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December 13. - - The Sorfolk Thif
Book has dates from - Pensacola to
December B. There had been no
further fighting, but Bragg was hour
rmrewal of the attack
rom ellP rnickens. The Federal .
:rots were flitting in anti out of the
it: a *eat bewildering manner
to the rebels. At times there wbuld
be a Olen in•dming the evening;
and all but twe• disappear before
The Norfolk Day Book is consider
ably excited in relation to a rumor
that Norfolk is to be attacked, and
,that additional obstructions
i i4 / I =d at the entrance of the har
bor. If not done by the military
authorities, it urges that the city
Ceieseils . attend to it.
At 'Biel - mond, on Wednesday, the
Wow excitement was at its height, a
stona‘of war being expected to burst
*Elementarily somewhere.
'The Pleputch lies among its tele
ran:is 'the following seizure of a
rner, under the title of "Boldnets
e_Hessians:" "Augusta, Dec 10.
Charleston Courier says that
gotbil.sincoln fleet seized a schooner
•tuallkurdity, and that a steamer was
jeep missing on Monday with a float
:tug. battery or deck in tow."
The Norfolk Day Book speaks of
lle:ittiPortant arrest there of a num
--%r Crabtree '
whb were niaking their
*_ ,the North. They had $l5OO
p
, 1144
i tuttathem. An
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before i„ Mayor,
- prudential reasolit the report
lit Is .withheld.
iliototi to. Oommenoe With.
Dee}i itch from Louisville state
Wit yesterday afternoon four corn
„pasties of Willich's German Indiana
regiment were attacked on the south
side of Green river, opposite Munfords
ville, by Col. Terry's regiment of
~'Tian Rangers, two regiments of in
, *try and six pieces of artillery,
Willich was reinforced and drove the
bels back, with a loss of thirty
,tbree killed, including Colonel Terry
And fifty wounded. The Federal loss
,was eight privates and a lieuteant
and sixteen wounded. The
Democrat has advices that the Federal
troops have been crossing Green
river with great rapidity. The Dem
ocrat has also a business letter, dated
.hkaaereet, Monday, which mentions
„pasagsgeinent in the vicinity.. The
Twelfth Kentucky regiment, Colonel
Hoskinson ' is entrenched two miles
_smith of Somerset.
4 r tin divisions of Generals McCook,
,Johnson, Wood and Rousseau rested
.ott the Northern bank of Green river
era Sunday. A letter from Lebanon
the 17th, says Thomas' division is
ninticiNg . prepartions, and will
.I f etigite Rsi a few days. There are
ruiriors about the inovement of
the enemy below, but there is nothing
reliable,. :Nelson's division endamp
md on Mophirough's Hill, on the old
Nashville road, on Sunday, in fine
order and spirits.
.4 ovate letter dated Somerset,
tiestdity ,night, reports the capture of
Os negro servant of a rebel officer, as
be was *King provisions to the rebel
pickets. He ss that Bollicoffer
has 6,000 this si de, and 2,000 on the
other side, and are fortifying both
Sides of the river with the purpose of
"In tering.
one Hundred Houses Burned.
We have received, says the Boston
, Trave4ler, an interesting letter from
our spwial correspondent with the
*tiny *e West. A terrible and
devastating guerilla, warfare has com
r*aced in that portion of Missouri
.'ning Kansas. Col. Jennison, sta
. near Fort IN.;tependence, hay
nk teceived >}otr i to the procla
mation calling Upon" the secessionists
to take the oath of allegiance, sent
detachments of troops in every direc
:Op, and the houses of one hundred
rebels were burnt. In one skirmish
a rebel named Fitzpatrick was cap
tured, Vied and shot. The reasons
gi'ven ;or this by Colonel Jennison
-were that Fitzpatrick had killed *
Federal officer, whose arms were
found upon him, and that he had shot
a Methodist preacher, while stand
ing over him. The rebel died
game shouting for " Jeff. Davis arid
the 4th," as he fell pierced with the
,Ofthe soldiers.
Prigiating‘er Us in South Oarslira.
A letter tat received from Port
;Royal states that extensive prepara
tions are making by the rebels in
South Carolina to oppose any advance
*amity be made into the interior
by'tbs *&ral forces. General Lee
*known to be in command of the de
pounent of South Carolina, and to
iissee at his disposal at least sixteen
danssand men. Of these, about eight
thaiisan nre believed to be stationed
allehartbsboa, and nearly four thou
sand at. Savannah. Fort Pulaski has
received an addition to her armament
pinkie the arrival of our troops, and
Jeanie) various field works have
j)ssim abandoned, and the entire sea
)nsend, from .. hee to St. Helena
duetted,
there is a strong
probabilitY that every onward step
c#fahowlierael troops require Oa
WWI& In insee. Beconnoissa - nces
Asre making in every direction; by
kiensmal orders; both by
;pad ape voratdioltlie fortifications at
Wad have been grearly
Z*oo* new entrenchments of
mile in length created, and
nsents of troops were expect-
1 iv a 1 of two lagliali itfasners-41fighly can pre:: ,a reaction Set in, and fears
1 Loperisall boa Eingpe--logisad Taking *ere w.< -' ' Volinillti Washing
' Adessagi of Our Diffieullisa to Plea a ton •- a t aforild justify the
Ifl-
,:. . .... . ... & sure %,
.. n allad Slidell. The
.a rt i. v t. t u s gjob t arnata ~ . ailla Ail bitter and
'
alter vjaglyeedaetaia t ow ns : ,ho •e .. ntiasing to treat the affair
tkiien;- ' • aq, till the 2d, *bring ,as an inablerable insult. The instruc
tiett ha. i ant dispatches, And a tions tea Lord Lyons, on which the
Queen's 0 essage, with dispatches to Cabinet was unanimous, are explicit
Lord Lyons. The Observer of Dec. and determined. The London Post
Ist states that the Government has , says that an acknowledgement of the
demanded from President Lincoln aad / error and a surrender of the prison
!his Cabinet, the persons of the South-1 drs will be received with great joy,
butif the Federal Government fails
i ern envoys to the British Govern- i
to comply, no man in England will
ment. Yesterday afternoon, after i
five o'clock, p. m., Her Majesty held blind his eyes to
do the
her alternative that
England must duty.
a Privy Council at. Windsor. Castle.—
Three of her Ministers, inchiding the The Mephistopheles Times Lies, and
flit Lord df the Adrairalty . and the 4aids England to taierove her oapora -
Secretaries df State and War, travel- I Unita.
ed from Louden to Windaor by spe- I The London Times continues to as
cial train to be, present. Previous to Bert that it has been Mr. Seward's
leaving town, the three Ministers, had policy to force a quarrel with Eng
attended it Cabinet Council at 'Lord land, and calls for , energetic military
Palmerston's official residente. preparations in Canada. A serious
The ObSOrver also says that a spe- decline is daily taking place hi Cana
cial messenger of the Foreign Office dian securities, amounting to twelve
has been Ordered to ditrry td Wash- per cent. The London Times pre
ington the demande of the British diets three thinii to follow an out-
Government for Lord Lyons, and break with the United States, name
will proceed to-clay by packet from ly; the destruction of the Southern
Queenstown. Thepublic will he sat- bldeltade; the complete blockade of
isfied to know that these demands the Northern ports, and the recogni
are for an apology, and to insist dntion of the Southern Confederacy by
the restoration to the protection df France and England. The Daily
the British flag, the persons of those News says that the American Con
who were violently and illegallY torn gress meets before the English de
from that sacred aSylurri. The Ob- wands can get out, and hopes that it
server adds : There lAtio reason why will act with honor and dignity and
they should not
,be restored to the that the golden opportunity will not
quarter deck Of the British Admiral be lost.
at New York or Washington itself, A large number of' naval vessels
in the Thee of some ten or twelve are ordered to be ready for immedi-
Olen of war whose presence in the ate commission. The transport Mel-
Potomac would render the blustering bourne was to leave Woolwich Ar-
Cabinet at Washington as helpless as senal on the sth, for Halifax, with
the Trent was 'before the guns and 30,000 stand of arms, large quantities
cutlaseas of the San Jacinto. It is of ammunition and Armstrong g uns.
na &lilt of ours if it should come to She will will be convoyed by th Or
this. The arrangements for increas- pheus of twenty-one guns. The iron
ing the force in Canada are not yet plated steamer Warrior is to be ready
complete, but in a very few hours ev- for foreign service immediately, and
erything will be settled. In the her destination will depend on the
meantime, a large ship of the Mel- answer from Washington. The ship
bourne line has been taken up, and ment of rifles from England for New
is now being loaded with Armstrong York continues.
guns, some 30,000 Enfield rifles, am- Appearances indicate that the
munition and other stores, at Wool- French papers have been instructed
wish. It is not impossible that this to write in an anti-American tone.—
vessel will be escorted by one or two The Patrie argues pretty clearly that
ships of war. The rifles are intended France will side with England, rec
for the Canadian military, and a ognize the South, and take a decided
strong reinforcement of field art ery attitude in the international question.
Will be dispatched forthwith. Iv • The Liverpool Post gives a rumor
The Times Thlults War will Pay. that Napolcan had been proposed as
The Times' city article of the 30th the arbiter of the question. The
says the position of the Federal Americans in - Paris paid a compli-
States of' America is almost in every mentary bisit'to Gen. Scott, Mr. Day
commercial point with that Which ton acting as chairman.
was occupied by us tbward Russia
before the Crimean war. Russia had -
a hostile tariff, while we looked to
her for a large portion of our gener
al supply of breadstuffs. But there
is this particularly in our present
case, that the commencement would
be the breaking up of the blockade of
the Southern ports, at once setting
free our industry from the anxiety of
a cotton famine, and bring sure pros
perity to Lancastershire through the
winter. At the same time we shall
open our trade to eight millions in
the Confederate States who may de
sire nothing better than to be our cus
tomers.
At the Privy Council on Saturday,
an order was issued prohibiting the
export from the United Kingdom,
or carrying coastwise, gunpowder,
saltpetre, nitrate of soda and brim
stone. The Times has no hope that
the Federal government will comply
with the demand of England.
The Morning Star declares that the
statement of instructions having
been sent to Lord Lyons, to obtain
restitution of the Confederate com
missioners, or to take leave of Wash
ington, was premature, and so exag
gera';ed as to be virtually untrue.
The Liverpool Courier believes that
the Warrior has been ordered to An
napolis with the ultimatum of the
government. The London Times, al
luding to the decision of the British
Cabinet, that the arrest of Mason
and Slidell is a clear violation of the
law of nations, believes that Lord
Lyons will be instructed by the first
steamer to demand reparation, and if
not complied with will to instructed
to withdraw the legation from Wash
ington.
A atm Later Arrival—The Aspect Even
More Hostile.
The City . of Washington passed
Cape Race yesterday morning with
English dates by telegraph to the sth.
Thee/lip Lady Franklin, from London
for New York, put into Plymouth on
the 3d inst. She took fire the same
night an 4 as scuttled to extinguish
the flames. Some Southerners ship
/ ped among the crew are suspected of
firing her: The steamer Australasian
I has been chartered to convey troops
/ and a battery of artillery, and is to
i sail on the 12th. The San Jacinto
!manopolizes the attention of the
press, which denounced it in strong
[ terms,
and active naval preparations
I are msking. The latest by telegraph
to Queenstown, to the sth irist., says
the excitement is unabated.
The Paris Temps says that Napo
' lean has tendered his services, as a
Mediator. At the banquet at Rock
, dale, Mr. Bright made an elaborate
speech 'on American affairs, but de
clined to give a decided opinion in
the Trent affair. He believed that
if illegal, the United States will make 1
fitting reparation. ale strongly con- .
OW Army in Virginia.
dunned any warlike feeling, and
INDIANAPOLIS, December 16.—Our
scouted the idea that the American I
Cabinet had resolved to pick a q _ i army in Kentucky is within a short
distance of Bowling -Green. They
see with England, and made a bril-I
liant peroration in favor of the I have repaired the Green river bridge,
North. At letter from4General Scott, , and will move forward as soon as
in favor of the maintenance of friend- , Gen. Buell can brigade and otherwise
ly relation between Englaad and i dispose of the large number of reg l
. i-
America, attracted much attention. ments now arriving . When this is '
The export of arms, ammunition 'sad ; done he, will take command and push
lead to America is prohibited. The lls rward 'to ,Nashville.
1 Elsie Petrie r es antodit 1 The Forty-Sixth, Fiftieth, Thir- ,
•24. eel- owimg the duayesition of illasease to ' typitti, - Forty-First and Fifty-First, t
was ,to ' . the Southern . Ceathoter- ;Jost* le ft 'fbli• Kentucky making ten 1
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The Victory at Oheat Mountain--A very
Successful and Decisive Engagement.,
CINCINNATI, December 16:—A dis
patch from Phillippi says that our
force at the late battle at "Alleghe
ny Camp," Cheat Mountain, number
ed eighteen hundred. They came in
sight of the enemy, drawn up in line
of battle in front of their entrench
ments.
They charged .upon them and
drove them back. A hot fire was
kept up during the whole afternoon
on both sides, and several .brilliant
charges were made by our men.
General Milroy withdrew at night
fall, fully intending to renew the at
tack the next morning. During the
night, howei , er, the rebels silently
left their camp, burning everything
they could not carry with them.
Our loss was twenty killed and
thirty wounded. The rebel loss was
one hundred and fifty killed, includ
ing one field officer.
By this action General nunolcite
front is completely cleared of the
enemy, there being no organized
rebel force within forty miles of our
advanced posts.
A detachment which was sent from
Phillippi on Saturday returned last
night with ten rebel guerillas, includ
ing the notorious Take Kern.
A Sharp Battle and Naomi Victory in
Western Virginia--The Eenemy in Fall
Retreat.
CINCINNATI, Decemberl4.—A spe
mal dispatch from Cheat Mountain to
the Cincinnati Commercial says : On
yesterday one of the hardest and
best-fought battles of the war was
fought at Allegheny Camp, Pocahon
tas county, Va., General R. H. Mil
roy commanding the Union troops,
and General Johnson, of Georgia,
commanding the rebels. The fight
lasted from daylight till three P. M.
The Union loss was about thirty ;
rebel loss over two hundred, includ
ing a major and many other officers,
and thirty prisoners. General John
son was shot in the mouth, but not
fatally. The Twelfth Georgia regi
ment suffered most.
Milroy's force numbered seven
hundred and fifty men, from the
Ninth and Thirteenth Indiana,
Twenty-fifth and Twenty-third Ohio,
and Second Virginia. Johnson's
force numbered over two thousand.
The Ninth Indiana fought bravely to
the last.
After driving the enemy into their
barracks no less than five times,
our threes retired in good order.—
The rebels set fire to their camp, and
retreated to Staunton. Gen.,Milroy
has driven the last army out of Wes
tern Virginia.
is.ooidenteo.lien. illumner—The (Wed=
Conflagration and Man Inearona,
P: ILADELPH. , Dec. l6.--Opeeials
~,, ~ . .
to 4 , ia, ' fatariCtnApihattenee,
I
ash . :ti e illelft,entit news
fr*i . ~. glan . by tlib Enrol* waa
sea to several' . members of the Cab
in* to:ight . . 'lt created some ex
elle'raent, but no uneasiness or ap
prehension. It, is thought to stand
in need of confirmation,.
Com. Wilkes arrived last night at
his house', formerly occupied by Gen.
Mepleklan! In response 4,6 a sere;
nadeOle tiOestly said that a man
vihO had merely done his duty did
not deserve.an ovation.
Gen. Sumner was thrown.from his
horse iftis Morning while he was re
-Viewing his troops. A rib was bro
ken and other injuries suffered, but
a telegram to General McClellan sta
tes that he is better, and will be able
id resume his command shortly.
. Specials to to-day's Heralds say
that the Europa's dispatches elicited
a lively discussion here, but seem
not to disturb the Government,
1 which, while desiring no embarrass
ment with England, looks with com
posure and confidence on events as
they occur.
The intelligence of the burning of
Charleston, probably the incendiar
ism of negroes, and the attendant
rumors of a slave insurrection, have
I reminded parties here of the prophe
cy of a distinguished military officer,
1 that the war would be virtually end
; ed by a general insurrection of the
1 slaves in the South before the middle
of January.
During his command of the South
ern post he was induced to examine
the history of slave insurrections,
and deduced from it the conclusion
that there - would be a terrible one in
the Southern States either during or
I immediately subsequent to the Christ-
I mas holidays. The existing circum
; stances attach great probability to
1 this prediction.
Late Kentucky Advices--Battle Anticipa
ted--Secessianists Jubilant--Reported At
tack on New Orleans, &c.
CINCINNATI, Dec. 17.—The mails
from Somerset which failed Monday
came to hand to-days Gen. Buell is
expected to take the field in person
in a few days. It is reported that
our troops are crossing Green River,
and that Gen. Buckner is coming up
the railroad to offer battle on this side
of Bowling Green.
In the Kentucky Legislature sev
eral members made elaborate speech
es in favor of the Union.
The Secessionists are jubilant over
the prospects of a war with England,
while the Union men come square to
the mark, and demand war before one
word of apology.
A grand review and inspection of
seventeen thousand troops, from Cai
ro, Bird's Point and Fort Holt, took
place yesterday.
Four regiments of infantry and
three gunboats have been sent from
Columbus, Kentucky, to New Olt
leans,where a battle was being fought,
and the city threatened with demol
ition by our forces. The inhabitants
were fleeing from the city.
The Documents from the State Department .
The documents from the State De
partment, submitted to Congress on
Thursday, disclose the important
fact that our Government now occu
pies the position that it held in refer
ence to foreign Governments at the
beginning of the rebellion, and that
though the United States early offer
ed to accept the Paris declaration in
reference to privateering, both Eng
land and France desired to make an
exception in favor of the Jeff. Davis
Canfederacy, to which the Govern
ment has refused to yield, leaving
the United States free from any ob
ligation- to accept the Paris declara
tion, while, the few rebel privateers
are nowfugitives on the high seas, or
are lying idle in Southern harbors. A
resume of the documents shows the
followincr /7 to be our relations with for
eign nations :
England entertains, or at least ex
presses, no sympathy for us, but rath
er the reverse.
Prance has not been cordial, but
has been lege offensive than England.
Austrid has been friendly, and from
the Outset has declared that she
would not recognize the rebel Con
federacy.
Prussia and all the Gefrutin States
have been equally cordial.
- Russia has been friendly, but anx
ious for the war to end.
Sweden and Norway have been
friendly from the beginning.
Belgium is yet undecided, but re
mains passive.
Holland is disposed to follow the
lead of England at a respectful dis
tance.
Italy is full of warm *sympathy
for our Government, and for freedom.
Spain, though not aggressive, has
an evident leaning toward the Jeff.
Davis Republic.
Denmark is friendly.
The Pope, though be announces
that his Government is not of this
world, but that he is concerned with
spiritual thine, yet, if he were to ex
press an opinion he, as a good Chris
tian, will alwaysbe on the side of law
and order.
MAJOR SLEMJ&RR'S HEALTH-A cor
respondent of a cotemporary writing
from Grafton say_s : "I am sorry to in
form you that Major Slemmer is not
expected to live. He came down
from the mountains to this place yes
terday with his wife. They are stay
ing at the Grafton House. He came
here to inspect the troops some five
weeks ago, and got as far as Beverly
when he took sick."
Gen. LARIMMR. J) Arse ron MAY
oa.—"We learn by s Weaken paper
that' at the foot charter election at
Deaver City the entire Deotooratie
ticket wae eked. Mr. Coek,,Dereo
cent, beat can tanner fellow4itieen i
Gen. -Wee.. Joembeter; Sepublibewfbr.
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ArrivalokheAbluar Sam--The War Pre
;tuatara in England.
PORTLAND, Deceml;er
steamerdurwarrivedfieie tlds morn.
'og from Liverpool with date* to the
sth, and Londonderry to the 6th in
%taut.
Warlike preparations continue in
England, and a considerable - number
of troops are under orders for Can
ada.
The London Daily News thinks
that if the American GovAnment
will treat the difficulty in the same
spirit as Gen.. Scott, war may be
avoided.
The seamen on leave, are ordered
to join their ships.
It is reported that Mr. Adams, the
American Minister, regarded his re
call as inevitable.
The American shipping interest
waF b already disastrously affected.
The Steamships Edinburg and No
va Scotian arrived out on the 6th inst.
GREAT BRITAIN.—The excitement
relative to the Trent affair continues
unabated. The stocl market on the
fourth was more heavy and unsettled
than ever.
The strength of the American Na
vy is being canvassed in England.—
The London Times says that "al
though the whole Federal Navy
scarcely presents a dozen worthy an
tagonists, yet it would be imprudent
in the extreme to despise the power
of the Americans at sea. We have
done this once and paid the cost of
our thoughtlessness. The Americans
will do little, but that little will be
done well. They will give our heavy
squadrons a wide berth, and concen
trate their efforts on single vessels.
Hostile demonstrations are being
made in various parts of England to
wards the United States ; one was
made at Bristol on the occasion of
the departure of an Armstrong bat
tery for Canada.
The Continental news is of slight
importance. The Paris Bourse is
firm. The Patrie says that the ar
rest of the Maronite agent of France,
in Lebanon, is an insult which the
government must avenge.
ITALY.—Garibaldi has arrived at
Turin. In the Chamber of Duputies,
M.latazzi explained the failure of
negotiations relative to Rome, saying
that he was convinced that the
French government wished to ter
minate its occupation, and was the
sincere friend of Italy.
The U. S. Consul at Paris had
communicated to the French papers
a letter from Gen. Scott,
_in Which be
declares that there is no truth in the
report that the Washington Cabinet
had ordered the seizure of the
Southern Commissioners, even un
der the protection of a neutral flag.
He is quite ignorant of what will be
the decision of his Government, but
says that it is necessary to preserve
the good relations between England
and America. He hopes that the
Governments will agree on a solution
of the question, - whether the pris
oners were contraband or not. If
they were the agents of the rebels
he says it will be difficult to convince
even impartial minds that they were
less contraband of war than rebel
soldiers or cannon. In conclusion,
Gen. Scott expresses his conviction
that war between England and Amer
ica cannot take place without a more
serious provacation than is at present
given. The London Times says that
General Scott, like his countrymen,
is rather inclined to disavow the con
ception of the outrage than to repu
diate it, now that it has been done.
It is reported that rebel and feder
al privateers are cruising at the en
trance of the English Channel. It is
said that the Admirality has ordered
two ships to proceed immediately to
the West Indies, to act as a convoy
to the West India mail steamer.
The Paris correspondent of the
Daily News says that Mr. Slidell's dis
patches were entrusted to his wife
as be was leaving the steamer Trent.
FRANCE.—The Paris Patrie learns
that in November the San Jacinto
searched a French, a Danish and a
Portuguese vessel. These facts,
says the Patrie, are important as
proving that the Washington Cabinet
fancies that it has the power to exer
cise the right of search to the full ex
tent. Speculations from France rep
resent the predominant tone as being
favorable to the reconciliation of
Bngland and America. It is report
ed that the French Minister at
Washington has reported to his Gov
ernment a refusal on the part of the
Washington Cabinet to deliver up
dispatches addressed from Paris to
the French Consuls at New Orleans
and Charleston.
LATEST VIA LONDONDERY.."-The
iron clad frigate Warrior is coaling
for service on the North American
coast.
There was quite a rise on Thurs
day in saltpetre.
No charters are now being taken
for American vessels, and there is
nothing doing in passengers or car
goes.
Several of the papers have leaders
on Mr. Bright's speech. The London
Tfmes says: "Let America judge by
the speech of her greatest admirer
how little can be said of her outrage
upon a friendly, though neutral coun
try. Let her also know that even
this comparatively moderate speech
- was but a voice with an echo."
The tone of reserve on the part of
the French press increases. Several
of the leading Paris papers blame the
English Government for having yield
ed to the pressure of public opinion, as
represented merely by Manchester
and LiVerpooi, and having acted too
'lastly in the Trent affair.
itowrunk, in his recent
speech at Cinbinnuti, stated that
Floyd escaped boom* orders were
not obeyed. Gen. limbs= under
stands this; he is now in Washington,
demanding s Court of In4luiry, Which
weber l .l lo ,Wg 1
tipatim'
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The Charleston Conflagration.
BY this morning's telegrams it will
be seen that the destructive confla-
Illation - which burst out in the doom=
ed city of Charleston on Wednesday
morning at nine o'clock, was still rag
ing at live P. I. on Thursday, after i
having laid in ashes all the most
beautiful and valuable portion of the
city. The Captain of the Illinois
says that even at ten o'clock Thurs
day night, when he passed within
six miles of the harbor, the fire was
Edit at its height, lighting up the 1
ocean for miles. The fire commen- )
ced at the foot of Hazel street, on
the Cooper river, and extended down
to, and even beyond, Broad street.—
It will scarcely cease until it sweeps
off everything that will burn, down
to the very junction of the Ashley'
and Cooper rivers. The part burn
ed is the largest, the oldest, most
beautiful, and most densly populated
half of the city, containing almost all
the public buildings, stores, ware
houses and wharves. The loss will
be almost incalculable, certainly
amounting to from five to ten mil-
lions. It is a blow which Charleston,
in her already crippled and embar
rassed
condition, can never recover
from. Far be it from us to take
pleasure in any such terrible and
wide-spread ruin, but we must say,
in all candor, that no city on this
continent so richly deserved such a
fate, and that no city will obtain less
sympathy, either North or South.—
She has cost the nation a billion of
money and thousands of lives, and it
is some small punishment that she
should have incurred the fate which
she has abundantly earned. We
pity her deluded poor.
The Charleston Conflagration.
WASHINUTON, December 16.—The
following are the complete dispatch
es published by the Norfolk Day
Book on Friday last :
BRANCHVILLE, S. C., six miles from
Charleston, Dee. 12.—Passengers
who have just arrived here report a
destructive fire last night at Charles
ton. The fire commenced iu Charles
ton last night, December 11th, at
nine o'clock, in Ruzel & Co's sash fac
tory, at the foot of Hazel street, and
communicated to the opposite side of
Hazel to Cameron & Co's machine
shops. Under the impulse thus giv
en and a stiff breeze, with a small
supply of water, the conflagration
assumed a Nrmidable character,
nearly equalling the most extensive
conflagration on the American con
tinent. The theatre ; Floyd's coach
factory (opposite the express office,)
the old executiVe building, and all
the houses between thatpoint and
Queen street are burned. The whole
of one side of Broad street is destroy
ed, from Col. Gadsden's residence to
Massaic street. A considerable por
tion of the city from East Bay to
King street is destroyed.
Among the prominent bitildings
burned are the, Institute and St. An
drews' Halls, Theatre, Catholic Cath
edral, and the Circular Church. At
last accounts from Charleston ; np to
five o'clock this morning, Dec. 12th,
the fire had crossed Broad street, and
was sweeping furiously on, The
telegraph lines to Charleston are
down, consequently we are not able
to state whether the fire has ceased
•
or not,.
BRA NtirvlLLE, becernber 12th, 5 P.
M.—The fire is still ragiug. A thou
sand houseless persons are huddled
in the streets. The express train
left Augusta this afternoon with pro
visions to supply the wants of the
sufferers, and men to assist in con
trolling the fire. The fire was the
work of an incendiary.
Further Particulars of the Conflagration at
Charleston.
FORTRESS MONROE, December 16.
Captain Millward went down to
Craney Island to-day with a flag of
truce, and was met by Lieutenant
Smith, off the Island. No passengers
came down.
The Norfolk. and Richmond papers
give full particulars of the conflagra
tion in Charleston, S. C. The fire
broke out at about nine o'clock in
the evening of the 11th, in -sussell &
Old's sash and blind factory, at the
foot of Hazel street; crossing Hazel
street it extended to the machine
shop of Cameron & Co. Before mid
night, the fire had assumed an appall
ing magnitude, and Meeting street,
from Market to Queen, was one vast
sheet of flame. As tenement after
tenement was enveloped in flames,
the panic was awful, and thousands
of families evacuated their houses
and filled the street.
The buildings in the lower part of
the city where the fire broke out,
were principally of wood, and ex
tremely inflammable, which accounts
far the remarkable rapid progress of
the fire . At midnight the Circular
Church and the Institute Hall were
burning, and the proximity of ti .e
flames to the Charleston Hotel and
the Mills House, caused them to be
evacuated by their inmates. At one
o'clock the fire tended more South
ward, towards the corner of Arch
dale and Queen streets, to rear of the
Charleston Hotel, and to the end of
Rayne street range. Crossing Mar
ket street the fire spread down East
Bay to Cumberland street, and
across to the Mills House, including
in its destruction Circular Church,
Institute Hall and the Charleston
Hall. All the buildings on King,
from Clifford nearly to Broad street
were destroyed before three o'clock.
Gen. Ripley, who superintended the
movements ofthe troops, whohad ar
rived at the scene at about this time ,
ordered several buildings on theroute
of the conflagration to be blown op,
and after some delay the order Was
executed, but not before the theatre,
Lloyd's coach factory. op ' the
express office, the oh*. • e
building and all the homes from thi§
poink te Quee4 had csught fire
an d - At about. four
'dock AO win.
O wed the direc ►
-
A 5,0 teliaids• Bleed
( street.. Soon after St. Andrew'S
Hall took fire, and•subsequently the
cathedral, the spire of which fell
shortly after five o'clock The fire
made a clear sweep through the city,
making its track from East Bay to
1 King street.
The Charleston Courier of the 13th
gives a list of between two and three
I hundred sufferers, and says that the
loss is estimated at from five to seven
millions of dollars. Mr. Russell, at.
whose factory the . fire, originated,
I thinks that it must have been occas
ioned by an incendiary or by the
negligence of the negroes employed'
there.
A dispatch from Charleston dated
13th says : The Mills House, al
though threatened and several times
on fire, eventually escaped and is on
ly slightly damaged. - Five churches
were destroyed by the fire, the Cith
edral, St. Peter's Episcopal, Cumber
land street Methodist and Circular .
Church. The Charleston Mercury
says that five hundred and seventy
six buildings were burnt.
A message was sent to the Confed
erate Congress on Friday by Presi
dent Davis, in relation to the confla
gration at Charleston, recommend
ing an appropriation • in. aid of the
sufferers. A resolution was accord
ingly unanimously adopted appropri
ating two hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars as in advance on ac
count of claims of South Carolina
upon the Confederate States.
The Lynchburgh Virginian, of Fri
day, says that a Maryland regiment
had deserted from Lincoln's army,
with their arms and equipments.—
It was sent out as a picket guard
from Alexandria, and when it reach
ed the front of our lines it hoisted
the Confererate flag and marched in
to Centreville. aeeompanied by the
Colonel and all the other officers.
The Charleston CO ea, of Friday,
has a report from Beaufort, stains.
that the Yankees had advanced their
position to near Port Royal Ferry on
Tuesday, and crossed the Pow an
der cover of the artillery to the main
laud, and destroyed several Confed
erate rifle pits.
The Richmond Examiner says that
the Cuurt Commissioners, to deter
mine the claims for indemnity for loss
es by the war, is to be organized at
once. The President has appointed,
and Congress in secret session has
confirmed, the following gentlemen
as the Commissioners : George P.
Scarborough, of Virginia Thomas C.
Reynolds, of Missouri, and Walter
Brooke, of Mississippi.
The Richmond _Enquirer. of the
15th, acknowledges the receipt of
the balance of clothing from Massa
chusetts for the prisoners of war.—
It is consigned to Gen. C. Winder,
and will be distributed by Lieuten
ant Pierson, ofthe Twentieth Massa
chusetts Regiment, who was taken
prisoner at Leesburg.
The Norfolk Day Book was printed
on a small half sheet.. It is to be
raised in price on Thursday, to Ave
cents.
Gen. Brown's Official Report--Hie Gonda
sions from the Fight--Reform in Oolonel
Bzipe's Regiment--An Intended Rebel
Adva,aee,
WASH/NOTON, December 14.—The
official report ofGeueral Brown about
the Pickens fight has been received.
It confirms it as an undoubted victo
ry for the Union.
Fort Pickens remains entirely un
injured. Fort Mcßae was sadly shat
tered by our fire, and the town of
Warrington and part of the Pensaco
la Navy Yard. were burned. Only
six men in Fort Pickens were hurt.
General Brown has suggested, in
his report, several points gathered
from his experience in this action.—
One is that James' rifle projectiles
are comparatively useless. That the
Parrott gun is much preferable, and
that if he had the latter piece at the
fort, he would have utterly deMolish
ed the enemy.
He further says that gunboats
drarving only six feet of water, amid
armed with rifled guns, can do more
service in these waters than a forty
gun ship or such vessels as the Niag
ara and the Richmond.
Sailing vessels he declares utterly
worthless in enforcing a blockade:—
The conduct of our soldiers and sail
ors during the two days' hard firing
receives the warmest encomiums of
Gen. Brown.
Yesterday the negro and white
man, of Frederick, who had been
selling liquor to the soldiers of the
•Forty-Sixth Pennsylvania, each re
ceived twenty lashes in the presence
of the regiment. The results of this
punishment were apparent at even
ing parade where nine hundred men
appeared, instead of seven hundred,
as on Wednesday.
Scouts have noticed recently a
marked increase in the number Of
tents in the rebel Potomac army,
which confirms the intelligence that
it has been largely reinforced.
A prisoner says that the rebel
Generals had determined to advance
from Centreville, in three columns in
all, seventy-five thousand men to at
tack our advance, which they ex
pected to find off guard, and adds
that four days rations had already
been given out to the troops.
Latest from England.
NEW YORK, Dec. 18.—The Evening
Post learns from commercial letters
of the highest character from London
that the British government propos
es to seek explanation of Ow Trent
affair, and perhaps on apology will
be asked for, an irregular troceeding,
but no mention is made oe a demand
for the surrender of the reholltoisork
ere. The English write* thees/
letters hope that the mlO4 Will lot
treated by Too 'Toil* returnee and &
kindly spirit.
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