The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1862-05-16
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
Noon Dispatches.
PROM WASHINGTON


NAIHiSoToS. May lI.-Ths Frencb M.
isier has received Intelligence from III Con.
+ sul az Richmond To the effect that the rehsl
Government had notified him that skauld i
be necessary 10 evacuate the CITY tn
French Tobacco must be DESTROYED with the
resi, al tue same time the rebels offer IN nav
Tor ia proposition not much relish,i by
the frenchmeu
The French Minister discrediss rumors of
European Intervention in sur Affairs and il
4 generally thought here that whatever pur.
poses may have been entertained by Eng
land and France, the news from New Or
leans viii cause their indefinite rs..,one
ment.
he ~ prisoners recently relras,.l nom
f.ichmond prisons. will arrive her, ii, the
Potomac 10 morrow.
few who came through BsItim ~. ar
rived TO day
They say the rebels are A. determined a
ever and believe that after the second great
Impending battles. they will if whipped bad
hord together IN small guerilla PARTIES and
night 10 the very last
hey represent the treatment Of ON. nri.
oners a. barbarous in the extreme. thai onr
onieers, who alone remain in the prisons. an
the pri'ates being set free. will not lac re
leased al all
Col coreoran's health j. good lie i
anxious 10 be released, aud contradicts the
statement made some time since. that he
said nc would prefer remaining where he +
believing that he could be OF more service
thefe ana adds that tue only way in which
he wishes % serve his coualsv ! on the hat
tic field
Col Bowmans health is falling rapidly.
- oh
Nivc his present treatment but A few week.
longer Ills long confinement has Affected
ms mind SO fauch that lac Is az times looked
upon a. insane. The rebels Offered every
indueemeni to prisoners 20 Join their army
bus only two have done 80. namely. John /
Aicks. Quartermaster of the Congress. and
a private OF the sth Ohio. named Wilson.
A soon as i became known to the prison
erS that Wilson intended to them. they bro
ceeded to hang him. Tho guard. however.
went ~ snd cot him down before lie was
extinct. In punishment for this act, the pris
Oners were pat upon bread AMI water for
ten DAYS.
The House Committee on Foreign A fairs
having authorized Mr.. Gooch TO report the
senate bill establishing diplomatic relations
with Hayt and Liberia IL will doubtless
be pressed to vote NJ an early day
nFRALD'> DISPATCH.
The steamer kennebec. arriyed here this
afternoon. with 2l3 wounded rebels. and ~
wounded Cniou soldiers from Williamsburg.
Among the LITTER is Col. Dwight His
wounds are less dangerous than az frat sun
posed The rebels receive precisely the
same treatment, rs our wounded and ara
sent TO the same hospitals
HE runner that Con Neff.l h.u .o.....o.l
command Of the Pe-nsylvaria reserve corps
j. untounded. lie has no intention Ia re
sign until the army Of the Union has accom-
Pli-ed IL mission To suppress rebellion
TINS DISPATCH
COY Spragne SAYS our losses at Williams.
burg. in killed and wounded and missing.
viii amount To about two thousand that the
rebel loss was not less. lie saws the battle
at West Point, under Gen Franklin. was
much more severe than reported. that, at
least, five hundred Of our men were taken
prisoners-the enemy taking advantage of
the landing of our troops. The gunboats
came mp in good time. and saved Franklin
from suffering a severe disaster.
Gen. Burnside has quietly put an extin
gu'sher on Z. II. Foster, the gent who has so
long been trying TO get recognized as a mem
advertised himself 10 address the citizens of
Newbern. ! few evenings since, a thing which
as Gen. Burnside put il, he thought would
be very foolish for him to do, or the gentle
man 10 permit. The Military Governor. ap
pointed by the President, was to shape the
policy OF the government In the State. aud
he could not permit anything to be done
which nigh, hereafter prove TO be source
OF embarrassment.
WASHINGTON. May Ill IS ordered that
all applications for passes 10 visit IT. Monroe.
Norfolk. Yorktown or other places on the
waters Of tue Chesapeake, be hereafter
made to Maj. Gen. Jno A. Dix. of Bait.
more
Signed b. NJ. STANTON,
Sec'y OF War
washington, Nav I'm addition TO the
steamers Hero and Kent which brought
hither the released Union prisoners last
night, the kenaebec has arrived with no
wards OF four hundred and fifty rebels from
Williamsburg. These men are for the
greater part slightly wounded and are at
tended by rebel Surgeons and nurses A
strict guard Is kept over this boat. no visit.
OTIS are permitted.
WASHINGTON, MAY i5.-The steamer State
Of Maine also arrived with about 800. the J
L. Warner with 900 aud Elm City with 40
sick and wounded prisoners from different
Union regiments. They arc bcinc removed
to the various hospitals, 10 day.