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1 by .he V .Qdul foe a lew days ago. The oilicer in command of the Vandals who were sent to exfecnte tue work they so ruthlessly and successfully performed, allowed the family, who were living on , the premises at the time, only fifteen I minutes to remove their furniture from ; their house, and all that was not removed I within that time was destroyed by the | flames. The same party burned the I court house, academy, both of the hotels, j jail, and about two-thirds of the best dwelling and business houses in Canton. A lorc^ of some three thousand or four thousand Vandals were within a mile or two of the town, while some seventy of the band were sent into the town under , an officer with orders to burn the house' of Governor Brown, the public buildings, ' and houses of all who have been promin-; cut Southern men. i BEAUREGARD HASTENS TO JOIN THE GEOBO IAXS. Corinth, Nov. 18. via Selma, To the People of (teoryia: Arise for the defence of your native soil! Rally around your patriotic governor and gallant soldiers. Obstruct and destroy all roads in Sherman's front, i flank and rear, and his army will soou j starve in your midst. Be confident and resolute. Trust in our overruling Provi . ~ /* I donee, and success win crown your ei-j forts. I hasten to join you in defence ot your homes and firesides. O. T. BeauREO.uiD. i CONSPIRACY TOJlItt HOTELS. EIGHT HOTELS FIRED AT ABOUT OXE TIME, ' ALSO BARNUM S MUSEUM. Shortly before nine o'clock last night the tire bells sounded for a tire discovered in a bedroom on the tilth tioor of the St. James Hotel, corner of Twenty-sixth r street and Bioadway. Immediately after Barnum's Museum was on tire. AlV>ut the same time a tire was found to be progressing at the St Nicholas Hotel. Almost iuiraediately.afttr u tire occurred in .1 KaHrrwim nt the Lifarcre Hotel. No sooner had this lire been put out than an ola ni w<i8 given that the Metropolitan on fire. e;.ch one of these hotels there ha bee.i unmistakable evidence of incendiarism. The menus used in most cases was phosphorus, conveyed in small bottles, and their contents emptied into the beds, At the St. Nicholas fire was discovered in two separate rooms at the same time. There can be little doubt of the existence j of a eou.spirecy to set fire to the hotels, probably with a view to plunder, ihe means of access to them being easy. The plan adopted by the incendiaries appears to have been that of applying : for a room, the person carrying witn him a small carpet bag, this bag containing j i the combustible matter, Consisting of turpentine and phosphorus. Tue damage done to the St. James Hotel amounts to abont $1,000. ( The St. Nicholas Hotel sulfered the heaviest loss. On the sixth door, trout building, room 147 was discovered on i tire Arst. This was put out with a few pails of water. On the fonrth floor of the ; middle building two bedrooms, Nos. 1:19 j j 140, were found in flames. Here the services of the Aremen were called, and before extinguished the premises were damaged about $5,000. The Laifarge Hotel was damaged about1 $500 ; Are oceuring also in a bedroom. The Metropolitan Hot 1 was Ared in a bedroom. The loss there amounts to! about $1,000. Lovejoy's and the Gramercv Park Ho-1 tels were both flred, but extinguished with but little damage. About midnight the Belmont Hotel, in Fulton street, closely adjoining the Herald office, was set on Are by the same means, st me bottles containing phosphorus being found in one of the rooms. 1 - 'A. IT. Ml The effective five apparatus 01 me nmuu establishment was instantly brought into requisition ; but fortunately there was no nccaKion for its use. The tire was quickly put down. The Fire Department, with ilurshul Baker at their head, was soon on the spot, and their g.-rvices were iminedintely required at Tammany Hall, where an alarm of tire was at tl at moment given. Here a bedroom was consumed, and considerable bss was sustained. a r.oar at ojkdon, ga., on the 2di.ui inst. [From the Richmond Dispatch, Nov. 23.] We have no official information from Georgia. From such intelligence as no y?a 11 /-?V* Tt-V?rtf iro <1onnt fvncf_ i cav ur.i uo iuiuu^u ? ii.ti wc u u.iiworthj' sources, we conclude that Sherman's main army is operating in the j country embraced between the railroads running from Atlanta to Augusta, from i Atlanta to Macon, and the Georgia Cen-!( tral railroad. He is in the very he trt and centre of the State, his infantry columns advancing on Millcdgeville. While this is the directi n of his main column, one body of his cavalry has advanced to with- , in a short distance of Augnsta, and the other has struck the Georgia Central road, leading from Macon to Savannah at ' two points?within a few miles of Macon, , and at Gordon, the junction of the Georgia Central and Gordon and Milledgeville branch railroads. On Sunday a body of onr cavalry, nn-1 der Wheeler, attacked his cavalry at Gordon, but with what result we have; not been able to ascertain. Maj. Gen. Wheeler was at Macon on the lilth. The Xew City of" Rort Royal." The Tax Commissioners for this State ! have laid out about 8b0 acres of land in-! to city lots, ou the most favorable site on : Port Royal Harbor, viz: that on the; Southern extremity of St Helena Island, j to be called the "City of Port Royal."? ' A reference to our advertising columns will show, where, and on what terms the I I sales of the lots will take place. We in-; vite business meu and capitalists to give | the notice of sale, their attention. The > new city already has two good piers and several Government workshops, a naval; hospital and other buildings erected i upon it. It is capable of easy connection by railroad with the main land, and the ! bar at Port Royal Entrance, has four feet more water than the Charleston Bar? | namely, 18 feet at the lowest stage of the : tide. These advantages, added to the evident intention of the Government to make the most of the finest harbor on the i Southern coast, bespeak for the embryo city a brillhmt future. i A Trial of Spekd.?Last Thursday an exciting race occurred on the beach beyond the General Hospital. Mr. Fuller entered his b. g. Rackalfones. Mr. : Gregory entered br. g. Highflyer, to sad-; die and harness. Distance, half mile, and repeat After considerable mancenvering to exhibit the brilliant points of the two animals, they were called to time : by the umpire, and both started off in ; fine style. Rackahones, (very appropriate) showed a pretty good bottom, and ! gained on Iliyhflyer, passing the quarter i mile post inJive minntes time ; the latter animal showed signs of caving in, 1 and succeeded in reaching the pole in 11^ minutes. ]?oth of the spirited animals were well rubbed down and prepared for the home stretch. Again starting in good style, going it neck and neck for a short distance, it seemed a doubt j in the minds of the sporting gentlemen, which would be the successful animal. A sudden plunge of ft tcko)tones gave him the lead which he kept successfully, reaching the starting poiut about ten minutes in advance of bis competitor. , The following is the record of the umpire : First Heat. Rackabones, b. g 8.10. Highflyer,, br g 18. 5. Second Heat. Kackabones 12.21. H'gbflrer 22.10. i # t lilurollineiit of* Civilians. Friday evening hist, a meeting of civilians was called, by the district commander, through Provost Marshal Pratt, for the purpose of enrolling all the able bo-. iUa /vAvni>ntYio^^ omnlnr VUCU U1UU 1IUC 111 lUt ^VVVAUIUVUW vMl into a military organization. Though it was a late hour when the notice was given, the Theatre Building was completely crowded, and considerable interest was manifested to do cheerfully whatever duty might devolve upon them. Captain Pratt called the meeting to order, and stated in detail what was expected of them, calling upon them to organize as large a force as possible. He then retired, when Col. Dunbar was called to the chair ; who, in a few felicitions remarks urged upon every one present to respond to the call cheerfully. Before the meeting w.is adjourned two lull companies were enrolled, when a committee was appointed to select commanding officers. The meeticg w;is postponed to Saturday evening, when the organization was fully completed. This is a good move, and one in which every body should take an interest. There are a large number of civilians at this post who have received the benefits of military protection for a long time, and if the exigency should arise, it is well to bo prepared to protect ourselves. Whatever is done should be executed with alacrity, and it any one imagines that it is something easily evaded, let them beware of a duty that will be more laborious than the carrying of a musket It is rarely that we have seen a more beautiful sight than was witnessed Thursday evening last, in the navy tleet. All the vessels of the squadron in the harbor were brilliantly illuminated with variegated lights, which shone resplendent in the bay. Rockets were tired at .ntervals from all the vessels. ?It is with feelings of the deepest regret that we announce the death of Galex H. Osuorxe, which took place at six P. M., Wednesday. His disease was congestion of the lungs and diabetes. He was correspondent of the New York 7/ciahl, an itble writer, and an amiable gentleman. The Xorth S!ar, Capt. Jokes from A? pinwall, with California mails and passengers, aa?! a large specie list, arrived at our port Tuesday last, having in tow the steamer Augusta, naval convoy, whose machinery gave out. The Captain of the Xorth Mar reports that the leaders of a conspiracy ha I been arrested at Panama, whose object was to seize the line of steamers in the Pacific and convert them into piratical crafts. Brig."? TT < i nt Pjhurl VTt'Il. lUllt.l, KJ. ?J. A?y itv ? them all arrested and safely lodged in jail. The Trade Wind arrived at a late hour Wednesday evening. Purser Fkldhan has our thanks for X. Y. papers to tLe 2<!th. Planters, Ho! Of couse^ von expect to, muscularly speaking, but we l^ive uttered the above exclamation for the purpose of advising you to consult your own interests to be subserved by a careful reading of the notice of United States sale of 10,'M)0 acres of valuable plantation lands on Port Royal Island?together with other property?full and due notice of which is published elsewhere in this paper. The rebel leaders and inhabitantsure sorely perplexed about the mysterious movements of Sherman. None know from what quarter he will make his appearance, nor wliat hour. The rebel le: gislature of Georgia precipitately adjourned sine die, and the members skedaddled in every direction. Beauregard has given birth to another of his fearful shrieks and the whole institution is in the last | stages of rapid decay. A few more kicks (and the whole batch will slide into the j mysterious region of purgatory. PUBLIC SALE Of LANDS IN THE PARISH OF ST HELENA. BEAL*| F< >RT DISTRICT, SOUTH CAROLINA. | Under the direction and instructions of the | President of the United States, issued of the ' date of September 16th, 1863, in pursuance of the j eleventh section of an act entitled " An Act for the collection of direct taxes in insurrectionary districts within the United States, and for other purposes." approved June 7,1S62, and of the act amendatory of said act, approved February 6, 1863. we, William Henry Brisbane, William E. W rding. and Dennis X. Cooiey, United States Direct Tax Commissioners, for the district of South Carolina, do hereby declare and make known that a public sale will be held at the office of the Commissioners aforesaid, in the town of I Beaufort, Parish of St Helena, Beaufort. District, ' State of South Carolina, commencing on the 1st | day of February, 1865, at 11 o'clock A. M, of said ? day, for the disposal of the following tracts or i parcels of land, to wit : OX POr.T ROTAL ISLAND. The Henry Stuart Place 120 Acre* I Soring Hill 400 " jotaheite 600 ?? i The William Perryclear Place 616 ?* J Orangeburg 150 " The Ann Perryclear Place, including i Jack Island 415 " ; The I loyd Field 240 ? ' Murk'e Bush 4%) * i ThorRetreat 600 " The Ellis Cherry Hill 671 " I The Tom Baynard Place 750 j The Habersham Place 750 ' ! Prospect Hill 1022 " J Orovc Hill 560 " j Burlington 400 ** I * * urui ?. oooawaru Rice Park llfifl ? The Campbell Pine Land 120 " Woodland 75 " And the Pine Lar d Tract except two hundred acres of the same heretofore redeemed from the Tax Sale of March 1803, by Frederick A. Eustis 1000 " The above being comprehended in Township One (1) South, and in Township One(l) and Two (2) North, according to the Direct Tax Commissioners' Survey, for the district of South Carolina. The last three tracts of land are to be sold subject to the right ef the United States to cut and remove the wood aud timber therefrom without compensation to th? owners. ON ST. HELENA ISLAND. The North half of the North-east quarter ot | Section Thirty-one (31). Township One < 1) South, Hange One (i) East of the St. Helena Meridian, ! containing Eighty (80) acres. ON LADIES ISLAND, j The fractional sotith-lialf of the south-half of (Section thirty-three (33.) Township one (1,) North, Range one (1,) West, containing seventy (70) acres. Also, j Harbor Island 400 Acres. Fiipps' Island 1,0(X) " I Capers'Island 1,000 " j The last three tracts of land will be sold anb' ject to the right of the United States to cut and remove the wood aud timber threfrom without compensation to the owners. Also, the following Lots and Blocks in the town ooM Diviuh nf sif Hpli.nfl tn wit Block 7, Lot A, in Block 8, Lot* B ami C, in I BliX'k 26, Lot A. in Block 27, Block 31, Lot C, in Block 34. Lots C and E in Block 49, Lota B, D and E in Block 59, Lot B in Block 60, Lot F. in Block 6t. I?t B, in Block 69, Lot B in Block 107, and all other Lots and Blocks bid in to the United States at the U. S. Direct Tax Sales of March 1S63, and not occupied for military, naval, educational, charitable, revenue or police purj pOSl'S. j The alxtve lands arc to be sol 1 in divisions or pnrce's not to exceed three hundred and twenty acres to any one purchaser. Said sales will not be kept open longer than ninety days from the commencement of the same. And we do further make known and declare \ that the raid lands will be set up for sale at one i dollar and twenty-five cents an acre each, aud ; t?,.. urn. trill unt- lw snld unit ss the bids ad vauee beyond that sntn, and that when any tracts ot lots of land have erected thereon dwelling houses, barns, cabins, or other out-houses, the satue will be appraised at the cash value thereof, aiul in c ase any of the said lots or tracts i of land on which the said buildings are erec ted, i shall tail, when offered for sale as afore-aid, to be bid up to a ?um equal to one-third part of the aje j praised value thereof, the same will be withdrawn from this sale. ; The Commissioners reserve a single bid to l>e < publicly made by them or by their authority on I each parcel or tract of laud offered for sale of such sum as they may deem eligible, not less than one-third part of the appraised value. * * ? 1. A i uiven uuaer our juujuk ai me mwu m wm; fort aforesaid, tliis 19th day of November, A. D., 1864. WM. HENRY BRISBANE, W. E. WORDING, D. N. COOLEY, U. S Direct Tax Commissioner* for the District ! of South Carolina. i