The New York Herald Newspaper, September 22, 1871, Page 8

TH Fall) Openings in the Me- tropolis. LATEST STYLES AND NEWEST MATERIALS. | Changes Since the Abolition of the Empire in Paris—Numberless Varieties in Bonnete— A Plea for American Fashions. ‘The modis‘es had sunshine for & wonder yester- @ay to smile in thetr display of fashions. It would weem as if the clerk of the weather had a chronic FASHIONS. erepe de Chine an Will be reprodacec silk and velvet, 4 autumn nowers, For winter tt of heavy Ottoman silk, in brilliant colored 1 im velvet and combinations of + stripes on white and various colored grounds. Bonnet strings are rather wide» | Nothing can exceed the rien effect of this novelty, Brothers, Broadway, hay trade, Years ago ever’ use sold | and very much longer, some reaching at leas¢g i We saw the sealskin sacque, With half and ‘full | tucreased that lates firms on Broadway import | yard i length. flowing sleev 180, AS & Novelty, Sealskin trimmed | nothing else but kid gloves, We have been assured PLAINNESS IN VOGUE, af with otter, ‘There were elegant Polish cloth jackets, | thateight to ten milion doliars wort of gioves | The same peculiar style of piamness that ts | braiaed and trimmed with fur, and Astrakhan | are imported annually. The late war in Europe has | adopted in costumes 1s 0} | hats. Excess of ornamentation not considered | ausait the materials must be rich and artistl- | cally nged, The taste must needs be exquisite which can produce a becoming effect with only velvet, sil or onty those of @ similar tnt. will enter lai y materials bonnets, rely, ex: t for face timmings. be “much used, but only on aressy bonnets. Plain, black velvet bonnets, with ver; orpamentanon, are for siopping, and purpose and ordinary wear we are hap! | | round hats. | imvaluable, and nothing can be prettier or more ap. propriate than a gray or brown felt bonuet trimmed with some color e:ther matching or contrasting prettily with the dress, The fashion of wearing the muliiuery to match the costume familiarized us K and ostrich tps, of subdued shales, | Yhese three ely into the formation of all the leathers displacing flowers almost en- Lace will also A charming hat of the turban order was entirely | Mutle for this | “Duchesse” and “C Py to | specimens of those weil greet the revival of felt in bonnets as Well as | Will not have its formal opening for a week or two, , With haif aud full Nowing siceves, rich blae and white fringe. Mme. Natalie Tillman & Co, had some beautiful specimens Of bonnets and round hats on exhibition, fall of lace at the back and a very handsome plume. | surrounded with lace, and a@ tuft of feathers peeped over the left side, Among the bonnets were the rday,” both very handsome nown styles. from Paris, FLOWERS, FEATHERS AND SIMPLICITY. “Simplicity!? said a tall, over-dressed matron, as she promenaded through the tnronged rooms of the uptown modistes yesterday. mplicity! 1 confess @pite against the chameleon goddess; for he gene- | with brighter colors in bonnets, and it 1s not now | Idon’tsee it, I thought the styles were tending to vally spoils her spring and fall receptions with copious showers, Aithough at present every modiste selects her opening day, without any reference to her rivals and neighvors, yesterday may be accepted as a fair average date fo rthe first formal display of fall styles in the metropolis. Nearly ali the leading houses have re- ceived their stock of feminine frivolites from (they still cling to that sorely punished capital as im days of yore), and ‘hose whe are enterprising enough to think and in- vent for themselves ,without any reference to Euro- pean tastes, have all their faney notions for the on exhibition, Regarding this Paris arrangement a Sew words of explanation are necessary, No one ean deny the exquisite taste of French women tn matters of dress; but no one will uphold the opinion that it is absolutely necessary for American women 40 follow blindly the dictates of their Gallic sisters, | The sooner this bugbear of Paris fashions is entirely vermoved the better, Why shouid not Americanwomen | be guided by their own judgment ana taste in their | Soilet and not wait for (he dictum of some Parisian modiste or the whim of a class of females beyond | tae seas who are anything but respectable? Yet | Muilliners in New York will hold out bravely, despite | ‘the momentous events of the past yeur, for Paris Mashious. During (he dark days of the Prussian in- Vestment, and the still darker days of the Commun régime, Our leading pa¥veyors o: fashion persisted AR announoing the latest styles from Paris, The inciple at any time is entirely wrong, as it is @ foncession of an absence of taste m dress among | American ladies, Of course, common sense has YFarely any affiliation with fashion, but such @ Monstrous error as accepting every thing that comes | | | { from Paris without queston is decidedly | wrong. Half the styles «that are sent to us from that city have their origin | ‘with persons whose names should not be mentioned | impolite society, Even in the days of the empire the | greater part of the stuff sent here as “the latest styles.” We thought that the Franco-German war | and the anuihilation of the Court of the Tulleries | ‘would have taught our mod/stes sense, put they are | as closely allied to their idols as ever. Even the heathen Chinee will acknowledge at times that his | Wo! 1s cheating him, and will puta rope around ite | meck and drag it ignominiously throngn the streets | afterhim, But a New York modtste will cling to her | Parisian deity through thick and thin, and ignore Ristory and its revolutious with the utmost noncha- Jance. AMERICAN STYLES. ‘The polonaise is, par excellence, the garment of ‘the season for costumes, and has been promoted to | she dignity of dinner toilet also, for which it ts | @von more fashionably worn than the basque | and overskirt. But how to decide on the most dis- singué and graceful and which shall be honored by | being named as the favorite? Here we have the | “Leoline,” with its deep Louis XIV. vest, buttoned a8 the way down, 1ts back tight fitting, simple in Ponstruction, Yet rendered exceedingly stylish by | She artistic looping; the “Mossquetaire,” short in | front, almost like a basque; the back long, Doufant, with a jaunty postilion and o sleeve | Which gives it its name. Then the “Griselda” and the “Delphine,” each possessing interesting Poinis; the “Beatrice,” the ‘Berenice,’ the ‘Her- fosa’’ and the “Agatha,” and soon through a whole eatalogue of names and designs, till oue is almost | bewildered with the variety, and 1s obliged to sum- fon ail one’s taste and decision to make a judicious selection. Many of these are in what is knowl as the “Marguerite’’ style, the back extending plain, die a round basque, and the desired tousant ap- pearance below. These will be the leading styles of the Beason. j For cloth and velvet the long pelisse, plain, with- | put looping, will have many admirers, aud forsome ; figures is especially becoming. BASQUES. Although the polonaise has acquired such a) prestige, Jet it not be understood that basques are by | any weans excindea, It would seem tnat long ere | thus every device for cuittng these Jaunty garments Bad been exhausted; but at each opening we look | for and expect something new, sometiing stylish, | ud we invariably find the supply equal to the de- | mand. Long, short, pointed, square, pufed, plain, rouud, slashed, with vests ana without, for house | wear and for costumes, each prettier tuan the other, | his one for a slender figure, that one for the stately | Game tending toward embonpoint, each may sult | Ber inviiv.dual taste, be entirely diverent in style ; Srom her friend or neighvor and yet be in the | Jashion. Decidedly the favorites of the day are the | “Jusiipe,” “May,” “Adelaide,” “Cora,” ‘“kiaine’? | as pretiy as ‘their names, and by erlict pronoanced “stylish,” which 18 sopposed to be all that is necessary to a new design W insure {ts success. With & Dasqie an overskitt ts almost indispensa- ple, although @ plain, demi-train skirt, with @ stort, | becoming basque, is now coupSidered exceedingly distingué for house wear. ‘The urtisiic drapery which has been go long in Vogue 1s just suited Lo no oft, caressanie materials of the season, and retains Mts prestige, individual taste deciding the qaauuily andthe peculiar style, One peculiarity in the over- askiris, aud in many of the polonaises also, 18 the ex. | eeedingly plain appearance tn front aed at the | sides, the looping being ail toward the back. Of this siyle is the ‘Eduetta,” and another known as the “Eulalie,” cach of which elicited their full share ation, While the “Carolyn” and ‘Geneva’ { ria,” all graceful and &il novel, had | their espectal adherents. Next in favor to the polonaise, now that the cool Gaye ure coming on, Is the MARQUIS MANTLE, for cashmere, which has 10 a great extent taken the | place of the jaunty, little, slashed jackets, although | ‘they have uot entirely lost their prestige.” This is @ fort of sacyue, over Which {8 worn a talma, both heavily braided or embroidered, A Variation of tbls ts the “Stuart Mantle,” wich 18 a double taima, te upper one wit a double Watteau plait in’ the back, A new styio of waterproof, that in dispensable adjunct of all trousseaux for tis weason Of the year, is known as the “Broad- Way,” and is & loose sacque, without siceves | which, however, may be addled if desired, with & | lala exteudiog across the back onty, at tie shoul- Gers, but cut away iM & line with the shoulaer searus and armboles, leaving the front par, which Ms rounded, to fail over the arm, adiording an ampie otection. Jn the back of the talma 18 a shallow aiteau plalt, not deep enough vo add much to the Weigit, but imparting just sumclent fulness to pre- Went the drawn appearance, wuich is so ungracelul, ‘Another stylisi design is @ loose-fitting Gabrielle, buttoned Gown the front, and finished witu half Wide sleeves aud & round hood; and etill another favorite style 18 a circle skirt, wituout any rauiness at the bell buttoned aown the front, aud Worn with @ short louse paletot, Teaching just over We hips Bad sinsned at Whe Hues. Bul the crowning point of the vollet 1s \ A LOVE OF A BO: an’ there ts no one adjunct of we grand whole that ie ao ittie Hiavle ¢ color of the costume may be @ season Old, and the casaque or overskirt of the sume date, or the trimmings a lit Out of style, and yecexcite but dittie notice Ake bonne! ve nol of the Dewest suape and possess the requisite chico, the whole tunel, ho mater Dow stylien of novel, will be vo pe bonucis of last eason, 4&9 ming to youthful loveliness and, even linparting a piquant plain features, have merged themise) ves Into Various Lew shapes Which, ailucugl Pata Aps uot SO generally Lecoming, Will yet be the fasniou, permiiting full for the dispiay of 10. Gividual taste ib # Judicious geiection. Many of tue later desigus of jasi season Lave been retained for this, with but slight wodilicativns, the general ten dency being Wo eviargement, and possibly Leto; ‘wiuler is over common sense and fashion ma a compromise, and give us bonuets of a proper #176, tha’ happy medium hetween a headdress and a coal wou which will leave noting Wo be desired. AL Teady we fave the vriin and curtain in most of the shapes, with a decided crown, ‘The favorite desigus have a high, pufled crown, something in the “em pire” style, fh @ Pompadour iront and a sort of fearf curtain in the back. Auoiher bas the cresceut front of last seayon, the fat crown suppiemented by suother formed of @ broad scarf, plaited on the back Of bhe frame and sel up ike @ cap a /a paysanne, yeep curtain enureiy coucealing fan; ™ , crown, | becoming. Al { ostric! fe een of tasie, Eugénie, knew nothing about the | - | which fs surmounted by a h | Ming. considered obligatory that the bonnet must either exactly match the dress or be black, although good ‘taste Will dictate that it should always harmonize. SIKINGS AS & DISTINCTION, For some time past hats have been distinguishable from bonnets only by the strings; put strings on a hat and it becaine @ bonnet, and take them of aud behold it was called a lat. But this season they possess features peculiar to themselves. In the jeading styles the crowns are high, almost straight rd perfectly fat on the top, the brims of a medium har and rolled at the sides, or slightly curved and drooping at the back and front; nave a drooping brim all around, but the high, flat crown js almost universal Tne English turban shapes, with r wich in favor, and are very generaily becoming, ‘The Louis XVI. hat, with its high, perfectly flat aud) narrow. brim roiled at’ the sues, will be the favorite, however. It is rather masculine in appearance, somewhay resembling the Haine hats, but is very generally ong veil ts fastened on the right side, under an aigrette or pompon of veivet, and may v6 used eithe 8 veil or a scarf for the neck, at plea- sure, All the shapes can te found in black and colored straws ana felt for autumn wear, and are repeated {a veivet for The trimming has rear (0 tront, posed very nearly or directly in front, connected With long streamers in the back. The turbans are changed its base from simply yet charmingly trimmed with plain bands of | velvet, or a scarf with long ends, and a as pretty little aucily perking out at the left; but the lon; h plume, proceeding from an ornament in tii right side, passing across the front and winding around to the back, wee goneme ft Jaud tor hats with rong bruas LES IN TONNETS, crowns, Gray felt turban ofa new shape, ‘the brim turned up all around, and the crown per- fectly flat on the \op and inclined toward the front. The Qargiture consists of alternate folds of garnet and Uk, « eq straight around tne brim, api doulle twister Ace of garnet and gray silk Placed along in i the edge of the cya oF ie bind terminating ie back Inq full cluster of garnet a and gray plumes, eek underneath which along sash of gray silk, trimmed with rich fringe, lalis over the shoulders, A particularly becoming bonnet of gray, uncut Veivet, Known as the ‘Viola,"" has the crown high and straight and the brim and smail curtain slightly roopiny Alternate folds of gray velvet and uncut velvet sh the edge and surround ine crown, nh, solt puff. The garnt- ture is all placed on the right side, almost directly in the back, and consists of a full cluster of gray plumes, Surrounding a large biue satin flower, from Which depend long, trailing sprays. The “Nonpareil”? is a Geetiy 2 hat In Marie Loutse blue corded silk, the crown formed of a high, soft puff, and the brim drooping at the side and front, but turned up in the back. The trimming consists of a loose rouleau of silk, surmounted by black Chanillly lace, wuich proceeds from the jarge silk Dow on the left side, across the frout and right side to @ cluster of black ostrich tps, which, with ‘the long streamers of black gros grain ribbon, com- Plete the garniture 1p the pack. 8sTY The “Elise” is a “La Princesse" is a black velvet bonnet witha full, | nffed crown, @ rather deep curtain formed of black lace, and the brim turned from the face in front, leaving room for a fall face trimming of ruched lace and a full-blown pink rose. A heavy rouleau of velvet entirely encircies the bonnet between rews of black Chauttily lace, and @ tuft of black ostrich tips on the right side toward the front and two velvet tabs in the back complete the garniture. Long velvet brides, edged on one side with wide lace, ued low down, and narrew tie-strings of pink ribbon. The “Vanzini’ gave evidence of a most artistic taste In the corabination of three most exquisite shades of brown, the materials corded silk, uncut velvet and velvet. Tue Pompadour front was sup- i peitags by a high, puffed crown, and the curtain in the back, formed by @ double scarf tringed on the ends, was ornamented with a splendid spray of brown and orange flowers, long trails of autumn jJeaves falling from the back and others connecting it with a similar Mower which formed the face trim- ‘The blending of the different tones of color i this bonnet was simply exquisite. YRAMING THE FEMININE FACE. Mile. Power had a brilliant opening yesterday, and exhibited some rare specimens of bounets and round hats, Among them was a black lace Fanchon, with a soft crown of peach velvet, a very lovely A handsome veil of thread jace fell gracefully qitisite peach pompon and long ends of ribbon to correspond. Veivet and lace, becomingly arranged, coustituied the face trimming. Another bonnet was of two shades of violet velvet, the front being ar- | ‘The crown | ranged in aiternate folds of velvet. consisted of two large puils, one light and the other dark. An elegant ostrich plume, of deep, rich violet, was fastened upon the right by a light colored pompon, crossing the crown and falling grace‘ully upon the left. The Jace veil Was caught carelessly by a violet ribbon and @ band of velvet crossed the front. We also saw stylish hats of the Marie Antoinette shape—one of black yelvet, with & lace puiliug around the crown, contined in the centre by a rich feather trimming in all the canar shades, A Soft ostrich-canary plume, tipped wii! | biack, drooped carelessly in the back, apparenuy fastening @ handsome thread lace veil. Then there Wag a bat composed of vlack velvet and rich pink silk, the rim being black and the crown pink, covered with thread lace, ‘This bad a beautiful effect in softening and harmonizing both colors. A long veil, caught here and there by jets, cares lessly looped through a stylish riboon bow, and an elegant ostrich plume of pink with biack centre, fastened by a jet ornament, completed tlus distingud har. At Terry’s, Union square, we saw a hat called the “Princes: It was @ lat of white velvet, trimmed With black thread lace, @ spray of jets set at the side in full clusters of loops; @ long white piame, with yellow pendants, failing over the crown and extending over tie hair, with a scarf of thread lac: Another was the “Crescent.” This hat is made of mauve-colored velvet, rather hizh tn the crown and the brim silgutly rolled. Ail round and facing were velvet pipings of black and mauve silk, with thread Jace surrounding the crown. A long plume of the same color Was set in @ biack Up at the side and feil gracetuily over the crown, and black gros grain ribbon, with fail clusters of loops, were at the bide and back. Beside it was a white felt turban, the brim faced witu blue velvet, a wide band of velvet surrounding the crown, two ostrich tps 80 arranged as to fall over the crown, half shading a garland of flowers, which fall over the back hair, Another was a very stylish riding hat for ladies, of silk plush, high crown, the trimming compos of a band of wide velvet, falling in wide streamers from the back, aod a lace vell fastened by au os. trich tip at the side. ‘A noveity 1s & Pollsh cap for boys, of brown velvet, with black trimmings and a pompon set at the side ina vow of velvet. ‘The Rosetta is a hat of white Teit for small ciilidren, the brim rolied all round and faced with velvet, a Toll of velvet surrounding the crown and a white ostrich tip at the side. Arnold & Constable, although not yet prepared for un opening in all their departments, had some interesting styles abd materials on exuibition, SILKS. There has never been @ season when there has been a greater vartety of colors in plata silks than tuis fall, and the stock at tus house seems to be more than usually complete. As plain colors are deemed especially desirabie both for full and demi costumes we cao only mention the names of some ne Palmyra Salamander, litaire, Hyacintne, Bou- fellle are most prominent, ‘The “Cachemire Sicilien,” @ fabric of silk and wool, very finely finished to resemble sik, one anda quarter yards wide, very elegaut for overskirts, in colors to match the silk, 1S the latest novelty Of the season and will be much worn by the bon ton. In dress goods there isa fine display of the new colors and new fabrics, such asx the casumere a’ccosse, crépe de Paris, drap de Nice, serges, &., and some elegant designs in robes ae chambre. Jo shawis tuis house displays as fine a variety of India shawis As any house in the city, The new dest in these goods are the “Ali Pacha,” “tne Alexis" and the “Farther India,” which could be more easily seen than descril In other shawis there is the reversivle Princess, Castilian, Sedan and Augusta. DRESS MATERIALS. Lord & Taylor will have a lormal opening on the @ iwost superior fabric. A polonaise of this mato- rial over piain un irty 18 particularly stylist Ab entirely new fabric is of plain Empress p: Iin, of extra ue quality and fa beaautul cored a'été—a splendid quality of il be cloth suite. Keal French drap gooils, heretofore only imported in biack—wil found in all cotors, for suits, sacques and polo aises, Diagonal black and white and colored plaids for the popular trade, ii st equal to the most ex pensive, are also on exbibition, Colorea cashmeres, forty-five clovn colors, are a leading fi Imperial serge, a new fabr fine quaiity for street wear, Japanese #iiks, of heavy cloth, for fall wear, have black grounds, colored stripes. Printed cashmeres, in polks dots of various sizes, are new this seand In siiks sole antique, pressly for this house, inches wide, in ure in dress materials, is iu all colors, very 1s veautvuily made up for au- nhanisome ros graio silk, matohin an yuigr, und 2g UAW, Mriauded With p kK dress siIkS, tO be o1 bbers’ prices on the day of the openity Tue DEW oman sk phawi is @ Peal novelty, ovine her higher crowns than formerly, are ulso | later in the season. | and the greater mass of it is ais- | jt fails over back hair, | we were shown double plain pouitde in shaded colors, mauulactured ex- A ieauare in plain biaek #i1ks was 1,000 pleces of ered to the popular simplicity, Why, there were pever so many flowers ' and feathers and ribbons and laces used since I can | remember. Not that I object. Simplicity doesn't | suit me; but then I heard that everything Was to be made up very plain.’ | “The world will be somewhat older before plain- | Ness ts Inaugurated,"’ said a female philosopher, in spectacles, at her side, —— are too anxious to spend money and make a@ display and outdo each other to wear plain clothes, ‘The two main uses of clothes, warmth and ity, are pretty nearly tance et euae sat 4 weary only anxtous 0 0 merchants y a $0: balp 8 a 2 an easy compe Both of these ladies were partly right and partly Wroug. There 18 no siinplicity as far as richness of Material aud elaborateness.of make up 1s concerned, yet there is a chasteuess and quaintuess of design that contrasts favorably with the styles of former years, The richest of materials are used for both bon- , Rets and dresses, and the quantity of trimmings | does not diminish, although the mauner of trim- | mug varies, | In dresses and suits the most elegant silks are trimmed with costly velvets and triages: under. | skirts, trail and overskirts are looped and puned | Voluminously, so that when a lady buys ber mate- rial and her truumings and pays’ her dressmaker she has usually expended @ suug litle sum. But oe these costumes are undeniably beautiiul, h thelr harmonious tunis and amp drapings and suit falls of lace and fringe, their — graceful tournures aud exquisite Corsages, aad one cannot but look at them with pleasute and imagine how they will look “unaer he light of # chandelier,” grouped picturesquely, as they will be, when worn by the charming women. Who will buy them. Novody cap oblect to “‘dresq’? wheo it is artistic and individual. Jt is only wnen dress ts reduced toa Pep reece iye of money that At is to be criticised, Money atseli 1s always Vulgar, ates stand for beauty, and not be represented But what can be satd of the bonnets and round | hats displayed at the miuinery openings? Almost }| everything was sald yesterday by the pretty women and the plain wouien, the sweet women and the sour women, the graceful women and the awk- ward women, who strolled througi the millinery exhibition with “Ohs !? and “Abs? and ‘Dears |? forever hovering on their lips. “All that is needed is # lovely face,” sald a be- witching red-cheeked girl, as she poised a sky-blue velvet chapeau on the wiitest little hands, The jookers on thought that wasn’t lacking, as we petite beauty tried on the cunning affair and turned to ier compunion tor approval. ‘ “Cnariey should see you tn that; he would imme- diately capitulate,” sald the lady to whom the fresh. face was vurnea for spree “He could never withstand the heavenly biue of that bonnet and the heavenly blue of your eyes if they were brought to bear upon his heart at tue same time,’? Of course tne bonnet was bought alter this sug- gestion an. sent to the place of the fairy. Tue styles this fall are exceedingly quaint—one might almost say antique, M sucht a Word can be ap. plied to new bonneis, GOING BACK TO OUR GRANDMOTHERS, They remind one of the fashion-plates in the old | magazines that our grandmothers studied. The crowns are high and often puifed, the brias shallow, aud ostrich tips and jong, soft piumes are used in every possibie way for trimming. Heavy gros grain | Tibbop 1s puton in loops and bows, and floatin, ends; lace ts used in profusion ior strings, falls ani ; Veils, softening harsh outiines and giving gracetul ; ellecta, Flowers are used, tough not to tbe extent | Of lormer seasons, and always of the best quaiziy. | Tea roses and fohage, biush roses, with blanched | leaves, autuinn sprays and dainty buds take captive | tho hearta of the devotees to miliinery, All the bonnets have loag sirings of gros grain, and all the hats have gh crowns, aad both bonnets and hats are as pretty as possible. There ts a TENDENCY TO DARK COLORS, deep brown, With « hint of gold, olive green, royal purple and biue that is scarcely bine atali. Blick is ay desirable as ever, and the very prettiest bonnets aud hats are of black velvet, reileved with rose, buff, cie! blue or some of the éeru shades, in the light shades, perhaps, rose is most seen, and nothing can possibly be prettier than some of ine evening bonuets of rose-colored velvet, relieved with delicate white blonde and softened with ostrich tips, so full that the color grows bright Ib their depins. At tie establishment of M. Harris, Brevoort place, some elegant dresses and Cloaks are displayed, together with an clegant collection of bonnets and hats, Among the dresses ts a golden brown poplin, miss ‘pak whirt ond Sicihanne, TI with rich Veivet and heavy twisted cord, ADO the put are folds of velvet and poplin, with kilt platting of poplin, The overdress 1s trimmed at the lower edge with a fat band of velvet, edged with silk and revers of velvet, giving an extremely rich effect. The corsage is fMnished with slashed basque at back and points in front; the coat sieeves have a deep velvet cud, and the entire overdress 13 finished with fringe. An elegant purple silk ts finished at the bottom of the skirt with a scant bias ounce. Deep points of purple velvet are laid over the flounce, and the whole is headed with folus of veivel edged with suk, The OversKirt has an apron front, 13 very fuil i ' cloaks of white dlaraond plush and white One of the latter Was made very high im front, with a | This house . effected this trade very much, and this season al- most all kinds of Ruvopean kid gloves have not | been exported in suMicient quantiles to meet the demand on this side. The large capital of some of our dealers has materiaily helped, however, to | lessen the scarcity, and they have almost forced the | European inanufacturers during the late'troubles to keep up the supply. ‘The leading and best gloves in the country are still the French kid. In the first place they (the French people) are better ayers, tie colors are ' purer, they seem to make the manufacture more of a specialty there and they are particularly neat in finishing all their work. During the war the crop of goat skins was some- For a rough-and-ready costume it ts | as It has not yet received the annual consignment | what neglected, and during the last eight or ten ‘ars prices of these have become higher than fore. This season the prices of kid gloves are certainly not cheaper; if anything they are | higher, and on the other side of the Atlantic prices are how more likely to go up than to be reduced. ‘This country seems to use the best of kid gloves in greater quantities than even the people of Europe. The best styles here are the ‘‘Rarris seam- less," Alexandre, Courvoisier’s and Jouvin’s. They have gloves in Europe of different pames, but the quality 1s not 80 good, though cheaper, as’ those we lave here. Enormous quantities of kid gloves are imported | from all parts of Germany, the greater portion of ; Which are poorer in quatity and not to be compared | to the French kids, still there are a few of excep- ; Honally good quality, Which nearly come up to the i French kid. Almost every little village in Germany as now small manufaciurers um this ine, ‘There 18 very little change in regard to colors this season, the brown tints being in greatest demand. | ‘Two, three and even five button gioves, we notice Specially, are in greater demand than they have | Mitherto been, beth in colors ana party xtas. In stores where nothing but kid gloves are sola you find gloves that will iit cuildreu of one year old aud upwards, These children’s and misses’ gloves | Be | | Colors, sizes ranging trom No. 4 vo 63s, ladies? sizes being Irom 53; to 8 and gentiemen’s from 74 to 1). It 1s astonishing how kid gloves are made so well, as cach glove passes through the hands of twenty- five people betore it 1s finished. The skins are ob- | tained from all parts of Germany aud France tor the manufacturer, who sorts them out and selects them, Each skip makes about one anda halt glove to two pairs of gloves—in mauy cases net more than three single gioves. If a lady therefore obtains a dozen pairs it is somewhat dificnit, as may Li eacitey Ree overy Pa eee softness, i of the raw skin depends a go deal upon the food and t en aed is raised, the mountain goat having {gag best skin ard the “flat land’ goat's skin cing somewhat inferior in quality. The hair ts taken oif the skin by tanning, which takes proba- bly four weeks’ ume; it is then handed to the “soraper,”” who makes the body of the skin equal and amooth, The skin is then dyed, which masco 16 shrink very close; after which it goo» «arough the recess of “softening.” It taeN handed to the utters and sizers; after wilch it is given out to the girls to sew. m girl can sew on an average two pairs cagh aay. When finished they are care- fally paokcd for shipment, It may be seen that it takes a considerable time to do all this, and, pass- ing through 80 many hands, it is astonishing that the loge OrReIally; the lighter tints—turu out so well. | the finest THE PAINCE ALEXIS, Mecting of the Committee of Recepiion—The Prince to Be Domiciled at the Clarenéon Hotel—The Sub-Vommlttees Report Pro- gsress—Favorable Responves from All Parts of the Couctry. The Prince Alexis Reception Committee met yes- terday afternoon, William H. Aspinwall in the chair, ‘The others present were Henry Clews, Jokn Taylor | Johnson, General McDowell, Admiral Gordon and General Shaler, All the sub-committees reportea progress, It was evident, from the sub-committees’ reports, that the gentlemen who have the reception In hand gre working well to make the display such as it ought to be, Members of the commitice yesterday stated that all citizens with whom conversation had been held about the Prince’s visit had manzfested their intention to participate in the welcome, It was sald that it was well understood among the citizens that 1t was only proper the representatives of the Russian imperial family should be most cor- friendship shown by Russia to the Northern States during our recent war. This general feeling was Well manifested, it was stated, in the responses already received from over two hundred of the three hundred gentlemen, all over the country, who had been invited to become members of the General Reception Committee. For the last few days these responses have been coming in freely, and it was deemed certain now that tie three hundred yentie- men origisally called upon will serve on the com- mittee, It was announced that Mr. Cataca7y, the Russian Minister, has engaged ine private dwelling attaciied to the Clareniion Hotel ag the headquarters of the Veter ae, ote moe bea shen y asnsaint om the habit of staying at the Clarendon, announced that the revenue steamboat, under com- mand of General McDowell, will be tsed, with North River steamboat, to convey the Prince and the accompanying party on the trip to West Point. ‘rhe military parade and the torchlight procession will be under command of General Shaler, who lias been perfect!ng arrangements tor a goo'l display. The firemen have volunteered their services for the torchiight procession, but whether or not the ofier Wiil be accepted has not been yet determined upon, The sub-committees on the dall at the Academy of Masic and the breaktast at Jerome Park reported thet everything was progressing favorably in the in the back and trimmed with yeivet and fringe, A corsage, with littie basque and points, aud me- Ginm sized sleeves completes the costume, A silk, imported from Worth’s, of three shades of brown, attracts much attention. An elegant black silk im- orved cioak, heavily embroidered, 1g Voth rich and antifal. Some charming bonnets are shown here. A garnet velvet has @ puted crown, with brim faced with biue veivet. Long tab ends of velvet edged with biack thread fall from the back and an ostrich feather fils the space between the brim and the crown. Long strings of biue velvet ribvoa, A bonnet of changeable velvet, olive green and gar- net, trimmed with a green and garnet ostrich feather, Js a nov Drab’ velvet, relieved with rose velvet folds and rose ostrich Ups aad trimuned with black net and {| thread veil, makes @ bonuet suitabie for a youthful | face. A lovely bonnet ts of dark green velvet, trimmed With black thread and cluster and spray of autumn leave: bon and lace {ali from the back, loops of velvet trom the face trimmings, and long ribbon strings Ue under the chin, ‘A lovely round hat of garnet velvet, puffed crown, and brim cap-shaped. Tab ends, edged with threau, fail from the back, and roses complete the win- mung. jame F To, Lafayette place, has her show- of e atyi rooms ful eauufal and distingud styles. A bonnet of dark brown velvet ts trimmed with biae ostrich ieathers, iace veil aud blue quullng at ine face. A charming biack Jeet bonnet has @ roiling brim, faced Wlih bine silk. Biue sik loops are caught back to tae crown, with jet ornament. A ae ostrich Up abd loug strings coupiete We trim- ming. Adear little thing called the “Edith” has a fall crown like an old woman’s cap. Peeping from the Trout 18 @ ruct. ie Dlae silk ike the border to the cap. A b ponpon end thread lace bows Make up @ foul ensembiw altogether fascinating. Ahonnet of rose-colored veivet, trimmed with white Méectitn, is worthy to be calied ‘a love,” no doudt will be. It is softened with fair: Marabout featters, and is perfect for evening W ALA. T. Stewart's some charming styles challenge the admiration of the ladles, Wo dutter about them like bees among the clover. A turoan of cark brown felt has the narrow brim bound with velvet; a scarf of silk Is Knotted aronn’t tue crown and falis from the back in long ends, Loops of brown velvet aud gros grain ribbon, with cock’s plumes and a white porapon, are arrenged high, near the back of the crowa, With styitah enect, An elegant hat of black velvet has black gros grain folded ground the crown, with tab ends of Suk, edged with black thread, 4 veauisul pird of paradise feather fuishes it. A pretty little black vurban 1s 9 combination of velvet, lace and ribbon, brightened with @ scarlet ostzich Up, Nesting ear the crown. A dainty affair of ciel blue veivet, has a puffed crown, With a brim slightly rolling; pink roses and buds ind doating ends of ribbon, A tuile rache finishes the inside aud long su.ogs of blue ribbon ‘wait to be tied under some dear little chin, A child’s hat of white velvet, blue veivet and blue ribbon and white ostrich tips, makes all the mothers who nave nice lite girls Want to buy it Many otner hats for ciiidren are shown, desirable in every respec th inst, whica will continue for three days. | Mme. Gatoupean, Brevoort place, displays a fine | Among the noveliies in dress goods here are (he | assortment of Lounets and hai, Some ‘beautiful chené plait murchioness sults, Wilh heavy fringe of | styies are seen here, among others a round hat of black velvet and silk, Wita loops of ribbon and Jace: Olive green ostich Ups, With roses aud buds, are arranged to give a high elfect to the crown; te Shallow brim is faced with velvet. The chapeau chasseur i a dashing affair, of soft q vright wings, and long ends Moat from the ack. Astylish bonwet 1s Of garnet velvet, Une sturred brim laced with pale yellow silk. A bird of paradise feather is fastened with large loops of garnet and lave is looped al tie back, aud iorms stings to Uo under the cnin. A preity bonnet of garnet velvet is tamed with chere-colored feathers. Log loops and ends of garnet rinbon, faced with chere, fall from the back. A tea rose and buds nestle ander the bri. VHS KID GLOVE TRADE has improved egermon years, Haria arrangements for these events, and that tie ortgt- hai inteplion of having them on a gorgeous scale would be adhered vo. The chairmen of the severalicommittees were in- structed to report at the next meeting to Mr. Henry Clews, chairmsn of the finance committee, as to what the expense will be for the preparations made by each, fhe committee then adjourved, STEAMBOAT RAISING. The steamer Fort Lee, which was sunk off the Battery Wednesday morning, in collision with the steam propeller Nereus, was raise’ yesterday morn- ing by Captain Scott, an engineer in the Department of Public Docks. The process of raising the steamer ‘was rather a novel one. The boiler was converted inte an air chamber, Captain Scott placed his sub- marine armor upon his person and descended ito the hold of the vessel, and, by means of an air pump, expelled the water from the bouer, max! tho bouler a perfect airchamber. This method aiforded sefMicient buoyancy to float the steamer, When raised the Fors Lee was towed to Jersey City flats and there pumped out by Captain Seott’s wrecking steamer Wallace. The steamer wiil be under stesm to-morrow morning, and will p' ance Dock to have her null repaire: About five nuudred curtosicr- whom were many expert wreck: it eet to the Bal- ekers, among the raising of the steamer. Some of denounced this new process Of raising a vessel, whicn was done ata trifling exnens¢ whereas in former times the cost was excreme); portion to the labor Involved, fon, it i8 only necessary t ‘ate that the work, swiich only cost $150 by the new process, would have cost, under the old system, from four to five thousand dollars, heavy in pro ‘© maxe a comparl- MOVEMENTS OF THE PRESIDENT, CINCINNATI, Sept, 21, 1871. President Grant reached Georgetown last even- ing. He will be in Batavia on Friday and return to Cincinnati on Saturday; spend Sunday wita his father in Covington; proceed to Chicago on Mon- day, ana after @ short visit there whl return to Washington. CITY GOVERNMENT. OFFICIAL, THUNEDAY, Fept. 21, 1871-2 o'clock P. M. Present--Thormas Ooman, Eaq., President, aud Aldermen Sharinek, Cuddy, Dimond, ‘Hart, Mitehell, Plunkiit, Reilly, Seilietidg, Weich and Wolttaan, RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED. By Alderman PLUNKITI—To permit A. Millen to eubstt- tule ornamental lamp for iamp aow in front of &0 Kighth ay By the same—To appoint Francis D. Ryan « City Surveyor. By Alcerman WRLcn—To permit Theodore Feldstein to atitute ornamental lamp for Jamp now tn front of 86 For- Byth street. By Alderman WouTMan—To Henckel_ to e on nth street; wilding im construct bay window on ho 2b to permit the erection of por over eutrance of bi Tryon tom. By Alderman © ‘Third to Fifth aven 80 pave Icigh! meAt, maine in Fifty-eiath T--To vuild receiving basin north- venue and Fiftiewh street: to lay gas Teet j1om Second to Third avenue; to ky Alderman V1. west corner of Nini meine In Sixty-third black fell, turned up saucily at one side and turned | meing in Sixty ih 1 Seoond to Third ¢ down as saucily at the other. The brim is bound | Poyeatuvenuen in’ Fifty-eighth street Niath to With gros grain aud a gros grain scarf Is knotted | “hy Alderman RetLLy—To place orvamental lamp between around the crown Long, glossy ostrich athers | 126 and 124 Maison atreet, | fall agaiast the crown and float from the back. ‘This | By the PRESEN E-To build receiving basin northwest hat 48 worthy to be worn by Qu On a | Corner Beekman and South streot tu é ‘Launcel A doubties: By Alderman iRVING--To piace ornamental lamp in front bunting expedition with Lanncelc a dowbtiess | its Past Ninetesatb siroct: to riawala epvorie ¥8 Will be worn by Somebody qnite as beautit itis Pid pat ipa ‘ A felt hat hay nutings of silk, giving a tigh erect | Ry"Aderman O'NvILA—to pave Seventy-firat atreet from to the crown; full bows of riobon are relieved by | Third tw Fifth avenue with Ke gan pavement. To remove free drioking hydrant By Alderman WX iasex atregis, corner Graud and | | By Alderman CHAKLOOK To pave Twenty.(fth street from | Seventh to Joghth avenue with Belgian pavement, | REPORTS. m on Street Pavement-To pave 125th atreet to Hariem River with [eig on Pi 1 pavement, a lamp oppor nite Works—1o pla WeRRD ON FILE lic Works--Transmitting By Inet, Dy ler ike tm J until Monda dOUN HAK spectalty in this Es thei in small quantides, but now tne trade tias 80 are imported in one, two and three buttons, in ail | he place where ine goat | dially received here, if for no other reason than the i | PUBLIC EXECUTIONS IN LOUISIA wae They Committed the Murder. | PREPARATIONS FOR THE GALLOWS. Another Murderer Taken Ont of Prison to Witness the Execution, {From the New Orleans Time: Yesterday, for the first time in any fears ihe ex- ; treme penalty of the law was administered in the } parish of St, James, The victims were three colored | men, convicted and sentenced to death on the 17th of July, for the crimes of murder and arson, In hav- ing, on the 10th of May last, murdered Frank Men- Teath aud set on fire the store of Mr, Chopin (an the | above parish), 1g which young Menteath was em- ployed. Spee eee wo” THE CRIME, 0B he night of May 10 the store of Mr. Chopin, on Irs, Welhum’s plantation, iroadng the river, situ- ated about two miles above College Point, iu the Bi sii OF St. Jaines, Was burned to the ground and | unk Menteath, aclerk, murdered and his body thrown into the river, Circumstances indicated that the store was broken in'o between the hour of muinight and four o'clock in the morning as one of the coust steamers landed a short distauce from it at about midnight, and it was unharmed then. Among the ruins next morning were found two shot guus, which the young Man Who Slept there was known to have kept near his bed, and one of them was cocked, giving rise to the theory that he was awakened by the noise caused ip preaking into the store, aud had seized and cocked the gun, out was assaulted and overpowered before he could use it, Suspicion pointing to a negro named James Parker as having been concerned in the deed, he Was arrested, and, upon promise of protection aud final release, he made a confession, implicating three other negroes, named Johu Williams, Noel, alias Madison Hampton and Alfred Decaraux, as tag Parties with himself wno were guilty of the crime. Subjoined is | PARKER'S CONFESSION, ; Which clearly relates all the circumstances con- nected with the bioody affair. He stated that the four started out with the miention of robbing some store; they passed by Chopin’s store and came uj vhe road as far as St. Michaei’s church, unueter- mined where to make the attompt, out finally con- cluded to retrace their stops and rob Chopin’s store, asthewe Was leust danger oi deiection there, attempt tu force open the rear door awakened the young man Menteath, who called out, ‘Who 13 there?” The party outside maintained a strict | sudence until they supposed the young man had | failen asleep again, wien a second and more suc- cesstul attempt to enter was made. Williams then Bucceeded in wrenching the door open by a powertul effort, when Parker rushed in ‘and seized Menteath by the throat. The unfortu- nate et man begged the intruders to spare hs life, but his entreatied were una- Vailing. Williams imstructed one of his co panious to search for a piece of rope, and when was brought adjusted it around Menteath’s neck; he and Parker then each took aa end of the rope and pulled until their victim was strangled. Alter tymg the arms and jegs firmiy together Wiliam: took the body on his shoulders and threw it into the river, where it flouied a short time and then sank. They then proceeded to ransack the store alter accomplishing which they started off, but ha gone but a short distance when Willams proposed to return and set fire to the store, in order, as he said, to destroy anything that might “teil a tale on them.” They accordingly retraced their steps, scat- on ee ara the bed and floor, touchea a atc edcl was in the hanitat oooee The dog weWedt them a short distance, but 8 placed a gun in inmedtate contact with the animai’s body and fired, Killing it instantly. Parker made his statement with ® minute clear- ness and ubhesitancy which bespoke mature delib- eration and an evident determination to tell all the circumstances as they liad really transpired. He tmmedtately ideutified three guns, a pistol and @ pipe that were taken from the store, and named Ue person that had taken each respective article, For instance, Alired Decaraux had taken a gun with a red stock, Noei hau taken a@ gun witht a black stock, and Wiiltams iad taken the other un—Which also had a red stock—and the pipe. le stated that Wiliams had given the pipe to a mau wno lives in the Vacherie settiement, which was fully verified by the statement of the persou who had received it, aud the production of the pipe iu court. the person who first discovered the body in the river; Mr. Middicton, overseer of the Welham plan- tation, Dr. Charles Gray. Mr. Middieton testi- fied to having been im the store conversing with the deceased unui bine o'clock P.M. the night of the occurrence, and to having returned between the | flames, court as the one deceased had shown pip phat very night, and tesufled Rio tan sae 4 eR {rom the rivet ca L Lact oot a De coay ee daton bi the body of the decegged, amar érdered his written evatement of the said Inquest as evidence; he says i this state- ment that death was apparently caused by strangu- Jation, produced by means of & rope being wound Ughtly around the neck. He also mentions a con- tusion on the right temple of deceased's body, which, however, may bave been cansed by the body coming in contact with some hard substance when tt was thrown invo the river. The doctor identified two ropes produced in court as tose he had taken from ees of the deceased, Upon receiving the statement of Parker, an at: tempt was made to arrest Wullama, but he _re- sisted and fled to the swamp. However he was captured early Sunday morning, May 2, whiie at- tempiing to cross the civer some mies below. Frank Williams, ringleader and insiigator of the outrage, {s a large, powerful negro, abd appears to be a most consummate villain, devoid of every in- stinct of humanity, aud no novice in deeds of murder and robbery. | Aiter being vrought to prison and placed in te stocks, ie feigned insanity aud made several desperate eifurts lo break loose from his fastenings. Dr. Chas, Gray examined the prischer and at once pronounced him perfectly sane, fe admonished 1 treatment, and the fellow cooled down at once, ap- parently satisiied that the insanity dodge was too common Lo be successiul In ts case, ing on the track of the New Orleans, Mobue and ‘vexne Ravroad, As they were passing through the on of Messrs. Lessasvier & Binder they were Mr. Thomas L, Norman, assistant over- Ho Was Superintending the iclons were espied reer of che plantation, wh laborers workiag Ward by, aid his susp aroused by Alfred drawing jus hat ove if to screen his face trom observation. loaned lis horse lo a colored man, with Los to ride around ahead of the two men, in order Lo ob- tan a good View of them, In the meanuine, teeling sure that these meu were the St. James mur- devers or some other criminals, he procured ® gun and started after tem, The men, find- ing that they were jovowed, ran. toward the woods, which they entered before Mr. Nor- man could overtake tiem. ‘The later gentieman then seni ior his neighbor, hr. Adolphe Vial, re questing him to pring ils bieodhounds. These‘ ant- nals, being put on the scent, came up with tne criminals after about a mile’s chase, and these lat. ter, realizing te impossibility of escape, surren dered Without resistance, and were brought to this parish and Incarcerated In the parish jail. it may be well here to state wnat both Alfred and Noel made voluntary confession of the murder and robbery, and thot inall the inain points thelr state- ments coincided with those of iarker. They all declared that Wilhams was the ringleader of the party; that he was the one who did most towards strangling Menteath, But both of Co men agreed in saying that Parker heiped to hold the victim, and | thet they all four assisied in carrying him tothe river. According to Parker's own statement, ho did not touch young Menteath; however, all his other statements were coirovorated by Alfred and joel. abi THR TRIAL, ETC. Parker having been accepted as State's evidence, the remain three were tried before Judge Beau- vais, July 16, and on the same day they were found gutity of the crime of murder and arson. On Mon. ba 2! Jaly 1%, they were sentenced to be hung. Qgust 28 the Governor sig..ed the death war- rant, ordering their execution to take place Sepiem- ir 16, Sherif Oliver visited the Governor to know whether the law provided that the criminal must ve hung in the jail 1, and being smformed that he might use his discretion, he determined to exe cute the i UPON THE VERY sPor where their crime was committed, This was once an old English jaw, and for many years the rule was adhered to in England, ‘The feeling manifested py the colored population of St. Jumes was very bitter against the murderers, and 60 desirous were they tuat moving shouid occur to cheat the law of its vengeance they organ- ized volunteer guards Who took turas in keoping watch over iho prisoners at the Jail from te me of sentence wnttl the day of execuiion. At four O'clock on Saturday morning, September 16, our reporter reached Convent Landing (two miles above College Point), where, th the parish prison, the condemned men were confined. News ‘of Whe approaching execation having been widely disseminated, even aigthat carly hour, people from the surrounding country began ‘to flock ta, ail sorts of vehicles being pressed into service, Arriving at the jail, the yard was found flied with armed hegroes, both forse and foot, te number equalling perhaps three bundred, ail’ toid, Ql the door, and still another at ihe foot of the starr. case, Our Teporter was received by Sherifl Vliver, who conducted him to the CELL Having passed the greater part of the condemned. of the bight In religious devotion with the nunuster of te parish, they were the | singing ® last hyo. Bampion and U) each just ake leave of their mother, why had No (rend to Whom to say goodby=Lis having reinsed 10 seo him. On Friday, the 16th ist, the Shertd read jst cen Three Negroes Hung on the Spot Where and appropriate such articles as pleased their my i ‘Several witnesses were examined, among them | hours of cleven ana twelve on seeing the store ta | He immeuiately recoguizea the pistol ta | would be crazy man that if he | continued fs freaks he would ve s2ijected to harsh | ‘On the 7th of June Hampton and Decaraux were | arrested on the righy bank of the river, whlie walks { Passing a guard | | cents e ihe Geuth Warrant tv them, tie anuouncement bein | luserlee received by all but ams with stolid indi his feelings being expressed by the exclamatiol «Thank God, it has come at last! Heaven be prai: for making me commit the crime, for without that T would not have known there was a God!" At elght o'clock & second visit was inade to th men, it having been arranged to leave the jail al nine o'clock for the galiows, distant jour miles, By: | tis hour the surrounding peighbornoud was filled with armed men, there being no less than seven hundred in attendance on the jail, while crowas of country people still poured in dn tn | way to the appointed spot. The condemned bh: | eaten breakfast, and quite heartily too, the on): reuimant thereof untouched being @ biscuit, whic! in lieu of better patrons, was furnishing entertain’ | ment to an army of flies. Upon the floor were | blanket, & pair of old boots, and several tate: | garments scattered about, as ff the wearers had cast | Renoney things which could possess for them na ¢ aes. of ‘The three were seated u) the floor, one each thrust through an eet Ting, fastened byt ranning through the cell at the height of about six | inches, Decaraux, with a white baudage about hia {| head, leaned listiessly against the wall, while W! Mams and Hampton rocked constantly 'to and Pe npinencry 0 By peor Goa |” “Pm awine t sus "’ “Come Lord and take me ho; iad pressions of a luke character, es ena ‘To the question “Are yo! die i” the three answered, “Yes, 1 am happy; Want to go hoie to heaven, and live in glory. ~ At hall-past eight o’clock the Sherif ap} 1 with the apPy and willing ta 1 HADILAMENTS OF THE GRAVE, ‘ in which they were (o take their farewell of earths The bults consisied each of white drawers, socks, irtand “the while ” The men were quickl: dressed, and, surrounded by & dozen guards, marched with pimioned arms down the slaiway ud took their places in the DEATH CART, “ within which had been placed three coffins, eacty. bearing the name of the condemed. ach wad wok his place forward on the rough deal box, which iy two hours would be to htm a last carihly home. Preparing to leave tur the gallows, our reporter Was hailed by the Sherif with “Mr. kaditor, 1 want to show you something, the like of which has never been known 1a Louisiana.” Mounting the siairway again a ceil was opeacd, from wach was brought a very dk Bt essed looking negro maa of about forty | years. bis,” said bhe Sheri, “1s Randall Cole- | man, charged with having killed another negro om suspicion that the latter had seduced Coleman's wite. Lam going to take hun to the hanging, 80 that he may witness the awful axampie which the law makes of inurderers.” Accordingly Coleman, ,; Was ironed aud placed in the cart beside the cone ; demned men, % ‘ ‘The driver of the cart was " JAMES PARKER, 4 , the accomplice in ine murder of Menteath, but whe saved his lue by turning State’s evidence against hig companions. At fifieen minutes past nine the prow cession moved from the jal, armed men, mounted | and on foot, marching before, behind and upom | either side the cart, whtle vebicles and foot passen< gers stretched out far benind, giving to the caval« cade the appearance of an army of raw recruits, cone {| Veying aud guarding a crowd of straggling refa- | gees. Directly bebind the cart came a gueer-look- \ ing venicle—a one horse open buggy, with an im- | promptu top, composed of whive and biack cloth, four miles Over & rough road, { mud almost knee deep, brought us to ait oponung is | the nigh levee, passing through which THE GALLOWS | suddenly appeared in view. ‘The crowd al on” | the spot was very great, and our calvacade swelled | | the number to at least seventeen hundred gouls. Slowly making its way through the multitude, the | death cart reached the foot of the iatal tree, where | the galiows was erected within a roped circle 180 Teet in diameter, while the armed guards were si Uoned at the outer edge of tue ring, behind the! still appearing the curlous populace, while overs shadowing the sceue were dark green woods rearing thelr fronts upon all sides, aud hemming in the scene of death with a wall of green, ay ,Uwing to the narrowness of the levee at the secm=" of the murder, a spot was chosen removed about five hundred yards distant. The gallows consisted of two upriglit posts, twelve feet high, topped fee beam of the same length. Midway from the top Beste Ubu it eet wet as retired OPT OC WC, Was attached a rope. ‘Ten feet benind the gallows and toward the river was a deep grave, intended for te reception of the three victims, Between the grave and the ustrument of deat there rose to the height of twenty feet a slender | pole, at the end of which a black flag, with a ball of White inthe centre, lazily fluttered in the breeze. | Directly in front of the gallows were piaced the cof- | fins, while before thei sat Kandali Coleman, the man i { | | i ‘ ( | } Who bad been brought out to feel the force of exam~ ple, hig countenance expressing & vernbie agony une der this fearful ordeal, At a quarter ered len the three mounted the | fold and took thelr seats upon small square Deputy | each peneath & nose which dangled from the above. f | | The Sheriff now informed «nem that u2Y would | be permitted to address the peraie, wiceupon ee { after the other indulged in somowWeg, nysteri a pressiovs, the substance of all of When was & Bt ee ment that they were witiing to dle, as vaey felt BENE tied noe had oat forgiven by God ana woul j en home to Jesus 3 waehalt-past teu o'clock Sherift Oliver cried, ones down," when the biack-robed executioner t? mount man) sprang Irom his curious vencie #Od, Mion. ing the gallows, performed the busily the caps over ing, adjusting the nousesaus* “Waule Luis was beg the heads of | ~ AN UNIEARD-OF PROCRDURB 4 Was instigated by Siert® Oliver, wno, approached | Coleman, the poor negro charged, but not yet eves | tied ior inurder, and addressed Lim in a loud Voice, saying:— ‘ 4 | _ “Do you see these murderers? T have brought’ | you out here to ace tle terrtbic fate In store for yous | You murdered a nian, aud you may depend hg | | being put to death men before you, have done someting in bringing you here which has never been done iu the State, and | want you to ' ook ‘at these men well, for tuatis the way you Wilk ie)? ; By this time the executioner had done his work,’ and, descending, te grasped the rope referred to af being attached 10 one of We supports of the plat form, and at tae cry of “Time” by tue Sherif and whiie the white s)ectres were singing & hymn the man in biack tugged suddenly and fiercely, tho prop gave Way, the platform came tumbling down, and with a quick thud there dangled betweem heaven and earth the murderers of Frank Men- teatn. ‘The work of the hangman was well accomplished,, Hampton’s neck betng instanuy broken, and ale though the nooses round the other two became dis. lodged they struggled but one minute, each of them, and then were still, Hamptou made no Movement after he fell, and although, as reniareed neither straggled much, the bodies hung forty-sl: | minutes, life not Secoming entirely extunct unth thirty-three minutes after the drop jell. At twenty 81x minutes past eleven o’clock the; bodies were cut down, and the friends of Lampton and Decaraux appexiing to claim those bodies they) | were thus delivered, while Williams was burned | alone in tue grave pared for his two companiond and himsel. Altiough many left the spot directly | alter the execution landreds sull lingered near to | gratify a morbid taste Which such scenes 80 Well de+ | Velop, aud Jt Was not until after Williams bad been | lowered tuto the grave and his narrow house closed | forever that the lust straggie: left the scene, Joth te take @ last look at the Lideows gibbet which seemed to stretch ils weird arms over the murderers’ graves below. THE PISTOL GALLERY FATALITY, Coroner schirmer yesterday held an Inquest In the case of the lad, Christian Kraft, late of 617 Hast Eleventh street, who was fatally shot at the shoot ing gallery on Tuesday night, as previously reportea }m the HERALD. Peter Strauss aud one or two | other young men had entered tho gallery to | amuse themselves witn a few shots at the target | and while Strauss had the gun to his shoulder and | wasin the actof firing, deceased, who was “marker’? | and had charge of the target, ran out from hisroom ; in front of the target and was fatally shot. The brother of deceased betieves that he must have been frightened, and gives that as the reason for his ruining out beore the gun was discharged, Deputy Coroner Cushman, who made an examina. | tion of the body, testified that he found ® gunshot | wound of the Chest, the bullet passing through the lung. Death was caused by shock and hemorrhage, the result of the wound. ‘AS the testimony showed the shooting to have been purely accidental the jury rendered a verdict to that effect, Coroner Schiimer accordingly dis charged Strauss from custody. . THE WEEELY HERALD. i | i The Cheapcat and Best Newspaper in the Country. 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