The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-10-01
Southern Items.


of truce boat brought down five families
from Richmond bound North.
The ..Ricl n md Dispatch of Septem-
Der 9th, says our army is daily increas-
ing by accessions of stragglers and con-
scripts Whatever may be the intended
movements of Lee, he is perfectly sue
cessful in keeping them concealed. What
is concealed from our people finds little
chance of making its way to the enemy.
Up to Tuesday last our pickets extend
ed to the neighborhood of Harper S
Ferry. 1t is not probable that the Fe(-
eral army will attempt to cross the Pc
tomac against us at present.
Romney is occupied by our rangers.
Five hundred Yankees-many of them
wouuded--are expected to arrive to-day
from Gordonsville. If they arrive in
season they may be included in the num-
Der of released prisoners that we shall
send to Aiken's Landing to-day.
Thursday 81 Yankee prisoners arrived
from Gordonsville including several
commissioned officers, surgeons and
nurses. The whole party will be sent
home in few days with other Yankee
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captured in North Carolina arrived at
Libbey Prison yesterday -
The Dispatch also mentions the fact
that Abraham has issued a proclamation
to liberate slaves but makes no further
comment on the subject
The Dispatch contains an item from a
Texas paper, dated Sept Sd, which says
Sam Houston is alive yet and well, and
living on his old homestead.
The Richmond Examiner says the
public highways in the valleyof Virginia
from Winchester to Stanton, and is
crowded with wounded and suffering sol
diers; the poor fellows who were in the
awful battles of Sunday, Monday and
Tuesday, and especially in the terrible
fight of Wednesday of last week. They
left the battlefield for their home or the
hospitals, and were too weak to proceed
or had no money to procure their pas
sage.
1t is exceedingly painful and sorrow
full to see these poor, ragged, toll worn
battle-scarred heroes treading wearil,
and languidly along Let them be look
ed after at once.
The same paper complains of frequen
failures of Southern mails
The Examiner also regrets that the
debates in Congress on the conscriptiol
bill should be conducted in a way to in
fame the public mind
1t complains particularly of the speecl
of Conrad, of Louisiana, on the subject
and adds that the word States mean
much more than is implied in Conrad
limited lexicon. States are not politica
organizations. They are seventies.
BALTIMORE, Sept pa view of tn
Army of the Potomac from it's center t.
its right wing at Williamsport, gives on
an unprecise idea of the immense mum
Der of men and aggregation of materia
which have been brought together Flo
thirteen miles the eye never looses sigh
of camps.
Dr. Mclaughlin of Bradley johnson
Staff, gave himself up to the pickets @
the 9Th Maryland He stated that h
was utterly tired of the rebel service an,
would sooner be in Fort McHenry, tina
with their army in Virginia.
Early this morning large force c
cavalry crossed the Potomac at Blacl
ford's Ferry, and moved off toward
Shepardstown They had not returne
when l close this letter. Our scouts visi
Shepardstown frequently by day. Tn
rebel cavalry still come there at nigh
that place being held by neither
At Shepardstown Ferry on this side {
the Potomac, there are 200 wounde
rebel prisoners, guarded by the 9l'
Pennsylvania regiment, and under tn
care of six rebel Surgeons The me
are Of a desperately wounded class. Gu
advanceis four or five miles out, and
rebel force composed often Brigades {
Louisiana and North Carolina troops al
on our immediate front, and show di
position to dispute our further advanc
A spirited cavalry and artillery skirn
ish took place this morning in which on
men did well, and drove the rebels som
distance A rebel cavalry officer wa
captured and brought to the Ferry