Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-09-09

Parnes procured supplies Of straw from the nsirs-
oorlng Stables; camPhens cans rboCsles Of turusu-
.hs jars OF taF aud bundles Of shavings sprung I'd
" S'ely- Daad 1nen,a few little torches tWinkIsd
IN me upper part Of the street leading from ne s
I ~, and vending my way ihitbsr fSrn5 -. -.
southwest angle Of the quarantine van -bsvs -.
cottages Of the health officers bostmeo -. ;,t
ed, piles o. furniture, guarded By Womea' Tbey
seemed joVial enough, and stated that they had sss
kindly advised beforehand that il vas the intention
Of the citizens to illuminate their dWeIlings = ts
had concluded 70 vaoats. r.
There vas 3 large crowd, and presently few
persons began to enter the cottages with torches.
Soon light hame came curling up from the Efss
hoor OF the lowest one Then some eombustibls
substance vas added, which flashed up feFceiF- the
shutters and doors we're torn Of and placed on The
pile, the boor smashed through and after hslY an
hours coaxing the cottage was on fre the asmes
bursting out ef the windows and hcking over the
caves. The other cottages were then fred In suo-
cessiOn but the little tensments did not get veil on
Ere without good deal Of trimming
DR.. Weller's deputy health ofiser1 house Just BE-
low, fine three-story frame dwelling vas fred In
like manner the leaders bursting in doors snd win
doEs, unhanging shutters and kindling great heaps
OF eombustibles on the floors. The furniture bad
been removed during The day, and the house Fas
soon sheet Of fame
Below this house again vas the 6ns residence Of
Dr. Bisseil, the resident physician, . handsome
three story brick house. This the mob said ss-,ust
be saved, Whereupon it was sacked like the ofhsra
the doors and shutters unhung and piled CD in bon
fires within. Oil, eamphen aBd other st1Es Eers
added, and the whole building vas soon blaze
The old doctor, with sturdy independence, refused
to take out his furniture, preferrng sacrifice al
rather than compromise his dignity.
When these fires began, the alarm bell Of the VII.
lage vas rung and the engines were broCght out
The hremen, however. did nothing bat look on.
While the foreman beloved orders that we're not 10
be obeyed. @ a.
The work IS being slowly and surely and acooul-5
Plishsd The next building to be attacked is hs Fe
male Hospital in which IS patients sick Of yei-
low fever, small pox and kindred disorders. This
devastation will cease only with the destruction o.
all the buildings belonging TO the State quarantns.
S-l2 S0A n The 6ns old hospital a splaa-.
did building is now On FIRE, and the asmes are
bursting out Of the roof. few hours and The
work viii be accomplished. The sick have been Ia
ken cut, and are nov the grass plat between the
Two hres-the hospital and the resident physicians
house under shower Of sparks. God pity them,
Where will al this end?
dispatch received BY usfrOm New York yesteF-
day, adds the following:
Soon after midnight the female hospital vas Who'll
ly consumed. Il contained 75 patients, Wbo Wsrs
previously removed and placed on the grass plst,
where they remained through the night covered
with sparks from the burning buildings.
Three Of the sick died during the night from The
effects Of the heat and open air exposure.
The seventh regiment vas notified 10 hold them
selves in readiness for this emergency, but were not
called out.