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than confirms the previous reports of
the suffering existing there. The ne
cessiies of the people are imperative.
They. need immediate food and cloth
ing, Direct all supplies to Senator
Ferry, Grand Haven.
A government vessel will convey
all contributions from there to Manis-
tee. The people of Detroit and other
cities in Michigan are nobly respond
ing to the appeals made to their gen
crosby. A car load of provisions
leaves here tonight for Grand Haven,
and one goes from Lansing in the
morning: Large quantities of clothing,
bedding and. provisions are forwarded
by boats to Port Huron, Lexington
and Port Sanilac, for the relief of
the hundreds of destitute c~ongregated
at those places. Later reports from
Holland announce that Rev. Mr..
Scott is safe, and it is now believed
that no lives were lost at the burning
of that town.
Governor Fairchild t~elegraphed on
Friday night the following from Green
Bay, in relation to the Wisconsin fire.:
The appalling calamity has not been
exaggerated. Over 5000 men, wo-
men and children are now destitute
The loss of life has been very great,
not less than five hundred persons
having been burned at Peshtigo and
vicinity, and three hundred on the
eastern shore. Scores of men, women
and little children are now in tempo
rary hospitals, burned and MANNED
Money is wonted ; also clothing, bed
ding, boots, shoes, provions of all
kinds, not cooked, building materials,
and everything needed by a family to
commence life with. The people are
responding nobly, but there are no
danger of too much being received
The destitute must be provided for
during the winter.
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Foreign News.

KINGSTON, Oct. 15.-It has been
blowing a gale here all day and yes
terday, and the steamers Corinthian,
Enterprise, Dominion and America
are obliged to lie over in consequence.
A number of vessels are reported
ashore.
MONTREAL, Oct. 10 A terrific
gale set in yesterday morning, after a
heavy rain all night, doing much dam
age to life and property. A large
number of wooden tenements were
blown down. The brick walls CT the
new gas building were blown down,
and also the new building in Dalhousie
street, from which several persons
barely escaped. The roof of the new
St. Georges church started during the
night. The CONSERVATION was fear
full, people rushing out in the middle
of prayers. No damage was done be-
You'd the fright. The cathedral spire
rocked like a ships mast, and the con-
gregation, terrified, left before the
completion of the services. Miss An
ME Lowe, youngest daughter of John
Lowe, late ofthe Gazette, was instant
" killed by a falling tree while pass
ing to a neighbours house. 1t is hoped
the fatal cases will not be many, but
all are not yet known. Many citizens
were MANNED by falling signs and cor.
nices.
BosroN, Oct. 16.-Halifax dis.
patches estimate the damage by late
hurricanes at 5000, 900. The shores
of Halifax Harbor, on, Friday morn.
ing, presented al appearance OF wreck
and ruin never seen before. Wharves
were shattered, several vessels high
and dry, and others destroyed. AL
together twenty vessels, mostly fisher.
men, suffered. Three men were
drowned off the harbor while setting
nets. The railway track from Hall
fax to Bedford was damaged to the
extent of sixteen thousand dollars.
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denominations" and Rings"

Among the foes of free 1nstitu-
tions, few are more insidious or dan
gerous than combinations, formed I'M
der the corrupting influence of money,
to control the action of Government
in either of its Departrnents-the
Legislative, Judicial, or Executive.
By corrupting influence, we mean
more than what is effected by open
bribery, though that is sometimes re-
sorted to, and, of course, comes with
in the scope of what is intended by
the foregoing remark. A vast deal
more than that, however, is intended
to be embraced in it.
A distinguished English writer has,
somewhere, said that the ''fumes OF
gold" are as deadly to the moral. sensi.
bilities as the 'ffumes of charcoal are
to the physical. The truth of this
observation no one will question, who
is acquainted with human nature and
the history of mankind.
The very "fumes of gold" or the re.
mote influence of money, in the mat
ter under consideration, are as fatal as
the cash, counted and poeketed.
Good Government, which looks tc
the protection of the rights of al
classes and members of society alike
the rights of the low as well as the
high-the poor as we'll as the rich
the rights of labor as well az of CAPT
tal-can only be properly and perma
nently maintained when its admins
tration is kept pure and upright in al
of its Departments.
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"1U Papers Should Publish This

The Trustees of the Louisville Med
ical College louisville, Ky.0 have
created one of the most liberal and
noble benefactions ever conferred by a
public Institution upon any people,
The Trustees of this College have in
stituted on Beneficiary Scholarship
for each Congressional District in the
Southern and surrounding States
By this means many poor but deserv-
ing young men will be enabled to OBJ
tain a thorough medical education
Any one wishing to take advantage
of this Benefaction which is worth to
each student at least 5000, has only to
write to DR.. f. s. Gaillard, Dean of
the Faculty of tie Louisville Medical
College, Louisville, KY, when he
will receive a college. catalogue. with
full information in regard to all that
is necessary for him to do to secure
one Of these Scholarships. With
proper and welcome delicacy the names
of those who have secured the Benef.
c1ary Scholarships will be known only
to the Dean of the Faculty. 1t is. un
necessary to commend those who have
established these noble Beneficiary
Scholarships. Their act will bring
them commendation wherever it is
known.
In accordance with the old Hippo
cratic oath, forbidding physicians to
charge the families of each other for
services rendered, the Faculty of this
College will make no charge for teach
ing sons of physicians, and, as no ply
sician charges a clergyman's family,
the IONS of clergymen will receive the
same privilege. The next College
session begins October I'd, 1911
As the lecture fees charged for each
student who has not obtained a Bene-
fciary Scholarship, amount to $40,
annually. the public can appreciate
the munificence of this benetaction.
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Undiluted Savagery.

LOUISVILLE, Oct. IA number
of fires occurred in this city last night,
and two tonight were discovered and
extinguished before mitch damage was
done, but all create much uneasiness,
and all are believed to have been the
work of incendiaries, endeavoring to
produce a disaster similar to that OF
Chicago. -Four of these fires occur
red in carpenter shops, and are said to
have been evidently set on fire.
LONDON, ONT, Oct. 14.-Three
separate attempts were made last
night to set fire to the Southwestern
part of the city, including the Grand
Trunk, Great Western and London
and Port Stanley Railroad freight de-
pot, Oil refineries and stove factories.
A car load OF oil in a train of even
eel cars was set on fire Another
car on a siding close to the Western
car shops and Port Stanley depot was
fred, and the Grand Trunk Railroad
freight she'd was also set on fire. In
each ease the fire was Immediately dis
covered and extinguished. A force
of special watchmen have been en-
gagged to guard against similar at
tempts in the future.
SYRACUSE, Oct. 15-There were
seven distinct fires last night, six be.
ing the work of incendaries. There
was fortunately no great damage. "A
high wind was prevailing at the time,
and it is supposed there was q plot to
burn the city. The authorities hare
taken extraordinary precautionary
measures.
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MILWAUKEE, Oct. 16-The schoon-
er Levant was wrecked off Sheboygan
the gale of Saturday night.
She was discovered by the captain of
the schooner d. P. Dobbins, who man.
ned a yawl from his vessel, but found
only two men alive. One, named Pc
ter Brando of Chicago, lived a few
minutes after being recovered. The
other, named Peter Larnum of Chica-
go, is the only survivor The others
were found dead, still cIinging to the
rigging. The bodies of the dead were
left on the wreck. The men were the
captain and mate, Robert Brown, a
passenger, and three seamen.
OMAHA, Sept. 16.-The snow storm
of Thursday last was very severe neal
Rawlins, Wyoming. The snow is
three or four feet deep in some places.
Passengers on one train report that
they were delay ed twelve hours, with
nothing to eat and but little fuel.
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Booths murder of Mr.. Lincoln, it was
not so cowardly as Payne's invasion of
the sick mans chamber. Had Mr..
Seward died then, he, too, would be
a martyr. and quiet at Auburn
Then began the restless fit; and from
its first development till now it has
never ceased. 1t has had its painful
and grotesque phases. He first went
to Mexico; and his pilgrimage thith-
er, the record of which is in print, was
marked by one incident worthy of note
and characteristic. If there be any
one spot in that wretched region which
one would think Mr.. Seward would,
on the score of memory, avoid, it is the
grave of the unhappy Austrian Prince,
who was there sacrificed. just, or
not, as was his fate, the unmarked
grave on the glacis of Queretaro is not
exactly the place whittier one would
think the accidental traveller would
seek. Yet Mr.. Seward boasts of
having been there; whether with or
without the escort of Escobedo, we
really do not know. Mexico finished,
then began the great antipodean Jour-
ney, just completed. 1t would trans
cend our limits to trace it. He tried
to see the Mikado. Like good Mrs.
Hopkins, he
"Took tea
And toast upon the wall of China"
He took a bite at Benares, snd tifin
in the shadow of the Tai. He called
at Constantinople and took coffee at
Corfu. At last, he reached Rome,
and his visit there was Illuminated by
one of those sage and Humorous apo
thegms which used to bristle in his d.
plomatic papers. We find it in a
friendly journal: n
ga correspondent from Rome, wri-
ting to the Trankfurter Zeitung, which
is well known as an extreme Liberal
organ, says: Among the foreigners
who are now here is Mr.. Seward, for
merly Secretary of State in the United
States of America, under the Presi-:
dency of Lincoln. 1t was he who re-
called the Minister Rufus Hing. from
Rome because Plus TX would not al
low any American church inside
Rome. Mr.. Seward is said, looking
up 10 the windows of the Vatican, TO
have exclaimed, Now this gentleman
can no longer make such prohibitions
against us!"
This may be true or not. We hope
1t is not. but if it be. who, at the end
of life, is most to be pitied, the sanity
prisoner at the vatican, for whose
sorrows, wisely or not, millions are
praying, and who at heart shows. the
dignity of repose, or the restless, I'M
easy politician, who, pursued by ugly
memories, finds no place of rest, and
for whom no aggregation of humanity
cares a farthing. There is a homlier
contrast nearer at home. Not very
many miles from the home which MIR.
Seward breads so much is the content
ed abode of him who was one his ri
val. There is dignity and repose and
the consciousness of duty done. Mil
lard Fillmore spends the evening of
his life at rest among his neighbors.-
Mr.. Seward goes to Ferra del Fuego.
Patriot.
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Repudiated.

The Democratic State Convention
of New York which met recently at
Rochester, purged the party of the
Tammany Ring, and the New Depart
ure. The Convention refused to ad-
NIT the Tammany delegates. By so
doing, the condemnation of the party
is placed upon the frauds and corrup-
tons which were brought into being
by the Sachems. It was in this nest
where that bird of evil omen, called
the "New Departure" was Matched.
We congratulate the Democracy of
the Empire State on their integrity
and incorruptibility. They recognize
the fact that no party can thrive so
long as it afiliates with thieves and
jobbers. Acting upon the ever men,
orable utterance of the Sage of the
Hermitage, the Convention inquired
care they honest-are they compe-
tent Finding the whole crew to be
venal, they were set adrift. Placing
in bold Letters upon their banners the
motto "Is heeapable-is he honest ~
the Democracy of New York can call
upon the honest men of all parties to
join them in the praise-worthy task of
reforming the administration of State
and National affairs. Now let the De
mocracy of the whole Union join New
York in demanding that Belmont, the
bond huckster of Tammany, shall be
removed from the head ofthe Nation
al Democratic Central Committee, and +.
a sound Democrat be placed at its
head, and then, we can enter upon
the campaign of 1879 with the expec-
tation of achieving a great victory in
the election of a President. Will our
leaders take heed and cast aside the
temporizing, dishonest tricksters who
seem to regard the people as cattle to
be led to the shambles? IF so, we
will win the next great national bat
tie. If not, we may expect continued
defeat.
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Chicago.

The great fires at Chicago have been
suppressed. Large supplies have been
shipped from every partlof the coun-
try for the relief of the suffering
Many disastrous fires have visited parts
of Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota.
and other sections of the West. Sew
eral villages have been burned in Mich
-igan and many lives lost. The distri-
button Of provisions has been ample.
We have no doubt relief will be pro-
vided for the needy everywhere.
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The Result.

The battle of 1871 is over and our
political opponents haye carried the
State by a slightly increased majority.
We have not been deceived as to the
termination of the contest. The peo-
pie reasoned correctly when they de-
termined to make no change of rulers
on the New Platform. Why? In
the first two resolutions of the June
Platform the Convention indirectly
endorsed all the usurpations of the
Republican party, and agree to en-
force Negro equality, to the full intent
of the amendurentsl As we at first
insisted, the people naturally conclud-
ed that if the Republican leaders were
right in forcing these amendments into
the Constitution, there would be no
real necessity for changing our State
rulers; so the trimmers and time
serving Democratic leaders have had
their new theories rejected. IF there
is no real difference between the two
parties as to political IDEAS, beyond
the question of reform, there will be
no change. But is there he distinct
and we'll defined difference between
the two parties? The distinction is
well marked and inefaceable. AT the
very foundation, the Democracy are
opposed to centralism and consolida-
ton, and champion the reserved rights
of the States as understood by the
fathers, while the Republican leaders
under. the plea of necessity are confer
ring Autocratic powers upon the Pres
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Awful Fires.
A dispatch from Detroit, of the

A dispatch from Detroit, of the
18th says:
The full particulars of the burning
of Manistee, On Sunday night, have
been received. About ten o'clock
the fire gave out, after which the
flames ravaged the town without re-
sistance. The wind was blowing a
gale all night. The loss is estimated
at nearly a million dollars, on which
there are but $4,000 insurance. The
sufferings of the people are beyond
description. Manistee being so far
beyond immediate communication,
considerable time passed before their
wants could be made known. The
people of Grand Rapids and Grand
Haven and vicinity supplied their i'm
mediate wants.. and Senator Ferry
and the Mayor of Grand Rapids have
issued an earnest appeal to the people
of the whole State for aid. They say
the latest news from Manistec more
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The following Is the vote Tor State
and County officers cast in Ashland
County at the October election for
the year 1871.
GOVERNOR.
George w. McCook 2173
Edward F. Moves, 1SS3-290
Gideon S. Stewart, Al
1t. GOVERNOR.
Samuel z. Hunt, 21I6
Jacob MuehIer. 1S61-315
P. NJ. Weddle, "a
AUDITOR OF STATE.
Joseph E. CeckerilI, 2175
James Williams, 1S79-296
William B. Chadwick, 40
TREASURER.
Gustav Bruehl, 2175
Isaac WEIGH, lo79-296
Thomas Evans, 46
Atty. GENERAL.
Edward S. Wallace, 21z3
Francis B. Pond, 1S19-294
J. S~tinctcomb, AZ
PUBLIC WORKS.
Arthur Hughs, 2177
Stephen &. Hosmer, 1SSO-297
L. Silver, AZ
SUPREME JUDGE.
George W. Geddes, 217S
William H. West, 1871-307
Samuel E. Adams, Al
CLERK SUP. Court.
Charles Patterson, 2177
Rodney Foose, 1S79-29S
ARA Alderman, A
SCHOOL Con-.
William w. Ross, PIT
Thomas Harvey, 1878-299
Samuel Howard, A
SENATOR.
John Cowan, 21S7
James A. Bell, 1S62-325
Richard Lockhart, A.
REPRESENTATIVE.
James E. Chase, 2l93
Samuel S. Boyd, 1S56-337
Samuel B. Coulter, 90
JUDGE.
Thomas J, Kenny, PITT
Darius Dirlam, 1S56-32l
TREASURER.
Gutellius L. Yearick, 1859
Nathan Glenn, 1664-695
Joseph d. Stubs, AZ r
COMMISSIONER
William M. Crowner, 2197
Cutler, 1S33-364
George Eihinger, AZ
INFIRMARY.
Joseph Strickland, 2163
Adam Balm, 1o9o-265
A f Smalley, A
CORONER.
Daniel Ambrose, 2164
Jacob Marietta, 1S74-29O
G. Parker, 43
CONVENTION, No, 2175
Do YES 1593-5S2
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Hollands German Bitters
Hollands German Tonic

q a combination Of an the ingredients Of me BiterS;
with PURE Santa CrHz Rum, Orange, etc n 10 Hscd
for the same diseases as the BitteTs, IN cases iDhere soma
pure alcoholic stimulus is required Pou tcil bear ~
mind that these remedies are entirely different from
any others advertised for the cure of The diseases named,
these being scientific preparations Of medicinal EXTRACTS;
tphile the Others are mere decoctions Of TIns In sossl
form. The TONIC is decidedly one of tie mos pteo-
SAINT and agreeable remedies euer offered to Ae p1bit1
Its taste is exquisite II IL q pleasure TO take u, tohls "a
lJe-girin1, celebrating, and medicinal qualities host
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SEWING MACHINE.

Persons about to purchase a reliable
Sewing Machine will find it greatly to
their interest to examine the "Weed
Family Favorite" on exhibition at
Beers Hardware. . H 81
ALFRED M. SHEETS,
Travelling Agent,
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DEBILITY.

There q no medicine equar to Hoofands Gersaa
5,: :" s' ,; ss : e: Fl e e. g: ss e. !: g: &C..
mach to digest ii, purity the blood, gire a good, sound,
healthy complication, eradicate he yeIotO ting, from hs
eye, impart a bloom to the cheeks, and change The Idheni
from a sho7t-bredthed, emacidted, tcedk, and nervous
inrdlid, to a fuuJdced stout, and rigorOlis person
Weak and Delicate Children are
Tonic. In fact, They are Family nledi-
cines. They can be administered with
perfect safety to n child three I'm ont
old, the most delicate female, or n mari
of nincty.
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CHE gtates 4 Mninu.
. States and Union.

AS the campaign isnow over. we Of
fer the following. liberal terms for re-
uewals, and new subscribers. To all
those renewing or subscribing for the
coming year, we will furnish n copy
of this paper, and one copy of Ballou's
Monthly Magazine for s2,75, being
s1.75 for this paper, and s1,O0 for a
first class Magazinel Send in your
names and money and begin at once.
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These Remedies are The best
Flood Purifiers

euer knotcn, and ,Ciu cure all diseases resulting Jrons
bad blood Keep your - blood pure; keep yosr
Liuer in order keep "a your digestive organs
in a sound, healthy n EcOndItiOn, by He ass
Of these remedies, EAEA~&adnd no disease rHl!
euer assail you The best men IN the country TeeoMmend
them. If years Of honest reputation 90 for dnyLhSN6
you 1sust try Aese preparations. .
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CON AND BUGGIES

on hand, and sold as low as you can buy
the same quality of work anywhere in this
section of the country.
C. KREISHER.
May 10, 1S71-no44tf.
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FROM HON. GEO. w. WOODWARD.

Chief Justice OF The Supreme Court of PennsylyaniA
PHILADELPHIA, March 16, 1857.
lind RoofdndS German BiHers is not an tnto0;
icdtin0 beverage, but is a good tonic, useful an disordeT4
Of the digestive organs, and Of great benefit in cases Q
debility and todnt Of Nervous action, in The system
GEo. W. WooDWAR2
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The Tally.

The following is the vote for State
and County officers cast in Ashland
County at the October election for
the wear 1871.
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And unsurpassed for Durability.
4 good stock OF One and Two Horse
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A

Repairing of all kinds done on short
notice; and painting and trimming
done in good style.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-08-01

at last to the fidelity Of some one man. The
steamer starts upon her voyage freighted with
two hundred souls. Not one of those passen-
gers. perhaps, knows whether tho boat has
been inspected and pronounced safe whether
the pilot and the engineer arc licensed and
capable; whether the officers are sober and
tho crew obedicnt. The railway train sets out
upon a long nights journey nothing keeps it
from destruction but d pair of iron guards
scarce two inches high. Every rail must be
sound, every lever in place, every light burn
ing, every signal-man at his post and self
possessed, or the train rusbes through the
darkness to inevitable destruction How many
Of us reflect, when we start upon journey,
that our safety is in reality a matter Of acct
dent, and a terrible crash and slaughter is no
more than, Judging from the rules Of proba-
bility, we ought to expect Multiply procau-
tiOns as much as we can, we have got to trust
at last to somebody's knowing his business
and keeping awake. We have got to depend
upon ordinary men saving themselves in their
dealings with the public from just such blum
dcrs as they would be pretty sure to make if
they were dealing for themselves.
This is an awful prospect. What is its les
son NOJ lDdJ VIC bnOllu DdIuOh h'i b''i"-
ness or ignorance; but that we should hold to
the strctest possible accountability every pub
lie employee who makes the slightest mistake
in matter affecting the public safety. The
steamboat engineer, the railway conductor or
driver, assumes terrible responsibility, and
must not be judged by the same standard we
apply to the farmer and the tradesman. These,
if they fail, only ruin themselves and lose
little money for their creditors. But the engi-
neer who deserts his post for ten minutes or
forgets to lool, at his gauge, has upon his soul
the torture and death of two hundred people
who are forced to trust implicitly to his vigi-
lance. For such mistakes there can be no for
giyeness. Our only safeguard is in Spartan
severity