Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-04-22
LATE nORTIi.Rv NEWS.

W. continue our extracts from lac Northern add
Western pspeis
ISLAND sUyB.R r.S-ADDrrrOslL PARTICULARS or TEE
CAPTURE.
A correspondent of tie s. Louis Republican, writing
from Isi.na NJ. 10 on the Ssh, says:
The 10 ting battery form rly the P,lcnn dock al New
leaup 6rilted down TO k.dri5, aud vas secured tive
'iul follow thers. When st Estn, i came sweeping
dwu si,h the towards the uppsr battery AID
tie gar, suppasiug attempt probable TO run 'hs
blockade, Immediately ninL ed their guns Night can
could be coynsl upon IT, al bearing directly st the
fort and ahsR within range the latter opsDsd IRE X,
eJSg porse they perceived the bstAry had been
deserts d. aud ceased. This occurred the evening" pre-
fous 10 the evacuation and surrender Of tie rebels
Two transports with great dcu, aftsr several hours
got the ltery shore l: WIS full Of water tho enc
my having tried hard to sink il, and dragged the i'm
N snelor attached very easily The hull one hun
drsd and eighty feet l1rg and sky wd built like that
OF largo st amer eecked very strongly and the suns
all mounted 80 our side srh the ends. To counter
BALANCE this giea weight was 4laDtliy efhcssy bal
at on the side and ALDO th5 ammunJf, vi tie
baggage etc, OF the crow There were several trunk
Id yis booi clothing and srtoss OF private comfor
s1ns revOseis, sad sns Of two sc2k' aud suntl's
OF CiteTa
mos: curious feature OF the battery was I've small
sngines bsos Ia the bod inteld d TO work couple OF
praps ard Gil a, pleasure the in.r with VAR rnsIs
-. nv way OF cargo eighty t0rPedo;s hundreds o.
I'd = or \ ILL Of
Ky T5e!c.-, couple OF electro ..s...... 49,
submarine cable rdj seems 10 be only l:-sc
specimen from the tnoussndJ Of novel iaraal and
iss m.chiIes the g. bells have favored rconce with late
IT, On tie deck sixty four FOUNDER lay 6ismyunted,
is carriage shi'tred to pieces by q bali
Passing Island No. TO- tho moot noticeable token oil
ware ruin g tee sscsmooO suuksn and destroyed. Ca
all sd's they lay-son capable OF being tavsd Others
the tppsr dscks oplv visible The john Sinner d. fine
Memphis and New Orleans packet, was srsksn in t-o.-
tie Admiral had been 30 pIal boat and on board we're
hundred poor vrs,ehes half dead from disease and
neglect They were klnty cared for for their
10 IN ,dlats comfort being taken by Col Bu'ori o.
slors we're crowds Of sailors and sjlists wandering
around among tho prousicn Of AMMUNITION and stores
Throc Gags clp.ured, Of which bore the In
S0riPton: Equal Justice to each Partner ia the
ne~ irn."
o. l,ssd No 10 there fv. batteries and twenty
two GU bu. few tents aad propSrty, t1epi
bai', hat Be male vai.o6L The Island was absn.
doned By all but gubners a week sipoe.
There Y nov sIslsni opportunity 10 notice and hear
o! the II cs produced By huge mortar shells. Hol.s
a. il animals had burowsd, visible where the ais
sl-s fell without exploding aud !arg. trees brok
ke tSigs Where the fuse proved true, and they did
burst their destructive properties are appirsbt-tmser
for iu idred yards around bearing sca, and hollows
being scooped out OF the s1r.h YET from the great
precautions taken BY the euemy only thrte wero
lied, although the prisoners tell Of mary narrow %.
olpes.
Olc' pbis group Of officers st ing a. dinner,
Of the great shells fell suddenly among them crush
iug Trough the table. AL fciu.rsd aud gst safely
away be'sre IL exploded. Another struck the float
leg b,tery, disnoun cd gun, aud bsrs, hns all on
board At the moment down below. The Rebels re
lei th'r hrgs Wis tors ouros ies ard fragments
we're found put away in maay tents, carefully sbcled-
1t noE becomes question how 10 dispose Of the prison.