Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-06-13
mand rec.ivsd orders yesterday 10 march
to the W lite House.
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may be well assured that he has his eye /
upon his adversary, and will be prepar-
ed for him whenever and wherever be 1
may show himself Lee has never yet /
been surprised or oatgenerald, aud it is
not likely that he will be in this IN
stance
So far the armies have ouly been ma
neuvrring, but the battle will hkely |
come of in . few daya Parties down I
from Ashland yesterday say that there |
had been some severe skirmishing and |
brisk cannonading on night before last, |
bat At the time Of their leaving, yester- !
day, all WAS quiet-the enemy having !
disappeared
Deserters from Grants army says that |
he does nqaiutend 70 fght, but ia going
lay siege to the city and try the spade
and shovel as be did with PembertoE a.
Vicksburg. They report grea, dissatis-
faction among their men and say all are
leaving whose term Of enlistmen. has
expired This is confirmed by what We
see in the northern papers, in which the
return Of several regiments is nen-
toned.
From the south side We have nothing
new this morning AL remains quiet,
with the same As Il has been FOR several
days past The enemy is still under
cover of his sintrenehments and guuboats,
and from the accounts in the Northern.
papers, which We publish elsewhere, il il
not very probahls be will try Beaurs
CARDS steel voluntarily again. Il Is
clear from their own accounts that Bat
ier's army has besn most roughly han
died, and bis men are in state Of great
discomfort From such an army we have
nothing 10 fsar
There is nothing additional from the
Peninsula The Yankees are still re-
ported TO belurking In the vicinity Of the
White Hpsse, but ws hear nothing uew
Of their Operations
Yankee Wounded.
The Yankee wounded, TO the number
~ ak or seven hundred, deserted hy
Grant and Butler on the battlefield. be
cause they we're Of no further uss 10 them.
ara cared FOR at hospital No 2l, Cary
and Twen.y-6rst streets, ~ Ross f.ess
~. Main street, and At the Marlborough
factory s~rnsr oftEsnty-6ith znd frank
I'm The whOls number OF pris
oner. have fallen into our hands,
aud sr. ed for in Richmond hospitals.
Is nasFI 700 The hsadquartePs OF
their treat ent is hospital No. II, whsre
ths annexed corps OF surgeons are In A.
iendanes: .Sargeon g. W. Semple, ia
ehargs; Surgeons Thomas Ellison and
o. y. BAxtsr; Assistant Surgeons d. N.
Clark, ). z. christiaa, J. Z. Ferguson.
VIM II Gibbea, and l. p. Gibson, Of
Maryland
The Accommodations Of Hospital No q
are tor 400, At Ross factory 300. and At
Marlborough factory $50 Seven hun
dred in all have been received They
we're deserted on the battlefield by their
commanders. ani in no instinct but
that OF common humanity has prompted
the reception and care thex now inset
within our hospitals TheT amuaElnE "
dozens daily, bat their deaths u ag
to the long, painful interval that en-.
between their wounding and their fseep-
tioas at hospitals
Capairy Lssses
The list Of casualties 10 Major. r.Gener.
/ 81 Fiir Lees division Of cavalry from
I 4th to 18th inst, inclusive. shows g total
loss Of I2 officers and T0s men.
Lofhe Poor Negro
Yesterday solitary negro defender
| OF the beat Governmsni the world ever
saw," aud attached TO ths 22d Pennsyl-
vania Reserves, was received AZ the Pro
vost Marshals Office for transfer 70 the
bosom of his companions At the Libby
He was recognized a. a former slave Of
Messrs. Rawling / Brother Of Norfolk,
Va, and greeted with How de do
Aassas, several Of his former acquain-
tanees from Norfolk. among them Detee-
tive capharL He was EQUIPPED, as the
Law directs, In the hateful Yankee blue,
which is enough to make Southerner
slay negro At sight, no matter how
harmless be may be The negro alleged
that be had been in the service some SIX
or eight moths, he thought, but did Dot
know exactly They kept them so igno-
rant they could only tell by counting the
number Of suns that vent over them
BE begged TO be cent back to Norfolk
10 his master, and said he would wiling.
" die back there once more. While at
the Provost Marshals office the negro
soldier vas pnt through the drill by
soma Of The officers, and be went through
il With slserity aud 10 little skin, aaina.
ton being impartei to his evoletioas by
the threat that hs was 10 die in half an
hour If be did not perform we'll
Prices and Eztortioas
Flour is sslling in Colsmbas, Georgia,
from wagons, a. T5c per pound, and it is
predicted that in lesa shsn g month it
4 vii o down TO Soc
Provisions aroand Grenada. Mississp-
ri, are sAid to De abundant The hotels
a. that place charge but s. per day.
4 man from Hanover oa thursday Of
fer~d for sale in the Second Market .
barrel OF fOur and three bu.hels Of meal
For the Hnur be asked $500, for the
neal 500, . hushel. Bat the people
we're so ineensed By these exerbitGns
prices. and talked so loudly sboat mob
bihg and hanging him, that the old fel-
low pitched hIz goods into his cart and
asd up Marshall street as fast as his
mule = legs eosld carry him SeatiaeL
i Prisoners at RieAmond
The ExanfBsr says that there have
been 81 900 prisoners received at LIBBY
since the battle of Boil Run.
Krs Lineoln's Brother.
The story that Capt David II. Todd.
brother Of Mrs President Lincoln, has
deserted to the enemy, ia fully eonirsdie
ted He is captain II the 2lst Louis
lana artillery
From North Georgia
ATLANTA, May 2T,-0ur advance came
J up With the enemy At New Hope, four
! miles east Of Dallas, at noon Wednes.
{ day. Hoods corps was first in the 6ght
parts oftwo divisions, Stevenson and