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

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Der q YANKEES engaged In this raid al no, less than ten
thousand But calmly reviewing all the facts before
MS we cannot clearly for than six
hundred unless the story be that separate squad
ron went across 10 Columbia The Rev James Taylor
who was the ambulance train captured at Ashland
us that he counted the cavalry at that point
they fell into line pre- aratoy to leaving for Hanover
Court House, and that they numbered two hundred
eeventyfour Add TO this twenty or thirty that were
stationed as pockets on the different roads in the vicinity
and We have about three hundred The force went
direct 70 Hanover Court House. where they
magnined oy the astonished natives into thousand
This was the twelfth Illinois regiment, Col Davis.
Inc party-CoL kilpatricks TegiineDt-who visited
Hungary the farmers the Brook turnpike for time
intercepted MAI Wrean afterwards the railroad
bridge over the Chckahomny, might have been 500
strong. One0 Wrenns troopers, who saw them In
number or different places, estimated them at three
distorted r the same cause that never so small pistol
bore looks 30 vast 10 the at whom It Is pointed
1nese two reements amounting TO eight or nine hundred
men, are all that we have any authentic account OF
There may have been but certainly they have not
been satisfactorily located
TIE DAMAGE DONE By Tls ENEMY
The amount Of damage and property destroyed by the
Yankee cavalry that have certain information Of IS
rdiculously slight considering the they have
travcrsed 70 effect Il; that which we have from time to
time heard Of is much more considerable. We have
heard that they UP miles Of track about Louisa Court
House, burnt all the buildings NJ Hanover Court House
and the Central Railroad bridge and the South Anna
bridges besides doing ncalcuable mischief this
city. But from several gentlemen who lett Hanover
Court House after the departure OF the enemy
that the only buildings burnt there those belonging
70 Jno RAILROAD. detailed account proceed
ings we gather that the mischief done by them was the
burning OF those buildings tearing up piece Of trese
work, stealing number OF broken down Confederate
1orses and mules, and drinking UP all the whiskey in
Bris tavern. Our nformants think that but for Bris
Mhiskey they would not have fired any OF the houses
They sont squad up burn bridge the South
Anna. Who, being fred on by four watchmcn al the
bridge reeaed In haste and could be prevailed upon
70 return We may here remark that our informants
STATE that tho whole party except whom drunk, were
under continual apprehension being surprised and cap
tursd statement corrob rated by all who have
como In contact with any OF them during the raid The
damage done the Chickahomny bridge is merely nomi.
nal and can DO repaired IN few hours On the Frede
o shed aunssy and nssd the IF ar
Cuivorts. That's ALL In their they have stolen
good many horses and negroes perhars two hundred
n2rses and twenty hve or thirty negroes Tho console
ton In this case 10 that the parties from whom they have
stolen either Of these species Of property are for tho
most part able 10 bear the loss Fcw poor people
days have either negroes or fat horses.
WHAT BEcAnk or fHE YANKEE
From az the information before us we are disposed to
0eeve that the two regiments, the from Hanover
House and the one which visited the suburbs Of the
Yesterday evening At the Old Church,
hsy could either bear northward towards Port Royal
eastward 70 their gunboats the York river Mr. Lips
last night and reported the Ysnses cavalry in
heavy force Vt that place. thnt they from
direction Of RichInopd
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fsst Courers are said TO be arriving with Of
land q three o'clock r. reports that they have burned
fredericksburg Railroad bridge the Chckahomi.
ss s mss from ne city As train started for Ash
this report.
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body Of Yankee cavalry Columbia, killed and
"oHnpsa many ana scattered me rest 70 the winds
engaged BY Lee was not the main body az the Yankees
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