, 1864-03-13
j: QriI,nue.


IKE NEWS.
Matters haye a waf1ike look ut Suffolk, Va.
uur pickcta have been driven in after severe
skirmishing With IN overwhelming force Of
TIE rebels md ut Inst accounts the two armies
were confronting eceh other face to face.
Our position Is deemed IN impregnable one
and no fcara are entertained as to the final
result 49,. ~.
Gen. Grant Inns shown his sfgual military
sl,ilty by determining at the very outset Of
commencing upon his new duties, 10 break
III. tho acattcration policy which has eharac.
tcrixcd Halicck's administration, and to this
end the armies In Louisiana and Texas aFe to
be masscd with. the Mississippi armies for
.smashing blows'' this season. Grant
means work.
Il il intimoted In Washington dispatch
that another call will be speedily issued for
two hundred or three hundred thousand
more men to anishnp the job Of supprcsstng
the rebellion. The only condition necessary
10 the prompt. endorsement OF the call Of
tho people will be the conviction TINT at last
VIC arc to hare some vigorous work done and
No more of the Hallcckiaa business
Tallandigham, the banished trnitor, is
writing incendiary letters from Bfitiah soil
10 hfs .Copperhead friends in Ohio, urging
the speedy fuiuon Of the " bloody fruit"
forctold by the rebel papcrs. It Is only nm
other proof of the complete and hearty un.
lcrstanding between the Coppcrhcnds aud
the rebels, that the only RESOURCE left to &c.
cure the independence Of tho Confederacy is
10 provoke arc.in- -t1le-rear In tho North. 4
remarkable letter from rebel CONGRESSMAN,
which will bo found upon tho third page OF
ills issue, ndds weight to tllis theory. The
people must be prepared to thTrart the plans
ri the home rebels.
Our Washington dispatches mike the Inn
rorlant announcement Tint General Meade,
suffering Under severe atlack Of pneumonia,
will, mndcr the ad,ico Of his physicians, tom
l,oIafi]y retire from active Ucryicc. It IL
hurr thar probable thAt tho comnnnd Of tl,e
army Of the Potomac Will Acvolyc upon
s'rne1a al S1nilh.
The death Of tho gallant md clsivalric Col
bnllgrcn haa bocn avenged by our forcos.
';ru. Dutscr dispatched sufficient carn'ry
farce To kings and Quccn's Court IIousc
lhc citlxcna Of which 1oca!ity undor pr0tcnce
nl bclng non.combatauts alnbuahcd Col
Dah1greu. Our cavalry found 4 rcSel GIMP
the1c, 1llcd with the pretended no1-com.
hatants. Tho camp WAS broken up, several
i:illcd. q large number taken prisoners and
many mills md great a,nount of stores
were destroyed.
Saturday was field day In tho House. Al
though dcvo.od to speech milking, the speech
IS rapidly turned Into spirited debate, ii
which Sunset Cox decidedly madc bcast o.
burden Of himself. a pointed allasion 10 ths
=" Buckeye Abroad" in which Nj. Coz dovo.
tck much space To an nloctionatc md loving
appeal and admiration for tho negro, touchcl
lin OIL tho raw, and drove him nearly insant
with 1nadncss. Later In the debate Mr. Grin
neil got walked up, and hurlod some ratlcl
nAvnEc eptthuts Ut Cox. It wna IN unhapp,
tay for poor Sunset.
Upon the lusido Of this Issue will be found
letters from our special correspondent, who
accompanied Gen. Sherman on his grca
! raid. They will prove Of cspecIal Interest
both as relating to the incidents Of the expo
dition and the spirit and feeling Of tho pcopl
in Misslssippi. They arc the first dctai1c'
accounts Of the Expedition yet published.