Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-02-03
RUSSIA.

Mr S,hard, Jan. 81, 1863 says"l have justTeturned
| from an interview with Prince GoTtschaktH Tell mr.
Seward said he that the policy OF Russia IN regsri to
the United tes is fixed, and will not be changed by
| the oouIse adopted by any o,her alton.
1--WE greatly desire, as you know, the termination oil
yous unortunstI struggle, but We shal not oner our
friendly mediation until IL ID certain oil DeiD6 Aecspleu
| by both sides by tie Federal Government a-d the
Soutie rn States We earnestly hope for the nante-
nance OF ths Unon but al the same time We have no
hostility to the Southern people; and for the sake OF
both s!des we shall gladly prefer our services When
they ale mutually requested, but not until thea And
the Emperor expressed 20 Minister Cisy, IN May las,
that he bore in memory the friendly expressions formerly
used in regard the 1ited Safes and that nothing
would be wanting his part to make permanent the
amicable Ielaious oil the past
TIE GREAT DISASTER IN CHILI-2.2OO BODIES
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF TIE 0ATASTRo-
PHE-THE SITE OF TIE CHURCH TO BE oC-
CUPIED BY A MONUMENT.
Tie Providence Journal publishes letter received
BY Mr. W. A. Pearce, of Providence, from his father,
resident in Santiago OLi who witnessed the recent ap
paling catastrophe by which more than two thousand
hum N beings were burnt to death. appears that the
failure to rescue the unfortunate victims was owing to
the diotic police system Of the Ohians. The writer
says:-
81 hear you asking, Why were thOs, suffsrirs not
rescued? Yes, Why we're they not rescuedY Ny heart
sokeus within me at the q1tslon. Those determined
3 upid gnoramuses Of policemen! Fifty foreigners, had
raey been allowed to work. and TO work in their own
way could and would have re cued nearly or quite the
whole ma5s. Blu: no, as always The case here on an
alarm OF e. The police place sentry on every avenue
leading 10 the IRE. They have, as you know, no fire
engines except some t6o three old Gordon pumps
Il fought my way past the police one entire square,
bv Wrestling guns and sabres from their hands knocking
them out Of my way and being knocked in return, until
was oveIposeed by numbers and compelled to retreat
AZ all Rnn hearing of the most heart-reDdng amen-
tations thet ever sounded on human ears Aud Dearly
every foreigner Jared similar to sefwas KEEP: back.
Mr.. Dsmil0a, of tie gas works, received bayonet
wound at the fire while IN the act OF rtscung young
lady whom he recognized, Mics Larren. de had
fought lis way in company Nith one OF the workmen
al lie g.s works the church, and battered down
side or private door, and saw Miss Larrep; she at the
same time recognized him, and called on him to save
her.
HE could not enter in consequence of a sheet OF
fame between them. Hs reached his cane to her,
which she grasped with both hands, when lie and his
friend attempted TO dag her through the flames bu.
she was so surrounded aud hemmed in with the dead
and dying that her strength was not siheient They
abandoned this method aud went in pursuit OF some
other means TO rescue her. and returned aganand on
presenting themselves with the meas OF saTing her al
the door, tbe poics ord red them back, and not heed
ing the order, he (DemOw) was bayodeted His friends
re- cued the gun from the policeman knocked him sense
lsss 10 the ground and made second attempt TO save
the poor gill But the time lost in dispute with the
police was lie lost with her. This Is only one OF
many similr scenes
"Your brother Charles battered door down on Gallo
Bandea or Flag street. entered and fouud in small
ante room some thirty emsles and all living, but like
50 many s.athss perfectly unconscious. lie was Z IN
PEELED TO take Of them in his arms and carry them
into the street AID saved them al Mr. Megss and hr.
Keith fought their way through the police and reached
a ia hnu~ nd WI a
ing all about them succeeded in saving several. kr.
iggs slw'a woman still alive under a'croWd Of others
then dead She recognized rim and called TO him. say
ing for Gods sake save me lie rushed through the
frs 10 her and pu he'd seve al OF the dead from her,
then attempted to life her out from sm)ng the dead but
they were so firmly wedged in about her and on her lie
had 20 abandon that. He ten procured lasso, fas-
tned that about her waist and the unied strength OF
eight men could exrcate her from her comp hl0us,
aud they had 10 leave her amid such cries for help
no Christian heart could endure, neither language
describe.
THE po &C had full charge OF the front OF the church.
and in such force that the foreigners could do nothing
there Toe police rescued but few. AXIS and crow
bars were not to be had until late hour single in
stance will suffice ID show the stupidity of the pol &C.
An officer of the police set half dozen Of bis
to he or batter down Of tho large front doors
with their old broadswords. The doors made of
two inch hard wood, d1uble thickness, and riyeted
thror Oh end through with iron riTets You can Judge
the their old cntlasses made on tie doors petter
than can describe it.
sTbe scene at the church the folio wing day Vas tas
most revolving heart distressing tina. ever was witnessed
since the world created. There we're the poor un
for innate id in all stages Of consump ion the greater
polton of them naked. But lew could be recognized
nv their surviving friends The police ordered the
peo1es, or laborers 10 remove the dead Those dem
ons-worse than devils damned-commenced their work
With as much hadty al you ever saw school children
enter on some pleasure ex ursion Toe dead ped
nd mi lpda talgleu
bushWood You could see two or more psoAeS pu Ing
on LIMB of soms one buried under the others, until
the limb vas pulled from the bJdy. Then they would
have on hos Of exutahon, aud commslc, 1t an-
other Toe dead were &C ualy separated With CROW
bars and picks. Limbs, heads and fragments were
shoveei into carts with more fee!rg than Irish Ia
borers wsuld have in hoveEirg gravelnto railway car
Hundreds Of bosies but partially burrej, entirely ma
ked tumbled into open carts and packed up IN the
GENE cry in promiscu qua heap, without even tue
covering of a bundle of straw or bJlrush, aud hun
dreds OF those heartess Wrelch,s commsnliUg and
iong on the scene, and all ander the supervision OF
the police / have sten within the past ten years here
among these people, many tlDgs that we're 80 me very
unpleasant Bat this is 81 horrhyng 10 the sou that
canno fed language to express my disgust of them.
"rwsnty two bundled bodies have been counted out
from the ruins and it is supposed many burned
entirely up. TIE prevailing op ni1n is the number of
lives lost will reach twenty-five hundred The count
aud names collected to date anount to some fifteen
hundred. Many families have lost The entire female
members-sx, seven, eight and nine from one family
All these that could not be recognized by their survv
ing friends buried in grave or hole place
twenty five yards quare excaga,ed, and into this
they we're laid or tumbed and shoselltd.
':fh, accident has gwen the Oattoic religion here
the most severe bow th.t the church has ever expe-
rience6. The press themselves openly and pub
lcIy ain,t the clergy having complete DO nlAon
over the females.
aThe city au horitiss have had their hands full The
n,st wesk In keening down mob violence as the