The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-05-11

most capital position for heavy artillery the rive
Al tats point being very narrow, and the channel
"ass,as the south shoss closely, and the baak.
se'y "'sa s"d PERCEPTIONS The place IS now oc
eupied BY two regiments OF negro troops, whos:
ea"ps exioad all over Temples hsiL Wv hear
'o'' they ATE greatly annoying the peapl, In I'll II
ne'shbothooi, piifcriug aad d.predating in cve,y
direction.
Tue shemys gunboats patrol the Appsmatox
from Port Watai To the mouth OF the river, s,eit
ing on both sides every spot likely 10 aif,fd cover
'"a party OF gray backs On Friday two Of the
caemys sunhoais got seround opposite the resi-
aehee oi Nj Marlas Gillian. and at las: accou ais
mad hot been gotten of. The enemy were wasiin.
vast deal OF amuniton In that direction yesterd,
aud II was doubtless for the purpose Of PROTECTING
these grounded craft from "masked batteries -
MAJOR Harrison, of Gen Picketps staff, while rr
connoiterns yesterday the vicinity of City Poin,
was suddenly surprised by party of Yankee pick
cts, aud pursued for some distance. The Malor
h"a'iy succeeded In e!ud,ns his pursuets by leap
i"s to the ground aud seeking shelter IN some ur-
dergrow th, from whence he wenied his way to A
place OF safety He lost his horse, as did also a
Courier who was with h,n
RECoNNOiSsANCE AT CuE,TER YESTERDAY.
movement was made by 4 portion OF
our troops yesterday morning 10 ascertain
the position Of the enemy near Chester
About O'Clock in the morning portion Of
barion's and Graey's brigades left camp, and
with skirmishers thrown out commenced
ieeling their way towards the enemy. About
O'Clock they met the euemy's sEirmishers.
aud an honr afterwards the fight became
general Our men charged upon the Yam
KEGS and drove them back to line of en-
trenchmcnts they had thrown up. Upol.
getting within their works the Yankees dis.
covered how small O icrce was driving
tncm, and came out in very large numbers,
danking our men on both 1anks, aud caus-
lug them to fall back, which was don: in
good order. Our men set fire tosomc woods,
Which prevented any pursuit. The killed
amount to about $50, many Of the latter fall.
lug into the hands 9th enemy. The Gglt
closed about 1216 o'clock.
Among the killed are Colonel Cabell, OF
DauvilIe, Va, and Capt. Taylor, of Mont
gomery county.
that the enemy in heavy force were near
Chester, as the left of their line rested in
that village, and the right about half mile
OFT, on the turnpike, and were entrenched.
After the fight was over coal train from
the Glover Hill Pits, beyond Chester, came
On to Richmond. The engineer said the
Yankees were all around Chester, but none
on the railroad, and he got through safely.
courier from Drewry's Bluff came up
last night aud reported that about 5 O'Clock
in the evening the enemy came out OF their
Notifications and were attacked 10y Barton's
brigade anl driven back.
The point where the FIRST fight occurred is
six miles in the rear of Dfewry's Bluff
Seventy-one prisoners, captured by Gen.
Gracys brigade in the charge, were br ought
here last night in charge of Lit. w. K. Ezeil.
One commissioned officer was in the lot.
THE RAIDERS ON THE CENTRAL RAILROAD
We have some additional particulars OF
the movement of the Yankee cavalry at
Beaver Dam, on the Central Railroad. They
reached there about Z O'Clock Monday night
aud caught two trains of cars loaded With
commissary stores for Gen. Lees army,
drawn by two first class locomotives. These
they burnt, and then proceeded to burn the
other commissary stores, the contents Of
i've trains, which had accumulated there q
day or two belore-in all about 200 900
pounds OF bacon, with a large quantity of
meal AMI -four. They then lett. Yesterday
afternoon a train from the junction brought
that the raiders were within a
mile aud half Of Taylor5viile, in Hanover
county. and heavy firing was heard in that
direction, leading to the supposition that
Gen. Eltz Lees or 81 me other Confederate
cavalry had attacked them.
Last night report from General Fitz Lee
stated that the cavalry of the enemy were
moving TO Richmond in two columns, one
OF which was then feeding its horses at Ne
gro Foot, in Hanover county, thirty miles
from here, and the other was coming down
the Central Railroad route.
Another telegram was received last night
at the War Department from Gen. Fitz Lee,
stating the encmy's forcc to be three divi-
sions of cavalry. They are cutting down
trees in the road behind them to interrupt
the pursuit of our cavalry, which then, at 9
O'Clock, the date of the telegram, was at
hanover junction.