Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-08-20
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From the Y >eoiSlon 'StaT,"of last Fri
da5 evening wee 'py the following:
THE sx1rx1su AT MA THIAs poIS--orF!cl.L RE-
PoaT-THE RESoLuT- EaEEE MEN KILL
Ed AID ONE WOUNDED.
Atll. 4. NJ, Captain Craven, commander
of tie hotila Of the PotoL 'ac, dispatched tie
steamers Resoute and Relia. nee to make i &c
connoissance of Matthias Pc INT, from whic;.
the Resolute returned TO the anchorage CT
Acouia Creek. ats, P. 81, when uer comu,ar
der made the following report Of brush with
the enemY that he had had in the course Ct !;'e
dav
L. 5. STEAMER REsoLcTEt
August 16 1861.
SIR: In obedience 10 your orders pre-
cecded down the river to make an eyarlin.
ton OF Matthias Point and the immediate vi
cinity. Nothing indicating hostile move
u,cnt could be discovered at or about the Point.
Hearing that schooner was ashore at lower
Cedar Point, thought it advisable to 60 down
to her, and get her off if possible 4 boat waa
seen on the Virginia shore short distance
this side Of Pcrsimmon Point and dispatched.
an officer aud five men in x boat for the pui
pose Of capturing her. They had just reached
her, and were in the act of making fast 10 her
when volley Of musketry was fired from the
adjoining bushes, not more than five or s:A
yards distant instantly killing three Of tic
boat S crew and wounding another.
Immediately opened fire, throwing shelliato
the cover that sheltered the enemy. After four
or tive rounds they were driven out, runningin
parties OF three and four in different directions,
some Of them running cut into some dwelling
houses on the right The survivors Of the
boats crew succeeded in getting her of from
the shore while | was firing. The Re!i-
ancc coming up at this moment, commenced
throwing shell at the flying enemy, and
also sent boat to assist III getting my boat
of. Nothing was left behind. Ny boat is co.i
pletcly riddled, particularly in the after part.
The attacking party numbered about thirty
Lieut. Mygatt remained with his vessel il the
vicinity until could report to you.
The following persons were killed End
wounded:
Kiiled.-John Fuller, masters mate; Gcors.
Seymour and Thos. Tulley, scamen.
Wounded Ernest Walton, seamcn.
| The men who escaped state that the boat Gu
! the shore had two casks in her. We were IN
able 10 secure her. Very respectfully.
WM BrpD, Commanding ReSoutc
TO Capt craven somd'g Potomac Flotie
Gen Mcclellan has issued the following o.
der:
| HEADQUARTERS DIVISION er THE poToNAc.
WASHINGTON Aug. lG, 1861.
General Urders, No. +.
All passes, safe conducts, ard permits here.
tofore given, to enter or 60 beyond the lines u
the United States army on the Virginia side "i
the Potomac, are to be deemed revoked, and all
such passes will cmanate only from the Var
| Department, the Headquarters of the United
States Army, or of this DIVISION or FROM the
Provost Marshal ut Washington.
Similar powers will be required TO cross the
river, b. bridge o. boat, into Virginia. Strict
military surveillance will be exercised within
the lines OF the army on the Northern side o!
the Potomac, and upon all the avenues Of every
kind, by land and water, Lending to and from
the city Of Washington, as well oTcc persons
holding passes as all others.
Passes will not be required at o: within
the lines OF the army north Of the Po.o'
mac, bat disloyal or suspected persons viii be
liable to arrest and detention until discharged
by competent authority, and contraband arti.
cles will be seized.
Officers and soldiers Of the army will obtain
passes as heretofore ordered.
NorE.-We understand that this genera!
order does not contemplate requiring passes
for ordinary railroad travel to and FROM Wash
ineton, or 10 enter the lines Of the army on this
side Of the river, from Maryland.-ED SrAR.l
The special Cairo correspondent Of the n.
Y. Herald, in letter dated July os says:
Rebellion begins to show its teeth again in
Egypt since the disaster at Manassas, and it is
by no means difficult to discover who ares the
friends and who are the foes of the govern
ment. Though / have heard Of no outbrcaL
as yet Of serious nature, still, from threats
freely uttered in certain localities, it need not
seem strange if shall chronicle very soon that
it has been necessary to tighten down the
screws of the law upon some Of the Egyptian
rebels.
PEACE PAPERS.
The journal of Commerce" says that the
"Day Books" list Of Peace papers with its own
additions, makes no less than one hundred and
kffty-two journals in the North opposed TO the
war. Itis all folly for the Republican papers TO
insist that his is not evidence Of public opinion.
These journals have readers and subscribers
that approve of their sentiments, and their
number in the aggregate would make larger
army than Lincoln will ever get together
New YORK. Day Book.
THE BLOCKADE.
WASHINGTON, Aug 15.-Besides thc hun
drcd vessels chartered in New York and Phila.
delphia, quite large number has ceen employ
ed in Baltimore. The steamers jos. Whitney,
Adelaide and Gee. Peabody, and five schooners,
having been converted into war vessels, and
having take. their 81 mament on board, sailed
from Baltimore yesterday for the sunny South.
| Nb,.s 4 Erck 60 r+r
where they will meet another feet Of twelve
steamers and steam tugs, (the latter converted
icto gun boats, from New York. The Office:
who is to command this fleet is now in this city,
receiving his orders. He will take with him
whatever vessels may be ready at the Nav
Yard here, one Of which will be his
GOVERNMENT LOAN.
WASHINGTON, August 16.-Secretary Chase
has returned 10 Washington The pledge Of
the banks Of New York, Boston and Phladel-
phia to take fifty millions Of tho $3.50, 600 GOO
Of the 7 $40 treasury notes at par, With the!:
reservation Of the right 10 take the remainder
if not absorbed by other subscriptions, iS re
nardcd as securing the taking of the entire
!, loan. and as marking at once the patriotism of
the eminent parties who thus advance to the
aid of the Government, and their confidence
in its power and stability. Opportunity will at
once be given to the people all over the coan.
try to subscribe 10 the loan; and indeed sub
!, scriptions may now be made with Assistant
Trcasurers Of the United States, either at
Boston, Philadelphia or New York. Under
this loan every $50 note VII bear ca interest
Of one per cent. day, and the larger notes at
the same rates.
Captain B. q. Robertson, formerly Of the
Second Dragons, q. S. Army and who has
scen on service in Utah, reached our city laa.
evening, having resigned his position in the
Federal army in order to join the Confederate
service. Capt Robertson left Utah on the I'd
of June, the earliest moment after the melting