Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-10-04
TIE NEWS.
FROM THE R!ClHcHD EE2AT.

sound Of h, 3aunolala E;c)o.lag le-.;i. WA.
ny iunor5 WIRE in ciicuia:io:i respecting the
| o0Ilisui,y Of lilo oIs@iy t;i.i Wild stories w1Ee
| told a51u. b>nib thal!a l.ara!ias within the
corporate limits aud threatening :Ao heart Of
the city. The truth VICE, i, oanaonad;ng
proceeded entirely frJln cur oWn lines, with
tho exception Of . f"'S iscLio shots ct inteI7ala
I f,on tho antmJ. Jh:T3 w.s a13'o flight i'll
| fansry skirmishiag, bu. t4moauted ,o nothing,
The artillery fusilado is surp '5ci not ta Lave
c,mT elsstei 10 results for tho amcua. Of pow.
der wasted. During tie dag tie ea0lay ss;
fire. t, anl turhoi tho houses of Dr. l. fla and
! Mr. Thou Il, Y. Duko. Our troops destroyed
i'll tho Same way Hughes thvorn, Mr. Clay's
house. Mrs. Wsa7er'a hluse. and hf. JJssph
i'Whi,s's iu:n. /. 10 r:i'o:r.:t, Arwovor, ttihsi
splu3 ut iftta, buildings 1niY laVu l,esn
burnei by a:o;a5Gt. AL n9t through military
neos:sity. 4 strong fpras Of The enemy, raid
10 haze e1usisisi og m)un,sa Infantry, is re-
ported 10 hapa 10me within tto Iales Gr th,
oity. On tho N:l iamsEurg TURNPIKE. at which
port t:nT Wtro met b? q body of our men
m.i lri7on buck. They were evidently either
irs: 2r on IL very b,!i ia.,anacitarirg eSpaii.
liy::. p.i3oaers W. arrived ~ sa'uTiay
nigat state that :hl :'a:::y io:.Pr.s:d portion
oS Te.rg's i. aatr? liv.s;in. which crossed at
Dcap B,t:oai iroLI ihe SlCl,r Side, ut feul
o."cA Saturday plrI:ng.
t: The cvca'Jif F.ilay, tioa;: I!!tnle'l with
nIlch ndi;". wo:s ly 10 ,n9ani as slAsa;"ary
! hs w..s Is: I. st sIpp-s,i. Oar loeses curing
tao el!iis l.y I,! 1T 5x,eel, ". ar;
Informed, upon aatho:i.y irem ta, lielj. tgi
hurdred all toll. Taa reason Of t:.is mall Loss
Vas, it is stated, that Cur assau.tirs column
| did not dish upon tie eneny'5 works, aocoT
! ding to ths plan which had loen arranged
bit portion nj it having ssanblad in ariong
| s1rns old log !han!ias-!a-msrly tbs scene oi
Gsn. Wiso'S headquarters refuge il
t!ieA did coamoncai popping away q! the
| cncmy. abereup0n lie teet of rhe line baked
! in ia ADVANCE. una the attack failed. Firing
Was keps up fJr considerable time bslweon
tha lines tho entmj's position being within
essy range. The cannonate during the after
! neon was terrific. hut boirg mainly from Cur
! guns the axtent Of damage cannot now be as,
: tsTGinci. Ga: ;os:cp .: /, rcurrchcnded il :ho
| aboVe igCros.
Yesterday m9rniTg San'o cavalry sk;rmish-
iDg occurred liz tba vicinity of tho White
House, where it VIC, reported thata strong
| ioroe Of tao sn6n!J waCo marching UP the
Peninsula. Soma infantry skirmisihng oc-
Cured below ChaiEi'i l%r:n, with unimpor liant
results. Boyolid thee5 Incidents. SdadaJ was
qaies day .ca the limos.
Our gun5oats ha7s bsan active on tho river
durius the las: few days. n,bardinT tho pa-
s:ti0ns I'D Is Il :=,5 boloa ChafEn'r. viii.
considerable vigor.
[ The foIco Ct III, cGemy ID this slio oi ,hs
river On Saturday, VII, eaimatei At fly
| thousand. a report Va, crlrent yc ,rdag,
! that portion Of th:ss tIo2p5 Was I'd eTossirg z
! to tho scutbEide.
FROM FITERsBUsG.
General Iee S mis- The fo'l,wirG r7Pcrt of lie
ererts Of F.:dpy in front of Petersburg:
HEAno'ns ARMY N,RrHERN Va,
O:icbtr /.
Hon J A SennG%. Son ottry Of Wa:
Yesterday evening Gcn;r ! lIcih a lchcd lie
snemy5 iuian ry, who had broken thrungh 81
por! II Of the nc hold hy Our ar; l:.ry OH Spur
rel Levtl ra', and Grov, t'Ism baca.
Genertl Ilill,r.ro,;s !hit ih,y werl 5tverely ?
put he'd ard four h lntr ID pii,oners cMpIur,d
General II Tp:cn. operrrs III Gen. H. Ia 8
right slso drove he en.mJ, caI lrpg two t.Dds
OF cnlyrs. AMI aboi 6v. hundred prisoners. i:.
c!uiihs tire cJ!Uutlj aul thy'ctn oiLer cficr. 4.
r. Lei.
hn' taer attack wa5 mai Gil the rnrnly d left
on Saturday morning. with lcsu d ia the cE5-
tura of frur lIunifcd i'd onai ni,,ntr., who
fcrmeG ror,icn Ct the ebtmy'. advance !,cm
their new p:s On. Ssv9ra los4 in led and
wouad5d W: Il 10 I'd upon Tie enemy, who
were driven back upon their main line, t ON
which tbc5 w,r, net d;slodged. In tits action
Colonel d .IrrRva"t. commanding Bearings b,i
gale, WE: no. ally woU;d {. md willie n, was
hs:nE attend, on ;hi Il "a Ey Dr.. John b Fon-
taiIe, NJ dical Di.ec:,r II the cavalry corps OF
N, nheru Virsinia, shell burst ov,r ,ire Il, ind
Il fragment struck ia, ltt:,r in tls neck. scv r.
ing lie iogular " in and csrs stag speedy doash
D.. fcrtsiGe va Il young snd skiiln surgeon,
an highly OFT ,einfd by tao commaud Hs re.
m nrs rescheG Richmond on yesterday en- route
f.. tie homo of his father Colonel E. Fol- tane,
n-ar E,aver Dam
N>t1.ug OF Importance tr,rs, :ied on yester>
Gay.
FROM TEE vaLIkf
81, ';tfoial dispatch fram Ger. Les on Sat-
urta7, states that Gen. Early cephr;s that ell
tt the enemy'd cavalry has retired towards
liar :igonburg, and that there is ncw no eli srny
sou il of North River. This rivsr runs about
ten nj lies south OF Harrisonburg on the disi-
ding line Of Augusta aud Rockingham. The
main bod7 Ct Shoridaa's army is at Harrison
{ burg. preparing for further operations, un-
willing as yet t, risk a (urihor advance until
tbsy ii.!l Gu: moro definitely VIA: Gen. Eirly
mtans hy Ttt.caing S. far.
1Hz EsSyT's ADVANCE OF sAl1yILLE.
The Lynchburg "Ropublioah oI. Saturday
5ays:
Ths Yankee Amy, uLder oc,u'uard OF Con.
Burbrid.n, lat :ly Cone ;ntra.ed 10 Kentucky
for the purpose 9: & jjll ,nstraton Or the Vir-
gisia and Tennessee Rai!r5ad, and TO ,Thioh
wO ,aaGs ro!cTenos q fc"' daYs Since, havs sd-
varc"d il heavy iraa vien lniAu,ry, artillery.
ana i email body Of caTajry, ani vera within
twenty milse cf Salt7ills yesterday E,nn.ng,
which loirt. it is supposed, they will attnck
to-tlay. They we're said to number eight thou
sand strong. Il IL bsies cl that We have q n
IL, fc,cs to rersl them.
Ths HV;rsinian" of tho same date takes the
following f.cm tao Charlottesville "Chrolicle'
OF Tussda5
o. yesterday the army was at Port Gepub-
Ec snd Gonrad's store, in Rockingham county
both q n thin side of tha South Fork of the
Shsnanc oah river; tbs first on the turnpike,
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