Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-05-20

2OOO ltanos OF bmA arms pesioNs iaIBe QuaAuty VI
Baggage. The other items Of news furnished By our
correspondent have already appeared in our columns.
CONGRESSIONAL.
The ssuate yesterday, concurrei in the HOuss joint
resolution of thanks to Gen. N B Forrest and the of
Gers aad men Of his command for their recent achieve
ment', and adopted resolution Of eaquiry relative to
TIE prevention OF sho publication in the newspapers Of
Information in regardtO army and DaSy movements.
In the House, he habsGs corpus question was dis
eussed st lsrgb b. NJ FoOsr in avor Of the rap g
tn ga1psrl2y ses ". EYes 0. ~, hAsthe floor
to-day.
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DEArE OF GoRDoS.-Brg. Gen. J. B Gordon, CT
n O., wounded chile harrassing tie va kee cavalry on
The Ook Turnpike last Thursday morrog, died at the
officers hospital this city at o'clock p NJ Wedree
day His remains we're carried to his native State la
evening. Gen. GordOnS wound was not regarded as
dsOgerous one but he sank from the shock superseded
20 great physical aua mental exhaustion inc?red during
bis pursuit of the YanSee cavalry from Spottsylvanis
@ Il. to Richmond and bis fsrca and repeated en-
gagensnts with them between these two points
To Be HUSe To DAY. Joseph john Mccarthy, the
wife murderer, viii be hung to-day in the Valley near
Vc,ors mill Il will be reeolectsd that on the &c Of
last November, sbOus 10 o'clock ut night NOCarhy in
= ft Of ntoAiclton, committed tho deed which he is
to s1pats on The ga lows The instruments used bY him
was bowie kuiie With which be cot the womans heat
IN tEo And inflicted several other awful wounds upon
her person. No sympathy Is felt for the murderer-he
himself seeus perfectly icda.rent to bis fate. When
repreved for ten days by the Governor he expressed
himself az rather dis ats6od than otherwise.
MeAE HUCKsrEKMa.-Ye Yesterday morning the fish
m onger 6rm of Wyatt, & Dudley, bought in the fat
market lot Of heIrlgs al Sl2 dozen, and sfeTwaId
offered them for sals tho rate OF $40 for eleven kr
Els, Clerk of the fist market, seized the fish and
brought the case before the Mayor but the .hmOpgers
not appearing, tbs matter postponed A grievance
at all time, the trade Of huckstering is just now when
at least a third Of the people OF the CITY rot OBJ
tain bread enough fer their daily wants, most inscer
abls nuisance.
DISCHARGED. --Thomes Boyd, member of the Pres
dents Guard vas again before the Mayor yesterday to
answer the charge of shooting and killing Henry An
dersoa, a free negro. No further evidence than tina.
previously ellie ted coming 10 light he was discharged.
1t vii be reoOeced that the previous examination
it sppearsd that Boyd being guard az the Danvile
railroad bridge With stIet Instructions not to permit
any one 10 cross the bridge without propsr pass shot
the negro yho refused to ssapd or chow bis pasa..
START THIY.-One Of ths Central Railroad negro s.
tamsd Andrew, on Wednesday, broke into q comm s.
sary car on a down can Wtie in motion, aud threw
some bacon # about tEo miles from the city. On gel.
ting to the oity nc pretended 10 have lost his hat and
walked back up the road IS If 10 6cdi. He was fol-
lowed by TIE conductor Of tie traio, who found him
buryiDg the stolen bacor. The use was brought bt-
foe the Mayor yesterday, who, having heard the facs
ordered The negro to be whipped.
JUDaE LYoSs CoURr-A case of interest was dis
posed Of by this colrs yesterday. Two boys, John
Miater snd Geo. GeeD sged respectively twelve and
fourteen years. indicted for breaking aud entering in
the day time the dwelling house OF Charles E.khardt
and stealing g. 0O0 led 10 the bar upon condition
thA. their parents Wsud place diem n the Confederate
Navy, 4 noIls prossq's entered in their and
they we're discharged.
CORRIcrrOs.-In a plrsgraph in relation TO the pc-
leo playing cards on the Square last Thar day, We
to that they refused 20 stcp when ordered by the
Mayor Jases TO the PAFtes concerned compel, aa tS
sate that have since lsarned upon good authority
tla', so far nem this being the case, when the
Mayor sen hs order to the wAobmen they had already
concluded their game, and some Of them we're on duty
Al sentinels around the camp.
SnaULA DEAfH.-A negro named Elias, belonging
to NIs. Harries Wilson, Of Chesterfield on Tuesday
went on. upon tue battle 6sld from which the Yankees
had coca driven the day before, and in the course Of
his Wshderings eal good deal of hard bead from the
thrown sasy bAve:sscks of thu euemy. That nighthe
was taken With crSmp collie and died the next NOM
iag l, is believed by some that he poisoned, but
we think bis death due to the bareback.
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RoBBERT.-The rear basement Of D. s. Hufard 4
Coz liquor store, on Governor street, FrenkliD,
was broken into on Wednesday night and robbed If
three hundred pOuats Of sugar. The thieves ade an
unsuccessful eOr. 70 get from the basement up into
the sore where the EqlOrs stsrtds Two persons
were sleeping IN the ssbfe tbs time, but they
not aroused, SO qaedy did TIE rogues psriOrm ther
work.
PMsoxERs.-Foor Yaokee prisOfsrs were received at
tis Libby yesterday Oae Of them Wsss clpain belonging
to saeTdans rAidsr. He captured at Nanees black.
4 smlsn shop, tWo nlts thi5 sac o. AAfefu- MN ~
seems that he pu in eommInd Of the Yankee rear
guard during their Jerea aad, getting drunk, heesme
/ separated frsm hin command aud lost.
MAKKSrnEN.-It is important that country people
should knew that neither they, their negroes nor horses
VII be inlsifsred with While coming to or returning
from TIE markets 10 ibis city. TIE Governor assures
them Pro.sctian, and heps they win no logger allow
themselves to 81 frightened away.