Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1865-03-13
By Telegraph.
LATEST NE ws.
AFTERNOON REPORT,
shsrman-Hampson.

NEw YoRK, March l3,-Another skrmsh
between Sherman's cavalry and that under
the rebel Wade Hampton, on the Sd inst, at
q point not named, is is reported in Richmond
papers The rebel Col Aiken was killed, aud
Hampton's s Adjutant General was wounded;
these are all the particulars of the affair fur
nished
The Richmond Examiner is inform ID, by a
rebel officer from South Carolina, that Sher.
man has completely devastated the portion Of
that State through which he passed This
officer says that he has not spared a house in
his track. .t...H H.....H attf s#I
Gen. Emory, Of the Nineteenth Corps, has
succeeded Gen. Hancock as commander of
the Middle Military Department, comprising
the lower part of the Shenandoah Valley and
other territory in that region during the con.
tinuance OF Gen. Sheridans more active field
operations.
The greater part OF the rebel troops in the
Shenandoah Valley have been concentrated
in the vicinity Of Lynchburg, which place
some accounts represent they were still busilY
engaged in strengthening, at a very recent
date, probably with the design of afFording
Lee another good point to fall back TO, when
Richmond and Petersburg shall become unite.
nable, ,-[Of course, when" &c,-EMPiRE /
Large supplies for the needy residents
furnished by the Shenandoah Relief Associa.
ton have arrived in the shenandoah Valley
II Which last summer was utterly devastated
by Sheridan and Grants armies -EMPlRE
The Richmond Journal OF last Friday an
uounced that the removal of the gold belong
lug to the banks of that city had already
commenced, aud in the strongest language
the Legislature and people are called upon
TO put stop to this excess OF precious metal,
on the ground that il removed, il will nearly
all get into the hands Of the Yankees, and
that upon its retention depends the very
safety of the rebel capital itself Very
doubtful.
Richmond editors are very angry over the
recent seizure at Fredericksburg, Va, by the
national troops, of some 200, 900 pounds of
tobacco, which had been sent there from Pc
tersburg. They say that it was understood to
be an agreement on both sides, that the to-
bacco should 20 safely through their lines, and
that they should receive bacon in return for
it, and consider it's capture Yankee. trick,
with which General Singleton, of Illinois who
has been in Richmond for some time past, is
supposed of having had something to do.
The Richmond Examiner, of March 10th,
says the latest advices from Lynchburg shows
that place is all safe
The same paper complains Of injustice
done to soldiers by Withholding their pay and
says this il the chief cause of their desertion.
On the 9th, between five and six hundred sick
and wounded Yankee prisoners were taken
from the Richmond hospitals, and sent for.
ward on exchange, and on the l0lh, nine
hundred prisoners-all that remained in the
Richmond prisons-were to be forwarded.
The Herald's Baton Rouge correspondent
Of the Sd says, Gen. Bailey had gone on TO
raid in the interior. Results not transpired.
The exchange Of prisoners, at the mouth
Of Red river, continues.
Gen, McKeon has relieved Gen. Ullman in
command at Morgansea
The Herald's Washington special says that
the War Department attaches very little i'm
portanoe TO Bragg's reported suceess in North
Carolina, as the force captured must have
been only construction party accompanied
by small force as guard. They we're repair.
ing the Atlantic & North Carolina Railroad.
LOf course the War Department attaches
very hule importance" to it, otherwise "loy-
al " people might feel uueasy--EMPIRE