The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1871-12-21

Tbe Chiearo Ponthns discusses tfc en-
terpfise of lbe specis. reporters and an
tist. by VI BON ,tt gresl fire wa. 50 Won
dcriully depicted
. Tho special correspondents have done
C1ccrsu, web, but 8, cannot De said thst
truth invariably Hes at toe bot.
ioa ol w,ll, indeed, modern Oxen.
stern might dud la coutcmporaucons lil.
eralurc an excuse tor tbc exclamation.
'>cc my son,wlih what little accuracy 10,
world is reported Ieukins, like Job,
war horse has scented the battle from
altar, The thuuders Of the Insurance ageni,
and the shouting, aud adjusting his liter.
ary hur,iyRutdy with the agony stop, be-
has ouidono himself. Muuchauscn, Auan,
ias aud all lhat else, bapdsed OF iuhdcl.
lied in history, sacred Or proauc The
New York correspondents have displayed
au artistic aud eircumaantial mend cll,
commendahle in the highest degree,
aud which shines the mote brightly by
conlras! With the crnlitics uf the rural
press. llistos New York lou.ual that
We owe The picture ofa liule 9irl, with
long, golden halr al ablale, euryettlup
through Clark Street Ii was a New
York special who tenanled the lamp posts
50 lhickly With burglar. and neeudaries
that in theRsmoke and confusion the in.
adyerlant traveller bumped against
corpse az every step. \ New Yorker
proppcd Mr. Barney Aaron aud Dutch
Heinrich against a wall, aud rulhlcssly
moved them down with musketry. And
10 New York journalist We are indcbt.
ed for the rarely accomplished feat Of
shrivelliug np man during his passage
through the burning air from the roof oi
. building to the sidewalk, which he
reached in q Fairfield state Compared
with this artistic mendacty, how pitiml
and coarse are the achievements Of the
lroquois journalist who smolhercd eight
hundred men In Washington Street tun-
mel, aud left thirteen undrcd prisoners
TO suiiocaie IN the new Bridcwel And
YET, perfection il after all imperfect, To
shriyel man is successful and commend
able, but how much more iiective would
II have been had the letter-prcss been ac-
companied by an illustration, showing
the gradual resolving Of the man into
thin air as he passed each story, from two
hundred pounds weight at the attic, to
the size of a baby at the basement.
Most noticeable, too, has been tae ami.
able rivalry of the artists, who have cn-
deavored to express with pencil aud gray.
er the inaccuracy which the corresrOn-
dents have compassed with the adjective
and exclamation point. Frank Leslies
draughlsmen, like another sampson, tore
down the two wings Of the court house
ero he permitted il to burn. Ilarper's was
not TO be ouldone, and moved block Of
wholesale stores from Lake Street bridge
TO Randolph street Stimulated by sue.
cess, this man scared from the achieve
meuts OF Orlando Furioso or Hercules
maddened by an illy-htling shirt, TO those
OF Joshua, aud changed the wind on the
night Of the fire so as to wait hot de-
structiou into the west division, an error
for which he subsequently atoned by up
roofing Union Park and planting it ON
the north side. Another artist, IN the
same paper, gives a view the connagra-
ton as seen from the prairie, which rivals
Mr.. Wards Desert or Ilogarth's picture
of the passage Of the Red Sea, where the
sea alone remained, the lsraeites having
crossed it and the Egyptians having been
drowned. Still these pictures relate TO
the Chicago fire, and the paper which
contains them will sell. The times are
hardly ripe, as yet, for the conaagration
corn plaster the calamity cathartic, or
the Chicago fire crayal, IN namo color
clouhed with smoke.