The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-03-06

Two thousand infantry under Colonel Dunkin Fourth
United States coored regiments eight hundred cayalry
Belser's First Rhode Island battery the whole under
command OF Colonel West. were ordered TO New hcbt
70 urtber y % s nn coed troops left
on Monday afternoon, and reached New Kent ."urt
binary night march through rain and mud.
The cavalry LEFT Williamsburg Monday night ana ar.
rived Tuesday morning. About eight o'clock lnes o1.
afternoon Col. Sreir took portion OF his cavalry force
and proceeded 10 Tunstall station where no desroyeh
steam mill ana its machrery, burned freight
car and twenty thousand feet OF lumber. -
on Tuesday night portion OF Kpatrick's f. .ct vas
discovered, but not knowing whether they we rebels
not reparations were made to give them warm recep
tion on ednesday morning the que ton was solved.
and as tho two columns Of cavalry me In on both sides
;nc c6orea aeesnn to receive them the
This incident s marked rom the fact that heretofore
Inc Amy tne and rsrticulary the cavalry
nave entertsineo MARKED dislike 70 coored troops
After resting q while they resumed their march down
%: she p sn General Davis Who had ssvsrs, a.. men
tenaAnts, chased body capturing lieutenant and two
The force picked up on the way one Of the escaped
Richmond prisoners, Colonel Watkins OF Ohio rcgi-
men The troops went into camp few miles from Fort
hagruder on thursday night, and yesterday were to
TO Williamsburg for the purpose procuring forage
and ratons and resting the command.
and but for the fatalities mentioned would have
proved complete success The and horses have
not being removed during the trip but nile sleep
being given TO the mon.
Inc men made themselves quite NJ homo with the In.
hsbants, aud the stock Of poultry hogs &c has some
what decreased The people generally were given 70
lying-none OF them having anything 10 eat either for
man or horse Among other acquisitions large piles OF
confederate money were secured and squandcred with
reexiess.s bcntng their easy acquisition. one party
paid eighty odd dollars supper for eight comprising
the best the house Afforded.
The ratio with the people four dollars graybacks
ior one o. greenbacks large number Of horses also
found their way along with the command and many .
soldier hes meontos Of Richmond, gathered inside che
Notifications. Over I've hundred prisoners were taken
but from the nature OF the expedition was impossible
70 bring Thorn 10. -
The casualties have yet been ascertsned Colonel
Dahlgren Major Cook and Lieutenant Colonel Lltcnneia,
with about hundred and nty men, are missing. inc
latter ofncer Is known 20 have been wounded.
Too much praise cannot DO awarded Coionei MngI
nor too much regret felt his supposed capture NOS
fully recovered from the loss OF bis leg N the cnarke
upon Hagerstown, he volunteered his services 70 General
Fitzpatrick and assigned 70 the most important COM
mand In the expedition --,,, =, c.x
during the 6ghtng well II might. The men who have
been bafrsd III their prey-the rebel capitalized that
tbsy would have been goriousy successful the au-
thores ct Washington had permitted General Butler 10
cooperate with them and keep picket infantry employed
Town the peninsula.