... 18th assert that a despatch from Port Hudson waa read the Confederate Senate which caused a lively sensation, and the Richmond Whig of the same date mourns over the reverses in the South* West. The New York Press considers circumstances to be indicative of ...

... has commenced. The Confederate iron-clad gunboats [laying between the forts are said to'be awaiting the attack. The Richmond Whig states that eight Federal iron-clads has crossed the Charleston bar, and were at anchor. President Lincoln paid visit to the ...