Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-12-17
FROM THE UNITED STATES.

courts Ola ming that they had no jafiadoson In the
GASES. The Uait.d States journals are very bitter
ov.r the result. ~ .'sst- - l@s
7hs Washington correspondent Of the New York
Void mri.ing under date OF the Is b, gives an 40
conn. Of heavy bssts that vas fought ss Savannah
on tue l0.h, which resulted 10 Sui troops being
for eed back 10 The inlrsLohments atlu nd the ony
40 this news reached Yankssdom through ".rusty
agents. rom II olmond, AMI a. IL was pu ,llshsd In
.hs World oLly 10 osn DULY DO considered an the lshs
o. another forgery on the psrs OF she Bjasm,sas Ut
lhal juuru.l. II ~
anlon las sgaia turned up 10 his capacity Of bull
.s.lulss, and ss-d, iassligsHes from Washington "
fsssid 10 sherman snI othsr matters. Nothing VA
.lown Of s-.rmM bay ind sue accounts fusaisbsd By
IA. R.snu0na psIsrs Of III lsp .A-s
InsIs sss nvs.--e. s...-- .sa,, u aus &,
snerdsn.
God clessd on the 18Th at 2S4 e.b, ana q. ,hs
9. board, o. The IA b, at ssOt ssv.nss on tie
c,orug o ststious Vt tbs y before. .-. .-.1
IRON fENNE5-EE.
The following u por,ant in,,igsi cs Is put lishsd
r, ~, bs sssn that the maren into Kan uoty haa
cd in earnest, and that B.eoslnIiose, with
ian thousand men, 10 about to join Hood:
: aHr LouIsviILs DA PAIGE.
ror,siIILn, Deo. IL The rebel General LJoL
-. !, ~. Uambsrisud RIVER with his eomnsnd DAY
$3.50 ,1slsrdsy, al yellow Urstk, about 20 miist
80 uarks Vile HIS fofos 10 reported 70 Do sbsu,
. soo When lasl heard nom, no Wss moving TO
III. 40, knsyile. Kentuchy, and thIes,sIiSg that
",.ss. L. De sltscts, the garrison being email, b
I'M be o. mpelied 10 tall back 10 stronger and inors
or. x,maie point.
R,,sk,nnsg position ems to b, In doubt. loyal
.i.m.n. whose lIuslwtr hiLess 10 vouchsd fvr rays
= IL AZ sparta, Tsnnessoe, with about ten thousanG
- rh 4 Qea,l ,msn.spe Ut what he kaOws, aua
sa facts nd.c,le that Breckinridge neLds 10 reil-
,o,ca HOOD ard, II possIbe, 20 reach the main rebel
army IL: Tie Iostlen OF cur troops under stonsmAn
mo burbridge indicates that he VIII have difficulty IL
f.rn,iu JUNCTION with hood.
TIE sAsRyILLE DrsPAIcH.
NAsHyILLs, Tenn, Dec. Is 1854
,r.. si,u,iou 10 unchanged. No advance ras be,
hv ,be Union uo ps ss yet. ,Gfapevlns inten
a .,ates that an ADVANCE was to have been mace
by our forces, bat some skrmishiug transpred
.a5 H,rdue pike, aud several guas we're disodsed
., - N Far, gley. No reruiss arc reported.
IT, sirpsy STATE OF the ground reudsrs loeomot on
imnos.Ibls, aud hortilties will DO postponed unul
Q . ,se OF YEA her ecenre'
IaPORriNr FROM CANADA.
M, nrlrAss sY the sr AIBAhsAHD LAKE ssII RAIDfR.
T 40 folio wing dispatches ale pubiishsd:
TORONTO, Dec. Is.
The LAKE Erie raiders we're sgsiu beots che ouur,
N. d., and discharged GU the srourd Il o. the oour
cd no iarisdeIon. The result cauies mu Vi exoitt.
ment. ..,
hoHTaEiL Do. Is.
n.s c.ss of the St. Abans ralasys .as reopeust
~ hato,e Juslioe Ooaraal. Tue court 70, a VA,
Ill and With spec .ators The appearance OF tn.
,';sonsrs vss mush the sams ~ az thsf last sppsar
snce; -; ho,v.a, Al. 49,, ,
nn ss;d ,his was matter OF most grave torrance
his right oil jurhacliou aud oouse qusnt
a. " .Id,ty of these proceedinss from their cor.
He should, theie ois. take time 10 con.
Il b,fors proceeding further aud for this pur-
60. the court would acjourn until - p. M.
Tne court Ieassem al rec O'clock this after.
oooo. aud vas dunielJ oiowdtd
M Justics Couissl, on taking the beGci, said the
IN question sao mos important, since his au.
to,;,x had be gu denied. Ito had gwen he al gumen
- ho,h dsv his most serious CONFEDERATION, aud had
80 Al TIA COL cl l,ion that tho came uldsr ID,
,mn.,i,l act aud thai no vas bouuJ 10 OBEY the iu
nari.I authority In Q national quest on like he OF
nnder consideration, Per al aot aisupi.mo, AND
ma, bs his guide Oar own pro'iaeial act 10 caiiy
go A. at Tie AsLbusvon treaty lad not received IL.
snsoi.I rival sanction 9ui,e. TIE Ease Hss mosi
a,,sntonal one, and, being treay matter between
dis ,o paons, he could DO no other than ALLOW Ori
n act IN rive wy b. fore that OF the imperial lsgu.
Ists TIE rev sed iapeIbi act u-t Iui 1sreL aid
,hs, SO, REQUIRED that the warrant uudor which the
o,j.one we're arrested shI bs signed by the Gov
am General. IL The O.urt could have reserved tie
nont Tor higher tribunal, IL w1ud most gladly have
ion. so But since the Liberty OF tue sub sot Wss IL.
volv there admitted o. no delay; and .iuce lie hao
mot had b, warrant OF the sUvsruneIt. he had CONT
"a hs Col elusion tha; the O.ur Possessed Lo jurss
lion 10 the case aud te mus! Irder TIE Immediate re-
leass Of the p isaners.
Thsa noun emsnt W. received with spplsuee BY
number of psrsons present. out the denomination ives
Mr. R,,e. council for the United STATES, w,hed 10
sneak. rs said he did net intend TO call his Honor.
IN iem. n, Just delivered 10 gu siioh.
The Court declined 10 hear urther saying that II be
he'd no right 10 arrest thsse men on one chargess be
hsd that he had no-then neither had he h right 10
deisis tlIem n any oilers. These men had bssn Al
rast, on maslsti ates Wstrants, upon his own, OIL
than on moti OF tft ,ic-; sld nov, when his Hon
ora eva ur Ell clon called In question because his
war anls we're null and void, hs that he had teeI
mis- AIKEN. Aud il IVES no lu'y of every British jaist
"a aadiI q that, 10 r.oliiy tis errors. The Uourt
therefore 6rdsr,d that the prisoners be immediately
iiscka gsd and w.s prepared to iheas the rsspols.
bllity oil its own sc''
again instantly checked.
la Tow moments kho Pficuio fs Wairco tHrOuRn tue
court ROOM and we're copra plited b. fss OF thei,
aruua.ntsrces, and when they emerged from tho bull
ing lew voices were rAised in consisting meant to be
a cheer, They then separs ed looking p ss.d
their enlargement, and the crowd ., once diepsrsed
In connection With she above, the Herald uskss the
70 living inp ,r.sn. revelations:
United stes Msrsbal hurrsy he received ipstruc.
tiots from Secretary SsWsrd TO proceed to Mou,rs.
mme ely 10 lock sfer he interests Of size Uo ted
States Governments in tie case Of tha g. llbaps
rsdtrs The ksrshsl leaves New York fsf Csrads &c.
dsv.
Eiitorially,. the Es-dld ssys:
Curiously enough jsa. st the moment ~Leu We re.
csyed tbis news We .lso leaned that one porsion Of
the legislative branch Of our Government at VAST
ngton had adopted the measure Of increasing our
squadron of srmsd vessels on the lakes aud the other
pOrttn tsa sgfssd 70 . resolution, giving notice to
eat Bit.n that tbs Reciprocity freely With Oansas
road b, tarDds.ef: am this Too &;thout auv n.c