Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1865-03-30


81 men he attacked party of the enemy,
l2O strong, of whom be killed and wounded
%. Among the wounded were Major and
n Captain. lie captured "a prisoners and
80 horses. He had one man slightly woun-
dcd (Sipnedl r. Il. LEE.
SHREVEPORT, March ~.
From the Alexandria (la( Democrat.
PnILADELpHIA, March IA special wash
inpton dispatch 10 tho Bulletin says the
( Richmond papers of the lst, are received.
The Whig contains telegraphic dispatches
from Fayetteville, n. C. stating that no fed
eral forces had advanced in that direction.
The dispatch says that Gen. Singleton has
arrived at Richmond, and that his mission
is A commercial one. He is preparing to
exchange bacon for cotton. All other pa
pers intimate that his visit is of private
character. Congressman W. G. Riyes, oil
Va, has resigned his seat.
WASHINGTON, March 3-The following
from the south side Of james river is from
the Richmond Whig, Of March LIST. The Pc
tersburg Express. of yesterday, states mat
the advance VIII ch was threatened ior three
dnvs since has been checked, II not deieat-
ed by supcrabun ant rains, and for the
present may possibly be abandoned but
/ the public need not be surprised 10 near OF
, the conmeuceme lent of battle at any mo-
menr. The enemy has mt withdrawn any
of the forces he has moved to his left, but
holds them in readiness for an advance at
! the eaili ast practicable moment.
! H. is believed that the enemy intends n
/ flank movement some distance further down
| than the scene of his late operations. We
( believe that our noble army is prepared to
/ meet the enemy now MS IL ever has bech,
and to give battle as Of old, never having
known and determined never TO know de-
feat.
NEW YORK. March 4.-AdvicPs, rcrcircd
here through private sources from Mexico,
state that The war in the Unite states is
attracting the special attention of the In
nerial Government The police there are
,i"ec,rd to atrcst all who eNprcsS their
sympathy wih the Federal cause. One
man, named Valdrzc, has been seuIrucrI 10
q ycal s imprisonment for speaking favor
ably about the United Starrs and predict
inr a speedy cud % the rrhrlliou. Tho I'M
berial Treasury is constantly getting lower.
F., Tie Il, slility of the Church party to Maxi
milan is on tho increase. hhr friends OF
the Juarcz causc here lcrus" t. giv' cred
cuce 10 the reported dcteNi NJ Oaxacn.
SHREVEPORT, la. March 20.
CARO-, March 7Dh.--Grurllas again activc
over in Kentucky. Parties from that side
of the river to-day, report a heavy force
committing all kinds OF dcpredatons and
carrying on relentless conscription. Miss.
and Ohio rivers. are very high The Miss.
commenced falling to-day. The Ohio IS
still rising, and rose seven inches during
| .lI ain ia plN.
under water.
NEW YORK, March Sth.-The Herald :
sixth army corps correspondent says it IS
reported that, for some weeks past large
numbers of negroes have beeu Mt work
throwing up foriica ions along the banks
Of the Roanoke river, several months since.
Many old and experienced officers surmsed
that if Lee WAS compelled to fall back from
his present position he would form a new
defeusible line along that stream.-The
country is admirably adapted for the pul-
pose, aud the river will add considerably to
The difficulty which an at acking column
would have to overcome. Siege guns from
Ric mond and Petersburg have been sent
off in that direction over the Danvllle rail-
road. and many things seem to indicate
that his army will soon be IN route for the
same place.
The rain up to Saturday has been severe,
and continued for some days, so as to make
all roads into sloughs and put stop 10 any
very important movement on either side.
4 James River letter in the New York
Herald of the Sd inst, says Sherman, since
his appointment rs ear Admiral, in con
junction with Lee, has been busily engaged
in organizing another decent upon us.
1t appears they have determined to strike
one more blow on the river and then aban-
don the feet, sending the commissioned Of
fcers west of the Mississippi River and
transferring the Warrent officers and men
TO the army. That this blow will be des-
perate one, there can be no doubt, whenever
ihey seek to accomplish it. 1t is, at least,
certain that they will have no hcsilancy in
sacrificing every one of their vessels to car
r. it through.
A dispatch from Baton Rouge to the New
Orleans Times of March 18th, says the
steamboat Monroe, little boat that has
been living off Grand Gulf, went up Black
river on the 9th and was captured. One Of
her owners, William MIlligan and Wiley
were killed. The rebel Brown, also one Of
the owners. is supposed to bekilled. When
last heard from the boat was up fifteen
miles. The pilot Of the gunboat Chillicothe
was captured while on shore at Fort Ad-
ans on Saturday. The Federals have re-
inforced Berwick Bay with eight thousand
troops.
The vicksburg Daily Herald March l4th,
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