Year: 1875




/ EXCLUSIVELY TO THE DAILY DISPATCH.


SPRINGFIELD. Moss, May 27.-One OF


Ahe most terrible disasters in history


occurred Tonight in the burning OF the
French Catholic Church ut South Hol-
woke during evening service. The


exercise. S had nearly concluded and a


vesper service was being sung when the


flame from u candle caught the drapery


around the statute of the Virgin Mary
and streamed ana caught the building.
There was but one entrance to the gal
| lery and that from the front on the
stairway lea ling from the gallery. The
people were packed in a SOLID mass
struggling to clear themselves as tie
flames rushed in that direction and this
soon become blocked, rendering exit
impossible. The Priests exertons to
keep order were fruitless. The screams
of the living and means of the dying
made a deafening tumult above the
orders of the pastor who worked mos
heroically and was personally instru-
mental in saving many lives. Many
were pulled out by the arms and feet
but were burned so that they lived but q
few hours, the flesh peehnS from them
on being touched. Some were taken
out with scarcely any flesh remaining on
their bones. The Priests house which
Join the Church on the rear was also
burned. The bodies were taken to
Peter Movatt's Main street store and
Parks school house.


GopER1cH, May 27.-The schooner
Nina, bound from Michaels bay to
Godarich, sprung leak on Monday
night and went down in Lake Huron.
The crew took small boats and had a
struggle to reach land, owing to the
great quantity of the ice in the Lake.
They arrived here last night having
been two days and nights in a yawl boat
with only loaf of bread to divide be-
tween them.


WASHINGTON, May 80. = President
Grant has written the following letter to
General Harry White. President of the
recent Pennsylvania Republican State
Convention:


WASHINGTON, May oath. 1875.


DEAR SIR A short time subsequent
to the Presidential election of 1872. the
Press, a portion of it hostile to the
Republican party particularly, and SO to
the Administration. started the cry of
cassarism and third term, calling Justify
for me to define my position on the
latter subject. I believed it is beneath
the dignity of the Office which l have
been twice called to fill TO answer the
question before the subject should be
by competent authority to
make a nonination or by a body of
such dignity and authority as not to
make a reply, fair subject OF ridicule.
In fact l bave been surprised that so
msny sensible persons in the Republi-
can party should permit their enemy to
force upon them and the party an issue
which cannot add strength 10 the party. |
The second State in the Union having |
considered the question. deem it
proper that should speak.


In the first place never sought the
office for second, nor e"en the first
To the first was called
from life position, one created by Con-
gress expressly for me for supposed
services rendered to tho Republic. The |
position vacated, 1 liked. 1t would
have been most agreeable to me- have
retained it until such time as Congress
might have consented to my retirement
wi.k the rank and portion of the
emolument. so much need of homo
chere the balance of my days might be
spent in peace and the enjoyment OF
domestic, quiet relieved Of the cares
which have oppressed me constantly
for fourteen years. But. was made to |
believe that the public good called me
to make this sacrifice Without seeking |
the Office for the second term, the |
nomination was rendered mo by the |
unanimous votes of delegates of all the |
States and Territories selected by the
Republicans of each to represent their
whole for the purpose Of Taking
nomination. / cannot say I was not |
pleased at this and tho overwhelming
Enforcement their action received at
the election following, but it must be
remembered that all sacrifices except
that Of comfort had been made in ac-
cepting The first term. Then, too, such
fire of personal abuse and slander had
been kept up for four years. notwith-
standing the conscious performance of
my duties to the best of my understand
ing, though admit in the light of sub
aequents events. many times subject to
fair criticism, that an Endorsement from
these who alone govern the republic
was a qualification that it is only human
to have appreciated and enjoyed.


Now for the third term. do not
want it any more than I did the first.
would not write nor utter o word to ,
chs nge the will of the people in express
ing and having their choice. The quss-