The Portland daily press., 1870-09-05


The ST. Crox Courier (St. Stephen, N. b.
devotes nearly full page to an account of
the fire at Calais on Saturday last. 1t says
the total amount of insurance, as given by the
| agents, is $4,000 divided as follows:
Home Conn OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. $2aOO0
Union Office Bangor J. oiOV
Thomaston o o"o
Pen0tscot 90 o 900
Hartford ~ wy
Phoenix u afford. $500
Springfield F. NJ. 200
Security. 600
Phoenix (Brookiyn) SIS
First National (Worcester) ..................50 500
TranAn; .....''.'... .6,0oO
INDEPENDENT. IL 600
The Courier says $4,000 worth of the ship
ping destroyed was owned abroad; this
amount and 100000 paid by the insurance
companies, reduce the local loss to $290O0
which is borne about equally by the inhabi-
tants of Calais and ST. Stephen.
awe quote few "incilents" of the fire from
the Courier's account:
| The crew of vessel on fire was seen to
hang to their craft to the last, and when the
flames became became too hot. they jumped
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| cape.
| A grand fight was made at the Unitarian
and Universaist Church, which was undergo
| ing repairs. The house took fire repeatedly,
but the men on the roof and bell-deck work
ed like Titans. Towards the latter part of
the afternoon the ball just beneath the
weather-vane on the top of the tower was
discovered to be on fire. How to get there
was the absorbing question. Mr.. S. Gallagh-
err was finally sent for. He ordered two long
ladders dashed together. The crowd of in
| quisitive loafers made all sorts of inquiries,
but in the midst of their inquiries, joke and
sneers he kept the men at their task. He
easily got the ladders up to the top of the
tower, the lower end resting on the bell deck.
Robert Smiley, of Middle Landing, and
Charles Smith, Of Midtown, St. Stephen,
| quickly assembled the ladders, 100 feet from
the ground, and worked beroically, though
the heat from the burning buildings was in
tense. These exertions undoubtedly, saved
the church from destruction. This building
was in manner, the key of the upper side Of
Main street and the lever end OF Washing
ton street, and had the fire got head way
there, no human power could have saved the
row of beautiful residences in that location.
Mr.. VIM. Kinds had vessel on the Ma
rlne Railway for repairs and when the flames
reached the foundry and machine shop he let
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flats The spectators say ''she went like
Jehu.' Though deeply imbedded in the mud,
the tide floated her down stream and she was
saved.
Mr.. Barnard's daughter was entrusted with
large mail bag which contained the money
| and stamps belonging to the office, and charg-
ed by her father TO safely deliver it at his res
| idence. She did her duty to the letter, carry
| ing the valuables on her shoulder through the
oil off Of 10
must have been in state of excitement, tor
the next day she was unable even to lift the
| wellfilled mail bag.
| So suddenly did the fire come upon some of
the small tenements in the vicinity of the
wharves that the occupants had no time to
save anything, and the women were obliged
to take to the mud-fats 10 save their lives. 1t
was an affecting sight to see some of them
with babes in their arms making good their
escape.
The city council has provided for straight
ening Main street, at Perkins corner; also
that no wooden buildings over two stories in
height be allowed to be built in certain dis
tricts, and that no livery stables or black
smith shops be allowed within twenty feet of
the principal streets.
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| Letter from Hon. J. Is. Neailey.
| The following letter was written by Hon.
John B. Nealley of Sonth Berwick, to the ed
itor of the Union and Journal.
Mr.. Nealley is one of the Republican can
didates for Senator from that county, and his
letter gives expression to the feelings of every
Republican in that county who desires the
success of the Republican principle.
SOUTH BERWICK, August 16, 1870.
JOHN e. BUTLER, ESQ.,, Chairman of YORK.
Co. Rep'n CONS n regret very much
that sickness of my only daughter will prevent
me from being present, and taking part in
| your deliberations, and The more SO as 1 am
much interested personally in the result.
therefore pen few lines to you giving my
views in brief in regard to your situation, and
our prospects ahead. There is no truer say
ing than that ga house divided against itself
must fall" From the very nature of things it
| must be so. Now what do we see! You my
dsAr sir, are prominent man in the Republi-
can party 10 York cour ty. Chairman of their
Committee, editor of their official paper, pre-
suming to speak for them, and yet it seems to
mo you are doing all you can to defeat the
Republican ticket in this county. Il may be
you do not mean it, but the result is the same,
the Republicans in this section so understand
it, and so do the Democrats. Said noisy
Democrat to me to-day, ",ce shall carry our
ticket if we do not elect iHaines. Cumberland
may give majority enough to elect Lynch, but
we shall carry York county, half the Republi-
cans of Biddeford will vote with us, the Bid
deford Union and Journal is with us in sym
patty, we know it. See what it says OF w.
p Haines, SC. &C." Now is w. p. Haines
htnr, 10 a ak SI,o l., -
crat that he was during the war? Does dis
appointment in the nominee of the Republi-
cans make better man of Haiqcs that the
Journal should eulogize him? Then have
looked in vain, in the Journal, for an encour-
aging word to the Republicans of the county
to rally to the standard as in olden times. At
the head of its columns it keeps certain elang
words, said to have been used at the district
convention by prominent Republicans of the
district, apparently to excite prejudice. The
names of the Republican candidates are put
among the advertisements. All this in our Of
fetal paper is calculated to weaken the party,
and give success to our enemies They SO I'M
derstand it, and it looks very much like biting
off ones own nose to spite his enemy. The
Republicans must work and together as a unit
III all Lnelr measures OF tney are ue1eateu sure.
Can you do any good to the Republican cause
by continuing the ,Dar on lynch. Material aid
is wanted in money to pay election expenses
Can it be had if this state of things continues?
Can we get anything from Lynch or the dis
trict committee? l think not, but with har-
mony in the party, and vigorous effort
against the common enemy even now would
save the county.
hope you will give these views candid
consideration, II have written them in hur-
ry) and such weight as you think they deserve.
They are not my views alone but in substance
those of the prominent Republicans in this
town. Yours truly,
JOHN 3. NEALLRY.
To the Editor Of The Press:
Permit me to correct through your columns
the erroneous impression which the unfortu- |
nate selection of language in the despatch |
published by you Saturday, in regard to the |
Chamberlain meeting at Lewiston Friday |
evening seems likely to create. The meeting |
alluded to in that despatch was not intended |
to be, or considered in any sense, q public one |
but was merely meeting of the signers to the |
call for Chamberlain meeting, to take coun-
sci together as to more thorough organiza- |
ton. The call for the public meeting received |
some 300 signatures, and these signers alone |