New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-02-28
ge CAPTURE or WILMINGTON,

FuF Vns stNh VI WhHM''VtN4''
L.ysNs'ssSsm et she Reess--Relsicins.s Of
SIC Esep@o-Tsrry Pursues Hokes
GrMy- How WsRpsincten was Tahen-
Il Qeads2iea Of tbe City-Our Losses
Hi<6,-ConScusratisn OF the Emeny-
Il Great BRuie Expected at Geldse
tereush.
,,,u Cu, Special Couaspondent
Wuy,SGroS y. c.. Wednesday Feb. e. 1865.
hfer three years of bloody and fruitless war;
n, reo,le Of the olief seaport of North Carolina
.o,t more the flag of Union floating above them. Ii is
,troad day FOX the conntry--a happy day for this peo
H. wilmington swings back under the dominion Of
a. old Tag The establishment Of order; the
.,,e Of quiet from the long reign OF turmoil ard war;
Adherence from The most baleful and most dreadful of
,itary despoiisms which ever cursed any country is
,eecned by a delivered people. Sllyos Of artillery
u the Navy at noon celebrated al once she birthday
,fe Father Of his Country and the glorious victory
e the combined arms Of the Navy and Army of 'ne
rnon. While write the troops of Gen. Cox the 10th
oeo q the Third Division crossing the rfcr into
ue town 1T The foot Of Marketst their bsls playing
"Tse star.Spangled Banner" Crowds of citizens OF
All
nos their landing and follow them in their stately
march through the streets of the town. The Admras
t,sL.p lIa,yeIn gay deeked ont in all her wealth Of
tuu. g. hss ust up to fhe town and fred naval
ssie IN honor Of The capture of the place Gen scho
fs faeshP the 5. r. spaulding. also lies abreast of
| pe town with all her colors flying.
Meantime the troops under Gen. Terry have pushed
20 in pursuit of the Rebel army Of Gen Hoke which,
hoe flo sfa VI Ia he rtala
This glorious result has been attained by the exercise
q god gepeslshn and by the perfect cooperation of
Go two great arms of the service. No fact 4. moro
tonsr,cucrs-nOne generally Standardization this.
What at first seemed unfortunate in respect to weather
snd other adverse circumstances, now 10 have
teen only poyiiental interferonoes in our behalf
Ger Seholeld moved his army in two columns-ene on
sseh eide Of Cape Fear River-and by this means so
divided the Rebel force and confused him the real
,an q attack that assured almost from the
s.aft The capture Of Fort Anderson which command.
ed a. once tie river and and covered Hokes position
On the east side Of the river lef the latter aefna
ave but 10 fall back.
Ihe river clear gave us the powerful! ala OF the
ssvy. which continued to move up and shell one after
another Of the enemy's positions. Gen. Cox on tie
west side pressed on after The rereatng garrison Of
Fort Anderson; and Gen. Terry followed hard after
Eoke whose demoralized and fast wasting columns
seemed but TOO glad 10 escape nom the Union forces
which were steadily, surely enyeloping them. The
Third Division fresh from active fighting in Tennessee.
sndeI the lead of Easement. Moore, Henderson and
fte advanced and placed themsevesoa the lire OF the
Charleston and Wilmington Railroad night before last
ard early This morning were in possession Of tie Island
opposite the Some Of the troops Of tie 10th Ken
,uel Nv aud OF Col S;eels Brigade crossed and
tered the streets Of the town. They found 1t evacuated
Nv the Rebe, army and the people ways unfilepdly
Upon seeing Yankee troops In the town. The enemy
he tie place until the Lee, moment as to afford os
much tine as possible to the compulsory stores
ard mant.ons. They only fought orr advancing col.
unns OIL each side 10 detan aud save time for this
purpose.
Abc,t O'Clock a. m the troops Of Gen. Ames's
Division which had held the advance. and sk.rmished
steadily with the enemy. in company with Gen, Paines
oOrsd troops took up the line oi march, and passing
through the outer line OF esrhworks three and half
miles ffcm the place, advanced upon the town. All
hostile demonstrations had ceased in front; the Rebel
batteries were silent the sandy rihepits deserted
Nothing opposed the march. At $50 q. Gen. Terry
aud stsa entered the outskirts Of the city. where the
roops weary with their sandy march, halted for few
scm ents, and the General rode into th9 iqvp. The
mayor JoDn DdWsODi esq., met hDl III the wy nan,
sDt formally delivered the city into his hsqds. Gen.
sehoted end staff followed soon after and were cor
daily received by the Mayo apd '99s q the more
prominent end influential eit1aasss. Mr.. ShacklefOrd
enefsd the General -. 70 Inequalities of his house.
sese ely accepted. temporary headquarters
" We .Jepartment Of North Caroline.
Gen. Cox, itwas understood, would be made Military
Governor The lOith Ohio Col Sperl's regiment, with
possibly the Tooth Ohio, we're detailed as provost
suara and Col. Jourdan ives appointed Proves, Mar.
sba He is already dstricting the town, and lfepar
Ing TO carry ont the necessary regulations FOR tie pro
lection and good government Of the place. 49,
A. 70: there no general showing Of themselves by
the prominent or wouldbe sristocratic portion OF the
inl abtsnts The common people receive us giadiy.
Considerable quantities Of tobacco and sO@s cotton
have been captured. The tobacco viii be most welcome
" the sodiers they literally hungry for the weed
The large cotton sheds and presses on the island op
pse the town have been laid in ashes, and with them
slss quantity os cotton has been burned The wrecks
,f,vo Observation-Disclosures lying one sunk, the other
.tost near the cotton presses The bridges Of the
rsroad we're destroyed but this did not materially In
ssrfsre with the passage of tse noops- scows and
sorse ferry boats furnished ready means for transie
ring the troops to the town. :.
ms s,ssss have been light, Thewounaed have aii
been carefully attended TO- Their names will be sent at
IL early day.
TIE ENEMY CONCENTRATING.
All ,Le intelligence we can gather goes to prove that
L.. is concentrating at some important point the en-
tire PebeI fo,ees in the South Some predict great
hs,ua near Coldsboro when the column Of Gen
sherman reaches North Caroline The evacuation OF