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


and vOundsd before they achieved possession OF the gu
emy's orks. The negro troops are praised for the
steadmess and gallsntry with which thty sought.
The Tenth Corps meanwhile, wcs not idle on the
right of cur az. a'lng lihe Gen. Brney met the enc
my almost immediately after starting away from Deep
Bottom, and succession Of skirmshes was the order
OF advance until the Newmarket road was reached
To gain possession o. that road the main task for
which the Tenth specially detailed. The enemy was
found strongly ntrenChed on what called Newman
ket Heights The stroug patur position thus occupied
was made formidable by works OF sn important char
To carry this the colored troops we're selected
by Gen. Brney. They neither halted uor faltered, ale
though they we're DOM ~ tG,gs RH5abTs by the
keen, sharp fee Of che enemy. The presence oil Gen.
Bey In the very heat and cras OF this assault doub-
less did vast deal inspire his men with the courage
ard dash 80 esseusl TO the execution OF their ask
Gems. Grant and Butler Ssrs both on TIE ground at
tots point duriug the day. and the presence OF the
Lieutenant General s said TO have created the widest
enthusiasm anopg the troops
General Birney did not take q long breathing sPeH
at Newmarket Heights. he at once pushed forward In
the direction oil IN old earthwOrk three miles beyond
Newmarket, andi shortly taken possession OF with
barely show Of resistance. Two miles beyond where
this old earthwork stands the Vana road crosses the
Newmarket road, and al ing that line the Eighteenth
Oorps having finished its task the loft toward the
river, was marching up to form junction with the
Tenh At this point q formidable series OF rebel
works crosses the Newmarket road six miles from Rich
mond, These WORKS, after succession OF desperate
chargse direce by Brney himself, and which lasted
from O'Clock on Thursday afternoon till dark still re-
main in the enemy HANDS. We lost heavily in this
struggle, but the gam, ID not gwen up.
The RIPULsE blToRE FoRT GILNIR.
The bloody repulse sustained in the assault Fort
elmer is pictured as follows:
Oar troops at once pushed on to the junction Of the
Varira and Newmarket roads, three -qu,rers of mile
further, where q reconnaissance revealed q strong
unet,e shaped fortfcanon, with outWorks on either
flank TO the left OF the road and con maRdng II fully
These works Gen. Birusy ordered be assaulted The
troops employed were Fosters 81 vision, and Brig. Gen.
Brneys colored troops the latter the left Of Foster
Twice these works assaulted, and on each occa.
sion the charge was CALAMITY made. but failed. Our
men suffered greatly, being exposed as they crossed
the wide open interval 10 from! the rebel position, TO
whitening epflading FIRE Of grape, canister and mus
kerry, from rebel fertilization further to the right
which completely ploWed the field.
The coored troops egar distinguished the mselves
here. General BirneJs brigade, or at least portion
of reached the works on The left before which WAs
ditch twelve feet wide and ten feet deep. About
900 of these negcoes got into this Gitcn and
came back. At least twenty If them climbed on the
parapet OF The fort and were shot dead, tnbng back
upon their comrades. The rest Il IS said ,Osrs SaHSht
cred BIZ the enemy OM shells hroeH among them by
hand.
Among.,he many white officers wounded in this
charge were Lieut. Col. Johnston OF the Que Hundred
and Fifteenth New York, by MIME ball in the should
or received while carrying the oOlors of his regiment
which he ID from tho color-sergtant who Was kill
ed. Col. JOnnston has besu wounded twice before
Colonel Mcdonald, OF the Forty seventh New York, q
very bravs officer was also wounded in the Shouldn't
OIL Dsggate, One Hundred and Seventeenth New York,
wa sig7tly wounded in the Leg Major Ludwig, One
Hundred add Twch New York, In right breast; 0spt.
Smith, Seventh United States Cavalry, In right and
LETT shoulders.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
The Caroline, new and very fast side wheel steamer
of hundred And seventy tons register designed for
running the blockade OF Southern ports Was spoken OF
Cape Race on Sunday last her frat trip out from
Gllsgow. She Was bound Tor Wilmington, n. u, via
Halifax and had cargo CT machinery. The officers Of
the Caroline reported that her sister ship, tie Colonel
Lamb, would pa5a Cape Race to-day for the same des.
tinaoD There we're twelve blockade runners lying in
the harbor OF Halifax Friday last One Of them was
chased IN the previous day by one OF our gunboas
The United States steamer Florida anchored below Hall
fox on Sunday and may, perhaps ere long, cut short
the career Of of the vessels Of this ee 30 says
the Herald OF the 4 h.
The Baltimore Gazette, Of Friday, says:
Lust night after the Performance at the Holiday
Stree. Theatre, Mr. Bokee, one Of the actors was
placed under arrest by the military guard, on the
cssga OF uspg disoya remarks while upon the stage.
Tie charge appeared 10 have originated III this way ::
The play being performed was the Heir at Law" In
dialogue bstm Id. DuberI (Mr Hal aud Mr. steadtast
(Mr. Bokee) tho latter says he il just rom oasbec
America. Lord Duberly replies, Then you must be
Yankee Doodle" 1t was asserted thss Ar. Bokee
(S.esGfaH) answered, "NO, thank Cod / am not a
Yankee"
A despatch to the Commercial Advertiser, from
Washington, says:
Apen.lsman who had just arrived from Montgomery,
Ala says that in that city and within TWO miles Of H.
there are four hundred and eighty thousand bales Of
Cotton 1t il believed that our Generals ordered
not to capture for the present Rousseau could have
Destroyed it when on bis raid but for these orders.
A despatch from Washington says the military au-
thorities have for time had under advisement