. . r:: -.VOLUME; ,LXXVIII:--NO. i.)4. ght/ittobutegk, 64gtr,tte, VERY LATEST NEWS .PUMM:ANIA .LERSIATURE, *idol Dispatch to lhir l'itt•lntrgh Tzette. MO= read the following: A git 4 • t97PI / ! i Pt ingrower to lery,a . tas l r 1;oltt"Ic7, porpose4; a AtrOtMolinioalittlttelitiiift Eigr Inters n. ilnac change , otihn Inspection Liwati.remonstrithee rtia"thv t :l364ii;l3trtaiihiqrStott towni,hip . against two ourerintoodenctos; a bill inoo.rflrat - the' T ftb ittaini Aendeirtylif Mamie; veggie rani changing the- name- of_ the. National: 011 Cowper, to National [WA! 011 and dliningclam. 'Wetheicf stock :one e ldollgr; restoring to 41ap..,..d'itteliurgh " l and t i t ~C ontaellscpay.alh- e ad comptoy rights reT gded yed. '7 - /dr,'G'taltitm;r,e24 a 11U1 1 "vallortiettigi.t.lie ion 'traction of a bildgi'aeivai on lin a or tut 4.11iuc %-tbay rived' to gctr'll tiland, In DOPIeC Bur is( 464 The bill annextaz theyaryington Judicial Dium.io•khiiti ' L`r*P l 4l l .lallAtion fyoni Oke9s..at Allealleny IYAlmonland tieciirtiee4ol4lk;"litts''hlng . iimerserTstupike 'acs. cltizenT of Pm Orn: A•mn Ohio euid 4115.t0ri1 . 4 . 5,5cwLitt,„!70 stip...rinsenden ' Mr. .114:04:,Itit , ';f1tthr.lratiung towustlN 1 0 11 $ 11•Stip t vraerineutlen • • - ees• , on; io btiunLlea in' the Cki*F,o.6l4 to to n 34- , —gialoa•ia•tbe• Metbony. Aldo, me following one invotvdridlng7llie . * - ttrreu Hotel Cocupapy; ono exekaparg. the iiroperty of 0:,1 from Wont, taxes; 000 allowing nor ietnove eyktreaelidna , 4tl the ! Aileeker.l - Firefi out relative 4 v1.. 14 Y.1 3, 9p1iiii of ilaYiiiitc'dn n 15, 1 4.3 ICS; one i:Otleaneei in ir ctn. .. firth t' trip Inca rrc taitiug . the - tleittaii .tatio *pp.' ntkah' t tai twenty-fire pl. ;. IsiKa tbc}:trat Ward; Pttistprattott.dca passed; : 7 " 113, 4.1 Atl i ' ~ itieay Oita .Itieteattig , ittp titan. of the Mayor _ . 1'0 , 2 itr:.lll6X'4ehernied a r bl.ll locorpra9nr the • '.`tillowarollilisacklitir , : alb° s s9pp4- .J . FROM THE (IN! OF THE FOTOMAc. DEERTgIig.FROII THE REBF.LS BZCIRI.N.G 1011EiteUS. Utmost lksriaikMqt'alritilkifTaitillgh tudts. iir!%.l4ll3lll:MAl.if tramthe ?L* Tate dti pestcrdgy morn .. lag reportaall quiet. Deserters' are 'atiastaatly ITC "mozT_ rautittroas than -fai• a -4.-104 time.- Tlviy , ltrate averaged - 'over sevelty's ;11aifarifia‘Vast itinoitg Diem - were see ', _ eralaideers, -.Musitznixt .dultarndeneyixtrails &rough - their maks shies tho lene tight, and they ,ruesm determined &keep t e n4i.,no longer, as claim they Falk n"Ter gain their In depend- Inissoa iyhY lyexrhonld rematin ~ ,!!!)4,liwillgllted.2.-7her also' ltiy-that' dnertlaz • !le; F;ier"Of. their owls lip's that .aos tiny troth-We:lmp oiriasst,. Sayl.l4elittipsai Was thirty arra* a arfrbolola fifteen hid disappeared slue,- tpt stales azitliire'to their dimes. 4. ‘ Mani . deserters brio. - their anti with cheat. . , !Nartut ftw*:An'ormr , :ON!. c. Feb.Nawnitax, N. C., e. 16.—11 e fall or an Metier di working rovoltaion In the minds' of the people of thin. State, which. If there to au meaning In the half . of the - threats emanating from the State eardtal; rettst.end In the sepaira ion of North-Carolina hoot the Coefelericy oon after Wilmington Is garrisoned by Unica troops," which 11 the necessary protection re -spared by the conservidive pasty, a maJority,of whom, mass rebel Paper, favor are urn to the ..tission4ren,Witis Corstsdranions • • taw" Are ingtTl lc fitlpptlal from 'WilrolnaUM, with's view, irls tTwught, oof erne- 'Gating the city. ft Is estimated that there is orer 1 1 160,000.000 • • 'berth oteottes {gored fromlif ilmiamon , ahmg the llne - of the - rahrbihi ( caching Intei "South , . ,Carallon and , the southern_part, ot.North Caro ' 116 a; which - the enemy will ' order to :be burned as 6000 as our forces approach. Oberman''-: MlTCLGentik , are. =radial with ranch alarm by the rebel papers of tins state, who will attempt to bold Goldaborsigh. The Raleigh, (N. C.) - Stamford, and Raleigh , Yrcartsi and Shia other - censervative papers. in this State , are paying high tribute to the military 411'1 , 119'410m1. Bhtratan. whose approach they wclame with Open manifestations of joy. Fights with Indlanws..Arrangementa for Thirteen Erg'manta Cavalry, S. Louth; 'Feb. 20.—CoL- Liilagatqn, cam . raandingom the Plabia, repoits two, tights near Mid Swinge: ft the 4th and Mill Instants, be .tweeri;neatily thonsar.d Indians sad &been two hundred of the".llth Ohio, and 7th lowa 'cavalry, under/lent. Col:Conine: The Indiana were Arleen with.altiM of TOCty.three Our loan is two ',Sled and iwentvitan ,woundui. The . Indiana went verthcnutabiting two. hun dred Ir;dttem, dtivia4 Iwo herds Of captured cat tle with theta.- General Ewing telegraphs froth - Washington that be has made arrangements for raising thir teen regiments of ettialryln this State for onb year's ath-vlce, which will relieve Missouri or ) ' t '- • - Latest fiunt Mexico. Wiguntomr, :Feb. '.lo".einl•istticiat news from_adimaltua,-..the .preseut seat ..of.the nu. ..ticrtud ofAlfetto, - reedited here tc•day, thaws that there is no foundation for the . r. repert 'which SUMO from the city of ISfericsa that - ..rrsisidtad, sinsirei.was in. Alamor,'.floaara. The President way in January last, stilt at Chlhas -4,r; -31utspitttlattcEdlepositItzi 1d leave that city. 1,:. Re was pngagcd in the roorganisation of truiy toofsair thenesreampaign thepreseut ' year, 'which promises to be more successful than y the former one. The important sictories of slaws_ Pedro and El Puerto, its Fondro, iisisetra - very high public spirit in North waters Mexico Allot Force'ls thi - pooeit' to , Sherman. YARN, Feb. 20.—The Tra;rae his In formation that the entire rebel force which can 'be encountered la Riberman's . .dront Is 35,006 men, consisting ()title Wilmington garrison of err ilardeet force. swelled. by various '' ntcntcthat have been' Foiled since' the fall „ , .• veranneh, 0f16,140 tiro .and five divisions from Lea's army <115,000 men. , This force snot Le increased from Hood's army. niece the =tent of that army eastward begun too ;/sito. - - -- Sherroari's strength ,Is so. osanospoing that the only probable chance of a rehel sue. •ctlis is in surprising - his columns in detail, . - ' Secretary - of the Tiensury question. Saw Yoritt, Feb. '2o.—Tha.Tror4t's Washing ton special pays_tbat efforts are being made to Induce 14r . Morgan to accept the SccnttaryAln -of the Treasury. A strata primers still con linneslrom the:- West In-favor of SieCullocit. The President, to-day, received a memorial in favor, of the latter; signed by the Osternar, Lieut. Gosernor and 'all the members of the II- "t. , • - -• • • • • •- • i M.nols Leglelatura, Irresorettze of party. • , . A later diAnatelcsays that the Preshl , ..nt, is sa'd • ,7' to be strongly Inclined to favor Mr. llooper, or - Atassuchusetts, Irr preference tb any other namo on the list. "*. - • New York Gold Market. E" . 41.. ).."' Ton; BcY.., 20.—Tho Gold market Is _Aeak and prices lower. The news froze Sher , • man has produced a panicky feeling -and the t r • abort sales arc large; Up to noon ' the prices ....- 'fluctuated between MYI, and 203. !r _.: The roes special says: - The Loan Bill would • :. . bare been reported bat for the, illness of Mr. dtereas today . ' Gold at Gallakler% Firebange 200%, and after • Ste calll9B Lc . . . . . • ' -.' T. - Sales or Seven-Thirties, ~ Puttrompint, Pon. V) .— The salts (it 7-303 ;. E by Jay Cooke, (tertian the - week ending SaVirdny, ,--;¢ . P --IF tweaty-stx tallllona. flee hutenvA and -II t 'ty thonsand spa two hundred donate. At •'i . tls rate tbe remainder of the - loan will he -fold S ~..' 'before the cod or Itlarrh. - All banks' and beak t_ 0' Ore supply the loan at par.to Immedleto appll i-MIN ......• .- .. . . ..,.... , „may._. y \ : ~ ~ :.:4 .P+.~~•iva2 ~~.~. \ t wiii.. W N2r - Tti SwA DA 11 Ay OFFICIAL WAR GAZETIT. CIIAItLESTO\ CERTAINLY fACTURRO DETAIESOV iffILITAR V OPER ITIONS. Dispatcheacom Gem Grant and Admiral Dahlgren. movrisra.TOWAßD CHARLOTTE COLIMIHIA PLINDIMED BY wimpy- 1.1,11t . v.1 CAVALIt V. FORT ANDERSON FURIKSLY SIIE4LED NITEUAL EflO EirEDITIONS IN PoO4lliat. elec.. elbc. lit,* 'roux, Feb. 20.—T0 Jb,j. C, 1.14. The cTacuatien of ebarlo.unt by the robot Is announet4 In the folk wing ttle.zrain Jim watta tien. Grnut ' ' • CITY r VIRCZINI / Vd,. 20, 1 , 535. T o Hon. F: V vi n. ANL. , ';rtvefaiv of Iran:— Thy follOydngreee4A 1 0 - 410.64 . ' WijeklIZANY, Lieutenant General. "The Itlt:lnced ft*,onhtsr, of to-day_ tistl,ro celred, says that Charleston nos et...tilt:l'mi Thursday list. lelttnEtl.l - . G. Weetteri., - Nta.l. Gen. W 1)1.1 . . trcrntw.N - r, 20—s p. 111. 1 To JAI jun' Coo, al The followir. dc!alls of military ..perationA and tb• condition of affairs in the, rcisd states are taken from the ilihtriond papers of to-ins, nilich have been forwarded by General Grant : Thla Department has received no further Inlel. ligenee In relation to the operations nfonr forry., 14, , ainst - Fott Anderson and Wllininzon. A dispatch intro Admiral Dablgtou to ittc Ic.!- retary of the Nary, dated at Cholla...too liart.jor, Feb. sa, says the rebels were abandoning Cit urli ton that .. tworr4Aio,pll,o6al L l4e .trae.no l t on way to tbe city. (Signed:] F.DPIrf M. 5101170. r, ,AW3110 ,1 1 oi.Vfar, roras,.keb. 20, 156:,,,-.To Rats- I.; M. Srantor Screfdry nr IFivre—The following par agraplis' are extr'actce from Ilk mond papers or ",IYe now ;mow that Charleston was evacu ated on Tuesday last, and that on Friday the lenemytookpossesilotrof Columbia. ti is re ported that our knees. under Gan. Meson-x - 41rd, are moving tri the direction of Charlotte: • "_olficial intelligence was received at the War" Office last - night, that Sherman was on .yeater day advancing towards Charlotte, and was near Winnsboro, a point on, the railroad leading .to Charlotte, and thirty Miles north of Columba. Charlotte Is thrtingtalarittrrefezrast from Col umbia, who report that some of Wheeler's cav alry plundered the elty before its ernenathm. Up to _Thursdae kat it was nonce:min !halt er Columl42l would conk within the immediate meant Sherman's forces, and =mammoth the public mind was not preparod:for aneh an cat l 7 solution of the emotion. The Government had, 'however, Just two weekvago. toted the orecan lion to Templates speciodeposited nitre, amount ing to several , millions, of dollars, and, within the past few days all the ',tad piano belMeg lug to tke.Treasoryltepastasent, together - with the supply of treasury notes on tondo/me safely conveyed away., "The come, being ht Poisession of Branehvitie, Orartgetlntasid Kingsville, precluded the mote relents on the roads leading to Charlenon, and en unfortttunteneeldent npon the Charlotte read from Coltrps, prciatted the.. atithoritAes fa:pm 'making tan litlitidiiennefi:6 - gait - Cs:her vales blo Anaterlsda in tawnier., A large. quantity of thedit al stores bekmglag to the Government were there, tralrofiridelt was • Mired : and the rest. f,r e ant of time and tratteportation , destroyed. The presses anti firtores for printing creasers not,. In the establishmentatit Evans A Cog-,well end Keating & Ball,wem mem-sadly abandoned, to gether with other extensive nosebinery of the,' well known throw. The tits% named establish ment bad one hundred andiwir pressed, and w'as ueetostlonably the largest and ..bC 3, publishing house In the Sontli.. 'The micsay's foreeilopmeling west of Cutlers'- bin reached the banks of the Congaree, opposite the city; on Thursday drenieg, aod titvsx id a number of shells, to which our batteries respond ed. A portion of this column moved op the river daring the night' rind etessid ttlo Saloda and proad river.‘, the .main trloutaries of the Conga*, 'which inset near Cclunlia, r. few miles above the city. • • 'Poring the swimmer:it General Beauregard evacuated the city; and on Friday morning the enemy entered and took possevsloo without op- . position. Our troops were withdrawn to a 'posi tion scia.a twenty miles from Columbia, where they retrained on II yesterday. ".The enemy's intim entering Columbia -con sisted of dherman's army, a 'large portion :of which immediately moved up the Charlotte roll, arldle4motherportion' moved down In the direc tion of Charleston. Tho latter cityhas doubt less; ere this, been evacuated... t e Closrtraton, F.b. 14.—The enemy's guntmets and one monitor have been shelling our picket lines on James Islaed MI day. all quiet in our. Immediate front. Nothing definite from above. The enemy keep up a needy shelling ea the ..marri4,,4, - Fen: gimlet along our linm. -- The =nay thirmorning are reported tee be moving in force near Columbia ' on-tho LMS• ingtou road. It Is reported that they crossed the Congaree to-day." "Itignitatitori, Feb. 19.—The' enemy shelled Fort . Anderson furiously yedaday afternoon, nearly - all night, and Oda morning. It is report ed that a land force. also attacked our forces at Ft. Anderson but were 'repulsed. Cannonading is still „-oing on at 1 r. Wo have no [nether partictilars. "A dispatch has been metro] here, stating %bate forceof the enemy, 4,1.1011 strong, 2,00 a of It cavalry, are advancing from Knoxville and re/Wbed Greenville, which Is fifty-four miles. from Bristol. This expedition In supposol to be another raid on the Virginia and Tennessee rail "The telegraph operator reported at: Weldon, Mit it Wall reported yesterday that:A raid from l'eeshington or Nowbern, North Carolina, was. In progress, tho supposed *destination of the relator being Rocky Mount station, on the Wil mington road, in Edgecomb county. The wires condoned to work daring yesterday evening 'through to Wllmlrigton, howeyer; from which it would appear that they had not struck-the road. "A movement of the enemy was reported 'yestenlay In heavy force upon Kingston, North Carolina Wed it was supposed in official quar ters Litel:esters fumes had bcrn moved dp to Nem ?wry. cavalry raid war also r-4..n.trd In the diroetkai (.1" Tarboro.- The rere newriti4 upon Newhern haillity or eixty piece& of artil lery. We shall hear of their- movements In a few dale.. We are quite certain they are In progress as we write. lintel, one of our Commissioners of Eicbange s has gone to Wilmington, at which plate be will during the week, exchange ten thousand prisoners. We may remark here that titeexchangn of prisoners on the :James river, wit) at the same time go on uninterraptedly. "A desperate affair occurred last Tuesday In Lerncnhurg county between - some deserters from the Confederate army and some of the 9th Vir ginia cavalry, •• aided by- citizens. Several on both sides were wounded. The descriers were finally raptured..... .. "General Ewell, cammanding the Department of lientico, repottsp wholesale robbery of near ly one hundred petrol:al prlsomrs on Batnrday night, between Camp I.eo and the city. Other Ibbberlee of returned pritonem aro reported as occurring on the /street" of Richmond." (Signed) ' C. B. Gnaws. - • Lieutenant General. WI9IIINGTON, Feb. 20.—Tbe• rotiowinc dls patch bas been received of the Navy Depart. meat : Fu.n.43rirr IlAnvzsT 14100 N, • ' ltxtellicnt Roads, CITACIZSTOV 41VGIII01f, Feb. 18,1883. pa FUI trtu-.llonrce,lb.3J,7p. m. To Gideon Willa, Weertdari of the Navy: .+a—Chariadon waa abandonedAdatuomin by the rebels. r am now on, tny way to the city I have the honor to be, 'Very, rtiffeetfully, Your obedient servant, - -Jana A. Dintanniv, " Rear AdadraL rownmss Mormon, Tel'. 90.—The steamer rerlt arrived hero this - afternoon from Fort Fibber, bringing malls and passengers. When the perit left, on Friday the 17th, fight • lug bad Just commenced. between our tomes and the rebels. - -S. WOLY. .EXCITING REP.ORTB 0,000 MO Seat tai Rcauregart! GRANT'S ARMIES IN MOTION 1 Sheridan advancing in Heavy Force! WIIIIINGTON IN OITIZ POSsESSON! Negro Soldiers to be Employed by the Rebels. cbc.. skto; 2tisw-YonK,Feb. WorM sap,: 'reported that private tel haid hOen exited from Washimitom saying .that Lee had Peet W,OOO then,to minion; lierternord, end in able him to check the advaneo of &terrain (metal Grput Is already aware of this fact, sin,' 'otodltic In once more In motion that General Sheridan la ad• tnnelng In heavy force, with Gordonsville and 7.;:clatairtt as tliet oi;juative It iv imsltieely avv.ened that Wilmington is in our rcbstrvion, haying born evaenated by the taints. irorid hat ettraots • froutzeliel papers of e IMII, telegraphed from Washington The Examiner of the 19th Mentions the netir ty in Grant's lines ns Indicating nn early more n seine direction. .ki.t.tieLhas an -deelaWng that they st In nevcrkulainit to Ilia "fankeek It In en 7 thnsinatievll, in favor of zuerrilla warfare. and rckiut., to thy roudnet of the inlaahnanth of end 111. , ouri .11. , nn ecaup6•. w.lratir to followed: _ - - Thu is.rays, says the totestion of n,..tro 413 af. definitely &clam' in rnvor of nruting tbr. egmrs. A rUnlntion.was introdu-ett into ihtl • Legh , latnro y^tinz the comeltt of the State to the milinrire. It olt pace, and may hr followtal he instrnetions to the Senators to ante for the measure and thus set the matter at rrst. Dlvelpitne ugh make Roldlers of the cm oes, but it most be diveipliue dlffereriug very tructi,from.that yeah*tow bolds together %title Moseaett hands the mulles of the Confederate LITEST FROM REBEL SOURCES GRANT REINFORCING SHERMAN OR TERRY lie rfrilee Boat Disaster a.., &a. Wianurovok,. Feb. 20.—Richmond papers of the 18th have the following:, Deserters state that Grant has sent 4.000 men to City Point rccastly, and It is supposed they are to he sent to Newbern to reinforce Bberatan or Terry. A Kingston