The New York Herald Newspaper, March 6, 1865, Page 1

WHOLE NO. 10,416. SHERIDAN. Oapture of the Rebel - General Barly and His Force. ne of-the Results of Sheridan's New Movement Up the Shenandoah, THE ALARM OF THE REBELS. WHE RACE FOR LYNCHBURG, &e., &e., &e. Beeretary Stanton to General Diz. . ‘Wan Darantumrr, Wasewaron, March 6, 1865. Go Major General Dix, New York :— } ‘Fhe following despatches in relation to the reported @ofeat and capture of General Karly by General Sheridan ‘Gnd the capture of Charlottesville have been received by Gate department, y Genera} Gheridan and bie foree commenced their PBovement last Monday, and were at Staunton when last heard from. Major General Hancock was placed in hargs of the Middle. Military Division during the ab- ence of Genoral Sheridan, headquarters at Winchester. KE. M. STANTON, Seoretary of War. @eneral Grant to Secretary Stanton. Orr Pour, Va, March 6—11 A. M, Son. BM. Brarson, Scoretary of War:— ‘Daeerters im this morning report that Sheridan had pobted Early and captured Charlottesville. They report oer regiments having gone from here (Richmond) to re- faforce Karly. U, & GRANT, Lieutenant General. @BNERAL GRANT'S GECOND DESPATCH. Oirr Pow, Va., March 6—2 P. M Son. EB. M. Srawron, Secretary of War:— Desoriers from every point of the enemy's lines con- Girm the capture of Charlottesville by General Sheridan. Gbey say he captured General Early and nearly his entire Gores, consisting of eighteon red men, Four brigades Were reported as being sent to Lynchburg, to get there , Refore Genera) Bheridan, if possible. ‘Say. 0. @ GRANT, Ligutenant General eutieain. 6nase's fain0 Sesravon. Orry Pourr, Va, March 6—4 P. M. B-M. @rarton, Secretary of War:— ye confirm the statement of deserters as to tbe ‘ gil evra fay. op etre te ‘say it took place on Thursday last, between Sta Gnd Charlottesville, and that the defeat was total. i U, 5. GRANT, Lieutenant General Our Special Washington Despatch, Wasusoron, March 6—11 P. M. Ws te reported that General Sheridan came npon Barly (Gné Bis forces near Charlottesville, on Thursday last, end, after a sharp eugagement, whipped bie forces and @aptared General Early. When the courier left Shes an wes pursuing the remnants of Early's army. My. Oharies H. Farrell's Despatoh. ‘Wivcuzeraz, Va, March 8, 1666, @upeeAL SRERAN ON 4 BIDE UP TED VALLEY. Tam avthorized to announce the fact that on Monday, ‘the 27d ult, large cavatry force left this department @m an expedition up the valley. The expedition was well commanded in person by Genera! Shoridan and subordinates, Generals Merrit, Custer, Devina, For- @yth and Gibbs. No information has been received from ‘Gls army since it left here 48 ALLBOND CONSPIRACT $0 CAPTORS GENERAL CHTE&DAR. & fow days ago three Winchester famflies, by the @ames of Sherrard, Lee*and Bunell, were sent without @ur lines, on the charge of disloyalty. It is al- feged they conspired together to get up & 60- @able ball, to whieh General Sheridan was to be ea invited guest, and that during its progress a detach. ment of Mosby's gucrilias wan to seine the General, take Bim captive and convey him to Richmond, 4 la Kelley end Orovk. The plan was frustrated, and the ladies (|) ‘whe concocted it are now in full communion with those for whom they bave exhibited such a warm sympathy. A few days ago a sooutlng party, under the com: @ Bergeant Mulligan, went up the valley on special duty. Ow their return they were met by a body of guerillas, ‘who attacked them, killing a scout by the name of Hall, gad severely wounding private Goff, of the Seventeenth Pennsylvania cavalry. The affair Cook place near Middlo- town, thirteen miles south of this town. An order hag been issued discontinuing furloughs to eMicors and eniisied men. This looks like an early re- gemption of active military operations. msburg City News. Vavit—Arrsurren Ixvannicipa.— About Bei ‘clock yesterday afternoon « well dressed * on vag sen coming out of a houre in Union ‘aron street, Greenpoint, and shortly after. sof @ new-born child were heard emanat- valt in the yard. Mr. and Mra A M. Rass Joles were pasting at the time, and these b other, entered the premises, and over tee over the vault, succeeded in rescuing fine healthy male chi. It t¢ suppored ‘ad been visiting in the neighborhood, and bor coming on suddenly, she sought this wabawne, The infant was taken home by 4, who WIR await tho order of the Super- 16 Poor, * Captain Davis, of the Forty- ‘, sent Sergeant Pooh and officer Ae ® case, and the git was traced to Frank- we Prosumed, ¢! ' took the care for AMCANY.—A young girl, named Delia Mullin, arrested on Faturday, by oMiter Videtto, of the Forty-fifth precinct, charged with stealing wearing appa Fel, &0., to the value of $191, from Mra Walsh, of 19 uo street, W. D. The girl had bee: h oily of Mir. Swift, in Walton street, B. D, ty Ge the rosidence of Mrs. Walsh at the time of the @opven Deata.—Last evening Coroner Barrett held an (quest upon the body of Harry Dobson, who died sud. }, of congestion of the brain on Saturday oi; Sout Second aureet, near Fourth, Bastora Distr. rat Danranats Buacians —Early on Saturday morning the feridence of Mr. Richard Williams, 206 Fourth atreet, ‘Lastern District, was entered and rebbed of various arti £ eet, value of 9100, besides Mr. Wiliams’ will, ie e tare fh ehh he propriet hea we rou tpimconcegaeace oF te notee, Bear where he was cocireteretmemamesete Salling of the Nova Scotian. F Porramp, Me, March 6, Phe Nova Scotian, Capt. Brown, sailed at two MMe woreias for Londonderry 006 Livervock fforing Le Wind on the AEBEL CONGRESS REQUESTED TO QUIT TALKING AND GO TO WORK OR ADJOURN. . mond “oe March 8.) ‘We trust that when peace feturn to this bel- ligerent land, and our uniyersities and es" ere in im operation, there will be established in each them a new department—the schoo! of silence. In its professor's chair shoud be installed, grave and reflective, 8 Goorates, if such can now be found, not destitute nim: self of the ity ef eloquence, but chastened in ora- fervor by the domestic declamation of Xantippe. At the feet of thfs professor should abe laid the golden statue of Inventer-of extem| eous eloquence and founder of the school described by Plato ‘wood. With hte foot on this ite statue should professor «it and bid bis pupils look and the ruin which les of speech, Jet loose by « rhetorical myo tet brought upon an aMicted land. Then, In due Course of time, another gen- eration will arise, which will appreciate at the proper value those representative bod'es which, in times like these, jurse for months upon wind instruments, while that man of action, General Lee, in vain points out the only means and hope of their salvation. Oue of the greatest charms of spring ts Chat {t puts an end to delib- erative bodies, as % is one of the consolations of fall that It puts an end to the kindred bore and annoy. ance of mosquitoes. The fs wearied and disgusted with debates, addresses and sounding resolutions ye and enactment four months of any law the Geld all able bedied men, the Represent. would have for the ph; retrengtt of the cmntieeges more alae tear of contpuons eloquence, It vain pow to de- the past; bat we may at least invoke the repre. »% fus sentatives of the poorte tow the world any further infliction of which do not answer the ments of Grant and argo herman, and of appeals which are not dis- tingwished by the Demosthenean atiribute of action. We do not observe that Eherman was anywhere stopped in his march by the one thousand rounds oforatorical Par- rott guns which Governors and other public speakers let off at Lis advancing columas. Uplese the representatives of the people (ake the Geld themselves and secure a posl- tion #0 close to the enemy that he can hear what the: say, we have no hopes that he will put bis Magers in b! ears and rua for bie life. News from Panama. SPROULATIONS A8 TO GEN. BICKLES’ MISSION, BTC. The Panama Mercantile Chronicle of February 13, re- celved by the bark Idaho, contains tho following — Our native friends are #0 greatly exerciged m their Conjectures relative to the mission of General Sickles to this government (bat we are induced to refer to It again without having any positive data on the subject. Itis said that the Goneral’s object ie to procure from the Co- Jombina government @ concession of lands on which the United States ent will forin a settlement of thirty thousand of Begroes emancipated by the it ne. cession war, It is stated that one million of dollars will be given for this privilege, and It is feared that the set- tlemont of thirty thousand emancipated slaves will lead to 8 repetition of Texan history. We would first state that the American government will never pay $1,000,000 for this privilege, and in the second place our native friends do not understand the character of the American slaves or the relationship which would exist between them as omigranis and the United States government. The object of the Americans, as disclosed in several of President Lincoin’s ‘hes and despatches, is to re- move these poor people from a country which has been thrown into a state bordering on destruction through their presence tire in the condition of slaves. To leave these people a# freed nien In the Southern States after tho war may have been concluded, would be a constant case of irritation to the former masters, inducing disaffection #nd turmoll, a# miccessors to a restoration of the Union It ie their wish, therefore, to gettle them ip one of the pm cheapie | and Leong States, where the laws of the country will guarantee them safety, and where it will be ousy for the United States government to extend a pro- teeting hand to them in any hour of extremit th such laudable motives we cannot but applaud the object of the United States government. The Navy. ‘The United States steamer Florida, nine guns, having been unavoidably detained on account of repaire to ber boliers, did not eail on Tuceday, the 28th ult, as stated, with the mails, packages and provisions for the North Atlantic blockading squadrea. Anvexed # @ correct list of her officers :-— Acting Volanteer Liewtnant Acting Master and Berc.tive Offrer—W. ©. Acting igne—Chatiee E Beck, Thomas L ville Lerpoen and Thomas KE. Ashmead, Surgen—Jobo B. Cobb. Attdant Paymaster—W. ¥. Keoler Acting First Assistant (in charge), Wm ‘W. P, Magaw and R. J. M. Lord, Jobo Cot —Wm. Budd les. Rollins, EW Y GRANT. The Troops on the James Watching for the Rebel Fleet. — THE ARMIES MUD BOUND. Rebel Indications of a Batthe Before Richmond, &e., &e., ao. THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC. BAD WRATHER AND DAD ROADS, For three days past the weather has been rainy almost beyond precedent. This, added to what had fallen be- fore, bas rendered the roads as nearly impassable as mud cap make them. The depth of the latter ts fabulons. Nothing like tt has beem experienced this winter 4s I write tho rain continues to fall tp torrente. Everything animate and inanimate bas @ dreary, sombre cast alto- gether depressing. KXCHANGR OF MR DENT. Mr. John Dent, of St. Louis, Mo., and brother-tn-law to Gen Grant, bas just been exchanged and arrived at bead- quarters yesterday op bie way bome. He was captured by the rebels at Skipworth's Larding, on the Mis- sissippi riven, more then @ year ago, wae taken to Canton, Miss, and thence to Demoplis After a short stay at the latter place he was ed to Mobile for confinement until sent to Governor , of South Caralina By the latter he was ordered the hands of the Sheriff ju Columbla, the capital of the State, for safo- keoping, and was ten months confined in the long corri- once outside of his prison w the earth, With one or two 6: xeoptions hie treatment was cour- teour, and all was done for his comfort that his jailers could afford on the insufficient suppliee permitted by the rebel government. At the time of his capture be Lad about two thousand dollars ip greenbacks on his person, besides ® good suit of clothes. The former was unceremoniously ay a aa and the latter so fancied by a rebe) officer that Mr. Dent was induced to trade during bis imprison- ment, He was allowod to communicate with persons outaide by letter, and had no difficulty in fuding friends to relieve his necessities by advancing any gums of money that were necessary. A pair of very coarse linsey pantaloons cost him one hundred aud eighty.two dollars, and a pair of low quartered, coarse Oxford ties eighty- five dollars; the latter were considered especially cheap, and bis friends congratulated b.m op securing a bargain. Mr. Dent thinks the Fouth very near! @ Gghting A enera) gloom and despondency prevail, and be thinks encral Sherman will sweep everything before bim, almost to Richmond, without opposition. Mr. Dent will leave here on tomorrow's mailboat for his home and family in St. Louis, from whom he bas been #o loug and painfully separated. THE ARMY OF THE JAMES. Mr. Wm. H. Merriam’s Despatch. Drrantunvr Hmanquanrens, March 4—A. M The enemy ere just now indulging nightly ino heary fire upon the extreme right of our lines, picketed by the cavalry division commanded by Brigadier General Kautz. ‘The enemy fire for the purpose of slaying their deserters in fleeing to our lines; while we do not retarn the fire, owing to our knoweldge of ite intent The rebels, coming to us in large flocks, say they are the true peace com missioners. Lioutenant Merrell yesterday escorted aronnd the lines of thie La A & representative of the London press, Dr. Fred. Tompkins, accompanied by ©. 0. Leigh.’ Dr. Tompkins came to the front with posses from the Presi dent and Mr. Stanton. These gentivemen visited the = troops of this army, and left iast evening for the Bout Fort Brady fired several shote yesterday afternoon, doubtlers with an object. Had the rebel ram» purp coming down would bave been im our snidet ere the hour al which thie despajch closes, Mr. John A. Brady's Despatch. Haanquantsns, TWENTY-rivtn ARMY In tae Fimo, March 4, en” } exe OF THE JAKES RIVER, About seven o'clock last evening a heavy discharge of srtillery fram the hanks slong fhe river gave ree to nam * RK iy, our ard Bend, wi attempted to drop down the river. As soon, there. ae she made her appearaag® behind the bend last she received ® heavy musketry fire trem thi , Which must have proved fatal t some ef the Immediately commenced, which was, however, gonfined entirely to th nemy, who — from one of their land batteries from their gunboat, The Press Despatch, Hravquartens, Amy ov tae Porowsc, Marob 3, 1866. } Nothing of importance te transpiring in this depart. ment Deserters continue to come into our lines im large numbers, fifty-six having arrived to-day, nearly all bringing thelr arms and equipments with them, for whioh they to be paid. The number of muskets re- ceived from deserters since February 22 is two handred and forty, all of them in good order, In addition to the usual stories told by these men, they say that two com- panies from each regiment of several brigades have been detailed from the army defending Petersburg ond sent to hunt up deserters, thousands of whom are said to be scattered through the country, endeavoring to reach their homes. This is partioularly the case with the North and Bouth Carolina troops, who are aick and tired of the contest, and antious to join their families, now within our Hines, men ere principally veterans of three and four year’ service, and many of them are those lately exc! All of them being refused fur- loughs, and mot for n long time, nor any prospect pn a they took “French leave.’ ag ymoud, of Company B, and Newell J. Engle, Company is of the Bixty-fourth New York Volunteers, were shot to-day for at ting to desert to the enemy. Five regiments of the First division of the Second corpe, to which the criminais belonged, were as- vembied to witness the execution, the details of which were in charge of the Provost Marshal of the division, The Ninety-first New York Volunteers, a veteran rogi- ment, arrived at the front to-day, and were assigned io the Third division of the Fifth corps. They numbered about siz hundred men, and presented a splendid appear ance. REBEL ACCOUNTS. ofa ttle Before Richmoad. t the Richmond Sentinel, March 2) There is nothing of importance mm the Army of Northern Virginia, Deserters in great numbers are com. ing into our lines from Grant's army, which ts an indica. tion that they are im expectation of a bavie Indicatio: From No Doubt Entertained of Grant's Inten- tion to Move on the Rebel Hight. {From the Richmond Dispateh, March] Everything remains quiet on there lines, and is likely vntinue while the rain and ud laste, and of ere seems to be no end, There is no deubi hat will make ancther heavy movemnt on our righ #0 ay (he condition of the roads will permit Army. tinel, March 8.) put’ a stop to milttary operationy in the vicinity of Richmond and Petersburg. Deneriere (rom Grant's army are coming in daily, and are gout on thelr way home rejoicing. Desorters and absences frou the Confederate armies are returning to their commands in large numbers trom all rections of the country, and are availiog thomerives of General Lee's amnesty proclamation. A deserter un der sent noe of death in the Army of No} n Virginia releared om the day appointed for bis execution, the q mation having been reottved about two hours pre- vious to the time fixed for his being shot, He remarked, upon beng #et free, that if he lived for a hundred years hie Hife belonged to bie country, and he should, by hie devotion to his eguntry and to duly ia the future, ahow thet clemency to his case bad not been misplaced. Marine Disasters, Pumsnevrnia, Maro 6, 2860. The bark Pheonix, from Liverpoo! for Philadelphia, wont ashore on the 84 inst, south of Cape Henlopen. She has twelve feot of water in the hold Portiaxo, Me, Mar ‘The brig HattioS. Emery, from Cardenas, arrived to- day. While coming up through White Head porrage abo struck @ sunken Jedge, tut pace ~@y-Mabine teen thaw, and eirabes ner hang, City Sewerage. TO THE KDITOR OF THE BERALD. You have hed occasion from time to time, as @ matier of doty frem the public journalist to the public itself, te remonstrate against the tmperfections of our depart- ments of sanitary regulation, and especially against the odious features of our ill-advised ag@ anbealthy system of sewer eonstruction. Any one whem business may call into the Croton Aquedact rotunda will Gnd at all hours of the day greups of eontractora, who are managing jobs on haad and jobs that are to be, and from all that appears oa the outside or gicams frem the inside those perseas, rather thaa compe- tent and educated officials, reguiste the details of cur public works and the special forme and methods of our undergrounl city. Consequently we hear of the anneal repetition ef contracts for greet jengthe ef eval erick re. ceptacles and depesiatios of Mah, always forty aght toches by titirty-tw. ber the Chiat ineer of the Boord has recently deci ved to be elongate’ ease peola detrimental to the publie hedith and perta:ming te a ée- fective system of The philoso competent au rage, as takd dewe the Journai eorrags ties, mm tm the Franklin Institute and ether be (bas stated:— e results of ox) modern, go to show t satisfactory operation depends tgp great extent on the soouriag action ef the sewerage jones im sewerage, anchent and er, arm! that sewer wRtout adeqiate few bo fe te clog up. 11 follows tirat, or for Wuak mamas, ch Ive aggregate diveliirger ef honse newerage aed rain fall, the-lmterinediate linus hpuld be so devised imgrade, eather, Hightners and interfer form os tc past mest yeadily their ordivary eenteats and make ment efeove their erdinary water supply. New, as tubes, with @rou. Jar form, or with rounded bast, coumbine the gaeatent power of delivery with the least’ fricticeal surface and may be very carefully made dnd pat together, and as small tubes, by propor grade, have capacities for ge: discharges, there is @ prudential Mint quickty attatm tw their caliber, nd they are to be profored to other forme and sombinations for eficieory of eperauion, durability and Hmited the fest beneit inveivi all tho sanitary eouetds which make imporfe sewerage 66 serigus an evil to public welfare. this theory It will be obverved that all drains should be vo de vised as to conoratrate the volume the ordinary Gow of sewerage Water on the solid contents they receve This ix tho true condition of their prompt operation tn removal of oMensive matter; and ang form of draiv, which, by excogsive size, tends to diffuse the flow of house water, or by rough faeer and joints and porous surlocas tends to create friction, te objectionable in proportion to such excess in size, or want af perfection in form Brooklyn may be cited ay @ case of correct engineering practice, as to the plan of ber water Works anil sewurnge, the designers and contractors of these works Laving be fore them the. lersons of an extensive practical demoo- stration, As an {llustration of the difference between the trunk system alone and the combined system of trunks and tubes, the following schedule ts instructive: WROOKLT® eRWRRS—1958 To 1868, Trunk Mains. ‘2 inch . vn 12 inch PURE. «0. 0cccerennss cones denpennebpopsesve I thus appears that in the best drained city in United States, in which no complaints are heard of defective action, and contrary ve waual practice of our larger citieg, not more than el id one-half per cont of the sewerage is claswitl ht under the head of trunk sewers, OF sewers which can be entered and cleaned by laborers, the tubalar aystom being eeif-cleaning in theory and in practice In 1868 Hirooklyn laid three miles of eewers, at a cost of $22,406, while New York laid ot comuracted for 3.86 miles at a cost of $79,127. Ava mere question, then, of economy, aside from official confe: ws of sanitary evils, we eee what (s to be learned by cronsing the ferry. The pipes which, from the result of experience aa to of fort, have superseded nufe tured from hydraulic cement mortar, very caret mer aed: as to proportions of coment, rand and water, and made on ished cast wor cores, which insure absolute perfection tn internal form and connection. This concrete material comer to tus Wit the sanotion of the enginee more than two thourand years pest, whose works are yet ln euccessf) use, It should not, however, be confounded with pipes made of hydraulic cement and ennd, which, for con- venience jn moul are not y tempered with Water, and consequently fall to 20. PHON. Bales of Soven-Thirtics. Panavenrma, March 4, 1865. Jay Cooke, the subveription agent, reports the sale of the peven-thirty loan to-day at $4,190,000, includ: svbsoription of $254,000 from New York, and three thou- sand Individual subscriptions of ¢60 and $10 Talal i in dads Lik ae, Linen Sten iawn HERALD. PRICE FOUR CENTS. SHERMAN. Tho Army Somewhere in North Carolina. Governor Vance Organizing to Oppose It. The Bear Guard “Drivon Out” of Columbia. Grant and Sherman to be Beaten in Detail. The Prospects of the Confederacy Unusually Brilliant. Capture of the Rebel General Haygood’s Brigade. The Co-operative Columns Well Advanced \ Into North Carolina, | &e., &., de. ' Reported Capture General Haygood’s Brigade, of ke’s Division. | [From the Raleigh (N. C.) State Journal, March 2.) | Au the train left Wilmington our Whitworth battery, | Planted at the head of the market, was firing upon the enemy, who bad appeared upon the causeway om the { wootern side of the Cape Fear river. Their main | vance was then checked at Alligator creek; ‘some few | skirmishers pushed forward, but were driven of. It ts believed that Haygood’é brigade, with the exception of he Seventh battalion, has been captured. Some accidentad cases may bave escaped. They probably have, They ' were on the west sido of the Cape Fear. The otiver troops on that eide escaped. Hopes Entertained of the Capture of , Sherman's Army. {From the Richmond Waig, March 8.) The Raleigh Conservative alludes to Sherman's opera- tions, and indulges the hope, if our plans are not thwarted, that our able generals and brave troops in thag quiarter will be able to ‘‘bag’’ him or send bim howling to therear. If the report brought us by telegraph that the small force left by him at Columbia bas beem expelled be true, then the repulse in front, should be suffer much, would probably render hie affairs desperate in the ex, treme. But we will not speculate further imregard to matters which must cease to be matters for mere specula- 0B f00n. The Coming Battle to be Decisive. SHERMAN AND GRANT TO BR BRATKN IN DETAIL. [From the Richinoud Enquirer, Mareli &) ‘The wet scason is at ita height, and wotil the Ist of May f the mud has no botiom to all the regionaim the Etate of ; Virginia Yankee deserters tell us that the enemy ie massing on his left, aud Confederate deserters inform the enemy that A. P. Hill's corps hae been undér march. ing orders for several days. The mud effectually Dlockades both. “It would mire a kitten,” said a sob . dier, ‘between the city and camp;”” and we.can readily believe him, from the condition of the upper streets of thie city. Sherman bad, in South Carolina, perhaps a: better sol} than the Siete of Virginia presents; but he must find @ Rew base about Wilmington before he can prosecute fur- ther Mite great raid.’ His eapture of Columbia, how bas it beaeited of advanced the prospect of our subjugation? Ue beld the city oot one week, burned a portion of it, end beft withent having conquered or subdued its people. He marches en towards Wilmington, which is already im bie band. Hie circustous march around Charleston re- ~ suded @ the eapture of that city; but as jt relieved am army Crom garrison duty to active service, the evacum cation cannot bé considered as baving done any very great mjcry (0 eur cause. Wheo he enters North Caro- Ava aid teaves the sand country he enters the red mud of the Cid North “tate, as sticky as ite famous tar. There be encounters s¢w exemies—tar] mud and tay people—and together they will hang upos bim and Slick to bim. He will not be able to shake off either. Neither is noisy nor demonstrative. The people of thas ‘State are ae firmly fixed ip the purpose of independence as are the lofty pines in the soll of their State, The noiay few that tuduced the onemy to believe that treasom would welcome them tm that State served but to make their insignificance conspicuous, and demonstated the wae werving fidelity of the people of that State, Governer Vance is now actively a! work rallying the people and or- ganising rensdane The military coudition of these Uonfederate Btates, after four years of war, is by no means discouraging. The enomy bas but two armies of all the hoste he once had to the field. Grant has literally stripped every seo- tian of the country, and concentrated all into two armica, In Westere Virginia he has not left men enough to pro tect his major generals in their beds, No rest for the wicked out there. In Tennessee and Kentucky there sre po troops, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida and South Carolina have only small detachmenta, strongly fortified, dominat. ing po country and holding only their camping grounds, tu Trans-Missiseippi the Confoderntes have ne enemy. The army eround Richmond and Sherman’s movable columns only remain of al) the hosts that ouce threatened these States. There two armies disposed Of, victory and independence are ours; the whole couniry returns lo Confederate authority, and we confront again the Srontion of the enemy's enuniry. Never before has the prospect of final and sure victory prevented itself to these people. Now, for the Grat time, in the issue nar- rowed down 'o the ordeal of battle, The enemy has appa- rently ped many successes; but really he has been nar- rowing the iene, and putting i within the teach of our reources and arms. While scattered over half a conti- nent it was impossible to win « decisive victory; but con. centration Las, after four years of effort, brought victory and independence within our reach, without hasarding our liberty upon the issue of battle, Grant hae been driven to this, despite bis successes, He has been compelled to denude his conquests and give up the fruits of bit victories and concentrate all hia armies into two, Defeat destroys @rst one army and then the other, and leaves the confederacy free of the for When the people look calmly at the real aspect of affairs they must soe that, In epite of the lose of Wilmington, Charlestog and Bavannah, the strongest reasons for perseverance and effort present themacives. As for the two armies of Grant—that before Petersburg and that commanded by Sherman—the best and most rehable information im Possession of our authorities is that the superiority ig Dumbere is not so great as |t has been on many previoug occasions when viciory crowned our gallant armies, . {Prom the Richmond Dispateb, March 3.) A telegram from Fayetteville on the st inst saye that at that time vo Yankee bad advanced th that direc tion from Wilmington ‘ We pablish this morning @ full account from Yankee papers of our evacuation of Wilmington and the enemy’# occupation. We have nothing from Shermam il a presumed to bg Hill in the mud of South Carolina, Arrival of the Canada at Boston. } Bowtox, Mareb 5, 1865. The Canada arrivedgat two P.M. The mailego forward to-night, and will te 4ue in New Vork early the morm) er