Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-04-06
EASTERN TELEGRAPHIc NEWS.


! WASHINGTON, March 3l.-Thc Secretary OF
the Navy in response to the Senate resolutions OF
| inquiry says No transfer OF srumrn from the
army to the navy has been effected unuer the
recent act OF Congress, and 81 rcsSc!s-oiWar itre
now waiting their complement OF men ne ALSO
states that the terms Of many sralnen IN the sci
vice have expired, and there were not men enough
| remaining, :" much SO that many Nesstls Ill 'ie
blockade service would have TO go out OF service
CAIRO, March 3l.-The New Orleans Detta OF
the ed says official information has been received
! that t. reconnaissance was made 10 Natchlt"cEe'
10 miles above Alexandria on the 2lst, where Inc
enemy was met i'll some force. hght tnsueu' III
which We turned the cncmy's flank, captured t
pieces of artillery, with caissOns and 2uo Pri'ohcF"'
/ FORT SMITH, March 3l.-AbOut lO,UOO effect.
i've troops have gone South from this district, ana
the whole number in the Department under Evii'
! steel are now moving South The force Is ABOUT
30 OUO strong, and is sufficient to OvrrpOwer any
rebel force opposing them. \ scout from Price )
| command reports CgbeiiS force OF or regiments
| - miles this side of Washington TrOups are
being moved 10 Camden, There are IoUO or
5000 Texans at TanuerPorT, under -larInalnke.
| Shelby WAS at Camden. The rebels are well sup
piled with clothing and imported shoes from
England are said 10 have just arrived. y large
number Of negroes have BEEN concentrated ut
Camden and Washington.
Quautrell is South ufthc Red river
| Gov. Edwards of the Choctaw Nation, has is
sued proclamation urging the Indians VI lhat
tribr to return 10 their Allegiance To the Govern
! mcnt, aud rcpossrss themselves IL what they
have LOST during the last three years by associI
| ting with the rebels.
DENVER CITY, March 3l.-An arrival from New
| Mexico reports the unconditional surrender Of
| the entire Navajo nation. numbering nearly beOV,
10 Gen. Carleton. y majority OF them were in :.
! destitute condition, and 10 feed them Carleton
was Obliged 10 put the troops on halt rati"nS.
NEW YORK, March 3l-The steamer Fulton,
| from Port Royal the eth, has arrived, and re.
ports that the naval expedition up the t. JOhus
| river has captured thv rebel steamer Hattie
Brockwith, with loo bales ot cotton and lot of
| tobacco, etc,
| LOUISVILLE, March I'll Parsuu Brownlow
trlrEraphs from Knoxville Us follows: Gcm. Shcr-
| man lett this morning for Chattanooga after re-
| turning from the 'front.'. All is quiet at Messy
Greek, and Knoxville is 80 well fortified that We
can hold il against nll Lees army. LYngstrerI )
forces are ut Wutukn. more than 100 miles east OF
| Knoxville. | am Of the opinion that the rebels
| are intending forthwith 10 make raid into Ken
lucky.
| Two hundred or three hundred mounted rebels
| have appeared i'll Kentucky, this side If Pound
| Gap and are supposed to bu covering the ad-
| vance OF Longstruei's forces. Our troops are
ready for them, i'll whatever numbers they may
| present themselves.
| NEW YORK. March 3l.-Thc EUtHiag Post 5
special says that all the suffers have been ordered
| to leave the Army Of the Potomac by the 18th of
| April.
| The bill providing Il territorial government for
| Montana passed the Senate ycS;crday-2l 10 :.
Special dispatches say that the President has
given peremptory orders for the transfer Of 10 JOO
Seameu from the army to the navy. loo negroes
| are promised to he transferred in 20 days.
CISCISHATTI, April 1.-The Ohio Legislature
| adjourned yesterday.
4 Chattanooga dispatch says Major. Generals
| Buell., Ncglcy McCoOS, Crittrudcn, Sykes, aud
ten Brigairrs, have been ordered 10 report TO
Gen. Sherman for duty in HIS Department. Gen.
| Buell. will probably succeed Gen. Schoi;eld in
| command OF the Array of the Ohio.
Desrrtcrs report johnson Is reinforcing Lee.
NASHVILLE, April 1.-Two regiments of For
| rests cavalry are reported IT, have been east OF
the TcnncSsec river on "Wednesday GunhOats
are patrOIling the Cumberland aud Tennessee
| rivers, in anticipation Of his movements.
| The notorious guerilla Hughes and his com
mand surrendered themselves "n Wednesday, AMI
| took the amnesty oath. They report that UthrTs
| desire 10 do the same
NEW YORK, April A Fortress Monroe lc;t,l
10 the Herald states tina; there quite IN excite
mcnt there, consequent On the arrival of the rrb'
| Commissioner Ould on RViSIt TO Gen. Butler rrl:G
tive To the exchange of prisoners. Mr.. Duld hm
brought I'M immense number OF books, papers, etc
| II is expected his stay will last Il week.
| The World says the hasty departure of tia
| doubir.turrrtei Monitor, Ouandaga. is in Con>r
| qucnce Of report To the naval authorities th,s
tine rebel irou.clal Mcrrimac No. = is ready IL
| MAKE Il raid on our irOn'cadS a: Newport New
| aad Hampton Roads. Ii is ais" reported that the
rebel iron. rlalS in North Carolina will u!.,k,, {
| simultaneous appearance.
| The UOrldS Beaufort correspondent mrniiuIt
| that achievements have been sent To Florida
| and that the next movement will he led by Grn.
Gilmore himself II is reported that our troops
| will soon advance from Jacksonville.
| The Baltimore correspondent Of the World pre-
diets that the rebels will abandon the dufcnsiv,
| and HSs;l,ne the offensive this spring An uva
| sion OF the North will be made in TWO columns
one under Lee into Prnnsvlvania and the o;hr-
| to strike for Cincinnati
The correspondent of the same paper SAYS thd
| FORESTS present raid was planned in the NORTH
and that supplies Of clUthing etc. from Nev
| York and Cincinnati were shipped Ia Palucai
FOR the express purpose OF being captured by him
| The steamer Cahawba, from New Orleans III,
| 24ih. has arrived. Franklin. Louisiana has been
evacuated and the Government stores rcmorr,
| 20 Braohvar City Refugees frsn NatchiI0ch,'
| says that u large quantity of cotton, etc. rc
mains on the plantations in that vicinity. Grr
| Franklin's column had passed through Dpc.
| lOuSas General Banks had issued i'm order rs
\ tablishug bureau. for the instruction Of freed
men The capture Of Natchitorhe is confirmed
and large quantities of cotton expected from
| that region.
The receipts for duties to-day are S3l6 COO y
| which S2Ig,OOO are certificates. The G0vcrnmeu
price for gold was los. The Assistant Treasure
| reports the receipts for the month 10 hr Owe
| S400U0O0O, Of which S7G7O.GOO are for Gus
toms. The balance iu the sub Treasury is SJ4
! $4,000.
There will be large shipments of Governmcn,
bonds 10 Europe tomorrow
A,-I - II, S..n
session yesterday confirmed Col. Patrick +,
Connor ofthc 81 California Volunteers, Brgadier.
General, 10 date from March 30, 1868
! NEW YORK, April 2-The Yazoo. with dates
from New Orleans 10 March 9th, has arrived
Gen. Banks started for the front on the I'D
Com. FarraEut had been NJ Pensacola for Il few
| days past, and would leave on the Goth, for the
| Pacific coast. Operations at Fort Powell, near
Mobile had been suspended for the present. a
paymaster had left New Orleans for Matagordt
TO pay the Western troops and the negroes. The
public schools in New Orleans were making
healthy progress.
| French war steamers were daily expected at
| the mouth of the Rio Grande to attack MatanO.
| ras. COrtinas was lerying heavy contributions
on the people of that city and proclaimed his in
;entiOn of taking the field against the invaders.
The people were shipping their cotton in foreign
vessels as fast as possible 10 get out OF the way oil
| the French.
The Fort DE Russy prisoners, $40 in all. had
| reached New Orleans.
CAIRO, April 2.-Rcfugres report that Forest
| officers cOnscripting in Western Kentucky.
The military authorities are willing that he should
suhsist on the dsloyal people in that region, and
So long As he does not stop navigation or attempt
| to interfere with the rebels he will he allowed TO
scour through the country, which is occupied al.
most entirely by rebel sympathzers
NEW YORK, April 1.-The HeralG's special dis
| patch from Washington says that the Naval Com
| mitee have under consideration the difficulties OF
| transfer of sramcn from the army to the naval
service, and the subject will De brought before the
| Senate on Monday.
The reorganization of the Army Of the Potn.
mae is still incomplete, owing to the nOn'contirIna
ton of officers by the Senate.
a special dispatch to the Commercial! says that
Admiral Dahlgren will soon resume his duties nj
| Charleston.
| Gen. Ord is to command the forces in Western
| VIRGINIA Gem SiryrI commands that Department