Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-03-27
FROM THE FEDERAL STATES AND EUROPE

NoRYoIk. March 25.h. 1862 Northern papers give is
some irte gerce from Island No 10. AsPec al dispa
8, tho n Y 7riBr.as dated March 2ih, ssys that at
o'clock On Sunday usht, tho firing from lslAnd No 10
va, nearly stopped. All day Sunday the firing was col
s,ted very ro-ly, an1 at night only at intervals d
,bou. half au hour. Our F,ieraD free was mosy cor.
centrats upon the upper battery, which is falling
20 pitoes Toe battery has 10. replied for two diys-
Is one gun cln be in position, and that Is qua
k,r" (~Ocdcu.l
The batteries on the main shore also nysteriorsy
sen.. TIE bel ercanpmOnts are growing smaller and
smaller every day Transports still continue flying chou,
apparently carr ing away troops The river is still rs
g-evSrytbing ia oye'alwel. Tae R.bels are fihly
drowned out. They have been attempting tie erection
Of new batteries has the wedTec,ed drc Of our NOR
tars prevented them from prosecuting their work
sp;eia dispatch 10 the Times from Cairo, says the
ocsfs OF the steamer Lake Eric, which left Island No
10 at eleven o'clock Last night, the Fight Of large
de near the Kentucky shore, which kept Increasing
they got up the river Il was supposed to come from
one Of the rebel steamers transports set fire by
the bursting Of shells-
Another soa,ch 10 the Tribune Of sstu rdNy night
sys the guuboat Mound City" fred 20 shots at the
middle batteries with consderab fleet Our cflc6n
ih the aid of glass counted Eve rebels killed by ole
shot o. Sunday the i,ct Of tbs morL,rs could not be
asc rtained osilg TO the hsEy weather.
dispatch to the Secretary Of War rom Gen. Hal
sek, dated S. Louis March 24;h says detachment Of
the hrsl cavalry had st from J.rson city under
General TOten Sgaiasi guerilla parity and okrmishiDg
~ith the enemy killed lso aud wounded one ald cap
tured seventy fvj prisoners, over twenty horses aid
foiyoght kegs Of powder and quAl tiIy Of arms. Our
loss was 400.
Postmaster General Blair has issued Instructions to
publishers not to publish anything that will give for
nation to The rcbss uuder penalty Of exclusion from
the mails.
BIZ the arrival of the Hanss, frsm Europe, We have
dates TO the 18th lest. In the House Of Lords Lord
Campbell called attention TO the in, fciency Of the Amc
roAn blockade of Confederate pOr and moved for tie
publication OF correspondence Oh the subject.
Lord Russell replied in proof against The charges ad
V,ncod By Lord CAM ball, Of neaieency in tie block
ed aud rcouultei the Efforts made by the North to rem
der il ef,c iye He considered that the want of cotton
in The English market he best test thst the blockade
was not Al empty ore. H., however, added, that re-
neval Of the old feeling between the North and the
South was i'm yossibe and hoped that the North would
o,usent 10 peaceful separation of the Southern Sta.es
lie trusted that within throo months the war Wo ID
close believing that emancipation migl possibly be CT
fscted by gradual and peaceful means He said that
rnA Communication bad been made by the French
vernmeut in relation to the ineicieIcy OF tee block
ade.
The "Anne Childs" steamer, arrived at Qleen'-
town from Whining on, n. c. recently. The ship ma
ria" had arrived at Liverpool from Bombay and on the
VOYAGE fell in With the brig Espero from London, bound
to He~ York with the crew in starving condition.
e2OO 600 sterling Of Austrian gold had arrived in
EGG aud.
LArIsr-March l0th.-Americsn securities were Fl m.
The Asia arrived to-day. Liverpool markets dull -
Cotton closed dull siles of Monday and Tuesday
600 bales 900 bales were bought by spCculator',
the balance by expor,els. Prices were unchanged
BreadsuifI dull
CIScIsSArI March "a Wendell Phillips the notoIi'
oul aboLonst attempted to lecture here at the Opera
House tonight but met with rather pected dem
ons;ratior. He announced himself abolitionist ard
a disunoaist, whereupon be egged and stoned. He
vas rescued by some friends.
WASHINGTON, March 2lsL-A dispatch from Wlnche.
ter from the Surgeon General Of Shields army to the
Surgeon General at Washington says in relation 20 the
battle Of Sunday, that FedsrA lose from 10 10
100 killed aud $50 wounded He had seen 226 Of Il Q
rtbe's dead.
WINCHESTER, March "a -fDe rebels have been driven
back to srasburg with heavy loss. One French Officer
oama nm TO-DAY, All right here.