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7 OFFICE OF TIIE X TIIK la Basement New BuWinff. . rttWie Square. r .Ji.i.wni to lornirUwl wiin the very ot . lku- "iuuon of mil kinds of fcilain UiOMieruIforUeccuu f .ro inr this kI uncj Liberty press, which works tflSK ruTta do work .1 Northern and S.To?xrk. .ccompank-d by the cash, wil pKtl wiU prxppt attention. . i . - . -fe- mirxni icaimu THE PICKET. ill aaiet Vrg the Potomac." they tmjf "Excvpt, n"w sad tben, stray ;ket Ii bot. walks on his brt to and f rox Uy riflemen hid la the thicket. nothing private or two, now ami then, Will not roant In the news of the battle ; i XC d aftkwr kwt, only one of the men, Mtug,lti N loMe U denth rattk. III qti!ct idonff tke Potomac to-night," ijcre tlm soldiers lie peacefully rvnain; Tlcir tents in the rays of the clear autumn moon. Or the lightif the watcu nre. are gleaminS- . irrinulous righ from the jntle nlebt-wM , t ThroujU tlforeM kav slowly & wn;rM trWki t un op above, with their guttering eyes, crp guard ; for the army is slecimg. Tbere is .nly the .and of the As he tnuwp- from the nk to the "V"' ' And thiak- t U two in the low tnin, bed. Fr away ia the col on the mountain. Hismolket falls aLck-bUto dk and grim, h raarfrr A prayer for 1U cutMrea MKcn. IW l" nU.ef.s-J Hnen defend bcfI - - Lj'tW mm tfwtl " v " MM! aeeaaa so sae j ' , .i.f m Kn ih lore ret unapoken JWjV fc his lip, and when k.w murmured tows ttWlWwiiwrtolebwkt-n. j Then towing UU sTcee rmi5u!y over bis eyes, s lie Lle the tear lhanirwcH t n.t nVM his sniO UO m.. As "if u keep down the beart-swt llr worn ihcfunuln the blartcd pine tree 4 . . .. I.. J- trinir and wea'T. - Vei :n:: .-nu,U the broad belt of light. Toward the shade of the fotest so dreary. Hark wa it tle night-wind that rustled the leaves? Wii it nan.nJifhl suddenly flashing ? It kked like a rifle: 3Ury, jrood bj-er , And the life-blood is ebbing and splashing. All qntet aknjt tlw IVHomae to-night; atiund save the rush of the river; , While soft fslj the dew on the facc-of the dead . The pitket's off duty forever! j , From the New York Sun. October ?. V THE UTAH WASFAEE. - :)'. The. Penitentiary or the Gallows Looming Up fia the' Future for Brigham Yonng. lrij:bnm lins publicly worti that lie TmlI mvir !c taken h? writ. Thi U hni nllo bra;al'Xi, ami the fwiomr'tlie liim vkltl like any other citizen lHiMe sec to the call of the Unite.! Mntc Jlarshair, the sooner lniteI State Marshall; ca!e will fall from their eyes. In-the fiilms of hi glory he was reckless. hen lie mv a womail that lillol his eyc, it maJe no ilifferem-c wlio istmnl in bin way. For ten jTr.he h taken no extni wife,nn.l neeine.1 to nil ajK'arance to !e eontente! whh the nnmUT that hf tial ; l.nt none of his yivc wen?" nettunplishcik Tliey were plain in maiim-n, like himsilf, and unpretentious; wwl hoiisktvien. nu.I excellent nmlher. "When the annv vncuniKHl here in 1858, ami he ui:ule srnne money hy fellin'j to them pri vate! v, "while, he- publicly forbade! the jeople to ih the inc thiujr, he le?an to p t tiplift rL Sn after the prosjH-rity lejrnn, nmontj ttJ iiiiMii-rnntH came a rather old Misn Amel ia Kolsoin from Council IIIufTs Iowa. She was tlie attnM tion at the wn ial parties." I urinir the firt winter, M she conM wig ami ' play the pian.' IJnham fnnciexl her. A young - ihsii hcrv W p.-tvimr attention to her. IJricr- liam ne him a inission. an-1 it uih broke liia Itrart. i Thin Miss Foloni hnl another string to ht !-kft in Council IJlnfK lie came ion ami wanl! to marry her, ami "she wantetl Vun : but l.nuham liehl her with a revelation It hal lvn rvvealcl to him that she shonhl marrv bim. ; A long cunrUhlp, sml jtlie fol- iIi oll man a carnage stood hours every lay K-fore MiVs FolnPs door, s Three different time were s-t for their marriage. Three time the "oiMlowment lionse wa warmo t' in the winter time for the ceremonr, am each time she disappintel him.1 Finally, afraid of thw" LordV listleanrc, Miss Fol oin consented. ince tliat time the man who wore homespun who preached against fash ion ami the vanitv ot the world has icoome gay and fashionable ns bis years jermit: le has rwrlr call every. morning to shave ltini.citri his hair, and perfume him np, jnnd . 1 C .1 1 ..1.L . 1 iio win uiu lksk aiio iinofL iiruaui'Mii ii . nmi wkilo bis oUmt wives maintain their -former -plain attire, Amelia has the richest silks and .Lroaadea that can be imported. With it I all, she 19 i dissatisfied, and leads the prophet wherever she ha a inunl to. and snubs bim tmuteruifnlly. She makes a perfect laughing stock of him. She opposed! hat she was to be the last and favorite w(ife; but lirigharn saw two Moominrr crass widows and married" them, 'and, to the terriole chagrin of favorite Amel ia, one of Jhem'has brought the prophet n danghterl Of all the gossipy towns on the face of the earth this holds the palm, and the .gowsip alout the young daughter is frightful. .Amelia his circulated the most scandalous stories abont old ace and infirmity, and qnes- tione paternity, i The other young wife is a bUck-eved, enick, smart girl, . that seems to rare nothing fr bim, and enjoys herself hogelr. fome )f these are certain to bring trouble upon him if summoned to court, and if he is indicted they assuredly will appear in court. . . .." " j 1 The brother of the United States Marshal leaves to4lay with documents to be submitted to the Attorney General, asking for adTice in regard to th charges that are mnde against Hrigham Yjnng, referring back to 1856 and 13 7, at which time there is no doubt of mnr. ders having been commuted by the Danites, with the connivance of the Mormon leader. "HilP flickman, a notorious Danite, a vile murderer', and a dirty scoundrel, has divulged to the United States'Marshal and the United States District Attorney the murders that "he hai committed, end in which he implicates Krijchairt as accessory, both lcforc and after .the fact. Ilickrcan, aware of the penalty ot his crimes is trembling like a miserable cow ard, and kays thai he will fell all if:they will only spare "his life, that he does not want to die. r Xo one but a" fanatic would have ever con sented to-' the murders that Hickman was privy to, and the inevitable result ensues. The United States jadiciary have got "the dead "tod" upon the prophet, and there is nothing can save him from the peuitcntbry or the gallows. -1 , , ; Coming to the worst with Ilrigham, it may 'be counted upon that hi followers will fight 'under Lieutenant General Wells if there is a. particle of show for them. If the Govern ment thoroeghly understands our situation, a competent, trustworthy general sbouht he sent here in whom the nation baa confidencel Colonel De Trobriand, now in command of tie troops, has not the confidence ofAither his officers of the people. - TJere are lively times ahead for the J-ropuet. . j From the "Washington ChronicleJ . - CHICAGO A WASTED 1 CITY. THE FIRE FIEND TRIUMPHANT t 11 , A Terror Stricken PopTalation. ' . - '.' -..' One 'Hundred Thouiand Persons Homeless and Houseless.. An Area of Fire Ulilei Burned Oyer. - . . . . ( The fire at Chicago has horrified the pnb- lie It is a caimity wnica cannot be con templated br the strongest natures without shuddering. To think of it in all its terrible ci re am stances causes the blood to run cold through one's veins, and fairly makes the hair stand on end. But two days aeo am the city was as usual. Business , was active' men and women walked the thronged street in perfect security; Chicago,.was crowded; pleasure in a thousand forma delighted the dmiztns of one of Uio imp remarkable cities of wlitcli we have any knowledge. : The very building of marble and grantie and iron seemetl to be secure for ages to come, Everything was going on just as though the future was all provided against, i Suddenly there is an alarm ot fire, ibe cituena srener ally soon learn that it is in an obscure part o the city, and things in the main go on as nsa L By late bedtime tie fire is subdued, and Chicago wakes up on Sunday morning pre pared to attend to the duties and frolics o the lar qnite in the ordinary way. No doubt the churches were crowded, and there were eloquent preaching and admirable music, as is the wont in that noted city. , But the morning of another day told a different story. The whole city was a paroxysm o: terror, and might well be, tor, meantime, the fire fiend had broken loose again, and Kccm-'d irresistibly bent upon the' complete destruction of the magnificent j city of the lakes. And at this hour the fearful caimity to Chieasro is receiving the profoundest syni path v of the whole of Christendom. Every one feels that an awlul event nas taken place. It is difiicnlt under such circumstance sober Iy to relate the events of the terrible disaster as they have occurreu ; out, we stiaa enuea vor'to'do so as well as we may bo 'able from a. pretty good knowledge of the city and the dispatches which have thus far reached usl In order' to get an intelligent understanding 1f the situation in the unhappy city, it wil 1k well to give first a getierul description o: Chicago. Tlie city, as is well known, is immediately ori the shore of Lake Michigan. The Chicar r, river flows into the lake not far from the middle of the citv north and southA littl4 less than a mle fiom the lake the river di vidra into two brandies wnicn are caucil re-r spectivelv the Xorth and Sonth . branch There are thus, as a matter of f:lct, three ii ;Ions of the citv. which are reeomiizeu in lniv .nlo. and kii"wn as north, south, and west divisions. Of these the west divisions ; tho l.iro-cst in extent, and contains the most people, but the great bulk of the bnsi ness of Chicago is done in the south division Here are the banks, the great hotels, the boards of ttade, the Chamber of Conmiercei of offices of all the daily journals, the j great wholesale houses, most of the theaters, the opera house, insurance offices, the apartments of speculators, itc., etc. There are j many ma n n factories in the north and west division, but the great active life of Chicago is j south of Chicago ; river between tlm lake and jjie S.ntli branch. In this space:. for a distance of about eight blocks from the main river, the Ci-bat business operations oi uiecuy are per-t formed. This part of the city j has! been noted for its great and splendid ; buildings. Here for many consecutive blocks were vast structures, beautiful in design and wonder fully imposing in general effect, j The part of Lake street on this side of the river, and the second street from the principal stream", is not surpassed by any street in America. No part of Broadway for so great a distance is, equal to it. At the head of this street on the lake is the t;reat Union Depot, built of stone and iron, and aliout as large as the Capitol of the United States. Three blocks ditant was the Tremont House, larger than Wol in Washington, now in ruins.' . The streets crossing this and parallel therewith wrp all built up with noble structures mauificent proof of "the enterprising spirit nfthP citizens of Cliicaso. une oi me e.ross- in'rr atrpots is the famous "WabaRh aveDiie, the most noted citv driveof the metroiolis, adorn ed with a thousaml leaufafnl residences and nmnv rreflt churches. 3Iichigan avenue. fronting on the lake, is another. In point of residences this is the Fifth avenue of Chicago; ' TIia north division, near-. the lake, has many find residences, which are noted for ex tensive grounds and elaborate ornamentation hi trs and shrubbery. But there are no such ereat rows of business houses here as on thm Entb ide : neither are there on the west side; but this rarVot the city does much bnsiness. and always wears an animated look. Some of the finest residences or. tne city are here, and also soma of the most noted churches. In all part of the city except the northern part for, say, three-quarters of a mile from Chicagoriver there are mauy wooden buildings. J lie city is noi, in an w'tiJ it- eomnactlv built. It is , about twelve, miles long, north and south, and about six miles wide ; being, in fact, one of the most extensive cities, in geograpnicai area, in the world. In front of the city is the lake, in rear a, vast expanse of prairie. So that, when the winds do blow at Chicago, they blow with great force. Such ibas been the case during the terrible visitation oi which we are now to speak. 51 There were two fires on Saturday; night. One was in Wells street, in the south divis ion, bnt, though ordinarily it would have cre ated some excitement, it is hardly mentioned t1i4trrrt calamity that followed. On tho same evening, however, there wa a great fire on the west side, tit consumed several blocks of buildings, but was at length Subdued by the fire department. By these fires many families were rendered Jiomeless, but the buildings were mostly popr, and the loss was not estimated at more tlian half a million dollars. Except as a temporary in convenience, the disaster would not have at all interrupted the activity and progress of Chicago. But on Sunday night, about 9 o'clock, began the great conflagration. It is at this writing raging with almost unabated fury, having already laid in ruins more than one third of one of the most flourishing and enter prising cities of modern, times, and turned homeless in the treets and country very many more souls than Ihe whole population of the District of Colombia. If every house in the city of Washington were destroyed to-morrow, heartrending and horaible as the caimity would be, it would still be less dread ful than that which has jusU befallen our sis- ASI1EVILLB, N. ter city of the lakes. , f i iThe great conflagration began in the west division' :nke two miles and a half south west of the Court-house. Tho fire originated on Dekoven street, a short atiunimportant thoroughfare, j On one side of the block is Jefferson, on tlie other Des Plaines street, running north and south; next east of Jefferson is Clinton street. All these are long and important streets, and on two of them for two or three miles are1 street rail ways.' The fire became unmanageable, and, impelled by a furious gale, swept over the i V - r- . i-. a.-. 3 uoomeu cny, iirsi in a noixnern airecuun, auu then eastward. It raged with fearful furyj along both sides of the South branch. Here were immense lumber-yards, with millions o feet of dry lumber, and vast coal and wood- yards, all full of the best possible combust! bles. 4 There were ten thousand tons of soft coal in one of these yards 1 'There are sever al of them in this part of the city. The heat of such an immense fire must hare been like that -of a seven-times heated furnace.. It po doubt prevented the mer of the fire' de partment from performing as efficient service as could have been done under ordinary cir cumstances. And so the flames went on with resistless power, and about midnight of San day reached the heart of the business partol the city, and were glaring down hot on the Chamber of Commerce itself, the Court-bouse. and the crreat" marts of trade. At 1 o'clock the Union National Bank building one o the noblest structures of the kind in the Union was in flames. An hour afterwar the vast marble-front building in which is the Principal office of the Western Union Telecraph, and also the headquarters o General Sheridan, becan to burn. Then the Chamber of Commerce, then the Court-house then ithe Sherman House, and by noon o: yesterday half of the business portion . o Chicago was vin flames. They embraced many! crreat hotfrls, the Academy of Design the Art Gallery of the Opera House, the officea of the Efening Post, the Times, the Mail,! the Staa-Zeitnng, the Journal, the Abend Zeitungiithe. Custom-house, city Post Office, four theaters, a thousand magnificent buildings, costiiicr'manv millions of dollars to erect! In the Academy and Art Gallery were many invaluable works of art, in the latter - a.,1 .. 1 - T: .1 ' Dfinff. an ion ir oiner uoieu woiiks, uicisuuv printing of Yosemite Valley. Int these now smokmc ruins were Srrc.it halls,! extensive libraries, im mense book stores, and a large number of hoautifnl dwellincrs. which had received the decorations of many years of tasteful care. eriviiig to Chicago the name of the Garden CitvJ Many churches have also been de stroyed. We print in our tetearaphic columns manv items of profound and melancholy inter- est, tne wnoie oemg one oi me sauuest reuurus i I i 1 C .1 . . 1.1 . 1 . that i hnstendom. hns been called upon to read for many generations and the like of which, we trust it may please Heaven, no succeeding generation may be palled J upon to 1 immt as all inen' must lament this awfull catastrophe! ! i Cincinnati; October 9. Ihe Mayor ot Chicago, about an hour ago, telegraphed to the Mayor of St. Lous for food foi the suffer ing. It is said that the city is m ashes, and thr tl the water-works are burned to the ground. Tlie following message, signed by the Mayor of Chicago, was sent to the .Mayor ot ot Tonis this morninc: "Send us food for the suffering. Our city is in ashes. Our water works are hurt. St. Louis. October 9. Mayor Brown has received a message from Chicago, asking food for the suffering people of that city. He has called a mass meeting of citizens tat the Merchants' Exchange, at 1 2 o clock, which will be larsely. attended. . The sympathy here is universal , all classes expressing the deepest feeling aud sorrow for tlie suffering people, jsiayor wrown nas a special train ready to start with fire engines. Thetreets in front of the newspaper offices are thronged. A later dispatch has just been received from Chicago, asking for hre engines and men. They will re sent at once. The dispatch also says the fire is still furiously. 1 - ; . Chicago. October 9, 10 A. M. The entire business lKirtion of the city is destroyed, in cludinff all the banks, express, telegraph, and newsoaoer offices except the Tribune s. - Six elevators and: the water-worjes nave Dewi hnrned. Tliere is no water in the city. . Not less that ten thousand buildings have already hreu destroved. The fire has burned over a distance of five miles, and is still raging, The wind is blowing a gale. It will be al most impossible to get any reliable detailed particulars for gome time, as there is only one telegraph wire working, and that only to tlie suburbs, ij I New L York; October 9. The fire is still raging at Chicago and spreading south. One of the railroad s superintendents telegraphs that the fire has reached Wabash avenue, and is snreadincr rapidly. His location is three miles south of Wabash ! avenue, and Ihe ex presses an opinion that the fire will reach him . ' ... I! . - . . . I t 1 i I - I before nignt. !Jo water is wi oe naaj Washington, October 9 11.30 A. Mr. Wilson, manaarer of the Chicago office of ; the Western Union Telegraph, telegraphs as lol- ows: "Every banking-house and railroad depot in the city is burned. We are trying to get offices established in the Supply De partment, but the fire is coming down Wabash avenne, and we expect to be burned out Here before night." ! . J . Butfaix),' October 0. The following par ticulars of the great I fire at Chicage have been obtained from J. N. : Crittenden, an opei ator of : the Western, Union Telegraph Uompany in inicago, wuo nas jus arnveu at Englewood, 111., "ten f miles southeast of Chicago. Mr. C. left th city on an engine at 8.30 J o'clock this . morning. Tlie fire com menced about 9 o'clock last night, near, the corner of Jefferson and Delevan streets, and swept everything, before it, taking a north easterly course through the central part of the city. The Court-house, Western Union Telegraph office, hotels, banks, and apparently everything within half a mile I west of the Court-house, and as far south as Polk street, and probably west of State street, and per haps east of that, are all destroyed. The fire now rages on the HOrth side," east of Wells, street, extending up to Chicago! avenue in a northeasterly direction. It is being checked to the windward on the south and west sides. ' The wind seems to blow hard, and to be changing toward tlie south. I think the fire reaches toward the great Central Depot, and that it Is probably destroyed. The Lake Shore and Michigau Southern and the Kock Island depots, the city water-works,' the Tre mont House, the Sherman House,' and Cros-j by'a Opera House ; are among- the buildings destroyed. The elevators on Main and Uiver streets must have been burned, as tlie fire was raging on both sides at 7 o'clock, when I was there. Thousands of people are house C, T IITJRS D AY, less. The loss will exceed fifty, millions of dollars.1' ";' .- ''''7l.-:-'' '''M''' Englewood, (ten miles from Chicago,) Oc tober 9 1 1 A. M. The work of devastation continues. More than one-half of the city is already destroyed, and the flames continue their ravages almost, uiuipposed. At about 1 o'clock this morning the flames crossed the river at tho Adams street bridge, soon de stroyed the gas works, and then spread in every directiou. At this hoor- almost every building from Harrison street north to the Chicago river is destroyed, including all the insurance oraces, banks, uoteis, xeiegrapn offices, and newspaper offices, with the excep- tion of the Tribune office,' which is fire-proof, The Court-house, Sherman blouse, .Tremont House, Palmer House, neir.PaciSc Hotel, new Biglow Hotel, and, in facV everything else, are swept clean, This district embraces all the heavy business houses in the city. The ram of fir ,aud brimstone upon bodora and Gomerrah . can , hardly i bev compared to th' dvastfttirir' rain" of J'thii ' fire flehd f Oil Jliu ago. iuore man one nan or ine population are now msiuu - uirougu bhwib vehicles obtained at enormous prices, f on foot, and in every other way, with their choicest household treasures in their arms and on their backs, ' in utter confusion, not knowing whither to go. Fearful suffering must follow, and almost immediately. Full one hundred and fatty ' thousand ptrsons are at this moment homeless and houseless, not knowing where to lay their heads or getting anything to satisfy the cravings of hunger, !' 'night' DISPATCHES. ; I ! New York, October 9. A special dis patch from Englewood, 111., time ID o'clock this morning, says the Are has been partially subdued by the fiW departments from Mil waukee and other cities in conjunction with the; Chicago- firemen. It is not known whether any lives are lost, but the streets are filled with people," many mourning missing relatives and inends. wasningion, jiauison, Market, Clinton, Jefferson! Buffalo, and 'Gis wold streets, and all that part of the city, are a blackened mass. Uhous&nds ot people "in vehicles are on the roads from the village,? to aid the people in Chicago. The firemen and policemen are working likf heroes. i qe nre has extended over a: circuit of three miles and both sides of the; Chicago riter are in ruins. Great exertions were made to save the court-house and gas-house, but in vain Th lnttpr exploded with threo reDorts, but no lives were lost. '1 he city to-night win be , . . i . in darkness. Thirty or forty vessels in the river are now burning and many more are destroyed. The finest .'blocks of dwellings and finest building in the city ar in ashes Every man in the-city is called on to do duty. Nearly all the bridges across tne river are . .... . .i . burned. All is terror; Cincinnati, October 9.4-A dispatch from Snnerintendent Wilson.' it . Chicago, says cooked food will be most vTanted at present. At least 75.000 people are on the, streets. Oswego. October 9.1 The members pt the Oswego Board of Trade have contributed $2,000 to the Chicago sufferers. Cincinnati, October 9 Ihe great nre m Chicago nqw monopolizes all attention, and suspended. ' I The reat i .1 business is entirely calamity moves every heart. The citizens meeting at the Chamber ot Oomraerce was largely attended. Committees on transporta tion and finances were appointed, and sub scriptions and cash payments were at once re ceived. The Chamber of Commerce gave $5,000. Many leading firms gave $1,000 ap.h. At 12 o'clock $25,000 had been sub- srrihd Tlie Hamilton and Da, ton, and Tndinnnnoli and Lafavette Railroad Com panics have ottered to transport an supplies . i -i . i .. i free of charge. At a meeting of both boards of the Common Council, held at 1 o clock to day, it was unanimously resolved to appro priate: $100,000 for the relief ot Chicago, despite their legal inability to make such an appropriation, but pledging themselves indi vidually until it can be legalized by legisla tion. i Chicago. October 9. Noon. The whole business portion of the city is in ashes, from Harrison street north to Chicago avenue, and east of the river to Lake! avenue. The fire has swept a district three miles in length to a rmla Or ft milo and a halt lit width, ine wind Is blowing a perfect gale from the south west, iwith a skv of brass. ! No one can tell ivKat tha nd will bp. i The Otilv RalVatiori f Or the remainder of the city ia in the wind keep- streets for miles arc lined with household goods. No one dare think what the loss of ifemaybe. The flames swept through we city with therapidity of prairefire,andnmny raiha!t LZ assistance are coming in from every quarter. A ("reliable gentleman inst arrived from the north division brings the intelligence that the water works are uninjured. God. grant that it niay prove true. ,y It is impossible now to give an appro xi mately correct statement of the losses, but a aint idea may be formed when it is stated mat every Danic in ine cuy eicep vwv sav ings institutions on Twenty-second -street, in the south division, and one on Kandolpu street, in the west "division, are destroyed ; also all the wholesale stores, all the retail es tablishments. the post office, the court house the Chamber of Commeree, and every notei ' W.I in the south division, except the Michigan Avenue Hotel, which is standing on the ex treme southern limit, though badly scorch ed Every newspaper office, including the I Tribune building, which was supposed to be fireproof, finally succumbed. Every theatre, six of I the largest elevators, the immense de- pots of the Michigan, Southern and Illinois Central llailroads, both the passenger and fright depots of the latter, more than a score of churches, and much of the shipping is" de- 8troyed. Men who j were millionaires yester- day are nearly penniless to-day; bpt more terrible' than all is the certainty that many perished in the flames how many no one fi depots and. manufacturing establmh can tell ; perhaps no' one will evet-to tell ; but i The full : lent of. the danger was it:is known that several nerished. and there is a heart-sickening fear that the victims can be counted by scores.' Hundreds of horses and cows have been burned in stables, and pn the no'th side a number of animals, though released from confinement; were so bewilder ed and confused by the sea of fire which sur rounded them that they rushed wildly to and ro, uttering cries of fright and pain until scorched and killed: Any attempt at de scription of the scenes of appalling calamity would be idle. The simple fact is that the oncp ereat citv of Chieasro idestroyed : that hundreds of millions of active capital naye o - - - J & . ". , , 1 of Chicago s in- habitants are houseless. : Any attempt to em bellish vt ould be mockery. Asjthis awful day draws to a close thous ands I of anxious eyes watch the clouds of smoke which still roll over the burned dis trict.! with evident dread that a sudden OCTOBER 1 i) , change of wind niay turn the flames on the portion of the eity .yet spared. Tliere seems, however, little, apprehension of it, aud fire men from Other cities are constantly arriving. Colonel Clowry, of St. , Louis, telegraphs that $70,000 have been subscribed by the merchants there, -j Cincinnati promises $200, 00), and Cleveland is proportionately gener ous, although a grtal deal more will be re quired to relieve immediate wants. ' " About three-fourths of the United States mail was saved and i taken possession of by Colonel Wood, of the postal service. ', " f Chicago, October 9, 6 p. is. The ' pro gressing flames in the south division, were finally .arrested about one o'clock p. m. ' This was accomplished by blowing up and com pieteiv demousning several bandings ; on Wabash Avenue and Congress street, by Lieutenant General oneridan.. The district bunled over in the 'south di vision embraces everything from the main branch of the Chicago river ' to the lake, and 1 mnnfr Imnt' TOO ; blonksL i Tliis intte.t i contained , aiL; tne leading 'business, nouses w oanKS, insurance omces, oiejs, ccc. : ,awo, a large number : of churches, including-, St. Mary s,. Trinity, r-rirst Fresbytenan, Second Presbyterian, St. Paul's, Swedenborgian, fec. The Methodist Church on the, corner of Wabash avenue- and Congress street is saved. It is said the Michigan Avenue hotel,' on the corner of Michigan avenue and Congress street, and Congress Hall, immediately ad-. , joining it, are saved. The residences of Gov ernor liross, Hon. John 1 oung bcallon, h. C. Griggs, Peter L. Kqss, and other leading cit izens are completely destroyed. I West of Clark street, in the; southern di vision, the fire extended south as f ar as Pol- lok street, sweeping j everything before it. Tlie distance burned over here is some three blocks wide artd over half a mile in length, embracing about twenty block.! Tlie, build ings M'ere generally of the cheaper- character saloons, small shops, poor residences, &c. The district burned over on. the west side commences at layior street, running irpm Deckoven to Jefferson street. The fire ran m t . . .. ' thence four or five blocks north, and then moved diagonally toward the driver, and fin ally its western limit was on Clinton street, reaching thence to the river. T It moved in this line northward till it reached the North western and West Side depots, were it stop ped- a distance of nearly two miles from where it started. The Pittsburg, Fort Wayne, and Chicago, and Ithe Chicago and St. Louis Railroad depots were in this district and are destroyed. Almost the entire northern di vision, from the main branch of the Chicago river to Lincoln Park nearly two miles in length and one niile in width is completely destroyed, including the water-works, 3 large number of elegant churches, &c. This dis trict embraces almost the entire business part of the city. , ; ;! : " ' Tho territory sonth oi Harrison street, in the southern division, reaching but many. iles, and coyeredjilmost entirely with build ings, mostly of the better class, is untouched, and may now be regarded as safe from in- lurv. : - . J? or miles and miles in every direction tne sidewalks, lawns, vacant lots, and front yards fll'nI n-iffi lwu-k'iilo u'lm have tsAnrrw1 from the burning houses, taking with them only a scanty amount of furniture - and clothing. The sight is truly heartrending. These peo ple must receive quick relief jr. money ,or they will perish from exposure and starvation. JSkw Ioek, uctober y, unanignt -j-xne telegraph office improvised in the southern part of Chicago, as it was supposed, beyond the reacli ot the flames, nas been abandoned arid communication with the city is again suspended. It is expected another office will be opened during tne nigoLjiwomues ouui of the last place ot retuire. ihe operators before leaving their instruments, reported that the wind had veered tj the north and was driving! the flames back and southward. The fire had already reached the neighbor hood of the office and the men were coin nelled" to flee. Their last words were, "There now appears no hope of saving . the southern part of the city. , : i Cincinnati, October y. A special fain leaves to-night with a committee of citizens and four" car loads of provisions. Donations of provisions continue. the klames extinguished. Since the above was in type, our exchanges inform ns that a heavy rain on Monday night ' nnp4i , follows on the' afternoon of the Mf j ' , r p ' buildin on Thirty-fiist street, but was speedily pu Thirty-first street, but was speedily put out. lncendians are dusv, dui seveuror eiirufc have been hanged or shot on sight. ' Signed,! Anson Stag if e. 1IOW THK FIRE OCCURRED. The following report of the fire and its in cidents has been made especially for the As sociated Press, by those who witnessed and fought the flames throughonti 1 Late on Sunday night, a boy went into a stable, on Dekoven street, near the river, on tho west side, to milk a cow, carrying witn him a kerosene lamp. This was kicked over bv the cow. and the burning fluid was scat- tered among tne straw, inw was ui uegw mng oi tne great nre. : mugiu ugiuiiuu oh the ground, or the active work of the po lice ia tearing down one or two shanties, would have prevented the spreading of the . hut the ensrines were waited for, and wnen theyj arrived, the firemen, stupefied by their exertions at the r first flr6 on Satur- dav niht, worked slowly and clumsily, and tt)gjr effort8 were unavailing. The wind was from the southwest, blew a gale, and the flames Bhot rapidly from house to house, and frnin i,oaro Vard to board yard, and mean- wnile had crossed the river north of Twelfth street t0 the south side and made frbrick i stone and business blocks-r-railroad realized for ihe ih urne, and the nredepait- ment, . tired .tit, .rked like lieroes. j 1 ue Mayor and city government that had supine ly rested, nowlbegan to exert themselves, but the opportunuy nau uecu iot, auu. uio When a thorough organization1 could, have blown up ! buildioga or prepared for that emergency was neglected and it wai now a fio-ht for life. The wind blowing a stiff gal had possession of the flames, and tha beauti ftibbuildings of Chicago lay before them. A meeting of the citizens of Franklin . . , .- 1 . county, Teuu , was neia at jianunesier, on uue ai-j inst, for the purpose of taking into con- ei.li'mtinn the banTinfr of three negroes by 0vav vv . - i nliasked men week before last. I Colonel Colier. of Nashville, addressed the meeting, and at the close .a posse of seYeiitj-ve citi zens summ-jned by the sheriff went in search of the murderers. THURSDAY MORNlNGi, OCTOBER 19,. 187L GENERAL XE1VS. The terrible fire iii CI icago, which began on Sunday night, ljas destroyed over 1 0,000 buildings, including the entire -business- dis- trict. One third of the inhabitants are home- less, and many persons Are supposed to have perished, i The. details are ltuuiisneii seise- where. The a wfal,' calamity which has bc- fallen Chicago has stirred up the - inhabitants of her sister cities to efforts fdr' the relief of the sufferers. In ; Philadelphia ) New; York, Boston; - Baltimore, wishingf on , St. Louis, Louisville, Clevelaud, Htt-'burgb, Cinciunati, Wheelings (Albany;' Brooklyn,' and v othcrf ""V l"u - ! ' 1 1 . v , cities, the authorities, the commercial and other ' bodiegi-an kt)ie Ipe.opleJ 'have et toi work,,- Cincinnati Mnila' fcvflupplyjOf provisions for the destitute. Further returns of t ie election in Texas show that the Democrat s havej carried.- all the Congressional districts. Their! majority in the Stale is estimated at 30,000. A special election was held on the 9th inst., in Rhode Island, r to decide upon three pro- posea amenamenis to u e ouiw, They removed the real estate; qualification from foreign born citizens, abolished the registry law, jand prohibited appropriations of public money to sectarian schools, flic first was rejected by 3252 majority; the second by 2719 majority, ami the jthird for lack of the requisite three fifths votes In the Episcopal. Convention at Baltimore, on the 9th inst., a message was received irom nHmisfiof Bishons. recocrnizing the union with the -General ConveirtiQii of jthe new diocese in Pennsylvania, to take ettect on November 8th. the name to be determined-by convention thereof, wit! the,- consenlt of the Bishop.. Dr. Andrews rose to privilege, called attenubn to a question of a sermon .dc- ivpred bv Dr. Craik. and 'circulated in the House, to which his (Dr. Andrews') rianic ap. rf , . . ... .. neared to be be attached. He domed that he had signed it. Dr. Vinton, of Massacbu- setts, followed, and called attention to a state- ment in thei body of the sermon, that the elder Tyng, Vinton and others, after, protest ing against .he action proposed by John Cot ton Smith, the youngerj Tyng- and their like, had " signed h the incendiary document Dr. Vinton said the statement was false, as he never protested agaiifist any document he afterwards signed. He spoke at some length, animadverting severelyj upon President Ciaik. Aft n Whtn .thesiibiPet was dropped- .l ' a l ii;J .1 x-rayera were oiieieu u ; wt Deputies in behalf of (" Chicago, and it was resolved to have contributions taken tor tne relief, of her citizens. I ' : J It is announced that the authprtties at Washington have no fears of any difficulties with tlie Mormons. The troops at Salt Lako will be transferred td another : camp, and . . " . ! - General Morrow will succeed Dc Trobriand in command. I j' Vincent Colyer has sent from Fort Grant, Arizona, a report to the Interior Department, crivino' n history of the troubles with the Apaches since the Camp Grant massacre. 'He represents the conduct of the Indians as '"ex tremely praise worthy,? that of tho whites as the reverse The court martial which tried Hodge, the defaulting paymaster, sentenced him to hard labor in th Penitentiary for terl , years, and at the end of that time to serve until the entire amount of the embezzlement would be paid. The President has approved of the ten year part of the sentence, bint; disapproved of .the other, whici would belequivalotit to imprison ment for life. Hodge will be sent to Albany. A liaiveston aespaccn reixji w , wie aobs oi tne steamertL;. iv. tian, on yoo ou lys., witu 1 i Tr- w m 1 a. I. -t .1 l A. . A 1 . all on board, except one man named (Jtto Lasson. 1 : 4 '-"'I' ' - ': 'h " 5 The yellow fever is disappearing from Charleston. At Richmond, Va., pn Sunday evening the 8th inst., Robert Petteway , was shot dead by Martin Alley, in a. quarrel, growing , out of family disputes. 1 It appears that Petteway's wife had been talking too freely about Alley and a woman with whom he was living, and this led to the trouble. , I . ,;L y On the morning of the 9th, about half-past nine o'clock, an earthquake was distinctly felt in Wilmingtou and Kew Castle, Del., at Saloni, K. Ji, and other places. At Wilming ton, the, shock was sharp - enough to - cause some paniji among the people, who thonght it a powder explosion. It was accompanied by a rnmbhncr Sound. The shock .was also ex- penenced inf. portions of . this city, windows being shakertby' the movement. - ' ' Despatches have been received at Ottawa, Canada, staling that 800 Fenfaiis have begun a march oh jFort Garry, "under cbmmand . of O'Donoghu or 0'NeiIl." Tlie commandant of Fort Garry is said to be "prepared for any attack," There is a suspicion that the re port is a hoax ' t -';jt Wr.l.-j-. 1 ; j ii .; - Newark; held its chartered election on the 10th inst. ; Ricord, Republican, was re-elected Mayor by ,1200 majority a gaia of 1000 since. -the last eity election. Ihe Board of Aldermen will stand 9 Republicans to 8 Democrats, the ' new I Common' Council 21 Republicans to Democrat j ; the. Board of Education 23 Republicans to 6 Democrats. The fire in Chicago was extinguished by a heavy rain on Monday night,' the '9th inst.' On'; Tuesday afterndon following, some in cendiaries attempted, to set fire j to tho un scathed portion of the southern division, but were discovered and hanged or shot. It is supposed that about 500 persons were burned to death, and several of the houseless, Shave r t x Xr otrl:NAl t MOllNINd , A MTKUAi;V ' 4l ; 1LITH-A ISSUK1) IKVEUV ''TIIUII8IK' TEinrs ot tfuitscniirnoN. i Two Dollars A Yeah; Oxk Oollaii kok Pit MowTna. Club Sulwcrilicrs: FivoJoonie. onoye $8 73, and a copy of the American iyiixk Jmrnt 1'ayiiicnt to bo invariably in; nd vame. '! j j'- L PINOEY EOLLINS, ; ! ' ' . ' - Editor and Prnnr.tor. i since died from exposure to th elements." In usu but otic,; is consumed.1 districts has the northern Division, every I for a distance ot threo nule., Tlio destruction in the other been 'already .reported.,- The' insurances on property in 'the burnt! territory are stated, t' amount to tlie enormous tptal of over '$200 000,000. A detailed account of tho J progress of tlie fire and of the nwfnl scenes attendant ' . : i., ... I t - ' - i - ." ! ujk)u the calamity, will lc found ,111 another column. .''i.V J Tlie War, Department has ordered nn Im mense nnmber of tents and, blankets to 1k forwarded i to Chicago ' froni Philadelphia, . Jeff er8onJ Mo.j and other jxikits. Tlie (Jov eruors bf New. Jersey and Missouri Jiavo i sued! proclamations recommending tlie muni- homeless I in .Qhicago.,.. Jn addition to, the cities. already reported cs-iaking step-in the . matter, Kichmbrid, Va., ntilt Wilmington, Del., may be mentioned. Thd cities of Balti more and Brooklyn have ,'cach' given $100, 000. Towns in the interior of this State and . Now York arc also responding, lrovisioni have been sent on from Pittsljnrg. A, large number of cities in various Slates of the Union haye given sums of froil $500 to $100- 000L in addiUon to individual BikbacripUoiM. Of all individual gifts tho largest is reported bf A. T. Stewart, of New York $50,000. Canadian cities and towns are also sharing in tho benevolent work; Montreal lias given $201,000, and hopes to increase ii to $100,000. I ' (From tho Brooklyn Union. ,1 ONE MORE UNFORTUNATE. Horrible Suicide of a ForsaKen Mistress. j - For some timo there has resided "in ib liamsbnrg a man named Jamcf Kirk, his wife Mary, aud a cripple and hu uchbacked son named John. With them boat tied ji young! woman named Susan Hunter, vlioso saJ lato it is the object of this article to relate. n t Tlie man Kirk lias for many years gained A precarious living by compounding -Arsenic into a rat powder. Ho kejit the arscnie in a largo bottlo in tho . closet, 'and within tho reach of any one who might b in the room. His wife and himself are evidently drunkards of the very lowest type. I The young woman, Susan - Hunter, Tva$ about 22 years of age, and has lived with tho Kirk family, moro or less, f x nine years. When only twelve years of age ho 'was cast on the cold charity ot tlio world, an orphan and friendless. In a short tmif thu entered on a course of vice. She wai very prcoi- scssing in her appearance, aiid attached to herself many -admirers, lier last, hand ap parently most devoted lover was a young wan L named j nomas nan, weaiuiy auu very ri spcctably eonncctcd. ihe poifrgirl wlm.n ho incctcd. ar6vu to self-s -slaughter on Saturday night last 0VCi hint to destruction. ! Guilty, even as thU last passion of ' hers was, it umanaUtl; I from a true and faithful heard Much as her youthful years had been blighted, tho past indeed migut do jorgouen, anu iiiougu no marriage Pond liiiirni unite luein. sue; rittoivea tnal como wat mignt,' snc woiua uq jaiiiuii unto death. - t 1 On J? riday evening young J tail, as usual i called round to see her. When aboat to takl his leave the noticed a great change in his manner, one clung to bim ana asked lor an explanation.! He told her that he iio longer cared for her ; that ho was going to' cist her offi aiid that on the following night ho would take a walk with another girl, and thereupon rushed from tho room without biding her good night. Susau followed him , to; tho street, and, with tears, implored hini losparo her such terrible sullenng: but no, i this 1 All scoundrel knew nt such word as mercy. night long this unfortunate woman trod tho lamenting hor sad lot. On Saturday evening she left tljo housewith the detcrmiuatiou or not Hall was . really, in earnest. ) At J o' clock, about two blocks from her own house, she saw him in company .'with j' the girl of whom he had siokcil. She! accosted bim, implored. him. the most piteous accents to return to her, and when she saw that word were unavailing endeavored to tear him away from her rival. . Colder than iron, and with ft tiger-like glare, he cursed her. , Her misery, was now complete, and in utter despair sno sought the shelter of her hovel tcr-seal her eyes forever to all human ilia. Kirk and. his wife were out drinking at the nearest rum hell, and the hunchback was alone in tho room. To Lig - r creature, instinct with all tho strange acutencss of Ins class, blie . told what her eyes had seen. In a f renzed momcot she. flew to tho closet and seized tho arsenio bot tle, telling tho terrified cripple that she was . going to kill herself. For over a quarter of jm hour, this poor boy, to whom Jile at any time indeed can have had but few! charms, struggled to wrest tho falal bottle from her grasp : but no, with tho strength of a maniac she cast him from her, and emptying ,a Urg quantity of the powder into alcup, ' filled tha latjer half" full of water, aud, placing ir to her lip,; looked 'heavenward, and uttcnug tho words, "God .forgive him. for I can not, t drained it to tho dregs. Tito hunchback at oncij called Ids father and mother from their drunken dissipation, who, when they reached the house! found tho poor Suicide in tho most . . . ' - .... i . intense agony. JV uoiuo or lamp on wan forced intc tho" joor' wonian'ij lips, l aud tlid . contents poured. down her throat, ,whilo shu protested all tne lime against any cnort ueing made to save her, for she saidl "I only want to die." Dr. Segel, a neighboring physician, was1 summoned, and he administered an emetic; but lie merely waited a lew moments, and left her to die a short, agonizing death. She continued in great Bufferings till five o' clock yesterday morning, wliei her spirit for- , sook its earthly aud ill-used tiinernent. ' . Little reniains to lo tohl ofj the sad case. Tlie fell destroyer of this mikrablo woman has been bibst attentive in hi visits to tho houe of death, aud his only anxiety seems to be to keep the knowleIgo of hi ci iine from the public. He had thu audacity to button hole the reporters this moriuug, and attempt 1 to brioe them into silence. j , A dispatch from New Oilcans on tho TrI inst., says: . A severe northe: t torui- with rain, began at New Orleans on Monday night.. I-ast .night the wind had abated i ' . I ... . i L.i . -i soniewuai, uui uic rum conviiiiieu, nni a freshet was feared. Trees and telegraph poles were- levelled by-the ! lonn Vesterday morningJ afternoon. No traiti lyf t Nek- Ork-.lkis lu tho 4 f'i
Weekly Pioneer (Asheville, N.C.)
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