New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-08-29

A Brilliant Cavalry skiruisb-
OF the Pigh,-Eebei G,nernI. Heyward
mud Sanders II iiicd-25GO stands of Arms
Capsurcd--Ks bells Lravc their Dead Tn.
buried-Jhc Loss in Gen. Ayr"s's'H Brig
nde-Th. GaIInntry OF the Rcgni"rs-fh~
Eucrpy Strengthening his Po.ition-our
neGesscs sDpregnnbI~-Lisso Of Casual,
lies at t:cu.ss's STATEN.
sp.ei. Coffe.posderee 4 the rlisde!riis Inquirer
HR.pouAE1Lils AufY oP iHE PoroAAc
Angl-t 2ith, ls"i.
TO-DAY has been remarkably quiet 81 along Our
line. on the extreme left, which now extends some
three mikes south Oi Roalns's Stallion.
portion of She Second Corps rs ectiVciy ~
work destroying the railroad. From tho point
whore our line OF battle The road 20 about
mile south Of Kea!ns, the work oi do.LIcnon 10
already pretty thoroughly done.
The nOfvs OpcrGGd, IL similar % that pursued "
the enemy In The destruction 81 the Orange and
Alexandria Railroad, from Brstow station to the
Rappahannock River, in October last
Tie ties are built up In plies the alternate layers
crossing at right angles and across these the rails
are laid With the ends oyerhanging, so that when
heated IN the middle by the burning OF the ties, the
weight Of the ends bends e rails 70 as 10 be entire
ly unfit for future USE Ia several places the EN-
banLlnents have boon levelsd and deep cuts filled
up and snould the enemy regain poss 'ssion oil the
road they would lind no triiing task before them 10
place il In running order again There u little prob
ability however tina, they will be put 70 this rou'
BILE, a. they viii FIST have 20 accomplish much
moro difficult tax, driving US from our nosIy ae-
quiroi position.
Yesterday our cavalry, consisting OF portion OF
Greggs Division, and a portion OF haats while
covering the operations Of our Infantry IN dasloy
ing the railroad. verc attacked by part Of Hamp-
TOMS Cavalry and force Of mounted infantry un-
der the sauo leader, and sharp skirDlish eusued.
The enomy's skrfnishcrs appeared in front OF our
pickets on the Dinvidde Court House road, mile
west OF Reamss station, shout noon, and Delivered
q yolley, which was returned, and all through the
afternoon the picket firing vas quite brisk. 10,
wards night the encmy came up III large iorce ana
made a vigorous assault upon our lines, but failed
~ drive US from our position Aftsr about an hour
Of pretty spirited fighting they gave up Tie attempt
and retired.
killed, and between Fifty and sixty wounded. The
enemy left about ono hundred and fifty Of their
deed and wounded on the ground, from which IL
would appear that they got decidedly vorsted.
The Robe General officers killed in the engage
ment on sunday vere Bngsdier-GenerG Charles
Hayward, com handing brigade Of South Carolina
troops, and BrgsdieTGenertl Sanders, command,
ing a brigade q Mssissippians. The former had
advanced his brigade within short distance OF our
works, ald undor the impression that they desired
" surrender al Impression that seemed Jusuhedpy
certain indications in their movements, On officer
of General Cutters staff was sont out to communi-
cato With tho Rebel General, when the latter rode
W and shot bin. A volley from behind our rile-
pits quickly avenged the death Of or officer, By
bringing HcyWagrl % the ground.
Up 70 Tuesday night tho Fifth Corps had picked
up about twenty-five hundred Rebel small srns
along their front consisting Of Austrian, Eniold,
snd Mississippi riiles.
Many of tho Rebel dead sro still lying outside orr
picket line tn the left Of the riilroed, the stencil
iron whose decomposing bodies riade the locality
anything bat Agreeable 90 our men on picket there,
and IL Ii probable that by this time party Of men
has been sent out to bury them. considerable
number have already been buried. Gen. Ayres Di-
vision has buried one hundred. and as the heaviest
fighting on Sunday was In frost Of General Cutler,
there is no doubt that many moro were loft along
that portion OF our line.
General Ayres has lost in al. including those cap
tured Oh Friday out Of the regular brigade, Gen
eral Hayes about nine hundred men.
The regulars are entitled TO great praise for the
galleniry they displayed in Fridays engagement,
for although outaanked on both SIDES and nearly
surrounded, the majority of them cut their way
out and escaped capture. Col. Stone, Of the l'th
United States Infantry, formerly Gen. stone,) now
commands this brigade in place OF Gen. Hays.
Among the Rebel wounded in our hospitals n
very intelligent officer, Q Leutenani, who claus