, 1865-03-11
FROM sMERaTAN'S ARMY.
Fayetteville in Our Inssession-Sher-
man within Forty 1sneS or Raleigh
Rebel Denertlons Negro Enlist.

/ Nxw- YoRz Friday, March 1o.-By the arrival
OF the Dudley Buck, which LETT Newbern on Men
day a!teEDooa the e saM tnat 1p to ne sa
making the roads bad. It ticsFed on on Saturday
night The enen5 had felled great numbers ol
sa Ioad: a9d 1sAih hei@ iieaaaS
by- de 1o{ce ad7a1acipg from Eewbern, which
foreo was within sho1t distance Of Kinston.
:.Refusees arrfyed in kewbern state that Fay
ctte;ille, n. c., ws.4n our po.sessi.n last week,
ana that Sherman YES within foFty milea or 1ta-
leigh. The rebel soldiers wers desert1ng 6y com.
nanles and in soue cases p rtg,ments. IN, some @ 9t
pay bnt little attention to tle proclamation OF
Governor Vance calling them to arms, and in most
places in North caEoltLs the p.oplo 60 forth M 70
not arucniar abont plaesng toftr stock and amp
plies out Of his reac6.
1hs Sa a s rs3asE sn
BE, ths Yankee forces IL Wilmington: and South
S oseF % # 5ns
ton ART very limited and uacei.ain. and it ia our
policy Eot 10 make Improvement for hetn- We
changed in a few Gays as to enable Us to dispense
with this feticence. All our information thus far
fs Of m encouraging character:
" All re1naine quiet on the Richmond and Peters,.
lnrg limo Though yesterday WAs the fourth day
of eonsecqtyu dry weather, STILL Grant does nut
numter of Observations along his Thatcher Run
lines, and from thciE tops hfi signal corps tlke
which Is muth: We have every day fresh install.
mtnts OF runners IN rc4ution to; sherman. HIS
movements are unknown. All quiet in the
Shenandoah Valley.
The enme paper says there are s,0o0locomotives
and enrs penned up at Charlotte, II SAYS: "Sher-
man, s1ll, Of course, destroy this stock. They
TeEo heavily laden with stores. The Southern
Express Company saved all it ra1uabics, but the
mills b8Va bet n lost AYEryTbPre.h ~
The Richmond 'FA1g sa5s: *...Sherman's I'D,
vance on Co1nmbta was unexpected, sudden md
so %En Il; 1na ss
heard in The city, the public, Of course, Tor the.
first time, began 10 'hlnk Of removing the Gov
u2t "a oa @ Il s p5on M' e. stsse see
opposite side q The CongaEec, when they fell
back. The city thtn began upon the work OF get
al AZ qm ueS e Tss TERI n ea s ns 9 9 "a au too hs s
whole ecene was the p1naderinc done BY Wheei-
es,s !; sasalry Thls wss done most systematically,
aTes nss Maseh i faThe Charlotte n c.
B.<tan, Of the 1st, in article on the sItuauon,
says: =. II the army ofLec defeated that Of Gsaut
When the Yankee commander counted his two
hundred and twenty-five thousand men, and we
=. had lcss than sixty thousand. why may We not
aud :alty thousand. Tho lines about Richmoad
sss ssi 1%prsgnaos: r. The resonfses Of Virginia have
month has elapsed since tho cranarles Of Geor-
ria and portion q South Carolina hare been cut
ot, Lees men still live on full ratious and there
Is no 1eas on ID apprehend that they will fail to
ehjoy plenty to the end. Under the guidance OF
Heaven they arc more than a match for the willy
Shefman, and NC have never felt more confidence
than at the present hour that he IL destined to
come to grief. Let our people, then, be patient
I'LL our Arrangements are completed and our plans
Consrmmatcd. Day Will break at last through the
darkest gloom. The mighty reaction must fo.-
low. Victory Will compensate us for al present
reyereee, and although bleeding, onr country Will
Boon tc found in the arena with spirit uuquonch
pendence."
: QnIte panic prevails among the negroes in
North Cnroltna since the announcement that they
ere to be conscripted to light In the rebel army.
The rebels arc nofF gathering them up.. 4 strong
ho1ders to restst the measure, some Of whom are
af1nfDg their slaves In order that they may be able
to defy the rebel authorities and thus retain their
servants who exhibit readiness to fght for their
masters and their homes rather than Tor the Con-
lederacy- Great numbers Of negroes flock to
WAsu1A0ros, March 10.-Tho Augusta Consti-
tutioHa1tst, Of the 7th, says: The 18th and 18th
Corps Of Sberman's command have baggsge
train three miles long. The 18th Corps became
drunk and pfilaget Columbia, burning the entire
length Of Main s.Ieet- Sherman ordered the pill
hundred citizens left with the Yankees. Most Of
the people remaining arc obliged to live IN huts.
Their condition is dreadful. Sherman left 200
head Of beet cattle for the sick and wounded, and
gave arms to tho citizens TO protect themselves
from the negroes. Every article Of subsistence
tGkiug pOssesst0nf' -