Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume IV, Number 13, 30 March 1865 — THE LATEST NEWS. [ARTICLE]

THE LATEST NEWS.

After taking Cdambm, Oen. Sheroaan zs&Tched straight north. There are two«railroads leading north from Columb?a, one diiectly north through €harlotte aiid Greensfero to Richmond, and another leadrng N. E. to FayetteviUe and Wiltnington. Itis clear whieh road tiie main body of Shermah"s army has taken. By going to Fayetteville thev would foTm a junction with Schofield*s army and the fleet. By taking the other routtf, he wo]ild break up the prison at Salisbury, 35 mit& nōrth of Charlotte, and perhaps liberate the prisoners whom the rebels have been starving and freezing to death atthat piaee. He would also be in a region where there are a great many Union people, and wouldbe ina convenient position to take Kaleigh, the State Capital. After the capture of Fort Anderson, Gen. Schofield's army moved up the Cape Fear River in two divisions, one on eaeh side of the river, driving the rebels before them, and on the 22nd February, Wilmington was taken without resistance. Vast quantities of cotton and rosin were burned by the rebels. Gen. Terry's divi3ion, at last accounts, were pushing up the river towards Fayetteville, an important town at the head of navig;\tion, 100 miles above Wilmington. Gen. Sheridan is marching up the Shenandoah Valley. On the 2nd of March he overtook and totally defeated Gen. Early, eapturing 1800 prisoners. This ,news comes through rebel deserters, and Union refugees. Gen. Grant's army is under marching orders. Gen. • Canby, with a large army has gone to besiege Mobile, to occupy all the principal to\vns of Alabama, and finish the destruction of Hood's army whieh is now under Dick Taylor. Tlic Situntion in tlie United Btates!

The \var in the United States has -now reached an intensely interestingcrisis. Eyents rush by \vith lightning rapidity. Days and \veeks are doing the \vork of months and years in ordinary times. The present campaign will go down in history ainong the most remarkable of modern times. lt is only among the grandest campaigns of Napoleon that we ran find a parallel to it. The highest military authorities in Europe considered Sherman's march ofthree hundred miles across Georgia as a most extraordinary achievement,andas entitlirig him to a plaee in the short listof first class generals. But that march was only a stagc in his journey to Kichmond. South Carolina he has trodden beneath his feet, both her political and her commercial capital, and all her railroads are held in his iron grasp, and he is now sweeping like an avalanche through North Carolina. All this while, where is Lee ? Beleaguered īn his fortifications at Richmond, and held as in a vice by the army of Grant, he seems to be unable to do anything to stop the victorious progress of Sherman. War has often been compared to a game of chess, but never was it played on so large a chess-board, or \vith more consummate skill. The raoment the news reached Washington of the taking of Fort McAllister, orders \vere flashed along the \vires a thousand miles away to Gen. Thomasto attack Hood's army before Nashville. The rpsuh we all know. The fleet that attacked Fort Fisher, when we consider the kind of vessels and artillery used, was the most formidable one ever fitted out īn any age. And the fall of Fort Fisher \vas a terrible blow to the rebels. closing the only remaining port through whieh they drew their supplies from England. But it is very evident that it \vas only part ot the great combination, being intended to prepa?e a base of operations for Sherman, and aid in ths general plan of cooping up the rebels in Two divisions from Gen. Tho-

rns's afcny have been sent around to thecoast of North Carolina and placed under Gen. Schofield to cooperate wilh Sberman. At the same tune Wen.. Sheridan is pushing up the Shenandoah yalley, to seize L-ynchburg, and cut oif Le*?'s connexions with West Virginia. Hitherfo his army has been supplied through the railft?ads leading to North Carolina and Lynchburg When these are taken it will be impossib!e is>r him to remain longer at Richmond. He wih' probably join Beattregard in the «nterior, and i.y rapid and skilful rnovēmente endeavor to baflle the Union armiesand beat them in detail. We therefore Joob for blōody and decisive ng this spring. When Lee's army is route<P the Kebel eauae Ī5 lost forever. There seems to be mueh real • Uwon feeling left, even in Charleston and WilmiflgtOH« Cnion flags were hung out to the breeze aMd the Federal troops welcomed with cheers, and the waving of handkerchiefs.