, 1865-03-15
pOSTSC RIpT,
Neports from Sheridan and f.ranf.
Ereseutatfon of medal 10 Grant.

Especial Dispateh to the Western Presz.1
| NEW York, Tucsday, March ii,
Indian Talk.
"AsHEGToS, Tuesday March 14-Seyera
| chlc!s Of the Winnebaso Indians had talk with
tne commissioner Of Indian Affairs to-day. pre
| nh1nary to their removal from D,cotah to the
Omaha Reservation,
No Cotton to be Sent to EUROPE.
me statement has been extensively published
that the Secretary Of the Treasury had decided to
fsnd the cotton, captured at Savannah, to Europe,
ne A4o Tue euo]ect under consideration.
Robert Cobb Kennedy.
Gen: Dix has not yet fixed the tlav for 1ho arann-
uon o. the epya and incendtary, Robert Cobb Ken.
pnt Mi1 20 20 as eooa as the sentence OF the
ofWar. @ "ppA''eo W Tue secretary
~cnt to the Front.
Seten n1ndfed bounty Jumpers, arrested by chi :.
ds4 On saaufaay we're sent to the front ycster
front doy SIS sailed today on ths.a Gs loE INC
for Fortress Monroe. ''e"ne&s
Sheridan to Join Grant,
dan he 1safs f edt9Eially thinks probably sherl
lns the Jaue= River and South Side Ra11ro,dl
Army Of tho Potomac.
~, The 1in'es' Army Of the Potomac spec,s1 of TIM
fIne weS1o, here ;iE Is no military news, but the
Gone to Arrest Shcztdun's NIovcmcrrx
It's pretty well established that annthsr cnns,,
sfsne portion Of Lees army, comprising Mahon's
Of Sheridan. 'A0 movements
Reported Capture of Lynchbur9.
feSe, ssss T. wqs currently reported
LynchburG, after brief battle.
Presentation Of n Gold Medal to Grant.
The Hsfa'd's Army Of the Potomac special
E1vss E On account Of the presentation Of the sold
tSces DS c1nSrsss IT, Cen
pune, Of Illinois. Gen. Grant said In response.
accept 1 ths medal and joint resolution st Coa
70 dever to me @ m las ron
an eai!y Gay, to acknowledge the receipt Of The
letter Of tue President accompanying them. and
,'o e tompmsate IN orders to the officers and SOL
10 1ta passage, the resolution Of thanks so cen-
Gronsly, teI deEed them by the Congress Of the
4 Prisoner from Richmond.
a returned onion prisoner who reached 4rn,,,. /
oile 1o-doy, direct IRON Richmond, Communicates
e eeme 1ni.re5tns Intelligence In relation 10 alirs
he ,Fas confined in Castle Thunder. nni thrnn4yh
friends Of the Onion, citizens, be obtajned much
,nSrmati9n relative to events transpsine, about
Wneh ,aas hlehmGnd papers are silent On Saturday
biFAt last Aichmond was thrown into Intense *
eiiensnt by the announcement taat Sheridan was
lear the city. The alarm bells wese runc md ali
cord @ aa1 ere ayaane man hat
Il e.. who were said to 1e at Beaver Niis
aqued9ct, on the James river, some twenty m,ies
rom Tie city destroying the canal The maIn feeder
d Kehmoud: The excitement continued ali ujeht.
md increased to panic throughout Sunday nn1
lP TO Monday morning. When be left the n,arm
:ti!! prevailed. 1t was understood that Sheridan |
1hd succeeded in the estructton Of The annednct
blowing Il up with gunpowtcr, aud it would take
lin. - ~1'1A7o oono oS
During Sunday afternoon Plckctt>s dfy,,ion
,assed Castle Thunder, III great haste, on thcIr
sny M to meet Sheridan. twas believed to BE- Sher-
dams purpose to cross the james and strike the
oaaville Railroad near the coal eld.. where there
an ea1ensise , bridge, destroy that, and thus
sfshmond. and then make junction With Gsant.
>: Movements indicative Of Preparations for the
Of Richmond hare been in progress
os . fome time. The heavy machinery for mluu-
occurring iron has been removed; also the ms-
hineIy I Of their percussion cap manufaetory; and
II ne carpenters In town were at work t1lInp Or
era for packing boxes,
The high water in the James had subsidized. 40 |
1uch 50 that the boat which eonyeys prj,orcrs
ON Richmond could not pas3 ahoyc Rockies. rs
de bud been dong previously. From thls cir
umEtancc It Is hoped that Sheridan Will ind ifs.
'f1cutS OF crossing the streams on his line Of
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