Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-03-03
Latest Northern and European News.

We have received Northern dates to the 26th Of Feb
ruary, three days later than previous adyices.
The bN to enrol and call out the militia passed the
Yanhee House Of Representatives, with amendments
yeas lis, nays A.
The Senate passed bill authorizing the President to
suspend the writ Of ha5sas corPayeas %, nays Is.
The New York World says gold was furious on the
9th The premium touched y, with heavy sales, most
ly from foreigners.
Mr. Thomas Il. Seymour, the Democratic candidate
for Governor of Connecticut concluded speech della
cred in the City Hall a. Hartford the 9th Of Februa-
~ as follows:
ssThese popular uprisings not merely special in
their character but broad and general the universal
air and sweep with the wings of an archangel the
vast horizon Of maadminstratOn aud Of horrible battle
ieds. The meaning of this that the people are
sick Of this horrible frarcidal war, and demand that
shall be speedily terminated. l avOE myself opposed
10 IL and ask for cessation Of hosthdes. In vain pro-
test against Illegal arrests and wicked procamatOns, II
You have got a policy that justihes both. cant
for the life Of me see how great wrongs are TO be re-
dressed and the Union re-estabfshed while measures
are on foot which render it impossible accomplish
either on the war plan Now amtor redressing these
wrongs and dong what be done for the Union cause
am for getting back the Southern States by fair and
honorable means if such thing be possible; and VIII
hone for the best And to get them back as they
were. don't want conquered bloOd-drenched States,
with their ruined homes and weeping population, 70
make Union for me, Such Union would be mock
ery of the name. The UaiOn l desire IS Union OF
hearts and hands such our fathers gave US"
The New York World says, st is manifest that on
every side the terrible and decisive battles of the
whole war are about 70 take Place
The Baltimore Gazette says; II be true that the
weekly average Of deaths in the army Of Mississippi is
seven hundred the amount. Ofsckness among the troops
must be terrible in the extreme Under such circum-
stances the resumption of active operations the part
Of Cen Grant, appears be quite much matter Of
necessity Of good policy
The Yankee papers publish the Southern accounts of
the capture OF the Queen o.. the.WesL
The following paragraph appears in the New York
journals
Information has been received in New York. from Rich
mOnd that the Grand Lodge Of Virginia recently in
session there resended the resolution adopted by that
body in 1850, orbiddng intercourse with the AAsons
under the jurisdiction Of the Grand Lodge of New
York
From the Washington correspondence of the y, Y.
Hs-ai we copy this paragraph:
" Il - understood that as soon as the COusJrption bill
shall have passed the House. there will be call made
for SIX eight hundred thousand men. IL Is expected
that the soldiers whose term Of service about cxpir-
ing viii offer themselves substitutes for the unwilling
eOuseripts.'
Gov Gamble, in 4 message to the Legislature Of Ms
souri, denounces the Delaware peace resolutions, and
es.,-..-l-.s.s.+AsosEIcu Ene n. 4. Tribune says:
The revolutionary and reasonable attitude assumed
BY the copperheads Of Connecticut in their recent Con-
venton is attracting should the special attention
Of the Government There limit 70 she forbcsrancc
Of the Administration
A Nashville despatch, Feb. 27th,says:
General Wheelers whole force OF four bugadcs of
Rebel cavalry this side Of Columbia Tenn, and &c
ported be carrying of all able bodied eOntrAhAnds
south. portion Of this force within four miles OF
Franklin. Last night the Federal lines at Franklin
and large force under Col. Gilbert at that place.
No fears entertained OF an attack by the Rebels
IL il asserted that Vice President HAmin has gone
nOrhward for the sole purpose OF obtaining Officers Tor
negro brigade which Is being raised in Louisiana, the
officers Of which TO be commissioned by the Cover
nor Of Maine.
In Baltimore the money market is as much excited as
in New York. On the 25th the closing rates for gold
were 1921 bid l75 asked; silver 100 bid, l64 asked.
IRON EUROPE.
The steamer Jura, from Liverpool the l2th and
Londonderry sl the 18th Of February has arrived at
Portland.
Mr. Mason was present at the Lord Mayors banquet
In his speech he said that he anticipated close and in-
innate relationship to be established between his Gov
eminent and that Of England at day not far on. The
declaration was received with mucn applause.
The London Times says Mr. Mason much too fast;
that present proceedings mean nothing
The rebel steamer Sumter had escaped from Gibraltar
aud the O. S gunbeat Tuscarora had sailed for Cadiz
from Madeira.
It was stated that the new steamer No. 296 in the
Mersey the 5h and expected TO sail in few days for
a rebel rendezvous.
The reply Of Lincoln to the Manchester Address had
been published Il deplores the suferings OccasiOned
by the cotton famine, but rejoces that the efforts to
create sympathy for the secessOnsts have failed in Eng
land H. eulOgizes the utterances Of the Manchester
meeting as sublime heroism and expresses earnest
desire for perpetual peace between the two nations.
Meetings have been held in England expressing warm
sympathy for the North. Secession sympathizers at
tempted to disturb the meeting held at Eyerton.
The Berlin papers announce news Of an alarming char
acter from the Polish provinces, the agitation having
crossed the Prussan frontier. Prussian troops were
concentrating there
In Liverpool the cotton sales for the week amounted
TO $4,000 bales the market closing dull at decline OF