The news.
The Richmond and Petersburg lines.
All was quiet, as usual, on this side of the James yesterday. On the south side, nothing of importance has occurred since the fights of last Saturday, east of Petersburg and in the vicinity of Hatcher's run. There was a flying rumor, yesterday, that the Yankees had made a move towards the Southside railroad; but we think this was only a guess, founded on the knowledge that Sheridan had joined Grant. Last Friday; a considerable body of Yankee cavalry were ambushed by our scouts near Proctor's, on the Jerusalem plankroad, and so harassed that they were compelled to retire within Grant's lines. The following dispatch was received at the War Office yesterday: "General Gordon informs me that, in his report of the action at Hare's Hill, on the 26th instant, he omitted to mention that Colonel H. P. Jones, commanding the artillery on that portion of the lines, was at the front, superintending, in person, the operations of the artillery, and that a select body of officers and men, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Stribling, charged the enemy's breastworks with the sharpshooters of one corps, and immediately turned upon the enemy the captured guns. Speaking of the fight at Hare's Hill, on Saturday, the Petersburg Express states that Colonel D. S. Troy was wounded and fell into the hands of the enemy; Captain Daniels was killed; Captains Cummings and Manley were captured, uninjured; and Lieutenant Joseph Smith was killed. The Express also states, for-the benefit of travelers, that the road between Dunlop's crossing and Petersburg is infested by highwaymen, who daily waylay and rob solitary pedestrians, and urges upon all who have occasion to pass that way to go well armed, and not alone, if possible.Terry's brigade.
The following is a list of the casualties among the officers in Terry's brigade, Gordon's division, in the fight in front of Petersburg on Saturday morning last: Killed: Lieutenant E. E. England, company D, Twenty-first Virginia regiment. Wounded: Major Richardson, Forty-second Virginia regiment, body, badly; Captain O. J. Hayes, company C, Twenty-first Virginia regiment, leg, slight; Captain R. J. Jordan, company F, Twenty-first Virginia regiment, head, slight; Captain Charles A. Draper, Forty-eighth Virginia regiment, right shoulder, badly; Lieutenant Flenor, Forty-eighth Virginia regiment, right shoulder, badly; Captain A. L. Spangler, company A, Tenth Virginia regiment, head, slight; Captain John Fickle, company C, Thirty-seventh Virginia regiment, neck, badly; Lieutenant William A. Sterritt, company H, Fourth Virginia regiment, finger amputated; Captain Robert McEldowney, company G, Twenty-seventh Virginia regiment, left thigh, slight; Captain R. P. Jennings, company E, Twenty-third Virginia regiment, right temple, slight.From East Tennessee.
We have nothing from East Tennessee, concerning the movements of the enemy, in addition to what we published yesterday. Yankee papers of the 25th state that the Fourth army corps, under General D. S. Stanley, is reported on its way to Knoxville, to join in the Western campaign; and its strength is estimated at from fifteen to eighteen thousand men. A cavalry force, stated at six thousand, has left Knoxville, under General Stoneman, and is moving, also, toward West Virginia.From North Carolina.
We are still without official advices from North Carolina later than General Johnston's report of the battle of Bentonsville, which we published more than a week ago. When last heard from, Sherman was at Goldsboro', and we think it likely he is still there, resting and recruiting his men after their tramp through South Carolina. The Yankee papers say he will next direct his columns against Raleigh. Four hundred and eighty of Kilpatrick's men, captured by Hampton at Fayetteville, reached this city yesterday. They constituted, by all odds, the nastiest lot of Yankee prisoners that have darkened the streets of this city during the war. It is scarcely possible to conceive how men could be so filthy, and live. Evidently, they had all been strangers to soap, water and combs since they set out from Atlanta last summer.From Charleston.
Recent advices from Charleston state that the British subjects in Charleston have had the following order issued to them:"British Consulate,
"Charleston, South Carolina, February 20.
"British subjects, residents of this place and vicinity, are desired to register, at the Consulate, their names, residence and occupations, at the earliest convenience.
"Those who have already received certificates of neutrality must bring them for inspection.
"All others must be prepared to exhibit papers, not only of their nationality, but of their neutrality.
A very active trade is progressing in Charleston.
There are large stocks and sales.
Ex-Governor Aiken is claimed by the Courier to have been a consistent Union man, unable to oppose the Confederacy.
He never used measures against the Yankee Government.
Legare Yates has been dismissed from the position of Chief of the Fire Department.
Laidler, of the Courier officer, is employed by the Yankee proprietor.
Negro balls, under the auspices of the military authorities, and with guards furnished by them, are nightly announced.
