Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-05-13
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lEtSDURU.
The - LEICESTER" Of cdnussday Iast rsya
'''Thc peace Of cur city continues rndiI.
turbed, save by the sounds of martial muse,
which ,mpanies The contin ued passage OF
troop7 TO- tho front. Except the dcstruction
/ two-amall railroad bridges, and the plum
Ter Of private property, Col. Spears' raid has
been failure. Tho luss Of the bridges oaly
delayed the arrival Of rcin!ol c,nicntS for ::
few hours, and even that tritlng military
advantage has been dearly btnight by The
sacrifice of bis finely equipped cavalry corps
which II represented t. be utterly broken
down. both men and b"rscs, and to have ar
rived at City Point on Monday in m exhauf.-
ed condition. There can be no doubt of their
arrival there, for Col. Harrison, who was re-
moving his properly to Petersburg. w:.d cap.
cured by them about seven miles frnm Peters
burg. They took his negroes and his nu!,,
teams anu wagons which were loaded with
meat and meal. lie was treated cou-teously,
and, after i few h0urs' detention, set ut iibcr.
ty, but Ike true Yankees, they robbed hin, Of
Ri his property. Al was quiet OIL yesterday
and the day before on our lines towards City
Point. Everything was prepared to give the
ansm" warm reception, but M to IL late
hour On yesterday, no advance WAS made
Under tue caption Of "rhe Cloud Br",len
The Storm Over" the same paper says:
Ia proportion u the number left at hume 70
walk them, we doubt if cv.n in holiday times
OF piping peace" mere sunny faces were ever
seen Oh rho thoroughfEcs Of Petersburg than
were presented ~ yesterday. Although
there wus never one moment vi des1undency,
! and while there WAS the most implicit c0rii-
,lance that thOsc charged with tho defence Vi
| his most IMPORTANT point would do all that
men could do for ltd protection, there was
| keen anxiety and extra pulsations 81 the
nc:.rt while the conflict WIS raging, a. Ne
may y; ut the very gates OF tho city Dn
yesterday morning -cl!ei came " unxiou,
| ,!iiai' IN iunre ways than ono. Relief in t'i,:
fact that in tho .ountry ust north Of thin
city tho confident invaders, so far from n MI
ing nn easy prey, were, after repeated Ell
! !vits, driven back rs we believe 10 their
shipping, but, as some suppose, to another
poin. At which they will fero even wOrsc than
here; and relief in the fact that our stree"
swa'mcd through the day with Brigade after
Brigade Of men of all arms, Lorhe by III
healthy and stalw6rt men ~ eye ever gazc,.
upon. and who in every imaginable way main
| tested their eagerness 90 cGrry out agalnrt
the discounted Yankees Wellington's las. or.
der on the field of Waterloo, mp guaros anu
ut EN-"
| But this WAS not all that made sunny faces
! in Petersburg yesterday. Light from all
quarters showed that The cloud over the Con-
toderacy had broken, and the rain WIinh lad
| sD long beat upon the ark Of its Libertie, ai,L
| tErcateneI'it with destruction, had gircf:
| place to tho bright bow Of promise and oi
hope. which spans our sky and rewards unr
| faith in the providence Of an All Wise, AL
Just, and all Mcrciful Creator.
SPEARS MAIAUDERs-TnEy REACH cry POINT.
The Petersburg Express" Of Wednesday
last furnishes some additional particulars Of
the movements of this horde of thieves AMI
destruyels of mills and bridges. On Monday.
after burning Major Belsches mill and dwell
ing. and every out,house IN his plantation.
they proceeded to the preai=ea, o.; Mr.. Nibie't,
notfir distant, when they barns that gentle
mans mill, but did not modest his dwelling 81
out-houscs. Late in this day they swnog
around towards James Liver and burnt Z ,x
tcr's and Temples mills. in Prince George
county. Ga Thursday, night they cacani e.
at Mt. Sinai Church, In Prince George coui'
ty, where they cooked uo theil' stolen sheep
hogs, cattle uni poultry 4 g=ntlcman wiz,
haw tllair camp !ircs Says they extended FOR ;
distance Of Il mile u more, aud present. et
1 qui,e 4 uuVel sighE to the people in Il at Sc;
ton.
o! Monday morning al seven o'clock, th
column was moving by the old. Bal ROAD t
City Paint, leaving pisputansa about .1iil
ard a halt u tho right. They were confrorte
by CJl. K. NJ. Harrison, Of Prince Gsorg