The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-05-08

Jackso is also much 70 Be Ian.etsd inasm,h as he ayu
WM % deprsusd Of hs ssruces for many sss months
70 DC thankful 10 Heaven that a life so valuable was
spared 10 ms country W. trust that his injuries are not
s,lnpi 1eaeIas Hill andsHeth also wounded, but
slightly and we SUPPOSE they will soon be in the field
TO General Leo the country owes new deb. of graft
na IA as he has been chosen instrument under
% providence for deliverance from wicked and
hiess foe, we say with HIM, 'We have again to than
Almighty God for great victory"
sT0nEMAn's CAVALRY 0pEB...rloNs.
The Operations ON tho vir.xtnta Censrar
Railroad,
From the Richmond ExSminer, May 81
On Saturday morning about three O'Clock, force OF
Bone twelve hundred OF tho enemys cavalry having
crossed the Ragpahannock above FREDERICKSBURG during
the previous night, maze descent upon Louisa Court
road track Not being provided sufficiently wen with i'm
pemens OF destruction for the especial purpose their
progress, beng necessarily rapid was fruitful Of but
they broke II In several places well they could
and At three O'Clock in the afternoon reached Fredecs
place was presumed they would continue to Bumpass
station five miles further on, where they would destroy
essential the fulment Of their mission and retreat
they could At the time Of their arrival at louisa
Their large party made raid upon Travians Station
I'VE miles above. and were reported to be playing the
mischief with the track that section Of the We
had no force whatever to oppose the, but fortunately
we had nothing at OF the places visited, besides the
track which IL would pay them particularly destroy
Late In the evening report reached this city, which
needs confirmation, that General jackson had placed
portion Of his forces between the raid makers and the
Rappahannock and thus Cut of their retreat. Their dis
lance from the nearest point Of the Rappahannock 10
Operations abeve Gordonsvlle were on Saturday still
undistnguished by any decisive Our uops
were falling back from Rapidan upon Orange Court
House, and that place. we'll Cupeppek Court House.
was 10 tho hands Of the enemy. In giving up these
places nothing practically injurious to interests lost
but the contrary the movement decidedly in our
favor in fact absolutely necessary the exc
cuton OF the plans Of our generals in whom the people
IN that secon well az the less severely tried regions
On yesterday Sunday the movements Of our troops
asanst the raid makers assumed active and deter
mined aspect, while liked qut vive kept up ON the
large masses Of the enemy which darkcned the shores Of
the Rappahannock about the town OF Fredericksburg.
Lates intelligence from the vicinity OF Louisa Court
ten thousand strong tSdsodge which win doubtIess only
be done at considerable sacrifice They are prepared
Il is sad to carry on efsctuaIy the work Of destruco
commenced by their advance on Saturday, On ycster-
day morning, at eleven O'Clock, locomotive engine
some fifteen or twenty armed men on board
Fredericks Hail. and upon getting within few miles Of
the place prudentiy sent back the enenys pckets
appearing short distance ahead The ffed voey
the engine reversed under the
did not feel sufficiently Interested TO waitio hear ex
tent o. execution performed BY their DULLES. ~
During the day the enemy continued down the road :,
and last evening reporter at Beaver nam miles
from gredercks Hall, and thirteen the other side Of
anov y stu tearing up the Railroad here and
there " their progress tts .resEs .lelSet
The Telegraph line between Richmond and Fredericks
burg ceased 70 wsrk AZ yesterday aiernoon
and soon ter intelligence by the Central telegraph
nom Hanover Junction, stating that the enemy were a.
country from Beaver dam or Humpass. on The Central
road. aankins our forces =, Hanover Junctin. An
Louisa turnpike and were approaching Rich,n, nd
IN what force s unknown, aud tnat they were
last evening All sorts Of reports were afoat concerning
the various ramiica OF this bod enterprise of the
~ sass we know how y
fss iii sssys ;sSe visited
doubt but we s have too much confidence ~ the ski9
Of our generus and the spiritc believe for
moment that the Efforts Of the invader viii meet ulti
Reports are " vague and justify their rub
iication In detail Many OF them evidently the off,
spring OF excited nagination based a the Rbbcrsh
OF half intoxicated nviduas, who s.ay when no men our
suetb and the passing nccherencics phantom 'scou
rers, with whom the city H. be filed
Inc operations OF octh armies are conducted In such
manner to place the power OF the press To ob
lain direct information except from one Hanover
Juncon-and from here the main resources IL tue "re
liable gentlcmap.n
Ffiynils prisoners captured by General Stuart in
spotsylvsnis on Friday last, reached the city In the
train from Hanover Junction last night. Tie gcard
brought with them the junction gossip which furnished
the crowd at the depot with sufficient material keep
The mail train which had passed the junction on the
fredericksburg road for Richmond In morning had
not been heard from when this train left nor up 10
lat hour last night The presumption was that 1t had
been captured.
The report Of the Yankee cavalry raid to the Virginia
Central and Richmond, fredericksburg and Potomac Rail
roads, created considerable excitement The
CITY, and elected no little admiratin evidence o.
Yankee improvements In cavalry duty II may possibly
cause MS TO mitigate somewhat the contempt
elt tor the Yankee cavalry and this will do good 1t
really much underrate our adyersa
nv
Is perhaps due the want Of that caution that would have
prevented this raid and its attendant inconvenioces
The breaking OF the railroads have in- |
nediate eect upon the ending battle; troops an
up aud IN rostion not Ia actual battle ks ih66nve-
nencce will be felt more after the baltic is fought m the
Of the wounded, and will greatly impcde The |
proper attention OF those unfortunate men, Shoud this
md subsequent raids further inure the road our citizens
must and will Pot all private and public carriages At
disposal Of tho medical department. upon the sprtes
II may be well also, as 20. of sbundan, canton eor
The citizens Of Richmond a. again orsan,rs ~. ;, ur
companies and hold femseves in immediate readiness 70
,nswer any cr the authorities. Behind the excellent
neences " sichmond tho most unskilsd rs the
young and old men render much aid in tho de-
Iencs OF the city should the necessity arise.
The Temporary nconveniencss which such organiza
ton would b,ect citizens will be cheerfuy borne
II any, even the most insignificant aid, be rendered
10 General Lee and his gallant army we can well afford
while tho flying should be permitted free fight
through ears without In the least disturbing eqa
VICTORY NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. THOUSAND YANKEES
RxroRrED BHEN cAr7URED.s
report reached the War Department last night and
believed 70 be In the main that desperate nrht
took place yesterday Fredericksburg. resulting In
glorious victory 70 the Confederate forces and the capture
Of five Thousand Yankee troops. .aat Us.
Two trains OF about four I've each believed
10 have been captured yesterday by the Yankee raiders
Ashland One OF the trains contained number OF sick
and wounded sodiers, their way the hospitals in
Ibis city The other road train engaged In repair.
ing the road Ashland. Conductor Atkinson who |
board the latter train succeeded in making hs
ssoape and reached the ctv last night lie states that
when he escaped the Yankees were busy engaged re-
moving the sick and wounded soldiers from the cars and
preparing TO destroy the by burning them.
II IL believed that the Yankees left Ashland yesteydav
morning, crossed the Central Railroad near Peakce sta
lion, and proceeded towards the White House on the
Pamunkey river from which point they might endeavor
70 join the Yankee forces at Williamsburg. a.
Srrsn, a. psorsaaas -. auons.