Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 14, 1876, Page 6

. v struggle for guccess aud “o and wle WORSE THAN PIELPS. The Adventurgs of a Democratic Re- form Oandidate for Congress. e Accldentally Meets and Proposes Mar- ringe to an Estiinable Lady, 1n Bpite of the Fact that He Has o Wifo and Three Child-en, The Lettexs in Which the Aspiving Statosmnn Told His Love. A1, Zowte Demacrat, Oct. 13, The following Intcresting and amusing story will be read with a great deal of ntorest by the many friends of Mr. T, L. Davi§, & gentleman who resldes at Tureka, Kan., and who {s o can- didate for Congress on the Democratic ticket, 1t will prove eapeclally attractive to all who de- 1ight in romance, Of Mr. Davis little I8 known, except that he fs the posscssor of a eoft heart, an equally soft head, & wife, und three children, and has been desperately smitten by the charms of an estimable widow Jady. Inthe latter part of Juno last, when this Congressional asplrant ‘packed his carpet-bag, labeled it “Tilden and Reform," and hastened to St. Louls for the pur- posc of dancing attendance on the Natlonal Democratle Convention, ho little drenmed that e twas CUTTING 1S TRROAT POLITICALLY, + and taking tho prellminary steps towards fur- nlshing the Globe-Democratl with the racleat kind of soclal sensation. Bo this ns it mdy, Mr. Davis, ot Eurecke, Kan,, reached St. Louis iv safoly, gazed with wonder on the big Lrldge, plaged an activo part in Dorsheimer’a circus at the Chamber of Commetce, saw nil that was to e scon, and then started for Keutucky, On the sama train thers was & widow lady and her little daughter$ who were aleo en route to the durk and bloody ground to visit some relatives in an interior village. ‘The lady was about 26 years of age. Iur **lovely, beautiful, sad face, with golden_ hale and hecavenly eyes,” pln:ml havoc with the heart of the Cougressmon. ile ‘Was BMITTEN AT FIRST S101IT, amd in order to gain tho good wil of the mother, very naturally made friends with lor child, "He vetted nnd caressed thie Jittlo ono in hie most fathicrly manner, and the result ained ot was accomplished. The tady and her admirer entertained each other us travelers who mre ac- cidently thrown together usually do, and when tho thne camo for them to part ft waa with a feeling of regret on onoside at least, The widew had been in lier new home only a day or two when sho received a letter from Davls,” re- nuesting the plensure of betne allowed to cop- respond with her. The request was granted, and the politiclan's suit npparently prul!rcusml nwlmmlygxy, na on Auts. 3—a date junde historle Ly Bret Harte—Davis used up an bour's time and 10 cents’ worth of statfonery in inditing the . followingz humorous eplstlc to hls acquuintance ol a few weeks: LOVE AND FOLITICS. Eunria, Kan., Ang. 3, 1870, —Mns, s 1 acknowlcdge with o Jjrent deal of picasure tho ro. ceptlon of your lasg, letter. and am elated beyond niensuro at the character of it, and the prompincss with whicn you respond, After rending your jot- ter the it time, 1 felt that § would glve nnymlnlz and everything in the world that {s mine to give (f 1 conld but sce you, look [nto your cyo and talk to you; atter reading {¢ o second and third time I felt n ulmost [rrestatiblo Jmpnleo Lo hmsten to yon. Fleaso don't think from tius that 1am rashly b pulsive, for Xam not, Plenso don't think that I am given to oxnggemtlon, for I am ndt. I know L um not given to tlattery, 1 there ts anything [ can st of ft Is of belg frank ond candid with all wen and all women. When yon #nld fu yourlets ter that my letters are **sincers and manly, " you pald me w compliment thut I prize very highly, I Ve TRAVELED A GREAT DEAL in my life; huve met a great muny ehurmlng women vy travels, but never until Imot rau did I mect 1ne who o completely nnd cffeetunlfy won my ad- wration nnd~L dure ot pen tho sucred word now —nw yourelf, 'This §s true, and i feol that Lam wot violating any rule of propriety, or writing any- tliing that woild incur the censuro of thy most sustilous, when 1 tell yon o In biack and white, . From the thee 1 parted from you st McLeansboro, your linnge haebeen constantly and continually before ny oyes. Although Luin trammeled ond wurrounded Ly the cared of businesy, nnd abont ta phinze tnto Lo whirlpool of polltics, yet 1 find my- xell thinking of you, HOPING AND PRAYING :hnn may meet you again, ond wondering if fute s not réadered o decreo fn which we aro Loih deeply oud viinlly intereated, "1 irango, pus- Ing wirunge, that yon should have somnch Inttuence over me upou an acquuintance short ae ours. Hul it 1a o, —** truth 18 wtranger than ietlon,' How [ woulil Jke to be with you, and _enjoy with you sume af the hurachack rides yon have,” Tho exer- clse 1a delightful and hesltb-glving. 1 am exceed- ingly fond of it, and used tu prido meyrell upon being a gracetul rldur, although I have ndfur seen you on Lioracback, ‘Lhe dayw Will scem long from ow until your return to 5t. Lowis. 1 meon they will sectn long to me, for Lam determined to sce more vf you, and know more of you LEFORE MANY MOONS ¢ wox and wane,' My faflure to accompany you 1o bhuwneetown Iwa continnal source of “regret o we, 1 thonght of It and would have propused (o do so, but wns afraid you would not cutment for me to go. The truth of the matter fa Iought to lave gone, 1 have forgotien the namo of the Jady whe left the traim with you, 1 thought her a very plenennt ludy, T shall‘always have s kindly ro- membrance of her because she Is inthuately as- rocluted with my firat acquaintance with you. thank you for your kind wlshes for mi’ snccess politicnlly. 'T'hld Congremslonal District is o very urze one, composed of twenty-elgit countlcs, and the canvass will necemarily ‘be # very luborious =nc. 1shall CANVAYS TID DISTRICT THOROUGNLY, 1 copyuence the canvass with s majority of 500 Agninet me, but am confident 1 cun overrome jt and win tho election, 1 feel confident that will meet & membee of Congress when you mio at St. Lowm in a fow montha, As 1o tho wnce ceas of the Nutlunal Democratic ticket thers can . Dbe, 1think, litle doutit, The indications are wil encouraging. Political excltement always runy Ligh In-Kentueky) and 1 wm quits suro the com- -palgn witl be at Wwhite heat there this year. In my victory, 1 hall always think of you, and by that name 1 shall conqucr, 1ow very thankful 1 am that [ met you, 'Mhut nood will come to both of usin the near future + there eas bo no doubt. I think our necting just na Jt uceurred wasd FOIEORDAINED. Now Iam golng to make a request of you, which 1 pray you will grant, Send wmoe plctures of your- eclf and doeliug lttlo girl, Plesso do thls, Don't refuso me, Send It at'once, and I will be so gruto- ful. I pray thet you will not divappolnt e, Pleaso wrltc o ns soou ux you get this, Ldo love your Jettord su, I trust your swect littlo girl Is well now, and tuat you, iny dear, dear, are i good health. I would to God I could ‘sco ‘you to-day, tiod speed tho duy whieu 1 whall sce” you aguin, A;illn [ sk that you wrile me us suon ns you get 1kls, andsend the plcture, Truly and sincerely yours, T, I, Davia. 1% PREPHNS TIIB BUBSTANCE TO THE BUADOW, | Ten days later the ardor of the fascinated Tover bad by no means cogled, 1o has reccived a picturo which streugthens lia tove, and sighs for the substance fnstead of the shudow, ulso asking If he eannot soou make the origtual hlr. 1o thien branclies off into politics, renews his declaratfon of nnd{'lng love, and wishea that the object of his affectlons could look fnto his eye in ?{flc: that stie wmight bo conviuced of bis efn- cerily: Eunxxa, Ksn., Sepl. 1i1, 1870, =Mt Dzan Mns, —: Your charmiug lettor of 20th of August i found awaiting mo on my return Saturday from a trip South, 1 do love your lvtters, and 1 am so thankful to you for the picture. If [ could but liave the substance instead of the shadow, 1 would Ve happy. May 1 not hops (o call the origlanl mine #ome -{' You can answer this question without any feellng of ‘embarrasament, and I sincerely hupo you will. “Your latter s ENCOURAGED ME wore thau T Lave beon_encouraged »ince I became o candidate, Indeed, 1 have derived an fmmense deal of consolation i It Mo know that sucha ' woman as you takes feels an {nlerent In my wellare, aud watchcs with friondly solicltudo thy result of tho desperate polltical buttle 1o wuich I am engaged, norves me for increaved cxertion and ls.in truth the uoblest Incentive man could have, Uod grant me success, for your sake as well 8a mine,” Jf tho States that vote in Uctober £o Democratie, 1am canfident 1 will be elected ; no you con_huve some {ded of the painful woxlety With which I shall wulch the result in those Stutes. 1am a0 glad to hicar that you huve ENJOYED YOUIt VISIT to Kentucky, snd hopo you whil return to Bt.Loujs feeltug benefited by the'trip. 1 shall cortamly bo fnBt. Louls to sce you nbout the 15th of Novem- ber. It scems a fong time off, bul the thno will #00n pasa away. L yumetinos think 1 s a ttle fouligh about you, I am thinking sboul you wo wuch totho exclusion of vther things. When lveo you Lwilh el you my oplulon of you. 1 had much rather tell you in person tuan write It, for the res- sun thut yourcan tell better whether Lam sincers it ou are ‘looking futo my eye. 1 have often Booght kow dellghtful it would kave been going lo Nuw York ot the thue wo NET BY CILANCE, K [ wissedd you 8o sadly sfter Luu feft tho traln, for about that tfuo I began to becomo very decply ine terested, and for doya aud weeke—~Indoed, mont all the fune siuce—a lovely, beoutiful, sad face, with rolcen halr and Lieavenly eyca, had been copstant- y—-yee, constautly—befors my eyes. How 1 do Jove that lnlclur«l 1 fcel ta-day that 1 would give suything In the world to be ut “your sido but for nu tour. 1 wiil bo ln Topeka on the 2:2d of thlsmont., here will Lnve some Jarge-wize plivty- Wil e+ you one ufter your reteen {nnuwmtllma gitl in the hest of hoalth. At ehild for {ta mother's rnke. more now. 1 begof yon ta write me as svon as Fon Bet this, Hayine received an epistie in which ho is told that he may _hope, tho riricken swaln wishes that he had wings to fly tothe uh}cctol s offections, and desires not “to be Jaughed at for cxpressing that wish, After sending his lady- y extract from n country nows- paper, whicli detaila his many virtues and advo- enten his claims for Congreas, Davis aguln love n leng Devotediy yours, SWEETGN TIAN EVER writes: Furexa, Ke., Sept. Your dear, dear Joter of torday. Thi remon 1 wouls next one I promizse you shall ve, T snprenly am spre {he indlescribablo. to be with you this evening, leave your nrosence at all, write an 1 feel, 28, s lctter must be very brief, O, 1 wonld GIVR ANYTHING IN TUE WORLD 1'ca recions letter of power Lwould 1iy to your slde Instantly, don't langh at mo for writing in this atyle. 1t an't manly, nore now—wlll write agali_noon. me an soon as you et thiz. youre, "About this tinie the lacy, as well na b thought that if Davis were the great man which resented himeell to be, and If Die were In carnest in his protestatlons of love, {t was about time that they learned something {n regard to his antecedents. widow's befng connected with one of the largest dry-gouds bouses in 8t, Louls, was theretoro lxl‘?;cn {nto the confidence of hereelf and broth- er-In-law. As the lionso transact business with several merchants fn Eureka, it wus suggested that one of them be written to, inoreas a mat- ter of form than nuything else, the lady aud her Tio roj mnll\? but 1 can't help it A STARTLING DENOULRMBNT. friends betfevivg that Davis was of honor. Teing a cangidate for Congress, they doubtles argued in their Innocence thut hecould gricvously they were mistaken ond how the unfortunate lady had been deceiv- ed by the aspiring statcsman were soon to be forin o day or two the following reply camo from the Lurckn dry-goods mer- chant, showing that Davis was not only ried man, but that nie had never been separated not err. made known, A OENTLEMAN 1low from his wife, that hewas the father of Eunsia, kon,, Sept. 16, 1870.—~DsAn Sin: Yours of the Dth inst, reccived, and will gay in ro- fhrd to the subject to which yon rofer, thought presented to my nind D thiss WWAGE die- )fllll wiil Mr. 1% L, Duris muke of his uife and Samlly of threo chlldren with 1whom e 1a now tieh 8 been, to.my personal kuowledge, for phat faur {’cufl You haye been wrongly informed . 11¢ f1 the Democratlc cans didate for Congress, and his chances for clectiun are nhont as goost as are his chances of being struck by lightning hetween thin and the November elec- Thinking tho_nbove Information will be all that yoti require, Iam yours truly, poall and ha as to Mr, tions, Wien Darls finda thut ] has been discovered and that *‘the jiz I8 up,” he sces nt once that exposure will rulu him, politically, aud thut un- Tess the uffulr can be hished up b his Republican opponent. will pglide the next Congress. A WIPE AND TIHRER CHILDREN. i *a politics, A FEW ATOLOGIES. tions.” RRead the apologles: Eunrka, lan,, Oct, 2, can unl{ explain by seaing you. Kknew o nut to blame. can ece you, No one ¥nowa that 1 hare ever roceired o letier Sromyou, Irctll explain to your 1870, ~Mns, onr correspondence but you and I. 1return the pleture. Do not rukn me, satinfactlon. Eungga, Kan,, Oct, i}, 187 marrled lifo is ny o Llank. This Is ull I cansny you 1 was com- This §s true. about that now, lotely Infatunted with mpulslvencess and b)ind [nfatuation may haye led mo toa far, aud donbless has, o ovll fntentione. in and explain ail, explaln [n a letfer, BXECUNT OMNES, —Mns. When { nel ou, Ciod Ipray God #nd beg of you to furzive me, known I intended no orfl to_yot. 100 barahly nutil yon kuow all. Louin hetween the 15th and Jast of November, and S 1 conld sce you In pernon [ beliove 1 can oxplain in beg that you forgive me. Ploaeo donot rulu and blast iy wliole future. Very respectfully, T, L. D, my conduci. "1 agui It might be addecd that Inter letters have been recelved from Davis of & shintlar tenor, but they bave had uo eflect on the brother-in-law of the ludy fn the vase, who Lus taken the matter fn hund, aud asserts that he will attend to the It was through the instru- 'man_thut the Globe- slon of the above corre- spondence, and it i3 ltkely that exposure will be persupal chastisement. tho meantime Mr. 'I' L. Davls, Democratic Re- form candidato for Congress, Is carrylng ou the ‘writer In person. mentality of thls gu Lemoeral came in followed up with POSTACRIPT.: U canvass under difiiculties. PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN . [isateno paylng, thata man is known by the ‘coinpuny he kl'i:lw. mil these Tines we e Wl whow thu character of the Democratic Prasidentlal e e —— . candidate fue 1874, ) ‘When this old hat was now, boya, Sum Vilaen aud Bilt Fweed Wero bosom-cronles in Naw Yorlk, And mighty well avreed: "The teicks oie did u® think of, sir, "o olher wurely knew, And no they swelld thoie bank-accounts, ‘When this vld hat was new, When this old bat was new, boys, Oh! how the money went; They scovped the Clty Treasury np, Anid yet woro not content: 1y plaie that Ham lovented, str, Ttnown but 10 very tew, Phey cotinted Hoffman Governor, When this old hut was new.. AVlien this old hat was new boys, And everythiuyg serone While Bauxiny run the Kallroad, iy Boas ran *the Machine, "' With Hofmau up the Hudson, slr, Oh, how the mouey Hew: Reforuy was what they did not want, \When this old hat was new. ‘When this old hat was new, boys, tireat scandals woro afloat; The Uaman'ny ring was broken ap, "ha Boss was uade vcapegoat; Ungratotul Baw at las® begah, el ougl st} ono of tha srow, it ‘0 cry **lop thief,* and koepa It up, Hluco this old hat was new, " L When thia old Lat way niew, boys, 16 wo biavo Jearned the fubte, Our Sumwury mude & fabvo return Upon his lucoms-tux; Aund had the law but reidched tho fraud, Ant dealt him justice true, Like tweed ho'd worn a striped wult, When this old Lt was now, When thils 01d hat was now, boys, A tunny thing {0 see Wus little Bam a-#zuring The Presidont tobe; Ho pardoned convicte, great and moail; Aud Tweed to Cuba flew, Tor snmm{ had na use for him, When this old bist s new. Although thls hut (e vld, boys, * ‘A bleachod by rain aud sun, 11 woar it ke ani bonest mun Uutil the victory's wons T wwing It in the ale, 3 Vor Huyey and Wheeler trio; And next Noveuber ( will win A dozen bright and new, ¥ e ——— SUICIDE, New Yonk, Oct, 13.—Cora Cheesman, aged 97, aflter a quurrel with her husband, this moru- Ing, shiot berself, intlietlog a wound that 13 pro- nouinced futal by phystelans, amusii| poet, philanthropist, long, thin, bony-lu white halr, ¢ bluck cont destend] wlnll Yfllul only pleade guiyy Doath of a Farisinn Colebrity, Thero died receutly ut Parls one of the most ond_ harmless celebritivs, M, GGagne, und burrister, sged 03, o man, with stremning Yus.rlm: into vucaney and u ng to his heels, most familiar. ds Royal. une cage, sl Jostne that, left the fle. Mareau, a minor poct, to whut Lavmarting dedivated a copy of veravs, sl toul “Tho Buleide, Monvpuauglot! single lung srumemuml the Pulal v, “He arried o M| to poctry, his llret pocm ) U,M%‘ lnes, l'ullu\)‘lc\l [} ' “'The Culvury of Kinga and *'Thy Omey last munhwl, el was $2,000 lnes In lcngl‘i\?‘ 1love 1 can writn no 1870, —\Ins, ——: 104l Inst. rocelved yen- fof the that 1 must atart on s tivo-days’ lrlp this evening, and conseqnontly can't writo vary much. love to write jou s longlotter, And the And you tell mo Telleve me when say to you that [ py. Your leiter nssures me of ']uy nnd bliss that awaits me in the future, 1 have read your letter I know not how' many timen. 1 doubt If Tyonld nol and will not We will talk with each other a good long time when we nivot, won't we? 1 wil want {o ba with you all the time, for thin ook o bless you ours, 1 want you to nat an you looked when I first met you. That face I eball nover forget; nin #o glad you are bnek fn 8t Loule agatn—L oftener, I_proy that you and darling littlo girl mny not suffor with chills any mora. cun hear frum you 1t 1 had the 1 can't writa et Ea rnly 0 ot fail, en D o Irlcu;]a, A relative of the 4 tnar- thres children, that they were all Hying together, and that although the deceitful sultor wos a candi- date for Congress, he lind no carthly show of being clected. The letter speaks for ftself: he first it n some way funuy into e thercfore luatens to pen the s\lbllulucd apology, supplementing it day later with another, and finatly winding np by besecching that expusure inny at least by postponed until “‘alter the November elec- 1 auppose no onu 1am Let our currespondence cense 1 1o not think hurd of me. Iwillexplainall, Very rcg‘vcilhgly, 2 My Ay knowe, 1 had I lntended tu visit St. Louls November, At which thna I hoped 10 see you ‘There are some things I cannot Haw bitterly T regret all this, God Cenrure me not Twill bein St. AVIS, In SONG, 1876 written to He Leing “The " Qeseribing the buoutles of u 4 for ull the Tieaplo of the carth, T or e THE CHICAGO TRIBUN SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1876—TWELVE PAGES. provatonce of tho famine in Alqlern ‘e proposed the formation of asoclety of “lhumane anthro- pophagists " to Introduce tha custom of eating Traman fleshs avery member was to hold himeelt ready to satialy “the wants of the foadlesy Arabs, nnd ho” offered to Lecome tha flrst vietim. This proposition he renewed dure 1, tho slege of Tarls in a some- what modified form. A1l the males of GO aud over were to ho slaughtered and salted for vrovisions for the garrisan, thus econoinizin the other stores of food. This plan he defend; with great ardor and Ingenuity, ** You are over 60 yougsell,” ‘' Ay and Inm prepared to be offered up frat.?” ** But, then, you are very Teant % Nevor nind, I would do for a Friday.” He Lnd, Indeed, gotie so far s to deaign a special_guillotine for the accommodation of those who wore to be converted into foud, and had provided for an _ax working horlzontally, Wgo that there should be nothing iguominions fn the death of the victim.” ——— FROM THE ARCTIC REGIONS, The Kra's Dmportant Mismlon—Probable Great Success of the Enterpriso—The fchooner Soon to Neach Philadelphla Laden with Rara Minernl, New York Times, 0ct, 12, Thera will arrive at Philudelphia fn a few days from the Arctic regions n vesscl whoso ex- edition possesscs n pecullar intercst. Hereto- }‘ur the fuvasion of thnt quarter of the globo hus contemplated either sclentitic exploration of one klud or another, or else the captare of the whale for ofl, _ Butb the topsafl schooner Frn, which lett New London, Coun, on tha 5th of last Juno for Cumborland Inlet, and_which touched at St. John's, Newfound- land, n fow days ago on ts return, went for an entirely different purpose; nnd tho success of the enferprise, the cxtent of which Is concealed by the projectors to the best of thelr ability, eiicourages tho bellef that it will open up a new, fmportant, and 1nost profitable commerca with that desolate reglon, ~ For, if the gucsses of cer- taln partially Informed, and shrewd persona b correet, the Era coines back laden wlth miner- als of mre value, worth on lnnenas_fortuou to those who sent Tier on this cxpedition; and svhen the wiiole caso {8 known, there will doubt- Icas be more than onc similar enterprize pro- jected, The large quontities In which these infoerals are found, and the incrensed snpyily thus thrown on the market, witl undoubtedly affect thelr yalucs, yet xnmbnhly not cnough to prevent their impottation from belng highly re- munerative, % The history of the enterprize, g0 far as is known, is a8 follows, It will be remembered that more than two years ago Intelligence was received that the Polaris expedition had been an unforlunate one, part of the crew under Capt. Tyson having become separatcd from the ship and thefr companlons, having floated 190 days on a cake of lve, undergoing incantime the wmost awlul privation aud suffering. Imincdi- ately on recelpt of this news the United Btates Government, _chartered the Tigress to goin scarch of the Polaris and the rest of Capt. Hall's party. Among those who went on this orrand was one Lieut. W, A. Mintzer, of the United States Navy, n skilled = magal engl- neer and mineralogist, While en- maged fn ihis special service of tho buvnrnmcnt Lieut, Mintzer found algma of rich deposits of nfca snd graphito along the shorcs of Cumberland Inlet, Other persons were par- tinlly cognizant of the discovery, but not fully alive to its slguitlcance and valie, To this gen- tlemau's imagination, however, there were un- doubtedly some such visions of wealth present- od ns to Alaildin in the cave; for, upon his re- turn, he Interested some capitalists In Phila- dnlpf:!n in the matter, and was sent by them on a spectal exploration. Acmrdlngl‘y he chartered o stnnll steam vessel at Newfoundland last year, and went up to the preclons storchouse, making his Journey and Lis exatnination, however, with the utmost seerecy. The result wag highly sat- 1sfnctory, and, in consequence, the enterprise of last summer was projected. Last epring negotiations wera completed by Licut. Mintzer, on behnlf of hMs Philadelphia backera, with the firm of Short Brotlicrs, In New London, for the purchase anid fitting out of o 1 | vessel for an cxpedition to the polar regions, ‘Tho work “was immedintely undertaken and pushed with all the energy and scerecy that was ossible. The Httle topsail schooner Era, which ad braved the danger of that part of the world more than onco before, under cominand of Capt. Georgoe Tyson, in the whaling traflle, was pur- chnseld, and made ready for a voyage. OIld sail- ors, who were famitlar with the nccessities of Arctle expeditions, noted with surpriso tho smnll store of provisions taken nboard, and naturally inferred that o long nb- senee was mot antlelpated. A crew of nearly thirty men was sceured, and the services of Eu{ulmunx Joc, who had been with Capt, 1all on the Polaris, nnd to whom was due inularge measure the preservation of 1ifo In Tyson's fce-floe party, nnd of Capt. James Bud- Lllnfillm, Conn,, an old whaler, well sequaluted with Arctle navigation, and ice-pilot of the Tlgress, were sccured; the latter as Salling- Muster of tho Ern. Tho former was Incorrectly represented as huving suiled with the Pandors, from London, last May, undor the ausnlees of the New York Herald und London Telegraph. The Lra took aloard, as part of her equipmeut, sowno 8,000 fost of tramway, o quantity of in- ing-tools, and lumber for tool-houses, All questions of tho curlous wero met with evasive answers on the part of those engaged in thess preparations, and tho slightest Jm licity glven to thelr opuerations was resented, At length, on the bth of June, without having attracted mutch notice, the cxpedition satled from New London uunder comuund of Licut. .\llnlu'r, who, It s sakt, had obtslued a six months’ Jeaye from tho Guvernmont for this purpuse. Tho fiupression was given out In New oundon that he wis golug nfter specnmens ot Arctic funna, flora, and iainerals for tho Smithsoulan mumio; but this evidently was a sccondary object, sud was uscd us avell tocover the principalulm of the expedition. Between two and tireo weeks ago the Era touched at 8t. Jobn's, Newfoundland, on her return. Licut, Miutzer lefv her ot that polut, ehc cou- tinuing her voyage toward Philadelphia under” Cupt. Duddington, and he tak- ing more speedy ‘modes of trane- ]xurlnl(un in the sume directlon. Ho was In New London last week, aud has sluce gone on toPhil- adelphla. He exhibits n fow arnithological, era- uial, atd other speclinens broughit for the Binith- sunfan Institute, bus absolute y refused to give «| uny fuformation regarding the slze and charne- ter of the Era's vargo, or regarding tho occupa- tian of his crew during thelr stayat Cumberland Inlet, But these facus, togethor with the recol- loctlon of old New London sallors who were on the 'l‘l{;rcn! of graphite and mica felds, lead the more lutulligent and best-luformed to betleve thata large quantity of both these yaluable minerals is now on route to Philadeiphia, The exact truth will probably be kuown, however, in u fow doys, Mica, “which {s used more for stoves and lanterns than anythiug else, 1s found of goud quullty In but very fuw mines in the world, Tho tiest comes from Biberla, Sweden, and Norwuy, though somo fa found - Cunady, New Hamp- shire, and elsewhere, In good plates for stoves 1t s worth 310 a pound, Uraplite, from which loud-peuedls aro made, 18 still more raro and preclous, It 0s found I small quantitics, but very pure, in Ceylon, The most famnous mine was In Cumberland, Bngland, whers it oceurred {u smnl) newis or nuggets of the slzo of tho fist or amaller in traprrock, Bo valuable was this wiincral on its trst discovery thut un act of Purlinment was passed to protect it frum plundor, oud the uttmost precaution was taken to save-every particle of it ylelded, ‘This sup nl( has siunve given oul nttogether, and untll this discovery fu the Arctie reglons nothlug ke it lius nnywhere been found, ulthough o er article {8 miuod at Sturbridge, Mass., Braudon, Vi, lemlcrulfm N. Y., Wake, N, C,, 8t. John, N, B, and elsewhero. From this muy be gathered an {dea of the fmportance of the Era's expedition, ALRIVAL OF TIN BEA AT NEW LONDON. - Disgatch o Neiw Fark Thuiet. Nonwiou, Conn,, Oct. 11, —~Tho Era's sails not belng equol to bringlug her nto ‘mrl. sho put Into New London wbout 5 o'clock this after- uoon to retity and will contlnug her voyago In o fuw days. The ofllcers oud sallors” preserve strict reticence, but u few fucts have noverthe- less boen ascertulucd, Bhia was forty-threo doys on her Journoy from New London to Cumiber- Tund Lilot nn\'lufi buen delayed eleven days in thelee, On reaching u polnt known to whale- tien o8 Nialtle Valley, the crew were put to work luylug » tramway, hulhllmf shuntfes, and mining,” The miners “worked fn two gaugs in different ?uurrles, about 1,800 feet ubove tho level of the gea. Tho tramway did not reach all the way up, and the micn was transported imnieh of the distance on tha backs of the workmen. ‘The mica wus found in veis some ten feet helow the surface of the ground, und wus princlpally blasted out. Bome of tho blocks are remarkably h"if and clear, the sheets ayeraging glehiteen by twcmX Inthes, aud some blocks wélgh fity pounds. Alk er wbout fifteen tons wero excavated, which ex- buusted three velns. BIx weeks were thus spent, Theso days were spent In_further pros- peeting, ufter which the Era safled for dome, The suflors nawed thele diminutive village of threo wootlen structures * Mintzerallle,” iu honor of thelr commauder, The Er's crew were ussisted int thelbr lubors by o gang of Esqul- maux, who stayed with theud & ahort time, but soou left to begin their summer's decr-hunting, The mica obtained Is estimated to be worth from §5 to §12 a pound, Nothlus can be uscer- talued wbout the gruphite procured. wis o polltivian also, and at every clection In e —————— Taris s sk AT suner T, DAL ai A ticena ou the Nattle-Flokl, perpetual candidate,” | alwasd, strapge 1o | A correspondent of the London Standand sy, recelving, @, mist - patient heurhyg | writes trom Nliss us fallows: ' \Vn‘mfll‘u upan that curly stage of decomposition when tho body swells to an unusiml slze, Some, how- ever, could onty have been dead a short time, for thelr bodies \were sl _nlmost warm and in- atifeued. Wa had not dreued what fearful havoe our two Dbatterles and the vavalry attnck had made on Fridag. The de- feat of tho Bervlans nust lave been much more severe than we finagined, as tho enemy had Ieft his dead and wounded behind, cloro"to tho river’s bank, The poor wounded | what terriblo torments they must have endured, Iying among corpses Jand “deprived of all con- solation, all help, "How many groans and aighs must have passed the quivering ltps, aml been lost in the empty alr, Nearan Adjutant Iay two photographs, which must have slipped from W8 dying hand; one represented the dead man, but In the uniform of a Russian Major or Colonel, and the othier n young woman with tale tresses, nprominent nose, and light colored eyes. The photographs had been taken in Moscow; on Ahe back ot the man's stood in peneil, Nlcolay Komoft, 1 kuow not in what relation the won- an stood Lo tha oflicer; but whether wile, slster, or betrothed, it 18 certaln his Just thoughts wers of her, Not far from him lay tha body of au- other offleer, his right hand pressed on his breast, whero the splinter of a sliell had hit him, and grasping a plece of pnlpcr. A strong inn, he appearcd to have struggled |ou:i,wuh death, his face, which bud the unmistaknble Rusalan ‘l‘yno, belug distorted from pain, 1t was with Iflleulty that the paper was removed from his liand, 1t was a Jelter, without any date, In cy- rlllle writing, omd evidenly from u child's hand. Col. Mclnm.-«l. who tvas otce in tho. Russlan eer- vice (he i8 o Clreassian froms Diaghestan, sub- Jected by Russla more than (fty yoars ago) and understands Russlan, translated ™ the letier into Turkish, and then ono of our Cossacks, n Pole, who had been bronught up fn France, gave me tho contents In French us follows: Deansst Fatuen: Ue good enongh, dearcst father, to come back from the war, Since yon have been away mothier weeps conlinually, “and eho dreams overy night that thon lieat dead wnder a tree, Como to us, dear father, for motlier has be- come ro palo, and 1 always crylng. .1 am very good, 8o that she may not cry sthi more, and when thon comeat bk wifl remaln cood, and neyer ba natghty aguln, But thoi must conte soon father, and must kiss mother, that she may bucoinu re ngain, and also kiss thy Hitle Minka, ————— OLD-TIME FRANCE. Life at tho Court of Iils Most Chrlatian Majesty. George M. ‘Tonele in Apoleton & Journal for October. The King was reduced to utter sglf-helple ness, In accordance with the stubborn laws of ceremony which surrotnded him, by a vast crowd of scryitors, It took o grand-almouer, elght chaplains, cight clerks, n sacrlstan, and o chapel-mnster Lo provide his spirftual neceasl- tles, The grand-master of tho houschold had a large rotinuo of acrvants at his command, It was his duty tosco tothe proper furnishing forth of the Royal table; and he was o sort of house- nold Prime-Minister, who held & eabinet coun- it of maltres d'hotel, controliers, and mastors of the counting-house, every weelt. The duty of providing the houschold was dlvided inte seven departments,—~the goblet, thoe Kitehen, the fnnfiry, the wine-cellar, the common kitchen, tho fruitcry, and the plnfold; and over theso [vruh!cd tha first maitred’hotel. Underbim were welve nssistants, whose duty it was to put the meats upon the 'lln)'nl table, and fo hand tho King the wet napkin which lie used before eat~ fng. There were three mnsters of the count- ing-house for dishursiug tho expendltures: ami there wis an ofllcer whose solo duty it was to tnke charge of the Royal plate. Another great department of the palace was that of Grand- Chamberlain, o was n grand egentleman in- deed, usually o Dukeor Marquisof bighdescent; cven tho first gentloman of the chamber, his Licutenant, ia represented o the plctures of the time as a gorjreous ereature, all velvet and satin, with u wirof magulilcont proportions, and an ample wealth of Ince in his ueelcloth and rufllies, and of plumes In his hat. There were tiventy-six of these fwllllcmen of the chmnber to ald the Chamberlain in his arduous duties of attending to his Most Christiun Majesty’s per- sonal wants; and these in turn were ussisted by four bluc-blooded valets, who slept by turns below the Klnf’u bed, rendy to serve his slightest wish. Under the Grand-Chamberlain, tou, wero sixteen ushees, thirty-two sub-valcts, twelve bearcrs of the mantlo, two nrq]\mbunlnrn‘ clght barbera, a dentist, elght upholsterers, threo watchmakers, six grooms, two chalrmien, besldes paintors nnd sculptors, kennel-men amd tazfers, The departinent of tho wardrobe was supplicd by a grand- mnater, twonty valits, a trank-bearer, four groome, three tailors, onc lnen- starcher, and throe Inindresses. * When the King dresseq,” snys La Croix, * the crand- master nsslsted him to put on his nnder walst- cont, his blue sash, and his justsucorps; when the King undrossed, he handed him his night- dress, nighteap, and lnudkerehlof; while other masters of the wardrobe werc in attendance to glve tho Kimg Wis handkerchief, gloves, cano, andd hat, or to asatst him in emptylng his pockats when he .came In to change his ‘dress.' Then there wero the officers of the Cablnot— the four sceretarles, the four readers, the two ushers, and tho Interpreturs and translators; there was a Grand Faleoner, with another set ot servants; n Iurfiu number were employed {n the care and decorntion of the King's palaces, nmong them four or five architecte, threo surveyors, two treasurers, and othera: of gurdeners, coschimen, footmen, riders, there wore many., There wers varfous corps devoted more” especlally to the Royal recreations, *“We find for the Ver- sallles canal o regular fleet, with a_ Captaln, flrat .oftleer, mariners, gondollers, and calkers; and among the stafl employed in’ tho gardens was 8 cleaner of thu statues and u mole- cateher.” ‘Tho expense of this gorgzcous establishment —and it must not be ‘torgolten that the King had many others, such as Marly, Meudon, Fontafuebleay, Complegne, N Clowd, ~ wheras the samgc lluynf atute was preserved—and of the fetes nnfl,mgeuuu of the Courts, wns, as may well bo believed, enor- mous. Tho statemeni of a few of the salarles and other expenditures will serve to fllustrate towhat extent poor France was burdened and hled to sustuin the pomp of its valu and dis- solute Royalty. ‘The department of the first gontleman of the bedehamber cost $100,000 o Year, that of tho firat maitre d’hotel §80,000. The Wholo bousehold were lodged, fed, aud clothed at the expenso of the Royal Treasury; and, te- sldes theae, the captain of the greyhounds got 2,500 H¥res o year, and the * keeper of tho fancy doga " 1,500, * On one oceasfon Lonls YV, who was far from belnr o spendthrift by nature, lald out over half a milllon dollurs In repalrinig lis furniture; this wus an annual ~ expendliture. excirslon Lo Murly for thres weeks Involved an cx- tra outlay of 32,000, by rtenson of the inero trausfer of the duurl. “Fhe'mere moving of the King from place to place cost him half 2 milllon franca o year, The military corps attending his Majcsty, comprising infan r{, cavalry, body-guurds, Trench guardsmen, 8wlss guards- men, tho Cent Sulsses,’ lght-lorse guards, Fund:firmc- of the men, il nnl An ard, gate gu: nearly 10, men, Werd I ex- pense of over & million and a half dollars o year, In thoso vast Royal stables at Veraallles, of which Taino says that they wero 4 a0 ample and beautiful that, even under Louls X1V. himselt, they sometimes served as o cav- nleade<clreus for the Princes, somothnes asn theatre, and sometitnes ua & bull-rooun," were nearly 2,000 horses, over 200 vchicles of vurlots sorts, and ) couclinen, grooms, snd other stable-servants, Here woa an item for the keeper of the royal purso ot over $1,000,000 a year, Through- out the clighteenthith century tho chase wus tho favorlte pastimo of ths French Kiugs, the Prioces, and tho court, ‘To be constdered an pe- complished eavalier, a noblo must prove Ifmsclf au graceful and dashing horsctuun, ~His Mujesty had 800 bhorsca exclusively devoted to hunting. ‘s sport cost hlm $50,000 & year, Horses' food cost $50,000, and that of thehounda $10,000, ¥or thirty witles around Taris the King Included hls game preserves; no ono could shuot within that circlo unless he wero so for tunute 88 to bu of the Royal pnrt{. Miles of forest-land nbout Vereullles and Marly, Fon- talebleau and Complegue, were excluded from cultlyation to minister to thess pleasures. ‘The Kiugs boast of thelr quantities of game, Louls XV, aud kis Court ran down 1,000 stugs In a year; cven hia nnapommnuhku -aiidson glories (n hits 460 hiead in a duy, und his 000 :»h‘ccs in o year, The hunting goes ou in- coseantly In the“season, “The Kiug,” writes M. do Lutynes, n 1748, **has beon hunting every day of the Ewsc and present week, excopt to-day snil ¢ undaysy killing, siuce the be. inni 8,500 “purtridges.? When thore 3 not bunting, epme other luxurious recreatlon awaits the plemsure of the King and Court. Ono day, it (s tho comedions of the Freneh theatre; auotlior, it ls the Italian opera, pecforined fu that historle teatre of Verenlltes; hese days ore eked out by the gamlug ot the tables o! lho?cu do rol by splendid suppers in the bauqueting-hall, by~ garden fetes, with lluminatlons and play of waters fu the park, and by dresa-bulls and glitterlng mnasquernded whicll the rlaing sun eatches in Jull career, Cunsbder for u moment tho Ruysl table-service at Versallles, and what it costs, Thero aro three svts of tables nrreml every dey. Ouois oceuplud by auprust Majesty jtsclf,” with the Priuces aud Princesses; o sécond 1s devoted to tho great oftlcers of tho housebold—tho Grand-Chamberlain, Grand-Marshsl, and so onj the third Is crowded by 200 or LU0 of the Court officlals; and theso tables ars gevved by over o bundred walters, Thoun- mmmmnxu of this, dally feastlug {s sbout $500,000, But these are unly the les of the King. ‘I'he weuibers of bis famlly, It must ba ~ bed ™ vo each & separate estabille ment of hisorher own. Those of the Royal meadames inchude 200 scrvants; = Madnine Elisabeth, the sister of Lonis VI, st be merved hy pixtyelght pafs of dill ent lindai the Connteases d’Artols and do Provence, wives ot the King'a brothers (both of swhom wero long afterward to ho Kings them- selven), nre stately with houscholds ol enchj while Marle Antolnette’s eatablishment hume with 500 attendants of high and low degree. Even tho little Princess Royal, afterward to be- como Duchess d'Angonleme, after escaping the fate of her parents on the gulllotine And her brother at the Temple—even sbe, when but a month old, abaolutely needs eighty persous to do her servico, Charles and Louls, tho King's brothers, ave provided for separately from tho King and for ‘thelr wives, Loufs of Provence has a * civil houschold ' of 500, and a “ military houschold! of 200; Charles of Artols, ns n younger brother, must be content with 250 men of the milltary, naml 450 of the civil sort of servants, *Three-fourths of these,” says Talne, “are for display; with thelr. om- Lrolderies and laces, thelr unembarrassed and polito oxpresslon, their atientive and discreet alr, thelr casy way of saluting, walking, aud smiling, they appoar well in an antcchamber, laced 1n 1ines, or seattered {o groups In o gal- ery; Ishould havo liked to contemplate even tho atable and kitchen array, the figures Alling u}) the background of the pleture, By thescstars [ Inferlor magnituds we may judge of tho n)}lnndor of the ro; o yal sun.” ‘Tho totaloxpenses all tho tables to which the gallant multitudes sat down dally at Versallles was more than 8700,000 o year. ‘I'he wine-blll alone wus 880,- 000, the meat and gamo $200,000, the flsh $16,- 000. The wliolo number of persons employed sbout and forming tho court reached ot least 15,000; aud to malntaln the court cost not less than eight milljon dollars a year then, which was equnl to what sixteen nitlllon would be now; and it was one- tenth of the total revenuo of Franca, Tho licad swims with ati_thls multitude and with all these figurcs. We aro dazzled even b{ the thought of so much pomp and mag- nificenes, such - reckless expenditure, sucl prodiglous waste. No wonder, perhaps, that every French grand seignour longed to Lo one of the Court, though that Court was the most glaring proof of howy tho nobility had dccnzcd, and how all its grandeur and grentucss had been chained to the Royal charfot-wheels, ‘Tnero was no ono 8o high that he did not en- gg:-lly Join In the adulation of royalty., Lvery- ¥, churchman or layman, mado {t * tho firat duty inlifetobo at_all lours and In every place under the King's oye, within reach of his volce and his glance.” It was lt- grally true that _ *f the trite courtler follows the Princo ns a shadow followa the body.” Even the Duke do Richeliou writes to Madame de Malntenon that It were preferable to dle rather than be without the light of the Royal countor- nanco for two months; while tho Duke de Ia Rochofoucauld made it o bonst that hehind nover nilesed the King’s rising and golng to bed, People pald thousands of dollars for the priyl- legze of befug a royal valet or cloak-bearer, Wo heur of old courtlers of "80 who havd spont hinlf tho timoe of that long life on their feet, dane- ing attendance on majesty, The palaco 1 over crowded, and with such acrowd! One would think that India hnd exhausted her gems and France her sllka and sating, to provide for the dazzling show; that the deft arta and work- maaship of the world could ecarcoly have sufliced to furnish forth the decorations and ornamenta; that Nature mnst have forced the life nnd. julces of tho earth to supply tho vast syealth of flowers garlanded and grouped in corrlors and receptlon-halls. Never was there a perfod when the ort of dress was carrled to n greater perfection In color and shape, in claborate taste and fanciful dovice, *’There Ia not a tollet licre, an afr of the head, a tone of the volee, an expreasion In languwmge, which fa mot u masterplecs of worldly cul- ture, tho distilled quintessence of all that ls exquisitely claborated by soclal art.” We can only [fully realize the amnzeinent which Fratiklin, appearing in plaln snuff-colored at- tire, caused tho French conrt when we compre- hend the gorgeous culmidation which the art of dress had reached. Tho Indles’ slirts, * ranged fuaclrele, or in tiers on the benches, form an espalier covered with pearls, wold, sllver, Jawels, apnugles, flowers, ond frults, with their artitleinl blossoms, pooscharries, cher- rles, strawberrivs,~n gigantic, animated hou- quet of which tho eye can seurcely support the Lrllllancy,” ‘The inen were searcély less splen- did Iu uttire than the women, with thelr buckles and wigs, thelr luco cuffs und cravats, their silken coats and ‘‘vests of tha hucs of the failen leaves, or of n delicato rose-tint, or of celestlal blue, embellished with rold brald and embrofdery;" thelr swords with rluhl{ hused llits, and’ Lthelr chapeaux thick with Iace and featlicra, In such porgeous fashion lived the French King and hls court; and thus royalty and the court coutfuued until tho time'camo for tho people to rise, and, in their rage, and hunger, and thirst for venzeance to put out the lights of this dazzling scene, aud oy low this most mag-' nitlicent of all ** thentres “royal”™ in smoking rulns! —— A Toep nt Okhotsk. ‘The reported purchase of Okhiotsknnd adjacent. torritory in Siberia by the United States Govern- ment will give fresli interest to tho followln, extract from Thomns W. Kuox's *Overlan Through Asia," published severnl years ngo: As wo npproached Okliotsk a fog-bank shut out the land for an bour or two, but when it lifted wo lscovered the harbor, A small sand-bar Inter- vonued between the soa and the town, but did not intercept tho view. A st Petropaviovsk, the church was a prominent cbject and formed nn ex~ sallent landinack, Withmy gluss I surveyed tho line of const where the surf waa breaking, but was lung unablo todlscover anentering place. The Okliota River Is the only harbor, and 1s ontirely In- accesniblo to a ship Jk tho ** Varlag," " Deacend- {ng the ehip's sido after we anchored, I found the boat tossing uncaelly, I jumpod whn It was fall- fogand went down flve 0r slx feet Loforo ulight- g, Keeping the beacons carefully in line, wo rolied ovor thu th bar on tha top of a high wure, and then followed the river-channol to the landing. Many yeara ngo Okhatsk was tho most Important Tueslon” port on the Paclfic const, Bupplies for Kumschoikn and Russlan Amerlca were brought overland from Yakutak and shipped to Potropav- lovak, Sitka, and other ports untlor Russlan coutrol, Many ships for the Paciic Ocean and Okhotsk Sea were built there. 1 was ghown the apot where Behiriug's vessel was constructed, with |is cordage and extra salls of deerskin, and {ts calking of moss, Billogs' expedition, i & ship called *1tuesin's Glory, " was organized lierc fur an ex- ploration of the Arctic Ocean. At ono tlmo the Uovernment had foundrics and workehops at Ok- hotaks; but the uhallowness of the water on_ the bar was a groat disadvantago, us oll ships drawing over twelvu feot wero unable 1o enter. ~Twenty years ngo the Government sbandonud Okhiotak for Ayan, and when tho Amoor was_opencd It gavo up tho Iaticr piace and moved to Nicolayevek, The pop- ulation, which formerly oxcceded 2,000, Is now lces than 200. ‘'Uhe mlllln? gorrlson inctudes thirty Cossacks, who aro under the orders of the lufimvnlk. or Uovernor, They row the pilot-boat when needoed, teavol on courler or other service, guard tho warchouses, snd when not wanted by the Uovernment thoy inborand get drunk for thum- sclyes, The Govorner wasu aatlve of Poland, and fu struck mo aa o carlons fuct that tho Is- pavniks of Kauwwchatka, Uhlllga, and Okhotsk were 81l Poles. * “ilow's Indiana?” Detrolt Fres Press. Just about these daya it is uot ouly uatural, ‘but highly wppropriate, whou two men meet, to haved word or_two on the political situation, Therolore, whefi o man boarded a Woodward avenuy car yesterday and eat down beside o Xkeen-looking ofd peutlemen, it wus all right for bim to ask: “\Well, how's Indlanai” 4 What (i thunder do I knowabout tndlana?” shouted tho old mou, * Inever lived there—I was never in the Statol" “ Ju's golug to bo pretiy close, I gucss,” re- warked the man, though seewing less futercet- ed than before. #\What's going to be closel” yelled tho old man. s¢The election.” 4 What eleettoni” Wby, tho Btate electlom’, “What do T kuow about“s State cleckfon in Indianaf? cried the old man. * Who do you take ma for, sir{" » Why, I lhoufiht everybody knew there was nhslnix‘:c ectlon in Indigiw,” "huombly observed tho other, #“What business had you to think go, slrl Do you suppose all the rest of mankind thiuks us you doi Da you run thls whole country " % Never mind,” observed the wan, as li set- tled back; “1dldn’'t know but thut you tock an interest in politics,” “You had no right to think so, sir,—not tho shadow of a right, sirt Bupposs 1 -\mum ret into u cor aud usk yont how Indiana wasi How quick you would kbock me dow, sirl” ¥ Na, I wouldn't 1" “Theu I'm a lUar, em 11" ghouted the old man, trylug to pull off his overcoat, There would Luve beend row had not the other an hurried out of the car, e ——— Oumnibus Horses in Puris, Tho omuibua horses of - Parls are almost in- varlably antmals of exceptional slze and beauty, strong white and dng]llwumy stallfons, sclected with reat care In the market of Normandy, Percho, or Britiany, They are well fed, caree fully tralued, aud never overworked. | Euch ome nibos hus ten borses belonginyg to ft. These ten horses go out overy dayi thus, during the fourteen hours’ scrvice, tho horses are changed five thnes, Belug thus carefully man- ogud, thelr strength sud speed endure "during long years of service. 1t I3 not unconmon ta o0 horses that bave been fn the service of the Company for fiftoen years, and tboy wro still capable "of golog tLroygh shelr regular deily taxk, * Qreat care' l4” 3 ROb LU Overstraiu thelr strength, At the foot of ench of the hills that diversify the surinco of the strects of Paria (thero nrg thirty-one of these hilia), anextra horse {8 rlwaya In waitine to ald in dragging the heavy yohlele up tho aseent, Nor s the moral ‘sfde, &0 to spenk, of tha horsea’ trainiug neglected. Tho palrs, once formed, aro never separated pave In coso of nceldent or alckness; they occupy the sanig stall und foed irom the samo manger divided b nwlrtlllnn into two compartnents. Thoy tins beeome almost a unit iv gail, movements, and Imptlses, and being altvays driven by the same coachman, they get to “understand per- fectly s words and motiona. By (hiy systom the ‘inteiligence and docility of these beantiful and powerful aoiinals have becomo alinost roverbinl. Tho ease with which they hread thelr way through crowded streets, en- simbered with * vohicles, thronged with foat passengers, and in many instunces_searce wider han oug of onr narrow alleys, und the readi- ness with which they stopata word, and at an- other atart in, are simply marvelons, Next ta tho petted carrlage lurses of tho rieh, tha ominibus horses of Purls arc certainly nmong the most favored of the equine tribe.—~ippin- cotl's for October, MNYCENE. Interesting Discoveries Mado by Dr, Schllo- mann, Dr, Schlleinann writes: from Mycenm to the London Z'nes ns follows: 1n tho north corner of the Plain of Argos, at th - fool of two stecp monntains, one of shich ls 2, 500 feet high, and crowned by a chapicl of the Prophet Klias, on n 1i2-foot high and 1,£00 foot long snd broad telangular rock, which falln off prnclpumul& to tho nortl and south, and Tormna to the enat ani west six natural or netificial terrnces, is situated the famous Acropolls of Mycenw, For.asquare mllo to the south and southwest of this Acropolls extended the lower city, the sito of which s i tinctly marked by frequcnt traces of tho cyclopean clrcuit walls, by the romnants of numerous oyclos oon houses, by & massive cyclopean bridge, by nine reannrles, nnd finally by the feagments of beautifule 1y painted archaic pottery with which the ground fs atrewn, [ have boen bisy with twelve laborers for tyvo weeks In. opening the paseago from tho Lion's (ate into the Acropolis, but have had very hard work there, owing to the huge blocks by which It was obstructed and which ssem to hiave beon hurled at tho nssallnts when the Acrapolis as captured by tho Arginnn in 4088, 0. No an- clent writer mentions that Mycenwe hins been rolne habited aftor ita cupturo and the expulsion of its in abitanta, ‘Fhatlt was uninhablted at the thno of Strabo (50 B, C. 10 20 A, C.) we must conclude from his remark that no vestigo of it romains, 1t was certainly also uninhabited at the time of Pau. sanius (170 A. C.), who described its rulns, But I hava brought to light most positive proofs that it has been reinhabited, and that the new town must have existed for aloni poriod, and probably for moro than two conturies, because thero I at thio surface layer of rubbish of the Hollonlo time which woes three fect deop. Though 1 cannot fix by tho fri ments of pattery the pre arlod of the reoccu: g!unn of the town, yut nted potshords of the. eat Ilolienis timo aro ml iz, and 48 tho numer- oun terra cotta fignres and fluted vaeos 1 find ato of the Macedonian time down to tho sccond century B, C., I prosume that the new colony may have been founded In the boginning af the fourth) and may have been abandoned In- the bogiuning of tho second century I3, . Those two terminl soem to heconfirmed Dby the medals found, all of which show on ono ‘slde a Hernhead with & crown, on the other a column, baving to it left a helm, ond to Ita right n sitn gonerally {houglt to be a TH, and thua tho coin Is attributed 1o tho Argolic city of Thyrea, But in the upinion of A. Postolacas and P. Lumuroe, which I accept, the sign 18 tho spiritus asper, und belongs to ‘;u still unknown word which records the value af the coin, The latter belonga to the City of Argos, and is of tho Macedonlan {ime, which makes it utterly Impossiblo that the rlgn ehould be a T1I, the quad- rangular TH (theta) having only como into nxe nt tho timo of the ltoman congqueat. 1 may hers ro- wnark that Mycenw proper appenrs to liave struck 1o coin; nt least, none has cever been found. . Ie- 10w the comuaratively modern Hellente city J find Dy thousands the frayments of those splendldly- paintied orchalc vases which 1 already duscribed n my dissertation on Tiryns, “DBut it hus eacaped mo to mention that most vaaes aro painted both outside and Inetde, ond that in mnany instances tho intornal emlnllngn by far ox- =ced In orlginallty and profusion of colors thore on the outslde. 1 have been sble to gather ‘here more thun 200 broken or entlre torra-cotta ldols uf Junp, in the forin'of & woman or In that of a cow. Dy far the most of the former have livaly red- Eulnlcd omaments, on o light red dend coloz, two rensts in relief, below which protrades on each sido a long horn, so that both here togother form half-clrclo. "here havo also been found some fdols with an uncovered bird's hoad, large oyes, no horns, but two weil-ndicated hands jolneil on the breast. 'Togother with the numorous cow- idols 1 nleo found two terra-cottn horse-heads, tho figure of & llon, thatof & ram, and thatof an clephant, which scema to prove that tho Greeka knew this latter anfmal many centuries beforo the Macedonian perled. Iron and glass had alecady been known fo the Mycenians ut a rev{ote antiquity, for I found of thio lattor o largo pearl Ju ton feet dopth, nnd, made ofa lglnu-llku wubstance, a large number of bute ton-like objects, which seem 1o liave served as or- nawents in the house-doars or elsvwhere, Of iron 1 found eomo knlves, as well as some yery curlous Keys, onc of which ls vory thick, 1s fouroon con- timetres long, han four tecth, ouch four cetimetres long, and Is at the_other end provided with a Hug for suspension, I alwo found nsmall and thick terra-cotty sk, with a furrow all sround for sus. penslon by o siring; on one side of it, which is well polisiicd, and seems to hinve been covered with wax, are ongraved a numbarof tho slgns which oceur so froquently fntho algne of Troy, The Mycenluns secin to have boen inuslclans, for I found beautifully ornamented fragments of a lyrn and o fute; nleoa fragment of a crystal vase was found and ‘a wooden comb. Of the tombstones which nmil now have boen brought to light, four- teen aro without any ornusment, while two others, which arostanding aslde by side, are covered with bua rellefs of capital fntoreat, In carctully exuinining theso aculptures I 8nd ln the ropresontation ot afi the aninals, but particu- Inrly in that of the horned uncs, 8o great o resem- blasice to tho stylo of sculpturo in tlio llons above the entrance-door that I think Hw muet belong ta o sumo epoch—viz., about 1200 B, C. To the same time will probably belong all tho treasuries of Mycenwe, that partof the clrcnit walls at the Lion's Gute and the gate ftsclf, 1f, thew, os wo did at Tlryn-‘ we flx tha chropology of the idols with the birde’ heads at1400 B. C., this wilt prob- ably also be tho age of the circult walla of caretul- l{ carvod and fitied polygone, whils thut part of the walls which consista of huge bowlders jolnod with minall etones 1s proably contemporancous with the walls of Tlryns, which we supposod to bs of about 2000 B, ¢, Homor repontedly calls Mycenie rich in gold, and the great wealth of the city la cortainly conlirmed Dby 1ts numerous treasuries nud tho custly style of thele architocturd, But the question notarally nrises how the city obtuinod Ita gold at thut remots period when there was no commorco as yot, 1t up- pears, indeed, that it cantios have obtalned it i uny other way than by powerful piratiesl oxpedi- tions to the Aslatlc ¢ ——————— The Now Britlsh Corvettes. Londnn Datly Newa. % TIalf o dozen steel corvettes are forthwith to bo added to the navy—awift, well-anmed ves- sela—ta serve a8 cruisers, For sonio time past steel has been regarded by shipwrights with n favorable eye, bolug toughcr shd altogether far 1ees lablo to fracture thun fron, and now the Ad- miralty has taken the bold step of concluding o contract for bullding siy war shipsof this matorlal wlithout delay, Thfi are to Ls bullt on’ the Clyile, aud 10 ho rendy for service, with thelr englnes on bourd, within two years, so we m:r expoct that, for somo tims at least, wo_ shall liear no more about tho shipbuilding Jnduatry In that district being in A dupressed coudition. ‘Theso corvettes will not serve In any fleet along with Dblg frou-clads, but are de- signed ospeelslly for foreign service in Chinn and tho "Padle, as also for erulsiog In tho vicnity of our colonies and forefgn possos- stons, They will be remarkably flcet enllers, and, ftis antfclpated, willbo uble to make twenty-six miles an hour without difficulry, ‘Thefr urmament {s to conalst of fourteen guns of different callbers, nud besido the steel cas- ing, thelr bulwarks arc to be covered with thicknesses of teok. They will not, of eoursa, be fn a position to withs{and heavy battering charges from blg nayval guns, but still nrdluur{ shot und shell will be unable to penetrato thelr sldes. As thelr great spced will ulways enable then to sliow thelr sterns and provent hostils craft from approaching, these steel vorvettes should prove most useful additions to our pavy; and it may safely be tuken for ranted that whero ihey are llkely crulse there will - be liftle chance of falllng in with heavy Irouclads, which, by readon of the small amount of coal they carry, sre nnable to trust themselyes very far froin land, ‘Tho corvettes are to measure 800 tons, oo, fike. The of u tnost powerful to euable so high a speed he attulned, aud = strong armored running round the vesscls will serva protectiun to the machinery, Buch ves- se)s ua these will bo uble to perforn the spie- fally fmportant service of nur-uln%und destroy~ fug the swilt torpedo boats, of which n lurge nuiuber, it ia s11d, ara to be intreduced into the navies of Europe, Vesscls as fleet as these torpedo outriggers, ss they are called, will Lo absolutely necessary If we ara to have uuy pro- tm:lou against such troublesume aud deudly craft, WO und u every respeet are to be built al onglues will charueter ta naturall e e —— Valnfentlonal uln{::qcn-. uelidence Journal, 1t wason r lfix’wrnur streetcar. Jleeutina rear corner, with his elbow resting on tho win- Qlow-si1l and bis head resting ou fity hand. Iy appeared ubsorbed In unpleasant thoughits, and turned b houd nelther to the right nur to the Ieft-whicther besutiful ludies or uncouth men pusseaby hinw Tl invigorating sunsbinechecred ot bia spirits, nor did the vnr)'lng street scencs recefye o glance of recognitivil. On South Maiu street there entered the cor o jolly rolifcking speclinen of humanity, brimming with good Butuor, and on the best of terms with the wortd and tue luhubjtants thereol, un&pwok a seal uearly oppostte Gloomy, and Wit fun svon lotte-Aun. had thoss around him, h Lappy as he wslifmacly, mun‘:.?,n, at coPlin, g rour uf merrinient, ns If Vexed g ogps Wkt L gy vhilo hie was ao sad, slowiy. herstting liead 1 bit, and threw ' sorl ol Sy Ll urou lnm»y. Happy saw it, but i T fun th] ngain that sombre rounie lalf tarned upon him, with n loolg (o X L‘u ot suflering or of derison, oy Deth ight oth, Ilnpp{ winced under' this'y T o Inunclicd forth anutlier shath onty g poo 1ed with another of those halacanto el 5.1::‘“)'{0 n!?lxrnfl éfiomm“d" I ",‘T'l'plm(' 4 i 0 hin nouth clune o his car, ey il it rled “8ay, you, vinegar cruet, vaten ngll:n‘elm dan't taste good, chir if ahot, turied hls head ulll"gll(ll‘!, ’l‘é’é"'fi'. ug:. down again as though ho had done som bt would ruther not hayo done, A Mkflé?lngha closely followeil sl o I T . : of hls neck and. g 1351':" to o' byt K (3 ot ] mized with hope, . R rapia 1t ra this way and that two m}1 m!!:u{‘n;lt:‘hh > ook of et waa mixad wil Tnppiiy "4 ped up, and gros, o llup‘w ho shook 1t h‘e’nnuyfimym eq%a‘.’f"’ o i hank you; you've iado mebupg 510 boll on my neck which I've nureed {n Wl n woek. “Thank you,” « You'ro wel sald lnppy In dry nmazement, * by ‘_geo " Yyou arieering at mo fori" 6 'gaany pest ¥en 1 was," was tho roply, and then, na Iwm denly flashed upon him, ho continued, lsb made mo laugh in spite of mysell, ang R the circumstauces it tnay have’ beehy a mum« slekly amlite,”” Then thero was cx'eedlnnm merriment In_that car whereat the copit wondered, and Gloomy was gloomy ng pge ————t— THE TURKISH Axxy, The Blx Army Corpa—~Incldents |, Ay o220 Gnccore, 7 the Cou. milltary correspondent of xelta gives the following Mculmtlgic (tjlfl\ army in the fleld and gome of its officers; “Tlie Turks bave dlvided their wholo engaged fn tho present war into six eors wiileh tho first, under the command ulm”r Muokhtar Pasha, 1# In Hosnla yng Lfi Herzegovina, A8 subordinates of Mukht Pashn, the Generals of Diylalons Alj, Beltm, o Mchemed Pashas cotmnand In the N Iiorzegovina; Delaleddin Pasha ay (Gatehko; Vely Fasha, the commander of (ho Secoes s vislon, at Noralevo (Boena-Serai); anq Zeld Fasha on tho Drina and_Belinn. Tye g, ond Corps o%:oacd to the Servian Iber gy is under ervish Pasha, under wh the General of Division ~THusreln 1 " commands at Novi-Baaar. The Third gy undor Abmed Eyoub Pasha, pmnpflm% armics of Nish and Widdon; the sybominss commanda are held, ab tho Tinok by Opess Noury Pasha (commander of the fourth ¢ vislon of Widden) and Fazly Pagha, ut Belgrad- [k by Col. Hassen Bey (now Uen, Nacsen, ’pghia) and at the Norawa by the Cenerals ef divisfon, Bulejman tanz (commander of the diviston of Ak-Calankn), and Marsan M (commander of the fitth dlvision of Bhiarkol), and the oflicorsof the gencral stadl, Nedjit, Adsk, and Kohlfl Pasha. In_Northem' Al Almed Hemdy commands, and under hin urahim Boy, with the fourtl corpsoat Scutar aud Podgoritza. At Kossovn, near the rallway statlon of Mitovititza. Al Sahlb Pasha direciy the formation of n new (the fth) corps, [A) Bahibl {s now superaeded by Nugret l’l‘Ll ‘The Clreneslon, Abdy Pash, Is accounted (he comnnder-fn-chict of all frec corps, which fun nominally the Bixth .Corpse. Finally, ths Danube Tlotilla at the mouth of the Timok is commanded by Admifal Kirith Husseln Pashy, * As regarda the past earcers of tho most ( Inont of the ofticers mentianed above, theSintar Ekrem (encral-issimo) served in the Mesopots- mia, nt Diarbekiyy and Erzeroum went Lhrough tho Crimean War and that ngainst Monteneero; 1s considered tho oldest of all Turkish xrnmk,' and hiag had for the Jast twenty-five years the 0 G dignity of o mwhir (Geld-marshal), It 8" sald ,that o very painful disesty from walch he s * sutlering maky riding and driving almost impossible to hin, and was the cause of his having delayed so loep at Boplhia. Dervish Pasha ls constdered ardmt and reckless In attack; heserved o the (e mean war. took by storm Cettinge, the Moata nef capital, and has receetly, us (lovermor Geuneral of Bosnia and the Herzegoring, lefta rugul.nuan for encrgy of conduct of action. Abdy Pasha, who i8 of tho Cireassian blood, be came Vizicr fn the Montenegrin war, andlat Lield tho post of Minfster of Pollee, 4 Ahmed Monkhtar, sald to be nearly releted to the late Sultan, aud the youngest Generalia the Turkish army, served ag ofticer on tle gin- cral etafl in the war ngalust Montenegro, ad under Ridif Pasha {u tho petty campalzes agalnst the Arabs and Assyrians.” Called foa the post of a vali of Yemen to the Herzegovins, e suffered tho well-kuows defeat of the Dun- Puass, bLut was on the whole mwore for tunato u[f)nlnu tho insurgents than his pre- decessor, Dervish Posha, Atimed Eyoub comes {rom the Imperial Military School, served oa tho géneral stafl, and was “called from Yeomen to Nish, whero o took the suncrlor command of all the forces of the Dunublun vilaet, Ahmed Hundy was twice Minlster of Police, and Al | Ballb, holding tho digalty of caimaliam, %3 for o considernble time Minlster of War, Me hemed Al Pasha, n Germaid by birth, was edu- catedintho Military Schiool of Pancaldl, wasenle flzusl at tho time of the Cretan Insurrectionly he Into A’all Faslin for his extraondinary baw ery, and pequired, morcover, sone creditby the iup reu‘u;sun of Gtm:(kL In-llg]umllagc. O'MII): Pusha, the opponent of Leschijunin, coucs a from_the h{l’m’u{ 8chool of Panealdl. Sult- man Pasha J)lnyc o promluent part in deposies Sultan Abdul Aziz, tnd recelved for this fra Murad V. tho dignity of o feril (Genersl of Divtston); and Nud,lb Pasn, formerls 8 pad of tho Technleal School of Drusscls, fs s to be one of themost capable oflicers of Tur general stafl et A Scandal In Britleh l{d Whltehall Revieio (Lowdon), p Some mystery has eveloped the recent desth of a well-known lady, tho elster-ln-ay of pour, holiling office at” conrt, «1t hos now o out ‘that the rumors, which during ',h“ e twenty months hiave connected the uu‘v s mml‘ with that of u cortein captain I Ier ajet? army with whom she was saldl to have It %:: homa ot the conclusion of u visit of 8 men! e of the voyal family at the houss of the peet questlon, was only correct In gu far that shc\ h uccompany the oftleer In somthing which lo: £ very Mkoan oloperent, ‘Iius rush step, fi] over, 18 1t now appears, lad for its object mfl:‘z tho ‘unnoyance of her husband, the Vfl;g,. deteclives tinployed by the latter aving {" ed conclusive prool of the moral hmum!h“m moral fuuoconca of the unhuppy lady I rIf g to the very gallant oilicer who thus did s u to ruln tiie reputation of Lho slster f bis i and friend. Unfortunately the truth s © i to light toolate, With the stigmis m\h&m her unmo, the punishment of ler "lwne A Last month, 'wlt befort her death, she bl the neurcst city, somne fifteen miled u'lhtlm bt tliere the unce gay, proud t«untf’. mm!x 'fi'in:.s Tior friends and afono n somo ohscure l:l i breateed her last. It fs ouly fust e scandal sliould bo Tald ot rest Wit Mtu b of her who if dead; bat just low x’-.wlm b dal I8 deserved, it fs o rlghteous dmy to clear, and [ hopa thint the duty hes bl perfonnod, = e Tho Vintage in Fraucc, Lelter. A ool deal of Gesiiens i e Jere A5 tho v‘ium,'u, too, Theso incessant mpm "1 the vintage u ‘lrot tho gropes ofk e . then thero lnlt o qbylloxcrd (whic Nt e fauro, Vice-Prealdujt of the Coundd i 1k ters aud Minfstor of Justice, calld ) Wil public spcech *‘that accursod lusf‘n s Qe continues to spread like & v[lmt of o ey cloth, Iwas &Iklng recently to o "‘\'WE merchant here, and_he said "to “l“x’nfm o could fuduce o to buy & vim-?unm upon it as oue of the uusafist Inte man could tnake, The phylloxeraigd tho vines ou cvery Ll fu nunll}vr[!u we aro now obliged to use wine Rrergier rapes grown on plalus, whicht ‘uf:x A E\Il the lowest vinters, the vinters i o, “Tho problem uf WSk Ry Yy 1ess solvable: a those dellcious Lifes uarters, used, ‘v‘ducn [ Elecamhx:g l(‘l.ll ", i ) gee fu Frune o e W '&-‘i.’.fi:,‘. m‘uo“vfm ordinalres, with vlz;;'" b lied you from 1851 to 1860, Hm‘!! ‘L "heg s34 Pongor made, The viueyants uhhmx et have been devastated by the phylle e e—— An Unprofituble Ceptare, Indersbury (Va-) InesAmeilyg (oL A colored 1 who Jives fu DR g er ty, not far from thia city, Was SEFE e it roruings ago by tho discovery Of3 G s aslcep iear & sprivg on his 6T B0, sih caution and aetivity the prize Wi T artedsd throwing it over Lis shouldery l-}ll‘c Py Tifs way homeward ru{"lrhui» kS intes the 8 2 vitious bleating, end I a fo¥ !:; i; the 307" of aflulrs was ‘walerly chango df by 8 0% wace of & fonnldable buck fol Doth futent upon waking war. o llmu‘ enuugh to drop the faw m&d ll't H _:.,: o Jk overtoolk him and W of his coat .(‘;h a1 tropby of mfi\-fi‘uah{) X Luck septiveled the psee Mlhtgx I sty tho explration of which thne CUEEC g 4 and with an appetite for bred ‘:x il dreams of bolled veusion steas® woy bome, 5 when tho e em— ‘Tho proper name fur 8 quack dusH