Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-06-25
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Late and Important from Richmond.


wAsHnoToS, June Il
The last private diyicsa received from
Richmond reprs sent General Lee as
having been completely taken BY sur
prise by the movement Of the Union
forces toward the Jamss-an svent FOR
which he was no way prepared His
hope was that General Grant would re-
main on the ChickahomiHy. aud direct
all bis efforts 10 that direction. This
sudden change Of base having upset ell
the calculations Of the rebel leader, be
has been forced to give up ell his prepa-
rations, aad to transpose bis system Of
defense elsewhere.
This explains why our troops have
been enabled to accomplished this change
Of base without any opposition, and to
march almost within sight Of the rebels
without any attempt oa their part to hin.
der their advance. Another reason
more patient yet is that their forces are
so much reduced BY the various battles
in which they have besn engaged that
they can hardly afford At present to 6ght
in the open field. They must necessarily
have line Of Fiae-pits and ear,h-works
in ffont Of them before they venture to
FIRE This has been strikingly illnssra-
ted in the present advance Of our own
troops through Bottom land and the Long
Bridge, an operation which It Was in the
power Of General Lee to protraet had
he been strong and wise enough TO do
il
Siuce General Grant has safely reach
ed the James, the impression in Rich
mond is that he will build = strongly in.
trsuched camp on the shore Of the river
or perhaps avail himself OF that already
prepared BY General Butler, and march
| from that point in the direction of Fort
/ Darling, which it is his intention, they
say, 10 take by storm. Once in possess.
| ion Of that fort, he will advance on Pc
tsrsburg and proceed from that city, in
the vicinity Of which Gen. Lee il likely
to give him battle, straitforward TO Rich
mond
/ The unsasiness of the rebels is not
however, caused 50 much By the fear oi
having battle, as BY the apprehension
Of seeing all the communications con.
Meeting Richmond with :he interior Cut
and destroyed They know well that
| their cavalry is incapable Of competing
with ours and to protect efficiently ths
roads through which tbey draw theiI
men, their supplies, and their ammuai
ton; and that their capital may, at al,
moment, be insulated and deprived O
the means BY which il has been hitherto
enable TO resist
Thisis cne Of the perplexiug prospect
N q - akaAa -k kaw
discussing with that earnestness an'
glow Of feeling which they briag in al
their discussions Many are of th
opinion that If Gen. Grant succeeds i
, completely severing Richmond from a
its line Of communication, the evaeuS
ton Of that city becomes military ne
cessiiy which it is impossible, for all th
forces Of the eonfederacy united, to PR
vert In other words, Richmond d.
prived of provisions and ammunition
Of war, Richmond insulated and invesse.
cannot stand thirty days aad mast B
evacuated.
a This is the gloomy conclusion to whic
the rebels have arrived since the tran
fer Of our troops from the ChiekAhomin
r At the same time Richmond, represents
by some writers as being well stockS
with all kinds of grain, has hardly enoug
TO suhsist two months to come, and Il
a Inhabitants are now waiting for the ne
avenues to replsnish their exhsust'
graneries, eircumstance:which max
still more probable the fall Of that cit
and the complate success Of the expedite
= under command Of. Gen. Grant