The New York herald., 1865-02-28

eating with the adjoining buildings threatened de-
structon 10 that part Of the town Four squares en-
otte and Washington Streets consumed before the
conhagraon was subdued Everything in the houses
street. the Court House. destroyed five buildings
ing Hibernian HAN and the NILS House It did not sue
ceed although 1t destroyed the five buildings alluded TO-
One other fires also occurred destroying severA
buildings each Any number Of smaller oonnagrations
deal Of damage of course doDe but the city by
great exertion saved nom total destruction
DESTRUCTION REBEL FLEET
On Tho morning Of Saturday the rebel ironclad feet
and gunboats were fred and totally destroyed The Pal
metso State very properly and susgesveiy exploded
out o1s ne as
seyen s latter Ss% q y
tons Of powder on board and made moro noise than Il
ever had before s & IN Ss of tho
made midnight raid the bockaders and captured he
never ~oa ocp e sSsssnss as
come out in the daytime and engage our wooden shi pa
sDG sn the we'll h9n.0 oa ~ ws A. the h
clad the rebels have built and have come across they
perished BY an explosion They cost the rebss deal Of
money and never rendered them any adequate service in
return.
The iron-clads and gnboass on tho stocks were alao
caught in the harbor when the blockade Wa
was fred and destroyed
The blockade sren which had eludsd tho vigi-
set on re but the flames were exngushed before any
serious damage done. She brought in an assorted
cargo OF considerable value She will be sent North for
cAPIuRs OF ANOTHER BIocKADs ausszR
zprePos OF blockade runners, ] may bore state that
Duo dc Chartres came In last night and quietly
taken possession Of OF Fort MoSitre, where she had
come TO an anchor waiting for daylight toun up to the
city She 10 valuable steamer and is deeply laden but
with what was unable to learn. The Syren s also
stoamer of SIX OF seven hundred tons and
night Of the evacuation, and will bear English
friends at Nassau the agreeable and joyful intelligence
that their last port Is finally bockaded and that they
must hereafter attempt to earn an honest penny in some
other less congenal manner
Three blockade runners are now due at Charleston.
When they como they will probably get through the
blockade which just somewhat easy, and win be
bagged at the CITY, We trust our cousins will hurry out
great fleet OF their bcst steamers and send them TO this
port We shall receive them most cordially We like
have them come nowadays
PROPERTY CAPTURED THE CITY.
large quantity Of property captured In the city
by forces The rebels burned great deal that could
be got but we are informed that ut least ten thousand
bales Of cotton in the city, secreted In various places
which the rebel authorities could not reach and destroy
large quantity OF rice also remains in private hands
found have turned to Captain Fowler As
sstant Commissary Of subsistence General Schemmel
there is quite large quantity Of snufactured tobacco
already in our hands and more s coming to light daily
Some supplies were captured which could not be de-
sroyed carried OF by the retreang rebels This win
also be given to the needy.
Seven locomotives in pretty good order, and quite
number of cars Of various kinds were taken and viii be
repaired and made available for future USE
In the Notifications Of the city two hundred guns
Of heavy calibre wercfound spiked and rendered tenn
porarily useless An immense quantity Of ammunition
also fell into hands, and all of the best quality Pre-
csey how much has not been ascertaned scarcely all
have yet been visited and inventory has been taken
Of their armaments
APPEARANCE CITY.
The reports Of the Charleston editors that the city
perenced but little damage from Shells like nearly all
others emnnating from the source essentially
false II requires no very extended examination IN the
lower streets Of the cityhose near the bayo satisfy the
most scepcal Of the fact that shells working
most serious injury to the town. and that the continuance
OF the bobardment would mako II OF ruins, as It
had already rendered untenabe the courageous
resident But two persons resided in Shell town. ~
wag named that portion OF the city east Of the two
mile post visited by Shells and they clung 70 their
resides with teracity Of purpose that the most demon
Touss h Ssas 70 pieces y ~
engaged in their domestic afiairs-both being
female-sby impertnent shells and their culinary
affairs seriously damaged by prcectes, their roofsper
foraed and ventilaors put in front OF their dwellings,
they would not move, but enddfsd the bombardment
with q GOODNESS and eqnanimty rarely found Perhaps
their love Of retirement and sccusion may have had
something to do with this pucky exhibition, for they
or "a. s
ordered them away from the dangerous ground failed 10
call third time TO ascertain whether or not the order
had beon obeyed They lived through the entire bonn
bardment became accustomed the howl Of the rush.
ing shell and its sharp explosion, and paid no rent
rents Now that quiet and safety are insured they pro-
pose to repair and live comfortably once
But was about describing briefly the appearance Of
the city.
landing you observe that the wharves are in very
dapdaed condition, that tells very plainly that they
have not been much in use the past four years Tho
palmetto logs that form the cribs covered with grass
and the planking Is much decayed full Of man traps,
vancDS On the rckety cocEs yoa come to parapet Of
sand which peer the muzzes OF heavy guns bear
ing down the channel for home defence then around
over the batteries into the silent streets covered with the
debris from shattered stores and dwellings, and bearing at
points toerably good crop Of grassthe same kind Of
grass that have sprung up in the streets Of New
York whom King Cotton exercised his potent sway Not
building for blocks here that s exempt from the marks
Of shot and she'll All have suffered more or less Here
Ia fine brown stone bank building vacant aud deserted
with great gaping holes In tho sides and roof through
which the shines and the rain pours windows and
sashes blown out by exploding shell Within plasterng
Knocked down; counters torn up floors crushed
in, and fragments Of mosaic pavement broken and
flying around on the floor, mingled with bits Of
statuary stained glass and broken parts OF chandeliers
Ruin within and without and It's neghbor in better
plight Here great shell has struck the chimney and
crushed large portion OF the roof I'M then exploding,
distributed Its fragments through the ceilings and burst
out great patches Of brick and mortar, which lie
Imaginable portion Of buildings have been damaged by
fire, and not single house In this portion OF the
town has escaped Not building is occupied save by
the brave women 10 whom have already referred, and
the front doors windows cape open through which you
may gaze upon battered Offices demolished stores and
counting rooms IN rum, Wnere commerce once dwet aud
active business pursued their respective vocatons
vnmolcsted and undisurbed. The churches St. Michaes
and st. Philips, have not escaped the storm or
proectiles Their roofs perforated, their walls
wounded their pillars demolished and Within the pews
filled with pastering fragments OF mural tablets
which were 70 perpeuatc the memory Of some good
long asleep in the graveyard by You may count
q round number Of shell holes In their seeples, and
many upturned monuments in their gravsyards War rs
cruel and the bowling proecte that takes its start four
miles and half away Is Indifferent whether poughs up
the marble that affection has placed the remains OF
long buried worth, crashes into the political halls
where treason is plotted or crime against humanity is
conceived The cold iron has been respecter OF pro-
perty In Charleston. The good and bad rich poor
criminal and sain-f there be Of the latter hero