, 1865-04-08

MiltcaqQ Mrtbu1ik,
SATURDAY. APRIL 8. 1855.



structure which commenced crumu'lng away
last Friday is coming down wilha crash In
a few days nothing but hlackened ba'tle
fields and trophies in Union hands will Ee-
main of the rebel army in Virginia. -As q !
military organization it has ceaEed to exist:
It has fought well, and with bravery wor-
1hy Of noblcr cause; but its i'm
retuosity and 4. ;. short-1ived zeal were
koon expended in battling aEainst
The GOODNESS, stcadiness and cndut-
oncc Of the Northern soldiers Rent asunder
and hurled hack on Saturday and Sunday.
driven from its strong and elaborate for,ia-
cations On Monday, pursued and hemmed in
on Tuesday and Wednesday by the yictort-
GUS and e1ultaut Union troops, ThuradaY
witnessed it, death blow .at the hands of
gallant Phil. Sheridan, the rongh rider, keen
follower end hard fighter. HIS troops werc
not $50 exhausted with six days. hard
marching ard fighting but thnt at daylight
-.rlldrtday morning, they could ovcrtake md
tan upon the enemy again. The gallant sa
corps first engaged, With sbcridan'e troopers
charging On right and LIFT, drive them across
Sailors Greek, near Deatonsyil|e, few miles
southwest Of Amc1ia, to the Appomatto1,
where the snvincip1e 9th corps take them up
znd administer the coup d. grace and scatter
them bleeding and flying in oil directions.
Six Gencrals-Eweil, one Of the best under
Lee, Kershaw. Button, Cnrsc. Dc B,rrr and
Gusts Lcc-fau into our hands Shcrid IN
z:dds to Ills trophies fourteen pieces Of
artillery, caissons, and wagons in large num-
hers, and thousands Of prisoners, and still bangs
.cnacious1y on the disorgauizcd remnant,
determined to gather every thing within his
Ill embracing arms, while Hancock, with his
rcterau corps from the North, and Thomas
with his seasoned men from the West, are
coming in to make the result certain and
final, and gather rp the fragments. The end
IL at hand. Under Divine Providence tie oil
thanks to tic Lieutenant General, and little
Thil Sheridan and his gallant men.
Hancock's corps, The stu, is on the war
7atb, and is moving up the Shenandoah to
Iyuchborg, 80 that Lee, by auy possibility.
manages to survive the blows ralned upon
him by Graut, and escapes In that direction,
lie must mt ct Hancock. In the meantime,
Thomas is rapidly coming in. Whichever
~av Lee may tutn, lie will meet a Federal
bayone:-
Runoors we're prevalent In Washington last
night, Of the capture Of Mobile By our forces
under Steele, Granger and Candy. If the
place las not yet been captured, Its capltul2-
-ien will certainly follow the intelligence
from Virginia.
Latest adyices from En1ope contain an IN
terestius summary of the debates on Amer
lcan questions, particularly the Canadian
t1efenses and the reciprocity treaty, notice ol
the te, Mutation Of which u!,on the part oi
thu Cn:lcd States had been served By our
Minister upon the English Government.
The steamer Har:iet Dctord, captured q
t.H days since ncar Fairhavcn, by rcbil pi
rates was blockaded in Indian Greek, Va, by
j portion of the Potomac hotilla and subse
1uentlS destroyed by the rebels.
On. North Carolina dispatches contain in
eerestfpg details Of IN attempt to rcn CIV th*
New Yort: inccndiarism by burning the city
of Ncyb.cn. The plan wae well organized
Int iailt i, the damage being inconsiderab1e.
The Pld;adelphia disratch Of the captnss
of Lee and his entire army was premature
md had It's origin apparently either in tht
.apture Of Gusts Lie Or Of Lees body
.uard, both Of which are announced in obi
dispatches. The hare fact that it came fron
ph!!ad,1phia, however, 3s sufficient to &C
count for its contradiction.
Hanp1nan Foote has sratn got himself int.
tronh1e 1y returning to this country from
1,nronr. In sn'te Of his tak:us q ttecsag
,.e,ao Ia ,ro;d +1,c ooeenort orders. he pa