The Republican journal., 1869-09-16
LETTER FROM BOSTON.
and Miss Westerns Rendering feast Lynne
Fashions Gc
Correspondence of the Journ,


at East Cambridge-The atres-Miss Clarks
and Miss Westerns Rendering Of East Lynne
Fashions, &C.
BOsTON, Sep. IS, 1862
Coming events cast their shadows BEFORE"
it is said, and surely the terrible storm which
burst upon us on Wednesday had predicting
shadows enough. Monday and Tuesday the
weather wasa intolerable, unbearablc. A
thick, heavy mist shut down over the city
| like pail Of doom. The air was dull, mug
gy, sitting, sckening. Every breath was
an effort. Every movement q discomfort
To keep still, the hardest possible work of
all. Humanity languished. Nature droop-
ed. Heaven wrapped itself in funeral robes
Over all a deep, portentous silence reigncd-
the sullen, somber silence which betokens an
outburst, whether Of passion or of storm
Everybody knew something was about to
happen. People looked askance at each
other to see what it was. And at last it came
''The Heavens were opened and the rains
desccnded'-in showers, in floods, in sheets,
in copious streams Relentlesslv down it
poured deluging the earth and everything
that brayed its fury. Sign-boards began to
crcak, shutters to fly, awnings to take French
leave, glass to rattle and doors to slam. UNI
brcllas turned themselves inside ont in q
tricc. Stout men crcpt trcmblingly along,
OF sought refuge in the nearest doorways,
and women attempted in vain to take care
Of their crinoline.
R,1t Al al,
insignificant demonstrations. Oh, no Hadn't
Boston had a big Jubilee this summer? Of
course. And now he was going to have one
in his own way and in his own time. A
regular, reckless, rollicling spree A high
carnival. A gala-day. A grand entertain
mcnt-gottcn up regardless Of cxpense-to
which he invited every one who chose to
come. And for their amusement he took to
stripping off roofs, tearing up trees, knocking
over chmncys and tumblng down houses.
He wantonly and ruthlcssly invaded the sane
tity of the Church and pulled down the
''Heaven pointing spires" Not satisfied
with this, he crushed in their wall and laid
in waste the whole editicc.
| THE COLISEI NJ
The pride and boast, the country round
the vast, the grand, the historic Coliscu m,
in which so many thousands Of happy heart 5
have beat with national pride and love, in
which 50 many hundreds of tongues have
sent up p%ans of praise to God! The Coliseum
which had withstood all the shafts Of malice
and envy: was reserved for his last especial
demonstration. And right valiantly he went
at his work He dashed with wild fury
against the southern wall, which gave way
| beneath the PRESSURE and then with y holri-
BILE cXultant shrek leaped across the audito-
rium and sent the northern side sprawline
out into the street. Down came the massive
timbcrs of the roof with Il tremendous crash,
| buryng the great organ, the pictures, the
flags, and all the decorations Of the Jubilee
in one grand mass of ruins. All that was Il
nations glory was prosratc There il lay u
fallen giant, shorn of its glory, stripped of
its beauty. And the storm-king Us if rcpcn-
tant and sowowful, stopped, gazed and
shrlmk backward humblcd, ashamed, re
morscful Occasionally starting ue with an
ensry snrlek of Defiance rs Ii lutl, vi not
wholly determined to 60, and then fclapsing
into signing mournful cadcnccs-at last
sobbing himself unto death.
Brave people took longer breaths Timd
people again held up their heads An went
thankfully to rest. But hardly had sweet
slumber come to sooth the excited nerves.
when the bells tolled an alarm of fire, and
great floods Of hlood-red light came pouring
ncrvously from their beds, and wrapping
themselves in whatever garments came to
hand, rushed to the streets and house tops
Had the day Of judgment come? Was God
pouring out his wrath upon this devoted city
in storm, wind and fire? 50 it seemed. The
heavens were red with flames. The city Us
plainly visible rs in the day-but lit up with
q brighter brlliancy, a greater glory. OF in
the northern sky hung the black somber
clouds-a fitting background to so grand u
picture And away in the southwest rolled
up the huge angry pillows of flame High
cr and higher they leaped Us the more COM
bustible materials came in their way. Rcdder
and reddcr grew the heavens. and darker the
northern clouds. The polished sides Of the
State House dome, and the tall church-spres
shonc like silver mosques in the unwonted
light And the houses and streets took on
newer and softer beauties. 50 intense and
brilliant was the light that the dials on the
churches We're plainly visible. 1t was sight
| such as one seldom sees in 4 lifetime and
coming so close upon the footsteps of the
1 storm was calculated to rouse whatever feel
ngs of awe or sublimity bcholdcrs had about
| them.
| The fire occurred in the furniture establish
| ment of Mcssrs Bcals & Hooper, in East
Cambridge, and was only subdued, after
many hours, by the united energies Of the
Boston and Cambridge fire departments. The
loss is varously estimated III from one to two
hundred thousands of dollars. Partially in
sured
The theatre going citizens of Boston are
glad to see the different places of amuse-
ment again opened, with so many new i'm
provements, and such excellent stock com