Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-03-27
From the Army of the POtOmnc-COn-
tempIated Evacuation of Peters,


our troops are in the best possible condi-
ton, and ready to move at any time occa-
sion may require. Rumors prevail in
camp that the rebels contemplate the evac-
uation of Petersburg. On Friday the
enemy along the center of the line were
very busy throwing troops from point to
point, at one time massing at one place
and in short time thereafter at another,
thus necessitating strict watchfulness on
"Al day Wednesday and Thursday the
rebels were in active motion in front Of
the Ninth Corps, the camps were struck
within their lines, and large bodies of
troops could be seen from our signal sta
tons moving to and fro. They kept up
an occasional bold front, at times COM
pletely swarming on Cemetery Hill, and
frequently opened on our troops with
cannon, which was replied to. 1t was
believed that they were endeavoring to
hide the evacuation of Petersburg, from
which all the people have been ordered
away, for the purpose OF falling back to
their next line of works on the north side
of the Appomattox river, with their right
resting on the Lynchburg Railroad. A
number of men of the Thirtieth Wisconsin
were killed and crushed by falling trees
during the storm of Thursday night. A
heavy explosion took place on Thursday,
which shook the boats on the James and
Appomattox rivers. 1t appeared to be
in the direction of Petersburg. 1t was re-
ported at City Point that it was an at
tempt of rebels to blow up Fort Hill,
which had been previously evacuated by
our troops, knowing that the rebels had
mined it.
Empressmcnt of Negroes in the South.
New YORK, March l9.-The rebel
Senate on the 10Th passed bills for the i'm
pressment of slaves, to diminish exemp-
tions, and to regulate the business OF con-
scription.
Capture Of Fayetteville.
FAYETTEVILLE, March l0.-To-day we
have to add Fayetteville to the list of
cities that have fallen into our (Federal)
hands. Hardee is said to have twenty
thousand men. He withdrew across the
river yesterday. lie is reported en- route
to Raleigh. The rebels skirmished in the
town and fired artillery upon the houses
occupied by the women and children.
They burned the bridge at this place, and
removed all the public stores they could
by railroad. Sherman is here and well.
Many Of the men are in want of shoes and
clothing-yet the army never was in bet
ter condition. (Signed)
HOWARD, Major General.
From Mobile.
New YORK, March l9.-Letters from
Dauphin Island state our flag of truce boat
Nassau, which went within two and half
miles of Mobile, to exchange prisoners, on
I'd inst, was fired upon by the rebel bat
tericS, and compelled to retreat. She was
not injured. The rebels subsequently de-
clared they did not get the flag of truce
until they had fired fourteen shots. Our
fleet is reported to have crossed Dog river.
New York, March 20.-The Herald's
Mobile Bay correspondent of the 9th says
that refugees who have come into the
Union lines from Mobile, have reported
that rebel troops had been going from
there since February LIST, and some of them
to South Carolina, but there still remained
in and around the city about $4,000.
Most of these, however, were citizens,
many of them very young boys and old
and infirm men. An attack of the national
forces was daily expected, and in antic-
ipation of it the women and children were
being sent away, and there was great dis
tress among the poor. Cornmeal was
selling for SIS per bushel; wheat flour,
50 SO per pound bacon, 81 so per pound,
or 81 in greenbacks.
National Loun-New Bonds.
WASHINGTON, March l9.-The popular
appreciation and rapid absorption of the
$50 loan under the management of Jay
Cooke, general agent, has determined Sec
rotary Mccullough to make no change in
the character of the loan to be placed in
the market, after the present one shall be
disposed of. The arrangements heretofore
existing between the Department and the
subscription agent will be continued, and
new series of 1905 will date from june
18th next. and will consist of an issue Of
100000, 900, payable in three years after
date, and convertible at maturity into
520's at the option of the holder. EX-
cepting in the states of issue and maturity
the new series will in all respects be the
same as the current series, which at the
present rate of subscription, will be taken
up during the coming week. In addition
to arrangements which have been made by
the subscription agent with Wells, Fargo
& Co., for placing the loan through Their
officer in California, Oregon, Nevada and
Colorado, special agents are being dis
patched to the Pacific Coast, and to the
South Atlantic and Gulf cities, including
Beaufort, Newbern, Charleston, Savannah
and New Orleans.
The order of the War Department Of
April 22d, 1864, directing all officers OIL
commissary and quartermasterS' depart
ments, having public money in Their
charge, in the cities of Boston, Philadel-
phia, Baltimore, New York and San
Francisco, not to deposit in the National
Banks, but with the Assistant Treasurer
and Collector, has been rescinded by Sec
rotary Stanton, upon request OF Secretary
Mccullough, except so far as it applies tC
New York and San Francisco, and new
order has been issued, giving such officers
permission to deposit with any of the Ma,
tional Banks in Boston, Philadelphia and
Baltimore, designated as depositaries I'M
der law. This is done that the large pay.
ments into the depository banks on account
of sales of 1905 which the Secretary o.
the Treasury desires to have diminished a;
speedily as possible, may not embarras:
and disturb the ordinary course Of tn,
money market.
Panic in Gold The Cause OF II
New YORK, March l9.-During TIL
last three days there has been great excite
ment in commercial circles, and panic. IL
gold, caused by the favorable military
news and by the news of the reception IL
Europe of the announcement of the cap
tnre of Charleston and Columbia. Tit