The New York herald., 1864-05-25
YORK HERALD WEDNESDAY, MAY 2a lse4-wlrH SUPPLEMENT-

nAnAAD WEDNESDAY,,
,-....-. -....,. oacs IN Virginia -.
'nenat Of reos proper'' . insre ws 80. " .ns "'s
2, here bacon dis'rbaisd 70 the men
!, asvhSak sor Inc night he march was resumed
s - u'- 18th The intention q striking me- Petersburg
-skaord and beisneid.
TIE REBzis PRDPARBD.
On arriving at Stony Point General Xautz dscevsr red
that The rebes had mado ample pre- rce,e
him, and were strongly iDtrenched. with infaytry ard
headed directly to the north IL then sscms sIS .bs opc
70 return TO CITY Fopt, BY wsy or Jarra staon with
tho view Of discovering waat progrgss the reheis had
male 10 repairing the damaged roa and burned bridges
Of the previous raid.
egLsRrgD A QuASnARy
After marching eight ter miles the advance came te
q stand 10 the centre OF an smns - nine forest Al ~
how 10 proceed. There Wire roads front of them
or ess M lor~ard and tne other TN 1ns
the advance found paper, which the following 10
copy, pinned 10 trcs-
Mr. priehard viz keep down the straight road % Bird
The right leadsto Jarralrs
Upon the discovery Of this paper all hesitation about
The road Of ceased Mr. Prichard il probably ohe
OF The rebel scouts and the forwarding directions had
been left oy his commanding officer.
JARRATT'e STATION.
Shortly after Ave p N. the advance guard eutered
Jarrat Fsation. They found thatthe rebels had rebuilt
most of .he destroyed buildings, and had read The rails
the rosd viewed from the staicn presented
appearance The rails had been Strengthened the best
OF rebel ability but looked like nothing In nature
immense serpents il mnossibie for the trains
travel them faster than at the rate OF mile
hour The torch az work. and the rails again
up, and the troops moved to Freemans BRIDGE
destroying on the way large pontoan bridge train
FREEMAy's
Horses end men, almost broken down by fatigue ar
rived at Freemans bridge about midnight, and found
that the rebels had DESTROYED II With the hope Of cutting
ou and the column Crossed At the morning
Of the l7th.
The irrerressibe home guard, Major Belchcr, again
turned out his guerlas but his lighting only eyensuated
In the dceat OF his command and the destruction OF his
mills.
THE NORFOLK AND PETERSBURG ROAD
siderable extent aud a the preparations the rebels have
been making to set about repairing the damage caused
the last raid were rendered useless.
ATTACKED.
When the column had arrived within six miles OF City
Point force. consisting Of brigade Of Infantry reg
been sent from Petersburg to cut Kautz or attacked his
rear but were repused after some skirmishing and at
eight O'Clock at night the column reached City Point
THE COUNTRY.
The country which General Xautz passed in this
rad presented the usual features Of Virginia land
scape, pine woods, &c. There small propretors
to be found. Large plantations occupied the whole
ground and the poorer hardly grade above
the negro constituting white trash par czcellence
coLoRED sRCRssIcNsTS.
very strange feature in the present raid the dis
covery OF plantation owned by Ir Hannngton where
the slaves proved 10 be genuine scceeensts They
unanimous sentiments OF disgust 10 Yankees
UNION PRISONERS RELEAsED.
Al Chesterfield Court House some citizens were found
were Of course released by cur troops and accompanied
the column in.
Third Netc York Cavalry Kdled-Corpora r. s.
Spears, E. left the field; n Il. sott r, left the
Van Auken, D; Sergeant T. N. GorngI Corporal A. P.
Bye, X Daniel Gossurt, X; Mordecai Mckinney, L. left
n mel T. eore sraup onso e. VIM Forbes
+; j. B. Byington B; r. f. Lorsant. G, lett the field;
Samuel Hance, X; Peter Decher X left on the field;
Fyvs Esosn,eat District COls,nabc Woundei-sergeant
Alonzo Dunnng, d.
Eleventh Peansprcnia ro.n,eer'.-KiiledIieu lieutenant
Shrvor, l. VIM Whippe, NJ; J. II. Gregory, NJ R. Brink,
Nj G. Whiteacker, d. Woundcd-Fred. Leonard, u J.
Orr, ID; JAS. Grattan, n; T1,os Lanx, NJ.
FVfh Pennsylvania Voguntee7s- WOanded--Pat Curt
laDd,F.
HEAporAEfsR EIGHTEENTH ARMY CoRr,l
in THE FIELD, May 20, 1884
To-day the rebels who have been accommodating on our
front since Wednesday, made grand attack upon Gill;
mores line Of skrmishes and carried e outer rife pits
They were, however, rcpased without difficulty and the
ground reoccupied
RnEI MAJOR GENERAL cArruRzp.
The rebel Major General Robert Walker, while attempt
ing to reform his ns wounded and then taken pri.
by Colonel Howeil's brigade. There serious
doubts entertained OF bis recovery.
GENERAL HEKMAS.
From General Walker we learn that General Hickman
Is prisoner iu Libby prison. This good news has had
quite inspiring effect upon his old brigade, who had
Oh. Sshig wvtnnAf. vcnefTssc s6sypsa with
enemy The Colonel Is wounded, but NOT seriously.
TIE 0UNB0Ars oPyy.
Tho gubboats lying of Point OF Rocks the Appomat
tox oined In the fight today, aud their terrible shells
rushing through the with sound that has no parallel
The firing remarkably accurate and the crashing Of
the ecs all around them convinced the rebels that
they had better fall back
1Hs Rnr1s BUILDING IxrnEscHxKsrs
fne rebels have commenced series Of intrenchments
on our front and keep constantly work with the
1hav Ci ihnp rka .I~s~>
from position else they have adopted the tactics
that acus,ed the Chinese to build the great Tartar WALL
and propose 70 keep US whore are and not allow
20 out and annoy them In the future
NO ATTACK on LEFT
Although Gilmore was sharply engaged with the
enemy latter did not trouble General Smiths com
mand Either they considered our left too strongly
dread Of hs rsn r Oo
near approach 10 the Appomsttox.
HEADQuAR EIGHTEENTH AMY Corps1
Ix FIELD, May -, 1894 7
Yesterday passed quietly without any nrng ON either
aide, with the exception Of some artillery firing on Gill
mores left The rebels engaged front OF this position
weresheed while engaged in throwing up ear,hworks and
compelled 10 stop their labors
ATTACH.
About s'even O'Clock hast night, however, the rebels
charged upon Ames' front, and were received with
tempest OF muskot balls. In few seconds the artillery
opcned, and FER ten minutes almost zone continual roar
filed The air. In the heat OF the arng every other
sound drowned BY tho rush q shells from the gun
boat Commodore Perry, lying In The Appomattox Ths
the third o. fourth time that Captain yester has made
~ guns heard within the last few days.
rHn rrooRs uxDER ABn.
The troops Of both corps were under arms almost
simultaneously with the commencement Of the firing.
and when General Smith rcde along the lines he found
everything prepared TO receive the enemy. Following
their usual plan however they did molest the Egh
eenh corps but, on the contrary paid al their attsn
lion TO tho Tenth After finding thai they had not snc
ceedsd IN surprising us, they fell back from 'front.'
aud everything has boon quiet since.
Mr.. OscaT g. Sawyer's Dsspateh.
HRApquAs AsrrEs, TxSrn ARHr Conrs,
NEAR HiIcBKRs, Va, May Il, 1884.
Ne have been exceedingly busy during the past forty
eight hours fighting the enemy and working on the
fQYfidcntinne man are In araat paod af