The New York herald., 1871-10-14

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The pfompsuess and energy with which
rogues were disposed OF during the discfEsni.
cation and pane Of the great are were smi-
nently CHARACTERISTIC Of Chicago and revealed
. touch Of the temper Of Phil Sheridan The
laws are silent not only In the miist Of arms.
but In the midst Of ell great emergencies, and
Tor the Chicagoans or Sheridan to have turned
over these rascals, who were known thieves,
and were pretty certainly known to have cSm-
mitted acts Of inceudiarism and robbery, 70
await tho decision Of even police magistrate,
or the hearing Of the statutes on the subject,
would have Been equivalent to reading the
riot act to the Paris petroleuscs or discussing
tho constitution with the Piegan Indians.
Lampposts long ropes aud short shrifts were
the most effective methods Of dealing with
these fellows, not only on their own accounts,
but In Difference to the welfare Of ambitious
coves from afar who contemplated pursuing
the same system of robbery, and probably
werc even then en- route for the scene OF
desolation. Those who were not hanged were
very effectively frightened, aud will probably
keep quiet and virtuous for many weeks
hence, out Of regard for the narrow escape
which an inscrutable Providence permitted
them to make. 1t would not possibly have
been out Of place If few of the unscrupulous
cormorants among Chicago's own upright
citizens who speculated upon the suf-
fering of their neighbors, the fremen
who refused to remove certain papers
from burning house unless they were
paid fifty dollars each, the truckmen who
charged FIVE hundred dollars for the use Of
their trucks in removing endangered goods,
and people who furnished water to the fam
ished multitude of houseless ones at twenty
five cents glass, while all the rest of the
world, overfowing with enthusiastic charity
for the desolated city, were speeding their
free-will offerings at the rate of fifty miles an
hour, and their money-laden expressions Of
sympathy with the speed Of electricity to their
relief-it would probably have been well if
some of these could have also been served
with q touch Of the wild justice that waited
upon the more pronounced thieves. But the
magnificent furry Of speculation which built
Chicago may have recognized in these latter
transactions the spirit Of that unconquerable
enterprise and speculative genius which rem
dered its citizens miracle to the rest Of the
money getting world, and may have spared
them through the fellow feeling that makes us
wondrous kind sssasau& aseeEr te ,na
1t is reported that bevy Of New York
thieves were among the victims of the indig-
ILL u
tive gentlemen, who had heretofore consid-
cred New York the oyster for them to open
with crowbars and jimmies, had, iu the flush
moments Of daring enterprise, betaken them
selves with the speed Of the express and with
high anticipations of q ''sure thing" to the
burning. city, intent on doing their utmost in
their own humble way, along with the sympa-
thzing world, to relieve the distressed citizens,
and in the active performance Of this charity
had found themselves suspended, their enter
prises nipped in the bud and their future use
fnlness in this sphere incontinently ,obliterated
by the rude aud pitiless hands Of Sheridau's
soldiery. Accounts differ, however, one say>
failed altogether to improve the opportunities
offered by the IRE, and had remained suplnely
in our own city, content to pursue their ordi-
nary operations Of faro banking, keno dealing,
panel house piping and street car picking,
while the lurid flames of Chicago lighted their
more enterprising brethren Of the West to
devastation and death. The first report was
almost too good to be true, and sadly enough
are we compelled to accept the latter version.
In conclusion, however, we cannot fail to con-
denim the lukewarm spirit, the utter lack OF
esprit du corps that kept these sluggards at
home when they might have been prosecuting
their business with such vast profit to
honest communities among the falling houses
Of Chicago and inside the lines of Sheridan's
vigilant troopers.
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