Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-10-17

tbe-Othrr h.ll WniE n hiI'h they Are so
capable. General Fi.ri;f' has refused TO con-
ply, declaring Li,, ii- Is: iint ''nlktrr driver,
aud that if The nu.;ruc. nru iu i'e ctuplurcd in
thea MY at uil .hrv ll,iat he armed like The
white man, and ii.,lcd III al respects III The
same mannrr. Cora ii Earer has rcrci-
maniel hin, rr Lr, breaGh rf discipline; RDd
'GonerGl Phei rs !la' resigned his rommani.--
Butler has refused TO a,cep; tho resignation
in the face OF lie ;!'enlY, eld -teT Url+anf,
which arf5 Ior 2n opportunity to be rid OF
both and ali then hI.d lInk.' IL. w;lh delighted
wsndrr hi llg Spectacle ~ their ii7agreelnen',
and hail the AK =. deuteiai"e n Cloae AZ
hand. Gen. M:Tlellsn wOnId 'nhuci the war
on tue principles OF gentleman and chris
tiar,; and would take nothirt. iO' the nt66'
of his army from the uhhaply population
among whom he is encampcd. ,3ilbout pay
ing for it; aud is denounced by the abolition
lists as traitor, sham .icncral. digger and
trsncher, a lnan of the spale, 10 whom the
sword iseither unfamiliar OF Objectionable
lsa. Pope acts On the contrary principle
,yn!al trent tie unfnrtuDale. pepnlc, through
ss:.St husS.tGy he phsses. .lll.e pestilence, ns
Napulr6n cd tie tu s,laiis In lSl22, would
wants whhrnvur he can gel II, only paying
for il un lru"l Of the l"Sally Of the owner,
rnriohoraL,d by his na.h. Pope is, III like
nlan.'nr, denounced as tuliousy NJ Mcclellan,
hut hy the Opposite party.
Add To this. list OF Northern nntaEnnlGms,
that wsr CT rhrrs Is fast gro sing up between
the Irish ls.borers and tire negroes in New
York, and throughout the West; that the
questions of strikes and wages, and
the grnwlh OF rauperism, 81 long supposed to
lie peculiar to The Ola world, have pr0duced
:eriuJS i0LI in more than one city 81 the
Unian, during the last week AMI the social
tisinity of The FeLler.ls will BIZ evident 70 II
who care To Sec and understand the truth
Nor arc these. numerous as they arc Che sole
symptoms If the chaos "f Northern inter
rsts, p4 ions awi GI,it,"n7 lh,i nndcrlles MI
thu brag aud ''hnInc"IiI,e'' ni III pirs4. The
Gtlire:- nf ihr Federal :.in, .rr pniin.lr 'ie
nounrvd ~ drunk and ineiii'I nj hr thr War
Secretary. AID ,hc volunteers, though tempted
by q hu-cir4d dollars refuse TO serve under
ther Even Brrader Gene al was seen TO
be "cfnrinn9l7" drunk st tn: rorert hellle OF
Malvern li"ighiS.qnh hos since hcrn rn,liered.
AT this n,nln,'nr the police Of N:": I"rL and
other large ciii,s are ruhl;s!y rmph.ye,i N
capturing commissioned niiic.ra 1T l,: 'inI-
lars piece; and Y-Cl-i'ity they arrested ons
Colousl, one Captain. su"rral l.cnLrlralrts. and
number Of S"rgrant, md COrpornls. Sure
ly this is picture presented To the mind s eye
whiah will hardly realize the idea Of har-
monious u,lio'', settled purpose, high nim:,
or exalted patriotism in The E.rfh
At public ,nreling held in the suburb nI
Uobnken the night before last one of The s,,cak
ers called form "Inaster mind To understand the
nation and TO lead ir to victory" There
war. loud cheers. of course. expressive Gf the
popular sympathy with the :sput Of greatness
in military aS vel! as in civil life. W hirh is so
apparent as TO strike everybody; but it will
he long before there is any other answer to the
call than cheers Of de- !sihn or nI expectation.
There is no nnaler IGin in the North, unless,
perhaps, il be tho msSirr mind Of some un-
known sLn:,itsrn " IL" vii! >ct open the oyg-
ter Yith ia. avoid, aiiI eup up the fat and
law frrrnru tnut sluimhera in The she'll Gen
eral Sickle, wt:nm all admit 10 hc II lighting
Gcneral and whn is always found or thrust
Tito The post Ui laugcr, looked round hin at
tho sane meering On the stnlwart audience
that applaudrd lis eioquence, and exclaimed
sfherc arc enough able-bodied men here to
'f6rni rrEiiceGt, viii nos: q you &C -
There was no reply. Later in tia evening"
ons. .yaan, 80 years OF aye, excited by the fiery
words OF annther orator, volunteered to en-
lat; Int nn uli- iInl,atei hiS example, even
although a Judge Present, who thnueht Nc
Weu.,cll Phillips uu%iri to he inuzzlc,l III Fort
4 ~ III
slep 10 the plalf"ru. to give them each
ten dnllars III HuiIlion TO Tie rcgu-
lar hounlles. tic pl-ahcd in vain
The voiLu Of The charm had no eiicct. The
rllsile Of his yrren backs mot tile ch!nk oil
his gold, for gold chinI;s no ongerin America
except III innk paro:s where IL is q cninmo,
dity, lihe tea at Il grGccr's) Was not mGre et.
iectve than hls spoken eloqnence, and the
Hobokcn Injecting produ.ed nut lhe one soli-
tary volunteer, fifty yeaIs Of age, whose name
nobody knew, and who probably changed
his mind before tho morning. The gathering
was otherwise remarkable for little incl
dent quite IN nccnrdanct with The spirit ii
the day. The Judge already m-ntini"d Whit
inrj huvtn: con iamnrd liz nirtl. in wi,;'h The
Government Carried GIi the waI. was airesttC
as d tTnltor on The platform by an over
zealons li,utemani cnlunrl ont recruiting, CT
tho charge Of dlscnuraGmf elrlisuErnis. II
does nni appear irrln the published reports
that the lieutenant colonel aCluaIiy rnrTirrl Ul
the Judge ~ Prison, and, rs 1t vas The sani
Judge WHO afterwards PROMISED Slu each tC
tea volunteers, who I:evcr appehrcd to claim
them, It MAJ be prva.lme,l that the patriotic
offer c0nduncd or HtutvaZed thu previous
offence, and that Furt Lafayette is not yet tC
be hnnnrcd by his presence. Rnt the judge
mist l,nk we'll TO hInlseli LIr Lho iutur..--
Bath Fort Laaye yetis and tDrt Warren are re-
ceiying ali accession ul inma,os, 'tni lis tnrT
may Collie
Neither o.! t!".s,a iN IN is-tilt:r land II ii 4
pity that the LIrpl ,ilIn' ri :,'irI! L "huinr!hn
Of liberty Il, ,iam-,sl lafayette nlould be
deserrated hj' ..c>i"v>-l upon Tie ugly prison
in Now York harh0ry lS so hcruietlcauy sealed
against the world rs 10 prevent the
cry Of anguish from being heard outside
Onc young, SON of former Governor
OF MARYLAND. lies in Fort Lafayette in soil
tary confinement and in chains; and not even
his mother is allowed to see hin. His offensc
was the endeavor, in the disguise ofa woman
to cut adrift Federal gunboat in the York
river; great crime, no doubt, in the eyes o1
his captors, and one that may deserve death
but that surely does not deserve tue punish
mont of life in chains, darkness, and total Sc
cjus,on from the face Of man? The complaint
of another unfortunate, transferred from Fort
Lafayette to Fort Warren: has reached me
need not say how-and the story, which is
based on cficial documents in my possession
forward, to toll as briefly HI is consistent
with riearncss. 1t NAV suffice to aford the
people Of England solne little idea OF the des-
poti.rn which this country is for the present
content to endure without social convulsion.
On tho 18th Of September 1861, Mr.. ". u.
Winder, gentleman Of Philadelphia, was ar
rested at his own house by telegraphic order
from the Hon. Sisnon Cameron, then Minister
of War, and conveyed first to Fort Lafayette
and subsequently, TO Fort Warren. lminc-
diatrly on his arrest, for which no cause was
asaigne,i, his Office, desks. chests, boxes, &C.,