Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-10-14
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Wei received copy Of the New York Herald OF
the llth. which seems to have been converted into
sort of official gazette 1t is filed up with war bulle
tina We need hardly cay that 1t exemplifss the old
saying, that b it is as lying as bulletin. Our readers
will decide this veiy soon when they read
GRANTS oTPIoIAL RlPoRT OF FRIDAYS NGHT
s proper to state that whilst the despatch is dated
from Grants headquarters, the o,aton Is not given:
sGES. GRANTS FIRST DEPArcH.
and our loss the other day much less than first
reported Four hun 1red viii cover our entire loss In
Liilad. wounded and captured. About one hundred
and Atty rebels were captured and great many dead
fell into our hands The loss Of the enemy could nat
be lees than twelve hundred.
US. GRANT, Msjor General
In bIs second despatch he has found q loe. in
quo:
Orr PoISr, Va, Oct. 10-4.S0 P. n.
Hon. r. II StaRtoH, Secretary Of War:
Oar entire loss IN The enemys attack on our lines on
Monday the II IN instant does not exceed 500 10 killed,
wounded aud mlSsing.
Tbe snemy's loss Is estimated by General Butler at
1000. na
Toe balance of the despatch reers to news obtained
from the columns of the Wing.
A RKcoNNoIssAECE IN FORCE.
O,sof the correspondents of the Herald writes from
GraQtb ARMY NJ AohS"o'
NINTH Army CoRPs, Oct. "a A. n.
This morning the division of General Wilcox holding
ho oentte of our ne made ADVANCE with the inton
on of advancing our position and accommodating tina!
of the enemy. Toe force making the reconnaissance
,onsisled OF The division OF General Wilcox, composed
of the brgadss OF Hartsuf ana that lately commanded
nv Colonel steer. Al advance Was maze over mile
aud haf, UNDER slgls skrmisnlng wien the Fifty
ssyeuth Massachusetts, COMMANDED by Colonel Nc
L,u,bhu, MAS tired upon by the enemy. Some fifteen
men were lest TIE reconnoiIerlpg party was accom-
,,sd nv Captain TWIcnel with Ia battery, OF the
Four,h Msssacnusels bui 10 opportunity afforded
for using the pieces, well Known for their
uowers 10 tue enemy Ths deduction from tns recent
Is that Tie enemy are not IN iercs this
.ios OF Petersburg Or the Appomltox, ana that aly
,ft on our part will force W new limo upon TIC
t.r msnuonsd ilver. Tails Is tie amount Of me 10
formaton wbic ga.he. " Ih'S m0rniug.
ANOTHER NIGER sARBER OK THEwSG.
Tbs Washug.ou correspondent Of tho Herald, Wri.
ting on the ION, gives thu following revelations oil
another nisger" barber Who resroLks manages to be
ubiquitous until hs finally lands into Yankeed>
Tee steamer Manhattan arrived tins morning from
Cy Point and brought up rs refugees and deserters
md one prisoner Of Among ihs party ia u color
ed barber named EiW. I. Drew, VINO for some time
ra,t has been serving on lhs rebel ram RohmoEd as
anoLaiL's steward. Dew was formerly employed in
inns city, and seems 10 be quite intelligent. He states
bat uusss Tebe. hset Ill hs james river is
nto &C ION very coon, Ghere WILL NOT DC N n board
10 work the vessels, 10 many have ieIt W Gesefon-
Tns 6set Numbers seven vessels three Vt them being
n OIL clad rams, each mouIung iour guns aud manned
oy rs men EACH while their ul complement th0uld be
100.
PROM sHKRIDANs ARMY.
There are two dispatches from Sheridan to Grant
ons tina. must be placed record it only to per.
net ate the namy Of its author, who burns the houses
&C ipe,nsiys cizsss because any officer Of bis army
killed in battle. The other refers 10 Ro sers check
near Eiinburg:
WOODSTOCK. Va, Dot. 7-9P.M.
Lieutenant General u s. Grant:
have the honor 10 report my command at this point
IN nish. / commeEc sd moving back from Port r.
uoe, Mount Crawford .BridgeWater and Harrisonburg
We teTuay morning.
Tho grain anu forsge 10 ADVANCE OF tlese points had
been previously destroyed.
In moyhg back to this point the whole country from
the Blue Sge to the North Mountain has bsen rende
ed untensble for the rebels.
nave GesIoJcd over two thousand barns filed with
cheat and hay and farming Implements, over seventy
mills filed With -four and wheat, have driven in front
of the rny over four herd of stock, and have kltd
and Issued TO the troops not less than three thousand
sheep.
TSs destruction embraces the Lursy valley and Fort
valley, al well az the main valley.
large number Of horses have been obtained prop.
er estimate OF which cannot now make.
Lieutena ant John K heigS, my engineer oficsr va
murdered beyond HIrrisonourg, near Dayton. For
this at ooious act all the houses within Of i've
miles we're burned.
srcs came into tho valley from Harpers Ferry ev-
cry train, every small party and every sIaggler has
been bashWhacked by the people, many OF whom have
protection papers from commanders who have been
hitherto IN the valley.
The people he:e are getting sick of tho war. Here.
tolore they have had to complain, because
they have been living in great abundance.
Ibave not been followed by the enemy to this point
vi;h the execution Of email force reDe cavalry that
showed themselves some distance behind my guard
TO day.
party of one hundred of the Eighth Ohio cavalry,
which had stationed at the b.iogo over tho North
Shenandoah near Mount Jackson, was attacked by Mo
Mil Ni,heeventsen men. while they wore asleep and
the whole party dispersed captured. think they
will ell turn up. learn that u xix of them had
reached Winchester. Mcneil was MORALLY wounded
and fell into our baudl This was fortunate as he wa,
the mos. daring and dangerous OF all the bush Hhackers
in this section Of the country.
P. H. SHERIDAN, Major General.
sIRLsBURe, Va, Oct. Midnight.
To Lieutenant General GRANT, City Point:
In coming back to this point vas not followed MP
until late yesterday when large iorCs of cavalry 6p.
reared in my rear. then halted my command TO offer
battle by attacking the enemy became satisfied that
IL was o0ly all the rebel cavalry of the valley,
mauded by RoEser aud directed Torbert to attack
ght this morning and sh this savior OF the ya
Icy
The attack was handsomely made. Custer, com
msndi1g the Tord cavalry dvson charged on the back
road, and Merritt, commanding the Frsi cavalry divi-
on, on the Strasburg pike. Merritt captured five
pieces of artillery Custer captured six pieces OF art
iery, with caislcns, battery, forge 81.
Toe Two divisions captured AZ wagons am balances,
L., Among The wagons captured the hesdqnarter
" agons OF Rosser Loms1, Wickham and Col. Pollard
The number of prisoners will bs aleu-. $50.
TIE enemy, after being charged by our gallant
airy, we're broken and Thoy folio we'd by our
men on the jump 90 miles, through Mt. Jackson and
across the north fork of the Shenandoah deemed it
best to make this delay of day here and sete this
new cavalry gen;Fll.