H. M. S. Argus arrived from Halifax with the Marine Artillery and some soldiers. A number of the sailors did patrol duty in Carleton, and the artillery spent several days blowing down the walls of the buildings, and doing other work entrusted to their care. A number of soldiers of the 97th Regiment also arrived from Halifax, and these together with a company of the 62nd Battalion of volunteers, and some men of the volunteer artillery under command of Lieutenant-Colonel Foster, the senior Lieutenant-Colonel of the Dominion, performed guard and other duty until the 6th of July, when the volunteers were disbanded, and the regulars were continued for a time. The men behaved excellently and did good service. They were all encamped in King's Square. [Illustration: KING SQUARE AFTER THE FIRE, ENCAMPMENT OF THE 97TH REGIMENT.] The U.S. Revenue Cutter "Gallatin" made two trips from Boston laden with supplies from the generous people there, for the relief of the sufferers by the fire. With commendable enterprise, many of the merchants who were burned out, and could not secure premises in which to carry on their business, by permission of the authorities, erected shanties on King and Market Squares, which they promise to pull down before the first of May, 1878. The city now looks quite primitive. Turn where you will, shanties of various sizes and styles meet the eye. Some very good work was done at the ferry floats by the employes of the boat. Through their exertions the fire was kept away for a considerable time from the handsome new Magee Block, which stood on the corner of Water and Princess Streets. This building will be put up again at once. The newspaper men were heavy losers, but nothing daunted, they went to work at once and lost no time. The _Telegraph_, through the courtesy of Mr. George W. Day, printer, was out on the very morning after the fire, with a smaller, but very spicy and interesting little sheet. The _Telegraph_ proprietor and editor, Mr. Elder, did not save even his fyles. The _Globe_ also did not lose an issue, and on Thursday evening it was as bright and attractive as usual, and contained an excellent account of the fire. The _Daily News_ lost its issue on Thursday, but on Sunday, the proprietors, Messrs. Willis & Mott, issued a very interesting paper, and so made up for what it lost on Thursday. The resume of the work of spoliation in this number of the _News_ was very graphic. The _Freeman_[R] did not issue a paper. The three principal papers immediately set to work buying type, paper, and presses, and in a fortnight after the fire, the _News_ was issued full size from a new press on the site of its old office. The _Globe_ and _Telegraph_ followed with new presses, &c., a day or two after. The _News_ and _Globe_ were issued after the fire for a few days from the _Weekly Herald_ office, Germain Street.