Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-12-05
II TIE TIEID II fEcNI OF hIoHhJhD.
N.Vsmba, 2S-A. N.


Tb,ouEbcut ali Yesterday afternoon the fdDg OF the
spemy on Duioh Gap was uncCmmony heavy and per
sistsnt. Thsrs WsS, however, 10 d m g done.
At about foRT O'clock yesterday StIUInoen he snt m
opened T. en- their uCTks opposite 10 ForG B4dy, Asc
for upxatds OF an hour do weed Q m ut s.vsrs sno
VsOreu. Era uIo that UGPG. For tho nuaoeF end
aspeV OF Shs hosuls shall it's indeed Anso thai
stms dImlES did nOG result Bceh, hossvsr, 10 the
casa
A tAa OTitinE there IL no nSVs Of Importance to
trAusmt. Gen. Ia lSs Ts.urus bsEs e.nofros.
fns hsj 20 General eonnsnsing tas sbis nsenies
issusd ths iOosipg tse and IhsTp order pp1n David
3. white, lAis Major Of he slA Nae Yak vGlun-
tSeu;
S..oisI Ordsu-Eo. S72.
HsADoas LIHV CT ZEE JAsIs
In the 7 .slS, Va, Nov. 26 1854.
III. David b. White, Late hsjor o. the sla hss
York Volunteers, Who has left Ine seiVcs, cannot b
elected 40 AuASr Ia this c'pwtmsnt. Yield oHe;T
leaving the peIVcs Voluntarily cannot take the Lace
Of boot blacks here. II they HAYS no moro Fsspec
for the service sheh they have lt they oil hnd Ita
Ulcers here hAvs. D.vid b. White oill 81 ores save
tho department.
b. mend Of NfjOr Gen. BUsLBs.
I'd. W. Smith, Asst A6jt Can.
The hight toned order" given above will read vel
by contrast With the chi'Ilcio NSgS.heIiuns woman
Order 2s" l.Vslsd against the ladies' Of Nee orIsAur
rAis 'AiRh toned" Yankee doubtless owed Mi. White
considerable cum OF money for sometbirg or other,
Al took this method Of getting rid OF his ipportuni
ties. The Ordel" 10 interesting, otherwise. - ex
hitting Ysnlss suffers in the attitude Of boot.
bl1okG"
noVEnsArs or HOOD PlIoR 10 Els Lars ADIAHCs.
Toe Hsrads correspondent wiring from Nashville,
Of dass Nov. 20 h, says:
SINGS Hood's ocsu JIdon Of PoSencs he hM been
L. l.. .U.t.-E a.A
events to deVelops thsnSel,e'. From the stIopg
tuPs Of his positioH-bsing we'll nrsnched. and com
mIpdinE the pAssaAs Of The feHnessss-tle gent Frl
impression vas that he fell campaign In this depart
nOnt hal come 10 clos; but Hoods Srmy 10 age
on the mOV4 and an important hght might be the 70
cult. Il IL currently reported To-day that ss hav,
evacuated PdlAshi and fallen bEck 10 COunbis, %
much stronger petition and moro available point
con enIAtion. Ger. SIaIly, corps, ordered oil
hundred c,rs for bringing storts and supplies TO the
rear aud ell the sich and sounded have been trsss-
ieFred to n 6hVilie. Columbia 10 small town Of some
siH thousand inhabitants, AbOu! forty miles lion EIb.
vi lie, on the D,cMur ne.
IL 10 . stFOIg pOshio1, adm rHbly situated for de-
fsnce. Ab(u four dsys ago OheA hams corps nArchGd
on tho GAues6 road towards Mount Peasant, no
TO comm nd the hInk OF Thomas 20 iton. Hood has
oO,ssd the whole Of his army tho Tennessee,
VII z tOsArds L,urensburg, aud within CO operating
distance OF 0h,A'hlm. TINS, Of cturPe cImpels
counter movement our part, and ~ have said, IL
il likely that army will upT Columbia, and there
await Hoods movements. AZ Hood knows too well
that Thons has = very large amy, he will icIroey
Flsk . battle on sueh dsadVsntag eous terms Hood
may be impress, d With the belief that Thomas' army
olishy composed OF troops, aud therefore not
much to be feared veterans, In this he will a,
omself mistaken should be try the eIperim ,nt. 10
deed my own iu preston Is that Hood s rot anxious
for . bale, bu' ID striving, by h'nk movements OF
HE cavalry cur line OF communications, while be
himself is wiring orr front, 10 psrpleI fhomss
a. & his real Intentions and thus get some oppOFtu
nifty Of uedglug him'elf iuto kentucky.
No,WitbItGudiog Thomas very ID, 20 army and the
"strOrg position" Of Columbia neither the one nor
the other vas rrfacIsnt TO induce Thomas to "Avat
Hoods moVsmentI"
Tbs Tribune thus comments, GditorAly OF the LtuA.
ton in Tennessee:
The large force OF cavalry, under Forrest, which
forms an important part oil Beauregara's army and
which is est mrsd high II 900 men, will endeAVor
TO operate on the COMMUNICATIONS oil Nashville ard
gill maize less troubs Bot that sort OF VoiI
may pass for what II Ia worth. Il ID sem shines VeIs-
tous bat il 10 always iudscSvs The struggle il 70 be
bstseen tbs infantry forces Of ThOm and OF ,surs.
gard aud lbs IAt.r IuH not merely deleat, but must
destroy, tire amy oh CT OproPs him, Def RI he can
hope TO control sny considerable portion OF Tennessee,
or even TO menace Nashville.
TIE "TLoRIpA" OUTAGE.
Wa published, sometime ago, brief abstracts Of the
opinions Of the Raslieh p-ess in the case Of the
"FleFdA" We fad more extended cTidcilms, from the
same sources our Northern tles. The tone of thes
rIcts is for the most part, threatening and hostr
and Indicative Of desire to 'see BrrIl through" il
her eaIs bsli 9TH the United States. The Yankee
in high gee over the sinking of the FOridA and
sIu in the thought that that vessel will not be returned
to the BpIliAu waters Seward may make an atts I'D,
to hoodVink BrIzl and wind his way cut through hs
snaks-diplomsoy, but nothing be turef than that
though the loss OF the FordA may proven! its rss-
tuition into her waters abs has urdoubt right t.
claim that 6snkOr Napoleon CJIlnI shall be dismiss
from the service for lSslsSI invasion OF ksF territorial
sovereignty. The right is Gear and the priI pie o.
maritime lac, upon which 1t FsStS indbpu.abls The
teachings of H4utsfeuiie, in his primo pLs OF the in
tsrnAtionAl maritime rights Of the Pc pea OF Irops
-0stOlHa, In hs diplomacy Of the seas, 9Th pumbo,
Of the bsst accredited inS ituonal srsrs OF the dsv
strip the matter OF all possible doubt; ard the ami,
question ~ whether Brasil eAa, uaAidsd By The ip,.,-
vsnng PoseFF, insist upon such den and a. abe hs.
right 20 HnAhs. Jlsgpg BY the tone OF the Elsliss
Prsap, the late usrrup ion Of diplomatic relsoas hr
tween Great Britain and BgIl Sil NOT provo an oh
BtSes to cent INT action on III VT Of rl,nd vi,t
the oher Earopean Pow, RS in demand on Ate Uo;,,
Safes locking 70 full redress to Z ios he ont.
rsgs committees upon We sATcitty If n,u raj vAterp
BY she csnmanAtr Of the 'WachuEstt"
Upon this subject the London DaEy Ne.s SAYS:
=" the captain Of the W .ehu,sst has done hs Gov.,r
nsns more iojay thauit in the power Of the VOL
Confederate navy to DO, BY aittinI Ia vess on,
rage for which it vill have to give sAtisfac,iou
rules Of maritime laS - to ths Tghts ef seu rsls a,
pain, aud I'll iatsssss OF all mIri,ims M re-. \
maintaining thtm too evident, 10 admit of sny eont,o
vsfsy as soon a. the fAcG have been asesrtaned po
y there any doubt Of tie Ian 2uaEo shieS sverv ss
journalist oil hOla on the suit ct"
The Sis'. paps Of Yankee proellvitlss .hInl
that go ..Hs
-"tAsrs sAn bsRO dsuSt e. To the main fao,s nsoss
cary i~ f0'nlas isAsnsnl uPea .hs oesurlsaes. :