The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1863-06-11
From the Washington Chronicle.
Another suecessful Cavalry Raid.

IColonel Kipatrick's Brigade is one OF
tho most brilliant acts Of the war. He
len Gloucester Point on Saturday last
and passing in norIheasterly direction
through Gloucester county ossed the
Dragon river at Saluta. and thence
through Middlesex county to Urbana
on the Rappahannock; crossing that riv'
or 10 Union Point Colonel Fitzpatrick
proceeded through Westmorelaud and
King George counties 10 near the head
quarters Of General Hooker without To-
sing single man of his command. The
rebel. had OWNED that this force was TO
attempt to rejoin the command Of Gen
eral Stonem and therefore took spe.
cial pains to capture it. The command
was composed of about nine hundred
men in all, the Second New York (Har-
ris Light Cavalry and the Twelfth In
diana Cavalry.
To foil the enemy, the Command mo
we'd forward in several columns. The
principal one on the right, under Col
Hssbrouck Davis took southerly d.
rection, and went to Pine Tree, in the
lower part Of Middlesex county, Tho
people of this region were completely ia
ken by surprise; they did not dream it
possible that the much hated Yankees
would dare visit that spot; in fact it was
place so secluded that some OF the
large planters near Richmond had sent
tLeir negroes here for safety. The
house of Colonel Jones, who commands
and controls all the bushwhackers in
that section OF the State, was APPROACH
ell so suddenly that the redoubrable Col
onel was captured and last night slept
on one of the boats of the Potomac flo
lila at Acqua creek.
On the road the carrier OF q rebel
mail was overtaken. An inspection of
the mail mater was forthwith Instituted
The letters for the most part were OF
private nature, and some of them were
addressed to persons re iding in the
LOYAL States. Their cases will doubtless
be attended to by the proper authorities
in due season. One letter, however, at
,rscted particular attention. It was
signed by the vcritable General Stuart,
and was addressed to- Colonel Jones,
who a few hours before was taken prls
oncr, in response 10 an appeal of the in
habitsuts to be protected from the very
cavalry force then in their midst. Gen
oral Smart in the letter, promised the
protection called for, and stated that he
would be there on Sunday, the day that
the mail was captured. He was not
there. however-at all events'he was not
seen ia that vicinity by our troops
Among tho captures by this portion Of
the command, was Confederate agent.
with $4,000 in Georgia aud Missouri
money.
The LETT wing of the command went
in northeastern direction and reached
the road norh of Urbana Sunday even.
ing. Here the picket of the enemy,
which was to aunihilate the whole force
was encountered. detachment char.
ged and drove the force in norihwes-
te,ly direction across the Dagon river,
ut Church's miIl-lhe only bridge they
had no, destroyed, They lrrc fell back
upon their reserves, strongly cntrenoh-
ed The pursuing party ha'ins accom-
plishcd the object Of their mission, set
aro to the Bird 70 and slowly retired
They we're not pursued. Monday NOR
ming the whole force was in front of Ur-
bana ready to cross the river. To pro
tecl this part Of the movement, Lieuten-
Commander Nc Cav of the Potomac flo
tlla, was present.
These arrangements perfected, the
crossing was commenced at 0 O'clock
Monday morning, bat it was not until
Tuesday morning that the whole Of Col.
KiIpatricks force was landed on the OPP
posite shore, distance Of six miles from
the point of embarkation, Col. Kilpat-
rick has thus made the complete. circuit
of the most formidable army the rebels
le,e In the fed-des destroying millions oil
dollars worth ofproperiy, in the shape
of railroads and material; captured hun
dreds Of horses and mules; brought away
o! least one thousand of the producing
class of the South, and by his visit SO
demoralized those who remain behind,
that even the rebels will not hereafter
be willing to say that property mounted
on two legs is the most desirable to be
had. More than this, he has visited
some benighled regions Of the Confeder'
acy, where the people believed thot TIE
Yankees were anything but civilized be-
in IS.
Among other things captured was the
flag Of the l9th Virginia Regiment
The country was almost entirely de-
serted Of able bodied men, and only the
old and docrepit of the male sex we're 10
be seen.
The immediate benefit of this raid,
aside from the good effect upon our mon
;s IN, conture of 200 horses and mules,