Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-01-26
LATER PROV TaE UNITED STATES.

LATER FROM TRE UNITED STATES.
rHE YASKEE cONGREss-TERRTLE CALAMITY II ohI1
ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH DEsrR0rEO BIZ P'RE-
TWO THOUSAND PERsONs ROASTED ALIVE
United Sta Is papers Of the is and lSth instan
have been received We subj Iin summary Of the
news;
PRocEEDISGs IL rsE IAEKEE CoEsRKss.
In the Yarkee House OF presentAtiVsI on ihe lsh,
Mr. Dawson (Demoeral o, Pennsylvania, C9sred'res)-
lutous declaring ttat the war not vagsd for con-
Quest or oIpressor md ItqleSting the President 10
isue proclsmation making kuoHa teat when any State
nov in instruction, shall submit 10 the Federal Cav
trnmert al Os.ies az inst Der shall cssEe and such
State sha be projected sgAns, al Interference with her
local laws ard Institutions Tee resolutions were laid on
the tab e-ayes 70 noes S.
Mr.. Cox, OF Onic, Cfred ? resolution proposing TO
take toe e1cbargs OF pisoaers cut 4 tho hands Of
General Butler, sud reflex It to Board Of Commission
ere Tn IesOlu ion summsIiy laid on she table By
vote ot-syes 81, rays So.
The senate resclurou providing for the ,ppln'mSHt
Of select committee ting Of three menbtrS Of
the Senate and i've Of the House, ,he s)uduSt and
expenditures o. The var, vas pissed.
NJ. Smith Of Nv offered resolutions 6esarng that
TIE reb mcn s desperate uio,ed and bloody" that
A" be safety and scurity o. pefsoosl and national be
lies deptrd upon IT, utter ard absolute sIdncTOn ;;
and that therefore, "l Is The political sVl, moral, a.
eed cuty Of the ose to meet il fghI t. and for
ever osstOy il. thereby establishing perfect uuhl
ter,ble liberty" The resolu ors we're AdOPsc Ayes
III, Lars 10
Il the Ser ate, ca the lsh, the one m lion men bill,
to release the pTsorer' a. Richmond vAs discussed
Ne Howe, who Cfsred tn bdL asu cd the Sc Aie lie
was in Games, Mr.. TIumbul Oh Ugtt ole huhdrt
q ousand might be raised, tUi million diving it
little too srorg. hr Wilson thought Euadred
thousand recruits agsIst Lees veterans would stand
DO chance Al ST. 1ba sutj CT dropped.
In tie Senate, on tle 18th, bill was submitted and
referred prev Dug she establish meut Of Bureau
Of Emsn,ipsior, u-der he Ssasary Of Vie Treasury.
The resolrcU for the expulsion Of Senator Davis Of
ky. vas referred 10 The JUd cisry Committee Joint
resolutions OF Il aEks 10 Hooker Meade, Howard BlIks
and Burnside, -Were passed
AsFUL DIsAsrER n CHILL
An awful disaster occurred in santiago, ihS sApiiAo
Chill en- tie S.h o. December The InGacua,s Con
Ce7ton WEs bsi1g Selebfsed in the church OF the
Jysuils twas about C'c.cck in the evening, and the
crescent If bgtt(gs) ira icIued the pedestal for The
Virgin Mary f,ed the Nood upon which t rested, and
the flames sprung wildly over he building. There
ten thousand persons IN tbs church. The audiences
OF the Ere vas aWitl The dtis3 mars Of woasn
frightened OFT o. t6sir senses ruSbs iainiing and al
arged by their lOug swelling dr. sls Tash az tAose
Who kusW TIA death al their hses 70 the door,
witch sOon bsc0Ee ehokod UP. FIRE as everywi ere.
re4m;Ig aorg The Woo-e1 ecurg is aifg the cam
Ttine lau D % lows there among tie struggling
women
In 8 mgment he gorgeous church W,sssea Of hsne.
Michael Angeles fearful pc Of bel was there but
exceeded Help yes 81 out imposs be. A Hercules
from The seried It irsnzed aIttehel Who piled
shove another they climbed to reach the air,
wildly tsseung The grip Of death upon any one es-
eapifg oIdrr that they might be dragged out With
them. Women Sc zsd in tie Smbrsce Of he fumes
we're seen 70 u d rgO ua slOImatOn though by en-
optical d, usion-fsst dszzl bright then horribly lean
ard sbIuuk up, then back statues rigidly fixed in
WTithrg attitude. TIE Ere imprisOnd by The immense
thickness Ct Jbe Wa-, Lad deyour,d everything con-
tustb.e BY 10 O'Clock, a,d ticn, deiyng re sekenng
o. 49, L.
siene after he piercing screams Of the uraing we're
hu,hed in death, tN,Ahe. IL was the si'epce Of
the ave, uubroken bu-by the bitter vail OF fAinng
cry Der 'ro hoHsqnd souls had taped through that
ord, al CT FIRE 70 The judgment o. God
TIE vT.tgr referring 20 The ire, handles the clergy
the mCs5 severe uauntr, IA The Dc pulation OF
Sant are iled viii iutescrb.bo ildg n az the
monet Gus conduct Of The priests, holding them gui ~
Of the dab q all these victims sn5 par iculary the
m unteo IA UsHt5, tie inventor CT the veg Is Pot
Office iupCs.ure, NhCh 1quired countless humber Ct
ghts pSsibosId scenery, g..
WlOn the broke Gus her blocked up the deA Il
the sacIisty 90 devote themselves more undis bedy
70 saving 'gimC acks - They saved gilt image
SINE wooden sail s etaes and great d.sl Of sacred
mat ing ter saving helr us-h they away,
eleePt ere P'.est Who favored the sgOeized victims
with biz 5bsOluton.
More tla1 500 ysrsors Ct the highest caste peri.hed
the greaI para youg girls between 6f and twenty
years OF eye Oae mo,her perished with her sVe
daughters. TNO-thrds Of The victims we're servants
Several lousss have be noticed 81 the police as empty
because ali O. cir inmates lave perished.
TIE latest Information is that ZOO bodies have been
Fecgn ID Lree ihousa-d At lsls. were ia she brid-
ing and t Is Lot yet known hoE many have escaped.
RKPoRPsD PLOT TO CAPTURE JoaSsoS'S IsLAED.
di-patch item Sardusby, Ohio, d-ted the 17Lh, says
that sccu' had s, return ed from thorough recon-
noisarce towards Point Poke Canadt and reportS two
CT A,Ce thousand bss al Point Pele preparatory to
Ga upon Johnson I,lsud The stTi:tsst Viglsnte
is maintained on he Island and several batteries
in position PoiEt Pelee is thirty miles rem J6hnsons
Hand. John B-cEn, \ s1a If cold John Brown,
Who res des OF Pu iii Bay -land has gone 70 Columbus
% iIduce The GOvsrnTeLt . furnish hosi Eers and
tmal arms iOr The protection OF ts Inhabitants. T
lorg Tol is irqleniy sounded l. is apprthended ha.
the rebels will attempt TO eros on the ice.
yRcN Tx AMY q 7Hx PoT0MAs
dispatch TO the Nv York Tribune, nom me Army
CfIhe Potomac, dated January l6b says that on the
tvsnrg Of he IA SOU Of he Frt Rhode Island
cavalry, on lex n.sr Three Nile Station, we're at
tsck,s BY tO6y Of rebel Csyslsy Is mated a. 900
The pick, Is Vc forced "a back With he o. o. ore
cap uIed ard one Eou1ded. The as.autns force III,
sTp,ofe ed TIE port, ard on being hA dby the
on or IN command, rep eseuted The msev,s belong ng
70 the Sd Pennsylvania cavalry, on her 90 Beals
ton alton. End ne tia their s,Cry VA di credited,
they poured volisy n'o our uen, and Immediately
retired into the reload, IeeeYiI hes fell
back the Ere CT cur picket Our we're
Iomestst tlelsTed BY breastWoTkA which rspeA-
tedy and De- p,rstsiy charged by the enemy who was
in egeEy inesucC repussd The fight confined half
hour uhen tee re5-l iCrce retre'ted.
TWtlfe uCunced rebels we're found on Friday NON
ing a. bouse rail- mile rom the scene OF the en-
gagemeUt, aud three found dead on ttS Aid
Our b So Ets but tive wounded. TIE wounded rebea
hat the attack MADE under the mpre soa hat
Government paymsster vac present With lie R1Ode
lhId ssyay, for the purpose osPay ng OF The men on
'nsFphst
Tx RAID IN TIE EoEIHEBE MIX.
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