Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-05-24

They consisted chiss New Yo.k,
lOO:h New York, lnsls.- They
were we'll cl,d. ands sed silesrfsI. ard
impudcnt. These g That fhp5 were
guarding the hOspis| b nlsssSd that
tho most of tho no fare ;,b wefs Brought
from tho vicitity p DreWrs,s u :zB!ua
Notifications, bsiesla stlstH propelled by
hand. -.
From ?TFdtteES ses1g won't t. Law
renceYl|s, ;what .,ssl a.9nantity of
county salfss aW .ilsS ,l nrticl into
the road, and d?drdsass l,9f "a ;saaons and teams
through 81 aas,f sss Sc 5ss.Toyel a.conslern.
of tlsksssatd; % smallqaan-
tity Of baeep thera' sHng to the govorn-
mont. 1Esyses sptass sssatonau t c Csieff;; tho
Enrolling fiees4s PLACE. Fl,sz rushed
into tbstowa yelli assIlss Fha people
wcru rca tlsSfs resist
ancc. There was & esis aeal Of depreciation
bat no burning Of houses or other otttages on
private property. They;1rca':led Lawrence.
vile Sunday e9ening, when the sun WAS about
an hour high. stayed thEs all night, an.! left
about seven o'clock Monday .norning, taking
the direct ron:b to 'Ballfe!I. After Getting
within seven miles Of this place they turned
oil to The left mt s5pratlaY's. and went to jar
rats, having no dou5t heard that ReliGelL
WAS an exceedingly dangerous place Cor thcnl
to visit Wo will here remark that those r.iI-
ers told MIR. Derby that they were not out on
u lighting eytIrs:nli--that such was uot their
BUSINESS, though, if necessary, they would
engage in it. Their sole object, they sail, Was
to destroy railroads, '%c.
General Kau.z has an accurate man or pin-
Wilde, IN which cyory rAai .s laid down,
which hc regularly refers to. IL: asked q
great many qua5ti,ns about tho county. how
far it Was to Stony Greek, Ecllicld, I.aw
rencevilie, &:. lie appears t. be t. middle
aged man. <At Wilson's Depot, Spears took
of his hat and asked those present it they
had ever seen real live Yankee, and then
with rampOns mir, said 'If yOn have not,
here is one," aud his hdiutaut inme diatciy
added, What do you 'l.i!k Of him? Do you
see any hnrn.?"
The Yankees Acknowledged that they were
rcpulsed at Chulu, and SAID that they lost IL
rcw men there, which c,,uscl them to change
their cCrrsr.
Spears WAS fired upon by our men at Chuiu,
fell from his horse, and lay on IL" ground
soma time lciyning I" bc',lrad. lie finally
crawlel away ana got back 10 his men.
The force uf The raiders was composed If
the ,th Pennsylvania, - Nav York and 1T
District of Columbia, aid the rear guard Of
part OF the lth Pennsylvania.
YANKEE Y-IsTEREsTIEG STATEMENTS.
The Petersburg Expires" has been fur
"ished with c9ry Of Diary captured ls"m
one Of Buffers mniohs, IN General bearings
charge, on M"nIHs This Diary is probably
iho property e sor,c rcn'; ;-"-iincr Io' tie
Yankee press, ~ the notes sccm to have been
written with view To their publication.
bears III its front the name OF John l.. Ripper,
Company f. ;59th Illinois Veteran Volunteers.
We copy q portion Of this Yankee narrative:
CAxr Grant, VA April 2l.-I commenced
scratching in this new Diary. Very cool d"y
have battalion drill.
May &, lSGl.-Gencral Gilmore, General
Terry, General Ames and General Foster, are
nil here, about tive miles from Bermuda Hum
deeds. Our regiment was thrown out to-day
in lrout rs skirlnirlers-C Colonel Mann on the
4 ~ Il, Il a Il. ,lo InF, fI,n,
tire commanded by Major Linton. was in
charge Of our men On tho advance t" F"rt
D.rlin., arrl surely more. tatigucd set If
men never were seen than ours. The day Wis
very hot and but l,ttlo water 10 he ionad.-
Several Of our men got sun struck.
About = o'clock, came to Il dead halt--a
question ;.rCse a-o we on the right rOadI--
Several thought not. At o'clock, Cen.
Gilmore, accompanied by Gen. Terry and
Staff, made q reconnaissance ID the front, and
soon found out that it was policy to halt-as
Cen Badly Smith was Advancing On oar lel',
and it was necessary for this part Of the col.
umn to ad vance very slowly.
BUrLEK's MARROW ESCAPE.
\. shout 3 o'cl1ck, Gen. Butler and Siai
rode through the different rcg;mrnta. and
were chcered with long and continuous
cheer. Gen Butler advanc'd to tic outpost
where was stationed, and still forward he
went, until he waa fired upon by Il party Of
cuerli.s, who bad boon concealed hchlrd i.
church, some 200 yards beyond the CuipCst
One of the Generals orderlies was taken
prisoner after being severely wounded.-
General Butler narrowly ESCAPED capture.
We could have taken q very pleasant game OF
"Yuchre" Yankee spelling) On the Generals
coat TAIL So straight did it stick out behind,
as he fairly flew to the rear.
Our regiment now .ftH buck, having been
relieved by the 7th New Hampshire, and BIZ
vouackcd for tho night. Find q great number
oC troops in our rear-camps or blVouars in
c7cr7 dircetion--ay great many Eastern men,
(raai Yankees msse,iin fact, than from auy
u;her section. find that General Gilmore II
determined to "dig the Rebs out Of their
holes" as he has n fine lot Of shoveis, axes,
:r.d other implements for digging, and think
,.c will have fine time Of it, as we h;sVc the
Great Ditch Digger with us, and Of course
.shc SPADES and sllovels will have to fly.
Nav :, lSG4-Calm morning. Tho reg!-
Gu.nts IN front were' atwork all night, slashing
she trcnches-cant tell what to-day will
bring At eight o'clock we moved out, md
relieved the Tooth New York, in tie trench
cs, az the troops were ut work all night, max
ing formidable works,to repe an assault. We
are about seven miles from Fort Darling, and
about the Same distance from Petersburg. The
DAY is sultry-in fact 30 much ~ that it is re
ally uncomfortable. Tne lst Connecticut bat
terry is with us, and one or two others. Gen.
Terry is lying around like as if he bad brick
in hils hat. A continued fire has been kept
up Oh our left, and ! hear this n,cnent that
Petersburg IS taken.
Three o'clock ?. M-llrar some very heavy
firing on the left-hear that the 18th Army
Corps bad fight. The l0Oth New iorkand
24th Massachusetts, were in the skirmisb, and
the Tooth New York gave way rs usnal.-~
The 9th Maine retrieved their lost character
ut Fort Wagner, this evening. We got ra-
tons this afternoon, having been out Tor tw"
days. We have hard time when ont Of ra-
tl0ns. -
May S.-Went out ia front on picket ih.
morning. Everything passes of beautifully so