Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1864-03-24

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in the Chesapeake but despite their evas-
ions, the yankee accounts show it to have
been gallant affair. ..3. ..,4, ...,----e a1s'~
We find also the following items in our
Richmond exchanges, CLEANED from the
Northern papers ..-...sstt
is great discomfort over the fail
ure of all Llncoln's' late enterprises. ssThe
February expeditions have nearly all mis-
carried, and the country is becoming a.
larmed and dissatisfed.", Lincoln is hold
ing grand council of war, 70 divise meas
ures for retrieving his fortunes.
The Worlds correspondent says Grant
is in favor of raising 25O0OO men for
another attempt against Richmond. Gen.
Grant is reported to have said that Sher-
mans expedition accomplished everything
that was designed. The World repudiates
the idea. sas .e.j,5ep
Admiral Wilkes is to be court-martial~
ed tor OBTAINING the Vanderbilt when it
was sent to pursue the Alabama. s
Gen. Meade is on trial tor his neck, for
his conduct at Gettysburg Sickles is the
principal Witness and charges that Meade
wished to run and had given orders to do
SO but that he (Sickles) brought onaea
fight, aud thus forced a stand. 3t.s. ,.a.ia.a
Private VIM. Boyle, OF the 1st New
l. ~,
superior officer, and sentenced tobe Shot,
had his sentence comrnuted by President
Lincoln to Imprisonment for life at hard
labor. Private Thomas A Abrahams, ] 39th
New York, who guarded Boyle at Wiz
tliamsburg, let him escape and desert to-
the enemy. 81 s4f - .sA.-sa So
It was through this wretch that the reb-
els in Richmond were apprised OF the
movement of Gen. Butler to release our
captives in the Libby. ard on Belle Isle,
twelve hours before his troops reached
Bottoms bridge, which they found burn
ed For this crime General Butler had
Abrahan1s tried. He has been convicted
and sentenced to be shot, and the PRESS
dent has approved OF this Of. act ofjustce,r
WASHINGTON CITY IrEMs.--Among the
first fruits Of Gen. Grants appointment as
Lieutenant General, will be important,
changes in the army Of the Potomac. -. j.
A commission has been appointed by
the Secretary of War to visit the camps
where all rebel prisoners are confined, and
administer to them the oath Of allegiance,
| under the Presidents recent amnesty pro-
clamation. ssf a..ee cw .te
Regular Exchange Of Prisoners tos,be g
made Hereaf ter.-The friends of the Union
prisoners in the South will be gratifed to
learn that arrangements have been effect
ed by which regular exchanges of prison.,
ers will be made hereafter. The govern
ment has gracefully receded from its de-
termination to force Gen. Butler upon the
Confederates as the only agent OF ex-
change, and have delegated that authori-r
ty to Major Mulford, whose associations.
with Mr.. ~Ould, the rebel commissioners,
have heretofore been pleasant as we'll as
digni6ed. The first exchange under. the
new regulation has already taken place. AoI
When the CURRENCY Bill was publish
ed, gold went up to- 80 for 1, and indeed
some people set no bounds toawhato they
would give for gold and silver, and be-
sides, were anxious to get rid OF their.Con-.
feeders money in exchange for something
else at any price. ,,ogS.,,,s. ~ .s,e@ :
+ Sundry Of these people will be bit, pref,
tty severely They have paid prices that
I can never again be obtained, not even In
the existing currency, much less in that
which is to come out after the first OF A. j.
pril. None, however, seem likely to suf:
fer more than the purchasers of specie,
since that has steadily sunk, spite. OF all ;
that the panic-makers could do to bolster;
it up at the expense Of the currency. !,sseyl
AT an auction sale OF stocks, ETC., held
/ by Messrs. Davenport 81 CO., in Richmond,
Oh Friday the,l1th inst, 5000 gold coin
in three lots was, sold al, $221for one;s 100
Il, of.b co,,ora;r,,, ar COOL far ono .y>1(l