The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-01-02


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HmraN BEAB s. G, Dec IA 1863
Authentic news has reached this place OF
the destruction of Georgetown, s. c.,
When the intelligence of Brsgg's dis
comtlture reached the place. 3 panic
seized On The inhsbitauts, aud is was re
solved TO FIRE the togn, and ali the mer-
chandise il contained.
Georgetown was q depot for naval
~ stgres." Buch IS -iurpebtine, pitch, tar,
rOsin, &c. These tishly combusuble ma
{ ,.ri.ls sddee grta y p the soreness Of
the coHh .gra'ion.
On Saturday night last, December 5 b,
the il cendisfy nfes. were u hted, and
the greAtere part sof the town was con-
sumed
- me s'CgnfederatE'' usurpation (sSnle-
= times miscslIed , GoYernmtni) had laid
an embargo on ali the naval stores 10
ssoestoEh, aRd zitEas generally uader-
Stood tat the iurDentine was seized To-
become a material ia the liquid Greek
& Fire, "uow beiOg> prepared by order o.
JEtFERsoE DAVIS.
~ So, cimens Of this componnd wers not
long ago iouad IN 8 magszIne in Fert
Strong (formeriy WagBer) on Morris Is
land I. 66rued .aiih farce fame, IN
quenchAbie by water. ToTpeooes we're
nneArthsd ia which wore thin glass bot
ties hIIed Wftfi the i6iismm Sbie articles
The bot les were ifnbe Ia cotton A
bursting charge Of poN der vas added, 10
q beie hlted by- a percnssionI cap. The
'plupgeT" was adjusted 50 IS u produce
the explosion when ibe torpedo was life
ted or when any, direct pressure was APP /
piled 10 it.. The cotton, saturated with
the burning fluid by tue bursting of the
internal machine was 10 scatter death |
and destruction ali around. " Had they
answered The purpose of their inventor, |
il is possible that the abandoned Rebel /
& magazine would have < BlCded aud de-
sfr0g ed tle tort aud its garrison. Great |
care and much skill- were exercised IN |
examining the torpedOes, and no damage
resulted ~ Ji1 sllyfH85ADA- |
Georgetown, s. O., was a Cstation for
blockade runners. Among the property |
destroy ed were two hundred bales of
cotton, in one parcel, about TO be shipps d
on account Of the Confederate Govern
weht" 70 Nassau, 10 be there cSaNerted /
into the "sinsws Of war"
II is strongly suspected that the al
lowed panic was not the leading motive
of the incendiaries ia firing the CT y. The
tyranny OF the Davis usurpat4on Is keen
~ felt and secretly resented By the
plundered and oppressed people Of the
Southern States. Those, especi ily, /
who are still striving to produce or &C
c1malats property are especial objeesi
Of persecution 10 the swindling Missis
sippi Rspudia,or and bis leagues, des-
politically sDthroned in Richmond. These
quasi rGle g seize the cotton and other
merchandise Of the people, arbitrarily
appraise Them al q fictitious value, and
pretend TO pay fer them in the bonds of
a spurious Government which they
know 10 be worthless Bat properly
thus seized and sold abroad for gold be-
comes 3 means for carrying on the re-
bellious ntest against tue rightful Gov
= sTnment of the people SO plandered, and
enables the tyrsnbieAi usurpeFs TO pro-
long the snfsri0gs of their victims. See
isg aud feeling these truths, who can I
wonder il they should seek 10 embarrass
their oppressors by destroying the
wealth which has been seizsd snd Is
about to be used for their detriment /
Georgetown was a place Of some anti
qqitv 1t was built during the reign Of
George |, the firstof Gbe Hsnovrrian line {
Of succession to the throne IF Great /
-BfitAin. As tue fr,t laLding place Of {
Laf,yette, with a French force, in the
war Of the r vOlntion, George town had (
. peculiar historical interest 1t had {
popu alton Of sb,ut five thousand iahab
itants, aud was place Of export for ma '
vale ores The prrt j. accessible only [
20 vessels oflgh draught, and i situate
about sixty mdes north from Charleston 9
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