Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-07-08
LATEST SOUTHERN NEWS.
RicKmond Dates TO the 1st Instant---
RebeI Account of wilson's Raid---
General Lee Claims Victory---Wii-
sons Escape Conceded.
The Richmond Examiner of July LIST con
tains the following:

The Richmond Eraminer of July LIST con-
tains the following:
THE NEWS ABOUT THE RAIDERS.
A Petersburg paper was received IN tne
CITY early yesterday morning, ana lts ac,
counts of the defeat of kautz's raiders anu
tbe canture of great number OF them, cor
roborated and exaggerated by accounts OF
persons who had just come over from re-
tersburg, set the community in blaze OF
excitement.
The Petersburg paper said a batch OF
prisoners, who were broughtin last Wednes-
day night at half past eleven O'Clock, con-
firm the rumOred capture OF twelve nun
dred of Wilson's raiders. This report was
the burden of every tongue until IL was
knocked flat by another, later and more de-
lightfill. A Colonel, it was said, had just
come over who had seen fifteen hundred OF
fine captured raiders and fourteen pieces OF
cannon taken from them. After this, from
moment to moment, additional stories sprang
up, magniiying the enemy's disaster 10 tnat
| extent, that had they been near the truth,
Kautz's raiders would have been henceiorth
classed among have beens.
The last thing we heard was that the
whole raiding party had been captured eN-
cept twenty-seven. Why the fertile mag,
nation that originated this report spareu
| twenty-seyen we can not conceive, unless
il was supposed that arithmetical exactness
would seem to imply positive information.
DISPATCH FROM GENERAL LEE.
AT eleven o'clock the following official
dispatch from General Lee, relative 10 the
raiders, was promulgated and posted on tne
| bulletin boards. OF course, facts stated III
it falling so lamentably short of the ravlnng
stories that had preceded 1t, fell upon the
| heated imaginations of the people like
wet blanket. But for forerunning insane
! tales screwed out of scared prisoners or be-
cot of idle minds, it would have been re-
ceived joyfully. This is the dispatch:
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF NORTHERN VIR-
| GINA, June 20, 1864, $3.50 p. M.-Hon. Sec
retary of War--Sir: General Hampton re-
ports that he attacked the enemy's cavalry
Yesterday afternoon, on their return from
Stauntori River bridge, this side of Sappony
| Church, and drove them beyond that point.
The fight continued during the night, and
| at daylight this morning he turned their
| left and routed them,
When they reached Reams' Station they
were confronted by portion of Mahone's
| Division, who attacked them in front, while
their flank was turned by General Fitzhugh
! Lees cavalry. The enemy was completely
routed, and several pieces of artillery, with
number of prisoners, wagons, ambulances,
ETC., captured. Our cavalry are in pursuit.
r. L. LEE, General.
| From Gen. Lees dispatch, which contains
| all the positive information that we have on
the subject, we very much fear that kautz
and Wilson are at this moment safe behind
the Yankee lines. f....
A GOOD RIDDANCE-wHERE ARE THEY GONE
TO? ...
Within the past forty-eight hours Rich
mond has been relieved of the presence of
over three thousand Yankee prisoners
About thousand remain, but they will
soon follow their brethren. The number
of Yankee wounded in the hospitals In
Richmond is about twelve hundred, but
they are dying at pretty rapid rate per
day.
FOURTH OF JULY.
II occurs on next Monday. There are
many who suppose that the fanatical Yam
kee, Grant, will accept the day and its au-
guries as an opportunity for grand attack
upon our lines at Petersburg, in hope of re-
peating there his success at Vicksburg, and
making a glorious tableaux of himself amid
a blaze of glory, waving of flags, general
huzzas and whisky drinking. twill be in
vain. The Fourth of July, 1868, at Vicks-
burg, will not be repeated at Petersburg in
1864, though butchery may be thrown in to
give eclat to the Yankee holiday. BOD r.
THEFT OF CONFEDERATE COFFEE.
Robert Cole, slave of jefferson Davis,
was charged with stealing twenty papers
of coffee from the Confederate States. The
accused is employed on the steamer Patrick
Henry. He was ordered twenty lashes.