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MRS. ScOvILLE HEARD FROM.
WORKING for New Trial-DisAutisti,t
ltOn With Her t.nt,nsci

Ito" with Her Counsel.
WASHINGTON, November lO.-A letter
WAS received here this morning by mem.
Der OF the District Bar from Mrs. Frances
NJ. Scovile, dated Tecumseh House, LON
don, Ont, November 5. She saws:
You have doubtless heard before this
that n jury in Chicago have found me
guilty Of insanity. am trying 10 get IL
new trla! and to receive competent help
Tor the same | was Obliged to 20 into the
trial with Mr.. Scovile and another old,
experienced lawyer against me, while my
attorney was young man OF no experience
III insanity or criminal casss. .Notwith.
standing all the witnesses | furnished
him and the splendid testimony they
gave Tor me, we lost the case
because he did not know how to work it up
or to Try it. | came away 10 save my child.
! see by the papers that DR.. Hicks and the
museum folks are negotiating about my
brothers bones again. Don't let them, Il
It can be prevented, put them on exhibi.
ton; it is too horrible 10 think about. ]
am trying TO get new trial in Chicago. II
denied shall reman here, and, il Mr..
scoyille comes on for Bertha, shall fight il
out i'll Canada. My attorney and all those
whom have met say that they cannot yet
me adjudged insane here. The testimony
il entirely OF medical experts and before Il
Judge. Whether that is better or not am
in doubt. All my friends, and they nun.
Der about all who were on the stand, said
] was and always had been perfectly
sane; but still the verdict was
against me on the tcs,imony-namely of
Mcfarland and kiernan, two experts
whom Mr.Scoville had on the Guiteau trial.
Unless | am adjudged sane again some
where l suppose have 10 more legal ex-
istcncc than an infant or M idiot in Amer.
lca, and can only prosecute my rights in
Court through conservator or custodian,
Mr. SIS prosecution Of mo comes partly
from his desire to posses himself Of all nv
interest III property and partly from devil
lsil jealousy rs unfounded rs it is rilicu-
lo,I.
The letter closes with SOM requests look
ins to making m arrangement with Gibson
brothers to supply her with books 10 be
sold in Canada.
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AMERICAN GOODS IN AUSTRALIA,
An Open Field for shoe Manufacturers
OF this Country,


WASHINGTON, November lO.-Consul
kohlo, Mt Sydney, New South Wales, in
bis report to the Department OF State
speaks OF the improper representation Of
American manufactures in that country.
lie says: "rhe shoe market is especially
deficient, and see no reason why there
should not be large and renumeratiye
trade carried on between the United Suites
and Australia, especially in this colony.
England, France and Germany furnish the
market At present, but the goods are very
much inferior in quality and style.
Having IN extended knowledge Of our
American shoes and their prices, | am ,at.
istied that these goods should be represent
ell here. would recommend TINT none
but first class goods be sent. | know OF
instances where American goods have been
sent here which were inferior in quality, or
the dealer has sent such quantities that the
consignee forced them TO be sold st saeri.
flee, not being acquainted with the merits
Of the goods. Great caution should be
taken to whom the consignment is made,
us find in many eases the consisnees have
too many agencies, and not being Ameri-
can their sympathiCs are entirely and nat.
lirllly with their nationality"
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10 stroke Of business without adding 10
the phenomenal things OF HE. And the
Democratic party Is jus, that kind OF
pnriv
New Hooks,


From Messrs. Stanton 4 Davenport We
have received ,liercvised edition OF Simon.
tons Campaigns OF the ARMY OF the Po,o.
mac" published by Charles Scribner's
Sons, New York. The work covers field
Of operations OF peculiar interest to West
Nirginians, many OF whom were actors In
the scenes so strlkingIy described by Mr..
Sllnonton. 1t takes nothing from the merit
ol the work to say that with the possible
exception OF i'adeau's Grant, no hook Of
Importance relating TO the civil war hus ex.
cited severer criticism than this, and yet
lew iiany have better stood the test oitime.
Mr.. smonton writes with free hand, but not
loosely, and to his own observations he adds
an abundance OF material drawn from oil.
cial reports and leading actors OH each side.
His estimate Of men will still Ge challenged,
but these ate Of less importance than the
iucts upon which he bases them, and they
are given fully and clearly. The illus,ra.
lions add greatly TO the value OF II work
which has already won place in the
growing literature Of its claS-a class OF
reading, by the way, never more in reques,
than now. The portraits Of commanders
are numerous and wel!.done.
From the same firm are three books from
the press Of J. Il. Lippincott 4 Co., rhila.
delphia;-"A Noble Name," after the Ger
man, by Mrs. A. l.. Wistcr Il well trans.
alated novel which follows the original
style with more than ordinary closeness;
"a Cruise Under Six Flags" which strings
together in entertaining narrative form the
pecnliarities OF six nations; and "Our
Young Folks in Africa" by james y. Me.
Cabe, Il popular writer, who tells au inter
cstlng story OF III interesting land, snch Il
book us young folks will understand and
elder folks en- iov,
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DEATH IN THE FLAMES.
4 Young AInm Loses His Life In II t,uru
Ing building.

4 Young MN Loses His Life inn Burn.
ins b"ii''i"S.
NEw ioEK, November lO.-Threc alarms
Of fire brought LOT Of cn,;nes n NJ o,,
p.s RI stroot ,h;s ,,ax,;," ~ ~ 10
n ,ha haso"'a'. s ' "s 81 Nn explosion
III tie basement was tollo'cd by smoke
and flames. The place is occupied as =
storage cellar bv sIcssrs 1s,.v & nou,,
,,,. .,o.,,.. :, ..,. '' " 4'oaole-
"!' "''''.'o III "A'c'e"s', ol's 'arnlshes
anu brushes, who occupy the first floor as
office and warcroom The building rms
back 10 Clilr street The ncrsors vn, '"' w.,
IT. ~ fs,'o''' "'o 'irst
u'sco'e'eo Tue smoke IN iearI street opened
the basement door and called out to warn
any one who might bc working at thc tlin'
street cn, IN ,c, o;,t Two hors .... w."
~ ;',. ,.an.;ah :, - WI W. o'!s were DOLL
III: '"'"'s''' ~ Is sud- "hen the mixture
boiled over and set fire to tue loose boxes in
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tlremen did not dare to stop long enough
TO allow the smoke to clear away. AT 10
o'clock Il rush was made from the Cliti
stree, end toward the Office, four streams
Of water being thrown In front Of the half.
dozen tlremen who volunteered to
search for young Doubleday. They found
him lying on the floor near the
Cliff street end OF the offices. lie had been
overcome by the smoke probably and lost
his way. Ills face was tlistignrcd by fire
and his hair burned of. lie was dead
when the flremen got him to the outer air
and laid the body on the Cliff street side.
walk. The engines then began to throw
water into the building, the smoke pouring
forth in Increased volumes US soon rs the
water was stopped. A tircman fell oil the
roof of No. - Ciitf street and was buddy
hurt. lie was carried away to the Chambers
Street Hospital.
The burned building WIS occupied on the
upper floors by the Pennsylvania Tube
Company, New York Elbow Company,
William Eggcrt, dealer in leaf tobacco
Lewis G. Clever, twines ind corlage, and
G. l.. Cornwell, printer. The losses amount
to about $4,000, Of which Ishley 4 Double.
day lose about so, ,0C0. The building was
damaged TO the extent OF about $5 900, and
the other tenants Tossed were caused main.
ly by water, with which the building was
flooded from roof to cellar for about two
hours.
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AN ARTISTS HOME HunSrn
VI. T. btcr"tndt'* Residence Dr.troyc q
Many valuable CuriuAltic. Dcstrnvr.t


u. T.. btcrAtnslfs Residence DESTROYED
Many valuable Curiositics Dcstruyr,t.
NEw ionE, November lO.-'rhe Dicr.
stadt place, at lrvington, on the HUDSON
owned by Albert Eierstadt, the artist was
destroyed by tirc this morning, The
origin Of the fire is unknown, but ,hc
theory is it started in the chimney nue,
Henry A. Chapman, Jr., member Of the
New York Stock Exchange, and his family
occupied the Biers,adt mansion .lurinr
the past season, and yesterday morni,,ss
returned to their home in brook.
lyn. Chapman was greatly ustonisbcd
this morning when he received the dispatch
saying the elesaut residence from which hc
had Just departed was in ruins, The
bnildin: was erected sixteen years a.o at n
cost Of 100000. A studio, .5x5O ieei with
the ceiling Ia ieot high was situated in The
rear OF the second story. All lhe rooms @
were spacious. The interior was finished
in hard woods. \ large Turkish RI" tooL
the place nt carpets, The iurnitnre w was
costly. Nearly every room contains
from three 10 ton valuable Mo.
tnres Of famous artists. In ihr
library were twopictures Of tho Yosemite
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aisnftf.tt

NEW YoEK, November l0.-"ls 1t true
ti'st Patti is to havcS2O0,OOO ior four months
in Brazil in !SS3?' u.
This question was asked OF Col. Maple
son last evening nj the Academy Of Music.
"rie offer from Brazil is better than
that" replied the imprc@ario. u saw q
letter in which proposition waa made to
pay her $500 II night for forty nights, aud
tlWt amounts to S2252 900. II she sang
twice Il week, her engagement in Brazil
would continue for five months. The NJ.
g.eyate is large, but for Il single night /
paid the largest price paid for IN evenings
performance in America. in paying Mile.
Patti $1,000 Il night in Cincinnati"
.'Jlas Patti decided 10 nccept?'
Tsllp will not accept. Money is no OBJ
jcct to her. II ioos me four months to
per.uadc her to cone 70 :tHcrica, and she
cried like child when she 9Eitiel her Gus.
tie home. Those rich Brazilian plaplei3
would give almost any amount to get the
djya down there
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y IS happily incident TO a party OF ex.
'e''ehey lha. il is at all times prepared to
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C'OlOrN,lO.

DENVER, CoL", November lO.-Tnc re-.
turns from remote precincts are coming in
slowly Grant, (Dcmocrat), is surely
elected Governor by'not less than $500,
and Beliorl is returned to Congress by
about S0O. Both branches OF the l.evisla.
lure arc undoubtedly Republican, and
largely so OH joint ballot, the Democrats
only ginning three or four in the upper
House. The entire Republican State ticket
is elected beyond question, except Cover.
nor. II is generally believed that Gov.
Pltkin has sufficient following to insure his
election TO the United States Senate.
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CnAiEMAS CoorEis, OF Pennsylvania, con.
Times to be "red.headed and hopeful" In
lis sem.oiIicial opinion it is all right, and
might have been worse, and SO it might
have been ii Mr.. Cooper and his foremost
coaljuiors had known how to make it SO.
At this distance We think it not unsafe to
venture the prediction that Mr.. Cooper
will not marshal the Republican forces OF
Pennsylvania i'll the next campaign. And,
now, also his prospect Of becoming Gov
rfnor OF the Keystone State is somewhat
remotely removed. lloyt reached the Chief
Magisiracy through the Chairmauship, but
the times were different, and SO were the
nltu
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RIVER NEWS.
Local nn'i TcIrSrnpi,ic-Gcncra Lcves
L.MeAIIcx.

Local hnd Tc1r<:rn phic-tiencral Lcres
I.neanIcx.
The Regular rot away for rurkersbur rr "a,
the usual time yesterday.
The river at this point was falling all duv
yesterday, ind there was no business trnn.
sacfed. The marSs last evening indicoteI a
dcrth Of > fee, inches. '''e" "
The Courier will be this mornings nacl.,
Tor Parkcrsburg, provided there is wn,rr
enough. Otherwise, the Eatchelor, which IL
laid up ut the foot OF Thirteenth street will
enter the trade. "'''
The steamer Sidney is announced ms 10.
days Cincinnati packet. This being lbe tir,,
boat out OF this port for the Paris OF merirn
Tor several days. the Sidney in all probabilitw
will have big trip.
rived from Cincinnati. This low water .,orn
wheeler OF Capt. Lists 10 one well alan,eL Inv
the present stage OF water. The hour Of r.
N IS the one set lor lis departure.
Capt John Thornburg. the former ponul.,.
commander OF the steamer PITTSBURGH is
looking alter fine farm he owns on In.
kanawha river some three miles from i,s con-.
nc"tion with the Ohio. 1t is reported TIM,
Capt John has abandoned the river business
The arrival OF tho Scotia at Pittsburgh 10
reported In this wise: CATER much ruhbin,
and scrapng and using OF lines md backin,
md lilling aud sr!in,ering her wheel liz
Scotia arrived yesterday, and is comic r,abiv
stowcdaway at the wharfboat, where sLc viii
remain until navigation becomes more n,pa..
ant" '''"''
Sweeney &Son arc at present curape,l n,
the machinery for three boats, ull oi Which
will be running by early spring, The boais
are, side wheeler. similar to the DIurnnl
ior the Portsmouth and lomeroy trade, auI
two stern wheelers, about The sizn of ,Ls
Lucas; one for Capt. Tom Prince and one fnr
Capt Dot!e llcrry.
firrsnrnon, November lO.--Riyer II inch..
ana stationary. Weather cloudy and rain.
iug. ""A '"'"'
+ CINCINNATI, ONO, November l0.--riv.r
'set Ginches and falling. Weather rainv NM,
warm. Arrived: Cons Millur, Men,,,I;s. liz"
wyoming, ST. Louis, last night. Depsr,rd!
Andes, Wheeling. r. 'e'''
LOUISVILLE Ky, November l0.-Riva, an
Ing slowly. ) feet s inches In canal p".;
ness sdu!l. Weather cloudy. Arrived. (;n;%.
Luz Star, Cincinnati; Wyoming. 81 lam. ann;
Departures: Guiding Star, New Ori.,ns.
Wyoming, Pittsburgh, e""ss
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illinois,.

CHICAGO, November lO.-Thc result fthe
election in this State OH State officers is still
III doubt. Tho official returns from S. OF
the TO- counties in the State give Smith,
Republican, for State Treasurer 1857
majority over Orcndorlf, Democrat, and on
the basis Of former elections the remaining
IL counties will increase rather than dimin.
lsl' this minority; but the results thus iar
have been so unusual that they cannot be
counted on with any degree oi certainty,
siratton,. Republican, for Superintendent
OF Public Instruction, runs behind his
ticket, and the result as between him and
liaab, Democrat, is entirely problcuatical.
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ST. Louis, November l0.-A man named
Chas. Mcdonald, alias Joe Claxton, was ar.
rested here today ior writing letters to
Kate Claxton, the actress, to Rochester,
n. y. and other places, claiming to be her
son and demanding money. Chas. Stevcn-
son, the husband Of Kate Claxton, sent the
letters to Pat Short, treasurer OF the Olym.
pic Theatre, who placed the matter in the
hands OF the police. The letters are all
signed Joe Claxton, and one is addressed,
"My Dear Mamma Claxton." They arc
evidently written by IN ignorant person.
1t is doubtful whether Mcdonald is known
to the police. Ii he can't be held ior black
nl"il he will he charged under the vasrancy
clause.
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WASHINGTON NOTES,

WASHINGTON, D. c., November lO.-r.
II. FALL charged with attempting to inllu-
encc the vote Of one OF the jurors OF the
Star route trial, and who wis placed under
$1,000 bail to appear before the Grand
Jury, completed the amount OF his bail
this afternoon. Arthur Payne, another Of
the conspirtors who has been in iail
awaiting the action Of the Grand jury, has
also been released on bail
Detective Nliller's attention having been
called 10 the charges pronounced against
him by Attorney General Brewster, ac.
cuslng him OF betraying the interest OF the
Government in the Star Route cases, saws
that he is entitled 10 Il trial before the
Board designed by the District Commits.
sloners. lie added TINT he was prepared
for such atrial whenever the matter should
assume Shape but declined in the meantime
TO discuss thesituation or the reports regard.
Ing him. In case Of trial Mr.. Miller said
he would be defended by Col. Ingersoll.
Mr.. Henry George, land and labor re-.
former, arrived here this afternoon, An
evening paper says he called upon Secre.
tary FreInghuysen, and in reply to un
inquiry OF the Secretary il he desired the
Government TO take any further steps in
The matter OF obtaining a repar.tion from
the English Government for the treatment
he had received while in Ireland Mr.
George said, lie had not, that as FIR rs he
was concerned he was satisfied with the
apology Of England, and TINT he would
make no claim for damages.
An important ruling was made to duv
by Commissioner Mcfarland, that viii
establish precedent in NIL cases oi a simi.
lar character. 1t is Il point not hitherto
ruled on i'll the history OF the Interior De-
partmenti 1t reads, in the case Of simu,.
taneous applications for timber culture and
the entry OF the tract in the same section,
all registers and receivers are instructed to
sci! tile right OF entry to the highest bidder,
rs in homestead cases.
District Commissioner West has informed
Attorney General Brewster that Detective
Miller, charged with betraying the interest
ol the government in the Star route trial,
is under the control OF Commissioner
Morgan, who is now absent from the city,
but that upon his return the matter OF
Mlller's dismissal called for by brewster
will be promptly referred. .-.
In the ,Ieannctte Court this morning Mr..
Melville continued the narrative detailing
an account Of the trip after the parties
lett the vessel, the account OF the trip,
during which time he was in charge OF lie
labor party, while Danenhower had charge
oi the sick. There were no new develop.
mcnts
Acting Secretary G.,slyn, OF the Interior
Department. rendered II decision to-day in
which he holds that the land entries made
for grazing purposes, do not constitute res.
licences. ~
The case Of Bill Jones. for assault on the
late Charles J. Guiteau will be tried in the
Criminal Court on Wednesday next. II
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Commissioner Rnum nxiu-.

CoLuMnrs, O., November l0.--A Zanes.
vile special says that Gen. Green Il. Rum,
United States Internal Revenue Commits.
sioner, is dying OF collie at that place.
Mr.. laum has been the most faithful
Commissioner tho government hus had,
and has accounted for the finances in his
department in a manner TO challenge the
admiration Of all parties. Ills speech at
tue Court House in the Hayes cnmpaign
will not be forgotten by those who heard
it. It was a mastery defense Of the Re.
publican party. In his death the country
loses patriot. and society IN honest
man-ED. .,at %
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NOVEMBER NOTIONS
OF THE PEOPLE OF THE COUNTRY.
Arattsrlng Returns From the Statts-A Few
crambs OF Com fart 10 be Picked rp-Cnrer.
talnty orPolItIes Verified Ly the Story Of
the Rallots-GensraI Election News.

RICHMOND Va, November 10. - The
election Of John Wise, Coalition candidate
lor Congressman.at.large, is assured. The
Democrats concedc from 1000 to 900 ma.
jority. The coaiitionis,s still claim 0 OCO.
The First Congressional district is still in
doubt. 1.-THE Democrats secure il the Con.
greSsional delegation will stand, Democrats,
8; Coalitionists, 8.
LATER:-lset,,rns from tho last counties
TO be heard from in the First Congressional
district show gains for Mayo, Coali,ionis,,
which insnres his election by about oCO
majority.
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4 Party Of ENpcSiiea,cy.

From Jefferson to-let us say-Tilden, it
has been the boast OF the Democratic
party that principles inspire it and men
can not mislea,lit. We have in mind some
principles which have moved that organ.
izaion within the memory OF the present
generation, and to one OF these the State OF
Massachusetts is indebted for the election
m"enera Benjami +. Butler to its guber.
m,orlal clair-a principle never avowed
bn steadily practiced from the foundation
Of the party.
The Democratic party has always been
willing TO enlist under any banner tl,at
promised success. No candidate could be
Too Objectionable, 10 record TOO distaste.
ial, 81 long as victory WAS brought within
its enraptured sight. Not to 30 very iar
back, Horace Greeley is ill example Of
the application Of this principle on broad
scale. llc was the embodiment OF al that
the Democratic party held in detesation.
lie lad spent y life time denouncing its
doctrines, its measures and its leaders. lie
Was able to meet them OIL the single grouud
that they should vote ior him and he
shonld accept their votes. lie had not
been converted 10 their principles nor they
|" his. but they were content to take him
rs he was il he could be elected. They
would have taken any other man OH the
&!lnc terms.
Animated by this same lofty impulse, in
alaLer ,lay and in single State the Dem.
ocncy Alls ut the feet OF man on whom it
hasexharttedthe abusive epithets Of the Ian
glage. Democrats have denounced him rs
thief, Il beast, Il murdcrer-and now they
take him III their arms and lift him to the
highest place in y proud commonwealth
Whatever was true OF General Butler ten
ycifS ago is true now. lie il the aan,e
man, with the same faults, the same yir.
tues, except that he has relapscd into the
'al company from which for time the
war cut him loose. Democrats have not
learned to respect him more. They have
made no recent discoveries concerning his
integrity or ability. They only saw tia
Aew@ available ior the moment, and for
lhes.ke OF policy they were glad TO con.
done every wrong with which they hid
charged him.
Is it strange that Democrats OF weak
S"H.afh have gagged at so na,,seous dose?
!oT whether General Butler was rs blnck
lis he has h.en painted it was tho Demo.
Tlsle party which did tho painting, and
Here are democrats man!y enough to rebel
When they are asked to say that the picture
Is altogether lovely. But tho discerning
Voices are MOI nninerous enough. 10 drive
General Butler ont o! tho field into which
he has been taken back sftes twenty years
Of wandering; and il it shall
please that accomplished political
%robat 10 present himself as
adclerate in the ncxt National Democratic
Convention there will Vi more joy over
N'@ shan over the ninety sana.nise who
lrSer went astrAy. And, further. I: it shall
"rf'lr to him that Il Democratic nomina.
l!o1 Tor the presidency would be good
!h'Mx TO hive and to hold, there is nothing
III his record or in the record OF the Demo.
vFa''epar'y to keep him out OF that daxzling
honor. :,
y IS happily incident to party OF ex.
Pea'eney lha. il is At all times prepared to
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A 1DpllifIrrnfie 6,1nln,

On. CRY, Pa, November lo.-The Demo.
Gratis Of NenanSo are pressing the claims
OF Captain VIM. llasson, recently elected
TO the Legislature, for Speaker OF the
House. They base their claims for the
honor on the sround that the eastern par,
OF the State has secured all Tie honors OH
the State ticket, and the election Of CAPTAIN
iiasson us Speaker would he jus. and
proper concession to the party, Yves, OF the
Alleslicnles. llasson's fitness for the posi-.
ton and his experience in the House make
him the choice OF his party.
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VOLUME XXXl.-.NUNlBER 60.

Valley, valued at $4,000 each. The house
was filed with many valuable trophies
ana cnriosI,ies. which Blers,a,lt had col.
lesled lnthe Yosemite Valley and else.
where. 80 iaras Is known these valuable
relics and furniture were totally DESTROYED,
$4,000. '''"
The pictures and curiosilies are es,i.
mate mated to have been worth nearly 100000