Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-06-07

-er'o otuoi wv i-ui5oei'Hitp'
They stasd that they were made drunk, and
to nee thoir own expression, "!SA4uqFai-ed
mt, lie amy" One Of them traucst a new
rasont i'm proved Starre's rifle. 1t ia saiito
be $ very effective cavalry wegncn.
= AEraNrED DEATH or ruRHsfhs,
ASaaliier inGeneral Lees army s::istsa tat
he 1as seen a.copy Of the Baltimore 90 Sun"
Of tbelSist nlrimo, und that it contains the
cffe kEanhonneement Of the death, os Cen. a
~. burnside. OF thu Yankee army.
pfsi RueTIoH Of YANKEE sloos ..p carrgnE
or Her caSW-.
Aaetaah,nent ct tho zirnal corps made a
lcgapt upon small Yankca sioop in the
wcattsTfrn !,yauch Of -EIi=nbeti river several
dsys vince, surprising ard capturing her crew
OF fla a.rfnrS- AM, completely destroying the
vosseiii THE =ioop was vi a.venr&5a. and e
half tgnB lnrtheD, and was engaged IN hc1-
dinspI4.eTA. Tho capture w.;.s nads n aiont
sly miles &c Portsmouth, The r!iaor: err. wore
carrisa 10 otersturg aad lGdaGl IN jail
The following is u list OF their nanrs Mn.
II. Sbniinr,l. William Barnes, jAunb Mitzgcr,
ihoEs 1Iirkwatcr, whites liid jim Pr,
free negto.
BUFFERS NkGIsoTEn0rs.
Fcuiseat ls tho Yankee papers have been ii,
of-efsa appearance" and
!. sstasgH qualities cf tIle negro troops in
Buffers department., the Lfath is patent that
they are oflyzimpractieablo in any other
:e,snarisY thsn that of driving wagons, digging
tr.nchesi -fs,id, when occasion gives excuse,
4tanding perf0rce in front OF YaHkea snldiers
to shield them from s;authern BULLETS. Pri,
oners taken from the South side concur Ia
saving that tIfe negroes are not, aud cannot
ho made soldiers, and that in the recent moro.
rnents in that department, especially, they
were more in tho way than anything clse-
Butler made much Of them-had body
guard, eight hundlc ed strong. and black az
midnight. They cavosted beiDre and behind
the beast, up and down Chesterfield, and
when tho b,issful calm Of the camp invited
them to "unhorse," BACKED his boots, cooked
his grub, brushed up his quarters, and made
little offices in the scrub work line, to which
The irreprosaibls" il accustomed. They
were constantly provoking the ira OF derisiGn
subjected to tho ighominy Of being kicked and
cufed. Their mode Of life is a splendid com.
mixture OF tho sublime with the sliabby-he-
roes one hour, the usual "nigger" tho next
ditch diggars one day, Publications the next
and so on to the end Of the chapter.
MOVEMENTS OF THE ENEAYIN NORTH CAROLINA.
The Kingston correspondent Of the daily
'Con!eierate" Informs that journal that
courier reached that Ice on the LIST instant,
hearing despatch TO headquarters, which
represented the enemy ns advancing in snnlc
fnrcl il, tho direction jf Limces0ne, Dnmpiin
county. they were ssGn by one scouts on the
White Oak roaj, " fhung 3 crossing, 10
jones cnuLty; ua4 tie news this m5rring
she ID say- they are still marine forward,
rilia&irg and plunderiEg in Onsl0W clrntg.
Our military arc after theln
One hundred and twenty two Yankees wGre
killed anu wounded lsxty five killed lead
;.nd f;y-sI.j:.l GJun,Ioil 1t Bachelor creek
uinn Ia'ies tliia@hidf:.nl Nnwpcrn. t.,t L..n,ne-
| lny's "a;Thsi) on Friday !ast. :Au.ol Lv the
accidental tx,,;"slon ui trnr l1rpeinTs il,st
The J a'TEcTb had pT"IGIcd iJr NGus.; RIVER, ~
,;nriDg Gordon, ten ,iiirs ,timSe :%e.7isrrns7
+ 1t ii,paiFa 1.at tito IAN ksc. vera uIGvI.rT-
thc toPpts6"n from tie rsis5asi F'rss
;oinH,isGitty Fn.!Is;rg4s B5,hT!or :feaeast ss.sz
| the 5ieg Is taking t'ncS6 ti;: rirer) aGs3 "
| attempting 70 put liu fourth one ,nt: IN"
house, tbs cap Of the torpa,i0 cane i" oodtar:
miths :4n I .fJ!ii gMrs.16Cs. LIZ: f7v--.11Cf
| thnrinSS be Building iut0 fragments, and cans
| ing tho ixrlosion Of thethree insidathe house,
killing aad sounding both in and o.,r at the
building, The exploaon-i ssii-so ff..,ga-be.,tf
terrific 1t was distinctly heard for thirty.
five miles around Lieut.: Wells one of the
!nost. eansut11n,tevii IN the' FEhkGd' scr;
I-yinus trrpW att aradnnls) >1es amongst t'ir
| kiile.i
Tiiglnn:, the tory. who broke jail there
.hont two waekE ago, ha7 taken Tctuga IN the
| iaTllAe wig ram 1T Newborn. lie appeared
to til. 1nfiny'a pinketa it Deap Chilly on last
| Thursday represented hiulsat asa dcsert'T
| f'j.;n he .3dnthern army. IIHhmnn IL bout
| tjly-5cen wars vi aye he hnscr waa IN GnG
| SeIYIGG.
| Speaking OF the above Yankee disaster, the
Golisl oro' estate Journal" says:
At the scono Of tho disaster it ir said the
| Yankees had crested n tall tower or lockout,
in the top of which Yankee was Mt the time
posted The tower snddcnlY disappeared, aid
| if the FnnIilel on that tower has yet hccn found
our informant has nOt'hcarl it.
1ke explosion wR' beard twenty miles, aud
,:rnnied great CONSERVATION 10 the garrison II
Newborn The long roll was hoaten, aigual
guns were fred. and e:try preparation Was
quickly made Il meet the rcbGlb t;n b Il scene
Of wild confusion is said to have existed in
tho good old town as has ne7sr boen exceed,
ed, except il. tbs Immediate vicinity OF tlis
| explosion.
YANKEE AUTHORITIES UNEASY.
Parties Just through tile lines from the vi
cinity OF Murtreesh,ro' represent much az
casncss hg TIE authorities in that place and
Chattanooga, in consequence ul the great liz
TANGO intervening between Sherman and his
base, nn1 the raprrted proximity Of tho ubi-
uu,toms Forrest oh side and Morgnn 81
the ether 4 Federal OH Ser in colnnIaud /.
Huntsville expressed The opinion that i
Sherlaan shGuld meet With disaster nhar At
lania, TrnrcEsrc would have to be- rvlcu.tlt
ut once from Nashqiiia eastward. Few pen
rlr, we presume, will be inclined IL cnN:o
vert this elaborate opinion.
ARREST OF CITIZENS
Daring tho recent occupation CT Frcdc-
ricksbnrg by the Ya"kc. army the following
citiz ms wcre arrested ard taken to Washing
ton, wlcro ten Of them Nnre released and thu
others sent 10 F,rt Delaware:
j IL bradley, Thos F Knox, JAG Mc(fni,a
q DOLE, n Amos. j q llurL"lnp, q u peytcn
w II Thomas, J ID Elder. + Is Chewing II
- Reynolds. J 2 Marye, Gel AIer, Charles
A;ln,lrr, BIZ earle, j l. Knight. w Smith
J W SeE.r. T. SteyelS. & Onst,, G. Waite, {
4 Waite, Jr, @ " Wroten, Thos Marston, Il
Ii Alexander, Roll Smith. Lucian Love. q II
oAc7Gy, a Armstrong, II NJ i'"wles L Iinf
man, l. Wsenn, j 7 Frame, u Bradshaw. j
Curtis, l. Moore, " Wbi'", Socn, q " Efc
j Siuzecn, y Cox, " Cox, VI Rrannan. j
a Taylor, y SamseI, + Williams, Il S Parker
Z I:cilz. 7 P Coleman, j Mcdonald, G Wi
/ Eanrs, W N Mills. Ihnra.s Thornton, John