The New York herald., 1865-02-27
Mr.. y. II. BuIkley's Despatch.
HEADoUAsrERs, Army oy rnr PoroxAc,
Feb "a, 1855.


ARTnLERY PRACrICK
Artillery practice has been INDUCED in quite exten
siveiy for the past two days between the Ninth corps,
occupying the line Of works Immediately in front Of
Petersburg, and the enemy. II commenced yesterday
morning on the extreme right of the line, in General
Wcox's division and continued for several hours. The
First Connecticut battery engaged side nd
directed their are Fort Chesterfield situated on the
opposite sido OF the Appomsttox river The firing
exceedingly accurate both sides We
could with perfect dstinciness our shcn OF
plode within the enemys works. while their
no less accurate. Our loss killed and
wounded The loss OF tho enemy have been equally
large This morning the firing was resumed but upon
another part Of the line Forts Sedgwlck and Morgan
were the recipients OF tho cncmy's nrc today The
firing their part equal TO that OF yesterday
most Of the shells exploding too high to do any dasge
xroKrAsr MOVEMENTS ox roor NJ rug KRBgrs
II is surmised by many that the Increased activity
the part of the rebels for the past few days
important movement. Reliable Information has
bocn received many times Of the evacuation Of Peters
bury that arc very skeptical that point but that
some movement is on foot there Is hardly room for
doubt We learn from various that large part
Of the rebel army have boon under marching orders for
number Of days and that portion already left
reinforce Beauregard General Lee will be compelled TO
make movo of some kind very soon, he will find
himself without an army
Desertons continue increase instead of decreasing
and the class Of men coming in superior in in
tegencc and dress to any have previously seen Not
loss than hundred have been reported at the head
quarters Of the Provost Marshal during the last twenty
four hours or these large proportion bring In their
arms and equipments for which they paid liberal
price cenbacks. Many Of the cavalry bring in horses
aiao Tndav sevcn M t,e anna Ao,,t,
Carolina came over in . body They style themselves
'peace commissioners" and say that Jc Davis was
unsuccessful In establishing peace for thom they have
come to try II for themselves Each and III con.
nrm the story that TO every who enters our lines
thore ten who desert 10 the rear Al this
rate, without fighting another battle the rebel army
would be dissolved In two months
pErRrER Rx~rrrsp
George Maynard, Of the Forty sixth New York volnn.
tecrs sentenced u be hung al noon to-day for ceron
has been respitcd by the President Preparations were
all completed TO carry the sentence into execution near
The headquarters Of the First divsid corps, when
the order arrived giving tho prisoner " leac Of life
PERSONAL.
Brisadcr General Pattcn Is In command Of the Ninth
corps during the absence OF General Parker temporary
commander OF the Army OF the Potomac General
Grlin Is la command Of General Patterns division
nfecrs or STORM.
The severe ram storm q yesterday and Last night hos
left the roads in terrible condition Riding for pleasure
wholly out OF the question: and only tho most pressing
necessity could induce move from one part of the
army 70 lhc other
COMPLETION % rns RAILROAD TO uarortR's RUN
To- morrow the new branch rairoad from The yellow
House At Warren station, TO tho vicinity 81 ialthcrs
run, will be completed and in running order
ARRiyA. w MORA ff-tRrtJts--IHgy RKrufr THAT
EURO ~ TJ EVACUATED
since writing the above another batch of dcscr'crs
has arrived They report that Gen lee h.e given the
citizens Of Petersburg notice that they must
their tobacco and stores Of different kinds within four
days from " day. preparatory W oysoua,ug tho vsco