Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-09-15
The NEWS.
-. ar,nrarlnIrr RIrERsEs.

NJ to. b.s besn clearer since the com menesnent OF
tha var than thai the Yankees, above ell people Oh
aartb know best how to magnify the sigh'ess 30'An
into oompete victory and to vSrnish over arou'
az "a N make IL appear as irsignihcsnt repuse'-
This vas nartioulary the in the accounts OF MO
olaan, r pulse on the Peninsula Burrsdes ct mpete
ds,st at fredericksburg, aud HoOksrs rous at Onah-
s,lorsvls 10 say nothing of the tremendous Shipppgs
s the Ya kse papers say which our favoFIte yaSeS
sdmnistered to Gen. Lee in the battles and furnishes
1,ou tho Raouahaanock TO the front oil Petersburg.
Ca the other hand we of the SOUTH have not adhered
strictly 70 tho truth in all Ihings tor we have over es'
mate the iupregnablity aud importance oil numerous
posltious FROM Doneson to Atlanta, For instance We
reckoned Vick,burg batopol; lslAud No. ~ MAI
akeff and Pdr. Hudsol RsdAn, aud yet the fAi oil Gil
three, saVe in a moral Cfsct amounted 10 no'olng'
And .uppose Chsr, on, Mobile, Savannah aud VIII
minpton were, Ike Atlanta, 10 fall into The haods oi
the enemy, would the Yankees then be "nlt nearer
onr .uhinz,tiong We ask the question. not that We
believe lor nent that 1t is even Probspe tlSt 'heJ
o.n take either city named; bus because, having no
foreign commerce. We dependent not upon seaoeAid
elites but upon the producing ,untry, Tor the material
s,d With which to prosecute tn, war Aud were our
hs.ndu Oso.tal even 10 la-whch is about as remotely
oossble a. The fall OF the sky which The children arc
told ia to catch numerous lsrAs-h Nc dd not 'nSn'
Washington designed in the 6est Revolution, as last
rssort fail back to West Augusta We would SUI, ihshA
Cod have territory enough LETT, in Old Virginia. Gus
csntbe of defence to iurnh hOspiiabe graves to every
motbsr,s son OF a Yankee In Gran'sGrmy.
aonBARDHEsr OF CHARLEsToH.
Saturday last the four hundred ana twenty ni'u
d,y of the siege oil Charleston. oa Thursday hish'
IN, Courier taye, shot we're bred "a. F'fi Su~'si
sod ,Wslye shots at the city. Oi FrdSy the enemy
o.ased 6rpg 1T the fart and fred eGh cen SHOTS al tie
itv nm 10 SIP NJ colored barber Wac struck IN the
basd by PanU.s saell Friday morning Aid instantly
killed.
spes lat port Battery Wagner fred nineteen Ole
mes Island batteries and Battery Gregg eight sho's
rVs sbo,s were ir,d by our James Island batteries
10 rs,urn.
The arrival of the FlAmbeau Increases tho nuAosr o.
Ys,kes monito.s nov Il the port 20 i've.
raa EFTEor or THL yIcroAT AT sAIsIs'ILLE. FLA
correspondent Of hs Tallahassee H0r'd'a1. speak
inc Of the defeat OF the Yankees at Gainesville, By Capt
Dickson, says:
Tbs vtc,ory At Gainesville cannot be esiinsed
The epemys cavalry has been destroyed Thelf sIldp
for the present are ended. rich and popElous re-
,on If our State saved from spoaon aud Gun soldiers
manfred with confidence | predicted in my last thai
thew would aoAnd IN Baldwin and return to Jackson
willie You reed not be surprised Lo" to hear oil their
ey. cualing Jacksonville in the cOurse OF ie" weeks
We could now easily, without molestAtOn, occupy Gus
old po,tion at Baldwin and Camp Milton, but the rail-
road all have first to be rspaled in order to furnish
forage and supplies Without the railroad, the posi-
ton Is worthless, and ng to be projected, While
our presen camp presents many and great Ad'snageH