Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-12-26
LATER FROM UNITED STATES
Northern papers OF the ed are received, from
W inch We make the following extracts:
FROM TENNESSEE. -

LoUIsyILLK, Dec. 22.-Ths Journals Nashville de-
sDach ot toe 2lat says thai the sua.ion in front 10
unchanged. Our army is eonhdent Of nnal success,
and 10 s.Ill pressing iVrWard 1he rebels are COM
pe.sly she unlocked Tor defeat they
nave suss aned aud arc still SEEK g safety IN sh.
Prisoners Continue 10 arrive IN sqeadb some wound
ed, oIhers sIck-sl respondent. ss.F 4 ~, FEES.
A dstpact iron HOpkinEyille says General Edward
McUook suu X part oi The rebel Gsn. Lyons cem-
IN sud az tha place daylight on tns l6.h, defeating
Iuem and cap .uring thar arllerJ. he 10 pursuit.
TIA N. '..-...-a. rl
HOODS LossI. IN rrsxEsIl.
CIAclEEArI, Dee. 22-The Commercials Nathylle
despa.Cn oI the 2lss taJs that asn,ra TnoGa' hssd-
quarters are near Columbia, aud that HOOD 10 across
| Duck river. = r.- s. tr.I
Hoods loss since oomiI into the State Ia estimated
at 70 000 aud his iofos 10 abJut 900 infantry
aud 900 cavalry. The woods are iul OF reb,l de-
ssrISrz, aud IL ID snoUirg very hard. ai ~
THa GREAT NAAoH THaOUGH GHokGIA. ~.
| CIkoIsNArI, Dec 2I.-The 0onms. eiai publishes q
letter Hdton Head, giving eSaiis OF s1etman Q
march. IL was IN the man uneveutiu Tar ~ hgnt.
log was eoncerned hardly anything III that way hay
* occurred bet sevn Atlanta aaa bayannah. IL was
nos known 10 the army 10 General KlpaIrick him
self that Ls Lad been whipped or that no haa lost ms
hSL In the FURNISHES on ths mA,oa no general I'm
eec was ared, and all tie losses from struggling AID
Otherwise will bot reach one thousand. -
Tee amy moved IN Jour cslumnsi Howard on the
right ana Slocum on the ei wiIh the cavalry ID front
sud resr. In this manner it covered strip Of eonn-
F, q tsuyssJ mics in widsh, for three hundred
-. 4.- .p5 s.. .afcugh Georgia Q swsth OF six ,
~ los, Hna sVmPes,y Ssstro, ed she great rsil
rosd qIsdFiiReFsI which Atlantis, Macon, Augusta
/ and Savannah are the i0pr corners, The raIirosd
leading from hnta 10 Augusta 10 asstreysa for
over seventy mlier, including the bridges ptsr ths
YsllCv ard contiguous river. The railroad tnRlus
soun from ALBANIA 10 haeen Is destr Dyed tor eighty
| miles. The railroad running east from Macon 10 bs.
Vsnuah is destroy ed for distance ettmaIea At flom
ninely 10 one hu. idred mdss The railroad running
| between Augusta aud Savannah ia destroyed rom
Wayne shore 20 Savannah, distance Of over eighty
miles.
Ine wholesals work of destruction was carried. on
les ursly, and with oJe 10 completeness. Every
rail healed aud benz every tie Dridge. water STA
ton tai K wood shed and depot building was burned,
and eycly cuVsft blown up. -
For mss Oh the Macon al d Savannah and Angus
IA and Sayauush roads tho track il carried ever
srshy territory by extensive tresile work This all
burned, aud il win be very diihCut ~ replace.
In all ShsimIn has completely destroyed neatly
400 miles OF railroad track.
Sherman reached Ossabi Sound win COCO negroes,
1000 rebel pr and abundant supplies of cattle.
hOrses and mules. -.
he released 40 Federal prRo at Aien. They
were hurried q to OJlunbs, 3. U. few confined
in the penitentlsry az Aledgevie we're released BY
our soSute 10 whom the city was surrend, red two
days in ADVANCE Of the approach OF tie main amy.
No coubt is sseertsined OF the ure oil sivanDah,
but Sherman never intended more ,han d, mon ira
ton gsins. Macon and Augusta to deceive the enemy,
and in this he Was perfectly successful
We have no later neTs from Thomas than teIs-
sraphGd yesterday.
reespturiyg his artillery aud taking many prisoners.
A
'NvW YoBK. Dec % The steamer Columbia from
Havana. with dates 10 the l9.h. The steamer Alex
DlTis now called the ~, bad been seq ID at Nassau
for violation OF the neutrality laws being ap armed
vasssI Sue will probably be released.
The blockade runner PaImigAn, which want ont Of
H.yans, broke down and Was obliged to return for
iepaiFs.
The Houston "Tsegraph" announces off Oially the
sc zlre OF the Uni ed States steamer .SlIos a, while
on the way from Nee OAeaHs to Santiago oh the 10 b
The Eaelish blockade running schooner Alabama
ans captured of q .Iyestoa on the b ult.
EIGHT vessels are low blOokadirg Galveston. Me-
gotisiOns now going on Tor the exchange Of 500
prisoners at Camp Grace, La.
IHI PORTKR. BUTLEB EXPEDITION.
We extract the wing from the corrsrponi encs
Of the Baltimore american, dated board United
States stssmsr Santiago Deoubs. December 1912
noon:
We are now fairly Of, az fast as our tow. the Ma
bnnse. viii peImit. II It we're not Tor this impede
mAnt tina Captain assuFss m, We should be m king
GpI IA knott; as il is doing we'll Our ship is
all aid one shout the fastest 10 the navy az maly
uckless blockade runner has learnt TO his COS; and
onr gallant cspain who has bosA 81 years in the ser
vios. and spent full 20 Of lhsm at sea, nolwhsiand
tNat he Ia yet lOug gay ln m being al old mau,
knoWs well heW TO make his vessel creed over the
ocean waye We are in hope opportunity will off,
70 experience tn, CELEBRATING eIoiiemsnt ola Glaze
of aome snea krg blockade runner before the trip is
over. O..
The a ct is already pretty well scattered.
The transports, which sailed some hours before us
are fsr ahead out OF sight.
The only sse'B in sight shssd If Us are the Foit
Jsckfop and Il e two turre.sd Monitor III Inadb ock,
abou; two miles to the southwark. The Rhode Island
sith the Monitor Oanoncas In TOW, ls soma milee
IN tbe eastward on our port beam Some Hys nsa
aztern # w. in parallel lines, come the grand old fri
Pat p slorps-of and oihrr smaller vessels ooppOs.
Ing Uncle Sans wooden WAllS. .
Tne Isonsides s uat visible, coming along slow but
sura. -.
Sh ntly after p.ring with the pilot, about 1920 NJ,
our bearings were ttker, end We we're found to be
lost one hucd oil and ten miles distant from Cape Hal.
tsrsa. Our immediste destina ion 10 -. That
,rbor has been assigned for the expedition to rem
a. zyour and here the Mentors expected to take
In fresh supply OF coal
To1r P. M-We have made 20 miles from Gap.
Henry Light, snd are progressing fAvorably leading
ali the ,st except the Monadnook and Fort Jsckson
which, having got considerable Of start Of u.s. are
vet soe three or four miles ahead The rigstes aud
| o her vessels are far sstern-hull down. The sea
thouRh calm 10 breaking over the deck Of our TOW
the Mshopae-the spray every now aud then dashipg
up and oysr her tnrrst but Ike duck, she lifts and
throws the water from her, showing good d.gree of
IF We have as favorable weather we expsc' to reach
Beaufort by to-mOrro~ "Wednesday evening
plR1Lous CONDITION OF TIE MIHorlo.
Or 0iPs HArrrRIs,
Wednesday, Daylight.
| We are having a rough sea under the influence Of
a Southwest wind. Our little Monitor, which bias
s.L-,o cot alon0 we'll IL now labornr hea viz 81