The Goodhue volunteer., 1864-04-27
Tfltgraphir Ne1rs,
WAsHINGToN, April 20.


: WASHINGTON, April 20.
: Spe 1al Times. Positive information
has been received at headqsavters that the
!; main body Of Longstreet s army has sue
:. . ceeded in effecting a junction with Lee.
Longelreet carried to Fast Tennessee l8,
, OOO men, but returned with less than ~
600.
Scouts just rsturned from the enemy :
line, report troops from Joe Johnsens army
and Charleston arriving At Gordonsyille
. Rebel conscripts are coming at the rate o.
1000 dsy.
Gen. Dana also arrived this evening. lie
will probably be assigned to command in
an Eastern Department.
The Senate Finance committe had unde,
consideration to day the National bank bill
veral Representatives Of State Banks were
bafore the committe in opposition to it,
|, me ,sures- The committe will probably en-
'deavor to pass tho bill without amendment
i'm accordance with Secretary Chase.
! r.. eralds SPEC al. l-'rhc transfer Of me,
from r., army 10 the navy has at length
commenc II. 400 arc already collected a
BALTIMORE !. '"m the army Of the Potamac
and tbs dep.. rtme"t'
| Butler has ", 't.en very spiritual lette
tos high public fi, dictionary here, Of whicl
the concluding p.rs1 -aph reads as follow,
III tho arranssmen. proposed is carried
out it wosld we tho effe> It o; making me
mere recording secretary 70. Major General
W. F. Smith, who would be 'he c'mnan
der. To this cannot submit. Inc. Office
OF civil mayo OF Oqd Point Com, 'rt IS no
the sort Of service for which was mustere'
in, and therefore T'r.>ust respectfully q. :mand
either to be relieTedsaltogcth her OF nv !, "s't
ion. or to have, under the General in Ch. 'sf
supreme control and direction If nny mill,
'ary movements, having their bas: within
the limits OF my department"
Several sentences Of death Eor d.sertion
have cen committed BY the President to
h.,d labor n".he Dry Tortusas until the
end Of the war.
(a9ee o'to commercial. H. is under stood
campaign IS to be imK'ediatly commenced.
There are strong Indications that the reb-
e's arc massing. large force in Virginia.
The Senate Finance Committee have re-
ported The National Bank bill, which is now
being printed with amendments
A strongTes;re is manifested by prom
! 'ncnt men here from different States to have
two hundred thousand six ,nonth.' vclun
tce's called out At onco for garrison duty
TO ensure the use Of ali ava;aEle' tf6obs
a1sirs: tht etle,ny.
ST Louis. April 2i: !.
Tbs 81 Louis County Court yesterday
donated tract al 500 acres Of highly ima
proved land. twelve miles from the city,
known IS the Srnizter hrrn tj.:he M!ssis
|sipp' Valley Sanitary Fair. The farm il
valued at between C,OOO and slh,oJU
lhe ely has already add paid ints the
Tnasury $40, coo cash 'for the same noble
object.
Il il hop.d that these magnificent cids
will fu, n:sh "a example worthy Of cmIIa
ton by other counties and CITIES in the coup-
Isry add encourage individsal CO opcr.tion..
and firms. and render the success of / &c fair
silt mere signal. ~
/ III CntcAa5, April 10.
A letter to I'D Evening Jo,yaul dated
Grand Eeore, says: ,es1, So, :, p ....ss >,
Our cavalry. were driven by the enemy
Tor: two days, but in the fournoen or the 9Th
word wis sent back tor the infantry ann
Epoft. and Gen. Ransom in command 81 the
ID and 4th divisiers Of the l8 cron sw.s
Iordsrsd 70 send forward \ bsig.ds. and did
|so q noon, hiq.elf following with the 4.b
I Aitss sdvaneing about Eve miles from
''lwhsrs tAs 81 division Of his command and
lthe 10 corps were, b encountered the feb.
(sb and nsds stand. Our lines consisting
|of only z, 400 intantry formed in bank Of
woods with open 6sId IN front and the en-.
envy IN the woods On the othe side. Gen.
Rassom was in iavor Of advanc NJ only IN
ItsEee. but ha wish was disregarlsd.
,Afer keeping up skirmish across the
I0pen neId tor about m hour, the enemy ID
tvaneed upoa us in overwhelming numbers.
Isssimsted st 10 600. Gen. Ransom
Isot ~ the available troops 70 the froas and
IspsDed on them. Tho rebels lost h..r;l,
b: advanced steadily and soon made onr
'Icsvalry give way. and our infantry I'm baek
lin . 1s6 mioutss. - @- "A
The enemy pressed as - closely. and de
panis among our cavalry was @ dem..salix. !.
j IIinG tbs retreat b-cams rout. Gen. RAN
SO did al m his power Is rally ths men.
b0e nndmg i Impossible without rejssorce-
sme0a, - made svefv elf0f io-sa1A III ~
Itillssy. Whls es3esvosisx q NJ Tie chi
le1xO Mercantile battery on saielv. r. -
isevssely wouaded ID tie ~. Cart CyfS5l
Dtcksy, h I5jutsdf 1ss instastIy kiil-I
0srloa1 lsfssx. psohssly- 2,O0Q TIL
ssss.ails -. tasss1y snss % ils gsas. Caps.
|. y hsse vas tak<n psisOns. ard Lseutsnaais
ThrooP a.d NeBrsds wsre knied
While H. HI disisson was laIIisS haek
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