Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-08-24
GNsNEM.
FROM PErSRppuRs,

Inero mas Deen uOtnlDB mOro tuhu bklfm ennB
along the iaes yesterday and to day. Oar fo.oes have
fallen back from advanced positions on the Weldon
Rair;ai. The enemy have approached nearer the city
aud are fortifying. They hRe extended their linss
some distance ives. Of Vaughan road, where the fight
occurred on Sunday, and appear To be ware1Veripg
towards Boydton PAnkroad
Passengers by the ambulance train yesterday after
noon, reported all quiet at Petersburg By the same
train received copy of the Express Of yesterday,
which contains little from the front in addition to what
we have already published.
Abiding to the fight of Sunday, It says, Saturday
| was epent in making preparations for the coming
battle" 10 the ME Intime the Yankee column on the
raj DAD heavily reinforced and every available blue
devil thrown into the trenches Works of the RrongOt
character hastily thrown up and the Yankee lines
already extending east and wett of the railroad were
extended westward to the Vaughan road.
On Sunday morning, while We attacked tie enemy's
'front.' at the same time we deploysd heavy column
so to take position hla ,it faux the Vaughan
road The fight commenced at nine o'clock. Oar
readers already know the general result a Ough very
meagre details of our Casualties havo reached Tie
| Express says:
"Iu frtn', the enemy were successfully driven from
heir several Ottr lines Of works to their main in
trencbmenis and here for the third time the work
stopped. Ga the extreme right they we're driven from
the Vaughan road-their Ines of skrmihers captured,
and the main works almost reschsd, when brigade OF
the attacking force gave way, and the days work was
lost Farther move ,n,s in front on the Immediate
line of tie railroad dependent upon the success or
failure of the thinking co'umU, and as the movement e-
suited unfSvorAby, offensive operations CEASED. Ia this
days fight We lost u number Of prisoners, and many
killed and wounded. We captured nearly four hundred
prisontr s, and inflicted heavy lOss upon the enemy"
In the battles commencing Friday aud ending Sun
day the eDSmys loss estimated q! from eight - ten
thousand. Ours was mach less
o. Mlnday nothing WIS done with the exception Of
slight shArpshooiing aud picket diminishing. The
ensn y Wever, continued to strength and increase
his fort caions and showed evident disposition to
advance towards the city.
We regret to hear that the brave General Finnegan,
Of florida renOwn, lost in the battle of surdJ
The Express tltes an incident of General Hagood in
the Sundays fight which adj another to the lAurels
aIt ady by that gallant IF er. Daring the thick
est OF the fight on the Vaughan road YanxSe Colonel
cs ured one Of tn, coloIs of his comma, d. General
Hagood seeing the act, and not wishing to lose biz
cOlOrs which bad been borne 80 noby and CALAMITY OIL
50 many fields Oonfronbd the Yankee fiji ;er and de-
manded Is restoration. refusal was given, end the
two officers beclme engaged in hand to hand encoun
ter. General II. slew his opponent and bore eff The
aIg in triumph.
We truas that the term Of occupation of the railroad
by the enemy will be very briei. In the meanwhile
both the people and the government must tolerate the
incI rsnisncs to which they sui ;c.ed as one Of
the inc dsnts iDssparabl' from war.
THE TALLAHASSEE.
Tho Yankee papsrs of the 20 report the PAllA as.
zee blockaded at Halifax just they have over aud
over again had the Florida bat lha. she s by this time
GU, and again at work, We have no: tue shadow OF
doubt
The Yankees have heretofore objected TO our wal
vessels because they were built and manned in fOteis
ports, and commenced depredating ulol their com
merce without ever having entered Confederate har
Dor. Nov, these objections not applicable 10 Tay
Tor Woods gallant craft, the Tallahassee, as che WA
fitted out manned aud proVisiOned in the Oonfedeacy
aud Il c. handed by oors of the Confederate States
Navy who ran her by the sleepy block isrs without
the slightest trouble incoLVenisi Her status IL
therefore uneXceptionabe, according TO the Yam
ksc construction of the Law OF nations The next batch
of Northern papers which receive will br ng us, We
trust, tue glad tdhga Iht she is causing mournir 6
anopR the merchant princes of the Northern Atlantic
cities.
| ATLANTA-fHE SITUATION.
Toe Macon Confederate is Of the opinion that the bat
lie for the possession of Atlanta has been fought and
wen and the idea seems rather plausible when
osct that the enemy for than ten days past have
their energies and make the most feeble
s.ults egarst our skirnsh nes and tfJrt carry
our ma works They pushed their iats offort6cators
with yigor west until opposite Eist Point, but finding
Hoods work. every Where in rcnt they seem TO have
deepared OF capturing that point and thus cutting the
| Communications that side of the city.
LATEST FROM TLoRIDA-THE TANKxTs AAIDIss THROUGH
TIE STATE.
An officer from the army Of Tennessee, who reached
saya nah OF Friday morning. the way TO his
mand aud who has just returned from florida, gives
the NeOs the following pareu In regard To matter,
in our sister State:
On Tuesday last some three hundred Confederate
infantry and about one hundred cavalry under tbs com
msnd Of Lieut.. O l. Mccormick, attacked the enemy
at st. Mays river, between BIdWin and Lake City, anG
| drove them back 10 Baldwin. The enemy lost -four
kill. and two captured. The enemy, in their retreat
took the Florida railroad towards Gainesville. They
were between 500 and 900 strong, blacks and whites
but the greater portion tlacks, and consisted Of
infantry and cavalry. Abcu $50 of the Yankee cavalry
we're at S:ark on Tuesday last Baldwin Is about thirty
| miles from Sax.
Ga the day about ninety of the ensmys cavalry
discovered going In the dro ion Of NeMHansv lie,
on the Mud Mill road, Rld Captain Row. with about tLe
mber Of COME dsTate cavalry, Wss in pursu Of
then. We learn that Ciptsin Dickinson, with his
ay are between Gainesville and Stark with the nten
on to meet the enemys force at Stark. Il supposed
that cavalry are u ,erty strong 10 meet and de-
feat the enemJ's cavalry.
We are grati6ed to lean Il a. the spirit OF patriotism
81 !ws as bright in the Land Flowers it did,
and that the to turning out and join
log CrgaD ltions to eet she enemy, snd drive them