Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-08-30
LATE NORTHERN INTELLIGENCE,
BY SPECIAL EXPRES.S
We have received Northern papers Of dates
as late as the 9th instant, from which We ex.
tract the following items

as late as the 2Tth instant, from which We ex.
tract the following items
IF-iSHINGTON ITEMS.
ARREST OF MAYOR psRREr
The Washington "Star" gives thc following
pert account Of ;!ia stealthy arrest and hurrying
away of Mr.. Berrct:
In the course Of last night, by orders from
the War Department, detachment Of Briga-
dier General provost Marshal) Porters guard
proceeded to the residence of Mr. James G..
Berret mayor OF this city, and duly arrested
him. The arrest was made for alleged treason.
able practices, sufficient evidences of which
were in the hands of the government to render
such action on its part necessary to the dis.
charge Of its duty in tho matter Of the pTeser.
vation Of this capital.
About fvo o'clock 10 tho morning colorcd
man was seen in the vicinity Of the Treasury
Building, inQuiring anxously for tho residence
Of Mr.. John Berret. On being questioned NJ
to his search for this party at so early an hour,
he said that he was entrusted with an urgent
message from the wife of Mayor Berrct to his
brother John, informing him that Mayor 3.
had been arrested at his house at 4 4. M., and
would be sent away By the 6 4. NJ. train To
Fort Lafayette
SUCCESSOR OF MAYOR RHRRETT.
WASHINGTON, August 26.-Richard Wallact,
Esq, was this afternoon elected Mayor OF
Washington by the City Council to supply
the vacancy occasioned by Mayor Berretts $
arrest. He was forthwith installed.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26.-CommanderP Porter,
who was recently deprived cfhis command Of
the sloop.of.war ST. Mary'&, on suspicion Of
dsloyalty to the Government voluntarily re-
turned to Washington, and to-day, it is under,
stood, presented to the Navy Department an
elaborate document, with proofs in rciulaticn
of,he charges showing that forgery has been
resorted to for the purpose Of injuring aud dis.
honoring him.
All the large craft schooners and sloops,
small row.boats and skiff5 m The Potomac
liver, have been taken possession ofhy the
Government authority. This may he matter
of precaution between the Mary land and Eir-
gina shores.
The State Department! has been officially iii
formed that the Mexican Government has pro-
claimed the port ofToula, in the State Of Chi
apas On the Pacific coast, port of entry,
which is opened to foreign and coastwise con-
merce.
me MIN C' LIDIEo
TWO YOUNG LADIES cArTrRED-So Loss on THE
FEDERAL SIDE.
The Washington C:,roricc. ~ Sunday,
says
Two Of the daughters Of Philip Phillips,
ESQ, attorney at las, formerly 4 member O.
| Congress IRON Aiabama have been taken into
custody by the provost nsrshala guard under
| the allegation of treasonaGc correspondence
with the enemies OF the Union in arms
ANOTHER HEROIC ACHIEVEMENT
Mrs. G.cenhow. widow lady Heli l;;i@,.n
IN this city, was arrested by The provost guar!
Of Brigadier General Porter Her secession
proclivitics have long been the sntject ol
popular conversation. Doubtless the charge
| against her is Of being in reasonable CORES;
pondence with the country'S enemies nov IN
arms. Mr. Grecnhow died il California in
1871 or IS. He was twenty years az" employ
ed as librarian ard translator in the State De.
par,mcnt here. Afterwards he wcs translator
for the commission Of private land claims in
California where he was aCcidently killed.
| ANOTHER PROBABLE VICTORY.
The Washington "Star" Of Monday evening
says:
Washington is to-day full OF rumo: saying
that Mrs. VIM. ". Gwin, wife Of ex Senator
Gwin, of California, was arrested 1T Il est
Point, Il, Y, by order OF the War Department.
We have not been aolc to verify the fact, how
ever
| HOME GUARD TO TIE LADIES.
The "Slar" OF Monday also records the fol-
lowing:
Mrs. Phillips AID Mrs. Grcenhow, recently
arrested here by an order of the War De-
partment, are permitted to remain at their own
residences, where they and their surroundings
are of course under the surveillance Of militia.
ry guards. similar guard is stationed in the
house of Mayor Berret.
From the Washington Chronicle, Ct sunday.l
ESCAPE OF PRISONERS FROM RlcHMoSD-ISTEk
EsTING PARTICULARS.
Captain DeGloYer, Of company F., Fourth
Michigan regiment, and Assistant Quarter.
master Henry c. Jenckens of the Second Rhode
Island regiment, reached this city yesterday,
having escaped from the military prison in
Richmond on Tuesday, the 18th inst
From the escaped officers we give many in
teresting particulars Of their fellow prisoners
in this room. They say the Hon. Mr.. Fly bears
his confinement with cquanimity, and that
Col. Corcoran is we'll, and was not wounded
at all in the engagement Capt. John Dow
ney, of the Fire Zouaves (reportcd killed) is
there unipjured and in good health. Colonel
Wilcox is slightly wounded, but doing we'll
| Mr.. Alvin Huson, of Rochester, New York, On
the same room,) is in good health.
The prisoners are fed on fresh beef general
| " boiled) and wheat bread, with an allowance
Of rice every other day. Every fine afternoon
there is crowd of visitors male and female,
''to sec the Yankees" This exhibition the pri-
soners playfully allude to as stirring up the ami
mails" Many OF these visitors would no doubt
treat tho prisoners with kindness if they dared
do so. Amongst others who visited the pri.
soners was ex-senator Wigfall He said if
their government choosed, they (the prisoners}
might all be exchanged. 'If," said he, they
want to fight US as Christians, We will fight
them as Christians, but if as CamancEes, We
will fight them as Camanchcs
The officers OF the prison and the surgeons
acknowledge their less at Bull Run in killed
and wounded 10 have been greater than ours.
They claim to have 500 Federal prisoners a.
Richmond, Of whom go are wounded. We
have already stated that among. these prisoners
are about GO officers. Captain Todd, said to
be q brother.in.law to President Lincoln. is IN
charge Of the prisoners, and They a!!tge thai
hc is very harsh and unacco;nToaaiin&, but
they sneak in the TaTmest ermS Of the kind
ness of Major Windcr anu other Confederate
officers
Items from the Washington Star Argus; "GihJ
A detachment of the Sturgis Rifles (that
came to the capital as the body guard Of Gen.
McClellan) numbering 80, were yesterday dis
patched (being portion Of Gen. Portnrs Pro.
vost Guard) to Fortress Monroe, in charge OF
the mutincers OF the New York 18th, who are
to be confined for the prescnt-oa the Rip
Raps.
ARRESTS.
1t is said that Or. Manning, a Tcsideni ct the
county of Washington, (on the south s,ce OF
the Eastern Branch has been arrested by Or