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more arrests — the Lincolnites seizing Correspondence from ladies — the Mutinous soldiers, &c.
Washington, Aug. 26.--Among the arrests here have been several women. Four naval officers who had resigned have been arrested and sent to Fort Hamilton. Their names have been stricken from the rolls. The special correspondent of the New York Herald says that the entire blame of the recent Lexington, Ky., affairs belongs to Senator Breckinridge. The special to the Tribune says that the Government is considering the propriety of organizing a detective police, and organizing a net-work of surveillance by their detectives. The force at Washington has been increased by recruits from New York and Philadelphia. A woman from Gen. Beauregard's head quarters has been arrested, and letters found on her person implicating prominent parties. All the mutineers, including those of the 2d Maine, and the 13th and 21st, of New York, have been sent to Tortugas. Mrs. W. Greenhow, the widow of the former Librarian and Translator, has been arrested. Mrs. Senator Gwyn's trunk has been examined, and traces of the Washington fortifications were found. Dr. Manning was arrested to-day. The special correspondent of the Times says that Mrs. Phillips, wife of Philip Phillips, the well known counsellor, has been arrested Mrs. Phillips prepared to illuminate her house on the result of the Bull's Run battle, but was dissuaded from doing so by some of her more discreet friends. Orders have been sent to West Point to arrest Mrs. Gwyn. Lieut. Krimwell, who was in the battle at Bull's Run, has gone to join the Confederates in Missouri. Washington, Aug. 27.--Com. Porter is said to have submitted documents, proving a forgery in relation to his disloyalty.
The Daily Dispatch: August 28, 1861. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. August 28, 1861. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
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