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The Daily Dispatch: January 31, 1865., [Electronic resource], General Sherman and Savannah. (search)
hoarse. --Amidst the deafening shouts of armies, the commissioners went on their way. The next we hear from them will be through the Yankee newspapers. Gold. Gold, yesterday, was stiff at forty-five. The Tallahassee. The enemy's newspapers have falsely reported the Tallahassee as captured. She ran into New inlet just after the capture of Fort Fisher, when discovering that some important change, he knew not then what, had occurred in the military situation, her commander (Captain Maffit) put to sea, and made good his escape. He touched the South Carolina coast and put ashore a messenger with dispatches, who has reached this city.--The news, if any, brought by this messenger has not been made public. From South Carolina. Information received from South Carolina yesterday morning is to the effect that Sherman's infantry, with their wagon trains, are camped near Ennis's Cross-roads, on the road leading towards Grahamsville, and on the road running towards Sister'