Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-10-18
TIE NEWS.
MosBY,s MOVEMENTS.

MosBYs MOVEMENTS.
Upon the heel Of General Lees Official despatch to
the War Department announcing the success Of Mosby
at Dufslds the Baltimore and Ohio road (svsn in
another e,lumn), We received Northern dates Of the
18th, which purport to give later tidings Of hosbys
movements.
The Philadelphia bsNirsr has q despatch dated
Washington, October l4th which Gays that "a gang Of
Mcsbys guerrss in strong force, yesterday made an
at OK on the ousr picket Of the Second District Reg.
ment, stationed at White Plains, the Manassas Rail-
road The guard, consisting Of eight men. were cap
ured sud the officer in command MAS shot in several
places and abandoned.
"a party of gusrrias killed two prvates of the
xth Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery, yesterday, between
Acotink and Burks's Station"
From Baltimore, on the same day, the Inquirer re-
osiVed patch stating that ga small body Of Mosby
guerrrs crossed the Potomac into Montgomery county,
Maryland, last night. Daring the last twenty -'our
hours some three hundred penetrated as far ADAM
town. To-day they have it Is understood been driven
blck."
Another despAich to tho came paper fays that The
rsbsl raid created sufficient alarm in Montgomery to
interfere with the constitutional eloion then gong
on.
The following Is the Yankee sccount f the affair 81
Duiislos Station. l. will bo otsersed that they
p,r y reticsn however, to the huHd cd and sixty
eight thousand in grssnbaeks captured from the tso
paym lstsrs:
Ga Thursday night the express passenger train for
Wheeling lett the camden alton " 9l6, with the u
states mails, Adams aud Co.'s Express car, and Two
hundred Passengers uadsr olaTge or Conduccr ShutI
n fFaI ra uu m ri n
KsarneysVle, between H4rpers Fsrry and harensbug,
Wnen locomotive 10 c1nseque. CO OF the removal vi
a rail, ran off tic track, aud the cara we're soon
brought to halt The gre I'd on each side Of tie raok
quite level ana the engine was neither upset nor
injured.
TIE passengers vera considerably alarmed, and
soon informed OF the real OF affair, for the Rebel
Mosby appeared, accompanied by mounted force, es-
ma cd as from one hundred ID two hundred, who
commenced robbiog the passengers, amongst whom was
Mr. Louis NJ Cola, general ticket agent OF the company
who was prtcstdipg West on important bu.iness.-
From him they TOOK all he had namely $40 and gold
watch.
Many of the passengers lost their watches snd the
contents of their POCKET books, their boots ald hats
There company Of em'gtauts, sixty in number,
Who did not o.e much, for tue reason that their ba4-
gage ives lefs in this city.
After the thieves bad completed their deprtd tions,
they ordered all the passengers out OF the cars, and,
after burning the train rsmOuntsd and dashed If
The burned cars contained the body OF q soldier, on
the way his re atiVcs The contents OF the mail
not yet kco1n. None o. the employee, of the com
pIpy iuju ed except the engineer end fireman. who
are IeI ortsd 10 be badly scIiced.
Detachments OF cavalry 10 pursuit. OF the guer-
r'lss bus i'd ngs have yet bean heard from them.
Tie road not jured, and the trains
ming as usual.
FROM THE VALLEY.
We canuo, in the absence of official information
lrSm the Valley attempt to reconcile the discrepancies
10 the reports of the situation which reach us from day
to day. II srAfcs fer US to know that We are pro-
grersing VIGOROUSLY in that quarter and 1t therefore
matters little whether have been achieved
little northeast slightly tu!hwest of Sni h's black.
smith shop or Jones' milLpond. With this introduce
tion We give budget from the Valley last night as
reported by passengers by the Central train They say
that on Friday ETly advanced cavalry force to Sig
ley's Shop, beyond E.she,'s Hill, where they were
promptly met by the enemy Oar cavalry then retired
to their infantry support The enemy, thinking We
bad only cvalry their immediate font ed yanced
fell in the trap, and, to u'e the Language Of our in
formant who seemed to be terribly in earnest in rels-
ting i, nearly anniha:ed the Yankees, killing most Of
those Who we're not made prisoners.
Fishers Il il about ten miles this eide of Srasburg,
and twenty nine from Winchester.
HOW IISoJLy CTS VOTES IN THE ARMY.
D,aerters and Yankee pcksts say that soldiers In
Grants army were fered one hundred dollars and
fur ugh to vote the Rspubcon ticket at lite elections
FROM TIE NORTH AND SOUTH SIDE OF THE JAMES.
We saw tf .ers yesterday afternoon from our armies
oz both tides of the James, who reported everything
again perfectly quiet.
MANASSAS RAILROAD TO BE KEPT IN ORDER BY RFBFIs
The Alexandria Bogus Val Journal says sit IL
understood that General Augur commanding the dsIen-
SIS south of the Potomac, in view of tho outrageous
conduct Of guerras in tearing up the rails on the Ma
nassas Gap Railroad BY which he loss of life occurred
few days ego, will probably order register of all the
dslcya people of FIrsx snd Ale xandria counties for
the purpose of having daily detail to accompany The
trains to be stationed prominent parts of the eng1
and oars, someihng similar done by General
Washburne in the Southwest and proved very effective"
Who will keep in order the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road?