The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-05-04

that the firing Of cannon was only ruse
to draw him out
Gen. Vandever Immediately followed
the retreating rebels, and at IL o clock
was in hot pursuit FIVE miles out on the
Bloomfield road. At2 o'clock Monday
afternoon he was joined By Gen Mcneil
with large force, and the pursuit con-
tinued. Heavy firing was heard all the
afternoon, and it is hoped that Marina
duke and his host of ragamufins have
been captured.
All along the road from Jackson to the
Cape is to be seen the evidences of the
former presence of the Confederates,
consisting of abandoned garments of all
kinds, broken down wagons, dead horses,
the destruction of fences, bridges, &C.,
and the empty corn cribs of farmers
Within three miles of miles of the Cape
several houses have been taken for hospit-
al purposes, all of which are filled With
rebels, who, in seeking for their rights,
were so badly wounded as to make it i'm
possible to remove them
About ] l clock Saturday night flag
of truce, covering a document purport-
ing to be signed by Sterling Price, ar
rived at the Cape. The request was to
surrender the city in thirty minutes, and
if not complied with that it would be de-
stroyed. To this letter General Mcneil
made no reply. On the following morn
ing Sunday two other flags of similar
import, from Marmaduke, were sent in.
To- the Lac. Ga-- IoNeil .oPlied that If
he (MaImaduke) wanted the city he must
take it, as he was there to fight and not
to surrender.
The fight at the Cape partook more of
the nature of an artillery duel than any
thing else Marmadukes cavalry were
at no time within two and half miles
of the Cape, his artillery playing upon
the city at distance of one and a half
miles. The woods back of the Cape
completely screened the rebels from view,
and at the same time prevented their
firing with precision upon Gen. McNeiPs
forces. At 10 clock a. NJ, on Sunday,
the firing commenced and continued at
intervals until the middle of the after
noon. The rebel shots were not well
directed, most of them over-shooting or
falling short of their mark. The first
firing commenced in the direction of
Fort B, which was the only Fort engaged
The LIST Nebraska regiment Colonel
Livingston, Lieut.. Col Baumer,) were
first engaged-the LIST Wisconsin coming
in next Gen McNeirs loss consisted
of the following killed: Sergeant Mi
chael O'Neal, company c, 1st Wiscon-
sin cavalry; Cyrus Phillips, companp H,
Tb,,,Ao1I1- IL
company G, same regiment; Henry
Smith, company A, 1st Nebraska; H.
Il. Tindall and Martin Agen, company
l, same regiment Wounded: Sergeant
VIM. II. Hacker, company C, Sergeant
William Wells, company A, and private
James Chapel, lst Nebraska, all slight
ly; De Witt Chase, company C, slightly
in the arm. Among the rebels the mum.
Der of killed and wounded was proper
tionably very large, the killed amounting
to about forty, and the wounded over
200.
The trees in the woods where the rebels
were posted bear marks of the severity
of the firing being either knocked down
or almost entirely stripped of their
branches The injury to the dwelling
houses in the city was not very extensive,
only two or three having been struck.
The bravery of the lst Nebraska is
spoken of as beyond all praise, General
Mcneil declaring that he would rather
be Colonel of that regiment than Major.
General in the regular army. The LIST
Wisconsin deported themselves most gal,
lantly, remaining cooly in their saddles
over three hours under heavy fire OF
the enemy at short range
On Saturday Captain Shipman's com
pany (E), 1st Wisconsin cavalry, on
picket duty fifteen miles back, were sur
rounded by body of 800 rebels, and
about eight or ten captured, who were
afterwards paroled. Captain Shipmau
and Lieutenant Ogden, with the remain,
der of the company, cut their way
through, tie Captain receiving an ugly
though not dangerous wound, the nature
of which we did not learn In this affair
we lost one man. Five rebels were kill
ed, Lieutenant Ogden running his sword
clear through one, breaking it off, and
leaving it there.
The result has been one of shame and
disgrace to Marmaduke In addition tc
plundering and destroying the country
through which he passed, he has accom-.
plished nothing, but, on the contrary, has
lost fully one-fourth of his command. He
has succeeded in moving off over one
hundred and fifty wagon-loads of wares
OF one character and another, and is en-.
deayoring to move off himself.
If be succeeds in escaping the pursuit
of Generals FandeYer and Mcneil. lie
will have accomplished the object of his
expedition-that of successful robbery
He did not come to fight, but to steal
The impudence of his demand for the
surrender of Cape Girardeau is only
equalled by the foolishness of his en-
trance into the State If permitted, he
VIII return whence he came, wiser i
not better man.
To Gen. Vandever and Major Barnes
A A. g., this correspondent IS indebted