Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-06-23

IL tho Southern country.
These ale excellent sentiments. Why did
20. tho uoioael Judge think Of thess things
bsi,re? About tho time ha was raising rs
Nav York ros iment to crush !eo rebellion !!
However, we graciously accept his glowing de
lance Of tl.vory as srft OF atoHeinent,
thou tardy, for his former military srdor.
HIS improv ement in wisdom aaa philosophy
IS attribute entirely 20 tina lessona OF most
eminent rofsssor-Gan. Lee.
il noticeable, also, that tho orator &C.
rets and deprecates the wa, not for tho
AXE OF sny suffsriEgs inflicted upon the
UonfederacY but because tho Yankees nave
los. .'their Southern county, the anu'ce CT
all thcir wealsh!"
TIRE CAPTURE OF WINCHESTER.
We msks tn, following interesting extracts
frau & letter dsed
CAMp lsr VA ARTILLERY,
Abou. four miles f-Hm Charlestpw,, :
Mold y, l P. NJ Juns Is, 1868. }
o. the liz ins TN, Ewel.?s
Cores stsrtal FROM Oulpsp': CONT II u5s -
We marched to Li.tlo Washingion, Ripe
a,nuock caaniy, mex. day to Fr,pt Roys',
masking forty-nine miles in t~o d.Ja: Five
dsys before VIC cached Front Royal, Genera!
Jenkins, who wss stationed a. Muialotnwii,
On tho Valley Pike, had pickotsd lila side Ct
The Rilgs in tto mos: particular H'ai'naC. 90.
vona the -osds leading to|efGH F. mi K Va!
and Winchester; consequently, Ga1. MIiOy
the outlaw did NOT kaow CT oar ..Tiys! anu
b I'D made no preparation for tho reception OF
suon forn;ds5ie visi!3ES, aud re ao3hii;asSd
a SORT Of s'surp.ise party" Tee old despot
was vomiting his malice to bis hsaet's content,
on the defunceisss women, child;an and cid
m:n of this section o! the couasry, without
hin6rsnce, when we step2cd-n t. interrupt
bis delightful occu2atisr.
At From. Royal our corps spit ii,to three
parts. Rndes' division moved rapidly to inc
riphs If the "do 2me3 man." Uascrn by him
for hs IS yc: 'raG blind ana il the DARK
R ,oes passed through Millweod on t. Z. =
vile. Thor be gwuug round towarS5 Ma
.iashurg ana Oharlesto~n, 10 p:~yant an -
:nfcrcsm ,nts bnin, oout 10 Milyor f+rm H..
ue,'s Feyry. 10 show ho| cor p!atLly icno'
rant tie Yankees were of our sp,'-oaca, -
,o,d ,as th.t gons CT th1 Yankees walked
Isisurely p,st bin house t;wa:dd Bs'ryv'i!Y
and very eocn afts. wards TIT: skiT!siaha.s
pss,el through his yard, going il tn, c.la'
direction; aud General Roles told t.n ;h..i
he sxpecscd t, capture me YsCk:a t':ce ri
DsTryV:ile.
Gsn L. JOHNSON diY;s.Ia mo7ed directly
tip tho Front Raysl p,a:o towards Wiz; haste,
pressing on the front OF tho plsco sd bps7i1
around 10 the right of the t3wn, in order 10
.rsvsnt e55sae by tbs Yaakc;a.
Con. EArly'a d.vi2ien mJycd tt tho !si::
entered tho VaN>y pike =. NsSioWn cid
pressed forward, d'iFiDs ;hs Y4oao:a from
k9sns.owa and ba:k upon Winchester, until
ws were within two wills Is h, city.
= You will $50 by referring {, the map that
zee Yankees mad tEu good H.y:' of escape
cua towards uarEcs's Fsrrg, TIA CHER TO-
wards M.:tiu%tuGS anI R,u!nay. RODS
blocked the way ;uHatils flsGpa:' = Ferry II d
M.Ftilsb iYg, sud Jo:iGs.ln s'ratAhad round
;sesrtis the Rfnneg pike. II 81 theaD b.d
been securely closed, tao who!e Yankee force
gould have beec couicaa to nave tu::en
dared III TIC town.
Ilo Yenka. *Szo very s!ro g'y fortified,
and il they h.d fought bravs!y 40 could not
havs tsken tic whole vorks Without g-ta!
slaughter; but, th.uks TO kind Providence,
.aey did not. They were about eight or ten
thousand strong and hsd twenty th:co pis| cs
of SPLENDID artillery. II wss With great dlf-
faulty We found position fnr oar gus .hSt
uauld he in line with the Yankee f>It9.-
We spent sll day Saturday manoau7reing abs t
tue h!ls Ga Sunday, after soIns Dolly, VIZ
took position Oh the hill between The Rom
nov road and tie MsFtinsbarg pike Every
gun wss concealed, every man bid, periec'
silence observed until al things wero ready.
n 1Ol0 - h,
nearest fort. at g;vaI! signal, Wa opened
about twenty guns The neares. fort, FL
lcncing their guns immediately, and so intim
ijalins their infantry that ~hon or tvnePs
charged, 80 ea-ily captured ths vorka on the
exrems right Of tho Yankee lines.
Whom wn had gotten possession # tho II g.
forts, tho darkness prevented any further ac-
vance that evening. We had thvs c'pturod C..
very commanding position wi h tr fl ng loss
Of ono ho:so in cur battalion and ono m:n
wounded, myself teing tho individual. se-
ceiyed slight fash wound in tho sight am
which 10 nearly we'll already. Col Tosn's
battalion on cur eft, ST. Gased but little IN 1re
thsn Ws did the infantry lost bu: few mn;
it was slmnst bloodieSs vic cry, sEd .iIl-
ocro,y d. thank GID FIR it.
Iac prsiLion Of tie Yankees WA utterly
hopeless row, for in the raiBicg wo won,G
5.vs torn thom to pieces with cur a::ile'y.
They appreciated their danger snd attempted
to cut their way cut during tho night, leaving
all thsir guns behind them, siao ell thor
wagon trslna, o.d1auco storcs, aud other
property, which wa appropriated yesterday
morning. Az coon IS we discovorod tha,
they hsd lofs their wafks, wa closed in Gil
,heiy ro,reatirg columns, capturing nearly
all thsir troops. have sssn se;ogal ton.
ssrd my sslf and hssrd CT ssveyal ihnLEsnG
moro Old Ml-oy clothed him ,slf in ci;iz,u's
clotSes, and stt:m2.ed to escape, bat wac
tsken." e mistake p