CHICAGO. No Renewal of (ho Fire Tlie City Tranquil Sheridan in Control. AMONG THE RUINS. I Smouldering City District* Without a WbII Standing The Bodies in the Ruins? Brawling (or the Dsud? The B usds of the Fire Brick n. Stone. SEVENTY BODIES IN THE MORG'JE. Awful Spectacle? Heartbroken Crowds nocking- to Iden tify the Corpses. Business R'YiTing? Newspapers Re ap;>e ari n? Chicago Hopeful Creditors Merciful. Relief Coming from AH Quarters. "G??! C? S3 the Noble- liearied Ptoplc of C2? e World." Chicago, Oct. 12? 11 A. M. There w?t.- ao renewal or Hie Ires last night, and uoihMitf occurred to dis'.tirh the cltv. General Mitr.d. u baa complete control, and conS ocnce is fnlU rc3K?ri"J. At a meeting of the various committees from other citR* iasi ereum* the following AVi'EAt. TO C'lUMRRaAI. MBS 1VI) t A?ITAUSTS ?r the Luliel S-lates was ad ;>tevl: ah r intend survey of the unparalleled caia ?i- ty, wiiit x x .idoaces i>s;ore n< of overwhelming m i.. u.ii: u ertug and tlie pressing neces les Uit- ?\i*\ we pray uur letP.w citizens, ea pecia :iy those itsninv liU-iiicsu relations with l .liCV O. Vi IK' K KtS.. AMI E :ERGY baw? con i iv i a-ncrons lllx> rahty by <0,11 promises una e\ieusous, ami the largest i-c uile udvances <>i money, ko that the hu#ir. a Ijusimeni of ihe!r aila-rs tltey caa PAY AIL L A IUTIES IN fULL, while any attempt on ine i.arf or banks to force im mediate uaAment frftin their debtors would utig ifKMit and iniCiiHiijr the uneiprca t rulu and de&ola i loii whlc-h Is upon ns, be U ImwuIvc', Tiiijt trie r>aiilanU, nnd will con unue i<> a* additional instalments as last as ns.-ois uc nrnde available. mitil the enure liabilities are liquidated. it u-ina an udvauiagc 10 the community to kwiic a peri 1011 of their lit.,; i'llt NOBLR-TIRARtHD FliOri.R OF THE WtMHO an t spate them fiotu mich a calamity. on. rnrAB, a well triown physician, no: su.TocatiJt, as .-up load. the Kianklln Insurance Companv of Philadelphia mneni ,i loss of fon.o'W. Tliey aend word tint taey wiii paj in full. Uii report tuat t!i? Union Nation*. IJiintc lia l lost it* mon<*y, papers. Ac., is untrue. A large ntuaber o! wholes*!" merchants are en uring temporary quarters on Lake Park, directly on '.tie LaKe front. *rPR41. TO M*SOSS Tft? Masonic Relief Committee will l .ue a call to the iiaternt'j to send money and clo Uin^io i?. c. Oetier, Masonic Temple, Cbi< au OOVkP.NOK PaI.MKH HAS CAI.LKU THE I.EUISLATCHK TlXJITUTR. It wiii ??-emi)le ai SprlngOeid to-morrow A <>mmiuee from 'D.? cttj will no down to-night to suicgost measures of relief. OoVKIl'-OH BATES, OK OUtO, liv i-oen here for the past tnrte dajra assisting In tDe good work. 11c issues sujtgestlous to i lie people of Ohio to pusii tuergeticauy ttieir efforts to lalao comrjj'U'ioftg.. to lk rpi) TnRoccin tor winter. Mr. Jortj-U MedUl, ol the Tribune, efiimates the tiatuoer to be provided for during the coining winter at 70, 00". MUCTENAST (IENKKAI shkrihan haa tanned the following orucis? iiBAixjc ak tkk-s Military Pi vision Missouri, t CHICAGO, Oct. IJ, 1871. j Tt? li ir~iiic preservation of tin- peace ami good order of Hit* city having been entrusted to me by Your Honor. I uru liapi>y (4i si ate thai no cane ot ontbreaa or diaorder has been reported; that uo authcnti cited report of an attempt at Inceudiar i-.ni lias reached me, and that the people of Chicago arc calm and wed dlspo?ed The force *i mv dlapo-ai 1* iiniple to maintain order, should It be nceewary to protect the dliirict devastated by the Are; atiil I would Mipirem to cttitcna n- >t to relax i heir waichluiiiftog until the stuouldei ma tiros of tne iTM>0 AMI riKlVloiO.Sa TUaT will cicr. Ma.ror Mason Isnncs Die following appeai:? Clo'ulag and ail protecuvea from the cold will be needed tnrougti t ic winter a* well a? now. send mi.' h aitniCN lorwird In as large quautitie* an pot i d?i p. t oh 'Ci money ami livid It subject to our older. Mini in frovWIona that will keep. toouru l!KAT.' MAY 01MII. lie ore we ran ui*?t>-it>ute them, Al l arrives li'?r?i ally a id v. c want to husband oar resources as nioch a i?o.*?t'jle, loralong wk- tn- 1? iteiory us and *..Ceiii>j i Will ccnMuue until on laboring da sea die fibAbiCu io mi- alii I heir Jftiiiilh'fl. Ji. 15. MA O.N, Mayor. MtlPKI OF Al.r SAVKIt. Tlio ita.eiaeul iclecrautud ycaterdty li.?t all the ptctnrca ta the Opera House gallery wore flestrored wns incorrect. Mr. Aiken, superintendent of tlie pailer.T, wns enabled to remove its entire contents, together witli many pictures lu Mr. Crosby's private gallery. A C ATJtTRER OH TtTR t'XITBD STATUS. To give a itst C?r all the cities, towna aud villages in mi1 ceun.ry that, witiiont waiting for a re most, have forwarded bountiful supplies of provisions, blankets ami clothing to sufferers it woulil be neces sary to furnish a complete gazoi tcer of the lulled States. THR WHOIRSMK OROCHIIH Ik (I a nteelmg this alternoon ami agreed to ask no compromise with creditors, but. only ask for time. They aro determined to pav alt their accounts in full. It has been pscertftined from official reports that IllTV MII.MON PKh'T OP l.t'MBKR were destroyed, leaving 24,ooo,ooo feet still ou band. One hundred thousand dollar* were subscribed to day toward RKKtianiMO Till CftAVKIK OP COMMERCE on the site of its ruins, and work npou if will be commenced at once. Wholesale dealers in pro visions, ilour and lumber refuse to lake advantage of tho situation, but oontiune to SRM, "MIRlR coons AT TUR OLD PRICW. The tame is true or coal dealers whu nave any stock lelt. Temrornry buildings are being erected in every direction, and by Saturday night Uiere will be HiiNnntiDa op DotrsBa icady Tar occupation. There is a marked cliangc in the spirit of the people. The first feeling of utter prostration has given way to one of confidence. The bur. ted district Is no longer an object of inter est, save as to the situation or si:es for rebuilding. K.very man who ran And a &hed In which to resume has begun business attain. Country DKUTOI18 AUK UKMlTTIMti YHKIlt CLAIMS and the insurance solvency becomes more and more promising. Iiusinena will Ik* resumed as usual at the live stock yard to-morrow. General Sheridan makes a request of the people of the country to dissuade uios* wlio aro unx.ou* to visit c hie ago worn HKRI5 CTKIOSITY from com'ng. Thousaudi of this class arc bore uow, without shelter or accommodation, and the? must be rod and cared for the same as the sufferers. Caiusg fob tub tki.e iuaT'ii operators. a number ftf telegraph operators in this city wero ourned out of bouse ntidliome. 1 be opera Una of 61. Louis have forwarded supplies of clothing and provisions, aud ueneral Htagor, or the Telegraph Compiuy, in order 10 prevent extortion being; prac tice upon the employes by grocers and others, ordered a car load of provisions from Cleveland, which a;e now here for thoi< use. rriB WORK 01' A I'Utfd.SIAN StlKt.L. In the Drivaie office ol Mr. Cowlea, the business manager ol the Tribune, was a large Krupp fchell, n ie;ic of theslogc of 1'urls, which exploded, making a breach in the walls fifteen feet wide from the foun dation to the roof. A I. VINO OKSI'ATCH NO IsniiELS IN ClttCAOO. A private despatch lrom Kt. Louis says tint a dc ppatch was sent from this city yesterday to tho effect tliat "St. Louis rebels were liere Hetting lire to the city." No such despatch was mailed from Chicago, it may have been sont by a special correspondent. The whole statement is a pure luvcatlon, as there is no l.iiowiedK0 of any occurrence of the kind. The city was never more orderly. KIOliTV llKAIl BOMBS ARE NOW LYtNU IN TUB MOUUUK, mostly f und on the north slae. It Is certain lhat this Is but a small portion of th? number caught in the flames and utterly consumed. Hie Coroner yes terday held tin Inquest on sixty-fo ir bodies. ONI.Y TWO OK T11KJI WERE HBCOONI/KD, one, llenry Uliiuan, a banker, aud the other l'cter O'lfren. m HE Tin* of The Hiirncd? icvraiy Itlurl.. cued ^ttrpnes?A llidnr.ut, lliirrovring Hp re. tin I Vlie Sffki-r* lor ltn< Dnud. Cmcafio, Oct. 11, Via Cincinnati, Oct. 12, 1ST l. i The sickeninz sensation or yesterday was the cslablishuie it o( a Morgue for the exhumed re main*1 of the mighty fire. Tills shocking repository is the hearse and carriage room of A LOWER LI.ASS UNDERTAKER, on ilubbard mroet, ue.tr ilalsced, a few block; from tho freight depot of the Pittsburg, Cincinnati aud St. Loots Kail way. It is lttile better tnau a barn, and yet is incorporated with tnc dwelling ol the proprietor and the stable lor hi* hordes. The place was guarded oy armed policemen, who found it difficult to Keep off a coosttn ly renewed crowd of people, with tlOKROK AND iN'XlETY DKl'KTER in every pale and piliiul face. Al the far end oi this room was a partitioned space. Uprated by dirty, cobwebbed windows, and on the flu or, arranger! in rows, lint all around the ilirce sides and then down the middle were II1B HARliKD REM 41.-8 0." sBYKNTY I liuman beings. The first noticeable object of this j dread i ul company was the forji of a sister of *ot;e Jtoman Catholic or lor. co.iipTetefv siiroa le.l in her brown habit, wlih rnR CROSS and i. it. s. In white letters stitched upon the itosom. The iacc was thlc'iily veiled, and even ihe feel were carefully covered. "She was sniath red, but not burned," i observed the grim master ol cevemonit Next was j the oody of a voting man, partly clad. THF ItAlIt WAS COMPLETELY Bl'BSKD OFH Ills head au I body. Tee features were blackened J and distorted wiih pain. the swollen lips were j wide apart, disclosing the glistening teeth and iru- j patting a horrid grin. ?uc!i only as agonizing death stamps upon the lace, i'he flesh was bloated to an J astonishing size. The poor wre.ch was roasted 1 alive. There was one charred form o a woman IN Tit* ATTITUDE OF PRAYER, but eve-y feature of the face was gone. The head I was nothing but a Maok lump; the body a hi leoun, black- ned shape. Some b'.dies of men coald be distinguished by tnc re miaul of clotuing and boots, but nearly all traces of humanity were goue. j Then there were REMAINS OK CHII.UKRV VNI> YOI N<| rEOt'LK. bat they, with the majority, were nothing more than mere blackened charred corpses. Those whose limbs or arms remained exhibited u supplicatory attitude, as if begging mercy or the destroyer. To this GHASTLY, IJIDKOUS AND HKI.ANCROLY RPSCrACLI wi re admitted, in Utile parties ol tour or five at a time, tuose who had iriemis or relatives mtssiug. i No language can deacribe the scenes of heartrend- In* agony those gruu visits elicited. A family ot Utile chihlren led by an elder sister comes and, I alter the first sickening shock, TIMES TO DISTlKOriSU TUB LOST RoTHKa; a frantic wife, attended by a mend, comes in search of her utirelurniog husband. Kroitiers seek sisters I lost and sisters their brothers gone; but who can tell In that undlstingu:shable charnal what home I hie living being once made happy? All personal Identification la gone with the obliterating n re and j noting 7? "el'l but ashes. Worse, ferliaps, tlian identification is ?he withering disappointment iu J not finding the missing. The wretched beings (i0 A* AY WRINGING THEIR HAN'bS, tearing their hair and rending the very air with piteous cries and unutterable wailing*. Beside* these i .tuned bodies the Morgue yesterday contained five newly coffined corpses. One was of a man taught lu the act o! firing a house and shot dead, another of a man IIANOBD TO A l.ARP POST by a mob tor the same crime. Another, of a tier man tailor who lost all, und cm his throat from ear to ear witn a razor, 'ine fourth of a woman, who died In premature chUdWrth, I rought on by fright. NEWl.Y WttiDED OK N EWLY OMR. The fifth mat of a voting woman found lu a house In the burned district, eiibT attire I for the grave, having died a natural death, or eue of a brldg par tially undressed who was suttocaici with smoke. The work of ETllt MINU THE REMAINS was fully tinder wel rh, aud the number of (barred remains recoveied up to seven o'clock Ja?i night reported at I2S. .several of these were mere liandfnla of miIciiioI bones, but nil were tiiiefiilly collected nut coffined for Christian I iMrmcnt. IntelllMOt eliltens of Clitrarn *ar that the loss of human lite from Arc, from drowning m the rtvor in tlie effort to escape, and other cause* traceable to the tire trill not fail short or 1,00 J OK 1,500 MVK8, 11 th.it mil cover tho entire number when an tuUlll gcnt account can be rendered. A Pil8rliit*?f TJiroiivh ilie Iturned IM?l?irl Wiint U Lefi? Uiliarli mt the Flume* on Stone, llri.lt nntf Iron? 'Tito NUrht no ih# Praltirir>Ro r.itiuor Sold? The <-rnl? Inte rest and lliih M rcrlrnblc-Tbe Bank?n* Vault*? UoiMilnl Prwpcett. (11 10 AO Oct. 11, 1 Via Ci.r.vKi.ANO, Got. lit, 1S71. 1 Tlte terrible calamity which nas befallen Chicago la wholly indescribable. Mo pen painting can por tray it, nor any language dosertbe tu Tuose who hare visited the city alnce the commencement of the conflagration will completely understand and confirm this, it must ite seen to be appreciated or comprehended. WHAT CHIl) AGO HAH K9CAPK1*. The hoary rain of Monday night aided materially In preventing the Bprcad of the flro westward across the north br4nch of the Chicago River. Until then everything was the matter of Accident. Notwithstanding (he neroulean efforts of the fire men and ettixens a burning shingle, a falling must from a vessel, a whirlwind of sparks, floating boards and timbers ou fire, all combined to Increase the chances tliat the flame* would at aome point on the river gain a hold on the othor bank and coutluue their ravages northwest; but by daylight Tuesday morning tlie fire had substantially died out, and further danger was mainly averted. TIIK DANCHR NRAKLT OVKK. Except the flames which oci-aslonally bnrat out from smouldering ruins or sprang up flcrceiy when some trembling walls nave thim temporary luet, end the burning of the great, glowing, seething, Hnlpnurous masses or btluminous and anthracite coal In piles twenty loet high, and extending almost continuously alon; the north branch for three fourths of a mile, the devourlug element seemed at rest. Men breathed more irecly, feeling that the fire had spent Ite force and must die out for want of fuel. The following statement, as plainly written as possi ble, may convoy to the reader some general idea of ita point of origin, general course uud main ex tent. 1 UE EXTKNT OP TOR FIBR. The lake chore at Chicago runs nearly norili and south, una the principal Btrtois arei arullcl tucrcto and at rigm nugli* therewith. cblcago lUver runs back froui tuO 1**? floe weat nearly a miie, ami then forks into what are called Korih and soutU bpmcliw. which ruu in reality almost north anil sou respcolivciy Tor at leaat a mile each. From tho main river southward tlie streets in order are South Waler, Lake, Washington, Madison, Mouroo, Adams, Jackson, Vau Buren, Congress Harrison, l'olk and Taylor. Tho last named is at un estimate consider ably over A MILE eOl.TH OF CHICAGO HIVRB rROl'KB. Beginning at t lie lake the streets west w urd art- Michi gan aveuue, Wabash avenue, state street, uearboru, Clark, LswaUe, Wells, Franklin, Market: then com ing the Souin branch, Canal street, Cl.nton, Jofler ho?, Ac. The flie Saturday night destroyed on tho west side every building wiihtu the bounds or Adams street on the north, Jefforson oa tue west, l'arquer and Taylor on the so.:th, and the South branch on the east, excepting a lew buildings or little worth used by the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne aud Chicago llallroau. All bridges across the South branch are destroyed, irom Malison street to Tw tilth street. TUH ORIOIK OF TUB CONFLAGRATION, on Sunday night about nine o'clock a woman or a boy was milking a cow In a small stable near the corner ot Dekovcn and CUntou streets, on the west side, and just south ol the district mimed over tho night before. By some acctdeut a kerosene lamp i was uoaet In tUe cowshed. The fliune* Bpread rapidly, owing to high wind and tue dry condition ot iUf tooudlag". The gale carno Irom a little west or uouth. and the fire crossed the Soutli branch to ihe ra-t hkk', >uti south ol Harrison aireet. us riioc.nF.ss. Br o'clock on Monday morning It had swept diagonally across the territory bounded i y Harrison street me South branch, the main river and tue lake cast In Its passage the Michigan Southern and Rock Island depots, the New facile llolel, l.armati'* b.ock. IWI Time." and Tnbum- j otllces. lonrt House, Chamber ol Commerce, Slier- j man, Tremont an I Urigg-t Hotel", Metropolitan t opera House aau oilier noted edliices were con- lA,? IN AMIES. nynoou every building ol whatever description j within the limits last name l was in ashes, with the single exception or Fuller, Finch A Puller's laryo \?rick drug fctore, standing oa the anijle lormed i.y j ttie main river and the houih branch, on the norih ?i-le irom me liver northward, the si roots are I North Water, Kluzle. Michigan, Illinois Indiana, itiiio. Ontario, Frie, Huron, Supenor. hlcago ave- j uue. Pearson, Hinsdale. Whit*, Wlilting. Oak, Wendell, Hill, Etui. Ciybournc avcnce, Csangcr, j sgei, Schiller, Black Hawk, Korih avenue, Mndcu. MeQon'ionce, Wisconsin, centre. Sophia. Asylum, Iteldcn Fullerton avenue' (which Is the kouth line or Lincoln Park). Lill aveuue, wrlghtwood avenue, i and a lew oth< rs not lai l down <>n the city map. TUB COl' KSB OP IHt FI.AMKH. When the fire swept northward across Chicago jtivcr it missed a lew buildings on Ktn/le sirect, j npxt to the North branch, Mil crept round litem t<> t ne river above and lo'.lowea the eaM l ank or the i North branch a full half mile, ignitiug ihc immense toal yards that were located there. Kromtlieue: j the wcstwaid line ofihe lire wis nearly a straight line to Lincoln PaiK. liver rilling c,?st of tins to me Ikkc and south to the river was burned, with an other single exception? a wooden building r.outin 1 aiayette iwjnare on the north and in thoc/iin>of ftne grounds re.ic.li.ng irom North clavk to Deari.o.u Ktreot, owned i?y Mr, Miihlon 1>. ?*don. At the northeru end of Lincoln Park the en> i.mit- ?<.>e reached, and Ihe lire stajed its ravage lor lai X or anv thing to consume. A WAI k HlKOt OH 1 UK Rt'llNEII |l!srjil< I revealed the f rrinie er.tent and rorce of D- r.>vaf"-. in many places the streets were filled Irom curb ktone to curbftone with hundreds ol tons of bricks and sloue, rendering them almost impassible to ih? l.ra vest pedestrians. A porilon of the front wall or tl, r j'a.-inc Hotel stood lor several stories in lielglP. I threatening to topple over on p?s*ers-bv with every breath of wind. A corner o! the Honor*- b.ock shot npflvc stories hluli on a base a lew feet sq.iare. Tue Tribmu buildiug. crerleJ lasl year, was sup to toe fireproof. >vein ?thinirwletf. or n to^ay J,ut paits of Ks dilapidated walls and a mass of rutotolsh and twlste-l Iron in Us cellar- and base n enis The Post Office and Court House wall" stand muet and look but mtlc the worse lor the Are save their smoked an I bla.-keneu condilloo. Ihe T-,?ss om e and many other buildings could only j he located ?-y a earetul count of streets and tot-. Passing up Haiidoli-h Irom Dearborn, a group of lour or fivo arsons attracted us to me nuns oppo- J ?me ihe Sherman House Mt*, on Clark street. A *KK(.fTOtt. There, among 'he iuhbt-h. partly covered with broken bricks, lar the -keletou of a man, burned to a rrtsp and looking more tue a mummy ilisu the remains of one who butje*:erda> wu# uu anlnia e. sentient being. All budges on me main river are destroyed. Crowds <>f men women aud even chit- 1 dren were swarming through the l-asalle s'leet tunuel all day long. Approaches to it are all badly j blocked up with rubbish, but once Insldo it is lar j iioni ad obstruct Ions, except smoke. The, atmo- j sphere Is hoi and absolutely stifiiuir. From ihe north end of t?.e Lasailu street tniuie: noihiug i e- \ond is visible but 1 SMOKIKO KCIVS, j pcorched trees, a lew bare walls ami Ihe ruins of the i city waterworks awa? to me unlit. On nearlng these >ou discover tt.ai Hucklugiia'n's elevator B, noriheast ol the Michigan Central de^ot, status itione and unharmed, in Isolation and meet Uou nrmor saved It. All round the water work lav great water mains by dozens. Tim-c were not heated enough lo injure Jhein but one o' Ujeui jiosse-s^s A MOVKSPn, UKi.lt: 0f~ Ihe preat fire Is the roau'd IxkI* of some poor follow, who doubtless look refuir- t'.ere irom the iru.winif heat and paid lor his iiusoia. ed jmlgmeni with his II e. His clothing was burned oil and ins body swollen, taw and ihe color of a lobuor. From the water works northward everything was con mimed that would burn, all the way to Division nvenne. FiUlarmn avenue. LUicolu i'ark and ine smalt buildings that skirted it norlli ami east. The fire spread somewhat bey on. I the cii jr limits unl t i.en d cJ out, because there was nothing within reach combustible. Tbo elegant aweiling of Mahlon L>. ojiicn, Lafayette place, was the only unburned Kouc in smut for doxens of squares. Passing north along the lino o f ttto street rallroid the intensity ot the heat Uttrtnir the coullagratlon was further evidenced in the warped and TWI3THD IKON lUILS of too road. All (be rat a for entire squares were expanded by the heat, until tlieconlies were syruug up one, two and In many ioxtane.es three feet. Tne Catholic Cemetery, south or Lincoln Park, was a place of reluge lor faintiloa driven from their houses all Uorntaj forenoon; but by twelve o'clock the flames and smoke reached iheni there and com pelted tfreui to flee boyond the city limits. The cemetery grounds are littered witn fragments of everything conceivable in the way of wearing apparol and household property. Passing to the left of the cemetery and of Lincoln Park a short ulstanco brought meto the extreme northern point of the conflagration. Tnere was not a house within quarter of a mile northward to burn, and not one unburned within a dtstanoe of four miles on a straight line southwest. The Kt'KNKD TKKKlTOMr ran to a point on the lake shore and left a eorve hpoudlngtriaiigie uuburned on what is termed the nortb aide, with Its base at fullerlva avenue and its a> ex on the Nortti brauch, near Chicago avenue. Every house Is destroyed between Linooln Park and liubbard street, as lar nortb as Grant place. The western line of the Ore Is generally sharply defined and nearly dtreol, but is deflected in soine pluces by the character of tbe buildings and by the improved or unimproved condition of certain a juares. The open square, for Instance, on the corner of Uurlburt and Sophia streets doubtie.is saved scores of bouBes directly north and threw the tire oa the street east ward. a large proportion of tUu property which is burned on the north side was occupied by its owners. Many or rtiem were small traders and others me chanics These. In their desperate attempts to avert the tlantcs aud save their homes, almost unl'-. vcrsaliy delayed moving their personal elfects uutil nearly every etian e ol transportation had slipped away. Their taut rosort vr&9 la Did TRKNCUjaS til thoir back lots, Cower aua vegetable gardens. (III them with clothing aua valuables and cover Willi a row inches or feel or carm. It W no exag geration to say that huudrrua of wagon loads were i In m each cti, much of U to l>e lost to Hie lawful owners, and nmcli more to be damaged ordcitnoo i by tutu I aud water. ON TUK PfUllilF? a KAfVYOTOftr. Monday Df^tit many thousands of people, wi'h til their earWty possessions, wore scattered over the prairie iu groupa aud crowds. About mid night It commenco.1 raining gen!!/, nn.l at ih.ee in the laornlnjr (here was a heavy shower testing firteeii or twenty minute.?. Tne homeieing southward along the wharf gives one an excellent view or rhe BI'UNlNd OOAI, plies, docks and hat is left m lite way of strait. gUng Umber am lumber. Tho Plies arc all burned off close to tne top of the water, and the hewn tun hers of the dock are also burned down to file sauto level, scattered a i over the devastated part of me city are tne sorrowful wrecks of what were nonu larly believed to be IIUKI'IIOOI" ttrtUHAf.fi. In most Instances they were composed of brick anu Mone walls, with Iron girders, string rs, joists. vc and their owners loudly prided themselves' like iho builders or iMbyion. en possess, mr a sure refuge and bulwar* ag^lust ouc of he devouring elements- lire, tn many instances le-s than twenty udoutes sufficed to transpose them from -tatclr edifice- or pa 'aces into pitiful masses anu piles of ennobled brick" and stone and warp -d anil blackencd iron, ihis on (la^iai ion has abuu nantly proven tuat stoue buildings aio but a trine more to be tru-ted than wooden ones, and that riotiung known 'o modern architecture possos-es so i moch power to re-ist intense heat as brick .cemented w,iu well tempered mortar, out of i dozens especially examined not oue Mote vault seemed perrect, but many brick ones were alrno 1 wholly uuliurt. Allies upoa mi. us uc i i uit-r is'ks are tlioroti, lily calcined mid reduced to ijim0, inso much that, nllhouglt ei?"it inches in thlckm -s tin*? can t?e brokon off byihehan-i and aclu Ally crnm. bled him small fragments by the flngors. t;?r loads of proU miH are arriving I rum evcrv dive. lion. AH the chinches on ibe west side are C'ommiitecs a..- relieving ail who call. Hie Mayor has is ucd a j roclnmatl'U) ordering NO Uottoit to be sold til] further order-. IMltNOIAt 1 IIANOKII. N.reral pers> iH were caught In Uie art or ming house- on the wo?r side, uiid lour have been Iiuiik lu iuiuppo?K Thecil> and count* records arc, or cour-o, whoiy lost, lint three anl?-<, ainonir others, will pay tneir entire risks:? The Pnenix, nearly a million; the North American, over a mil lion; the Republic, nearly a mill on; the A;tn i, nearly four millions; tlio liarilord, a million; viie Amies uf Cincinnati. ttie sauio am^u'ii l'H? Fidelity Safo Deposit Company anthortsoa th& .8 meat ilmt its deposits are i i&ie, and eaiis owners take Uioir deposit*. ABOUT THE BANKS. Tue greatest interest everywhere prevails with reiercaee to the condition of the bank vaults an I sales or tlte city. Quite a number of bank and other safes nave been already opened, and, after a careful examination, tt seems that nearly every dollar therein will be saved. Three of the national bank vaults were opened yesterday and everything found intact. The most important point, however, is the bills receivable. A careful analysis of this item gives a more cheerful aspoct to affairs than might be cxpected. Of tho aggregate loans nearly two-thirds were made to lumber, grain and provision dealers. The provision and lumber deal ers have lost comparatively little, and as for the grain dealers, the entire loss or oitttN will not exceed $2,000,000. This loss would fall mainly on about six leading graiu banks. The greatest loss tn the bills reoelvable of the banks will be on regular mercantile paper. If this mercantile paper is worth even twenty oeuts on the dollar there is reason to hope that the banks will ulti mately find that their bills reoelvable are worth on an average sixty ceuts on the dollar, and perinea considerably more. nopgrui. prospscts. It will take time to mate this available, but we believe that some of the banks wiU ultimately pay the whole of their deposits. They must, of course, have some money to begin business on, and for tlits roason will not be able to pay anything very soon. There is to be a meetimr of bankers at the Wabash avenue residence or Mr. 0. T. Wheeler this after noon, at two o'clock, when uniformity of action will be agreed upon in regard to tho position the banks shall take in view of all tho clroumstances. The TRTJTOBAPn COMPANIES have oponeJ oiiicss and are at work m.u.ily on commercial and personal despatches. No speoial telegrams can bo sent to newspapers yet, and may not bo for a week to ootne. The DAMAQB TO 8HIPPIHO by tho recent terrible conflagration, although not as great as tirst reported, Is jet (|uite large. The Mayor Issued an order living the price of bread at eight cents for twelve ounce loaves and prohibiting the sale at higher prices under penalty of seizure. All persons found charging extortion.^ prices for any arfie'e will be punished by seizuro of the goOiis. One of the city's greatest needs is water. It u claimed that the water works engines will be run ning to-morrow, but ttiis is doubtful. The Adams street reservoir still stands and is belnor Ailed by flreenttlnes. The Artesian wells supply many in the western part of the city. Carts and wagons are carryiug water from the lake ail through tue city. (ibvcrnnieat C Glee* Qii?rterOil??F.'rci?*?ol feiRfni Wneite.?. WASfUNOTON, Oct 12, 137L The Collector of Customs at Chicago telegraphed Secretary lfoutwell to-day:? "I have secured excel lent quarters for every government office In the city. Send immediately ft supply of books, blanks and stationery sumcicnt to ma all ofllces, and cspcclally two Are and burglar proof safes lor the use of t ho Custom llonae and United Stato 4 Depositary. Can not nay whether the government funds are burned." The Kail Servke?Orrter fo I'onimiMtcw. cniCAdo, Oct. 12, is; J. George A. Wood, Superintendent of the United states Postal Service, issues the following notice:? To ALL POSTMASTERS AND BOtTTB AGENTS:? Make up no maiU for distribution ia Chicago, save or. ly Chicago city mall. XJiro.v ail such into the postal cats and larjo oitlces for distribution. Hurry Forward (he Mrtjdlp*? Vo ('?:iknl Ration* Wantert? lilnnket*, k luiir and Moony lirqn>re4. The following was last nigh' received at the I'ric Hallway ofUce by telegraph:? Chicago, Oct. l i?:i. To W. J. Hor.ii ks, Superintendent o i the Tcle erapti' We will take from -yon nromptly the supplies Tor tlie Chicago sufferer*, ua de.dguawd in irtr. Kucker's despatch received this afternoon. In view or some contusion prevailing, permit me to acltiilhra)'i Kcxuin iiig? ItMtik Vnoltn Safe. Chicago, Oct. 12, 1871. Hie rt -iitibtican this morning Issued a half sheet and tne Tribune au entire sheet, filled with adver tisements aud announcement of merchants' change of localities. New York, Oct. 12, 1871. J. M. Walker, President of tlie Chicago, llnrllng tou aud (Jnlucey Railroad Company, telegraphs that business was substantially stopped on tbat road on Ihe 9th. but resumed on the 10th. There will be no delay hereafter in forwarding Irelglit and passen gers by this line. Chicago, Oct. VI, 1871. Griinrhauh Brothers Co., New York: Vaults, books, papers and all vuluables of the Herman National Batik, safe. M. UI'.I^EN KKAUM. The Generous Offerings of the Country. Tli?' Millions Respond fo (lie ('all l'or Aid. New York Casting Bread Upon the Waters. The labor of collecting money and supplies for the sutferyrs by the Ore in our sister city of Chicago goes bravely on, and. Horn tne energy displayed in tne good work, It 14 very evident that a generous public will not let the unlorliinatc victims of the flames want for auy necessary thai money can purchase or hands prepare, lu yesterdays Herald we save tne contributions of the country as far as heard Ircm, and this morning ibe contributions ure continued. WHAT MEW YORK HAS DON'S. 'Ihe following are tne total collections of money reported in yesterday's Herald:? New York Hold Kiuhanve New \ork Produce hxrTiangr N?w iurk moci Kichange New York Importer! and grorera New Vork (luambcr of Coinmetim cl.ainbera alreat merchant* Haiandcap trade. \Vho??ale roal traat Dry vooda trade I,???mt> lij'n establishment Ilie Drug hi change The alio* and I??tMt trait* <1 00 .1. W. Phopnard. 00 Win. Mr. ouiiiill ill 00 O. Ward lift K II. KoaUay X 0!l John Uavcrn ,1. Mack, Kr 1 M Tbomas Martin 1 0> K. H. nttrlck, Sr a DO A. t'herrr Nathan Alier 1 So L. Apgar. Ma aula O'Brien W r. Himonton. Win. Heavern 1 on .1. Slmmi i i? Mt oHorke G'l H. W*ah Jobn Klloy 1* M. Mul.iii Kimurl I. .ill 3 00 M?'f i (i, steplwni... rm Man Ka'.iy l Murrav 7. AH.er'. Ho.n 'r J 1 0 A. semi.ns M Ma? 0 .Mm Rloan 1 00 Kdiv?r.l ?'(vik K I'. Him?nt m, .lr i ?H fw 1 joist. h 4. l.l.-suie 1 W w 5Sr;;;:;: ilurte? :5S u _ >r? inStBiuii J. A. Pairyoipie W H?S?.r* nJ!,,u'11 60 U. Kiddie I M KUan Jll/. 2j Pavid Connolly 1 WS: Wm. Henry 910 00 0. ll.-Urifflth U INI Jacob MaUnrn, 8r fiO) Hermann Wolff 5.M Jacob ltialtaru, Jr 8 50 Prauk Auiley 5 in Andrew K. Tttlly ON John Andley I UW Jobn Coleuian (approa- Wm. Clark 1 in lice) B0 John McDonald S w Dennis Mara 8 00 John Hlckey X*. Oft Peter Burkbardt 8 00 Wm. J. Johnston i 0* Wm. McKevltte SO John Leak 0? Fread Naverney 8 00 Thomaa Maloy 1 tM FROM J. FINLAT SMITH AMD W. W. CLAUDS EMPLOYES. X. Flnlay Brolth $*i t:0 A. Young. ft M V. P. Stiiht-rlanu I OH A. Schlatthau'.ier. 1 09 John Wood 2 00 VFIIIUm Stevenson 1 (M Thomas Skldmore 4 00 A. Hiring 1 0t James Ryan 8 0J H. kohler 1 Oft John Cal Walker. IB0 J. Harris I Oft S. Kennooh 1 00 O. laylor 1 ill J. W. Wood 1 0) J. Taylor 1 01 R. A tt ridge 1 (M) F. Morn M M. Sohemba 100 T. Lawrence, k. M U. Uaux I 0) W. Moore M A. Ilaux 100 M. Leavelle 58 A. Duliois i 01) H. Doays -f4 J. Htrchall 1 00 E. Shaw M B. Wewlnuau 1 00 PROM WECH8LER BBOH. AMD EMPLOYED. V.'eohslur itrothert #125 Kate Henurasy SI Mrs. (Ireen t Mrs. Morris I M. Ilowns 1 Kate 1'otten I 11. U'-uchil 1 Mm. Kenney I M. K>i A 00. AND RMPI,OYI?. A. Greenwood A '"o... .$?5 01 Theresa Fcany lift M'c. II. C. Ilretnwooil...!') iKi tiary Olurk U John Q0 K'lta Uliglrm m Maf(;ie t'a:lo 1 00 Mary Cooi M UiDub I'', l'miiner/ i 50 Kmrna Ba'ie! M l .(| J. Si.aniinawr 1 Ou James Kuaruy rid Cairle Ben.ii-r W John RoU'-kc 5D I.cna Vendor 60 Mu?(?:c Smith 1U Aruelia Bender W Juua bevy Mr.ry WlednrulT 00 Mug:;lc Uonift K I '.in 111a KM 1 U0 Annie Iliajslua Ill Ijlxzie Gunlbor 60 Maggie hmlth 14 Annie Woelfol M Mai;lo Hughes U L. SaMer..., 6>i Honor# Sullivan 10 i,mmai*mttu W Louisa Bergcr It) Ivuui Twaehtnmn 60 Ieman 100 l>. Ktr.ipsiu 2 0) Tuchen 1 0(1 il. i .iitol 'J 00 Paulino Lamette 2 I'll I'.l'za SbeUan 2 (XI Delia Nells 1 Ot M \rv Palkner 60 I- ROM ISAAC SMITH'S I.tTUTOwR VPHIC BITAUI.IStl MRKT. Issac iiutlth $25 (ill Jobn 1*. Connolly. .....$41 OU M illiam P. Macbln 6 00 J. H. Donnelly 1! OU M.J. Keo.li 1 00 Julin Mul. Griffin 1 Oil T. Nouglitoii 5 00 MIbs M. Maiden 1 OU K. Murphy H SO Ml** k. Iloleluu nil Henry Harcua 3 ft) Mia* A. Rilev 1 00 M. Meahoar 3 00 Mi** J. Hamilton ftO J. Collin. 3 0) Mil* A. Mac louald 1 Oil Miis ff. LeVfr.. 1 0J Ml** M. J. Klloy I W Mid K. Keating I 00 Ml** K. Lyuch 1 ctt Ml** M. McGowcn Ml Ml** M. Killed) SO Mia* K. Owr.ii*. I 00 Mi** J. Lynch 1 0U Mi** Eiixa Sherlock 1 00 Ml** E. Simmon* 1 00 Ml** M. O'Brien. 50 Ml** B. Collin* 1 00 Mi<*M. Hiuitone 1 00 Ml** K. O'Roilly 1 00 Mi** L. Colcan 1 00 MiM B. Hale I CO Ml** E. Witty 1 Ul MWe M. Witty 1 0(1 MlM E. Maker &o Mi** E. Moran I 00 FROM M. cons A CO. AND EMPI.OYKS. M. Colin A Co 9200 00 Hoopsklrt department. f*9 l-.mpioyea In oilice I> 60 Finishing department.. 10 75 Wearing department. 44 50 Operator*' department. 3d la Corset department 47 ?6 Macuine thop 19 #tl DONATIONS BT THK EMPLOYES OF M. STB1NHAKDT 00. 8. II. Mark* So 00 F. Rloliter .10 1>. Lery 5 00 H. Helsc I 00 James McCarthy 2 00 K. Ucwald I 00 E. K. Stelnbarut 2-> llan?e t Working Boy MillrnM 33 00 Working E Edith Webar Jamea B. (liar* 8 oo 3 00 1 INI 3 tX> I 00 no 00 A Poor Man ftur)ier A Pfeiffer. f ioo Star Klrc Inmiranoe Com Kiitgelv A Painter. 2^)0 {>*oy,_ A. t:. Miller, Holwwn, Hnrtado A Co.. 250 ilto*. Woodward A Son.. 100 Einplnye* of I*. Van Vol kenhuruh A fXi 300 Andrew Clerk A CO 200 J. C. JohnMon I.coo t;. L. Rpencsr .1,000 Muses i'ayl. John Snenen t'sry A Co President a.V)fc Kugeue S. Uallm A Co. .I.HO*' I'bariee Olildrt. *K? RothsohUd Bros. A Out- I. mans 60t? New Vor* Klre Insurance Como.iny I.IW t'alboun, ttoliblna A Co. WH Krauk A Oana l.OtMl James L. Jstksou., I(>^ i.<>iirfce U scnuyler E0 Walker Bros Nathani?l --snda.. 2in? Jacob*, Strauae A <"o uoo loo i'iti I'. II. spooner Hni clay .V IJviDKstonx. Knlployeea olUei AWooi n'e I Pr?'\. Brower P/ii s PO N. P. II .(ley KKI li. II. ,'amm tnn n, l>.,,\ ii. OriK wold Amer can Whip Co Fownir A ?l