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SA\ AAN Ail, uA. HA 11E R A LI), roi -TJ>r r - i.i iVo. 51* 1 |k | ptmusirrm g7SKY EVENING, SUNDAYS EXCEPTED. KT w. MASON «fc CO., At Hi Bay Strttt ' Savanwail Gfouc.ia. T2R M 3 : Per Copy Five Cent*. j Per Hundred Jo Per Year * l ° AtfTEIiTISTSG: \ ’united number of Advertisers eeta will be re ‘ \ved at the rate of Twenty Cents per Line for X st insertion,and Fifteen Cents per Line for each tfhppniicn' insertion : invariably in advance. Ad vertisements should be handed iu before noon of each day. JOTS PRINTING , n evsr y style, neatly and promptly done. - !1”;L-J.qg!A^gL2LJ2J™- 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. (Five Cents