Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1865-02-22
Yesterday Evenings Edition.
FROH NEW YORK.


The World prints the following rumor
in circulation here /: kilograms from, Wash
ington to private parties in the city, state
that Lee had sent thirty thousand men to
reinforce Beauregsrd and enable him TO
check the advance of General Sherman,
and that General Grant lis already aware
of this fact, and that the army Of the Po-
tomsc is once more in motion.
1t is also stated that General Sheri-
dan is advancing in heavy force with
Gordonsville or Lynchburg as the objec-
tive points.
lit is true that Lee has moved troops
South it is because he considers the safety
of North and South Carolina of far mora
importance than even the possession Of
Richmond and the occupation of Vir-
ginis.
It was also positively stated yesterday
that Wilmington was in our possession,
having been evacuated by the rebels.
The HeraLFs correspondent says that
party of Sheridan's cavalry, consisting of
one hundred and twenty-five men of the
14th Pennsylvania, went up the valley of
the Shenandoah the other day, on q scout
ing expedition, and while on their return
fell into an smbuscade made by Moseby's
men. A desperate fight ensued, but the
guerrilas were 80 numerous and 30 strong
ly posted that our cavalry were roughly
handled, and only msde good their retreat
after losing anumber Of killed and wound
ed and sixty taken prisonerf Captain
Cohnger, of General Torbett's staff was
captured.
The navslsupply steamer, Fort Morgan,
has arrived here. She brings army and
navy officers and nearly five hundred dis
charged and invalid soldiers and sailors,
and the mails from the East and West
Gulf Squsdrons, both of which she commu-
nicated with at various points, having pro
ceeded as far west as the mouth of the Rio
Grsnde. OF that place there was large
feet of ofmerchsnt vessels and an English
and Franch man of war.
The Fort Morgan reached Mobile bay
on the 10th inst. Several United States |
ron-clads and double-enders were then off |
Dog river bar, in close proximity to the
city.
The Fort Morgan left Key West on the
14th. Captain Meade and the officers and
crew of the San JAcinto arrived there on
the 18th. Thegu of the ship and other
valuable property were saved.
The Herald s washington spsc1zl says |
there are again strong indications thst |
General Lee is preparing to eyseuste Rich
mond and fall back on Lynchburg for q |
final stand.
Advices received in Washington state,
positively, thRt nearly all the valuable ma
chinery and medical stores have already |
been removed from the rebel capital, and it |
is anticipated that its abandonment viii oc- |
cur within ten or fifteen days.
A Herald correspondent says: The ex- |
change Of prisoners under theneW arrange
ments perfected between General Grant |
and Commissioner Ould is progressing
rapidly, and three steamers are now busily |
carrying released Union soldiers /
TO Annapolis, Md, and conveying return
loads of rebels. Our men, both in words
and appearance, add mountains of evidence |
to confirm all that has previously been told |
of the bsrbarity and rspacity praeticed by |
the rebels on their unfortunate captives. |
Under an agreement lately entered into |
sll Union prisoners now held in the trans
Mississippi Department are to be exchang-
ed.
says: The little army under Beauregard is |
yet safe and may lead Sherman such an
advance as Green did CORVALLIS over the |
same rivers and sWsmps. If the federal |
army cannot reach the Danville road, then |
it may as we'll have stsid at Atlanta There
is reason to believe that Besuregard is act
ing with design, and that Sherman is
near the end of his triumphs.
The Richmond Setsti1aeL Of the 18th has |
an article which says submission will not |
bring peace nor insugurste truce. The
rebels Will take TO the bush, and carry on |
q guerrilla warfare. It is very severe on
who appear to still exist,
the late firing of the
Southern heart,
The Petersburg Express says Welearn
that Yankee force, numbering about 500,
haze again occupied Suffolk, and their
pickets extend about three miles from the
town, in the direction Of BlsckWater.
A rsiding party went out from Suffolk
q few days ago, and visited Chuckstuck
and Smithheld, doing considerable dam
age to the country through which they
passed.
By the Richmond Eaguirsr's showing,
3 rebel paper dollar is worth just two cents
in specie.
The TEi5tsns says Letters received
from our prisoners at Salisbury say the
deaths occur in the Same alarming proper
ton as before, and among them are num-
Der of civilian prisoners, both Northern
and Southern.
CHARLESTON EVACUATED.
NEW YoRK, Feb. q.
Tho steamship Fnlton. Captain Noleton,