Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-05-20

nresent momont. in conversation With some OF
our Generals. al,
Hc is o stout, rugged looking man, wi'h
sandy hair, noustache, and, apparently
about forty years OF age.
Tho attack was commenced this morning
Of dovI;obt, by Hancock, VINO moved forward
bis whole line, and is now driving the tnc-
nv.
The morning is damp and fnggy, but sue
cess 50 far makes our spirit light and cheer.
full. Brigadier General Stewart. Of the rcbci
army. has also been captured, and Is sale with
in our lines.
TIE following despatch from Cen Ru Us
Ingalls,, chief Quartsrma5tcr Of tho Yankee
army, was read amid great cheering IL th:
Yankee Congress cn iila l3-h:
We have made ten STRIKE to-dry. Han
Geek went in at daylight. lie has taken over
1000 prisoners and over p guns, and is still
EVERYBODY is fighting, ard have hcen for
eight DAYS. We shall have them MiS pop.
though it may take day or two more. Thsy
fight like devils.
Our losses are hc:yy-Jan't say how MARI.
IF Augur's forces were here now We could
finish them to-day. Hancock car;urcd Cen
eral Ned johnson and :wo other Generals he
sides lots of lower grades. THE att Hcp"ttit
is mte-bet your pile on il.
Grant is giant ard hero in WI, but al! cur
Generals,0rc gallant AID our men. ne ~"f!a
nersr had better.
Ypurs. I:GALLs.
Spossylvania Gil, May l2-l2 NJ.
BuTLER's MOVEMENTS.
The following in regard to the recent mo7c-
monts of the Beast previous to the whipping
administered him by Con. Beaurcsard and his
brave troops will prove interesting:
Fort MONROE, May l2-2 +. M.-The
steamer Hero with 900 sick and wounded,
has Just arrived from Bermuda Hundreds,
from which the following news is derived
There WAS no fighting yesterday. OGl
forces were engaged during the day i'll tbrow-
ing up enrcnchmcrts.
General Butler designs cntrercl'ing from
tho Appo:rattox to the James river, :. distance
of solns Fix miles. 1. is reported that Beau
regari vas reinforced during Tuesday night
BY two braades from Lees army. it wa
thought, but ths seems 70 lie very ,mprohab o.
unless Lee shcnid really be- !etrcatins IRON
his present position.
The James river has been Obstructcd ty
our forces by sinking number OF fcAoo?e:s
and baTgcs, near Turkey Bend. The ct,c-
tuaIly ll9ckad:B the rebel iron cais.
Our whole force moved At ! O'Clock y. NJ,
to-day, and probably IRE engaging the enemy
at this time.
1t would be well to give publicity to The
r .,,,, T., M n
this Department without special pass from
the Secretary Of War.
One huadrcd ard seventy rel.al pr, oTcr
includr. three officers. were brought Acfc
last pight, taken in The recent cngacen,1:
near Pererslurg. They viii - i"fWaF" -
Point Lookout Tonight.
Bril-. Gen. George j. St#rnaEd and Lieut..
@. W. Harker, A y. G., arrived here SAD lr!:
for the ircnt yesterday. IL Is expected he
will command division under M&j. Gen.
Smith.
THE YANKEE CONGRESS.
In the Yankee Congress. oa Tie l2t., ';!e
consideration of the Ill! - sivr;:s fom"sscaa'
to soldiers ard sailors mihGM rey,rdto r"'"r.
f6rfaittd or cont;scatcd land in in-nrsect;9r'-
~ districts" was resumed:
Mr. Julian, OF Indiara, il reply 70 the re-
marks # Mr. Fernando Wool, denied that
the bill would operate AGAINST {. rec ms rue
ton Of the Union. Mr.. TGon,bs Of Georgia,
a conspicuous rebel, OWNS forty thousand acres
Of LAND; Jacob Thompson, member OF the
Cabinet Of old Jimmy Bu.hanan. holds lands
10 the value of million Of dollars: Robert
W. johnson vas 1lso the pwnc- Of lArga
landed property. Tic dividing q their lsnds
into hOmesteG3s among Our soldiers and sail.
ors could rot possibly cndengcr tho Union.
Nj. kailheifch, Of New York asked Wheth-
CT the gentleman meant james Buchanan, The
former President"
Mr.. Julian thought the gentleman conli
Guess hi; meaning He h.,! GATED him OIL
Jimmy Buchanan f..rniii rily II the geaii' p
man from New York ilr. WOOL meant tt c
restoration of the union IS it was, when the
Democratic party in the evil days Of the past
ruled the Government absolutely in the in
rcrest of slavery, and when the Government
Wis steadily erayitatiig un'Fr IN" weight 81
treason and drifting into civil war. l." Mr..
Juliar) was not in favor 1t the tni1n ~ It
was; but for Union rcgoncratei on The basis
Of FREQ labor, utterly ignoring slavery rs The
corner stone. lie c0ntrnjcd that the bill MAS
not uncaTi st'tutional
4 colloquy took place bc:wanD Nr. Pcr'ie-
ton, If Unic. and Mr.. Ju,iar, .he i"t:ncr say
inc tla: under. the present law thc forfeiture
OF the lands was not to extend beyond tho
lifetime of the 0vnnr+, 81: besides, a. yet,
VIC have net acquired LANDS to hc divided iato
homcstaads, while the latter remarked that
large districts of lands were constantly com.
ing into our possession under the act t. sell
lands for nom payment oi taxes; ana further,
that there was no law which St,o In tho way
of acquiring the fee of estates.
Mr.. Highly, of California, briefly advocated
tho passage of the bill.
The bill was passed by yeas =, naya u.
"rHE Loss or GgSERI. OFFICERS
unler the above carton. tie E'I!imort
"..mcr.can" Vi the Is b coatairs the ioi!Dw-
ing:
Tho desperate character OF tie s:rng "a
with which Lee has bean cpricsline nic
ground, inch b. irch, may he inferred frcn
the heavy 10: acs yC have 81 i':'ed. Genera
ingalls, corrchoratcs the impressions thus
mnde in the Gcsp. tch in which he Pays
"Thc world never heard Of war before" The
almost iuyinciblc otstnacy Of the rrbela, an(
the irresistible pertinacity and determination
of the Union soldiers, would seem to he with
out. rival or n parallel Even Malvern Hi
and Gettysburg appear to aforementioned l.!
this crownir. etF5rt, az if the combatant
were actuated Ivy consciousness that the de
cision resting upon their cxeftions Is 20 be {
fnality. The correspondents Of the pes
concur in the testimony that whilst til
losses on cur side have swclltd 10 al
extraordinary magnitude, the siaughle
among the rebels was frightful beynrt
description. The number IF field, stall
and line officers killed is not yet kuo~l
with sufficient accuracy to determine wheshc
the amount is disproportioDate 10 that Of III
rank and file. II the number OF general eli
GERS killed upon both sidos is to be taken %
measure Of the ecvcrisy Of the conf ct, an'
tho aggregate numtcr OF SIAM 80 lar It m"1
be enormous. In regard to the worth Of thos
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