Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-08-30
THE NEWS.
wHraE IS NoRalSt

Every mall from the North locates the Ubiquitous
Morgan al ffsrent point. The fillmore 4nsriedR
of the 97,h learns from the Nashville Tines that the
notorious John Morgan. with some 900 men, ia In East
Tennessee, near Hotristo~n, 90 miles above Rockville
where he Is thrsshng the wheat crop for the rebel
army.
John, Who was thought to DO ncOErigbly WArlke, Is
evidently improving he has ehIrged, according to
the Times, the sword for the seyhs, and the bloody
battle FIELD for the waving grain elds Of East Tenles
see
Perhaps, when be gets over this little agricultural
freak, he will resume his old trade of moving Yankees.
IARLI AID ssRAIDLE-THE SITUATION sEAA TEE PoTo
MAO.
We published yesterday full account Of an attack
Of Sheridan upon Early on Che 26h, which the lh-
more AnsrieaE OF the ~ endeavors to dwarf into
reconnaissance, bu. which resders plainly saw In
sps of the pgevsrioaton OF the Ameriedns correspon
d,ut was positive defeat. When EAry's official sC-
count reaches us this We are certain viii prove to be
the upshot of the affair. According to the american,
before the reconnaissance, Wilson's cavalry Hall.
town, and GeEttts division Of cavalry at Sbephsrds-
togn The two, By arrangement, united ct Kearneys-
VILE aud uoder Torbett moyed mile towards LaetoWn
where he met Eirly's tkirpish hne-dismoundng
brigade, according 70 the american, he drove them
b,ck bu. was forced 20 dssss Oeoau rlys reserve
Brecsinrdges corps, 1.-TWO miles IN length" vas close
a. hand. Ia the meantime OnsssF was cut Of for a
tire, but Sheridan l,srned next moroiug, through
oouier that be was SAFE. The whole is summed no as
one of those Reconnaissance "hs object of ,ohich
being accomplished hs force making il retired Osoi
onsSraBle Oss We have given this hasty and brief
recapitulatOn Of what we have already published in
full so that We might lntsllgibly locate the various
raoes mention. in the YaIkee account. This will
ooyste the reOeFsity of doing Wh,a Earlys official
De "a oh Is received
Harpera Ferry, at the junction Of the Winchester
and Baltimore aud 0Jio railroads, Just where heSaen
sndoah river enters the Potomac distant from VIM
cheatsf ~ niles hsrtihsburg Is directly on The Bat
more and Ohio road, 20 miles vest OF Harpefs Ferry
Dued lie niles west Of rpers Ferry, and Kearneyl-
vile miles west of Dufied, and con equsntly seven
miles east of Na,tinsburg Both sFs stations on the
Baltimore & Ohio Road. stephaydatown, on the
Virginia sde Of the Potomac and northward Of tho rail
road, is sbOu; IL miles from Harpsis Ferry and the
same dsal CO from Hsrtinsburg Leetown is two niles
south Of the railroad, on the SbeptaIdstovn road,
which crosses the railroad something less than mil,
east Of KearueysYite Haltowa is southeast Of Due
6eo's Station, from which s "a distant about seven
miles Afr what the american terms reconnoissnse
Of the 25ib, Sheridan ell continued with the main
body Of his army near HsrPer's Ferry, while
Wilson's clvslry sgain az Hallsovu, and Custar's
at some other indefinite point OF safety.
sherdsa haa thus arraug bis forces At and In srik-
ing distance Of Harpsr's Ferry, not 80 much with
view, in an emergency, of occupying the famous
heights as Of remaining at pont from which, if
Elly attempts 10 cross into Maryland he viii be able
TO reach Boonsboro' and other nsighboripg places
which the experience of NO campaigns has es.ah-
lished as strategic. These calculations viii do very
well, hosever, when debated In Generals tent, OF
when discussed in the columns Of newspaper, but
like signs OF rain in dry weather, they will all fail before
the indOmitaOe gO.shssdatlVeness of General like
Early.
Ere this We wen dsuot be surprised II the deliber-
atoms Of the Chicago 0Onveadonsrs not snvened by
The l4nga OF smother rebel vic DRY along the Potomac
ERoM PsrER BURG
Willis oil again continues quiet a. far AZ the two
armies near Petersburg Ars concerned the deysh in
siuois Of the Yankees have only besn intsnsfed BY
tlsii recent reverse al aas' ssd By way Of giving
vent TO they hsvs resumed the ahslng Of che gaaDs
0lckade CITY. Let them she'll as long as hey can
Tsiss powder sud ball and still Petersburg is IN
tsIen, Rohnond Is secure, and the oOnfederaoy on.
oOr qasied snd incorporate.
Ii Petersburg be Ut sTly destroyed, and God forbid
IT Grant has already paid dearly for it Tbs 81 Press
under Osmssss bis loss when It says tho loves. cal
cualioa hIs attempts to cut the Weldon railroad have
COS. him niue houapd psOusrs aud sI thoussnd killed
= -. 4 - -
Ggufe Hs losl IN tho earlier engagements around Pc
ufburg, By the sd@issons OF Yaut'o correspondents,
10 OOo Al the mice szposOp 600 more, according to
the ne sulbOrliy-mAkins ~ aggregate of over
30 600 since The commencement Of tbs Siege of the city,
rnis calculation neither includes Buffers losses or the
losses o. Grant 10 che engagements on tie nor d. If
ths James OF The great item Of the many YsnLssr who
have been carried 70 teI long homes By l1s fever and