Show I 1 BY PACIFIC TELEGRAPH I 1 TO THE UNION VEDETTE anrew york march ji it appears by later news that the defense of 0 fort myrs florida by the union garrison was a very brave one ad a nd resulted in finally obliging the rebels to retreat there w were pre y parlous arious reports at city point and in washington concerning Sheri dans movements one says he entered grants lines north arid east of richmond while another says sacs be has bag kept on the southward just west of richmond the herald fj washington special no doubt is entertained here thatcher that Sher man man reached e f without an en gl gement of an y hii bifid except caval cavalry ry tie he will be joined at fay and be direct communication on flierman Slier Sli erman inari 1 notwithstanding the boa stings of r the richmond press CS eho w they abey canent stop 4 his bis progress a tho richmond whig of the saye though it is well known there aels is a yankee k e e cavalry force raiding abro through jg 11 some odthe co west ivest of richmond richmon don on the central railroads railroad railroad i under tinder the t hea advance avance of the war department it is deemed I 1 inexpedient ta pl biblish anny thing concerning co ngern n their movements late y r march fth t tirade J ige is improving empro arg with i large num beef af pf buyers b ayers from all parts ozithe west therall The 1 call of the government tor twenty til thousand bags of coffee and the decrease of odthe the crops in bracilo have stimulated active specula fionin tiomi dinall alf 1 W government securities ire are RI in more more active demand det nand abo abone new w loans boing rapidly rap adly ta kenIn gold aid stocks thero thera Is a broken market gold at I 1 98 and aad no demand for remittance abroad arising from a preponderance of exports over imports i wid and the constant drain ot of government on foreign account count an impression prevails that the fiew new secretary will do something to bring down the price ot of gold foreign exchange is very weak bankers 60 day bills arc offering at short sight bills at the money market is unsettled call for loana loami made at 7 per cent and increasing caution is shown by lenders in ill view of the panicky condition of the market washington march dispatches direct from sherman and schofield Scho Held were received this morning dispatch dated the esth nt at laurel hill N C be says we are all well and have done finely details are for obvious reasons ornit omitted ted gen schofield in his bis dispatch dated the states elates that on the night of the irth near southwest creek bragg was fairly beaten aud that during the night he be retired across the neuse at kinston Kj and now holds the banks ot the ri verat that place signed STANTON new york starch the heralds corre correspondent in front Kinston of the be llah gives give s the following account of the fight 0 there on cin bedni wednesday edday the jtb the enemy consisting 0 of hoke s division made a determined ter mined effort to turn our leit left flank they came up rather unexpectedly and furiously and the consequence was a loss on our part of a large portion ot of two regiments who were flanked by bu superior num numbers birs the left of the line was held by the ad ii division vision of gen careers Cari carters ers which fought desperately resorting to the bayonet when ammunition was exhausted to compensate for the losses here col savage of the new york cavalry made a detour on thi the rear and captured nearly prisoners sonere the same afternoon an attack was made conour ri right 1 bt and rc pulsed without loss los i s night coming on the action ceased captain fish of the new york cavalry had lost two sm small howitzers howit zera and captain Kel artillery had bad lost a napoleon gun and bad token taken perhaps pris oars during the day on thursday morning the malloy fully regained his original position and continued to hold it the enemy charged upon him three times in the afternoon and were each time repulsed with severe loss the forenoon was occupied with light skirmishing 1 I along the whole line we still stift bold the original line ample breastworks having baying been erected and stout hearts occupying them and the skirmish pits pita all through the evening of the ath and ni night r bt and ni morning orning of the ath 9 tb and letb re rebel bel fury again belched forth they had evidently learned of something that urged them to unusual desperation and we afterwards learned that it must have liken been tb the e reception bf intelligence by them that Couch was coming aver overland to lo join cox this of course necessitated the furious hd and speedy apt edy onset upon cox 7 in annihilate him before couch should come up tip all night long V afek th ey achl charged abed again and again making seven dif different feren t charges aroid tue ifie aar roar of musketry 1 a and i n d cannon that was deafening and terrible as it swept swep ta and n d swayed way aa through Z the n night air they drove our skirmish line from their rifle pits to the breastworks and seemed determined to pour their h ordea over into these thes e but the wave was sent bounding in 0 backy I 1 ime e sifter after I 1 tinie time ad nn allyon on th the 0 morning of a the as they attempted another frank flank movement tipon nour our left it is said we fook from them an entire regiment from this time their ardor began to diminish and yesterday afternoon when I 1 left the immediate scene 8 caie of oi action thre there was every prospect that we boni di soon regain the skirmish pits pith i win a handsome victory over the maddened havo froll abd ment meat up lip to last evening not far from 2000 goneis our entire loss from the commencement in killed wounded ind and prisoners cannot be over 2000 new york alth the heralda Hc ralda washington Bp special ecial dated the says the military situation tonight to night is understood to be more promising than at any period during the war richmond papers today to day are ill ed with doleful comments on the condition of affairs which they represent as being desperate sheridan they admit has played the th mischief with their avenues of supply and fears are expressed that he will reach burkes station unopposed and destroy the last link betheen richmond and any where else it is believed here that sheridan has already passed burke e s station the junction of the petersburg richmond and danville roads and gone either cither to sherman or grant this saves grant the trouble of cutting the south side road and leaves to lee the alternative of starving starring or dividing his already defeated force and open richmond to a promenade from grant fortress monroe Monro eMirch the steamer champion arrived this morning from wilmington the bilth bringing definite intelligence a respecting the movement of shermans Sher mans force on the morning of the bilth scouts from sherman reached higton a with the nwe that sherman lierman had reached fayetteville N C and fand was camped in the immediate vicinity quietly resting and preparing for another r march northward newborn N 0 march yesterday the everni enemy fell back across the deuso river alter burning the bridge over that stream it is reported that they also destroyed the ribel ri bel ram at the same time which was guarding the bridge timber is now going forward to tb rebuild the bridge and the road is is completed to within a short distance of the railroad opposite kinston Kinst nn the enemy wont be able to remain in kinston long even should they decide to make another stand of which there is much doubt deserters nod and refugees continue to come into our lines our troops are in in high spirits over the prospects p acts of meeting sherman soon gen sherman has opened communication with wilmington from fayetteville and sends bends word that he is all ri right a ht and marching on we expect to hear bear gratifying news from him in a few days new york march the commercials special says it is understood chat hat secretary Sec y mcculloch contemplates com templates the issue issue of a new series of 7 under auspices of jay cook COA dispatch dated newbern bilth says the prisoners taken by the rebels in front of kinston have been captured recaptured re and that gen terry has formed a junction with our forces there and that sherman man was expected in the rear of ef the I 1 rebels at goldsboro on the alth or washington mareb march information from the army of the potomac says sheridan is on his way to the white house the batter batteries leEs at a t fort morton morion shelled the lines briskly on monday and were replied to but with no dam abeso far as known quebec march parliament last night voted a million dollars dortho permanent defense of the th country 5 also for the expenses empens Is of VO volunteers on the frontier the finance minister in a speech t vaid eaid the were of opinion that so long as the american war lasts we must have defense on the frontier in the shada 0 f police and militia to support the civil authorities and fulfill the obligations we aro are under to act the part of good neighbors additional Addition alper per steamer victoria has from froin her seclusion by receiving foreign ambassadors Amba members of legations ct crin state at buckingham palace adams adam the american minister was pres present ent the queen will hold another court en the dinst the king of italy arrived at milan on the 1 lit st dinst and was received enthusiastically asti cally cardinal vicar at rome has issued a declaration ecla ration relative to the jubilee jubile b be e reverts to the object of the popes encyclical letter and particularizes particular izes as especially ally deplorable the errors of liberty of consciences and religions worship being recognized as the just right of all ail to prop avae through the press erroneous principles nor can he recognize that the will of the people is supreme law the mother of the queen of holland died at hague on the dinst department of state I 1 washington f the president directs that all persons who are now or hereafter shall be fou found n d within the U S or who have been engaged in holding intercourse or trade with insurgents by sea rea if they anre citizens of the U S or domiciled aliens be arrested and held as prisoners of war until the war shall close subject nev erth erthel eless to prosecution trial and conviction vic tion for any offense committed by them as spies or otherwise against the laws law of war the president further directs that all non residents and foreigners who now are or hereafter shall be round found in the U S and who have been engaged in violating the blockade of the insurgent ports shall leave the U S within 12 days from the publication of this order or from the subsequent trial in the U S if on the atlantic side and 40 days it on the pacific pacilio side of the country and su such eh persons shall not return to the U S during the continuance of the war provost marshals and marshals of the U S will arrest and commit to mili t tiry try custody all such stich offenders as shall disregard this order whether they have passport or not net and they will be detained in such custody until the end of the war or until discharged by suase quent order of the president signed WM H SEWARD seey see y or of state providence R I 1 L march the union state convention has nominated jas G smith for reelection election re for governor now new york lath the orean ocean queen from aspinwall the bringing half a million in treasure has arrived the laila news from central america was unimportant A rumor was received from ecuador to the effect that there is likely to be trouble between that state and the U S of columbia the most important item of news is that the peruvian goat has seized ex president castilla generalissimo of peru on a charge of attempting to pet get up tip a revolution and have sent him bim off to tosea sea it is not known where but it is supposed to china the war between brazil and the republics of uruguay and paraguay is raging fiercely the steamer sacramento arrived at panama from san francisco on the ath with a report from acapulco Aca which says a general has deserted maximilian and joined the republicans the iron wharf at aspinwall has proved a failure new orleans march ath great fears are entertained of the crevasse opposite this city which will prove very destructive should it occur baton rouge march ath the cavalry expedition sent from here od occupied aupied clinton and jackson la af ter some heavy skirmishing iu in which we lost ton ten or fifteen in killed and wounded inflicting loss on tho th 0 enemy of thirty or forty and some prisoners Including two officers the roads oven which aih our forces passed ire are in a terrible 1 condi concion con dion britte c lra lr I 1 a balt I 1 over nearly every bayou force is concentrating at liberty under genis hodge C and scott I 1 r information from meridian states that forrest was at macon last monday in command of about one thousand men great activity prevailed in that depart ment and forrest was rapidly addin p to and organizing his forces force I 1 the rebel gen bankhead Bark head bead was recently taken prisoner at rodney mils alit ss and sent cent to new orleans he ans en router from richmond to report to kirby S m ith at the time of his capture louisville march jerome dark clark alias sue munday was banged this aft afternoon anoon in pursuance or of the sentence of a military commission new york march A letter from the department of the gulf indicates an expedition against md bile as already begun 1 the tribunes special says saya one of the most celebrated fighting regiments of new york with every officer from its colonel down have taken a vow to ael serve ve the popular cause in mexico as boonas soon as they are out of the war with them th rebels it is positively asserted that senator wilkinson will not be appointed to tho indian bureau A dispatch from fortress monroe to the navy department merely announce a kinston in our pos sion giving no parti calara |