New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-30
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
THE. CONFEDERATE FORCE IN THE WOODS.
WY GENERALS CRAWFORD AND GRIFFIN COULD
NOT WHEEL WITH AYREs.

THE CONFEDERATE FORCE IN THE WOODS.
Why GENERALS CRAWFORD AND GRIFFIN GUILD
NOT WHEEL WITH AYREs.
The testimony of General Thomas i. MumfoTd
who commanded Ftzhugh Lees cavalry "a, a. tne
battle Of Five Forks given before tn TesteT@y
threw aood Of light upon and virtually ansWer sG
fhe question why Crawford and Griffin du NOT 0OteS
the letter of instructions % ecu road and to
keep closed in on Ayres, as that o ncer, aMmford
60 assault the enemys works GENERA npa om4 loo
explained that he with between ,2O9 ana l,5Igo
Ssmonnted cavalry, numbering in their ranks ranks
many of the best marksme1 IN AnleIlC.a' rta in
position to the left OF the hI, Of the large
clearing through which the tlfth IorIJ IL said That
after crossing the White Oak ROAD ne re- sac Eederai
ne was r 81 aud that in his opinion they seemed to
be moving PIVOT and wheeLn negd ~ nortion of
the time When they naG eleSrSg, his Command
o,enei sharp and unexpected fire upon the1ni. d
For few minutes the advancing troops snOMier
hnt HE officers appeared to be determined 10 70
on at any risk So the advance was steauny
00 m and the force of the witness vas driven
Inci AZ the Federal troops largely Ontn9mbered
bis Command he was forced to extend his nne 70
keen from being enyeloped. This m. mo TedSqa
rcsilted naturally in the extension OF the feuG;u
line. which, however still appeared to be tTyIng
10 wheel to the left. The witness was Gr1v oTa
through the woods to tine S SSrf favored by an
Salvation heavy fire did not in the easG GnecR
the advance of the Fifth Corps ana IHe W. GeiS
and beyond. He finally halted his men IN mn, me
woods about a quarter Of mile north o. o.e soe
western extremity yr OF F ES road Not having any
knowledge of what had occurred elsewnete' I 6a
any idea what use ne should put v nsS ENGAGED at
tHe Gillian field but did not remain there Io ~
He finally withdEew his commanMd un n0m was a
questioned SIS to the confusion in the tederai nnes
when first fired on, and said thai 1T was Oh very
short duration and not more thah was d into
view of the heavy fire unexpectedly poureu nA'o
u General Newtown-Was the march of the Fifth
Corps through the woods, steady regular anu
aSTScy marched steadily and regularly, and they
come on quite fast enough for me- was 'no i""sN
In reply to other questions General Mumford sa n1
that he was so much engaged he could NOT PaS any
Attention TO what was going on elsewhere tun &c
his own front He heard cheering at the return u
the works but heavy firing ~ 1e enconnter
any Federal cavalry, nor did he notice anV traces
AS was the with General COrSe on the PIeTGiC y
t%o 'Conrt and other Federal officers ana tTeated
throughout with much, consideration; bel ore
leaving he shook hands warmly with an r Ino
nffcars nresnnt In giving his testimony ne was
straight forward and did not hesitate to CONFESS 10
the gallantry of the Fifth Corps: ;a.,oo hv Major
After some cOrrOboratlve evidence Oy NlayoL
Holman S. Melcher. of Portland, Me-, who o was
postmaster of the Fifth Corps IN ne%
At that time. the Confederate Generals FltIhugh
Zee w. III. F. Lee and Mayo will he examined
EFFECTS OF THE RECENT HEAT.
Henry Hein the captain Of the NorTeel rGo park S
Mississiup living off Staten Island, TOOK room III
the Eastern Hotel at Whitehall and Sonth-sts, on
Thursday at Last night he was ionna uea eau
in his bed One wrist was cut. CAPTAIN Heln was
forty wears old, and it was said that domestlc
troubles had led him to drink hard Inc cierS on
fhe hotel said last light that the Coroner was OF tne
opinion that the Captain had died Io the eafG bS
of the heat as there were no lnolcatlOns IhaS no
had Committed suicide His body was removed by
direction of Coroner Hermann t9 No. SecUna- 81
money and one gold sleeve-button.
The death from the effects of sunstroke OF mary
Ann Sehl sister in the st. Francis Hospital was
reported Yesterday. She was German woman ano
had been in this country only nine weeks: % As,l.
Patrick OBrien, age twenty-slx years, OF Null
borry-st., Newark, N. j., was FRUSTRATED from tne
eects of the recent heat yesterday at Ihlrdst ana
the Bowery. The police sent him to Bellevue hoS-
pital .,., oo-u oeNo hoe Uost
Tbirtysix died from the effects Of a sunstroke
on Friday night.