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The Daily Dispatch: August 15, 1861., [Electronic resource], Subscriptions to the Dispatch. (search)
er the following order from the Secretary of State: "Department of State. Washington, Aug. 12, 1861. "To Col. Porter, U. S. A. Provost Marshal, City Washington: "You will proceed to arrest and detain Chas. James Faulkner, ex-Minister of the United States to Paris, and hold him under arrest to await further orders hen he should reach his home, it is supposed that something besides the mere asking for a pass in at the bottom of accusations against him. A telegram from Washington adds: He is not permitted to hold correspondence or conversation with any of his friends at present. As to the specific charges under which he is held, th six miles out of Alexandria. He is charged with being a say and acting as a Confederate messenger. He is at present confined in the jail awaiting orders from Washington. A party of officers while out scouting to-day visited Mount Vernon. They were also three miles from there. They report that no Confederate troops have b
The Daily Dispatch: August 15, 1861., [Electronic resource], Exchange of prisoners. (search)
Exchange of prisoners. --A letter from Washington, published in the Baltimore Sun, says: Lieut. Col. Nugent and Captain T. F. Meagher, of the New York 69th, were at the National Monday night. They are said to be quite solicitous that something should be immediately done by the Government, looking to an exchange of prisoners with the Confederates, to the end that Col. Corcoran may be liberated. It must be remembered, however, that we have as prisoner no military man of the rank of Col. Corcoran. Gen. McClellan must win a victory before our Government can begin to exchange prisoners man for man and rank for rank.