Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-10-30
THE RICHMOND WIG.
AFFAIRS IN LINCOLNEOM.
eLEAYISGs FROM TIE YANKEE NEWSPAPERS

eLEANINGs FROM TIE YANKEE NEWSPAPERS.
The EIsmiDtr furnishes the following extracts from
late Northern. journals
HIGHLY IMPORTANT FROY EUROPE-REcoGNI.
TON OF TEE SOUTHERN CONFRDERAoY.
The New York papers Of tbe 2sl, has the following
dispatch from St. J0hns, brought from Europe by ,ho
steamer Africa, that left Liverpool on the 18th TO-.
! slant. s. ls 20 ., F.. rA
lthreporttd that the principal Chambers Of Com
peT6e In Frares have sRoriaJ.ed ts Emperor IN re-.
eogais As Southern Confdsrney, and raise Tie 6lo T..
| dde OF the Southern ports
IL il sg.iD reported that the Emperor Naro.esn
conempates recognition Of the Southern Con.edeIa.
cy.
The London Daily News says ha. the reports that ii
! Emperor Napolsan coneiDplstes recognition Of the
Southern Ccnederscy fr m trustworthy sources th.
vent Of cotton beirg severely felt
The London Shipping Gssste says that Frarce and
must act together. and urgues that The coai
ton OF the Southern Confederscy would carry an amount
Of weight and moral induence which would eet up tie
Confeiesacy.
sosTHERs ACCOUNT rHs BATTLE OF LxrsBCRa.
The Northern papers are full of accounts of recent
battle at Letburg. We take the following from the a."
count giveu by the Washington Star:
Toe ject OF the movement icrossug the rivei) OF
General oore TO secure the command Of the vir,
siUa eAcre that his division and that of General Banks
could b, safely transferred TO the soil Of Virginia
Alter crossing bls sdvarcc, he sent Col Baker.
with portions OF three reg Ien-(his own the htfss
| etusetts Fft6enih, aud the n. Y. Tsmmsuy Regiment,
-lumbeIiEs, In ALL about 800 men, forniug biz right
~ine) Ito reconnoitre in ss0e 10 the direction Of Lees
burg.
Both Of his slbgs--his right and !e;twere attacked
a, early a. at v A. A, hut repused the enemy whe,ewt
he appeared. About p. H., the right wing feupd Il,
sell confronted by near 600 OF the eSsHy under Gen
! Evsra, with artillery.
! Evans attacked RAtsss command IN front and o..
bosh fauks, Baker CALAMITY esssysd charge, l.,
making sleh he was kisj, aud his command eff red
iesble loss. The of,er left in command Of t bY
bis ceath then very properly gave the order to fall back
to position near the rSer bark EAere he could b,
supported ty Gen Stone aud the other portion OF bis
'rmy that bad b. baL lime al cted crossing Of The
h,er, NV u
TITS order obesed in good order aud be carried
with him all his weanasd and dead.
: Colonel Ccssseil, The comnsnie Of the New York
raun.nv Regiment (Capt. Cogswtll OF the ghth In.
| Enuy United States Army,) is among the lnisspg. +
Leutenant-C Colonel Ward, Of the Massachusetts Pii
NTH, WAS wouaded in the affair, losing leg.
Ga reaching the POSITION selected, the right wing
turned, and both wngs held their own upon it, Though
under the Of the enemy which gradually slack ned
until midnight BY which time !, eeasf d. having for e me
hours before beoome ,le than picket shooting,
| Il were,
/ Throughout that-hgbt- tho balance of Gen. S;ope,
force crostd the river aud threw up mpoyary worl-
that rendered ts position senure and ensbled him
protect the crossing OF the division Of Gen. Banks
| be ssiyed this motnlrE.
Our information 90 far, this forenoon, is that Gen
! 8anks' my dolly arrived the Maryland landing Ct
Eiwsras Ferry last night and bss been crossing The
! river securely since da, Light
Gen Banss is In person the Virginia side, and hs
! assumed the chief command there.
Ere goiog to press with this first edition Of to-day
have not learned that the enemy have seriously reResec
| the enga q meDt CT yesterday
| Gen. McCa's division remains In about the position
its main body has held for days p,s, cm wbeuc
mty operate effectively In any required direction IL
presence higher Up The river 10 sCpport the mpoItaD
men, OF Generals Stone and Banks having
! uecfssary az the result proved.
Sour total killed, wounded, and missing In thl
course Of the day was about 200.
The ar denies that the Federal troops ulsed
On the contrary, says they were eiDeny successful;
General Stcne having eff cted his ot jsct, though vi
some loss In his right wing whl engaged in reconno
erirg in advance OF his MAN operation.
SaE DRATH OF COL, AAEkh
OF Colonel Baker the Washington Star ssys:
The announcement Of the oeaih of this gslIant tf
Ger has caused the deepest this city where
was SO well known and held in such general esteem
At the White House the intelligence had additions
poignance from tbs warm personal regard exiscg be-
tween the President aud the deceatd President liu
coin, ac seems 10 hAVeie 'he ts' AS II OF orcthf
and walked tie door through the night in the gre stes
grief Mra Lincoln is not receiving visiteis this
Ing, from the same cause.
4 was the desire OF the President and Mrs.. Lncol'
that the body Of Colonel Baker should be taken to ID
White House and placed in the East ,om, but th'
house being jrs. now In the hands OF the upLolsere
,bs. course was not prsc.csbls and the body viii b.
brought TO the residence Of Nsjor j. W. Webo OF this
city.
SILL FuATBsR PARTICULARS.
The Star 10 its second edition, has b, fol-, wing fur
ther particulars:
TEX IMPORTANT SUCCESSFUL soviMEST
The success ef Generals Stone and Du ks In throwing
their respective commands the Potomac yesterday
and TO-DAY 10 the faoe Of hfayy force of The enemy,
and thus ormiug junction with the right OF the grand
Uuion army occupying the soil Of Virginia. Is complete.
Gen Stones loss in kill d. wounded aud missing-oi
" about 2vn-s remarkably slight one, considering
ire bodnets AID sppsrsnt ksE ud oil the movement 10
occuty the VirLiA back Of the Upper Potomsc, from
shicb point sill: iurhtr important operations msy soon
be expected.
rHs BiTrLx not sxsrwID.
Contrary to general expectations both there and here
the enemy had not ventured to up 10 p ~ TO-
DAY. their attack Of yssteidy upon the UEon columns
that have crossed the river above They doubtless had
enough of I: yesterday aud las. nght.
As We 70 10 press with this second edition, learn
that tho armies of General Some ard Banks are now Sc
ou,ey In position the Virginia sds Of the river tie
objsc; Of their movement
COILS. oo6swELL AND Lrr
We hear that Col Ce Cegsweil, Of the New York Tam.
mans r. gment was 10 fall in the engagement OF
yese,d after that nothing is known Of bis fate. he
Is believed, in Stones command to be wounded aud
| psi oper. -
l. Colonel William Raymond Lee, OF tho Massachusetts,
, Twentieth, vho was in tho engagement, We hear. ID
among the missing.
yrpERAL OFFICIAL RKroRr or THE rIaHr MAR HARrrRs
J. W. Martin, Lieutenant commanding fectioa battery
X Ninth New York Yegiment, has msde an official re.
port Of the battle Of Bolivar. We quote from 1t as fol
G lows: r
Oa Sunday, lssh ibssan received orders at SIX =