Show BY PACIFIC TELEGRAPH r e TO THE laly t 1 l r new york march 31 at the Trib iuie s decint stays says an announcement no I been made that the J army of th the e ro potomac omac had again asarum t ed the 0 men I 1 wal not be improper i in proper to tate that the whole troops of the army of the jame jaime on monday and bues tues day crossed the james river niver and joined grant in his movement that grant himself left city point for the abe fronton front on tuesday thesda V P IM 31 sheridan with chiq hi cavalry had the advance and bathis by this 6 time me has probably cut the only remaining line or of co min uni cation with richmond somewhere between and dan ville the rebels on sunday and monday had the bulk of their heir army massed ma bcd on their right either in anticipation of an attack I 1 jn th that at direction direct inn or prep pre phra ari tory fo iba the evacuation vac 0 of ri richmond ch monti the between here bire and city point has not been working lor for five or aix hours and if there has been any fighting it is unknown it is believed here that a heavy battle battle took alce touy sunday the heralds Herd lda special says A grand movement of the armr army under grant was beun begun on ym orning all and that this move will result irr in corn polling lee to an eni early lypa capitulation pit nia lion ot of hii arm army V is is regarded in id military circles as inevitable the richmond enquirer says A heavy column of odthe the enemy moved down the jerusalem Jeru saem plank rodd road on tuesday of last fast week the movement was wan supposed to be a diversion in ili favor ol of stier sher asin M striking weldon veldon at the amejia ame time i e and destroying fh the e railroad between there and stony creek head quarters army Poto potomac march ath ali the aronte taken bya by a portion or often abi A army li K the same over oer which it has lia traveled trave Ped cverna bitnes heretofore viz iz vaughn aria roada running acobs catchers hatchers ila Hat chers ittin the tit column started at threes abree 0 o clock thia A 1 M f and a urge cavalry ci valry force cinder slier 1 idan took the ll 11 foad r iowa 1 dinwiddie coart li 0 ti i an iara 1 11 tr colt column imil cr evoked omed rna kiin on n the gaii vaugn en D road but met no opposition until they within a hort distance or of thic boudion plank road boad where tit thu anew enemy y 5 s were found and dairen wick back gi if filis division divi divisi fion ox was sent up tip the he quaker ro road ad about three P M a division divi hion of the enemy inird its ap not knowing the 81 of acour our force fori conned neti in lint line and charged tk the rebels mere j repulsed with beav heavy I 1 I 1 I 1 1 1 1 loo A iber of prisoners wee we re ta taken h and brought in they they said 06 move bad been a complete to them a as it t I 1 1 i 1 th they expected an acure k I 1 I 1 the vicinity or of alan and their troops hud ileen been mussed thereto meet it it it is ia believed were currying hurrying men toward war d the south side liae railroad alt the afternoon in baes its do buthod great confidence coun dence that sheridan would be little alit ad and that by the next night 11 wa yo would have news of its de destruction stra et ion at sowe some 1 0 point ant near burkes eifle if this should be accomplished it is ia claimed d thi the of petersburg andriena and RieNt richmond nond rit must 4 follow withington washington march 31 at information frona from acty C t ty point dated 2 0 clock afternoon L ays lays very heavy at 1030 this mornia morning 1 g and in N tile afternoon jn in the direction aur liuro 9 in tile front the battlo is pyo ba bly in progress no particulars known I 1 Nf e I 1 the beralde Her y alde Waa hington special op says r ft 11 is now understood aro from 1 ui the highest highes source seward I 1 W was is sent 0 or 1 lv z conia colt ta 0 C 1 for tion W ament U 11 ual ry c I 1 1 11 ll kween graut grant and lee lec clue alid by and seward saw in lon 9 1 on flat he ot othar I 1 r by jor jair davicsin Davis ia vis I 1 Sin an d R M MT lir lunter inter proposition s to ar range arrange for a atme colv convention tion to decide whether cheth shall r 4 within tin the rebel confederacy ra or return to ahe ic uni union 0 n bas lias been bee n do dc feared in the lecial or of that A majority of the old members of the virginia bp blei 4 n returned to the new one which meets next winter some were elected by refugees in a constituency numbering from to a i half dozen washington march information from the advance of tile the army of the lotom ic dated catchers hatchers Hat chers run tilt thursday morning shows show that the locality of our army under grant at that time was on a para airall pi rall lliel el with and va vait eat it of royleston doyleston Doy leaton leston plank road and west of 11 run ran the sitione have been gained without resist refinance from the enemy I 1 ahe be ath corps h b id ad a sharp encounter with the enemy on the quaker road on wednesday but lot lo t in the affa affi lir less than men and drove the rebels nearly a mile with a ser serious ion loss t lo 10 to ireni them and captured a number of nere washington march richmond icam icbm nd pipers papers of wednesday re pa port rt that sheridan paved Din dinwiddie dinwidde widd ie 0 house aday morning new york maven aist the th col colorado orado prado lot for rio janeiro pana ma and 5 rn in franciseo francisco with professor alit suit on oil board lias has anchored at quarantine and go goes s to seii sea soon baltimore 3 alti m 0 re march the western mail train from here to i wheeling yesterday wan captured by guerrillas Guen Guer illas tillas and till 11 ll tho cars except rive were burned abdull the file passengers rob bed washington geon march maich Ri richmond ellmond papers paper of the hav buve the following lowing tol from mobile to the be preparation p pa ration for the defens eare very cum cuin and brov i 1 boils to last laist six mont af are in the city chy I 1 1 amenn ga march A force un dyr ri cron lut last w afek e eh in anade a d bioti t ration 0 on n tilot trifela la miss bliss but were hiven bir tit ohp richmond Sen sentinel tibel lias iiii the front 1 eiss ts Tenne thomas if hs eving tving trans er erred red 1 11 A portion of his army to knoxville knoxville and in 1 I united it with Gillem ii said to he ino amov ing in n the lie dit direction action of the vii virenna ami t lic lire 4 ne accounts counts hab command lia had d roach ed the vicinity of greenville little oaf over r half ball way front roni to britol I 1 l the expedition is acconio accompanied byan by an engineer corps I 1 of cf 2000 1 ll 11 acu 1 D wito a rr cm engaged at aged in the rail I 1 oad ili thu thi front ns fis fast as aa the ibe enemy is is reaching it with the baw ba w at knoxville is i kept up the object 0 the expedition is iu doubt to posse SQ and nd hold southwestern south western virginia and if practicable move on ad capture ly lynch burgandy bur gand thus operate cooperate co with grant in ili coap compelling iain g t the he evacuation of Richmond i newbern march ath the armies in north carolina art areias ing a repose forces are an mu cli p i ina in need of shoes clothing and aber other necessities ces atiee prior orto to st striking the 06 finishing blow toabe iby rebel c confederacy 0 ute deracy all AIL i anit ae front just now sli 1 e inia i n b head boad quarters are to be r removed front from calra nall to T newborn the herald s nt newbern abern s special ecial dives gives particulars in in regard to shermans Sher mans recent but hasty basty trip to city point poin and a visit to grunt on the way rema remarked 1 ked that a talk with grant of five min minutes ittes e enough foran ar 1 enrot of their W pl pans t uns f while sherwill sherbian w u ua s it at newbern S there was a rumor 1 1 f tal that it a proposal p rop osal for eel bation of ho hostilities stil 1 M submitted d to him by johnston and liis his vl visit it to city po was for the pin pose of laying these thebe beford grant and lee i A y 1 it is reported rebels an I 1 wod L tm nl 1 I is 6 ab ton b our kinei athe neighbor b h od 01 efort Si gadman but our fort and ar n it opened 1 I anil upon t tam a L teri teni i nc fic fire which drove them hickin in con fitton an fn ion until tit the e contest 0 fit e S t dit ri anz ath of march GI 61 flegl were reci rec ired in city to all of iv whom brain the oath of allegiance was administered and during february only oily 1239 were received the tan worlds army of the potomac special of the lie hits the fol owing the grand movement nt of this army which is not yet fully developed had its or origin this inor mornine nine for several flays unusual activity in the several departments had prevailed and a spi edy opening or of a spring campaign was anticipated orders were issued yesterday to tile the troop 1 expecting to participate in the move to tg hold them themselves olves in ili readiness to move to day at six A M punctually at the time tho thead ad compson corp son the and the ath corps and ut ea cavalry valry started th the co column lunin on oil march a brigade ot of the ad division sent out a small party towards dabney mills somewhere on it tilt the enemy s front and v while eifle I 1 the lie whole army yak moving through tile pines hut but one hot was wag fired causing the only casti casualty alty to this corps for the day lt P eterson of the jtb michigan WA killed t d by it the met more stubborn resi residence stence it moved from a tion near hatchet catchers Hat chers Is run along the nar row road until they arrived ata at 1 t hot ollga barp are known as the quaker road lunning i northerly into the boydstown Boyds town road where they suddenly came I 1 on oil the rebels rebel in ili barce orce lodged d in a 1 piece of nf timber near therun the run art previous to ci the stream adeis division which held the right ul of the moving coh column inin was detached and 0 placed iced at tit he crossi crossing og ot of the quaker and roads to march against the attack roin the extreme lilt it ft of tilt the line the latter iatter road as griffin s division was in ili tit alio centre placed the troops a at light ight if if tile he line and beffie bein at the right f they were thus first to alt meet t nd engage tile lie enemy before crossing the fhe plantation skirmishers kirmis hers and fl arthers who had bad bern been thrown out well on the flita natland nat kand who never liever di discovered the enemy until ney vaine rame upon them abern rell fell back to the main bod body N and griffin sent the hf bri brigade ade to their support they met inet a bul bad fue file thich sent them back and adoth another r bri gade was wai moved to tire lien they succeeded in ili reaching aching rv very vf ry clo caole to the enemy s Pos idoll where they stood and melted pelted liim him until be left the th po position and rell fell bick back to the suppas supposed 1 ed main limin line or of his works defending lending de the ip to the boydston Boyd ton pike and sol t 11 i side railroad very little artil arill lery wis was used and inthe meanwhile le j cavalry corps CM RS of Shei idio lilau a jiing tilt the roa Is still further south and rapidly moved toward the enemy s liona and tip to the time kimt belert the geld field lie he had bad not engaged d the eliely enemy A rn mor inor says hf be captured capt calit ared tired 1 a I pot portion lion of boyds loll ion pike the head quarters qu artera bf of Grant and mead have been I 1 moved i persons supposed pup posed to bt be well v elt informed re pt geeting cling the plara a of grant and who are confident rit that his dinst the sonta side vw rall road with a view to compel the evacuation of 0 petersburg by lee jr ir it haa net already taken place 1 une und Sheri sheridan atin will march against burkesville Burkes villu ville to prevent the pe of trees lies army new york march the herald 6 correspondent says the loss in the thel front of the aih corps alone on saturday was rive five thousand sheridan and his boys bos are off again and wa ahl 1 I I 1 soon be heard from the special ays says information tion from the potomac tonight to night says army iwaH ip in motion on tuesday mo moui riv ing ind and grant and staff was to move in the lufte jooa A goldsboro borrest correspondent on dent of the aya anre rebels have about cavalry y it under it der ak cleland ou our r feich day 06 abey y kane d 01 t tin itee OP forn forage gm it of our ick ent hinged a anft an n of known abic force an 0 t the herald erad Il s correspondent div es dij nij clit dit ional details dt of the battle at beuton benton ville our line at 2 p in fyhen all 11 tha troops were in in p position 0 8 ution 1 wat was abou I 1 t two I 1 I 1 miles milea long and during the day the ebe co e my made tive live grand afaf attempts apts to to Pir ceI his line at diu rent erent points farat I 1 11 ll 1 I was made upon a point held bew uy ti bobea cd well s brigade and morgan s ad br brigade i 4 hiedee and hoke led the th charge and the rebels moved forward gall gallantly antl hi fit ing but little as if to crush arna in ij lines by mere weight Ir I 1 ahey bey were re with it a tit atins fire but bafit apy b nofri ed their beads beadi wid and came on and perm arati rated d thi through rough adsen bow en ll d pot got to the ajar rear of lift match cl 4 I 1 ells brigade but bill neither pave gave way tha 1 b fighting was teril ten inc fic afa liri gide in III the form of a parallelogram Y righting on all sides men lay iny in ili the water firing 0 Os the rebel wherever they could be st sten seen en TEO enk enc my pressed used around mitchell and ac boises and fearing 0 brig aars in III the year rear pressing pres them tapin so 0 o bird that they had bad to juille the breastworks to re pet J their ah saulia I 1 new yoi k march the worlds special bas in oa circles the immediate do downfall ot t thil b hervilion le bellion y is considered certain and the most recent ri cent advices advises at the war dr Depart pa it 51 ment give the assurance urance tint that neither i lef ive nor johnston cin retreat or 0 affer tj battle batile without certain cert iiii I 1 4 it armies it is diete visto isto be a of righting fighting on bolli BIB 66 s 1 s advices advises fi aiom oni 1 richmond nond state that every report or of will be untied aar r arranging a peace during the interline inter lint se secretary cretai seward lett lor for city ioma 11 jint I 1 yesterday it important military move lueala abc in ili progress pru greas A coition pot tion nf A k Sheri datis cavalry have been i tilt remainder renia inder will be heard from froan in a I 1 new aviv direction dire clion additional to the account 1 0 of the tight fight tit at ainar ivi captin cip lined who give his name as gen gan fioke tind and was waa heat to tile itar it ar T tera was how however everso ao enuch contusion confusion its AS no wonder this man bloke di 1 l t afterward leport it port himself in a like manner charter r ea e were made on othi othir r points barour line near r wavered iny where and finally tilt the labels tt bals lor for that last ast 1 en I orl rt 4 and this tinie time they came up tip VO bolit thear ir old famili fa ir yell and aad trim elied rd 9 iby un on to globin robinsons ow sr theyo were ere met with the tbt mot moa terrific lire fire ever witnessed in which many of tbt grer mass baist raised d their ir lemds di theer officers ceis by great grea 1 exertion exer lion aner bomil momil bribery brought them ork in oi older dor until they reach I 1 civi nivi ey bi ade which was brought to bearon bear on thrilba with a link fife ff re this udde added d aci to elwir t le I 1 ir misery yet ohp they stood mood bravely and cattle came on the live five batteries bAtt erics then open i rd fd ut at u i dis ie lesa than jai canni cannister ani apt pricill case X into the wavering w alering mass inas s of 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