Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-08-16
LaTEsI FROM ThE iisifED STATES.

LaTEsI FROM THE isirAD STATES.
TBE MAN. EHoG TuE rJ4oN AC--Tr. EG.ISii.
suCrE", ar YOBfLE--ThG LHru.HI. 81.
cnAALl>l iN--Y.sE6E juEIt.TIyS xT'.
We at7 gan ind ,i h H.. courtesy ,l
Gsp:. ilat>. oI tho t.ae....p:, lure.u. tnr
inte N>rtheru pa%efs. tT1nr die l'irtl. !s!u,4
e Erqant:' vt !hs l":.. W. take ti,r ,,I:0r
ids
-ua MOVEMENTS or AyEAiLL.
uAaysa's fsxsY. Aug =. lHGI.--fhe ~.
der OF General Sherian aaSuultsc :omiusnd
Of ths Middle Military DiyiUion. although
dated the 't'I. was not promulgated nGti
las,srduv. Hs suys IA the oc"'ri paragraph
Ihai unt,i tGrrher orders th. Heat quarters Of
t.ie DiY;el5a .seill be at iisf ysr'z tttny Sc.
.tithcdgh nothing further has bosn af1ially
rscei7ed from General Ayeti!l 10 thia i,te.
many gratifying anil 'off5bJratiag reports arc
brought 10 by scouts.
The scene Of the bsttle itsolf proves that
Averill succeeded in defeating Mctsuland's
and J0hnsnn'u purpose Of dirtatly iJinins
EARLY. and il additionst3 their hsavy losses
,, in the battle hs has inflicted OH thsit Hhat-
tsfel remnauts 4 long snd' diti1a!s n!afGh 10
regain tho rebel main column.
Tie reports ta.dsy aoasert,ing'ths battia srs
that tho rebel o0tuIln Was httrclI ld,uoial-
,zsd. l0sihs h5avfly III pr.s5lefa. "j.inr', 4i,ua
AID v1asona. " haS Without ,iouLi i,sPn the
must brilliant of A7efii's MANY glorious
a;hisSeneGtc.
Ons story is ourroniL that Binlley Jyhn.
son Was again captured, h,,. having y reresi-
ton Of his Poolssville luck, =uecceded in ma
king his escape.
This victory Of Avsrills. together witl, the
glorious news from Mobils. has hal i very
inspiring effect upon our troops.
There is not to-day single rekol IN the
line Of the Poto;uac Jankson's brigade of
1mbcdsn's command left SheptsrdstU~n yes
tsrday at neon, and retired tCwurts Matttns
burg, since which Do ehelny ha. appeared ou
the Potomac, and in fact no teaeea III him are
found north of Winchester
Scouts report Msrticsburg evacuated. Sid
the enemy il either concentrated at Winaheo-
ter or retresting up the Valley south Of that
point.
sAsGeneral. Sheridan has taken hold Of his
Ey1G Geld with vim and iulsmeu. that au.
gnr5TN for bis entire SUCCESS. and il work
ing. day and nishsin getting matters in order.
:ss Bri2S&ar General Tortsrt Is ano"nnrsd AZ
[oqan9dk of tho caYglrJ Of tue Middle DI-
a be is already at work in his Held.
70 FfD sIBsA,2AID or nurFALo. NY.
Il 3E FoRk, AHgH1s0 arc rilu nt
kdfsHel RAID On the city Of Buffalo, by the Sc
Ssssionists ts md sympGthizars from Cai.ada
Tha details are not known, put II l. under
stood that the government kai been intoruad
,,E1 ! ,f l,.y !
held in readiness for any outbreak.
BorfALo. August 9.-Ths "Cpmnr51oial Ad
7ertiser" has further particulars sbvut ii.sSeb
el raid Oh tits city. Il appears Lhat The pro-
yoss Marsha! Of Buffalo, from various reports,
was led to bslieys that the rebel in Canada
had organized an expedition 70 burn Buffalo
ard to destroy the eanGl locks at Lock port.
He laid the matter before General Dix. Vino
stated that DO was aware Of The existouoe OF
suoh u plot, but was unabis {" provide any
means to defeat it. At the ssm, tim, Id sd
7i!ed tho. such nIsasuEeS stuull 10 taken here
as the exigsDcy might require. Tho public
are unadvised Of any means 1t i5ftn.:7 ha7inc
bssn taken, bat Mayor Faro has trotsstei
against the removal o! the Su'enrJ laurt.i
regiment from here. which has just been 5E2a
ui1ed for one hundred days seryio,.
MARROW ESCAPE Of M'C C,usLAEn TIE
REBEL GEN. IoHaSoN CAPTURED. .Rrr r.
CApEs AGAIN.
WAsHINGTON, Ang. 9-Th5 "S!a," saSs tho
authorities here have the most gratifying iNlcr.
NATION Of the victory obtained by Gen aysrll
on Sunday last. 1T Moor BID, Weat Virginia.
over the rebel forces ulder Geuefals het .a,ia,
land and Johnson. that recently buriicl chsn,>
Dersburg.
Avsrill overlook them i. MlorsGrd, .ttsckca!
and utterly fonted them. capturing between tive
aud six hundred prisoners, including General
Johnson (who subsequently, escapslJ snd his
| whole staff, with their headquarters cuors. He
also took all the rebel artillery trains and eo!or.
| aud large quantity Of snla!I arms
McCsuslsnd himself bsrsy escaped by dying
| into the the n1oiUtsips.
Avsrl pursued the scattered reuIu4nt q. tk.
| rebel force for twenty five miles. capturing many
oil tn. fugitiVes.
e. Ills enIire oss in killed is seven lnan So tho
Johannesburg raiders have thos "Esrly" cnu,a
| to grief The pursuit wns only abandoned when
Aysrills horses were too eIhar.ateI 10 i,lun ile
enemy fnfther into ths mountains
WiLLIAHsfonr, Aug :. a. ii >-1Lo inlIhws
ing information is strictly reiiaEla, and uan lie
depended upon in all respeats lHr its a,.Gu.
| fsoy:-
STRENGTH And ORGANIZATION nF Tnl EErEis
The present effective strength. aud nreanaa-
| Lioh OF the rebel army that bas Teen JpeSht~
| hs III Virginia snd Maryland is as f3lloH=:
General Fairly commanding tbs army.
General R9dss AID BrseSinrilgs ooiumand
| esch c0rpe.
The corps oomn,andad bY General B:sokin-
| ridge lie composed Of two divisions. n5w com
msnded By Generals Wharton ani Gordon.
10 R9dss' Corps is RaIpssur's Division aud
Hodes' old Division. With these ccrps are al
| Iillsry tatthions and cavalry bfigades
The strength of Esrly's foros IL &. follows
Whafton's Division, Twenty-Five hiniSal
strong,
dordoD's Division, eighteen Luhiral strong
| kamseur's Division. twenty tmj hundred
strong.
Rods, old division, three Thousand atrons.
The entire uavalry forcs is tifty.iive. hun
.dred strong, embracing Vsugbn's, Jaokson's,
lmboden's and McCausland's Brigades.
General Long is chief Of artillery IF the III.
vading rebel army. Toe artillery is organ
ICED into three battalions, as f>loEs:
Johnston's Battalion, eight guns.
Nelson had twelve, but lost four, captured
BY Averill.
Braxton's Battalion, twelve guns.
Mclaughlin he's twenty guns under his
personal command, consisting of two tattst
ions of artillery united.
Lisutenant-Colone King is chief Of urlil-
lery Of Breckinridge's Corps.
The entire strength Of Early's rebel army
is, infantry, SIX Thousand eight hundred u,od;
artillery, six hundred men and forty guns. -
Totsl, twelve thousand nine hundred iusn
and forty pieces Of artillery This ioss uo
include tTu regiments Of Infantry left at Win,
chester tt guard the rser aud accommodating
stores. nor does it include osdt.Gna If t! Tiur
artillery attached to the cavalry.