The New York Herald Newspaper, March 29, 1865, Page 2

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Loon OUT FOR THE WEEKLY PLAY BILL PLBASANT IN RAILROAD RIDES, pas MintGFOL BY FIRESIDES, 4 FRIEND WHATEVER BETIDES. Mo" OUT FOR THE WEEKLY PLAYBILL, vu B£ HAD AT ALL THE AGENTS IN THB CITY, SINGLE COPIES TUDE, " a —~| SHER ——— THE BATTLES IN NORTH CAROLINA. —— Full Details of the Engagements at Averysboro and Bentonsville from the Herald Correspondents. The Truth About Joe Johnston’s Great Victories, Hardee Driven from Averys- boro by Slocum’s Wing and Kilpatrick’s Cavalry. " The Battle of Bentonsville a More Desperate Affair. The Fourteenth Corps Flanked and Driven a Mile and a Half. The Other Corps Brought Up and John- ston Driven Into Raleigh. The Pursuit Continued to Smithfield. LIST OF THE CASUALTIES. a Sherman Resting Quietly at Goldsboro. ; Additional Rebel Accounts of the Fights. Zwo Rebel Generals Wounded and Other Losses Very Heavy, &e., &e., &. * THE HERALD REPORTS. Mr. E. D. Westfall’s Despatch. Hrapquarters, Lert WixG, Near Bextonsvitix, N. C., March 21, 1865. } THE ADVANCE FROM FAYETTEVILLE. General Sherman moved from Fayetteville, on the morning of the 14th, for Goldsboro and permanent base. Johnston’sarmy left Fayetteville on roads leading to Raleigh, up the Cape Fear river, and it was con- fidently expected that he would attempt to prevent our junction with Schofield by an attack on our left as we marched along the Goldsboro road. To prepare for this, General Slocum’s wing of the army was directed to move light—that is, without trains—on the left flank. Geary’s division of the Twentieth corps and Baird’s of the Fourteenth weg in charge of the trains of both corps, on an interior road; General Howard's wing moving on roads further south and nearer the coast in the same order. Jackson's and Wood's divisions of the Twentieth corps, Carlin’s and Morgan’s, of the Four- teenth, with Kilpatrick's cavalry, followed Johnston up the plank road, as if moving on the capital of this State. Kilpatr.ck found the enemy Ove miles from Fayetteville and skirmished with him, pressing bis rear guard toa point on the road near Kyles’ Landing, where ho was brought toa stand on the night of the 15th, During the pursuit, Captain Winthrop, of Kilpatrick’s scouts, had picked out Colonel Alfred Rhett, First South Carolina heavy artillery, from the front of his command, and cs- tablished pretty conclusively the fact that a large force of rebels was in front. General Kilpatrick sent back fora brigade of infantry to support him, and Colonel Hawley, of tho First division, Twentieth corps, was sent up. THR TWENTIETH CORPS PORCE THE ENEMY"RACK ON MNS WORKS, On the morning of the 16th, Kilpatrick and Hawley attacked the enemy vigorously, drove him back half a mile or more, and developed a line of works with artillery in position. The balance of the Twentieth corps was brought up and put in position against this line at nine oclock on the forenoon of the 15th, Kilpatrick fighting on the flanks, Dustan’s and Case’s brigades of Ward's division, Second corps, carried the works at eleven o'clock, capturing three pieces of artillery, About three hundred prisoners were captured along the line. The enemy fell back to their main line of works, extending from Black river on their left to Cape Fear river on the right, covering the roads to Raleigh, mithfeld and Goldsboro, ‘THR Flair oN THR 16TH tNBT. On the 16th Carlin and Morgan were brought up, and ‘an attempt made to force the robels back and uncover the Goldsboro road. Severe fighting took place during the day, without any satisfactory results, The enemy held his position, although suffering heavy loss. His line overlapped ours on the right, and everything indicated the presence of Hardee's whole army corps. He evacu- ated the line during the night of the 16th, however, and fell back to Averysboro, pursued by Ward's division of the Twentieth corps. His dead and wounded were left on the field and abandoned along the road to-Averysboro, General Ward pressed up to Averysboro, holding the plank road in our front, while the balance of the command moved off to the right, across Black river, on the Goldsboro road, now ynrgyered. Our loss in the fight on Slack rivde whe four hundred and forty-stx in tho Twentieth corps, one hundred and éight in tho Four. teenth, ono hundred and seventy-one in Kilpatrick's command—total, seven hundred and thirty-seven. The number of rebels buried on the feld and paroled wounded ‘was three hundred and twenty-seven. This exclusive of those they carried off and the unhurt prisoners we cap- tured. THE BATTLE OF BENTONSVILLE. Nothing, save an occastonal skirmish with a small body of cavalry, occurred till we reached this point, three miles south of Bentonsville, twelve from Cox's bridge (on the Neuse), on the morning of the 20th. As at Black river, the enemy showed nothing at first but a small force of cavalry, of Dibbrell’s or Talbot's command, which were easily driven back by the skirmishers of Carlin’s divi- sion in advance, Coming to a point where the skirmish line could go no further, and the enemy fired from a piece of artillery, General Carlin formed Buell’s and Ho- art's brigades in line to drive the troublesome cavalry y. Generals Buell and Eobart moved to the left of the “road, on the nemy’s flank, about « milo in advance of Morgan's division, when they discovered the evemy’s infantry in a etrong lino of works and in great numbers, Although it seemed in- Credible that the rebels could be in any great force hero, Goneral Slocum made preparstions for a fight. Mor. gan's division was formed, and word rent back for the two divisions of the Twontioth corps to hurry forward. The enemy's line extended far beyond Morgan's right, and Coggewell's brigade, of the First division, Twenty- eighth corps, was put in there when it came up. Still the rebel left could not be found. THE RNOMY ATTACKS DAVE, NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 1865. Jeff. C. Davis’ two divisions, Buell and Hobart were overwhelmed, and pressed back throvgh the woods more than a mile andahalf. Vandeveer's, Mitchell's, Fering’s and Coggswell’s brigades, om the right, fought stubbornly, and desperately, and lost but lit tle ground. ‘Ther? was a temporary confvsion, and @ rout was imminent, Five batteries of artillery wore massed at a point where a hospital had been estab- lished in the morning, the balance of Jackson's division, Twentieth corps, put in on the left, and a new line formed. During the day five grand charges were made by the enemy, massed, but each was repulsed. They succ’eded in capturing three guns of the Nineteenth Indi- ana battery, but only two were taken off, There was desperate fighting all day, the musketry fire being as heavy as our men have heard in many aday. Although they gained considerable ground on the left during tho day, the rebels retired to their main line when night fell, leaving the greater part of their dead and wounded on the field, THR LOSSES. Withont being disposed to exaggerate in the least, we figure their loss at twenty-fivé hundred killd and wounded. Seven hundred were captured, The Twenty- sixth Tennessee regiment was captured entire, colors and. all, with @ large part of the Twelfth Louisiana, Our loss was quite savere. Nearly eight hundred cases have been treated in the hospitala already, The proportion of our killed to the enemy’s killed found lying on the battle field is as one to five by actual count, During the tem- porary confusion caused by the furious burst on Carlin’s division we lost about two hundred and fifty prisoners. TUM REBSL FORCES ENGAGED, Rebels were captured from every one of the commands known to be in the South and West. Hoke, Cheatham, Stephen D, Lee, Wade Hampton, D. H. Hill, Wheeler and Butler, Joe Johnston, Hardee and Bragg were on the field in person, for captives assert they rode around the lines in the morning, cheeréd by the troops. Gene- ral Johnston promised the rebels that he would destroy Slocam’s column before Sherman could get ap te support it with tho right wing. A forced march from Smithfield enabled him to strike us hero with forty thousand men; but we are not destroyed. To be sure, the thing looked bad at one time; yet as soon as the troops eaw what was required of them affairs brightened. THE POSITION OF TUR CONTENDING FORCES. This morning tho enemy is ina line of works facing north, having swang back so that his left rests on the Neuse, near the mouth of Hannah's run. General Sher- man is in front of this line with a powerful army. General Schofield will be at Goldsboro to-night. Ibe lieve the intention Is to teach Joe Johnston a lesson if he will stay to receive it. Our wounded are being moved to Kinston in empty wagons, which will bring back supplies enough to fight on threo or four days. I seize the opportunity to send you a condensed account of the battles for a base, and will forward further detai of all the fighting, with complete lists of killed and wounded, when the affyir is concluded. Our Newbern Correspondence. Newners, N. C., March 24, 1865, TuR FiGuT OF THe 19TH INST. An attack was made upon the Twentieth corps on Sunday, the 19th, ire the vicinity of Bentonsville, nearly thirty miles southwest of Goldsboro, |It is represented by those who ought to be well advised, that Slocum's grand division, consisting of thé Fourteenth and Twen- tieth corps, was making a feint movement or recon- noissance in the direction of Smithfleld and Raleigh, the former place being about twenty-flve miles west of Goldsboro, nearly on the line of railroad between Golds- boro and Raleigh. The’ attack of the enemy, like all their onsets, commenced impetuously; but they lacked the stubbornness and spirit te keep it up. On Sunday it cannot be denied that the Fourteentd and Twentieth corps had their hands fail to sustain themselves against thd a'tack made upon them, On the next day, however, the Fifteenth and Seventeenth corps came to tho rescue, and the enomy were driven in confusion to and through Smithfield, in the direction of Raleigh. The chief com- mand of the rebel army was held by General Johnaton, although General Robert £. Lee is said by some of the prisoners to have been prosent at Smithfeld, giving gend- ral direction to movements. I greatly doubt this, how. ever, but think that S. P. Lee, of Hood's old army, was present, and that he is confounded with the other Lee. There is no doubt about Hardee and Bragg having been present, and it is pretty certain that a portion of the rebel Army of Virginia was at or near the scene of con- flict, ‘THE CASUALTIES were pretty heavy the first day on both sides, and the hospitals in this place are being cleared as much as pos- sible tomake room for the wounded who can be re- moved so far, The nextday the casualties were almost wholly upon the side of the rebels, aud thelr killed and wounded were left in our hands. ‘THE REBELS PURSCED TO SMITHFIELD. General Sherman pursued them no farther than Smith- field, and from there has ems to Goldsboro to refit his army. ‘A new outfit was needed throughout, and everything necessary for them has been sent forward to Kin- ston, and from there will be sent to Goldsboro as fast as possible. It will be several days before Sherman can possibly reclothe his army and replenish his ajymunition trains, When that shall have been accomplished then look out for a battle of firet class dimensions somewhere in the vicinity of Raleigh, if not some distance th ide of thero, THR ARMIES CONCENTRATED AT GOLDSBORO, Generals Sherman, Schofield and Terry are now all at Goldsboro, although Terry's forces have advanced some distance beyond, and will exercise a vigilant watchful- ness over the enemy. Terry met with no opposition in his advance, but made some valuable captures of loco- motives and cars. Schofleld received a hearty welcome from the citizens of Goldsboro, very few loaving the town, The valiant editor of the Goldsboro Journal was ‘among the first to depart. The ladies, particularly, gave our boys the best of cheer. The enemy burned about one thousand bales of cotton before leaving, having pre- viously compelled owners in the country to bring it in and store it in the town. Our Goldsboro Correspon: OC» Goxvsnonro, N. O., March 23, 1865. ANOTHER ACOOUNT OF THE FIGHT. There has been a severe engagement between Sherman and the rebels commanded by Johnston, between Ben- tonaville and the railroad. The Twentieth corps was at- tacked and driven back with considerable loss at first, on Sunday, the 19th. We also lost three of ou and some prisoners. On Monday the Fourteenth and Seventeenth corps assisted the Twentieth and utterly routed the rebels, recapturing the threo guns and four additional ones; also froia five thétisand to seven thou- sand prisoners, and fully regaining the ground lost on Bundey, ote yp ‘The rebels were driven back to the railroad, in tho vicinity of Boon Hill, about ten miles west of Goldsboro, and have since continued their retreat in the direction of Raleigh. The noxt stand will be either at Smithield or in the vicinity of Raleigh. GENERAL BIERMAN POSITION. Sherman’s line is now across the raitroad, about ten miles wost of Goldsboro, in the vicinity of Boon Hill, Schofield and Terry are with him, Goldsboro is fully in our possession, Sherman will halt to reclothe and refit his army. The men are in @ very bad condition in that respect. The enomy will be watched in the meanwhile, depend upon it, Supply trains have already been sent forward to Kinston, and have arrived there, Captain Seely, quartermaster for clothing Sherman's army, is at Kinston and Newbern alternately, and is ready to forward all the clothing that may be needed. Captain Conklin, quarter. master for furnishing supplies, is also accumulating at Kinston all that the army may need. Tho supply trains took their route south of the Neuse to Kinston, ‘THE RAILROAD OFEN TO-RINSTOW, In four or five days the railroad will be in running order up to this point, It is already completo as far west as Kinston, ” THRE WOUNDED from Sanday’s and Monday's fighting (19th and 20th) is said to number on our side about one thousand, This shows ft to have been a stubbornly contested pattie, ‘The proportion of killed is not so large on our aide as on theirs, owing to tho fact that they wero the attacking party. For the came reavon thelr wounted far exceeds ours in number. We havo taken almost ten to one of | @ At noon the oneiny left bie works and ndvancod om | prisoners, In fact, it is becoming @ favorite oocupaiou | PRICE FOUR CENTS. with the reb Is, particularly those baiting from this State, and even frm our chivalric sister State— outh Carolina—to surrender themselves prisoners of war the first favorable opportun ty they get. A very large number of refuges, black and white, came up to Sherman's pres’nt line with his army, They will be forwarded to Newbern and Morchead City. They followed on in the rear of Sherman, and comprised a small army Of thimeel.es, Our forces are in glorious spirits, and a soon as they get their new harness on look out for equalis. Sherman occupies an admirably located line, and bas an army amply large enough for ail his pur- poses. The country need have no fvars, for all is going weil. The enemy claim to have, hundred thousand men in Northern North Carolina, and Lee is said to be alive to the scriousnecs of bis situation, THE CASUALTIES. Partial List of the Casualties in the Battle of Black River. KILLED, Capt. J, T Gra’ton, Co, T, 2d Massachusetts, Lieut. David 2. Siate, 160th New York, Lt. Storrow, 2d Marsachusetts, A.D.C, toGen, Cogswell, Capt. GiPbon, 191h Mirh'gan. Leut. Jamrs P. Henderson, 5th Connecticat. Capt, Barnett, 17th New York, WOUNDED, Lieut. Col. C. F. Morse, 2¢ Massachusetts, shoulder, Lievt. Col, D. Thompson, 82d Obio, groin, severely, Capt. J. M. Woodford, 3d Wisconsin, Lieut. Wm. Wattels, 150th New Pork. Lieut Wm. H. H. Johnson, 20th Connecticut, Lieut. H A. Needham, 33d Massachusetts, Major Higgins, 143d New York Lieut, (ol. H. ‘Watkins, 143d Now York. Lieut. Elisha Starr, 5th Connecticut, Capt. C. H. Bilven, 13th New Jersey. Tfeut. J, Saltzinan, 107th New Yor! Lieut, William Brant, 824 Ohio, Capt. George Hernzman, 82d Hlinois, Lieut R. M. J Hardenb rgh, 143d New York. Lie t. E. E. Commins, 31st Wisconsin, Lieut. Col. @, 17th New York, severely in groin, Capt. Summers, 62d Ohio Capt William Tracy (Gen. Slocum’s staf), slightly, on Joseph Murray, 2d Massa husetts, C H Newman, 2d Massachusetts. Willard Holbrook, 38d Massachusetts, killed, C. P. Gilman, 126th New York Corp. D. S. Atwood, 33d Massachusetts, Henry Slay, 72d Ohio. Charles Drasher, 136th New York, Peter Higgins, 33d Massachusetts, Edward Kelly, 83d_ Massachusetts, Joshua Simmons, 79th Ohio, Charles Smith, Co. F., 26th Wisconsin, John Varrall, 20th Connecticut. Silas Brown, 55th Ohio. John Whittaker, 33d Massachusetts, John Halvin, 136:h°New York. Chester P. Keene, 136th New York, J. P Bacher, 106th Mlinols, Corporal Charles Williams, 105th Tlinola, D.C Boyce, 86th Indiana, Francis M. Borke, 55th Ohio. Stephen Ostrange, 19th Michigan. Chas. W. Stephens, 186th New York. Sheldon B. Johnson, 20th Connecticut. Clinton Barker, 86th Indiana, John B Simms, 85th Indiana, Wm. J. Groydon, 85th Indiana, Richard Peace, 73d Ohio. Jus. O'Reilly, 85th Indiana. Geo. W. Baldwin, 136th New York. Michael Néwiderschael, 26th Wisconsin, Sergeant David M. Lyous, 73d Obio, FA Smith, 20th Connecticut Corporal Henry J. Haywood, 56th Ohio, Corporal Joseph Clawfoot, 19th Michigan, Lewis Alderman, 105th Illinois, Jacob L, Bennett, 56th Ohio, James Primford, 19th Michigan. Edwin L, Donns, 20th Connecticut. Martin MeLoughtin, 20th Connecticut, Tra Barrows, 22d Wisconsin, Chas. Smith, 33d Massachusetts, Jag Smith, Co D, 2d Massachusetts, Corporal P’ B. Smith, Co. H, 79th Ohio, Henry A. Dayton, 136th New York. Samuel Jacobs, 55th Ohio. Oliver Hanson, 33d Wisconsin. A. B. Morgan, 107th New York. Reuben Smith, 2d Massachusetts. Joseph Moore, 2d Maseachusetts, Henry Smith, 24 Massachusetts, John Hanson, 734 Ohio, Edwin A. Thraill, 20th Connecticut, John C. Buoy, 89th Ohio. Casualties in the Fight of the *0ta, Major WG. Clark, 17th Ohio. Lieut. Tyler Prentiss, 89th Ohio. Casualties in the Battle of Averysboro. The following tabular statement of the loss of the left wing in the battle of Averysboro is official:— Killed. Wounded. Commissioned officers... 12 Commissioned officers. 38 Enlisted men... 1165. Enlisted mon.......5 446 Tottl.... 11 Total . 484 Rebels buried. 108 Rebel prisongrs capiured 164 Rebels wounded... 68 Among the rebels wounded I tearn the following names, which may be interesting to,the rebels at the North :— Lieut, Col. J. J. Sharpe, 23d Georgia, in right shoulder, danyerously. Major Renfrew, Captain John Ke Adjutant J. B. Pye, Lieut. Hamilton, mortally. Licut. Montgomery, A, 19th Georgia, shot through right thigh, flesh wound. Sergeant Chas. Guess, B, 23d Georgia (formerly of Orange county, North Carolina), left leg broken, H. © Harris, K, 17th North Carolina, from Pitt county, shot through body. C. D. Wilson, H, 40th North Carolina, from Sampson county, through thigh, severely. J. A. Walter, L, 17th North Carolina, from Cabarrus coun ty, in thigh. ’ Doing well, Rebel Generals Wounded, Among the rebel generals wounded is Brigadier Gene ral A. W Reynolds, of Arkaneas, The prisoners taken say that he has bad to suffer amputation of histeg. The Twentieth corps has met this redoubtable individual be- fore, and has an old grudge against him. In May, 1864, when Geary assaulted Dug Gap of Pigeon Ridge mountain, in the Atlanta campaign, this Reynolds, with his brigade, held the pass and engaged Geary with great desperation ‘The presence of Reynolds establishes beyond doubt the fact that Stewart's corps, of Hood's old army, is in North Carolina aud in our front again. THE PRESS DESPATCHES. The Newbern Despatch. Newares, N. C., March 24, 1865. On Sunday last the Twentieth corps of General Sher- man’s army met the enemy at Bentonaville (instead of Mount Olive, as at first reported), twenty-six miles south- west of Goldsboro, where our advance wag checked until the arrival of the Fourteenth corps, which held tho enemy at bay, when the Seventeenth corps arrived and fimmked the enemy, who left in confusion for Raleigh, Sherman's forces entering Smithfield, which is half way between Raleigh and Goldsboro. The citizens of Goldsboro gave our troops a hearty wel- come, 4 The enemy captured three of our guns ant a fow Prisoners on the first day; but on tho arrival of the Seventeenth and Fourteenth corps the rebels wore driven in all directions, leaving the three guns captured from us and seven additional ones in our hands, besides seven thousand prisoners and their killed and wounded, De- serters are coming in to Sherman's linés in great num- bers, who confess that they were badly whipped. Sherman, with the Janction of Terry and Schofeld, is now very strong, and will sweep everything before Lim. Sherman's wagon train has arrived at Kinston for sup- plics, Ho will refit his army, after which he will be ready to move again, The delight of our troops in meet- ing each other in victory is beyond deseriptiom Golda boro will doubtless be the base unt{l all is in readiness for the new move, Itis reported that twenty thousand of Sherman's men wore without shoes on reaching Goldsboro. all kinds have gone forward. Sherman's wounded In the battle of Bentonsville will be brought to Newborn, A large amount of cotton and other property has been captured by our forces, The enomy burned one thousand bales in Goldsboro jast before wo took possession. The people along the route greoted the old flag with joy. The Morehead City Despatch. Monnrnan Crrv, N, C., Mar h 25, 1965. eral Meigs and stall arrived here this ington. pplies aro rapidly arriving, which are by rail, Captain find water transportation, Hoe is ing the Wharf and rakigg other improvements, Many of the mules broucht here on steamers die on 7th Georgia, thigh broken. B, 19th Georgia, left leg broken. 7th Georgia, in right knee. , 19th Georgia, shot through lunes, Quartermaster morning from W: Voesela with su being sent to the charge of both saiir Supplies of | Avetia 19 in | | the pussare for the want of water and air, One steamer, | Which eailed with three Lundred and aixty, lost minet All veas Is draw ng /ess than sine feet should be sent direct to Newborn, as the railroad facilities are very | limit 4. ‘The trains will go through to-day to Goldsboro. The prisoners captured by Sherman are arriving at Newbern. Five hundred two thousand reached Kinston at the same time. Test will be forwarded as fast as possible. fived there last night, and The B inforcements fur *berman are cont auatly arriving. | Desertors and refugees continue to come in in great | numbers, ff Our troops will doubtiess take a few days rst. Geueral Sherman may make a brief visit to General Grant. REBEL ACCOUNTS. Sherman's Army After the Late Engage- REBEL ACCOUNTS OF THK SITUATION BEFORE RALEIGH. {From the Raleigh Cou foderate, March 22.) General Sherman's whole army was intrenched on the morning of the 20th, and we did not renew the attack, but held our posit ona and brought off all of our wounded There was heavy skirmishing on tho 20h and 21st, and several partial attacks by the evemy, which were band- somely repulsed, The troops all behaved admirably, and the army b fully disproved the alanders that have been circul against it, On the evening and night of the 2ist (Monday) the enemy moved toward Goldsboro, [Goldsboro Is forty-nine miles from Raleigh.) [From the Raleigh Progress, March 22.] A gentleman just from below reports that Sherman is whipped and falling back upon Fayetteville. This would seem to disarrange the plan for @ junction with Schofield, ‘A rumor, entitled to some credence, says Grant is moving troops towards Weldon, Lee will attend to bim, Telegraphic communication 1s still open beiween this place and Goldsboro; but upto this time we have re- ceived no dispatches from that place. Sherman Forced to Fortify an@ Remain On the Defensive. [From the Richmond Sentinel, March 25 ] ‘The Raleigh papers furnish some intellig state of affairs in North Carolina. From pi mation we beleve that sherman and Schodeld ha’ united their forces, and that S/erman has been forced to fortify his po-iti n and art entively an the d fensive, 1 from General Johnaton’s army are of the ing character, The army is in One spirits and splendid condijion. Stragglers are returning by thousands, and reinforcements are pouring im The press and the people of the good Old North state are por- forming their duty nobly, and, casting acide svery other issue, are straining every nerve to aid in the defence of their liberties. The Raleigh Confedera’e remarks that what is especially worthy of notice in the several actions with the enemy of the past two weeks is the admirable spirit and determined courage of the troops. It was difficult to restrain their ardor. They were un- willing to await the approach of the enemy behind their works, but sprang over the intrenchments and charged him on the advance. On the other hand, it is noticeable with how bh ease the enemy were driven back. nigh ral on successive lines of reinforcements, he le feeb istance, and gave back on our approach. In these affairs of the last two weeks the co-cperating armies of Sherman have sustained a Joss of fuily tea thousand mon. ‘The prestige of the blustering bluffer is lost, He has been called and his hand ts disclosed, and bis weakness is patent. Our men feel now that’ they can wh p him, and they mean to do it. Here, on North Carolina soil, they mean to bring his presumpiuous career to a clos” He bas no resources to draw upon; his fuil atrength has been developed, and is ins Metent, while Gen. Jobnston is awaking enthusiasm from Virginia to Mississippi. The tone of the public confidence is daily improving, and all except the contemptible tories, who harbor the destre of their country’s overthrow, are elated at the prospect uf the coming Victories. At the last accounts Sherman bad gone to digging, and a merry time he will have this sum mer in digging his way through the pine forests of North Carolina, About his present location he will find whortleberries the chief fruit, aud mosquitoes a local population. Sherman il train | for a Water Base. {From the Richmond Whig, March 25 } We have nothing later from the seat of war in North Carolina than the accounts published in our evening edi- tion yesterday. If the statements published in the Yen- kee papers are true, it would appear that sherman was aiming for Goldsboro when he left Fayetteville. No doubt he contemplated a movement to that order to form a junction with Schofield, establish “a wa: ter base” of supplies on the Neuse, and secure railroad communication with Newbern, and perhaps Wilmington, But it is almost certain that he would first have ventured to Rale gh, had he not found “a lion in his path. The impression prevailed on all sides, North and South, that Sherman designed an immediate attack upon Raligh, or at least “a reconuoissance in force” in th direction, when he crossed the Cape Fear river at Fayett ville. The repulse at Averysboro may have warned him of the perils cou‘ronting him, and, perhaps, evoked the intimation to his followers that he was ‘moving on to Goldsboro.” This would serve asa very convenient ex: cnse for the possible failure of his enterprise against Raleigh. He went as near to Raleigh as Bentonsville, thirty-two miles distant, was severely punished there by’ Gencral Johnston, and then, fading it impossible to cap- ture another capital, prudently withdrew from the scene of his defeat towards Goldsboro, leaving Raleigh un- disturbed and unthreatoned. The Importance of Richmond. SHERMAN CHECKED, GRANT'S COMBINATIONS SYOILED AND KICHMOND SAFE. (From th» Richmond Whig, Mareh 25 J The check administered by Johnston to Sherman at Bentonsvilie interferes essentially with the campaign of that cockawhoop leader and the combinat ons of Grant, ‘The part assioned to sherman was the dostruction of the railroad communteations through Gentral North Carol na, the crowding back towards Richmond of our forces in that State, and the narrowing by this means of the area of supply to General Lee to such a degree that the with drawal of his forces from this city would be inevitable It is some time #nce the attempt to take this city by direct aesault has been abandoned, and the grand scheme undertaken of bringing to bear upon ita force from the South sirong enough to overcome all opposition, cut oif ali communication, and by gradual — coustuction compress it into ‘surrender. The march Sher: mut) into Georgia, into South Carolina, and iato North Carolina, was not for the purpose the expectation of conquering Ui 0 and held quest of »uld have spread over, oceupted, subdues For all that be bas Jone towarde the ¢ those States, he might as well, or oetter. have en. tered them "True, he has blackened bis way with tro and rapine, and carried desolation to thousands of b households; bot he bas made ne converts to Untontwm, and has left the people more implacably hostile and more inflexibly resolute than be found them, gia and South Caroling are cow freer from Yankee than they ec oy and are less conquered and more e than they have been since that date. The id have been the condition of North Carolina if conqueral same w: ie to pass through ber borders with ns little oppo ns be encountered from Atlanta to Savannah. But at lust he bas found a “hon in his path" that be must dislodge, and move on, or all be has done is labor lost, When he moved from Dalton tast May it was not for the pu of capturing Atlanta, and favaunah, and Charieston, and Wilmington. Alt these wero tu be but incidents. The greut object, to which evel ing else was merely subsidiary, was to blocksde Lee from the South, to got between bim and bis sources of mipply, fo compel the capitulation of his army por sibly, and to secure, certainly, the downfall of this capital, He has only of late approached a potot where, to foil effectually the object of all his move- ments and the consummation of the plan, it was necessary that he should be arrested. If now Gen» ral Johnston can rout him, can drive him of his course, or can hold him checked and unable to advance, he is defeated, and the h combinations of Grant, of which Yan! newspapers have been dia- coursing #0 grandiloquently, are nullified and destroyed. portance, therefore, of the late battle at Bentons- ville will be apprecu Tho blow struck there was as much a blow ee tae hikey my it that delivered at Coal Harbor last year. Gen’ Johnston, and General Lee, under whom he acts, can in no uncertainty as to the vital necessity of continung to oppose an immovable front to Sher- man's advance, If Le cannot be destroyed, as we devoutly trast he may be, he mus’, at any crt, be kept fiom coming forward—not that Richmond, as Rethmond, is ofko much value, but that, for reasons which need not be explained, te rurrender to the enemy is a thing not fo be thought of while ts defince ts powible. Ta this view we cannot award too much credit, of render too much ratitude, to the gallant leader and devoted men who Eve said to Sherwan, ‘thus far, and no farther,” [From the Raleigh Confedora Prigadier General Reynolds, of Ark was wounded rent fights, and har sui amputation He is doing as well ax possible, ora) Harrison, of Texas, wounded in the cavalry adair at Johnsonville, is linproving, jarch 22.) Public Feeling tn Raletgh, [From the Raleigh Progress. } Our streote yesterday were comparatively quiet. Some wagon traing Were passing, some eqnads of cavalry mov. ing about, occasionally a litte cluster shout the oMee of the provost. marshal, &e,; otherwise there was nothing unusual, There is now bat little alarm felt here. The purge of moving armice bas passed us, and the impros n is strong (hat w W aa near the theatre of war | as we are Lkely to be ary Rebel Evacnation of F. | tteyilles (From the Richmond Exarminer, March’25 | The North Carobua eco der has ‘an ntof we evacuation of Fayeteville, Crom whic ft appears that ecarecly @ Man was cul OF and no alores Were jot, The | On Thursday the artillery and traias began to cross the river Then \t was announced that Generat Johnston had feft and all hope of defeuce was abandoned. The citl- zens began to secrete their provisions, plate, Jewelry, &e, | Saturday moruing soldiers and citizens were urryit | across the river. The enemy bad entered the town an | been dr tu confusion. cavalry on the out- | posts were drawn in, and @ | ne formed for the dedence of the bi ‘The troops crossed in a quiet, orderiy mann ore the last detachment of caval | eros nd flats in the river were dr ‘The ‘ered the town and commenced 1g column, mong the citizens Was of course ine moments the streets were cleared and roops engaged i a spirited fight at long range, Just 4 soon as the last detachment crossed the bridge Was fied Ina few moments it was enveloped in flames and | fell with a crash (iat resembled the sour of artillery. A whirty pounder was posted in front of the bridge ao as to atid a portion of Hay street and all that por- ton of tt why ton Passes through what 1s called Campbell The street was in a few moments crowded with of the tuimer that were cousuim= ing the brulve, boats and old warehouses, the extant he vereains of excited females, loomg of thoughtless boys, all broke upon the of « lovely morning The enemy rush to Wiumph towards the bridge, beed- Jess of dar when a solid shot from @ thirty-two. pounder strikes the head of their column and passes through tt, ‘Then, after a momentary pause, the column | closes and ov th me The oext moment a shell is | thrown into their midst; the shell explodes; there is confusion, another, aud another, and the street is de- serted. Geueral Hampton then discovered that they were endeavoring to boa reden to the left of the bridge. Todo this they had to pass over an open fleld, The yun was moved to # point wheh commanded the fas, and a few well directed shots completed the evacue ation, A large number of the citizens left, among them Messrs, Hale & Son, MeDuitie, Meswain, Har b, Randall McDaniel, Colonel Cook, 3. Jobusou, Harden, McMilla. and others, ‘The citizens, up to the night of the evacuation, con- tinued to rec ive Contederaie mon y, The ladies were as judefatigable as ever iM ministering tu the wants of the soldiers, OTR QUOTA. Money Expected by Sapervisor Blunt= The Drawing to be Resumed in the Tenth, Twenty-second and Fifth Wards. Recruiting in nearly all the provost marshals’ districts was again at a standstill yesterday for want of funds, which are, however, promised for this day. A few sub- stitutes were enrolled, but in most insiances would-be volunteers were seut empty-handed away, ‘Towards the evening of yesterday Mr, Blunt managed to procure the sum of $45,000, out of which all the recruits who pre- sented themselves were paid. Drafting has been ordered to be resumed to-day in the Fifth aud Ninth districts, In the Gest named district Captain Wost will put the en- rolled names of the Tenth ward in the wheel. The de- ficiency 19 this ward 1s 712, and, according to th: plan pursued of drawing one hundred per cent extra to r exemptions, 1,424 names will be drawn. In the N uth district Captain Dunning will draft the Twenty-econd ward, The deficiency is 756; the number to be drawn = 1,512, In the Fourth district, which has manifested the greatest supineness, the drafted mon will be called out fur service. The First and Fourth wards have been drawn, Captain Erbardt, the Provost Marshal, has been ordered to notify. first those drawn ip the Firat ward to appear on the 4th of April. They will come up at the rate of sve Lundred und twenty five men day nut the ward has beea exhausted, when the drafted men of the Fourth ward will be ordered to appear in a similar manner, After the mou already drafted have been divposed of the Filth ward will he drawn, This in three wards the draft will be resmed, and in two the couscripts will be ordered to report for wervice, The enlistments at the provost marshals’ offices yester- day amounted only to thirty-three. ‘They were appor- tioned as follows!—Fourth ‘district, one; Fi th, two; Sixth, nine; Seveath, eleven; Eighth, four, and Ninth, tive. Mr. Blunt yesterday afternoon received the following telegram from Albany :— AtBaxy, March 28, 1865. Hon, 0. Bow, Bounty Committes Bounty biil bas passed; hope ty be able to aid you soon, 8.0. STLERMAN, P.M General The following was also received by Hun, R. McCurdy: Atwany, March 2, 1865. sed; hope loan will be taken without Ww-morrow. R. FE. FENTON, Mr, McCurdy, with F. 8, Whiston, President of Mutnal Life Insurance Company, calied oo Mr. Ulunt during the day, He stated that $2,073,600 bas been already sub- seribed to the loan i, with Mr. Blunt, proceed d to Ma- yor Dodge to ann the prospect of funds, in order, if possible, to obtain # further postponement of the draft, Hon. R. McCurpy:— Bounty bill has delay; advise of auc: Another Order from General Fry. CIRCULAR NO. D Wan Derantanyt, Provost Marsal. Greve Wasixctox, D. €., March 27, 1865, The twenty-third section of the act approved March 3, 1865, provides as foliows:— SKctioN 28. And be tt further enutet, That any person oF persons evrotied in any sub-district may, af “ nd before the same slall stusll ee tok u ubstitates for uch persone. drafted, to the extent of tie number of au the order cexignoted by they eruits are thus as atoresnudl munte 1. In order to avail th meeives*of the provisions of this Jaw, the attention of aY persons desing to fortn aswoe Ciaiions for re rwiting Wht ® view to exemption from be reery its, atid ia cope at We Ume such re- raft, 18 invited to the follow! ie stlous, ly Wits z F iliat ere by given to the sub- district for the coer ire furn: at the time they are istered in, und f eran at the deficiewey ining after evediting the ruits, it is necessary Uhat all (ie members of the asyociation’ shall belong (0 the same #ul-distr et end—Vrevious tw the commencement of the draft és will (uroisb the provost marshal of the district « list 4 of ty oO their order, and numbering them will not be 'aliered ur tuceeased alt ha: pene d, fist o! the reernits furnished by such asso: ept by tt “& warshal, be mustered im vord rig whieh th 1. When the draft bern made the rec lead of tho will be taken of the first man the re. rut etand: oc tating a Ko tet vy dratted nen wi 1 all the membre of are exempted, .D case a suffi vent ve been furnished by the associa. tiun to exempt (oat oumber Where the no mber of recruits furutsbed Ly an asssocimtion exceeds the number of men drafted from | such association the excess, though credited to the sub dis. triet, will create. no lam for the exemption of any persenr whomeoever Members of asec yoa8 who eecure sx:mplien under the twenty third section afore- kuid ure axempt from that draft, vut are lable to be drafted on future calls, Recruits furoished by associa tions, and taken as eubstitutes for trafted meu whe are inembers of the association, will be credited, at the time of muster 10, to the sub-district to @ hich the association belougs. JAMES B. FRY, Provost Marshal General. who bave been rw umber of recruits The Draft in Pennsylv: Haaarsnvrc, March 28, 1865. has been received by Governor ‘ The following despatch Curtin: — Wacnraroy, March 28, 1865, To Tae Govanwon oF PRNNayLTANta The time for raising new organizations is hereby ex. tended to April 15, But this authority does not postpor nor jaterfore with the draft, Mustering olficers will coa- Linue to muster ip. JAMES B, FRY, Provost Marshal General, Dr. Livingstone’s Son in the Union Army. TO THE KDITOR OF THE HERALD. Tread in your issue of yesterday a brief article, copied from the Loudon News, which stated that “Dr. Living- stone, the African traveller, i# at present in considerable anxiety respecting bia eldest son, who was kidnapped in an American port on board the veasel on which be was nerving by some of those unprincipled agonts for procur- ing substitutes, of whom we have beard. He enlisted in the Third New Hampshire Volunteers.’ Several letters from Dr. Livingstone in regard to this matter have been received al the State Department, and those letters repeated the stotement that young diving. Kldnappe 4 abused thie government ter to the War Depariment, and s ordered that an inquity should be mate aod the facts re ported, #9 that they might be communicated (o Dr. Livin atone, ¢ report forwarded frei the army to tho War Do- iment showed, 10 substance, that young Livingstone, Hoeetine as adventurous as Lie father, bad enlisted, an’ was one of the very best soldiers in bis regiment. Ine deed, ao excellent was bis couduct that be bad been pro- moted to a eorgenptcy within a month after bis enlist. ment, All the officers spoke well of bim, Details of | frets concerning the alleged kidnapping could not be | @von, however, as Ser t Livingstone, much to tho rot of bis com: hal been taken prisoner by the the report was tnade. It te to t gelont archy will soon relea-e liv, PETERSBURG, | | | | Breontn ACaveny ov SMusie.—Tho lust concert in | Brookiyn of Mile, ds Katow and Mr. Webti will take | pince at this house to-night, They will bo aseisted by | pienora Saly ott) and Siguor Paulcebl.