Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-11-05
TIE NE VS..
IRON TaRal.uTHAInh


An officer drtos from prominent paint on the South.
side yesterday afternoon, reported the military situa
ton quiet and unintsresting He had just eeen
circular addressed TO the Nov York soldiers of Grants
army, explanatory Of the bill permitting them 10 vote
on Tuesday next Of which he mads the following syn0p
Any colder intending to vote at any general OF
special election to be held Ia the State OF Nav Yo:k
hl-up and GXsCus printed or written DO ger OF
attorney, before any 6ed-o sr, sGuiAns or command
ant Of company either in the regular service the marine
or naval seTv Of the Uaittd States, or commissioned
10 the volunteer service Of the Slate Of New York
rhs must be endorsed SOLDIERS vote ard directed to
legal voter in the town, county or city, In which
the said sclisr il at home, would be entitled vote
who will depo5lGit for him.
NEW COMMODORE
Com. FIsreh Forrest does NOS now erj)y the exclu-
siVs privilege of Icing the only Commodore in the Oon
iederGte Navy Of that name as the telegraph brings
Us the that Gan, N. B Forrest who, long ago, in
connection with his profession as cavalry commander,
undertook the business of "horse mlrine has at las
'slGsd" completely into the water, and become the
commAndAnt Of . respectable little feet. The navy
need not regret the transfer
YOUNG BRI9ADIlR.
Without the prestige of West Point education but
BY sheer dint Of merit. William johnson PeRram, Of
edmond, son Of hra. General Pssram, has risen
from The ranks at the sga Of tWsntythres to the posi-
iOa of Brgadicr General in the Provisional Army o.
she CO fsdsrA.s States Entering the service though
Ou; school boy, at the FIST blast of the revolution,
private in Company f. Of this city, he repaired to
Damp Ascsr o. Ffsdsrcksburg, where the men Of the
Purcell Battery with Characteristic good sense second
I'd The wishes Of their Captain (nuW Oolone) Lindsey
Walker, and made him Junior Lieutenant From The
hrst Manassas to the last St the South aide he has
ever been at his post and bad risen by successive gra
dAtiOls some time ego to the rank Of Lieutenant Colo
nel Of artillery. He has now however, made sudden
Jun p overriding many brother CfiOsrs of higher ralk
aud fnds himstlf general 10 command of the brave
Aroher'J brigade, reward for bis merItorious ser
Woes That he will worshi'y and mOdos,iy wear his
lsW hOnOrs, no Ous will dOubi who has as We have,
been for months In camp With him. 1t requires no M.
usual precedence to predict that if spared, he will yet
play more conspicuous part In cur struggle for life
and liberty.
FROM WILMINGTON.
The Wilmington Journal OF the 81 of November, says,
where the set which threatened an attack on Whining
ton has gone Is than We are able even to guess
I: |Gy eOmshers but upon the whOl, We do not think
il viii For the present, ct Last We think the town Of
Wilmington Is comparatively free from immediate a..
Ack. We think that for some time the Yankee feet
viii give ~ the go-bye.
FROM MOBILE.
Tbs Noble Tribune OF Saturday, received yesterday,
states that on Wednesday regiment OF Ysukse IL.
Antry landed at EiCAmbiA Boy, below. Milton. They
Wtrs attacked by . company Of the s;h Mississippi
regiment which we're stationed In that neIghborhood
on picket duty; and While the engagement was going
on part of the Yankee cavalry lot in the rear, cap
'urng about fifty Of the men. The enemy destroyed
all OF our clup qlpsgs wagons, g., and also every
thing in and about Milton,
PROM TLoRIDA.
General Hardee, commanding at Charleston, has re
csivsd the following despatch from Brig General VIM.
Miller:
Capt. Dickinson yesterday attacked cavalry force of
forty men, I've miles from Magnolia, killing and wound.
ing half Of their force, and capturing twenty .hrse
men, rsluaog nine wounded, besides horses, equip
ments &c,