The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1867-04-03

About o'clock on Saturday morning
fire was discovered under the stage in
the Winter Garden cn Broadway op.
posite Bond street The fire burst
through the stage IN several places, and
in a few minutes the entire theatre was
wrapped in flames. The fremen were
promptly on the ground. bu, were un-
able to stop the progress OF the fire until
the theatre had been destroyed The
guests OF the Southern Hotel were warn,
cd IN tune to leave the building -
Edwin Booth lost about 100000 in cos
tunes and scenery; manager Stuart, in
library and dresses $4,000; no insur-
auce. Bruce Il Martin, hotel lesses
500, 900, insured on frescocs, lease, &C.,
$4,000, The hotel and theatre with
most of the furniture belonged to the
estate of John Latarge, who sustuins
damage OF Sl75 900; insured.
- The principal building of the Water-
proof Cloth Co., at Bridgeport, Ct,
was barnt on Wednesday The loss
will be over $3.50 ,0O0 on which there is
about SlOO,OUU insurance
Sixty bull lings were destroyed by
fire at Boutwell,, Canada, on Monday
night the 18th, including seven hotels,
and two printing Offices. The loss IS
estimated at 100000 in gold. Most of
the sufferers are Americans who were
engaged in oil specalations. Their
property was mostly insured.
A destructive fire occurred on Sunday
IN South Plttsburg, Pa, by which the
machinery works of Messrs. Robinson,
Rea Il Co, were entirely destroyed in
Guiding large stock OF patterns. Loss
about $4,000, fully lnsured.--N. Y,
paper % tnSt
AS showing the manner in which the
slave States have habitually plundered
the public treasury under the rule of the
Democratic party, remarks the phila
Pres, the fact has just been revived that
the State Of Arkansas is now indebted to
the Government in the sum of one mill
ion and twenty thousand dpllars(Sl ,O2O,>
OO0), being the principal and the inter,
eat of the sum loaned to her on the 7th
of July, 1888, during Mr. Van Buren's
administration This is part ot the
money arising from the bequest OF James
Smllh.on, of London, made tol the pur-
pose OF founding the great ms tuition
which hears his name in this city, The
on..!hAl sum of money, 853S, ,0J0. was
| th,. -, % Nri,.
the interest Of six per cent, per acnum
payable halt'yeary Ia the city OF New
Y"S No interest has been paid on upy
Of Msse bDmis since 1912, and il the re-
belllon had succeeded, the Government
would never have received dollar In.
deed, it ls evident that the slave masters
of Arkansas intended TO chcs, the Gpv,
I ernment Oat OF this enormous sum. II
must also be borne III mind thal the
interest has been regularly paid by the
Government on the whole amount of the
hequest for the maintenance OF the
Smithson an lnstitutio Arkansas
should never be admitted into the Union
until tul provision has been made for
the payment OF this just debt,
The Mocon (Ga.) Journal takes sens
sible view of President johnson and hls
course, and gives expression thereto ia a
forcihle way, thus
ANDREW Johnson has at last yielded,
Thank God for 1t. lie has done us an
immense deal Of harm; crippled us when
our armies were IN the field; rejected the
terms which Grant and Sherman gave
us, and then, at last has kept sectional
hate and anlmosity stirred up against us
by his unwise course and his foolish
conflict with Congress and Northern
sentiment.
And now we hope President John
sons opposltions to the Government
will cease. lie has opposed 1t so long,
and induced our people to oppose it SO
long, holding out to us the false idea
that he would do something tor u.s. that
he has done us infinitely more harm than
all other men and all other causes com.
bined. But for him we would long ago
have been admitted into the Union, and
upon far better terms than we shall now
be able to obtain. He has been tho most
effective enemy we have had.'
TIE Phil. Press, sums up the follow
ing epithets applied to Union men in
single number Of N. Y, Copperhead
newspaper: Heaven -defying criminals,
'mongrels,' 'implous, obscene, nameless,
and unfathomable monstrosities, incar.
nate demons, fools thievish rascals,
'wretchcs, and many other similar words.
More than this, the editor pours out his
soul in such unutterably and incredibly
filthy comparisons as We have in our
life never seen paralleled in any news
paper. He also accuses the Radicals of
having caused the social evil in New
York, of drinking all the rum, and com,
hitting about all the crime, generally,
that IS committed in Gotham.
RADICAL PAPERS IN TIE Sourn.-Un.
der the new regime of the Military bill
newspapers of the most radical chars
acter will spring up all over the South.
1t is provided that the details of the law
shall be advertised in some loyal paper
in each Congressional district. Two or
three have been started already in Vir-
ginia outside Of Richmond. They will
be numerous ere long, .,....
While every Northern copperheai is
bowling over the passage of the military
reconstruction bill. the sensible men OF
the South approve it Reverdy John.
son. Of Maryland, thinks it the best