Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1865-03-08
THE LATEST NEWS.
From Gen. sherman.

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From Gen. sherman.
We have received no very late intelligence of the
movements Of Gen. Sherman. On Thursday last
it is known that he had pushed one corps Of troops
over the Pedee, four miles beyond Cheraw, The
mud probably retards the celebrity Of his movements
Cberaw contained some 1900 or 1000 sick and
. wounded Confederates from Charleston and Flo
renee; and we suppose, an amount of supplies from
those places also =
From Wilmington.
We take from the Progress the following items
copied from the State Journal
Inc Yankees have established paper, the Her,
aIa OF the Union, printed with the material of the
tarot'naan, but no name appears Among the ad.
vertsements is a card from O.S Baldwin, Broad.
way N Y, to his former patrons in Wilmington,
and an appeal from Geo. Myers in behalf of the
Union prisoners returning throuA Wilmington
The paper is dated March Cd. .
den. j. N. Scho6eld has assumed chief command
in General orders; and Brig. Gen. Jos. R. Hawly
command of the post of Wilmington.
Provost Marshals have been established and are
authorized to administer the OATH The same rules
and regulations are adopted as were carried out in
Savannah and other captured towns .
The theatre is open and the former actresses and
actors ars announced to appear.
Stores are closed at P. NJ, and no one is allow
ed to Sell liquor to soldiers under severe penalties
From Petersburg.
There were no new movements on these lines up
to the Sd instant. The ground is very muddy, and
in consequence battle is Immediately looked for
but til nevertheless possible that the enemy may
! attack at any moment ..s
The New York Herald says: 70.
unusual movements and activity have been
| observed in the rebel lines around Richmond
during the past few days. indicating designs of some
| new enterprise on the part of Gen, Lee; and it is
surmlsed that alarmed by the progress Of Sher-
mans and the other national forces, he has concud-
co that the time tor giving up both Richmond and
Petersburg, and falling back to Eynchbure or some
other defensible position, has at last arrived
deneral a. + Hills corps of his army Is said to
have been under orders on Thursday of this week,
to be prepared to march at a moments notice and
considerable commotion within the rebel lines was
displayed yesterday. There are also rumors that
Lee meditates an attack on Grant. all these mat
tiers, taken IN connection with the fact that the
rebel journals have Received orders from the au.
thorties to be particularly reticent regarding mill.
ary affairs, give color to the belief that something
more than ordinary is in process of execution with
in their lines"
The enemy's troops are still massod at Hatchers
rum and our forces are expecting attack in that
quarter as soon as the weather clears
Since Gen. Lee has left Petersburg, We have not
been informed who is in command of the army of
| Virginia. :. = 80
Gen. Meade left Washington, Monday night, Feb.
9th, on his way to the front
A yankee letter from Hatcher's run of the 25th
says that they were then under marching orders
having received instructions to be ready at mo-
ments notice. They expected to have another til,
at the Southside railroad, and anticipated heavy
engagement.
Congressional.
The Senate passed the House bill, Qp the 3D., t.
change the mode of filling vacancies among officers
in companies, battalions and regiments in tn,
army; also House bill authorizing the promotion o
officers-provdes for distinguished valor and skill
or for competency and general merit; also passet
Senate bill relieving from duty in hospitals all stew
ards and other male employees between the ages O
Is and As who have not been disabled or declares
! unfit for service.
The House adopted resolution to adjourn will
the consent of the Senate, on Wednesday, the 9Th
yeas 81, nays 20.
The Richmond Dispatch says that the tax bill
is the only really important measure before Con
gress, and an Adjournment will Immediately folio,
its passage The negro soldier bill, however, ma
be again dug up, and if So it may prolong the ses
3 sion several days." p
This seems to be an admission on the part of th
! Dispatch that the negro soldier bill has been dis
posed of. 1t will be seen in the paragraph abov
that Congress adjourns on the sth We trust th
time is so short that the question of negro soldier
will not be revived.
? The Committee of conference on the currenc
bill fas been discharged from further considerable
of the subject which is equivalent to its rejection
Peace Commissioners
r Gen. Singleton and Judge Hughes have arrive
in Richmond from Washington City.
u The Dispatch says that they are, Com merci'
y agents of the United States government and nc
: Peace commissioners. That they have come to nj
gotlate trade if possible between the two sections
: the yankees exchanging beef and bacon for cotto
i and tobacco.
! A letter in the New York Herald, relative
: Gen. Singleton, says that neither by word or dee
= does he permit the nature or extent of his mssio
= to transpire Phe National 1nteJligencer says "w
have reason to believe that he has gone to Rict
! uoua, NV uPoh P[Nale ouSineSS, out " see VIVA
;, may be done by him to bring about peace"
y From Mobile.
8 The city Of Mobile was in ouf possession up
the latest dates, though it will be remembered tia
the forts at the mouth of the harbor were capture
= last year by the enemy.
They are said to be again fitting out an sxped
r ton against the city.
. Our troops, it is said, have been ordered fror
West Tennessee and North Mississippi to conceu
trate at Mobile. d.
|. The Yankees are reported to have sent down th
= Mississippi some 10000 troops; and to have also
q force at Pensacola, Vicksburg and in North ALI
. | bama. These forces are all to move in upon NJ
0 / bile, surround and capture it if possible.
r | From East Tennessee.