Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1866-02-03
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"A terrific FIRE occurred OF, Benpehoff Ron
this httetooon st 4:45! originating from sparks
from ap epgiqe. Eight flowing yells. six be.
loDgi8s tolths Benoeh of Petrolsbn GS(N.
Y, two belonging to the Nortbero Light Co.
N. Y. were burned, including II, 900 barrels
crude oil. - The total; loss .is, estimated et
sf zoe zoe. srbe Ore n s'fli raging, but Is now
considered comfortable. The town at one time
was considered 10 great danger, but is now,
com parraaiivsly sefe, .li.aA-..-az-s5 n "a
SACRED LuTE. This is q new collection OF
Church Music, prepared aud recently published
by Prof. PERKIss, whose musical attachments
have been for a couple of weeks so satisfac.
tofify sbo wn at tbs place. The collection
embraces all the old music worth preserving,
and, The bala pee is made uP OF some OF the
finest cfea tious or the Professors taste aud
skill. Our choirs are adopting the Lutte, and
the prospect is, that I, will take its position
among the works of standard merit 10 The
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Address T f. Perkins. care F. J. Hunting.
ton. Broome Street, New York c- ~
A FiaE at Rock Creek. on Thursday evening
last. destroyed the three story store of IL. r.
Latimer, agd most Of is -eosien's. 10 the
second story was q shoe manufactory, from
which some of the goods we're removed;
the upper story was occupied by the NJ Masons
who lost all. INSURANCE., upon The. goods Of
Mr. Latimer, to the amount Of SO 900, had re.
Gently been effected, while his stock amounted
to some $4,000 2'''t
! a, Ip addition TO the above. correspondent OF
the Senfinei says-Whh the above all the
records Of the Township were destroyed town
ship clerks files library. the township ire asufer
books aud vouchers. etc. The origin OF the
fire is not known; but when disco vered AID
the door opened, the FIRE rushed ont, render.
ing it impossible for any one to enter the dry
goods de partment, and il was " ith the greatest
exertion that the buildings. on the opposite
corners were saved from destruction.
PROGRESS of IScoNaaUIrY AND PRoFASIry!-
Our old bunker polit cians have often rolled up
the white OF their eye with holy horror, and
admonished us Of the profanity of mixing ire.
ligioD and politics" and bomilies are not un-
frequently read TO the world upon the degrda.
ton of the sacred cause, by mixing religion
with the business Of life, but neither Gath or
Ashkelou yer heard OF rum and religion" the
spirit Of divinity and the spirit Of whisky. until
our Conneaut neigbbors gave.tbe thing sta I
on Sunday evening last. by act ually holding
religious m Getting in the bar-room OF their prin
cipal hotel. A large audience says the Reporter
assembled. aud the Gospel was preached by the
Rev. J.. Robinson, accompanied by the singing
of hymns, and benedciion, in the usual order
Of devotion. After the service, a collection
was taken, amounting to So, aod given to the
minister. We hardly know what some of our
friends here, who have been so tried to find for
themselves refuge OF purity and peace. would
say at such profare commingng OF the ele-
ments OF light and darkness.
A series of religious meetings, says the Re.
porter, are now being held at the different
churches in Conneaut, and much interest is
manifested in the cause. Some thirty have
presented themselves as subjects of prayer, the
majority of whom psof:ss consefsiou! The
meetings ore still in progress. with hopeful
results. Services each evening commence at :
o'clock, and ar cor1ucied by the Revs. Keyes,
Wyman, Ames and Robinson. @
Tns Firru LECTURE OF THE COURSE was
given on MondAy eveuding, hy 3 F TAYLOR
Esq, fer nineteen years one Of The editors ol
the Chicago Journal. The theme of the lecture
wa-"Thougnt and her Chariols." As writer
aud bellies isttres scholar, We need hardly speak
MIR. Taylor in This respect has won an enyiable
lame. be lecturer is gifted with an imagina
tion both itrvid and exhubcrant. and bis mind
and heart teem merged 10 one. so that every
thought is redolent of the spirit Of poetry not
only in its conception and nature, but in its
expression. The theme was apily adapted to
give rein to such mind in the mingling Of the
purest fancy with the faithfuluess Of truth and
reality. la the tracugs Of thought from its
germ through its gradatioDs. associations aud
"pmeut-,brough the various relations,
professions. pursuits, creations. manners and
stages OF life, his inspiration never flags. pro-
voking the bearer by is ceaseless and prolific
aow because it leaves no time for the comfort
and relish OF deliberate elj,ymcnt. Few men
are found capable Of indugng such exhube.
raice, without betrayal into indiscrelion and
extrayagsnce. Not SO with the sul,j-ct Of our
remark. Ia all the ground gone over by his
galloping pegasus, can we call TO mind word
or thought that we would have changed. Mr..
Beecher has been considered fore nost aniong
ibe writer's, apd sp akers Of the couutry for
this exhuberapce of thought aud poetry. but
We think the lecture OF Mr. Taylor not only
places him ahead of Beecher 10 lh's respect,
but 10 s,eadiness Of rein. and true balance, he
takes a standpoint that Mr.. b. can hardly
hope to attain. Iu all that goes to make the
master in the 6oer field of bellies Lsttres attaio-
ment, Mr.. T. is genius. and has Few rivals.
The COScERr Of Satur day evening last by
Prof. Perkins class oi amateur singers, was