Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-12-20
The war.

TIE news IRON Europe aosoTbs all minds. u 10 ana
lyr'd ard discussed M every circle TIE latest nt,l
gcncs from both Easland ard the NOssh vsase
more and more Warike. The report ira. the Yankee
EmSASsador London had asked foe bic passports On
account Of ths 9 sso and the suspension
of specie payments by the Northern banks look like
a ioregone conclusion. fhs frss might be part o.
the Ynkee game OF buster bat the last ,he closing the
V4ul- keep the Bassh from getting their o0sy in
diyAtes thai the Yankees deem h0s.ls imminent TIE
wdes, panic is said TO psrvAde THAR hne ard the is
p~ess;ou thar the deluge hama va universal AID
dis rrssing.
IN rSspeot % tie ntmG,on that the French EDp.rc-
ay nerpsse mediator for the eXtFcaton Of che Yar
kss' it Is ~, deemed st all p-o6lbs France and Eng
lad have given the Lireon Government C(ci. noiice
tbz they Ing In concert ard i 10 nos likely that
Q; The piFiss soud Offer himself b. ehoses, as
ARBITRATOR B,sies Seward Is strongly committed in his
l. s0s 20 Go, Hicks, sgsinst submitting any n.tionsl
gu siion 70 the decision o foSesn po,en,s.s fhe
Daa 'Aoughs OF slol thing IL shocking to bis Ansri.
oa1isn ana Democracy. Bat even II such thise
mcsltA,e3 and desired the rspidS 9th which events
are marching prscludes the possibility Of s happening
A. hs speed the blockade will he raised 10 LEGS
than % Gays,Dd ,hs Yankees swept from the osean.
Bat higJ7 probsbs and desirable e. this coosuRma..
ton may BE-, cannot forbesr to repeat the waning
that should trus. 10 else boz rely upon
sev:s Relax no energy, but double our 'srts for
more vigorous p-Oseeu,ioo,oi the vs' shan eser We
muls grange our programme q little. Oar President
animated, no Doubt by high aud patriotic corsiders
tons, in attempting do everything himself attempts
more than any bursan being accomplish. n he
were endowed with the physique OF Hercules Esd the
II AZ 81 d. h
could DO equal to all the duties Of the civil admins
trs,icn Of this Government, ana hsF dozen military
campaigns a. the time. As IL s with health
very robus, he must suk beneath the labor; ana be
SseaEs down, We must all go With him, for all for
tunes arc the same hAyk With fresh Infusion Of
V'gor there should DO fusion eOnduc'.
>sSAsshr=IyH IRON Plsia
B1t We rAmble from cvr theme. The lively report
useh cusn. yesterday that the b,ttle hsa begun
~ Ceu:revie, Ike the trouand and reports from
ths same quarter TIN effect needs ooDArm alton.
SO far as advised, all is quiet on the PoomAc-
Toe enemys forty thousand horses said 20 be suffer
ing severely for the want Of fooA But o. to that ours
are no, farng very WE'LL and We hear Of shocking bar
bary boasts and shameful destruction of property in
the quartermls.ers department .: MluAssss and else
where. Il would DO vel tor the people and the public
Service if hs matter we're speedily looked to snd stern
ly corrected.
ANorthern paper has Telegram stating tina, twenty
five thousand achievements haze arrived al Port Roy
and that Chlrsstou aud Savannah gill b, taken In four
days The telegraph Informs that tho enemy Il al.
vanclng upon Charleston ard that he sheed the Firs'
Regiment, which fell bleL f,u, EsS This COZ, Of Ad-
vance viii no. DO for sOuth Carolina. shO Ia Immensely
hated more go even han vheaia and she hGS to n.ke
herself feared.
We hsvs ness OF hssCs sSirnlsh on Grse0 River
TIE stgos iuscass ,hA: the enemy viii make bic rss
Ecricus advance 10 thA, dirso,icn.
A. Ar'ehapv cur men have our'si TO Yansees. ard
is e Supposed that their COMMANDER Geo. hiiroy
sa,cz tie lumber Col johnson, oh, acted ths hero,
c5assAlull,ss hi' command on ia Ssll.e, bea.inS.