Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-02-20

The following from The Baltimore AH.syiean'S neus
summary Of the lTh seems not 20 certain Of the truth
Of the entire statement which the Fsdsrsls put forth
such los Of Fort DOnslson heen thousand prs
oners, sc, &c.
The probability 4, hat our troops, seeing the facility
With which the FedSrs could get renforoeusns At that
poa. mar have svAeuAsd The foss and retired to some
mora position, alter fighting four or Eve days,
and REF using the enemy on zach oocASion:
The battle at Fort Donslson Il the hottest and longest
contested OF the war The latest dispatches announce
that the Fort has been taken and the Stars and Str
waves over e. bus in some doubt whether this
srs the min fort or to the outer redoubt which 9th.
or deRpA ches sAa had bean carried by assault By the
LAID forces under Gen. Grant These redoubt
ANAL forts on the hills surrounding the main FORT
rue possession Eeakens the enemy and renders the III
innate capture Of the main uork certain. The position
o. Fort Dolelson Appsers 20 be very strong one and
s defended By the rebels With energy which shows
that they fully understand lie strategic irpOrtareh-
Fom the river side the fort vas furOusy oombArded
Pfd " afternoon By the suoboats but without csiVe
results. Two Of the gun6OaHs had their steering appA-
ratls disabled, Gld we're forced drift Of range
TWl Ssrs we're damaged and the attack appears to
have bees g. npo. FilJ dh co it'nusd
T e Ruhes hSd twenty guns action opposed TO
elayen th~ gunboats, and their arleryspracoe was
ex, lsns. On board the gunboAts 6fsy killed
AMI wounded inc.udi1K COmaodore foote, whose II ia
res however we're slight The mortar boats we're going
40 he CumbsrlArd and on their arrival the lombard
nent UAs doubles renewed. Commodore foote had
sli gene - Cairo 70 bring up other gunooAts. Severe
hghunS hsi lso taken place on the land side, 10 which
b. sides had suffered considerable loss. Other des
tshes state thai only OF The gunboats vas 30 H.
ured as 70 be able 10 resume operations, and that
as boublrdmsnt to be resumed yesterday morning.
Tue ocal dispatches received AZ Washington state tina.
the fort on the bill bad been captured and gather
from this well the tenor Of the newspaper accounts,
that the min fort vas III in possession Of the b,s
fais upper redoubt commands the main work Of Fort
poaesor and General Grant telegrAphs that he would
be able 20 capture that JrJ yesterday Sunday
ARRIVAL OF FHS ASIA
By the arrival Of the Asia a. New York We have fore 20
,yices 70 the lst inst, aud tsleErsphie
~ The nsVsi AyorLla Bolhi Eogsld aud Fral g
cubic nlol seems 20 strongly tosArds the manten-
s-es OF s.rie neutrality OF tie foreign governments in
our tFis The iou malls discuss With more earnesness
,he ,-sliou OF Intervention as the time draws nel
fJ- he meeting Of Parliament The principal British
and French journals sxpsess their satisfaction At tie
TIE If the Eupssors speech about America. TIE
ndOn Examiner Fepark3 upon the faos that AZ htstofl
sll presidents against the recogpinon OF rVot
: ter 80 short sn interval year. Toe Spectator
Do;ats our tia. il Is nOt simple recognition which the
UO1fsderales are intriguing for, bu' war oy Eng
had uDoa free America. Earl Russell has hsled
q lcter proaibitBg the use Of British ports 20 the
ssned vessels OF either Of the American oealge
rants excep. under special circumstances described In
shs letter. TIE guuboaS ruscarora had left Souhanp
ton and l. vsl reported bad gone look after tie Sum
teT which still at Gibraltar The Nashville bad
b.en ordered 20 ave Southampton, but Il ESs ported
would BE- permitted 10 say time logger The Rebel
commander begged hsrd 20 say, il he had 70 90 TO
$40, he sure be and his slip would be bllWn 10
pieces by the Federal gunbOs and The petition al
losSd, therefore, on ths scCFs Of humanity"
THE NoKrAR TLEET.
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