Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1864-01-20

u nv ,hs belfry, with ana ful erasa, fell acrosa
bodies of iiss.e whose su ufr.rins was % over ''e
rong;, s'one without the church was heart
~ ne streets were flied with the dead
and fro ns,si sna hundreds rushed fr anticaiIy to
r ~, ~, S.a'nEg upon the names of loved ones
| some kaelt in the streets TO pray. soms werss
eai ieo on by their friends, raying in their
gll.f, lille scnae, dis acis d at the thoueht n,
wife or child perishinr rushed fra NJ; 49, 49,
tie chuIc ch and were seen no more Hundrads
We're taken 10 the hospitals and TO the neigh
the city were upon the spot, ministerin0 70 tia
nJursd. At midnight the flames snenf for
want of material 10 feed upon, had 10 wered.
ard fy n ornipg had entirely ceased INA
spectacle. by the slariog liehi of day was in.
fsscrihatly horrible. Two thousand corpses.
n e1 cry stage OF car pization, from blacsened
around the sevsrsf exit doors, the last struggle
pa niufly yisibie in the eager position the ont.
stretched hands, ths staring eye balls. The
upper portions ot The todies were, with few
exceptions, disfigurrd beyond resoanitioa. the
lower extremities were scarcely touched by
incumbered as the women with 81 thing, sue
ceeCed in escar g without sin. le exception.
sid the same paper wOich Published to day
list OF over 9,tOes victims " hose names are
known, gives also q list OF, church erpaments
J and pIae rescued, value d at thousands Of dol
lars. Three rooms In neighboring palatial
are flled with furniture, carpets, cur,ains and
pictnfes saved frcrn the vestry, while few
PAGES beyond were, pf Fishing, in frishtful, tor
tnIe, hundreds Of frail and helpless human
beings AiI'' '@-A ''i1TE
Z It Is anncunced this fteii Don that bu. seven
bodiesibaye been recognized ont OF more than
2seOo yicfim seven dwellings have been
/ closed ard sealed by the author .ties-not ons
soul having returned Of either OF the families
/. living therein. Eo2 - s1Gs2EF3 s'Sf.5tsE.i
Deep and load is the indignation manifested
by The press aud he pubic at The criminal in
difference Of tie priest hood 10 the ,fety OF their
congregations, and the Government hs4 baen
earnes tly es oue bit to razs the ruins of the H.
fa,eh eh'Ccnipania",to u the ground, and 70 forbid
IN Iuiule the iiiunllna alton Of churches or night
services The priests rebel, and insist upon
rebuilding the ili fated pile, which, upon T ues-
lay lasI, was for the third time destroyed by
lire. Public ncianaton is rising, and threats
ha We been publicly made that il the authorities
co not demolish the walls The people will do it
b am conscious how 4. ebly the foregoing de.
tails portray the horrible scene of torture IL
+ was my m sfortune TO witness. No human
pen gould possibly convey the awful reality
no nsuaFe cotld Cepict the heart-rendiup
-raturedef the spectacle. Santiago is to day a
city OF mournng--the entire Repaoiic Is q par.
taEer in her grief. $3.50 4r.. -. si - d -r.-
est it be wondered at that the fire was al
lowed to gain such head way, 1 may mention
thai Santiago, a city of a hundred thousand
il abb ants, possesses but three engnes, all
out of order and badly managed, fires being
extremely rare. .s.--.z .rf.a~g-sF -.. =
Abstract Of the r eport of the Comm Is Toner
of Public Buildings and Grounds. 'T
The following are the principal points treat
ed OF by Hon. B] B. French, in his report =,
Congress-. 80. BE- t--ssgs. - 5sz % fzrs
He respectfully calls attention to the old haIi
OF the House of Representatives. Ii Congress
does not intend 10 devoeit it to any pra 5tical use
it should be placed in such order as not to be
an .seye sore' IN this nob'e building.
e He recommends that the law 'charterIne the
Street Railroad Company be SO amended as to
permit the com pany TO run their track along
north Asftet to First street east and along
First street east TO Pennsk lvanIa avenue, in
ste sd of thToueh h the Capitol grounds a a. pres
ent. The running OF the cars through the
GROUNDS seriously interferes with the re- ulation
recurring the gates to be closed at 10 o. clock
House:- f.w -fa~~T gisfG i - =
1.-The basement is scarcely tenantable. It
has been patched up so as to be habitable d durine
the winter. The Presidents family, as is we'll
known, in ccnss sques ce, principally, as I be.
leave it early in the summer Tor more b althy
and saiubrions Locality. The basement is thus
left un'enanted, except by rats, and they have
undisputed posse ssioa. they have nearly de-
ST. oy ed the washboards in mans places, have
-ena wed holes in the wood work " hereyer they
could get at 1t. especially under the DOORS and
have burrowed cons iderab!y under the build
Ing. Much OF the thing has been so disiategra-
led upon the surface by the dampness that it
he's feceme necessary that it should be taken
up and relaid. During the latter portion Of the
past summer the aediuvia from dead rats was
offensive in all the passages and q any OF the
occupied rooms to both occupants OF, and visf-
tors to, the Presidents Mansion. have ask
ed, in my egplar estimates, for an appropria.
ticn to repair this basement
81 trust it will not be considered improper
for me to suggest that it would be greatly for
the comfort and health of the President aud his
family if CONGRESS would cause new map-
sien ter the President to be built in some
healthy locality. contiguous to the city, for a
resic ence, while, should the President so elect,
q business office mig bt be retained for him in
the present buil"Ing."
With regard to the Potomac and Eastern
Branch bridges and roads appurtenant thereto
"a faw Of Congress places it under the su-
pervisfon and care Of the Commissioner OF
Public Buildings, but at a time like the present,
that bridge becomes Of such vast military i'm
pertance that it should be controlled; as It now
is, by the War Department
ssThe navy yard bridge has been kept in as
good repair as the appropriation would Justify,
but the travel over it has 60 enormously in.
creased, that 1t requires much greater than or
dipary repairs, ana should be newly planked.
.sThe wing wall, estimated for last year, and
to erect which an appropriation was made, is
now in progress OF erection, but II fs feared
material and labor, there will not Be money
enough to finish it. st. 43't'-F
..The upper bridge has been kept in good re.
pair, and will need nothing that cannot be done
with the ordinary appropriation" 2
The report also recommends the ere ction Of a
new Jail as an absolute necessity and an en-.
largement Of the Court House. - go 7-3
The Commissioner says Of Pennsylvania
avenue:E gFa
81 have asked in my estimates for an appro-
pria ton of SO to enable the Commissioa e. t.
mend and sweep, and watsr the avenue, and
even that sum will hardly be Sufficient to doiL
thoroughly. livery m uehreqnire to be newly
paved from the Capitol gate to Georgetown;
and the Belgian pavement which has been
fully tested, is the only ona known to me that
will stan well, is earnestly recommended"
Ao6 PAPER HANGlNas. i8f
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