Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-11-01
THE Ne WIS.
TIE Army OF FHNKRssEE i.

was 10 give him glo,y aud GCVarce The Presdenual
urospsc,s Of Lincoln, We have been left without Tie
renoeEt ospect oil = stirring item hom the north or
south lidss We therefore, have TO lock to Georgia
where Hood Is givlI practical illustration OF the
bssulies Of tie hAek movement fE something to give
pterts to our column or TIE present forward movt.
msns OF Hood the Macon Intli0sncsr says 1t will ne.
esssitSts the complete evacuation Of Georgia BY tbe
Yankees and ere another month shall have passed. Cur
hears will bs glGddened by the joyful tdirg' that he
hated foe will Lo. DO in possession OF shy point nth CT
Chattanooga. Already the tattoo ard r1Hils of cur
fo csa round morning and evening" In the suburbs o.
Atlanta and We iDpatenly wait the few days neOessa
" ere the Confederate flag waves once more triumph
ant owe be hatdemens Abou! tie desolated and blood
crowned city.
Our army mado feint In force on Stevenson, Ala
5sns few days ago. and Immediately that lie SUCCESS
was demo lstra!ed it moved westward, neeessita.ng
corresponding move the part Of the Yanle s army.
By this time, doubtless, the evident Object Of
movement has byen gained and with the Tennessee
river, as very Important E;rAtsgca stream, between
our forces and the Yankees In position to reap
many advantages from tie movement which was 60
ht zrdous in Its inception bu! which has been sd
Jy tie Rank Sherman has been beaten at his game
IA 10 lary science, and his strength diverted to field
of operations that Is removed very far from the field
be intended aud had arranged for the winter osmpa n
His future mplignDg along the Tennessee during the
rigors of severe winter will not be cheering, and will
psrhsp Ios the tender fIWers tie tickle goddess Of
var bas placed In the chsplst he won in Georgia.
Tae Memphis Appeal. now published at Non gornery,
states tia. sdv!ces nom the Army Of Tennessee worthy
of creds and that may be rrudsntiay repeated con-
ticue Of cheering character AfCr successes on
the railroad below Chattanooga, of which We have Isu
fell aGyces, Sherman engaged himself il getting his
crces in position protect aEd rtpar the road VII lie
in tie meantime foiess were massed at point on
tbs C,ra and prepaIAil made for an 90 iva march
I leg campaign. At two O'Clock on Saturday, morning
list ths columns we're put in motion, where 10 was q
matter Of conjecture.
TIE troops in 6ae spirits, end full Of joyful an
tcpatiOns CO 10 the pTospsos before them. They had
| been addressed by Generals Hood, BsGuregsrd and
Chatham tho frat Of whom informed them tina. thew
were about starring on fifteen d,ys' march, but
wsi.her they we're o: informed Our opinion Is that
in tho absence of Lis railroad commrnicaton Sherman
will hsvo perform rapid marching to bs able to meet
tennessee.
RkoM PETERSBURG
Passengers by ,hs Isin last night reported all again
quiet TIE RrprsSS OF yesterday states substantially what
We have already given with rofersnc, to Hlmpton's
achievements.
In alu5Dg to the assault OF the Yankees on our
works on Tlursday 1t says "Graat was on the battle
Rsid or rather, in the Of IT, experimenting the
movements Of his army. His headquarters were be.
meath hugo oak tree Immediately on the Plank Road
abCu! one mile b. yond Burgess NJ Il. Meade, Warren
and Hancock al.o present. Afsi the cessation of
hostities, and when daIkuess bad spreed thick veil
rpon the earth, thess four Generals held q council of
war; aud determined TO withdraw from the vicinity of
the rebels hastily possible This Ia given 10 US
upon authority We cannot doub Tue sub qusnt re-
treat Of the Yankee Forces eVncng every sign Of haste
disorder and Generalization, has already been de-
sctbed."
lis estimated that over ons thousaud wounded
carried "a by the Yankees. Two hundred were left
wounded on the Geld By them. Taelr dead we're left
unburied By scores.
Thr negroes, the Rrpr'S says, as usual put for
ward, but gave way AMI the whites, who reluctantly
took their places, cuff red severely.
Tbs loss Of the enemy at low estm,te, was two
thousand. We barisd several hundred of his dead
took two hundred Of mis- wounded and captured
nearly seven luadrsd prFoners.
Ths movement, If not intended for the capture o.
Petersburg, was evidently serious demonstration
agAISst the South de Railroad.
From the came journal We learn tba. "!xenty sight
ctEsns OF Prince George and the counties adjacent
who Wero taken prisoners sometime since by the Yam
kees, aud imprisoned at City Point were released on
Tuesday last and sent beyond their lInea They were
sent cut under guard for distance OF thirty miles or
more below City Point and turned loose with the sd-
mosiion that they would at eny time render themselves
liable 10 arrest should they show themSslyss"
Hancock made very nIuow tscspe near Burg sss's
Store or Thursday.
o. Friday, Desriug surprised and esp urod picket
post on the Vaughan Road, taking thirty prisoners
TIE following deeps.ch from General Lee, received
yesterday at the War Dspas tmsn. gives additional e,i.
dence of tho fact that hAhsne, when boy, was no.
properly taught how to Keep still:
HIADoUAErIRs, Oct 81, 1854.
Hon j. n. Seldom:
General Mlkone psIe.rated the ensmy's picket Ina
last night near Petersburg, and swept It for half mile
capturing $50 officers aud mea. without tho lass of
man,
Total number Of prisoners cap nrsa on 9th, bsloy
Petersburg, according to Conceal Hills report was
7OO
(sisuOD R.ELu.
GALLANT RICHMOND SOLDIER
We learn that Corporal Niles II. Gardner, Of this
city, member Of the 81 Fowi'z.rs, was not, as r.
ported, severely but sshty, wounded 10 the battle Of