Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-11-27
Latest. FROM the NORTH.


and, In some particulars, important sdvloes from tie
| North:
TaON FORTRESS NoyRoE-AOrIvE PREPARA.
TONS FOR ANOTHER GREAT NAVAL EXPLDI-
fION-GENERAL BUTLER AT FORTRESS NON
ROE.
| BALTIMORE, Nov. 2S.-Tbe Old Point boat brings the
| following:
| FoaTREs korRoE, Nov. 22-5everal regiments have
arrived from Baltimore and Annapolis during the last
twenty four hours and Old Point has assumed uni.
veslly busting appearances. Formidable preparations
are being made for active operations the theatre OF
which has been disclosed The ferry boats on tho
| roads are being teavly armed.
General Butler came on from Washington this morn.
ing and has spent the day at Old Poin Rip Raps and
Newport News. he will proceed to Baltimore tonight
From the Baltimore shee. Of si.
WAR AND OTHER NEWS.
In the way Of "news" properly so called. there Is
scarcely anything to record Frm none Of the points
Of the compass which designated neEsFa and
other maps seats Of have any intelligence that
may be clss,ed important that serves to mark pro-
gress on the part Of either beligerent.
The only operations at Port Royal appear to cousis.
in Strengthening the for6catoDs at that newly acquired
military post in which work msny.of the negroes eft
on the Island said to be employed. Gull sherman
will probably await the arrival Of reiGforcemens ukieh
now on tho way, before be ventures to undertake an
| advance into the inter or.
From Missouri we Il arm that sire, the cuaiion OF
Springfield ny he Federal troop, some 900 Ccnece.
rate csvalry have sdyar d far SuooI aud ire:
foragiog parties OF Coulederses osing closely
the retreat OF Hunters DIVISIONS TIE ULonss NJ that
part of the STATE who hai compromised themselves by
afi'sting with the army Of Fremont, deer ing
heir HON steals, and seeking refuge at other places
where Federal garrisons stationed.
The pr vous report which stated that the people OF
Nor;hau p;on county the Eastern Shore Of Virginia
Lid IL H.. G.. l. Al
the steamer Gsorgisnns whish reached hia city ssr-
day. As the two countiss II Aecomac and Norh!mp.
ton completely cut off om he rest Of vrgi q b. TIE
Chesapeake Bay IL was supposed tia small pu-
lstou would srously undertake TO ressI By force Of
| arms the Feder.l hori'y
Singular prj C; j. sad BY lattar writer's to have
been started at VA hinstop. IA nothing les han th'
incorporation Of s,l nd aud ths part Of Vi a. /,
yrg Of the Blue Riz- in sugIe ate, he srti.
torial boundaries Of suc1 b. fixed by lgress
and to annex the Two Elssrn Shore counie Of yugiua
TO Delaware AZ, however, sch lsgilston Ia simply
ioreshadowed pro able"s Bile ooub: may be
expressed TO whether il will be undertaken AZ all
The Siie and Mason affr stl CONTINUES TO sttrsc.
attention. We give from the Canada papers severa! ar.
tcles upon the arrest Toe Toronto Leadsr asserts that
the arrest OF Me.srs Mason ard Slde strikes q, the
root Of ish authority, and sf-ms right on tie part
Of the Northern States % which the msanest patton 10
Crisendom could not hoborabls submit. The ToroLto
Gobs fears that will Ivove the two governments in
| Clmmc-
dore Wilkes ian outrage the British FAC and An
nfraction of international law TIE matter according
to the Globe does not sdm of dispute. THE seizure
Of hessrs Sidell and Mason gross wrorg which
only be repsred by the offer Of ample apologies BY
the United States Government and the liberation Of The
captivee" The Mon reel Herald <canno' but think that
Great Britain will be impeatively called ppon demand
the delivery of the prsouer" Il expects the Federal
Government disavow the act otherwise IL fears that
serious trouble is imperd ding
We publi.b from the London Times an able but In
tensely sarcastic article Seer tary Stewards circu.
lar to the Northern Governors, suggesting tho
propristy Of strengthening the frontier def nots
Especial Warrington D,'pa'ehs, 10 IL. Ms York
World
TIE ARREST OF NEssRs sLrDgLL AND MASON
II is well known here that the steamer which f Nov
YORK to day for England carried to Minis er Adams
the views Of the ration the arrest the Con.
derae AMBASSADOR and the srucoas for biz course
in the premises hear IL intimatcd THAT Mr. seward
broadly defends the arrest ard states that the adm mia,
raiion Is fully determined sustan the acton OF Capt
Wilkes. o hers high in authoiiy in dplomtic gus
ters that the be frly scqussced N nv
the British government ard therefore, u, re nesd be 70
Gauss for alarm. Per RI, the secession eb me
here, which now and then shows itself, is qhisnt
assumed declarations of Lord Lyors and sntly ore.
diets that be will soon demand bis passpor 10 say moth
ing Of the imninence of a war rith EExlsnd.
PREPARATIONS roR CONGRESS.
The President is very busy Oh his message Only de.
voting two hours each day the rous v-iters who
still thropg the ante-room. Il is stated that IL will be
q long cument The Secretaries and their assistants
also busily engaged upon their rFpors shich are
to be presented TO the President accompany h ues
s'ge. The condition Of the various departments more
| utering now than at any time snce the commerce.
uent Of the war and their reports will be Of commecsa.
rate interest
RUEoRs OF An ADVANCE. =
he " Ia Cd xith n
tie army Of the Potomac; and this time opine they
entitled to credence. Il is true, as has Just
been stated In the World that neither the President nor
tee Cabinet, Gen. Mcclellan, have any ide, OF a.
fore evident that advance must be made ere The
meeting Of Congress.
PENSACOLA TO rAKES.
You NAV soon expect to hear that Pensacola is taken
The Navy Department maxi couc-auent Of the fact
that dispatches expected daily from the Gulf with an
OF the opening of the guns Of Fort Pckens I'd.
on the Confederate batteries Colonel Brown has neat
edy written for orders allowing him % blow Brsgy sud
bis batteries off the opposite shore. He has been cbff
like hound in the leash. but, II no. mistaken tho
word has been given that will N lks Pensacola ours.
ACTION ARRIVED
The grand review ends the period of preparation and
inaction for the army OF the PI'omsc You NAV soon
expect to bear Of something being done what d,re
nos say. The attack on the ard 10 .ntucky III
BE- 10 unison with the movements her nohrp thai bu.
foresight can do will be omitted 20 secure victory.
ts3eeiai Warrington Dsrsc to the New York Tnes
TIE sLIDELL MAS n cAss.
No new aspect of the Sde and Mason case 1, pr.sept
cd Our govern nent has expressed formal opinion on
tbe subject because there has been no occasion
Any diplomatic correspondence the subject must be
initiated by the English Government after the ca tain Of
the Trent has reported bis l. il %
suppcse that England could, under d..
mind the release OF the pisoneis the question inv
ed Ia not the guis Of tie parties but the rignt OF their
capture. II Sldel and Mason were CT IL NJ Of foreign
power their rtl ase miahr BE- demAbded tt,ir s. zn,e
not in accorjsrce viii ib.er aliohsl s~; bu tie
Eoyi 81 Government vii Ike 10 81 M be veen
this government aud lie ON jets, no matter bow
possession Is obtained Of tie latter. :
LATER FROM EUR0Ps-ARRIvAL OF THE
STEAMER AsIA-SPEECB OF LORD PALNERs.