The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-06-03

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shssp skirmAh!ng neAf 0ainssb NH, and
come eaunonadlng. 0saas, cannot be per
eusded. @.eans general engagement Just
yet. Ne Il waiting fos the Reass end. III.
caToes ukH for something 70 turn or Z.
a DEMONSTRATIONS AZ sor1oN's DnIpaE.
Tho following official dispatches wers 70
! cs;yed at Gen. Rsnaom's headquarters last
! night:
/, DoTToM's EaIDoE. Jane ei,
4a', P. M.
Ga;os I. q. CssssnsV,
ghe p:cksts at McClellan's bridge report
. large column Of cavalry advancing in the
!, dlrectioa Of pottom's bridge
| n. ". GAaY, Col. Corndg, &,.
BoyToN's ERroaE. Juno ID.
sia, u.
lHGjor Z. O. Cnrsfrv.
| The bead Of t1s epemy's column reached
the bridge aud are now eklrmlsaing With oul
| u1-a 10 tho riGs pI.a TIE numbers hare
10. SO. Developed themselves.
NJ. W. 0ABr. Col. Co;oa'g, &c.
Bo.tous Bridge crosses the Cbickshoml
NJ. sbo1t G.tetn miles below Richmond
j. Is qsite. probable that this demopst5s,;o On
- designed to cover tie crossing q Bn.ler's
entire sEmy from the eonths.ds TO the Pe'
u:1sula.
TsE RAID C7os AsgLsHn.
The Yankee cavalry forea which advanced
upoo Ashland On Wedneeday, Vas fret met
near Hanover c. T., by portion Of Gen.
Eta Lees troecs, aud sk;zzaisbing e. once
commenced. Our men gradually fell back
hefore sha enemJ's division Commanded by
WILSON, uHtil they reat he'd Ashland, and re
tired a short distance beyond tia: po:ot.-
The KsnSses halted, aud st once commenced
thslr work Of destruction By burning the
wat9. tanks and one or. two hand cars be
long ing to the railroad company: but before
tN,s had en- opportunity to accomplish more
General Rosser spproschsd by the Halt e.Ls
road. end at once engaged them. The fight
1agsi furfogsly for some two hours, when
The enemy gave way, and were pursued
como three miles, when they asgein made a
stand, bot wsze soon pat to rout. and driven
beyond Wickham's farm, when night put
an end to the contest. The Yankees lett
their dead cad wounded behind them. 4
considerable amount Of epoils was cap. ureds .
tacuding three hundred horses and thirty
pack mules. The mules we're laden with
ten days rstious, ehow.ag that It vas COZ
tsmplatcd to have extended the raid fer be-
yond AsAland-prohabl7 to the canal and
the Qaeville Railroad. It is reported that
tho enemy burnt the South Arna bridge,
two miha above Ashland. This structure
istor was) 90 teet IN length and 20 feet IN
height. II hes once before been destroyed
BY raiders.
Only four bars Of the railroad track were
torn up, and tho Ysnkees, In their haste to
get away, leit their asndspikes behind
While at Ashland they endea7o.ed TO entics
OF the negroes. employed by the railroad
company, bu: they refused to so. The Kan
kees revenged themselves BY stealing their
provisions aud clothing. Tha p;ekets told
these uesroes that they intended to return
and destroy the place.
GOOD NEWS FRc1 THE sorTUsrps.
The following dispatch from Gen. Beanre.
guard was received at Gen. B:agg's head.
quarters last night:
UAscocx's, June I'd, 1864.
To Gsa 6rorten Bruyy:
Tho enemy's advanced line Of rife pits
near Ware Bottom Church. wss taken this
anornins, with about enc hundred prsoneIs
from the nh Connecticut. Oar loss IL tri-
ding. G. T. BENRBGAnp.
I. Is thus that our gallant commander cl
tho eoIthside continues to heraas end az
noy the enemy In his entrenchmeuts.
There was brisk oannonada for an hoEr
aud-s-half, commencing about two o'clock
ol Wednesday morning, to which the gun
boats, as usual responded.
A negro raidirg party is engaged In de-
predating upon the property snd burning
the buildings Of citizens Of Prince George,
and It Is stated that . negro force IA e1-
canped near Cabin Point, In sarry. Ia * {
drst named county they have destroyed tha
m!lls and barns OF Nj. Fred. Temple, end
tas dwelling Of Mr.. Jamss Temple. 1t is
also reported thai the huiicings on Cocks
ana 0atltn's farms were burnt. The raiders
on "Wednesday evening edvanced o shor,
distance Ia the direction OF Petersburg, tu.
wers met sca driven back to their entrench
zaeDts By q portion Of DeaI1ng's cavalry.
FROM GEN. yoHNsroa's ARMY.
Inthe following official dispatch, .ecsivsd
yesterday, Gen. Johnston gives cheering
account Of the condition o.. sud the scvsn-
tsges gained By, his army:
Niw EoPx CzvRca. June !, 1851
10 Gen. Bragg;
To day the enemy Il moving his forces
from his right TO hia left. Prisoners add
citizaps represent his cavalry and transpor-
tat1on animals In sufsrinS condition In
every respect Tnia army Is In healthy
condition. In partial engagements 1t has
had great sdvsntsge. ana the sam Of eli lbs
combats amounts to Q hattla
Reports from several sourees represent re-
iasoscementa Of seven or eight thousand
men on their way frsm Decatur. Ala. to
Gen Sherman, Tae9 are ssid to be Of the
l7tn army corps fuu, tha West.
lalGaedl J. E. JoyHsfos.
HoasseAisS q vmefxlA.-A mamhsE Of The
eouth Caroline cavalry writes hone letteR, which
We Dad IN The Charleston Cpvrfee and Of which