The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1871-10-21

ihs liver had tcon rosssi. shd ihe
6fo sa1 moving iiarnuaIiy iosald
iho hko lna h0ibeast direction.
sill 10 wa hoped. ifum ihe aaFih.
west bearing a The sind, shiell had
fIsm ioa go dlai ", eastward rFe.
gfes- would b. stayed before il
reached illc most yalual,le portion
of The city. II WAS paiululiy later.
estiug N look NJ mon shosr iofIuno
aad magnificent buildings, uas NJ
the mercy Of ihc fire, iyingzHpef
suadc themselves that l'y aome sIroak
Of good luck the fire wnsi 10 ar
loated before il had reached their
treasures. "Thc wish was lather 10
the thought Iiutiu spite Of these
aeonizing wishes, The stream Of de
youring flame keep moving on, even
against thc wind, or only tacking
sufficiently TO pursue ia course di-
agonally toward the lake. Now
onsued a sccno of Widest cscitc-
meut. Tho people, aroused to
sense Of danger, made frantic efforts
to save their property. The streets
were soon threnged with ffightend
and frantic crowds of all glasses and
descriptions, and the mixture OF the
solemn and painful with the ludi-
erous aud divcr,ing was such as is sci
dom seen. iIomcs, carriages, go
carts, wagons, drays, band.cars,
wheel. barows, slclghs, some with
men harnessed for horses, and
women and children pushing
behind--the vehicles loaded with
every kind of household trcaure---
driving to get beyond the reach Of
the onward moving river of fame,
that surged and swclled and beat
rclcntlcssly against every obstacle,
and forced q channel through even
the solidest walls Of stone. Little
boys and girls dragging trunks
through the streets with one hand,
holding on with the other to some
cherished picture OF tho loved and
lost, Huge lrsbmen leading Goats
through the crowd, carrying thell
kids in their arms, and leaving then
children to make their own way
carefully bearing them to places o.
safety. Big men carrying biz mir
rors for squares, and laying them
down only to be shivcred inn mo
ment. Barcfootcd aud almost max
cd women and children gathere'
around their piles Of furniture, man,
of them falling asleep in the streets
/. from sheer exhaustion, only to b
! reused to gather mp thoir goods an
rush father away from the apprech
ing danger. Millionaires Of yestel
day looking in pale silence at th
fire demon, sporting recklessly wit
; their fortunes, and withering !
ashes in an hour the tolls Of hall
= lifetime past, and the only hol
Of the half Of life that lay yet in tl
future. The air Is filled with SPAR
!, and burning splinters, y'hich Il
:, cruel winds in their wantcnness las
A il to fury, and the wind send leaplr
! and darting, with fiery tongue, u
q q enraged serpents, to strike At =
first object in their way. sor
! light on roofs, some stick th'
&c fangs into wooden cornlces, Or wi
- dow frames; others dart, as il w
: demoniacal intelligence, after aw
ings and directly another magn'
], cent block is wrapped in fam
|, Soon the gass-lights 50 out
= gass-works being destroyed
:. winds start up with fresh how'll
vengeance just as mems hopes rev
- Of checking the onward sweep
!, the fire; the moon looks out Of
T. T. sky with a hue as Of death aicka' .
= utterly woebegone-the sickli'
'' I. deathliest hue ! ever detected on
., half-hidden face; sullen roar o.
arc explosion adds to the horror Of
scene; and the crash Of failing "
nle and timbcrs, and the frantic leaI
'e,rl fame, high up into the air to b.
cod into a delluge Of sparks and blaa
hal splinters, and descend in fiery
arc rent on some arobject ofyengca
en- make up a scene Of tnmult and
a,er olation and awful magnificence
,ara no words can describe. Then y
md. comes that the court house Y
nv fiames--that the fremont and
oan Sherman are gone--and when
The lift up your eyes, look which
ex. you win, II is evident that the
.;nd i fiends are holding high earn
} A. and that no earthly power can
| onI rest them.
mis- The burning ofthe new 1ic
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