Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-06-03
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Heavy reir:oi :c:ivli:s TO Grants army have
been dcharking at Aqua creek for several
lays Ins:. Transports in large number are
"onti"uriiy arriYirg and Departing s"rr',e7
are hein,, landed IN rroiuse unn:'iity' anu 'n'
! *harl ircsen;s the greatest bu-tie anu "''.''
". Ny informant. 1911 eyewitness e"'o
,ulv IL. nnrt ID crowded with shipping, bu'
T.. river il white with vessels carrying wound
rJ T., Washington, and returning with sup
Mia. ammunition and fresh troops. The lat
Ter or, withdrawn Iron. the garrisons of the
North, uui will fora Considerable addition
10 Grants columns They comprise regular
tr,ln the cd forts. raw recruits, and the lnva,
! id cvrra. The calling out of two thousand
nilitia Ivy the Governor Of Maryland is par
tiul inulca,i0n ui the number OF lna9tlTe
troops 10 be sert from that State.
The supply trains of the enemy, ps,sH
between Aqua creek ard Fredericksburg
orn IN alm,st contnuous line, or rather t"o
| lines, or they travel On parallel roads. They
! aavu rot yeI been Interrupted by our cav
| airy.
| Tie co operation OF cur mounted forces tb'p
side Of tho Rsppahunnock and IN the rear OF
! be enemy, with the main movements Tor Tie
defence vt Mchnnnd, have net, in valuable
!;rsa,ts reslZcd the autioipations INDUCED III
before the recent battles were fought. With
| tho exception OF un nt,uck IN . lot Of alnbu-
iances laden with sick. and wounded-an ex-
,ioit that reflects no very great credit to Con-
| feterate a,ma--the operations OF thess forces
| have dren signafzsd. by no achievement cred
| itablsS6r otherwise. The Orange and Alex
sndria r. ad continued in uninterrupted ser
vice until it was no longer Of use to the enc
my, and it' was then (sbtut ten days ago.
abandoned. Whether it has been sui
fsrcd to transport troops and supplies to
the enemy fur 30 long period by permission
OF Cen. Lee for reasons stratesetic, or through
the Inactivity ct the officer through whose dis.
tric; it passed, ;.'IL Ut whose mercy it at all
limrs l:.y, uu uuuhle to determine. |
aa imturmed, however. that number o.
bridges oi thin road were directed IT, be
destroyed long siuco. but the order VIVA rot
a.crutrd. Grants trains between Aqua
urssk ar. Frederick. burg. up 10 he present
writing. haze apioyel like immunity. nnd
me dependent in no wise on the protection
Which lh-,r feeble Guard affords against an
; ordinary Cash AID enersy un the part Ut cur
, cavalry.
tinion rtor!c llang the upper Potomac ac.
c:pt every word ii Sianton's - official ga
zet.es' ia eospel, nili are assured that Grant
sill hc IN Richmopd ut the end Of each Sue
ccedGs week. lis little remarkable, bow
over. iii View Of The gratifying Intelligence"
With wtich these Saz.ttes are filled, they ar
not allow Ell to cross The Potomac save by AZ
c,d-nr ard IL Yankee paper iii Lomdoun
county is WORTH III .,reenbacks from two e.
three .!alars IL copy. Notwithstanding tho
news Of Gen Lee ; defeat, published by Stan
r"n vn t!:U Il h, " aii street could not be pr
valid upou to relax it- dignity and engage
/ ~ lac general reioiclrgs The hding4 werr
I ~or;:, lat oue cent tiie Amount that gold d..
I!ecihtej that dnsl. The Yankees Went era
! y over IL cents worth ul news. In the sweet
accent ut the as:orshc! ,'enton, "EOr q pea-
| hes" The desTu,rli from Higel, Rad AT
VI ur- headquarters. announcing the de-
-rruc;un OF twentysix miles Ct the Lynch
lug :.Ht Charlottesville railroad was the
l,o,de-t fabrication Of tho war---that General
heing Ill the Time III >his old quarters in tho
Valley, A!rnid IL s;ir Il foot from biz camp lest
lie cume Unawares on the ghost Of Jackson,
i.endlI the shadowy lugions that sleep slong
the hknL- al the >usIuchaDnah, to say nothing
III the !ivirr forms under lmhCden that stard
in rri Dispute his Way. Sigers foreo ID esii-
mated at nine thoueand very efhccn. tfoops---
mostly raw recruits. Recently he has kept u
caGurtel force IF observation On this eide OF
TIE EIuo Ridge, fearful that detachment
from ,'err. Lee's amy might Hank AID c"t
him OF
r.irute report from Washington represents
| that cay 20 converted into oBe vast hospital.
I'uh,c hu'iliDG- aud private residences ARE
filled win wuunded. and tho stream ir'm
Aqua Greek continues 10 pour III It's ghastly
to,i. a accounts from that quarter coin
eide 10 The estimate Of sixty thousand killed
aud wnunjed on the Yankee side.
u turtS Ut MOSby's men encountered The
ether day squad Of Yankees on their way to
tho rear. wiio had beei sadly demorai2.d By
| the ,b,c liou prevalent III Grants army that
| 10 retreat 1rrJ.s the RappaLannock was ~ be
| rdar"i No long aS single man rcinaiped-
i'i'hs squad was composed Of three lieutonaIts
and two Negro soldiers.
The official gazettcs" Of Stanton st first
enumerated Grants prisoners by thousands
row designate TIE captures by "acrcs, and,
it Is probable, the next announcement viii
.I,ei.k OF them hy tho square mile. When in
terror enumeration t,,;iH. lie. will proclaim the
capture Ut rhsnet oi prlsanerd, il u0. y uni.
verse Itself
| The d,it't 81 GrutInl Stuart east gloom
over this ont.rp cynmuui!y. Here was the
sceEc If many u. his most gallant explmta.--
Day after day these m1untaina have echoed
tho defiant shouts OF his brave troopers, as,
charge alter charge, they repulsed the heavy
coluhns Of tie enemy. The traveller Cannot
pass through strip of woods OF an old field
hereahouts without coming upon the evidences
of some desperate fight, where the sabre Of
the great chief glittered foremost in the onset
Az remarked, deep gloom bespeaks the
ailecsouate remembrance Of the people who
have Witnessed ut their very doors tho achieve.
mcn,s Of the dead warrior who has made their
fields claF sic with his heroic deeds. Other
Cavalry Generals may supply his plaza III al
HE requirements Of sk'li, energy, daring, but!
who viii bring 10 hear ca the enemy tho ter
10: ~r"asht hS his ruule alone.
DEVOUT REGIMENT.