Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1864-03-04
FROM THE ARMY or THE POTOMAC,
knpatriek's Cavalry Movement Against
n ic noud

4 S8Vatfy movement against
Richmond.
The reports conserving General Klpatricks
expedition towards Richmond, a brief aeeoRas
Oh " hicn was published yesterday, are contra
cietory, but exciIe the utmost interest We
| copy ihefcilowins letter from the New York
| Herald: q h-La = - 7[1s
= 4 HkADeuARTisgs ARMY OF TIE PoroNAc,
| fto ss--Generai fitzpatrick at the head of a
large force OF ca airy, left this plaoe ON Sa.nr
! day evening on. a grund .=ex uedition Ths
Strength OF tie entire comraaHd we do M.
deem il judleione 70 publish at the present
On Saturday nashstas toa,rsnssop a n,o,sr an
! campe1 st Old Ferdisfs NHte,-ef the fre5e--
eisht miles S saai ct Rh.iass ss Psses soes;
morning ths fsrce demonstrated In front oT the
enemy works npon MIne run, depleyed as
II, o. M n orgss Ieetsse ihtenemy % MISS
IN mat CcaffysS9 Tesjst attack. In this capsc-
ity.they acted sf FAY, and at nigfi reste m :.
ae'Tea aed sba se.s ssi;:sn between srdisrs sls-
- AT sclocs "a M5aasy rnerAing Ger Ktl
| patrick took up hts lime of march sontlivsard.
towards the junction OF the Virginia Central
and the Richmond and Fredericksburg rali-
roads, arriving at Spottsylyania Court House
| at about dark. From ihis paint Col. Dahlgrsn,
with selected detac hment from the cayasry,
was dIsparhsd TO Fredericks' Han, midway
between the junction OF me aboyenamed roads
and q ordensvile, where had been parked the
| whole CT the rebel reserve artillery. Colonel
ia nanigIea was 10 h,ve 1sstroyed the artillery,
Fitzpatrick, or report IN the morning. 90
' IpeSdGy, March AT J o'clock last evening
the expeaition was heard from, aud then every
thlng " az going OF Iimnnipgly and according
! to programme. Fredericks' Hall is 40 miles per
rail from Richmond, ana Hanover junction is
| %. To cover this movement a stong Union
force moved 10 Madison Coart House, but
| found no enemy.
Yesterday afternoon several discharges OF
artillery were heard IN the direction of Cor
0ons VILE, bal as no scouts have come In there
! is no reliable news 10 he sent for ward.
Gen. kilpatrIak 0as dashed Gu " tn his gall
lant comInard until he has zone bey ond tue
| reach Of regular: com mum cation and dou1t-
| less the next news snail Get of m wiilsoe
| by way OF Fortress Monroe, or through rebel
| sources. .n.sE IL
There need be 10 fear OF his su cess, for he
| knows ira upon him dt pends the grand result
| Of the whole exFt dItien, -.a s.i -.s. afH ~.
| Another curIesE onLel.t OF the Eerald writes:
fitzpatrick started 70 make a dash upon
| Redmond, for the purpose of releasing our
prisoners there, sacking Lhe rebel capital, and
ehetul E suS4 oiher Iaudabie Purposes as might.
| be within his power. IT, succeeded in cap-
turing lic,7 = II. a. several IL. at EIy's
Ford: ardTeaChinS Spots J " apia Court IA se,
since which nothing has been heard from him.
Additional Reports Of kdsatrick's Opera
tiOnS.
WAsHrEGToN, March b = TCurrespon den ce of
Associated Press. l-hapor;s prevailed in camp
gesHerdsy thai fitzpatrick was within twelve
miles Of Rich1ton q, and thai he h I'd Gestrovpd
the tehtEal haIiroad wrist al, h agover juno
;ion, "a well as the FrCdeucKslurg road
siIRNAH'S MOvEHENTs in stssiS.
@ -regk.- ySIFPB=..r - - sa gl
The intelligence. ooaeerning Gen. Sherman's
/ movements Rhich we fiur IL the Southern pa
! pers is fragmeUtary, contradictory, and more
OF less indefinte,-but from a muItilu1e OF dis
| patches We take the following, indicating tina,
! Sherman is now or his way 10 Vicks burg: ME
shsrmGn's FSrces en- the Back Track
| ffIoM he Riehmond Examiner, Feb, u.
| ~ " 4 have my ortant L, vs. tni morning from
was received at 1he " AZ Denartrlent last
| nght from sGaa. Polk stating tllat Sher nan 8
I force had eSacitatod MeIidIaR, aad were re-
| treating in two ,colUmns il The direction of
| Eieksbprg. Il s supposed that the Yankee
| con II ander, finding his tissfces on Mobile
"thw III ted and has cavalry Feinforcements In =
| teTeeped, and beiEg III GislresF for supplies,
| was forced 10 abandon his cxiT' dition az 4 oe-
| take hifnself 70 the Ges peTate expedient OF a
retreat through Il country stripped OF its sap
| plies e nd IaiG waste by his advance. Whether
he can accom- I'!ish q retreat with success
mains 70 lie seen. --.- rarr rr... r--..L e.
- The whole country from Jackso;i. 10 the No
ridiap is said 10 be devastated IL Is said that
in Raymond, Clinton, Rranion aud JACKS IN.
Eot fl single house is left standiae iexcept the
puhlic buildings. Along Shermaa,sl line of
Advance the farHls Were laid waste, the feRces
DESTROYED and resid dences given TO the hinles.
| I he Yankee comm ander is reported TO have
boasted in a speech before ne left Memphis,
| that he would subape tbs spirit OF the people
OF Mississippi by asysten of barbarities never,
| before practiced upon any people. These are
| row likely to react upon t. cir guilty author;
and his retreat lies through the desert he had
| lett in his rear. .aG.
Eatrr-The Retreat Confirmed
From the Richmond Examiner, Feb. AL.
Our Scuthcr exchanges bring Us bat little as
| 10 the situ8tiOn of affairs in iHississippi. The
accounts we get represent Sherman's eu;ire
srlIiy as certainly ly retreatiug to Vicks5urs. A
special despatch from De Soto to the Mobile
Register, says
, An intelligent citizen of Enterprise, held 10
custody by the enemy during their stay,
pressed the opinion tina. the entire army Will
move toward Vicksburg. .' 40
After burning the bridge this side Of Quit
man, and the public buildings and some pri-
yate houses in the town the enemy returned 10
Enterprise.
Yesterday morning the whole force a: Enter
prise moved Off toward Meridiaa.
Another despatch from De Soto says:
ga person from Enterprise to-day states that
parties who have come through from Meridian
report that the Y Yankees left tha. place yester-
day morning, going west"
i From Missouri and Arkansas.
l. ST. Louis, March 3.-Two Radical ~.
man papers in the city, the Westlick Post ~, d
NeWgeit, have hofsted the name OF GenaIul
E'rfSn ont s the naDnlaS candida ta for ha