Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1865-01-27
VAR SUMMARY.


We have again the report that the rebels have e.
Vacuated Wilmington, and that il has been taken
possession Of by General Terry troops but it still
needs confirmation. This time the report comes
from Annapolis, Md. and il is added that before the
rebels left the town they set fire to about thirty mil
non dollars worth of cotton, but that the national
forces, being close at hand, extingushed the flames
before much damage had been done. Admiral Por-
ter's entire feet was in Cape Fear river on last
"Wednesday On Wednesday night ii captured FIVE
blockade runners which were coming in, wholly ig-
norant OF the changed position of affairs there
large number of the vessels Of the Admiral's fleet
have since arrived in Hampton Roads Thirteen
hundred of the rebels captured in Fort Fisher and
the adjacent works arrived at Fortress Monroe on
Friday and Saturday last, route to prisons in the
North Herald.
Richmond papers report Gen. Sherman army to
be marching in the direction of Charleston, South
Carolina. Whilst the 10th aud 18th Corps advanced
from Beaufort to Pocntaligo, with but little artillery
or baggage wagons, General Sherman it is stated
with the ander of his forces artillery trains etc
was moving by the railroad On the 10th some of
the Union troops advanced to within two miles of
the Coosawatehie and retired. According TO the
latest advices contained in the Southern papers of
Friday, movement had been made by the Union
forces towards the Combahee river on Tuesday last
which they considered as a feint, and express the
belief that General Sherman was concentrating his
forces above McPhersonyille.
An important letter from jeff Davis, is published
the subject of reconstruction in which he argues
that convention of the States is impracticable,
and that peace movements on the part of individual
States tend only to the creation of discord in the
confederacy He says that the only plan by which
peace can be attained is provided for in the rebel
constitution. Richmond has been for the past few
days luXuriating in rumors of cabinet changes among
which is one that General John G. Breckenridge is
to become rebel Secretary of War. Some funny
fellow or would be swindler advertises in the Selma
(Aa.) Dispatch that for the Of one million dol
lars in rebel paper he viii by the first of March
next effect the death of President Lincoln Secretary
Seward, and Governor johnson, of Tennessee, and
thus ''secure peace"
The cavalry expedition Of 500 men, consisting of
detatchmeuts of the Sth Illinois, under command of
Col Clendenin, and the 18th and 10th New York,
under Col Gansevoort, which started from Prospect
Hill, Va, has returned, having secuted through
Fairfax and Loudon counties as far up as Warren
ton. They found no large bodies of Rebels in arms
but brought IN % horses and IL prisoners. During
Friday Col Clendenin, with his command, dashed
into Leesburg and captured mailcarrier with let
ters from men Rosser's division of Rebel cavalry
now stationed in the Shenandoah, to parties in Lou.
don county. In this expedition the Union troops
did not loose a single man.
GIVING THEMSELVES Up-We learn from mem
bers of the Legislature and others, from the border
counties, that large numbers of rebel soldiers are
coming in and giving themselves up at the various
outposts in this Department. Lieut. Samuels broth
er Of Judge Samuels, formerly Adjutant Geueral of
this State, recently came into Wayne county accom-
panied by dozen fifteen other rebel soldiers all
of whom took the amnesty oath. They say they are
tired of fighting for nothing and freezing to death-
Wheeling Ilteitigencer.
The JoHSSIEs CoMNG Captain Alfred Hicks,
late of the 10th Pennsylvania regiment has just ar
rived here from the front of Petersburg. He re-
ports that Tuesday last fire hundred rebel deser-
ters came into our lines in body Upon their ar
rival a tremendous cheer went up from the Union
boys but when the rebels obtained glimpse of the
stars and stripes and found themselves receiving
hearty reception, they set up continuous cheering
such as has seldom, if every, been witnessed The
Johnnies are coming Harrisburg Telegraph
Forty guerillas under Pratt and McGregor, -on
Tuesday, made dash into Bardstown Ky, for the
purpose of recovering one of their men confined in
the jail of that place The guerillas set the depot
on fire and it was burned to the ground. They were
finally routed and driven from the town. The pur-
suit continued till dark
A band of mounted guerilas attempted to invade
Illinois at Metropolis on Monday night. Only a few
succeeded in crossing the Ohio river. boat from
Paducah shelled the woods and dispersed the marau
ders.