, 1864-07-04

oaie x. = were also destroyed Ashe turned
.ocU"e oacA. ne met the force that had beer
S.sns VIII one!laan, and was successful il
.~sN,, ~ aess j, anem w ana gettang away. HI
hou1u .nen aAVe sately reached our lnes had
ne not oeen intercepted by infantry, through
Which Captain Whitaker cut his nav. Cen.
Meade Instantly dfsatchpd +he f,th Cams
The New W.T. T-h..nsS sIas.s, 49,
r,aosa.x s - @'.'tt,4e ~ epee'aa' aatea
uat ~, 1e -stny Oh 1ne fotomaI, 18th,
says: WILSON'S command consists Of his
own and Kautz's Divisions. Not stopping.
except to break the Weldon Railroad whIrh
10 ala a+ po,ra,x a.,+;or h, -r.-sns -
- apa.s-s,,,1e ~. ' .N. ae 4AoFsu '0lots
~ ~. oun As,n @ne intersection Of the Dan
gaue ana Richmond and the Petersburg aud
L5nchburg roads, 50 miles from Richmond.
He then went to work With all tbe u,gbt 81
thousands nj active mr., ~ - 49, ~" ~ y.
raat 49, 1,t+1s .,s,na.,.,a. X ~. ~ sae ame ne
niee w. Lille opposltion- WIN headquar'
ters at bnf fks91le, be dispatched Commands
In each Of the directions where lay a railroad.
On the Danville Road he burned the bridges
for forty miles, thoroughly DESTROYING fhc
lies twisting everx r.;3 g., +H.aS:- -1s,,'N ~
~ g.. - 'oi ."ents hues'
on tne fe1erenhfg and Lynchburg roed he
utterly destroyed thirty miles, and bnrned
bridges beyond that''
NEAa PErEnspcRo. July % 11nmA
ia1ge ooos OF rebel cavalry that moved
around onr 4eif, is nov at Ream's Station,
On the Petersburg and Weldon Raf1-o.d
Gen. Wilson'S IA d,r;sfo, ~ NV ~ 1a~s.,
+bfa n1o,a fa1r 49, 49, '. ..'A5 9aesso
Dan!i19a anS -" Piah5s' aa5s ~ e. 1outs 1os 1he
1che!s We,. ~ IN si",s .oah =, 4h. haasoaa. Ihe
heod o bi1n e.1 ~ IVY @ 90" n taeir movements to
d'.stron;1~ ~ 1en llsea leacned the road,
returue ,s sfe1s r. ~ 49, e41 5,;tS stdcs oelore nc
lion until he reached te .nofnI fono 49pso,,
lie started, All ~ 1af1rosa +.,s ~ ,,-d "n.Cn
posed Of ronrh inn nianIed 1Tie1, .aSr - egms
Supports The estrncfan of the ~ ~ moo4sn ~
destruction OF the other. As thc trarE wee e
torn no it was pIaced unon fhe wooGs1' ~
sleepc1s and burned until it It gas rs bent aed and
prised ct one Station. md },cfare 4be e,,{.n
GER could move off. al were in the handS NJ
our men, The cara were crowded viii refn.
sees from Petersburg. All the cars with the
locomotive, were DESTROYED. Gen. Wilson
hayIne accomplished lis work In The most @
ty miles Of the railroad, renderinr It con. M
pietejy useless, commenced h;a retnrn
When his ndyance nnara rsac, Paarnsa -.
tion, the rebels were discovered n farre ~
waiting fer bIs return. AZ thfs etattoc a11
the csSa1ty the rebels could muster were re
1yi1snn oo,1d ~ ~ 4ns,. ~. .. ea's oa5- sen.
rehel forre cnnec6ms;+1r & ~, nat +..St .1agu eaS
re,nfoTcernenfs Teacnsd him A. ofHna- na
ceeded in reaching Gen. Neade's headqnar-
soejt;an T5,e 7;,1 narn, ,,afon nun ~ "aao u.
sa,aa IN anS rs osu egLPs, oelns on Iae q"
iastont31 a;e.ateha - G Ino ec4ae ~ stIuS, HAs
+ns,t3a,, oftIa .aht5e @'e4e ~ n'el' lne ~"
's.tqa ~ y. wv iene'e~
N EnofI or PETERSBURG. Sunday, June
~ THEnfF-t}fFh
ofop OF ram hss fallen to moisten the
pafcheo eaf1n. 3 drought OF snch duration
LIE residents hereabout tell me has not oc-
CURED 1of many years before. The springs
ana e1nan streams are nearly all dry, and it
is with no little difficulty that sufficient
Of both men md animals. The almost trop-
ica1 heat during the day Is 60 eneryatiug TINT
but for the surroundings being Of IN cxcit-
iEg character, nature could not hold ont
muehlonger: With the hest, there is, also,
that inevitable accompaniment, dust; the
;..9, 'lees, NE bushes grass, tents men, animals.
a;ots .3oSed everything, Is white with dust-Vir-
g,naa dnht pnlyerzed- Most Of the water
rs e,os sa,oe y nlsed with It. and generally Of
fas fae same color, unless filtered; NIL kinds OF
ti,sa tSna ~ Mo9e o. less sprinkled with 1t, 50
taa1.ns nnd. o'Gng aa piece Of meat or hard tack
mcates t. 9,nea rerH cYat,S cHa sn!a Indeed per
3,a5r 3o5,ns ~ pae.e upon one's body; fills ones
tnf;a ~ h. W. ~ a2stfs; the rays Of the sun
tGtaea t,i, ~ ~ lne annumerable particles that
for twelve honra n a11stnes 1Sa as TIE beat that
suppofase; eseybody bod S'i Is coastaa9y ,s aaSst IN
5nolstsnsa i = exeeedng1y teplIng ,oag. ssas
~ 3La p,a ao1 ase aHss 1t!caas Who start out
tnsasst ~ ~ nmnns @ Gtean as circumstances WIu
1Mitt.n,, 1ituae, lass oR tne ROAD during the day
,he1 are i0 = snat,n eeca ely olnesLaothed as