Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-10-24
4HE KS.

NEW bArFRRv AT THERoULwARB HousA-o6R JANE
RIVER YLREF BoXBARDED BATTERY BROOKE ~
eAGsD.
The RozlWars House, 1t will be remembered by our
readers is about mile and three ql'rters lower down
The river on the north side Of the james than Cha 40
BlrfF. aud about half mile due north Of the Grave
Yard" Il Is bail upon 9 bill which Is part oil the
ridge, which ruuuingparAl with the river eumins.es
IN Signal Hill sics the occupation Of Battery HArr-
son. he Ysr kees hsye made this prominent picket
station; and on Wednesday, no! to the surprise oil
,hoss who had hssn watching their movements, IN
masked battery displaying FIVE 6mbTasures. whether
LEY have other sim lar works extending eas'ery' nas
To- been get AEoertained, 81 far a. our iniormAnon
goes Oae Of their Iuos is l0O-pound PArrott Oh "a
urday morning at sb Ut 20 minutes to z. while por'
ou OF cur ses vas lyiDg in the rssc1 above and Dc
los the sGfaVe yaro"-the Richmond, Capt AsuIy,
being lower doWn-.his battery opened upon them The
sunOoat Hampton, Capt MurdAugh, being nearest to
Oh as, was coon under way aud out of reach OF its
range before any damage was done Several shells
however passed over her. Her engineer presented
novel sppe on raw frosty morning, attired only
ia such garments are unmentonAble In the presence
o. ladies'. Toe gunboa. D,eWry, Lieu Alexander
commanding was lying about five hundred yards farther
down stream, and was Lot oon'sq ienIy sS fortunate
"a Of the shells struck one Of her gun oirrsges ana
x ,sdsd, Woundiug two Of her msn teEerely ara CIV
ing three Others slight scratches" Toe gun was Lot
isrnouned and tho ipjary to the carriage was much
yb,er than uuder the creumstar css might have been
expected. The D.ewry We are grA6ed to learn, sus-
timed no o. her Injury.
The irorcad fredericksburg, Capt Rootes, had her
snok, : tack considerably pCriorOt;d, aud i've men
wounded. The Richmond had no one hurt, though un'
der heavy Ere.
Too Virginia, Commodore MichslIs aIg ship, was
tQ1aly icr.u ate.
Simultaneously with the opening Of the BoulWare
Hovs. battery, that q. Sgn:l Hill unnamed firing
and ,hs two combil ed hurled shot, shell and bolts IN
tho most rapid succession, fer the spics OF two hours
a, the vessels above named. Oar Battery B'oofe
f-here located, the Yahees acertan from Buffers
Ooservsory without aid from us became engsgcd and
v,vs them specimen Of Con edera.e prtjecties aud
the nceur,cy of ConfedsIae gunnsre. Oar irorOlads
also gave them an imp,cmptu proof Of what manner Of
Vuns ocke con!rives aud our naval foundry turrs
/ out
On Friday evening three Yankee tficsrs IAdiAntly
alfred in blue and gilt supposed to be Grant, Butler
& QllrtermastCr- General Asg', accompanied by a
full s,sF and any nuber of cOurers and ordsrP, rode
along he r,v,r in front Of the Bouxsge House. and in
NH VisT of several Of the Aet, tour of obssrVa-
i'm. O.s of ,hsir slic near the rVsr aud waived
a paosr for come minutes, thereby sgnilyipg wish
Z, sxeAarRo newspapers with us but notice was
taken Of it b. u he retired, aud the whole party i'm
meaiately gaIopsd tE st gaiy paco We arc de-
cedy inclined to The opinion that the fling from the
wo batteries as already described, was to give these
,uzust military diguitGries specimen OF tho artillery
practice Of the Armies of the Potomac and JAme'.
We reached the Hampton before the bOmbMdmeni
celsed bu. had no desire to so nearer as We perfectly
agree with those Who entertain the opinion that Smelling
IA never half so grand or Attractive when the observer
ia stationed about half mile beyond its rargs. Ths 10
particularly he case when the shells are fifteen inches
10 diameter aud the sound consequent upon their ex.
pleson coErsspOndnsly heavy.
FROM TIE VALLEY.
Sserdlns official Tepor; Of tie recent engagement in
the Valley is given in another cllunn. II no bad ad-
hsred strictly to thu thu b no Wopli have acted ncon-
ss emily with bis ensceders aud In violation Of the
express orders o. bis masters Lincoln and Stanton
T5a. in the hat of the engagement Early routed his
ara drove ~ AhSo-i A|AAHb
Of sources deemed rtlatle ard EXP lain the sub
eeqaent strange phenomenon Of this routed Yankee
arm making stard, Oad in turn causing him to fall
back OILY upon the hypO hsi' that the report which
ba, Reached Us Is trua viz tba. our men, ta6ed with
tNe victory they bad achieved ss 10 Wclk to ect the
immense deal of pluader di-clrdsd by the Yankees,
and becoming thereby disOrsaDz and consequently
demorsl d. we're in no condition successfully to resist
any attack.
II the Tad not been The casa, sunly va would not
have been forced 20 record the l,ss OF more gurg.
Yesterday evening there Ess a curr,ns r1uor Of
cheering os~s frOm the va'sy, bus ~ we're unllls to
ss &c it 70 rslAbl, s.u'co Toe War Del arlment was
uihOas neus from there OF 81 exhere.
EokE YANKEE RklDs
A Ysnkes raid visited JeGvI!e, Mss., last week,
ard dssrsyed hs tusness portion Of the place. icclu
ing one or pivAls rssde0eas asd drove OF s the
stock sha;e0all be found.
Another Si.iied PSFt GbOn, carrying eF soma of
tls prominent o'''z M, anoag the number the H,a.
L. Eleti.
Auoher vlsissd 0Jybs, burnt Ope store house, pr.
IesitsnOs and committed other acts Of vandalism