Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1865-03-04
From pssrsrdIys Ece'iR1 Edition.
FROW THE UNITED
STATES.


ADDITIONAL FRON TBIE UNITED
STATES.
FROM CHARLESTON,
FURTHER pARucULAEs or the rANEEE occrrtrIoN.
= spondent gives the following particulars
OF the Yankee occupation Of Charleston aud the
condition Of the city when evacuated by our
crops.
COTTON BURNED
The military authorities at Charleston had stren-
Oously endeavored 70 rake all the cotton IN the
II together al the y'rd adjoining the Wilmington
depot, where. a. 5sye already said it was hEed
az daybreSk.
THE EXPLOSION.
\ dreadful calamity occurred at the Wilgington
depot IN which a quantity II commisSar Detorcs
had been left and which motley crowd ct poor
peCple-men, women and chlldren-Wtte appro-
pgiating. While the depot was crowded by these
pillagers, quantity OF powder IN was ignlted IN
an uRaccoaRtable way, blowing the building 10
pieces, killing aud woUnding large number. some
OF the citizens with whom 4 cOnveTsed estimated
tile number az two or three hundred, which, pos
Sibiy, l. exaggerated. The Wilmington depot IS
IN the upper part VI tins city, and General till
nOreS VISIT So brief hardly an hour ~ duIa-
ti0n, that / had opportunity GO VISIT the scene
Ot tue disaster. IL this explosion that We had
witnessed AZ Bull, Bay.
T4LEs WIN KEBEL DEsERTEKs.
I descended IRON the Nolt anu engageu ia Gun
Yersation with three deserterS-aH lrlsh-One Ol
whom had no further capRcIty Tor shutting the
battle 0iar of. owing 10 tAe fact>that he had en-
xched the soil OF Virginia with the largest and
most ornamental portion OF has nose al the battle Of
Chance llOrsv The spokesman OF tue party was
a descrteT nom the Palmetto State, one OF the
Rebel irOu-clIjs IN Charleston harbOr. The meet
consisting n the ChcOra four guns, the Palmetto
State four guns, aud the Charleston six guns, was
r1n short Instance up Ashley river, and there de-
stroyei. carry III the morning One deSerter said
.ha il cur meet had attempted To run past the toIIs
e would have been pretty well warmed, IN which 4
am disposed % belieye be Is correct. lie was dec-
dedly OF the opicion shat Bcauregard was lust the
man for Sherman provided the Former hud enOugh
troops Shi.0 condition he dlt CONSIDER present IN
tie situation.
rEAUREsARD AND SHERMAN.
Iris party, aud ali With whom 4 subsequently
cCn~crssd asserted THAI beyond doubt SheI man
NE Ia C0laUbdi and running career terrifying 10
contemplate, such smashing railroads, capturing
trJius Earning villages and marching an incredible
Ieumber on Iuiles each day Ia an Incredible number
az directions Beauregard, the report ran, had
evacuated Charleston t1r The purpose 0i cOncentri
ting TO give sherman battle, aud AZ Sds the lmpreS
siOu that tile greatest battles Vt tue wat would
be fought s.mewheTc ia South Carolina, provided
sherman dtd not retTaee has steps. These uieu had
heard nothing Ct TelnioT enaents a ming ir"d Lees
army andstncy were fthe olilionVilt bN HE time
Hlrdse aud B,Suregard concentrated sherman
SOUi1 have MS hand, IOh
CONCEALED CoTIos AND TOBACCO.
IsiDgle1 out, IL the crowd ou the pier, . mau
whom. / JGdsed nom dress aud appearance, TO
nave not much in common with the poor people
GROUND hin. Catching my eye, he approached and
asked tor = New York paper Na' unable t. give
MIN one bur probably furnished all the iniUrha-
tiln he desired when l gave m answer o. tnrthef
INJURY me price oi COTTON. lie informed ulc hat
lie mad secTsJed in his store aud dwelling house,
sbout TWO hundred bales OF cotton and over seventy
fve thousand dOiisgS worth OF tobacco. ms, 70
u - lis ya a expression, he had ''sluattcd from
time 20 tiue in anticipatioo o. the event that had
last occurred that mOtnlug. Two or three strag-
l,rs aIie npJed to OHru his cotton hall an hOuI be-
fore our troops reached the quay, hut we're fright
sned % aitngui accomplishing their oble1. he
aid there vas a e1n,lvrlbie qudnIfy oi cVltu and
tobacco sscrrted in the ,ity which had Teen so
we'll hidden that the Oracials knew nothing o. q, 1
and other los had escaped thTOHzh bribery No
loubt a good deal OF both staples will coma to
light.
DEAD CITY.
ysalSe1 down the pier into the streets, aud
glanced ~ aud down thcm, my time being too brief
even for hurried stroll The interior streets, like
these on tire quay, are dead Charleston Is The
dsadest southern cay have ever seen since The
rebellion commenced. Savannah Il Psris beside
IT, Debris from shells lies in the streets uhere II
fell. Every scar where frag nent had struck A. as
visible a. TIE day which 10 was made Inc low
e. third Of the city infected district. No
one Jared sleep there and even when the guns at
A. 1rris isIaHd silent meu walked with accete-
rated eat and tReir ears pTiCked. 1i1e damage 10
Atlanta from shells j. incOn siderable beside thai TO
Charleston.
Before leaving, the enemy nred severa arsenals,
work shops aud storehOuses, and probably some
twerty or thirty houses ina all have been OF Will DC
destroyed ne hres have sA SORs dOSn al the
moment close this letter, save IN one place, aud
there II IS growing smaller fast
TAX xEGROEs Al POEF ROYAL.
correspondent gives the following account OF
che recent Influx OF negroes At Port Royal and their
condition aud suherings
Negroes continue 70 eOme into the lines Al PORT
ROYAL in large numbers SOnie days IRON enc hun
dred q one hundred and thirty cross the peRt0on
hriige now connecting BetuiOrt island With the
man lauI. Recruiting agents are plenty, and they
employ great many runners. Among them are
severed coiored men, who haye made from 81 zoo
70 IS ,jCO each during tie past iix weess IN this
business.
L,tor VIII be plenty and cheap here next season,
and he cotton planters Gall IaHkees) are.lmProy-
Ing thcir opportunity. the poor people, coming Ia
suca numbers, aud most OF them without anything
sn the world except the bundle each one takes on
ms mead. are saiieriag very mSsh snda great many
l,ave died ftom actual want of cGTe aud clothing
sufficient during tho unusually cold weather OF the
pasI two mouths. A large quantity OF ctnthing mas
lust arrived but more doubtless Will be needed
SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO THEATRICAL PERFORMERS.
PutLApFLPpt,. Feb. 2S.-MTs. j.. y. Wood and
daughter we're severely burned last night az INC
theatre whilst on the stage performing "a the pay
OF Cinderella.
FROM THE SOUTHWEST. &
rur PLAN or THE APPROACHING CAMPAIGN.