The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1865-04-13
FROM RICHMOND ".

FROM RICHMOND, Va.
Interesting statement Of mat
ters.sana Ihil1gs A. and Around
the aa iStuJ ed Clty.-Tho Great
C0nllagratiOn, Etc. Ma
NEw Yonx, April 8.
The New York Times City Point
special ssys she South Side Railroad
is being reconstructed at the rate of six
or seven m les per day, and ID already
, used to carry supplies to our army in
the f;ald.
The Times Redmond correspond
ent says the destruction If property bs
! the fire there vii, amount to tens Of
millions los'a,s. It it positively asse :
ted that Breckenridge gave the order 10
start the Ere.
Mail communication With City Poin.
was 10 be established at once.
Richmond j. perfectly. .saies, and the
conduct Of our troops admirable.
The New R.rk TDm,e, Richmond
correspondent says: "Wten Davis re-
ccived Lees dispatch N church, he
arose maeh. agita,el, AMI left the
church, all eyes concentrated upon him.
When the services were concluded, the
minister was handed note and lie too
has'ened eF as speedily. as possible.
"Thcre are seven distinct lines Of
Publications. surrounding Richmond,
pro'"c,e! by rev style of most for
midable, cheeaur 1e.yrise. They con-
>ist Of short he"n sticks projecting
Ike srokrs from q hub, so close TIA,
they csrno. I've crowded lhropsa
WAsntNGTnN, April I. I
The Richmond Hh;g Of Tuesday,
April 4,h, appears as a Union paper,
under the ma, agsment.a q. Ira q. Smith
it's old proprietor before the days Of Sc
cpssion. IhaA the evacuation, written
by an eye witness: "Tho evacuation Of
Richmond commenced in earnest on
Sunday III ,ht, aud closed at daylight,
on Monla# morning with terrific
contlasra'inn, Which was kinlled by
the Confederate authorities wan,only
and rccklessly applying the torch to,he
Shncxo warehouse and other buildings
u which w,sa large quantity TO
baacco. The fire spread rapidly, and
, il was some time before tho fire hri
gale could be got TO work. A fresh
breeze w,> blowing from the Ssuth.
, and the fIe swept over a great space
! Of time. Bysaoon the flames had trans
formed into waste that portion of the
city between Seventh aud Eff teemh
streets, from Main sstYoet 10 the river
composing the main business portion.
We.car form no. est innate at this MON.
ept # the number ot.loEscs dcsiroyed:
bntrublie and private, they will Ger
:ain!y number GOO to 900.
al present mn Cannot Do more than
cnumerate some Of The most prominen,
buildings destroyed. These include
,ne Bank + Richmond, Traders Bank
Bank If The sC@,rm EweAlth, Bank OF
Virginia, Farmers Bank, all the bark
ing houses; Il c American Hotel, the
Columbia II ,icl, the "Enqni. err bn'li
my on II irtecn,h s,reet; the ''Dispa'ch'
nilice and job rooms, corner Of rhir
,ee.,h and Mn streets; all that block
OF. buildings known as l'clvin's Block
the Examiner Office. engine and
mach,ner, rooms;Ele Confederate Pos,
Office Department. building; the State
Court House, a fine oil building, si:n
a,el on Capitol square, at the Feanklin
street entrance: the Mechanics Ins,i
tnte vacated by the Confederate States
War Department and all the buildings
on the square np to Eigh'; ,sh. Conted-
crate arsenal and laboratory Srventi:
street. ea
at sunrise on Monday morning
R'chmcnd presented spectacle that
we hope never TO witness again. The
.ast Of .flrc Confederate officials had
gone Tire mir was lurid with the
smoke and n ma II hun'irc,.. If houses
w,lc,ing IN sea Of fire. The streets
were crowded with turoi,nre and every
desc iption Of wares dashed Gown to lac
tramplcd in Tire mud OF burned up
where it lay. All the Government
s,or,h uses were thrown open, and
what could not be gn,ten7"tf BY ttr
e ,ycrnmeni wss'lcft - The people, who
ever, where shead Of he Hamc~, rushed
in and secured immense am unhs of
bacon. clothing, hoots,.aic
.N.xt 10 he liver The destruction Of
property has been feaffnly complete
including The Danville and Petersburg
Ra lr.,,l drpo, ard the Batter bulilinp
4 j shed IL. 4ftached thereto 70,
the distance. Of half mile from he
north side of NJ lin street to the river