The weekly union record., 1865-01-07
News of the Week.


ASavannah correspondent OF the New York
World says that Sherman will march frs, On
Augusta and then on Charleston, when, with
Dahlgren in front, be will lay siege TO that
stronghold. The Heralds correspondent says
that many citizens of Savannah have taken the
oath of allegiance The Third Division Of the
Twentieth Corps had moved across the Sayan-
nah river into South Carolina, and me. and
drove regiment OF Wheeler's cavalry. No
other rebel force was found. The Richmond
Examiner says all the rice on the plantations in
the vicinity of Savannah fell into The hands of
the Yankees. The amount is estimated ct a
half million bushels. The Petersburg Express
is informed that the cotton found By Sherman
n Savannah is owned by Great Britain and
private individuals The New York Times
special says i. has authority for stating that
the cotton captured at Savannah will be taken
aud sold By the Government If any persons
can show valid claims to it. they will be REIN
bursed
With the exception Of some skirmishing,
the armies confronting each other on the james
river we're quiet. A rebel paper says the
country 10 front Of Richmond and Petersburg
Is converted into mud lake. and will scarcely
be hard till May. The Triouues Army Of the
James special says the Datch Gap Canal is
regarded as . complete success. Tho result Of
the explosion q, the bulkhead being all ,ba,
was expected, the dredging machine can now
finish the work. Sixteen feet of water have
been in the canal since Dec. 18th.
The storm, of Wilmington, through which
Porter's feet rode in safety, is said to have
been the most terrible that has occurred Oh the
North Carolina coast for years The rebels
regard it as a special act of Providence in their
favor, as it gave them time for preparation.
The attack on Wilmington has been abandoned
for the present-the wooden vessels returning
to Beaufort, n c., and the ronclads to
Charleston. Deserters from the rebel army
have taken possession Of the North Carolina
mountains, expelled rebel citizens and defy
rebel authority.
1t is stated that the rebel Congress has
authorized the calling out OF not less than fifty
thousand negroes for service 10 the army as
soldiers. The Richmond Sentinel, the organ
of JEFF. Davis, says that, if France and England
will enter into treaty with the 'Confederacy'
recognizing its nationality and guaranteeing its
independence, rather than continue the war,
they should be willing to free the slaves. The
Examiner, in reply to the Sentinel opposes the
appeal for the protection Of France and Eng
land in the present weakness Of the South. 1t
intimates that the article in the Sentinel emn.
mated from JEFF Davis aud from a Pickwickian
mind The 'nigger" question is getting to be
more serious than ever 10 Dixie.
The New York Heralds correspondent
gives full account of the recent important
raid through East Tennessee and Southwestern
Virginia by Generals Stoneman, Burbridge
and Gilem. The injury inflicted by it upon
the rebels was immense, and is to them proba
bly, irreparable. The lead Mines the salt
works, fifty foundries and furnaces, one hundred
miles Of railroad, fifteen locomotives, two hun
dred cars and vast amount of other property
was destroyed Que hundred and twenty pieces
of artillery and many prisoners were captured.
The Mobile Advertiser has an account of
Davidson's great raid into Alabama 1t ere.
ated great alarm everywhere, and the cowardly
conduct of the rebel militia is generally con-
demned. General Granger's operations against
Mobile continued with prospect OF the early
capture OF the city.
Late Texas papers say twothirds of the
people of that State favor reconstruction.
The Union State Convention of New
Hampshire, held at Concord, on the 4ih inst,
nominated Frederick Smith, Of Manchester,
for Governor on the first ballot
The newly elected Governors of New York
and Missouri were insugnrated on the % inst.