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THE EAGrLE. V--' ; !"V: J-:'---": V:;. ; '-; ' J ' . ."fell .vy .- . -gt-i. '. ' ' - - 1 ) - - - & : i I r - - ' . ... m . a " imcago f ire. i V f TmntsdAT, OcTOwnt 19, 1871. f " . 1 -1 t i i i ; j t Sweet of CosrMUsisaaror impa ticnco at easy progress, is becoming more maniibst throughoat the civil ized worH. All over Earope are con sunt andAlarmiug attempts to trans gross tho established order of things. In the language f Cicero", there is a clamor for 'new things." These ef forts are raftta&en by some as indica ting a growing spirit of liberal Democ racy.! We ar unable; to interpret any each meaning from them . . These movements Indicate rather a wild thirst for destruction and revenge, as the horrid results of tho Paris Com mune fully show. It is uot patriotism that directs this greed for so-called re form, but rather a hatred for the re straints of civilized society and for the precepts of conservatism. Changers riMirftd no onnortunitv mav offer to . - ' dofttro ormosioE elements and!, take for tbofle 'who ,ve not, the worfas wealth and hon ors. . Merit' andr snaoess are not re spected, and the nwb-caHs-foran e$aa division. - 25Bi9-ia-prhap bnt a- relapse into the same periodica! disease that afflict md mankind in past centuries. The x , Uormans overran Britain, tho Moors and 'Saracens plundered the peninsu la! skwg: the Mcditerranoan, the GEiuls fa'ttcned 'on their neighbors,-and when Spain decayed from her bfigh es tate into partial barbarism, she extor ted from the Incas their gold and roasted themta death ' on burning eoals, and despoiled the sacred homes of the Montczomas and their rteb pos sessions. , . ' . i The ruinous fanatio spirit' oF'ITew England, and of? a- large part of the 3fbrther people,- gave a controlling ihSoenee ih tblate civil war, and for thevery same purpose. : r- ;. -' The country is to-day infested with a class of politicans, whoso numbers are Increasing, and whose chief motto f plunder and the downfall of their superiors. The- deadly opposition of the colored raco to the whi to partakes of this character where the blacks con trol local affairs. , , It is also cause of sad reflection and a foreboding ominous of danger, to sec such a tendency to the same principles among the powerful Trade: Unions, ftnd"Assocmtkosl and Reform agita tions, throughout the North. - The his wife had to nurso him, and arrange with her own hands the scanty Biir,- pties for her humble family. Maj. Anderson bravely defended the StarSnangled Banner, and fought with a patriot's devotion, alone, and in the fat-o of defeat, at the time when the novrcr Ful politicians of the North were too cowardly to take a stand on either side. Yet, Mai. Anaerson anu uis iielnless family pass along unknown, nn honored, and as paupers, and tho corrupt and latter-day supporters 'of tho war enjoy all toe giory. Tho original copy of Lincoln's Eman cipation Proclamation : was burnt in the great fire at Chicago. . The Histor ical Society. there, it is saidpaid $25,- 000 for it. All tho Society's records, papers and relics were burned.' CUMBERLAND COUNTY, . " : October 16th, 1871., Mr. Editor:- I saw an advertise mcnt in the Eagle, civing notice that application will be made to the Stftto I ipjrisiatare to amena ; ino cnaner oi Flat Swamp, liock's Creek and Evans' Creek Canal Company. ? If I nnder-n stand aright, tho object of the canal company is . to dram the largo quantity ot swamp tana ott .wjo east Blue ui vnu .AHfvii w land county. - : " A r V.-. .j I have some knowledge ot that as well as other portions of the county, for or. business in time past cave me an opportunity. to know somewhat of thtf cooffraphy ot th-O' county, anu to see a large portion of tho landswoods and water-courses of the county. ' . I was very much surpnseU to see, in an old settled section of country near a good market and navigable stream, so much rich land not prepared for culti vation, and also so much rich up or dry land in its original forest state. 1 I believe if the canal company will have the right kind of a charter, the work well done and the business prop-- erly managed, it will be as profitable a public enterprise as was ever under taken in the county. . . : If the large qaantity of rich swamp and oh the cast side of Cape Fear River in Cumberland county will be properly prepared for cultivation and rightly cultivated, it will produce an quantity iof. com, cotton, melons, vegetables, clover, &c, which j will add so much to the wealth and capital of the county, and this section j of country. For you know, Mr. Edi tor, that if the balance ot trade is j against a nation, a state, or a county, it is not in- a prosperous condition. JN ow for the canal. It it will be suitably constructed for rafts and boats of light draft it will bo at great advantage to timber and - turpentine men. "i , 'c- There are many things I could namo in connection ith the enterprise, but I want to squeeze : it into as small a space .as possible in ; order" that it may get a resting place in some cor ner of your papers ; ! r j - I have no personal interest in the enterprise aforesaid ; my Object., ia to greaVlsstteTetwe"Sft:TaTdr" to stir up the minds is Dressed with vehemence, ami When OI persons owning vu6 wu,u uv . ' i t r - -i ' BO-caJled- veligioa can.be used as noDoy lor ine same purpose, it is as ihtollerantand brutal as when it bathed tho world in war a ; few centuries - Vack. J - . - ; r Who cares; for . the welfare of the State ? SCcrtainly not our courts; nor notional or state executives. Force and fraud is the rulo of thoso who ODtainca power through tho opera tion of such a rule. . The infatuated followers see the success of their lead ers, and they also now demand and ex- pecvan ample share themselves. We are indeed brought to a period when the fortitude, the courage, the wisdom anu too virtue ot all ot our best peo ple, and -of ail people of any class or Btauon 'Woo ididk rigni, snouia oe ex erted'with a double energy. Liberty and J ustiee must prevail. .Let every manly heart beat responsive - to this patriotic resolve, j f "During Synod Ve had visits from many f the delegates and others. We were glad to meet our old friends Rev. H. McLean and Eev. H. McNeill, of IUbeeoD.' county. Father McLean is a patriarch in the church.. being how one of the oldest ministers in the Syn od. He has been : a most useful and devoted preacher of the Gospel for 32 years, aadstill shows good health and greabeoergy, j He has remained on Kis native heather in charge of several chureffe "Ahtioch church was buiU tbrough his efforts soon after ; he "en tered the Ministry, and. he has been i'aslor. At .nearlv Knnofil tot I hv thfl AnternriiiA. t hilt. Ihov , , - J ---- ------g I ivnnlii toL'n hrtIrT nrfho mtlfar tri i h .IV.V. .v. among t I consUnt wry-eoercn meelinrr J ne iff the first to answer roll-cam. "ev. Hv. MeNeill, too, has; la Bbred through a long lifo of usefulness mong his native people. - His health Ms been very feeble-lately, but- he is uwuiro to jib wora Ueth motuw . eccWbnt types. bfJLW-etdays f the Eepnblic. Besides n f ull coursoof .study, they were- educated agaiast fanaticism ; and the truths of. science and sound political eeoaomy, were. en-i grafted into tbeirnatnres-as firmly as . were the principles- of hly religion 'which jstha practice of their lives. It has- been stated, that old! ; Mr. Wyatt, Ihefaltherofttheyottng soldier Wyattj from Edgecombe,, the- first 0nfedsrate-killed in-the war, has been in th-. poor house ia- Pftt county, 2ST. C. : - - . Whether this is true or. not wo do nolr- Uoow. But there is another equalry strange illustration .of. tho for tunes of war. . : . ' Maj. Robert Anderson, the bertC of Tort Sumter,; is an invalid almost Belpless. He has little if any means ufiprt. He recently traveled on ; a Northern, railroad in company with yhis wife and several small children. He had no comforts, no servant, and sonal interest-in the undertakings. feel interested in the a will, put their shoulders to the wheel with all their might, and call loudly. for the aid of Hercules. As 1 statedjibove, 1. have no per- I in toe matter on ac count of tho creat good that would grow out of tho enterprise if properly earned, out. ; Cumberland county would be progressing in the right way, and improvements mado ot a s per in a ncnt nature improvements, tho re sult of which would give permanent employment to the laborer, give health to the inhabitants, seed Co the sower, bread to the eater, put money in the pockets of the owners of land, and strength and credit, to the county. . i -Yours, respectfully, . ; . , 1 Seventy-First. The Northwest seems almost to be given up to the dreadful devastation of fire, - Tho long season of extreme dry weather is one chief cause. From Ohio to the plains of Minnesota great forest and prairie conflagrations are raging. Thousands of homes have been destroyed, many of the pleasant villages which dotted the western country and marked lhe thrift and energy of the people have disappeared in the whirlwind of flame, arid fami lies but recently in the enjoyment of happy homes have been driven out penniless and unsheltered. Probably thousands ol acres have been burned over and tbo nowly-harvestod crops destroyed, leaving tho people' desti tute on the threshold of winter. - The most definite reports come from the forest country at Michigan, bordering un ids western shores oTLiake Unron. Hundreds of people have been- driven before the ' flames and t have rushed to the coast, where they are-i-"? erally in a starving nlon. Many lives h&vtr: lost. The destruq ron 6 property . is very crreat, and the burning of tbo forests is & serious blow to ano . of the most important of the-material interests pf Michigan. . WxriHiNGTOjr, October IT. The Pre sident to-day. after reciting the causes, and; quoting the laws nnder which he acts, issued a proclamation in whicu ne suspends the writ of habeas corpus in Spartan8burf, York, Marion, Chester, Laurens, Newberry, Fairfield Lan caster,' and Chesterfield counties, of South Carolina. , - The . suspension extends to the ar rest by the United States marshal, 'his deputies, anymilitary officer- of-, tho. United States, or any , soldier or- iiti-i zen; acting under the -order f of Said marshal, deputy, or such military offi cer within said counties, of persons charged with any violation of the-kfl-klux act of Congress daring the con tinuance of the "rebellion" m said counties. . . - - " t , Second Assistant. Postmaster Gen eral Smith has resigned oa account of ill , health. John Booth . suceeeds. -Bouth is now marshal of the ' Second District of Alabama. . Yaxtness ofthe Disaster-Notes.on the . Great Lousespile Newspaper Offices. ! PESTRtTCTION OF PtBLIC BUILPINQ3. ' I All the theatres, opera houses, and- pnblio balls are destroyed. . Far well llall (Yon ng Men's .Christian, Associ ation Building) was a large and beau tiful building. The auditorium aud trail eries (twoji handsomely seated more than four thousand persons.,. We suppose six thousand at a time have heard Parepa Bosa sing on the plat form of this great hail, now destroyed bv fire for the second time, the first being three years ago, immediately after a concert by Ole Bull. .Crosby Opera Ilouso was a very fine strnc tnre.' In this was held the Conven tion that '- nominated General irraot to the Presidency, on" which occasion there were supposed to be ten thous and persons present, on the stage, in the hall8,gallene8V';&&''Meyicker s Theatre, next to the We Office, had just been enlarged at an expense of about $100,000 one of the finest ia the country, its destruction must make a, loss of nearly half a million dollars. The Academy of Design, on Ad nmn street. wftaotarlited onl v about a year-- ' .work of exqtnsuaj s gai leries stmKI rnany fare worfeH oTarrpwiitvug them being Both erwel's great pnioting of the Battle of Gettysburg. -x-, In" the - Oiera. House Art ; Gallery,: as .we noted -yesterday. Were also. many great! paintings and works of scnlptare. 4-yi j Hooley's Opera House, onCJark St was ; formerly i known - as Bryan Hall, built by ,a gentleman well known ' in this city., jts chief historical inter est is that it was there that the . re mains of Stephen A. Douglas lay in state for several davs before they were carried to their final resting place. Wood's Museum, on Randolph street was an immense building,' and contained a very great number of cu riosities.: ' The Dearborn street thea tre was , a handsome, f but not very large structure. The burning of these pnbliotbuildings has entailed a loss- of millions .of dollars,: and of course throws many persons out of all means of livelihoood for the present. . .' Among 1 the great disasters whose aggregate make np the fearful calam ity .of "the igreat firc, there are few which Will appeal more universally to tho sympathies of the intelligent pab- , than the destruction of the offices of the great daily journals at Chicago. Their, power and iuflueuce iu the land, their independence of spirit, versatil ity and greatuess of ability, have been long recognized - thronghout the lie public Every one of these great of fices is laid low iu ashes! A brief des cription of the establishments cannot hut bo of interest to the general pub lic JLiet us speak brst of - t . - Taa TBIBITNEL The Chicngo Tribune bnildini? was the hnest buildintf of the kind in the world. 1 e say-this ! ndriseilly, and with a full knortedge of the offices' 'of the New Tork'XftaWtl and XTiiliule! phi Jjedger. These are ludeed magruli- cent strnctnres. and adnrirablv con stracted for the business; but neither is so fine, so complete in nil its nr raqgements a as was the Chicago 2Vt bime building; It wrs i erected during 1SC8; at a cost, if wo recollect cor recuy oi aoout va.uuu.i wuicli sum of - money was made by the Tribune newspaper .in' a ieriol of nineteen months, j The building was of a beau tiful stone, of a beautiful bright lus ter, but not glaring like white marble. It wa3 four stories in height, the press, folding, and mailing rooms beiug in tho basement, the counting-room on the ground floor, the editorial, , proof i: l i:i . . -w reauiug, iiorary, -. ana , , composition rooms ; occupying -, the whole of the fourth ' story. They are magnificent apartments, supplied with every con- veuieuce wuicu can lo .conceived. The pressrooms contained two eight cyunaer xioe presses, one ox which is said to have been the finest machine of the kind in the world. Its cost was $32,000. I The other has long been used in the office, bat was iu place, so as to be used in case of accident to the one wpich regularly did the work for the daily paper !: The greatness of this establishment, may ba conceived wnen we state, tuac tue expense lor news editors, correspondents,' &c.t is about $10,000 a week, The " profits from'adveirtisingalone, on a single is sue of tlielSunday Ti-i6iHC, (it is prin ted every jilay and, Sunday too,) have, on more than the occasion, been m excess of $1,500. The daily sales of the paper are about 40,000 copies. There are also tri-weekly and weekly editions, which: have extensive circula tion throughout the, Northwest. - The, o wer , of , the Tribuna-i may be showc One morning, filinnj 11 ' ',.'"n.1Jri leadine arti"" an assault on .the xxte ohore Railroad for a "watering" of stock. The aHiclqiwas telegraphed to New York; and jin consequence thereof Lake Shore stock went dbwu about four per cent, as quick as. light ning! It was admitted; that all the papers of New York could ' not have done it. ' ,' The first,, (except ; the , counting rooror) second and third floors of the Tribune- building were '. occupied as f stores and1 biScea. j The destruction of so grandTaiid beautiful a. bnudiug must be regarded as a great calamity, and cannot be considered without feelings of profound saduess. ?. :;VT5ifIES--,hV r i-: The Times is confessedly one of the ablest, as it is surely one of , tbe: most independent Democratic journals in the ceniry.4 TThie building was of Joliet marblSf four, stories in height; with r a basement- f6r press and fold-i ing rooms.: Tho site of the building is on Dearborn V6treet, one-half block north of the tribune office. -.The prop erty was worth, perhaps, a ' quarter of a million. , The profits of its, propri etor, who is also' chief editor were Jast year about $60,000. , y. f' "I '"'fT- 1 THE EVENINO POST. J . 1'. The office of the Evening Post ..was on Madison street, a few doors west ofvthQ lnbune,' J ) the same build mg is also the offigvxi the Stent tung; an& adjoininfr. ink similar build Z 11 A. m T wwmm ing, is man ot the Eoenhig Mail. - xhe block was of Joliet? marble, basement uuu wur. Biories, and verv hannsome in arcnitectare, as it was immense in size, lhe preRsea naaA here were Hoe's four and two5jliuders. Count ing rooms, editorial rooms, and all were very excellent, and the loss to the different companies publishing these journals must be hundreds of thousands of dollars. .THE EEPUBLICA. . . The Eepubhcan office was in n plain building on Wftsliinrr street. Tlie press was a - six-cvUnder IIoe.- The loss in bmlding and ; material wpum no amount to more than $100,000, if so much. . " t - , THE EVESINO JOCESAt. f Every one who has visited Chicago, stopping at tha Tremont House, will recollect the Journal bnilding, oppo site on learborn street. Ifc was one of the few venerable relics of a former generation of which Chicago; could boast. The bnilding was a plain, four story brick. The $onveirieaces of the office : were good. iand the loss must be very heavy. f . - We have no parficnlars wnaiever as to the office of thflf4 .Zeitun?K an evening .paper. v l l iiOhe ermau Iagoaga'.l::1, .. ' . With the destrlon of these offices of the dailv fUriiW several hundred man are temnhmrSv thrown out of employment. Cdmnositors, pressmen, carriers, and the fb who need their pay weekly, can nbt 4 umber less than a thousand. TbireaVe probably 5,000 souls depending spoil them ; for : their daily bread, ami mlnyof them 'are now utterly without Ibelter from the rains and storing llboaveu. ; Tiiey cry aloud fvr relief 1 i ; , 7 But all of the great printing estab lishments of the Icily were, we imag ine, destroyed. . If so the Lakeside Publishing Company's great house has gohe. This hud, ia operation about seventy presses, and was one of the greatest printing houses in ,the West. It published thd Lnheide Mzgizine, other erio(lical4 sand iutirnals. 'and l 1 rw I . . oooiis. xue loss be- very great. If we reflect 6ee now scriotife of property, a and .printiug of the company will to several niillioji dollars, aud throw ing thonsands qt persons out of em ployment, out of bed, out of homes. ' TnE BfKNED HOTKLS. Chicago wasi.ote 1 for its great ho tels. Tlie Pac tfij irousie, just finished at an expon of $2,530,000, - was the Uwgcst hotel in Amcriia, and only suqvassoil b extent ly two or threo grand hvpU of Europe. It wa? built of gran it.', Joliet marblo and iron. . jlimj .Shoiiuan Ilouso, larger than any Iiotjpj in Nuw York,- was bnilt of joli jt tmubjo.; ,Tho Trc-Jiout Ilonso was inimeno in, rizj, built of brick, handsomely .adorned, however, with " ar-ldteftfiral bx'antii'. "The Brf i Ilouso V ft a l xj u t A.fi t u : 1 1 f . n t t o W! i inrtrs-Tlott Wy' iwrtivngwv- ""'I'm Pafmor House. cr?iior of Stale ami Qiiiuey. was coniteled only a year ago. It was. of great sizj, bni'.t of Joliet marble. It was nine stories in height furnishel in tho nvst taste ful manner throughout. The loss by the destruction, of this, hotel must bo .very great. 1 he SL James, the Anams House, and other largo hotels have fillen before the dread destroyer, so that at present not many' . travelers to Chicago would-havo whero to lay their heads. Thousands of persons i n a 1 1 - pa rts of tho country and "Eu rope will learn, of the destruction of Hnso magnificept hotels with feelings of peculiar sadness. - MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS PRESIDENT ' t',- .: grant's loss. , - V Tho property of the President of tho United States in Chicago, consisting f a fine house, was destroyed by the firo. THE RAILROAD KINO. Tho magnificent residence of VT.il liara . B. Ogden, the great railroad king, was destroyed by tho fire. FIELD, LEITER CO. ' This was lha greatest retail house in the dry goods trade in Chicago. It also did a large jobbing business. Its annnal sales are about fifteen million dollars. .:-v :!;' " f . " ; ;' . . i JOHN WESfrwORTn". i l moment we " shall is tuis testructiou Minting, in journals stablishtuents alone, A dispatch states Long John Wenty tnree millions of d which we beg to worth's properti"- w biest in Chicago that the losses of orth amount to liars, a statement lubt. Mr. went-. 3 among the shah ry arfrgsiie. ' . THE IRON WOE.KJS. Within the five miles sqrfaro bnrned 6ver in Chicago there were more than one hundred different iron works, roll ing mil,v &c. . ti' HAMLIN A CO. The jpx'Rt house of Hamlin & Co. is alsojjcstroyed, entailing heavy lo?s- es. me 'Cliicag Calamity. JOHN V. FAIJIVELL k CO. The great honf4 of John V. Far- well & Co . is asarfl destroyed. The ftoseTTn A mericafisrm than a year ago. The house has just done'nn annual bnsihess of $25,0OO, D00, and ranks next to Stewart & Co.i in the variety arid extent of its mer, cantfle operations. . ' THE CHICAGO 5IILLI0NAIRE". The Chicago millionaire par excel? fence-is Mr. Potter Palmer, who is a man ot substance and wit. "Sir. said he onoe- to a gentlemen who re marked that he supjiosed he was speaks ing to the At- T. Stewart of Chicago; "Sir, A. T. Stewart is the Potter Pal mer of JNew York.'! He owned about a mile, ot real estata on State street. much of which was vvflt-Ad with vast and, oostly 'buildings, r One of them occupied byField. Leiter & Co. rent 552, OOft a year. This house was built by him, but whan ho married Miss Honore,. favorably known in Washing ton, ho settled this frn ronertv un- her. ,We beg to express a special synxpathyifbr her loss. It is estiraa- tod that Mr.: Palmer UaflAa will reach The summer re8iUn P ftpneral Loganvop, Calomet atehne. is nearly a mile ftomi the burned district, and therefore safe. ; Tho Uidenoo of Colo nel Ingersolh now inUK5 f atill further out, and, we He glad to ob serve his valuable pailiinTSnd libra-1 ACCOUKTor TEX OBKAT KBB BT ETB-WITSPSSES. A laro bomber of Chicagoans have arrived in Kew'XWk within a day or two, and from tho pupers or -that city we giau the followuiR ac- counts: .: . '' -' ' Mr. Vliam Miller, of Peena, Hi., was pres ent at tWlnrniuj? of Field A Letter's and John V FarffW establishments. He states that the lattfef ,tina had the whole of thtir stock stored ojHhe first flwr, all prepared for remo val to thrshore-of the hvke, which feat they maniig;o accomplish by dint of powerful exertkB(a he part of their employees, who w'orked-rs 'only Americans can work' in an emergeffii. Xtfbor was at .'a. frightful rate, fabnlougHinounta being oflfered by stoorkeep ers for e removal of a portion of their stock. A riA1in crloves made aa ofifer of one hun dred doftea to a man who owned, a truck for the trami;t of a case of gloves, bat this oner was imllnantly refused, his horse and -Citrt being of letter marketable value at that time. CarriagMeopio, who hsd been deserted- by hir ntMi were to be seen niacins' trunks I inui.lA ffe.fr vehicles.-and. in the place of hor- - --rr- - ' .. - i t - cn iMiiKSrc thn-onveAances inemseives. y m ti y - it , . t into the streets with oil naintimunder lb me, valuable heirlftonif doKibtfea3rnci .rtrodliighly, In the excitemeut of the houruiey would place them iu the road ; a lumbering wagon of furni ture woUt come along, and under its wheels could be en the debris of what perhaps the owner wid not have parted wiu for untold gold. ;-;itn ;"T tj?f 'ilp&M MOST PITIiBLI SIGHTS - were hii sick children, hair dead, ljiag rronchet&N the sidewalks, ia many enses wuh barely aggcoering on them. .. In. Clark street one instance ioccurrea wnere iwo miw cirw were lviui terror-stricken cheek by jowl with their deMOrsister, whose remains presented tuirro wi bJ? spectacle. She had been too late to escanHtibin under a ; fulling bnikling, and a-a Tiii5iieu enncaiea buu iiuu ujr iur mue 4aceratoiT(rnM or ner almost aeaa sisrera. . .tB WHOLE OF TB& POrULATTOS ; aopeareo have boeu snfTering from sore eyes, tiie du-bTjot blinding, dost, hjiviug. rendered manv ttaiporarily blind. Men, women and cbildreiere to be seen runuing about for anv cir.Ka3ike material ; that would act as a protectiijf to their eye. Xittle children were crviutr T4oasIy. rubbing- their eyes, which were r wiping under the scorching influence of the flyinBpurks and cinders. Men were seen carryiugihtir families out of what thejr con sidered Cuger,s and depositing their loads by tbe wjyKla. A hurry and rush would succeed, and when tlio disconsolate parents would re turn for neii offspring, having been burnt oat of hoasiiUd home, they were nowhere to be seen. iHsjfcmce such as these were to be met with at ierv" corner of the street; women run- ping wildly about bhrit-king out the names of their losj 'en udren, feanug lest tbey bad got cTOHhedT&ider some- tsitiing- bhildiu,', or boeti destroyf in the seething lire. When that p.rt or;fe city oepnpied bjr IIjo deuii-mou.a was duoyed, tbe poor wretche were to ba seen ruuUug with the crowd, j Pf r.sous were Q'rt. toof liringent in drawing distinctions at sncb a neriitit herded- together, rich nu poor, hth and low. the scorching fire making u.' di$ttuotion topersous. but treating th u all alike,- tV iiame ns it did to Sodoni aud Go;ufr ma. police endeavored to nviintain or. dar, by Sunday afternoon their efforts were ulrjost f utile, iiy Sunday evening fLAWLESsSES AK K0B3EKT w.is iVjf prev,vleut atnoug cerUin of the in habit tutst A rongh wjis seen with two chi-- ens in'tKi haml suid a tiin.tll petilij nndrhw -tThr5htr,flSfl?r-! JfS !v" ui"r nfii r (HnvTiiit the d(jF)Wtt, and str;'k. tle iKjlicemau lull in tlie-tfe-o. t Foitrtaatl.v another oflL-er ar rived '.-iptii struck the robber a heavy blow acr jss (e h ick of Lia head with bw staff, when the eahy U!ui:i run oHf. It is thought by many -jple in Chicago that the 'Suh incut fireh vvjjrp in:mauy &ts-s caused by this class if poiriH. w 10 out 'of revtuge to tht; piJic lor bo( punishuieut, set lira to buildings di rectly j tfe shades of uightfelL ler ard other drink ijis selfiug at a fearfnl price at the sa hKns;Vjf otaer beverage existing for the pco. pie, t hjTvMur work bavin; bieu dostruy-d. A.t th4heu existing hotels no food or drink was ohfmnablt); the servants were to be seen throwttf ia all manner of positions snatching a fev hurieit. ' v. ; - .' . . taiMlTOBPfCHKiSO- ' havingijlrohib.ted Uia ue of fire or light after d.nrk. tremendous ru-ih whs male on candles; which jnsed tbe price to increase to fifty ecnts fh. JTlie heat of the fire at the State street xailroad was so intense that tbe track bad hopbine bent, and was gnarled and crooked, standi?' quite two feet from the sleeiers. Mmy fiSr-wns caused their luggage to be con veyed gjs the trams, bat' owing to the bustle existiunt the time the owners have been un able iiscover if their baggage has been destroy?!, or if it is still in existence.: As the fans liijed with fnrnitnri were filing up the iwenne; no notice was taken of any less for tunatinriRhbor whose chattels had been left liu the fuldla of the roadway; the horses were I ra:dtf pass right through it; the cry Was, uverjfw4iiu itr uimseu, . megreuiesi aesiruo tion prevailing on every side. : ; On lijFving Chicjigo the narrntor states . that A poof 'Sei-vant girl, -who declared that he had cscap&J from a third-story window. Was at the depot, graying that some liberal -hearted person mightily her fare. She hid no clothes bnt the onshe then wore, and appeared to be in great (stress. The company are passing, ma ny suc to their homes free f charge. Araqg the passengers was a gentleman, "his wife avd two children, who had occupied a erood i'Asition in Chicacro. the gentleman hav irigibeelb engaged in business to a great extent mere jd at siuce ine are ne is not worm more than th clothes he stood in. ' His wife and childreare; in the s ime condition. .They had cot RttHl the slightest particle of clothing. ana wpf proceeaing to some, inenas in new .1 already half beside herself with terror, trudged along for several blocks, until the burning rngs fell upon her neck and caused her to look around. WUHa uwl of dismay nu u -presskm of horror that can never be repro duced, she dropped her burden and fled for dear lifo. i : ' ' One immense Dutchman trundled a wheel barrow along loaded with a keg of lager beer, some sausages, and iclo'hing. His wife and children followed. aU laden with sundry ar ticles, two dogs bringing up; the rear. He toiled and puffed " along until the approach of the flames rendered more rapid flight neces sary. The wheelbarrow was then abandoned, but hot until the beer keg was opened and a parting drink taken all around.. One incident combined the patbetfc with the ridiculous. Two blocks beyond where I lived, in Halstead street, resided an. old German, an almost help? less cripple, whose sole support was his wife and young son. . The latter want awy in the morning, and did not return. .The fire rap idly approached with deadly omen, and the old couple were not only distracted at the ab sence of the boy but fearful of tbeir possible fate. Atbistthe flames came .so near that they must fly or die.! , In the strength of her affliction the old woman seized the poor crip ple,, placed him upon her back, and thus staggered along for distance of two- block, vhen some men placed him in a grocer's wag on and drew him toi a p'ace of (Safety. But it seeins cked to think of such trifles amidst all the harrowing scenes in memory: I never can tell of the universal' horror of those hours. They were years. Irdon't wonder that men seemed demented and women hysterical. On of the crirls thi attended my sohoel be came lost I found her drying as though her heart would break, j She is but seven years old and she could not tell what had . become of her parents and familyi ' There were many such! cases. ' AS we -'went on-. further thvtbxong. Increased ! notU.; th streets and sidewalks were black with people. It was like a freshet, and poured in the one direction o! safety. By-eud-by we found the fire getting around s as thongh escape would be cat off, and we would be'entombed in one grand pyre of flaue "Go the other vcay; we are headed ofll" was now and then the cry; and the mnltitnd jwontl hinv back, strug gling in a new direction. I saw aoine xmon and children and' ode man, exhausted. Jay down in the gutters to die in tbe hopelessness of desperation. Others would seize and nrue them along.' Smoke and cinders and (time and scorching heat filed the air. - Children screamed in terror aud begged for water. Some would catch no water trom puddles near h vd ran ta and moisten the msath. - "This i h,fll-fire!" .This ii the day or judgment! "This must be the end of the world!" iwere the exclamHtions heard - The degree of sym pathy that prevailed was wonderful. There seemed to be ono instinctive throb of fe!iug, and the strong helped the weak. I believe th-t thieves bid a great dead to do with the fire, If they did not start it in the first place they KINDLED FLAMES IX TBJESS PLACES , I saw houses that had been deserted entered by ill-looking fellows, who ransacked bareaas and closets. There was no time to speak . to them. , Onee or twice when they were spoken to tbey professed to have been sent; by the owners to save things. Many people iu th hnste of their . escape abandoned everything, even to jewelry and" money. 'I saw one (el Inw's pocket half f nil of jewelry nad watebesJ I spoko of it, bnt in an ius tan tbe lost himself from my view ill the crewd. I saw a villiauous looking n-gro with n Lidy's cluitelaine chain susjxtndl awkwardly at his VeM. The HUlti girl I h id walked nutil the hot pavement blistered her little ftW: then we carried her. 'Is mm and mini bnrned np? Is" Neddy burnt up dead?" she.pitefniy aked. 1 at j at nitrht we f aiud them all safe. It was nearly mbniiu2 rn-fore we obtained shelter and food. I aever want to eet eyes uport Chicajjo again. . Tns GttEAT Fire.---Chieao, a citv of tlnx'O hnudred thousand saJuIr, tbti iifth citv in the iXJuion iu population i.i it i . i r nol tue secwiii in cwuiuvrvpii iiupur tancp, Hea in ruins. tu. Satunlciv niht a firo broke out and . consumed B-vf.rj? bm'MiniJs. cau-inrH loss of FAYETTEYILLE UABKET. .TncasnxT 10 a;m., OcTOBia Iff, 1871. V unniD it : w. c. rnoY, - Grocer and Commuahn Merchant, antt Proprietor iltrchant mils mnd Wool Factory. Articles. - , BACON. N. C. Hams, 'a lb ...... jiiKiuiing, f Hoe round. "Wwraa Middling, bboulders, .... BAGGING. Gunny, light, Ditto, heavy, v.4 BKtinriT-. . hU 1 IH.lt. . Country, . Ih. COTTON. ; Iow Middliag-, Stained, i COTTON YARN. Piticxs. ( per bale Rett x ' V 8pe ? Tall ft oil. COFFEE. T : iv CHEESE. : . L ; Eng. Dairy, Factory, '.. State. . CANDLES. . . .. AdmftutuB39Jb. ... I ow; ' K.'ii.i FLOUR. ' . 1:,: ;; N. Carolina Family. "Wbbl. Super., J..... r Cross, Baltimore Fam'y, . : Super. FISH. , : . Mackerel bbL . ! ... Ho. 1 '.: ' 3, ' ' f - ' Mullets OaV, " Pia ' Herrinff FERTILIZERS. , Peruvian Guano ton. navasan uuano, . ... Pacific Guano, ... Patapsco Guano. ... Ranch's Phosphate, ,.. Manufactured Bone.. ... rio, ' '618 l2f All ..... ...... xmiak S5(&0 J 1! 1 45 1 to -.- 200 22. 18 0.20. ' 19 18 1 t 850 8 no 7 SO 1 00 8 50 T 75 00 00 10 ou 00 (K laoa 7tK .7 00 8 r 00 90 00 W 00 G3 00 .... 00 OQ ... CO 00 .... C50Q eaoo 70' 1 10 I JO I CO ... & ...i- ft A 7 . ... 5 foCt . .. . 5 OH 3 00 3 25 . ... 3t W 'IS X3018 ,1 7 li&3 0O Tes&fday a number, of additional refugees frbm stji griud theatre of desolation of Chica go nrrird "in this city, i Among them were TimotlMIiockwoodr of Saoo, Me.; Henry P. WVlhuof Tremont, N. X, and Miss Laura E. RplHos, of Bridgeport, Coun. All bore ev idence -jor.tlie great excitement and horror V inroufwuicn taey nad passed, and their nar rative ( 1 -hnt occurred under their observation is thri:.Sig in the extreme, -Miss Rollins was the outgone who had saved anything but the garments on their persons. TTjey would not have hn uble to come home .had it not been for thenerosity of the railread employees, who paed them free. The dining saloons on the roiit&. manifested the same generosity, and everywhere they were the recipients of kind ness. 1 3Iis3 Rollins had a mosi narrow-escape from ft jfery; death. She. was. surrounded by the flapies,: and dashed through a space where the wrrjtden pavements had kindled to. a blaze. Sketef the following - n i . : ; ; j . Whe5"Hhe second fire broke ant in nnnih divisionearly all the people became insane with fce,rbr. ' Very few of the men even had any p?e4ence of- mind. If they had, much could & T been done to have either stayed, or at -feist diverted, tha flames. There was watered a resolute,! careful Organization of men 0iid women too) in. lines could' have saved ttauch property. When the Fire De partmSiii give up in despair the people seemed lilce ipony scared sheep. vThey rushed pell mell av,fy. -s Some carneil What they could ia their hjind?. I saw an- Irish woman lugging along- "a? half-grown- pigr which- kicked and squealed wata air its might until the panting womarvovercome by tne names., abandoned the acfaal to its fate. A colored woman shoul dered her week's washing in a huge wicker basket yand grabbed with the other hand a frying-phn and some muflln-rings Huge cin ders fet on the clean starched clothes and set them poking. In this way the poor wench, ' tbo next uiirht. Sanday, Q. t. 8. at 1() o'clock ftre wasfkindled by the break' in of a kerosene lamp ill a stable on tbe corner of Jefferisoa and Idkoven streets, whiob ti -e wag not qaenclMnl nutil the reater and uot iuoporlantj and valuable pa rt of the t ity had been destroyed. .Ao area three miles in length aud oue in width was bnrne l o-er ami sesircety a lwiilding reihaiued, Prior to Snndny no one. would have believed it posHible for snch universal ilnstrretioo to bo caused bv a single fira in any modern city. - B.it iron aud atone bniMinss were swept away almost ns anic-klv as brick and 'wood structures, and the term fire-proof be longed to none. Of course CUicag was, not a well bnilt city; for .while many of its bulldiugs were- very sub stantial, the best, of them were more or less snrrqunded by flimsy structures that invited and feu tbe mrae3.' Sore and distressing as this'calacoi ty is, at has its bright, sidev Throhjrh out-onr own- laud, and even iu Lin dred England, contribntiouaof money, provisions and jolothing for the desti tote aud starving thousands ih Cbica so are made with . willing hands ' aud warm hearts. 1 . New York has already subscribed nearly a million to the relief fubd; Bostou oflers hundreds of thoasands and from every city tboiisauda npou tbonsancis are oueeriuiiy4 even anion i lv. civeu. Stewart, the dry-goods mil lionaire of New York, gives $50,000; Bonner pends Si 0,000; several business firms and corporations came forward with $10,000 aud So.000 subscriptions, in Boston and other cities as ,.well as in New York. ; ' The hsnefitsiof insnrance will; be PprM9iat(l(-Ati i rporetl - that inoct ot tlto octampnttiiem oalid of .Chi cago Will be able to pay the amount of their losses. , The Hartford compa- nieS are all able to redeem their poli cies; most of the Kew York companies will do likewise,' and so will all but three or fguir of the Boston compa rkies; all the St, lipiiis companies will payiu iu u, ana an tue xoreign com panies, also. Among the companies that will probably succumb' to their losses are tbe following? Market, Astor, Fulton, Excelsior, and the Irving, of NewYork;the New England, Hide and Leather, and the Independent, of Bos ton. It ispossible that some of these co in pan iea will pay their losses nearly inlullj-andit ia likewise possible that others supposed1 to be sound will prove weak when tbo extent of their losses becomes known. ,. . . , : jl The Chicago fire was pu t out Moo day night by a dreuohing rain which prevailed for several hoars. The en tire.' loss is estimated at from $200, 000.Q00 to a0O.000.00A ; Already ; the indomitabJe people ot that city are preparing to rebuild the burnt district, and the business men are resaminr? operation a ad rapidly aa they can find placea ta occupy. . - i, v ; n . . . . . .... 50 ft IS ..200(5 00 13 00 015 00 .... afl G . i IiOYtias' kivil)eqe.-IV i the priv.' ilego of the lover to bi at one and the same time in ; two situation. "When beside his sweetheart he is alo beside mmseli. i " ' . "" - Ground Plaster, GRAIN". I I Cora, "y bosa. ualv Pvoa, Kvei Wlioat, : HIDES. Dry. lb Orten, IRON. - Swadaa, lb. Euglish ltefl'dr Americnin. ' IIop "tf Bundle, Cast Stem, IK Plow PLite Steel, LARD. N. Carolina, IK Northern, liquors. ; N. C. ( 'orn WhAfcey y gal r. u. itje htmkktv .... 1ST. C. A pple Branf?y, , . . . ; N. C Peach Rrandy, - .... . N'rtrtJuim WUiiilw - Dps Ttoek. TW tKL - t t 99 Side, upper per lb. ; . . . Bole 1o;ther, i . ... Calfskin. .... LUMBER. - Boards and Scantling jj II Flooring bo;rdsr Pipbr tvirds, M0L,SSliS: . ' New crop par had TVx per barrel. Retail, per gallon, . . Strop, per g.dloi . m perl4. Family, r oi KJ.. NAILS, j Cut,4dto20d.,'keg,.. NAVAL STORES. Turpt., virgin bbl. . Tello-w dip, :.. Scrape, , , ; . ', .. Kosin Paid, ' .. I No. I. )Na 2. Strained, Spirits Turpentine, gal T)ig - per bbl. . . . OILS. . C Sperm per gJ., , . . I iinseed . ... MAchlnerr" " . Petroleum , PKEPER Blnek, $ Ih. POTATOES. . ' , Irish per birr!. ... ' buiiheli, .:. BICR fh. SHEETINGS - Lehmon A. 4-4 Vbale, .. " .ittte IHvM-4 V bale, Ttetail, . salt. .,; .Liverpool, per sack, ... a 1 - - t f SUGAR. Porto Kioo, per lh .'. . St Croix, v - .... . Extra O , rjmnlie?. ... , .... SIIIOLES. : typress, contraot, J IT. Common, s ' w.-..-. 'Juniper; contract,,..,.. Common,' ...... STAVES. . W. a Bbl. SOAP. TOBACCO. Common to Fine "ft !h. TALLOW Per lb. : ' Unwashed, ?t Jh,.! Washed, . j Fleeoe. SWEET POTATOES? a . v . . . . . .. ko. -too 11 00 tcoo 4oO a so 700 (3 DO 2 00 ..:' j. f "V . 4.00. Ga 2 25 .....10 121 l ea f..12(gI2 12SA1 -, t... . ... A 2 25 2 40 - -2 00 - . 4 0O- i bo 17 ob. ....to l oo 10. t- Si I 1 . Markets Reported Yestcrflv. V WiotrTo SpiriU Turpentu-f-la o 123 casks at CtiJ cords. C9'0itks a 63' eenU, per. gallon for- Southern jpftokagoa, and 2ft. casks at 64 eenta for New York package Rosin sales of 335 bbla at S3 30 pr stain rd. 13 C2 o xtra No. 1 aad T;fp txtna Pole. - Turpcntiae -sales of 325 bbls. a $3'40 for hard, $3 for yellow dip, and $5 10 for virgia. Tar N6,salea .reported. . t Cotton sales Of 60 hales as follows: 4 at 18-, 37 at 18t aadl? at 18i eenpe-cpoond, y . New XobW Stock xry weak bat aotiM.. Gold henry at 113 ta USJ; Govtvamcata dull and weak. 8tate bonds dull hoi steady. Money 7 per oeajL 6Vrlk ExohaMga kmg, , 1084; short lOOi. ' : ! - , .Flour dnlt and keavy. Wkcat'qufet and unchanged Com dull and dtliajng. MeM Pork heavy at $13 23, Laid steady. Cottoa . dull and heavy-Uplasda 192 eenla; Orleana 20 i; sales of 600 bales. Spirit Tarpsotina quiet and firm at 69 to 70 cents. : . Soaln fits at $1 23. FreighU Una, -1 r
The Eagle [1866-1875] (Fayetteville, N.C.)
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