Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-09-08
IRON PETERSBURG.

There has been change in the positi,n Of fl .irs
along the lines In front OF Petersburg for some day
pIst, al with the exception o. the graad blow oUt on
Sunday night, bu. Little Smelling on either SIDE. Picket
firing under the Influence Of the ague aud fever which
always makes the buest Yankee "a Northern man it'll
sJuthern feelings" has, in great measure, ceased
There is, usual during such spells OF gu ct all man.
n5r OF Surmses to wbas bob sides n.end to d.
Apfopos some impu lent Wag entered AoroWd at pro-
ed corner rpOu High s,Fee, Petersburg yesterday
when Grants contemplated movements were under
discussion, sud with moving look, of red to wager
hundred Conf derato dollar bl VI the new Issue & 81
no could tell what Grant in.erded TO do early next
morning. Tie d ss lssion ceased and al was quiet IN
instant and the Wag, taking advantage OF The 81
ercs grsvely informed them that hs would tske big
drl OF Bourbon. 0le of "ths solo" remarked, and
Wha. in the devil will he mex; do' Why, take another
drink, Of course, rejoned the nperturbable Wag.
IL spite OF the free OF quinine and whisky, which
are administered to the Yankee army ngdt and moI-
Ing, the Esp'"s has positive information that tie
recent heavy uhiOh flooded that section of country
together tn the bad wafer inside the enemy's nee,
have CAUSE vast deal Of sickness among the Yankee
troops. ptoaly is this the case among the one
hundred-Oay men-memOers of whom are daily trans.
fesd rom the trenches to the lOpitals IN the rear
Bilious and Intermittent levers are very prevalent
The emmy has monster d teen-ineh mortar
mounted railroad car, which Ia occasionally run up
the City Point Railroad and discharged at the city
What is expected TO be accomplished BY this movable
bu derbuss We do not knoW, unless Il IL TO fright II
somebody. As yet t Ia, done no harm.
Tao EzpTsS says there IL much suRsling among
those families still remaining inside tbs enemys lines
and understands that many are drawing their subsst-
ence from the Yankee oOmmiosarsa All their suppl o.
OF provisions have lOng since boon stolen b. the
Invading mAraudeTs,
THH CANAL AT DUToa GAP.
The Yankees are still atWork upou the canal which
Is make FArris Island real island and Beast Butler
famous 10 history eDgiRotr The Petersburg En-
press learns that the width Of the neck Of land at which
thoy 'pegg ng away" ia only hundred aud egL'
tsen feet. Que information is that il ia rather MORE,
uge Of the canal Is A1J feet ir breadth, ard in
dap some fifteen or twenty feet below high water
mark. The Yankees arc protected in their work by
strong bre, works There sll Of otr inches in the
sevel miles OF water winding around the rCnlnuhls,
aud with the distance diminished 10 oue hundred and
elSnset yaFub1 IL e5luSIec tnAt Hleh the canal 10
6us ed fi Il ever allowed th rate of the current
III Ough the new channel will he fully eight mics per
h1ur. The Yankees may succeed in changing the bed
Of river bu. Wnl they resp Auy commemorate
bohe6! fer the labor they lave eIpendedf
The TALLAHASSEE.
The Philadelphia Inquirer, of the 81, estimates the
speed OF the Tallahassee from the time she left Halifax
p o'clock On the NOR log of the ooh Of August un-
til reached N,W Ino; the morning OF tho rs b,
distance OF At least fourteen hundred milss-at ten
miles per houe.
Tho Lnqtirer expresses the hops that now sho Is un
der tie guns OF Fort Fisher she will be KEEP. here,
unless some nsrpssng Yankee candidate for naval
fame Ia fool enough to undertake the perilous job Of
cu.tiGg her out" Hlvs they a Paul Jones 10 the
bOckadng n,et of Wilmington.
The EoaTRERN PGHs on THE EVACUATION or ATLANTA
The New Yo.k Herald heads its news thus
SberHan-FsiI of Atlanta Brilliant Strategic Move
ment OF the Uaion OommsndeT- iood Hoodwinked
Battle Fought near Easp oint--Gsn Hardse Killed
The Rebels Assisting Shermen's Pans Operations of
Wheeler Forrest and Roddy Rousseau in Close Pur.
SUIT of the Cavalry Raders-GsoTgis Virtually Redeem
ed rom Rebel Rnle-The $50 Jailed" Confederate
States Reduced TO Three.