2. Steamer James Watson sunk with government stores on the Miss. 30 lives lost.
3. Skirmish between Sherman’s cavalry and that of Wade Hampton. The rebel Col. Aiken killed.
3. Occupation of Cheraw, S. C., by Sherman’s advance.
3. Close of the 38th Congress.
3. Charlottesville, Va., captured by Sheridan.
3. Ten soldiers killed by train on the Opelousas railroad. 40 wounded.
4. Reinauguration of Pres. Lincoln.
4. U. S. transport steamer Thorne blown up by a torpedo in Cape Fear riv.
4. Parson Brownlow elected Governor of Tenn.
4. Rebels worsted at Natural Bridge, Fla.