Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1865-03-08

troops to the West side. On that side the rebels
made stand behind Town Creek but on the Goth i
Cox crossed bis troops below them on nat boat,
attacked them in the rear and routed them, taking
two guns and 900 prisoners. n i
On the 9lst Cox pushad to the Brunswick River
opposite Wilmington, where the bridges we're on !
lire and on his arrival the rebels began burning j
the cotton and rosn in the city, and left 1t that
Our captures, including Fort Anderson, amount !
to about 700 prisoners and 80 gums. 1
Citizens state that the rebels burned 1000 bales I
OF cotton and ID, 600 barrels of rosin. = Il
:, The Union feeling showed itself quite stronglyin
the city. !
Terry followed Hoke northward
-. G. G. COMsEOeK, !
Lieut. COL, A. D.. c. & Brew. Brig Gen. |
The papers received contain nothing from Sher- |
man. The following paragraph is from the Tribune:
nished US with accounts Of Gen Shermans advance
arc eompulsorily SILENT and we know nothing of |
: bis position later than reported movement on 1
WInnsborough on the 18th or 10Th |
Roger A. Pryor had an interview with Lincoln. .
He F." to be exchanged. !:
correspondent with army of Potomac writes !:
to the Tribune of the Oath ult as follows ~ !
This evening report came in from the front of !;
the Ninth corps that the enemy showed some signs
OF leaving. that point of their line and moving to
the right They have begun movement to the I
right which may mean an attack upon our left, or
movement towards North Carolina
From deserters who came in to day, it is learned
that part of Hills corps-the Sd 10 under orders
Il march,"
There are many rumors North of the evacuation
Of Richmond
A letter in the New York Herald of the same
date as the above says:
1t is surnised by many that the increased activi-
to- <ho e ko lory
to cover some important movement. Reliable in.
formation has been received so many times of the
evacuation of Petersburg that very skeptical
on that point, but that some movement is on foot
there is hardly room for doubt We learn from
various sources that large part of the rebel array
have been under marching orders for q number of
days, and that portion have already left to rein
force Beauregard Cen Lee will be compelled to
make move of some kind very soon or he will
find himself without army.
Desertons continue to increase instead of decreas.
ing, and the class Of men now coming in are supe-
rior in intelligence and dress to any have pre-
viously seen. Not less than one hundred have
Marshal during the last twenty four hours. Ofthese
large proportion bring in their arms and equip.
ments, for which they are paid liberal price in
greenbacks. Many of the cavalry bring in horses
also. To day fifty seven of the chivarous sons of
South Carolina came over in body They. style
themselves "peace commissioners" and say that
as jeff Davis unsuccessful in establishing peace
for them, they have come OYER to try it for them
selves Each and all confirm the story that to ev-
cry one who enters lines there ten who de-
sert to the rear. At this rate, without fighting
other battle, the rebel army would be dissolved in
two months -..-.-.
A letter from Memphis says: -.
There are no rebel troops at Corinth and only
few at Tupelo. At Verona there two regi-
nd IF hird he
! and 10Th Tennessee regiments and a.body of cav
! airy. Lees corps and Cheathams corps have been
scattered and sent to Georgia, South Carolina and
Virginia Col Jesse Forrest has again returned to
| the vicinity of Verona, picking up conscripts.
| There are rumors in Memphis of the intended
evacuation of Mobile Iszss on the sea: coast, and
is the only city left, similarly situated, except
Galveston, in Texas.
| The New York Tribune of a late date has the
following spsculatons in relation to the fall of Will
migton:
The few troops left in the town have gone to join
the gathering forces of Beauregard in front of Gen.
| Sherman. But it would be mistake to suppose
any considerable number is thus released Since
the capture of Fort Fisher by Gen. Terry, the sur
render of Wilmington has been foreseen necessity
to the rebels and it will be found that Gen. Scho
field gamers only the empty husks of what was
once fruitful town. The military stores and the
cotton have been removed or burned, and the ship
| ping DESTROYED : We do not believe that the rebels
held on to the town day longer than was necessary
to enable them to complete their arrangements for
giving it up.
But that does not impair the military significance
of the surrender. Savannah, Charleston, Whining
ton have fallen in quick succession and the policy
of abandoning the coast line, which has long been
debated among the rebels as question Of expedi.
ency is now accepted as necessity. Theirs is not
commonly anindecisive purpose, por do they shrink
from going to the end of business upon which they
once enter; hence we infer that Richmond is soon
to follow the example of Wilmington, and that Lee,
whether or not he fights Sherman in the heart Of
North Carolina, has made up his mind to defend in
future nothing but the interior portion of that ter
rtory which the rebellion claims as its own. 1t is
already ntima.ed that Petersburg is to be given up
at once. The policy Of concentration did not in
yove the surrender of the coast line, but the policy
ofightng to the bitter end, and of maintaining an
army in the field after the capital and the political
hopes of the Confederacy are gone, does.
Meantime, the Richmond papers which have hith'
erto furnished US with accounts of Gen. Sherman's
advance are compulsorily SILENT and we kdow moth:
ing of his position ayer than reported movement
on Winnsboro' ON the 18th or 18th.
The Herald Of the 9th February thus speaks Of
Shermans movements:
Twelve days ago part of General Sherman's force
was evidently near Charlotte, N. G., as that town
was under martial law, and was filled with fugitives
from South Carolina. driven up by Sherman's adj
vance through the Palmetto State. Part ofbis force
was also near Camden This is the most definite
intelligence we have Of his whereabouts IS the re:
bel press has suddenly ceased to report his move
ments. But there is not the remotest probability
that be has vet encountered any obstacle to his pro-
gress. If Beauregafd could not hold Branchvilie
or try to hold Columbia, he cannot hold the line o.
the Catawba or the Yadkin and Sherman is, doubt.
less, before this, east those streams. He may now
be at Fayetteville, or better still, be bodily push
ing on for Raleigh. 1t seems obvious that he viii
FIX upon some point near the centre of North Caro-