Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-05-01
FROM THE UNITED sTArEs
lsPEC9Ai CGgRgsP jEDEHCG OF III: Enquirer
FREDERICKSBURG. April %. 1863.

i have received Northern dates to the
9Th, and from thom make up tbs following
summary:
|. wlsHTsaros ITEM;.
Tho Ncw York g Herald 8" correspondent
says: "Tho effect of the cheering nows fsom
Suffolk, Washington, Vickihnrg and Nav Or.
leans, has revived the spirits Of all loyal cili
zsns. In the different departments and
buresus, the chief wear pleasant fscea, and
are very approachable.
Admiral Dupont', official report of the
the Charleston fight has been received, but
will not be made public for the present.
The cohtrabands under forty Iva are being
conscripted by Con. Huntsr, sni those over
forty five aru hiding from fear Of being taken
The idle contrabands at Alexandria are to
be sent out 10 work on abandoned farms. 1.
Several hundred more Of tho sick from the
army of tho Potomac arrived in Washington
on the 22d.
T. Hooker is still graAtlrs a,'lin;ted naaa.
ber'@of furlonghs for short pe,iCdd in pscu-
liar cases.
HaILtCK AT FoRrEEss MONROE.
ualleck, General in-C Chief of the Yankee
army, was ct Fortress Monroe on the 2lst
consulting y ith Dig on mstiers-tbe " uer:
aids Fortress Monroe correspondent sup
pdses- connected with fairs ON Back9ator
FRoM THE DEPARTMENT OF M1ssoUSI
Tho rebel divisions of Marnaduke and
Bu, bidge, numbering 5000, the whole under
the commsnd' Of Gen. Price, advanced on
Cape Girsdesu and demanded its surrender.
On the demand being refused, they attacked
the place, but sf er three hours soyp:c i,htiDg,
they were handsomely repu!scd. The rebels
then took D new position, and at last accounts,
were preparing To assault the Federal works.
The Federal troops hsSe been reinforced,
and two gunboats have arrived thsre to aid
them.
A lAtor despatch from Gen. Mcneil, (Ysn-
kee General in command y says the rebels are
rotreating. Federal loss is less than twenty
killed and wounded.
DgPARTMEET OF Tue GULF.
Gen. Banks has defeated the rebels at Yer
million Bayou, taking over thousand priso-
neri.
The rebela destroyed ten steamboats, and
two guhLoAts to pftVnnt their falling into our
hands.
luc iciIbl ''htLtIlco NJ Dilp LID IsU6e, Q6Tc
been :atucsd b. our fleet,
On tho llth The rebel works at Bethel
Piacu weid entered by Gen.. Wsitzsll, and q
large amount Ut ht0reB, arms and ammuni.
ton left In them were captured. Gen. Grover
had defeated TWO Texan regiments and three
batteries at Irish Bend, capturing acme pris-
oners and over a Thousand head Of beef cat
tlo, horaes and mules. One hundred and sc-
venty-nias 0f the Yankee wounded had ar
rlrud At Now Orleans. Franklin has been
c4ptutod and it is thought tho whole Ope-
lousas country would bs cleared of rebels.
Gen. Is. expected to capture Opelousss on
tho 18th and occupy it.
In the fight q. Vermillionvllo there was
considerable loss on both sidoa.
The celebrated salt mines of Louisiana
have boon captured and the works destroyed
A second dsa patch says the prisoners will
number sixteen hundred and that tho steamer
Unrume had heen taken.
!. Tns rebel wounded are in hospital at NeH7
iberia and Franklin.
THE rwo YEARS MEN
Two regiments Of tho two years men from
Uooker's army arrived in Washington on
Sunday-the 7th and Sth New YORK. The
"Ohroniclo" says they were mostly Germans
and wore met by Germans and escorted 10
tho Baltimore depot by the provost marshal
and band The "Chronicle" says they will 90
in again after 4 short visit hons. Tne 7tt
went out 900 strong. They have lost l95
killed and 4G5 wounded.
FRoh vIcysBURa.
MEMPHIS, April 23.-Six more transports
have run the blockade at Vicksburg. Two
double dsok fist-bOats, capable Of carrying
thousand men each, have also gone through
DuckpOrt canal.
Transports now pass Warrenton without
difficulty, the batteries being silsnced Th'
army is at Ponte OOupee, on Red river, oppo
site Bayou Sara. Tho rebels have beer
driven from Bear creek.
Another despatch says that the Henry
CLAY was sunk in the attempt made to past
on ,hs l6:h, and all on board perished.
rhorv arc now seventeen vessels and trans 8
pcr!s he!oW Vlcksburg, including the thrc,
Of Admiral Farrsgpt.
FROM SOUTH CAsoLINi,
The Monitors ara still lying elf North Eiia
to, and tbs land forces Occ"pYlng tho Island
mkN -Or WAN Al bbOShLIN
There aro no loss than sixteen vessels o
war now being built at this naVy-yard. III,
Puritan and Dictator are the TWO Erricso1
ocean iron-clads. Each of them is over thre.
hundred and fo;ty feet long. These will
probably, bs completed III about one year
The ironclad OrOudaga will soon be lauached
probably in week. 1hn iron-clAds Tecum
aeh, MshOpao and MaI.battan will DO cOm
pleted by July.
Tho great ram DanderbeIg cannot bt
completed for two years. The iron clat
mlautonomsh will soon be finished. She will
he 20O fett long aud 1000 tons burthen-
She vii! bs ahoat by lst May.
Besides theae there arc building the wood
EN- vesseiR Metacomst, Mendoza. Shamrock
Uhenango, MsoknnaR, Peoris, Nyack, Mau
mpe. and the iron-olad Oamanche.
G0ESlLLlS TO BE ExTERMIHATED.
Gon. B'unt, commanding district of Kan
Sac, has. issued an order that "all bands o.
gue,illas, when met with arms in their hands
opposing the Government, arc not to be
considered as 'belligersnts,' but must be con
sidsred a. 'insurgents,' and should suffer
death. When such persons arc taken, which
IL 10 TO aVOiuau, they SIC W % bulumaINy
tried by military Commission, snd if guilty
must bu executed by hanging o: shooting,
withou! delay
CAPTURES BIT THE FLORIDA.
The Florida captured, on March 80, The
schooners Icolcond, 375 tons bur then, and the
Lapuring, both owned in Boston. Their car
goes wste flour, provisions, furniture and
lumber. The vessela AID cargoes were val
usd at SIS 900:
MISCELLANEOUS.
In ths pockets oFsach of,hroe Ohio dtssrtsrs
who are to be shot in Western Virgins, nexl
week, wsfe found lstters from their fathers
advising them to desert.
The New York Post" says ChoctsW
county, Miss., has seceded from the Southern
Confedsracy.
Fifty cavalry and one hundred infantry
weeo required TO uisperss the Knights of The
GGlden ,lircls, who had collected to resis the
arrest of dese1tara. No collision occurred
howoTer, IS tho knights dispersed.