Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-04-16
W. Z. RUssELLs LAST LETTER TO raE LONDON

Il
WlsHIxarox, March l.-Wsl, ne are not engaged 10
civil var in England, and We cannot judge very well
What vs might DO II Otherwise there are things
being done here which might b' criticised.
| OF ckHoRsHif
Here fer instance is movement OF troops going on
from Wssbnr,on 70 Baltimore and Harpsrs Ferry, the
news of which woud animate the North aud strengthen
them very materially but it Is nsim prohi6ttta 10 say
word about Ii lest news should reach the enemy AUG
does any believe that the enemy cont know OF quite
well as If all the news we're puoIsneot mny, nary
lard 10 fell Of sscessonss Baltimore H. perhaps, a. full
| Of Confsdsrates Nashville was. BY whatever means
the Newspaper intelligence could have been conveyed TO
THAR friends also be carried the results Of eye"ght
aud hearrg So fearful the uhorties Of the ami
mostly Of teir opponents that they do not venture to
lsaye furlonr Of the railway unguardsd As L came
down the line this evening there were heavy trains MI
with soldiers moving Baltimore, and At the station
| others we're drawn up crammed with men, Csissons
and artillery were shunted in the sdings Al the way
70 Warrington In addition TO the Numerous small
posted with blEng watch fires In front Of their tsns
paros we're moving up and down. aud chain Of ssntres
vas established to prevent any evil miadsd scesshniss
| from needing with the rais.
"THs uEIoK sREfMEyT OF TEE SOUTH
Bytbeby, that "srong Union sentiment which Mn
| cd out 90 tuidsuly in Ttnn,ssee Gems dying out
without much splitter. Commodore Foots will no doubt
rekudle Il with bis feet Of vessels, which are 10
move down the and forces uader Grant are
ready to CO Operate. The United States have now no
kild q ,at board many mortar vessels and they
are daily adding 10 thos, terrible means OF getting back
/ States and cities into the Union.
rHE POSSESSION CT IKNEEssEE 10 BIZ DIsPUrfD.
The Confederate Government BY no means prepared
to yield Tsnntssse Is true Nashville has gone, and
the Cumberland river 10 in Federal bands and the
| Tsbnssse. river is almost theirs but the Confede-
rate Government has oslei GU: twenty-five regiments
in toe State ITSELF and wsst Tennessee is loyal to the
core 10 the Of ssion- The defence increases In
| desperation a. The bsderals gain ground.
| Az UT rHE SURRENDER g3kT DoSELsoS
| The surrender OF Fort Dorsson 10 10 exception to
tss: remark The which led TO it Ssman IN
obfcurity. General Buckner5 statement thAthe found
himself unexpect dy In command does not throw any
Fight on the other which induced him 70
| follow kscks example at Ulm. Toe cause could not
have been want OF ammunition nor OF food for IL Is snd
that stores OF both found inside OF the work.
have spoken TO English gentleman, who co.versd
w.h many Of The prisoners at Chicago They told him
that nSbtug all day and inf cling tremendous loes on
tbe enemy they lay their Arms - renew the light
At dawn they ordered 10 Pile their arm, by their
oFosr They did so without suspicios on theirtninds
| ud the Fsdersl columns appeared marching in tbs
WORKS Ny risi failed 10 dRcover auy Udion sentiment
OF which the Chicago papers speak, among the prlioa
era whom BIO decrbss rough, Ill clad, powerful is
loss animated BY lhs most bitter feelings against the
| YAGksss
| WHAr TEE UNION uNTINKST AT TEE scUfH hEASs
Meetings VI cotton planters have been held with view
il is said TO an oglnE inseT diarsn oil any cot!sn
-hich may BE- in danger Of falling into The ensnys
hands However, Federal ofbc Who proceeded some
days ago up the Tennessee river far as Eisporf the
j,se OF hlsf srpi below Florence declares be found
"Union seutimsn strongly prevalent along the banks
AID Union sentment" may mean tsentyf cents 4
pcuud fer cotton. Il il significant that be could get so
FAR single gun-bos aud that he could carry away
uumolested quantity Of stores Intended for Inc Con
fsserates from Clifton, Tennessee. The attention oil the
Trsa ury and OF Congr, hiss been turned to the best
mods o cul i'ang and rearing cotton ia the parts OF
c.d.d State. in Federal hands, and Of eopening trade
with Southern porta- Toe sooner the better.
THE TAX BILL.
Ths Tar bill Ia to be reported by the Committee OF
W.,s and Means this week. With lie operAt Oh viii
coue the 90 luton Of the great tIoermat There Ia
ason 70 thrk that the Eastern States will pay their
sac But will they pay the proportion OF tho Western
es also 10 tie latter declare their Inability 10 DO
m Toe Germans In these Safes roundly say they have
nred the Union aud that Is az much ~ they can be cI.
| o ord TO do There are tbousAE6s 10 the Western
A.es eIullog In the proves Of their people, who will
the arguments, and in some OF the States tho
Inhabitants OF laTg, dsr.c W.be foundlunaels even
| u Wiling, 70 pay their q1os.
PRAISE DAVIS AND rHErTSLClrY OF TIE corPEDf-
1ATE LRApIRs
Bv this time Mr. JsIirson Davis hsissgs has been
roce. we'd In England Toe Fedtrss IN his frank
70 sion Of serous disasters expression of despond
sncy =. 10 the umIt. result of hs struggle but there
IA to the neutral eye no Iuch meaning In the calm adns
d los which rather made the basis Of strsnu
policy aud vigorous rssiNance And In bis determ-
piten no ia well supported by he "so-c,ed" Sent' Of
the "fo-,,lle !" Conf Sta.e which last Thurs
day pissed resoution that the Government wosl en-
t.-Il1 no proposition for peace tcu dod he, uion
o1 the Oonfderacy of any of taer States, aud p.eds-
lag ii Ssslvos 10 eoniuue the until the invading
enemy should Re entirely expelled from their territories
Tbs the best answer which be given 10 the rumors
that proposals TO treat had cone in from Mr. Davis and
this measure Il efseuAly cut the ground from under
tho feet Of the moSrats Of the North, who have been
| dreaming OF Peace COnVenhon and o! reconstruction
Of tie Union on the cid biss Tee constAscy and
shaken filth Of the Confe5rIte leaders worthy Of
he highe'te: US not say better-cause. Their sol.
disrs ara icl,d and badly armed. They rot well
| fed and 4 to the state Of supplies read til:
| Gild coumindld premium Of ~ TO 80 per cent,
aud silver So 70 40 per cent, in Rchmo-d Oh the 2Sh
| Of february. WhsIy worth 81 Q g.lon for common
d 81 for choicI brsadl, Batter worth 42i oins
pound and sole leather rs cents pou I'D; calsk:as
S5S dom. Apples in tho Richmond market COM
| nl-dsd SIS barrel
However, the dollars are In paper. ws&bn't know
What may come TO ia paper crr'ency ys,, although
Franc" il slivo after per age in which man bad TO
pIV leO0 (d,ignas) for decent dinner, and BALI the
United Saus GIs,s after an infancy sustained on paper
currency vii is not iqudated 70 this day. The Con.
ders;Ss about to appoints General Oommsndngin'
Chief; they a-s creating navy, where, how and from
what is hsyona ker, nd tho PtsiGnt boasts that
he has our hundred bltaiols in the f-d with proper
toaA,e iorceS Of csvarJ and art lery. Mr.. Davis in
gS5 strongly against short term enllstneIt', which
we paired their AHiiy TO- sfu dafrce ard
the Southern pA.srs contain many advertis msns for
substitutes, at SIMS varying from $50 to 81 600, |: is
pr ,bab the new ewes called for by Tho diasrvn. States
which are said bs in forganI oa, pres-
| ing hardly on the population.
There l., amid all the distress snd discontinue OF the
Sou r. ne sign Of Repentance, subm.ssi n far any
more bGn there Ia the part OF the Moth any ukon
| OF WEAKNESS r / 1,.icn or iuhrnity OF purpose II
correspondent c,pd multiply himself at this moment he
would be ,ssdmgly u,fal the American psp.r'ars
forbidden to publish any news RELAXING to tho war,
please to communioats; bu. as Washington 10 the
centre of tbs mcit uheniio Information, as IL will be
cIc TO in all probability, that the great battle 10 to be
u,h 1t ia better for remain than Coon NO.
rt,n missions with sIpsd ous in the West and 10 the
i,'srior where the teCgr,th N far tclpue written
An tnIs. r indeed the latter ever reached at all ~