Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-12-01
FROM THE UNITED STATES.


,hs ,Imo,e americas Of the sf ernoon Of that day
The A,aerisaS publishes Washington despatch
ss,iog that L despatch had just been received BY
Wells, the Yankee Secretary Of the Ni'y, from Rear
Admiral srter ct Fortress Monroe, giving an account
of the sinking Of the "Fioriea" In Hampton Roadb
can, ed b, her be ng into BY an army steamer In
yisw of thaAct that Seward Ia about to disaVox the
action of the Captain OF the "Wachusett," this piece
of Yankee ylany and meAnneJs be well understood
NV civil d nations II remains to be seen whether
A,sx will be sati,6 with this accident o.
T.s latest news from Gen. Hood places that General
40 moving towards Shelby willie ard W-rnscs Forrest
| - s,lpRing ground In Thomas rear. p.ek Tsylof's
barsab ,uts are not STATED. TIE Yankees have erols
| al Duck river In their retrograde movement and,
from all that ws eau d,duSe from Che situation, the
came ia about up With Thomas, who was lsf! by Sher
| man {" 70 watch HOOD" All the information relative
90 Sherman. passed on the IS By the Ytnkess was
drawn rom the Richmond papers of the "a b. TIE
mount of news extracted from those souIoss not b.
ing very extensive the Yankee Ptp'rs blusser great
dsal about ealing imPorsans Information" favor
able to Sherman, &''
Thara was an ominCuI silence maintained 10 refer
ann. 10 raAI's army, no movement connected there
with being reported from Washington or F,rtrss
Monroe.
The development of the Great PLoJphoIus and
| Tu,pen.ne Rebel Conspiracy 10 bum New York GU.
upue 10 exercise the lively Yankee imsg nation with
terrible forebodipgs OF The iuture. The dismsy had
extended to Washlpgpp and tho military we're o.llsd
out on the evening OF the 26.h TO protect public pro
usrry. and guard the Jokers sacred person and resi-
1 "
or the Fire Flend" is iLdsed abr,Gd in the North.
Gold closed at tie l,t Board in New York, on the
morning Cf the rs b, al 227t
SHAKING ~ The TLoRIDA-sHE Is RUN INTO BY raI,.-
PsRr-eIwAID WILL Nor suRAEsD,K HrR
Tie American, in its afternoon edo Ibl,shss thu
ollo wing, being the latest from Washington in refer.
ence to The Florida aud to Stewards repor cd reus.l
| 70 surrender her:
WAsHSsrOS, Nov. 2s.-Ths following despatch b..
just been received:
FORfREss MOSloI. Nov az
Hon. GIDEON WALLIS, Sec'y OF the Navy:
have Just received telegram iro the Oommsnao.
a the Or ,steamer Florida informing ma that sha =" =
suuk in ulae ia.h0mS water. She had been ran ,nto
| DIV / army steamer and badly damaged | haze no,
heard the particulars VIII inform the Dspsrtm, n,
| shen | receive the written report
(sgaec) DAvlDD PoarrR.
Rsar Admiral.
she PIRATE FLORIDA NOT TO BIZ 0dvaE Up.
| WAsHIsGroE, Nov. 2sIh.-Oae or more of 10. dsy'
ns.spr "a enormously attribute to the washington
reporter OF the As ocatsd Peas telegram saTiI .
hat the pirate florida AndcreW TO be return ed "a
Bra xii, and puportDg 10 give an account Of the Sc
| ton Of the Government Oh tbs subject.
L. ia sufficient at present TO say on authority that
| tLsss statements ace withOu! foundation.
III. "IlosIDA's OFFICERS TO BE RrIusHrp TO 1Hr
wAoHUsITT"
The following is the despatch referred to in the dss
patch to the AmnjoaH given Shove. It will be OBJ
served that Seward and Bes are al loggerheads owe,
the question Of the "F.orlis"-hsncs Bites resiRus-
| ton:
w .sHIsGTos, Nov, 27.-The eleven oficsrs of TIM
rifae Florida taken from the Old Capitol Prison saye-
raj Says tiucs, and sent to General Barnes a. P mi
Lookout have been iorNarded by that ser to Rear
Adj irsl D D Pot 7, commanding tie n nth Atlaut
BUcksd gSq 3adrOn who has btel directed that they
bs turrsd over 10 Captain Oollin Of the Waohusett,
| wtich vessel s now lying in Hampton Roads
| IL lie Understood here that Commander NspoIeor
Collins the cIpor Of the Rebl pIiE3 or ia has eu
ord,I red to reurn 10 Bahia, sz with his quasi IL
| her o6ic r. and crew.
The decision of Mr.. Seward has bsen fully canyaese6
iu o. bnet council and lie believed 10 be opposed BY
NJ. Bates, he defining an apology to br I'll for the
sc ITO as pie repsrson. As it is the case will b
on at rest at once by B,rzlian legal dscison Thin
coure Of our ate DEPARTMENT game friends.
| Toe friends of Commander O Illlns cay that he Il
much mort fed at the II suit of his Xpoit and main
tain that he viii Tesgn ordered to the Flor d.
back He will have TO return Wth Ler as a witness il
tue se which will be very great hamilaton to hin
l and his officers.
| TIA GsIAr PLOT BURN TIE NORTH UP.
In addition to the extended attempt to destroy New
York by conf ,graliOp, Ws fad that Washington wa
| ia g eat danger
The Herald contains the following despatch from
Wsshingt OF date Now mber 9Th:
In addition to the regular guards employed about thu
public bujh q, comn,Issare- depo:e, J., In ibis VII
entity, the Var Department. d Lave been on dat
since last ming, in cous' quence Of information re-
ceived by the government oI an ncendary plot simlA
10 that attempted to be carried ouE in New York OF
Friday evening. The guards at oil the public budipg
have b,en doubled and str.ct watch is kept at the
no els aud ot public places 10 guard against any
temp that may DO mad the diabolcal plan.
to accomplish, by sneakng inoendiay operations wha
| the reb, haVs failed to do by legitimate warfare -
j Consider able excitement Was otcasoned, about ten
oc ok last night by the pr caaaton at all the places
of public am sment, Of an OF der from the War De-
psrment qairiDg all the employees oi that depart
meat 10 FSIa forthwith 10 their post. TIE summons
was INTENDED to have them ASSEMBLE for guard duty
Toe Treasury Cures are to rssve the War Depart
uept fsg aud ncendisries will have email omar Ga
| for succsssiul operations here.
Toe TINES contains the following upon this subject
The plot to destroy the city prCyes to be far more
extensive than Nas ct frst supposed. The men 30
scted By rebel sympsh z,s to do the worJ, careful IL
pre- pared Plan which, had il not BEEN frustrated BY
our motel propretors baDg warned of their dar s by
he pocs must have resulted to ta ssisfsc ion OF ibe
6suds ia whose brain 1t orig mated Besides the hotels
and her public establishments fssI il has been as
csrsained tnst srrsnst we're made for exsensy
1 in tna nff he al, H..
o'clock Saturday ruing, although the New England
/ 10 el and s,ma others we're 6red gfer that hour.
Zee s. Nth las hes probably uttered the wo.s.-
the d mage there will probably amount 10 So OOO.-.
Low jp's Hotel was set Oh fire tuics. TIE attsmp:
| n,sr IL o'clock.
rnraI ATTEMPTS we;e made 20 bum the shining in