The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-03-24
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Rebel dispatches from Mobile to
the 1Ith inst. have been received. -
The Union forces were rapidly con-
centrating, and the enemy was pre-.
pairing for an attack. Maury had or
dered all able bodied men into the
ranks, and directed non.combatants
to leave the city. The following d,iis.
patch, dated New Orleans, Ill, inst
in ntimates that the Contemplated Mt.
tack may be delayed "Thc news
from Dauphin lsl':nd, headquarters
OF the army operating against Mobile,
Zen. Stranger commanding in the all
sense OF Zen Candy, is rather mea.
ger I'D n military point of view. Op.
era,Lons will not be commenced as
'soon-as expected, and IL may he de
layed some two weeks, from reasons
which are contraband About seven
o'clock yesterday, p NJ, a gale com.
menced blowing from the north west,
accompanied hy driving rain, during
which the following casualties occur.
red A schooner was broken from
her anchorage and drifted down the
bay, dragging up the telegraph cable
to Fort Morgan. The L. :. trans.
port Reserve was blown upon a sand
ridge, near the main shore, aud at
last accounts was in a critical posi-
tion. Another transport. name un.
known, was also stranded 1t Pelican
Island, and with this continued storm
it is feared that both will be com
Iplctcly lost"
The official war bulletin, dated on
Saturday, shows that the military
line business has continued to pro-
gress favorably. The rebel papers
say Kinston was evacuated by Bragg,
and, also, that Goldshoro was taken
They say that Raleigh will probably
90 the way of all the rest The rebel
press is falling away rapidly. There
are only four daily papers now in
Virginia; none in South Carolina. cx.
cept the Courier, which is Published
at Charleston by Union soldiers. 1t
will not help the rebellion In North
Carolina the publishers have been
driven from Wilmington. Goldsboro
and Fayetteville, and Raleigh is in
danger. There is probability that
all the daily papers in the Confeder
lacy will soon he suspended, We
have, through Richmond papers,
some particulars OF Sheridans oper.
ations. His destructiveness is CON
ceded He made havoc of the James
River Canal Since his dispatch from
the bridge over South Anna River,
Sheridan has been lost sight of. He
whipped Pickett's division, sent out
against him, hut his course subse
quently is not known,
Information from the Army of the
Potomac shows that our troops are in
the best possible condition. and are
ready TO move at any time occasion
may require. Rumors continue to
prevail in camp, that the rebels con
template the evacuation Of Peters
burg On Thursday and FRIDAY the
enemy along the center of the line
were very busy throwing troops from
point to point. at one time massiug
at one place, and in short time after
at another, thus necessitating the ut
most watchfulness on our entire line
Another account says: All day
Wednesday and Thursday the rebels
were IN active motion in front oi the
9th Corps. The camps were struck
within their lines, and large bodies of
troops could I've seen from our signal
stations, moving to and fro.
They kept up an unusually bold
front, at times completely swarmine
Cemetery Hill with men,and frequent
! ~ opening upon our troops with can
mon, which was promptly replied to.
1t was believed they were cndeavor
ing to hide the evacuation of Peters,
burg, from which all the people have
been ordered away, for tile purpose
of falling back to their new liDe Of
works on the north sile of the Apo.
mattox River, with the right resting
on the Lynchhurg Railroad.
A number of men Of the S0th Wis
consin were killed and crushed by
falling trees during the storm Of
Thursday night.
A heavy explosion took place on
Thur day, which shook the boats on
the James and Appomattox rivers
1t appeared to be in the direction OF
Petersburg, and it was reported at
City Point thai it was occasioned by
an attempt of the rebels to blow up
Fort Hill, which had been previously
evacuated by our troops, knowing
the rebels had undermined it,
Major.General HGrtsuff. who has
been on court martial duty in New
York City, has been ordered to report
in person to Gen. Grant, and has lett
for the front.
The rebel Congress adjourned on
Thursday, the 10th. The authOn,
ties ut Richmond are laboring zeal
ously. and as they claim, with sue
cess, in Cling mp negro regiments.
Hon. Geo. Brown, of the Toronto
Globe, II is said, has sold 5000 acres
OF the Boutwell, estate, containing oil
wells, to an American Company, for
the sum OF S2s0.000 The purchas,
ers belong to New York, and intend
to commence boring the wells imme-
diately.