Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-03-04

miles beyond Culpepper, and reached Rus.
sells ford, on Robinson river, Sunday FORE
noon, where most Of the corps bivouacked,
and Sedgewick established his headquarters.
Talbot's brigade pushed on to Madison
Court House.
The cavalry under Capt. Clifton, the LIST
division of the Sd corps, came up to the
support of the 9Th on Sunday night at one
o'clock. { n I's ff5
On Monday morning Custar's cavalry and
horse artillery marched ont Of the town TO
the Rapidan, which was crossed near Bar
netts Ford. s+s 4 ts4saas@f 81
News from the front indicates battle this
morning at Stanardsville, between Custar's
cavalry and rebel infantry.
Special to Times.
-. WASHINGTON, March l..
The latest information received from the
Army Of the Potomac is to Q o'clock this
morning.
Heavy musketry firing was heard early
this morning of to the extreme right, in the
direction Of Stanardsville, where it was sup
posed that Clusters cavalry was engaging the
rebels. = z-saa.
Madison Court House as well as Spottsyl-
wanna court House are IN our possession.
There is an evident disposition on the mart
OF Lee to avoid battle by keeping behind
his entertainments.
Fitzpatrick has been heard from. The re-
port is favorable . s7ss.as
unbroken.
1t was reported to-day at Culpepper that
dampton's Legion had been badly whipped
by Fitzpatrick, with loss of several hundred
prisoners. Hampton himself is among the
number
Special to the World. ,..
WAsHINoroN, March l.
Fitzpatrick with large force Of cavalry and
mounted infantry started three days since
tor Richmond with the hope of capturing
that city by q coup de main or compel Lee
to leave his entertainments and march to its
defence
The rapid retreat of Longstreet on Rich
mond is explained BY this movement.
1t is rumored that Fitzpatrick will have the
cooperation of large force advancing up
the Peninsula.
WASHINGTON, March l.
1t will rejoice the hearts of thousands in
the North to learn that Gen. Butler has sue
ceeded in making arrangements with Ould
which will probably lead to an exchange of
prisoners.
SRDAL1A, Mo-, March 2.
tire broke out about O. clock this morn
ing, in the Missouri Hotel, and spread SO
rapidly that many of the inmates escaped only
by jumping from windows. Five persons
are known to have been killed among them
the wife and daughter of the proprietor of
the hotel, T. w. Grenshaw. Several build
ings west, and one whole block east of the
hotel, were consumed. Loss estimated at
$3.50, 900. Partly insured. 1t is thought to
have been the work of an incend arY.
WASHINGTON, March /.
's The Worlds special says: l' i
Since the disastrous retreat of Grierson
and Smith upon Memphis, the most serious
apprehensions are felt in military and politi-
cal and official circles. Their retreat inter-
rupts Sherman's communication all along the
line of the Mobile and Ohio R. r., and de-
prives his army of an important source of
supply, without which it is believed he cannot
maintain his ground. Worse still, it deprives
him of the cavalry force upon which he relied
to prosecute his operations.
Military men believe Sherman will now be
obliged to retrace his steps, and return to
Vicksburg.
/ A private letter, dated Feb. Goth, says
Sherman had reached Meridian, but hearing
of the cavalry retreat, he dared not proceed,
and had erected earthworks around the city.
The report Of his occupation of Selma was
discredited, that beng 100 miles from Merid-
ian. i
News from the South reports Polk between
Selma and the Tombigbee river, watching
Sherman, and prepared to dispute his passage
of the river.