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

geneer' writing from the array Of Gen. John
ston, May Goth, furnishes that paper with the
i,fauoxing relation rto3,Ao situation in tissat
quarter: 10 .l2-N4 .-.>.i,-, ,1. -
! ADDRESS To Tue ARMY
! Yesterday Con. Johnson issued an nidrtsI
| to the army, copy Of which traasmit YOU
H'Ees's ARMY OF TgsakssEE, .
CAssvILLE, Ga, May 10Th, lsGI.
General Orders
I Soldiers ofMe .irmy r Tennessee :: ...
You have displayed the highest quality Of
the soidior-frmhcss in combat, patience M
der toll Ey your courage and skill you have
rerulsed every assault Gf the enemy. Gy
marches hy. day and night yCu hive defeat, d
every attempt upon viur communications.
Your c)nllnrnlcatlons are secure. You will
now turn and march to meet his advancing
columns. Fully contiding in the conduct Of
the officers, the courage tf the men, | lead
you to battle.
We may confidently trust that tho Al
mighty Father will still reward tho patriots
! toi aud bless tho patriots banrcrs. Cheurcd
! hy the sntccns Of our brothers in Virginia and
! beyond the Misrissirpi our eilnrts wi!l cqnal
! theirs; strengthened .hy His support your
/ Efforts will l.e crowned with ike glorieq.
iSiGuc'D !. F.. J0nH:TDS, t:.nera.
iOlhclti.1
! lSigned) KlEIocH FArcoMEe, A. 4. G
CIR PRESENT rysIfGpH.
1t may seem strange, after reading the
above, that the army should continue to re-
treat, but in reality, our forces are actually
looking for tho enemy. Our position On the
Etnwah river was rot tenHble, because Nc
l'aerson, with his own, lockers and LOsan'S
corps, had already crosse4 the river, md
were continuing the flank movement. The
plan Of tho Ynnkeeg scems 10 be to avoid n.
general engagement, for ON yesterday every
eh5rt was made by General Johnston to bring
on one, but each tino the enemy would with
draw from our iront:ind decline the challenge.
1t thus becomes Il necessity for our troops to
fail back aud protect their flank. Sherman
; is repeating Rosccrans' Hank moYem ents and
rs ChicaMauga c'oscd that Generals career,
10 will battle, soon To take place between the
EtJwah and ChattahOochcc rivers, ,''asc :hc
career f the Yankee army.
Oar army is now between The Etrwah
river and GlR'oora. hItor our army crossed
the river, the bridges We're burned, Int We
time arrives. This is about Ill tho ncWs !ioio
ut present.
The Yankees are not III sight, although Cur
NHlCl Uitl pcCl tlctcu W
. tain point to-day while on the march were
stopped and ordered to return III the direction
Of the river.
ATLANTA, May 27.-Our advance came up
with the enemy at New Hope, four nliics east
of Dallas. at nocn Wednesday. Hoods corps
was FIRST in the fight; paris IF two divisions,
Stevenson's and llindman's, only wcrc ca.
gagged We had lns one lire OF battle. whicl,
Il. II l,,.,,
somely repused A private notc from Cen.
Jahnston's headquarters, at sunrise ye-ter.
day, says that the sll..ir cf Wednesday alter
noon was handsomc We are having !. re-
nexal this morning Daring the day firing
continued, but was evidently receaing frcm
us, aud few guns have been heard this morn
ing apparently ut Is still greater distance.
. Gen. Cummings is severely wcurded in the
breast md arm. General Reynolds wounded
slightly.
The army was moving up to the field ycs-
te.day morning in fine condition.
SECOND DESPATCH.
ATLANTA, May - Letters from The press
reporter on the field say that the operations oil
yesterday wero coniincd TO skirmi.hing ard
the enemy feeling for our positions. Our
! right rests on the rCal from Acworth TO Dali
las, about three miles northeast from New
Hope Church, and extends Icom the latter
point neal y west
The movements Of the enemy continue TO
extend towards our right, Indicating dihl'I-
, sitou to get near Etowah river Ind lridgn
| Firing was heard early this morning, but died
sway soon.
TIE BATTLE IN NORTH GEORGIA.
BATTLEFIELD IS Miles FROM MARIETTA, MaygS.
ali. ~ IL 1.ht ppL-
terday morning on tho lcit and continued
without intormission until about ) o'cl!ck,
whom desperate assault was made up0n ST.
yensor,'s division, which was rcrulsed hand
someiy with Heavy lcsS to the enemy. This l.
the fourth assault that hGs been made upon
, this point, resulting in heavy less to the eli
my. A battery was run up within two hnH-
dred yurda Of Stuard'a line, and-"prncd 4 tai
rifle fire. Our .sharrshGoters killed every cut
! ner and horse. Tho battery thus disabled VIZ
hastily abandoned. Inst night At ]! o'"tr!i
! the enemy advanced our extreme right.
! where they were anbuscadcd by tebnr'" $
division, who followed mp with = charge,
which routed the enemy comItctcly,' leaving
40 prisoners including brigade commander,
together with their dead and wounded in cur
hands. The cnomy's loes in this affair wes
between five and six thousand The coEdrct
of Granbury's brigade is highly spoken OF.
Granbury received slight wound, but iB still
in tbs iieli. Elisk skilmisbing began ugain
this snoring, and still continues on The ex-
| trcme lcf:. The enemy arc mnasing on their
left tlis morning. and heavy firing Of artillery
continues up to II o'clock.
SECOND pESraT,.u.
: NV IlorE, via MARIETTA, Nay HS..-'fhn
opemy are mnssed in COR irJnt on the south
::side Of Pumpkin Vino Creek. There was y
very heavy artillery aid muskctry skirmisll
/ Yesterday, from sunrise to dark principally on
!oar right wing, when it ceased, and was re-
enmed about midnight. We captured between
two and three hundred prisoners, amonE tu'm
Lieutenant Colonel Fsmbl;ss, Of the G!rh
, Ohio, Adiuant Hotter and three Lieuten"ntS.
Our forces ai c inspiritsd with great confidence
in their taInmander, and their ability TO Gt
: feat the enemy. Every naan is an1icns for =
general engagement tu take place, Which Will
/ probably he &c day. SkiimisLing is ROW
going on tonight on TIE right aui centre.
5 Lieutenant L )lCnel Families reports General
. Wullack severely wourdc,l III the action ut
! Resaca.
! $50. THIRD nEsrATCu.
NV uorE, May IS, via MARlrrrA.--G,
! Cleburnc's division engaged the lth army
Germs under Toward, about o'clock this
morning, and, alters desperate contest. sig
naly rcrulscd the enemy with 8 l3ss Of be-
tween GYe and seven thousand. We cap
tured between $50 and 600 prisonc'a, exc'n-
siye of wounded, and immen'e quantities ol
arms and arcuutrcments Gen. U. says tie
len enfy's dead were piled thicker Than he eve,
saw before. Between $50 Sid l,t'U dead
/ were left close up 10 hi, front Their line o.
breastworks in front of Loring's eommanc