The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-05-15
1lAE YANKEE nA;D IN LOUIS
iConRI.PJEDErr- or THE RICHMOND pr.p TIC 7
LMIsA e.. II. May Id 1861

A~p''a u. II may ~, ISbt.
AZ yeIr readers are avare. s.aidoli Lon;s,
! has recently bsen rendered pons of ihrillin,
/ ictersst. Sss reads have been thronged with
foe that never trot its coil in fo:cs before
PresuM!ng thai any ntormationthat is au,Lsn
'ia.ju relation to this ,era,kable raid will h.
Interesting, viii venture +, send You q few Il
the scraps have picked rp
IL s-ens that the enemy struck the Cen,ra
rraa a. the coarshouaa q little before day or
Saturday morning, the . of MAJ. havsno,
YET o3eh aeie to get reliable in 70 sraa,on ia re-
gard TO their coDdact at that point T.e trac.
! however, was bat ltfts d .mageti at this or aay
.t,er point. From ,be court house Stoaer1ali
led tde larger otjon of tis force 10 Yancay.
vile, cn tue Sauth Anna, thence 10 ihoulp.
,o'' tfoss road, where he estAbl she'd his
hfacquart9rS TIE bulk OF the force did not
arrive at this p ace untii Saturday night Taa
day rad beel EpeUt in pii.agirg the county V
'hetWssn the Courthouse AID The tro.s
rSads.
They left behind them squad at every
house, aud piolse d. vesy ehor5 intervals ali
:.iong she roaaa. The roAds, woods and field
besY sen the South Anna and tae Three Ci1ao
road was s.lisk with them; lhsy could bs ason
everywhere. ~On Saturday night ncst OF ine
braiSe5 were baroed aloag lie ri<eg. ;laA
.tfoug ggarda q iorsd as al sha fox.ss. Esa:a
tbs test iaforn.a.!o- ca,, ob.ai1s, Sssnersssr,
must have had som sre ,hou..a and hor:es ard
SIX pieces CT artillery with him n the cross
Toads. His eatife force cons eted o. about
5000 men. l. ssemis tia. he Kept up freGueas
communication with Hooker DisD,tc5e
We're looAed foF with the gre .is st ea.eroese.
ana the Whole force was 0ncascrtygice ordered
To TIE saddle, and there awaited The c3ur;a-s
in orier TO act imm .datey upon tia ie rss th '
brought Late Tuesday night dispatcli cam 3
whica seemed to csuse great confusiou Pick
cts and stTagsiers wer3 has liz "a led IL. ths
whole forca moun'ei and dashed over Sonth
Anna briage, and burning it ;ebiud them have
net been seen since. Taey did not take away
more than fifty negroes, Consisting OF lie most
inie i;gent aud those W NhO had been most en-
err etic IN thelr assistance to the wretcaes al
ring their say. Nearly every house from the
railroad 20 the vicinity OF the James was pi!-
lage,a = Wi hsomo exceptions however. ihe
miscNauls conduct3a ths usslyes in more de-
cent manner than oo1li have been exre3ted
Their thefts We're coniiaed chiefly to horses and
mules, iayeJy one OF which we're taasu) to
corn and bacon hogs and fowls,
Among tGose WAC We're II 35a Iudelg ;reased
vas Mrs Col. Harris, tae Wi.e Of Gslf Beau
regard S chief engineer. Ihis most esiilGa5la
lady was very harsh!y treated had her house.
BROKEN into, and much OF her furniture. &c,
broken, and every living thing on the place,
sa'' 'i1S huaiba oCiuSsS, hiiicf, al ElF W CUI-
sou Payne's, Coi. Y q. NinsGon's, aud Mr. Jas.
In 2inf-on tAey behaved nearly as badly.
On sea2l.S Z he oroes roads they killed ali the
horses AIii nues that Ghey couii lot C .Try on
with them. Some 5w0 hundred were kac clcd
III Tie cad. Tie Bc'ghboihocd viii, OF course.
fer soms tine be iGtoiar2b'e
Ihe narrow escape OF 1t HaryleT Gilnaer Of
the engineer corps, formed one OF the mos. in
10 es iug oyent5 cf the raid He a. in bis ,os
ses3!cl q vsry va Hl1le Typographical rasn Of
an sGpJrsant portion OF this county Il was
vi'aiiy important 4lat the enemy should not
oaFs1ts ii Ie had Also und-r lis charge an
engineer wa@o'.. lie ran iuto u i.&rga niYty
Wheeled ana sgurrad a; fuil si!t over an open
led fortle bridge; they parsued him hot!v f5r
a quarter CT q I1iie, tut ne cleared the bridge
III s4fecy, t.e.rnx that they Lad left Har-
ris s he crossed ihe bridge again, and was .aat
by q la.rgs party of ileni, VINO were eoitf 10
bau the bridge. The tleeiness Of his horss
enabtod binl 10 eiude them lie Lad ecarcoiy
gotten out OF their clutches, however, before
he wss seen ard puIsued by anuttt.- party
near tbs river ba4k. Coming to Il deem ra-
Via " i!;el4 his i.nrse could not crC as lie .,ai
81 leave lin and leap wn the bank in order
II save himself and map. lis was entirely
ac'i tEiokly surrounded by them Il tl;ree DAYS
ana pishts, SVithou. y particle OF icod. lie,
however, saved his map.
TIE corn crop in tbs section will, Of course,
BE- much cart2iled. TIE h0Cs ard a very few
oXeu are our oaiT resources now. |. is to be
hoped tha5 every IN JGent will be employed
and every nerve strstchei III the plating OF
this crop. AS c.rcity is one of lhe rocks that
threaten us il tue future.