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


sop fsassscy slais after siss and brire tsen ssst .
| an acknowledgement OF Belonging 70 the old uslop
and rsr corrnrste Them Into the cid BODY pohue.-
Tais vi W will probaby sscure The seats In congress
| for the l. usiAna delegation. SIS sa.-it
| The Tribune publishes the following Letter IRON
Tisrst M,rtinsau TO shosmakr Wilson, Senator ir'n
ehuset,s. I. Is dated ',Ambsside gland NOV
Alb, ise4;"G 49, sseg
ID ar Sr;-rhe volume yoa bsye bad the kifdness
10 sepd ma uas sure 10 be nter' ing 20 me IN asei
but it 10 OF far GREATER value ms an ana IN mskog a'
progress of Your antlavery legislation clear 70 per-
ons Who sre Padiy IN need of snoh knowledge IL 70
an golarls ussfoI book for this ,untr and many who
would not read e IL Il rut into iher hands may
haya the benefit Of is through the channel
al Rael,sh journalism However Il may be used, the
doe hon Of having rene end su;h service to The
cause viii be sure 20 rest where l. should, sooner er
lster. -a
Gas far A. can sss the greatest blsv yet sustained
b. the thorough going ocntsderats sJmps'hz'r :"
tnis country 10 The serious proposal among
es.ts authorities to mske sol isrs Of Che blavs Oif
secssh plrsans evidently dont kaow what 70 make OF
H. w. of the N,rhefa sIie are trying 10 ties 'hep
hut probably the neg oes themselves VIII Dc no
make al clear TO Their -neaVenpein susiIA anu
guardian friends. -
II DO hope that soldering will be attempted. hnos
the m sre D opossl 10 great gate.
siey me, dear Sir, with muehrespt o. y ur osi-
gsd hAHsisr hIA'ishA0'
> Fae Daily Nsvs rsiosces over the fclosine;
.Ayo1p,ss iHr DRArr.-0f three tuOd'ed substitute
msn .ho Dsve bsea aedt 81 the front from ooium
ouI Ohio, und strorg gund, the number Wfo Eau
escaped on tie ssy from that ohy 60 L,asih ~, rs
= ia 10 L.ys rsanhsd one Luodn d Thermiindsr,
ar at all sysnts ihoss OF them sho will not have run
before q ey reach Nashville, " u te prerums, lake tbe
sar,i.s, Opportunity OF fudpg Che way Withn the nee
of tha @ ,nfederatss. 1he Wkr has demonstfatea no
ruth 60 css ly that CONSUMPTION OF nndreos OF
thous aada Of uawillh men, viii add but htue 70 Tue
numerical, NJ nothing 10 the p1yscAl strsnesn OF
our armies. -. II. ~ .,--y
az. va, IrpoarAscr OF wILDos TO THs YAsKsrL--
,HAr ars, wARaEH Losr THROUGH GAN. LErs OBJ
sFiNACY.
the Tribune Of the 10 b, under tho impression that
Weldon -hloh, acc, rdng 10 that seraoous Journal Is
ta,si raw town. was abslt to iainto Wa rsns hantP,
,hus ,osaks of the Importance OF that point. Dub :
Ia.a the Tyibsa uoud Ike to take Il back nov.
What then IL WsldoLY A railway tosn on tho Ro-
.noke river IL Nor,h Oao sky lies SOUTH Of re
T. rsi z, hundred and " lee porth oil winning
ton aud ,nnecsed with esct By rail. u Is the fsJ OF
tho aysem of railroads which unitss Inc sa ea aaa e
A lan,ic with .bemi eyes, with Genital Georgia, aud
bs GA with che rest OF toe ederaey. Tbs posse seh
M our forces destroys the railway commu-
lioation between the Port OF Wilmington ano
cNmond Ffom Weldon runs The s'aoeaia
and Roanoke Rlilrcsd no,th-fast TO Norioik -
wat ,ard ax,snds the anoke Valley nlroad to
I,rkpil,, Va, within 80 miles o; the Danvills road.
On ,be Wiley road The Rlleigh and E,ston R.iroad
int srss cts at Rdgswsy aud iuas 10 Rll.igh Norti
westwar d from Iltisb the North Carolina R.iroac
r. &C es to Greensboro, thirty i've miles u p'nsie
snJ At Greensboro connects VI the main road 10 90
omsia. s. O, ard so on TO Augusta, Ga. But 'he gar
bstveep G eenrboro' aud D.nvie has never beer
complies d, nor has the .p from Glatksvle 70 Hsl
fax, go that the possefso Of the Weldon road to Pc
tirsburR 10 essential alike to the tslssy c1mmu'ici
zion between Wlnipgton and Virginia, and 10 thai
be ,wesn Virgins aud S,s!h Ciraina aud Gsorsia ID
vord s,en. Wlrftn's mo emtnt upon Wetoi, u
successful, isolated the rebel capital from the whole
Oonfederscy.