Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-12-10

behind the age, END the National Sauita,S
Commission, to meet here in New Gays, WIN,
it is thought, endeavor to remodel ana reform
the system.
NEWS FROM GEN. aosEcRASs' DIVISION.
Desnstchcs have been received at the Army
| HEADQUARTERS from Gen. Ronsecrans. They
give no details Of interest. Gen. Rosecrans
was still Occupying his old position. Gen.
| Benham had bu.n Hlacsd under arrest, It Is
understood here, fnr permitting the escape OF
| the Confederate Floyd and his gang.
from the New York Tribune, pec.s1
SEIZURE OF MASON AND sLIDELL.
The Secretary Of the Navy approves OF the
action OF Captain Wilkes in SEEING the Con,
federate Commissioners, Mason and Slidell, and
says he might have captured the vessel oear-
ing them.
The same paper says:
Our Washington correspondent states that
on the urgent reoues. of George D.. Prentice
of the Louisville "Journal," Calhoun BsnhaH
and Senator Grynn are to be, or have been,
released from Fort Lafayette by Secretary So
ward.
PROPOSED EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS.
The N. Y. "H,rald" Of the Srd, gives thu
following paragraph among its special Wash
ton dispatches:
General Mcclellan is understood to have
made the most urgent representations to the
President in favor Of q regula! ard systematic
exchange Of prisoners, demonstrating that the
| Interests CT the country, no less than thoso oil
tho srny, to say nothing Of the dictates Of blu.
mani,y, T. aurrc this. He will probably sue
coed ia having his views approved and acted
On.
FROM FORTRESS MONROE.
The steamer which reached Baltimore from
Fortress Icuroe on the morning of the I'd,
brought the following items:
On Saturday afternoon. Nov. 80, a foraglng
party, consisting q the u " and twenty men
nl the New York 20Ih regiment, lett Newpnrt
News, nnd when II a poi"1 uear Nav MAI
bridge they we're attacked by a a"dy oi lcrty
Confederate cavalry. The skirmish lasted but
a few moments. None OF The Federal troops
were Injured. The Major reports that two Of
the Coniederalss we're killed and severa!
wounded. There was 10 other nETs OF mo-
Lnrnt.
The following ore the particulars of thu Skin
m;sh pear Newport News Oh Friday previous:
On the morning of that day, Drake DsIay,
Ald-ds-cam o to Gen. Mansf lid, accompanied
hy Major Sharp, Captain Heilerer and Captain
BIeck, Of the Twentieth, left with o small par
ty OF forty men 81 the same OIL
scout. They nau got ira elled long belize
they met a body o.! tue Prince Eiward c%avaiT!,
twenty five 10 thirty IN pu:nher, abou
a mile beyond New Market. D:hay had no
more Than 4 d.zsn meu, the balance being IL
reserve. The enemy allacked with fire, ou!
Inc Esdersls took to the woods and opened
uoun them SO briskly that they were socn
forced to retreat, leaving two Killed. Th'is'
they succeeded in carrying IF the wounded.
One of the former was Mr.. Edward A. Scott
of Richmond, a gentleman we'll known IN Bal
uuore, as well as Virginia. Upon his person
was found, among other things, n letter from o
lady, dated Redmond. The following YVES the
concluding sentence, saying, Now be sure,
| nv darling Edward, that this letter does not
fall into the hands OF the rascaliy Yankees.
The Frderals took q number Of pistols, some Of
| which are Of the NEST approved standard arc
! handsomely %urhauented with silver.
wIETERrNG TIE ARMY.
The Washington correspondent Of tue New
York "Tnmts" in5ulges in the following spec
uiutlCDS III iCSdlH W luc SSLIo1 VI AMY a.
Washington during the present winter /:
"Tnat the whole army will not 20 into w!n-
ter quarters here, is doubtless true, while,
contradictory IS it may seen. III equally true
| thar there will be no general advance on the
enemy's lines unless DO ceases 10 hold them
in force. Neither IS the campaign 10 90 trans
ferred tc South Carolina What then,
is to hp done with the aymyP Tho policy Is
10 bald it in hand here and supply expeditions
thar arc to be fitted out against the Southern
coast. 4 Demonstration may he made on the
cncu,'s batteries down he Potomac. which
may uIcovtr his tight wing AID change SONS
what his programme, but The former policy
will DC the ruling one. a liule reflection
will enable one 10 see the pFoprlcty Of TINS.
The public expect large and successive expo
Where arc the u msn "tt6n v oths f ffSh E en5
shall COMPOSE them ? Nothing could DC
mole unwise than to send only raw
recruits. They will need the best drilled
soldiers VIC have, and where are they to be ob.
tanned unless from our ~ ps hercf But hoE
can they DC furnished frcm Washington II
there is to be an advance? We have now too
few, instead Of too many, soldiers on hand for
such o movement Ii is, therefore, inevitable
that the naval exped ,tions y: an advance move
nent here must be given up. Wn.cn would a
@ise policy select, and VT CD would even the
people ~preier9 Tho troops taat nave been
longest in camp must accompany the f4rt, and
tho new recruits De brought IN to supply their
places, sEd drlli until ready fer use. We
need. end uiust have In a war ike thla, some
great caIpp # Instruction, ard where Should
II be but hereP This is q common centre, as
near l., cai bc Obtained. Here theg vii! be
kept ready for 6rieDca, aud should tn. capital
be sssslled, or 70 DC Sent TO Annapolis Or
Fortress Munroe, for coast service, As soon as
prepared. Sucn expeditions AS we coni-m
plate cannot be supplied with troops this viii
Ter, exc-pl frUm The army 4 the P"tGnic, Gnd
such supplies Cannot DC furnished il re should
! me+. wish E ds;cat il front, or, even It v,cto
| 1ious, if We Grs'ga to follow up success and
march OF to Richmond"
TIE GRAND sErILw.
We 6nd, in E lste y rtnerG pspe-. ths f"!-
lowing in rrga:d 10 The recent grand review
of the Y,,kee h~I!slings near Washington city
Near tho close OF the review, Oh. Tlyior,
Of the New Yyrk Tnirly third, acc ,mpsnied
by the surgeon Of the regiment, while r:d ne
at q high speed over tho review grounds, ran
into g private with their horses. The private
vas stricken dIwn and aim lst instantly killed.
The surgeon was thrown from his horse, and
Gas 50 badly Injured that he died within an
hour. Col. Ia, ior was ordered into close Gus.
;ody by Gen. Mcclellan.
Gen M:DJwel's horse became entangled in
u wire fence on the ground, and in his effort
to get him released the General WAS thrown
aud was slightly i'ja'sd'
The families Of all the Secretaries were on
the ground in carriages. Dr.. Russell, of the
London "rimes," the British Legation, and
every foreign minister, we're present. A vast
.hrong Of visitors. suffers, vendors Of liquors
and stores, met the view; recalling the scene
of Kcnilworth. when Qleen Elizabeth visited