Columbia democrat and star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1867, 1866-07-18
Terrible Fires.

FOR tue past week or TWO our exchanges
have been filed with accounts of fires fl ON
nearly all sections of the country. At pres
ent we have paper before us containing
accounts of confagratiens as follows:
In Lawrenceburg, Indiana, property was
destroyed by FIRE on the 9th inst, involving
loss of 100000 In New York, on the
same day, all the buildings on the North
side of Cherry Street, were destroyed, amount
ing to from $4,000 to 100000. Also, at
the same time, the steamer Baltimore was
burned at New Haven, Connecticut The
steamboat pier was also consumed. The
total loss is said to exceed $780, ,000 On
the I'd, the Metropolitan Hotel, in Cincin-
natl, was destroyed by ERE, at noon of that
day, at loss of over $4,000. Later, on the
5th inst, the manufacturing works of Rogers
& Co., about four miles from Utica, were
totally destroyed by fire, with all their con-
tents This was fine and costly property
The loss was about 5000, 900. A fire is also
reported to have taken place in New Orleans
on the 5th inst, burning the Odd Fellows
Hall, the most massive and magnificent build
ing in the city, including the furniture, which
was valued at $500, 900. There was an in
s1rance on the property of $4,000. There
was, also, fierce fire on the 18th, de-
stroying the -four mills of j. B. Brown &
Co., at Wilhamsport, together with large
amount of grain. Loss $4,000; partially
insured
These fires were, nearly all, the work
Of incendiaries. Andthe way property has
been destroyed of late, we might say one
grand effort was made to burn up the coun-
try. In our numeration thus far, we have
not included the terrible fire of Portland,
Maine, which was the most terrible and de-
structive of all. The major part of this
city was entirely destroyed, completely ruin
ing large number of her citizens
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DEMOCRATS TAKE CARE OF Your Chill
DREN.-The following excellent article, which
we specially commend to our readers, we clip
from the Genius Of Liberty, published in
Uniontown, Pa:
Democrats! look to your children. The
ready pens Of thousands of writer's are now
busy infusing falsehood into their minds con-
cerning late events and their cause All the
channels of literature are filed with their
perversions, prejudices and malignity. If
we expect to preserve free government, we
must watch the influences that are brought
to bear upon the minds Of the young while
their principles are forming. Discard entire
ly all partisan histories of the war, by radical
writer's, unless you adopt the better course of
placing the truth by the side of them. Take
care that through the false teachings of many
schools, presses and pulpits, your children
be not indoctrinated with the love of central
lied governments, admiration of militaryand
contempt of civil power, and thoroughly i'm
bued with other radical heresies.
We deem the above to be the very best
and most important advice that can, at this
time, be given to parents. For the last thirty
years corrupt priesthood, in this country,
has been preaching Abolition tyranny and
negro equality For the last thirty gears, we
say our sunday schools, our pulpits, our
leeture-roons, our seminaries and institutions
of learning, all have improperly engaged in
disseminating the doctrines of ungodliness,
sectional hatred and negro equality, Let
parents attend to this important duty and
guard well their children in the future.