Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-02-10

BALTIMORE, Feb. "a special dispatch from
Fortress Monroe to the Baltimore American,
from Mr.. G. G. Fulton, who is at City Point,
says:
The rebel flag of truce steamer shultz, with
Commissioner 0uld and Captain Hatch, the
truce officer, arrived on Sunday at City Point.
Two citizen prisoners brought down by the
ShultZ were sent on board Of the New York.
They were both Marylanders; one of them,
Mr.. A. Brengle, of Frederick, Nd, was cap.
tured at MiddletoWn on the Goth of June last,
whilst acting as volunteer assistant to the
Sanitary Commission, and the other, George
W. LonRley, of Baltimore county, was cap
tured whilst driving a wagon of the Sanitary
Commission, near Charlottesville, on the eth
OF November. They were released through the
interposltion Of the Rev. Mr.. Petriken.
They brought exciting news from Richmond,
which they represent was In state the most
ieverish excitement from ml1night on Saturday
mp to the time they left on Sunday afternoon.
At midnight on Saturday the bells Of the city
were rung, and men were rushing through the
streets crying, "To arms To arms The YAM
KEGS are coming The Yankees arc coming"
During the remainder of the night there was
an Intense commotion everywhere visible. The
Home Guard was called out and the tramp OF
armed men could be heard in all directions
Cannon were hauled through the streets;
women and children were hurrying to and fro,
and there were all the evidences of such a
panic as has seldom been witnessed in Rich
mond.
On Sunday morning there was no abatement
in the excitement. The guards were all march.
ed out OF the city TO the defences, and the armed
citizens were placed on guard over the prison.
! ers. Horsemen were dashing to and fro, and
the excitement among the prisoners to know
| the cause OF all this excitement became intense
II was soon learned that large cavalry ant
infantry force, with artillery, had made theil
appearance on the peninsula at Bottoms Bridge
within ten miles Of the city, and that Richmond
was actually threatened by the Yankees"
The same hurrying of troops, arming of cltl
zens, and excitement among the women ant
children continued during the morning, and al
| about O'Clock, when two released prisoners
were about TO leave in the truce boat, the alarm
bells were again rung with great fury.
The prisoners left In a scene of the greatest
| turmoil and confusion, such as they had never
before witnessed in the city.
The rumOrs that prevailed were conflicting
| and wild. It was the impression that from
eight thousand tU ten thousand cavalry would
have but little difficulty In entering the city and
llberatlng the Union prisoners, destroying the
forts and public property, and retiring by the
Peninsula before any sufficient force TO resist
them could be brought to the aid Of the small
garrison left TO defend ii.
For several days previous to this alarm the
| troops In and around the city, TO the number OF
four or five thousand, had beon sent of TO ioln
Lees army with great dlspatch-the impress
| sion prevailing that movement was Contem-
plated by General Meade.
In this they were right, as during the prog
ress OF the excitement on Sunday Intelligence
was received that General Meade had crossed
the Rapidan.
On Monday morning, about 10 O'Clock, Q
| courier arrived ct City Point, bringing copies
| of the morning papers, with the intellieenc
that the excitement had abated, and that Il hat
been ascertained that the Yankees were falling
back from the Chickahomny, and had aband
oned the attack.