Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-08-30
I Dispatch to the =. Y. Tribune.
EORI.E ACHIEVEMENT,

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thrown into the streets and the presses dc
stToycd r r. iBARNrM
The "Farmcr brought this "condign" upon
it; head by publishing the following:l
orR CONSTITUTIONAL Rights Am LIBERTIES.
The Cincinnati "Enquirei," commen ting
upon the recent presentment Of New York
papers by the Grand Jury, remarks thus:
There is SC freely Republican paper in the
land that did moi, during the Mexican war
Of 1916, occupy precisely the same position
that the New York journals alllded to do now.
\ largo majority Of tho Republican lealera
including President Lincoln himself, were OPP
posed to that war, and went much further
against it than any body has in the present
instance Shall they also be indicted and
subject to condign punishment for piSt Of
| fence?
les The fanatics who are now endeayorins
/" stiile and suppress free speech, free press,
and freedom, are the very ones who have fer
years past bawled themselves hoarsc daily in
defence Of these rights.
The thinking portion o! the community
are beginning to see that their constitutional
liberties their constitutional rights are
being tramplcd upon more and more and
that there is great danger Of their being wrest
cd from them altogether The people in the
country towns are already moving. This un-
warranted assumption Of powe. mast be stern
ly checked, or Our great Republic will be re
solved into chaos; and American liberty will be
buried in Il grave, which can only be unsealed
except by the blood Of thousands Of our Cit
zcns. .-Erilgcp"rt Farmer lug. 2l.
HEROIC CAPTURE or a FLAG-TuE EXCITEMENT
NEAR BRIDGEPORT, CONN.
\ SECESSION dag, under the name Of peace" 1"
was hoistel at Stepney, ten miles north Of
Bridgeport, Conn, on Saturday afternoon at
o'cl0ck According to previous announcement
a meeting W s to have been addressed by Ellis
g. Sahnable, broken down politician of Penn.
sYlvaEia; also by ex Postmaster Goodsell, Of
Bridgeport, ard nne Belden, lawyer from
! Newton, Conn, hut before one had time 10
| open his mouth, procession Of carriages ap
pcarch containing one hundred of the first
citizens OF BrlgeIurt and twenty FIVE Of tho
| retrrnrh volunteers. In less than forty sec,
onl7 the tliS vas trailing in the dust: and in
twenty seconds more it was torn in five hun
dred pieces. Several pistol; and one gun were
taken from the sece:-ionisls, wha drew but
| larc.l nOL fire them.
y Union meeting vas then organized, Of
which Eiiaa Howe, DR., "as appointed PTasi-
dent, and L. T. Barnum, Secretary
THE rATEIuTl TALL UPON MASKED bArTsni.
DAvnvG1, Conn, Aug. 24.-At tho raisin :
Of peace flag at New Fairfax TO day, about
400 persons were present. The attempt tn
run up the stars ard stripes was Successful ly
resisted, and resulted in fight Two peace
men named Wiidman and (iorham were snri.
| nlrl X I,
! tally. picl;aycs, clubs ard stones we're freely
USED, bn! no firearms. 0nly aE5mt serenity
! Unioni5's we're present. The peace ting is sill
| dying, and much excitement prevails.
GRAND VICTORIES OF TIE NORTHERN DEsroT!sN
--rKoGKEss or THE w,E o. THE PRESS.
We find the Iollowing dispatches published
in tho Northern journals Of Saturday;
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug. 23.--rha StlkG
County Democrat, secession newspaper in
Cant On, Ohio. was last night entirely destroy
cd b.. some volunteers OF tha: place.
WEsTcHEsTrH, PA., Ang. 23.-Depuiy Uni.
tel States Marshal Jenkins 5. Schuyler, h..
order Of the United States Marshal took pos,
session of the Jcticrsonian newspaper building
with its contents, this afternoon, to await
further orders from Washington.
Two MORE rATEss SUPPRESSED.
| GRAFTON, Va, August 2l-A newspaper
called "Thc JetIersonian," which has been yo.
lei,ty opposed to Inc government, and is IN.
der the control Of those who arc in sympathy
with the traitors, was suppressed by the pco-
pie, the oftice abolished and The prin ting laa-
terials destroyed.
TRENTON i. j. August 24.-The True
American" Of this citY, which has been offeu-
sively antagonistic to the Union, was suspend
ed this morning. In All article in its last issue
it states that j: was intcrtictcd by the govern
| ment, which has virtually forbidden the publ
caticn Of all papers except those supporting the
| administration, This slanderous misreprrsen.
tat;on Of the motives OF the government is on.
lr in keeping with the whole tone OF this sheet
SHUTTING THEM OUT or THE MAILS.
New York, Aug. 2+-Tha city postmaster
his received orders to-day from the Postmaster
General at Washington not 20 forward through
tie mails, hereafter, any OF the journals, rnder
ccnsurc Of the grand jury. viz the Journal of
Commerce, Daily News, Day Book, Frc2man's
Jonrnal and Brooklyn Eagle.
SHALL NOT TRAVEL BY EXPRESS.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug 24-Marshal Mllwari,
seized Yesterday at Adams Express Office a
package OF newspapers, containing copies Of
the Nrw York News and Journal Of Com
mercc \ package was also seized at the foot
Of Walnut street, hut it was found to contain
newspapers not included in the "hl"ck list,
and we're restored to the owners. Postmaster
Walborn has received notice from the agents
Of the Government to detain and seize all
copies Of the Daily News and Journal OF Com.
meTce.
HERE GOES AEoTnER
GEAFT0E, Va, Aug. 24.-Last evening " bile
ex-Govcrnor Thomas was addressing crowd
III front OF hotel at Cumberland, some seces.
sonsts raised disturbance which resulted in
their being driven home, and The destruction
of the "Alleghanian" nffi'c 4 secession news
paper.
ALMOST ANOTHER.
WLXlHGros, DEL, Aug. 24.-Grc,t cAtitc-
ment WAS occasioncd here this evening. The
Gazette" q secession paper, having male TN
lust structures on the First Delaware reg Tnent
was threatened with violence. The mayor and
police came upon the ground and endeaTnrcd
to quiet the disturbance. The mayor address
ed the paop!c, but with little effect, seemingly.
MERCY sHowI TO a TRAITOR.
The authorities st Washington have ordered
the release OF IIr. John uodsson editor Of the
West Chester (Pa) "Jeifersonian,' lately sup
pressed, on condition that he will make TO at
tempt to publish his PAPER
RECRUITING IS NEW YORK.
Recruiting for the Army here is still exceed.
ingly dull There were about eighteen men
enlisted for oil the old regular regiments last
week at the offices in this neighborhood, and
two or three dctachments arrived from Buffalo
and Rochester. The new eth regiment has from
$50 TO ! IS soldiers, all told, at its headquarters
in Fort Hamilton. The difficulty of augment
ing their number was found TO be so great, that
an additional Office had to be opened for re-
cruiting in, this city on Thursday last. In
deed. il is said that the Broadway establish
mcnt did not get four non during the past siz
days--A. J. Times.
NATIONAL DETECTIVE POLICE
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