The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-05-18

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property in use, or ready for the agents Of
the rebellion.
!, Suudsy and nearly all day Monday,
Gen. Buford's command was stationed
near Shannon Hill, aud detachment nn-
DIR Capt. Drummond was sentto destroy
he canal and bridge near Cedar Point.
which work was most effectually accom-
phshed. Sunday night, the Sd, II is be-
lieyed both Hampton's and Lees brig.
AIDES were encamped within two miles Of
Gen. Buford. -s.-- ---a-
On the morning of the 4th. picket,
consisting OF sixty men, commended by
Lieut.. Stoddsrd of the o,h ,eayairyy was'
attacked fifteen Of our men were cap
tured. Among the number missing are
two officers, supposed 10 have been cap
tured.
Tuesday, the 9th, the whole of the CON-
mapd concentrated near Yanceyville, and
and during the day Divine service was
held in the ST. james Church Of that
place. The Rev. A.. o. Brickmad, Chap
lain of the lst Maryland cavalry, oficiated,
and patriotic aud fervent prayer was Of
iered by Major c. H. Russell, Of the same
regiment. In the afternoon the. retro
pade movement was commenced. Gen.
Buford's division made a circuit, passing
near Gordonsvile. Gen. Gregg's d!vis-
ion crossed the South Anna at YanceS.
vile, and on Friday morning, May Sth,
the whole force reached Kelly's Ford 10
safety. f "%p
On Thursday, just after crossing Rae
coon Ford, Gen. stoneman sent Lieut..
Sumner, of his statf, as bearer of dispatch
es To Gen. Hooker, with whom he had
nor communicated since the ooh ultifno
Taking with him an escort II sixteen men,
Lieut.. Sumner went TO the Germanna
Bridge, with a view to reaching. if posi-
bic, United States Ford. The result of
| the battle near Fredericksburg was not
then known. Information obtained FROM
residents near Germanna Bridge satisfied
Lieut.. S. that il would not be prudent to
go further in that direction. He accord
singly proceeded To Richard 'HsEsrd, and
with great difficulty ceeled in cross
ing with safety. The escort being uua-
4 Bile to ford the river, moved back FIVE
miles to farm house, where they stopped
for the night, aud next morning overlook
Gen. Stoneman at kelly's Ford. Not al
armed rebel was seen by this party.
To sum up-Gen Stoneman moved
\ about within the enemys lines at will fol
nine DAYS, with force not exceeding
5000 men. disabled every line Of commu
niqation between the army of the Kappa
hammock and the rebel ospisal--and tn,
canal through which more than one hal
Of their supplies are received-so that
in the opinion Of competent judges, Meth
er line, provided the rebels have every
} faciiity for the work, can be repaired in
less than four weeks; destroyed millions
az dollars worth Of commissary stores,
and other supplies; obstructed travel up.
on the main pixies. By destroying all bldg
Is over large streams go,c the citizen.
Of ten equities, viz: Culpcpper, Spottsyl
vania. Orange. Hanover, llenrieo, Louisa
: GoochIanc, Fluoanna, King William ant
New Kent, an opportunity to see fol
themselves that not only are the Yankee
. soldiers confident and in good spirits, blu
are really human beings, and not human
I savages, as represented by the Richmon,
I chivslry captured hundreds Of horses
: and above all met the one great objcctio
9 made to the Emancipation Proclp NATION
. so far as the counties visited alo con
!. cerned, by letting the cotored populatio
d know that they are free. and weakenin
Y 10 nrnl.,n..,~ Il 81 H., 81.
removal of hundreds of able bodied mer
5 and sowing the seeds of demoralizatio
3 among the rest, SO that the Iaboring clas
10 fact as we'll as theory, becomes dar
gsrous element. All this has been &c
complished by the raid of Gen Stone niaf
with the loss, probably, of less than TO
men. oil told-only two OF whom wer
killed. AS an Offset 10 this loss our troop
killed number OF rebels, ard capture
between one and two hundred prison
] crs. $685. E- $3.50
THE REBELS AT HOME.
La the counties visited there were bu
few rebels found at home except the yer
old and the very young. In nine days
travel did not see City able bodied mel
who were not in some way connected witt
the army. Nearly every branch Of bust
ness is at a stand sill. The shelves ii
stores are almost everywhere empty; tbs
shop Of the ariizan is abandoncd ana -
ruins. The people who are to be seer
passively sabmi. TO all that emanatcs iron
Richmond without murmur; they ar,
for the most part simple minded aud ig
norant Of afithar is transporting in the grea
theatre about them. An iutelhg IN
boxing man laughed heartily when toh
thstthe Union troops occupied New Or
leans-Jeff. Davis would let him know i
we're such the fact; and l could not ind
4 man who would admit that the COME Ter
ates had ever been beaten in single en-
gagoment. These people do not ever
read sthe Richmond papers. and about 81
the information they do obtain 10 what i,
passed about in the primitive style, ifrou
mouth to mouth. Before this raid the,
believed that the Union soldiers we're any
thing but civilized beings, and wers strick
en- with terror when their approach wa,
heralded. OF six churches seen in one
day. in only one had there been religious
services held in six months. One hal
Of the dwelling houses are unoccupieJ
and fast going to decay.
ARE THE REBELS SHORT OF pRovrsroNs