Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-12-30

White Pislos where they divided iut0 Tires tepsfste
columns, one moving teWsrds Salem, smother 70, MID
dieburg sad the oiber to RsctortoWn.i a !PsrJ o.
twenty Eve of Hos5J's men passed through: Hope
we'll Gsp An hour in advance Of Olendlnin, mot kpqE-
Jog. however, thai command Of cavalry was ,efsbr
| than. j. : fE-:'i
CAPTAIN Corbel, of the slh Illinois GsTslry, pushs
randy forward with his detachment sBd game upon
| the enemy TOuO ding one officer, Lieutenant Cogsn,
severely and capturing two prisoners. The lienen-
suts leg being broken, be could not be brought in
but he was paIo.ed and left in house by the road
side. !.:,..j :;..'i
Msjor Frszier, who had charge Of one Of the col.
umns composed of men of the 18th and 5ih Illinois
cavalry, wounded one rebel ofcr sldeepiured eight
prisoners This wounded tfiOsF is sul posed to be
Major johnson, Of the 9th Virginia eavstys
Elch detachment had more or less diminishing with
email sousds Of guerrilla but no lafg force than so
men vas seen at any one time The party safely re-
turned 70 camp on Thursday evening, having been
out three days. and brorght With them quite large
qusniy Of captured rebel property and teen pris-
onsrs. = -.
ARRIVAL OF -FOUR BLOCKADE TUENESs IioN cHIRLTs-
TON AND wILNISeroS- ~ ST
nassau, Dec. ls, 1884
Since closing my letter there have arrived here,
from Charleston aud Wilmington. during tho last few
heu,s four blockade rupners, VIZ: The JGlia, Fax,
Rlsphelu. and "Lst.Hsr-Be." 0ls of these bfirg4
tho news shat Sherman has "a ken S:Yinneh, which
surrendered without any hard fighting AS this place
Ia filed with SouthernerS, THU news HIS not had o,
particularly exhilsIatng effect upon the population.
The Herald publishes the ioll1 wing deapach: .,.;
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. 1854. :
TIE BATTLE BETwEEN THE INDIANS AND COL CEIyfS5-
Tos MAN FOkT LION, CcL0RADo IERRfToRr. O.:
The following extract from & letter wfitisa from
Colorado Territory, uuder date Of December g. pu;s
a different aspect upon the repeated achievement Of
Ctl mel ,iynkt1n and his command mar Gri Lyon,
IA that Territory, where I've hundred lldiihs we're
T, ported killed. The writer occupies q highly rs4
Cd 5usib position in the Territory aud MS stRtsmtnTs
may be relied upon. Hs says:
You kavs hoard, or will long bsiora this rssEhss
you. OF the q, AZ Iadian battle mean Fort Lyon bs-
tween the scattered bands OF Indians IN and about
there ard the command uqdsr CUl. OhiviRgI op II ia
said that 300 a5ians were killed and SOME nine Of
our troops. /. may be Of interest to yau to know
= melting more about this matter. ..,...i g.
The truth will doubtless show that this attack on
the defenoeess eavages of the most cruel in
history The ladiaHe claimed TO. be Iniet and at
peac, yet the command pitched into q Village OF.
lodges and the mos: OF these victims we're woman
aud papoOses. None were spared. All wste killed
Who could TO: escape. These lutians, am assnTsd,
mosstsd no travellers who passed among Ih6n. The
most Of them had given up their firearms before the
attack was made. Itsuoh is military gl6ry. God de-
liver me- from VI such Yet iha man, Col. Uhivipg
.cu, viii attempt TO make reputation az military
commander Get OF this ssgcre, wh'cb th0G!d cause
shuddeF Of horror through tue whole c0untry, il il
shall prove true &C l6aTe no DOUBT will Sppear in
coed time. :5.: ..;- -