Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-10-19
THE NEWS.
THE SITUATION.

THE SITUATION.
Tar several days past, the military situation on the
No,bsnd sou.k.sides Of the James has furnished moth
p uuou which an early battle could be predicated In
f,c, bu, for the congregation Of armed men elsd IL
blue and gray, ornRuented with braid ana buttons
little has really occurred inconsistent with the reign
of that long for period when the lion to lie down
.ih the lamb, and none 70 be made afraid. This has
not been owing however, to the weather. as octcberi
lavish with bright dAys just such as would invite Grant
- u.le 4 forward movement, if he were only strong
snouRh o rua the risk without endangering the Pfes-
Denial prospects of his master. st
In the Valley while We have been following the track
Of sasridan which Ia marked by the smoking remains
OF barns and Wha once golden grain riCfs, the
substantial fruit Of recent successes We are inclined
70 think have been oVsresmaed by oVef sAnguine pas
,s Vsrs THERE'S no doubt, however, that Early has
ne better OF the campaign in military aspect and thai
Sheridan until largely reinforced must act on the de-
f,DsiVe Many persons direct from the Valley are oil
the opinion that he designs. retfeatug to Alexandria
f,om which pOint he will embark via the Potomac to
,;, forcs Grant This OF courte is mere speculation
M. week at Arthest will give clue to his future
| intI nsions.
la,sy cheering aud verfes what We predicted seVettl
DAYS ago. Toe gallant Texan instead Of falling b. OK
has advanced beyond Dalton where Johnston quartz red
his amy last winter, and has not countermanded tie
magic o. der forward" which, on The occasi of the
PresaOn visit 10 bis army, when called out he modest
" said, he lOnged to give them.
F,om Hisso, r, even through Northern channels, We
cara taat Price is having thiDgs pretty much his own
xay and that her people long oppressed by the iron
bssl of Yankee dtsroism, have at last an opportunity
IN ssssrt their manhood and Vndcate their right to self
government
Hmm the soil Of Texas there Is not no Yankee in
AIMS, and some tf the Yankee jour els clAmorous
for the surrender of Arkansas TO the Conf derates in
order TO save Missouri How that will 60 Il
aba to undOrs and. From Mobile and tie res Of Gen.
rayl9rs district cur latest adVces report ali ca It.
FROM EAST rESEEssEE.
Breckepridze seems to iniuse energy and con-
sdsnee whsrevtr he goes, and he s fortunate in
having under him Brigadisr with the dash and 60
sb,sdlvsness of Vaughn. The following despatch,
osved at the War Department. last night, shows that
his subalnrns ar, no. idle:
HE1oUAR1ERs ARMY NoafHERS VIRsNTA
October Is.
General Breckenridge repOrts that Lieut. Hayes Of
Taughan's command with twenty. men, attacked &c.
sc party CT thirty of the enemy. north Of Beans sa-
lion, Killing and capturing ell but three.
Ca the II b, Lieut. HlyndJ, Of same command, at
lacked the enemy at Messy Creek, nsa, Strawberry
Paius, killing thirteen aud taking number of prison.
er5.
These young tficars deserve much credit for their
courage and good conduct K =. LIE. {.
MosBYS MOVEMENTS.
We have nothing further through Confederate sour
eey Of MosbJ's movements at the time of wrtng-but
tie Washington Chronicle Of the Is b which has Just
como hand says that there rumor al 'at on the
is that he had made raid PoolesVille robbed the
s.ores and citizens and burned the town.
TIE GEORGIA MILITIA
The thirty days iurlOugh granted the Giorgia Militia
for special purposes having expired they are ordered
10 rendezvous at at Macon and, the Augusta Cro
niels thinks, will DO sent at once to the front.
Many Of them have already arrived at the appointed
place Of rend, EJous.
General Hood expressed himself much pleased with
their conduct before they we're farlOughsd, and We
d.ubt not they will add new ursls to tbOse they have
al eady wOD No new troops ever behaved better in tie
Geld than the Georgia Militia
A Military Court Of Inquiry ism session In hiedse-
villa nVsstitA,ing the ctargs of forged frrlOushs.
CHEAP AS DIRT.
In locking over tie advertisements Of the last
Philadelphia Inquirer received We notice, under ia.
ming head of d;ePlay type that Miss Msjor Pauline
CushmaD (shs emals Union spy and tcOut) relate, or
adventures in Dixie every night at the Assembly 1id-
iugs Ia addition, for the small ,um Of twenty Eve
cents each of the audiences have the privilege of
looking through "a grand stsreop.icor" What great
oversight that they can't aso have their hes Is felt and
get glass of a'e free Of extra charge.
NORTH CAROLINA RoYB.
The Junior North Carolina Reserves at Weldon, have
rendered their services 10 the Secretary Of War or SER
vice in Virginia, shOuId the emergency require their
aid.
BRIG. GEN. CAsELL.
The Dluvillo Iys) appeal Iegrss to learn that
among the cfeers killed in the late engagement ct Pc
10. Knob, Missouri, was Bhgsdlsr General LAWS oAbe