Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-01-30

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! Yankee army stuck in tie mi-e-Taz .fr!3Lt
a: WGsa!agton c1sy- Commodore Wilkes
/ From 2or1ath- Capture Of a Boct--Gun-
! boa. unE-nespaich from Curtis-Ne,c
; Ycrt Riliid ordered 0u:--Ths 8iG5omc
and Ike European Gorer~msRts- ise a-a
| Jackson.
fHEpEslcxssrEG Jan. "G, 1865
| { !.n.u iaet rscsiTsi dsine Q: :he !EcpL,.-
siS!h !nstaht:
rrE ATTEMPTS :, cao-s TIE S4PPAHAsNocz.
Ire spscinl correspondent Of tho New York
| Post" ststes that fof four DAYS lsat wee,
teg:rniog With Tuesday and oD1;pg f.,.A
Friday, his "GrsuG Army" cstenrtei {,
Cross nt R.-k's Eard, i1E: shov, F~edor:c's>
burg hut thai such Tss the condition q tHg
roads J: vsi compelled to fA.I hack.
ac1ou.:s represent thrt on Friday a.
grestsr portion nf the army Sss hock ii Ca
oof5rs fredericksburg. hrracido, Ec7S>:
''uuner, Storsnsn, G::En, Siocura, Syi:.s'
HG!D phr;ss, Franklin AMI oil ihc char eli
GERS laho:ed hard 70 get tes ,aou e2ross,
or. tho r1ud prevented. pHntoona we're
o:ougt: wj.L:n cDr hcni'-,; ro.is Of Bats
rofi
Ths difficulties Il crossing a., taus :si-
rated By Y.nsss correspondent:
SAX every turn rise on the rosd : wagon
~ csissoil c;yuiai DO aeea sttoEiug fast in the
mad; haysss aod mu;ss were down IL tao
mira, uasbio 10 -is.. Iii eTsvy gully bas.hrisa,
es:csons, supply ~sgcrn, smh":scces snd
pcntocns we-s 1irsd; horses IND mules Up
| to theis bellies ir mud; sol3iyTs or 10 march
sinking 10 ths;r kn.es Q: sioos. avery btcp.
1: was impossible TO draw AT empty wsso7,
througb tho dsesdful 1nn:. Tas vao:s sJr,y
was stuck fact
"Within space Of two mi!aa the scenr .
confusion Was greatest. In deep gn'lr.
! srd ou bill side, whGrs the road sscend-t,
where stuck fast more thln d dozen gr.n6, cEis-
sons, brigade wagons, amt great headquar:o-
wasors. TIE guns and portoons We ,h.eo
days in reaching the ford, snd ned to be
dragged by united lsbor Of men aud horses,
when it was discovered that approaches TO
tho river wore impractcahls. The in the
freshly cut roads vas too deep. The u:er:.
got in sight, they said. Of rebel camp hres."
COMMODORE VII rEs.
TIE Bshaua "Esrald" has it from creGita-
hls authority that the British Governu:dn.
hes o!ds,sa ths commander OF tho Br;ii?h
war steamer EcirAd to capture Wilkes
wherever iound, and taks him to Bermuda,
suhjact to further orders.
rsoM coRlr1H.
Daily asi.mishes takc place in f.cut of C1-
riptb, snj an attack is looked for.
Another raid wss made to Holly Springs
on NJ nday, and n number Of negroes cap
tured. The Yankees say tho Confei.ratea
committed msny deprodations.
ILLINOIS.
In Illi1oii the inhabitants are thinking Of
importing farm laborcrs from England. Thou
s.nds Of acres of land need cultivation. but
the army haa absorbed az the cu!t!vators.
CAPTURE CT rANKss TRADING BOAT.
TIE Yankee trading boat Forest Queen was
Her crew was paroled and released.
ANOTHER SUMMARIZE CABLE.
! i srhmatins cshls ';s to be laid between
New Oflesns and Fortress Monroe. 1. vii!
touch at Fort Macon and Beaufort, N. O., Por:
Royal; 8. O., Forrandina End Key West, Fls.'
| and Fort Pckers. '''-. '''-''
| r o au,fnn = prNv
| A Yankee gunboa. isreported to kavc BEEN
/ sunk by Confederate bsttery Of Port Hud-
son.
~ pEsRATcH FROM cuR1ls.
! Th. following despatch hss been receITec
in IT. bingter: ... ....
... .:.,--., ST. LouIs, Jan. "a, 1868.
.aaj. Gen. Il. ". Halyeck, -.
General in Chief:
Gsna7s!: German telegrrpbs from Do
rsIi's Bluff, on the 18th inst, that, sidsd b.
three grnbosts, he .scended White Riysr to
Duvsll'a Bluff and Des arc, taking shods
one tuDdIsd ana ftty prisoners, two colrlo-
b;sds ~ sbo1t two hundred smail srns.
S. R. CcR7Is,
nai Gen. Commanding.
Tsndcroii; sas cone TO Fortress sioEroe 70
tow the We,hsvken South. AfteT getting
ons. sts will start in search OF tao Ais
/. bEIns. ..... ,... ".-
NEW YoaE MILITIA 0hDERED our.
Gear. Wool bss ordsred all the Now York
mili;ia to report to him. Upon hearing thH,
IGs, 8, ST., commander OF the State forces,
s.,rersa q vigorous protest. This step. has
created srea. exci:ement- Tho prevailing
opinion i .hat II Is the design OF the Ad-
miaist .afion 70 tske the militia under its COLI
troi.
Tho British ship Ftsuvius took one aud G
/, ,H million 81 dollars from Mobile to Eng
land. ,.-... y..s 20 90. ...: =. =.
rus .1.s,u, Aso THE runorxAN GoTER<hsSrs.
The Washington" correspondent Of the
Nav York q Tribune" ssys France has re-
monet.stsd with England shou. lifting out me
Alabama; that M. Drouya Dc pHuys claiTs
that it ;s In direct violation Of the spirit and
Ier.r Ct the treaty Of Paris in 1856.
.MscELLlxEous.
A cor. espondent Of the London sTInes'
t tssys child would instinctively rush
4 to Gen. Latin crowd, as friend and. pre-
tector, 40 fascinating is the beauty % hia
coun, onsnee;, and adds, that, General Lex
g. dresds newspaper panegyric worse that
. he does wound. He says Lee is hero, su
]! Jaokson"s aiEsint- %
d A .hues Western psyn.stes was recently
d introduced, to Lincoln. By way Of sayip!
= something asrosabIe, the Hoosier remsr ked
q laI have called, Sir, to pay my repec6 ~
: ayes. - responded lincoln, from theSeem
;, ul.ints OF the soldiers gusss that Is .abou
= sll you gentlemen do piy."