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INDIA. The Land of the White Elephant and Its Manners and Customs. DANCERS, JUGGLERS AND SNAKE CHARMERS, Native PRtNc! Travels in (entral Tota, A>, {a the Prosidencies of Roumbay and fiengal By Louis Rouseelet, Carefully revised and edited by Lieutenant Colopel Buckle; containing 317 illustra. tions and six maps. New York: Seribner, Arm- strong & Co. The letter press is far from being the least part of! this gorgeously gotten up volume, Without one of; its 317 illustrations and without 118 beautiful binding this book would command wide attention, It was published first in Le Tour du Monde, where its excel Jences attracted universal notico, and as all England is now agitated on the subject of India the book was translated and given im its entirety in English, Tho Prince of Wales takes fifty copies of it to India with him as presents to the princes and chiefs. They will: be hardto please if they aro not delighted with this straightforward, graphic and carefully prepared ac- count of his travels through their native land by M. Rousselet, It is not olten that one cares to read 50 elegant and formidable looking a volume as this. But he who reads the first chapter will}! keep on to tho last, M. Rousselet travelled: with his eyes open. He saw everything that was to be seen, and learned more than fifty ordi- Mary traveliors. His book reads more likea tale of’ adventures out ofthe ‘Arabian Nights” than a record of facts, The Arabian night illusion is kept up by the’ wonderful Mustrations. Those by Emil Bayard are in, that gifted Frenchman's best style. They are not to be compared with ordinary book illustrations, for they are finixned pictures, The grouping and whole effect | suggest color toa wonderful degree and make one re- gret that they are not to be perpetuated on canvas, India is a delightful country to read about, but must be unpleasant to visit on account of the heat and reptiles. Imagine having snakes running about your doorstep whose slightest bite is deadly poison. M. Rousselet describes a, jnight in Mazagon which must have been, to say the least, uncomfortable. This place is remarkable for its serpents No pre- caution is of avail to keep these reptiles out of the house, and you cannot go out of doors without running the risk of setting foot om one of them. Tho vegetation also attracts a large number of insects, and at nightfall there arises on every side a noisy concert trom a thousand little crickets, grasshoppers and other insects that to unaccustomed ears gives the effect of a piercing and continuous ery. Add to this the frequent assemblages of jackals nefr your house striking up their melancholy strains, to which all the pariah dogs in the neighborhood think themselves bound to respond, and you will have some idea of the sublime tranquillity of the night in this favored town. “L recommend it, however,” ways the author, ‘to the enthusiastic natu- talist, for beside the mosquitoes, which here are of remarkable size, she will have the pleasure of the company or vicinity of the bandycoot rat, which is of a monstrous size; the musk rat, an inoffensive animal, but not agreeable to nervous people on account Of its smell and its sharp cries; the enormous bull frog, whose voice justifies the name it bears, and also the {ndian vampire, called here the flying fox. The latter is one of the most singalar animals in the country. It ‘san immense bat, with black wings spreading more than two feet; its body is covered with a thick, reddish tur, and its head, with pointed muzzle and sharp teeth, f altogether the miniatare of that ot a fox. At night it © seen flying in thousands about the fruit trees, raising thrill cries; and it is no rare occurrence for them to | tay waste an orchard in ono singlo night.” In a land where one bat flying into a church of a summer evening tends the entire congregation down under the pew Yeats one cannot but sympathize with the brave soul who goes to India to battle with a thousand bats, and they bigger than hawks. One of the first things M. Rousselet did upon arriving in India was to procure a servant, for although hotel charges are bigh you have no attendance but that which you supply. People even take a servant when they go to dine at tne table of a friend; otherwise they Tun arisk of getting nothing to eat, as cach servant attends to his own master only. The line is very widely drawn between the various duties of a servant. For instance, a man who attends to dusting the furni- jure would not wait at table, nor would the valet dust ‘he furniture. For this reason every household has an immense retinue of servants, which, in the country, makes quite a little settlement. The houses occupied by the Europeans, and built inthe tropical style, are called bungalows. But, alas! fashion has found its way even into India, and many of the houses of the Euro- peans are built of brick or stone, in the modern styles, Yhe native architecture is beautiful. The palaces and temples seem as though th y had dropped from the tlouds, so delicate and fairylike are they. The principal amusements of India are dancing, jug- glery and fights between beasts and between men, Dancing is casried to a wouderful degree of pertection, and no entertainment is complete without a nauteb. The finest nautch M. Rousselet attended was given in honor of the birthday of a little son of arich Balliah, Purbutt Lallji. On the night in question the strees was brilliantly illuminated, an awning, from which sa- perb lamps were suspended, covered 9s far as the door; thena mountain of flowers was piled up—a regular wall—behind which a noisy Portuguese orchestra was toneealed. On my approach, says the writer, they struck upa military march and Parbutt advanced to receive me. Taking me by the hand, he conducted mo into a grand apartment, where the nautch was to take place, Large mirrors reflected the light of a thonsand lustres; rich carpets and sofas, spread with cashmere, covered the ground; and the magoificent costumes of the guests, and the numbers of servants waving fans gave to the Scene that theatrical appearance of which the Orientals are so passionately fond. 1 took my seat, continues M. Rousselet, on a sutt divan, and was immediately sur. rounded by servants, who offered me sherbets and fruit, and sprinkicd me with rosewater from great silver flagone. A few pacestrom mo the bayaderes, crouching down near their musicians aud awaiting the signal for the dance, formed a sinking group, ‘These lovely girls, with palo complexions and large black eyes, covered with diamonds and precious stufls, looked at me coolly and withoat any appearance of curiosity Most of the guests having arrived, our host introduced us to his son, achild of eight years of age, in whove honor he was giving the fete. These formalities at an end, he seated himself by me and gave the signal, upon the dancers rose up; There. unfolding their scary and shaking their plaited skirts they caused the bells | to vibrate which were fastened around their ankles in the form of bracelets, and whieh served to mark the time. After a preliminary chorns, accompanied by viols and tomtoms, they fermed a semi-circle and one of them advanced close to us, With rounded arms and her veil floating, she turned herself slowly around, with | a gentle quivering of the body, so as to make her bells resound; the music, soft and languishing, seemed to lull her senses, and, with eyes half closed, she seemed loath clasping in her amorous embrace some invisible | being, All thus played their parts in suc- cession—one feigning herself a serpent charmer or a Inte player; another, ardent and impas- fioned, bounding and whirlihg round with rapidity, while another, adorned with am ¢@legant cap embrotd- fred with pearis, addressed us with strange gestures And followed the music with a coquettish movement of the body. They ended their performance with an ani- fated round dance, accompanied by songs and clap- Pingo hands. Inall this 1 saw nothing of that gross ‘mmorality which, from what I had previonsly been sold, | expected to find in the pantomime exhibited by whese women, M. Rousselet calls this tne official Nautch of the Hindoos because ho afterward had the opporta- rity of seeing dances of quite another charactor, to Which strangers are rarely admitted These are real sallets, somewhat like those of our operas, though im- dressed with the voluptuous ardor of the East, The fance is one of the most remarkable of this count The dancing girl advances with a basket filled with eggs. On her head is a wicker wheel ond around this wheel are threads tied at equal distances. The music begins, 47 the dancer, tiking an ogy inserts itin one of the slip knots, and witha sharp movement jerks it tight. One by one all the eggs ‘ro 80 fastened, aud are kept standing straight out at tho length of their string, forming a horizontal anreola sround the head of the dancer by the rapidity of her y. | pages and about seventy illnstrations, motion. While spinning around atvthis rate she removes the eggs and puts them, one by one, in hor basket, Tho slightest false motion, and away would go the whole lot, causing amusement to the audience aud disgrace to the dancer. Every one knows that Indian jugglery is the most remarkable in the world. M. Roussallet saw some of it, but does not deseribo the most wondertul tricks. The other amusements referrea to are the fights between the clephauts, rhinoceroses, buffaloes and men, The Guicowaris very fond of these amusements, and the bloodier the better for his savage tastes, The worst of these exhibitions is the Kucki- Koosti, Men trained tor the purposetake part in this, and tear each other's flesh with horns until the Guico- war orders them tostop. He generality lets them go on until one of the men is killed, There is hardly space inadaily paper to even touch upon the many subjects of interest in this book. There are the hang- ing gardens, the bazaars, the clmrch lands, tho field sport, the Buddhists, the serpent charmers, and many other things that are of interost and peculiar to this country, We cannot refrain from giving au Interview with @ snake charmer, He had nosecobra di capello in his stoe! but offered to get one from the garden sarrounding our traveller's house, The man divestea himself of his clothing and, seizing his toumril, or charmer’sfute, invited M. Rousselet to follow. mn reaching the Back of the bun- galow, where the ground was covered with briars and stones, he placed the instrument to hisanouth and pro- duced from it some piercing sounds, intermingled with softer modulations, while, with bis body dent forward, he narrowly scanned -the vegetation, AMer a moment he pointed out a spot to me, and, on looking toward it, I saw a serpent’s heal issuing from beneath a stone. With the rapidity of a flasi of lighting the charmer dropped his imstrument, and seizing the reptiie with marvellons skill, flung it into the air and caught it by the tail as it was falling to the ground. On examining it, it turned ont to be a harmless adder. Theo sipwallah continued his search, with impassioned gestaros border- ing on the comic, and im less than a serond the toumril dropped, the reptile was flung into the air and de seended, when the Indian, with triamphant cool: ness, presented to me the tail of a frightful cobra, over: three feet in length. The hidcous reptile struggled, but, with a rapid movement, the charmer seized him by the back of the bead and, opening bis jaws, showed) | yerally conceded. {man conservative, THE NEXT PRESIDENT. SPECULATIONS ABOUT CANDIDATES. SENATOR MORTON ON WAR MEMORIES. {From the Indianapolis Journal.) T entertain but little epprebension about the result of the next Presidential election, The democratic party 18 under the control of anti-war politicians, who sym- 1; Pathized with the rebellion, and although these men are «rying to talk loyalty, yet the people have not tor- |: gotten their record and will not trust them; aud I be ‘orth who took part in putting down the rebellion will be better anited against the democracy than they bave heen since 1866, ‘Ihe presence of between eighty and ninety Confederate officers in the next Congress isa fact « of which is not to be mistaken The re- trations throughout the South in favor of Jett Davis and the heroes and principles of the rebel lion have not eseaped the attention and consideration of the people of the North, Inshort, Lam satistied that the people of the United States are not prepared to trast the adininistration of the government, its finances, its honor and its prosperity in the hands of its late ene- who have for the past twenty years shown (heir incapacity for everything but crimes and blunders. I know some of these gentlemen now talk very nicely. An Indiana politician the other day at Philadelphia Dragged that Indiana bad sent 200,000 men into the army, and the same man said daring the war that he wouldn't go into the army himselt or ask anybody clse to doso, Tifese gentlemen will find that the people have long memories, WAITE, THE CONSERVATIVE JURIST, YS. A GEN- ERA. {From the Denver Tribune.) Chief Justice Waite has occasionally been men- tioned during the past year as a possible republican candidate for the Presidency. Mr. Waite would, in- deed, possess many elements of strength as a Presi- dential candidate. His ability and integrity are gen- By education, and by habits of thought, if not by nature, he is conservative. The tendency of the study and practice of Jaw is to render a and this tendency is materially in- creased by experience upon the betich. There is in this country a feeling that we have bad during the past few ears too much of tho principles and tendencies of military rule in the conduct of our govern- ment, The fecling may, indeed, be ground- less; the exercise of that promptness and de- cision and that disregard of legal niceties, which are commonly supposed to characterize mili- tary rule, may alone have saved the country from all me the terrible tangs which-distil death. This proved that there was no trickery, for the serpents which the charmers carry around with them are always fangless. He then took a small pair of pincers and drew outii evety fang, thus rendering tho reptile powerless to- harm. M. Rousselet writes on more important subjects than dancing and snake charming, as reference to the book will soon show. The auhor takes us more deeply into: the manners and customs of the singular people ot whom he writes than do many. He was enterprising and intrepid as a traveller and iscareful and instructive asawriter. The book is a remarkable specimen of the binder’s art, and those who supposed that nothing of the sort could be done on this side of the Atlantic will be surprised when they sce this claborate and hand- somely bound volume. The holiday books will hare no more Valuable addition than M. Rousselet’s ‘India and Its Native Princes." LITERARY CHAT. The antoblography of Anne, Lady Halkett,. contains the home life of a young English girl in the reign of Charles 1. The story is delightfully told and is the last publication ot the Camden Society. Mr. C. M. Ingleby’s “Shakespeare Hermeneutics” adds another to the multitudinous commentaries on ‘the great dramatist. It forms oue-of tho most scholarly and important contributions to Shakespearian litera- ture yet made. The twelfth edition of tho ‘“‘Conversations-Lexikon” | of Brockhans {sin courso of publication in a series of onlarged and thoroughly revised volumes.at Leipzig. ‘A great book on Spain, by the Baron Davilliers, illus- trated by Gustave Doré and other artists, is just out in London. Miss Ingelow’s story. ‘The Shepherd Lady,” illus- trated by Darley, Eytinge and other American artists, ‘will be brought out by Roberts Brothers, of Boston. Bessie Turner's first venture in literature, entitled “4 Woman in the Case,” with a photograph of the fair Bessie, is in Carleton’s press. The Massachusetts State Board of Health has under- taken the republication of Dr. John Simons’ “Filth | Diseases and their Prevention.” Macmillan & Co. have in press a “History of Dra- matic English Literature,” by Professor A. W. Ward, of Manchester, England. Dr. William A, Hammond’s forthcoming book, in the press of G. P. Patnam’s Sons, is entitled “Spiritualism and Other Allied Causes of Nervous Derangement.” Professor Bascom has a new work on “The Phil- osophy of Religion” in Putnam's press. ‘The great historical dictionary of the ancient French Jangaage, now being published from the posthumous manuscripts of La Curne de Sainte-Palaye, has reached the second volume. The October number of the Renue Canadienne, pub- lished at Montreal, has an interesting articlo on “The Canadians of the West,” and another on M. Menard, a Congressman from Texas about forty years ago. At the last meeting of the London Statistical So-iety Sir Charles Dilke, M. P., read an interesting paper on “The Government of Paris;"’ Mr. F. Martin on “Tho Proportion of the Sexes in the Principal States in the World,” and Mr. HE. Leyd on “The Return to Specie Payments in Overissuing States.” The first number of the GAure’ Quarterly Review, just out in London, has an article on “‘Italy and Her Church” from the pen of Mr. Gladstone. “A Christmas novel,” by Miss Yonge, is promised by Macmillan & Co., under the title of “My Young Alcides,” J.B. Lippincott & Co. have in press an elegant rol- ume for holiday presents, entitled ‘Contemporary Art.’ The book {s in quarto, illustrated with thirty | etchings and chromos of modern paintings, with de- | seriptive text. The elaborate and valuable ‘Cyclopedia of Biblical and Theological Knowledge,” by Drs. McClintock and | Strong, published by Harpers, is completed up to letter | N. The sixth volume will soon appear, and four more | volumes will complete the work. | George D. Prentice’s “Collected Poems," with a bio | graphical proface by John J. Piatt, is im the press of | Robert Clark & Co., Cincinnati, | ‘The new “History of the United States," under the | superintendence of William C. Bryant, is to be four oc. | tayo volames, the first of which will be ready early in | 1876. | | Among speedily forthcoming biographies are the | | “Memoirs of Camille Desmouling,”’ from the Fre: by Mra, (. W. Hoey; ‘The Life amd Times of Prince © Stuart, Count of Albany, Commonly Called the Young Pretender,” by E. C, Ewald, in two volumes, octavo; ‘The Life of archbishop Laud” (in continua. tion of “Hook's Lives ot the Archbishops of Canter- bury”); “Memoirs of Celebrated Ktonians,” by a well known writer, J. H. Jesse; the concluding volume of | Sir It. Bulwer's “Life of Lord Palmerston,” completed by Hon. F. Ashiey (a son of Lord Shaftesbury), and “Life of Dr, Norman Macteod,”” by his brother, Rev. | Donald Maclooa, | A new paychological and philosophical quarterly, | enlied Mind, will appear in London in Jannary. Herbert Spencer and G. H. Lowes are among those engaged to contribnte to its pages | | William Morris’ translation of the “neid” is in the | printer's hands. Messrs. G. P. Putnam's Sons have in press a set | | of books consisting of selections from the British ossuyists, beginning with Addison and grawing upon Steele, Johnson, Abercrombie, Chesterfield, Walpote | and others, whose collective works are known as the | British classics, The editor, Mr. Jobin Habberton, will | | aim to give the spirit of the ‘Spectator, “ Guardian,” | | «Tatter,” “Adventurer,” “ Rambler,’ “ Lounger,” &e. | The series will be issued in volumes of m neat cabinet | size, somewhat in the style of their series of German | classics, This firm will also issue shortly a volume | by Dr, William A. Hammond, entitled “Spiritualism and Other Allied Causes of Nervous Derangement in | | Their Medical and Medico-Legal Relations,” | | Scribner's, for December, will bave thirty-two extra | Charles Francis Adams, Jr., shows a disposition in his second Atlantic article to curdle our blood to any by bis cool paragraphs relating the horrors of | id travels, as proved ty many memorable acei- | The December Atlantic closes the rulume of Mr. H. James, Jr.'s, ser al story, “Roderick Hudson.”* In this number Professor H. H. Boyesen writes with | some distelish but much pationce of the German poot Novalis, one of the romantic school, | | some time to make it | Every mother expects her son the evils and perils of extensive civil disorders; but, nevertheless, that feeling does exist and exercises a very general and considerable intluenee, is the source of ‘much popular uneasiness and apprehensivencss. And the republicans could nowise so completely neu- tralize its influence as by the nomination of Chief Justice Waite, In his consorvatism and roverence {or the constitution and the laws and his devotion to regu- Jur Jogal methods of proceeding those alarmed by the bugbear of military rule would find a sure relief from all their fears, a quieting assurance for all their doubts and apprehensions. And this alone would be no in- considerable element of strength to him, His nomina- tion would be regarded as a new departure by the re- publican party, and new departures are always popular, whether made by erring pelitical parties or frivulously garrulous visitors. UNITED STATES JUDGE DILLON, OF GEORGIA. [From the Omaha (Neb.) Bee.] It is now generally conceded that the republican can- didate for the Presidency will be a Western man, and t only remains to be seen how far west tho National Convention will be williag to go, Ohio will, in all probability, divide her affections between Governor Hayes and Chiet Justice Waite. Indiana will concen- © on Morton, while Illinois will doubtless support Washburn. Our next door neighbor, lowa, will also be ble to put forward a very formidable candidate in Judge Millon, who is very favorably spoken of in this connection by leading Westorn journals. Judge Dillon, ifhe consents to become a Presidential candidate, would in all probability receive the support of almost every State west of the Mississippi. In the event of a desperate contest between the can- didates of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, the lowa delega- tion might be able to carry off the prize. GRANT ON THE RIGHT SIDE. {From the Boston Journal. } The President says that “while the republican ma- Jorities of Tuesday were not large, they were sufficient to accomplish their purposo.”” This 1s strictly true. Their effect has been to show that the tide ts turned; that the republicans, if they ure only united and in earnest, will bo able to advance upon the recent triumphs and to practically realize their fuifilment. Exception, however, las been taken to the remark that “the rag baby has been entirely suppressed, and the le now know what kind of money they are to have in the future." So far as this is an expressian of opin- ion, the President has a right to ive it as his own; and when we consider his peculiarly cautious and unex- citable temperament, unusual weight must certainly be attached to ‘his conclusion, But this is a good deal more than the remark of an outside observer. It is a guarantee that the Chief Ma, istrate of the Union will do nothing to hinder the rei zation of his prediction. His recommendations to Congress and his sigtfature to bills will lend 1.0 support to the soft money agitators; so that we have here a virtual reinforcement of the movement toward the restoration of specie payments. The battle between the two currencies may indeed be yet more severe and projonged than General Grant supposes, but it is a inaterial fact to find him, with his proverbial tenacity, still on the right side, HON. MR. HOLMAN ON HENDRICKS. [From the Indianapolis Journal.) For one he was willing to go before the country with the record that Congress should makeg and he was sure that the people in the coming Presidential canvass would indorse the efforts of Congress in that direction by a victory for the democratic standard bearer. th In connection Mr. Holman closed his speech with an propriate tribute to Governor Hendricks the proper man to represeut this pledge to the people of reform in government as the democratic candidate for President. He combined ail the qualifications neces- sary to enlist public confidence, His past record, his eminent ability, his stainless reputation and the high esteem with which be was regarded all over the land, pointed ont clearly and distinctly that he was the man with whom the democracy would secure triumph, and the country secure a certain pledge of the better gov- ernment that the people everywhere desired. GORDON NOT ON THE TICKET. [From the Petersburg (Va) Index—democratic. } We are not yet changed from our original position that there should best not be any Southern man on the ticket, But if there is to be any such candidate woe do not think General Gordon is likely tobe the man. If any Southern man is to occupy the second place on the Presidential ticket we are reasonably confident that Senator Ramsom, of North Carolina, will probably be elected. GRANT NOT LAID ovT, (From the Hartford Times, ] Mr. Chandler, the new Secretary of the Interior, is reported to have recently said to a Detroit friend that President Grant is decided in his purpose to be a candi. date fora third term, and also that his (Chandler's) appo ntment was made with special reference to that purpose. Other movements are to be made, all looking tothe same point. Chandler's sweeping removal of clerks who refused to contribute to the party clectioneering fund 18 a part of the game. We have never doubted the President's purpose. That purpose he has never for one moment abandoned, | Mr. Chandler may deny the alloged conversation or he may not; that will probably depend some- what upon circumstances, and especially upon the person to whom he mede the remark. But of the of the remark itself we have no doupt, | ‘al Fra Blair knew his man when, in 1868, id that if Grant were once elected to the Presidency he wouli never quit that office alive, | unless absolutely forced to do it, Republican | conventions in Various States havo solemnly “re. solved"’ against a third term. Jt is a singular thing for a political party to feel thns compelled to warn its own President against snch an appro- hended design to toaintain his place and power. It ts not only singuiar; it is significant, The re- publican papers affect to’ treat the matter lightly and sneer at the apprehension as the “third term spook;” bat this * as the old North River Datenmen used to call their spiritaal apparitions, seems to be a ghost that, do what we will, will not be “iaid. The trath cannot be blinked outof sight, General Grant means torun for a third term, He stipolated with Colonel Forney and the republican committee tn ‘63 that, if he accepted the nomination it should be with wa the understanding that tv pay to have the office for He has made it “pay.”” BOOTH ON ¥V Y AMERICAN'S RIGHTS. Senator Booth, of California, was interviewed the other day as to his candidacy for the Presidency. Hie answer had no nonsense about it, He sald:—"1 knew it isthe birthright of erery American tobe President. to be President, and neariy every boy tn tho.country talks that way, but it i® an aspiration which is genorally knocked out of hima by the first hard contact with the world. Any man with common sense onght to know when he has no | chance." TILDEN DEAD, [From Parson Brownlow's Knoxville Whig.} Samuel J. Tilden is just about as dead, so far as a goat in the White House is concerned, ae the venerable William Allen, of Ohio, and both are too dead to ever he resurrected. They have fought their last light. Tilden has made a great deal of show of reform in New York, and bis coe, have kept him betore tho people, but the company he keeps has proven too much for him, The idea of @ man beue in full fale lier Jdiers and the people of the Hane: shay ve Ae se pen | Again, Secretary Bristow was for some time thwart- | im the next Presidential | NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1875—TRIPLE SHEE’. : lowship with Tammany and nt the same time a re- | former is too preposterous for belief. | CESAN'S Ways, | [From the Louisville Courier-Journal. } President Grant, if not a candidate for a third | term, is practising Cwesarism in the face of the lengthy | editorials of his organs ridiculing what they term the “third term spook,”” A few of his entirely arbitrary | acts are worthy of mention, Postmaster General Jewell removed Burt, the Boston Postmaster, because he was | obnoxious to the peop «i had not fullitied the en- gagements of his position, An soon as General Grant heard of it he ignored Jewell’s appointinent of Tobey to Burt's position, and caused Burt to be retaued, ed in his Whiskey Ri unti publ efforts Louis g by to overthrow the interpositic ment Was 80 roused bunghngly constructed letter containing the nan escape, if it can be | The President ordered the remoyel ot the postmasters o! Holly Springs and Vicksburg, Miss., be: cause they did not stand by Governor Ames in’ his | rascality, ulthough Postmaster ¢ lesteemed | both officers us eflicient men. re simply arbi- trary acts of the President, which are becoming entirely too Irequent, with the object either to gratify partisan | hate or to sereen his honest friends from the ex- | Pposnre of their compheity in fraud, SAM BOWLES FOR ADAMS, TILDEN AND BRISTOW. [From the Springfield Republican.) The New Haven /atladium finas it dificult to “keep | the St. of 6 next, and Bristow the next. Bless you, the Republican | 18 for all three of them all the time—as it,would be tor | any other man of their sort who should come to the | front to-morrow with the satme credentials. What | the Republican \s after 1s rational polities and clean and capable administration. It ite esmanship— | the old fashioved, genuine artiel so much | tho better, It has its preference, « But itis | @ xodd deal mor: ot at resnits than particu- | Jar about the in: It would be well con- | tent with either of the three public men named, be- cause with either the country would be sure of an eficiont, intelligent reforming administration. Does the Patladium get the idea? poli ——— } LITTLE MAC. | (From the Cincinnati Times,j It is rumored in the that General McClellan is making “a forward movement on the Iresidency | again.” His forward movements havo never been suf- ficiently active to create any alarm. ‘All quiet on the Potomac,”” FRELINGHUYSEN A FAVORITE ON THE PACIFIC | SLOPE. [From the Oakland (Cal.) Transcript.] | If we had the naming of the inan, we would name | Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, of New Jersey, for Presi- dent, The Record-Union als> thinks that way, The Alta informed its readers a short time ago that a num, ber of the politicians of this State were putting up the | slate for Frelinghuysen. He is no doubt a candidate, Dut his success will be a success not of the people, but of politicians, unless we hear something more about him s00n that we don’t know alread, All that we Poel ak to know of him is that whene’ Mr. George C. Gorham wants anything done in the Senate he says, “DH get Frelinghuysen to do it.” SEYMOUR'S POSITION. [From the Milwaukee Wisconsin. ] Ex-Governor Seymour has a very large following of friends in New York, and during the recent canvass he has acted with unusual diseretion. He was silent dur- | ing the campaign, ana though advertised to speak at | the Tammany Hall meeting in New York, he had the good sense and the sagacity to keep away from any of the gatherings “bossed” by Tammany. So, though Tilden may have gone down, that has not carried Sey- mour too. On the question of paper money ex-Gover- nor Seymour is 28 earnest avd sound as Tilden, and personally he is much more popular, Bx-Governor Seymour rejected the Seuatorabip of New York, and he says to his most intimate friends that he is not’ a can- didate for the Preadency; but we think, nevertheless, that he may be made one. Hendricks will hardly be acceptable to New York and New England, and there- fore his nomination is very questionable. THE COMING CONGRESS. EXPECTATIONS OF ITS _ CRITICS, DEMOCRATIC SELF-CONFIDENCE CHECKED. [From the Norfolk Virginian—democratic.] _ It is, perhaps, fortunate for the democracy that they have met their share of adverse fortune in the recent elections. Had unbroken success crowned their efforts in the various State campaigns just closed the demo- cratic party would have come up to the coming Con- gress with the full flush of victory, and possibly and probably with the overweening self-confidence that success usually begets in political parties as well as in private individuals, Freah from democratic triumphs, the party would have felt a strength equal to all attempts, and in the emthusiasm of the moment might have out, run the slow and measured step of public opinion, which in this country moves deliberately but none the less determinedly. In the present condition of are = the democratic party can afford to wait for the African nation. With a large majority in the House ot Representatives it can demand and procure a searc ing investigation of passed abuses and forbid an in- auguration of new ones; it can through its committees probe to the quick the mass of corruption that has been so long festering in the departmental dens at Washington; and@holding the country’s purse in its hand, it can refuse appropriations to the schemes for the robbery of the le at large and the plunder and oppression of the South im. particular, which have been £0 successfally pressed in the days of a republican Con- gress, Wo can readily imagine the consternation with which Washington, inal its guilty departments, awaits the sitting of the next Congress, Like a criminal whose crime is known to a whole community aits the Jormal inquest of the Grand Jury of his country, con- eciows that presentment and indictment are the sure forerunners of conviction and punishment, themen who have betrayed the trusts committted to’ their hands, who have converted our national Capitol into a den of thieves, tremble and wait, and wait and tremble for their approaching doom. SPECIE RESUMPTION FOR DEMOCRATS. {From the Ohio Statesman.) If the present democratic Congress clect candidates for Speaker and Clerk having a like taint on their record, or individually under the control of rings of lob- byists of the Tom Scott stripe, neeking to manipulate Jobs through Congress, all prestige of reform will be gone and the reign of Grantism will be perpetuated throngh another Presidential term. The democratic masses are too honest to suffer their leaders to denounce, for political effect, salary grabbing and then elect to high office a sulary grabber, as republicans did in the caso of Governor Hayes. ‘This can be done ina party which bas accustomed itself to retain power by dealing in talse pretences, but it will not Ve safe for any democratic Congresemun from | the West to try and play the same game on his constit- uents by voting for a salary-grabber for Spe: looks for a renomination or re-election, y principle is the only touchstone of democratic succe tion, Personal friendship and the conflicting aspirations of candidates must be subordinate to the trinmph of the democratic organiza- tion. Everywhere democrats voted against t lican Specie Resumption act of last winter and of greenbacks as a substitute for national bank cur- reney, On the first day of the session of Congress a bill should be introduced and passed repealing the Specie Resamption Is let the republican party take the responsibility feating it, SPECIE PAYMENTS, [From the Baltimore Gazette, } The ever vexing financial lesne must be disposed of, and the party disenenmbered from it in the Presidential | contest, To leave it with the existing resumption bill | 4 providing no means for resuming would | 0 repeal it and do nothing else wonld be a | step backward Inflation would be suicide. The only | course before Congress is to take some steps toward | the goal—specio payment . A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. [From the Worcester (Mass.) Press. ] It has been suggested that the democrats of the Forty.fourth Congress will have an opportunity to doa splendid thing for the finunees of the country, Un- doubdtediy they will; but there are likely to be a good | many opinions concerning the proper thing to do, in order that they may make the most of the opportuni In their discussion of the currency question, and in | action they may see fit to take’ rega \ that question, there need be no { that they will’ stultity themselves more come | pletely than did the repubhienns during the jast session. Tho repnbdlican statesmen who directed the deliberations of the House succeeded in passing a | so-called Currency bill, which was highly recommended | by the doctors who preveribed it, Atter the bill was passed the doctors endeavored to teil what effect it would have, and the result was a general disagreement, except upon one pomt, namely, that specie payments were to be resumed in 1879. ' Hut they all agreed in eaying that this colitary comprehensible provision was impracticable, «nd therefore null and void, If the dem- verauc majority can do worse than this they will be en- titled to step into the front rank of those who have be. come famous through the execution of stupendous | blunders, SOUTHERN SENTIMENT. {From the Richmond Whig.] Old isanes are soomingly beginning to he somewhat discarded, and new issues are thrusting themselves for- | ward for tho consideration of the country. The true | sentiment of the South toward the North fs, at last, Smoreasing jiself uvon the minds and hearts af men of | Thomag J. Creamner, Francis M. Bixby, | Rutus ¥. HE STATES THE CAUSES OF | reviews the political situation in Mississipp!, and | that party Hines in this Stat | administration the northern masses who have neretofore been de- ceived and misled by calumnies and inventions no longer accepted as unquestionable by them. It is evi- dent, then, that the time has come when discretion, mspection and the utmost vigilance, vigor and he democrats of the in- by the best interests and highest patriotic people of all sections of the com Union TO DEMOCRATS, BR 23 DEMOCRATIC COUNTY COM- ATES ITS SUPPORTERS AND DENOUNOYS TAMMANY HALT. dn the anti‘Tammany democratic elee- tors of this eity: wax presented by a sub-com- mittee att on Friday night, of the County Commi (i Tammany organization, but kept private, was given to the press last evening. It is as followa:— To Tux Dexoerscy or tne Crry or New Yor The Democratic County Committee congratulate you on the signal victory which you have obtained over the despotism and usurpation” of Tammany Mall. Hon. estly representing and embodying a popular conviction aided by the power and intelligence of the press, you have vindicated the principles of sound democracy. and majutained the purity and independence of the’ judi- ADDRESS cry, A few months since you responded invitation to organize in Ag. and. assert your righis ag individual liberty and representation a vital You elected your del- gates to the Democratic State Convention, beid at syr- acuse, in Mrict coniormity with the rules and usa of the party, but they were rejected with insnlt and contumely, ~Their case was judyert betore it was heard, and the Committee on Credentials, obedient to hidden rolled the Convention, requ the Tammany representativ their foregone conchisior even leaders in that assembly who favored the doing ot this injustice because, in their judgment, local division would merense w York’s majority for the State ticket. Not nting this outrage you supported the State th nd the result incontestibly proves hst ot, an that its guevess was 8K RED BY YOUR VOTES. r, that We express your purposes that it will be unsafe in the future to ration, Thirty-tive thousand dem- to representation in the councils of the democracy, and the denial of justice impairs polit- ieal obligation, and renders respect aud co-operation improbable, You have triumphantly elected an entire county and judicial Ueket, sent to Albany a majority of the democratic Senators and several members of Assembly, and secured a majority of the local Civil Justices, These are the proud results of a single cam- paign. By energy and union we have emancipated the democratic party from the domination of the Tammany Society, and the independent judgment of the wholo country approves your action and rejoices with you in your triumph, The Tammany Society, as now arbitrarily controlling the democracy of this city, 1s the great public danger and scandal of New York, Its rulers havo, for corrupt and selfish purposes, perverted it from its ‘original so- cial and benevolent objects, and employed it as a polit- jeal machine to stifle public opinion and monopolize power and patronage. Formerly only the landlord of the building in which the democratic committees as- sembled, in later years it has asserted and exercised an absolute authority over its tevants, who hold possession only on the tenure of a daily lease, In the spring of 1870 it closed the doors of the ‘Wigwam’? against a majority of the Democratic General Commitee, and in 1872 seven sachems assumed authority to reorganize the democratic party, and the present General Commit- tee thus owes its existence to this secret, oath-bound association. The democratic party of the Union has borne uniform testimony agaist the baletulinfluence of BECRET POLITICAL SOCIETIES as degrading individual opinion, and educating men as conspirators rather than good citizens. In this spirit the democratic party in the past combated and over- threw the proscriptive combination Kuown as the “Know Nothing Order.” The very naine of Tammany is now regarded with repugnance throughout the na- nas SUygestive Of corruption and despousm. — It in- flicted upon the people of New York the old “Ring,” which plundered millions from the treasary, and which in its fall left our party disgraced and paralyzed, The one wan power now suostituted in its place is & dangerous development of the system, and has signally failed in securing ecoromy or efficiency in the munici- pal government. In the General Cominittee thus snb- We think, ho ordinated we see exceptional independence re- buked and honesty “disciplined.” Entertaining these convictions, we demand the total ex- tinction of Tammany Halli as the representative organization of the democracy in this SouRN and that it shall cease to have recognition in national, State or local conventions. The State Central Committee, tn- stead of regarding its supremacy, shall co-operate to authorize the election of delegates in this city in the same manner as in other sections of the State. In urging these demands we are actuated only by a sincere desire to secure the consolidation and union of the democratic party, believing that its ascendancy in the future will contribute to the prosperity, liberty and henor of the American people. Wo do not waragainst democrats in Tammany Hall, but against it as not hon- estly representing the democracy. Under the despotic influences and contrivances to which we have referred tho young, active and Intelligent members of the part} are denied any opportunity of representation and ad. vancement, for, under the existing system, the nomina- tion of every candidate for official, Judicial and legis- lative position is absolutely controlled by individual authority that esteems PERBONAT SUBBERVIENCY ‘as infinitely more important than devotion to prinei ples, of the possession of ability or integrity. This the sysiem which an apologist insists is the sole refu, of New York trom a vigilance committee on the one hand and a centralized despotism at Albany on vhe other, insulting the mass of the people of our great metrapolis by presuming that they will submit to any of these refuges. Having elected representatives im both branches ofthe Legislature, we shall have to assume grave responstbili- ties in relation to the policy and atministration of municipal affairs. It is not our intention at this time to discuss these questions. The existing system of State and local taxation demands —_inyestiga- tion and revision, and the power of the Legislature should be invoked to protect property from excessive assessments resilting irom trand and mis- management. Improvements in the city tor which the public faith las been pledged should be speedily but economically carried forward, especially since ratiroaa: now in courve of construction will soon confer the ad- vantage of rapid transit. The prosecution’ of these works, while developing the resources of the city, will afford employinent for labor, which, demoralized by constrained idleness, wiil be ‘compelled to seek relief from our charitable institutions. ; Fellow democrats, the unparalleled overthrow of Tam- many Hall affords the strongest reason for renewed energy and exertion, With fidelity to principles and politcal vigilance, the organization is sate in the hands of the people. The Democratic County Committee and the committees of the several Assembly districta will be soon effectively organized for the Presidential year 1876, Let every independent Jeffersonian democrat array himself under these banners and unite in upholding the democratic taith and maintaining individual indepen- dence and traditional hostility to secret political socie- ves, IRA SHAFER, Chairman Democratic County Committee, i an HART, executive Commitee, | Secretaries, nMA. Chairman Joux PD. Coventas, Grorae Y, Wiiteos, COMMITTEE ON ADDRESS, Frank A. Ransom, Charlos. Crary, George H. Purser, Lewis P. Doscher. Ira Shafer, Benjamin Wood, Andrew: SENATOR REVELS TO THE PRESI- DEN’ THE REPUBLICAN DEFFAT IN MISSISSIPPI-—-HOW A REPUBLICAN MAJORITY OF A HUNDRED THOUSAND WAS Lost, ‘The Jackson (Miss,) Times of tho 10th inst contains a letter from United States Scnator Revels to President irant, dated Holly Springs, November 6, in which he The bitterness aud hate created by the late civil strife has, in my opinion, been obliterated in this State, except perliaps in some localities, have’ long sinco been entirely obliterated we for some unprincipled men who should keep alive the | bitterness of the past and incaleate a hatred between the races in order that they may aggrandize themselves: by office and its emoluments to control my people, the of which isto degrade them, As an evidence een obliterated, men were supported without regard to their party afitiations, their birth, or their c y th who heretofore have acted with the d this course giving an evidence of their aincery e abandoned the potitical isenes of the pi wi unly desirous of mangurating an honest State government and restoring a mutual confidence between the races, Lgive you my opimion that had our State hered to republican principles and by the platiorm upon which it was elected the State to-day would have been on the highway ot pros- perity, Penee would have prevailed within her borders and the republiean party would have embraced within its folds thousands of {he best and purest citizens of Which Mississippi can boast, and Lhe election just past would have been a republiern vietory of now less than eighty to a hundred thousand majority; but the dis- honest course which has been pursued has forced into silence and retirement nearly all of the leading repub- lieans who organized E ‘ore led the party to victors. A few who bold enouga to stand by republic: ciples and condemn dishonesty, corruption ompetency, have been supported and elected by overwhelining majorities. If the State administration bad adhered to republican principles, advanced patriotic measures, appointed only honest and competent men to oflice and sought to restore confidence betweon the races, bloodshed would have been unknown, peace would have pre eral interference been unthonght of; harmony, frien whip and matnal confidence would have taken the place of the bi Tn coneinston, nu, and through you to the great republican party of t orth, that deemed it my duty, in bebalt of my people, that l present these facts, in order that they and the white people—their former owners—should not sufler the misreprosenta- Hons which certain demagogues seemed desirous of em- fouracina, Reanactlullys HB, REVELS, «t THE NAVY. What Is Doing at Home and Abroad. STRANGELY NAMED GUNS Tho torpedo boat Intrepid, four guns, Commander G L. Huntington, has finally completed tho trial of hes engi at the dock, and is now in the stream, off the Battery, preparatory to leaving for thé South, as it is rumored, The engines, it is under | stood, dé not come up to the speed looked tor, but, like many others, they must do, The Intrepid ts am excellent condition for offensive work if she shonld be called upon to assail an enemy, and the Navy Department is determined to keep her in commission in view of the present situation of affairs in Cuba, and the possible change in our rela tions with Spain. Monitors and torpedo boats are almost the country’s #ole reliance, at the outset, im any conflict with such a fleet of broadside iron-clads as eves Spain possesses, Every effort is therefore being made to raise this peculiar arm of tho naval sérvice tons high a state of perfection as limited funds appropriated by Congress will permit. The Intrepid was designed by the Chief of the Burean of Construction, and is of a type quite different from ADMIRAL PORTER'S TORPEDO BOAT, tho Alarm, now fitting ont at Washington. Both ar€ of iron and quite as strong and shot-proofas the olde fashioned monitors, Their offensive weapons are some what different, but they are alike wanting in the 1m portant element of high speed. Undoubtedly both will prove tolerably serviceable. The following ix an accn- rate list of the officers of the Intrepid:—Commander, | Charles 1. Huntington; Licutenants, EB. T. Woodman and T, T. Wood; Masters, Samuel Coneley and Martial C. Dimmick; Passed Assistant Engineer, John Lowo; | Agsistant Engineer, Stacy Pots; Assistant Surgeon, E. M. Martin; Assistant Paymaster, Reah Frazier, The Navy Departinent is about to send by the char- tered bark Jobn Gibson a quantity of stores for the European squadron at its headquarters, Villafranche, near Nice, An opportunity will thus be afforded those wishing to send packages to the officers or men of that squadron, The Gibson will probably sail in about threq days, and articles sent to Perkins & Jones, No, 23 South street, will doubtless go sate. THE COURT OF INVESTIGATION in the case of Civil Engincer Stratton’s department hag temporarily ceased its labors and has reported to thé department at Washington the situation of alfairs, re« questing power to extend its investigation, Enough bas already been discovered to show, at the least, un fortunate’ and unpardonable irregularities. A system of time keeping has been developed which, although not entirely new, is dreadfully expon- sive to the United States Treasury, The Court 1s only getting to the edge of affairs; but it is satisfied that the interest of the government demands a fuller investiga- tion, which will undoubtedly be ordered by the Secre- tary of the Navy, when some startling developments may be looked for. CHANGES IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC SQUADRON, ‘The United States sloop-of-war Worcester, Captain William D, Whiting, bearing the flag of Rear Admiral J. R. Madison Mullany, commanding the North At Jantic squadron, arrived on Friday last at the Norfolk Navy Yard, and will be pat out of commission there. In pursuance to orders from the Navy Department tha Admiral and staff and her oilicers aud crew will be at once transferred to the frigate Powhatan, Captain Jouett, and brought to this port, where they will be placed on the famous sloop-ot-war Hartford, which ia Still In commission, and the Commander-in-Chief’s tla, will be hoisted at her mizzenmast. The Worcestel will be turned over to Captain Cushinan, of the receiv- ing ship New Harnpshire, at Norfolk, aud will become the receiving ship at that station.’ The New Hamp- shire, one of the old-fashioned sailing 747s, will be con- verted into a coal slup and be sent to Port Royal, 8, for the use of the North Atlantic sqcadron, The Powhatan is expected at the Brooklyn yard dur- ing the present week, and the officers and crew of the Worcester will be promptly placed upon the Hartford, which will put to sea at an early date. The Hartford was placed upon the dry dock Friday last for the purpose of a thorough examination of her bottom and the making of slight repairs about her prn- eller well, where a leak had developed itself early in her recont cruise. Upon these repairs being completed the old ship will be floated ont, ready for ANOTHER THREE YEARS’ CRUISE. Captain Stephen B, Luce has already assumed come mand of the Hartfora, with Lieutenant Commander G/ W. Cotlin as Executive Oficer, also recently attached, It is understood that Rear Admiral Trenchard will sneceed Rear Admiral Mullany as commander of the North Atlantic squadron, and that Captain Thompson, now commanding the Minnesota, flagship of Viee Ad. miral Rowan, will become Flect Captain, or Chiet Staff of the squadron. In consequence of tne sale and breaking up of the Philadelphia Navy Yard all the paymaster’s stores have been removed to the Brooklyn yard, where they will be stored unt the new storghouses at League Island are completed, which will not be for many years to come. Since the advent of Moody and Sankey an unusual, apirit of zeal bas been displayed in the Navy Yard. ‘The chaplains, especially those recently appointed, are eager to commence labor for the improvement of the sailors and others connected with the naval service, ‘One has been greatly stimulated to effect a CHANGE IN THK TONE OF THE ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT * since he visited that part of the yard containing the heavy guns and shot and shells stored there, Three immense 20-inch guns, with mouths like the Giant’s Cave, snugly nestling in their iron cradleay bear astounding names painted in broad, artistic letters around their muzzles, which startle the pious passer-by, One 1s paroed Moloch, another Satania, while « third enjoys the thunderous designation of Beelzebub—appro- priate enough to the minds of the old salts, but ex, tremely offensive to the taste of a new chaplain, whe wrote to the Na@y Department protesting against the - selection of such names as being not only immoral but thoroughly derooralizing to the satlors, who could not be kept under the influence of Gospel teaching if such unchristian characters were constantly brought betore, their eyes. He requested a change of the names of the “hig ’uns,” and received a reply from the department which probably satisfactory to him; but the text has never been exhibited by the zealous chaplain to any of his friends, Meanwhile, \ HERLZHBUB, MOLOCH AND SATANTA grimly grin over the Waters of the East River, and Jack is behaving himself in that exemplary manner for which he ig always noted, while the chaplain’s zeal it exhibited in new and more promising channels, It js understood that after many years’ earncst efforts the old ‘new market ring’’ has finally inducee the Secretary of the Navy to consent to making the necessary orders to estimate the value of that portion of the Navy Yard lying between the Marine Barracki and the Naval Hospital desired for an immense city market. A board of officers will be appointed to ap. raise the value and to report to the Secretary of the Navy the amount as well as its opinion in regard ta Wwhetber or not it may be of any service to the govern- ment hereatter. The section alluded to is a swamp, en. tirely unused except in places as a pond for seasoning timbers, and has as yet been noted only for its malaria breeding properties, well known to the inhabitant living around it. It will undoubtedly be sold by the government at auction. THE COB DOCK BUILDING, To tue Eprron ov THe Heratc:— In your issue of this date I find under the head of “Naval Matters” a statement that the building upon the Cob Dock, near the United States frigate Colorado, now used asa receiving ship, was erected through the sug gestion of Captain Hraine. Iam assured by this offices that this is a mistake, and that all the credit of the ereetion of this building is due to Captain Shufeldt,. now Chief of the Equipment Bureau at Washington, Captain Braine will have the care of this buildin which will, it is trusted, add much to the comfort happiness of the men of the navy. eee BRooKiyx, Nov. 11, 1875. A TRAMP CUT HER HAIR, [Special despatch to the Boston Horald.] Worcester, Nov. 10, 1878 ‘This forenoon a man entered the house of Thomas J, Fenuer, on Southbridge street, and demanded money of Mrs. Fenner, who was alone, The lady replied that whereupon the rufflan seized her by the throat, threw her down on the floor and with a large knife whieh he carried cut off the greater portion of her hair, swearing that if she made the slightest noise he would cut her throat, The lady was 80 paralyzed with {right that she remained lying quietly on the floor while the rufian ransacked and obtained trom a» trunk about $5 in silver coin and two bank books, then took his departure throngh the back door, — Mrs, Fenner, recovering from her fright, ran into the stecet, crying “Murder!’? Neighbors came to her as- sistance, and learning of the assault, began a search for the inan, Who was described as a large man, shab- bily dressed, with black whiskers and mustache and @ scar over each eye, The police have been on the look- out for the man all day, but the only trace thus far ob. tained leads to the boliat that he took to the railroad track and tramped to the west, THE EMPIRE, SCURVY ON [From the Alta California, } The ship Empire, just in from Now York, has the scurvy among tho crow. Tho master states in bis te port that he has only four well men on board. The provisions now on board are of the best quality, and the only way the master accounts for the condition of the crew is that they were pat on bourd the ship in New York with scarcely any clothing, and when they ot down ip bad weathor, vif the Horn, they gave up the other from ‘the constant’ exposu i 6 the Captain was obliged to give them cag yas (o cover tnemselves. The crew find no fault with the ship or the villcers, In striking contrast to tote case the Gerinan bark Upman arrived yesterday, and the Captain was the only man down with scurvy, 4 Borrowdale, which arrived last weck in a fine passage of 116 days, had tarce cases of the disease,