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WEDNESDAY; MARCH 1, 1865.
DEMOCRATIC MEETING.
There will be a Democratic Meeting
at the Court House, on TUESDAY
evening, the 21st day of March next, as
business of importance are to be attend
ed to. The Democracy are invited to
turn out in their strength.
The battle for the Constitution and
the Union, yet demands the active ef
forts of every Democrat, as well as the
just protection of personal liberty and
private property, from the usurpation of
.power.
Fellow Democrats and all lovers of
the prosperity of the country, we may
vpeii"be proud of our association with
the-party that has among its lights and
*Panders the author of the Declaration
indepett4ttce, and of the Constitu
• -
tion; a party - whose wise al:ninistration
acquired all the additional: te:Tit ory added
-kith. original thirteen States—the pol
'lo of whose Statesmen formed, and
established the national character at
loine and. abroad, and at whose loss of
-power and place the country was disin
legreled. The American character lost--
l and the prosperity of the country ruin
7.4—,and the power of the Government
Ito.enforee a just obedience to the laws of
the land throughout the whole Union im
„vaired —as well as the indentity of the
States lost in the usurpations of the Fel-
Aatal Administration. Oars is the only
_party that can save eie county from her
-I:iresent imperiled condition.
A. A. PURMAN,
Chairman Dis. Co. Corn.
Ultraism in Politics.
Ultraism is defined to be the advocacy
,of extreme measures or the holding of
imixeme opinions on any subject of po
4itieal concern. Radicalism and ultraism
ate conV&tible terms and their full scope
grid meaning are 'generally understood.
,lopolitics, as in theology, the truth
'almost invariably lies between extremes.
`kis rarely found with either the advo
ittep of great and sweeping social or po-
Atici►l.changes, or with those who oppose
gay sateration or modification of super
annated institutions or existing laws, or
4-items of public policy. We have had
examples of ultraism iu the two great
sections of this Union in the worst sense
of the term, on a question of the gravest
sort.
Opposition to the institution of do
mestic slavery as it was in the Southern
States, says a cotemporary, has long ex
isted at the North. This opposition,
however, would have kept its legiti
mate bounds, perhaps, had it not been
for political ambition. Derisagogues
found it teo good a hobby to be left to
10,46ment and moral influence.
What could be done politically with
ami concerning slavery was done in out
Federal Constitution. The statesmen
of that day, pro-slavery and antislavery,
slavery as they found it, to the
States, imposing no responsibility in
compatible with the sentiments of
any; except in the single case of the
rCkqrn of fugitive slaves. They even
protected the slave trade for tweri-
Or'years ; we say protected, for
they provided that it should not be pro
hibited duripg that, time
. It was n long until an effort to pro
lit introduction of a slave State
(Missouri) into the Union was made.
Vortunately for the country, this attempt
the free States, to prohibit the intro
acLiitou of a new slave State into the
irdfcris, failed by compromise. But the
course of Jefferson, Clay and others ,
eittlirs Low tile wise and patriotic men
4t,;that shay dePrecated the agitation of
et4eot in federal polities, and any
action of Congress against the institu
&pro, sentiments, .or prejudices of :any
It is idle to discuss the right and
1110114 of &very. * If slavery be wrong
Ares wrong Itithe States, wrong in 1
4144441 'lianas at: that time ; it is
'oils
is „Africa now and wrong alt
kit
the world. Bat is it tutot the duty
04%erailitioitiforiiiiiii to use its:
poe tr. , , what is
wer to suppress wliat is
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771 - '1 - sonieOirig eke nay let A it
resort to the right of revolution, or if a
change is to be worked out, the Consti :
latinn providos a *Arto accomplish it:
Iret t il i tiffiat anti-slavery party has re
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.nor. to ,every expedient to stir up }fad
Blood fan•thit subject. They have em
ployed State power to thwart tl_e action
of the Federal Government, on points
plainly constitutional.. It seemed obvi
ous that such constant, persevering ef
forts!, • offensive to one section of the
Union, that Issurrteci the people there to
be man-stealers, robbers steeped in the
worst of crimes, would, in the end, lead
to trouble. All this didn't justify the
rebellion, though it did much to provoke
it. It only furnished the occasion and
pretext for it.
The ultras North claimed that Con
gress had supreme power over the terri
tories ; that it was the right of Con
gress to legislate for territories in all
cases whatsoever, and the duty to prohibit
slavery in them all. It .would - seem a
plain case that the Constitution gave to
Congress the same grants of power over
territories as over States, no more ; that
all else was reserved to the States or Me
people.
The Smith not to be outdone, set up
the claim that the Federal Constitution
guaranteed the right to property in
slaves in every territory. The South, of
course, had inexorble logic for this as
the extreme North had for their ultraism.
Boat argued .away to prove what each
had resolved to maintain without argu
ment. Neither would admit the position
of the other if it had been true, and
neither had any reason to admit the
other's position, for it was not true.
Plain enough it was that these ultras
were drifting on to the argument of the
last resort. The South could never
agree that the North should use the
power of the Federal Government to
prohibit slavery in all the territories ;
and the North would never admit that
the Constitution carried slavery into all
the territories by its extension over
them. There was no reconciling these
extreme theories. Neither could ever
become the doctrine of the country by
peaceable means.
Is the prospect any better now l The
two parties have betaken themselves to
the sword to defend and propagate tl•eir
nitraisms. How differently our fathers
acted on this whole subject ! How dif
ferently all wise statesmen have acted
They knew the danger and folly of
attempting to put down convictions,
and habits and prejudices by the sword.
They lived in peace and r rosp eri ty—
why can't we I In the language of one
of them, must all they have won by their
blond and sufferings be thrown away by
the ill conduct of their sons l We have
no faith in this ultraism on which the
Government seems bent. Temporary
success does not relieve it from its in
herent vice. Its consequences will not
be restoration and peace. What they
will be man can't forsee ; but this con
test will not be ended by ultraism. Its
advocates must at least be disappointed.
The original cause of dispute may disap
pear, but the deep.seated antagonism
will remain, and something less satis
factory will turn up in its place. Revo
lutions may not go back, but, without
wisdom and moderation, that make bad
worse.
Radicalism may do a vast deal of
mischief if it shall prevail fa. at y length
of time in this country. Its great
object now is the destruction of slavery.
To accomplish this, Constitutions and
laws mast be broken down. The pro
cess is revolutionary. The object is not
a restoration of the Uuiou, but a change
of Constitutions and laws—a change of
habits between the white and black
races. This last is the prime object of
this radical party. They do not intend
to end this war without it, and if they
have the power, they will accomplish as
much iu that line as power can accom
plish. In pursuit of their cherished 1
ideas, they will be perfectly reckless of
consequences to the' white er black races.
They claim infallibly right, and it is
treason to question their infalibility.
One is either a fool or a knaVe who '
doubts, so certain are they of their vir- I
tue and wisdom. No amount of blood
- i
and treasure is too great to give for so
great and holy object, in their estima
tion. Suppose they have power to go
on with the experiment, who is to be
the victim of the experiment I The
white race will fight it out, and adjust
itself to any change that may be made.
Emancipate the negro from the master 1
and the master will contrive to.emanct
pate himself from the negro, and the
simple question is. eau the negro endure
the change I
Down in Lousiana a system is in
operation ; contract slavery takes the
place of the old system. That is, the
white man makes the contract himself,
and compels the negro to abide by it I
or starve. SO far it is plain who suffers.
The Naples portion of the negro race
Mast: live ni *nit)* stingily dealt ont,
and saffau r starveapd die. -. It may be
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rett
a rift 4 }'`w.fte", 4 ".?l!"- -
will poSsOilaeor e : ' mea-than white:
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And after the destlisotios I - ndisdaverr; is:
'Eroded by war, 'irliit will grow gn
its place I Will the negro rappendttre
the change or - perish, u all. subordinate
iaoo have 4one in face .of a--anperior .
ree - whaving no interest in- lires4ving
• the former ?
Is Butler a " Gold RObber.?"
This query propounded by RepreSentative
Brooks, in Congress, is not , yet settled to
the satisfaction' of the admirers of the Hero
of Big Bethel, ntqf is it likely to: be: But
ler% friend Boutwell, (a brother renegade,
by the way, from the Democratic party,) by
a little special. !deeding a few bold asser
tions and some adroit quotations, made a
plausible case for Butler, in reply to Brooks'
charge. He left the impression that Butler
had deposited Smith's gold with 'the gov
ernment, which used it to pay its troops,
when short of funds,. This seemed plausi
tie, and sounded well, in the public prints !
But it lacked the important element of
truth, as is satisfactorily shown by Judge
Pierepoiut, the counsel of the Smiths, in the
attempt to recover their gold from the
clutches of Butler, through an action at
law. The Judge regards it due to his
clients, that their cause should not be in
jured by the special pleading of Butler and
his friends. He demonstrates from his
own correspondence with Butler before the
suit was brought, [he was a member of the
same political party with Butler, and did
not wish him to make an unseemly exhibi
tion of himself] and also from his own cor
respondence with the Government, that al
though Butler with the adroitness of the
practiced criminal lawyer, attempted, re
peatedly to get the government to shoulder
this plunder of the Smiths and thus to shiad
him from responsibility, it persistently re
fused to do so ; and that instead of Butler's
having paid the money to the government,
he has it yet in his own pockets, unless he
exchanged, it for greenbacks when a dollar
in gold was worth $2.85 cents in green
backs, which he surmises was probably the
EME
We have not room for this conclosiire let
ter of Jndge Pierepoiotond only give its con
chiding paragraphs:
The grievances charg,el in this case are
BM
First. That in violation of this proclama
tion, and without authority of law,.General
Butler took $50,000 in gold from Smith &
Co., New Orleans.
Second. That this gold was. the property
of Smith & Co., acquired by hottest industry.
Third. That Smith & Ca., were northern
men, engaged as bankers in New Orleans,
La. Their business was extended, their
credits in that state of necessity were
long. They opposed secession with all their
power, and when secession came upon them
they tried to gather in their property as best
they could ; that, being northern men, they
were more liable to suspicion; and were, of
course, compelled to be very circumspect.—
That when a safe opportunity offered, they
gladly took the oath of allegiance, .and the
amnesty oath also. That they concealed
the gold to keep it from the mob, which it
was supposed would Oleg& the city if
Admiral Farragut passed the forts, and this
concealment IV a S was made a pretext fir
seizing the gold by Gen. Butler.
Fourth. That Gn. littler has not paid
out this gold to his troops but has retained
it. It is quite likely that ,
Gen. littler left
the gold for a time in the safekeeping of a
paymaster; but the point is, that the gold
was returned to the general and nut paid
out to the troops.
Fifth. That Ghn. Butler did not take the
gold, nor has he retained the gold, by any
order, authori:y, or direclon of the Secre
tary of the Treasury or of War, and • that he
did not pay it over to the government as
Mr. Smith requested.
Sixth That so gross was the wrong to
Smith & Co., and so clearly were they en
titled to this money, that even Gen. But
ler's own commissioners found that Smith &
Co. were the owners, and wrote to the Gen
eral, advising a restoration of the money,
which has never yet been restoreA.
Seventh. That Gen. Butler took this gold
on the lath of May, 1562, and did not re
port it to the War Department until Feb
ruary of the following year ; and then re
ported that Smith & Cu. were "active reb
els," and "hesitated" to pay it over to the
government, lest these "rebels" sue him ;
to whom, "as a lawyer," he thought he
might be liable!
These facts cannot be denied, namely :
That without the least authority of law
Gen. Butler took this gold and his: kept it
two years and nine months and still keeps it:
That. Gen. Butler's own commissioners
found that the money belonged to Su
Co., and desired him to retire It ;
That Mr. Smith supposing that Gen. But
ler had paid the gold to his troops, as indi
cated by the General's letter, applied to the
Treasury and found, to his surprise, that
Gan. Butler had the gold ;
That fortkwith Mr. Smith, by hte counsel,
proposed in writing to Gen. Butler that he
pay the money over to the Treasury or to
the War Department and leave ..Mr. Smith
to such remedy as the governmeot might
think tit to give him.
That the gar.eral (to use his own words)
"hesitated" to uay it to the government and
refused to pay it to the owner, and by va
rious deviees has contrived to retain it to
this time, and without security either to the
government or to Mr. Smith, and with the
full use of this $50,000 of gold during a
period of two years and nine months;
Upon these facts an honest and intelli
gent people will pass a judgment..
Gen. Butler still keeps the gold, or the
proceeds at 285, if he sold at the highest
price.
Is it right ? That is the question—and I
am truly yours,
EpwARDB PagIIILPONT,
Counsel for Samuel Smith dr Co.
New York, Feb. 10, '65.
d3-Since the date of our last publi
cation, Charleston has falen. It was
meet that the city which fired the first
gun, in this terrible civil strife, and first
trampled upon the glorious emblem of
the Union, should suffer as.alone it has
suffered. Between the continued bom
barilment which it has undergone for
more than a year past, and the fire
which was raging in the city when our
troops took possession, it is said to pre
sent a sad spectacle of ruin acd desola
tion.
Wilnemg4ra Lae aim beit*iddad to
the of the Mimi within a few
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We have with - great pleasure read the
speech - of Col. HOPKINS, our vigilent
Senator,_ against the "deep damnation of
the taking off of Washington mutat
from this Judicial District." No
Legislature but the one now in session,
could be guilty of the small spite of
attempting to disrupt a Judicial District,
which has existed now for nearly three
quarters of a century, without objection
or complaint from any quarter. merely
on the ground of the politics Of an an
ticipated candidate to fill the vacancy,
at Me next eketion ! This Legislature
may be intensely "loyal" but we trust
if it - shall disgrace itself by doing this
.ineffably mean thing that Gov. Curtin
will promptly veto the act, as we think
Mr. Attorney General Meridith will in
form him he should do, on the ground
of its unconstitutionality, refered to in
the speech of Col. Hopkins.
We expect to lay the speech . of Col.
Hopkins before our readers next week.
The sturdy Democrat John L. Daw
son, of Pennsylvania, says the New
York World, put the Republican major
ity on record again the other day in a
way which will make their own chil
dren curse them before many years have
passed.
Mr. DAWSON submitted the fol
lowing resolution, and demanded the
previous question on its own adoption:
"Witette,ks, The American people
have now been engaged in a civil war
of gigantic dimensions for nearly four
years, which has resulted in frightful
destruction of life, property, and treas
ure, creating an enormous debt, im
posing the most oppressive taxes, cov
ering the land with affliction, corrup•
ting the general morals, and putting in
peril the liberties of the nation; where
as, on the part of the United States
and the people of the States which ad
here to this Government. this is, and
ought to be, a war solely to vindicate
the Constitution and restore the laws
to their just supremacy, and to that we
are bound by our oaths and by our sol
emn pledges made in the face of the
world when the war commenced: There
fore,
Resolved, That the President of the
United States be requested to use all
honorable and just means to brig; about
a lasting peace and the re-establishment
of fraternal relations among all the peo
ple by a restoration of the Union upon
the simple and just basis of the Consti
tution and laws, with every proper
guarantee to the southern States that
they shall be pr:tected in the full en•
joyment of their rights, and that un
disturbed control of their own local af
fairs which the Federal Constitution
was intended to secure to them and to
us.
Mr. Tl{ ER moved that the reso
lution be laid on the table.
Mr. DA SON demanded the yeas
and nays.
The veas and nays were ordered
The question was taken ; and it was
decided in the affirmative—yeas, 73,
nays 41, not voting 65.
So the resolutions was laid on the ta
ble.
Seventy-two Republicans, aids the
Word, voted to lay these resolutions on
tke table, voted that the war was not
solely to vindicate the Constitution and
restore the laws to their just supremacy,
voted that we are not bound by our
()fells and solemn plc lges made when
the war began, voted not to request the
Preside..t to use honorable and just
means to effect peace on a basis of a
restored Union, with the rights defined
and secured by the Constitution to eve
ry state. Here are the seventy-two
Republicans who cried havoc. Ere ten
years are over, we say again, their very
children will curse them for their fanat
icism, their folly, and their treason.
The PhiladAphia Aye, has the follow
ing on the resolutions:
The preamble and resolutions of M.
Dawson, offered in the Rouse of Rep
resentatives on Monday, brought the
administration party to the scratch. The
unanimous vote of the Abolitionists for
laying the resolutions on the table
proves that their pretense or willingness
to make peace on fair terms was all
sham. Interminable war, with direful
consequences to us and to our children,
is their real policy, and will remain so
as long as shoddy can thrive by corrup
tion. To neuative this resolution was.
to say that 'lasting peace' is .a thing not.
to be sought even 'by honorable and
just means,' and that 'the re-establish
ment of fraternal relations' with the
South is not a desirable object if it be
accompanied by 'a restoration of the
Union upon a simple and just basis of
the Constitution and laws.' As long,
therefore as Abolitionism governs the
country, It must be understood that
cid war is a permanent institution—
not for the sake of justice, of the Con
stitution, or the laws, but for the sake
of war itself, which gives the Abolition
favorites-jobs and wntracts, and ?stables
them .
To feed on tears, to fatten ou llistrets,
And wing their wealth from suffering's last
We hope our readers will carefully
note the terms f the resolution, and the
vote by which it was laid on the table.
Fitz Hugh Ludlow. in his overland
trip to California, found between Utab
and the Humboldt Mountains a large
desert composed, as he says, of "sand
of snowy alkali." He describes it as
one of the most difonal and forbidding
spots that was ever traversed by the
_foot of man.; but in view of the eaten=
Sion _through 4to the • Atlentic and
raer&Railroad; - a sufmeata an inter-
Wail* possibility at to its• future
Hi Op Ikaaitic Ma* x '6l6
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Pict (j iestlon.
Restoration of the Union.
excess.
The Resources of Utah.
f. crudest state the alkaline earth of the
desert is sufficiently pure to make vio
lent effervescence with acids. No elab
orate process is required to tarn it into
commercial soda and potash. Coal has
been already found in Utah. Silex ex
ists abundantly in all the desert uplifts.
Why shouti t aot the greatest glails
works ie the *orld be reared slang the
desert section of the Pacific Itoad ? and
why should not the entire market of the
Pacific coast be supplied with refined
alkalies from the same tract ?"
This opens up a present prospect.
Glass, unlimited glass ! A desert of
soda and sand. with coal underneath!
Glass-works of some thousands of miles
in extent, the_ materials ready mixed,
and the furnace, as it were, ready to be
lighted up —Scientific American
Another Peace Mission.
NEW YORK, Feb. 23.—A Herald's
Washington special says: Gen. Single
ton, of Illinois, a peace Democrat, who,
it will be remembered, recently visited
the rebel capital, has lett Washington
again on a second extrusion to that
place, accompanied by Judge Hughes,
late of the Court of Claims, it is sup
posed on a peace mission.
Fem.
Capture of Charleston !
Official report of Gen Gilmore.
Two hundred Pieces of artillery Taken.
SEVERAL FORTIFICATIONS UNINJURED.
The city Occupied without Opposition.
FIRING OF THE CITY BY REBELS.
6,OOO:BALES CF COT TON BURNED.
Fearful Explosion in the Wilmington Depot.
Several Hundred Citizens Killed.
C en. Sehlenmelfeistaig Cean , tlVg. the City.
DESTRUCTION OF TWO REBEL IRON CLADS
The Stars and Stripes Baised oat Fort Sumpter
{Secretary Stanton to 3.laj. Gen. Dix.]
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Wasnwrox, Feb. 18, 1865. j
Major eon. Dix, Xew Fork:
The announcement of the occupation
of Columbia, S. C., by Gen. Sherman.
and the probable evacuation of Charles
ton, has been communicated to the de
partment in the following telegram, just
received from Lieutenant-Gen. Grant.
E. M. STANTON,
Secretary of 'War.
[General Grant to Secretary Stanton.]
CITY Pons-r, Feb. 18.-4:45 r. m.
E. Stanton, War Deportment :
The Richmond Dispatch of this morn
ing says Sherman entered Columbia
yesterday morning, and its fall necessi
tates, it presumes, the fail of Charles
ton, which it thinks is already being
evacuated. U. S. GRANT,
Lieutenant-General.
CITY POINT, VA., }
February 18th, 1865.
Hon E M. Stanton, War Department:
The following is taken from to-days
Richmond Dispatch :
"THE FALL OF COLUMBIA
"Columbia 'hat% fuller. Shermarr
marched into and took possession of the
city yesterday morning. The intelli
gence was communicated yesterday by
Gen. Beauregard, in an official des
patch.
"Columbia is situated on the north
bank or the Congaree° river, just below
confluence of the Saluda and Broad
rivers.
'Trom Gen. Beauregard's dispatch
it appears that on Tuesday evening the
enemy approached the south batik of
the Congaree and threw a number of
shells into the city. During the night
they moved up the river and yesterday
morning they forded the Saluda and
Broad rivers. While they were cross
ing these rivers our troops under Beau
regard evacuated Columbia and the en
emy soon after took possession.
“Through private sources we Team,
that two days ago, when it was decided
not to attempt the defence of Columbia,
which it was thought was impossible to
remove, were destroyed. The female
employees of the Treasury Department
had been previously sent off to Char
lotte, ten miles south of Columbia.—
We presume that the Treasury litho
graphic establishment was also remov
ed, although as to this, we have no pos
itive information.
"The fall of Columbia necessitates
we presume the evacuation of Charles
ton, which we think likely is already
under process of evacuation. It is fin
possible to say where Sherman will
next direct his columns. The general
opinion is that he will next go to Char
leston and establish a base there, but
we confess that we do not see what need
he Las of a base. It is to be presum
ed that he is subsisting on the country,
and he has had no battle to exhaust his
ammunition. Before leaving Savannah
he declared his intention to march
to Columbia, thence to Augusta, and
thence to Charleston. This was utter
ed as a boast and to hide designs. We
are disposed to bclieve that be will next
strike at Charlotte, which is ten miles
south of Columbia on the Charlotte and
Columbia railroad, or at Florence,
South Carolina, the junction of the Co
lumbia and Wilmington and the Char
leston and Wilmington railroad, some
ninety miles east of Columbia.
CHARLESTON, S. C., Feb. 18,
via Nsw YORE, Feb. 21, 1865,
To Major Gen Halurk, Chief of &a,§l
General—The city of Charleston and
all its defences Gam into our possession
this morning, with two bundxed pieces
of good artillery and a supply of fine
anuntinitiou =The etemy oommenced
the estimation of 1111. the works_ last
night, litia 'ensttendered
the city to the troops of Gen. Schim
meifennig at 9 o'clock this morninz at
which time, it was occupied by our
forces. Our advance on the Edisto,
from Bull's Bay, hastened the retreat.
The cotton warehouses, Arsenals, Quar
termasters stores, Railroad bridges and
two iron-dads were burnt by the ene
my. Some vessels in the ship yard
were also burned. Nearly all the in
habitants remaining behind belong to
the poorer classes. Very respectfully,
[Signed] J. Q. Git.moitE,
General Commanding.
NEW YORK, Feb. 21.—. The steam.
ship, Fulton, Captain Nolten, from
Port Royal the 18th, at 6 p m., arriv
ed this morning. The pursuer, Tom.
McNams, furnishes us the folowing
memoranda :
Charleston was evacuated by the en
emy on the night of the 17th, leaving
the several fortifications uninjured, be
sides two hundred guns which they
spiked. The evacuation was first dis
covered at Fort Moultrie at 10 a. m.
Part of the troops stationed at James
Island crossed over in boats and took
possession of the city without opposi
tion. The upper part of the city is on
fire.
SECOND DISPATCD
Previous to the enemy evacuating,
they fired the upper part of the city, by
which 6,000 bales of cotton were burn
ed, and it was supposed that before the
fire can be subdued two thirds of the
city will be destroyed.
A feartid explosion °cm - lied in the
77ilmington depot, by which several
hundred citizens lost their lives. The
building was used for commissionary
purposes and was situated in the upper
part of the city. Cause unknown.
Admiral Dahlgren was first to run
up to the city. where he arrived at
about two delnek. Gen. Gilmore fol
lowed soon after and had an interview
with Gen. Schimmelfennig, he being
the first general officer in the city, and
for the rresent in command.
The remains of two iron-clads were
found which the enemy had destroyed
by blowing them up previous to the
evacuation.
The blockade runner, Cyrene, just
arrived from Nassau, fell into our
hands, and two others were expectad to
arrive on the night of the 18th.
The first flag over Sumter was rais
ed by Captain Henry W. Bragg, A.
D. C., on Gen. Gilmore's stafi:
The city was completely riddled' by
our shot. The population have de
serted the city, and now all that re
mains are the poorer classes, who are
suffering from want of food.
A move had been made by the force
under Gen. Hatch which resulted in
the capture of six pieces of artillery.
The .7n7,unes correspondent, who ar
rived by the Fulton, gives the follow
ing account :
CHAREESTON HARBOR, Feb. 18.—Ear
ly last evening Brigadier General
Sehimmelfennig, commanding, discov
ered some indications which led him to
believe that the rebels were about to
evacuate Charleston and its defences,
and lie accordingly ordered his pickets
and his picket-boats to keep a bright
lookout, and report immediately any
movement on the part of the enemy.
About half past three o'clock this
morning a urrific explosion took place
in Charleston, which shook every ship
in the harbor and off ]he bar, and al
most simultaneous with the explosion
the flames broke out and could be dis
tinctly seen in different parts of the
city.
It appears that the first explosion
took place at the Wilmington depot,
the fire from which rapidly communi
cated with the adjacent buildings, caus
ing a general conflagration of all the
dwelling houses iri the vicinity, and it
was while the unfortunate inhabitants
were trying to extinguish this fire that
the second explosion took place which
resulted so disastrously and caused a
Jorge loss of life amongst the women
and children who are re,,resented as
having been horribly mutilated.
About six o'clock this morning, Gen.
Sehimmelfennig moved his forces and
occupied the city and its defences.—
The formidable earthworks of James
Island were found abandoned and the
guns spiked.
At 8 o'clock this morning a detach
ment was sent to take possession of
Fort Sumter and raise the flag which
Gen. Anderson hauled down nearly
four years ago.
At 9 o'clock the flag was raised
amidst cheers. As fast as the fbrces
could be thrown into the city they
were set to work to put out the fire
which, up to the time of leaving, was
raging furiously in different parts of
the city. Old men, women and chil
dren were rushing frantically to and
fro in agony of despair at the loss of
their homes and the killing and muti
lating of their friends. It is impossible
to estimate the amount of cotton des
troyed by the rebels. Several thou
sand
bales were collected in different
parts of the city and set on fire almost
simultaneously with all the hospitals.
There is no doubt the rebels intended
to burn the city to the ground despite
the misery it would entail on thousands
of women, children and old men, of
which class the inhabitants of Charles
ton is now almost entirely composed
It was the opinion of General Gil
more's staff that in all probability, two
thirds of the city would be destroyed
before the fire could be extinguished
with the imper[ect means far subduing
The last of our rear guard of the reb
els lett Charleston at four o'colck this
afternoon, and there are various rumors
and conjuctures as to their destination,
but the prevalent opinion is, that they
intend concentrating in the vicinity of
Florence, to which pang they have rail.
road communication from Charleston,
unless it has been recently destroyed
by the expedition to Bull's Bay.
Several hundred rebels who had se
creted themselves iu different parts of
the city when the main body was re
treating, have given themselves up, and
taken the oath of allegienee, with the
story of being tired of war, and halt
starved, &c. They expressed a desire
to be rllowed to take the oath of elle
gismos t? oar Government and tallith]
in the atty.
Capture of Fort Anderson
OFFICIAL FROM AD'ML PORTER.
THE UNION LOSSES VERY LIGHT
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.
The Navy Department has received
the following from Admiral Porter;
Unitxd Stales Flag Ship- Malvern, Cape
Fear River, Feb.. I have. -the
honor to report the surrender and.evac
nation of Fort Anderson. Gen. Bttho
field advanced from Shaithville with
8,000 troops, on the 17th. At the
saute time I attacked the vroilts *by
water, placing the monitor Montauk Op
posite the works and enfilading with
the Pawtucket, Pacific,• tnadina and
Peqnot, and allowing no: more vessels
to get under way. The-fort fired brisk
ly, but was quieted by sunset. On the
18th, at 8 o'clock I moved up closer,
the Montank leading, followed by tne
Huron, 3.lcMan, Sassacus, Ponotasic c
Moratingo, Senafer, Unadilla, Pavirtncle.
et, Osceola, Shawmult, Seneca, Wyad;
Chippewa and Little Ada, and kept up
a heavy fire through the day till late in
the afternoon. The enemy's batteries
were silenced by three o'clock, though
we kept up fire until ("lark. We also
fired through the night. In the mean
time Gen. Schofield was working in the
rear of the rebels to cut them off. The
latter did not wait for the army to sur
round them, hut left in the night, tak
ing five or six pieces of light artillery
with them, and everything else of any
value. At daylight this morning some
of our troops that were near by went
in and hoisted the flag on the ramparts,
when the firing ceased from the moni
tors. There were ten heavy guns in
Fort Anderson and a quanity of am
munition. We lost but three killed and.
five wounded.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant.
D. D. PORTER,
Rear Admiral.
Hon. GIDEON WELL s, Sec. of the Navy
DARING REBEL DASH INTO CUMBER-
LAND.
MS. CROOK AND KELLEY CAPTURED.
WHEELING, Feb. 21.—A party of
rebel cavalry dashed into' Cumberland
before daylight this morning, surprised
and captured the pickets, and cars ied
off Gens Crook and Kelley. It seems
to have been a very daring and well
planned affair. Cavalry have been sent
in pursuit.
Capture of Wilmington..
seen hundred Prisoners and Thirty"
Guns Captured.
REBELS BURN COTTON AND ROS N.
Terry's Force in Pursuit of fie Rebels
WAR. DEpA RTMIENT, WAS nr(CrOS !
Feb. 21. —MIDNIG 13 ir —To Major General
Dix : —The following official report of
the capture of Wilmington has been for
warded to this Department by General
Grant, signed E. M. Stanton Secretary
of war:
FORTRESS MosnoE, Feb; 24-10 P.
To Gen. U. S. Grant, City Pont:
Our troops entered Wilmington .on
the morning of the 22d. Atter the
evacuation of Fort Anderson, General
Schofield' ordered Gen. Cox to MOW'
its garrison towards Wilmington, while
Terry followed Hoke. On the east
side of the river, the latter took up a
new line four miles from Wilmington,
but was hotly pressed by Terry, ao
that he could send no troops to the
west side. Ou that side the rebels
made a stand behind Town Creek, but
on the 20th, Gen. Cox crossed his
troops below them on a flat boat, and
attacked them in the rear, routing them
and taking two guns and three hundred
prisoners.
On the 21st General Cox pushed to
Brunswick liver, opposite Wilmington,
where the bridges were oc fire. Oa
his arrival the rebels began burning cot
ton and rosin in tne city, and left it
that night. Our capturers, including
Fort Anderson, amounted to about 70G
prisoners and 30 guns.
The citizens state that the rebels
burned one thousand bales- of cotton
and fifteen thousand barrels of rosin.
The Union feeling showed itself qui?.
strongly in the city. General Terry fol
lowed Hoke northward.
C. B. Comsrocx,
Llent. Col. A. D. C. and brevet
Brigadier General.
How to Rob Bee-Hives.
A soldier arrived from Sherman, who
was through • with Sherman, tells of
the trip, as reported in the Dayton,
Journal:
"The boys learned how to rob bee
hives without the penalty of stinging.
The plan was to rapidly approach a
hive, take it up suddenly, and hoisting
it upon the shoulder, with the open end
behind, run like thunder ! The bees
bustlee out, and fly Mack to the place
j where the hive stood. The honey be
, longs to the boys who win it. A cav
alry lieutenant, with his squad, rode up
to a plantation house one day and were
pretty crabbedly received by the girls of
the house, who desired to know, 'why
you'uns can't let we'uns be? and hoped
the devil would get the Yanks. The
lieutenant was not very well pleased with
his reception, and seeing some tempt
ing looking hives of honey in the yard,
he ordered one of his men to hoist one
up to him. The hive was handed
to him in a jiffy, and the lieutenant bid
ding the girls good-bye, started off with
the hive on his shoulder. Bud, the
bees came out the wrong way, and
swarmed upon the lieutenant and his
horse, compelling the former to drop
the hive, while the tauntg rebel fa•
males on the poareh clapptd tbeir'Oain•
ty.tiny hands, stampaLtheir little beta
feet, and • screamed good ! goody '4 .
goody !.! ! until they-ot ied fto joy.n