Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1863-05-15


Summary by a Correspondents Of the New York
Times who accompanied Cen steneman)
Gen. Stone1nan moved about within the en-
emys lines at win for nine days with force
not exceeding 5000 men; disabled every line
of Communication between the Array Of the
Rappahannock and the rebel capifal-and the
canal through which more than one-half of
their supplies were reeeiTed-so that, in the
opinion Of eompetent Judges; neither line.
provided the rebels have every facility for the
work, can be repaired in less than four weeks;
destroying millions Of dollars worth OF COM
missary stores and other supplies; DISTRACTED
travel on all the main pixies BY destroying all
the bridges over the large streams; gave the
citizehs Of ten counties, We: Eulpepper. Sp0tt
sylvauia, Orange, Hanover Henfieo, Lonisa,
Goochland, FIuvanns, King William and New
Kent, an opportunity to see for themselves
that not only are the YANKEES soldiers confident
and in good spirits, bnt are really human be-
ings and not inhuman saFages, as represented
by the Richmond ehivalrY; captured hundreds
of horses, and above all met the one great OBJ
lection made to the Emancipation Proclama-
tion, so far as the cenBties visited are CONCERN
ed, By letting the colored population know
that they are free, and weakening the produc-
ing class in rebellion by the removal Of hun
dreds of able bodied men, and sowing the seed
of generalization among the rest, so that the
laboring class in fact as well as theory, become
dangerous element All this has been ac-
complished by Gen Stoneman, with the loss,
probably, Of less than 100 men all toId-only
two ofwhom were killed As an Offset to this
loss, our troops killed number of rebels, and
captured between one and two hundred pris-
oners. aff -7 d8 G
ADDr41oNA1 PAR41cu1AEs.
Col Kipatrick, with the Harris Light Cav
airy, $50 men, was detached from the main
force, and striking the Fredericksburg and
Virginia Central railroads at their junction,
destroyed roads, burned bridges over the South
Anna river, and made for Richmond. They
encountered a rebel battery Of three guns on
the route, but fanked and passed it. This is
the force that confounded the rebels in their
Capitala They rode within one and a half
miles of Richmond, in full view Of the city,
and inside the third line of Notifications.
Here they captured rebel lieutenant belong
ing to Gen. Wipder's staff. parOled him and
borrowed his horse. They also planted the
STATS anu SIT Pcs On 7tDe lOfB WhleH tltsy bo0ks
and they remained tbers during the ten or fE
teen minutes they halted, From here, to avoid.
Stuart's Cavalry, which was on the alert, they
struck for Aylett's Ford on the, Mattapony,
capturing and burning several large depots
there, containing 100000 bushels Of corn and
quantities Of rebel stores
They left KeIlyis Ford without days ra-
tions, but out of the captured railroad trains
supplied themselves as they went. On the
way to Aylett's Station they charged upon
regiment of rebel cavalry drawn up in line Of
battle on an adjacent plain. Both seemed
eager for the combat; but before they met, il
was obvious they were all Union troops-the
seeming foe was the 18th Illinois cavalry, part
of Gen. Davis command. They had attempt
ed to gain the Union lines by way Of the Pc
ninsuIa, but had met with brigade at Tun-
stalls Station on the West Point and Rich
mOnd railroad, and were obliged to seek an
other exit. This strange meeting was at
Queens Court House. From there they pass
ed together. and reached Gloucester Point,
opposite Yorktown, on Saturday merning
last.