Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-10-18
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cu,.her scc.an.s freDu .hs baltic Eoi' Of
Thursday, fully sustain ihe genera! !dss CT
the completeness CT our .iotcry over The enemy
on that memorable laJ. The effort 20 carry
uur lines was vel! Eaatnre!. and the enemy
was fully prepared to mako tic CREST sacrifice
they did in the endeavor During Tuesday
night, heavy reinforeemanta were thrnWn
across the James from tho enemy's frant at
Petersburg and all day Wednesday waa oc'
| cupied in gosting the mon vi to the lines i'll
front Of Chafin'e, and preparing for tho CON
lict OF Inc iollnming day. Ina :hair force
moved up the Charleh CITY road eii! On Thuss
day morning, wh;u the n::acl wsa begun, 1t Wha
| evidep. tia: !Aa prin1ipa! fighting w"uld f"""
t. be- tpna ia .hsvicni:y Of that ra'sd. although
the enemy's left rescl nens tho hsrbyt0W"
/ road, lnd The advance by ih4t r'nio ~h- ST.
| III .lau:uneuun aad in htIoEg :Ar:e. III. al
| vano5 Of the enemy WAS ohsahe,! anou; ..'l!o
and half from our main work., aid s"''i: 81
| tor the bnttls vas joined their troops bogaI'
musaing nia7 tho Charles City road Tor ih0ac
desperate and repeated charges which proved
80 disastrously unfortunate for them. They
advanced repeatedly sgainnt our lnsE Of breast
| works, but wers literally ;nowed down as re-
psaiodly, a!,I i'll not single instance
aid they secure All mivnn!sge, with all thar
| compulsory recklH3snesa ii their ioGiaaIly
charges. Bsaten ut every point of tho line,
they were at last compelled to abandon the
contest, not only giving up tho field. but ths'r
dead and many Of thor wounded. Tho 70
pulse was rs complete as il was uanguinnry,
and furnishes room for IL lengthy panae GRO
the attempt to flank UhaIin's inrul may 10
attempted again. But the necessities Of the
political campaign at the North can Recognise
| no suoh considerations. The terrible losses Of
this day will be concealed, as others before it,
| and before many days ore ov7r we pay t.psot
70 hear Of jost such anothe: sud perhaps nors
| disastrous and important assault.
Our losses in the engagement Will not ax-
| cesd Que hundred.
There is field stout milo helow cur
defsnces on Chsifn'd farm. and ntl far from
Fort Harrison, which ia concealed ny An in
tery, ming hill anil growth III woods. Here
! the euemy ha7a bean for sJma t:ins indus.
| lrousjy at work, defending ths;r operations
| against observation by limo Of tharpshooters.
| Several Of our u.en, erideayoring t. ASCERTAIN
| what wns going IN in this "lare, ssquassared
l g.. fka An Il 0f
the hidden foe. Others, however, have been
| more fortunate, and discovered TINT tho enemy
| are employed in mounting mortar batteries
and cannon for ahelling. The new WORKS Hrc
evidently designed etc operate against cur
dsfences at Chaffn's, and from tbs latest in
djcations it was supposed that they would coon
be sufficiently completed to open their expert.
mental fire.
| FROM PETERSBURG.
The heaviest mortar Smelling Of the uess
occurred on Tuesday night last, and tho sight
ia described Us having besa sublime. Fer tas
space Of several hours the eastern Heavens
seemed ablazs with brilliant meteors-as-
cendiug, descending aud shooting athwa:t the
horizon in almost countless rumhora and an
surpassed beauty. The enemy may boast the
heavier mortars, BIZ: Inquesticpably, says the
Express" our mon aurpass them in aceurate
! firing. Iniasd, ws ere Informed that the
shells thrown fro1l our mrttsra fall with tbs
nast startling precision. on Tneadsy night,
% shell after she'll descended from the diszy
Insight to Hhioh it hai rissn into the ve.y
trenches Of tho enemy, our meu would give
vent to cheers which strangely enlironed tho
scene.
The hospitals. Wager ca.ups end other
places connected with tbs army Ut Petersburg,
arc being rigidly inspected, and al! able
bodied men required 10 repnr. 70 the irtnt.-
Disabled mer and nses1ea viii sSanlns tkeir
places.
| No events worthy Of notD knVe occurred in
the front within the last day 0r Two. fester.
dag and theday preceding we're quite lnsvsns-
full, owing doub,lcrs to The dsplcted condition
Of the enemy's fdroe, a large qdOta whereof
left on Tuesday to participate in tbs affair Of
Thursday, On this eide Of tie river. There
were on Monday only three corps Of ths cne-
my's army on the South side.
FROM TIE VALLEY.
Ths report, that R9eser had succeeded IN
reoapturing most Of tho property taken hy the
enemy on Monday, was repeated by pstssn-
gers who arrived from Stsunton, en- yeateTday.
! II vet moods conformation, however.
In the general Destruction visited by Sheri-
dan, upon the farmers Of tho Valley, crurnb
Of comfort is afforded 10 tho fast, that
few of them belonged to individuals
| known as extortioners. Some portion Of
tois number happened to cacsis. Of psu-
dent, pacific. aSd elise listed Dnlohmsn'--
Before the destruction cumme sd, thee lat
! ter WORTHLESS wsrs Sharp enough to see chat
they could make something by trading OF their
produce for grsenbscks, snd some, who had
| accumulated considerable sums Of Confederate
money, were ahroTd enough to throw their
CAPITAL upon tho market" afforded by Yankee
suffers and quartermassarH. Their intelli-
gsnoe, however, VISA at fault. Tbs green
backs they received proysd to he fancy heir
oil, und prizs auction advertisements, and
| similar innocent limitations Of Yonkee gfsen'
backs, with which il seen, Il Sheridan's army
was we'll provided. On unfortunate traded
Of ssven thousand dollars in Confederate
:'trath" for one thousand in bair oil and book
| advertisements. Others wsrs stuck in the
same way, to more or less extent,
THR ALEXANDRA.
English papers recently received in
this country, state that "the if0n-clsd Aexan-
dria has put to nes, notwithstanding the Brit
ieh Government did all it could to prevent her