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THE A T L A N TA WEIKiT
the daily sun.
I thousand tbe loss by _tke hundreds
of millions. It is fearful. The
FbiDAY Mountso ...October 13- j people can have no conception of the
An area, approxima-
Policy—Candor.”
The (Wumhua (6'fa.) Sun, iu its issue of
the 10th inst, has an artie’.e under the
heading of the above caption, which we
give to our readers in full in place of
editorial matter of our own.
It is as follows:
We desire to ns? the word policy at present, n
awful devastation,
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 orc-a. The men who did
double track, and kept neatly trimmed,
not only present a beautiful border of
green to tne eye, but is a perfect protec
tion to the roaa from nil intrusion.
The rail tracks of England and the
public highways never cross each
other on a common level. When
necessary to cross—one spans the
other by a substantial bridge, usually
of stone, so that collisions can never
occur. At every depot—only a few miles
business in those houses—prosperous apart—solwtantial and very often elegant
. ., , , ,, , i depot build mgs offer refreshment rooms,
business it may be-are, for the most and other conveniences to the
use I ha
as expressive o: a system of governmental manage
ment, but as it dent ten curtains', as opposed to prin
ciple and c»ud r. Wo believe th&t a large propor
tion of domestic and national misunderstandings
and difficulties originate in a want of disposition or
an affected inclina'icn to conceal correal opinions
and convictions. The number of persons compara
tively is few who are unable to speak understanding-
]y; to those wlio darken wirdom with words, to effect
home selfish purpose. We know the minds of Rome
are natural’y ;-o crotchety that rather than go to a
given point’ along a beaten highway, they prefer the
cattle and hog track - through briers and mud to
find their destination: 1’orUiuntcly, however, the
mass of the world is gifted with common sense and
o*o separate tilo wheat from the chaff, the shell from
the kernel, and t- . r o:T or sec through, the thin ar
tificial mask the deformities or beauties of the real
object
a*auv years ;.<;o wo heard the late lamented Judge
Gaston, Of Not U» Carolina remark that in all of his
varied experi'-nca'ind observation of liumanrtj, lie
never enconntere t 1 >nt ono real eccentric man, and
that man was John Randolph, of Roanoke. Ha had
scon thousands who, from ignorance, pride vanity,
or some solflsli feeling, did not wish to be “booked
on the roll of common men,” assume a doubtful
virtue when they had it not, in language, dress and
manners. Truth is always simple, and needs no
reflected light to reveal the beauty of its form and
features, Error alone passes best in a “counterfeit
presentment," and is more apt to awaken suspicion
and hatred in tho end, than confidence and affec
tion. , .
iLosc remarks have been suggested from the am
biguous position now Oi :ti pied by several of our
political papers. A professed agricultural, mechani
cal or literary Journal, is not expected to have a de
fined opinion as to politics, but at this time par
ticularly, it should bo different with political
journals. Of this latter clast thcro are
several that are like that remarkable gun made to
kill 11 pointed at a deer, aud to miss if aimed at a
calf. Throw them up in any por.ition, and they
come down like a cat, right side up—but always on
the strong side. In the last few months, their orac
ular responses have been so uncertain that by sen
tences here and there they can prove themselves
Democrats, Radicals. or a mixture, of both—if nec
essary. If they commit themselves editorially to
one position, they will publish and indorse an oppo
site opinion, iu tlic fame number.
‘•They wire in, and wire out,
Aud leave their readers still in doubt,
Whether the snake that made the track,
Was going North, or coming back.”
They talk about harmony when .their very equivo
cal position is tho cause of the discord they affect to
lament. They say tho Southern people are so wise,
that discussion “meant for either their enlighten
ment or direction is, therefore, superfluous. How
ever much wo may differ in judgment, we are to
gether in principle.”
Now, we profess to be charitable, but this thing of
jumping on a Itadieal pl.rtf. rm and calling it Demo
cratic, is jUBt a little too tolerant. Charity ceases to
bo a virtue when it willingly closes its eyes to crime,
or seeing it, is silent and inactive, and makes no ef
fort to counteract its influences In aid of truth, can
dor, conscience and country. If the Southern peo
ple are already so wise, why not, like Jack Cade, hang
every editor with his pen and ink horn about bis
neck, for con-raryto the King, lii3 crown and digni
ty they corrupt the youth of the realm, and the peo-
plo generally, by tlio erection of grammar-schools
and paper-mid.-. and us.- surli abominable words is
nouns and vorbs,
SUN-STROKES.
&Sy-Joaquin Miller has a nctv poem in
the forthcoming November number of
So-.'/tier’s Monthly. “From Sea to Sea”
is the name of it.
JCSrThe Chicago conflagration was
B tarled by a women who carried a kero
sene lamp into a stable. “Behold how
great a mailer a little fire kindlctli!”
J865 r “ Michael Phelan, the noted bil
liard player, has made his last “run,”
“caromed” on the end cushion of life,
and “pocketed” himself in eternity.
£@“Tf the present cool spell contiuuca
the people of Charleston may snap their
lingers in tho face of Yellow Jack and
bid liim be off with himself.
1K3L. 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 oft<
called Atlanta “the Chicago of the South.
With reasonable propriety Chicago may
now be styled the Atlanta of the West.
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.
It is stated on reliable authority,
that the amount stolen by Radical offi
cials, since Grant came into power, is
only some §25,000,000. The public will
be glad to learn this, as the impression
is abroad tbat the stealage has amounted
to at least §27,500,000.
Bdk. The Chicago Post thinks “public
embezzlement, through forgery and
fraud, is of the nature of treason, and
worse than murder, and should be made
a capital offense.” One would reasona
bly suppose that it is a “capital offense,”
as capital is the principal desideratum in
tho commission of the crime.
Be?” 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.” Tbat is true; for those who
wore disposed to control him “improp
erly” have desisted, having discove" -
that, if let alone, there is nothin
proper that he will not do of hi- n
accord.
Criy In his little speech, in Pitiably
Penn., last week, President Grant said:
“I hope that the day is not far distant
■when our citizens will look upon the
Executive as President of the whole
country, and not as the representative of
any party or section.” That day will
come just as soon as a man shall occupy
the Presidential Chair, who does not use
his high office for the special promotion of
the party wlio placed him there. When a
man becomes President he ought to cease
part ruined. Their employees are out of
work. The families of tho employees
are homeless and without all food save
such as a generous and diligent charity
has provided. It is impossible to picture
the suffering of those women and chil
dren. Tho men can endure it; but tho
women and children must suffer beyond
comparison without shelter, without food
and, possibly, without even enough
clothes to keep them comfortable daring
the day. Pitiable, indeed, is their con
dition; and if there is any people in the
world tbat knows how to sympathize with
their unfortunate fellow-creatures, it is
the people of Atlanta. They have been
through the same ordeal of are. They
have seen their homes and their places of
business laid in ashes. They have been
turned out into the world, without, food
and without shelter, to seek the means of
support at the hands of an uncharitable
world. They were not oven permitted
to Temain in sight of the ruins of
their former comforts. These would
have seemed 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 send words
of condolence to the sufferers among the
people of Chicago. But, apart from
sympathy, they have little else to send.
They have had time and the good for
tune to be able to ^restore their waste
places, but they have not yet succeeded
in placing themselves iu 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 out their sympathy,
which is all they have to send.
B&rRiehard H. Stoddard bias 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 rose,
And O but were I blest,
Could I but be the drop of dew
Tbat lies upon ber breast!
But I dare not look so high,
Nor die a death so sweet;
It is enough for me to be
Tbe 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 nose,
And oh, but I were blest, .L
Could I builu.tlia luoliy dag
To give tbat nose a twist.
But I cannot reach so high
To this meanest of my foes,
And oh, he is too stout for me.
Who owns that big red nose.
STATE MATTERS.
A brake-man, named King, was killed
onthe Central Railroad, Tuesday even
ing, about three miles from Macon. His
head was crashed by coming in contact
'ith the ' l abels of a bridge under which
•• vs passing. '
■jujc number of deaths in Savannah
last week was 18, of which twelve were
colored. ^ «
A Berrien county cow has brought
forth four live calves. The Yaldosta
Times is authority for this statement.
Last week the Yaldosta Times an
nounced the death of Mr. aud Mrs. Pat
rick Crawford, aud this week it an-
nous: .3 tbe death of their son, Patrick.
. Til e Mneon Telegraph complains that
its office is infested with blood-thirsty
mosquitoes. Have the insects found a
“thin” skin there?
Tiie Macon Telegraph has seen a pear
“nearly twenty inches in circumfer
ence.” The same paper gave Georgia
something over 1500 counties a few days
ago. If the Telegraph keeps on it will
win the reputation of being heavy at
figures.
Professor Wilbur has been ventrilo
quizing Cartersville.
Col. Wm. L. Strain, of Greene county,
died on the 5th instant.
passengers. Trains pass us like a 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 hedge,
and presents everywhere a neatness and
beauty rivalled only by our best kept
lawns. The whole face of tho earth, with
but rare exceptions, presents an unbroken
landscape of the richest green, soft to
the eye, npon which the finest cattle and
sheep are grazing, here and there re
lieved by a clump of trees or some soli
tary oak, that affords shelter from the
sun.
Very few mansions of any importance
are seen from the railway. But, every
where, the neat English cottage, with its
surrounding barns and stables, aud its
hay ricks, neatly built, and covered with
a thatch of the same material. Many of
the cottages are covered by i thatched
roofs of straw that appear to have lasted
for years, and afford, not only a perfect
covering, hut one warm and comfortable.
I have always associated thatched roofs
with low and miserable cabins and
abject poverty. Very far is this from
the truth—many of the cottages, built
of brick, with all the comforts and conve
niences of a rural home, are often seen
with thatched straw roof—sometimes
covered with moss—showing tbat these
roofs aTo not only comfortable but dura
ble. When, from lapse of time, the roof
needs repair, another thatch is placed
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 are usually small, and the mowing
and reaping done (mostly) without ma
chinery. The hedges are usually crossed
either through agate or over a stile, and
oftenen avenues of trees shelter the road
and lead to the quiet cottages that usu
ally are shaded by a similar foliage.
As far as I could see, the public roads
were beautifully smooth and hard, rarely
straight, hut winding among these lovely
landscapes with gentle curves that add
much to their beauty. Occasionally a
neat stone church would peep, with its
pretty spire, from the old trees around
it, and when, on one occasion, the sound
of its Sabbath bell came floating over
those sweet, green fields and I saw the
crowds of. neatly dressed people—almost
all on foot—seeking its entrance, I real
ized a dream of English rural life that
has often filled my mind when poring
over such descriptions in early life.
Bnt pages would not describe all the
beauties and sense of comfort presented
by one of these scenes of rural beauty.
No lands wasted, none worn, no weeds,
or briers, or bushes, but every rood shows
the most careful and judicious culture.
Some of the wheat shocks recently cut
were still on the field, thick and nume
rous, evidencing on ample yield. In
one field I saw the gleaners, composed of
u number-of -women, following tlxo reap
ers, and 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 these beautiful fields, teem
ing-with rich luxuriance, presenting the
additional charm of water scenery to a
landscape that few pencils coulfl. do jus
tice to. A. M. o.
BALTIMORE.
Tlie Hospitality of the Citizens—Excur
sions and Entertainments—llultlmorc
and Ohio Hallway—A fo-vvcrfal Cor
poration-Immense Business and Ram
ifications—10,000 Employees and 0,000
Cars—Executive Qualities of President,
ixarrett—Tire Republic Life Insurance
Company; Branch in Baltimore—Col.
It. 31. Johnston's and Mrs. General
l’fgnim’s Schools—Horn Jefferson Da
vis in Baltimore.
LONDON.
.better from A. M. S.
Riding on the English Rail—Agricul
ture—Appearance of the Country—
English Comfort.
London, September 17, 1871.
Dear Sir : The railway cars in which I
took passage to London, while they are
comfortable, exhibited nothing of that
beauty of design and luxury in appoint
ment tbat you find on American rail
ways.
Baihimo.be, 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
tinued ovation. Various excursions and
entertainments were tendered, and the
most sumptuous provisions made for
pleasure and comfort. The visit to Druid
Hill Park; the excursion to Annapolis;
the visit, by invitation of the President,
John W. Garrett, to the’ extensive iron
machine shops of tbe Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad, at Mount Clare, and
which culminated in the grand banquet
given by tbe 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 the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad furnished the occa
sion for information in reference to the
magnitude and business capacity of this
powerful corporation, the corner stone of
which was laid in 1S26, by Clias. Carroll,
of Carrollton. Including its branches, it
has one thousand and ten miles of track,
has 6,000 cars and 4.00 locomotives,which
are yet inadequate to the demands of
commerce. The stock in this road
amounts to fifteen million dollars, and
has a surplus of twenty-one millions,
which is devoted to the extension cf the
road or the construction of such branches
The sinking fund of the road will pay
the bonded debt «s it matures, and no
apprehension of embarrassment is enter
tained, as its financial condition is such
as to place it beyond such * contingency.
J. W. Garrett, Esq., who is now
and has been at the head of this
enterprise for thirteen years, is
a railroad man of acknowledged
ability. To him all accord integrity of
character and unusually good judgment.
He deservedly enjoys great popularity as
a citizen and as an enterprising and bus
iness man. He was the President of the
Commercial Convention during its ses
sion in Cincinnati, in 1870. .
The recent change of the gauge of the
Ohio and Mississippi Railway (connect
ing St. Louis with Cincinnati) to conform
to tbe gauge of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad, and the completion of the iron
bridge over the Ohio river at Parkers
burg, has put it in the power of the grain
dealer to transport by rail from St. Louis
to Baltimore his freights without break
ing bulk; and this progressive movement
has induced the construction ot a wheat
elevator on tbe 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 single transhipment—an
achievement that is destined to work
a wonderful revolution in the direc
tion of grain to tide water, for it
is asserted that two cents a bushel
on wheat and ten cents a barrel
on flour will control the trade
aud that, since the uninterrupted con
nection of the Western marts with Balti
more, three times the amount of produce
has found its way to this market than was
formerly shipped over the line of the B.
& O. R. R. This company propose to
construct a railway direct from Pittsburg
to Chicago to be called the 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 rivalsbip 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 he
was largely interested in the Republic
Life Insurance Company (having invest
ed some §30,000 in tho Institution) the
central office of which is in Chicago, but
which has a home branch established in
Baltimore, the stockholders in which com
prise some of the wealthiest and most pro
minent business men-of the city, one or
two of whom are among the heaviest cap
italists of the State, the value of their
possessions amounting to millions. The
company is established on the stock plan,
with a capital stock of §5,000,000, aiid
it has organized home companies in many
of the large centers of business through
out the Union.
Whilst in New York, a few days ago, I
observed a comspicuous sign of the ‘‘Re
public Life,” on a tall marble front
building on Broadway, and was reminded
that a branch of the same company had
been recently established in your city,
tlie Stookltojelere -of which tire among
your citizens, capitalists as well as men of
standing and high social position.
Whilst I was in Baltimore the Secreta
ry of the Home Company here, was on a
visit to Richmond, Ya., for the pntyose
of extending the facilities of the company
to that city by establishing a branch
there. One of the prominent features of
the company is to allow each home com
pany to be composed of its own citizens,
and to make such investment in tlieir re
spective cities as an enlightened under--
standing and self-interest" may dictate,
so if the company should succeed in' At-
lunta she will.realize the benefit of what
ever may be achieved in this direction.
The company here maintains a high
character, and is realizing the fruits of a
popular institution. - • .
Col. R. M. Johnson, another Georgian,
is conducting a prosperous enterprise in
the Pen Lucy Institute, located near Bal
timore, of which he is the head. I had
occasion to visit the school, and was fa
vorably impressed with the attractive
features that it presented. It is near
enough to the city to realize any advan
tage that could not be secured in the
country, and yet sufficiently isolated as
to free it from the effects of diversions
incident to the busy throng. A beauti
ful grove of nine acres shades the undu
lating landscape, and is a delightful re
treat for the youths 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 the
successful conduct of a first-class institu
tion that has been in existence for a pe
riod of thirty years. The cultivation and
accomplishments of the ladies in charge
of this institution is quite a sufficient
guarantee for its proper management.—
Quite a number of young ladies from
Georgia 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 he proposes to
make it his home, having accejited the
Presidency of an Insurance Company that
is provided with an office in Baltimore.
J. N. S.
a un-
Alexandria. The rolling mill of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
We left Liverpool at about twelve M.,
_ aud for tlie ^ mile or ^ o ran through j as fchtf S»ckhdia1ra m^'deemluokhS
to be partisan. If Grant had done so he j a taDU ® 1 der the cit *> “ the s *b- ! interests to build.
,. , , „ / , . urbs, flashed into daylight, and then An army of sixteen thousand men is
would doubtless have found himself to- ’ . w . ' omnlovedbv the ron.l mi.l J
, _ ., . . , , . „ burst npon the sight that beautiful nano- e , p o ^i roau ’ ana . P“J" roJi
day, “President of the whole country,” ,, ° , u P ano ^ : shows the disbursement of six hundred
instead of the partv that put him in office, j rama ° , aud awD ’ ^ ed S° and cot- j thousand dollars per month to employees.
1MU, Not anywhere iu the annals of the | rural districts Fifteen hundred hands are engaged in
r, * * . . , °* the kingdom. To one acquainted . the shops within the city limits; the com-
worli t does there appear the record °f i alone with the agriculture and landscapes pany owning forty-five acres of laud with-
From Baltimore to Cincinnati—Tops
graplij- of tbe Country—Picturesque
Scenery—Petroleum Wells tiik! their
YScl‘1—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
is located here.
Another point oflnterest is Petroleum,
where oil wells have been sunk and ex
tensive operations are conducted.' Im
mense tanks are seen among the wells for
the purpose of receiving the oil. The
oil sometimes rises to the top of the wells
and overflows, and hasty dams are impro
vised. When a well has rewarded the
owner with a satisfactory yield, a torpedo
is thrown into it, and the act of explo
sion has the effect to reopen the veins and
a new supply is the result.
Cincinnati enjoys the prospective ex
citement of the unveiling of the Davidson
Fountain, which ceremony transpires on
16th inst. with great pomp and circum
stance. A few years ago a citizen of this
city—a Mr. Tyler Davidson—died sud
denly without issue, and his large fortune
fell into the possession of Henry Probas-
co, Esq., his relation. Mr. Davidson
having expressed a purpose to erect a
fountain and present the same to tbe 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 aud
cost one hundred thousand dollars in Mu
nich;* It is constructed of bronze and is
some 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 have agreed to keep con
stantly supplied with ice, (requiring
several tons per day) within the folds of
a spiral coil, and of which the multitude
may always partake, free of cost. The
city authorities have expended a large
amount of money in beautifying the
grounds. Much talent was displayed in
the exquisite conception of artistic skill
in the execution. Von Mueller, the art
ist, is here from Munich to superintend
its erection. On the occasion of tho ded
ication addresses will- be pronounced by
Archbishop Purcell, Governor Hayes,
Hon. W. S. Groesbeck and others. The
occasion is an epoch in the history of the
Queen City of the West.
The finest industrial exposition ever
witnessed on this continent is now to be
seen at Cincinnati. Elevators, to furnish
rapid-transit to visitors from one floor to
another, and circular railway tracks, pro
vided with passenger coaches, in which a
round is taken for half dime. Washiu
and sewing machines, the handiwork of
delicate fingers, and the evidences of the
skill of the mechanic and the artist, the
display from the floral kingdom, the
fruitage from the vine, the luxuries from
the garden, the rare productions from
tlie nurseries of Clifton, Walnut Hills
and Avondale, and even the genuine Al-
penhorn from the Mount Rigi, Switzer
land, and the sparkling cascade, are here
arrayed along the glittering avenues of
this imposing temple of art. On yester
day there were 14,000 visitors, and the
receipts §2,300. J. N. S.
Great Fires of Modern Times.
Norfolk, Virginia, was destroyed by fire
and cannon January 1, 1776. Property
to the amount of §1,500,000 was de
stroyed
Soon after New York passed into the
hands of the British, September 20,1776,
.five hundred buildings were consumed
by fire.
In 1811, December 26, the theater at
Richmond was burned, in which the
Governor and many leading citizens per
ished.
Six hundred warehouses, aud property
to the amount of §20,000,000, were de
stroyed by fire in New York, December
16, 1835.
April 27, 1838, in Charleston, 1,158
buildings were consumed, covering 145
acres of ground.
April 10, 1845, in Pittsburg, 1,000
buildings were destroyed by fire. Loss,
§6,000,000.
Fifteen hundred buildings were burned
in Quebec May 28, 1845, and in less than
a month afterward 1,300 more—iu all
two-thirds of the city.
July 19, 1845, in New York city, 302
stores and dwellings and §6,000,000
worth of property were consumed;
June 12, 1846, the whole of New
foundland was destroy ed by fire and 6,000
persons rendered homeless.
September 9, 1848, in Albany, 600
buildings, besides steamboats, piers, &c.;
24 acres burned over. Loss, §3,000,000.*
St. Louis lost 15 blocks and 23 steam
boats by fire, May 17, 1849.
July 9, 1850, in Philadelphia, 350
buildings were lost by fire, 25 persons
burned, 9 drowned, 120 wounded. Loss
§1,500,500.
In San Francisco, May 3d to 5 th, 1851,
2,500 buildings were burned. Many
lives lost, and §3,500,000 worth of prop
erty destroyed.
December 24, 1851, 35,000 volumes
were destroyed by fire iu onr Congress
ional Library.
July 12, 1852; 1,200 houses were burn
ed in Montreal.
August 25; 1854, Damariscotta, Maine,
was entirely destroyed by fire. The same
day more than 100 houses in Troy, N.
Y., and a large portion of Milwaukee*.!
Wisconsin.
October 9,1857, a great fire occurred i
in Chicago; §600,000 in property de-[
stroyed.
July 4.1865, the city of Portland, Me., |
was nearly destroyed by fire; ten thou- i
sand people rendered homeless; loss-
§15,000,000.
February 17, 1865, the city of Charles
ton was almost destroyed by fire, and
great quantities of military and naval
stores.
THE GBEAT TTBE IN LONDON.
This great fire, whose ruins covered
436 acres, extended from the Tower to
the Temple Church, anii from the north
east gate to Holborn bridge. It destroyed
in the space of four days 89 churches,
the city gates, the Royal Exchange, the
Customhouse, Guildhall, Sion College,
and mauy other public buildings, be
sides 13,200 houses, laying in waste 400
streets. Over 200,000 people camped
out after the fire in Islington and Higli-
gatc.
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
j carried on by ye treachery aud malice of
ye Popish faction, in ye beginning of
the proportions of lofty hills, and have
rendered tunnelling of frequent occur-1 September, in ye year of "our Lord 1660~
rence—twenty-three tunnels beiug pierced in order to ye carrying on their horrid
. j -■- .aqpr ,rxr-r— —ryv t—v 0 ... v between Grafton and Cumberland—adis- plot for extirpating ye Protestant religion
sucli a conflagration ns tuat winch has of the Soutlr, it is difficult to convey m m the corporation, winch was acquired , ' f , , . , ,, . audoldEuglishlibertv.andyeintroduc-
ju6t laid Chicago in ashes. Never before ,au giiage the exquisite loveliness of an • before real estate attained such exorbi- i U ‘ uce <) on un le m es. . Uvunoer- ing Popery aud slavery.”
hastbe fire-fiend been such an uncoil- 1 rural scene, as presented by tbe.se taut figures as it now commands. laud is an extensive coal mining town, This inscription was finally erased by
•rnDiihte t„rmr to. ■; rn , well tilled agricultural districts. Hedges, The rails for the use of the road are ; having a population of 15,000. Au ini- order of the Common Council, January
roliai'.c terror to a community. Die 0 f the white thorn, neatly trimmed, line ! manufactured at Cumberland, on line of mense quantity of coal is transported to ! 26, 1831.
by-" the 1 each side of the railway, with its broad road. ~ ‘ ~ —
houses burned are rock
k*»qul
Baltimore, Georgetown, Was-hiugto:.''and The Church of til”Canipoguitt, S.uti-
ago. was burned Decembor fi
2,000 persons perished in the flaS
It will be seen from the abovTrn
that the conflagration in Chicago g?
largest which has taken place in* S e
world since the great fire in T ^
1666.— Washington Chronicle. ^° n ^
Caught tlie Rascals.
On Friday the 29th of Seotember v
structions were placed upon the tJLu
the Air-Line Railroad, between
and Duluth, with the obvious i n S
throwing the train off the track and ^
dangering life. Determined to ferret 2
the TillaiDs, if possible, jft, ***
secured the services of Messrs Minn}
and Rasbury, detectives, of this q : \
This was equivalent to securing the nt
petrators of the outrage, and consent'
ly, on Thursday, three parties were o ',
rested and brought to Norcross, chared
with the crime. These were John and Bn!
Me Carthy, brothers, and Ezekiel Math
ews. Two of the party have confessed
to the crime and turned States evidence
A preliminary examination was exu(v>foj
to have been had yesterday.
“I Told You So.”-Dr. Bard seems
to exult over tlie triumph of tho Radicals in 0 h*
and Pennsylvania—at any rate, he seems to hu?i
enjoy the opportunity of charging the failure of°t]
Democrats there upon the “Southern people - p
cause they would not take his “advice;-* aad - n , *"
turing us upon the “necessity” of ‘‘promptly fl >
aking” "counsels” which “lead to defeat,” J.- c
He has been advising us to adopt BMittliam-ti,
very essence of Radicalism—to indorse and abide bv
forever tho worst thing ever done by tho revolu
tionists; and because we will not, he says v 0 have
defeated tire Democrats in Pennsylvania and Ohio ^
Garroting—An Old Man Choked axd
Robbed.—Several days ago an old gentleman named
Andrews, from Charlotte, N. C., arrived in this city
and put up at tho Air-Line House. Ha was the agent
for a certain kind of machine oil, which ho wanted
to sell. A man by the name of Wade, who has been
hanging around tho city for a long time, represented
hims.clf toAndrewsiw tlu-prasterifachinist of the Air-
Line Railroad, aud made him believe that ho wanted
to purchase a supply of oil for his road, and thereby
formed a sort of business acquaintance with the old
man. About 10 o’clock he invited Andrews to fake a
walk }and see the city, which he accepted. After
walking around several blocks Andrews proposed to
return, when Wade insisted upon going around on
another street, and then going to the hotel, and upon
Andrews refusing, Wado seized him by the whiskers,
choked him down, and robbed him of sixty dollars
and changed hat3with him.
Yesterday tho police went upon his track, and from
information supposed ho had gone to the Rome Pair
when Alarshal Williams telegraphed to tho authori.
ities there, and soon received a dispatch that ho had
been captured, and would be down on the 1:30
train thismorning. Wade gave his name to Andrews
as Snow.
>-•-*
Court and other Matters at Faie-
Buns.—Yesterday was the second day of the trial of
Spaightat Pairburn. Quite a number of tho citi
zens of Campbell and adjoining counties were pres
ent, many of whom we had the pleasure of meeting
and exchanging friendly greetings with.
There was much difficulty iu obtaining a jury, and
over two hundred were called before the panel was
formed.
Judge Wright Is the right man in tho right place.
He shoves business, aud keeps perfect order in
court. ~
We nre under obligations to nearly everybody
there for kind treatment and courtesy, and especi
ally to Dr. John Goodman, member elect to the Leg
islature, and to Judge W. IX. Andrews.
The following is a list of the jurors chosen in the
murder trial: R. It. Robinson, R. McWilliams, M.
M. Smith, J. E. Steed, J. J. Miles, J. W. Phillips, T.
J. Bullard, Wm. Aderhold, A. G. Aderhold, Robert
McWilliams, T. J. Phillips, W. M. Vaughn.
Prosecuting attorneys: Solicitor General Dorsey,
Col. Buchanan, Col. Lester and Col. Mobley.
Defence: Tidwell & Fears, Andrews & Roan, and
Col. Toggle
Governor Bullock Spending Money
With the. Lawteks.—It is the duty of the Attorney
General to give legal counsel upon all questions when
called upon by the Governor, and to represent the
State-in suits at law, where the State is a party. For
this service the law prescribes that he shall receivo a
salary of two thousand dollars, aud that he shall re
ceivo no other compensation as Attorney General.
Iu any case, before any Court, where theAttorney
General really needs help, theGovcrnor is authorized
to employ assistant counsel, and pay a reasonable
foe out of the contingent fund. Bullock, however,
has spent not les3'than $38,COO in fees to lawyers—
most of it in cases where not even the services of
the Law Officer of the State was necessary. Ho has
gone outside to lawyers—sometimes to men of dis
tinguished ability—and at other times to those not
so distinguished, and where there was no need of
it whatever. Ono single lawyer lias drawn over
$8,000 from the Treasury for this kind of service,
while a number have drawn very large amounts,
ranging from $500 to $4,500.
Not a fourth of this money was properly or nec
essarily spent. In almost every single case it was
equivalent to throwing the money in the lire, so far
as any benefit to tho State was derived.
To illustrate: A portion of tho stockholders of
tho Macon and Western Railroad, aud other parties,
sued out.au injunction against the officers of that
company, which was lately tried in Macon, to pre
vent the consummation of the lease to the Central
Railroad. Bullock employed some fonr or five law
yers to represent the State in that case, in oivier to
prevent the lease. Gen. Phillips, of Marietta, Col.
Bacon, of Macon, Anderson & Lanier (Clifford An
derson, Chairman of tho State Democratic Executive
Committee), of Macon, and B. B. Hinton, of Colum
bus, we believe, were employed by Bnliock for this
very useless business. Why should the State of
Georgia oppose that lease? What interest couid the
State government have in it either way ? And for
this very needless service Bullock has agreed to pay
them $ 1,250 each—so wo hoar. This amounts to
>5,000 of the people’s money thrown away by the
reckless creature who sits in the Governor's chair.
Can any ono tell us the object of Bullock in thus
scattering the State’s resources with a lavish hand,
where they are not needed and cannot do any good?
Why has he been advertising his proclamations so
heav.ly—publishing them in nearly every paper in the
State? Has he expected to secure the influence and
support of men aud papers who, otherwise, would
not have been in his favor? If this is his calcula
tion, we are sure he has reckoned without his host
And these immense fees to lawyers who have" been
paid at the State Treasury are only a part of what
was spent iu the same way by Bullock and Blodgett,
for similar ueedle8S,pi*rieiide'Iservice3 iu connection
with the Western and Atlantic Railroad. The Gov
ernor made a contract with Col. Farrow to discharge
the duties of attorney of the Western aud Atlantic
Railroad, at a salary of $3,000 per year, and then
called on other law j era for opinions on the merits
of claims agamst the road—sometimes payiug ’such
attorneys as much as twenty-five per cent, of the
amount of a claim for an opinion on its merits.
Sometimes as much as $1,000 wa3 paid for such
opinion. The firm of Hopkins A Brown, of this
city, was paid a fee of $1,00-0 for an opinion in the
Dobbins-Gaskill-Blodgetfc cotton case. These fec-s
were often paid attorneys without even presenting
the case to the Attorney General for investigation.
The Liverpool A: London k Globe.
See tlie statement cf tho condition of thii Fire in
surance Company, by General talker, tlie Local
Agent It lours like strength. A company tbat can
st »:>d a loss of two million at a blow, a;ul not fee! :t,
wlU 0.0 to trust.
