Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-02-24
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ESPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE GOLD HILL DAILY NEWS.
Capture Of Fort Anderson-RriIlia
AAair-Omcial Account Of Admiral
Porter.

partment has received the following:
UNITED States flagship Malvern, Cape
Fear River, Feb. 10th.
az have the honor to report the sur
render or evacuation of Fort Anderson.
General Schofield advanced from Smith
field with eight thousand men on the 18th.
At the same time ! attacked the works by
placing the monitor Monadnock close to
the fort, enfilading with the Pantucket
Senator, Armadillo and Pequot; the wind
not allowing more vessels to get under
fire. The fort answered pretty briskly,
but quieted down by sunset. On the 18th,
at 8 o'clock, I moved up. closer; the
Monadnock leading, followed by the
Huron, McRean, Sassacus, Pontoosuc,
Mohongo, L'Infer, Pantucket, Osceola'
Tecumseh, Calypso, and little Ada
These kept up heavy fire through the
day, till late in the afternoon. The enc
my's batteries were silenced by 8 o'clock,
though we kept up fire until dark. We
also fred through the night. In the
meantime, Schofeld was working round
to the rear of the rebels to cut them off.
The latter did not wait for the army to
surround them, but left in the night, tax
ing five or six pieces of light artillery with
them, and everything else of value. This
morning, some of our troops who were
near BY, went in and hoisted flag on the
ramparts, when the firing ceased from the
monitors. There were ten heavy guns in
Fort Anderson, and large quantity of
ammunition. We lost bat three killed,
and five wounded.
D. D. PORTER, Rear Admiral
Yankee Trick-A Quaker Monitor.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.-The Navy De-
partment has received information that
Lient. VIM. B. Gushing constructed a
mock monitor, so closely resembling those
vessels that no difference could be detect
ed at a distance of hundred yards. On
Saturday night, 18th, at about 10 o'clock,
the vessel was taken up to within about
four hundred yards of Fort Anderson and
set adrift. AS there was strong flood
tide she moved up the river, and passed
the Fort as if under slow steam. At that
time the army had worked about two
thirds of the distance around and in the
rear of the Fort. The rebels thinking that
their communication was to be cut off by
land and water, escaped by the only ave-
nue. open to them, leaving their guns I'M
spiked and their magazines uninjured.
Grand Illumination-"N No Foreign
Intervention "-PrOspeet of Speedy
and General Exchange of All
Prisoners.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.-The public and
many private buildings of Washington
are illuminated tonight. Every main
entrance to the State Department has the
following motto: "Peace and good will
to all nations, but no entangling alliances
and no foreign Intervention"
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE PoTo-
MAC, Feb. 22.-In consideration of an
early exchange and speedy delivery of all
prisoners held in South Carolina, it is
deemed inexpedient to forward after this
date, either funds or supplies to any per-
son in that capacity. Such articles or
remittsnces as may have accumulated
since the last shipment or may arrive,
shall be returned to the shippers:
(Signed.) J. E. MULFoRD,
Lient. Col. and Agent of Exchange.
Rebel Accounts of the skedaddle from
Columbia.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.-Speaking OF
lthe evacuation of Columbia, Richmond
paper of the goth, says: at is said some
Of our engraved Treasury Note paper fell
into the hands of the Yankees, and also
considerable quantity of medicinal stores.
We have no particulars of these losses, as
the official dispatch in regard to the fall of
Columbia was communicated to the Presi-
dent, and we doubt whether it was ever
sent to the War Department; which ap-
pears to be in complete ignorance Of what
has happened in South Carolina except
from what bits of information have been
posted up on the street.
On Thursday, the day before the enemy
occupied the city, ten trains were run
from Columbia to Charlotte, n. G. 1t
was supposed that the effects Of the Trea-
sury depot were brought off. There has
been report that the plates for engraving
the treasury notes fell into the hands of
the enemy but the report is now traced
to some negroes, who escaped from Co.
lumbia, and reached Kingsville and told
the story to the telegraph operator who
sent it as authentic to Richmond.
The same paper says: eve understand
that Grant shows no disposition to assume
offensive operations, and has withdrawn
from the forts this side of Ratcher's Rum"
The condition of the roads renders the
success of any important movement doubt
full. The ground is thoroughly thawed,
making it almost impossible for cavalry
and artillery. and exceedingly difficult for
the movement Of infantry.
The New York Leader, the organ of
Tammany Democracy, says in recent edi-
torial, after reviewing the party's last po-
sition on the slavery question:
But now public sentiment is unani-
mously against slavery; the war has fur
nished US with the opportunity for its
legal abolition the rebels are preparing