New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-05-08
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oners and prisoners still coming ln' an ssems
are In good condition. Our loss If heavy; nh
49, From The Richmond Sentinel, May
THE ENEMy's CAVALRY HD u.o.As
The raid of the enemy e cavalry upon Tue lI9au
res, this city WAS the local excitement u yS
And truly it was sudacious enough aD osrat,vs
morning il was discovered thas tns wv tp"nar;no
handful Of wandering troopers nrs m distance They
around our CITY, and at no greas INSANE my u.
S g -, On the Fredericksburg and BROOKE,
s .YpO ,oads but subsequently, portion moved
aronnd 10 the Meadow Bridge roso' Hero s4u a,N
If ,hsm seyen in number entered q mouse mt
Tavioris, NOT four miles from the city. ihey also
1;'S,~d he strawberry Hill farm of Edmond d.
nayenport. In the vicinity, where they seized
"a noyses' one of them belonging TO trooper On
the approach of military, they moved on across
The Chickahominy by Meadow Bridge, Which they
harmed after them, and passed ont of sight. Inc
number seen at this point was perhaps 4O0.
We have learned some further particulars OF the
proceedings at Ashland on Sunday by the party
that appeared there. They reached Ashland al
about o clock, and staid until o. Their number
was ga, bv actual count They were from Illinois,
and were commanded by Col. Davis Their con-
duct was very gentemanly. They respected pr
vate property. IL is mistake that the village, VI
any portion Of it, was burned by them. ~ rs -.
take even, that they burned the anouia d O. ao
Tested its 300 sick aud wounded sodlere, "n o..
however, they paroled They left them III sne 'a,s.
No one on the tram, or among 'n1 o" !!sveraI
killed OF wounded in the capture, 'houh" '"
shots were fired. ;,o,o3 oS
alarmed while az Ashland. They dld nothing Win
deliberation and nothing eheciualy' lucy a"omPe
nd 10 destroy the two locomotives Wnien tney oSP
tured, bnt rea ly injured them very h1.ie. dud
tenders however Jared worse. They seized aud
.orr;sd off Ten negroes, six Government mules, ana
four horses When they left, they took the dlrec'
t;on of Hanover Court-House, where, 1t Is under
stood thew burnt the Government commissaTy stores
Thew passed by Ellss Mill, where, Ii Is SAID, they
burned bis ice-house.
These raiders operated in attachments. On yes
tsrday morning parties of them were silll employed
IN tearing up rails. &c, on the Fredericksburg ka
road as near this city as Hungary Station, elSht
miles out where they destroyed culvert. Inc
damage they did TO the road, however, was really
insignificant, and will, understand, not suspend
the trains more than day. material tram went
MP the road Yesterday evening TO prosecute the re-
pairs. No bridge was burned on THIS road, an oi
them being guarded. Only few narrow cuIVer'S
were DESTROYED and a few rails displaced.
On the Central Railroad yesterday morning a
party of them set fire the railroad bridge over the
Chickahominy, but we understand did IL 80 little
ininry that twelve hours will sufcs TO repair II for
the passage of the trains. No other damage was
done to that road as high up as to Atees Station,
nine miles ont from Richmond. Beyond Atlee's
there had been no examination on yesterday even
ing: -, =, d..
deeructon Of the canal at Columbia or the capture
of trains on the York River Road. There was so
much excitement yesterday that the truth was un-
usually hard to discover.
This expedition of the Yankee cavalry will serve
for the enemy TO talk about; but II seems 10 have
accomplished nothing important. The commanders
s,udiOusy avoided fight with any Of our soldiers,
disappearing on any show OF force on our part, ana
on Que OCCASION being driven from their course by a
PICKET tre. They seemed DESTROYS TO do as much
harm as they could without fighting. Ibe enter
pr. se they showed chiefly in the encountering
Of fatigue; and their daring was only IN the rick
they ran of finding Themselves cut of aud captured
That they escaped well as they did, is due only to
the fact that happened TO have no available cay.
airy force al hand. They took this opportunity TO
put an ahront upon us-it Is nothing more-for
which they may yet pay dearly.
Perhaps when they hear how 1t has Jared With
Hooker on the Rappahannock they may concnde
thai il would have better compoTteo WIN tne soiole
20 have borne part in that vastly important en-
counter tn II to have been riding around infantry
and tearing rails near Richmond.
We give this expedition credit, however, for tn
activity aud address which it exhibited, and for th
good behavior which marked its proceedings. Ii i
30 seldom that Yankee soldiers act as civilized men
that we take pleasure in noting the exceptions
Their department toward non-com6at ,nts aud thel
property in the main very credtable To them.
execution, we still think, less than thousand
and they must have been skillfuly piloed, from tn
discrimiu alton with which they chose their rouIe
Several of them were captured yesterday, AN
brought into this city. II the rest are not taken
Stuart must look gu. for bis laurels.
LATER.
From Columbia, Cd the canal. at the mouth Of th
Rvanna, official intelligence has arrived that th
Yankee expedition against that point for the pul
pose Of breaking the canal failed in their attempt
and suffered IA disaster instead. Gen. w. III. b. lie,
by forced march, got there before the enemy dic
and, falling upon them, repulsed them, taking fort
prisoners and causing the rest TO fly. The wor
down condition OF Gen. Lee horses, consequen
on their rapid march, prevented pursuit
We learn, too, that the reported captu,s OF train
on the York River Railroad is probably withou
foundation.
The enemy made their appearance at Tunstall'
Station, 20 miles out from Richmond, but wer
beaten of by our force stationed there.
The Yankee cavalry engaged in this raid are sal,
20 be the 10th Illinois, Col Davis and 200 strong
il is said that they operating in three mai
columns--one TO proceed against Ashland and Sout
Anna Bgidge, and one below Ashland, while tn
third proceeded against the canal, and failed US w
have seen. With the men already after him. an
with what bas since been prepared, Col. DAVIS ma
end himself captured before he is done with IT, an
. failure will swiftly tumble him from the subhm
TO the ridiculous.