-i -: - -.- m ., .!-.-s F3i 'CiTiFP inira V-.n ifliKininiily
I Vlll 1 ' J i ...t-f l-l 1 r - i - i l f i, - 111 At l 1 ' 1 ft I I 1 I 1 1 ft I . l l l ll l , l II la i ii
ir. it a k a t i i . -m, i r v a ataxia . i ' - . . i a a r a tit. . i .-- i v. m
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IHE nERALI) OF THE PSIOX. ,
i
APRIL 7
LOCAL I NTE L.LI C E NCE.
' BtxUThilcind hir presented a
, ; ' j-- -non as our cx-
A'k npca ranee jr-."j
Ho-u-cXca-fke gtonoa, new. from
fieh.nd. A li5rlky of banti-g was made from
S uTe dee lL to the old cel.bra'ion, of
Fourth oiUj. I .I.r the Vto y UjrecUon
cf ,he aotborilies, aeol was rung upon tUcr
.te house bell in c ehra.ion of the victorr.a -late
fired a.'l rockett discharged In market
"The church bells! will be rung to-day at 12
o'clock M, io honor tf the recent victory at Rich
Bond. - )
STRKETXhTVkees - "liTe cer
tainly intrclnced ilproTemcntBwi.tl. their advent.
The street comers ae now lettered with the desig
nations of the interUungthroughfarc,, so that
a si ranger can easily find thc Clt;
We know many old citizens who coul i hardly tell
rou tb direction of iome of our streets, but now
ihat'tle "Yankees 5 hae come, he who runs
may read" ti.e dosign :tion of the street thrtuh
which he is pissing.
: 4 -
Aeeival cf tde CEnK.s." The U. S. trans
port Ceres armed yesterday afternoon'from New
York which port she left' on Monday afternoon at
0 p. m. Her purser Mr. Frank Cleary, will ac
cept our thanks for many courtesies.
: '.. -!- ' . , . .
VIsit op Captaik James. Captain , James,
Quartermaster at Fortress Monroe, has been on a
isit to oar city duriiig the past few dajs.
u-' ; -
vn r? ihm km roll in?1 so hi?h and the
steamer being so neaetbo lineof brtkers that
.' .,!kl . m ilia iVn.im MlininM
OYER 500 LIVES MM.
- l-t ef",'ri!.,Ii -.
Xamcs of a Portion of the Save (1
arid lost.
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ST ATEMt E !f T
OF "A
Death or a
Weix-Ksoww Citizkx. Thomas
A. Walker, Esq., President of the Wilmington afad
Manchester Rai road, died at Sumter, S. C on
the 27th ult. v 1 ' i i'
j a r
Tnr vtue. -Raffaele and Widow's Victim were
presented last night j This evening the manage
ment announce the intcres'ting drama of the
Lonely Man of. lie Ocean and the amusing farce'
The Rendezvous, or JTiree Pairs of Lovers.
: :
Serenade to Gess. Hawlf.y and Abbott.
Last night the members of the Orchestral band of
the; Wilmington Thefitre, ui:der the leadership of
Trofessor Miller,., serenaded Gens. Hiiwley and
Abbott, as a token o their enthusiasm on the re
ccipt of the news from Richmond.
-l-.
Persosal. Mr. GW. Cutter, of the firm of
Cutter & French, rejurned yesterday from a vis
it to the North. f
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Lats Papers Tally, opposite our office, at
Cutter & French's, has the latest papers,
I :
A Rebel General Rpported l,bai or "Captured
on the Oldckadei Rnuuer Mexiao.
Matamoras (Feb. C) correspondence of the
Houston. Telegraph. '
For two days past,rumors have been 'current
that the steamer Mexico, which left our' port on
31onday last,. had beeti captured by a Cuited ;
ista es gunboat. General PoITgnac and. frisnds
A Wfre on board of her. ,
After diligent inquiry it affords Bie much
pleasure, howcer, tD inforn. you that the ru
mor can b traced ito no reliable source, aoll I
trust", the vessel - and ? passengers are nerfri ng
Havana ly this tinje.
Th; steamer Mexico is reported in the latest
New Orleans paper as lost in a gale off the
coast of Mexico. E'dvHerald.1
An Ill-ration of Texns ifxpected.
From the.llouston JTexas) Telegraph, March 7
Accounts from New Orleans and elsewhere
still point t an attempt on the part of : the
Yankees to invade jl'ex as this spring, and seem
to indicate that ih attempt will be made either
at Sabine Pas, Gdlvcsfon or Aransas, and per
haps at all these points simultaneously. The
. accounts are brought by persons who have visit
ted New Orleans, and give such information os
they could derive tiiere. t. AVhether their infor
mation is correct or not, we should in no way
relax the vigilance jwi which, we watch for the
enemy, norlhe energy which we deroie to pre
parations to meet hina. . "'"
TUe Rebel Accounts of tli Closing of the
United State, lion.nlate At Matamoras,
Matamoras (Feb, 16) correspof.dence of the
. Houston Telegraph. .
We are without i Ameriean or United States
consul here at present,. the last incuirrbent hav
ing closed iU offieeia few dars since for reason
(as we know) of a hotice Train the Court of the
Emperor Maximilian that his officUl position
would no longer bf recognized. Wo are in
clined to think the Lincoln government wiU
feel compielled to take a positron for or against
the Monroe doctrine, relative to this empire at
no distant day.. S '
SURVIVaB.
V
' ' New York, April 3, 1865.,,
The United States steam transport General
Sedgwick; Captain Starkey, from Wilmington,
N. C, 30th ult.. with .refugees and troops, t
United State Assistant Quartermaster, arrived
at iliU nort vn-itprdav. Sherenorts as folldwsi.
-On th" 31t ulc, at hall-past, ten, A. Mi, off
Cape Ilatteras, latitude 3d Uo, longitude 60j
discuvjered a steamer in shore on tire, Imnie
di.ttely bore down towards her, and foundi her
to be, the United States steam transport General
Lyon, from Wilmington for Fortress Monroe,
wi.li troops and refugees, to the pumbcrof some
four or five hundred The weather at the time
wno vprv lmiKht-rmis. the wind blowinir a cale
from the southwest. . Went as rear her as 'pos
sible. Found it impossible to loerkany boat;.
Picked up as many as we could trom boats,
spars, 'planks, &c. When we L?ft her she i was
burned almost to a shell, nd was fast drifting
in among the breakers. There. wa.-a schooner
near by, picking up persons, but could not:, tell,
how many she saved. 1 ;!
The following is a list of the names of those
wbowcre.left behind in hospitals at Wilming
ton : ' . ' ." '' :,:" " t '
i John llaydoh, first officer. j
x Philip , Si;th, first assistant engineer, i 1
Geo; Gilespie second assistant engineer.
Owen Duganj oiler. ; ' ;! :
Richard Poyje, coalpasser. , ' ' ' Y '
VlUanr.Browni second cook.. " .
Alni'o Dec, waiter all . of steamer General
Lyon . 1
The following is a list of those picked up by
the General ? Sdgewick: . . , t
Riimnf. LoRser. nrivate. Co. G, Fifth Virginia.
M. 11 Orweut, private, Co. E, Fifty-sixth
Illmoij. "' i
John Kreusen, private, -Co. F, Third Penn
sylvania heavy artillery. '.
Ira Lewis. Co. A, Eighty ninth New York.
Michael S. Brocket, Co. F, Fifty-sixth Illi
nois, i
Robert Simpson, corporal, Co!;G, Fifty-fourth
Ohio. ' ' x,L
Thomas Farrar,, refugee, W ilmington, N a .C.
Ja nes Edwards, sergeant, Niuety-ninth Tew
York.. . J-'. ' I '
Silas Galloway, Fifty:sixth JN'ew ioik. t - -
llarehce Dunn, refugee. ' "
Geo. Murphy, private, Ca A, ixth New York
heavy artillery; i.' , .f ., -J . ,
Geo. Goole, uouqe iiunoreu auu xiy
fourth New York: .'' " -
. C. M. Dodson, !fhird Pennsylvania-heavy ar
tillery. . -: ' . ' ? - ' .
Joseph Fitzgerald, Co. K, Fifty-second Illi;
nois. - . w ! "
fuFames DempseyHl fireman, steamer u enerai
Lyon, , . - v., ,. ; . '.;!. - '
Stephen Kuss?fll, reiugee. - .
Thos. C oney, sailor, steamerf General Lyon.
Nicholas Brown, sailor, , steamer General
Lyon. Ff . - J- - . I. t-i
Geo. .AV. Williams, private, Oo. U, riity-sixm
Illinois. . - " i j
Patrick Bryan, coalpasser, steamer General
Kichara uiarxei kjo. j, owuuu :immvw.
artillery. 'tfr?&:; i, , T I -,
. John Peoplesollersteamer General Lyon.
Isaiah. CleolJy7 private Co:r K;? Fifth Ohio
cavalry. w: r, rri.;4. D.,ii..
Cyrus 1 . Wijiiams, uo. r, auuu xwuswor
nia artiilery. v, :
; James Gibles, 'first oflBcer, steamer GeneraT
Lyon. .
Win. Cranston, chief engineer steamer Gen
eral Lyon. ; v. . - - ; ., . ; ' ' i
Samuel Prcsse, first cook (colored,) steamer
General Lyon. !"
Charles A: Brady, 'refugees
: r "Statement of One of thcf Saved, i
Mr Cyrus Williams; a member of Company
F Third Pennsylvania artillery, who was acting
quartern! ster and. issued rations to the escaped
Union prisoners and rcfugeeshas tarnisha us.
with the foUowing interesting , particulars:-
There - were . on v board the steamer General
Lvpn, besides the officers aidCf 6w, two , hun
dred i and four men, and .eleven officers of the
Fifty-sixth Illinois regiment, Xvho had been
mustered out of service and were on tlieir way
t;m f Anlistmpnt havinr expired :
sixteen men. of the Third Pennsylvania artille-J
ry one hundred and wtr wven esca-u u u
paroled Union prisoners ; sixty-seven ma'e re
fugees, and fully one hundred refugee women
and children, on their way north. Besides
these t were two commissioned officers : a4
eighteen enlisted men ot the Nin,ety-n nth New
York, acting as a guard, making in all rising of
six hundred persons on board, of whnnt the
suiall number mentioned above is probably all
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.f -, - " J -' - t- -
The fire broke out at al6attfUtt. o'clock, on.
Friday: roormog from a lignt coming in contact
Wllu warrci u. ncrusvuc in ,
ra snrieadinw" with rreat raMdity vWithin
halfnan: hour the vessel - wa? completely in
flames.- lae sea 'runts ,roug;.mouawn8 nigu
an A scran nf the greatest excitement and con
fne!n,0nsQA( immftdiatelv it wsi 'discoverekl
that the Vessel Ws oh fire. Women and chil-
A rtn ran shriekincr aboul. implorine J to he
savedoh one side the tire-aad on the'othcr ,
. Th o dm in r like a hell." !
' Scores sprang from the burning vessel only
ta be swallowel uo by the maddened waves
which still bore the burning mass" nearer and
nearer to the roaring and surging breakers.
s Ona hnafc w .is launched bv the caDtain of the
i- vaw- -. w . - , , m:-'-' t
I Genew ALyon, assisted by some' soldiers, but
was ..insianifi'y sw'tc, me Louumr- usiu nwuicw.
Our informant arid one of the mates succeeded
in getring bver a metallic lde-boat, intof whic;h
tliov mwl twn or three others p-oL The boat.
however, was instantly upsetj they being unable
io uecaca tne painter nuui uui "."i, siwmw,
and all on bonrd but Mr. Williams were washed
out. He succeeded in clinging to the boat,
th sWmftr still rnshiuf? with fearful velocity
towards the breakef. After many efforts he
ULU I l,rt eln mm ati'il Kir t Kf l ifl Af
the ooat seven persons were, rescued. 1
? Thn rfpffl.fh.mpnt nf Pennsvlvahia soldiers to
rhich Mr Williams belonged was on its wav;to
Gen. Ord 8 command, -now. battling . in front of
T- 1 1 TI" : -.I . n i.,., Knvn
xwieiimonu. HIS eiptiiunw un uu-iu viic "uiir
ing steamer was a lile-long one, and the brave
soldier's lip quivered as herelated r om of the
harrowing scenes which' occurred on the ill-
is w. T- jr--' ' 5 t - . ' -
: ijf. wrritVTT 4ffi.
ilimiiGT05.Ji. Ctt IflilllAI UUiiiiinu. r,fl
- "
jyiiiLilXLJ Ji, rKfAi??:.-!!, ibatfrt spite of anefeffJrtili.
PARTICIILAES W'THE : LOSsJOF
TIIE1TRASSP011T iGES.LY0X. ?r
PMCE Wt CliiJIL
fated stea ler.
NAMES OF A PORTION OF -THE LOST, j
Tko fr!l,wInop nampi Of members of thie Fif-
A taw q w
ty-sixth Illinois are furnished oy a surv iving
comraae. .::
' i- OFriCERS. .
Sergeant John Morriss.
Sergeant H Dillingee
L Perry 1
J Iielloms i .
. Ord Sertr E D Rovel
. leck Graybill ;
CorplMaddox J 7
CorpPAtbert Sinallhouse
' Corpl Wilhido ; ( f
i H Corpl JVI ; F- Pjumraer
Majnr Jas. Files
Captain Weber
Capt Dunquary
Luut H S Dunlap
Lieut Gowdie .-
Lieut Ran k ins ,
Liput Haulbeck
Lieut Joiner -Lieut'
McKenzie
Lieut Jos G riser
-i r 4 '
John Fields
I v ? A.ndrew" Nation s
r ranK opry.
Bessie, Veitch
James Street
'. COHPANY B
J Stratberh ) KthprV John Miles
h brotners n,; ctvirms
GJHeeney " J.wJCutill
Felix Davis J T Selvidge '
M Rawlings Wm Stephenson.
JGSlankard
bauil Miles
D MUes
brothers
Wm'Somers
J K Carrier
Jas Dodson
Jas Perry f"
Jas Hancock
Sol Harding, ,
John Lacer
WmKJrawford
II n sen Raines
R' Evans
S Williams
Robt Davis
D Williams'" i !
Howell -D6bbs
COJirAVTF. I
W WUifred ,
Mat Bruckett .
Mat Humphrey
August Pressel
David Mergn"
SamV Williams
COMPANY K.
' i Thos Burksicr
; Thos Redder
Richard Larks'
Robt Branch
Edw Mitchel
strictions consequent opon the oppression of
the rebellion-: v . v t . , f A
; ;;. tb cisi or Dcrin 'xikclvLtifc 1 u-
s The finding and -sentence in the DevKa and
.Cjsbill (Nlf Jinrl; ibpmrt brokers) cases, iiied,
before , General Brapg"! military 'cohimtsi
fIon, ;df which Colonel N. C. (ipmaii,: ;Wsf3 v
"Department, is Judge Advocate, have been, con J
filmed by the Secrettry of War.' John Devlin j Tl
Ts sentencetl to I en y ears in the penitcntK
ary, and fined three thousanil dollirs ;'Jioes
Devlin . fe ven yeaf s and five . thoaiand dollars .
fine John Cahill, five' years imprWnmcnt,-!
Theyiare )wbe.8ent to Clinton prison. Ttiis ia,"a.
the first instance (bf alargc batch' of similar ca - -ses,
and which brings io light the" hnmn6c
frauds practised on lhe ; governtn-nt- Steps .
are being taken to bring to justice these offen-.
ders in' other parts ot the country, and pre yen t
a jrect rrence of the frauds. , The commission Li
jiug iorward rabidly iri the?examination.l
TnE NEW YORK (jrAkAXTlXE WAREHOUSE.
. I Mr. Simeon Draper, Collector cf the port of
New York, left here for , that city this evening.
He has been authorized by the Secretary of thc
Treasury to proceed at! once (6 Albany and
confei with Governor Fcnton in relation te thc
legislation "required by the State. of New York,
inconnection with the quarantine warehouse
authorized to be constructed by an act of Jhc
last Congres, for which twenty thousand dol
lars were appropriated.
'f DESEKTIOKS FROM THE REBEL AUM1KS.
ISomo idea of the depletion of , the rebel ar-
mieS from desertion may bn obtained from t ic
faet that during thc month of Fdbrirary the oath
was administered to twelve hundred antd thirty
nnie, and during March 'to two thousand eight
hundred and sixty deserters from LceV army,
atj-the, office of Colonel Ingraham, in this city. ,
Osirt'h.cndred and thirty-nine arrive here to
day, on the steamer prince Albert, from City
Point; ' ' ' h .
OFFICIAL C0XFIRHATI0S OF IB
The Rebel Capital in Possession
i of General Grain.
OE2; WEIOCZE iFIRST TO EXTER
"ff jtE REBELS FIRE THE CITY.
th
fit
'. . L W AsniXGTOX March 31 lSf5. i
0f ARRIVAL OP TnE' PRESIDENT. S
The return of President Lincoln is still delay-;
ed, much to the annoyance and disgust of the
large number of persons who are here . on heavy
expense inpursuit of apppi6tments?.Thereis'
no certainty as to when he' wilf return, as his
presence at City Point is mors important just
now' than it would be in Washington, except to
r?Bfo'- codIiak n fore-said., There is CTOCd
.nnr fnr thti hpliflf that verv important! Etsul
wiU arise from tnis visit, originally undertaken
as a. relaxation and for sgnftaVy reasons, bnt
which circumstance may make one of the most
memorable in history. ; . ! :
THE REGULATIONS BEGARPING TRADE j WITH TUP;
! ; KEBEL STATES. i
There is flo probablity that any . material
chango in the Treasury regulatious in Te&T& to,
trade with -the insurrectionary Stafes wul of
mimtdatety required. he operations un er ,
these" regulations finvebeen temr.orny sujpea-;
ded by military orders ; but it. is hetoed that,
a few dayswiU witness, the remoyaVof these re
i.:...:rv ..t, .cnmntr n " le'rititnate tr ce,
i-i o .Tnloinn nrosf ribed bv lyongress
and the Treasury DeDartment.
: vn MASSES TO ALEXANDRIA REQC1RED
rru. L X kf mnit.rr tii!o W-beins gradun'ly
relaxed as the rebellion fadf awy. , Alter to ,
day no passes" will be required, for persons vis-itin-
Alexandria, which is the first time since
the 'commencement of the war that accessl to any,
portion of Virginia has been permi tXcdibout
paAes rrom the military uiu0res.
suit is highly giatifving, and lib
"preliminary to the removal of ll m;litarTj-re-
LEE REXBEAtWfC TO JIV-
The Union Troops iu Tursuif.
fVo arc. in possession of ihost impor
tant and cratifyinff. news, Jliis morning.
the summation of whicli .is that Rich-
, jupcial information "a oeen receive, i
)V General Hfiwley , to tlic .effect that
Armifts of the Potomac and Jame,
under! General, Granty havo-succecded in
capturing the rebel capital. v y
One of the?de&pafches,Miated atucn.
Sherman' IieadquaVtefs, and thcf ne
" ' V-. . '
wKichjives the most , of the Jew details
received, is as follows; ... 4;r .
Grant has.capturcd Richmond.,
lllc his taken a' large number,of pris
oners:;.' 1: . ""' ; 'f ; i - ;
. jLec has fallen back onDanville
"' ;G rant is pursuing.; .
bithlmrr tho
l)ribui4newsftfe of the variou?
desnatches which have passfdover tht-
:'.h'n!fffti omittedito cive the date of
th capture, ibtit fromr other indicatiQn
wd have reason, to belicVe that the vicu -rrcjus
' cOnsummation of the- i, campaign
against Richmond took place on Monda v
lajt. It will be remembered that Shci -idan,
by a movement. against th South
side Railroad, had drawn off -ft largo
fotce: of the enemy from the defence of
Riclonich opportunity's err. -braceli'lfe
General Grnt'vtQ thjor in a
'&jum;n' from the righUt -, t
,. TbareJn expectation of further det
mkches containing later intelligence.
' y X LATER,
"-."j r-J-'-"' Wae Department, I
j . j Wski.sgto2i, April S 10 a. m. j
TtiMaorGeneral-lix. -.
The iclfowing telegrcjn from the Presidcrt.
anhoimcin the-evacuation of Petersburg, aud
, 1 4 tCpn'iiwd op tit It fiX9L
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