TIIK DAILY KVENlrtG TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1806. FBESIDESTIAL ELECTIONS. Front Wnalilnirton to Grant. ' Tli election of Wineral Grant on Td?sday closed the twfDtj-fint ccntest lor Presidnnt of tbe United Btatcs. The three-qaarters of a ccntorj during which tbete quadrennial con test occurred were marked by ui.mj chaairelii tbe external condition! aa at the luteratl . policy of tbe country. Kiom the election of Washington tb lather of oar institution to tbo death of Lincoln, their preserver, wero many epochs, each otie of which witnessed a hardly tontcstrd Btrucple before the Isjum at take could be seitkd. But kII were tinally determined-oven the qiH'ttton of slavery, whica tbrtce attemptPd, ami once wnll-nigh accom plished tbo dptruc'.ion of lue (Juveromeat itself. Ou Tucs.lay the la-t of the jrreat lisHes the social and political reconsiructon of the Eouth, was alo determined, and we may now look forward to a lorjr era of peace an 1 proopcrlty. Tuo UVpuulic, which wai flrst en atirinrd lu the h carta of the people under the Preavlency of our earilet military leader, will tcceitc a new lease or life aud vWor Irorn th" BtrouR hand nnl brave beurt of oar greatest military liiro. While ninny of our statesmen tbo eloqnrnt Clay, iho ponderous Wouiter, tb.9 subtle CJuluoun, tbo bold nud chtvulrlo Dou.;liH, sol to mention itio names ol aMefttto eminent living men were disappointed of the Presi dency, to th'5 military cbicltaint it ba4 bosu iieni'iully awotded, mid WailiiuEfton. Jackiou, llairn-ou, Taylor, and (Jrant are the bright ex amples o. t tie nation's (iraii'Ude. In tbe tint election lor President, an1 in tbo twenty-dot, are many fl'ribing poin s of rese-u-blntice. Both Washington and Grunt were the peoi'lo's choice. Keithrr sought lb. olll;e, and both would gU'Hy nave escaoed from tuecirea and repniib lines of that high station. And at tbe cne inspired no hope tbuthe did not eraaiy, fo the other mmle lo promises thtt be laiied to lulU I. The reconls of both were a t-tmple h;s-ou of pattio i.-ni ami unswerving Udelity to duly. Tbey Imd aside tbe swords girt about them in flory, to uphold in sincerity the molest sceptre ot a people s will; aud as they were the only .A rouleaus who everattained to a lull ecneralship lu the Army ot the Republic, so the one waj swayed in the adraimstraciou of civil afftirs by the principle which is the motto of the other: J.ct us have Peace." Washington was twicfl elected President, and each lime by a unanimous vote in the hlcctoral Coile&c. In this oay, when ptr:ie have ac quired fuch age and btrencth that even dead imuea have their devotee!", tbe same unanimity is irupo.-sible; but the vote thai Geiieial (Jrant received is remarkable, when it is remem bered taut but recently one-half of the people were arrayed in hostile baUaliou aaainst the other half, and that the natiou is sttll in the throes of restoration. And the party over which these dead issues have most control is the pirty formed sjou alter Washmutou's accession to ofbec, in opposition to the principles of his aummistrtttion. but it is creuitabie to the people ol the LniUU stales that, though parties were loimed eirly in tne history of the Gorera ment, and before the bcginnimr. of his second term were exceedingly rancorous iu their bohtility and nearly iqually divided, towards Washington himseil a kind iorbearauee was Diumlencd, ami that the second lime r was the choice of all parties, us he bad been the tirit time of the wh li ncople. At the tirst Presiden tial election, Wfl.-hiii4ton received sixty-nine votes In the Electoral Col leee, and at tbe secoad 132 voies, beinsr tae whole vole cast. His elcc tiod as President was announced to him at his seat at Mount Vernon, on tbe 14 lb ot April, 178 J, and on the 3)th of tbe emus month be was inau gurated iu Mew York city. Perhaps the grandest scpne ever witnessed in this metropolisand the one that most displayed tbe overflowings of popular atlectlon unless the reception of the remains of the late President Liucoln equalled it in the ooipouricg of the live of the people was the receotmu accorded him by our forefathers, on the day of his arriral here, the 21st of Apr.l, 1789. He le t Eliza bcthport at 12 o'clock, in a nurse covered with an awning hung round with red motoen cur tains, woven iu festoons, a id attended by packets aud barges also handsomely decorated. vAs he touched ihe wtaarl, thiiteeu jruus, eq aal in number to the States, were tired; aud asceul ln? the di.ck by carpeted stairs, he was received with acclamations by men, crowned wi.h flowers by tbe women, aud welcomed in sonars by the children. Tue inauguration took place on tbe balcony of tbe Seuate Chamber then the City Hail iu Wall street, at the hea l of Broad when the o.tt'i of office was adminis tered by Chancellor Li vimston. Ha delivered lis inaugural address in the Sonate Chmnbr, and tlicn attended divine service in 8t. Paul's Chnrch, btul happily standi air as amouumcnt ot that Jproud day which God h id vouchsafed to the American people. He was inaugurated the second time at Puiladelphia, ou the i:tx of March, 1703. At the third election for President. General Washington was earnestly solicited to be a can didate lor re-cleciiou, but he positively decline! in bis ever memorable "Faiewell Address," and retired, lovtd and h mored by his countrymeu. It may be some compensation to the friends of General Giant to know that the men who sought to sully his we'l-earned tame bywords of de traction were members of that same Demo cratic party which soueht near the close of his career to diminish the confidence of the couutry in Washing ou himself. As eojo as it was ascertained that Washington would cot be a candidate for re-election, the two great par ties tbe Federalists ami tbe Democrats arrayed themselves agtlnst each other ou the quebtiou of bis suceetsor, Jobn Adams belcs; tue candidate of the one and Thomas Jefferson of the other. The contest was a spirited one, and the result so clo-e that early in November it was impossible to determine which way the scale would preponderate. Of the 140 votes csst, Adams had 71 aud Jefferson OS. Mr. AdaniB came to the Presidency iu a btoriuy time. The FreDcli Revolution had just reached the highest point ot its feverish delirium, aud the American people, lresh from a struerele for liberty for themselves, a liberty which Franoe bad assisted to achieve, were too ready to take part in a contest that could only have . led to disaster, perhaps to ruin. While the ' election was still pending, but too late to expose the artfulness of the tricic, onoottbose arttdces was tried, to affect the result, which have often been put into practice since, sometimes with more tucecss. Mr. Adet, the French Minister, wrote a letter to the (Sec retary of State, which was also printed in the newspapers, cbnrfrinjr the Federal Administra tion wnh a violation of iho treaties that had secured the independence of the United States, and with ingra'itude toards France, by which the treaties were mad? in our own time of trouble. Whatever may have been expected from this artifice, it ba l no perceptible effect upon the result, but it deserves to be remem bered as the first trick ol a party which is now onder the domination of a ''Tammany rin?." At the lourth Presidential election the candi dates were auaiu Mr. .Adams and Mr. Jefferson, Charles Coate3worth Piuckney aud Aaron Uurr beiug the cand. dates for Vice-President. The two parties iu Consress bad selected the candi dates in caucus but, as the electors were not chosen by the States In the same popular manuer at) i.ow, the contest had a more varied loterest, and caused the country to watch with solici tude the electioii of members to the U'.nte Jj-nislatures, by whom most of the electors ivere cboecn. Astheresuttiu Pennsylvania is now usually regarded as the best indication of the way in which the contest will terminate, so New York was then both the earliest and surest M-rn of success. Tbo election in this Biate in 1800 was held oa tbe last two days of April and the first of May, and resulted in the choice at Jefferson ond Barr electors, reversiner the vote which had been given fourjearsbelore. The consternation which the result of the recent election In IVuusyl vauia carried into tbe hearts of tbe Democracy is a fair parallel of the effect of this election upon the Federalists. Imraedlotely after the New York election, President Adams abruptly dis missed two members of his Cabinet Mr. PicSc erinir, tbe Secretary of Stat, and Mr. Mc Ilenry, Secretary of War. This event created a pieat sensution and was used with some edect throughout the canvass. Soma time afterwards General Alexander Hamilton came out with a letter censoring the public couduct and character of Mr. Adams. This was one of the most notable events of the canvass, as the )f tter was deiijjued for circuluUou at the Bouth only, bat falling: Into the bands of the Presi dent's warmestsucportrrs. Ms pubUcaMon at New Yoik became Indispensable. Htill Mr Adams was bea'en by only a lew votes, the result In the Klertoial College being as folio st Jeu"dron, 73; Hurr, 73: Adams, 65; Pinckney, 64; John Jar, 1. The votes for JcQ'cison and Uurr bcinir equO, the choite then devolved upon the Hduse of Bepresentatives. Tup House began balloting on Wednesday, the 11th of February, 1801, nnd as It bad been d'teimined not to adjourn until a choice was effected, it continued in se ion seven dnys, during which thirty-six ballots were taken, tbe last resuming in the choice o( Mr. Jefferson. Homo of the members were so Indrm or Indisposed during this unusual sit ting that it was necessary to provide be is tor them, and ouo member wss (o sick that it was necessary that ho i-honld he at;erdo.l by his wiK Thomas JpHerson was re -elected In the Presidential election following; bv an a'moit unanimous vote, receiving 162 out of the 176 voies cast. With his administration betrau tli tt long and almost uninterrupted lease of pTwer which the Democratic party enjoyed, and which so nearly ended iu the dissolution of tbe Uniou and destruction of the Uepubllc. That ptrty on Tuesday received Its last rebuke, but, una bashed, it will be af!iiin asking for offices to monow. And even in the first days of is his tory, its vocabulary was as replete In nb.iive c line's as now. It called officers appoints! iiear the close of Mr. A inula' administra'lon 'the n.idnlpht Judges of John Ad.un-, " au J as tbey had liot bieu appointed by a Demoeri'ie administration, the Democratic majority abo lished the courts. James Madison, the fourth President of the United Stf tes, was Lomlnated by the Demo cratic patty, receiving 122 out of 175 votes cast, and he was re-elecied by 128 out of 217 votes. 1J is successor. James Monroe, also nominated by the Democratic party, was elected by ltj.l of the 217 vo'es cait, thn r rnainlng 31 Peiug cist lor Kufus King, and he was als re eleclei, receiving Hip en'tre electoral vote of every btate except New Hampshire, of which ono voio was thrown for John Quiucy Adams. The nomination of Mr. Monroe, made, ns was customary at that time, by a Congressional caucus, was not secured witbout much opposition. Among his opponents wai Aaron Burr, who advocated "a respectable nomina tion of Andrew Jack-on belore the proclama tion of the V'rpinia caucus aud Monroe's success Is inevitable." After a number of plans and iotngues had laiied, the oppositiou was concentrated upon William 11. Crawford, of Georgia; but this plan failed also, and Mr. Crawford did not income a caudi iato lor the Presidency until eight jears afterward. He was then nominated in a Cor.gression il caueus, but the nomination wi;s made by a minority of the Democratic mem hers, and he. became only tbe candidate of tue old politicians, while General Jackon was the chtice of the masses. Mr. Adams and Mr. Clay were also candi lutes, but the cicctiou taile'i in tbe lClfctoral College, the vote standing-Jackson, 9J; Adams 81; Crawford, 41; Clay, 37. Tin whole number of electoral votes was Sol; necessary to a clunc, 131. Tbe choice then devolved upon th"i House, which elected Mr. Ada.us, although General Jackson was the popular choice; but at the ensuing Presidential clcc'.ion he was beaten by Jackson more than two to one l7ej to 83. The Presidential election of 1S21 is the most remarkable and important iu the history of tliis couutry except that ot 100. At no Urae before, except at the first eleeuou of Mr, JeiL-rsou, bid ptirty spirit ran so h gli, aud ou both occ i-nous the choice devolved upon the House ot Keore sentatives, resulting in the ruin of men aad of patties. In tbe Drat instance the Federalists supported Burr aj;aiust Jeilerson to the destruc tion of that party and Burr's prospects with his own. Iu the Eecoucl cae, Auams was chosen over Jack-on, aud as this was etlected thro igh the Irieuris of Mr. Clay, who accepted tho office of t-ecretary ot Btate under the new adminis tration, it give rise to. an imputation of b irgain which, hownver ill tourideJ. was prejudicial to Clay, and probably secured the defeat of Adams lour years afterwards. Throughout the canvass the oppositiou toCiaftford, who was called the "caucus candidate," was very bitter. Tln Jackson Democracy had this advantage of.tbeJeil'enon Demociacy, in that to tho fierce hu3tility of the latter they added a mnlignaut hatred altogether their own, nod a tho Democracy never ac-iuire l a good trait nor lost a bad ono, it was ouly necessary that the disloyalty of the Jal eight years should be supplemented with the dishonesty of Tammany to make the cup of wo3 run over. This allu ion to Tamnunyis not a mere effort of the imagination a point made aga nst a hateful organization, as loathed as it is loathsome for while the opposition of tho Jackson Democracy, to the "caucus candidate" put au end to the nomination lor the Presidency by members of Congress, it inaugurated another system utietly nuomnious aud irresponsible, by which "The King'" could secure the uomiuation ot a candmate who Is the creature ot ai?r bar tenders and butcher boys. Tue one system in Demccratic bands is ba l euouuu, but of tho other what shall we say while rainmaayrul.es'' In the State of New Tork this contest haf a peculiar siguiticancc. The aunual election for members of the Legislature by whom the Presl deniial Electors were to be chosen took place in November 1823. Ibc rcult was very uuex ptteo aud very unsatisuctory to tho Mends of Crawlord, lor although they claimed a majority of tbe members elect, the reeuU in the city had gone against them. Tbe questiou of giving the choice of electors to the pe ple was then agi tating the btate, and the refusal ot Crawford's friends to assent to a law tor this purpose im paired his popularity and lu the end secured his de.eat, the electoral vote of the State, notwith standing that the elector were chosen by tne Legislature, being given as follows: Adams, 2(1; Ciawlord, 5; Clay, 4; Jackson, 1. Johu C. Calhoun, the candidate lor Vice-President on the ticket with General Jackson, received 182 votes and was elected. Speaking ou this subject, Mr. Benton makes some re marks that the Southern people would do well to remember now. Ho say.; ' Mr. Calhoun Was the only substantive Vics-Presideutial can didate belore the people, aud his election was an evidence of pood feeling in tho North towards Southern men, he receiviug tbe main part of his votes from that quaiter 114 votes lrom the noo-s!avcbolding Spates, and only 08 from the s avtholding. A Southern man and a i-lavehoUler, Mr. Calhoun was indebted to Northern men and non-slaveholders lor the honorable distinction of an election in the Elec toral Colleges. Surely, there was no disposition in tbe tree Status t tu?.t time to bo unjust to tue South." And in commentiag upon the elect on ot General Jack:on In 1828 he utters similav sentimeuts. At this day, when we cannot enter into the spirit that animated tbe friends of rival candi dates one Is almost irresistibly brought to tae conclusion that the contest ot 1824 was between tour respectable gentlemen willing lo be Presi dent of the United Slates, and that, in 1628, the people whom Mr. Admin found it Impossible to appease were merely saying that they had not bet n appeased, but the b )id ami resjlu.e, tho abrupt and imperious Jackson coula not rule lour years without making Issues broad and unmistakable. Consequently the result of the electioQ of 1832 was looked for ward to with great solicitude. The re newal of the Naiioual buuk charier; the continuance of a protective policy; internal improvements by tin Government, nud the whole Au ericsn sytte.ni of which Mr. Cly was the lepresen'atlve, wcrj staked In tbe Issue, and General JacWm was the embjdimeut of the Opposition. 1 be victory remained with, the Ad ininstration, Jackson iccelving 219 votes to 4'J for Clay, fcoutu Carolina just then entenug upou its null! Ication, lure the vote of ihe gtate away upon Governcr Floyd or Virginia, aud Vermont pave ht-rs to William Wirt on the auti-Masoury lue wnich the murder of Morau bad ju-t brought mio promiueuce. Mr. Van Buren was the Democratic candidate In tbe election ot 18J(i against General Harrison. the candidata of toe opposition. Tbe contest was warmly contested, but, contrary to all reasonable expectations, it resnlted in the tri umph of Van Buren. Fven the hope of throw ing the revult into the Hou-e ot Representatives failed, and the tiiumuh was a tribute to tbe potency of party drill, even when well-organ, lzed opposition in the ranks ot tbe Democncy prom'ued the defeat of its candidates. Mr. Van Buren received I7t) electoral votes out of 239, to 73 lor William H. Harrison and 2(1 lor nugb. L. White, Ihe election for Vice-President was thrown Into the Senate, whtoh cleclcd KIchird M. Johnson. The campaign of 1818 was perhaps the most spirited political canvass ever witnessed tn this countrv. There Is something so truly Q nxotlo 1n a political canvass thai it would a-itouish Bancho Panza himself, and Mr. Pick ffick, should he visit us, would bon his eves in beucvoleat surprise. With lo cabins cabins out of which the la cb-string ever hung and bard cider ever frep nnd flowing, what could be more exhila rating than election times in the dtysof "lip p canoe and Tyler to." How that song went ringlDg through the land men not yet old can well lemember, and after forty years of tule the Democratic party was hurled from power by the sweeping impn'se ot a people's will. Mr. Clay hfl(l'oog been the s'au lord-bearer of the oppo sition, and It was the expectation and desire of a large proportion of ide Wblg party that he should be the candidate. . Before the assembling of tho Harricburg Convention In De cember, 1839, It wa asseried that be hala ma jority of tbe dclpgitrs choen favorable to hii nomlnalinn. Yet la tbe elec'ions of thit year the Administration retrieved the disasters of the two years previous, and Democratic suc cesses cast a shadow over the spirits of Mr. Clay's Mends, ard the great statesman himself appeared to coincide with 1he"-doabt ;rt. Th'is n alters stood when the Convention met, aud, thoueh Mr, Clay bad a decldud plurality in tbe Convention, he failed ot a nomination because of the doubts ot his fiieuds arid ot his own ao aule.-cepce iu their doubts. Had he been nomi nated he would, witbout doubt, have been ebctcd by a people wetry of Democratic misrule, though it Is scarcely probable that he could have inspired the enthusiasm that was manifested for "Old Tippecanoe." Harriion carried 19 States.recciving 234 votes In the Kloc toral Colleee, to 60 cast lor Mr. Vau Buren. Four years afterwards Blr. City was nominated by the Whigs nainst James K- Polk, tbenoml nee of the Democracy, but th Democratic; nominations had the e licet of uniting that party, and the mo.-t distinguished of Ame-ican states men was deleated by an obscure gentleman of respectable talents and attainments in private life, by a vote ot 170 to 105. Tbo popul ir vote stood: For Polk, 1.335.831; for Clay, 1 237,033; for Birccy, the Abolition candidate, C4.C5S, ex clusive of Bjutb Carolina, which rave Us voto through electors chosen by the Legislature. In 1848 the Whli;e, for a second time, suc ceeded in electing their candidate lor the Preai dincy, General Tavlor being chosen by lo3 votes to 127 lor General Cass. Tne contest, though a spirited one, had little ol either the euthueiasni or the acrimony of many that had prece.'.ed it. Four years la'er Franklin Pierce was elected over General Hcott by a large raafority of the popular vote, aud by 2'Jtl votes to 42 In the Electoral College. This was another triumph of respectable mediocrity over acknowledged talents and distinguished services. The nomination of General Fremont by tho Republicau pany marks a new era iu tbe history of Presidential elections. It was the first determined struggle agaitift slavery aad the spirit or caste tho first battle for impartial suffrage tti i equal rights, His successful rival, Mr. Kuchanan, had loDg sought the Pre-mienrcy, and had trimmed his sails to every favorable breeze to reach tho havu of the White House. The record ot the "Pathtjuder'' was shoit but brilliant, and the new pany met the old foes of liberty and justice, row bloated with the enjoyment of power for mons than half a century, wi n a lusty vigor deserving of success. B it success came not theu. Buchanun received 173 vows to 114 for Fremont and 8 for Millard Fillmoie, the candidate of the American party. We now coniS to the, coniest of 18U0. The recollection of that campaign is s'ill freh in the mind ot everyone. Itctitneas the prelude to the great drama of the American civil war wbicu was to lollow, and to which the Charleston Con vention was the overture. The Uemocra'.ic party, hopelessly split bv its twin nomina ious, fell an easy prey to tho Itepulilicaus, and the very suc cess which the Hebel Democracy had made cer tain by the course they cho?e to adopt at Charles ton arid Bul'tmore. Mr. Lincoln was elected by IK) votes In tbe Elcc. oral College to H for Breckinridge, 39 for Bell, and 12 lor Dougl is. Four vears afterwards he was re-elcc'.ed by a plurality of 212 votes to 21 cist for General Mc'ticllan. Ho had been trie! by fire, nd found steadfast to the end. In opposition to him wus placed an unsiicco-sful mili.ary leader, to whom he bad given the opportunity to achieve greatness, upon a platform declaring the war to be a failure. The nomination of sucti a man on such a platform was a striking commentary upon a party that had become dead to patriot ism, and a bitter sarcasm upon the inordinate ambition of those upon whom nature has not stamped the mark ot greatness. Among the opponents of General Grant was this same Mct'lellan, who would havo taken the exccut.va authority irem the Lauds of Abraham Lincoln on the plea that armies which he had himself commandel had failed to suppress the It'jbjl lioo. V. Y. Inbune. SWITZERLAND. Tlie Recent Oreat Calamity. In September last a great calamity befell Switzerland. A fearful ram fall coatiuued lor eight days on the northern aud southern slopes ot the Alps. A south wind prevailed, aud im mense masses of the "eternal snows" of tne mountains weie melted. Rivulets became tor rents. Villages were destroyed, farms wero ruined, and hundreds of lives were lost. A statement prepared by the Siss Consul-General fays: On it came, in the dead of night, terrible in its might, scattering destruction far aud wide, and piling up in the meadows the mountain debris of ages. Bocks weighing hundreds of tons were torn from their resting places, and in their course joined the revelry of destruction. Wtole forests, vineyards, and meadows stocked with grain have disappeared, and, in many places not a vestlgo of roads, bridges, aul fences Is left; houses, mills, aud factories are toru from their louudacious, and even cemete ries and charnal-bousea have been invaded, and their contents scattered along the course of the devastation. Toousands of cattle lie choked iu mud, and thousands of our fellow-beings are reduced to abject poverty. Along tho Uhine, village upon village lies baif buried lu mud and deorls, aud every article of bedding and wearing apparel has either been swept away or rendered useless In bouses where comfort, and even pl"uly, reigned; while their verdant me lows, productive or chards, and bcautuul gardens are one mass of greyish mud. The total loss is estimated at 60,000,000rr. Tho Swiss Government appropriated 1,000,000 Ir. for the relief of the suilerers, and relief haj been sent la from various quart r. An appeal is now made to tbe American people to give of their abundauce iu a'dof suileriug in ih l iud of Tell, the land which, in our civic troubles, was constant in its fuiib. iu the Americau Union. Tne Swiss Consul-Geueral. Mr. John ILtz, nsks or donations to bo seut to him at Washii atop, or to the Swiss Consulates in the chief cities of tbe country. The cau-e is a good one, and we commend it to our readers. The Dutch Kcpubllc iu South Africa, ira FEcn.nBiTiES and raoDtrcrs. An English pa?er says: "Among tho le comparatively unknown countries of the world is the Dutch republic of the Orange Free (state. Fight hundred miles from Cape Town, and four hundred aud fifty from AlfiO bay, with at area in extent com paring with the British Isles, but a population ol only twenty thousand, this country presents a vast rargo of tbe most valuable pasture land, and abounds wi h medicinal plants, the late Discoveries of nh'ch ars likely ta leal 10 im portant results, as well iu the commercial as iu the tcientluc world. We have niv before ui a copy of a report of Dr. AttfJeld, director of the labora ory of tae Pharmaceutical Hoeiety of Great britain oa tbe 'eland's boontjes' (eland's beans). This bean is the principal article of food ot the eland; which briefly we may designate as theelkof Bouth Africa. Specimens of the root aud seed of this plant were presented to Dr. Attdeld by Mr. David Bain, who brought them from the Orange Free Btate. It would appear that the Dutch Boers find the root ot considerable value tn convening skin iuto leather, using it as a substitute for oak bark in tanning. Mr. Bain calls tbe plant a species of dwarf acacia. Mr. Lain, when in the republic some years ago, con ceived the Idea of making an extract of tho plaot. He boiled the roots in water and evapo rated tbe liquor to dryness by the heat of the sun. The product cf this experiment was valued by tint trade in this country at about 20 per ton, Eat India cutch at that lime being wortu 22. Mr. Bain had, however, difficulties to con tend with as regarded his appliances and other wise. "The otber new article of commerce brought to light bv Mr. Bain Is called the 'Cape satfrou.' This remarkable product, wbicli strikingly resembles tbe Spanish saffron in all but Its color, is tbe dried llower of a very small plant, extremely common In some parr of the eastern dlstrio s oi the Cape of Good Hope, taking the place of our common toadflax (linaria vulgaris), and belonging to tbe same natural order (scrapbalariacecc). It yields a color like that of saffron, and, what is very remarkable, it yields it as readily when mixed with cold water; its odor being that of go d ssffron, and equally strong. Tbe flowers are called by the Djicd 'geelo bloemctjee.'and. on account ot the flue orange color which tbey impart, tbey are in daily use among the Mohammcdaus for the purpose of dyeintr. It this arttclo possesses the qualities claimed for It, there caa be lit lo doubt of its competing with ordinary bay ea0Yn, and the results, in a commercial point of view, will be indeed invaluable. The lowes'-prlcsd sitfron is to-day quoted at sixty-six shillings a pound, and the supply, we believe, is extremely limited. Mr. Ban states that be can procure almost any quantity, and lav It down in this country at 6s. to 7. (id. a pound. "We ate Informed that Mr. Bain's work on the 'Free Btate Boer Republic' will be published betore Christmas. Mr. Baiu possesses a fand of valuable tniorn atiou in reeard to toe countries which Llvlncstone aud others have alreidy made so interesting to English readers. With, statistics of primary interest to tbe merchant, his description ot animals hitherto unknown lo Europesn naturalists, and arccdotes innumer able of Boer life aud adventures In the prairies, the work will no doubt prove attractive to tho reniirp public cenerftlly. Mr. Bain, who was formerly a resident for some years in Liverpool, has received lrom the Duke of KJiuburgh, who has himself vini'ed the Free Htate, special permission to dedicate bis work to bis loyal highness. Specimens of t'ie elaud's boontjes and of the Cape saffron lie in the Exchange rooms for public inspection." Eofbcck's UsrorcLARiTY. Mr. Roebnok has been treated with some coolness by the workmen of Sheffield, in tbe coarse of bis canvass. Some of the "one family, one reli gion, one language party," attributed this to tbe English dissatisfaction at Mr. Roebaok'a sneers againBt Americans. The Pall Mall Gazette describes its real cause in the follow ing passage: "Mr. Roebuck might have gone on abusipg America to the last day of his life if he had only defended and enoouraged prac tices which are abominable in the eyes of every honest man. The constituency qnarrel with Mr. Roebuck because he will not say that it is tolerable, where trade interests are con cerned, to murder men, to deprive their fami lies of the means of bread, and to bring their honeea down about their ears. Mr. Roebuck declares that 'rattening' and its iniquities are barbarons and wrong; that is his offense." EAST INDIA TELEGRAPH. TEE EAST INDIA TELEGRAPH COMPANY. riiis Company bare an exclusive grant to lay SUCftsARiriE CABLES VBOM Canton to Tien-Tsin, (THJE SEAPORT OF FEKIN), CONNECTING ALL THE PORTS ON THE ASIATIC COAST, Whose foreign oommerce amounts to One Thousand Millions Annually. This Company la chartered by the Legisla ture of the Etateof New York, with a CAPITAL OF 88,000,000; SHARES, 9100 EACH. LUMBER. A limited number of shares are offered at 950 each, payable $10 each, 115 November 1, balance in monthly Instalments of S'i 50 per share. TBE INQUIRIES FOB THIS STOCK ARB KOW VERY ACTIVE, AND TUB BOARD Of DI. BECTOR9 INSTRUCT US TO SAY IT MAY BE WITHDRAWN AT ANY TIME, AND Vy THAT HONK WILL BE OFFERED ON THE ABOVE TEKMS AFTER NOVEMBER 20 NEXT, ' For Circulars, Maps, and full Information apply to DREXEL & CO., No. 31 Sooth TllIliD Street, rhiladclpulaj To duly authorised Banks and Bankers throughout Pennsylvania, and at the OFFICE OV THB COMPANY, Uob. 23 and 25 NASSAU STREET, ! ... ! 839 JSKW YORK, FALL, I COO. F. , n. WILLIAMS, SeYenteenth and Spring Garden Sts. Calls the Attention of Builders and others to big Stock of SEASONED LUMBER, 00X81 STIN 3 Ot Hemlock and Spruce Joists, Carolina Flooring-, all grades, White riue Hoards, all qualities, Shingles, l'lastcring Lain, And all kinds ot Building Lumber. 10 8 tualuZia. AT LOWEST PllIOBb. 186d Hi'KTjCE JOIST, BFKUUJk JUiO A', HKMIAAjK. HilMLAHJK, 1868. J.OOO. SEASONED CL.Ji nNK, lOOO. CHOICE tfATl'EKJSJ J-iWlfi. BPAMoH CEDAR, tOW A1TKNS, RH.U CM.DAR. " JLOOO. FLORIDA FLOORlMU, lobci CaroijSa Look i is u, V1KUIMA FLOOK1NW. DELAWARE FLOOiUJNUJ ASH FLOORliSU. WALNU'l FLOOK1.NO. FLORIDA UTEF HOARDS, iuiu r tAi is. t 1 fi.UU WALN OT RDIS. AAD FLANK. 1 OCQ lODO. WALK UTBDS. AND FLAN& lOOO. walnut boards, vw. WALNUT FLANK. lUliQ UNDERTAKERS' LUMBER. lo'O lOOO. UHDERl'AKEhW' LUMBER. lODO. RED CEDAR. WALNUT AND FINE. lCtiQ SEASONED FOF.LAR, lOUL) lOOO. beaboned cherry. lODO. AriH, WHITE OAK PLANK AND BOARDS, HICKORY, 1 OfQ OIUAR BOX MAKERS' 1 aUCi lODO. C1UAR BOX MAKERS' lOOO. BP AN IS id CEDAR BOX BOARDS. FOR BALE LOW. ' CAROLINA 8CANTLINO. 1 QdO J.OOO. CAROLINA H. T. SILLS. lOOO. KORWAV bCANTLlNO. 1 HHfl CEDAR BHINOLE8. 1 Qrtn . MAULE, BRO 1 H ER A OO "1 No. VX SOUTH Htrnot. KTTVlTVn A T i U T j Ttt t . lios. 24, 20, and 28 S. Jt'Ut'TEEXTII St., PHILADELPHIA. E&LER & BROTHER, KANcrACTuasas or WOOD MOULDINGS, BRACKETS, STAIR BALUS TERS, NEWELL FOBTd, GENERAL TURN- LNU AND SCROLL WORK. Era The largest assortment ol WOOD MOULDINGS in this city constantly on band, 92 2m T. P. GAL YIN & CO., LUMBER COWSSIQN MERCHANTS S1UCKAMAX0N SXIIEET VllAliF, BELOW SLOATS MILLS, (BO-OAIXXD), PHILADELPHIA, AGENTS FOR SOUTHERN AND EASTERN Man lecturers ol V ELiAJW PiNE and SPRUCE T1MBE-1 BOARDS, etc., Blmll be bat py to lurulsu orders at wuoitrxkie ral. deliverable at uuy acct bIuIh port. CuuBiuntly receiving and oa baud at our wliarl BO L lit EH N FLOO&INU, bOAN'lUMU. SHIN-GLES-, EASTERN LATHS, PICKETS. BED-BLATB, bPRUCE, HEMLOCK, SELECT MJOHIOAN AND CANADA PLANK AND BOARDS, AND HAO MA1CC bHLf-KN EES. 1 81 StutuJ AM. OF WHICH WILL BE DELIVEUEO AT AMY PABTorTIlEUTI ttOJlrTLX, PAPER HANGINGS, ETC. yy ALL PAPERS. HENRY S. MATLACK, Kos. 11 aud 13 Aorlh MMU Street, PHILADELPHIA, IMPORTER AND DEALER IN FHKNOII AND AMERICAN WALL PAPERS. ALL ORDERS PERSONALLY ATTENDED TO. Competent workmen sent to all parte of tueoonn. try. Wotk fifcpifd at city prices. l5tutha8ua FOR SALE. VIST MJLAMPHIA PROPERTIES FOB SALE OK TO REST, The bandsome BROWN STONE RESIDENCES, Nos. 11V8, uio, and 1112 bPRUOE Street, O. J. FULL & BRO 10 13 tntbslm No, 120 South FRONT Street. SHIPPING. TO RENT. p O R RE NT. rKEMSES, No. 809 CIIESIVUT St., FOR STORE OR OFFICE, ALSO, OFFICES AND LARGE ROONS Inltable loi at ou.mtrclalCollta. Apmyat iiif BaNB. OF THE REPUBLia AN OFFICE TO LET, FURNISHED OB ULlurulBli.d, No. KM Soutn TENTH btreet, Inquire at 8ur i In the afternoon. lui DYEING, SCOURING, ETC. XTEW YOBK DThIKO AND PBINTINO X EfcTAbl.l-IIMENT. WUMKS ON M ATES ISLAND. OfllctS. No. tU N. El M Hi ll nirtei.weat blJe, Fhilaj No. 08 DUaNE cttieet N0.7B2 PKUiDWaY, New York, and Nos. lxi aud ia 1'lKKKh.fON r Street, 11 nuklyn. ' Tills Old aiid extensive eatKOIlHuiueut liavlug oein In iB'euce a half eaUury are piepred to D Y a! anl CLhANbE Lad ts' and Ceul.tuitan OlarniuuU aud PlrceMi i dsoi every dencriptlun and laurlo la tbelr usually unsurpaiueo manner. bAJrUJEL MARSH, President J. T. Yoono, Pccretwryr iolDmwi2ra B. KINKELIN, AFTEB A RKSIDENCB and prauiioe ol thirty years at the Noriuwe.1 corner of'ltilrd and I'uio atreeui, ba lately re oiofd tosvutb ELEVENTH Street, between MAR KET nd CUESNUT. H In superiority lu tbe prompt and perfect oare ol all rtcent, chronic, local, and constitutional aiTeo tioxs ot a special natnre, la proverbial. I Dseasesofthe skin, appearing In a hnndred dif ferent forms, totally eradicated: mental and phynlcal weakness, and all nervons debilities acleutlnoally and snooeealallr treated. Ottloe boun trout I A. M 0 I P. M. IRB GUARDS. XTOB ITOBI FROim, AITLVHI, TAC TOBIEa, ETC 1 patent Wire BaIUdk, Iron Bedsteads, Ore amenta Wire Work, Paper Makers' Wires, and every variety of Win Work, manafaotored by I la. WALKEB IOHIJ I taiwll Vo U Aurta UIXTU Utrsel jtflTfSN LORILLARD'B BTBAM3IIIP LEN1 FOR NEW YORK.! From and after this a ate, tbe rate, of irelgbt by th; line will be ten centa per 100 Iba, " heavy goods; Jbn cents per foot, measurement; one cent per gallon Ir llqnlds, ship's option. One of tbe bteamnrs of sbl Line will leave every Tne. day, Thursday, and Batoi day. Goods received at all times on covered plr All goods forwarded by New Tt.rk agent free ( charge, except cartage. j For rnitaer Uaormatlon, apply on the pier to J taem JOHN F. OHX.1 rffft FOR LIVEKFOOL AND (JUEBNS ZJULiul TONVN.-luniau Eine of Mall otenat ai .nisetl lo sail as follows: CI l y OF AN l W EtvP, saiurdar, November 7. I C1TV OF FAKls, Baiuraay, November 14. I Kl N A ( Via llalliat 'J ueauay, JNovoiuber 17, I C11Y OF iOlXUON Saturday, r.ov.SI. 1 ana each socceeaiug sauiia aud alteruats Tnesday at 1 P, M., troiu Pier 46, Nona rtlver. s RATES OF PAt-Sauu hy th. mail bTBAKII SAIL.IMM 1VEKV l.TtlKb.V. Payable lu Uold. fayaote tu Currency.. ; FIRST CAblN fino to LoudouM.......... I' to Partn 116 STEEKaUE fx to Lonaou.. 4 to Paris 4 rASSA4ia BY 1HH TUIUlllI STBaMUU VIA MAiajTAX J-111MT CAHIN, BIKBKaO., i Paanle In uold. Payable In currency, r Liverpool.. .. f DO : I.lvupool......--t ltolliui. 'A oeiiux 1 St. Jhu , N. I I . Jonu's, N. . I . by Bmucn Meaujcr. ... J 1 ' braucu stennier... Paeeengers als-i t twutu to Davie. Humburg.BrC men, etc., at reunced raiett. '1 Ickelii cn be IxiUKht here by persons sending 1W Uitlr Irlends, at nmoerate rat.es or tnriher luloriuation apply at tbe Company! Oillits. j JOHN O. DALE, Agent, No. 1ft BROADWAY, W. x. Or tu 0'DOiNxs.LI. dt AULK, Axeuta, l No. 411 Cll U I htrett, Pnlmuelpbla. j rf? NEW EXPRESS LUSK TO ALEX JwriVyl raandrla, u.urseiown, and WaHhtngton L via CUwi.peuku auu Delaware uiuM. wtiti oon necilons at Alexauuria Iroiu the mom direct rontt lor Li nchourg, urimoi, Knuxvllie, Nanlivllle, Daltoi and the southwest. i tieauiers leave resularly every Saturday at Boo? from tPe hrat wnart a -u"- Market street. . 1 Freight received dally. j WM. P. CLYDE A CO.; J No. 14 Noiiu aud suuiu Wharves.' 1 J. B. DAVIDKON, Agent ai weorgetown. J M. ELDKIDUE dt Co., Ateuw at Alexandria, Vlr glul. 81 j K011CE. Foil KEW TOKIC via jkUMjAnana Anil ItAKJTAN OANAXJ AAPit.SS blllAMliUATlllMPAMv The Steam propellers ot turn line leave DAILY from first wharf below Mnraei street, "V TBLiiOCUH IxN M HOURS. 1 Goodr Airwarued by all the Hues going ont of New 7 . 1. m I. ..... . 1 ' . Freights received at our u.ui.1 low rateH, WILLIAM P. 01.YDK & CO., Agents, t . P' " - WHARVES, Philadelphia; JAMKS HAND. Aaeuu mil Wo. 119 WALL Street, corner of South, New York f rUILAUELl'IlIA, KICIIMONI tt. AND NOKrOLK 81EAMSHJP MM AA.AkOOWU FRElOliT AIR LINE TO Ti EVERY 8ATUKDAV. At noon, from FIRST WHARF above MARE THROUGH BATES and THROUGH RPfllTTt to all points In Notlh auu bou.ti Carolina, via sea- DOttru Air Aiine xuiiiiunu, uuuueciing at fortaoiouth and to Lyucbhurg, Va.,TenuenHee, aud the West, via Virginia and TeunesMee Air Line and Rlonmoud and Danville Ralltobd, EielKht HANDLED BUT ONCE, and taken at LOM ER RA J US THAN ANY OTHER LINE. The reKUlarity, salety, aud cheapness of this route Commend 11 to the puollo as tne most detilrable mu dinm lor carrying every description ot trelKht. $ r.o cnarge lor coauuinbioa, urayage, or any ex. ei (rauHier. bteamshlpa Insured at lowest rates. k mlaiit received dally. u. 1 1 i r a r n rT.vnti m No. 14 Murth and Snm h Wl nu'ta W. P. PORTER, Agent at Richmond and City T. P. CROWELL A CO.. Agents at Norfolk. 6 1 STEAMBOAT LINES. arjrrr-. Pill LA DELPHI A AMI) TRrv awnii-'ifi ii l. ,V pl"uooai i.iue. Tue Bteauiboat AOxtREsT leaves ARc'H street Wharf, tor lreuiou, stopping at Tacoay, Torresdale, Beverly. Burlington, Bristol, Florence, Roholus' Wharf, and WOIIO JDllla t Leaves Aicb Street Wharf I Leaves south Trenton, i Saturday, Oct. 14, 7 A. to Saturday, OoU U, 11 A. My Sunday, Oct. iti, to Buriiumou, Bristol, and Inter-, mediate landings, leaves Arcu street wharf at 8 A.M. and a P. M.: leaves Bristol at lug A. M. and tXP. M.i Monday, Oct Z, 8 a.M Monday, Oct. , 11 M. M 1 IIPHflliV. ' Wed'day, " 1 hnrsday, " xrtaay. 27, 9 21, lu 29 10 80, 11 hi ft' A.M Tilesdav. Wed day, rbuisday, " r riuay, 27. 1 P 94 Q V tut 29, P.'m I 8u, a p.m Fare to Trenton. 40 ienut aiu-h wnw. ti.M,m.iti.,a places. 2o centa. 4 11 - bauu iivDW IU Villi bQ Uh?Zri3 a trx? ir"v'? CHESNUT Street S. ff'.8iiiA'il.:,'n1 wwnlng leaves Wllmlng. ton at t P. M. Excuimioo tickets, 15 cents. Tua WhmltaBaplMIriliJ'10X?.'';ave,, WbJuaaiUi' Street Wharl al 8 P. M. Fare, 10 can la. 1012wi r.aC OPPOSITION TO THE C0M fclT; Im Railroad aad rier! Steamer JOHN SYLVESTER wUl make dallv SaaWiJjy'i 1 WtttTtK "a ALT UW-BXIA wjSZZs DAILY EXCUKSIOKS.-TIH im.-i' 111 11 spleuaiu Bteambuat JOHN A. WAk. an jia. leave. CHESN UT street W narf, Pnlladal at 1 o'clock and 8 o'clock p. M.. for Burlington and Brhiiol, touching at Riverlon. iorredaie, AidalusSS A MndrfF.M!'"nln,'le'T"&UWl 1 0,010 Fare. M cents each wan Excursion 40 cts. utf JtiZZJs &EW lORK-SWIFMCBB afcl ini 1' VI iSjU Transportation Company Despatcn a u envtit aure Lines, via Delaware and Rarltan Canal, on and after tne lfitb of March, leaving dally at 12 M. and f P, M connecting witn ail Northern and Eantern lines, Eor trelfc-ht, which will betaken on accommodating terms, apply to WILLIAM M. BAIRD dt CO. IU No. 182 S. DELAWARS AveaaW rrrr SUNDAY EXCUK8IO M.-l Jnryjl -nil a khu up TlMa-l'he splendid biuiuti a iLluHT leaves Cbenuut street wharf at 8J A. M., and 2 P. M., lor Burlington and BrlstoL toucblua at Tacouy. Riverlon. Andaliniia. ami rZ verly. Ltavluu Bristol al luj a, M. and 4 P. M, Far. I at tAiu4qwiit -my paw. IUIUIH HOOP SKIRTS. gOg HOOP SKIRTS, fiOQ NEW FALL STYLES. LA PANIEB, and aU other desirable styles and sUe ol our CELEBRATED CHAMPION SKIRTS. 1 for ladles, minaes, and children, ooustainly on aiid made to truer i-argeoi asaortuient In the oils1 ana specially adapted for first class trade. CORSETS I CORSETS I UORSETS1 Rei ailing at very low prices. Our assortment Is complete, embracing '1 hou,psun's Oiove Fitting, la all giades, iroMi as aa-au; seckel's superior French VVovtn Corseta, lrom e.'to to supe 1 lor V baiebune baud uiaae Uorueui, lrom at oeoia to t o, in ahieliis akd circular gore; Mauame Foy's Corset Skirt ropp'Ttem, at l'4U. Also, Mia. Moody's Patent belt-Adjusting Abdom Hal CorsetK; whlcu every lady should examlue. li.DVk lM;Bt O tCUl, a pair. Wholesale and Retail Mauuiactory and Salesrooml n MUU a . II u .. WM. T. HOPKINS. No. att AatM Street. mnu COAL. BM1DDLK10N A CO., UKALaMS IJ . HARLEIt.H LELIGH and EauLk VKXMi COAL. Kept dry nuder cover. Prepared expressly for family use. Yrd, No. 12f W AbHINj'lJM A"oD Ottioa No. 814 WALNHTWtr 4. T mrijovrw aJaltimouu FIRE-PLACE HEATER, WITH Illumiualiiig Doors and Windows, AND Magazine of sufficient capacity for fuel to lat 21 liours. Tlicniost cheerful and perfect Heater In ue. "OLD WHOLESALE AND RETAIL BY J. 8. CLARK. No. 1008 MAKKLT STltLET, JOlllmrp BILADKLfBIlAV
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