Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-11-21
PROM THE UNITED STATES.
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of the n. Y. World of the l6.h.
ARMY OF VIRGINIA
Gen. Meade was in Washington Oh the 10Th, and mas
Gle eed severa hours with the President aud Secretary
| of War and Gen. Hallsek Meade was 10 Rttend the
coDsecri alton Of the Gettysburg Cemetery.
HlIeci is said to favor the arnys going Immediately
into winter quarters and Secretary Stanton the same
course while the President and Gen. Meade propose to
take advantage Of the completion Of the bridge over
the Rapp hammock toforce ght on Gen. Lee at the
| nearest possible point TO the Rlpidan.
| Fourteen miles more Of the Orange aud Alexandria
rosd have beer completed including tito Rppihannoek
| bridge, $50 feet in span.
TIE Mold editorally says the probabilities point 10
the cesFatio of hosliLes in Virginia. OPTIONS, how
ever prevail that Meade will try to forcs his way to
Gofdonsvile to Fredericksburg.
| FRoN CHATTANOOGA.
The correspondent the World says nothing offensive
can vet be undertaken by the army as IL will take con-
siderable time to collect sufficient supplies at Chatta
nOoga The barge transportation has not been able To
furnish sufficient supplies, and large numbers OF mules
aud horse had died in consequence and large bodies OF
cavalry have been sent back to be Iemounted cou-
rler was Gently captured Chattanooga VITA an
rider from Bragg Longst Get, ordering the later TO
eyacuate Lookout Aountsn, but it believed TO be
a Tuse.
| tsTsFcIPrID kEBEL CORRESPONDENCE.
| By the capture OF the blockade Il. E. Lee,
CorIubia apd Ella and Annie of Wilmington. num-
1
vOys ia Europe, were intercepted
| Ia u letter, dsted Paris October Isl to President
Davis, Edwin De Leon says:
general NEE sure would have sown suspicion between
the t=o great 20 Aers Each voud have feared
Negotiations with the other Now 1t is an opep game
! end Louis and PAM both see each others hands. am
rot prophet end may be deceiYed, but as far IS
know and there has been and is to-day as lite
real intention OF speedy recognition by Farce by
| EngAn That may be made pawn 10 the Mexican
game. think very probable, but the detected intrigue
| in Texas (Mr. B 5 denuncation OF which inter-
cep ed and published in New York and English pspeIf
does not inspire eon6de3cs in that very eetue gentle
| man who now is arblter of Southern and Mexican
dsstnies, the retention of Mr.. MIBn in Belgium not
beng remembered by the public. Judge Rost, who is
here now entirely in my views, and he adds,
further that Mr. Dayton declares he has never had any
| complaint from Washington regarding French inter
vantion in sXco II SC yard ereiore, acknowledges
II ,ximliaus empire, the ground which our action
seems 10 have been p<edcted is cut away from under
ous feet Even should S. make protest (ior be can
not mediate with Ffance,) still will be Led
az A power and have the shadow Of favor while
| enemy enjoys the substance of non-in,eryenton
abhor asking for money; bur, as do Appropriate
penny for myself have given Mr.. u. reminder lha
small sum in treasury drafts is Fortunatus5 purse,
ever filing and ever full At the expiration OF eighteen
month";, "Frnce wants money" literally and not fgu
| rativelY They far more mercenary race than
the English, aud we must buy golden opinions from.
them if at all,
NJ. De Leon in letter from Paris tn the rebel SEC
rotary Of st t. says the withdrawal Of M Mason from
London has had the good effect Of reyiviny m rest
in the Southern question, and awakening the public in
England from tho dream OF continual nop-nterVention.
The sympathy of the British people for us grove sron-
ger every day. a: in the ratio their anipathy
for the Yankee To ioster and increase these fayora
bic dispositions have caused various publications 10
be made in England on the topics Of cotton, slavery,
the cath of allegiance, Federll iabrcaons, and kept
| ~ running fire through the English press Some Of
these publications shall be you by the first oppor
| tuuily which presents for sending packase'
| After the disposal of TIE Roebuck MOTION tie rapid
Increase of Federal recruitment in Ireland attracted
much attention. and ened it advisable TO visit that
couary to if anything could be done to. check IL
The number OF actual recruits thus obtained from lee
land for the past year. up TO August cannot have e.
| coed twenty thousand able-boded men, but has
probably reached that figure. When the harvest time
/ is over the Yankees hope TO make gtand haul but
We hop, their nets will not hold. The only patty Ia
Yorable 10 the Yankees is the silly and mlschevous
| elioae of dema7ogues who style themselves "Yvurg
Irelanders oil whom Gen. Meigher used to o. one OF
the shining lights aud th .se men make themselves bury
in Sc Ling tier couItymen for the Yankee shambes-
No step has been or will be taken by the British CIV
eminent to stop this wholesale deportation Tor two
| reasons
From the difficulty OF proof of actual enlistment
| aud
2 Because Of the unwEngness OF Lord Rlssel to
wound the suscep.ibies OF Mr. SeElrd OF whose con-
duct he has mo complaint to make"
The press the priests and pablo opinion may sup
My the shortcomings of the government In this respect
At least the altemps il making aud shall continue 70 be
made
Here in France SEQ no change either in the attitude
of-tbe government or in the popular sentiment 10
fact until the arrival OF the FlordI az Brest illusions
ese to the Co federacy Except Those supplied by our
| friends in the Iress) were becoming very rare The
Polish question aud the Mexican entirely obscured ours,
in whic1 Freedmen have really l't but little interest.
The withdrawal of Mr. Ma:on from London. makes
te Emperor more than eves master Of the situation,
the only rivalry he feared being thus withdraw. He
can amuge Il, with Mexican alliances IN lieu OF more
practical intervention in the belief That We shall oot-
tnue 70 be very grateful foe very smal favors Neither
the British Plrlsment nor the French Chambers will
aeot until February next, and until then the game is
entirely in his own handJ Earl RussePs speech bgv-
ing relieved his mind OF any change in Erglands mac
tvI,y sincerely hope that the intentions OF the n
peror aay be more practical; bat can only Judge by
tho lights before me.
remain, v,ry respectfully,
.EDwn De LEON.
FROM MEXICO.
Mexican dates to the Isl state that the French smy,
now under the commaGd Of Gen. Bszaine, had been
divided into three GiSsons, Gen. hiramon assuming
command of the third, which consists principally OF
Mexicans A reception is ,sid to have taken place
on the l5h ut a. the pahcs of AlmOnte, a. which a
letter was shown rom Macmillan, in which he accepts
the thloao, saying nothii about conditions
FARE OF PRISONERS AT RIcasosD.
Rev. II. @. TIunbull, Of the 10th Conn. Regiment,
lust exchanged Gays that Tor two days previous 10 DIS
I.aypg Libby Prison., the officers daily ratlons con
ssed oply of about third OF pound Of bread and
atr N, meat had been served for several days. The
rebel guarternaser told The piisonrs that t was not
his fauit He had none to give th m on that DAY. lie
had been entirely unable furnish any thirg Whateyer
to the pr sopers Belle lsllnd and II was win 'he
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