Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-09-15
THE NEWS.
FROM IHE VALLEY.

IRON 1Hk VALLEY.
Tie following is an extract from letter from an
officer In Rods's divsion-dated September 6h:
We have been engaged during the past eight or ten
days (this dlvlsio.) in fighting AVeIis cavalry. He
has ABOUT 4 600, and some artillery, with which he
drives in cavalry every day tWO and cOmpes US
to 20 out and whip him back. This not very dan
gerous busness bus il is very harrassDg to infantry
sDd by 10 means profitable, as We cannot catch them
On Wednesday 9 drove HIN back to Martinsburg and
returned TO our camp at Bunker Hill the same evening,
distance OF twenty-five mules. We found nothing in
Mirtinsburg as the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad has
not been rebuilt. Tnis road AMI the canal have not
been used since the ls OF July, AID be serious
Annoyance, this is the when coal Ia carried to
Baltimore and Washington.
All OF Sheridan's army has moved down to Berry
vile Andersen hi sharp Little affair with the Sch
corps near tina. place Saturday, driving them back
on the IN corps. Ga Sunday all welt over there
o attack the Yankee army, but found them very
strongly intrenChed Early very wisely gave it up
a bav JOB. We returned here yesterday, having ao-
compl shed nothing except to hasten back their cavalry
force which had retired a. far ss Front Royal-n =
raid It is supposed On reaching the Valley Pike abou.
.unse, We found our old friend AVer driving IN our
cavalry 20 our DIVISION took tilt him again, driving
MIN back to Bunker Hill. Il raining in ali
the tims, A-d We stopped the pursuit an hour alter
Iii ht, and had 10 march two mllss TO camp l. was
dread nj gNt oil but are all righ. now.
nPLoIr MOBILE BAY.
The Noble Register says that u gallant little affair
took D! CO near The water obstIuotiOns on Tuesday
night ot last week. PICKET boat with four aud a
negro crew OF tu on its customary round
of duty. The tugbOat GunLison, Captain Thomas
Lynch, Was hand give its help i'll case of trouble
At about half past o'clock, A NJ. Oar tain LyI CD
discovered rOu signal tat the boat was attacked BY
Yankee launch with thirty from one Of the mon
tors He Immediately got under way and steered for
The tctn. OF the chase, aud found the picket boat
making its best me- with the lauuoh firing mu. stry
and in hot pursuit. Il few minutes the Yankees
reached and captured the boat aud lad h,r in tow
and Captain Lynch heard our people calling for help
Lynch had b. this time run the "Gunnson" aground
but kept hs engines going TO make the Yankees believe
he Was after them. Very soon the Yankees cut their
TOW loose and skedad lsd Lynch sending thre, shells
after them The captured boa. thus recipture by
the GOODNESS OF Lynch This Captain Lynch, by the
way, il an old hand at fighting the Yankees. He has
served since the war conner ced At Viz Isburg he
WIS Gsuesal Higgins Chief of River Police, aud per
form all the water picket duy aroued that oiy, and
always d.paying great bravery aud GLANCE, and per
forming the most important services in giving 10 bate
RES timely notice OF all the enemys movements on the
.a.er: The value Of these sernoes vas so highly al.
csted thlre tba. the ladies Of eIsburg publicly
thank him aud bis crew, and in person presented
them with garland OF choice h)Wers made by their
Air bAuds. Amorg his other exploits he captured
about 20 900 bushels of oca which the enemy bad
started down for tie Of tn sir navy below and
with this the ViCksturg ioundries, which had been
stopped for the want Of coal again put to work
He has probably rendered more serves t. the cause
than any enlisted in the Conleder oy for, While
Captain of the GunnsOn" he is enlisted soldier Of
the army.
FORREST AT MoBILx-TEE SITUATION.
As the Mobile papers publish the fsc! that Forrest
has arrived there with his command, We presume there
Is nothing impOtic in our repeating IT, The Tribune
describes ihem "devl me care" of fellows who
looked and did for time if they owned the city, It
slys however, but that only momeDtary ebuli-
zion after long CO. which for severity, is barely
plrsltls led in the Yet they all in the most
vigorous health and fuller OF fight than ever There
are no troops that deserve respect ThCir admit
ration OF their general wonderful Some of them may
tolerate comparison between him aud Gen. r. f. Lee
but any other it would be sODI tines perous to usd-
tute TIE general, suppose, is proud of them as
they OF him and both together are sufficient to
give assurance Of safety any whero.
Neither the Mobile pspers or the telegraph note any
change in the 'ituatiOn below the city.
EaON TIE s. UrHwEsr.
OH ii information Was received last evening AZ thA
War Department, to the Isct that scouts continue TO
report bodies Of YaI kss troop, going up the Mississippi
river.
Is is also stated thss few Yankee troors have left
the front of Mobile and gone to New oleans. Tois
indicates that they fesF the oOnfsderasi design an at
tack upon the Crescent City.
The Department has the assurance that, upder the
energetic direction of hlsjor General Gardner the de-
fences OF Mobile are rapidly approaching completion.
FROM PsTIRsBURG
TIE Y nSees opened upon the city yesterday morn
ing about nina o'clock with morsrs and guns of the
heaviest calbre and shslled il without cessation uut
about II II. We hear ofDo casualties. Il Is gen.
orally believed at Petersburg bst Grant is receiving re-
Inducements.
In the afternoon, between four and FIVE O'clock heavy
firing was heard down the river. At Chester Station,
where It was NEST distinctly audible, persons were
unable 10 determine VII thsr 1t proceeded fro land
batteries or the Aset
Since the above was written have learned tba. the
arng was from cur gun-hOstS and land batsss which