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littler, tro! ii?* stx-roed to convey ?? more potent rouser., ?rimn h?- ridded, m n whisper ' J'or J ?nj/.r? ',???, r'ij? S?.-i r. I'ft OuiwtAb?'. '? .i ' 'IVrrit?!* doom! Tili.* .-i-ea^u.-, ?. ?:vi?.j ii.s root*. " v-?!!-.} bim, d?sap|<eAi'?ii to Ao? ?.'ii >?- .f nouioiv. Tl: > g"?ni* M? lift bo? hl..! ?- finally au m ?' th' inJsi busy, as ? : . ?.Ntv~woui-*j'?: tfi&t !:.> inmates, ii?-.\ f. out h\ the hr*, '.vere force 1 to .ibatidou li . . : i? tho\ to revel i:. its contents. Quit . ;:(<?ii-t .ii?..? . i ..Wi*/-wile ?.!;?!! guard ii>? . -ask-s tu? pi>?v*rb. Itt half the niiit.oM^sf <.....?-, ?.h..- '.?'m |.i - .. : .led for th?* ci:.sVw-pv. <?..- ....t!i>,i.- . !.. !,*..yt ...:.;??" plunder-. .* . . . -i. .; . _. . ..i. i. .. i.v. ??f.> tia-.'.-i.. i." .H ;.._).!.?.... ...ow, I he a* j.. Hf?' I rinj?.tWtv ..oiitia???W t?? j??.? in f.* .'....i..1 j.ii^nf.'. Ti.o M?.-*Jncxu-obs ?tn il . j . .. ..i :.K .i, it w th? opinion oi mont . . ? : ?r? e''ii*-ilv i-?.*?*?'? i i jut, vu- men ol II d'?'.? r.ssw-m L'sijirTu'--probably the ex? j '.f. throtipb a -or . . ..se, of training, o': Oi: '. . rvrr ..it.?is, ?crf?da">t?:i.-.g fi:.:lly at hing? S"t??g ? ?Vth.-r plaCfS >?? meutal ar.il moral traiisi.gf. Tre V\ '.-?t .?.: men,,iaokidiug the a a. -. portion ???' the illinois and Iowa, ??.-i'h?-f s.' d' >.:.? .'ii-, nor so unscrupulous * trequent?y fa' .:ui ?ii.d respectful; and, . ? JI ii \vou?rt-b? ar.fV to sesert that many .j ' ouses ?viii. ? s-.tj- .tj tb* sack MW ?ire,, their ftatety tv ?ho prefenc: or tito ?Von . ,ji:y of eoaidioi f'ifse i-m:. ?^idcr o? spe?di ralicer khaii t?K l?at;Ki?; nun, rougi; ond| s perhaps, they lucked equally tho i:nt$v.-( doli pr?tention, pomposity and titter i uti if- j aw ?*rr.h, hi"ji..Jtv and sbem*. whivh' *-. nguaAveUhe imusr. ..Shit we mu*f. r?tr?w, " .'; " xi ! ltf ra?y he well ;?. rema;-'. xM\\ Thedh-'dplitio \ ot the ehji-'liy uren thr'r ri rfc*., ??iitran.-o in:*1 the .iry\\vi.s"pei:;'..-.-t.;-.n.i no'-1 ...hi.irablv. ThJ;v \:?,. ?.o di.wrder c-r ?rr?*guhiiiire ?..?? the line eil mareh; showing that thr-i* "itv.-' i had^them-j C'?? p!'.;e!y in hjvtid. Thc^ a tint looking ; hvf.j cf ..Men, uinstiy yoting HM', of v!i.roi-..>ijs ? fi ii well cia 1 Mid W' ? ..hod, neeniiiigl\" .i in t in g j HT nothing. Their s mr* and accoutre- j n . :->. wi-re in bright order. The uegroes j ac-otnpn:iying there Were cot. Dunierous.'ucd seemed mostly to act sedrudges and body ?-..; . i v Ki.e I'huy groomed horde's waited, carried bu ns, and,, in aitupti ?every iris ta nee ittrtl*-. r tit! j v appeared in a purely servile, and iiOt a - i ifary, eapac^ly. The men of thc VV est tittle i Hi*m eeTieraUy*with scorn or in nuer >"?i*;9, sometimes barshTy, aiid not nufrerjucittly v al? bh"1'?. .Most of those escaping frotu them r t- ih'.fr depart'.'re-^iiiid they have been ? : h rx -rou^-express themselves sufficiently satis-: j ?K : waft theil ttj-ict taste ct Yankee t at-rnity. xi the march of the enemy into town hr-jd w hile Ott doty, Was indicative "of admira: bl? drill end discipline, such ceased to be the ":??--e if c IT. CT eut they were dismissed. .Then, ?.'"?>' h :r by tncit perrnissioo or direoi ?*om .. J. 1? '.?f whole depor:nHent nnderweat a . ---./.< t; ri iipH ebacgft Ti'edemooK* ast|<Ar . 1 ? . .*r* . ff?$t ? . &..?? V- ... .-s :? j. ,? *?' *.<.- ?f ? '? ?f |i ? -\ ! I nalia soon began. We bar? shown th?? tho ! robbery ol th? person* of tho eHiaoao and tho (.'under of .their houses commenced withis one hour after.ihey had reached the Market liait, j lt continued without interruption throughout .Ihe day? Sheinmn, at. the head of Iiis cavalry, traversed the streets everywhere-so did his" Lumcju-yet they saw nothing to rebuk* or resflHn. Subsequently, these officer* wct*o I everywhere on foot,^ et beheld nothing which 1required the interposition of authority*. Rob? bery was going on at every cu;uer-in every house-yet there' was no censure, no puniah nienf> Cit izenOgenerally applied for a guard 'ii th*::.r st?versHisus?s, sah for a tis:* ii.??? [guard* wer?5 a.hfttcd theil). They consisted I usually of twp soldiers--a sergeant and a [private. These might be-fjiilitui or not lit Iso??., eases, aa already stated, they were? aud j "Iv;, ung respectful; considerat e of tho claims of women, aud never trespassing upon th?? privacy of the family; but, lu hali the number of cases at least, they were iulrusive, tumult? ing and treacherous-leaving uo privacy un disturbed, passing without a word ?alu ih< chambers and prying into ever? crevice ami corner. They were BO many spies set upon tb? homestead!, to become pluudeiera 'w-hen th? ..banco waa afforded them; and, failing in op portunity to make it, by fixing the dw^l.ing ti, concert w ?th their mn, rude* without, mid nib r (.-spelling tile inmate*, Hwough t&? terror Ihey^aspirtd, proceeding.t* ihe work of pi! Inge without embarmssmeat ir":u any (faartel liut th?; reign uf terror dni^not fairly beiri: til n.'ght. tn Mime iimtaiiJ?.?>, wh.-ic paru?. complain**1, ol' the misrule and robbery, thci gi. ifds ? t?> them, with':i_ ehuckle: .?'I bis i nothing. Wait till to night, ifnd you'd <e !i-lil * 51 ell it was, aud these wr?<tcii<.**i th 1 ii- IBMI .? all let loosel Among the ?ir^t tiree at -evening was \>ii shoi.t .?Utk, which broke out ina filthy pn ii J o? low houses, of wood, ?i? Uclvaia'str?*?' (sc? "ipied mostly ns brothels. Almost nt. ? ?...'.>; time, .i budy ot' ihe enemy scattered <>v. . .. llastern outskirt*, of th?; eily, fired sc* :; , iy th? dwellings of Mr. Secretary Trenboii Ceil, W t?d?* Hampton, Ur. Johu Wallace, J. 1 Adams, Mrs.Stark?*, Mr. Latta, Mr6. English ai many others. There^were then some twent tires in fui! blast, io as many different qa a tors, r-t nearly the tame moment; and whit? tl alarm rounded freux these quartets, a aimil alarm was scut up almost simultaneously fr? Codon Town, the INortbermcst limit of tl eily, and from Aluin ulreet ia its verv centi at tba several stores cr house? of O. Z. Ba* C. D. Euerhardt and sonna others, io- the bet uf the most densely settled portion of tho ton thu* enveloping in flamee almost ever* oeeti of ?he devoted city. At this period, thoa eat in thc evening, there were few ?bows of'tb drunkenness ichica prevailed at a late hoar the night,nod only alter all the grocery' ohs on Maia etreet had been rifled. The wrote! i engaged is tb** sppoioW imaoturfm m ??m ?p ? n , < $ w ? . #. ? , - s .. ,. - Jj ri^i'i'WVBiiiiitiiW^iaMifcaiiff.wm t well preparad with oH the appliances essential to ?heir wo*. Thar did not seed the torch. They carr?ed-w?th thei?, tV?m hooio to house, pots and vessels eon raining oom rum libio liquid;:, composed probably of phosphorus au?! otli^r similar agents, turpeatine, die; and. withbalii) of eottou saturated in this liquid, with which they also overspread doors and walls, they conveyed the flames with wonderful rapidity (rom dwelling to dwelling. Each bad hil ready boa of Lucifer matches, and, with s serape upon' the .walla, the flames begau te rage. Where hoares were closely contiguous, a brand from ?ne was the mesas of eonvcjiof ?t.'iii u*?tuu t? ?.lie wilier. , The winds favored the demons. They had been high throughout the day, and eteadilj prevailed from South-west bj West? and bert lite flame? Eastward. To this faot we ow? tu< preservation of the portions of the city ly ms West of Assembly street. Tho houses vat thu quarter being mostly of bombie dimension) and app aranee, held forth no- iodacemeuio ti thc plunderers, ?nd, indeed, they found sui? eient employment for all thtir numbera io th more wealthy aud fashionable portions of thi city. To the abondance of tho spoils io the* quarters, whieh gare employment to all, w owe those dwellings whieh were saye^ an pouibly to' thia and their subs?quent ?f?atS? ness, we owt the soiety af our women. m The work, bagan tons vigorously, toent o wilyun., inip??imsot and with hourly morea* of fury throughout the night. What remains from the morning of eugiues and hose, wet brought ou t by the a remen, but these wer soon drivu.i from their labors-which were ii deer:' idle against ?ucb a ftortu ?vf tire-by tb f.?rtina?iioai hoAiiliiy of Ce incendiaries. Hf. stiles -.?.-er ; tumbled over un J disabled, the ho? .va? henii to pieces,'and .he firemen, dreadio w?vri? Ufjgc to themselves, lei? tho field io di sj >a? i\ *j CHU v. hii?^, th-, daunts fcpread from sid u? side, from J?oat tv? rv^r, from street i -.ir el, :i.ui >v:?- -? th^.." HU'.-...-ul and iaevitabl ,irt?gr?ts wrta to . eiow for the ?leiuons who ha Kindled them, they heipad tuent on by th? a] plication.of fresh combustibles aa?i more rapi agencies oi conflagration. By midnight, ?lui ctrdet, hom it? .Northern to its Southern e: tremity, was a solid ?ail of ti rn. Byfl 1 o'clock, the great blo?*-k?; which included tl batiking houses aud th? Treasury building were consumad; Janoey'efCeogaree) aud Mi? cr to n's Hotel*- tho magnificent mauufaeiori of EvanS dc CogawelW-iodeed; every larj block in the business portion of the city; tl old Capitol and all the adjaoant buildings we in rains. The range eaUed th? "Grantic" w beginning to flam? at 12, and might have bei saved by ten vigor?os men, resolutely wockia if there had beaa a v/LL far it among the en my or if oar own tira-flea had bees permitw Ab oas o'clock, the boor waa struck by t dook of the Market HaiL wluau?was evan th i?OHlta%sd Irs? within. It woo tte ova h