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TELEGRAPHIC.
General Canity Sent to Texas. .
The Public (Statement for Oc
tober.
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Extraordinary Depression of
Government Securities.
Arrests In New York for Illegal
Voting
L Discovery of Radical Frauds.
More After Dinner Speeches
by Uevcrdy Johnson.
How He Takes Grant's Election
in a Bumper.
The American Consul and the
Captain General of Cuba.
Result In the Memphis District.
leftwich Certainly Klccted.
Speeiul to the Union and American by the
Suuthern anil Pacific Ti legraph Line.
POLITICAL AFFAIRS.
Washington, Nov- 5 The Preside m'a
order directing General Canby lo relieve
Oen. Reynolds in command of the district
of Texas seem3 to give satisfaction to every
body," unless it be Canby himself. The
Republicans feel satisfied that Gen. Ccnby
will notallo7 Johnson to dictate the policy
he is to pursue, but that the work began
by Reynolds will be carried out. Reynold
was telegraphed by a friend, a few days
ago, that he would be relieved. He re
plied: "Thank the Lord!" Geu. CauLy
will Btart for Texas about the 10th Inst. In
addition to his duties as military com
mander, an order will be issued assigning
him to duty as assistant Commissioner of
the Freednieii'a Bureau fjr that Slate.
Senator Morgan and General Sehenck
have decided to issue a notification to
' Senators and ConRressmen, that in their
t pinion th'-re i) no ntceetity for holding a
pesHon of Congies-a on the 10th inat. These
notices will be sent out from here to-day.
This will carry the cession over until the
1st Monday in December.
The briyft in blue fifed 137 guns here to
day in honor of Gram's election.
The public debt t-tatrment for October
will be publi-hed to-morrow and will show
a large rtdnctiuii of the !t!t. Secretary
McCulloch wan engaged tu-day examining
the claims of the supervisor nominated
by Rollins and will diepoe of them all
without delay.
New York, Nov. 5.-TbeDemocra threat
ens revolution if iLe bonds are not taxed this
winter. It says bayonets will be needed to
protect the Revenue Collector, unlew that
in the Convention it plotted against the
party that plunder might be secured to
the Ring. Tammany rejoices a if the
whole country had gone Democratic.
Moot of the leading Democrats acknowl
edge that they must have a broader plat
orm and totally change their priuriplea ;
that the Presidential election ha annihi
lated the party as it at present exist?!
New Yokk, Nov. 5. Wall street has
been the scene of intense excitement all
day. A decline in 6tocka is very marked,
government bonds not excepted. General
Grant's election has not given peace to
Wall street or enhanced the credit of the
government in the mouied circles of the
country or lie world. The fall of four
percent in one day after Grant's election
is confirmed. Certainly it is not calcu
lated to make things better or to place (lie
country in a belter condition in the eyes
of the world.
There was a rumor afloat this afternoon
-.hat the hank examiner would probably
induce Mr. MoCullorh lo issue $1,400,000
of new legal tenders in the place of the
two per cent certificates recently cancelled.
There was very little faith, however, in
this story, owing to Mr. McCulloch's well
known opposition to any expansion of the
currency.
It is miuoml that Governor, elict, Hoff
man will resign his present office of Mayor
in time for the vacancy in his office, to be
filled at the next charter election.
The latest returns from New York show
that Hoffinin will have a mpjority of
20,000, and Seymour's majority is about
7000.
The Tribune talks of contesting Van
wick's district, even when Vanwick has
run only 90 behind his own ticket in New
burgh, 00 more in Goshen and 22 behind
in his own town of Walkill. Indeed he
j.ns behind in every district of his county,
save Waruayamukn. When a man is de
feated for a good cause as in this case and
not more by parly opponents than men of
his own nartv. it is a little loo absurd to
talk of conte-ding. The money epent by
Vauwick irnd Madden wascrjualloa tmall
fortune. From five to fifteen dollars being
paid fcr voles openly to poor men. But
for this GreenV mnjority would have been
twice what it in. Mr. Madden cx Senator,
claims to be eltf ted to the Assembly by 1
rt)te, and the Democrat claim lo elect their
man by 5 votes. The Radicals claim that
the Legislature is Republican by not lees
than 14 majority on joint ballot, incurring
the cioice of a United Stales Senator.
Associated IV!S Di-patches by the Western
i mon lane.
TVAS1IIXC3TOX:
lictlueltiiu of Hie Public Dcltl.
Was.hzsoton. Nov. 5. The public debt
statement foi Oct i.rr. to le isued to-mor
row, will how a reduction of nearly ?G,
000.000.
By fourth htctiun, act June 20, 1SG4, the
Secretary ot the Jrensmy was aiunoiizea
to receive tempurar) deposits or loans, to
the Uiultd fciates, to the extent of ilovy
000.000. for not Its than thirty days, at
six per cent, interest, and to meet sudden
rails, was aulhoriz d to keep a reserve of
So0,00U,UUU ol legal tenders there. The
deposits and loans bavine been paid, the
Secretary has no reserve which he can r.-e
for any purpoic whatever, excepting a
small remaining minus, Utg than a third
of a million, ibis fact lo the cause, contra
ry onimon has lierelolore prevailed.
General Reynold', on being relieved by
General Cauby, of command of the
military di-trict of Texas, will resume
cammand ol his icgimcnt, tlie2G:h infant
ry, now stationed jt Austin, his Keadquar
ters.
The President has accepted a 20 mile
teclion of the Central Pacific railroad and
telegraph line, just corapleled 370 miles
cast of Initial Point. It is not true that
Secretary McCulloch has received intimr
tion that his resignation would be accep:
able to the President, r.or has he anjr in
tention of resigning under this - adniinie-irati.
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NEW YORK.
Cases of Arrest Slnilc.on Flection Raj.
j is ew York, Nov. 5. The habeas corpus
case in reierence to me arrest ot nnmerous
prisoners on election day, and their com
mitment by Judge James, of Ogdensburg,
who held his court for the Durpose. in the
cnamoerr) ai the Metropolitan Mold, came
up yesterday before Judge McCann, bat as
Judge James had left the city, he con
cluded after hearing the argument of the
counsel, to held the matter under consid
eration until thi3 morning.
Judge McCann to-day dischaaged the
parties arrested on the charge of illegal
voting, on the ground that the committauts
charged certain crimes without specifying
by whom charged and when or where com
mitted. General Rosecrans will sail for Mexico
on the lO'.h instant.
Morris' maioritv for Congress is over
1100. The World of- this morning claims
maioritv for Seymour in this State of
10,000. Hoffman's majority is 17,979 It
also claims the Assembly by a majority of
four. The Tribune Hays that Seymour's
majority in the State is G5SG, and the Leg
islature Repnbiican by 14, probably 1G
majority.
New iokk. Nov. 5. Tele2rani3 say
frauds had been discovered in five As
sembly districts, by which Democratic
members were to uo delrauded of their
election, thus giving the Assembly to the
Jtepublicans in, order to secure, a United
StatesrSenator. s Thd certificates, 'however,
will be given to the Democrat, leaving the
Republicans to contest.
MEMPHIS. "
I.cfUileli Cortaiuly Kleclcil.
Memphis, Nov. 5 The Registrar here
has thrown out the polls in the 3d, Sth and
'Jlii civil diricts, for informaltics, and the
entire county of Fayette has been thrown
out for seme caue. The full official vote
or the district has not yet been received,
but Leftwich, Democratic candidate for
Congre3, is nndoubtedly elected by three
to five hundred, unless other polls thrown
cut.
ST. LOUIS'
A IMsfrmichlseil IMilor Sue fur I)am-
uses.
St. Louis, Nov. 5. Stetson Hutchin,
editor of the St. Times, has brought suit
against the Registrators of the G.h ward
for refusing to register him as a qualified
voter without taking the test oath. He
lays bis damages at 10,000. The suit is
brought to test the constitutionality of the
voters' oalb, and the case will becauied
up to the United States Supreme Court for
that purpose.
. AKKAXSAS.
KmticalH t Inliii to Have CariieU the
Mate.
Memi'HI, Nov. 5. A dispatch from
Helena, Ark., to the agent of the Western
Associated Pre-, says that county gives
2000 Radical majority, and that the Dem
ocrats concede the election of L-Jjan H.
Roots, Republican candidate, over Came
ron, Democratic.
XOKTII CAROLINA
Still In a Hopeful Condition.
Wilmington, N. C, Nov. 5 Returns
thus far show Democratic gains in nearly
all counlie, but is not generally thought
the gains are sufficient to overcome the
former Radical majority of 20,000. Sbroe
ber, conservative, is certainly elected to
Congress from the sixth district. P.trtial
returns from Ihe seventh district indicate
the election of Durham, conservative.
GEOHGIA.
A Silir.UnjorUy for Seymour.
Augusta, Ga., Nov. 5. Official account
received from twenty counties in Georgia
gives 9353 majority for Seymour. Sey
mour's majority in the State is e-tim ated
at 25,000.
Augusta, Ga, Nov. 5. Returns from
forty five counties show a Democratic ma
jority of 25,000 with eighty-seven counties
to hear from. Ihe Democrats claim the
State by over 40,000.
hAVANNAli. Lis. rsov. :j the negroes
disbanded last night but are assembling at
the ielfair plantation and are said to be
armed with United States mu-kets. The
excitement in the city continues. The citi
zens are on the alert for any alarm. Hopes
arc entertained that r,o collision will occur.
Every precaution will betaken by the civil
and military authorities to prevent it.
Young Lowe who was killed by the ne
groes on the night of the election wa3
buried to-dav. J he attendance of the lu-
neral procosion wa3 very large. Another
policeman dud to night.
KU' ORLEANS.
Democratic Itreoiihtriictlou.
New Oni.EANf, Nov. 5. Returns from
the country parishes received, show the
disparity in the "Democratic and Republi
can vote i.s as great as in the city. St.
James, at. Charles, St. John, Concordia,
est Uaton aud Iverville parishes and
Algiers, oppo-iite New Orlem, give Re
publican majorities. Ulaiburne pan-lt
1300 white votes on the old reeistcrv gives
2900 Democratic majority ; St. Helena
parish, with some disparity in the regis
tering of the whiles, gives over 1UUU
Democratic majority.
ihe corrected Democratic majority in
this city is 23,C(X. The entire Democratic
Congressional delegation is elected. De
mocratic majority in the State will not be
far from :t0,000.
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TiTAV JERSEY.
A Wiiolfsnlc I)( iiiociatlc Triumph.
Trenton, N. J., Nov. 5 Seymour's
majority in the Stale is about 2000. Ran
dolph is nearly 3000. The Congressional
delegation will stauil three Lemocrats and
two Republicans. The Assembly thirty
two Dimocrats and twenly-eight Republi
cans. In Ihe Sen ile the Democrats gain a
majority on the joint ballot of six.
COXSECTICCT.
(iune nopelo.ly Into (lie A'IkIx .f
ItnillcallNin.
Haktfoiu), Nov. 6. Full and complete
returns of the vote in Connecticut, make
GranL'e maiority 301. Republican caiu of
40S5 since spring. Total vole of the State
91,000.
ALABAMA.
Montgomery, Ala., Nov. 5. No offi
cial returns have bsen received of the
election in this State. The registration
and vote in negro counties weru unusually
full. The Legislature is still without a
quorum.
CUBA-
Interview Helwpen Uio faplaln en
cral and (lie Anicrlcnii t'onstil
Miglit llibiiKrceiurnl.
New YortK, Nov. 5 Captain General
Lersundi had an interview wilh DeLa
Rcintric, Ihe Americjn Consul at Havana,
a few day ago, in regard to affairs con
nected with the insurrectionary movement
in Cuba. The Oonul stated that cuiue
American cit:z?ns might be implicated in
the movement, as they generally favored
republican institutions, and if they were
captured and dealt with in a manner
that should create suspicion of foul detline,
the United Slates government might be
unable to prevent fitlibtislering expedi
tious against the Island. The Captain
General said all prisoners would be al
lowed to consult with tho Couneul and be
dealt with according to the civil law in the
case. The Consul subsequently determined
to ak for the presence of a United States
man o" war in Havana, but on preparing a
tele"ram for the purpose, the Captain
General requested him not to send it as it
would encourage the discontented. The
Consul insisted and the Captain General
then po'itively refused to allow the tele
gram u be transmitted over the cable
IXC'IttFT AXI ACCIDENT.
PniLAl LLPHIA, Nov. 5. Correct re
turns ol the vole of tho city make repub
lican majority 231S.
PllOMOUNCE, R. I , Nov. 5. Complete
returns give Grant 13,993 and Seymour
G543. Diron's majority for Congress iu
the western district is 155G.
Richnond, Va., Nov. 5. Bellevue
Hospital was destroyed by fire to day.
ENGLAND.
Jloro niuuert to Kererily Joliuson
How Iio litres Grant's Election.
London. Nov. 4. The Sheriffs of Lon
don gave a dinner this evening, at which
Reverdy Johnson was the chief guest and
had an enthusiastic reception. In reply to
the toast of the United Stales, Mr. John
son said, although a Southerner be had al
ways believed the Union should be pre
served at any cost. He extolled the heroes
of the war. and particularly Grant. Sher
man, Hancock and Sheridan, and Admi
rals Farrsgut and Porter; he believed that
the American debt would be paid in gold,
and said the American people would have
been ungrateful if Ihey had not elected
General Grant to the Presidency. Mr.
Johmon dines with the working-men of
London the last part of the month,
i JNew Youk, Nov 5. A London special
says the Queen of Holland is -at Balmoral
Castle, where she has been received with
much cordiality by Qaecu Victoria. Lord
Stanley and Mr. Disraeli went with her
from London. "Her visit is connected with
the question of the free navigation of the
Rhine.
London, Nov. 5, la his speech on
Tuesday, Revcrdv Johnson said the diffi
culties between England and the Un'ted
States would bs adjusted before the end of
the year.
The Daily News thinks the American
people are weary of their last year's expe
rience aud demand a strong government.
The Standard S3ys, owing to the disfran
chisement of the whites and enfranchise
ment of ignorant blacks', the Republicans
made the Democrats fight at terrible disad
vantage, but had the Democratic party
nominated Chase or McClellan, it would
probably have been successful.
ihe limes holds that the Democratic
party is powerful and must greatly influ
ence the conduct of Geueral.Grant. It savs
Grant has fairly won his high rank
by hard wcrk and patriotism.
J he t'ueen na3 returneiTlrom hcotlan'd.
MEXICO.
K.-cpeote.I Arrival of the Ilallan Min
ister.
New Yoiik, Nov. 5. Mail advices from
Mexico are to the 22d ult.
Most of the Snaniarda in the country
are excited over the Spanish revolution,
but are in favor of it.
The Governor of Vera Cruz has de
manded that Pominiqucz be surrendered
to the Stale authorities for trial, but the
Minister of War refused.
The Italian Minister is expected toward
the end of October. It was thought he
would be well received, as he is the first
representative of a European power since
the overthrow of Maximilian.
PANAMA.
A Battle UcttrccM tlto l're sldent's
Troops ami Initirceuls.
New Yourc, Nov. 5. Aspinwall advices
state that a battle was fought iu the de
partment of Lis Santos between (he forces
under Gen. Correosas, President of the
Stale or Panama 3000 strong, and 1000
Conservatives, under Velder. The latter
routed aud nine killed. Two thousand
Corrcusts had proceeded to ChirraqiiD to
put down the rising there
PITTSBURG.
Kireptlon of tlic Vice President
Llect.
Pittsburg, Pa., Nov. 5. Hon. Schuyler
Colfax, Vice President elect, arrived here
this afternoon. He was met at the Union
depot by an immense crowd and received
with enthu-iastic cheers which he acknowl
edged by bjwing. He is here iu fulfill
ment of a promised visit to General More
head who met him at the depot and
took him to his residence in the 11th ward.
In a speech acknowledging the honor done
him, Mr. Colfax eanl : There is a trinity
of principles of victory of Tuesday.
Liberty inr all, justice for all, protection
for all, and by that sign we conquered
thrne who saw another reason why. this
young and patriotic parly succeeded. It
declares we ought to cr.franclii.-e rathjr
than enrhairi, elevate rather thin crn?h,
build up rather than destroy.
XEUS OF TEIE DAY.
A decree i3soon to be issued, making a
reduction in the number of the sliding ai
my bf Spain.
There i3 a rumor of the early withdrawal
of McCnllcch from from the Cabinet, and
eome probability of its truth.
F.lia3 G. L. Faxon, a leading meichant
of Chicago, died Tuesday night.
Hon. Samuel R. Rett?, Judge of the
United Slates District Court of New York,
for the last forty years, died at New Ha
ven, Connecticut, Tuesday morning, of
apoplexy.
In England they Gue 500 and dismiss
from office any revenue officer who takes
an active part in politics.
It is said that Napoleon is inclined to
permit the Marsellaise to resume its old
jdace as the national air of France.
The clock on the Town Hall at Galves
ton, Texas, was recently 6old to satisfy a
judgment against the city.
The schools and colleges in the South
are said to be more numerously attended
than at any time sines the war.
The Rombay polentate, Cliiinmlalee
Maliarv, has married a girl of ten vear.
He piid $10,000 for his brido.
The fafe of George V. Lipscomb, Trea
surer of DeKalb, county, Missouri, wa
robbed of 510,000 last Sunday nighr.
At a late meeting of the Chicago Minis
terial Union, it wa3 decided that the mins
ters should make an onslought upon the
theater".
Another English clergyman's daughter
has married her father's coachman. She
brings him 5250,000.
Prof. Carrue has aecepttd More. Rudol
Ipho's challenge 'o play leu match games of
billiard'', but (he lime ha not been agreed
upon.
Fourteen hundred men have reported at
Topcka for ihe volunteer regiment called
n to perviee by Gen. Sheridan for six
months.
The Manchester Orangeman, Murphy,
having baen -uppreed by the authorilits,
his wire has taken the held and is lec
turing against the Pope.
A large uumber of negro?s ll ickeJ into
Washington City from the country, Tues
day morning, to vote for Grant and Col
fax. They were highly indignant because
no election wis held in the district.
Estelle, the Parisian fljwer-giri of the
Jockey Club, Ins been eclipsed by Mile
de la Perine, who now monopolized
the trade and the favors. Eitelle, in her
anger, threatens to come to America.
Weston, the pedestrian, U now pre
paring tor his great walk of 5000 miles in
one hundred consecutive days. Starling
from an extreme point in Maine he will
croa several Slates eastward, and bring up
finally at St. Paul, Minnesota.
The Paris Moniteur gently reminds the
journals which have been in the habit of
criticising the goverum nt, that such a
course is forbidden.
The three hundred and reventy-fir3t an
niversary of the great Reformation was
appropriately celebrated Mond ly by the
various Lulherau congregation1? of Pitts
burg. The first consignment cf meat preserved
at Chicago in Augmt last by the Gaftgee
process was forwarded lo London last
week,' per steamer .Scotia. More and
larger consignments A'ill follow forthwith.
A RerLhire (MassJ gentleman pur
cha"cd ten thou-and busl ?l.i of corn at
Albany one day last week, and was offered
$8000 for his bargain the same day. A
regular corn-dodger !
Many fruit growers iu Maine were large
losers by the late snow-storm. Hundreds
of bii'hels of apples were frozen on the
trees. Farmers were unprepared for such
a sudden change to cnld weather.
Large bodies of immigrants are pouring
into wei-teru Missouri, and the St. Louis
Hepttllican claims that the State ha gained
35(J,000, in population since the war.
A New York paper, detailing a rceint
ft-hionablc wedding, demurely says, It
was noticed that the groom neglected to
kisH his bride at the conclusion of the
benediction, which was somewhat remark
able, considering her rare personal charms."
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, FRIDAY,
The consecration of Father Ryan,
Bishop elect of Buffalo, will .take place on
Saturday, November 8th, in St. Joseph's
Cathedral. The sum of $3000 has been
subscribed to procure a suitable outfit for
the new bishop.
The Iowa Agricultural College, which
opens this month, receives pupils without
regard lo sex. While the young men learn
farming, the young women learn to cook
and keep house.
Queen Isabella is not so poor as some
other exiles. She owns an estate in France
worth $200,000, and has other property,
real and personal, outside of Spain, worth
more than a million dollars.
The smoke from the volcanic eruption
in the sandwich lsianus was seen one
thousand miles from the islands, and at
half that distance was so dense that offi
cers of ship3 wero prevented from making
their observations.
A sharp Frenchman was recently ar
restested for a serious crime and taken to
ths Charleroi prison. His wife accom
panied him. The moment the police re
tired, he fell at his wife's feet, sobbed
bitterly, told her he knew she was inno
cent, it was all a mistake, she was taken
for eomebodv else, then turning to the
jailer said: ''Let me out, I have no time
to l03e, 1 am going at once to the Judge to
explain the mistake to him, and get an
order for my wife's liberation," He was
let out, but, naturally, didn't come back.
The London Gazttlc says that prize fight
ing seems likely to depart from England,
like cock fighting and ratting, the magis
trates arresting and committing readily
those who undertake theso brutal breaches
of tho peace. We wish the same could be
said of tho authorities in the Northern
Stales of America.
The Peoria (111 ) Democrat says, Mr.
John M. Irwin, on a wager of fifty dollars,
drove a span ot horses to a buggy, himself
and wife in it, from Summerville, in Peo
ria county, to Middletown, Champaign
county, a distance of about ninety-five
miles, in ten hours and ten minutes. This
time included a half hour spent for dinner.
The Osage Indians are reported to be in
a very destitute condition, and the Secre
tary of the Interior has written to the Sec
retary of War, asking for assistance out of
the army supplies, as the appropriations of
the Department of the Interior have been
exhausted. It is reported that General
Sheridan has promised assistance to the
Osages, under the condition that they will
join in the war against the hostile In
dians.
It is reported that the arrest of Reno and
Anderson cost the Express Company fullv
$35,000. The company gave bonds to the
United States, guaranting the safe conduct
ofthemento Indiana, a fair trial there,
and, if acquitted, a safe escort back to
mdsor. Secretary Seward then pledged
the faith of the governmant for tho fulfill
ment of these conditions, and these men
were accordingly given tip.
The Roman Catholici of London are lo
erect a cathedral which will be the most
spacious and attractive in the world. It is
to be a memorial of the late Cardinal
Wiseman who styled himself, as does his
successor, Archbishop of Westminster. The
ground ou which it is to be built alone cost
S200.000. This will be the first recogniz:d
Roman Catholic cathedral in hngland
since Ihe days of Queen Mary.
Alexander Duini?, Sr., has written the
following letter to Jules Noriac about his
intended trip to America : "My dear Nori
ac, I think I shall not return to Italy ; at
all events, I shall not do so next year. I
shall remain in France until May, and
then probably go to the United States. The
most urgent invitations havo called
me thither ever since 1S6G, and I can not
defer the voyage any longer. I am anxio us
to visit the TJew World, and would have
gone there ere this but for my contracts with
my publishers.
The small-pox has h:en raging in Mays
ville, Kentucky. The Eagle says : "We
learn there has been about forty casts in
all, and of them twelve have died nine
black and three white. The loathsome
disease originated among the negroes living
in the vicinity of the fifth ward, and its
ravages have been principally confined to
them. We have not heard of a single cae
this side of Limestone. In the weitern
part of the city there is no smill-pox, and
the most timid can come to Maysville with
out apprehension of danger. There are no
new cases and the afflicted are rapidly re
covering." The case of William Valentine, of Fall
River, Massachusetts, a contestant of the
will of his grandfather, who died in 1S39,
is to come before the Supreme Court which
commences iU session in Taunton, next
Tuesday. The estate was valued at $1S3,
000, which he placed by will in the hands
of trustees, for the benefit of his grand
children. The question to be passed upon
by the court is upon the construction of the
will, whether distribution is to be made as
the heirs come of age, or not until the
youngest reaches majority. The estate,
under the skillful management of the trus
tees, has increased to $1,500,000.
The English commission appointed to
consider the feasibility of an international
coinage have made their report against the
proposition of the Paris conference, to es
tablish a gold coin of the value of twenty
five francs, atd reduce the pound sterling
to that rate. They consider this only as a
partial measure, and instead of it they
dwell upo-" the merits of theEuglhih pound
and sovereign as a basis for international
coinage. But they advocate rather than
this a complete assimilation of the cur
rencies of different countries, though they
do not anticipate that this will soon be
effected. Their conclusions, indeed, are
vague and general, and not very satisfac
tory to themselves.
L-
WASHINGTON NEWS AND
GOSSIP.
Alter the Election Democrat! uot
fSrcatly Downcast Grant's Adminis
tration Kxpecleil lo be it Very Con
servative One, His Resignation ns
General not nlclily Fortlieomin;;
Strange Humors Concerning tlio Pa
cific Kallroad Speculations at to
Grant's Cabinet.
Special to the Louivilte Courier.
Washington, Nov. 1. Tho election,
and political probabilities resulting there
from, is mainly discussed to-day. Radi
cals, of coarse, are in a high state of jubi
lation. Singularly mougU, Democrats
aro not so greatly downcast. Tho latter
profess tho hopefulness that Grant's ad
ministration will prove conservative in
character, and as such, displeasing to tho
intense Radicals. It is held by them, and
also by moderate Republicans that Grant
will not acquiesco in the abominable
doctrines of Sumner & Co., and out of
this division good results will come. Re
ferring to tho disposition of Democrats to
console themselves with this thought,
the Star, Republican, says : "Wo ap
prehend there is more solid foundation for
this philosophy on the part of tho minori
ty than most Republicans would suppose.
Not that wo think Gen. Grant will ever
place himself upon tho Democratic plat
form or formally leavo that framed at
Chicago ; from tho very nature o( things,
however, it is impossible for any Presi
dent to satisfy tho more ultra of his ante
clection supporters, and in addition to
this inherent general difficulty, wo do
not doubt that President Grant's admin
istration will naturally and intentionally
turn towards moderate and Conservative
measures. So, after all, the Democrats
may not be disappointed."
When will Grant resign his position in
the army ? is a question readily pro
pounded but not easily answered A
member of his staff', however, expresses
the opinion that he will not resign before
March.
There are rumors afloat about the Pa
cific railroad calculated to cause distrust,
although tho preciso character of the
trouble has not been made public. It is
understood that charges have been made
against prominent individuals connected
therewith, and special instructions have
been given the commissioner to investi
gate them.
Speculative reports assign John Sher
man, A. T. Stewart, or Zach. Chandler to
the Treasury Department, under Grant,
and Stanton to the War Department, but
this is purely speculative.
TIIE KUSSELLVIL1T5 BANDITTI.
Desperate Sclicme for Ihe Liber
ation of Sncppart!.
k Hallway Train to be Hurled to
Destruction.
Capture of Two oflbe Gang at
the Nasnvme uepoi, ami ex
plosion of tlic Plot.
From tho Louisvillo'Courier.-Nov. i. '
One of tho moat desperate and deep
Uiil qr-bnmps. ver concocted for the fur
therance of crime was frustrated yesterday
morning by Louisville detectives. The
-whole country, isjifamilia&with the story
cf the robbery of the bank at Russellville,
wbinh nec.nrred some five or six months
ago, and it will be remembered as one of
llioac dashing, uare-ccvu icaia ui iuuuu;
and nlunder which heiong rauier to tne
il.ru nf Dlofe Tnrriin .mdlSixteen Strio
Jack, than to "our staid," God-fearing
limes, jind nnft which, occurring so sud
ntMrrtlv. at a Tioinl whero
a thing was fetf little ilremedLpf, startleM
the Uommonweallli ana awone me pcopie
to some disagreeable truths aa to our cnmi'
nal 6tatus that could not well be' passed
over.
Georce Sheppard, one of the band that.
. . P - T,' 11 '11- 1 .l
ueooucueu upon avusseuviiie, auu
"irn kink, has been Ivins in jail in this
ritv fnr some time, from whence he wa3 lo
have been taken to Rpssellville last night
,for trial, lie wa3 the man who roue the
iron-gray ,hor3e, and who cavorted like a
true highwayman, flourishing lm revolver
and frightening away every one whom he
encountered. The Sheriff of Logan coun
ty arrived here on Monday for the purpose
of returning with Sheppard to Rus3ellville,
but some little occurrence at the jail du
ring his: imprisonment there had excited
tho suspicions of the jailer, Mr. Thomas,
and some interesting results of that ofiJcst'a
observations were promptly laid before
Detectives Bligh and Gallagher, of ;the
Metropolitan Police.
Not long since a brother of the prisoner
came to this city from Kansas City, Mis
souri, or that vicinity, and joining the
prison cra wife here, both made one of our
hotels their temporary home. Their visits
to the jail were so frequent that Mr.
Thomas was led to believe that all was not
right, and the developments yesterday
morning fully proved that his suspicions
were not by any means groundless
It had been" understood that Sheppard
would be taken to Russellville by the G:30
r. jr. train, but through the advicj of the
detectives the SherifF determined to start
with him by the morning train. When
the Sheriff and detectives reached the
jail, Sheppard's brother was hanging about
the premises, and while the bhenll and
Bligh went into the cell and handcuffed
Sheppard, Gallagher kept an eye on the
movements of the brother. As soon as
the prisoner was brought out the brother,
with astonishment depicted in every fea
ture, hastened off", and struck a dog-trot out
Sixth streeet toward the Na'hville depot,
Gallagher following closely in his wake.
The Sheriff and'Bligh, wiih Sheppard,
got into a hack and drove rjpidly tow.Trd
Broadway.arrivingatthedppot considerably
in advance of Gallagher and ihe sn!icilou
brother, more especially as ihe brother
stopped at Longinotti's saloon, en the cor
ner of Ninth and Rt-oadway. Going in,
he came out again in a moment, accompa
nied by two men, and gesticulating vio
lently. He then left his two compiiii.in,
walking quickly up toward the depot. At
this iunclure. Deteclive Gallachci came up
aud arrested both the men who had come
out of Longinotti'-', and, aiated by officer
Enlow, marched iheni off lo j nl. 1 ive
heavy navy revolvers wcr found in some
saddle-bags belonging 1 1 them, and they
gave their nimea as CharL'j h. Libia and
Richard Haddocks. They were both
comparatively yemg men, .md claimed to
havejust come Irorn oev..:,.i iiie plains,
passing through Uhtcigo u thur way
South.
Sheppard's brother wni n t aeeu again,
but officers were put upon his track 33 soon
as po-jible. The prisoner, in company
with the Sheriff and Detective Bligh, left
by the train at S o'clock. From facts in
possession of thedeteciivr -, it appears there
was a plot on the pirt ot the brother of
Sheppard for the release ol tho prisoner,
and aided by Mrf. Sheppard and other ac
complices, who are believed to belong to
the sams gang who entered Rnellville,
he was confident of its stressful woiking.
The first plan wa3 tint Haddocks and Ca-
lull, or whoever the accomplices might be,
were to leave here yesterday morning, by
the Nashville train, and getting off'at some
point between this city and Russellville,
throw from the track the night tram,
which was to convey the Sheriff and
Sheppard. The unexpected movement
of the clientl in the icorninir knockcJ
in the head all their cilcnlalious, and the
only thing left that c mid be attempted wa3
to muster a email party oi determined men,
well armed, who would, on the wav to Rus
sellville, attack the Sheriff and forcibly
take the prisoner I rum him. i lie brother
of Sheppard was evidently endeavoring to-
rauater the memom ol ihe gang vhen Ta
hiti and Haddocks wt-ri arreted. Both
these young men arc slid to have come
from the same point in Missouri where one
of the bank robbers w as .-hot in an attempt
to capture him, and are ''liered to belong
to the original band.
The trial ofSkepiurd will probably
commence at Rimellville to-day. J. Hop.
Price and Mjor Will R. Ivinncv. counsel
for the prisoner, leli fere last night tor
Russellville.
Haddocks and Cih !! were presented in
the City Court shortly :iftcr their arrc3l, to
answer the charge ;!" conspiring lo take
life and obstruct the course of public jus
tice. The case was continued, and their
bonds fixed at $1000 each.
AX AI'I'ECTIXG NCEKr. IX COtJitT.
Por several days pat, Jolm Doran, an
Orderly Sergeant iu the United States
army, Im been on tri.il fir complicity in
the "murder of a Misi Kl! Iliekf, at
Thioggs Neck, Westchester , unty, New
York. Much sympathy w.u felt for Do
ran, who is a fine looking felljw, and the
court-room was crowded with nun and
women during the trial. On Mlurihy tho
cae was concluded, the jnry bringing in
a verdict of not guilty, when a very affect
ing scene transpired. D'orai.'s wife and
two pretty and neatly dressed children, who
had been in attendance each day, ere in
au ante-room. At ten minutes past eleven
the door of the jury room opened, the
Judges took their peats on in,, bench,
and the jurors entered nl t00i
the peats assigued them. After iheir names
were called, in response to the question by
the clerk, "Gentleman, how ayyon;do
you find the prisoner at the lur uailty or
not guilty ? the foreman arose and repliad,
"Not guilty." Dorao arce M: ;l i,0t
with an indescrible expression on his face,
and instantly the whole audiuic- cheered,
clapped their hands and 8!imp,d their
feet in approval. A number of ,U com
rades who were present clasped their hands
around his neck and kissed him, and the
ladies in the gallery leaned p.-er to look
down upon the Bcene, clapping their hands
and waving their handkerchief. At thi3
interesting juncture, Doran'j wile en
tered hurriedly, and cro-iing the
room toward "him, was clasped in
his arms and repeatedly and afiectionately
kissed. A moment more and she appeared
to be seized with hysteric, and began to
ecream and swooned. Doran took her to a
seat and aat down with her on his knee
her head resting on his ahoulder. She
seemed partially to recover, am! in a shrill
screaming voice, as it wereio Itrror, cried,
"Oh, darling, what arc they K-ing to do
with you?" She evidently did not under
stand that he va free, and he, fearing
from her actions that convulsions were
seizing her, said tremulously, " My God ! j
what shall 1 do tor you, juna ihe
scene was intensely dramatic it was more
than dramatic, for it was reality peldotu
witnessed anywhere, and the general con
ception of which is only foand on the
stage. Teats etarted to the eyes of men
who looked upon it. New York Paper.
NOVEMBER 6, 1S6S.
ELUqTIOX TROUBIES IN
GEOHGIA. .
Itiot nt Augusta Incited by llndlcals
The Itndlcal Sheriff UUIed-One Xe
pro Killed and Several Wounded.
From the Augusta Constitutionalist, Nov. 4.
Tho election yesterday promised in the
morning to pass without disturbance of
any character, and . until about, half-past
two o'clock everything seemed working
wII. Tho polls, three in number, ono
up stairs and two down, wero under tho
chargo of Democrats and Republicans,
about equally divided. Thero wero
about thirty deputies appointed by the
Sheriff fifteen from each party, and tho
entire crowd of voters was kept outsido
the city Hall lot and only allowed to
enter in small numbers at a time, tho
whites using ono gate, tho blacks the
other. After voting, each person, white
and black, passed through and went out
at tho back gato of tho City Hall. The
challengers from both parties wero sta
tioned at tho various polls doing tho doty
assigned them, when about half-past two
the quiet was broken.
From the bc3t information we can ob
tain tho facts of the difficulty aro as fol
lows :
WMo ono of our oldest and most
liighly respected citizens was in tho per
formance of his duty, as manager at one
of tho polls, administering and explain
ing the oath to a colored challenged voter,
the military Mayor of the city, in a
wanton and unprovoked manner, objected
to his act and used toward him some
very opprobrious and abusive language.
Tho report of the troublo was borne to
the City Hall front gate, whero the
crowd was waiting its turn to enter, and
caused considerable excitement among
both white and blacks, culminating in a
negro cursing an Irishman. The negro
was instantly shot by whom it is not
known. The row then, of course, bo
camo general, pistols being drawn and
fired by both parties ; the negroes, how
ever, running away in large numbers.
In tho fight tho Irishman who received
tho cursing, wo understand, was mor
tally wounded, and three or four
negroes wounded slightly. Most of tho
pistols of the white men were fired in
the air, which accounts for tho small
number of casualties from forty or fifty
shots. In a few moments, however, the
efforts of tho Radical Sheriff, A. G. Ruf-
fin, to rally the negroes having failed,
quiet was rsstored, and the company of
federal boldiers, under command of a
gallant and high toned officer, took con
trol of the City Hall yard, not, however,
interfering with tho balloting. About
this time, tho ShariiT advanced towards
tho front gato of the yard, in company
Tith a Federal soldier, and directed him
to arrest a young man whom he (Ruffin)
pointed out. Tho young man said he
had dono nothing to be arrested for, when
tho soldier turned to Ruffin and said: 'If
you wish mo to arrest him, you must get
orders from my superior officer;' whereup
on thero was considerable hissing and j eer
ing of Ruffin by the crowd which sur
rounded him, and in tho midst of it a dull
sound was heard, and Ruffin said to the
man to whom he was speaking .at tho
time, ''I am shot." The man told him
no, that tie was IngUtcned ; and even
when ho fell, no one supposed it anything
but a faint, until.they picked him up and
found that he was dead. The ball en
tered the back, and must have passed
near the heart, if not through it.
No one knew whence tho shot came,
nor who fired it, as no weapon was ex
posed and every one supposed the diffi
culty ended.
The military held the control of the
polls until their close, and while wo go
to press the city is under command of the
Major, who is the ranking officer of tho
Federal troops at this point, and the citi
zens, by his direction, are patrolling tho
streets and reporting to him. We have
heard of no disturbance, however, since
the one at half past two, and believe that
had the negrorr, been free from Radical
influence, that would not have occurred
to mar the day with its blood.
c are sincerely rejoiced that the day
is past, and think that the Democratic
party has not only done its duty by be
ing moderate, forbearing and temperate,
but it has risen nobly to a man, and cast
a largely increased vote for r.miiT, truth
and i.iner.TT !
A PANIC.
I'oisnuoiis I'micr-Clotliliif.
Some Londoner has made the imporl.mt
discovery that Ftockings of a certain color
are poisonous, and now the New York
Journal ol Commerce cautions people against
wearing colored under-clothing. That
paper says :
"The winaows of centlemen's furnishing
stores in this city have been brightened up
for some months past with naming red nnu
orange-colored socks and undershirts. The
display as seen from the street is exceed
ingly 'brilliant. The gaudy colors flash
upon the passers-by with almost the vivid
ness of a urngciht h show-bottles. Articles
so beautiful and sanctioned as the latent
fashion havo met with a ready sale ; though
worn where they do not in the eyes ol the
world impart any charm to the wearer.
To some extent articles of underware,
dipped in the same gorgeous dyes, have
touuil lavor with the ladies; but on tins
point oar informant is not so positive.
In Jindand. where these goods on"ina.e
and have insinuated themselves next to the
cuticle of great numbers of young people.
much alarm hsa been caused by a recent
paragraph in the Ijancel a medical and
surgical journal of high authority.
Complaint had been made to a '"silting
alderman at Guildhall" that the dye in
tlie'c splendid socks, etc., caused irritation
and an eruption ou the ckin, and eventu
ally actual sores. We do not learn that
the "sitting alderman at Guildhall" did
anything about it except to make the com
plaint public. The lancet corroborated
the statement by reference to the cae of a
danseius at Drnry Lane Theater, one of
whese feet was badly poisoned by a red
stocking. An eruption covered exactly
that part of her foot which was concealed
by her dancing shoe. Tho red stocking
seemed 'to be identified as tho agent of mis
chief, bernusp the neceisitie? of the ballet
required the girl to wear a stocking of
another color on the other loot, and that
wa3 unharmed. The injured foot soon
healed up upon wearing white ho4e."
Many other similar cases are cited. The
testimony of Mr. Crooke?, the well-known
editor of the Chemical Kcux, U also quoted
a3 saying :
"The rean why there have bjen bo few
complaint?, notwithstanding th thousands
of pairs of socka sold, appears to ms to be
this: Normal perspiration is slightly acid,
and consequently will not act ripon the in
soluble acid dye ; under exceptionable cir
cumstance?, however, the perspiration may
be alkaline, and when profuse, a little of
the dye would he dissolved and become ab
sorbed, producing more or leas severe irri
tation on a sensative ekin. AJthongh the
combination of these circumsUtiiCes would
necessarily be rare, and ninety-nine men
out of a hundred might wear these Focks
and feel no ill effects, the hundredth might
be inconvenienced.
It would therefore be as well to restrict
the use of thin particular oraugo dye to ar
ticles which will not habitually be worn
next the skin, and for these garments
should he employed yellow ami orange
dyes, which are harmless, such as phoso
phine, aurine, Manchester yellow flavine,
picric acid, etc.
Should one of tho thousand and odd pres
ent possessors of these socks feel any temp
tation to threw them into the fire, let him-
not veld to it, but have them well washed
. . - . , . .- ,
with soap and soua, wnen iney win entirely
lo3e their stimulating action, both on the
feet and on the optic nerve."
N. D. Crawford, of Jackson county,
Michigan, made a bet of twenty-five dol
lars that he could husk seventy-five bush
els of corn in one day, between sunrise and
sunset. On the 2Gth inst. the trial came
off, and he husked one hundred bushels in
eight hours.
AMERICAN
A IUEL AT GLASGOW.
Ono 1' tho
Wounded by
ond.
Principals Jlortnlly
UN Adversary's Sec-
A correspondent at Glasgow, Ky., in
forms us that a difficulty occurred Tuesday
at "Davidson's Shebang," jnst outside the
town limits, between Jackson Tally and
John Neice, and it was agreed by the par
ties to be adjusted with the use of Colt's six
shoofew at ten paces. Neice fired first
Tally's pistol failing fire, he was instantly
relieved By his friend, Mr. Cook, to whom
Neice directed his fire. Both pistols were
emptied, two of Cook's shoU taking effect
id Neice'8 body, one in the thigh and the
other in the groin. Tally and Cook came
offunhurt. Neice's wounds are considered
dangerous if not mortal. Whisky and ten
pins was the cause, and not politics.
Louisville Journal, Nov. C.
GREAT TROTTING AGAINST
TIME.
Job. n Stewart Aajralii Trots Twenly
Jlilc In Less than nn Honr.
From tho Boston Journal. Oct. 31.
A very interesting exhibition'of speed
occurred at the Riverside Riding Park, in
Brighton, yesterday afternoon, when the
bay gelding John Stewart again attempted
to trot twenty miles to wagon within an
hour. It will be remembered that the
same horse has made the best ten mile time
on record, and that he also belt the gelding
Captain McQowaa'a time in his treat
twenty mile trot by nineteen and a quarter
seconds. When he did (hat he was at
tempting to trot, in harness, twenty-one
miles within an hour, but failed by a few
second?. His last great feat prior to that
of yesterday was accomplished on the Fash
ion Course on the 21st of last September,
when he trotted twenty miles to wagon in
59:23. This was earlier in the season,
when a better track than yesterday was to
be expected. The horse, now deservedly
famous, 13 a wonder for endurance. He is
seven years old, and wa3 sired by the cele
brated racing horse Tom Wonder; he by a
a thoroughbred. The dam was a HambleJ
Ionian.
The backers of time evidently expected
either to catch the horse not feeling jnst
right for his work, or the track in an un
favorable condition. In both respects they
were disappointed, as the track was in
splendid condition, and the horse probably
was never better prepared for such an un
dertaking than yesterday. The race was
for a purse of S2000, the horse to go
to wagon and trot twenty miles within an
hour. Hiram Woodruff was his driver.
Tho weather was clear and fine, although
qnite cold, and the attendance of spectators
was very large for the season. The dis
play of carriages was very extensive, and
many fine private teams were upon the
ground.
The horse was called upon the track
about a quarter before four o'clock, and
wa3 driven twice around before receiving
the word, which he got at precisely fifty
one minntes and forty-five seconds past
three o'clcck. He appeared in fine condi
tion, and trotted steadily and firmly, going
very freely. The belting in the pool
selling had been at the rate of about forty
dollars on the horse, to thirty-five dollars
on time, and considerable money was
staked on the result. The feat was accom
plished with so much apparent ease
that a description of the race secnu
unceeessary. He accomplished his first
mile in 2:50, and the others were made in
time to suit his owner, Mr. John Stewart,
who told Woodruff as he came pist the
stand whenever he wanted his speed in
creased, or when he was going at the right
rate. He did not get really warmed up
until the third mile, when the "lather"
began to appear under his brea' plate.
His breathing was about the same at the
close of the race as when he had finished a
couple of miles. Of course, he was well
warmed, and was sweating quite freely,
but in no other way did he shew signs of
having been driven hard. In fact, the feat
was probably no more of a trial to him
than & couple of miles at a three minute
gait are to many horses. He did not break
from a steady trot during the whole twenty
milef, and was driven, except the la;t halt
mile, as near the inside of the track as
poisible. As he came in at the end of the
last mile the crowd cheered him and his
driver, who looked quite chilly, but very
much pleased.
The time, as shown by threa tirt class
watches, in competent and experienced
hand', was 59:23, exactly the time in which
he accomplished a like feat on the Fashion
Course, as mentioned above. Iielow h a
table of the time of each mile :
1st mile
"i mile
3d mile
4th mile...
Sthmile
Hth mile
7th TTlilA
....2:50
..ash;
.-2:54
-2:04
...2:5EJS
11th mile.
. .2:3JU
n.tol?
12th mile
13th mile- 2:S7
14th mile -2S&
15th mile -3:01
lGlh mile. 2:07'4
Tth milo -J:tW
lith mile 3:01'i
.Sth milo 3:(Hl4
2Jth mile- 2:33li
-2.51
Sth mile 3:02$4
Dthmilc - 3:0iU
10th mile 2:574
TIIE ASIIBURN WITNESSES
MISSING.
Coufemeil Murderer Spirited Anhy
by the Military.
The announcement f hat Mers. Moes
& Garrard, of counsel for the "Columbus
prisoners," had made a call upon General
Meade for the return of Ihe principal wit
neses against them, has cin'ed go much
inquiry as to the result of that application,
that we have procured a copy of the reply
of the Adjutant General, as follows :
Headquarters Deit. oe TiiESouTrr,
Office of Judge Advocate, Atlanta,
Ga., Oct. 27, 18GS. Messrs. Mosea & Gar
rard, Attorneys at Law, Columbus, Ga.
Gentlemen : The Major General command
ing directs me to eay iu reply to your letter
of the 23d instant, that on the resumption
of civil authority in the State of Georgia,
the witnesses, Retl and Marshall, referred
to in your communication, being fearful of
their'personal safety if they remained in
the State, were furnished transportation to
the North. Betts left the train on the
Orange and Alexandria railroad, come two
stations south of Culpepper, Virginia.
Marshall being an enlisted man, In the
United States service, reported at Fort
Columbus New York Harbor, where he
has since been discharged.
There is no information at these heid
quarters where these men can now be
found, and neither are under militaiy con
trol. 1 am, very respectfully, your obedient
pervant, " Wm. II. Smyth,
Captain 10th Inf. Bt. Major U.S. A.
Acting Judge Advocate.
We doubt whether the annals of crimi
nal persecutions afford a parallel to such a
proceeding as is inclosed above. The mili
tary authorities have been exceedingly anx
ious to discover and punish the murderers
of Ashburn. They offered a reward un
precedented in amount so large as at once
to create the apprehension that wretches
would be found sordid and callous enough
to accuse innocent men, with a view of ob
taining the reward. Some of tho most sacred
rights of American citizens, guaranteed to
them by Ihe Constitution, were violated in
the attempt to find the guilty parties. The
moit barbarous and revolting outrages
were perpetrated upon some persons ar
rested as witnesses or accomplices, to make
them tell an accusing tale. The prisoners
accused were subjected lo the most rigor
ous and harsh treatment while in confine
ment, and themcst violent and unjust de
nunciations were made of the civil eulhor
ities for not discovering and punishing
those who committed the bloody deed. Well
the military authoritiei at last found and
secured two of the murderers men who
confeesed to an active participation in
the murder. The3C are the men for whoso
return to Georgia the counsel for the late
"prisoners" made application ; and the re
ply is that the military authorities, after
finding out that they bad two of the mur
derers, turned them loose without requir
ing of them bonds, and that they cannot
"now lay hands upou them ! To eay that
the citizens of Columbus, lately so unjustly
accused and harshly treated, and indeed
our whole commuity, have been greatly
outraged by this mockery of justice this
connivance at the escape of murderers or
snborned perjurers would be too mild en
expression. Columbus (Ga.) Enquirer
A mn in Trumbull county, Ohio, last
week, deposited SS0O in greenbacks in hia
parlor stove for 83fe keeping, informing his
wife of what he had done. Next day ehe
bad company, forgot about the money,
lighted the lire in the stove, and $S00 of
the Government debt was paid.
NEW SERIES NO. 62.
FACE PAINTING. -Aucicnt
Follies Belli? Revived.
As we know there is "nothing new under
the sun," we are not surprised to hear that
the inhabitants of ancient Nineveh em
ployed a process which may fairly be
termed "enamelling." The skin was first
rubbed with pumice-stone, and afterwards
coated with white paint. Mr. Layard
points out that traces of black and white
pigments are visible on the eyes and eye
brows of the sculptures; these parts of the
bas-reliefs appear to have been more care
fully painted than any other. The flesh cf
the last king of Nineveh, we are told by
Atheca;u, was as while aa milk, and his
eyea and eyebrows were painted black. Aa
tyages ia reported to have also had hia eyes
and face thus painted. A Iady'a dressing
case fonnd at Thebes contained a gooslly
array of jira and boltlca containing per
fames and cosmetics.
Some think that when Jezebel, in Holy
Writ, ia stated to hive "pxinted her face,
and tired her head, and looked out at a
window," it meana that she merely gave a
hue to cye3. Ezekiel explains thia mode
of painting when he says : "Thou didst
wash thyself, paintetl thine eya, and deckest
thyielf with ornaments."
Face-painting was not practised by the
Greek ladies in the time of Homer ; but
they afterwards nsed whitc-leid, and
touched up their cheeka and lip3 with
vermilion or a root called paadros, similar
to alkanet-root. The Romans, according
to Pliny, used cosmetics to preserve their
complexion, consisting of pea-flonr, barley
meal, egg, wine-lees, hartshorn, bnlba of
narcissus, etc. A sort of poultice wan
made with these, which was kept on the
face all night and part of the day. Poppajj,
the wife of Nero, invented an ointment for
the Qice, called from her name Poppceanum,
made of anea' milk. Ovid, in hia Jledica
mina Faciei, eaya that two pound of barley
brought from the Libyan fields, mixed with
an equal quantity of bean-flour, ten eggs, the
sixth part of a ponnd of hartahora passed
through a sieve, and twelve narcisana
bulb, two ounces of gum, aa much Tuscan
seed, and eighteen ounces of honey, will
render the face smoother and more brilliant
than a mirror. The Roman also used
focus, a kind of rouge, for the cheeka, as
early aa the daya of riant us; poU of this
substance made of rock-cry3tal, similar to
the modern, were found at Herculaneum.
The rouge, or purpuraeus, used by the
Greek and Roman ladies wa3 of a rose
colour, and made of a white chalk, dis
solved in a etrong purple liquid, twice
precipitated. The last precipitate was the
rouge. They also used a red Syrian root
called Tizijuvik white (cerussa) and chalk,
(creta). The use of both red and white
paint was, . in the time of Augustus, con
fined to women of quality.
We give the following story in outline,
to show the effect these things had upon
the ancients. It was furnished to Lay
ard's Nineveh, in 1842, by Mr. Samuel
Bircfrof the British Museum.
Arhen?, king of the Medes, had amongst
his subjects one Pdraondes, a man re
nowned for hia courage and strength.
Parsondes having observed that Nanaru?,
the Governor of Babylon, was very effem
inate in hia parson, and shaved himself
carelully, conceived a dislike to him, and
asked the King to transfer his post to him.
The King refused ; and Nanarna having
heard what had occurred, swore to he re
venged on Pawondea. The gallant Mede
was induced to drink sweet wines mixed
with intoxicated drngi, and was taken be
fore Nanarus, who asked him why Lc had
tried to supplant him. "Because I thought
myself more worthy of the honor, for I
am mora manly and more useful lo ihe
King than you, who are shaven, and have
your eyes underlined with stibium, and
your fare painted with white lead. Ni
naru9 then swore by Belus and by
Mylitta (the Babylonian Venus) that
he would quickly make Parsondea
softer and fairer than any woman.
He had him shaved and rubbed with
pumice stone, bathed twice a day, hia eye
underlined, and then tacght to sing acd
play upon the harp, with his hair plaited
like a woman'. The experiment -suc
ceeded, and the manly I'aKocdes became
as elleminate as rvanarus. Arheu', the
king, after seven years, heard of his favor
ite, and demanded that us should be re
stored. JJie ambssiador who came with
this demand was invited by Nanarus to a
banquet, in the course of which one hun
dred and fifty female players entered the
hall, and Nanarus asked the ambassador
which of the women he 'thought superior
to the rest in beauty and accomplishments;
upon wnicti lie pointed to l arsonues. me
latter was then set free, and contrived on
hia return home to indict summary pun
ishment on hia enemy.
The crientals use schnouda, a perfectly
white cream, composed of jasmine pomade
and benzoin, by means of which a very
natural but transient bloom is imparted to
the cheeki. They also use batikha, a cora
plexiAn powder, made of corieshclls, rice,
bjrax, lemons and eggs, with beans and
lentil". Sonnini, in his Travel in Egypt
says: "Si much care ia not thrown away
nowhere are the women more uniformly;
beautiful, nowhere do they possess more
the talent of assistinc nature, nowhere, in
a word, are they better skilled or more
practiced in the art of arresting or repair
ing the ravages of tioie,,an art which has
its principles and i great variety of prac
tical recipes.'' Lady Mary Wortlev Mon
tague, when in the Kist, applied some of
the Balm of Mecca to her cheeks; but in
stead cf making her "beautiful for ever,"
her face was red and swollen for thiee
days. (Lttter xxxii.)
Tbee Chinese belles, having at ni"ht
bcdinbed themselves with a mixture of
lei, oil and rice-flour, scrape this off in the
morning, and apply a white powder called
"Meen Fun," touching up the cheeks and
nostrihi and (he tip of the tongue with a
little carmine, and sprinkle rice-powder
over the face as a finishing-touch.
The celebrated Hungary Water wa3 first
prepared in 1370 by Queen Elizibeth of
Hungary, who had the recipe irom a Her
mit, and became so beautiful through the
use of it, thit her hand was asked in mar
riage at the age of seventy-two by the
King of Toland. In an ancient French
perfumery book, entitled Lts SecrsU de
Maistre AUeij3 de Piedmontois, we find the
following curiona formula for a marvellous
water: "Take a young raven from its
nest, feed it on hard eggs for forty day?,
kill it, and distil it with myrtle leaves,
talc, and almond oil." Jin a French
poem of the thirteenth century (printed in
Fairholi'a collection of Satirical Songs and
Pottm on Coitume, published by the Percy
Society in 1S19) descriptive of the wares of
a mercer, ho declares : "I have cotton
with which they rouge, and whitening with
which thev whiten themselves." Edward
de Verc, Earl of Oxford, introduced many
cosmetic, perfumes, etc., from abroad, into
the court of Elizabeth, to the great delight
of the Virgin Queen and her ladies.
The Duchess of Newcastle temp.
Chirks I.) recommend ladiea to remove
the first skin off the faco with oil of vitrol,
that a new ekin may come in its place ; a
vcrv strange way of improving the com
plexion. Shakapeare, in Hamlet (actiii
scene 1), says: 'T have heard of your
paintings too, well enough; God hath
given you one fac?, and you make yoar
Belves another." And Evelyn, in his Diary
(1G54), remarks : "I now obierved how the
women began to paint themselves, former
ly a moet ignominious thing, and u-ed
only by women of bid character." Bnt as
early as 1C02, we gather from an illustra
tion in Marston'a infom'o and Mdlida, that
courtien of the male sex occasionally used
color for their faces. Roisaline, one of the
characters in the play, enumerating the
faults of her suitors, eaya: "The fifth
paints, and ha3 always a good color for
what he tpeaks."
Bulwer, in his Artificial Changthna
(1G50), tells us: "3ometime3 they think
tbey have too much color; tben they vye
art to make them pale and fair. IN ow they
have too little color; then Spanish paper,
red leather, or other cosmetical rubrics
must be had." Even Waller complains of
his Sacharissa :
Pygmalion's fate reversed is mine ;
Ilia marbla took both llesh and bla'J ;
All that I worshipped as divine.
That beauty noie unaeritood
Appears to have no more of lilo
Xlian what whereof he framed his wile.
And the Puritan Stubbea, in 1GG3, ob-
earvea :
And first I wilt begin to touch
Upon thla daubing paint;
Thoir pride that way-it i so much,
It make3 my Muse grow faint.
Tho court ladiea of Charlea II. used
paint very freely.
The author of England's YanUy (luaj
is very severe Upon the subject of paint
He enda hia remark thu3; "The Frecu
have a good litany; 'From beef withcLt
mustard, a servant which overvalued him
self, and from a woman vkit piintdh, gocd
Lord, deliver ua.' "
In the Spectator (1711), an unfortunate
husband complains : "As for toy dear, nev
er man was so enamored as I w,i3 of her
fair foreheaJ, neck, and arm?, aa well aa
the bright jt cf her hair; bat, to my gre
astonishment, I found they were all the ef
fect of art. Her skin ia to tarnished by tha
practice that, when she first wakea in the
morning, she scarce seems young eaouh
to be the mother of her whom I carried to
bed the night before. 1 shall take the lib
erty to part with her the first opportunity,
unless her father will make her pora ji
suitable to her real, not her assumed ccnt
lenance." Walpole saya that Lady Mary
Wortley Montague not only used tho cheaj -eit
white paint she could get, but lefc it on
her skin so long that it was obligcl to ba
scraped off her face. Beautiful Lady Cov
entry' husband U3ed to cha3e her round tha
dinner table, that he might remove the ob
noxious color with a napkin !
Respecting face-painting in modern
timei, we know from advertisements that It
ia extensively practised. Some paints are
particularly uaed by actors. Madame
Rachel, in her examination before the In
solvent Debtors' Court in 1862, stated tha.
her profession was a lucrative one, and that
she sometimes obtained more than twenty
guineas for enamelling a lady's face. So
that a lady may be swarthy or wrinkled,
withered or sallow, and yet appear before
the world in the blooming zraoea of aeet
sixteen, and
AVlthcurioai arts dim eharms revive.
And triumph in the blaem or fifty-rive.
We certainly prefer
A woman's Clio with Katura'a own liana
painted.
A fashion analogous to thatf painting,
and which prevailed about the same time,
was that of wearing black patches, cu'.in'o
various shape. Glapthorne, in this Lul 'i
Privilege (1640), saysr "Look you, sighCr,
if't be a lover's part you ire to act, take a
black spot or two. I can furnish yoa:
'twill make your face more amorou. an -appear
more gracious in your mistre
eyes." In a rare broadside, printed in
1C4G, styled The Pictures of an English Ai
ticke, we have a copperplate of a firat-rito
exquisite of the period, who has hia firs
spotted with patches. .Bat this was only an
old custom revived, for the practice was
fashionable with the Roman damea in tl '
latter daya of the Empire. Regulu, it
famous Roman lawyer, uaed to anoint h:s
right or left eye, and wear a white patc'i
over the right side or the left of his for
head, as he was to plead either for ths
plaintiffor dfendant.
In TIT Restored, a poem printed in 103 J,
we are told of a lady :
Her patches are of every eat.
For pimples and fersera;
Hero's all the waoderis planets' ligns.
And some of the fixed stars.
Already gummed, to make them st;-';,
They need no other sky.
Thera ia a curious engraving of a lady,
with patchea in the form of triangles, haff
moon, staff, cro3e. in the title-raee to a
sermon by Andrew Jone. entitled Mori
Sxtanicug, or the Sin of Pride (loth ed.
lubb), in which, he speaks of it as a com
mon custom with our proud ladiea "to spjt
their faces with black patch." Mr
Pepys, it appear., did not object to them,
for he declared that his wife, with two c r
three patcheslooked far handsomer thir
the Princess Henrietta. The same gentle
man say3 that the Daehesa of Newcasfe
wore many paths "beciuse of pim-!e
about her mouth." The author of GjJ
Yoke againtt Pride in Apparel, 1 16Si
says that the black patches remind hua c
plague-spota ; "and melhiaks th in.jur.
ing coach and horses, all in black, aid p!. -icgintbeir
forehead, stands re-nly bar
nessed to whirl them to Acheroe, thou 'h I
pity pur Chirion far the riarknea .l tua
night, -ince the moon on the cheek Is a .
an eclipse, ami the poor stars On tl
temples are clouded in sable, ami no cizi
fert left him but the lounges oa hia cti.a.
which, if he pleas.?, hr may pick off f r
his cold.''
A writer is the World for 1754, aav
"Though I have sea with patience the
cap diiniouhing to the sie; of a pitcL, I
have not with the same neooe:aohrv' !
the patch enlarging itself to the size of a
cap. It ia with great sorrow thai I already
see it in possession of that beautiful ia
cf blue which bonler apon th r--Shou'd
it increase on the .-id of iha
qai-i:e feature, whv.au eciip b
to dread ' !!:ir mr'7 it i. t. Ik- hoj i '
the ladies will txt give up thit plw t. i
planter which th? brigh;et jewl in ih
universe would wast tinier iu ni,j;v
Tiie preent generation may po'sibly wi
ne a revival of the fashion, as ithat wit
nessed the reappearance of the hoop, h.gb
heeled boot, long glove, elc , of tht"Gecr
gi:tn period. All we can a'y i, ve h;c a.
TRAGEDY IX XEKPIIIS.
A Citizen Mint The Wound l'rowt
ratal.
Great excitement wa produced on Ma n
street, near Poplar, about six o'clock ia t'.i
evening, by a most terrible tragedy bei
enacted on the public street while it woj
c-owded with people. The origin jt f'e
frightful affair i9, to a certain extent, in
volved in mystery, but the particular. o
far as could be learned in'the txeitenii" t
which prevailed, are to the following ef
fect : It appear.! that Mr. George Reudel
huber, a well known citiien of Memphis,
and Mr. Daniel B. Eirle, a young man
about twenty-three years of age, and ne
phew of Colonel John BuIIecIc, attorney-at-iaw,
met on the east fide of Main street,
corner of Poplar. They wer well ac
quainted with each other, and got into a
conversation, and while talking an alter
cation resulted relative to the riot iu the
morning at Grand Junction. Reudelhuber
became exasjierated at some remark imd-j
by Earfe, and raising hia liU knocked him
down. When Eirle rose to his feet he
drew a revolver from his pocket, and
pointing the weapon at Reudelhuber, fired
The first ball pa39l entirely through t' c
body of the unfortunate man, while ihe
second, striking him in the right de,
ranging upwards in the direction i-f the
heart, inflicted a mortal wound.
Eirle wa3 promptly arrested and takea
to'thc Adams street 'tation, where he wa-.
locked up.
Reudelhuber was carried into one cf
the adjoining houses, and Dr. Lynch wa3
quickly in altendjpce. He at once pro
nounced the woSnd to be mortal, and
about eleven o'clock Rendelhnber died,
after suffering the greatest agony.
The deceased ..was a married man an J
about thirty-four Sears of age, and leive
s wife bnt no faftilv. Mempki 2.'-r,n,
Nov. 4. A
IVTUsr N t.XTfP Fltll.11 1MC I.1VINU
STONE. Sir RoderickMnrehisonannou'icea tho
receipt of letters from the explorer Living
stone, written in October and Decern' r.
1867, and dated at Marungu und Cazsmb?,
places lying south and southwesterly
Lake Tananyikx
When these letters wre written, Lit.
in?stone had been living for three months
with friendly Arabs, waiting forthc clr se
of a ndtive war before proceeding on h j
way to Ljiji, and he told an Arab me
6enger that after exploring Lake- Tun
ganyika lie intended to return to 7.nz
bar. This ia the first announcement
from himself that he inters to &
Afrioiby that i out j.
sir JtodeneK remarKs
"With the authentic dita now bjloro
us we may jwell believe that the news
which came by telegraph from BornLaj ,
dated Oitober 3, wa3 porfeetly corrr;
or, after Livingstone quitted the soitrhern
end cf Tanganyika he will havo hid
about ten months to explore the wh '.c
course of that Lake, and afterward ti
find hia way to the seacoast. Thi ordi
nary po9t from Zanzibar, whether by t!i-
CeychoIIes or the Cape, usually tkes six
weeks or more to reach England, and
hence if my distinguished friend reach's
that place ia a week after the departure of
the steamer which carried the new3 hi
Trincomalee, sone weeks may probably
elapse before we can know ot bis arrival
atZanzibar. He may indeed, bring the
news himself, and enable his admiring
country to give him a hearty welcoma
before Christmas."
The wife of Stephen G.Lee, of New
York, recently instituted anil gained a t-u.t
for divorce from her hnsl&nd on the charge
of adultery, securing also the custody ot
her children and the large alimony cf
$750 per month, or S9000 per year. Be
fore her marriage with lise she worked as
a servant in hia house, receiving S90ayear
and board. The husband has instituted
legal proceedings to secure a reduction of
alimony.
