Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-07-18
TIE yIaHf iUxsDAr NIGHT.

There was heavy eknin 81 nRn' TUESDAY nlSnt. lie
corps cams up Tuesday, a7d deploysd In the vi
cny Of the second toll gate alter the houses had been
set on & by For eTone and the enemy drivsn cut
hey owe the emmy back. The brigade OF tie "a
division lost FIVE or six commanding eficers OF regi-
meats. The enemy having fallsa back brought up a
brigade to support tier skrmsh linz, os' A ng Oh the
skrmsl line OF tie ssh corps, were pused TUh greoI
slaughter. At 10 O'Clock Tuesday night thi5 Cap
relieved thu entire misc line OF the font 10 command
OF Lieut.. Col DSghi. A, ii The enemy, uron the au-
thor ~ Of p'oners takep Withdrew In create infusion
These prisoners ss,s that unfortunately for them they
tad laborei under The fatal impression that they we're
fighting militia ami raw recruits OILY, and that theJ
should ind /, easy work to dispose OF clerks and con
rabands no matter l. what fol- &c and spiri assembled.
They have 1ce scsn )wleassd that. after they charged
our skImsh line Of bL,le aud COS co handsomely re-
PULSED they fully satisfied that they were hs tin
with men who knew tier buiness TJey we're par leu
larry desrou' TO know how ia the Of the old boz
- foe with whom they had to deal happened to be Ill
the tight place jast At the right momenf.
DE.oAIPrIoN q A SACKED ESUsE.
The verbose reporter of the Chronicle gives tWad
ding description of tie app,arsnc, OF q mansion
Ro.chs about to- miles beyond the second toll gate,
which had been completely sacked Hs was ev
IDENTIFY unaceus!omsd to tuch q scens Cf d:sola ion
He says:
The dialng.roon was completely Invested Of every
appearances OF being dining room sa's the presence
OF tsbs and chairs The parlois were completely strip
ped ef every erticls which tie devastating hands Of
rebels could reader available c,ntre table, with
books upon it. aud open piano, which, from tue dis
locate souudi its keys gave tortn seemed 70 indess
unhaloved banda had bean tfiang with t pleted
the furniture of the parlors Some of these books
bore inscriptions from rebel hands which had fingered
tho hy-lcaves and lsfs upon them Fer instance
in one OF the books, "Fabers Spiritual Conterences
II We remember argh 10 inscribed on shs frat Leaf;
~ Ga examination Of This house you may form fain
idea of The srf,rngs of $1,000 Virgin ans.-A Rebel
II another book, auciis en- Egypte," was written,
In retaliation 10, 81 coo rgnii toa.es devastated
in this nj nsr" la,o ip>:oas OF lac Character de
CO ated tse WI iufuis1cd p COZ, rum their OF
(, s.'enrs that Ink. Sir Peter 1sosls tue Jiiers
We ros viii o vIcato the PIE ~it5ou. leaving
their char, cter behind than. Toe reb.ls b We
been tuc e.,iully iepulsed RIM o qunter az they
WILL be undoubtedly repulsed from L. they ravs l=t
bshUd shem meuentos which, however trivial they
may ssem, prove at least thst Washington and rebsl
dom have been at close qlarters with each other. The
scenes We yesterday visited q 6t ep!cme OF the
late engagement q.
AN ApnosIrIos TO "oLD ABE."
In grove on the opposite side Of the road from
Hon. Mr.. Bail's residenc. was foun1 book-hs 9Th
vellne Of Byron. wcrks-tacked by arebl colder to
a tIse, Whoh have brought with me, and uanecribe
the following inscription which is written fy lssi
MEAN WAsHIsdroa. JAY IL, 1864
Now Uacle Abe yon bsd better be quiet the balance
of your Adm;Distr ston, "a We only Como nes. our
to this time ussto show you what We could DC; but
II you 90 on in your mad career, We will come again
soon, and thet you had better stand from under. 10 i
Yours, respectfully, the wcrs. rtbsI yau ever cav,
6srH VIRsIsIk IsSAxrRr
STRENGTH AND PukPosrs or rHs ''REBrLsn
The reporter says ne glsined "mpoh reliable iufor-
nation" ffom the cix,us of A.ryisni, who reside SIX
teen miles northeast Of the city, nsir Colssvills We
suhjoin it: .r-s
lie rebel force Tie Icrtb side Of The Fotc NEE
cop.i.ts If Gems. Johnson, Eail,'s ard A. p Hil's
corps, AID be saw the most OF Gsns Jo5ison's ard
Earlyd corps pas through Ooesvi, Whs1 the rsyel
came into hsIysod nearly al we're On fco, hu. ttey
h.ve picked up all the horses in the countrj rhro
which they have passed. and The most OF them are
mounted. .f-
johnson took the east road from Colesvsle and NOV
ed toward BslSvlIe and The railroad EailJ's corps
came toward Washington on seventh street road, aud