Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-11-26

ALL QUARTERS
We have received Osl u,uA klss OF Nsrthsrn paptrs
Including ihs NsU York R',Gtd. TINES, Hs6gnG and
Philadelphia IagGiT Of the aS /, snd tbs BIltimoue
American. afternoon ediuCG Of tbs same day
The rsp,rt brought b. dssSrtss concerning the
evacuation Of Pstsr.burE, UAI not believed in WAsh
IpRon On the 2lI 81 hOsgh ramos ON lsIn man U.rs
PREVALENT b .Ssd upon Information eOntsiDsd in Oul
D. psrs-that 8 lehman yes within twenty Ave niles Of
Macon, his march uuopI oSed.
Nsvs from EarOps, Up 70 the 10Th Inst, contains On
abstract Of the. com lsns made By the EaElish press
upOu the "FloridA" Is o Much feeling Ass been
aroused 10 England ty this outrage and the London
Tines thinks that Yankee piVatserirg viii b Kim
0u.tsd BY this set.
Cold slOsGd ct the 6rSt hoard IN Nss Yorb, On The
morning Of the 2Si, Of 1884.
FRON GRANTS ARMY.
AL o51s1 BBToBs PETERSBURG iHs Isou-CLADs Ar
ToHEIIss sosBOs 'BDBBsD UP Iss JIMIa
TIA Hero Of he 2Sj he's the following 10 its 'Str.
alton" article:
Parsons uhO srrvSd In Washington from Oity Point
renew the report Of the evacuation OF Pete, shurR b,
the rebslA foe government, though has received no
cor 6rmation Of this story, audit 10 not credited in
ofcia OiiclSs. il 10 supposed TO hAVs originated Ill
the transfer OF roops BY the enemy from PetsFsbu
70 the north side Of james river, 10 meet en- Spprs
bst ID aukck there By General Grant. All the Uaon
iron.olAds previously lyRg 81 FrIiHs Monroe we're,
on last Friday morning, sent up tks James river to
d Itch Gap aud Ihis and other ego 6caut moVSms nf
lead TO sIpsC SOIS Of StTCg Gvsnt 10 thai ViOinitS
| shortly.
EHIAhAEs MHCH
III n. l..
1anos from Sherman EspoItS b siihin % miles Of
Macon, his march unOppOSed. We nIy therefore look
for the announcement OF the capture that psco ALy
hour Macon 10 l0t miles from Atlanta, and one 81
the centres Of the great railroad sydGm Of Georgia
I; aso contains 0T sVe arsenal and cap fantoFy
capture vll form d 6rSt Of the series Of brilliant
results 10 be hop from ShsTmans grand campaign.
HIP1Hfs ABOUT PGTsIsBUIG
A premature report oOtsintd here 10 day that Pc
tsrsburg vas tVscuItsd This Il not yet Cfolay con-
mad but sll indications hom the front Point 10
the imuineI CO Of that event. Lss, 10 detsehipR
force 10 protect Savannah, r., will % weaken ha
euormoutly extended line 10 Rahs Il pudsI { 10
coreenrats the remain der Of his oIes on the def
Of Redmond. But Petersburg in cur hands will so
expose the Communications Of chmond e TO make
that pl 90 untnAbis
In The Associated PISSS De- pitches e The 7,nss c.
cur tie following:
GIN. GHSBhIHs MoVsHIHG
WA,HIHsT,B, Tuesday, Nov. 22.-NsarIy two weeks
have elapsed since direct information receV fC m
General sherman hinlsE Tie G1vsrnnsnt has 10
inttlligercs q bia recent moyoDers apF than that
cor "a ned In the chm nj pIpo,s Of last Friday. Gen.
Sherman, least moath ago, informed the au hori-
ties ct Washington Of his plans. which, judgrg BY the
rebel sccouots have thus far bssn carried into tsl
wi . bright omise Of success throughout the cam
pAign.
THI ALPoRFID NACUATIOH OF PIfEIsBURa.
.ono.ts ~ fha avanna,ioa nf o.t.i
mated With refugees and deseftsrs, ubo comTg into
cur lines have merely impressed on others THAR belief
tia. such was the ftes.
BUILIA's CANAL "cAvrD IL"
The TiLRss Washington despatch contain the fol.
louiug concerning BatlIs OArsl ct Dutsh Gap, under
date Of he 22i:
Your spondsnt at the front report the storm as
having left the rods in WRIT he'd diti-D, and
drer ched al liz men and animals. The statement 10
cur emit that rsDid riss Of to James has caused
bretkage in the Iar Ion walls of 4tleFs Insl and
the Gu rent was sWtepirg through the new channel
The Amrfcan, on the other hand has the T. lowing
Washington dsspsch If the 2Si, day later, which
says that the Canal at Du OF Gp is neary c7mpleted.
We iceHed to believe that the statement contained
in the d:sla CT that the Amsriean lshes is c6rrct,
a. the oc-c ais have been ordered up that vicini
The FLOWING is the des a'eh referred 10, which all
gives come otter Interesting Information:
WLHIKGToE, Nov. 20 -rters is Information from
City Point, daed yesterday mornr z. that bus short
time viii elfp'c be ore the Do ca Gap canal WI be
operGd.
About fiy de,erters from OF army arrived ct Oily
Point on Sunday from the Valley, where ih'y we're
taken pIsonCrs BY General Sheridan in his late cam
paign.
The larger number Of than we're substiintss, and
had dossrisa and ,nsd the rebel NJ, and we're sent
to the Shenandoah vspy, 20 hsrs was less Likelihood