Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1865-03-02
REBEL NEwsPAPER.TALK.
WAsH1KeroH. March

We have received Richmond dates oi
Monday, Feb. 9th.
Inc E1Gn1tHer says In the absence Of
otnclal information of military affairs in
the Carolinas we take nothing from other
sources of intelligence, and omit the usual
references to our file of Southern exchanges.
We do Sc at the request Of the authorities,
and with the understanding that the other
city journals have been put undss obliga-
tons of reticence to the extent indicated
above. The public will no doubt be prop
erly patient in this interval of silence, and
not take it as discouraging, for we feel as
sured that there are good reasons for it,
which look to an early official announce
ment of favorable results.
Generals Crook and Kelley, whose CAP
ture was noticed in these columns on Sat-
urdsy, arrived in this city on that day, and
we're furnished with apartments at the
Libby.
Mr.. Russell, member of Congress from
the Wheeling District, visited General Kel-
ley yesterday.
From the best information received here
-Richmohd-it appears probable that
considerable confsgration occurred in the
western portion of Columbia after its evac-
uAtion, occasioned, It Is supposed, by the
cotton becoming ignited in the streets. 1t
is reported that the FIRE extended from
Main street to the Charlotte depot-nearly |
three-fourths of 3 mile. The information |
Is positive as to the occurrence Of the fire, |
but doubt is entertained ss to its 1lagni- |
tude. Some Of the refugees are proposing ]
to return.
news from the front, still It is supposed the
enemy are making their way to Blank.
The news from Columbia corroborAte the
reported kind treatment of the inhabitants.
The UrsRline Convent was protected by
guard. No public property was allowed to
be burned in the city. Shermsn's hesd-
quarters we're at Nickerson's Hstel.
The alarm in Charlotte has subsided.
The weather is bad; and the roads are
heavy. interfering with rapid military
Il
The Richmond Dispatch, of Feb. 9th,
contains the following: Grant has again
,een msssing his troops on Hstcher's Run
N our extreme right, ten miles southwest
# Petersburg, and it is thought that snoth-
IT attempt BY his columns to join the south 1
ide railroad was prevented by the rain I
N Saturday. We think there can be little
Ioubt that he will make this attempt as
oon as the state of the roads will permit.
n their present condition the movement
f artillery is out of the question. Grant has
nOugh of the gambler in his character, for
be disastrous failure of his last advance to-
Yards the railroad to make him more i'm
atient to renew the attempt. AT present
be extreme left, which may properly be
onsidered the advance of the Yankee
rmy, occupies position on the left or the
Orth side of Hstcher's Run, between nine C
: ten miles southwest of Petersburg, and il
bout five miles in direct line from the .
,uth side railroad. Q
The usual number ofSunday rumors were 4
circulation Yesterday, the most agreeable q
which, though we regret the most un- C
was that Sherman had been
lied and his army routed and driven in
the junglss of South Carolina. T
The Richmond Enquirer, of the 9th,
Us: Rebel Congressman have become &
frightened that they are fleeing from r
and that body is without quo Il
m. C