Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1865-03-02
ADDITIONAL FROM the United
STATES.
FHELAST MISSION TO RICHMOND.

THEL LAST MISSION TO RICHMOND.
A special W4shingoudispateh to The Daiy Ne'oS
says
1T i, ascertsined from very reliable source that
the visit OF Judge Hughes and gen. Singleton 10
Richmond is OF strictly private nature, and that II
bears nc political ssnIheance whatever. The stale
neEt that they 60 20 urge submission 10 Ihe TO-
vernnent OF the United States Is purely gratutlous
ana imaginary They are not clothed with any au-
tbority nor have they any intentiOn of meddhng
with the present difficulties. The object of their
mission, being strictly private, IS not known"
AS OFFICER's OPINION. ..
A casual remark dropped by one Of officers
al the Petersburg 'front.' has been greedily snapped
At by an sttentve correspondents ~ the Herald with
tho following result. There are many ways Of "as-
tonishine" the Yankees
CAVALRY HEADQUAErERs,
Army OT rHE POroSAc, Feb. 90, 1868. .
YESTERDAY all officer OF ours had talk over the
picket lines with rebel officer when the two get
ting mto conversationAn the subject ol the e'de-
nation of Charleston the latter said, THAT IL Moth
mg. We Will astonish you more tn that before
March goes out" Does this refer 10 the evacuation
OF Richmond on Petersburg, OF both The eNacus-
ou of one both OF SAID places is nov locked Tor.
THE FALL oF WILMINGTON.
The T. Ju.e thus comments GU the fall of viii
mington:
The few troops left in the town have gone 10 Join
the gathering tOrceS OF Beauregardi Ia font ofGen.
Sherman. But az would be = mistake to suppose
any considerable number thus released. Since the
capture uT Fort FISHER by General Terry, the sur
render OF Wilmington has been toreseeu necessity
10 the rebels aud 1t will be found that Gen. Scho-
field garnrrs only the empty huSks OF What was once
fruitful town. The military stores and the cotton
have been removed or burned, and the shipping de
stroyed. We do not believe thai the rebels held on
10 the town day longer than necessary Ia ena-
bic them 10 complete their arrangements for giving
/ Il up.
Bat that does not impair the military significance
OF the surrender. Savannah, Charleston, Whining
ION have fallen ia quick succession, and The policy
Of abandoning the coast line, which has long been
debated among the rebels as a question OF eApe.
dicncy is noS accepted Is a necessity. Theirs is
not commonly an ihdeciSve purpose, nOI do they
shrink from going to the end of business upon
which they once enter; hence We infer that Rich
moud Is soOn follow the example OF Wilmington,
and that Lee, whether 81 not lac tights sherman IN
The heart ct North Carolina, has made up his mind
to defend in future nothing but the interior portion
II that territory which the rebellion claiInS is
oSn ItiS already animated that Petersburg is to
be given up at once. The policy OF concentration
did not involve the surrender OF the coast line, hut
the policy OF hghtiUy 10 the bitter end, aud Of main
tanning aH army ia the held after the capital aud the
political hopes OF the COnfederaoy are gone, does
Meantime, the Richmond papers which have
hitherto furnished Us with SccOunts OF Gen. Shrr
man, adv auce are compulS0riy silent, and wei
know nothing OF his position later than a reported
mOyemeut on WIunsborv on the 18th OF 10Th.