The contents of the Post Office were saved, and the Office re-opened in the Clapp Block, on Federal St., with praiseworthy despatch. The officers of the Customs have taken up their quarters in the old Custom House, on Fore street again. The money and valuables in the vault of the Atlantic Bank were taken out on Monday uninjured. Mr. Bailey's stock of books was mostly saved, in a damaged state. The loss which our city sustains in its destruction can scarcely be estimated in dollars.
Every citizen is incommoded by it.
Our city loses its principal architecture ornament, for the bulding was the finest in the State. In its comfortable and spacious halls and apartments our business men met and consulted upon their own and the public prosperity. It accommodated under one roof, and in a convenient situation, nearly all our public offices. The loss of any other single building would be scarcely felt in comparison with it. Our city, by its destruction, is left without a single public edifice, worth boasting of as an architectural ornament.