The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1865-02-14
TIE NEWS.
FROM THE PETERSBURG LINES.

r. All quiet at Petersburg. There ha
been no movement of importance sine
yesterday week. The enemy hold thei
newly~acquired position on Hatcher
creek, and their pickcts are thrown GU
short distance to the west of tina
point. Their new lines take in a yer,
extensive piece of wood land, which viii
prove great comfort to them. They
are building observatories at scvcra
points along their lines. With the Yam
KEGS, the observatory seems completely
to have superseded Professor Lowe and
his balloons.
IMPORTANT FROM NORTH CAROL1NA-A
! HEAVY YANKEE COLUMN THREATENING
| AN ADVANCE ON RALEIGH.
Unofficial intelligence has been re-
ceived here that force of the enemy.
estimated at twenty thousand men, have
landed at Newbern. 1t is believed to
be their object to advance at once upon
Raleigh, or at least upon our lines of
railroad in North Carolina. They are
said to have brought with them five
locomotives and railroad iron sufficient..to
lay forty or fifty miles of track. Grant
visited Ncwbern some ten days ago, and
his visit now appears to have been to
plan and arrange this expedition. The
force engaged in this movement is, of
course, supposed to be part of Thomas's
command. We must expect to hear of
Thomas in many places, until such time
as his whereabouts is definitely ascer-
tanned by battle.
Newbern is near the mouth of the
Neuse river, about one hundred and ten
miles southeast of Raleigh.
FROM EAST TENNESSEE.
The report reached us yesterday that
Stoneman and Burbridge were preparing
to make raid from Tennessee into
North Carolina, in the direction of Ra-
leigh, with the hope of cooperating with
the column now said to be on foot to in
wade the State from the Atlantic coast
We give this for what it may be worth.
MOvEMENES- THE SITUATION
IN SOUTH CAROLINA - OFFICIAL DIS
PATCH FROM GENERAL HARDEE.
The military operations now going on !
in South Carolina are of the first i'm |
portance to our cause, and, naturally,
engross the attention Of our people to |
the exclusion of movements reported to
be taking place clsswherc. Sherman
hasrun. through Georgia without meet
ing with any obstruction, and, it is ex-
pected, if he is to be checked at all. it
must be done quickly. 1t is only within
he past week that his movement against
was clearly developed. Pre-
7ious to that time it was not known GER
ainly that he would not concentrate
lgainst Augusta or Charleston. 1t is
low reported by telegraph that he has a
column moving on Augusta but this
must be received as an unconfirmed
umof. We cannot contradict it, though,
It the same time, we do not know that
t is true.
For the present all communication
With Augusta is cut off, and we do not
now what is going on there, or in that
AS concerns matters at
charleston and in the direction of Co.
umbia, our information is more definite.
The enemy, with a force of three thou
and men, landed at Grimbalrs, on.
Iames's island, last Friday, and drove in
ur pickets. Some skirmishing followed,
'ut there was no general engagement.-
'rimbalps is on the Stone river, two
niles southwest Of Charleston, and the
Ashlcy river, wide stream, lies between
! and the city. This demonstration OF
be enemy is believed. to be feint.
The following dispatch, received late
unday night, is the official report of this
fair. It contains also other interesting
"CHARLEsToS, February IL, 1865.
To General S. Cooper,
"Adj.tant and Inspector General:
"The enemy, last evening, drove in our pickets
James's island. The lines have been re-estab-
she'd to-day. The enemy are still in strong force
the island, but the movement is believed to be
lly a demonstration. There is an increase to-day
eighteen steamers of the bar. A barge attack
ade tonight upon battery Tompkins was repulsed
"W. l. HARDEE, Lieutenant-G General"
Since the receipt of the above, We are
ithout advices from Charleston.
On Saturday, = column of Shcrman's