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.___.__......______....__ -.-*.. -.-.-------' . -___---______ -- - . - -- - , -- ' --..---.rz mm r._- , :,:- -.-=:m -o -> .4 A. Desportes & Williams, Io ritors] A Family Paper, D6Voted 'to Sci6nc A ttand Literature. [Terms---$3.00 per Annum, In Advano VOL. VIIJ WINNSBORO' S. C., V8DE:NESDAY MOiNING, NOVEMBER 8, 1871. [NO.21 FAIRFIELD HERALD Is (UntLS1IKI) wEVicr.Y nY . ESPOIRTS & WILLIAMS, .Terms.-Tn HERALD Is published Weeka .in (Ith Town of Winlnamoro, at 63.00,in areaxbry in advance. SW- All transiont advertisements to be id in advance. Obituary Notices and Tribites $1.00 por . uar e. - avwa gmmemme e-A'..z-v ma Eva or the Mason's Daughter. CIIAPTVR I. Faster and fatuer spread the flames, and now the ship wal enveloped in a fiery sheet. Men and women rushed madly over the bide to see a quiuker but less painful death. The boats, with one exception, bad been over loaded and capsized. There were hasty prayers, and heart-rending cries of miiery and distress. )eath hov cred, vulture like, over his victimas; soei clung desperately to the vessel's side, some supporting themselves in the water by articles snatched hastily from the burning ship, and with which they had leaped widly into the sea. 'I lie Captain sang through his trumpet, "take beart, and sustain yourself as long as possible. A ship is coming to our relief." James Durant stood upon the a!. most deserted deck, with his only child, but four years of age, folded closely in his aris. His eyes swept the horizou in tearch of the ship to whih ;1 the Oaptai'i ha I allu ded. Ie discover.d it at length, but it was at least four mils t.ff. Before the ship could airive, they nust be burned to death ; or, if lie sprang as others did down iuto the water, both he and the child would be drowned, f.,r he was n1ot a swimmer. The littie arms were twined a bout bli. neck, the pale cheek rece . coa. fidingly aig..in .-. his own, but the brave child did iot tremble. i'0, my God, is there no h ,Ip" tri- d the de.sa.ziris g Ei.ther, 2., t he fl:snies awe pt iearer, anil he felt th a hi parecnt. po-ition could lie la 6 id bt a lin io lo):.ger. " L r., i v-C tlho chil to meI, aind I Will stv-!e ei," and ituninig qmekly Mr D) . nt stoil face to f:.ee wi'th ;& str.oger who hild a qife preserve: in hi, bint "Quick ! tht-re is no time to be lo.t. The child can have imy live pl oserver, and it will flo t hiet eatily. Yonder is another hip ; I Iiavi been watlinig it tot the ta. five mintes L vi.l reach uli., in l ilt ao 1-os' - ih - most. NOWt e, - ii,. J.iatj ts'e ~ a.r id 1?" his ;,rm%:.. iee your father agato ; his do n t fear God will guard yn, and som. body will Iind you awd care ftor .-i). If you never see pap, ;.ain. re ie ber ht is in heavc.in with i. ama.'' "Has she no relatives ?1" akced the stranger. "None in this country ; I am from England and am travelingfor her health." "'fake that pin froto your bosom aind fasten it to her clothing." 'Heaven help you for the thought," said the father ; and in a moment the square and compass was glistening in the bosomi of the child and the stranger took hier from her father's arms, saying :"I am stronger thla yonu; she must be east beyond the reach of these poor drowned wretches or they will rob her of her life preser ver." The white d ra pery fluttered through the air, and sank below the waves then risinig it floated lightly upon the' water.. James turned to the stranger with tearful eyes: "May God bless and preserve you noblest of men. But you and myself must be lost." "No ; I am a good swimmer, and here is a piece of board with which you can sustain yourself till relief ar rives. The father east another glance at the white speck floating rapidly away and with an inward '"God preserve her I" sprang into the sea followed by the str'anger ; but the two iRoated in differerut direetions and they saw each other no more. Two hours later James Durant awoke, as from the sleep of dea th, and found himsself in the cabin of' a a range, ship, with kind and symnpi thiising faces all around hlim. In a moment he realized all that had pass ed, and said eagerly, though feebly, "My child, my little Eva, is she safo ?" There was nao response, and a low moan escaped the fathiet's lips. 'Courage, sir." said a lad3 with tearful uiyes, "some palssengers were saved by another ship."~ The father's countenance lighted, "Gad grant that she may be saved 1" M~r. Durant recovered his usual strength in a few bours, and sought among the saved for the stranger who had proven himself so true a Masonio brother, but he was not be found. "lHe must be on the other ship," said Mr. Durant, "aid, he will care for Eva." Both ships were at port in New York the following day, but although Mr. Durant found the stranger, who befricined him, and who proved to be a Mr. Wjadsw orth, froin a Southern city, Eva ha1d been seen by no one, I and was. given up as lost. CHAPTER 11. "HIere, wife, is a Ohild that ha9 Ijust been washed upo4n the beach. iShe is now cold and stiff, but is not dead. Lot us have some warai fhn. nels immediately, and tell Thomas to run for Dr. Hunt." It was long before the quivering lashes and feeble fluttering of the heart gave token that success would crown the efforts of Eva's rescuers ; but .by and by the lids parted, and revealed two largo liquid sky-blue eyes, that wandered from face to face in a bowildered way, and then closed wearily. "I fear she will not recover very rapidly," said the Dr. "She has delicate constitution and will require the best of care." "Poor child," said Mrs. Turner, "I do not wonder she is nearly dead, but who can she be I Some ton ible accident must have occurred at sea." "You had botter xalmine her cloth. ing," said the Dr. ; perhaps you may find sone clue to her relations." Mrs. Turner lifted the gossamer white dress and turned it over and over. The square and compass plac ed by Mr. Durant flashed upon tile eyes of all at once. The Dr. and Mrs. Turner looked at each other, but neither spoke, and Mrs. Turner did not notice the tear that glistened in her husband's eyes. The doctor's fears that Eva would not recover rapidly, proved to be well fouinded ; days and weeks of lever ucceeded the awakening to life during which she talked iieohereintly ot "pupa" and "poor dead nnm-," cAnd of the "'barining ,hip,11 and of "huliiger." She finally awoke to eon meiotushems, and asked many question. as to helrv she eanie in that i: ik rfuom, an0d who were thooe wit.,ttn :d hier, but D. hint lorb-ade ier being qlue.-tioned unt il .be was st omg Hlow interested were fall in the een valesce'nt, whom the elements had onst iit'o the little sea board town ! The ladies dechired that never uefore did it child possess such lovely eyes, or such beautIiful cutls ; while the gen tlejen scenied not less iiiiei ested, and Iroig lih ti gills of 4:1 erythingi 11,t. ".\ly dealr ltmea girl," S.Ad D.. I.e w*. Ev: was at length able to riE , w u (il uT.: your i ii .w . .oor namlie is Evai but -,aint to know lie res: ol' our naic 'livi lhu .\I. Duraunt i- my till w Ai ant you to tell iie all you (-.an remember about' vur f 5he 1ad mnother." Eva's eyes filled with tears. "Oh, sir, my tall, died and went to live wvith the anels. And .I do not. know I where father is. He said it I never saw himti agalin I muiist. know lie htad gone to mama." "Whlere were you wheni lhe told you thia ?' "On the ship; and oh, the fire burn edm o;atid papa held mein Is arma until a strange man took mne and tied something under my arms, and threw me into the water, and I have not seeti papa since. 0, sir, can you tell ime where lie Is ?'' I"No dear child ; hut perhaps we nmay yet find him." And this was all that Eva's new friend could discover. It was plain that she had come from the ship wthich had been burned a few weeks before ; that she had been cast upon the sea and had float ed upon the shoere, but where was her father '1 Had he been saved ; and was lhe searclbing for his child I Every possible effort was now made to finid him. The circum stances of the case, with the statement of the child, were published~ fully in the newspapers of the neighboring cities ; but the grief-stricken father, believing his child to L.e lost, bad sailed a week beforetfor Europe, and it soon bedatme evident in the minds of Eva's proteetors, that ho had psr. ished. But the little one still prat tled about her ''papa," and said he would comn by..nd by, and those who believed differe utly would not pain her by contradiotioni. TJhe square and compas. that had been found upon her clothing was ro. garded as a powerful appeal from a Mason ho his brethren to care for his child. So it came pass that Eva be eame as it were, the special charge of liriam Lodge. No 93. Mr. Turner would gladly have taken entire care of the little waif, and the wealthy Senaitor W--requeated to be allowed to adlopt her as his daughter, but the Brethlren ini Lodge assemlbled, declari ed by vote that Eva should he reared, edueated and protected by the Lodge and that as Providence had plaeed her ln Brother Turner's house that should be her home. A nd o the years w.ent. y,n v.. became a healthy, joyous .ohild, flit ting there and there, nnd -everywhere meeting the warimost of wuommes. The Masonie 1l.011 was but a w reds from M r. Turrer's residence, and EN-a oftin wont with him as far as the door, a nd then retiried alone, ahvay bidditi tho Tiler. "tak good eare of Pa Turier aind rand him home early. esi.\Pri-iR in. The six years tihat ftllowe(d the douttlh of is wifo aid the loss tof his child, passed worily to James Du rant, lie visited nearly eveiy coun. try in the Old World, seeking a;iong coteies of beauty atnd grandeur as wol as historie intereat for the tinntal rest that could never be found. Ouce more lie turned his steps towards America anl sought his Mas mio friend, Mr. \Vadsworth. Finding that gentlemen about setting out, with his fanily oi a journey to the Atlantic coast., Mr. Datant accepted the invitation to accomepany them to Saratoga, and Niagara, then to -New York, where, leaving the ladies Mr. Ward.-wortli and "Mr. Durant wandered from town to town along the coast, enjoying the beauty of the sceonery atLd the quiet hospittli y that greeted them, more than iowd. ed hotels and the fashionable ,tyles of the popular w:itering places. Fan cy and the kind hand tf Providence at length led them to the little town of B- , and the second evening af ter their arival they visited the Ma sonic Lodge. A warm welcome was extended to these Brethren from such distant homes, and bofth were invited to address the Lodg-. Mr. Duraut said : "Brethren : I have traveled much and long. I havO found Masefmic sympathy iII every part of the globe, and everywhere is masonry substan. tially the same. I can hardly tell whero I reside. The world seems to be mly hoime, as lremain but, a shirt time in any townr 01' CounItry, but Iiy name1110 i4 ecorded in ;in E iglish L dge. I l:,vei my E-ghs bre hren, for they fir- brouh Iei' froo "th:kniess to light" .It'd I love E.glish soil, for wii rio it ..heps the wifte f 4 my youth. lBui I love A mireni soil for he have I found ..he warmet wele.mes, t he himl o b: (ithren. And, too, My ow: chiii is Aieuping in American watur, even benieath the very waves that wash (hI. shores of your beauti ful vilinge." "'Six *eairs have passed since this depr friend and brother rubbed him self of his life-preserver that my lit. tie Eva might perhaps esalap., 1nd we hoped tie eluoments might .e kind anld that Hleaven would scld her re. licet; hnt she was never heard of Ilnore.) The voice of Mr. Darant was quiver ing wit h emotion, and unable to speak further, lie seated himself. Glances of surprise and pleasure were cue~t from one to another among the breti.ren of Ilirun L.dge. No tine spoke, however, but all eyes turned upon the Master. Mr. Turteer. For a moment he seemed reflecting ; theni,4 ta-1king0 a1 slip of pper fromu the Secret arl, lhe wrote "Mrs. Turner-Do not allow Evl to retire until I return home. I a(1 going to bring a strialnIge gentlemiani who wi-lies to See her."' Aid calling the Junitor Deacon gave him thlte note, sayirng in a low voice, "'Take this to Mrs. TIurner immtiediately."' "WVhy, Fvae," said .Mrs Turner, when she bad read the miessaige, "you are to have compahny. A genitlema~tn at the lodge-roomo wishes to see you." "W\ho can it be ?" Eva looked perpjlexeod antd thought ful ; sudidenily her ohecks flushed, her eyes brightened arid clapping her little hands, she sprang to lier feet and exclaimed :"Oh, it must be papa I no one else would wish to see me ;no one in the world ;" and before Mrs. Turner comprehended the child's inter-pretation, she had passed the thireshold, arid was flitting through the moonlight toward the lodge roomt. The Tiler looked amnazed when Evan burst into the ante room, her checeks burniing, her eyes flashing with joy and exe'tement. "Do not stop min! I am going ina !" she exelaimred. But tihe inner doer was fastened, and the imipatienit Eva crioed withl vexation. "Wait a moment" said the Tyler, who hiaving heard nothing of what had transpired within, was at a loss to accoulet for the strange conduct of the child "wait i. momnent and I will son.l youtr requecst to Mr. Tlurner." "1 shall not wait ; I do not want to see Mr. Turner; I wont to see rmy papa." "Thie child is crazy, that is evi dent," siiid the perjelexed T1iler to himself ; but, callirne ont the deacon be bade him say that Eva was there and determined to got into the lodge room. Thle deacon went to the East and delivered his message in a low tone, and a moment afterwards moved "the craift be called from labor to refresh "No~w, said Mre. Turner "'tell the Tiler rto let her come1 inl." And Eva did( come in, or rather bounded into the hali, mere beautiful in liar exeitement thanr ever before. She advanced t~o the centre of the room and stbodb besi do the altar ; half poised upon one tiny foot she scann ed rapidly the faces of all. m.r .engg eye1sgotii). ,etps1ed t besgrs wh1o wor.o d0 . l . e ch ther, ad l for' i inOIetitt sie spoumd irreso luto, tlitisdurting foriwuid with a glAd cry' Mie threw :iar arms obhat the neck of Mr., Durant,,orying,.;"Oh, pap4 ! my d1ear ,ptppn!Pvoy. tlyye equie+, at is !ou wre not burned in tile We wilHV hot attoinpt to P).int the scene farther,. ,bt w ave, our readers to imagine the joy of the found father, and also le.ve t ~om to decide I whether the t1urs that wit tkhc cheeks of the ireth'ren of Hlira:W Lldge we'e c;used byjujmpathy wvith' the hiapp.i. I ness of their. little .a learge, -or grier tbat.they should lose Oho whom they all loved. '111 ECOTTON DIPARTMENT. Meeting of the Southern Delegation Resolution, &c. THE PREMItUM nALE M1. M'8l5AN 6TATEMENT, The great feature of the Fair was the cotton department, and as many rejresentatives of the planters' inter. eats were present, and deeply intereat ed in the awards, it Is important to know wltat their viewA are regarding the result, and their opinion of the Faii. The chair stated the object of the ileetIng was to make a suitable ex pression of the obligations due to the Fair association and the people of St. L miis for the hospitulities exton ded to them. A recess was taken, and on the re turn of the committee the meeting was called to order and the folowio resolutions were reported and unansii nmously adopted : R1so!.UTIONs. Resolved thalt for ourselvts indivi-l. ually, and in behalf of the people of the cotton growing states whom we represent, we tender to the St. L->uis IA:ir Association and the inerehants of St. Louis our grateful acknowledge. ments for the muniflcent encourage ment extended by them to the promo. tion of tile great staple of the South. Reolred thnt the award of $10,000 cotton premittins I.S an act (of liberali ty unparnlled in the history of Ameri. can fairs, and we hail it as ant evi. dence of a just appreci-ition N'. the part of the people of ?t. Louis of the umportance of more intim tte bu-iness and cor nicia' relations between the West and South. Re.solvcd that wo cordially tender mur warmest thainks to tihe Fair asso intion an(] the people of St. Lonis e nerally for their unbounded hospi tality arii unremittingtitsentions with wieh the representatives of the South have been the recipients during our sojourn in their beautiful and gruinig city. Resolred that our thanks are espe. eially due, and are hereby cordi lly tendered to Miles Sells, Eq., chair. man of the Cotton assoointion and the other, officers and managers of the Cotton association for the fairne's with which the cotton department ha! been conducted and their unremitting attention and whole-souled hospi. talit v. lesolved that the we carry with us to our Southern homes a most grate. ful arnd pleasiag recollection of our prorent visit to St. Lous, and trust the day not far distant when the West and tho South shall be commrsercially, socially and politically one and in dissoluble. T H E PR EMI1(t 134At,.. Th'lrouighout the day .hundreds of visitors called sat cotton headquarters to get a specimen of the premium cot ton. As the premium bal's has been donated by Mr. MoShan, to the wid owSstand orphianis. it is probable that sntch of the cotton carried away as speutmens, wats taken from other bales and palmed off astheo genuine cottons. Next in interest after the bale of cotton which carried off the sweep stakes, was the lucky gentleumin, Mr. B. McShsau of Lee county, Mississip p1, thle producer. W~hat he said umay be condensed into thte following state mnent, which is nearly verbatim. 55IR. St'Hit A N's sT A TEI EPNr. I take the first premitnm for the best bale raised in Missisippi of $500 then the premriusm for the third bcst ; Ed. Me~ehie, the atrongest comipeti. tor 1 dreaded, getting the rocond pretmium. I grot the aweepstaktes of $1,000 as against all the ten dom peting States, I had three tales this year on exhibition, butt one was de feated on aceount of being inpropor ly entored at, the St. Loui4 ih'ir, the contest being general Sevees suits were made for myself and family out, of thte cotton by the New 1irunswick, New Jersoy, Hosiery comapany, as complimentary of.our industry, enter. pr-ise and energy. A .female and sioalo -suit is en exhibiti'on , core, manufactured out of my pteium bale of cotton, mtixed with ipe mern tt6 wool. Themogoodq wos.e p resepted by thte tsnanufacturor threu gh Mears. Syryook & Rowland. The proniiumw '"ale 1 have presented to the Widowsd anid Orphans' Home through Shryock & Rowland. It has brought me within a fraction of $4 per ppmasd. Its ordinary market value woula be betwooh 25 and 80 ens pir pound. My son, Win. 8. MoShan, was offer. ed. after the premiu. .... .add $100 for the lale. ' It weighed 408 It is an improved cottnn,1from what. is tieiil. the "Old Pettigulf seed," no 4iaued from, a point below Vieks burg, aud took itst name from being thei-e irdt int rodnced. It is the Most cOitodaly plaInted eottonl of the country. - A- a general thing it has vo.ry wueh deteriorated, it being mixed up with other varieties. Sincothe war, in picking ejtton my son di covel ed that theret was a great, diffe i nee In the text ure ofthe lint, and in picking, he made a seloction from the hoictSt stalki and blIas. For the pa4t six years 1he repeated the satme p.roce+, and has succeeded in ubtaiuing a choice variety. Three years this fall we took it itn oar heads to cxhibi .-our cotton at the fuiss. The first premium we obtained at Memphis, of $300. onl a fine bale en try. The next soason, 1870, we made a one-bale eutry at St. 1i1uis, and took the first premiun of $500; also the sweeptntakcs of $1,000, and with one other bil at the Mississip pi State fair at Jackson, we carried of the fir.t premium of $150 same year. I now enter three bale< ; on one I get the state premium of $500, and the genieral s vee psta kes of $1,000. On the second b.le I get a premium of $1,000, making in all $7,600 at this Fair. The merit of the cotton depends on its fineness ind bilky texture. It is a hard discrimination to mAke between Jong and short staples, if raised ont upland, because if well cultivated the length andl strength is imnprovel by good culture and manuring. W hen I first commenced experimcntiug in the Imatter, and preparing cotton for Fairs, miy principal object was to in duee others to produce cotton if a bet. ter q'iality, believing that it would be nore remuneraiite to tle planters to produce and make a better quality of cotton than un.ier out old system tof labor, which has been changed, a great deal being tnmde by white labor, they being better capa'ble of hand. ling it than under slave labor. In answer to a (Itery, Mr. NiShan said lie served ni10ne montIs in tIt( State lilitia during the war, under .Maij. George of the Confederate army. Ile said that while the negroes were slaves there was sone prfit, ill their labor, out since they were tuarn. ed loose there is na profit. I consider, lie said, free negroes a (lead weig;hat and incubus on the indu.stry ef the country. I wiqh that they hIi:l a colony and turned to cannibals. You may employ negroes, but when they get their bellie4 filled they go up town, louk at the railr ad ears, and d-n't look one day aleiad. I had $6,000 in slave labor before the war Lut by emancipation my estate was reduced one half. I now employ white labor. I have to pay a white nan more th in a ie gro, but le is more reliable. But it costs more considering that you have to hoard the white.. It costs from 33 to 50 per cent. more. We have to pay them higher wages. The ne. gro, when a slave, got a great deal better fare than now ; was housed, clothed and doctored much better thtan thtey are capable of duintg thtem,. selves There is now a gre-it tmore mortali ty among youtng negroes than wh'len thtey were slaves. riTey htave, as a general thintg, no physician to look after thtemt unless vouchted for by their emtployetr. A bout tre. pa ag. I haid anegro faiiiy on my place. I gave thiem a piceu of land, :- ae half they taised. Well, if I h-al nc. paid the strictest attetttion to them, thtey would not have earned their. food Since then I have nou dread of thte lash, It is thte ntext tihing to an impossitbility to get them to work Saturdays, as thtey wattt two Sundays, to hountge ab~out the depot and see the cars. Trhere is an idea anmong our plan ters to cultivate a smaller area, and cultivate it better. It takes mnuch lees stock, lees seed, and theo product is mucht better. There is a saving in fencing, in thte interest on thec ini. vestment in lantd, and a great saiving generally. Thte frankness of Mr. MoShan was admired by those who listened to his off-hasnd qtatemnent.-St. Louis (M1o.) llp~ublica~n. Than following paragraph from the World, shows how little respect Conk. ling~ ad Murphy pay to the Phtiloso. pliers warnings and entreaities: In one Uiidical Senatori.il (onivei. tion of thtis State it was charged byv a promiinent;Republican presernt thlatono of the candidates for Senator had ro elived $30,000 for his vote while in the Senate. T.Lhe., measure, date an aut which he: received on each idere gIven, but In. the face of these facts he was bomlnated because Col leetor Murphy antd Conkling said he was sound for themt. Such is Radi eal htonesty put into praotioe. A woman, who has been reading int the papers that Sunday marriages are illegal, writes to the papers to know how it is with a baby born on Sunday ? If so, which should be punisbed. the father, the mother, or the baby ? The Disnstrous Conflngraillons of Alod Cril Tillies. Norfolk, Virginia, was dostroyed by tire cannon, January 1. 177(i. Property to the amount of $1,500,000 Vas destroyed. Soon after New York passed into the hands of lie British, September 20. 1776, 500 buildings were consun ed by fire. In 1811, December 26, the theatre at Richmond was burned, in which the Governor mid many leadinga citizens perisheod. Six hundred warehouses, and pro perty to the amount of $20,000,000, were destroyed by fire in New York, December 16, 1785. April 27, 1838, in Charleston, S. C., 1158 buildings were consumed, coverinng 145 acres of ground. A pril 10, 1845, in Pittsburg, 1000 buildings were destroyed by fire. Loss $6,000,000. Fifteen itindred buildings were burned in Quebec, May 28, 18415,and in less than a month afterwards, 1300 moro ; in all two thirds of the city. July 19, 1845, in New York city, 302 stores and dwellings mind $G,. 000,000 worth of property were con 0umsed. June 12, 1846, the whole town of Newfoundland was destroyed by fire, and 6,000 persons rendered home I C .q. September 9, 18-18, in Albany, 600 buildings, besides steamboats, piers, &a. : 24 acres burned over ; lois, $3,000,000. St. Louis lost 15 blocks and 23 steamboats by fire, MAay, 17, 1819. July 9, 1850 in Phiiadelphia, 350 buildings were lost by lire, 25 persons burned, 9 drowned and 120 wounded Lo-s $1,500,500. In San Francisco, May 3 to 5, 1851, 2,500 buildings were biuriedl. Many lives lost, and *3,500,000 worth of property destroyed. December 25, 1852; 35,000 vol. unies were destroyed by flio in our Congressional Library. July 12, 1852, 1,200 houses were burned in Montreal. . August 25, 1851. Danmriscotta, MAainle, was entirely destroyed by lire. Ui.C same day tamore than 100 houses in Troy, N. Y., and a large pa,;rt i.n of Milwaukee; \Vis. October 9, 1857, a great fire occur red in Chicago ; $600,000 in property destroyod. July 4, 185, the city of Portland, Me., was nearly destroyed by fire ; ten thousand peoplo rendered home les ; loss $15,000,000. February 17, he, iho city of Charleston was alimost destroyed hv fire, aid great quantities of military 41and iaval stores. Ti1:: G R.A\T FIR. IN .ON DON. This great fire whoso ruins covered 436 acres,extenelod from the Tower to the Teiple chureb, and from the northeast gate to Ilolborn bridge. It destroyed in the space of four days 89 churches, the city gates, the Roy al Exchange, the customhouse, G nild hull, Sion College, and many other public buildings besides 13,200 houses laying waste 400 streets. Over 200,. 000 peopm~le camped out after the fire in [slington and hlighagate. C.meaorn ing thais fire Sir Charisto, phier WVren built a monumntt with this inscr iption thereon: "Th'lis pillar was set up in perpe tual remembrance of that most dread ful burning of this Protestant city, begair. and carried on by ye treachery andt- malice of ye P'opiah factioni, in ya be.ginning of September, in ye year of our Lordl, lO66;, in order to yo enrrying on their horrid plot for ex, tirpating ye P'rotestant religion an old E0nglish liberty, anad ye initrodu cing Popery and slavery." TIhis inscription was fiunlly erased b'y order of the conmnon council Jan. unary 26,.1831. TIhe church of the Campania, San tiago, was burned Deccemnber 8, 1863 and 2000 persons perished ini the flames. It will be seen from thme above re cord that thme conflagration in Chicago is the largest which has taken place in the world sine thme great fire in London in 1666. The Arrest of Women In York, The Union, upon the authority of a "gentlemian fromi Yokil, denies the statement made by us that three women had been arrested in York. All we have to siy is, to give thme socaeo of our informat ion. This was upona the authority of a letter received hero b~y a gentleman of the highest character from hia brother, who stands equally high in York. Itf thme state ment is erroneous, we shall be pleased to know it, for the situation in York nieeds nao embellishmaent. We ob verve that the notorions Mr. A. 8. Wallace, R adical member of Congress is here. If the Union's denial of our statement as made upon his au thority, andi ho "the gintheman from Yorkville then we tell the Union plainly that there are two sides to any statement madne by him about "the situation at Yorkvilhe." As the prime mrnover in the trouble brought upion the white people of York, ho is srn interested witnes.... ('rd. N~eni,. Poll Parrot. As a talker, the parrot has numer oui rivals among birds native to Britain. 'Tie magpio, the jay, even the jnckdaw, may be taught to utter inteiligeible sentences ; but all these, and even the parrot himself must succomb to the starling, whose imita tive powers are equal to those of any other bird (save, perhaps, the Ameri. can noeking bird), and who, to the foilty of speech, adds the charm of a wild but melodious song. Anecdotes of the starling are not uncommon ; overy body knows the story of 8terno's imprisoned bird, who complained un. ceasingly ''I can't get out-i can't get out;" and perhaps most of our readers could match that story with another as good. But we once fell in with a starling whose genius soared far abovo that of the bird of Sterne ; and weemay as well close this paper with a report of that memorable inteviow, in which we shall be careful to set down nothing more than the simple fact. Thus it W118. On a day (now many years ago) whon we happ~oned to require the ser vices of a tonsor, wVo stepped into a barber'i shop, in a rather retired street of the town where we then d welt. It was verging towards sun. sot, and the shop window being darkened with wigs, buats, bottled hair bsrushes, fronts, perfumes, sponges &c., the contents of the apart. ments were not clearly visible in the comparative gloom. On our opening tlQ door a voice called out : "Gentleman wants to be shaved gentleman want's to be shaved !" "No," said I, "I want my hair out." "Gentleman wants to be shaved I" rang the voice again. The barber came forward from an inner room, s rying, "You're wrong this tlimo, Jacob ;" and drawing up a smiall blind to let in more light revealed a starling in a cage, who, I then saw, had been the sole shopkeeper when 1 ontered. While I sat under the soissors, the operator commenced a convorsation with the bird. "Come, Jacob, give us a song now Como, Jacob !" "Come anJ "kisi n.e, then," said the bird, in aecents almost as plain as those of a child of tix or sevoa years --"como and kiss mo-cono and kiss ine-come and kiss we !" The barber put his lips to the wires of the cage, and the bird thrust his bill between thom, and a suedes sion of loud kisses onsued, in whioh it was not possible to distinguish those of thei human from the foathered biped, until the barber had resumed his task, when the bird continued kissing the air for some minutes. "Come, that's kissing enough, Ja cob ; now give us a song, Come, 'Iome, sweet home '" With that the barber began whist ling the air ; the starling took it up, and continued it alone to the con cluding bar of the second strain, whistling it with perfect accuracy up to that point, and then breaking into its own wild natural song. "Ahi ! Jacob, Jacob ! why don't you finish your music ? That's the way it is sir--you can't got 'cim to sing a whole tunoe ; they always go off into their own wild notes before they get to tihe end." Jacob now began again to insist that I wanted shavjng, and would only be convinced to the contrary by more kiessing. When lie was quieted, I asked his owner how he had suc ceeded in teaching him so effectu ally. "I had him young, sir," he said, and lhe had nothing to unlearn when I got him. Ever since lhe has been my only companion, except when cuatomers come in, from morning to night. I sit by him nearly all day, perhaps weaving a wvig or doing some other quiet job, and I talk to him, and lhe talks to ime. Of course I don't teach him one thing before lie has learned another ; and if I was to try to teach him too much, per haps lie wvouldn't learn anything. lie can talk a great deal more than you have yet heard, and he'll speak again presently." Of this I had some doubts, as the bird was thon busy feeding ; but no sooner was the cloth removed from my nock, and I rose from my scat, than up started Jacob to his perch, arid begani shouting with thme whole force of his little lungs :''Gentle man pay your money-Gentleman pay your money I" and lhe continued to vociferate this delicate reminder long after the money was p'aid-as long indeed as I continue dwithin hearing. M rs. H., a young mother, was exhi. hibiting, ithm considerable pride, to a uumiber of admiring friends, her first baby. Finally, appjroacing little Danm, a boy of five years, the hasppy parent said, "D .n, Isn't this a clear little baby 2" Dan hesitated a moment, turned up his eyeLS, and anawered,-"Yes, only it'. bald head ed." A P'hilosophew who bad married a vulgar but amiable girl, used to call her "Brown Sager;'' because ho said, the was sweat t~nt nearofned.