Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-06-04

Slrgeoo Our men have learned TO equal The Yankees
10 cons ructing brtaslWorks.
fHK rANKfKs AGAIN DRUGaED.
10 the 6ghs yesterday Cast again fortified the cour-
eye Of his men with mean WHISKY. Some Of the off.
GERS as we'll al men brought in IS prisoners wes hsp-
ssy stupid These miserable devils fighting In an un.
holy cause With souls besOed aad carSasses filed with
she refuse Whky of Cincinnati were by hundreds sert
staggering aud reelng into eternity for wbats
Praise-G BaTebones Puritan vii! never ask the ques.
sion, long as he can End raw Dutehman 10 stop
naskst bail in his stead
TaE DFFsRINcf
While Ger. Lee and men in coed spirits yestsr
day, il is stated positively, good authority, that
Grants mes had if net "gOOd" at least some sort Of
sDiriss in them-t be plain, thas they Eero feonl-
ousy drunk" Neither sal. vhiky will save Ulysses.
Nothing vii do in is present condition but Over"hlG
IN, uumhers, great gensIslshiP magnificent strategy,
aOd bulldog fgbtiHg-ghere will he get tbcse' Echo
a. sTers-" Where"
INK PIEISG AFrEs DARK IA3T NIGHT
Tue fipg which commenced at o'clock, ard con-
Gnued until o'clock, yesterday evening" was evidently
another assault Of tie Yankees with view to obtain
possession Of portion of our WOrka The nssau!was
anticipated at the time Informant, al officer, lef!
hsA6Q quarters, q, 81 O'clock. The firing was about
mile and 4 halt in front of G4ises' ILL
rHR AFFAIR AT WARS BOTTOMS CHURCH.
We append the following particulars Of the handsome
affair at the above point in Cbese field announced in
General Beaurs gnds official despatch in issue of
yesterday.
Abou! 7 O'Clock in he mo'nirg cur sktm.lc,z ad-
/ vSace T. &C an T. sueigu. ol Tue en,my. oar
troops so N followed sni attacked the enemy in their
de pts, who lied in great confusion We killed qlite
a number, and captured one hundred prisoners, iDclu
ding Msjor Oliver s. Sanford, of the 7h Connecticut,
two Captains, L eutanaat aud Surgeon
TIE Express of yesterday says: "Osr less was not
heavy. Among the NUMBER regret 10 hear the name
of Colonel DIN ~ Din'zer, of the 22d South Carolina
reg spt vas rally ided AND left in the enemys
hArd4 ColoaelD allowed Is paIio zeal TO get tie
better of him and thus adYsuo,d 100 Tar With his cam
manj. We lost few prisoners
The position gai1ed suO,oe aenty voluntarily
Ii gu she'd it not being o c. 10 hold it when ia
ken. sleh spin. displayed by our men, that we
ghl have siomed the ennys Notifications, tu this
was not deemed Necessary u this lime.
Just after the charge, there severe astllry en-
gagemen b,tween the easmys battery and section OF
.
o. Lieut. Martin, at 500 yads DIS The IRE Of ito
later Was gallant sud 90 Give.
c1NTIBMID.
We cav a despa CD from General Lee which mcre
,hsu confirms our account o. tho handsome csvaly Of
!ar near Ashland mentioned in cur pap.r ytss day
W. seud give the d. PATCH but it would disclOseacts
cen. ed with the disposition Of forces that il
no. n pruden. TO publish. The despatch was dated
Thursday night.
GRANTS HUMANITY.
Twenty two Soucded Yankees we're brought to 05Ange
Court House on 2: iuse Hui dredl OF the Yankee
.ad are still lying unbaried on In, battle fields of
Spotsylyanis. A Confederate Coioat Who vas on the
cid on the 9s Instant counted twenty Of their bodies
in the space Ct acre, dog feeding the cheek
OF one Of ths,o pses Thi elbows something OF Grants
humanity. lie also ssw various Yankee destrlers.
Four deserters had come to O.angs Otur. House aud
delivered themselves up. Culpspef is full Of thCm.
OUR WOUNDED AT OsASaE
TIE Charlottesville Chronicle Of the 2S.h learns that
there are now sbOu, sky of our wounded at 0Snge
c. H. nety w,re brought up from the Wilderness on
b, and sent into the interior. There sad to be
about $50 till il The hospitals at the battle 6eis
Some Of Mosby's men brought in six cen of sgeIs
men (prisozers to Orange H. on 25.h iisaat, lrcu-
ding Csp.aio. These, togeihe with seventy horse,
we're captured rear s;rasbu on Sa'hidsy 2lst inst
FROM The VALLEY
Intelligence from the Valley Tuesday night slated that
the Yankees had advanced as far S New Market and
bah taken Graars plan for it, and digging. Their
forcs is 10. stated. Tie L'nchburg Republ can thinks
shs probably have interesting from that quar-.
Ter in few days.
The latest reports from AYeril loca him in P, cs.
boltas eourty, where he is said have been en- Thurs
daJ last. The opinion appears to strengthen that his
dssgn is to join the force in the Valley.
CASUALTIES IN SIKH VA CAVALRY
TIE following lis. of casuslie. il Company !, Oh Va.
Cavalry IN the 6g6is ler Gaines MIL on the Sl.t OF
My, las been handed US for publication by private
Capt. Mortca wOuadsd in The handed by pistol ba
rrvStes B-cke 2, in thigh by rds ball, sevre; Jas
,nnsdy in the 81 la, by rife b.l, severf; Dabuey
Aiams, in the biP, by f. ball. Harsi al Thompson,
in the hand by pistcl bal r. Il. RsElrg, ia the side
and back BY tie fall Of mis- bose, watch was killed
suddenly in the charge Later in tie evening oOsOSel
Flournoy was killed, aud hi Orderly. Jack Wilmer,
wounded in the leg.
| PRISONERS.
A. twenty minutes past 4, 700 Yankee prisoners
some in red and some in blue and Others We might
rhyme, but such things 10: now slOwablt) pased
CUE Office, en- route Tor the Hotel de Libby.
They were captured In the fight yesterday. Toeir sp
psarance highly ornamental to such COnicdsra ca
as can neither aduge in blue CLOTH red flannel ye
| Low braid.
TIE Teutonic element predcmra'ed, aud We will Wag
hundred dollar bill Of the isCus Of 62, tatt the very
mention of lager seer "stipLpm cheese" WOudhav'
saroufy disturbed their loysly to he stars andstrper
Ike the Pharisee they msy give thanks that they ar,
better ca than some Of their brethTenior, in the LIB
BY, they will not bave to fight Lees We Grams.
FROM NORFOLK vicfSIIT.