Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-12-21

.aa arc raanlaS the rouuqs0s and nioses 3 4.
road.
oiS.r traips are Gu. e EAioA We hope soon to have
a our possess'ou.
The army Il in aBs health aud sIoslisnt spirits, end
confident Of success. =
The psops are delighted and enthuaiAstie a our ad-
vance IsBAN G. HARRIS
IRON THE sOuTHWEsT-THR ENTRY OF THE:YANKEEs
IST0 BRISTOL. -
Several gentlemen OF B istOl eFciPsd, says the
LJnehsarg HrSiaiaH. from there on Thursday morn
LE Tasy report thAtuI 10 the time of their leaving
the iowa Was held By small fOrcs Of the enemy. who
bad not burned any private property or the Va ard
Tennessee Depot They captured the train Of the Viz
Elaia and Tennessee RlrOAd and burnt it, Conductor
seFrEga, Mr. B'gbs, EIpress Agent, aud Nj Ge'rgsA.
Knnlsr, Acting Nail Agent, were all csp d'ed. T@O
trains, With their engine, belonging to the Est Fsn-
nsssoe road, were destroyed. These gentlemen say
the Yackses report Their force at 10 600 but this they
think an exsggurston. They estimate it at hal'that
suu Der, i4cluaiug two regiments Of NEGROES. Upon
leaving Bristol, the whole iOteS except the guard
lat In tho town, VsaI TO AbiDgdoo, the main body
solpy thtn q toWaff the Sale Work and the raiders
ksspIog down the railroad.
We have already stated HPon III 'lsi inf f9Ahon,.
that the enemy after leaving Bristol advanced towards
" ythsTils aud retired BY the FCus they came, and
tbst General Vaughn with Jusidsrabls fOIe', Was
81 re ppou item.
Tar DEMONSTRATION OF THE PEOPLE ON THE ADVANCE
OF GAN HOODS ARMY
A correspondent Of Il Macon Go, fsisrGcy states
thai the oyal people we're rOosd all along tie line ct
march =, lhs eight Of the grand old army and every
denomination given that Gould be sIPs0ed frsm
uopul ,tion so long oppressed. Provisions bi the best
on ,i.y are plentiful and the woman We'd with zach
o,hsr In showing grateu attention Nice biscuits
ham we're cooked by bushi and laid 90 Urge tsblel
and the soldiers invited TO come In and eat as they
o,s,eJ. "As Mount Peasant, an cid gentleman q
suppress the name from p:eper motives, but Il viii Do
pub ishsd 70 tho EorlI in letters Of gold hsresf cry
separated bis "sht from his lsIger hCgi and tod
tbe bows 70 drive them into camp and kill and cook
until they were satisfied. This was done because he
thought hsy we're not being fed fAs! enough at his ta
bls We pcrke,s Wtrs driven away weighing from $50
TO 500 Dounds each This is only of the many in.
stabces that we're constantly occurring
INV DAEGER FOR BLOCK ABE RUNNERs
latter from NASSAU, ealed IA ult, expresses the
opinion that during this winter blOckaderd will have
more 10 fear from enemies in their crews than they
gill have from the bllekading ct. Auadreds OF
YAnEs are nov Nassau, and it is suspected that 1t
/. settled pan TO capture vessels by strasugem at
SCI. An attempt was thus made to capture the OIL,
vi ioh failed, aud eight OF the crew ere now 10 irous
on, of them holding Yankee commission as m aste,s
mate. This looks ser Qua, bat proper precautions on
the part of the sfhssrs will render thsss dsVilsh
plans abortIVa.
THE SOL JIEEs DINNER. ..
Wilmington bids fair to moucPo' Z, She glory OF
seoa:lng Ohris:na dinner for our soldiers. % ths
l4h the Journal received the following sddtioual
subscriptions: Csp.sin n CON beE $40, Ars. N Im
Der. $40; the Misses Mac ombcr, $40 Pei agt $780,
Mrs.. Martin 800; and @ Pliips 500. Will Oor
Gil z,ns r. pvt promptly to Captain Richard f. Wal
tes, OF the Eeasainsr, aad NJ. BinfOrd at lhs Wig
f6ea sud contribute with the game beraliiy the
W ming iorisns