Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-02-17
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THE LATE HATTL < or HRSD%-
RICRSB UIE.
(rROM an EYE wITSEG!


We Quebec "Mercury y have '.'.. "srnit
ted to mass the !alinwing asElrsci nm th
latter .uf 4 canadian sarseoa in ~ Prdera
army t;' relative in MGntrssl eat"d IRON
Earnside'a headquarters am. .'F1' :ey lss':
"Being nLtachaa rts thu t,:u. l., tisattqusf
isrs, wi:il nofinos -. I'D h.'t tr watch TIN
p'oertss Of Tho @ ilt !rua, !is gsl!lry OF To.
| phiUit2n NJ .nsuml " hiss r!:nnti,Jf 8 siry'
If ifsSlY TIE s,hu.a tstl Of npspaiidas nur0;
,:.t., -sIfs II ti,r. riecr, iss al good. aIg1
Of the bsitle ai,:r hs fog Iiit1 about EooI
ah frniR q boz yea. ui 3 ti,sstrs. At inter
vzls :Ie clouds HsasnGts otar,lIsti tbs scene
bGt again tley rd!!ed stf, ab'i sgrsnd P.nn
iau.s rf ti!a fight YES ex hibjted. ms battle
on nes;.ls WA carhiss! of c5sardi.:s---- -
WhSssser the newspapers say, tho highest af
| fcerA ksrr ITO not pretend 70 conceal thst The
Union tro5ps nayer fought 80 bxt,y. After
they lad once gut within print blank rEnge
of the enemy's fre, nothing could induce
StheuI TO advance. fredericksburg W,ss filed
With stregelpts in thousands hsfehsEhs e;
tgtsanSnt HAD eoinmsnssd, and. the &-zs:sa
sh sdaF, until bnlorsu;ght half tho army had
dj6handsI, and was sknEhing and plnnGering
shou; tho town. Including the resn vos
"lHCh nGUt DIiO lutO III blIO
tha Union force engaged was no. less than
100000. do not think, from ali that can
learn, the killed and wounded will reach
0G0, AMI should not he surpri1ed,to learn
thsy are not mora than 1000. The position
of the onsuy, although gocd, was not exceed
iDglY strong, snd So widespread thst'it wa
liabls to be cut in half IL waa not 10 be
cnInparrd to that held hy thu Russians q,
Alma, w.i IL tho A lies iufnnh with so little
difficulty; nn1 a:n ssiistied that = EnrnCear,
.fuy ut nnc-fourth Tho Fe crnl fnrca would
have Carried it with Il uineie .ush. Bat our
nell wonld nat H. sh:; when the columns were
got within rsngs, ,hey halted, began firing,
sYR!y ingn IN i,ii GNn hook, becsns con-
fuerd, aan E.ll hack JIG par:eat mob to be
rs'urmrd. Srru [T0:a distance, rha attack
iCg cuin,"n, luoked like SO many street
iMohs, on which the police hs.i made sud-
dsn a,!~cE; cunyulsion seemed t1 shake
each in lis turn, it opanod oni A!paraWtl;
vita derneraie iudolve TO f,Tm lire. ind al
yanr" Rad th,n Cams t. regular saHr. IHi
JJsnt, arI every rGhI ran :nf c1vcr 10 the ruar,
M thGuah tho dry. we're GltUr hin. Thsn
t!.o sering ;aila II tbs Ounfedsrates wonld
r!ng nul above tk= dnil booming Of the Can :
DGn phl TIE p-:t""i"g g! muaketry, aud
rnringing zap fran, n:h'nd isncas and rifla
pita. the GlIk, EIuY i.as would atvsncs at a
ru !, anl i":f .suIhi.g Yolleya into tho fly
inc rGut I,.ii'; Laileyu on tha CUnisdsrate
left SID caDtEo t5st our troops got within
$50 Tardl Of tho advanced iGihncsa; sad il
is cortiin very 10 " uf our wounded &cie tuo
r.esr 10 tho eneuv', liEa IN br carried oil
On .hs r:gh; The lighting is aaii 10 have hssn
b-ttrr. 1ne e.; at.r PART If tho loss nu eur
,i;;H va an ,ng Lds sfuiko orh IN tho si.asss
o: Frsls: ickabulg. We took and lest Soma
prisoner; on cur ltft, but on no other part
ai tho ti2Id vera the two erInies sufficiently
near TO each other to make captiTss. Tha
sres.sr part oi olT deaf bs9n huen left whsre
they fell, but Arrangements hhVe hasn msds
hy 4 :E If truce 10 t'nGy ttItfn. II ia W his
po, ed, however, ihat il knH been resolved to
re!rn tha ARMY tn This Gisle al tlia Ti1or, Hsn.
i'u,niiJG being satstsd It is u-eleoI 10 mako
ancths. attack on Tho Confederate poeition
with such troops. The material Of the srny
ia 7yuSsc TOW tn*n ever il E,A; E.!;I- is
tho eigupl for 'sksdsd.ile' among tho col-
scripts. substitutes and bounty volunteers
md dissater in any other position would
lead to dissolution. But for tho guards at
the bridge heads yesterday tens OF thousands
of skulkers would ho By this time we'll on
their way to Washington. Nothing IL known
g! t he eueIny's' loss beyond the statement OF
one Of Lae'i ctfi:rrs, who cafno in with q flag
aud permission for Us to bury our dead in
front of this lines, tbnt it is very small This
would naturally be the case from his troops
being under cover Of rife pits, esrthwo1ks
and wo7ia, ard The rolling nature Of their
position allowing them TO bs contested, where
neithsr T;ifa nor cannon could reach than.
The weather is as cold ss November with
you; ice forms every night, and ddes not
disappear during the day; the rohds are
very bad. and in coosequenGoth the distribution
orrrosaonra Irregular. Thare is general
talk If wintar q.a,ters, and a general hope
thai tho csnrar,u is ended until spring. All
1sy ions The cA;s hnvo been bringing up ali-
munitirn Tor he batteries IN this side from,
Aqua Landing, the firing last week having
c yil.s.7i tho magazines 4 gnnd many OF
tbs ;uaded have b.sn brought scross Che
! iivcr, t.;l1 tic hospital arrangements keing
baj, 81 usual, sT.aaEoinsmt, s!s being ,ns1s
t. forward all that rsn ~ moved 10 WsSE-
inEt. ~
sFrSIr9 IN Sr:ipAY.
!IE.DauAerGns FIrrH AH,lY OOtPs,1
FurDyercE-euaG, Dec. Is .-.Evaring.
1T hns been a Quist ,iay f,r the Fifth Ar
NJ :;Srps "A far different nne from that an.
,i:pated last evening. II there had been auy