Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-12-27
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The following despatch WAS received ilot
Norfolk yesterday morning at % lnlautea pa
l9 o'clock:
The DAY Book" hns received copy oil th'
New York Herald" Of Tie 2lst oy way
Fortress Monroe.
Mr.. Adams, the United States Minister
England, does not indicate IN his conmunle'
tons that he knows the purpors Of the inssru'
tons Of the English Government 10 their MiI
istcr. Nothing contained in Adams despatcne
Indicates that England will make an e4orb
t.nt demand upon the Uoited States
Private letters received from British states
men, assert that Great Britain will not demsn'
the release of Mason and Siidell, but will 10
quire an apology for the insul, to her flag.
gle Herald" Gays Lgohs lias bad tEo irie'd
u icte: 1isrs with Lincoln. = s<-
The demand has not yet been Es:is, s'G ~:
probably be Withheld ua,;! tis s;rigal OF th'
America, now des.
The latest Washington dcaPs:cass say lha
Lincsln's Cabinet have aacide1 TO acosde Il
Eoeland's dclnsnd, even if it involves SuTcn
der Of Mason and G!ide!l, considering the eai-
senocs CT the rebellion
Tie "IIe-sld" says that this VIII be the bet
10: cou,se, and that the United States can
settle with England hereafter.
Congress has ordered .@enty iron cati guu
boats.
General Jackson, OF the Confederate a1r,y.
,h4lled Willianspor., from tho Virginia side
OF the Potomac, on Tuesday las:.
The Hon George ". Jones, ex Senator
fs.. Iowa hus been sent TO Fort Lafayette
TEE EVANSVILLE E1oIT.
Al Official repor, from Gen. MeCsl, dated
DraiusyilIo, De:atnt,er Goth, says TINT Cen
O:o's brigade, with the FIRST Rsglment Ct
psnus7lysnia Rifles und Boston's battery o.
artillery, had brisk 6ght with tht euc1ay co
Friday, consisting of fou7 rsgimenls so4 =
battery Of artillery.
The enemy were 6gfsstsa I'D f-u.
Wa have found 90 killed Ea.i 10 voa aist q
.ne enemy.
Our loss vas two killed aud eight wounded.
The Herald" publishes dispatch from
General Hslicck, dated Missouri, Dc 10, en- :
sourc;rg toe capture o! $50 rebels, together
Wit. tents, horses. baGCsao, s;c. at canp
near Shawnee Aoend
From Scdalis, Missouri. under data OF Do
cemher 20. a despatch suys 300 wagons, J., ,00o
horses And nearly 1000 .-o9!s have been cap
tur=: iy Goa. Pope
rnoa poRT hSYAL
Gen. Stevens brigade, consisting "i a.ooo
ncn, aow occupy Beaufort, Lady Island, 81
H.lsnu and Bay Point The nunber OF Yam
kee troops ct Port Royal and vicinity Dow
number 10000
Five hundrsd thousand uouuds Of cotton haG
keen received when the Atlantic sailed
Two hundred aud Fifty released Ha.tcras
u;i.cncrs arrived to-aiGht from Fortress &9n
roe.
Large supplies left the Fort ,o-da? tor the
Southern Sect D.f.
ls.on the Nerion Day BOOB, Dsa- PAT
From the New York "Herslo" of the 2lst
&c clip the following:
TIE E1TUATIoA
Lord Lyons mad two interviews Sith sesre
,sry Seward yesterday, aud their e2nterencss
were said to be of most cordial and friendly
character. No formal vrittGo communication
had passed between them relative 10 the Mason
aad Sldell affair, nor has any demand been
made Of our governuent in the matter. Capt
Seymour, the Queens messenger, did not re-
turn to England by the Africa yesterday
Furt her instructions for Lord Lyons are
sxoucted by the America, and much anxiety
:. felt with regard to ;beul. !. is Dot unlikely
,ha. Lord Lyons @ii Withhold his demand
unr;i the mails Of the America arrive II
ce-enp.c-y demand for tie release Ct tho rebel
commissioners DO made, Involving tne issue o.
war it is probable itst the Cabinet will yie!c
for tho time, in view Of lhs present e1igencle:
OF the country in it's struggle with desperate
rebellion, md sc the condition also OF Eng
lands Maintaining al honest Deutrality aEe
No cLber considerations When our diff
cuity a. home Is s.tted our accounts with
EnGiand vii! naturally come up for settlement
at our own tine snd the future may decide ta'
issues u-isirg Gu. uf this affair, and many
others On record against our Gunsi friend CT
ths other side of !h@ water.
The report that tho British gunbo.t Rlnaldt
started f.On Hal;!aX in thirty minutes after sh'
arrival of the Arrica, wl,n dispatches to ,h,
Horlish Admiral at Havana, vas misapprc-
hension. |. happened that the steamer Rinal
do had steam up at the time the Africa arrived
ard VIA. abou. TO stst! for this port, Ther'
sho arrived YESTERDAY, to relieve the u5boa
Racer which is 10 retc!E 10 Halifax, ACCORDING
TO the ordinary rule Of exchanging vesse!s 9
The different ports.
brisk and succsss!uI conflict :oSa plne
at noon yesterday On the lines in front G.
Washing ton. Gen. MoCali's brigade wen
out in ,hs morning ou ioragiug expedition
towards Draiusvllie. lis advance force
commanded by General Ord, consisted o
four reginents Of infso!.J, regiment o
Psuusyiyanis rifles aud E:s!on's battery
Near Drainsvils fce was opened on then
by the rebels, under Col Forney, number
feur regiments ofinfantry and one IL cavalry
y BIO were concealed IL tie bushes. The Iis
vas returned from our rifles and the battery,
and after sn hours fighting tbs rebels retreat
ed towards Fairfax Court House, leaving lbC
killed and wounded behind ihcII, tossthel
with two csissons Of ammunition and 4 ousn
t;t7 Of clolbine end stores Gen Mccall had
ordered up Gen. Reynolds 10 !. poiDt Gu the
Lgesburg turnpike to support Geo. Ord, il an
,ieipation Of an attack bu; before Gems. Eey
nolds and Mccall reached the 1eld Of acton
the rebels had been defeated by the irresistible
Hrs OF Elston's batteries and the rifles OF Col
Kanes regiment Our loss was about ten Kill
ed md fifteen wounded. The troops OF Gen
Mccall returned 10 caup iRss digit
The message Of the President relative &c
the affairs of Mexico, which was gent to the
Senate on Thursday, ssked the advice Of that
bn.iy as 10 his course with regard to the invi
tat;ou to our govern uspt to join the tripartite
alliance Of European powers agans: Mexico
He states that OF the present time be is rnwlll
ing 10 take the responsibility Of deciding
whether to accept tho Invitation, or to loan
Mexico the money to pSy cf the demands
made upon her by her foreign creditors, Tbs