The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-12-30

Wnbcas Corpas Quesuon-The Dutch
Gnp Canal
E-o, he Rfelmogd Sentinel Dec. "a
''O From Cordonsville.
1bc following official 90 e-gum was received no the
war Department ON saturday uiIuti-
HtAp-QUAErrRs ARMY N. Va Dec. q lion.
Jks a sIuDoS3-Gou. IIIH LEI reports that tun
force winch attacked LOUhN IyU-.eldIy consisted
oftvo divisions OF the enemy cayd ny, uEdor Con.
Cen LouAx was posted across ho Madison
turnpike, two aud U1I. mf|.s from G0rtDusyUs.
INC CuOmy wua handsomely rouUsud, aud retired
alou. 4 A9 loaNiu" some %. DIS dead on the mold.
Iu Travelled too rapidly last night T1 uugur rp hf4
fclr having passed JggNs shop, twelve mUUs from
tUruOu-NIIID, ono hour alter IIrA.
in.ry-lyo prisoners. captured al Liberty Mills Uu
The ~ leing ulbnIe 10 Fccp up ON thcir retreat
were liberated.
General LowAxs loss was slight r. T. IEr
Tue Rnid on Pollard.
FrOui TIE Richmond Wttg, nee. %
MoBILE. Dec. lJ-lhe n lanycc raiders from Pom
sncua To- Pollard destroyed ul public and some prt-
Vuto buhuinDs, damaged the road mcOu,dcfubly
ana tie bnago over thc EscimJIl was partly de
suOycd. Captain HENRY ItP., Ouirtsrua.tpr was
cayuICd A iCw negroes were stUuu. IesJtrIly
our force pursued thom A portion of his .upuIf.s
and Wn.louauon were captured fine road was
Hrewu with their dead.
Here was an uuury force of another rlidi1 q
IaIt, near Goods Mills and Pensacola. SUNDAY.
as W d. lshc. @ vas met 10y our cata ry, aud driven
captain sEuMas arrived hor5 yesterday from
Europe, via Mc,aUOrl-.
a Proclamation BY JcG. Davis.
JTFF DAVIS has issued proclamation stating
that bENNLTr G.. BUELLy. Low under arrest I'M
Canada for the piracy ON Lake Nfcpglu. ia Actin
Master Ol the Navy OF tine Confederate states; thlt
ho was authorized to capture the United ,utcs s.cl.
mcr Mtcttg1R aud icca tho kebe pI.1uars ON
JUhnson's Island aud that the Confederate stales
assumes The res puushiitY of answering Or hs acts.
Confederate Congress, - Decomber ? 2i-IIaboas
Corpus.
Mr.. j. NJ LEACH offered resolution declaring that
tho writ Of haleus corpus ought not 10 be suspended
except IN extreme cases, where the public interest
imbcratiyey demand il; thai the people are in tbe
II q "A M mn ttn
eNig igencIes exists jusItying Its suspension.
! he yeas ana nays were demanded.
The roll was called ana the vote recorded as fol-
..YEAs.-1essrs Anderson, Atkins. Aver. Baldwin
! ,ho s. Harrow Foster Gather, Garland Haniy Her
N sm W smth n elSs5' , 9si
a o. Wickbam. aud WI herspoon-5l.
T. NJ. Bruce. H. W. Bruce, hi ton Chrsnan . ara
LwnS Funsten GToSon Gooe ards Haebar ES
n Houiuay, johnson, Kecb.e kcnner, Lyon, Maclen,
swan TIiglet, Vest Where, Welsh, Wilkens and Mr
Dutch Gap Caunl.
From the Richmond Sentinel, Dec. q.
We learn that the famous Dutch Gap Canal, for
VII gh tie world has hcuu waiting for some months
app caches comicuon. The disgcrs have shown
themselves the dt hc wa lct, at the upper end
OF the cut 10 keep out the river This thgy are reduce
being done 40 the lower dyke. lhIs done, the re-
naming pUrIons arc to be- blown out with gun.
brioro r,uy days we may oxuect to hear the ox-
posion; and TIM what ncNty Not much W. think.
Il is tie opinion o, many thac the enemy designs
the removal Of be seat OF " r. 50 TAR as its principal
operations are concerned, iurthsl Sou.n.
Colonel MOseby Reported ANIien'
II was reported on The streets yesterday va" 'lg I
daring ana dIstnl luishod guerrilla cmef, Colo
JoHE : MUsLBY had been killed by the enemy. The
story was that he mad been surrounded while dining
at lie house Ofa rieuu Ia Cupeper, aud ordered 10
surrender; that he drew hls pistol and fired upon
tie enemy, when ne was shot dead.
But telegram from Fredericksburg, dated the
2Jth, was received Yesterday morning, Nh ch con-
truuicted the report of his deaih, utiug that he
had teen shot, but not mOrtglly wounded, aud was
in the hauus Of his friends. The question of his
cordIuOn Is, however, not yet definitely asceraIued
Richmond DispItci, Dec. q.
WOunding OF MIOseby.
1t was reported last evening that Colonel MosEBY
had been very seriously wounded in an encounter
with the enemy Prince William county. lie %
sud TO have been shot through tue body.
We could obtain no parc liars OF the affair; but
as a raiUug party Of the enemy, composed of whites
and negroes, were in DUmu1es on " cdnc day, II is
pIOtuue that MOsEBY encountered them ON their
return to Alexandria
At Dummies the raiders captured prvates JEFF.
HARDING, " NJ. GRAY ana NM, BRAWNER, Oh the
Orty ninth Virginia lhiantry.-EcdmtEcr, Do q,