The daily Evansville journal., 1863-05-09

WASHINGTON, May Two hundred |
and ten officers exchanged by the rebels,
left Richmond Tuesday, and have arrived
here or at Annapolis. Among them are
Generals Stonghton and Willich. They /
are mostly Indiana officers, and were
taken at Murfreesboro
PANIC IN RICHMOND.
On Saturday, Sunday, and Monday (
last. the most remarkable panic prevail
ed in Richmond. There was not rebel .
soldier there or in Petersburg, and the
citizens and Department clerks costitu-
ted the sole defense of the city. Gener-
ais Stoughton and Which think that FIVE
hundred cavalry could have taken the
citv and captured JEFF. Davis, the heads
of ofdepartments and leading conspirators,
and liberated all our prisoners now con-
fined there. Two of Stoneman scouts
--as= - s7--:l-. s.,.f -frnantara
Two weeks ago the rebels procured
paroles from these officers, promising
them immediote exchange and taking
advantage of this, had withdrawn even
| common guards from the prisoners.
/ None were on guard save wounded sol
/ diers, who limped along their beats al
most as powerless as Their unarmed
/ prisoners. General Stoughton was told
! by rebel officers, who were at Charleston
/ during the bombardment, that Sumter
was On the point Of surrender when our
attack ceased They said some shotshad
passed entirely through the fort
WHAT sTONEMAN DID.
Stoneman's expeditions seem to have
been remarkably successful, not less
( in striking terror to rebels than in in
6icting serious damage. He tore up
not less than thirty miles of railroad be
tween Fredericksburg and Richmond,
and destroyed the important bridges
over the Chickahominy and PamunkeY
rivers. He destroyed the locks on the
canal thirty miles above Richmond and
the others twenty miles above-thus cut
ting off one Of their main relances for
supplies in Richmond He also cap
tured and destroyed the rolling stock Of
two trains; captured a corral Of three
hundred horses, turning loose as many
of his own exhausted ones. He took
three times as many prisoners as he
lost He met no organized resistance.
Stoneman, with the bulk of his com
mand, did not approach nearer than
fifteen miles Of Richmond-only smaller
bodies penetrated to the immediete
vicinity Of the rebel capital The rebels
speak of, the whole raid as unparalleled
i'll this or any other war.
OUR FOREIGN RELATIONS.
First Impressions of danger from Brit
ish complications are somewhat lessened
under light cast on the, real state Of feel
ing there by full reports of debates.
CAPTURE OF GRAND GULF.
CAIRO, May THE dispatch boat
New National has arrived from below,
with some additional particulars Of the
gunboat attack on Haine's Bluff, and
also the important announcement that
Grand Gulf is at last in Federal pos
ssion
The transports that ran the blockade
at Grand Gulf were loaded with Federal
soldiers. They landed below. At this
the rebels took alarm and began to evac-
uate. Our forces closed in, however, in
time to capture 800 prisoners and all the
guns, ammunition and camp equipments.
The capture took place on Thursday last,
! 30th April 1t is deemed an highly I'M
portant achievement, as it gives us the
key TO both Vicksburg and Port Hudson.
lu the attack on Hainess Bluff the
Choctaw was penetrated BY three shot
below the water line, one shot entering
three feet below the surface of the water.
Another shot penetrated her casemates
and foundered ON her decks 1t was
supposed to be a she'll, and all hands
beat hasty retreat, except chief engin-
eer Baldwin, who ran up, seized it, and
threw it overheard One shot struck
barrel of plaster Paris on the Choctaw,
throwing the contents into the air, and
presenting the appearance of steam, at
which the rebels jumped on top Of their
tortifcations and swung their hats and
cheered
I On Wednesday evening the tug Lilly
ran against the front Of the Choctaw,
knocking hole in her, and she sunk in
two minutes
The steamer Minnesota was captured
by the rebels at Greenville on Sunday
last, and burned. She had two barges Of
coal in tow, and one barge of Suffers
goods. The coal was lost but the sut-
lers goods were mostly picked up BY the
gunboat Conestoga.
The 1lrict,et 81 game ~ an1 ~i.vlIed tne
--,-a' away. The Cricket and Rather
will remain at Greenville.
The New National brought up five pris-
oners, recently picked up by the gunboat
Bragg at Napoleon. One is a captain in
the Confederate army, and had $4,000
Confederate money on his person when
taken.
The excitement has been intense here
all day, over the news from Fredericks-
burg.
BLACKwooD' EDlNBURG MAGAz1xE.-
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