The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-08-29

| IRON THE PENINSULA The GREAT
EA'D.--The great raid which was
coming up the Peninsula turns ont to he
very small affair. Without annoyin.
the public by repetition in print Of the
thousand exaggerated r,mors which were
IN circulation yesterday, we give below
all the facts Of the affair, which are fur
n'she'i us by an officer of the signal
corps, who arrived in the city last night
from New Kent G. II.
We had pickets at New Kent C. IT,.
Morris's Church. and near BaIls's Store.
all of these points being about thirty
miles from Richmond. These pickets
were driven IN at an early hour Thursday
morning by the llth Pennsylvania cav
airy, commanded by Col Spears, and
numbering abont 400 iaen--tlaat reef
| nient being the entire force which has
been so greatly exaggerated
The Yankees after driving in our pic.
cts chased them to Bottoms BRIDGE
lover the chieahominy riyer,) about lif
teen miles from the city, which they
reached in the afternoon. At this point
Col. Shlngler dismounted about forty of
our cavalry and put them forward as
Skirmishers. These dismountcd men
opened fire on the approaching Yankees.
and the fire was returned for short
tine, but the enemy, getting tired of the
sport, retreated about twilight, falling
back to CROSSROADS, where they bivou-
acked for the night. Yesterday morr j..
ing early they again took up their back :
ward line of fnarcli in the direction of
New Kent c. II.
\ short distance from the. Court House
Col. Eobns's cavalry engaged them and
killed one Of their number. After This
engagement the Yankees continued re
treating III the direction OF Barha,nsvlle.
and are by this time doubtless in Viii
liamsburg Two of the members Of TIol,
conbe's Legion were killed while purs,,-
ing the enemy, one OF them being shot
through mistake by our own men, and
one by being thrown from his horse. The
only thieving we have heard of perp,-
trated by the Yankees was the breaking
open of farmers smokehouse in New
Kent and the removal of the meat il
contained. And so ends this raid. which
was being made, according 10 rumor, BY
1000 cavalry, infantry, aud artillery.
The city troops, who went down be-
low yesterday morning, will doubtless
return to-day.
Another raid was going on on The Pen
inS,ila while the one detailed above was
in progress, for an account of which we
are indebted to a friend who participated
in an attempt To catch the raiders.
On Wednesday evening last a small
Side-wheel steamer entered the Chicka
holniny river, which stream il ascended
n distance Of fifteen miles, and landed
small party of soldiers on the north bank
at Hog Neck wharf, who made q recon
noissance, searched several honses in The
neighborhood, and retired. On Thurs
day morning the same boat AGAIN ap-
peared, and landed about thirty men al
Lambs, On the south side Of the river,
who Immediately commenced a plimder-
lug expedition in the vicinity oi the
boat Captain Hanloy, Of General
Wise's command, with twenty men, was
dispatched To catch these thieves He
came upon them about Il mile and a half
from their boat, but was ordered to wait
until he conld get them further inland 50
as to capture the whole party. While
they were waiting however, a citizen,
whose house they were plundering and
who was ambnshed 10 watch them, be
came eXaSperated AT the sight and fired
on them His example was followed by
several of our men, who also fired with
out orders, and so alarmed the thieves
that they fed to ther gunboat, al,er dis
charging their muskets at random.