The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-03-10

previous reports Of General Sheridans successes In
the Shenandoah valley, thirteen hundred captured
privates and forty ofncers Of the rebel Gene
raj Early's army having arrived at Winchester
yesterday Esry's force made stand near wayncsboro
and was, the captures indicate, overwhelmingly dc
feated General Sheridan has occupied staunton- On
his mar;h up the valley 10 that point he met with
no material opposition. The report tina. General
Early himself was captured by General Sheridan is
not confirmed by dispatches Rebel prisoners report
heavy Uniop force advancing from East Tennessee
Lynohburg, Of the capture Of which place have un
confirmed rumors.
A very significant article appeared In the Richmond
Enquirer Of last Tuesday, in reply TO correspondent
who asks, 'swhat these rumors Of Senatorial
committees approaching the President to submit terms
Of submssionf" The Enquirer responds" That
there Is party Of whipped seceders in and about Rich
mond cannot DO denied" and says that plan for
render the national authorities Washington has been
arranged; but IL '"hopes and believes n-(only
SLOPES and believes )-that this has failed. II warns
the concoctors OF the scheme part of whose
arrangements is to induce JEFF. Davis aud Alexander
Stephens to resign, that in OF their success thus
far General Lee would succeed to supreme control of
rebel affairs II says that The robel Congress has utterly
failed sustain the cause and advises its members to
go home and leave the direction of matters exclusively
10 DAVIS and Lee.
There are additional indications that the rebels
gradually preparing for the abandonment of their capital
Our dispatches from tho Army of the james say ii is
we'll understood there that the removal of the govern
ment stores from the city has been for some time in
progress large number of rebel troops have recently
been sent from Richmond and Petersburg supposed
for Lynchburg The Richmond journals still harp upon
their ancipations that General Grant will strike at the
Southside Railroad soon ground dries sufficiently
for any movements.
The North Carolina rebels have been very much ag
taed and terrified during the past few weeks sup
posed national military operations from the Newbern
base Their journals have at different times recently
announced heavy concentrations of Union troops at
that point and movements thence into the inte-
for, and then In few days after contradictcd
all their previous sories Yesterday gave the state
oilers being collected Newbern To day we have
tho assurance Of the Godsboro Journal that no large
force concentrating there and that the rebels need
terrain apprehensons in that direction The paper
PROPOSES be troubled with fears that General Sherman
instead of pushing straight forward through the old
North State, will make q retrogradc movement, de
tails regarding which it processes to have, but
glasses Thorn contraband. General Sherman will
NO doubt In due time illustrate that this sup
posed 'retrograde movement" is really part
which viii be apparent the rebels only when he is
dscovecd to have eluded all their traps and to be far
advanced northward out of the way OF every danger
Tho steamship Constitution which arrived here yester
steamboat Amazon, Captain Dillon a valuable river
sell arrived at Savannah, Ca, the I'd instant from
Augusta having down the Savannah river through
network Of rebel distractions and torpedocs placed
the channel to prevent her escape She was piloted
BY runaway slave. Captain Dillon becoming Disguised
with rebel rule determined to make his way the Union
lines which, after surrounding various obstacles he
finally succeeded in doing bringing with him his steamer
his family household furniture two hundred bales of
cotton and othor valuable property
Everything remained quiet at Charleston, s. c., and
vicinity on the 7th instant we informed by our
dispatches from that city, brought by the steamship
Fulton, which arrived hore yesterday. The Provost
Marshais ONCE besieged by citizens DESTROYS OF tax
xn1 tha NJ an
II reported in Charleston that General Sherman had
arrived at Charlotte N G. This however is apparently
mistake, that place having been left undsurbcd far on
the left Of General sheman's line Of march Our cor
respondents give additional interesting particulars OF the
advance Of the Union General Potter's forces to the
santee river the capture Of Georgetown, c. and the
blowing up OF the steamship Harvest Noon Admiral
Dahgrens flagship, by rebel torpedo all Of which have
been already alludca 10 in the HERALD
New Orleans advicss are to the LIST inst General
Mobile Admiral Thatcher had superseded Commodore
Palmer commander Of the Mobile bay squadron The
steamship Arizona destroyed by fire thirty miles be.
low New Orleans tho 9th uit, and Ave Of her crew
persisted during the eonnagraton The cause Of the un-
fortunate AFFAIR d not stated.
We have dispatches from Key West Florida, dated 10
me "a Inst force under command Of General Newton
len there on The oath ut with the design Of capturing
g. Mark Information from il had not been received
TIVE additional captured English rebel blockade runners
had been brought into Key West Three or four vessels
were reported wrecked on the coas, in tina, vicinity
CONGRESS.
In the Senate yesterday the Judiciary Committee made
Q report recommending the postponcment till next ses
sion Of the question Of admitting Senators from States
sun held 70 be In rebellion against the gov.
eminent resolution TO allow the Arkansas and
Louisiana Senators pay and mileage was laid
over. Senator spragus asked TO be excused from
service the Public Lands Committee bat the Senate