Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-03-08
Overland Dates to March 5th.
New Orleans Petition at Washington,

was strongly cohtesteo'
Overland Dates to March oth'
New Orleans Petition ut washington
,,r,.,...,,,. >,,r,i, 4 dsJaVorion of Gre.
si n,is;,, caI,sj mon the President TO.
ores iFoIn ...iS y o,i,;pr signed nv over a
us So, IL fIa,I;,,- c;,i,ans ASKING for the rights
tho"sluu r. I.a.I r. n,Tarnmenr when the
guaran,eea os W, ! 80 ,ha Ifni,sd States
Ierri'or! WIS ''u'" w ~
DeSerterS ana OuerTlllds'
rr,nou,Rrrps ARMY POTOMAC March A.
neSar,ars aud contrabauds have been coming in
- Irsaiw of late. until Tuesday night last,
March ist. when a rise in the Rapidan put check
10 emigration. Gucrrillns continue 10 devastate
along the line of the railroad
a.,,ar,s Onerat;onS i'm
NupatlI H...,I uaoba Snm,non.
NlTSinla- i''' - =, oSNS . - 49,
ed to w aShlnstOh-Secret Shase
and the notwithstanding move.
mentS.
,v,s,,,xnrD< Norch a., i, assigned rs n rea.
o,' Co. ,h unusnoi ulprtness of the rebels in pre-
ari. to rnn,I EiIon,rick that the destruction Of
r. ,r,ct al tho Virrriniu Central Railroad was
c,,r,nnjratad To Richmond by General Lee int
.j;ntaI,, oft,r the occurrence over the telegraph
T.. H., r,s,n Richmond Iynchburr and Cortlons-
III rrhis snor,s birhlv nrnboblr from the fnct
,brt ,ba .xneJitiou nossri through Lees pickets
,,,I b.vord hi. rear withuut n skirmish and was
,,,,t s,1n, a Richmond formidable
-. az, ,,on,ta,I inf,ntrv
sneciaI Jisnatch 10 the Times. dated Wash
;,,.,oT Nor.b s,b s.vs. General Mead, has bren
summoncI hrr,. nv the President TO answer the
chnrves rrefrr,d against him hy Generals Sickles
onI nopbj.dny b,f,re The Committee on the Con.
J,,ct nj ,hc War The matter is assuming rather
= or;o,,s ,sr,ct
Sccrr,ary Chas. in a communication 10 the
t,ommittre of Ways and Means, saws that In or.
dor 70 hiring the revenue ND 10 the amount esti.
mated in his report /, will be absolutely necessary
TO largely increase the tax on several articles.
He specially recommends u tax of one dollar o
gallon on spirits on leaf and manufactured to-
bacco fifty cents per pound, and on petroleum
and crt,dp oil fifteen cents on refined oil twenty
S,.a ecnts
4 spe,ial dispatch to The Tribune dated Wash
inrton March ath SAYS. \ dispatch dated Mem.
nb;. Nnrcb Is, r,.criyeI This evening gives some
new and iptercstiu., details of Shcrrnau's move
ments The dispatch saws that, after having
r,acbaI Meridian Sherman sent ont scouts TO
fool the ground and ascertain whether Logan,
Win started frop, Florence Ala 10 meet him.
,n5 smith md CriarSon nm whose cavalry he re.
i'd " nrosacn,e his march ON Selma, were nd.
yancinr Three DAYS rln,sed before he received
any, answer. but as rho army had hut limited
| ratious he made a rapid flank movement, which
disconnected the rebels, aGu suddenly turned 10,
ward NoerGSeh anu Ioiuiauus' IN 'ne i.,eS, p.,
OF EASTERN MISSISSIPPI, VIM "'S a., M"S
W tuN "ou .'S ~ PPar. o, 81; ,nJ lInE;l.
ae i ns ''i $3.50 ~; 80, oh, i.,J ,raI ,'j
"u ,' nav 80, No mi SI nm oTJnrinnS s;roEc
haa go. ~ h;msaIF ., Jisianra of aboye hun.
dred miles from Johnstons flank, which is now
threatened by his advance. The dispatch says
sat the G SS ;I ~,
hoUle anU Sgl" " nn',, ,S' I ch;no, =;
80 uert puoiI 49, IN ~ 80;
sne eAPeGIoh MLien ILLS ii'., a. IS S,in,n
oeIween trenton nhu "
,,E-aT ~ W. he,
the Geyernmenr has received a dispatch from
General Butler announcing that Fitzpatrick had
succeeded in cutting the railroad and telegraph
connections of General Lee with Richmond, by
| tearing up the rails on the Central Railroad at
various points, and destroying the canal ard mills
on the james river. He burned much property
belonging TO the rebels lie has thns inh!cteI q
| severe oioW on 'he reoeihon' ne was me- ~, U!
tue ee Il <rr him insd the ou;rr works
where spirited fight cnsued. When darkness
came on, the conflict ended, Fitzpatrick finding the
enemy and works TOO strong TO allow him 10 reach
| the city TO accomplish the object of the eXPedi.
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