Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-02-16
Rnkmoul Enuuu.
TUESDAY MORNING, FEB. IL, 1854.
TIE HECENr FIGHT NEAR CHARLES
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Charleston papers, which clu.e 10 i!au: yes
terday' bring US Is few particulars Of Tie re.
cent movements Of :hc enemy i'll tho neigh
borhood Of that e;tc. We snacx the i:.l,w-
ing details:
Inc enemy advanced from Saatr5ok'd Island
anes1aY morning, :.I9n; daylight, With q
force supposed to be about five 81 onr one
An et1Tt was made IL hold them IL check, but
so 'ar they are still pressing us back, with at.
tlilery, rlhcd pieces and infantry. Oar pick.
cts, IN falling back, we're forced 70 leave come
OF our w.ounted in the ~oEen,J's hands. Cap
tain Humphrey has becu sn0t III two places,
and hud mis- horse shot un!or hin. \: Zine
o'clock A. NJ, Tuesday, she enemy lad ed
vanced one mile and O half from the Harlow,
On Johns IrIand.
A despatch irtm M.sior jenkins. ds'el
Johns Island, Tuesday, February Q, L. u,
says,
1.-THE cnemy, IL large flrae. advanced mo
the Island, noarly up t. Fripp's. Wc r~opa!sed
their infantry Attic Draw, ir Ir. Jenkins
place, about three miles rem tho Ilau!oyeT
Bridge. The e1omy brought NJ bis artillery,
whica was engaged bya SECTION Of the Marion
Artillery, who 5oDD s!ierc:d tho Yankee grns.
We hopo TO recover our picka: pos: 81
night"
Oar loss in the affair, thus 'far, (snys the
"Mercury,") is reported 10 haze been between
ten and fifteen killed and wounded. Ne
have no account ur the snemy's losa. Four
prisoners, from John's Islend, were brought
to tho city last evening. 1'aay i'eionged to
tho 4lst New Yors Regiment, ani were on
rioket duty when captured. They seem to
Lavo little to communicate, and say they haG
only been three mon.hs in the Yankee sSr-
vice.
The Ghaleston "MercrrY," Of Friday las
the following:
The latest Trustworthy intelligence that we
have in regard to iio state OF "iairs on john:
Island is up to nightfall on "Wednesday. On
that day the eno:ry appeared to ne ~sheiliGg le-
gare7iAe. About half pas. Jour O'Clock in the
afternoon, Our advance, under 3faj IT Jenkins,
moved against the enemy, hut did not sncoun
ter him until withia q mile OF Haul3rer Cut,
where . strong picket ;oTco disputed our fur
ther advance. At this pnint. the road. which
was harked on either side hy 9 ditch and Z.
dam, had been ]Ohseruc!ct ~ tie Iankees.-
On cur attempting to remnvc their DISTRIBUTIONS,
they opened a~furi2Is fire NOON our men, watch
was rc:urned.w;t.: 2r'r;J aaG"d determination -
The contest, though snarp, was cf shcrt durG-
tiCn. IN q iaw minutes, the encmy's imp
broke under our vigorous fire, and scattered
in the utmost confusion and in cryd;rsesnH.
Thee ct the rerr:f9t Yankees ran stro;ght.
! way into Captain Hum phrey's rncamyiront,
snd. With ad3urth, VINO had straa Glea mo
meteorological. were made prisonir4. Th"s
are the same whose arrivaljn the city was 20
ticed in yesterdays issue.
No report OF casualties. OFFICIAL or otherwiss.
aas yet been received; bat the loss on rur side i;
| represented to have been Surprisingly small
Several Of the enemy were ssan 20 :sll and BE-
c.rrisd of d~nriug th- progress: OF TIC ignt. From
the contradictory accounts given by the prison.
err, nothing wh&;ev:r can ua learned in regard
to the euemy's strength ThsiT statements or
this subject vary very widely. some Of ihon de-
Gazing that their force OH Johns Island Was
three b-igsles. with twsniy pieces of ~ar!iIle>
~. while Others ssy :bas they hid bat Two regi-
nents and Two guns /: his. h"wava?, j.eu rs.
eerttiued beyond u doub-. :;a: iho ~. ,.reusid
Of tho Yankees rn the island Is =houI swo ,heu-
sand men.
The Mercury" Of Saturday KS: gives t.,c Co.
lowing additional dc.ails:
Our accounts from Johns Island gre still
meagre ard indefinite. Enough is known. how
ever, 20 enable US to assure our readers that oil
zoe, well in that quarter. Dispatches were re.
ceived yesterday from Gen. Wise 70 tho eft.:t
That he bad followed tho enemy closely as far ~
Fripp's plaes, and was still! pursuing them. The
following casualties nre reported
Capt 81. 3. HUMPHREYS, Cadet II !ngers, woun.
ded in foot and leg. Li.ut. DaZi=r Cadet
Rangers; missing (probably captured Surgeon
Dn'sid, supposed 10 have bHen Sil!6i. Corpora.
Mcdowell, Cadet Rangers. missing, (prob,tiy
e.ptured.) Corporal Ph;ip C.ds: RACERS,
wounded. Private Ling Cate: Rangers, wonn-
ded. Private Waipn!e, Storo Scoo's, s,r'Ta!y
wounded III the neck. Cin.G:E rcDncut, ga
Virsiuia Infantry, wounded snA missins. Pr.
vste Drunnou, Cadet Rangers. wounded.
The prisoners we have taken now represent
That the Yankee :orce Oh Jnhu's l,la1l ~clnfis:H
af Two ~brigaies, one # which is commanded ~
q C~olorel, with blk pieces OF Mtii.aly. Amongst
tie regiments nan.ad rs participating in tho ex-
petition arc the 4isl New York, 7i,h and l27tli
Pennsylvania, and one nr two Ohio regim MS.
They landed on Johns Islani after having aeen
| brough: up the Hawai- river in t:AGsf"rts.