Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1863-05-21

which work was most saectually accom-
! plished. Sunday night. the Sd. it is be-
lieved both Hampton's and Lees brigades
were encamped within two miles of Gen.
Buford.
On the morning Of the 4th. a picket,
consisting of sixty men. commanded by
Lieut.. Stoddard of the 5th cavalry, was at
tackled. Fifteen of our men were captured.
Among the number missing are TIVE off,
GERS, supposed to have been captured.
Tuesday. the 9Th. the whole of the COM
mand concentrated near Ysnceyville. and
during the day Divine service was held in
the ST. James Church of that place The
Rev. A. o. Biickmsd, Chaplain of the LIST
Maryland cavalry. officiated. and patri-
otto and icrvent prayer was offered by Ma
jor Z. II. Russell OF the same regiment
In tho afternoon the retrogade movement
was commenced. Gen. Buford's division
made circuit. passing near Gordonsville.
Gen. Gregg's division crossed the South
Anna at Yanceyville, and on Friday
morning. May 8. the whole forced reached
Kelly's Ford in safety.
On Thursday. Just after crossing Rae
coon Ford Gen. Stoneman sent Lieut..
Sumner, Of his staff, as bearer of dis
patches to Gen. Hooker. with whom he
had not communicated since the 29th ult.
Taking with him an escort Of sixteen men.
Lieut. Sumner went to the Germanna
Bridge, with view to reaching, if posi-.
BILE. United States Ford The result of the
haffla uaar Erodoricl shr~., 49,. -. A..
known. Information obtained from resi-.
dents near Germanna Bridge satisfied Lieut..
S. that it would not be prudent to 20 fur.
ther in that direction. He accordingly
proceeded to Richards Ford, and with
great difficulty succeeded in crossing with
safety. The escort being unable to ford
the river, moved back FIVE miles to farm
house, where :hey stopped for the night,
and next m orning overlook Gen. Stone
man at Kelley's Ford. Not an armed reb-
ell was seen by this party.
To sum up.-Gen Stoneman moved a.
bout within the enemy's lines at will for
nine days. with force not exceeding s.
600 men; disabled every line of communi-
cation between the army of the Rappahan-
mock and rebel capital-and the canal
through which more than one half of their
supplies are received-so that. in the opin-
ION Of competent judges. neither line, pro-
vided the rebels have every facility. for the
work, can be repaired in less than four
weeks: destroyed millions of dollars worth
of commissary stores, and other supplies;
obstructed travel upon the main pixies. by
destroying all bridges over large streams;
gave the citizens Of ten counties, viz, Cul.
pepper. Spottsvylvania. Orange Hanover,
Hcnrico, Louisa, Goochland, Fluvanna,
King William and New Kent. an oppor-
tunity to see for themselves that not only
arae the Yankee soldiers confident and in
good spirits. but arc really human beings
and not human savages. as represented by
the Richmond Chisalry; captured hundreds
of horses and above all met the one great
objection madeto the Emancipation Procla
nation, so far as the counties visited are
concerned. by letting the colorcd popula-
tion know that they were free. and weak
en;nS the producing class in rebeldom
by the removal Of hundreds of a.
ble.bodied men, aud sowing the seeds Of
generalization among the rest. SO that the
laboring class. in fact as well as theory,
becomes q dangerous element. AL this
has been accomplished by the raid of Gen.
Stoneman. with the loss. probably.
OF less than 100 men. all told
only two OF whom were killed. AS an off
set to this loss our troops killed nam ber
of rebels, and captured between one and
two hundred prisoners.
THE REBELS AT HOME.
In the counties visited there were but
few rebels found at home. except the very
old and the very young. In nine days
travel did not see fifty able bodied men
who were not in some way connected with
the army Nearly every branch of bust
ness is at stand still. The shelves in
stores almost everywhere empty; the
shop Of the artizan is abandoned aud in
ruins. The people who are TO been seen
and in ruins. The people who are to be
seen passively submit to all that emanates
from Richmond without q murmur; they
are for the most part simple minded, and
ignorant of all that is transpiring in the
great theatre about them. An intelligent
looking man laughed heartily when told
that the Union troops occupied New Or
leans-Jeff. Davis would let him know IL
suca were the fac; and could not find q
man who would acmit that the Confeder-
ates had ever been beaten in q single en-
gagement. These people do not even read
the Richmond papers. and about all tho
information they do obtain is what is pass
ed about in the primitive style, from mouth
to mouth. Before this raid they belived
that the Union soldiers were anything but
civilized beings. end were stricken with
terror when their approach was heralded.
Of six churches seen in one day. in only
one had there been religious services held
in six moths. One half of the dwelling
houses are unoccupied, and fast going to
decay.
ARE TIE REBELS SHORT OF PROVISIONS?
The fear Of famine was everywhere ex-
pressed; tho Government seizes upon ev-
erything that can go to sustain the army,
leaving thoss who are not in the army 10
shift as best they can. Many have pro-
visions concealed to avoid the searching
eyes of the Government agents. Through
the agency of negroes, large quantities of
provisions thus hid away were brought to
light for the benefit Of Union soldiers
The farmers fold Is regularly culled of All