New York papers of the 23d instant are received.
The news in then is of little interest.
Sherman's raid — the Yankee intelligence from him.
The New York
Herald gives a summary of all the
Yankees know about
Sherman's movements as follows:
‘
Advices were received in
Washington yesterday from
General Sherman's army which show that he was, on Saturday last, within thirty miles of
Macon, Georgia, which place is supposed to be now in his possession.
He had met with but little opposition, and his campaign was progressing in the most successful manner.
Intelligence from
Richmond shows that the rebels have already learned sufficient of
Sherman's operations to produce great consternation in their minds.
They will probably soon be informed of much more, as there is but little force to oppose his advance besides the hastily raised
Georgia militia, under
Howell Cobb, and these will be but a slight hindrance in the path of the
Union veterans.
’
The latest intelligence represents
General Hood, with two corps, numbering together about thirty-five thousand men, to be still in the vicinity of
Florence, Alabama, on the
Tennessee river.
There are reports that
Dick Taylor has joined him with an additional force of ten thousand.
His latest movements do not indicate an intention of early offensive operations.
Beauregard, with the rebel
General Stewart's corps, was still at
Corinth, Mississippi, when last heard of .
General Thomas, commanding the
Union army designed to check
Hood's advance, is rapidly concentrating his forces, as though disposed to make an attack on the rebels in some direction.
As we have already stated, the rebel reports of the destruction of government property at
Johnsonville, on the
Tennessee river, by
Forrest, were immensely exaggerated.
We now learn that there was only one building in the place destroyed.
It is still held by a division of Union troops.
The Chicago
Tribune gives the following fancy predictions:
‘
Charleston will be cut off, and
Sherman's army of fifty-five thousand men will be free to act as circumstances demand, and will be on the sea-coast, ready for embarkation at a moment's notice, so that they can be used with
Grant or
Sheridan, as may be most advantageous; or, after recruiting, they may be moved through Central South and
North Carolina, utterly annihilating every railroad by the way, and thus making
Virginia the grave of the rebellion.
’
Can
Sherman subsist?
Undoubtedly he can. There are two articles in the
South in great abundance — corn and sweet potatoes; and he takes with him any amount of hard tack and several thousand cattle.
His men will live better than when in camp.
About Richmond — Butler's canal soon to be opened.
Persons who arrived in
Washington on Tuesday, from
City Point, renew the report of the evacuation of
Petersburg by the
Confederates.
The Yankee Government, though, has received no confirmation of this story, and it is not credited in official circles.
It is supposed to have originated in the transfer of troops from
Petersburg to the north side of
James river to meet an apprehended attack there by
General Grant.
All the Union iron-clads previously lying at
Fortress Monroe were, on last Friday morning, sent up the
James river to
Dutch gap, and this and other significant movements lead to expectations of stirring events in that vicinity shortly.
A dispatch from
Washington says:
‘
There is information from
City Point, dated yesterday morning, that but a short time will elapse before the
Dutch Gap canal will be opened.
’
General Breckinridge is suspected of a design to march from
East Tennessee on an invasions expedition into
Kentucky, and
General Burbridge is making rapid dispositions of his forces to prevent the movement.
The Baltimore
American has the following about the
Lieutenant-Governor of
Kentucky, lately arrested by the
Yankee military:
‘
The arrest of
Colonel Jacobs,
Lieutenant-Governor of
Kentucky, was reported a day or two ago by telegraph.
The further report, however, that he had been sent to
Washington city under guard, proves to be untrue.
General Burbridge, it seems, has taken summary action in the case without the formality of sending the accused to
Washington, and has decreed his banishment beyond the
Federal lines.
Colonel Jacobs passed through
Covington on Saturday last,
en route to the in accordance with the order above named.
’
Miscellaneous.
Gold was quoted in New York on the 23d at 223 3.4.
General Grant was in
Philadelphia on the 22d instant.
The leasing of
South Carolina cotton plantations within the lines of the
National armies, for the ensuing year, will be commenced by the tax commissioners at
Hilton Head on the 4th proximo.
The first visit of oyster vessels to the
Rappahannock river beds since the commencement of the war was made last week.
As no rebels were discovered along the stream, the oystermen are indulging in anticipations of a very successful business season in that region.
The steamer
Fort Morgan was soon to arrive at
Pensacola, and will carry North the rebel
Admiral Franklin Buchanan, captured during the engagement of
Admiral Farragut's fleet in
Mobile bay.
The case of
Captain Bell, charged with being the leader of the party of rebels who, some time ago, captured the steamers
Parsons and
Island Queen, on
Lake Erie, was before one of the courts in
Toronto, Canada, on Tuesday.
