Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1865-02-21
LATEST From THE UNITED STATES.

Is instnns, from which va mako the fol-
Dwing cx.ric.s:
CONFEDERATE CAVALRY TnRyATINfNo NASH
VILE.
Il isspat. ii lrou Nashville on the l6:h
says:
Uur auburha N:e again threatened BY small
banda 81 Confederate cavalry. Tbs sItsrnoon
about four haaired men, supposed to be under
the cvmmeLd Of Col Withsrs, made their sp-
Ue.rsuue at the Mucircssboro Pike, about SIX
males from tho town. and captured several
wood choppers and Government employees,
among them Capt. Stevens of tho Q lartsr.
nssiei's Department.
There 9trs numhs7s o; tho rebel cavalry on
TIE NolsnsviIIe Pike yesterday.
Cisr1=vilc il reported to DO infested with
rosink bsId, Ot gueriilias, who are plumber
Ing tho c,uusry people.
Tns CASE IF .CTIsa-HAsTIR BALL.
4 Wash.nxhu teie.rSm to tue Nav Y Jrk
Time" slya:
L. j. M. p1-,tjsaly known whether The
sfr;ng array e H. huoncs which Las besn
brough; t. bear in bohs.f Of Captain Bsall,
now und,r rcutsneo oil death, will induce tho
1 tSbleSI't ~ x dhl u 10 Jul loct OFSh-
inS uh0fi ,ial reports wsrs abroad, setting
forth THAI the execution had teeu stayed
General Dix " 70 unable to give tho reporters
any definite Information yesterday afternoon.
TIE coSrtuasArr DLBr IN THE YANKEE CON-
oFsss.
Ths Federal C,oersss 10 interesting itself
on Tie iul jent It tbs Confederate debt. Ths
following preamble and resolutions were pre-
ssntsd to tho Senate by Sumner on tho l7th,
and. after Of ,otion in the morning, were
paused iii Tho evening session:
Whereas, certain persons have put in cir
cuation the report that, ON the suppression
Of tho rebellion, tho rebel loan may DO re-
5ogaized u whole or IN part By tho Unitsd
Statta and,
Whereas, such report is calculated to give
ialss value 10 sud rebel debt or LOAF; there
fore.
RESOLVED, By The Senate tho House con.
ourrnP) that Congress hereby declares the
rsbs debt ur losn ss simply an sgeooy Ct the
rebellion which tho Uoited States can Lever,
under any circumstances, recognise in any
pslt Of in ary way.
THa STATUS OF VIRGINIA.
Tha credentials # Jsr. Sugar, asa Senator
,!.o. fgtm Cd Virginia, were presented in
tbs FEDERAL Senate on the 18th and, elected
much dese.o. Mr.. Summer said, on . motion
10 refer to the judiciary COMMITTEE:
!: will 10 to cu.Y CT tho COMMITTEES to CON
sii"r, ii Tho first place, whether S.sts in
seb,lliou, hks Virginia, oan have Senators on
this 10 ar That 10 Il grsa. question oJnstitu.
tiOnal, political, and practical. IL will he
their daty than, in tho sscnnd place. to in-
quire eho!bor the gsntlemsn whose oraden-
t.a.s have bean pre,c ,tsd, has b,sa chosen
lepa.l7, under tn, Cun..i uton OF tho Unitsd
s:.tta, by sny eta's. 1 d. not inland " pre-
ldro either If these que ,tions. simply fer
ID SIN Tor the c;hsiderhtson Of the Senate; but
do ins;ss that measure of this Importance
sh III 10. be- noted on without due considers
tiun, or ia h,0iu,s ind ff.rsnos to those fso:s,
whj1.l now Htsre us in tho face, glazing upon
q. every day, in every nswspaper that We
rsai. Y.u cannot he insensIhIe TO iaois.-
|, il ia v,iu that S nstors Say that Virginia,
NV at war Bgiinst tho Unioa, is emitted to
rspr.f cntstion On this door, whom you have
before YOU he inc xoratl, fact that the greater
Part If IN. Stale is at this momsns 10 the pos.
session Of nm armed rebellion, whom you haIs
t.llre you tho nthsr isos filling almost all the
ne~tpspsrs in til. land, that tho body OF men
who have undertaken to 6end Ssnator to
Ccngfeus IRE little moro than tho ,mmon
| Coaruii OF Alexandra; AMI 1ba have that
| gu 1stiJn d,slioc!y Pr resented ~ You, whether
| representative If tho Common Council OF
A.exandris is :, sntsr this chamber and share
| the sans powers and privileges With my hon
| orshle ftenda, the Senators trom Now Yo1k
rnd Pm. sy:vania. merely open tbess
| ,loints withou. n5w undertaking to deoida,
AMI fimrlY as All u1ah>wsrsb'e argument IN
favGr Of the reference 10 tho oommistse.
sir. uowsrJ, alter sjme remarks, opposed
TO tho rs, ,gnitoY If the rig hts Of Virginia 70.
nrssen.aii9n 90 thia H0or ,mlvsd az an amend
| endmens to the motion 60 Ie,cr to The Judiciary
Committee, that the committee bs instru ;tec
tn inquire and report upon The titoacn and
qu4hiiIntiJhs oil tho claimant.
Nj. Wilson, nf Massachusetts,, tUoicr,
nsds ssns rsm.. H. IN which he stated ths
be w.. in fsTer nf recognizing the State Gov
or: msnr Of oil Virginia.
Nc. Wiley replied 10 tho speech ct n!
! Summer, snd bsaarrld that tbs Legsia ufe
Virginia represented 2l6,oo loyal people.
TIE cred.utiss xers FINAL tsblsd, and Nj
Sss.r YVES l.tt out in Tho cold.
rsou TEE soUTB.
Aivie.s lrc,n NsT Orleans state that sh
Inn.rjsii.s commander ct Massnorss, Ger
.Seiis. had +, gan to send Union refugees bso
10 T,xss. :or III. purro Ct having thei
gathered up IL tho relentless oolsoIirtio
nov e3;rp On. [. ia ALTO asserted that 9er
Csnb7 ha1 n;t,Esd General Mtjts that unlsi
tho m sttsr WIS storp.d he aould seise An
retsiu CO hosssess Ms1iosn tfiosfs IN tie So
yiss of Ma1iniEan. The story hss sui
! picious look. ssxE