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Smith.
LOSS or TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLL ARs-rm
roar OFFICE pxsTKoYKD, wrrH FoUE THOUSAND
Lzrfxzs.
roRs SIXTH, Ark, Sept. 20, 1850.
This morning, al about four O'Clock, Gre broke out IN
this plac, which resulted the destruction OF the Cty
Hote and the carrison block Of buidngs The vaae a
the buildings which destroyed about 500 ocs.
and the following additional lossea sustained In
cbandlse, furniture, de-
sut;or Spring, dealers IL dry goods, groceries, &C.,
loss s16 C0o-no insurance.
walton Bourne, dry goods sls o0o-lnsrred 80 90.
A. Hamilton Cline, druggist, go ooo-no insurance.
Bennett Tsss dry goods &c SIS oooiusurcd - CO.,,
The ffaa printing Office, IS ,ooo-no Insurance.
@. w. Lssion, - 0o0-no Insurance.
J. n. eudcy, ,sco-insured 81 200
Colonel Springs law once, 81 5oo-uo insurance.
Overland NAL Company, ttco-no Insurance.; ana Shs
Post once including 900 LISTERS and the ass ca orna
mali for Memphls
ms entire loss by this disastrous counasicn Ameua:-
ed 70 fully $500 600.
Tue origin Of the are unknown, but Il Is fppsssd 70
have becn the work Of m incendisry.
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THE Lazy ELGrs DrsssTER.-We recently
published an article adverting ia general
terms to the late Lady Elgia disaster on Lake
Michigan, In discsarging our du.y as Journal
lists. We made several inquiries pertinent to
the subject and. after reading the published
statements In the case placed the onus of
blame where We thought 1t properly be.
logged.
Ia answer &c our article, the United
States Steamboat Inspectors OF the Chicago
district publish q card, II which they s.ig.
Matte II as devoid CT truth, and conclude the
lucubration by volunteering the assertion that
no storm prevailed at the tine the Elgin left
Chicago on her disastrous voyage.
Here II our proof
from the Chicago Democrat, Sept lo1
rArrrxSr EowAxr vssrrAKK
cxro on frday evening for Milwaukee shortly after mid
night Tne wl1o blowing hard from the northeast
ara heavy sea rrra1g
Again
From re Eisasses wifeoHsia, sept iol :.
,hors vas AIRY tar,s !, was IN starting Gu, when the
tsies ror,cndcd 50 furious storm ne they cid that ngh
early ss tenococs The ssy vas of iuky black
bang ~ipdev tirss aud nsp awnings, and these pro
phe,,c lid cations followed up lais light By
OF The mcss fearful storms.
Among other portions CT orr article to
which the Inspectors demur Is our state
ment that there were 10 life preserveTs On board
the E'gin at the tine Of the disaster. We rre-
missed our assertion on the reports Of the Chi
csgo papers, end also from manuscript letter
written &c Us by friend Of one Of the eur.
- .( NJ.
but now, allowing the statement In the
Inspectors card. "that there were four
hundred floats on board we still Insist that
the Egin die not have her legal complement OF
life prese-vers, as required BY law, which says
that"a life preserver shall be provided for each
and every passenger on board" Now, tie
evidence thus far goes to prove that the III.
fa'ed steamer had nearly Eve hundred persons
on board. This fact, therefore. does not anne.
liorate the measure of responsibility now rest
Ing on them.
Again, these Inspectors say
n, whole fact OF the matter ", the calamity hap.
pcned in Consequence Of The detective law Ia regard 70
vefscs lights and the In which they Carried
mskng Aincet impossible for them 70 be In par
tcular positloba
II these inspectors were aware Of these dc.
fecs In the law TO which they refer, why did
they not inform the Supervisory Board Of 10.
psctors Of their apprehensions, or why did
they not place their protest on record with the
Secretary Of the Treasury, or publish the facts
to the world The eFortmade by the inspectors
to prove that the Eigin was furnished with
suitable life boats A. required by law, by mis-
calling yawl boats and small boats life boats,
only impressee the readers OF their "cerd" with
the conviction that better attention to their
duties Is desirable,
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rr~n ehs Plains.

THI OVERLAND TKLB0RArH-rRnPARAT. tys FOE M
nPozTrSG The ELECTION IN CALI loRSrA.
Fonr ssrnH, Ark, Spt 10 1890.
Six hundred troops and seventy ~ sors, from t3s
rlal,, Captain sturrh commanding, rived lere yessr-
day.
b. messenger iss 10 from the Flame, We lean thas
The telegraph poles are sct With ninety miss Of Fore
Essrucy ana although they have "a be hauled distance
q. CITY mss shs western port ion Of tie % The CON-
pauy arc putting thsn Up 81 ~ rate Ct ave and Sin ~
PER day.
me poss yin ~ ~ 70 ve-s Fear acy BY IRE middle q
ocsoSs and Ne wires sr esehed about The Ara at No.
venbs. 7ss company he pu .hed the cosssrcsou o.
the line husfAr - rapid 81 In ordsr 70 have ready 70
transmit Ne Eovenser sisr tons By pony erprss VII
Bort Ksarna, which WI ~ sore rsn Of nea-ly two dsys
uvoa ths present tlnA
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PROGRESS OF THunLcw WEED-SEcoSn STEP
TOWARDS SECURING THE Next LSoIsLsTrRE.--
The republicans Of the First Assembly district
Ct oswego county met in convention On the 10th
dag Of September, and amidst great enthusiasm,
unanimously renominated Dewitt c. Little
john, the Speaker Of the last House, for mem.
Der Of Assembly. 1t l. also reported that he
addressed the Convention in vindicstior Of his
course at Albany. There Is certainly great
need Of bis offering some excuse, let 1t be ever
&c weak, in defence Of the record that he made
during the short session Of that memorable
Legislature; but we doubt If be could convince
the public In this locality that bis record Is o
righteous one were he to talk from ncw until
election day.
Mr.. Littlejohn seems 10 hare q patent right
to represent the republicans Of that district He
has already been elected to the Assembly six
times, and ID now nominated for the seventh
term; but on no former occasion did be leave
Is many and SO large footprints In the lobby as
during the last session. The Official Journal Of
the doiDgs of the last Assembly has, without
al! other evidence unieniable proof Of this;
those printed pages reveal the fact that he
voted fer almost every claim against the
State that was presented; the division Of
counties was sure to meet with hi approval.
He voted TO override the Governors veto OF
the bill forming new county out CT steuben,
called Caristeo; and likewise for the Albany
and Susquehanna bill, notwithstanding the OBJ
iecticns Of the Governor. The several Quaran.
tine peculating schemes received bis support,
including George Laws monster. When the
several gridiron railroads were being reported
from the Committee Of the Whole In the Assem-
big, Mr.. McQuade moved "that the bills be re-
feEred 70 the Committee on Cities and Villages,
with power TO report complete" To this mo-
ton Mr.. Conkling moved Al amendment, "in-
structing the committee to strike out oil after
the enacting clause and to insert bill that
had been introduced In the Senate, providing
for the sale Of these franchises 70 the highest
bidder, by the Comptroller Of the city Of New
York, and on this motion we fnd Mr.. Littleiohn
recorded In the negative. When these same bills
were before the Assembly on their fnal pas-
sage Mr.. Plumb moved 10 "recommit, with In
structions to &C amend that the fare shall Be
four cents instead OF Eve" By the ofhcial jour
nal Of proceedings We aud that Mr. Littiebsa
"a recorded In the negative upon this moAioni
also upon the return of the several railroad
hills bv the Governor, with bis objections
and reasons for vetoing. Mr.. Littleiohn
called q substitute 70 tha chair, took the fcor
and made half hour speech In their defence
showing Why the Voices should net be sustain
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vAIVABtE piseosw -rEs or srLvxR AND GOLD ETC.
o. JcssrH No., sept 20, 1850.
he Pikes rex cypress resched here last night, with
Ns 500 ia Dust resaes some $50 900 tho hands Of pas
seugers TsS q the largest arrival this seasos
Business Al Denver CITY ID fast rssiving and the streets
rresen.s b'sely appearance.
ro, ysher beins stor, ever AID cold vsa'ss- .on7s
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love and forgery as if thsy had nc candidate q
a. e elect tc tie Presidency. Bot these
themes are 80 ams,gamateJ with republican
doctrines generally taat we suppose tssy can
not help therselves Free love seems &c cone
naturally into the contest.
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ADJUSTMENTS THIS EVENING.

ADJUSTMENTS THIS EVENING.
ACADEMY OF MUSIC. Fourteenth strees.-IrAIIAI Orr.
RA-pcs GIOVANNI.
rIBLo's GARDEN. Broadway.-IrAIIAS oPxRA-NaAnee
O. oce c'Cock-EgsAsI.
WINTER GARDEN. B-oadway.-Paxtrx O'DosszL1-
1gEyon O. tax Cousrsr-InELAND As Il Wal
BoWERY THKATRK, Bowery.-SArAS KAz-z-
NE2hzi.
WLLtcK's rHKArRE Broadway.-TaI RorIirsr-
rrvxsnTTnx.
LAURA KEEEEs rHEArRx, "a Srosdwsy.-Tas
hosxEr Dor.
NKW BOwERY, Bo~ery.-IaE LAsr DArs o. 20 sPEI.-
Bsos,z DoaS4r-Kiss o. C-o5s.
BARSUMs AMERICAN MUSEUM, Brosswsy-rsv
Rvening-JosKra HIS EsErnRxa-LrvI-e CJxlou
THs DC.
R1YAyrS' nINsrEET.s, Mechanics Hal, sys Br,stvay.
DsRtEseuEs, Soscs. DANCES. Ac.-HaIrx NAsa Aany.
NIBLOs SALOON Rroadway.-H,oLEY 4 CAsrsxfis
NInsTaxIs IN ETHIOPIAN sosGs, Buz,sauD DAScxs. 10
I5AuguEAuDS BALI.
NATIONAL THEATRE. Chatham s.ree..-Luxr 1rE
JA1cRER-W spcTs NscrlE-SoaAH Caviss-oyI -RisI
1ogsa.
CANTERBURY MUSIC HALL. - BroAdwAy.-sosss,
DAscss. BuRlzsous, DC
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1860-08-10
Why Man In favor Of the African Slave
Trade Supports Douglas.

The following article Is from the Atlanta
Georgia Confederacy, an ally Of the Atlas and
Argus and co-worker for Douglas and dis
union as bugbear,-which declared that
the Union will be dissolved II any other man
than Douglas Is elected. II boasts that Mr..
Douglas procured the repeal Of the Missouri
Compromise, because Il restrained the spread
Of slavery into free territory. But 1t princi-
pally favors Mr.. Douglas because II believes
him to DO sound upon.the opening ofthe African
trade. The Confederacy says:
We are. for the repeal ofhs restriction upon
the African Stare Trade, regardless % ITS
construed impoiicy by Northern fanatics and
Southern su6missionisis. -,
This is our cherished article. We are out
and-out advocates for re-opening the African
Slave trade; for the reason that u we had more
negroes, the South could now and then admit
new Slave States, and we would hear less about
Squatter Sovereignty, and there would be no
demand for Congressional protection. BESIDES
another very great reason why We are for re-
pealing all restriction upon the African Slave
Trade Is, that under the existing statute
STAKEHOLDER Is stigmatilei as q .pirdis, when
these very 'piraies,' not only feed, clothe, and
christianile q heathan race, but from the pro.
duction arising from the labor Of these slaves
owned by these .pirates,' the world Is clothed
and fed. Commerce, the arts and sciences
flourish. All, all, we say, from the impetus OF
slave labor. And should the Shareholders OF
the South, or their ancestors who were slave
traders, be denominated 'piraies" We be-
lieye, in the craftsmanship OF Mr.. Douglas, his
forecast, his judgment, and thatby III, election,
justice and equality wiil be meied out to srery
section. Hence tce adrocdts his election.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1860-08-10
The FirstRcpublican Gun.

The news Of the election Of Hon. FRANK
BLAIR, Jr., to Congress again for the
long term from the St. Louis District In
Missouri, was received here by telegraph on
Tuesday evening, the election having been on
Monday. ani gave great delight to the Republic
cans here. II was announced to the meeting
held in the square opposite the Biddefori House
and was received with great cheering. Hiseiec-
ton is significant. 1t is an earnest OF the com.
ing victory, light from the right quarter, and
an Indication that the free iaborers Of Missouri
do not quail before the slave power, but Arc
steadily moving In the right direction for FREQ
speech, free soil and free men. All honor to
the working men Of St. Louis who have the glo-
ry Of electing the first Republican to the next
Congress,
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The Democratic Nominees.
\ nzxocRAr1o FAILURE.


Tho mas meeting Of tho Democracy ut
Alfred on Tuesday, 20 we learn, II not fall
urc, came very nearly up 70 tina. interesting
condition. It had been announced for weeks
the candidate for Governor was to DO there,
Hon. E. @. Marshall from Kentucky. was 10
be there, and any amount Of drumming up
for the occasion had been done. Well, tho
day came-a band from our city went up,
and tho people wcro at homo getting their
hay and attending TO their customary avoca.
tions. Instead Of the six thousand expected,
only about six hundred came. Smart wa
there, and was rs bclligcrent and brasy al
ever, and Marshall, covered oil over with thu
laurcls won by his speech in this city thu
evening before, was there and spoke to thu
people. The delegate convention made thu
following nominations;
For Senators-John Hanscom, OF South
Berwick, Samuel Bradbury, Of Hollis, iona
than Tuck, Of Biddcford.
For County Treasurer-Sanuel b. Emer,
of Sanford.
For ShriG-Jamcs NJ. Burbank, Of saco
For County Commissionr-Alvah Doc
of Pasonsfeld.
For Judge Of ProIate-Luthcr s. Moore
of Limerick.
For Register Of Pro1ate-George l.. Came
| OF Alfred.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1860-08-10
TIE KENTUCKY INFORMATION
Hon. E. G. Marshall.

Several weeks since the following complaint
appeared in the Free Pren, L. X. smarts or
gan In Waldo. The relation which Mr.. Smart
sustains to the Free Press justifes the inference
that the paragraph was either penned by him
.elf or was inserted by his authority;
"ror several weeks, Arson Burlingame has
been engaged In meddling with the pohneal al
fairs OF the people Of this State. and We iurth-
or find that he Is posted to speak, upon future
occasions, in various places throughout the
State He has been imported by the leading
Rspublicans 10 assist Israel washburn, Jr., 10
reach the Gubcrnatorial chair. Why should a
man from Massachusetts, have word to say
about cur State elcction' IL Is none OF his
business ID does not concern him In the least.
--Smart's Free Press.
Passing by the f,ct that the Convention that
nominated Smart for Governor was addressed
By imported speakers, from some OF the most
distant States Of the Confederacy that there
were present Douglas Lieutenant General
Richardson Of illinois. Sanuels OF Iowa, and
Parsons, q Stakeholder from Alabama 1--WE
come to more recent importation. 4 Slavehold-
err from Hentucky-Hon. Z. G. Marshal, who
1, speaking on various stunps in the State, and
who "is posted to speak on future occasions in
various places throughout the State"
This Mr.. Marshall addressed the people Of our
city from the Balcony Of the Biddeford House,
on Monday evening. and on Tuesday he address,
ed the assembled Democracy at Alfred. Now
We are pot going TO rctort the question OF
Smart's organ. "why should q man from (Ken-
tueky have word to say about our State cleo.
tion' II Is none Of his business. II does not
concern him in the least, for we are willing
that oil and every body who wants to speak In
our State, and who can hnd hearers, shall be
at liberty TO DO 50, for our motto Is Stree speech,
free soil and free men !" but II STAKEHOLDER
from Kentucky. or poor drivellng toad eater
who Is even more disgusting than sla,ehold- |
or himself. from the West. Is imported to make !
false statements In relation to political topics,
or to fAlsfy the positions or assail the patriot
ism Of the Republican party, and they do so in
this community, we shall mos, certainly give
our views Of their efforts, and 50 far as we have
space aud opportunity. shall expose their mis-
statements, and correct their misrepresentation.
And now TOR Mr.. Marshall and his speech here. |
We give our Democratic friends credit for
grea, propriety Of conduct in importing
Stakeholder, who makes his boast tina, he Is
such, to teach the freemcn Of the North lessons
Of political duty. II is in accordance with the
fitness Of thing, that one who profits BY taking
the fruit. Of the ,iuew. Of the African without
rendering an equivalent ,houh come here AMI
advocate tina, pemocrasv ,h,ch ho,a. =, n,
great principle ,,,h,, the strong under ,hs ds,u-
.,x. ana mi.n.mei p,;ns,n,. an, 4. an. ~.
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FRIDAY AUG. 10. 1860.

meet him at any other place within the State,
but to neither Of these propositions would Mr..
Marshall acceds. He In his own expressive
language "squtleAsd." probably fully satisfied
that Mr.. williams whom hs said was ig-
noraut Of political matters, and did not know
what had been decided in the bred Scott, and
chad never travelled" ashe had, had done him
full justice already. u La.I
The meeting separated about eleven, the
Republicans with laundering cheers for Lincoln,
Hamlin, washburn, Williams, repeated again
and again, and the Democrats responding with
cheers for Douglas, Marshall, mingled with
occasional howls and groans at the Republicans.
Our Democratic friends are accustoming
themselves to bowling and groaning, and will
be In good trim to do any amount Oft amer
their defeat In the September and November
elections.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1860-08-10
Hon. I. IT. Williams Speech.
Hon. L. G, Mnrshali.--HiS Plantation
Manners.

Hon. e. c. Mar.hali---His Plantation
Manners.
Hon. I. T. WILLIAMS. the gentleman from
New York, who signifed his purpose to reply
to the speech Of Mr.. Marshall Of Kentucky
alluded to in another article In our paper, full
filed in the most satisfactory manner the
promise made by him the evening previous.
He spoke from the spot where Mr.. Marshall
talked, and to one Of the largest and most
earnest gatherings ever assembled In our city.
Besides our republican friends there were
several hundred democrats present, the great
or portion Of whom We say to their credit,
listened attentively to Mr.. Williams, and some
Of them used their exertions to silence the dis
graceful disturbances which some OF their
political friends, who, filed either with bad
rum or worse spirit, created or attempted to
create, in the rear Of the speaker. These in-
dividuals. portion Of whom were boys, led on
by boys Of older growth, BY the vulgar s1hibi-
ton which they made Of themselves and their
insulting expressions to the speaker ITO dry
up" "to 60 home" and BY their occasional
bowls. formed but small portion OF the assem-
bly,, and ~ the speaker did not notice them,
or II he did, regarded them - unworthy OF
attention. their efforts 10 create disturbance
availed little.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1860-08-10

ADAMS IIoUsE-visitors Mt Old Orchard
Beach will find no pleasanter place at which to
stop, be their stay long or short, that at tho
Adams House, Henry Bacon, proprietor. Tho
House Is situated most pleasantly almost direct
ly on the Beach, thus commanding o splendid
view Of the sea, Is well fitted up. and has POI
lite and gentlemanly landlord, who spares no
pains to render his guests comfortable and hap
py. The House Is new and capable Of furnish
ing quite large number Of guests with airy.
neat and pleasant rooms. Chowdcr parties will
be served on request with most excellent chow
ders, got up In Q manner to suit the taste OF
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Smart and Hayes Mt South Berwick.

Our engagements were such as to allow 1t,
and we remained over after the Republican
meeting at South Berwick on Wednesday Of last
week, to hear Hon. E. X. Smart, aud /. Nj.
Hayes, Esq. talk Democracy on Thursday
evening. As on the previous evening, the
speaking was in the open air, from a stand in
from, of the Nichawannoch House, and the peo-
pie were treated to the pleasant strains OF the
South Berwick Band before the meeting COM
moneed, and occasionally during the progress
Of the meeting. The number in attendance
was about three-fourths as many as was pres
ent at the Republican meeting the evening pre-
yious, perhaps 1900 in all, and there were
great many Republicans there to listen to the
redoubtable Smart and his Lieutenant I. NJ.
Hayes A Mr.. Colby-we believe he holds or
did hold some government office connected with
the mais-in,roduced the speakers. Lieuten-
ant Hayes was first introduced and spoke for
nearly an hour. principally on the troubles Of
the Democratic party. He was particularly Sc
we're on the Breckenridge wing, and his speech
ON the whole was strange and savage mixture
of personal spite and political rancor, closing
with the declaration that the Democratic party
was not dead, as had been alleged. or slumber-
ing, but was ready to show itself on the day oil
the election. The only point of any moment
in Mr. Hayes speech was his assertion that the
Republican party was q sectional one. As this
is mere matter Of opinion. and must be so
from the nature OF the case, we do not propose
to discuss the question with Mr.. Hayes. If he
believes II he is to be pitied.
Mr.. Smart then appeared on the stage, bring
ing with him q great array Of books and pa
pers, with which to demolsh his opponents
Af,er arranging his books, he commenced by
telling the audience that he was selected as the
standard bearer Of the Democratic party, and
II he did not bear the standard to victory II
should not be from any fault Of his.
One Of the first points made by Mr.. Smart
was that during the time the Republicans had
been in power in the State there had been great
extrayaganee and corruption In every depart
ment. He made this assertion. but failed to
bring forward q particle Of proof to sustain the
charge, and for the very good reason that no
evidence Of the kind can be found to sustain II.
II was simple bald declaration which the fg-
ures We give contradict. Let us see. In 1886,
the Democracy were in power in this State. and
during that year fIrrY THOUSAND DoLLARs
were added to the public debt. and there has
been no increase since under Republican admin
istration Of affairs. That year the expenses Of
carrying on the State government were much
larger than they have bean since. The Legi.-
lative expenses are always large items In the
public expenditures Let ms contrast the year
1886. when Gov. Wells was in power. with the
years subsequently, Of Gov. Morrill,. First for
Gov. Wells;
49,. ,P.y RON Of Senate. $3.50 90
1870 House, 3s,ass 90
su,ses 90