Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-09-23


accordingly Adoptes the plan OF dealing IN Iron nasHs
50 that they may not be Recognised.
Ar We A DRINKING PEoPLIf
The Law prohib lug the dstil atom OF gratn has ne
oesstated his pss OF arpls brandy Drinkers are nov
RECALLING themselves upon this avorte beverage at the
rate oe$26O gallon.
IHs DRIYr IN STw YORK oGrT, AND vIcIsIiT.
The Herald claims that volunteering IL still going On
IN the Moth Il gays however that the deficiency In the
quota Of the city Of New York uoder Ineons last CAL
according 10 the figures in the Cfce OF General haye,
about eleven hunurs d; but some OF the sub cisTcta,
baynFfsed TO iuipieh their qlolns will probably have
tn submit 10 the draft which to have taken ace on
the 10Th ltls fearful Of riot, possioy should TIE
draft be enforced in the city pcpsr, il e. soc follow
inc language. the counes being LET'S TO take OF
themselves; at is TO DO hep that Genera! Hays will
permit the local authorities U FL the quota WITHOUT re-
sorting TO a draft The FIRST and Tenth districts (the
! rat comprising the counties OF Suhjk, leens and
Richmond and the Tenth the counties OF hestchester
RocklSnd and Putnam are each beary 500 short OF
their ouotas in these districts OF course drRi. will
take place without delay"
GRANT GoMG ovER TO THE ABoLIHOSIsra.
The Washington correspondent Of the Herald in
speaking of Grants political sentm ,nts, says
l. Ia stated that General Grant dishes the Chicago
platform aud McOlslan'j letter Of acceptance very
much and expresses hs opinion freely the Subtct.
He is clearly OF the opinion tia; Lincoln should be
elected. 1t Is apparent that he is gradually becoming
aabolition d"-oy which IL ~ understood thst he IL
beginning 10 feel aud act in common with the Wash
bu.ne class of Republicans. TEelVs months have
worked great apparent changes il his sentlWentR.
Toe flank attack by the rebel cavalry early yeseId,y
morniog was a most daring move, and seems TO have
been parti lily successful The attacking force oon-
sisted of three brgsdes Of cavalry Wnh eeh; pieces Of
artillery. Tie man body reached the vein,ty OF the
cattle herd on BufHn'5 farm CIgyins Point, Just
before daylight, while the remainder engaged our
cavalry pckes along the entire line from ReamG station
capturing and driving Others back. This Was done
70 cover the operations Of the main rebel column The
attack vas made short time before daylight when the
guard we're mostly abed Two hundred prisoners are
reported TO have been captured, mostly OF the thT-
tesnth PENNSYLVANIA cavalry. Tns Fist District OF %,
lunbis caFalry, duty near by, soon attacked the
rebels sns they we're IN spoh strong force that our
ncp had 20 fail back, snfsrng lnes OF come two hun
dsrd AID htty.
Il is said that General Greggs division Of esvsiry
supported by the Second corps vent 10 pursuit Of the
raiders bus Il is believed they had TOO much the start
and must have got eff with the greater part OF their
plumber
thousand hVS hundred head the rebels captured several
teams with gGqg OF men, Who we're gIged 10 con-
structipg line Of telegraph in that direouon.
A rumor reached here this oFnng that the cattle
have all been resaplured, bu. cannot trace il 70 any
FshA Ole source.
fReh hOhfE C4kOLlhA,
From the Washington OhrOn,els OF the lS.h we get
the folio sing intelligence from North CAROLINA;
Rajor Jenny and Mr.. Julian, member Of the N. Z.
State Ssh ate who cSptuIe1 m the seamsr FaWn,
had arrived at NdWbern from Elizabeth City, having
been paIoled Toe officers of the U. s. ermy who were
on board we're retained as prisoners OF war.
The arrival Of the Florida at Wilmington Is announced
In the Yankee papers
The 'cOngestve CHILLI" otherwise known as yellow
fever, was prevailing to 3 considerable extent at New
bern.
snEuRI OF AMERICAN vEssILs AT The RIO GRASDH BIT
TAE FRENCH
The Baltimore american OF the afternoon OF the
10 81 contains a despatch from Cairo, en- the morning
OF that day, which states that the War Eagle from
New Orleans, brings the that q number vessels
which sailed fro that port for hatamoras, with car
goes for Cortenss general MARKET have been sized
by the French Al the mouth of The Bio GFande.