Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1865-02-21
TEE NE VS.
TIE ADVANCE OF SHERMAN.

| OAioisl Intelligence Confirms tho report CT
the evacuation Of the oity Of Columbis and ita
oo5npat:on by the enemy. Up t. Tuesday,
Ia it wns uncertain whether C.lum bia would
q me within tho imm,diAte range Of Sher-
mans purposes. and consequently the public
mind was net prepared fnr ,ueh an sarly &C
luton Of the question. The g.TerImeu. had,
however, just two Hoeks ago taken the preosu
ton 10 rsm6vo its ep.cis, deposited there
ain ,anling to several millions OF dollars, and
within ths past few days all Of The diea and
p's'es bslor ging 10 III, Trossury Department,
together with tho supplies o! Treasury notes
on h.Al, wore safely conEs-.i away.
TIE sEsmy being in pors.ysion cf Brar c',>
Til'a, OTsngsburg Sud KisS5Ssssa> pT,clultd
lao' oments upon the roads lssdir Z to Charl,s-
toa. Gid ali unfortunate accident upon Il o
Charlotte road. outing Fl nearly al tho roll
ing stock Of the road from Columbia, prevent
el tho authorities from making ure Of that
Hyonue to save other valuable materials in the
c:ty. A largo quantity Of medical store, be-
l
half ct which wore saved, and the rest, for
want Of time and transportation, destroy -
| The presses and fixtures FIR printing Trea.
sIrg noes, in the establishment O. Evans u
Ooeswell and K.a.ing 4 Ball, wers nsce,sari.
ly abandoned, together with the other eIttn-
sivs maohiusry Of thote woll known frms-
| rhs first ramei ests blisbment alone had one
hundred and two printing presses and was
uDquostitnstlJ tho largest and bist equipped
| publishing honss 10 the South.
1ao enemy'd forces operating west Of Co.
lnrpbis reached the banks Of Tie Consur.e,
opposite the city, on Thursday evening, and
threw in Lumb.r Ct shtlls, to which our
batteries responded. A portion of This CO.,
umn moved up the river during the night AMI
crossed the Saluda and Broad rivsrs-the Main
tributaries Of tho Congsree, which meet re .r
C.ldmbiI-a few miles above the oity. During
this movement General Baa1rsgsrd evacuated
tho city, aud on Friday morning the onemy
entered and toVk possession without oppcs.-
| lion.
Oar troops were withdrawn to a plsllion
SONS t1enty mile, from Columbia, where they
remained on yesterday. This snemy's forcss
entering Columbia consisted of Sherman'-
main army, largo portion Of which i:nmc-
aisteiy moved up the Charlotte rosd, while
soothor portion has moved down in he d.rsc
tisn of Charleston. Tn, latter city hss doub.-
los, ere thia Lasn svacustsd.
Bsaureasrd i'd managing tie situation with
Inastsrly deliboration. Tie question Of suc-
cssa he knows too we'll dts hot rest Si.h tbs
los CT capture Of towns snd citiss lie is
now uhtrsmmtled by partial considerations
or ansreaations, of bricks, and lumber, ard
will bs at perfect liberty TO manage ihs dcit
t, sui! hmacif 1t is only to be regretted that
no has not under his control an army more
nearly matching Shsrmsn's in nurb.ra The
iusus, hoHsHer, is II Ct bects:ar,ly altered. We
''iSs too luuoh clIflenCs in h;s gsuius snd
tao 1aor Of tie faithful army under bi5 cam-
| :aand II donbs TOR ons instant .bst hs is lsad
ny Sherman to bis doom.
rRoK PETgR.BUBc
The OJEdtiGn Uf tho foads aud tho e:ouui
gsloraly in tho vicinity. ct Petersburg has
ire'eht.d aby movement. # Auy Lss BEEN IL
!ardoi, uu tho part Of the suSmy. His Ii .es o,,
lis c.e,'s Run appear IL have been shortened
someshaI, and Tor the present HE troops. Oh
that rart Of tho linss, remain within their
tre.s.works, north Of the Rua. Movements
backwards and forwards, in tho rsar Of Grants
linss, are reported, AID forosa have arrived vt
u.ty Point, apparently to supply the pisass Of
iah fIs or six h u5and sent eff to Newberu
II elsewhere soGDe days ago. Picket frii and
Smelling cantinass ipssmodioolly OF vari;us
Parts of the lines.
KURDER OF A MINISTER IN EGRF5LE.
Ray Wm, II Boykiu, al sAtsemsd mlnidt.r
oi No.fo!k. wss fully a1d lnystsrlously muir
dared in tho ttfcsts IF that oity, q few nights
aso. being shot through the head by soms
p.f=on unk DOWN AMI unsuspectrd. MI By
h ia WAS al 5ut thirty 67, yoaf; Of aga. n.ii'c
I! Raleigh. N U Ct ous t:ms pastor .! q ChriE-
t,au OuuraA 1t N,abeFn, and at ths tfeakilI
oda Of IL, War pastor If Providence Church
ilaar Norfolk, This church being se;z Sd BY tie
Federsl authorities for the use cf tho contra
b lnds, be removed to Norfolk, aud occupied
until the time CT his death tho pulpit Of the
Me,h 1dist Protestant Church. Hs itaTss a
large aud dependant family.
R0N0RxD RAIDS.
TIE telegraph opirator as Weldon report
ei, en- yest,rday, that a raj from Wash
ingson or Nswbern, N. G., was in progress,
the aErpcasd destination Of the raiders being
R,cky Mount Station, On the Wilmington
load, in Eigcombs county. Tho wir,a CON-
tinuod to work during yesterday evening
through to Wilmington, however, from which
Wolld appear tbnt they had not then struck
The road.
Passengers ly tie Central cars report that
rorJ large foroe Ct Federal cavalry hayo
made their appearance in Fairfax county, ia
ont, it is III ,usht, ufoa raid upon the Cen
trail and Orange roads.
rzoaAHos or PRISONERS AT wILHIEGroH.
Capt. w. Il. Hatch, Assistant Agent Of Ez.
change, Left tie city yesterday afternoon,
taking with him four gentlemen Of tho Rinh-
nond Ambulance Committee, for tho rurpGss
IF experimenting the delivery Of Fodsrsl
prisoners Of war at Wilmington snd o'hr
.plaeos, and dirc'ins Gil operations ct those
places CONNECTED with III, exchange of such
ri.onsrs.
FajX THI VALLiY.
Il: reported that the enemy sre tearing Up
tho Baltimore and Ohio r silroad from liar
ptr's Ferry 10 MartiD.burg end laying track
! from Cumberland 10 Frederick City.