The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1865-04-01
NEWS BY TlEaRH.
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j ne report or u onHSt0n TO 1fsS tItskt hC tSta
met the enemy near Bentonyille and routed
him, regarded here as referring 70 the cav.
airy fankers ofhe extreme LEFT wing OF
SHERMAN syyaTmy. q { - 40 6
eIfis supposed that Sherman may have sent
a small force in that direction for the pur
e6se 81 cutting the Fas iFoad connection be-
tween GeIdsboso and Raleigh, and drawing
Iohnsro away FROM GoIdsbfro, while it
was beisg occupied by sharman's main
army. -
/ Information has been received that the
occupation of Goldsboro was effected on
the same day of the reported battle at
RentonEiile.
The Washington Republican Says:
4 gentleman from Richmond reports
that the admit the done. by Sheridan a.
mount to $50, 000, 900. He estimates the
strength eftho army in the Richmond in
trenchments at 90, 900, exclusive of 10 900
home guards and emergency uen in Rich
moBd- He doesn't beiesve Johnston has
over 40 900, though he has drawn sever,
al divisions from Richmond.
A deep gloom prevails in Riehmnd and
everybody seems TO feel that the day Of
recokning has come.
The Richmond Examiner says:
| The conerjptioa of negroes goes on with
difficulty. Guards are stationed at every
camp, and yet thenegroes escape. There
is a greatNPanic among the blacks; and as
much reluctance among the whites upon
the question Of arming slaves,
/ The Dispatch of the 2lst reports that
Kirby Smith has % 900 negro troops or
ganized and armed
The Examiner Of the 2Ist says:
There are in that city between FIVE and
six thousand women and children belong
ing to families of men who have fed from
rebel CONSUMPTION and escaped to the
north As provisions are scarce commobi>
ties in Richmond, it IS proposed TO send
these non-fIghting and non Prducing con-
S,rmers to the north also.
MilledgevilIe( GalEnion insists that
is time that the JEFF Davis administration
andh. Executives officers we're orerhauIed
1t thinks the masses have been fighting,
and suffering, and paying taxes, with out
asksnc questions long enough; and annou
ces that if the people of Georgia decide
to have'a convention, they will hold it
spite Of al! the so.Iire in the State.
New York. March 24.-Thc fuctun~
ton in the gold market this morning were:
Opening li03; it went up u 1913. and
/ fc,! 70 l@u!; then steadily declined t
El47!. There were no bulls anx1ous t.
arrest the downward course, and the dis
position appears to be TO allow it to fall
n low as possible SD as to have i better
chance to send it up when an opportunity
,fered
Washington, March - -Adyices from
the army Of the Potomac state;
\ great deal Of firing has taken place
lately, the rebels opening 6Ic on some Of
our working parties as well as the Avery
House signal station, and upon passing
trains on the raildroad, but so far they
have done DO injury, Picket firing on
the same portion Of the line is kept up
constantly--at night mainiy-to prevent
| dcser'ions from the rebel army.
The rebels still refuse to exchange
Richmond pepeTs
On Wednesday run.ors prevailed here
that fight had taken. place between Cen
Ordes army and the enemy on Tuesday,
! but there is no foundation for it, The
troops Of Gen. Orde were being drilled in
breaking camp and packing up, which
probably gave rise to the story.
Nineteen deserters came in last night
in front of a division of the gth corps,
bringing their arms and equipments with
them
New York, March 24.-The Tribune's
Washington special says the news Of the
occupation of Goldsboro, published yes
terday, has been confirmed By statements
Of q trustworthy party who arrived here
direct from Newborn.
Sherman's force marched towards
| Mecholet's station on the railroad to Ra.
leigh 10 destroy an important bridge across
Neuse river. The center had arrived at
Goldsboro. and the right on Thursday the
24st, formed junction with Schoheld
forceat point II miles east Of Colds
boro
The victory claimed by the rebels at
BentouvilIe, assuming that official state
! urent is correct. amounts to nothing-sim-
ply momentary check to Sherman
left
The eext news from that quarter will
doubtless be an entire accomplishment of
the plans Of Sherman. >
The World special says that the fight
alluded to in the Richmond papers on
Tuesday as having occurred between a
portion of Sberman's force and Johnston 5
army. is understood in military circles to
have merely been a smaltfght with de-
tachmeut sent out by Slocum to burn the
fine railrosd bridge across the river near
Smih6eld, between Geldsharo and RAJ
leigh.