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VOL. 2. T. M. WTKICK, W. ■. DKWOUr, JOHN H. MARTIN, JOHN H. UTKWABT. Wynne, DeWolf & Cos. Put>U*lir* and Proprietor*. DAILY, (In advance) per annum, $7 00 •* six months, . . 4 00 *• throe months,... 2 00 •• one month,.... 75 WEEKLY, one year 2 00 (Shorter terms in proportion.) RITE* OP ADVERTISING. Square, one week,... $ * 00 One Square, one month 8 00 One Square, six months 28 00 Transient advertisemouts SI.OO for first inaer on, and 50oents for each subsequent insertion. Fifty per cent, additional in Local column. Liberal rates to larger advertisements. THE WAY OP THE WORLD. There are beautiful songs that we never sing, And names that are never spoken, There are treasurers guarded with jealous care And kept as a sacred token. TL -<■ are fhded flowers and letters dim, With tears that have rained above them, For the fickle words and the fbithless hearts That taught ua how to love them There are sighs that come in our joyous hours To ohasten our dreams of gladness, And tears that spring to our aching eyes , In hours of thoughiess sadness. For the blithest bird that sings in spring, Will flit in the waning summer, And Ups that we kissed in fondest love Will smile on the first new coiner. Over the breast where lilies rest In white hands stilled forever, The roses of June will nod and blow. Unheeding the hearts that sever. And lips that quiver in silent grief, All words of hope refusing. Will lightly turn to the fleeting joys That perish with the using. Summer blossoms and winter snows. Love and its sweet elysian; Hope, like a siren diui and fair, Quickening for Hunting vision; Drooping spirit and failing pulse Where untold memories hover, Eyelids touched with the sesl of death And the fitful dream is Over.3 —D. if. Jordan . A Crime and Its Sequel. It was through sheer luck that I was cho sen District Attorney of a remote backwoods district. There was but a slender stock o( legal timber to select from, and small dif ference in the quality. We were all in that callow, downy state in which it was impos sible to tell which of us might turn out game, and which might prove to be of the common, barnyard breed. We might ail be chrysalitic Clays or Websters, for aught we knew, or the public either, or might be des tined to plod through inglorious lives in the humble walks of nuipriui As one appears as well as another in the dark, so it was with us in onr obscurffy. It was not, therefore, because they deemed me gifted with any peculiar fitness for the post, that the people chose me for their prosecu ting officer, The post had to be filled, and the lot fell to me, which, I now bethink me, was all that needed to be said by way of introduction to my story My district was large, embracing several counties, in each of which I was obliged to attend court, and, for that purpose, to take long and frequent journeys. On one of them, toward the approach of night, I found myself in the neighborhood of an old friend's house, to whose hospitality 1 knew I should be welcome. It was on the opposite side of a large river, but I should doubtless find some settler with a canoe or other craft, who would ferry me over. Stopping at a cabin at which I had taken quarters before, after arranging with the proprietor to have my horse taken care of till morning, I inquired as to the best means of getting over to my friend's where I pro posed passing the night. ‘Take that path,’ said the settler; ‘lt’ll take you out to Jim Drake's shanty on the river. He’s got a dugout, an’ kin take you ’crost, an’ show you the rest o’ the way.’ I thanked the old man, and followed the direction given till the path branched into three. Taking the one which seemed to lead in the right course, I pushed on, for the shadows were beginning to thieken, and it was a wild spot to be belated in. It wasn’t a mile, the settler told me, to the river and Jim Drake's shanty. I had cer tainly walked twice that without seeing a sign of either. It had grown quite dark, and the conviction was coming over me that I had lost my way, and might be forced to pass the night in the woods, instead of en joying the comfort of a friend's fireside. I slackened my pace, hesitating whether to go on, or risk finding my way back over a path already become invisible, whep a crackling of bushes ahead, followed by a low sound of voices, attracted my attention. ‘Hello!—who goes there?’ called out one of them. ‘A stranger who has lost his way,’ I an swered. More murmuring of voices followed, and then the dim forms of two men approached. ‘Wbar be you goin’ to?’ one of them ac costed me. I briefly explained the situation. ‘Wall, you see, you're consid'rable out o’ bearin’s,’ the man replied. ‘Jim Drake’s is more'n three miles from here, an’ you’ll never find the way in the dark. Howsever, we've got a skift over yonder, an’ wouldn't mind takin’ you ’crost au’ settin’ you in the right way ourselver, efyou paid us a trifle.’ ‘l'll reward you liberally and thank you besides,’ I returned. A short walk brought us to the river, where we found a small skiff moored to the bank. •Jump in,’ said one of the men, who, as I obeyed, sprang in after me and shipped the oars, while the ether untied the rope and lottowed. The boat shot out from the shore, and no words were exchanged during the passage, except a question and answer between the oarsman and myself. ‘Ken you swim. Stranger?' he asked. ‘Not a stroke,’ I replied. ■And now what shall I pay you, my friends?’ 1 inquired, when we had all safely landed. ‘That’s a question we're jest a goin’to settle,’ returned the former spokesman. X was rudely grasped on either side. The purse I had taken out fell from my hand, but my pocketbook was soon in the posses sion of my assailants, one of whom hastened to open it, and after fumbling a roll of notes, said to bis companion: Guess thar’s enough here, Bill; let’s be off!’ As they leaped into the boat and shoved off, one of them called out, derisively: ‘Ef you want to git to your friend's to night, you’ve no time to lose, for the river's risin’, an’ you’ll soon hav wet feet thar.’ As he spoke, I felt the water coming over my ankles. There had been heavy rains above, and seveial of the river’s largest trib utaries were pouring down vast torrents, caused by the melting of the mountain snows. It was the beginning of one of the spring freshets which often inundated that region, carrying terror and destruction far and wide. Whither to bend my steps I knew not, but to remain there was impossible. I turned and groped my way a few paces, when the roar of the angry flood again confronted me. Whichever way I turned 1 heard it. A storm was gathering, and every moment the dark ness grew thicker and thicker. A flash of lightning blazed from the heavens, lighting up a scene before which I recoiled with hor ror. By the lurid glare, 1 saw that I was standing on alow, flat island, every portion of which, if the rise continued, would soon be many feet under water! I understood now, the purport of the villain’s question, ‘Can you swim!’ 1 shouted for help—prayed for it—but no deliverance came. The only answer was the sound of the rushing, mighty waters, or mightier thunder which seemed to rend the very sky. The rain fell in torrents. Faster and fas ter the waters rose. Step by step I retreated before them. At every returning flash 1 saw my littla spot ot ground growing smaller and smaller. I sought in vain lor some tree or bush into which I might climb, but found nothing strong enough to bear my weight. The is land, at last, was reduced to a speck, and the next flash revealed but a waste of waters. Soon I stood waist deep in the surging flood, which threatened every instant, to sweep me down. Once more I cried out in agony, but my voice was drowned in the din of the elements. The waves had reached my shoulders. Strength and courage were fast failing. It would be impossible to hold my footing a minute longer, and I was on the point of yielding, when some dark object floated to ward me. I put out my hands eagerly. An exclamation of joy escaped me. It was a small boat that had drifted within my reach. 1 know not how I managed to climb into the trail craft without overturning it, but, in another moment, it was bearing me safely from the spot on which I had suffered ail of terror which death has in his power to inflict. A month afterward it became my duty to prosecute two prisoners charged with pass ing counterfeit money. The case had been prepared by an assistant, and I knew noth ing of the particulars till it was called for trial. My assistant was putting in the pioofs— among other things the forged notes passed by the prisoners while in company, and nu merous others of the same stamp found in their possession— when I took up one of them, and after briefly examining it, glanced at the others. ‘May it please your honor,’ 1 said, rising. ‘1 desire to enter a nolle in this case.’ ‘Why so?’ inquired the Judge. ‘The case seems clear enough.’ ‘Because I do not believe the defendants guilty,’ 1 ‘Not guilty!’ exclaimed his honor. ‘You have surely forgotten which side you are on, Mr. Payne.’ ‘I have not forgotten,’ I replied; but I recognize these notes by a private mark. They were in my own possession lately, having been taken from a gang of counter feiters, arrested several months ago, against whom I held them as evidence. lam satis fied the prisoners now on trial thought them genuine, in which case, ot course, there can be no lawful conviction under this indict ment.’ ‘Of conree not,’ the Judge assented. ‘Then I move the prisoners be discharged,' said their counsel, rubbing his hands glee fully. ‘And I move their recommitment,’ I an swered. ‘On what charge?’ ‘That of robbery,’ I replied, proceeding to recount my late adventuie, and explaining that the roll of bills taken from my person were the identical ones then in court. Of course I did not recognize the piisoners as my assailants, for it had been too dark to distinguish features, but the subsequent find ing of the stolen notes upon them was suffi cient to establish their identity. ‘But,’ urged the counsel, with professional persistence, ‘to constitute robbery, the pro perty taken must he of some value, and those notes have none.’ ‘Granted,’ I replied; ‘but my pocketbook was taken along with them, and that cost exactly fifty cents, and was as good as new.’ The prisoners were recommitted, and got ten years each before the court adjourned. A correspondent of the NewYork Tribune, writing from Constantinople, states that the Turks are greatly impressed with some dis mal prophecies in regard to the extinction of the religion-ol the Koran: The Moslems have borrowed just enough from the Old and New Testaments to get matters into worse confusion than Dr. Gum ming and the Millerites on the subject of the latter day. Many years ago some of their prophets issued a sheet containing dire pre dictions of the latter day signs and omens. It is called Kelebel Jefr—the Book of Jefr— and contains nonsense enough to set up a new Mormon prophet. It declares that “the Turkish dynasty will end with a Sultan named Murad; that after thirty battles by land and sea the Turks w ill go down. The Christian religion will grow lukewarm in 1845. It will have no shepherd until 1806, when all men shall believe in Christ, and in 1890 anti-Christ will appear, and tften the sun and moon will be blotted out.” The book is full of obscure and absurd astrolog ical allusions, all in rhyme, and large por tions of it are familiar to the people, who repeat it in the coffee-houses and in their gatherings. The Moslems, who are grossly superstitions, are full of forebodings about the Sultan Murad, and delare that he will be the last, or among the last, and many of them believe that these are “the last days” of the Koran and of Islam itself.. In many places they are downcast and despairing, and the impression is almost universal among them that they are on the eve of great changes. It is one of the fixed tradi tions of their failh that before the last days the “Koran itself will be swept away.” The Buttle (Ground. New York Snn.l In spite of all that the Republicans can do by bayonets and bribery in the South, and by brazen falsehoods on the stump and a large corruption fund in the North, it is certain that Hayes will be defeated unless he can carry either New York or the three States of Connecticut, New Jer sey and Indiana. Now though it is quite porbable that the Democrats three weeks ago were so weak in Indiana as to place it among the doubtlul Slates, yet the re cent election has proved that it is as Bure to go for Tilden in November as Kentucky is. This fact therefore, makes New York, Connecticut and New Jersey the battle ground for the remaining two weeks of "the campaign. The friends of Hayes and corruption will struggle desperately to capture New York and the two adjoining States. It is a case of life and death to their cause, and they will fight with the energy of despair. Nevertheless, we are confident that the supporters of Tilden and Reform will put forth such energy during the coming two weeks as to make sure ot the fifty Elector al votes of those States, thus saving the country from another term of Grantism, won by false professions and pretenses. COLUMBUS, GrA., SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 29, 1876. THE TURKISH SITUATION. Londox, Oct. 28.— The Post, receiv ing the situivtloD, says It only re mains (or all the powers to concur in the recognition of a six weeks ar mistice, with prolongation as pro posed by the Porte. All correspondents concur in a pa citlo change in Russian attitude, but Russia's motives are variously con strued. London, Oct. 28.—The Times’ dis patch (rom Belgrade comflrms the statement that self-wounding is again becoming frequent among the Servians. The dispatch says, during the light at Krovitu a distinguished officer brought half of a Russian bat tallion to the front, saying ho was compelled to have the other half be hind to prevent the Servians from running away. A dispatch from Vienna states that Prince Averspeng’s reply in liech staeh yesterday to interpolators on the Eastern question is not satisfac tory. There will probably bo ani mated debate on the subject in that body. The feeling that was is staved off at least for the winter, bocomes much more prevalent and inolines stock operators to look for a rise. Belgrade, Oct. 28.—The Servian cabinet difficulty is’in a fair way of being stilled. It is probable that Nicolicn will consent to return to his post. A telegram from the Minister of tholDtorior ut Delgrade to Prince Minister Restlch, in reply to an in quiry, says the Turks have not taken D’junis. London, Oct. 28.— The Post says, if the armistice is agreed upon, then comes the question of a conference. Russia objects to Turkish participa tion therein. It may be assumed that this refers solely to the position of a power arbitrating on its own case obviously, if the six powers meet to discusss recommendations to be made to a seventh, there is something anomalious in giving the latter the casting vote iu their decisions. But it is improba ble for a moment to consent to this exclusion of Turkey from this Eu ropean system, of which, in virtue of the treaty of Paris, she forges a part. It ought to be practicable to find a method by which a representative of the Porte may get in a confer ence, so as to obviate this difficulty. Before a conference is gr&nted, the assertion of the basis and objects which might occasion a protracted and dangerous debate, should by unanimous agreement be reduced to the simplest terms, which may be stated thus: The basis of the conference is the maintenance of the independence and integrity of the Ottoman Empire. The object is the amelioration of the condition of the Christian subjects of the Sultan. This basis could not alarm Turkey regarding her sovereign rights; the object is one which Russia professed alone tojhave in view. We are not without foundation for the hope that the solution heretofore shadowed may bo happily effected. The Pall Mall Gazette, iu a leading article to-day, takes quite a hopeful view of the peace prospect. Constantinople, October 28.—An extraordinary Council of Ministers was held Thursday to consider the armistice. The Gorman, Russian, Austrian and Italian ambassadors conferred together Friday. Gen. Ignatleff, Russian Minister, had an interview with the Porte to day. Ragusa, Oct. 28.— Dervish Pasha has withdrawn from Poligoritza to the district in the rear of Polotka. The surrender of Wedun to the Montenegrins has produced a strong impression in Albania. „ The Montenegrins have liberated the Albanian prisoners taken during the recent fighting. A TERRIBLE MISTAKE. THREE METHODIST MINISTERS SHOT BY ILLICIT DISTILLERS. St. Louis, Oct. 28. —A special to the Globe-Democrat from Little Rock, says; Three Methodist ministers, riding circuits in Polke county, were shot by Hughes and Hale from the brush. They are illicit distillers, and supposed the preachers were Rev enue officers coming to arrest them. One died in two hours, the others are dangerously if not fatally wounded. Theye are a large number of illicit distillers in that section, seven of whom were convicted this week. Coal Companies Stopped Work. Bethlehem ,Pa., Oct. 28.—The Dela ware & Hudson Coal Cos. have stop ped work, and over 13,000 employees are about stopping. New York Bank Statements. New York, Oct. 28.— Loans decrease 2& millions; specie decrease 1| mil lions; Legal tenders | millions; De posits decrease six millions; reserve decrease $65,000. Anew way that cures Throat and Lung diseases, Dr. J. H. McLean’s Cough and LuDg Healing Globules. Thousands cer tify, that they cured Coughs, Colds and Consumption. Trial Boxes, 25c. by mail. Dr. J. H. McLean, 314 Chestnut street, St. Louis. BRITISH POLAR EXPEDITION!. No Chance to Roach the Pole. | INTENSE COLD—SUFFERINGS OF SOME OF THE PARTY.- London, Oot. 27.—The Alert and Discovery left Port Poalke, on July 29th, 1875, and entered the ice off Cape Sable. • After a severe and con tinuous struggle they reached the north side of Lady Franklin Bay, where the Discovery was left in win ter quarters. The Alert pushed on and reached the limit of navigation on the shore of the Polar Sea. The ice varied in thickness, being in some places 150 feet deep. Land docs not exist. The Alert wintered in lat. 82:27. At this point the sun was visi ble 142 days, and temperature the lowest ever recorded, was experi enced. A detachment with sledges was dispatched northward. It was absent seventy days, and reached lat. 83:20. Another party rounded Cape Colombia, the northuiost point of America, and traced 220 miles westward from Greenland, and also explored far to eastward. These sledge parties met with no game and suffered from scurvy. Hans Peter son died from frost bite. John Porter, of the Alert, and Jas. Hans and Charles Paul, of the Discovery, died on the sledging expedition. No Esquimaux were seen, nor were any ice-bergs met with beyond Cape Limon. The expedition encountered great difficulty in returning. The Alert’s rudder bolt was damaged. The vessels left Smith’s Sound Sep tember 9th. They signalled the Pandora October 10th, all well. Tho Alert parted from tho Discovery in a gale on October 19tb. London, Oct. 28. During tho winter rich collections of natural history and science were obtained, and observations made. Excellent coal was found where the Discovery wintered. Cold of 59 degrees below zero was encountered; once it reach ed 104 below. Peterson, the inter preter, died forty days after an am autation of both feet from frost bite. ’"All the members of the expedition declare the impossibility of a closer reach than theirs to the North Pole —4OO miles. London, Oct. 28.—Oapt. Nare’s re port to the Admiralty contains the following additional particulars: The Polar Sea is never navigable. The average thickness of the Ice is eighty feet. Animal life apd the northerly migration of birds ends South of Cape Colombia. Esquimaux traces cease on the west ern shore in latitude 81 deg., 52 min. they cross to Greenland. The itnprac calbility of reaching the polo is proved. DISURACEFUL IP TRUE. Heavy Charges Against Americans Re ported to be Made by a Frenchman. Judgei und Police at the C'entennlul <'lurgfd with Theft and Conspiracy. WE HOPE THE LETTER 18 A FORGERY. New Yokk, Oet. 28.— The Herald's special from Paris says the Figaro pretends to give a letter translated from a German newspaper, written by M. Dusomorad, Phila, to a friend in Germany, which says: ‘‘Accounts transmited [to me from my deputy are of the most grievous character. The Americans themselves set fire to the building containing the empty cases of French goods, hoping to destroy French merchandise and articles for exhibition stored in the galleries. A second attempt of the same kind has been made within the last month. More than all this, the police employed by the Centennial Board are purposely chosen from the worst and most demoralized ele ments in the United States. The keepers are thieves, without excep tion ; they steal openly from exhibit ors in the French Department and all others. There exists an under standing between these knaves and the Judges; the Judges call up the rolls for a hearing, when complaints are made, at hours unknown to the complainants, and as a result, no witnesses of the guilt of the criminals being present, they are acquitted. Even worse than this, if such a thing bo possible, the thieves count on the Judges themseves to give them sig nal when the discreet moment has arrived to begin their pillages.” The correspondent says the article concludes with an attack apon the virtue and manners of American women. Charge Against an Insurance Cos. New York, Oct. 29.— An insurance agenoy has brought suit against the United States Insurance Company in the Supreme Court of Kings coun ty, before Judge Gilbert, alleging in his complaint great and various irregularities, chiefly against Jno, E. Dewitt and Jas. Buei. They are charged, too, with conspiring to transfer the reserve fund of the Company to other companies for their own advantage. Judge Gilbert granted a temporary injunction, and an order for examination for trial by a referee. —A young lady in Troy has sued her father for $5,000 damages for kicking her beau out doors, and she means to fight him to the bitter end, and make him pay her lawyer as well as his own. ALABAMA STATE OUA.VME FAIR rioivitl Yctcrd*l*-Bl|nftl Muticru. Montgomery, Oot. 28.—Tho Alaba ma State Orange Fair closed to-day. It was a success in every particular, Tho largest display of Reid and gar den products ever seen in the State. One Grango exhibited three hundred and fifteen different garden and field products. The prizes offered by the Mont gomery Shooting Club, amountnig to twenty-five hundred dolli*s, was hot ly contested. The silver tea service was won by E. O. McClung, scoring 38 successive birds, tho entire num ber. The diamond badge of cham pionshionsbip of the United States was won by AV. E. Delony, of Chatta nooga, scoring nineteen out of a pos sible twenty. Exhibitors were present from twen ty differout States. TLLKLUAI'IIIC SUMMARY. Edward S. Stokes’ sentence expired to-day, and ho was released. Tho officers of tho United States Life Insurance Company denounce the injunction proceedings against them as an attempt to black mail them. Six inches of snow, thunder and lightning at Quebec. Mudge Ames’knitting mill burned; loss $04,000. A hundred operatives ousted. Quimbo Appo, who killed John Kelly in New York has been admit ted to bail. Tho Report of a proposed Fenian raid into Canada from St. Albans, is pronounced false. An easterly storm, accompanied at the beginning with a slight fall of snow, set yesterday in New York. The Weather To-Day. Washington, Oct. 28.—For the South Atlantic and Gulf States, slowly falling barometer, southeast to southwest winds, and warmer, clear or partly cloudy weather will prevail, with probably rain areas in North Carolina and the southwest. Antl-Tuuimity Coquetting with Republi can*. New York, Oct. 28.—Anti-Tammany heard the report of the course of con ference with the Republicans, who would not compete with Anti-Tam many unless they threw Green off. The report was received with indig nation, and a resolution was adopted deciding to hold a conference with the Republicans. Uynamltc Explosion In a naircaxe Car. New York, Get. 28.—A trunk said to have been loaded with dynamite, ex ploded iu the baggage-car of a Phila delphia train last afternoon, com pletly destroying the trunks, and set" ting lire to other baggage. About three hundred dollars worth of baggage was destroyed. The train was stop ped to prevent the possible destruc tion of other cars, which were fill ed with Centennial pasengers. Indian Commission Successful. Washington, Oct. 28.—Chas. M. Headly, Secretary, telegraphs from Yankton that the Indian Commis sioners have accomplished their mis sion and adjourned to meet in Wash ington December 9th. The Poor Clerka Who Caa’t do all (he Work. Washington, Oct. 28.—Tho clerks living in the far Westand Northwest, left for their homes to-day. Those living nearer, will leave Thursday. They go to vote. best home to tote. THE 42REAT SIIIPWUECK U THE ARCTIC SEAS. New Bedford, Mass., Oct. 23.— The effects of the disaster will be to re duce the Arctic fleet next year to a very small n umber of vessels, the busi ness being prosecuted only by the most enterprising merchants who are willing and able to run the great risk, as Insurarico offices will not dare to take it. There are only two or three vessels now in port suitable to send to thoso seas. Two vessels are now on the way out, and a mer chantman on the way to San Fran cisco from this port is fitted to go north if it is deemed advisable, and with thoso which escaped may form the entire fleet. Some ships now at sea may also bo ordered north. This disaster is only paralleled and exceeded by that in 1871, the news of which reached this city on Sunday evening, November 5, 1871, announc ing that of the Arctic fleet of forty one vessels, thirty-two had been abandoned, only nine being sved. Of those vessels twenty-two belonged to this port, valued at $1,097,000, mostly insured in local offices. The catch on board tho abandoned ves sels at that time was 965 barrels of sperm oil, 13,665 barrels of whale oil, and 100,000 pounds of bone. —A little Swedish girl, whilo out walk ing with her father on a starry night, be came absorbed in contemplation of the skies. Being askd what she was thinking of, she replied: ‘I was thinking if the wrong side of heaven is so glorious, what must the right side be?” Exactly so. If the glimpses that wo catch here of the sum merland unseen, afford us such glory and joy, what must It bo to be there? New Goods. Sqiir Kraut. Pickles by the gallon, Spiced Pig Feet, “ Tripe, New Buckwheat, Fulton Market Beef, by aug!s tf G. W. Bbown. LADIES’ COLUMN. ■ 1 ( Someone says; “Learn this lesson. No one cares about tho size of your foot ox copt yourself; theroforo bo oomfortablo." But a young man who goes to see a girl who has an eccentric futhor cares more about tho size of her parent’s foot than ho does his own. Lacing wil 1 bo one of tho caprices of the winter, and will not be merely simulated, but real, so that the waist of a dross will be closed in the bock or front by means of lacing-strings. Not only waists will be lacod, but also sleeves, ana even overskirts and polonaises. A correspondent of the Richmond En quirer at Greenbrier AVliito Sulphur Springs, thus relieves ai aching bosom and a crushed heart: “The flirt is the painted hyena ot society; tho larnb fleened-disguised ravening wolf f the af feotional fold. Her fangs drip with tho gore of the foolishly fond and true. Like the hidoous spectre bat of the Orinoco, she drains tiro purple drop from the veins of her spell-bound victim, while her soft b'andishments lull him to rest and fill his dreams with dazzling scones of beauty and felicity. More cruel ttian the groat war god of tho Aztecs, she feasts upon the torn and bleeding hearts of her own most fervent worshippers. With savage feroc ity she cruuches the tenderest of feelings and emotions of the human soul.” "Weil, wife, you can’t say that I over contracted bad habits.” “No, sir, you generally expand them.” It Is not a broach of etiquette for a lady to look at her watch when calling upon an acquaintance, provided she apologizes for taking the liberty. Ere long the landscape will bo arrayed in tho graco of forost charms decayed and pastoral melancholy, and the women in new bonnets Boston Post. It is possible that we may return to the simple dress and cloak; it would boa groat relief to many minds now torment ed every timo tho dress question comes up, with how to arrange tho looping and tho drapery—the “drapery” consisting for the most part of a mass of puffod and wrinkled material, or of napping, useless ends; or of ends arranged as folded scarfs or as bows: but whatever tho style, to be pulled and sat upon, and torn and jerked out of place, and made a constant source of misery and torment. Paris letters report a fancy for trim ming cloth dresses with fringo vf con trasting colors, light blue upon wine be ing one combination mentioned. Corsages now present a sorles of ele gant curves, while the fit is effected rather by judicious cutting to the lines of, than compression to, tho figure. An amusing feature of cold weather in Italy—and it is extremely cold there at times—La the meuna the women ot the middle and lower classes take to keep themselves warm. You soo them go ing about the house, walking in the streets, holding au earthen pot filled with hot ashes and live coals under their aprons, and, when sewing or knitting, they rest their feet upon them. The name given to this article of female comfort is a rich satire. “II vxari to (the husband) they call it. Poor things! as far as one can judge, this novel husband gives them moro comfort than their blacked hand some spouses ever pretend to. The names of tho new materials are more perplexing and difficult to remem ber than ever. Indeed, tho difference In tho texture between two fabrics bearing entirely dissimilar names Is frequently so slightly as to bo almost Imperceptible. Velvet cloaks are being revived. Black lace collarettes are fashionable. Basket ribbon still continues In favor. Fish scale brocade Is very fashionable. Close coiffures are going out of fashion. Cardinal red cashmere net is in demand. Moss trimming Is used for heading fringes. Seal skin turbans will bo worn this winter. Sky blue is tho new color In merino stockings. Navy blue and cardinal rod are worn together. Littlo or no trimmings are worn on dress skirts. Miss Middlerib sat down at the piano yesterday afternoon and sang, “Where are the dreams of the dawn ?” And hor younger brother, coming out of an adjoin ing room from an interview with his father, sobbed out the refrain, “Under the bending willow!” And he meant It, too. A newly-invented boot Is called the “Centennial,” and is considered the novel ty of the season. It is a sandal boot rath er after tho fashion of a Roman sandal. The straps beginning at tho toe, and are con tinued on above the ankle, four stras being Connected in clusters together, caught by a steel bucklo. These handsome boots are especially adapted for the exposure of the exquisitely embroidered white and col ored silk stockings, now seeing for $25 a pair. A School for ladies has been opened In Berlin on a plan decidedly novel, but very practical. The building contains lodging rooms for forty girls, school rooms, work ing rooms, an immenso kitchen and a per manent bazaar. In the school rooms every branch that will fit the girls for situations in banking, commercial, or mercantile establishments Is taught. Va rious trades that ladies can follow are ex emplified by skilled operatives. Tho kitch en is, perhaps, the chief school room, for all work done there is done under the super vision of one of the best cooks in the city. This featured has become so populur, from the largo number of betrothed maidens who flock thitherto to obtain good domes tic educations, that the managers have begun to charge for instruction in cookery, and the receipts generally pay the expen ses of the other departments. The Russian leather belts, with their large and curiously wrought buckles and their many unique accompaniments, are still very much worn. A New London lady has taught her large Newfoundland dog to hold up her train when she is crossing muddy or dusty streets. “Any offers?” says Miss While t to Mins Wriggle, both home from the country; “None," says the Wriggle girl, laughing hysterically, “but I’m good for another seasou 1” NO. 196 FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL BY TELEGRAPH TO THE MILT TIDES. MONEY AND STOCKS. PARIS, Oct. 28. Komi—Rentes 105f. 20c. NEW YQJIK, Oot, 28.~Jfoon—Gold opened 9%. LONDON, Oct. 28.—Noon—Erie 108. NEW YORK. Oot. 28.—Noon—stocks active and unsettled; gold 9%; money 2; exchange, long. 4.84%; short. 4.84%; Governments dull; State bonds quiet and strong. \ NEW YORK, Oct. 28.—Kvenlng-r-sfbney active, 3%a4; sterling weak; gold V%; Governments dull and bettor; new s's 14%; State* quiet and •trong. COTTON. LIVERPOOL, Oct. 28.—-Noon—Cotton firm; middling uplands 6d; Orleans 6 3-l Gd.; sales 8,000; speculation and export* 1,000; receipts 4,800; American 1,200. Futures steady; uplands, low middling clause,, * shipped November and December, per Mil, 5 31-32d, new crop, shipped December lid. January and February delivery 5 31-3’Jd, February and March Ud, March and April 6 1*164. 1:30 p. m.—Uplands, low middling clause, shipped November and December, per sail, 6d, Bales American 4,300.* 2:30 p. m.—Futures firm; uplands, low mid' dling clause, new crop, shipped October and No r vember. per sail, 5 31-32d, January C l-16d. NEW YORK, Oci. 28.—Noon—Cotton steady; uplands 11 1-16; Orleans 11% -.sales 1,205. Futures opened steady; November 11 l-32a11-16;{January 11 15-32a%; February 11 23-32*%; March ll%a 15*10. NEW YORK, Oct. 28.—Even lug—Cotton steady, sales 1,205; middling 11 1-16*%; consolidated net receipts 28,201; exports Great Britain 5,788; Continent 225. Net receipts 918, gross 4,264. Futures closed barely steady, sales 16,600; Octo* her ll'3-32a%;November 11%, December 11 5-lGa 11-32;, January 11 17-32*9-16; February 11%*25- 32, March 11 31*82, April 12 5-32*3-16, May 12 11-32 a%; June 12 17-31*9-16, July 12 11-16; August 12 26- 32*13-16. GALVESTON, Oct. 28.—Cotton ' firm, mid dling 10%; net receipts 13,984, gross 3,987 ;sales 3,175, exports coastwise 225. NORFOLK. Oct. 28.—Evening—Cotton firm; middling 10%; net receipts 4,731; sales 2,611; exports coastwise 1,741. BALTIMORE, Oct. 28.—Evening—Cotton quiet and firm; middling 10%; net receipts 106; gross 575; salus 460; exports coastwise 140; spinners 240. BOSTON, Oct. 28.—Evening—Cotton quiet; middling 10; net receipts 391; gross 1,947; sales 270, exports to Great Britain 800. WILMINGTON, Oct. 28.—Evening Cotton nominal; middling 10a%; net receipts 902, sales 287. PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 28.—Evening —Cotton firm; middling gross receipts 447. SAVANNAH, Oct. 28. Evening Cotton firm: middling 10);; net receipts 3,204; gross 2,266; sales 3.000; exports Great Britain 3,788, coastwise 1,200. NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 28.—Evening Cotton strong; middling 10%; low middling 10%, good ordinary 9%; net receipts 7,112; gross 8,660; sales 6,000. MOBILE, Oct. 28.—Evening Cotton firm; middling 10%; net receipts 702; sales 2,000; ex ports Continent 225; coastwise 1,654, MEMPHIS, Oct. 28.—Cotton firm; middling 10%; receipts 4,123; shipments 3,102: Bales 3,606. AUGUSTA, Oct. 28.—Cotton firm; middling 10; receipts 2,168; sales 922. CHARLESTON, Oct. 28. Evening r- Gotten firm; middling 10%‘; net receipts 5,151; sales 2.000| exports Great Britain 1,200, coastwise 600. t f PROVISIONS. AsO. NEW YORK. Oct. 28.—Noon—Floor quiet aud unchauge. Wheat dull. Corn quiet and ateady. Pork firm, mess $17.50. Lard heavy $9.09. Freights steady. ST. LOUIS. Oct. 28. Evening Flour quiet and lower; scarcely anything done; family $6.75a5G.00. Wheat lower; No. 2 red fall $1.23%; No. 3 do. $1.12. Corn firmer. No. 2. mixed, 40%a 41. Oats dull and lower, No. 2, 32 for strictly freah. Rice 8%. Barley dull and drooping, prime to fancy Minn. 75a51.05. Pork dull aud easier, $17.00. Lard quiet and nominal, new 9.76; kettle 10,‘„al0%. Bulk meats eaeler, shoul ders 7; clear rib sides 8);; clear sides 8%. Ba con easier; shoulders 7%. clear rib sides B%a 9, edear sides 9j;a%. Whiskey dull. Butter dull; choice Wosteru reserve 20a21; Central Ohio 20a21. CINCINNATI, Oct. 28.—Evening—Flour easier; family $5.65a90. Wheat steady, red fall $1.15a26; Corn in fair demand 47a48; new 31. Oats Inactive, No. 2, 30a38. Rice quiet and unchanged, Bar ley dull and nominal, No. 2 fall I.OSaIO. Pork firm, $16,60a75. Lard in fair demand, prices stoady; new steam 9.50; old nominal; kettle 10.25. Balk meats In fair demand, at 8%, 7% aud 8%a% for ahonldera, clear rib and clear sides; loose boxed meats in fair demand; salea in salt treats ten to fifteen days at 8%a%, 8% and 8% for shoulders, short rib middles and short clear middles. Bacon easier; at 7%5%, 8%a% and 9a9% for shoulders clear rib and clear sides. Whiskey dull and weak, 9. Butter dull and un changed. NEW YORK, Oct. 28.—Flonr dull, prtcoa in buyers favor, $5.30a6.60 for common to fair, ex tra Southern $6.85a8.75. Wheat quiet without decided change; closiug little ,more steady. Corn a shade firmer, moderate export and home trade domand; 68a60 for ungraded Western mixed. Oats without decided change, mainly export. Pork higher, new SIB.OO bid, $13.20 ask ed. Lard, Bpot, dull, futures closed steady, far prime steam, 9,95 for old. Coffee quiet and very firm. Sugar firm, not mnch offering. Bico steady. Molasses quiet. Turpentine and rosin steady. Freights a shade firmer, LOUISVILLE, Oet. 28.—Flour , firm, extra $4.5a54.75; family $6.00a55.60. Wheat stronger; red $1.15a51.20; amber $1.20a51.25; white $1.16a 1.30. Corn ateady; white 48, mixed 48. Rye steady and firm 68. Oats dull, white 36, mixed 34. Pork nominal. Bulk meats, shoulders scarce and wanted, clear rib aides 8%a%, clear sides 9. Bacon quiet, 7%, 9 and 9% for ahonldera, clear rib ana clear aides. Sugar-cured hams 16a%. Lard dull, tierce Ua%, keg U%al2, Whiakey in fair demand and steady 11. Bagging in geod demand, 12%. BALTIMORE, Oct. 23.— Evening—Oats dull. Rye quiet. Provisions dull and heavy, not quo tably lower. Coffee strong and quiet, buaineia restricted for want of stock, Whiskey dull 14%. Sugar active and higher 11%a%. ‘THE OLD BELIABLE.’’ Wo make our annual bow to the public, and beg to announce that we are again prepared to offer the best . WINES, LIQUORS and CIGARS, at whosale and retail at the lowest cash price. In addition to LIQUORS, we have SMOKER’S MATERIALS OP EVERY DESCRIP TION, and at prices to suit the times. RESTAURANT. The Restaurant Department of our house will be kept to the usual standard, and with that our friends have heretofore been satisfied. Birds, Fish,'Oysters, and all game of the season kept on hand. ' Chas. Hetman <fc Cos. 8 tf Public Speaking— Come and Hear. Hon. Jere N. Williams, the Democratic candidate for the Third District, and Hon. Wm. H. Barnes, of Opelika, will address their fellow-citizens and the public’ gen erally at Girard, at 7 o'clock P. at.. Thurs day, second day of November proximo. While anything remains to be done noth ing has been done; and on the heels of the present political campaign let the good people of Girard rally, and hear what of the night. E. Herndon Glenn, ' Oh’n Dem. and Con. Ex. Com., Russell County, AJa. , r , - ’ -.-.i —An exchange asks if the smallness of the Havana tobacco crop will not affect the price of cigars. Not so long as the cabbage crop holds out.