The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1865-03-07 00:00:00

AMERICA.

The Africa brings intelligent* from New York to the
17th February. General Sherman's movements had
been developed. He had succeeded in crossing the
Edisto River, and flanking Branchville, which had
become untenable by the Confederates, who were said
to be falling back on Columbia. The Southern papers
state that Berturegard, with a large force, was in
Sherman's front. The Federals were continuing their
operations for the capture of Wilmington. General
Terry had made three attacks on the Confederate lines
at Sugar-loaf, north of the Cape Fear River, all of
which, though assisted by the whole of Porter's fleet,
were repulsed by the Confederates. Grant is said to
hold his position at Hatcher's Run, which he gained at
a heavy cost of men. His line is extended but one
advance by the movement. The reported evacuation of
Mobile is confirmed by Federal officers; the cotton is
understood to have been all removed into the interior.
The New York Herald proposes that the Danish West
India Islands should be seized in retaliation for the
rams said to have been sold by Denmark to the Con-
federate Government. Private letters from Mexico
represent that the Liberals are rising in the parts from
which the French have withdrawn' and that they now
comprise a force of 60,000 men. Gold was quoted at
New York 203}.
CHARLESTON OCCUPIED BY THE FEDERAL&
CAPTURE OP FORT ANDERSON, AND EXPECTED FALL
OF WILMINGTON.—NEW YORK, Feb. 22 (Morning).—
The occupation of Columbia was suoceeded by the
evacuation of Charleston by the Confederates on the
night of the 17th, and its; occupation by the Federals on
the morning of the 18th of February. The Federal"
entered without opposition. Among the captured
property are two hundred guns and a supply of fine
ammunition. The Confederates burnt the cotton ware-
houses, arsenals, quarter-master'e stores, railroad
bridges, two ironclad', and some vessels in the ship-
yards. 6,000 bales of cotton were fired, and it was
supposed two.thirda would be destroyed before the
troops could put out the fire. A fearf al explosion
occurred in the Wilmington depot in Charleston, by
which several hundred citiguns lost their lives.
The cause of the explosion is unknown. It is
supposed that Besuregard evacuated Charleston
to concentrate his forces and give battle to
Sherman. The blockade runner Cyrene, from Nassau,
fell into the hands of the Federals. Several hundred
Confederate deserters concealed themselves in the
I houses when Charleston surrendered, declaring them-
selves tired of the rebellion and of fighting for it. They
were received as prisoners. Crowds of negroes met the
Federal troops and made demonstrations of joy. The
I Confederate troops in Charleston were said to number
14,000, and they took a northerly direction. Fishing
for torpedoes has commenced in the vicinity of Sumter,
and they are gradually being picked up. The corres-
pondent of the Tribune says that Sherman had reported
that all the forts in the rear of Charleston were in the
Federal possession. The news of the evacuation was
received with great applause in Congress. The War
Department ordered a national salute to be fired from
every fort and arsenal, and at the bead quarters
of the army of the United States, in honour of the
restoration of the Union flag upon Sumter. Seward
ordered the illumination of the departments and
buildings at Washington on Washington's day,
which is to-day, in honour of the recent triumphs.
There are great rejoicings throughout the North,
and the Northern press publishes an exultant ac-
count of the recent success. The Herald's Washington
correspondent states that the evacuation of Richmond
is likely to follow that of Charleston. Evidences of
this daily multiply. Advises from persons high in the
Confederate service state that the evacuation is deter-
mined on, and nearly all the machinery has been re-
gg need. It is understood that Lee will fall back on
Lynchburg, where the Confederate forces are to con-
centrate preparatory to making • desperate effort to
break through the coils which envelope them. A strong
Federal cavalry force is reported to be threatening
Lynchburg. The Tribune says that the opinion in high
official quarters is that Lee cannot remain more than
30 days at Richmond, but must either attack Grant and
raise the siege, or fall back upon Lynchburg, his only
line of retreat. The Confederate cavalry dashed into
Cumberland, Maryland, on the 21st, and captured some
of the picket, and carried off Generals Crook and
Kelly. The Federal cavalry have been sent in pursuit.
Southern journals assert that Sherman is devas.
tating the country along his route. The roads are
teeming with vehicles, stock, and all kinds of
moveable property, fleeing for Georgia and Upper
Carolina. _ .

The Richmond Despatch, of the 18th, announces that
a movement has been made by Grant, indicating either
the transfer of a heavy body of troops to the north side
of the Tames River, or the return of the troops sent to
Petersburg to participate in the Hatcher's Run engage-
ment.—The Confederates had made a demonstration on
Ferraro's line at Bermuda Hundreds, but were repulsed.
—The Senate has passed the Army Appropriation Bill
for live hundred and eighteen millions of dollars. The
Government owes the army one hundred and eight
millions of dollars. In the House of Representatives
Fernando Wood brought forward a resolution requesting
the Secretary of the Treasury to consider the expediency
of exporting the cotton now in the hands of the Govern-
ment to foreign markets for sale, and importing iron to
some extent, thus enhancing the Government credit.
The correspondent of the Herald estimates that one
hundred and sixty thousand bales of cotton are stored
' along the railroad from Wilmington into South
Carolina, which the Confederates will burn at the
approach of the Federals. Butler is spoken of as
military governor of Charleston.
General Gilmore's despatch to General Halle,ck,
dated, Charleston, 18th February, says :—Charleston
and all its defences came into our possession this
morning, with about 200 pieces of good artillery and a
supply of fine ammunition. The enemy commenced
evacuating all the works last night, and Major Macbeth
surrendered the city to the troops under General
Schimmelpennick at nine this morning, at which time
it was occupied by our forces. Nearly all the inhabi-
tants remaining behind belong to the poorer classes. The
following additional details have been received :—lt is
stated that the operations of the Confederates began
at 10 on the evening of the 17th, and in about 12 hours
the evacuation was complete. Early on the morning of
the 18th the fleet observed two terrific explosions;
burning fragments filled the air for a great distance.
The sho-k was severely lilt by all the Federal veva ls.
Many thousand b‘iles of cotton were burned by the
explosion of the warehouses and the firing of other
public buildings. General Scholdeld and Admiral
Porter captured Fort Anderson on Sunday. The fall
of Wilmington is shortly expected.

The following is an extract from the Second Edition
(page 188) of the Translation of the Pharmitcoposia of
the Royal College of Physicians, of London, by Dr. Cl.
F. Collier, publ:shed by Longman and Co. :—" It is no
small defect in this compilation (speaking of the
Pharmacopo3ia) that we have no purgative mass but
what contains aloes; yet we know that hcen2orrhoidal
persons cannot bear aloes, except it be in the form of
COCKLE'S PILLS, which chiefly consists of aloes
scammony, and colocynth, which I think are formed
into a sort of compound extract, the acridity of which
is obviated, I suspect, by an alkaline process, and by a
fourth ingredient (unknown to me) of an aromatic tonic
nature. I think no better and no worse of it for its
being a patent medicine. I look at it as an article of
commerce and domestic oonvenience, and do not hesi-
tate to say it is the beet made pill in the kingdom; a
muscular purge, a mucous purge, and • hydrogogue
purge combined, and their effects properly controlled by
• dirigent and corrigent. That it does not commonly
produce !Hemorrhoids, like most aloetic pills, I attribute
to ite being thoroughly soluble, so that no undissolved
particles adhere to the ninooni membrane.