Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-03-02

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night Our captures, including Fort Ander
! son, amount to about 700 prisoners and thirty
guns Citizens stated that the rebels burned
: !, 900 bales of cotton and $4,000 barrels Of
: resin The Union feeling showed itself quite
strongly in the city Terry has followed Hoke
northward
[Signed G. B. CoMEsrocK,
1t Col. A. D. c. and Brew Brig. Gen.
OFFICIAL NAVAL BULLETIN
WASHINGTON Feb. "a.
The Navy Department has received the
following:
UNITED STATES FLAGSHIP MALVERN,
CAPE FEAR RIVER, Feb % VIA
FORTRESS MONROE, Feb. 24-9A A. NJ
Hon. Gideon 1Velles, Secretary Of May:
have the honor to inform you that Will
mington is in possession of our troops.
DAVID D. PORTER, Rear-Admiral.
NAVY RULLETIN NO. 9.
WASHINGTON, Feb. "a.
The following has just been received at the
Navy Department:
| FORTRESS MONROE Va. Feb "a.
Hon. Gideon JFeNcs:
The Cuyler has just arrived from Cape
Fear and reports our forces having taken pos
session of Wilmington on the morning of the
22d-Washngton's birthday. The rebels re-
treated, leaving a large number of prisoners
in our hands
/ LSigned] STEPHEN D. TRENcHARD,
Commander
IMPORTANCE OF THE CAPTURE OF WILMINGTON.
New York, Feb. 24.-The Commercial $
Especial says military men regard the capture
of Wilmington as first class military tri-
umph. , 1t assnres the success of the plans
against Richmond Sherman has now new
base, and can move forward without waiting
or turning back for supplies.
LARGE AMOUNT OF STORES CAPTURED AT WILL
MINGToN
Baltimore Feb. PA dispatch from For
tress Monroe, dated this morning, lust receiy-
ed says that the United States gunboat r. r,
Cuyler has arrived from Fort Fisher with news
of the evacuation Of Wilmington on the night
OF the 2lst General Terry entered and took
possession Of the city at 8 A. NJ. Of the 22d,
capturing large amount of stores of all
kinds, which the rebels in the haste neglected
to destroy
ARMY OF TIE POTOMAC.
New York, Feb 2j.--The Heralds Army
of the Potomac correspondent says, unusual
movements and activity have been observed
in the rebel lines around Richnond during
the past few days. indicating designs of some
new enterprise on the part of Gen. Lee Iti
surmiscd that alarmed by the progress of
Gen. Shermans and the other national for
ces, he has concluded that the time for giving
up both Richmond and Petersburg, and fall
ing back to Lynchburg or some other defen
sible position has at last arrived Gen. A. P.
Hills corps of his army is said to have been
under orders on Thursday of this week to be
prepared to march at moment notice, and
considerable commotion within the rebel lines
was displayed yesterday There are also ru-
mors that Lee meditates an attack on Grant
All these matters, taken in connection with
the fact that the rebel journals have received
orders from the authorities to be particularly
reticent regarding military affairs, gives color
to the belief that something more than ordi-
nary is in progress of execution within their
lines. The influx of rebel deserters however,
remains unremitted.
The Tribune special says the advccs from
Grants headquarters are to the effect that
the enemy are evacuating Petersburg, and
manifesting signs of sending troops south.
Whether it is to merelyreinforce Beauregard,
or means abandonment of Richmond, will
soon appear They are closely watched by an
army largely outnumbering them, and superb
Or in every point of detail that goes to make
up soldiers
The first lot of negro soldiers exchanged
during the war, arrived on the 22d
Robert Lincoln, son of the President, has
reported for duty ON Gen. Grants staff
sHERMANs PROGRESS.
New York, Feb GA Washington special
says: A letter from Gen. Grant, dated the
24th, received at noon to-day, says that if
Sherman's s successes continue few days lon
ger, the country can safely indulge in exulta-
ton
Richmond papers of Wednesday indicate
that Sherman advanced on Monday from
Greenboro' through Chestervile, crossing
Wateree river, his cavalry being in advance.
1t is believed by the authorities in Washington,
that he crossed the North Carolina State line
on Thursday and is by this time near Char
lotte
BLOCKADE RUNNERS DISABLED.
New York, Feb. 25-The Herald's New
Orleans correspondent says On the night of
the 9th, two boats crews, from the United
States steamers Princess Royal and Bienville,
under Acting Ensign Geo. H. French, board
ed and captured and ran to the blockading
feet, from under the guns of the rebel forts in
the Galveston Harbor, the blockade-running
steamers Pet and Annie Sophia, with $50
bales of cotton on each. On the night of the
Sd, the somewhat noted blockade-running
steamer Will-o -the-Wsp, while attempting to
get into Galveston, went ashore and was rem
dered useless by the guns of the blockaders.
The steamer Wren attempted to run the block
ade outward on the night of the 9th, but was
driven back by the Union guns.
EXPECTED REBEL MOVEMENT.
New York, Feb. ga letter to the Her
aid, from the 9th Army Corps, Feb. %, says
Deserters state that several brigades of
Hills corps have gone South to reinforce
Beauregard, and the whole of Lees army is
under marching orders,
Another letter, dated on the 24th, says:
1t is known that considerable portion of
Lees army yesterday was ordered to make