Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-04-29
Aitkntono enquirer
THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL go, 1862
TIE NEW s.
NEW ORLEANS,

NEW WILLIAMS.
Tue intelligence which We publish 10. dsy
from New Orleans changes, perhaps but tenn
porarily, The entire aspect of affairs in that
quarter Ii seems that our forts below the
city have not bsen abandoned, though our
forces, some twenty thousand in number, have,
under the leadership of General Lowell, re-
treated from it. Tue interference of the Ffsnc
snd Eng'ish haets to prevent the Federal gun
! boats from hombAr,'ins tue city, and this reu.
| "a 81 tho inhabitants to surrender forms a
dilemma which cannot He'd its parallel either
sell has, rctwitiis, andng, occas:oneI disaster,
which might otherwise have beeu avoided, to
cur positic, or Lake poncharttaip, in tho absn
dcnment Of The forts and the burning OF our
| gunbosts, upon that mportan! section of our
water deiences Tho lenUuenent OF i'the cit,
uatioa" Is awaited With much anxiety and
suspense il IL undtas TODD that G sneIai Bragg
has gone thiiher to assist in making the test
of the present posture OF affairs.
TIE PsSINsuLA.
The mex; lroCl Inc Peninsula is uoa toaols.
Our forces arc still koeping perfectly qaiet at
L,es Sil'is, three iuiles below Yorktown,
with strict orders 20; to respond to tho fire Of
the eceny. In float OF cur position at this
poiat, whSh covers the Galns over series o,
mill creeks, Jour in numbor, The enemy have
erected eli extensive battery, mounting two
Daighrens and aiX nr eight colu,nbads OF heavy
cali,ge, with which they keep VI slow tire
during The day. ihss Qualifications extend
anIi:elS Acioss tie Peninsula; but this ia the
chief point 'ro:n which ,ley experiment upon
| tur lines Taciv saarp-shocteIs occasionally
pick Oh ouS a.en with their :inss whom any
airs 50 i.ti.scrsot rs 10 lts their beads above the
on,r,hcnmens, Lie distance between the two
parties being only some four or 1--WE hundred
yards Among The .uany splendid shots with
which or a7mY IS supplied, it appears re
msrbable that we, too, do not Try the Sharp
shooting process.
rSEDERlCS>suRG.
The aaeuT do NJ. as ye: occupy tee city Of
fredericksburg but are said to be cuucentra.
ting heavy forces il the vicinity 10 facilitate
| ,hei, al,:Ginssed march 10 Richmond Some
Of their soldiers have stoEen iii and gone over
10 .ha city, ruiii,k ii arouad, ard returned,
si;hou: Going any damage. They rarely s.
c.p,, h;.u ever, being escorted tack under a
guard seat especially otter therD.
Tas VALLEY
!: TIE Qporaiic0s Of cur forces in tbs Valley
sre unkpoTu--:ne situation is apparently IN
s.atn quo 'Eha enemy IS stretched along the
Valley ircm New Market TO within few mi!es
OF HsrriSonburg, on; they ate still doubtful az
to the meaning 0! the rercat, and dislike the
the des o! penetrating so fur into ;6s ihis-
| rioi.
TEE SOUTH AND west
| N'v GER eve our readers rothihg origipa
fro-l eii.e7 ne South or the West, except in
rega:d - Wv Otlesrs. Oar columns will b.
f5uad IL 1ontsin the mos, interesting matter
with which car ex changes could furnish us.
vIpErrEs SURPRISED.
We lsaru from gentleman VINO has JUL
sr7ivsd hera from Gans;:'s Depot, fourteen
miles this sid. OF fredericksburg, that eight
yidettes, msmbsrs .; tho Caroline Light ORA
gooDs and Potomac Cavslry, started from that
plsc= 8 few days since, for picket DUTY at DR..
Goldon's house, aud whiEo there, seated n Dr.
G's flee, wero surrounded By party Of Fede
rails, supposed to DO one hundred strong, aud
two Of them killed aud 6se captured. On
their say to tie Doctors onc Of the nunbt 7
stopped al his fsthsr's residence, about mile
sad half this side OF Dr.. G.'s, AID knew
nothiD. OF the fate O. his eompanions, until tie
following morning wh.n lie rode up to the
place and lound TWO q: ttisIn stretched upon
the grnuni, cold and lifeless. Our informant
was a, the headquarters OF Colonel Les,
whsn this soldier rode in and reported the fate
Of his companions. /: is reported that the
Fed:rals wero p!lo;ea 10 the place by Degrc
who lately rrl away from D.. Golden.