Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-11-10
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TIE rRUTHFULNrss or YANKEE rELEeRAMs.
JUSTICE.

TIE TRCTHFULEEss OF YANKEE TEJEGRAMs.
Toe New YJlk Nsws tells p ain Irush-which South.
srn readers Of Northern kilograms should continually
keep In mind-When il says, in q recent iaus: "Suca
fasehoods OF suggestion as those of the tel5grans Of
yesterday from Missouri my look for thick and fast
between this and the day OF the Presidential election
On the Sunday and the Monday Immediately before that
event We csuti7n our PRdeIs beforehand to believe
nothing from the telegraph. SkImishes will on that
day grow into great battles defeats into glorious vic
tories Il Sherman does not capture Hood by the fifth
or sixth of Novembsr, Sheridan Eobbs up lry, by
Wro-w rkirg, either of those days. then Grant will
surely b, made to compensate for their disregard Of
sCc ontering expedencies By playing havoc with Lee
or capturing Richmond,
DIRECT TO THE ARMY OF THE VALLEY
The Staun,on Vndiea SAYS that letters intended
tor General EArly's army frequently directed to
aunton. Time and perhaps Inconvenience will be
aved By parties addressing their letterP, and pos,mas
srs mailing them, directly to the Army of the Valley.
Let all interested make note Of this.
FROM HOODS ARMY
The Montgomery appeal Of the I'd states that an fiji
Ger arrived At Blue Mountain on Sunday moruirg from
Hood's army, who sslos ToiiSelS that Dscatur had
been captured with four Thousand prisoners including
three regiments Of negroes IA il ia known that the
main bcdy Of General Hoods army was marching in
that direction. the news is plausible.
Ger. Fergusol's brigade OF Wheslsr's cavalry, had
hard 6gbt On Tuesday evening last with the Yankee
General Fitzpatrick, at Lldigl, lS miles from Jackson
vile, in which the eremy driven from the field
with loss Of (uppOsCd) rs killed and wounded. They
Withdrew on the Rome road.
l., ,tut Eoroa nm he Nnosa nd
rumOrs are rife 10 Jacksonville of an intended raid on
the Alabsms and Tennessee river railroad. General
Wheeler is in front of this force in sufficient strength to
hold any or inary advance in check.
G neral CheAshSm is reported advancing on Hunts
vile, and Sherman concentrating at BRIDGEPORT.
The Macon Iatslligsnesr of the Sd located Fitzpatrick
on the 2s Of Ooobsr within ten miles of Van Vert,
Polk county, On the road to Roma. The Yankee cav
ally were fOrsgBg s that county, where the
gathering in large quantities If corn. Najar kurker-
on, with his bataOc, had lad several skrmishes with
hem aud one CT two 6Shts in which, learn,
10 proved successful
The Jacksouvl.la correspondent of the Montgomery
Mail OF the %, says there was a Tumor at General
BsauTegArds headquarters the other day, that Atlanta
had been captured by General Ivsrson. 81 hope "Fad
he General That it is not tue. expect it to be cap
lured, bubnOt new"
The theory adVatcad by one Of Jour city ccntempc-
rur.es that OOruth end Shiloh again be occupied
IL wholly untrue.
THE oAPTORs OF TIE ROANOKE
TIE following list gives tho nance, rank and resi-
dence of the Uai ed States steamer Roancke:
Ltu' I'm O. Blaine, Holly Springs, Mis-; A.
PAR, Is Officer, Nashville Tenn; Thomas R. L tile, 81
Officer, Mobile. Ala Ahx, Ls'rop, Purler, Kv Robt
10th l4t EogiEesr Ky; 8 COulan, 81 E gneer,
,lv, sto- Robert Gsgo, sesmau, La; H B'addock,
seaman Ky j. Van Amturg, seaman, Va
THL EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS AT SAVANNAH.
The Telegraph hiss already satsi that the 0o1fedsF-
steamer Boauregsrd met the Federal steamer Island
City al the lower end OF Eliza Islaud, below Saw nnsh
on the 81 for the purpose OF arranging prelimnariee
for tho contemplated exchange Of sick and cOnvaes
nt risODers L. Dol j, R. Wadiy, accOupa1 led ny
Colonel Fisher, 1t Colonel Jones and Capt Nth,
conducted negotiations on our part and hsjor Bennett
OF TIE 44gh New York, represented The Federals.
The Savannah NJ Gays: Yankee officers were
ezoee dinghy polite ard courteous and the eimir Cling
Of plltiss on both sde1 was fee aud unreairaiDed.
formDg her peassn. episode to the bloody history
Wo are making
Oar boa, took down ql'to numter Of boxes, con =
tanning tobacco OlOihiug, provisions, &C. s., for our
OH cers prisoners OF war at Fort Pulaski and the
Island City va, literally loaded down will freight for
the Yankee prisoners G. ON Llwton and elsewhere
L consists chiefly CT bslke.a shres aud clothing Of eli
kind; and judging from what TO have seer, it viii no
doub. be rscsived sita rejoicing Some hree Ion 8
v,re consumed in n,erchangng and packing away tie
cag1sa after which the two boats parted with the
al eiViltes.
The proposition immediately under consideration
copanss the exchange the sick and nvsescent to-
gsiher With such prisoners a. are now il the two de-