Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-06-17

The following dispatch from Gen. Lee, rt
ssivod at o late hour On Tuesday night, give
the finishing touch to the nova of Yesterday
regarding the movements Of Grant. Wha
the unfortunate butcher will do now we awai
to hear without thc slightest feeling Of aux-
iety:
IlDq'ss Army NORTHERN VIRGINIA, !
June 1T, lSG+-9 p. NJ.
Hon. Secretary Of Var:
Sir-The iorcs Of tho enemy mEntioncl iu
my last despatch Us being tn tho Long Fridge
road, disappeared during tho night. Ii was
probably advanced to cover the mopsm snt OF
| shs main body, most of Which, ,,s lar as
,.as, learn, crossed the Ghiokahom;ny ut Long
ii-'as,a. and below. aud has reached James
! :iYsr. n; West"ver apd Wilcox's Landing.
< p,',,on Of Oenssal Grants army, upon
l:s,p Z. .Jur front at Cold Hurbofs7is reportet!
/ X, tss procseded to the White House aai
[.enn',arked at that place.
Everything ia said 10 have been removed
and the depot at the White House broken up.
The care, engine, railroad iron, and brid gs
timbe: that had been brought to that point
have also teen shi}red.
Very respectfully, g.,
i. +. LEE. Go1rra!.
"0oNE u THE srouT"
A rumor, received through Irnkse prison.
ere. captured On Tuesday, in Charles City
county, states that Gen. Grant hrs been reliev-
oil frcm command Of the iunker amy. Yam.
kse prisoners are BY nc means reliable, Set SIS
Mcclellan sharei very much tho saiue trest-
ment when driven to Harrison's Landing, it is
not improbable that 'Unconciticnal Sur
render" Grant has literally become "rp
Spout" Grant. Whether relieved Of command
or not, Ulysses is 40 longer the 'comins," but
the going man: perhaps the gone" ,nsn.
FROM PETERSBURG.
Runner was very busy ou yesterday settling
tho question frr Petersburg, and at ORG lime
,hat tough little city was handed over to the
Yankees by that unscrurulous hellame. The
three o'clock itain drought Intelligence thst
tho en:my, ia heavy force. advanced towards
tho oily yesterday afternoon. drove in OCT
picks,a, and, at cne Of cur artillery supports,
captured 1. sun: ttat reipfarcements reached
"u' :nrcr- Sam after a,.t, iic spcInys advance
= g ls, o,.ei- lnt-i:i::eL"n received ct the
Wa h.7a"1.nc2 irst aist:t :i,.irs iLat ::.c! e
ha.: :'ra We act.;a:,. n'ae. t::a:, :: l;..!c sk--
,a:.!...:~ !n.'u. lac day. The :,rslt:un II IT,
..neny /. re.i y rsssepsGrs iron l'r;crstu Z
"a ba Just teiow isierd's farm in the City
Point railroad. ,,HCc mi:es Fellow Fe.ershur.
extending Oh; l., - poiat sime half & mile or
81 sur,hea.t Of Hives farm. the scene cf ,sie
resent ;ighs: sad the forces arrayed thare are
said to be burnsiics and portion of Bot
ier's. a LATHE ar?ears imminent.
RrraErap ADVANCE or TEE EMMY On nAN-
\ private lrspa.'.h MA. received in this .ity
yesterday, hY am Glider announcing that the
ensmy. ,iss hFatrs3 rtrous, lett Campbell
Goatt Houss oil rt'o morning Of ths li:h: Ia.
tins tho fanni! .naj |. 10 srpFo5ed that
they Wcie m.ri:s ia the direction of lnn-
vile.
susRIDAS3 RAIDERS.
Thrso dying DuschreI." were reported on
yesterday rs having crossed the P..;nunSev
u. r;ri"@ Tree ferry III esrEeF, nrsnit Il!
Grant. Thay wiz. doubtless. make good time
between uow nni the tino they get 10 where
they want 10 90.
FROM CHARLES CITY COUNTY.
Citizens recently from Charles CITY report
that, foI several days pas.. the iGnsses have
bean engaged in repairiug Wilcos's wharf
and also ths wharf Known aS %wineyards, "n
j ames river. The distance bG,weeu tie two
il chou. q h;lr mile, and the eae,ny's epe:G-
ton. indicate that continuous wharf is to 10
bu:!l the entire distance. These localities ere
nearly opposite flcnr te Hund,ed in princa
George, and afford water Of sufficient depth
for vessels cf the liaaviss: draft.
T, is also stated that the enemy have had be-
tween two an:. three thousand negroes busily
employed fo, several days past, il throwing up
b-eastworks to the west, facing Richmond
Thess earttwnrks extend for distance Ct four
or fiso miles. ani ulr about t%0 miles east OF
Malscrn ll!ll.
Death q LIECr. GLd. rhL.
We yesscrd;y briefly snn'uneed the death
Of this salaas oHi3er, whioi, sad e'ont took
place near Marietta, about | !. o'clock IN ths
l4t!l inst. lie was struck by Is cannon bnil
and instantly killed. At tie Ii ne OF the oc-
currenos he was standing la the immediate
presence of Generals Johnston, Hardee, Hood
and others, and it is presumed that a consul
tation Of wsr was being hold. In the death
of Gen. Polk, the army. the church ard the
country, lose a man whose pl cannat 10
easily supplied. lie was emphatically Chr's-
,ian warrior, and fell in full harness.
We find tl.e following biographical sketch
Of Ger, Polk In the "lllustra1ed News OF
November, 1862:
don. I.oonidss Polk %ss born in Raleigh,
North Care lina, and is about 81 years OF age,
,sough his erect carriage aud elastic step
Would indicate tnat he WAS still in the visor
q. manhood. His father, tae lato Col. WIN.
lhlk, was Il highly meritoriOus and distlN-
& uisiei yclGier in tho Revolutionary war. lie
wus the nesr relative Of Thomas Polk, who
was ia the van Of the few intrepid Spirits that
iaaup,,rated our colonial freedom l,y ISSUING &
the famous Meeklenburg declaration of indc
pendonce.
General Polk acquire! the r|au,shtary par!
Of his education 1T an r&rnDtht 2ca,ehr IN
his native State. lis father. however, hav,ag
en earnsa, desire that hil s0r should adapt
tas military profession, ,arai!ed hssnSe:f of the
earliest opportunity thai presented to place
him at Vest Point. Here he remained the
usual term, and, upon his graduation, instead
of entering the army, resolved to engage in
the more peaceful calling OF the ministry
Accordingly, he applied for, and took orders
in the PcoEestant Episcopal Church.
For some years Mr. roiklcborea sedulously
as minister of the gospel. Ills great talents
sud usefulness soon led to his promotion to a
Bishopric in the SOUTHERN portion OF the then
United States.
Immediately upon The uoia.nencem sht OF