The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1862-05-14

opp site its place Of org ming. The extent u ground
done by ID. We dill actoriy q: bus b,th
are very large. The bodies Of bsth vi these
great D Sums OF destruction we're snectuaiv ansied
be.ors midnight cl Saturday, though ~ scattered cali
ties they continued =, burn CIR many hours ate wards
The do. usons Il the 81 Ore were. in length from
TO eat, about twenty three miles, BY average
bread Of three les, max ng burned ares OF thu
lis over sixty square mi.s or about 500 acres.
VIII 9 It's depth from o h 70 south the tract burned
across from the North Country Nd TO tine 0ay) which
u occapic an hour In tfaversrg, WAS pine TO ten
mi IS. with an width u seven miles; another
area Of alb ut tie extent including more cleared
land, an therefore, loss ol b4rned cisLrctstInated
at, say 40 600 buried To the Ggures W.
adj Mastin Neck with 600 To 10 600 acres more u WI
he seen tfat the grand total Of desa tAed
by this single FIRE Is nearly or aaile 10000 acres.
THE LOSERS,
In addition to those Def enumerated, areon Mas'ic
Neck. Hon. John g. loyd las 500 barned over;
Esoeri 1. smith has 1900 the Messs. Roberts
scale 1900 acres others from 500 to 500 tbs ba u
and extensive outbpidrgs Of Henry Mic |, ESQ.,, th
400 shes gram, sagn.ng utel sis and hs complete
nutft If pros ca mer, valued at So 90,
bnrnci two barns, belonging . Mr. VIM. Roberts con-
tanning six and six caves, forty OF pressed
bay &c At Norichsr John Hallock lost his b, John
Petty barn, and loln Hswkinsa barn. barn was
mt ON second Neck (Asstc) Mr. j. II. Wseaes nor h
aud south of VA hank had 1900 acres burned an his
90 Horace Randall st ,0C0 Of cd.
Al Fireplace. An old house. owned by Mrs. rheoi 81 /,
Smith, was burned, a barn OF B.r,ist La"kns,
a wagon house OF Samuel liaN kins: an un-
occu,aei dwelling house belonging g. he estate
OF the late Rev. Nathaniel Hawkins; a barn
"a Beni Cdeslreve; hause and contents and all the
tbnildings of widow Hrp2y eartean tho West Fire
place scboclh' use barn of joel hawkins with hrs ly
COW; barn o. Gh res Emmons: btrn AMI coinc III ol
Aired Brown. barn OF Captain john SA ecney. Al Bel
port Henry Osborn lost two barns very stens out
buildings, one Thousand sheis OF gran, mIcm
&C. viirei IN ali Mt 5000 T. sym a. The idivdh j
losses grow wod fences, Grain, w., utterly cut
Of lie question, a few II Il rle los car be
mention d. Hon. VIM. Siiney Smith is thought o have
lost so GOO $15 0D0 Mr. Weeks put I Sl2 900
t. Sl5eeV; Hon }. Foyds at $4,000; 4. I. sinl.h
~ 1900; the uessrs. Roberts al $4,000
Also took place saturday stated but Of far
less mpoI lance com arave thln the Nave de-
park, IN the town Of iiunngton which Ut OIL towards
BE Point. d stroying some .lings aud aung great
ramage. but Of its extent and dura are without
definite info nation A are also uired al lce3 Hoe
nea batting Hoi.ow, in KycrLead town, which swe
dowa IN s,atnoass ly dire tion til stop ed by the Pc
CONC iyel, baipln g over some zoo acres.
APPEARANCE OF THE FIRE.
BY those who witnessed II near At hand, and partic
p,ted In lie rce disputing its ele
features OF The m st terrific grandeur blended with
wild beauty which, COZ Id Ii have been Invested OF the
OF destruction would have al hral ed The i<
speadid fascination. In yoluu:e and com sn
IT. Tar exceeded IN annual bG. nngs X ass.
the Western prairies. Starting In the dry and
brush il would strike noble Il tree hfty or sixty feet
high, vault AT prod gaus bound from base u IT'S
summit ami enci Gle us bran hes with crown Of lame
ftaen twenty feet HIGH whe caught by the wind,
II the blazing bsushs would whlrl itseli Thu
lotty rods ahead, to drop upon the finder hox below
ana % climb another Il and It's
leaps. In this way II Is achieve by practical witnesses
that when these drdnt IL may cha
them, moved along the tree tops nj The iorly
miles hour, while the solid, glowing core OF vivid
tame. which some places iet level pa b
OF desolstin aiter il, followed behind at the rate
of ten miles hour. 81 brilliant and s;rosg
the light and SO deep the rejection upon The sky
that, at eastern cid If tie AMI, tar;y TO f,riy
miles away, tho narlcs cond be stinsty q
bright IN vii,ht night; and vessel II I'd at Green
port on Sunday reported seeing great Int aS Of 9,
whom AZ miles at eighy niAey miles disL
WILD GAME
o. various sorts cnd some hundreds O. rtos
squirrels, foxes quail, &C. hying IN terror
from the advancing monster. Htppiiy nc human lie is
K. own 70 be LIST. and 10 orc was seriously iJured
8 ough several "harbreadth escapes" eia.ei. The
ony accident we hear o. AZ attending tho dcveoprgon
OF this '.tragedy IN real lfe' lard aredy, al
the Clements or tragic terror and agitation,
70 The thousands who dwell within Inc radius
OF its Gerry mag etsm hap eaed after is donoucrnent.
Ma Barieau, who had lost her earthiy all May
set her own garments On Dire whle RAJ ng among the
ashes OF her house and q seriously burne hoped
not fatally Her son. in struggling to ieisve her, was
also somewhat burned.
SUMMARY or Losses.
OF course, Gisirc. extensive that the sepa-
items be coosAed FOR days. with thu ex
element Of great calamity still eniyeins ina ina
tim and clouiag the reason Of men, IL is imprar cabe
10 condense The oatlng ruMcrs and copIgctues
into any well defined belief but after seeking 10
weigh dispassionately - the vario $ statements
we have heard and guiding our ue,gn4eat
by all the known facts we can gather We are disposed 70
think that the entire loss, Gmcda:o aud to- actual
and iossibe, which Suffolk unity (and It l. safe TO af
sustained by the several free last week viii range
one % one and quarter mb n Of nois,s
IN concluding your rcpr.cr wouli gratefully acknow
ledge his Indebtedness John r. Mills. Fy, the gentle
manly ard obi giDg Postmaster At Ya,hak for his
tssy; also 70 Hon. Vim. Sidny smith ana JAS H. Wscses
Esq, OF Yaphank, for iavors.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.
WEST MoMcsEs, +. l., May IL, 1862.
.ake the frs. opportunity offered t. give you rs
correct viii allow M in res,rd 10 The
Nr~ SrA A.
the 9th inst places first Opposite AM near stony
Gro, K second the south sda. between Lake ard and
slip There at the time hiosing gale from
TO northwest. The body The two ire. me; yes
erdny a. four O'Clock, at near uarman's river
tnuin- and sweeping everything bsfors it until Il
he'd River Head some thirty miles east OF where IL
orr mated. From River Hsad it OIL IN the
village saved ~ tho fire cntnued Il soafheastcrly
course towards South Ham ton. T, undertake % make
aavwiers near an estimate Of thu mt or wool and
timber burned wlli bs Impossible bit should think
there two HIM red and nifty ,hofsanJ acres aud
veuty seven tn usand cords of VOID de rtroyei.
Az couli ascertain there thirty
BUILDINGS Of different classes estruycd treo lives lost
10 the vicinity o. seven mics arsund this LIN have
suifs from the conaa ration -apt John Hawkins.
one barn burned; John Petty. ons barn John ia <.
dwelling no 70. In Mastic--Wm. Roberts, two barns
and uuiho ard ter head II cattle: Henry Nichols
harms ogthousea. carriages. Nc In Rel port ard Fire
Place tho 10 lowing nersans sufferer -Ben,tnn Gid r.
sleeve barn; No,re ,usa and barn; Hen-v Osborn
harns and outbaidiugs. In Wanmcsis and ranor--Wm.
wichs house and barn WIN. Bgs honss burned Elisha
Carter burned Frank ~ RAvLor hous. aud ba N:
H. Corwn. house: Jerry Ally, house: Fbcnezsr ian.
house. AMI three others houses. ramas unknown.
should estimate tho inss ut about $500 900, mostly
ang ntiding class farmers which will Ia these times
be very sens.by fct.
r. s-Furher news gives Josiah woodruff, two houses
and barns destroyed.
City Intelligence.
"FR=EDon, TRuTn AND RIssr''-.EiEv ron TIE FIFTY
prssr NEW YoRx RESlxEyr.--Mr Carl Henen,ann has