Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-02-28
G z N E ERA L N EW S.
LEE GONE SOUTH TO MEET SHERMAN,
Affairs Around Richmond.
Interesting frOm Charleston.
DESTRUCTION OF COTTON.
Large Fire i'm Cincinnati.
Burning of the Enquirer Building
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New YORK Feb 81 THE Herald's James
ii, er correspondent states that General Lee has
gone souihward to conduct the operations OF
opposing s ,erman. leaving General Joe John-
son in command OF Richmond and Petersburg.
a large part Of the reDel army around Rich
uOnd had or Saturday last been under march.
ing orders ter several days
considerable number Of rebel troops are be
licved 10 have been dispatched 10 act against
Sheruian
The report of Lees design % abandon Peters
burg and Richmon are repeated. aud deseriers
add tha, notice has been gwen BY him 10 the
people OF the foi mer place TO have all their TO
bacco aud other stores removed within four
dave
Deserters say that nearly all The artillery has
been taken from Petersburg, aud batteries only
sufcien, being left to keep uD appearances
Heavy artillery practice. continuing several
hours. was INDUCED Ia Oh Thursday ana Friday
las, by the opposing guns in front Of Peters
burg The casualties. however. we're few, aud
the firing appears 10 have had 40 reSuItof i'm
Bor,ance.
The train of deserters pouring into the union
lines averages 100 daily large proportion
bring their arms and equipments. and the cavsi-
rymen bring their horses
Since the fall OF Charleston troops in large
numbers have Joined the deserving throng.
he Richmond Sentinel of las, Friday had Il
report that Grant was again massing his forces
on the Vaughn road
Gen Singleton and Judge Hughes, en route
from Washington TO Richmond. arrived Mt CITY
Point or Saturday last.
The steamship Memphis which left Charles
ton bar the 2lst, reports that the national Il *
flying over the city aud sll the forts IN the
harbor Gen Gilmore's headquarters were e.
t4bli-hed in CITY The fo-ts. which remain in a
good condition. arc Of q mos, formd bic char
scter Two hundred pieces Of artillery. spiked
bu, otherwise uninjured, fell into the hands OF
the national forces About six Thousand les OF
cotton we're burned by the rebels before they
left. but il is believed that large quantities OF il
also tobacco are concealed in the houses
just before the national troops entered the city.
the rebel rear guard were busy.in pundering ana
firing the houses Few but the poor inhabitants
remained in the city after its abandonment, the
wealthy leaving IL before or with the rebel army.
The blockade runner steamship Deer, with a
cargo of liquors, was captured in the harbor OIL
the night OF ,he 18th. while running up towards
the city, her officers being entirely ignorant Of
the change in affairs there
1t is said that the garrlsons rom the t0FIs, and
crews Of the rebel gunboats in Charleston bar
Dor were sent 20 Wilmington. y g.
lhltumOuu fClo ale bhliCh VI news SOnCStu-
ing Sherman's movements or whereabouts. They
are very bOastful in toue, and appear confident
iu their promises OF bis overs hemng defeat
They say his doom may be looked upOn as
sealed
Advices from New Orleans state that Kirby
Smiths army still refuses to cross TO 'he east
side of the Mississippi. though attempts to move
the men were made, aG6 i, is thought third At
tempt will result 10 open mutny
All the union prisoners at camp Ford. Texas,
have been exchanged.
The leigh Confederate says the people os
Wilmington had 10 900 bales of cotton hiddeu
away. awaiting the arrival Of the federal forces
The Times Washington special saws Mr
Washburne. member of congress from Illinois
received letter Saturday from Gen. Grant, in
which he comments upon Gen Shermsn's move
ments iu hopeful view few DAYS more OF
success, he says, will place the rebels IN situa-
tion from which they cannot escape.
The Herald's Wilmington correspondent says
large number of union prisoners were released
by the capture OF the place. They were con-
fined in Camp Lamb, about one n,le from the
city. Their treatment was OF a most brutal
character, and for three DAYS preceding the
evacuation they had nos received mouthfn 10
eat The citizens had endeaYOred To feed them
but the food was taken away by the officer in
charAe They presented most sickenin z
spectacle, many OF them having been rendered
idiotic and forgotten their own names