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Iu th Senate on Tuetday, the Military Com
mittee reported a substitute lu tbe bill turning
over th* Btat* troop* to the Confederate Govern
ment, wbleh *u by • vote of thirty to
three
The House resolution fir ing Saturday, (he 14tb
loat., m the day of adjournment was passed.
A resolution Was adopted that a Committee of
three from each IT-use be appointed to report a
bill on extortion and monopoly} *a(d committee
to report ae early a* practicable.
In the H om, (Monday night Session,/ a tec
tioo was incorporated in tbo General Appropri
ation Bill appropriating f70(1,000 to pay any
portion of’ the public debt that may fell due the
current year Al, a * action authorising the
Governor to issue bonds or treasury notes to
meet any demand on the Treasury, which there
may be no money to pay, said hands not to run
looger then thirty years, and to be redeemable
after two years. Also a clause authorising the
Governor to draw his warrant on the Treasury
for any amount neces-ary to meet uny *xpridi
tures not provided for iu the hill.
TtRSIMV’x HkftftiOW.
A bill providing that the regulations of the
State forces shall eon form in all respects to those
of the Confederate Slates, was passed.
A bill appropriating $25,000 to uujourage the
manufacture of salt in this State, was pissed.
(New for Prof. Thomsssey )
The House refused to concur in the Senate's
amendment* to ty* bill providing for the transfer
of the State forces to the Confederate Govern
ment, (the Ben ate subs'i uto provides $5,000,000
for tbe public defense aud is silent In reftrenoe
to the transfer,)
Ompruaiic kntlilitM Offerril it Ike W,ril Cm
|MK.
Iu the Wellington Senate, on Wednesday, the
4th ins*., [be following preamble and resolutiot a
wore offered by Mr. Saulsbury, of Delaware:
Whirls, Jbe people of the States of Virgin!*,
North Carotins, South Carolina, Georgia, Flori
da, Aiabamu, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Ar
kansas and Teniie-'.:oe. are in revolt sgaiust tbe
Constitutions! G . <veMi merit of the United States,
and have assumed tv secede fruin the I
Union to form an in hpxndent Government, un
dor the name of the (’mfodore'e Sta'es of Ameri
ca; and wberi'ii<* the Cong re** of tbe United
(Rates, approving tbe sentiments expressed by
the President in hi* aunual mortage “that the
Union must be preserved, anJ heuoo all Indis
penssbio*means must be employed,” and believing
that kind and fraternal feeling between the peo
ple of all the States la iodixpenxablo to the inniu
tunaiico of a happy and prosperous Union, and
being willing to manifest such feeling on their
part to tbe end (but may be restored to a
distracted oountry, and the Union and Cunxti
tutlon he preserved end mnlntninod, and tnvi
tiug tbe o-ojerstion of the people of the afore
•aid Stains m the acuomplirbtnent of objectx so
beneficial to each aud all, do resolve ss follows
h*iiivcd, A.c., Tbnt Millard Fiilmors, Frank -
liu Pierce*, Roger B, Taney, Edward Ureiet*
George M. Bails*, Thornes Kwing, Horace Ifin
uey, fUVerdy’ Johnson, John J. Crittenden, |
George K. Pu :b nnd Hidl’d W, Thompson b*
and they sis Mfoby iipprduted, Commissioner*
oa the part of Congress, to confer with a like
number oft - ■rumisai mers to be appointed by the
Btates ufr*ri s.dd, for ll>* preservation of the Un
ion and the maintenance of tbe Constitution,
and thaf they rep* rt the result of said Conform <*e
to Congrcsi for approval or rejection.
Resolved, That upon the appointment of Com
miseioMors, a hereby invited, by said Mates, and
upon tbe maetfog of tbe Joint Commission for
tbe purpose (if conference as aforesaid, active hos
tilities shall cease sod be ut<pended, aud shall
* not be resumed unless said commission shall be
unable to egret, or iu case of an agreement by
them, said agreement shall be*rejected either by
Congress or the aforesaid Htatr*.
Mr. Summer, of Mms'i linsetti* objected to
Stir reception of GipYcsolufirii *.
Mr. Ua’e, of NtniTuiupshire, said tbe list of
Comadaiumvr* iittiued wax v*;y good, but he
suggestc•! that that of James Buchanan be ad
ded. That would complete the list.
The resolution was laid over intormally.
The l-’eeling in Cuba.
A correspondent of tbe Boston Daily Adverti
ser, writing- fmoi Havana under date of Novem
ber IS, says :
“A* f“ tbe state of tec ling in this region, Cu
bitus in general sympathise, as is well known,
with the South. The more intelligent on board
•kip professed their regret at the unhappy oou
test now waging, and also professed sorrow that
there should b those who, though they had been
provoked, should be willing to devote to destruc
tion so tlno a fabrio as the Union. Hut many
were of the opinion that though numbers were on
the side of the North, yet the South has energy
aud determination and a unity of sentiment. -
There were those, however, who professed already
to see the North prove itself uo match for South
ern arms and to look forward to au indsfinltuly
prolonged struggle, with uo final result but in a
recognition of the Cftitft demey.
Tucroar* those here who openly speak of the
tables being turned, and of an aggressive South,
aud of a just rvtributi -u u‘ the bauds of tbe con
quered. Tbe language of some Is excessively
bitter. 1 uow speak of our countrymen, and a
uiau Inara almost to express Union sentiments as
he will provoke anything but n agreeable con
versation. 1 l ave heard It several times Openly
slated that there are three Confederate ships at
Matausiis with tln-ir flags: that ships arrive aud
depart tor Southern jiorb, and u Cuban friend ol
miuv told me to day that a frieud of his from the
South met him this mottling and wished him to
ge about witb him sud iu erpret as he wax buy
inf arras for the CoufodofaOj. It is said, alto
that eouiuiaiidcrs here gone to Furopo to take
eouiuai.'i iif u*vy prepurd ur them there, end
that the blockade m iv.usuuwy evaded. Th*
cause of the t iu ‘ii suffers terribly hero, aud tie*
been much affected by the i overset it hat expo
rt on eta. (l Hi* U.m thobfht that the Ks'Uth is
gradually gelt tag the upper bend, thla iden *\'\
cggfcuMsftn ole it ft If to toreign eountrUs
The North must pat .U eli i.or on erg ie*.”
U Eilwnm Sun.
The i*y vri. teeU.v exercised vesienlay with
a report that ttett- Megmder bud telegraphed
for ictiif r. > “i*'uu to top Hi'# eu opprohea.l. <1
attoek of tim enemy up *u the |>vuinuU, that
an net* u body of tro p he i been lauded i
Fortress Meoro* a., i Neap-rt New#, and that
the GJreroar "U loitbwuh call into rcquiel
lion the rvi.-< • wf the uw i'U in the counties ad
jacent to York nud James R -vers. The sukjurt
wee dle<?u*#J at tu* street corner*, and the utu
al source* of “ltd! 1* * inielitgoiice” wcrebeseig
ed with uk-ti’v that, ordinary perseverance.
We era n t prepared to eay that the rumor
wae altogether without foundation, though from
the unusual gulttib*** . ‘* RH ial quarter* last
night it might be interred ih it there war not
much diepoaiti • to increase the outside com
motion. We Lav* had *o many of the** sense
tiocal rojrU tr io the i ouiuMtU. many of
them started by th ougbUces individuals for no
other purpose then to txcita the public mind,
that we are constrained to caution the public
egeiuat giving tau< h < cD*idoitLn to anything
that has not the weight of official confirmation
nr approval With regard to the pr amt topic,
noOiiug b;t* been ascertained to give it tha im
press of froth, and uffl .al iuforiuation laid* ua
to tin belie! that it is very much exaggerated.—
We have intelligence that 2,000 Federate ware
‘•ken away from PovtrtuMonr* e two days since
o a Urge steamer, but their destination is not
flared H'th. lJttpatck, 10.
Thk Blocradrb*.-—The steam gunboat Flor
ida, Uapt. Goldsborougb, and the steam gun
bust Alabiima, together with a bark, ware ofl
(his port yesterday. During the afternoon a
large side wheel steamet—supposed so be the
J hn P. King—oame down to the bar, and it
is thought brought letters and papers to tbe
fleet, ax she was just from some Northern port.
She also appeared to have troops on board, no
doubt for Fort Royal, as ws believe that a large
reinforcement is being seut to that place. There
was another large steamer ofl shore steering
Southwest.
The Husquebannah was nut in sight, and has
probably gone to Port Royal for supplies. The
strange looking craft wbloh was visible near
the bar a lew days since, looking like a float
ing battery or dry dock, could not be teen yee
day.—Cl. Courier, 11.
B-ii'ort U be trtipitd by 5,000 Nerl Iroupi,
Naw Yon a, Dec. 2.
Port Royal advices received here to-day,state
that Tat nail’s attack on the 20th on the Federal
vessels at Tybee Island was not worthy tbs name
of battle, lie came with three or four vessels
near enough to fire a few shots, which did no
damage and immediately retired. Tybee Island
was not yet occupied by our troops, but last
(date not given) a party was sent from our
vessels to light a fire on tbe share. The nation
al colors are flying from the light house.
It wax understood that Beaufort would be
occupied on tbe 2Wth by five thousand Federal
troops, to prevent the Confederates taking pos
session of it.
Preparations continue to be made for au exp*
dition south, supposed to be against Fernand)
ns. Fivs thousand troops are logo under the
escort of the steamer Wabash, and tbe Dale,
Pawnee, Mohican, .Seminole and six or seven
other gunboats.
Hat Abe LioroloT leuwp It KeeeireS n Wubiigtoi.
The following'xpecial dispatch from Washing
ton, we take from the New York Times
The universal tnplo of conversation iu Wash
ington to day is the President’s message. Opin
ions about it differ ss widely as do the partisan
preferences of tbe people. The ultra Abolition
elements in Congress is sorely disappointed by
the utter failure of tbeir efforts to engraft their
principles either on the President's message or
on any of the Secretaries’ reports. This clef sos
politicians declare the message to be tame and
ineffective. On the other hand, the moderate
men of all parties are highly pleased. They are
quite enthusiastic in praise of Mr. Liuuoln
Knowing the tremendous pressure that has been
brought to bear upon hiui, to swerve him from
bis purpose, they declare that he is bow fully
tried, and found the man of dimness necessary
to bis position.
“Haoorto .hom llonw Pm.”
Eds. Sun: There baa been no time iu the bid s
tory of our country, that oomptttni men are need
ed so much iu office aa at present, aud especially
iu our tax departments. As such I but render
juttne to the present Tex Collector, Mr. J. L
Howell, in stating that he has faithfully , homutly
and ejjlcitut/y discharged his duties, which has
elicited from Hie Comptroller, Mr. Tbweatt, the
commendation that, in “hunting up and collet
ting from defaulters, not on the digest, he had
and lie better than any tAr OolUelor iu the Stmt a.”
! Uo collected tax fr< m defaulters, (persons who
gave in n<< tux, and whose names did uot appear
on the Kuoeivd?'* hook,) in 186 U, on sMl,ltiH, and
iu I MO, on $->07,H00, and 177 polls, saving to
tha Htate and Cuunty nearly his salary. He has
given to the needy families of soldiers shnt) of his
commissions, and expresses no desire to receive
au extravagant salary, but is willing to icarX*
for a sum • tmall at any cumpotent man eiU. He
has been proven—and let us hold fast to that
which is good.
TAX PAYKH.
Columbus, Ga., Dee. 12, ’Ol.
to. Drug oa latoiiotiot Lii|Ur*.
Gan. Bragg has issued the following order
dated near Pensacola, Dec. H.
The evils resulting from the sale of intoxica
ting liquors in Pensacola have become intolera
ble. More than half the labors of Court Martial
result from it—demoralisation, disease and death
often prove it. Our unit military executions
have beam caused by it. We have lost more valu
able lives at tbe bauds of the Whiskey Belters
than by the balls ot our enemies.
Tbe Commanding General han promised him
self to return the tueu of this army to the moth
ers, wives, and sisters who have rheefully sent
them forth to repel the invader. In as good u
moral coudition as be received them , to do this
ho must dry up the fountain which supplies
this stream of pollution, that all hi* vflorts have
failed to eontrol.
The domestic enemies, who have done us more
hnnu by this traffic, than the foreign invader,
shall no longer till their pookets by dealing out
poison to the gallant men keeping watch iu front
whilst they sleep quietly in their beds.
The sale, or Introduction of auy kind of in
toxicating liquor wlthiu live wiles of th* lines
of this army is prohibited, unless under apeolal
sanction of the Commanding General for medi
cal purposes. By command of
MAJOR GKN. Hit AGO.
(Igo. G. tanssH, Asst. AdJ. Gen.
fbtTmilt with Xexiro... Proposed lickugt f Pris
oner. If.
The Washington telegraphic correspondenee
of the Now York llorald, uuder date of Decem
ber 2d, says :
In for mat loti has been received here that one
clause in the treaty with the Mexican Govern
ment provides for a loan of $20,000,000 by our
Government, to be furnished in five annual sums
us $2,(00,0DD each, iu return for the commercial
advantage** aud transit of United Mutes troops
through the Mexicuu territory, guaranteed by
the treaty. The sum appears to me au iuadc-
quid# nue if it ba iuteuded to relieve Mexico
from her present difficulties.
t-en. McClellan is alao undentood In have
made the moat urgent representations to tho
President in ia\ or of a regular and systematic ex*
change of prisoners, demonstrating that tho in
terest* of the country, no lea* ihau those of ibv
army, to *uy nothing of the dictate* oi humanity
required (hit. lie w II probably succeed in having
bia \ tew* approved amt noted on.
It is a subject of dtacuaeiuu here to-day, w beth
el Ku laud will allow a veaael, with an unreoog
nixed tUg, to roaiu the high seas, overhaul a
no i ‘ .mi ship belonging to a friendly nation,
naira her crew and chain them, burn th* ahip to
the water'* edge, and then enter a Britiah port
keeping hr piratical flag tiring at her uiast
head. and tberalo remain, undo* British protec
tion, to t>e repaired, r* tilted, to he allowod to aat
aeil again to iwrpetuat* high crime* upon the
sea*, against the law* of nations.
Know CoU'mri a. W# have ad\ iota frota Cos
luinhua (ay* tha Memphis Appeal of the Bth)
that Won. Float of Missouri, with th* remainder
ot his Cauip Jackson comrade*, had arrived,and
wa* expo,-led would at ouoejotn tlen.Bowen.it
Camp Beauregard.
A rumor was prevailing on the Bth that a
large force was moving from Paducah to Gener- j
al B *waa who i* encamped with his brigade at
Feliciana, Kentucky. There was considerable i
sensation *( Columbus, and tha troupa were pr* !
paring io wove in considerable force, it wu
generally expected, to r*-inforc* Gen. Bowen.
A Kano Advarch.—The Northern papers
t **y that McClellan is now advancing at tlie
rate of"‘one hundred yard*” a day. We have
ofU-a heard of a “snail's gallop” but baveuever
ku-.wu tha phrase Illustrated ou so grand a
scale.
j) MF” A letter whs shewn u* to-day dated
* Btrasaburg, V#., Dee. fltii,” from a member of
the gallant Ist, Georgia Regiment of Volunteers,
so that tbuy arc not en route for Manassas, as
ws stated yesterday, but more probably tbetr des
tination is WifH-hester. Tbe regiment is spoken
of as to good health after a fourteen days marnb
CifT. D. B. Tuouosox —We learn from a
prlva’s letter received in this city that this gen
tleman has resigns l his office in the army and
will be horns in a sow days
Pwow Tvm k.—A large -foam transport came
over tbe bar on Saturday afternoon, and on yes
terday about one thousand troops were on Tybee
Island. ParMe# of them havirg approached
‘he upper end of the Island, and growing rather
nob I in thrir uiovruienfo ft shell was thrown at
(bom from Fort Pulaski, whi. h cause j them to
scatter precipitately. Th* large vessel hereto
fore mentioned *• ashore near tbe light hou/oi, is
still in the saint position, and the Y ankcos were
-eon exiting something Irmn her yesterday.
K'gbleen of the enumy’s vessels were inside
the bar ysi-urdey afternoon three id them are
warste&mwr*, and most of the bulxnce appear to
bo old bulks, such os’ compose the Yankee ibs
fleet - Yir. /so/. 9(1,
Flog Tvbsr. - We learn by the hl'i that th*
entire Lincoln fl>t off TANARUS) bee, except two steam
era, had all sail -ot yosterdjy forenoon, appar
ently getting ready for turn; but from some came
failed to go out. ibo Y'aukees on tbo island
can be tem from the Fort mounting pick* t
guard etery morning, and yesterday the garrison
seemed vastly amused over a dog tight on tbs
beach—very ap| r .priatc employment for the
brutes.
It is thought the two old veesela run *hore
some days ego were intended to form a tempo
rary wharf for tboii hiumU bouts to land at.—
Socaniu’h Jlfmbiit >n, lOfA.
Caiamoi nut at I’stMCAit.—Tbe mammoth
wharf-bout nt Paducah, belonging to D. G.
Fowler dt Cos., which had been scllcd by the
Lincoliiif <**, and used ns a depot for commis
sary stores, sunk at the I nditig, a few days
since, with about 800 tons of sugar, coflVe,
flour nod provisions generally. The Lincoln
iten charge that it wax scuttled by the “srccdi
rs.” They should keep n better watuh in fu
ture, and we understand there are a few more
left in Pnducuh only waiting for a similar op
port unity NtwpU\* Ap.
Thu Rioter tWHO don* at Last.—A despatch
from Kuuxville to the Louisville Courier says
th*notorious Wm. O. Brownlow has ben arres
ted and imprisoned toaw.ii? hi* trialJor tr*aoo.
Brownlow is ambitious of being in-.do a martyr,
and has and <tie everything he well could to pro
voke thD result. 11* should be tried and hung
if found guilty This is a country where Imjo
doiu of ppucch and opinion is guurwn'c and, but
when a man abm-ec x I-gal right, afid prostitu
tes if by Stirling up rebellion and tu-king war
Upon b(s government, It is perfectly ju*t xud
oonffetunt that he be punisbud for lliu act.
JtKATn or Hiv. If. 11. DcfiAxt. A Urge
circle of friends will he pained to learn of the
death of this able and p polar Minister of the
Methodist KpLcopat Church, .South, lie • iodat
Bpartanlkiirg, S. ('., on Tuesday mo rning.
Hods Large qiinntitfes of swine are arri
ving nnd departing now daily, and they all ap
pear to Ih- iii lire! rate condition. The supply
scetiiH to bo abuiufant and vve hope the present
exhorbitnnt price* will not be much longer
maintained. We learn that there are thirty
lliom>aud now at Chattanooga awaiting ship
ment by the Western and Atlantic Railroad.—
At. Com.
--e m ■ •
** A correspondent of tbo New Orleans
Delta X'ljs that dog hide* make tbe best sort of
leather—equal ty calf fcicir We advise the
planters to try the experiment on a large scale
especially those who intend to lio rease their pro
duction of wool.
Lincoln hn* appointed a collector for
ReauTort which he has made a port ot entry. —
There will be x groat many more “entrances”
“oloaaßi.ee*” xt that port. Thoro is plenty ot
South Carolina ground in the neighborhood for
“hospitable graves. ’’
GeneritlTriipiar,commanding Middle and East
Florida, reached Tallahassee on Wednesday last
direct from Fcrnatidlna, where bo has been on.
gaged in inspecting the deftmeia for - >iuk time
in course of erection on the Island. He is no
companivd by thefollowing Staff officers Major
R. 11. Anderson, Adjutant General; Muj John
Bern well, Inspector General Ordnance; Captain
R. (J Pinckney, Brig. Quartermaster, Captain
Joseph Heyward, Ald-de-Camp ; Captain J. I!
Heyward, Aid-do OainpjCapttln A. Hume Luca/,
Aid-de-Camp. General Trapler will make Tal
lah a-see hit headquarters.
I,fid in South Western Georgia.
Me never looked for m.-talic discoveries it.
South-Western Georgia, regarding almost the
whole of country, including Florida, as si
luvium . hut Mr. Massenberg brougb us yester
day fifty trail.s of pure lead extracted from sixty
grains ot ore from South-Western Georgia, by
Dr. Mattauor, of this city. A large lump of the
ore was submitted t) Mr. Maisenborgby this dis
coverer, who says there is plvuty of it of equal
rich nos/, and it whs at Mr Masson berg's request
that Dr. Mattauer tested it, with the icsult wo
have mentioned, which shows the ore to be about
eighty per cent, pure lead—as rich, wo thiuk, as
any in the world. We are unable to say anything
more about tbe lovnhty of the mine than what
wo have stated, but if what is said about it is true,
it is an exceedingly interesting and important
dUoovery. particularly at this lime.— Macon 7rt
tyrnph.
The river trade has not yet opened, and busi
ness generally is dull. Few sabs are taking
place, except in the retail trade, pork, fresh, is
held at to l ‘ out its; small lots have changed
hand* at these figures. Flour on ihe decline .
talcs light. Butter has ooiuo down from oi and
40Vnt to dtl and with still a downward ten
dency. The aniea iwAUgar and niolas c*are light
in consequence of an apprehension of a decline
in price*. We ranks the fellow dig quotation* :
Bacon, none in market* hard 2A Oy stock
light Flour $S 50 to V 00. CurtrdOf.. -oc.: Oat*,
noon in market; Wheat ft 2b to 1 40, supply
liifht ; Corn Meal h i a TOc: Salt N ;'j bush.—
ChurtitH ioya (•’?. ItK
Caleb t ushie/, it is etateil, has at last nceived
hia commission s* a Brigadier General in Uld
Alw-'s *my We believe Caleb is the man who
in ihe Chariesti.u Conventi >u, voted for JU.
Bavia for President because Breckinridge was
not sutHciently Southern.
Captain S. J. Short, Ist* of the British army
has we learu, received the appointment of Ao
ting Adjutant General in the Confederate Army
with tho rank of Major, and baa Won ordered
to report to General Lee.
Professor Lowe’* balloon ‘‘Constitution” was
shipped from Washington for Beaufort, S. C. on |
the afternoon of tbeMßb ult.
| Capt. Powell, C. 8. A., formerly of the U. S
Army, and reputod to be a skillful artillerist ha*
j arrived in Mobile and taken command of Forts
Morgan and Gaines, to which be was appointed
i some days ago.
The Fifteenth New York Kcgimeut have bed
an exhibition of pontoon bridge making before
Gen. McClellan. Three cr four hundred feet of
India rubber bridge were thrown over Hast
Branch. A company marched ever in double
quick time, and loaded wagons were driven over’
Four iron wagon bodies, fastened together with a
rubber and wooden frame, were loaded with fif
ty-two soldiers and paddled oaarly across.
t OLI MHti, MTI Bl*Al UF.CKMBKK 14, I Mil.
Cipt. TbaßpOl |( flofflr
We are glad ‘u see Ospt. D. B. Thompson once
more in ur mi ‘st. We imagine he is not look
ing so we I as wheu he lett. Ws have not learn
ed whether hie resignation hat been accepted.—
It is a p ‘y that bis r cmt heitvy pecuniary los
should h*v-f ieprived theefuy of to gNlloat s
soldier
Grorgit te^iilalare.
The Scnetn on Tuesday sod Hi H u->e on
YVedri(t<l> -pp-intrd • .-uu.u.rts* us Con
teroiwe to report a bill to pr vide for the
public defence We hope that some
thing iNtUfaci. i ■ may result from this .irrxnge
uent.
Ti.e ll .u-u pHS-ed M hill aulborizing the Wes
tern and Atlantic Ralilosd lo issue S2UU,UOU in
change bills Are a foil su'borising the Pal
ac Mills, in this city to iau* charge bills *nd
legxlliii g be l- u already made
Bkwahi> Ph HHKri%a —At a late serenade
to Csmeron and ewxrd, it is slated that only
tbe Into r appealed He simply coin pi linen ten
the music, ands xted that in ten days tbe coun
try w> u r.j trr at gnat news
The Cabinet.
We übjdu tbe following facts and (sn'-iet ot
th Wash'ngtou corrrspondsdit of lbs Yanker
press, ar.iiog under dateofibe ftrt'b ultirn •
It cannot bo dtsgu sod ‘bat (be Cabinet is
very sorely > higrined and dtxxpp inttri a* tbr
ibsution ot Gen Bhermxu. It was expect-d that
be would at or.no push for He ln*rlor, occupy
Beaufort, sh so tbe Cbarleston at and Havsnnat
r*ilrod, bum the bridge* aud forrify himself be
t.wecn tbe two rivers before the enemy could re
cover from tbeir panic and eon* entrete. Isstesd
of this be h settled don spatbetically at Hil
ton Head. 1 1* regularl yw th which our gen
erals topple over a/ ft as the government sag
them up, is Di'Uii'itmly to retire, upon.
Gcnefil McClellan recently addressed a letter
to Gen. Bleu a r containing such expressions
disp'e.ttiiro that h lii er w-.s pilled n re
sign, wit cb be did on ‘nr 2.Y h iiis'hu'. Fisu<)
aud rp< cuhi >n, n as Ih is) psi lion, ere
charged a Bins'. Blcnkt*
J'ers* n w#H t■f rm and toy the Cabinet srenda
tour to three Mgwinvl freoug tbe rlxver end p t
linger.u. io i!--if ion. I* to pul d-.eu -etteiU.,l*.
G> iicial Cameron aid Becretaii*-* Cte-e and
VVellos favor If, xud .Seward. Botes. Blair ono
■Suii.h oppose i Th ( nioat bitter opposition i
made i.y Snii'b M.sir and Beward. The Presi
dent is understood to favor x, though he ha* no*
yet c u e - 111 Ike the Cubical mrinber-.
Anolbrr Brush in tbe Sshnil.
otVtOIAI. tkCiST.
Cspt. Myers, of the 8 gunboat Orsgoti * v
ordered hy Gon Lotail t * proceed to Handsltor
ougb, for Ibe purpose of bringing over to thr
city the powder m II nbiob bad been estaulisheo
xt that piaiM. 1 bis object was ecrotnpiisbrd by
Uapt. Myom. . In executing it he bad ibe lilth
skirm.sh which is related in the following re
port :
C. S GuaaoAT Obboom, (sou. fl.
Ma.ton Gkn. L<*vki l, Commandiog T>eparunen(
No. 1, Niw Orleans, La
(jtiu>'> -WTitle lying at Harrison's whari
Mfssipjfi (Tty, at about 1 P. M. f yesterday, th*
C. H. gnnb *at Pamlieo, Capt. D.-tn-r Command
lug, ran iu a*d u >.tiled u< hat ibe enemy were
appreat hiog, and to prepue.r an attack. Tbe
weather ws* so hazy lfo.it a \easel could baruiy
be diatinpuuhed at live u<tier ai-iao<-c. home ol
my tueu ring ashore, akiug iu water, I wax de
l.,e l II ‘teen minutes, thus pjriuilliug the enemy
to appr ach within tour uttlva of ib** wbart be
fore I could gel uuder way. The Psuiliuo and
Oregon then stood out to meet them, aud wbn
out about a rniie end a half Iruiu (lie a hart, a
three masted propeller aehu.-ie opened on us
with her nflevl gun, au i firati ibree •Leila, touch
short of our I “}a.
Being wi.hiu two miles ot each other, pul the
boat ab- u‘ iu order to bring our rifled oaunon
to bent, and (he Pamlico aud Oregon fire*! e
uuuiter of shot at the schooner, which she rap
idly (t< kiiowl< dgn*i, when she suddenly declined
tbe • “iobat,and coueluding to haul ofl.ixn away
to the sou hwestward under he gm * of a large
KtuaiQ brig ul war and in the end put down (he
ffouiid to the cast wurd. The brig returned to
the fleet ofl Bhi{i Island aud I returned to Mis
sissippi City aud oomp.eted tbe business at
which I was engaged when iuterrupted by the
Linuolnites.
I.ieut. J D Ramey, commanding th* rifled
gun. handle lit ve<*y coolly, and made some
good pra- lice. Praise is due also to the detach
ment of (.'apt lioskin's Company (Brookbaven
Artillery) Mississippi Volunteers, for their read
iness and ardor in the fight.
I cannot let this opportunity escape of thank
ingCap'. D"tier, C. 8. N , commanding the
Pamlico, tor bis thoughtful afientiou in giving
me warning and for remaining iu uoiupauy as
long a* 1 was at Mississippi City.
] am, General, very respe*(fully,
Your obedient servaut,
A. L MYKRB,
Commanding Oregon.
Tub Mortality r Picrbw*.— A dispatch
whs received in this city on Saturday last from
a ntival officer at IVnsncola, which mny throw
some light on the harm done to the enemy in
the lute engagement. It rays that a deserter
from Fort Pickens reports that sixty three men
were killed, nnd a large numler wounded in
the ion hy (fen. Hrngg’s fire, and (hat General
Brown hunaeif is among the wounded What
credit due to the statement we are iiouhleto
say.—Nie. llrp , \> U.
Thk Static or Kt aura. Tha summing up of
the latest foreign advices gives a viw of a moat
disturbed state in Kumpenri affairs. Hungary
lx threatening an outbreak; ifoland is revolu
tionary ; Au tria has trouble enough pending,
th* User . t all the Russians ix unhappy, with
good reason; Itaiy Is ready for war, aud Gari
I aid a may set about it. This the Chfoago Tri
buna pronounces a very sufficient reason why
foreign powers maintain quiescence as to Ameri
can difficulties.
A own krou ArursiA via Nnw York—A
. orrespondent of the New York World writes as
follow* from Hilton Head ■
1 lean) from an unquestionable authority that
a panic has reign*. I in Savannah over since our
viot. ry. The w. men and children have left the
city aid fled Into the Interior of tho State, and
so t ‘ < >vt was the influx of strangers into Augusta
that the Mayor has issued a proclamation against
further immigration, and hundred* of families
Hr* now cjinpiug around that city.
~ - m *
A Gam ant VoLrrrarn.— The Atlanta Oon
tederacy say* Mr. Eli Hoyle of DeKalb county,
first man that Sherman's celebrated
lottery at tbc great battle of Manassas Pfkini,
is promoted tu a position in the .Seventh Georgia
Kegiuient that the ranka as Lieut. ColtyieL Mr.
11. went as private after having failed to get a
n company in from Stone mountain of whi< h he
was Captain
Akhrmt or a Lincoln RicivitissOrrtcix.
-Garrett Hall, formerly of Morgan county,
Telia , but who has been for a me months with
the Lviat Tennessee Lleeoln troops in Ken'ucky,
was arrested In that county on Monday last, and
brought to this oitv by Confederate troops. We
understand that, when arrested, he was acting in
the capacity of a recruiting officer for Lincoln’s
army in Keatcky. He is represented as a despe
rate man, and iu makiugthe arrest be was shot
by one of tha Confederate party, but, we learn,
not severely wounded. Considerable curiosity
wa* manifested by the eitiiens on his arrival—
everybody wanting to get a peep at th* “mule/’
He was lodged in the elty Jail—[Knoxville Reg.
4th.
Wbj C*l. Hulk SipurwiM C. Priff.
A Kicbmond eorrespondeii. l the Charleston
Couriar gives tbe I...lowing expiamtio, ot the
announcement * ungrateful to tbo countiy that
Gen. Price had been superseded in the command
In Missouri by an alntost unknowu Virginia offi
cer VYaut’ vm ti.e reasons, tbe luot it a subject
of deep public regre’:
Prtsi lent Davis, ( is ss <l, has appointed Col
on* I IL-sih, n win Weornru Virgioi**, and inajot
General, end will assigu him the u mmand ol
Mi-*snur<. He will ‘bus su,.esele b-> h Prie
and McCulloch. /wn sppretteuston rxiits tha l
thi* action will cause ill feeiii g < n ibe part id
the i-uperse ied officers towards the Government.
Tbe Preside Us reasons for xndi. g Gen. llealt
to Missouri ere - mpl> thes*—ami it is well that
they should be xt olive uod< rstood — an uiifortn
nate j-'alousy nr .se sometime ago between Priet
an* 1 McCulloch.—The feeling extends to the res
pec-ive fores under the.r command To such
extent has h ■ (eud gone that McCulloch refused
to c -operate wi h Gen. Price at'ertb* battle ot
Bpr-ugtiold, and tell bo* k in". Arkansas. Mis
souri ha* just been sdui.lied into the Confederacy.
If tbe Pres dii’ app.iuel si'lnr Price OT
McCuilovh Coniiuundcr in Chief in the State,
the act would produce dissatisfaction in the
eommand of Hie disxpp innd rival To settle
tbe diff <• .‘i*, ih* Presid**n ha* sen’ o to. Heath
to ruhk noil* i e new G ncrai is hot well
kn-eii beyond some trivial comp4igni> g in W- s
tern Virginia. ll* is eu i ried hy the President,
however, end I mu not so-h to say that with
su b eu iors iu at, I for one am satisfied with
his competence to coinin tiid in the g'i*t field
to which he i The militsiv eye and
axprir.eho-d j idgemsnt of Jctforx n Davis never
deoeivrs him _
of Ilvii til Slidell A(i|iroi(d.
Mr. Secretary Veils speaks *>ut I k a man,
taking be bull boldly by th horns In a syn
opsis ol bis naval report, published in (he Rich
mond Etamider <d Monday, we find the follow
mg
Os the re.nure us Messrs. Mas >n and Slidell on
board tbe Kngiish *temer l ieu , rhe .-.arretary
•ay ibe prompt and dtci/tve > lion of Captain
Wilkes uicriied aud received the emphatic spf-r -
val of me Dt-p.irtiuvni, aud, if a iou generous for
bearance ws esbiidted by him I>< not capturing
tbe v* *im i wui. it b.io th* ae rebel rice. • son board
it uixy, iu view ot (be special .iirsr, and
of i• pa ri.itit* motive*, Ue excise ; t.ut it must
by uo means be permitted to o Ksiitu r • prece
dent hercet nr t- r >l.v (rearßurnt H any case ot
similar ihgoski. uui o. bust obligation* by lor
eigo v.-rselsef gJged •* ■ -mmercr of th* carrying
trade.
Th, 111, Skirnbb Xcw Iteufurl.
In our oius *f the V b invt., wm alluded to u
eoilissfon w* fcn > t-a cm my and 8- uih Cm
rohua Cavalry. I ,ku*m i . i,mv vevurred as
follows .
On (bed li. at dai m , a detat'httientnf tha moun
ted regiun ii , undvr C"UiuauU > I Col. W. h. Mar
tin and Afoj-r G W, Cwa,d, er-a vd over Pr;
Royal Ferry, uud* r oidvia Uiuu.p.i* the burn
ing of Cottou i • uimeiio*d ten day* proiuuxly by
Captain S. Hoot, <d ih Ifoauu.rt Volunteer Ar
tillery. Col Mai'iu, with lan guides, one ol
whom was (‘apt. U. Bar uwell, eud ten no n, pro
>-ed**i toward” R -awfort, while Major Oswald
brougui ou ibe reutuiudor ot the detachm- nt of
titty men.
When witbiu three quaric s<d a mile of the
t"WO, in pe*-.i i darkness, rfo ir udvnu-'ed party
under the Colonel, were fired opou by tU* eue
nay's pick eta, at tbe Ueiauoe of about thir.y
yards- Ol the Boutu Caroline troop**, Captain
Bara weft was Wuuudod By tbe return ot the j
fire it is supposed twu *d ibe enemy were killed.
The Sou ill Carol in a cavalry reuisim and tw< nty
four hours on (he isiaud, and completed tbe work
whiobtUey were aem to de. There is soaroely
any cotton left ou ;bo Is.and.
We have he*id grautying accounts of tie gel
lam bvbevicr of a >.uog a*u ul tbe Cofouel ot
tbe Regiment, h private iu Captain W. M. li >x
tick’s >ompi,y ol cevtslrr, but our intormation
is meagre, aud we would he glad to fouru more
Will any who were tin ihe *xpumin tavor us
with i./ ~.S ,i. Atu't.
atm\i mu
Wei Xtraci ih** allowing (r*.ru die New Orleans
ot ihe Cbariet-li r. Ct-nmr ot Dec.
4th ;
It bae b, u a JUizle lo nuai } bow Prue. wilb-
OUI govn i,mental resourcer, baa managed to
subsist a considerable army in a.country almost
and soiated. Ilia system is uot known in the
“Kegulationa.” lie never complains ol a waut
of transportation, wUvUiar he tx about to move
teu miles or a huudred.milea. lie pays tor what
be takes in Missouri htate scrip. Ilia uteu go
into eorn fleids, shell (be corn, shuck it, take it
to mill aud bring it into camp grouud mto ukmi
Or should they have no tl ur. they take the
wheat from the stack, thrash it tbvuixwlvea, or
witb bor es aud oxen, and ax with tbe c ru ask
the aid ot the miller .o le.iuoe it to (four rtuob
an aruiy can g” where lbey pl<.s*s id an sgri
cuiimai country. My iuforiu-tui c u. pH res the
dev otiiiu of (be uou to hiUi, and llieir confidence
in Kim, as tqiial to tbe regard of the eider Na
poleon's armies tor th"Liitle Corporal,” Thu
is a high tf> lupliment, c •iniug as it does from a
prute*siuual soldier, au eivss of West Point.
General MoCu locb has gone iu(w winter quar
tors at f ayettevifte, Aikauxas, whether of his
owu choice or under orders I rum his superiors, ix
not kn< wu.
The lad weather m this etty and Stale has
be. u remarkably mild—a bieasiug to the poor,
many of whom would be hard put to hud fuel
tor au mclcmeut season. Me have not yet had
over luree or lour days to need tires. Green
peas aud new potato* s, grown iu open air, have
been iu market s*,iue (;uie. Ihe warmth ol tlie
weather is illustrated by the singular tact that
ibw greou vaua is uow kuoe high, a-* high ~x it
usually is iu May. Ibis excess ol sect.ud growth
*u*l i*r.<ve very u jeriuuxp. ihu urop uext sea
•oil. Tue pre.sv.ut crop, wbareVei y u o lu..v nmi
to the ronviary, m one ol the u* pn.'ih ~i u
tbe m **i, evoi ground in the i tale. An acre ot
dear cane is yielding inree hogsheads, and with
aoorn crop betweeu the roars, two hogsheads are
made to (he acre.
C HALM KITE.
Oat.r a Hi mor The Wdmiugtou Jourua ,
ul Wedneedav last, turnub** the annexed un
der th* htffid of ‘'rumor*;”
We heard rumor* Uatuight up the r*>*U about
moxemeut* of Northern troops on the Sounds
North of Cape Look ut. It ie probably that a
porn nos their troop* Law got im.. the village
of Fortstteunth, ou Uu ounty i.auks
and ou the S. u.h side Oorucoko lu;vt, with
the viuw oi Wtuiciiug i .tie, and that the grea
ter portiou of ta t Uatteraa have moved
farther up the beach, aud will in aillikelihood
put op huts. Vt e could nt find any firm found
ation for a rumor that a large number of Yankee
gun boats were iu th* Sound, and that they had
* large force with which to over ruu Hyde coun
ty and parts adjacent. There is doubt con
•tderable anxiety prevail* in that section of
the Stale, along the ahoros of Jhuufico Sound,
extending even to Albemarle, from the fear that
the Linoetnitea may come with nufflcient force
to get possession of Roanoke Island, and con
sequently to control the navigation of Craton
sound
Kkrlan, th a Haao The stockholders of
the Raat Tennesste and Virginia Railroad have*
adopted a resolution pensioning Keelau, the brave
defender of the bridge at Strawberry Plains, as
follows: $25 j>er month for one year from the
date of bis wounds, and thereafter sls per;month
for th* term of his life. If be recovers, and is
alia to resume hia post as watchman of th* bridge
heiato retain hia situation, at hi* former salary,
in addition 1 6 his penaion.
Floyd'* Brioadr — A report, aay* the Rich
mond Dispatch of th* 6tb, is current that Gen.
Floyd’s command has been ordered from W’es-
t *rn Virginia toanothar important post of duty.
A \otmrtkj lifitlul.
A short time -ince it was announced ; hat one
of our Augusta companies, then in Wginia,
was saißv in want of blanket*. One of our
citizens, who was assisting in the collection ot
the necessary articles, sent word to a friend
that he would forward a lot in a day or two,
and anted bis friend to forward h : a contfibu
liou at the same time A negro girl who was
present when the message came, immediately
disappeared, and soon returned with a very
tine new blanket, which her master had re
cently given her. (and, we are informed, At
was a superior article,) saying : ‘‘Here master,
is a gift for Mars. William, who is suffering
from the cold in Virginia. I hope you will
send it with your’s sir.”
Her master advised her to retain it—that she
might need it herself, but the faithful servant
instated upon making her contribution, saying
that she could get along well enough with her
old ones This i* no fancy ►ketch hut a reali
ty--and “Mare. William” is now, douh'lesN,
enabled to sleep more comfortably m the cold
winder li ght* of Virginia, through the kindly
consideration of Heine, for such is the name
of the faithful negrevs whose good act we
have recorded, a* an evidence of the devotion
and even patriotism ofour negroes —Augusta
Oo**t.
Cud* luifwttr;.
The necessity of something to give u* light In
place of the oils aud fluids we have been in tbe
habit of using, is booming every day more
pressing The consumers of kerosene fin and the
art-ole Wing re d*.*- and interior in quality, will
be glxd t” resort to tallow candles f< r light. A
candle manufactory in this city, on s scale com
tuei.Hu x'e with the demands ■•( tbe community,
is therefore a JsuUraium Mr. J V. Clark, of
llatuhurg, h.ir given b.s attention to this business
of lair, and Hn* now, as be believes, gotten up
au arti ie of <j ; .n He which will fully meet the
wan's and wishes of the people. A few days
xiae* be gave u-•'me specimen* of hi* make,
aud we have given tbt m a fair ai <1 moat satis
factory trii! Th< y give a pare steady light,
do not -rn >We, and will t urn mu.-h l-.ngrr than
tbe “star” cand.e. If all Mr ('lark’s uxDttfks*
turs ..re t>* good as h.*se he gnve us, bis surcesr is
certain.
Mr. C. enc <ursge* ux to hope that he will start
a candle tuatiuf ict.ry n this city; aud a* ha
intiiuttcs ;bi’ his terms witi be reasonable, we
bop- be wil> set ah.H it with tbe lea*’ p .ssible
delay. I'h* people. al>b>>ugh not in nieutal
darkness, are u m st physically *o, and are get
Hog elaiaorous fr ‘‘wore ligb>.” —Aug ata
Ch >.
PasaaTTCHian Gbxbkal AHaaai.T.— A por
tion of Tuesday night’s session wss taken up
with remarks nf Dr Jones on Doonviio MissioM.
Dr. I'uru* r moved that ihe General Aaeembty
req lest Dr Jones to prepare a pxstorial address
to the colored people, which tnoii>,n ws* finally
adopted.
Yesterday morning the C->n>n* Gte on charters
made a report recommending that application be
made to some ol the State Lcgis'aturvs for acts
of incorporation of Hoads ot Trustees empower
ing them in hold property belonging to tie
Church.
ibe LYttituittee on Foreign Missions again
pro.eMed their f* port which had been recom
mitted to them, with ameudments—a portion
wax adopted, locating the Permanent C minittee
on Foreign .Missions at Col'iuihi.-t, 8. C. Action
on the remainder of the report deferred
A resolution wns bdopted fixing (he time for
holding ihe next meeting of the Assembly, on
the find Thursday in May, lHfl2. Several cities
were nominated as locations for holding ihe nxt
Mwivn, hur n choice wis ni.**l-.
lav Socthbrs Exi'kbsn —Nbw and In VO a
raxr Ci arcrii*N. - Wear* glad to leatn, and
we r-- sure tbe community generally will be
equally pfoasid si the aun< ui-cement, that tbe
Southern Hi press Company h*\e cfle- led a very
satisfactory Arrange no nt with the Mobile and
Great Northern Railroad Company, by which
they are able to forward aud receive express mat
ter (aily over the road, eoiiuec'ing at Moolgorue
ry for all poiutx North and East. They have
als - established a branch office at Pensacola, aud
are now setidiug large quantities ot express
freight, packages, e'c.. in charge of (rusty mec
seugers over the same doe, by the Alabama and
Florida real, ai b which tbe Mobile and Great
Northern r>*od connects at Psimetto.
Th* Southern Express Company is admirably
officered aud msuaged, aud we cou.ratulate tbe
public upon this entension of their facilities nt s
great transportation agent. We are particularly
pleased that they are u<-w able to include Pen
sacola m their list of regular *ts mu,— Mobile
Rtgisttr & A<l<itut’.
—— i— •
Prisoner* Pent Orr.—Forty-eight tories
were sent off yesterday morning to Tuscaloosa,
AU , tube bald there till the end of the#war.—
These are part of the disaffected East Tennes
seans who have beeQ arrested in the last few
weeks by the military authority. Among these
prisoners wax Sain'l Pickens, State Senator,
from Greene. Cocke, Sevier and Blount coun
ties.- Knotrviile Hrgisttt.
Swzarino in a Kattlrsnasr.--,A friend of
ours, just from tha State of Missuri, says the
Nashville Banner, who was relating some of the
incidents of ramp life there among the volun
teers, told the following which we consider * orth
mentioning:
A squad of • Idiers ah> were detailed on
some sc ming duty, heu returning to camp
■'ame across a large rattlesnake lying in tbe
middle of the read. They immcdiatelv surroun
ded it, and were about to kill with their bayo
nets. when one of the party proposed that they
should drive it into camp and have s* me sport
with it.
Another of the soldiers who was slightly
overcome in c.o * queue* of frequent drinks
‘rent hi- canteen, whi h contained something a
-hadestronger than water, sesmed suddeuly in
spired with an idea in regard to the db-poxal of
the reptile.
“I’ll tell you uiy boys, what we ought to do
with him.”
“Well, what is it?” they all replied, know-
ing that said igdfridual ♦* sometimes guilty,
when, in hia cups, of original'ideas.
“Why,” replied he. “swear him in and let
him go.”
The Columbus (Ky.) News say* that maay
•lave* are escaping in Western Kentucky. They
dy to the Lincoln oamps aud are at once har
bored and aided by these dear friends of Ken
tucky,
The Federal Supreme Court assembled at
Washington on the 2d instant. Preaent— Chief
Justice Taney and associates Clifford. Grier,
Wayne and Catron. No business was done, and
th* Court adjourned.
A \aw WattoCvre Chills.— lt is stated
that a soldier of a Mississippi regiment, at Pen
sacola, went to hia tent and blankets the ether
day to right through au. ague. A bottle of hot
water to put to his feet not being convenient
some of hia eomradea went out and picked up
one oPtbe numerous shells Col. Brown sent over
during the bombardment, heated it at tha flrd
and put it to bed with the sick man's feet. Un
happily, the shell had loat its cap, but bed no t
exploded. The beat of tha camp lira accom
plished what Lincoln pyrotechny had failed in—
to wit an explosion. The tent was blown to
pieces and aoma of the men a little hurt and
greatly astonished. We are happy to laaru that
no ona waa killed by the mishap.
Th# Kufaula Spirit of the South aays it is ru
mored that some persona in Barbour county
have been engaged in shipping ootton from Ku
faula to Columbus and thence to Apalachicola,
whare it la clandestinely conveyed to the enemy's
vessels to be carried North. Thle matter should
be looked into.
COLCRBni. MtkNft.%T. I)F< KVRKR I. IHfil.
F'rom the Cbas. Mercury, 12lb.
The Great Fire io Charleston.
This morning dawned and eanly upon a night
of terror and disuMer. About nine o’c’ock last
evening the alarm ran out, calling ‘he cili
/.ens to quell the beginning ol a tire, which, in
he subsequent extent and rapidity of as ruin
ous sweep, will compare with tbe ifioxt terri
ble conflagrations which have ever visited the
American oOMtineut The wild work ot the
flames and the imnjui*e destruction of prop
erty which has thus tar taken pfoee, is chiefly
attributable lo the sudden and uufortunate
chauge in the w. ntber, which occurred almost
simultaneously with the breaking out of tbe
lire. The mild and spring Ike calmness of the
atmosphere during the last fortnight was bro
ken by heavy gus'M of wind, which swept the
dust and smoke aud >park* hither and thither
in blinding cloud*. Great flaming bits of wood
were borne in dense showers for a distance of
nearly a mile in a soul h west dir* cHon, and the
whole city was hr ghtly lit up by (he dreadful
and widening glare.
Before ten o’clock the tire had begun raging
in several different points in the lower part of
the city. The building* in the stricken neigh
t>orboods were mostly of wood, old, closely
built anj surrounded by small out buildings ot
an exceedingly inflain<tble character. As ten
ement after tenement was first licked by and
then enveloped in the last spreading flames,
the panic became awful. The fier* e and roar
ing march of the flic was a horrible scene;
but far more heartrending was the aight of
hundreds—-we ought, perhaps, to say thou
lands—of poor and bewildered families, driven
suddenly from their homes, destitute even of
their scauly effects. All tbe available carls,
drays, handcarts and wbeeluarrows, were Im-
mediately brought into requisition; but these
were inadequate to remove even a tithe of
the moveables beyond the reach of the devour
mg elements. *
Towards midnight the fire had assumed pro
portions of appalli g magnitude. Thecircum
Terence which it embraced was such as toren
<ier the most desperate efforts ofotir entire fire
brigade of comparative insignificance. The
regiments from the Race Course came down
at double quick to the burning Wardj, and co
operated most earnestly and indelat gably iu
the labors of our undaunted firemen. But Hill
the northeastern gale tanned the die with its
desolating breath, and the people began almost
to despair of checking (he progre-s of the dis
aster. From the precincts of .Market, Hast Bay
and Stai- streets, the court a ration had now
reached Meeting and Quern streets. The terror
of the families (in menjr cases without their
usual protectors, owing to the military exigen
cies of the timej was contagious, and much
farther up into the city the work of packing up
valuables ami getting ready to desert their
tiouiesteads became general.
To give anything like a. full account of the
results, of what will hereafter be known as the
Great Fire of ISOI, in the contusion and gene
ral consternation that prevail’ while we write,
is manifestly impossible. Many portions ol
the burned district are quite unapproachable,
and it is exceedingly difficult, at this time, to
glean any accurate informs on whatever in
regard to the enormous lo'*e* which have oc
cuired VV'e must content ouroeite* therefore
with giv.ngotir sonny note* jo ted down at
various hours during the night.
Ten o’clock The lire began in Ku**el &•
Cos s sash and blind la. lory, at the foot of Has
sell street, and the report—ibough a vague one
--is, that it appeared in three places at the
same time. Crossing to the other side of Has
sell street, it has burned Cameron Ac Co’s im
mense machine shops, aud, under the impulse
acquired at that point and the stiff breeze from
the northeast, without a mffleieut supply of
water—lor it is dead low tide- it has become 1
totally unmanageable, and roges without the I
hope ol being able to arrest it, eice| t a cer i
lain strategic points, upon which extraordina- j
ry interest depend.
Eleven o'clock—The outbuildings in the
rear of Institute Hail have been set on fire by ‘
the sparks The arention of the firemen is
directed thither and they are straining every !
nerve to sate Meeting street. The framed j
buddings on Queen . treei are smoking and will I
presently blaze forth
Twelve o’clock—Meeting street, from Mar
ket to Queen, is one mass of dame. The Cir- j
cular Church and Institute Hail are burning. i
The Mills House is thought in imminent dan- j
ger, while the fire seems stretching its red (
arms around the Charleston Hotel. There I
has been a general desertion of both hotels by
the guests, under the impression that they can
not be saved.
Una o clock. The track of the c<n,d ration
beg.na o be clearly defined. Leapiug Church
street (on which on block, excepting that next to
Market, baa been burned.J the tire is steadily
pursuing its tunthwesterly course toward* the
corner of Archdale and Queen streets. About
half an hour ago, a light drilling raid began
falling, which may perhaps, lie beneficial iu keep
ing damp the tops f wooden bouses exposed to
danger fro m the sparks. The people uow un
derstand that the tire has unchecked sway, and
furniture la being moved as far up as Masyck
street.
Two o’clock —At tis hour the fire is still ra
ging with violence scarcely abated. A splendid
effort w*s made by the tire companies to save the
house of L. W. Spratt, Ksq , on East Bay street,
which was successful aud with it was saved the
tine line of building’ on iiasell street, the fate
of which depended upon that result. Passing to
the souih westward, the site bin *w< pt the entire
tract to the rear of the Charleston Hotel, and to
the eu lof Hsyne street ranges. There are no
buildings north of Market street, and east of the
Hayne street stores, slid standing, except, per
haps, those of Henry Gerdts and the Misses
Pinckney. Crossing Market street, the fire has
extended down Hast Bay to Cumberlend street,
ani thence across to the Mills H -use, taking in
its way, the Circular Church, Institute Hall, the
Chaileston Theatre, all the buildings up -n King
-treet, from Cltffuid street bp to within e few
doors of Broad streot. Crossing King street,
the flumes are approaching the rear of the Ca
thedral, the Unitarian and the English Luthe
ran Churches. Whetler it will cross the area
covered by those churches, or pass the Milts
House down Meeting street is still uncertain.
The Fire Department ia making incredible exer
tions. The men are in the lent stages of exhaus
tion, springing to each occasion with renewed
vigor, and such exhibtiuns of courage aud en
durance have been rarely witnessed.
Three ojplock.—'The steeple of the Circular
Church has just toppled and fallen, with a heavy
crash. Gen. Ripley, who is moving to end fro,
superintending tbe%iovemente of the troops with*
characteristic energy, giro orders, several hours
ago, to blow up certain buildings in the track of
the flames. The execution of this order, delayed
at first, has at length been accomplished. fKver
and anon, the past hour the explosions
have rent the air. *
In the lower part of the city the fir* baa done
its work in thorough atjrla. Ita path is now
burned out, and nothing now remain# to mark
where it ha# passed, save smouldering piles of
cinders and gaunt and smoking walls and chim
neya. The Charleston Hotel is safe, and llayne
street, too. Th* w.nd baa swept the danger off,
further to the south. Although the fire rages
on three sides of the Mill* House, that fine struc
ture has not caught. The Theatre, Lloyd’s
Coach Factory opposite, the Express Office,
the old Executive building and ail the bous
es between that point and Queen • reet have
been burned. Tb# fire seems making straight
ti, wards tha Jail. Cntnpanies of the Reserves
have been ordered out to repress any possible
disturbance among th* priaoners confined there
Tha wind has abated somewhat.
Four o’clock.— A change in the wind has bent
the course of the fire towards Broad street. The
Lutheran and TTfdtarian churches ure r w. . ; <j
ared safe. Tbe Oxth'dru! seemr now in oe i-.1-ing
ing dng Th bußd ■ n ..n v e ‘( ■.-i i.l
Friend si reel, n#:f ‘he c.*ruer •< Quen, are burn
ing fi*.rely. Si. Andrew’s H ill is on fire, and
the noble spirt <>f St. Piubar's glitters wiih a
splendor of portent, us import The occupants
of bouses on Bt>>sd street, beyond King, are uio
ving their effects*
Quarter past five k. —-As the clock ol Sr.
Ml’ hael tolls the quarter, the L'u'hedral stapU
bos fallen, with a tremendous . rash. The Cathe
dral is burning furiously; likew-x**, St.
Hull In fact, the whole of Broad street i* on
fire from Mr. Gadsden’s to Mazyck street. The
residences of M ssrs. Geo. M Coffin, .inine- L.
Pntigru, and other* near by are consume.i. The
flames have now orossed limnd street, xud, a*
tbe wind has not lolled, it U .mpossible to say
where they will *t**p —sb rt .! th* river.
There des not appear to be any imminent
danger ot the tire .- ga u ui kii g lo x-lway cilber
to tbe nghf or the left . f h** furrow which it
has cloven through our fir city from East Bay
to King sireet Mot the l.md of the conflagra
tion is sti l fearful ‘o look upon aud is pushing for
ward with giant strides x We go to j re-*, tlreat,
i a deed, has been tbe i-.ilamiiy which ha fall* n
upon <*ur n*b!e “Id city. But let u*, with unfail
ing hope and courage, ir oursdves at once
to amend the Icssoh we sxutained, and to
relieve, each one according to hi- means, the
great sufferings which tbe lire must entail upon
i‘.spoor victim*.
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A Ver-on of Ibe Affair from one of Ibe tleieolb In
diaoi.
Corresi ondence of the ludianopoli* Journal.
Camp acailsv, Nov. 25, ISAl—The usual
monotonous routine of camp life wx* great!} eo
liveoed to-day by an occurrence ol very exciting
interest. From what I can learn, tbe facts ot
tbe case are as follows:
It appears that a certain family beam g the
name of Woolfolk, had been in the habit of dis
playing a secession flag from (be windows of
tbeir house, and particularly were they anxious
to show their sympathy for the traitorous South
ern government by waviug it on the evutit of the
reception of a “fl ig of truce” from the rebels at
Columbus. Their doings, and that, too, in the
very face of the loyal troops stationed here, were
more than the gallant Eleventh were in the hab
it of takiug. This afternoon, therefore, a p.my
of our officers procured a beautiful flag bearing
the “star* and stripes,” and beaded by Adjutant
Macauley, waited on the aforesaid tamiiy, re
minded th* ui of tbeir late “suspicious” doing-,
and positively but firtniy stated tbeir intention
of “placiug tb* American flag up n ’heir house..’
Tbe lady requested them to wait nutil her hus
band (be being ilku absent) rt’unci, lotbis
they consented, not wishing to violate the do met
ric tancitty ui any citixou. in tbe uieai.time one
of tbe ladies wended her way over to Brig. Gen.
Smith'* headquarters and asked him to protect
them from toe * xacriiigiou*(?) outrage that was
about to be committed upon their premiacH “ lu
a sow moment*, and just as the huaband of tbe
lady returned, here came Brigadier General
Chari** F. r'miih bearing down, and in thunder
ing tones demanded “by whose authority this
was being done.” Adjutant Macauley re.qxct-
I fully informed him “ibat it was being done by
n • constituted authority; but it wm* the wish of
the Indiana Eleventh that that flag should be
raised.” ?i*kh replied: “I care not what
the luilimx RJeventh Miots; i'aj commander
of this poet by G - ! Disperse to your quar
ter<!”
The offieT/ then came bock, and ibeir n*<n
sticees* known all through the regi
ineut. Geo. Mnilh**evudttci was regarded with
indignufiuu by the Z uaves, and from a murmur
of tndigna'ion there soon arose a mighty hurri
cane. The idea ihul our flag Mho old no bo p wr
milled to feaie trom any place occupied by as
was more than they could tolerate. Boou the
excitement became too intense to be easily quell
ed. With one (bought and one mad the men
all declared that the flag should be raised upon
that traitors house, Gen Smith’* ordtrtuthe
j ooatrary act with.- tending, “and a y(! to the man,
no matter who, that should dare to pul! it down.”
j The flag was again brought forth, and headed by
j tl ® band, the whole regiment “broke guard,”
| marched to the aforesaid rebels premia**, mi
I there distinctly informed b m “the star* and
j stripes must be immediately planted over bis
| house “
The man W -oilblk made ho* ap| email, u and
j tried to vmooth matters over by making a set
j speech. “He was loyal to the Stale us Kentucky,
J and as long as the Mrate wax loyal to the Union,
l that long was he also a loyal citizen. A seces
cession flag had not been in his bouse siuco the
advent of uur treop*. As to my private **■ nti
ments I am answerabie to my Uod.”
Adjutant Macauley annaered him “that as
Kentucky was loyal to the Union, and as he
protested to be loyal to that State, and as the
flag w* euth-euatieal of the Union, he should
have no objection to its fl -ating fr,m the roof of
his house “
“\ou have ‘he power aud the means; you cun
do it then*” was tbe reply.
The root was scaled, and the fl.g was waved
from it. Three times tbre**chuer* and several
“tigers” were given. Tbe baud played all the
national “himex,” and warmly were they greet
ed, I assure you.
Gen. Wallace, who bad entered tbe crowd un
observed, her* mounted a stand.
“Boys the flag ia there; your w.rk is done, go
home ! wax all he xaid. That was sufficient.
As we were “falling in,” Lieut. Price, who is
Aid-de camp to Gen. Smith, and who made bim
xelf very conepicuoux aud unpleasant in his re
marks. made the remark that “it wss a very dis
graceful affair, a nhumeful act “ this raising of
tbe Union flag.
Adjutant-General K otfler bearing of thia state
ment walked up and immediately gave him hi*
opinion In very decided terms, calling him “a
xooandrtl.’’ Lieut. Pr ce retorted wi:b a blow,
and was immediately fl , -red by Ku- fler, alias.
Heenau. Tbeu eusueU a scene us he wildest
extiument, and had it not bveu tor the prompt
intervention of General Wallace, Price’* hie
would u. t have been worth a farthing He final
ly succeeded ui quelling tbe men aud saving
Prica No censure is deserve*! by the Adjutant
General, for every one justifies him in his action.
Tbe Eleveuth then came back to its quarters,
lint giving due notice that th* first one who med
dled with that flag should be inxuihtiy shot.
Much indignation ia foil by all against the con
duct of Brigadier General Hoiiih in this affair.
Must 1 say it—hia loyalty haalong been doubted
He it oertainly tbe wrong’man for such an impor
tant post as this. The rebels are in such close
proximity to us that our arrangements become
known to them very soon.
But it will do no good for • “^.rivt>tt , • t„
lire,, so opinion prtjudioinl to nj offijor, and.
thnrefor., I forbear fnrtli.r comment, knowing
tbe time will come when bidden thing, thall be
brought to light.
” hat will the final result of this last freak
of the Zouaves no one knows. We feel that we
have done right, and are therefore willing to
abide th* con sequences. Probably we will all
be ordered under arrest for disojjidivnce of or
ders, end it may be that only the officers will
suffer. With them we shall stay, come what
may. (Treat excitement has prevailed all over
the different camps this evening. Guards were
doubled to prevent the soldiers from wreaking
private vengeance on Price, and even upon Gen.
Smith himself. In my opinion it would be the
safest policy for the whole matter to be dropped
by the authorities, with merely a slight repri
mand. It will be a ruinous business to prose
cute it.
lioas.—Large quantities of swine are arriving
and departing now daily, and they all appear to
ba in first rate condition. The sopply seems to
be abundant and we hope the present exorbitant
prices will not be much longer maintained. We
learn that there are thirty thousand at Chatta-
Qooga awaiting shipment by the Western Jk
Atlantic Railroad.—Atlanta Commonutalth.