Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-12-12


without convoy. From Olsfksvllle TO Nashville tht
are conveyed BY gunboIts. h,re are several bate
| riss bstween The Two points.
IMPORTANT FROM WASHINGTON.
Seward has written the following qaerulous 10.
solent letter in the matt Of tie ul ds collected NJ the
Confederate Bazaar in England for the bsuea of Con
fsderate prisoners:
Toe President day sent message to the Senate In
,sply 10 r. Summers rtsJiu ion callI up)n him n
not incompatible with the public interest," ~ furni TO
The seaste any information In his possession relative TO
proposition OF Brush subjects give aid 90 the re-
oellion.
Lord Warncifs informs Mr.. Adams that tie Liver.
oool B.zar ptodGo3d about seventeen thousand
)unds and asks permission for accredited SCENT 10
visit the military prisons within the Northern i ates
Al distribute aid 20 their nnates. He denies that
any political aid is aimed a. any inpuL aton thai
,e6ei prisoners deprived Of such attentions as the
,rdiLary rules injoIn. He says:
The ISSUES OF Toe great contest will not b, deter
mined by individual suffering, be it gr at.r or les.
md you whose family is interviewer With Amer
can history csn1ot view with ind a. ,enoe the &, #
inss OF American ctzsns, whatever their State or
opinions.
Mr. Adams fepl cd that II has never been the dssf.
Of the goverIm st 70 treat with CT vim
ictive sevtriy any OF the misguided Individual DIP
Ties tLs dep orsbe rebellion who have fallen into
It's hands In the regu ar course OF the Wsr and that
ahoud greatly jOc, it the fleets Of So. syupsth,
c5uld DO sIleLdsa 10 mnistering to their mental
nent as we'll 10 their bodily tuf,rings, thus contr
nuting 70 put end to struggle which other Wise /.
100 likely be procrasinated by their English gym
path z.r,.
Mr. Seward replies as follows to the appication re-
ceived through Mr.. Adams:
DIPAaIMEsT CT STATE
Washiugto Deof g. 1854 {
stR-I have received your despatch Of the Is h n,
November No sol, together with The papers lheiejp
mentioned, viz copy OF q letter Which was sd
,aed 10 you on The IL Of November last by Lo-d
Wharrc fs and copy OF ytur answer to that letter
You will now inform Lord Wharnclfs that permissjo,
TO- an agsut OF the committee described by him 10 via
the isuTs snta detained 10 the military prisons of III
United States, and oistr ute among them eeysp,e,S
tnoussud pounds of British gold, Is dislowed Here
T. is expected that your correspondence with I'd
Wharf oil ffs will end. Tsat CORE soondsnce will ne
cessarly become pubic. Ga reading Il the American
public will be well that Nhle the United States
have ample means for the support Of prisoners az well
as for every other xgercy OF the In which thew
are engaged, the insurgents who have bndly rushed
into that condition. srng no prvatons that 90.
peal for relief to charity, either at homs or abroad
Zoe Amer can people will be likely to reflect that the
sum thus il duously rendered In the name Of
hu nauty, constitutes no large portion of the prof
which ia contributors may be justly supposed t. have
derived from the nsurgtnts by exchanging with them
arms and munitions Of war for the eoysted produc.
lions Of mineral and enersa!ing slave labor Nor will
apy portion of the Am rcan people b. disposed 10 re-
Tad the cum thus Alously f,red for the relief
oil captured insurgents as too generous equivalent
for the dtvAAtation and desostoa wh!ci civil var
promoted and protractd by British lubjsotp has
ep cad throughout the States which before we're emf
gently prosperous aud happy. Finally, in view of th
las. ofHcious Intervention in domestic sff ira tb
naonla aan hardly Ia IN fba
of the Father of our Country directed sg list two
great al d intimately connected public dangers name
ly, scot onaI faction and foreign intrigue. do no
think the insurgents have looms debassd although
they have sadly wandered from the ways of Loyalty
and patriotifm. think lat In common with ali our
trymen, they will rejoice 10 ns saved BY their
oonsiderats and loyal government from the grave in
sul which Lord Wharncl e. and his associates In their
al fer tho overthrow Of the Uaited States hav,
pcepped for The Veii Of this unnatural aud hone
lees rebsllion am sir, Jour oSedisnt servant,
WnLIAH q. SEWLBD. |
FEARS OF ANOTHER RAID PROM cAsADA-INposrIsy m.
DEB IN RELATION IHlRrro
The Herald publishes the following important intel
Iigence from Washington:
WASHINGTON Dec s-The Prov g. M.rshal GsrersI
to day Issued the following circular:
Rllable inform iton has been received that largo /
number OF evil di pored persons, consisting Of rebe
1oSSocshioeup
laws who hay" collected in Cinsda With view TO en-
the commercial Giles Of the N,rth and particular
ly those the Canada frontier with the oscnsibl,
purpose Of seeking employment, but who are IN real.
itv intent po1 tho destruction Of life and pr ope.ty
will shortly srtivs in tho United States All ofosr.
OF the bureau instructed 10 place all DAP ma sns
pscsi to bs of This olssI uudtr strict surys m o., and
10 arrest such evidently belong to il. Pr 70 Nsr
lhals will otnftr wti the municipal auiho,i lea viii
view to preventing the mischief couteu plated and vii
lid the civil authorities iu discovering tbpss per,ons
and causing their arrest. JANIS B. Far
Provost Marshal General
The following Fenarsl order was also to-day issu d |
rom the Qusrtermsster Generals Office:
/. The government has received infoi milton that
numbers In the Btish provinces on ur nor helm Dor.
Ter have removed with the intention of Obtaining en-
boy ment at the dpos of military storss for IL rur
lose Of ncepdisrism. The plots BY which seine
noltha since may stssmboas on tire Western vs,ers
we're fred and destroyed by rebel agents. hsvs nov
cen extended With the'intent to attempt the deslrgc
lion by FIVE OF military sto es. slipping. manufto ri,s
n pr bio and private propsrty, al various poin
bransh ths loyal 8 area. ,.s,.a.sa 4. - 4
H. Toe striotest vigilance and greatest oars In guard.
ng against inospdisrism erj9insd up,n eli Ulcers
D charge n the property Of this department.
III 0faesa Of the Qamtsfnsitni Dspartmsnth