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(Prom iM Herald if Jan. ?SL) GREAT CONFLA6RATION. .il'J 1 *( 'it /■ * .1 A MAGAZINE DESTROYED. ! 0 Twrtfte Eiplastai of Shells juri Cartridges. gBTERAL SLOCKS BURNED, IXXBS dl'iilFß. tout evening at a little before eleven •kilbck, commenced the greatest conflar gtation tbai biis occurred /in tuis city since‘lß2o. 1?o. the n&ual horrors of an extensive fire were added the dangers ol‘ s terijfic I>ombardmcnf* attended by more MncaEtHlutyy and »a occasioning a & much excitement ois an attack by artillery. - ouiuitf OF THE FIK3. The fire was evidently an incendiary One, and was set in a stable in the r ar of.tbe building known as the Granite Hall, formerly used by the enemy as a naval magazine* at the corner of West Broadband Ziibly streets. xkb’ FiKsr Armairra to extinguish the • hlllTU;. E.-AMKO alarm .was. sounded, ?n i Hie fire comjtanit* i mmediately ' to tlwspot.• .'Several wiio arrived in fortunate time, either oflidally (r hc citientaily, at once .comprehending the tlte' bystanders into a • • rorie f'p|* the reniovalof shells and other ammunition £roiu tlie buikling, be!ora aliiKdd it. A strong wind tlw flames spread v,ry rapidly, . >yere c ill v d out, an t> b tare remnyui Li tjie conflicts t>i ' the buildirig, and to the ; engines, LU-iii. CM; * Kb raliul, and Cajrt. C. O QaipC Fireman, worked»fdgeti.cr ; the former assigning troops iu working the engines, and the latter superintending the working A large number of shells were rt ;fiov . *djs*nd every effort was made to May tibprogress of t;w flames, but in vain. * Before ii|>duigiit the ammunition was JfeaoUe(band ti»en commenced aeries .«# e^iflasions. • > . THE 83EX13 AT KIGHT. •Tfef&r'amt crashing of the expl and iiig*ahdisayfofce many a sleeper from his quint- repose. People rushed lro:n their-houks half dressed, and ran to and fro in piiireiisied excitement. In tfhd Fulaski House tiiere was a rich scene of excitement Some, rail down atairß breathless, fully convinced that the rebels were upon us, and that a fierce siege w:is going on. Indeed, tue explosion oHhe she is would deceive a War tried veteran, f rt r they rushed forth iu continued succession, as it fired from - a well sustained battery. W excitement was considerably al- the real nature of.tfle firing waJaacerULued. Bd’t a Jl - vv fear now occurred, the spairks of fire rising Imm the burning h, !4M^* b P«!e by a strong nerthendy wirnl, threatens g to s< t the whole town On fiite besides the pieces of siieiis were flying around, rendering it unsate to "o out*.. * q Betw •( ntw Ive and one t e scene was sadly, sivug-ly grand. Tne flames fronfi the burning piles of bnikling Imd ad in one lurid sheet over the TTy ■witiia black cloud of smoke like a fune ral pile hiWiring over them Every mo rn pt hissing, diri king shells would mount in the air, daahing their hurtling frag men ts ,ar«a wuu. so add to the panoramic beauty of this sublime scene, a shell struck tin-side of tne reservoir, and a jet d/-eu, sprang *° rlU * rivaling in beauty any fountain, and looking in the fiery giare like a shower of molten silver. About this time we ventured toward the scene of ruin and conflagration, and the scene it presented was heart-rending . in the extreme Women and children were rushing around in panic stricken confu sion, some striving to save a little of their effects; others wildly escaping the flying missiles. With death staring them in die face, the fire companies were on the spot actively striving to subdue the de vouring elements. What made the mor al courage they displayed the greater, a report got currency that several barrels of powder were in a building contiguous, towards which the fire was rapidly ad vancing. We saw a few dead and some wounded men lying on the street or being carried away. Women and children were hud dled in groups under shelter of walls and nfiuseS, favmblingUoth with cold and fear. in the confusion tamilies were separa ted, and it was painful to see mothers rushing back through the flumes and fly ing rai Ml?*, seeking their children, and when found, frantically embracing them md bearing, them tr .in the living flumes. We have seen towns sacked, we have witnessed many a bfrtle-ff hi, but so tearfully grand and appalling a.sight we have scarcely ever wide-s?e J.‘ About two o'clock, most of the shells ■a ad exploded, and ditizto find soMicii wei'e collecting to render all the assist ■iidce they could, /-Ii night they were busily engage..! trying to stay the devour 1 ing tlumc-.t ~uad Aihig thv»w ‘ irk the burning houses. , SCenks ). i'Tk r: ’rdu 'ou.u This inonujig ihe ;:pp.tiling extent o« thk: ruin and jevusluth n couhl he fully j'eiiiiz and. Til? buildings oh both side's o' df t>L Ik'oj.d, i>u to Ann s-re ! .t and Ht. Jaul, with the buifdhigs aheng Ceugo ks -tfeet, Pino street, I>rougut,)i* afreet and Znb’.y .street, were cl! in,a lieap'o! nfins, with. m>t: iug but tall spectre looking cijunmes anti smokisg piles i. mailing An ai'ea of some tvveuty acres of land md over one hundred houses must have '•been burned down. ine tree s }' along Broad street, were shattered and torn by the fragments of-shells, and even some of ihe house’s, which had escaped the fire, uffeivd considerably; 8o violent had been the explosion, and so desperate in its t fcets, that the streets were covered with fr igmcnts. Stone of 1 1 te m eve n struck close to T.he Given , Aljunument and Pulaski House, others reached the The streets and walks \verc &»vcred with fragments o. biokcn so ell s, and the surprise is that a larger number, of lives have not been lost. In the stable, in rear of Mrs 51 weU’s i)Ous<*, where tne flic is scud to have origi nate i, were the burned skeltfiousot two cows and seVend Im-gs. Just at the cor m-r of Bioughtoii and .Broad streets, tile charred rem v tius of a human body was found iyiptg. -It presented a most ghast ly spectacle; ai: he rh-sh and flair and some of the limbs were burned into cinders, while the head and trunk re mained, presenting Hie appearance of * much decayed mummy. It had been Rigged out of a house near, and wheth er an inmate or one of the firemen, we have not ascertained. It was a sad sight to s-e houseless wouit n and children weeping over flu■ rams of their late homes. They were now outcasts as poor and shelterless as Lazarus. Many, wiio contented them .seiycs that they bad their comfortable homes spared them fiv(j)f» of war, whe.ru they could nestle aval toil through the world anew, now felt the. cold hand of utter hopelessness pret?9 upon them. AMONG THE SHIPPING Ab the fire increased in volume, and spread with rapidity, the ’ excitement among the vessels laying in the river in creased. It looked as though the entire city was doomed to destruction, and preparations were made to get away from the docks and drop down the liver out of reach ot the flames. All the steamboats were under way and well down the river before two o'clock. Pre parations were made also to. tow the sailing vessels out of danger. Fortu nately the necessity of moving did not arise, although the vessels were some what exposed to the flying fragments of shells. The Daniel Webster was flit by a piece of sheli, but sustained no dam •go. ./ Trie revenue cutter Nemaha, Captain McGowan, cropped down to the cctton warehouses to cover and protect them. THK LOSSES Or I.IFK AND MiOi't.K I'Y. It is impossible to ascertain tus yet the kiss of life and property., We have heard of some six' or eight being killed and a large number wound- 1 <u. In properly tim loss must Lave been very large. The blocks of houses, with gevend detached residences,. that have been destroyed, roust la, themselves be worth an immense sum, independent »y of the furniture, goods and property they contained. THE OWNJHlSilil* OF THE EUiliplNtfS. Granite Hall was owned by Mr. Wir . Warner. Mr. VVm. Warner owned the Mocks on each corner -of - Broughton, and West Broad, from Zubly to Orange ; stiva, buck to Ann sheet. .Mrs. Morrell owned the' stable where the fill ‘originated, and V<h end of the simdi building s. . The building next to Warners on thy Sooth bf Broughton street was owned by the heirs of John O, Fn’Jigant Mi; F. Bluir tmd Mr. Deriilt owned the next two residences. On the north side oi Broutchfon street next to Warner’s building, tfle* residence of Mt. Stevens was destroyed ; and the residence and store of Mr. John, and-, two | large brick buildings owned by Mrs., Jbwshall, aniboccurfied us a board big house, were burned.' On V\ r (*st Broad street was the Gib bons House, owned by Wm. Gibbons, and two buildings owned by John 11. Wiidei, one occupied by A. Fawcett and the other by himself. These were entirely destroyed. V/e have been unable to get the names of owners and occupants of a few of the buildings. Among the sufferers was Mr. George C v Ulmer, a compositor on the Savannah Daily Herald, who resided at the corner of Broughton & Montgomery He lost all bis furniture and household effects. . Since the morying of the fire some three or four shells have exploded, but the danger is now entirely passed, and such precautions have been taken as will prevent a re curie nee of the disaster Dvf:imsix7 l, . We n .-j;OEt uHy c«]] the attention’of bue! ness meu to the value of the SAVANNAH DAfJ.X lIHKAT.D .is nn Advertising oViednmi. Our c* iinectioss ■m B’icii that we are sure of lar::** editions each day. \\ o have ayents. at all important points, and •dI cuinplf‘tG<J lor an <en</iiii circulation. Ibe bruited spaceye. accord to advertisorn* nts . encicrs its use especially valuable, and we bo ne-, e onr terms to be very reasonabhv, rompared with the hiAi prices which rule m other lines ot Ini'UiCAS. To ; AnVIRTISK MKKXAI.LV, I* the true policy, of business uit u, and wo be lie, e ih.it they cjuiimt find a bettor mCfiiam for U.s wty and many or the Department:oft the fcGutii, than die SAVANNAH DAILY HKHAI-D Heai»qVß Mil. Dry. ok thk Mresisßim. In the Field, Savannah, G*., Jan. 14 1 1** SrzaiAi. Fiitlo Obders,) No. I*2, f IT being represented that the Confederal* nrijy and armed bands of robbers, acting professedly under the authority of the Confede rate Government, are harraseiug the pet oleos Georgia and endeavoring to intimidate ih\-m in the edoits they are making to secure to them selves provisions, clothing, security to life and property, and the restoration of law and good government in the State, it is hereby ordered and made public: “ Ist. That the fanners Georgia may brine into Savannah. Fen andina or Jackw nvill? Florida, marketing, such as beef, pork rr.utto» vegetables of any kind, fish, Ac., as veil as ton m small quantities, and sell the same in open market, except the cotton, which must, be sold bv or through the Treasury Agents, and may invest the proceeds in family stores, such as bacon and 1-our, in any reasonable quantities groce ries, shoes and clothing, and articles net contra band of war, and carry the same back to their families. No trade store will be attempted in the interior, or stocks of goods sold for them but families may club together lor mutual ante and protection in chming and going. 2d. The people an* encouraged to meet to "other iu peaceful sa-emblages to discuss meas ures looking to tht Ir safety and good government and the restoration of State and National au thority, and will be protected by the National army when so doing ; and all peaceable inhabi tants who satisfy the commanding < ft,cers that they are earnestly laboring to that end, must not cply bo left undisturbed m property and person but nu ; .-t pint, ( ted as far ns possible, consist! cut with the military opt rations. If any farmer or powccable inhabitant is molested bv the ene my, viz: the Cdbfede: ate army hr guerrillas, be cause of his fiimdslvi* tn the National U. v n i-ient, ti e perpetrator, ii caught, will lcsumma iy punished, or his family nn.de to. aiifier tbr the putrage; but if the aln c- cannot be tiacu! to the actual party.' then retaliutigu will be made on the adhcaenD to ti e cau.-e of the Keßelfidn— -her.ld a Unk.n man be murdered, then a Ifei(;l -cljc cit'd by.iot will be stot—or ii a I inch family bw ijersec-i'-tcd Op account ot ti e cause*, a Rebel iaK’ily. will bo banblu and to a foreign land. In aggii.\..tot* »s iou,. atroti will extend as high as live for otic*. All c<. mmaiid ine« ft:c<*rs will act promptly in such cases, and l cpoit their action a'tcr thenct«iifetkrti is none. By order of . c'-’aj. r General W. T. brUEMAN. L. lU. Dayton, A. A. G • Ii aj QtAkTias l. S. Fonofcs. b'Ev-nuaakt Ga., Jan. h 2, IBh3 GtNEUEAi. Obi i:k\ * No. .. \ r IST Lib OT. JOAN 11. CBABI 01 TE. F. Q. M., lT tb ls. \ . Volt., is hereby am < tmeed y Relief Gen ini:p?« t|ef ot the l iry oi HiAr#ip mth, and will re- oit in person to the Bv’t Maj. Gen. Commanding lor iindrncti is. 31. Capt. M. Benedict, If.Cth N. Y, Vols., A. r '.'M. fd Division, is anm ttr.ccd as Ft overt bn ge Os The City of f-avaliifil:, tho’ out as o \ liu-h oiiice be v. ,11 assume in ac!<; itlc.n to this of his’prepa r efhcc. Til. Capt. Albeit Stearns is detached frem his EegiUitUt aiwl is anneunefd as Stiect Ccm rrrisajoper oj ba\anti.h aid will report in per s' n ter ttistrueucns to the L*v?t Maj Gen. Coxn mnucing. JV. Capt. S. S. fcrarr, A. Q. M. id Biv.,. 16th A. C„ ifi detailed as Post Quartermaster, and will, ter the pretest, i eiienn il c dirties, ot that e fiice lit addition to bit present duties. By command of Dv'Ulaj. Gen. GROVE!?, liavAED G. Bikt-, A. A. A. G julii*—Tt WAR PEPAIiTIVI F.JsT, Atuutant Ofttof. W'asbiugton, February 18, 1804. GfeKEEAi, Oabuis,l ; N6. 04. ( rxrcorrs and kkjtt, nrsKirmts. Whenever refugees lr*tn within the Rebe lilies, or deserter k tr« m the Rebel si tries, pre sent il.t'niH'lvt B at U. 8. ti nips or Military rbsts, they will be immediately examined by tlie Marshal with a view to determine their character, and the'r motive in giving l tlu nwlVfes np. If it appe; r that they are honest in their in tention of forever deserting the Rebel cause, carp will be taken to explain to them that they will not. be forced to serve in the U 8. Army against the Rebels, nor be kept in confinement. The President's Prc clamatiou of 1 ecember 8, lSt3, will l e lead to tin. in, and if they so desire* the oath therein prescribed will be sidmuiistert and to them. They will then be questi* ned a** to whether they den ire] employment r. m the Uni ted Stat es; and if so, ntcfr .arrangements as may be expedient will be made by the several At my (Xtniin.uiders lor employing them on Govern ment works within their commands. Those who Come to the At my of the I’cteniac w ill be for warded to the'Military Governor of the 1 list riot ot, Columbia, at Washington, with reports in tucir cases, that employment may beg ven them i! desired; or, if not, that they may bo sent as far Nurth as Philadelphia. By order ol the Secretary of War : 1 ’ E. I>. TOWNSEND. v Assistant Adjutant General. Oi-TTOTAT. W. L. M. Bmrof.tt. Assistant Adjutant Genera IT. S. Foiiot*.) Savannah, Ga., Jan. i8,18u5. f Gknkra*. Ohuku, > No. 7. j A Lt per* ns having Ammunition m their pos* -CV. scSf ioii or on th< promises < c< tipied by them win Ik; held responsible that thev report the same immediately to the 1 rovosl JVlMtshaJ. who will seize th( s; me and turn it o\er to the Depot Ordnance Officer. To insure security of property, any ms. n knowing of any Ordnance secreted, &icf invited to report it to thp Provost Marshal * ■> Bycommaud of v lift Midor Gen. C. GROVER. X G. BiJU’, A A. A. G. janSO