Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-05-14
xo.I gao THE AMY o. NoRrHERN VIRGINIA

No.I ERo THE AMY NoRTHERN VIRGINIA
Nc .y!os, OF employee Of the Rcbm ond and Fred
eiekssu 2 R sd, left Hanover junction late Thurs
day nigs he p7rts thss Robert. E Les, Jr, son #
our Comnsrds r-il-Chief of she Army Of Northern
Vrgi.ia@ lived ere on the evening before he lef' T,
ana broust, hs mo cheering accounts from our army.
He vas aliO alOlHei BY PeOn entitled 20 the most
perfect credit vlo had oonversed With Gen. Lee On
Weda, jay, t5s: he regarded Graat as the worst
Whipps 6aae-al already, Of az the Yankees who have
engage 10 t,e "Oa to Redmond" enterprise. Two
soldiers whom Ne have s'Hos seen, who vers in the
6yb, Tues 81 event & oct far frcm SPosylvans Q.
are dy alluded TO in previous issus s,as that Is Wss
vsry disastrous 10 the enemy. They report the saugh-
ter Of The cLemy as more ,erif, than snything they
have witnessed sires the commencement of the var
The Yankee sod;e-s, they say, we're certainly rade
druok in order to fgdt more despsa'ey This agrees
w''a e. ..,gsau No pabish,d from Nay lugbte-,
o. Fc1eT,tb bug. At present prices in Richmond, it
Eor4 &C I 0uy authorities pretty Tourd sum TO oni-
ms,s our arly With Dutch eOuEge, especially II they
preferred sugar in thEm."
LAIKR EsON TEA AMY or N0RTHKRS yIEGINIA.
We lea,ued Jas; GIT that despatch had besn re-
ceyed from Gen Lee giving an account Of 6ght said
% lave eSe o between his forces aud those Of Grant,
near Seo.sylvaaia G. H, on Thursday, all inmsdis-
tsly went In search Of it. AT the War Department, we
celld find nobody Who hal seso it. and At Cen. Brsggs
headquarters they we're alike without it. At General
R,ls-u's wo happened 70 mset Esicr Kyle, Of ths
La - ID line, who brought The despatch in question
from mover Junction, where it vas received TO day
and &C. gssd It in person to the Presidect While he
was ~ TO give Us the contents, be gave Us tie news
from t., Army Of Northern Virginia, As be had heard
/. iron sources deemed b. him reliable. According
70 his information tio Yankees msde most determined
attack upon cur lines, in the aeighbOrhoOd fSpotyl
vania c. 4 On Tdu slsy-EWels Corps receiving
the first as lul p Tie beginning Of The engagement
they tcoz sons cf cue verbs, but were soon driven
back, and Eer gLele force routed with tremendous
slaughter IRE p,isoners we're many Of them very
drrrk. gtes ossin nan and officers, particularly the
later. sl1 syrY great. On cur eide the brave Major
Gen Ed 5Afd johnson, o. Chesterfield county Va, who
vas re-5srod fmous BY bis CALAMITY At the battle Of
Alezaory, vas killed. ne and the Yankee GenerAl
sigv Ok likewise reported kiei we're, before the var,
bosom r. ADS.
G.1. RISER had captured cOmmissary train Of 200
vagc7s con aiming valuable supplies. This will more
than compensate for our recent loss Of bacon at Beaver
DlE.
Gran men, Major Kyle learned, we're furnished with
twelve says raOns iron lac, Saturday. He could not
have s1pse.ei an essy road to Richmond.
We ere in quest of the despatch, referred to above,
up 70 sto hour las. night bu. were unable to &c.
copy Of Il. Weme sundsy representatives Of The press
on a similar erran5, and some Of them we're inclined
TO think mat il myth, but having the officer
who bTc0yst it, We are that it is in the city The
Industrious patrons OF the bulletin boards viii probably
sc. j. darrs she day.
GRANTS FORCE.
The Yankse pFi,olers in Lynehburg cay tha.
Gran. rad 100000 me1, and ira. Lee bad bet
but 300 L,t this 6o remembered, says the Virgin
iln vi "a they attribute their dsfea, and rOus 10
wheln reba numbers. They express great assOnish-
neat that Grant las not yet occupied Richmond.
he nay cone 70 Richmond after al, but be viii not
take Up BIS quarters either at the SPossWoOd or the
Bllo-d be viii prefer the LIBBY. Yankees in Rch-
mc-1 so- long time have regarded this faVore hotel
as Eass comfortable stopping place. Whas WiIiard's
year go TO them in Washington, the Libby s now
IA shs Co1ie3era;e Capital When the war is over,
Yankee drum neIs in search Of purchasers Of wooden
M msss ADD latent hen Persuaders, sooa they
land tsss sI Inquire for the porter 70 "the LIBBY"
Az W are Wr-iag a; O'clock, .Wsnsy. -four Yankees
and two gro 1trabands are passing our oicO, who
we're captured nee Ashland and on the AscAsnlcsVlo
road. NJ, rsOss have just followed; one Of them
barelooied sa1 another "tad come Oal Of his hst"-
More We lsl came IN BY ether routes. We are never
eated the Pon Of pgi9Onsrs because they have
good sPPs'isas.
NAHsEEs BRyaADE.
The Petersburg Express, Of l2h inst, contains
letter date fredericksburg Plank Road, sh inst, CIV
ing an ACCOUNT Of the par borne BY Aahone's brigade
in tho recent battles. The l2.h Yrgioia regiment,
forming n. Of this brigade, is made up chiefly Of
mpanies from Petersburg, ard the Richmond Grsys
belong 10 lhs same regiment Tho easuGliss in this
company, ~ reported by the "EApTessD correspondent,
we're Can; Robsr: Mayo, wounded; PriVaies Samuel
Clarke aghty in elboT, a,d Joseph Ship in the leg,
slightly We copy ths following extract from the let
ter Il iio tie depiOFable mIsehance, by which Ger.
Lsng.lr;s. = as wouaded, is explained
Andorsons Division did no, participate in the fyht
ing yesterday t had been left at Clarke Mountain,
ard dad not cols Qltny reach the scene OF action IN
III this mcrn1 about o'clock, after io-esd march #
sou.s q urlesn miles. We were mmed ately marched
mo no & bats in & body Of WOcds thekl grown
Wish small EGoj aud being soma two hundred yar3s in
the rear Of our line OF battle, laid quietly doWa
scr soma three hours subjso to no; Ere u minnes,
q. shs Yankees ovsIshot tRe line which Immediately
etEsging them and seversl men we're EOuad.d here
ktdsrgons D.vs6L ios the tine bsirg attsehed to
Lopgsree, and about IL o'clock tho line Of battle from
our Jc1t having been WthdraEn, charge ordered
70 h. a,de ~ three br CAD s. consisting Of two
Of LIZ -s,-eet's whose names / did not understand
ara o. osga5e, under the immediate command Of
Gsp. hasoae. Amidst the mos. terrible disadvantage
Of march in liae of battle through perfect wilder
ness Of bushes, the column advanced and on coming
nes- the Yankee lie charge ordered, s1d with
veil he trous advanced az double quick firing as they
RAJ. The Yankees stood their ground for only few
moments VIXEN they Fetrelt'd. But cur Line continued
70 advance and DID net halt until tho enemy had been
chased some three mss, when hedipg themselves too
far ran, snnor, tsey tel back short distance snd in
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