, 1865-01-06

WASHINGTON, Thursday, jan. &, 1865.
Richmond papers Of the 81 inst. have been
received. The Richmond Enquirer contnins
tho following significant editorial:
AN Of us arc fast getting ourselves understood.
Colonial salage ia preferable thing TO Yankee
slavery; This is The afst o9tcroppfng Of this year
receive the matezial aid Of England and France by
formal sacrifice Of onr institution Of slayczy."
Says the Examiner:
"1his is pntting finer point .np,a the propo-
psne a31sEan W.
of slavery for any aInoant 81 material
lfshmcnt q our Independence through a trcaty 81:
tcnstvc and defensive with England and France.
We heliere theeo States arc fully able to conquer
]iion. but tin. 1t will be the work OF years, war
of many, many years, during, which cycry State
may be oveITun and every able bodied man de-
!hirty years war. We shai t1fanph ana gam our our
independence. Te are asked shall VIC wage that
war ard preserve the gem Of slavery or shall We
aaa az aSosS aases 1ss # nas:
"1he Excuiner docs not regard the question Is
axowul taat for the material aid Of france aud
Englsna Il Woul4 be g2o hatSaln to make
and not to the essence Of the proposition. All are
agreed that Independence and peace would moi hc
dearly bought Win the sacrilse of slavery: The
my terms oi reunion With our enemy.
T. We o,,s en- go eon'f9se ,S onr enemy and
States n!ereaay and willing to iuipoycrish them
selves, destroy their institution, sacrifice TIC con.
yictions q years and obiitcEuts the very subject
nnarh in IT. great object, Independence, Nc shall
have maac our conquest really impossible aud
eventually eecuEc our 1i5erty. For though peo-
pa tc y s
coNcilsted into susjucation. Bit If the prescrya-
tcn of slavery had hsen Of more importance than
t. our people :, ha shown
Of their liberty. the cncinv would not hare
been long r. making the Offer, Gen. Sherman
march through Gcorgia. ard len e ] ths rcmarl Al
tributcd to him, that slavery would not he destroy
cd ~ reunion: The enemy would stop tho vsr
nnS ana ESe &c ~at 1T re%ais % Of slavery
more for power and ''tic rlunder Of these Statcs
olan Tor abolition, Shicl. would diminish our
nrcs designed to fri=h,en the timid stakeholder
back to the Union, well to purc;,as. support
1rnn thc aEtislsyesy party, hut ti2y .lclan
suhmtt and what WIS let OF s1a:esy lid be pre-
eeFrcd l,y tho enemy, ff.not nIt1cr titr name OF
xalasers: under some other name. N.lth.r abo-
character By the act Of the enemy, viii
The labor Of thcsc negroes. They viii remain
OF the dominant white. II we were to sicld the
conflict and subui. to the enemy, tie negroes
Would s1clE1'se TIC present humane system Of
nonsns'1s 3 ,or s cFnel and harsh Of com
Independence with .he sacrifice Of slavery, the
negroes would remain among us, free II Il truc,
sat kindly tsested bs their old masters anil taken
: NJ S1,n f$oa
tan now understand and know the extent to which
1he PEOPLE Of these statcs a1e willing that they
81 a maif 5 Aag tnat
Another editorial in the l!.s4.irer sug.cs.s
the imrrcs*mcnt into thr Government man
agr,ncnt Of tl,c Danvillc Railroad, giving Us a
rcnson the present inclllcicncy OF the Direct
ors, and The bad management OF the road.
Wilmington, and say Ii that place had fallen.
It would have been been because Of this d.
lay Of transporting rcinf;,rcements. The cdi-
tor further ctatgcs the managers oi the road
with corruption in receiving brIbcs, aud
transporting individual freight when Govern
Ms'nt freight is awaiting transportation, mud
thus keeping the armies a,ound Richmond
on half rasions.
The Wing Of tho sanr date contains 4 dis.
patch relative to the movements Of Hood's
arnsy in Tennessee MS follows:
sK1nA, Ala, Dec. aa-1ho Rtrorstr OF this at-
vile. who left that place on the 9lst, arrived at Me
ristian on Thursday afternoon, bringing the fol-
p1 Lowing e, Se5y EIatiiyinE intelligence from Hoods
q Withdrawing from near Nashville, was attacked
vigorously by the enemy, who rnassc,i n Aeayy
nosea sass ana az chsr. fssT = uro9 s ssas so
Tho telegram has rrobab,s heen eliminated al tis
1ss1a E9,nt ~ y the hxIG "11soa moved on celumIia
10th, there was another tight in which fhn Cremv