Arrival of Yankee prisoners.
--About one hundred and fifty Yankee prisoners, including five officers, were received at the Libby prison yesterday.
The majority were captured by Ewell's corps from the left of Grant's army.
The names of the officers are as follows: Lt. Col. Orson Mallon, 7th Michigan cavalry; Capt. John E Rowe, 16th Mass, taken at Porter's store; 1st Lieut. Jas Mallison, 94th N Y, Cold Harbor; 2d Lieut. J. W. Lucas, 7th Michigan cav, Dabney's Ferry; and 2d Lieut. Thos Saul, 25th Mass, Cold Harbor.
The Department of Richmond.
We understand that Lieut Gen R S Ewell has been appointed to the command of the Department of Richmond, in place of Major Gen Robert Ransom, assigned to the command of the cavalry forces in the Valley.--This is an excellent selection, and will give general satisfaction to the public.
oners.
Thursday, May 5--Battle from dawn to 8 A M. 3,000 Yankee prisoners.
Later engagement from twelve till night; Ewell against 5th army corps (Sykes's). Place, Parker's Store, on plank road, eight miles from Chancellorsville.
Result, threenading on our right wing.
Thursday, May, 19.--Many arms collected by us on the field and in pits.
Reconnaissance by Ewell at 3 P M. Hancock, 21 corps and Burnside, 9th corps, encountered on west and north of road from Spotsylvania C H. to Fredighting on York River railroad.
Enemy's position abandoned from Attee's nearly round to Mechanicsville pike — Flanked by Ewell on Mechanicsville pike, (their right,) capturing 500 prisoners and taking three lines of their breastworks Their right wiith the White House as his base.
Friday, June 3--Great battle.
Our line as follows: Left wing.
Early in command of Ewell's corps, with divisions of Early, Gordon, Rodes — Centre, A P Hill's corps, with Heth's and Breckinridge's divisions.
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, received the order to march forward for Harper's Ferry and to occupy Maryland Heights.
Some people think that, in order to make the expedition a sure thing, Gen. Lee has added to these forces a few divisions of his own army, and recommend of Gen. Ewell.
The thing is not, however, probable.
Ewell is not likely to leave the command of his corps for the inglorious occupation of leading a raid.
Be this as it may, the whole expedition was carried on with an activity and a secrecy truly admirablEwell is not likely to leave the command of his corps for the inglorious occupation of leading a raid.
Be this as it may, the whole expedition was carried on with an activity and a secrecy truly admirable Gens. Hunter, Sigel, and Wallace were either defeated or compelled to fall back.
Martinsburg, Williamsport, Boonsboro', Hagerstown, Middletown, Harper's Ferry, Bolivar Seights, and Frederick fell into the hands of the rebels without even a struggle.
During all the time the administration, instead of coming to the assistance of our troops in that region, lost a precious opportunity in providing for the defences of Washington and Baltimore, which were in no way threatened, and let the reb
on the border.
But they evidently knew little or nothing about it beforehand, which, we think, is a proof that the force engaged in it was not very enormous, and perhaps, also, that the whole thing was undertaken on the spur of the moment, when Ewell found that Gen. Hunter had retired from Lynchburg.
Of course both Gen. Lee and Ewell would have liked to take Washington, even though they could have held it but a day; but we do not believe the invading party left Richmond with any such prospecEwell would have liked to take Washington, even though they could have held it but a day; but we do not believe the invading party left Richmond with any such prospect.
From Grant's army — the naval Operations.
A letter from the Army of the Potomac, dated July 14 says:
Night before last the 2d corps was marched out to the works thrown up by the 6th corps, near the Weldon Railroad.
A flank movement on the part of the enemy was anticipated.
Hancock had his corps massed near the Williams House.
The enemy did not appear, though we waited his coming a night and a day.
Four men rambled out from the lines and were surprised by a party of g
ing in the West, which I hope will have the desired effect.
Peachtree Ridge, July 16.
This is one of the fronts — the infantry front — while the cavalry front is still further in advance.
Neither has been troubled by any movements of significance for some time.
Affairs here are as dull and monotonous as the siege of Charleston, and will remain so until one party or the other becomes disposed to assume the offensive.
We await with breathless anxiety to hear the results of Ewell's operations around Washington and Baltimore.
He has carried the "war into Africa" with a vengeance, and whether the object in view be commendable or not, the attention of Grant is diverted from Richmond and Petersburg, and a timely pretext afforded him for not capturing those places, while old Abe and Cabinet are doubtless quaking in their shoes like Belshazzar when he saw the hand-writing on the wall of his banquet chamber.
We could easily afford to sacrifice Richmond and Atlanta tempora
reet. They were orally reprimanded and discharged.
George, slave of Reuben T Lacy, charged with feloniously breaking into and entering the dwelling-house of Alexander R Holladay, and stealing various articles of groceries, &c, amounting in value to $6,000, was committed to await a future hearing.
This makes the fifth person who has been arrested upon suspicion of being engaged in this robbery.
A white woman named Frances Taylor was charged with trespassing upon the premises of General Ewell.
Being a woman of bad character and addicted to the too free use of intoxicating liquors, and therefore not likely to find any person who would be willing to go her security if it was required of her, the Mayor decided to discharge her with an admonition.
Mrs. Mary McChesney, a very respectable-looking white woman, was held to security for using abusive and threatening language towards Mrs. Martha Wyatt, one of her neighbors.
Two negro women, named Kesiah and Lizzie, charged w
t sad tribute to his memory, and could scarcely realize the fact that be was no more.
Funeral services were performed, according to the ritual of the Episcopal Church, by the Rev. George Patterson, and at one o'clock the remains, the coffin having been strewn with flowers by fair hands, were replaced in the hearse, and the cortege moved up Grace street, the military marching with arms reversed, and the band playing a funeral march.--The following officers acted as pall-bearers; Lieutenant-General Ewell, Brigadier-General Gardner, Brigadier-General Kemper, Brigadier-General Preston, Brigadier-General Lawton, Brigadier-General Smith, Colonel Cox, Colonel August, Colonel Smith and Major Gassett.
In the procession were members of the Kentucky Congressional delegation, members of the Confederate, State and City Governments, and prominent citizens of Richmond.
Escort duty was performed by the Public Guard, the Fire Brigade, and a detachment of Colonel Pemberton's Artillery Battalion.
es on the lines near Chaffin's Bluff, have been taken from Libby prison and other places and placed to labor on the entrenchments of the enemy's lines in front of their troops, the commanding general, on the 12th day of October, notified the Confederate agent of exchange, Robert Ould, of the outrage being perpetrated upon his soldiers, and informed him that, unless the practice was stopped, retaliation in kind would be adopted by the Government of the United States.
Being assured by General Ewell, commanding Confederate forces on the north side of the James, that an answer to the communication, if any, would be sent at eleven o'clock A. M. to-day, and it being now past noon, and no answer having been received, it is ordered that an equal number of prisoners of war, preferably members of the Virginia reserves, by and under whose charge this outrage is being carried on, be set to work in the excavation at Dutch gap and elsewhere along the frenches as may hereafter seem best, in ret
riend to thy lover that ever bestirred horse; and thou wert the truest lover, of a sinful man, that ever loved woman; and thou wert the kindest man that ever streaks with sword; and thou wert the goodliest person that ever came among press of knights; and thou wert the meekest man and the gentlest that ever cat in hall among ladies; and thou wert the sternest knight to thy mortal foe that ever put spear in rest."
We observed in the gallery unfinished likenesses of Generals Fitzhugh Lee, Ewell, Price and Hill, as well as a portrait of Mr. Volck, the sculptor, to whom is entrusted the noble task of raising the monument of the great Jackson.
Photographs from the pictures are obtainable, and will no doubt be welcome to the admirers of the indomitable fire and energy of the South.
We should recommend all who take an interest in the great struggle now waging in America to make a point of visiting Mr. Robertson's pictures.
We know of no better commentary than they afford, by the
