Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-06-27

Very respectfully, a.,
RE LEE. General
HDo'Es Army NoRrHERS VIRGNIA,
june ~, 1854, P. N.
H0,. Secretary Of War:
sR Our entire loss yesterday morning ninety
ssyen killed and wounded and two hundred and nine
misliag.
NO,hing OF moment has occurred to-day he lines
il4o-s e.. BsImgd4 Hundred and around Petsrsblg
General Hampton reports that the snemJ's cavalry
advanced yesterday to NAnOe's Shop and inirenehed
thenselyeI there. He attacked them and drove them
fem their works pursuing them until P. n, to with
in Two milss Of Charles City Court House.
They lef. their dead and wounded on the Geld and
along the rcuo Gseas credit IS due to Geo. Hampton
and bis command tor their handsome success.
Very respectfully,
R. &. LEE General.
FRON PKrERsBURe
Toe eGre ne heat of yesterday ksp. people shady
certainly az regards rumors and /. is actually fact that
oagsS 70 b, recorded BY the ehrOnclsr Of hAs
one Sunday has passed without giving birth TO anything
artlg or sensational Even the buReiin boards, with
two Interesting Official dispatches from General Lee,
were very poorly pAtroI zsd. About o'clock, when
the bricks a. bak rg heat and the streets nearly
bare OF Promanadsrs or loungers, We saw = crowd
ghesd near the coraer Of l4tn and Main Streets and
made Tor il as Iap:dy the weather would Iermit,
thinking, perhaps, reliable courier had arrived from
below with batch Of fr, 81 news. We measure
bly, eousJled We confess, mistake, when We found
il was onl, al American Of AfrcAn decent pedaing
to thirsty way aIeFs We WAdsd IL esTsnORiS, ana
were soon takiog it eOoy and waiting with becoming
resignation Ion soueig fem Petersburg but nothing
came and at tie tine OF WritBg-6 O'olook-al Is re-
, T,lUed again quiet
TSOx The NORTH sIOE CT THE JANIS.
We have learned IOn psr,e y reliable source the
pSria alars Of the victory Of General Hampton near
NlrcsS, Shop in Charles City county, Friday eve
ring, watch General Lee ailGdes in his official de-
spatch Which give in this mornings issue. The hght
ecmnerc, at o'clock at the place above given on
he vel and Samarl road. The Yankees had got.
ten between err cavalry (which had gone in the difoe
ton o. EIaFIsou'5 Landirg) and RieSmOnd. They had,
-ssemipg;y uuconscioui Of Immediate Danger, COM
meneed throwing up breastWOrks and erecting brush
houses. Our cavalry, however, spoiled their calcula-
lions. aud pitched into them with vim worthy Of For.
rests Inyiaeibbs. Grsgg5 division OF SherdAns com
mAnd was emily in the hghs according to the Yankee
prisoners, while Torbetls division under Gen. Gustav,
took care 80 remain in reserve. Gregg, after being
Ouiaanked aud whipped, losing heavily in officers and
mep, including Colonel Two Lieutenant Colonies, a
Major and number Of Captains and LieutenantP, re-
treated as stated in General Lees despatch. Sheridans
wagon train was also moving up bu; took fright and
gst a before our cavalry could Overtaks IT, Il crossed
a, Wyan0ke There is no rest, il seems either for
Sheridan or bis WegOnA
Oar informant VINO was in the 6ght, thirty dead
YANKEES on ole portion OF the field b. the York river
4 ~ kfrr
d. ed and eighteen OF the prisoners eapsurei Including
Cos a5l HOsy Ct the n Pennsylvania, and number Of
o,le commissioned Oaieers we're brought to the city
and Ian, ed under the hOspitable roof Of the Libby"
The Yan KEGS fought Wish spirit, bat in their
usual bad uo We plrtieu AIRY informed to the
forces engaged side, but deem it an improper
item Tor pubHcaa9n- A matter of local interest," We
vi STATE that our rave Col. Bob CAskie commanded
III, lOh Va Cavalry and had position on the left. His
loss was from Is to 20 Ia killed and wounded. Amoog
the killed were young Gray and J. Lasius Davis, Jr
| o Henrioo. Lieut. BAkss-WhtlOek, j. G. Wagner and
Opt, Decor and NeEar wounded. Anegro cavalry re
gimsn. was engaged, bus soOn got deH0TaI''sd, and
neither command entreaty could stop than 10 thei
head long flight Citizens Nhoss houses they passed
sav bs they did IOt take time 70 look back and see
their pursaess we're u ar them, but devoted all thel
energies 20 spurrng and whipping their tired ssesds
We ver, the mure pleased to learafrOn an eye wit
ness tia. Capt. Ben Green's company, of RO6nsOn'
cavalry, fought in the most gallant style because th'
comsnd Of which they are part have more than once
bson undessrvedy placed in an unenvA6e position o.
the press.
We are informed, on uuqusstOnsd authority, that VI
did not lOss a single PFisones4
tbs R4IDERs ON TIE DASviLLE RAILROAD.
Ia SespalcR vas received at The DAnvileePOs yester
DAY morning, stating that thriy-s1 miles of the Dan
Wis road beyond Burksvie, (she JunetiOu) bad beer
,assrsd By the raiders to isapPy word, unaViga6Is
bs advance guard Of the raiders reported 10 b
-, s.,-,on river bridge: The raiders have burned
We bea-, the foiissSng depOss Green Bay, Ashsrri
(or MsOr's OrIisary) Ksyss.S:s and brakes Branch
AIS o'clock yesterday evening SsssY we're "ishOu
farther tel-grams a. the DlnVile Depot As ~ tas 0pe
ratioas Of KAu 20 party Of raiders. We learned, n~
ever that the original plan was that Wilson's force
af,er doing sufficient damage TO the SOuhside road
was 10 join him at Prices, On the DAnVe road, Ae'u
Is miles this side Of Ksysville Station. The uns1Pecs
ed meeting With our cavalry, uaaer Fiiz Lse just
Dinwiddie Court House. aud aiterWArd IN NottoSsy
caused Wilson to fail in meeting his engagement and
strike for another point as related In Gen. Lees oei'
despatch.
The point reached BY The DAnvile raiders, when las
heard from yesterday MOssngFOrd Station, mila
--frou StAuntOn river.
MORE PRIsoSERs.
We vent to the Petersburg depot at q o'clock yes
te,day evening, sni While neither Officers nor plssaE
GERS could ursiSh with An item Of nsWs the trAi
brouehs over 30 Yankee Prisoners, - Of whom vel