Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-12-30

uopas pf Tie rvbe! lcsi,iers in the ea,y settle
lueni % The waf III their favor through EErc-
! peaH r;,.rSr9 -iOm. There Is every rcas.pr 10
al,pTc!.vUt:, to. nnlesS We give some hca@r
Hnd rrushin. blows to th;s rebellion !,ei,:r
the ,cturn Of spring, that Nr. Lincoln wi.
pave u meet luus Napoleon as an active ally
Of tie rebels, or submit to his su.scs tiog,s Of
peace upon the basis of an nGcpcndcn, S@G.l-
ern Confodcracy.
| Nvcrw he|ning as are the military forces,
! facilities, means and resources 6f the i"ysl
States, We knuw that their people arc bcc"'2-
in.; s'ck OF lhs desolasing costly an'l uap,cnl-
isirs way. Accordingly, lot GOV. Say,rour
! throw oAs the proposition Tor 4 convention OF
ai tile loyal 5 :tes, and y free invitation to
The rehelous States w participate i'll e:.il' raH-
! veution, and who knows hut that j. riay tucn
aside the destructive forces OF This terrible
weT into the channels Of an honorable ard
enduring peace, upon the broad plat(n Ill of
the Constitution Of The United States at
/ ali events, Te are fully impressed with the be-
! lief that Mr. Seymour, rs our .Goyerner e"c5,
in view oi the r;lc sentiment Of Nc~ Ylsssk
1Sano The p;Sve1in t~entrsi Loyal states, 6!whci.
nc Is the 1no.t proniieut representative, i,,
|
Tho :r"re' shape ana direction 10 lie !'.tGSc
policy Of President I.irroln; and We nrI;a 81
cordlngiy, THAI the opportunity which is ,..s
PRESENTED Tor the Euun ni The cJuEt,r 40 5
lasting reputation uf honor al usefulness
vii! not he lost. Let EoyeraC; seymour les.
:hc Say; AMI Az uatia SESSION of Cnner",S, :,
with new conservative House nf Ecprce.Il-
tatiYrs. may wo:k out the nations deliver
! aICc.
Forney's ofic!a! organ says t.nt "Hl.t:!1r
will have cotnmand Of The ariny fr n, pes
ent. Tho Herald" says .h.a means That
RS as practical offensive operation arc
resumed some one else will be Designate" "
Lircoln has approved the sentence Of tnc
Norinh Court Martial for the hansim.; IL.
lcau:stcr for the murder nf = negro.
The Fortress Monroe correspondent: Q: ,ae
''llel elali" says tn" election went OF quietly
IN Sull1,k, Under the supervision ni Davis, ihe
Provost MARSHALL
rre vntes pollcd in Sulold aud ne:binr-
hprhooi, embracing the third district Of ~
gnia, ali tn!c forty-ninc, as ;Oi oHS -
Cooper, tLirty-@ix McCloud, t~t!,e Wing,
one.
Cooper is from Portsmouth, and it is said
i is said voted for Lincoln AT the last presi-
ientai election.
= despatch from Cincinnati, in the Her
aid, reports Cons. Floyd and Humphrey
Marshall advancing in large force from Wos
tern Virginia, thrAGgh Pound Grp. Tao
same dcspatch states that movement OF
Yankee troops has taken place from Rich
nnnd. Ky. that will relieve Eastern Kcntac-
ky f:om this new invasion:
NEWS FROM The SOUTHWEST.
CAIRo, Dec. -, lS62-psrolcd prisoners.
taken at folly Springs, arrived hers lurnish
ih1 following facts :--un Thursday, l"le-
grams were received a. Holly Springs icm
Jackson. saving the place was p.unaced by
rchcis, and askir5 for r-ininrcem"ItS. Fr,-
day morning all the troops but anHul eight
hun,irr! were sept to Jackson III S.;lc
night tbs commander at ltnll; SplinrN 'r.rGc:
alpriseG OF rcbes approaching tlaS: s@~s. Z
pickets ~erc stationed ;h-cc miles GU, un sill
the roads. bnt the rebels seem 10 have rCmc
in bctwccn the roads, aS the picket made 10
alarm. The first they hrni:' ul the ricrly
they wcre in town. trng ii cur Slccp:ng
nlcn. Some resistance was made. ru., CT
Course. larble. In IL shnit lime IN" lncu-
lists wrrc "vcrpowrrrd .n,i compelled ~ sG.-
render. Thr attack was uadr nj daybreaE.
Twu hnlrcd lluionSts were rrporic: kIi'c
anL T;.'.i':,'; %ni one I,uuIrcd and 'lv crn-
iurtt who ~c;c afterwards p,ro!ed. Thc
Dnlarrc "c2;e3.
! It. ia reported in Memphis tha. The Rebels
have gAn" trward Grand JUNCTION, Win ":.
.ilsHiia3 II tearing up thr r"n'; but nc:!..ng
is known positively. At HHl!cr SpnHgs
they hnrrv" large quantities of c".ioi., ""e-
two hna'ir"d wagons depot fall Of conmis-
Sarv SEur"s, ammunition, %c., va!u"d al
:jn.Mu. The number Of Rebels is estimated
a. } t'iU, ami are under All Dorm. q
\ small Reheielurce mato a raid on ihc 81
nnr,S Of Memphis on Sunday night, piIissed
SO, csaI Stores, carried oil one hun'ircd ccc,aic
AID one hundred and eighty mules. EXc'.c-
ala;:. N Memphis exists III cOIIScqdcnc" OF
meeting called on Monday night To "0nS.,.,r
the best means of defence.
Gen. Sherman has reached Helena, ucr:.;.r
ing to move down the river.
1t is reported here that Jef. Thompson y
moving Oh Now Msdiiti with two th"".and
nnn from pocahonths Ark. ard that r. waH
withln forty miles Of that pInca Monday.
TIE Rebel iorc~ 1peratin: III Northwestern
runurS>ee, burned Union City and The bfl&Ec
over the Onion river last night. Every ri9i.
- Dcng u,ade 70 meet them.