Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-03-04

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SIosITIcAxF REBEL MoTExKsTE-Al
from Canada favors the BAT
fslo q. I. Courier with same items Of
rebel news, which are not likely 70 6nd
sheir way to publicity through the crdi
nary channels: "He informs rs that
within q week past there has been gen
eral clearing out Of the rebel coteFie
which, since last summer, has lowered
about the frontier ia our vicinity. A
meeting OF some thirty or ferty, includ
iug Mr.. Jacob Thompson and some other
celebrities, vas held, be tells Is, a.
Drummoud<i'ls, c. W, last week, and
a communication from JEFF. Davis vas
-ead and acted upon. The report Is that
the Richmond Governmsns annonncss to
its Canadian emissaries its intentien 20
speedily abandon Richmond and make its
headquarters somewhere in Southern
Ksntacky or East Tennessee, where the
last grand rally of the military power
Of the Confederacy Is 70 take place. Ia
accordance With this programme. the
exiles were Observation-Disclosures their way
back to the nsighborhood Of the last
ditch" without delay. However .thia
story may tally with the fact, it ia GER
tain that On Saturday Last the emissaries
had departed southwark. How they OBJ
tanned passports or managed to get
across the lines We we're not informed.
GUERzILLAs--A band Of gusrrillas,
under Lam. Cox dashed into Critteuden,
Grant county Kentucky, on satnrdy last
and stole number Of horsea They
were 20 hotly pursued, however, by =
company Of Home Guards. thas they
were compelled to relinquish their
booty.
A laborer ia the employ Of The Govern.
ment had both hands cut Of On the
trestle st the sswaaee depot, in Nash
vile, on Monday morning. While en-
gagged in shoveling Goals, he los, bis
balance And fsll backward ca lhe track
The cars were being backed 81 the time,
and thus cut Oft both bis hands.
Henry Giles, the distinguished and
eloquent lecturer, was stricken down
with saddsn illness whilss recently deIis-
ering = course Of lectures at Lssell,
Mass The prospect Of his recovery Is
thought 10 be quite doubtful
The PRKsipExr's VIEw or THg Frruas
Some one was recently urging the
President the adoption Of some poliey OF
measure which be deern0d essential "a
the public good well, said Mr. Lin.
coin, II doubt whether We can do thai
n0ts-bat wait until the Alb Of March
| don't know how things will turn, bat ]
rathsr think shall have more inaaases
With the next Administration than hav'
With this Aa
coETEDERArK MoSEY The Memphil
Bulletin 81 The 9Th oh, says
Curb-stons brokers we're YESTERDAY
buying Confederate money in bushel
fail They gave one cent on the dollaI
for the old issus, and FIVE cents % tn
dollar for he new issHs.
| The Chattanooga Gasstte Of the sd
ult contains the following news items
Passengers By she train from Knox
vile yesterday evening bFoaght repor
that &C attempt had bsea made BIZ
party OF rebel cavalry 70 turn the bridg
over the Tsnnessse River At Loudon
Il was stated that the gang numbers
about seventy, ard that several Of then
we're captured, including Eve Of the off
GERS. No damage was done to h
bridge.
About eleven o'clock on Friday nigh
last, portion Of the guerrilla band o
Witherspoon surprised and ovsrpowefs'
wood ehopping party, working ca III
Wills Valley Railroad, aboat nine mile
from the city. The leader OF the gan
told the soldiers that they did not inten
30 hsrm them, and did nos intend to taxi
them prisoners; all they wanted wsF
the horses used in the teams, aud, &c
ing 70 the stables, they took tweniy-shra
Of the best animals add departed.
DEPLKrIox. sch Mississipr
regiment, which advanced towards Mat
vile ia Hoods recent campaign, vii
over seven hundred men, returned Wit
only fifteen, rank and Gle all told. Th
STth Mississippi creased the Tennessee
With over six hundred men, and return
ed with bus sixty-three privAtsa and 81
o6cers
Upon the occasion Of Gen. Sherman
approach 70 Charleston, the ChaTlesto
Mercury rsved and ragged aud swaggere
and clustered and builied and defe
and cursed and swore snd--skedaddlec
LosG. Journal
Davidson, the guerrilla leader. say
the louisville Journal Of Thursday, ne
not killed, Is reported yesterday, By th
18th Kentucky. He was severely Hounde
by TWO Home Guards through the lei
arm and side, and vas taken TO Ii
house OF one Of his relatives Il ]
thought that be viii die from the effect
Of his wounds
During the month of February one bur
dred and ten marriage licenses wers j.
sued in Louisville Nineteen Of thes
applicants couldn't read or write, siza
ing themselves ''Ais Y mark
That shows great waa, of goo
schools, such Is We possess
ExcTrrxG RusfoRA- 1T vas CURRENT
rumored IN the city Yesterday, says "a
Louisville Journal Of THURSDAY, ths
Dick Taylor, with about $1,000 mez
composed Of ehe remnants Of Hood
army, Forests command and severe
guerrilla bands. ID marching on to Mash
vile. There we're no mails from Mast
vile last night We learn that . trail
Of eighteen cars was captured and burr
ed near Franklin By force estiu ate,
I at one hundred and ffrv.