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Important Report from Mexico
STATEWEXT TEAT MXiaUMAff W2LL
SECOOS3ZE THE COYF£I>FJU€Y.
SPECIAL DESPATCH TO THE HKItAED.
New York, March 0—10.30 a. m.
Advices from New Orleans.jast receiv
ed here, say that a letter received there
fromMatamoras, of Jan. 30, states: Geu.
Mejia had saluted the rebel dag at
Brownsville, and that the Confederacy
would soon be recognized, by Maximil
ian. This derives its importance from
tiic fact that Mejia is next in command
to the Emperor.
Capture of the Rebel Early by
galiaut Phil Sheridan.
HOST OF EARLY’S ARM
ALSO CAPTURED.
OFtTCTAL DESPATCHES FROM SECRETARY
STANTON*. *
War Department, Washington, March
5 —To Major General Dix:—The follow
ing despatches, in relation to the report
ed defeat and capture of General Early by
Saeridan, and the capture of Charlottes
ville, have been received by this depart
ment. Gen. Sheridan and hisfoice com
menced their movement last Monday, and
were at Staunton when last heard from.
Major Gen- Hancock was placed in
charge of the Middle • Military Division
during the absence of Gen. Sheridan,
with headquarters at Winchester.
(Signed) E. M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.
City Point, Va.. March s—ll A. M.
Hon. Ediv'tn M. Stanton , Sec'ry of JV r «r
Deserters this morning l report that
Sheridan has routed Early and captured
Charlottesville. They report four regi
ments having gone from here (Rich
mond) to reinforce Early.
(Signed) U. S. GRANT,
Lieut. General.
City Point, Va., Saturday,
March 5—2 P. M.
Ifon. Edwin M. Stanton Seen/ of War :
Deserters from every point of the ene
my’s line, confirm the capture of Char
lottesville by Gen. Sherman. They say
he captured Gen. Early and liis "entire
force, consisting of eighteen hundred
men. Four brigades were reported as
being sent to Lynchburg, to get -there
before Gen. Sheridan, if possible.
(Signed) U. S. GRANT,
Lieut. General.
City Point, March s—l P. M.
Hon. Edwin M. Stanton, Sec'ry of War :
Refugees confirm the statement of de
serters as to the capture of Gen. Early
<md nearly his entire force. They Say it
took place on Tuesday last between
Staunton and Charlottesville, and that
toe defeat was total.
(Signed) U. S. GRANT,
' Lieut. General.
SAVANNAH, GA., SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 11, 1865.
SHER M A. TV ..
SPECULATIONS OP THE REBEL
PRESS.
Fortress Monroe. March 2, 1865.
The mail steamer Dictator, which ar
rived here at four p. m., brings no news
of importance from the front.
The report of the capture of General
Sherman and staff in the vicinity of Col
umbia, S. C., was utterly false.
A gentleman who came down on the
Dictator, and who left the Spottswood
II ou se, in Richmond, yesterday morn
ing, says that no intelligence of the cap
ture of* General Sherman, or of even an
engagement between his forces and Gen
eral Johnston’s army, had been received
in Richmond at the time he left, at
ten a. m. yesterday.
[From the Richmond Dispatch, March I.]
We arc still without official intelli
gence of movements now taking place in
the Carol inns, and, for reasons hit herto
stated, do not care to repeat all -the re
ports that reach us. We heard yester
day that Sherman was stuck iu the mud
in one of the Southern States. It it has
rained half as much there as in this vi
cinity, there can be no doubt of the
statement. There have been many
widely different estimates of the strength
of Sherman's arim*. By some his forces
have been estimated as high as sixty
thousand. We learned yesterday
through a trustworthy source, that Gen.
Hampton reported his force to consist of
four corps ot infantry of seven thousand
men each, and a body of cavalry of from
four to five thousand men. His artillery
will, perhaps swell the numbers of his
main column to thirtj r rfive thousand. It
we give Gill more at Charleston ten
thousand, and Sc both Id • at Wilmington
Jifteen thousand, we shall estimate the
"whole Yankee force now operating in
the Carolinas at sixty thousand men.—
This, we think, is not lar from the mark.
The Yankee papers make the figures
much larger, and give Sherman an im
mense cavalry force.
IFrom the Richmond Sectinel, Ma*ch I.]
The news from the South looks favor
able, and wc hope soon to gratify the
public with pleasant intelligence from
that quarter.
[From the Richmond Enquirer. March I.]
From Charlotte, we learn that the anxi
ety which haci prevailed in that quarter
for several days bad subsided. Colum
bia adviees state that the fire wltich qc
curred there on the evacuation by our
troops extended from Main street to the
Charlotte depot, a distance of three
fourths of a mile. No public property
was destroyed. The city is noV in the
possession of Gen- Hampton's tnops.
[From the Richmond Dispatch. March 2.]
A telegram from Fayetteville on the
Ist inst., says that at that time tU Yan
kees had advanced in that direction from
Wilmington.
We publish this morning a full account
from Yankee papers of our evacuation of
Wilmington and the enemy’s occupation.
Wo have nothing from Sliermju. lie
is presumed to be still in the bud ot
South Carolina.
[From the Richmond Whig, March 3.]
The Raleigh Conservative alludes to
Sherman’s operations, and indiiges the
hope, if our plans are not tli waded, that
our able generals and brave tjoops in
that quarter will be able to “bas ’ him or
send him howl rig to the rear. f the re
port brought us by telegraphs that the
small force left by him at Oolinibia has
been expelled be true, then the ipulse in
front, should he suffer much, wluld pro
bably render his affairs desperate in the
extreme. But we will not speailatc fur
ther in regard to matters whjeh must
cease to be matters for mere sjeeulation
soon.
[From the Raleigh (N, C.) State Joupal.Mar. 9. •
As the train left Wilmington pur Whit
worth battery, planted at the head ofthe
market, fired upon the enemy, who
had appeared upon the causeway, on
the western side of the Cape Fare river.
Their main advance was them checked
at Alligator creek; some few skirmishers
pushed forward, but were driven off.
It is believed that ITay good's brigade,
with the exception of the seventh bat
talion. has been captured. Some acci
dental cases may have escaped. They
probably have. They were on the west
side of the Gape Fear. The other troops
on that side escaped.
Fortress Monroe, Friday, March 3.
The steamers GJaueus and Neptune ar
rived here this afternoon from Smith
ville, N. C. The Captains of both these
steamers reported having encountered
during the trip up the coast very heavy
northeast gams. They sailed from
Smithvilie on the Ist ihst., at 1 o’clock,
a. m.,-and shortly before they left, the
steamer Gen. Meigs arrived from Wil
mington, N. C., bringing the report,
which was generally credited by army
and navy officers stationed at Smiihvillc,
that a portion of Gen. Sherman’s army
had arrived at and was marching through
Wilmington, N. C., from which it is con
jectured } that a junction with Gen.
Terry’s army has been effected.
of Piresicteni
ILineolo,
HIS INAUGURAL ADDRESS
Washington, Saturday, March 4.
President Lincoln was inaugurated for
another term of four years at twelve
o'clock, noon, to-day.
Overhead was clear an 1
beautiful, and djfcccount of the recent
rains the streets were filled with mud.
Despite this fact, the crowd that assem
bled was exceedingly large,and thousands
proceeded to the capital to witness ihe
inauguration ceremonies. The proces
sion moved from Sixteenth street and
Pennsylvania avenue at about 11 o’clock.
President Lincoln had been at the cap
ital all day, and consequently did not ac
company the procession to the scene of
the interesting ceremonies.
Several bands of music, two regiments
of the Invalid Corps, a squadron of cav
alry, a battery of artillery, and four com
panies of colored troops, formed the mil
itary escort.
The Mayor and Councilman of Wash
ington, vUiting Councilman, from Balti
more, the firemen of this city end the
visiting firemen from Philadelphia, the
Good Will, Franklin and Perseverance
companies, each company drawing its
engine along, were also in the procession.
Among the benevolent societies pres
ent, were Lodges ol Odd Fellows and
Masons, including a colored Lodge of the
latter fraternity.
The public and principal private buil
dings along Pennsylvania avenue were
gaily decorated with flags, and every
window was thronged with faces to catch
a glimpse of the President elect.
The oath to protect and maintain the
Constitution of the States, was
administer/, and to Mr. Lincoln by Chief
Justice Chase, in the presence of thou
sands, who witnessed the interesting
cemmony while standing in mud nearly
knee-deep.
The Inaugural was then read.
mu TNAUGUKAL ARDItErP.
Fellow Countrymen: At this second appearing
to take the onth of the Presidential office* tin r )
is less occasion for* an extended address than
there was at the first. Then a statement some
what in detail of a course to he pursued seemed
very fitting arid proper. NoW, at the expiration
of four years, during which public declaretions
have been constantly railed forth on every point
and phase of the great contest which still absorbs
the attention and engrosses the energies of the
nation, little that is new could be presented
The progress of our arms, upon which nlreise
chiefly depends, is as well known to the public as
11 U 1 tr nsk reasonable sntisfac
tory ni.d encouraging to ail. With high hope for
tnred tGre ’ n ° ?red,ctson * u it isren-
On the occasion corresponding to this four
years ago, all thoughts were antfousJv drooted
to an impending civil wa, All dreaded ft ; S
sought to avoid U. While the inangnral address
was being delivered from this place, devoted rl
together m saving the Union without war, insur
gent agents were in the city seeking to destroy it
withont to dissolve the Union and
an i up the effects by negotiation. Doth parties
deprecated war, but ore of them would make
war rather tnaa let the nation survive, and the
other w°nM accept war rather than let it perish,
and the war came.
On -eighth of the whole population were color
el slaves, net distributed generally over the
> mon, hut localized in the Southern part of it.
These slaves constituted a peculiar ami powerful
interest. All knew that this interest was homo
how the cause of Dm war. To strengthen, per
petuate and extend this interest, was the object
i for which the insurgents would rend the Union
{ even by war,while the Government claimed no
! right to do more than to restrict the territorial
I enlargement of it.
Neither party exported for the war the magni '
hide or (he duration which it has already attain
ed. Neither anticipated that the cause of the
conflict might cease \\ tih. or even before the con
flict itself should c-ase. Each looked for an
oasior triumph, and a result less fundamental
and astounding.
Doth read the same Bible and pray to the same
God, and ’each invokes His aid against the other
It may seem strange that any men should dare
to'ask. a jn«t God’s assistance in wringing their
bread from the sweat of other men’s fac?s, but
let ns judge not, that we be not judged. The
prayers of both could not be answered fullv. The
Almighty has his own purposes. “Woe unto the
world because of offences, for it must, needs be
that offences come? but woe to th/it man by
whom the offence cometh.” If we shall suppose
that American slavery is one of these offences,
whirl? in the providence of God must needs
come but which having continued through IDs
appointed time, He now wills to remove, and
that He gives to both North and South this ter
rible war as the woe due to those bv whom the
offence came, shall wo discern therein any de
parture from those divine, attributes which the.
believers in a living God always ascribe to Ilim ?
Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that
this mighty scourge of war may soon pass away.
Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the
wealth plied by the bondman's two hundred and
fifty years of unreoui.ted toil shall be. sunk, and
until every drop of blood drawn with (he lash
shall he paid with another drawn with the
sword, as was said three thousand years ago: so,
still it must be said, “ The judgments of the Lord
are true and righteous aitogeth >r."
With malice toward none, with charity for all,
with firmness in the, righf, as God gives ns to see
the right, let us strive on to finish the work we
are in, to bind up th* 1 nation’s wounds, to care for
him who shall have borne the battle an t for his
widow and his orphans, to do nil which may
achieve and cherish a just an 1 a lasting peace
among ourselves arul with all nations.
After ti e de’ivery of the a'dress .a national
salute was tired by a battery stationed east ofthe
,Capitol. The proccssjon then again moved up
Pennsylvania avenue, the President being con
veyed in an open barouche. Seated with him
were his sou and Senator Foster, ofthe Commit
tee of Arrangements.
The President was c-carted to the White
House; after which, the procession separated.
The Senate will hold an extra session,
bat no legislation will de done. Confir
mations of nomihatioas will be the prin
cipal business.
CAPTURE OU A REBEL HR I
- IN NORTH CAROLINA.
The capture in North Car din a of the
entire brigade of the ieh .1 General Hay
good, with the exception of one battal
ion, is announced by the Il tlcigh. N. C,
Journal. brigade belonged
to Hoke’s division, and constituted a
portion of I lie rebel force defending Wil
mington till the enemy was forced to
abandon that place. Neither the time
nor the precise locality of the capture is
miven, but it is said to have occurred on
The west side of Cape Fear river.
Provost Court.— This morning, Geo.
Knight and Wm. Wayne, colored boys,
were arraigned, charged by. the Police
with fighting at a ball given in St.
Andrews Hall last evening. Taey were
fined each $5, and discharged on pay
ment of costs.
Thomas Smith, for being drunk, and
found sleeping on the stoop of a private
lesi ’enc •, was fined $lO.
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