Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1865-02-22
PROGRESS OF THE WAR.
From sherman.

OF Columbia Dy Shefnian iorces on rri'
day last, and concede the speedy fall Of
Charleston which is presumed to have been
evacuated. The Dispatch of Saturday
says:
Columbia has fallen Sherman march
ed into and took possession of the city
yesterday morning The intelligence was
communicated by Gen. Beauregard in an
official dispatch. Columbia is situated
on the north bank of the Congaree river,
lust below the confluence of the Saluda
and Broad rivers From Bcauregard's dis
patch it appears that on Thursday evening
the enemy approached the south bank of
the Congaree, and threw humber OF
shells into the city. During the night
they moved up the river, snd yesterday
morning forde1 the Saluda ard Broad
rivers. Whilst they were crossing these
rivers, our troops under Beauregard evac
/
uated Columbia, The enemy soon after
took possession. Through private sources
we learn that two days ago, when it was
decided not to attempt the defense OF Co.
lumbia, large quantity of medical stores
which it was thought impossible to move
were destroyed. The female employees
of the treasury department had been pre-
viously sent to Charlotte, N. G.. 100 miles
north of Columbia. We presume the treas
ury lithograrhic establishment was also
moved, though as to this we have no posi-
tive information.
The fall of Columbia necessitates. we
presume, the evacuation of Charleston
which we think likely in already in pro.
cess of evacuation. 1t is impossible to
say where Sherman will next direct his
columns, The general opinion is that he
will 90 to Charleston and establish base
there but we confess we do not see what
need he has of base 1t is to be pre-
sumed he is subsisting on the country.
and he has had no battle to exhaust his
ammunition.
Before leaving Savannah, he declared
his intention to march to Columbia, the,
to Augusta. and then to Charleston. This
was uttered as boast and to hide his de-
signs. We are disposed to believe that
he will next strike at Charlotte, which is
100 miles north of Columbia on the
Charlotte and Columbia railroad, or at
Florence, S. G, the junction of the Co.
lumbia and Wilmington and Charleston
and Wilmington railroads SO miles east
of Columbia.
There was report yesterday that Au-
gusta had also been taken by the enemy.
This we do not believe. We have reason
to feel assured that nearly the whole Of
Shermans army is at Columbia. and that
the report that Scho6eld was advancing on
Augusta was untrue.
The Richmond Wing says:
The Charleston Mercury of Saturday
announces brief suspension of that pa
per with view to its temporary removal
to another point This is rendered nee.
essary by the progress of military events
cutting it off from the mail facilities for
distributing its papers to large portion
of its subscribers, while the lack of trans
portation renders its supply of paper pre-.
carious.
CAPTURE OF BRANCHvILLE AND KINGsvILLE
A dispatch from Fort Fisher, 18th re.
ported the arrival there of courier from
Sherman, who stated that Brauchvillt
had been taken after three days HARD
fighting. Rebel accounts say that Beau
reargd fell bick from Branchville. anc
there seems to have been no lighting o
any consequence. Beauregafd took up
new line to cover Columbia, ana the Ex
amiaer said he would fight great battle
on ground of his own selecting. Richmond
papers of the 10th announced Sherman al
Kingsville junction, and that communica
ton south Of Florence. on the Manches
ter and Florence railroad and on the Flor
ence and Charleston railroad was inter
rupted. Beaaregard was represented al
being on the north bank of the Congare,
river.
Kingsville is on the north side of tb,
Congarec, forty miles north of Branchvi ll
and twenty-five miles southeast of Co
lumbia. 5at 1a
THE REBELS REPORT FITZPATRICK WHIPPED