Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-05-20
AI<l'uol(o Gllql)ltcr,
FRIDAY MoRNlEU, MAY 20, 1861.
THE NEWS.
TIE CITY.

tHS CITY.
The city was perfectly placid on yesterday
Nothing Of any Importance camc from eithe
of the a,,nies in Virginia. with tho exception
Of = despatch from Gen. Lee, announcing tn
brilliant little operation Of Weduesday-th
news If Which was anticipated on yesterday
Some interesting news from tho South an
SJutE-wcst adorned tho bulletin boards also
ard attracted he usual crowds. The city
however, o,ksl deserted, except in certain
s7cts--tnose particular spots, for instance
where poor women cougrcsatc for wcrk AIT
bread. Tie scarcity Of supplies, the absenc
Of tho supplying power in camp, and the gcn
eral inccnTcu:ercrs attendant thcrcupon
formed ,i,c leading STAPLE Of popular common
and conversation.
FROM GEN. LEES Army.
The following t!licial despatch conccrnin!
Wednesdays operations, wan received ycster
day murnia.:
G. H., May iSih-7 P. NJ,
Vim Milford, 10Th.
il'Ii u. IA EEplsiNJ c'cIPlttly vi w aT
Tac enemy opened his batteries On por
ton OF EwcIi's.lino and attempted IN assault
but failed. IIs was easily repulscd. Subse
quently, he cannonaded portion cf HilPs
lines under Early. Tho casualties an our sidt
arc very few. X. K. LEE.
We learn from passengers down FROM Mil
ford, yesterday, THAI the eo'my made Il rait
upon The FREDERICKSBURG railroad, "Wednesday
ri-ht, m.! destroyed Guins&'s Station. W.
had not'irg there. and no troops except u few
tickets in the Immediate vicinity. Tho sta
ton j. ~. within a:ir lines, nor would it 10 81
service toll: enemy. The raid WIS merely q
say littin diversion, which did no harln tr
any body bat the railroad company, and very
;i:.i. /, /. Altwas quiet there on yesterday
morning. Dcserters say that Grant ha!
lost ninety thousand oc l!is boas lacn and thai
they cannot lie replaced. The woods nnt
county III tho rear d his army, and north O
the Raprahannoct, gre said to DO populcu'
with Yankee Ioser:ers and s:rag g'c.s, who art
trying to get into the Confederate lines or bacl
to their homes.
cArrlR:D cnLORs.
The following graceful! acknowledgment ha
been issuad by Gen. Lee:
HEapuraRrERs ARMY NORTHERN Va,
On battlefield, May 18th. 1864.
M.inr General G. NJ. WILCOX, Coinmamlm.
Division:
General General I.on directs me n arknow
lu,';.e the receipt Of he flags captured by Lane
tr g!'ic in lis gallant chmgr OF yesterday an,
To say TIA. hey will be forwarded To the Hon
Secretary oi War, with tho accompanying note
aud tho names q: ti:c brave cH,tnrs.
| !i.i. very respectfully,
Your Ob't servant
(Sisnei) c. EESABiE. A. d G.
TIE ,.ara,s ofthe c1ptors are : l9t Lieut. } M
G'.ro:iy. Company X. 9Th n. G. T., who brorgh
oir !hn co'ors OF til" III. Michigan.
~ Lieut. O. 4 WIgg:ns. Company Z. 3Th n
c. r., who brought eli those OF the 5lst Penn.
81 lvania.
priv.'eJ II Wh2e'er. Company f, lSh n
c T., who brought 81 th0Sn Of tae battery u
artillery "
Accounts cor,ccrn;Dg the repulsc Of th
Yankees O. Wednesday, describe it, just d
General Ice lucopicaliy terms it, cay" per
ha?s The easiest d feat of the war. The Yam
kccs refused to rally. and notwithstanding
their officers swore all sorts Of oaths, the,
persisted i'll running. Grant, it liz said, Ia
endcaycrcd ~ bring fresh troops into the fieIt
every day. Ills nliule army has withstood tL
ordeal, and h;Ying been whipped, it is mol
surprising Tia. they know it, and manifest
in on;cq.erec, :.u iEd;sp3si:ipn to be whiruc,
.gai;t. -
PROM THE sOuTH-SIDE.
The oncIay was engaged ON yesterday IL
she'Iing at cur o.tion on tho James, froa
tboir guntoats in Dutch Bend, three Or iou
milca below DrcwrY's Bluff. Some hcav.
metal VAS thrown about simultaneously, Blu
10 10 purpose. The she ling continued nenrl,
all day great deal Of noise was lnado, bu
nobody hurt. Tine land forces Of the enemy or
sill lying bahi::d their loriiti ntiUns. In thci
prc,i pit:.tp flight on MonIav. they left an.
number oi ,paGos, picas, and other diggin,
material, watch our troops have turned L
good pur;"sc sincn then. The rGm"r was re
vved Yesterday, that portions OF t''iI :"rc
were c!nsslrg I, the north side, but n" oihc';'
has boon received 10 that effect
bES. hpr'iAS y DfFS w ~ .P'hh'
The i.te achievement Of General John II
Morgan, in lis defeat Of AvcrSl in Sout!
western Virginia, is Saii to have been ono o
the mtst brilliant Of tho war in rapidity o
movement and suddenress Of onset, while tk
enemy were twice tie humber of our forces
AID had, besides, artillery. General Morgan
command was separated, tho two portions be-
ing atout thirty miles apart. lie called then
tayc!hcr, aad rent Eve hundred mon to DnbliI
D~not TO ~ 1T General jenkins, where tho,
arrived in time 10 kaye orr stores ut that point
and prevent tbs rn6rny from carrying oil TIN
prisoners they had taken. Upon their arrival
ard witlr.ut IL momonps rest, they stubborn,
met and resisted tho enemy, until tho remain
ing foicc Of Colonel MeCauSland, (who com.
alter tn. wounding Of Gen. jenkins.
could rally. General Morgan, with the res
Of his force, hurried forward, marched thirty
eight miles, came up with, uud immediatei.
engaged the enemy under Averlil, who, lou
III, usand strong, fought him four h0urs, an
hnally charged him on loot, General Morgan
at the LeG1 Ol TIE co. ullu, uEiFluS Aiu i'oH
his guns ard pursuing him, still on foot, io
sevcr mics Rut TO the night closing III upo1
them, and the high wator in Now river, h
would have completed his victory by capturing
the entire force Avcril destroyed tho terr,
and the pontoon bridges over New river, thu
preventing pursuit in that way, and tho rive
rose 80 during the night that it was aftsrTard
impossible Cor General Morgan to CROSS. Ih
celebrity Of Morgan's movement took the zee
pie completely by surprise. The citizens G
Wytheville, knowing that there were no Con
federa-e forces within thirty miles, and tha
tho enemy were advancing towards that place
we're moving their effects, when the news 9
Averilps defeat reached them. The people o
Southwestern Virginia arc loud in their praise
OF the gallant general and his men. The Con
fldarato ioss in the attack upon Averi!l wa
ten killed and fifty wounded. Twelve dca'
Yankees and number Of thsir wounded wer
left on the field. They carried OF most
their wounded, among them GcD. Duffy.
DE.7m Ct CEN. ]. D. GORDON, II NC.
Goa j. 3. Gordon, who waa wounded IN tn