Tho correspondent of the Argun, wrlblng on 22nd March, says bho afternoon of Sb Patrick's Day was mild and sonny, nnd bbe long pro cession of Irioh'aooidtloa marching np Fifth Avenue began «b 3 o'olook bo pras tho .Windsor Hotel, one of bno most f»raontf In Amorion, who»e grand front oovored bho entire block between Forty slxbh and Fort>y-6evonbh streotB. Tho aldowolka of bho groat avonao were crowded, and hundreds of tho gucstu of tho hotel wore at bbo win ciow9* white a small army of bho oor v*ola with their friends, wore on bho roof, Saddonty a waiter ran onb of frh© bolel, frantically pnehing through tho orowd, to roach the fire alarm be>x, He bad aeon a guosfc in bho par bur oitroloasly ihrow a matoh towards *i\ pptm window, whore a laoo ourbain cAii^hfc fire. Ii blazed up, and sent tUros* fchrotigb thooorrldor, Thofiro *pro»d with inorodible Bwifbnooo, und in twelve minnbet) tho upper sboriei wpro burning, and the gaoabs were lo#piog from bho windows bo oor'bafn don b, Within bwonty minutes bho roof fell inj and bho fl*me» shot np a hnodrod foot. Boforo half an hoar had elapsed bhe walls wero falling, and in another half boar tbo eita of the hotel was a grout farnaoe, oovorod by » pall of smoke and otoam. Following apon tho alarm, tho pro cession dssolved, and aoon 50,000 pooplo woro gazing horror»abrioken at tho guest*, driven to bho windows, jamping from them, osoaping by bho ropes which had beon nbbached inside the sills of oioh room, or falling baok in tho flumes and flraoko. The house was bailb under bho loose lawn of 25 yon) ago, without dividing walls, or doors In tho broad corridors, through which bho' flames awep^ , while bhe (limey olovabor shafts booame fines, drawing bhetn quickly from tho bottom of the baildlng bo tho toof, Tho eoono from tho street was ap palling, and tho opoctfttora wero weep ing, eoreaming and praying as.bhey saw, bbo poor victims throwing away thoir lives, Most of bbo iron fire escapes soon beoame red bob, and few ooald use tho ropes, Grazed by tho laceration of thoir hands, and blinded by tho smoko, they fell after slipping a few feob, and bho bodies of some of bheso wore quickly buried under bbo falling walls. 