Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-04-04

YAXEIl PIcroRIAIs-Somehow or other the Houston
,1 Telegraph has fallen, lately, into the receipt Of
some New York weekliss and monthlies. A brief dc.
scpion of the contents Of thsm Is thus given by the
Telegraph
The first picture 10 the illustrated News Is sketch Of
tho Federal pckeu attacking body Of Texas Rangers
near 0:coquin river" The picture represents the Fede
raj, surrounding the house and firing at boys who
firing back from the wndovs. One Federal down.
sod one OF 10 represented ~ hit and letting bis
gun fall out Of the window. The description Of the
fight Is as follows:
The rebels body Of thirty TeIu Rangers, were
prsed BY fifty two Of the S7h New York Volunteers
der Lieut. Col. Burke, at Mrs. Lees house, where the
Rangers guar!ered The exploit considered her.
a. bring one Of the brilliant that has occurred
during the war; Lieut.. Col. Burke arrived at
the house. which stands the 0ccoqsan river at IL
o'clock at night urdsd the house. called on them 10
surrender, when they were met by terrific fire from
every window door and loop hols the house Afforded ;
bas our brave boys stood their groubd and er firing
few vosys they mads desperate charge and flashed
The Job The rebels los. nno killed and one prisoner
Oar loss In enc killed and three wounded.
The truth Of the above as our readers well kno" Ire
marks the Telegraph lie thas there rsre co! eight OF our
men, all ted that they were surprised that noWh.
stan ding this they beat of those ytwo Fedsras with
OF, The loss Of srsle on our s'dc, II tia. "a
brilliant N for the Pedtrss, what could be def at
% themS Illustrations a battery Santa Rosi /,
snd and OF the boubSTtmsnt ard burning Of Warrington
Porda follow. Also Of tho regro quarters In Hilton
Head FEDERAL camps where p,c.l OF diIkies are rep
resented sitting about the ents very busy doing nothing
AID guarded b. Federal soldiers. These all tie IL
| !u,;sstons OF particular iottrest
Frank Lcsliss Iussr.,sd Newspaper has po.rre Of
the boub,rimsnt OF r5rt Henry, giving one quite
good idea of the T,dsrsl gunbossi picture Of 0.d
A5.s big party at the Washington White Houss, f-b
9th with the uau, surprising show OF onals eistrac
tiJns; naval action betwesn the Manassas and the
b,eckadevs at PlsI s-L0utrr jan lI. ether ma
val scenes Ard most oircuDs.sntia 3taying Of Coum.
bus It's envroaI and batteries by spy WHO had visited
them.
H,rp,r's Weekly has vlsv Of the gun deck Of Fed
ers gupboas 10 ID, Western rvsrs accurate drawing
o. the tobacco waret euses IN Richmond well a. psson
te,res In them birds eye Wow Of the Federal gun
bo,ts attacking Fort Henry.
These papers filled up to the customary amount oil
Federal lies brig, baser, H. We will rot sicken our
readers by ccpyicg from them.
Hrpsr's Monthly has moro Of literature than the %
rers Il do no, dsr materially from s issues Of a
year ago The Editors DraWsr is filed with the same
stale Jokes purporling to DO drawn from ths South as
well is the North. Many OF them begin with "a cores
pond.nt in Mississippi or "A friend in South Oaron.
or 'ihe following is all the wsy from TsIss' The de-
sign IL to deceive foreigners who read the hrgazoe, in
TO the idea at there has been no secession or any in.
,errupon Of communication between Hapers Magazine
and thea, States.