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S^tcap^MS TPESbiYjyoymtßHt ittW ■ ' TJho Frofessora Tliiit Ipa. • It was the busiest portion of the day, in onre Uic busiest street of the city, when ® short flit men, whose omcc churned to bo in our vi cinity, put his head out of his window, ?? a sfioujo'd oyef .the stirging^ crowd, j list • A,9* occultation of the nUey-wuy by nn icc wagon, Profestcn‘..^you*wlk^htTcr:. a WTc caught the sound of the voice, and thrust our head sec fat man •aw onlv us, and unhappily connected without window, orotund, the above invitation* There was a movement in that ’sidewalk assemblage at once, and opt the part of all top many of them,- for onr door, up six pain of stain. ■ Now, we, have noticed It, that wearers of the euphonious title, love to he. colled “Professor”. • • on the street. Onr friend Baggios, who is in the optical way* never bows so low to ns as _ when, in a moderately full tone of voice we tty, across'the' sidewalk, “How d’ye do, Pro* ‘feasor?” which we do, of course, partly for our own gatrr. since its pleasant to show your acquaintances that yfanknow live Professors, and arc on hailing terms with them. On the unhappy occasion in question, pre cipitated upon us. by the wretched, and as we are incUned to believe, malicious fat man, there was a movement Id the crowd, and most un toward for ns, toward our entry wav. How could it be otherwise f was about- aV rash as calling oat “ Smith come over here,’’ m the hearing ofa crowd oa.a .iuustcrrda}., Try it and see how many “ come ovcr”_to yon. So of this sad mischief ofourfat.friend. , , T For some minutes we were receiving a ruth of vbitore,-eaoh of.whom deemed himself the particular “Professor? desired.to ”,w.alk up.” Several were In the musical precious time we had In disposing of them. No use to charge it upon fat mam and say we did not *»ati Somfe of them Insisted in trying upon ns the sweetening Influence of musicjlhns we had hurdy-gurdy, accordeon, banjo, a cracked Ger man flute,hint to enumerate a dance by a Pro fessor’s assistant out of Guinea who was of the chimpanzee order and wore as we noticed a a little red flannel gown over his fun. We* had also to settle the differences with two Pro fessorsofthe peripatetic class, whose patron saints arc Day «& Merlin, each of whom de manded a job in compensation for being called up six poire of staire. Uadwc been" able to collar just then the obese instigator of themis chief, we should have inevitably have had him “blacked” into a full suit of thohighestlnstre. The invasion up the six flights of staire was extraordinary.' A' confectioner; a sign paint er; a hanger of wall paper; n writing master; a menagerie man; the very wonderful Swiper Brothers,* gymnasts, one of whom swallows the other, when the latter immediately pulls his brother in, causing an extraordinary disap pearancc of both, followed by the “To-morrow * evening, gentlemen andlaflics, this act will be repeated, etc.”—a lame woodsawycr; sev eral medi chi gentlemen, who only live in their Advertisements; a boat-bnllder; a gentleman much consulted in behalf of steeds with the glanders, and canine applicants for the vermic ular process; an elocutionist, who insisted on givin" us the very Attitude of Hamlet’s father, when he exclaimed, “Swear,” a position we ourselves instinctively took, save, not being a swearing mao, we made it a tableau; a danc ing-master; a manufacturer of band-boxes; a Horse trainer; the'.proprietor of six “black and tan” terriers, all of them at his heels; a worker in-fresco; ditto in stucco; ditto in boots; a tome colored personage who sported the title of “Professor” cz-offldov— these all ont of that street, came up onr six flights when the tat man called out of the window— “Professor,vill you walk vp here.'” Now, as we sadly worked our way out of the melancholy aflair, we pondered first that the lat man had done ns an act of malevolence which we *hall tty to repay by turning him the other check. We now tcU him just once more, to call ont “Smith,” or “Jones,” or “Pro feasor,” or simply “Bill,” to a crowd sonm day, and then—if he leaves the brunt to us fat man look to thysdfl Again, we were lod to reflect upon the tm- . commonly large crop of Professors growing in the warden ©four civilization, and to regret a defective'nomenclature is the-fertlle sonree of confusion, and in our ease, of pro fusion. SomeUdng must be done to relieve the pressure, and iff the mean time, as the po liceman invariably says when an elderly lady suddenly becomes comatose in the street “It will be better for the crowd to keep back.” Until another term is found, there is perhaps no better one to be applied to those estimable gentlemen who supply intellectual pabulum to adolescent youth in our higher institutions of learning, but it is to be lamented that the name bv dilation, and infiltration pretty much all through society, hos comc to signify just nothing, and be no more suggestive of the Greek particles, and the Roman lustrum, than of dancing parties and the lustre of Day & Martin- Obviously it only remains for the ambitions to go to work and dignify them selves without it. SINGULAR NATURAL PHENOMENA IN mCIUGAN. Hkre we an JEartliqnalc® Among usf From siit'cy'fcwUness, Gen. R. K. Swift of this city, who lias jnst returned from a trip to the shore of this Like nearly opposite onr city, we have an interesting description of natural features and phenomena *)f the region he visit ed, which arc well worth noting down, and the section in question seems to be pne that in vites research. Tbe locality is about twelve miles north of St. Joseph, or a mile north of the mouth of Roger’s Creek, in Van Buren county. Gen. Swift was accompanied by Albert Swift and 6. P. Andrews, formerly of tbls city. The party were strolling along the shore on the 21*1, of October. Tbe country there is finely and heavily wooded, the shore la places marked with singularly sharp and abrupt sand ridges. About noon they came upon one of these lat ter, ofa haifmooa shape, the crescent opening on the lake, and the outline almost a scral-clr de, the curve being extremely regular and of nearly a half mile radius. This curved ridge, its upper and lower limb restif-'- on ,h c shore in bluffi* about thirty feet from lire lake, until in tbe middle it u one hundrei und filly feet high,rising sharp ly shore the thict forests of hemlock. pine, and oilier woods, Suited, the eastern or eon rex side being very steep. The west side or concave toward the. lake descends regularly, but leas steep. Upon the ridge, the crest is about four feet wide, along which the party walked easily, from the southern limb, gradu ally ascending, ns stated, as they receded from the lake. Tiie snrfnec of the ridge is general ly sand, here and there, however, a huge tree was secp ln vigorous growth, huthnried to Its branch!*, or between SO and 30 feet In the sand. r Some of the party observed these singular features of surface, and the half buried trees, and remarked"that It mnat bo due to some great convulsion of nature. The three gentle men had rented the highest part of the ridge and were "standing In n line, looking off over the forest, Inland, when suddenly, appa rently from the southeast, a heavy rumbling sound struck their cars, prolonged, and re peated, The day, 'it should he remarked, was moist hut not misty, and not a day when one would loot for thunder; nevertheless to this was the sound-at first attributed. •" - - Xhc sound; however, continued for some aee onds, rumbling slowly along, and terminating in a sharp detonating sound Immediately un der their feet, accompanied by atrembUngand .-..m-i. of the earth. ■. Immediately a crack opened, cl early i-and well defined along the ridge graduaDy widening from a quarter of an inch to three quarters, and, as seen by Gen. Swill, some eight rods long. Fearful of aland slide, they retreated over the concave front of the ridge. The. sonnd did not return again. They went bock and examined the crack, which resembled in sharpness, e crack In a plastered walk • ’. ... ' ... After leaving-the ridge they met In the woods an sailor, to whom he narrated the dmimstancc. He had not heard the recent sound, hut said it was nothing un nsnal In that vicinity, the shocks often, being quite violent, .a;Fomerly two men toed Beck, uncle aodJicphcw, had cabins near "the ridge wfalehr-tbay , deserted through, fear of these recurring phenomena, which on one oc casion were so violent as to shake a coinlxU off the shdf in the elder-Beck’e cabin, when he* “ thought IMirae to ieavS” He now resides la Kalamazoo.' - ' • .. That country being wooded beavDy, Is fall of shingle-weavers, 7 smd am ong eomc of these, resident there for sixteen or eighteen years, the most marvdlo'ustales arc current of these phenomena jmd-thoircauses! “ Of course, “ bu ried fmd a u murdcr ,T figure largely In their narriUyea. , The squaw of a French Indian traders «ald to have there murdered |ter Frenchman and-ennk his treasure In the Jake at tie mouth of Rogers’ Creek. There ccrtfdp3y||ecmß to be an opening for Sylvanus Cobb lo quarry material for a fresh romance. • XiOvcrs'and students of natural science, how ever, these phenomena being received, as sup ported ih the present instance by .unquestioned' authority, will find an abundant field for inter esting research In that locality. Is that semi annular ridge the relic of an extinct volcano, whose! subterraneous action IssUU faintly manifest:; the twinges beneath the old scar? -Aud thc glories of small lakes in that vicinity, one of which ha* a freak of disappearing utter- IrattJmbs, and another which is (reported to Vc) Uthamless, and the features of other sin sand ridge* in thatvlclnlty, would seem lo,constitute It A page Um.bopk of. Mature well worth reading by thoscHo whom the char aciers arc familUn . A (( Democratic header. Odc of the fiercest ofthoflrc-eatcrajust now k-Senator Toombs, of Georgia, who is always slightly crazed, hut who at this time U in a pe culiar frenev. lie "denounces the Union with iaft the vociferation , and .logic ofa bedlamite. Bat, fortunately, Toombs U pretty well under stood,even at the, South, and the disease he ‘ has Is not likely to spread. ; The Atlanta Con federacy, which bclongs.to his own party, has the following description of the man: “Mr. Toombs, Intellectually, is no ordinary nvm; politically he astonishes his most inti mate friends, and astounds the world with bis remarkable and wonderful feats of hocus pocut. “Unfortunatclv for the country, Mr. Toombs Is wholly devoid of moral firmness. He is purely a man of impulse and passion. By na ture he Is opposed to law and order, and to everything that tends to restrain and compass the passions, whims and prejudices of men. He becomes reckless by disappointment, and fanatical from opposition. “ lie is governed by the present, and not by the effects of existing causes or future results. “ He la not, nor never can be astatesmon, in the true sense of the term,(notfrom the want of ability,) for the reason that he is lacking in judgment, discretion, and that moral stamina which is so necessary to attain and maintain, intact, the great substrata of principles which underlie all government, whether republican in form, orofalimilcdmonarchy. Mr.Toombs Is an unsafe and unreliable party leader, unless it is to lead over a precipice, and he In tberear. He is a gentleman who takes remarkable good care of himself! lie speaks largely and lustily, but harms no one. u Mr. Toombs is not nor never can be a Dem ocrat Democracy, in any shape or form, is revolting to one who, by nature, is endowed with so much refinement and -susceptibility. Mr. Toombs is much bettersuited to represent a constituency of Great Britain, in the House of Lords, than a Georgia constituency in the Congress of the United States. It would be more congenial to his feelings and tastes. 41 Mr. Toombs has a verypoor opinion of the people. He would prefer to look upon them ;ifr subjects and tenants, to that of co-equals or sovereigns,” * yet this man, whose own friends admit him to be utterly devoid of Democratic sympathies and convictions, is one of the great leaders of the so-called Democratic party. It is no wonder that such a man Is opposed tu the Union. His notions of government mu.*t be perpetually offended by the success of our political experiment, so that he desires to put on end to it as soon ns possible. It would be more congenial to the feelings of this “ Democratic ” chief to live under the rule of the Czar of Russia or the late Kingßombalina. PERSONAL* It was not James Sheridan Knowles, the cele brated author, actor, and clergyman that was lost in the Cronstadt steamer, as reported in the papers*, but James 8. Knowles, an Ameri can gentleman, who was traveling in Europe. Political excitement must be raging higb in Virginia. The Richmond correspondent of t he Petersburg JZrpress tells the following inci dent; “ The fairer portion of creation now mani fest as much or more interest than the males, and on Saturday afternoon last a couple ofla dies residing in the same building on Second street became bo much excited that they got to blows. One declared that hca husband should not vote for Mr. Bell if there was not another man in the United States to fill the place, and this declaration so nettled the young lady with whom the conversation was held, that she struck the great admirer ofßreckin ridge across the noddle with her fan, breaking a bead ornament to pieces, and arronsing all the terrible passions of her antagonist’s nature. At it they went, and for a while, silks, satins, laces, feathers, flounces and ribbons, flew abont in wild confusion. The disgracefu) scene was only terminated on the arrival ofa gentleman front a distant part of the bouse, who, hearing the noise, hastened to the spot, and thus prob ably saved the life of one or both,” Alexander Randall, a well-known artist in Louisville, Ky., was married afewmonths ago to ifiss Jlargarct Cheatham, a respectable young lady pf Ncw-Albany, Indiana. What was her surprise, a short time since, to find that her husband was not devoting his entire energies to her support, bat that a second Mrs. Randall claimed part of his earnings. She got out a warrant for the arrest of the snpi>osed rival, when she ascertained that Randall had baen married to her many ycara ago lu Canada West, and that he had by her seven children, two of whom, u boy oi 17 years of age anda rirl eight years younger, arc now living in Louisville with their mother. Mr. Randall was at once apprehended as soon as this state of afluirs became manifest, and is now In jail He has hitherto borne a high reputation in tbo city where he resided. Billy Mulligan lias had another fight on Broadway, this time with ft rough ” earned McCabe, with wheftn he has not been on the best of terms. Both parties were arrested, but the recorder discharged them, because they arc influential democrats, and an election is at hand. The Boston Advertiser indignantly denies the story that CoLT, Bigelow Lawrence sent in a bill of SIOO to the City Connell for the nsc of his horse by tbe Prince of Wales, on the day of the review in that city. CoL Lawrence wished to present the equipments of the horse to the Prince as a personal gift, bat, since bis Royal Highness could not accept in this way, they were given In the name of the city ofßoston. Lieut. Bartlett, father of the girl in the “dia mond wedding,” Las fallen into greatyontempt A tradesman tried to collect a bill of him the other day, when he made an assault on the man and has tacp arrested for it. M MATERS. James M. Ray, cashier of the Bank of the State of Indiana, cautions the public against $1 bills on that Bank, which have been altered to *3’s. The difference may be plainly observed by the center piece in the pretended 3’s being round In place of oblong. The figures one are extracted and 8 substituted. The letters one under the signatures arc extracted and tubes substituted. Tbe letters one dollab in the center piece are extracted and the letters tiibce substituted, The heads of 8. Merrill and S. C. Sample of the one dollar bill arc un changed, while tbe heads of the genuine three dollar bills are those of Bishop* Ames and Jj. (}. Rose. Discontinued, —The post office at Wlttcm berg, Clinton county, (I1L) has been discontin ued by tbe department at Washington, on ac count of tbe small amount of business. Those who have formerly received their mail matter through that officc,will hereafter get it at Mas cootnh. The Eight Rev. BUhep Potter, of Penn sylvania, has issued a pastoral letter to the minsters and members of tbe Protestant Episcopal Cbnrch In his diocese, laying before them the condition of the starring people of Kansas, and recommending that individual and congregational offerings be made for the relief of the suffering. The Bishop mode his appeal after consultation with clerical and lay friends, wbo were well informed regarding the fact. Tragedy at Mormon. —On Saturday night week, a party of Irishmen and Americans, met !tl a doggery, kept by John Roach, in Mormon Whiteside county, and got into a broil, when an Irishman named Richard Mulhall was in stonily killed by being stabbed, and PMrick Cassidy, and one or two others were severely injured. Tbe cause of the affray is unknown. A Bio Bet.—Hon. Eugene L. Sullivan, for merly Republican Senator of San Francisco, bas bet $35,000 against $5,000 that Abraham Lincoln would be the next President The bet la with Hon. SoL A. Sharp, present Senator from San Francisco. Mr. Snllivan has also bet SI,OOO that Mr. Lincoln would get 50,000 plu rality in New York. Ron* Jeff. Davis to be CommandeMn* Clilef or tbe Southern Army* Tbe ’Washington correspondent of the Phil adelphia Press writes: “Jefferson Dnvis is to make bis great speech on Saturday next, Nor. 8, at Vieksbnrgb, Miss., In which be is expected to lay down the coarse that the Southern States must pursue in-the event of the election of Lincoln. As 1 write I juvro before me an advance copy of tbe A/tefe- Won Ton, published at Jsckeop, In that State, aua the K own organ of Mr. Davis. In this paper it is announced that a grand collection of the military of Misetoippl and the Southern States Is to be held at Jackson, on Thursday, the Bth of November. Premiums of from SIM to S2OO arc offered for the best dragoon audio- Cmtry in Mississippi, rad a sweepstake of S2OO for the best company In the South. From the game Journal 1 cut an extract from the Vicks bunrh Citizen, said to bo ft Douglas paper, wbfeh announces CoL Davis* great speech of the 3d as follows. The Ualiaarc not mine: * Although differing widely with CoL Davis In record u» the political bancs of the day, we vet recognize In him one of the greatet minds jf not the greatest, in the Sonthl and should wsr come, as come full weUitmay, hempen the sections, Jefferson Davis will proven tower of strength to the Southern cause. Not only • Is he one of the grccte«t statesmen of the coun try, but as a military man, bc is Justly regart od os without an equal In the Bepuhlic. Me ■will, doubtless, be the generalissimo of the Spvtherft army,*? THE KANSAS FA3TCIE. SusUmatle Belief for the suffering People cf Kansas. j.. More than three months ego, report* reached the Eastern Stales In regard to. the destitution- InKansas in consequence of the unprecedented drouth. The report* were, however, bo contra dictory, that it was deemed proper to make a thorough personal investigation. For this purpose, Thadden* Hyatt of New York, vlsl- ted Kansas, and alter a full inquiry, he became satisfied that U was necessary to have a thor ough organization in the Territory before on appeal was made for the relief of the sufferers. To accomplishlhia the citizens of tbc.Tanous counties and townships were requested to or ganize and appoint their own committees. Statistical tables were printed and furnished to "themVand in nearly all the counties organiza tions have been formed. A general agency was established, consisting of Thaddeus Hyatt of •New York, Gen. S. C. Pomeroy of Northern Kansas, and W. F. M. Amy of Southern Kan sas, who have entered into an agreement for the receipt and distribution of money, provis ions, &c., for the relief of the sufferers. This agreement places In the bands of Mr. Hyatt of New York city, authority to raise money in the Eastern States to pay freights, &c., and to the undersigned authority to ob tain money and produce in the ‘Western States, and to Gen, S. C. Pomeroy and the Rev. Mr. Mahen, the business of receiving at Atchison, Kansas, (which Is the terminus of Railroads to Kansas)—all freights and distribu ting the same to the various county and town ship organizations—by them to be distributed to the most destitute. The conclusion of the agreement is ns follows; 44 It is now mutually and solemnly agreed as a covenant with each other, and our bonefiictorsiu the States as well as with our suffering people at home in Kan sas, that- neither one of us shall directly or Indirectly receive one dime of money or pro duce contributed for relief as a compensation for our time, labor or effort; and shall only be entitled to compensation for Incidental expen ses necessary for the transaction of the busi ness, and shall give and take vouchers as well from each other as from all other persons, and preserve the same for a final settlement.” The reports received from the county and township committees show a great amount of destitution in prospect as well as already ex isting. They are too lengthy for publication, as thev contain the names of each settler, and his condition and wants. A few of the reports in a condensed form can only be given here, and these arc from various portions of the Ter ritory. The committee of Auburn Township, Shaw nee county, report the names of 41 G1 families consisting 0f254 persons. In this township, 30,760 bushels of com was raised in 1659. The crop this year will be 92 bushels! Wheat raised In 1859,1,050 bushels; in 1800, only 10 bushels. Potatoes In ’59, 2,715 bushels; in ’00,15 bush. Garden products this year, $5. Cash on baud, $513. 33 families are without money. Old com and meal on hand, 001 bush els; flour on hand, 2,005 lbs; groceries $34. 47 persons have left, 6 persons moved in. All will need an entire supply of seed grain next sprins.” Cottonwood Falls Township, Chase county, report 29 families, 118 persons. The commit tee in conclusion say that “the men whose names are on this list have been here over a year; have spent all the ready means which they had, and the drouth and failure of crops have left them without bread or the means of procuring it," „ ... Judge Graham, chairman of the committee for Center Township, Madison county, in sub mitting the report says: “ One-third of the in habitants arc in destitute circumstances. Of the other 'wo-thlrds, there are Si families, 142 persons, that arc partly supplied; 9 Cmiiliea are without any raonev. It isascertained that unless relief is had from abroad, three-fourths ofthc inhabitants of this county will be com pelled to leave the country or starve! A num ber of cattle have died in this county of Span ish fever.” ' . Kurcliu Township, Greenwood county, re port 44 53 families, 265 persons. They have 250 bushels of com and meal and 9 sacks of flour; not a dollar in money. There is not a bushel of com or meal to the individual in the town ship and only 4 pounds of flour to the person; II families arc without meal or flour except as they borrow from others.” Butler, Hunter and Otoe counties, with a population of 909 persons, are reported by Jud«c Lnmbden, P. G. Morton, Ksq., and Dr. Lcwcllin, as follows: 44 It is truly alarming as to crops; there are none—it is a complete fail ure, There will not be 20 bushels of com raised in the three counties. Three-fourths of the population ore almost destitute of money, clothes and provisions. Very few have more cattle than supply their Immediate wants; some indeed have been deprived of their last cow by a disease which has prevailed In this country, called the 44 Spanish Fever.” Many families have not more than one bushel of corn meal in the house; that, with some buflalo meat and milk they get, compose their dally food. The facts as they really exist are, that the people are in a suffering condition, and, unless supplies arc furnished from some source, much suffering will be the result.” Marshall county. Blue Rapids township, re port forty-nine families In a very destitute condition; they have lift)* money and scarcely any groceries on hand. Atchison county, Grashopper township, 43 families—22B persons—two-thirds of the flunilies in want of winter clothing, and seed grain wanted in the spring. countv, 429 families—2,oo3 persons —all neding l‘dp*morc or less, as the statisti cal tpbles show.* . ' Tl n H. A- Smith, Esq., Secretary linn County Relief Committee, says: . _ . The report's received thus far oy County Committee present a most alarming stale facts. Tlie Township of Potosi reports 93 families destitute, end those families embrace 491 persons. Scott Township reports an ag gregate of 133 families, 105 of which need Im mediate assistance; and such is the picture of other townships, ns well as Potosi and Scott. Mav Heaven speed you in the good work you have commenced. Thus we have given a few of the many re ports that have l/ccn forwarded by the com mittees, which will gave some idea of the con dition of the people. It is due to the Inhabit ants of Kansas to say that they have been industrious; when their wheat crop tailed, they planted it in corn. In most instances, three or four different crops have been put In the some ground, and all have failed, It is also proper to say that this drouth has developed the fact that the soil of Kansas can wltlistand a dry season equal to that of any country. The testimony of men who have lived in Kansas from ten to thirty years is that cvcrv year an average crop of 40 bushels to the arrc'of com has been raised till this season. We have •iutepent? of the following persons to this effect: Gen. Whistler, of Coffey County, 15 years. J. W. Brown, Shawnee County, 11 years. John T. JoneSjOttawa Reservation, 24 years. Peter Welsh, Osage Reservation, SO years. Judge Baker, Brcckiuridgo County, 14 years; and others, some of whom nave raised 80 bush els of com to the acre in former seasons. An arrangement has been made with the railroads that all produce, &c., shipped to Pomeroy & Mahen, at Atchison, Kansas, will be transported at very reduced rates of freight. When shipped, the bill of lading must state that it is 44 fob the Relief op Sufferers in. Kansas,” and a cqpy of the hill of lading sent to Gen. Ppmerov, at Atchison, Kansas. The necessity of a System will be apparent to every one—not only to reduce the price of transportion, but, also, for the benefit of the railroads, so as to save them trouble and pre vent frauds being praptlced; hence, they agree to a reduction &nlt on freights that art for warded as o&onr, AND ON no OTtnnL By the following it will ho soon that the un dersigned is authorized to act as agent in the Western States. He will immediately visit the prominent points for the purpose of soliciting donations and putting the freights in the proper channels, so that they will reach the ka« e as borders at Atchison, and from there be distributed ia &S various County and Town ship Committees. All ccmmJJJwlsatipnß ad dressed to W. F. it. Amy, Chicago, lit, will receive prompt attention; “ The undersigned, citizen* of Kansas Territory, hereby certify that Judge W. F. M. Arny U author ized to solicit aid in the State* of Illinois, Iowa; Wisconsin, fcc., fer our destitute and Buffering ncoi.le, occasioned by the drouth and consequent failure of crops in Kansas. We Comnmud hl« mls eion to the kind consideration of the friends of humanity In liui Spitce, (Signed) " •• S C. Pomerov. Atchison; I. N. Phillip*, Ram boldt Allen co.; C. M. Gifford. Marshall co.; W. A via Coffeyco.; Jno. T. Cox. Ch’n Ottomwaße- MMiX: Jwi Fletcher. Topeka Relief Meeting irt wSan*. CU-n Auburn Relief Meet- In**- James L. McDowell. Mayor of I/etyenworth HtV. John A. Steele. Ch*n Committee Topeka Town*bto; W. Y. Roberts, Wyandott: S.B. Buff • P. B. Mftion. Breckinridge co.; SSS. Yrftofc Sion an.! S, D. Ilnn-toa SBci co.; 11. Witiian;*, Anderson co.: H. 11. Farns worth, Mayor of Topefca; Q \W Deitzlcr, Mayor of Lawrence: O n.FalmmAMajW of Atchison; O O. Chase, Editor Atchison tnlori; John A. Marlin, Editor Freedom's Champion; V. 3J. Blake, Junction city, Davis co.” The organization as now arranged Is an effi cient one, and the'donations will reach the suf ferers promptly. We therefore ask the citi zens of the various counties on the Railroads in Illinois, lowa and Wisconsin, to send their contributions in grain as abovcepeelfied. The citizens of Indiana and all States East, arc re quested U» send tbejr contributions In money, boots, shoes, woolen materials for clothing, heavy cotton cloth for meal sacks, and sacks for grain and meal, nsitwouldcosttooxnuchto transport grain or produce from the States East of Illinois. Thaddeus Hyatt, of New York City, will inform the friends of humanity in the Eastern States how to forward money. Remittances in money may bo forwarded from any of the Western States to Dr. John Evans, office 55 Clark St, Chicago, Hi., who will pay It to the general agency to be used for the purchase of sacks, provision*, and pay ment of freights, and take their receipt for the same. By this system every person who re ceives money or produce, mil pay it to the general agent Thaddeus Hyatt York ily; 8. C. Pomeroy, Atchison, Kansas; or the undersigned at Chicago, and they will re ceive and receipt for it, ■ The money or produce will be distributed to the County Committees, who will give a re ceipt to the General Agents, and In turn they will divide it to'the townships and take the re ceipts of the Township Committees, who will also take receipts from the. Indlvidqqjp to whom it is given, and finally the Township Committees will settle with the Connty Com mittees, the latter with the general agents and they aga)Q with a Committee to be appointed in t he Slates. As the citizens of-Kansas wjio will be re lieved say that “ they do not want aid os a gra fuWy, but will pay it hack when able”, it Is proposefi that the receipts alter final settle- ment, shall be handed to the County Board of Commissioners of the respective counties in Kansas, and that the people be allowed roh/n --tartiy to pay when able to the County Treasu rer the amounts; and that the amounts thus • aid be constituted a Common. School Fund, i he interest to be annually distributed to the school districts of the respective counties. Thus the do nors will relieve the hungry, and furnish seed to plant, and the interest of that relief will ever afterwards be used to educate the children of Kansas. Ail agents who are In the States authorized by county or township Committees to solicit aid for special localities in Kansas, are request ed to report themselves to the undersigned at Chicago, and to forward through the General Agency at Atchison all donations they may re ceive, so that there may be an equal dUtrlbu lion in accordance with the wonts of the peo ple In each county and township; and also, If possible, to prevent unauthorized agents from soliciting aid which may be misappropriated, and at the same lime receive the benefit to be derived from a redaction of freights on rail road transportation agreed uponliy this Gene ral Agency with the Railroad companies. The undersigned most respectfully solicit the co-operation of the humane_and liberal in the States, and would ask that relief be fur nished as speedily as possible, as there arc hun dreds who arc at this hour without anythirg to eat but corn meal and water, and but a small quantity of that. Wc no not think it necessary to make a labored or lengthy appeal to the citizens of the States for contributions in old of our friends in Kansas. Many of you know from experi ence the terrible significance of a failure of the crops, and hence will spare something from your present abundance. Others have known continued prosperity; hence they arc able to add something to the common fund. Those who have not grain, can contribute money to buy bags, and defray necessary freight ex penses. Spring Wheat, Rye, Com, Flour and Beans are needed. Those who send grain fit for seed are requested to mark the bags “for seed.” Warehouse room, free of charge, has been tendered to the General Agency by citi zens of Topeka, Lawrence, Leavenworth, Wy andot!, Quindaro and Atchison, so as to store grain to be used for seed in the Spring. Arrangements have been made with mills in Tvans-Ts to grind at half the usual price, so that the grain he turned Into meal to feed the hungry after it reaches Kansas, and thus avoid the risk of Its becoming musty (If ground) by transportation In close cars. Transhipment of freight being necessary at both the Mississippi anil Missouri rivers, every thing must be tent forward in bags. The Com mittees and agents In the State* who receive grain donations and have not means to furnish bags, arc requested to communicate the fact to the undersigned at Chicago, so tliat bags can be furnished. W. F. U. Abnt, Agent for Relief of Sufferers lu Kansas. Editors who desire to aid in tha, relief of 30,000 suffering people in Kansas ore requested to publish the above in their papers. Tvrenty-flve Tears Among the Cotton Plantations of Louisiana and Mis sissippi. and Ten Tears an Over seer j or Inside Views of Slavery* BT JOHN HOLES. NO. 111. Think, ye masters, irou-bearted, Lolling at yoar jovial boards. Think how many backs have smarted For the sweet* your cane affords. LIFE OX THE PLANTATION. It was the cotton-gathering season, and I often went out on the plantation at night to witness the weighing and summing up of the day's work. The following is a description of the first scene of the kind 1 witnessed. When the overseer reached the place for weighing, he called out to the black driver — who was following his gang, whip in hand — “Bring In the cotton.” Instantly I saw the slaves hurrying up to their baskets and empty ing their sacks Into them. Two or three wag ons were on the turn-row ready to receive the cotton when weighed. The black driver ad justed the scales, and then called out, “All ready, sir.” Several slaves immcdlatclyjumped into the large wagon bed, made for carting cot ton, to empty the baskets and tramp down the cotton. One slave with a lantern seated himself on the side of the wagon to examine the baskets as they were emptied, to see that there were no pumpkins, clods, or other sub stances secreted In them to increase tl"'ir weight. Another, who had been taught the numbers on the balance, prepared to wciga; and another, who had learned the numbers on the baskets, stood ready to announce tbcnnm ber of each basket os it was put on the scales. One set of hands stood ready to drag up the baskets and life them ou the scales, aud anoth er to lift them oif when weighed, and damp them into the large wagou bed. The overseer —with a large folding slate In his band, which contained the name and number of each work ing slave, with a record of the amount of cot ton gathered by each one for two or three pre vious days—is seated ou a basket, where he can see the figures on the balance, and detect any attempt to deceive him in the weight. AU things thus arranged, he caUs out, “ Weigh, in alituc less thou no time!” The slave who announces the number of the basket on the scales, cries out “ Fifty, sir,” and the one who takes account of the weight, responds, “ One hundred and seventy-five, sir.” The overseer compares the number with the record of pre vious days, and orders the black driver, who stood ready, with whip in hand, to give No. 50 fifty laslies, ■* d—d well put on.” “She ought to have had over two hundred pounds such a day as this—a moist day—no wind, and bcttercotton to gather in than yesterday.” lie declares, in tones which send terror through aU their hearts, and with oaths and epithets too vile to print, that he will flog every nigger that has not more cotton to-day than be had yesterday.. No. 50 begs for mercy—“dia one time, mossa! ” —her head and back hurt her so bad she could hardly stand np. “Go to the black driver, you infernal b—h, and he’ll cure your aches aud pains! The cot ton is wasting in the field—the weather is good for gathering must come, shall come, or Mr. Nigger’s bide must pav the pen alty I ” Another, who was sent to the black driver, plead that the skin was worn off his “ fum and finger.” The overseer cursed Lis thump and finger, and charged the driver to give him “particular hell,” and learn him to take care of bis thumb and fingers. The black driver ordered tbcm, one after another, in their turn, to “ shell off and come down,” [f. c, to strip and lay down,] to receive the execution of the overseer's sentence. When any one instinct ively put up his hand to protect bis flesh from the blood-extracting lash, the driver called on other slaves to stretch him out and hold his bands and fc4- As the female slaves came down, they gath ered their clothes up to their waist, and lay flat on their faces. If any one refused, or did not keep ber clothes out of the way of the lash, two or three women were ordered to put her in the vice—when one instantly planted bcrsalf on the ground, secured the victim’s bead between hef knees, and drew her clothes over It, so as to confine her arms,'and lay bare her back for the driver's lash, while two others stretched oat her feet and held them. I have seen from oncto thirty slaves flogged after tills manner, at pne cotton weighing. As fast as' the Wagons were loaded, they were driven off to the Cotton Gin, and when the last wagon was loaded, the slaves allhurried to the Gin house. Here, their first business was to gather up In large lI,A notion Ibat. had been sunned that day and carry it up two flights of stairs, into the second story of the gin-house. This done, the wagons were drawn up aud their contents spread' upon 1 the scaffolds that had Just been cleared, to be ready for sunning the next day. Their day’s work tlms finished, at the signal of the bell they all repaired, in haste, to their respective cabins, calling at the cook honsefor their pone of com bread, which constituted their allowance for supper, to be washed down with water. From this time no slave is per mitted to leave his cabin until the turn-out bell rings in the morning. The second morn ing bell, which is the signal for turning out to work, is rung at the earliest dnwji; when the meu, boys, girls and women that haveno small children, arc at once marshalled and on their way to the cotton field; and the women who have children under ten ore hurried off with them to the children house, where the little things are committed to the charge of an old slave appointed for the purpose, who makes the larger children take care of the helpless ones'. Here the nursing mothers were set to : gathering cotton near the house, and tho rest sent after the gang. The children under three months old, were to be nursed four times a day; between three and six months, three times; from six to nine months, twice a day; and once a day thereafter until weaned, at tuo end of twelve months. This species of slave stock is too valuable to be exposed to careless or unskilful manage ment. The old nurse has her rules laid down, which she must rigidly observe. Care is taken that the mother docs not nurse her infant while her blood is heated by tolling in the sun. When the dew is off, on old female slave brings out all the children over six, to gather cotton. In her hand Is a bundle of switches, “to tsgch the young Idea how_to- shoot,” though she stimulates them more with other appliances than with the rod; such as the fear of the overseer and black driver, and encour aging them to race with one another in cotton picking! ThcscJnvcnUelaborera are generally between the ages of slz and ten; all oyer ten' go out with the main gang. ‘ * • • The dews are very heavy in the Mississippi Valley. ‘ When nearly off, the slaves' breakfast comes ont In a cart, which consists of a box of bread anu acconnpauied with a barrel of water. (On this plantation, d !Zlf ot meat was the daily allowance for each working slave.) The b]ac|v driver then calls to the slaves to bring their cotton to tbs baskets, change their wet clothes and get their break fast, the prescribed allowance of which he deals out to each one, while they scat them selves on the ground, or on the edge of a bask et, to cat Their dinner is brought ont and distributed in like manner, about one o'clock. The above is a fair specimen oflife on a cot ton plantation, daring the cotton-picking sea son, which extends through a period of nearly five months. Other crpps, such as corn, peas and pumpkins, are also 1o be gathered during a part of the same period, which is generally done In wet weather, when cotton could not be dried, If picked. Toward the close of the cotton-picking sea son, when thewcather becomes cold ana wet, and the slaves heed more blood-stirring exer cise to protect them from such diseases as colds, rheumatism and pneumonia, the strong men arc put to mauling rolls, clearing land, or ditching, and the feebler ones, together with the females, to clearing off the stalks from the com and cotton fields. When a slave la sick he applies to the over seer, who examines bis pulse and tongue, and, If inflammatory symptoms appear, sends him to the eick-house, to the core of an old slave, who gives him such medicine as the overseer prescribes. Bat if no visible symptoms of dis ease can be detected, he turns a naff ear to all bis complaints, corses and sometimes flogs him for playing pouom to deceive him, and drives him out to fils'bard toil, weeping and mean ing, perhaps* with real disease and a tillering* Should he appeal to the block drivel*, ashta last resort, for pity and favor, his reply would probably be: “Do yon link lia a fool, nigger, to let white folks cut up my hide ? No, slr-cc —dis nigger not coin* to be kotched In dot manner. If yon not able to work, go to white folks, and If white folks send yon back to workj yon am cot to work. Dat am dls nigger’s business wi’ dU whip. So don’t fool you lime gruntin’ to dls nigger, I tell you—’cause if you doe*, you 1b goln”to grunt more worse ’*n dat, nr* ting you know. . , . . Now, suppose this to be a case of real «lck nes* and suffering, and not feigned—and there arc multitudes of Just such cases—who is re sponsible for this atrocious cruelty r Not the poor black driver, surely; be is Impelled by Inexorable necessity. Is It the overseer? Should he adopt a different course, bis occupa tion would be gone; bis work would never be done; every slave that could get rid of work by feigning sickness would be sure to do it No; it Is the system wblcb Is the legitimate source of all this cruelty—a system which has been blaspbcmonslv Lauded as the offspring of God, and Indicative of the highest type of civilization! Voluntary labor, stimulated-by hope or desire, baa no occasion to feign sick ness. The question of ability to work may be safely left to the laborer himself. But the vic tim of co-crccd labor cannot be trusted thus — bis driver must decide the question for him, and bo is very liable tp decide it cruelly, though unintentionally. But In charging this cruelty upon the system, which la a mere ab straction, we charge it, by implication, upon all who sustain the system, cither directly or by connivance. "• "• FACTS ABOUT HUNCART. Popular Sentiment— Heavy. Taxation —War of Races—Veneration for Kos suth. [Correspondence of the N. T. Tines.] Freiberg, Saxony, Monday, Oct. G, ISGO. I shall devote this letter to the relation of facts In the present condition of the Hungari ans, which have come to my knowledge through a couple of friends who have just re turned to Freiberg, after a long journey in Hungary and Transylvania. In the first place, Hungary has changed, like all other European countries, since 1849. The present demands of her people arc somewhat different from what they were then. The feel ing among the several tribes and the several religions is widely different from the mutual hatred which reigned ten year* ago. Ever since the Hungarian rebellion was crashed out at Vilagos, Austria has treated Hungary as a conquered proviuce. The amount of taxation Is something incredible. Manv estates are eaten up by the taxes alone. I heard of one case where a man was taxed 18 per cent, on his capital, which brought him a return of about three per cent. This was probably something extraordinary; seven years of it would makeamana beggar, though he were a millionaire to begin witn. But tbe Wallachians and the Sclavonians, who were the instruments of Austria against Hungary, have been treated with scarcely less rigor, aud thev say they will not be so fooled again. The Sclavonians have, It is true, au old fend with the Magyars. They were the first inhab itants. They came from Bohcmia,and settled In the Justa, or great plain, which stretches southward from the Carpathian Mountains. Here they tended their flocks. The Magyars of Turcomannl, a Mongolian tribe, drove them into the mountains, at the close of the ninth century'; and, bcinga nation of horsemen, kept tbe plain for themselves. These distinguish ing characteristics have existed ever since. The ScLtves arc still shepherds In the moun tains. The Hungarians still ride upon the plain. It would b'e too much to say that the jealousy-between the races is gone. The Mag yar despises the Sclave as au inferior being, and docs not love him for the injuries be re ceived from him in ’49. But agaiust the oj>- presslons of Austria, it may be said they pre sent a common front. The Wallachs still more Inclined to sympathize with the Hungarians, but are entirely under the Influence of their priests, who are tools alternately of Austria and Russia. Many of their churches are sup ported by Russian gold, and half, at least, own the Czar os their spiritual head. The rest, al though they they belong to the Greek Church, sUU acknowledge the Pope. But the mightiest change is, that in the pub lic feeling o? Hungary' herself. There is a unanimity, an enthusiam, a determination, whlch'bodes ill to the House of Hapsburg. The Magyars are a childishly enthusiastic and excitable people. They love their country, and are proud even of its drawbacks. If you complain of the bad traveling on their great sandy plains, they say “ Yes, indeed, there's traveling for you! You don't get alorm so fast over our roads, we can tell you!” Take two or three proverbs: “The earth is a hat, andHungaryis a feather in It!” “Extra Huugaria noncst vita: siest vita, non cst ilia!” (Out of Hungary there is no life; or, if there is, It is not our kind/) Some of them go so far as to say, “ Our God has tico sons: Jesus Christ aud Louis Kos suth!” This latter extravagant hyperbole, (to put the mildest term upon it,) is found among the peasants; but all classes alike regard Kos suth with veneration and love. The people call him “ our Louis.” If you whisper iu their ears, “Elian Kossuth,” (Viva Kossuth) they will throw their arms about you, and call you brother. In one place, upon the utterance of bis name, the whole company arose, and un covered their beads with the greatest rever ence, and iu perfect silence. The conduct of Goergey is os much a puzzle to the people of Hungary as to all the world- Why he surrendered at VUagos, no one can tell His chances of success were better than in many a battle which be had already won. It is proved that be knew of the projected de sertion of 20,000 of the enemy to his standard. And yet the vulgar supposition that he was bought over by the Russians or the Austrians, seems Improbable. There is no evidence oi his having been bribed. > lie is living in com parative obscurity, as a Professor of Chemistry at Klagenfurth . He possesses neither wealth nor distinction. His conduct, if it was prompted by any selfish motive, entirely failed of its ob ject, and remains os unexplained and unre warded as it was unexpected. But while the Hungarians remember “onr Louis” with so much affection and veneration, they seem no longer to desire a complete sep aration from Austria. They know that they could not exist as an Independent State, and would be contented if their Constitution were restored to them, whose blessings they never have been permitted to enjoy. For the Con stitution which they demand Is not the old fcndal one, but the new one, which their mag nates adopted iu March, lU4B, and which their enemies seem persistently to ignore. This Constitution did away with the feudal system, and transformed the peasant-vassal into a ten ant. The freedom of speech in the Kinjrd m is startling. Every man if hostiluto the Govern* ment, and no man hesitates to say openly. Even the office holders (so far as they arc na tives) Join in the universal sentiment. The German element (which consist* of Saxons from the mouth of the Elba, and some Saubi ans, who all came in thc'sixtccuth and seven teenth centuries, and settled mostly in Zipser County) is entirely Magyar in feeling, and will go as far In opposition to the Government as the Hungarians themselves. As a sort of negative hostility towards Vienna, the national costume has been revived, and is worn wltn furore by all classes. The most ordinary day-laborer will have his em broidered breeches, top-boots and half-hussar jacket. But the queerest item is the spurs. The original Magyars, os I have already said, werca nation of riders, and a paly of spurs is therefore considered an' indispensable part of the national costume. Everybody wears spurs —the waiter that brings you wine, the “knccht” that blacks your boots, the barber that shaves you. They walk in spurs, dance In spurs, tight, sing and pray In spurs, and for all I know, they sleep in them. Hungary is the country now, above all others, to adopt that full-dress uuiluim recently discarded by the Texans—o cocked' liat and— spurs! This fashion bos not yet lasted a year. It began after the close of the Italian war. SYRIA* Hid Conduct of Vie Christian*—Slate of affairs at Damascus—More Executions. [Correspondence of the Boston Traveller.] Betboct Syria, Sept. 83,15C0. The character of the Christians of Syria is so low, mean and despicable, that were it not for the fact that they belong to the common brotherhood of man and arc now great aulfer ers, they would receive but little sympathy from those who know them well They are entirely deficient in what Is called in civilized countries, a sense of honor —and arc so deceit ful, treacherous aud ignoble, that they furnish the best evidence lu the world of the natural depravity of the human heart, and (be inade quacy of their forms of religion and their re ligious teachers for tbc work of civilizing and Cliristcanizing the people. Tho people arc dreadfully priest-ridden, while they detest and despise their priests. The Bible is kept from all but flic Protestant sect, whichirverysmall, not numbering In all Syria and Palestine more than one thousand men, women and children, and the Greeks, Greek Catholics, JJaronites, Jesuits, are all' quarreling' among each other and amongthemsclvcs. The Greeks and Greek Catholics have been known to unite with tbc Druses in wrging warfare against the Moron ites, and arc their most uncompromising foes. Among themselves they have no perec. The leader in the anti-Bishop party In Tyre i« Mr. Akkaad, the American Consular Ageut, and under the protection of the American flag he Is invulnerable to all the spiritual fulmlna tious of the Church. ‘The United States Con sul at Beyrout bas been bcsciged by the Bishop and his party to interfere in the matter, and break down'thc opposition of his subordinate, but his answer ia uniformly tbc same: “If you have any criminal charges to bring against the Consular Agent, I will examine them, but the American government, which protects all religions alike in the United States, will not InielTGre IT—of coacicucc and ehmw* discipline in Syria. The officrcs and agents of the American government are not questioned or Influenced concerning their religious opin ions.” ' The Patriarch of the Gregorian party has been to Egypt to collect funds for the poor of Syria, hut he famishes relief only to those who adopt his calendar and obey his will Others retain all their collections, and furnish relief to no one. One priest still has sixty thousand piastres intended for distribution, and his peo ple make loud complaints against his avarice and dishonesty. The priests tfho went to America a few years ago to collect funds for schools and hospitals, have also defrauded the people, who have now lost confidence in them almost entirely. Many Christians of Damascus are now selling their souls to the devil by giving Turks and Arabs of that city certificates of good charac ter, knowing full well that they murdered many of thelf brethren. -They do this for mo ney, and thus rob justice of her due and screen • tlie guilty from punishment. The Christians of Sldon who witnessed the massacre of their relatives and friends, and who have since been constltutedagentsforthe Turkish Government, to pay out the daily al lowance to the poor refugees from Hasbeyla and Hashcyls, have Just been detected la an at tempt to rob them of one-fourth of the scanty allowance provided by ihe Moslem authorities for the purpose ofkceping them aUve? There Is little in such a character to arouse sympathy or excite brotherly regard. Christian mission aries are nowhere more needed than among tl}cso*»Ucd Christians of Syria, for never, In my opinion, terra Christian been so misapplied as to the people of the Holy Land. Mr. Consul Bmnt, of Damascus, writes: — “ The load authorities continue to supply a little' mouey and bread, but the supply will not suffice; when the cold and damp weather arrives, firing and warm bedding and clothing must then be ndded. Already sickntss U ex tending, and there being no medical assistance for the sufferers, a great mortality may be an ticipated. In short, the prospect of the ap proaching winter is sufficiently gloomy, and dearness of bread will, 1 fear, be ridded to the other causes of suffering.” In view of this state of things, Messrs. John son and Moore, of the Anglo-American com mittee, will urge the British Syrian Belief Fund to send out a medical corps at one, with all necessary medicines, nurses and hospital stores for the relief of the Damascenes, and meanwhile sneb medical aid a* can be spared from Bcyrout will be sent immediately. The American and European ladles of this city are very busy in making up clothes for the naked and sick, and tbclr appeal for ma terials ih loud, pressing and worthy of the aid and sympathy of the humane and benevolent everywhere. TTatui. INTERESTING FROM CHINA. Landing or tlio Allied Expedition—Mr. Ward wltUthe Alileu. Shanghai, Saturday, Aug. 18,1SC0. An English gun-boat arrived here yesterday I momingTrom the Gulf of Peclicli with news j from the allied forces. The allied fleet an- j cbored about nine miles from the mouth of the i Pci-ho cn tbe 20th of July. The British fleet alone numbered Ufly pennants and one hundred and forty transports. The debarkation com menced on the Ist of August. The French se cured the glory of coming in ahead of the English by leaping into the water aud sinking knee-deep In mud The English waited until the tide receded a little amt secured a more comfortable landing. The forts at the village of Pchtang were occupied the next day, having been previously abandoned by the Chinese. No attempt was made to defend them, aud a number of gnn-boats lookup their position in the Pehtaag River. The Chinese position on the Pel-bo River Is a very strong one. The approach to the Ta-ku forts is by a raised road or causeway, two or three miles In leugtb, and about sixteen feet wide. On the right and left is low marshy ground, that on the left being very soft—that on the right hard enough to bear a horse in dry* weather, but not at any time sufficiently bard to admit of the movements of cavalry or artillery - in large force. Between the further extremity of the causcwayaud the Ta-ku forts is an entrenched camp of Tartar troops, estimated at 40,000. On the Allied right, at a distance of about four miles, is another Tartar camp of fortv or ‘fifty thousand men. It Is sup posed that the plan'of attack will be first to destroy his camp on the right, reach the hard ground there, and thus take the forts and the camp In front of them in flank. The approach by the causeway would be difficult and dan gerous. The steamer bringing this news left on the 11th lust. The attack bad been delayed on account of heavy rains, but it is supposed that operations would begin cn the 12th or 12th, if the weather were clear. If long delayed, It was apprehended that much sickness would ensue, not only from the malaria of the marshes, but from theabomiuar ble stench of dead horses and cattle thrown overboard from the English transports, and carried backondforth by the tides. The Amer ican Minister, Mr. Wank In tbe steamer Hart ford, was present at the anchorage, somewhat to the annoyance of the Allies. The Chinese authorities were, of course, very friendly, and sent large presents of fruits and fresh provi sions, “The junks bearing them coolly passed through the Allied fleet, aud were captured, of course, but were courteously released at the request of Commodore Stirling. One of them, in returning, found it bard pulling to get on against thclide, and called on an English steam gun-boat on their way with a request to be towed in. It is not easy to see what advantage could be gained by the presence of two American steamers atthc Pel-bo in the midst of the allied fleet that would at all compensate for the risk mu by American citizens in Shanghai in con sequence of their absence. When they left, Su-cban was in possession of an immense army of rebels, known to be exceedingly anxious to get possession of Shanghai. A TCaii Shootn a Young Woman and then Shootn lilmneir, 'From Tuesday** Boston Traveler.] A young woman of the name of Fanny May, not much over twentv years of age, of good personal appearance and plcatingaddrcsf, tuts been for the last four or five years in tho employ of Mr. J. G. Hernandez, iu the whole sale piddling business. Mr. Hernandez is a One appearing and well dressed man of twenty eight or thirty years, lie is married aud has three children. Miss May states that Mr. Hernandez was de sirous that she should continue in his employ, which for good reasons of her own probably, she declined. He was quite pertinacious, hut dually made an appointment to meet her this forenoon at the store of her brother-in-law. when she was to furnish him with a copy of the account between them. They met at this store according to appointment, and after a little figuring Miss May handed to Mr. Her nandez ihe account. Up to this time nothing unusual had been noticed in his appearance, but, on receiving the account he suddenly drew a pistol, a six-barrelled revolver, and aiming at Miss May’s head, tired it. The screams of the woman and the dis charge of the pistol were hcard*in the adjoin ing store, and Mr. Wilson went in. Miss May, who was sitting iu a chair when Hernandez first fired, threw herself into the arms of her brother-in-law, Mr. C. 11. Hall, who had a nar row escape, the ball from the second discharge of the pistol passing over and in close prox imity to his head, and lodging in the wail It was at this moment that Mr. Wilson came in, when Hernandez, lindiug that be bad failed in his attempt, suddenly turned the pistol around, aiming at bis abdomen, and tired, after which he swallowed something, supposed to be poi son, calmly divested himself of his coal and vest, and laid down upon a bos, remarking to some one who desired him to go to a carriage, which had been procured to cany him home, “ Let me die in peace.” lie was eventually conveyed to his home. Miss May was taken home, when it was soon ascertained that she had fortunately escaped all serious injury. The ball probably, after striking the forehead, glanced olf without in flicting any wound of a severe character. It appears that there had been some trouble In regard to the settlement of accounts be tween them, but Miss May had not the least reason to anticipate a dca'diy assault at the hands of her former employer. Mr. Hernandez Is in a dying condition. In bis pocket was found a letter, in which he ex pressed the wish that Fanny and himself should be buried together. This shows that his intention was to kill her and then himself. The wife of Hernandez, who is a cousin of Miss May, states that she some time since dis covered the infatuation of her husband for Miss May, and informed him of it, at the same time stating that she forgave him. It has been ascertained that Hernandez swal lowed arsenic. Ills wife inquired of him whether he killed himself on account of Fanny or on account of his business, In reply ho stated that it was on account of his buslccsi. While he was sensible, he a*ked that a minister might be sent for. A Ballet Proof Specter. The St Louis Republican is responsible for the following singular story; A clerk in one of the insurance offices of that city, tras’sitting alone writing a few nights since, when a well-dressed stranger came In and inquired for a Mr. McCulloch. The clerk replied that he knew of no such person em ployed about the premises, and having made tills answer, commenced writing. Two or three minutes later be discovered that his strange intruder had not moved. .lie immedi ately turned about from tbc desk at which be was stated aud scanned the strange gentle man’s appearance, inquiring at the same time whether he had any further business. He made no response, but coolly gazed at him with an air ot indifference. This procedure aroused the suspicious of the clerk, and he in formed the strange gentleman that unless be could give a satls&ciory account of himself he should be under the necessity of hustling him out of the office. The stranger therefore placed his hands behind him and leisurely re plied: “ I have been sent here, and I shall stay here.” Without stopping to parley further the clerk opened a safe near at band, took out arcvolver aud leveled it at once at bis visitor, at the same time informing him that he would give him two minutes to leave the office. The stranger did not move, and did not offer any remark in return, but gazed steadily, with his hands be hind him, at the clerk. The two minutes past and there stood the stranger, in statu quo. The clerk then took deliberate' aim' at him ami fired. He stood within ten feet of tho stran ger. But notwithstanding thaso facts, the stranger, after the discharge of the pistol, re mained as immoveable as ever. He exhibited no surprise whatever, and ottered no remarks. The clerk was of coarse astonished, aud not a little startled, and was at a loss what next to do, as he had discharged tho only barrel of bis pistol that wus loaded. After the lapse of about a minute after the discharge of the pis tol—daring which time no word was uttered — tbc stranger shook his coat skirts, gave a slight shrug and walked leisurely out of the room anddewn stairs. The whole atlhir was so strong*, unusual and unaccountable, that the clerk v,*as completely nonplussed,and remained stationary for a few moments after the depart ure of his visitor. Suddenly rousing himself, however, he rushed down stairs into the street, .but the stranger had vanished. Tbc clerk has ’heard netting from him since. Delaware* Slavery is very near its end In the little State of Delaware and the nearer it approaches com plete extinction, the greater is the prosperity of the State. The aggregate population has Increased, between ISSO and IbOO, from 91,05) to 112,347. But the slave population has de crease!, during the same period, from 2,290 to 1,503.- The population of Delaware Is but little over one-sixth of that of Philadelphia, and there are several coantics in the interior that contain as many, or nearly as many in habitants os she docs. Bat she has her Repre sentatives In Congress, who, in the Presiden tial election in the House, would have as much weight as the whole delegation from Pennsyl vania ; and she has hertwo Senators, who have as mneh weight as those of any other State. Heretofore, the Influence of Delaware, in the national councils have been on the side of slavery. In the gradual extinction of the in stitution in her own borders, and in the steady growth of the Republican partytherc, we see signs of the coming time when Delaware will be working heart and hand with the free labor States of the North. —Philadelphia Bulletin. Blacks ani> Mclattoes.— According to the censm. 0f1800,2,937,657 of the slaves of the United States were blacks, or of unmixed Af rican descent, and 240,550 were mnlattoc*. The malaitoes of the United States ore about one eighth os numerous as the blacks—the free mu lattoeti are more than half the number of the free blacks, whilst the slave mnlattocs arc only •about one-twelfth of the slave blacks. Two Crops in One Season.— Ben. Ilirons, a wcUthy old farmer of Jefferson county, showed us a crop of com raised after the wheat was harvested, and had it not been for the unusual drouth, it would have been an at eragecrppof com.—Cmfrotta(iß.) MepuMlc,'. IZeNoliitlonM Passed by the llUaole ConfereuccaC lt» last Session In Jack- sonville) Illinois October 13th, ISGO. ■Whereas, That the action of the late Gene ral Conference on the subject of slavery U be ing made the pretext, in some of the border Conferences for a disruption of the church, and Whereas. Hasty and violent measures are resorted to by certain parties to bring about such result; and Wire reas, Our preachers and people resid ing aud laboring within slave lemtorly arc harrassed and hunted down by an unlawful and . humiliating system of espionage, suspected proscribed, expatriated and murdered, upouno other grounds than their connection with the M.- E. Church: Therefore, Hesolvedf 1. That wc regard the action of the late General Conference on the subject of slavery as exceedingly mild, end respectful to the feelings of the border brethren. 2. That we believe the new chapter on slavery embraces nothing more than what was the true sentiments of our fathers on the sub ject. 3. That wc deeply regret any movement toward secession or disruption of the church in our border conferences, believing that no Jnstiffable ground exists In the said action of the General Conference. 4. That we hold in the deepest abhorrence the persecution of men lor their religious opinions. 5; That while we believe all Christian men and ministers should be subject to tbe civil authorities wherever they live; We ask, aud respectfully claim the protection of the civil law for our brethren throughout this great con federacy, against all lawless outrages of the rights of conscience, and the liberty of speech which have been perpetrated with impunity by lawless mobs in slavthulding territory, and we charge the want of such protection to a criminal indifference or unfortunate Imbecility of the officers‘of tbe laws. 6. That wc respectfully claim for our minis ters and people in ail the States and Territo ries of this Union, the right of legal trial by jury for alleged offences against the laws of the States and Territories in which they re side. 7. That wc deeply sympathize with our suffering brethem of the border, and earnest ly commend them to the prayers aud sympa thy of a Christian public, and especially tho members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Voted Against them five.— Peter Cart wright, N. Cloud, W. J. Newman, V. Short, and Jonathan Stamper. E AVILL EXHIBIT— Monday, Oct. 2&fk, From the Great Closing Out AUCTION SALES OF THE SEASON. ONE HUNDRED PIECES New all Silk Plaid Silks for Two gamier* and Six Pence a Yard. 100 Pieces Plaid Silks tor Three Shillings a Yard: Regular price Sis SUillae* a \ ard. FIVE nUNDUED PIECES lllsh Loitered, Heavy Lyons Plaid Sillta for Fifty Cents. £lO Pieces Extra Quality BLACK. FIGURED. STRIPED, AND ABAYADOB SILK*, fur eIN. SHILLING*. One Hundred Pieces Extra Quality and Style. Eegular 13 Shillings Silk for 7 Shillings. SUPERB SILK ROBES, Containing 23 yards, for Eighteen Dollar*. Double Faced Silica In Black and all Colors, from Four to Six SUiUnca. a Yard Ic«» tban elsewhere. We are now .eluut MUu of Every description IEO2I 25 TO 60 PEE CENT. BELOW Tha Actual Manufacturing Cost. And we cow exhibit a stuck of Slits aud silk ooods uueqoaled fur Extent Variety and Ulchue-*. West of New York. Wo will Exhibit at the same time French Merinos Forty per Cent. Lets than ever before offered la ill* City. Also Latest Novelties in Paris Cloaks, IK CLOTH AND VELVET?, RICH LYONS, ILLU MINATED AND REFT. SILKS. Paris Printed Merinos, Cashmeres Delaines. R. XO EC Xj A. CE3. SUPERB EMBROIDERIES. Novelties in Lace Sets and Sieves, AXD ELEGAXT PARIS DRESS GOODS. Wa Respectfully bot Earnestly request the Immediate -petition of our Lodv Patrons to ill* arrival a* It cftQpri-'rs many rare and cb>:l*u g«vnl» that cannot ha replaced U.la and entirely different tru m any* TO BE FerXD ELSEWHEKE IS THIS CITV. Also wrae Extraordinary Bargains In all Wads ef Goods. We not? oiler at tvtiulcauic or Retail Ineom t.iraWy lie Largest and Clioln-t stock of GENERAL •ISV tOl/Hs.cvcr or-ciud XVe«-t of New York, every piece of wUcb we will sell for ?;em’ cash'osly, a; Wholesale or Retail, 3e?5 than ran be boaght else wlierc l:i ill; city, under any possible tlrcuai»iances. DO NOT CUT GOODS ELSEWHERE AT ANT PRICE, TILL YOU SEE OCR BARGAINS. W. 31. UOSS & CO., 167 and ICO Lake Street. rccndzrr.im] ' FALL GOODS. GLOVES, HOSIERY ASD ODER CARROTS, FOR CKSTLEKEX. LADIES AXD CHILDREN. ChßtlrcD'a Fancy Hosiery In great varletr. Hand-Knit Worsted Gvuds that cannot be surpassed. Dress axd Close Teimjusos —the latest choice styles. Rnttoiu, Tassels. Girdle*—a full assortment. Gilt belts. Itucklcs, Slides, Ac. EMBRornraiKS.—Collars Pets Edgings, Laces and V«-lls. Inlant-' Rohes and Waists French and German Corseu from the best naaofhc. torlcs # Hair Net* of the latest styles. A full a-somnent of Zephyr Worsteds at Wholesale and Retail ADDISON GRAVES, ocl3l TO Lake street. Chicago. JJA6UERREOTYPES. The Beit and Cheapest in the City, AT H E S L E R ’ S , 113 - - - Lake Street - - - 113 PHOTOGRAPHS, Thoßcst ami Cheapest in. the city At Healer’s, 113 Lake Street IVOUTTITES, Thoßest and Cheapest in the city. At Hesler’s, 113 Lake Street. MELmOTTFES, Thoßest and Cheapest in the city a At Heeler's, 113 Lake Street AMBKOTYPES, Tho Best and Cheapest in the City, AT HESLER’S, NO. 113 LAKE STREET. (scCVW-lyl gTCTARTS CONFECTIONERY. PURE AND HARMLESS. French Gum Drops, llorehonnd Jqjnho Drops, 'Wild Cherry Jujube Drops, Licorice Jujube Drops, Cough Candles and Lozenge*. For sale by J. 11. REED & CO„ Apothecaries, Nos. 141 ft 146 Late street. COLIDIEIED MlLK—Made from k_y pare milk la Dutches Conntv, New Turk. For sale by J. fl. REED ft CO- Nos. HI and 146 Lake street. POWELL & MAKSFIELD, MASCTACTTBERS OF FELT AND COUFOSITIOX ROOFS And Hoofing materials. OCee, No. 77 Dearborn Street Dearborn Block, Chi cago. 111. P.0.80X1548. From nine years experience this bostnes* la Cbl CAgo, we arc enabled to lar RooA. and fnrnUh mntc rUn unsurpassed la durability and quality, ami aa **•*• best proof of the some, we refer to arvtcless I’-'* • L la tills city where, for the above tvnu roofs hare remained otUaicmlbv*. tioiu for u.e sent with «U e— ™ ' Dlnc ‘ r£iIS?SL CI? "' a l - Karlin?. W. W. S-fll” 21 ® 0- - -»rchUecW: John Sollltt, [taker ft McEwen, ft Ballard, builders; J. K. botsford. Esq.. N. I*. Wilder.>>d..Stile*Barton.EmJ-J.T.Edwards. Esq., Henry w ÜbecK. Esq,, Tuonua Church, Eaq.. Mathew LaSla, Esq. ■eawixwm Barnxdts great variety STORE, No, 138 Lake street. TToarntD*—l.MO pounds of every shade and color ot Split Single and Doable Zephyr. Spaced. Tinsel and the new Solftrtno color, at Wholesale and Retail. Qr.«cm Tars.—CM pounds ot till* superior Tarn, Blue Mixed, White. Scarlet Clouded, clue. Drab, ftc. Dasxkts—A targe stock of German and French Traveling. Reticule, Work. Lonch and Tor Baskets, Cradles and Cabs. Gigs, Chairs, Workataods.'ftc. Bmp Cages—SCO dozen of a superior manufacture. Also. Parrot acd Squirrel Cage*’. Tors asd Fasct Goods ot our direct Importation from French. English and German Mannucturvra. Also, Cases of Tort cl M dozen assorted, for fIS and £3 a case. Tia Toys In endless variety, Ac. There Normas.—A general aasortment of every thin? in this line. tT* Merchants and Wholesale Dealer* throughout tho West vl!l find oar stock complete, and price* as low or lower than the lowest. Toy* and Fancy Good* are imported by ns direct, consequently we can com. pete with any house la the country. Domestic Goods direct from tan manufacturer enable ns to offer so ps?lur Inducement#, Call and try ns at No. 138 LIKS STREET. [aoUTaUyl gOLIDIFIED MILK. Sugar ofNfik, Patent Groats and Barley, Biscotlne, Farina, Arrow Hoot, Oat Ideal, Tapioca, Sago, Broma, Choeolate, Ac., ALL OF THE BEST QUALITY, Maybefcnndat GALE, BSOTIIEES, Family Prescription Smrr. 302 Randolph Street. TITE OFFER FOR SALE AT t T low trices, - 500 Boxes Soap. 200 Boxes Starch. 100 Kegs Sat Soda, 100 Kegs S. C. Soda. 200 Boxes Saleratus. 25 Boxes Potash 100 Boxes Concentrated Lye. WILLIAM LITTLE A CO, 139 South Water St SUG.VK AC. 50 nbds Sugar. 100 Bbls Sugar. 50 Bis Sogtr. 100 Bbls X. T. Syrup. 50 Bbls Molasses. - WM, LITTLE A CO„ 139 South Water Si 1860. NEW CROP. I860! LAKE SHEET MILLS will supply orders for New White Winter Flour without advance la price. Allot our Superior Brands of Flour allow rates. We have a new run of stone lor Corn Meal and Feed, and shall supply order* at low rates. Goods warranted, sod de livered la the city free of charge. STEVENS A NOB. KIS. West Lake and posplalacs »treat*. Qjll • I*o Ba S 3 PEPPER, JLvU - REYNOLDS, ELY* CO* ■yY" 1L D E li’S S A F E S DAVIDSON’S SAFES. BACON’S SAFES. SHIBT’S SAFES. We Have the Largest Stock West of New Fork. ffPT.T. KOBE THAR ALL OTHER DEALERS. Sell Full Ton to Fifteen Per Cent. Lower than Others, .AJid.Soll for CASH OJtt T . PEATT £ WORCESTER, AcenO. 197 Sooth Water meet. MTXDGE’S American Sherry. THE HOETHWE3T PRODUCING ITS OWN WINE. A Great Want Supplied. A pare Wine of delicate flavor tneleompetciitlnileei pronounce superior to moat of the hlun priced wtaea eoltl la this countrr, U now being produced by lb* ua. derslgncd from ihi STRAWS E3RY VARIETY OF BHOBAR3. Beyond the ordinary lonic effect of a pare jtape vine. thlaacUa* an alterative, and lavatiM aernta* iso rami ixiuotaTio.s x*u cossriraTJu.s or tub nonrsu. ami who. r*ixsanct>nr. cassor ran otuut *ian. are U aiili me happiest ettecc. Sold at manufacturer'* prices by .7. 11. HEED * CO- Chicago. lIL I. B. Slcdge, Belvedlere. HU sept. 1,15(50._ aeiJ4W^m HATH BRUSHES.—’Wo have a Terr fine assortment of En?lWt and French Bruibe* of lieal Raglan Brbtols—superior quality. TEETH BRUSHES. tTe would lavite partlcnlar attention to oar assort ment of French Teeth llraihr*. stitch ar« lar »operlur U> any other Bros lira sold. FETE PRESSCSG COMBS, of Real Shell; Carved Baffolo Horn. Plain Buffalo Horn. Rubber and EnclUh Horn—extra heavy. French Ivory, Fine Comb«—extra Heavy. Fine Kail Brushe*. Bandoline ,Itr(ii»hM,_ Clotband Velvet brushes, of the very best joods. J. H. USED Bt CO., Apothecaries and Chemists. Ut and twSLalteStrect. Dealers In Toilet and Fancy Goods. G.H.&L. LAFLIN, 42 & 14 - - - State Street - - - 42 & 44 ■WHOLE SAIJE DEALERS Cfl NEWS, LEDGER, WRITING FEAT PAPERS OfEverv Description. STRAW AND TAR BOARDS, PRINTING INK, AND ENVELOPES. at low miens. fOAdlS^m Evr SUPPLY OF TIMOTHY TITCOMB’S 3XT3W SOOS, MISS GILBERTS CAREER. PRICE. Si.S3 For dale by W. B. SEES, Bookseller, So. 1« LAKE STREET So. US AY. w KDIBALL > rJ^SSS DEALER IS Ii ' I J l PIANO FORTES AND MELODEONS, No* 99 Clark Street. HLAXiI/EXX, DAVIS Sz CO.’S Premium Plano Fortes, which hare been awarded thirty .two First Premium In Gold and Silver Medals. Geo. A. Prince’s ilelodeons. Pianos to Rent. Apply at Music Store, Shi South Chirk street. Largest iviiolesale UOCSE IS Musical Instruments and Strings. JUIiTUS BAUXSSt, 90 Soatli Clark Strcol, Chicago, Miumftetorcr and Importer Mn*tcal InMrumenU and Striaz*. having cou.u*cU>*u with manuftcturlng hctucs la Berlin. Lelp-le, Dresden, Kngtand and Part*, b prepared to Uralrw, Band* and Indlvlduab with ever; article la their due. AT THE LOWEST NEW YORK PRICES. J. BACEIL_ DU vMS AX D li UA S S INSTRUMENTS. JILISS ISA IKK, MAXrFACTUP.ER OF DRUMS AND BRASS INSTRUMENTS. 09 Sontli Clark Street, Chicago. [oclFdWly] PUR 3IAXUFACTOKY. C. M. SPEARS, JR., With jr. <sa a. an h. ss o g-, Wholesale and Retail Dealers la HATS, OAFS AND PITHS, BEAD AND WOLF KOBE?. 4C„ 05 - T.-ilrw Street. Chicago, HI. - 65 Would respectfully announce to their old patrons and the Trade, that they are now In receipt of a large and Dill assortment of all good* in their liue. ocl ••«!£: I SEED WANTED. Having commenced iho manofictare of LINSEED OIL AT CHICAGO, 1 am prepared to pay the bighatt market prloo for FLAX SEED. OU Cako For Sale at all times. C. A. ROGERS. No. •* Hilliard'* Block. seC-dIOC-Sm Cor. Clark andS. Waterfct,Chicago A K E HOUSE, CHICAGO, ILI^, FIRST CLASS HOTEL, Rates Only $1.50 Per Day. Located near the Central Railroad Depots, at the cross ing of Uuab street Bridge. S. W. SZL ft CO., Proprietors. QROCKERY AND GLASS. BURLEY & TYRRELL 43 - Lalgo Street, Chicago - 49 Importers and Eta>f s | a china, glass, EBITABBIA ABD BIIVEH-PIATED WARE, FLUID AND KEROSENE J LAMPS, TADLE-CUTLEET AND LOOKING-GLASSES. Ask the attention of Dealers to their Large and Complete Stock of Goods, Which they offer low Car caab or good Note*. »uahc9GWm_ 2EPHTR WORSTEDS, WOOLEN YARNS, ■WOO HITS’ HOSIERY, BOYS’ HAND-KNIT SOCKS, Infants' Wool Hose, NE¥ WORSTED GOODS. The {Corteza Sleeve, Russian. TTttntl, 32«*ittiiiiaux Bants, * Choice Mariposas, Hoods, Mittens, Gaiters, Socks, etc. NETS, _ la, 8 Hi, Chenille, and ’Wanted. COMMENCED SLIPPERS, And Embroidered Materials of all tint*., SUTTON & BURKITT, 4t - • LASALLE STREET - - .(1 Ee7-dlB-3m (Oppoahe Hogtaao*s Dank.) RG. GOODWILLXE’S • WHOLESALE B-A.CKTN’Cr BOX FACTORr, Corner of Beach and Mather Streets. Order* for Boxes. Trunk Bodies and Fruit Drivers will receive prompt attention. Po*t Office Box 3373, Chicago, HL oclT42BWy AND 31USIC ONE HUNDRED COMIC SONGS—SO cent!. ONE HUNDRED SONUS OP SCOTLAND-30 CtL ONE HUNDRED SONGS OP IRELAND-30 eta. Copies by mall, post nald, on receipt of price. Pub lished bv OLIVER DITSON i CO., 37* Washington street, Boston. ' TT'ILK DRIED CORK MEAL, JLV. Falrteld iHUa.—SOO bbls ot this celebrated brand In store and for .ale by •- • BEDFORD, MEREDITH A CO- Jaimiy No. 319 Sooth Water it, G . L. FAXON, E. No. TO Uk< ItTMt. WINDOW SHADES, SEW SITUS JUST BEOEIVED. 2*A# Best Goods in the City AT VERY IOW PRICES. PAPER HANGINGS, FALL STOCK, dieting Out at Greatly Reduced Prlcos- E, G. L. FAXON, TO laic. Straat 70 aalSdSOAn jgIXINGER’S OXiD LONDON DOCK GIX. THIS DELICIOUS TONIC STIMULANT, Eipeclally desljned X*or tKo Uso of tho BZodical Profeasioa and tbo,?asuly. H.iTlng npcnednl the to-nllcd “Gins." “Aromatic,* “Cordial.'* “Medlcaied.** “Schnapps." ic„ U now pb. doned by all of the most prominent Ph>>lcini«, Cbcm, j,ti. and Connoisseur*, aa possessing Mil of tbooc In, tihwlc medicinal qualities, t tonic Mid diuretic) wblvit b»*lon*to an old and rra* on*. Pot up lit quart but, tica and told by all Grocers, Ac. A. BIMNGEB 6i CO., (Established la 1715.) Soli Pnorairrcp*. No. 19 broad Street. S. T. XT For ealc. wholesale. In CMcaso by Hoyt M Pierce. J. Z2. Uued A Co* and J. K. 3. Puller A Co. [oc* diil 6m J 500 PIECES MERRIMAC PRINTS, 0 C«nt. per yard at Wholesale, P, PALMER, 112, li t AND 11G LAKE STREET. nyarw-ly 230 Pieces Real English BRUSSELS CARPETS, 00 Cents per TarOSat HctaU. P. PAXMEE, 112, lit AND 110 LAUEISTHEET. anautJsi'co 400 PIECES TTA-M-rr.Tnsc- jx.2cx> r-acma DELAINES. 17 1-2 Cents per Tard at Wbolet&Io. P. PAXWEE, * 113, 114 AND 11C LAKE STEEET. aoSS-tdel'6) GREAT CARPET HALL Hollister & Wilkins, 135 S. 13* - - - Late Stnet • • • 135 4 137 fCP-STAIBS.I The Best Goods at Loir Prices. CARPETINGS. Hare on hand and offer for sale. of their own Imports, tlon and or the beet domestic manufacture, the largest and best assortment In the Northwest of .Medallion. TVUton, Velvet. Brussels. TapeMPv.Tlirec-l*iv.*u;if‘rnn<j Ingrain. Extra Fine lugralu. Cotton und Wool lugmlii*, Wool Dutciu Scotch Hemp-s Felt. Venetian, TapeMry Ingralu. body liruoaela uad Stair Carpellng*. ail of tin* greatest variety, price* and pattern*; comprising the largest, best and most desirable assortment ever beture opened In Chicago, and which they oner at Uic lowest possible prices. ■ OIL. CLOTHS. Of tbeao wa offer a large and nnrlvalled assorttaece. either aa regard* quality, style or price, of Kugllhh sinl American manufacture. In widthsul one vartUone-aiid a-half yards nod two varda wide. at trices trom threw •hillings tu six shllllugs per yard. Also, llvavv Si.eel Oil Cloth* twelve t*<t. eighteen feci ami twenty.four feet w Me. at price* from tour to ten shillings per vard. AUo—lable Oil Cloth* In pntteniaaod by thu yard,ami £ulr OU Cloths In great variety. MATTINGS AND RUGS. Coco* Mailing* for Offices. Churches, Vestibule*. In all width* irom onc-hult* u> two vard* wide; Canton Straw Matting, both white and checked. one. uucatud amuorter auifone-snd-.i-half yard* wide; Mosaic. Vol. vrt, Brussels and Tutted Hugo. Cocoa. Jute. Manilla* Brush. Skeleton, Adelaide and Sharp-Skiu Matt ot this greatest variety la slxu and pattern. CURTAIN GOODS. French Erocatellc. Satin Detainee. French Printed Loßllugs. lh*pa. Cloth, Damask nod Murtms. I rubral, dered Lure curtain*. In pair* and by the yard* tra broldcrcd Muslin Curtain*. and bv the yar>l- Cornice®, In wood, brna* or gilt; Gilt Curtain Banda oud plus Centre Taaacts Loops, linuery Gonl». t.lmp Bauds Curtain Glihjm. Slik Bordering. Curtain Unlace, ana all kind* of Trimming* ncce*»ury tor Curtain* Win, dow Shades In gold borders. Dry and OU palmed Shade*. W idle, Butf. Gran and Blue Shade llol.and. la all widths; together with Bruy's patent Ppring Tlx® tares. Balance Fixtures, Putnam'*, Chamberlin * aod Bailey's Patent Fixture*, pendulum Fixtures, israa* and Bronze Roller-end*. Back-Pulley* and Bracket®, shad* Cards and Tassels. FURNISHING GOODS. TableUnenslapatternaandbr the vnrd. Linen Van. ktos and Doylies. Marseilles tjullt*. "Linen a.,j t'nit.Ju Sheetings of all width*. Linen and Cotton VOlow.t »•- Inga. Towel*. Crash, piano and Tabic Cover, embrol. dered. printed andemboneed; Furniture Chintz* lone, aether with a lurga assortment of Fringe*. lictura Cords and Tasaels. UPHOUSTRY GOODS. Spring Bed*. Hair. Cotton. Sea-Gnu*. Excelsior aa<l Feather Bed*. Bolsters ami VUIwH Blankets. tiuUts. SUeeU, Pillow Cases. Lounge*, foot Stool*. Hilliard Cloths. Plushes. Enamelled Cloths® Curkd Hair of ration* sradea. Moa* and Kxcehlor br U»o bnle.aea.urss*. Spring*. Webbing. Bed Lace, Mat. tress Toft® and fwloesfor Upholsterer’s u*e. PRIME LIVE GEESE FEATHERS. Bolllstor it) Wmutns’ GREAT CARPET HALL, 133 4 137...Lake Street, (op-stalrs.).,. 133 & |£ I»aS»-dU:4nj] 'J'O THE LOVERS OF GOOD TEAS & COFFEES. Tho Best [at STANTON’S, NO. 48 CLARK STREET. Twenty per cent Cheaper than can ho found Elsewhere, At Wholesale and Retail. THE BEST AUD CHEAPEST HAVANA SEGAES. Try My Scgan JO For 25 Cu, Try My Scgar* 8 For 25 Cts. Try My Scgar. 7 For 25 CH. Try My Scgar. G For 25 CM. Try My Scgar. 5 For 25 Cts. Try My Scgor. 4 For 25 Cl*. Try My Segara 3 For 25 Cta. All Imported direct, and better ftp the Money than ean be found axtwhkxx. eel'oO.ly-2dpg JONES, PERDUE A SMJIt, 132 - - Lake Street - - 132 MANUFACTURERS OF BLANK BOOKS, WRITING- PAPERS. Envelopes, •Memorandum and Pass Books. WHITXNO mss AKI n,UtD3, Cards and Cardboards. BOOK..BIXDERS’ STOCK, AND OFFICE STATIONERY. JOSES. PEBDCE 4 SMALL. tn3 133 Lake Street. I LiST RECEIVED—from Korth- U era Iron Company. Not. 1 and 3 Foundry ptg Iron. A good article mannfoctnred from Lake Superior Ore A Bituminous Coal* foundry; pig. and charcoal iron, always on band and for sale at low rates by O. 3. HUBBARD A CO, No. 12 Riser St The N. I. Co.. IronwlU work well for foundry oao by mixing SO par aaat. with other brands for general par* po**». oar^ss^