, 1865-02-20
NEWS BY TELEGRAPH
GLORIOUS OFFICIAL Bull.
LETIN FROM GRANT
AND STANTAN.
Sherman in c Certain Pos
session Of Columbia,
Capital Of South
Carolina.
AND PROBABLY AUGUSTA, Ga.
CHARLESTON PRETTY Ger
TAiElY EVACUATED.
The Rebels Growing Anxious
Where is Sherman
Going?
TIE CHARLESTON MERCURY
on IFS TRAVELS.
"Hoisted by Their Own
Petard''-
L Rebel Flag Of Truce Boat Blown
Up By a Rebel Torpedo.
GA5>E4&,HAf. KETLFEEIN
| CHARLESTON PRETTY Ger
TAtEIY EVACUATED.
TIE CHARLESTON MERCURY
ON IT'S TRAVELS.
" Hoisted by Their Own
Petard -.
OF tho Glorious Old Fashioned Kind.

WAH DEPARTMENT, 1
WASHINGTON, Saturday, Feb. 18.
To Major General DIX:
The announcement Of the occupation OF Colun.
ton has been communicated to the Department,
IN the following kilograms. tnst received from
General Sherman: E. u. STANTON,
Secretary Of War;
..C1rr Po1xr, Saturday, Feb. 1s--a;45 p. m.
"Hou. f. II. Stanton:
1.-The Mchmoud Daepctch Of this morning eaya
Sherman entered Colnuhia yesterday morning.
and ,ts fall uecesstatcs, 1t presumes. the ta1i Of
Charleston witch It thinks ts already being cyacu
u,ea. s]U. s. GRANT. It. Gcn't."
"c1r1 POINT. Va, Saturday, Feb. Is
~Ion, E, II. Stanton, War Department.:
4.The following is taken ftomto-dass Mchuond
Dispatch:
TIE FAIL Of coIuMRtA.
Columbia las fallen. Sherman bns marched
INTO md taken Possession Ut the city yees-rd Il
morpinc. The Intelligence waa communicated
ycstercay. by Gen. Beanregard. In an Official DIS
match. Columbia fa situated on the north bank Of
The Copgarce river, 1ust below the confidence Of
The salpda and D,oad rivers. From Gen. Beaure-
cara.s dispatch, it appears that on Thursday
evening the enemy approached the sonth bank Of
the CopgAree, md threW number OF shells
! into The eity during .he night. Thes moved up
the riycr and yesterday morning forded the Sal
| nGa and Broad Eiycrs. Whilst they were cEoss
ing these riyers, Our troops, under tien beauft-
I rard. eyacuated Columbia. The enemy soon afsct
| took possessiou. Through private sources we
Icar1 Tint two days ago. when 1t Was decided not
to attempt the defense Of Columbia. large quan-
tits Of medical storcs, which It Was thought I'M
| possible to remove, were destroyed. The female
employees OF tic 1rcasuss Department had been
| prcy1ously scnt of to Charlottesville, one hun
| dtcd miles south Of Columbia. We presume the
Treaerry lithogra bic establishment WAS alao r.
I moved, although as to this we have no positive
in}prmsiion. The fall Of Columbia necessitatcs,
q G prceume. the evacuation Of Charleston, which,
! VIC think likely, Ia already In process of esacua
| ttou. 1t Ia impossible to say where Sherman Will
next direct his etcps. The general opinion Is thai
he viii 70 to Charleston and establish base
there; but We confess We don't sec what need hs
has Of base. 1t is to pc presumed he Is tubsist
Ing On the conntrs, md he las had no battle t
| exhaust his ammunition. Before leaving Savin
nah he declared his intention to marth to CoInn
hIa, thence tn Augusta, md thence 10 Charleston
r This was uttered as = boas: to hide hi
| designs We art disposed 10 believe that he VII
next strike at Charlotte, which ie 100 nils uori
Of Columbia, on the Charlotte and Columbia r III
roha. OF at Florence, s. C., the Junction Of tn
Columbia and Wilmington ana the Cn ulesto
.ard y i11niugton Railroads. There wss sepor
yesterday ,har anguish had also been taken By th
! enemy, this ~e do not believe. We have reason t
> feel Al sured that nearly the whole OF Sherman
army is ut Columbia and that the report that Scho
te1d was advancing On Angusta was untrue
'.The Richmond Wig asethe Charleston HI,
curry 1t Saturday announces brief suepenston {
| that paper, with view. to its temporary remoet
10 anutaer point This IS rendered necessary b
] the procfegs Of military events cutting 1t o
FROM Its mail facilities for distributing the rape