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The Republican journal., 1871-10-12
A City in Ashes.

Nothing in the long list of human ca
lamties, short of death itself,s profound
| ly moves the sympathies of mankind as
the devastation wrought by fire when it
assais and DESTROYS the homes and shelf
erS OF families. Nothing is more pitiful
than the blacknesS and desolation which
mark the spot where once happy house
hold gathers about Il home devasted by
the flames. How much more the lamen-
tation and deeper the compassion when
we contemplate y disaster like that OF
Chicago, which sweeps over miles of a
closely inhabited city, driving families by
tens OF thousands, naked, homeless and
starving, into the surrounding fields.
The calamity is the greatest of the kind
which ever visited an American city. and
is parallelel only by the great fire which
destroyed London in 1866, immediately
following the great plague, and which de-
stroyed llve-sixth of the city. The de-
sIruction of Moscow in 1915 may have in
VOWED the loss of rs many homes, but the
conilagration was military measure, and
the deliberate act OF ;hc governme MT
Both cities fully recovered from the blow
in 4 remarkably short time, London be-
ing enlircIy rebuilt with many improve
ments in fly" years.
The causes which resulted in this tire
mcnlous contla@ration are the same which
contributed TO the less terrible fires in
Portland. Augusta, Waldoboro, Belfast,
Calais and other cities of Maine-a lone
continued drought which made the build
lng' like finder, with u lack of water and
the prevalence Of high winds. Under
such conditions, in cities of wooden or
mllanmtble structures, like caamties
will be liable to occur continually. The
only real safeguard is in tire-proof build-
ings, which will be resoued TO in hut COM
paratively few instances
1t is impossible ut this writing to esti-
mate the extent OF the disaster, in all its
'tNIttl>. y CITY Oh pD),tNU lnnaDIt1ntS
larger than Boston with the cities adion.-
ing, with It's elegant business blocks.
hotels. th"rtr"-. hanks. residences, has
been in large part swept to destruction
The amount in dollars that will cover the
loss can be but coniectural, but it must
be sorrowlu!ly large. How far the in
surance companies may be able to re-
Spond, and TO what extent their solvency
may be impaired, cannot yet be known.
In its best aspects the catastrophe is over
whelmng, and will profoundly move the
Sympathies of the whole country. The
aid rendered from all portions OF the
United States has been prompt and gener-
Gus, and will doubtless be continued as
long rs there is human suffering to be re-
lieyed
The telegraphic dispatches giving the
latest news up to the hour Of going TO
press will be found in another column
The Republican journal., 1871-10-12
Democratic Mayor in Savannah.

SAVANNAH, 8.
Municipal election in Savannah, Mon
day, was quiet. The democratic ticket,
with Col. John Screven for Mayor, was
elected here by 2OOO maiority. Over half
the negroes are supposed to have voted
the democratic ticket.
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The Cost of Governing.

A contributor to the Atlantic Monthly,
II leading periodical Of radical pro
cliyities, shows from the official returns Of
the Treasury Department that during the
year ending December 81, 1870, the Gov
eminent collected from the country SlO9,-
POS, s33 in the shape OF taxes. As the
census puts the general population nj
forty millions in round numbers, each
man, woman and child paid in taxes TO
the Federal Government, for 1870. So
in addition TO the amount paid for State
and local government purposes. The fol-
lowing table will show what the cost per
capita of running the Government was
for several Administrations previous to
Grants, rs also what Grants is costing
This table is exclusive of interest and
principal paid on public debt:
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Generalities.


tensions of other military and naval command
crs.
A balloon that ascendcd from Plymouth, y.
H., on Friday, landed the same evening Al
Brdgton, Me-, aftor voyage over the White
Mountains. 1t travelled IS miles in one hour
| and forty minutes Mr.. Holden, Of the Boston
| Journal, Was passenger.
| The executors of estate Of the late Jabez
| Frederick, Of Boston, have recovered s7460s3,
| which was eytorted by U. 5. officials from Mr..
| #. during his life time on groundleSs charge
Of illicit distilation.
! John f. Gooid Of AndOyer, Oxford County
Maine, raised on a measured one aud three
! eighthS acre OF land five hundred and fifty
bushels of potatoes Who can beat it:
| new way Of making whskey by mixing
| >ulphnrir acid with the mash, has been dis
covered, The article usually brings on funer
Al in thirty lay,.
The new teIl boat near White Head was re-
| Gently run into and damaged. II has been
taken to Portland for repairs.
| N'Nril Robinson, 4 clothing dealer Of Port
land, has committed forgeries to the amount Of
| &l0,oo0, and gone to parts unknown.
| At Nashua, y. IT,, ON Tuesday, John Morrill,
threw himself in front of locomotive and was
Instantly killed.
| Jndee Dicl,er>on has divorced twenty couple.
| al tlr present term of the Knox County court.
| aud HASN'T aolouruet the term vet
Alter this week the steamer Lewiston will
! make but one trip a week between Portland and
| Nlnchas,
| G.. W. Goddard has been appointed Po>tmu,-
t.r ofpor,r,nl
| Tt,pcp DAVIS lvur Tho ,yil of tha I.t.
| Hon Woodbury. D,yis has haan titaJ in tha
| Probate ohire in mi, city' In Il ha heoueath.
| all his pronrrtv tn hiy viii. ana duufhIpr for
| thelr use during thelr me Tune and on Their
aeIeaSe' ii Any TIC let, 1t Is TO be divided INTO
nuns ~ l"o-nitha TO De 9iElueo e!uhiy petmeeh
- t ~ r., , ~, i,,i
] ot,, ,',, th aa,'i,, tt",nn w >tssi,
| orE s5,..ty The N'inn Wivsionarv S,riatv NM,
49,, E.n.,l! or,,h.n S"ci.tT Ipnrt1,uI PI.s S,''
/ Inc W ado hhlliNt association held It's i1flH
| 'hIf,l anniversary at Nlha7or 'he lhird week IN
SEPTEMBER anG y T. M occasion OF deep interest
l"Ai present ne "HIHFS "I the previous ye'T
were I'-eE''fgl' wv w -. lhoLlhS, holerA-
Treasurer. sermons We're preached by EeyN
fish lrASk, Thomas, Blckneu and ticker
Inc social meetings. were deeply interesting,
Gilman, III; + PraSahtiy "Sltalfi ny ! lAte
G'ol"lncnl ne lover "emt ayr my XIV III
l@ht Venice WIN nl'l'lru "l'tei'' "il,le an a'
making as much noise AZ possible The lady
| briu. duly deposited in the mulfad vehicle the
heavy one dashed OF ut Il furious rate, with
papa in hot pursuit, while the lovers were
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The increase is enormous, and alto
gether unjustitiable Frauds and cmbez-
elements, extravaganza and prohigacy
are the devouring mouths that require of
the people such contribution as $40, %
per capita for every man, woman and
child in the United States.
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Professor Agassiz is about setting out
from Boston on q deep sea survey of the
ocean bordering America. lie has at his
steamer, fitted for the purpose. She will
carry u dredging apparatus capable of
working at depth of 5000 fathoms, and
the Professor intends making a zigzag
course between the eastern coast of Amer
ica and the deepest part of the Atlantic
as far as Cape Horn, and so up the west
ern coast to San Francisco, dredging all
the way. lie anticipates . new revela-
ton of the condition of animal life from
those unknown depths.
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Il. Pope Nose and j. Porter, have purchase
the Rockland Gazette
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Relief for Chicago.

The measures taken to mitigate the sul-
terin9s OF those who are deprived of
homes. clothing and food 10y the great
Chicago calamity has been prompt and
hearty all over the country. Boston held
public meeting in Fanenil Hail. at which
Mayor Castor presided. Speeches We're
made by Hon. Chas Sumner, Hon. a. II,
Rice, and other eminent men. As Il re-
suit the Mayor of Chicago was authorized
to draw for 100000. New York raised
500, 900 in $4,000 subscriptions, and load
ed i large train on the Erie Road with
provisions, with orders to run at high
speed to Chicago, without stopping eX-
cept for wood and water. The contrihu
tons of New Y ork will be several hundred
| thousand dollars. Lowell, Worcester,
Washington, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Buff
| falo, Pittsburg, Brooklyn, all send mag
nificent donations. Across the water,
from London and Liverpool, come tenders
of aid. The President has authorized the
| III .ii' NN'r w
issue clothing and rations to the suffering.
All the railroads carry supplies free. Such
an outpouring of sympathy and aid has
rarely been witnessed in the worlds
| history
The Republican journals are essaying
to put upon the Democracy the entire re-
sponsibllity of the frightful corruptions
which have been discovered in the city
government of New York. In reply to
this, read the following from Mr.. 5. ).
Tilden, 4 prominent Democratic citizen
of New York. lie says in a printed cir
cular.
''Then the Republicans made the City Char
ter under which we have lived until 1870. At
the same session the same hand which created
the Republican party created also the Snpervis-
ors' Board, which has been the source of all
the corruption in our city government. The
league between corrupt Republicans and cor
rupt Democrats, which was formed during Re-
MISUNDERSTANDING. was too strong for honest
men in 1870. The Charter of that year had the
votes of nearly all the Republicans. l de-
nounced it in public speech. Wherever the
eangrene of corruption has reached the Demo-
cratic party must take Il knife and cut 1t
out bv the roots"
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THE FATE OF A BALLOONiST.


raoli, Ind, Oct. ~ Correspondence of the New
Work world
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CHICAGO, 10. A careful survey of Insur-
ances to-day. shows that there were written on
the property destroyed over 5000 900 900; add
another 800, 900 900, and fair estimate can be
reached of the loss.
LOSS OF LIFE,
1t is estimated that not less than five hundred
persons persisted in the flames
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ldlleu particulars Tor some time, as there is only
one telegraph wire working, and that only to
the suburbs.
CINCINNATI, Ohio, Oct. Q. The Mayor has
| telegraphed the Mayor of Chicago offering the
services of the fire department if needed, 1t is
reported that many houses have been blown I'D
IN the effort to stem the con1agration, but with
out effect. A mass meeting is being held here,
presided over by Gov. HAYES, for the relief of
the Chicago sufferers.
BUFFALO. N. Y, Oct. .. The following par-
hcuars of the great fire at Chicago, are obtain
ed from j. n. Crittenden, operator of the West
efn Union Telegraph Co. in Chicago, who lust
arrived at Englewood, H., seven miles south
| east of Chicago.
Mr.. Crttenden left the city on an engine at
$50 this morning.
The fire commenced about nine O'Clock last
night near the corner of Jefferson and Deleya,.
streets, and swept everything before it, taking
Il northeaslerly course through the central part
Of the city. The Court House, Western Union
Telegraph office, hotels, banks and apparently
everything within half Il mile west of the Court
House, and as far south as Polk street. and
probably west of State street, and perhaps east
of that, are all destroyed.
The fire now RACES Oh the north side east of
Weils street, extending up to Chicago avenue
IN "a northeasterly direction. 1t is being check
au 10 Inc windward on the south and west sides,
me wlnd seems to blow hard and to be chang.
ing toward the SOUTH
| / think the fire reaches toward tho oro.t
Central Depot, and that it is probably DESTROY
ed. The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern,
a9a the I JOCK Island th Raroad dpot the City
House, Crosby Opera House. &C., are amonn
the buildings destroyed. The elevators on
Main and River streets must have been burned.
as the fire was raging on both sides at seven
| O'Clock this morning when l was there. Thou
| sands of people are homeless, and the losses
| Will exceed fifty millions of dollars.
| ENGLEWOOD. 10 miles from Chicago, Oct O.
II A. M. The work of devastation continues.
More than one-half of the city is already de-
stroyed, and the flames continue their rayages
almost unopposed. At about one o'clock this
morning the fire crossed the river at Adams
street bridge, and soon destroyed the gas works
and then spread itself in every direction. At
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southern division cannot be prevented.
100 SQUARES ARE ALREADY BURNED
in the Southern division. The population will
probably he reduced fifty thousand in Il month
Business men cannot rcSu me unless substantial
help is sent from the East and West. 4 hum
drel thousand employers engaged in nercall-
tile business are ont of employment The
streets leading To the unburnt portion of the
south part ofihe city, and all leading to the one
unbroken bridge west are completely blocked
byal Kinds OF vehicles, CARRYING sick and niur-
ed people and hlackened furniture The county
records are safe but the city records are lost
Mayor Mason has received dispatches from
st. Louis, Milwaukee, Detroit. Louisville and
elsewhere, inquiring what they shall send. He
asks for cooked food for 100000 hou>eesS per-
sons
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The Fire Checked at Last.

NEW YORK, Oct. l0-l1 Il. m. The following
good news is lust received: "St. Louis has lust
mad communication with Chicago, and report,
mat lhere was heavy rain there last night and
the fire is out
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is impossible to estimate but large number OF
1iremen are known to have been killed. The
shipping ordered into the North branch of the
river was sent adritt into Lake Michigan, many
vessels were burned. All business is suspend
ed and must remain so for the present. Ire
menduous efforts were made to save the 'rri-
bune and Post we'll rs the City Hall and
the Government buildings, but nothing re-
mains but barkened stones and cracking Gin
dcrs. No papers can be published until type
comes from elsewhere, the type toundrie>
are also burned.
The Republican journal., 1871-10-12

ADMINISTRATORS. EXECUTORS and GUARDIANS
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HOOKS AND EYES.
Motto for Grocers.-Honest tea is
the best policy.

Motto for Grocers.-Honest tea is
the best policy.
Payn, the walkist, caved at the end
of his 45th mile in New York. AS he
was 10 hours doing it, it was about time.
Philip Sidney said: II am no her
aid to inquire of mems pedigrees: it is
enough for me to know their virtues"
1t is a curious fact, demonstrated by
the British census, that the population
of ireland is actually less than the num-
Der of Irish in the United States.
The State Of Michigan contains
5,l54 inland lakes, covering an area of
LA miles, besides water front on
the great lakes OF more than 1850
miles.
A map of Asia and two quarts Of ci-
der were the contributions in a Connect
icut town toward Fourth q July cele-
bIation. The committee drank the one
and had light overcoat made Of the
other.
MY hair was falling off, used two
BOTTLES of Natures Hair Restorative
and it checked it at once. 1t is clean,
safe and efficient. If your druggist has
not got it, send direct to Proctor Bros,
Gloucester, Mass, See advertisement.
REMEDY FOR A FELoN.-Take the
yolk of an egg, with an equal amount
of soft homemade soap and an equal
quantity of common salt; and teaspoon
fui of spirits of turpentine; mix well,
and apply the poultlce on going to bed.
If the felon be so far advanced as to
render lancing necessary, then apply a
new one after lanciug, as before.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-07-20

THE Last Aldina. BY George Sand.
T. B. Peterson & Brothers, Publishers,
PHILADELPHIA. This is an entire new
book by this celebrated author, and will
prove to be very popular, and must have
large sale, for George Sands style is
noble, and beautifully rich and pure
She has an exuberant imagination, and
with it very chaste style of expression.
She never indulges in defamation, aud
yet her sentences are exquisitely melo-
dious and full. She leaves you at the
end OF one of her brief, rich, melau-
choly sentences, with plenty of food
for future cogitation. No one can ex-
press the charm of them; they seem
like the sound of country bells falling
sweetly and sadly upon the ear. There
is hardly woman's heart anywhere in
the civilized world which has not felt
the vibration of George Sands thrilling
voice. She yearns to do good. The
popularity of her novels, "Consuelo,
Love Story" "The Countess Of Rudolf
stadt," sequel to "Consuelo," "Jeal-
ousy," "Indiana," "Simon," "Fan-
chon, the Cricket" "First and True
Love-" "The Corsair," ETC., have never
been equalled by any writer. "The Last
Aldina, a Love Story" is issued in
large octave volume, with portrait of
the author on tie cover, price Fifty
cents, and is for sale by all Booksellers,
or copies will be sent to any one, post
paid, by the Publishers, on receipt Of
price by them.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-07-20

CLANDEsTINE MARRIAGEs.-The
act in relation to clandestine marriages,
passed by the late Legislature, was
signed by the Governor on the I'd of
June, and is therefore a law. The act
provides:
That no justice of the peace, clergy
man minister, Or other person who shall
take upon himself to perform the mar
riage ceremony, shall be liable for the
penalty for joining in marriage per-
sons under the age of twenty-one years,
as provided in the second section Of an
act, entitled can act to prevent clan
dostine marriages" approved February
fourteenth, Ammo Domini one thousand
seven hundred and twenty-nine, unless
such justice of the peace, clergyman,
minister, or other person performing the
marriage ceremony, shall, at the time,
of joining them in marriage, knowingly
or willfully perform such marriage cere-
mony in disregard Of the provisions of
the first section of the act aforesaid.
Under the original act Of 1929, the
person performing the marriage cere-
mony in the case of minors was liable
to the penalty whether he did it "know-
ing or willfully" or otherwise, but in
case Of prosecution under the new law
it will be necessary for the plaintiff to
show that the ceremony was knowingly
or wilfully performed, otherwise the de-
fendant is not liable to the penalty.
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BURLINGTON.

Leaving the East and arriving at
Chicago or indianapolis, how shall we
reach the West? The best Line is &C.
knowledged to be the c., j. Il O., Joined
together with the b. &c M. Railroad by
the Iron Bridge at Burlington, and
called the Burlington Route,
The Main line of the Route running
to Omaha, connects with the great Pa
cifc Roads, and forms to-day the lead
ing roule to California. The Middle
Branch, entering Nebraska at Platts-
mouth, passes through Lincoln, the
State Capital, and will this year be
finished to Fort Kearney, forming the
shortest route across the Continent by
over 100 miles.
Another branch of the B. NJ, d.
verging at Red Oak, falls into line
running down the Missouri through St.
Joe to Kansas City, and all Kansas.
Passengers by this route to Kansas,
see Illinois, Southern Iowa, and Mis-
souri,, aud, by a slight divergence, can
see Nebraska also.
Lovers of fine views should remem-
Der the Burlington Route, for its towns
"high cleaning from afar"--its tree
tringed streans--its rough bluffs and
quarries-its corn-oceans stretching
over the prarics further than the eye
can reach.
Land-buyers will be sure 20 remem-
Der it, for they have friends among the
two thousand who have already bought
farms from Geo. S. Harris, the Land
Commissioner of the B. q M. r. r. at
Burlington, Iowa, or among the four
thousand home -steadcrs and pre-emptors
who last year filed claims in the Lincoln
land Office, where "Uncle Sam is rich
enough to give us all farm"
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DR. BoRDwELL visited Reynolds
vllie' Jefferson county, lately, and says:
The town is growing slow but sure, sew.
veral new buildings have been put up
this season and many more are in course
of construction.
Judge Shultz has sold nearly one
hundred acres of land in village lots
and the fields are dotted over with piles
OF stone and lumber for building.
The Judge has as fine a residence as
you will often see. His garden contains
an acre of level sandy soil; with a grove
OF trees i'll the centre. The Judge has
done much for the place and deserves
to he we'll rewarded for his trouble.
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PRoPosED
AMENDMENT 70 THE CONSTITUTION OF
PENNSYLVANIA.

JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitu-
ton of Pennsylvania.
Be it Resolved by the Senate and House of
Representatives. Of the Commonwealth of Penn
syluania in General assembly met, That
the following amendment of the Constitu-
tion of Commonwealth be proposed to the
people for their adoption or rejection, pur-
suant to the provisions of the tenth article
thereof, to wit:
AMENDMENT.
Strike out the Sixth Section of the Sixth
Article of The Constitution, and insert in
lieu thereof the following:
ga State Treasurer shall be chosen by
the qualified electors of the State, at such
times and for such term Of service as shall
be prescribed by law"
JAMES H. WEBB,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
WILLIAM A. WALLACE,
Speaker of the Senate.
Approved the fifteenth day of June,
Ammo Domini one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-on
JNO. W. GEARY.
Prepared and certified for publication
pursuant to the tenth article of the Con-
stitution.
F. JORDAN,
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Office Sec y of the Commonwealth, ! 12t.
Harrisburg, July 9th, 1871. ! 20.
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OUR BOOK TABLE.

HOME AND HEALTH for July is on our
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Published by L. A Cooley, Philadelphia
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