Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-09-12
LArER PROV the UNITED STATES.

ThrOug. the courtesy of Capt Hatch. of the EG,
chfnge Bsrcau, placed in possession last night
of flies Of New York papers th oh inst inclusive
We have Only space this morning for few extracts;
TIE PkAcs QUESTION
The Herald ct TIE Sth publishes correspondence be-
tween Fernando Wood aud Lincoln on ths peace
questoE." b. letters are dated in December lsst
WOod says be was ADVISED that the Southern States
Od send representatives. 20 tie next Congress, pro-
vded iu AID general amnesty should permit them to
do so.
Lincoln replies that If the people Of the Southern
S ats Will reraugurats and mtinta'n the national su
tn ii wGls th' r limits, etc.. the would
the PIT Of The United States, aud an amnesty would
peIhNPs b. granted
Wood < re s,s his profound regret" at such re-
ply, and Ils Lincoln It cannot be expected that the
SOl'hsTn Statrs will ceAe resistance so long pro-
claim Gus attention q destroy thrir local institutions,
their property snd ther liver"
Tus letter 81 SEES the CORES pondenee which has been
Withheld from the publ, uatil nov from "prudeudl
considerations"
/ PRoGRKss OF The WAR
There is nothing OF importance from Tennessee 'cx-
oep. inte1uOus Of an engagement at Chattanooga.
From Arkansas, the report is that Gems. Steele and
COopr made pTecpltAte retreat ono hundred miles,
to Pefryvlla, at which point Gen Blunt, in command
Of the pursuing forces destroyed the confederate
mis'ary depot Here the pursuit ended, and General
Buet turned toward Fort Smith. Nothing IS said Of
Gen. Price.
TIE h'e't ness from Charleston is copied from the
RohmaHd pspers.
TIE H,rsd mentions REPORT that a PORTION Cen.
Lss's army was moving southwark.
BXCHANGE PRISONERS
The Washington correspondent Of the New Yok
Tines sys:
The President Intercepted to dry upon the sub
ecl Of the exchange Of prisoners by the father OF New
.ff.a -nfn If tho I'm
prsonSr in RchnOud. Dir. Lincoln said he would do
a in hs power effect the release OF these officers and
ell Others prisoners, but he Lot prep lred,
would Dc consent 10 make the release OF officers &c CO.
oced regiments d.pCnssbls htion a renewal
OF exchanges. Tue Government was prepared to eI-
change man for with the reb}ls even should they
refuse 70 reless, the olhcerI Of eolOred regiments
WAR IN JAPAB.
TAs II .rall o. the sth says:
By way of San Francisco We have important ne as OF
the commencement of an Anglo-Amsrican upon the
JaAseUs. The ship Pembroke having be- fred upon by
thO JsPASese forts while her way from Nangasah
KsAAaRa the gunboai Wyoming pr ceedrd TO The scene
Of the OuIral a. senced the fOrs and destroyed two
steamers belonging the Japanese She had five
khiSd SnG SIX wounded in the aiFLr. "A Br ish
HSShSnt ship had previously been aSsaed BY the jap
ansaS, and Ia retaliation the British Admiral snded
force which Destroyed The FORTS spiked the guns blew
up the msGAzice aud burned the vllge The Japanes,
madD bus feeble resistance.
LATE FORElsN IrEls.
ne ship Anglo-saHon was burnt b, tue prvst4t r
EprSA the Plat of August thirty miles EAST oil KIN.
DalA Ireland Toe Anglo Saxon had a cargo of coal,
ESd va in charge Of pilot.
Il ~ reported in Liverpool that the Alabama had
gOoS into French port Of Cherbourg repairs and
that tn FioridI at Bcest
kEay of the London journals contend that the iron
rams, sad all other veEs Is building for the rebels in
ESglGsd, should be detail ed by tbe Government at
lsas' rnT alter tue appeal in the of the Alexandra
Sss HsV~s j Of
- hvugh that the U tied States protest glnst
SIHES.ps Scion IN Mexico would be presented in
FTSHSs Suing the next week aiser the sA Ing Of the
seoSa
YhS Kias of the Bel ass- advised the Alchduke
Hsxisan irs;st certain conditions before accept
Ae ne thrSne Of Ms1cO. This would be tanta-
n0uEt y 8 refusal OF the ciOSn
TIE Imperial family Of Austria resolved that the Arch
duke, on lis assumption of the of Mexico,
his political rights scion Of the House Of
Hspsbupg.
The AncrcEs Consul in Frankfort still displayed the
NsEicNs hAg.
The Mexican question to be debated before the |
thirty sovereign prices assembled 10 congress in
Frank'or Lord Clsrendoa had arrived in that city,
and 70 warn the Archdade Maxim lian in the name
q England, OF tie dangers OF the Mexican situation