The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-06-27

CAPTURE oF REv DR. raYoe nv THE CAVALRY RAID.
rRs- INTERESTING AccoGNT OF rngrR PROGRESS
THEY CARRY TEN DAYS RAfIoNs.
We copy from the Petersburg Erpress, Of satur-
day. narrative of The operations around that city,
and some Interesting particulars Of the progress Of
Wilson's cavalry raid:
AkorHER FLANK MOVEMENT.
Rum0rs came to the city Weine sday, thick and
tast, thai the enemy had again occupied The fait-
ROAD, SIX miles from Petersburg, In IaIge numbers
tora up the tack, and were busiy enc aged Ia for
ttytng.
General Malone was speedily dispatched, at the
head OF body af troops, 10 drive the rascals or
Upon approaching the spot about one hundred and
hity ot Grants horsemeH were discovered dis
piaeih. rails and removing sills. They ned pre-
cipitat, w upon the appearance vi our forces but
II was soon asceetf iHcd that there W az heavy
body Of tD,ansTy In the woods cas-. of the track
inassed Tor the purpose Of supporting the cavalry
AsofHER FLANK MOVEMENT.
General Malone threw forwat d a heavy line Of
skifmisiiets, engaged the attention Of the blue
coats, and then put Into execution one Of those
fanking movements for which lac has become
somewhat notcd during this campaign. About
twilight, Perry's brigade, now commanded by Gen
cral ftrn"gan. succeeded in swinging around and
brought up In rear Of the enemy. v0lIey or two
in their rear put the enemy To thinking, and an
oher voiey or Two brought about very lively
donbIc-1uict ON their part. We succeeded In S D.
eating only Is; of The Invaders, the remainder
running swiftly that IL was found impossible Ia
Ovcrtake them. -.-.-.
ARRIVAL OF THE PRISONERS.
The prisoners were marched into the city yes
terday forenoon, about 10 o'clock and turned over
to ASjor B.idgfOrd, Gen. Lees Provost Marshal.
There Were ten commissioned officers among the
number, but none higher Than the rank of Colonel.
These prisoners in point OF appearance OF morals,
are no Improvement upon former instanentS.-
They seem To have been COLLECTED from every quar-
ter OF the globe, both civilized and unciviIzed
and elected from specta or in our vicinity, the
remark, that "SraBt had scraped all creation with
fine tooth comb tor men 70 reinforce his depleted
ranks.
THE HsKMY sTlLL NEAR TIE ROAD
We learned yesterday afternoon that the enemy
were still lowering in the vicinity Of the Six Mite
House, more tor The purpose or deteTIiRg us it0m
rebuilding the road p,Obabiy, than to engage tu
battie. They are closely watched.
FERROUS cANNoHAnE.
Yesterday morning the most profound quiet p, =
vailed along our entire liae until few miaute5
before seven O'Clock, when all OF sudden there
opened n bomhaIdmcnt from a heavy battery Of
Confederate artillery, stationed in Chesterfield, upon
the eheHiys extreme right. The firing was the
NEST rapid that has been heard here during the
war ahd soon attracted TO the house tops and sur
rounding hills great conccufse of spectators -
From the root of "A five story building we could see
the discharges oi our cannon, and II really seemed
that such q shower Of shot and shell ought to have
aunihiiated every Yankee invader In tbs CO unity of
Prince George. In the meantime there was a b,isk
muskeny fire opened ia The vicinity OF Jordan ;
farm, on the City Point road and the uninitiaied al
once came Id the Conclusion that i general en- :
gagemeht had commenced.
THE FIRING CEASES.
The cannenading ceased at 4 qHarter pas; { a NJ,
and the muskeiry ire was stopped about The same
hour We made diligent inquiry in various quar-
ters likely TO be informed, but could get no salts
factory solution Of this demonstration. One otli- =
Ger informed us that il made Tor * purpose
but that purpose could not be known untiI future
day. Very satisfactory, tfIIy.
H.ueOD's BRIGADE,
We regret TO learn that about 400 of uagOod's
South Carolina bri sade, vino were thrown forward
skmisheTs tu ascertain The strength of the cne-
my's fiie pits, allowed their zeal 10 get The better
of them, and not only caried the pts, but charged
up TO The enemy's breasiwOrks. fhey were re
ceivt with tevere muskeiTy voi.cy, and suffered
considerable loss None estimate their iOss at
less than $780, and some put IL down az high 8 .,p0
This brigade was among the first 10 rush to The
rescue of Petersburg, and cur people feel pecu-
liar interest In It's welfare. They have suffered
heavily, bat not 50 heavily, we hope as has been
reported.
We heard OF no other movements during the
day to The time of this writing. All appeared
quiet. Ii is supposed that matters will rot long
remain thus. We are probably now wiine ssing
that profound quiet which always pfeeeies the
storm, and IL may burst upon Us III any moment
with uneXlmpied fury.
MORE PRISONERS.