The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1865-02-25

up TO the city, where ne arrived ABOUT
P. NJ. General q. A. Gilmore soon
after followed in the steamer A. w. Cost,
and bad an interview with General
Schimmelfennig, he being the first &C.
neral officer in the city, and for the pre-
sent in command.
YANKEE REJOICINGs OVER THE EvACU-
ALTON OF CHARLESTON.
The following dispatches show what q
hubbub the Yankees arc having over the
evacuation of the "cradle of the rebel
lion":
WASHINGTON, February 81, !
$50 P. NJ. {
Major General Die, Neu York:
The following special order has just
been issued. You will see it is executed
in your department.
EDWIN NJ. STANTON,
Secretary Of War.
Ordered that national salute be fred
tomorrow noon, February 22d, at West
Point, and at every fort, arsenal and
army headquarters of the United States,
in honor of the restoration of the flag of
the Union over Fort Sumter.
EDWIN M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
WASHINGTON, February 81.
The department buildings will be illu-
minated on the night of Washington's
birthday in hoDor of the recent triumphs
of the Union.
By order of the President.
[Signed] w. II. SEWARD.
A salute of one hundred guns was
fred here today in honor of the occu-
patton of Charleston by our forces.
New YORK, February 2l.-The Mayor
of this city has issued a proclamation
urging all citizens to celebrate Washing
tons birttd. ~ tomorrow. The Seventh
regiment will make full parade, in
honor of Sherman's recent victo, les, the
restoration of our flag to Fort Sumter,
and the fall of Charleston. A meeting
Of prominent citizens will be held to-
morrow, to arrange for general cele-
bration of the recent victories. Flags
have been flying in all directions to-day
in honor of the fall of Charleston, and
3 ,nsiderable enthusiasm was manifested
in many places en- the reception of Gene
raj Gillmore's dispatch.
The Sixty-ninth regiment have offered
their services to the Government to gar
rison Charleston for three months.
Troy, NEW YORK, February ola
salute of one hundred guns was fired
here to- day in honor of the capture of
Charleston.
BosroN, February 21.-Washington's
birthday will be celebrated tomorrow.
A salute of one hundred guns will be
fired on the Common, and one hundred
on Dorchester Heights, in honor of Sher-
mans victorious march.
UPON THE GOVERNMENT OF THE GRE
BELLIOUS STATES"
The bill for the government of the
"rebellious States" was again under
consideration in the Yankee House on
the 21st instant:
Mr.. Davis (Maryland), from the pre-
sent condition of affairs, argued that by
the 4th of July next armed rebellion
will have failed to lift its brazen 'front.'
His object. as expressed in the bill, was
to prevent the States now in rebellion
from coming here next December. dicta
torially clamoring for the admission of
their Representatives and twenty-five
Senators. The President should treat
those who hold power in the South as
they deserve; strip them of their en-
blems of authority, and expel them from
the Executive mansion, should they
there intrudc.
AS to Louisiana, that State was recog
nized by the bayonets of General Banks
and the secret letter Of the President
He wished to prevent the rebels from
sweeping in here next December and be.
coming the masters. In this connection.
he referred to q substitute offered by
Mr.. Wilson, providing that no Senator'S
and Representatives shall be admitted |
to seats in Congress until law shall
have been passed declaring that a pro.
per government has been re.estsblished.
Mr.. Wilson inquired what there was
in the pending bill to prevent the Senate !
and House of Representatives from ad-
hitting Senators and Representatives
rom the Southern States.