The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-05-21

.'hcs "f anything else they could get, They
'u'c .oe Notioi@ rai'foad up for 400 yards,
s"Yn. ten miles below Petersburg, and bfag
ssd exceedingly ot what they had done
they :a;d that ii Was the most successtul
'ain t''ty had ever made, aud that il they
kut back II would be a rlorioes af,aiy
Ven. ANTI liaa an accurate map Of Din-
wlddie, III which livery road is laid down,
waich he regularly refers to. He asked n
great many questions about the county--h1 W
i'i IL Was - stony creek, Beliield, Law
| rcnccyilis, &c, Ne appears to be a middle
AGED man. AT Wilson's Depot, Spoare took
on his hat aud asked those present if they
hal ever seen real live Yankee. and then.
WIN pompons air, said "If YOU have not,
| here .a one" and his Adjutant Immediately
audtd, .What do YOU think of hims DO
| You see any hornsF"
| The Yankees Acknowledged that they
We're repnised at Chuia, ari eaid that they
| lost few men there, which caused them TO
| chanse Their course- They got hold OF an
| A<prsNs At LawFeneevilie and laughed hearth
| ~ at IFS contents. saying that IL was stuffed
| with rebel lies, &c.
Mf, Derby was tc,d by one Of the raiders
tna' Speare was tired upon by our men at
Sania. Tell if9m lis horse, aGd lay on the
| sr".nc some time feigning 70 be dead. He
| hnal'y crawied away aud got back to his
men.
The force ofthe raiders was composed Of
the lllh Penn, % New York, aud lst District
| oi Columbia, and the rear guard OF part of
the Il h Penn.
There were heavy rains All the Way from
| blacks and Whites 10 MoNnf Sinai Church,
aud the men were Caked With mud from
their heads Ia their heels.
Ar. Derby says, To the credit of the COM
manter OF these raiders, that he saw several
| OF them severely punished for damaging
private property, which they were strictly
| prohibited from doing. They at liber.
y to steal horses aud food, bat nothing else.
lie tNr. ID says that he was treated by them
with entire Kindness, and that many of them
were OF gentlemany appearance and heha-
Nipf Iheytook Lo negroes away torcihly
rom their masters. They carried OF only
stitch As voluntarily Joined them, aud many
ui these dciudcd creatures, after eXperr
rncDg the fatgues and privation aud tolls
| OF the journey tor day stopped following
| the Yankees and turned back towards their
comfortable homes, which they had SO fool
ithly left.
THE LEXINGTON CADETS.
We learn, in addition to The casualties al.
ready published IN the Lexington Cadets,
that Cadet Randolph has died Of his wounds,
aud that Cadet Jefferson was mortal,y
| wounded-making seven killed, instead Of
five. All the other wounded are doing
well, and are in fine spiri;s-tweniy Of then.
were able 10 return home.
| The following are the casualties in John
sons battery, Lieut ' ! Clutter command
ing, in the battles OF 8potayiyauia up to
the l,lh instant:
Wounded Lieut. Clutter, of Rich
mond, severely in foot; Prvates Jonas
Banheiscr, OF Richmond, i'll arm; l. 4
Thomas, nort.iiy, in head; Jos Covington,
of Middlesey, in hip Leonard Mayor, of
Middiesex, arin amputated, Corp'i Adams,
OF pittsrivania, slight, in shoulder Pri-
Yates K Brown, do, do, In kaes, Henry ln-
man, do, DO, in head.
The following is liz. Of the killed and
wonuied in ine isnger battery, from Nor
folk, Va:
Killed; scrnt Peed. Wounded: Privates
& l.2;imors, " 4 Moore, n tarfoit, Tbos
! I, Phillips, arm of; Samuel Barnes, slightly.
DIARY FROM BUFFERS ARMY.
The following are some extracts from a
diary captured last Monday in tho Drewry's s
Jno L Ripper, Co e, ;3?ih Ill. "yeteran Vol
unieers -
Damp GaAsT,VA. April n II commenced scratch
TALON d,i!i.
Nav 6, Ie64.-Gen Glllmo,d, Gen Tetry, Gen
ANTS, and Gen Foster, are III here about miles
fem Bermuda Hundreds Oar regiment was
thrown ont i1 day IN fIuu as s.irnishc,s-Co
aa,n on :ae hight ami Col Osborn au The Ie't-ihr
ceniie c"i,tnandei by s!ajor Linton. was IN
charge al uen an tbe advance TO Font Darling,
and SURELY a ,iiure iasued set oi meH never Were
seen Than Tue day Very hot, and hut
itile wafer To !ie- found Several oi our men goI
sun struck.
arose, are nu TIE rssh, ,eid Several Thought
not. AZ , O'Clock t.en EiluIf, accompanied by
Gen Terry and stafi made iecGnfnie esance IT, .hr
front, and found ou, that .t was policy To- hat
ills Gen Badly smith was advancing 1n our left,
and il necessafy for This patt oi the column 10
adv aucn v1iY slowly.
bUlLsKs NARROW ESCAPE.
Al about 3 o'c ock, Cen Butter aud Staff rode
through The diff sen, regiments, and wete cheeret
Win a long and eohtiHhous cheer Zen Butler
| advanced tu the outpost, where l was stationed,
and still forward he went. until he was fred upon
! by parry OF gUsfiiIas VIII" had been concealed
| behind d church-s 21b yards beyond the out
! pist. uhe of the Generals Ofdefiies was taken
/ prisoner, after hrine severely wounded. General
Butler TssJowiy escaped capture. We could have
| taken vcly pieasan1 game Of "Hneher' tYank-e
speliinel on fhe Generals tail, 50 straight did
/ 1t stick hehiud, as he fairly few e. the
Our regiment now fH back having bcrn re
| lieved 10y the 7ih New Hampshire, and h,souackrd
| ioE the night. Eind great humbrf ni troop III
! our ar---can.P- or bvouacs la every Grect"n-a
| gfeai many eastern men, tfetl Yankees mhre'in
| fact al from any other section find that Gen.
fsiAmo.e Is determined 10 'fs the reh7 ont of their
hoIes,' as he has 4 tine lot OF snoves axrs and
other impietnenis for digging ana think We will
have fine ime Cf IL, is We have the "Great Ditch
iiAGgef'' with US, anh OF course Tile spades and
siovels Will have TO ny.
Nav 7, IsG4-Cam morning, The regiment in
front were AT work all night, siashing the trenches
can't tell wha, to day Will bring Al O'Clock we
moved out and relieved the Tooth New York IN the
trenches, AS the troops were 1t work all night,
making formidable works IN fepei an assault. Ne
arc about seven miles from Fort Darling, and about
tb.. same distance from Petersburg. The day is
sulsryin facI much SO, that II u really uncom
Portable The Isl Conn. hatte.y Is with u.s. and one
or two others. Gen ferry Is hyihg around like as
II he had a brick In his hat. continued hfe has
been kept up oas left, aud ! hear this moment
that Petersburg IS taken. Three 0elock i. NJ
Hear some very heavy firing on iht tit--heaf maj
The lStii army corps had Il hght ihe loo'h NrW
York and 9th Massachusetts were In the shifmish,
and the l05th New York gave way as usual. The
9 h Maine retrieved their lost character at Fort
w agner tins evening We got rati0ns this AFTER
noon, having been out Tor Two days we nave
hard time when out OF ral0ns.
May S.-Went out il froGt on pieket this morn
iBs. Everything passes off beautifully so far.
Three O'clock. We were relieved In the evening
by the ION Conn, and we fell hack within the
limits of the breastworks Find that glea,
amount Of work has been done with n tue last ~
hours, building forts, etc.
NAV 9, Preparing. for. march this morning
Weather pleasant. 7sun rose shr0nded IN fen.-
Every appearance OF very hot day. Inc in'Io
brigade has pasied US also Battery u, 4'n o.
Gems Gilmore, Foster aud Terry have gone ~ 'i.e
front We advanced to within sight OF FOfl Uai-
ling. Al l2 o'c,oek reachei high biuh almost in
sight of Riehm1af. Hear the fpsf oi caha"n al
around. |; is supposed tina: the eunboats nave
advanced, or are advancing up the river, anu
shelng the rebels on the other side. we nave
ma nd a1 IN ha ri Al1ODnSeO