Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-05-13


came down, confirm the report as to tho NUM-.
ber Of cars and engines burned at Beaver
Dam. Thesquantty of bacon destroyed was
l60. .OQ0 pounds. l. is thought that the con-
tuetors, Messrs. G. S. Anderson and w. A.
NetEorland, and the engineers, MesSrs. Jacob
Light and Robert Gocdwyn, were captured.
The attack in tie direction of Taylorsvills
is evidently an attempt to get possession of the
Fredericksburg Kni!road bridge, over the
North Anna river, aud destroy it. Beaver
Dam Station has several tincs been visited by
raiiing parties Of tho ouemy, and, at one time,
contained hanG:on;e ard substantial brick
depot, which they burned No buildings tf
any consequences have hc"n erected there
since.
AT a quarter to six o'clock last ovoning,
MIR. Duke again callod tho operator at the
/ Superintendenfs Office having put in his
maguet one mile below Beaver Dam Station,
ana communicated IN itfrfr
of tho above, adding that tho Yankees hal
tTo pieces Of artillery with them, together
with the following iuitber facts: Tho track
was torn up in several places, aggrega:ins
about one mile, aud the silis werc burned
| The telegraph wire was alFo pulled down and
destroyed for about q mile hollow and few
hundred yards above tic staten. Tho cn-
gines "John II. TimbotiakH" and oil D.
Whitcomb" wa:a til, twa destroyed. TIE
boiler cf ono Of chem was blo5n through with
q caunon bail from ono Of their pieces Of ar
tillcry. The trucks of the cars appeared to
remain in comparatively good condition. Tho
enemy lef: in the direction 0; Richmond, rur-
sued by Gop. Fi!zaugh Leo, end On their
mlrch destroyed the mill Of Mrs. Anderson,
on The North Anna river. Private residences
were not disturbed bus mokshouses wel:
broken open ard robbed. They bousted that
they would get into Richmond by enc O'Clock
LIST ri sht.
LATER.
4 despatch was received 1T eight o'clock
last night, statirg tlat The raiders were with
IN mile Of Ashland, ard were telling trees
behind them to pIcytnt pursuit. 1t would
appear from tLis Tiki the srppositicn that
Fitzhrgh Lee lad o7ertaEca them near Tay-
lorsrillc was incorrect, and it also scr"cs to
show tia: tie gallant lard which has becn
contcst;ng tho way with :kcm since Monday
rightlaa has pcro, mad n.blc service.
Col. Bradley I. Johnston telegraphed thas
the raiders were at Ncsro.foot, eight miles
| cf
ian, they Lad uasuddlcl anl were feeding
Also, that another party was advancing from
B?aver Dam On Hanover Jurct:o7, S:i,ar! and
Fi:z Lee following.
ANOTHER FIGHT IN CHESTERFIELD.
a train frcm Chester, ias. evening, at six
O'clock brought intelligence Of ssvsrc en-
gagamcn: on the Petersburg turnpike, q mile
cas-: OF the former pl.ce. The Yankees CON-
meEced shelling the woods around Chester
in the morning. ard aboni hall past eleven
o'elock, engaged cur troops on the turnpike
in vastly superior numbers, with iufantrJ
and artillery. The engagement lasted about
one hour, and was hotly contested, both
sidos suffering considerably. Cur forces
fell back towards the fortifcations around
Drewry's bluff, aud tho enemy soon after
sent forward u body Of caTalry to recon-
noitre, and, it was supposed, to establish pick
ct lines. The. fight tcok place within two miles
of tho Bluff, and :hc enemy'5 position las
evening was abou. due west Of il, Indicating .
purpose on his part to invest that position Oh
the Chester field side Of the river. II is hoped
that ;hey will persis: in it. Tho acdy Of cay
airy, said to hare passed through Chester Cn
Monday, and n, srcted towards Clever Hi, il
lis believed, performed nothing moro thaa q
mar nuvsc as nothing was heard Of them or
yesterday, By parties from the vicinity Of Cla-
yer Hill. Skirmishiug in the vicinity Of Pc
te.sburg was rep p:rel, bu! M fighting o. I'M
por;ance was anticipated oa yesterday, it be.
ing supposed that tho main b,dG Of the enemy
is swinging around the Publications cncirclug
DreSry's Bluff.
The amour: Of ills engagement, we learn
from the Office Of the department Of Rich
nond, is to the following effect: No exten.
sive engagement occurred. Ebout IL o'clock
Gan. Ransom cent cut three regiments to feel
and ascertain the strength Of the enemy, acd
after short, but spirited engagement, re-
treated into the fortii:a5ions in good order.
Our loss Was one hundred aad twsnty, killed
and wounded.
The wounded arrived at Rockets, from tue
Bluff, abe ut o'clock. -...
AyERlLL's MOVEMENTS IN SOUTHWESTERN VIE
o1NIA-RE Is WHIPPED AT sALTvILLR.
A gentleman from Southwestern Virginia
reached tho city on yesterday, having Come
by Saltviilc, Smytde county, ct which place
a fight had occurred on Sunday between i.oi.
tions of Jones' and Morgan's couIaands, AMI
the Yankee raider, Averil, resultiag in the
corlploto defeat Of the latter. A:er!ll kal
made descent upon Dublin depot, on the
Virginia and Tennessee railroad, driven cus
the small tJsco of Confcdsraiea stationed
thera, and divided his forca, sending ff:esn
hundred to Sal,yilo to capture and destroy
tho works. This body was met by Morgan
and jones, aa abore stated, and almost entire.
ly demolished. L despatch WAS rocei:
here stating tina: a Ron of Gov. Smith, bslons-
ing to jenkins command, received o severe
Hssh wound in the leg in the engagement at
at Dab!in depot. Tho same despatch con
firms The report of tho victory.
| STRAY SHELF.
Henry West, q young man representing
himself IS native OF Richmond, was brought
to this city yesterday evening on the Peters
burg ears, dressed in tn, garb Of private Of
the Unitod States infantry. Hsw,s arrested
at Chester yesterday morning by our pickcts.
West represented that hs had been impressed
into the Yankee serTicc, and carried to Hilton
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