Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-08-16

For names Of rank, &c, Of the above refer
TO the lists herewith. Licutenants Piper and
Mo Qlesten, Of my personal staG, we:e under
FIRE all day, and carried orders ,o an,i fro with
is much coolncss az on parade. Lieulenan:
Bagley, Of the New York SixtJ ninth, rol''n-
tcer aid asked leave to serve with his company
during the action, and is among those reported
missing. | have intelligence that he is pris-
oner end slightly wounded. Colonel McCnoa,
Of Wisconsin, Il volunteer aid also, rendered
good service during the day
nave the honor TO 1'4
Your obrGienL servant,
". T. SnERMAs.
Colonel commanding brigade.
ICoTse:9oEieac. G! he Baltimore EZchGrse..
WASHINGTON, August u. 1861.
The precautions taken by General Mcclellan
TO streng! hen the forces on Ur near the line Of
the Potomac north cf this city We're 10. taken
whit too soon. Conlrderates in large mum
bers, sone say as MANI as 5000. are or.
camped in various places between ElrryTie
and Tenally ytoTn. IL Is suGp"sei !hai their
intention IL sc cross into M.r.y!an:l. Sk;r-
mishes occur nightly, and !:Ic seG;i.:e!s aye
frequently shot wh'c on guard. There .rc
now at TenalIytown nine regiments ii Fedora!
troops, aud so great is Their apprehension OF
danger, that al entire r.sl:ucn, - SELECTED for
picket duty every night.
The elilnhx Of the E.r3";:ies o. The .i;!iiii;:I
tra,ion committed Oh private individuals oc.
Cured 10 day, in the rrres. Of Hon, Charles
James Faulkner, eI.Ministcr to the Court OF
France, on tee charge Of treason. The arrest
Ias made br Lhe Provost Marsha! in peispn,
at Browns Il ,;c!, and under ,he following, or
der from tie Secretary Of Stale:
DkPAkTHgST OF STATE
WAsnlyoTnN august ~, 1861.
To COL Porter L 5. Il, Pror4st IdrShal
City Of Washington:
Yuu will proceed to arrcs! and detal Charles
James Faulkner, c1 Minister Of The United
States to Paris, ard hold hin under arrest 10
await further orders from this Department.
VIZ. II. SEWARD.
Is the Senate had not adjourned it might
have been supposed that the body had lVn'
peached him on charge made at or before the
time he was recalled; but as it is, the arrest
was one Of the most despotic actions that could
have been perpetrated by the most arbitrary
government On the face Ct the earth.
Mr. II. Lindsnberger, Secretary oi the
was arrested yesterday at Port Tobacco ~ the
order Of the State Department. II is believed
that Mr.. LindcnbGrger was on his way 10 the
Confederate Congress at Richmond, With dis
patches from the California Constitutional As.
snciation. His trunks were removed and
searched, and he vas thrown into 4 cro@ded
jail, surrounded it is true, by men who are
mostly respectable and generally clean By ma
ture, but who, from their close confinement
and the impurity surrounding them, arc coz.
cred with filth and yern!n.
Mr. LirdenbergeT will probably be arraign.
ed in the course Of week, on the charge Of
treason, before ciTil Justice.
lou will hardly believe it, mn sure, when
tell you that in this city men who are
preachers Of the Gospel and cren pray for the
President CT the United States, are denounced
in the public prints and on the streets, because
they choose not to slude 10 this unholy strife
in their sermons. Proscrip.., y the clergy
ceased in this country with te wars CT the
Paritans. Prescription Of thr nIergy has COM
menced with the war Of Mr. ncoln.
You have, no doubt, motto that ministers
Of the Gospel have at all tif3c since the ont.
break of the war, been dlaDlaeed in uTHea.
s;tred terms, when il has tnnn known that
they will n0t prostitute IT,; putpits 10 The
support Of the Admin; ration.
Two vessels loaded with i:= and Consigned
to dealer in this city, li".: heen seized By
the Conicderates just Esc.' Aqua crcck.-
There is a great scarcity c!' ice here, the price
Of TINT iuSGFy h2ving risen in t@o weeks
three hundred FER cent
\ party Of yoang :ncn numbering four,
among whom Has one bog IA years oi age,
we're in boat on tie rirrr, pieasur;ng, last
Friday, when they .-sre all arrested and in-
prisoned. They belonged in Alexandria, ! am
told.
Notwithstanding the order given BY Senator
Mansfield on July l7th, concerning persons
held 10 service or labor" there gre now in the
camps Of the Fe1era!s in this 7ci.1ly large
number Of abducted sla7ei who era constantly
kept at work.
Movements on Tie Ohio AID mississippi
rivers will soon commence. \ largo number
Of howitzers have been sent TO Cincinnati, ard
during last week four thousand shells Is inch)
and four thousan 80 ID. round solid snot were
consign.d to Com. Rodgers at The same place.
Notwithstanding tho vigilance Of the Pro
VoSl > patro', tuc Eu.lQ noCSf reports eaCu va J
show the number Of drunken soldiers arrested
TO be quite as many as there were one month
ago. SPECIAL.
INTERESTING FSlI WESTERN VIRGINIA.
WHEELING, Angus, 10Th Our latest i5ioT'
nation from Gen Rosencransz's command is
chat be is in the immediate vicinity o. Cheat
mountain pass-about Beverley end Hutton
Vile preparing to give Gen. Lee warm re-
ception, If he a,,emYs to force his way oTeE
the Alleghanies. Lee has arrived within
striking distance OF the east side Of the pass,
With such troops as he could gather from the
rout of Garnetl's dispersed army. Anderson
Sss at S;aunton on lns 9th uitino, pushing
~ 10 join Lee in front OF the pass, and Wise's
retreat from Lewisburg vas doubtless to form
junction with Lee at or about the same pc:ns