The New York herald., 1869-09-21
VIRGINIA..

Extensive Fire In Observation-Disclosures Of
tho Fire Department. nt-Excitemont Among
the POpuIace-Fears for the safety Of the
City-The Conaagration Finally Subdued.
RICHMOND, Sept. 20, 1859.
About seven O'Clock this evening . nre broke
out in the very heart Of the business portion of
the city on Main street. between Thirteenth and
Fourteenth which has been burning for an hour and
half, and at present writing it seems to be merely
getting under good headway. 1t had been burning
for quarter OF an hour before any alarm was given
by the BELLS and then 1t was quarter OF an hour
more before the first hose carriage arrived and
stream was got on the flames. The steam
engines, only two in number, were soon after
The is close to that OF tho late disastrous con-
nagration which 1t bids fair to exceed In destruc-
crocKery store OF Gary. among the straw Of Old
crates IN which the crOckery was packed and II II
had been taken In time or had the city been sup.
out with a single stream ana without any loss. At
present the flames are spreading and It is impos.
1 Co.'s store win be total loss They have $4,000
insurance In the Atlantic Company, OF New York.
thousands OF people are gathered around the scene
OF cOnfagratiOn The flames have burst forth IN
and G IMPORTANT one and seems to dey the efforts Of
the department to prevent their spread.
SECOND DESPATCH.
RICHMOND, Sept. 20-9 =. NJ
The city Is lighted up and all the people Of
the city, men, women and children, seem to
have congregated in the vicinity of the fire. Such
q sight has not been witnessed by them since
the burning Of Richmond on the memorable Sd OF
April, 1866. The glare Of the flames. unlmpeded by
the efforts OF the remen light up the scene. and as
the engines seem powerless the people lose faith
in them, and fear the pride Of their city s doomed
The fire is spreading and the telegraph office Of the
Western Union Company is in danger. l write
amid the excitement OF the terr0rs that surround
the wires over which this message must pass doubt
full you will receive the conclusion OF the story for
the Office may be In ashes before morning. Such
scene OF excitement and dread is unusual in this
quiet capital Of the late Confederacy Even the
Inauguration of Governor Walker tomorrow s not
Thought OF in the presence Of danger The Governor
is on the ground antmating by his presence the IRE
men and reassuring the people.
The nre has now caught the galvanized iron cor
nice OF Kensey Davis. on the corner Of Thirteenth
and Main streets and 1t is not far to the telegraph
ONCE. The scene is terrible but grand. As yet
there appears to be no abatement although shout
goes up, as write, from the nremen, who seem to
the arch enemy-the dread Fire King, the slayer Of
the great Barnum 1t Is hafpast nine. The up town
snRns Saidna Which, seems to to rip on Whole @ sheets OF
iron and fame. For awhile the cornice waves
se NJ to snd fro for
and comes down with laundering sound, almost
shaking the solid earth as II falls. and nils the ar
upon the ground 1t is worked by citizens, the real
chivalry OF Richmond, with their coats Oh. and they
sent, and more excited population could not be
conceived or
THIRD DESPATCH
RICHMOND, Sept 2o-10 p. NJ.
It's ten o'clock, and thanks to the exertions Of
the citizens, who have done nobly, and to the fire
department, which has done all that its very nfe-
ror organization permits, the fire is now under
troll. The flames were confined to the square In
which the nre occurred. The excitement is subsid-
ing and the people are returning to their homes.
It Is now understood that Gary has 900 insurance
In New York and virginia the fire Is Is feared to
no doubt OF the neflcency OF the present hre sys-
them OF Richmond. The fire tonight has shown
beyond question that the city is entirely at the
mercy OF incendaries.
The Loyal League on the War Path-Assn ssi.
nation Of Democrats In the South.
RICHMOND, Sept. 20, 1862
am in receipt of the following information from
Jones county, n c., which adjons Lenoir where
the arrests OF eighteen members OF the Ku Kux
Khan we're recently made-
A few evenings since Mr.. David Green, respect
able citizen Of Jones county while crossing Chin
quepin creek, seven miles from Trenton and less
than mile from his residence. on his way home
fred at by party OF men concealed in the un.
dergrowth. Eleven buckehOt took effect, seven In
his left side and two In his head. He was taken up
shortly after he was shot and carried into house
near by, where at last accounts he was dying. AS
Green was democrat 1t IL supposed that members
OF the Loyal League attempted his assassination.
The Fire In the Dismal Swamp-Thres Ne.
sroes Burned.
RICHMOND Sept. 30, 1869.
report from Norfolk states that three negroes
were swallowed up by the terrible connagration now
raging in the Dtsmal SWamu. They were emplOyed