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SAVANNAH DAILY HERALD. VOL. 1-NO. 73. The Savannah Daily Herald (MORNING AND EVENINGj 18 PUBLISHED BY s. W. MASON <fc CO., At 111 Bay Street, Savannah, Geoeqia. terms: Per Copy Five Cents. Per Hundred $3 SO. Per Year ~.. $lO 00, advertising: Two Dollars per Square of Ten Lines for first in sertion ; One Dollar for each subsequent one. Ad vertisements inserted in the morning, will, if desired, appear in the evening without extra charge. JOB PRINTING every style, neatly and promptly done. [from our Extra of yes ter dan afternoon.] One Day Later from the North. NEW YORK DATES OF APRIL 7. Arrival of the Creole at Hilton Head SYNOPSIS OF RICHMOND NEW!# I Sir Frederick Bruce Coming to America as an Envoy Extraor dinary from England. &EBX2X. BARI STONEWALL AT FERROL, SPAIN. ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE. SHE MEETS THE NIAGARA AND SACRAMENTO AND SNEAKS BACK. Lincoln Occupying Jefl'. Davis* ’ House in Richmond. GOX.E 151. Despatches from our Special Correspond ent at New York. ARAGO DEE VO-NIGHT. BT C. 8. MILITARY TELEGRAM FROM HILTON HEAD, By the arrival of the steamer Oreole, at Hilton Head, this mording. we have special despatches, exclusively to the Herald, from our New York correspondent. Although some of the following intelligence has been substantially anticipated in our columns, ln r arrivals,oi the news through other sources, nevertheless, as the subjoined represents at a glance the operations of the few' days victorious' work which gave us Richmond and Petersburg, and w’hieh can scarcely fail to result in the utter demolition, of Lee’s army, in its capture en masse, or in its being scattered to the four winds of Heaven, we give it in full. Hourly the end draw's nigh. “The night is past; joy cometh with the morning.” By the exertions of our well-informed cor respondent, we have dates some six hours later thau the news in the latest papers brought by the Creole, comprising all the in telligence deceived in New York City up to the hour of sailing. Our Special Despatches. New York, April 7, Via Hilton Head, Apr. 11. Richmond was captured on the morning of Monday, April 3d. General Weitzel with his colored troops marched in at 6 o’clock in the a. m., capturing five hundred (500) can non, thirty (30) locomotives, fifty (50) pas senger and one hundred (100) freight cars. He captured also 2000 prisoners in.the city. 'Weitzel and his troops were enthusi astically received and the Union flag was displayed throughout Richmond. Jeff. Davis and family fled to Danville, or some where el9e, on Sunday night. All the prisoners in Libby were released and have arrived at City Point. President Lincoln now occupies the late residence of Jeff. The city was found on fir 6 in several pla ces, but w r as put ont after considerable dam age had been done. Petersburg was also evacuated Sunday night, our army entering at daylight on Monday a. m. * The great battle, of which the above is the result, commenced on the 28th, contin uing with great fury on the 20th and 30th. A rain storm interfered somewhat, but still victorious advances continued to be made, until on the 31st and Ist Sheridan succeeded in most effectually smashing Lee’s whole right wing, capturing four thousand (4000) prisoners and over thirty (30) pieces of artil lery at one swoop. fc This movement secured the Southside Railroad and extended our line;? from Hatch er s Run to the Appomatox river, inside the entrenched lines of the Rebels. The next morning 2d, the whole army of the Potomac moved on Erwin’s Works, cap turing forts, prisoners, guns and the - close of the day left a clear road to Pe tersburg,. , . On discovering the evacuation, Grant lost no time, but at daylight Monday, A. M. SAVANNAH, GA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 1865. started orv hot pursuit of Lee’s retreating tragment of a beaten and demoralized Army. • Sheridan led in the persuit, capturing men, cannon, wagons, ammunition, &e. The Reb els throwing nearly every thing aw’ay ; in their flight they left all their tents and camp equipage in both cities. He came up with them at Amelia Court House, on the Dan ville road north of Burkesville on the . r >th; in the meantime Grant had hurried Meade’s in fantry on to Burkesville, thus effectually cutting off all retreat of the Rebels and head ing them off. Up to the latest hour *we have no de spatches stating the result of the pending en- 4 gagement between Sheridan and Lee at' Amelia Court House. The latest offleial despatch states that Lee was in line of battle, and Sheridan was being reinforced by heavy bodies of infantry from Meade’s army. Grant himself was at Nottoway Court House, and was evidently moving to Burks ville, w'here the main portion of the army had already arrived. Sheridan says he feels confident of captur ing or annihilating Lee’s force. We are anxiously awaiting official* advices from that point. ✓ The rejoicings over the fall of throughout the North have been of the most intensely enthusiastic character. No w'ords c%n describe the scenes enacted by our joyous population. Bells have rug until they crack ed ; cannons have roared continuously for several days, and everything animated with an American flag. Southern sympathizers gire it up and own that it is nonsense longer to contend against the victorious legions of patriots w r ho have so long fought for the in tegrity of the whole aud indissoluble Union. New York and Boston are crazy with de light. Steamer Arago and several other steamers leave to-morrow with a great number of pas sengers for Charleston, to be present at the Flag raising on Fort Sumter. Henry Ward Beecher and several Congressmen are of the party, who will make addresses on the occa sion. Foreign advices received an nounce that Sir Frederick Bruce, who was a passenger in the China this morning, comes out as Envoy Extraordinary upon the sub ject of the Reciprocity Treaty. The Rebel ram Stonewall started ,out of Ferral, Spain, but upon finding the frigates Niagara and Sacramento waiting for her, sneaked bafilc to port, afraid to enter into conflict. Gold opened at 151. [From the New York Tribute.] Richmond, Va., April 5. To-day, at about noon, Mr. Lincoln came up from City Point, taking the boat from Yarina, and there taking horses to this city. Along with him came Admiral Porter, with a few other persons. The party entered the capital with feelings that can be better imag ined than described. It is not known wheher the occasion reminded Mr. Lincoln of a little story, but it is to be presumed that it did. The papers decide that this visit of the President to Richmond seems to point to peace. It is said he intends to issue a proclama tion to the people of the South, calling upon them to return to their allegiance; by this act the President will ignore the existence of the rebel government, and appeal to the common sense of the southern people, who, worn out by a long and bloody war, will no doubt set their rebel rulers aside and make peace on any terms. It is estimated that there are 20,000 Union people in the city, who will gladlyreturn to the starry folds of their proper flag, as it is only by force of tho military arm that that they bowed to the acts of the rebel government. To this class will be added the half-way men who now T will of course be good Union citizens. These few lines are meant onlyas a brief des patch, in another letter I will give you some account of the many things of interest in the rebel capital. Already there is a strong party of correspondents taking notes about town, and in a few days the North will read of everything of interest, and along with it much that is of no interest, from the pens of the fourth estate. Os this class I may say that the rebel scribes who tried to fire the southern heart, have thrown down their pens and taken to inglorious flight. Now, where is Pollard and the rest of them ? Echo answers—where ? Like the men-of-war, they will take up a new base and there issue dingy little sheets in which to give vent to their spleen, but where can those bases be found ? and will the scribes thrown down the pen and take up a rifle? Oh, no! They meant the “poor white trash” to fight aud they were to fire their hearts. Head Quarters Ahmt of Potomac, > April 4th, 1866. ) This day was spent by the army in active pursuit of the enemy—it is a foot-race be tween the two great bodies for a certain goal. The point for which Gen. Lee is thought to be en march is Danville. Under cover of ins left he drew off from his lines on the night of the 2d. and began a rapid march, in the hope of gaining a good . start upon os; in this he has failed, for our army is well up with his rear guard. The second corps, under General Gordon, which held the left of his lines on the day of the great battle, has lost two thousand (2000) more prisoners. By the Cox road, the bulk of this army went on Monday through Petersburg in pur suit, and the cavalry has been on the heels of the enemy all this day, taking 2,000 more prisoners. • Their ranks are fast dwindling away; it is thought that there cannot be more than 35,- 000 men now with Gen. Lee, and as they go on, the men constantly quit the ranks and find their way home. Our cavalry gives no rest to the broken ranks of the enemy, and they are pressing hard upon the rear of Gordon’s corps their 2d. It is from this corps that most of the prisoners are taken by our cavalry. In many of the houses along the line of march, parties of wounded men are found who having been able to march from the late field of battle, have been taken along, but had to fall out on the way. It is only a very sanguine rebel who can not see that all is over with the lately great army of Northern Virginia. Its days are numbered; it may not exist as an organized body thirty days longer. If it «an reach the force under Gen. Joseph Johnston, a second heavy fight will take place, this time with Gen. Sherman; but even then the Army of the Potomac would, in less tfiau ten hours, enter inte the fight, and the result to the rebel forces would inevitably be a disaster which would be final. The Ist of May will probabty see the end of this war, for nothing but a heavy line of de fenses could enable the enemy ‘to make a stand again, and in time to throw up such a line is now the only salvation. The enemy can only flee from front to front for a short time. The death of D. H. Hill is a great loss to the enemy, for he led their third Corps with great ability, and was perhaps only second to Gen. Lee in impor tance, to the Rebel army in the late tight. To-day the cavalry and the leading in fantry corps have made a long march; the ninth corps is some distance in the rear, as it left Petersburg only to-day, but the rest of the army is well on hand and the cavalry under the untiring Sheridan is doing great service. There are many reports of extravagant success on our part flying about—one is that 20,000 of the enemy have been forced to lay down their arms, but this is at least prema ture. It is an old story of “bagging.” The army is doing well, hut has not made such short work of the tuemy as that. Burkesville may be the point at which an other great fight wiil take place. It is sixty miles from Petersburg, and the army has not made more than about half that distance up to this evening. My next despatch will likely give you the news of another heavy blow inflicted upon the enemy. On Tuesday Mr. Lincoln gave a public re ception in the parlor of Jest. Davis’ house, in Richmond. A number of citizens called upon him, beside the officers of our army aud navy* The Richmond Post Office has been taken possession of by the government, and twen ty-two bags of cajftured mails delivered to the War Department. FROM GOLDSBORO', IV. C. The Rebels Preparing to Evacuate Raleigh. Stores, &«■., Removed to Greensboro’. New York, April I.—The Tribune’s Wash ington special says a despatch, just received from Goldsboro’, says the rebels have com pleted all preparations to evacuate Raleigh. All the departments of the State Government have been removed to Greensboro’, as well as surplus military stores. Gen. Schofield has levied a contribution of 100,000 rations of meat and flour upon the citizens. Capture of the Son of Barnwell Rhett. Brigadier-General Alfred Rhett, son of that notorions “original sinner and secessionist,” Barnwell Rhett, of South Carolina, was cap tured in a manner to seriously wound bis vanity, if he is at all sensitive on points of military etiquette. Inside his own lines he tell in with a party of men, whom he took to be rebel soldiers. They lequested him to accompany them to headquarters. Rhett replied contemptuously, garnishing his re marks with divers pungent expletives rela tive to their souls and their “condemned”, insolence. Thereupon they brought the head of Rhett in direct range of several re volvers. Rhett waxed wroth exceedingly, and informed them that when he got them where he wanted them he would put them ia irons, and wreak on their devoted heads sundry other vengeful devices exercised by officers of exalted rank when set at defiance by enlisted meu. Threats, however, were of no avail. He had to go with them, and, quietly conveying him past his own pickets, they brought him in to General Shefman, finallv telling him that they were Union scouts, and he their prize—a prisoner. Rhett subsequently admitted that up to the mo ment they did so he was chuckling to him self over the idea of inflicting punishment upon them, and that, when the truth wa9 revealed to him, he felt about as mean as could be supposed possible ih the case of a chivalric South Carolinian cavalier, of purest nullifying'breed. It is proposed by New Yorkers to hold a Kd national sword tournament at Gen. it’s headquarters to decide who is the best swordsman in the United States. They hftd better decide that by trying their swords on the rebels. Perhaps if they had done this sometime ago it would have been of more advantage to the country and better for their own reputation. AMVSEMKXTS. Savannah Theatbe.— At the Savannah Theatre last evening the popular drama of “ Ireland As It Is” was rendered in a most acceptable manner. A good house was pres ent, and the efforts of Mr. Weir as “Dan O’Carolan,” Mr. Davenport as “NeilO’Caro lan, ” Mr. Camer aa “ Ragged Pat,” and Miss LaFond as “Judy O’Trot,” elicited the most unmistakable commendation. A splendid bill is offered for to-night, “ The Drunkard” and “The Youth who never saw a Woman.”* Sweatnam’s Varieties —This popular place of amusement continues to be crowded nightly. The brilliant actress Lotty How land, the irresistible comedian, W. P. Sweat nam, and the wonderfully precocious Master Willie, are only the chief of the manifold at tractions of the “Varieties.’* Last night, the great hit of the evening was the “Dutch Song and Dance ” by La Belle Louise and Lotty Howland, which was received with the most enthusiastic plaudits. ALL-FOOLS'-DAY ORATORY. The following has been sent to us with a request to publish, as a specimen of the First of-April Oratory. The speech was made by a well-known humorist on the occasion of an All-Fools’-Day presentation to Mr. Sam’l J. Brady, chief clerk in the office of Capt. John L. Kelley, A. Q. M. “I have the honor conferred on me by the representatives of the Quartermaster’s De partment, under your management, to pre sent you, in their names, this slight token of their respect and esteem. (Handing over a clay pipe.) This presentation has been un der consideration for some time, but has been postponed until this date on account of heavy weather on the coast, and frequent showers of rain, which we thought might have a tendency to dampen the proceedings. We the undersigned (undersigned is good, as we are under the sign of the “Soldier’s Rest we, the undersigned, whose names are as familiar to you as household words, and no doubt they will hereafter be engraven on your heart, have not been unmindful of the increasing cares that have multiplied upon you since we have rallied around you. Whether you have been at work on Form 2, or any other Form, we have always found you right there, and felt the same interest in your welfare. We have watched you night after night, working until the candles melted away before you, but you heeded them not. The brain work was there, and the hands were willing, and you conld have knocked a box of candles into the middle of next week; we cpuld not look down upon these scenes without being moved. In fact we have moved several times. Sir, if you think that our hearts are like the big rocks along the New Jersey Railroad, that have painted on them in large letters, “ Cherokee Medicines for the Unfortunate,” you are mistaken* Our hearts are like the candles you work by— they melt, muchly so, on an occasion like this. “May this beautiful pipe, that w’e present to you, be like your fondest hopes, never broken, and like your financial circumstan ces, never broke; add as the golden wreaths of smoke ascend from this ambrosial boat, so may your cares and troubles leave your mind, and you enjoy the happiness and con tentment that your friends all fondly wish for you, with no cloud of sorrow bn your mind, leaving the past tinctured with the sweetest of recollections. “The cool summer air that comes stealing in through the lattice window fanning the heated brow of our immortal Chiefs only in vigorates him for renewed action. While quires of folio cap paper disappear before his magic touch. He buries himself in abstracts and piles of vouchers. Boxes of 404 pens are gone in a week. With lightning rapidity he dashes off an order for a wooden bunk, or writes a check for thousands of dollars, and he still works on. At his command the heavy iron door swings open on rusty hin ges, and the mechanics of St. Helena await anxiously their doom. The Napoleon of clerk 9 stands ready to fill their pockets with the ready, or to take them by the collar and make them walk, he is good on both, for lltiat reason he joined Hook and Ladder one.” Thundering All Around. —A look outside the theatre of war in Virginia and North Carolina, where the leading “ heavy men” are engaged, shows some performances in the grand war drama of much interest.— The rebel newspapers tell us that the Yan kees are preparing a formidable simultaneous invasion of Texas, via Galveston, Sabine Pass and Arkansas. Thomas holds Tennessee in his grasp, and laughs at the rebel ragged battalions; General Vodges, of the Regulars, takes command in Florida with a splendid body of men; Washburne is in strength at Memphis, holding that important key to the interior; Dana has the Department of Ark ansas and the State of Mississippi, watching the rebels under Price and Kirby Smith ; Pope and Dodge have Missouri in charge, and have completely overawed the traitors, reorganized the civil courts, expelled guer rilla! and disciplined the militia, the best de fenders, when loyal, of the honor and prop erty of a State; Caoby has an army and navy in co-operation at Mobile ana around New Orleans (and both very large), and we daily look for news of the capture of Mobile; and Wilson’s cavalry, tea thousand strong, was reported at Chickasaw, Ala., on the 21st Inst., to cut off the retreating column of the enemy from the chief city of the State. PRICE, 5 CENTS ODDS AND ENDS, OF NEWS AND IN* Cl DENTS. An asylum for “children .subject to fits ” is t« be opened in Massachusetts. England and India are only six hours apart—by telegraph. They call the ‘fractional currency’‘papoose money’ in Wisconsin, because it is the young of greenbacks. Motto for a dyer: I must dye to live. For his customers : May they live to dye. The Princess of Wales has been graciously pleased to grant permission that the Condon, Chatham and Dover Railway Company's bridge at Blackfriars may be named the Alex andria Bridge, after her Royal Highness. Fanny Elsslerhas not yet pirouetted off the stage of existence. Site was lately present at the Concordia ball in Vienna, in a white satin dress and train, literally covered with diamonds, rubies and emerald?. The Empress Eugenie proposes toother European crowned sovereigns to make an ef fort to restore the holy sepulcre at Jerusa lem. Such a movement would be more bloodless than that set afoot by Peter the Hermit. Prentice has had a book handetl to him, “by a bright-eyed, beautiful little widow, (its author),” with 33G pages—the book not the widow—called “Lillian, or the Battle of Life”—that we would like to see—the widow, not the book. Our 'petroleum princes scarcely begin to realize the suddenness with which fortunes may be accumulated. A Hindoo, who was formerly employed at £3O a year, has amassed a fortune of ten millions of dollars by the rise in value of ludia cotton, in which he speculated. The Emperor of Morocco had the heads of ten of his subjects taken off aud fixed on telegraphic poles, because they interfered with the telegraph apparatus. The Emperor would be invaluable in a newspaper office for. making telegraphic heads. A letter from St. Petersburg says : “The greatest novelty of the week’s festivi ties is the appearance of Haines, the famous American skater. He has already appeared on the English Skating ground, and before the imperial family at tbe Taurida Garden ; aud as the showman who takes him about has been careful to excite the public curi osity, he is likely to reap a good harvest du ring the carnival.” On Tuesday last, Thomas Ball, Esq., com pleted ip clay a bust of Mr. Everett, and on Wednesday it was moulded and cast in plas ter and packed, preparatory to its being taken to Europe by the artist. The friends of the late Mr. Everett will be pleased to know that .Mr. Ball has been remarkably successtul in his effort, and that the bust pre sents Jhe features of the gifted orator and scholar in a form most pleasant to those who have enjoyed his friendlp intercourse and safety. , The celebrated Sand diamond has been Surchased by “Messrs. Garrard, of the Hay [arket, for Sir Jamsetjee Seheebhoy, of Bombay, for $20,000. The historical interest attached to this stone is remarkable and quite authentic. It formerly belonged to Charles the Bold, of Burgundy, then passed into the possession of the Sanci family, from whence it took its name, ultimately became one of the crown jewels of France, was worn at the coronations of Louis XIV. and XV., and was stolen' at the sack of the Tuilleries in 1789; it then passed to the Queen of Ferdi nand VII., of Spain, who gave it to Godoy, Prince de la Paix, aud from him was trans ferred to tile Demidoff family, its last pos sessors. Will There be a Called Session of Con gress ? — The Washington correspondent of the' Philadelphia Press says this question is now being discussed by leading men. One class insist that Mr. Lincoln cannot make paace without first; consulting Congress.— Others contend that there are examples where peace was made by commissioners or Generals, and cite the treaty of Ghent in 1814—15, and the treaty of Gnadaloupc Hi dalgo, made over the head of President Polk’s administration made by N. P. Trist and Gen. Scott, by which the Mexican war was closed and the golden bands of Califor nia wound round the Union, making it rich er and stronger. The Senate must ratify, however, the House must frirnish the money. If Lee is whipped and forced to surrender, the substantial terms will be dictated by the conqueror ; and it may be that the President will be on the ground to sfin?tion what ia then done. There will be no time to call Congress to take part in this council, but a subsequent and early meeting is inevitable. Should the defeat be a grand smash, we will get our own conditions ; and the party chiefs who oppose peace, when all that is reasonable is obtained, will be quietly folded away, like mumthies in some old ciypt, where baffled theorists have gone to sleep with their dead theories. Do not werry about Jeff. Davis and the wretched lie-witches wbo’contrived, cooked, stirred and heated this hell-broth of Treason. Leave them to their victims.— They belong to Southern people, and with them we can leave them.^ The Inaugural Boiled. Down. —Fellow Countrymen : — I made an inaugural address four years ago ; there is no particular occa sion lor another. The public knows as much as I do about the progress of our arms. We have great hopes—but we make no predictions. [Seward’s department.] Four years ago all tried to avert war.— Both parties hated to fight. War came. The slaves are one eighth of the popula tion, and a “peculiar and powerful” institu tion. “Somehow” they cause the war. All pray to the same God. He don't ap pear to be on either side. When he makes up His mind we will have to submit to it. Meanwhile, without malice, let us chari tably and firmly continue to cut each other’s throats ; taking care of suchl unfortunate people as may be widowed and orphaned ; in order that we may not be injured or harm one another, but maintain just and lasting Sace among ourselves and other nations.— >y test own Democrat.