Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-03-18

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MILLIDGEYILtE, ga, March i0.-GoY.
Brown message vas read 70 the beg.
stature today He recommends a vigsI
orous Stale policy on the question Of re-
lief to soldier families, cotton planting
Illegal Oscillations, impreasraeut Of pro
visions, removal Of slaves and desertion
from the army
DEMoPoIs, March THE enemies
army, 1909 infantry, and / 800 cavalry,
left Canton on the morning ef the %.
sherman pushed On 70 Eicksbarg
leaving Mcpherson in command s 4
The U. S. supply steamer Admiral
arrived TODAY from Matagorda, March :.
On the morning Of the 18th they sav
steamer evidently just out from VIII
mington. The Admiral gave chase With
all sails set, and at twelve O'Clock had
gained on her so as to disco r that she
was side-wheeler, With two smoke
stacks, and loaded with cotton, which
she had commented fhrowiag overheard.
We opened Ere upon her with our 30
FOUNDER PARROT, but she was not within
range We we're gaining upon. her MP
to three clock. We we're running four
teen knots an hour The wind was IA
vorabIe and blowing fresh We had
counted from our decks four hundred
and twenty bales Of eotton thrown over
board. Al three clock the wind sud
denly died away, aud the prize almost
in our grasp-wifhin three and half
miles-eseaped. We chased her until
dark, she having slightly gained upon
US. After dark we lost sight Of her,
and put the ship on her eourse 70 Hamp-
ton Roads
NEw YoRK, March l7.--The steamship
Rdinburg has arrived. Ter news Is an
tieipated. ee iw fa
The Herald correspondence from the
feet Of Mobile, has a ruInor that Farra-
gut is TO withdraw, being satisfied that
Tie city cannot be taken By water
Thirty OF the forty rebels who mutt
MED 10 Fort Morgan have been shot
The Heraids Hilton Head letter re-
ports the occupation OF PlIlatka. Flor
ida, BY q strong force, under Col. Bar
ton.
The Heraids New Orleans letter states
that Porter's entire feet Of iron clads Is
at the mouth Of Red river Thirty trans-
ports losded with troops were also
Admiral Porter had captured the
strong rebel fort on Washita river, wish
all its guns, including thsee thirty 1.-Two
Ponnders 0ufl 4Ie%
Gen. Banks AID staff will take the
field on The loih of April, and the array
viii eommsnee immediate operations
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Washington Dispatches.
The Herafs West Virginia dispatch
states that rumor Is current that the
whole Of Esell's eorpsis moving into the
valley of the Shenandoah, probably for
subsistence nE1 fsat He8I
WAsHISaTox, March Ca special to
the New York Times says that 500 Of our
prisoners died in Richmond during Feb
uary AtAtitatA
The order relieving Gen Meade ard
appointing bis successor, will Be issued
in few days. ~
Words Disp sich.l
WAsHISGTos, March lG.--Gen. Barn
sides viii be assigned to the Department
Of the South instead Of Fremont
Rumor assigns Gen Hancock a de-
partment, and also states that Gen
Grant viii assign Gen Fremont to ae-
tive duty also that Gen Thomas will
soon be relieved from the command Of
the Army of the Cumberland. TO the
command Of which either Gen. Rose
Grams or Heron viii probably succeed.
8 4 naH Tribuns's Special.
WAsHIxGrox, March IA Commit
tee on Elections viii report adversely on
the claims of Messrs. McClurg, King
and Lane, all from. Missouri. Knox
viii get AIr. Blair's seat
The flag Of truce steamer New FORK,
arrived this evening from City Point,
With . Large pumber ofoar prisoners from
Richmond, among them Capts Sawyer
aud Flynn and Gen Neal Dow.
WASHINGTON, March 1.-THE Presi.
deut has signed hegold bill 1t istbere-
fore law 0}e Hf 9Fatl
WAsHIsGroS, March lI.-In. the con.
tested cases Of Lane aud McClung, of
Missouris the committee were equally di.
vided. The casting vote Of the chair.
man decided against them on the ground
that the election was void, being under
military control Kings case will be
referred back to the people by the re- !
port, as IL sin proof that he interfered
in his official capacity in the election.
The minority report will be submitted in
favor of Lane aud McClung;. it is that
they viii be able to convince majority
in the House Of the lawfnInsss Of their !