Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-09-23
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Northern !ar.7s IF Tia l0h:
uaaPTaN's R.1n
TO Washington co.-cr Ica,ic.s & the
"Hs'a;:' ::us aludcs l. :!:7 recfGt -.:i ~
G:n. iIanr!oG III 8. 80: ;; tho Grand
Array.
The fl AK at'srE iT i;'c iti.i as7sisJ esri5
yesterday p5rninG VIA ri 1859 :.riGs u1cTe,
and seems to have been rretiaiiY successful.
The attacking forOs oohsi5,et Il three bli.
phdes Ct cavalry with eiehs Iifrssaf artillery.
The idai: body reached tit 1ic;Tiiy 81 t:.s
cattle herd on BuiHn'a 'sTEi. E.2a1 Chgg:a's
PaiEt. Just before daylight Will. TIC ,crr.in-
de- CT gagged OFT cavsl.y rickc;s ai;ng lie sn
trio line ircrl Esa7u!' st:;ioa. Capturing so;I::
md driving others t.ck This vas i ,ns +,
cnv:r ;EG operations of tie niai:: rebel CO.
uinI.
lh2 a;iaCE Wa o.ai, :. s.c,t ;i1:o i:Eo7,
da?!SHf; when tho guard were rics;iT aijed
T%j bu;li.si pTisiEcTG a:o 1,ru1td - hare
cgcn carturcd, mostly Ct ,La Thirteenth Pc.
cavalry. Tho Firs: District # Ccjuuhia cav.
airy, OF duty lear By, 1901 ettscked tbs &C.
tGls; but they weTs in such ftroEg forco that
our men lad to fall back, suffering loss Ct
some $50
l. is said that Gen. Grege'e Giriaion CT CO.
airy, supported by ibe "a corps, wcnt in 5rr-
suit Of the raiders, but it is Esiic sd tfeT hsd
too nuch tho start, and must heee got If With
the greater part of their plumber,
In addition to ctr lofs in cattle. Eiiiah Will
reach = 500 head, the reScis captured several
teHrSs with q gang OF men, who were engages.
in fHtruoting Ias af teiegreri in ,Les a.!
reeicp.
A rumCr reached here shis morning Tia; iha
cit:le hare al been recartu,23, tct cauno.
lrGoe it II any reliable so.ircs.
Tho foicwiss ia lbs "l:cTsai.ji'..-' ol!Ia55-
Iondsnt's account:
FULL PARTICULARS Or TIE Eb1G :;y-5. Cattle
naIp-lTs TCLI SUCCESS.
headquarters Second Cavalry Division,
Army # tho P"tcm6c, Sertemi:v II, A. NJ.
AT W. enIly hour th;s morning ~ rs;he, yts.
terday morning, wo wero Gtarslcd by tho an
nouocorucnt thut too encmy's cavalry hsd at
tackad cur cattle depot ct Cosgius' Point, 81
tho James river. ana vc-n last EiSing sH
With an immense hesd collecting 81 that
ptlEt
EFFORTS TO INTERCEPT TIE Ri l:ir
NJ sn,ne: did tho ncEE r,aili u ian IL!
fug!ts sauadoG b ;1sa GGt S,i,:I=,' ara 80
started &C intercept :!.crl IL !hei: ;aiTo::. aud
If possible, capture The in Isc"Sa adii,iur 10
the con! ui3sary stores Of tho 1c!;:i amy. TT
this 1urpose Gentrsl Davies, VIA Commands
The Di7ian1 il, lie antenco ai General 0fcga,
started with his cavalry uron tbs jerusalem
Plank road, and raaechcd out sorcc ten c.
twelve miles il tbs direction Of tho Ncttoway
river, whers wo met" qtrons fcrcc of tno enc
my. .ros.I behind Ercaatvort:, wh!ca 81:
found tc5 strong II c7eToou.o
Toscr or TIs EHzKT.
From prisoners captured, We loagn tl:as The
forco Of the enemy ongngad in this imrortnnf
movement consisted of four hrig1tcH Of aa.-
airy, onler General Wads Hamp$on-YZ:
Barringer's, Youpgs, R1es5,'s and Dealings
brighdes.
The place CT rendezvous wsd ,.t Stony Or;,k
Station, which is the preseuI terminus OF tie
Weldon railroad.
They stated from thsre at IL o'clock ca the
18th inst, and moved around tho extreme ish
of Our srIny, until they reached tho p;ckc:s {:
Con. Kautz's division CT cavalry.
r,GET WITH GEN. KAU7z's cAYALkT.
Trey t',cn engaged Gen. kausz ca his
righ:. aad kept him engaged uatl they could
mako Il haul of tho immense herd cf ccteic end
get back with it.
SUCCESS OF TEE REBEL MOVEMENT.
Strange ag it may seem, the rsbols have s:o
cc3ied in ih!E bold mai eeaTre, and have ar.t
ally taken from beneath cur very noses sufi.
cicDt beef to supply their orn7 f5r weeks.
They wsre evidently wall poated es to Ire
position OF the co.ralI sId CT the force left
there 10 guard it, and oems with .ufhc!eat
numbers to eaeot successfully their upjeot.
The force sent out iu pursuit c,naist:d Of
only two small btigsdes Of the Second Division,
while Gen. Kautz was to follow in their rear
We first cams upon them in fcTcs O. q anal
creek, near IIawkiasvi'e oa thu Jeruealtm
plank road, where wo found tkcm etrone'T en-
trenched bsyond the stream, Ti,h tho t::Gce
torn up, and On almost impossible swamp IN
teryeniDg.
THEIR FGsITrcii ASSAULTED.
Colonel Ssedman, vito COMMANDED inc ID
vance brigade, made strenuous tif,rts to carry
tho position, but, finding it TOO strong, General
Davies ordered up the Seccnd brigade, under
Col. Smith, and Olark'a battery, icr q Gun.
bined effjrt. The 9th and 18th Pennsylvania
and lst Maino regiments were formed Oh to
loft Of the rad, while tie LIST Massachusetts,
anc Gth Ohio wsre on tho right Tue na!use
Of the grjurd compelled them 10 Fight dis
mounted. After vigorous artillery fre .;7
Lieut.. Cameron and Scrg't R:ahsnsecke7, Of
Cinrk's battery, general assault was ordered,
which was obeyed with q will, hut wthtu
success. The enemY's line WAS found both
longer and stronger than Gura. The lst Mas
sachusetts regiment in the charge became in
termingled with the enemy and fought ,hcm
hind 10 hand, but wero obliged to fall bark -
Tee onnn1y had ak pieces Of artillery. whiio
we had only four.
REPORTED CAPTURE
In the rnoaEtimc VIC could hear noihi.e {, ~
Cen. kaulZ, although q prisoner inft rne1 ma
that they had captured a whole regiment oe
kautz s command. with siIterI s.no'ing Sals
If this he the csss il Inust bs Inc Isl Dlsismt Of
Columbia reeinont, US they only tave sixteen
shooters.
80 HOPE OF RECArTInIEG TiiE REEELS
Aa the thing now stands our chancea CT "a
capturing the beef are very slim, gud re sill
have to own thattbe rebel, have out-,v,t;e1 ~
this time and make the best CT IT,
Onr losses to-day in the I'd division ere &c;
more than twenty or twenty-five.
GRANTS POLITICS.
1ha came correspondent, writing Of Grants
abolition procliVitica, say:
It is stated that General GTaut disiikss tbs
Chicago platform and McClslInn's letter Ct
acceptance very much, aud expresses his opia.
ion freely on the subject. Ho is clearly of tho
opinion that Lincoln should be re- elected. 1t
is apparent tbat he is gradually becoming
nahnlltionixadN-hY which il ls Urdars tnod