Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-10-08

and cur produce merchants ard 6cur ppsculstors and
bSnk directors may what they have % expect How
lopS will it Do before We have amoo and are onhgea 10
cal out orr r,ilitaryY >,
Oloso upon our financial storm vii
come political storm, aud it Il Singular that they
should both originate in the place. Ii tie imam,
oiA storm be delayed until after the election eel am
good; but If 1t should occur before the eieoHhn We
would not be surprised to both Lincoln and hcel-
Ian aside for ihose men who have saved the naen
10 war, and who can best govern it In peace.
GRANTS oPEATIoHa
The Herald has the following piece Of Rrsndlloquent
fiction restivs TO the late Abortve and boody requ,.
ed attempts on Richmond. The reader VIII recognize
revival Of the swashing style in which hcolsllans ad-
vance on Richmond was ohronicled:
The dispatches which va give this morning cover
the operations of Saturday and Sunday on both sides
of James river. Ga the left of General Grants linee
the enemy made two attacks on Saurdsy-one on Ayres
division of the Fifth corps which oomposes the extreme
of the infantry in that wing, aud one on Greggs oiva
~ guarding the flank of the infantry Both assaults
were handsomely repused with considerable loss to the
assaants, though made by them With great Zeal OF
energy. On Sunday the rain storm prevented move
| ments to any extent On Sunday evening the Army OF
the Potomac held all the ground had wrenched from
the rebels in the recent sangunary engagements and
was strongly entrenohed on s new territory In the
Army OF the James, under General Butler, composed OF
the Tenth aud Eighteenth corps, there no fighting
OF any consequence either Saturday or sunday. but
the men were busy srenthoning the position they ave
30 ferceIy wrenohed from the foe within elk miles OF
| the doomed capital, and 80 strong haVo they MADE
these defences that their dislodgmens rendered i'm
possible. Not only this bu. on Saturday not content
with the proximity of his lines TO Richmond, General
Brney, oomnandn. the Tenth corps aen: out recon-
noiterng force consisting OF two b.gides OF infantry
brigade of cavalry, and section vi horee artillery,
which penetrated TO within tao miles of the city, and
drove the enemy toto s inner deienoes. Though these
we're found be strong AZ they we're only garil-
3d. ed by raw militia and exsmptI hastily scraped up in
ereeta men were perfectly confident that they
could have marched into the city without much dif-
Guilty. But this part Of the programme il deferred
yet little WHILE atIer gaining much valuable inorma
tion toe gallant party returned 10 their nes, having
su,I aimed lose in killed and wounded OF only thirty
During the progress OF the reconnosance the rebels
made preparations for attack on the let OF the 10Th
corps but discovering this movement towards their
capital and another further on the right which
made mersy f,int they retired without executing
their dseleu. The rain prevented movements OF nuoh
conseq uenos on Sunday. About i've hundred OF the
rebels captured by our men In their unsuccessful
assault OF Friday on the Tenth and Eighteenth corpa-
Prisoners gad refugees represent thai the greatest eI-
element prevails in Richmond and the people expect
to soon zee the Yankees marching through 10 Streets
Every who by any mt anh escape leaving the
city, and tugtves from iE constantly pouring into
our lines al Bermuda Hundred.
| ADMIRAL TARRAGUT TO COMMAND TVS NORTH ATLANTIC
| SQUADRON.
| The Washington Republican makes the following
| announcement:
"Rsar Admiral Farragut haa been re- ieyed OF duty az
commander OF the West Gulf Biockading Squadron
and assigned TO the command OF the North Atlantic
SQUADRON recently commanded by Rear Admiral Lee
Tue latter will take Admiral FArraguIs recent command
| in the Gulf
at IL not necessary TO indoae 10 our readers that
this looks Ike business she James river and before
Wilmington.
The Washington Chronicle says:
The North Atlantic squadron havs aoys work be-
fore them TIE heroic Farfsgut said to lave been put
in command aud having the gauntlet of the forts
guarding Mobile Bay, We Inay rest assured no will not
stand in awe tf tho jefences Of Wilmington. The
reer of these bockad -runners We suspfc new nsnr
its CLOSE for the VINO oIputei Ngw Orleans and
sesled Mobile Will not leave many loop open
| about Wilmington.
TIE WAR N MISSOURI.
letter to the st. Louis Democrat, dated q. Irondale
Missouri September 90 gives tho following account Of
the sackng Of the town Of Pennington by PIECES
troops. OF course, the reader will understand how
much credit Ia to be attached to statements from such
a eource:
The refugees from the town o. Pennington, the
ty seat OF st. Francois sixteen miles from here, give
me the following particulars of the capture of that
place On Saturday afternoon, about four O'Clock, the
rebels made their appearance IN the ouskrts OF the
town.
The little garrison made gallant defence, fighting
from the Court House, and succeeded In driving the
rebels out of tosn Tho citizen refugees are loud In
their praise OF the bravery Of the boys Of the Forty
ssyenIn.
"On Sunday morning at nine o'clock, the rebels
again made their appearance in larger ioroe than be-
fore, and surrounded the Court House, where the
Union soldiers we're garrisoned. Our men went into
the upper story and the rebes dsspairing OF making
them surrender without hard struggle, built hre In
the lower story of the building when our men, seeing
no alternative but surrender or burning alive, chose
the former.
CATER having obtained possession Of the town. the