Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-06-13

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| meh. occasionally he tat ss pleasure tIip to
Dan h,tchcoe KS Hotel at Ito Lake, ont an III,
magnificent shell road. He IL 80 bady achlsd
| a, tho results recently taken placo iii
Tho city, that ho will mol permit Couia6
d"rd farTagut IL leave even with kiS
beet - seven vessels, VITO ID citramely
anxious t6 visii Z cd River, sni other important
POINTS Oh tha way Whiv tho river IL high and
stronk communication has recently passed
be,Wssn them on tho subject. c Ill. Butler do.
mahdsd. Commodore Farrsgut 10 rsmsn te
cause the navy took the city, snd bis Rervices
were required there. Commodore EaIragut re,
Piled that the grmy was In possession OF tho
city, and should hold il. Hs did not think
his services were required, Gnd that ha should
DO permitted proceed up the river on other
duty. We would like to see them pitch into
each other II Commodore Farrasut will
60 up the river ws doubt If Butler will
hold the city torty-eight hours. Judging from
tue present ststs Of things. The Coniad-.
erate regiment; which iisbsndsd. hsya their
srms slowed away securely,: aud about tarss
fthensEHdI ofos1r best Louisiana boy5 ha7O re-
turned TO the city Ind joined our "getting :ufr,p p
/ which will give us eight Thousand men 10 DO
what ] don't think ought to toll you at pre-
sent. General Butler has recently stationed st
Dan Hitcheock,s y Hotel, five hundred men, TO
protect hila at that plac', Ia arjoys at:ler
peoples Injuries "a last 1GssGay iTU
United States srmy othcsl0 and ons United
States navy officer, hired carriage End visited
this hotel; the driver wSs boy rightoca
years Of age, ana faithful to, the canso OF tho
South be picked up C ieicao ii bis Gn his
carriage box. The carriage ra,u:ned 10 the
city between twelve and ono O'clock ut night
but nothing has beer heard OF the Ulcers
since. No doubt you have heard Of Butler's
! PROCLAMATION concerning our lales, and Iguess
be regrets it very much. Oar ladies' now wear
no"t little secessi IN uss sewed On their nc
soms, and they plainly show a revolver in tho
right side of their belt, and small dirk in the
/ left, and in many cases they ore sceu turning
Up their noses. with peculiar pod', and 40
insignificant shake of tho hcad-"Iou nasty
Yankee, you," and pass OF am happy 20
| say that the ladies' in this city have taken
bold and decided stand iIo United Stsies nfi.
Ger OF soldier ia permitted TO ride id tee city
passenger rail read cars, II two or three
New Orleans ladies' rrs in II. MT. La5son,
the proprietor, has published card with re-
gard TO this matter, and on he following day
two Uaited States officers got in o 4yv ~ the
| CaEal at:eet liue. Two ssces sion ladies were
a the car at the time, they pi.ok Il r;o toe
driver with lists doubled for permitting li:cw
| to shtcr, and after driving hin iron. ikc csTs,
tarncd 10 the officers and said, ;irs, these
| cars wars not tnads fnr Yankees to I'D iu, 30
get up and get OUT The oficera LETT, and
without saying one word At prcseat tee sick.
ness sinong Gen. Buffers t1cops is very b.d
The nu1, typhoid fever and small poz. is doing
good work sm0ng them NiDstseii Vi his men
deserted within tho last two 1ssEs, s1.d IS
desertion has commenced, Ne expect 10 hear
Of n0Ie Il is impossible for them Ia stand
tho hea.. United States Surgeon reports that
from six tn ten die daily from SIN strcLs The
firms Of Henderson end Gaines, u. McOaGn +
o., ifoundry,) Leads + Co., foundry snd
several others could nsmo, were ctch nnsi
one hundred dollars foT not iol 2-tirE 10 e;itle:
their business, sc MessrS. Leeds : Oo..
Wer. liz prisoned OF the acst for not reporting
the msuhine:y Of The war slcemers, ~blch sas
badly Treated il ite lata bent. The Slnt,
Custom House, st. Charles, Medicai roisga,
School Of Medicine and Orphan House, ere oil
used as places Of 1endt -veus for bis army and
naTY. lgish and Fcenck flags are sill 6:
ing over residences, and few CT other natioas
are eeIT
lhs mississippi .'rsi ~ i.u" !liiiG i"E'!!J
No copy lie loHo"lhs p.rasrapha I''.'" 'hs
Charleston =" "Oourer" ui the 9Th i:at
9R- SnPENANfs skApT Ina err
Though rum0.s VI u,ovea,.nts and e.!.ecIel
movements were rlie yesterday upan tho
streets, intelligence ol an suthenlir rhGto 6lr'
IIf y.
from tien Epans, on Saturday aItagnnGI ali
nouuced that body Of our troops, urier Crl.
Dunna7ant, had that morning encountered
force Ct Yankee nerailders On Johns lslsnd:
attacEAl them, nnd had driven them across
HauloveT Bridge, capturing their bsGsasr.-
We believe that no further details of tie at lr
have Jet transpired.
On Saturday night : ankce pIcEet was cap
tured on James Island, near the Church. IN
reply to questions d; 20 the strength oi. the
enemy's force oD that Island, be stated that
it was no less than Is, 900 men, including
regiment OF pontoniers, two batteries Of light
.arllllerY ana some cavalry, the whole under
command Of two Brigsdier>Genersli
Nero the weather less forbidding re nign;
perhaps look for az early opening of tns uos.
Utilities which ere soon likely to make James
Island q SPOT memorable in tho records Of ,hs
present war.
TIE sEAUfGET AaTiIERT
we learn that on Friday night Captain
Stephen Elliott, With twenty Of his men in q
boat, armed, pulled over 10 vithia hundred
yards Of tue enemyS picket. a, the head Of
the Port Royal Ferry csusey. h=rc rs wns
hailed mud replied in negro lingo so well iln,
lated az to deceive the Yankees until be could
sss their whlte faces, when, by signal, volley
was poured into them. His pieces in position
On tho opposite bu!khssd also opened, and the
causey was cleared Of the enemy. Captain
Elliott und his men, landing, cut up two fat
boats and several row boats. aud tried re-
pastsIly to Are tho small ferry house, bu, It
scanned 10 saturated with selt that it would
, MOI buru. HoH IaSay we'e killed sud
wounded is not knovp. We trust this is
the Inauguration Of spi.is Of enterprise ca
the lines. Capt. Elliott ~e know. be is
snphaticslly the right man in the right place,
Aad will make opportunity if permitted
DESERTED TO TIE EnEAT'a FLEET.
Ga Saturday night one OF OoumissaTJ Ioa
boats, on Sull,van's Island, was carried off by
tive OF the regular nfsntry encamped outside
Fort Moultrie and who, il is supposed, tooE
this opportunity to join tho anemy's dest-
The escape of the deserte7s MAS not noticed TN
til roll call yesterday morning. The Sergeant
who had control of the bost hcs been placed
under arrest. az she Was not moored OF the
1lace allotted to such boats. the fSc VINO
short time since desertt from the regular az
tilery Ters raw recruits, from Naw O'leRns
and Memphis. These may also bs recruits
The regulars srs the best provided and The
best discipline. corps 10 the Confederate States,
aud are composed Of spiendid d ghting material.
We have the greatest confidence 10 their
esprit de corps" sad condition. As ursills-
rsts or infantry, the te2u!2Fa a7= going to
maka thar MARI