z (Enmbria Jrrremaiu erexsiiitrg. pa. Saturday Morning, : Oct. 14, 1871. It mny interest our republican readers in the rural districts to learn, if they have not already heard it, that tbe radicals have carried Pennsylvania by 10,000 to 15,000, have gained one Senator and sev eral Representatives, thereby securing both branches of the Legislature, have elected John Dean President Judge and Samuel Ifcnry to the Assembly by several bun Ired majority, have swept Ohio by some 25,000 or so, and Iowa by over 30,000. What else they have done that had much better not have been done, our readers will have to wait until next week to hear, if they depend on U9 to tell them. AH put together, it amounts to n big licking for us, however. Quicn sube. At tho election which took place in Texas last week the Democrats achieved a splendid victory, electing all the fouk members of Congreps. In the present Congress, the delegation stands one Dem ocrat and three Radicals Considering the baee and unparalleled expedients to which Davis, the Radical Governor of the State, resorted to in order to make certain a rad ical triumph, the s iccess of tho Democra cy, aided by the Conservative Republicans, is the more gratifying. Texas may now be regarded as a certain Democratic State in the future, and her vote, as well as that of all the other late slave holding States, with perhaps one exception, will be cast for the next Democratic candidate for the Presidency. The Radicals elected their State ticket last Tuesday. In Philadelphia the Rad ical election officers counted a majority of ten thousand. No one but an idiot believes that this is an honest expression of the people's will. It ia however the legiti mate fruit of the infamou9 registry law of that city, controlled by as vile and de bauched a set of political scoundrels as ever tampered with and prostituted a ballot-box. An election in Philadelphia under that law, has become merely a broad and disgusting farce a subject of sneer and derision by all high-minded, honorable men. Although the citizens' republican party cast a solid vote of two thousand eight hundred in favor of Diddle and Sheppard, tho Democratic candidates for Mayor and District Attorney, which it was admitted on all sides would elect them, yet when the ote is announced, nfter having been counted by the ring of corrupt election officers, Biddleid defeated by about eight thousand and Sheppard meets with the same fato by noarly three thousand votes. It is a fraud as wicked and gigantic as it is plain and palpable. How long must a patient people submit to such an outrage ? Wm H Rosi, the Democratic candi date for Assembly in this county, has been defeated by his Radical opponent, Samuel Henry, by a majority of 407. This result does not give rise to pleasant reflections, but prudence suggests to us the propriety of not entering into a detailed statement of the causes which have brought it about. Reasons as plenty as blackberries could be assigned, bat at this time and in our present not very ami able temper, it is better that they should ba left unsaid. Mr. Rose has been strick en down in the house of his own political fiiends the blow came from a source whence it was least expected. Uy their own deliberate act a portion of the De mocracy of Cambria county have entrusted their dearest political interests, as well as those of their fellow democrats through out the State, to the tender mercies of a gentleman who, although personally unex ceptionable, is as bitter and uncompro mising a partisan as can be found in this or any other county in the commonwealth. It is fair to infer that they knew the con Fequenccs of their own acts. Any other conclusion would be a base insinuation against their political foresight and gener al intelligence. As a man makes bis bed, bi must he lie in it. If, then, the next Radical Legislature, in i mitation cf the buffled attempt of its predecessor two years ago, fraudulently abstracts from the Sinking Fund nine millions and a half of dollars, placed there for a epeciGc and sa cred purpose, and appropriates it in aid of certain rail road projects of more than questionable profit and utility if, instead of the unholy and infamous Philadelphia registry law being wiped out of the stat ute book, where it is a foul disgrace, other unjust and oppressive provisions aro added to it, by which a few mora thousand dem ocrats in that city are disfranchised and excluded from (be ballot box and if, in the Congressional apportionment to be passed next winter, a Radical rope should be placed arourdjthe neck of the Democ racy of Cambria with which to hang it as high as 1 1 a man for the next ten years when all these iniquities, and others that are sure to come, shall have been con summated, the Democrats who contributed to bring about these results will perhaps fully realize the fatal and mischievous ef fects rulting from their own suicidal eoi!2uvt- CHICAGO IN RUINS ! I AN UNPARALLELED CALAMITY ! 1 Tb 5Xot ninnitlroij I ire of the A Fcnrleen Thousand Honura lliirned Ureal Aumbrrol Lives Lost. CdicaG). October 7. The most terrible cooflagtstion that ever occurred in this city bruie ottt about 11 o'clock to-night; and having already swept over mx entire block. U tt il 1 racing with almost unabated fury. The fire started iu a large planing mill, bit uated beteeu Clinton anil Canal, aud Van Rnri'ti anil Jackson streets. The wind was blowing very (ieh, and the flames spread with almost incredible rapidity, and ia a few minutes the entire ktiucture was a mass of fire. Tiie immediate vicinity is built up mainly with small wooden tenement houses, and two story frame buildings occupied as groceries, saloons, etc. The inmates of many of these houses, stai tied from alumber had barely tirue to ru.h out ia their scanty night altiie, leaving their household gods to de struct iou. In several instances children wore hastily wrap pad up in blankets and quilts to break their fall and were thrown trom windows to tbe ground. When the alarm sounded for the fire, another of con siderable magnitude was burning on Wells at reef, near Adan.s, and several engines wore necefharily kept at woik upon the fire. The ieet of the engines in the city were moo on tbe ground., but betore they arrived t ie Die had apread over so wide an area, and was so rapidly spreading, that tff rts seemed of little avail. liiiween fJanal btreet aim the river were several lumber yards, which are entirely deatioycd. At this hour the fire has made a clear sweep from Van Bureu street North two blocks to Adams and West to Clinton. Three blocks from the river be tweeu Van Bureu and Jackson are burniug. and the wood-woik of the Western approach to the Adams street blidge is destroyed. A large coal yard, containing thousands of tons of coal. Mtuated between tbe Chicago and Alton and Pittsburg and Fort Wayne R.ul ruad track and the river, is on fire aud burning furiously. The immense grain ele vator of Yiniceut. Nelson & Co., one of tht finest in the city, id immediately adj iiu ing. and though intended to be fire-proof, tbeie seems little t'oubt that it will bo de bt royed, as the inlLLpe heat to which fit is cubjected will crack tbe slate, with which it is covered, both on the roof aud bides. It contains many thousand bushels of graiu of all kinds. The depot of the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayue, aud Chicago, and Attou aud St. Louis Riiln ads. is situated north of Ad ams, and between Canal street and the river. One of tbe buildings, a light wooden struc ture occupied as an exprebs office, was ou fire at midnight, aud is undoubtedly destroy ed. The scenes in the "iciuity of the confla gration are indescribable. Half of tbe pop ulation of the city seems gathered there. Tugs ou the liver are engaged in towing to places of safety the vessels nioorad in the neighborhood, while locomotives are hastily pulling out a great number of cars standing on tbe track in flames. Latbk 1:30 A. M. The fire is appa rently l aging ms fiercely as ever. A biock of buildings ou the North side ot Van Buren street, w hich was thought an hour ago could be saved, is now wrapped iu flames. Tbe elevatur is safe, so far, and tbe fire seems to be spreading South and West, notwithstand ing the wiud is now directly from the Suth, and blowing hard. Chicago, October 8. Shortly after send ing the last dispatch this morning, detailing the progress of tbe fire in the western divi sion, the flames were arretted. Tbe space burned over embraces four blocks bounded north by Adams street, west by Clinton 6tieet, south by Van Buren street, and east by the Chicago river. Some four or five buildings within the limits named, remain uninjured. Among them Viuicent, Nelou, & Co.'s warehouse, one of the largest in the city, which escaped serious damage. The space burned over was covered with lumber, coal and wood yards, planing mill, viuegar factory, and a large number of dwellings aud saloons of the poorer class. A close estimate of the loss places it at $250,000 to S00,000; half probably insured. Tbe fire originated in Lull & Holmes' planing mill, on Canal street, near Van Buren, and as the wind was fresh fri'tn the South, the fire spread North ward rapidly and thence East. In thirty minutes tbe whole district was all ablaze. Mrs. ilargaret Iladley. living oa thd North side of Jackon street, was burned to death. It is impossible to learn to-night the exact amount of insurance and all the names of companies that are victims. Chicago, October 8 1:45 A. M. To night is the most fearful in the annals of the city. The fi:e which commeuced at 10 p. m. has already swept over a space at least three tiroes as lare as that of last night and is still tushing on with greater fury than has marked any stage of its progress. The engines appear almost powerless. Fire Marbhal Williams has just telegraphed to Milwaukee for all the steamers they can spare. The conflagration has already devas tated twenty blocks, mostly composed of the smaller clasa of dwellings inhabited by poor people. No less than 300 buildings have beeu entirely destroyed, and more thin that number of families rondcred homeless. The wind is blowing a gale from the South and carrying showers of sparks to every part of tbe city, threatening destruction on every hand. Two A. M. The fira is still raging with increased fury, and has spread a distance of more than a mile from where it started, and covers a breadth of nearly half a mile. Chicago. October 8 11 P. M. A fire is now raging in the Western division, which appears to be as large as that of last night. The alarm was given at 9:45 P. M. Chicago, October 9. The fire is still rag. ing, with a heavy Southerly gale. The Water Works are destroyed. ' The firemen can get no water, and the fire has full swav. I Nearly five miles of the city are in ashes. express ana newspaper i ruces, banks, court house, six grain elevators, and other impor tant buildings in ruins. The loss will ex ceed sixty million-!. Assistance is badly needed. Food and water are wanted for thousands of homeless people. The suffering is tutense. and there is no telling when the names will be subdued. ONE U ALF OF THB CITT DESTROYED. Edokwood. ten miles from Chicago. Octo ber 911 A. M.Tbe work of devastation continues. More than one-half the city is already destroyed, and the flames continue the ir ravages almost unopposed. At about one o'clock this morning tbe 6re crossed the liver at tho Adams Street B ides, and soon destroyed the Gas Works. The fire then spread in every direction. At this hour al most every building from Harrison street North to the Chicago river is destroyed, in cluding all the insurance offices, banks, ho tels, telegraph offices, newspaper establish ments ( wih the single exception of the Tri bune office, which is fire proof), court-house, Sherman House. Tremont House. Palmer's New Pacific Hotel. New Bigelow Hotel, and in fact everything e!se is swept clean. This district embraces all the heavy business houses in the city. It is not known whether any lives were lost, but the streets are filled with people, many mourning miasini; rela tives aud friends. Washington, Mtdison, Market. Clinton. Jtfferson, Buffalo, and Uiiawold streets, and all that part of the city, is a blackened mass. Thousands of ptople in vehicles are on the roads liom the villages to aid the people In Chicago. The firemen and policemen are working like he roes. The fire bas extended over a circuit of three miles, aad both sides of Chicago river are in mini. Great exertions were made to 6avo tbe Court House and Gas House, but in vain. The latter exploded with threa re ports, hut no lives were lost. Tbe city to night will be in darkness. Thirty or forty vessels in the river are now burning, and many more are destroyed. The finest blocks of dwellings and finest buildings in the city are in ashes. Every fireman in the city is called upon to do duty. Nearly all the bridges across tbe river are burned. All is terroT. BUILDINGS DESTROYED. Chicag . October9 1 P. M. The fire has swept everything from the Chamber of Com merce to tbe lake and tbe river, mewnoie of the business poition of the city Is in ruins. The Mayor of Chicago has called for assist ance aud supplies from all quarters. All the telegraph c-ffices, including the Western Union Telegraph building, a new edifice just completed; Court H-iues, the Sherman, Briggs. and Tremout Houses, the Post fBce, the Custom House, the Board of Trade, the U,ck Island DeDot. Pacific Hotel, in fact everything is burnt from Twelfth street North, aud from the canal, on the West side, to the lake. AH the city banks are burnt, and all the business part of the city is goue. The fire is still raging. Water has given out and the firemen are exhausted. The loss will he more than $500,000,000. THE PATH OF THE DBS TR'-YINQ BLEJIENT. Chicago. October 9 5 P. M. Tbe awful work of destruction still goes on with relent less fury. From Harrison street, in tbe South, to Division street in the North, and from the river to the lake, an area of four miles long by one mile wide, the names have swept everything before them. It is estimated that at least one hundred thou sand people are homeless, and in a suffering condition. The streets in the districts still unburned are lined for miles with such house hold goods as have been saved from destruc tion. The most generous offers of assistance in money ,fod, or anything wanted, are coming iu from almost every city and town through out tbe country by telegraph. The Mayor bas respouded to several offers, asking that cooked food be providrd as soon as possible. Firemen are ou their way here from Cin cinnati, St-Louis and other cities. Build ings are now beiug blown up on the line of the fire, to attempt to arrest lis progress. HOFK4 OF THE SAFETY OF THE WATEB WOBES. Lateb. It is now believed that the spread of the fire Southward bas been stayed at Harrison Btreet, but on the North side there is no diminution of its fury, and that entire division of the city is evidently doomed to utter destruction. There are grave fears that tbe flames may spread to the West side of the North brauch of tbe river, and the in habitants of streets nearest tbe river are al ready moving to places supposed of greater safety. The Western Uuion Telegraph Co. have now six wires working East and South, running into a temporary office at the cor ner of State and Sixteeuth streets. The Northwestern Railroad Company are run ning trains on both its branches, which are crowded with fleeing citizens. It is now positively asserted by some that the water works are still Intact, but the water bas been shut off from the Southwest divisions on ac count of the quantity being used on tbe North side. A reliable gentleman, just ar ived from the North division, brings the joyful intelligence that the water works are uninjured. God grant it may prove true. THE LOSSE8. It is impossible to give, even approxi mately, a correct statement of the losses, but a faint idea may be formed when it is stated tbat every bank in the city, except two small savings institutions, one ou Twenty-second street, in South division, and one on Randolph street, in West division, are destroyed ; all th6 wholesale stores, all retail establishments, the Postoffice, Court House, Chamber of Commerce, every hotel in South division except Michigan Avenue , Hotel, which, standing on tbe extreme Southern limit, escaped, though badly scorched, every newspaper office, the Tribune building, which was supposed to be fire-proof, having finally succumbed ; every theatre, aix of the largest elevators, the immense depots of the Michigan Southern and of the Illinois Cen tral Railroads, both of tbe passenger and freight depots of the latter ; more than a score of churches, and much of the shipping in the river, all destroyed. Men who were millionaires yesterday morning aro nearly penniless to day. loss or LIFTS. But more terrible than all is tbe certainty that many human beings have perished in the flames. How many, no one can tell, perhaps no one will ever be able to tell, but it is kuown that some have perished, and there are only heart-strickening fears that the victims may be counted by scores. Hun lreda of horses and cows have been burned in atables, and ou tbe North side numVers of animals, though released from confine ment, were so bewildered and confused by the sea of fire which surrounded tbem. tbat they rushed wildly toward the fire and were scorched and killed. . Any attempt at a de scription of scenes of the appalling calamity would be the simple facts, that the once great city of Chicago is destroyed ; that hun dreds of millions of active capital here have vanished, and nearly one-third of Chicago's inhabitants are homeless dependants, are enough. Any attempt to embellish would be mockery. As this awful day draws to a close, thousands of auxious eyes watch the clouds of smoke which still roll over the burnt district, with evident dread that a sudden change of wind may turn the flames upon that portion of the city yet spared. There seems, however, little cause for as- .prehension, aad the reinforcements of firemen Irom other cities are constantly arriving. Colonel J. J. Wilson, Superintendent of the Telegraph, is in receipt of dispatches from the leading cities announcing that aid is being provided for the sufferers. Colonel Clowry, of St. Louis, telegraphs that J70. 000 have be?n subscribed by the merchants there. Cincinnati promises $200,000, and Cleveland is proportionately generous. All this and a great deal more will be needed to rel ieve the immediate pressing wants. Ev erything is being done by General Stager and his assistants to keep up communication for the citizens and press for the world out side. About three-fourths of the United States mail was saved and taken possession of by Col. Wood of the Post-office service. Chicago, October 109 A. M. There are a thousand people camped about four miles out, and perhaps aa many more at Lake View, and on Fullerton Avenue, near Prairie. The people are being fed in the re maining churches, school houses, tinder sheds and by the roadsides. It was cold and chilly this morning, caus ing great suffering, but it is now clearing up again. Instead of this being welcome the people aro praying earnestly for more rain, so fearful are they of the continuation of the fire. This U the situation this morning. Lto on Sunday evening, a boy went into I a stable on DeKoven street, near the river on the west silt, to milk a cow, carrying with him a kerosene lamp. This was kicked over by the cow and the burning fluid scat tered among the 6traw. This was the be ginning of the great fire. A single extin guisher on tbe ground, or the active work of the police in tearing down one or two shan ties, would have prevented the spreading of the flames. But engines were waited for, and when arrived the firemen, stupified by their exertions at tbe fires on Saturday night, worked slowly and clumsily ; their efforts were unavailing. The wind from tbe south west blew a gale, and rapidly tbe names shot from house to house and fiom board-pile to board-pile, until the district burned the night before was reached. Meau while the flames had crossed the river, north of Twelfth street, spread to the south side aud made for the brick aud stone business blocks, railroad freight depots and manufacturing establish ments, x The full extent of the danger was realized for the first time when the Fire Department, already tired out, worked like heroes. The Mayor and his city government, that bad supinely rested, now began to exert them selves, but the opportunity had been lost. The time when a thorough organization could have blown up the buildings or pre pared vfor the emergency, was neglectad. It was cow a fight for life. The wind was blowing, and a stiff gale had possession of the flames, and tbe beautiful buildings, Chi cago's glory, lay before them. Harrison, Van Buren, Adams. Monroe and -Madison streets were soon reached.and the intervening blocks from the river to Dearborn street on the east were being consumed. Three-quarters of a mile of brick blocks were consumed as if by magic. HEARTRENDING SCENES. By ten o'clock in the forenoon was to be seen the most remarkable sight ever beheld in this or any other country. There were from fifty to seventy-five thousand women and children fleeing b every available street and alley to the southward and westward, attempting to save their clothing and their lives. Every available vehicle was brought into requisition, for the use of which enor mous prices were paid, and the streets and sidewalks presented a sight of thousands of persons and horses extricably commingled. Poor people, all colors and shades and every nationality from Europe, China an 1 Africa, mad with excitement, struggled with each other to get away. Hundreds were tram pled under foot, men and women were load ed with bundles containing their household goods, to whose skirts were cliDging teuder infants half dressed and barefooted, all seek ing a place of safety. Hours afterwards they might have been Been In the vacant lots or in the streets far out in the suburbs, stretched in the dust. These are suffering. These are the lattibs whom Christ now calls on the rich world to feed and clothe." God keep them if the heart of man shall prove obdurate. EPISODES. One of tbe most pitiful sights wa that of a middle aged woman on State street, loaded with bundles, struggling throueh the crowd, singing the "Mother Goose Melody," "Chick ery, chickery, craky crow, I went to the well to wash my toe," &c. There were hundreds of others likewise distracted, and many rendered desperate by whisky or beer, which, from excessive thirst in the absence of water, they drank in quan tities, spread themselves in every direction, a terror to all they met. FRIGHTFUL I.OS8 OF LIFE. It is fearful to think of the loss of life. It is conjectured, and with good cause, that nearly five hundred have been burned to death. We saw six men enter a burning building, and in a moment they were over whelmed by a falling wall. There was a crowd of men around the corner of this build ing, trying to save the property, when the walla yielding, some of them were buried beneath. These were on the south side. On the north side twelve or fifteen men. women andchildren rushed Into tbe build ing occupied by the Historical Society, a fire-proof building, for safety. In a few minutes the flames burst up, and they were burned to death. Among them is the ven erable Col. S. Stone, lorjg connected with tbe Society. He was eighty years of age. Also John B. Gerard and wife, and Mademoiselle De Pelgrone, a noted teacher of music, per ished. It is feared that Dr. Frear and fami ly also were burned, as they were in the building and have not been seen since. All the books and papers of the Historical Society, including the original copy of the famous Emancipation Proclamation of Pres ident Lincoln, for which tbe Society paid 825.000. were destroyed. Mrs. Edsall, whose husband was murdered last week, then suffering from illness, was carried away for protection to a building which was afterwards consumed, and it is feared she also perished. BURNING OTP THE ASYLUM -ORPHANS MISSING. It is feared that a large number of chil dren and infants of the Catholic Orphans' Society, on State street, were also burned, as many of them are missing. On Chicago avenue a father rushed np stairs to carry three children away, when he waa overtaken by the flames and perihJ with the children. The mother was afterwards seen on tbe northward side a raving maniac. In the same neighborhood a family of five persons perished. The list of such fatalities is very long, and cannot be fully verified till after the smoke shall have cleared away. There ae hundreds of families on that side who saved no clothing, and but barely their lives. Among these is the family of Perry Smith, formerly the President of the North western Railroad Company. THE LOSS FULLY $300,000,000. Later -A careful survey of the insur ances to-day shows there were written on the property destroyed over two hundred millions of dollars. Add another hundred millions to this sum. and a fair estimate can be reached of the loss. All the leading mer chants who have been seen, express the de termination to resume business at once. Cincinnati. October 10. Twenty-three dead bodies have been found. Dispatches' received here state that the fire has been subdued on Thirty first street and la now completely under control. No further dan ger ia anticipated. The Cincinnati delega tion baa arrived, but cannot distribute pro visions until to-morrow. Special police have been sworn in and are guarding tbe city. There is suffering and wailing on all sides. Chicago, October 103:10 P. M. Word in just brought that a fierce fire is raging on Thirty-first street. This street is two miles, south of the southern fire limit on the south side, and a little less than that from the limit on the west side. This has been set on fire for the purpose evidently of destroying the remaining part of the city. It is largely occupied by tbe wealthy residents. It is also known that two men caught in tbe act of firing a building have been shot and two others led off with ropes around their necks. As the wind is blowing a perfect gale, the end now cancot be foretold. Further news will be forwarded as soon aa received. Chicago, Oct. 11. The wind is blowing a gale. The fire is apparently subdued. It has not spread any since noon. The number of dead found up to this time is about forty. The ru'us are not all acces sible yet. A portion of the city will be sup. plied with water tc morrow. An Obstinate I.lephant. O'Brien't- menagerie exhibited in Meriden yesierday (Thursday), according to adver tisement, at the usual grounds on State street. Jut after the close of the afternoon perform ance the great elephant Mogul took it into bis bead to enact a tragedy not on the bills, so walking majestically out of his enclosure, be weut for his keeper in a fit of rage. The keeper sought refuge under the cage contain ing kangaroos, which Mogul disdainfully turned over In a j fly, aad walked through the canvass out of doors. Ibeo M went on a t mr of inspection, and if not "seeking whom he might devour," he certainly seemed willing to accomodate anybody or anything that might wish for a set-to. Meeting a pi e of lumber in the adi iuiug lumber yard, he quickly spread the boards in good shape for J seasoning. Tbt-u meeting iu his path one of the moles belonging to the company, he ran Lis tnsks completely through its body, pin ning it to the ground, and killing the ani mal instantly. The next obstruction in his mBjt-i'ty's path was a wagou belonging to Messrs' Grether & Hall, which he scornfully seized with his trunk, and raising it, smashed it to pieces; theu he returned to the dead mule, and again plunged his tusks through it, ar.d breaking ff one of his tusks close to the jiw. paunteriLg carelessly into State . . a 1 street, with none to molest or to mase mm afraid, the crowd following at a safe distance behind, while before and about him every body seemed to be very busy in getting out of his way. The keeper arid other attaches of thrt menageiie soon rallied, and by strat egy and good tactics he was induced to enter a fijld belonging to Mr. Camp, thence into an orchard, where he indulged in the pas time of tearing and smashing whole lengths of picket fence. The novel mode of subdu ing him, temporarily, by shooting him in the face aud trunk wilh buckshot, was adopted. Some fifty heavy charges were fired at him ; the stinging cff ct acted well as a slight check upnu his operations, during which his keeper fearlessly approached and chained him to an apple tree about twelve inches in diameter, hich was no sooner dis covered by tbe euraged animal than he in inVantly and withcut apparent effort, but with the greatest ease, ti re it up by the roots, and again created the greatest consternation among the immenso crowd who had now col lected in the immediate vicinity. All went, and stood not on the order of going, but some tall running was done, and a--me lai'gh able "iDcidente occurred in the stampede, leav ing the g oind free to Mogul and his would be captors. He was, by great daring and ag:Iity on the part of bis keeper, again secnred by chaining his hind feet to a very large tree ; here he was left for the night, and a guard stationed wilh rifles loaded with ball, to bill him should be again break loose during the night. lie was evidently much chagrined at his confinement, and continued to ' snort" and struggle to break the chain, affording much excitement throughout the city during the entire night, but fortunately he was held nntil abont 5 o'clock this morning, when his keeper, with the assistar.ee of the entire foice of; tie ooncern and about 500 citizens, un dertook the job of punishing and subduing the monster. Large ropes and chaius were procured, and after many attempts, in which the same were broken quite easily, he was finally, at the end of two hours, thrown down, and recured in that position, when simu'taneously his beating began by a dozen strong men with clubs, iron bars, spears, and pitchforks, aud continued until tbe men were exhausted, and again renewed fiom time to time for about two hours, at which time, after many wounds, and ponnding enough to seemingly kill him, he was as obstinate as ever. Refusing to surrender, be was left to his own reflections in this condition, and the beating abated for a time. At the pres ent time of writing (twelve honrf). he seems determii.ed not to succumb. A choice he has of doing so or being killed, as in his dangerous mood he will not be allowed to rise without evidence of a change of heart. It is estimated that the damage done in his tantrum will cost over $700. Fortunate it is that do lives were lost. 2f Haven Register. The Gbbat Conflagrations. A Fire Line Three Hundred Mile Long and One Hundred Miles Wide The fires which for a ftei-k or more rat havn Viwn EKnninir over Minnesota and Northern Wisconsin, cover sections of country truly enormous. That in Minnesota, at latest dates seems to have started in Dakota territory, although there is no evidence as tojthe precise locality. The south end of the conflagration is cross ing Northern Iuwa. while the northern end reaches far un toward the head nf T.nk Su perior, and is sweeping down tbe valley of the St. Peter's river, and the forests east of the Miisiippt above St. Cloud. It seems probable that this fire is advancing on a line 1 . . .i l. J j :i i . .i . .. ucrarijr mica uuuuiru limes long, ana mat It has passed over a terrtory scarcely less on an average than one hundred miles, although the outlines are irregular. That in Wiscon sin is even more terrible, reaching from near New London through all the country east and north as high up as Menominee river, and how much further is not definitely known. It is also following down the Lower Fox river from Osbkosh towards Green bay. and a large force of tbe Chicago and North western railroad men have been engaged for several days in protecting the ties and bridg es from destruction. Buildings have already been destroyed near Fort Howard, opposite the city of Green Bay. On theeast side of Fox river it has been equally disastrous, covering nearly tha whole country west of Manitowoc, and far up the peninsula northward, embrac ing millions of acres of the finest timbered land in the west. Thus far no fires are re ported in the Wolf river pineries west of the river, or on the Chippewa and St. Croix, but as long as the drought prevails they cannot be considered safe. The catastrophe is so terrible, involving so many enterprises and people, as to amount to a national calamity, and it has even been proposed to call the legislature of Wisconsin together to devise measures for the relief of the sufferers. Mil ions in value have been destroyed, and still; the fire fiend pursuesils way, human agencies being utterly powerless to arrest it. The disaster is the most wide-spreading and ter ribly that bas ever visited the state, and will fall with crushing weight on more than 100,000 of the most industrious and deserv ing of the population. Large fires are re ported in Michigan, but the extent of the devastation is not yet known. It is proba bly small in comparison with that west of the lakes. Chicago Times. It is almost inconceivable, aad yet the fact is authoritatively stated, that while the great conflagration at Chicago. was at its height, two men were caught while engaged in setting fire to houses which the flame had not -reached. They were bung to the first lump-post, which waa certainly too kind a death for them. What could have prompt ed men to act in this desperately fiendish manner? Who can explain? Certainly' not the desire for plunder ; for, if that waa their object, tbey could not have desired a fairer field than that which the fire bad already given tbem. Four or five persons were killed and forty wounded In a riot between whites and blacks in Philadelphia on election day. Rllftl atoma lien nuu a -" Archbishop M'Ciotkey, of New York, recommends a collection on Sunday t:ext in all Catholic churches in aid of Chicago. Grady's Circus balloou, while being filhd with heated air at Parker's Landing, last week, took fire, and "went up" for the last time. The editor of the Chester Republican Kaa ...n shown SCO copper coins, bearing " uccu "-" . T u date from 1740. to 1?C0 the corns bemg un- riblv muti'iitd. The d sco very has been made that grape leaves make a yeast in some respects supe r:or to hops, as the bread rises sooner and has not the peculiar taste which many oljici to in Lb at made trom bops. -George O. Evans, the alleged defaulter, was brought to H-trrisburg ou Tuesday night last, fn tn New York, in custody of an ( fli cer, and at last account? was under close surveilance at the L chiel House. John Hancock, one of tbe Democratic members of Congress elect from Ttxas, is a brother of G tueral Winfieid Scott Hancock, and was formerly a member f the legisla ture of this Slate from Philadelphia. At West Chester, on Thursday, Mrs. Amanda Spence, Colored, aed about CO years, was shot dead in the back-yard of her refidence, by an unknown person. An old ! musket with which the crime was committed, i was found in the 'ard. Majir Iljdge, the defaulter, has been sentenced to tan years haid lalicr in the pen itentiary. In addiii' n to this he is to be carhiered. to forfeit alt pay and allowance? that may be due him. The amount of hi3 pif.rir.gs is 1445,406 00. The Ntwberu Journal of Cmmerce says : It is imjH)ssible to convince the color ed people in tbi. section tbat the tidal wave is a myth. They ar? holding meetings night and day, praying and exhorting their breth ren to prepare f r the flood. Four persons have been arrested in Lan caster for placing obstructions on the track of the Pennsylvania Hilroad, near that city. Thy fastened ties on the track, but happily whilst two engines were somewhat inj'ued no other damage was done. Two years in the Fenitsntiary is all a Houston (Trx ) court has awarded to Sim uel L. Smith, a negro, for placing obstruc tions on a tailroad track, and thus causing the death of the president. Dr. Young, be sides wounding several other persons. One of the latest rumors from Chicago is that in a burnt blacksmith shop ou Rush street the bodies of fifteen men were found burned to a crisp, they having im-bed into the shop to escape from the flamfs, which h; d s irrounded them before they had discov ered their peril. Among the largest corn grower? in this State b William Cameron. Esq.. of Uoion county, who has three hundred acres iu corn on his different faime, that will average one hundred aud twenty lnhels t.f ears to the acre, making thirty seven thousand and two hundred bu.-hels. At the York fair, last week, a cabinet of relics and curiosities was exhibited among other attractions, which yielded a considera ble revenue. This was called Old Curioeity Shop, and contained two watches of small size, one as large as a silver three-cent piece and the other the siz- of a silver five cent piece. A girl cine years of age arrived at a town iu Central Iowa recently, having trav eled unprotected al! the way from Western Kansas, and bringing with her two sisters, one an infrnt, w hich the carried in her arms, aud the other three years old. Her parents had emigrated to Kaosas, and both died there, and she determined to return to Iowa. The Sal del Rey, the great salt lake of Texas, is an immense led of Fait about five miles in circumference, which is believed to be inexhaustible, as the process of production is constantly going on. The salt is formed naturally, and only bas to be shovelled up, placed in carts, and takan away to be ready for market. Mr. Thaddcus Swbzer. of Fermanagh township.Juniata county, met with a terrible accident ou Saturday morning last. He w as engaged in threshing grain, and by some means got his right arm into the machinery, which was torn and mangled in a shocking manner. Dr. Crawford was sent for. who amputated the lacerated limb at tbe shoul der. The following cement will firmly attach any metallic substance to glass or porcelain : Mix two ounces of a thick solution of glue with one ounce of linseed oil Tarnish, or three-fourths tf an ounce of Venice turnen- lina. .1 A .1 . . , uci l"em togeiner, stirring them until iney mix as tnoroughly as possible. The pieces cemented should b tied together for two or three days. - r n,. . nr. fiiisha Fitch, a resident of East liranay wine township. Chester county, went to work on Friday morning, the 15th ult.. x.iau uuie ne uas not Dcen seen or nearo: oi ty ins anxious relatives. It is sup iHweu mat ne nas been tonllv .l.lt Tue missing man is five feet eight inches in height, bas gray eyes, smooth face, brown hair cut close, and wore, when last seen, a black coat, black cap, and blue pants. Recently the officers of a school district in W indham. Ct.. drafted a call for a school meeting, writing it in purple ink and sign, tug it with black. The notice was posted as usual, but the purple soon faded entirely out, leaving the signatures. A citizen took down th i notice, filled out a draft for several hundred dollars over the signature and pre sented it. Although the money wa not de manded, yet these committee men will here after use black ink. The Palatka Herald bas received an other communication from a "reliable corres pondent" in Orange county. The Herald says; "It seems that the late horricane. graphically described by Sturges, was noth ing more than the work of an overwrought imagination, superinduced by a condition of the brain under the stimulating effect of Orange county rum, and the grating motion or the tree-tops wr-re the result cf rapid bog ging, impressing the idea that the earth and waters were rapidly revolving." A singular evidence of Oregon's anti- at Iillamook Heads. It appears that some men were grading a road bed. and. when twenty-five feet below the surface, one of tbem exhumed a copper bowie knife over twenty two inches long, two and a half in ches wide, by three-eighths of an inch thick The curiosity was sent to C. Roop. of Pay.! ton. who has it in his mnsenm. ITs i. J, other mystery for the oldest inhabitant 'to explain. The knlfo is made of tbe best co'd- best cop per. It bas iast been discovered tV,at th. ct. of Indiana haa been paid twice by tba Treas ury Department for boata which Senator Morton obtained when he was Governor for use in the war. Notwithstanding that the Governor holds his receipts for payment in full, tbe claim? were presented and again paid. The evidence looks aa though an im mense fraud has been practised, and the par ties im plica ted will be asked to "rise and explain." What will the Rradical preaa ay to this Western Tammany, with 8nator Morton at it head ? "uru j "J: , ; ' . vr vi ! mere were oruists on almost ' L3 -Mrs. U Fel oi.of Rr cheater. New Wk. , ,he u e,. " J fart ,f while passing from one car to another, car haJ been dead three W lrIt, tying child, on the train near Chicago, fell ljad , d u dr,!' beneath the wheels. Thei. bocl.es were ter- ontr JJyl' The I A TV o d . ... ta . " . uuidlt. i'JMESTin T au,.u.j t.cuiun some cf u tenement in Jamaica avemi V. ' . 1 T I 1. ; .vc WL.iu-r. IDLO !h a r . . U L 1. days no one had be-n seed to pL. lu and they suspected something'11 Gr ' ! ' On etitorine the mm ii.. s ' .u , : wic corpse ii Anna W ti.f . : lay tbe husband in a dru,.k, m. 'if ' oouy oi toe woman was short;, i lf , udf The '''''y tr,. hotly ot tbe woman was ghort;. aj-jry. and from the testimony tul ' V'4 lowh.g particulars were tuctrtai, ej - t U ner was addicted to drink, and .,ften r, ' home drunk. Atsnch tim.J(i... reLi erally a violent quarrel. Oc Tu. he was drunker than usual. A qu'iul sited and was kept up umil a U!e n ' :" neighbors distinctly bearing Uo n! ' the icquest the rxuiicerer lay 0ll ',). flr'r occasionally muttering some uninu"; words, and entirely uncensci. n. i ' ''' rendered a verdict of death by the bands of Charles Wagner, anj tLeCt ner ordered his arrest. ' A Singular Revelation. Oa Si'u-i last oue Foooey. a traveling d.t!,r rr.' ," formation before the t.ffi-lals at Ui -r t ' dusky, O., that he bvl been er,-4'.j time ago to pohou Barnabas UV, sged and respected citizen. 83 vhT,. j The contract was made by Wa.r,er's w r7 ; about 28 years of age. and a b7.tr,er or ' j latter. Robert Gaster. the? azreeir t, ." him 200. Foooey purchased Fme fV,V nine and mixed it with milk toa-t ta. v agoner had marie lor her husband 1; .. ill. This took place Sept. 21. in hJPZ icg, ana ne aica :Le same everii;? 1 parties failing to raise the ?200. t he'd - ' gave the information ag-iust il'em ir"'. , the same time gave himself up. Ti.t th' are now in jail. Mr. Wagocei'a C'vK j been taken op and will te eiamii.i r ! f xcitement is very great over the affiro ! the parties connected with it teii -, 1 spectability and worh ccr.fideralle .-ore:'-, i j The Mayor of Milwaukee his L.-n t.v j graphed that several towns ia li.e luC . district of Green Bhv have Iceu lur-'el i Pishtego village and Sugar Bush settnJi were burned on Sundar r.ier t " ed that over two hnnured persons have per perbbed in the flame?. Qtvc drntisnachts. THE WONDER FT L. REMEDY rpR CAXCKR, SYPHILIS. SCIiOFfH rir SALT KHEI'M ar.1 ALL OTHER Uih( BLOOD IJISEASES. Dr. P. T. KEE.N'E having-just returnpd f-.---Ecuador and brought with a quantitr f .r, ornuint ( nnd iirmipo ftnrk. st-rup-d thro ttle official recommendation nn-i .-iitan,'-His Excellency the President of E'-i:tW - the Government of that KepuMic. pared to fill orders for it to a lirmu-rl -and at a price one-quarter of that hi b'. cost of the firt-t very small supplv cr.rrp?:;,.4, to ehanre. A "purloin article" m.war-". ti?ed and sold a 9 Cunduraniro. have, f' considerable expense, and with the cn-ry. tlon of the authorities of L- jj. tho rr v;!. where the plant grows, so directed thp ( '-!- j of supply as to insure tbat none tut th- gr.---nine srtirle hall te sold by us; and--- iicuiariy call the attention of tbe -'liUic, I -their protection, to tt)i- faT. BLISS. KF.EXF. A CO.. 0 Cdlar f.. .Vi r D. W. Bl.iss. M. D., Washineton. I. '.: 1 i. Buss, M. D., i. Y.; P. T. Ku.ve. M. V.. N. i. A com jiouu.i oi OKVo-nut e'!trc! the Otst proi.ilernf t.ie arou ih o.Jw - -oli' uv p-l di-Miriri-!- .' -.-rr FREE Try sitmplM of our grout -r;r . 81. OO illuitrated week!v-30 rear-' tahlished. Fine steel pre-ravin?? !:- to subscribers. Afrents make 85 a day. ; for Satnrday Ciaaette. Halcwell, Me. The oldest and raot reliable lustitutioa w. obtaining- a Mercantile Education. CrPractioal business men as Instruct": For information write for a crrculr to . Ul'FF A. 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