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THE DAILY SUN. Itanui Hokoimi. Octobm 13. S&- New Advertisements always fauna on Fir it Page ; Limit and Dimness Notices on Fourth Page. SUN-STROKES. Joaquin Miller has a new poem in the forthcoming November number of Scribner's Monthly. “ From Sea to Sea' is the name of it. j®~The Chicago conflagration was started by u women who oarried a kero sene lamp into a stable. “ Behold how great a mutter a little fire kindleth I" WW Michael Phelan, the noted bil liard player, has made his last "run,” "caromed” on the end cushion of life, and "pocketed" himself in eternity. fl^-If the present oool spell continues the people of Charleston may snap their fingers in the face of Yellow Jack and bid bim be off with himself. tm- From the interest that the Wash ington Chronicle manifests in North Car olina politics, one would fancy that Hol den still imagines that he is Governor of that State. Those who have seen fit to exer cise a little pardonable pride, have often called Atlanta 1 'the Chicago of the South. ” With reasonable propriety Chicago may now be styled the Atlanta of the West. ■A- The Columbus, Mississippi, Dem ocrat, thinks Gen. W. S. Hancock, for President, and J. Proctor Knott, for Vice President, would be good material for a Democratic ticket next year. 19* It is stated on reliable authority, that the amount stolen by Badical offi cials, since Grant came into power, is only somo $25,000,000. The public will be glad to learn this, as the impression is abroad that the stealage has amounted to at least $27,500,000. )9_ The Chicago Post thinks "public embezzlement, through forgery and ftaud, is of the nature of treason, and worse than murder, and should be made a capital offense.” One wonld reasona bly suppose that it is a “capital offense,” as capital is the principal desideratum in the commission of the crime. US' The Washington Chronicle says: “One of the silliest and most unfounded of all the unjust attacks on the President is that he is improperly controlled or in fluenced by others in the discharge of his duties. ” That is true; for those who were disposed to control him “improp erly” have desisted, having discovered that, if let alone, there is nothing im proper that he will not do of his own accord. g®" - In his little speech, in Pittsburg, Penn., last week, President Grant said: “I hopo that the day is not far distant when our citizens will look upon the Executive as President of the whole oountiy, and not ns the representative of any party or section.” That day will gome just as soon os a man bIioII occupy the Presidential Chair, who does not use his high offico for the special promotion of the party who placed him there. When a m„n becomes President he ought to cease to be partisan. If Grant had done so he would doubtless have found himself to day, “President of the whole countiy,” instead of the party that put him in office. SSrBi-hnH H. Stoddard has just pub lished a new volume of poems, which continues to illustrate his rank as one of the sweetest of American song and ballad writers. The following is one of his Arab songs: I know a little roee, And O but were I bleat. Could I but be the drop of dew That Ilea upon her breast! But I dare not look ao high. Nor <ko a death ao eweet; It la enough for me to be The dust about her feet! Pogue says that it is all well enough, but he can write a song that contains as much sentiment and more truth. To prove his assertion he hands in the fol lowing: I knew a big red noae. And oh, bat I were blest. Could I but be the lucky dog To give that noae a twist. But I cannot reach ao high To thlaineaneat of my foes, And oh, he la too atout for me, Who owna that big red noae. world. They were not even permitted to remain in sight of the ruins of their former comforts. These would have Beemed friendly even though all that made homes of them was swept away by an incendiary conflagra tion. Having learned sympathy in such a school, they know how to Bend words of condolence to the sufferers among the people of Chicugo. But, apart from sympathy, they have little else to send. They have had time an)} the good for tune to be able to [restore their waste places, but they have not yet succeeded in placing themselves in that condition of affluence which would justify them in dividing their goods with those upon whom misfortune has burst in its fiercest fury. But they send ont their sympathy, which is all they have to send. STATE MATTERS. A brakeman, named King, was killed on the Central Railroad, Tuesday even ing, about three miles from Macon. His head was crushed by coming in contact with the timbers of a bridge under which the train wss passing. The number of deaths in Savannah last week was 18, of which twelve were polored. A Berrien county cow has brought forth four live calves. The Valdosta Times is authority for this statement. Last week the Valdostu Times an nounced the death of Mr. and Mrs. Pat rick Crawford, and this week it an nounces the death of their son, Patrick. The Macon Telegraph complains that its office is infested with blood-thirsty mosquitoes. Have the insects found a thin" skin there? The Macon Telegraph has seen a pear “nearly twenty inches in circumfer ence.” The Bame paper gave Georgia something over 1000 counties a few doyB ago. If the Telegraph keeps on it will win the reputation of beiug heavy at figures. Professor Wilbur has been ventrilo quizing Cartcrsvillo. Col. Wm. L. Strain, of Greene county, died on the 5th instant. one field I saw the gleaners, composed of a number of women, following tho reap ers, anu carefully gleaning the few stalks of wheat left behind. To add to the beautiful landscape rest ing under my eye, the road runs, for some distance through the valley formed by the river Trent, and its bright waters wind among theso beautiful fields, teem ing with rich luxuriance, presenting the additional charm of water scenery to a landscape that few pencils could do jus tice to. A. M. 8. BALTIMORE. The Hospitality of the Cltlaeas—Kaeur- sloa. a ad Entertainments—Baltimore and Ohio Railway—A Powerfal Cor* poratlon—Immense Bnslneas and Ram. Ideations—10,000 Employees and 0,000 Cars— Kreeutlve Rnalltles or President tlarrett—The Republic 1-lfe Insurance Company, Branch in Baltimore—Col. H. M. Johnston's nnd Mrs. General Pegram's Schools—Hon. Jefferson Da vis In Baltimore. LONDON. Letter from A. M. S. Riding on the English R»1I—Agricul ture—Appearance of the Country— English Comforto pftmJNot anywhere in tho annals of the world does there appear tho record of such a conflagration os that which has just laid Chicago in ashes. Never before has the fire-fiend been such an uncon trollable terror to a community. The houoes burned are reckoned by the thonaand the lose by . the hundreds of millions. It is fearful. The people can have no conception of the awfnl devastation. An area, approxima ting ten square acres, in the business center, of one of the most populous and prosperous cities on the continent, is ut terly destroyed. Not one building is left on the whole area. The men who did bdsiaeee in those booses—prosperous business it may be—ore, for the moot pert ruined. Their employees are out of work. The families of the employees are homeless and without all food save inch as s generous and diligent charity bos provided. It is impossible to picture the suffering of thoso women and chil dren. Tho men can endure, it; but tho women nnd childrep must suffer beyond comparison without shelter, without food and, possibly, without even enough clothes to keep thorn comfortable during the day. Pitiable, indeed, is their con dition; and if there ia auy people in the world that knowa how to sympathize with Uieir uufortunate fellow-creatures, it ia the peoplo of Atlanta. They have been through the aame ordeal of are. They have aeon their homea and their places of business laid in ashes. They have been turned ont into the world, without food and without shelter, to leak the means of support at the hands of an unoharitable London, September 17, 1871. Dear Sir: Tho railway cars in which I took passage to London, while they aro comfortable, exhibited nothing of that beauty of design and luxury in appoint ment that you find on American rail ways. We left Liverpool at about twelve M., and for tlic first mile or two ran through tunnel under the city, then, in the sub urbs, flashed into daylight, and thon burst upon the sight that beautiful pano rama of field and lawn, hedge and cot tage, that distinguishes the rural districts of tho kingdom. To ouo acquainted alono with the agriculture and landscapes of tho South, it is difficult to convey in language tho exquisite loveliness of an English rural scene, as presented by these well tilled agricultural districts. Hedges of the white tborn, noatly trimmed, line each side of the railway, with its broad double track, and kept noatly trimmed, not only present a beantifnl bordor of green to the eye, but is a perfect protec tion to tho road from all intrusion. The rail tracks of Eoglaud and the pnblio highways never cross each other on a common level. When necessary to cross—one spans tho other by a substantial bridge, usually of stone, so that collisions can never oocur. At every depot—only a few miles apart—substantial and very often elegant depot bnildings offer refreshment rooms, —water and other conveniences to the passengers. Trains pass us like s flash of light on the other track every hour, with a crash and noise like a shrieking shell. The country is divided into small fields, bounded invariably by the hodge, and presents everywhere a neatness and beauty rivalled only by our best kept lawns. Tho whole face of the earth, with but rare exceptions, presents an unbroken landscape of tho richest grocn, soft to tho eye, upou which tho finest cattlo and sheep are grazing, here and there re lieved by n clamp of trees or some soli tary oak, that affords shelter (r im the eun. Very few mansions of any importance aro seen from the railway. But, every where, the neat English cottage, with its surrounding barns and stables, and its hay ricks, neatly built, and covered with n thatch of the samo material. Many of tho cottages are covered by thatched roofs of straw tliat appear to have lostod for years, and afford, not only a perfect covering, but one warm and comfortablo. I have always associated thatchod roofs with low and miserable cabins and abject poverty. Very far is this from the truth—many of the cottages, built of brick, witn all tho comforts and conve niences of a rural homo, are ofton seen with thatched straw roof—sometimes covered with moss—showing that theso roofs are not only comfortable but dura ble. When, from lapse of time, the root needs repair, another thatch is pluced on the old roof, without removing it.— They are cheap and durable, and add no little to the picturesque beauty of these English homes. Cattle, horses and sheep are seen In numbers. The hog is rarely seen. The fields aro usually small, anil the mowing aud reaping doue (mostly) without ma chinery. The hedges are usually crossed either through a gate or over a stile, and ofteneu avenues of trees Hhcltcr tho road and lead to the quiet cottages that usu ally ore shaded by a similar foliage. As far as I could sec, tbo public roads were beautifully smooth sod hard, rarely straight, but winding among thoso lovely landscapes with gcutle curves that add much to their beauty. Occasionally a neat stono church would peep, with its pretty spire, from the old trees around it, and when, on one occasion, the sound of its Sabbatli Iwll came floating over those sweet, green fields nnd I saw the crowds of neatly dressed people—almost all on foot—seeking its entrance, I real- • 1 - aI 1.'.w.K u Ii whmI lifn that Baltimore, Md., Oct 2, 1871. Editors Sun: There were many pleas ant incidents connected with the Com mercial Convention in Baltimore. The delegates were cordially welcomed by the corporate authorities and the citizens, and their sojourn here was an almost con- tinned ovation. Various excursions and entertainments were tendered, and the most sumptuous provisions made for pleasure and comfort. Tho visit to Druid Hill Pork; the excursion to Annapolis tho visit, by invitation of the President, John W. Garrett, to the extensive iron machine shops of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, at Mount Clare, and which culminated in tho grand banquet given by the citizens of Baltimore at Maryland Institute,are such compliments as are the highest evidences of generous and hospitable natures. The visit to the works of tho Baltimore and Ohio Railroad furnished the occa sion for information in rcfcronco to the magnitude and business capacity of this powerful corporation, tho comer stono of which was laid in 1826, by Chao. Carroll, of Carrollton. Including its branches, it has ono thousand and.ten miles of track, lias 6,000 enrs and 400 locomotives, which are yet inadequate to the demands of commerce. Tho stock in this rood amounts to fifteen million dollars, and has a surplus of twenty-ono millions, which is devoted to the extension cf the road or tho construction of such branches as tho Stockholders may doom it to their interests to build. An army of sixteen thousand men is employed by the road, and the pay-roll shows the disbursement of six hundred thousand dollars per month to employees. Fifteen hundred hands are engaged in the shops within the city limits; the com pany owning forty-five acres of land with- ized a dream of English rural life that has often filled my mind when poring over such descriptions in early life. But pages would not describe all tho beauties and aeuso of comfort presented by one of these scenes of rural beauty. No lauds wasted, none worn, no weeds, or briers, or bushes, but every rood shows tho most careful and judicious culture. Borne of. tho wheat shocks recently cut were still on the field, thick and nume rous, evidencing an ample yield. In in the corporation, which was acquired before real estate attained such exorbi tant figures os it now commands. The rails for the use of the road aro manufactured at Cumberland, on line of road, Tho sinking fund of tho road will pay the bonded debt as it matures, aud no apprehension of embarrassment is onter- tuinod, as its financial condition is such os to place it beyond such a contingency. J. \V. Garrett, Esq., who is now and has been at the head of this enter)) iso for thirteen years, is a railroad man of acknowledged ability. To him all accord integrity of character and unusually good judgment. He deservedly enjoys g.eat popularity ns a citizen and as an enterprising and bus iness man. He was the President of tho Commercial Convention during its ses sion in Cincinnati, in 1870. The recent chango of the gauge of the Ohio and Mississippi Railway (connect ing St Louis with Cincinnati) to conform to the gauge of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and the completion of the iron bridgo over the Ohio river nt Parkers burg, has put it in the power of thograin deafer to transport by rail from St. Louis to Baltimore his freights without break ing bulk; and this progressive movement bos induced tbo construction of a wheat elevator on the bay, near the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad depot. When ready for use, the grain will be received by the elevator in bulk from the cars and in turn transferred in bulk to foreign bot toms and transported to European ports— thus accomplishing a journey exceeding four thousand miles, without being sub jected to but a tiuglo transhipment—an achievement that is destined to work a wonderful revolution in tho direc tion of grain to tide water, for it is asserted that ten cents a bushel on wheat will control tho trade and that, sinco tho uninterrupted con nection of the Western marts with Balti more, three times the amonntof produce has found its way to this market than was formerly shipped ovor the lino of the B. & O. R. It. This company propose to construct a railway direct from Pittsburg to Chicago to be called tho Baltimore, Pittsburg and Chicago Railroad, which, when completed, will place this city in the front rank in competition for the products of the West, and bring Balti more in close rivolship with New York as an entrepot for grain and provisions. In my rambles through the streets of Baltimore I occasionally meet with a for mer resident of Georgia, among whom I was pleased to see Prof. G. K. McCay, so long a Professor of Mathematics in the University of Georgia and who also was prominently connected with the Southern Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Athens. In a pleasant interview with him, I learned that ho was largely interested in tho Bepublic Life Insurance Company (having invest ed some $30,000 in the Institution) the central office of which is in Chicugo, hut which has a home brunch ostalilisbod in Baltimore, the stockholders in which com prise somo of the wealtbiestand most pro minent business men of the city, ono or two of whom ore among the heaviest cap italists of the State, the value of their [oasessiuns amounting to millions. The company is established on the stock plan, with a capital stock of $5,000,000, and it has organized home companies in many of the large centers of business through out the Union. Whilst in New York, a fow days ago, I observed a comspicuous sign of the “Be- ublie Life," on a tall marble front nilding on Broadway, nnd was reminded that a branch of the samo company had been recently established in your city, the stockholder* of which aro among yonr citizens, capitalists as well as men of standing and high social position. Whilst I was in Baltimore the Secreta ry of tho Home ComjMiiy here, was on a visit to Richmond, Vo., for tho purpose of extending the facilities of the company to that city by establishing a branch there. One of the prominent fcaturesof the company is to allow each home com- pauy to be composed of its own citizens, and to make such investment in their re spective cities os an enlightened under standing and self-interest may dictate, so if the company should succeed in At lanta she will realize the benefit of what ever may be achieved in this direction. The company here maintains a high oharacter, and is realizing the frnits of a popular institution. Col. B. M. Johnson, another Georgian, ia conducting a prosperous enterprise in the Pen Lucy Institute, located near Bal timore, of which he is the head. I hod occasion to visit the school, aud was fa vorably impressed with tho attractive features that it presented. It is near enough to tho city to realize any advan tage that could not bo secured in the countiy, end yet sufficiently isolated as to free it from tho effects of diversions incident to tho busy throng. A beauti ful grove of nine acres shades tne undu lating landscape, and is a delightful re treat for tho youtlis assembled here. I found in attendance from Georgia young Peters and Koutz, of Atlanta; Trammell, from Griffin; two Lockets, from Albany, and Carter, from Murray. I also vis ited Mrs. Cary's and Mrs. General John Pegram's school located on the beautiful Charles street, yet remote from any surroundings inconsistent with tho successful conduot of a first-class institu tion that has been in existence for a pe riod of thirty yean. The cultivation and accomplishments of the ladies in ohargo of this institution is quite a sufficient gnorantce for its proper management— Quite a number of young ladies from Ooorgia have received their education here, and others have just arrived and entered upon the labors of the session here. Hon. Jefferson Davis and lady are in the city, and I learn that ho proposes to make it his home, having accepted the Presidency of an Insurance Company that is provided with an office in Baltimore. J. N. S. From Baltimore to Cincinnati— 1 Topo. graphy of the Conntry—Picturesque Scenery—Petroleum Welle «ikI their Yield—A Grand Occasion In Cincin nati. Cincinnati, October 4,1871. Editors Sun :I reached this city yester day, having traversed a picturesque region that lies between this place and Baltimore. The topography of the coun try is rendered the more interesting by its rugged features, characterised by undulating grounds, which swell into the proportions of lofty hills, and have rendered tunnelling of frequent occur rence—twenty-three tunnels being pierced between Grafton and Cumberland—a dis tance of one hundred miles. Cumber land is an extensive coal mining town, having a population of 15,000. An im mense quantity of coal is transported to Baltimore, Georgetown, Washington and Alexandria. The rolling mill of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company is located here. Another point of interest is Petroleum, where oil wells have been sunk and ex tensive operations are conducted. Im mense tanks are seen among the wells for the pnrpose of receiving the oil. The oil sometimes rises to the top of the wells and overflows, nnd hasty dams ore impro vised. When a well has rewarded the owner with a satisfactory yield, a torpedo is thrown into it, and tho net of explo sion has tho effect to reopen the veins and a new supply is the result Cincinnati enjoys tbo prospective ex citement of tho unveiling of the Davidson Fountain, which ceremony transpires on 16th inat. with great pomp and circum stance. A few years ago a oitizcu of this city—a Mr. Tyler Davidson—diod sud denly without issue, and his large fortune fell into tbo possession of Henry I’robos- co, Esq., bis relation. Mr. Davidson having expressed a purpose) to erect a fountain and present (lie samo to the city, but having died without consummating his design, Mr. Probasco is carrying into execution his cherished wish. It is a munificent gift to the corporation and cost ouo hundred thousand dollars in Mu nich. It is oonstruciod of bronzo nnd is somo 35 feet high, and is surmounted by a female figure of the same material. A vault has been constructed be neath the fount, which the City Council liave agreed to keep con stantly supplied with ice, (requiring several tons per day) within the folds of a spiral coil, and of which tho multitude may always partake, freo of cost. Tho oit.v authorities liavo expended a large amount of money in beautifying tho grounds. Much talent was displayed in tho exquisite conception of artistic skill in the execution. Von Mueller, tho art ist, is hero from Munich to superintend its erection. On the occasion of the ded ication addresses will be pronounced by Archbishop Purcell, Governor Haves, Hon. W. 8. Groesbeck nnd others. Tho oocasion is an cjioch in the history of the Queen City of the West. The finest industrial exposition over witnessed on this continent ie now to be seen at Cincinnati. Elevators, to furnish rapid transit to visitors from one floor to another, and circular railway trucks, pro vided with passeugcr coaches, in which a round is taken for half dime. Washing and sewing machines, tho handiwork of delicate fingers, and the evidences of the skill of the mechuuic and the artist, the display from tho floral kiagdom, the fruitage from tho vino, tho luxuries from tho garden, tho rare productions from tho nurseries of Clifton, Walnut Hills and Avondale, aud even the genuine A1 ponhora from tho Mount ltigi, Switzer land, and the sparkling cascade, are hero arrayed along the glittering avenues of this imposing temple of art. On venter day there were 14,000 visitors, and the recoipts $2,300. J. N. S. lives lost, and $3,600,000 worth of prop erty destroyed. December 24, 1851, 35,000 volumes were destroyed by firo in our Congress ional Library. July 12,1852, 1,200 houses wero burn ed in Montreal. August 25, 1851, Damnriscotta, Maina, was entire 1 ; destroyed by fire. The same day more than 100 liousca in Troy, N. Y., and a largo portion of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. October 0, 1857, a great fire occurred in Chicago; $000,000 in property de stroyed. Jnly 4, 1865, the city of Portland, Me., was nearly destroyed by fire; ten thou aand people rendered homeless; low $15,000,000. February 17, I860, the city of Charles ton was almost destroyed by fire, and groat quantities of military and nuval stores. THE 0HEAT FLUE IN LONDON. This great fire, whoae ruins covered 436 acree, extended from the Tower to the Temple Church, and from the.north- east gate to Holborn bridge. It destroyed in the space of fonr days 89 chnrohes, the city gates, the Royal Exchange, the Customhouse, Guildhall, Sion College, and many other publio buildings, be sides 13,200 houses, laying in waste 400 streeto. Over 200,000 people camped out after the fire in Islington and High- gate. Concerning this fire, Sir Christopher Wren built a monument with this in scription thereon: " This pillar was set up in perpetual remembrance of that most dreadful burn ing of this Protestant city, begun and carried on by ye treachery and malice of ye Popish faction, in ye beginning of September, in ye year of our Lord 1666, in order to ye carrying on their horrid plot for extirpating ye Protestant religion and old English liberty, and ye introduc ing Popery and slavery.” This inscription was finally crasod by order of tho Common Council, January 26, 1831. The Church of the Campsgnia, Santi ago was burned December 8, 1863, and 2,000 porsons perished in the flames. It will be seen from the abovo record that tho conflagration in Chicago is the largest which lias taken place in the world since the great fire in London in 1666.—Washington Chronicle. „ ® otton to«tti)onat and Banking Co. New Cotton and Produce Warehouse. rc it. nt pijAivTjeraa LOAN AND SAVINGS BANK. •uboorltoed Capital ONE MILLION DOLLARS. flliectllaneotts. Cotton States Life Insurance Co. CHARTERED DY THE STATE OF GEORGIA. CAPITAL $500,000. 0W.NED AT HOME AND MANAGED BY Some of our Best Financiers. Over 2,500 Policies issued Since June IK, 1860. The only Company doing business In the South that haa ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR8 Deposited with the authorities of the State of Georgia for the protection of Policy Holders. Policies Upon all the VARIOUS PLANS OF INSURANCE ISSUED. A Loan of 33 per. cent, or the Premium Given When Desired. ALL POLICIES NON-FORFEIT ABLE. NO RESTRICTIONS AS TO RESX- denoe or Travel, The Warehouae of This Bank, Cor. Campbell and Reynolds Streets, Augusta, Georgia, JS NOW READY TO RECEIVE COTTON. LIBERAL GASH ADVANCES will be made upon Cotton in Warehouse, or upon Railroad Receipts. •SL- Parties Storing Cotton with tho Bonk will be fnrniahsd with receipts tor same that will be available in this city or any other for borrowing money. Pair The Bank ia prepared at all times to make LOANS ON PRODUCE or PROVISIONS on tho most reasonable terms. *£8- Parties would do well to apply at the Warehouae, or oommnnioate with the Officers. CIIABLES J. JENKINS, President. JNO, P. KING, Vice-President. T, P. BRANCH, Cashier. stptMdm BRANCH, SONS & CO., COTT O IV FACTORS * — AND — COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Office at Planter*’ Loan At Saving* Bank Warehoiue AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. jyBERAL CASH ADVANCES MADE ON COTTON, TO BE HELD HEBE; or for Shipment to Domoatio or Foreign Market*. SPECIAL ATTENTION paid to the WEIGHING of Cotton. sept26-6m iOauljcn, JcmeliQ, Ctc. SOMETHING NEW. LAWSHE & HAYNES, T ) OUR FRIENDS AND PATRONS, Received end opened our Fell Stock of THE OLD RELIABLE. GREETING. WE HAVE JUST Strictly a Home Comp’y With its Capital end Investment* et Home. It appeals to thoso who desire to avail themselves of the benefits of Lifo Insurance to give it their patronage. Tho time has arrived wbon every thoughtful is disposed to msko this wise provision tor thoso do* pendent upon his life. This Company proposes to give all the advantage# which are offered by foreign institutions of like character, with the opportunity of keeping the vast sums in our own midst, which are annually tout abroad. PEOPLE OF THE COTTON STATES Foster Home Enterprise- Great Fires of Modern Times. Norfolk, Virginia, was destroyed by fire and cannon January 1, 1776. Property to the amount of 81,500,000 was dc strayed. Soon after Now York passed into tho hands of tho British, September 20,1776, five hundred buildings wero consumed by fire. In 1811, December 26, the theater at Richmond was burnod, in which the Governor and many leading citizens per ished. Six hundred warehouse)), and property to the amount of $20,000,000, wero de stroyed by firo in New York, Deeemlior 16, 1835. April 27, 1838, in Charleston, 1,158 buildings wore consumed, covering 145 acres of ground. April 10, 1845, in Pittsburg, 1,000 buildingB were destroyed by fire. Loss, $6,000,000. Fifteen hundred buildings were burned in Queliee May 28, 1845, aod in losa than a month afterward 1,300 more—in all two-tbirds of tho city. July 19, 1845, iu Now York city, 302 stores and dwellings and $6,000,000 worth of property wero consnmod. Juno 12, 1846, the wholo of New foundland was destroyed by firo aud 6,000 persons rendered homeless. September 9, 1848, in Albany, COO buildings, besides steamboats, piera, Ac.; 24 uere. burned over. Loss, $3,000,000. St. Louis lost 15 blocks aud 23 steam boats by lira, May 17, 1849. July 9, 1850, in Philadelphia, 350 buildings were lust by fire, 25 persons burned, 9 drowned, 120 wounded. Loss $1,500,500. In San Franciaoo, May 3d to 5th, 1851, 2,500 buildings wero burned. Many Active and Energetic Agents Wanted in every County and Town In the South. ADDI1KSS OB CAIA ON WM. J. MAGILL, SUPERINTENDENT AGENCIES. Office. 38 Whitehall street Oatoo: ATLANTA, GA. LEWIS H. CLARKE, AGENT OKOROIA. EDWIN 8. RAY, Modi cel Examiner. RICH AND BEAUTIFUL JEWELRY, Embracing all the LATEST STYLES of the BEST GOLD, and AT PRICES LOWER THAN WE HAVE BEEN ABLE Ttf OFFER BEFORE. Oar WATCHES RUN FROM THE FINEST JURGENSEN down to the ljwef grades of SWISS AND AMERICAN WATCHES. In foot, w* now horn a fall, beantifnl and almost entirely new stock. Come and moo Us, Prloo and Bo Convinced, tiJout)e$, Jcwelrs* Ctc. OFFICE II Hi WM. B. JOHNSTON, 1‘resident. WM. 8. HOLT, Vice-President. GKO. 8. OUKAB, Secretary. Liquors ! Liquors ! Ales, Wines 8 Liquors 1 AT KENNY’S Chicago Ale Depot AND Wlioloixnlo Liquor House. We have a Large Assortment of all kinds or LIQUORS, which will be sold at I he Jlosl Reason able Terms. scptMdm To Parties Desiring to Build £ undersigned wonld respectfully Inform the ettiaena of AtlsnU that he ia now prepaired to Hupot Intend I ho Mulldlnp mud Finishing; er tho Flnlmhlnr Mgcpartmou! only, nt amp joujr c. jncuoLSa 71 IN AIR-LINK HOUta. PRIOR STRUCT SHARP & FLOYD, Jewelers aud Silver*8mUkl, PINE WATCHES, Or Sterling Time-Keeping Qualities, Elegantly Can*. BoautlfUl Opera, Vest und Guard Chain*. AN UNEQUALLED DIAMOND STOCK Htcrllng Silverware for Wcddlnjf Proaente, Bn* graved without Charge In Superior Stylo. Fla. PUUd War,, Fraacb, MarbW aad Broau Clock., Wadding Fan,. AitlaUo Braaana ate. W* S'* DIAMOND SPECTACLES, The Beat Aid to Impaired Sight Known. We fife pefeotud Attention In Repairing of Jewelry and Watches, And have the Finest Workmen In Urn OUy. We take Pleasure in Showing our Store end Stock to alL H*e Offer Greattr Inducement* than Heretofore 8eptl8*dtf SHARP A FLOYD. Cotton -factor* anb Cotton Soot ©nano (Apt «. Ctc. WILDBBFOBCE DANIEL. A. WgLLBOBD BU. DANIEL Ac HILL, COTTON FACTORS, Agents Cotton Food G-nano, NO. 3,WARREN BLOCK, OPPOSITE GLOBE HOTEL, AUGUSTA,GA. All business entrusted to them will have strict peisonml attention. Orders for Bagging, Ties or Rope snd Family Supplies promptly flUsd. COMMISSION I 1.4 PER CENT. RRFJBREHOII i j JOHN r. KINO. Pree't Georgia Rail Road A I Col. L. M. HILL, 'Director On. R.. WUtan (hut, •Jdent National lieuk of August* and AugdM* J Saving# Bank of A agnate. i Merchant A Planters' National Bank. Augneta I tjarbomrr, Cutlcrn, ©ant, Sft. w. L. WADSWORTH, Atlanta, Oa., | OH W. L. WADSWORTH & CO.. Importers and Dealers in Hardware, Opposite James’ Bonk, Whitehall I ATLANTA, OA