Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-09-10
CITY AND STATE NEWS.
REcArrrnrp.-Thc eleven Yankee. II,

CITY AND STATE NEWS.
REesrrrnrD.--Thc eleven Yankee PRISONERS
WHO made their escape rom the prison depot, Or
Friday Eight. have nil been recar;ty"d. and Lrouph,
back 10 the city. Thr.e 81 those viz rscacei sons
ten or t""ife lays ago. ~erc also rcc::ptured, IN:
will be *. IT over thea.
st,r' w. +. LfHcH W. urt":.,,ri ',ai
Cn:;. ". i. Lynch, u: t:Ae Confederate Navy, b..
i,r.u ordered ,p North Carolina, to saperiu,eud a.,
coast offences in that SECTION. Capt.. Lynch is ON.
of The a1lrSt officers III our navy, and We i--l conf.
.Icu. that al lint Gail will be done by hin IL .e;r:o?s
our rcccl.; :n;siortUncs IN tha, rcgioa.
SEaKcIian-The Yankee p:isaacis, it, III.
different prisons. were, We understand. al c!o,ei,
s.nrcL.d Yesterday, Us it was SUSPECTED Ina, :l.cy nsc
,nauorcd 10 conceal some weapons uron their Ter.
,ors TIL. result II the search We did NJ. ..c.rtain
Gen. a. S. JouSsroS.-This distinguished
officer has, we learn, heen appointed 10 the command
Of the Army OF Missouri, an appointment which, So
far n; ". can discover, mas giv.'i cnt!re satisfaction.
With The aid ofthe other gallant "cicers Eow tLcrr
We hone an,i believe that Gen. johnson "!ll ,od1
be s;,I- "a drive the rnndal> from that STATE.
lIrsrtHos CuuHr.--The monthly term cl he
urs,;ne, Corr; commenced yesterday Vr.y ::u;s
business 0! tGr.cGucurc was transacted.
Police ArYAIgs.--Thc eases before the Ma.
or'- Cont imr the last few lays nave bsea very uu.u..
portart-4 ftw eases of drunkenness and o!sorJr,
some aS>au!. and batteries, with now and taen ! Csc
al petty larceny. maize mp the proceedings.
Even caS"s like the ubove are mash r.rr, EY.
rIpIs- l.tsF g..f.,. a. 49,. ..-,a st.,las lrH Nv L. . 10
circumstance, We may well boast Of the r9<; o:
derry city 10 he found.
CAKS FOX OUR CRY Rail RoAn.--Wc iz,,u
hist the ear which were formerly y! !rn " j.:
rail road between Washington city AID Alexandra
nrp i!ow 81 Mana>>as junction, they having trci
taken there 20 prevent their falling III the LaLIs Il
l.ine6in'- Invertebrates when Alexandria w.> possess.
ed.
These cars are similar % TINT now on cur -lree,
railway. au'l.could, perhaps, easily be obtained iol
The use al orr city road. Ii 70, We hope they viii
BOON be transferred 10 this place. Five or six e.r.
would. wc think. find constant employment i.
conveying the tlIrnng Of persons daily pas-i'Y :,
and ;r5 on Main street.
1 Spanish Generals View OF the ,uioa
army.
INTERESTING LETTER OF GEN. LANA, WRITTEN 4f1rs
VISIT TO ORR AMY OF THE POTOMAC
Translated from n ulAEO VI ~ SidIu7, VI . ~.
the New York Herald
WASHINGTON, July 81. 1851.
You will be surprised on seeing my le,te:
dated from this city. since, perhaps, y0l sup
posed was already in Madrid. II would have
been 50 had i, not happened that found o.
nv srriral at New York. that the famous steam
ship Great Eastern WAS expected, Il clr"nn
stance wli &, created in M n hope o' making
nv ;r:I =, | ~ivrrp0vj in that colossus. ln the
,n,ar.rur j.. order - mikc the mn-i ,f my
TIM, ,r.,tr.i Saralns,, where | learhei tn
mes: q IN. battle If Bull Run, aud stree TIC
Grca, E.si.,n does hot sail from Qls1cc 81,
III, 18th u August, ! felt Il CURIOSITY toSlf VIA.
;ras .o;as in, .!om thai these pc'p!e app"al l.
be lighting in e~arnss;; and a: o'r hound !
planted :nySci! in the cap:tG! OF The nd lG!o".
Her Catholic Maje,ty'S Minister, s.. Fas>a
n, received me very well, and lid everything
in his power to post lie as fully as possible III
regard 10 the military and political STATE 3i
this country, from which information | bt'i"'=
| have formed a suilicien:!y accurate ld'a u
the actua! situation, although hereaboutS the,
are ~. silcr: rs the lead On certain matters. aud
have very little news Of what is u.kinc place III
the other side Of the Potomac.
Il * necessary To see this place &c tic CO..
WINGED nf what Is occurring and 70 form 40 i!*.
nf what kind Of affair Al nrmy is cnmpo-"d ~;
men without any military habits, and ld -
oficcrs--chic!S and gcneral:-wnU are :'r Ire
mos, part devoid Of the knowledge necessity.
Excepting the war material in The lransporta-
ton department, srch as wagons, gun CARA
res, ambulanceS, Nc. &c, which is magnltir"i't.
all else is Z confusion Of i'll clad men Withhold
any military instruction, and. wsa; is worse.
without trying TO acquire it, according TO 81
pearanc.s, since during the time | remained
there I have seen ,hen pass days and nights
in the callps without doing anything. with tie
execution o; battalion drill for a short while ii
the morning and again in the evening. As Tar
as [ have been able 10 observe, they have no
large fields Cor marususring or target exercises,
which surprises Inc, since | know the fondneSs
they have for il in This country. Nothing IN
presses y"r, that there are seventy thriiSaai
,aca in the ncighborhood preparing for ""r.~
Silence ard tranquility reign in she r'r AIT:
camps. neither more nor less thai: i cy.'Si''tg
were in o normal sta:s,
For all | have searched, | have rot snrc".,l.
ed in tindiag either calvary ur artillery. F''!',
the latter they abandoned on the. Bull Rnr. fNi
of bot;lc. ard the former they have never had
EXCEPT in comparatively insignificant nuTr"rS.
What they have is drau5ht cattle such as
haze ,cvsr seen anywhere; the harness Aid
Gun carriages are magnificent, ali brau ?c",
since the lost those they previously lad il
the bu.,ic, and that too, in great numbers, 8:
every one says.
TO day | saw more !!lan 1t Thousand ai..,
beautiful mules, as good as the best wEic:: .?s
bred in the pastures Ct IL Maacha (NeT "a,
ti;e.J All Of them were destined fnr drsraGt
service in the army; they had just come 'an
Kentucky. Certainly Gil that money can pro.
cure IS had here in abundance, hut there are
things which cannot be iup.ovisrG. Htnce
it is, that according IL my opinion, these zen,
try will be beaten AZ often as they 60 into hsi,
tie, ut itas, for the present.
Nothing If all TIA. is said by the Sm'hryn
papers an he rcSu!. II toe battle is esacyrt.
(rlcraliSts, besides having runway better
~scel;ar, los, about 10000 muskct>, scvrnty odd
cannon g., all their wagons and provisions,
tirlu trains, tcnt; and 4 greater part 81 ;he'T
knapsacks. Its only necessary to take e + Pat
an en%campmeGt to notice that not one 81 tn'st
latter is to be seen. The soldiers use no mO;t
clothing nor uniform than what VI understand
by barratk dress, and their clothes are 50
c!umSliy worn, dirty and molly That II Is he-
cesSary to sec to believe. Boards and long
hair are also very much in fashion. w,G','r
if the? immagine the enemy will be frightened
by showing them dishevellcd heads AMI irs,
hairy faces. would require 10 write h.'r?
to relate some Of the uluch which is st@n
about here in these days Of the retna'ksL'e
and strange. But | can hci;her spare sriIc-hi
tim: 10: that, nor would you have pali'Iyci 10
read it.
81 the lime you receive this letter: ',ry
probable the scene taay have h""n transG:'si
more 10 The northward. | belIcv. II The S".'jl.
crners avail themselves duly Of the Inn 80
circumstances they will very soon obiiE r'
to evacIlte l~Iarper's Ferry, Ill ut
tie 10 the corps Of Federal troops m''.''2
through Western Virginia, aud also i!"s"rt
themselves at Baltimore, threatening the !"'2eS
-, poecacc;pp tGcrn T., th,, ocrn Tho army