Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-02-27
FURTHER IRON THE UNITED STATES

We continue extracts from late United ates paptrs.
CUMBERLAND ear cur OFF IRON KNOXVILLE.
The Nashville corresp ondent of the New York Times
says:
81 see by teegrapbic despatch tina. the Washington
Republican states that the communication with Cum6er
land Gap and Rockville ia not cut Of That journal is
mistaken Tue road has been abandoned nearly three
weeks All mails aud persons on routs for KnoIyle
from any point Nor,h so via Cincinnati, Louisville,
Nashville and Chattanooga. The abandonment OF the
road H. however, insgn hcaEt AL mails from Knox
vile TO Cumberland pass through this CITY, This item
il strictly reliable The las! mai sent to the garrison
at the Gap from Knoxville took circuit0us route,
some eighty miles from a direct line. There is no i'm
pOrlan news from that section Of Tennessee although
our own tcers, citizens, prisoners and deserters say
that Longstreet is being still heavily reinforced. 1t is
exDeced that the railroad between Loudon and Chat
tanooea will be completed this week. This will give
direct railroad communication between the latter place
ard Rockville"
RE KSLIsfNENrs.
Toe New York Times has the following very impro-
bAbls story In relation to Establishments 1t is known
thai many reVoluneer for the purpose Of securing the
large bounties and thea desert:
"rhe old regiments are returning from their thirty
DAYS visits to their homes with average of hun
deed and forty recrits each. Very nearly one
hundred and ten thousand new recruits have been for
maly mustered into the service since the first OF No
be enlisted although not yet mustered in The last
two weeks the enlisLments have averaged 500 day.
OF the number formally mustered into the service New
York has furnished about 10 600, Ohio 5000, Indiana
and Illinois IL 900 EACH Missouri about 1000, and
P.nnsJ lvaniA the same umber."
PROM Hw ORLEANS
A de,pAtcH from New Orleans the s b, lays:
General G,over has secured the country with bis cav.
al,y in the neishbOrhood Of MAdsonvle across Lake
PontchartrAiu broken up conscrpt camps within cir
Gle Of fifty or sixty miles, and captured several OF the
enemy. A large quantity Of beef cattle, sheep aud
l horses have been brought in.
Capt Stephen Hoyt, Of ST. Louis has been appointed
| Acting Mayor Of the city.
TIE HERALD ON WAR IN KURoPE.
The N. Y. Herald cOsss long editorial the com.
msncemeRt Of hOstilities in Europe by saying
at would be just retributon it. now that We have
nearly 6nished the work Of crushing the robt llion
Great Britain and France witch have given Il so much
moral and material aid were to be dragged into the
vortex Of GEuropean convuson. The time is probably
close at hand when We shall be in condition 10 turn
against the commerce OF those countries the new tangled
doctrines OF international law which have been moor
porated into the code for the purpose of annhlang
/ our own"
CASE OF CHESAPEAKE
despatch from Halifax, the 18th, abiding to the
proceedings in this cas-, in the Nova Scotia Parliament
says:
Legislative proceedings thus far have been uDim-
/ portant Last evening" M BourinOt moved for all The
documents relating to the Chesapeake. He complained
that the rebels had been uPjusty shut out from the
privilege Of asserting and supporting their rights that
SPECIAL messenger was despatched 10 Richmond, but
Lad not returned, and in the meantime the Judge bad
delivered hnal decree. The government replied that
ali communication from the impartial authorities
strictly confidential, and could not be- produced No
questions we're asked Why the Chesapeake allowed
TO violate the Laws OF teVera ports in this
vince"
CONGRESSIONAL.
A bill was introduced in the House OF REPRESENTS
ves on the l9lh providing for the renting OF aband)
ed lands tenements and houses in in ionary dis
rcts It places the control Of these interests in the
hands OF the Secretary of the Treasury and authorizes
him 10 pay the penses Of the profits from the Ia.
Dor of slaves CT the sale Of eonf,cated properly.
In the debate in the HsHle the aame day on the
/ bill 20 establish Bureau Of Preedmanh Affairs Mr..
Brooks, (spp) of N T. said the territory over which
the bill was intended 70 operate embraced larger area
than the hiItsen original States. Although tbe bill
proposed TO establish bureau an expense t may be
Of OCly hundred thousand dolars It contained the
germ Of new department, with head who is 10 have
seat in the Cabinet and be adviser Of the Pei
| dent He called the attention OF the Hsuse 10 the
magnitude Of the subject Il had been caucussed and
decided upon eseW here and therefore argument OF
his against the bill would avail. MASSACHUSETTS Is now
the ruling power of the country and Whatever the De
orees is likely to become Law. Hence he listened