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The Greorffia Weekly TelearaiDh and. Journal &d Messenger.
Telegraph and Messenger.
MACON, OCTOBER 24 1871.
Fire Insurance*
At the National Insurance Convention in New
York, on Wednesday, the presiding officer
stated that the New York companies wonld, in
his opinion, be able to pay abont 90 per cent,
oi their Chicago losses, bnt would require lime
to marshal their resources. Chicago has been
& perfect flytrap to tho underwriters. A fast,
kite-flying, speculative city—risks were easily
sold at high prices and agents and drummers
made better wages and returns there than in
other places. Tho result was too many eggs
were piled in that basket. And the same remark
will apply with less fofco to all the important
cities in the country. Under tho system of ac
tive canvassing, rural risks were too slow a
business, and were generally discountenanced,
as no doubt they will continue to be. And this
Would be no loss to the rural districts if they
would establish a mutual system among them
selves.
According to a statement in the New York
World, the assets and contingent liabilities of
the Fire Insurance Companies of the United
States alone, foot up as follows: Total amount
of assets §85,OG5,OCO OC. Total amount of risks
§4,530,058,591 C9. In other words, the risks
stand more than fifty dollars for ono of capital.
The businoss of tho foreign agencies is also im
mense, and on abont the same basis. It is cal
culated that the advance of thirty per cent, on
ratos already declared by some of the companies,
if generally adopted, will add §12,000,000 to
their annual incomes; but as the excess goes
annually to dividends, they will never, under
this system, bo in condition to meet such sweep
ing and extraordinary losses a3 this ono in
Chicago.
No system of insurance can be absolutely
safe; but the simplest mutual system which
aims merely to average losses will, in rural dis
tricts, save an immense amonnt in customary
premiums. Let ns take the simplest possible plan
and reason it out thus.: It is very manifest that
it wonld be true economy for every man to take
his own fire risk, provided ho were in pecuniary
condition to bear tho sudden loss, by fire, of tho
dwelling or olher buildings which he owns.
This is clear, becanso companies of under,
writers aecumnlate great wealth—build splendid
edifices—pay high salaries to officers, clerks and
agents—disburse large amounts in printing and
advertising, and yet declare heavy dividends
upon the very premiums on risks which they
exact from himself and others. They make a
great deal of money on their risks, notwith
standing their tremendous outlays, and he
would make a much greater per centage on his
own risk, if he wero only able to take it—but
he is not. He must have resources laid away
Bomewhtro to build his house again if it unex
pectedly bums down, and he is therefore com
pelled to pay a great deal moro than the risk is
worth in order to provide for such a contin
gency.
But if a man bo nnablo to tako the whole risk
on his property, what hinders him from taking
such part of it as he can afford to assumo ?
How will he set about it ? Fifty, or a hundred,
or fivo hundred mon many village or communi
ty agree to average their firo risks. Let them
organize according to law and choose a board of
director^—a President and Secretary. Let their
capital be in stock notes representing the
amount of insnranco which they desire or which
is accepted by the board—premium notes re
presenting, say one-half or the annual premium
they are required to pay, and tho remainder of
this premium in cash to meet current expenses
and contingent losses. All care must be ob
served, in relation both to this paper and the
risks it represents; and all losses must bo ad-
jnsted by a pro rata assessment npon the paper,
if the cosh premium fund should bo exhausted.
At the end of every year the entire business
might be settled np—the surplus cash, if any,
reinvested in a now premium fund and the
notes surrendered and renewed. The result
wonld be a general average of fire risks, and in
ordinary cases a very light premium on insu
rance. In a series of years it wonld not proba
bly amonnt to fifty per cent, of the ordinary
premiums now paid, and what it wonld savo to
any community may be calculated from what is
paid under the existing system.
THE GEORGIA. PRESS.
A Babe Chance eob the Ku-Rlux Commit
tee.—Says tho Montgomery Advertiser, of
Friday:
If Messrs. Pratt and Buckley, of the Ku-K(nx
Committee, desire to see a specimen of the
genuine Ku-KIux they have now a chance that,
once slighted, may nover return. Night before
last—about eleven o’clock—the house of Mr. W.
F. Glaze, four miles from this city on the
Cowles place, was fired into. At twelve o’clock,
it was fired into again. On the first occasion
three shots were fired—on the second, seven.
Mr. Glaze and his family were in the house at
the lime, and very wisely remained there until
daylight—after which a runner was sent to the
city for Justice Fuller and Constable Maxwell
who went and returned with six veritable Ku-
KIux! Fivo of the animals were black—the
other was white. Their trial has been set for
four o’clock this evening. Will Messrs. Pratt
and Buckley make a note of this little incident,
and have Mr. Glaze snmmoned aa a witness?
We shall see—bnt it may bo that the black. Kn.
Klux are not just the kind that these amiable
gentlemen are in search of.
A new iron steamboat, tho Governor Worlb,
has just been pat on the Savannah River. She
is intended for tho Augusta and Savannah trade.
Thomas Shehen, daring the course of an ar
gument with Jacob Blun on Monday—with a
stick of wood—persuaded the latter into the
Savannah Biver, and Blnn lost the number of
his mess.
There were 27 deaths at Savannah, for the
week ending Monday, the ICth.
At the fifth annual meeting of tho Working
men’s Mntnal Loan Association, of Savannah,
on Tuesday night, §5,000 was sold at thirty per
cent, premium.
The juvenile street rock throwers of Savan
nah have been cruelly nipped in the bud. The
Mayor now sends them to jail when caught in
dulging in that exciting amusement.
Capt. Bichard Millen, on old citizen of Sa
vannah, and formerly Captain of the Tybee
Light Ship, is lying dangerously ill at his home
in that city.
Westheimer, the missing cigar maker of Sa
vannah, has not yet been heard from. It is
known, however, that he drew out all his money
from the bank, and borrowed a few extra stamps
and some clothing, before he hied away.
Mr. Geo. Y. Fond, Clerk of Muscogee Supe
rior Court, had his left leg broken, and Mr. L.
G. Duer bad his right leg sprained, by being
thrown from a buggy, on Wednesday.
The Columbus Sun, of Wednesday, reports a
disastrous firo at Troy, Ala., on Tuesday morn
ing, which burned seven stores, and caused a
loss of §G0,000 worth of property, on which
there wa3 only §17,000 insurance. The Geor
gia Homo, of Columbus, Virginia Homo, Frank
lin, of Philadelphia, and Liverpool, London
and Globe are the losing companies.
The Columbus Enquirer, of Wednesday,
hears, on good authority, that eight or ton ne
groes have died in that city and suburbs, with
in a very few days. These deaths ore attributed
to idleness, lack of sufficient and proper food,
and filth.
Pleasant Sharpton,whoseshooting at Hamburg,
on Sunday, by William Flint, was noted by the
Chronicle Bud Sentinel, of Tuesday, died on
that day.
We quote the following from tho Chronicle
and Sentinel, of Wednesday:
One Fare.—We learn that tho Georgia Kail-
road Gompany has offered to take lawyers from
Augusta to Atlanta, to attend the Supreme
Court, for one fare. They will pay full fare
going, but will return free.
Chaege oh the Ku-klux.—The Judge of the
United States Court in Atlanta charged tho
grand jury heavily against the Ku-klux on last
Monday. On the samo day the following citi
zens of Jackson county were brought to Atlanta
on a charge of being K. K. K’s: Green Martin,
James Finch, Jack Finch, Henry Finch, Matt
Finch, Jack Henry, James Haney, George
Haney, Ezekiel Patrick, Bichardson Lay, W.
O. Felker, Joseph Jones and Samuel Bicb.—
They were arrested by United States Deputy
Marshal], James Skiles. The charge against
them is, that on the night of the 24th of July
last they made a murderons assault upon one
J. It. Holliday. It is said that it was a hard
fight, and that Holliday killed two of his assail
ants.
This is what the Atlanta Era, of yesterday,
calls “an excitiDg affair:”
Ah Exciting Affair.—An affair of a very ex
citing nature occurred last night on Whitehall
street at about half-past six o’clock, in which
Mr. Cal Bruico nnd Robert Love were the prin
cipal actors. The facts as they occurred, as
near as wo can get them, are to the effect that
Mr. Butce, while on his horse, and through
some conveisation with Mr. Love, became ex
cited. Love drew his pistol and fired at his op
ponent. The horse rearing, received the ball.
Buice, springing from the wounded horse,
caugtil tlie bit, and woo drapgod across thn
street to near the entrance of Er. Lawshe’s jew
elry store. His opponent followed him, hold
ing a pistol under Bnice’a shoulder. There
were, it is said, three snaps of tho deadly wea
pon; the horso made one last, desperate lunge,
carrying his master to the opposite pavement,
falling on him, and dying on the walk. An ar
rest was made, and the matter stands for judi
cial investigation.
The Era of tho same date has these additional
items:
Complete Reconstruction—Social and
Foil ileal.
The Washington National Republican, of
Taesday morning, comes ont in a manifesto
which fairly illustrates the wild ideas and des
perate purposes of the Grant Radicals towards
the Southern States. A single paragraph will
convey a just idea of the whole. Says the Re
publican :
CHICAGO.
| The Fall Story or the Great Fire—Narra
live of an Kye-wltncss—Intensely Inter
esting Personal Experience of a Sufferer
—The Carnival or Thievcs-Grnphlc Ac
count or the Street Scenes—Chaos In a
Night, etc. . ,
From the New York World, 15th. |
On Sunday night, October 8,1 was at the
Sherman House. I went there at leqhest of
my sister, to see if some of her friends who
Railways and Fopulatioh.—The Constitu
tion discourses at length, (comparing Georgia
with four Western Stotes,) upon the necessity
of railways to develop population and wealth
in Georgia. It is to bo feared that no invest
ment in railways will bring a dense population
and corresponding wealth to a very large sec
tion of Georgia. There must be some of both
in the first place to justify the building of rail
ways, and then there must bo a natural wealth
of soil or olher resources to induce an influx
of population. A country offering great natural
inducements to immigration will naturally de
velop rapidly as soon as railways are estab
lished ; bat what wiil you say of a poor pine
barren ?
The Press Gang Coming In.
We wero pleased to greet in our sanctum last
evening Mr. Daniel E. Ganot, of the New York
Evening Express, and Col. Minor, who repre
sents the Nashvillo Union. These gentlemen
express themselves delighted with the appear
ance of tho Fair Grounds, and will, doubtless,
fornish fall reports of the exposition. CoL
Styles, too, of the Albany News, is in town, and
we look for a nnmorons attendance from the
representatives of the press. To one and all
wo extend a hearty greeting, and cordially ten
der the freedom of our office and sanctum to
our brethren of the quill.
From the spire of the cathedral at Metz the
French tri-color still waves, or did so three
weeks ago, although perforated by a thousand
bullets. And so the inhabitants consoled them
selves with the thought that thoy were still un
der tho French flag. Money could not bribe
any man to risk his life in attempting to re
move it; and there was said to be but one man
in Metz skillful enough to do it, and ho was tho
man who put it there. Five francs was his
J a5sS “8 it; but five thousand oonld
not induce him to lower ifc.
One H. E. Garder, a gentle typo, is adver.
Used, at cheap rates, in the last Washington
Gazette, of which paper he hag been foreman
for (wo months. He vamosed last Sunday
morning with a nice salt of clothes, obtained on
credit, and a double-barrel gun, and a case of
surgical instruments belonging to the editor.
He was afterward arrested, but made his
escape.
United States District Court.—Jasper N.
Dorsey, Esq., was admitted, on yesterday, us
an attorney of this Court.
Tho jury gave a verdict for §2,077 38 priu
cipal, with interest from January 1,1805, in the
case of Getley F. Horton vs. John D. Phillips
and W. E. Glanton.
The day was occupied mainly with civil busi
ness. The only criminal case tried was that of
the United States vs. Moses J. Clarke, in which
a verdict of not guilty was rendered.
Two case were brought before the Court, in
which true bills had just been found under (he
Enforcement Act.
Bonds were ordered by the Judge and taken
each surety being required to justify under oath
iff open court, in case of William O. Felker,
for three thousand dollars, and of Samuel
Bitob, for ono thousand dollars. These parties
are charged with banding and conspiring, and
going in disguise upon the premises of persons
of color, and beating and ill treating them, with
intent to hinder and deter them in the free ex
ercise of their rights and privileges to livo and
labor at their will and pleasure as citizens of
the United States.
It is expected that the Court will adjourn for
the term to-day.
Our Fair.—Tho Atlanta Fair opened yester
day under the most favorable auspices, and was
& great success; at least so far as attendance
could make it so. The crowd was not, of course,
so largo as it was iast year at the State Fair.
And yet tho attendance was larger than was
ever known before at a mere district or county
Fair in Ofe state. Some rare specimens of art
and machinery an, «n exhibition, and the quan
tity and variety of livo block is much greater
than was anticipated. Few Stato Fairs, even,
surpass this county exposition, either in the va
riety of the articles on exhibition, the general
attendance, or the excellent management under
which it is being conducted.
Fatal Railroad Accident.—Mr. Woollen, an
aged gentleman living near the Scofield Bolling
Mills, was yesterday morning killed by the re
turning Fair train while on the track near the
Rolling Mills. It appears that Mr. Wootten
was walking on the main track towards his
home, and hearing the train in his rear proba
bly believed it to be tho regular in-bound train
on the main track. He crossed over npon the
other track, upon which the train really was,
and before th% train conld be checked up the
Fair train locomotive struck him, throwing him
from the track, and mangling his body horribly.
Tho unfortunate man died almost instantly
from his injuries.
Bender’s free “lay out,” at Atlanta, which we
noticed yieterday, seems to have had the usual
effect, judging from the following from the
Constitution, of yesterday:
Accidents.—Dr. Kinney and A. T. Finney
were riding out together yesterday evening.—
Dr. Kinney was thrown out and had an arm
broke. Finney escaped unhurt.
B. Blalock and Charles Shephard were thrown
out of a buggy while driving on Marietta street
and slightig injured.
And this from the Sun, same date:
Shocking Depravity.—Two women, yester
day, walked together up Whitehall street so
drunk they conld with difficulty keep the side
walk. About midway between Alabama and
Hunter streets they began to fight each other.
They were arrested and carried to the guard
house.
A call for a new county meeting to be held at
Senoia, on tho 28th instant, appears in the
Journal of that place. They want to make it
ont of portions of Coweta, Spalding, Fayette
and Meriwether conntiep. We like all the folks
np there very much, bnt not to the extent of
hoping they will succeedin their project. There
is decidedly too big a stock of that article on
hand, now.
Schooner Hobton, stolen by the Gloucester
fishermen from the custody of the Nova Scotia
authorities, made port yesterday, all safe from
her pursuers. The Gloster men had a grand
jubilee over the affair. Great is codfish, and
mackerel is his prophet.
Ever skeptical of partisan charges ihoBepub- I were expected from Milwaukee had arrived. I
lican must indorse the opinions of men like had promised to attend to the matter on Satnr-
Judge Bond and -Judge Brooks, of the U. S. day, but was prevented by unexpected business.
Circuit and District Courts. We regret that it There was a large crowd of strangers and bnsi-
ts necessary to promulgate the doctrine of en- ness men of the city at the hotel. The corri-
tire abolition of “State Rights," bnt we must dor and parlors wero full of idlers, much as
confess that if the leading men of the late Con- usual. While looking over the register some
federacy persist in their opposition to the gov- one said, “There go tho fire bells again,” and
ernment, thereby threatening the life of the the remark was made jocosely, “They’ll burn
natioD, then bnt ono course is open to the lov- I the city down if they keep on.” I paid little at-
ers of true Democracy and self-government. tention to the conversation, which did not inter-
The “reconstructed-States" must be reconstruct- eat me, and having ascertained that the names
ed over again, and the “Confederacy" be placed that I wanted were not on the register, I saun-
under national law and under men who will tered in the corridor awhile, and meeting with
carry ont tho intentions of Congress in spirit as Mr. Nixon, the upholsterer on Lake street, I sat
well as letter; thus making “treason a crime” down a moment.
and assisting in building up Southern sooiety on We conversed but a little while, and on indiffer-
thebasis of liberty and not class rule. ent topics. Mr. Nixon made the mistake of
No doubt these are Cabinet ideas, and as im-1 pointing out to me a person whom I knew very
practicable as they are they ^ry Possibly
foreshadow a great deal of trouble to tho South- wbi i 0 were disputing about it my nephew,
era people. It is important that we ourselves a young man of 18, came np and I appealed to
should realize just where wo stand, and that him to identify tho person. Ho then told us
will assist us in arriving at some judgment at Erfng
the course we ought to pursue. Let us realize, street, where my sister was stopping, and letting
then, that in respect to tho Northern people her know that her friends were not in town; bnt
there is probably no other difference among I he replied that I had better go myself, because
ferent degrees of distrust, dislike and anunosi- wind was blowing fiercely through Clark
ty. We are positively without friends in that street to the river, and I had some difficulty in
quarter, and though some of them boast of I Setting across the Court-hGU36 square. It conld
; a o not have been 10 o’clock, for they were singiDg
much magnanimity and generosity, .t is with a . Q th(j Metbodist cbnrob as j passed Folansbo’s
strong and comfortable sense of what a great bank> j not5ced tbo g i are of tho firo on tho
merit it is in them and how little wo deserve it. west side S31 came along, but thought nothing
In such a condition of affairs, to exercise our I of it. There were very few people, out, and I
ingenuity and industry inplanningand arguing KtogSK tow?i£
political platforms is inconceivably farcical. If me> and 1 asked him if ha kno ° anything about
the Northern people in their present temper, the fire. He looked at me but made no reply,
know what we want, that is the very thing they and kept hurrying on. There was a small party
will not have. It is enough for them to know ° f m8n smoking cigars on tho corner of Adams
... . . _ , street. I asked them the same question, and
that we have views of political policy and expe- one of them said> » It mnat ba a damn’d
diency, to condemn and repudiate them, what- big fire this time ; you can’t put out a high
ever they are. Even the fact that we vote for I wind with water.” The rest of them said
any particular presidential ticket is with tho n °thing, lmt I thought they looked a little
„ J .5 r . .. . scared. While I stood there a policeman came
Northern masses one of the strongest reasons L, p Adams 6treet on borsebaok £ nd turned into
for voting against it; and, in short, it is ex- Clark street. Some of them halloed to him, bnt
tremely doubtful whether there is a place for I he paid no attention. I kept on, but before I
us on any political platform or in favor of any bad reached the next street the cindors began
... , f ... * to fall thick all around me, and it was growing
candidate, in which our presence, consent or ap- j jg b ter all the time. A great many people were
probation, will not work a positive injury to I looking ont of their windows, and the streets
the programme, almost commensurate with any seemed to get full of people suddenly. They
good our votes may do. * ere n0 ‘ excited. They stood in groups listen-
b mu . .. , . ,, , ing to the wind that wa3 making a noise very
Thore is, therefore, probably, under every m ° ch Iike the Iake on a st oimy night I went
day circumstances, nothing which wo can do into a Dutch beer saloon to get a cigar, seeing
or say so profitable for ourselves as quiet and the door half open. The gas was burning, but
silence. If a candidate isoffeied tons whom we tb0 persons who kept the place were all in the
... , . ... .1 street I helped myself to a cigar from an open
can approve and vote for, let us do it, and K tbat sto £ d on J the counter and left a stamp
try to give him at least as much as he loses by f or it; lighting it at the gas burner, I went out
our support But the idea of our enlightening without being questioned. When I was hold-
those people about platforms-or the dangers of “S« npto the 1 “«***"
, .. f,, .. , . that I was considerably excited myself; my
consolidation—or of the necessity of protecting band 6book and j conld bear my be art beat. I
their own rights under the Constitution, isfarci- don’t think I was two minutes in the place, but
caL They will accept no instrnction from ns I when I came out the cinders were falling like
on those subjects, because they consider ok the snow flakes in every direction and lit the street,
. , .. J \ . . , and there was a great hubbub of men and ve-
most deadly and dangerous foes of every such hicIeg# i started to run toward Van Burea street,
interest. I but tho walks wero so orowded with people and
And this most be so till time and death and the cinders were blown so thickly and fast that
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supersede or displace the actors, issues and con- tbe str / et and fonnd tbat the crowd coming in
troversies of the past. The energies of Badi- the opposite direction was increasing. Bnt it
calism are all devoted with tireless assiduity and was difficult to see anything clearly on account
impish cunning to the work of keeping alive all ° f 80 “ an y cinders falling. Somewhere be-
,, L . *, e , . tween Van Baren and Polk streets I found the
theso memories and resentments, and of supple- crowd jammed into tho thoroughfare solidly.
menting the long military strife, if possible.by a There was a four-story brick house on the east
longer and more bitter moral war. This is their side that overlooked tho others all around it. A
plan of campaign, and it seems likely to meet on *°P seemed to be gesticulating and
... . . ; ... I shouting to the crowd, but whatever be said was
With porfootn——. They will stop at nothing I logt in f ho wind . It’was some lime beforol
to make it a success. Need we say that every- I made ou t that he was shouting to some ono in a
thing in the way of needless self assertion on window below, and the man below repeated it
our part, while utterly useless for any good it f° the crowd. All I could distinctly hear was,
may do us, works powerfully in aid of their 011 both sides of tho r ! ve ^” and J nB ‘
j. J 1 D then there was a great pressure m the crowd of
programme. people and a man on horseback forced his way
Chicago Pluck.—A Tribune correspondent I f bron $k- 2® seemed to be & gentleman, and I
ficult to tell how far the fire extended, for we
were now in the rear of it. But it was also
plain to me at once that nothing oould with
stand the wind. Wherever I conld see at all
the wind blew tbe burning houses into a mass
of live coals which was dazzling. When I re
turned I found Mrs. Frear had her water-proof
cloak on, and had pnt her jewelry and money
into a satchel and was ready to start. I begged
her to remain, saying tbat I would see to the
safety of the children, bnt she only answered
“My poor Johnny; my poor, Bick Johnny.
Mr. Wood and myself then endeavored to get
another conveyance. The front steps and side
walks were thronged with terror-stricken women
and tho street was encumbered with luggage,
Tho three of us fought our way through, and
ran, stumbling, and scarce knowing in what di
rection, till we reached Mr. McGowan’s, in Hal
stead street, and here we were fortunate enough
to get a cab. Wood Ihen went Back to tho
house, and we started for Wabash avenue, Mr.
McGowan driving us himself. I afterwards
found ont that he had to take ns all tho way
round to Clark street, on the north side, to get
over the river. But at the time I did not no
tice our direction until we had crossed the river,
being occupied in trying to pacify Mrs. Frear.
We got as far as Washington street in the ave
nue, when the horse was stopped and McGowan
got into an altercation with an officer. I
sprang out, and wa3 told that it was useless
to go any farther, for the whole of the avenue
was on fire. The roadway was full of people,
and the din of voices and the melee of horses
rendered unmanageable by the falling embers,
was terrible. In the confusion it was difficult
to get any information; but I was told that the
block in which the Kimballs lived was burning,
and that the people were all out. To add to my
distress Mrs. Frear jumped out of the vehicle
and started to run in the direction of the fire.
Nothing, I am satisfied, saved her from beiog
crushed to death in a mad attempt to find her
children but the providential appearance of an
acquaintance, who told her that the children
were all safe at tho St. James Hotel. When wo
reached the hotel I fonnd it impossiblo to get
her through the crowd without trouble, and so
I took her into Seldon & Ward’s hair-dressing
— i. thought an insurance officer. Ho had in his
writes from Chicago that there is no lack of en- bandono of tbe n tt i e re a flags that switchmen
ergy ana pluck among tho merchants and capi- I xxse, which ho waved on either side. What he
talists of Chicago. As an instance of this, John said I conld not hear, but it bad the effect of
B. Drake, whose losses are enough to appall an I producing a panic m the throng.. No sooner did
— .. 11 understand that it was impossible and danger-
ordinary man, has already contracted for the on3 to proceed further, and had turned round
rebuilding of his magnificent block for the third with the purpose of rumfing to the first bridge,
time, and all along the burned district where than 1 saw the light of tho fire extending
the rain has sufficiently cooled the ruins, the £ ar bao £ tbe direction that l had come, the
, . , . , . flames lighting tho houses on tho east sido of
clearing away of wrecks has begun. The conn- 0Iark Bt ? eet % far aa i oou i d see. Iran
tiy will best assist Chicago in standing by her as fast as I conld to tho Adams street
in her effort to restore her crippled commerce bridge. Vehicles and people were streaming
and industries in f ropi all the streets to the west. I paid little
1 attention to anything, my anxiety to reach my
„ „ O 1 T m-1 J .. . . sister’s house being very great. With difficulty
Plain Speaking.—Samuel J.Tilden, the Chair-1 j got t0 tbe btidg o, which was beset by teams
man of the New York State Democratic Com-1 desiting to cross, and tugs screaming in the
mitteo, at a political meeting last Taesday, do- I stream to get through. There was much confu-
■s™* an a, a “to .1 thievea.” |
get over. A woman carrying a bureau drawer,
and blinded by tho sparks, in her desperation
struck me with her burden in the breast, break
ing tho crystal of my watch and stunning me
The Great Fire.—The reader will find tbe
most direct personal narrative of the great fire
in Chicago, we have met with, on the first page
of this edition. It is intensely interesting.
No Bonaparte.—Tho Thiers government has
issued orders to all its coast and border officials
to keep a sharp lookout for Bonapartists. No
more Elbe performances.
for a moment. It was 11:30 o’clock. While I
held tho watch in my hand a live coal fell on it
a3 largo as a silver half dollar.
All of Adams street, reaching to Des Plaines
on the west side, was choked with people. But
they wero free from the terrible rain of cinders,
the wind carrying them in a northeasterly di
rection across tho river. Des Plaines street was
comparatively clear; and on turning into it I
lost my hat. Withont attempting to recover it I
ran as fast as I could in the direction of Ewing
street. My sister’s house was out of the line of
the fire, but there was no telling at what mo-
What Jimphisque is Worth.—We find the
following paragraph in the New York Sun of
Friday
Colonel James Fisk, Jr., appeared before
Commissioner Osborne yesterday to justify his . . ,, ,, _
surety in the sum of §100,000 in the case of the “ent the wind would veer. My brother, who
appeal from Judge Blatchford’s decision, award* I is a lumber merchant, was absent at Sheboygan,
ing §24,000 to John Ponton and others against ?he house was occupied by his family, consist-
the steamer Bristol for damages sustained in I i n S Mrs* Frear and three children (two girls
collision. The Colonel said that he owns the a “d a boy, all of them under fifteen years of
lease and building of the Fifth avenue Theatre; a S°» the youngest, Johnny, a cripple with rhou-
and is part owner of the Grand Opera House, matism) and a lodger who was employed as a
and ten houses on Twenty-third street, and sev- clerk in Mr. Frear’s office. The family were in
err on Twenty-fourth street, and that there is an I 8 re °t consternation. I told Mrs. Frear that I
encumbrance of §300,000 on tbe Grand Opera thought there was no present danger as the fire
House aud seven houses in Twenty-third street. I not burning this side of Jefferson street,
and that his outstanding obligations did not hut was being blown swiftly to the east. We
amount to $10,000. He values the Grand were within a block, however, of Jefferson
Opera House at §2,000,000. The Colonel’s ex- *t»eet, and the heat was intense, and the excite-
hibit is to bo presented to Judge Blatchford for ment of 1110 neighbors was very great. I found
acceDtance to morrow. that she had her clothing and valuables all
packed in trunks, which were polled into the
The Great Southern Piano Manufactory.— ha ^ wa y» an ^ sho told me that Mr. Wood (the
We refer with special pleasure to the advertise- clerk) had gone to get one of Mr. Farwells
mentof the Great Southern Piano Manufactory Jrncka to tako her things to the warehouse on
of Messrs. William Knabe & Co., of Baltimore. Wabash avenue. I tried to dissuade her in vain,
This factory is now one of the largest in the an <* finally, finding she was resolute^, I consented
world; itisa magnificent five story structure, I toget a coach and tako the children to Mrs. Run-
fronting an entire block on Eutaw street, and bal1 s ; 011 Wabash avenue, she saying sae would
coveriog, together with tho lumber yard at— I remain and look after tho homo un.il Hie dan-
tached, some two and one-half acres of ground, ger was over. .
Three Undred and fifty men are constantly Fortunately, there was not much trouble in
employed taming out over forty instruments getting a coach, and I started as soon after as
per week possible with the three children. The Kimballs
Among the thousand and one Pianos offered were all abed, and I was some time ringing at
to the public, we scarcely know any instrument door (holding Johnny m my arms wrapped
so fully uniting all the desirable qualities sought in r 5. rU !P- bef01 ?.^ ronso V; -
for as the Knabe Piano. It is a matter of some The driver of the coach put his horses to their
difficulty and perplexity to inexperienced per- utmost speed in returning. When we reaohed
sons to select a good instrument of anycapacity. J be xioimty of Madison street bridge, he threw
W o too often rely upon the judgment of friends J** 0 d°°F °P<“ an ^ we couldn t get aoross.
in the selection of a piano, and are thus fre- . n0 ? e ,°f m ® n and ,T ebl ?* eB ^ a ?. E0 6F eat
quently disappointed. The only sure way, in had to shout at tho top of his J 0100 -
our opinion, is to go to the best maker. For W 0 tb «* *ove np to Bandolf street, and here
this reason, we recommend to our readers to we we re stopped again, thebndgo being open,
purchase Pianos of Wm. Knabe* Co.’s manu- “ “‘“e* that the string of vessels passing
facture. This will relieve them the vexations ‘ h f 0a S h was endless We were an hour and a
necessity of wasting time in a long search. The 1 should think. Tho
reputation of tba&iabe Pianos is an infallible whole of Ewing street was barricaded with ve-
guaranty of excellence. Fordurabillty we wonld bl ° l0 f and household effects. Mrs. Frear was
specially recommend them, as being made in a “ uob 0 ° oIer ® t,ldreB w ° ra Bafe -
Southern City, with special view to the trying “ost of her valuables had been got off, and as
changes of a Anthem cUmate. ^ 8 wasno longer possible to get a dray up to the
m 1 house the heavy furniture had to remain,
State Democratic Committee.—Speaking of While we were talking Mr. Wood burst into the
the called meeting of the State Democratic loom and said thatthe fire had reached Wabash
Committee, on the 24th instant, the Atlanta SJBtSE
Sun says the committee is functus officio for ^“i^blindedby ^he flym^embew, he^had
any other purpose than to agree npon a proper dashed water on his head and face, and his
time and place for the next Convention. We are I matted hair and begrimed skin, added to his
quite sore that by Democratic mage in Geor- fri B ht6ned looka > mado kim seem like another
gi ‘’“ 1 T f “ b J appointment, they hold over P Tbegged Mrs. Freer not to alarm herself, and
until their successors are elected by the next I ran np to the roof. The.house was a two story
Convention; and that they have precisely the and a half frame building, but it joined another
same amonnt of official power or influence, which was an jsddition to a planing mill. I
.i...... ... . . , ’ I clambered to tbe root ot the latter, and was
whatever that may amount to, at one period of nearly swept off by the wind. As near as I
their official term as at another. | could make out, Wood was right, but it was dif.
hair-dressing
room in tho basement, and went np stairs to
look for the children alone. There was a great
deal of excitement in the house, but there
seemed to be no apprehension of danger from
tbe firo at tbat distance. The .nests and ser
vants of tbe house were nearly all at tbe win
dows or down in the doorways. I found that
Mrs. Frear’s acquaintance had either intention,
ally or unintentionally deceived her. The chil
dren were not in the house. When I informed
her of it sho fainted. When she was beinf:
taken up stairs to the parlor I found shehacl
lost her satchel. Whether it was left in,the cab
when she jumped out or was stolen in the house
I cannot say. It contained two gold watches,
several pins and drops of value, a cameo pre
sented to her by Mrs. Stephen A. Douglass, a
medal of honor belonging to her husband (who
wa3 an officer in the First Wisconsin Volunteers
during tho war), and about §200 in bills and
currency stamps, besides several trinkets of
trilling value. Leaving her in the oare of some
ladies I then started for John F. V. Farwell’s
stores, on Wabash avenue, thinking it possible
the children were sent there, where their moth
er’s property was. When I came into Wabash
avenue the full extent of the fire and its
danger to the city became for the first time ap
parent to my mind. I saw the flames distinctly,
and, remembering tbat they were two miles dis
tant when I first Baw them, I began to realize
tbe awful nature of the calamity. I spoke to
several persons on tbe street. They seemed to
think the flames would be stayed when thoy
reached the durable and massive structures, and
that it was only the wooden buildings that
caused such a furious burning. The Farwell
stores wero all closed. The watchman said there
had been no goods, much less children, brought
there. I then ran as fast as I conld through
Bandolf street to the Sherman House, thinking
we might have mistaken tho hotel. They hac,
the hose laid on and a party of men were on the
roof patting ont the cinders. I was told that
the place had already been ignited twice. The
corridor was a scene of intense excitement. Tho
guests of the house were running about wildly,
some of them dragging their tranks to the stair
way. Everything wrs confusion, and my heart
sank within mo as I saw that tho panic was
spreading among those who were the be3t pro
tected. I looked out of one of the south windows
of the house and shall never forget the terribly
magnificent sight I saw. The Court-house Park
was filled with people who appeared to ba
huddled together ia a solid mass, helpless and
astounded. The whole air was filled with the
falling cinders, and it looked like a snow storm
lit by colored fire. The wierd effect of the glare
and tho scintillating light upon this vast silent
concourse was almost frightful. While in the
corridor of the Sherman House I encountered
my nephew, and he asked me if I wanted to see
the fire, saying he had one of George Garrison’s
horses and only wanted a rubber blanket to
throw over him to protect him from the sparks.
I told him abont Mrs. Frear, but he thought
there was no reason to worry. He got a blanket
somewhere and we slarted_,off in a light wagon
for Wabash avonue, stopping at Wright’s, under
the Opera House, to get a drink of coffee, which
I needed vory much. There were several of
the firemen of the Little Giant in there. One of
them was bathing his head with whisky from a
flask. They declared that the entire department
had given up, overworked, and that they could
do nothing more. While we stood there an Irish
girl was brought in with her dress nearly all burnt
fromherperson. IthadcaugbtontheCourthouse
steps from a cinder. When we went out a man in
his coat sleeves was unhitching the horse, and
when we came np he sprang into the wagon,
and would have driven off in spite of us if I
had not caught tho horse by the head. He then
sprang out and struck my nephew in the face
aud ran towards State street. We drove as
rapidly as we conld into Wabash avenue—the
wind sweeping the embers after ns in furious
waves. We passed a 1 broken down steamer in
the middle of the roadway. The avenue was a
scene of desolation. The storm of falling fire
seemed to increase every second, and it wa3 as
much as we conld do to protect ourselves from
the burning rain and guide the horse throngh
the flying people and hurrying vehicles. Look
ing back through Washington street, towards
tho Opera House, I saw the flames and smoko
pouring out of State street, from the very point
we had jnst left, and the intervening space was
filled with tho whirling embers that Beat against
the houses and covered the roofs and window
sills. It seemed like a tornado of fire. To add
to the terrors the animals, burnt and infuriat
ed by the cinders, darted through the streets re
gardless of all human obstacles. Wabash ave
nue was burning as far down as Adams street.
The flames from the houses on the west side
reached in a diagonal arch quite across the street
aud occasionally the wind wonld lift the great
body 6f flame, detach it entirely from the
burning buildings, and hurl it with tefrifio force
far ahead. All the mansions were being emp
tied with the greatest disorder and the greatest
excitement. Nobody endeavored to stay the
flames now.
A mob of men and women, all screaming and
shouting, ran about wildly, crossing each other’s
paths, and interceplingeachotherasif deranged.
Wo tried to force our way along the avenue,
which was already littered with oostly furniture,
some of it burning in the streets under the fall
ing sparks, but it wa3 next to impossible. Twice
wo were acoosted by gentlemen with pocket-
books in their hands, and asked to carry away
to a place of safety some valuable property.
Much as wo may have desired to assist them, it
was ont of our power. Women came and threw
paokages into the vehicle, and one man with a
boy hanging to him caught the horse and tried
to throw ns ont. 1 finally got out and endeav
ored to lead the animal out of the terrible scenes.
When we got about a block I saw the Gqnrt-
house was on fire, and almost at the same mo
ment some one said the St. James had caught
on the roof. I was struck on the arm by a bird
cage flung from an upper window, and the mo
ment I released tbe horse he shied and ran into
a burning dray load of furniture, smashing the
wheel of the wagon and throwing my compm-
ion ont on his shoulder. Fortunately he was
only braised. But the horse, already terrified,
started immediately, and I saw him disappear
with a leap like, that of a panther. We then
hurried on toward (he St. James Hotel, passing
throngh some of the strahgest and saddest
scenes it has ever been my misfortune to wit
ness. I saw a woman kneeling in tho street with
a crucifix held up before her and the skirt of
her dress burning while she prayed. We had
barely passed her before a runaway traok dashed
her to the ground.
Loads of goods passedus repeatedly that were
burning on the tracks, and xny nephew says that
he distinctly saw one man go up to a pile of
costly furniture lying 4n front of an elegant
residence and deliberately hold a piece of burn
ing packing box under it until the pile was lit.
When we reached the wholesale stores north of
Madison street the confusion was even worse.
These stores were packed full of the most oostly
merchandise, and to save it at the rale the fire
was advanoing was plainly impossible. There
was no police, and no effort was made to- keep
off the rabble. A few of the porters and dray.
o? make some coffee, which he promm«77~''
and I fell down in the hallway and wentto ^
I oould not have lain there half an honi V*
Wood awoke me, saying the fire wrs s ~ I
everything before it in the direction I
Park, and that Mrs. Frear must be moved I
We both started out then and walked 1
as fast as we could in the direction ^I
.. utreclion of ■
side. It was about 8:30 o’clock. W« - WI
Wo i
across the river at the cross streets
yesterday was a populous city wss now1
of smoking rains. “ |
All the way round we encountered thon«„-.
f nennlfi. hnt thn omit am ant u - 5 81i|
men employed by these stores were working
manfully, bnt there were costomoDgers’ wagons,
dirt carts, and even coaches backed up and re
ceiving the goods, and a villainous crowd of men
and boys chaffing each other and tearing open
parcels to discover the nature of their contents.
1 reaohed the St. James between 2 and3 o’clock
on Monday morning. It was reported to bo on
fire, bnt I did not see the flames then. Mrs.
Frear had been removed in an insensible state
to the house of a friend on the north side. I
could learn no other particulars.
The house was in a dreadful state of disorder.
Women and children were screaming in every
direction and baggage being thrown about in
the most reckless manner. I now concluded
that Mrs. Frear’s children had been lost. It was
reported that hundreds of people had perished
in the flames.
There was a crowd of men and women at the
hotel from one of the large boarding houses in
the neighborhood of State and Adams street,
and they said they barely escaped with their
lives, leaving everything behincL At this time
it seemed to me that the firo would leave noth
ing. People coming in said the Sherman House
was going, and that tho Opera House had began to soreech at the top of her vo'&T*
caught. Finally word was brought that the man vho was iirivim»tii« nm n ;kn.
bridges were burning, and all escape wa3 cut
off to the north and west. Then ensued a scene
whioh was beyond description. Men shouted
the news and added to the panic. Women,
half dressed and many of them with screaming
children, fled out of the building. There was
a jam in the doorway and they struck and clawed
each other as if in self-defence. I lost sight of
my nephew at this time. Getting ont with the
crowd I started and ran ronnd toward the Tre-
mont House. Reaching Dearborn street the
gust of fire was so strong that I could hardly
keep my feet. I ran on down toward the Tre-
mont. Here the same scene was being enacted
with tenfold violence. The elevator had got
jammed, and the screams of women on the up
per floors were heart rending. I forced my way
upstairs, seeing no fire, and looked into all the
open rooms, calling aloud the names of Mrs.
Frear’s daughters. Women wero swarming in
the parlors; invalids, brought there for safety,
were lying upon the floor. Others were run
ning distracted about, calling upon their hus
bands. Men, pale and awe-struck and silent,
looked on without any means of averting the
mischief. m
All this time the upper part of tho house was
on firo. Tho street was choked with people,
yelling and moaning with excitement and fright.
I looked down upon them from an upper win
dow a moment, and saw far up Doarborn street
the huge flames pouring in from the side streets
I had traversed but an hoar ago, and it ap
peared to me that they were impelled with the
force of a tremendous blow-pipe. Everything
that they touched melted. Presently the smoke
began to roll down the stairways,* and almost
immediately after the men who had been at
work on the roof came running down. They
made no outcry, but hurried from the house as
if for their lives. I went np to the fourth story,
looking into every room, and kicking opt •?
those that were locked. There were several
other men searching in the same manner, bnt
I did not notice them. While nphere I obtained
a view of the conflagration. It was advancing
steadily npon the hotel from two or three points.
There was very little smoke; it burned too rap*
idly, or what there was most have been carried
away on the wind. The whole was accompa
nied by a cracking noise as of an enormons bun
dle of dry twigs burning, and by explosions that
followed each other in quick succession on all
sides. When I was going down I found one of
the men dragging an insensible woman down
the stairs by her shoulders. She was an unusu
ally large woman, aud had -on a striped satin
dress and a great quantity of jewelry, which I
supposed she had put upon her person for safety.
of people, bnt the excitement had given ■
a terrible grief and scenes of desolation r 1 ® I
Plaines and the northern part of Jeff«rs 0 n F
were piled np twelve and fifteen feet hieh
goods. Luckily Wood knew where to find vH
Frear, and he arrived at the house jnst in r
to get her into a baker’s wagon, which r!? I
and I pulled for half a mile. She was in »H
rible condition, being hysterical, and
were in Des Plaines street again there cam.
omnibus loaded with frightened chiM.^I
through Lske street Thoy were ervin?,^
screaming, aud Mrs. Frear heard them i
man who was driving the omnibus BtoonedSI
yelled after ns to know where waweretakv I
that woman. It was impossible to get thewsT’ I
through the street un account of the goods
so we were forced to go half a mile farthoSl
of onr wav. On^ Af. fmmn Q nrv.1,
of our way. Once at home a number of v'"
neighbors came f t° her_assistance, and aboctlI
o’clock in the afternoon word camo fromi- I
Kimballs that the children were all safe c-i' I
Riverside. I spent the greater part of tC v
in searching for her property withonii •! I
. - . property withont avail ,,
have lost nothing myself by the fire bnt vhi
I can recover, but on Monday aTternoon I |
to bed with a sick headache and a fever I
were the result of mental excitement raS I
than physical exposure. m 1
. Alexander Feus.
BY TELJEG-R
I assisted him to carry her down, and when she
reached the lower story to my surprise she sud
denly recovered her consciousness and ran away
followed by the man,
From the street entrance I conld see np Dear
born street as far as the Portland block, audit
was full of people all the distance, swaying and
surging under the rain of firo. Around on Lake
street the tumult was worse. Here for the first
time I beheld scenes of violence that made my
blood boil. Ia front of Shay’s magnificent dry
goods store a man loaded a store track with silks
in defiance of the employes of the place. When
lie had piled all he conld upon the track some
one with a revolver shouted to him not to drive
away or he wonld fire at him, to which be re
plied, “Fire, aud be-damned 1” and the man pnt
the pistol in bis pocket again. Just east of this.
store there was at least a ton of fancy goods
thrown into the street, over which tbe people
and vehioles passed with utter indifference, un
til they took fire. I saw, myself, a ragamuffin
on the Clark street bridge, who had been killed
by a marble slab thrown from a window, who
had white kid gloves on bis hantis, and whose
sockets wero staffed with gold plated sleeve
snttons, and on that same bridge I saw an Irish
woman leading a goat that was big with yonng
by one arm, while under the other she carried
piece of silk.
Lake street was rich with treasure, and hordes
of thieves forced their way into tbe stores and
flung out the merchandise to their fellows in the
street, who received it withont disgrace, and
fought over it openly. I went through the
street to Wabash avenue, aud here the thorough
fare was utterly choked with all manner of
goods and people. Everybody that had been
forced from the other end of tho town by tbe
advancing fire had brought some article with
him, and, a3 further progress was delayed, if
not completely stopped by the river, the bridges
of which were also choked, most of them, in
their panie, abandoned their burdens, so that
the streets and sidewalks presented the most as-
t inishing wreck. Valuable oil printings, books,
pet animals, musical instruments, toys, mirrors
and bedding were trampled under foot. Added
to this the goods from the stores bad been haul
ed out and had taken fire, and the crowd break
ing into a liquor establishment were yelling
with tbe fury of demons as they brandished
champagne and brandy bottles. The brutality
and horror of tho scene made it sickening. A
fellow standing on a piano declared that, the fire
was the friend of the poor man. He wanted
everybody to help himself to tho best liquor he
could get, and continued to yell from the piano
until some one as drunk as himself flung a bot
tle at him and knocked him off it. In this chacs
were hundreds of children wailing and crying
for their parents. One little girl, in particular,
I saw, whose golden hair was loose down her
back and caught fire. She ran screaming past
me and somebody threw a glass of liquor upon
her which flared up and covered her with a blue
flams.
It was impossible to get through to tho
bridge, and I was forced to go back towards
Randolf street. There was a strange and new
fascination in the scenes that I conld not re
sist. It was now daylight, and the fire was
raging closely all about me. The Court house,
the Sherman house, the Tremont House, and
tho wholesale stores on Wabash avenue, and the
retail stores on Lake street were burning.
The cries of the multitude on the latter streets
had now risen into a terrible roar, for the flames
were breaking into the river streets. I saw the
stores of Messrs. Drake, Hamlin and Farwell
burn. They ignited suddenly all over in a man
ner enlirely new to me, just as I have seen pa
per do that is held to the fire until it is scorched
and breaks out in flame. The crowds who were
watching them greeted the combustion with ter
rible yells. In one of the stores—I thinkit was
Hamlin’s—there were a number of men at tbe
time on the several floors passing out goods,
and when the flames blown over against it en
veloped the building they were lost to sight
entirely; nor did I seo any effort whatever
made to save them, for the heat was so in
tense that everybody was driven as before a
tornado from the vicinity of the buildings. I
now fonnd myself carried by tbe throng back
to near Lake street, and determined if possible
to get over the river. I managed to accomplish
this after a severe straggle and at the risk of my
life. The rail of the bridge was broken away,
and a number of. small boats loaded with goods
were passing down the stream. How many
people were pushed over the bridge into the
water I cannot tell. I saw one man myself
stumble under a load of clothing and disappear,
nor did the occupants of the boats pay the
slightest attention to him nor to the orowd
overhead, exoept to guard against anybody fail
ing into their vessels.
Once over the river I felt safe. It seemed to
me highly improbable that the fire wonld leap
the 'stream, whioh at this point is the widest.
Alas, those who were there tell me that the
flames of the horning storehouses on water
street wore blown into the windows on the other
side, and that before the houses that line the
south side were half consumed those on the oth
er -wpf ' crackling and flaming with intensity. I
wen. inrough North water street, meeting with
a frantio multitude teeming from each of the
bridges, and by a tiresome detonr got round to
the west side. When X arrived at my sister’s
house I found my nephew there, who Informed
me that Mrs. Frear had been taken to a private
house on Huron street, and was perfectly safe
and well oared for. I was wet and soorohed and
bedraggled. My olothes were burnt full of holes
on my arms an d shoulders and back. I asked Wood
Washington, October 19.— In the frial
States Supreme Court No. 9G, the State of I
ana, ex Rel. W. W. Handlin, plaintiff in I
va. G. M. Wickliffe, auditor, etc. This c£»|
was argued by Mr. W. W. Handlin, fhe tfcl
tiff in error. The Court decided to heu I
further argument in the cause. ‘ I
Detroit, Ootober 19.—The passenger eteiE“ I
P. G. Colburn, foundered in Ssginaw Liv-ll
Two boats with tbe officers and part of thl
crew are missing. Three passengers andMii* I
of the crew wore saved. ' I
Gloucester, October 19.—Schooner Hofr-1
has arrived and a grand reception was giventol
the erew by the citizens. g
&ew Orleans, October 19.—The Grivo I
News has an Austin special which says th|
General Reynolds finds no necessity forth I
movement of Governor Davis, in theprocil
mation of martial law in Limestone connty. I
San Francisco, Ootober 19.—Frity thotunj
sheep have been scattered and lo3t in the ecu'I
tains near Fort Tryon by sand storms. ]
The tax payers carry the city in the jnditil
and school elections. r
Salt Lake, October 19.—Aaron Johsno^iL
Mormon bishop, has been arrested as aececscrl
to murder. |
New Yore, October 19.—Tho steamer Alp I
reports that the bill abolishing slavery in lb I
zil has passed the Senate by an ovorwhelei^l
majority. I
Paris, October 19.—Victor Place, who h.'l
been on trial at Versailles for alleged frauds hi
the purchase of arms for the Govenimet‘1
while filling the position of Frencli Const! J
Now York, has been honorably acquitted. Ii|
Government has issued an order to comma::|
ants of military and naval posts and stations e I
the coast of France, warning them to keep il
careful watch on tho movements of all s:;pl
cions or suspected persons, and to be prepuicl
for prompt action to suppress any distarbancil
The object of the order is to prevent the com I
try from being disturbed or excited by a Bon I
partist descent, which is feared may bo undo I
taken. The court martial held in this city f::l
the trial of Communists, has sentenced 91 o:|
the accused brought before it, and acquited9>ll
Baltimore, October 19.—The Committee c:l
Canons reported adversely to amending earc|
13, title 2, of marriage and divorce. The Con
mittee report adversely to creating tbe officeat
Snffragen Bishops. Several reports upon c
fortuity in ritual were made the special ori
for to-morrow.
Gen. Richard N. Bowerman was sentenced:!
four years imprisonment in the Baltimore
and to pay a fine of §2,000 and costs. C.I
Thomas W. Wilson was sentenced to three reel
and and fine and costs. Both convicted of ci-|
tom-house defalcations.
New Orleans, Ootober 19.—Voile & Ccc j
mack’s bank box, containing §50,000 worth c:|
securities has been stolen. I
A wagon load of Union torpedoes explode:I
this morning, killing the driver instantly. l|
leg of the driver was blown several bnndit:l
feet. Windows in the vicinity were fchatiere:!
by the concussion. I
Later.—The torpedo explosion this inerti:;|
killed oue and wounded many others. Theccrl
tents of a saloon in tho vicinity were shattered!
The torpedoes wero manufactured by Klnberdl
Goldsmith, New York, and wero being dil
charged from the ship George Huilbort Trl
hundred cases, still on board of the vessel, vZf
probably be ordered off. * I
Nashville, October 19.—Tho Supreme Cn! I
remanded for a new trial Baxter vs. Sands I
& Clark. The lower court gave Baxter ??!,'I
000 for libel on publishing tho speech of tel
era! Mabry. I
New York, October 19.—Tho wholesale dij I
goods merchants are advancing prices osirl
conut of the Chicago firo. [
Eight hundred and sixty thousand doBal
worth of vouchers have been found paid on * I
count of Keyser, which Keyser pronounces f8; I
geries. They were paid by the Tenth Nation-1
Bank. * I
The insurance convention adopted a rcsol'- l
tion memoriab'zing Congress to exempt h'il
policies from the bankrupt act. A committal
of three was appointed to report the beat metk j
od for working insolvent companies. I
Bangor, Ootober 19.—The European »'l
North American Railroad opened with -T rei l
eclat. The Canadian officials present made cc: |
ciliatory speeohes aud landed tho Washing!-1
treaty. I
Charleston October 19.—Four fever deal-1
in tbe last twenty-fonr hours. I
Charleston, Octobei 19.—Arrived, schoopf!
May Mora, New York; John L. Lee, Itfj' I
ihia. Sailed, steamer South Carolina, h**l
Tork: ship Lady Do Efforin, Liv, ; I
schooner Florence Rodgers, New York; sctoc-l
era J. E. Messerry, Providence; Henrit^l
Georgetown, South Carolina.
Synopsis of Weatber Statement.
War Dep’t, Office Chief Signal Offices,! I
Washington, D. O., October 19, 7:40, p.X‘ I
The highest barometer has moved souit^l
into the Southern and Gulf States. Anarii-I
very low pressure has advanced rapidly ao<w I
eastward through Canada, and ia now o«-’l
Lake Ontario, with high westerly winds 1& I
Lake Huron to New York. Tho temper***I
has risen north of the Ohio and has fal>|
slightly on the Gulf coast. Clear weather tjj I
prevailed except in New York and New £ : ?'|
land. Cloudiness and fresh northeasterly wi ci T
in Southern Florida. . I
Probabilities: The low pressure will prep; I
gland to-night, witht'^l
bly move over New England to-night, with***
winds and bnt little cloudiness. The wit-
will probably diminish on the Lower Lakes t-
pleasant weather continue on Friday very £'•'
erallyeastof the Rocky Mountains. h
Chicago, Ootober 19.—The entire debt of -r
city does not exoeed §5,000,000. The Lcg 1 ^
tore has passed a bill exempting Chicago V-f
warehouse tax. Transactions in real esUts -;
the burnt districts show no depreciation •*
v.Iue.
Memphis, October 19.—Tim United SUjl
Marshal brought four alleged Ku-klux lr ^l
North Mississippi here to-day.
New Yore, October 19.—An injunction -
been granted against the Irving Insurance i*
pany, and M. J. Crowe appointed receiver. K ,_
San Francisco, October 19.—The BeF: J
cans carried the school and judicial eleci- .
throughout the State. The tax-payers
the oity by 1200 to 5000 majority.
ends are oontestiug the election «I
county, because, by the interference c .
officials, it was prevented from free babo*- ^ I
The ease of Mrs. Fair commences in t® I
preme Court on the 24th instant. ... .yi
The Apaohes, with whom Vincent Cou ^
jnst made peace, attacked a stage between
son and damp Crittenden.
Washington, October 19.—A patent m j
White, of Miliedgeville, for a oottoo
planter, has been extended. , ^
Havana, October 19.—A steamer from I
brings 600 Spanish troops. c I
Berlin, Ootober 19.—The Emperor ntf I
proved the treaties with Franoe.
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At a recent fair in Portland some fin*' i |
wee exhibited done by • lady •
work
age withont the aid of gleoaea.
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