Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-06-08
THR NEWS. .

49,
Bachelors and Widows"
We were ABOUT to neglect to state that it was ruwOred
yestcrd-y on the s.rests thas there vas heavy ssisursh-
ing aong Gen. Lees lines AOnd1y night a:G h;s hour,
and ma. a courier IS said % have reported heavy 6gh;-
ing yesterday during the day. A: All tas military de-
p~.nents, Is We hsVs before said, they knew noting
otis.
Tbs following from General Lee contains the litsst
ofiSal information received a; the War department
READQUARTIRs ARAT NoETsEES Va,
June on, 1861 sSOP. 4.
Hon. Secretary Of Var;
There has been very little SHRINKING on The lioSS
to-day.
Is vas discovered early his morning hat the enemy
hAa Withdrawn from thS 'front.' Of Gen. Early On eur
left ana from he mOSt Of the frCRI Of Gen. Anderson
ReI1scHsny, ks,
RE.LiI,
General
TRoM ErAUSGoH.
: We have nCsliug further since cur last issue, from
tbs interesting seat Of operations.
TEA sOUIH SIDE
We learn from the Petersburg EzPreSIt that there Uas
no ness 70 report from the front yesterday. No change
Of position has taken Fla,e since our last isus, and az
fairs remain in Slalu qHo.
In Prince George The pickss of the opposing forces
confront each other, but no movement has Oeea maze
on either side.
WHAT GRANT THINKS OF LEE.
Poor Burnside, disappointed HOoksr and aniable Mr..
Meade, TO say nothing Of pusiALinOus Pope and Little
Mac, each undertook an "Ol 10 Richmond" By the
way, peace to his remains, We had forgotten that "O!d
Mortality Scott who is EoW porting over the m'nutesI
details Of bis immense operations At Germ GO'dO, for
geuul Of minor skirmistes suoh As ChickAmsugA and
tbs WlierEes, once undertook By proxy 4 simiSr job.
We'll, they sltailed, and reapsd Disgrace where tasy
expected glory. Faere was YET another General, how
ever, Wiling 20 attempt what bis unfortunate pIede
eessOrs had failed in and TO add SnSthsr 10 the long
saeriaeiAl lit Of dsespiated Yankee GsnSrAliHinoG-
Our readers know thI, be is none other thsn General
Grant, now on the CliekAhOminy bus supposed to have
ul.sFiOr designs on Fortress GOnroe-
Nevertheless, he did not enter the lists without count.
ing the cost. As Ws learn from one of the special eor-
respondents Of the Washington Chronicle, ..of JaGe Al,
who writes from nesr his hea6quArters-lOr be is kuOsu
that, as Achilles had his Homer, Ulysses alsIJs has a
Jenkins near hs PersOl a. "ths herald Of hs rsnOwn."
Ths taid correspondent writes General GRAFT gives
~ eSNN " "a Aslhtys set eANo "a nc hAAaa fAlu9u
hs ~ly foe. BrsddOOk laughed Whea the yOueg. pre-
viaeiAl SfHeer advised him 10 alter his EUROPEAN tactics,
or 6ghs she Indians after their own iishion. How dear
ly Re pid Tor ais drisiOli TSs leader Of cur hosts was
acquainted with his foe, ami well knew all the 'quieLs
aad qlIksn that in him lurksd. When mnehiug By
the dAnk We never halssd one night Eithou: throwing
up strong sArthwOrks. And when We fought them in
the #OOds our attacks W~ers:iks their owa-suddsn,
quick, fierce, and ascsmpmied with savage yell. d,
OUR sREAF oAVALIER-sKS ToESEsE.
The death Of the gay and dashiHR STUART LETT General
70 rest without a rival in the cavslry service, unless We
except General Morgan. His whereabouts b, for weeks
been rObed in mystery, bu. all who know him have
been expecting q startling eosp &!aA. Foe our
oW1 part from the bess information a. hand, We are In.
eunsd to believe tina, be. sIth q large force, perhaps
seven or eight thousand, . en- roEts for Sherman's rear,
and viii yet reach there in time 10 bring fhs entire eK-
petition Of that f~OOl-sardy sdTealGrsr to SORROW, GiSsi
By the POWsIlUl faEes Of Johnston IN the from.
There 10 40 Information Of a4y Sorcs of cavalry with
the army Of The Cumberland tina, Is t4ll to a success
ful rssis.stos. L eli rDnOrs are correct &, vii, b. .ssn
that delay strengthens ,hns,or, and bat gives Forrest
uno 70 perfect his srraDgsnan . and dispose
o, lis forces TO the bess advantage.
NoRx VANDALISM.
An Agsula (5s-) paper, received Yesterday, states
that ne YANKEE aOrdss Under Sherman have destroyed,
Manassas, in BNsOS oOUn,y, ths sao residoncs OF
Hon. Warren Aiken, rspF,s MA i've fsOn the l0ih Goa
gressiOnal D sEi,t ia the Confederate Congress-.
/, Mr.. Aiken ieiormed Us yesterday, during the session
Of the House o. Re ,resenlatives, Of which he is so val
liable a uembsr, that he had received information 10
the same effect. He has leasnsd, in ad itiOn, that aiADy
Of his nsizbbors had shared a Ike fate. Sherman. like
other Yankee heroes, can bum houses steal negroes,
and insult inohansiVo women and children, bus VII neUr
reash Alma IL General Johnston possessed one hall The
military capacity bis fdenis claim foe him.
CAMP WINDER EoSPITAL-EcKIE cARoLISA WOUNDED.
In tie House Of R;p sisnia. yes, a few days age,
. me Of the representative Of NOrh Crolins 10 z,l-
Or,ly advocating Ire grating of fuigOughs to wOunded
sOkisrs for a lees term than siIty days, IS provided by
existug las, alluded in sToeg ssTms 70 the
suffering Of the North CARL IA wounded st Camp
winder. We approved Of the char 90 - advocated,
and would rave nov, and u; Ill The HSs Is over land
God craft il nav be soon) every bravo boy from
North Carolina in tie bosom OF Aa fanly, as soon IS
wounded, If /. we're practicable. h vii DO thus ssen
that tiers Il NOT q sls2s Of diRsreaee Of opinion be-
tween uy aud the meat seAl.ul advocates for the pro-
posed change Ia the iurlough system. However the
tone Of tha remarks Of morS than enc of the North
CArolsna obligation, Who took part in the Discussion al
ready alladed to. induced Us to infer that a. Camp
winder Hospital the North. Carolina wounded were
treated with neglect, to use the mldeat term. What
then vas our ls.on' slnenh yesterday, Nhea We met an
energetic daughter OF viEginiA-one 81 thoss angels o.
mercy whose good deeds viii never be fully Known or
appreciated until they are unfOlded 10 smother and a
better vOrli-uith = subscription list headed By q we'll
knoWn citizen Of Richmond, WITH 6fy dollars land the
amount promised to reach = round cum with which to
purchase deFcaclss for a ward in this Hospital, which Is
oSerpied b. none others than North CarOhnisna. Saein-
formed rs that a committee Of ladies Of which she Is 9