Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-01-31
STILL iGfEh FROM TIE NORTH

'5ps1.s! :~;stat.l IL Eici:-!.;.i "ErgG;ie7.".
Our special Geographic .;en, ut Harf9is
a:ads liz Ia" :oi.V@ia: Important dispatch:
ci2nGo!E, jli.. e.! tv c.ea Eolk 'hera.4i
vt .as 2=:h ~ihs!sa:, hss beer tec:l:ct here
,G-3ay o. Il G.s ot trace boz! from tor;'ess
~I.lnlIUc.
! dispatch !:c.n Washington 10 the "n3-
rail-" states that cn order has been Issued By
tie Secretary I'll Var afording practical ME-
sures Of relief 10 the prisoners OF Was.
Bishop Ames and Er-Gov. Fish, OF Mes
York, have been appointed Commissioner to
the Confederate States.
The following order has been issued BY tie
Secretary Of War, and will be carried intn ex-
%ecu,ion, if the Confederate authorities inter
pose no objection:
"WAsglSoroS, Jan. ~, lss2.-Urdscsd,
that Rev. Bishop Amca, oi The Methods:
Episcopal church, End tbs Hon. Ii. Fish. Of
New York, bs appointed commissioners to
nee: Rriscncrs under captivity, in Ric!itno;.t
a.3 elsewhere, uGier such regulations ~ ~
prescribed by the authorities having %custo*@l
Of thoso in captivity ard to relieve .hcif -
c~cssitics ct the expense Of the United Stats";
in purSua1 ice Of rules heretofore mad % IT,:
subject"
TIE commissioners appointed are expected
TO Immediately signify lheic acceptance Is ts~
tusal OF the appointment aGd report at Tssc
ine!oa Without Dolly.
Boih cvnu.;;siocecs base acccpted the s;-
poiutmeni, ua4 ,7lli accompany smother 4v'+
oi Confederate prisoners to Fortress Ioa:2:,
10 a isg ii ..uce.
40 sdTices have beeG received 81 tie lnoTc
ne:.! Of troops il Euntucky.
Gen. Mcclellan AID Ills SET afe ucta o.
cupied.
Gen. S!egel's resignation las cot been Sc
copied: snd he will continue Ia service ii NE
sour: o. on The Potomac
The condition Of affairs in Mexico is Ies-t'.
cd with marh interest by the Federal Goycgh
lneat.
'rhe Seaate committee on foreign r~olstlonc
bs= Inferred actirr on thu lac message Of the
President. sIba.tiirc = proiec. Of a treaty Oh
! act1unt g: subsequent ~.ostcci4i changes IL t.
asptc, Ct ;Ea G~tsic.:. :uesI.21.
The Cooou,i,:sa On the District y. Cplar:o:-
aas ieeri.: i. report ai9c::s';; 81 ;hc @&M
| u sf,3..i hing -i:7C:y il That District
! ::s.-!..u5 @ra 'a-s 3~ccu1svs! 10 5u;scl
NJ. Ha&er. the Chairman 81 the Co7Ir.it;ee
OF. 2oads IN The House ri e representative e.. E:ye
; :t1. ia!!cna. .~gc:@gie3 betvean NeS Yors sal
Washington H.-s! be increased: md speed:
| Under tie present syGten the army IL suffer
ing Tor WEI: Of supplies. Arrangements eIs
being completed for a Few railroad line t.
Washington BY tho way Of the New JERSEY,
Central and Easton roads, snG then 70 Phijs
Gelphia via Residing, Penn. direct 70 W:aE-
ington City.
4 bill has Eeen offered in Congress ;a1nia.
a reduction o s250, 600 il the annual expense
e both branches Of Congress.
The Danish Bark Jurgsr LoEenuen RsEit.
from Rio Janeiro, bound to Havana, with A,3:
bags Of coffee, was seized or the 25.h ult, .?
the Uai,ed States ship Morning Star, and g.
ried TO Philadelphia
Three Confederate officers, captured g: E.i
teras, were yesterday coming South, ha7i"i
been exchanged. bet were delayed ani r&s u
iowei to core By the Flag Of Truce, rc:":i.'
standing .ac;r urgent Tcnonstrarc>.
a great. panic prevailed in Washington G.
account Of the report which prevailed there -
regard 20 tho Federal troops ha7iag 81
whipped ierrihie-aad 5lccdy Sight "a. o'T
ling Green.
4 Its supposed that the Treasury aot2 az
loan bill passed the House o. tue 2c,a'
t prompted By stern necessity. oppoa;ti3n "
expected.
Joseph segs7 delivered al address st AK
f andria on Tuesday night, on tie political qA<'.
! lions of tho day as thsy relA,e - sas p~'pso u
!. Virginia. :.
D The II. E. CS1-ch, South. ct As-aodF'a' :
low occupied by ,he Federal troops as \ o.
-ack.
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: PHILADELPHIA, jan. 2T.-s'ceks "~
a breais.gf. Sat, oEi1g 20 tee Fore'sn neHs.
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