Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-09-13
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tta u.h"yated :ase!i7::r ,: IN :::-.sia5 !"
ring the rnht lev tays !. interpreted By so1le
into an evidence that preparation is Dsing
made fur some Few and sudden nave perhaps
another mine, NTH I'll sssau.., right rnd lett,
everywhere hut in tho breach itself 1t is
hardly to be presumed, however, that Grant
has men enough to risk 10 such anothc. wild
and imprac!icabls scheme. lie is resting end
recruiting and until the next draft fills up
somcH hat his shattered columns, 10 will con-
lent hinsef 10 doubt with putting Oil bold
front, shslli.g the city, or inekirg some feint
or other to divert attention. There Was no.
thiog new from tho ir,n! on yesterday, aud
unless our forces insugurnte s0mo movement,
there willscsrc'ly be anything important from
there fer como timo to come.
The Express Ct yesterinJs SAYS
While digg;1s ar:l mimi and tlLiing IA
| front Of Petersburg, G..n: aa- 10: !a2a idle
! in other respects. lie has been grading the
country in resr Of his woke preparatory to
the building Of IL branch raiiroad 10 canneo.
his extreme left with iha read to City Point,
and thereby hayo RAPID ard untrokon !iUe
of communication between al points Of his
army and his main base Of supplies. lie is
now busy at w,1k laying tho rails on this new
track, and will ere long have it ccmple:sl.
From those portions Of on. works nearest this
new rad, the no q, Of tte falling iran Gs i. ID
thrown upon tho ground ca,i 10 plainly hoard.
We ulao have i. fran high authority tina. this
new rual is in rapid progress.
There seems to hs but it'll. ub: tina! Gran,
is receiving rclElOrcemeats, and that he is
conveying them ~ his LETT. Where they come
| from, or what the object Of collecting them on
our right eau lie. we nre unable tnstato. lie
may probably contemplate an attack on oar
lines in tina. direction, Or rusy be further
t1tension Of bis lines nrnrnd the city. In
either case, though he kal tho n!ii;ion Uf the
| hundred thousand men he cAl4 for sc predict
his failure.
The enemy's bstterifs were again crrncl
on the city yesterday morning, AID Tor On hour
or two night before lat. O:o ycgro was 10.
jured and one or tao houses struck
From elevated positions around the city the
trains on tho Ci,Y Point railroad cno b. dis
tinctly seen, aud tho rafting of The c:r5 aud
whistling Of the engine hea:'i.
FROM r"3 L..
Tho only item which reaches u. lFrm No
| bils, il thst tho enemy haze evacuated iber
camp OF Cedar PJ;n;, uni Lovel over - Navy
Cove, about mile to tbs eastward cf Fog,
Morgan. F:set AMI army arc bjt!l uuIemou-
strative.
YRoa THE vALIIY.
4 correspondent Of tho Charlottesville
Chronicle" gives tho following: On Thurs,
day Anderson'J troops relieved ours in front
of Charles:own. and Furry with his forces
moved to the LEFT TO Shephcr3alGwn. Ahou:
midway we encountered a!l tho clYai;y f17c,
Of the enemy, who had started olt-splan.
didly equippod-to mako a grand mid behind
u. They told the ci.;z,7g in Sho25t;is.p%n,
rs they passed. that they intended to destroy
our reserve ordnance and o.her trai3s at Win.
chester, and then paes mp the Valley 70 Saun'
ton, destroying everything III they went. They
were in grea, spirits. and Spoke c1ril7nsl7 Ct
understanding tha; Early wcu!d ba compelled
10 lesye the Valley at o''ce, and stay Gu: Of it.
| They stumbled Oh Us uafX? ctedly, and their
pride had tuInb!a. ". smashed ih;m M
considerably, MID drove th2l" l-:'ly acr5ss tho
river, and partly back to Hari'er'S Ferry. 80
ended that. chapter very luckily. P2o: Ar
rington (0snerA! Re- Add w'ea wounded in
this affair, just nbcre tho knee. The toEa Tas
badly crushed.