, 1865-03-17
THE STGnM.,
/ Vet Time in Chieago-.-InterTuptlons to
Trayes,

The present week has been one Of scarcely ID.
ter1urtcd etorm. In Ch1cago we have hnd weather
the most miserable. All dar long on SUNDAY 1t
showed with will; alfght suspension on Mon
day morning, md thenItset In for rain; sm1e then
VIC hare scarcely had dry moment OF thread Up
to near daybreak yesterday morning it was ono
confined, reniofseless drench, the clerk OF the
weather po{u)ring oycr US as il be we're au old
book-wc1In. ard we some ponacTous tome OF Won
drous ancient lore. The heavens were filling,
without waiting to sec If justice woutd be dons.
Gold was coming down. aud the clouds followed
1nake the days themselves lusterle6s. That other
important description OF propersy-reai estale-
wen1 doxn TOO, 90 rapidly & saat even ~ il the Pet
went out OF eight-po1hIns but sea Of wafer:
even mud ITSELF soon yanlshel inches deep under
the food, Eh1rh like second dc!uce swept over
lots and under houses dltus pools scTera streets,
cutters. and making even OF cur 1.noble 1ivet q
swift moving, etzesm. whose waters careered
Ew1ftly 10 the lake mt the hitherto unknown sneed
Of three milee an hour. sweeping in Their
and worser dlth which have 20 long lain undis~
turbedly at Its bottom, down into this gull below.
lis waters swced 1t 1east foot hfche: than their
the bottom, was 1oated outward. Il was gene,
ral securing process, worth at least ftJ Thousand
dollars worth Of the qnack medicines with which
rily sought b be pnsged. That waa sight to
rejoice the heart, an augury Of cirtc health
through the coming EummtE. Peopae s1W It and
mighty river ;etood yesterday Investigator"
watching The progress Of sticks down tie stream;
aed II they were ever tempted Calico HE tp
o0pp1 onr 1anicpt to iaE s it Void lust
ns willinrly run one way as another, al donbts
were dispelicd, md they could exclalm with the
Mwas moved to some purpose. The vessels
moored aione It's bsnks were shaken from lbeir
proprietr, and reeled about like drunken men.
moving current Of four and half feet per seeond
was terrible 1rlal to some Of their cables The
bridges, too, have had enough to do, especially
aw.y III flon the Eusincss center. Tho ood carried
aWgT tic Eltc street bridge, moving rhe whole
structure down as far Us Indiana street, where 1t
ase ~, sas M done except to tie bridge. Old street
bsidee has been Kept open for IND days past by
But Oh the weatheri Miserable, almost bey-
ond endursncei melting suicidal thoughts. and
engendc13ns motives to self-destrucdon! The
heavens wepf. and the peonle of tho earth might
hosttlities yesterday brought no relief for the
spit. Of snow, and the CHILLING Wild, and the dirty
streets, and 1npssaaole erosslag.. the gloomy esy
causes oi mental and phyeical tnacttyity and gen
ernl gloom. A 1onaoner or FaI1sian would GER
ta1nly have committed suicide: The gn-deod for
one and the charcoal braz:er FOR the other, would
have done the work. and at once rldacd the Victim
Of life snd the world Of vicuua. But We ara
trained to which such fuctuatiuns almost unmo7cd.
hold good; the more extensive and rapid changes
IN The atmospheric barometer We endure, have
euuted us 10 stste OF mental equilibrium from
may feel the influence settling u: lightly, like
the enoW on or oyercoats. but one is Is easily
| Ehakeu of as the other- It Is perhaps fortunste
new mode OF cure lor mental and phy ystcal mlla
dies, else We night not 90 easiiy be able to free
ourselves from The incubus. The world is nov
pox, the plague spot Of vice, depression. or pov
Srty, We bare hut to sa5 n36w, with aI shake an;
| we are as well as ron are
] over the scene. The sun shines ont brightly JUS
before h,e setting, giving promise that thls morn
as w na Ell
moisture, and the river runs high, but the sweep
ipg winds and the strengthening heat will 500,
TIC storm has played sad havoc with the tc,c
! crnph wiEe.. Dispatches hare been SLOW, ant
very unreliab1c-nore 20 than usual. owing to th
consequence, Tie readers q newspapers hare beel
for two or three days past hreakfastius on more O
lcss short rntiona, Eull weight Nelt be resume
The etctm has kwept over q wide ezrarse {
country, gathering In it's folda the land around d
on every point Of the compass. The rivers ~
% oserfown, and Ill along It's banEs the watei
epread out over the meadows. overwhelming th
property oil the farmer. and sweeping away ere1.
| Thing In iis course. We may expect ere long /
hear OF terrible in1ndatiors on the lover Mis5l
stppf especially 4bont New Orleans. The wintt
has been dry one emphattcaily nearly al! or'
The West, and the law OF conpensassons is no
operating IN fnll foEce, twEMping eyesytAtn;
The Ioet wilt BE known only many days, pcrhaI
weeks hence, when the accquulations Of tt
prait1e spsead ruins shali hare hccn rushed or;
| the lrnds in th. ir courtc, and left the gtoui
clear for surrey Of the wreck, md estim4te
dsmarcs.
TraTel on msny Of the lines Of Railroad Genie
ing in Chicago was temporarily suspended, but I
| peImancnt d1rnage was dpne on any !lnc exc,
: On the Cincinnati air Line, about thtee miles
whose track YVES wnshed away. portion at Cal
Cars ceased running since Wednesday moru1n,
travel will be resumed this evening". 4 large for
I Of men arc engaged in masking alt right. The
| Louie Road suffered from the breaking Of = Ct
| vert near Bloomington. TT sTas not the 1lllno
Central a. reported yesterday but the road
| neaiu in running order.