Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-05-17

| lianee upon Rim twithous Th0ni Gil human
effort Is vain. recommend that I'll patriots,
st their homes, in their places .! pn5!ic "or-
! ship, ard wherever I:iey may be, ante IN
common thanksg and prayer 10 Almighty
| God. AhsArAa LINCOLN.
BuTLER's OPERATIONS
Tho Herald" contains lengthy account
of the operations of the m"raud'ns party
under command CT the. Beast, ard gays the
main ohirc. of The movement Vas che des:ruc'
ton of the Rchmon! and Petersburg rail-
road, and the RichLoId and pin7.ic road.
Five Briradcs, under Br,g::i9F General
Brooks. were pushed forward from the tor!:A"
cations at ~ O'Clock an tae n1or'''ns o. tie
1th. They marcnct on 'S,tIn,:s !ntcrruiIi
until wit.in t,vo miles e :hc tor;leA;ic's'
where they CT encountered he C"n:>>:@r cas ''or
scopccd in s;r rg poS!fion' in tho u'!er-
brush on either side Of tn rad, IRON which
they opened q sharp fire, which the mounted
rifles returned. The eEcmy's fire Increasing
in strength and rarid;ty, the mounted rifle
fell bnok to the infantry line, winch d"pbyct
rs skirmshcrs, AMI slowly advanced, with
4 strong support, in limo Of batt.e. The enc
my had very favorable position, and naHa y
stubborn resistance u cur adyAn;c: bat 'hey
were steadily driven back, with s1:nc loss to
them, rs we'll rs to ourselves. and, alter Ii
sharp skirmish Of about on hour. they re-
treatsl to their main line, in front CT the rail
road, where they had their lines OF battle and
artillery. Our forces were now formed in
line of battle, with the artillery in the centre,
and began to advance slowly and cautiously
towards the railroad, ready't, meet any fDrc'
the enemy might Lave in position before
them" A general engagement therenpon
commenced. The " Herald" correspondent.
says:
Tho railroad WAS gained and lost by us
two or three limcs-nncO OF account OF thH
ammunition giving Out, and aGG'n because
tho enemy had masscd ut that J. mt, and press
cd u. back by their force Of Plumbers. TIE
last time we graspe1 the prize. We held j,
long enough to accomplish the object at the
movement. The railroad bridge crossing ore
of tic tributaries Of the Apramattoz river,
within about seven miles Of Petersburg, was
|'sss On fire ari totally consumed, and the -al.
road track was torn IN and destroyed t'r
Some distance this side of rle bri &c ard thu
road rendered useless long enough FIR our
forces to carry out other ard more nap ran;
, operations. Oar success was.rot gained with
. out some less, but precisely how grca. cam,
as vet be ascertaired. Many Of the killed anG
wounded were neccssarily left on the field,
near the railroad. rs the enemy, masSlnT 'ilcui
selves, were able finally 10 drive ~ aT"0y. 10
fore We could .,et all the disabled 10 t!S rear,
OUR Losses
are estimated at about Two luIditd anu III?
or ne, ha,s more in killed a"s Wounded -
Among the casualties were Captain JOAN \.
Smith, of the forty seventh New YORK., p!OJa.
bly mOrl.ily wounded, ARD IL The rCUuI Eand.:
/. Lieutenant Schloeud Il. I.riy- seventh :cw
York Volunteers, kii!cd, AMI Captain hf"y
SLIGHTLY wounded. LiCutenanr Kettle, Vi I'll;
one hundred and fifteenth Nos lork, Ma
wounded C0lUuel Dandy, Of the v!!@ hun.
, dredth New York, WIS ntsJ slightly wounded,
O;her field and line Ciicers were Killed o.
wounded but could not 81 Tie late honr !
left The tiel,i obtain ti!eI. :IaiiicI.
the DserRucTipS tF TnE sE:."suIsN.
The Herald of the 10 u gives the annexed
account of the destruction Of tie "oiawshccn"
in James river by torpedo:
The Shawshccn, al Or ferry by#t altered
into naval gurbyat, wa;ie engaging y rcbc!
field battery ti-Gay, ai!Cr.-tlis point, received
a rife bolt in her boiler. which exploded and
killed and scaided a lumber Of mc2. Her
commander and u nun,ier q her gi!a"rs aEc
crcw-rJccsciy how mauy is MT Yet EnoSn
were los; by this caas;r0pha. 80 h III"
Shawsheen and Commodore JJGrs we're o.!
! ferry boats, and hal rendered valuable FER
vices in their Gay. They were ~oiI armed,
AID Were of iighV draugh;, lI& Were peculiar
ly efficient in the snail river ot Virginia.
where they maze long beta stationed They
can be easily replaced
The following is {. list f tic officers OF the
United States gunnoat SbaTsnCcr:
Ac.!9g Master Communicable y. Phc!0n.
Acting Ensign-Ctarics Ringot.
Acting Masters Nate-Wul. Rushmcrc.
Misunderstanding Second Assistant, Rich
ard Anderson: Ac:irs Third Assistant, JOAN
Wall.
, ADMIRAL LIZ
is in command in person Of the naval forces
in The James river. ard enters heartily into
all the plans Of General Butler 20 eiieit lhe
great object Of the present campaign. The
naval squadron in ties, warers is powerful
in Monitors, and the hcss clu-s "t uah0ats.-
! Is value cannot DO too highly estimated.
TIE WOUNDED.
The "lIcrald" Of the 10th s.a:cs that The
Medical Director of the nrmy estimates
Grants losses up 10 that tine (0:h instan:), q:
nearly ten Thousand as follows: Twelve tC
| l,l -, IA 4,
:, wounded
r The same paper contains Ike f.llowiug il
its situation" article:
The "IIcralis" correspond mt ut Kappa
hammock Station sends NJ q despatch Stain 2
that the orders for the transm os;1n Of the
: wounded To Rappahar2ock Station have
been un'cimar dcd The p"rt9ou bridge
across the Rapidan has been taken up, ant
the wounded are to DO otherwise provided
: for. The trains sent out ior the wounded
have returned. 1t is understood that Gene.
raj Grant has established field hospitals, and
: pushed on after the retTeating enemy, witEou
opportunity to detail forces t. open conn NUM-
cations in the rear for their transportation t.
Washington.
; The Herald" of the 10Th announces the
occupation Of Dalton, Ga, By Gen. Thomas
AMI the destruction Of the ram "Albemar,c, ,
In Albemarlo Sourd
THE MLREETS.
From the following, taken from the com
:, mercial column of the Herald" it will b'
seen that spectators were not disposed II
! place any reliance in the reported victories
MONDAY, May 9-G P. ".
! The reports in relation TO the great bat:la
; in Virginia, all tending to show tLat tn
a Union forces under Gen. Grant nave ~ hicvcC
q GREAT and plorinus victory oyer the RI Aci ,