The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-09-05
ALL QUIET IN ROsECRANs' FRGNT.
From New York.
Gen. I<iIpatrfck Destroys two Gun
boats---SensatiOnal from Philadel-
phia--GuerriIla Hunting.


the following:
HEADeUARTERs ARMY OF PoToMAG,
September Sd, 1863
Information having been received that
a small expedition was to be sent up the
Rappahannock to retake the gunboats
Satellite and Reliance, Gen. Fitzpatrick
was directed to take down his cavalry
division and cooperate in such a man.
ner as circumstances might require. In
accordance with these instructions Kill
patrick moved yesterday, A. NJ. to the
vicinity of Corbon's neck where the gun
boats were lying, causing the rebel cav
airy IN the neighborhood to precipitately
ford the river. Finding no gunboats APP
peared to engage the Satellite and Re-
lance he ordered the batteries of Elder
and Fuller to open upon them. Tie
boats were moored the shore opposite
Corbon's neck and having no steam up,
they were unable to escape. They were
thoroughly riddied and disabled and can
never be used by the enemy. The ene-
my played on our force for short time
with few field pieces, but without dam
age. They were speedily quieted. These
boats were merely tugs altered for naval
purposes.
A scouting party of infantry and cav
airy combined is in the frequent habit of
leaving Gen. Corcoran's command. Yes
| terday they chased q small body ofguer-
rillas, and finding a lot of sutler s goods
set them on fire.
Deserters now coming in report that
! Lees army is geneselii-'at7fssistesss There
must have been certain expressions
dropped by those high in command to
warrant the assumptions The reported
demonstrations of Lees army are much
exaggerated. 1t is again in excellent
fighting condition. Deserters are far
less numerous than stated, both to the
The Iri6une's dispatch says it Is or.
dered that premium of 81 be paid for
the accepted troops for tue regular army,
and volunteers shall also be paid for ac-
cepted colored troops The recruit him
self is entitled to this premium if he pre-
sents himself to the recruiting Office.
The Times dispatch says a distin-
guished officer of the army of the Poto-
mac has sent in word that Lee has not
given the slightest evidence of purpose
to move his forces On the other hand
he is waiting for the result of operations
OF Rosecrans, Gilmore and Burnside.
The opinion prevails among the most
intelligent of our officers, that if those
operations are successful, Lee will pro-
pose terms of surrender and endeayor to
bring the war to close.
The following extraordinary statement
is addressed to the New York Times, in
which it appears this morning:
PHILADELPHIA, Sept ].
Having just returned from the CITY of
Richmond, Va, where have been over
one year, wish you would give the fol-
lowing publication in your valuable Jour
nal. have, during nay residence in
Richmond, made the intimate acouaint-
ance of j. Lane, Captain in the Confede.
rate army, son of Joe Lane of Oregon,
who is we'll known. and who assured me
that the late invasion of the North by
Gen. Morgan was made upon the earnest
and undoubted representations of that
true southern man, Vallandigham, who
assured JEFF. Davis and his cabinet that
the North was ri pc for revolution. and
only AWAITED the h teeEsiG5a lSf e b s
Wis and forsake Lincoln. Mr.. Vallan.
ligham's representations were so cor
by the tone of the majority of
he northern journals, who surely would
lot denounce the administration so
boldly, except by the assurance f hay-
ng the masses strongly in their favor.
have sent copy of this note to the
Cincinnati Enquirer
Respectfully yours,
HENRY REINIsH
lHeralds Special
WASHINGTON, Sept 3-The statement
hat Commissioner Guilds has terminated
egotiations for the exchange of prison
RS by positively declaring that while
Ulcers of colored regiments will not be
eturned or exchanged is premature.
Negotiations are still in progress. ard
o definite result is yet reached. Mean
me no exchange of enlisted men has
ken place, but both parties continue to
slease on parole small numbers of this
ass of prisoners.
Notwithstanding the vigilance of the
otilla, smuggling is still carried on to 6
extent A fat boat has
zen engaged for some time in trans
,rting contraband goods across the river
Deep Holt farm between Occoouan
I'd Dumfries, from which point articles Il
e hastily removed to the interior and st