Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1862-03-06
THE LATEST WAR NEWS.

week represent the troops as being in good
condition, and that there prevails among them
a vigorous patriotic spirit for action in the
field.
General Banks division still rests in the
vicinity of Charleston Va. No accident or in
terruption marred his advance. The condition
of the country from Harpers Ferry present
the usual appearance of agricultural prosperi-
ty. Negroes are focking in the lines of Gen.
eral Banks in large numbers Various reports
as to the movement of the rebels at Winches-
ter were circulated, bat as they come from ref.
ugees andcontrabands, no reliance is placed
on them in the camp at Charleston.
A despatch received at headquarters on
Saturday evening announces the death of Gen.
Lander at Paw Paw, Virginia. town between
Homney and Winchester, at five o'clock in
the afternoon General Lander's brilliant con-
duct at Rich Mountain, and his energetic
march to open the railroad at Hancock, which
won for him the special thanks of Secretary
Stanton recently, will be remembered. Gen.
Lander was wounded at the battle Of Balls
Bluff, from which accident he never fully re-
covered, and it is said that his late exertion in
bringing forward his troops in the remarkable
forced march alluded to, eventuated in the to-
tai breaking up Of his feeble health, on account
of which he some time since asked to be relieved
temporarily from his command. General Shields
has been appointed to succeed General Ian,
der, and will enter upon his duties iumedi
atey.
The evacuation of Columbus, KY, is official
ly announced by report from Commodore
Foote. Lieutenant Phelps returned to camp
on Saturday, and states that the rebels are re-
treating from Columbus. Several fires were
visible in the town, indicating that they were
destroying the military stores and equipments,
IL not the town itself The Union troops were
expected to occupy it yesterday. The War
Department has received such encouraging
intelligence of the restoration Of Tennessee to
the Union that it is contemplated to appoint
Senator Andrew johnson Military Governor
of the State until the civil government can be
reorganized With this view it is said that
the President will nominate him as Brigad;er
General, aud place in his hands the pleasant
duty of restoring his old State to its original
position
The Treasury Department has ordered the
cotton taken at Nashville, valued at 500, 900
to be sent to New. York.
As an evidence of the anxiety of the solid
menu nionists and conserVatives-of rebel
dom to reconstruct the business connections
between the North and the South at the earli-
est opportunity, we can refer to the fact that
telegraph dispatches of purely business char
acter we're received in New York on Saturday
from Nashville No sooner do the people in
the capital of Tennessee feel themselves re-
leved from the incubus Of secession, by the
occupation of the Union army, than they hast
en- to restore the old relations with the com
mercial capital Of the country. Circumstances
like these, trivial as they may appear, show
very forcibly the disposition of the oppressed
Unionists of the South to avail themselves Of
their disenthralment We may look for simi.
lar indications from other parts of the South
as the soldiers of the government advance
and break the chains of the oVerridden peo.
pie.
The rebel batteries on the Virginia side of
the Lower Potomac make O demonstration oc-
caSionaIly. On Saturday night while General
Sckles was reviewing his brigade, on the Ma
ryland side, shell exploded within few feet
of his position, and on Monday night the Cock
pit Point battery threw several shot and she'll,
with what intention or with what effect it was
not known.
Gen. Shields left Washington on Monday
to take command Of the late Gen. Lander's
Brigade on the Upper Potomac.
Nothing of Importance has occurred in Gen
eral Banks division. Nearly thousand bar
r lis of -four, belonging to the rebels, together
with a woolIen factory, owned by q man Of
the ominous name of Davis, well stocked with
cloths, were seized at Charlestown, by GeBer-
al Banks troops.
The burning Of Columbus by the rebels is
confirmed by news from Cairo, which repre-
sents the appearance there of terrible con
flagration there on Saturday night.
Dispatches from Louisville state that rail
road communication between that city and
Nashville is now perfect, except about ter
miles damaged by a rise of water, which would
be speedily repaired.
Our news from Fortress Monroe is interest
inc. General Wool and General Cobb haC
another interview off Craney Island on Satur