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THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1865.
FORNEY’S WAR PRESS,
»0B TSB Vltt RHDINO SATOBDAY, APBIL 8,186*.
I. POETRY—' > filacer and Sons. ’ ’ Dorsau—
■"Tieiele aoßeatk”—” SongofKllpatrl.k’B Iroopew"
—'•Obitleetott.aad Port Sumpter,” by Smamael Vi
tails Bcherb.
11, “THE STORY OF LUCILLE JENYN3.” By A.
-Richards. Continued.
Itt RDITORISfi-bar Victory at RtAmOßd-Word.
Fitly Spoken—The Rebel Cans* Irretrievably toet-The
Hoar for Oeneroelty—Fatal Rebel „ Fa! **boodi '
mere Lre> Left the Vault to Bra* of”—Where Will the
Rtb.l. Ban ?”
IV. LETTERS FROM “OCCASIONAL.’
V. BICHMOBD AS IT WAS—How It was Defended—
Tl>«Strategy of Grant and tee. - _ ; '
VI RICHMOND ABB VICTORY—The Capture of
Petcnbnrc and Richmond—The Official Gazettes—The
Battles of Saturday and finndar-FUiht and Pursuit of
bee’s Army—hirt of Casualties.
VII. WAR BBWS—General Sherman’s Army—The
Viclorlouß March to Goldehoro—The Battlee of Arerye
boro and Beutjnvflle—The Attack on Mobile-—The Mont
tore at Work.
VIII. OEsEBAL HEWS—Letter, from Charleston—
jeilca of Slave Barbarism—lnner Life In Blehmond—
Speech of Vice President Johnson on the fall of Rich
mond.
IXT. CITY IHTBLLIGBBCB—Bffrot of the Glad Tl
ding.—Scent* and Incidents Throughout the Day—The
Impromptn Illumination—Demonstration by the Union
loa|U6 —Tho Sanltary and Christian Commlaetone—The
Christian-street Hospital—The Public Squares.
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Where will Lee’s Flight Cease I
'Every -word that is brought up from the
theatre of war in Virginia is all that the
most enthusiastic could -wish or the most
hopeful imagine. Victory is the burden of
every despatch, and one' success points us on
to another more complete, more glorious,
if possible, than its predecessor. Grant has
lost no time in gloating over his present'con
quest, but with a knowledge that mors is to
be done, though much is done, he is follow
ing up Lee’s routed hosts to make the fall
of Richmond their total disintegration. His
peculiar faculty of persistency never was
shown to-more advantage than it is how.
In his initiatory moves from the Rapidan
to Petersburg, his combined hope, talent,
and stubbornness pushed back Lee despite
that chieftain’s best efforts. ~ Now Lee is
powerless, and his legions are depleted and
disheartened..
If in the pride and flush of strength he
-was no match for Grant, what is he now,
with wholesale desertions, artillery gone,
and insubordination in the thinned, wearied
ranks that are left him ? He has made
rapid time, as he usually does, in his pre
sent retreat, for we hear of him at Amelia
Court House, which is 45 miles, by road,
from Richmond. But, though he has
been fleet, and ’ has bad the ad
vantage of a start of hours over
us, we are told that a column of our
army is close behind, near the Court
House, while another is following the
Southside road, and had reached Nottoway
Court House, about the same distance from.
Petersburg. Lee Is evidently marching fot
Burkesville Station, at the junction of the
Danville and Southside Railroad, fifty miles ;
from Richmond. When he reaches this
point he has his choice of roads either to
Lynchburg, in the mountains of Virginia, or
to Danville, or to the line of the Roanoke
river, at some point of which he may re
ceive assistance from Joe Johnston,, if
Sherman will let him. The country
through which he is marching has never
been touched by the rude hand of war, and
is now teeming with supplies. It affords,
also, many defensible positions, to the pro
tection of one of which he is now hurrying.
He was within fifteen miles of Burkes
-ville at the latest advices, so that a few
hours will tell us Certainly whether
he intends to remain in Virginia or 'con
tinue a weak war in North Carolina, j&ut,
in the light of the facts given in our de
spatches and gathered from other sources,
it seems very likely that he will retreat to
the Koanoke, which he can strike a few
miles from Boydton after a fifty-mUes
match from Amelia C. H. It may be re
membered that at the time Sherman began
his advance from Savannah the rebel papers
publicly stated that Lee was building
heavy works on the line of the river.,
It was believed then that these works were:
-for the benefit of the straggling retreatcrs
under Beauregard and Joe Johnston.
But their halt at Raleigh, and evident in
tention to fight Some before retreating any
further, appears to settle one point, and
that is that Lee, knowing his weakness,
has looked forward to the
would bo courperieaTo evacuate his citadel,
and chose that point for himself as his
sanctuary pro tempore— his refuge from
overwhelming Union wrath. The blow
has come; his necessity is urgent, but Ms
punishment is undoubtedly heavier than
he expected, so that he may he pressed
too heavily by his pursuers, and instead
■of flying to poanoke river, fly anywhere
he can get the chance. The movement. of
our column along the Southside is some
proof that Gen. Grant entertains some
suspicion that North Carolina and the line
-we have spoken of are aimed at by Lee.
Rise why should tHs column follow this
Toutein pursuit of a horde flying to Lynch
burg ? Its position there places it far in
the rear of an army retreating to that
town—-so far that its pursuit would be
■entirely acomedy, But for the purpose of
cutting off an army marching to North
Carolina, its situation is admirable. It
marches on the base of a right-angled tri
angle, while the pursued follow the
hypothenuse. Lee is aware of this
fact. It may force him to Lynchburg, hut
If fast running will aid hjm, we may soon
hear of Ms arrival in North Carolina, a
. junction with Johnston, and a fierce bat
tle on the line of the Roanoke.
The United States Navy.
It is not improbable, that if the United
States should unfortunately he compelled,
by circumstances, to war with any Euro
pe ch. country, the contest will take place
upon the ocean, and not upon terra firma.
The idea of our invading England or
France is preposterous, because impracti
cable. Not less than a couple of hundred
thousand men would be requisite to make
good our footing in either country, and
considerable reinforcements would be ne
cessary to compensate for the %aste of life
in war. So with any country which de-
sired to invade this. Our territory is so
Immense that not fewer than a million of
soldiers, with the requisite artillery, would
be necessary to obtain even a temporary
position here. The fleet which would con
* y e 7 these men and their arms, with camp
. equipage, across -the Atlantic, is not yet
built.. The strife, if strife there ever shall
be, will be on the waves, and not on the
land.
The supremacy which England so long
maintained upon the ocean is becoming a •
-thing of the past. The navy of France,
■created with all the modem appliances of
practical science and inventive mechanism,
may be less numerous than that of England,
hut, when we consider the immense number
of old-fashioned and useless wooden hulks in
. British ports, really is superior in' all effective
points. Napoleon is rapidly building up
.a great navy for France, availing himself
of every discovery which can make it im
portant, and liberally encouraging all im-
provers and inventors whose ingenuity
promises to assist his views. The unhappy
civil war into which the worst kind of
rebellion precipitated this country found us
equally unprepared by land and sea. The
patriotism of the country was appealed to,
and as by the summons of Prospero’s
wand, a mighty army of volunteers sprang
into the field. But, though an army
was thus raised at the summons of
loyal duty, it is hot so. easy to improvise
a fleet. When the war commenced,
we had only a nominal regular army
and very few armed ships. We were
unprepared—and why f Because we- had
strictly maintained our national policy,
which is to cultivate peace and repudiate
war, and to avoid all temptations of aug
menting our territory by conquest. It bas
taken some time and much money to cre
ate the American navy, but we have done
it, and done it well. ’ We have also given a
“ wrinkle” or two to other countries; our
Monitors, for example, are terrible novel
ties, which England has appropriated,
paying Captain, Coles, one, of her own
naval officers, for his cupola war-vessels,
the idea of which he stole, with the cool
ness of a Jack Sheppard and the craft of
a Jonathan Wild, from our own inventor,
honest and ingenious John Ericsson.
John Bull-has allowed himself to be an
ticipated, in naval improvements, by his
friend Jean Crapeau, on the other side of
the British Channel. Louis Philippe,
albeit a selfish ruler, applied himself,
years before his deposition, to the aug
mentation of the French navy, and his
astute successor has gone still farther in
that direction. France had constructed
two iron-clad vessels before England had
laid down the lines of even one. It has
been justly said by an able writer on this
subject, “If the object had been to let
others experimentalize whilst w;e (Eng
land). watched and economized, there
might have been some justification. But
such was not the case. We wasted more
sums in pottering over and tinkering up
•old-fashioned vessels, buying vaßt stocks of
wood, and building incapable hulks, than
did France in discovering improvements,
encouraging inventors, strengthening her
ships, and reorganizing her marine.” At
last the , British Admiralty woke up, and,
In great alarm, millions wete sapidly and
recklessly voted by Parliament to put
-England on -an equal footing with regard
to the combined naval power of Europe.
One ruling idea in that panic—for panic
it was and is —was to-lay the lines of le--
viathan ships, whose unwieldy forms
were to bear down an enemy, by .sheer
force of weight. Our war soon showed
the inefficiency of these monsters, too big
to come within fair range of a fortress in'
time of war or enter the careening dock
in time of peace, some of them carrying
over two thousand men; and We showed
the world that a small shot-proof vessel,'
armed with one or two heavy guns, can do
more execution than a score of bulky
broadsiders. We have revolutionized the
whole system of naval warfare, and, in
a surprisingly short time, have created
the most effective navy in the world, and
are more than a match for any foreign foe
that may threaten or assail us. '
We have solved the. great problem of
ships against forts, iron against wood, and
established. the principle that capaSty of i
destruction rather than capacity of defence
is to be looked at—the most resistless gun
in the best possible vessel, and two or
even three such pieces, if the vessel
can carry them. The great points to which
we have attended, in the navy of our new
creation, are four—speed,’ manoeuvring
power, defence, and capacity of going into
deep or shallow water. Moreover; we
have not aimed at constructing mere mon*
sters of the deep, which are costiyrin price,
unwieldy in handling, inefficient In shal
low and sluggish in deep water, and cer
tain,-in battle, to be converted into sham
bles after the first discharge of an enemy’s
broadside. -Two or three little Monitors
supporting each other would overmatch
the largest iron clad of France or England,
carrying ten times their weight of metal
and thirty times their number of men, and
costing between two and three million
dollars, like the Warrior and the Bellero--
phon.' ■ - •
Thb pate which has befallen the rebel
editors who deliberately misstated' the
course of military events, even wMIe feel
ing the sharp pang of repeated defeat, and;
recklessly persisted in that most discredits-,
hie practice, does not seem to have had the
slightest.effect upon Mr. Ben Wood’s New
York Daily News. Every number of the
News is decorated with editorial apolo
gies for and explanations of the disasters of
the rebel armies, and 'even with labored
leaders to turn these disasters into evi
dences of Lee’s strategic genius. Of
course, commingled with these exhibitions
are bitter attacks upon tbe President and
the Union generals. Some good people
wonder that such flagrant disaffection
is permitted to poison a'loyal commu
nity ; but we suppose the Government
acts upon the theory that where .the.
mass is so wholesome^—
ral heart-«o ""Sound, little need be ap
prehended from a disease that only at
tacks the corrupt ahd the treacherous.
But one learns even from so baleful a
teacher. For instance, in yesterday’s issue
of this same New York Newt, we find the
following paragraph: *
’ Tkabs- Mississippi.— Some stirring events are
in preparation bp Kirby Smith. An Infallible proof
of this lies in tbe fact that Missouri begins again to
swarm with Confederate irregulars. Guerilla ope
rations in that State are a sure indication of at least
a popular expectation of invasion. Other sign* con
spire with those in Missouri in pointing to some ac
tive work beyond the Mississippi. A large army Is
said to be massing in Louisiana; and, whether it
contemplates an attack on New Orleans of not, will
certainly come ont Into the foreground before very
■ long In some startling attitude.
The mission of the News is to convey in
formation to the rebels, notto help the Union
cause; but here it unconciously makes a
revelation that may possess a certain value.
It is already known that the, rebels are
hanging new hopes on the operations of
Kirby Smith and Magruder, and it is
also sure that, there are gathering forces of
the border-robbers in Arkansas and. Mi
ssouri. We believe that ample precautions
have been taken to disarrange these plots;
but is it' hot putting rather a fine point
upon it, that the plans of the rebels should
be openly encouraged and assisted by a
newspaper in a great city of the North, and
that the disloyal elements protected in that
city, and elsewhere, by onr toleration and
magnanimity, should be publicly fed and
fostered with statements of the determina
tion of the traitors to maintain their war
against the Government ?
Passing along one of onr streets in
Which the lowest sort of wares are sold' at
-the lowest prices to the lowest classes, we
looked into a little store—a dark, dirty, be
grimed den, filled with old rags and scraps
of iron—in fact, a sort of receptacle of de
cayed refuse of every kind—and through
the smoky panes of the window we read
these significant words: “ Gash paid for
Confederate bonds ” —in other words, here
was a good market for the rags with which
Jefferson Davis has been trying to cover
tbe hideous nakedness of the rebellion.
The Pittsburg Dispatch, for many
years the most enterprising if the smallest
newspaper in Western Pennsylvania, has
lately been much enlarged and Improved.
We notice that Mr. J. Hebron Foster
remains in chief charge,uided by Messrs.
Alexander W. Rook and Daniel O’Neil
of the Pittsburg Chronicle , both experienced
and energetic newspaper men.
Brigadier General Schoeff, the com
mandant in charge of Fort Delaware, is
universally commended for the vigilance,
impartiality, and energy with which he
discharges his His inflexibility and
stem patriotism do not, however, prevent
him from exercising the kindest treatment
to the prisoners, and affording them all fai
cilities for honorable and safe intercourse
with their friends.
Make a note of the fact that those
''who insist upon summary, severe, and re
morseless punishment and ostracisS of the
rebel leaders, are the editors and public men
of the border Southern States. U
Rebel Leaders and their Followers.
A very just distinction is being drawn
between the authors of the rebellion and
the people they drove and cheated into
its support. Since the recent repeated evi
dences of the barbarities heaped uponrour
prisoners by the traitor chiefs, and the ad
mission by a committee-bf the rebel Con
gress th atJ Libby prison had been under
mined and"'frouldhave been blown to atoms,
with the thousands of Union soldiers con
fined In it, had these latter attempted to es
cape, there is a concerted public opinion
against making any terms with the
bad .men—whether in military or civil
life—who have kept the - rebellion alive,
and have forced the Southern masses to
contribute to it their lives and their pro
perty. But there is a sentiment no less de
cided in favor of forgiving thbse same
masses ; upon this sentiment we base the
earnest hope that whatever terms are pro
posed by Mr, Lincoln will lead to a per
manent and substantial adjustment. It is
a little amusing to notice how politicians
assail each other personally because
of differing views on the conditions to be
presented to the victims and’ compelled
participants in the attack upon the Fe
deral Government. These gentlemen
should recollect that in a time of excite
ment like this we cannot expect all 'men to
he of one opinion. The wisest may err,
and even the weakest may succeed in
recommending the proper remedy for a
crying disease. 2to one really desire) to pro
tract the war for the sake of fighting.- 1 And
out of the attrition of various and' conflict
ing ideas we may be able to extract a solu
tion of an absorbing problem. The pri
mary conßiderations—are sincerity on the.
part of those who think'and write on this
great to country; pru
dent reflection, and' an utter abnegation
of party and of self. Hence it is that we
read with much satisfaction the remarks of
the Rev. Beset WaJb Beecher, last
Sunday, to his congregation in Brook
lyn, when he spoke in reference to the
duty assigned to him of pronouncing the
address at the raising of the national en
sign over the ruins of Fort Sumpter, onthe
14th tost., as follows: :
“ At other times, when the prospect of lifting the
flag to Its former place seemed almost visionary, he
had spoken of-Booh an event with jubilation. But
now, as the time In reality drew near, his soul trem
bled within him at Its solemn meaning. Many
would go : there Imbued with this feeling of solemn
-jubilation, In this wonderful event In the history of
this people.' He should be sorry if any went there
with any other feeling than that of Christian pa
triotism. Ii others went with feelings of exultation
over a fallen foe, for bis part he went as a brother
- to sppeabto misledbrethren from the-day of their
misapprehension to the day of knowledge. It would
be to say to them that, after four years of blood and
dßikness, we had brought bask to them the same
hearts of love that they had smitten jn these long
ft Ur years. If there be any minded in that spirit to
gb, praying the blessing of Q-od to rest not on the
North alone, but on the whole undivided country,
ho would welcome them.”
This is the true spirit. Magnanimous
treatment of the Southern peopiela all that
js necessary to extinguish treason, and to ex
clude forever from all posts of honor, and to
consign to perpetual infamy and banish
ment, the - reckless and savage men who
began the war, and have fallen uader the
ruins of their boasted Confederacy^
Babylon No. S Has Fallen,
When Charleston fell,- immense posters
were: printed and placarded along the
streets of London and Liverpool, contain
ing part of the 18th chapter oHßevelations,
which, now that the second, if not the chief
Babylon of the rebellion, Richmond, has
come to the ground, may be appropriately
republished :
Babylon the great Is fallen; for her sins have
reached unto Heaven and Q-od hath remembered
her Iniquities ; and the merchants of the earth shall
weep and mourh'ever her, for no one buyeth their
merchandise any more. Merchandise of gold, and
silver, and precious stones, and of and.-flue
linen, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat,
and besets, and sheep, and horses, and shipmasters,
and all the company In ships, and sailors, and as
many as trade by sea (blockade-runners f) stood afar
off, and cried when they saw the smoke of her burn
ing,’saying, “ What city is llke-jmto this great
olty 1”
About the middle of March the New
York Tribune published a letter from
Washington, professing to give the ques
tions of Messrs.. Hunter,. Ha|X,wGraham;;
W alkbr, and -Orb —members of the rebel
Congress—addressed to General Lee, and
his answers. In these answers Lee said:
“ It would be a bad movement to evacuate
‘Richmond, because the Virginia troops
would not go to North Carolina;” that the
'rebels “had not enough troops, for the
next campaign,” and “could 1 not last till
midsummer;” that the rebel army was
“ almost unanimous'’for peace ;” that the
cause of the rebellion could not be saved,
and that “ no human power, could save it.”
This exposiS of the Tribune went to Rich
mond, and has never yet been denied . It
was tbo important to be overlooked, and
we are now, as we were before, disposed to
• believe it was authentic. The contraction
placed upon it by the Tribune itself, the
National Intelligencer, and the;Washington
Chronicle, was clearly the correct con
struction.
The National Intelligencer, hi Tues
day, arrives at the following patriotic and
practical conclusions'm reference to the fu
tnre of the rebellion:
." They can Indulge in bat one passible hope: that
.by protracting tbe wSr, though'under every dIsSOT"
the financial rgsofi****
-ortnClJnKea Statoa prose
cution of the war on our part. unpopular or impossi-
The hope will prove a deliulon, If oiir finances
Continue to be managed with prudehoe and fore
sight. Gold has fallen, and la falling toward par
with Government paper. The expenses of war and
of occupation of rebel territory will, in fact, be
made to fall upon the rebels themselves. Besides,
the expenditures will be reduced to one-half what
they were during the last year, by appreciation of
Government paper. If now a system be Inaugura
ted for a gradual contraction of the oorrenoy, H will
rise to and remain at par with gold. . /
“ But, say the rebel authorities, we are offered no
terms but -those of Ignominious submission. : That
is, they are only invited to return to their obligation
to the Federal Union upon the sole condltlon of the
abandonment of Afrloan slavery. The masses of,the.
Southern people, if it were left to'their decision,
would, doubtless, embrace such terms ; but it 18
hardly believed that their leaders will. '
“ Foreign ministers promptly called yesterday
morning at the Department of State, to express
their oongratnlaUbns on the fall of Richmond. ,Tho
first who oallea was the Austrian: Minister, Count
Wydenbruek; then the Consul General of -Switzer
land, and then the Swedish Minister, Baron Wet.,
teretedt.” ,
The violent abuse and false prophecies
of the Richmond papers before that city
fell were exactly like the silly ravings and
boastings of the South Carolina organs !
before Sherman marched through the
bowels of their land. The Columbia (S.
C.> Guardian warned him thus:
“Sherman, elated by his resent successes, of
course feels confident of marching through South.
Carolina. Doubtless he entertalnß the conqueror’s
contempt for the opposition he may meet. We are
witling he should hug the delusion to his heart, as his
fall will he the greater when his disgrace comes upon
him. Far we. too, indulge in feeling of confidence in
our strength, based upon far different and much greater
ground
. Gen. Grant’s Opinion of the Situa
tion. —The following passage of a recent
letter of Gen. Grant to Ms father, at Co
vington, Ky., is reprinted:
“ We. are now having fine weather, and I think
will be able to wind up matters about Riotmond.
soon. lam anxious to nave Lee hold oh where he
Is a short time longer, so that I can get him Into a
position where he must lose a great portion-of his
army. The rebellion has lost its vitality, and, If I
am not much mistaken, there will be no rebel army
of any great dimensions a few weeks hence. Any
groat oataßtrophe to any one of onr armies would,
of course, revive the enemy for a short time, but I
expect no such thing to happen.- I am In excellent
health, but would enjoy a little respite, from duty
wonderfully. I hope it will come soon. I shall ex
-peet to make you a visit the coming summer.”
. Observe how accurately the Lieutenant
General spoke, and how exactly his expec
tations have been fulfilled. In a previous
letter he said that the rebellion or Confede
racy was a mere ,l shell,” and so he has
triumphantly proved it to be. He has
broken through it, and found a dreadful
exMbit of poverty, discord, and despair.
frw hollowing lines from Byron’s'
great Monody on .the most illustri
ous of British, statesmen and dramatists
are precisely as they, were recited at Drury
Lane Theatre, London, by Mrs. Yates, in
Mmh, IW9. We wonder if the great
cavalry captain will see the application:
“ Long shall we seek Ms likeness—long In vain,
And thru to all of him wMch may remain,
Sighing that Nature form’d but one sooh man, _
Ann BBOKB thh nis is MOULDING SHERIDAN.
' The WAr Pbbss for tMs week, which is
now ready for delivery at this office, is
worthy of preservation as a historical docu
ment. It contains all the official gazettes
relating to the great movement which re
sulted in'the capture of Bichmond by our
gallant army. The Other: contents of the
paper are varied and interesting.
THE PRESS.-PHILA DELPHI*.' THUBSPAY, APRIL 6, 1866:
yesterday suggested
a general illumination in honor of the re
cent -victories. Now, while we favor these
popular thanksgivings, would it not be well
to reserve our resources for the relief of the
sufferings of our sick.and wounded heroes,
and for theThsdntenanice’of the families of
those who have fallen in battle? If, how
ever, there is to be an illumination, let it
be so arranged as to come off when the dis
charged veterans and released prisoners re
turn in a body. We safe and easy men at
home can well dispense with these costly
expressions of joy, when by doing so we.
are better enabled to discharge a ; higher
and nobler duty. But we do not want
speeches, mWsic, -flags and crowds half as
much as “ aid and comfort” for our never
to-be-forgotten saviours and defenders..
Au that part of Virginia: known as
“the State of Virginia,” comprising the
eastern or northern section, has been for
ever delivered from treason by the occupa
tion of Richmond. It was not only devas
tated and despoiled by the rebels, and
necessarily by the Union armies, but prac
tically disfranchised by the leaders having
the mockery of a Government in charge.
At a recent election for four members of
the State Legislature polls were opened in
West Virginia—no w securely held by the,
'General Government, under a constitution
and laws framed and adopted by the people.
In the connty of Kanawha, bounded by the
Ohio river, at this election, one vote was
cast, and in Lewis connty one vote, while
in Alexandria county, in the other division,
the candidates- got two; in the Norfolk
district one received: thirteen, one six, one
seven, and one five; in Northampton
county but one vote was thrown, in Prince
Ann four votes —being' in each case all the
votes cast! This is the popular system un
der .which jßFFisnsoN Davis has claimed to
be the'' representative of,the' majority of
the South. As is well remarked by the
Washington Chronicle :; ; ,
“TJie Virginia rebel Legislatin'* Is bsooming as
great a sham,as the rebel Congress. In the latter,
it will be remembered, the. States of Keatuoky,
Missouri, Tennessee. Louisiana, .Arkansas, and
West Virginia are fully represented, without which
Davis would be outvoted on every Important: ques
tion. The delegates from these StateS, elected by
the soldiers and camp followers, are of oourse en
tirely deptcdent upon Davis, and areas falthrul
as Januaries.” ■ *
GRANT .AND SHERIDAN CLOSELY
PURSUING LEE, l
Kite Hyingßenie at Amelia Court House
THE BEDEL SOLDIERS DESERTING! IN
Our Generals Sanguine of the Total Disinte
gration of the Rebel Army. >
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TBB PCKBinT OS X.BK’B ABUT—PBOBABintTY OP
ITS BKTIEB DBBTBCOTIOK— DESPATCH FBOtt
Washihotoh, April 6—ll P. M,— den, drant
telegraphs to this Department, from Nottoway
Court House, as follows: ;
“ Last' night don. Sheridan was on theß&nvllle
Railroad, south of Amelia Court House, and sent
word to dener&l Meade, who warfollowlog with the
2d Bud 6th Oorps by what is known as the river
road, that if the,troops could be got Bp in time he,
had hopes of oapturingor dispersing the whole of
Lee’s army. *1 am moving With the left wing,
commanded by deneral Ord; by the Oox or direct
BurkesviUe road. We wiU be to-night at Or near
Bnrkeeville.’ . J
“Ihave liad no commnnloatlOß vf i thS herldan or
Meade to da;, but hope to hear vary soon that the;
have coroe op withand captured or broken tip the
balance of the Atmy of Northern Virginia. 1
“In every dtreotlon wo hear of the men of that
army going home, generally without arms,
“Sberldan reports Lee at Amelia Court House
to-day.’’ • Edwin M.Stanilon,
Secretary of ffk*
* lBB6.
SERIOUS ACCIDEHT TO SBGrAtARY BBWAKD.
At about four o’clock this afternoon Secretary
Seward left the State Department In hlB_ carriage,*'
ana passed up ayqnue to Flfteen-wii
a ball street to bis residence, where his son, F. W.
Seward, and wife, and MUs Titus got In; While
the driver was In the aot.of closing “the-.door with
. hand, the horses started,-the driverfollowing them,
still holding on, and endeavoring to dose"the door.
Mr. F. W. Seward, seeing the danger, jumped
from the carriage with the hope of heading the
horses and. stopping them; They lmwayer got array
from him and the driver, and, when they reached
the comer of Vermont avenue and H street, thb
Secretary jnmped from the carriage, falling oh his
right arm,, lire akin g It ' jnst below the shoulder,
and bruising his face. He was taken up In in 1n"
sensible condition by several gehtlb!rjj»n,»na oaiv'
rledto'hls reslddnce. ’ StirgeonsritfßßtKvrJ of ithe
United States army, and Vbbdie were called In
and set the broken limb, alter which the Secretary
felt much easier, having by that time fully re
covered his reason.
The ladies remained ip the carriage until it ar
rived at the stable, where a party of soldiers attught
the horses. The driver was somewhat brulssd.
The. sympathy for the Secretory is general. In
the- course of the evening toe heads of the depart
ments and other officers of the Government and
members of the diplomatic-corps,, besides infany
citizens, ealledin person to make inquiries as-to his
eondltion.
Secretary Stanton telegraphs : “ Tie Surgeon
General reports that Mr. Seward, who was thrown
from his carriage this evening, Is doing well. His
arm was broken between toe elbow and shoulder,
and his face muoh brul3ed. The’ fraoture has been
reduced, and the-case presents no alarming 'sylUp-'
toms.’ 1
TIY-OK-TOBACCO.
An order will M l^eij
mieslcner of Internal Hevenue, authorising the pro
per officers within our lines to assess and colloct the.
Government tax on tobacco which mayho seat,
from Richmond, Petersburg, or auy other phases
recently captured by the Federal arms. s ;
This Is rendered neeessary, as we have no offiolals
iu these locaHtiesauthorized to aollectthis taxi
and moreover, it will afford to the Treasury a edit-:
liderable sum whloh the Government is entitled to.
receive. 'Were not tbls tax assessed and collected,
it might operate to tbe serious detriment of the
manufacturers here,as tbls tobaeco would be thrown
upon the.market and sold-at reduced prices. '
Foxhall A. Parker, commanding the Potomac
Flotilla, reports to the Navy Department,.from on
board theUnlied States steamer Don, under date Of
March 81st, that on the isth nit. tbe United States
steamer Morse, commanded by Acting Master Gao.
W, Hyde, engaged' on lie Beppah&nnook, near
Fort Dang, a rebel light after an en
gagement of two boors succeeded in driving it
away. The Morse, although struck several times,
suffered.no material damage, and not an offioeror
man was hurt. ! ’ ’ • .
OUB WOUNDED IN THE. BKCENT ; BATTLES.
The number of our killed and wounded in tbe re
sent battles astonishes all, and.is’not believed by
many persons here who claim to bo well informed.
The managers of the Sanitary Commission Inform
us that their agents are'now in both Petersburg add
Blohmond, that 'lie supplies already sent for.
ward by the association are abundant, and tbat no
calls are made upon the agency here for additional
supplies. They deem this to beoonclualve evidence
that General GbAet’S : estimate of the casualties Is
correct. . , ♦ :
DEPABTDKB OF MRS. LINCOLN FOB CITE
Mrs. Lincoln left here this r'momlng at eleven
o’clock, in the steamer Monohansett, for Oity Point
join the President. She was accompanied by
Senator Sumner and Senator Hablan anthfamlly.-
union pbisonebb in widminoton; -
It Is reported that thetvare now 3,100 Union
prisoners in Wiiniingion;. Tiiey aie, receiving tie
best of eare and attention, and will soon be Sent
North. ' ;--r. i. ■
Ten days ago therewere but two hotels inißieh
mond—the Spottswood and the American. Arrange
ments have already been madefor opening afc least
ti&ee! large hotels conducted on the style of Wil
lard’s andthe National.
PIFATES 181- THE CHESAPEAKE
CXPTUBB OF A STEAMER BY PIRATES DISGUISED
A 8 REFUGEES—THE VESSEL SUPPOSED TO NAVE
LEFT FOB. THE WEST INDIES. ' ’
Baltimore, -April 6.—Captain Albert League,
of the steamer Harriet De Ford, whloh piles be
tween tblß port and various landings on the Patux
ent river, reached this city this morning, with seve
ral passengers, who give Information of an act of
.piracy soyrewhatsjmilar In circumstances to thafof
tbe summer of 1881.
They state that on Tuesday afternoon, while the
steamer yias lying at tie wharf at Fair Haven,
Hctrlng Bay, about twenty-seven' rebels, disguised
and claiming to be refugees,-wlio oame up the Pa
tuxent river In boats on tbe prevlous afternoon, ap
peared on hoard,’ and shortly-after threw off their
disguise. . They detained tbe engineer and firemen,
whom they compelled to steam upland then started
down the river, but shortly after returned and per
mitted Ihe pißßengers to land at Falr Haven. -With
everal of thelatter hats were exchanged, and some
money taken belonging to the steamer.
There were a number of negroes on board, whom
they detained! stating that it wasthelr Intention to
carry Them to. the West Indies, Captain League
was released with the passengers, who were all put
under an obligation to remain on tbe wharf four
hours.
The passengers, fitly five In number, were brought
to this port In the sohooner Hiawatha.
DE E C RIP TION OP THE VESBBL—ANOTHER ONE PKO
Washington, ApriT 4.—ThC Navy Departmebt
has received the following telegram:, ]
. “'The steamer Harriet Delord was captured- at
Fair Haven, on the Chesapeake Bay, 30 miles be
low-bore, at 3 o’clock this mbrolng, bv a rebel {parts
of twenty-seven, headed by Oai>ttviii ( Fl!jhaghf JJb* -
is a one-mastea propelfSr, upper works painted
drab. The captain, mate.-and wblte pasaenger
were released, but the crew ..Were carried off. Sht
Immediately salled after a propeller whlob was tow
ing two Government barges down tbe bay.” ; r ■
DROVES AND GOING HOME.
THIRD OFFICIAL GAZETTE.
• •
WASHIIVOTOIV.'
FIGHT WITH-A BEBEL BATTEBT.
POINT:
THE BICHMOND HOTELS.
BABLT CAPTURED.
THE CONQUERED CITIES.
Details of the Occupation of Petersburg
and Blcbmond.
DATIS WHILE AT CHUBCH WARNED TO FLY,
HE BTANDS SOT CPUS THE OIiDBB OF OOISO.
Blcbmond Fired by- Ewell and the Bnsl-
seas Portion all Burned.
ptn OF THE, PUBLIC PROPERTY IB
BOTH CITIES DESTROYED.
Banks, newspaper Offices, Bridges, Sec., Involved
in a General Ruin.
Five Hundred Cannon, Five Thousand Small
dime, and Six Thousand Prisoners
Captured with Richmond.
-Establishment of a Post Office—The Tredegar
. Iron Works Obeying Onion Will.
HOW OUR TKOOFB WBBB RECEIVED.
THEIR ORDERLY AND PACIFIC CONDUCT
PRESENT APPEARANCE OF THE CITIES.
VISIT BY, THE PRESIDENT.
HE IS RECEIVED ENTHUSIASTICALLY BY
THE PEOPLE,
Pbtbrsburg, April A—The Army of the Potomac
has been In and out of Petersburg this morning,
merely making a .flying visit. - The rebels oom
meneed evacuating last night at lO o’oloak, and by
S lhU raomlng were aoross tbe-rlver, having burned,
about a million dollars’ worth of tobaooo, the South
side Railroad depot, and thd bridge across the Ap
pomattox. ■
Our troops charged the.inner line of works at day
light, taking a picket line of some five hundred men
prisoners. The troops on entering &e city behaved
most admirably, not more than half a dosen stores
being entered by them; and these mostly containing
tobacco, oigars. Honors, As. The provost guard
soon arrived and established order. . '
The Mayor .of the town met thetroops as they en
tered,-and handed to the.officers commanding the
foliewlng oommnnloaUon, offering the surrender or
the olty-:
To Lfrufcnonf General Grant, commanding Vie armies
of tie United males, or the Major , General com
manding the. forces in'front of Petersburg; I
(Isb krai. : The olty of Petersburg having been
evacuated by the;Confederate troops, we, a- com
mittee authorized by the Common Council, do
hereby surrender the city to the United Statesforoes,
with a request for the proteotion of the persons and
properly of Its Ihhsbltants '
We are, respeotfully, your obedient servants,
W. W. Towns, Mayor.
. D’Auov Pant,,
Charles T. Collier,
Petersburg, April 3,1805. •
Protection was promised on the part of the troops,
and certainly there Is no instance cn record where
an "army, after lying so long In front of a place of so
much importance, and losing so many men In the
effort to capture it, entered a City Willi loss dis
order nnd doing less damage to private property _
than in this case.
The citizens did sot show themselves during the
-forepart of the day, but after discovering that our
soldiers were orderly and well-behaved, 1 with, no
disposition to disturb or annoy any one, they began
to make tbelr appearance at the drors and windows
of ’thelr residences, and later In the day even enter
ing familiarly Into conversation, many expressing
their joy ifbietly that the “ Oonfeds ” had gone, and
hoping that the war would soon be over. , .
For more than a month past the rebel troops have
been receiving less rations than ever before, only
jnst enough telngtoreughtln to last from day to day.
The citizens say they have suffered much, but it
Is well to take-such stories with a good deal of
allowance. '
The rebels'managed to get away with all their
aitillery,«xcept one or two old oolomblads and a
few heavy mortars, which they could not transport
‘ readily. "-A large number of men deserted and hid
. awey In the town untlLour . troops entered, when
. they made tbelr appearbnee, and-were taken Into
custody, '•
It; Is believed Lee’B army retreated’ towards
: Lynohburg or Danville; but they will hare to
make good time if they elude the pursuit of our
army, now fluehed with victory and willing to travel
at any rate and for any distance' to .bead him
-off. The city presents a very oleanly andi reapeot-.
table'appearance, and there are noany.rcsldences
here that would do no dlsoredlt to Filth' avenue.
Many of the houses-in the lower part' of the
.citybavebeen barly Injured by the shot And shell
thrown from our batteries, last euimnor. and slnoe,
: of'tjlajiotisev-rocntod.there .have.-
. been vacant. ’. ... - v-- : --V.-. ■ ...
' 8 P. M—Ever since morning our troops have
been passing through the City taktng.the
Cox and'Rlver road to the’ Sutherland Station;on
tle Southelde railroad) where headquarters are to
camp to-night. At this hour the rear guard, In
oharge of Col. Taylor, Sd Maryland; are passing,
and the wagon trains are to follow.
The railroad from Olty Point here Is to be put in
running orderdmmedlatoly, and although It is. not
■ expected that a permanent base 'will be established
here, yet It will be held as a depot to deliver sup.
-piles to the army so long as It Is within' reach. ;
All .the rolling stock of the railroad was run off
toward" Richmond, but In department they
must have, been very deficient, or they would not
have burned so much tobacco.
' A courier has arrived from Sheridan, stating that
the two divisions which were cat off, and which. It
was expected would he. either badly whipped or cap
tured, had crossed the Appomattox some ten or
twelve miles above Petersburg, but he was follow
ing, skirmishing with their roar guard, and ex
pected to have an engagement to-day. The troops
are rapidly pnshlngontohlg assistance, and before
now another victory over the enemies of the Union,
may have been gained.
The report of A. P. Hill’s death is confirmed by
the citizens here, some or whom saw his body.
Among the casualties—a complete list of which
It is Impossible to obtain—were the.foUowlng : Oap
tain EddyriMtET’enneylvanla; mortally wounded
In head j Lieut. Britton, do. do.-, badly wounded;
Lieut. Trigger, do. do., wounded j Lieut. Marvin,
do. do., killed; Oapt; Cunningham, do. do., killed;
with about twenty of the men killed and wounded.
Of the esth Pennsylvania, Oapt. Gallagher and
Oapt. Fulmer are badly-wounded, and Abram Sow-.
ers hilled, with several other casualties. ■
The 81st Massachusetts-bad Lleuts. Hart and
Vaughn killed,-with about' twenty men injured,
more or less.
A UNION PAI’EB IK PETERSBURG—INTERESTING
BXTBAOTS FROM IT.
Washington, April s.—Three hundred and forty
rebel officers, prisoners of war, were brought to tbls
city to-day.
We have received the first number of a newspa
per, about 12 by 20 inches, printed only on one side,
which has been started in Petersburg, and which is
called Grant’s Petersburg Progress, with tbe motto,
“Eternal vigilance is the pride of liberty.’’ Mon
day's issue contains the following items:
“At daylight yesterday morning an attack was
mafie by the Bth Corps on the forts Hi front of Fort
Hell! which resulted, after a brief but spirited at
tack, in the capture of the enemy’s forts, several
guns, and many prisoners. The rebels made but
feeble endeavors to redapture their works, and after
a false att&ek, at a late hour last night, evacuated.
Almost immediately afterwards the 2d Brigade,
Ist Divirion, 9th Army Corps, adyaneed and occu
pied the lines in their front, and daylight of the
morning of April 3d, 1888, showed the stars and
stripes waving from the court-house.”
The names of the compositors, to, employed In
woiklng off the first Union paper published in
Petersburg since tbe commencement or tbe rebellion
are Major B. C. Eden, 87th Wisconsin, editor ; Cap- ;
tain Charles MoOreery, 7th Michigan Veterans,
assistant editor ; Chaplain D. Heagloy, lst Mlchl
gan Sharpshooters, assistant editor; J. W. Griffith,
let Division, hand foreman; oomposltors, First Lieu
tenant Bohert Farren, lBt Michigan Sharpshooters;
-T. Marlett, 2d Brigade, Ist Division Band; J. B.
Anthony, do.; Sergeant Oliver Greenfield,: Bth
Michigan V. V. ; Corporal John Tcasdale, E7th
■Wisconsin - Volunteers; Private W. H, H. Stuart,
Ist Miohigan Sharpshooters ; Private S. Dairymple,
98th Pennsylvania Volunteers. .
April 3.—Lieutenant General Grant and staff,
and the Army of the. Fotomao generally, have en
tered the city.
Five cents and a cent, a silver flve-oent piece and
a copper penny, were founeftn the Petersburg court
house'this morning, supposed to be all the availa
ble speole in the.olty.
From what we have seen of the supplies in this
city-we judge the stores are by no means all empty.
Probably on the return oi business privileges to tbe
place there would be activity and Bustle enough
within their opened doors.
Not tbe least happy are the Petersburg negroes,
wbo.rejoiee at our coming. •
Among tbe distinguished citizens we saw on the
street to-day were Brigadier General Pryor, Con
federate paroled prisoner, and Judge W, T. Jones,
of ,tbe Circuit Court, la this dlstrlot.
f On Saturday last flour sold in Petersburg at tbe
moderate rateof *1,300 per barrel. Sugar andbacon
were equally reasonable, a double saw* backed Con
federate- blueibook being the cost of a pound of
each. . ' -
All tbe bridges about Petersburg, some five or six •
In number, were destroyed bjrtbe rebels last night
on their departure. ' . '
The band of the 2d Brigade, let Division, 9th Army
Corps, was the first to enter and play in the oity
after'its Capture. Just at break of day they entered
the oity, and were soon discoursing sweet music
from the verandah of the eourt-houße and custom
house, amid the enthusiastic cheers'.of the troops
and the whole contraband tribe. ~
. The Ist Miohigan Sharpshooters have the credit,
of being tbe first to occupy tbe oity and of floating
their flag from tbe dome of the Petersburg court
house. Other flags belonging to different regiments
were soon posted on the tops of ail tbe buildings of
a public character in the oity.
WHO FIBBT OCCUPIED RICHMOND—THE RESULTS
OF THE VIBE —THU GOVERNMENT OF THE OITY..
New Yoek, ApriU 5.—A special despatoh. to the
Commercial says: Tbe colored troops, beaded by
Gen. Draper, of Massachusetts, were tbe first to
enter Blohmond.
The city was formally surrendered by the Mayor,
Joseph Mayo, who merely pleaded for protection to
life and property.
All the prlnoipal buildings bad been fired by the.
rebel authorities before leaving.
Several banks, and the Enqmrer and Dispatch
printing offices, were burned. /
- Gen. Weltsel tosk Jeff Davis’ house for bis heal
quarters. Gen. Shepley was appointed Military
Governor. Gov. Flerrepont Is to transfer the Sta*e
Government of Ylrginla to Rlchroond/ro® Alex-
Btdrla "Immediately. Gen. Weltzel at once took
measures to press the pursuit of Lee.
OFFICIAL GAZETTE. .
ADDITIONAL DETAILS OF THH OCOITTATIOX.
Wasbieotow, April B—B P. M.
The following telegram gives aU the details re
ceived by this Department In relation to the mili
tary operations at Biehmond, not heretofore
published. E. M. Stanton,
Secretary of trail.
Aiken's Lawmens, Ya., April s—ll.Bo'A. M.
Hon. E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War:
Little Is known at City Point. A few officers only
are lelt, and these are overwhelmed with work. Lea
telegraphed .Davis at 3 F. M. on Sunday that he
was driven back, and must evacuate. This was an
nounced In .ohuroh. Davis had sold his furniture
previously at auction, and was ready to leave. AU
the leading men got away that evening. The rebel
Iron clads were exploded. The Ylrginla lies sunk
in the James river, above toe obstructions.
: Ewell set the city on fire, and aU the business
portion of Main street to the destroyed.
The bridges aerosß toe river were also destroyed.
Many families remain. Mrs. Lee remains. At
Petersbnrg tbe'pnblfe stores were burned, and a few
houses eanght fire, but not much damage was done
to toe city. The bridges there were also- destroyed.
Will report fully from Richmond. Cannot get a
clear Idea of our loss. The only General klUed Is
Win throb- Potter Is dangerously wounded In toe
groin, Gen. Grant has oemmandod the armies In
person since the beginning of operations.
O. A.Dana, Assistant Secretary of War.
SECOND OFFICIAL GAZETTE.
' the captures at Richmond.
Washington, April 6-10 p. m.—A telegram
jnst received by toe Department from Richmond
states that Gen. Weltzel oaptured In Richmond
1,000 well prisoners,’ and 6,000 rebel wounded were
foundin the hospitals. Five hundred pieces of ar
tlllery and fi.OOO stand of arms were oaptured.
• The President went to Richmond yesterday, and
returned to Olty Point to-day.
* _ Edwin M. Stanton,
Secretary of War.
FOURTH OFFICIAL GAZETTE.
INTERESTING PARTICULARS OF THE OCCUPATION
or RICHMOND.
"war Department, Washington, April 6.
The following details respecting tee oapture of
Richmond, and Its occupation by too Union forces,
have been telegraphed to this Department from
that olty. Edwin M. Stanton,
General .Weltzel learned at 3 A. M. on Monday
that Richmond was being evaluated, and at day
light moved forward, first taking oare to give his
men breakfast, In the expectation that they might
have to fight. He met no opposition, and on en
tering the city was greeted with a hearty welcome
from the mass of the people.
The Mayor went ont to meet him to surrender the
olty, but missed him on the road.
Gen. Weltzel finds much suffering and poverty
among the population. The rich as well as the poor
are destitute of' food. He Is about to Issue supplies
to all who take the oath. The Inhabitants now
number about 30,000, about half of them of African
descent. *"
It Is not true that Jeff Davis sold his furniture
before leaving. It Is all lu His house, where lam
now writing. He left at T P. M by the Danville
Railroad. All toe members of Congress escaped.
Hunter has gone home. Carson Smith went with
the army. Judge Campbell Is here. Gea. Weltzel
took here one thousand prisoners besides wotodeff
These number fiye thousand in nine hospitals. The
oaptured cannon number at least five hundred
pieces. Five thousand muskets have been found ln|
one lot.- Thirty locomotives and three hundredoars
are found here. .
The Petersburg Railroad bridge Is totally do
strayed; that cf the Danville road partially, so that
-connection with Petersburg can easily be made in
that way. All toe rebel vessels are destroyed except
an unfinifhed ram, which hsßher machinery In her
perfect. The Tredegar Iran Works are unharmed,
and toe machinery'ls running here to-day under
Weltzel’g orderß. Libby Prison and Castle Thun
der have alto escaped the fire, and are filled with
rebel prisoners of war. Most of the editors have
fled, especially John Mitchell.
The Whig appeared jesterday as a Union paper,
with jthe names of Its former proprietors at;the head.
The theatre opens here to-night.
General Weltzel describes toe reception of the
President yesterday as enthualastio In the extreme.
ORDERED TO RICHMOND.
Washington, April 6.—The War Department
has just Issued the following order: .
“ The Examination Board, of which Major
General Casey, United States Volunteers, is presi
dent, will immediately adjourn to Richmond, Va.,
at whioh place *lt will resume its present duties.
Major General Casey, United. States Volunteers,
will, In addition to hls duties- of president of the
Board, take the general superintendence of reoralt-
Jog and mustering colored troops' in Richmond,
Va., nnd the adjacent country.”.
The order concludes by saying: “ Major Fred.
Taggart and two other offlceii of inferior grade
willreport to General Casey for duty In recruiting,
muttering, and .organizing colored troops.”
!. -A-large number of persons from the dlfferout
military relief associations have gone from this olty
to Richmond with supplies for the. sick and
wounded. ' .
THE RICHMOND POST OFFICE.
f ; WAShinsxon, April 6.—The Hon. G-;W. MoLnl
jan, Second Assistant Postmaster General, to-day
rebelved toefoUowlng telegraphic despatch:
Richmond, Va., April *, 1886.
Hon, G. W. McLella it, Second Assistant Postmaster
T General:
X have taken possession of the Richmond post
office In the name of the Post Office Department of
the United States. I find,a large quantity of United
States property, pouches, locus, safes, etc. The
malls that should-have left toe city to-day are all
here pouched and billed: I have not yet had an
opportunity of contorting wlththa military authori
ties, but the provost marshal haakludly placed a
.guard over the bulldlng ahdeffects
D. B. Parker, Special Agent.
the killed, wounded, and prisoners.
The wounded from too late battles continue to
arrive In Washington. '
Among those who arrived to-day were eolonol
Funk, of the SSth Hew York; Captain Reinhart, of
the 148th Pennsylvania; Captain "Gaddes, of the
126th New York, and also Lieutenants Hopper and
Pasooe, of the same regiments. -
The bodies of Captain Andrew Cunningham,
Lieutenant E. Marion; Sergeant Fox, and Private
Laughton, of'toe IMth-Pennsylvania (Oollis 1 Zou
ave) regiment, who.were all HUed on Sunday after
noon, will he sent to Philadelphia.
The wounded now being brought to Washington
comprise the moßt serious eases.
Crowds of prisoners continue to arrive at City
Point, and numbers aro being sent off to Point
Lookout. *
THE FIRE EXTINGUISHED.
Washington, April s.—lnformation has been re
ceived; direct from Richmond that Gen. Weltzel’s
troops succeeded In extinguishing toe flames after
K-oraaiderabi».portion of the builness part of the
City had been destroyed.
The offices of the Enquirer and Dispatch are.
among toa buildings consumed by toe fire, but It Is
understood that toe other newspaper offices were
saved. -
THE POBTMABTERBHIP AT RICHMOND.
No appointment of postmaster at Richmond will
be made until toe return of the Postmaster General.
BICHMOND.
THE FINAL BLOWS THAT CAPTURED RICHMOND
AND PETERSBURG—RESUME OF THE MAIN POINTS
OP THB BATTIiI 07 BUBDAY THB 0843 TD brigade?, With tfOOpS Of tilO 24th QorpS, Were placed
strokes that gave us TiOTOßY—lbs’s abut *** around the city, and Thomas* brl*
• - yftdo was Msigctd to garriami WitwchMtßf. PfODflf
piKEoira, bboubw, ato BOTJTEB-H.B un cwi Bisposlttons hive beefiade ltaStoiHirti gtee St
-is to perns pakts.all widblt bbpabatbo.j entity, and, soldier- like, place the defences of the
The corresponitnti and the telegraph etre ns n city beyond thepoßsiblllty of a surprise,
complete Idea of the manner to which the rebel tofla2e^a”ng a Sra e
army was defeated, and the fall of Petersburg and General Ewell. The flames soon communicated
Blohmond compelled at last. The battles of Thus- themselves to the business part of the city, and con
day, Friday, and Saturday were victories to ns, bnt 3 , 2‘Li 0 .*»*? .furiously throughout the day. AU
decisive only in n.fair as Important works to. s the I toe d"
long rebel line, fell Into our hands, with their psrtmentof Blohmond rendered every add, and to
garrisons* and the rebel army was poshed baolt them.and the co-operate labors: of our soldiers be*
into their weaker lines and nearer Fotersbnnr lohgs the credit ol havlngsaved Rlohmond from the
While Sheridan amt Wright. m, »a« ws devastating flames. As It Is, all that part of the
strnck the .3 if? ' ®l‘y lying between Ninth and Fourteenthstreeta,
stinck the Southside and crippled the raid, between Mato street and the river inclusive, is
onr troops, la the front of the rebel works, attacked In rnlas. Among the most prominent buildings
them with great ' lmpetonslty and succeeded to destroyed are the rebel War Department, Quarter
pkrclng them to numerous places. The very oea- . master General’s Department- all the buildings
ire, the key to the line, Fort Ittahone on the Jeru- Kith commissary stores, Shodkoc’s and Dlbbrel's
salem pISM-wad, was captured with a rush by the warehouses, well stored with tobacco \ Dispatch and
Ist brigade oflVllcox’s divblon, in the gray of the JEnstrira-■ newspaper buildtogß, the courthouse, -
early morning. They were accompanied, by a de- G«y House,'Farmers’ Bank, Bank of Virginia, Ex
tschment of 100 men from the Ist Connecticut change Bank,“Traders’ Bank, American and Oo*
Heavy Artillery, who, on their entrypnto the work,' lumbia Hotels, and the Mayo bridge which unites '
trained the guns, nine in number, ou the flying Biobmond with Manchester. The buildings of the
rebels. This success cut the whole rebel line to two largest merchants are among those whioh have
great parts, and of this fact the rebels were well been reduced to ashes.
sian. With the most desperate bravery they at- The flames, to spreading, soon communicated to
tempted, lour times, to retake the fort, but eaoh Egor and rich houses alike. All olassea were soon
time tailed. They were met by a perfeet storm or rushing Into the streets with their goods, to save,
shell and ' shot, and though they endeavored them. . They hardly laid them down before they
manfully- to breast It, they failed. In the were picked up by those who openly were plunder
last charge, General A. P. win, whose name has lug every place where anything of value was to be
been associated with all the battles of the rebel obtained. It was fetrlbuttveyustloe upon the alders
army In Virginians one of its three corpsoominand. *and abettors of treason to see their property tired
era, was killed. .He headed the assault himself, for by the rebel .chiefs and plundered, by the people
it was a forlorn hope, and died. He was burled In • whom‘they meant to fortver enslave. As soon as
the Oily Cemetery, Petersburg, on Sunday, the day the torch was applied to the rebel storehouses, the
of bis deatb,h]B funeral attended-by X>ee -and all negroes and poor whites began to appropriate all
the prominen t gonoralfl of his army who could be - - property, wlthout-respeot to looks or bolts. About
sparedfrom the held. Before this Important vie- the time our advance entered the city the tide of
tory had been gained on the centre, another great this Inadmissible confiscation was at its hlghesthbb.
victory had been gained at five forts by Sheridan on ■ Men would rush to the principal stores, break open
the day previous. One made the other doubly, thedcors, and carry off the eontents by the atmlull.
trebly, and quadyuply valuable, and rendered oer- The leader ol this system or public plundering was
tain the fall of the olty. On Sunday, while Mahone a colored man who carried upon hts Bhoulder an
was being stormed, the 6th, Bih, and 24th Oorps Iron crow-bar, and as a mark of dlstlngulshment had
were sweeping around .the flank and gaining the a red piece ofgoods around his waist whioh reached
rear of the army. They out the right wing entirely down to his knees. The mob, for it could not with
ofl, so that after Mahone’s oapture and the fracture propriety be called anything else, followed blm as
of the rebel line to the centre the army was out to their leader; moved on when he advanced, and
three pieces, and a fourth piece was thereby sepa- rushed Into every passage which was made bv the
rated and isolated at Blob mono. Lee saw when these leader with hlscrow-hsof Goods of every descrlo
thlngs came to pass that all was lost. ’He admitted tion were seized under these circumstances and per-
Tsrfii? r *, h ! n aBkefl Whether his army would gb to' sorally appropriated by the supporters of an equal
itlchmond, he said It would done good. He seemed distribution or property. Cotton goods In abun
depressed, and acknowledged his indbititu to hold dance, tobacco, to- untold quantities, shoes rebel
eaw * “o army mast save Itself military clothing, and goods and furniture gene
***“> “.the extreme right, which Sheri- rally were carried away by the people as long
sbed£ddi£ nt Ts.‘SS denly a general as any of. value was to tS obtained.
off the capture of As soon as Gen. Blpley was assigned to provost
A portion of It started forthe duty, sll plundering Immediately ceased, theflames
and succeeded to crossing that stream were arrested, and an appearance of recognized
:TQfltooa %Lln some tea or fifteen juttortty fully smtatoed,-Orderouee morerelgns
nri??ed ™ lB tte ”81) being hard to Blohmond. The streets were as quiet last night
K> eß il.> could not get across, and fled up the river as they possibly oonld be. An effective patroling
and 'ntißb t n? el . b ™ l,k ' 1* still pursuing h»d. provost guard everything as quiet as etm
aua pushing them, o&pttirtng more prisoners at bs expected,^
third Portion, consisting of those . The F. F. V.’s have- not ventured out or their
toMiersto.the works on the rebel lettot ftlahono, hcuieß yet, except to a few eases, to apply for a
defences, escaped through that guard to protect their, property. In some oases no
t<roes have sent to protect the Interest of these
OEd garrison remained after the pas- would-heman-Bellera.lt Is pleasant towltoess the
f?S»);Lrr2!? 2 e ?'.5 o1118 Ewell’s work of arson; It measured pace of some dark sentinel before the
io “St the losses of Bee to the battle are bout ear of persons who, without doubt, were-, out
strength before the attack has been spoken Tebels until the Union army entered the ottv.
S. O Sf™ t 'L ,y estimated at from ,60 to 76,009 men, owing the security which they feel to tho vigilance
Taking the mtoUnnni number, and calculating the of the negro guard. viguauoo
li 8 ?? 8 s Pd wounded at 25 per oent.—a 'When the-army decupled the city there were to
°h?. r at«.csfi<nat e —there are. 16,000, whlob, numerable Inqnlries tor Jeff.Davah but to all of
f?,.. P r, !°n e ’ s 'aken, (25,<!00,_)maBo8nearly which the answer was made thakhewent off to.
r??i e cuc iS^^.?i f o > ?, 8 J D D t [ r L?f. I ? y i~ to tha s raat baEtenight before last, wlthall the bag and
30,000 men are b&frgsge »bic£ lie eoold carry. r2be futtire eauital
leittofigit. Taking these data ae a Basis, a eorre- of the Confederacy ’will probablv be in a waeon. far
tb2 thus writes; the. epltaph of the lacllltles which It affords.to travel.- Jeffhj maa
gtolinSde?G^ShifE.^7VU> ?m?of^WMM.**^°’ r . «•. to****
B^22 d . ar J?y reflnoed By Its Brigadier General SHeplay has been appointed,
5° hutototy or seventy- governor of Hlebmond, and has entered upontoe
u 3 ,*” j this number again reduced, in ardoes duties of the office. A bettor selection eo&ld
? twen6 y or th &>-y thansand! on , not kave been made. cesser semccion eould
detaa hmoht not to ttm Ittsdue to Major Stevens, of the 4th Massaehu-'
thousand, and setts Cavalry, provost marshal, on the BtoffofGen.
chances of baUle, . Welts&el* to/give Min credit for raiaix&tfca first
tuM’brtnu %S^2f l) *’®“ hBe S ar “ t ® 1 yP nCtofl, S !l i c ? , “ r f il ow th« State House. He SsMi
Aroivof Putßucd. Thus the rebel: of gsldOM, to- the absence of a flag, which excited
•■■to realtiy destroyed, prolonged cheering Soon after General Sheolev’a
|“?™^»s®M!>n i of-tne flight of eaoh squad A. D. 5. raised the first storm flag OverH.eOmlltoh
havi?a ®“h'yßle Ballroad. Frobably they It Is the same standard which General Sheplev laid
Stlsi™ Pl o» j nll ® t,on a * Appomattox J-.KMSVr would wave over the St. Oharte Hotel to
be f^?Btr?LB ß^*, s J Ule - - B 9‘ ‘ he p* a “' 2H-. the rebellion, and He alaolald ai?
h? m t . d L of the fragtnonta. will othejrthatltwouldbehplsted overHlohmondbotb
h « U^ at , any PctotTong enough of hrhloh he has had the satisfaction of Stoning.
ior another .to find it. They arc on the *'Darin* the early part, of “the dav HfSSiSFI* *
■ fllght l /and ShMldan'Bmagaifi-: -rebel officers were oaptnted at
‘be elated, yiotorlnus Army House, where they wepe'drinktogfrerty
?L{*® p o tEB “ ao > »rt o; thefr heels picking up ad, longed to the navy, .thrlast or wWohdlßinMarlffto
dltlon&l prisoners-by bnndreds and thousands ap . fmoke. racentlna a fewstrav^ltno.nm,r2r ppß - rad * n
.mostatevqry turhi. A more complete destrhettrin TheseVellowß, when ***2
of an..ajmy ,was never known. Even -Watertoo. through the street under a a-DMd“ w 2 a 2
When ihe facts ate toarntd.wlllbß sup. favor ofbelpg permitted
pa** It Tfc. <T£
aiflcest army
jppjr and hopeless pnrrult. is Is ftirtoor 7
their feayin* behfcphemthelr «J*JJ25* IrtSftSS
all imttdimenU, and b? the roads
ceet-off gens *»<raccoutrements-
rebel Army or Northern YirsEinla. It has &*•* *
noble army, worthy or a better cause and a *»**
honorable death.”
WEITZEL’S ENTREE INTO RICHMOND.
JHS ABYAHCE TOWABDB THE CITI ASH
ITS BEBBESBEB.
THE CONFLAGRATION AND WHAT IT DE-
Fescription of the Scenes and In
cidents—Onr Soldiers Cry for Joy.
Onr Special Correspondence from the
Ball of the Pseudo “Congress.”
IBpeoUlCorrespondenceor Tte Press.]
—Bourn.—
Haix 07 OOHOBEBB, Biohmowd, April 4, 1885.
Seated in the Speaker’s chair, so long dedicated
to treason, but in future to be consecrated to loyal
ty. 1 haste to give a rapid sketch of the incidents
which have occurred since my last despatch.
To Major General Godfrey Wei tael was assigned
theduty of capturing Biehmond. Last evening he
had determined upon storming the rebel works in
front of Fort Burnham. .The proper xtlaposlUona
were all made, and the knowing ones retired with
dim visions of'this strong hold of treason floating
before them. Nothing occurred In the first part'
of the evening to awaken suspicion, though for the
pest lew days It has been known to the authorities
that the rebels, as I Informed yon, were evacuating
the city. After midnight explosions began to occur
so frequently »b to confirm the evidence already In
possession of the General-lta-Ohlef, that the last acts
of an outgeneralled army were In course of progress.
The immense flames'ourling up throughout the re
bel camps indicated that they were destroying all
that could not be taken away. . '
The soldiers along the line gathered upon the
breastworks to witness the saece and exchange
congratulations. While thus silently gazing upon
the columns of Are, one of the monster rams was
. exploded, which made the very earth tremble. If
there was any donbt about the evacuation of Bloh
mond that report banished them all. In a very few
moments, though still dark, the Army of the Jamsß,
or rather that part ol it under General Weltsel u was
put in motion.
It did not require much time to get the men In
llsht-maroblng order. Every regiment tried to be
first. All cheerfully moved off-with accelerated
, speed. The pickets which were on the line during
the night were In the advance.
Brevet Brigadier General Draper’s brigade of
colored troops. Brevet Major General Kauß's divi
sion, were the first infuitry to enter Biehmond.
The gallant 3Bth Xf. S- Colored Troops, under Idea
tenant'Colonel B-F. Pratt, has the honor of being
. tbe first regiment. . Captain Blchnef g company
' has the pride of leading the advance,
1 The oolumn having passed through Fort Barn
heto, over .the rebel works, where they were moving
heavy and tight pieces of artillery, which the one
my in hie haste was -Obliged to leavebohlud, moved
into the Osborn road, wblok leads directly Into the
city.
In passing over the rebel works, we moved very
cautiously In single file, for fear of exploding the
innumerable torpedo*b which were planted la front.
So far as I can learn none has been exploded, and
no one has been lcjured by those infernal machines.
-The 'soldiers were scon, under engineers, carefully
digging them up and malting the passage- way be
yond the fetor of casualties.
Along tbe road which the troops marched, or
rather double qoloked, batches of negroes were
gathered together testifying by unmistakable signs
their delight at our coming. Babel soldiers who
bad hid themselves when their army moved came
cut 0! the bushes, and gave themselves np as dis
gusted with the service. The haste of the rebels
-was evident In guns, camp equipage, telegraph
wires, end other army property which they did not
have time to burn. -
When the column was about two miles from Btsh
mond General Weitsel and staff passed by at a
rapid speed, and was hailed by loud cheering. Be
scon reached the city, which was surrendered to
hlmlc form ally at the State Honseby Mr. Joseph
Mayo, the mayor. The General and staff rode up
Main street amid the hearty congratulations of a
very large crowd -of colored persons and poor
Whites, who were gathered together upon the side
walks manifesting every demonstration of joy.
There were many persons In the better-class
houseß who were peeping out of the windows, and
whore movements Indicated that they would need
watching In the future. There was no mistaking
the curl of their lips and the flash oftheir eyes. The
new military Governor of Klohtuond will, no donbt,
prove equal to Buch emergencies.
- When General Draper’s brigade entered the out.
skirts 01 tbe oity It was halted, and a brigade of
Devin’s devision, SdthiUorps, passed in to constitute
the provost guard. A’scene was here witnessed
which, was not only grand, but sublime. Officers
rußhcrl into each other’s’ arms, congratulating them
upon the peaceful occupation of this citadel.
Tears of joy rah down the faces of the more
■ aged. The. soldiers cheered lustily, which were
mingled with every kind of expression of delight.
' The citizens stood gaping in wonder at thesplenaid
ly-equlpped army marchlrgaloDguader the grace
ful folds of the old flag. Some waved their hats
and women their hands in token of gladness. The
pious old negroes, male and female, indulged in such
expressions: 11 You’ve oomeatlast;” “JPe’ve been
lotting for you the* many days;” “Jesus has
. opened the way“ God bless you:” “I’vonotseen
than old-flag for - four years “It does my eyes
good > Have yon come tqstayJ” “ Thank Grad,”,
and similar expressions of exultatioru ’ TEosoldlors, -
black and white, received these assurances of loyalty
as evidences of the latent patriotism of an op-,
pressed people, which a military despotism has not
been able to crash. -
Biding np to a group of fine looking men, whose
appearance indicated that they would hardly have
Influence enough to keep them out ol the army, I
Inquired how It was tbty were not taken away with
the force of Bee. They replied that they had hid
‘ themselves when the rebel army had evaenatedthe
city, and that many more had dona likewise, who
would soon appear when assured that there was .
no longer any danger of falling into Ota power of
the traitorbusarmy.
.These scenes all occurred at the terminus of the
Osborn road, which.connects with the streets of .the'
city, and Is within-the municipal limits. There
General Draper’s brigade.witk the gallant 36th XJ.
S. O. T.’s arum corps, played “ Yankee Doodle” and
“Shouting the Battle Cry of Freedom,” amid the
cheers of the boys and : the; white soldiers who filed’
by them. It ought to be stated that toe'-officers of
the white troops were anxious tobe the ftrst to enter
the elty with' their organizations, and so far suc
ceeded as to procure an order when about three
miles 1 distant, that Generali Draper’s brigade
should take the leit of the road, In order to allow
thofe of the, 24th Corps,.under General Devins, to
pats by. General Draper obeyed the order, and
took the left of the road In order to let the troops
of Devins go by, hut at the same time ordered Ms
brigade on a double-quick, well knowing that his
men would not likely be over taken on the road by
any soldiers In the army. For marching or fighting
Draper’s Ist Brigade, Ist Division, 25th Corps, Is
not to be surpassed In the service, and the General
honors'lt with a pride and a consciousness whloh
Inspire him to undertake cheerfully whatever may
be committed to his execution. It was his brigade
that nipped the flower of the Southern army, the
Texas Brigade, undor Geary, whioh never before
lest September knew defeat. There may he others
who may claim the distinction of being tbe first to
enter the city, butas I was ahead of every part of
the force hut the Mavalry, which of necessity must
lead the advance, I know whereof I affirm when
I announce that General Draper’s brigade was the
first orjt anizfttion to enter the city limits.' Accord
ing to custom, it should constitute the provost
guard of Biehmond. - - - ■
Eautz’s division, consisting of Draper’s and Wild’s
Secretary of War.
6TROYED.
sballh a estflsge. Theft lmpaa«noe-~
as-It deserved, with supreme etmtemni n h
On Strode; evening, sWfthge to s, , .
this place were thrown 'open, ana al , '■ «s
groeE, thofto for rale and those for-/., i!
were told to lop out and enjoy tSetr rJil? ki
ttfayrely u pewit that they did
teyltatlon. Many of these person? h"™ 1
no difficulty In oonvtnclng thetas#!!?™ W
were always on He side of the Union .1 J“'i
dom of the slave. GTeal events hav«» "*s
Influence upon t£a minds of enjn r y
wretches. '•
"When the rebels bl3tf dp the .
elnlty of French Garden Hill, the
Informed of the fact. Soffle-of thenikn™. 9 ■
great body of those In the vicinity »
what was taking Plane. The .result wL ,?’*
a ntunber were killed. Nearly it not nS, t4 *<
paupers in the poor house—the cnmC » 5 »
large-whloh was very near the
stantly hilled also. *' *
The fire Is sHB burning, but nog to ,
JfOKTJH CAKOLStt.
HOTEMMrrS OT BKHBBAX. SHBKKia.
EBTWBBN PKTTBHftD AND Saj.,,,
Kbtvbbak, March 81—Gen. Sheroaj ,
here yesterday morning from Fortrmjj;
companled by Mafor General Le* K6t , '
General McCollum, General ShermaoV
and Secretary Stanton’s ton.
Instead of proceeding dlreot to the
highest officer In command or the clt? -Tf 51
military etlqaette, General Sherman * # nt
tain Klmball'e quarters with ha irlemis * i 5
were handsomely entertained. General
and party left for Goldsboro last evening
The enemy are (opposed to be loci ted
the time being, between Smlthfield and p, ,
Sherman’s army a» amoslng themw,
making raids, OB * small scale, into the
lines, capturthgtnppllea and rebel officem
who are daily brought into camp. "
The steamer Bat, Inwhloh General
turned from Fortress Monroe, broke do* 11
miles below Newborn, and the General
to the city Jn a jawl boat.
During the day, while riding wjttiQ ei! .
the horses of bis carriage took bight and rl , 4
hut the General fortunately esoaped i
jumplrg from the vehlole. ' ‘“ lr
w. urn
somes or tub oobvbntiob.-co;. »bu .
MOVEMENTS OVIiliH. POPs. '
St. Louis, April 6.—Theorflinancr p: w
the disfranchisement of rebel! was dele r.e
Stabs Convention yesterday.
General Pope and staff ratarnel n./j.
LltUe Bock, Arkansas.
Tobacco Is doll and drooping. Cotton
middlings 90s. Floor baa largely rtecUnc-! Ijj
firmer. Whisky Is quoted at $2.10.
CANADA.
BACBTESO ABD VH-LIBO IS THB CASE OS To;;
BBB—BBLBAPING v
Mohtbbab, April s.—The rebel raider:.....
charged from custody this morning, bos
Stately reamsted and sent to Upper Ci
strong force of cavalry and artillery gu»M S
to the train.
BATABTAtASD
DByBAT A»P XKBATH 07 TfflK PSB^Off
AST AT T2&A CfiOZ— MOVBMBffTS OF B£,i?oi
Nbw Yobk, April s—The tteamei Os’.amiu
arrived, with Havana dates ef the let tnst.
Late advices from Vera Graz confirm tit
ported disaster to the commandant of Vera >:
It appears that, with sec Austrians, Egyptug,
„ Martinicans, he went to the neighborhood of
rado, and burned and pillaged. On his rets
was set upon by 408 Liberals, himself kui s
160 of his followers were also killed or w jSS
The ravages this man has committed u
will brand his name with Infamy. Tne A tgii ~
ate becoming dissatisfied with the service m-J
lco, and are deserting dally. Others arc i-’
rapidly with the fever. The French hi,,
doned the expedition to Mlnatlllan and other si
on the coast, and seem to be going home. :
number left in the steamer of the istfi .
others in transports.
It is said that Mrs. Oviedo, of the also-* ti
ding fame, is dangerously ill oTsmall-pra, t ,; , ‘
several caeeß have occurred In Havaoi.
The blookade-rnnner Lark, with cotta,
On the 26th ult, from Galveston.
The following blockade-runners sails! d.i -1
nit.: Pelican, Ino, and Wren. On the
Badger.
On the 30th, the Owl arrived, having trl«; is:
and St. Marks and failed, the anthtrltlei
former port holding the lieutenant in duraa-*.
It Is reported that the blockade-runner<: ,2 .5*
Lamb was to sail on the 3d. : 1
The Ajax is at Nassau, doubtless fitting i |
plraoy. A rebel steamer wentin and commstin,
with her lately,and left again, p .'4
PANAMA.
A SUOOHSSmX BUT BI.OODI.EBS RBYODIXTIO
OOVHK»MKNT IH NEW HANDS—DiiSTUU : •
A crrr by fire.
New York, April C.— Panama papers Cu
Oat have been received here.
On the evening ol the 9th of Marsh th.
looked-for revolution took place, and the G
ment was qnletly overturned. ;. ; i
The President abandoned his post, took rtfs-! if.
the United States Oonsulate, and eecspei v. . Jfe
night on hoard the United States sloop o'er . ifc
Marys. Four or five soldiers only wore »:i;o rXi
The Star and Herald says: “It was the r
pqsceableand harmless capsize of a Govermcet r Jgv
haVb ever heard or.” Senor Orlanze, rer.,;;:! : £
was duly sworn in as President. Oa Frida; JK
armed foree wasdespatehed to Aspln wall ins
blish a provisional Government there, l sir
poHce foree opposed them on their arrlvsi, 3- ;;
skirmish three of the latter were kffle l. T::o
parte ent was then handed over to the new 'i r
ment, and forces were sent to .other places *v. ■ ■
lar objects. In Panama everything Is qrr .
swindler from Paris, by the name of £«r,;es
a relatlveof the rebel general of that name. ;.k
through Panama en route to San Francisco, f-aMj
by detectives. The city of Carmen, mi: Ci:--1
gens, has been destroyed by fire. The loss b r ’
$3,000,000. *
EUROPE.
Nnr Yoek, April s.—The steamship Etna ': a
.Liverpool on the 22d, via Queenstown on ti .«
nit., arrived at this port at 6 o’clock ttis j|
The steamship Moravian arrived at Liver: -ip
the 22d nit. ' ~
The political news Is unimportant. £.
The probability of a war between- Ensrlin > y-"-
America was again debated in the House o: - ,: -
rnons. .-sa,
.The Marquis ofHarttngton pointed to the ej)
rial assurances that the procpaot of such a m: <■
vein remote Indeed.
'Mr. Layard said the British Charge d’Air:- ■
Washington was. lnstrncted to express the eo:'
hope that every faculty will bo given for r •
the claims of British subjects to the cotton ruG
north hythe United States authorities.
The setri from the United States, by the a ;/i
Moravian, was published soon after no® !
22d, but the effeot was not developed at he -
the writing of this summary.
The Morning Star, on the question or : y" ;!
repudiation by the United States, asserts tti: -
Washington Government Is as tooapabl o' »
diaUngfts obligations as the Govemmeni y A
land. The-Rlohmond correspondent of thl.~ :
Times, writing on February 16 th, confident .' a'-' :
the Norththat the work Is not more than hi:3
ENGLAND.
Jn the House ol Commons, In reply to at!'
by Mr. Gregory, as to the protection of un -; ■
perty to. the Southern States, Mr. Layard
supposed the question referred to cotton A
that destroyed by the Confederates to prc: •
falling Into Northern hands, the owne ;
stand all such risks and have no right to so ::<■ ■
but, at the game time, they have been urge:
serve authentic records of such property - *
gards the ootton edged by the Federal!, tt *
States Gove rementhave undoubted right tret 1
it to the. North, bnt the British charge at b.-.-t
ton haß been Instructed to express the c:-' :
hope that no obstacle will be Interpose: -
claims of British subjects in respect to saott
that Is to sav, that every facility will be re: -
prove their claims to cotton thus removed-
In debating the . army estimates, Mr.
asaln called attention to the probability
with America, and complained of the neglh ”:
the Government In not making adequate k»
tlon.
wr. Peacock spoke In a similar strain. , .Mi
The Marqnls of Harrington declined nr’- ’MI
such remarks, merely pointing to the speech “ ■
sponsible ministers in the previous debate vt ffl
that the probability of war was very remc't W
ShH. Willoughby surd Mr. Foster depreeai
remarks of Mr. Berkley and Mr. Peacock- _
Sir F. Smith urged the placing of goubno". m
the T,nlran ■* ■
The subject was-dropped In the House of O’. .!■
mops by a majority of 72 against the measure- ,1
TheGoveimnent has again declared la Ist* J -
reductlonof the fire Insurance duty- #
yhe lronram Scorpion, one of the ftmori U-. .
mSlb? 1 * **«»»» for Plymouth to be pu-ta - -j
Alcoek te the new British nha» J
given by the Privy CooueH lo t:
BJsiiop Colecso ease pronounce© lifs reaw> f *' 'V
tb© blthoprlc by the Bishop of Cape^ owTia3tt
Ana void, tlie-p«wer resting with the
FRANCE.
Th© French Senate adopted an address > !
of 130 to 2. The address in the Corps
fully endorses the Emperor’s policy. ->M
FBTJSSIA. M
The Prussian Chamber Is debating the
budget. , |Kk
. The Minister of War urged the nece=!i<?,-; SB
strong force to provide against a possible •**:
tlon of war by France, when It stilts the i're 2 -’ *8?
tenets. - ww
BRAZIL. ....
It was reported that Montevideo ws
the Brasilians onthe 7th of February, but ■&:
was Jt'
THE LATEST.
CB? Telegraph to.Queenstown 1
Livskpoox., March 23.—The steucshtid i ■
sylvanla, Edinburg, and Now York ar.-h“« 7'
to-dhy.. , ~j
The news bythe steamer Moravian Ma: B *'
provement.
The political-news la unimportant. .
Messrs. BaohiriA Son, of London, lA>e r >
New- York,have sns pended, with liaMUW s*'' 5 *'' *
tog to £lOO,OOO sterling. , ....as ~i
The papers of to-day warn the House ct s ,
of the lmportaneo of the'vote to be taken o'- 0 * J
the.Canadlan fortifications. j
CoiMnerelal Intent genes.
LIYEBPOOt COTrON MaKKST -sal«
fontwo day* hSSO market taw* *. p
with adeeUnlhc tendency, and sates ii : - hf.-jj n
JUSSIS. *SS£ nJ * tolre snd.expo'tei®
JSrMHfOPTßAM..—lhellancliesurai'
LI“SKPOOLBEEABSTOTISjaiItKST -Bgi
have enaivaneing tendency. Kicharcso» r
Co. and Wake*eld. Bash A Co. repoC^ l ? !--®' 1
steady- Wheatadvaneed Hsai;rad VTesten 1 -
musb
doh. Ktflaßft. itltija &nd Gordon, > -
TopoA BeoKqx&t steady; Fork ©a<i»« gj fiS t •
nisi but drm; Tinaatl^e;
MAfflj] dccllntagL , %a .
trvK&pooi, prodpcb hahkbt t
2fn for pots, hlce inactive. lirteed Oil s< ai “A
very dull. Petroleum. Is l!dsl2* ld f''V c *
IOKDON BKBABSTtJEPSMABKET. - i
qniet and steady.- Wheat advanctu*. •
t offee quiet Tea aali Siee actiTs. liU
Sriilts of Turpentine atesdy at 6Js (.-.till A 1
..JojaolsfakQMHfdrmoney. ljHu |^*c^ t ,itt4
«7a*cent discount. Brie, UIU
ffve-twenttes, 62j£@8SM. '
~ Beath Off Bishop PrikXffLt :'
GnBETA,N.Y n ApriI B.—The
H. Delancey, bishop of the Western •*
York, died at his residence, la this vn .
o’clock this morning. ' £
Blnode Island Elto* %_
Fnovmßitcn.il I, Apr lls d"Vec
tlon to-day, Mr. Smith., was a 'S ! ;, a
witbimtopposttUm. ti <toly ahent hall 95C w-; |
of the State was polled. Thomas A- ® „ y .!>. «
Ni F. Dixon were reflected 1
majority* A mixed tldmt °‘ £s ?fv ) iVl& 1