Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-10-25
THE NEWS.
FROM TIE VALLEY.

nights Central ira state that his loss Il mated,
upcn GOOD authority at over six ttolsaLd while
Will not much exceed one thousand, unless loss in
prisoners is under estimated In the history OF battles,
vas ever one 80 msreprsssntsd by an ofhdn bulletin
a. the battle OF Cedar Run as the Yankees term it,
/ GRANT NOT UNEASY ABOUT sHERMAN-HIs OPINION OF
| SHERIDAN.
Mr.. Edward CrOpsy L me PhlAd,lPhiA I"qTiT|I
cOTrespcnden! foa the Army Of the Potomac. On the
20 l. in bis letter he rays: Tho Redmond press has
been and exceedingly uDAnE over the fact that Hood
mas succeeded getung his amy N ShsrmAns IsAr.-
Thu stale of GAIs gives General Grant no unsasness
whatever Toe simple fact that Hood has been success
fu in such movement he considers Is sufficient ev-
! aenOe that his amy has dWindlsd away into mere
rAdirg party it being well established that no large
vel appointed army could have been moved with the
CELEBRITY with which Hood hAs crossed the 0hAthooOhse.
ThAs he will be able 70 do anything more than interrupt
shsrnanS communications for few days not thought
probs sls."
Gran! may yet learn TIA; large bodies do not always
move slowly.
Ga tbs EAms day Ulysses teleEraPhs Stanton; 81 arsd
salute Of one hundred guns from Of tie armies
here In honor OF sherdAhs last VicOy. Turning what
had bid fair to be disaster into glorious victory,
Il
Of the GbleSs Generals"
FROM PLrERsBURG.
Oar own adVices yesterday evening from Petersburg
confirm the statement of the Yankee papers to the a.
moot ABSOLUTE qletuds Of the situation front OF the
co, kade city VIII Ulysses keep his is idleness and
s1uries dssI AOn until ike the OarthsgeniAns at CAr
nae they are eneTVAsd aud demorAzsd, il he only
prudenty waiting TIL the ides Of November pass before
making movement lest disaster follow it aud with it
defeat to Lncsln and the Back Republican
party. We tell cur fAVOri!e very plainly that this
quAsting policy won't d. Toe eyes Of the world are
upon him, and will Ios be content with his wasting
time in apOoSIpg for Sherman and giving vent to full
somS IsuiAuOn OF Sheridan.
Tee Ezp' sss Of yettsrdsy says We understand that
be enemys outer line Of works left in the Vcir.
Iy Of the AIpamattccX river has been lsvssd TO the
ground within the aStNo or three nigh and
Phis result has been brought about doubt by the
erection of very powerful works by the Coincide
rates in clo,e proximity to them, and which commanded
them very tfsctuAly. The Yankees have retired with.
in their next line of works. hoping there to find greater
security.
Toe heavy firing of the past few nights has been
caused by the shelng Of Confederate working parties
|
Cured but nevertheless the work has gone on With
rspdity that not only astOnAhsd bu: frightened the
| Yankees.
Giant has pro eoted himself by four lines of works,
each stronger than The other lsft and centre
most Of his artillery resting in the background.
heavy smoke was Teen Arisiug south of the city
Yesterday afternoon probably caused by the burning of
hs residence of some ciizsn within the Yankee linss
MRS BUTLTR on A VISIT TO THE BEAST
City POint correspondent writes to the Tribune Of
the a2a that Ms Batter and family arrived at her bus
bands heaj qlartsrs the 2Oh. On the same day she
rode along the lines and paid visit to Dutch Gap o.
nal, and no doubt Ehs found it interesting triumph
of engineering ski and Yankee enterprise, VII ch, as
a New England woman, she thoroughly appreciated.
FROM TExAa
The Yankees are still at the Bszos, Texas, in cor
siderable force, Csl SloWalItrs command il In the
front, doing coed and hard GerVcs, hAnal sing the
Yankees on ali sides, Elnost daily skirmishug, in which
the Yankees driven under the shelter of the sand
hills. Five of ShoWalsers recently run twenty-five
Ysy * under cover.
ADMIRAL BUCHANAN AND THE NAVAL BATTLE AT
| MOBILE.
gentleman Just from Pensacola, upon the authority
Of Admiral Buchanan, through the columns of the
TFi5une, makes ,rrsctlon OF the many misrepeSen-
sltiOns which have sPPclred ia the public journals
relative TO the naval engagement in Mobile Bay. We
make brief synopsis Of his statement:
l. is reported in the enenys papers that our feet
consisted Of three iron cads three cotton -cads and
o,ber vessels" Il composed Of one iror GLAD and
three wooden vessels. This Is the whole sum of its
flrce.
The a ct Of the enemy numbered fourteen steamers
and n Uonitcrs, carrying, in all ore hundred and
nnet. mine heavy guns, besides number of boats
howl in the topl of the ships These vessels were
manned by tWenty-eght hundred men.
Tbs was the YSnk, force.
Our little squadron bad, all told, TWENTY-FIVE guns
AID four hundred aud seventy men.
Our loss was tWO killed and twenty wounded.
The ensmys lose nearly three hundred killed and
wounded, Omittisg the one hundred and twenty that
we're blown up in the Tseunseh By Confederate toll
pedC.
Instead Of his men being denOrs'ssd "a charged the
Admiral says they stood calamity to theis guns anal
fought the enemy TO the last
As to the delivery Of his sword, mentioned in Far
rAguts ocAl report be says was demanded By Can't.
Grand BY order OF Admiral T., and delivered 10 him,
on board the Tennessee, by Mr.. W. g. Forest, aid to
Admiral Buchsoau.
hIscKLLAHEoUs MILITARY ITEMS
General John 4. Jack on has been relieved from his
command in FlOEidSs and ordered to report to Lieut.
Gen Aardes for duty. He Ia succeeded BY Gen VIM.
Miller, Of tina. State who has been recently promoted
to the Gfies of Brig5dier General.
OoL u LeventhorPe, who lately commanded the 1llh
North Carolina regiment, has been appointed bv Gov
Vance BrgAdier General in the Home Gu.rd toro.s or
North Carolina. The troops called GU. repor. to
him at Goldsboro'.
General 7. N. Waul was in Houston, Texas on the
l6;h ult, on his way TO his command He had almost
completely recovered OF the wound received at the bat
tie of Saline crossing.
Colonel r. R Brown, Of BrSzoria county, Texas has