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New-York tribune., 1868-12-21
BROOKLYN.-Arests last week, 279.

Two chests of tea, valued at $50, were stolen
from In front of the store OF j. Law, No. 99j Myrteaye
an FRIDAY night by thief who drove up IN butch
er's cart lie escaped with the property
snan of horses, valued at $3.50, belonging
,o Mr William Powell. residing in Hancock-st, were
stolen from the corner OF Flushngay and Grahanst
ON Friday night
Young man engaged board with MIS-.
xe1ch,'m No 81 Nassaust on Friday last and next day
iet rifh a coat yest and pair Of pantaoOns valued at
40 belonging 10 Mr. George Porter
Officer Short of the Forty ninth Police Pre-
suct arrested James McCarey on Saturday evening OD
the charge Of carrying large carving knife WIN intent
a. alleged Of causing bodily harm. McCaiifey was com
mitted for u hearing
Ia,y,ance & Sammis was arrested on Satur
As uiif ON the charge OF having opened bis place OF
y,ness before sunrise the morning previous and also
xith Allowing gambling in his place. He was held iOr
Examination on both charges by Justice hlIey'
Edward StackpOle was arraigned before JUS
,ce ley on saturday morning the charge OF striking
ktIli.aa bredGer an tla lead WILL lALQLash
New-York tribune., 1868-12-21
Clocks

WE CALL THE ATTENTION or DEALERS, MAKING ur
THEIR STOCKS FOR THE HOLIDAY TRADE TO THE FINE
BRONZE MARBLE AND GILT MANrEL CLOCKS, MAN
UPACTURBD BY SETH THOMASS SONS co.
IN BEAUTY or DEStS AND FINENRSS OF FINISH THBY
ARE EQUAL To THR FRENCH CLOCKS. AND PRICES hRB
MUCH LOWER. THE MOVEMENTS ARE MADE UPON THs
FRENCH PLAN HAVE STEEL PGNIONS. ARE FINELY POL
IsHED AND 1T IL ADMITTED BY DEALERS THAT they will
run moro surely aud correctly THAN THR FRENCH.
WHILE THEY HAVE THE QUALITIES. WHICH HAVE ALWAYS
MADE THE FRENCH CLOCKS DESIRABLE, OF NoiSBLEss
TICKING AND A PLEASANT, CLEARTONEO BELL They
strike the Hours aud Hsit-HOHrs.
MEETING WITH SUCH SUCCESS IL THE sALs
OF THESE CLOCKS THAT THE COMPANY HAVE ENGAGED
MUCH MORE LARGELY IN THEIR MANUFACTURE THEY
HAVE MADR SUCH IMPROVEMENTS As EXPERIENCE han
SHOWN DESIRABLE ASD nov. !. ISSUED A REDUCED
PRICB-LGsT WHICH WILL BE FURNISHED TO THE TRADE
UPOS APPLICATIONS
AMERICAN CLOCK CO.,
SoLB AGENTS.
AND DEALERS IN EVERY VARIETY or
AMERICAN CLoCKs AND REGULATORS,
40 8 CoURTLASDT.Sr., NEW YORK
No. Ii5 LAKESr.. CHICAGO,
40 $40 sASsoME-Sr. SAN FRANCISCO.
New-York tribune., 1868-12-21
Announcements

GOTGE's SYSTEM or VENTILATION has been
nee egl yeaTs No pay Book ah i-alf' of ifia
gusIed references free.
New-York tribune., 1868-12-21

HOLIDAY Presents.
WINDOW FLOWER STANDS PEDgTAts CsHvEp WpHr hr'tfs.
kgLrr Co.'S Furniture store I'll bfplirav
VERMONT SPRING WATER.
Deuot No. az BTnUmest fsIs / Co.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-10-24
How - Ffad speech.

Mr., l. sffronted his wife, who, to
I1nish him, resolved to act dumb when
ever ks YES present, and so well did she
maintain her resolution, that nearly .
week passed away, during which not 8
word did che utter 10 bis presence. She
performed her household duties as usual,
but spesk she would not. He tried to
eosK heF out Of her vhiu, but in vain
A last he tried the following pisa to
overcome her resolutions, by working on
her cuTlosity-the most ungoveruRble OF
female pTopensities. ReturRipg one even
ing from his employment, his lady sat
there as usual, mute. He Immediately
commenced 8 vigorous search through
out the room. The closet was exam
ined, the bedroom, drawers, boxes,
shelves, everything that could bs thought
of was overhsuled. His wife was struck
with establishment at this unsccountable
behavior, and, as he proceeded in his
search, she becaLpe nervously anxious TO
find oOt what he was looking for. What
could ii be? She looked in his face, TO
CLEAN, II possible, from his expression,
the object of his search, but no go; he
was 2cDer as judge. He lifted the edge
of the carpet, ioosed under the table
cover, and finally approached her chair,
looked under it, and even vent 90 far as
to brush her Grees partially aside, as IL
what he sought might DO there. She
could stand It no longer. She burst out,
" Bob, what are you looking for ?" He
smiled, and answered! "Your tongue,
and have found 1t"
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AMERICAN WOMEN.
What a ScOtchman thinks of
Them.

David MeRae, E q, who has COM
menced the publication in the Glasgow
,Ss0tland) Herald of a series Of articles,
descriptive of the habits, customs, scene
ry, etc, OF America, as appearing to him
during his recent visit, says OF our Ia
dies:
"The American ladies agreeabIy dis
appointed me. They are by no means
"a dry, hard, angular, dissgreeRbly in
de1endent, strong minded women they
are described. Here and there, no doubt,
you find few of this stamp. Travelling
over the country you occasionally en-
counter lady who lecture or presches,
or edits q newspaper, or fills profes
giOnsl chair, or has regular practice as
physician. Blt these cases are very
few and far between-Tdrf BldRfes in gi!T-
gifts UGSfO. And even they are very
often, IS a Scotch Doctor in Massachu-
salts described than, iSticEh women
Bat American fapales, as rule, are JUS
ss gentle and kind, as lovely, Ss agreeat
bic and 6ftectionate as our own. Their
loyellness is Of different type-pSler
snd more ethereal. : beautiful Canadi-
so or American girl comes nearer the
popular idss OF an angel than any being
] have ever beheld out Of dreamland.
Pale feat res, Of exquisite symmetry, q
delicately pure complexion, eyes rsdi-
ant with intelligence, light, graceful,
often fragile form-this Is the vision OF
loveliness that meets the eye in almost
every dcan ng room. / never saw, du-
ringsl roy life before so many fairy
forms, which 1t would have surprised me
less 10 see shooting out wings and hOat-
ing up into the empyf5sn,h
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COTTON.
Plain Talk Upon the Prospect
by Fact"

As every expression of opinion upon
the cotton crop of this year is Of interest
to our people, we make place for the fol-
lowing "talk on cotton" from one who
Is evidently thoroughly informed upon
the subject of the staple. According to
his facts and figures, the price Of cotton
is not likely to fall to the low rates spec
ulstors are trying to make US believe
will rule before the close of the year. On
the contrary, he suggests that figures
will be higher than an average of 25c
per pound for middlipg:
To the Editor of the Liverf ool Mercury:
Gentlemen: Judging from the un-
settled and fitful state Of The cotton mar
ket, 1t might naturally be supposed that
the supply available for this next year
was likely to prove greatly in the excess
of the necessities of consumers. / think
that an examination of the position Of
matters will entirely dispel any such
ideas.
AT this period last year the fzvoIite
crop figures varied from 2.600, 900 to
:, ,000 900 bales, and yet every advantage,
5oth as regards weather and labUT, the
actual yield, excluding cid 65ttou, did
GOT prove much, if any, over 2, 400,5G2
bales.
There is not the slightest ground kr
assuming that larger quantity can be
gathered this year; while, OF the other
hand, there is the positive certainty that,
with an early frost, the yield must prove
considerably less. The "bears" will
doubtless make the most Of the fact that
the receipts at the American ports during
the first three months Of this season are
likely to prove largely In excess OF last
year, and that they will try to induce
people 10 believe that this fact indicates
that the crop will be much larger one
than the last, but moments reflection
must at once dispel any such theory;
for, independent of the fact that the re-
ceipts are no indication Of the actual
yield as a reference to the cotton tables,
showing the weekly receipts before the
war, will clearly show there are many
reasons why the receipts during the
early part of last year were unusually
high, amongst others, I may mention
the prevalence OF yellow fever at New
Orleans and Texas, and the operations
of the Cotton-tsx Collectors.
Turning TO India, the future does not
look promising. All the authorities are
unanimous in stating that smaller area
Of ground is uUdsr cultivation, while it
is notorious that the weather during the
sowing season was most unpFopitious,
especially in the Northwest provinces,
where it is questionable il the damage
done can be partially repaired so that
there is clearly nothing in the position
OF the growing crops to cause the slight
est alarm to holders OF cotton.
Let US look to our available supplies.
Ga the Is b of September the stocks of
cotton in all Europe were ss follows:
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A New Baby show,

Mr Barnum's exhibition Of babies at
the Museum, some years ago, was nov
city IN Its day; but the Oneida Commu-
nifty beats Bsrnum. He simply awarded
premiums to biggest, fattest and heal
thiest Of the numerous infants who were
entered y for exhibition the commu-
nifty people claim that all their children
are finer than eil others, 1t appears
from tabular statement, evidently coms
piled with care, and with proud con-
sciousness OF singular excellence, that
the average weight Of the rising genera
tIon among the Communists Is 1891
pounds; that the girls weigh 1851 pounds
and the boys l&S7 pounds, aud that the
average hight Is five feet seven and half
inches. Nor is this all for we are told
that q "new set Of young women have
come on the stsgs of womanhood, who
are taller snd larger than any that have
gone before them, actually threatening
to overtop the men, and fill the commu-
nifty in few generations with Amszons
snd giants"
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-10-24

Address OBJ The DEHOCRATIC
STATE CENTRAL C0hMITTEE 0F
PENNSHLYANIA.
The following effective and able Ad-
dress was issued to the Democracy of
Pennsylvsnis on the 10th inst.
You have fought o good fight.
You have pOlled larger vote than ever
before, have reduced the Radical msjor-
ity OF 1866 by nearly one-half, and hsve
proven the Immortality Of your prInci-
Piles aud the vitality Of your orgsnizs.
tiOn. ~. r-5..s,l
Badicalism has carried the State by
means of the grossest outrages; by openly
and cerruptly buying thousands of VOt-
ersi by driving from the polls foreign
born citizens regularly nAtaralizsd many
years since by rejecting the votes of
thousands who were legally made citl-
zens in the Court of Nisi Priusi by vio-
larDg and trampl!ng upon the seal Of
that Oourt-a recognized symbol Of the
law; by deterriDg legal voters from ap-
proachlng the polls through threatened
penalties for Imaginary offenses and by
the despotic and unserupulous use OF
power by election officers Ia Radical dis.
triets.
Under the specious charge Of fraud
upon your part, Rsdiealism has psrpe-
trated the vilest frauds. Thousands of
voters have been colonizsd, paupsrs as
sessed and voted, repeaters hired and
voted five times In Radical precincts, re-
turns OF election altered and mAnipula-
ted TO suit their own purposes, and fFaui-
ulent naturalization papers issusd by the
reRm. tft. tsa
In the contest Just closed you have
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STOLEN.

HORss sTOLEN.-Ou lzEt Tuesday night,
III about II O'Clock, from my lnI, my noins
HORSE. followed him as FAR IS Holly Springs
sRd LsGraHEe. The thief offered bim for sale
In both the livery stables al Holly springs
an inclined 10 think he will make for the x o
lille nd OHIO Railroad. Said horse is large
bay, Ia hands nigh, very broad aeross the
hipe, little laTPeT on the LEFT mp than The
right, lett hind foot white, bread Z II forehead,
walks an< trots well, and MOL loPer, very
nAort body for hSr>e OF his size on the icft
aAou der is brand N, sGd J. p. under y, and
q !. P. on lhs left hip; saddle and harness
marks around his g1rth, scar on one OF his
ankles, don't recOllect which mace little
worn By collar. 7 will give Eifty Ioll6rR for
the recovery OF the horse or any Information
% that viii get him sgain. or one Hundred
DollarB Ior the thief and morse.
sGrdis, Mrs, October l, 1888. cc6 i'm
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PROBABLE IMPORT TO 3Isr DECEMBER
I.@.ON


This would give US a supply OF 81 900
bales per week, same as last year, and
leave US with stock of 275. 600 bales on
the 3lst Of December next, against 447,-
coo bales same time last year II is
quite immaterisl whether We receive
emsller or larger supply from America
this year, as any surplus received must
necessarily be at the expense Of our sup.
ply fr next year. ] would also call
your attention to the fact that, in esti-
mating the exports, l have allowed the
deficit in export to date, and assume
that the totsl consumption Of cotton on
the continent this year, with peace, will
only be the same ss It was last wear.
with war in apprehension nearly the
whole summer, A reference to the ex
port table will show that the deficit of
the tRkings from this port, so far, are as
nearly as possible compensated for by
the excess of shipments direct from
America, India, etc., this year: so that
il the consumption Of the continent is
the same, they would require to take
from this market the same quantity as
they did last year. Although, looking
at the small surat supply likely to be
available after December, and recalling
to mind the pinch experienced in the
spring Of this year, it is scarcely proba-
bic that they will close the wear with the
famine stocks which they held on the
3lst OF Decem6e.slsst. The above figures
are certainly vsry strong in themselves,
especially when We remember that there
are only fifteen weeks remaining in the
year, and that last year we closed wiiL. a
~ 1 A'1 M an - 0aies, which was re-
duced in February to 266. 600 bales, The
fact is that for the iaat three years we
have been consuming more cotton than
the world has produced. During the
last two years alone we have entrenched
upon the surplus stock Of the world to
the enormous extent of $780, coo bales,
while the consumption in Europe during
that period exceeded the import of $50
600 bales, and can see no prospect Of
stop being put to this exhaustive process
during 1859.
1t is universally admitted that the DO
sition OF cotton is overwhelmingly strong.
Why, then, should cur market be in the
position in which it is? A fall
Is now certain to pre- duce q reaction, and
by Turing spinners into beliefof security
and low prices consumption will be |
fostered to an extent that will inevitably |
produce repetition OF the excitement Of |
April last. Surely such fluctuations can |
benefit no one but speculstors they suck |
up the life blood Of legitimate traders by |
their operations hazardous and |
OF course am alive to the |
fact that the lower level prices settle
down to the better for every one con-
cerned in the trade; but any decline to
be permanent and beneficial must be |
legitimate, which certainly would not be
the case were prices forced down at the
present time. Yours, etc.,
FACTS.
LIVERPOOL. September 2l, 1855.
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The London Times has the following
item:
Mr.. Jefferson Davis, who is now on 6
visit to England, and is enjoying for q
few days the charming scenery Of Alton,
Staffordshire, the seat of the Earl Of
Shrewsbury and Talbot, was present at
the exhibition Of the Alton Horticultural
and Horticultural Society, held in the
beautifgl grounds of Alton Towers on
September 81. He was in company
with the Earl and Countess, but some lit
tie time elapsed before 1t was known who
the stranger was. AS soon as 1t became
known, Mr.. Davis was greeted with en-
thusisstic cheers by the very large con-
course Of visitors to the fete, who had
come from all parts Of the Midland coun-
ties,
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OYster pnrLins

A Virginia paper speaks Of a small
island in the Patuxent river called Solo
mons Island, the business of which is
the packing Of oysters for the California
and Australia markets; for which pur-
pose the most extensive arrangements
have been constructed. Some thirty or
forty sail vessels are always employed
during the season In bringing oysters
from Tsngier Sound tc SoIomon's Island.
The oysters are taken from the wharf by
q railway to ihe "epening house.D In
this building are placed long troughs for
opening them, which can be msde air
tight. The oysters are dumped into them
from the ears; they are then clee-A ci.
steam is turned on, the shells open bv
the hest, sHd thus there is mpoh labor
saved in the opening. BY this method
twenty-five hundred bushels are daily
prepared for packing. They are put up
fresh in sealed cans ready for shipping.
The shells are then taken out and con-
verted into lime, for which there ia
always q constant and remunerative de-
msnd. In preparing them for exporta-
ton are employed about two hundred
persons, men, women and children.
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ADDRESS OF THE DEMOCRATIC CEN.
TRAL CRnIMII.EEE OE ILLINOIS.


The Central Committee of Illinois on
the l9sh inst. issued the following stir
ring address to the Democracy Of that
! State:
Viewing the late elections In Pennsyl-
vaUis, Ohio, and Indiana in their proper
| light, there is nothing in them TO de-
press, but much to encourage US. These
elections are comparable to so many
skirmisi as preluding the decisive battle
remsipiDG to be fought by the opposing
political parties in the approaching No
vembeT. They have disclosed the war
ring power of the RsdicaeI and the in
creRsing numbers and sesngth Of the
Democracy. They have won for us
tactical position which, combined With
the justice of our cause, should, and no
doubt will, with proper effort, insure our
ultimate success. The specific facts on
which this statement is founded are
eminently worthy of at least a passing
notice.
The majority CT the Radicals in Penn
sylvania in 1864 was 20,075 votes in
Ohio, So, $50 vstes; in Indiana, 20, lS9
votes. These were the results in three
great States In the contest between Lin
coin and Mcclellan for the Presidency,
when the Radicals were in the heydsy Of
their power. Now, how altered their
condition and prosperity! How fallen
their greatness 4! The scepter is dropping
from their nerveiess hands. Defegt and
disaster are irresistibly closing upon
them, as the great waters close upon the
depths OF the dark, deep sea- They have
lost in the October elections, upon the
Congressional ticket, in Pennsylvania,
about II coo votes in Ohio, about Al coo;
in Indiana, alb lut 10000 making total
loss, in only three States, OF II 900 votes,
and an equal gain to the Democracy.
Almost the smallest imaginable proper
tional increase on this gain would give
us al three of those States, and, conse-
quently, the Presidential election. One
more such victory, in the language OF
the warlike Pyrrhus, would utterly undo
our adverssries,
LIST US, then, patriots, Democrats, and
Conservatives, one and all, lend our ut
most endeavors, heroicslly, devetedly,
to the cOnsummatiOn of this great end.
Foe auguries are most propitious, i'm
porting change of times and States.
Puolic opinion, with tiOOd-tide, is ire
sistibly setting in our favor, and revolu-
tions never go backward. Our cause is
just, and must prevail. Constitution,
liberty, union, progress, prosperity, are
the stake for which we contend, in the
eye of nations and the judgment of man
kind. Friends, once more to the breach,
and the day will be ouTs.
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"A gentleman who lives near Seals
Station, told US recently some of the ad
vantsges OF ths prolific cotton, lie saws
that 1t grows much. more RAPIDLY than
the ordinary cotton grown; that the
limbs and joints are shorter, but the for
mer more numerous than on the ordi-
nary cotton, and produce as many bolls.
This cotton is chopped out at q distance
OF ten inches fsbout the width of No. /
hoe), while the cotton in general use is
chopped nearly two feet, with only one
stalk in hill when brought to g stand.
De invariably leaves two stalks in hill.
and IS many as four will thrive Of this
cotton at the distance of ten inches.
Snpposing the cotton in general use TO
spread out and bear more bolls, this cot.
ton would still have the advantage by
the number OF stalks In q given space.
His stalks have on them some twenty
full grown bolls, and the six stalks, at
this average would produce 40 boIIs,
which ls not often to be gathered from
one stalk. He will make 500 pounds to
the acre on very poor, sandy land, which
ts good cropping. He has also saved the
labor OF hoe hand by turning his geese
on his cotton as ne pl6wed it and says
they kept 1t entirely clean. The cues
ton arises whether a man could better
pay an extra hand or stand the noise of
the geese? he says he had about twen-
ty In his teld, and we know Of nothing
that could make more noise, except two
pigs under gate, or one more goose
added to the twenty, or last. but not by
any meane least (dear mammss, mind
you. 3 pet baby that needed Mrs. Win
slows soothing syrup, or a larger one
that was needing little twig from q
sour apple tree Columbus Ga En-
q4irer,
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showing deficiency Of stocks on hand
OF 4S6, 700 bales as compared with 1867,
and Of 647, 800 bales as compared with
1866, when cotton ruled at Isl per pound,
ard the estimates Of crop were 8 500, 600
bales. Last year the failure of the Royal,
and the questionable solvency of several
other Of our local banks, created o pres
sure which caused prices to decline to .
point which the subsequent rise to l34i,
in April, proved to be wholly unwar-
ranted. From this time forward, the
position Of our visible supplies will show
a much larger deficit as compared even
with 1867, consequent upon the ship
nents from I1dia after June being on
a much smailt scale this year than last.
Now let us look at the probable import
Of cotton into Liverpool:
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BOARDING.

nOIRDTNG ROUSE FOR RENT AND FUR
Is EITURE FOR sALE-1he house Is elgibly
situated near the cen ter Of the city, and at low
rent Ii Is well supplied with furniture and
everything necessary for boarding house
the house mas sixty boRrders al present.. Par
ties wishing 10 purchase inquire 81 TINS oE1oe.
oc22 lT"
DOARDING.-A gentleman and Lady can
ID hsys 8 good front room fdrnlshed snu
board at l79 Second street. 4 few Day b 1ardera
will be taken. lec2oIwol Henry LAIRD.
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learned their capacity for violence and
wrong, you have tested the strength OF
their organization, and discovered the
weak points in your own.
With the experience thus gained In
the school Of adversity, we will go for
ward to victory.
The enemy are yet to be taught that
outrage and fraud, violence and wrong
cannot be perpetrated with impunity
they have yet to learn that you are nei-
ther dismayed nor dsmoralizsd, and that
in the pursuit OF the right you know no
such word as fail.
Accuse the people once more for the
conflict. Bring to the polls every DEM
OcrGtic vote. For right and justice give
back right and justice. For outrage aud
wrong, return the full measure of swift
retributiOn.
The work to be done is no holiday
sport. 1t is the last battle for the saliva
ton of the Republic, the preservation Of
the Constitution, and the supremacy Of
your race.
Work and fight as men engaged in
such Gauss should work and fight.
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NOTICE

We take this method informing our friends and the pub
hc thai we nave resumed business since September St last
at old stand No. 28 Main street corner ef Adam anna
site the WOrSha HOaSe where we shall as heretofore eo
nue TO keep constantly large stock of DRY GOODS C9TH
LAG, BOOfS SHOES HATS LADIES AND eEyTS PUgNISHIyq
G0ODS AOflONS, etc., all Of which We offer at very slight
advance on New York cost
new Goods received daily from the Eastern markets. aud cur Stock
vi he found as large as ever ~ wv"
an e+ty coH fr6s former patrons from rhs ,ubk
generally zoe rengains ours, Very erWIy = '
81 KRAUS & CO.
oO7 No. 2ls Main st. Adams. opposite Worsbsm Tsu.o