Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-03-06


WAsHlSgrox, March 3--The follow
Ing "a from The Richmond WAig Of the
lst insg
The South Side Express Of Yesterday
states that the advance which was
threatened two or three days ago haa
besn checked, ii not defeated, bT sn.
peFabundance Of rain
The publie need not be surprised 10
hear OF the commencement Of = battle
Al anY moment
The enemy has not xithdraun any ol
his forces. BE has moved bis left. bar
holds them ia readiness for "a advance
II ths earliest practicable moment
Il Is believed that the enemy intends
: hank increment some distance further
down than the scene Of Ais recent oper-
sstons We bslisss Gus usbls armY is
IS vel prepared 10 meet the ensmy nov
as Il ever has been, and give battle as
Of old, never having known aud de-
termined never 10 know Of defeat
Large nambers of Yankee deaertera
come in ct different points, claiming the
privileges granted them under or iers
No. 65.
A special dispatch 10 the Columbia
EHqsireT, dated Marina, Fla, | lth, In
forms that journal that Captain Diekin.
son had captured sighty-fve prisoners,
including one Colonel and three Cap.
tAins; also, ten wagons, one ambulance,
aud quantity Of arms, &c. The snsmy
: lost three in killed, including their Adja.
saat; and four wounded, including their
Colonel Not one Of Capt. Dickinson :
company gas lost
Gen B J. Hill, being authorized 70
raise brigade Of znounsed men in tbs
northern part OF AlRbama, viii make
his headquarters Alternately as Rome,
Ga, and Gadsden, Ala. BeanregaFd
auihorizrd him "a proclaim amnesty aud
psrdoa 70 al men iDpuperly shseat
from their commands who may Ioin b.,
brigade
ln = nj i,ary point of view everything z
= qu ct Ia the TrnB--Mississippi region
The rivers are higher nos. than ihry have
, Tor years. bu, no apprehe asion i,
f.-lt Of Iaad inYs sion hyahesnesay. IS.
Blockade running between Galveston
and the W est Indies Is carried on yerY
suscessfuliy 3@ ~ L&
Ud Wilmington and Charleston ar'
quite a number OF steamers. Sssers
others have run Ia and out of Gaivestof
| dnriug the past fortnight
The Government stores in Texas ans
At Shreveport are full of clothing Ans
other necessaries
/ An expedition 6tsing oDl a. New Or
/ leans is believed 70 be intended for Gal
weston, and no; Mobile. q ess
The Army Of the Trans Mississippi i
in excellent spirits snd condition. Tn
troops are well supplied with clothing
food and munitions Of var
The Message Of Gov Allen, Of Louis
ans, urges the placing Of negroes in th
I aFmy as pioneGes, xagouers, DC. Th
message meets with universal approbs
ton in Louisiana
A correspondent Of the Montgomer
Appeal, writing from Grenada, Miss
says:
Affairs on the border are ia tsrFibl
condition, the country being hiaed VT
jayhawkers aud robbers principally d
serters) whose deeds rival the famou
days Of Dick Turpin.
Such reign Of terror has been il
augErated that travel is almost entirel
broken up in portions Of the country.
Il Is reported that there are Iare
numbers Of soldiers returning 70 the
homes on furlouzh, who are visiting vel
gesnee apon speealAtors in the northeE
counties who have refused 70 take Co
federste money for corn and other nece
szries of life for their families, and q
less something is done BY those in 3
thority ve look for desperate state
affairs during the present month