North Carolina Newspapers

plilmmgtoit lonnial WILMINGTON, N. C. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 7. 1873. our position. The Morning Star attempts to de ceive its readers into tlio belief that the Jocbsaii has desired to evade its question as to its politicalstalits. Un like that paper, the political position of- the Journal is well unci t ood in North Carolina, and it did t ran re quire the very full and tr- ; state ment made in our issue of i inst. We have never coquet1 u . .. Radi cals, liberal or illiberal, for political or pecuniary advancement. No reader of the Journal need be told where we are to be found. Our columns have given forth no uncertain sound. "Where, oh ! where does the Joub kaz stand?" is the dignified and fa cetious inquiry of our very dignified and facetious neighbor. Is it a 'straight-out Democratic" paper ? asks the Star. IS that dignified paper means to inquire if the Jocbxaij is the representative of those who refused to support Mr. Greeley in the late elec tion, and held a Convention and nomi nated a "straight-out" Democratic ticket, so-called, the question is both senseless and disingenuous. Sense less, because it is well known that one of the Editors of the Journal was a delegate to the Baltimore Convention from the State at large and voted for Mr. Greeley's nomination, and urged his election in the sanctum and on the stumn. Disinecnuous. because it must be intended to deceivo the pub lie. If it is desired to inquire if the JoubnaIj is opposed to that portion of our Conservative citizens who were "old line Whigs," then is the question senseless and disingenuous. Senseless because the Jocenal has supported both for nomination and election for every leading office in the State, in every campaign since the war, men who were old line Whigs. Its Senior Editor took the stump in 18G5 for his esteemed and lamented friend. Gov ernor Worth. He placed the name of Thomas S. Ashe in nomination for Governor, and afterwards took the stump in his behalf, attending to his editorial duties at the same time. As a delegate from New Hanover at Greensboro he urged the nomination of Jndge Merbimon. As a member of the District Executive Committee he voted alone on the first ballot for the nomination of Hon. A. M. Waddell, and finally secured his nomination, taking the Btump in both elections. These all were old line Whigs. Has the senior Editor of the Star, either personally or through his paper, urged or even recommended the nomi nation for any important position one man who was a "straight out Demo crat" before the war ? We ask this to see who has shown any old party bias in their political course. The question is disingenous because the effort is to deceive the public. The Journal advocates honesty in public life, a limitation of Federal power, jealousy of the rights of the people of the States and a strict con struction of the Constitution. This we conceive to be Democracy in Ohio and New York and Conservatism in Virginia and North Carolina. The Journal is a National Democratic paper. COSSEBVATISM- Ol'"3 iJ ' JOtft. HAL AM SXAiU We rejoice over the De , ac suc cess in Ohio because th'. of that State have declared. iv votes, that Federal power si aited ; because they have decuuevt tuu. North Carolina is and shall be tho equal of the other States of the Union ; because they have declared that the Constitu tion shall be strictly construed ; be cause they have declared that Federal tyranny over the South and Federal usurpations shall cease. We will rejoice if the Democrats in New York are victorious in to-day's election for the same reasons. We will rejoice over the triumph of the Oonseavatives of Virginia, if they shall achieve success, for these same reasons, and further, because it will be an emphatic declaration that the white i tax-paying citizens of that State intcn to control its destinies. I ,, ., ... ... .. While wc may sympathize with the: i -, . ... i , . . ,1, , , . ... ricrht against local grievances, will the Morning Star inform us what jolitical principles were involved in the fight, and what is gained to the South by the J victories ? Will the Independents of California aud the Anti-Monopolists of ! Iowa vote to -rid North Carolina of j Health lias its symptoms as well as Federal usurpation and tyranny, which j disease. The clear eve, the fresh com , . , . . . t i, , I plexiou, the steady hai:.I, the hriu are fast undermining the well-being ; the uuciolll(,i 1vuillf briskness aud destroying the prosperity of her j uf spirits, and a disposition to look on people ? ! the bright side of anything are indica- POLICY AND PRINCIPLE. We did not raise the Greeley flag as soon as the nominations were made at Cincinnati as the Morning Star did, because we regarded his nomination as a "stupid blunder." Tho Star did not favor the election of Governor Allen because it regarded his nomination as a "stupid blunder." We did not like Mr. Greeley because he was a Kepub lican. The Star does not like Governor Allen because he is a Democrat. The one was the life-long enemy of the South and Southern institutions. The other has been and is the friend of the South and her institutions. Our pre ference and principles led us to the support of Mr. Allen. The Star's preference and principles led it to the support of Mr. Greeley.- We boast of onr sympathy if K the one; it is proud of its supiM.jt t.f the other. We are content. We did support Mr. Greeley cheer fully and warmly, because our people thought it was good policy. Our peo ple now know, as we thought then we knew, they were mistaken. They do not, nor do we, propose again to com mit such a "stupid blunder." We be lieve in coalition, but not in realign ment ; but the weaker party must co alesce with the stronger next time. Mahomet must come to the mountain. Among the recent deaths abroad maybe noticed that of Eev. Sir Geo. S. Robinson, late rector of Cranford, and honorary canon of Peterborough Cathedral, in his seventy-sixth year ; of Rev. Dr. Herman Schmettan, a na tive of Hanover, who was for seventeen years the foreign secretary of the Evangelical Alliance, having formerly been German chaplain at Lisbon ; and of ' Bishop Christopher Florentius Koett of Fnlda, who had reached his seventy-third year. THE JOCRNAL AN THE STAR. We have had no disposition to begin, or to continue, a discussion with the Morning Star. That paper made attacks upon the Democratic party and its candidates in Ohio the morning after the canvass was opened in August, and continued them until the election in October. Its attacks upon the distinguished candidate for Gov ernor were in the same spirit, and almost in the same language, with that employed by that vindictive Radical, Senator Morton, of Indiana. To these repeated attacks we made no reference. But, after the election, when the whole Conservative peojue of the country were thrilled with joy at the result, and the press of the Sonth, except the Mornin; Star, were especi ally earnest in their praises oi the Ohio Democrats and their glorious victory, we were surprised to find that the Star continued its attacks, and received the news without pleasure, if not with regret. It even made excuses for the Badical defeat. Then, and on'y then, in the most courteous manner, we asked that paper the fol lowing very reasonable question : " We would be glad, however, to " knowwhether our neighbor considers "its recent utterances as :n conflict, " or in accord, with the principles of " the political party with which it rc " cently co-operated, and whether "these utterances arc calculated to "keep alive those principles and to perpetuate that organization in North " Carolina 2" For asking this qucstiou the Star now says wc were ' arrogant' and had made an "unwarranted attaca" ti2on it, taking can e eer to answer the question, contenting itself to hide its neglect to do so behind a discourteous buffoonery which, while we had no desire to imitate, wc had no disposition to submit to. Believing its course ininie;d to the best interests of the party to which we both had professed t'j belong, it was our duty, as it was our pleasure, to call attention, respectfully, to the danger of its course, and if we shall be so fortunate as to cause the Star to be more careful how it attacks Northern Democrats, or how it declares in favor of the disintegration of the Southern Conservative party, our labors will not have been in vain . THE PARTY OF THE FI'TI'ISE The New York World Bays : It is an inevitable necessity that the whole body of opposition voters clusters arojuid the Democracy; and it is of little consequence what would-be lead ers may choose to do or :iy to prc serve their consistency. it stands to common sense that the three millions of Democratic voters must form the bulk of any successful opposition. They need only a few hundred thous and recruits to make tliern a majority. They will gain these recruits, not by capturing Republican leaders and journalists, who as last year's expe rience proves, can control no votes, but by direct appeals to the people. If a successful new party were formed, the Democracy would necessarily form nine-tenths of it. They would be an overwhelming majority in evciy prim ary meeting, in every caucus :n every county convention, every State con vention, and in the national convention for nominating a candidate for the Presidency. The people have too much penetration to attach any impor tance to a mere change of name, when a controlling majority of the new party would necessarily consist of Democrats. A change of name would be a mere skulking sham, which honest Democrats have too much self-respect to practice." WESTERN NORTH (MBOiJ.M IE A IE ROAD Major William A. Smith, Receiver of the Western North Carolina Rail road, has rendered a report of the ope rations of that road from April 20, '73, to September 30, '73. He concludes the report by saying, "I am in hopes, before many days, to see a 1 of the difficulties that at present surround the road compromised and settled to the satisfaction of all concerned, and such arrangements made that will in sure its completion at an enrly day to the Tennessee line." rili: vrAU'K vom i icum m s ,, ,, . ... Ihe Morning Star says it is a Con ,. , '. ., servative paper, let, in the snm issue, it says that it is in favor ot coa- I .... , , i, lition and rc-atignmrnt. )ocs the Star favor the disiueinhcrnicut of the party, or is it in the party merely as a cam p-follower ? Tliv Symptoms oi llenlili. i tions that the animal machinery is in perfect working order. Happy arc they whose running guar of life is in this excellent condition, and fortunate loo are they who know how to bring it into such a condition if disarranged. All who have experienced or witnessed the effect of Hostctter's Stomach Hit ters upon tho weak, broken down, de sponding victims of dyspepsia, liver complaint, fever and ague, rheuma tism, nervous debility or premature decay, know that iu this supreme tonic and alterative there exists a specific principle which withers the very source of the trouble and effects an absolute and permanent cure. 7? Iluribns Union might be aptly ins.v.bed on the label, for the preparation is a plurality of remedies condensed into one irresisti ble antidote. deoditweow It is hinted in army circles in Eng lend that the expedition to be sent out to Ashantee will in all irobability re turn laden with "loot" with treasures of gold plundered from the unlucky savages who have called down upon their devoted head the wrath of the British lion. All the information the English have about these rumored treasures seems to be gathered from the report of an agent sent to Coomas sie in 1817 as an envoy, who gave glowing reports of bracelets so heavy that the laden arms of the chiefs had to be supported by attendant pages; of gold and silver canes in every direction; of chairs inlaid with ivory and gold; of death-dealing muskets adorned with rims of gold; of full dress costumes and breast plates of solid gold, etc. These golden accounts of the agent are eagerly accepted by the English sol- uiers ana sailors wno are engaged in the Ashantee expedition. Thus the trinkets of the barbarians are coveted by those who pretend to be civilized. and who thus show that they have the same gross instincts as the savages. There is now living in Boston a girl with two wooden legs, and the lass is so bewitchingly beautiful that she has received over, fifty offers of marriage vith the last year. ;ilATVT AND A THIRD TEUM. The New York Herald continues its opposition to the presidency of Gen eral Grant during a third term. The Herald thinks his re-election for a third term would do f atel violence to a tradition of constitutional liberty as sacred as liberty itself and essential to its preservation, and so thinking says that "between Grant for a third term and JefTerson Davis, every true repub lican should vote for Davis ; for it is not men, but a principle." THE VELDOiv FAIB. We are under many obligations to our friend for his excellent discription of incidents at the Weldon Fair last week, to be found in another column of the Journal this morning. The "co-editor" was indeed there but he went with implied if not expressed un derstanding with himself at least, that for one time it should be pleasure be fore business. Our impression, according to our very best recollection, is that our un derstanding was carried out to the let ter. We had a good time generally and shall long remember it and those, who, with so much kindness and hos pitaily, contributed thereto. And now that our friend has given such a graphic account of matters and things in general, the only qualm of conscience we felt has been entirely removed, to wit : a feeling of selfish ness in not taking our readers into our confidence about all the good things that were then and there done and said. l.lFfAIS JACK HIS HEAD PRE SERVED IN APl'BLIC MiSEI!71! "What will civilized nations think of the preservation and exhibition in a public museum of the head of Captain Jack as a trophy or as a curiosity ? No matter how bloody, savage and treacherous a murderer the Modoc chief was, the exhibition of his head is a disgrace to the Government and to the civilization of that section of the country that controls it. It has long been a favorite belief with our North ern brethren that man was a progress ive animal that needed education only to rid him of what other peoplo call the curse of original sin; but if any proof were needed to establish the falsity of this favorite belief it is to be found in the course of the Federal Government in regard to the Modocs. From the order of General Sherman for the extermination of the whole tribe, innocent and guilty alike, to the preservation of the head of Captain Jack and iti public exhibition, its course has been barbarous and brutal to a dejrree equalled only by the most untutored savages. If modern civili zation teaches or permits such con duct men may well pray to be deliv ered from it. The lecture delivered at the Church of St. Johu the Baptist, New Orleans, by Father A. J. Ryan, the pride of Mobile is pronounced ly all the pa pers as one of his finest efforts of elo quence and logic. The subject was 'The Catholic Priest." 'rumour Sjecial UorrespoiiJeiit . j T13E WELDON FAIR. Mf .sxr.t. T'tlitorx : Though not a resident of the place I desire to enter an earnest protest against the reflections so habitually in dulged in by travelers and newspa per ije'ipic in regard to Weldon. Cer tainly if all experiences were like my own during the last week the verdict would be unanimously iu favor of that much maligned place. But it may be said that last week was no teot of the average Weldon and it may be so, for it Avas the week of the Fair cf the Roanoke and Tar River Agricultural Association, held at the Fair Grounds just outside of Weldon. The Fair was a decided suc cess iu many respects; in the number i , md quality of the articles exhibited : I in the number aud j :.tUEy of the people present ; and last Imt not least, in the money receipts. The President of the Association told me that the re ceipts last week would enable the Association to pay off its debts and leave them in unencumbered po ses sion of their grounds and buildings. This certainly speaks well for the management of the affairs of the Asso ciation. The grounds are sufficiently large and well situated ; the buildings are admirably arranged and the track is a good one. The best of order was pre served .and scarcely a single individual was to be seen in any stage of intoxica tion. General Ransom delivered the an nual address. It was the lirst time I ever had the pleasure of hearing him speak, and therefore cannot compare him with himself. It was a sensible speech, and a really eloquent one. Indeed, the occasion was one that could not fail to bring out the best there was in him ; for he was upon his native soil, iu sight, almost of the i trraves 1 Jos ancestors, talkmer to friends ami neighbors who, for a Jil'c I time, had known his every act, aud who felL a personal share in every one of the many honors that had been heaped upon him. Everybody in and around Weldon feels a personal interest in the fortunes of General Ransom that any mau might well be proud of. In spite of the panic and hard times generally, the crowd of visitors was a very large one, tully five thousand on Thursday. The ladies were out in full force and in all their beauty, aud, judging from what 1 saw and heard from and about certain young gentlemen from your place, I think they will concur with me in saying that nowhere can more handsome girls be found than at the Weldon Fair. The damage done was serious. Indeed, I happened to overhear one of your young friend's apostrophe to some fair one late Sat urday evening. As near as I could catch the words, he said thusly : Alone slie stofwl at Weldon 's shed, Whence all but she liad tied. The flames tD at lit the battles wreck, Shone round her o'er the dead. Judging from his manner, I thought that young man's case hopeless and accordingly did not disturb him. Of course there were "hops" at the "Emory House"" and very pleasant too they were said to be. By the way, I must not forget to mention the mishap that befel one of our gentlemen who, thinking the train just about to start, ventured to say to one of Norfolk's fairest daughter's some thing about tho "dying swan" and the last note being the sweetest, ice. It was especially well done, or would have been, had not the train not remained there for half an hour longer ; whereupon he was much rallied by the fair "swan". Not more so, however, than a distinguished law yer of the county who having the assu rance to ask a lady why she carried a scarf or some other bright weapon of female warfare upon her arm, and being told that it was for "ornament" said with all the gallantry for which he is so noted, that "beauty unadorned was most adorned". "Then, sir, you had better go to the Fee Jee Islands" was what he got for it and served him right too. In conclusion, everybody went away satisfied, with many promises to renew pleasant associations at your fair next month. X' J ipeclal Correspondence of the Journal. INCIDENTS OF THE AGBICtL. TUBAL FAIR AT WELDON. Red Dick Fine Display of Thor oughbred Hormes Comments on the Racing- !a&J. J. J. Yealcn Speech of Cien. JIT. V. Bansoin Seven Thousand Persons in At tendance firacc and Ileauty of the LadieR - Hillsboro' and Ra-leig-h Represented - Qiiestiou Dis cussed as to the JVIost Steantifnl I. ad)' Present Weldon, N. C, Nov. 1, 1S73. Deak Joi'bnai, : It was my pur pose to follow my letter of the 28th ult. with daily accounts of the Weldon Fair, but I had the pleasure of meeting your co-editor on the ground, and sup posed that his graceful pen would keep your readers duly advised of the progress of events during the meeting. Yet, as very few persons receive the same impressions from matters and things which they have an equal op portunity of observing, it may not be amiss in me to trouble yon with an other epistle. 1 have already given you the details of the first day. The second brought a crowd of about t wo thousand people. At 11 o'clock the exhibition of single harness horses, for style, was good ; at 11 J o clock that of mares and colts was but ordinary ; at 3 o'clock the display of thorough-bred horses was very fine. On this occa sion Gen. M. W. Ransom's Red Dick was brought out, but there was no competition, as the other horses, although good, ranked infinitely be low him. Red-Dick is a faultless horse in form, and of the best pedigree, he is, in fact, the finest horse I have ever seen, and I doubt if he has his equal in the State, or in America. Col. Mc Daniel, tho owner of the celebrated Harry Basset, once owned Red Dick, but he "let down" in one of his legs, which destroyed ins value as a racer. The blemish can hardly be observed. I understand that a'gentleman in this eounty (Halifax) has a letter from Col. McDaniel in which he states that Red Dick is ono of the best, if not the best, horse he ever owned. I will not dwell on the racing of the week, as, iu my view, it is not worthy of detailed mention. There were some fine race horses on the ground, but nearly all were under control of the same person, and there was no compe tition. This is fully explained by the fact, that the highest premium was $75 aud down as low a 20. Now no mau would put a good ho-se t the top of his speed, for a mile and repeat, for twice seventy-live dollars. Through the ex ertions of Dr. G. II. Macon, a most efficient officer, we had one or two fair trotting races, and on the third day a good running race but, with these ex ceptions, the racing was a wretched farce, and will alwaysbe so unless the managers offer premiums sufficiently high to induce competition and to pay men for the trouble of bringing horses from a distance. Gentlemen who know what good racing is turned their backs on many of the trials of speed at the Weidon track. It is an actual fact, that at the running race on the last day, the winning horse beat his com petitor three hundred and twenty yards in a mile heat. Allow me to suggest to the managers of the Cape Fear Fair not to repeat the error of small premiums for trot ting and running races ; better have two good races tnan a dozen lndiiler ent ones. Let tiem offer such premi ums as will insure good sport; if they do we will send them some Halifax and Northampton thorough-breds to "win the stakes." On the third day of the Fair (Thurs day) the attendance was at least seven thousaud. I made as careful au esti mate as I possibly could, and I am sure that I have not gone beyond the mark in the number stated. At one o'clock Major Jessee J. Yeates introduced General Ransom, the Orator of the day, in a few exceedingly happy icmarks, which elicited hearty paudits. 1 have noticed a recent attack on Major Yeates, especially im pugning his fealty to the Democratic party. I have known the Major ever since his first appearance at the bar, and a more consistent Southern man, I have not met with. If he has ever faltered in his fealtv to the Conservative party of Noi th Carolina, i i fit i . ine lace nas ncz come witnin mv knowledge. I know him to be a man oi genuine aiumy, kind and generous to a fault, and I believe him to be politically, and otherwise, worthy of the highest confidence. General Ransom had au audience sufficient to inspire any man. Seated on the platform from which he spoke, we:e a number of graduates of Chapel Hill, as well as many otner gentlemen of high intelligence. On the ground were thousands cf our beet citizens, covering an area over which the voice of all O'Connell only might reach, while .fcloral Hall in front of him was, crowded with matrons and maidens embracing the highest cultivation, grace and beauty of the Roanoke and xar iver country, witn accessions from Norfolk, Petersburg and other parts ol Virginia. Then too, Hills boro and Raleigh had their represen tatiyes, charming young ladies, of the most polished, yet most unaffected, manners of such come the highest type ol rsontlieru womanhood : General R insom's speech fully sus tained his reputation, and no higher praise can be awarded to it. It was a finished and scholarly production, statesman-hke aud eloquent, and although delivered without notes, ex pressed, throughout, in classic English. With a little time lor preparation, General Ransom can clothe his ideas iu as pure English as any public man ol wnom l nave any knowledge, and, should he have a fair opportunity, he will attain the first rank among the speakers in the Senate of the United States. At the close of his address, he was warmly congratulated by many of me audience. The attendance on the third day was estimated at twenty-five hundred per sons. When we consider the financial distress which now so generally pre vails, tho success of the Fair must be regarded as extraordinary, and bears llattering testimony to the efficiency of the distinguished President and other officers of the Society. The crowd dispersed at about 3 o'clock P. M., on Friday the young people hastened away to prepare for the balk During the course of the evening, in a private room, the dispu tants of last year who there urged the claims of their respective fair ones to the prize of beauty, resumed the dis cussion, and in the ratio that the champagne lessened in quantity, their ardor increased in quality. Th"' famed belles of the Roanoke and Eno rivers, and the greatly admired blonde of lower Halifax, whose absence from the fair of '72 was so much regretted, had brightened the occasion by their presence, but alas! the dark" bright eyes of the Orange-Groves did not shed their lustre on the scene; yet they were not without a champion to do battle in their cause. When the con tent was at its height, other Knights appeared, each asserting the claims of his "lady-love" to the prize. Alto gether it was "a very pretty quarrel." But, as a unanimous decision seemed to be impossible, the disputants shook hands over their last bottle, and joined, with hearty good will, in the song, " Drink to her whom each loves beat;" men, in rne most arnica Die mood im 11 11 I aginable, retired also to prepare for the balk Vision. One good result of the panic is said by a New York paper to be the percep tible falling off in the number of bot tles of wine that were formerly opened in the course of an evening at" the club rooms, and even the record of the sale of the cheaper beverages shows that economy and temperance have sud denly unfolded attractions that have hitherto been despised. Reported for the Journal Eastern ITIcdical Convention at tioldiiboro. Goldsboro, Nov. 4th, 1873. According io previous notice, the physicians of Eastern North Carolina, held at this place to-day, an Eastern Medical Convention. The object is the formation of an Eastern Medical Association, to be auxiliary to the State Medical Society. There is a fine at tendance of the most prominent medi cal men in the East and along the line of the railroad, from Wilmington to Weldon. At least thirty physicians have already arrived, and the next trains from the North, East and South will no doubt swell the number. All is harmony and enthusiasm. All admit the necessity of medical improvement and reform in North Carolina. Charlatanism and meanness in the regular profession find no en couragement, but universal opposition and indignant protest to all that is oppcsid to the medic il code and to g od faith in the profession animate the as semblage of medical men, hero congre grated to advance medical knowledge and relieve human suffering. New Hanover is represented in the presence of Drs. Ennitt, Lucas and Satchwell. On motion of Dr. Kirby, of Golds boro, Dr. Satchwell was unanimously elected President, and Dr. H. O. Hyatt, of Kinston, elected Secretary. Dr. Satchwell called the Convention to order and then delivered the follow ing address: Gentlemen of the Eastern Meoi caii Convention: in returning you my gratetul ac knowledgements for the honor, unsolic ited, of presiding over this Convention, I can but congratulate the true mem bers of the profession in Eastern North Carolina upon the encouraging num bers present and the fine spirit mani fested. Those who have called it de strve the thanks of their brethren and the approval of the public at larcre. whose welfare has prompted the sacri- lice ol our attendance now aud here. We have come hither under no attrac tive show or pageantry of streaming banners or stirring parade of martial music, nor nas any party purpose, or selfish aim, or individual ambition, or love of pecuuiary gain brought us to gether. Our always noble and en nobling profession, in its proverbial devotion to peace, quietude, and the best good of mankind soars above those petty and subordinate ends of man's creation, whether in its more private ministrations to suffering humanity, or iu its anciated eiiorts to acquire useful knowledge. These medical meetings in our State, so often mis understood by those who do not en quire, and so frequently misrepresent ed by bad men, both within and with out our regular ranks, are held, as this Convention is held, in the interests of science and humanity. We meet to form an Eastern Medical Association which will be auxiliary to the Stat Medical Society. In other words, our mission here is to adopt ways and means to advance the great cause of improvement in medical knowledge. In thi; great work our parent State Society has been laboriously engaged for the last twenty years. In this con tinuous labor of love it has moved on ward and upward without any other reward or hope of reward than those endeariDg recollections and sustaining convictions connected with the fact that its members have accomplished a vast and unappreciablo good in relieving human pain, in as suaging human sorrow, i:i the prevention of disease and prolonga tion of human life, in removing the various ailments and infirmities of onr nature, and in saving the lives of living men. We propose an addi tional association which shail be auxili ary to, and co-operative with this human aud noble work, the great use fulness and magnitude of which will only be appreciated in that great day of accounts, when the hearts aud the deeds of men will be fuiiy known and admitted. By performing i'i this associated way this needed service of medical improvement and reform in North Carolina, we receive those advantages of Union, interchange of views and facts, garnered in the store house of observation and expe rience, and of fraternity of feeling and elevation of purpose which are among the most effective instrument alities in preserving human health and saving human life. Precious aud per petual are the memories of these in teresting occasions, when new friend ships are formed and old ones strengthened, when medical talent ir discovered and developed, when social pleasures are enjoyed amid the gush ing forth of warm and generous iin pnlses, and where there is a general preva1ance of that professioi-at en thusiasm which enables us to know that it is gain to make this occasional sacrifice of leaving for a day or two the toils and moiis of practice in order to take common counsel as to those things which will improve the profes sion and promote the welfare of the community. Hundreds of us there ate who can realize the cherished fact that these Medical Conventions and professional re-unions are to the true- hearted physicians green spots in the desert of life. Wc always return home witn nn additional stock of knowledge. and with our hearts improved and our arms strengthened for the exacting duties and severe labors, now more than Jever imposed upon the faithful physician of this over-powered and impoverished Southern laud. Let us proceed theu to the task of organizing of an Eastern auxiliary association. Let us take steps toward tho formation of one in every county in iNortn tjarouua wnere an auxiliary society does not already exist. The moro numerously they arc formed the better it will bo for tho cause of medi cal science and the public interests. Amid all tho depressions and financial panics which afliict our struggling people, the emphatic truth stares us in the face that this is more than ever an age of impetuous though, and of lively progress in all the departments of life. The new spirit of investiga tion which, from necessity and the prevalent wants and condition of our fellow-citizens, lias seized upon the public mind in relation to all that per tains to our mutual pursuits; the rapid advance in all the arts and sciences, and the urgent demands, recognized particularly by the South ern people, to discover and adopt all possible means and substitutes for our lost slave labor,- puts them more than ever upon their metal, develops an unparalleled amount of self-reliance and intellectual vigor, accompanied by a lives of enterprise and associated effort, which is seen, as never before, in the varied pursuits of life, and imposes new duties upon medical men that we must not allow onr own profession to lag behind in the grand race of im provement. Nor does our ever humare vocation yield the palm of superiority to any other profession, either in the universality and magnitude of its use fulness, or in the steady advancemei.ts it continues to make and the splendid achievements it is making in the ex pansive fields of science and human ity. The discoveries made and tLe j improvements going on from researches in anatomy, histology, physiology, pathology, diagnosis and treatment, invest our science Tith new and in creasing interest, and success, as each revolving year and passing month at tests its constantly mcrsasing worth and importance tD mankind. Let us contribute each his mite to the foun dations, stretching from Continent to Continent, and from Pole to Pole, of that vast and magnificent superstruc ture in medicine which, widening and rising higher and higher, with each fleeing year, defies the corrosions of time aud the assaults of enemies, at the same time that it emits from its towering heights those golden rays cf truth and light and those benignant beams of knowledge which bear enli vening hope and efficient healing to the nations. The great good done by oar profession in enforcing the impor tance of personal, family and school hygiene, its success in the application, ! through the proper authorities, of the i laws of health in the police regula- i tions of towns and cities, and in the j general management of .our public in- j stitutions of correction, charity and learning, as well as in the erection of churches and various other public buildings, finds a counterpart in the means now so effectually used by sci ence in the prevention and cure of those terrible epidemics of cholera, yellow fever, cerebro-spinal menin gitis and other malignant diseases which paralyze whole communities with terror and gloom, as the dreaded pestilence "walketh in darkness and destroyeth at noonday. In all move ments of moral reform, in courts of justice, where innocence is to be pro tected and wrong and crime punished, in the varied schemes of the educator, philanthropist, statesman and christian, tor promoting the welfare and amelio rating the condition of mankind, you will find our profession more than ever before an integral and indispen sable part of the means of adminis tration. "Wherever the blazing torch of advancing civilization has lighted up the dark places and benighted re gions of earth and lifted up the down trodden millions, you will find our standards erected and our banners un furled. The scope of professional duty indicated by treatments like these, shows the high obligatious im posed upon every true member of our responsible calling, as well as the ne cessity for a superior order of intelli gence and qualifications on tho part of every one who crosses the sacred threshold of admission into its ranks. Than the duties devolving upon us and the ends sought by the inspira tions of tho profession, no higher aims or more binding obligations ever stirred tho heart of mau to sacrifices or nerved his arm to heroic action. But gentlemen, it is painful to know that there are shadows which have fallen upon and mar our otherwise bright professional canvass. Those noble jcculiaritics, labors, instincts aud traditions of the profession which have made its suuals illustrious with the names of the best and noblest, in the fields of knowledge, philosophy. patriotism and Christianity, are in sad contrast- witn mat growing lpruorance. disregard of honor and principle and unscrupulous mcaus for practico aud popularity which is becoming tolerated and fashionable iu our ranks to an un pardonable and ruinous extent. Would that my temporary occupa tion ot tins chair would allow me to discharge its duties without reference to those matters. But it is said that the best wav to remove troubles and avoid danger is to meet them with boldness and face to face. With all our boasted progress in knowledge, to which I have alluded, there has arisen among the results of the late war, spirit of demoralization and depravity, wiinermg in its enects upon our ma terial pursuits and blighting to the hopes and prosperity of onr people Honesty has gone down below par ainl the obligations of good faith between man and man are at a disconnt. Proof of this lamentable condition of affairs comes from all quarters, and is seen in whatever pursuit or profession to wlneii onr attention is turned. In politics corruption rules. Demagogisrn has usurped the place of patriotism. It substitutes ignorance for intelligence; corruption for integrity; degradation for common decney and honor. The consequence is mat political vampires and esiariatans nave elbowed aside men of merit, of talent, and of charac ter, who, disgusted with pv.blie life as now acted out, have chosen, by pref- ence, the private station as the post of honor. In the profession of law, there is not now that measure cf abilitv and skill and attainments at the bar which, under the conflicts of former davs of lawyer with lawyer, face to face, and in the brond daylight, could not allow ignorance ana meanness to talce any advantage. Ofhce practice now con stiuues rne mam business ot the law yer, and in these private retreats and hidden recesses lie can che.it his client and undermine a rival a never be fore, rhe result of the present svs tern of legal practice, encouraged by the sweeping tide of demoralization evident to all, is, that the profession of law has degenerated to a mournful degree m Nortn Carolina. The pulpit too nas, ivy tins extraordinary toler ance by the public sentiment of iguor- anee and vice, become desecrated often! imc-i. not alone by men, "who step in where anirels fear f tread.'' but by the dangerously increasing swarms of clerical vagabonds and im postors who manage to sneak and crawl with their poisonous slime into onr churches and with sacreligious hands pollute the sacred altars of God's holy temples. These wolves in sheeps clothing are prowling over the land as never before, and while seek ing to devour all who come in their way are, at the same time, receiving the alms, praises aud hospitalities of a large number of our best people. In such a deplorable want of education, now justly exciting so much alarm iu the State, and in such a painful condi tion of society, it is not to bo wonder ed or denied that our profession too feels the ruinous force ot the surging waves of dt pravity which are uproot ing thoso landmarks of principle dear to every true man and are necessary to stand if society is not to be disintegra ted and gooil faith and common hon esty, now below par, are ever to again rise in public favor. These disastrous influences upon our own pursuits are pcen in the growing contempt in and out of our profession for that great American code of medical ethics which constitutes our platform and constitu tional government. No right thinking man in the profession refuses obedi ence to the spirit f its requirements, whether he belongs or does not be long to any organization ranging from the great American Medical Associa tion to the most feeble co-ordinate medical society which has adopted for the guidance of its members this ad mirable exposition of medical dutv aud of what constitutes a gentleman We need scarcely go beyond tho lim its of any township in North Carolina to see its p-.visions trampled in the dust, and there behold in mournful retrospection some regular physician, with diploma in hrind perhaps, yield ing to such a love of self and tempta tions to practice as causes him to com mit with impunity breaches of right, justice and fraternal obligation. This and such as this has lowered our stand ard greatly and brings blushes of shame aud sorrow to the checks of every high-minded physician who looks around him at the degrading ex hibitions of policy, of electioneering for practice, and of medical demagog uisrn now more rampant, mean, and contagious in every county of our old commonwealth than ever before. Thus it is that regular physicians so-called, often the loudest and longest in out side professions of allegiance to the code aud to the common courtesies and duties of the profession, are many of them the readiest aud meanest in violations of the same. They prey with the appetites of ferocious beasts upon public ignorance and credufity and none are so dishonorable and in dustrious as they in trying to make the community believe that all phy sicians who engage in associated effort and other me.ms of ndTirri7 medial knowledge and promoting the general good, are a set of high chargers and selfish agitators, bent only upon wrong and mischief and with consciences to take the last dollar from any patient who may fall int our hands. To state these facts is but to refute them as we all know. And yet, large numbers of us are daily corviulting with this low tribe of medical men and in our pro fessional intercourse tho public do not see any difference or discrimination on our part between them and those de voted, manly, high-toned medical brethren who are affected as we all are by whatever elevates or degrades one another. In the present state of the public mind the influence for evil cf such apostates is most potential. We need not wonder therefore that the profession has been dragged from its former high estate. We need not be surprised that public virtue has be come so debauched and the puonc mind so imbued with false view of the profession that a3 physicians de pending upfln practice for a living we have about reached a respectable point of starvation. The remedy is in our own hands, together with those reformatory influ ences arising from a judicious system of popular education. Let us use our Medical Societies, as measures of re form and discipline as well as of means of improving our medical knowledge. One of the mam obstacles to medical progress in North Carolina has been the want of pluck among the leading physicians to stand square up to the line of duty in these important re sp3cts. Medical Societies are under high obugations to enforce ethics, to compel a compliance with regulations reasonable and just, and demanded alike by the interests of the profession and the rights of the people. The medical world in all ages has recog nized this as a part of their mission. Let us admit no unworthy member and be prompt to get rid of any who may forfit all claims to a retention ol the common courtesies and consulta tions of the profession." The institu tion this year of a Board of Censors in the profess.on of our State is a move ment in the right direction and should long since have been in operation even inthe opinion ofthe leading citizens of the State generally. The very fact that we have no power to inflict penal punishment up, n offenders is the strangest argument in behalf of these measures of discipline and acts of vol untary legislation among ourselves, providing ior that social and profes sional ostracism which so often con stitutes a more efficient punishment than auy law of the State could inflict. All other organizations legal and vol untary ileal thus with their members, and why shall wc not have our Com mittees and our Courts also to engage in trials and to acquit, cevsure or ex pel members. If there is not enough moral courage and devotion in the profession to thus come up to the re lief and honor of our name better that in sorrow and shame we should dis baud our State Medical Society. If those now sissembled to form a large auxiliary, which I trust may be a vig orous offspring competent to re-assure and re-auimatc its aged and slowly moving parent, should disappoint the high expectations formed of them in relation to medical improvement, or should hesitate as o the means indica ted for professional elevation, let U3 at once halt, retrace our steps and return home with the words timidity and fail ure written upon our banners. But whatever our decision let us cherish as incentives to dufv the glorious recollections whi i cluster in noble profusion around our illus trious profession. Its proverbial use fulness was never so much iu demam as now. fhat trreal sconrtre ot our Sonthem Atlantic slopes, yellow fever, which m days past enveloped in sad ness, gloom and the woes of death, sudden aud awfully extensive, the cities of Norfolk, Wiiinington, Charles ton, Savannah, Mobile and New Orleans, and more recently spread, in its horrible traces of sorrow and deth, emblems of grief and habiliments of woe every where around the ilii'ated town of Shrcveport and the depopulat ed City of Memphis, found medical heroes, as on trying aud dangerous oc casion they are always found in marshallirg host, ready to do and die in the interests of suffering human- ity. The physician who runs disease is justly regarded by the fessipn as a coward and traitor. from who guar Is the portals of the grave must not fear death." In our late ter rible war it nobly illustrated that un surpassd patriotism which has always distinguished the true medical man. No portion of our armies was more heroic in duly than the medical tsair. And where, upon the famous ground of Appomattox and under the tearful eyes of onr glorious old Commander, the immortal Lee, our arms were stacked and the Confederate banner was furled, none of the saddened hearts of thoo who remained on duty to the. l.s;t were more faithful than the medical officers, or submitted upon their return homo with more commen dable resignation to tho decisions and issues ot inexorable necessity and duty. The profession as yo:i nil Know has always been in the front ranks to the foremost in the faithful discharge of all those high duties and paramount obligations due to friendship, to the community, to good order, to human ity, to our country and to our God. Superior to all other callings in its ministrations of charity, none others excel it in those self-sacrifices and he roism which will make its pages of history immortal with the records of the illustrious de ."U,id lives of its noble savans, philosophers, heroes, Christians and martyrs. Wherever be nevolence is needed, or the cause of education culls for votaries, or pat riotism needs a friend, or human suflering calls for relief, tianity requires defence, find the faithful physician readiest of the ready for sacrifice. lie refuses to was intended for. mankind, war no one has been more or Chris you will among the labor and party what Since the ready and desirous to allay the troubled waters and to heal the wounds incident to those difficulties and disruptions which have prevailed between the North siud South but are now passing away, as wc trust, forever. Upou the mountains and by the, sea, through every valley aud plain, everywhere throughout the wide expanse of this Southern laud, -so lately the scenes of trampling soldiery, roaring artillery, aud the bloody conflicts of contending hosts, you will find no heart more res ponsive than his ta the tics of affection or the calls of sorrow and distress, and none more full of sympathy for the down-trodden aud struggling peo ple of this oppressed Southern laud. Wearied as the patriotic aud true hearted medical man is with the pas sions and issues of those partisan struggles and sectional strife which have too long kept up to tho injury of all, national discord and sectional evils, he yields to none iu love for, and devotion to, the South, while at the same time no one surpasses him iu standing up squarely for the country and our whole country." The Convention then proceeded to the work of permanent organization and to practical details of business, by the appointment of committees, anil other practical work, looking to the good of the profession and the welfare of the public, I'endiug action, mid labor of this sort, the Convention took a recess for three hours. Further proceedings to-morrow. Much interest is taken here in thirl Convention of earnest medical men. Ihr Ixtss of Appetite, Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Depression of Spirits and General Debility, in their various forms, Fep.bo-Phosporated Enixmof Calisata made by Caswelij, Htp.AEn & Co., New York, and sold bv all druggists, is the best tonic. As a stimulant tonic for patients recovering from fever or other sickness, it has no equal. If taken duriii!? the Reason it prevents fever and ague and other in termittent fevers. 4W "Out, Damned Spot ! "The getic exclamation of Macbeth is t ner-men- tally ejaculated by every housew'ife when confronted by the manifold va riety of stains and spots that disfig ure articles of household ornament and use. But the i 'spota" are not so easy to rcmovo by ordinary means. A little Sapolio brought into timely uso causes tliem all to disappear as if by magic, and bring peace and satisfac tion to the housewife mind. As cheap as common soap and a hundred times more effective. 4y from our own Correspondent.! FASHIONS FORHOVEMBER. Dear Journal: The autumn of 1873 wili bo long remembered. Never was New York so rich; never were people so poor. Weather beautiful bej-ond ex pression, harvests glorious and gar nered in masses upon every street cor ner, the great singers and dramatic artists of the world jostling each other upou tho sidewalk. Thus, whether from the inspiration of each other's presence, or the dili- nimiq nerfmu of the atmosphere, .1 know not, but it is the opiiron oi authoritative judges, that singeis and actors surpass themselves. o..cii a wealth of music was never poured forth. It is startling, entrancing; it is the inspiration that we read about, that men go mad over, and that mere L. 1 lb money itseii seems poverty oy i in side of. In the face of this royalty of song, one can understand the enthusi asm of the Berliner, and the wild in toxication of the St. Fetersburgers. In Lucca and Murska and Nillsson, we have the cream of the world in music and song, and dcdlars hard earned, are well spent in obtaining a souvenir of genius so remarkable, of gifts so enthralling. De Murska has sprung upon us as a surprise. H New York was in funds it would smother her in roses and furnish her with a glass coach-and-six. Even the Grand Opera is not able to extinguish her as it very nearly has Lucca, aud as it does everybody. Then the way in which she has done it is siniplv delicious. tJominr on ine stage with her mass of blonde hair snrmountincr her small, rather worn face, like a crown up French doll, the New York critic first eyed her through his class, then listened to her first three or four notes and declared "she would not do;" her voice was "thin liouid sweetness." possibly, but not "too long drawn out." But de Murska went on singing, and in a lit tle while the New York critic, who is nothinc if not critical, and who there fore never heartily applauds anything, was velline: bravo, till he was hoarse, and slapping his only pair of kid gloves out ot me limits oi suicueu propriety. The same with the public, only more so. Lucca, dear little woman, sings as if a thousand wonderful voices were imprisoned in her throat, and is sujerior, as is Nilsson in many re spects to de Murska, but sh does not create the vivid impression of the Hungarian singer. THE TOILETTES OP TnE PRIMA DOSSA. There is a curious difference in the styles of dress adopted by the differ ent prinia denna's, and it is a differ ence not unworthy of consideration. Christine Nilsson lias always been a client of Worth, the French man dressmaker, aud is said to be passion ately fond of dres-. Certainly it must cost her a great deal. Upou her, Worth has expended all the resources of his art iu looping, bunching, folding aud "arranging" drapery, and her costumes present the best result of the modern revival ol tins method, but though harmonious as a whole, and perfect as a work of art. it destroys material and lacks the breadth and grace of outline necessary to fine effect upon the stage. Thug tiie costume of Nilsson, though excessively elaborate, are less beautiful to the eye? of many than tho e of other artists upon which eviil ntly much less tim; and money has been spent. One o Niissou'a toilettes, for example, was of white satin, tht skirt striped m in addition to its pleating aud puffing, with cords stitched in like those ot gentleman's shirt bosom, twenty-five in a group forming one str'pe. The amount of work upon this dress was something enormous, between four and live thousand yards of stitching being enqMoyed an the cords alone. This, for stage purposes, was all !o--t, i:!id worse than lost. How it ruined the natural effect of the beauti ful material could be best appreciated by observing the bridal dress of de Murska in Lucia di .Lammermoor, which is almost classic in its sim plicity. Luce has iio originality, and not enough of "style" about her dress to win admiration from a Now York au dience, but de Murska, while equally avoiding the fusMuess of the mo lerii fashions, by a single stroke of genius achieve! -1; f;t riliing results. OVFUA KUKSS The opera never presented f o Id tie that was brilliant and effective in the way d toilettes as this season. Tho truth is that notwithstanding the va riety admitted in fashion the dark suit, is almost universal, and is worn upon all occasions, except by the few per sons with whom a full drees in the evening is a daily habit. Formerly, nesuly every cue possess ed a white opera cloak and an evening bonnet which could be worn with a somewhat passe dress, and with the aid of fan, boquet, lace handkerchief, aud white or light kid gloves, present en masse a very gay and charming ap pearance. But an opera cloak is out place over a suit. It is complete in itself, and w ith it dark gloves may be worn, and lace handkerchief and other delicate toilette accessions are not re quired and so it has come to pass that between the dark distempered shades of day greens and browns, and the dis mal attempts at brightening up street toilettes with old light bonnets, or new striped shawls, our opera au diences have presented a sombre yet dowdyish appearance very un-American, aud which does them little credit in the eyes of distinguished foreigners, who had been ltd to believe iu their exceptional good taste. kveniso di:j;ss. Accutroversy is imminent in regard to evening t.ress that may or may not settle that vexed question forever. At present no one is sure what evening dress really is. With some it is the low straight neck and short sleeves of the traditions : with others only the absence of a bonnet or the addition of head-dres, and certain accessions to an ordinary toilette. With many it is the last new dress : or the best you have got, whatever that is. Now there is a certain distinction which it is very useful and highly proper to impart to full dress. The dress coat of the gentleman marks his sense of the fitness of things, and of the respect due to time and plaee, and circumstance. He can wear the same coat for seven years and it is as dis tinctive of his recognition of the social conventions, and as well fitted to its original purpose as ever. But women have no such resource or very few of them can afford even one elegant party or evening dress every reason or more often t han once in several seasons, vet so frennenf ro the ehausres iu fashion Ihif. Hrnc. makers cannot follow them, and a dress that it has cost much sacrifice to obtain will be old-fashioned, not only before it is worn out, but before it is put on In this emergency some advocate the permanent adoption of the English "evening dress," viz: low neck "and short sleeves, but this it is claimed by others is not susceptiple of sufficient modification or adoption to individual taste and necessities. This is true, lmt it is not all the truth. Hare neck and arms not only erpose all deficiencies of figure, hut the style is absurdly unappropriate to grown and particularly middle-aged and elderly women. It is neither modest, dignified, proteefive or adapt able, and therefore unworthy of eon- siueration. Uie most style for a permanent, full pietures.jue ! or evemncr ; iiirartisiiiri.Hywuff. J.illS admits Of numerous changes and modifications ( still preserving the central idea) aud has the approval of artists Tl10 fQ 11 - wiwiurt, J.-UC it H tnre is the square body, which may b cut high or low, filled in with lace o e or simply bordered with lace, finislmil with a standing ruff or fine insertion and edging laid close to tho skin. Contrasting materials or colors may also be inserted at pleasure, and in fact the methods may be as various as the tastes of the persons they represent. The antique sleeve or sleeve coming below the elbow,, would naturally accompany the square boddice, and is the most smtabie, because highly sus ceptible of graceful and varied modifi cation. The simplest form is shaped to the arm, with deep rnil'es below the elbow. But sleeves and rnilies may be longer or shorter, full or scant ; thev may resolve themselves into pleatings" or the material, with lace or muslin beneath; or a deep mar.piise cull may be turned up over the elbow and the top slashed, revealing a pnihng of lace or muslin beneath, as may be seen in some rich toilettes this season. In fact the pqnare boddice ami denii-long sleeves never go quite out, thev possess so much of grace and dis- tinction m themselves, ana aaimt oi so much that is becoming in the way of carnitine, that women of resources and culture perpetually laii uacit upon some variation of this style to give expression to the see-saw variety of dress destitute of ideas. OrT-DOOK GAEMENTS. There is absolutely nothing new in out-door garments, with the exception of some variation in English cloth jackets a change which was alluded to in my last letter. Recent designs all partake, more or less, of the coat form. Th- jackets have tails or lappels, rolling collars, breast and side-pockets. French jackets are of fine, s"30oth broadcloth, the seams and edges piped with colored silk, the buttons metal and medium in size : but English jackets, par excellence, are of genuine coat-cloths heavy di Pgonals through to the thick, rich freize, which has facings of velvet and buttons of immense size. Setting aside the fanciful features, which are a concession to tho pre sumed feminine passion for the fan tastic, the introduction and general adoption of substantial out-door gar ments is really a matter for congratula tion. Many of them are perfectly plain, except binding and buttons, and most of them are made by Geiman tailors and have the close cut and neatness of finish peculiar to good tailor's work. The price varies from fifteen to thirty-five dollars the Irish frieze jackets the latest, and considered the most stylish costing thirty. Dolmans and polonaises, covered with embroi dery, pale before these jaunty cloth coats and jackets, which are voted "stylish," and which have the merit of being comfortable and ircarablc, and of not exhausting the exchequer. Somehow there is a decline in all the high-priced garments the rage for rough cloth fabrics has made even velvet less desirable and, coupled with the general depression, greatly reduced the demand for velvet suits and polo naises, even among those who 011I3' "feel dressed" in silk or velvet. Street polonaises of cloth or serge, are cut like coats and jackets, with tails at the back, turned up like mili tary lappels, with velvet, and orna mented with bnttons. This gives them the appearance of jacket and over-skirt at the back and long Ulster coats in front, The double-breasted designs, nUli two rows of bnttonr-, are the favorites for late Fall and Winter wear, and look the comfort which they impart on a raw, cold day, Some winter Polish coats are shewn trimmed with narrow fur bauds, but they are not elegant unless the fur idea is carried out in the costume, and hat, boots and muff are trimmed to match. Trimming, moreover, of any kind, is under a cloud; ladies are tired of it, and welcome lieartili the indications of more useful and sensible methods. The Empress mantle, or sacque with sleeves and cape, is still in vogue, and is made in very handsome black cloth, trimmed w ith bias bands of moire and passimeuterie med.dions. It is liked by young married ladies who consider the jacket too youthful, win want something warmer than a redingote and do not care to go to the expense of a seal rl- iii f-noque or a velvet cloak. WINTER HATS ATJP r.ONTTF.Tf!. The styles of these are quite deter mined, if they can bo said to be r-o in the face of an unexampled variety iu shape and des ign. MiderialY. and trim mings do not vary so mucn. Nearly all the bonnets, and many of the hats, are composed of dark or black velvet, with lighter shades of the same or a contrasting color, intermingled inthe trimming. A group rf partly colored roses, low down on one Hide, a long plume or ostrich tips with aigrett ', 11. e former shaded in colors, a jet bandeau or handsome steel, old silver, or pearl ornament, are common to almost all shapes and designs. One of the favorite shapes in bon nets is Im Jionnc J Vmine; it is sim ply the Normandy cap in a subdued form, made in black velvet, and trim med with lace, jet, pink feathers and tea roses. There is a little lace aud ribbon quilling under the brim, and it is altogether very neat and pretty. Hats are trimmed with many colors, and shades of color, except the very new styles, supplied to ladies by fash ionable (men's) hat stores. 'These were first intended for riding hats, but they are found so becoming, and pos sess so much style and distinction, that young married and unmarried ladies are using them for the street. They are both high and square crowded, in all the dark shades of felt, and also in black beaver, aud like men's hats, arc finished with a simple baud around the crown, only it is broader and cut on the bias, 'i'o this added a wing, an aigrette fastened with a cut steel buckle or a loner ostrich plume, and the hat is complete. Iu tho dark cloth shades of felt, they arc particularly adapted for wear with cloth suits. TIIR EF1--ECT OF THE PANIC. The effect of the financial crisis lias been to reduce prices, and stop the de mand for articles of mere luxury and of very high cost. Even wealthy la dies are only buying necessaries, until they see how the business changes will aiicet tneir lathers or husbands. The purchase of gifts for. the holiday season, which begins with many two months before it actually arrives, is postponed till the time they will be wanted, and will be greatly more lim ited than is usual. Still the whole ef fect is healthy- merchants who suffer say so. We have been living too fast, putting off the day of reckoning until wo fancied it would never come. Quan tities of fall orders sent to Paris have been countermanded, and others have been paid for with money, and tears which would have drowned ihe obnox ious articles out of sight if they could, that had oost sums suddenly " become so precious, and so much needed iu other direction.". The day is over for the present, for one hundred thousand dollar brown stone houses and fifteen hundred dollar dresses. Is it desirable that it should ever come again? .Tennit. Ji.ve. The papeisrelate exploits of the Ger man Uhlans which remind us of ratds made during the Southern war, when Stewart went round the r.rmy of Me Clellan ; Mosby into Martinsbur;?, and the scouts up to t he forts at. Washington. One of the mo.-.t. remarkable of these German escapades, is the adventure of a party of cavalry which went to the very -.t :i of Thionvd!.-. Nothinr' h. terrupted it on t!if- w :iyMuf a si7:ni;l patrol of French dragoons ' out 1 11 a i'oragingexeursioii, w ho vere surprised and dispersed without difficulty, la ding up to the works thev werediscov- ered to be guarded only' by Mobiles, ami unprepared in nnv wnv ?rrr,hit o surprise, although the right of the main German army was within two easy marches. One., of- the Mobile: who was loitering outside was actual re captured and brought away under t he very guns of the place ; and a Prussian belonging to the army, who had been detained, quietly walked out of t he town and joined his countrymen.