The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-07-15

TIE LATE CogFIAGRhTI0Na,- IL a les
con to be learned from The Two disastrous con-
Hagra,ioas which occurred in this CITY on
Thursday, and that is thai buildings should be
so constructed rs to render the spread of fire to
such an extent as 30 destroy millions worth o.
property impossible II Is well known that
many buildings are put up wish nrick walls
only few inches buildings, too, which
reach The height Of four and five stories end
consequently present no barrier TO the spread
of fire One such hons in the middle Of the
block is conductor Of the destroying element
Win the aciiiy now at our command o. con-
structing fscpro0f baiiongs, IL is to be hoped
that no houses will he put up on any Other
principle. Factories, theatres and other
houses Liable TO combustion should especially
be constructed or his plan.
The desolating Ere which has left half the
block between Broadway and Nassau street
and Fulton and Ann streets houscless might
have been checked had there been such pre-
caution taken in building the houses con-
.sumed. However, the buildings destroyed
| were all old ones, and were ereced before iron
became valuable material in the construction
of buildings. When the space row vacant is
again built upon, we trust that more care will
/ be taken TO erect houses that vii not be SO
easily destroyed as the finder boxes which
have been swept away, including Barnums
Museum, which has long presented tempting
moroccan for the fiery hend. No doubt there will
soon arise phunix from the ash ~ OF this ter
rible conlagratiou vastly more beautiful than
the region dcvourcd by the flames on THURS
day. Batnum has already announced that
within six months he will construct u museum
more attractive and filed with more interest
| ing curiosites than the old one American en-
terprise can undoubtedly accomplish anything.
| We can leap from war, with all its horrors, TO
peace, with all its prosperity. in an incredibly
short space of time. n half tie city were
burned down tomorrow, before half the
circle of year passed over MS we would
have marble palaces erected where shoky
brick houses and combustible wooden shan
ties stand to-day. This is the history Of
New York, architecturally considered. IL IL
also the history of the metropolis and Of the
whole country, looking at IL in every point OF
| view. DlHastefS WHICH WOuiu CIurH Out thc 'h'
of any other nation are only stimulants to us,
urging on a further development OF our re-
sources II such fire as that which occurred in
the vicinity of this Office the day before yester-
day had happened in any city Of Europe the
charred ruins would remain for months, or per-
haps years, to bear testimony TO the calamity.
Before the sun had reached the meridian yes
terday The dfbris Of the burned buildings were
being rapidly removed preparatory to building
again, and we doubt not that in the minds Of
many, as well as in the Offices of sundry archi.
tects, plans were being laid out for buildings
more substantial and ornamental to I'll up the
vacancy created by the conaagration. When
that space Is again built upon, which il IN
doubleday will be in short lime, let II be with
structures that will resist rather than court de.
struction by fire.
tn. APPOINTMENT or GENsaAL HooxtN--
The first Of President Johnson's acts That we
cannot approve is the removal OF General Dix
from the Department OF the East aud tbe 40