The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-08-04


mock Results misrepresentation
ture of Rebel Spies-Great Fire in
Washington-Bfg Scare i'm Savan-
nah, Georgia.
NEW York, August 3.-The Herald s
Washington dispatch gives the following
details of the fight on Saturday:
Bufords cavalry crossed the Kappa
hammock Ford at nine o'clock Yesterday
morning. Our force was composed of
the following cavalry regiments: 8th
New York, 3rd Virginia, I'd U. s., 9th
Pennsylvania, 9th U. S., LIST u. S., 9th
New York, Sth Illinois, and 18th Penn
sylVania. The crossing was about half
a male above the railroad station. The
object of the expedition was TO ascertain
the exact position of the enemy on the
radlnOsd line towards Culpepper, and the
aTneHG t of force they had disposed to
dispute any crossing which we might
atteaapt.
The enemy's cavalry was encountered
half a mile from the ford. 1t was por-
tien Of Stuart's cavalry, and consisted
of Jones and Hampton's brigades of the
c-ai--:-ts '~s-.---.I '5O'ueIs
Carolina, Cobbs Georgia Legion and
Jefferson Davis Legion.
Our cavalry drove the enemy gradu-
ally, without any severe fighting, until
point was reached about three miles this
side Of Caipepper, where the eDemy's
cavalry fell back on infantry supports
We were then obliged to retire, after a
brisk fight with both their infantry and
cavairy-the rebels numbering us two
30 hoI e. l.
point where their infantry supports came
to their assistance Our loss in the fight
near Cuipepper, which was the most i'm
portant, was few killed and sixty-six
wounded. The latter have arrived here,
and are in the Douglas Hospital.
Our cavalry forces only retired mile
and half after they were attacked by
the combined forces of the enemy's in
fantry and cavalry, and held the enemy
at bay there. We took about 100 pris-
oners. Some of their wounded are in
our hands, and have arrived here.
Rebel prisoners in our bands say
many of their dead lay upon the field
at Culpepper and their loss was equal to
ours.
Our cavalry under Buford made three
successive charges on the enemy A
corps of Infantry crossed the Rappahan-
mock and was in position to render Bu-
ford's cavalry efficient aid.
According to the statement of our
most intelligent prisoners here, the rebel
forces are so much scattered along the
fords of the Rappahaunock watching orr
movements that no general engagement
is imminent.
About ten days ago some of Col. Ba-
ker's detective force arrested at Brents-
vile party en- route for Richmond. up-
on whom was found some very important
documents from this city, and addressed
to Jeff. Davis, as President of the Con-
federate States. Among them were &C.
curate maps of all the Notifications and
of the character of the works, the num-
Der of guns in each and strength of their
garrisons. Also a statement that the
rolls would be forwarded by different
channel. 1t is not known what rolls
were alluded to.
The documents were filed in the War
Department, and the matter is still I'M
der investigation.
About midnight last night fire was
communicated to the hay in the govern
ment sheds and to the ice house near
the monument, by an incendiary. About
$50 bales of hay and 1000 tons of ice
were destroyed The fire extended to
stables, but all movable property, in
Guiding horses, were saved. The pro-
gress of the fire was arrested by pulling
down portions of the building.
The Port Republic Free South says
Savannah is bare of troops. Several
regiments had been sent to the relief of
Vicksburg before our Charleston dem
onstration, and since the latter, three
regiments of infantry and Col Ander
sons artillery, numbering "a brass Il
Founders, have been sent via Augusta to
Charleston, leaving for the defense of
the city but 700 cavalry and 800 in
fantry and battery of artillery. All the
extensive batteries and Notifications be-
fore mentioned are for this reason only
picketed not garrisoned. The people of
the city thus left with batteries and guns
but no troops to make them available,
have become greatly alarmed lest we
should capture Savannah. They have
been for the last two weeks removing
valuables into the interior of the State,
daily expecting to see Yankee cheese
box in sight hanked by land force.
Gen. Mercer, who is IN command, has
repeatedly telegraphed to Gen. Brown
for troops, but has invariably received
the answer that there We're no troops to
send and the inhabitants n'''S+ ''-N+""'