, 1865-02-27
the ADVANCE INTO NORTH
CAROLINA.
The Army Moving on Charlotte.
1T HAD REACHED WINNSB0R0 ON
SUNDAY LAST.
BEAUREGARD RETREAT.
ING 10 CHARLOTTE.
Later Reports Of Kilpatrick's
Fight at Aiken The Enemy
Defeated.
WHEELER, AND NOT KILPAT-
RICK, DRIVEN.
REBEL ACCOUNTS.

GEN. SAAtAAS AOHLSd uS CHARLOTTE y. g.
tFrom the Richmond Dispatch, Feb. ao.]
Shtrman's next step from Columbia would be
In the direction Of Florence, South Carolina,
the junction Of the Wilmington and Man
chester Railroad with the railroad running
north from Charleston, that point being In
the rear both Of Wilmington and Charleston
but We have now. however, reason to believe
that his main co'u,1x trl ad12ace directly nssM
tetcdrds Charlotte, North Carolina, and will
content himself with striking the railroad at
Florence with his cavalry. This LAST plan he
may be prevented from executing By the
activity and nddreBs Of Gen. Hampton. It fs
necessary to his safety that he should move,
as he has done hitherto, with his army we'll
prevented our numerically inferior forces
from giving him battle. They have been
obliged, by the cheer weight Of his columns,
to fall back as he advanced but they have
done so In good order, and have kept up q
guard. Under ali the circumstances, We VII
not venture q prediction as to where our
troops will find 1t practicable to make de-
termined stand. We feel assured, however,
that Gen. BeauEegn1d will let sllp no oppor-
tunity which may present Itself Of striking
the enemy killing blow. and believe he will
risk much upon euch a chance.
The last Columbia papers received estimate
She1mnnfe forces Mt fftJ-f1ve thousand men.
They also state that Sherman enforces strict
discipline, and punlahes with the utmost se-
xerity any Of bis troops who are guilty Of
outrages upon citizens.
aKg. eUERNAS At w1SNsBoRo. s. c., ON srS-
DAY Last.
[From the Richmond Dispatch, Feb. aol
Official intelligence WAS received ut the War
Office last night that Sherman WIS, On yes
terday morning, advancing towards, and ,oas
nedr Ufansooro, a point on the railroad lead
ing to Charlotte, and about thirty miles north
OF Columbia.
ECharlott te Is about one hundred miles north
Of Columbia. Salisbury, where Ia established
the rebel penitentfary, Is forty miles north of
Charlotte. Across The country, due east,
Raleigh is one hundred miles from Salisbury.
led, HERALD.1
+. BEAuREdAKp'S RETREAT.
From the Richmond Examiner, Feb. a0.1
We now know that Charleston Was evacu-
atcd on Tuesday last, and that on Friday the
enemy took possession Of Co1umbia. It Is
reported that ous forces under Gen. Beaurc-
gard, arc moving In the direction Of Char
fotte. The presses md effects Of the Treas-
ury Department, We learn, have been s4fely
removed to Charlotte, and also the clerical
force attached to them-this movement hay
ing been IN progress d week before ths eyacu-
Treasury note paper fell into the hands OF the
Yankees, and also 4 considerable amount Of
medical stores. We have no particulars Of
these losses, as the official despatch Of the
fall Of Columbia was communicated to Presi-
dent Davis, and VIC doubt whether 1t was
ever sent down to the War Department, which
appears to BE- In complete Ignorance Of what
what blts Of information have been picked up
on the street.
Gen. Beaurega1d, when last heard from,
Nas st Winnsboto', which Is thfrty-eight
miles from Columbia, on the road. to Char
lotte. It Is not likely that he will make
stand this side of Charlotte.
On IhursdaJ day before the enemy's
occupaton-ten trains were run from Col
umbfa to Charlotte. tits supposed that ali
the effects Of the Treasury Department were
brought of. There has been prevalent re-
Port that the plates for engraving Treasury
notes had fallen into the hands of The enemy;
hut this report is now traced to some negroes
ing Kingsyille, .old the story to the tele-
graphic oPerator there, who sent it, thus
authenticated, over the wire to Richmond.
Mr.. Jamison, the agent of the Treasury De-
p7rtment, has communicated with tho au-
!. thoritics here from Charlotte, and makes no
mention Of the loss Of the engravers' plates.
Charlotte is thtoE ged with refugees from
Columbia, who report that some Of Whee1et's
cavalry plundered the city before the cvacu-
nt1on.
TIE REpn LOSSES At COLUMBIA.
From the Richmond Dispatch, Feb. a11
As stated By lis on Saturday, on the au-
thority Of a dispatch from Beauregard to the
President, Sherman marched into and took
possession Of Columbia last Friday morning,
our forces withdrawing from tho city just as
his forces crossed the Broad River, several
miles above. We hare just now no means Of
ascertaining the amount Of government pro-
Ierty necessarily left to fall into the hands
AE r. &tnA fr.
more than week tho removal from the place
ofgovernment stores and other property has
been pushed forward with al possible dis
patch, which gives Us reason to hope that the
most valuable portion had been gotten away
In safety. We had there, It seems, q quantt-
ty Of medical stores. one half Of which were
brought of, the rest DESTROYED BY our author
ble. It was reported on Saturday that the
Treasury note fithoTaph establishment had
been left behind. This the Treasury authori-
ties here state to be incorrect. They state
that the whole tab1lshment-platea, paper
and furniture--wcre brought north thirty-sl1
the Yankees. The temnle employees in the
Treasury Department, as wo stated on Satur-
day, got of to Charlotte, North Carolina, ,seF-
cra days before the advent Of Sherman. Some
Of them, whose homes are here, have arrived
In this city. Most Of them, we understand,
E4TEQ luElF D1EEHEE, DU4 4obk lutI AAIAALA4E-
It will be recoliccied that when Mr.. Men,
minger, then Scc1etary Of the Treasury, car
rIed these ladies to South Carolina for safety,
and to lessen the demand for food In Rich
mond, he permitted each OF them to carry
bid, somc chairs and other furniture. These
household articles now swell the list Of Shcf-
mans trophies.
SUFFERING SOUTH CAROLINA roEr.
[F1om the Richmond Wing, Feb. 10.
Among those who have suffered sorely from
Shcsman's invasion Of South Carolina. Is VIII
liam Gilmore simms, Esq, the well known
novelist and poet In bis hurried removal
from home, near Midway, he WEE compelled
to leave behind library Of choice books Of
much value embracing upwards Of 10000
volumes, Many planters have BEEN utterly
ruin.d. Fortunately for Mr.. 6imms he has
the advantage Of carrying his wealth In his
brains, where no thieves can break through
and steal," etc.
TIE CAVALRY FIGHT AT AIKEA-1T TURNS OUT
THAT IT wAS WHEELER WHO WAS DRIVEN.
,fFrom the Richmond WING. Feb. &.l
a gentleman who left Aiken, 8. G., on the
moi, 1ine OF tho 10th, on tho approach OF tho
enemy. siates Tint Wheeler met and rcpuised
two cLarccs Of the enemy .. half past eight !.
o'clock that morning, about one and half
miles from Aiken, In Mr.. MaTly's orchard.
The chnrccs were beautifully m&aa aud hand
somely .cpulsed. In the meantime heavy