Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-09-06
WASHINGTON ITEMS.
SEw YRiuADlER GENERALS.

fnllDN M HDDOlllLulCllGN VI fb"S '
VIZ. can't. George c. Meade, Of The Iopo,.
.ranhical Engineers; Major Lawrence, I; IRA
Pam Of the Dungeons, "a Virginiau by olrth'
and hreycttcd for gallantry in Mexico) and COLO
nrls Ambcrcombie, Biddlc, Duryea and casey
The lust is Lieutenant Colonel by brevet ID
thn. REGULAR army. He served with distinct'oh
" rIoT;Ja and was breyetiel thrice for gallan-
try in Mexico. p.;r,dior
Generals. viz: Vim. \. Richardson and Flea
zor p. Paine, of Illinois Justus Mch'nstry'
Assistant O~uartermaster United States army,
q Howard and Charles D. Jameson, OF Name
4 McD. McCook, Of Ohio; Ebcnezcr Dulnon!'
Robert Fl. Milroy and Lewis Wallace, OF inu''
ana. Daniel f. Sickles, Of New York.
THE ARMY RETIRING BOARD.
Tie Army retiring Board is slowly procceu.
ing will, ITS important business. So iar II mas
DISPOSED of but a single case, that OF Coionel
Albert, Of the Typographical engineers WIN
| has been forty years in service, and IS very M
firm. lie is to be placed upon the retired lISt'
The same disposition will doubtless be maue
of Col. Kearney and Long, of the sam corps,
who are next in order. Col. Bolton, OF the
Fourth Artillery. and Col. Martin Burke, now
in charge of the New York forts, Of the oecono'
are the only officers who have applied Toluh'u.
rily to bc placed on the retired list, althousn
it is thought that a hundred OF, and below mat
rank, will Involuntary find their way there
NAVAL. RETIRING BOARD.
W.surSGroS, Sept. S.--The Secretary Of the
Navy has, under the direction and approval
of the President, and in pursuance OF the act
of CONGRESS- for retiring such officers as ap'
near disabled to perform duty, appointed the
following named officers as q board to deter
,,,;nc and report upon the facts in the cases
which may be presented :-COmmodorc lllratl
Paulding, chairman; Captains Charles II; Bell
and d. G. Farragut, and Surgeons l.. Il. hun
ter oml n pinLar
From the Washington Star, Sept. SILL
GEN. RoSENcRASZ.
The yovrrnment here have tclegraphtd al.
vices from Gen Rosencrantz, intimatlng mat
all is right with his command, forwarded since
| the Richmond papers published the account OF
his alleged surrender to Gen. Lee, which, OF
course, was utterly false.
PASSES.
After l5.day passes to cross the Long bridge
or to 90 to Alexandria by boat VIII only DC
granted between the hours Of . a. IN: anu p,
N. They will be issued by Lieut.. Bache, OF
the Provost Guard, from the same Office ID
which, ror some Time past, that gentleman mas
been preparing them for the signature OF Brig
adler General Porter.
REGSSTATED.
The President has re:nstatcd Roger Perry
as a commander in the U. S. navy.
Mayor Wallach and tho Council have APP
| pointcd Joseph II. Bradley corporation at.or-
neT, vice Mr.. Carlisle, resigned.
AFFAIRS ACROSS TIE RIVER.
From the Star" Of Monday evening We take
tie following:
" %BAlLEr's HOUSE suELLED.
FoRr PuyYoy. Va, Sept. 81 hear to-day
that on Saturday evening last, the enemy on
| Munson's Hill shclled Lewis Baiicy's fine
house, hear the point known as Bailcy'$ Cross
roads; destroying the roof and compelling the
inmates lyoung and old, male and femalc,) all
to run for their lives. 1t was a wanton act Of
barbaritv to women and small children, as we'll
as towards Mr.. Bailey, the proprietor.
MARROW ESCAPE OF PROF. LOVES BALLOON.
ALEXANDRIA County, Va, Sept. l.-Yestcr-
day Saturday afternoon Professor Lowe made
an ascension with his balloon from Balls Cross
Roads. As he neared the earth in descending
two shots were fred at the balloon by the
enemy, from q ritlcl gun, which fell four or
five rods only short Of it. no damage was
done.
[Fror. the Washington star, Of Tuesday Evening Sept. 3D.
THE BOOMING OF ARTILLERY THIS FORENOON.
The firing across the river this forenoon Of
| heavier guns than have heretofore been heard
at this point was occasioned simply By the
exercise Of the men lat the guns stationed in
some Of the u. S. Qualifications in the Ticinity Of
the Chain Bridge, and near Alexandris. The
enemy also fired several shots this forenoon
from rifled guns on Munson's Hill q. Union
pirkcts, without, however, killing or wounding
a man.
are erecting 4 fertilization about O mile below
hurry Mason's, on the land of Levi Deming,
cottage farm, 5 miles out on the Little river turn.
pike.) The Southern pickets have possession
Of the upper part Of the farm and the Union
pickets the lower part Of the farm. In the
meantime, Mr.. Dening has thought it prudent
TO leave.
The disunion pickcts are a~rresting Union
men in the Accotink neighhorhood. We learn
that they have arrested Mr.. +. II. Troth, a
very worthy and reliable md inoIensire citi.
zen, a miller, and one Of great value to the
neighborhood.
NEAR LANGLEY, langley is near the Chain
Bridge,) FA!RFAE COUNTY. Va, September g.
The disunion troops continue to scout around
this neighborhood in considerable numbers
y servant belonging to Craven Ashford, date q
magistrate III your city,) who is hired near
here, says that her master was shot and killed
at Falls Church, on the 9th ult. I write you
the fact, as ne was well known in Washington.
AFEAL&S DoTY TIE RIVER.
Fifteen or twenty vessels have arrived here
within the last twenty.four hours, and with one
exception the crews report all quiet down the
river, having seen no batteries and no mc5 on
the Virginia shore. The exception is the
schooner Charles West, which arrived last
night, and reports that while opposite Matthias
Point the captain had a fine glass, through
which he was trying 10 get 4 peep at the Con-
feds, when 4 shell came whizzing over his head
and dropped in the water about 100 yards be-.
yond his vessel. lie made no further cbserva-
lions in that locality. At Potomac creek
below Aqua, and above Maryland Point-he
noticed some commotion just above the old
steamboat landing, at the month Of the creek.
Taking his glass, he saw the me as thick as
blackberries," apparently throwing up en-.
trenchmcnts, and twenty OF thirty horse and OK.
teams hauling earth. One team had six OF.
en- attached, and appeared to be drawing i
gun.
A Virginia refugee, who was picked up by
the Tigress, reports that the Conlcderates are
constructing batteries at Cockpit Point, and
opposite Budd's Ferry, about forty miles be-
Alexandria. lie states that officers in
charge Of the batteries have orders not to Gre
on any vessel until all the works are com.
pletcd.
Officers Of the tiotilla state that from Alex.
andria to the Rappahannock Rur-a distance
Of nearly $50 miles not 4 soul is visible on
the Virginia shore, the whole country bearing
the mark Of desolation. No horses, cattle or
Of any kind are seen, and not n parti.