Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-10-04

severe l1sS III kl.iaJ, WUuDQeu 2hI prlsottefF.
Darkness eudel liz en.sS iasrt, "hich be-
gan late n tie a!;ttn0o;,. WITH tho enemy st'l
in )osscgeign ii iha p2e:'ip2 gansd from us
On f1cylss' lar;n, um1 8 io:,i9n q his cO.uuln
ishily in alrancs. Tha entny's dead aid
wounded fell into our hands, together With
nearly | .H0D rrialrcrs tsksu ly cur inf.otry
aud cayslry cor JiIty. i this battle the
Yankee losS IA said 10 have bosn very large,
t.:e;r :!s, ID wo,i''!.'! covering III, ti.lI9 Of
'l4cic ro:rsat. Many ii .hsse wounded have
teen brought to sown AID ria ;ed in hospitals.
\ largo number Of o.: fmrulannes were en-
g.scd in tits lab,r >n'urday eal Sunday.
Operation! IN sAlrRDAY.
Saturday opened g.oomi!y in wen'rr. The
heavens wer, th;rkly nvtrc.s'. aGd The rain fell
sjsRd:ly Il Ia. BIT thi, dl nj pu. OF to
Ri,Ia-y op:r:ti ms Oh our light, al it had been
deie'nlE 81 II II lodge tn, e::enly ir m his newly
e.in,t :t'am'nE', i; possible. III i: acvAnce
". early dive. back by our infantry, ~h", dur,
Ing rhtla crpIIt I'd about two Lunlr i and
III y Jrsoi.r's ~ | ~ Il sarit VS. made upon slls
tu;t,6.d pos.t.n. "a P.ob;es' lrrr. !: WAS uafur-
tirnt, ! Iepul cd. T!l: enemy hal during the
night received heavy c:ntt rcameuse. snd had not
been idls in strengthening thetr works. Our
loss, wa are ltl 20 .ay. @'s tiit.n'.
DuiGe he ,"y ligmIt'n succeeded in gin
inc pcins On tie I.it tirk of Ih1 rnemy, s)me
seven or tigh, nj 4; rom ;uTp, a" J. III being dis
Covered, per ian ~ l. clnmnn ! WAT n tucked.
II sTL- about uri .c> D. Ill hnd ,hh cis charges
Of llcry aid ill,se!iy cJu.d Ue 81 tiucly h:md
T.. Ouf men Gcink sumo v lat hoily ressed
were ccEEr!ini 10 ir.ne siowl,. but r. oforcs-
intI.s co:nug up thy rex, NO. and in turn
,r1re tie ell any . their WorIs, capturing two
nIndrsl pr $)uass, Gut 9th ,rWisa inhc ing Sc.
Ttre :ojs.
No regre: to stats thu gu. lesssj on this
day iao!u1ed solua yaiaabl, eff ,ers, among
them the f,llosi:r:
Gsn. Dnanoyant, e! S,u:h Carolina, com =
lasuding Butlsr'e vIi BIigale-killsi.
Col. I; .cktAr, u! sub Carolina-kiil- |.
D.. I'M Fu.i;ail,, iUrlavr!y G.n. S.uIrps
Medical d rector killed.
Col. MeIjrary, ii South CaFoiiua---H oundsd,
slightly.
Col Bs! Lour, Of North Caro!;na-w olnled,
slightly.
Saturday CLOSED with lha enemy s:il! in pos
session Of our lpsI works. bat M further ad-
vaNue, and ONT !rjois IN god spT!s.
Tue PNlsoNERs Captured.
THO nnniteS c? i,r:52aorJ a.2:;rsl Oh Fri
ca and Saturday. WI! ani)u..t Ia tho aggre-
ents, 70 seventeen :.unaSc1. An ,nes t;,ern Grs
~ lliNVi!E W tlL ''f'''s Sul"~2'
Col ~. g. R.Eleloa, "A i y. !. cavaiTy.
H.. C,l Thomas Gregg, lj:i p. regiment.
iirinr ]. G. Wrigh; SLIT n Y regiment.
M.ior james i, Peel. Alb Ia. cavalry.
Major f. S. ugrtoT, 81 h M.s5. reg iueat
Maj or W. iiapis, 81 \. Y. caVairy.
Tho prisoners l-Ircaonl the Fifth and Ninth
Corps, which shows lbls thu encufy is IN strong
force ON cur right. Many Of t',eSe prisoners
Here drunk. a.d when brcugi: into t!wl were
impuden: ana diloGlsrly.
The body Of Lieut.. CT. Cummings, Of Yer
moat. vas found upon tie G;ld oi saturday
MORNINGS tlgh:.
:, sUsDaY's OPERATIONS.
But li..'s xa3 don. yesor,it7 morning, tx
c,pt s1me hsa7T skiTnlss:ns ly t!:e opposing
infantry f,rc5s Oar t:oop- itI talk from tho
scene oi Saturdays i5h; Iarins hs Ii GIT,
AMI the enemy ya,:eriai afternoon ADVANCED
his li,.e, ,aa,a lev i,unir"i yards Ills pick
e,p st We timo o,.:up ied tha h-u.cs Vi DR..
B,isscau aud NJ. Oscar P,srntn. Che mile dis
,ans from Peehlc's iar.u, b l: were shol!el o.t
~ our artillery.
The ei;ulti1n last cS Il ~ T"!Aaiaoi III
ohsncaI, with is cS .erH1u.
Stirring eyen:s ara 40 tia:{a>! within Tho
max day Or tw5, and ~ shall ts m'dnk,n it
,ir en,:ny 10 ~: catch q t.rta. III her path
Ths ryt,:. to tho South sido I..'r1ai will
prvgs q blaody ore to then. it in3sed, they
haTo c7sr succeeded in getting it.
THs RESPECTIVE LOSSES.
Oar l.s,:s ju.:g tho last three days fight
i,.r i; -';I ,;:i.i..T, g | FIT sXc2sd 5U0. from
nli saa,s,. | w,s m,Ip,i:iaS!y small en- tie
Other i.sai, tho \ AXE. lnss is kcown tn hevs
I / ;'.NT, :, tiI1
iEclu! ling rri=''cIs
r7GH eli. VALLEY.
The raoysp Ma 4 Sheridan VII! :l1S Japend
yer much uptn tA,se # EAT'y, "i", il sp'
rsors. is once more cut in tho Valley confront
in. lin. Tee Lynchblrg "Rrprblie an. learns
fron Ito passengers Gil ;;o C:sbge eaIs, that
The Valley, IL The iirt to-. Il llarilsohburg
Ar below IVES lighted NJ w.;:I tirsa On Thurs
day oigLt no explsr;;id!. Of the cause OF
,hese COZ fl rgrations hid betn received at
Wayne.bvro yes!e,Cay r,,!,:lg, lut It was
feared he enemy vtIe burning the houses
within their reach. In Slauntoh lLty are said
to have burned several buildings.
Our cavalry are soii 20 ! g lowering on sLori-
i sn's ear, ebd tie iniart,y were s.. .ast &c
G nn,s moving to the frtnt. Sheridan will
have TO resto in Lis jaurt hack to The Potc-
mn, ut1 | le 10 run into HE hole a. llarpel's
Fei e.. We think re may NV safely ccn'
gra,ulase cur readers lie! ;;.s tccOnd "On 10
Lynctturg" has coruo to grief, ard for thls
cor,,urau ION there oan 10 hi dcnbt thGt we
ere under laesirg ini=htcdhe2s % the consum.
NIT, skill end gireralship {! L.. Gen. Early.
10 linn. then. let Eli hou'r he accorded.
The Lynellurg 'I-i::.ini5r." tcy1 lit was
rsp9,;c;! iii E,iet,i W'earestsy night that
FyrT,s. tad r;p.uI,;i SEsil yv:lla, Ienr.-
Tbs rargrt Is lot st ali implicit he, as For
rest was Il. last accounts within fifty niles Of
tho mace Sheltygiile is in Bedford county
renr csaee, ani on tie direct line CT railway
from Nashville 70 Chs,;sr ocgs; end the Dees-
tur branch being sl1esdy broken up, Sker'
man must evidently Re i'll thst situation which
ali Fuss and Feathers rasd to coll the M p
uncomfortable that military man could b'
placed in, viz: A ti'e in tie rear"
It is cosy to perceive that when this 1epor
originated, it may have tcen simply an anti
cipatiop; but it started in Tennessee, within
tho lines of the enemy, coming Ecst and int
opr lines. The eficial news Of the dofcat
Rousseau md bis retreat into Pulaski Is eVl
dence, from our own sources, strongly oircum
ston,;o, in faror of its truth, Shelby,illc