The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1865-02-24

Of tho sisI contain, The following re.peoSng N.
opsx.tions 81
cHAELuros;
On lAxt Thursisy nlsh,, the 10th inst our forces
| evN1n,sd Chsrhson, and IL 10 believed Ma, hs
eoemy ,oos possession during he nsI, dsv Many
guns must have brcn abandoned by our troops,
tut Il is couSoing po know the Yankees 60, little
| slse There cotton a, Chasle.,on 10 glsi-
den Hncoln's heart, and the city itself was little
bottor than dosertcs ruin. Several telegraph
operators, all Of them men II Northern birth, did
no, come out with our forces, but remsino,l 70
| eevo the Yankee The evacuation OF Charleston
| should rather inspire confidence than gloom.
| Sherman only he chaGke-l hy an tnmeii.tN
concentration bic front Of all troops, both in
North and South Carolina. H,h's il done he may
he defeated and bis present expedition broken up.
| II he ia not defs.toh. ho will marcel up the rail-
| road W Chsrotte, thcuoe 10 RAlisbury, themes "
| Greensboro aud Danville aud 40 on " Richmond.
hauv different estimates have been made ol sher-
mans army. Wa know he has four full army
corps aud . strong iorce cf cavalry. His corps
will not number Less than twelve thousand men.
The Wac Of the same date has tSe following;
whle the War Department could furnish u.
moth ng upon the subject II twss generally believed
| that Charleston, ihe cradle n socoss and the
very nest II rebellion, has boeu evacuated by our
I troors. ehermAn by hr bold advance, has thus
soopmplishod without bloodshcd, what Dupont,
DAhlgren Gilmore & Co, have IA vs,a attempted,
| though aided by thn combined nsva force OF Yam
koedom. THIS l-fsed CITY, or rather hs rem.
nsut 4 II, Will now experience N Its full extent
| tne m.rcy and msgnsnlmity of Yankee rule. The
Masonry moved hs quarters several weeks ago in
Aht,e patton Of tho -ad reUI'.
| General Besurogarl, when last hsArd from, was
- wnnsboro, which is thirty eight miles from
Columbia. on tho rad 10 Chsrlot< Il il not hke-
| ly that he VIII make stand thA side Of Charlotte
| -. n. H.. ~ 49,. aw.tr
| plundercu the city before The evacuation.
Tho Richmond ErAsrSu Of the Pisa, has IN ar
,iole upon the situation, from which the following
| 10 extracted
Now there is no, y this momnn, ~ much to
| alarm us ~ reality there was last Nay. ID 10
true We have uot 20 many troops, bui neither has
our euemy by great deal on that occasion, too,
| when Butler cOuld and did land bs forces At City
Point without any cf1rt loss Tut this year
| sherman has " fight his way through many n
| swamp, snd tske oT burn many battery, aud
leave many busco corpscs behind him Gro he
! can ho.o ~ see Nirslnir railroad. II 10 hoped
,hat Ibs President Will not relieve Beau.
regard st tie very crss OF his csmpsigp,
aud sppoint Gen. Ptmbertou in his place, with
orders " the batter 10 slip around 80 sherman q
rear and march away 10 Mobile but barring th.s,
| or sOue other equally enormous bluudet Or crime
It sceins evident thG, sherman has befors him u
much more dihcult and per lous part Of she grand
ssmpa'gu than Batter lad las. year aud N tue
meantime, his devastating march through south
CArohna 10 NO more cOnquering that state than Lis
great isid through Georgia ssd converted belrgI-
Aus W the Union. Richmond In safe, # 81 parties
CONCERNED DO their duty.
Tic following is from tho Richmond wula u
Monday
A gentleman who LETT AIKEN, :. C., on the morn
| ing q the l9th, the spprOnch OF tho enemy,
states that Wheeler met And repulscd two chsrPos
of the enomy At hAf-pat eight o'clock that morn
ing, about one and half miles from Aiken, In M
harly's orchard Tho charges we're beautifully
made and handsomely repulsed. In the meanums
| heavy ionce WAS hsnkug Our troops, 10th on the
enemy entered diksn otter ~ O'clock. Two pri.
soners cSpuE~i state that Their lorse consisted Of
| 10000 cayslry, 1000 mounted Infantry, Aud oHe
battery u ArtillsTy,
TRos SouTu oAroLISA
II tissaid thAts cavalry force of the .nomy was
advancing m Tarhoro, on the Tar River, near II .
wilmington and Weldon r.lyosi. 4 force mum
ber unknowpl is also reported n moving on Colds
boro from Sewberu- along the south hank Of n.
Neuse. We fear there is much truth in tho,s stat.
! Deuts The enemy have for several weeks he.n
| concentrating al Nevheru. Reeigh II 100 miles
from NowbeTn. Godsboro is midway between the
rTo plAoos.
Hwas r.port-d that large Yankee cavalry
force Was advancing on Salisbury, from Kast Ten
nesses, but there is nothing IN II
A dispatch from eodsboro N, c., February
10Th, states
A Yankee force from Sewberu. sorne Eve hun.
dred strong, passed through Greenville yesterday
and when last heard from ware advancing On Tar
toro. u u thought N he rnere raiding party
! Gsn' Baker 10 SfteI them. AneSh1 p.rtv 10 re-