, 1864-06-06

Tue Streets, tho B1idses srt the City--A Pa
pef DieskaEe-PaekeI Fast On Naalsop.

Dlocsodcs are inst now declGedly IN fashion.
wchaye them In Chicago sl.allng in spirit those
We read Of occurring At the various points along
the Atlantic coast. Wo hare them In the streets
and en- the river. Clark street Just now Is block
aded opposite the Court House with that old
bigger nuisance now than it used to be. Speaking
Of passing the blockade at that point pssseneer
yesterday renaske ed az he looked 1t tho Scared and
rakine ars..' !ust now there Is an smple biock-
ado established between East and West Randolph
streets; the bridge has been broken down, and
band. Everything destined ffom ono oi these
places to the otheE has to pass through the neutral
Another kind Of blockade haa lattsrly been tried
lit may be properly called ''the btscf game." We
have block N the wheels Of the city goYerument.
Conncil, Board Of Education and Board Of Police,
ere nl1 blocked, and fingnlally enough the intro.
be the means Of breaking 1t. Tho blockade La
even been carried to the doo.a Of the TnBuHH Of
s5d 1 Psn sdsn, ns t. np hs
establish it, right to run the newspapers. 1t In
putting the cart before the horne. One who has 80
long been mere puppet In tho hands OF one set
Of Newspaper editors. can never hope to control
another; he cannot even establish 4 paper block
ndc.
There WIS tremendous blockade at Madison
street bridge Saturday morning.. The squadron
wero drawn mp In line on each side Of the bridge,
and the land forces were In donble dle OF ranged
II EoalQ Eolumu+ 1Qe aspect OF Ln1nHs WAS dec1"
dea1y bad. The pasta1s ut Cornnna was never
more hotly contested than that bid fair to b.
Above the bridge were two scows, two tugs, q
steamer. dve or six sailing vessels and wreck
Below It ut least an equal number OF barges wcsa
formed ta tor1ette. On the Westwere eleven horse
cars and = count1ees number Of experss wagons,
draya and other vehicles. to say nothing Of pedea
triane. On the East len horse cars wero wedged
IN one tnextricable mass BY q pressure OF other
draIe, and there was considerable cursing. The
bridge kept up d turning bsck and forth, al every
now and then one OF tbs river cratf would make
feInt Of puehlng through, and turned back again
as the Effort WIS demonstrated to be q hopeless
one. Then came the " runnincn-done by .pedes-
1inpz-apd there was considerable exhibition Of
cost tail. For vehicles there was no chance ;they
did rot attempt to advance. for that was use1ees
to retreat was equally fmpossIble- Some few Of
the hinder ones tooK the s'moro excellent way
Iske atFeet, having to make tho circuit
Of several blocks to set there; II IVES study for
painter. Happily the bridge was not broken.
nor did ne hear Of any bones being broken either:
but had onrenth part Of the prayers theirs offered
been answered, the whole crowd, men. hortes,
vessels, city, all-would have gone to the depths
Of The bottomlcss pit-"in one red burial bent. /"
For nearly an hour did the blockade continue,
and then the equadronn were victorious. Horse
and fopt. passengers and freight, passed over and
through safely The bridge rcposed peacefully on
It's 'beam ends" and nousht remained to tell OF
tho scenic ttsugglc. Such is life In Chicago.