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'0, wild tievember wind, blow back to me The wi thered leaves that drift a'down the past ; 'Waft me some murmur of that Summer sea On whi ch youth's fairy feet of,dreams was ast; Return to me the beautiful No More,' 0, wild N otember wind, restore, restore I November Wiad, in what dim, lonesome cave Languis a the tendbr, plumed gales of Sprintl;? io more tb telr dancee dimple o'er the wave, Nor f.eitjhted 'pinlons song and perfume bring y Those galess are Add, that dimpling sea is dark, And cloudy -.ghosts olutch- at each mist-like bark.' 0, wild, w id Wind, when .Me the Summer airs That ki. med the roses of the Long Ago-. ,Taking th em eaptive, swooned in blisefull snare e - - To let t. kem perish? Now no roses blow In the wastae gardens thou art lying bare Where are my heart's.bright roses, wher:, oh whtere I llast thou no answer, thou unpitying gale, No gent le whisper from the past to me No snatch s of sweet song, no tender tale No mel,ing murmur of that Summer sea? Are all m.y dreams wrecked on the Never mor e? Vain is i at taunt, destroyer ; Spring once mor e Thy ma' I and ruthliss ruin shall restore. For the Ladieb, FASHIONS. Cornsentators upon the fashions an. nounce a change in them which will be hailed 'tith general satisfaction, via: the diminut. ion of diameter and longitude of lgdiea'.valking.,dresses. The. graceful folds a.nd sweeping lines of the long skirts were admirable in the parlor where they will be retained-hut when trailing in the mud and dustof the streets they were diagnsting. They give to a woman great apparent height and more grace of motion in parlor and hall. But when we remember their appearande in the sterets we must all rejviee att their curtailment en promenade, The diminu tion of diamater of crino!ine followed, ns a matter of necessity, the curtailment of skirt.o To curtail tha latter without diminishing the former would have made the dear ladies ungracefully short and ('n ttpy. Thei principal court dress-maker of Paris has absolitely made some ball dresse# with short skirts I That is in vading the lcng skirt in an arena where it h,as so long reigned snprenoe that it will take some time before it can be well dispossessed ofits authority. None but the most independent of the elegantes can dare to adopt sh'epherdess toi.ettes in the midst of the graceful train for some time. It will bwa sharp trial to the more reserved of the sec to appear in a dress so conspicuous as it. must he until it becomes general. Should . the shortening of ball dresses lirevail, the fashion will extend itself probably to dinner d.esses, and lastly to the pat or. The trained skirt has been absolutely suppressed in .he streeta of Paris, and the short petticoat of the Restoraticn are making a strong.effort to gil the uppter hand. Queen., Egenie, however, comes to the rescue of the traind. It-is her wish that trains shall be worn on all occasions, dinners, soirees, pte. ; but Her Majesty will encourage short tkirts for danciing, as young ladies find the train so mnconvenilent in wahst: and polka. while they sometimes, in crowded roomis prove dangerous. .We make a few extracts from Paris gossip on dress ; Shi.n: redingotes ard onee more mak. ing their appearance They are n.aido of self-colored silk and poplin, and are -won over alpaca and poplin dresses. Tihese reirigotos are also sinulatetd in b ilight colors for dinner dlresses. Thnus, .over a plain wvhite chanmbtery gauze edress a redingete of white cerise silk wvill be simulated; i will be borde'ed -wf.h cerise roitleaux, and either a rnuchie .eriAfondle will be arrainged in fronit to a,nkke the bodice. At the back t,he dress -w'Alkb. slightly loose, ' r hie Parisian gdssiper pddle,: Thid is only suited to elderly ladies whose fig. ures lack symmetry. Short skirts are becoming general. Some of them open at regular intervals over a simulated petticoat, which is a novel and pretty style. Low bodices are all cut aftcr one pat. tern ; the waists are very short and are encircled. with a broad round band, and to this band either a peplum, tl fancy basque, or sash ends, are added. Another pretty addition to an eve ning' dress is a basque cut out round the edge .in. six scallupo. The basque is entirely closed in front, and is trimmed with buttons. It is usually made in some heavy material, and 'particularly in velvet. Many varieties of low peplums and basquines are now mado with tarletan dresses. 'A pretty style of low basquine is made in IHortensia pink, China blue and white silk. Tarletan skirts are now made- very shaiple ; they 'have either a plain ruche or three natr-o quiied- flounces around the edge. W hat are styled afternoon calling and promeiiade dress6s are trimmed very magnificently, and the skirts of them are not yet shortetred. Self.<olored satin of a rich quality is to be the Tavorite ma terial for such toilets, P.s well as for din ner dresses during the wintCr. Bodices are miw frequently trimmed with ladders of cros-cut straps, remind ing as or thu frog buttons of. yore, only, instead of being carried up to the top of the bodice, the1e strapst or bands only mount midway tup the chest. The sides of the bodice are further decorated with braces, which increasp in width as they cross the shoulders, and do not de scend to the waist behind, but describe a .point in the centre of the back. Small straps composed of extremely narrow cross-cut bands are carried round the edge of t1te point, and fall in straight lines on the bodige{ the centre.one by no means touching the waistband. This brief sketch may suffice for De cember. We are decidedly in favor oR the ladies dressing well and tastefully. Let them gn on with their finery to the estent of their means-hut not beyond' that. We wish they had a minllion each; so that they might show their taste without restraint. But, while there is -nothing so lovely and enchanting as the d-ar teir a rial Angely in all the f nkeryof silks, flowers ,and feathers most inge niously fashioned. we will whisper ito the ear of any young'man to select from the throng of beauty who is neither plain to affectation nor vet extravagpnt.Iv at tired. The good taste and unaffected sense of propriety which avoids ex tremes, bespeaks alike grace and virtue to adorn society and impart to domes tic life the highest refinement and purest felicity. - How SHALT. LAmris Wa THEIR llAIn? A lady thus briefly discusses the above ques tion : Something must be done, and that quick ly, or we shall have all our ladyships soud ding under bare poles. The mandates of fashion have been over severe for three or four yers, and now we are paying the pen. sahy of our devotions. Eugenie's hair is getting thin on the top of her head! Well, she has plenty of company in that affliction, if that is any comfort to her. The water falls, sataracts, rats, mibc and the thousand Other diabolical contrivances of hair-dress ers, have all tended to one object-to strain at time 7nots of the isair by tying and twist ing in every po4rihlo way. The natial conselueece is the downfall ..f the glory of wom.an. What shall we dto ? GI. binsk to the fas~hionm of shtephard simplici ty, ard wear- our ringlets aver ou- shouil dlers ? Alaet. t,,r us who have locks like un 'to the.naedles ofthea inet tree, andl whose tresses have as mutch spir-al ateicy as the mnel''r igidl of pokors- 1 Who will comn' to relief, fer the wiaterfalloppresseth the brain and headlaches aret prevalent. -among aus. Let soime hair-dresser arise who will tree us fromt tirs bondage, and groat will be his x'b wurd. Wec-flnvo all huard of asking for broadh ad receiving a stone, shut the younggent ltnan may be considered as still worse trentced when he.iukcd for a young lady's hand and got her father's boot. There Is much scaid .both- in the Texas Legislature atnd out. of it aboutt dIividin5 the, mtate or Tuama into two .States. Oongressional. WAS IrNGToN, December 10.--Tw the Senate, Mr. Wade reported, frot tho Committee on Territories, a bill to admit Nebraska, and introduced a bill to admit Colorado, which latter was referred to the Committee on Territories. Mr. Edmonds, from the Joint Com mittee on Retrenchment, reported with amendments, the bill introduced by Mr. Williams, on the first days of the ses sron, in regard to the terms of office. It prohibits removal without the consent of the Senate, &c. Mr. Edmunds, gave notice that he'ehould call up this bill on Thursday. The b4l to-regulate the elective, fran chise in the District of Columbia was taken up, ov motion of Mr, Morrill. Mr. Trumbull having, previously tried and failed, to call up the bill to repeal the amnesty power of the President. In the !onse. under the call of States for bills, the ,following were introduced and referred: Mr. Ward', of New York, introduced a bill toguarantee certain States that !ave - been in rebellion, a r,publican form of government. WAstuNC7roN, December 10.--It is not true, as telegraphed hence that tho' Supreme Court has' made a rule dispen. sing with the teas oath. It is still ad ministere I. The United 8,ates. Consul, at Vera Cruz, reports to te State Department, that Maximilkati wa t to leave Orizaba or. the 8th November, for the city of Mexi n, and that i4ie' mission was likely to be regarded in a friendly manner by the French troops o that 4epublic. Mr. Eliot i lroducnd a resolution, directing the retary of War to corn municate inforittqon iwreference to the Norfolk riot, of 't1ia 16rh April, 1866,. an# as to.thetim 4*ronment, in Georgia, of Rev. Wm'. Fincher, a missionary to the freedmet: Mr. Perham introduced a resolution calling for information as to pensioners in rebel States. Mr. Kelly introdreed a resolution de. elaring that the proposition that the war debt of the country should not be extinguished >y the generation that contracted it, is not sanctipned by sound principles of nntional economy, and does not meet the approval .of this House. Referred to the- Committee of Ways a M eans. Mr. Spaulirg introduced a resolu'tion .directing th.e Reconstruction Committee to inquire into the expediency of pro. posing a joint resolution, declaratory of the purpose of Congress to adinit the rebellious States on the ratification by them of the constitutional. ame*dment, and the establishment of a republican form of government. . Mr. Hart introduced a reso'ution, calling on the President for information as to all pardons granted by him. Mr. Broomall introduced a resolution instruct. ing the Committee on Ways and Means to inquire into the expediency of abol ishing the five per cent. internal reve n ie tax on manufactures and products of mechanical skill. . WAsiuNGTON, Dec .10.-It appears from official documents communicated to the House to-day, that the Government had information as, long ago as Septem ber, 1865, that John H. SurOatt, impli cated n the Lincoln assassination, had escaped from Canada to Europe. Months elapsed before he' could bn indentiffed for Arrest, which was accomplished oar. ly this month, in Alexandria, E,ypt, A person who crossed. the Atlatiu wi'.h Sur'ratt niakes affidavit tJat Sutt ac knowle:lged. his owna as wel ,ais his muother's compliiy in ithe assassiti.on. Sek.ct comminittees wvas anniounced" as follows: Ont New Orleanis riot-Elhlio., She.lleherger anid; Cainrpbelhl. On inir deir of of Unjitd States soldiers in South Carol ina-Pi ka, 1"arnswerth 'a nd Coop or. O:i Souitherii Railroads--Maynard, McClning, Mercer. In the,Senate,-'quito a lengthy discus si')n eiisned on the suffrage bill, particit larly on the class di tranchiised -those citinsea who left, bore tb join th,e-Con. l'ederaite cnase. TVhisR prohrbition- was Stren iously-opposed )y. NV ils0ui,. of Mas sachaiiui.ts. anuiug oth.ei's, who sail it wan too smnall a- matter to make a dili-i ciild about. Mr'. .Cowain said that eve, citizen of tla. nistriht mb jiiic1 the Confederate arms was guilty of trea son; he did not apply this to the people of the Southern States; but' here there was no doubt of the form of Govern. ment, and no'one could doubt where his allegiance was due. lIe moved to extend the privilege pf the bill to fe males, and contended ifynegroes had the right to vote, 'women had also. Ad journed with'out a vote on the amend thent. ' In the House, Mr. Bingham, intro. duced a bill to legalize all proclanations after the fourth of March, 1861, and before the first of Decmber, 1866, re specting martial law, military trials by cotfrts, military commissions and the arrest, imprisonmeirt and trial of pris oners charged with participation. in the late -rebellion against the United States, or aiders and abettors thereof. 'The committee on reconstruction have befote them a bill pioviding that Chief Justice Chase shalt appoint f9r each of the Southern Steftee a Provi sional Governor, and all other territo-r rial machinery, and prescribing reguia tions for holding conventions for the adoption of cons itutions, securing to all men their rights, irrespectively of dolor: . - -~ - + War Chess. ' This new and beautiful- game is the invention of Colonel Richardgon, of the late Confederate %rpiy. He served chiefly in the army of Virginia, and dis tinguished himtelf by his bravery, skill and intelligence. He invented this game while-in camp,- and it, served to eliven the olicers of th army in those periods-of weary waiting, when all that is left for a defensive force to do, is pa tiently to wait upon. the enterptise' of the enemy, It was very pdpular in camp; so much so, tht, after the cloe of the war the ingenious inventor of it was perataded to try its' attractions upon the popular tastes. It is a game, of wvar, of stiategy and battle. The old chess p0riyers whe hate tried it, cran. mend it as surpassing in' its itterest the ancient game. If they have been mili tary men, with any sort of military talen.t,. it commends itself to the- at once. It reminds them of the field, of the sttategies of hostile bodies, It i e calls viividly the terrific scen'ew through which' they have passed, and they lin ger over it under the spell of a delight. ful fas.ihation, which appeals equally to memory and judgment. The machine ry of the game consists of a bo rd, di vided or inscribed, in squares, a in the familiar game ofchess. But the board is again divided, equally, by a str6am of running water. Over this thbre are two modes of passage ; one by a bridge. the other by a ford. The assailing force consists of infantry, artillery and caval. ry. Their baggage wagon constitutes the objective aim. Oi the other hand, there is a like force of infantry, artillery and cavalry. But this force represents the defensive-; and there is a citadel which constitutes their centre for prg tection, as it is also the object of as sault with the attacking party. 'If reach the citadel and capture it, is the aim of the assailants. The pidces are beautifully cast in bronze. 'they repre. sente infantry by men chargiig bayo. net; the artilery are represinted by the pieces; the cavalry by knights on horsuback. A baggige wagon accom paviies the assailing force ; a castle or citadel, the defensive. Tliese are al heaut iful figures, hiappily conceived. I is for the inilir.ary nman, anid the, oldl ches, playe-r, to conceive the great variet.y o comnbiniations-which, trying thuwskill c-ontestinig champions, may be, mmub- ii a game con.aisting of such elent-'. 1Ti a single gamie, which we haves seen play ed in pat, there was no less that 58i combinations. Now, the possible, varie ty of new combinations in any ganrg constituites its chief attraction ; inasmitel as sneh variety yields the gi'eatest fiel of discretion to the player. There ~is manual accompanying the game, whic gives numerous exa'mples of gamec phiy ed--(harleston Mercury. A private letter states that, the only soi vvng descondans of Colu aus is short,ly I yhl it,Aerica. The Governor of Alabama and the Oonsti tutional Am?ndmeut. The telegrams to the Northern pre o in re tion to the recent message of the Govern or of AlabaeMa, have very. naturally pro duced the impression that Governor Patton Is uncenditionally in favor o' the adopt ion of the constitutional ancudrment. This, however, is not the caste. Uy1ernor Patton is now, as ever, opposel in principle to the amendment, and he wias ouiy nnxicus that the question should have the most careful and earnest considerath>n with a full knowl edge of 'khat consequences would in all probability atttend its definite rejection. The fellowing is the message in ful: Extur!v>: DItr'r or A,..aaAMn . Montgoine'y, December 6, I,o;G. Gentleman of the Snte amd hIouse of RAprc Events of vast importrneo ro now tr:tn spiring which bear witir peculb:r force npon thevelations which Alabawna s:staius to the Unidn. To these events we cannot be indifferent. They are of so vital a chart'er that we should give them a ct.ut and delibertite ccu- 4 sideratton. As the Chief Executive of the State, I decm it a duty under the Constitution, to express in borme, the epprehension, which you doubtless share v^it h ire, lest the stabi. lity of our affairs be suddenly broken up. There is an un-ntistl kablo purpose upon the part of thcse who control the national .legislature to enforce, at all hazards, their own terms of restoration. The means they p'ropo.e f1-reaten to at once reverse- our I-ogre.s towvards the es tablishtuent of that permanuent tranquility which is so ;uch desired by all. To do so, is to itmeasurably augment,. the distrerss which now exists, and to inangurate conft sion, the Qnd of wlish no human pre,encu dan foresee. TOrity th' cardinal principle of restora tiotecems to be favorable action uponi the propo:'ed- n'endment .of the Constitution. which I ttasusittd to you in 4ny annual message Upon the tierits of that amendmont. my views are already known. .They are found upon principle. and are unchanged. The neces9ity of the case. t an, nu .:nn - strained to think ie different.t' Wv sh.ild look our true oondition full in the face. I, therefore, recommend anew to your consideration this neasure in th'e light in which it now presents itself, or "tch other measure as your wisd.stu may suggest. Should you s.e proper to ratify i!, we nay trust tb time and the intluence of our repre sentatives tnmitigate its harshness. If, on the other hand, admission be delayed, t he warning to our sister states may bo relied upon to prevent that concurrence on their part, which alone can give the nea.ure practical effect. Having (lone all, we may then conmlit ure cause to a just t;ol. It. Ml. 1 rros. rhe reading of the mvssage c:.nusel omta excitement, an I in the Senate it was renr red to the Committee on Federal Relations, by yeas 24, noes 5. 1 n the House no actiot was taken.. Telegrams of 'h- 7th, already published, announce that the Legislature reje-ted the amendment on that day by an overwhslnio4 majority. INxIAN .ruoctro:s.-A special .di:patchl to the New York Tribune, dated elven worth, December G. has the flluw'hg. Col. Leavenworth furnishes the flkw.g particulars or a council held bet ween Mlajor Wynkoop' and the southern band of 'heyen ne, Arrapahoe and Apache ltdi;:e. The treaty made with these trines at the m<tutlh of the Little Arkansas. a year ago, was amended by the 6enato tosecure all lans north of the Arkansas River in the Unit4d States by a complete title from them. 1: was agreed to at the coutnil, it beingti - lated that, the Indians be allowed - to f-b-v the range of tte ht uialo northi, upon wrt en permission from their agents. Sarah Jane .Li,ster wua in Texas with a family named lubb. During the abonce of Mr. Bubb, a band of Noconal CotmntsC came to the houso, invited in by the 'hil dren, but remained out until satiatlel thero were no men preeent. They then went in, and attempted to carry off one of tli chil t dren. Mrs. Butbb resisted and cltig to her ghlt, whereupon, one of the savages win'. behind,th se'ized heri by tihe lair, trew br' mtitted itn sigtht iof 'iv' haver, i' lad An Fktet r'eI'u; int thte tiler pairt.L the cai,n. It. shoucked 'hor si' as to cause a groan, lead ngt to hut di.iomy . ' he wa*s i'1titred -andt w',itht two chtildreu. eav i 1 titbe in t" .a eni,lw. inken.~ ti. ni1i'' o,flu thin hit.ro thItitheruf, a. Tan '- rit: her ahr anothr- I1y 'i ..t r'.*'**- 'N u butohe etnt tid s:. ii" - tin-sa, tat thers Is nn 4 s n I bield, * *i