The Painesville Journal.
SATl'RDAV, IK.TOBEK 21, 1871.
Editorial Paragraph.
The Eastern paiers are filleil with ad
vertisements of what is called a uevv 'ab
dominal corset." Would not nlHHiiiiiaMf:'
be better.
Cleveland now rejoices iu two Sun
day papers. One rejoices in the name of
The Sunday Voire and the other appears
under the cognomen of The Sunday
Time. Both feeiu to lx readable,
entertaining journal.
At last the President has put those
counties in South Carolina, which have
been Infested by the Ku-Klux, under
martial law. VTe may now hear of a ces
sation of outrages awl possibly even hope
to see some of the masquerading chivalry
brousrht no with short shrift in their
course of disorder and defiance of law.
Thk Prohibitionists of Boston are su
premely happy, for they have found a
new argument in support of their posi
tion. The other day a lager-beer easK
hurst and iniured a small lioy standinff
near by, and w ,n dangers of that
beverage as an explosive compound are
urwert as an additional reason for its sup
pression.
All honor to the noble women and
men, to whose untiring labors were due
the contributions raised and forwarded
from this nlaee to aid the sufferers in
rhieao'o, Manistee and the other point
devastated by fire. To their exertions
owe tlie honor of being among
tho-e who responded to tlie calls of hu
manitv. and to them ought the praise to
1m- given.
Coal has Imi;ii found in considerable
quantities at formula, Michigan, and
tin mifMtimr nfihe shaft was made the
i r
Mccasiou of a baiKjuet and general good
time, at w hich, among other things, Will
M. ( iiillon, the author of "Betsey and I
are out" and other similar ballads, read
evend of his poems. The dejiosit
said to be extensive and a new direct lor
is thus opened up for the enterprise an.
labor of that section.
S,i in XrwnrRY nronoscs to revolu
tionize the world in certain particulars
sni-ietv has been started there for
the mii'nose of iiiaiisurating a gigantie
reform in the matter of dress. wliii-h
form shall embrace the entire list of
civilized and uncivilized nations. There
is but little doubt as to their ultimate
success. In a late report of their proceed
Inirs we noticed a letter w as read from
our townsman John W. Tyler. Ksq.
A NK.wsiMiT.n is so much the rellex ot
Uic times in which it is published that
the history of almost anv journal must
be in the highest degree entertaining and
instructive. .lust now some Kiirlih
writer, realizing this, is engaged in th
preparation of a history of the London
Titos. Starting iu 178."i. under the name
i if the Itoiln Vnircexnl VwUter, the name
was changed .lanuarv 1, 1788, to that
which it now bears, and since which lat
ter date evcrv day has seen its regular
issue, without a single, exception. The
material is munlv sufficient to make such
a work one of rare interest.
The whole nttnitar of emigrants ar
riving in the United States for the year
ending June ao, , 1871.1 was 321,350, of
whom 190.428 were males. 1 he nativity
of these immigrants was as follows:
Kngland .3fi,3.T0 ;rrmany re.534
I refund 57,4-M Austria -.t4
Scotland.
.11 IH1 orwv '.VH
Wales
tireat Britn
809 Dcniniirk 8,01
. .l.04'i Swecden ..10.fi.'9
Canada '.
. .2li.70fi Total Germans. . 8i,438
Novabcotiu 11..VS 't otal Scandinavians:;!.!-
New Brunswick . 4.3H3 Holland 93
Vpivl'minriliiml 1.441 France 3,13'
Other British coloniesta Switzerland 2.21)9
Total Ilritisli iiljctsl89.tS3 Belgium
It will be seen that about one-fourth o:
the whole number were Germans, and
that nearly- two-thirds were British sub
jects. Xearly 47,000 were immigrants
from the British North American Prov
ince..
Some inventive genius in Xew Yor
lias Ijrourht out a talking machine whit-
is said to be able to articulate sounds and
words in almost any language, with the
greatest ease. It is manipulated by a iiiuii
fierof keys which are played somewhat
similar to those of a piano-forte. The
machine is exciting great, attention and
certainly opens up a magnilicent vista to
the imaginative mind. What, a grand
thing it will be for political compaigns,
when all that the different parties will
have to do will be to send out a nuinlier
of steam lungs and iron throats to pro
mulgate their peculiar doctrines. How
refreshing it wil be to hear locomotives
mid steamlioats indulging iu good nauir
ed gossip or berating each other in the
choicest billingsgate. If Semirade had
only attempted to describe this modern
wonder, she would probably have been
how strung'' long before she had reach
ed her one thousand and first tale.
A.MOXfi the many clashes of losers by the
late Chicago fire there is one whose losses
are so peculiar in their nature that
they appeal strictly to but a portion of
the people at large those who may be
engaged or interested iu the same pro
fession throughout other parts of the
country. We refer to the actors and ac
toresses of the Chicago stage. With their
wardrobes burned, as well as the theatres
where they gained their living, and that
too just at the present time when the
engagements for the coining theatrical
year are all made, their loss is a double
one. Would it not be well for the ama
teurs of this place to aid in the work of
establishing a fund for their especial re
lief? Give one entertainment with that
as an avowed object and we doubt not
that the house would be tilled to over
flowing for who could resist the temp
tation of being charitable when at the
same time one can receive the worth of
his money iu legitimate amusement.
-
The terrible, devastation of the fire
fiend during the past tw o weeks, seems
not to have been confined to any one lo
cality, but was scat tered over a wide ex
panse of country. Indeed it is extreme
ly doubtful if the. modern world has ev
er before seen so many square miles of
blazing fires as our country has exhibi
ted in that time. While the public yet
stood aghast at the harrowing details of
the loss of life and property in Chicago,
there comes the news of still other fires
in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan and
California, which were only less destruc
tive because there was less to destroy.
From the prairies and forests of the west
are borne the. enitiers of gigantic confla
grations, while the mountains of the
Pacific Slope are ablaze with fire and
mile after mile of valuable wood laud is
being destroyed. But almost as naught
does even this tremendous loss of prop
erty seem, when compared with the aw
ful sacrifice of life in the burned dis
tricts. Not only in the great commercial
metropolis of the west, but in Manistee,
Menominee and Peshtigo, as shown by
the accounts in another column, were
hundreds burned to death during the late
carnival of fire, while myriads of others
were left destitute fit" clothing, food and
shelter. Probably not less than one
hundred thousand people are left, with
out a place to lay their heads and with
out the wherewithal! to purchase a meal
V)f victuals.
Smne two weeks -,iiue we received a
copy of Rowells Newspaper Directory
for 1871. Before noticing it we desire to
examine it at leisure, and may And time
to do o this vok. Jt seems to be per
fect in almost every respect and must
form an invaluable aid, not only to ad
vertisers and publishers but to all who
need anv information as to to the varied
ud extensive list of papers and maga-
Ines that are printed in the X'nited
states. Its proprietors and publishers
deserve jrreat credit for tlie thoroughness
and care with which they havejperfonn
ed their task.
As the news of the late disasters by
fire spreads over the country, there
comes back Irom every state and every
territory from every city and every
hair.let a response so noble and hearty
that one cannot but think this is not so
bad a world after all. It would be hard
to find more practical evidences of the
true generosity latent in every human
heart than in the announcements of aid
and sympathy that have been sent from
almost every portion of the Union, and
indeed one almost might say from every
portion of the world. The demands of
business and party were forgotten, sec
tional prejudices were buried, and the
professional man, capitalists and laborer
joined iu heart-felt sympathy for the
sufferers and vied each with the other in
contributing money and foot! according
to their means.
Notwithstanding the multitudinous
reports that have been sent over the
wires and the detailed accounts that have
ljeen printed iu every newspaper in re
gard to the destruction of life and prop
erty iu the late Northwestern tires, it is
much to be feared that most readers are
far from realizing the fearful extent of
tiie disasters. In Wisconsin, farms and
granaries were devoured like savory
morsels by a famished wolf, families and
villages perished together. In Michigan
the destruction was fully eiiiiul to that in
Wisconsin. Vast areas of timber and
relentless flames and hundreds perished
primeval forest were buried before the
burned on a funeral pyre grander far
than anv liefore seen iu the history of
the world. In Minnesota an area of
least tinny thousand miles jias been re
duced to ashes; and this entire portion
of the State was one studded with farm
and pleasant settlements. The wood
once on lire there was absolutely no
means f escape. With the gigantic
advancing wall ot name came immense
herds of frantic buffaloes lieneath who
hoofs the rushing fugitives were eithi'
trampled to death or left, a mangled prey
for the more agonizing ordeal of fire
Millions of property were swept up and
hundreds of lives tangled in a fiery skein
from which there was no escape. Three
States have been made, a bonfire of and
la rare numbers of their inhabitants re
duced to worse than beggary.
At the present time, while George
Sand's beautiful story of "Celie" is lie
ing published iu our columns, the fol
lowing iust tribute to the authoress will
be read with especial interest. The e
tract is taken from "Culture and Pro
cress at Home'' in the last number of
Scribner's Monthly.
The George Sand of to-day is not th
Circe of twenty vears asro, against whom
with much justice and a little injustice.
the good arrayed themselves. She is a
better woman'and truer artist; her later
books are anions the best delights of the
age, and it is time that ve all unstop our
ears and suffer the voice to be heard.
Her "picture-power" is extraordinary
This is wonderfully evinced in each
of the five translations recently issued
bv Messrs. Koberts. mere are no repe
titions no tinting over the dim accus
tomed outline. Kach story is an "entire
and lierfect chrysolite,'' unique, dis
tinct, original. The stale devices by
which the modern novelist is wont to
conceal his poverty-struck invention nr
an foreign as needless to such inexhaus
tible fertility. Her style, like a pellucid
stream, reflects and lieautifies the thought
it glasses, without distortion and with
out change. Colors glow on her page.
winds sound, birds sing, she lias ami
raculous gift of conveying to other
minds with absolute distinctness the im
age which fills her own a gift in the
perfection of which she stands pre-emi
nent among her generation, liaphael did
it on canvass; Beethoven in his orches
tral scores; to accomplish it with pen
and paper is a harder tiling, and tew in
our day beside George Sand have attained
thereunto.
T111.KK is an old adage the truth of
w hich has been painfully proven within
the past, two weeks. " It never rains
but it pours" is as true of crimes and dis
asters as of anything else. Scarcely has
the country recovered from the shock of
one appalling horror before another
springs into sight against the lurid back
ground, while interspersed through all
are a multitude of lesser excitements that
only seem small by comparison with
those surrounding them. Cases of oi
soning on every hand are rapidly fol
lowed by the Wcstfield disaster in New
York, the Mobile explosion. theVEasteru
ISailway collision, the "trunk murder"
iu Xew York, the Hosen.weig murder,
the exposure of the Tammany frauds,
and then, while all are trying iu vain
to realize the horrors of the Chicago ca
lamity, we hear of other devastations
perhaps even more destructive to human
life than this. Search- had the public,
mind began to recover from these ac
cumulated excitements when came the
news that hundreds of miles of prairie,
forest and village had fallen a prey to
the all-devouring flame. Truly men
may well be excused, when they ask"
whether this is all the result, of purely
naturaljlaws, or whether it ought not
rather to lie attributed to the workings
of a Special "Providence. These epi
demics of poisoning, suicide, steamboat
and railway accidents, murder byabor
tionists. thieving and conflagration niay
well leadjpeople to look for their expla
nation in extraordinary rather than usual
causes.
It is a disagreeable thing to say, but
it is nevertheless true, that, out of a pop
ulation of nearly five thousand, there
cannot enough educated, intelligent peo
ple be found, to support a regular lec
ture course in this place. The experi
ment has been tried a number of times;
ami under the most favorable auspices
and with the most careful management,
has always been found a failure financial
ly. For some reason the testhetical educa
tion of a large promrtiou of our citizens
seems only to have been so far developed
as to enable thein to appreciate the witti
cisms of a minstrel troupe or the weak
facetitp of a mountebank clown. Why
Ibis is so would be hard to explain, but
the fact itself is patent to all. While
neighboring places, smaller in popula
lation and apparently weaker in re
sources, are able to regularly engage
the best lecturers iu the field, we have
hitherto found it almost impossible to se
cure an audience for even an ocensioiifil
one of thein. During the approaching
season there ought to be a change inaug
urated in this regard. Cannot some as
sociation the Y. M. C. A. or the Liter
ary -lib for instance take, the matter
iu hand and Institute a course of lectures
under their auspices. Although the
prospect for financial loss would un
doubtedly be good, yet there would pro
bably be but little diflieulty experienced
Ill :
ecuriuga lurid, pledged bv those 111-
tcrested sufficient to cover anv deficit that.
might occur. Would it not
events to make the attempt?
J'.v,
at all
There has never existed a calamity so
broad and comprehensive but that there
could be found harpies and leeches so lost
to all humanity and decency, as to take
the opportunity to reap au'illegitimate
harvest from the sufferings of others.
That, this was so, even in the. midst of the
awful scenes in Chicago, is plainly
hown by the action which the Chicago
Council found it necessary to take, in
passing an ordinance, fixing the price
of bread at 8 cents for a loaf of 12 ounces
and fixing a penalty of f 10.00 for any
iolation of the ordinance. What un
comfortable wretches such specimens of
mankind mnst be, who will allow them
selves to speculate upon miseries such as
the calamity at Chicago has produced.
Standing out in strong contrast against
the lurid background of fire are some
American characteristics which it would
seem as if writers had all persistently
underestimated. These national points
of character are not the charity that has
responded so nobly .from every quarter
of the Republic to the cry for help not
the might of purpose, the strength of
soul, the endurance and fortitude so
nobly displayed bu every hand by the
sufferers not tlie energy and force which
has led them to recommence their lives
undaunted by their losses not tlie he
roism and self-denial exhibited by those
whose all had but just been snatched
from thein by the devouring flames
but rather the iron nerve, the steady
courage, the indomitable spirit with
which the Insurance "Companies all oyer
the country have met their enormous
losses. Despite the fact that nearly one
half the entire capital and accumulated
assets were swallowed up in one night
despite the unexpected call upon their
resources which came in a single night
like a thunderbolt from an unclouded
skv despite the gigantic strain made
upon them on every hand they have
not faltered or hesitated in the noble dis
charge of their responsibilities. Scarce
ly was communication reopened with
the burned cities when -assurances were
sent from every hand that all their obli
gations would lie met if it drained their
treasuries to do it. Even those compan
ies that were obliged to yield to the
pressure and retire from the field, only
did so after paying out their entire as
sets to liquidate their losocs as far as
possible. Truly such action must reap
its reward in the future when the coun
try comes to fully appreciate their wortli-
iness to receive the public confidence.
Ortsber Klcctiou.
As the returns are beginning to come
in, although but slowly, it is possible to
review the results of the late elections
and from them to augur somewhat as to
the political outlook for the future.
From the Atlantic to the Pacific the
Republican party lias experienced one
uninterrupted series of successes, which
will go far to insure their triumph in the
Presidential election of next year. Cal
ifornia which has been Ieniocratic for
a number of years jwist, has returned a
liberal majority of 5,008 for Booth,
while Grant'f" majority in that State in
18f!8 was 51-1. Connecticut has shown
large and significant Republican gains,
while Mains has largely increased the
majorities of last year. In addition to
these come the - October elections with
the same results.
Pennsylvania has come out triumph
antly victorious by a majority of oyer
ten thousand, while Ohio will give at
least twenty thousand. The Legislature
of this state it is safe to say will be Re
publican on joint ballot, and a Republi
can United States Senator will be re
turned without doubt. But the. public
mind has been so lully occupied with
the accumulated horrors from other
States, that the returns come in but slow
ly, and even at this late day it is impos
sible to present an accurate report. Of
ficial returns have, however, been re
ceived from sixty-three counties, which
give a majority for the constitutional
convention of 46,834. Of this amount
Hamilton county gave 38,338. The totaj
Prohibition vote in sixty-three counties
is 2,297,
Thus the people of America have seiz
ed another opportunity to declare in fa
vor ot the Government which saved
them from bankruptcy and disinte
gration. The recent October elections
teach a profound philosophy. They tell
us that the people of Pennsylvania,
Ohio, and Iowa, like those who voted in
the early autumn, have scorned all mod
ern Democratic ideas. They tell us that
what the Democrats preached before and
during the rebellion, believed at the first
by their masses, and now discarded by
their leaders, have ultimately disgusted
both. They tell us that no party can
live in the United States without prov
ing its record of devotion to the Repub
lic. They tell us that Tammany Hall
and its frauds have killed the Democrat
ic party, especially with the intelligent
and Christian men in that organization.
They tell us that inasmuch as this peo
ple has declared for the liberation of the
colored race they will not allow an alien
pewple to create a new servitude. They
tell us that the people are sick of a par
ty which declares for the white race in
1870 and for the colored race in 1871.
They tell us that the majority of the
voters believe in the integrity and econ
omy of the National Administration, in
its foreign policy, In its treatment of the
Indians, in its bold attacks upon the
Mormons, In its determined stand in fa
vor of the protection of American indus
try; and finally they tell us that the
coining Presidential election will see
them still supporting the same party and
the same principles.
NEWS OF THE WEEK
At Home.
OHIO.
At a meeting of the Home Insurance
Company, at Columbus, it was found
that the total losses to the company by
the Chicago fire will be less than three
hundred and sixty thousand dollars.
The directors, b3' virtue of the statutes,
made an assessment upon the stockhold
ers of three hundred and thirty thousand
dollars to meet theii outstanding losses,
which leaves their original capital and
surplus good, and makes their total as
sets nine hundred and ninety-five thou
sand dollars,
The National 'LaborJC'onventiou, that
has so long been advertised to meet in
Columbus to nominate a candidate for
President of the United States, met on
Wednesday afternoon. The opera house
was not crowded to overflowing. In
fact, the Convention met in a room of a
private house on Gay street, A delegate
said but twelve delegates were present,
and that as far as a formal convention
was concerned there was none, and that
what delcgates.he had seen had told him
they would support President Grant if
renominated by the Republican party.
This delegate spent most of the day in
looking up the place of holding tlw Con
vention, On Thursday, In Sandusky, a fire
broke out in a frame dwelling on the cors
ner of Market and Hancock streets. It
was extinguished before it could spread
further. Loss, $2,000. Cause, defective
flue. A high wind was blowing at the
time, which rendered it exceedingly dan
gerous. On the same day another lire
broke out in a livery stable in the rear of
(he Jli'ijiMfi- office. The stable was de
stroyed, public house on Wayne
street caught iu the roof from sparks,
but was only partially destroyed. Loss
about $4,000. Cause, carelessness. Great.
'excitement prevailed in the city. The
patrol was increased to fifty men.
The following table exhibits as nearly
as possible the majority for Governor as j
far as reports have been received up to ;
this (Friday) evening.
I ti'l s.
! line
REPUBLICAN".
a i ic.
M'-Cf
Counties.
Ashtabula .
Athens ....
liebiiont . . .
Carroll
C ham jiaiu'ii.
(lark
C'LlltOU .
Columbiana
Cuyahoga
'Delaware.
Erie . .
Favetie. . .
Xi.ves.
Countit
1 .,!;.
:;:!
472
l.-'W
Adams
Allen
Ashland .
Amrlaize
Brown
Hiutier .
Clermont
( oshoetiiii
Crawford . . .
Iiarke
lieiianee . . .
Fairlield .
Franklin. .
Hancock .
Henry..
s Hocking
Holmes
Knor
Licking .
4i
1.1. vi
l.-J.Vi
ir.n
4S-J
1,IHKI
1.7-21
-J.ouo
,1 i
4 I
i
Kulton
1.514
Gallia.
Geauga
-1. j j
G:-i
1,:!": 1
li'."1
Greene
Guernsey . .
Hamilton .
1.546
jti
Hardin ...:.'.
Harrison
Marion
Mercer .
Jlonroe
Montgoinery
Muskinsruni
Ottawa .". . .
Perry .
I'ickawav .
Pike
Putnam
:;ii
l.iso
l.o. ;0
cir.i
li K
4.-o
400
::io
:wo
on
fi.i
:m
c.iiO
rt 10
700
523
0
Hoc I
500
4-VI
Highland
JlKI
i.:8
160 !
1.000
1.6.V2
l.Ouii
700
2,270
1.136
157
X
. !KI0
1.000
. 701
WO
toil
:
titi
. l.ooo
.-
-2o0
300
- Sf5
. 2.000
716
. l,.")S4i
2")0
103
Huron
Jackson . . .
Jefferson .
Lake
Lawrence . .
Logan
Lorain
Lucas
Madison . .
Richland
Koss
Sanduxky
Seneca .
Shelby
Tuscarawas
Yan Wert . . .
A'inton
Wayne
Wyandot ...
Total. ...
Mahoning . . .
Medina
Meigs
Miami
Morgan
Morrow
Noble
I'aulctinar .
Portage
Preble
Sciota
Stark
Summit
. 25,t"07
Trumbull .
Union
Warren . . .
Washington
Williams. . .
Wood
Total
40.094
Official.
Estimated majority for Xoyes, 21,087.
Majority for Sherwood for Secretary of
State in 1S70, 10,088. Ditto for Hayes
over Pendleton for Governor in l.S'Hi,
unto tor Urant in lms, 41,42-S.
Ill Columbus, on Mouday last,
quite an excitement was occasioned by
the attempted arrest of Miss Rosa X.
Gerlier, a music teacher, on a charge of
stealing forty-five dollars from a relative
in Rose county, months jio. The story
In the case is in substance as follows':
Rose X. Gerlier was educated at ihe
Catholic school known as St. Mary's of
the Springs. She in time became a very
proficient" musician, and in answer to
much persuasion became a Sister, and
remained at the institution as a teacher
of music for eight years, being know n
as sister Cecelia. After ibis long ser
vice she grew tired of her quiet life, and
her longings for a life of more freedom
induced her to make her escape from the
Seminary and locate iu Columbus as a
music teacher. Her talents soon found
her scholars and friends. Her life, how
ever was made miserable by a large num
ber of anonymous notes she continitally
rceeived, coaxing am', threatening her if
she did not at once return to her former
life. At the. advice of her friends the
letters were unheeded, and she w as kept
as quiet as possible. All went well enough
for sometime past until Monday, when
about 0:3o o'clock a double carriage con
taining a lady and two men drove up in
iront ot jirs. tjrtnian s door, armed, as
thej said, with a warrant for arrest of
Miss Gerhcr on the charge of stealing
forty-five dollars some months ago, we
believe, in Ross County, from a relative.
The party in the carriage proved to be
Mrs. Gerber, the Deputy Sheriff of Ross
county, and a Constable". In the mean
time the presence of the officers in the
city became known to Miss Gerber "s
friends, who declared it to le another at
tempt to force her back to a life she dis
liked. They were almost distracted and
purposely attracted the attention of the
officers to other subjects of conversation
so as to gain time. Some of her excited
friends, not knowing where, to go for re
lief, -rushed up to Captain John A. Ar
thur's office, well knowing he had been
familiar with tlie lady's past history, and
requested his assistance. Captain Arthur,
full of sympathy, determined the girl
should not be forced to return to the
seminary without her consent,
for this he wastold was the real
purpose of the parties making tho
arrest... One friend wen" tfor
a horse and buggy, while another
prominent citizen considerately at hand
loaned a ladder. Miss Gerber was in the
room of the landlady at her boarding
house, well nigh distracted. She de
clared the charge of theft was a trumped
up one, and that she would rather die
than return to the Catholic Seminary.
To place a ladder to a back -window, aiid
induce the frightened girl to descend and
take a seat in the buggy and away, was
soon accomplished, and it was full fifteen
minutes before the officers were aware
that their game had escaped. The crowd
that had been called to the place in
cheers and hoots demonstrated their .satis
faction at the result of the scheme. Cap
tain Arthur returned to the city this
evening, having placed the lady in some
safe place. Parties who have" been in
timately associated with Miss Gerber
speak of her in the highest terms as a
lady of unblemished character and above
suspicion. The next day the Eteniuy
Dispatch, contained a lengthy card from
the young lady in which she said : "At
fifteen years of age I found myself an oc
cupant of the educational institute known
as St. Mary's Aeadeim', located at Som
erset. Two years after the destruction
by fire of that Institution, with the fac
ulty of the Academy I was brought to
St. Mary's of the Springs, a new'strue
ture erected three miles from this city.
Three years of severe work at this Insti
tute completely broke me down, from
which I have not recovered, notwith
standing three months have intervened
since my escape. Father Murray of Chil
icothe obtained for me absolution from
my vows personally from Archbishop
Purcell."
DISTINCT OF 1'OU'MBU.
The official report of tho Agricultural
Bureau says: Cotton reports for Octo
ber are unimproved. The average of
September is sustained in 110 States, be
ing for the first week of October, six
teen, against eighty per cent iu Septem
ber. Tlie injuries reported arc from
rust, shedding of bolls prematurely, cool
weather in uotheru latitudes, floods in
Florida and Georgia, and the boll and
army worm in portions of Mississippi
and more western States. Losses by in
sects are not very serious or general.
Drought occasions more depreciation
than any other cause. The present in
dications are that the crops will not ex
ceed three millions of hales, and with the
remainder of the season unfavorable
must be small.
A dismtc.h from Corinth, Mississippi,
reports the arrest of five K11 Klux in
Tishanuiiga count-, with complete dis
guises. It is believed the entire gang
will be captured. They shot a white
man and woman two weeks ago, injur
ing both severely.
The President has issued a proclama
tion suspending the writ of habeas cor
pus in the counties of Spartanshnrg,
Marion, Chester, Laurens, York, Xcw
berry, Fairfield, Lancaster and Chester
field, in the. State of South Carolina.
CONNECT KTT.
David Kcntley, alias .lames Wilson,
was hanged at 1 :30 p. in. on Friday, at
Hartford. He attempted suicide by en
deavoring to puncture his heart with a
small wire which he had secreted upon
his person. In consequence of his weak
ness, there was an effort to procure a stay
of proceedings, but it failed. At the
hour for the execution he walked firmly
upon the scaffold, and made a short
speech, iu which he said he, had attemp
ted to escape the ignominy of the scaf
fold. He justified his act ill killing tho
warden, and firmly put the rope, over
his own necl, and met his fate without
flinching.
KANSAS.
Mr. Kincain, Clerk in the Creek In
dian Agency, reports a great excitement
throughout the Indian Territory, in con
sequence, of a quarrel among the Crocks,
and thinks that w ar between Coelmka,
the lawful Chief, and his rebellious sub
ject, a foregone delusion. The two fac
tions met sit Okumulgee 011 Saturday
last, armed to the teeth, and the agent
had extreme, difficulty in preventing a
collision. If the I'nited States troops
are not sent there imnicdiatel v a terrible
light will certainly ensue.
The trial of Dr.' Medicott at Garncft
Kansas, for poisoning Isaac M. Kuth pro-
gre.sscs slowly. The. prosecution expect
to prove a criminal intimacy between j
Mrs. Ruth and Medicott, and that the !
latter was iu Ruth's room when he died
and removed tlie evidence of tho death
I struggle by straightening the bedclothes,
IxmWA.
T!
is .-st:i!i ;ro I;;is Keen visile by the
cviuri::g i'eind of lire but its losses
been inn! li i ; tlian those of itssis
A eo'Tesjoiideiif says : Along the ! 01 applicants tor renei is constantly ie
. t'li- ir 1 n,- i:-i;ii-.-iii voifciu i creasing, and the laboring men have
see the n-ai-k of the the w here fences,
timber, mid tiie soil is burnt. It will be
iiiip-'S-:!-le to give ;iu estimate of the loss
in :;iis viciuil y, although not so severe
as in some other parts. No villages are
iiuriu'-!!. and we team 01 no i-?5 01 lite,
but nevertheless the damage is great.
West, north, -.nith and east at evening
the sky was illuminated with the tires,
but Saturday the long wished for rain
came an-1 they thtuk" the tires will be
"'Oj'.pe.!.
IT AH.
Mo-t of our readers will recollect the
action that lias lately been taken by the
United States authorities iu this seat of
1 10 r-r:Hit 1- r l.-iir :i 11 torpmof. li-,s llfen
made to extent' extsriiig laws ot the
Territory prohibiting bigamy." A grand
jury has been found that has, under the
charge of .ludgc McLean, brought in
indictments for this crime against sever
al of the Mormon leaders, including the
great offender, Brig'hnin Young. To
tiiese. they pleaded ""'not guilty," and
bail has been accepted, and the Mormons
declare their willingness to abide the is
sue of these legal proceedings. They
arc quick, however, to indicate that they
rely upon the United States Supreme
Court, and not upon the Territorial de
cision. This is the present position.
XKW YORK.
The National Insurance Convention
to-day was largely attended. President
Miller stated that the subject of the Chi
cago fire would be brought before the
convention. Relative to losses by Xew
York companies, he believed they would
all be able to pay, but time should be al
lowed to collect resources.
The Tin" states that the report of the
sub-committee in the city frauds has been
finished and will soon be made public.
Their report fastens conviction at last
upon the thieves who have robbed the
citizens. Tiie same paper also states that
tbe fact has leaked out that the laborers
on Public Parks and Boulevards are un
dergoing a course of military drill for
any emergency that may arise in the
Mining election. The police, however,
know nothing of it.
The Committee of Seventy have been
engagctl in discussing means of obtain
ing an honest count at the next elections.
Convention 1' all anti-Taiiimanymeii
was announced for Monday evening.
A new feature in the Keform move
ment, is the organization of a Young
.Men's Reform Association, which took
nlaee the same night. Kx-f ndge Barrett
waselected President. These reformers
comprise the best young men in the city
and they are enthusiastic in the cause.
The Reform I leniocraey Monday evening
perfected arrangements tor. primaries lor
the next election.
Fisk. -Tr. has procured an injunction
from dudge Pratt of Brooklyn, prohibit
iag the use in any way of certain letters
and papers, possessed by Helen Jose
phene Mansfield, w hich were written by
Fisk. dr.. and the publication of which,
he says, would expose him to public crit
icism and. scandal. A receiver-was ap
pointed to take charge of the papers.
The power which is sought to be exer
cised by the order of Judge Pratt is al
most unprecedented in such cases.
Tamnin ny political circles are excited
over the fact, that Charles O'Connor iu
tends to begin iu earnest the prosecution
of the Ring thieves. O'Connor will not
affiliate with any political cliques. There
is a prospect of the speedy punishment
of the guilty parties.
Deputy Controller Green yesterday
handed one thousand dollars to the De
partment of Parks for paying off labor
ers.. The Board of K.lucalion of Long Is
land has ordered the reading of the lii
ble to be suspended in the. Hunter noint
school.
The Syracuse .Jnurnul of the 10th says
that within the previous thirty-six hours
there had been nine attempts to fire
buildings within the city limits.
ILLINOIS.
Ten days have passed since tiie great
fire, and every day brings fresh occasion
for encouragement. The city is orderly.
Relief for the poor comes in abundantly.
Business is resuming, rebuilding is going
on in every direction and there is a much
more healthy feeling abroad than the
most sanguine could have anticipated
Reports from all tho banks are substan
tially tiie same as before. Very little
money has been called for while the de
posits nave oeen quite large, mere is 110
difficulty in nogotiating bills on Xew
Yorkon sight or on time, at old rates.
In financial circles all looks well. The
Insurance Companies are doing well and
those who are solvent pay without re
quiring the policyholders to go through
the usual formalities of adjustment, lie.
The Executive Board of the Republic
Insurance Company had a meeting and
resolved to w ind up. Their losses foot
up three million six hundred thousand
dollars, and the cash assets amount to
nine hundred thousand, They will pay
twenty-live cents on the dollar 011 de
mand. The 'li,u?s, upon what it deems
a candid estimate, makes the total loss
by the recent lire one hundred aud fifty
million of dollars. The business of the
Board of Trade lias leen fairly resumed.
The, purchase and sale of grain is going
on as if nothing had happened. The re
ceipts and shipments of grain are very
heavy, being equal to any previous time.
The following is one of the thrilling in
cidents which occurred in Washington
street tunnel. During the iiercei-t time of
the fire and wien thousands upon thou
sands were rushing through the tunnel,
which is over 1.000 feet in length, the
gas suddenly gave out and.'all were left
in total darkness. A terrible panic, a
collision and the trampling to death of
the -weaker seemed eiicvitable, but
strange as it may seem, every body in
the dark recess seemed to comprehend
the necessity for coolness and courage.
Xota man lost his presence of mind, but
all with one accord bore to the right,
each calmly enjoining upon the others to
be cool and steady and to march steadily
on till the light could be reached. Ra
idly but without confusion the two col
umns move;! 011 through tilt' thick dark
ness with utmost military precision, the
silence being broken only by the frequent
shouts of '-night. Right." There was
no collision, no one was harmed, all
reached the end of the tunnel in safety,
and then for the first time in almost ten
minutes breathed freely.
Arrangements havo been made by tlie
special agents of the Po.-t Office De
partment, lor tlie removal of the post
'hnrch
Hanson
oiiice. ro tne vtanasu avenue
corner 01 anasu avenue and Hanson
street, and it will be occupied for the
purpose until the government builds a
new and suitable building. This church
edifice is 011 the south side ol the burnt
district, South Division. It is consider
ably separated, btit suffered little or 110
danger.
Many contracts for rebuilding have
been consummated. Among those who
propose to rebuild at. once "are Win. C.
Coolbaugh, II. C. Powers, C. T. Wheeler,
Howlin Brothers, Ueorgc Armour, John
B. Drake of Drake Block. J. W. Walker,
Potter Palmer, Matbew Latlin, 11. C.
Beckwith, F.dwiu Hunt, Frederick Tut
tle, Gregstou & Maekiul .lames II. Rees,
Tribune company, &c. The entire block
fronting on Court House square from
flm e:isl !iiid riioiiMi-v IVoni l.iii,liliili tn
Washington streets," will be rebuilt at !
once bv .Messrs. .1. C. 'Walker, Dr. Fow
ler, b".' :. tioodell. Drs. Charles and
John Quinkliu and others. The great
Union Depot at. the fool of Lake street is
to be at once rebuilt, and on a greatly
enlarged scale. Many frame stores are
already up and hoards are being drawn
on aninnber of lots for building, and
stores will be open with a full stock of
goods in a few days. The feeling is uni
versal that the city will Jie rapidly re
built, Tlie Mayor on AVednesday issued the
following :
ci;o LA.MATION.
Chicago, Oct IS. 1871.
In view ot the. fact that danger from
fire is very much lessoned 011 account of
the recent ruin, and in iew of the im
portance, of giving employment to as
many persons as possible, and of the
great, necessity for lumber and other
manufactured articles, and of the expec
tation that water will b
city works in a day or
supplied by the
wo. all Dialling
; mills and manufacturers that do not use
j wafer from the city mains arc permitted
! to resume business. At the same time
i 1 would impress upon all the people of
itlic eiiy the necessity for the greatest
caution about tire.
(Signed) 1!. B. M.vsiix, Mayor,
Xearly every bank vault has- been
opened, and only one case discovered
where the contents havo been impaired,
The Merchants' Loan and Trust- Coni-
pauy's books were consumed, hut tho
currency and securities were unharmed.
Some twentv thousand liersons have
j lieen taken to St. I.onis, w here they have
j been provided with homes. The number
commenced work by thousands. It is
confidentially expected that the churches
will not have to be used after this week,
but that homes will be provided for all.
The committee, who have been busily
engaged night and day, still find thou
sands of women and children seeking
for aid, and probably will for many weeks
to come.
There have many wild and false re
ports circulated through the press of oth
er cities about the city and county debt.
In tlier-e reports the city debt lias been
stated at $20.000,o00,when in fact it is less
than one half that amount. On the 1st of
April last it was $14,400,000, and nothing
has been added to it since. The entire
county debt does not exceed $5,000,000.
The Illinois -senate passeu tiie mil
which had previously been passed by the
house, that the State assume the lieu held
bv Chicago on the Illinois aud Michigan
canal. This gives Chicago $3,000,000,
which the city had expended in deepen
ing the canal
MICHIGAN.
In this State the loss of life has not
been quite so terrible as in other places,
but the destruction to property has been
very great. Only ( ?) four hundred lives
are coiuputed to have been lost in one
place aud another. All that portion of
the State east of Saginaw Bay and north
of a poi ut forty miles above Port Huron
have been completely swept oy nre.
Along the shore of the lake from Lex
ington to Sanilac, aud acrose ths waters
of Saginaw Bay. hangs a low, dense
cloud of smoke, rendering navigation
very difficult, and compelling the con
stant use ol the lead and compass 111
some localities. Full particulars of the
burning of Manistee, on Sundoy night,
have been received. About ten o'clock
the fire engines gave out. after which
the fire raged without resistance. The
wind was blowing a gale all night. The
loss is estimated at nearly a million dol
lars, on which is but $80,000 insurance
The sufferings of the people were then
and are yet beyond all description, Man
istee being so far beyond communica
tion that considerable" time passed before
its wants could be made known. The
people of Grand Rapids, Grand Haven,
and vicinity supplied their immediate
wants, and Senator Ferry and the May
or of Grand Rapids issued an earnest ap
peal to the people ot tlie whole Mate lor
aid. They say the latest news from
Mauasteemore than confirms the reports
of the sulfering there existing. General
Ciiteheon of Manistee, with his children
aud wife, have just arrived here, having
lost everything except the clothing worn
by himself and family. He says the
great multitude at Manistee are isi the
same condition, oemg witnout. sneiter,
bedding, clothing or tood. lie says
t here are one thousand people left in this
deplorable condition by the terrible
ordeal through which they have just
passed. During Monday the city of
Grand Haven was full of terrible ru
mors as to the fire iu Holland City ; but
nothing definite or reliable could be
learned until the arrival at two o'clock of
a train from the north side of Black Lake,
containing several passengers, among
whom were Miss Jennie and Miss Claric
Pennoyer, two young ladies who have
been engaged in teaching in the doomed
city. The statement of these young ladies
is nearly as follows : The tire broke in
upon the city from the woods aliout 4, p.
111., Sunday, but no buildings of any con
sequence burned until dark iu the eve
ning. Xo one thought the city in any
specal danger until 10 or 11 o,clock, but
at that time a strong wind setting in
from the woods, the fire swept over the
city with wonderful rapidity. The main
part of the city was soon in flames. A"o-
men and children were then about the
streets, wailing and crying, unable to
find their husbands and" fathers,brothers
and sisters. Many females barely escap
ed with tncir night clothes. A child, ten
years of age, was picked up on the street,
burned to death. It is impossible to tell
how many lives are lost, Home nine or
ten citizens are missing, but some mav
yet be found.
One woman in leaving her house tied
her baby in a bundle, but in her hurry
slie took the wrong bundle, and to her
dismay discovered her mistake when too
late. i-ortiiuateJv. however, the bun
dle containing the live baby was picked
up 111 tlie street, and it was believed that
the other children were also found.
Mr. George Howard at the very com
mencement of the fire, took fourteen
spades and handed them each to Holland
ers, who were standing around, and re
quested them to use them iu throwing
sand on the fire, so as to prevent it from
spreading to the distructiou ot the city.
They actually refused to work, giving as
a reason that it was Sunday, and it
would be wrong to do any work on that
day. Had they gone to work like men,
this terrible conflagration and suffering
might possibly have lieen prevented.
The woods along the line of the Mich
igan Lake Shore Railroad, between Hol
land and Pigeon River were in flames.
The miles of marsh were one sheet of
flame, and it was with great diflieulty the
train came through, i lie heat 111 the cars
was intense.
D. K. Morris of Holland makes the fol
lowing statement; "The number of
families now to be supplied with daily
food at Hollond is 304; number of per
sons. 1,204; number of families im Fil
more andLakesten, 70; number of per
sons, 400; number of families in Holland
township, 40; number af persons, 205.
Many of t hese people will have to be car
ried through the winter."
The Fessenden arrived at Port Austin
Monday morning feeling her way to the
qockjby means of her whistle and the
response of the mill on shore. The town
situated on a sandy blulf, with staring
white salt works at the water's edge,
seemed to start suddenly out of the
dense cloud of smoke, as if to welcome
help from the outside world. The town
has been cut oil' from mail and telegraph
facilities for nearly a week. A rumor
that Chicago was burning up had reach
ed the citizens, when the fire and smoke
on both sides of them shut them off from
communication with civilization. By
dint of hard labor night and day they
succeeded in saving their town, though
during the tremendous gale that, blew
across this section Sunday and Monday
night they almost despaired.
The steamer Auron reached Port Hu
ron on Saturday night, bringing forty
one persons, mostly children with feet
burned, from Rock Falls.
In the Polish settlement of Cracow.
! 'ith 300 loinilies, only twenty houses
ave lo,t ro,u lort lt"ron to Point
Aiix iarques iiicsiiorc is aiiuosr ueserted
the inhabitants being burned out and
obliged to flee for their lives saving
nothing.
All 1 he energies of the people of this
State are now directed to aiding the suf
ferers; large contributions oi money,
provisions and clothing are being made.
Among the other towns destroyed were
the nourishing little villages of Forest
ville, White Bock, Khn Creek, Sand
Beach and Huron City. Rock Falls and
Fort Hope have only been partially des
troyed. In all these towns there were
large stores, many of which were filled
with Winter stock. Extensive, saw mills,
shingle mills and docks covered with
lumber have all been swept away.
I he loss ot lite cannot tie exactly esti-
mxM as ',ot' WU l'"'Jy foot
up
1 to t w oor three hundred in these villages
aside, from the immense destruction iu
other places. .111 telegraph offices along
the eastern shore have been destroyed,
but communication will be restored as
soon as the damage done to tlie lines can
be repaired.
The fine passenger steamer R. O. Co
burn, of E. B. Ward's Lake Superior
line, foundered in Saginaw Bay last
Sunday. Seven of the erew and three
of the passengers are known to have
i been saved. Two boats with officers
and the rest of the crew arc missing.
The Oshurn was 011 a voyage from D11
luth to Buffalo with twelve thousand
bushels of wheat and three thousand
barrels of flour. She was valued at $S0
000, and insured for $50,000.
WISCONSIN.
The concentration of horrors in the
awful lire at Chicago has to some extent
diverted attention from the more wide-
spread and far more fatal conflagrations
w hich have Keen raging ior 1 ne past
I two weeks all over the Aorthwest.
) But broad as is the territory which has
j thus been laid iu ashes, there is still im
minent danger of the flames spreading
i over regions yet more immense in area
! and more inixrtant in wealth and pop-
illation. We fan even now count up the
i lives lost by many hundreds, and the
I villages destroyed by the score; but
j what, if this should not be the end ! The
year would indeed becnm an (Jm
..ii'niMf ill the annuls ot human, suffer-
ings a year filled up with wonderful
misfortunes. It would rank even in di'-
aster and terror and loss with the first
two years of the war.
Three months of continued drought
have made meadow and field as dry as a
chip of kindling wood, and as inllama
ble as tinder. A sjiark from a passing
locomotive, the careless flinging away of
a match, the wind-strewed embers of a
camp fire are enough to wrap the entire
land in flames. It is therefore easy to
be understood that the land has not been
the victim of a great single fire, but of
many isolated conflagrations. Perhaps
the worst of all these fires has been that
terrible one in the neighborhood, of Green
Bay, Wisconsin, which commencing
near Aew 1,0110011, has raged throughout
the country east and north beyond the
Monomonee River. This is a region
which has not yet been to any great ex
tent reduced from its primeval forest
condition, and its scanty population sub
sists to a great extent bv getting and
transporting lumber, which they obtain
in illimitable quantities from the great
pine forests with which the soil is cover
ed. Altogether the fire is computed to
have devastated no less than three thous-
;md square miles, and probably not few
er than one to two thousand lives nave
been ' sacrificed. A letter from Green
Bay on the 4th inst. gives the following
graphic account 01 tne nre :
The fires in the woods that nave been
raging to the east and on the shore of
Lake Michigan are still burning, with no
prospect of abatement, and new fires
have nroken out to tne west 01 tne Day.
The loss is beyond computation. Fully
5(H) families burned out ot House and
home, have now come to this place, des
titute of everything, ana at least a hun
dred1 more familes are in an equally bad
condition. Houses, barns, larm build
ings, fences, bridges on the roads abso
lutely everything has been swept away
The smoke is so dense and suffocating
that no attempt can be made to cross the
country and ascertain the extent of the
fire; but it rages iu Manitowoc, Kewau
nee. Door and Brown counties on tne
east, and in Shawano and Oconto Coun
ties at the west and north. 111 tlie latter-
ter, the settlements are scarcer and less
loss to families has occurred. But the
ground is so dry that the fire eats into
the vegetable mould a foot and a half
deep, and burns the . roots of trees, so
that they faU and lie in all directions for
miles in extent like, timber "slashings.'
Miles and miles of the most valuable pine
lands are rendered worthless.
Advancing steadily onward the fire at
last enveloped and destroyed the little
town of Peshtego. We have still to re
ceive full accounts of the ti-agedy, but we
know already that between twelve and
fifteen hundred unfortunate people have
perished. The village is some seven
miles from the harbor, and 011 Sunday
evening the same wind probably that
worked" the ruin of Chicago, blowing
with the, force of a hurricane, fanned the
smouldering tire 111 the forests around 111
to a blaze and drove the nre into the vil
lage. This was at within a few minutes
of the time when the Chicago fire broke
out lietwecn ten and eleven o'clock
In less than ten minutes the eutire vil
lage was in flames, many poor people.
who had retired for the night,, had not
time to escape! from their homes, and
were burned alive 111 their own homes
There was no possibility of checking
the names ana the surrounding lorests
presented one mass of fire. The people
could only fly to the river lor gaiety
Those living'in close proximity to the
water reached it and waded in till it
reached their necks. Here they remain
ed from two to four hours and by wet
ting their heads w-ere able to escape with
life. But many were badly burned
about the head and face while in the wa
ter. Many were drowned. Others.
women and children, died from the ex
posure. Those who lived only one or
two streets from the river were strick
en down by the flames and burned to
death before reaching the water, whole
families were destroyed. Iu the morn
ing the streets were strewn with burned
bodies. Eight or nine bodies in one
corner were found near together. One
family consisting of father," mother and
six children, were found dead together
within three leet ot the water, it is im
possible to give a correct estimate of the
loss ot lite, it is supposed tnat tne in
mates of the Pestigo Company's boarding
house, one hundred ana unwards 111 num
ber, nearly all perished. Every report
from the neighboring settlements bring
information ot houses burned aud many
lives lost. The immense pail factory
and large saw mill, aud the stores.
bridges, locomotives and cars were burn
ed and every kind of projierty destroyed
Another village burned was Menekati
nee, at the mouth of the Meuomonee Riv
er. One hundred and fifty buildings
were burned. There were no lives lost.
however, so far as known.
At a small settlement 01 live or six
houses, called Birch Creek, on the State
road, nine miles north ot Meuomonee.
every house was burned, and ten or
twelve lives lost, only three persons es
caping.
At little Sturgeon Bay there was yet
.another tradegy of the same horrible
character, seventy-live lives being lost,
All through the nothern part of the
State, indeed, the farmers have been
burned out, and for weeks to come w
shall receive scattered reports of persons
and families who have perished in the
names.
In Door County, on the other side of
Green Bay, the destruction has been even
more complete. The eutire peninsula
has been devastated, with a tew fortunate
exceptions. The settlement of Brussels
was burned down all but live houses
one hundred aud eighty houses being de
stroved. Only nine lives, however, wer
loct- rPliie u'tie oil "roiidnr iiirlit ,io,t
the following morning two hundred peo
ple had to breakfast 011 lour loaves ot
bread. Carcasses of horses, cattle, sheep
and hogs, dead with the smoke and heat
were strewn about the streets, and the
ixr burned out victims of the lire
houseless and starving, and, iu some
cases, smarting with wounds received in
the fire sit dejectedly amid the remains
of their houses, barns, farming imple
ments, household .furniture, all they po-
sessed.
Some idea may be formed of the fire in
the neighborhood of Green Bay by these
details. The list of casualties, however,
is necessarily very imperfect. Reports
now received show that the conflagration
has swept through the whole northern
tiers of counties Marathon, Shawano,
Brown, Oconto, Keewaunee, Ooor, H an-
paga, Outagamie and Winnebago suffer
ing the worst. The loss in these dis
tricts is compnted.at $10,000,000, which
tails to a large extent upon small 1 aim
ers, whose entire capital is but a few
hundred dollars, and to whom insur
ance is unknown. The painful earnings
and savings of years of honest toil have
thus been swept out of existence by the
havoc ot a night.
France.
The election returns, though incom
plete, indicat the return of 04 Ilona
partists, 104 Legitimists, 201 Radicals,
4!U Moderates, 807 Liberal Conservatives.
Prince Jerome Itonanante s election for
Corsica will be contested. Tho Hion
Public, ministerial organ, announces
that Bismarck and l'ouyer tfuertier
signed the customs treaty between
France and Germany. The financial
portion of the convention is definitely
concluded by the signatures of the two
Ministers. That part of it which relates
to the regulation of customs duties must.
be submitted to the German Jteichsrath
for ratification. Court-martial trial of
Communists had sentenced ninety-one,
and acquitted nine thousand.
Ueruiaii).
There, was an important debate in the
Lower House of the Bavarian Ueichs
rath on the subject of Papal infallibility.
The Minister oi' Worship and Public in
struction, replying to the interpellation
by a number of deputies heretofore re
ported in these, despatches, said the State
had at all times the right to make changes
in the laws relative to the church. The
Emperor William opened the sessions of
the lleiehsrnth in person. He began his
address with a review of the past session
of theXorth German Parliament, and of
the course of (tcrmau unification. The
progress of this important policy, and
the present condition of united Germany,
he considerd eminently favorable and
gratifying. Passing from this to topics
to he considered by the present session,
he said its chief care- would lie considera
tion of the budget for the Kinpirc. The
advances made by several Slates of the
Confederation must be repaid out of the
funds received from France as indemni
ty. Alluding to the foreign relations of
the Empire, he said that such relations
were entirely satisfactory. There was
no cause for anxiety in any quarter.
Especially was the correspondence with
Austria of a cordial nature, and inter
couse with that country no longer shad
owed by rcnuiiiseenees. of jmst contlicts.
The PAIXESriLTsE .
JOURNAL,
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Reasons wliy the Journal
Has Met with Such
Success.
First. Becanse it is tlie largest paper ever
published iu ttiis couuty, and because it fur
nishes each week nearly three columns
more reading than all the other pa
pers combined.
Second. Because it has a larfrer list of
contributors than any other paper in
Northern Ohio.
Xhird. Because it is in every sense of the
word, "a live paper," "for live people."
Fourth. Because it is in the broadest sense,
fair and independent uion all subject?, wheth
er Social, Religious or Political.
Fifth. Because its articles are all to the point,
and its columns are not filled with long and
prosy essays devoid of all interest.
Sixth. Because it gathers the news from all
quarters of the world, by telegraph and
through its own special correspondents and re
porters, and condenses it into such brief shape
as to present a reliable mirror of all that is go
ing on in this and other countries.
Seventh. Because its Market Reports of
Stock, grain, groceries and agricultural pro
ducts, of home and foreign markets are always
reliable.
Eighth. Because it is a paper for the Home
Circle always having something for the young
folks, as well as for the old folks; something
for the humorous as well as for the thoughtful
something for the gentlemen as well as for the
ladies; in fact, something for all tastes.
The JorRXAL presents the greatest number of
regular and carefully edited departments of any
paper published in this section. .
The Literary Department
Will always be found filled with choice and
varied reading, either written expressly for the
-loniKAL by the best authors of the land, or
carefully selected from the ablest home and for
eign publications. ThesKRiALS are exciting,
and free from any of the objectionable features
of ordinary sensational Romances. the essays
upon Religious, Social or Political topics arc able,
fair and liberal its numerous column quaint,
fanciful and witty its general articles spicy and
interesting, and its Poetry, original and selected,
pure, chaste and of the highest order.
The Children's Column.
Has already ocqnired a reputation which was
well expressed by oue of the lady subscribers
who said "That one column alone was well
worth the whole price of subscription. Its
stories are pretty aud inculcate the highest
morality."
The Religious News
is culled from the religious publications of the
whole world, and presents a brief but compre
hensive view of nil that occurs of interest during
each weeTc, together with such other items of
gencrul religious information as a"rc of interest
to all. .
The Agricultural Column
Is carfnlly edited with a desire to always pres
ent reasonable suggestions nnd hints that will
benefit the Farmers generally, and advance all
aggricultural interests.
The Column of Practical Hints
Is prepared with the greatest care, and will bo
found to contain much information that will
be of use in the family and in the workshop.
No receipts are presented without first having
been practically tested, and hence may be re
lied upon.
. The Editorials
Will always be fair and impartial. and as able as
the abilities of the editor will enable them to be.
The News of the Week
Is a department which is alone worthjthe full
price of subscription. In it will be found the
latest and most reliable news of the whole week,
collected from every part of the world. It is
carefully prepared and arranged in States and
Countries. The entire civilized world is repres
ented in the column devoted to this department,
and no other paper here presents in its entire
contents so great an amomit of reliable informa
tion in regard to the doings everywhere as ii
found in this one department alone.
The Markets
In all the principal cities from which produce is
received or to which it is sent, are given up to the
latest hour of going to press and are always re
liable and correct.
The Local News
From all parts of the County is full and com
plete. The reporters and correspondents of the
Jolrnai. are able, and spare no lalwr in col
lecting items sons to make their several depart
ments to contain everything that may transpire.
The Columns of t he Journal
are ever open to the discussion upon any topic
of public interest vnich contains no clement of
personalities, and, although the editor will not
hold himself responsible for the views and opin
ions that may be advanced, yet the contributors
are at liberty to advocate such as may seem
proper to them in support of their positions.
The Journal
In short is a paper wherein Freedom of Speech,
Euergy In Collecting News, firmness in Discus
sion anil the broadest Liberality in all things will
alwavs be found.
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FOR: NOTHING.
Xot withstanding the large numbers of subscri
bers who are already enrolled upon tne Sub
scription Book of tlie .TomxAi,, it is hoped that
the next thirty days will see the list grown to
twice its present size. Twenty-fire hundred
subscribers by the first of January are the least
that are expected, and in order to secure them.
one of the largest and most liberal Premium
Lists ever offered by any paper, is now- offered
for all to avail themselves of.
To every new yearly subscriber, ou and
after this date, will be presented a beautiful
Steel Plate Engraving,
SIZE 18X24.
The retail price of which Is everywhere not
less than 82-00. -,?S!f
Remember, This is not a premium offered,
in case you secure one or more new subscribers
aside from your own, but is a magnificent pres
ent made to each and every person who shall
subscribe to the Journal for one year. The
picture itself cannot be bought for less mouey
than both picture and paper are furnished for iu
this way. There arc now fifty different varie
ties of these steel-plate engravings, but our
want of space prevents any enumeration of their
names. M'hen a subscription is made the sub
scribers can taketheir choice.
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SEWING MACHINE
Great Inducements.
MAGNIFICENT OFFER
TO
Every Subscriber of The
Painesville Journal
Wanting a Per
fect Sewing
Machine.
The celebrated Elias Howe Sewing Machine i
known tlie world over as standing among the
few leading machines that may be called per
fect. There are so many good1 Sewing M.-u'hines
made now-a-days, that- is has been a tlitltcuit
matter to say w hich is the best. Hut we have
selected the celebrated Howe Sewing Machine
to offer as a premium, because wo consider it,
beyond a doubt, equal to ths veky best, if not
supvrior to auy Sewing Machine Made. The
reputation of this machine for simplicity, dura
bilitv, rapidity of act ion, and having the best of
stitches, ranksjwith the verv best. This ma
chine, wilh walnut table, cover, and tile modern
improvements sells at Skventy Hollars.
'c willpivsent suchlahnachine to any poison
who will send us the names of One Hundred
and Twenty-Five now subscriber, which,
at our usual rates, f .tX) each, i fi.V).
We simply want the names, with the money
ofm, tHinml autl tvfti-A'vr jmthoiin who do
not take our paper, and who really suhscri!e lor
it: they may be sent one at a time, or all togeth
er, they may be at. one )Kst-oflico, or more than
one we are only particular that they shall be
bvna-itr jifir tuttwrifor.. On this liberal offer
wcsliall expect to send one of these iiulespensa
hle household articles into almost every town
ship in tliis county.
leroiis intending to take advantage of this of
fer, and sending Hie sultscrihcrs names as they
obtain them, ill please stale in each instance
that lliey are sent on this an-oum.
Ml Mihseriptinns seni under this offer must
begin with the number of the paper nkxt aitvr
thi: RfvKir-T or tiik monkv.
Itemittances must be maid lv imst-onlee
money -order, bank check, or evpres, (paid.)
ftogr In order to present every possible in
ducement to those desiring to wm-k for this
premium, we w ill add to the above offer, which
in Itself is almost unparalelled, the following:
to each one composing the club we
will present a copy of one of the
Steel Plate Engravings, which sell
at f 8. SO apiece. So that in presenting this
premium, our offer stands as follows: to any per
son procuring us the names (and money) for one
hundred and twenty-five yearly subscribers to
the Journal, wc will present a Seventy Dollar
i-lias Howe Sewing Machine, and at the same
time will give to each of the persons belonging
to the club, a beautiful engraving, the price of
which would be JLrT THE SAME as the origi
nal subscription price to the paper, namely Two
Dollars. S3
S6S.OO
Serving Machine I
ALSO
GIVEN AWAY.
Another splendid chance to anyone desiring
to obtain a genuine
Elias Howe Sewinc Ma
chine ! Por Nothing !
To any person getting up a clubof one hun
dred yearly subscribers, and forwarding
the price of subscription, (S200, we will present
one of the justly celebrated Ellas Howe Sewing
juaciunes wmcn sen at g65.no, and to each of
the persons composing the club we will
present a splendid steel-plate engrav
ing which retails at SS.OO. The only
difference between this club and the proceeding
one is in the value of the machine, and conse
quently in the nninber of subscribers required.
llie machine for $65,110 is the same as that ror
S70.00 except that one is provided with a cover
and the other is not. In every other particular
the two are identical.
Other Splendid Premiums.
WATCHES of the World
Renowned American
Watch Company's
Make Given
For
NEW SUBSCRIBERS
TO TIIE
Painesvill e J ou rn a I.
As Follows:
To any person procuring fifty new year
ly subscribers to the Journal, will be pre
sented one of the American Company's
Sterling Silver, Hunting Case, Gen
tlemen's Watches. These watches are
furnished with solid silver caps, aud will be
warranted as genuine American works, and sol
id Sterling Silver Cases. The regnlar price
for the watches is S40-00. As in all other
clubs, so in this we will in order to enable those
getting up the lists to offer every inducement
also give to each one of the fifty persons compos
ing the club, one of the large Steel Plate En
gravings, 22x24, which retail at S2.00, just the
subscript ion price of the paper itself.
To any person procuring forty new year
ly snbscribers to the Journal, we will pre
sent s watch precisely similar to the above in ev
ery respect, except the weight of the cases, and
which retails at &30.00, and as before an en
graving to each of the forty subscri
bers.
OTHER PREMIUMS
EOR
Smaller Clubs.
A Rare Chance to Procure
Standard Works
BY THE
BEST AUTHORS.
For Thirty new subscribers will bo given a
splendid copy of Webster's Unabridged
Dictionary, which sells at 1 2.50, and to
each of the thirty members of tbe club
one of the S2.00 Engravings.
Or for thirty new Subscribers will lie
given a full bound set of Dicken's Works,
which retail at ttO.OO, and a years subscription
to the Optic's Boys and Girls Magazine, the sub
scription price of which is $3.00, while an en
graving valued at S2.00 will be given to each
of the club.
For twenty subscribers will be given
a years subscription to any two of the following
named magazines or papers: C'assell's Magazine
(monthly parts, reprint), price 3.50 per annum ;
Hearth and Home, weekly, price 2.00 por an
num: Home Journal, weekly, 3.00 pea annnm;
New York Ledger, weekly, price 8.00 per an -The
Rural New Yorker, weekly, 3.00 per an
num; Godey's Lady's Book, monthly, price 3.00
per aunnm, and each of the twenty in the
club will also be presented with a magnifi
cent steel plate engraving valued at
S2.00
For ten subscribers, a years subscription
to any one of the magazines or papers named
above, will be given to the getter up of the club
and an Engraving to each member of the club.
For Five subscribers, an engraving
as above and the Journal for one year
will be sent to the getter up of tbe club, and an
engraving to each oiicoftheother five
composing the club.
READ THIS.
As a great many persons desire to seenre
one or more magazines and papers at the same
time, arrangements have been made, by which
the Journal can be furnished in connection with
the other publications of the day, on terms so
favorable, as to afford an opportunity, but sel
dom met with, to secure them.
MONTHLIES.
The Atlantic Monthly.
The standard literary magazine of the country.
Harper's Monthly,
Always rich, racy and readable.
The Galaxy.
Bold, talented aud liberal.
The Overland Monthly.
Fresh, piquant and interesting.
Scribner's Monthly,
Earnest, capable and unbiased.
Idppincott's Magazine,
Ever filled with varied and rare gems. Price
of the above magazines, Four Dollars each.
Any one of the above magazines will be sent for
one year together with the Journal, price
TwO Dollnrs, and an engraving also
worth Two Dollars, to any person who will
forward Five Dollars; or we will send any
one of the magazines for oue year and the
engraving to any one who will send us
twelve new subscribers to the Jour
nal, together with the inouey.
W e will lasosend the Journal subscription
price Two Dollars one splendid Steel
IMaie Engraving worth Two Dollars
together with :
Blackwood's (Reprint), price 4.00 for o.-.
Frank Leslie's l.adie's Maza-
y.iile. price S.."i0 for .V
American Law- Register, price S.OO for 0.50.
Lady's Repository, price 3.50 for S.lW.
Our Young Folk's: price S.00 for 8.75.
Peterson's Magazine, price 9.00 for 8.50.
WEEKLIES.
AVe will send tho Journal--subrripliou
price Two Dollass an Engraviug
worth Two Dollars together with:
The American t'itien, price tor
A ppteton's Journal, price 4.00, for 5.50.
The Clipper, (sporting) price MM for .V.V.
Frank Leslie's Illustrated
Newspaper, price 4.1X1 tor ..?.
Frank Islie's hiimiey
Corner, price 4.00 lor 5.50.
Frank Leslie's Hov's'and Girl's
Weekly, price .50 for 3.73.
Harper's Bazaar, price 4.00 for 5.7.V
Harper' Weekly, price 4.00 for " T.
Now York Ledger, price 3 00 for 4.45.
Protestaut Churchman, price 4.00 for 4. ".v.
Scientific American, price 8.1V f-r 4.7.V
Xew York Weekly Times, price 9.00 lor 8.30.
Xew York WklvTrihnne.prioci.00 for 8.53.
Xew York Weekly, price 8.00 f.w 4.S5.
Every Saturday, price 3.00 for 3.30.
Toledo Blade, price S.Otl for 8.
QUARTERLIES.
We will send ttie Journal subscription
price Two Dollnr an i:iiurnvlinr,
together with:
Edinburgh Review. ',l!e;riui; price 4.00 forS.Ul.
Loudon Quarterly Review, prh'e 4.00 for OU.
North British Review, price 4.0il fur 3.00
Westminister Review, prii-c 4.00 lor .Y0O
FOREIGN WEEKLIES.
We . send tho Journal oulwrription
price Tw o utiuar-in r-nrai ing worm
Two Dollars together wilh:
Athena'inn. pi-Ire !UW for lO.Ot'.
Bells Life, prisv 10.00 for 10.00.
Spe.-lalor, price 13.00 lor 14 00.
Art Journal (nionthl ) price 15.00 for 14.00.
Au other puMicaiion in Luiiie or America
cau l I'm uihcd at liks reatouanls rairn.