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A Practical Joke.
7mm the Toledo Ulude j
Friday morning last a gentleman em
ployed ns a traveling salesman for a
Sew York house, whose family reside*
in an interior town of this State, stop
ipod. as many do, weary and travel
•taiued, at a hotel in tills city. He ar
rived on the 8:33 train from Detroit,
having enme from some point far to
the westward that day. and tired,
weary, dusty, sore, fatigued and dis
gusted, registered his name, had a
room assigned him, and proceeding
thereto sought quiet repose in the arms
fcf Morpheus, dreaming, if he dreamed
at all, of th* trade lie should drive with
the thrifty merchants of the Corn city
on the morrow.
A merchant of this city, who was a
patron of the house to which this par
ticular traveler belongs, happened to
be in the hotel that evening at about 9
o'clock, and his eye falling upon the
register it alighted upon this particu
lar name. Unfortunate look I tie hap
py circumstance! For this merchant
was of a jocose turn of mind, n wag, a
joker—one of those men who do all
sorts of absurd things, hoping that |
amusement of some kind will follow,
lie did an absurd thing to this name,
though the occurrences that followed
were any thing hut amusing. What did
he do? Why, he seized a pen. and in
the same handwriting, as near as poss- |
ihle, he added to the name of the rom
Tnereial traveler up stairs, the words.;
'•and lady.’’ Two small words; blit '
small tilings are often productive ot j
great results. It is said that a dispute j
about a hog-trough set in motion the i
succession of events that made Martin |
Van Buren president, and it is well- J
known fact that a well-bnekct caused I
one of the largest and bloodiest wars j
iii.ii f>cr\ mil n i t-u j-jiii i i*t>t i \> i
word*, •‘mid Udv," added to the name
'Of a sleeping cotumereial traveler, was
the occasion of an unpleasantness not
ns terr'ble to humanity in general as
war, but quite as disagreeable to this
one member of the human family.
For, ns the fates would have i'. a
brother-in-law of this commercial trav
eler, the only brother of the idolized
wife of his bosom—also a traveler for
t New York house—had been (hat very
morning at his (the first eotnmrrriu!
traveler's) house in the interior, where
he bad seen Ids sister. Anxious to see
her husband, lie liad ascertained that
he would probably be at Toledo that
night, and as fast as steam could carry
him he s; ed hither, arriving on the
10:33 r. it- train of the C. it T. Hr j
wee.t to one hotel, and then to another, j
and finally struck tlie right one. 11.
looked at the register, he saw the name, j
and he saw, alas! the added words, j
“and lady I" ' Ati.l lady I" Y.'h.-.t la- j
dy ? Net tha lady who bad a :
right to travel with him, for that lady, '
hi* sister, he lelt at her home in tin
pleasant, interior town that morning, ;
and. as she did not come with him, it .
was morally impossible that it could be
she. The brother-in-law knew all j
about it at once, and being a bigger
man than the wretch who was thus |
shamefully abusing the confidence re
posed in him. he determined to sur
prise him in Ids sin, anil with his good
right hand, or rather both hands, and
feet if need be, to chastise him. Boil
ing with rage, he mounted the stair
ami, without waiting to announce his
presence by the regular knock, lie ap
plied his foot to the door, which, una
ble to stand the pressure, as J. N. Ba
it, yielded. In he went ; and the sleep- ’
ing traveler awoke to find himself in
the embrace of a strong and angry
man.
The commercial traveler was some
what astonished, as may be supposed.
He had no time to think ; lie was as
sailed so ferociously as to leave no
doubt that the assailant meant to take
his life. He resisted. Though small
he is a remarkably active man. and not
at all cowardly, and he sailed in. The
fight was rather a pretty one. Now
one was on tup ard now the oilier.—
Now tlie commercial traveler was tin
der, and anon tiie brother-in-law.—
Now the liruther-in-law had the coni
meroiai traveler's ear between bi> teeth,
and then again the commercial traveler
was industriously tearing away small
but savurv bits ot the brother-in-law s
cheek. Chairs were smashed, stands
and tables were upset, and groans, and
screams and yells, enough to turnish
an ordinary luuatic asylum, proceeded
from the room.
There was never such a fight, with
the exception, perhaps, of the latnous
free fight in Arkansas, ot which it is
recorded that an hour alter its close a
bushel of noses were picked up.
Finally the clerk heard the rumpus
and proceeded to the room. It was
lucky that he did so, for they had each
other by the throat with such a vicioii6
grasp that both must have died iu a
njomei)t more.
lie tore them apart.
“Where is she?" grasped the broth
er-in-law, spitting out three teeth,
which, knocked out, were of uo use to
him.
“She?" asked the commercial travel
er as well as a man could whose upper
lip was split. “V\ ho is she?
-Why tho woman registered witli
you,’ muttered the brother-in-law,
tearing away a bit ot his left ear and
chucking it out of the window.
It is unnecessary to pursue the sub
ject farther. The pair proceeded to
the register—the signature and the ad
de»d vera exam'.DPd, the cheat was ap
I parent, and harmony was restored.—
I The parties left on Saturday night for
the home of the commercial traveler,
where they will tnrrv awhile till na
ture repairs damages. The practical
lokcr was made acquainted with the
result of his effort, lie will not repeat
it very soon.
-.
Washington During Use War.
A French gentleman, named M de
Grille, whom the late King of Belgium
hail employed for sixteen years as a
confidential diplomatic agent, lias just
piiblishnd n volume of personal remin
iscences. in which lie says that he vis
ited New York and Washington in
1861, 1802 and 1804, and that every
thing lie saw there at tlint time led him
to believe that the Southern Confed
eracy would succeed in establishing its
independence.
In New York, he was introduced to
leading merchants mid bankers, who
boasted of the aid which they had giv
en to the Southern rebels, and in Wash
ington, lie saw prominent Government
officers, and even Generals of the army,'
in the most suspicions intimacy witli
men whom lie knew to he agents of
the Richmond Government.
Mr. de Grile says that in 1864 not a
foreign diplomatist in Washington be
lieved in the success of the Union
cause, and such was tlie corruption of
many government officers and the im
pudence of the rebel emissaries, that
one of the most eminent members of
the diplomatic corps said to him:
"There is no way of saving the country
except by the wholesale fusilade.—
There arc in Washington at least otic
thousand whom the President should
order to be shot for the good of the
country.” lie says, furthermore, that
nothing in his life ever astonished hint
so tilth'll ik ini* nows 01 me miuucii
collapse of the Confederacy ; and in re
gard to the assassination of President
Lincoln by .John Wilkes Booth, he re
marks that one of the most singular
features of the American rebellion is.
iliat tlie rebels allowed Mr. Lincoln to
live so long, when they might have
killed him any dav without incurring
great personal risk.
It was owing to those reports that
King Leopold of Belgium lost faith in
the ultimate triumph of the Union '
cause, although lie warmly admired !
this country, and at (lie breaking out of ;
the rebellion expressed the most .un
feigned regret. Had lie not consider
ed the success of the Southern Con
federacy perfectly certain, lie would
never have consented to Muximillian's
expedition to Mexico.—[Washington
Star. i
■-..—
The Grave.—Tito grave covers all
defects, extinguishes all resentment.—
There is something .11 the hist solemn I
farewell, that unncrvis enmity herself.
Who can look on ihe poor remnant of!
mortality, deprived of its energies,
though once our enemy, and see it low- j
(•ring dow’t into its dat k and filial rest
ing place, and not say it is enough!
Farewell forever cancels all offences
annihilates all revenge. Who can fed
wrathful at the poor shred of earth
that lies'at our feet. The eye that once
flashed on ns with rage, is now moul
dering away ill its socket, the tongue
that slandered us is dumb forever, the
heart that meditated our ruin is fast
being consumed by loathsome reptiles,
the hand that was raised agaittst us lias
forgotten its cunning, the cold clods ol
the valley are 011 his breast—a little ,
while and nought will be left of him,
save a handful of ashes. Spouse of the
worm, and brother of the clay I already
the shades of oblivion begin to gather
around him—ho will soon be forgot
ten! Good God! who can look upon
forgive!—[Rev. Z Fuller.
A Rich You.no Man.—The English
papers contain interesting accounts of
the ceremonies in honor of the coming
age ol'tlie Marquis of Rule, ami his en
try upon the enjoyment of his vast po
sessions. This young nobleman i< the
owner of it on mines, coal pits and oth
er property from which lie derives a
Miro income ol X3D0.000 a year. lie is
the chief proprietor of the port
of Cardiff, Wales, the fourth port ot
Great Britain. The list of persons in
tlto world whose actual annual income
is as large as the Marquis of Bute's and
can he equally depended on, is less ex
tended than may generally bo sup
posed. The wealth of rich people is a
subject of great exaggeration ; as their
heirs at last find out. The London
Times, which preaches seasonable liom
jly on tho event, remarks that the
Queen has not from her own resources
more than a fifth of the Marquis of
Bute's income ; and the Prince of Wales
••started on his career of semi-royalty
with not more than a third"a* much.
The Poor Iiov.—Don t he ashamed,
my lad. If you have a patch on your el
bow. It speaks well for your indus
trious mother. For your part, we
would rather see a dozen patches on
your jacket than hear one profane or
vulgar word escape, from your lips.
Nfo good boy will shun you because
vou cannot dress as well as your com
panions : and if a had boy sometimes
1 limits at your appearance, sav noth
ing, iny lad, but walk on. We know
many a rich and good man who was
puce as poor as you. There is our
next door neighbor, in particular, now
one of our wealthy men who told u< a
short time since that when a child he
was glad to receive the cold potatoes
1 from his neighbor s tobl^.
The Croat or 8t. Georg*.
Speak to a Kuss'un of the Cross of St
George, end his faoe lights up with enthu
siasm. Could he hope to win that honor,
before which the Osar himself doffs his
chapeau? It is s military decoration for
unparalleled heroic actions on the field of
battle So rare is it. that the Grand Duke
Michael ia the only one of the imperial
family who bears it; and amid the hun
dreds of thousands who compose the Kus
j sian army, not half a dozen are decorated
with the Cross of St. tieorge.
One day while at Athens, in the street
of the Parthenon, I saw a llussiau funeral
pass. The ambassador followed the tuner
al with all his attaches, the deceased being
an officer of a vessel in the bay. To my
surprise, the ambassador. Mr Ozeroff,
suddenly halted before a hideous looking
sailor, stationed near the church, and
mado a low obeisance, uncovering his
head. All his attaches, civil and military,
covered as they were With decorations, did
the same. I looked in astonishment at
the man who could make these overbear
ing officials so obsequious; and what a
sight! A nose cut through in four places
and turned over on the left cheek, which
was furrowed by terrible scars the eye al ’
most closed, the forehead lined with
gashes. Shuddering at the sight, I turn
ed to my friend for explanation
‘‘See!” ho whispered; “he wears the
Cross of St. George.”
And then 1 noticed on the breast of the
scarred veteran, the black and yellow rib
lion with tiie-Cross of St George.
While Mouravieff was carrying on Ins
terrible Circassian campaign, sparing
neither human life nor human dwelling. !
I .11. i e. - . _. . .. ..1. .1... !
five mountain guns that constituted his
artillery
One day Mouravieff was checked
Schamyl, in person, attacked, with the
intrepidity of despair, and threw ail into
flight and disorder. Guns, gunners, \
ammunition, all remained in Schamyl s
hands, with r hurt of prisoner*, who met
the quarter Mouravieff gave, death. This
man alone escaped, and in « few days was ;
called upon to take charge of the gnus
and train Circassians to use them against
his countrymen. Ivan yielded wt'h no
apparent difficulty, and a battle soon
came off. Amid the rattle of musketry
Schamyl missed tho sound of cannon lie i
sent an emir to sec what was tho matter
■Make tho Giaour do his duty, or plant
your yataghan in his heart ” The emit
found Ivan contending with a dozen men.
who were endeavoring to forco him to
load and level the pieces lie protended i
t * yield, and going up, seized the ramrod
not to load the piooo, hut use it as u wea
pon against ten men armed with pistols
and swords. The struggle was short hut
terrible. Ivan canto out with a skull j
fractured, his face, hands and body gash j
ed, pierced and torn, hut the ten lay j
around him hors de combat,— Bleeding
from thirty wounds, he loaded his piece, j
and wheeling it around poured a volley of
grape on the nearest Circassians They
staggered under this unexpected attack,
and ttgain and again he spread death 1
through their ranks, till the already ;
victorious force began to waver, and, as a 1
last volley flashed among them, broke in
confusion, and lost the impregnable posi
lion which they had held.
As the Kussiatis pushed on to secure
the advantage thus gained so unexpected
ly, Mouravieff found Ivan blccediug at
every pore, beside his piece. Uncovering i
he exclaimed :
‘ I renounce my rank, my very name, if
this man is not rewarded as few mortals
can ho—with the t.'roaaofSt George"
Not ambassadors only, hut the highest
general or official in Russia, even the ''zar
himself salutes the hero as he meets him
ami guards present anus as to a superior
being, to the gad mtt-ir, lvun.
Hints lor l.utllra.
When your husband returns home at
night let hitu find the fire out, his tea and
toast cold, and you reading a novel.
If he tells you his expenses aie more
than his income, and proposes to move iu
toa smaller house, sit down and cry about
it. Tell iiin- you ulways lived iu a large
house beforo you mairied.
If at the end of a few mouths he.fails in
business don't make the best of his misfor
tunes. help him bear his troubles by giv.
ing your sympathy, hut cry as though
your heart would break.
Hint occasionally before him how much
higher position you held in society beforo
than since your murriage.
It he has business to call him out in
(lie evening, he sute and fret, wheu he
returns, about bis being out at eights ; and
about his disliking to be at home with his
family.
Whins every time he ecmjes into the
house about being tied at home Then,
if he propoees to take you and the chil
dren out to rido tell him you are tired,
half tr> death and don't want to ride.
Follow out tho-e hints faithfully, and
in return you will have as impatient und
as discontented a husband as can be found,
and one who will come horns only at eat
, iug and sleeping hours; aud you may be
I thankful to »w him then.
Jefferson Davis Abroad.
A correspondent of tho Charleston
Daily News, writing from Liverpool, un
der date of August 15th, sfcys :
It will be interesting to many of your
readers to receive an account of the recep
tion of Mr. Davis, in this country. He
arrived by the steamer “Austrian” of the
Montreal line, in tolerably good health,
although to strangers he seemed delicate
and careworn. The Southerners, resident
in this city, and other friends, on hearing
that he was expected, engaged rooms for
his family at the Adelphi Hotel and
awaited h'.s arrival. They decided to
avoid with care anything that might tend
to invite a public demonstration.—Their
ohjeot and desire were to evince their doep
feeling of respect and sympathy, but
within the limits prescribed by a decorous
regard for existing circumstances.
Dy these friends Mr. Davis was wel
corned on the deck of th-c steamer, and a
hearty greeting was offered to him and his1
family The news of his arrival spread
rapidly around tho dock, and a large num
ber of people assembled on the quay, by
whom, on landing, he was greeted with
cheers and a unanimous expression of
warm and kindly feeling.
During the stay he has since made at
the Adelphi Hotel, he has been called up
on by those who had taken an interest in
the Southern cause, and by leading resi
dents of this city who had taken no promi
nent part, but no\r came forward to pay
their respects, under tho feeling that
prompts every generous mind to sympa
thize with suffering and misfortune.
Having had tho advantage of frequent
intercourse with Mr, Davis, I may ven-.
ture to say, from personal knowledge aim j
observation, that he has won golden j
opinions from all who have approaches j
him. All arc impressed by Ins dignity ol
carriage and courtly bearing, and although
there is usually an expression of sadness
on liis features, furrowed as they are by
thought. anxiety and sorrow, yet for most
there comes a smile singularly winning
and benignant. In conversation his tone j
is always calm, often cheerful; and none j
have described their impressions to me j
who have not been struck, like myselt,
with the force of bis reflections on men
and events, and the felicity of the diction 1
in which they are expressed.
Although, as I have observed, public '
notice has been carefully avoided, yet on
several occasions, when he has been rccog j
uized, he has been greeted by the public
of all classes with respectful cordiality
In this there waa no trace of political feel
ing. It is the homage men pay to one
who has been the ruler of millions of a
gallant race —whoso name is inscribed
forever on the pago of history—and on j
whose purity as a public man slander has
left no stain. W hen to these there i.- I
added the recollection of sufferings, physt- j
cal and mental, such as were seldom recor
ded or few have survived, it is natural that
all should he touched, and should ap
proach, even as with a feeling of revet
euce, the living and present representa
tive of so much that was great in the past
—of so much that must live forever in the
records of the future
--■*-*-#•
Mart Jake and the Grecian I5knd.
—Yuba Dam, the racy correspondent
of the Louisville Courier, Writes:
Mary Jane has got it: that fashion
able curvature of the spine called tin
‘•Grecian bend.” Site caught it at
Saratoga, where she has been on exhi
bition during the season. She has re
iui iittii uvn i/i ...... • ■• •
several large trunks lull of second hand
clothing—i. e., garments which she Inis
worn once. •
As I was passing a dry-goods store
on Fourth street, Mary Jane was com
ing out of the door. She was pitching
forward at such a rate that l thought;
she was about to fall into my arms. 1
hold out those Implements of industry
accordingly. She didn't fall worth a
cent. Regarding not the example set
by our first parents, site maintained her
curviliniar form- and, placing \lie tip
of a gloved fore-finger on my out- i
stretched palm ; she said, in the fasti
ionahln drawl of a Fifth Avenooillc,
“Aw, Yubaw, is it you? Deloited.”
She picked up that interim! accent
and language at Saratoga also.
“Why, Jennie, dear, this is an un
expected pleasure. (Grabbing botlnhe
little hands and rolling them up to
gether.) I was not looking foe you for
some weeks. You are ill. I am sorry.
Shall I assist you to your carriage?”
"Never was bettaw in tna loife. I
was fawced to lave that sweet place,
because I hud absolutely nothing to
weaw."
"Nothing to wear I Why. what lias
become of all your clothes! Did you
have a fire, or did you exchange them
foe flower vases and plaster Faris statu
ettes of the Apostle?”
"Haw stupid! 1 bad worn alt my
dresses once, and its nawt the stoyle to
appeab In the same appawral twice. '
•‘Confound ihe style! Rut I am glad
you came home, if you did come home
almost naked and so changed that it is
difficult to realize that it is you. You
are among friends now. and I hope you
will shortly recover your speech and
your figure.”
fiylt is fact worih nothing, that bully
boys are generally cow ards
Roosters,
By prof. j. billings.
Thare is not on tho wliola horizon ov
livi natur a more pleazing and strength
ening study than the /■‘ouster This re
markable package of featbors has bin for
ages food for pbilosophik as well as the
simple curions mind. They belong tew
the feathered sekt dcuiominuted poultry,
and are the husbands of meany wives In
Utah it is konsidered a disgrace tew speak
dtsrespekful of a rooster. Brigham
Toung's coat ov arms is a rooster in full
blast, crowing till bo is almost bent over
double backward.
The flesh ov the rooster is very similar
tew the flesh ov the lieu; it is hard tow
distinguish tho difference, espo-hly in
jure soup. l.ousters are the pugilists
aniung the doincstik burds; they were the
belt, and having no shoulder tew strike
from, they strike from the lieoh
Roosters, according to profane history,
if my edukashun remembers me right,
were formerly a man, who come sudden
ly upon on ov the heathen g -ds at a time
when he woof prepared tew nee company,
and waz for that offense rebuilt over into |
that fust rooster, and waz forever after
ward destined tew crow as a kind of war-!
ning This charge from a man akounts|
for their fighting abilities, and for their I
politeness tew the liens Thare is noth
ing in a man that a woman admires more
than his reddyne.-s and ability to smash
mother fellow, and it iz jiss sowith a hen
When a rooster gits licked the hens all
march oph with the other rooster, if he
aint liaffso big or handsome.
It iz pluck that wins a hen or a woman
'I lur.- is a great variety ov pedigree
aniung the rooster race lut fur steddy
IMblibOO, IIIV tile UlU'llirillUII • ■ II I I l 1 I ' j
rooster, short logged, and when they walk
they alwus strut, and their buzzuin* stick
out like a alderiuans’a abdominal cupboard,
fhis breed is hawkcolored. ami has a
crooked tail on them arched like a sickle,
and az fail ov leathers as a new duster
Hut when you come right down to grit,
and throw all outside influences overboard,
tbore ain't nothing on earth, nor under it,
thut can out style, out step, outbrag, or
out pluck a regular II.1 ntom rooster.
They always put uic in mind ov a very
small dandy practicing before a looking
glass.
They don’t weigh more than thirty
ounces, but they make az much fuss az a
tun I have seen them tiymg tew pick a
ijUarrel with a two-hoss wagon, and don’t
think they would hesitate tew fight a
meeting-house if it w.iz the least sa^sy tew
them
It seejns tew be necessary that there
-hould be sumthing outrageous in evry
thuig, tew show us wliur propriety ends
>nd impropriety begins. ’IT is iz the
melancholy ease in the rooster affair; for
we have the shanghi rooster, the gratest
outrage, in my npitiyun, ever committed
in the annals of poultry.
These kritters are the camels aiming
fowls, they mope around the barnyard,
tipping o”cr the hay racks und stepping
on the yung goslins, and evry now and
then they crow confusion.
If ennyliody shouldergive me a shanghi
rooster 1 should halter him and keep him
in a box stall, and feed him on ctU feed,
and if he would work kind in harness, a I
right; if not. I would butcher him the lust
wet day that cum, and salt him down tew
give tew the poor.
liut there aint noboddy a going tew giv
me one ov this breed, knot il 1 know it ;
I 11, k 111 tllllllr fll 17 !l Ill-all llll I»:llfll
moan enough tetv do it.
Ho s era do hut very little household
work; they won’t lay entry eggs nor try
tew hutch any, nor see tew the young
ones; this satisfy* me that there is some
truth in the mythologik.il aekouut ov the
rooster’s fust origin.
Yu kant git a roostei tew pay enny
attention tew a young one; they spend
their time in crowing, strutting, and occa
sionally find a worm, which they make a
remarkable fuss ovor. calling up theii
wives from a distance, apparently tow
treat them, but just nr. the liens get thare
this elegant and elaborate cuss bends over
and gobbe s up the morsel.
A Sliout Mistake.—In N'eiv Hamp
shire there lived an ignorant, worth
less family, Uausoui hv name, no mem
ber of which had seen inside a church
within the ••niemoiy of the oldest in-;
habitant. ’ The village pastor, after
years of failure, had at length ••almost 1
persuaded” two of the young scions to
pfoiuise attendance tor one sabbath,
but the fear that they would he made
the subject of some personal remarks
still deterred them. They were in
great terror uf tieing publicly upbraid
ed tor their wickedness. Alter much
exertion their tears were quieted, and
on the following Sunday the eyes ol
the parson s congregation were cston-1
ished at the unwoti'ed presence of the
aforesaid Hansom* All went well
until the reading of the second hymn,
which was the familiar ‘‘Blow ye the
trumpet, blow!”
Imagine the effect, nt the end of the
line, "Heturn, ye ransom d sinners
home!"
The eldest of our heroes seized his I
hat and with long strides toward the
door, shouted—‘'Come along. Kill! I
know d they'd be flinging at us if wo
com* hnrer'
BY TELEURAPH!
Special to tl» Ciricut ]
Memphis. Nor. 4.
Memphis election. This congres
sional senate District very close. Left
iricb, democrat, probably elected by
two hundred. Election passed off
quielly, not a single disturbance.
Returns from State of New York
very nte.agra and indicate close rote.
Massachusetts returns indicate 75,
900 republican majority.
Connecticut returns iudicato 25.0^0
republican majority.
Pennsylvania will givo republican
majority at least 25.000.
Forty-two Townships in Indiana
give republican gain of 4.800. All re
turns received from Ohio and Indiana
indicate large republican gains.
Forney claims Pennsylvania by 14,
300 majority. f
Philadelphia has gono republican bv
2.000.
Fifty-six townships in Connecticut
show 11300 republican gain.
Reports from West Virginia show
republican gains.
Cincinnati. Nor. 3.
Specials from Chicago in scattering
returns show following republican ma
jorities—Illinois 40.000; Indiana 10,
300; Wisconsin 15,000 to 20,000; Min
nesota 9,009: Iowa 50.000.
New York city democratic majority
from 50.000 to 55.000. Republicans
claim State by 15.000 to 20,000 majori
ty. Hoffman, however, says lie is
elected, but sufficient returns have not
yet been received to decide result.
Returns from Connecticut indicate
republican majority of about 3000; :
Democrats claim five Congressmen
elected in New Jersey.
Republicans claim Pennsylvania by1
nnmi-oiuui
Nothing definite front Maryland.
Nebraska lias gone 4500 majority re
publican.
Republicans claim Alabama.
Louisiana goes for Seymour.
New York and Brooklyn give about
70.000 majority for Seymour.
Fifty-five townships in Indiana show :
republican gain of 1)74. Democratic!
<ain 97. Same ratio gives state to re
publicans by 16,000.
Boston gives 4000 to 5000 republican
majority.
New Hampshire gives 6000 republi
:an majority.
Rhode Island makes clear sweep for
jlraut. Great gains are reported in
Maine. Indications are that Alabama
tvill go for Grant.
Gen. Butler telegraphs, “I am elected
:>v 600)1 at least, over all opponents.
Cuyahoga county will give 4500 for
iraut.
Cincinnati, Nov. 3.
Returns from all the wards in this
■ity give Grant 4890 majority, a Re
ntbiican gain of 2600. The county
tv ill give Grant nearly 5.000 majority. ,
COLLTMIIUS. Nov. 3.
The State Committee claim the State j
Republican by from 35,000 to 40,OK!
aiajorltv.
Cleveland, Nov. 3., 11:30 r. m.
Dispatches from New York say re-1
turns from that State indicate a small
majority for Seymour. Hofl'man runs
2.000 or 3,000 ahead. Legislature is
Republican.
San Francisco, Nov. 3.
City lias gone Democratic. State is :
in doiibt.
Nashvillew<Nov. 3.
Incomplete returns indicate large
reduction Radical majority.
An Anecdote of President Lin
coln.—President Lincoln tells this I
story of himself. He was t iding one j
(lie driver asked him to treat him.
•‘1 never use liquor,” was Lincoln's
reply, "and cannot induce others to do
so.'
"Don’t chew neither?”
■No sir.”
"Nor smoke ?”
"No sir; I never use tobacco in any 1
form.”
"Well,” replied the disgusted Jehu,
"1 liain't much opinion of you fellers
with no small vices. I alters noticed
you made it up in big ones.”
fcajr A doctor was very much an
noyed by an old lady who always stop
ped him on the street to tell him over
her ailments. Once she met him when ;
lie was in a great hurry.
*Ah ! 1 see you are quite feeble,” said i
the doctor. “Shut, your eyes and show
mo your tongue.”
She obeyed, and the doctor moving
off, left her standing there for some
time in this ridiculous position, to the
infinite amusement of all who witness
ed the funnv scene.
■
--—.
I.azt Bovs.— A lazy boy makes a
lazy man. just as sure as a crooked sap
ling makes a crooked tree. Whoever
saw a lazy boy grow up in idleness
that did not make a shillless vagabond
when he became a man, unless he had
a fortune left with him to keep up ap
pearances? The great mass of thieves,
criminals and paupers have come to
what they are, hv being brought up in
idleness. Those wiio constitute the
business part of tho rommuniiy, those
who make our great and useful men,
were taught in their boyhood to be
industrious.
Btayliussia lias borrowed ninety mil
lion dollars in foreign markets for rail
road purposes within twelve months.
A i’linrf uutlon I'uzzle.
Tlie following article forcibly illustrates
die necessity of punctuation It can be
ead in two ways, making a very bad man
ir a very good man, the result depending
m tho manner in which it is punctuated : .
‘ IIo is an old and experienced man in
aico and wickedness lie is never found
jppo..ing tho wtorks of iniquity ho takes
lelight in the downfall of tho neighbor* J
he never rejoices in the prosperity of any
jf hi* fellow creatures he is always ready
io assist iu destroying the peace of society
he takes no pleasure in serving the Lord
lie is uncommonly diligent in sowing dis
Jord among his friends and acquaintances
lie takes no pride in laboring to promote
die oanso of Christianity he has not been
u-gligcnt in endeavoring to stigmatize ail
public teachers he makes no exertions to J
lubdue his evil passions he strives hard to
build up Satan’s kingdom he lends no aid
to the support of the Gospel among the ,
heathen he contributes largely to the evil j
ulversary ho pays no attention to good ad ;
rice he gives great heed to the Devil lie
tvill never go to heavers he must go where '
he will receive tho just recompense of re
ward.”
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
ftwwtS TTTi“w
^< e . v. ■
i
Being permanently located at Des Arc. I
will continue the praoticu of la is profession in I
ill its branches.
Olhce at Col. J. M. Barney’s Drug 3tore.
DR. ROB'T. B.
Tenders his professional services to
.lie citizens of Dos Are and v: .-oily.
Offlee—At D. i . Johnson Drugstore.
scpili j ■
13. F. Johnson
D ItUGGIS T,
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
KEEP on hand a Urge assortment of Drugs.
Medicines, Points, Oils. Perfumery, ,
’a'efit Mediei8.il?!, Wines, Brandies. Whiskey,
hr medical purposes, which he will sell low,
'rcseriptious and orders filled promptly.
Perms cash. feb. 15, 1808.
1\ EEFTIEX,
Watchmaker and Jeweler.
t
DES ARC, ARKANSAS, j
—
[AM NOW PREPARED TO DO ALL ^
kinds of work in my line. Meud
tig,Cleaning. Ac. }
-Thankful for past favor*. I solicit a!.
ontinuanco of the patronage herotofor* he- '■
toi d OQ lilt?. febl2S-tf i
I. M. M'COMB*. CKO. KKLLKR. M. .F. BYRNBS. i,
McCombs \ Co.,
Iinporlers anil Dealers In | i
Foreign imd Domestic Hardware,1
Cutlery, Flc<li:mi<s* Tool*,
Agricultural Implcmcnta,
IKON AND NAILS, Ac.
AGENTS FOR
(.FAIRBANKS' Standard Scale*; Hair* Fire
' Proof Safes; Straub’s «'oin and Flour!
Mills; Wheeler, .Madden A Clerason a Circu j
lar .'*aws.
Nos. 322!$ and 324 Main Street,
[>ct 13-3 in Memphis Tenn.!
iic^tuar ■*in|viils, tv imp anu
Little lied Kiter Packet,
DES
JOHN D. ELLIOTT, Master.'
Jos. Elliott and Mat Glass, Clerks.
V3*ri, The *t,,amcr. p«* •'?'
.Jr^Shaving neon put in thorough
repair, has entered the Memphis and White ;
river trade permanently, leaving Memphis j
every Monday tor all points on White and
Little Red levers, connecting at Details
Bluff with trains for Little Rock. L»»ave Des
Arc on Friday for Memphis. aug‘25
\. M URKyOR, WM. M GRKUOK,
f *
McGUEGOU Hit ON.,
Cotton Fuct or a
—A it D
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
14»U GUAVIUU STIIKET,
Between Carondelet and Baronne,
New Orleans, La.
LIBERAL advances made on consign
ments. oet20'3in
IMSSOLITIO*.
rjlIIE co-parlhership heretofore existing
under the firm style of Wormeley, Pick
et & Co. is dissolved, having expired by
limitation on 1st July last. Mr. W. S Pick
ett remains in charge of the books, accounts
tnd assets of lhe late firm, atid is charged
with the settlement and liquidation of its af- j
fairs. RALPH WORMELEY,
W. S. PICKETT.
JOHN I). OSSERY.
W. 8. HCTCpTT & CO.,
(Successors to H'vrmctcy, I*ickett 4' Co.,)
Cotton Factors and General Commission
MERCHANTS.
As liquidating partner of the late firm of ,
Wormeley, Pickett & Co.. I shall continue the
Cotton Factorage end General Commission
Business, under Hie above style, and solicit
consignments of Cotton and other Produce,
on which liberal advances will be made when j
required. A successful experience of more
than twenty years iu this business, is the
best guarantee 1 can offer for fidelity and
despatch in promoting the In ter eat-* of my
patrons. W. 8. PICKETT.
Memphis, Sept. 1*H8.—estHthfir
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
Z. P. H. FARR,
1TT0P.STSY AT LA7T,
LITTLE ROCK. ARKANSAS.
. K. GATEWOOD. J. S. THOMAS,
GATEWOED & THOMAS,
£ AW
DE8 ARC, ARKANDilt.
Td\ !P. Vaughan.
ITTORNEY AT LAW
DE? ARC. ARKANSAS.
W'ILL practice in the Courts of the Counties
f Rirairie. White, Jackson, WoodruO and
Jonroe. Particular attention given to the
ollection of claims any where in the State.
sepTtf.
V. E. EMERSON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
GENERAL LAND AGENT,
AUSTIN, PRAIRIE COUNTY, ARK.
Special attention given to the collection
Jid securiug claims, buying and soiling lands,
laying taxes, examing titles, &c. april li
J. ft. P. ALDRIDGF/,
ITTORNEY AT LAW.
Cotton Plant, Arkansas,
Wll.p practice ia the Circuit Courts of
y-odruir count?, and the Circuit Courts of
*ic soventli Judicial District, and (rive proVn^t
uention to ail business entrusted to his
are. janl2
t. ». OABTT. W. /. BBOBACOB.
GANTT ft BRON AUGII,
ITTOaSSYS AT LAW.
BROWNSVILLE, ARKANSAS.
Prompt atleution giren to collection of
laime. uprl-1
W. J. ROGERS.
ATTOaUKY AT* LAW-,
BROWNSVILLE, ARKANSAS.
Prompt atreution given to th* Collection
f Claims, Investigation of Land Titles. Pay
ment of Taxes. Ac. wyVi
AMES H. PATTERSON, LUCIAN C. GAUSE,
iuyuata, Ark. Jackaonport, Ark.
Patterson & fianse,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Jackson port and Augusta, Arkansas.
Will practice in the Counties of Woodruff,
ackson. Independence, White, Lawrence,
(andolph. Green. Craighead and Cross, and
ttend to special cases in any part of the
State. Addross either office. myl8-ly
. C. JONSON. Office—West Point, Arkansas.
NO. M. MOORE, Office—Searcy,.Arkauaaa.
JONSON Si MOOREi,
Attorneys at Law,
SOLICITORS IN CHANCERY,
—AND —
ueacrai Lanu ana uone ciing' Agents,
HEiRCY, ARKAN8A81,
Wn.L give prompt attention to any business
n the counties of Independence, Jackson.
Voodruff, Monroe, Prairie, White, Conway
md Van Buren. niar9
iOL. F. CLARK. 8AM W. WILLIAMS
C'liti’lc & 'Williams*
AUoruoys at Law,
LITTL* ROCK, .IRHt.tS.tfl_
WILL practice in all the Court*, prosecute
Claim* of all kinds, collect debts, and
kCt a9 R'al F.itatt and (itneral Agentn.
Ottir*—Markham Street, near State House.
april28-tf
r A M E S .T. (r A L L A G H E R,
Attorney at Lntr,
70ttox rr.A\r. woonsrrrco. ark
Will practice where called.
sep28-*f.
m. R. COODY. R. MC RAR
COODY & McRAE, 4
At LAW
8E4RCY, WHITE IOI .VTY,
A. It KANSAS,
Will pr.eticc ia all the courts of Arksntss
uiar24
Dp. R. B. SHELBY,
rKNDERS his professional services to tie
Citizens of Dcs Arc and surrounding
sountry, in the practice of Medicine and Ob
►tetrics. He Ijopes from an experience ef
>ver fifteeu years in Southern practice, to
nerit a share of public patronage.
Oflioe one doer East of Burney’s Drug