Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1861-12-19
Great Fire i'm CharIeston. .. q.


A Aap of truce under command Of Capt,
AGlward took Mr.. Eddy, OF North Carolina,
% Craney Island to-day. A Geographic dis
latch to the Norfolk Day Book from Charles
ton. S. C., states that fire broke out IN that
Mace Oh Wednesday night which was sup
nosad to have been the work OF lncendIa-
~ At the date Of the last dlspatch,-fve
o'clock. Thursday, p. M.-the fire was still
-au.nn The theatre on Broad street, the
.o~,ltntr, and other pubhc buildings are sta
,n3 70 ha,r been DESTROYED. The Ere swept
a~ro., Broad street. Assistance was sent
from Aug4sta The Norfolk Day Book OF
Thursday last contains nothing new. One
-anort of the fire at Charleston says that Il
broke out in a sash factory, and that engines
were sent from Savannah, Columbia and Au-
custa 20 subdue it, but arrived too late TO
stay the conhagration.
The Norfolk Day Book OF to-day glves
ne following startling intelligence
BranchyllIe, ) G., So miles from Charles
ION. Dee I2th-Pas>engrra VINO nave lu>t
arrived here report destructive fire last
riaht at Charleston. The fire commenced
N Charleston last night, Dec. 18th, at mne
o'clock, in Russell and Co.'S sash factory, at
he. foot Of Hazel street, and communicated
70 the opposite side OF Hazel to Cameron 4
Co.'S machine shop. Under the impulse TINS
niven and a stiff breeze with a small supply
0. water, the contagraton assumed torml-
dable character, nearly equalllng the most
extensive conAagration on the American con-
tinent The Theatre, Floyd's coach factory
opposite the Express office.
The old Executive building and all the
houses between tibet point and Queen street
are burned The whole OF one side Of Broad
street is DESTROYED from Col. GadsdenS resi-
dence to AIosevck street. 4 considerable
uortion OF the clty from East Bay to X Ing
street /, destroyed.
Among thr prominent building burned, are
me Institute and 81. Andrew Hall, Iheater
Catholic Church.
At last accounts from Charleston, up TO
this morning Il 2th) the fire had crossed Broat
street, and was sweeping turIously on
Baltimore, Dec. Il.
The Old Point boat brings the report 0
the discovery and prompt suppression oy tn
military authorities OF negro lnsurrectloI
at Charleston. The account states that tn
plot was disclosed by the body servant Of
military officer, who said that the negroes G
The city were to be icined by large bands o
NEGROES from the country, who were to com
N armed at night He SAID that the Sas
factory had been fired by a tree negro whom
he designated, end who has been arrested.
A small quantity of arms had been toun'
under The floor Of a negro cabin. They wer
all new and in good order. In other negr
cabins knives and hAtchets were found secre
ted. The greatest CONSERVATION prevailed
families were closing and barnc&dIng thel
windows. The tire companies beng compos
cd Of u en- vino aIe engaged i'll military dut
ELSEWHERE the fire engines we've worked +
uenrors who broke and rendered useless tn
two btst ones. The office OF the Coure
and Mrr.pry are said 10 be destroyed. Al
oth,r g.. cunt s,ar,s that negro luourrrcriou
broke ou. ~ The interior o. South CalOnn
Iv.t,,> h.. ,.t,.1 .. f n
~. 500. ..o