Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-05-31


!i"E. q. WELiEs. Secretary Of the navy:
have the hnGur - INFORM yun that IT,.
portion nl tho sJnalrnl caught shove tll, falIs
~ Alexandra las boon rci>"d from IT. nn
pleasant pcsiii1.i. 6Ming 10 the rdtfatir.bl"
cxarIiou. cl I.'cat Col. l:ailay, G'iinS Eryi,
ncer nI the l'.iI array rorns, wh0 lrnpoa'l
and built {. tree dam OF 'dhi feet n:ro,. tn
RIVER 1T the lever falls, which enabled ;ll the
vessels to pass over in safety, the beck water
Of the alissihD:roi reaching Alexandria.
Your 0Dcdicnt servant,
DAVID ID. Porter,
Rear Admiral.
-lTE SITUATION.
The "IIclald' crutnins the following ia lis
situation article:
No later official news Of Cen Gran, =
movements hare reached tho War Depart
ment.
Mr.. Stanton states that within eight days
after the great battle ut S SpotSyvania Court
House mnny thousand veteran troops bad kocn
forwarded 10 Gen. Grant, that the whole army
has been amply supplied with full rations Of
Yui,-iStcnce ard that upwards ol twenty tl.ou-
,arI sick an'l w,i!,dci In 10 been transported
from the fields Of battle to Washington hospi-
taa and PLACED under surgical care.
Over s. GOO prisoners, he says, have been
transported from tho trld t. prison 3cpots,
and largo amounts OF artillery apd other .im-
pcmcnts o. an active campaign brought away.
Several thousand fresh cavalry horses have
been forwarded 70 the army, AMI the graHd
army cf Nt Potomnc is now fully rs strong III
nun,bcIs, and better equipped. supplied and
lurnishsd trar. r7siiIs1 the eahi paig,rppcnek.
Larse reinforcements hapn also been for
waricd t. ether armies in tho field, a,,d ample
supplies to al, aud over -. 900 volunteers FOR
o hundred days have been mustered into tho
service, clothei armed, equipped and trains
ported to their respective positions
There is nothing Official from Gen. Glt!er. We
give one correspondence full reportoithe actirr.
on Saturday ight, which resulted in the dclca,
of the enemy. in whirh the guuboats on tho
i l,m.s and AppOmattnz rscrs ,mrsir patel.
IA attack made ky Tie rebels On Fort l'Ow-
hatan in the mornir & was Tcpu!sed mainly By
the colorei troops. Important rupers from
the rebel Con. lIuke to Gen. Walker, who was
captured on the lJih, havo been found On tha
person Of ;Lc latter. They direct al attack
On Nca bern, with tho Assistance uf the reb5l
ram Albemarlc.
The srhoone: "Iiound," from Barmua,
which arrived here on the I'd, reports tha,
the rebel steamer ~ urila' sailed on tho lin
from Bermuda ;:rcr landing an 'laer WHO
WAS sick She stood to the North|ard Size
reported having burned a New York ship
from Callao about three weeks previous, and
sent her crew to Eng land on foreign vessel.
1t waa reported yesterday that thu District
Attorney. Mr. Hall, had received orders from
l;ugernor Seymour Ia institute legal prncerl.
jnrs against the pariiaa directly Implicated il,
ihl sucrrrieinu Of tie "W0rii :lml ti,,
" ",i,urna. ni Coinmrrlr, ard tho military "'
cupation Of tho premises "f rh.:se rnrcr't.
Mr. Hall, however, had received II" 1ucl, 81.
;lrrs up to six o'clock Yesterday cschirg, hut
he did receive Is telegram from tho GovernIr
notifying him thata ctttroi lnttruH;lons wa7
on its way to him u;oa that sui Jest.
The " Herald announces the escape Of the
cunboats ircm above tho falls Ut Alexandria.
:.nd says: Tho gunbuats had reached The
NJ nth cf Red river. The army was ii
Shreveport, on the Atcbalalaya.
Wa lsarn by ilespn'ches lrom Cniro that Con.
Polk Ix,l defnched about len thousand Of bis
i,,.ca of II,CUO men from Mobile, 10 operate
acai,st Con. I;sLks.
I~ lie Yankee IIonse RI Representatives. ii.
i,
ueI.,bcrs from New Iolk, asked leave TO intro.
tnce - resolution dcc!alinr "ihat The Conduct of
;l" Executive authority cf the Government in
c,n,ino the cil:ces and supprcssing the puDsic.s-
ttn OF the World and the journal Of Com
rlerce, in the city of New York, under The cir
c,,..istances which have been placed before tho
rublic, WAS al act unwarranted in itself, danger
ous 10 the callse oi the Union, in violation
of the Constitutun. and subVersive cf the pii,.-
ciplcs of civil liberty, and as snch is
hereby censured by This ll)use." Objection
was made, wlereupou Mr. pruyn mov:d sus.
rsnsicn oi tho rults which was disagreed 10 by
:. vote Of IL against II; Mr.. l'ruyn afterwards
askeI promisson to print The statement on be-
half of the orposilIr members from N5w idlk,
but prompt objection WIS raised by the Repub'
icAEs
Tho sIl,rall" eltorially condemns the admin
istration for tho arbitrary suppression OF these
newspapers.
Gold WIS dull in New York on the 2%l. |:
opened at Isle and craw led mp TO lS'S, hut sn'es
were slrbse que ntly Talo between lH2 and '-!!t
ShcrdGms command il preparing to rssI.he
active operations. =.
Gen I;uier hoai, ,Iualtors III The field, May 22l
saws "Our delenccs are almost iuIpreenabc
Should Lees entire rebel horde pcunce upon
Cen l.utler the latter could hold his own.
The same correspondent speaks Of "a sortie
made by the willy rebel, Beauregard, on the
night of the 2lst," Gad says, "1he hoEs?s q
tho General l8Eiiari were at or,ce sadd!ed
and lie only awaited to hear ircia tho front t.
wl.at ex.cEt the attack might approach. aud !
:. general engagement resulted thercirom, NJ
would ai once assume commAnI IN person.
Tremendous } But his presence in the iielt
was unnecessary, and he went to bed q gum
Gen. VIM S. Walker. captured on the l',tl
has been removed to the general hospital i Il
medical treatment. A correspondent OF tn
Herald" says his wounds nrs severe ''i
with great care he may recOyer.
Miss Belle Boyd Was captured "n tue re'f
steamer Greyhound, and taken % BostoI
where she was temporarily qunrtered o. 'G
Fremont house. 1t was thought she would +
parvled "and Boston left without belle"