Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-12-16
Further in Reiersnee 10 the Cha.Iestsa Fir,
A slave nsufrectisf K sperted

"A Slave 1nsufrectisn Reported
NE~ YoEK, Dec 1.-The special dispatches
| received here from Old Point say that the nr at
Charleston WA the work Of negroes
PHILADELPHIA, Dec "A special dispatci to
| the luquirer attributes the fire at Charleston to
the breaking out Of slave Instruction, and hys
that one half OF Charleston Is IN ruins
The Bsltitnoie American says: Our privatesad-
vices from Norfolk do not make any mention
connecting the slaves with the conHagratbn,
fu' ther than il was supposed to be the work o. an
inceDdiaTy The fre 10 said to have originted
| in sash factory, near the junction Of King md
| had DESTROYED the Institute Hall, and Rotnd
Church and the Theatre, on Meeting street, must
have passed diagonally across Clifford, Beaufort,
| cumberland, Princess, Queen and Chalmers
| streets, distance Of nearly half mile through
the very heart Of the city As no mention 10 mad
Of the obstruction Of the City Hall, Court House,
Guard House, and Christ Church, at the four
corners Of Broad and Meeting street, II IL b be
presumed they have escaped
The Mills House, one Of the principal hotds Of
the city, about half square from the R,und
Church, on Meeting street, 10 also said to lave
been burned, together with the Catholic C,the-
dfal and Asylum on Arcbdale street
The nre was said to be still raging on THURS
day evening, having continued for forty * ht
hours The Theatre, which 10 said to have been
burned, 10 the extreme point on Meeting steet,
| that we are enabled TO locate the extent of the
| confagration, and Its destruction would Noes
sarily involve several squares Of closely built
|
alton Of the map we think II likely that the
Charleston Hotel has escaped, though Il. Ia not
more than square beyond the theatre
There Ii another statement brought by paasn.
gers that the Catholic Cathedral is burnt. Tais,
| IL true, would extend the fire across King street,
distance Of four or FIVE % uares west Of The In.
| stitute Hall and the Theatre, and would warrant
the rumor that one half Of the city has been de-
| stroyed.
We learn that the FIRE was checked on Meeting
| street, before 1t reached the large building Of
Adams Express Company, on the corner north of
Market street, though most Of the storehouses on
the other side Of Meeting street were DESTROYED or
damaged.
We learn that the greatest excitement prevailed
| at Norfolk on Friday morning, and that great
the confagration. II was stated that the sash
| factory was fred by free negro, who had been
arrested, and confessed that IL was intended al the
brst move for an extended slave insurrecton
IL was also rumored at Norfolk that large
number of negroes had been srtetted who had
been found In possession OF arms and knives and
that the confession Of the inc.ndiary had been
fully cofroeorated. These, however, are mere
rumo s, such as would likely De in circulation
nnder all the circumstances, and may or NAV not
be well founded. The despatch in the Norfolk
papers, dated at Charleston, al 6 O'Clock 90
Thursday evening, makes no mention Of servile
Instruction.
SIX HOURS LATER FROM cHARLKsroN-rHK COW.
fLAsRArIoN STILL PROGRESSING
We learn by the Norfolk boat which arrived on
Sunday morning, that the steamer illinois, which
Arrived At Fortress Monroe from Port ROYAL.
btings six hours later intelligence from the Ere
at Charleston.
The Illinois passed Chareston ba, at i'd O, clock
on Thursday night, and ths captain reports that
DC was dstounded to see In the direction of
Charleston the greatest illumination of the beay
| ems he had ever witnessed. II appeared at that
distance as II large portior. OF tie city was In
9amesl ana was not like the reflection from
En1n 1ln.R
sweeping confagration. This is six hours later
than the dispatch from the Norfolk Day Book
which represented that the fire was still raging al
i've O'Clock on Thursday evening, and that word
was sent to Augusta for assistance.
Further Particulars Of the Charleston Fire.
FoRTREss MONROE, Dec. 13-The Norfolk
Day Book Of to-day gives the following startling
Intelligence:
BRANCHvILLE, 6. c., (s6 miles nom Charles.
TONI Dec. R.-Passengers who have lust arrived
here report obstructive fire last ight at Charles.
ton.
The fire commenced In Charleston last mig bit
dec. H. at nine O'Clock, In Ruzel & Co IS "a al
factory, at the foot Of Hazel street and commu.
nicated to the opposite side of Hazel to Cameron
d Co s machine shops
Under the impulse thus given and stiff breeze
with small supply Of water, the condapratio
assumed formidable character, nearly eoSaIii mr.
the most extensive confag grafton on the American
continent.
The Theste., Floyds coach factory, opposite
the Express ONCE, the old Executive Bullding
and all the houses between that point and Queen
street, are burned. The whole Of one side ol
Broad street Is destroyed from Colonel gladden.
residence to Mszycf street 4 considerable po,.
s."- Of re carr, from East Bayto King ,t,sst, I,
assJoytd Among the prominent building
burned are the Institute and st. Andrews hnIis
church. N1'o'
At last accounts from Charleston, up to Nv. ,b,,
morning dec l2,) ths fire had crossed B,oad a
ana toas s'ossp,ng Jr,,ossly on.
Inc telegraph lines from Charleston are down
consequently we not able to state whether the
fire has ceased or not. WIG
BEANcHvlLLE, Dec. IL, S p m The FIRE is still
raging A thousand houseless persons are bud.
died In the streets The express train len An.
2usta this afternoon with provisions to supply tbs
wants of the sufferers and men to assist In con.
trolling the fire The fire raS the tDork of an ,,.
csrdta,y.
The New York Herald has the following sen.
sation dispatch:
BALTIMORE, Dec. 4-The Old Point bo,,
brings the report Of the discovery and promn y,
suppression by the military authorities of neg ro
insurrection at Charleston
The account states that the plot was disclosed
oY body servant OF a military officer, who said
that the negroes Of the city were to be Joined bv
large bands OF negroes from the country, who
were TO come In armed at mig ht He said ths
me saSn factory had been fred by free negro
Whom ne designated and who has been arrested
email quantity Of arms has been found und or
the floor OF negro cabin. They were ali new
and In good order In other negro cabins knives
ana hatchets were found secreted
The greatest eonstsrnation prevailed Ea1,l;,,
tcere closing and barring their pindotcs
fhe nre companies being composed of men who
are engaged on military duty elsewhere, the FIRE
engines Were worked by negroes, who broke and
rendered useless the two best ones
10 be destroyed.
Another account states that negro in,n,,.et,or,
IN he 5rfo
Gays ogore ths FIRE and are still raging xnehseked:
outth last report 10 not well authenticated,