Washington telegraph., 1865-03-01
News Correspondence for " Telegraph"
TFrom the Cincinnati Commercial. Feb NJ

lfieh Lhs Clhclnnatl Commercial, FEB. IL.
Washington, Feb. l0.-The Presidents Mes
sage on the late Peace Convention, to Congress,
has been the great event Of to-day 1t is doubt
iul IL any message was ever received in the
House OF Representatives with more profound
attention on the floor and IA crowded galleries.
those who had strong faith in an eventual
peace through negotiation, still claim that the
non-committal character of the report of the
Rlchnond deputation-couple with the closing
paragraph OF Linceln's, Message, will yet have
ba1 effect, despite jeff. Davis opposition to
continued efforts on the part of pre- minent peace
men OF ths Contederacy, amongst whom are A.
ID. Stephens. Another and much more general
opinion IS that the war will go on until a peace
is conquered in the field
Richmond papers OF the 9th, state that Sher-
man forces have not yet appeared near Branch
viue They contain no other war news
The Commercials editorial saws, il is evi-
dent that the Rebel army ander Hood, has not
gone into winter quarters at Tupelo, as report
ed, but that the greater part of his best troops
are under Beauregard at Augusta, who, with
Hardee and the reinforcements from Lee, has
as large a veteran force as Sherman. He thinks
that Sherman IS master. of the situation, but
advises the country TO be prepared for accidents.
The Richmond Examiner urges the rebel
government to seize all the gold in the Confed-
etate States and step the traffic in cen. The
Examiner says A II Stephens will canvass
Georgia urging the people to arm and throw off
the yoke-nothing left to do but to figh; to the
bitter end ...
The Wing says: If there is any one now re-
manning among the Confederate people, any
one who is So base as to desire Union
with the Yankees, let him know that he
cannot be admitted TO Yankee association as an
equal, but as criminal and an outlaw, who has
forfeited every right-whose lands no longer
belong TO him, whose slaves henceforth to
be his master, whose house is to be occupied
by some New England emgrant, and whose
family is to be driven from the soil to make
room for the conqueror
Washington, Feb 1G.-The Secretary of
War received the following despatch this morn
ing:
City Point, Va. Feb. 9.--The Richmond
papers Of to-day contain no news They have
no intelligence from Sherman. Gen. Sorrell,
of Geo, was killed on the 5th
In the engagement on Hatcher's Run, on the
evening OF the 9Th. the Fsdersls lost killed,
FIVE officers and sixty-six men; wounded.
twentyeight officers and 49l slen; missing.
four officers and 585 rasn, total, thirty seven
officers and LAB mon, out OF 1000 men en-
gagged. This is the loss 10 Warrens corps
The loss in the 9th corps is not known, though
believed slight, the greatest loss being in killed.
Gen; Pegram, Rebel, was killed
The amendment to the Federal constitution.
a6olishing slavery in tho United States, has
not bsen ratified by Delaware and Kentucky,
consequently the amendRent is lost, as it re-
quires two-thirds of all the States to ratify it.
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From the 81 Louis Republican, Feb. 49,
New York, Feb. l2.-Special to the N Y
World.-Our losses in the battle of Hatcher's
Run is considerably more than at FIRST reported.
All quiet in the Army of the Potomac. Our
troops are entrenching. .-.... d..
Special to the Republican of to-day says,
Richmond papers admit Sherman has captured
Branehvile. Gold 2o4. ..-.
Nothing of Importance from England.
Rebel papers are jubilant at the prospect of
successful spring campaign, and say that