The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-06-12

TuE BIC ATLANTIC IN CLOSE Quar-
frEKsZW1en. the Atlantic was up the
, Yazeo last week, while lying at Sartartia,
in company with two gunboats and two
or three other transports, and while those
on board were, with glasses, watching
the movements of certain rebels on the
bluffs above, the rebels suddenly opened
on the boats with field pieces which they
had planted on the bluffs. Shot and
shell came shrieking and whirring
through the air. falling and bursting in
rather unpleasant proximity to the little
feet that lay moored to shore in a river
3 so narrow as not to admit of the boats
turning around.
& But in moment one of the gunboats
squaring herself, sent couple of shells
in reply, the second one bursting at the
exact spot where the white spoke of the
rebel gun was seen but moment before.
The rebels ceased firing abruptly.
~ Capt, Richey who commands the At
lantic, sayfs he never had any idea of
negro exodus until he witnessed scenes
which occurred on the Yazoo. Slaves
BY thousands, of all ages, sexes and con-
ditions clustered on the right bank of
the Yazoo between Yazoo City and tie
mouth, indulging in the most phrenzied
demonstrations of joy-shouting, sing
ing, dancing, laughing and crying.
He addressed an old woman, and
osked her what was the cause of ali the
demonstrations he had witnessed.
She replied, Wy, de Lo'd Dress you,
massa, we war so glad youse cum. They
told US you would never cum, but we
know'd youse gwine to; we'se been look
in for you for two yeas"
He asked what she was going to do.
80 al Use gwine wild you, massa- We'se
not gwine to stay any longer; tank de
good Lo'd l ALA know'd you Sc comm. "
The Captain says, all the officers with
whom he conEersed, agreed that it was
only question of time as to the fall of
tVicksbnrg. They say no force can in
o. iure or interrupt the siege by an attack
g. in their rear Grant has forces sufi-
cient to carry on the siege, and at the
same time send a vast army to meet
Johnston, if he can be found.
From the peninsular in front of the
s. city Captain Richey was able to see both
wings of Grants army, the one above
and the other below the city. 49,,
The streets of the city appear desert
ed, scarcely living thing being seen in
them The court house does not seem
to be damaged in the slightest degree
and but little injury is visible in the city
Now that the Mississippi has fallen
the celebrated Yazoo Pass is high anc
dry, the mouth Of it standing away up il
the now bluff bank of the great fathe
OF waters. The same is the case witt
the celebrated canals, which caused s.
much expense to Uncle Sam. and S
many hopes and disappointments to hi
children. Ed. Ford had list of tn
boats destroyed up the Yazoo, which h
was bringing to as, but some graceles
scamp borrowed it and failed to return i
- The story telegraphed to the Ciucil
natl and Chicago papers that the Altar
tic had been fired into by the rebels, wa
wholly unfounded. One or two boats
little in advance were fred at, but not
shot at the Atlantic.
g The Atlantic left Vicksburg on Satu
day morning, and arrived here at
o'clock yesterday morning, having {
board 103 wounded soldiers Two die
xronrthe way We hope to receive a d
tailed history of the trip from CAPITA
E-a,,el, tc.d.,a or fn-nnnrrnprE "