Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-03-20

saw SD WilDa has been interrupted by The
,lests uctlon OF bridge n. LenicihrncAe.
The Polish veteran General Dcmbinski had
left Paris Tor Poland, provided, it wni said,
with considerable funds.
URAcow, Feb. %, lSG3.
The sCzas'' of to-day announces inst the
Russians have been beaten by L.ngei0lez
nosr MslegosZse sitter an engagement which
lasted five hours. Malngoszcc is in ruins.
AS to the chances of ultimate sncccss. 1t is
too soon to Judge. ThePoles have Tremendous
odds against them Aus.ria and Prussia are
both intel estcd III keeping her Down, because
each Of them holds AID c2p'ease5 h'ee
slice of The ancieut Kingdom. Prussia, far
the p csent, p,ctcatlS 10 "Eru'ra!iiy,' and Aus
.Iia is even said Ia be encouraging the instr
gents In the PRUSSIA Chamber Of Deputies
on %. h February, the motion Of Herr 1'e'-
beck and CariowitZ, recommending neutrality
in the Polish question, and asking 'hlt both
Russian s9ldic's and Polish insurg cnts sh''u;d
be disaIlncd On entering Inc Piussian ter'l-
lory, was pnt and adapted with slight modi'
iication of the wording, by 246 10 81 votes,
At Paris, IS Usual, these In strong and
universal sympathy with Poland. Many Pc
tiii,ns favorable to Poland have been pc
scn,ed to tho French Senate; and ihe-govorn
meat at least 10 crates, perhaps encourages
q nuhlic subsc, iptian for the Polish cause -
As TO England. she (a!so as usuaD suspends
her sympa,hies until she.secs mao a the
chances ,f :ucces;. sho III ready TO- cry
B:ayn! 10 the Car. or to contribute poems
to she triumph Of Poland, as the case may be.
We read:
In Tho House Of CoIumGna nii the 2T;b. An
| iurs,isnt debate took place Oh Ina aaaus at
Poland. 1t was opened hy Mr. Pope ilcnnfs
sy L.. ntrung speech in denunc!alicn 81 The
co,l,-c Of Russls towards Po!a.d, ard IN ia
yvr oi i, friendly mediation ~ England TO
secure Tie future ii,dep, ssiencr "I tbs f"'rs'
I H.. moved that Russis's defiance It treaty
! OBI. atom. dnr aided tho Intslpnsitinn 81
| Eagl.n!. a lengthy debate e..srsd, II which
the rtm.sar,a'lvts o. ail parties. irci:!d'Fg
LnG Pamr.st"n and mf. Dlsrae:', con
| .ie,n,,rd ito palcy Of Russia. l. wss 'h"usht
| !. Sir.bi. uusr,y.r not II etnDSfsh'H Lac
y. v:r.:ncn; = ia fortnsl resolution. bur 10
| lei he uN.u:moui expression IL ont.l"n 10
iss work, ay.i the resolution W." coI'%. q'Ieit-
!y withdrew.
Jus, so. Easl.nd il n.u,rsl; and fancies
that urr pull' "or;nirr' wi hsrH H"hlo
ihilusrc,; th"u:h OF, whrh side sshe ~ net
vSa sue Re: pcs.'inn wtti, iraic't 20 mat
POLISH struggle - 90; Ike -" "nt shn
occupies on til, American war. Sho Will
utter tie finest s,nriTncrts. "ld deeply dc
riure' tho drs sdIu! t.i'j',; "rd 1t 81" P"jes
a-n final. crushed, she wal! at l-s@t - bs-
fore, Produce another coi'H vi s.f'rs on
another ID .wlfn u "i Poland.
49,
CAPT NosBYs LATE RAln TO FAIRFAX 4.
4 gan'l man Iii Richmond received lately
the snhjoi'e ed lotter from Capt. John S MICS
by, and having shown It to lie, we tsso the
liberty Of uskins tho gallant CaPtsin tell ih"
stew q: tis brilliant act. The ltt;c: wa; gu
.urlv p.iyata, and liz published by Us without
!'in kn1~ edge or consent Of either part
"Aly Dear Sir: You
have already sarn s0mething III tho nnwaDa-
pc,a of my recent raid Oh the Yankees,
though sen they all cLl me Mosisy instead OF
Mos"Y. had only twon:y-iline men under my
command. penetrated about ten miles hi tier
liGes soda right up TO the General D hasd-
gu ...srS, surrounded hy ,nfanlty, artiiieiy
and csvs!.y, touk hi . out of bed and brought
hin of ealkCd into his rorm with two
OF nay lnon, and shaking HIM in bed, said,
General, eat uIr' he rose up, rubbing his syes
AMI aaketl WIN. veg the neshiog of all this
rp.l;",l, lit means, sir, that Stuart's cavsl-
ry arn in possession otthis place, and you ara
81 is ,.,er" We also surrounded tho hcad-
qua ,,,s ol Ucl. Wyndhsn, (Actiog B,igadisr
OF cnpalry) but, unfortunately, he had gone
down to Wasbington--wc got his assistant
adj Ant general, and also his sid--sn Aus
s,iap, Baron Wordener. There was an i'm.
mepse amount oi all bindss OF stores
collected there, but was unable to destroy
them, as they wee il houses wihrut de-
stro, in; The town The horses We brought
of were mostly very fine, belonging to ctti-
cars. Ii had hal enou,h men ] cuu d have
bought eff hnndre!s. IL was my Putp Sc
70 have reached he Court House by II
O'Clock ct night; but it being very dark ard
raining, We got lost, and wee delayed two
hours; 81 that wc did not have over an hour
to . ay in the town j. being necessary for us
to Jass Gu. their lines before daylight In
COMING ;.u. We passed in two hundred ya;ds
al the ior'ii!ca i9rs at Cen.roVil'c, and weie
hailed by \ sentiae from one OF the reGorbts.
A Cap. Bsroe CT, from New York, heic made
q dc, pc'a,e attempt to get away; ne dashed
GU, Of the ranks snd tried hard 10 roach tic
fort, hnt sh,t !:.om one Of my men con.
vnced him ,ha. it. was a dangerous under
l,. m Ell "a
;he,e was 4 tO:ce nf alb ut tao thousand,
COASTS ing .! iainutry, artillery and caTaIiv.
In the vicinity 81 the UHurt,I iousc one caval'
ry and one infantry h'isale ~etc campod-
thee were about two hundred juet in The
town. We easily csRued tho few guards
around The town, as They rover dreamed we
were anyb, dy csc bat YankceS unit ihoy
saw o pistol iatsd st ;he'r lrsad', with
demand for snri eEier.
sYoury, t,rly, JoHH S. MosEY.''
The following is General Stusrt's order:
urAnquA.Tsns CAVALRY DwIsIoE,}
AsMy os y Va. March r. 1863.
General Orders,
No. q
Capt John 9. Meshy Las for a long time
attracted tee attention Of his Geaerala by his
bot,!uess skill and success, so sigaa'lv dis
played in bis uIaeT6us falays up,n th> III
vsders tf bis native State.
Mono know his daring cnterpriseand dash
log he.uisni, better than thoao foul invaders,
though strangers themselves tn such ncble
traits.
Ills late brilliant exploit-tho capture Of
Brig. Gen. S;oughton, U. S. A., two Captains,
thirty other prisoners, together ~ilh thsir
arms, equipments an: fifty eight horsos--
justifcs this recognition in General Or
ders.
This feat, unparalleled in the war; was per-
formed in the midst of tho enemy's troops,
at Fairfax Court House. without loss OF
Injury.
The gallant hand OF Capt. Mostly share the
glory, as they did tho danger, Of this enter
prise, and are worthy of such loader.