Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-09-26

An Away ohioPt iust ffSda 6SSS brings report de-
rlvt from &c sraI Hsrron's AdjutauL that Colonel
Scott COMMANDING rebel troops uear Bacon R9use sent
a proposition General Heron surrender OOO 20
6 600 men, provided Gegerl Heron would ga" an
unco doOsl pardon TO the Gsbeft enc rs o. tae COD
MAID
TIE YANKEE PRES ON sBERlDtN'S VICTORY.
The New York Herald and Tribune snG Philadelphia
Iotirsr of the 2lst which received ast night are
all comm ing upUn what hey style the great c'Ory
ia she Velo'."
The Herald Of course IN Ibid "Si1ili4nt victory
nothing shor, uf telling boS la support oil General
Grant bc!oS chmopd," as 1t saw, 10 Nay last Lees
routed and diso ganz,d army haeing To leo mountains
OF Georgia for safety"
Liza good thing tor the Herald thai t dOee MOI live
in the days of ssOtayes lGr lo0g sihSs Il would hare
bsen soourgel fom lAud for ts talse prOPaeee'.
The following appreciation VI The siIG4Aun md spsea
A,ieny Of Ihe Herald vowed Ia Tie light oil our SNh
be,tsr knowledge s As ridiculous lIa noussnsical-
IL says:
"Of i,ssf the position Whsh E uly held was OF h1
value wnateyeI; but having 0a0son /. az lnG D. de-
ea1s ~ when accept battle 10 soaine IT. after his
d,ssstrous stugle maintain II, he Oees Toe eAohaa-
doan Valley. Al atmy, even Of Velvtsn s"iaiefs DC
teated aud driven ,n The nsid, rs I'D hhs Doeh' "o
may safely ear Withgug some rect, rGGrsan S'oa ahu
.itorooIntns IS in condition lO rss aho'hoF GU
paRrment with tho victorious adversary. Ihv OaoJ
uoeaed rsbgI general must therefore Fehto WIN ni'
shatt.red columns 10 5000 sale pace up tue valley,
hs can hnd IT, Til reHiorVeu iroui kcllntnI DC aaAA'
don all the intervening c0uLuy 10 40 10 Ihs reot oI
Las la any event GsIe say that uenera 1rA.t hSs
arranged his pa.s " bl hla End rpSil his vAlSuia-
Iions."
The Herald is very anxious TO kaoW Why 1t u thAt
E,ly, with his tWeny i've OE tLlfty 1hoa'A-d hen'
bAs remained 70 ong IN the Valley, when Ls has been
40 sorey in need Of nis troops for The deie % OF kcl
ond." A. no one viii AnsWer the Herald Oh .als 1Fea.
enigma, it undertakes 10 frame Al answer 10 ia qass
ton, aud says:
w, snsver. that Early, in tho Shenandoah Valley,
-, ,h,re,d NJ. very iRpOr. IS role IL support VI
Ts la toe hrst place, ~ TSs Goarged "lh ITO gath
;ng of the wheat harvest vi tue valley for ii SUI
M eIcs OF Lees AMY. Ia The Le1G place, Tie plessnoe
90 a rebel column Of twenty i've or LhiitJ thousand
e boveruv lear no gper Potomac tQuireu ~ least
al ,o1.l Unlon 100 10 Watoh as movements NeHt,
~ me cc,, slul aOk o! strategy, Ihefe wac ehsnts
80 the In 90 iOice IN gns be decoied iuO 5Ia'e, eAt
=, ;sc,s r driven heller tkslssr baeS hto me dsied
c.s AT Washington, uecssta ING sno her cal no dsr
Grant for sesIs,ahCA N,IiI by shS 0ceapa iJh ~ Va.
y I-,m,rs and ONO Railroad, EItly "ou 4 materially
,srd the rein oIGsusnt Ct GfAnIs AMY :fvm tut
ct ard The trGnepJraln OF his supplies iron ttat
Quarter Mex, by stand!' guard hS'r Toe oaIet Vi
ne shenandoah Valley, EAny p.ttsc1ed Lee On tse
north and vest snI .sPscady against another hoetie
dsoent upon LyLOhbuig gao Inn oF'aht depot OF sIp
I,,s IN Richmond. F.ay, a. tho RAIDS oi EAey int0
N,ira md PsupsylyaniA uAu Always yielos1 L6s meet
"a DE stores Vi plunder he oy hoVcns nesP The Dor
- r,ght have oLer opportunities iJr aadiIIOnAFcsp
~ ~ 1oses and caGtls, a1ur AID corn. diugs, ar
goods and groceries, naGs, o00ts aud shoes.
VIII the au dnuncs bs "a isi d LOE, sud cease thar
o5i.eree. ou.sio1s asouG E.ry, ssLng "bat ia he DO
haE hn bs kABL IA.
ng Ia the Wet "Heh nc sH'N'" w =" ''' 'A' "' Nf
bsethIeut
The TriJ.sps, equally brsggart when the occasion
oE.rs threxs OuG hoIrse lu Iah Tor Snerdsn. It's
40 enthusiastic indeed that it Is Sared from ali prCpr
afv a-d in ia 6Ihiiraaoa, after, with sapct'MoGou
s1n,i, thanking 0od Tor he great victory With
m ,udn te. vvsCvn0s gv,s vent % iS grateful CIu
tat o. for the penGi1 suCcss," oi Pill Ia the follow
i.g strain:
ct went with thrill to the heart of every loyal
man Who Tea is yesteIdsy msrcin,, and with cbl
IN the best Of every trsiOr IN X C1mond or III New
York Consciously or uUeOnsciSudy, II strcck every
one % the turn pJlnt ID the great rglaa CaDpaisp
and flashes upon the Fra VljlOy 10 that VsiieJ
Of tho Shenandoah which hitherto has beso to US
Valley Of Hum liAdOn, and almost OF DespaI. We r..
men6sr no Victory ia thiJ War which has more sud
denly aad OusIy AWoks the sJm9s'hes oil The North
not one uith has been welcomed vita more enthu-
sAs i0 delgaG'
Tbs Philadelphia Inquirer remembering that that
valley has beon to the Yankee army oae Of humilia-
tim and dleas,era thus ,m9it;eiz the gratuatons Of
the past, Wh!ca are gan and WOlm GOOD even poW:
The Vcllsy OF the SHENANDOAH, often the scene o.
the humiliation aud defeat of the IjOn arms, at last
RINGS with the shouts over great UGon victory. Win
chester that We have freq isntly occupied, fortified
Tsrrisoned aud stored only yield It up again, work.
9srrsons stores aud ALL has % length become name
OF glory, and one proudly bls2on 90 our tsgs
We DO rot underVRus the victory ~ o. Shields a. that
paeein the spring Of 49, nor 60 undo rte thelS.e bril-
liant achievements OF COAX and Avsri in that vicinity
vet they we're by means eatsfsctorJ eoapensadOna
for our repested and dsas from oat Royal 10
Hsrnei's Psrry /. remained for the gAan! leTidsn
10 win, out the bitter ry Of our humiIiatod on
the Shenandoah T0St Valley, along which ths defiant
and over gheluing oOlu mas OF Jackson, OF yell, OF
Lee and OF ly swept if the soil were oil therOWp
and az if the opposing bAttaous OF the lun iOTces
were bu. 60 much cha the Valley nov rests undor The
feet OF ts righu masyers, and 10 1t last SECURE under
the folds Of the victorious national Y, M WObdeT
ths, the hearts oil patriots beat buoy g Jcstsdsy ts
,bey encountered each Other the street. AID sitl
tho light of gadness cleaning from their eyes grasped
each other proudly by tho hand
ain possession of ita rghtfal nasters: think Of
that
IROg gORrAIs3 GoaRCh
The correspondent Of the Philadelphia tngGiTr states
the following, which, notwithstanding his misSpphea
ton Of tbs term gi vVs may b Of some importsr ce
10 our au horiliss;
more, which ID destined to AstOoish somebody, 10
on the Qii yits tho details Of which coAtraband.