Nebraska advertiser., 1866-07-26

men.s, made with broken tables and bu.
reaux. were huddlsd womed and Children,
with no other home, with nc other res
ting place n Heavens great hollowress.
Some tardy attempts were made 20 af-
resi- The oonaagrasion IN the af.egnoon
he military authorities orgauizsa the
crowds Of nsgroes as . fire s5Epsi bnt
-tae few steam engines .taas played. upon
the flames we're not suaicisns % eheok
their progress. I, was late ia the even
ing when the FIRE had burned Itself out
Il had consumed the most important part
Of Richmond. Commencing at the
Shockoe warehouse. Tie fire radiated
front and rear, and on two wings, bur-
ming down Main street, bali way be.
tween Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets,
and back TO the river, through Cary and
all intermediate streets. Weslward, on
Main, the FIRE was stayed at Ninth streets
sweeping back to the river. On the
north side Of Main, the flames were
stayed between Thirteenth and Four
teenlh streets. From this point the
flames ragged on the north side Of Main
up to Eighth street and back 10 Bank
street. The pencil Of the surveyor could
not have marked out more distinctly the
business portion of the city.
The evening breeze had turned the
course of The fire and as these still con-
tinued, heavy misl-clOuds hung upon the
horizon, or streamed upward in tho vac
rying current of the winds. AS night
came on, there was painful reaction
after the days terrible excitement; q
strange quiet fell upon the blackened city
and its scenes of Obstruction. Groups Of
women and Children crawlsd under
shelters Of broken fur niture in the capitol
square hundreds Of homeless persons
laid down 10 sleep in The shadows Of the
ruins of Richmond and worn out By exc
element. exhausted as by the sPasm Of a
great battle, men watched for tie morrow
with the dull sense tha. the work Of
years had been ruined. and tia, al that
They possessed on earn : a been sweeps
away.
While Richmond was filed with hor.
ror and destruction, and the smoke. of its
torment assembled to the skies, veFydifer-
ent scenes were taking place for away
in the cities of The North. Il was a
strange reverse 10 the picture We have
been contemplating. With those fervOrs
and shows characteristic Of the North
ern mind, Washington and New York
were celebrating the downfall Of the
Confederate capitol. Bells were rung (;
wild and enthusiastic congratulations ran
along the streets, snd vast crowds collect-
ed, who's fantastic exhibitions Of Joy, not
content with huzzas, cheers, and dancing
in the streels, broke o0t in biasphem-
Gus singing Of hymns Of the church. In
New York twenty thousand persons N
the open air sung the doxOlogy. There
was, of course, an ultimated display Og
flags; and as evidence Of this character
istic exhibition, il is said that half an
hour after the news Of the fall Of Rich.
mond wes known, not a siDgel large Gag
in the city Of New York was left unpur.
chased. These symbols Of loyalty not
only hoated over houses, bat were fasten-
ed % carts, stages and waganss The
newspapers were mostly occupied with
spread eagles and maps Of Richmond.
The World expressed the opinion that
the event Of the day s'mOre fully jusIifed
exuberant rejoicing than any previous
Achievements IN The history Of the war. y
The New York Herald--ihe 0rgnn par
excellence of the Yankee miad--wen
further and declared that the taking Of
Richmond was zone Of the grandesl
triumphs that had crowned human efforts
for centuries 1oe ~ sls