Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-10-25
THE NEWS.
FROM THE RICHMOND FRONT.

FR04 TIE RICHMOND FRONT.
Quiet still prevails on the Riohu,ond front.
Some of the crew of tho gunboat Dsewry,"
which is undergoing repairs at the navy yard,
state that on Friday last, the enemy opened
upon our gunboats from new battery ,uas
this side of Signal IIill disabling one OF the
Drowly's" guns aud woun1ing TWO # her
men. I, is stated tbas orr irou-clads went
down subsequently. ilnl drove the enemy cut
The rn.iiiuu is not deemed one of much in
postance.
FIRM rsTEpsBUIG.
Nothing new from this quarter on yes!cr-
Cay Lieutenant General Longstreet will rn-
join Li4 old command to-day. Major General
Andersen will take command of the troops
formerly under command Of General Beau-
regard
FROM TIE pALLkY-THs BATTLE ON WEDNESDAY.
Our information respecting tho battle nonr
Cedar Creek, on Wednesday last, assures us
tia. one Ct ths M jst brilliant victories Of the
war had been gained by cur trccps, but TINT
ia an evil hour. when portion Of our men
vera pinrasring tho properly they had cap.
t,,7s'. Il e.n~li ioreo Of Yankee cavalry ap-
near-,i on our left flank, the plunderers took
fright, and The words 'wo are flaukcd J"
passed. rapidly along the En,, the left ga7o
way, md tho rect followed, panio-strickon and
drmnrAlizad, in moment. The enemy's liz
funtry brfJre then was in no condition,
ard were without the disposition, after
their defeat of tho morning. to attack, aud,
when the panic suizsd upon our men, were CO.
tirely innocent of being 80 much ns accom-
pliccs t, the fact. The victory of the onemy,
if SUI IN atfair can be dignifod with II anne
which suggests the clash of arms and the glo-
ry ola gallant conflict, was achieved solely by
amall and insigaifcau. band of cavalry,
which had doubtless accidentally gotten On our
flank, and might have been captured. 1t was
a gTea. scare, which resulted in great tempo
raty disaster to the morale Of tho army, tho
loss Of twenty-three pieces Of artillery and a
few strsgglere In the whole days operations
our losees in men-kiiled, wounded snd MISC
ing-did not exceed eleven hundred. The
enomy admit e loss of frs thousand
The stcry heraldcd in the Northern
papcrs OF Sheridan arriving on the5cene and
"snstchirg victory from doftst," is merely
hunbug. Sheridan arrived near the scene of
ths battle, hus nnither lie ilar the best part of
his army were within several miles OF the
"rebels," when the later took u notion that
they vera aked," and mizzled. All tho
ca.,;nres ma3c ~ the enemy, were effected by
,ha. hs;d uf c,.airy We havo alluded TO. ard
nobod- else. Tnn Fsderal iafuntry'had moth
inr to ,ip with it. Sheridan aHd they were
we'll OF to Il themselves, chngsined with dofeat
and i.coraflure, phea tho news oamo that
tha '.rebo.a were retrea.ing" The attempt Of
Sheridan to make u hero Of himself and to
nut up .his affair (disgraooful though it waa
to us, as the most magnificent victory of tho
war, Sufficiently show him up as complete
military thaslatan.
Ws regret to leGrn ttat AMONG cur
cssual,ips was the mortal wounding Of Gsn.
Rsmeeur, aho has since died in the enemy's
hands
fumors wers current On yesterday that
lighting had b, en- resumed, but no conhrnna-
,ion Of this resched the War Department..