, 1865-03-28
POSTSCRIPT,
TUESDAY, O'CLOCK 4. Il.
SPIRIT OF THE NEW YORK
PRESS.
The e Wor1d7 Advises the
Rebels to Give Up.
TIE FIGHTING on SATURDAY,
TIE PRESIDENT WITNESS
ES TIE BATTLE.
Sheridan's Forces Have all
Joined Grant,
POSTSCRIPT.
Especial Dispatch to the Western Press. /

Especial Dispatch to the Western Prcss-J :.
New YORK. March y.
HAsn1soroN+ March 27.-Robert J. Walker
publishes card in the Chronicle today dcn,iuc
the story Of the Montreal Gazette that be hud yis
lied Can.da to propose annexation, He says his
visit VII. purely OF private nature, md that he
does not Know the vIewa Of either Government on
the subject Of annexation.
Recsntung Is dnll everywhere, and drafting viii
Baltimore this evening.
Everything Is going on well in the armies.
Fayetteville and Chcraw.
NV ToRK, March 27.-The Richmond Erami.
ner OF the 9ith, has a letter from Fayetteville,
which says that Fayetteville ia ruined. All the
arsenal buildings, the market; court house. priut.
taetorles,. and ali the oil works arc deatroyed.
They robbed the people~of everything in the way
Of food. The destruction in Chesaw is said IA
have been very extensive.
WhfstIfnV up Courage
The Raleigh Demoerat says: ''Judsinc from,
what re heaF Of operations IN Eastern md Middle
North Carolina, re consider the signs more en-.
couraeIng. II lot decidedly cheering. Shermau
liza Railroad. Sherman and Tho Yankee uat'uu
Will eoon learn that marching through the coun.
Try ia not conqueripg it."
ELeeier's Cavalry.
The Raleigh pf0yTtss says: "Much unius;
abuse has bean heaped upon the cavalry under
Gen. Wheeler. M1eh Of the marandipg and pluu.
dcTfpg charged to them has been perpetrated by
others. Several Of them have been at the house
Of the editor Of this paper for nearly week psst
We can with trulh sss We have never seen more
orderly or well-behaved set ofmen."
The Day Before tho Fight.
24th, eaya: On the lines before Richmond ani
Petersburg there is unbroken quiet. Our troops
have, within the la, few days, heen addressed ~
more need 10 be encouraged by lie army than % the
army by the politicians. There ia an impression
that Grant IS ectdnc: Of preparing to send, por.
ton Of big troops to North Caroltaa to help shez-
decidedly brought to stand. Those wonderful
marches Of his, on which the Yankees 70 much
exult seem to be oTer lot the present. Instead u
men In his 'front.'"
Abusing Foutc.
The Examiner abuses Fo0te for his public ad-
dress to Sputhcrncr> ABROAD and hopes be will re-
main sequeetered for the rect Of his ex1s,ence.
The Post OfHce Cicrns on tsut1r rt1,
The Dispatch, Of the 9Th, SAYS: "The malls for
the South, which should hare been forwarded
this morning, were not prepared for transpo1. a.
tion i1 CONSEQUENCE Of he u clerks being ordered
The D4spoteh appeals to deeesters to return to
their commands and eays the war will coon be
ended If the soldiers will make IN earnest and
The Stntinei calls for generous support Of the.
policy OF putting negroes into the army, and re-
to withhold all adverse criticisms,
The Eight on Saturday.
The 1Fitune's Army Of the Potomac cotrespon-
dent says that The rebel Gen. Gordon Is reported
upon upon rort 70 IS stedman ] As soon ss our forces lad
retaken Fort Sted1nan, counter attack wss made
by The lett Of OH line upon The enemy, 1t belpg
thonsat 'hat they bad hS ns thete
chosen point Of attack. This idea was cor
rect In tie. carly @ PIT Of the day the ID ID
ns Ss oes m n e. as'f Ut 0a md q desons IL
with the I'd in reserve. Amer some sharp lighting
tho left Of line gained three miles Of ground the
broken line Of tie enemy falling, back upon some
ne 90 corps not far from the Boydtown Plank.
road but the road IL still In the hante Of the rebel
1ofeee. Ihe force piteed againtt this advance WIS
back their 81 corpa to their night and threw It in
10 action. In the meantime The 9Th corp, also
pushed It's Inc forward 50 that the strength Of the
and right. The skttEnish linz Of he rebels fcll
oack Is ne corps went On, and their batteries
Opened shi tfp Ii ht in spite Of hs We
into their defenees. The corps came to a halt,
and took steps to hold the ground gained. '''
p tbs advance @ the On sorps has tho ground IN
Days fighting are that the rebels were badly re.
pulsed IN their attack and the len OF our nns s,
gained ano.he1 step toward tae South Side Rail-
Grant and ingalls,, came up from City Point By
special t1ain. They went on the field, and the n
taeks of The q snd 6th e0rps weEe made a1de. the
Lee was on the ground and directed the attacks Of
his army.
The Htrdtd's special correspondent from GraF-
e,ly Springs, Aiabama, VIII G+nerul Wilson's
eomaud, SaYs at the latest intelligence from For
rat he IVES enc1mped at West Point, with eight
regiments fons o. Mnlen ~ Tehe M 1esf9es o,tes Ias
With prov1eiort and clothing, were about to meet
onr exehapced prisoners on their way from Tu-