Sugar Bush Road were entirely consumed. In 
many cases the men became deranged un<l gave 
up in despair; and. sooner than be roasted alive, 
deliberately committed suicide with knives and 
other weapons. Large numbers of suiTereis 
are arriving at this point from the interior, 
every hour. We are administering to their 
the locality. Tnis Is the most, meager outline of 
one harrowing incident out of a volume more 
terrible than anything gone before. Idstaof the 
dead are making up as rapidly as possible, and 
great efforts are made on every hand to secure 
and save the afflicted district. The supplies 
raised so lavishly for Chicago are used for these 
thronged with people moving in all directions. 
To me the sight of the ruin, though so sad, was 
wonderful to a degree, and especially being 
wrought in so short, a space of time. It was the 
destruction of the entire business portion of one 
of tbe greatest cities in the world 1 Every bank 
and insurance office, law offices, hotels, theaters, 
railroad depots, most of the 
j churches, and many of the 
\ principal residences of the 
^ city a charred mass, and pro- 
a* perty without estloiate gone 3 
5) ' While making my way west 
V* through the crowds of people. 
- over the Madison St. Bridge, 
5 , desolation stared me in the 
w ^ face at every step. And yet 
I was much struck with the 
f tone and temper of the peo- 
** pie. On all sides I saw evi- 
Q dencesof true Chicago spirit. 
On all sides men said to one 
y g?* another:— M Cheer up; we’ll 
be all right again before 
long;” and many other plucky 
Si things. Their pluck and corn** 
Hfe0 waa wonderful. Every 
V- one wus cheerful, 
pleasant, hopeful, and even 
fWrsInollned to be jolly, in spite 
!*•— of the misery and destitution 
' LEXWCTQWau which surrounded them, and 
r '—^ ssfy, which they shared. One and 
peer L«KEFCRi>i all said Chicago must and 
— - s, ' ^ should bo rebuilt at once. 
ABUSES or RELIEF—rt'B FORM 
in the rum re. 
A correspondent of the Tri¬ 
bune, at Chicago, writes:— 
“A certain class of the popu¬ 
lation tboroughly enjoying 
the enforced holiday, devel¬ 
oped such an appetite for the 
wages of idleness that they 
refused to work for fair wages 
as long as they could be fed 
for nothing. A gentleman 
who was straining every nerve 
to put up a building found on 
Friday that bis work must 
come to a stop on account of 
the absence of two-tlilrds of 
his workmen, who had drawn 
provisions for a week from the public 6 toree,nnd 
would work do more until they had eaten it up. 
The lavish freedom born of generous impulse 
with which rallrond passes were given to all who 
wanted to leave the city also led to a similar 
abuse. Hundreds applied for passes who bad 
business or family visits to make in adjoining 
States. A gentleman in Wabash avenue found 
one morning that his servant girls hnd availed 
themselves of the opportunity and indulged in a 
ticket to Milwaukee. One able-bodied man 
blandly requested a pass to Sail Francisco. All 
of these people will beg or steal their way back, 
and apply as boldly as ever for new relief. Un¬ 
der those circumstances the best citizens join 
with the prominent newspapers in insisting that 
relief shall henceforth, as far as possible, take 
the form of furnishing employment to the able- 
bodied. 
ROBERT COLLYKR'H FIRST SERMON*AFTER THE 
EIRE. 
Dr. Col Iyer’S church edifice was burned, but 
the Sunday after the fire nearly all the Society 
gathered in the street, at his call, to worship. 
Street and sidewalk were covered with inon, 
women and children, who were moved some¬ 
times to laughter by the quaint humor of the 
speaker, und sometimes to tears by his deep and 
earnest pathos: The day was clear and mild and 
the October sunshine fell softly on his gray lmirs 
as he stood in from, of tltis onco beautiful 
church, now wholly in ruins, and talked to his 
people in a cheerful way. He said Ond would 
not ask of them impossibilities. The calamity 
was so vast that tlie people were stunned and 
dumb. They could not yet lilt themselves up 
Into that higher atmosphere they yet hoped to 
reach where they could thank God for this visi¬ 
tation. All 1 ills In good time they would hope 
and pray for; but God would not demand this 
to-day. He then referred in plain and touching 
language to the terrible losses they had suffered, 
but soon changed to the more hopeful aspects 
of the case, showing how much they had yet 
worth living lor. He urged (hem to look for¬ 
ward and not backward, and excited even among 
those unfortunate people a momentary burst of 
good spirits by his quietly humorous description 
of Lot’s wife and what she came to by mourn¬ 
ing over her spoons and table-cloths which were 
burned In Sodom. Every one must, now engage 
iu the work of reconstruction. He then briefly 
and modestly referred to himself and Ids Inten¬ 
tions. Hu would stay by his people; lie did not 
think they could find a cheaper parson. He had 
preached one year for 75 cents and could do it 
again ll necessary. He could support himself 
for the present by lecturing, and as a last resort 
lie could still make its good a horseshoe as any 
blacksmith In Chicago. The audience dispersed 
after singing a hymn, greatly cheered and 
brightened by the wholesome and helpful words 
of their preacher and friend, who seemed to for¬ 
get his own severe losses in trying to console 
them for theirs. 
FLIGHT OF THE PEOPLE THROUGH LASALLE 
STREET TUNNEL THE NIGHT OF THE FIRE. 
It was about 2 o'clock when this strange hegira. 
began, and in ten minutes it became a furious 
mut. The bridges on both sides were on fire, 
and the flames were writhing over the decks of 
the brigs in the river, and winding their tierce 
arms of flame around the masts and through 
the rigging like a monstrous, luminous devil¬ 
fish. The awful canopy of fire drew down and 
closed over Water street as the shrieking multi¬ 
tude rushed for the tunnel, the only avenue of 
escape. The gas works had already blown up, 
and there was no light In any house save the 
illumination which lighted up only to destroy. 
But into the darkened cave rushed pell-mell, 
fi'om all directions, the frenzied crowd—bank- | 
ers, thieves, draymen, wives, children—in every 
stage of undress, as they had leaped from burn¬ 
ing lodgings, a howling, imploring, cursing, 
praying, waiting mob, making their desperate 
dive iiuder the river. It was as dark in the 
tunnel us it is in the center of the earth, per¬ 
haps darker. Hundreds of the fugitives were 
laden with furniture, household goods, utensils, 
loaves of bread and pieces of meat, and their 
rush through the almost sufficatiug tuunel was I 
fearful in the ext rerue. They knocked each 
other down, and the strung trod on the helpless. 
Nothing was heard at the mouth of the cavern¬ 
ous prison but arnultled howl of rage and an¬ 
guish. Several came forth with broken limbs 
and terrible bruises, ns they scattered and re¬ 
sumed their flight under the blazing sky to the 
North. 
New York. 
Syracuse, Oct. 15.—There were seven distinct 
fire? here last night, six of them being the work 
of incendiaries. Fortunately, no great damage 
was done. A high wind was prevailing at the 
time, and it is supposed there is a plot to liurn 
the city. The authorities are taking extraordi¬ 
nary precautionary measures. 
Rome, Oct. 16.—Three incendiary fires were 
set here at 1 o’clock this morning. Each build¬ 
ing was some scorched, but the fire was discov¬ 
ered before any serious damage was done, and 
extinguished. It is supposed that an attempt 
to burn the city was made. In order that an op¬ 
portunity for plunder might he obtained. 
Thirty-six thousand applications, under the 
act granting pensions to soldiers of the Avar of 
1812, are now on file at the Pension office. About 
120 certificates of pension^ are issued per day, 
and It will take about one year to dispose of 
those now on file. 
The International Money-Order system begins 
to work advantageously to the Government. 
Tbe Washington office has already transmitted 
money orders to all parts of the world under 
the new regulations. 
The international yacht race, or series of races, 
are being sailed at the entrance of New York 
harbor. The English yacht Livonia, and the 
American yacht Columbia, have sailed (luce of 
the senes of seven, tbe Columbia winning the 
first two and the Livonia the third. The owner 
Of tbe Livonin claims the second race, charging 
that the Columbia did not observe the preset ibed 
regulations in sailing. 
THE NORTHWESTERN FIRES, 
Vnst Rentruclion of Toaviik, Timber, Dcso 
Intiou of Home* and Los* of Life. 
UTJ TRAVERS* 
ADAMS PCIN' 
Scarcely, if any, leas heart-sickening lltau the 
fearful record of destruction and desolation of 
Chicago, is that foreslmdOAved last AVOOk, and 
doav confirmed, of the devastation made by for¬ 
est. and prairie fires iu Michigan and Wisconsin. 
Our space falls to afford room for tho fearful 
details. Wo give herewit h a map indicating the 
districts, but, imperfectly, which have been 
swept over. Not all l ho space Indicated by t he 
dark shading has boon swept over, but fires have 
occurred at places not widely separated through¬ 
out the sections so designated. 
There arc reports of villages ablaze all along 
the Huron shore, from the St. Clair River to 
Saginaw Hay. Tho east and Avcst shores of the 
Bay linvo alike been devastated; conflagrations 
are reported in tho SaglnaAv Valley, at various 
points ulofig t lie Detroit and Grand Haven Rail¬ 
road, and even as far south as the Central Road; 
Avliile on the western shore of Michigan, from 
Grand Traverse Hay 10 South Haven, over 200 
miles, the dest ruct ion has been great. It was on 
tills const, aboutfiO miles south of Grand Haven, 
that the prosperous town of Holland stood, 
Avhich was entirely consumed. Further north, 
Manistee, a lumber town, was in great part, de¬ 
stroyed, and Glen Haven, on Grand Traverse 
Bay, was wholly burned. 
Across t he Lake, in Wisconsin, both shores of 
Green Bay Averc ravaged, and the fire swept 
along the whole length tit the Door Peninsula. 
Fires are also reported in tho counties ot Fond 
du Lac, Manitowoc, Sheboygan, Dodge, Mara¬ 
thon and Winnebago. There is no information 
to 6hoAv Iioav much of the uninhabited country 
in the northern part, of the LoAver Michigan Pe¬ 
ninsula has been swept, or how fur into the Avild 
region north and ive.st of Green Bay the fire baa 
penetrated. Some exaggerated accounts repre¬ 
sent Michigan as burned from lake to lake, but 
these are manifestly based upon tho number of 
fires reported at many different poinls, Which to 
oue not knowing the frequency of forest flresiu 
dry seasons in the N<mInvest, would give the 
impression that the tvholecountry for hundreds 
of miles amis in flames. 
In some parts of Interior Michigan and in the 
country around Fond du Lae, Wisconsin, dam¬ 
age to farmers 1 ? ulso reported. The villages 
reported as burned lu Michigan, are Birch Creek, 
Little River, Center Harbor, Sand Beach, White 
Rock, Forestvilie, Cato Verona, Huron City, 
Port Austfu, nnd hair Of Purl Hope, ail on the 
Luke Huron Siiore; Holland, Grand Junction, 
Pnrt of Manistee, and Gleii Haven, on the Lake 
Michigan Shore. 
In Wisconsin, the villages of Peshtogo, Upper 
Bush, Lower Bush, Williamsonville, Roaiere, 
MinnekitAvnee, and part of Marrinette, on the 
west shore of Green Bay, Avcre destroyed, and 
on the east shore of the bay, Lit tle Sturgeon, 
Franken, Scovllle, nnd Caseo perished. Tho 
camps of tho Avorkmen on the railroad con¬ 
structing north from Fort Howard who consum¬ 
ed, and so were many lumber cutups. The Green 
Bay Advocate enumerates the following villages 
as Avbolly or in part destroyed: Green Bay, 
Humboldt, Casco, Red River. Brussels, Rosiore, 
Robinson villa. Thirty Diannes, Glen more, Hub¬ 
bard’s Mill. Betsey Mill, New Drunken, Oak Or- | 
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Our Hanker* A lirond. 
Late files from European papers comment 
most favorably on the appointment of the Lon¬ 
don firm of Henry CIcavs A Co., as bankers 
abroad for all foreign countries of the United 
States Government and the Treasury Depart¬ 
ment, in place of Baring Bros. It is true that 
no feeling but the utmost cordiality of spirit ex¬ 
ists between these t.Avn representative banking 
houses. It Is not true t hat Baring Bros, have 
transacted their liusiness with the Government 
in an unsatisfactory manner. On the Contrary, 
the utmost good feeling has existed from (he 
beginning of the trust up to the present time. 
It Is true that tlie Government has confidence 
in the house of Henry Clews & Co., and It is 
rather a testimonial of confidence in their mau- 
nerof doing business, than a reward for services 
rendered to the Government by Mr. CIcavs, that 
has secured the appointment of Henry Clews & 
Co. as our hunkers tibrond. 
Tliis house has risen rapidly in public confi¬ 
dence, until it has readied the Government, 
Avhlcli nationalizes its popularity by conferring 
the present appointment of Fisoui agents. 
Probity, tact, patriotism and financial poAver 
thus get a compliment. The duties of their po¬ 
sition arc such that It cannot hut tend to give 
general confidence throughout this oouutry and 
in Europe to the name and credit of ilils leudiug 
bauklng house.—Boston Adverltoer. 
CHARLOTTE 
P &UQAN\^ 
QllTH HAVEN, 
PAWPAW 
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DETROIT j. 
MARSHALL • JACKSON 
CANADA 
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MAP OF 1 THE BURNE1 
Avants by binding up their Avounds, and giving 
them food, and sending them to Menominee 
and Marinette. We are camped on tbe river 
Avhere once was the village of Pesluego, but 
whore not a single building lias been left stand¬ 
ing. it is now estimated that the AVholc number 
of people drowned and burned to death will 
reach 500. Whole families yet remain untuiried. 
The great difficulty seems to have been Hint the 
people inhaled the fire, and hundreds are noAV 
suffering from this cause. Of their intense 
agony no tongue can tell or Avords describe; 
such ghastly sights avo hope never to see again.” 
”1 will mention oneeaue ot a little girl 12years 
old, avIio saved her ill lie sister from death, but 
who Avas advised by muny to desist from Die at¬ 
torn t lest she herself should perish. She heeded 
them not, however, lint by the most heroic ef¬ 
forts ?he succeeded in rescuing her little sister 
from the merciless flames. Her rather, mother, 
brothers and other sisters perished in the de¬ 
vouring element. And after the fire had abated 
somewhat, she Avorked her Avay hack over hot 
ashes and burning coals and dragged the dead 
bodic-g of her relatives out into an open space 
ami tlien stood watching their charred remains 
nil day und through that long and desolate night 
that followed. That is child heroism the like of 
which Avas never recorded. 
“ Another team lias just comein with wounded 
persons, it lias traveled all day through a thick¬ 
ly settled country, bur never s«av a single house 
standing. The driver says that (he country is 
literally covered avRIi dead aud dying victims. 
In one place alone forty dead bodies were found 
lying together. One man was found Avho had 
traveled since Sunday AVith a little child in his 
arms, subsisting on potatoes av filch were found 
in the fields. Wc gave the child some AA'ino and 
brandy, which partially revived It, The little 
THE CHICAGO FIRE. 
We supplement our report of the fire in last 
week's issue Avith some of the incidents and 
facts illustrative of it aud the character of the 
! people Avho arc sufferers. 
CHICAGO MERCHANTS RETURNING HOME. 
A correspondent, writing the 13th, from Chi¬ 
cago, says I camo im a town, yesterday morn¬ 
ing, Avitli a crow f t load of Chicago mer¬ 
chants. A wretched cr^pplt.' came into the train 
avRIi a doggerel petition asking l'or aid to put 
him on big legs agafn. “ Just our affair,” they 
laughed : “ Ave're all cripples togetherbut they 
showered the “ stamps" upon him, AVliich lie 
received with all the surly discourtesy ot his 
race. They then began to ask each other where 
they would put up, facetiously mentioning the 
burned hotels. 
“ Is the Pacific open ?” asked one. 
“ Yes, at the top, 1 ' said another, and tbe jest 
Avas highly relished. 
At Laporte a man came on board, of Avliotn 
ono of the passengers asked " How about my 
house?” “Burned.” was the reply. The next 
question consisted merely of a searching glance, 
and the answer was, ” She’s all right at our 
father's; we got your papers out of the safe tills 
morning; they are all right, too." 
“Well," said the merchant coolly, “ when a 
man lias his wile and his papers Aviiat more 
does be want?” 
A CHICAGO MAN’S GOOD FORTUNE. 
The same correspondent says:—“ The first man 
I met on leaving tho train Avas tho Hon. L. 
Swell. I asked if ho wusone of the few fortu- 
uatos. He smiled and nodded, [congratulated 
him on the safety of liis house. ‘ Oh, that’s an¬ 
other matter; my house is gone, but my wife 
and child ten were saved.* This spirit is too 
common to be remarked, yet, Avhen you com¬ 
pare it with what you see among other people, 
it seems very admirable.” 
AESTHETIC VIEW OF THE FIRE. 
” I met the Hon, N. If. Judd, avIio avos return¬ 
ing home after nn unavailing seal'd] for an in¬ 
surance company in which lie is interested. He 
spoke lightly, after 1 lie Chicago manner, of Ills 
losses, but indulged In some enthusiastic ex¬ 
pressions about the beauty of the ruins on the 
South Side. The front facade of llie Bigelow 
House gives an exquisite hint for a triumphal 
arch, nnd the south angle of Palmer House 
looks a liule like tho Campanua of the Duomo 
at Florence.” 
BURNING OF TnE CHICAGO HISTORICAL SOCIE¬ 
TY'S BUILDINGS, 
This Society avrs the pet organization of the 
Avenlthy and cultivated classes of Chicago, and 
its fire proof building contained the rarest his¬ 
torical works illustrative of the Northwest. An 
indefatigable collector of these was the venera¬ 
ble Col. Stone, Avell known to every newspaper 
man especially, and an old citizen. The people 
in the vicinity ot' iliis edifice, confident of its 
strength, gathered their most valued possessions 
and crowded the cellars iu assurance of perfect 
safety. Among them Avere citizens of note, the 
venerable Col. Stone and Avife. Mr. aud Mrs. Able 
and two daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter, Avith 
several others not so Avell ImoAVti. While the 
ft ighienod group were moving a trunk, the li¬ 
brarian caught sight of a flame, and, shouting 
to the rent, rushed from the fatal place. The 
others, at least 30 in number, Avere not seen to 
emerge, and tlir-rc is no doubt tllftt they perish¬ 
ed, as the hnildmg was soon tottering to utter 
Avreek. The original copy of the Lincoln Eman¬ 
cipation Proclamation perished among the most 
cherished memorials of t his Society. 
PLUCK OF TnE PEOPLE IMMEDIATELY AFTER 
THE FIRE. 
Ex-Lieut, Gov. Bros?, one of the proprietors 
of tlie Tribune, which building was burned, and 
his magnificent house iu Terrace Roav, Michigan 
avenue, after detailing his experiences during 
the fire to a reporter, saysThe next morning 
1 Avas of course out early, aud found tho streets 
Watch IVo.4284—Bearing Trade Mark “Ed¬ 
win Kollo, Minion, N. J.”—manufactured by 
United Suites Watch Co., has been carried by me 
six months; its total variation from mean time 
being only two-thirds of a second per day.— 
David H. Peck, Ferry Master Central H. R, of 
N. J„ foot of Liberty St„ North River, N. Y. 
Example for tfir Ladle#.-MRS. Carrie S. Sla 
ter, Newark, N. J., has operated a Wheeler & 
Wilson Maohine 18 years; for the last 13 years on 
her own account sewing In families, and earned 
in that time $ 11 , 000 * married, borne two chil¬ 
dren, done her oavu seiving, und attended to 
other household duties. 
SPECIAL NOTICES 
POTATOES. 
Peerless,$3: Early Rose, $2.25; Climax, *2.25 per 
barrel delivered at the R. R. Will discount 10 per 
cent, on orders for 10 bids, or more. All warranted 
genuine. Frank Qua, North Granville, Washing¬ 
ton Co., N. Y. 
AN I MPORTANT INVENTION.— The ELAS¬ 
TIC TRthSS and SUPPORTER lias superseded all 
metal trusses, Suffering from rupture Is needless, 
as the price laAvitinn the means of all. The ELAS¬ 
TIC A RD< I MIN A L SUPPORTER for females Is pre¬ 
ferred over all others. Before buying metal trusses 
send for a descriptive circular to the ELASTIC 
TRUSS CO., No. 883 Broadway, New York. 
FOR MOTH PATCHES, FRECKLES 
and Tan, use Perry's Moth and Freckle Lotion. It is 
reliable and harmless for removing Brown Discolor- 
atoms from the skin. 
rsf Sold by Druggists everywhere. Depot, 49 
Bond street. New York. 
MONEY AND TRADE AFFAIRS, 
New York, Saturday, October ai, 1871. 
We have had another tveek’s excitement, unfavor¬ 
able to Stocks and Money, in Wall street. The 
Banks, after running down their reserves of Gold 
and Greenbacks to S 6 o,coo,Ooo. or $ 1 , 250,000 heloAV 
the required 25 per cent, to Deposits and Circula¬ 
tion, have felt compelled to continue their calls upon 
borrowers on Stock collaterals, and to decline many 
applications for Discounts to their mercantile deal¬ 
ers. The consequence is a tight Money both to 
Brokets and Merchants. The former have put them¬ 
selves right by selling their stocks, but the latter nnd 
tneir trade someAvhat interrupted by the higher street 
price of Money', say 10 to *4 per cent, on paper. A 
fair general trade is doing, however, and the Do¬ 
mestic Export is active tor Cotton, Breadstuff's, Pro¬ 
visions. &c. The clearances of the Aveek are $ 5 , 800 ,- 
000 . the largest of the season. Affairs at Chicago, 
to which point a large amount of Greenbacks has 
been sent from our Banks, arc assuming a better 
look ; the local Banks have resumed business,requir¬ 
ing no further help in the way of Currency', and die 
movement of Grain to the seaboard is going on with 
tile prospect that it will soon be as large as usual. 
A number of the Grain elevators were saved from 
the fire, and the depots of the Railroads are being 
put into order again. 
After large sacrifices on the Railroad Stocks, the 
Brokers on the Stoek Exchange begin to see daylight, 
and at the hour of Avriting this report, there arc good 
promises of easier Money and better prices for stocks. 
Gold lias gone down 2 per cent., while the United 
States stocks remain steady. Gold feels the effect of 
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