Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-03-04


WAsH1EaToN,s March 3.-The following
is from the Richmond Wing, of March LIST
The Express of yesterday states that the
adVancewhich was threatened two or thres
days since has been checked if not defeat.
ed by the snperabundant rains, and for the
present may be abandoned, but tie public
need not be surprised to hear of the COM
menement Of battle at any moment. The
enemy has not moved to his5left. but holds
them in readiness for an advance al the
earliest practicable moment. tits believe5
the enemy intends to make q flank move.
ment further down than the scene Of
his late operations. We are plad d
believe that our noble army is prepsreb
10 meet the enemy now, as it has ever been
70 give battle as at Old River and Har.
rls. Kun, and determined never to suffer
large number Of Yankee deserters
come in indifferent points claiming the
pe. ne granted them under General Or
A special dispatch to the Columbia En-
qulteF, dated Marianne, says Capt. Dick.
1u Sg1 nad captured Sc prisoners, including
oOionelI Captains and 1 Lieutenant:
also 10 wagons, go horses, 1 ambuIance
and quantity of arms, Sc. The enemv
lost IN killed 5, including their, atliutanf
ana wounded, including their Colonel.L
lost. @ ''1O- e0tl was We
zen. BID. Hill having been authorized "a
raise brigade of mounted men n ?Eortb
Alabama. viii make his heado 1srters al.
ternately at Rome, Ca, and Gadeden. Al!
ALBANIA. f.-. = - N-SS * a.. al
Gen. Beauregard authorised Gen. Hill To
proclaim q. an amnesty aud foil pardon to ali
men improperly absent from their, comI
mGnds " no may join his brigade. l'-5IlT
In military point Of view everything il
quiet inathe trans. Mississippi region. .
me rivers are higher now than thew
nave been for years, but no spprehensions
SFg ., IelI. OF land invasionsby the enemy.
blockade e. running between Galveston aud
s sn9 west !ndies Is carried on very success.
t4Iy, PeEnaps rtVallng iuTthis respect the
Pof'e OF Wilmington and Charleston, Quite
number of steamers have run in and 'o1t
of Galveston during the past foFtnipbt.
The expedition fitting outat Nav Or.
leans Is now believed 10 be intended for
Galveston and not Mobile. -
me Army OF the TRANSIT Mississippi Ia In
excellent spirits and condition. The troops
are well supplied with. clothing, food and
munitions of war. -. 80 :
The message of Gov. Allen Of Louisia.s
urges the placing at zoe, 900 negroes in the
army as pioneers; wsgoners, &c. The mea-
sage meets universal appreciation in Louis.
a correspondent OF the Montgomery Ap.
pear, writing from Grenada, Miss, SAYS:
hairs on the borders are 10 a terrible
condition, the country being filled with
bands OF Jsyhawkers aud robbers. princi.
pally deserters, whose deeds rival the
famous days of Dick Turpin, and such a
reign OF terror has b sen inaug1Tated that
travel is almost completely broken M in
some portions Of the country Coupled
with these arellarge numbers of soldiers
returning to their homes on furlough, who
are pouring vengeance on spectators in
tne northern counties who have refused to
hecessaries of life from their families. aud
unless something is speedily done by those
In authority we may look for desperate
state Of affairs during the present month
in North Mississippi. e4z 5.A
PH1LGDELPH1A, March ss.-A speciaI
Washington dispatch to the Bulletin SAYS
Richmond papers ofyesterdRy have been
received.
The Wing contains a telegrapnic dis
patch from Fayetteville, N. c., stating that
no federal force have advanced in that di
rection from Wilmington. ''ll 30 20 ! A
The Dispatch says that Singleton has ar. 1
rived at Richmond. 1t adds that his mis-.
sion is Commercial one, he proposing to
exchange bacon for cotton. All the other
papers intimate thatit is ofs private char
acter. a5'TT
Congressman VIII. c. Rives OF, Virginia,
has resigned his seat ,s % .sss -
The I,d daily Dispatch of yesterday says:
A Union cavalry force is moving down
the valley towards Staunton. a.