The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-10-21
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| Messrs. Patrick and Rahmer have been sub
! ;ect IA arbitrary arresi; and although they
| had beeu released, it could not bat regard
| the matter as ore requiring very serious
| confederation. Lord Lyons under instruc-
| tiona. therefore, felt bouRd to remonstrate
aoainat such irregular proceedings as desig-
mated. and to say that the authority Of
Congress is necessary in order to justify tb 9
arbitrary arrest and imprisonment OF British
5ecretary Seward, in the course OF hls
rsply. after detailing the fact in regard to
the two prisoners named ia the nots Fof
Lord Lyons, says.g @ so gr
The proceedings Of which the British
Government complains, were taken upon.
Information conveyed TO the President, by
the legal police authorities Of the country;
and they were not instituted until after he
had suspended the great writ OF freedom,
lust to the extent that tho periia of the
State Gsemed necessary for the exercise of
that discretion. he, as well as his chief
advisers, among whom are the Secretary
of War and the Secretary of State, are re-
sponsible, by Law, before the highest tribu-
nails of the republic, and amenable also to
the Judgment of his country and the en-
lghteued portion Of the world,
In conclusion, Sir. Seward says the safe
| ty Of the whole people has become Ia the
present EFFICIENCY the supreme law and so
long as the danger shall exist all classes Of
society-equaIly the deniZen and the citi-
zen-must cheerfully acquiesce in the en-
ioymens which that law prescribed. This
government does not question the learning
of the legal advisers of the British crown,
or the Justice of the Difference which her
majesty pays to them.
Nevertheless the British Government will
hardly expect the President to accepr the
explanations Of tbs Constitution OF the Uni
ted States, especially when the Constitution,
thus expounded, woald leave upon him the
sole executive responsibility OF SURPRISING
the existing instruction, while It would
transfer 20 Congress the most material and
Indispensable power 20 be employed for that
purpose.
Moreover, these explanations fnd 10 real
support In the letter, much less in the spirit,
ofthe Constitution. He must be believed,
therefore, to be governed by the organic
national law, which, while il will enable
him to exercise his great trust with com.
plets success, receives the sanction of the
highest authorities OF our great country, and
is sustained by the general consent Of the
people for whom that Constitution was es-
tablished WIN. d. SEWARD.
HRRALD's SPECIAL.
WAsETHsTox, Oct l6.-Ths abandonment
Of Leesburg by the rebel forces Is confirmed
to-day. They are said to have proceeded to-
wards point on the Manassas Gap railroad.
Ii 10 presumed they went TO Manassas to
Join the main body Of their army, but the
fact is not definitely ascertained. The opin-
ion is entertained in some quarters, that
they have gone towards Harper's Ferry by
way of StEasburg aud Winchester; the
latter 10 hardly probable. For some days
the rebel army bias occupied the segment Of
circle several nilea IN extent reaching
fire. Leesburg to the mouth of Occoquan
Greek. The movement recently made by
gi'hdrawiug from Leesburg, Vienna, Fair
fax Court House. and AuDandale, WAS Hn-
questionably intended TO reduce their front,
which now extends only from the Potomac
river at the mouth of the Occoquan, along
Bulls Run to Manassas junction, with
Centreviile and Fairfax Court House occu-
pied as outpOsls.
A very large body of their forces is knoSn
| to have moved towards the Potomac In the
ueighborhood Of Shipping Point. The
movement Is purely defensive to meet the
supposed intended advance of our army on
| The Potomac In that direction, 30 as to cut
| Manassas with Richmond. sss4H
General Stahl, of the New York 9Th, With
/ a snlail force, made a Reconnaissance near
| Annandale, which leads TO Fairfax Court
House. The village was not deserted as
| others had been The inhahtants said
several agents of the rebels left there Only
yesterday rnoruiog. General S3tahl then
commenced advancing on Fairfax Court
House After proceeding q mile, be dis
/ covered four mounted rebel pickets watching
our movements. Our force arrived at 8
bill called Coyls's, near the Court House
Oar men were very much disappointed when
| they learned they would not DO permitted
to 40 on to the Court House. Some of
them actually shed tears. The object of
the reconnaissance was simply 10 ascertain
the position of the enemy and not seek "a
| engagement Having satisfied himself that
| nearly all the rebels had disappeared beyond
! Fairfax Court House, General Stahl re-
| turaed late in the afternoon
The withdrawal of the enemy from his
advance position in font OF the Q nion lines
| is fully confirmed by Professor la Noun
/ tain, who made balloon ascension this af-
| ternoon, shortly before o'clock. He as
| cended from point about six miles west Of
| Alexandria. The wind carried him FIVE or
six miles over the enemy's tents around Fair
fax Station, when rising into another cur
rent he took q circuit to Fairfax c. a. and
thence back to our own lines, landing at
Gen. Blenker's headquarters. he had sn
excsllent view Of the enemy's position and
could see their encanpmeut at Manassas
There were 40 rebel forces except hero and
there a man, this side of Fairfax G. q. At
the Court House there we're only few COM
panies, and the appearance OF these bivouacs
demonstrated the position had been resent
tly almost entirely evacuated. Al Fairfax
station, there appeared to be larger force.
" AsHINGTON, Oct. IA Reconnaissance
went yesterday towards the Occoquan and
has returned, taking the telegraph road as
far as Actlnck Greek. Parties were sent
TO Actinick and Pohinck, and on a road
leading mp the Actinck. This latter party
. met the rebel pickets, who Immediately fell
back and gave the alarm; the long roll was
beaten at the camps across the creek. From
information received, there are NO rebels
J between the telegraph ROAD and the river,
this side Oceoquan, aud but few at the