ectionate and devoted family.--We dare say, if anybody had gone over Virginia, and been asked to select a man whose unobtrusive habits, whose avoidance of political agitations, and whose religious character would have thrown a shield over him in the wildest political convulsions, David Creigh could not have been overlooked.
Yet this was the very man singled out for the most horrid injustice which any man in Virginia has suffered in this war. We do not except the dismal case of the beloved Dr. Wright, of Norfolk.
David Creigh, in his secluded mountain home, was sought out in his own house — that house which ought to have been his castle — and there assaulted by a ruffian Federal soldier, who plundered his property, insulted that family which was dearer to the old man's heart than all his worldly possessions, and finally attempted to take his life, deliberately firing upon him. Is there any court of law under the canopy of Heaven which would not justify David Creigh in killing an assai
n the ground and reformed his scattered troops.
In the first portion of the fight the Yankees admit a loss of five thousand, with General Bidwell killed, and Generals Wright, Ricketts and Grover wounded.
A letter in the Herald says of our attack on Wednesday:
At a given signal (as we afterwards learned) the enemy advanced reir trains.
General Ramseur is a prisoner in our hands, severely and perhaps mortally wounded.
I have to regret the loss of General Ridwell, killed, and General Wright, Grover and Ricketts, wounded.
General Wright is slightly wounded.
Affairs at times looked badly; but by the gallantry of our brave officers and men, diGeneral Wright is slightly wounded.
Affairs at times looked badly; but by the gallantry of our brave officers and men, disaster has been converted into a splendid victory.
Darkness again intervened to shut off greater results.
I now occupy Strasburg.
As soon as obtained I will send you further particulars. P. H. Sheridan, Major-General.
A telegram from Washington says:
Another great victory has been gained by General Sherid
nking on the left, which succeeded so well with the Eighth corps, was again to be tried on the Nineteenth corps.
General Wright at this time sent for the Sixth corps to come up, and General Emory superintended the formation of his corps into linhad come up from their position on the right.
It was then under command of Brigadier-General James B. Ricketts.
General Wright, on seeing the Nineteenth corps so completely outflanked, ordered both the Sixth and Nineteenth corps to fall back to being the pivot on which the line swung.
A short time before this movement was executed a musket ball had struck Major-General Wright on the chin.
It was a flesh wound, and for some time afterwards bled very freely.
General Wright made very lightGeneral Wright made very light of his injury, and continued on the field, close up to his main line of battle, during the whole day.
The efforts made by the rebels to break our left and centre were terrible.
There appeared to be no cessation to the yelling of the combatants
adquarters.
I think that not less than three hundred wagons and ambulances were either captured or destroyed.
The accident of the morning turned to our advantage as much as though the whole movement had been planned.
The only regret I have is the capture, in the early morning, of from eight hundred to one thousand of our men.
I am now sending to the War Department ten battle-flags.
The loss of artillery in the morning was seven from Crook, eleven from Emory, six from Wright.
From all that I can learn, I think that Early's reinforcements could not be less than twelve thousand men. P. H. Sheridan, Major-General Commanding.
The latest from Sherman — the "pursuit"of Hood still kept up.
A telegram from Chattanooga, dated the 21st, after stating that "it is believed that both armies are in North Georgia," says:
Hood is reported to be rapidly moving down Brownstown Valley to Jacksonville and Talladega, where he strikes the railroad to Montgome
ly below Richmond.
The ceaseless drizzle of the past two days has converted the fields and roads into quagmires, and mud again stops the armies of the Potomac and the James, if, indeed, immediate active operations were contemplated by them.
There is a general impression that part of Sheridan's army has reinforced Grant, but nothing positive is known on the subject.
The tales of deserters signify nothing.
If, however, any portion of Sheridan's forces have come to the James, it is probably Wright's (Eighth) corps.
Besides a strong body of mounted infantry, Sheridan had in the Valley three infantry corps — the Eighth, Sixth and Nineteenth.
His object in entrenching himself between Newtown and Kernstown may have been to enable him to dispatch part of his army to aid Grant in the last On-to-Richmond of the campaign of eighteen hundred and sixty-four.
If these men have reached Grant he must be ready to make his effort; and will make it, no doubt, so soon as the ground shall again beco
pt quiet.
Burnside, after nearly four months of disgrace on account of his miserable failure at the Battle of the Mine, has again returned to the command of the Ninth corps.
Grant and Hancock alone are now absent, as old Butler, also, has rejoined the Army of the James.
The Army of the Potomac now consists of the Second corps, General Parke; the Fifth corps, General Warren; the Ninth corps, General Burnside.
The Army of the James also consists of three corps: the Eighth, formerly Wright's, though we have heard nothing of him for some time; the Tenth, under Terry; and the Eighteenth, under Weitzel.
Affairs in East Tennessee.
General Breckinridge's victory in East Tennessee gets better as it gets older.
The prisoners captured are now reported at eight hundred and fifty.
The Yankees stopped on Friday to make a stand at Strawberry Plains, but finding General Vaughan again making for their rear, broke again, and did not stop until safe within the fortifications at Kno
to within seventy yards of our breastworks, when, being opened upon by our troops, they turned and fled, leaving their dead and wounded on the field, our troops pursuing them to their works.
It will be observed there is no discrepancy between this statement and General Lee's report.
He says the enemy approached our lines but did not attack.
In this case, as they approached our lines we attacked.
In this sortie we regret to learn that Brigadier-General G. M. Sorrel, of Georgia, commanding Wright's old brigade, was shot through the lungs, and, it is feared, mortally wounded.
The formidable character of this movement will be appreciated when it is known that nearly the whole of Grant's army participated.
Four of his corps are known to have been engaged, namely the First, Second, Fifth and Sixth corps.
The advance of this immense force on Monday was successfully resisted by Pegram's, Evans's and Mahone's divisions.
There is no doubt that Grant was chiefly incited to attempt t
Shellabarger, of Ohio; McClung, of Missouri; Radfield, of New York.
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Discovery of remains — a Murder three years ago. Toledo, Ohio, December 14.
--The remains of Jonathan Gillett, formerly of the firm of Wright, Gillett & Rawson, of New York, and more recently of this city, who disappeared three years ago, have been found here under circumstances which leave no doubt of his having been murdered.
The Mayor has offered a reward of a thousand dollars for the apprehension of the murderers.
