Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-12-23
ONE DAY LATER FROM THE
UNITED STATES.

The New York Herald Of the "a. and Baltimore
Agsrieaa eSeuii editi,u. same date we're II osivss
Of itis iios lsst uisht. We have only spses for
brief su nmsry OF the nsws Coll was sold at tie Iii
.bosid, NV York. OF the 2o.b, at 223t-sn sdvanss
" IAoM FiHSKstgI
G,psral Thomas latest q icsl defp,tsh Ia dated
smear soriug Hill, Dsc. ls.h" IA says:
Tee enemy have ba.n visorously pu,sged 10 dsy
h,t has stud oul avoided any attack By my trooua
have sufcsedsd IN taking few prisoners, some two
bpndre OF three hundred but captures are Ijph
In comparison With the successes Of the past Chr,
DAYS. The puauit will be continued In the mornir 9
AT "a carly an hour 90 the troops can march,
i ard upon receiving mora correct reports of tic
onsrstlons Of the l6 Instant that Mlj5r-Geuersl
nj ] ,hnson's sui division. with ell The BRIGADE
lmmar dsrs, was captured In the work, shob were
can ured By assault. besides desroyipg brigade Of
tbs eremy's cavalry and capturing lie comm Indsr
Br ~ er General Ruoker.
Among the c'ptures made to day are the rsbel Bri-
0adier General Qaarles wounded, and a number o.
balls. also wounded, lying 10 house by tie road
side unable to 60 away. 49,
An "a ,Ial telegram from Nashville speaks Of For
rsst bei In command Of tho rsbs cavalry" south Of
Spring Hill Tai, reutes tie Yankee report that Ii
was killed at Marfseesboro'.
FROM aIcsaIA,
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Herald has full details Of recent operations In lh,
yiolp,ty Of Savannah. ~
fHn yRoSfIHR faouBIIs.
The Herald In its news summary. says: =
The official correspondence relative to the trout Ie
ON our northern border lately called for by the House
of taves, was yesterday sent to that body
BY Secretary Sev ard. Itoommences with the b gin
ming of our civil war, and 10 very vslunint u.s. Mr.
se ward says that the difficulties to which this corre-
pondeuce relates are not merely local but hsv,
mainly arisen from tie attitude assumed towards ouI
uyerument By that Of Or st Britain room sfer the
rebellion broke out Inconnecion with the Car sdian
Imbroglio O iebec despafci states that thirty con.
of proyircj volunteers we're sent to tbs from
Tier during the last week. u -. !.
The Montreal Chief Of p. Ice, Lamotbe, Who figured
ia the Use Of the 81. Albsns raiders, has resignsd
Thars was rapport that Ooursol the magistrate who
raa,sS ,bsr release had also resigned, bat II is nov
u,onour cad uSfrus General Dix las suto,,z tie
rsIs M in NV e. glaI ofs regiment cfosEaify for
service On our Northern border. -, 9
A aEBuxl TO Lrso,IH
The following resolution, istrt duced by Henri
Winter Davie vas adopted by the Yankee House Of
presenfstives on MOI dsy-yess GO noee So:
Rssol,sd That Congress has q c,nsti u.t,ua' right
10 AN authoritative voice To dselsrinR and prescribe
ing the foreign pollcy of the United States ss vel
IN the recognition of new PowsrJ q, In other mat
terra and 4 Ia the stitu,onal du:y Of the Execu
We Department to respec. tba. psloy. MT less 10
Diplomatic neg otistiorssthsn In he ue II tie "a.
ticrai force, when eatha- d By ltx; ard the pro
pries OF anv declaration Of for iga policy By Don.
gress s OF aeisu ly proved b. the vote which pIo'
noupcss d; end suoh proposition. uhils pending and
undetermined, h not a. topic Of dlplopsto sIpla'
nation With any foreign Power.