Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-10-20
LATER FROM THE UNITED STATES.

We e10 III recc'pb Oh N5V tork ara III ~
pers OF Monday last, the l7.h inst We present sum
mary of tn ir contents:
TEE RrfuLsH OF LAST fHURsDLr.
The bloody repuse sustained by the Yankees Is,
Thursday on the Dnbytown and Charles City road,
which has kept Grants whole army quiet ever SINCE Is
heralded as We predicted 1t would be, as successful
reconnaissance. This is the Hsralds account of it:
Oar army correspondence which We publish this
morning contains the particulars of the important aud
suocetsful reconnosareo mado by portion OF the l0h
srmy corps on last Thursday alluded in tolls column
Yesterday, whsn the position AID strength OF the
my,s ueH works In front OF General Basers wing were
/. certained. Oar casualties on ths occasion in killed.
wounded and missing, we're little over 400 of whom
only SO we're killed The enemys firing the Dutch
can Canal has ceased since General Butler placed
oumber of rebel prisoners In L. The trees the river
bank 10 front Of the lSih corps are being down by
me rebels il order 20 give Them better vsw Of opera
lions on our sids. Ksax's cavalry, on the extreme
rgat are still holding the advanced position gained 10
Thursdays reconnaissance, AID it u not dss gnsd 70
abandon II.
BufLnR's LAST BARBARIfT.
BItlers orders curing prisoners Of to labor on
is canal under IRE, too, Of Confederate batteries,
contains other devices of cruelty which make u more
s,rocious and 'beas"lke than was ct frst Known We
give the order In foil:
a.HiaAL ORDERS. 10. 70.
HlADQuAIfERs,
DIYAlfxIxf OF WANNA AID METZ CAROLINA
Army If the James, In the Eiola, o.. IL, 1884
Il being tssthsd 10 the commanding General BY Q
numbsr OF refugees and dsssrters IRON Zoe enemy iha.
nom one hnnaIsd to ons hundred and hsy roaisrs Of
tbs Uoitsd saes captured In ARIES By tee Cen
on The line, near Ohapns Bluh, have BEEN taken from
Libby prison aud other plsos and placed 10 labor on
lac nreGchmens oil the enspy lines In 'front.' of their
toops, the commanding General, on the l2ih day OF
Os.oper, nonfsd the Confederate agent Of exchange
bart oad, Of the outrage bsirg peIpsHaed upoa hs
soldiers, aud informed him that uuess the practice
stopped, retaliation in kind would be adopted BY toe
COVER. msnt of the United States
Bsing assured by General E1ell, commanding Con-
rate forces on the norh side Of the Jluss that
anssor 10 The communication, If any would Do SAINT at
aeyen o'clock A. H. to-day, and IL being PAST noos
and no answer having been received Ia orasrcd tha
Al qaal nunbsr Of prisoners Of war, preferably mem
oeIs VI che Virginia reserves BY and whose charge
this outrage being carried on, DO TO work tie
excavation as Duton Gap, and elsewhere sioDg tho
trenches may nereater seem best in retaliation for
the uijust OF the soldiers Of the UaiIed States
% kepb nj aaor and service by !he Confederate suhor
ties
Il beiug also testified TO by the same wines es that
the .uons served the soldiers Of the United States
% q, LABOR IL one pound OF ur and ont .slrd OF
pound OF daily, s is oraered that tbs
precisely be served to these Confederate prsoers 80
Kept Of work, daily, and 10 other or different
IL bsisg further testified 70 that the Vine ef labor oil
the soldiers of the Uated Safes 30 at work ind tee
Oonfsdsrs,es 10 ten hours each cay, these CoLfdsse
prisonsrs % keps 81 work will be made to work, and
work aithtuly, daily during the period oil time.
TINS order will rssd 10 ths prisoners TO work
The st lima they mustered for labor In order thai
hey may know wny ia that they do not rcsive that
sind ana courteous treatment they have heretofore
from the United States Ss prisoners OF war.
Upon any atsnp to escape by any Of these prisoners
90 at -ork they viii be instantly shot.
By command Of hsjo Gen. BUTLlR.
Ell. W. Smith, Assistant Ad'gt. Gen.
The prisoners, with their guard, arrived at the gap
little be orc FIVE o'clock yesterday afternoon. So soon
10 they reached the spot and urned to Major
Ludlow, commanding the United States and other forces
At that point and placed a. work. they were desifoas
of knospg the average number OF daily casu9lss since
she mmsncemeni OF operations on the oina, and a.
30 asked to Oe permitted 10 build gopher holes 10
VII ca 70 prct themselves from Are OF their friends
VI course Major Ludlow propsry denied them this
quest whereupon taey seemed 10 fl bsck Ga The idea
nat the reb, hre would be urnsd upon them when
tae facts we're ascerned by the rebel military suthol.
tiles.
A letter Of the 18th, one day later, adds:
In my despatch of yesterday concerning the rlaoine
of rebels under ee ct Dutch Gap 10 retaliation for
compelling co.. red prisoners Of war to work on tie
rsbe fortfcaaons omitted to state that two of the
r, balls were conspicuous ocsrs Cf the rebel civil row
ernmeut They were Mr. kcRsa snd Mr.. Hsnly OF the
stcord AUDITORS tfaJ in the rebel Treasury Depart.
Mt.
TIE enemy made TO denomination yesterday on
Dutch Gap doubtless desguog 10 be merc!ful to their
niends stationed upon thai work.
ALL THAT 10 KsowH OF sRsRxAH.
Ire following telegram conveys to the anxious friends
Of Sherman ell the information they can obtain at pre-
ssnti
CHATTANOOGA 0Jk is, 1854
TIE reports Of our scous ial o show the presenoe
of any cor siderable body of the enemy north Tun-
sel Hi. W Ter and Viii Id counties have undoubt
eddy been eooursd by small body of rebel cavalry,
which has not been very tfsc'ive IN destr, yng the
rail- oad, though in possession Of AloD and but little
dam.g ia believed 70 have been done.
Officers blockade here their way to the font have
besn ordered to prepare to join their commands at
once.
Gen. Scho6sd sent out strong accommodating party
to-day 10 discover he Whereabouts Of the rebel co umn
said 10 be moving towards the west.
Sc 'u,s of the Al ooored regiment IA the garrison
at Dalton, who escaped after Col JoaDsons eurret
arrived here to day They give numerous accounts Of
the affair. Tey state that they we're picket wanted
20 eight, knocked over the f,g bearer and afer the
surrepder refused to stay caught
Rnggod and . interme date points have been
stIepg thened by G n. Sche6ld.
abouts. He Is known to be euerse.icaly at work to
open aud keep op,n the route to Atlanta, no matter
what rebel column inerveDep.
CHATTANOOGA, OF 'l5-0ur forces to day reocou.
ed nEgoi and the block house, three miles In id.
vance and found the railroad and LIdes sale L. Ia game
rally believed thai DIton with the 46 colored sur.
rendered to Hoods army yesterday, but nothlag off vial
IL received. There ia Communication ys. with Gen.
Sherman There was an abundance Of supplies at At
lanta In anticipation OF such movement BY the rebels.
Major neral St oman has arrived CT resumed &C m.
msnd of the district. There ara SIX month"; supplies
on hand aud the officers of the army feel that Hood is
mating movement that will certainly prove sss-
trou.
TIE War MISSOURI
A telegram, dased St. Louis tbs lssh, say:
About two thousand rebels, with two riscos of arl-
o'clock ye tsdsy and drove the militia out of tho plac.
few OF The militia 10 the fcr resisted The attack but
finally sulreI derei aud paroled shot The Cit