The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-03-10

: MS force being, rs VIC learn from otl
T er sources, fifteen thousand cavalr,
General Grant learns that on Thurs
day he reached Charlottesville, wher
. he captured General Early and hi
entire command, comprising abor
. eighteen hundred men. Charlottes
vile is only about sixty miles fror
Lynchburg, and we presume Sher
dan would push forward for this
point. Refugees and deserters re
, porteI 70 General Grant that Lee ha,
selt troops from Richmond to Lynch
purg-to try and get there In advanc
OF Sherman. If Sherman and Sheri
dan should form junction at Lynch
, burg, Lee would be i'm q most de
Icidedly tight place. Railroad com
munications In that direction cut off
the Danville road used up, as II Ger
tainly would be IL Sherman crossed
the track, Grant near the Southsid,
railroad, and on Lees heels at the
same time, the rebels could not sta,
Mt Richmond, and at the same time
they would find itno easy matter to ct
away. There is another report that
Shermen had reached Fayetteville on
Cape Fear River, where he formed q
junction with Admiral Porter's gun
boats. This would be more in ac-
cortlancc with general expectation
than movement toward Lynchburg;
besides, unless he had been very Tor
tunate in obtaining supplies on his
march through the Carolinas, hc
would be IN no condition to prolong
his stay in the interior. 1t il not
worth while to speculate, however. -
We have heard from Sheridan. He
has struck n blow that will bc felt in
Richmond. We may look hourly for
news from Sheridan. Washington
specials say that Lee is evidently pre-.
pairing TO evacuate Petersburg. but it
is thought he will not give up Rich.
mond without great battle. Grant
is closely watching the movements
OF the enemy. A correspondent.
writing from the Army Of the Poto.
mac, in the following paragraph tells
how this is done:
At points Of our line, (Which / will
not mention, we have two observa-
tories. They rear their tall tops
above the strips Of wood that partly
hide the rebel line from view, and
give us n good insight into its dispo
sition. From these two points oil
view the enemy are watched as close.
Iy as the Indian on the war-patb
the movements of his enemy, |
ready to follow upon their trail. 1t
will be no easy matter FOR the rebel
army to steal auay from our front,
Jet 1t must try it; but unless it can
gain fDo days march upon us, leaving
he two corps on the right to check
's and mask the operations of the
'thcrs, the object will be lost.
The arrival Of large numbers ofde.
erters from the rebel army within
General Grant lines has been no
iced on several occasions. No less
han severGy eight officers have come ,
nto our camps during the last six
'eeks, embracing all ranks from
lieut.. Colonels--the highest grade
mbraced IN the amnesty proclama. q
ion-down. Many deserters bring !
heir arms, for which they are paid. II
hey no longer come singly but in 9
quads, and it is said that the rebel :
tickets when they fire upon runa !
'ays carefully avoid hitting them -
)uring the week ending Feb. rs, sos :
eserters came into the armies of the !,
otomac ana jymes. The rebel pa :
ers mention a desperate fight be I
veen fifteen South Carolina desert l.
rs to the rear and patrol. 1t is
robable that more flee to the rearI -
IAN into our lines, and it is now :,
'und that the majority of the desert :
IS are from the Carolinas, and gen =,
rally veterans Those coming into y,
nr lines all concur in representing "
lat the gloom which pervades the y
lblic mind at the South is deepen. ;,
g constantly, and that all hopes of :,
;hieving their independence are -
oandoned by the great mass of the II
tizens and soldiers. The only per '. "
'ns who even profess to hope for !
iccess now are the leaders. j. j.
Officers from Wilmington on the n
st inst, arrived at Washington on G
Ie 7th. They report that scouts Il
om General Sherman S headauar n
RS had communicated with General "
choiield near Wilmington. On the n
|th of February Sherman was one al
lndred and twenty miles south oil ia
fayetteville, marching at the rate oil d.
N to fifteen miles day. 1t was
elieved he would form a junction II
it'll General Schotield on or about W
Ie I'd or 81 instant g
We regret to learn that the report. =
| capture of Early and his forces hy {,
heridan is probably untrue. Let - "
re received last night from the Army !"
the Potomac say Sheridan drove
&c rebels from Charlottesville, taking
me prisoners, but Early and most ol
his command succeeded in esca- p
ne. The town was garrisoned, and 81
ieridan moved of toward Lynch I'll
irg. IN
We have from rebel source some ', "
'rticulars of the burning of Colum. r
q, ). G. The fire, which DESTROYED -.
,arly the entire city, seems TO have, ,;
'en accidental. Columbia, like :,
narleston, IL ruined city. :, :,