Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1864-03-30
ruBLIsHED DAILY BY
EDGAR SNOWDEN, JR.
~ pFFICE-No. l04 King street, over
ones, formerly French's) Book Store.
From the South.

From the South.
rbo Norfolk Old Dominion has received a
cony Of the Richmond Enquirer Of the 25th
inst, and gives the following extracts:
BURNSIDE IN NORTH CAROLINA.
We understand that official information has
,,,ru received at the War Department concern
no thu landing of a large torce of the enemy In
W,sh;ngton. W. n. &. The force is said to he
nudar command of Gen. Burnside. Whether
an immediate forward movement was contem.r
uja,e{ Or not. the recent heavy fall of snow in
that vicinity, together With the heavy condl-
too in which it will leaveth roads, and the at
tcadant flooding of the swamps, Will put a
stop to any advance into the interior Tor some
davs to come The expedition is no doubt
composed largely of the new levies that have
been recently encamped about Norfolk. 1t is
not presumed that they have been Withdrawn
from Meade's army
EAST TENNESSEE. :a,
From the Lynchburg Republican,
We have the report from East Tennessee
] that the Yankees, who had advanced as far
east as Morristown, have again taken the back
4 track and retired to Strawberry Plains, only
some fifteen or twenty miles from Knoxville.
The retreat Of the enemy has dlsslpated, tor.
the present at least, all prospects OF fight.
The enlistment of colored troops in Middle
Tennessee goes on rapidly. At Shelbyvlile and
Lebanon there are FIVE thousand ready for the
!. field.
FROM JoHNsToN's S ARMY.-
DALTON, Ga, March 22.-The enemy have
4 retired from our front, and their recent. move.
ments are supposed to be only reconnolssances.
\ 4 heavy snow fell here last mig bit and to-
4 day 1t lies four iaches deep. Our troops
h have captured the post of Arkansas.
3 FROM GEORGIA.
B Macon, Ca, March 22.-The Supreme
B Court oil Georgia to-day unanimously affirmed
the constitutionality OF the Confederate anti
|Ssubstltute law.
n General Pillow has been placed in command
lot the cavalry oil the Northern District OF Ala
I7bama.
b DALroN, GA March 24-All quiet our
front The enemy show no dispositions TO en-
|sgage our forces. a- ,a""
B, The crops in Georgia are represented as
l,be growing wheat has been injured by the
itFest, but the general impression is that d few
lgood, warm rains will revive it. Thus tar
leveryth!ng looks promising for good crop this
Iyear
Y FROM FLORIDA.
I Information had been received by The mill
Nary authorities at Lake City, Florida, on Sun,
Hpay evening last, that the Yankees had landed
p force at PiIatka. i The force landed at that
POINT is not known, but it is fumored that 1t
gFas large. Gen. Finnegan had dispatch!ed
Forces to meet them, consisting Of cavalry IN.
Ean;ry E;r and artillery. Our plckets in front, OF
Jacksonville confirm previous intelligence that
fhe greatest portion of the enemy. 5 troops had
Ett that place Everything continued quiet IN
the ueighborhood Of Jacksonville.
3 SUFFERING IN RICHMOND.
\ The Enquirer publishes an appeal to the
seneyolent III behalf of soldiers families and
riler poor of the city, which says The
poor have not been able to procure supplies at