Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-07-20
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an su,.. ia rent Of Psisr,buTg" remains sill TIE
formula Of she aitAry .isutOo. Use train last eight
brOuel r. % us expected nothing the way Oinss.
TIE usus Oks, firing and sAsling continued. however,
along The Bzes. A young gentleman connected with
The sgusl corps who eaRs over informed uS thAs he
thoushS lLs rDg moon brisksr yesterday evening han
Il hai bs,n 10. a number OF days pa!L The Express,
which We sGOceS led in Obtaining from private source
after eozsi4sraej sKsrIon, contains Oaly The fOlOWiog
from the fro0tI
Toe mopotony Of eIs Immediate frSns Is stil IN
brOkel. The enemy still occupy his trenches arOand
portion Of the city, and troops eOnfOn. him every
where. The heavy boom Of TIE enc , nortsrS we're
heard as intervals fIom elry dawn until late hour
Gas night aud the aVArlbs sni inevitable picket sr-
Ing vas eonaan'. 1. seems thai enough ammunition
has been expended ia this way TO sgas and win bali
dozen bAtles BJth sides are sAii suffer consider
ably iron mortar sbslhng and sharp shooting bus 90
nothing decisive Is accomplished BY either, We think
Wruld 10 q good idaA II . trace 70 Iu.h operations
could be Caee.sd
Yesterday, he chief topic. bOIA IN the army and
abeRs the city, Was the reported death OF Grant, The
ensuy's peksIs bO.h in Chestsr6,li and In front oil
Petersburg, Say It i SO, and they all I'll uao'm story
In regard 20 il Tho statement is IhAi she Generals
vas shattered BY shell The shoulder, render
Ing ADpuGaion lad sPsusAbls to save fs. The
patient under tie Aleas5 Of0hlOrofsrm,
Snd curing Tie operation, great had been the sbSek
70 the system, be died These PCksts further
state that Gs0. Grant had been laRg susssi 70 dssAs
Of the heart and that his sudden demise a. Al GGy time
would no. have been = NATTER Of surprise. He-siVe
these statements part Of the gOssip Of she day.
Oar readers believe mnsA Of them they please.
We do BOT give them srsdsEOs.
TaoN soErs sHORsIA
W. learn from the Macon Confederate that but
Hite Qlarterms.tsr or eOmmsSAry remain in
Atlanta, al having been removed to safer and moro
seeurs points in The rear. TIE Impression prevails IN
the army that lhs city viii be defsAdsd and no. given
up unless the army ia defeated in great bat e which
viii DO fopgat in lie immediate froat
Toe Confederate hAI every reason TO hope thAs Sbsr
Aas rearull be eu:in The res ten days and the In
sssOl prevails among high officers 10 The army, that
Il Atlanta is held uapl that tie shAl have elapsed the
clsis will have pissed.
General Hood's appointment plainly indicates to Us
at Atlanta il be defended sVery b. EElrd aud to
las s1uemy II there W.s to Do any more retrsGiipg
SIZE Gen JOAns On you'll have bsen retained oon-
nandsr Of the Army OF the Wess a. IN this particular
me o. s.E1to5y - - " ~ AONs
to b. without rival
Geu Bsasg reached Atlanta on the lSiA. The ams
day was Tumored that 6sa. I. Kirby Smith vas alO
IN ths city dressed in Citzn's CARO- Il wa nOs how
ever believed.
TIE Ntmp IL Arp:a, Of the l4h, says; ''rhs enemy
ssen5 70 be pasiuly qulst While the situation on ths
de Of q . river is unchanged. We watching the
Yaatess across The hVsr With eSssslesS Viglaacs.-
o. onsly the pekss and lsht bat,res on the aAnEs
exchange shot, If 70 remind both parties that hos
thtes have not been 90 psndsd."
Atlanta i not now As formerly, Wded with SOL
dtIs and Ulcers owIg the stringent orders recently
issued on the sutiee' These We learn a. executed
without "isAr, iavJS or .GseVOD."
young lady who has reached Atlanta from oaiekR-
nAuga says thAi many bsdges have been burned, and
that not single traia had passed OTee the soad from
Dalton 10 Chattanooga in some Nseks-;has ths cou--
cry infested Viih ga o. Ysrkee dese'srs and shSt
thSy sEear they are done sghlg etc. Also thai tie
Yankee supplies hauled Oves and frtn CbassGAoega
70 R1me, Ihenee BY raj Kingston, and theIs hautd
again.
Tue addresses o. General Johnston and Gen. Hood,
the iosner on reJung and the Latter on assuming he
esm0Aod Of the Army OF Teanesses, gwen in QUO
tslsgr4 pbic eOiu1n tss NJ Hung Both charaOs r-
lied o. sJlrJ Of iOt'y pASl0usn.
We TessiTSd last nigis number Of Ito Apers
through our svss.thOugaaui friend, William O BArAeI.
F4ey contain Little Of ia.ssstt Thu ALBANIA Appeal Of
tbs lisa, which among then, says:
Notwithstanding he Esuss here there are iHdicA
tons shAt the 60 Struggle HhSb 70 decide the late
o tee GAIs oiY, Is a. hand, and no one N the
army believes for moment that the city Will be aban-
dQped without blow being struck IN lie d'fsnse, and
the TssulS no enc dOabts.'
HUNDRED BAYS NEH oRAHF.
We sawa soldier yesterday uhoSs reliability Is ho-
yond question, just from ROWetss, who informed Us
taat instead Of tie HAnFshire reeinShi WhiSa hA'
hsp On pexet in rolt Of our brsAstWoIks up to few