Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-05-13
THE. NEWS.

| II" CET-1FFatW " ~ tOaHHtu-hUld OH
Becrer Dam m-4nother Fight In Chesterfield
Tie FTyhts ct Port WaithcN Friday and
Slt@aay-Depsrafs Struggle .for the Rail
road-The Enemy Repulsed Of Casa
ahies--t'vriH !I-hipped OF SauoiVe, dc.
ruE CITY
The sound Ct heavy gua' IN the direction Of
Drew:y'a Bluff weked up tho suburban papu,
lasion :s ~ eas.v h;ur yesterday mDru;hg,
hui .S lac Jay adv .nce,!. inc re7crberations,
xhc;ssr i. TIC din c' tho city, or from the cas-
sasCn n( iir!r.,, WAS rntuown, were lost to the
ear, loaTias The material for many magnificent
cofjoc:nrcp. TIE runhling Of goyernment
wagons monopol;2ci ihs privilege of making
a noise during the day, nearly al other rchi-
c!es baviog bsen Withdrawn from tho tho
roaghfares of busiaefs and mercantile opera
tions in great measure suspended. The mi
lila and other local troops wore doing their
sssuty 9el7es posts, and
the few persons who aPpsared on the streets,
ware either tho sgad auI infrm, or those
whose presence in tho city was necessary to
iaa ra5tic g9gI. The forenoon passed away
! with s,rrcciy ,a-'i:ao., with too exception cf
| so.ae li;tir coraer cantabulatiCn ard exa5ge,
| ration alru. the raid on the Central II ,ilroad,
aE3 VIXEN :gcnnS Game, such was The scarcity
q '.c~.; :eN: isp9:ts, hardly whisper Of war
; reached the ears Of tie Guild nuncs and tho
city looked as sercnu .s . deser'. Tho two
rciGis u lesdiig inseres> were, Of course,
fredericksburg and Drewry's Bluff. The
heavy firing hc:ra ia the direction of Peters
burg, on Monday ayeaiGg, was explained by
a dcspasrh from General Elshral Johnston,
aun0uneing the L:aaIlins gapboat in the
hppomas:oG, bv cur troops a. For: Clifton,
about y:iIec mics ic.Uw Peter ohu!g, its de-
gtruct;Ya / j the ereuy TO prevent its falling
iuso Cuc i5Satr, ard the rcti eme:. tf the other
s::;faI2nts engaged in the attack from the ecn~
fet Tho rumored fighting behind I'rowry's
! B:u!E az Monday turned GU: as we anticipated,
in slicht skirmisLing and few shots Of or
tilcry, on thc lcr: of one of tie fo:t:fcat;one,
!a4::2s only slcrt time.
YnE WOUNDED FRca LEES ARMY.
T5c number Of wuuniel from Gen. Lees
;.rn.y, received in Richmond up to this time,
from the several .aie battles near Frc2cricks-
burg. exceeds rae thonsand. Most Of the re-
u;ainG"r aay, i"5n sent to cI,. lottesrille and
&; cl5urg, or ;.ra attended temporarily in
tho field hospitals. The Gasr;bution cf The
woanded who arrive in Rich mord is rs fol-
! lows: The wounded arc first resolved at Sea-
e: hrook'J Ilospital for distribution All from
Maryland, Virginia. kentucky, Terresscc
ard Missouri are sent to Cniplhoraz); }; tho
from Alabama. Mississippi. Florida, Texas
:.ni AskaHnas arc seat 70 Towards Grove:
those from Spu:h Caro:inn and Georgia are
, SAINT to Jackson Hospital; North Carolinians
are sent u Camp Mindc.. The only State
hospital is that for Louisiana. at thu Bapsis;
, College, renr Camp Lse. All officers are sent
70 The Baptist Institute Hospital, on 10th,
between Marshall and Clay streets, but have
the privilege OF going to the hospital contain
ios divisions for their respective States Tie
; Robinson Hospital, supported jointly BY the
, bu;ipn, is. situated OH the corner Of II aod
Main streets, and contains patients from va
! rious States. Nearly all Of the wounded from
the recent lights who have arrived here arc
] ooy slightly iHiared, ;Ia many of them will
: be able sn reinin their oamrands before the
campaign is over.
Tie toll;wins ho'e a froa, yesterdays
morning hospital report: Total number Of
commissioned oficafs wound ii, arrived and
! ssnt 10 Offers Hospital, Bspsist Institute
, general b, spital NJ. 4 l24. Total number
of p!iva:es apd n-cominissioned officers ar
! rived, 1850. Or these 97s were sent 10 the
| Receiving and Dstributing Hospital, (gensr,,
ilsapitsi No, o. and thence transferred to the
i h1spitsls for Ststep, as above. The remaining
l04 boiag badly wounded were sent direct
from the trains TO the respective hospitals for
States 10 ;ls to a7oid second removal.
TIE RAID oH BEAVER DAN STATION.
TIE Fredericksburg train arriving at eight
o'clock yesterday morning brought down the
! wounded, seven in number, belonging to Col.
Brady T. Johnston's command, who fell in
engaging tho enemy in his raid upon Beaver
Dam Station Monday evening. We learn
from ore of the sumber that the enemy, about
two thousand stsorg, consisting entirely Of
caTalry, charged upon the station at about
half-pass seven O'clock, and captured and
burned swo trains and two locomotives, tc-
gsther with large quantity Of bacon intend
I'd fer. Gen. Lec's army. The enemy were
prevented bY the battalion from making fur
ther progress during the night.
Yesterday morning, about seven o'clock,
Mr., F. J. Duke, telegraph operator at Hano
| ver Junction, went up within half milo of
Beaver Dam, which is twelve miles above the
Junction, and saw the Yankees there engaged
in battle with our men, who, being in inferior
numbers. were slowly falling Lack before
! them. Ha learcsd that tho two trains de-
| stroyed consisted Of 2G box cars, with their
engines; also that largo quantity Of commia
ery stores, some Of which was oa the ground
! awaiting transportation, were destroyed.
Oae engine, which was at the depot at tho
time, escaped, having barely enough steam on
to get out Of tho way. Tho other trains we're
on the tara out, and were prevented frcm
moring in time, by other cars in their way
! Mr.. Duke returned to point thrco miles this
| side Of Beaver Dam Station, cut the telegraph
wire, put in "a instrument, and telographed
| tie above information. He then returned to
| tho vi,initg os the station to make further OBJ
! serva:ions.
A train arrived from the Junction, at the
Central depot, CT half-past four last evening,
bringing DIVA few wounded from the vicin.
! ity Of fredericksburg, and seven Yankee