American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1865-04-19
2.
Richmond as it is.


We gave in yesterday afternoons edi 4
ton of the Wig the main history OF
events which marked the evacuation oiI
Richmond by the Confederate Govern
ment and army, and its occupation by the|
forces of the United States. An lnsPee-I
ton of the buried district this morning.
shows that we did not overestimate thei
!. vtart If the area burned over or the.
number of houses destroyed. The ire,I
commencing at the Shockoe Warehouse
rad;ated front and rear and on two wingsi
burning down to, but not destroying, NJ
r .Iacobsons store. No. 4 Main street,
south side, half way between Fourteenth
and Fifteenth sts.. and back to the river
through Cary and all the Intermediate
streets Westward, on Main, the fire was
stayed at Ninth ST., sweeping back to thei
river. On the south side Of Main the!
flames were STAYED at Mitchell & Tyler !;
iewelry store, between Thirteenth and;
FouIteent SITS.
From this point the flames ragged on Tie,
north side Of Main up to Eighth ST., AID,
back to Bank st. The familiar aspect
and face Of Main ST., IS changed 50 com-I
pletcly that those best acquainted With
the buildings, cannot point them out with,
certainty The busy street Of few daysI
ago is the ghost of its former self, an am
phitheator OF crumbIing walls and tot;er
ing chimueys.
The Custom House, late Confederate
Treasury, passed through the ordeal Of
fire onscathed, from the fact that the ed
iice is of granite and fire proof 1heI
Bank of the Commonwealth presents a
granite front, bat is mere shell, as aIsoI
is the Bank of Virginia At one timeI
during Monday Morning the SpotswaodI
Hotel was in great danger, the flames leap-I
ing toward its location with great rapidi-l
ty; but merciiul Providence caused Il
lull in tho breeze, and blew the flames outI
of their track.
THE DRUG STORES.
A dozen drug stores at least shared inI
the common ruin. They arc as far as wei
can recollect, the stores of Purcell i.add;
& Ca, corner of Thirteenth and MalnE
SITS. +; William Grey, Main St, betweenE
Twelfth and Thirteenth; Peterson's cor
ner of Main and Twelfth sts, Meade II
Baker corner Of Main and Sixteenth sts; i
j. p. Duval, southeast corner Of thes
same streets.
Old boundaries and landmarks are SO!
entirely oblterated that it is with theI
greatest difficulty that the sites of partle.
ular stores can be pointed out, the debris
of brick aud granite and iron dostroyngI
any trace of the cross streets; they CAM
be distinguished only by the openings IN!
the ruins
SOME OF THE SUFFERERS.
The vastncss of the list of sufferers
and the lack Of aay correct guide in thcl
way of directory, would render the pub
licatlon of their names impossible. Wei
can only mention such as occur to omI
memory, commencing on Main St.
West and Johnston, booksellers; Ar
ents & Co., auction house John Dooley
q Co., halter; Gennet .ewoler; SECESSION
Club House and Billiard Rooms Kent
Paine & Co., auction house; White, Mon
teiro & Co; Catlett, Telloson & Co, auc-
ton house; Maury 4 Co. bankers God
din, Harrison & Apperson, bankers; VIII
Jams and Co., Bankers; A. Antoui S con
fectionary store.
ADDITIONAL PUBLISHING EsTABIsH-l
MENTs BURNED.
'1 BY second survey Of the burned dis
trict we perceive that several additional
publishing establishments are to be in
cludcd among those destroyed. These
are the job printing establishment Of Ed
ward J. Ayres, publisher of the iitasira,
tel Ne,cs; the old office of the IiteeajyI
Messenger, corner Of Twelfth and Bank
sts.; the Office of the Eeeajag Coarier|
in the Dispatch building; the Offices u
the Ccatrot Presbyterian, Soaale'gl
Chmchmoa, and Religious HetqaI. Mfl
Ayres saved all his type and stock, hav-|
ing moved them several days before the
evacuation.
INCIDENTS OF THE EVACUATION.
5 Sunday morning, April 2, broke uponE
Richmond calmly and pleasantly, and
without anything protentous in events i'm. |
mediately transporting. There were ru-
mors of evacuation, but very few suppos-
ed the event was upon us and at hand i
The church bells rang as usual, With
nothing of alarm in their tone, and wor-
Ell inners ware ne prompt and deyout as