Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-05-24


IT,: - "-G2 avg !u:.&cr. IE-F uiiie1' '1'
ho-'.i a;:i Threatened IL vain .nd wcFe them
selves in several instances shot down. l,u!ih
the whole time they received most murd"ro's
fire from orr artillery and small arms, The former OF
which fai il is sad position that enabled mem
% cuti..,,lr the enemy, and sh0wrrsd upon tneh'
e,ape shut, which mow:l down their lines Inc
.ruskotry continued but . short time cGmP"f'''
lively while the csrlnonaling OH both sides was
inre-sant Tor aboutsfwo hours. Hni Gradually
case in vo!ercs;asN o clock
'r..t enemy we're easily repu!std here and 1t YVES
though: might maks;ss"uits on other points ''
GU: ines, III: the day closea wi'hou; ANY 'nT,he'
demonstration. s:S.g }.
l,IG> s'...ais TEE UNITED STATES.
We are indsbtaa Is friend for Il copy Of
tho New York sTimes" of the II h inst
FROM which, ssnsee tie fol wing extracts.
In is sumpaIHof the news, tic Times
.:.vs: .hs5
Tho hriiIiant5Ae2s snrouaccd yesterday
:no.njng ,ha. I.sssIebel army had 'ecelTed
! staggering. if rotysa crushing blow. Is CHI
ei.l!y confirmed this morning by dispatches
from General Grant himself Ut TO Friday
Morning, 81 $ o'olocI, ct which time Lee was
in full rctrr!t OTHERS for Richmond or Tor
another str ng position. Our tr"oFs we're at
Uucr Sr,.t in puIsnit, md soon came up with
Tia rcbc, rca: -lard ~ Grant wou'! pur'
sua vigorously, though his army WAS greatly
la;igncA The eaptores of2thr Curious battle
O! Thursday, when. Hancock FL galiahily
st'rnHi the rebel right ars ret down at ron,
81 to 40 sus and ham i,ur to six Thousand
| prisoners
.Uac Major Goneral,E Elwarl Jolnsoa, AMI
two Brio .jieis-a brother or JJhnson, and
George II. S.uart,% of MarYnni--arc am ::
tho captured oficers, Our loses Lad be:i:
very hca7y, but no c3mputit;u2 could DO
male with ans degree of correctness n dcs-
parch was rc..d in The army IN Thursday,
am ,uncin. ihas General Sigel had destroyed
tic rai,n,d rct oaI. Lyln'hhnrs and Char
!,;;esy:,". forty miles beitw The latter place.
Gn,r..l liu'inr, at latest accounts, on
Thura,iav, vas IaoTing "a Fort Darling Gen.
Kau.1's cae..!ty I'D been s"nt 10 dcs.r y the
p..uvill" Il; !ru;.i ut liz Ill e over tho Az
-, lhattrx.
!, FROM Genera! Sh.rfn:n wn have y rep rt
v. rmclanq'i. that he hal occupied Dalton,
aua th:' J1io-;> WA '..'.t1, back. l!Etci4
! JI:.iiGta:!!I Ia.
TIE nam a. 1li r"tS'
IL rtg.-d - he engagement ~ Thursday
III Win ...!0a Gen. Lee il known Il
haze s:i,.ed :: rir al victory, Grant says:
"":.o eighth LAY Of h::,Ie c!Dses, l"a7in,
| a.',,y,I three aid four th,u-and prisoners in
af.. lands t.- the day. wa:k. including I'VE
G"acr,.l ri;aera All oycr thirty pieces Of ar
/ !tl.rF. Tire enemy ar, 0hNi,HH!s, Gm Scrm d
h,c. i,1a} tie last rjirb. We have LOST r.
r,'..a': Z .sir:r. tot c:c1 :. company, whilst "
! have a".tr' yci and capture! cn" division
I & h..".a,'sl on" hrigain (Dpbhsj, "Hd ong
rr.jm"n. "..tirr 6; tue enemy"
Tie "T'iml"-," al;er r"markiDs that Grant
j.. kIowu always "a AHdrIrlte the greatness
Of his ow.. e:lcCrsscs," continues:
wish previous rai;uca-, tic losSri to Lee
amy during the ci -: lays tight must surely
hay. Amounted T. fifty thousand mcn-tt!lrty
| Il, u-lui kllci AID wounded, ten thouaanG
rrl.uncr- an. ten tluH-aad stra"g'crs. This,
Va sh6nid certainly thlns, comprises hall OF
i.cc'a c1;rc force a'I it is impossible to hr
licvc, after such lofscs, hat his army is not III
far urocc.a Of drmnl!;,,n.
Wo hardly see h,w "'lr army any E'"rt than
that nt ,!t r.!..i-, ran n'irh longer sustain
! Themselves unhnr 81 cxhaustlng an de-
s,rlicti,s ySc! k a. that Of the last fortnight.
Eu, THAR spirit il I'D ;n;rabs, and Their
rirys;que Of ron. Oar correspondent, writing
~ tht cio-a Of Thursdays dcath-strugsic,
! from Gen. Grants hcGiq iartaTs, SAYS:
| Whatever may H. tho dissemination 81
tho enemy, there Willie no change or let up
| ia the resolve ~ this arm? Of lts commander,
AMI Of tie head cr all The armies Of The unI-
ted States. That resolve is 20 pr. the mntter
| WrOEM, cost H.hH Il wGE. la Cnng this We
i.-raii ali ~ the a!rcagY appalling h-t OF
! losses we have experienced in this unI"rni'
lci.J battle If eight days duration, but Nc
Sholi end by crushing the enemy to powder. y
| But the work is bY no means done. We
wGnld not rejoice acknowledgement certainly
after tie e1p.iIcLc, Ut the last three years. But
can ANY one real The history Of the past tjIt-
night as written IN bIooI b. General Grant, an!
~ >yut 10 the country by lie ) -cr@tary OF War
ard the fl.th.H corresponding of the press,
without acltrov9lc Yin. that we have rcvcr h:.'!
81 Ii battles nor eari successes ih.t the rebel
iI,u hal n.vcr ynI;cn such staggering blows,
:,d that it never gave such signs Of recling to
lis ia rs E0w.
A correspondent ofthe "lrbuna" says that i'll
the. irst -x days Of the series &C battles General
Grant las b-cn Iish'inG he lost 0,poO, nearly all
OF w!."m irc. killed ald wounded.
THE SHERIDAN RAIDERS
The Times oftHe ii b contains the folio" {;
les patch nom Sh"Iii:!i':
GENEHiL: turned ino enemy right and got
mo their rear. Dad 10. meet sufficient: cavalry
TO stop me-. Destroyed from eight TO ten miles
of O ang, R.iGio1i. iwo locomotives, three trains
aud :. very barge amount Of supplies. The enemy
were making - d@pO, Ut suFpi's at i aver Dam
Since get into their rear there has been great
excitement among the inhabitants and with the
NO. TIL citizen report ihat Lee is beaten.
Their c,.va;ry ;rs attempted Is annoy my rear
End flank, bat have been run of e1pe", 10
Hsh; their csv:.iry south Of South Anna River.
!lay. recap,urc! iiv,. hundred Of oar men--two
rTlou",s.
rely respectfully yom.ob't servant
i. II SHERIDAN.
Mai. Ger. Cumma!.ding.
Gyii was held at 1tnl1I
THREE DAYS LATER.
We nave received New York and Baltimore
pagers Of the l7:h inst. They contain the
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