Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-03-21
LATE RoRTRERH !gTEllIoEaCE.

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"ohaV received several Northern papors
OF dates Hs lato 40 the l4th OF March, from
which We mako the following selections
From the Baltimore News Sheet, Ill
NO MORE PASSES TO THE SOUTH.
we are requested 10 Stale, that for the
present, no more passes to 20 To tha Snntt
VIII be granted by Maori enera! DIX.
The extraordinary sue cess Of ihe uunfele-
rates IN eVacuating Columbus without the loss
OF a man, provoked many criticiAlns upon tlIi
management OF General Ha!leck.
The New York "lIerald." OF YESTERDAY,
says:
Adding Our exports Of specie to our exports
OF produce ana merchandise, sc tiacovec the!
the foreign trade of the first ten weeks OF 1867
leaves a small balance in favor Of the Unite;
States Pending the Southern blcckade. this
balance will have To be maintained by ship
ments OF specie. The frs. shipment Of rot
ton Will OF coulse change the aistn of affairs
though, as the revival OF cotton shipments is
certain to lead 10 largely increased iwports,
tons, 1t Is cartain that, whatever happens. We
shall! send TO Europe this year at least all the
specie We received from, iheIo iii 1850 and
1861.
FIRE IN ALEXANDRIA.
A2 o'clock this morning a IRE occurred IN
Hing streat, III Alexandria city, resulting in
the total destruction Ut Jour large brick build
lnss, and Involving q loss of a5aut sos 900, a.
follows
Msssrs. Coles & Ramsey, g7ocsra, lost
$40. 600 messrs. Griffin, Ackin & Brown.
suffers goods, $4,000 !; Messrs. Mer~ip &;
Bray, freartns, $50, 600 Il. Cook & Co, Oh
stock Of drugs and buildings, S4D, GEO Isaac
Eichberg, clothier, So, 900 !; Stevart s Corss,
on baiiding ard stock Of dry goods. $40. 0CO
Mr.. Taylor, on building, $1,000 :; loss OF
other occupants and storekeepcrs in rsighhor-
hood, $4,000. A New York concert saloon
tho second floor fell among the ruins.
POTOMAC %rIsHERIaq.
1t lis evident that the PotoCiac fisherman OK.
pect tho shad and herring to "rua the hIock-
AIDE, as they arc leasing, ct high rates, all the
fishing grounds above tho Confederate hate
ries.
Especial Dispatched to tie New YORK Tribune.
AND sLIDEI.L's PROPOSITION roe nEcoasI,
TtDS.
Tn sla1afy question has new !nte.tst from
the letters received lss: night from Eurona.-
1t 10 now understood that MeSsra. Mason ard
olldeii have made propositions in London and
Paris calculated to enlist the sysnpsthirs @
religious people and CT liberals. they o!.l
tue condition Of recognition
lst. The protection Of !ne msrri.se ~rris,ior
among slaves.
~. Tho removal Of ali status,rf iu..l .di.
lntnts to manumission.
III. Prospective emancipation.
81 course free trade is thrown in &c bort.
THE POTOMAC R
The President has determined IL u~er!ecL inc
organization Of the Arn:y Of the Potomac hv
dividing it into five cv1ls FGrmtc. cour,uaaded
b. the senior Generals o. d~ivis.Yi,, naneiy,
Major General Banks; iiria=dier Generals in
the ltegu!ar A~rmS--Surlrcy aud McDuTell;
Brlgadier Generals Of Folpn!eera-H2iHizal
mali aud Keyts. The tRo last named outrank
all the other E5igsaier Generals of Volunteers.
&c than % the Army ie.!a:cr, stand the
names Of Generals Andrew and Flz .Tohn
Porter, and below then, again, these OF Gen.
erals franklin, Mccall. Hooker and Blenker.
Gen. Scott, who vas always a"ersc 10 What lie
called new tangled %noti0n:- and vino hal iager
commanded 81 army sufficiently largo 10 ad-
init OF q division ia.n several bodies, thirty or
:otty Thousand strong, opposed the orsan;zs>
Of corps d'armeeS whtlU ho TRs General
in.CEitf. Cpon hia retirobient, it Was sup.
posed that General HrGlcliani, who, up that
time, tad been strongly 10 iavcr Of an organ
Tie Galus Of w!raa h: had Observed
wvtild NJ Gi:cr constitute illep., aud Of
one tims he dill, Sr:ncGinE' 20 coIrmor, report,
Indicate the Generals whom he desired ta put
n command Of the several corps which he Was
about to constitute. 0nly one or two Of those
then namsd are among tho ii:e selected by The
President yns division was not than made,
however, and further poa!p0helnen!s have
taken place from time to tilue On various pre-.
texts, and for reasons past finding OFT, or
which it would not be wiss to name until The
President--kro1ipg tbst every Gre OF bis
Generals, seconded by the Joint Committee on
the Conduct Of :hs War, desired The organi-
zsticn Of the army to bs porfoc,ed-did it hiu.-
sell, consulting no one except Secretary S:aun.
ton, and not announcing his determination 10
Gen. McCiellsnd until the S+TeFal cen,tuanirrs
had been designated.
TIE ENGINES AED wiLcEs A. aARTISssusG.
The engines and cars burnt by ,i,c Uonfed.
crates at Msrtinsburg lust sgn!l.or. ala neg
being removed to Cumberland eud rict;H5Ti
for repairs. The track will GCon lie cleared Of
the.u and tie road thrown opa. 10 trarci
to wheeling, apou. the 50 h CT ~S.lnrcn.
The company are now buiL:iug over sac ham
dred new cara, to replace those destroyed, und
to be fully supplied with native poxer
cars to carry OF al! their busia"ss without
delay.
From the NcH York THns5, Mach l2
The ''Times' after long stories, absurd, con-
Trajectory OR exaggerated Of tie failing bark CT
OUT army from Manassas and the following CT
their troops and scouts to our abandoned 90