Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1865-10-24
Richmond.

This city which suffered o severely BY iile
at the time Of its evacuation by the Confeder-
ate troops, seems like the Phenix 10 be rising
from its ashes, brighter and more splendid
than before, at least such is the inference
which We draw from the following article
cut iom the Richmond 2isaes.
The extraordinary activity, animation and
industry now visible in every part Of the
" burnt district is most gratifying to con
template. When the diseonsolate citizens Of
Richmond Fret gszed upon that wide expans 80
Of totlerlng wslls, smoking ruins, and eaunt,
ghoslly chimneys, their hearts sunk within
them, and they said, Richmond eau never
b rebuilt When few enterprisiug real
estate owners, two weeks after the great fire
plucked up little courage and went 20 work
erecting rude huts and shanties Of wood aud
canvas for the suffers, an opinion was prevail
ent that in twenty years Richmond would
arise from the debris and ashes OF the great
conilaRrRti0n, but after most Rrotesaue and
hideous fashion. A lew months aftetyatd
when considerable number OF plain brick
buildings we're commenced, men became more
hopeful, and only decade was regarded aa
necessary for the work of architectural recon
struction. Fear OF cOnfseation, uncertainty
rs to the Presidents policy, dread of tho
Radlcsls, and the intense heat Cf last sum-
mer, also interfered materially with the
work of improvement in the burnt district.
Within the last two weeks the work has
commenced with vengeance. No CITY after
DISASTROUS fire ever gave Signs of greater
enterprise than Richmond does to-day We
hear the opinion every-Where expressed that
tbs whole Of Main street will be rebuilt in
less than twelve months f.
There now seems to be scarcely lot where
workmen are not swarming like bees dig
glng new cellars. clearing bricks, removing
rubbish, laying foundations, running up walls
doing the wood work, and roofing, lathlns,
plastering, and completing the work of the
more advanced buildings Many of the hew
buildings, it is now evident, will be larger
than any which were destroyed by the fire
Iron, brownstoDe, marble and granite will en-
ter largely in the adornment of many of these
pslatial stores and warehouses. u.
Locomotion ou Main street., from the cor
ner OF Ninth to Fourteenth, is as difficult Hs
steering among the thousand islands of the
st Lawrence. Piles Of timber, barrels of
lime, heaps Of facing bricks and iron columns,
everywhere block the way. Pools of Houid
mortar, dense clouds Of lime and brick>dust.
showers Of saw-dust and shavings bsrrass
the pedestrian at every step. Bot all Of Ms
bear these temporary and unavoidable evils
with good humor, as they indicate that Rich.
mond is neither dead nor sleeping; but is
working with the energy of giant to recoy-
er sil that was swept away in day. i.''
a In looking at this busy scene, at once cheer
ing and credtabIe to our people, we can only
implore Heaven to spare this sorely afflicted
city the horrors Of that fearful and remorse.
less epidemic, whose arrival in New York. in
less than three weeks, has been predilted by
Que OF the most eminent physicians Of that
city"