Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-12-06
THE REWS.
lROh TaE RROkT.


The only item Of morn iron the lines bs,ors
Richmond, yesterday, was the state usnt that negro.
pioksts had been substituted for the vhi,s Yankl ss
The firing o. Du ca Gap cOntinSss.
Notwithstanding the apparent qaiStuds which pre-
VAIs, Is il not Improbable that GrAnt uil attempt
another ION 70 Richmond" At Al early day.
INCIDENTS OF BHERhAEg EXPEDITION.
The AskuaA Chronicle Of the 2 insGAnI furnishes
the annexed ineissnts 0Is, Of ShSTnAaS now Jpt.
thlOEga GsOSkiA:
The 500 clogs Of shsrnAn's army united ct Nil.
Ice CAV Ito, where Ehty ia d three osJs
l. their Iouts they csstII ysd - lar % possible oil
mills eribs, and GIN house, cotton screws, ell Eus
cotton, IL PenSnT ETC.,, 0ho eAiflto IN al Bt0cE
prsVlnOns aud uSgrosA
Mbsn their hCTsss gave Out they shot them. Al
EdenTOn tLsy kind over one bundled
A; N l,ageVilIs they only dssu0y,d the Arsenal
Depot aid Psn'snuAiy They DID NOT barn the Eco
IOFy near tLaT place.
Along Inelr I0uIs The ed We Ihsvn with dead No
gro OonEn and chdrsn.'
Tns La nsrs nGVIDK devoted . large share Of their
AtteRIiOA LhiS iAll " syup making, there 10 large
qaAnIIly Of corn Jst ungAlhSTsd N The Geld, shcn
sAs si. b! The fN KEGS. Bst Lhsrs y not hSrss or
oE in the SSuaTy, hence ths saving Of We corn oil
% O Asst mater.
ThOIGnkSeI burned the rebdSpOs Of Dr.. JOaO n, OF
Atlanta, four miles tr,m hsSisen. They also Aurlss
Nil. b0s0' ARd ulniou.
iss ssassa ssSs heS.,s. Ns0tou, Fee end kIsss,,,
ossr susdy DSls. Vss n'S."d ~ bs rsssses Ans
cITHea 90 III GaAins,
1snissssaGs s+lss,s rApiavsd BY the Saoksss vsrs
s'eNtad - frisehs's Of var,
A. Esa,soa ,hr, hrohs open Or. nRlsbDL 90 - 0us
carried OF al bis mssIguts, iuspdh ssVsrsi iIra Of
tyShpiEs, ArssAc aud corrosive ultimate Wh.sh had
40 labels them. Oas VI tntm tore 0uI sue work OF
gaIvAnic battery, AID eAfIiea IN me nsn6gAnJ box
SGHOlss uisiI.ry, near Greensboro, sGS not os
stSOysd.
Ins enemy we're under strict discipline, and when
D iVAles we're found depredAiipE on puVAIs properly
.uey severely punished by order OF Gensi al Sh,T
man. O course sITagglers SOln nittsd dspredSIiOns
sith iRpuuiy.
The right yin, Of che +. dsral Amy under Gsnsr.l
Howard, CrOssed tho ocmulgee riUr between Aa0mo
Ferry and Macon. IL said that the toVn Of EoFSytL
Vas completely demolished.
The FedeISs expressed great GstOnishment OF toe
rich country they wore pAssnE, Gnd Ihe abundance Of
pro, islOns IL 1t.
A nstPo succeeded in escs ping iE0m the YsdtIals
silh gold 90 ep aud hue hat. He vas lorced ca and
ar gGsd 10 Major 30 groom hs hOrSe. Deserving the
joE depost = nns god watch in bundle OF foddS-,
DO made 1t CONVENIENT 20 use that bundle Of foddsi
right f. Obtaining the watch, aud hat under cover
u the dArkpRe hs slipped into 0Slsy Gd reached
nome ssisy.
Al AilIedEeville, she Federal, chOksd one Of the
" al Sfeders 10 tOmpCl him TO give up bis god. He
,Iood The choking, did not gVs up hs hltny uePe
TIE people Of A4oIson indebted 10 Hop. Joshua
Hill Tor ms srenU0u tXeTliCnS 10 have their p opsrD
oNCtsd. 1t WAS OSirg 10 his 'aoru solely icy
Wtrs spar d.
General o;um gave orders 70 the cit org his
cuts to sboOL down his sTAggers WitnouS mercy.
Ohe pu hmenI II hicted by some o. the Federal
Generals for p qlderng, vas severe whipping
The plAntAuO g O. E1sArd rhomss a. cid DoWSs.
L. U. Warren BCNau aud Mrs BAttey, IL Burke codnty
ire Pr,sd 10 have bsen stripped o. everything BY
the FoG,rIs.
An escaped prisoner states that lpAtrck Oh d his
OH eIs res asd in Conversation that SaVsnnsh Uss
.neir TO ut Vt desiits az on.
LATEST VRON GToRGIA.
We have reason TO believe from eli we have heard
that shsrmSns Srmy has united ard s m uohipR With
measured pace towards the Atlantic coast, south or
southwest Of Nillsn. We also have reason to Antic
pate a battle 81 some POINT north or northwest OF
savannah ere the close OF the present seek.
We learn that an official telegram received last
light states that General Wheeler has il Aotsd 1noth
sr severe blow upon the enemy The loSAty Of Ihis
SIGHT IL no. gwen tor sufficient reasons. II occurred
sst Sunday morning. One corps Of the enemy and
KilpatrcLs cavalry attacked Wheeler in strong pc.
,itiun They cams up boldly to the attack, and made
several charges ell OF shich Ws.s rspuIssd by Vince.
Isrs mtn, Who, though largely Outpunbsrsd, main
AM their ground sid TAEsd down he foe. Tie dss.
pAleh states that the tmy lost heavily and IL UAs
reported that Gen. KlpA,rCh Gas wounded.
GEN. ROSTERS EXPEDITION.
gentleman Who had occuGr proof Of the TsSpl'sI
u Gen Rosssrs recent expedition 70 the Baltimore
lad Ohio EAirOSd states that General ROssers force
brought sEfsy into New HOIkst, 1900 besf cattle.
500 horFts and Huss, 500 sheep and hogs, and 500
Yankees, General Z destroyed tso hundred loaded
az ma and large quantity OF army storss a. New
Jrssk, burnt ell Lhe idgeS bstuSSn Nsv Greek and
Piedmont, ard destroyed ct the latter place oil the
chine shops gass, rolling stock, and lost only
70 men, killed and wounded.