Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-09-12
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~ TylEr WISE & ,ALLEEKE.
wEpNr.nAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER ~ 100.


Some time ago. We .no!iosd the fact tina, IL.
three prominent citizens 81 AleSauas'A' ' a."
1850, s,t1 sized sal carried Of 5y ths Lin"
cola .ap h., ties Ne rress1e tue; '''l'","s
t,Il.r account Of the aeizure and tue reasons
49, !, wt;,h.we lind in the Baltimore Sum-
ss copied from thy .-AlsSapdria News:
! IMrossr.ar AREeSTs-TnREE FOR oSE.-M '. .
learn that at the instance Of Gen. ads"oI.h :.
in an order isshed'yeSterday. lor the arieS' ~
three Of the most implacable secessionlssS Al
this city, that upon careful ana S'"uieo e"
; ou;rics being ncde, the I'd named gentlemen
wercSelrcted rs filling the order 10 inc iT,te'
". ). III; iar. IIr. j. b JohnS'h' anu DrhG-
u, Whaa,. w hrreupon Quar1erinaSter Eyle
/, and Lj.ut murphy, Of the 3lst Pennsylvania
,roceedrd to arrest the parties, WHICH 'hey.
eo.,,,nnl,,hc,I in almost :dunhle quick, anu
I..,, m;!.hr about : o'clock, those three gen.
I@,,rn we're furnished conveyance by wagon
- Washington under guard, and we under.
/ stand arc nov coniiued in the Old Capitol
! ,ri,or, To be El!,l as hostages for Lewis u.
Close, (hrcthcr Of the Hon. James 1. Close'
Of this citvO who has been confined as prs
oner in the city Of Richmond since the list
day ofJune, 1861.
uur Government will have to lind out
some way to reprcss such acts Of the enemy,
unless the fortune of war is about to place in
our hands, the means Of retaliating III kind
We do not know Lewis G.. ClOse-nerer before
heard of him but if heis full brother to "the
Tor. JAS. r. Close"wc doubt not lie was arrest
! ed for some low crime, =, n the punishment
! Ear which there is 10 hope Of escape save that
! of putting valuable lives in peril as hostages
E,r his. We cannot thus, however, be IN
,;.,idatcd from furnishing Closes offence
! IS natcver it may he, US it deserves; and II men
| cnniessedly innocent are seized aud nnprlson-
cd and threatened with harm therefor %e
mus: reta!iate upon citizens Of the North
| five cannot seize them otherwise, Te must
| retain captured officers for that service.
Thu three ritizcIr, seized 10y The sucmy as
above stated, have been sircc c.rfied, as we
! ! learn, to Fort Warren. We bring their case
and tie Irii! il, which they lie Il the atien-
ton IL rur Government, not d'Hbtlha but
that they SILL receive early and d"e conSide-
ration They are worthy citizens, selected
rs victims rcr:rSe they were so, and are emil
n,ntiy ,iac.:iIs of the protection of Gov
eran.ut hos, i.Jast care "llre II will ever he
that tie rights al even the lnu>t humble shall
not be Abandoned az overlooked.
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The defeat and tight of the sncuy in the
Saturdays tight Il, Manassas, iel! much more
severely uruu the people Of the North, IN
consequence Of Tie astonishing falsehoods
wllh which Pope, Ms II bent TN his own
rain, had prepared them Tor a different re-
suit Not content with claiming victories on
Thursday and Friday, when l.is attacks had
been dissstrously rrrulsed, he made promises
on the basis OF those pretended SUCCESSES
whic:. RAISED the whole tribe of newspaper
writers to 50 into ccstacics. Glowing pic
tG,c> al Jack, "rn!rapted, and OF a GER
tain success that should ensure the capture Or
destruction Of the whole rebel army were
presented! on all sides for the public editica-
ton aud delight. tn the very morning of
Saturday itself, Pope ;elegraphS that he learns
the rsLels ere lying TO the mountains, and
thai he is just starting in pursuit!
Such communications, made under such cir
cumstanceS would seem to bear marks at least
OF Sincer;tr. !! Pope believed them true
thea the >;"in;itj which they disclose leaves
it 40 ,vHstr II Halter Of wonder that
Lee twisted ii.n around his finger so
easily. II Pope knew them false, then
he is the most stupid Of ronancers; for
detection aid shame we're inevitable and at
hand. neither case his reputation for making
wildly untrue statements. is fully sustained.
The North could endure that, perhaps admire
it. But hi; military failure has probably
sealed hi; fate. w. presume that Pope has
had his i4r, and mus. now retire TO the back
ground and MAKE room for some new brag-
CART.
Mortality AMONG the Generals OF The Enemy.