Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-08-20

This section. aud under said rules and regu.
lations. such fees and compensation as are
now allowed for similar services under other
provisions of law.
SEC. G. And be it further enacted, That from
and after fifteen days after the issuing Oh the
said proclamation, US provided 10 the last lore
roinr section of this act, any ship or vessel be-
longing in whole or in part to any citizen OF
inbabiIant of said State or a part of q State
whose inhabitants are so declared IN q state OF
instruction, found at sen, or in any port oil the
rcst of the United States, shall be forfeited to
the United States.
SEC, 7. And be it further enacted, That in
the execution of the provisions Of this act, and
Of the other laws Of the United States provl-
ding for the collection of duties on imports and
tonnage, it msy and shall be lawful for the
President, in addition to the revenue cutters
in service, to employ in aid thereof such other
suitable vessels as may, in his judgment, be
required.
Sec. s. And be it further enacted, That the
forfeitures and penalties incurred by virtue OF
this act may be mitigated or RENTED, in pur-
suance of the authority vested in the Secre-
tary of tho Treasury by the act entitled "an
act providing for litigating or Temittihg the
forleitures, penalties and disabilities accruing
in certain cases therein mentioned" approved
March third, seventeen hundred and ninety
seven, or in cases where special circumstances
may seem 10 require it, according to regula.
tons to be prescribed by the Secretary OF the
Treasury.
Sec. Q. And be it further enacted, That pro-
ceedings on seizures for forlcitures under this
o-k -n H. 100000 - H. n,,-t nF thu Initial
States in any district into which the property
so seized may be taken and proceedings lnstl'
tuted and such courts shall have and entertain
as full jurisdiction over the same as If the
seizure was made in that district.
Approved July -, 1861" IN
Published for what they are tcorth.1
lrfo ON the Baltimore Sun August H.
ANOTHER GREAT BATTLE IN MISSOURI.
Eight Hundred Federal Troops
Killed and Wounded.
GENERAL LYON KILLED.
GENERALS PRICE AND McCui.LouGn, OF the
CoNyEDERArEs, REPORTED KILLED.
OFFICIAL REPORT OF TIE BATTLE.
Retreat Of the Federal Troops Towards
RolIa.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.-The War Depart.
ment this afternoon received the following i'm
portant despatch from Gen. Fremont:
'ST. LOUIS, Mo, Aug. Il.
"Io The Seereta'yo War:
seen. Lyons aid reports IN engagement,
with severe loss on both sides. General Lyon
is killed. Col. Sigel is in command. lie is
moving back in good order from Springfield
towards Rolla.
[Rolla is l20 miles by railroad from st.
Louis, and at the terminus of the south
west branch Of the Pacific and Missouri rail
road. The battle referred to by Gen. Fremont
took place near Springfield, at which place
Gen. Lyon was, ut last accounts, awaiting an
attack from the forces under Generals Price,
Rains and Parsons, who had an army of about
90, 900 men, and Gen. Ben. Mccullough, with
$500 men, al approaching by four different
roads.
sECoSD DISPATCH.
GENERAL rREMoNT's OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE
BATTLE.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.-The following OIL
cial report was received here tonight by Lieut..
Gen. Scott:
HEAporAErERs WESTERN DEP'rasST,
ST.. Louis, August IL.
Col. E. D. townsend:
General Lyon, in three columns, under him-
self, Sigcl and Sturgess, attacked the enemy at
half past 6 o'clock On the morning Of the 10th
instant, nine miles South east Of Springfield.
The engagement was severe. Our loss is about
eight hundred killed and wounded.
General Lyon was killed in . charge at the
head Of his column,
Our force was s, coo, including 2,0e0 Home
Guards. The muster roll reported TO have
been taken from the enemy gives their force at
1900, including regiments from Louisiana,
Tennessee and Mississippi, with Texan Rangers
and Cherokee hall breeds. This statement is
ccrToborated by prisoners.
The cnemy's loss is reported to have been
heavy, including Generals Mccullough and
Price. Their tents and wagons we're all de.
stroyed in the action.
General Sigel lett one gun on the field and
rctreated to Springfield, whence, at o'clock
on the morning of the llth he continued his
retreat upon Rolla, bringing off his baggage
trains and $1,000 Doc in specie from the Spring
field Bank.
(Sigued.J J. Z. FgEEAoST,
Major General Commanding.