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?HUM m J?? -1 "''111 COLUMBIA, _._--* Wednesday Morning, Sept. 5, 189$, Tine Great Want of tia? South.gf \ As we have .said on several. O?0*-. sions, tho groat want of tho South at thia time is -an extensive system of manufacturing; and in thia dopart ment of industry, ottr staple-cotton -takes th? firs place. It does so in Old and New England for the*reason that ita manufacture is profitable, arising rrxsm tts fact' that tho pro? ducts of the spjmdleand the loom are itniversaUy used by consumers. In calling attention to this subject, we will cite the largest cotton manu factu lng town in America-Lowell. In tb-) factories in that place, the ag? gregate capital invested is stated at $13, OOO, OOO. The amount of cotton consumed is 100,000 bales; the num? ber of yards, exclusive of yarns, is .something over 100,000,000, and the number af . operatives is 12,000 mostly women and girls. It is esti? mated that it would require at least ?15,860 field laborers to raise this cot? ton, and yet it is converted into yarns and cloths by 12,000 operatives. The process of manufacturing cotton about doubles its value, and tho :ive rage dividends declared by tho Lowell mills is 33 per cent. It ought to be recollected in this calculation, that these New England manufacturers have to pay freights, commissions, and other charges, before they can lay cotton down at their mill doors; there? fore, considering these charges, the Southern manufacturer, it might be very reasonably estimated, could make a nett profit of 50 per cent. Om neighboring State of Georgia has'taken the lead in engaging in this department. Her journals are con? stantly informing us of the establish? ment of ?iew manufactories, and large subscriptions to the capital Mock of the new companies. This subject is also attracting attention in Alabama. Governor Parsons has addressed an interesting letter in relation to the matter to the directors of the Alaba? ma and Georgia manufacturing com? panies, and the people of the whole South wiU find it to their interest to embark in the business. The National Intelligencer, in notic? ing Gov. Parsons' letter, very truly says that in this respect a new era has opened for the Southern States, and the sooner the people accommo? date themselves to it, the better for them and the whole country. This is the truth; and au additional incen? tive to.the Southern people to engage in tho manufacture of cotton is the last unjust tax of three cents a pound on cotton exported. In addition to the reasons already urged, the question of labor adds an? other, very cogent, and which neces? sitates a change in the industrial pur? suits of our people. The old system of extensive planting passed away with that which enabled planters tc raise their own laborers on tho plan? tation, and by their natural increase and pecuniary value, enabled him tc ndd aero to acre, and field to field, and inducing him to half cultivate th? old plantation, or abandon it entirely t o seek new and rich lands. Cottor was speeie, and the whole energies o: Southern planters were concemratec and devoted to raise every pound pos sible, to the neglect of stock-raining or even the production of tho neces ?ary amount of provisions. Thus while the New Englander, in everj department of manufactures-fron that )f a fine carriage to a broom recei ed a large portion of tho profit; of co ton-raising, the North-west sup plied what tho planters themselvoj might have raised, viz: horses, mules bacon, lard, &c. This system, we repeat, has passet away with the abolition of slavery The area of culture must become con tracted, or rather sub-divided arnon? many farmers-in the end, yielding as much, if not more, than the forme: slovenly modo of cultivation. Th surplus profits of tmch a system wil seek new channels of investmapt, an( there is none hali BO attractive, o which will prove half so profitable, a the manufacture of the staple growl on their fields. And besides, an ex tensive system of cotton rnanufactur< will most assuredly be accompanier by the manufacturo of other article; of necessity and convenience, whicl heretofore the planters' crops of cot ton paid roundly for to an uninandi people. . ^ . Jenny Lind'? husband gets drnn and squanders her money. TheJSew Tori? ^Comm**?iaI, one pf the bitterest M? 'fkf .Republican sheets in that^ity, au4 which at ope time was for converting tho States of 'the South into territories, now thinks that they are entitled to representa? tion, and that there is but one proper course to pursue. It is of tho opi? nion that the Southern representa? tives should be admitted into Con? gress at once, without regard to tko past, upon merely taking an oath o? 'fidelity to the Union. It says that Congress, as well as the Executive, should henceforth be kept strictly within t?iolimits of the Con stitution, and avoid all legislation that inter I feres ?with individual action. It adds : '.If Congress and the Federal Go i vernment attack no interest of tho ! several States, these ?""n have no ; cause of ill-feeling aga.^st the Fede? ral Government, and peace and good? will will soon reign once more among those who should ever have acted and considered themselves as brethren, having one common interest, and being all benefited by the prosperity of each." This is the truth pretty forcibly said, and if it can curb the rampant leaders Of its party; we may look for peace and restoration. The New York Evening Post has also considerably modified its tone, and the following extracts contain re? flections worthy of consideration. After scouting tho proposition, that there is immediate danger of another sectional conflict, it says: "There is plenty of hot-blood on both sides; there are-but too many reckless and unscrupulous men in every State ready to seize upon thc first occasion to rekindle civil war. But let the people remember that such a step is fatal. It will be, a? the spectator rightly remarks, ''wai besido every hearth," it will Mexi canize the country, it will destroy liberty here at once and forever, a> well as peace and prosperity. A re? newal of civil war under an j* possibh pretext, now, will be simply ruin tc the country; it will hand us o ?or ti interminable disorders; it will sub vert the Constitution, and set ur. over our heads a despotism. Th< authors of such a misfortune wonk be cursed forever as tho enemies no only of tho American people, but o the causo of tho people everywhere "To avert such a misfortune is th? duty of all good men in every part o the country. But to avert it we neex moderation in language and in aa tion, on all sides. Noue but carefu and judicious men should be electe< to Congress, and the people shouh sternly rebuke all immoderate o exciting language or conduct every where. There is blame on every side the leaders of all parties seem to tem to extreme measures, toinnanimator, appeals, to the use of language whos only object and effect is still furthe to irritate the people of ono soctio: against the other. "Now, all this is wrong; it is mis chievous, dangerous. There are to many bad men in both sections read to take advantage of tho irritatio and passion of men in authority, an to interpret literally what is uttere in Congress or from the White Hous in haste and anger. It is time for a true men to stand firm, and to unit in such action and such an expressio of public opinion as will bring us n quickly as possible back to all tb safe-guards of strict constitution; government. There is no safety oui side of that; thc danger grows great? every day of a total wreck of the shi of State. There ie but oue remedy but one line of safety, and that is t re-establish all constitutional forms t once, and to put all the parts of tli Government machinery in open tion." No matter what has wrought th favorable chango in tho teachings < tho organs of the Republican party whether it is tho dread of approac! ing danger to its continued suprem; cy, or whether they have seou tl: errors of their past course-we ai glad to observe and chronicle it. Cotton KitiniHlcs. We have published several est mates of tho cotton crop made ou th .side of the water, some of them 1 interested parties. Wo have now foreign opinion, and one that is ei titled to some confidence. It is mac to the British Government by D Forbes, the Cotton Commissioner < India, who has lately made a toi through the Southern States, for tl express purpose of estimating tl j probable supply. The Carolinas, 1 I thinks, will produce over 100,CH bales; Georgia, 150,000; Ala!tam 200,000; Louisiana, Mississippi, Fl rida and Arkansas, 550,000. Ile d not visit Texas, and makes no esl mate for that State, but puts do r the entire production of the South 1,200,000 bales. The mission of this gentleman w for the purpose of enabling the I dian Government and people to n rive at a judgment on tho questio and we think his estimates near the correct figures than any we ha I yet ??en published. Legislature of South Carolina. T?PW?lay? September 4, 1*06. l "T^ SENATE! ! Pursuant to the prods mation of his Excellency Governor Orr, the Senate met this evening:, in the College Library. The Clerk called the rou, the President took the chair, and the Senate proceeded with business. The journal of the last day. of the last session was read and approved. Hon. " John N. Frierson, Senator elect in place of Hon, F. J. Moses, appeared, was sworn in, and took his seat. " On motion of Mr. Winsmith, a Committee was appointed to wait on the Governor and inform him that the Senate was ready to receive any communication from him. The Pre? sident appointed Messrs. Winsmith, Buist and Sullivan. A message was received from the House, announcing the organization of that body. On motion of Mr. Buist, a similar message with reference to tho Senate was returned. On motion of Mr. Sullivan, the' Senate adjourned, to meet to-morrow, at 12 o'clock m. HOUSE OF BEPBESENTATTVES. Tho House was convened in the Collego Chapel, pursuant to the pro? clamation of the Governor. A quo? rum being present, the Speaker took the chair, when the Clerk read tho journal of the last day of the last session. . The following members, who had been elected to rill vacancies, ap? peared at thc Clerk's desk, and were duly ?worn: Messrs. J. J. Brown, of Barnwell; E. Magrath, Charleston; J. P. Thomas, Bichland; and John A. Keels, Williamsburg. The Speaker laid before the House thc resignations of the Beading Clerk and Messenger, which were ordered to lie on the table. On motion of Mi. Bichardson, a j committee was appointed to wait on j the Governor and inform him that i thc House had organized, and was j ready to receive Ruy communication j he might be pleased to make. The Speaker appointed Messrs. Bichard i sou. Campbell and Garlington said ! committee. Mr. Mikell presented petitions j from J. A. Duffus, relative to back ? pay, etc. ; which was referred to the I Committee on Claims. On motion of Mr. Bichardson, the j House adjourned, to meet to-morrow, . nt 10 o'clock. I A PHOTOGRAPH.-That amiable old lady, Mrs. Swisshelm, says of Miss Minnie Beam, who received the $10,000 order for a Lincoln statue: "She is a young girl, about twenty, hus emly been studying her art a few months, never made a statue, has some plaster busts on exhibition in thc capitol, including lier own, mi? nus clothing to tho waist, lias a pretty face, with a tnrn-np nose, bright black eyes, long dark curls and plen? ty of them, wears a jockey hat and a good thad of jewelry, sees all the members at their lodgings or the re? ception room in the capitol, urges her claims fluently and confidently, sits in the galleries in a conspicuous posi? tion, and in her most bewitching dress, while those claims are discussed on the floor, and nods and smiles as a member rises and delivers his opi? nion on the merits of tho case, with the air of a man sitting for his picture ; and so she carries the day over Pow? ers, and Crawford, and Hosnier, and who not?" MATTERS I* MOKMONDOM.-The Chvat Salt Lake City correspondent of tho New York Time.'; says: The County and Territorial elections came j off on the Oth ult., and resulted in the election of the candidates on the "people's ticket"-Mormon. An op-j position ticket (Gentile) was expected, and, as a consequence, there was cou- i siderable machinery sot at work to ! defeat it. This example is sufficient to show that the Gentile element grows in Utah, o nd that the Mormons j see the necessity of their striving to I letuin the political supremacy which they have ever held iu this Territory. But the expected Gentile ticket did not appear, and tho followers of the Mormon idea won an easy victory. Theatricals aro not very brisk in j Utah, there being no other than local talent performing there. Melodra? mas, comedies, farces and petite dra? mas are the staple offered. Julia Dean Hayne has gone to Montana, and from there she will como East, after un absence of several years. Gen. Spinner, United States Trea? surer, has decided that tho ouly pro? tection to the owner against tho pay? ment of a bond or 7-30 note that may have been stolen, is by entering a caveat at the office of the Secretary of the Treasury. Coupons aro as nego? tiable at all times as a bank note, and will be paid in the hands of a third party and bona fide holders, even in j the case where it is known that they i have been stolen. THE TRANSFUSION OF BLOOD.-It is i announced that the wonderful medi? cal operation of tho transfusion of blood from the body of a healthy person to that of a sickly ouo has just been performed at Vienna. This method of transfusion is but rarely resorted to, and only in cases of ex? cessive debility, when all other remo j dies fail. The negro arrested for the murder of Mr. Carter, of Clinton, Miss., has been released, as the evidence proved him to be justified in the homicide. FoasaoN OFIMOJ?S.-The London Morning Post says: "It is fortunate, under such cir? cumstances, that the republic has for its Chief Magistrate such a mannas Andrew Johnson. The honesty with which be has endeavored to reconcile the differences of the antagonistic States, and the sound statesmanship he has shown in his efforts to recon? struct the Union on the only possible sound basis--namely, the equal re? cognition of the rights of all its citi-1 zens-have secured for him the re? spect of every true friend of that great republic. Against the narrow minded prejudices of those whom, in the first flush of victory, the Repub? lican party sent to Congress, he can do little moro than protest. That protest may or may not be availing, but such as it is, he deems it his duty to make it-not doubting, however, that the moral support accorded to him by the bulk of his fellow-citizens will give to it an efficacy which no hostile majorities in Congress can entirely destroy." The London Telegraph says: "The struggle between the two great sections into which the North is still divided has indeed assumed a character far more bitter and enve? nomed than we were prepared to wit? ness; and even when we have made every allowance for the extravagant language that is characteristic of our American cousins, enongh remain to justify the gravest forebodings. All the siigacious statesmanship of An? drew Johnson will be needed to guide his country safely through the peri? lous straits iu which the ship of State is again threatened with destruction; but we are confident that his powers, already so severely tested, will once more provo equal to the emergency." CAPITAL FOR THE RADICALS.-The ! radical pa}' irs eagerly catch np every expression of dissatisfaction uttered by the Southern press with reference to the action of the Philadelphia Convention, and use it against the Northern conservatives. The Cin? cinnati Gazette quotes extracts from some of tho Richmond papers, and makes the following comment upon them: "Doolittle & Co. cannot muzzle the Southern people as they muzzled | the Southern delegates. The former axe speaking right out and telling the truth. We respect them for this, just as wo respect an honest opinion, though we may believe it to be er? roneous. No ono expects, aud no honest man pretends to expect, the Southern rebels to change, under defeat, principles for which they fought five years. For this reason we aro opposed to transferin g the Gov? ernment to their hands, or permitting them to participate in its m an a ge - j mont, without such security as will i prevent them from getting up another ! rebellion." DSATU FROM EATING BOLOGNA SAUSAGE.-On last Wednesday morn? ing. Mr. Dumond, a citizen of Dover Hill, Martin County, in this State, bought some bologna sausage, and j took it to his house, of which his I wife and a child and himself ate ! rather freely. In a very short time his wife and child were taken very sick. The wife vomited freely and soon recovered. Tho child was dead in about two hours after eating. Mr. D. himself eat some more in the af? ternoon, and was taken just as the woman and child had been. Drs. j Bever and Elrod were called to his I assistance, and, by the aid of their : united skill, together with a vigorous j constitution, he recovered. The next ? morning a small piece of the same j sausage was given to a eat, which ! proved fatal in less than thirty mi ! mites.- Vincennes (Ind.) ?inn, 2$th. Thomas II. Watts, formerly Go ? vernor of Alabama, and more recent I ly Attorney-General of the Confede I racy, wrote a letter in reference to the I Philadelphia Convention, in which I he said: "We wish to show the true i men of tho North that tho most ram? pant secessionists among ns are now ! willing to support the Constitution of I the United States, and the Union j thereunder, recognizing the two great facts which the war has accomplished, viz: tho destruction of slavery aud the denial of tho right (perhaps I should say power) of a State to se? cede. If the North cannot admit us ! to an equal participation in all the j benefits of the Union on such terms, i we shall then do tho best we can." GEN. BCTLER.-The Lu Crosse De? mocrat throws the following large sized brick at the hero of Big Be? thel: Ben. Butler tho National Spoon Stealer and silver Ware Thief, will bo in Milwaukee this week, on a tour of inspection conuected with tho Sol? diers' National Asylums. Ben. will doubtless briug along his Italic eyes and purloining disposition, for which reason children of tender years should bo kept within doors and valuable , portable property locked up. GEN. TILSON.-A Washington de? spatch states that Gen. T?son has boen ordored to resumo his position as Freedmen's Bureau Commissioner at Augusta, which seems to indicate there is no foundation in the report that ho was to succeed Gen. Howard in charge of the Bureau at Washing? ton. The Pennsylvania Railroad Compa? ny own 370 locomotives, ?10 of whi*h ar? in aetnal us?. The radicals are fearfully worried by Mr. Henry J. Raymond. He tells them that: ? "There ia an absolute identity of sentiment and principie between the Baltimore * platform of the Union party in 1864, and. that adopted at Philadelphia last week." The radicals of conrse swear "vigor? ously that the two platforms ure widely different, or at least that they were meant to be. To which Mr. Baymond coolly responds, "Gentle? men, I ought to know what they mean, for I am the author of both of them/' ? - - To BE BEMOVED.-A gentleman from the North reports that Gen. Foster, the commandant, is to he removed from Florida, and all the negro troops with him. The white troops that were attacked by cholera off Savannah, and have been quaran? tined en Tybee Island for some time, are.to replace them. We are told that Gen. Foster has been guilty of many acts of oppression, and his removal wal be hailed with joy hy? the people of Florida. [Columbus Su}?, 29/A ult. Ax ATTRACTINE STYLE.-Mrs. Har? riet Beecher Stowe has recently deli-, vered the following oracle, to which all pious Puritans will at once- most devoutly subscribe: "If the different churches of a city woidd ereot a build? ing where there should be a billiard table, ono or two nine-pin alleys, a reading-room, garden and grounds } for ball-playing or innocent lounging, they would do moro to keep the young people from tho ways of sin than a Sunday School." " -< . ? ? A VERY COVIT-LETE AFFAIR.-Aspe-, cia! despatch to tho Tribune, from Arkansas, says that, last week, lour Union men accepted a challenge from four late rebels to light a duel : with rifles, distance 100 yards. All being sharp-shooters, each ball took effect, three being killed outright, and the other live more ur less I wounded. WHERE THE SHOE PnrcHXS.-At a conservative mass meeting of 20,000 persons, at Edinburg, Indiana, last Wednesday, tho Hon. George H. Pendleton, in the course of Ids ad? dress, said Indiana and Massachusetts have about the same amouut of taxa? ble property, yet Indiana pays dou? ble the amount of direct tax that Massachusetts does. While the President was proceeding up Broadway, on Wednesday, in a barouche, with Mayor Honman, a couple of Irishmen in tho immense crowd were overheard in the following conversation: "Jem, the Heaven it? self smiles npon him to-day." "Yes, Mr. Donnelly, ye may weil say that. If the President had the sun in ono hand, andawat<>ring-pot in the other, he couldn't make better weather for himself." During a violent thunder storm, i which prevailed at St. Louis a few ! nights ago, the bells and gongs of j tho hook and ladder house, and ail i tho other engine houses, were vio . lently rung by tho electric fluid which i passed along the telegraph wires. Tue bell of the First Presbyterian Church, corner of 11th and Locust streets, gave out several peals from the same cause. The New York Tribune kicks Stan? ton, lt says of him: There was a time when Mr. Stanton could have retired without descending from his proud position. We regret the fact, but that timo has passed. Tho Sec ? retary has stooped and cringed, and I paltered and truckled, till lie may now j bo contemptuously kicked out with j perfect safety to tho kicker. Clerg3rinan's sore throat is a dis j ease generally recognized by physi ; ci ans, and considered very intractable. I A speaker at the late Spiritualist's ! Convention in Bhode Island has dis : covered the cause of it. ile says it is produced by preaching so inuch hell j tire doctrine. j The removal of postmasters has j commenced in earnest. The Post I master-General, on Monday, carried j to tho White House the names of j about 1,000 appointments. Of course j the samo number of removals were j in the batch. j Tho latest accounts from the West ; ern States show that the reports of the damage to grain have been greatly over-stated, aud that, allowing twenty per cent, to cover it, there will be still a large average produce of both wheat and oats. The Manchester Mirror publishes a telegram from Gov. Smyth, of New Hampshire, dated Mount Washing? ton, on Friday afternoon, which says: "Snow is falling fast, and the visitors j are engaged in snow-balling." The leading commission merchants : of Mobile have agreed upon a largo I reduction in tho charges for storage, i drayage, etc., for tho commercial : year commencing on the 1st of Sep ! tomber. j Tho rascal who counterfeited thc United States 10's was a modest man. Peterson's Detector says, "the toes of tho female on the right end can scarcely be seen." It is difficult to count her toes on this counter-feet. Cotton has been grown with marked success in Southern Kansas. There is no doubt but that it might mako a very productive crop. Tho soil and climate are well adapted to its growth and culture. From accounts all tho thieves in New York have turned detectives. Ijooal Items. . ARRESTES.-Thu fnt?Be3Vhich escaped frciii.Mi.-. Pollock has boen overhauled, and win be served np into ?&up, this morning, at ll o'clock. 5 BLANKS rca WALE AT THIS OFFICE.-Lei? ters of Administration, Declaratiou on Bond or Healed Note, Mortgages and Con? veyances of lb-til Estate. THE Bums INO OK COLUMBIA. -An inter? esting account ot tho "Sack and Deatruc tion ol* the City of Columbia, S. C.," has just been issued, in pamphlet form, from the" Fhrmrx. power press. Orders tilled to any extent. Price 50-001118. < '?pies can be obtainod at, this office and the bookstores. BRAZIL ASK BRAZILIANS.-We are re quested-to st;ite that Pr. J. Me.F. Custon, who has recently returned from Brazil, will deliver a )ecturc on the resources and population of that empire, this evening, at 7 o'clock, at Gibbes1 Hall. Thcladies arid gentlemen of Columbia axe respectfully in? vited to attend. PERSONAL.- We had the pleasure of a visit yesterday from Mr. A. G. D'Andahazy. the abolit of thc Richmond T/W? and the Richmond Auzieger, ?who visits our city in the interests of t?rese papou, and intends to pass thront?h the entire South. Mr. D"A. exhibited to us'avery fine litho? graph portrait of Jefferson Davis, executed by Charles L. Ludwig, Richmond. The portrait is nearly life-siaco/and the likeness is one of the; best, if not th? very best, ef any of thu portrait* of Mr. Davis now ex? tant. Wc understand this lithograph is tin first of a series bf the, djstingjiished Southern men who were the acknowledged h stier? in the late struggle for Southern independence. The "countefffeit present? ments'' of Generals n. E. Lee, T. J. Jack? son and Joseph E. Johnston are to follow in succession. Messrs. Towneend & North have been appointed agents.in this city for the sale of these portraits. NEW AOVERTTSIUILSTS. -Attention ?seal! ed to i he following at.rertieenients, whieb re published this morning f<>r Ihr fiiaf Lme: J. A T. R. Agnew-Fresh Groceries. The Misses Martin-School Notice. Calnan ,V. Kreuder- Parlor Matchen. Regular Meeting Richland Lodge. John C. Dial-Cement and Plaster. Jacob P,r!l -Citation JohuL. Black. Advertised by s m des is Sozodont, and ir you uKe it -daily, thc white gleam of the peaild between thc part? d robies will prove its excellence sn a dentifrice, ?nd tho sweetness of the breath willattest ita puri ? fying properties. TUE FOREIGN WAIL-A foreign cor? respondent of thc New York Times asks: "What has now happened in Germany?" and m answering the question says that, iu a few weeks, the German Con federation has been destroyed by a war which was h."jgun hy Prussia as a war of secession, by the Federal authorities us u war of coercion-but which soon degene? rated into a war of conquest on the Prussian side, and a war of weak and hopeless defence 011 the side of the supporters of thc Federal cause, in whose ranks want of resolution and capacity, together with certain seces? sionist schemes of their own, made energetic action impossible. The re? sult has been tho reverse of what has happened in tho United States. Tho secessionist power- Ls dictating the peace on its own conditions, pro? claiming the right of conquest over the greater number of the members of the former Confederation, ejecting Austria from the national community. Tho writer adds that Prussia, be? ginning with acting tho part of the Southern States of the American Union, now ends with performing that of the Northerners in tuging the right of conquest against those whose resistance has proved insufficient, but who still have boon, and must remain, members of tho same nation with the conqueror. Prussia has been successful in making, the United States have been successful in suppressing, a revoln ; tion within a nation constituted under ' Federal laws. Ia thia lies all the ; similarity and all the difference of the j two cases. j THE COTTON GROT IN ARKANSAS. Uate advices from the Arkansas River j give sad accounts of General Steed 1 man's plantation there. There is no ! cotton on tito plant, and worms are ! confidently expected. Cotton in such ; condition is generally resultant upon [ the idleness of the negroes. . AN AFFECT INO PARTING.-Tho . Richmond Dispatch, in announcing ' tho removal of Gen. Terry from tho : command of thc Department of Vir? ginia, and his transfer to Utah, ex? presses the fooling hope, that ho ; "may agrco with the cannibal Indian i that cats him." BRAVE CLERGY. -Since tho cholera j begau in London nearly all tho East j End Church Clergy, who usually take ; their holidays at this reason of the year, together with their curates, have remained at their posts, work ' ing manful!v ami well. MR. STANTON SLED.-William T. ; Smithson, tho banker of that namo ; in Washington City, has sued Secre : ta ry Stanton, claiming damages in j tho sum of 830,000, for unlawful im I prison mont, kc. Don't argue with a man who has : been in thc penitentiary. Ho is past ; conviction. ' The losses by tho late Chicago fire I will amount to ??94,100. The insur? ances aro $353,000.