Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-10-28
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TIE ENRMY ADVANCE ON tbs NORTH AND % BTH EIDE
- IHE JAMES AND A2R siGNALlI REPULeRD-Fivs
HUNDRED or the iRISoAERS CAPrURkD BKoUGHT TO
Tan OIFY LAST AIaHr.
We uaied ill ten &c otk In order to gather sons
su more IelGble than footing rumors conos rling th,
imuItAneohs advance made yesterday BY the Yankssi
upon OR right and lsfs Wings The Cfor, who Droug
20 the city, at late hour Ave hundfsd Of the prison
srs cap ured on The North side stated that the enemy
made repeated assaults upoa lines bat were,
time, repul.ed with heavy loss in killed., wounded
and prisoners. Our loss WAs very in ignIfoanL
From the SOUL -Ide passengers reported that Brig.
GENERAL bearing was killed. Hs was naive o,
JappbsIl county, Va, and graduate of West Point
rns OonfederAOy had NO Drawer cfacsr or more u.
sHsrving patriot In its service.
Our tslsgrsphc contains the result Of the
;Agsmsnt which took plaza near the Weldon Road.
YANKEE aUNBoArs COMING Up TIE RAPPAHLNNock
We learn that fur Yankee gunboats we're on tnsu
Hsy up the Rlppahannock, yesterday, on an GRAND
nlchief When informant lefs they were ct Brock
Bank, twelve miles below Port Rsya.
BBAoP EARLY ON THE TAKING OF RICHMOND.
10 the Holson Conference, at Bristol, few days age
dscusson arose, In which the venerable Bishop Early
participated. In the course Of his remarks he a1dee
to the expression INDUCED in BY some timd person
that the taking Of Richmond was Only "a question Ct
tine, and siid
IF he thought there was any danger that Richmond
could be TAKEN he would be for aGournpg Conference
forthwith, and going to Redmond to assist In tearing
DIT every log and brick 10 order to prevent It"
FROM NORFOLK.
Buffers late order 10 driving hundred of refugee
from Norfolk and Portsmouth. Ole of them, who ba
Just reached eur lines gives horrible of the
brutal tyranny which eharActerzs the government
Of thsse two urfor!unae eitiss. Every department.
business s controlled or conducted by Yankee qualtsr
Soma cf these had vessslI loaded with goods for tb
Richmond mArEet, at the time Grant sprapg his mine
Petersburg, Believing, from representations made II
.aem by ocsrs connected With the Army OF the Pol6.
sc that ".hs Capital Of Rebellion" was bound to fal
The sequel showed that they paid dearly for what ths
deemed reliable oontraband information and, instead
If reapng the fruits Of the ATS. monopoly atRohmond
were forced for soms time Afterwards to sell ohesI
goods In the over stocked Norfolk markell
THE CAVALRY FIGHT YEAR ROME.
We hsvo Akeaty alluded so the late cavalry brusl
mar Rome, g., in which We Wsre forosd 10 retire.
Tse Selma Exporter, received yesterday, says:
gentleman Just from the froat informs Us that cur
entire loss IL the late Eht near Rose does not exceed
6fty men in killed, wo,nied and captured.
l. is reported that Gen. Sherman was on the Asd an
hat his force was from to fifteen thousand lie L.
ding infantry, clVaIy aud artillery.
Oar foros consisting OF portions Of the 81 aud llth
re1as, 81 Arkansas, b Alabama, and Col Arms,esd'.
regimen, all cavalry aud two pic Of artillery. They
made gallant resistance, repulsipg several chargs
made upon hem with considerable slaughter; but, fad
iug the Yankees in such heavy force finally retired in
good order, with the loss above stated.
CoNsrABLEs LIABLE TO CONSUMPTION.
The following q, sion Of the Court in the case Of
VIM A. Creary Of Bedford, establishes the fsos that
constablss are not among the Safe officers exempted
from conscription BY the 40. Of Assembly: Being ar
rested as contcripi, Creary aued writ of Ra6sas
Corpus alleging that being Gate coer, he was e.
emps from military duty, AID Therefore illegally de-
tained though net mentioned 10 the list Of o:ers
ferrsd to In the Act. After hearing tie Argument in
tho case the Jadss dscd,d adversely to bis petition,
and remanSed him TO the custody Of the enrolling off,
cer Bat for this decision, many similar sppca ions
for discharge We learn, would have been made 10 the
ours. Hen. Wr. L. Goggiu appeared for the Con-
federacy, and J. +. johnson and Z. @. Blks for the
Petitioner
The SHILLING OF Our GuNBoATs on SATURDAY.
Too army correspondent Of the New York Times,
uader dltg Of 22i October, saysi
sThis morning the rebel ron.cads In the James river
which have been sauoy asserting their control Of the
liquid highway, were opened upon BY batteries and
after pretty cannonade, at which Of their
gus on shore assisted, were driven up the stream
tue wake of their wooden vesseIi. Is supposed some
what damaged
LLTrTR FROM GIN. BEAUREGARD
General Bsaur gard In the su., insd letter pays Q
feeling and deserved tribute tc his lac companion In
arms, Ajor Harris I. "a addressed to the widow OF
the deceased:
JAcKsoHvILI, ALA,
.s October ls:h, 1854
Dsw Xassst; I have iugt heard 'as ps!pfsl news pt