Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 14, 1872, Page 1

e Chicago Daily Teibune, SN CHICAGO, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1872. NUMBER 87. v3 INSURANCE. stratce Comy INSURANCE. T AL D 1794, 0f Norih America, - PEIT.ADFLPEIIA,PA. . Cash Assets after paying Boston Losses, over TWO AND ONE HALF MILLION DOLLARS. This OLD COMPANY has paid the enormous sum of B27, 000,000 Since its organization, and is as ways has been. TIts losses at HALF OF ITS SURPLUS. CHAS. . good for its contracts as it al- Boston will NOT TAKE ONE- CASH, 1680 I.asalie~-st. Rojal nsmrancs C0. of Liverpool Assets, $11,477,140.22. Tosses in Boston of nearly One Million Dollars, will be paid at once, and without touching th BL,B02,796.16, e Special Deposit of Placed in the United States for the benefit of policy holders. The Liverpool office have already forwarded us additional supplies. The business will be ¢ ontinned as usual. CIHAS. EH. CASH, Mana ger for Northwestern States. INSURANCE CO. OF IARTFORD. Assets Nov, 1, 1872 = « « « = « « 8651.000 CONNECTICUT FIRE INS. CO, OF EXARTFORD. AspersNov. 1, 1872 = = = = « = =8650,000 Eastern INRURANCE (O, OF BANGOR. AssetaNov. 1, 1872 « - - - Over $400,000 LANCASHIRE INSURANCE (O, OF MANCHESTER, ENGLAND. Gross Assets = = = = - o ~ $8,861,173.88 Xotal Liabilities, including Re- insuranceFund « = = « « = 81,421,921.53 Net Assets « « = « « = « « S7,439,252.35 Sound &s a Dolla! STAR FIRE INS. (0, OF NEW YORK. Cash Assets, $450,000 Stockholders have made voluntary assess- ment of $50,000 to pay Boston Loss. WESTSHESTER FIRE INS. 0., OF NEW YORK. Cash Assets,$850,000 N0 impairment from Boston Fire. ST, NICHOLAS FIRE INS. CO,, OF NEW YORK. Cash Assets, 300,000 Boston Loss only $15,000. ATLANTIC F. & M. INS, CO,, OF PROVIDENCE, R. L. Cash Assets,$350,000 No impairment by Boston Fire. We are issuing Policies in above Companies on Buildings, Merchandise, and other prop- erty at adequate rates, TEALL & FISHER, 148 I.aSalle-st The above Companies have but small losses by the great Boston fire, and will, of course, pay all losses in full. Parties desiring first-class indem- nity will not fail to see the superior security offered through our agency. R.W.HOSMER &0, 142 LaSalle-st: PHENIX INSURANCE CO., OF BROOKLYN. Latest advices from the Company | cuun capita ..... are as follows: Surplus, after paying Boston losses .. Net assets. ... liamspurghCi Fire Insurance Co., OF NEW YORK. ORGANIZED 1853. “New York, Nov. 11, 1873, “Dan. M. Bowmar, Agent, Chicago: “We will have a surplus of two hundred and eighteen thousand dollars over capital, after paying ell Boston losses as total. “N. W. MESEROLE, Sec’y.” STATEMENT, Nov. Iith, 187, The Williamsburgh has had the good fortune to pess Bssels, Nov, 1, 1872, - $2,032,000 Total Amomut [nsured in Barat District, Boston, - 450,000 Leaving Cif Losses are all Total), 1,562,000 R. 8. CRITCHELL, AGENT, 127 LaSalle-st. HANGURG-BREMEN Fire Insurance Co., OF HAMBURG, GERMANY. [Despatch from Compzny’s Agents in B 8. GREENEBAUM & CO. . o romen lusos less s Thousand Dol bR e ST BROS., Agonts. inne to_write, as lcretofore, on Mercantil, R, Do Elatators, and Warchouses. = HENRY GREENEBAUN & €0,, Agents, 16 N, Canal-st, CONDAD WITEOWSEY. EENRY GREENESATN, safely through the recent Boston calamity, and continues to offer the sceurity of an unimpaired capital and large sarplus to those secking undoubted indemnity against loss by fire. DAN, M. BOWHAR, ACGIENT, 160 LaSalle Street. S AFET T ET IR FAIRFIELD GOUNTY FIRE INS. CO., OF SOUTH NORWALK, CT, hs: “TLosses in Boston not h % R trent of capital.” SBYY: ing only anproved Msks, in small I A ] Fhtas T Unoy, pany indemnity to its policy-holders unsur. ‘passed by any. 86 LA SALLE-ST. engthi - Stahiliy!! Tndemiy 1] We have DOUBTED PRO %easure in announcing to those requwiring UN- CTION, that our Agency sustains its position after the Boston disaster as intact as before, as will De noted from the following telegram received this day : “MILLER & DREW, Chicago : ¢ All your Companies are in excellent condition and fully entitled 1 The Largest and Best Seleoted Stock Commercial Union of London., to the confidence of your people.”’ “NEW YORK, Nov. 13, 1872. S Arctic of New York. Agdriatic of New York. as usual, at eurrent rates upon Firemen’s Fund of New York. Policies in the above old and well tested companies issued application to - : MILLER & DREW, Agents, 162 LA SALLE-ST., Bryan Block. | RELIABLE INSURANCE, UNDRRVALTES OF NEW YORK. Gash Assels, - $4,000,000. The following teiegram was received Monday morning : New York, Nov. 11, 9:50 a.m. David Beveridge, Adj'tr, care Jas. B. Floyd, Agent, Chicago, 1L: 2 * Our Boston losses will not exceed One Million Dollars ($1,000,000), and will be paid as promptly as were our Chi- cago losses. (Signed) A. STODDART, Gen’l {\gent. Reliable Insurance Will continue to be furnished by JAMES B. FLOYD, 168 LaSalle-st., Bryan Block. QUEEN INSURANCE COMPANY. OF LIVERPOOL AND LONDON Capital, = = $10,000,000 PATD UP OAPITAL AND SURPLUS, $3,157,800. INVESTED IN THIS COUNTRY, STR2,413. N0 GUESS WORK, BUT ACTUAL FACTS. following despatch s in answor to ons o the Man- agoeia Now .nkB:E ivo the ‘cxact amouat at risk inthe rict at Boston : e g o November 12, 1673, . L. Roks, Agent, Chicago : i T i Hofegian from Tagland. to adjuat. clatms d draw for amounts as sottled. promptly an W. H. Ross, Manager. secn, the assets of the Queon Insurance Com- T oy ol hok o fex e anos Cont: YOSSE!A The Company had oo losscs in the great Chicago fire, and its policios are now without doabt as good as any in the world. JAS, L. ROSS, Agent, 8. W, Cor Madison and State-sts,, UP STAIRS. GENERAL NOTICES. Masonic. At & mass meotig of the Craft of this city hold at West Sine Masonie Templ last oroning, Nov. 15 1 wuo anors. mously dotermined to afford instant reliof to our brettren of Boston who have suffered by the late firo. The un- dersigned were appointed 2 Committeo to wait upon the various lodges, and they earnestly expect every Master Mll‘cnll lvdm:lnl lrztefi;ing‘sigki‘:{!’e{; un!dies and take prompt action, and ro mediately to us, P! 2 GURNEY, Room 16 Nevada Block, Chairman. KILMORE, 38 Exchange-placo. THOMAS, 1556 State-st. C. GLEASON, 626 State-st. Al L. A HAMLIN, 312 Oarpenter.st. ESTABLISHED BY ROYAL CHARTER, Al ID. 1720, London Assurance Gorporation, LONDON, Total Funds, Gold, - $13,234,425 Fire Assets, Gold, - - - 5,064,000 ‘This Corporatlon ofers comploto indemity to those de- iring the protection of the best fnsuranca. Itxago of ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-TWO years, ana*jts immense sccumalation of assots, are sufficient guaranty of the security offered by its policies. ‘The Corporation commenced doing business in this gountry in the summer of tho present year, and has ap- pointed tho undersigned its attornoy and agent for tho Btate of Lilinots, Policles tssued at the Ohicago offico, 3and 4 BRYAN BLOCK. GEORGE C. CLARKE. Agent. STATE INS. CO,, 166 LaSalle-st., CHICAGO. HANNIBAL, Mo., Nov. 13, 1872, S. H. SOUTHWICK, Agent: ‘We shall increase our CASH CAPITAL to FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($500,- 000). No Boston Iosses re- ported. Less than Fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) at risk there. J. N, STRONG, See. BOSTON FIRE. RELIABLE INSURANCE. GO TO L.eon F'ranls, No. 92 West Washington-st., Agent of the Nichizan State Tnstrance Go, ADRIAN, MICH. This sound Company was organized in 1859, has alwass aid its losses promptly, and its assots are over 8300,000. Fehad no foseos i Boston. : Risks taken, and the rates made according to tho valas thiereof, by LEON FRANK, Agent. ROOFING MATERJAL. ROOFTNG ATERLS Building Felt. Send for Circular and Samples. BARREIT, ARNCLD & KIMBALL, 230 Monroe-st., Chicago. SEGARS. LEWIS MOSS, Tmmorter of Havana Sewars HAS OPENED The New Store at 121 South Clarkst, Morrison Building. Dealers <& Consumers WILL FIND IN THE WEST Al Trices ag LOW as Any Other Importing House in the United States. All the Popular Brands Received Fresh by Every Havana Steamer, AMONG WEIICE ARE: Partagas, Cabanas, Florde Murias, Figaro, Diaz, Upman, Espenols, Inorales, Henry Clay, Esepcion, Villar, Rosa, Corona, Fumar, Legitimidad, Intimidad. And My Specialty--Frou-Frou. NOTICE—The O!d Stand at, 475 WABASH-AV. will be continued as the only hranch I have.~ No other places ln thin city aro conneeted with my establishment. Lewis Moss, 121 South Clark-st. REAL ESTATE. REMEMBER! 'THAT THE SECOND Great Auction Sale Bermifil E}?qu and Prairie Lots, LOCATED AT WASHINGTON HEIGHTS Tajzes place on the Grounds TO-DAY. A SPECI.AL FREE TRAIN OF CARS will leavo ths) depot of tho Rock Island & Pacific Rafl- road, corner of Harrison and Sherman-sts, at 10 o'clock & m. Seekern ol pleaant homos in this charming subub, bo suro and ati end. C. C. THAYER & (0., Auctioneers, 186 East Madison-st.. Loniox Asguracs Corponinn LOITDOIV. Diocal Commmititee. &. P. GIRAUD FOSTER, __ GORDON NO! 3 5 Fosten & Thomeon- ™ of Eoora s et Co.. CHARLES M. FRY, HOWARD_POTTER, No. €9 Wali-t. Of Brown Brog, & G GOOLD H. REDMOXD, Of Dennistoun & Co. Total Funds, Gold, - $13,234,425 Fire Assets, Gold, - - $5,064,000 GEQ. 0. CLARKE, Agent, 3 and 4 Bryan Bloclik. Tnsurence effsoted on Businoss Buildings, Morchandise, Provisions, Dwellings and their contents, HATS AND FURS. FURST LADIES, look to your own interest, and purchase your Furs of the Manufacturers, BISHOP & BARNES, Corner State and Monroe-sts, The Largest Stock of FINE FURS, and GENTS’ DRESS and BOYS’ HATS ever shown in the West. ~_ mEwmovats, FASHIONABLE FURNITURE! V. V. STRONG FURNIRORE (3, 266 & 268 Wabash-av. FLOUR. ZooticBaffled! And we are again able to make regular deliv- eries of goods to our city customers, ORIENTAL MILLS. NORTON, COLE & CO. FINANCIAL, A. O._ Slaughter, BANKER, Corner Olark and Madison-sts. Buraand solls Stocks, Bonds, and Gold, ~ Receives money on deposit and tesns: acts 3 Goneral Ban king and Brokerags fooiroisd trans Loans Wegotiated Onreal estate, fn tho city or suburbs, at current rates. G. S. HUBBARD, Jr., 168 East Washington-st. TREES. LARGE FOREST TREES, ‘Wo aro now prepared to transplant any quantity of For- est Trees, and warrant thom to grow thriftily. For the character of our work wo refor to the big trees planted by uson Astland-av. and in Lincoln Park, Parties desiring trees transplanted during tho coming winterwill please hand in their orders early, sowo can ‘propare tho gronnd bofore the frost sets in NELSON & BENSON, 129 & 131 LaSalle-st,, basement of Boone's Blok, MISCELLANEOTUS. Blak Books & Memorandun Bocks, At Culver, Page, Hoyne & Co.'s, 118a0d 120 Monroe-st., Chicago. DICG out your old, averdue claims, bills, rates, accounts, ote., in any part of the country. 'We will collect them ‘or Ao Py uitor othorias. Send for circular. FRASIER'S son ANTILE COLLECTION AGENCY, 146 East Mad- 'KEEP 0UT THE C0LD byusing tho best WEATHER STRIPS in the world, J. W. D. KELLEY & BRO., exclusive Agents, 3 Madison- st., Tribune Buildiag. THE BOSTON FIRE. Further Details of the Great Calamity. Merchants and Others Hard at Work Re- cuperating. The Bodisgr8o fivas to.. W09 5 o & 20 b wopy Themselves, A Despateh from the Pastor of the Old South Chureh, List of Suspended Insurance Companies, and What They Will Prob- ably Pay. The Massachusetts Mutuals Wil Assess ‘ and Pay in Full. Boston Merchants Opposed to Any Expansion of the Currency. The Sitnation Growing Brighter Every Hour, 7 Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune, Bostox, Nov. 13.—The work of, the day after the fire has been distributed in adjusting]insur- ance losses, pulling out safes.from the ruins, hunting for valuables, debating about the way and the spot to commence business, and how to rebuild the burnt portion. Two things seem to be proved beyond presdventure, that the insur- ance companies over the civilized world are do- ing honestly by the losers, snd that the patent 8afes of nearly all descriptions come out of the furnace with their contents sound. The populace of Boston nobt possessed of property in the burnt district comes and goes as before. The city is entirely itself except as to wholesale trade, but the discussion, now general over a hundred little questions, shows that public spirit here is quite as chaotic 28 anywhere, and that intelligent classes are most at fanlt quarrelling amongst themaelves, about emall points of tradition, civic regula- tions, and the question of municipal credit. Good sense seems to bave & reaction in its favor, although it is not certaic. that the poli- ticians will not iseue fire bonds. On Tucsday afternoon the General Relief Com- mittee of Boaton, at the head of whom stood the Hon. Wm. Gray, met at the neat and untarnish- ed City Hall, a fow rods from the fire district, and just after Mr. Gray was done readingthe de- spatches from Chicago, announcing the gift of one hundred thousand dollars, and the departure of the Committee of Visitation, the Governoss of Massachusetts and Maine entered, Mesars, Washburne and Perham, They had quite entered when still another despatch was received from Chicago from Hale, Ayer & Co., asking the priv- ilege of giving one thousand dollars to the poor of Boston. 1t was stated, however, that only {avonty-five individuals in all had applied for ze- ef. Some controversyat once took place aboutre- moving the Peace Jubileo Building, and Josiah Quincy appesled against surrendering the Com- mon to business. Mr. Porham made & speech alluding to the reciprocity of sympathy between Boston and Portland when each had taken fire. It would seem that after a while thebond of all cool civic sympathy will be in danger of being burned up. At the general meeting of citizens held af noon to-pay, at Tremont Temple, Mayor- Gaston presided, and, amongst the Vice Presidents were A-H. Rice, William Claflin, Sam Hooper, B, H. Dans, 8. G. Howe, Phillips Brooks, Edward At- kinson, and others. The following propositions were presentod : That the Peaco Jupilse build: ing be removed ; that the streets in the burnt district be immediately widened ‘and straight- ened ; that Mansard roofs and high buildings be discouraged ; that a new Merchant's Exchange be erocted. ' It was moved that Congress be petitioned to enlarge the new Post fice building, snd give s draw-back on building material. The proposition fo in- creage the currency appeared to meet with no favor. All the above propositions were recom- mended to the City Council. The Rov. Robert Laird Collier, of Chicago, thus expressed God's idess, to-day, amidst ap- plause and cheers: “God says to Boston to-day, a8 o said to Chicago_thirteon months 8go, Sed that you don't build in the future Eix.story grauito bulldings and put on top of them great umber-yards of timber;_ don't build little, nar- Tow streets.’ Chicago is being rebuil in beauty and grandeur, and you may be assured that Boston shall ‘also be rebuilt, and the glory of the later shallbe greater than of the former, Mr. Coltier and Chicago were very heartily choered, and_ Heary Wilson was enthusisatically received. 1 gend the statement of William Gray, Esq., a8 to the superficial view of things hore. His statement s marginal one, and considerably abovethe resl losses, He says the ares of the burut district was abont _sixty acres, equal to the Common and Public Garden combined. It was the general impression that the city govern- ment had power to do this sireet widening and laying out, but it was found not to - be so, and thus the aid of the General Court was necessary. The supposition is that $20,000,000 worth of buildings Las been destroyed, some of these be- ingvery poor, and the estimate for rebuildin; was some $30,000,000, while the loss of pemomfi property was from 350,000,000 to $80,000,000. {fhe Committee did not come to ask aid from the Commonvwealth or from any crson, but to ask that the Legis- ature ‘might be convemed to allow the city to exercise the power of eminent domain, and enable the city to borrow money to enable her people to rebuild their stores and to Tesume ‘business. To-day the buxom women of New England have poured into town, full of heilth, ingnis- itivoness, and anxioty to catch the ‘evening train. The ruina constitute the true * Peaca Ju%v;lea » of tho poriod. e newsboys are crying catch-penny prints of the fire district, and all the pnp%m {sgue full sheets to-day. The military occupation, otherwise martial law, leads to an excess of ing and parad- ing, and yesterday the Mayor had to prasch & - sermon 10 tho commanding officer of tho day on his unceremonious clearing of the City Hall, in- cluding several Aldormon tag dignitmt:lyes. 7 The O1d South Church, which bears on its fafe tbo inscription that it was desocrated as & cav- alry achool by the Britieh soldiers, is now to be- come a Post Office, like other desecrated churches before it. - Hstories of the Great Boston Fire are already announced. Bostox, Nov. 13.—A meeting of citizens to confer upon the present emergencies and fature contingencies, resulting from _the fire, was held in Tremont Temple to-day, Mayor Gaston pre- siding. A large number of names of the most Pprominent citizens was aunounced as Vice Pres- 1dents and oficers of the meeting, including Henry Wilson, Vice Prosident elect. In openin; the meeting Mayor Gaston said: * While deeply regret the events so full of disaster and — joice to believe that you have come here with resolute hearts and determined wills, not to find fault, but with a spirit of sympathy and gener- ous manhood to meet tho present wants of the hour” [Applause.] He said they had met to relieve distress; to adopt means to restore to more than it origival beauty, and certainly more than its "original security, the burnt portion of tha city. It any had come for any other purpose, they had mistaken the spirit of the meoting. [Applanso.] He had reccised offers of sympatliy and 2id from all parts of the country, and he would be false to the city if ko failed thus pub- licly to_scknowledge gratitude for such expres- sions, From our own citizens, too, had come manifestations of the same spirit which male him rejoico that God had given to them large henrts and large means, Other addresses were made, and resolutions were adopted in favor of reconstructing the street lines of the burnt district on a battor plan, prohibiting Mansard roofs; also, in favor of erocting a Merchant's Exchange in soms central” locality; favoring sn extra session of -the Legislature to authorizo the issue of build- ing bonds by the city, and for an application to the General Government for an extension of the now Post Office unilding DRon, s burnod-ovor log adjoining, and for an act by Congress sllowing drawbacks on building materials. On searching the ruins on the site of Nizona & Co.’s store_on Washington street, this morn- ing, a emall bundle of charred Luman remaing was found. It is impossible to identify the re= mains, but it is known that two men perished in the fire at that place. Considerable progress was made to-day in clearing the debris, Tecovering safes, and level- ing the walls in the burnt district. The m tary guard will be continued until the burncd vaults and safes containing valuables are ro- covered. The city police are needed on thcir rogular duty. Al bar-rooms remain closed. Tia reappearance of gas light, after two nighta darkness, gives the city a more cheerful eppear- ance, and is_apprecisted, particularly by the | newspaper offices. INSURANCE AND BUSINESS. Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune. Bostox, Nov. 13.—The boot and shae peo- ple will probably take quarters on a pieco of ground called “Fort Hill,” which is bounded by Broad, Oliver, Purchase, and High streets. Hera the City of Boston owns80,000 feet of gronnd, ob= tained by cutting down a hill and disposseesing the residents. Adjacent to this tract are many vacant lots belonging to some private individu= als, and near the India wharf is still another une occupied tract, making in all about 200 lots, which will accommodate the 300 burnt-out boot and shoe firms, It is proposed to set up corru= gated iron buildings here, one story high, to cost apiece about $1,800. The boot and shoe paopla are most clamorous and anxious for the imme= diate resumption of business. I can do no better about showing the state of ublic feeling than to give you the tone of to= v’a press. ‘The Boaton Herald was the only paper to keept reporters out to watch the fire on Saturday night. The following is its editorial comment to-day: ©There has been & great loss, but it will be widely distributed; and, on the other hand, when the insurance shall have been ad- justed, there will be a sudden realization proba- bly, of not less than $75,000,000. If the worlk: of rebuilding costs $30,000,000, as is estimated, not more than three or four millions a- month will be ::fiended' ‘and who can doubk that this money will be forthcoming as rapidiy as it canbe used? W are glad to say that we 8ee no occasion for the issue of city bonds to aid in rebuilding. It is & power which should be used only in the most deagen(’.n necessity. Tha apparentreadiness of the Secretary of the Treas- ury to expand the currency shows another dan— ger. He has no right to do it. There is nothing in the state of affairs to justify & stretch of power. We earneatly hope that the ac- tion of tho City Council sllowing the use of the "Common for business purposes will be rescinded. The City Govern- ment have no right to grant the Common to any= body, and there 1s no occasion for a stretch of power. Wemsy as well proceed decently and in order. In times of excitement the mostgushie ing and impulsive men speak first and loudest, An% it seems like an ungracious task to opposa any well-meant expression of sympathy or prof« fered aid to the victims of a fire. But we musk remember that Boston is still a very wealthy city, with investments all over the countrr, with & heavy Teserve _ capital which the necessity of rebuilding will call into use. We 868 no necessity for an extrs session of the Legislature. The interests of Boston had better be trusted to its own business men, who Imow what they need and what they can afford. The Legislature having been called, wo hope it will pass such Iaws as are necessary to authorize the imgrovement of the streets in the burnt district, and to secure proper safeguaris in the manner of rebulding, and then adjourn.”™ ‘The .Adrertiser, wl\ichmfut out on its bullet:n board twice the loss made by the fire on Mon- day, and will withdraw it in time to savo its cred- destruction which have led to this mecting, I re- 1 it, adopts the Boston Herald position. It suys this morning : “Thereseems to havebeen some talk in Wash- ington and New York, but very little in Bosion, we are glad to eay, in' favor of issming more of the forty million reserve to meet the emergency; and we are told as the result of a ‘conference La- tween Mr. Boutwell and the President yestei- day, that, while it is the opinion that 10 addi- tional carrency is yet needed, Mr. Boutwell is prepared {o move on a moment’s notice, and Tl act decisively should n part of the ;fiena be twtnfll 3 naedid. This doubt- Way of enking of a very grave matter of y:gh'c policy, as " if grthe Ioss by fire of 5 or 6 per cent of the valuation of a single prosperous city conld be a decent ex- cuse for it, is partly owing to the exaggerated accounts, which strangers among us have sent abroad, of the magnitude of the disaster. It is the business of our merchants to remove this erroneons, and in every way injurious, im- pression, and this can bo done inno better way than by showing & determination to make the most of their own resources without public as- sistance, trusting for their return to the im- proved credit which would inevitably result therefrom.” 'Tis_ludicrous to read of what strangers are related to have said about -the Boston fire, con- sidering what a figure the Advertiser placed upon the loss on its bulletin board last Monday. It comes to the average of sense, however, in these paragraphs which close my despatch. The tendency is already very strong, and the influences behind it are powerful, t6 make fha city & special partner in private enter- Pprises of ‘varions kinds. It ig worth while {o take advantage of the prosent stress of fortune, which we all hope, and have reason to believe, will prove but tem. porary, to enlist the city to the amount of $20,000,000 or more in the building enterprises of its citizens. It is represented that individual credit is not adequate to the present emergency, and, if it were, the resources are wanting. It seems to us that a city, whose valuation in 1870 was, by the census, £840,000,000, and which has incrensed st the rate of about 970,000,000 an- nually éince that time, should not say the means of repairing & loss of fifteen or twenty millions at the most are not to be had withont drawing upon the city’s credit. It i8 o confession of wenkness, and the city is not weak. i As to the Chicago relief, thisis whot the Advertiser soys to-day: “Before the firemen had been successful in hemming in the fire, s0 that they could assure us that it would. spread no farther, Chicago, which suffered 8o much more than we onfy thirteen 1aonths zgo, tele- graphed to the Mayor that she would send us help. Other cities speedily followed with generous offers of _assistance. We have not seen any of the replies made to these despatches, but we learn from Chicago that Meyor Gaston has telegraphed to tho Mayor of that city that Boston will gratefully accept the pecuniary assistance. We can appre. cinto the feeling which prompted the Mayor's reply. We do not wish to scem ungracions, when friends far and near are 8o generons, but we think the language used was calculated to convey the wrong impression. We cannot imagine how the money to be sent us can prop- erly be used mp. To the middle of yeo- terday forenoon but twenty-five applications had been made at Charleston street for reliof in con- sequence of the fire. The district destroyed in- cluded but » small number of dwelling houses. We do not believe that $100,000 in all would be insufficient to make good all the property of the oorer classes which was destroyed by the fire. gheuld millions be given us, it would-bs a mieap- propriation of it to bestow it upon others than poor people. We could not grant the use of it Continued on the Eighth Page,