Show BY Y PACIFIC f SPECIAL TO THE DAILY VEDETTE 1 N new i ayo york rk fe feb 1 11 IK th h tile the timea says senator foote lep resents tile confederacy on the eve of a disruption anil and the struggle ca on t the he part of oc the rebels as nearly over lie ile says high bagh military authority in richmond admits the capture of branchville must compel the evacuation of charleston and wilmington and even richmond ond itself ile ho thinks the leaders will endeavor to leave the country and the campaign on tile the part of the rebels would descend to guerrilla fighting foote foole has prepared and issued an all address to the people of the south to urge them to cense cease fighting ind and give up lip tile the contest which is so PO clearly hopeless as no terni terai but unconditional surrender can be obtained and to promptly accept such terms footo foote also lepre e the unpopularity of jeff davis attile at the south as very great people have lostell lost all confidence in in him the mission of stevens vens hunter ind and campbell was only a ruse on the part of davis ind and was a forced concession to the peare peace men of the south A bill for a ship canal around niagara falls has bas passed the president haq ha signed the bill for the amnun amendment t to t the e C constitution abolishing slavery washington fell feb ad the rebel peace commissioners have arrived at fortress monroe and the president and sec y seward have gone tharp to have a conference with them Z the house pas pasted ed the illinois and michigan canal bill fortress forti For ess monroe feb ad the rebel peace commissioners had bad un an interview with the president Prep Pre ident ind and C r 5 A s seely secy saw ecward ard on board the steamer today washington feb fth JE it assaid is said the president and secy SP se a ward agreed upon the t general exchange of prisoners which will forthwith take place washington feb ath the president and seel scy y seward returned to W washington ashington from the peace conference without without any result new york feb gib the heralds herawi buenos ayres correspondent says that paraguay tho the ally of araguas Ar aguay has declared war against brazil fl washington feb ath the two houses of congress met in the hall of the house of representatives tives this noon the vice presided edt t opened certificates ates of election for pros pres ident and vice president lincoln was declared elected Pre president and johnson vice president quite a seve e eng engagement c took place at hatchers catchers Hat chers run resulting ina in a considerable advance of our lines in that vicinity ie A fl jt it is ig stated that genal connor is is assigned EA ned to command at denver with the comp complete complesi leti e supera supervision n and authority over the overland california Cali california g fonia route benl pope to comman command d the new military district including the depart ment of missouri kansas west benl curtis i assigned to tile tho department Dopart ment of the northwest north west with head quarters 1 at geni do agy c 0 matin d a 0 of t thy the department of kan kansas ds w with i t ha le a d quartee at lea v epworth new york feb ath the says the submission Bub mission tv and 11 1 aljo r letioa ft io i n of slavery and r t reconstruction ar arc 6 tho ho only terms that could bd bcd goudet of lincoln lincol a I 1 washington feb loth 1016 the late lato fighting at miU chers run T ady arice of five I 1 miles mile 5 ol 01 I 1 ral 1 I 4 4 0 our u r 1 left ch w which h c h i is s t to 0 b be a held new yol I 1 leb feb V V av el w r the heralds Herald correspondent says there are 61 0 ic of abe thoo 11 1 4 and it is a q N rebels conte r a conce aaion in alor north th carolina r new york fib fb it is now said that the rebel general hindman of arkansas has gone to mexico ca e exited ing to obtain a 1 command in ill army he having lost faith III in jeff davis confederacy it is also stated that several other rebel officers hav haap lately arrived at Mata matamoros morns the worlds washington correspondent I 1 reiterates the former statement that the rebels will soon evacuate d and the atlantic carst and fall back to the mountainous interior ile he now says lee and beauregard will comma command lid tile t two wo grand armies and that preparations are making for an overwhelming attack on oil Sher sherman ionn this the worlds hilton head correspond corre correspondent spon says reliable information is received here that shermans Sher mans army is rapi rapidly cily maro marching hing on L lane ane edi sto river nili and t that h it a portion of his troops are beyond tile the ga south carolina carolina h rail road where they have erected eted defenses preparatory to tic tc further march the enemy disappeared rapidly before the advance of our troops and they have manifested a I 1 purpose to evacuate ate nearly all their strongholds strong holds and return farther north this purpose has been the result of sacr in mans a is tactics at and d that their retreat at should be slowly but surely burcl followed up ill admits of no question olar troop troops are known to extend over a distance of forty miles and for several da days Y s p past st have boon been occupied in ill destroying all tile the railroad connecting with the gulf and th the northern states the object seems to be to isolate branchville augusta and charleston from pos possible bible aid or reinforcements with the order to calt tire the garrison of each cit city y some of our troops ire arc coith of charleston which is cut off from aci reinforcements n force indents A corps corpo is moving simultaneously on oil a line with wilb edisto and the towns passed through havy bave been 4 dc barted by a number of their inhabitants iuli it bitante bi tants who forced all able bodied negroes to leave with them the order may not aid our army stanbury aiken and Oralla eburg in the rear of Bian cliville are reported captured washington feb the richmond whig of the has the following from charleston S 0 A force or of the enemy from 2000 to strong landed at Grun bill 11 I 1 s james 1 IsLin land il t this his morning and drove in our pickets soule some skirmishing took place but no nn general beneral enaa engagement 0 brumball Grum ball s is iq on stono itono river two miles southwest Pst of charleston the ashley river is 2000 yards wide vid intervening the enemy are making active demonstrations at various points they are believed to be feints A force attacked our troops on tho the sal kabat hatchie ka chip this morning n but lie he was repulsed the army also advanced on the charleston road near blue house and opened with artillery but made no impression on our lines intelligence from the rod today to day reports the enemy had bad crossed the edisto at s bridge and aid are now moving on edisto it at will be remi maxi an the ath aber i man crossty crossed the be between t bec u blackstone and thereby completely outflanking our fo forces rees compelling them to fall back on bran branchville ch we have since learned that the yankees forded corded the river through water waist deep beepat at reeves bridge A sharp ebarp engagement 0 took place here which fast lasted several hours fu which wheelers cavalry inflicted severe injury ou on the enemy on the eth a i heavy column ot of yankee infantry struck the south caro Grahams grahamsville ville eighteen miles west of branchville while kilpatrick I 1 wi with ill libi hia cavalry force occupied blackville on the sani eamor croad oad nine miles miler northwest of A portion column colan was berday as having moved moved I 1 foFi forward vard eross ingabe 0 south Edisto and flan flankins kinf branch vi lle on oa tho west this force has been advanced to on oil the ta columbia and branchville mofid loaid sixteen miles west or of tile the latter point 7 P philadelphia till adel phia fob feb the evening 0 bulletin s washington special says richmond papers coil confirm firm the report of a occupation of branchville and orangeburg Orang eburg and his bis advance on columbia Columb columbiana columbians ians Is anticipated wheeler s cavalry appears to be the only foi foice ce operating against sherman feb in ill the house the death of Se senator iricks aich 9 was vas announced add after appropriate remarks the hou house houe e proceeded to the senate chamber to attend the funeral lucien is appointed collector or of internal revenue for san francisco vice patrick removed now new york feb the steamer arago from port royal on jon th e c lelh has arrived among the pa passengers e 11 gers tile me T 1 aj gen foster and f family on the morning of the 11 ill when of off charleston they jawand saw and heard sharp fighting 0 washington cl ton feb the petersburg express of saturday says grant has fortified his position in the i car ile he is now nearly as strung strong in that quarter as in front this was lone done in it order to prevent raids raid similar to 11 celebrated entile cattle expedition every road is strongly hari bari ricadel rica fled and a heavy line of works extend in every direction new york feb ifill the herald s fort fisher corre pon lent dent si s says i vs last saturday mornin ir the National troops were formed in line of b battle above fort fisher stretching 0 across the penin peninsula quia from the ocean t to 0 capt cape fear river gen owens divi division ion or of white soldiers forming the right all and d gen paynes colored division the left simultaneously an ads advance nace was made by tile two wings a and I 1 a t the lie rebels ut were re driven aiom thi thair ir line into the main works and were forced to yield a few miles of ground t round in the direction of wilmington ni which terrys nien men held at night they also lost one hundred prisoner tol al casualties on union side GO 60 or 70 admiral porter cooper co oper r abed with the fleet tile gunboat gun boats going up tip cap fear river in advance of the troops subjecting the rebel fort anderson to a vigo i rous shelling which was very beeb feebly ay responded to feb the governor of south carolina lins has issued isslieb a frantic appeal to tho people and no notified tilled all able to bear arms that they must at once join the military service vice or leave the state the latter bitter alternative ter native he will probably take good care they wont ifa have ve the privilege lege of em embracing braving 5 even foreigners are not exempted new york feb the posts special says the pot office committee of tile the house have aaret agreed ato tto report on the bill establishing a steam ship line to china the heralds special says pays richmond papers of monday concede that sherrial has flanked branchville branch vil ie both above and below and hardee s forces have evacuated the place also state the union column had reached orangeburg Orang eburg anthe on the columbia road and all railroad communication muni mani cation callon with charleston as out cut off except by the ro td id VIA wilmington N C by these operations op oratio ns communication comillus comil lun eaton between virginia and the south is entirely cut off and rebel authority over the sou southern thern states cannot lo 10 longer nger be enforced i A later ider dispatch at midnight of the sats bays richmond papers today to day have dispatches saying a portion of Sherm shermas Sh ermiDa ns forces ure are busily engaged in in the destruction of railroads j in in south carolina and that another column is threatening charleston they do not confirm the evacuation of that thai p place lace but it is evident from the tenor tedor of their advices advises and editorials that they dont anticipate tiny any res resistance Is tin t in c 1 bring being ilmi to s advance they also iso stated that a large yankee fore force had landed handed at smithfield on tile north Caro carolina lilla coast and have bi ought brought 11 locomotives with them evidently intending to use llie railroads to facilitate military operations after they halt have captured I 1 to ton n the army of abe holds its ilg newly acquired ground on hatchery HAt chera run on which vury very strong earthworms earthworks earth works are erected city point feb Yet yesterday erday a truce appeared in front of petersburg b asking 11 for permission to allow vice alice president A 11 II ste vens ven and senator R al hunter peace commissioners to visit washington new york feb 1st ast the of af war san jacinto was wal wrecked between key west and tarry reer reef the crew anil and a greater portion onor of her guns ind and munitions muni tiona were sav saved e d breckinrid breckinridge go has been installed as confederate secretary of war the bill in the house on the amendment to the constitution ry was p passed ased b by y a vote vot e of t 59 washington feb 1st ast foster in the senate rt reported ported in an act to continue the cast cases pending nir in ill the territorial rit orial court of nevadel to the courts formed under the state sherman from the finance committee reported adversely on the bill increasing the salaries of members of congress stewart and nye from nevada sworn in by the vice president slow siew ait drew a long term terin anadye and nye a short term erm in the house |