Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1865-03-03


by this host; that Lee cln, in fact marshal his
army without being exposed to attack from Grant
IN the rear If he moves upon Sherman, or gradual
investment by Sherman, if Ae decides to remain
where he Is, and concentrate upon Grants lines.
But nevertheless should Lee, says the World,
" Sherman being still distant make skillful Sc
lection of ground and give Grant battle, he attains
the main object of his present strategy which to
measure bis whole concentrated force against of
our mics lot supported by the other terrible
battle is not far in the future" ...
We have received Richmond papers to the 25th,
and from extracts therein taken from Northern
iSornals. we condense the following:
me New York 1t"les, Specializing upon Sher
mans march and probable plan of operations thinks
that the force of Gen. SchOfeld, now in possession
OF WILMINGTON, will, with this new base of opera
TONS outHank any force that Lee mcy send south
to oppose Sherman. 1t admits thai Beauregard
may check for time the advance of Sherman, by
defence of the rivers along his line of march
but still trusts that not many months will eapse
ero Shernan will be upon the Southern boundary
OF Virginia with powerful and flushed army. 1t
surmiSes that before this event Lee will ey acuate
richmond and assume some new line of defence
Wnat Hlt he DO in such Case, asks that paper, fight
or retEsstis
E5ffdern telegram says that after the capture
OF BranchVille South. Carolina Sherman dsp patcheG
courier to Gen. Scho6eld, near Wilmington, who
arrived safely at Smithve, having riden across the
country at great peril.
Great rejoicings were had. at the North over the
fall Of Charleston aud the restoration of the Gag of
the Union over Fort Sumter. A national salute
was ordered to be fred on the 22d of February, be.
ing the birthday of Washington, at West Point,
every arsenal, fort &c, in the United States. The
same night the departments at Washington were
llumnaLed by order of Secretary Seward
The enemy, under Gen. ScheInmelenning COM
manaing the U. s. forces at James Island took pos
session Of Charleston on the 18th of February, at
nine o'clock. On the advance of the Yankees the
OOnfederates retired
Among the captured property says Msjor Gen.
Gilmore are 200 pieces of artillery and supply of
fine ammunition. Cotton warehouses, arsenals,
quartermaster stores, railroad bridges, two IRON
clads, and some vessels in the ship yard were de
stroyed
The departure of the Confederates from Forts
Sumpter and Moultre was known to the Yankee
picket boats on the morning Of the 18TH and about
10 o'clock the night before the other positions
abandoned.
The account says it appears that the rebels who
remained to the last were not well organized, and
a majority Of them were thieves, whose object in
staying was to pluHder. 1t is reported by the in
habitarts Of the city that these men were guilty Of
many dSgraeeful acts They had little difficulty in
ettectiDg their escape with their booty.
Several hundred rebel deserters were concealed
IN the houses in Charleston, and when our troops
entered they surrendered, declaring that they
tired Of the rebellion, and would no longer fight for
it. They were received as prisoners.
The negroes gave evidence of great joy. They
wanted fUod, &c
The population were mostly poor people, the
rich having removed. The poor were in q suffer-
ing condition.
The Conederates who fell back were supposed
to number fourteen Thousand. Previous to their
evacuation they fired the upper part of the city, Sy
which six thousand bales Of cotton were burned,
and il was supposed that before it could be sub.
slued, tWothirds of the city would be destroyed.
An explosion of powder, supposed to be dam
aged, occurred at the Wilmington depot Many
lITeS S-A.srs-loSs-------..--.
Latest Northern News.
Northern adVces to the 2lst ult, state that
Capt. Beal, Confederate guerrilla was hung on
Governors Island, Friday afternoon. His last
words were-"I protest against the execution OF
the sentence 1t is absolute nurder-brutal MUIR
der. die in the defence and service of my coun-
try"
An official telegram claims the capture Of 700
prisoners and thirty guns at Wilmington N. @. II
further states that the rebels burned 1000 bales of
cItton and $4,000 barrels Of rosn; that q strong
Union feeling was manifested in the city, and that
Hoke had retreated nerthward pursued by Terry.
rumored movement of Longstreet's command
upon Knoxville had created intense excitement
there.
A telegram from Washington to the Daily NetOs,
asserts that the visit of Singleton and Hughes to
Richmond is of strictly private nature, and has no
political significance.
Recruiting progresses actively in Ohio
Gen. Cauby, moving from Pensacola is expected
to CO operate with Gen. Thomas
In a recent discussion of the fortifcation bill,
Reverdy johnson predicted foreign war-and
French recognition of the COnfederacy if the war
continued two years longer.
The Herald says the evacuation Of Wilmington
was a necessity, like that Of Charleston, as forces
left at such points would be isolated and inevitably
lost 1t foreshadows a concentration of the troops
under Beauregard, Hardee and Bragg, but adds that
the fall Of Wilmington nsurss Shcrman's safety
facilitates the general operation against Richmond,
and affords efficient base, whence supplies and
renforcements may be obtained for the ultimate
advance, should Lee elect to make his final hght
near his present position.
Yankee Congress.
The Yankee Congress were considering on the
2lst n bill for the government Of the "rebellous
States"
Mr.. Davis of Nd, said that from present indica-
tlons before the 4th day of July next, the rebellion
would not lift its brazen front He wished to pre-
vent the rebels from pouring in upon Congress
next winter their delegates and Senators, and as
suming the power once more
BE also wished to lay down the Law and prevent
the illegal appointment OF Judges and Governors
by the President, as had been done already.
The bill YES tabled-yeas 81, nays SO.
1t provided for the appointment of provisional
governors the States declared in rebellion to see
that the laws of the United States were faithfully
executed as soon as military resistance to the
United States shall have been suppressed and the
people Of such States sufficiently returned to their
obedience Of the Constitution and the laws of the
United States. The provisional governors were to
take the necessary measures for convening loyal
citizens in convention to declare the will of the peo
pie relative to the re-establishment of State gov
ernment. The oath of allegiance to be taken by
every voter, but every person known by or proved
to the commissioners to have held or exercised any
Office, civil or military, State or Confederate under
the rebel usurpaton, or TO have voluntarily borne
arms against the United States, shall be excluded,
though he offer to take the oath, etc. The Consti.
tutional Conventions were required to adopt the
following provisions:
First No person who has held or exercised any
office, civil military, except civil offices merely
ministerial and military Offices below the grade of
Colonel, State or Confederate, under the usurpn
hall I~rOfa fnro L..