Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-06-25
TIE NEWS.
IRON PKrRssBURa.

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to aesrtGa Our forces having retired to their origin
al 6na Of breastsOrk5 during "Wednesday, the enemy
moved forward early hour Thursday morning, and
about o'clock, took possession OF the Weldon Rail
road At the yellow brick tavern long kaoHn as the Six
N le House, on The eli ssage road Their march was
unopposed and they Immediately put out their Pleket'
and proceeded to tear up the track building hres and
burning the ss and heating the irol. Il is also stl-
ted that they are fortfying, Thursday afternoon,
geui,man Just ipOm the vicinity, informed ", shat
,hseneny's p'eksts extended to Davis house, within
miles of Petersburg, and westerly towards the Apo
mal,o1 river, a dsarcs OF two N les.
From q telegram received yesterday aud published in
ano,Ssr column, i. will be seen thai We moved our
forces in the same direction and not only dslodged them
% Thursday night om sac position they had taken on
the railroad but captured i've hundred prisoners
10 Say nothing o. the killed, WOu ded and demorahzd
Early yesterday there vas rumOr started on the
statement Of geu teman just fOm Pe,e,sburg--thas
.o-e-a' ercp-emect had commenced be.Sceu he con-
tending armies, and progressing at the time be les
OAnnonadng heard in this city at an early hour seemed
rather 10 confirm it. At noon VIC met smother gentle
ismau, EaSJver, who came BY the same train, who
stated that he regarded the operato-s alluded to as only
brisk diminishing.
HEsoIC CoNDCcr a. A YoUSG LADY cHARLEs CITY
During the passage Of Grants nrmy through Charles
City County, bis soldiers plaged every house on the
way taking bacon d3ur corn, and in many instances
all the silveesare aud clothing. They passed through
the farm Of Er. Fred W. Ware, and destroyed all of
his growing crop Of and oats, and took nearly all
o. his STOCK Eight Of Them attempted to sack hS
dwelling house pretending they looking for rebels
Mrs Ware, a1d her daughter, only l6 years Old, de-
termined to delscd the house against them. Having
fastened the Windows and Haired the dOOrs each took
wing of tho house sad kept guard. SIX Of the devils
forced the door guarded by Mas Ware. She immsdi-
atsly eaagh, the door with on, hand sad with the
other presented revolver in their faces snd ordered
them out or she would fire. which order they quickly
Obsyed Two more forced a window and we're climbing
In but seeing the revolg pointed their heads they
dropped out" She then informed them that she would
certainly FIRE upon the frs. that entered Seeing that
she vas in earnest they lef hid The house was not
farther disturbed
By or O'Clock ia the afternoon all the revs gath
ssing public seemed setsd in the belief, despite The
runOrs Of the nIraing alluded 10 above, that all vas
quiet 10 and around Petersburg and they we're right
bsclrss neither ito roar of few or the Occa-
SOal explosion Of shell within the corporation lines
oths city can now disturb its wanted quietude. We
are unwilling even to render Our summary com
pela 70 Iepes. under this head items which viii be
fofksa our column OF kilograms
THE YANKEE RAIDERS on rHE sOUrH-sIDE.
We have again to draw on the Petersburg Express Of
yesterday which says The raiders struck the Peter-
b-rg aud Weldon Rdlrcsd Wednesday morning At half
plstseve-. They cane up the road just below Oak
Grove Church. at Duvsps blacksmith shop and are sup
posed 70 lunter about 900 They comprise the whole
Of Wilson's Division, who commands in person, and is
accompanied by Kau,z and Speafe. They remained at
Ream some three hours and destroyed the water tanks
wood sheds and Office. The track also torn up for
distance OF tous $50 yards. All the citizens in the
visiaiy we're robbed Of their bacon and horses, and
such negroes as manifested willingness to accompany
theu. Buggies and carriages were also taken. The
4sar guard Of he enemy was encountered by portion
Of Gen. W. B. F. Lees cavalry before they left RsAms,
aad brief fgh ensued, which resulted in the killing
aud capturing Of some fifteen or twenty Of the gang.
Tie raiders reached Dinsiddie Court House by u
o'clock ard here ihes guard was oyertaken again
BY our cavalry during toe afternoon, and another Skin
msh ensaed, resulting in the capture Of ten prisoners
AID thirteen horses. At DinSiddie Court House the
Shsmy stole al tie horses and liberated the prisoners in
the jail
During the afternoon Of Wednesday the raiders reach
ed the Southsias Railroad Gu. the wires and tore up the
track between For6's depot and WIsOA's. At Ford's
they bsnt the depot tanks, and Two long trains
Of cars With engines ataehed belonging to the Norfolk
rsiroad At toe 6teen mile post, this side Of FOrds
they overturned about II miles Of railroad track.
They reached Burkesyine, the junction of the South
side end Danyio road Thursday evening, and burn
ed the depo. and other railroad buildings.
YRON EssKx.
Amoog The dep,sdaiOHs OF the Yankees in upper
Essex, some Of which have Already given, they car
RED off We learn, 80 negroes belonging to the HOn. z
n. Hunter. They invaded bis private residence and
appropriated portion Of bis wiies wardrobe brave
aud daring way Of crushing tho rebe lion.
EEoM HUsrzR's ToEoEs-oFHCIAL NEWS.
Official inforuaaoa from Silsn confirms tho main
features OF the Associated Press dsploh from LJnch~
bu z, in yOs.esdlyl paper The enemy passed through
salem on the 2ls. aud took the toHard5 Lewis
SiFg, BY Nsvcas lie.
McCaasland, wish biz eavdry, struck ths enemy north
Of len, attic Hanging Rook, and captured four peo,I
of artillery aud dsahl ID Others that they had to
DO lsf The carriages Wero destroyed BY the enemy.
The guns however, ara secured tea in all
The enemy moved so riPtly that our infantry could
no. attack him before he got the mountains though
they marched twenty mi . = day.
The enemy did great deal Of damage to citizens in
sdiOrd and Campbell bus rot 50 much in Roanoke, a.
they we're too q ,ssy sued. All the bridges and de-
pots on thsraroad we're burnt to Salem, bat ls other
damage was done to ihe road.
- a. ha
tsEday afternoon which stated that no demonstrations
have been made against the High Bridge by the Yankee
raiders A. the time the despatch vas sent they were
between Green Bay and Meherrias on the DanvIle
road The latter point is 10 sRi the former miles
from Burk5sills.
NO RKsT ToR sHERIDAN.