Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-06-07

EThfY etata that they were made drunk, and
t, nse tlisir own expression, "Shaagsoi-cd
.faie ne a1mp.' One OF chem brought a new
raEautimarorea sharpe's rifle. 1t ia said4o
ba :. very effective cavalry weapon
u lRkrlHrED DEATH or nrRYsrfi..
Ayaaldisr inc sneral Lees army sti.tsa tbat
he 1sasseeh q copy Of the Baltimore 81 san"
of tse.slsf. nltmo, and that It contains the
clheM announcement OF tho death Of Gen. 4
D.-lSlrnaile, OF tbs Yankee army.
Iptsi kUcTroH or A rANKEE moop Avn CAPTURE
=, or nEG CREW.
| Adataahlnent ct tho signal corps made a
lesa,ut apon SHALL Yankee sloop in the
wcstlsa h,ane'l Of the-EliSnbcsfi river several
aays since surprising ard capturing her crew
Inf fla .irrsrf,. ind completely destroying the
T6ssoi1a The sloup was oil ,:ycnrs1n and Il
half TINS Jknrtheu, and: was Engaged in bed
dinsoYsseTh. Tho capture w..s Ilade in abont
six miles Portsmouth,. The prla0r;rrs were
carrie a to- Poteraburg and iodg6d IN jul -
The following is list OF thoir NAMES: Mm.
RI. Sbaiinr,l. William RarLes, Jacob Mitzgor
fhoEa Rrirkwater, Whites and jim PITT, q
!rsss negfo
BUFFERS NEGBorEn0rs.
Ftuitfat ua tho Yankee papsrs have been in
ilErs=- .sffsrsFanst' and
e EGgs44g qualities Ct tIle nsgrs trooPs IN
.uhsra department, the truth Is patent that
they arc .u.t1fly impractieablo ia any cther
;eapscify thsn that Of driving wagons, digging
trerches;. -eiid, when Occasion girea oEcu5e,
standing periorce in front Of YANKEES soldiers
to shield them from Southern bullets. Prt
oners taken FROM the South side concur ia
saving tlr:t.flfe negroes are not, aud cannot
BIZ maie soldiers, and that in the recent move
nents in that department, especially, they
were moro in tho way than anything elbe.-
Butler made much of thenl-bad body
guard, eight hundred strong. and black as
midnight. They cay0sted bel3re and behind
tho beast, up and down Chesterfield, and
when tho biissful calm of the camp invited
them to 'unhorse," BACKED his boots, cooked
his grub, brushed up his quarters, and made
themselves generally useful in tho numerous
little Offices in the scrub work line, to which
the "irreprossible" il accustomed. They
were constantly provoking the ira or derision
OF the white trUops and were occasionally
subjected TO the ghominy Of being kicked and
cufFed. Their mode Of lifc is a splendid com.
mixture OF tho sublime with the shabby-hc-
roes one hour, the usual "nigger" tho next
ditch diggers one day, Notifications the next
and SO on to the end Of the chapter.
MOVEMENTS OF THE ENEMY IN NORTH CAROLINA.
The Kingston correspondent of the daily
"Conicierate," inf5rm1 that journal that Il
courier reached that rl.ce on the lst instant,
bearing despatch TO headquarters, which
represented the enemy us advancing in snnc
force IN the direction If Limcrt0ne, Dnmplin
county. Ihep ,Srrh saen by our scouts on tin:
White Oak road, ~ faung's crossiu., ~
jones c"unt7 and tie news this m1rring
l:he ID says :hay are still moving forward,
rilasirR aud p!underirg in Onslow county.
Our military arn after them
One hundred and twenty two i>nkoea were.
killed AMI wounded isixty FIVE killed lead
and ff;y-su.;.a svunleL} 1T Bachelur's creek:
nine n!iisie tl,iaShil,:sn Nnwoern Fat. tn enc.
N.Y. oa;pnsi) on Friday last. cau.ci hy the
GGciIssftais explosion 81 f,nr iorped0Fa iltat
t'ie Ya'lkcG1 had PREPARED lpr Neus.. river, al
;;rring Gardu.T. ;',ii rnIiS ,st',yes
f. 1t aj,Ir.tra't:li tie tAnke.s- were rIGyi,iEZ
the t"rpsstn.'' from t::. r:sis3ift
,:ani5israty blf'iisgsss i:ss
theTj Er EFaktng tJsnrsst tEa rirerj and ~
attempting 10. pat tho iharth npe intf; the
hnuse. tltt cap Of tba tarpado car,c j" G@i.tac:
WITH st4rG Solid 5lib5.l5ce 5yy--''01t'i
tan1ins r6c building into fragments, AID ears
ing tho sSTlesi", Of thGtfree insidetEs 'iousa
killing and sounding bath in and out Ut the
building. rhsazulaaion-iss said 10 hlesa-baeu
l IL 4. I Il.
iipe miles around. iient: Wells. ono Of the
rnass.aenstt,nnato.v i1lnins in TIM Yhiikr6 scr
rViIo from ar areounlsj was an,pfgst-. TIM
Alle:i
Tii@linln, the tory. who broke ihil there
;.hnut iva W.Itks ago, ha7 taken Tctuga m the
Yankee wig Tam at Newborn. lie appeared
| to tho antinY'a pinketa nj Desp Gully on last
| Thursday, represented himself as: dcaertrT
f';.ia lie Southern army. flIshman il abGnt
| liiLy-9c9en years Of age he heGer vas III Gng
| seIplcc.
Speaking of the above Yankee disaaer, the
Gold7l oro' State Journal" says:
| At the scnno Of tho disaster it il said the
| Yankees had erected tall tower or lockout,
| in tho top Of which Yankee WAS ut the time
posted. The tower suddenly disappeared, and
if the sentinel or That tower has yet hcen found
our in!ofTiant has not haari it.
HE explosion w;sa heard twenty miles, aid
created great condemnation 10 the garrison ii
Newborn. The long roll wac beaten, afgua!
guns were tied. and a:try preparation was
quickly made Il meet tie lcb6la. Sab 4 scene
! Of wild confusion is aaid to have existed in
tho good oil town as has ne7br been exceeds
cd, EXCEPT IL tbs immediate vicinity Of tic
explosion.
| YANKEE AUTHORITIES UNEASY.
Parties lust through tho lines from the Vi
cinity OF Murireesharo' represent much nr-
easiness by tie authorities in that pacs and
Chattanooga, in consequences Of the great dr.
TANGO intervening between Sherman and his
base, and the reported prayimity OF tho nbi-
uutuus Forrest tn one SIDE and Morgan on
| tie ether 4 Federal OH Ser IN cGlnnialI III
| Huntsville expressed ibe opinion that il
| Sherman shGull mrai ',ih de a:,trr T6ar At
| lanta, TrnEcssrc w0iI''l have 10 he evacuated
Mt once, from Nash'iiia eastward. Few ren-
pie, we presume will lie inclined IL cmuo
vert this elaborate opinion.
ARREST OF CITIZENS.
Daring ths recent occu patton Of Frede-
riessburg by the Wakes army tho following
citiz ms wcre arrested ard taken t., Washing
ton, wherc ten Of tham very released, and the
others sent 10 Fort Delaware:
j IL bradley, Thos KNOX, Jss MrGnia,
G Cole, n huesJ q liurLamp, & i peytolI,
w II Thomas, j ID Elder. f Is ChcwninE. K
- Reynolds. J 2 Mnry-. tea Aler. Charles
A;an,lrr, Ef' earle, j l. Knight. w C Smith,
J w SeIrr. f. Stevens, G. Cash, e. 3 Waite, q
e Waite, Jr, @ " Wrotcn, Tl,os Marson, r
If Alexander. Roll Smith. L,lriun Love. q II
oac9ey, A Apa=r"nE. Il NJ !'owles, l. j Huff
man, l. Wsenn, j II Erans, U bradshaw, J D
Curtis, L Moore, y Wbi'", } Solcn, G y Eg.,
j Siuzeen, a Ctx, W Cox, " isrnnnaa. j
a Taylor, 4 Samuel, 7 Williams, L Park4r,
G Ecilz, I P Coleman, Mcdonald, G Wiz
liaurs. W NJ Malls. Th"'a:s + Taorntan. john
j ca, john Minor, X Hudson, W Webb W