Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-12-18
LATEST Fss,M rus UalTED STATE,

papers as late as the l2lh inst. From then
wo make up the following ssummary:
The Herald" Of the 10Th December, says
"The stock market was not active to-day, ant
the transactions werc3sN limited, owing Il
the continued absence 5fSStside buyers. lh
gold market was fevorish today, and pfice
could hardly remain stationary an hour. A
. a. NJ, l5l!; at IL NJ, l50f: att! o'clock
l5ll; at 3! O'Clock LIE. 80 II u-clocH, loes
Is7syc;. per eent rsFa.;rs tie ruling rate Of in
ttcrcst. '-,-,,.. E.
:. PRESIDENT. DAVIS MESSAGE.
The "Herald" has the following paragraph
onPresident Davis recent message:
owe present to our readers this morning
amongst "tlier very important subjec,s of in
terest, JEFF Davis message to his rohel Con
gress i'll e1tcnso. It ID lengthy document
commencing with a review Of The war for the
past year, aud closing with the sentimen,
that ''tho only hope ef peace is on the vigor
OF resistance" Passages will be found, how
ever. through the message which betray the
fact that MIR. Davis is rather dubious az to
hnw the meuas Of vigorous resistance can be
raised. The policy of foreign governments and
tie currency question, with the mode of raising
Increased taxation, are the topics most elabo-
ratcly discussed. On thn former he is very
eloquent, but on lie latter rather desnondent
lie recommends largely increased taxation,
and fresh lcyies Of troops. lie informs Con
greSs that the mines Of the South and its
f3undrics and workshops can supply them
with all the munitions and mdtcTiel needed
fer continun: the war"
''TnE SITUATION"
The following is the "lIcrald's" article on
''the situa:i0n:"
As an evidence Of the tn'a' cessation Of all
warlika onnrations, it i'1ay b, stated that for
she past three days the President has not re-
cciycd 4 telegraphie port from either tho
army OF the Potomac u the army OF the West.
Mosby'S and Whites guerillns are very active
avount Lovettsville. They are w;itchiDg our
transportation trains and forage wagons
closely, and making an occasional dash on
them.
The rnrsu:. Of the Chesapeake continues,
but, 50 far, without success. A vessel sup
posed 70 resemble her, is reported ta be at ST..
Mary's, near Halifax, where she did not sue.
ccel in getting any coal. Proceedings were
abOut.to be taken by tho law officers in case
>he should prove o.bc the Chesapeake The
collector at Portland received despatch yes
tc!tay stating that snc might be captured by
sunbaats If they reached the ground to-day.
The directions furnished by the rebel Captain
Parker TO Lieutenant i'rainc for the seizure
Of Inc Chesapeake, are given in our columns
70 day. His instructions were to bring the
prize to the island of Grand Mcnan-Seal
Cove harbor, if acceEsible-and there avail,
further orders.
The gunboat Aeacia, which went in pursuit.
and sprung a>leak was hauled un on the fats
at Portland yesterday for repairs. The gun.
brat Agawam put into Rockland for coal.
Ry the arrival, last evening, OF the steam
transport Fulton, from, Port Royal, we have
the Intelligence Of the loss Of the Monitor
iron>clGd Feehawken, which sunk at her
anchor inside of Charleston bar, on the after.
noon of Sunday last. Four Of her engineers
and twenty>s:x Of her crew were drowned -
a fnrin,,o nain n-aua;lcd - a. -, w.. =:
aamage was sustained by the rest Of Admiral
Dalgrcn's fleet
At the time Of the disaster the Weehawken
had. ~ far as VIC can learn, the following list
OF officers -
Csmmanaer-J. II Duncan; Acting Lieut.
cnnat-G. b. Stephenson; assistant Surgeon
f NJ. Stein; assistant Pymastar-Freder'
ick II. Stowy Acting M4steis-W. ,. Lnring
c G. Kingsbury; Actings EaSign-T. Bales
Eagineers-First Assistant, J. e. Young
Second Assistants, T. Horlie, J. g. Allen, .jr.
II. W. Merriam; Third Assistant, A. Mitchell
The transport Fulton, on her way from Por
Royal to this port, on the 9th inst, captured
tue British schooner from 6. O. Bigelow
eleven days cut from Bermuda, with carg,
nr salt l"r Newbern. N. G. Her papers were
usinrmal: but after towing her two hundred
milcs. the Fulton rclirquished her prize OF
account of the violence of the weather and tht
impoSsbility of getting ahead with her till thC
gale sMbsided.
The military situation before Charleston wa:
unchanged when the Fulton left.
Dispatches from Cumberland confirm tht
rebel sIa,emcnt. which we published ye=ter-
day, that General Longstreot is at Morris.
trwn, East Tennessee, to which point hr re
treated after his defeat at Knoxville.
The rebel guerl!as arc reported to be very
troublcscme il. Chester, Wayre and Cumber-
land counties, kentucky.
The fl ct Instance in which the declaration o.
The President III his late proclamation providing
for ,he pardon Of delinqnents, has been exercised
is in the Case Of General r.. w. Gannt, formerly
Of the rebel army. but who. it will be remem-
bercJ, recently issued an address to the Southern
people from Little Rock, Arkansas, recanting his
reasonable doctrines and advtcsiinp n return &c
the Union. The President has extended to bin
a full pardon, and returned TO him all his rights
of property. except in slaves, an exception which
the proclamation very rigidly provides for.
n H.I.
his staff from Brazos, Tezas on the Sd inst. There
is no further news concerning The expedition.
1.-THE COUNTRY RAPIDLY RUNNING IN BARBA-
R1sM."
Under the above caption, the Her.
aid" has L lengthy article on the war, from
which we extract the suhjoined:
"The war originated with abolitionists,
who held that all Shareholders should be kill
ed; and radicals in the South retaliatcd by
hanging sundry abolitionists. Small factions
in both sections fanEe1 the flame Of civil dis.
cord until it has reached its present tremen
dous. proportions and feroeious concomitants.
The system cf slav ry may not be the best
for the purposes intsnded-the agricultural
development of the Southland some other
might be substituted with advantage in somc
communities. But it is q matter that belongs
to those States and communities alone. TIC
North has n"thing to do with it, much less to
raise blordy hsud either to destroy OF propa-
cato it. The radical abolition prints Of the
North aver that the rebel chiefs have deter
mined to musder the cficers and enslave CT
kill the privates in our colorel regiments
Oar chiefs retort by stopping the exchange o;
prisoners, and hundreds OF our poor fellows
iansuish aud die of starvation and discase in
rhc loahsone prison houses Of the enemy
Horrors multiply upon horrors, and retalia:
ton follows retaliation. From one radical
correspondent we learn that our noble dead
remain unburied on the field of Chiekamauga;
that they lie where they fell, appalling and
gbastly objects: that birds of prey settle upon
that field, and swine fatten their way through
the fallen ranks of glory! We repeat, tb'
war is fast assuming the shape of the wars o
the dark and sanguinnry ages, during the pc
ripds of frenzied religious zeal, and that tht
country is rapidly running into state of bar
barisn.
RECRUITING.
There were last week mustered into the Uni
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