Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-03-04
BY TELEG RAPH!.
From the Virginia Union of this morning
Surprise and Capture of COIored
picketS.

CAIRO. March IA band of sixty guerriilas,
dressed in Federal uniforms surprised q company
of the First, Mississippi colored regiment, VINO
were standing guard about mile and n halt rom
tn. main body OF foraSing party, fourteen mixes
below Grand Lake, and were captured and dis.
armed before assistance could reach them. AL
were killed or mortaily wounded except Two.
Louisiana Election.
The total vote of the Louisiana State election
tx ninetv.two hundred and ninety.three. Michael
How's majority over Flanders Is thirty-tve hun
dred and ninctv.fve; over Fellows Constitution
cand;da,e), thirty-five hundred and forty-two.
Other candidates are elected by about the same
majority.
Bragg and the Richmond Papers
Rebel News.
Phil apELPnIA March 3-The Richmond pa
pers announce with unfeigned regret, the ap'
pontment OF BraXton Bragg Us Commander-ih'
Chief of the rebel army over the head OF Lee.
They also acknowledge q heavy loss Of life in
Florida, Richmond papers Of Monday last con-
tain dispatches from Dcmopolis TO February S3d,
representing Shermans force US making retro
grade movement. Dalton dispatches say that the
Union forces passed through Tunnel Hill on the
Goth. and would not probably make stand nearer
than ChickamaugI
a Mobile dispatch of the I'D says n fire was
opened that day on Fort Powell. Six monitors
and four gunboats shelled 1t all day:
The Florida affair il made much OF, and with
reason, but the rebels ccncede severe losses on
their side Editorials are full Of brag about the
bright prospects of the South, and the dcspera-
ton, decentralization, bankruptcy and utter help
lessneSs of the North.
Costar Returning - Fitzpatrick Adj.
yancing on Richmond-Gen. Sher-
man RetreatinS - Prisoners Ex-
changed.
- n Stnr
has RETURNED to this side of the RaPdan from his
cavalry expedition, having successfully accom-
piished the part OF the work he started ont 10 do
He harrassed the flank OF Lee army considerably,
and near StannardSvillc surprised rebel camp
which he burned and totally destroyed He cap
tured also number of prisoners and horses.
Costar did no, lose u man. Nothing officially Is
known OF the whereabouts of Fitzpatrick; It Is SAID
in well informed circles that on Monday he was
in SpotISylvauia Court House, siNty-iire miles
from Richmond An officer arrived tonight from
the Army OF the Potomac, who reports that when
last heard from he was within eighteen miles OF
Richmond. This may be mere surmiSc there ne.
ing no communication by which such tact coulu
be asccTtaiucd- CoStars move was TO draw OH
the attention of the enemy while Fitzpatrick jour
neved in another direction The supp0siuon Is
that ii he got fair start with no danger in Inc
rear he has certainly had sufficient time to reach
| Richmond if such was part OF the plan OF opcr'
atoms.
The correspondence between Butler and the
rebel commissioner Ould, relative 10 the exchange
of prisoners, resulted in declaration, in which il
is agreed that all persons delivered at City Point
| up to January 2i, are exchanged.
! 4 special to the Times says there was report
al Brandy Station today, brought in by deSer'
ter that our cavalry had torn up several miles :"
| the track Of the Virginia Central Railroad be-
| tween Louisa Court House and Taylorsvillc. The
deserter further states that troops which had been
dis patched to Richmond 10 defend it against ouI
| cavalry, were obliged TO return. owing 10 thu
break in the road. Several bridges were destroyed
The rebels cannot repair the damage in less than
ten days We shall probably hear of Fitzpatrick
! az Suffolk.
| The Richmond Examiner of the 9th, says: An
| official dispatch was received at the War Depart
ment last night from Polk stating that sherman
| forces had evacuated Meridian, and were retreat
| inc in two columns towards Nicksburg. 1t Is
supposed that finding his designs on Mobile
| thwarted, and his cavalry achievements inter
copied and being i'll distress for supplies he was
| forced to abandon the expedition and take the
| desperate cxpedient of retreat through country
stripped of supplies and laid waste by his ad'
vance Whether he can retreat successfully, re-
mains TO be seen.