The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-08-27

| two miles back Of the lat .er TIE mistaae waf
| not ascertained uatil after they reached that
| point. On the nsxtd'y they returned ia the
| same force to tbs suddenly abandon ID al
vlnc'd position, minus fevr Of their lately
very sick, who died on the swift and rough
night march back towards Manassas.
ANOTHER BALTIxoREAs ARRK5TED.
A letter TO Philadelphia tRep) paper, da-
ted Point of Rocks, Aug 10, says:
Ga Friday Colonel Geary arrested mar
named J. r. Gwynn, a retired merchant OF
Baltimore, wao mad upon his person many
| stters from r CHI nond--ail Of treasona hi. i'm
port He had, through the in exposition OF
The district attorney aud other persons of hIs
awn city. secured a pass To Virgin ia, in tn
name OF Grayson Hs applied 10 Col Geary
for \ return pass, bpE he was not sum cien tn
sharp. This Is an important arrest, shedding
light upon dirk places He As specially
gu rdsd, yet received al! the atteation due /
gentleman.
ANOTHER VISIT OF FEDERAL TROOPS TO ST. MARY IS
AND CHARLES CoUsTfEs
The body CT United States Marines, sen
down on the steamer Baltimore for a recon-
noisance of the Maryland shore of the Poto
mac, visited several towns in st. NJ lry's anu
Charles counties. The Leonardtown Beacon,
vi Thursday, says:
: On yes terday morning. about sunrise, our
own Was favored win another Federal
visitation. About 200 marines and sailors,
under the command or Major Reynolds auo
captain h ldd, were landed from The N
ers Freeborn, fillmore and keSOlu 70, and
entered the Tow ana made Il thorough search
of the dwellings and adjacent premises. They
told the Old taie abont having received oireu1
information that cannon, rifles, and other
con trablnd aTliCieS We're concealed mere, aLa
sta Ted that Information to that effect
been received on yesterday. The search, as
uere totofe, resulted in oI:closing nothing
Inc oricers and men behaved We'll, ana, aitcl
| remaining about All hour with US, returned
| tn3 steamer AID took their oepar ture.'
Noticing the visit OF troops 10 PJrs Tobac-
| Co, Charles county, the Times, or that pl..1o
| says:
"On Tuesday last our village received a visi:
from a patLaiion OF soldiers Al search vi arms.
| he battalion Consisted lu all VI ABOUT 20
! men, United St1IeS marines. GA entering our
town, winch they d ID IN TWO diTec meet
,Ag Tue Court 1use square, they formed
| Ii line, and dispatched SO uads III different d.
| f9cGionS Tor bhe search. Their examination
| was conducted In Il very orderly and gen tie
| manly manner, The Officers appearing TO be
| exceedingly civil. No douUt Ihey Wei t great
| ~ disappJin led at tAe SIZE ana appearance OF
our town, ter dasappoIn .ment was VISIBLE ii
| every tace. Uf coucse no arms or contra
| o Ancs weIe Iound ana the battalion retuineu
| as IL came. Oie arrest was made, but there
| was eFloently so1ne ms taAe ii me Int0rna-
| ZION, rs DR.. ranAiln, the person arres tea, was
| promptly discharged after hearing Inc Case
| Inc cn-rge, We Learn, was that the DoctOr
| was the .isader d Secessicn gang which met
l reg dla.ly IL MS Office, and the captain OK u
| Secession company, Wnlcn were Ia regular
| Criii.''
Ths same paper mentions the arrest Ct Geo
| w. Smith, Esq, CT Bryantown, on Monday,
| and adds
| "Mr. Smith is we'll known to me citizens OF
| this county as our late Snerin, and We must
confess our uttef surprise aL his arrest A
| more innocent, haImiess man we scarcely
| Knew
| NJ. Smith has since been released by the or
| der of the authorities at Washington.
MAJOR GENERAL M'CLRLLASs STAFF.
| The following order is the tifst issued by
| General Mcclellan since taking command OF
his new department:
HEADQUARTERS AENY OF TIE PoTosAo,
| washington, August 20, 1861.
General Orders No lin accordance with
| general order No. Is, of August i, 1861, from
| the headQ uarters OF the army, l herr by as
| sumo the command OF the Potomac, comprs-
| ing the troops serving in the former depart
| ments OF Washington and Northeas tern Vir-
ginia, in the valley of the Shenandoah, and in
| The States Of Maryi I'd snd Delaware The
organic ttion OF the commsnd into divisions
| ana origaies will be announ ed hereafter.
The following named officers are attached to
the general staff of the army of the Potomac :
| Major S. Williams, Assistant Afjatsnt-
| General: Capt V. Colburn, Assistant Ad-
| infant General; Col r Marcy, Inspector
General Col 7 NJ. Key. Aid de Camp:
CAPT b; sTsitzsrs f1rst vCsv;alry' Aid de
| Infantry, Aid de C1mp; Capt L. A Williams,
| 10 n Infantry. Aide Game; Maj)r ]
| Meyer. signal ofii GER; Major Stuar Va Vlier
| Chief Quartermas er; Maj)r II + Clarke
| Chief Commissary; Surgeon O. S Tripler,
| Medical Director; NJ jJr J G. Barnard, CHIEF
| Engineer; Major J. n Macounb Chiet Tono.
graphical! Engineer; Capt q. Kiugsbrry,
| Chief of Ordnance; Brigadier General Geo.
| Stopernan, yoluu teer service Chief of CayaI-
| ry; Bcigadier General w Barry, yoIuute r
! service, Chief OF Artillery.
4So. b. McCLxLLAx,
| MajorGener | U S. AMY
souTHERgERs ARREsrED IN NEW YORK
| The New York Herald has The following In
| regard 20 the arrest of Soatherrers in that
| city which alludes doubtless 10 Messrs
| George Miles, OF Richmond, and John q
| Guthrie, of Petersburg a telegraph dispatch
| in reg 'rd TO whose arrest was published In
| the Dispatch Of sterday
On Thursday an ilnper tant arrest WIS made
| at The Fifth Avenue II lei, in New York
| Sou Sharner, whose name we were unable 10
learn. eut who is from Petersbur Va was
| arres Leo by two or tHe dttec I've fo-ce, ard on
his Pc son was found over one hundred thou
| sand dollars III drafts and Sou bern S.a te
| bonds, also about one thousand dollars in
| gold. He is said to be & heavy dealer in To.
bacco, and is the owner of tw, large tobacco
| fifty years of age, unmarried, and is aIIeg d
| TO be a rabi Secessionist. He was taken 70
! the police aeadq aarters, where he is tempo
rariiy cCDfiaed and Will no doubt soon Ia sent
| TO Fort l. Afayette. There was said Ia nave
| been found upon MS person memoranda fer
| various articles, such rs needles tlregd uui-
| mae, and tor various parties in Virginia,
| which be no doubt intended TO take on with
| him.
Three other arrests have been made during
| the iast two days, ono OF lhs latter also being
taken from ina an we Motel Ga his person
| was found impor tant Son aern papers, about
| $500 in gold, and about sls0 in bills mostly
| Virginia money. He is ia to te connec led
| with General Wise, and was bearer OF dis.
| patches from leading Southern house in this
| city to General Wise and banking house in
savannah.
! The ether two parties are said TO be bot b
Southerners, one of whom was arrested t,r
| OnoTIn- bogus drafts on one OF the Virginia
| banks. The latter two were sent 10 Fort
| Lataya.Je.
ENFosCINg THz BLOCKADE.
The New York Journal OF Commerce saws
| in regard TO the effect OF :5outh priyateer-
| ing upon the commerce of the North:
| The shipping Interest of New York ia be-
| coming FESTIVE under the ravages of priva
| teers, who have already destroyed proparty TO
| an incredible amount, and are intiic ting still
| heavier losses by driving freights from Anne
| rican bottoms TO the protection of foreign
| flags From u record Of captures by Uonfede-
| rate privateers. carefully kept, we ind tn a I
not less than sixty nine vessels CT all descrip-
| tons, have been taken, (includlng eighteen
| seized in Southern ports,) the value of which
! exclusive OF eargoes, caunot fail short OF
| 81 100000.
| MISSOURI LEAD MINES IN THE HANDS OF Gosrppr.
| BATES.
| The National Intelligencer SAYS:
| The richest lead mine in Missouri. and in
ce6d probably on the globe is now In the
hands OF the insurgents, though they did net
! succeed In obtaining any Of the metal The
| mine 10 which we refer is situated near the
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