Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-08-30
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flr Following, ru.; 1HrY af nsWs Was copied
.%m ii.o Washington 'Iarrnic!e" Gnd Balt-
,an:9 'G.cu;;1' Of tha 9TH, received last
ai.h: by tho Press Association.
: rKcG Tus UPPER POTOMAC.
The Washington "Chronio!e" says:
Wa !carn from IN oys witness TINT The
lightag on tho Upper Potomac, on the I'D
i.iBtuut, was mcst brilliant and successfully
conducted.
At ar narly hour in the morning the caval-
ry Under Gereral Cus,ar advanced TO feel the
cnomy 'r lines i'll the vicinity Of Duff's Station,
on IT,. Nnllimar, nId Ohio Railroad. They
,..ls..si the skirm:sLsrs of tho rebels steadily
hcloro them, AMI were, themselves. boldly
lHllcwal up w tho TIL corps. umt!! ;'Ie skfr>
.uirh luc 81 the erc:ny gsll Latk ou tneir main
surr".t svG,o time III tao afternoon, and tie
cavalry, in turn, Wore compelled to lnl lack
on theirs. Our line of battle WAS boldly sd-
yaI.aed, lli u u.,Ir. teIrihd muskotry fro rE-
buri.
Tie ground waa rolling and partially wood.
al. The first sharp eXporleuce our men got
nt the rebel fra WIS as thoy wero lying behind
a stone wall and fence which were parallel
70 nur line If battle.
Tho rebel. opened On us with dsuCsniDg
vHllrY, which vera pramply responded to,
ara they wera driveh from their pGsition.-
Three acres Of the field nenr Ly were literally
covered with the wounded aud dead.
They suddenly withdrew before the deter
mined attack ut the "Gghtiug sixth" We
ba.urei Our dsad aud wounded, AMI finally,
towards nahtf.ll, fell back to cur original
p?fti0n.
Tho ivss - vl tJtL SIDE; wsra 5cy6iey esp.
Cia!ly III: iEv TART III lie rebels. Wa took (
nu1n,r.' ii rrirci.fts. especially irons Aader-
rpu's h.i Efea! ibr.,igo's di7isions. They re-
part i..o ahUnJ at iorty thousand strong. -
NrMers! aheIthu snl staff were on tlis field
Fuaer-r'h RID ON NEHFa.s.
Cairo and Mem plis dispatches state that
tho i+,.ci i1;7a which entered the latter city
lap;a.si .t9nt 80 prisoners, niGny Of WIT N
Afterwards es5!pad They remained III The
CITY two hours, during wlieIt TIN, ihey robbed
ITO principal hotels and suardlug houses, hnc
aiptu!ed p5rtin1s ol Gen. Whsnburne's snt
,:ou. !lurburt's stp:f. Con. W. eucuped I,
Tie IcI. ia. to.erab!c2o vsLor.
FkoM ATLANTA.
4 tclrsram dated Nashville. 25th instant
s.ys:
Mat,ei. 10 Atlanta ase unchanged. Th,
aimf is sus.ssd III adyanciug psrapsta anC
.t emsthenniS works.
Ou The 18Th instant Msjor General Doig
wa- =Lo. III tho head by the enemy's Gharl-
=!.yy.u.s. .uL IL IL reported that hc hut diet
Ci h.a w"unis. Gen. LiGhtburn, Of Logan
crr;.,. n.:, MJTil.i III the shius way three VI
iour days NO.
THE PEACE RCH0Rs.
\ st,I-oie;a tc!eg grain from Washington
eays:
Thefe are IN grounds for the rumDr, 80 as
si!uJusy reported, that tho President propo-
Hca 10 snnd peHr. commissioners to tho rebels
The run,ura thai In urulistice had been or i
tp be prol",ned nre equally without tuunda
ton.
IisCrLLAhk0us.
IT IN reported that the I'D army c0rps, Com
ninhied by uan SchGiic!d. lett the Atuut,
iron. un the 10Th inst, ~ith tilteou days ra
| tir!,s THO ol ject If this noStm.ut Was t
raI;nra hl;.c"h. L.:elY ting. i i= shid, AZ
prohibited ~ that VIa tor sUOn.
TN tho "u.h iarl., tisn Wheeler n,tacEet
aud u.p,urad, nnd. i: 10 said. murdered th
atrs" garrison nud three hu1dred white la
| LoIrrs, aS a:c@i.its Laiding lie also do
nirnTct ii Camp End fifty wagons.
i h,Jgeil.ont has bGen 40; on lo0t by proml
| nsit Radical ah0ii.icriss To iaddcc Lnc0l
nni Fremont h withdraw their names ~ Pre-
s!drhli! candidates, With view 10 calling
naw Crnrcn.iJa " ntIn;lihto u Lew man.
irn. Fremont, iarepiv 10 this Invitation, doc
nVs feel ut iturty tu withdraw hl5 name, ar'
the Union Committee, which met day or tw
sirue at Washington, dsci&el thai tbs ncm:nG
ton Of Li.u:oln should DO sustained, and ar
, confident that he will bs re-elcc,od.
rho blGckada rnnner Lillian, from vii
nliDrt1u for Bermuda, With GO bales Of cot
| ton. Was captured On tho 2lth inst.
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