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associated press dispatches.
Washington.
Washington, October 26.
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™^in<MVcat Virginia, left this morning, to in-
revenue“matters in bis district.
Washington, October 37.
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"Grant remains West until after the election.
War Department, )
Washington, October 26,1868. )
Maior General L. H. Rousseau. Com
manding Department of Louisiana, New Or
leans f
Your dispatch of the 26th, forwarding a mess
age from the Governor of Louisiana and ask
ing instructions, has been received. You are
authorized and expected to take such action as
may be necessary to preserve the peace and
good order, and to protect the lives and prop
erty of citizens.
J. M. Schofield,
Secretary of War.
The tenor of Gen. Rousseau’s dispatches has
not transpired, beyond the assertion that they
authenticate dispatches published by the Asso
ciated Press. . , . . „
The Star says a letter from a prominent offi
cer on duty in New Orleans writes an officer of
Grant’s staff that the Ist Infantry was mostly
recruited in New Orleans, and contains a large
rebel element, and adds that there is good au
thority for saying that this regiment will soon
be transferred to the frontier.
Washington, October 28.
Judge Chase holds court in Charleston, S. C.,
Seymour speaks at Pittsburg to-night.
Schofield allows clerks in his department to
go home to vote, . . . , ,
Dr. J. B. Littlefield, of Illinois, Is appointed
chief clerk of the Freedmen’s Bureau.
The President is announced as helpless, un
der the reconstruction acts, in restraining dis
trict commanders from interfering with the
courts. A case comes from Texas, and involves
the postponement, by Reynolds’ order, of the
settlement of an estate.
Among the President’s visitors to-day were
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. May, of Augusta, Ga.
The Radical clerks held a meeting, and re
so’ved to arm and organize for their own pro
tection while passing through Baltimore on
their way home to vote. . . .
The national banking capital of Virginia is
§9,000,000.
Washington, October 29.
But few troops remain at the disposal of the
authorities. Four companies of the 12th infan
try, ordered to Memphis, are detained here,
with a special train to meet emergency and
demands. The troops are all in the field.
Further appointments of revenue inspectors
will be postponed until after the election.
Dr. Henry Stewart, of New Orleans, is ap
pointed assistant surgeon in the. navy.
Seward has gone home to vote.
Customs from the 19th to 24th inst., inclu
sive, is nearly §3,000,000.
David Pullman is appointed tobacco inspect
or for the Seventh Virginia District.
Washington, October 30.
The post office defficiency is stated at §741,-
060; total expenditures, §22,750,000.
Evarts decides that the law imposes no ad
ditional tax on singlings, doublings or back
ings ; tax attaches only when spirits go to the
receiving room in proper condition tor sale as
whisky.
Rollins departs for home to-morrow to vote.
The departments are almost deserted on ac
count of the election.
Full Cabinet, except Seward and Evarts.
Cigars and cigarettes imported since the 29th
of October are subject to two and a half cents
per pound and twenty-five per cent, ad v ilorem
tariff. Raw cotton imported after November
Ist is exempt from duty.
Deputy Collector Geo. H. Moore, of North
Carolina, who has been on trial’here for several
days for neglect of duty and embezzlement,
was discharged.
Washington, October 31. |
Butler’s motion to dismiss suits against him 1
in Baltimoie, as a breach of his Congressional
privileges, was denied, and the trial will pro
ceed.
Treasury employees who resign are allowed
one month’s leave of absence with pay; others
on the black list, who persist i n their efforts to
remain in their places, will be summarily dis
missed.
The debt statement will show little change.
Grant, by order of the President, issues an
order calling attention of persons engaged in
the naval and military service to laws forbid
ding their interference in elections.
Governor Bullock, of Georgia, is here.
In the case of Tyler versus Defrees to recover
possession of property sold under confiscation,
the court confirmed Defrees in possession
during Tyler’s life. The opinjon was delivered
by Judge Carter. The case was heard by a
full bench.
Heavy rain and high wind.
Revenue for fiscal year to date, §50,000,000.
It is denied that Evarts has given any opin
ion regarding double distilled whisky.
Washington, November 1.
Twenty-five hundred tickets are already sold
to clerks going home to vote. Trains crowded
to-night.
Bank returns of Southern States show the
following resources : North Carolina, §2,250,-
000, including §26,000 in specie ; South Caro
lina, §2,250,000, including §26,000 in specie;
Georgia, §5,750,000, including §37,000in specie;
Alabama, §1,114,000, including §37,000 in
specie; Mississippi, §148,000, no specie; Lou
isiana, §3,750,000, including §IOO,OOO in specie-
Arkansas, §1,029,000, specie, §2,500 ; Virginia,
§9,050,000, specie, §83,000; total United States
bonds to secure circulation, §6,592,000, and
ooupond interest notes, §42,000.
’Virginia.
Wheeling, October 27.
Returns from thirty-three counties show a
Republican majority of 4,000.
Staunton, October 27.
, V a »ey Agricultural Fair commenced to
day. Ihe exhibition of stock, machinery and
t Q . ra j * m Pl en ientß is very good. About
visited the grounds to-day. The address
of welcome was delivered by Hon. John Bald
; r . e8 .u ent v Of the Society, in which he ad-
Y5 rt S d \o the changed condition of the labor of
°uth, and cheering aspects of her agricul
tural prospects for the future.
Go . n - H. Stuart, ex-Becretary of the
interior, delivered an address before the So
ciety upon agriculture.
ingtorv™ 1 R ' E ' arrived to-night from Lex
„ G ,? n - p e ®’ Commodore Matthew F. Maury and
i O ?- erate Senator Caperton are judges of
the ladies, croqueting match.
Richmond, October 27.
The State Journal, a Repubhcan dailv naner
has commenced publication here. 11 ’
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad mortcarre
bond was. stamped to-day with United States
stamps to the amount of §IO,OOO, the lartrest
Swo ooo.°“ e ln the Bouth - The bond is for
"West V irginia.
Wheeling, October 28.
The Radical majority is stated to be 5,000.
South. Carolina.
Columbia, October 27.
Associate Judge Hoge has taken refuge North
from the fury of the colored citizens. They
have learned that he asserted some time ago
that he wished he had all the negroes in a ten
acre field, and he would go through them with
bis old regiment. Hoge is a Radical candidate
for Congress from this District.
Charleston, October 29.
Governor Scott has issued the following pro
clamation :
To the Citizens of South Carolina :
Fbllow-Citizbnb: The numerous com
plaints made to this department of murders
and outrages committed by wicked and incon
siderate persons, excited by intense party feel
ing, made it my duty to issue the late proclama
tion, calling upon all good and true men, with
out respect to political predilections, to unite
In a determination to discountenance and de
nounce lawlessness and violence, and in an ef
fort to recover and maintain the good name
that has heretofore been the heritage and the
pride of our beloved State.
It is now my pleasing duty to congratulate
you upon the beneficial results that have en
sued from the admirable and well-timed ad
dress of General Hampton and the Executive
Committee of the Democratic party. In honest
and impressive terms they have called upon
the people to support the laws, to preserve the
peace, and to denounce those crimes which
have so recently been committed in some por
tions of our State. These patriotic counsels
cannot fail of having a wide and wholesome
influence in moderating the. vehemence of feel
ing of those to whom they are authoritatively
addressed ; while they have quieted the appre
hensions and conciliated the respected, and of
good will of their political opponents. This
is certainly a just cause of congratulation to
every well-wisher of the State, and it gives me
unfeigned pleasure to acknowledge it, and to
earnestly invoke the co-operation of every mem
ber of the Republican parly in reciprocating
to the fullest extent of pacific policy so admira
bly inculcated by the Democratic leaders. Let
acrimonious and irritating discussions be
averted, and appeals be made to the intelli
gence and reason, and not to the ; fears or pas
sions of the community. Differ as we may in
political sentiments, it is the dictate alike of
wisdom and patriotism for all to appeal to and
confide in the efficacy of peaceful remedies for
political evils, actual or supposed. Let bear
and forbear be our maxim, and so shall the
peace, prosperity and honor of our beloved
State De maintained and perpetuated, and her
time honored escutcheon will be preserved un
sullied and uudimmed in all its original purity
and lustre.
Robert K. Scott, Governor.
Georgia.
Savannah, October 27.
A laige negro Radical meeting was held in
Court House Square this afternoon. Several
white leaders were on the stand. The speeches
of whites and blacks were threatening and of
an incendiary character. One colored speaker
threatened fearful retribution on Democrats
when Grant was elected, and said the right of
his race to vote was obtained by revolution,
and it would take a bloodier revolution to take
it from them. The colored people would be
law abiding, peaceful citizens if they may, but
devilish, fighting, burning citizens if they’must.
Many whites were present as spectators.
• ot. Savannah, October 30.
A meeting to-day of colored Democrats at
the Court House Square was addressed by
white and colored Speakers. The speeches
were moderate in tone. The crowd was high
ly respectable and orderly. Considerable en
thusiasm for Seymour and Blair.
Atlanta, November I.
A large Democratic meeting was held here
last night, and was addressed bj’ Ben Hill, who
called the attention of the Democratic party to
tremendous issues at stake in the coming elec
tion. He said that Grant was nothing, Sey
mour nothing, save as instruments, the one of
centralized despotism, the other of constitu
tional liberty ; it was for Democrats to decide
on Tuesday "whether free government on this
Continent should live or die. He believed Sey
mour’s chances for election better than Grant’s;
that the Radicals built all their hopes of suc
cess on the panic in the Democratic ranks; if
Democrats come square up to their duty Sey
mour will be elected and the Constitution vin
dicated.
L. L Levy, a prominent Israelite of this city,
comes out in a card supporting r Seymour. He
says : “ I have reliable information from all
sections of the country from my people, and
they, as a < la»s, are unanimously for Seymour
and Biair.” He assures the Democratic party
that he will Use all honorable means to place
at the head of our once free and independent
nation the man who will defend the Constitu
tion and give justice to all.
The Selma, Rome and Dalton Railway was
completed to Rome, Ga., yesterday, and a train
through from Selma to Rome in twelve hours,
which'brought two cars of cotton, one for Bos
ton and one lor Philadelphia.
Alabama.
Mobile, October 28.
The Register, of this morning, contains a
letter Irom John Forsj’tbe, to the New York
World, emphatically denouncing the Times for
misquoting and garbling his words. He proves
the Register never said “The Democratic par
tv is beaten,” and quotes the context omitted
by the Times. The letter concludes: “The
Mobile Register has not given up for an in
stant the momentous struggle for constitutional
liberty ; it has never written, ‘ We are beaten.
It claims Alabama, Georgia and Louisiana as
certain for the Democrats.”
Selma, November 1.
The report of riots and disturbances in
Tuscaloosa and other parts in this State, tele
graphed within the last few days, are wholly
false; there have been no disturbance or diffi
culty whatever in Central'Alabama, there never
was less excitement on the eve of an election.
Tennessee.
Nashville, October 28.
The contest between Mercer and Prosser,
Both Radicals, for Congress, is warming. Pros
ser’s friends raised a poie and run up-a carpet
bag instead of the national colors.
Jsew York.
Auburn, October 31.
Secretary Seward addressed a large meeting
the course of the Radical p other , B hand to
take the> sword or put u t , f unneceggary
undo what had been aon , djfltrngt of Demo .
Or ? n^, M ; hv e a °arae portion of the people
crats felt by a la „ „h e confides in
h?Wn P narty ’who saved the Union
th ®, R h»H H b htd si lvery.’ He believes the success
of the Democrats would delay restoration of
peace and harmony.
Lynn, October 29.
Ned O’Baldwin and Joe Worwald were ar
rested after having fought one round.
Boston, October 30.
The car house of the Boston amd Albany
Railroad was burned. Loss, £IOO,OOO.
Boston, October 31.
The horse John Stewart, trotted 20 on
the River Side Park yesterday in 59 minutes
and 20% seconds.
KortressMonroe.
Fortress Monroe, October 28.
The ship Two Boys, ashore at Boddy, Island,
is stripped of everything, and Will be sold
auction.
Louisiana.
New Orleans, October 26.
The city has all day been filled with exciting
rumors of trouble in St. Bernard parish, ad
joining New Orleans, and below the city. From
information brought to beadquarters by the
sheriff of the parish and others, it appears that
a difficulty occurred yesterday on the occasion
of a public display by a couple of Democratic
Clubs, in which ono white man was wounded
and two negroes killed, one being a member of
the new Metropolitan Police force. At night
the negroes congregated and proceeded in a
body to the house of a Spanish baker, killing
him, his son and sister-in-law, and burning his
house. His wife escaped with her child in her
arms. Two other houses are reported burned,
at one of which tour children are reported
killed. Rumors are various and conflicting as
to the extent of the outrages. Many white in
habitants of tbe parish deserted their homes
last night and fled to this city.
Early this morning, upon the first notifica
tion of trouble, Gen. Buchanan ordered a com
pany of infantry to march down the river.—
Later in the day he dispatched another com
pany of tbe First Infantry, on tbe steamer Ella
Morse, instructing the officers in charge.to ar
rest all ringleaders of the disturbances who
could be found. I ;
It is currently reported this evening that the
first body of infantry were attacked, but by
whom is not apparent. Staff officers have been
dispatched to investigate the matter.
When the rumors spread this morning, large
numbers of white men congregated on the
levee, in the lower part of the city, and char
tered three steam tugs to convey them to the
scene of aefion, but were prevented from leav
ing the city by order of Gen. Rousseau, as the
number of troops sent were sufficient to en
force order.
The disturbed condition of affairs deterred
internal revenue officials from entering the
parish to-dav in the discharge of their duties.
• Prominent members of both political parties
had an interview with General Rousseau to-day
and mutually agreed to discountenance and
prevent as far as possible any further public
political demonstrations.
General Rousseau intends removing all troops
in the vicinity into the city to prevent a recur
rence of the scenes of Saturday night.
The recent disturbances demonstrated the
utter helplessness of thncivil government. -No
effort on its part was apparent until the ap
pearance'of soldiers on the ground.
On Saturday night, for two hours after the riot
on Canal not a single pqliceman was to
be seen, though a number were congregated in
St. Charles street, within four blocks Os the
scene. The Metropolitan Police law now in
operation as organized, comprises a very large
proportion of negroes.
Registration closed Saturday, and foots up,
in this city, 43,000. Tbe largest vote ever poll
ed here before was 29,000. An effort is being
made by prominent Radicals to have martial
law declared in the State, thinking thus to pre
vent an election. It is most probable, how
ever, if this State is placed under martial law,
General Rousseau will order the election to
proceed.
It is rumored to-night that the Radicals con
template allowing the election to go by default
and have tbe vote of the State thrown out on
some ground.
Several club parades, advertised by both par
ties for to-night, will probably not come off.
Two companies of infantry are stationed at
the Custom House to-night. A body of caval
ry has just passed down town. No room for
further trouble to-night.
New Orleans, October 26.
To-night, about 8 o’clock, the white clubs
marched from all parts of the city, under their
officers, armed with every conceivable weapon,
and formed quietly in perfect order in Lafay
ette Square and on the streets around the City
Hall. The officers of the clubs waited on tbe
Mayor, and tendered their services to patrol
the streets. Not a negro policeman, and very
few white ones, have been seen on the streets,
especially in the outskirts of the city, since
Saturday night’s fight. The Mayor informed
them that there was no occasion for their ser
vices, as Gen. Rousseau had informed him he
will take charge and police the city to-night.
The crowd, to the number of several thou-
assembled around the steps of the City
Hall, where they were addressed by Gen. Stead
man, State Senator Ogden, Mayor Conway,
Harry T. Hays, Sheriff Maxwell—by all of
whom they were advised to retire peaceably to
their homes.
Gen. Steadman and Senator Ogden stated
that Gov. Warmoth had to-day waited on Gen.
Rousseau and tendered him entire control of
the State government, which Gen. Rousseau re
fused", but to-night, in view of the alarming as
pect of affairs, bad ordered troops to patrol
the city. They are now disposed all over the
city, comprising all branches of the service.
Harry T. Hays, in his speech, stateu that as
superintendent of the police of Williamson, he
had waited on the police board and informed
them that he had stricken the name of every
negro off tbe police rolls. If his action were
not concurred in it would be impossible to
preserve peace in tbe city. The police board
itself is composed in part of negroes, but had
no alternative but acquiescence.
Sheriff Maxwell advised them to go peace
ably home, and if needed he would summon
them.
After tbe conclusion of the addresses, cheer
ing of speakers and Gen. Rousseau, the clubs
dispersed quietly.
Since dark not a negro is to be seen on tbe
streets, and localities where they usually con
o-reo-ate are deserted. Os immense .crowds on
the streets, all are white men, and no breach of
peace lias been heard of.
New Orleans, October 27.
An officer of General Rousseau’s staff, sent
to St. Bernard parish yesterday, reports the
bodies of the Spanish baker and his son, mur
dered Sunday night by negroes, were burned
in his bouse; the women and children were
saved. He could learn of no women or chil
dren being killed. Two companies of infantry
are still in the parish ; but away from the vicin
ity of troops, fighting between the races is still
on troops sent to that parish, re
ported yesterday t<F headquarters, was entirely
false. . , , .. .
At a late hour last night, a white man was
killed in the First District of this city, and
another in the Second. The latter belonged to
a club composed of Spaniards, Portuguese,
Italians and French, who were much exasper
ated and between whom and the negroes
several fights occurred to day, resulting in the
death and wounding of several of both colors.
The Metropolitan Police being utterly de
moralized, troops have been stationed through
the city to prevent any serious conflict.
Governor Warmoth has issued a proclama
tion requesting abstinence, by both parties,
from further public processions or demonstra
tion until after the election.
The negro policemen having failed for two
days to report for duty, every one has been dis
charged and about one hundred whites appoint
ed yesterday and to-day in their places. Many
of them are old members of the foice, and some
discharged United States soldiers. To-night,
two hundred citizens are to be sworn in as
special constables and placed on duty on tbe
streets until the force is completed.
Mayor Conway proposes, in case authority
be given by Council, to appoint General Stead
man temporary chief of police.
The following is Gen. Rousseau’s dispatch
to Secretary Schofield:
Headquarters Department Louisiana, )
New Orleans, October 26. j
Brevet Major General Schofield, Secretary of
War:
I have just received the following official
communication, which I believe to be true,
from the Governor of Louisana, and ask for in
structions in the premises :
Major General L. 11. Rousseau, Commanding
Department of Louisiana :
General : The evidence is conclusive that
the civil authorities in the parishs of Orleans,
Jefferson and St. Bernard are unable to pre
lect the lives and property of the people.. The
act of Congress prohibiting the organization of
the militia in this State strips me of all power
to sustain them in the discharge of their du
ties, and I am compelled to to you to
take charge of the peace .of these parishes, and
use your forces to that end. If you respond
favorably to my request, I will at' once order
the sheriffs and police forces to report to you
for orders.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Henry C. Warmoth,
L. H. RoussEau, Gov. of La.
Bvt. Maj. Gen. Commanding.
Secretary Schofield’s reply, which has been
telegraphed to tbe press, was received to-day,
but Gen. Buchanan’s troops have been in the
City since yesterday.
The parishes named by Gov. Warmoth con
stitute the Metropolitan Police district created
by late act of the Legislature. Tbe same act
deprived mayors, sheriffs, and all constituted
civil authorities of power to act in the preser
vation of peace, and subordinated them to tbe
Metropolitan Police. In Jefferson parish, where
the Metropolitans failed to get possession of
the government, everything is quiet.
New Orleans, October 28.
The city has been quiet to-day, and so far as
heard from ; St. Bernard parish also.
The following proclamation was issued this
evening by Gen. Rousseau :
Headquarters Department of La., 1
States of La. and Ark. >
New Orleans, October 28,1868. }
To the people of New Orleans :
Fellow-Citizens : I have received instruc
tions from the authorities at Washington to
take sueh action as may be necessary to pre
serve peace and good order, and to protect the
lives and property of citizens. As the city is
quiet to-day I think it a proper time to make
the above announcement: to call upon the
law abiding citiz ns to aid me hereafter in
carrying out th.ese instructious and to that
end they are earnestly requested to refrain
from assembling in large bodies on the
streets, to avoid exciting conversation and
other sources of irritation and excitement, and
to pursue their ordinary vocations as usual.
The police force of the city has been reorgan
ized and inefficient members have been drop
ped from the rolls and others appointed in
their places and Gen. J. B. Steadman appointed
Chief of Police, pro tern., by tbe Board of Police
Commissioners. General Steadman and his
police force will be supported by the military,
and assurance is given, alike to the peaceful and
the lawless, that everything at my command,
and to the utmost of my’ability, will be ; jised in
the endeavor to obey these instructions. For
the present, political processions andjjatrolling
streets by armed men are prohibited.
Lovell H. Rousseau,
Brevet Major General Comd’g Dep’t.
The Metropolitan Police Board desired to
Suspend Superintendent Wiiliapison tempora
rily, but be. refused to be suspended, and was
accordingly tried for infraction of tbe Metro
politan Police Law’, in dismissing negro police
men without, consulting the police board. He
plead guilty to the charge, and was dismissed
by the board. They had previously endorsed
Chief WjHiamson in the case for which he was'
dismissed. Gen. Steadman, at Gen. Rousseau’s
request, accepted the appointment, pro tern.,
upon condition that he be allowed to choose
his own subordinates.
Tbe Common Council this evening passed a
resolution setting forth the unconstitutionality
of the Metropolitan Police Law, authorizing the
Mayor to organize a municipal police, under
the charter of the city. Mayor Conway imme
diately appointed General Steadman Chief of
Police, although he had already accepted tbe
appointment of the Metropolitan Board and
been sworn in.
The Washington Star's article in reference
to the First United States Infantry, telegraph
ed here, excites the indignation of the officers
of that regiment, who denounce the letter
alluded to as containing malicious falsehoods.
The facts are, that, so far as known, not a
single man in the entire regiment served iu the
Confederate army. The regiment is composed
almost entirely of re-enlisted men or those who
presented honorable discharges from other
United States regiments. Tbe entire number
of recruits does not exceed five per cent, of
the enlisted men, and these were sent from
Northern recruiting stations.
The Star's article, though speaking only of
enlisted men, is regarded as an insult to the
officers and a reflection on the discipline of the
regiment.
New Orleans, October 30.
Everything quiet to-day.
General Steadman, last night, withdrew his
resignation as Superintendent of the Metro
politan Police, and continues head of the force
to-day.
An injunction was taken in the Fifth District
Court by the Metropolitan Police Commission
ers, restraining the Mayor from establishing a
police force, on the ground that it will bring
about a collision.
The Republican, this evening, has a leader
smacking strongly of intention to have the
electoral vote of this State thrown out by Con
gress, if possible. It advises Republicans to
vote wherever they can without reasonable ap
prehension of being subjected to personal vio
lence. “We are certain that if every possible ef
fort should be made, it would be an impossi
bility to poll one-half the Republican vote of
the State.” It also says. There are tribunals of
appeal beyond t.Jie laws of Louisiana, and to
them we can go with full confidence for redress
of grievance.”
New Orleans, October 31.
Last evening, before an injunction from the
Fifth District Court was served on the Mayor,
he had appointed Robert Diamond Chief of
Police, with instructions to demand the office
and sue out a quo warranto in case of the re
fusal. These instructions he has complied
with.
General Steadman to-day tendered his un
qualified resignation as Superintendent of the
Metropolitan Police, which was accepted.
George L. Cain, acting Superintendent, is ap
pointed Superintendent pro tern. The Police
Commissioners state this evening they intend
to appoint a Superintendent on the recom
mendation of merchants and underwriters.
General Rousseau, by request last night,
visited the club rooms of the Innocents. This
is the club which has been most prominent in
the troubles with the negroes, and in which con
siderable feeling still existed on account of the
death and wou iding of several of theirmembers.
In a short speech, Rousseau warned them that
responsibility for al! outrages and disorder in
New Orleans was laid on his shoulders, and
that he looked to them to keep the peace and
encourage others to do the same. He said he
felt it his duty to tell them that the law must
be observed, and that every man who has the
right shall vote unmolested on election day.
General Rousseau was enthusiastically receiv
ed, and the club pledged theiWselves to obey
his wishes.
During the recent troubles, the presence of
a few United States uniforms has always been
sufficient to restore order. Rousseau’s force
of troops in the city at no time exceeded a few
hundred men.
_ IB - ( _
Missouri.
St. Louis, October 25.
Henry D. Christian, a Government detective,
who has been active in ferreting out tobacco
frauds, was found in an alley with his head
badly mashed. He has since died.
St. Louis, October 28.
A special from Little Rock announces tbe
arrival there of Representative Hinds’ body anil
its departure for New York. Hinds and Brooks
were shot by Geo. A. Clark, Secretary of the
Democratic Committee of Monroe county, who
had been drinking heavily and bordering on
delirium tremens. Clark is iu custody.
Far "West.
St. Louis, October 28.
A Cheyenne dispatch says the Indians attack
ed Hunt and Hall’s train near Perry Station,
Sunday, killing four men and capturing four
teen mules. _
California.
San Francisco, October 27.
A sharp earthquake at midnight, causing con
siderable fright but no damage.
The Republican members of the lower House
of Oregon Legislature resigned, leaving the
House without a quorum and no appropriation
bills passed. Great excitement in Salem.
."Pennsvlvania.
■’ Philadelphia, October 30.
Gov;. Seymour arrived here at 1 o’clock. Un
paralleled demonstration.
. Ohio.
Cleveland, October 27.
The cases for issuing fraudulent naturalize,
tion papers is .postponed until November 4th
•j box ■ Columbus, October 27.
Seymour arrived and was received at the
depot by an immense crowd. He is now speaks
iug-
Foreign.
[BY CABLE. J
FLORENCE, October 26.
A line of steamers between some port iu
Italy and the United States is projected, to ac
commodate the increasing fruit trade.
Paris, October 26.
Latest Rio Janeiro advices state that the. Fe
deral Minister Washburne had arrived at Monte
video. He protests against the vi< latlon of the
American Legation at Ascension, forty persons
protected by the American flag having been
seized there.
London, October 26.
England, France, Prussia, Italy and Portugal
have recognized the Provisional Government of
Spain.
London, October 27.
Light schocks of an earthquake was fe> In
various parts of Cork county, Ireland, yester
day.
London, October 28.
It is fully confirmed that Prussia, Italy, Por
tugal, France and England have renewed rela
tions with Spain.
Madrid, October 31.
Dulce accepts the Captain Generalship and
shortly departs for Cuba. The Budget shows
a deficiency of fifty million sterling.
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Canada.
Toronto, October 27.
Three packages of registered letters via the
Grand Trunk Railroad are missing. No clue
to tbe thieves.
Havana.
Havana, October 26.
All available troops in and atod'nd Havana
have been sent against the insurgents. Tbe
Captain General’s palace is guarded by volun
teers.
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South. America.
New York, October 29.
The Alaska brings §250,000.
R. F. Perkins, late Postmaster at San Fran
cisco, died during the passage.
San Blas was nearly destroyed by a hurricane.
Four lives lost.
There have been heavy floods in Chili and
thirty persons drowned.
Unnatural phenomena continue throughout
South America. At Talcahuana the heat of the
water cooked the fish.
Afarine News.
Charleston, October 31.
Sailed—Steamer Manhattan, for New York ;
steamer Falcon, for Baltimore.
Savannah, November 1.
Off the Port—Bark Hoabet.
Sailed—Brig Alice Lea, for Philadelphia;
scbis. Ida Richardson, for Philadelphia ; B. N.
Hawkins, for Boston; Matthew Kinney, for
Darien, Ga.
AEarkets.
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
London, October 81—Afternoon.
Consols, 94%. Bonds firmer at 74.
Liverpool, October 31-h-Noon,
Cotton tends down; sales, 18,000 bales, in
cluding 6,000 bales after the close on yesterday.
Corn. 375. 6d.
Liverpool, October 31—Afternoon.
Cotton higher; uplands, 11@11%; Orleans,
uplands afloat, 10% ; sales, 20,000
bales. Lard, 68 ; tallow, 41@43.
Havre, October 31.
Cotton firm.
New York, October 31—Noon.
Money easy at 7. Sterling, 9%. Gold, 133%.
’62’s, 13% ; North Carolinas, 67% ; new, 67%;
Virginias, ex-coupon, 56%; new, 58%; Ten
nessees, 71% ; new, 71%.
New York, October 31—P. M.
Money tight at 7. Gold weaker at 133%.
Governments a fraction lower. Tennessees,
72. North Carolinas, 67%. Virginias, new,
60.
New York, October 31—Noon.
Flour 10@15 lower. Wheat nominally I@2
lower. Mess Pork dull at §27. Lard dull;
steam, 17@17%. Cotton quiet at 25%. Tur
pentine, 44(5,44%. Rosin steady at §2 45.
Freights quiet.
New Tork, October 31—P. M.
Cotton closed firm ; sales, 1,900 bales at 25%.
Flour dull and heavy. Wheat heavy ; Winter
3(%5 lower. Corn closed more active ; mixed
Western,, §1 11%@1 13%. Whisky quiet at
§1 10@l 15. Mess Pork dull, closing at §26 95
for cash. Lard—kettle, 17%@17%. Turpen
tine, 44@44%. Groceries quiet and steady.
Freights quiet.
Baltimore, October 31.
Virginia coupons, old, 55’% bid; new, 60
asked. North Carolina, ex-coupons, 67 bid.
South Carolina’s, 66 bid. Fiour more active;
favors buyers. Wheat dull; very choice red,
§2 30@2 35. Corn dffll; new yellow, §1 00.
Oats, 70@72. Mess Pork, §29 50@30. Bacon
shoulders, 13%. Lard 20.
Wilmington, October 31.
Spirits Turpentine better ; sales at 41; sales
of Rosin, strained, at §1 60. Tar declined 5c.;
sales at §2 30. Turpentine unchanged. Cot
ton firmer ; middling, 23%; low middling, 23.
Mobile, October 31.
Cotton—sales, 2,2C0 bales. A corrected cable
report caused an active demand, closing hard;
middling, 23e; receipts, 347 bales.
New Orleans, October 31.
Cotton irregular and advanced %; middling,
23% ; gales, 8,100 bales ; receipts, 1,834 bales ;
exports, 6,543 bales. Sugar and Molasses- re
ceipts light; Sugar, good fair, 13 ; yellow cen
trifugal, 15%. Molasses, centrifugal, 68; choice,
§1 00. Flour dull; superfine, §6 75. Corn
scarce; green, 75@80 ; new, 95; old, §1 10.
Oats in good demand at 60. Bran firm at §1 20.
H»v scarce nt §30@30 50. Mess Pork quiet
and firm at §32 50. Bacon—choice scarce;
shoulders, 14%; rib sides, 17% ; clear sides,
18%. Lard unchanged. Coffee steady; Rio,
fair 14(®14%; prime, 16%@16%. Sterling-
Bank, 46%@46%; Commercial, 44%@45%.
New York sight, % discount. Gold, 134%.
Charleston, October 31.
Cotton is in good demand and firm ; sales,
600 bales; middling, 23%; receipts, 1,153;
exports, coastwise, 1,969 bales.
Fanny Fern every one knows. It will not do
to describe her, for if the description were not
to her liking, woe be unto the writer thereof.
She owns to fifty, and appears thirty. She pre
sents a striking contrast to her husband, Mr.
Parton. Her hair “ whistles itself.” It is of
the fashionable golden color. She is not so
handsome for a woman as her poet brother was
for a man. She has a good constitution, and a
weight (in society) of which anybody might be
proud. She keeps a carriage, and can often be
seen walking on Fifth avenue.
[New York Mail,
The New Atlanic Cable —The London
papers re.port that the manufacture of the new
Atlantic telegraph which is to be aubmeiged
between Brest and New York is making satis
factory progress. The cable Is almost identical
in construction with those which were com
pleted in 1866, the ‘only difference being that
the diameter of tbe conducting copper core is
slightly greater, and tbe outride wires are of
homogeneous Bessemer steel, galvanized, hav
ing a breaking strain of about one thousand
pounds, while the wires outside the existing
Atlantic lines have- a breaking strain/ of only
about eight hundred ppunds. Sir James
Anderson, who will , command the Great.
Eastern during the expedition, has made the
following observations regarding the New
foundland Banks : By keeping in tbe five hun
dred fathom line upon the Milne Bank, and
around the southern edge of the Grand Bank,
there is no possibility of ice or any other
agency that can be suggested injuring the cable.
The northern edge of the Grand Bank was
avoided because it is uncertain at what depth
the Icebergs ground. They are said, upon
good authority, to ground at times ip ninety
fathoms It is not certain at what depth tbe
vessels employed in the seal trade may some
times choose to drop an anchor for tbe purpose
of keeping in tbe track of the ice floes. These
dangers are avoided by the track chosen for
the proposed cable, and I am justified, by my
owa experience, in saying that the track from
the southern edge of the Great Bank to St.
Pierre, and thence to tbe place of landing in
America, is entirely free from any danger of
ice, and does not cross any anchorage resorted
to by the fleet of fishing vessels.
The breaking strain of the new Steel cable
will be seven and a half tons, and the strain
required for submersion need not be more than
fourteen hundred pounds. Even if at any time
it be necessary to haul up any portion of it
already laid, the strain need not exceed a ton
and a half in the deepest water. The weight
of copper forming tbe conductor of the exist
ing Atlantic cables is three hundred pounds
per knot; in the new cable it will be about
four hundred pounds. The Great Eastern has
arrived at Sheerness, whence she will proceed
with the cable probably in the end of next
June. After leaving the Medway she will go
to Brest to finish coaling, and will thence start
on the telegraphic expedition.— Ex.
A Man Dies While Being Baptized.—By
your permission I report tbe following case,
with the attending circumstances, as 1 learned
them from second parties who witnessed tbe
solemn scene: At a baptism yesterday, Octo
ber 18th, in the Platte river, four miles from
this place, the ordinance was admitristered to
several persons, among whom was Mr. Steph
ens, of Third Fork. After being immersed,
but while still in the river, he wiped his hands
over his face a few times to free it of water,
threw bis head and bauds up and fell backwards
in the water ; whereupon his friends ran quickly
in and took him out upon tbe bank, after which
he died without a struggle. The people not
knowing what to do and being unprepared,
there, was, I suppose, but little done to resusci
tate him. After taking him to tbe nearest
house, I was sent for, and two hours afterward
I saw tlie corpse and found his bands, arms
and face cold, but there was considerable
warmth in the auxillar or arm pits. Percus
sion elicited a good resonance over the chest,
except a little dullness in tbe lower part of the
right lung. The heart was still and he was
evidently dead, and I made no efforts to restore
life. I learned from his friends that he had
never had convulsions or fils ot any kind, and
that he had been perfectly healthy up to .this
time. After he had been taken upon the bank
the radial pulse could be easily felt. In dying
there was a little frothy mucus issued from the
corners of his mouth, but there was no stertor
(snoring) in breathing or contortions of the
facial muscles.
Now, what caused this man’s death? Did
water enter the bronchial tubes in his efforts
at inspiration in sufficient quantities to destroy
life, or would not tbe spasmodic closure of
the rima glottidis upon tbe contact of water
prevent this to any considerable extent ? Be
sides, as remarked, there was a good cbd#t
sound, or resonance, under percussion, except
in the lower part Os tbe right lung. Could
apoplexy or epilepsy cause his death ? The
usual signs of these were absent—stertor and
convulsive movements of the muscles. Or can
his death be accounted for from the physical
shock upon the nervous system, causing syn
cope or fainting immediately after the immer
sion ? This, taken in connection with the dis
turbing influence that the small amount of wa
ter that he may have inhaled and swallowed ,
might have had upon his. mind and body, is
the most plausible explanation that I can now
give. A post mortem examination wis refused.
F. A. Simmons, M. D.,
Rochester, Mo., Oct. 19,1868.
St. Joseph {Mo) Gazette.
Writers of Advertisements.—lt is re
corded as something marvellous that Dunan
Mousseaux, a French journalist, who receutly
died, did nothing for several years but write
advertisements, and that he frequently re
ceived for a single advertisement, SIOO. It is
not a week since we saw a well known New
York journalist receive SSO for writing a medi
cal advertisement which would not occupy
more than a quarter ot a column in the de
press, and we have known the same writer to
frequently receive from S2OO to S3OO per week
for advertisements that would not cover more
than two columns of an ordinary newspaper.
In this wide-awake city, SIOO for an advertise
ment that will “ tell ” is not considered any
too liberal an amount. And as to doing noth
ing but writing advertisements, like Mons.
Mousseaux, there are dozens of capable men
in this country who adhere to that business al
together. It is a profession here —one that re
quires great skill and tact, too.
[ Neto York Evening Express, Oct. 22d.
Croquet.—The Irish Farmer's Gazette, quo
ing Gazell's New Popular Educator, says that
the game of croquet, although in some respects
new, is little more than an old game revived.
It used to be played by th s' ancient Gauls so
universally that the greater portion of the
promenades adjoining large towns consisted
each of a long alley called the mail —the name
of the game being jue de mail. The later
French received it from their ancestors, the
Gauls, and it was introduced into England by
Charles 11, at the time of the Restoration,
after his sojourn in France. The long avenue
in front of Buckingham, called the “ Mall,”
or “ Mail,” derived its name from this game,
which was played there.
Yesterday, an old man, with hair, white as
snow, and a face venerable from age, applied
for registration. At the same time a cornfield
negro, ignorant, hideous and beastly in appear
ance, submitted his claims. The old man was
jostled aside by the African freeman, who re
ceived the polite assiduities of the board. No
oath was required of him—no questions asked
but his name and residence. When his time
came at last, the old man was sworn, number
less questions asked and bis name finally re
jected. The one was a citizen of forty years’
standing, a merchant of distinguished success,
and honored by all who knew him; the other
is simply a negro.— New Orleans Picayune.
The shoddy and gunboat millionaires get a
crack from a wise thinker, who declares that
when a civil war pushes to the front a man who
has been among the baggage all bls life, nnd he
builds a castle in the air with a French roof
and a tower opposite the old gambrel roof
which sheltered bis youth, his old neighbors
hug themselves arid say “ to be sure it is noth
against him that his grandfather died in the
poorhouse and his mother was no better than
she should be.”
——— '*•
A justice better versed in law than gospel,
not long since married a couple in this way :
“Hold up your right hands. You solemnly
swear that you will perform the duties of your,,.
office jointly and severally, according to your 9
best skill and judgment, so help you God. —
Fee, one dollar.”— Ex. •,
Almost an Irishman.—A professor in the
Dublin University has lately discovered that
Homer’s name was originally O’Meagher,
which beeame abbreviated into O’Mer, which
was originally pronounced Ho’Mer, by the
English cockneys and l ■filially came to be writ- >
ten Homer.
