Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-03-11

truly gaH!nt IjtIte ahliF-Dut 10 make 4 tail
d,stribu'ion of The glory. If do.ir Justice tc
any oac il shall noF be my fault for would
~ -o5r sob the dead OF the les: raw that ilIl
| mines the dark Iccesses Of the sieus ssnuI.
chre, Hs would The living OF one laurel leut
Justly wuu in such q pGhlt cause:
aLout II O'CLOCK IL, the raiders appcureJ i,
our front ami opcued lie Gp us v itl two pieces
of artillery. which WIS returned by portion 81
Licfler;alt Colonel Lishtfocts commsil!. Their
Silarnsh9nfcrT numbering about one hundred anlI
fifty, advanced within about ilres h.iadrc,l
yhrdS OF eur lines concetline themselves b.hi,nl
tie buildings Un Er. Parksr's tGrIn aid opei.-
81 lire OH us. ll.r;lssing the cannoussrs considers
ably. This fire WAS returned with great spirit
! ny our men for about TWO hours but owing to
; the short raugo OF our guns but little damage
was done. Ii was impossible to dislodss the
eeny from his pusi;ior with artillery, as the fs-
maa members of Mi. Prkel'S family had been
unabio to move, he,ce the only alienation left
was 10. drive them Of at the point of kayonet.
q would here remarkt that volunteers ,rsre mol
called f1r, as stated nyonr paper 10 dislodge the
encmy from his position-hHd sucl have be N
the case every mau Noull hars responded }
TLi1 duty Was aSs,iGncd 10 Lieut.. Col. Char
lain Of the 20h battalion, wEO, with dstaich
,nent CT twenty men, boldly advanced at dprLie
qnirk through the open isld, and when within q
short distanre opened fire .v.heilevor ono dan I'd
| emerge FROM his puce Of coEcealment. Colonel
Howard ,ftaiirg our bravo iew would be outrnm-
h.rcd, ordered Major Hardin 10 reinforce tlleln
Captain w S. Griitin with II detachment com,
posed of companies a and & oi the cgitae ntl:
Battalion, waS then ordered forward III, i.rO dr-
hs!m nis cL"r"rd hr 'Hc'ny .nI diovc them from
The premises with Il loss uf Une killed (yriv:lIc
Zebuion ii. Williams Of company a. le.h Hat.
u'!icr,) and six wounded.
Captain Er'!hn' Llsu' <nant Chaplain ard their
Msh Cestl'e Ste'' Cc'i, i,i me! Eaal ~ lai''
Lleu,eh'I'S iiu'i'et ""1 i!"%h'hsJ ,,i anu ah
Ss..TN c,o, ga, ;a,,, G,I',,i III Uppnn"s,
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ded, lut Jil not leave N. III.
NlucI has been said apnirst these Bai,aliors
but Whenever AN opportunity pltssrts Itself
isrl no hcsiti.:ou In saying they will do their
duty. JUSTICE.
f"' ''e enquirer
liss-r-. Editors Your construction of the
Isl an,! t;.lr ae,.ii,ns rf "rhe Tax Bill surely
,,,innot be- correct Viii farmers he required
tJ pay their tax for l>Gt before the ycar is
halj erpi,n'! Why nuS wait until their
crrvs ;re na;Grcd, and then give the III credit
I.,r the amount Of their l,tl,c? Congress .uay
n.;cr have heard, hat nevertheless. such j.
the IA =, that ia luany sections uf this Con-
feLeracy crops we're exceedingly short not
canugIr' ir sunc lcalisics To- iced the people
1T hor,e. In these sections the farmers have
Lesn allowed to keep their tithe paying the
value OF it in money, which, after having
their State t%xes and bnyins Gotten warn at
$50 Der b:g.n. and Leather =. $50 and SO
n.r nourJ far thn;r families leoves tL.m
w;r, Lut i;,,;c cmGJcn,te or any 3ther rort
r money. If ,. .uv. unn, nj rE,c ,r.nlucts Of
the fa:lI to sell how can We pay our taxes