Show BY PACIFIC TELEGRAPH tyPE CIAL TO THE DAILY VEDETTE 1 cairo feb A scouting party under tinder capt newell of the eth new hampshire which I 1 lelac e it vidalia in the early part of this I 1 month patrolling pat roling black river returned in a terrible state stale and dilapidated condition condition bavin having subsisted four days on boran and mulo mule meat alone in swamps surrounded by s gon meredith has bals been relieved of command in western a kentucky i A 1 baltimore feb 2 ath A fort dispatch says pays gen terry took possession or of Wilmia gon ton til at 9 evelock 0 clock in the forenoon odthe capturing a largo large amount of stores ot of all kinds which the rebels in their haste neglected to ta destroy de etroy ale nev y yo voile i k fe feb 1 2 1 kb t b the heralds arnia ami of tho the Po hotonian tonian CP special says every tain J of cars hom ham city point brings recruits and the regiments tit aio c bring being filled to their maxi maximum t OLO strength I 1 the richmond examiner of the says the enemy ar are e now nov gath gathering C all their available forces and directing for a combined movement against again it richmond sherman is advancing through south carolina while beauregard Beaure gaid slowly retreats before him toward charlotte ville foster faster 19 making 0 demonstrations demonstration with a heavy force on the roanoke and neuse rivers eastward the yankee forces in east Tenn tennessee ossee are crossing the mountains to take beauregard 1 vort fort monroe feb our troops entered wilmington on the morning of the after the evacuation of fort anderson gen schofield Scho Celd directed cox to follow its garrison towards wilmington while terry followed hoke on the past eist side of the river tile the latter took up tip a new line four miles from fro in wilmington but was so hotly pursued by terry that ahat lie he could send no troops to the west side aide on that side the rebels mido made a stand behind own creek cox crossed his bis troops below them on lit flat boats boat I 1 and attacked them in the rear und and routed them taking za two guns and prisoners on oil the cox pushed to the Brunia Bru marck rok river opposite wilmington min where th the bi idaus were on fire on his arrival the rebels began burning the cotton and rosin in the city and left it that night 0 our captures including fort anderson Auder sou amount to about prisoners and thirty guns the citizens stated that the rebels banned bained 1000 bales of cotton and barrels of rosin the union feeling 0 showed itself quite quit strong in the city terry followed lluke northward signed 0 0 B Cov sTocK lt col and A D C new yoi k fob feb the tribune s special of the army of the potomac says this evening the report came to the treat of tile the ath corps that the enemy showed some signs of leaving that point of their lines and moving to the right they have began t the movement to the right which may mean an attack on our left or a movement towards north carolina from deserters who came in today to day we learn that a part of hill s corps is under orders to move the tribune has the following from the richmond enquirer of tho the the progress of through south carolina at most opposed the all of columbia without the slightest resistance the swiftness of t the he enemy s movements and apparent out generating of the confederate commander has cleared very serious apprehensions on the part of the public as to the military condition of that state and what the purpose and plans of beauregard Beaure gird are ile he has not been permitted to make out the report of his prompt but expected evacuation of columbia it may indicate very great weak weakness mesa or it ib may be part if IL very bep oft p strata strategy gy thu the success of ivill which 0 h backall back all that was waa lost february the heralds herald s special says A dispatch received here tonight to night from grant s headquarters bead I 1 ers states that extra ordinary activity was displayed along L the lebel lines near to da adny y extensive cli anges of location of divisions have been made and ory on some borne parts of the lin line e pickets have bern been doubled indications ol of some unreported movements are given it is the opinion of veteran officers at the front that they are arc about to evacuate petersburg and jail 1 back across the As the ichel newspapers have received official notification to suppress tho the military news wo are without any intelligence regarding 0 Sher mauls pro gross gress in south carolina the richmond P papers connot conceal their nitrification over the capture of charlesto C ehst 0 U and a nd columbia tile the tion of the lattur latt r by sherman they acknowledge knowledge know ledi e to lo have been very d and it at richmond serious ii are expressed in ia reference to the ability of Beau beauregard remard 0 to make any effective opposition to the northward advance of the national forces the heralds new orleans correspondent says on the night of the ath two boats creus hom the U S steamer princess royal and Bl brenville enville under acting ensign george 11 II frence baird cd d captured and run to the blockading I 1 fleet from under the he guns of the rebel boits in galveston harbor the blockade running schooners ners pet aud and annie sophia laden with about bales of cotton each on the night 11 of the ad the somewhat noted blockade running steamer tea mpr will of wisp while attempting to got get into galveston went ashore and was rendered useless geless ti by the guns of the blockaders block aders the steamer wren attempted to run the blockade outward on the night of tile the gab but was driven back by the union guns new york feb the bill to arm the negroes which the rebel house of representatives passed on the was indefinitely po postponed apon e d by the senate on tile the foli following owing day the rebel journals give some texas texa items of interest including the accounts of the defeat of a rebel force on the south side of the cucha liver in that state it ir january by the indians tile the fight 11 is said to have been a most desperate one the indians are giving the rebels there much trouble the austin gazette is suspicious that the operations ire are the forerunners lore runners of a grand advance of the union stoops on northern texas in the spring by way of red liver ilver the works found tit at galveston Galve Galves tov are being improved and enlarged it was said that the mexican town of matamoras has ceased to be a free port the union force reported by the rebel papers as having 11 recently moved from knoxville tenn toward north carolina iq ii now said by them to ta consist of between an and 1 men inen under gen gillon gillea newyork new york the force from Sheri dAns army sent in pursuit of the rebel cavalty cava liy who last y dashed into cumberland md and captured capture d gens crook and kelly returned to Win winchester ellester on thursday having been unsuccessful in hi rescuing those Offic officers erg Thi Worlds special says mccullock s name has been sent to the senate for see sec y of the treasury freeman clarke al C front from rochester will be campt roller of the currency louisville 2 alth A spec special ial to the democrat at nashville of the says intense excitement exists at knoxville ft from om the report that Long longstreeth Longstree streets tB command was moving on that place washington the following 0 has been reed at the Navy Dept U S Flags flagship bip malvern cape fear river feb f I 1 have the honor to inform you that wilmington has been evacuated and is in the h of our forces after the evacuation ci of fort anderson 1 I pushed for forward warI the gunboats as far as the water would permit the arm army y was pushed up at the same time on the right and left banks of the river and after sounding and buoying out the middle sound round at big island I 1 succeeded in getting five gunboats gun boats over and opened firu on tho the fort F ort a strong 0 work commanding the principal obstructions where the aebela had bad also sunk stink a largo steamer the northeastern north eastern our alre soon drove the ri rebels bels away from tbt fort now and then they would tiro fire a fiot one of which astruck tho the Sas Sae bolow below her water mar mark k und and set her to leaking badly no lives lost on oil the night of the tile rebels sent down floating torpedoes torpedo ps I 1 bad a strong 0 force of picket boats out and tho the torpedoes were sunk with musketry one got in at the Ob ociola ceola and blew her ber wheel house to pieces and knocked down her bulkhead bead but did no damage to her hull bull some of the vessels picked up torpedoes with their torpedo nets on the next mornin morning I 1 spied two flailing fishing nets across the river yesterday evening gen ames with his division moved within a short albort distance of the fort and had a sharp encounter with the rebels on hearing bearing the musketry and seeing where our troops were I 1 opened a rapid fire on the fort and all along C the enemas line the fort responded with three erfour or four shots but was soon silenced this morning t we beard that gen terry was within the wo lis hs and the road was clear to wilmington the montauk could not get across the shoals without lighterink light ering which was the work of some labor I 1 had the pleasure plea SU re oj of placing our flag on the fort strong signed FOSTER cairo feb the constitutional amendment abolishing ishin slavery was ratified d by the legislature of Loui louisiana qiana on an th ohp new boik feb A letter published in richmond from gen leo lee says the arming of negroes t is not only expedient but necessary as lie he does not think the white population can supply the necessities of a long war A letter to the herald irom from the fth army corps of the says deserters state that several bri brigades rades of nali dilill s corps have gone south to the reinforce re ment of beauregard and the whole ol of lees army are under tinder marching orders another letter dated the says it is known anat a considerable portion of lee s army yesterday veas wis ordered to make ibur four days cooked rations aud and prepare to carry considerable agn w t their heir person more will vill probably be ascertained today to day additional precautions are being 11 talen taken at city point and other places for the proper reception of the rebel rams which are expected soon to make another at tempt at a raid down the james river memphis feb the bulletin of this morning 11 says pays the rebel leaders lately issued orders to have all the detachments of their troops in west tennessee together E with such conscripts conscript as they have C gathered sent south without delay and we have reason to believe that a large portion of the rebel forces lately about memphis have already gone their destination is said to be mobile the raid into arkansas developed dev elopes the fact that much suffering exists from the scarcity of food cairo feb A vick vicksburg barg correspondent correspond ont says deserters frosdick from dick taylor s army declare that abere iq ii no intention on the pit part of the rebel authorities to abandon mobile as that city a always ways has been a depot for arms and military material of all kinds and that cannon and supplies recently taken to selma selina formed no part of its armament ant the stores were not intended forusz for ivr at mobile the rebels believed that selina would be assailed soon and are trying to put it in a good do condition without weakening 41 mobile The samo correspondent says anya the report that forrest has men under him is untrue he has baa not over and that dick taylor and forrest together cannot muster it is ia conjectured one of the ad corps which recently left columbus mississippi sis sippi have gone to mobile three iron bluds have been stationed at the mouth of red river to frustrate any raid on that stream into mississippi that the rebels may design making 5 also to prevent any rebels crossing it is I 1 rumored tint that brig gun gen mere diali lias has been reinstated thu the steamer i Limi luminary inary arlivea on the tha en route I 1 for or st louis much aluch excitement exists at new orleans in con consequence ot of t the publicity given to und and t the exposure asure nude made of a 9 secret et society having a permanent or and reggar meetings re ile cent developments prove it is ruled by bv the confederacy sympathizers object is to get political power and strength power to protect secessionists in that city from their mat deserts new york feb the herald bays late hom flom london are to in the effect that the pirate p irato ram olinde had bad put into the spanish port ot of ferrol having met with coll consider side able damage in it tile the bay ot of biscay after leaving the fr french ench co st she was considered a failure the U S St steamer Cr niagara and a french steamer bad gona to intercept her the new rebel pit pirate ate ajax sailed from england some weeks ago and three others would shortly sail one of which named the hercules was in the clyde and was about ready J tile the richmond inquirer of the haa an article urging the arming arbing of negroes and in declares that the war was wag be guif by tile the gull gulf state stales in opposition to the wishes or of the border thit that the gulf states rejected til advice and hurried virginia and other border to bear the weight of tile the war ivar which they never desired alter men the ruin und and dev devastation station ot at the border states it s the tide is now noly 6 rolling roiling towards those states who mado the tight fight and who afflic affirmed ined or al destruction they by whom the first blow was stricken aie e the first to desert thoe whose bi ea W hive have thus far received the fin feiy y of the stol tit lais edby by others on oil monday the compact ot of inn tuil port was broken abe hills bills to slaves sli so as to secure an honorable honori ible existence was defeated in the senate and chiefly by the votes ot of the gull gulf states |