Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-02-21
ton on the ground Of coustitsienaIity OF eIps-
dieney TIE House then adjourned. -
The Very Latest.
THREE O'CLOCK a N
PIrrssrrs. Februarr ~.


MeCabe. Major General Neely. Rev. Mr. Nc
Ginnis. William Frew and George II Stuart
E.qr's
Pittsburg Forwarded to The srmv during ia
past year, stores to The amount Of SO. 500
collection Of 81 500 wa fitted st the NEE,
ing. which will be increased to-day 10 - 600
MAJOR William Frew gave FIVE hundred dollars
Nav YoKK Feb 20
The Worlds speeial saws i, is reported Tia
private telegrsms have been received from Wash
iDgtOn saying th$t Lee had ssh; 30 600 men {,
reinforce Beauregard and enable him 10 chccl
Sherman. Gen. Grent il already aware of thin
aud bis army is once more moving. IL IL slss
stated tha; Sheridan il advancing IN heavy force
| on Gordonsvie and Lynch5urg
! IL Is positively asserted ghst Wilmington j. ia
oui hands
| The Tribune has information that the entire
rebel force whichc an be concentrated in Sher
mans front is 80 COO men
| The reading of The queens messsgeia The
/ English parliament was succeeded bv an ANNA
ted debate on the affairs Of the ministry and
their supporters and the opposition which should
| materially change the opinion OF British states
men regarding our and the position OF the
| United States,
Earl Russell saws We had JUST carse for com
! plant against England both in regard 20 fitting
out pirates end the tolerstcn Of raiders in Can
ada, and thought il was not unnatural that ouT
government should take steps TO increase its M
val force on the northern lakes
| The Trisune's London correspondent men
lions the sailing of steamer from London with
gus. munitions and men for the iron clad
Olinde. recently sold to the rebel agent After
taking them board she hoiSted the rebel flag
and sailed for Charleston
The Times Paris correspondent saws that the
French government denie. all complete, in the
sailing OF the Olinle. and seem on perfect good
feeling towards the United States
The army of the Potom.c special contains o
news.
The Richmond Examiner of the 18th. on Az
thoTity of general officer in the rebel army, re
commeuds the use Of negroes as soldiers. giving
freedom to those who win it BY meritorions
vice
Wigtall, IN speech ia congress said the re-
verse To the rebel arms will fall heaviest upon
the poor man. The vengesuce OF the enemy
would strike him unless he obtained his liberty
by the bayOnet.
The Enquirer publishes letter from rebel
planters. demanding constitutional protection
from the mpressmeni OF tobacco and cotton.
I hey say the South Carolina government, under
the pretext Of necessity shall he converted into
despotism Then we shall have gained lot
they
WASHINGTON Feb. 20
To Major General Dix:
The following details OF operations aud condi
ton OF sffsiIs 10 he rebel states taken from the
Richmond pspers OF 10 day have been forwarded
by Gea Gtan'. THIS department hNs received
no othe- Intelligence OF The operations - our
forces against Fort Anderson and Wiluii gtou.
\ dispatch from Admiral Dahlgre 10 the secre-
tAry II the navy dated Charleston harbor 18th.
says the rebels were abandoning Charleston that
morning aud he was then Gu bis way 10 the CITY
Signed, z u STANTON,
Secretary Of Wa
Cay PolSr. February ~
Hon. +. NJ. stanton. Secretary of War:
The following paragraphs sre extracted from
Richmond papers of TO-DAY:
Wenow know that Charleston was evacuated
on Monday, and that on Friday the enemy took
possession OF Columbia.
II u reported that our forces under Besuregard
are moving in the direction of Charlotte
Official Intelligence received at the war
Office last night thar Sherman was Yesterday
morning advancing towards aud was near Wine
boro, point on the railroad leading 10 Charlotte
and 80 miles north of Columbn
Charlotte is full Of refugees from columbia,
Who report that some Of Whee,er's cavalry plum
dered the city before ts evacuation.
Up Tuesday iasr IT. uncertain whether
Columbia would come within range OF Sherman.
purposes. and consequently the public mind was
not prepared tor such an early solution of the
question The government had, however, Just
two weeks ago, taken the precaution TO remove
its specie deposits These amounted 10 several
millions of dollars
The enemy are reported to be in possession Of
Brancbvile Orsngeburg and Kingsville. and
moving on the road 70 Charleston.
An unfortunate acciden; upon the Charlotte
railroad from Columbia prevented the authorities
from making of that avenue ssve their
valuable materials in The city-lsrgr quantities
Of medical stores--one half of which was saved
aud the rest destroyed
The enemy's forces operating west of Colum-
bia reached the banks of the COngaree river, op-
posite the city. and threw in TWO shells to which
our batteries res bonded A portion OF the col
umn moved up the river during the night. aud
crossed the Saluia and Broad rivers. the main
tributaries to the Cougaree which meet near
Columbia, a ies miles above the city
During the move General Bssugnsl evacuated
the city and on Friday morning the enemy en-
tered aud took IT,
Our troops withdrew 20 position tweaty mile.
rom Columbia, where they remained yesterday
The enemy torcc then enterdd Columbia.
CHARLESTON, Feb IL
The enemy= gunboats end monitors have
been Smelling our picke;- on James Island all
day All il quiet in our immediate front. The
enemy keep up up steady firing the city.
The enemy IS reported to be moving in force
near Columbia. on the Lexington railroad
Il i reported that land force attacked our
forces A. Anderson. but we're repulsed.
A dispatch has been received here that a force
o: the enemy 1000 strong 1000 OF them cav
airy. advanced from Knoxville Thi. is sup
posed 10 he another raid into Virginia and Ter
heSsee
lI was reported yesterday tina. raid from near
Newbern was in progress, the supposed des,ns-
ton being Rocky Point Station. on the Whining
ton railroad
IL supposed in official circles that Poster.
forces had been moved TO Nesbern
The force moving from Nevbern has 30 20
pieces of artillery.
We shall hear more Of these movement. 10
few DAYS Col Hatch one Of our commission
ers Of exchange. has gone 10 Wilmington. a.
which place ne will during the week. exchange
10 600 prisoners.
desperate affair occurred last TUESDAY in
Lunenburg county, between some deserters and
the 9th Virginia cavalry, aided By citizens Sew
eral on both side- were wounded The deserters
were Captured
General EweIl commanding the department.
reports robbery OF nearly aiteen paroled prs
oners 90 Saturday night between Camp Lee and
the city Other robberes Of returned prisoners
are reported occurring n the streets Of Rich
mcnd Signed
L. s GRANT
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