Litchfield enquirer., 1863-05-21
Neius pt the Sgjeek.
The. Rebellion.

patch from Gen. Hurlbut, confirming the pre- vious reports of the evacuation of Vicksburgh by the rebels. The supposition IS that they are trying to effect junction with Bragg, or to cooperate with him in an attack on Gen. Rosecrans.
 New Orleans advices to the 10th inst. are received. The capture of Alexandria, La, is described. It is situated on the Red River,l50 miles from it's mouth. It was captured on the 9th, by Admiral Porter, with his own and some of Admiral Farragut's beats. Two days before they had finished up Fort De Russy' disabled one rebel gunboat and put another to flight. On the evening of the 9th, after the capture of Alexandria, some of our cavalry from New Orleans arrived there, thns forming a junction between the gunboats and the land forces of Gen. Grant New Orleans papers give some particulars of Gen. Grants opera tions, and the city was alive with exultatlon over tue capture of Grand Gulf, Port Gibson and particularly the arrival of Col. Griersons cavalry all safe at Baton Rouge. Col. Grier- sons forces, the 9th and Eth Illinois cavalry left-La Grange, Tenn., on the l7th of April and reached Baton Rouge on the 2d of May. Their zgzag course gave them route of about 800 mles-in one instance they rode 80 miles in 2s hours. They swept a breadth ot about 20 miles through the entire State Of Mlssls sippi, clean of everything of most value to the rebels, broke bridges, tore up railroads, des- troyed immense quantities of army provisions ruined engines, cars, depots and towns, spoiled the telegraphs, and so utterly bewildsred the rebels that before any efficient resistance could be made they were safe within Gen. Banks
 lines. In all their sixteen days ride they had but one nights rest Col. Grierson says that had it been part of his plan he could easily have organized two brigades of negro troops. so gladly did the slaves crowd upon and follow him. Gen. Banks has issued an order propo- sing the formation of an entire Army Corps of blacks, to be called the Corps d'Afrique. The police are ferreting out treason in the SCuUOIS UI1u! Ol luc pueiiS oShOOiS AHsS oSSu deserted in consequence of the singing of Un-
 ion songs, etc., by children of loyal inhabi- tants, and the rebels are educating their off spring-so much as passes for white-n pri- vate academies these are nests of treason, the children being taught to hate and revile the Union. Three or four principals of such schools have been heavily fined-all of them are women, that sex furnishing the most utter ly dsvilish traitors to be found in tue South. There is now no doubt about the death of Lieut.. Col. Walter. of the l7th c. V. Mir. By;ngton, of the Norwalk Gazette, now with the army, telegraphs to Mayor Sterling, of Bridgeport, as follows: "Lieut. Col Walter was killed, Saturday afternoon, and buried in the garden where his regiment was posted. l shall endnavor |" cross, to-day, and procure the body. will advise you, if successful
 The Richmond journals lay great stress up on the occupation of West Point, Virginia, by the Union forces intimating that it's posses sion would be an incalculable damage to that large and most productive portion of Virginia, which, having thus far escaped the ravages of war, has supplied the people of Richmond and the troops and hospitals with large and indis- pensable supplies of breadstufs and other pro- visous. Such is the opinion of the Eransiner. And it further states that the presence of an army at West Point, will completely paralyze the agricultural energy of more than seventy thousand persons, the most distant of whom do not reside fifty miles from Richmond be- cause, not having suffered from the ravages of war, the f;,rners throughout that whole region are making the most extensive preparations for large crops. These are significant admis, sions, and show not only the value but the ne- cessity of gaining and keeping secure foot hold at West Point.
 It is said that the rebel Gen. Ewell is to command Stonewall Jackson's old corps, it be. ing the dying request of Jackson that he should do so.
 It is said that the leading Union men of Ohio ask that if Vallandigham is to be pun ished, he should be sent South to the rebels whose cause he has long defended.
 Information just received by Col. Ludlow, commissioner for the exchange of prisoners, show that the whole number of our officers and men captured at Fredericksburg will not exceed four thousand five hundred. The balance sta ted as about to arrive have been captured at the West and elsewhere. irs.~
 That internal brute, Capt. Turner, few days ago, had charge of some of our prisoners from Richmond to City Point, and caused a man of the ll9th Pennsylvania to be bayo- neted because he could proceed no further. The villain would not give the poor fellow even drink ot water. A soldier of an Ohio regi- ment, taken at Bone, Ga. was shot on Wednes- day. while reaching for cracker at Belle Isle Prison. Our prisoners were compelled to walk from their places of capture at Fredericksburg to Richmond, thence to City Point. Some gave out on the march. A number of the 0na v., |