Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1865-03-06
FROM YHE CARoLINAs

An Official despatch from GsIera Gaore dated Charles
ton, 10Th, says: ai4af.f ,tl-t. ..f.. .. ,asi
AnipspeetoR OF the rebe defenees Charleston shows
that lave taken over tour huldlsd fifty pieces oil
ordaauee being than doable what hrst reported.
Tue bot includes eight and ten-inch colubiads great
many thyI~0 aud forty two FOUNDER rifles some ven.
inch Brook rifles and many pieces OF folega make
We also oaptnredeight locomotives and great nunl-
ber VI passenger and platform cars all good
pesefers report that the last Haidee, army Mas 10
have crossed be santee river yesterday bound or Char
lotto, H. g. and that u was feared tr sherman had al
ready Iutefo pied their march, p go s'Ifi
IS IepoIsd similar authority that tile last Of Hoods
amy Twelve thousand strong, passed through Augusta
last unduy the Oth, ON the NAY " Beaessga ard I'VE
have Augusta dates 10 the 2isi " yIa,1 = =,
Georselown has lsea syassied hy Ihe enemy, and i
now q e& tSissssiSn'
kEtuhrED DESTRUCTION OF COLUMBIA, =. g. -
The Herald Publishes the slloving dated oa Charles
ton February 18Th" No other paper has the news
We have just received the Official in,e,g sace OF the
baluing OF Columbia, ). C.ion the 4Nh inst '.-
Alter the town lgea taken possession OF By Slo-
e1us SO, ~ sale 81 our iroops fired from the
hGlsts aid solle sssenteen killed ON account OF
whieh Genelal sheman ordered the lowh 10 be buraea
which order Was Carried out 10 the letter.
Dcsefrrs ats continually arriving Il Charleston About
go arrived wihinihe ist "a on Two Who. conliim The
report ol the gaiioa OF Augusta Ca aud its oe,.
pl,ioa ny our troop. ~
0ihcial dispatches 60 North ON the Arago 1.i4
''r'. -t JOHNSTON AND sBEFs,s D. h-'.''
The World Of the SD hal as interesting letter from h
Baltimore 9spppIept pluidT Of date March LIST. In
,sis leeg The Worlds correspondent gives the relative
sensh ia FAR As his knowledge extends OF ihe oupoz
ing armies under Generals Johnston and sLer,aan Tie
letter is interesting a. being the specVaon OF usually
wenionncd correspondent Aiter stating that Genera
Johnston had as.eMed direction Of the campaign no,s
EsogEssls against sherman Druid" CUES on ia SAY.
irrEArTKp coScESIgAploSlop FsOOpsip xDER SHERMAN
fha traal. rer.nkiv "A Xil,a ma Nh II
der Generals Iery Foster and Schofed, had effected
Hnotian With Sherman, the united Federal forces than
would have greatly ohtnumbcrrd zen. Johnstons army
Hut these accounts state not only th this junction had
not taken place, but that it would Ike place In
stead VI moving westward from Wilmington by xay Of
Fayetteville To join sherman at ConeSy hcse TROOPS ID
said are moving norhward t0 t;oIaro With Che H.
tehtion OF marching ca Raleigh irom which it is in.
red by ih fha,eaefsies that tits the inknton of tien
sStilAa1 to @eet them there. la this case OF coars
ten sherman will endeav0r force the passage of the
ladkin river and az that point or near there I'm IN
probaby.tl battle will take place which will decide
ten. Skermanis fate. ,.i ..-tt ff'- - /
Actual STRENGTH or GRNrsAl IoskSyos
Al the time that General Ice sssuped tue cLef com
uand Gl the Confsdsraie araes there were IS 90 Con-
te,a1,s;e troops ii the West aud Southwest namely =
$1,000 under i;eneraI Taylor aods successor % Oo In
Arkansas aud Missouri Under General Price tsone cJ,
espo ndens Of administration papers writing Irom n
aaisand Memphis say that General Price had % pO
10 100 in Texas and Louisiana, under General
aud 20 900 in scattered desc hmehs in Florida Missssjp
pi and Alabama, including the garrison at Natdis
GENERAL LEES SsAsuREs.ro lyfssy ,nsoENraATios
Thirty thousand a these troops were at ordrsd
ThgirsrSeis we've proceed drsi 10 Atlanta and Macon
Where they would e mef by stan officers Of Gen. Ice,
9th specific instructions The Numbers OF troops who
wep yse IN pursuance Of these orders are stated to he
10 GU0 iron General Tayoss l0U00 from General pric
o no from Texas, and 6OO0 from Mobile which latter
place is to be evacuated Cut this number dawn one.
third ana We have ooo troops hasieaag w railroad 90
i,tin nh htla
by railroad FROM AtlaatF tbeyqate woad be 10 wash.
ington w Witkes t9pAty Georgia hity miles northwest
"a Aygpssa FroM this paint " Chesterse Chester CO.
S9pl Carplila distance OF hundred and tive MY
ies railroad Is said TO have been and
be In operation passing through Abbeyille New.
berry aud Aston That part Of tue road FROM Albeyle
TO Aston was completed and opetatiaD as early as
1903 that there only the iva links fIon Wash
ington to Abbeyle and tyoN AIstoB to Chesterylle
distance Of sixty ilas IN ALL ~ be built in 1864 -
sonSsFoSs sores AT LEAST 60OO0 syHosG,
II these two links have been built as stated then these
~ no troops. coming all the way hy railroad have join
ed General JOhnstea by this tme II not they will haze
these sixty wies TO lRareh on foot which will retard
her ayAl four days later Besides them it will be fe
Iaembered General Johnston ~ in Of the toos
recently at Charestan and Branshye 20 600 those re-
Gently az Wilmington Goldsboro and HicE sfod II 100
those recently under Hafdee at Savannah 5000 Gebe
raj Wade Hanptons cavalry 10000 aud the troops re-
Gently st Macon and Augusta, O00n all IS 0OO Cut
this down also and call enly 10000 and still with the
20 009 above, General Johnston will have 60 troops
u
believe j. nearer ~ 600 than e strORg that General
Johnston viii light the batte With Sherman which will
decide the tate n the latter Rut he viii lot have TO
fght i with these troops alone
DIFFUSION IN REGARD TO LEES ABILITY 10 aovEl !
The greatest deluion which the North Is laborng IN
der h that the presence of General Mesdes army before
Petersburg prevents General Lee from sending away from
any troops to reinforce Johnson Tho truth
H. not only could Gen Lee do this without imperillng
The safety OF Richmond OF Petersburg ia the least but he
could do it without the knowledge OF General Meade-
The closest observation fails 70 discover any increase
iimiRuIop IN General Lees numbers. No intelligent
person needs 70 be told that see tLs whole OF
Lees army The part of that army that is visible to he
closest observation ia not onetenth part of the whole
For sugLt General Meade knows TO the contrary, Gen
zee may have been reinforced during the last ten days
BY as many $1,000 men, and General Lee after p
may attempt to pierce Aeade centre and TO defeat one
of his wings before 1t can be supported f..
now rHE NAsGrvKK eAS EFFECTED
on the other hand not every sensible person know
hat skiilfai military commander troops silent
sion and stii iainias the same show of force
front neither iess Certainly, it done
been doAc, time aud again both in European vars
sld ia this war What Is there 10 prevent General Lee
rom having thus transferred 2oO09 $4,000 oreyea 4JDOO
II his troops from his lines 10 points the Danye
md Lynclburg railroads west OF Petersburg and south
gest Of Richmond Nothing And the stlke Ia North
arona is high one 50 much depends upon the d.
Sherman there that In all probability he has done
L. Sappose that General Meade suspects he has done it,
How Is he to lind out Only By an assault on some part
,f Lees lines by fourth T fifth attempt to reachi
Lynehburg Railroad BY again extending his lines
4 now CAN rHE TKuTH BE AscERTASED
Suppose he should try either what would be tie ret
know the galiantry aud skill OF our officers know
he courage and devotion Of cur troops. But know
nond ard Petersburg. aud OF TIE facilities which Gen.
Lee has tor concentrating troops at any point ID d Is
threatened with rsai attack No troops in the world
drawer than ba, troops In ewoTld ca ac
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