Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-04-25

NORFOLK, April 20. lIs5e a. m.-Henry A.
| Wise has arrived here from Richmond. and
has telegraphed to LetcherSfor more troops
| to come immediately. We have received QUE
IS-pounder and are now mounting it. We
| much need q General of capacity. Lieut.
Baker, of the g. S. service, has resigned to-
| day, and is now with u.s. He says he can
| take the Navy Yard, for all the men there
have ted him they will not resist him, aud
| he says, also,- the crew of the Cumberland
| will not fight US. l am busy at my own es-
| Enlistment getting ready food for our SOL
| diers, therefore, cannot learn whether anv
| troops have come unto as.
NORFOLK, April 20, Il m.-The Navy Yard
| is in flames.
NORFOLK, April 81, I:40, a MI have Just
come up from the wharf, and from looking at
| the fire. 1t is great puzzle to US. 1t does not
| spread at all. Nor is the yard ignited at other
| places The fire is about the size of burn
| ing of large dwelling. Now and then it
brightens up as If tar barrels or other COM
| bustible matter were thrown upon it. 1t has
not increased in size for the last hour and
| half.
A company of soldiers were ordered out
| to the bridge about two hours ago, and or
| dered back again before they got upon the
| cars. The President and one other officer of
the road have gone upon the cars alone to-
| ward the bridge.
NORFOLK, April 81, 2 A. MI came back
to say that the President of the Railroad has
just returned from the bridge. No attack has
been made on it. The FIRE remains without
increase or diminution. The Pawnee has
Kept her steam up all night. It will be high
tide, and l now think she will then try to
tow the Cumberland out of the harbor.
NORFOLK, April 81. 4:3O A. MI wake to
| find the Navy Yard one universal sea of
| flames, which, in their leaping, lick the very
clouds with tongues of fire. The noise of
their devastation reaching distinctly to us,
| is like the deep toned roar of Niagara. One
long continuous hoarse growl is filling the
| whole atmosphere with angry reverberation.
The scene is now awful. learn from a sea-
| man on the wharf that the Pawnee passed
our city for the Fort about fifteen minutes
past O'Clock, with the Cumberland in tow.
No opposition was offered to her departure.
After writing the above, 1 find the telegraph
Office closed. At haIfpast o'clock heard
two very heavy explosions from the Navy
Yard. Six o'clock, six more heavy explo-
sions.
NORFOLK, April 81, P. Mon examine
ton of the Navy Yard, now in our posses
sion, the dry dock is found uninjured. Two
ships houses are safe. Ali the cannon are
i'll perfect order except twelve. The boys
are taking out many of the spikes with their
fingers. The ammunition and all the timber
sheds are safe. The blacksmith's shop ma
chine shop, foundry, and public stores. and
twenty-five new gun carriages are all safe.
We are rapidly placing twenty-five heavy
guns in battery at the Naval Magazine and
Naval Hospital below Norfolk. The great
smoke and flames arose from two ship
houses and the various vessels on fire.
One slOop of war can be raised with
steam pump and made good. The Cumber-
land is aground on obstruction at Seawell's
point. They are trying to get her of. We
are sinking distractions three miles this
side of her. The men are rapidly building
gun carriages at the yard. Col. Talcot is
with Cen Taliafero