Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-11-23

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| 400 600 hounds Of aour By mAnufAoiuFe; 5000 600
pounds Of meal by manufacture; 10000 pounds OF peas
and bsane; $4,000 pounds Of FiOe in seed, besides
large quantity OF sweet potatoes, stC. This Is hide
pepdsnt of grain and her supplies which were for
vardsd By he lartermastsrS Department. whose con.
sumption of corn greater than that Of the Oommf
fr an impoverished ate and scts much credit on
the caacOrs engaged in gathering the subsistence.
DOING GOOD sIRvIoR
some time SlEos WS took occasion to Alluds to the
valuable services OF Major Graham who has been sue
sSsiVSly FeOut for Generals Johnston, Bragg and
HcOd He entered the services as private soldier and
ct the battle Of hurIesl bOrO General Forrest promo.
ted him on the fsd 10 First Lieutenant for capturing
General I. D. oritssndsn.
&c YES ordered by General Hood, on the Oh Of last
July, With detail Of Afseen men, to proceed to the
rear Of the Snsmy in the vicinity of Marietta to scout
the ecuatry and recruit his command.
Sncs that time he has captured 7s6 Yankees l $50
hOrsss and Eu s AZ wagons and burnt and destroyed
eight trains Of care on the State Road between Mari
eta and Dalton Besides he has raised organized and
mounted eighty companies OF boys ana men who had
nsVer been N service. ..- -.t
-
years Of age Singular to say, in this age Of OonVVi-
atty, be has rSVsr yet taken drink of liquor.
FRoM THE yALLLY. rs
OaS hundred ana seventy prisoners, captured BY
ROsss.s brigade in the Valley, on the lSh, reached
tie city this morning and disposed Of in the usual
uay. AGths sane lime colonel. major, and some
Oshsr commissioned OHAOMs we're captured, but they
we're noi brought on With the batch above alluded TO-
FAs Stanton ViHGeatOr Of the ls.h says in she lower
Valley D0tLing hss IrAa red since the capture BY
RsssslI command, on the l2.b, Of 200 prIsonsrs-al
Of which arrived here on Wednesday sn rou.s for
RShnSnS.
Prom GEORGIA.
Fhs Augusta 0Sron,eis Of the 18th states that re-
port vas brought down BY usengsrs on the Georgia
passSDEsr .EAln last night TIA! the Yankees we're ad
yAusiuR on Social Circle. Scouts reported that the
Yankees mp az Rl,s from the Circle on WsdnSs-
day night
Social Circle Il . station on the Georgia RLrOAd, 50
miles south Of Atlanta
FnSFs are Wild rumOrs, Of course, concerning Shsr-
mans movements, which are varied BY each arrival of
reliable passengers The ChrOHiels gives a. the very
latest rs1nOyS brought by passengers" from Macon
that Sherman l. advancing that ey ct the head Of
ave corps. He had burned Rome, Marietta aud A.
IantA, and occupied JOnssOOrO' on Wednesday.
S further reported that all the boz cars in Augusta
have been cred 10 Macon to bring Of the commits
sAry stores.
rhs Macon Intsl gsHesr of the same date says that
the lAtsst reliable Intelligence from the front In Gsor-
EG Il received from g,ne nan Who left Grfiu last
"Wednesday night, ct 10 o'clock. Gen. Wasssr fought
the snsny-Who advancing with q force estimated
at from twenty-five to thirty thousand in two columns,
oss on the NCDOnOugh and tha other the JOqssbo.
ro raad-at Bear Creek tan miles above Grifi until
late in the evening, when he fell back to Critic, and
vas passing through that city on its right when our
informant lett Oar infantry forces were falling back
to BarnesVIle l. is probIbe. a. the time We write,
that Sherman occupies Gr;in, and will rapidly demon
s;rate upon this city, and perhaps MledgeVille. 1t 10
reported that Sherman has applied the torch to largo
portion of Atlanta and has burnt Jonsaboro also No
Dorough. Il ia also reported that he has destroyed
che railroad from Atlanta to the OnAstshoOchee and
burnt the bridge at the river on that road.
The Iatsltgsnesr regards the above as reliable.
FROM PETERSBURG.
We have resolved the Express OF this morning, from
which We learu that twenty Eve or thirty desert
ors we're brought in yesterday, having deserted from
the several bugadss nov pckstBg the Anes in our inc
mediate 'front.' They represent the greatest activity
within Giants lines duiag the past few days, arising
from the arrival OF troops from abroad and the prepa
galio 8 for grand advance, which the Yankee Gene
rails confidently assert is to wind up the campaign in
bursG OF glory, and the capture of Petersburg AID
r chnond.
Burnside has returned 10 the front aud assumed CON-
mlnd Of his old corps.
Yesterday all was perfectly quiet
FROM EAST TEEEESsEE.
The Bristol Register OF the 2ls received intelligence
from the front that the Yankees were in some force
upon the other side Of the river at Strawberry Plains
and that Brsckinridge had treated them TO On artillery
dusl on Friday. He had also force to their rear
which succeeded in burning Fla. Greek bridge.
portion of the captured artillery bad reached
Bristol
We have rscsivsdG telegram, which will be found
10 another column, which reports fight at Strawberry
Pains, in which . large number Of negroes we're
killsd.
GEN GRANTS MoVEMEETs --
Wa learn from the baltimore american that our
ys.ss arrived N the monumental city Friday last,
en- route Tor Burlington, n j, Uhsrs his family are
scauruius. Among tho CfiOsrs accompanying him
gsrs Major General IlgaIls, Colonel PtksFn, Colonel
Eito Lieutenant Colonel oomstOok, Lieutenant Colonel
BIde1 Major d. L. BsOkWith aud others. Some Of
these proceeded TO New Jersey with him. Whilo In
Baltimore the GsGsra vas The guest OF Colonel Ools-
| uaD, Of the EaIaN House The presumption 10, thai
the rain and the absence If the Commanding General
sill prevent &C i've movements on the pTt Of the Yal-
Eees 10 this quarter for some days TO come.
RAmRoID DssFSoTED.-Ws regret to learn that the
recent foods have ssrOusy damaged the Montgomery
aud Mobile Railroad baloW Pollard, as - render the
resumption OF travel over 1t for some time an imp'ssi
blRJ The company will put heavy fOrCs at work at