The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-07-05


ss~ksul narsusing hands, bta nothing Of the mag.
nsuds 81 that which has startled these Clamps ad
aceft 70 the line of the fa.laoad was anticipated.
The rehsls who have iss. friend. all about here In
! the iAhabilants OF this miserable country have
sNstly informed themselves of the condition o. things
! about tile White Aouss 49,. aioig the line OF
the railroad, Cr~ weak point in our lines was
dissovesea aud poRied out 70 the leaders q the
/ enemy. lie was Shcrefore able to undertake.
| mcyemcnt which. while Il rhtald really threaten
! comparatively k.trs danger 20 him, should have
ahea. T. t:.at "1aricn dash which exciies applause
and reyiyes courage. The rebel dash, therefore,
though clever and audacious enough, was not con
! sidcring the known weakness Of the positions as
/ sailed very wonderful fot its nndaunted bravery
Here ~ iail statement of the incts Of the AFFAIR."
! IN Friday, the l3,h, at o'clock, r. NJ, about
| roo rebel horsemen, some OF them in uniform and
/ some evidently neighboring secesh farmers, ana
some negroes suddenly made their appearance at
Garick's Mill, point on the pahunkcy five h'ites
above hse, used small station for the delivery
OF forage tnthe right wing the army They rushed
. upon the guard, consisting Of but nine Eesi rom
all directions, speedily rapt,I,ipg them. Quite a
number If ,srrs men meanwhile made their WAY to
IRE boats which lay at this forage station. There
were three scbooners One al these was ei't loose
and fioatcd down stream, and finally dred ashore
I two miles down the Pamunkey. u steanitug ass"
succeeded in ffcctng its escape from our voracous
4 enemies. The two remaining seliooners were then
",rned by the marauders, who served tie wagon
train OF the First Regular Cavalry, twenty wagons
lying, at Garlick's, i'll the same way. The horses
and mules they carried Oft with them. Two "i our
men were killed in the affair, and sixteen missing
The ensnN caie out with a whole skin
There seems little doubt but that the band was Il
company OF Lees Rangers-the body of cavalry
commanded by Col. Lee. the skedaddied owner OF
the White House property. They evidently must
have crossed the Pamunkey at New Castle, some
sixteen miles above White House This san,e body
subsequently moved along BY hyraths cr eoldls
through the almost onguried roads, Until it reach
ed point about three quarters of a mile from Tun
stall Station, the railroad near the Chickahominy
bridge. They had undoubtedly intended to throw
the train off the track and capture its load of officers
and men, destroy the and engine, and break up
the track They were little too late for his, and
chose The next best thing. They arranged them
selves in squads on both sides Of the track one
! squad some distance from the other, and when
the engine of the train running to this place
reached the first bend they fred first upon
the engineer, who narrowly escaped their hui
let's, and who, pulling open the valve put the
train at its full sperd fhe squads then fired
upon an os,nh platform car loaded with officers
priea;es and aborers. Two were killed, one named
John Biggs. of the Sixth New York cavalry, the
others name could not ascertain. Fourteen were
wounded, of whom have the mines Of hut five,
who are on the Elm City
w. II. 0Neil Nineteenth Massachusetts, in right
arm, which has since been amputated; Antoine
Iianeman "a laborer, who is mortay wounded
lieut. John Srelsford. Eighty first Pennsylvania,
received four bullets in the leg, but seriously
wounded VIM Bradley, Company A, One Hun
dredth New York. left leg fractured Robert Gil
more, Eighty seventh New York, drummer boy
hand slightly
The train had load of 300 passengers many of
them officers high in rank-a precious haul for the
evening. During the fire there the most in
tense excitement. Our people were many of them
uncovered aud could make effective resistance
to their assailants The train, continuing its rapid
run, reached White House speedily, first giving the
alarm to the ODD New York regiment, stationed on
the railroad, Just above the White House. Lieut.
Col. H. C. Butler. Commanding, within tti.tr min
utes had his gnen in line, and, throwing oft Skin
mishers, held the BODY of his command in
to guard the first New York battery, which fortu
nately had first arrived and was stationed near the
point of the rebel attack. A detachment of the
twentieth Indiana and some regulars also eectuai
!y guarded other approaches, rs to leave no loop
hole open. Two hundred laborers about the docks
of the White House armed guard, and the
slight force in this vicinity, uioientd,iy expecting
an atark, Tested on their arms 1t was afterwards
learned that Gen. Stuart and Col. Lee with 200
Virginia cavalry, had visited during the night the
hospital at Baltimore Store-about four miles from
White House-lnd destroyed two wagon trains of
thirty wagons each, taken surgeon and two men
prisoners, and carried off all the suffers stores and
whskey about the place.
SO the enemy had .hrs I'D 4 considerable force
directly aeross our lines, and had succeeded in do
ing it with little if any loss and with much gain in
the way Of captured property. The force at White
House was thus for the time cnt off from the great
army in the advance. The enemy was of necessity
Obliged TO fall back TO the left, and to ibe
Painunkey. no force If the size cmplos cd being
all able to withstand the crushing which would
surely NEE, them But temporary diversion
it of the greatest ;r,rtg,ice, and taught the
lesson tha' ,e approaches 10 positions must
be more thoroughly guarded.
The very considerable community now gathered
at White House in coI,s,an. expectation of an
attack. The defensive force Friday night, which
was comparatively small, has since been rei,,-
forced that the place is pntirei@ secure The hos
pital steamer E'r City get sill ready 10 move Oh ID
safer moorings in the event of attack, hui u
has not yet Been called upon 10 do So nor is il likely
TO BE-.
Gen. Naglee, who learned OF the demonstration
al II O'Clock in the evening sent from above two
regiments o! his brigade, which proceeded TO Dis
patch Station and then moved little back to guard
the Chichahonny bridge They were not dis.
turbcd
Yesterday Col Butler the Provost Marshal of
this post with bis guard captured SIX Sccesscris:s
of the neghborhood, who are shown, by pretty
strong evidence, to have given aid and comfort to
rebels in his raid OF the number two persons |
OF some standing heroabouts local I. +. VS. DIR. |
Harrison is of them; he owns a iiu,. house at
Baltimore Cross Roads, five miles above here, |
which was used as his headquarters by Gen Magru-
der and afterwards by the Union General, Palmer |
He is bitter oecessionist, and Eas always done !
what he could for the enemy and 8gssi:st us. He
says that Col. Lee and Gen. Stuart stopped at his
house Friday night bat processes to have been igno
rant OF their movements. The other prominent |
man taken prisoner by comparison merely--is !
d. L. Pierce, who resides somewhere in the neigh |
borhood of New Kent. These. with few others, |
have been sent under strong guard, TO Fortress |
Monroe.
The cavalry commanded by Lee is made I'D iu !
large part of the farmers around tais and the al
iacent counties, who are 10 devote themselves |
kind OF guerrilla warfare. 1t is well, therefore, |
that active measures are taken to secure them AZ |
prisoners.
The neiss frcn the adv iuce camps is Interesting |
The roads under few days hot sun, are in fine |
dry condition. The advance positions more |
firmly held than before, and greater force than |
we have bad for a month more is opposed to the |
enemy. Gen. Mcclellan is now close by his adj |
vance troops and is frequently seen riding rapidly |
along our lines, everywhere 10 receive the most |
enthusiastic reception from his men.
HOW CoNTHAEANDS ARE TREATED AT YORK |
TOWN
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY GovERNoR,1
YORKTOWN, Va, June II, 1862.
GENERAL. ORDERS, NO. 9-For the better gov
eminent OF this department. II is ordered thar all /
negroes 'contraband orcther,|iSe within the lin !
its of this command. shall be under the immediate |
charge and control of the Provost Marshal, who |
W i'll superintend all details for labor issued from,
these headquarters and b. held responsible for the
proper and comfort of the men detailed He |
will not suffer details to labor for longer per iod
than ten hours each day, nor TO be worked upon |
Sundays, excepting in Of extreme necessity |
and then only upon special direction from the head
quarters. He will not suffer the detailed to
be deprived of, be detained unnecessarily from,
their regular meals at any time, and viii adopt such
other measures and regulations may be demand !
ed by eqty and justice, to the welfare and
comfort OF the negro population generally.
il is further specially ordered tuat when not 20
duty, al the negroes be allowed full liberty to
enjoy their innocent amusements without any ille-
gal or improper interruption or mo!estation from
any source whatever BY order of
JAMES H. VAN Allen
Brigadier-General and Military Governor
Cyrus 5. Haideman, Asst Adjt.. Gen
rIERIE soULE IN FORT LAFAYETTE
Northern paper gives the following aceonnt of
tue comniital Of Hon. Pierre Soue,of New Orleans,