Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1861-09-20
The War News.
From washington.
Washington, Sept. IA, 1861.
run PRESIDENT AND GENERAL rnrMoNT.

Washington, Sept. IA, 1861.
THE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL FREMONT.
The following ettor from the President
70 Con. Fremont, was transmitted by mail
on Thursday: N
wAsHISeroN, D. c. Sept. IL. 1861.
MAJ. GEN. J. G. Fremont:
SIR: Yours Of the 9Th in answer TO mine
Of tho 2nd inst, is just received. Assum
ing that you, upon tho ground, could bet
ter Judge Of the necessities Of your position
than | could at this distance, on seeing
your proclamation Of Aug 90, l preceive
no general objection to il. The particular
clause. however, in relation to tho coDfisca-
tion of property and tho liberation of slaves,
appeared TO me to be Objectionable In its
nonconformity to the act Of Congress, pas
sed the 9th of last August, upon the same
subjects, and hence ! wrote you, expressing
my wish that that clause should be modl-
fed accordingly. Your answer, just receiv-
ed. expresses tho preference on your part
that | should make an open order for the
modification, which very cheerfully do
IL is therefore ordered that tho said clause
of said proclamation be so modified, held
and construed as TO conform to and not
transcend the provisions on the same sub
iect contained in tho act of Congress, en-
titled, an Act to. Confiscste Property used
for iusurreetionary Purposes, approved Au-
gust sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty-onc
and that said act be published at length
with the order. A. LINCOLN.
BRITISH NEUTRALITY ILLUSTRATED.
In the course of conversation between
Lieut.. A. B. Cummings Of the ship Rich
mond, at Port Royal with Capt. Morris
commanding the British guard ship Otcns
tho latter said: "I suppose you are in searcl
of privateers9 We are ordered to observ,
a strict neutrality, and if the Sumter wer
to como in tomorrow, she would receiv
the Same attention aud assistance yol
have" He read an extract from a let
ter from the Lords Commissioners Of th
Admiralty, which says:
ain the event of any vessel bearing th
flag of the Confederate States, you are t
observe strict neutrality" The flag
described, and the letter adds that the nun
| Der of stars will be increased in case ne'
States should be joined to the Confederation
ESCAPE OF PRISONERS FROM RICHMOND.
Lieut.. Raynor, First Ohio; Capt Hurt
Second Kentucky; and Lieut.. Murphy
Thirty-eighth New York, escaped fror
Richmond, and arrived here last night
They got out ofjsil by tying red flannel o
the arm, which passed for a surgeon
Z badge. They made their way by a CON
pass purchased in Richmond, through th
e forests and over the streams, across to til
lower Potomac to our fotila. There al
j heavy earthworks about Riehmand, but Il
. guns mounted. The prisoners are ill-trea
cd, especially since the Hatteras affair."
Twenty-Five undertook to escape shortl
e before these successful ones; but were cal
tured and brought back. Col. DeViler
J, of the Eleventh Ohio, Lieut.. Catif of II
> Eleventh Massachusetts, and Lieut.. Tom
G kins of the 2nd dragons are on their wa
: from Richmond.
= STRENGTH OF THE ENEMY ON THE PoToMA
l, The enemy of the Potomac is believe
! by officers in possession of the latest info
" nation, to consist of one hundred and tive
s ty-five thousand effective men. Others ra
r them at sevonty-five thousand.
d BALTIMORE TRAITOR.
! One of the Baltimore legislators arreste
s had draft of Secession ordinance in b
e pocket.
e AT 10 o'clock this morning the rebe
moved in force to Balls Cross Roads, bur
ia ing the house there used by our picket
r. :, who fell back unable to resist the everwht
At ming numbers. -Four Of our picket we
captured; there were a few discharges
musketry on each side, and two of the Ma
J. sachusetts 9th were wounded.
N Washington, Sept. 17.-Everything
D. quiet along the lines to-day. Several re
e els have been taken prisoners within fe
g days and they all assert that Gen. BeauI
d gard has promised the extreme Southc
t and coast troops that if they will not
10 home, he will move forward before the 20
'e and have a battle. He assures them tn
y he will take Washington without attacki
le our works Immediately in front, I'll
81 promise is made to keep the troops of t
D. Gulf States from leaving the army. o
!" spies corroborate the above statement.
sICKLEs AT WORK.
n Gen. Sickles has taken seventy or eigh
or prisoners in the lower counties of Marylar
,e He captured near Fort Tobacco last mig
,e splendid barouche and pair Of horses, wi
,e their owner and another man, and pler
te of lettors from Washington to Virginia.
ID The carriage was one of the regular rel
10 mail wagons.
"a Missouri Matters.
Jefferson City, Sept. 1s.-Monday aft
OF noon Gen. Price sent word to Col. Mu
n gan at Lexington demanding surrend
as Col. MuIligan's reply was, ego 10 He'll"
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