New-York tribune., 1873-05-20
CHAOS COME AGAIN.

GH4OC COMh AGAL0s
Journalists have before known what it was
to prepare matter for newspaper under difficulties
they have written upon steamboats, and in railway cars
they have turned really fine sentences with the
howl and hurrah Of excited political meeting IN their
ears; and they have calmly gone on producing copy
while ferocious mob was occupying Printing House
Square and thrsng for the blood OF everybody in this
establishment from the edtorn-chef TO the errandboy
They have written sometimes TO order when ideas were
not superabundant and sometimes when they were so
account Of limited space. But never, unul yeSer-
day. did they experience the ideal and as may be said,
the superative Of discomfort. IL was well to DO re-
minded for by the rule Of conraries Of the building
Of the Temple at Jerusalem which went on IN strict
silence with ring OF axe and fall OF the ponderous
hammer Al day long yesterday this office heard moth
ing but hammering, and breathed nothing but dust
IL as II all the annOyances and incOnve-
nienoes OF fifty First days Of May had
been condensed into very moving
moving indeed There not far 10 60 but then there
so much to oarrybOoEs desks, files. furniture Of
all kinds. There nothing TO leave behind except
dust rats, and lively little insects. But delays would
have been dangerous. II like sailors hurylng from
a wreck-a great many getting into a long-boat Of
the shortest kind. Never there such hudde. Moth
ing in its place in fact, everything in
thing eses place. In the confusion too
horrible bear, faithful servants who had served
for many years heG aghast secuson and quiet Of
their houses, carrying with them their pens and
bundles Of newspapers Others showed themselves su-
peror to all annoyances petty prOdgious and wrote
calmly in spite of all the frlghtfu disarrangemen
Everybody sat where he could and wrote lac
could, upon what he could, with what he could, like
the ancient sage who went on with his mathematics dur
ing the sack OF the city There never was such day in
THE TRIBUNE office before, and probably there viii
such another Certainly II it is to be repeated
1t viii not be for which all concerned desire to
render humble and hearty thanks.
It's easy TO understand the value Of what Qun-
lillian calls " ordo ct EnOdltS'-oraer and method-espe
cialy in the manuactureOf newspaper. For all had
been going on so smoothly, every man minding his
own work and knowing bis own daily place, that all
had forgotten the parayzing elect OF sloveny cou-
fusion. II plain how it would be if the salar
system should get ont OF ORDER and Majesty the
Moon should glide by mistake into the orbit OF Mars.
Il was a sight 20 behold ana TO weep many Of
stout contributors asking in tTemuOLI accents Daniel
Websters great question: Where am 10 goW There
were gentlemen who had been accustomed TO particular
corners, which somehow had become deanEuarzed and
had disappeared There other gentlemen 20 whom
certain windows had become familiar friends and
who had looked ont through the easements at the
City Hall clock daily for many year-but somehow
the bearings of those windows were lost. There were
particular cobwebs gone, 20 which some had become
dlscol0ratOns lost which others
had learned to consider as chromeucally beauti-
ful. Some knew where TO IND any DOCK |
in the Library. but all the books now
a huge mountain upon the floor crying ont peously |
as re-shevinG. Everybody missed bis little
local personal convenences, and many man might |
DE searching for iuksaud loved ana lost Mean
while the htmmer1ug and saving, and choppinE and /
wnitrwasliug went ceaSeIes~Iv Ladies attached 90
the office and and Nod atIrighied. 10 was an
bv Che operatives that everything would be IN
order at Ocs p. n., but at O'Clock p the chaos
like the earth 10 the beginning Of ts very urt week.
Mon united with tears in their eyes They VII never
see another tOllchcst without trcmonngi from tms |
hour they date their nsurmuunaUle prejudice against
all manner OF u0rcrs. gI--ntfers, carpenter, ana I
maslns and the text dust thou art ana unto dust
meaning Dusty deatn" isn't pleasant 90 coutem-
plIte bgt dusty life, they now know, IS stu more
dreadful. A4lusiOn has been maze 10 tAe greet
mob which Deset this ouce during Jne dIdIt
riots. ~ those excited genuemcn had done
rhe work which they proposed and attempted ana hdd
burned TIE TRIBUNE ont of house and home. Chev would
nave at least saved q great deal OF present trouble
NJ ich old force Is attached % 10, they are
perfectly willing 20 DE Of with the old love- and
men began % pull them do"h' uoJ9ly rci4y h'i an
ded how shabby the editorial establishment had be-
come. THIS had indeed been Iu.e 90 oN cueuies' nut
-hc lima ldLls ere ~ position OF pitl'A pal4uillyt
and perhaps liked tine old quarters tile better because
sverl Dody saId that they were d2y. People Jl0uEhl
mar they were not comfortable, bat they used |
the country who knew TIE TRIBUNE only through the
Drilaucv and elegance Of us columns, were qute /
surprised not 10 md l. enshined lh loltF' guoo anu
GORGEOUS saluOn surrounded by all the sumptd0us ap-
Dmutmeuts OF palace.
n - wei TO br mindful Of the demands Of the future.
Gaming generations Will perhaps like 20 know how the !
corner Nassau ana Sprucc~a. appeared dL dDO"l MS
date; and Yesterday called IN the aid o JAe pA'D
grsuner satisfy their rational curiosity Inc DuduE
faded from the memory OF living Mr. &. VI. |
Pach OF No sjs Broadway, has large and quite sue
cessu lhCT3 OF ola drdD corner, IN al ll 5AaDDy
but historic belongings IaltMuly iepIuduCcu