The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-03-24
iHBBLING !. REGISTER
..,,,y MORNING., MARCH "a 1865.
r.,.,ruyhic Summary.

Il
.J,r at sl,5laal,5l8' and at the evening
,ange at 3i,5Cs 49, u.,,s ~;
D" masbington special TO the Hea.0
.rs force reported movingto"'" !" is
Soro was Sherman's left wing, op-
NO for the destruction of the bridge
10 Seuse between Raleigh and
i,boro.
an, Neuse had crew OF ninety
rbo surrendered. At the time OF
,,.,raetion she had 4.2O0 pounds OF
lrand two sixtyreight pounderrilisd
.. on board. :,
army of rebel deserters is reported
,rganized in North Carolina, under
named Kirk, to resist Southern
,ription officers
..Iect committee of the rebel Con
have made report charging Jetl,
with tardiness, inefticiency anu
Of decision.
d, Hpnteris announced as still op-
,ad TO reunion.
4 .or.spondent OF the Tribune thinks
! t,ooud is being evacuated,
xuli,ar, men believe that the rebels
make stand ut Danville, if they
Il All south of Richmond.
n, : believed that Lee can not make
o,ement to evacuate Richmond with
4, Grants knowledge
FCt.r,,s : Bradley has been selected
n.,,oc,atie candidate tor Governor
"a Rhode Island 40,
Il -. IN Port au Prince on the "7th
~, DESTROYED one hundred and fifty
bouse,. involving heavy loss ..
Siam. at last accounts was the Vic'im
a famine.
The Washington Republican says Sher-
~ entered Goldsboro on Sunday, and
a,t +, Ina, formed junction with Scho-
aU sherman's present command is be-
N ,,d sufficient to overcome Lee with
!, apy assistance from Grant,
The report that four Of Sherman's di-
u, ,oas were rcpulsed near Fayetteville
4 not true,
'Prtngees who have arrived at New
krr report the utmost dissatisfaction
4 long beth soldiers and citizens, and
Aat assertions are of such wholesale
ksracter that the rebel authorities are
pweTless to oppose.
IThe rebels vacated Kinston in a style
lore remarkable for speed than grace
hmblng their heavy guns into the
Ieuse, and attempting to blow up their
,agaLine. The latter fell into Federal
ands in good condition, however, and
fdnauce and cOmmiSsary stores in large
pautlticS Wele captured.
fThe rebel General Hoke is reported
illed.
The rebel Congress has issued an ad-
fesS to the Southern people, saying
bat conhscation and determination are
le only terms of peace they can get,
General Lee, reclting the
levances under the United States Gov
nmcnt, calling for faithfulness to the
ll and calling TO mind the fact that
Il shades of their martyred heroes how
over and urge them on.
battery erected to fire OH rlilioad
Iins between City Point aud Hatcher's
Il has thus far failed 10 do any execn-
~
4 steamer from Beaufort brings intel
gence that Sherman has been largely
Refugees report that Johnston is NOV
< 10 Richmond 10 join Lee. but that
i>uoop, with the exception of Hoke's
DHmaud. are almost entirely unservice-
Die
Geucral Thomas reports that from Sep
,mbei 9TH, 1864, to January Goth,
", he captured 1889 prisoners and
pieces of serviceabls artil'
~, and that two thousand deserters
'ok the oath during the same period
t gives his loss AT ten thousand i'll kill
!, Wounded and missing.
AumOr was current in New York yes
.Iday that Sherman had Il fight with
Ohnston, near Raleigh, in which the lat
Il Was defeated. On the other hand, a
spatch to the rebel War Department
that Johnston attacked and
Duted Sherman at Bentouville ON the
fh The latter rallied on fresh troops
ID assumed the offensive, but without
Ccess. Sherman was entrenched ON