Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-05-10
THE NEWS.

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siderable force, crossed the Rapidan Oh
Thursday. Two corps Of General Lees army,
pnder Generals Ewcll and A. P. Hill, moved
forward to oppose the advance. The hrS' al
tack was made upon General Eweil' who re-
pulsed the enemy, capturing two thouFard
nrisoners and four pieces Of artillery. The
enemy then concentrated upon General Hill,
who, with IIeth and Wilcoz's Divisions, sue
cessfully resisted repeated aud desperate az
saults. We maintained our position until
night, when the contest closed.
THE WOUNDED.
Twenty-Five severely wounded soldiers
from the fight on Thursday, arrived ny tue
fredericksburg train at three o'clock on yes
terday: they belong to the 18th and 6th VIZ
eipia cavalry, Loma.'s Brigade. We learn
f. m them that the fight was exceedingly se-
verc. In the earlier part of the engagement
the 18th was ambuscadcd by the enemy and
received CALLING fire almost at the very
muzzles of the enemy's muskcts. Our men
fell back in good order, taking on Their
wounded, and returned systematically To- the
CHARGE, driving the Yankees out OF their
,cyeri. and il il:ctirg upon them severe re-
tributiOn. -, H.
. A small number of the wounded IN the
engagement Of Thursday arrived in the ci'y
last night by the Central train. Gen; iona
Pegran, commanding a brigade IN EsrlP,S
Division, was brought down yesterday nav :
ing been wounded in tho knee by musket
ball.
THE DATTLE YESTERDAY
Of the fpht Yesterday we had received
nothing definite up to eleven o'clock last night.
Il was renewed at day break yesterday morn.
inv, and is reported to have ragged with great
furydurins the entire day. At ten O'CLOCK
last nirht no official information in regard to
the result of the engagement had been recoiToh
ut tue War Department, but We have every
reason to believe that Gen. Lee has achieved
another signal victory over the enemy,
Tho ground upon which tho battle was
fonpbt Yesterday il uncertain, bat is supposed
to have been near Characteristic.
Since writing the above sc have received
sovarn, desratches in regard to the SIGHT yea
to-day. They will be found in our telegraph
ic column.
RUMORS.
Tho civ was filled with rumOrs OF every
dissertation Yesterday One which seemed To
oa;n rrpdenee was that Qrn. Lee yesterday
succeeded in getting, in Grants rear, anu
there captured q courier having on MS person
despatch from Grant TO Burnside, ordering
him to hurry up" or ne TO- ""eaiH n ":
compelled to fall back from his posltion;;
that, seeing no other chancn OF escape ne
determined to cut his way through the Stone
wall Brigade, which, after desperate as
sault, he finally succeeded in doing. It "aH
also stated that, while repolllng this a'saui';
Gen. Walker, of the Stonewall Brigade, aid
Gen. George Il. Stewart, of Mary land were
killed.
sSIRM1sH AT BOTTOMS BRIDGE.
Tho enemy appearing on Thursday evening
at Bottoms Bridge, it is reported that they at.
tackled the City Battalion, and, after spirited
engagement, were repulscd.
THE PETERSBURG ROAD.
A rumor gained currency On yesterday /"
the effect that body of the enemy had ap'
peared on the Petersburg Railroad, near Port
Wal,hull Junction, and were tearing up the
track. but it WAS devoid Of tln:h, and doubt
less grew out of the reported iandiug,ot Yam
KEGS. from tho transports, ut Bermuda Hun
dreds. AS that point is but & few miles from
the railroad such gu event was very possible,
bur uu attemp. of the kind now will be pro-
perly repealed. No trains went ont or "r
rived last evening, to avoid the possibilities
Of serious Interruptions.
DESTRUCTION OF TAShEE uuFBoAr BY
TORPEDO.
From despatch received Of the Navy De-
par,ment, from Lieutenant Hunter DTlo-
son, in charge Of submarine defence, we learn
that Yankee gunhoat ran foul Of one Of
the torpedocs in The James river, Yesterday
afternoon, and was blown to atoms. lilo
saws there ''is hardly IL pie c left as big as
q row. boat "
nuyZMEHTS OF TIE ENEMY.
The Petersburg Express" Of yesterday, In
noticing the movements OF the enemy on the
York and James rivers, says there Is no longer
q doubt that the enemy intends, If pOstibie, to
move heavy column up the PenInsni" to CO.
operats with and attack spontaneously with
Grant and Meade. 1t may be that be VIII
endcavor to move column up the south sidc
of the James, and tap the railroad at some
poins, $, ~ to cut off supplies and reinforce
nsnts from Richmond. We think also that
it is now qlntc evident tue oncny has stripped
,very fortlHcation III the South 10 procure
material for tLese columns. With all thh!r
reference, this fact they have hfrn unable to
conceal.
Curroborative Of the above viewa, We lind
i,tcl]ir.rce in the New. York ''llernld' OF
Tuesday laet. That paper informs us e re
v;ew Of the troops under command of jnr
Gen. Butler was held at Old Point Saturday
Inv the Commanding General, and we are told
that it was not only very brilliant, but also
highly satisfactory affair. Butler was 40 i,!
compsned by his entire staff aud other OIL
GERS, all Of whom expressed their approba'
ton at the fine appearance Of the troops. =,
The same paper informs us mat ncuio"'
preparations for the campaign abnnt to en5ue'
lave been made by DR.. Charles MCCORMICK
Medical Director of Buffers Department, ora
yery extensive scale. The different hospitals
have been cleared Of the sick Occupying the
wards, and other sont North or accom- modatcd
elsewhere.
The "Ex press" noticing the movements Of
the notilla says: =,
n Gag of truce boat, which assembled James
river Wednesday night. The latter brought
five hundred Of oursick and wounded soldiers,
who have long been prisoners in the cnemys
hands. They were still at City Point last
evening, but we presume will 60 up to klch-
nopd to-day. Il gives us pleasure to state
that annie pEcUtlalluLS AhFO DONh AAsN' ~
recc;ve the enemy on both sides of James
river, and if he persists in bis efforts to reach
Richmond or Petersburg, that therewill be need
all of the hospital accommodating at Fortress
Monroe, which Buffers Medical Director can
procure.
The hour of the great struggle is noar ut
hand, but our people are calm,and resolVed,by
the help of God, and their own strong arms'w
IL. 4 aEa ry,,tp q
which knows but two alternstives-"Victcry
or Death"
LATER AND IMPORTANT.
We had IN interview with agen'lenan las.
night, who left the vicinity OF City Point at half
past seven, P. NJ. He infornia Us that this enemy
came up james river yesterday afternoon. about
4 o'clock, and landed force Of some OhU ut
CITY Point, capturing our picket gnRrd OF 20 men,
under command of Lieutenant Digger. Oar
signal station was also captured, but The men
mada their escape. 7 he maiu bulk Of the enen
-, foroo nrocee1ed 10 Bermuda Hundreds,