Show jg j g guiang 1 3 IN rit I 1 gny AMP MONDAY MORNIN manying MO nyiNG G VW 27 1601 i owing 11 to tilt laige amount of telegraph in today to day ti p aper our editorial ikid other inter interesting eging are crowded out BY br PACIFIC TELEGRAPH SPECIAL TO TIM DAILY ne newborn bern N C feb the full fall of fort fisher is 13 working a i evolution in the minds mindi of tho the people of this state which it il there is any meaning in half of tile the threats emanating from the state capital it alist be the i lesnet eaul t of a separation of north cai calolina ol 01 olina inn 1 from doai tile the confederacy as soon as raleigh Rale igli is is garrisoned by union forces which necessary protection is required by the conservative party a majority of whom say the rebel papers are in favor of a return to the he union even with emancipation tit the enemy are arc removing their supplies from Wilia ington with a view it is thought of evacuating the city it is estimated that over worth of cotton is stored hom dom wilmington Z along the lines of the railroads reaching into south carolina and the southern pait pal t of this state which the will burn as soon as aa the federal forces forcest approach shermans Sher mans movements tire are regarded with much alarm by the rebel papers in this state all of which predict that he be will attempt to holi hold goldsboro and raleigh the conservative papers are paying payin a high tribute to the military genius of sherman whose approach they welcome welcom with open manifestations ife of joy st loin s feb cut col livingston coram commanding anding on the plains pl aina reports reports two fights near mud springs from tho the ath ath to the ninth between 2000 indians and cavalry the indians wore duiven off with a loss of forty killed our loss was two killed hilled and twenty one wounded the indians went north driving it iving two herds of captured aured cattle with them new york feb the heralds correspondent says A party of sheridan s cavala cavalry y consisting of men orabe I lib penns pennsylvania y Ivania went up the valley of the shenandoah doab the other day on oil a scouting 0 expedition and while on their return fell into an ail ambuscade prepared by men when a desperate tight right ensued but the gt guerrillas serril as were wera so numerous and strongly posted that out our cavalry were roughly handled bandied and only made good their escape ilter after losing a number in killed and wounded besides sixty aiken prisoners the naval supply steamer fort morgan has arrived from the east and west gulf squadron both she communicated munica ted with at various points having proceeded as far west as the ho mouth of the rio grande while ot off that place there was a large fleet of merchant ica sels and english and french men of war tho the fort morgan reached mobile bay on her return trip on the letb several U S iron dads and double enders were then off the dog river bar in close proximity to the city the fort morgan left key west on the capt meade mcade and tho the officers and crew of the san jacinto arrived there on the irth the guns of the ship and other valuable property was saved the special says there Ther therease eare are gain strong indications that lee is preparing to evacuate richmond and fall back on lynchburg for a 1 linal final stand advices advises received at washington state positively that nearly all the valuable machinery and medical stores are already removed from fr m the rebel capital tile the richmond sentinel of the ling has it n article which says submission will either bring peace apace or oi inaugurate truce it dee declares lares on guerrilla war warfare rare andi and is ia very severe on who appear still to exist notwithstanding the we late firing g of tile the southern 92 rhe flip petersburg r express opre is bays gayb IV we e learn that a force lium numbering baring about pen men have again occupied folk olk and their pickets extend about ehtee miles from the he town in the direction of blackwater A raiding t party wont went out from suffolk a few it anys y s arro ago I 1 and visited and smithfield doing considerable damage to tile the country cout itry through which they passed new yorki york feb the steamer fulton hag at arrived rived from charleston C harbor on the lath caily last evening gen commanding the northern department of the south diR discovered covered indications which led him to believe the rebels were about to evacuate charleston and its de defence fences ile he accordingly ordered the pickets and picket boats to keep a bright look out and report immediately on any movement on the part of the enemy at about half past three this morning a terrific explosion took place in charleston which shook every ship in the harbor and off the bar almost simultaneous with the explosion flames broke out and could bo be distinctly seen in different dif Terent parts of tile the city it appears the first explosion took place it at the wilmington depot the fire from which rapidly communicated with the adjacent buildings causing a general conflagration 0 of all the dwelli dwelling nr boti houses ei in in ohp vicinity tile the inhabitants while trying to extinguish this fire 1 a I second explosion took place which resulted very disastrously causing a terrific loss J ol of life amongst the women and children who were represented as having been horribly mutilated at about six this morning Schimmel finning moved his forces and occupied the de fences the formidable earthworms earthworks earth oarth works on james asland were found to be abandoned and the guns spiked at eight 0 clock a detachment tach ment was sent to take posse possession of fort FOHT they th ey raised the flag wh ich anderson andersen hauled down newly four years ago at nine 0 clock tile the flag WAS IVIs IV Is raised its amid deafening cheers As fast as the forces could be thrown into the city they were set at work to put out ont the ire fire which up to the time of leaving was raging r fler fiercely cely in different parts of tile alie city old 1 l d men and children rushed frantically boand fro ro in agony and despair at tilt the loss of their homes anti and the killing kill ilIg and mutilating ot of their the frienda friendt 3 it is impossible to estimate the amount of cotton destroyed by the rebels several thousand bales were inere collected in different parts ol of the city and set on fire almost simultaneously with a al the depots and warehouses no doubt the rebels intended to burn the city to the th ground despite the misery it would entail on thousands thousand S of women and old anen menda bf w which h let I 1 ci class IS s or of inhabitants charleston is ia now almost entirely composed it was the opinion ot of Gil mores staff that in i tilt probability two thirds of tile the city would ie b destroy ed bea before ore tile the ire fire could be extinguish vil with the impi imperfect fl act means for subduing it on hand band the lust last or the rear guard of the rebels left charleston at four tills this mornin morning there are various rumors and abd con conjectures lectures ill ai to their but the general opinion is that they intend concentrating in the vicinity of florence to which point they have railroad communication coin in it nie from charleston unless it has betit bet it recently destroyed by the expedition sent to bulls bay several hundred rebels who secreted them sets aola in d different ifal erent parts ot of ehg city when the main column was retreating ret have given themselves up lit and minte the usual story about being sick of the war wai halt hall starved etc they express the desire to bo be allowed to take tilt the oath of a allegiance 1 1 0 to our government and remain rein a in in the city another account says saya charleston was evanti evacuated abed by the enemy on the night ot of the lath leaving the fortifications uninjured besides puns guns which they spiked the waa fir first S t discovered at fort moultrie in we morning at 10 part of the troops sta tinned on james island crossed over in boats and took possession of the city without opposition previous to the enemy evacuating they fired the upper tipper part of the city by which bales of cot cotton toil were burned A fearful explosion occurred in the wilmington depot bv which several hundred citizens lost lives the building for commissary purposes is i situated situa jia the upper pait of the city admiral dahlgren Dabi gren was the first to run up tip to the city N bet hc io 0 iila ai rived about 2 0 clock general generah followed soon alter and hid bid an interview with gen lie he bring being tin tilt 1 fir im fira A geneil Gon erml officer in ill tile the city cit y und and h N lor for the present in command the rem tins of two iron dads were found which the enemy had destroyed b by y blowing them up previous to the evacuation the blockade runner gyrene cyrene just arrived from nassau Nassa ii fell into our hands and two others were expected to on the the houses bouses in the lower part or of the c city ity w were ere completely riddled by anti and shell the wealthy part of the population have left the city and dow all that remains ire arc the poorer classes who reho are arc suffering front from want of food wheeling va aa feb A party or of rebel cavalry dashed into cumberland before day daylight liht this morning and surprised and cap lined tile the pickets and carl earned aed olf off generals crook and ketly kelly it seems to have hav been a daring well planned affair cavalry have been sent in pursuit feb the upper house ot parliament jillena jil lent last night finally filially voted forty five to fifteen in favor of the confederation schei scheme nv and issued an address to the queen b based ed on the resolutions of the quebec conference charleston S C feb isach esth Char letin and all its fences defences de came caine into our 1 po 1 o session this morning with about pieces of artillery and a supply of ammunition tho the enemy commenced evacuating all the works last night and maj mcbeth the city to the troops of gen Schim schimmel tilling at nine this morning at which tinie time it wa occupied by our forces and our advance on etota bulls bay hastened to te treat cott cotton oil warehouses arsenals Quarter nias stores railroad bridges and iton were burned by tile tiie enemy and orne s vessels it in tile the ship yard were vere also burned nearly V all the inhabitants remaining r behind belonged to the he poorer classes signed GILMORE washington feb aist the house passed d tile the bill to amend an let act to aid in ill the construction of tilt the railroad i and telegraph line faoul tho the missouri river to the pacific ocean A salute was ordered to be fired at noon tomorrow to morrow at every fort fart arst arsenal nal and army headquarters of the united unita d states in honorof honor ot the restoration of the flag of our union upon fort Stem lumpier pter portland feb the nova scotia from froin liverpool the ath and Queens queenstown town the logli the times paris correspondent says when the french minister count marcier was recalled irom from washington C the americans Americ uns were led to anderst understand and that no new liew agent would be accredited until president lincoln should have recognized the empire of Al mexico exico this recognition b has ts not hem been forthcoming and there i is s no french minister in washington the avi hiiter iter adds that it is believed that bigelow will continue to act as U S charge do de all airs in ia paris for some t time i ax in the house of commons on the ath elphinstone expressed regret nt at ill the absence in the queens queen s speech of any allusion to the state F of f public service 11 he e 6 said aid our r relations C 1 a t ions are not in a satis actori state and in the event of ofa a war E england angl a nd is not in a position to afford adequate protection to her bet com coin merce mercea and in bringing up ill the report on the addred ad dresa scally move an amendment declaring that the state or of ireland was not and that a large emigration 0 from there was waa an ail exceedingly bad feature after the debate the amendment was waa rejected porto rico advices advises ad vices via madrid say a party hostilo hoslie to spain is again all agitating t that con country and that same some political agents agenas from the united states had bad been arrested and expelled by the authorities ties the austrian minister or of police had declared at the sitting of the finance committie that at the end of february Pehr uary all poles confined in austrian towns town would bo be released and provided wit with h twenty five florins florans each for their expenses of tho journey out of austria by the city of boston the new no was regarded as dispelling the peace rumors und and had bad depressed the united states about two per cent the times observes that as aa there is time for reflection one can hardly doubt that tho the bearing T or of both the british and canadian gove governments will con convince vinco the americans Am ricans that they have no cause of ot ouen rene e and that the policy of retaliation will be as unjust as unwise the arrival of general mcclellan in england produced a number of press ene ins upon himself ho quitted liverpool too speedily lor for any demonstration in his hii lionor honor the acquittal of the Burn Barn blein rap pa hannock use called forth severe strictures from tilt the papers tile daily news says the jury has sel doin given such signs of pit pir judice and cills lov or un an amendment to the lorain coreil xii enlistment act the times says sayi the fort fisher affair has developed a new step in the art of war has demonstrated tilt the pos possibility ab ty of making turret ships a as 3 seagoing sea goa going in the ill house of lords derby spoke on the american war ire he said it could collia result only rn in the he t sea separation 1 ration or absolute abRo lute subjugation of the sol south 01 the latter hitter was so repugnant to e acry 1 ery feeling I 1 of human humanity that every out one would rejoice if steps could bo be taken to avert it and regrets that neutrality had not been baft better r received by the north ile he asserted asserted that tile the north was instigated by a spirit of retaliation in tilt the steps she hall had taken towards canada and the object of lie abe north wis was undoubtedly ag aggressive dessive sive lie he hoped the govin ment would vou id take meas ures to secure the preponderance of 0 force on the takes lakes granville gi binville said there was wag still time biln for negotiation on abee matters russell said derby had not done justice to the invitation given to the north no r t h new york feb by the china from liverpool the and queenstown Queens town the tile the globe s paris correspondent says no french il minister linister to washington will be appointed until dayton s post is filled by a bearer of satisfactory esplan explanations actions respecting spec ting 0 the threats against Ill mexico exico new york feb the worlds special says gov morgan in reply to the solicitations soli citations from froll influential to accept the position ot of secretary of the treasury ti masury yesterday 3 es peremptorily declined it february the tribune a correspondent says of fort andirson r it fa a work of great extent covering nearly as much lunch ground as ai foit foi t fishbe anti and is 13 of immense strength tit the front is like that work being bi 5 a series of large mounds or traverses rising twenty five to thirty feet above tile the waters of cape fear river on oil which it fronts to north east and extending in alternating ni mounds traverses angles 0 s and ditches enclosing in an area or of about four square miles its importance is greatly enhanced hal c ed when I 1 state that chat it was connected t with a system of river obstructions torpedoes etc which it would be impossible to pass while |