Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-08-09

in arrest" told him VI never Shouiu ooey lid
arrest. and that be never could put me in that po'
%sition." Col Miles answered that he didntun'
ders,and this. | said nothing, and wenton With
further disposition Of the troops. which was done
according to the next diagram. as soon as the
lire Of battle was we'll formed, the cnemys
cavalry made its appearance on the Centreyille
and Manassa road, and | ordered Lieut. Ben
rnin 10 open his rlhed cannon upon them,
which he did, and the cavalry disappeared
after A few shots. 1t was now nearly dalk,
and the troops encamped in their present posi-.
ton. About ID o'clock, p. NJ, Gen. Mellow.
ell informed me that retreat was resolved upon;
that the ,roops must be started on the road to
Fairfax as soon as possible, and ordered me to
move last and cover the retreat Of tho army
with nv brigade. | told the General would
do 50, and wnnld stand by him as long as any
man would. | left with my brigade at o'clock,
4. NJ, after I'll the other regiments and bate.
ries mad retired. GA reaching Fairfax found
it abandoned by cur troops, and | covered the
rear, bringing up my brigade 10 good order,
tho New York regiment in front, then tho Mus
sachusctts regiment, and the two Michigan
regiments in the rear of tho whole. Arrived
at Arlington at 9 o'clock, P. H., on Monday
amer lbC aIt'o''
have the honor to be, very respectfully,
your obedieut servant,
j. B. RICHARDSON,
Colopc. Commanding Fourth Brigade.
Gen. Tyler, Commanding FRS! DIVISION.
Tho following items OF news are copied from
the B~.ltinorc Sun" Of Saau!d.y last:
\ rLAo or rGrce rg0H GEN. JonNsToS-uEN
pEArREGARD NEARLY CAUGHT.
WAsulSGrCy, August o.-ThIs evening, at 6
o'clock, u H., Of truce from General Johnston
came wi.hia our lines at Z llcy's Cross Roads,
bearing dispatches from Johnston (hornc b.
Lieut.. Hanger, Of the Sixth Georgia Regiment
addressed 10 General Mcdowell. Tho flag
bearer was at cnce conducted 10 the tent of
Acting. B-igadier. General McCiann, who caused
the packages borne ID be Sent TO General Nc.
Dwell, keeping tho bearer and his attendants
ia his camp. List night General Mcdowell
sent duplicates OF the dispatches Ia question
to General Mcclellan, and this morning they
were duly laid before the President. Their
contents, OF which we kn0~ nothing, are, how
ever, said and believed 10 be Of importance.
On yesterday, General B.auregard was re.
connoltering. in person, within three or four
mikes Of The Chain Bridge, and had lett a party
Of ten or fifteen Of his troops scouting there,
but ten minutes before the latter were all made
prisoners BY Capt. Motto Of New York and .
Union company that went out for the purpose
of capturing them. The distance WAS about
six miles from Washington.
The statement that General Banks had been
reinforced ny double the number Of three
,nua,hs' men wno have left him, is without
foundation.
According to al officer who left him yestcr.
day, tic whole fore. is cnly' f-ctn 10000 10
y, 900.
Il is understood that General Mcclellan is
70 be entrusted with almost plena,y poge7s,
substantially those O! Commandcr-in-Chie
within his own division.
Sixteen officers Of the Garibald! Guard, dis.
Sals0sd with their experience, Eav" reSign2I
their commissions and returned 10 New York.
Gen. 4 rbart Anderson visited the Secretary
IF War today.
APPROPRIATE rs 81 ccNGRGS9-TTE.irY MILLIONS
I5EE ASKED Foa.
WASHINGTON, August 2.-Thc appropriations
thus inr mad; by Congress. amount 10 about
two hundred and forty millions u! dollars
The Secretary Of War cas. h0mcv2r. asked for
twenty millions more, on account Of volun-
teers now being mustered into the service. 4:
bill for that pe.pcSe sill probably be passed
to morrow.
1t appears by an examination Of the two
volunteer bills. one being supplemental to tho
one millica of men into the fisld, although
that extent OF authnrity was no., ii Is believed,
designed. 1t is not thought, therefore, that
more than five hundred Thousand will be &C.
ceptcd.
The new Prcvost.Marsh Colonel Porter,
ia rendering efficient service in gathering IN
the few rcIuG!Ein. strass!ers FROM the army.
Tho eff.c: Of Gen. MeC!rl!sn's recent orders
relative 10 discipline, are everywhere appa-
rent.
The public business ha7ing been nearly all
transacted, = number Of members will leave
for hone 10 morrow.
The 6us Of truce sent in to might by Gen.
Johnston 10 Gen. Mcdowell. is said to re
chiefly relative 70 the exchange OF prisoners.
1t is certainly not IN connection with any ALTAR
Of the State.
Ex President Euchanan, it is said, is SO i'll
that he is obliged to iorego his customary visit
to Bedford Springs.
LATEST FROM FORTRESS MoSRoE-7HE FEDERAL
TEAaEEs AGROUND.
BALTIMORE, Aug 3.-The steamer Adelaide,
Capt. Cannon, arrived mere yesterday morning
from Old Point Comfort, but brought no news
Of interest.
4 difficulty occurred 81 Newport News point
on THURSDAY. in which : private made an 1T
tact; Oh Gl Cin :er. Tie latter fired on his Is
s~aIlznt, the bal! entering in his face and passing
out OF the ncyk, producing a serious Il notiaial
wound. The whole army at that point Is said
to be ina state OF INSTRUMENTATION, and i! il
apprchcndsd that there will be y general rcTolt
against the authority Of the officers.
On Tuesday afternoon, Gen. Butler sent
three ermsd vessels to the month Of tho POGO
,noka river, on ;he Eastern Shore, for the pur-
pose Of capturing the steamer Wilson Small,
and other vessels suspected Ct eff Tdinc "aid
and comfort" to the Conftderatcs, by carrying
provisions.
On reaching the mouth Of the river, inside
of Watts Island, where the channel is intri-
cate and approaches near the Virginia shore, q
battery Of heavy guns opened fire on them
from the shore. They attempted 10 escape,
when the whole Of the gGn,boats run on q bar
and there remained.
the virg mans Immediately sent into the
~iatcrior fur Icinlurccmcnts, with a view to tho
capture or destruction OF tho vessels. They
had not been heard from at Fortress Monroe
UP to Thursday afternoon, and it was sup
posed they had fallen into tho hands of the
Confcdcra,es.
Where the Federal vessels grounded is only
about y mile from the point where y sansu;n-
airy battle t0ai place in 1914 between the
large h1u!la under Com. Whaley and the Eng
llsh forces.
EXECUTION OF 4 FEDERAL soLDirR-Tors or a
CONFEDERATE OFFICER BURNT.
ALEXANDRIA, Aug, 2L.-Thc execution Of
private William Murray, OF Company F, Cd
New Hampshire Regiment, for the muldcE OF
MarJ Batter, on Saturday last, took place at 4
o'clock this afternoon. In order that his fate
might b. a warning to ali evil disposed soldiers,
the scs f5ld was erected upon the walls Of
Fort Ellsworth, alTMdlng an unobstrncted view
~ oil