The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1865-07-26


How BARNUM RECEIVED TIE NEWS
OF HIS Loss.-W hen the fire broke out
in Barnum's Museum, telegram was
Immediately sent to him at Hartford,
Conn, he being a Representative of a
district in the State Legislature, and was
attending to official business at the time
He was speaking when the unwelcOme
telegram was handed to him, and, opening
it, he read the contents, but proceeded
with his business in the coolest manner
possible. He did not think it necessary
to hurry on to New York, but determined
to wait until next morning. Going home
to Bridgeport, be spent that night in the
midst of his family, and only arrived in
New York on Friday morning. Like a
philosopher, Mr. Barnum views the ca
lamity in calm light. He rejoices that
the fire took place at time when but
few persons were in the establishment,
He was waited on, while at the Astor
House viewing the ruins, by number
of friends, who generously profered their
services, should they be required. Mr..
Barnum was the most buoyant Of all.
Instead Of alluding to or mourning over
his loss, he spoke Of nothing but the
prospectus for his new museum. This,
he asserts, will surpass anything Of the
sort ever attempted. II will new turn
to building" said Barnum, "and such a
building as will astouish the world. On
the roof will have my menagerie of wild
beasts from all parts Of tho world. It's
extent will be three times the size of my
late establishment, and as for curiosities,
there will be no such collection on this
continent or on any ether" The New
York papers Of Saturday contain card
Of thanks from Mr.. Barnum, in which
he says that an experience Of twen-
ty.fiye years will enable him in six
months toduplicate, in Europe and Amer
lea, every specimen Of natural history
which adorned his late museum, and,
from historical societies and other sources
within his knowledge, he can nearly sup
ply the places Of the Revolution and
other relics which have been destroyed.
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A DEAR WHISTLE.-Tho Canadians,
who received the Southern traitors and
Northern ronegades with such alacrity,
are now roaping harvest from the seed.
An American officer writes TO the Toron-
to Globe the following, among other
things -
at is we'll known that in all parts Of
Canada the staid and industrious me-
chanics and labOrers have been discharged
from the farms and workshops to give
place to those thieving foreigners who
labor for much less compensation. The
result is, that deserters from the armies
on the other side are worming themselves
into positions that should be filled by
your own native citizens, who perforce
are compelled to emigrate to the United
States to support themselves and their
families. The consequence is, that Can
ada gets the worst of the exchange, the
dissipated and unprinciplcd bouutyjump,
the United States receives
your best class Of laborers and mechanics. "
The letter was called out by an art Gle
in the Globe, on the extraordinary num-
Der of fires, robberies and disturbances
which had happened in Toronto and other
cities since the peace. We can only hope
that the select circle Of gentlemen at
leisure viii be greatly reformed before
they return to that country which they
have left for its good.
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GENERAL GRANTS SHOT "HITs"
Round TIE WoRLD-The London cor
respondent of the New York TINES makes
the following statement:
The close Of the war in America has
been a great disaster to Bombay in the
East Indies. It reminds cne of the phil
osophical experiment of striking an ivory
bail, and seeing another By of from the
opposite side. Bombay, on the opposite
side Of the world, feels the conclusion of
the sudden cessation of hostilities more
than London. OF course, London's turn
is coming, for the failure of half the COM
mercial houses IN Bombay cannot but
affect their English correspondents. The
rise in cotton, and the immense influx of
money to pay for it, had caused such a
fever of speculation as the English had
never known. All kinds of joint stock
companies were formed, and shares which
cost $500, went up G15,000. The news
of General Lees surrender sent down the
price of cotton one,half, and exploded
all these wonderful specplations. The
PaFsecs are in mourning-their sun is
darkened. General Grant little thought
that when his artillery compelled the
eyacuatiOn of Richmond +harn ,voS .