Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-12-14
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REPoBTEB FoB THE DAILY PRESS.
The Difficulties in Kentucky.
Official Report OF Col. Brown, OF
Fort PICkens.
CONFEDERATRs ADVANCING FROM
CRNTRRvILLR.
RUMORED NEGRO NSTRRECTION,
GREAT FIRE IN CHARLESTON.
Half the Town In Ruins.
The Fire Still Raging at Last
Accounts.
Further Particulars In Regard
10 the Escape OF the Sumter.
CONFEDERATRs ADVANCING FROM
CRNTRHvILLR.
RUNORED NEGRO NSURUECTIOy,
GREAT FIRE In CHARLESTON.
Half the Town in Ruins.
The Fire Still Raging at Last
Accounts.
Further Particulars In Regard
10 the Escape OF the Sumter.

ST. LOUIS, December 14.-PersOns arriy-
ing here from the seeded States are here
after ordered to report themselves at the
Office of the Provost Marshal, register their
nemes, and subscribe to an oath of allie
| glance. This is designed to relieve persons
| who come here in good faith, seeking pro-
lection OF the Govern ment from suspicious
which naturally attach to all parties from
the South, and prevent their arrest or mo-
lestation.
LOUISVILLE, December IA courier
from Jack sonville says that Lee, on arriving,
found the houses deserted. A squad visited
several Secession residences, which they
retreat.
Three Secessiouists reported wounded
Colonel Whitaker ordered the building
from whence the shots were fred t. be
burned, but Lee, at the request of the Union
men, who feared retaliation on the with
dIawal of our troops, got the order revoked
NEW York, December IA Official account
of Colonel Brown of the fight at Fort Pick
ems, gives nothing additional, except the fact
that be considers it useless for vessels to be
armed with other than rifled guns, and speaks
IN the highest commendation of the perform.
aDce OF his Parrot guns.
The Times dispatch states that rebel de-
serteTs say seventy five thousand rebels were
preparing with four ratiOns for an advance
in three lines from Centerville. Dstacb-
ments sent toward Fairfax, no Rever, discov.
cred no enemy.
BALTIMORE, December l4.-Outside reports
say that a fire at Charleston, S. c.. ia a mill
on Broad.street destroyed that, the Mills
House and the Roman Cathedral.
NO Norfolk papers were received by the
Old Point boat this morning.
There are flying rumors of q slave insur-
rection, but nothing definite is known.
PHILADELPHIA, December IA "A special
dispatch from Baltimore to the Philadelphia
Inquirer attributes the FIRE at Charleston to a
slave insurrection, and says that one half of
Charleston is in ruins.
FoRTREss MONROE, December l3- tele.
graphic dispatch to the Norfolk Day Book
from Charleston, s O., states that FIRE
broke out in that place Wednesday night,
which was supposed to have been the work
of an ipcendiary.
At the date of the last dispatch, at five
O'Clock Thursday afternoon, the fire was still
burning. 81. .. 0-.I
The Theater on Broad. street, the Institute,
and other public buildings are stated to have
been destroyed.
The fire swept across Broad street. AS
sistsnce was sent from Augusta.
The Grand Lodge Of Free and Accented
Masons met at Richmond on Monday, and
elected Lewis 3. Williams, OF Orange, Va,
Grand Master for the ensuing year.
BALTIMORE, December l4-One report of
the fire at Charleston says it broke out in a
sash factory, and that engines were sent
from Savannah, Columbia aud Augusta to
subdue it, but arrived too late to stay the
col tlagTstiou.
NEW YoRK, December II The Bermuda
Royal Gazette of the 81 inst has the follow
ing relative to the escape of the Sumter. On
the morning of the 25th ult. the Iroou,is as
tonished the ST. Thomas folks by droppinr
into the haIhor ar d. porting that on dark
and squally hight the Sumter had slipped
through the fingers of the Dacotqh and Iro-
9uoiS, and gone no one knew where.
The escape is variously accounted for. Ac-
cordiDg to one account French war steamer
came out of st. Thomas during the night.
ard the Iroqaois gave chase, aud when dav-
light came the latter discovered her mistake:
but meanwhile the Sumter had sto en- away.
and neither the Ddcotuh or Lroguois could
give any account of her.
New YORK, December l4-Captsin Chase,
who came passenger from Havana in a
schooner, arrived here this morning, makes
the following Statement:
The schooner Break Of Day, from New
Orleans, arrived at Havana on the 28th of
November with cargo of turpentiue aud
rOsip, flying the Confederate flag; and when
the steamer City Of Baltimore passed she
dipped her ensign three times TO the Confed-
eraIe rag and blew her whistle; having
done this, she passed out, apparently i'm
pressed with tue idea that she had done
something tall.