reached. T. no
doubt WIKI the strong telescopes WhcS the Yankees
posses, commands hor am which ncli es both the
long coveted a les Of c1moDd and Petersburg T.
setting up there With glass IN hand aud copy OF
UampbelPs Pleasures OF Hops With the lnes-DstaDce
leads sneAGNtHsH TO the vjsv &C., marked gives Ulysses
Or the Beast & morsel of consolation Il would be
luehrisan In anybody to wish them deprived OF it,
We have only 10 remind them, however, that Richmond
may be seen but captured By high towers or sire
telescopes.
As We came up the iiVsr Ve.hAd conversation with
Ysnkeedeserter ore Of The Issue, who only arrived
At Old Point on Monday last, and deserted before
iaedins the regiment 20 which he had been assigned
Dc said that the press aud politicians had convinced
he greater portion Of Ehs people Of the North that the
south Is bordering Gu starvation aud that great deal
Of discomfort sVals 10 army, and that he himself
st astonb h4d S1sl be gos into our iusq to 6nd
men so well ted and clad. About that time Second
Il ,utsnAnt approached the point as which We
we're standing, magn1csntly attred in q nav suit OF
gray, and Wben informed Whs. his rank he
able 10 disguise his establishment that subal,eFn
could ord to don uniform, that be had been led 10
believe WAS beyond the reach Of the means of fu
Confederate General, unless he haPpaned TO be a mil
ionsiEe.
FaoN NORTH aRoRsIA-IHE IvAOUATIOE CT ATLANTA.
The Augusta OoaSttTtiOndIist says, "as the smoke
,sars away We see he sso. of the eKpOs on, and as
iay drsg1 slowly sftsr day the disaster at Atlanta be-
,ornea 81 and lees irreParsble.
Little by little the hiieous stories Of loss and de-
NORA t on OWN dls gay from their fret overshAdoE-
pV magnitude to the sCandsr proportions Of truth.
Pbs loss OF four thousand has turned out be only
msagys fifteen huldred--6teen hundred too many G9d
SHOWS, bu, still only fifteen hundred. The scores Of
sqe pieces deserted have resolved themselves into
fourteen of the least sviossbls heavy guns the hun
J-sd, Of engines and cars destroyed stAnd in official
su as seven Of the former and four odd Of the
and tse nI ueFable deBoraEzsd deserteEs fade
.v 20 tbs contemplate reality Of few militia who,
liza gosputs courtier OAnno. abide these vile guns
Au,n,s Il gone, to be suse but this Co1fedsr o. ia
no aOu of cards 20 tOpps At single blow. It's fall
Is no, neCessalJ that IS Augusta, nor that IN turn o
ssO,uis, nor that sg Of this whole great cOuoy in
to one common ru1 The Cisy, and State, and Cavern
mens are no. IKE 50 many bricks ses up aAof row,
where the faI Of tho s;st brings down all the bal
an@
less Of e1e position, &c It ever 30 5troag, is rO
our death blow, nor yss reduced ths. any
fifteen hundred Ossusdsssan leave utterly without
deienOs,
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