The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-12-24

no ioaeOn 90 Uisoredit t. If General BRRCKtN.
RIDGE had col Ccted such force as would NJ all
jusuiy MIN m leaving ms intreuc.ments there is
no doubt thnf he has done so, aud IL Is Just like
s1oNtMAN To be cut down in miG-career, as he was
| duliuE his last raid n Georgia
We are amin, and are hxoly TO be for week 10
cone. dependent ON the lanAcl pIuss for new irom
We have repeatedly known quite as positive an.
Gounccments a. tnCy make 10 turn out absolutely
ga sr ana ui founded. Perhaps the legraph rs gam
TO b.ame, ps rom cTANIoN's bulc,in 20 appears to
have been IN dim pushing caeualuo- from three thou
satd 10 three iundre0. is notice bic that THOMAS
soi ds no tdeuam ON the .'iu' auu mat the unoth.
uo Lot tell us where noop is. 10 ia not mpos:h
that matters have taken a turn ut once unexpected
~ unpleasant TO THOMAS, who on the l8tn accord
mg To own account, was driving our army down
ten or dozen turnplkos at once.
le.haps General FoR5Esr with his splendid cav
air! mas turned up in the rirht piuc3 aud put q sud-
cen change ON the aspect Of aiiat8. lie has q way
of iurt ing up Unexpectedly aud always makes his
Ir.sDucc lc.I lie has had abundant time to roiou
HOOD, even though he were az Murireasboro when
the fight be au and think there is t,lc doubt he
has cone 80. Inc assurance aud ttc knowedyr uf
tut weight of ORlAsrs sword aud presence to-
rDihcl with tie certain cDuy .Cuun that IuouAs
would have tCle.mplcl STANTON had Doe ANYTHING
LCtu'- co diuUn is by no means houeiass uuu tIlt
hs army Is not. a. the enemy express ths hop' iu
ubuuer Of being crushed
1hc Raid in southwcstcrh Virginin,
From Mf Etclm0Ed DtsJdtch, Dec. %.
IRON tClogrums received here Yesterday we Iclru
that tie raiders come ns far as INuN Mulu0wa. ton
mlos This side Of Mytbculo. ON snturdu, evening
uLC then rctruutcd by the way thJt had come al
Atkust near Muutu. they wprn attacked uy Col.
MlIchtE Who fought tnrm from four o'cl1c, DO
dark. li r reported they have DESTROYED tine lead
works uud also u the bridges bptN, .u Indie -prur5
ana MHN MCuUUws.
Burbridgc'= Raid.
Fr,H He Richmond DisIaieh Dec. 2L
kilograms received Yesterday from Lyuchburr
uiDors ON thc line OF the Virginia and East I.nucs.
see Railroad. From the latest of thcsu % appears
that ne Yankees ON saturday, having come TO Max
MtNUuWs ten miles TINS side OF NFthCyiHe. turned
back tuwuIds Abingdon, dcstroyius property ofaII
KINDS as thcY went. As they wCrr returning Colo
tg' TCuLK struck them at Adkins on Saturday
evening. about O'Clock, aud fought them uIt utsnt
Adkins j. point on the rairu,u, seven miles tins
side of daTiOu.
Ibo result of Colonel WucuEa's fight s not
given. II Is be eyed that the cuumv have succeeded
in DESTROYING the machinery of the lead works the
report tUat that point was guarded by General
VAUGHN being untrue. From tine ccluuty OF their
mUYtmyuts 10 Is doubted whether the enemy have
any artillery mud some think for lack OF this arm
they have mot and will not attack The salt works.
lhc statements of kilograms mentioned are based
on formation teicgrnphed to LvuChbutg by officers
OF the virginia ahd tennessee Railroad one OF whom
CsCal ed from the enemy at Glade >UtiuLs. and the
other went out from Lyncnburs ON an engine to
make reconnaissance. These officers also report
that tie enemy has destroyed every bridge on the
railroad between Glade Syringe and Max Meadows.
Virginia ON the Crisis.
u In the Virginia House OF Repre- entativos, on
Tue. day, Mr. EoBERr on, Of the city of Richmond
nom the Committee on outeUcratg Relations made
report ON the POSITION and sentiments OF Virginia
IN tIc present crisis. winch was read by the CIcrk
ana unammou'ly adopted by the House Il Is as
,iLe General Assembly of virrnh deems # appro-
pirate In view of the events which have transpre0 since
itstdournment to express the sentiments Of Virginia
questions which atec alike national state aud per
Bcs5.r, d, That While the Genera Nssemb Y depl1re
tLe cont,nuanCe OF inc present war and profound
ioi s Tryaions and dangers and With he good psop
o. this commonwealth, and ol the other on ederhto
man warfare waped 6y the common enemy Vet VirgITa
rCmuius unshakpn in.h her purpose never 6 ibnt tS %
dcspotsu OF the North under the necessity i'm.
pOsed by the revolutionary appea to coerce the
power unknown to the Constitution aud In a matter
| nyolyng the rights o. sci preservation and do
holding sta In The exercise clear right 10 re st
e era action her people She SySred ssF sS eonne e
ton with the United aes aud since tnat event the
no reason or resrettng the separation; but by wagng
vesiaiing our countfy sIsuVbt M vu ,,ei % d &
ing indlsnit TO our women aiming the destruction
oi our GOyernment and the determination peo-
pie IL has rendered renewal our Iormer UhIon
alike odous unatura and impossible.
second That this tommouwea a. invoking the con-
tnuCd avor OF Divine Providence which has HERETOFORE
dom, p9tro, ism and energy o. tho ON edera Govern
,viC Wy ~ GO 0peauon o. az tue Conied rate
va Of OF cur noble army wi cheeru abide the ucst
OF the Coniederacy, and confident anti pa the trI-
uup Ot our armies the estab shmeut OF our ndepln-
dence and an honorable peace. =
Ihrd That IL IS the imperative and paramount duty
OF me lonicGerate Government 10 continue TO devote
war Is only by of arms that we can obtain
an cradle peace AID preserve the ovcrcsnty these
10 tlal end this Gomn9nwealth vi endure every sacrl
hce until the freedom which Is our her age snail be Sc
curty established in peace, under the protection OF the
l4niedSruSy Of Independeni ana sovereign states
the cenre and organ OF our limited cNcrtons in has
DSsn as %so N ntlSea ny WIN me power Of conc uding
Pether and his Commonwealth believing that the trust
NOT e.F. ;,SSy 10 withdraw the authority when has
been delegated by all the -tatcS r iher cOmmLn
Government in its delicate ana didcut duty Of nego-
tiang peace and that any prop sidon from the enemy
separate peace Is in the angua3e o this General As
stmblH IN ", ms, ious and inodmissble,"
Cyncuding peace, Is absolutely essential TO our sa ety
heTence to cons onS authority Established bv @
In states, and ihnf this Genera Assembly will not
listen 70 any Plqpol,1 n'f % ief any negotations,
inconsistent with thcir Oone dera & Aitn en4 union
Nigh Salaries.
FROM he Richmond Wig. ges. Il.
The Iay OF the members OF the Virginia Tovisl,
turo has cen raised 60 iOrty doilars per d4v 5J ,
l is also pending TO increase the cotnpensil az, of
the Governor to thirty thousand dollars judgos and
other officers OF the state Gov yerument to proper.
tiouate amounts.
RumDred Evacuation of Plymouth, n C.
From tie Redmond Dispatch Of W.da sday D eel
The North Carolina IdTbJrO' SouHcraer says IL ia
rumOred that the Yankees have removed ali thor
guns rom plymouth aud have eyacuated the place
ana that paper adds that 1t has good reason to be
leye there is some foundation for the rumor MAJ
the Yankees have not occupied Washington.
The Peace Resolutions.
The peace resolutions, IN the l.,bel Congress on
which FOoTE made his yaledictOry 4 lew davs since
came up on tuesday and were on mot ON OF Mr.
MCMULLIN, OF Virginia, referred 10 the Committee
ON FOIeIgn Affairs,
From mississpp'.
MERIDIAN, Miss, Dec. 2O.-Aulhentic inforpo
tOn Las Leen received tnat the advance OF Cener~l
DAyIDsoN's miding column, lro "A Baton Romeo
passed through Augusta, Perry county Miss yes.
teruay, Tor Mobile. SCOTT and others are In 'tIe
night place Warm WORK Is expected on Monday or
lues uY next
Extension OF Benuregards Department,
liY recent orders the department under General
BEAUREGARD has been extended so as TO inclnde