Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-11-04

my Of thsss msh over the river % Psee % soe &C.
but lees than three thousand nov In NORTH hb
souri,, playing guerilla, and cutting up all kinds Of mis-
obief -
The chief guerrilla devil of the day, the famous Bill
Andersen Is reported in Carol county, with about zoo
men, killing Uoon aud laying their properly vase
as uua Governor Hall has been urged BY sundry
citz me to offer large reward for the capture OF An
derson dead or alive. j: appears beyond doubt that
he l. nov acting under Q regular Confederate commh.
sIop, issued at Bonneville BY Thomas Rsynocs, the
pretended Rebel Governor. Eye witnesses who were IN
Bonneville saw Anderson In FRI quent conversation Win
erllnE Price, and G.Dera Ii reports that several
witnesses Informed him that while ct Boonevhe Free
received from Anderson PRESENT Of handsome par
of reyolVers, and that those two worthless dnto &c.
Rether Further Price said 10 several parties that ne
hoped TO reform Anderson BY taking him into his COM
mAnd regularly.
HHW INPIoYMHHF ToR JOIN MITCHIL,
Some tins ago, one OF the correspondents Of Yam.
kse newspaper assured hs readers that the Irish pa
trot had been consCrped BY the Confederate auhor-
ties and was in the ranks with musket on his shoulder
To-day smother the correspondent Of the Philadelphia
Press, announces that he Is Commodore In the James
r YER .s 'iudnlging In brutal curses" II the YAM
Les tcOblers but go right about the matter, they viii
soon Rad out John Mtchels whereabouts, and when
they make this discovery they will ascertain that the
curses" in which he "indulges" are not loud but
deep:
Il NAV not be generally known that John Mitchell, the
Irish refugee is the commodore oil the rebel n9et In
the James River 60 have been positively assured BY
dsssrter from It, Che many dessrdons teom IL has put
him 10 vary badhumor, ii which be INDUCES 10 brutal
curses declaring that there are 80 many traitors ina
he found Ii ooalt 10 trust any one The Tour WOODEN
gunbOats carry two guns each, snie the Iniee nUn-
clads mount four each making, in all twenty guns,
Which this renegade attempting to direct against tne
M ton which offered him asylum OF liberty de wiz
probably be returned to tie old country "a W gran.
ana of thsse dsyL where In undergoing punishment
for his crimes he will have u time 70 rsh ,oi over h
trsaeasry 10 liberty aud humanity.
IAoM sHIRIDLS's AMY.
We and the following account OF reconnaissance In
the Luray Valley BY Powell the Yankee cavalry officer,
in the Herald of the sl't.
A RIooHHoIssAHoI IN LURET VALLEY.
Colonel p wells cavalry returned to camp this eVen'
ing fom an expedition in the Luray valley. The party
proceeded Is far as AihorG' ABOUT ean way De'nsen
Front ROYAL and LEay, where they found large force
of rebtl cIvslry Lodng fortified position along the
road Reconno up the valley as far as mount
jackson have failed to discover the presence OF any
iocs Of the enemy IL certain hoWeV-
ar that he ia rsorganizug his army in the vicinity Of
N Market and tnst he has been reinforced by Breck'
luridSes force from Abingdon, and 1t supposed by
ajvi,inn from GordonsVne. Residents OF the valley
say that ry has been supsrosdsd by Longstree who
IL nov in command.
Anothsr correspondent thus describes the attack up
on our troops;
AN ATTACK UPON iHI IHIhT.
Colonel Osphart formed line OF battle, and ordered
that Wbsu the band OomueIoSd playing there be gen.
III ,sl and charge TIE band played, the men yelled
"a ;bs,a VAS charge. This sue ,esstul We drove
,I,s snsmy. taking few prisoners. TOis ended the
davis proceeding. .,.,
,oa ~ tba 26 b. General Powell arrived late on the
"sS preylous, bringing nearly the whole Of the re-
u.SoinSsr Of the division with him. The following
the 26 h, another att OK was male upon the
snemy nrsnOhsd postiOo, bu was found too strong
- Ia tsken BY the force had in the field and by
OvsI,v sone. The fight which ensued on the occasion
~ the Last attack was principally confined TO the artillery
~ the contendng parties The result OF thsse opera.
60 oss 10 STOW that the enemy has very strong
fo,os In the vicinity, in very strongly intrsnchsd po
sltion.
our O1sULLrIIs
we're not particularly heavy.
A. ,nhaIs long WHARF kheV In the