Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-03-08
LafF.:sr eRSh THE Tg.5Ee szsGss.

We have received by.aag Of :r"co beat
which arrived on Saturday from City Point,
fiies Of Northern papers, including dates Of
Tho 81 Instant. The III eraid" ANNOUNCES, IA
staring capitals, under tic head or'"his!,v
important news" Ki,ra:ricks "h-iiliant cav
airy movement agaias. Richmond TIC co.
lowirg is conied froci ~ " Herald"
The Union Prisoners 70 hs iPeieJ.s3 Gad IS.
Retsi Clpital iS1rssd -Co-"p-'":'o" ct he
Mtant,g u,3sr Gen .Sedg'cici; Cen Chs.
ter's Splendid Dem"Hstr1e'"H - &ner,s
Boastei Mrincible Rejs! Cara!ry Datci
and His Cdmp Destroyed Flee EpolHrcd
Fine Horses md Futy Rejei P.'sogc,s
Captured without The lass Of Sinsie 4oa,
dc, dc nc
The account ocsupies toe hrss pasa.cf TIA
| "HoraId," and abourds wivh .hl us"a; sytr.-
VACANT statements Of terrible char,es and
wonderfully satisfactory rosu5s ;.,ains: nver-
whelming numbers. The following is an
ep:tome Of the account:
o. Thursday, the e5!b az, tvs coTps Of
tne army Of the Potomac moved fem caniH
towards Madison Court House, to engage ~,
attention o. General Lea rs n t5Ea:idatIa
sp:nt Gooerfl Custer went aheaL. ..i,n aATsl.
ry across Eobert=on's river, and =. SuriaT
.trrys in ,le soeny's piokets north Of ii!a RI
indian All this was done with e.. rsrrh r"iso
IS sevcral batteries oi ~: ierg c,ltt e2!sist.
entiy IN; ke But nlesnwhi!r n movement IL
anntscr direction went Oh much n ir qG:s:ly.
General k:loatrich, with his p! kei cavalry
J. d hCr=e artillery, marched ton! $5"rens-.
burg on Sunday n,gh,, crossed tho Naa::ai:n.
rmanna Ford, ns We suppose, snt ttcnco
| {" X TIE drca, road fer h!s apeontct :c.Jin"-
sio1 a. the ford 4 detaciint3nt, u"der {, =
n,l Dail l:Ien, lai: tha main gtlnma ac'; ol'-
! ranced by another r,ut'. The cu,mr W J.!
thus aaG cur caY:l-y 'crc's ma-chng uro1
then. Ey at least two diE,-rn- r,ri"r.
simultaneously with General Kn2atsi, 4.
movenert General Butler Has :. riu.e VI
frcm ;I,e peninsula ard MAKE dco: " ssra,i, i
up2n Richmond. What Free INC cDa:r hs&
ia Ricbmord does not orp"ar: 'u- thc city
is X wn tn have heen / = ~ons .,'.,r pa.
rery f:ci!y defended. We have rraa % 2 be.
!icre ;5:; :. n sill in tbs SAN" conuaf"'!7cr
. dcfon1.ls: condition that it wes wher ;;-0e-.
r.! Eur,cr'a #ttempt was r'ade, y lev vG"'n
since. nichu:ond las 60 many tunes h"r. u.t
w;5liin nu7 reach, and clipped i,or' " i'tr he
.fuis- TAFT :ey,d tho soul OF Tanrl!au; j, h..'
% ,a.ay timrs seemed ready TO t.! :! prey I"
xhrcrcr ~cu!d grasp it liSe o rian OF mo-
s!e," t.. the country will hardly be surprised
that enc u,ara attempt should he made tCc i,n
caDruro. P:c;,arat;cna for tbir ia-t ;:tlan,3t
hare, il is stated, been e.: some ;:m9 Il: pru-
oreas 6n tie pe.iasula.
10. rubi:c RAY carry tins m0r2rrcas io..-
gar: il ;1s!. own minds to any dgstiHs'i3n
.hev r'ea.e. La organization. and tie lirec.
-. L.. elarr ln- l,,
ms:as en-. Il Las b9cn commenced under
mos. nattcrine auspices. The men are IN
good spirits, the weather excellent for ca!.i.
naigni:c. ard tie rebels ere doubtless taken
by surprise, with the bu.k Of their army away
on fu,lcugh 3r looking for something 10 ;n;
ls is generally understood in Washington:
l!;as General Butler has moved n forcs TO CO
operate with this adTsnes Of the am, cf DC
Potomac.
The Situation article Of the " Ucrsil" says:
G:ro:al xii ratri"k, with das'ing cavslrg
coiooiahG. il rapidly pressing bis way to Rich
mond, with instructions to sack the rebel cgpi-
tai, release tho Union prisoners there, Gyd cur
tho telegraph and railroad H0n,n,u1ica'iors
between General Leo and his base Of supp!ics.
General Custe7's cavalry, supported by the in.
fantry under Sejgwick, made icint upon
Leo': !nea in t.c direction of Madison a..
jucse. rustcr I'll. in with Stuar's rc:"i
c..vslry ncar Charlottesville. destroying liz c.
.irc ,nnl, cgriragc, and hlrw!rg up ak r..
srns tns. fIlirg that Stuart va posted ;her"
ir great streag gth-iear!y five 20 nre--Cw.r,r
fell lack towards Madison Court llousn, b&f.-
ing tho bridges Oh the Rivanna. Here ~
met another fierce IF the enemy, and. ni,h"
s,varai insning charges drove them # car~
rsrine FIVE hundred horses ard fifty prisoners.
without the l;,s Of n man.
K.loatrlk lnanatinc II speeding towards
R!chmc;.'i, having reached Spotr v'vania Curt
II u.e NJ n iGay, whcre our LIST "ccoTns
Leave Kim.
u. s. CONGRESS.
On ihc 2Qt,: :1st., the Military COnr,,i5'
10 the Senate reported rev bill TO Iaako the
psy cf coiore1 soldiers t!'e sa!oc as ;hat OF
white.
A :e.c!ution uns adopted directing :;Ge..=
into tic cause Of the late disaster ia Eir!IIr,
and under whore direction the cauraigu VIE
mado an executive eesson was fhc:i j r -.
The ncmira aiion Of Gen. Grant ~ Lieu. -
eral was uran ;amously c"nfrmc1.
Tic HERALD" says:
"rno Richmond EDqurc-' Of tila 29:n 1T.
bcaets that all The recent attcrpts Of :hc ur',a
forces uppn tho rebel liaea at varipus poi1:n
HAD been rcuulsed. II says that Gen. nH-lcr
iailsd in an attack on Richmond ut Mor,ons
Ford; that Gilmore was driven back. IRON,
Johns Islsud By Gen. Wise; that F r. gut
was rcpused at Mobile, Sherman dT.v,u oil
in Mississippi. Seymour whipped in FlH;ia,
and 5rart forced to retreat from DataT r."
same j,urns' admits that Con. L9ngat-1e We
driven across the river at Strawberry Pane
en- Sunday. and cut loose the pontuoas : h. :!
him.. 1t may lavo different tale 10 iei ID u
day Or two"
TThe same "tnlc" identioally-whir1e6
again. But we never did oimt "Sta; Ge::
Lonestrest vas driven across the river at
Ss:ssberry Plains" What We did s'.y was:
''rhc movement was made quietly ard ,c,'1-
cut interruption from tho enem7.' I /; IL
imposs;bI, for the "Hcra!p to tel .ho :-o:t,
o. !sas: it might 90 use is Scissors ~ ut -
cH lie-Ese
FINANCIAL oUoTATr5Ns-HARca =.
Gold drags heavily, ana orera;ioas ~" -
strisse1, owing to the .novencn.s - C,n.;eSs
ali % The ahsencs Of nows from C!c aIIG 4 -
[, op,nsd this m rruing ct 1922, at;arwlF'i- d,
c!i9iag !. Dor cent, aad agala ran up 10 i5l-:.
Steriins exchange was dull, brokers bias
bring quoted st lI4s a lI4s:
TIE steamship Hecla, for Liverpool, s,-,;a.s.
took out Sli7,3i0 N specie.
Waat of space oompels ua to lay over nnn!
tom or-ow large quantity cf other intoros;.
ing extracts from the late United states papers.
FROM THE RAPIDAN.
! OaAHaE O. L., March 4.-The erci-omen.
about the raiders has subsided, and all j. quiet
in this department. The cause Of tha ffln:,
! or III, lnu.ar fnrda NO 4 erdnu a1ac;n1 no. as-