| Show ay iy washington 12 y tob rob toe richmond dispatch of arzy friday a I 1 tire tiie following dispatch from le 1 headquarters march 9 IT obi breckinridge bragg reports that he I 1 attacked the enemy yesterday four nus MUs in front of kingston and drove hinl him from his position he disputed ilo the ground fie fhe obstinately and took a new W line three miles from his first we captured red three pieces of artillery and IM 1500 pr prisoners sollers sellers the number of the dead and wounded left on the seid is large ours is comparative comparatively i v uail mall the troops behaved most hand fod iod on my iely gens hill and hoke exhibited usual zeal and energy v signed LEE new yo york 12 AN A new now ow orleans letter of the announces the arrival there of 2000 exchanged prisoners from texas including a number of naval off omm meers officers the rebel papers have an article articie on i the passage of the new enlistment act saying laying it is a measure of necessity and I 1 not of choice the speech of senator hunter in the rebel senate is printed so he voted for the bill garm warm and emancipate negroes under udder instructions from the virginia legislature but he entered his protest against it as an abandonment of the contest and of the ground upon which the south soth seceded washington 12 john G nicolay the presidents private secretary was nominated yesterday for far the post of consul to paris to fill th the e vacancy created by the promotion motion n of john bigelow the late incumbent cumb erit eilt to the post of charge de do affairs at at the french court the nomination was unanimously bously confirmed cairo 12 over two million dollars worth of goods and property hasteen has been destroyed at East eastport port rort mississippi by the flood in the tennessee river the rebels held possession of hickman kentzel kentucky zy the steamer post boy was totally destroyed troyed by bursting her boiler 25 miles above new now orleans on the at h two lives tives were lost 9 new york 13 the iterates heralds new orleans letter says juarez is reported advancing on matamoras with men has bas 1000 thi andas Is afraid he will be compelled ito tto render surrender nor TOr he sent out cortinas with a regiment to check his progress but cortinas surrendered his whole force of dexl Rexi mexicans cans to juarez the reason given for this is that maximilian agreed to rive give Cortina cortinas half a million dollars provided he turned over his command to the imperial government but after he had lad consented ho he refused to pay him the imperialists are becoming alarmed at the increasing force of the liberals and the treachery of the mexican commanders and their troops in the service of maximilian another skirmish between shermans Sher mans Lills cavalry and that under wade hampton on bathe the ad dinst at a point not named is le reported ported in the richmond papers the moel ittel col aiken was killed and hamp general wounded these vir 1 aio ado all 11 the ll particulars of the affair fur T TL Richmond riehmond examiner is informed bal bythel el officer from south carolina t an has com eom completely lately degasta te ted teA portion of that state through w uhl ata passed this off omm officer liber baye saye he hab has n tied a house int itt his bis track ga anery of the corps has succeeded gen hancock as commander of the middle military department comprising the lower part of the shenandoah V valley vailey illey liley and other territory in that region during the tile continuance of gen Sheri sherl dans bans dans more active field held operations the greater part af pf the troops in the shenandoah valley have been concentrated in the vicinity of lynchburg large supplies of food for needy residents furnished by tho the shenandoah relief association have arrived in the shenandoah valley the richmond journals of last friday fridy announced that the removal of the gold belonging to the banks of that city had already commenced and in the strongest language han hau guage the legislature and people are called apon upon to put astop to this exodus of precious metal on the ground that if removed it will nearly all get into the hands of the yankees and ebat upon its retention ioli depends the very safety of the rebel capital itself the exchange of prisoners at the mouth of red river continued gen mckean has relieved gen ullman vi in command coni mandat at morganza the heralds special says the war department attaches very little importance to braggs reported success in in north carolina as the force captured must have been only a construction party accompanied by a a small for foree force as a guard they were opening reopening re the atlantic and north carolina railroad headers middle military division 1 columbia virginia march 10 to grant in my last dated d a waynesboro I 1 gave you a brief account of the i defeat of early by custard Cu stars stary division the same night this division was pushed acids across the blue ridge and entered Charlott chariott charlotteville charlottesville eville at two in the afternoon of the next day the mayor and the principal inhabitants came out and delivered up the keys of the public buildings ings I 1 had bad to remain at two days this tilis time was consumed in bringing t 0 over from waynesboro our ammunition and pontoon trains the weather was terrible the rain being in bessant ces sant the two divisions were during this time occupied in destroying the two large iron bridges ohe over the ravenna river and the other over mores morets creek near Charlott chariott evilIe and the railroad for a distance of eight miles in the direction of lynchburg on the ath of A march lare lane 1 I i I 1 I 1 sent the division gen devine commanding to scottsville spottsville Scotts vitle ville on the james river with directions ions to send out light parties through the country and destroy all the merchandise mills factories and bridges on the ravenna river the parties toj to join oin oln the division at Scotts scottsville spottsville ville the division then proceeded along the canal to 15 miles from lynchburg destroying destroy ing every lock and in ma many n y places the bank of the canal we hoped to secure the tile bridge to cross the river as ourson were use lesson account of high water in ili thisbe this we failed asboth this bridge and the bridge were burned by the enemy on our approach me arit accompanied thi this s division the ad division started at the samo same time from charlotte Charlatte ville vine and proceeded down the lynchburg railroad to amport court house destroying every bridge oil on the road and iri in many places miles of road the bridges on this road are numerous some of thein them feet in length we found great abundance in this country for our men and animals in fact the canal had been a great feeder of richmond at rockfish river the bank of the canal was cut and at new canton where the dam is across the james the guard lock was destroyed and the james river let into the canal carrying way away a the bank and washing out the bottom of the canal the dam across the james at this point was partially destroyed no opposition everybody is bewildered by our movements we have had no no news of any kind since I 1 left e the bridge in the ahe railroad from swoops Depart the tile other side of or staunton to ille lile fere vere utterly destroyed also aiso ais alg ohie ofie bhe fie wida por for a distance of tn ton miles oft the didong ville vile the weather has been very bad indeed raining hard ever over every day with the exception of four days since we started my wagons have from the state of the roads detained me up to the present limowe timo time wo have havo captured 14 pieces of artillery 11 at waynesboro and thre three eat at charlotte ville the party I 1 sent back from waynesboro started with six pieces but were obliged to destroy two of the six for want of animals the remaining eight pieces were thoroughly destroyed we have also captured 12 canal boats laden with supplies of ammunition rations medical stores etc commodore bolans of the rebel navy mavy was shot near gordonsville Gord onsville while whiles attempting to make his escape from our advance in that direction signed 0 slie SHERIDAN cairo 13 A few days ago gen bailey made madea a forward movement from baton rouge through louisiana and mississippi with about cavalry well supported with artillery when last heard from lie he had captured clinton louisiana louisville 13 an expedition of 50 men of the wisconsin sent from hereon saturday surrounded yeA yer yesterday erday morning a barn in webster meade county capturing sue mundy magruder and henry metcalf after some resistance resi stence in which three of our men were slightly and and add a fourth was mortally wounded magruder is suffering from a recent wound and is not likely to recover new york 13 the spanish and italian ministers had arrived at vera cruz don dun diaz robles has returned from matamoras after instituting several reforms and getting on foot many internal improvements there the reported outrages outraged at ait alt matamoras atamo abamo ras oil on union refugees and the american consulate are repeated philadelphia 13 I 1 the bulletins washington special says a letter dated near kingston loth and received here at noon today to day says 0 on ii the hh ith bragg again attacked coxs force maid mald making ing two se separate parate assaults which whick which were repulsed with heavy loss to the enemy rutt Kutt gers division of the same corps captured one piece of artillery and prisoners the enemy left th the 0 nield held in confusion and all their i killed and wounded fell into our hands new york 13 vera cruz papers brought by the liberty have the following the prisoners captured at oaxaca have been removed to puebla among them were several deserters from the french army who had been entrusted with important commands by the defending party it is supposed that prisoners will be detailed to labor on the public works the di dispersion sp erslon of N various guerrilla bands is r reported aporte d at E stonette Esto sto pette and the eranee france mexican an generals declare that in consequence 0 of the fall of oaxaca th the e jurrist generals Reha gury and garia have both given in their submission to the empire by order of the emperor a war department with the necessary officers and officials has been formed in mexico new york 14 to days mail from mexico brings the text of Maxi decree of religious toleration the promulgation of which had bad been previously announced but the entire text of which is now for the first time transmitted for the associated press maximilian emperor of mexico having consulted our council of ministers we hereby decree the following article the empire protects the catholic roman church as the religion of the state article ad free and ample toleration ie is extended throughout the tile territory of the empire to all religions religious which are not opposed to civilization and good habits the establishment of a anew new religion will however require tho the authorization of ho tho t government article ad As circumstances may require instructions will be issued to the tile police regarding tho the exercise of re laiglon article ath TI tiie i 0 council coune 11 of state shail shall of any committed by the local finot ute tie exercise of other religions and against the liberty which the laws guarantee to their thein ministers this decree shall be deposited in the archives of the empire and published in the off omm leial official journal given in the palace of mexico of february 1865 maximilian bests fork 10 to grant the tile enemy made a heavy attack on our center and left today to day but was decisively repulsed with heavy loss his dead and badly wounded being left oil on the field we also took several hundred ti undred prisoners our loss was small gen couch is only 12 miles from here tonight to night he will be up early in the morning we took the prisoners from lees and stewarts corps they say two corps are here and the rest of johnsons army are coming signed sanor city point va 13 to stanton the following lowing fol lol is taken from to days richmond papers headquarters march 10 to breckinrid breckinridge e hampton attacked KlIff kilpatrick KIl kii patriek atrick at d daylight 0 this morning and drove him fro from in his camp taking his guns wagons many horses and several hundred hundred of prisoners and relieving a great number of our own men who had been captured the guns and wagons could not be brought off for want of horses many of the enemy were killed and wounded our loss was not heavy col J S king was killed and brig gen hume and cols kugan and morrison were wounded signed 0 L LEE len ex washington 13 the report current a few days past that the united states consul had been ordered to leave matamoras is without foundation in fact the consul mr pierce pieree resigned his office last year and consequently the closing of the consulate was a matter of course in view of the complications incident to the war ili in mexico and the blockade of the rio grande the united states government has since that time preferred to be represented at matamoras by a commercial agent instead of a consul as this class of officers have no political functions and do not require off omm official leial recognition by liy the government of the country in which they reside new york 15 the heralds newborn correspondent of march lith says some of the heaviest fighting there has been since the corps commanded by gen cox reached the vicinity of kingston occurred on friday loth lotfi the rebels evidently had learned that couch with a portion of the corps was not far off and would soon join cox and it urged chein them to extraordinary tra ordinary desperation they charged again and again on our works making 10 or 12 separate charges through the day generally they spent their fury on tho the left but some ot of the time they would charge on the entire line vainly hoping that the momentum of so large a body would break down everything our men however stood their ground heroically as attested by the piles of slain rebels lying before our works in various direct directions lon ion the enemy binemy also fought with valor worthy of a better cause on friday night and saturday morn ing loth and lith couche forces came up from towards wilmington and effected a junction with cox which gave us the advantage of course of which the rebels were not slow to become informed so they at once began to fall back abandoning all further opposition on this side of the neuse river they are now on the north side of til the river with the bridge that crosses over to kingston partially b burned the much talked of ram neuse is also partially destroyed the jeralds heralds washington special say says a letter from schofields Sch headquarters newborn lith says this morning hoke atte attempted apted to break our lines iines but was repulsed with terrible slaughter our own loss is not more than alian or killed and wounded the rebel loss in killed wounded and prisoners prisoners riso ners is eight times greater we have havo 1 av possession of the nield field and the rebel dead and wounded prein our hands washington 1 14 general schofield Seh beh ofield ina in a dispatch dated ted the atit states that ou of the loth near nean south cin cik bragg was r f on paste page W L continued from pago page fairly beaten that during the night ho he retired across the cieus neuse at kingston and now holds the banks of the river at that place 1 ilace glace signed STANTON new york 14 the heralds correspondent in front of kingston lith gives the following account of the fight there on wednesday the ath the enemy consisting of hokes division made a determined effort to turn our left flank they came up rather unexpectedly and furiously the consequence was a loss on our part of ia large portion of two regiments who were flanked by |
