The Sun.
London, England, 1865-03-03 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

WEST DRAYTON RACES-THIS DAY.
BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
STAND PLATE.

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Princess Dagmar 1
Birague
Dawdle
Eleven ran.
MIDDLESEX HANDICAP.

Love Letter
Charmian
Llangollen
Ten ran.
HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES.

Peignoir
Queen Bee
verton

SELLING HANDICAP

Bellman
Confusion
Corinthian Tom

SELLING STAKES.

Thais
Princess Daginar
Coronet

Eight ran.
GREAT WESTERN STAKES.
Peignoir
Walpole
Mysterious L aily

Ten ran.

LATEST BETTING.
LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.
12 to 1 agst L'Africain (taken)
15 to 1 agst Stanton (taken)

AMERICA.

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(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)
NEW YORK, Feb. 22 (Morning).

The occupation of Columbia was succeeded by
the evacuation of Charleston by the Confederates
on the night of the 17th, and its occupation by the
Federals on the morning of the 18th February.
Yesterday afternoon Mr. Stanton telegraphed to
General Dix's department that he had received an
official report from General Gilmore, announcing
the surrender of Charleston to the Federals under
his command, at nine o'glock on Saturday morning.
Among the captured property are 200 guns, and a
supply of fine ammunition. The Confederates
burned the cotton warehouses, arsenals, quarter-
master's stores, railroad bridges, two ironclads, and
some vessels in the shipyards.

General Gilmore's despatch to General Haneck,
dated Charleston, 18th February, says
" Charleston and all its defences came into our
possession this morning, with about 200 pieces of
good artillery, and a supply of fine ammunition.
The enemy commenced evacuating all the works
last night, and Major Macbeth surrendered the city
to the troops under General Schimmelpfenning at
nine this morning, at which time it was occupied by
our forces.

" Our advance on Edisto, from Bull's Bay,
hastened the enemy's retreat. Nearly all the
inhabitants remaining behind belong to the poorer
classes."

The purser of the Fulton, from Charleston, on
the 18th, gives the following additional particu-
lars :

Charleston was evacuated on the night of the
17th. The fortifications were left uninjured, be-
sides 200 guns, which, however, were spiked. The
evacuation was first discovered at Fort Moultrie on
the morning of the 18th of February. Part of
the Federal troops on James Island immediately
crossed in boats, and took possession of the city
without opposition, the Confederates leaving as the
Federals came in sight. Previous to the evacuation
the Confederates fired the upper part of the city,
and 6,000 bales of cotton were burnt. It was sup-
posed that before the troops could subdue the
flames two-thirds would be destroyed.
A fearful explosion occurred in Wilmington de-
pot in Charleston, by which several hundred citi-
zens lost their lives ; the cause of the explosion is
unknown. The Confederates used the depot, which
is situated in the upper part of the city, for commis-
sary purposes.

Admiral Dahlgren was the first to run up to the
city, and arrived there at two in the afternoon.
Gilmore followed soon after, and had an interview
with Schirnmelpenning, who was the first Federal
General to arrive at the city, and is at present in
command.

It is supposed that Beauregard evacuated Char-
leston to concentrate his forces and give battle to
Sherman.

The remains of two ironclads, blown up by the
Confederates previous to the evacuation, were also
found.

The blockade runner Cyrene, just arrived from
Nassau, fell into the hands of the Federals. It is
expected that two others will follow. On the night
of the 18th Capt. Bragg, aid-de-camp on Gilmore's
staff, raised the first Federal flag over Sumter.
The houses in the lower part of the city were com-
pletely riddled by the Federal shot and shell. The
wealthy part of the population had deserted the
city. The poorer classes remained, and they were
suffering from want of food.
The following additional details have been re-
ceived. It is stated that the operations of the Con-
federates began at 10 on the evening of the 17th,
and in about twelve hours the evacuation was com-
plete. Early on the morning of the 18th the fleet
observed two terrific explosions. Burning frag-
ments filled the air for a great distance. The shock
was severely felt by all the Federal vessels. Many
thousand bales of cotton were burned by the explo-
sion of the warehouses and the firing of other public
buildings. The Confederates who remained to the
last are stated not to have been well organised. The
majority of them merely remained for plunder. The
inhabitants state them to have been guilty of many
disgraceful acts. Several hundred Confederate de-
serters concealed themselves in the houses when
Charleston surrendered, declaring themselves tired
of the rebellion and of fighting for it. They were
received as prisoners. Crowds of negroes met the
Federal troops and made demonstrations of joy.
They wanted food, and said they would be glad to
work. Some proposed to take up arms against their
masters. Their condition is described as much worse
than that of the inhabitants of Savannah. The ap-
pearance of the city—the lower part of which was
uninhabitable, and the upper in flames—is described '
as dreary and desolate in the extreme. It as stated
that the evacuation of Charleston began nearly
three weeks ago. Since that time the Confederates
had been busy removing stores. Heavy supplies
were, however, left at the time of the evacuation.
The Confederates were said to number 14,000 men,
and took a northerly direction.
The Federal expedition to Bull's Bay, a short
time before the evacuation, was to cut the railroad
north of the city, but, if successful, could only have
prevented the escape of a few Confederates.
The correspondent of the Tribune says that the
formidable earthworks on the James Island were
found abandoned, and the guns spiked ; thedamage,
however, can be easily repaired. The same writer
thinks the Confederates intended to burn the city
to the ground, and believes they mean to concen-
trate at Florence, which communicates with Charles-
ton by railroad,- unless the communication has been
recently destroyed by the Federals. The guns
already discovered are not seriously injured.
The fishing for torpedoes has commenced in the
vicinity of Sumter, and they are gradually being
picked up.

The correspondent of the Tribune says that Sher-
man had reported that all forts in the rear of
Charleston were in the Federal possession.