Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-11-28


Assp;ed to hard and pa wlnler olmpasu, and ths
morale of the troopsis uaGq1sled Our TRENDS at the
North must exercise patience with regard 70 esnerai
Saerman's movements, but must never, tor single
moment lose confidence in bis final success. His &c.
min. and yjgor will carry the army triumphantly
through the work which IL has TO do. .
may add that on Monday night last Hoods entire
force Including Forests cavalry, were In the mme-
date ne gaborhood Of Tuscumbia and Florence, Ala.
ssma, watched by body Of troops under command Of
BsioF General Geo. II. Thomas, Of such strength az
nj render TIC invasion of Tennessee mposaibiy,
nd even the withdrawal Of hood for service elsewhere
an operation bf extreme dslcacy.
WIN +. BARAr, Brig. Gen.,
Chief Of Artillery Ct Major General Sherman.
TIE WAR In KENTUCKY AND fIssIssEI-HooD MARCHING
ON PULASKI.
The Northern papers publish the following despatch,
from which We learn that Hood, with 80 900 men, "Wss
marching on Pulaski" Where 10 Thomas and bis
mighty army that Was to .hod Hood in ehecks'
ST.. LOUIS, Wednesday, Nov. 2S.-A Paducah de-
snatch OF yesterday says mtsry afars In this DISTRICT
are active Every rebel move on this sde the hssid'
slppi Is now Known. The whole country has been
horoughy scented aud parties bring In prisoners daily
The concentration Of troops and the coming OF General
Smith means s0mshing, but what It 10 not proper
10 sats. few Gsys however, viii doubtless develop
| The plen OF the contemplated campaign. Both the
Cumberland aud the Tennessee rivers are in me b9at-
Ing order and will prove valuable auxlarles 70 mill
1 tary operations in Tennessee and Kentucky.
The gunboats Peoria and PAWpaw returned here
on Sunday from 4 Reconnaissance up the Tennessee
| river. q. ~ Gr
The bodies Of Ensign Hare of the guuboat adine,
and Capt! Allen of the transport Venus, killed when
their Veseels we're captured by Forests gunboat
found The river lined with rebel pciets from Pine
Bluff 10 JohnsonVllle The rebel Lyon, In CON.
maud OF that district, has orders 10 watch the river
closely and blockade it. Transports will begin run
H.tar alunfnn
Forrest has pontoOn across the river at Chick
asaw.
Dsserters aud scouts report Hoods army thirty Ave
thousand strong with thirty seyen pscs OF artillery.
q intended TO operate In Middle and E,stefn Tepnes-
sss and Kentucky. He vas marching on Pulnki,
Giles county, Tennessee, and expected ultimately to
se,ga Uumberl and Gap HIS men were greatly 10 need
OF clothing supplies Of which they hope 10 obtain by
plundeIing the towns through which they pass.
Large numbers Of desertErs come into our lines
daily, many OF them bringing horses and equipments.
FROM THE VALLEY.
PofIroB OF eEE. BARLYs Army, nc.
TIE Rsralds Valley army correspondent writes &c
follows;
A5MH OF TIA sHIEASDoiH, Nov. 10 pm.
The following has rat besn received, and can be re-
garded as strictly rollable o..
NEAR TMBERvLLI SHENANDOAH OoUEIT,
Slenaadosh Valley, HOy.ls. 1854.
place and New hrkei. /. is certain that bis army
has gone nso winter Afters, although he has issued
orders for his to make themselves comfortable
az possible and they hsvs accordingly SGT TO work 10
| erect rough huts and the lka The place from which
this is forwarded is known both as fubsrvills and
| a. Broadway
Gen. Elriys army now Occupies line from Brooks
Gap on the left TO the Shenandoah on the right. The
lire is in measure an imaginary one, as there are
vide Eaps beSeen the respective camps Of hs several
| divsions. He has cavalry on both hinks o. his
right flank bis cavalry s we'll advanced down the Lu-
ray valley to an inrenCtNd position Milford On
HE lett flank another force Of cavalry occupiss po
sition In the Lost River valley, nearly doEn TO War
densvills o. hia main front, in the Shenandoah val
ley the rebel pcksts ara near Editbufg, the pike,
l and to the loft and right OF it.
Judge Euly intends to remain upon the defensive
H. sesms in wise discouraged.
E.rly moved bic army to chic point because of Q
need OF fupphes and sgain, because it can now be
used as, snd it IA position for corps OF obeeT
yaton. He can aud is gAtting supplies, aside from
hoaa oooing from up lhs Valley aud the railroad line
vie OGls Gap from the Lost River Valley, and the
orher small valleys 10 the left Almost everything the
ciz have leIts being taken. Tho rebel off ,ers
tell tho oitiz ma they must AXE cattle, horses and
forage to keep hess from filling into the hsrds of the
Ysnkeea To some receipts are gwen for property
hus taken, and to Others rohipg but hard Eords ana
rough osths
Frem the position Early nov occupies he can watch
all Uniln move nSts 10 West Vrginis, front Of dim
in d Shenandoah Lufay Valleys aud 10 the rieh
Of him against tho railroad lines communicating with
Ohsrote5yie, LJnchhurg, Sh
TIE WAR IN ABKANaAs AND TENNE5 EE
BATHS IN FATKTTEvILs EIPosaD DEFEAT OF PRISE.
Tia Northern journals publish The following Press
despatch, wherein defeat Of Price s reported The
despatch bars upon ta face its deaia-for Who
ever hssd Of sheir beiOg ia battle thousand killed
and wounded side, end one the othsr'
ST LOUIS Nav % --Advcss ffom Piyet,ev,l.a Ar.
kausas ray OllOnel Brooke with rs b Ia staolsd
that place October IS but spO sed titb consider
abe tots Ffrm tat time 10 No anb D. the town
eagp-s c'ose y invested, wien General F4gsn with
sbCnt 600 Of Pfioes Tersat ng ces eaus up and
1r LAIdcu the place five hours With two pieces OF
srtlsiy, but held at ba5 unil he nsIt day when
Gsls ia Curtis aud Blunt AuV5j and the Rebels skf-
dndCled They lost naary thousand killed and
Vcl led. Our los vas ons Allied.
Gilng's DTTE4T-TERBIBLT P4EIo OF The rSIxY
The ecrTsspor 1srt ii tie inns writing under dale
Of Nashville November lsL" thus refers to the ter.
F;bs psnic tina overlook Gisns forces in their late
defeat by General Breckenridge az BuI'a Gap:
Qsntral G Hem, 10 his asspaca to the government
ata,es that B'ampsae the most Tigaiful exhi-
biton OF PAM, stricken foliers be had ever SEEN
TEanly -iour hu drsd cavalry battery Of artillery
wagon trains and number OF hundred lead Of eatte
.nd inules we're neItraable mass sith tina enemy
poufing 90 VII On al siief The description OF suoh
g cannot urge the imagination 10 the slightest ccl
cspGon OF the terror OF such sosns,
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