The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1865-03-04

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To Major Ccae-si Dir, Nee fst.
The fllowlng oe',iA report cd hs captlre q
wilmington has been FORWARDED " uhis Depart
m,nt by GcnerAl Grant
YDwts n sr.sIoS. Secretary " fwu.
Font MONROE, Va, fcb. I'd, 10 p. h.-To Gen. T..
5. Grant, C1, Pont our uoop- cni.ret Wi.
mi a.,tou on lie morning ot tie I'D inst. Amer tie
'yscusuou of r.u Anderson. G,u. sehohcld d.
rcc,cd Con " 'ollos iH garrison towards Whining
t,u, while Terry follow ei Hob. on ,hs Gas, aide Of
ths river. rfs latter IOoA upa ne" Inc miles
rom Wilmington, tut was % closely pressed By
Trry dat bo coui "uj no troops Ia ,he ~esi
slje. On that side the rebels made stand behind
TOWp-Creek, tut on hc 2Oth Cox CROSSED h.
ito IL lclow Lsm on ilat bout, attack them IN
the sud routed them, tsking two gus and 800
prisoners
ou the Nsi, Cox pushed to Ihe BrursNics yer
opposite Wilmuston, where tho briuges ~ose on
fire, and on his arrival tie rsl-+s beSAa b,Iuiny
Is eo,Ion aud rosin va the ciy, aud loa ,hs,
1 night
oar capture. iucludirs Furt Anderson suiot Mt
- about 40 pu.onrrr and 50 guns, Citizens state
that the rebel, burned 100 lee Il cotton aud
1890 barrels OF resiu.
Tie Uuiou Geuuy showed i,,nf quie strongly
in VIC city.
Torn 'o'i.wet uoAo notthw.ri.
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TnILU utCrAtCa
Eaumors, Peb. "a di-ps,ch irou for,rcSs
Monroe, dated TN, morning, JUS, received, s,v'
that ne I. ? guuhoal r r. Cuyirt arrived from
/ Fra F,shrr with ho news u tue evacuation Of
/ Wilmington IN tho nigh, Of the 2lit. Major
Gen.rsi Tory entered .nd took possession u the
city 1e \. n. q the POI, capturing l.rge
amount Of supplies aud stores II all kinds. which
tie r,bel, m their haste neglected. to destroy.
Description Of Wilmington.
Wilmington, though not the cspita, IL he I-.a-
cil' commercial city ia North Carolina. Thrg,-
ourths Of all The foreign supplies ths. have entered
The Conf,dersry during the lest threo ysars, have
passed through tbs port. It the deprivation o.
those supplies that renders the loss Of Wilmington
. severe blow to tie Confrdcr1ry. hs UlusIr
on tho cas-, bank q. IN, CAPE rcar rvc-, about
thirty miles n Nh the s-a. II has greatly increased
d iu CONNER al in.orttnce since the CONNIE zee
meut ol the war. wilmington lq connected BY
rai rOsd with tho principsl cities In the adjofi .
sias- Il, business sss largely increased hy he
. recent cuuss1IctiOn, a. = cost Of two and bal,
/ millions Of dollars, ~ tie railroad to RawgA,
. which extends north 10 Weldon, on the H"u.r
. Aat.t p.ff f.na tFfI NJ IL \ Y mi
/ Wilmington Ia connected with the slu,h BY rail.
rp1i ~ Manchester, and u branch The &c I, Cain
f dru, b.uth CAroiIns, and thence g. ChArlcstou.
total distance ut one bundled AVID forty "a leN
turOugh III, mos, fruitful portion Of TIE southern
stateI. Cape Fear Rive. upon HL.c. W lluington
Ia atuNie, If nsygsble fog steamboat sbi drai
Es lar az Fayetteville, d!Et-ucJ o. hLuuIcd and
twenty miles from ;ho srs.
Wlinin. ton Is enc Of tie 'jv pieces IN tA' + uih,
the p1J ulhtion u which, attracted ly tie lTun- 4
blockade ruunluV he's increa-cl s4lss &c cou-
ueuCereL a Ihe TIo population, beieie
. he capture Of Fort flsh"r troso up the coniiA-
band r.de, numbered sbou' hf'ern thouaand-sa
Increase - tour or i've thousand rncc 'Ls ".T
commenced. The lOcaIou ~ Cot iealthy shi we
population principally consists Of Hsders and me-
ch4as' attracted by ouaiuess rather than pleasure
cor rpuFeIi,ueo
The capture Of wilmington was effected ~ G n
uys tJrces, sidsi ty tho rscnt, I. ID Army
Clrps fuui leu essec, auter MAJOR Gelsrs l..
nrlI Ou the capture Of tor Fisher, Gen. lrry
= found b u gaf confronted by large Snl Gupo..or
aere therefore reauet Ell necessary " reduce tie
! inner iue VI iorHlcstons, snd trr-e -
, Inducements we're ordered up iroh lv4-
uc.iV Bui placed under tho command oi
Genera schutcli, who bad tigLly ISnns1ushsd
hmr.t ~ sl he battles VI ths soutLNss. 'uI
"ho was one ~ Bhsrmau's most trusted hsaitu-
ante Tie troops - sAucei Ou Thursday lssi, pre-
ceiei IS Geu. Co.'s veteran division u the fw,n-
y-thri -.uy eurIa aun suppufuI by GJrtr.
E-uts- Jiys.on lie troops adNancsd on iol
-.ars Ut Ire riycr Two u.YisOas GU one side sLi
tbr,e n she uther supp-r.ed In N. middle by
. Admiral PlIysI's te.L winch sailed slowly . uus,
co,..iLg the two wings - the army. On FriuH,
ne eo.nbiued luud and sva forces oneLei ne on
Iory AujrTson, large sstL~Or. tOIutcAIiOu Oh
Eselg Island, which commanded the NJ prOaGLes "
the city. he cauuonslluF continued without =
mon en-. ibtermlssiVn until saturday ntlhL
when 90 enemy sDspdoued tus lsce. Our
truoIs entered us city early on SUNDAY. IAe
po-srs.iou Of Fort AudeTsOg secured the ap-
IruAgtts to NAuunRtpu, ot which u was
the AIN Gcieuo". General BIAgg, who WAS IN
gomurut, Icireasei towards GoldEbuIO', OL tie
lruv OF the Weuon railroad. with the intention Il
u SUPPOSED VI pGss.ns westward towards Raleigh
oil Greensbuip - E4o CueeLug Junction with Bssl-
r,glr., "Ao sio"l! l-lls sscA IA front of Sneg'
mad.
The following IS suhle of dls;suces from VII.
ilu.goI t. .he u4yre IMPORTANT places ~ that see.
tluu u country
WILMINGTON 10 Marion. 5000. ID miles.
Wilmington - Florence. .......... lUI niles.
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