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

REFNsF yAok EEa vHFTaD srAfKa,
The Invasion of Pennsylvania.
FROM UISIANA.
ENGAGEMENT NEAR NATCHEz

ENGAGEMENT NEAR NATCHEZ.
FROM A K AN S AS.
RUMoRED MOVEMENTS of MARMADUKE.
We have received oopiss OF the Baltimore Gszstte OF
the aud 4h us'., from which We condsnss the fol-
l,wrg items Of news These papers filed with the
details of tho terrible ropule of Grant before Peters
burg, and contain much news of great Interest.
Reyis wing the situation, the Gazette states:
L. Is of course entirely too carly to obtain anything
more than general idea OF the loss sustained by the
Feder. troopS TIE actual nlmber oftte killed and
wtu,ded aud missing WH in al probability, be left to
conjecture for como time yet 10 come; and can only
be learned hereafter by those who have access to the
chivos of the War Department. Il is pro-
ably true, as tie Telegram from Washington
asserts that the exact loss in tae battle Of Saturday has
not yet been cf1cilly asoertained Unofi,ally, BOW
ever we are told that the k( and wounded est
mated at about thousand 6sa hundred the unber
mssng-hAt is 10 sIy, all OF those hudded together
in the RUNE fort snd there captured aud all OF those
living in the open epace under the eneuy's guns-not
being computed at al. Il Is further stated that the
rough stimate of the hl-d and wounded NAV possibly
oe found to below the mark, as many persons ba
leye tina. the 6gurss when carefully summed up, will
indicate that the CASUALTIES il these two classes will be
heavier.
According 10 the CORE spOnient OF the New York
Tribune the very fort upon whose destruction much
pre- plraory absr had been expended, wa. converted
INTO perfect slaughter pen, 10 which two thou3and
men were hudded together unable either 10 advance
or retreat sDd exposed for hours 10 ncessani
storm of grape canister and musketry. al; wac in
possible" SAYS the writ r. ito rally tie thus piled
together in the pit made by tie cIolOsOn.-
When ordered TO charge they were imnov bic.
living in some places Top OF each other, afraid
to str AL inch whist til shells Of the rebels falling
smo5g them dealt death on ali sder." O.. the tbus
fssruily aesatd, part attempted 10 regain the Fede
ral lines but ehot down in the act of rereaiDg,
che greuud in front of the ranks being literally covered
with the dead and wounded.
MoyIMxKrs OF GIN. BRECKENRIDGE.
According t1 The correspondents OF the Pniladelpha
INQUIRER Frederick CITY, Gen. Breckenridge has been
caled TO camond by special orders hs corps being
now commanded by Gen. Rms m. Gen. Rradley 7
hnson is said 10 have succeeded Ransom 10 command
Of the Confederate cavalry, Imboden's forming an
independent organic ton.
DIR nR the RAID OF into ChambsrsbuFg some
OF his ~ were taken prisoners: and one Of his off,
GERS il s said was Sc ID BY the nfuraed cizsns and
stamped to DEATH Toe Harrisburg Intei9encer ASSERT
ed TIA. the Ger killed was Maj. Harry Gilmor.-
Toe fact t7at an eff yer killed appears to be con-
6rmed; hut by later despatch from Harrisburg it is
ca iay certain that the officer was not Maj Giimor.
TRuM LouIIASA-AN ESGAGSNEEr NEAR NAIcHIz AND
BATON RoUGE.
The latest adyces from New Orleans are to the goth
u Some skrmishes had occurred during the previous
week opposite Natchtz and some thirty mills from Ba
ton Rouge in which the Yankees claim to have been
successin. Il Was rumoTed st New 0leane just before
the steamer left that pert, that tho Confedea'es
advancing GA MoTgrza, near the mouth OF Red river
some forty ms) and troops were at sent up the
RIVER 10 reinloTcs The garrison at that point.
FROM sHERMARs AsNY.
The following Is the latest Contained in the ps perJ Of
the 4. h from Sherman's army;
A telegram from Washington announces that des-
matches from Shsrmsns army had been received which
safe that there hiss been no fighting recently before
Atlanta.
FROM ARKAEsAs.
General Buford. in command of the Federal troops
statoled az Helena Arkansas, Is said TO have been
placed in precarious position in conss qu.nce of the
presence Of large Confederate force in his immediate
vicinity. An expedition, composed OF negro regiment
of infantry portion OF the 10Th Illinois cavalry and
oolored battery, encountered, recently, the Confede
rates under Do6bin, and afer short engagement the
Federal troops were compelled 10 fall back but with
out Sustaining any considerable loss.
MOVEMENTS OF KIRBY SMITH AND MARNADUKE.
By way of 81. L h3, it is anncu iced tia, Kirby Smith
was supposed to be attempting to Cross TO the st side
of the Mississippi, bp. at what point either not
knovn, or Is not mentioned. Aarmsduke, however,
was crossing his men, in email squads in the DeghbOr
hood of James Landing. On ths l0.h ult., Shelby,
who, with his command VAS at Searcy, between Little
ok and Batesvle, captured $50 OF the l0h Hill oise
cavalry. Gen, Carr was in command of the Federal
troors at Little Rock willis. Generals Lee and Gordon
from Louisiana, were OF tho mouth of Wolfe River
With renforcements for General Sesle.
Comments of the New York Press on the
Battle of Petersburg.
From the Men York lines.
The attempt on the lines OF Peter burg on Saturday
did not result ia a success l. effort whose
.ss or failure must a. once and must at once be
apparspt It was Of the nature Of q coup de main,
sudden efor CT PRISE which, though It might en-
brace many parts and much lsborous preparation, must
necessarily come to conclusion very quickly Gfter it
was fairly got uuder way.
from the Herald.
A usual in most casls il appears that tho secret Of
Gen. Grants mining operations was discovered too soon
by the enemy and it also appe1rs that there
bu1dsrug aud shortcomings here and there in the as
saut aud after the mine was fired. The prominent
fact before us that grand surprise and general
.aut, in the preparations for which much tine AID
labor were expended, and III tho execution Of which
mapy valuable lives have been lost have not resulted
in the success which anticipated.
(Fron the ~. Y Worldly
Richmond has pasISd oOnePiououtlJ into tho same
category with OhaIleeton-a town that has toled the
us,t coloeea attempt the administration could organizs
for its capture We Cannot take Rchnond. 1t
has been evident to good judges for several weeks that
Gen. Grants campag 60 is failure; but though an ad-
yerse fate had the dsed drawn and sg1ed it lacked the
seal OF final Authorization, which impressed upon
it in the battle Of Saturday.
'sss%+ Indeed the problem ia no longer the de-
srpction of Lees army and the capture oil Richmond,
or even the cspute of Petersburg but the deiencs OF
loyal States against the Z bal armies.
No doubt Gen ant will keep large force opera
ting on the James River, bu. never sffjrd to
present to the world the spectacle Of enemy march
log uihindered through oar own territory.
LETTER FROM LONDON.