Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-02-23
EASTERN TELEGRAPH
From the Virginia Union of this morning.]
Sherman ON His Grand March 70
CkaPleStOn-Rehel NeyVu,

| PHILADELPHIA, Fe0. l6.-1he bHIettnS
Washington special says the Richmond
papers of the 10th announce that Sher-
mans main column has reached Kings
vile Junction. Communication south of
Florence, on the Manchester and Florence
Railroad, was interrupted. Beauregard
is reported as being on the north Of the
Congaree river. Kingsville is on the north
side of Congaree, forty. one miles north OF
Branchville and twenty-five miles south
east of Columbia.
The Richmond papers of the 10th say
No official report was received from any
part of South Carolina yesterday. At
last accounts the enemy held Orangeburg,
on the Columbia branch of the railroad.
Our forces are falling back toward Column
bia. Our troops abandoned Branchvllle
last Sunday night. Wheeler, last Friday,
attacked and whipped Fitzpatrick at Aiken,
fifteen miles northeast of Augusta, and
drove him back five miles in the direction
of Branchville.
The Augusta papers of Wednesday
state, at that time Slocum was at WIND
sor, ten miles east of Aiken, advancing on
Augusta. His right flank being protected
BY the South Edisto, and his left by kll-
patrick's cavalry. Two days after this,
Fitzpatrick was whipped by Wheeler.
Slocum has with him the Fourteenth,
Fifteenth, Sixteenth and Twentieth Corps.
They comprise the force operating against
Columbia and Charleston. Ttis leaves
one corps of Sherman's army unaccounted
for. We presume it has been left at Sa-
vannah.
S. D. Lee and Wade Hampton, recently
appointed Lieutenant Generals, have been
confirmed by the Confederate Senate. The
promotion of Hampton makes him rank
Wheeler and puts him in command over
cavalry now operating against Sherman.
The Examiner, of the 18th, says: AT
Kingville, Sherman would be able to de-
stroy the Columbia and Charlotte, and
Wilmington and Manchester Railroads.
Wilmington being Evacuated = A
FOrce Moving from Newbern.
WASHINGTON, Feb. lS.-The Richmond
papers of the 10th says: 1t was reported
yesterday that our [rebell troups were
evacuating Wilmington. The report has
not been confirmed. An official report
and dispatches to the Yankee papers state
that Gen. Terry is still in the vicinity of
Fort Fisher waiting for Gen. Hoke. Hith-
erto the Yankee press represented that
Terry was about to march toward Will
mington, and that there was confident ex-
pectation of taking it, but Anderson has
proved more effectual obstruction than
they had anticipated. .....-.-
Gen. Baker is in command of our
Trebell forces at Goldborough. He re-
ports reason to the War Department
that he has to believe that the enemy is
concentrating at Newbern. They have
with them material for repairing the rail-
road from Newbern to Kingston. Scouts
who came into Kingston on the night of
the 18th, report Gen. Foster in command
at Newbern, and that 1000 of the 18th
army corps arrived there, making the
number of troops at the post about 5000.
1t is reported and believed in Kingston,
that the enemy landed two locomotives
and two cargoes of railroad iron at Moore
head City, Va. 1t is apprehended in
Kingston that the enemy design really a
movement in that direction.
Destruction Of the Charlotte Iron
Works by our Forces.
NEW YORK, Feb. l9.-The Herald's
correspondent says An expedition. con-
sisting of 800 picket men from the Michi-
gan Cavalry. after march of forty miles,
meeting no opposition, reached the Char
lotte Iron Furnace, on the Waterlick
creek, which the rebels had in full blast
preparing iron for shot and shell. The
establishment, with all the machinery and
material, was destroyed. The force then
returned. meeting with trihing annoyance
from guerrillas. The main part of the
army is said to be near Staunton.
News from Rebel Sources.
The Examiner Of the 10Th has long
article against the use of negroes as SOL
diers, but giving responsibility to Lee,
who has urgently called for large force
of them.
The Wing of the 10th states that Sher-
man got somewhat the start of their forces.
Apprehension was felt at Columbia that
he would reach there before he could be
overtaken. ..a.
Echols has succeeded Breckenridge, in
command of East Tennessee.
Congregational.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1S.-The House
amendment to impose tax of Ii per cent.
on all sales was rejected by vote Of Is
against 81.
The House concurred, by one majority,
in the amendment imposing tax of 10
per cent. on State bank notes paid out BY
the National or State banks on and after
the LIST of January next.
The Senate Committee on Rebellious
States, in the amendments to the Recon-
struction Bill, as reported to-day. provide
for the recognition of State government
to Tennessee if such State shall be estab-
lished by loyal citizens in conformity with
the Constitution, prior to May LIST. The
report also provides that the Constitution
Of Tennessee shall prescribe, first: That
no person shall vote who held position
in the Confederate military service higher
than Colonel. or civil Office, unless it
be ministerial. s. .....a.,,l
Second: That slavery shall be forever
prohibited, and no State or Confederate
debt, under the action of the usurping
power, shall be recognized or paid by the
State, and no rebel law of confscation
shall be binding. *
News from Mexico.
New YoRK, Feb. lS.-Further details
received by the last arrival from Vera
Cruz, show that fighting between the
Juarists and Imperialists was being active |
~ carried on in the interior of the coun-
try. The friends Of the former state that |
Gen. Pettona has taken the town of Eten-
tor and shot Francisco Vega, the head of
the Imperialist movements in that vicinity.
The Juarist force is approaching Ellowill.
The Juarist guerrillas intend putting to
death every French soldier they may
catch, on the plea that any one fighting or
holding Office under Macmillan is
traitor to Mexico and to Mexican liber-
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