Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-12-18
Further pArheRlarI About the Fire
At ChhrlRstnn...sORkharn NnWa

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TIE Norfolk aal Richmond psprf. riy,
full particulars u Ihe extensive eouisrrA,
lioa 10 Charleston, S. Q,
Tue Gre broke oct ~ about nine o'eloet
on the evening" OF the lllh 10 Russell
ODDS sash and blind factory At the foot Of
Hazel street Crossing Hazel street hex.
iebded to the machine shop Of Cameron
Co, Before midniahl the fte had assumed
IA appalling magnitude, and Meeting street
from Market TO Queen streets was O0e mas,
OF flames.
AZ tenement amer ienemtnt was rnEel.
oPed 10 aame the panic became awful, aud
thousands Of families evacuated their
homes and filled the streets.
The buildings Ia the lower part Of the
city, where the Gre broke ont, were prlnCl.
Pally Of wood. and extremely iatlammabIs,
which accounts for the remarkable rapid
progress Of the Ore.
Al midnight the Circular Church and
the Institute Hall were burning, and tho
proximity oflhe flames to the Charleston
Hotel aud the Mills House caused them TO
be evacuated by their inmates.
Al one o'clock the Pretend more south.
ward towards the corner ot ArrhlAle and
Queen streetl, to the rear Of the ChAFlCttou
Hotel, and the end Of Hague streets.
CSosslal Market street the Gro spread
down Eat Bay 10 Cumberland street, and
across to Ihe Mills House, including 10 it,
destruction the Circular Church, Institute
Hall and the Charleston Hall.
All the buildings IN King street, from
Clifford nearly to Broad street, were de.
stroyed before three o'clock.
Gen. Ripley who iuperinteuded the
movement Of the troops who hal arrived
on the scene, at about this time, ordered
several buildings ia the route Of the fre TO
be blown up, aud after some delay tho or.
der was executed, but not before the thea.
TIE, Lloyfs coach factory, opposite Express
office, the old Executive blilGiuE, and all
the houses from that point to Queen street
Lad caught fire and been destroyed
AT about O'clock the wind changed dri.
wing the flames towards Broad street
Soon after ST. Andrews Hall took fire and
subsequently the cathedral spirc. which fell
shortly after, The fire madta clean sweep
through the city making is track from East
Bay to King street.
The Charleston Courier Of the 18th gives
Il list Of between two hundred and three
hundred sufferers, and says that the loss is
estimated Atfrom five to seven million doll
lars.
:sMr. Russell, ut whose factory the Are
originated, thinks it must have been occa.
stoned by an incendiary, or the negligence
Of negroes employed there.
A dispatch from Charleston, on the 18th,
says the Mills House, although threatened
and several times on Gre, eventually esca-
ped aud is only slightly damaged.
A.message was sent to the Confederate
Congress on Friday, by President Davis, in
relation to the conaagraLion at Charleston,
recommending m appropriation 10 mid Of
the sufferers. A resolution was unani.
nously adopted approprlating two hundred
and tiity thousand dollars in advance on
account Of claims Of South Carolina upon
the Confederate States.
Five churches were destroyed by the
Gre. The Cathedral, st. Peters Episcopal,
St Methodist and Circular
church.
Tue Charleston Mercury says that 576
buildings were burnt
The Lynchbarg HfrgAida Of Friday says:
that a Maryland Regiment had deserted
from Lincoln army With their arms aud
1t was sent uut MS picket for
and when it reached in front
OF or lines it hOisled Confederate flag
and marched into CenIrevlle, accompanied
by the Colonel aud all the other officers.
The Charleston Courier Of Friday has
report from Beaufort stating that the Yam.
KEGS advanced their position to near Port
Royal Ferry on Wednesday, and crossed
the ferry under cover of Artillery to main
land, aud destroyed several Confederate
rifle pits.
The Richmond Etdninsr says: that the
Court Commissioners to determine claims
for indemnity for losses by war is to be
organized at one. TIE President has APP
pointed and Congress, 10 secre, session. has
confirmed the following as the COmmis.
sionsrs: Geo. P. Learbsough DIVA, Thos.
c. Reynolds of No., and Walker Brooke Of
Miss.
Tie Richmond Enquirer Of 10Th acknowl,
rllgcs the receipt Of the balance Of clothing
from Massachusetts for prisoners of war
1t is consigned to Gen. Z, Winter, and will
he distributed By Lieut.. Pterson Of 2Olh
Massachusetts Regimcnt, who was taken
prisoner At Leesburg.
TIE NOrfOrk Day Book was printed on n
small half sheet. Itis to be raised 10 price
10 S. on Thursday.
RIcHWoSD, Dec. l4.-0iicial infutna.
ton has been received here, that the Fed.
erals, 5000 strong, attacked chi. Edward
JOhnsons command nj Valley mountains on
18Th instant, and were rcpulsed with great
after an engagement OF several houra..
Ben. NcCulloch has arrived 1T Rich
mond.
Col, t. H. White has reliuquishrd com.
mnnd Of Craney Island, and will take
charge of the Virginia Military Institute.
The S. r. spanIllng has not yet ar
rived.
Plssengcrsby steamer reports arrival Of
steamer Connecticut at Old Point with In
telIigense that Fl. Pulaski has been eyac.
uated by rebels, and occupied by Federal
troops.
Bosrox, Dec. i7.-The Europa arrived
here at 4 O'Clock this attrrnoon. Within
80 minutes after the Europa touched at
HnlifAr the Brilish sthnin alnnn.nf.wnr