The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1865-02-21
Important Rebel News.
Dispatches from An Quarters sherman 10
NILES Norta Of Columbia Fighting at
" ilnlnGton Federal Raids, ktc.
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Feb. 2u, . P n.
Msior.Gsn DIR, Ne,s Yort The following de-
tAiis Of military operations and the condition Of
AFFAIR, in .he robe States, taken from the Richmond
papers OF to-day, have been forwarded by General
Grant This Department has received no other
intelligence In rotation 10 ,ls operations of our
force, against Ror, Anderson and wilmington.
Enp1S N. srAVr'S, Secretary " War
Crrr PolSr, Fob 20, 1904
hon. Bdria NJ Sto~to-, Soevetdry Of var
The tol1wing paragraphs arc oIuActod from the
Richmond papers q to-day;
We now know thst Ch.rlestor was evscusted on
| Tuosday last and thai on Fr day Tie enemy took
| possession Of Columbia
Il is reported shat our forces, uuder Gen neAu-
regard, are moving IN tie direction of Charlotte.
| OaciAl intelligence was received Al the War Once,
| laa night, that sherman on yesterday morn
ing advancing towards and was near wnnscoro,
point on the railroad leading TO Charlotte aud 80
| miles north Of Columbus. Charlotte IS throngcd
with refugee, from Columbia. Who rrpori tina,
sop's - Fhreier'' cdrairy plundsr'd TIE city
! beJors the scdcls;Gn Up 70 Tueefay laei ID WAS
| uncertain whether ColumbA would como within
tho immediate range OF snctmsu's purposc0, and
consequently the public mini Sss not prepared for
such an early solution q tho question. Tie Gov
errmoni bad, however, just two weeks ago
takon tho Irccsuuon - remove its specie
depcstcd thcrr, amounting 70 several MI
hons of dollars, and within ,e past te"
DAYS al the dies md plates belonging To tie Treas
ury Department, together with he supplies OF
Treasury notes ON hand, wrrc safely conveyed
a~,y ITO enemy being in possession Of branch
Vile Orau,ehurg end ings,lur, prcrudcd move
ments on ,ho roads leading 20 Charleston, and
an ~, fortunate dcc'irn' upon ne Charlotte road
from C0iumlii Dreren'sd he duthoruiss from
,ndkin5 Ne, or that avenue 10 snre other rdl'dbIt
materials N the city. larFc quantity u medical
s,orea belonging 10 tho Go,ernmsut were uere'
one-hIlf ~ which was saved and tho rest ioi
wan, oi tims and transportation, was destroyed
. The presses sui fixtures for PRINTING Treasury
note, IN the Establishments Of Eyaus CoSswel
and Keaung { Ball were necessarily abandoned
together with tho other cyten'ivc machinery o
those ven-snowu drus The hrst name estAh
hshnent had 100 printing prcSs's, .nd WAS un
ouestonahly tne .arrcst and hoat EQUIPPED put
ushny houso IN the South.
Tho encmy's forces operAtug west ofCo'umhiN
V reached tho banks Il tho Conssroc, opp ste ~
city, IN THURSDAY evening, sui throw n mum
t.r oC shell. n which our batteries responded.
port,on of this CO INN moved up the nvar dnrni
. the night srl creased tho sa'uds snd BROAD ri'
u or. N. main tributaries of tho Congaree, whic
meet near Colrm a. few niles above Ne city
During the moyemcnI Gen HeauregArd eVscIA'e
tLe cts, aud on Fr-ay morn,ns the enemy en'el
ed ,ud took poseesson without opposiuon' ou
!, ,roops were Withdrawn n position some tWon'
a mile. from Columbia where they remained o
es yesterday.
W The epemv's f1rc, entering Columbia, conss ste
1t Of shcrrnAu's msn army, lsrge portion of "hi'
70 immediately moved up the Chaotto road VIII
's smother portion moved down in the direction
al Charleston The later city nss doubtless ere 'h
~ tson evacuated
-, yuos onALLEsro'.
II. Charltstor, REQ 1.-THE "ne7nys Rnhooa
he and on. monitor Lsso Deen sLollIns our pix
ne lines on james Island Ill day. All quiet IN o'
~ itntue Late irout S,thiug dchu.te from ai"'
" The enemy keeps up a st,,,ly shel'iug Of The city
- CLarIcsto., Feb. To- At quc. Sloug our line
n. The eneuy tis moru,ng Arc tporEd to ie moyif
he in force rear Col.u.ls, IN me Lexington road.
iv ia rep rted ust rv cro-od tie 'onGAee To-day
I'd .4aa = rGu oAE-tlnA.
IN Wiba ,nqton, FsG ls.-lhe epcm5 theAei +,
M, Anderson iur ously yesterday ,rcrnoon' nearly
ios night, aud th.s morning. Il - reported hat
- land force ALTO attackel forces H' Anderson a
a. Oere repulsed. Csnuouni.Dg .s sill gong on "a
ui r NJ wohaye no particular
'ue Ire telegraph opcraor At Weldon reported
nj yesterasy that a rliI i.w Washington or Nc
vel BERN \. c.. was N progress, The supposed ee'1iI
ty ton Of tie rsiIcrs bc.ny Il csy Mount Station
'oy the Wilmington road, in El,icomb County.
so wires continued 10 work during yesterday ey'
f' ing trougA g. Wi'mis-t0u however, from VII
rks it would appear that lhey had not struck
ing road
the A movement n thr enemy was reported yest
led day in heavy force upon KInslon' " C." and
leet was supposod in o.ial circles that Fosters for
H. bad been moved up to NcwlerI
ave AcsyAlry raid w,s also reported in tho DIR
ton Of Tsrtaro. The force moving from Newb
has hfty or sixty pieces of an. cry. We shall
,;ne more Of the movements IL Nv days We
der qu.u certain that they are 10 proGress as We VT
.suI Col Hath, one u our comu.lss'oner' OF
nta change, has gone 10 Wilmington, At which place
dis will, durnt the week, exchange ten thousand p
ssd- oners We may remsrk zero taa' the eKehSng