Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-08-08
RICHMOND WIG.
MONDAY moRNTNG, AUGUsT S, 1864.


MONDAY MORNING. AUGUST 5, 1864.
S1sEHT AsAu AEFULsED AT ATLASrA.
The following official despatch Was received At the
War D. parimens yesterday;
ATLANTA, Aug. Oh 1854.
hon J A Ssdion:
ahs enemy made two assaults to-day on Fnlys ana
LsFia' br gaaes Of ,tes DIVISION Ives eorpb ooIa
OF which Wsro handsomely Fepussd Eta loss 70 ma
B. HOOD VeneFiL
BAD EEWs TscN HOBILE
Our paragraph Saturday prepared CUE rsSdsrs toF We
very bad news which TIE appended dssP's'a OF Tea
Naury 10 the SECRETARY Of Var contains. We cannon
sxEees TO hsveA continual sunshoe Of sueefS every
quarter. Fer though Is is cloudy now a. Mobile Il Is
bright at Asaasa aad sill brighter in fFOns Of PeeEs-
burg and In Maryland;
EosILE Aug. 5, 1884.
Hon J. 4 SsdE2R:
Ssvsntssn al he sper1v's yesses-fourtesn ship and
three iroo-e,,ds-passed FJrt Morgan this 0orniag.
The Teoamseh a monitor vas sunk by Fort Morgan.
Toe Tennessee surrendered after desperate engage
msni vi the enfmy's AseG Admiral Bcehanon lost
10 ard is q prisoner
T6s Selma vas captured. The Gaines wIs beaohod
peoF the hospital Tue Morgan Is safe and vii iry and
run up TO night
The eremy's feet has approached THE city.
monitor has been engaging F0rt Powell all DAY.
D. Il. MAUAT, M4j. en-.
FacM PETEREBUAs
The passengers by the tsin yesterday evening re.
ported ell Guile; on the front"
WAT GEa. Ike LACKS.
Before tho battle Of the Wilderness, the Yankee pa
Isrs auncuucad sish Jursh that Grant fully Oompre
hsn5sd Lees strategy, having thoroughly studied him
IRON his Wes.era Virginia campaign to MS defeat o.
Eghtiug joe q: ChA1c,llorsvil3i yst be ard they
changed Opiaien wonderfully, long before Ulysses
sl0attsd in 'front.' Of Petersburg.
scoufsss We have examined the Northern papers With
soma degree Of interest," 70 see Grant had nos gwen
expression, while 10 Communicative humor, 70 the
change HheA the loss Of hundred thousand men had
wrought In his estimate of great opponents abilities
general Though have I. und nOs word ia their
lumns upon the subject, yet we learn from her
source that Ulysses * rsEsss hims Il frequent.
" Aad freely OF the merits Of Gen. Lse, well of
he own ilus.rous predecessor. In conversation With
Daniy Wilson, after his unfortunate S7ushside raid, Re
= marked tha. Gea. Lee was emPhaically great man
Sfsr the Wellington type, but that be lacked the dash
Of Napoleon and Marlboro ugh-in word that he never
had enough spirit in bin when went into battle By
thA, Ulysses meant from quart TO three pints.
A. this sage Of the cOaVNsaiOn these tWO Yankee
warriors took sntaer drink aud the discussion Of Gen.
LEES military qualities postponed and the quest on
Is 10 the relative merits Of old Bourbon and Washin ,
ton Colnty (PA) whisky taken up. TIE resi- be
imagined.
Anyhow, amabs Mr.. Heado remarked that evening,
If somebody didn't do more and drink lcss he Moud
earss and quit
BAG. sEN. sIRARDEY's ADDaEss TO HIS BRIGADE
F5eFs is something NepOsoUie in mskiog Captain
Br gsdier probation a. in tee case of Victor
Grardsy, whose ADHESION assuming command cf
Wighfs Bigads, va give below. 1. Is zee daWu, in
our opinOa Of sp)eh in ths military prom oti0ns
10 cur armies, which, il carried oat viii give vim and
= dash military operations ouch - has nos been
Witnessed since JaCks2ns Valley campaign. In . var
such as are WsgiDg, We Waut no systsm ike the
EaglSh hGvs 10 their army which keeps 8 mAa Leu
tenant until be il grandfather has What we want is
sch sn one developed in Nspslscns army while he
was keeping allied Europe a. bAy-LAlnes, My HlrAt
and AcDODald.
10 our ranks clothed in rusty grey, there ars pri-
Va'ss natural capacity, education and courage
D.; them for MsjOs General, and yet the tllod
lest bGle hsa where they have shown the undaun,ed
b-sv,ry Of Roman Ve.sJans. We lave yet to zee one
.lutsd bY his Commanding Gsneral as Olp,ain or eVtn
Bfevet second Leuenant Let this Be- done
veaer a. reward Tor the ex litoa Of eorspi ouors
gAlantry, and Il val infuse spirit into rank--
Then the private, When he goes into = charge. viii
knoH that be may oome out vi shoulder strap 10 e1-
change for the muskeS he carried 10.
The following Gen. GiIardeyJ address: 1. Is dated
Headquarters. Wrigt's Brgads, August All:
10 obeds1cs to spscial Orders No. Isl, Army Head
ga tiers assigning TO- tle pFesent the command
Of 'Wrights Brigade" hereby assume command
Ian not altogether unknown 10 the offceIs and men
OF & Il command. In mary hard fought battles, Of
Wh Oh the records OF the achieve meats Of this brga2e
will COAST OF tie brightest psSes in the bis,
tory ofti va when ai history shall have zen writ
ten, have had The tonOr 70 participate aud 70 be
sccilssd sith you YOl have already won reputation
tssl has made "Whght's BagRien the pride OF the
St'te and as acted the admiration Of the army. Your
merit has been MY established. l OrlV hope 10
lead yCu on 10 further deeds Of glyTy. The noble
cause which you engaged sill requires greater
effort gFeatsg txsrtiOn. TIE memory O. your heroic
dead sleeping upCn the battle fs Of Virgins; youF
1shsrs and msherJ with their anxious parental voice.;
your wives and daughters, one ard Il edponish p5 10
resolve that upon the >, il Of Virginia vii gursn,ee
the redemption OF cur nOlls Commonwealth iron the
tread Of 0us meroiess invader.
(Signe,) v J. B. GIRARDKT,
Bigadier Gens. al Commanding.