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Miscellaneous Reading. GRANDFATHERS' DARLING. Grandfather la put ninety end little May bnt fonr; Yot they love to elt together beelde the cottage door; A nd m the old man dances Ms darling on hie knee, lie telle her of the for back time when ho was young ae she. • Thcee long and rambling etorlca May oft before has heard, * Bnt ahe listens with wide-open ear» to every wollknown word; And In hor mind tho wondere if he remembers, too. The men who lived In Noah’s ark, when this old world was new. Grandfather’s hair Is scanty, and whlto ae driven snow. While May's rich carls are golden, kissed by the son’s warm glow; Bnt as tho yoang head nestles fondly against the old. Yon seo the sunlight blending tho Bllvor and the com. Grandfather Is not book learnod, bnt from his early youth, lie has striven to walk Heavenward, and loved tho way of truth; And now no clasps Us darling as tho day la getting dim, And both ogether murmur a simple evening hymn; His stalwart sons come round him—all well'advanced In years— And tell him how the world goes on, with all Its hopes and fears t But from tholr modern gos lp he turns away to hear, The childish prattle little May Is whispering In his ear. Polks rail the old man chlldhh—it may bo even ao— . ITis heart la u a little child’s, and this we love to know: And somewhere It Is written that not the wise alone. But those who live in child like faith, our Father calls His own. Grandfather Is pact ninety, and little May hut fourr — s ~ So tboy will not sit together long before that cottage door; But we know when the old aasn from earth la called away. His Gi d and hers, will still protect his darling little May. .

MALVINA.

BY MRS. J. V. EAMES.

Young Tom Collin*, law-student, had just come into a strange inheritance. He sat solitary in his little boarding house room, trying to realize it. “ If the poor child hadn’t me," he said to himself, “ it could go and apply for admission to some institution. If I hadn’t ii, I could; hut. Lord! that is not the idea. I must decide what I am to do.” Tom had solemnly promised to care for the new-born baby of his only suter, who had just died. He tried to meditate. He had often before, during his life, made the same attempt, but bad never to any extent succeeded.. lie did not seem like one born to take things into very serious considera--tiou But this cage seemed to require it. No good Joke came to the rescue. Toni really had never in his twenty-two years felt such an awful fenso of gloom. His natural hilarity could only suggest to his mind the rather poor consolation that ho “had at least over night to consider on the business." on the door—an occu • ence unusual enough in the little upper room where he had long ceased regarding even the bellpull as a resort in any extremity, so completely Was he accustomed to be let alone. Be fore Tom could-respond to the knock it was followed by a cry of mingled entreaty and command, Bauh ttsonly hungry, babies know ho w to emit. “ I’ve fetched the poor little dear around, sir!’’ remarked a woman whose marvelous rotundity of person showed to fine advantage as she waved her sereamiug parcel as though it wereincensc wherewith to purify Tom’s batohclor room. “ Good Lord 1” he ejaculated. “ You'd ought to git a cow,” said nurse, still brandishing her charge. “ There ! there ! there I It’s got wind this minute, mixiu’ milk. Have you found a nurse, sir ? And baby wants clothes." “It’s got on too many clothes now,” said Tom. *T think that’s what it’s crying about; see how red arul hot it is I" Poor inexperienced Tom 1 he had offended the woman—cast recklessly overboard his only anchor I She dropped her shrieking charge upon Tom’s bed, and started towards the door. “Very well, sir!" she said, solemnly i “I see you know all about babies—l may go!” “Oh! oh!”gasped Tom, “do not! In tho name of mercy, do not! It shall havo clothes! Why do you say I want a nurse? Are you uot one? I assure you I know nothing, absolutely nothing of babies ! I neverto my knowledge touched one!" Real despair is impressive. The woman was mollified. “I am, sir," she said, turning confidentially to Tom, “a 'monthly: lam willing to stay with you while I can. But, sir, a person in my position is no . dependence. My summons may come any day or hour. It’s impossible to calculate. Day and night is all the same to me. There ain’t on earth to me a thing so inscrutable as this impossibility of calculating when we shall be sent for. I’ll work for you while I can, sir, but when & call comes, no earthly thing can keep me.” Tom took all these remarks in a religious point of view. Prom a person of Mrs Primmins’ robustness, they amazed him. He felt a vaeue fear lest, as he mentally expressed it, there might be “a bee in the old lady’s bonnet.” “Oh! cheer up I cheer up, Auntie,” he said, “you look hale and hearty. You’ve overtired yourself with my poor sister. If you’ll stay and take charge es that little thing for me, I’ll risk your getting a ‘ summons.’" “Your poor sister found great consolation in your promlse-for her child,” remarked Mrs. Primmins, pathetically. “It’s a desperate resort leaving a baby td a young man, but in her strait she was fain to catch at any straw.” "Oan you,” said Tom, looking gloomily at his now silent prize on the bed, “ can you give me any advice ? You couldn't have waited till to-morrow before bringing it, codd you ?” he added, hair reproachfully. “Of course not," said Mrs. Primmins. “Well 1 you’re no account! Now let me think.” *• “Do, in Heaven’s name," ejaculated Tom. Mrs. Primmins placed her arms akimbo. Tom fervently prayed for light on the meditations. “1 have it,” cried Mrs. Primmins; “Malviny ’s got to take it 1” „ “Bless your dear soul,” responded Torn. “Malviny’s the very one 1 What a talent you have for managing, Auntie dear!” There was Tom, his very self! lie hid hi! on exactly the right compliment to pay the old muse; Ho teas a'ctuallj Coat:, lug through tile on this instinct ho had or saying the most pleasant'thiag to ey

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erybody. Mrs. Primmins of all things desired the reputatioif of a manceuvrer, as it was, of course, the one of all others that she did not deserve. “Yes,” she cried, chuckling, “I can manage. Let me alone I And first thing in the morning, I’U go thero with you, “Now," said she, seizing her charge, who was beginning to squirm, "now I’ll see wh&t’s to be got out of your landlady." Winking violently with first one eye and then the other, she started to go; then, with a sudden solemnity, she reinserted her head in the doorway. “If I’m summoned,"shesaid,“it’sabove all else. If I’m called, I must go, day or nigmi” “Certainly," said Tom, much puzzled, “but you won’t be, Auntie!’’ As the young man walked abroad to get his dinner, he felt impressed with an almost mysterious awe of the old nurse. “Tothink of living always with death grinning one in the face like that," he muttered. In the night Tom’s dream ol peace was again dispelled. Another knock on his door. “Am I under a ban ?” growled Tom; “what’s the matter now?" “I’m called,” said the voice of Mrs. Primmins; “my summons has come 1” “ Oh’ the d—l!’’ cried Tom, lost to all sense of the importance of conciliating tho nurse. "Go to bed 1 Hold on till morning 1" In tho morning Tom. who, happy fel low 1 always slept soupdest under a sense of depression, did not make his appearance until nine o’clock. He found that Mrs. Primmins had actually disappeared for parts unknown. In the arms ol his hitherto stern landlady he found his charge nestling. A new light—that of love—was beaming -in the solemn woman's eye—that woman, thought Tom, who would see any cf her boarders starve and rot for ten cents a day saved I He looked at his little responsibility with a feeling of awe, almost a suspicion of witchcraft. It is customary to shake the head, and wonder at the amazing Providence that sometimes removes a mother and throws a yonng infant upon the charity of others! Why not also consider reverently the innate instinct of motherhood that rises in every female heart at sight of a baby so bereaved 1 “I have undertaken,” said the landlady, giving Tom a smile such as he had never dreamed could rest on her features, " I have undertaken to go with you in searchofMrs. Primmins’niece, Malvina 1” Several hours later Tom Collins sprang from a light wagon in which ho had driven to the door of a pretty cottage. “ We will make one last effort by inquiring here,” ho said to his landlady, who held the baby. With his usual impetuosity he pushed di.v ’y through into the little rear kitchen. There, he forgot his errand, forgot everything except what he saw. A youi'g girl, plump, neat and rosy, stood, with round arms bared before a table. BUo was assiduously occupied in car ..dug, with her white hands, little "lumps ot dough ipto shape. —Then she" placed them in rows In a big black pan. For a moment she did not see Tom. He, unreasoning, impulsive fellow, forgot his errand—forgot everything, in short, and began envying those lumps of dough He felt instinctively that he, too, pos sessed a great capacity for being moulded by some each hands as those. Suddenly she turned. Such a dimpling smile 1 such rosy embarrassmeijt 1 Tom, great black-iishcd, jetty eyed giant that ho was, thought this little plump blonde an angel. Thought 1 why, he was sure of it f Alter a while he came partially to his senses, and said, “ I’m looking tor one Malviua Barker.” “ And that is me,” said the rosy lips. “ Then I’ve brought you a baby, he siitl, abruptly. A good deal of astonishment can be put into a pair of bright Ulue eyes without spoiling thorn—and so there was. Fortunately, at this point the landlady appeared, and so, a moment later, did Malvina’s mother, died up from the cellar by the voices. Negotiations were soon completed. Tom again in his little room, found it the loneliest, dreariest place ho had ever in his life looked upon. A couple of days later he concluded that it would be inhuman not to go and inquire after his little charge. In an incredibly shoit space of time he was seized with the same impression again. Then he went to take to baby, who bad not yet learned that the moon is more distant than the door-knob, a box of geographical blocks. Then he went to inquire if it noeded pocket money; and he told Malvina that he knew she wasnotkept awake nights with it, because her eyes were so bright. This time Malvina’s mother told Tom that of course they were very plain people, and no fit associates for a young "gent” like him, but that if he wished to stay, there was plenty of strawberries fcnd cream for tea. Tom stayed, and after tea the moon came out. Oh 1 that wicked, shameless moon I Tom, by its light, told Malvina right out that her eyes were bluer than Heaven—her lips sweeter than roses—and all that. When they parted Malvina went to her room and cried. What could such a perfect king of a man mean by talking like that to her ? Of course, he could not mean to marry a little school-mistress only home on a vacation 1 v Tom acted queerly, too, when alone in his room. He took a pencil and paper, and figured and calculated. He made a list of all the lltUe properties he possessed. He added them up and he added •them down. Then he set down a list of all the things he was accustomed to spend money upon that could be dispensed with. Then he brought out a book ou economy, where it tells how a man can lire cheaper with a frugal wife than he can alone. lie was astonished to find that book so intensely Interesting 1 Tho next day Tom 4 went again to see the baby. In fact, it had seemed to him as though,, the afternoon never would come. He had more Waiting to do at the cottage, for Malvina’s mother received hint, and she did not appear. At last his impatience sp.urrtd him to ask for her. “ I don’t want you to see her again, young man. I will do frank with you and tell the truth 1” “Oh 1 Mrs. Barker,” cried Tom. “She's & simple child, sir, and is in danger not to understand that attentions from one like you can mean nothing.” " Dear Mrs. Barker, you mistake me entirely. I must see her this once. I innst, Indeed 1 If she sends me away, I will never coiqe again. 1 ' . . •Tom 'conquer,.!. When ho explained to Malvina about his small income and

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consulted with her about its sufficiency, she told him that he ought to be ashamed indeed to waste such heaps of money on one. He should have sent half to the heathen. - Tom’s Income has thus far held out better than when he was single. Young men try It!— Putnam’s Magazine.

Interesting to Soldiers.

The following is the text of the instructions forwarded from the General Land Office toallßegisters and Receivers, In regard to pre-emptions under a provision of the new army bill: DWAftTHKirr OT THH IRTSBIOR, I Gssibal Lard Owice, August 8, 1870. f Gentlemen : The following is the 25th section of the act of Congress approved July 15,1870, entitled "An act making appropriations for the support of the army for the year ending June 30,1871, and for other purposes,” viz: Sec. 20. And be it further enacted, That every private soldier ana officer who has served in the army of the United States during the rebellion for ninety days, and remaining loyal to ithe government, and every seaman, marine and officer, or other person who has served in the navy of the United States, or in the marine corps or revenue marine during the rebellion for Dinety days, and remained loyal to the government, shall, on paying the , fee or commission to any Register or Receiver of any land office required by law, be entitled to enter one-quarter section of land, not mineral, of the alternate reserve sections of public lands along the lines of any one of the Railroads or other public works in the United States, wherever public lands have been or may be granted by acts of Congress, and to receive a patent thereof UDder and by virtue of the provisions of the acts to secure homesteads to actual settlers on ihs public domain, and the acts amendatory thereof, and on the terms and conditions therein prescribed ; and all the provisions of said acts, except as herein modified, shall extend and be applicable to entries under this act, and the Commissioner of the General Land Office is hereby authorized to prescribe the necessary rules and regulations to carry this section into effect, and determine sll facts necessary therefor. By these provisiohs the homestead law of 20th May, 1862, and the acts amendatory thereof, are modified as to allow entries to be made by the parties mentioned therein of the maximum quantity of onequarter section, or one hundred and sixty acres oflsnd, held at the double minimum priee of $2.50 ptr acre, instead of one-half quarter section, or eighty acres, as hereto* fore. In caso of a party desiring to avail himself thereof, you will require him to file the usual homestead application for the tract desired, if legally liable to entry, to make affidavit according to the form hereto annexed, instead of the usual homestead affidavit, and on his doing so allow him to make payment of the $lO fee stipulated in the act of the 20th of May, 1862, and the usual commissions on the priee of the land at $2.50 per acre, the entry to be regularly numbered and reported to this office in your monthly homestead returns. Regarding settlement and cultivation, -the requirements of the law in this class of entries are the same as in other homestead entries. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, (Signed) Joseph 8. Wilson, Commissioner, Register and Receiver. AFFIDAVIT. Land Office, at 1, , of . hiving filed say application, No. —; 0 r an entry underlhe provisions of the act of Congress, approved May 20, 1862, aud desiring to avail myself of tho twenty-flf h section of the act cf Ju y 15, 1870, In regard to land held at the double minimnm price of $2.50 per acre, do solemnly swear that I pm the Identical — —, who was a In tho company* commanded by Captain , in the regiment of , commanded by , In the war of 1801; tint I continued In actual service for u ncty day*, and have remained loyal to the Government; that said application. No. —, 1s made l'ur my exclusive benefit, and for the purpose of actusf settlement aud cultivation, and not directly or Indirectly for the use or benefit of any other person or Sereons, and that l have to. heretofore hsd tho eneflt cf the llomeste-.d -aw. Bworn to and subscr.bed this day of , before , Register or Rocelver of the Land Office. Approved: (Signed) J. DrCox, Secre’ary. Dcpar. ment cf the Interior, Acgust 8, 1870. - Where tho party was a regimental or staff officer, cr wsa In a different b.anch of the service, the affidavit must be varied fn form according to the facta of the case.

Eccentricities of Authors.

Bulwer rit “Night and Mornln." What he did with the rest of the day is not staited. Collins rit “After Dark.” Perhaps ho coiildn’t rite so well by day. Le Fanu, he rit “All in the Dark.” I don’t see how he did it without a life. How cood he dot the i’s or kross the t’st Sum orther wrote “ Bound in the Wheel,” an unkumfortabie posish tu rite in, bound to a wheel-! Thunder! Carpenter rit “ Six Months at the White House.” I spose that was as long as he stade there, his time bein’ out." Gilmore rote “Four Years in the Saddle,” so ’tia sed. He must hev hed a •‘quiet horse.” Mis Mulock wrote "Nothing New." This hood be sed of menny others with grate propriety. Harrington rit “Inside.” I take it for granted that most people do. It wouldn’t be kumfortable ritein on the sidewalk in rainy weather. Sum orther, hoo didn’t give ns his name, rote “Altogether Wrong.” A good menney hez copied from his stile, but hev had the efruntry to give us thair names, beta lost to shame. Mrs. Mackenzie Daniels rote “After Long Years.” Sensible woman. If sum ov the rest ov ’em would wait till they git to the ago ov dlskretion, it would be better for awl konserned. —Josh Billings.

—The New Bedford Standard records a little incident of Decoration-day, which occurred near that city. The exercises were iu the open air—speakers, musicians and returned Soldiers in the centre, and the public outside of a circle formed by the marshals of the day. The military stood shoulder to shoulder, somewhat hiding the view from a genteel party in their immediate rear. A young-man of the kid glove persuasion, stepping from their midst, approached, remonyatxatively, the military, and addressed them thus: " My dear von prevent our seeing ; you aro standing up there, right in front Of us." Answer by high private: “ Yes, sir; and wo stood in front and covered you all through the war." Remonstrant subsided. ’ —Thero are fifteen handled men employed la the navy yard at Philadelphia.

OUR COUNTRY AND OUR TJIMION.

Weekly News Summary.

FOREIGN. ' ' There was fighting all day on the 18th near Mars-le-Tour, One account claims a great victory for the Prussians. Bazaine’s corps had been driven behind tho fortifications at Metz, and his communications with Chalons were destroyed. Preparations were making in Paris in anticipation of a doss siege. The latest French dispatches received in London on the 19th were fill) of expressions of confidence of victory. In the Corps Legislatif Count de Palikao stated that it was certain the Prussians had suffered severely in the lato engagements. Their centre had been especially crippled. They had tried to retreat to Bt. Michael, but wero unable to effect a junction with the Prinee Royal. The Count dwelt upon the fact that a dispatch from a Prussian source made no mention of the Freri eh victories. Pans was more quiet Prussia had refusod a proposition recently made looking to an armistice. She would discuss no proposition outside of Paris. The London Morning Post of the 19i h says the Government was satisfied that France would not treat until she had done retreating. Ail turned on tho capture of Paris.'

Cable dispat cheffon the 21st confirm the reports of Prussian victories. Tho French forces at Metz had attempted to break through the Prussian line, but were driven back with great slaughter, and their communications with Paris werei enti rely cut off. Strasbourg was reported in flames, and the French had fired the surrounding villages. The city was surrounded by 80,000 mesa, and its surrender was hourly expected. The French were badly defeated at Rezonville. Large losses in the several battles are reported on both sides, one account putting the French loss during the week ending the 30th, at 60,000 killed, wounded and missing, and another account placing the Prussiafiloss at 90,000. The Prussians won the day at Rezonville at a fearful cost, the French mitrailleuse doing terrible execution. General Sheridan was a witness of the battle. Trochu had announced that Paris would have to stand a siege. The Qonslituticnei of the 21st says England, Russia and Italy had agreed to act together to insure peace. The Emperor and Prince Imperial were at Chalons on the 20th.

A destructive Are was raging in the woods near Ottawa, Canada, on the 22d. The Governor’s residence was in danger; mills were closed, and all hands were fighting the fire. . Cable dispatches of the 22d state that Prince Napoleon had arrived at Florence with a view of soliciting a mediation of Italy, with the concurrence of other friendly powers, in favor of France. Conflicting reports were made as to the situation of affairs on the battle fields. It was claimed at Paris that Bazaine was full of confidence, which feeling was shared by the Minister of War. Paris was preparing for a desperate defense. The reported flight of Ollivicr is contradicted. He was still in Paris. Profound enthusiasm was produced by the passage through the streets of Paris of American ambu-

lances going to the front Everyone remarked the completeness and perfection of all their arrangements. The French Journal Offlciel of the 22d believed Bazaine’s plans wore baffled. Specials gave | reports at Paris that Russia, Italy and Spain had expressed their willingness to join Fraiice, fearful of the growing power of Prussia, and that England was on the eve of siding with Prussia. It waa thought in London that the march, of the Prussians could not be arrested before reaching Paris. The Prussian official accounts of the battles of the 14!h, 16th, and 18th, state that the French suffered a loss of 15,000 killed alone, while their loss in killed and wounded exceeded 50,000. The Prussians took over 80,000 prisoners, many of whom were officers, of all grades, including General Pembier, who was also captured. A dispatch from Meiieres, occupied by the Prussians, on the 22d, says» the loss of the Prussians in the last battle was fearful. More than 40,000 wounded remained oh the field of battle without assistance.

Gold was selling in Paris on the 22d at per cent premium. A few days before it had sold for 5 percent; Paris dispatches of the 23d state that McMahon had joined Bazaine with a large number of troops. The Emperor’s headquarters were at Rhelms. The bombardment of Strasbourg so far had done little damage. Tho French in Strasbourg, however, had shelled Eehl, on the other side of the Rhine, With effect The place had been set on fire and destroyed. The Opinions Nationals, under the caption “ Keep Cool,” predicts the defeat of the Prussians as the result of the pending combinations/ The Archbishop of Paris had directed the clergy to contradict the report that the Pope fcjicitated the King of Prussia.

According to German dispatches received on the 23d .the fortress of Metz was enclosed on all sides. Communications between Chalons and Paris were cut off. The head quarters of the Crown Prince were at Bar le Due. Mac Mahon j and Failly were still retreating to eover Paris. ** A Berlin dispatch of the 23d says the German forces in France had undergone a partial reorganization. The grand total was 620.000 men, divided Into sixteen army corps, backed up hf a reserve of 300,000. A New York dispatch of the 23d says: " The situation, so far as can be learned or conjectured, appears m*ro favorable to , the French arms than it has for the past

fortnight. The Prussian losses are reported to have been dreadfal—over two hundred thousand killed and wounded since Saarbrucken. It is believed by the French that the Prussians have suffered more than themselves.” Contradictory reports as to the whereabouts of Bazaine and McMahon were received on the 24th. One report stated that Bazaine was still at Metz, that Metz was isolated, and that McMahon was still at Chalons, and had not gone to reinforce Bazaiue. A special to the New York World says the military opinion in London was that McMahon and the Crown Prince were moving on parallel lines and maneuvering for position, and that Bazaine was in communication With McMahon, and manesurering to combine with him in ah attack on the Crown Prince. The Paris Journal V Public of the 24th says there had been no serious engagement since the 19th. Leading citizens of Berlin held an audience with the Queen on the 24tb, and congratulated her on the recent victories.

Recent information from 'Cuba, which has reached the sympathizers with the revolutionary cause in New York, repre sents the situation as favorable to the insurgents, who are said to be still holding their ground. There was a report in Paris on the evening of the 25th that the Prussian army under Prince Charles had been defeated on that day, between Verdun and Chalons. A Berlin dispatch of the 25th says the headquarters of the first and second armies were near Metz, while the other corps continued its march on Paris. Chalons had been evacuated by the French, and the Prussian column was west of Chalons, advancing rapidly. A London dispatch of the 35th says that Trochu had notified Napoleon that the will of the people was that he should not return to Paris; that his dynasty was at an end; and another dispatch of the same date declares that the feeling in favor of the EmperCf was growing in France, in consequence of the Prussian demand for his abdication.

Prince Felix Salm Salm, a Major in the Prussian Guard, distinguished for services in tho American and Mexican wars, was killed in the battle of the 18th at Gravelotte. . A Prussian Colonel has written to Emile" Girardin oflering a wager that he would be in Paris by the 15th of September. Girardin has published the letter, and announces that he has accepted the wages. Advices from China up to the 35th state that tie French negotiations at Tientsin for satisfaction for the recent outrages were suspended. The French demanded that three mandarins Implicated in the massacre be given up to be' shot, but the Chinese were willing to surrender only one. ■' ' • -

DOMESTIC. Gold closed in New York on the 25th at 117. Ex-President Fillmore has issued a call for the Southern Commercial Convention to convene in Cincinnati October 4. The basis of representation is the same as adopted at the Memphis convention. A Grand German celebration of the recent Prussian victories was held in New York city on the 19th, and was attended by over thirty thousand people. The Comptroller of the Currency on the-19th authorized the establishment of a national bank at Richmond, Ky., and one at New Orleans, under the fifty-four million clause of the Currency act. A Nashville, Tenn., dispatch of the 19th says the Texas cattle disease was raging in the vicinity of Knoxville. Numbers of beeves were dying daily. A New York special of the 21st says the effect of the Prussian victories had been to lower gold; but the belief was gaining ground that Prussian, as well as French victories, mean a long war, for, now that the whole French nation is aroused, the loss of Paris is not likely to bring the people to submission. A Washington dispatch of the 21staays: “ Baron Gerolt, In answer to numerous letters, states that he has no authority to aid persons desiring to serve in the Prussian army, and will avoid any infraction of the neutrality, laws. v He and the French Minister have received but lew telegrams from their governments, and those relate only to business matters.” A Raleigh, N. 0., dispatch of the 30th says all the prisoners but five had been released, no evidence being adduced to hold them. Col. Kirk made affidavit that ahe believed the five prisoners still held were guilty of murder. Writs were in the hands of the United States Marshal for the arrest of Kirk and Bergen. Official notification has been given that navigation will be suspended on the Illinois and Michigan Canal on and after October 8. , .

The first frost of the season was noticed in the low lands near Hartford, Conn., on the morning es the 23d. Several bales of the new cotton crop were received at Memphis on the 23d, from Mississippi and Arkansas. At Raleigh, N. C., on the 23d, Justice Brooks had discharged eighteen more prisoners on habtwt corjnu. Kirk’s sol* diers wero expelled from court by order of the Judge. Lieut. Col Bergen was under arrest for not observing his bail. " "A New York special to the Chicago Tribune of the 25th says it was beginning to be the settled feeling of Wall street that tho'European war would last several per haps a year. “It is : a fflcult to understand on what basis a | peace satisfactory to either party can be 1 negotiated now. The enthusiasm with i which, in One day, tin French people have taken up the new war loan, shows ■tfre spirit animating that nation. They

are in no disposition to’ listen'to any humiliating terms. On the other hand, the Prussians will not consent, after their great victories, to march out of Franoe without substantial reparation for the past and security for the future. At present there can be no peace.” The Neutrality Proclamation of President Grant, In view of the war now raging in Europe, is in the common form. He proclaims that — “The statutes of the United States and the law of nations alike require that no person within the territory and Jurisdiction of the United States shall take part, directly or indirectly, in the said war, but shall remain at peace with each of the said belligerents, and shall maintain a strict and Impartial neutrality, and that whatever privileges shall be accorded to ’one belligerent within the ports of the 'United States shall be in like manner accorded to the other.” > Heavy fires werer raging in the woods along the boundary of New Brunswick ana Maine, on the 24th. Customs receipts for week ending August 20, $4,593,790. Specimens of a very dangerous counterfeit S2O bill on tho Shoe & Leather National Bank, of New York, have been recently received at the United States Treasury in Washington. It was thought considerable quantities had been sent West. The engraving and tinting are all good, and the printing of the face is excellent. The shading of the figures in the picture upon the back is much darker than in the genuine, and this is the best feature by which to detect the counterfeit. _ The State Treasurer and Governor’s Paymaster of North Carolina have been enjoined from paying Holden’s soldiers, by Judge Mitchell, of the Superior Court. PERSONAL. A duel was fought ou the morning of the 19th, near Savannah, Ga., between Richard Aiken and Ludlow Cohn. They exchanged five rounds. Cohn was mortally wounded and Aiken unhurt.

Knoivilk, Tenn., papers of the 19th state that Non. R. H. Butler had been arrested on a charge of forgery, and had given bail for his appearance at Bristol on the 26th. Census returns of ten parishes in Louisiana show a population of 94,095, a decrease since 1860 of 2,151. The Germans of the city of Chicago have issued an address to their fellow-citi-zens of American birth, asking material aid in behalf of their wounded, sick, and orphaned countrymen, in the present struggle in Europe. President Grant issued a proclamation of neutrality on the 22d. The Irish National Convention met at Cincinnati on the 23d. About 100 delegates were present, representing organizations in various points in the Union. The Convention would sit with closed doors. The President has appointed John Healey, of Ohio, agent of the Sacs and Foxes, vice Miller, resigned. Colonel Hazird is relieved from duty as Superintendent of Indian affairs for the Southern Superintended cy. Judge L. L. Towelt, oi Boone county, Ky., was brought before United States Commissioner Bl&ckbarae, at Covington, Ky., on the 28d, charged with refusing to allow negroes to vote at the recent election at Walton, Ky. The Illinois Press Association arrived at Montreal on the morning of the 24th, and were received by the Mayor and adeputation of the City Council. At the Irish National Congress, In Cincinnati, on the 24th, James W. Fitzgerald, of Ohio, was elected permanent President ; P. W. Dunne, Vico President; J. J. Harrington and J. W. Goff, of New York, and J. C. Boyce, of Pennsylvania, Secretaries.

Vice Admiral Porter has been appointed Admiral On the 25th Treasurer Spinner received from 8k Louis a draft on New York for $29,645 conscience money. Major Powell Is at Salt Lake City, arranging for another expedition down Colorado river. Ex-Secretary Seward reached San Francisco on the 25th. According to news from the Big Horn party, received at Cheyenne, on the 25th, the expedition had been a failure in every respect, as at no place were paying prospects found after the party left the Sweetwater. >

POLITICALS lieutenant-Governor M. M. Walden has been nominated for Congress by the Republicans of the Fourth lows District The Democratic Convention of the Eleventh Illinois District has nominated Hon. S. S. Marshall for Congress. The Labor Reform League of Nebraska held s meeting at Omaha on the 30th, and adopted a platform and nominated a State ticket for the foil election. It has been decided to call the next Republican State Convention of Pennsylvania at Harrisburg, on the 10th of next March. The Democratic State Convention of Illinois has bfeen called to meet at Springfield on the 11th of September. At Republican Conventions held on the 83d, Samuel Shellabarger was nominated for Congress in the Seventh, and J. A. Ambler in the Seventeenth Ohio Districts. The Wyoming Democratic Territorial Convention has nominated Colonel John Wanless, of Laramie City, for Delegate to Congress. Acting Secretary Kichardsos has decided thKthe clerks in the Treasury Department at Washington, living in the Western States, shall have twelve days’

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IoATe of absence, and those living in Ik# Northern State* eight days—to go hone and rote at the coming election*. Hon. 0. W. Ollllllan ha* been renominated for CJongre** by the RepabUcaa* of the Twentieth Pennsylvania District The New York State Colored Carnation, at Saratoga on the 24th, elected William P. Butler, of New York, Pr**lJent/ and Invited all peraon* present, without distinction of raes or color, to take part in the proceedings. Congressional nominations on the 94th: Republican—Fourteenth Ohio, James Monroe; Fourth Illinois, John B. Hawley. Democratic—Eleventh Ohio, Ralph Lute; Sixteenth Ohio, Robert E. Chambers ; Fourth Wisconsin, Oharlee A. Eldridge. William Brown, of Jessamine county, is the Republican candidate for Congress in the Seventh Kentucky District. All Republican incumbents of seats la Congress from Vermont have been re- • nominated. Congressional nominations on the 29th: Republican—William S. Donnan, Third lowa District; 0. D. Conger, Fifth Michigan ; Charles G. Brown, Twelfth Ohio; W. N. Jones, Delegate from Wyoming. Prohibitionist—T. B. Ives, Fifth Illinois.

TnnouoH an absurd mistake a wellknown lawyer of New York. Mr. Thomas Dunphy, was arrested the other night, on suspicion of having murdered the late Mr Nathan. It appears that Mr. Dunphy called on a friend in Brooklyn, and whl;e there the conversation turned on the topic which lust then principally agitated all Gotham. Mr. Dunphy, who visited the house of the late Mr. Nathan on the morning succeeding the murder, narrated the facts with a precision and dearness which would have been considered remarkable in any one but a skillful lawyer. He drew a vivid picture of the murder, speaking, as ft is said, in the first person, thus: “Now the old man catches me, then I get hold of the dog,” and so on. A young woman, overhearing the conversation and having the golden vision of the 'stupendous rewards before her eyes, msduded that the real culprit was revealing his own experience; She instantly Informed the police, and a patrolman imme diately entered the and arrested Mr. Dunphv in the midst of hia portrayal of the-bloody deed. The gentleman protested, but the officer was inexor«ble and dragged his prisoner off to the Brooklyn police headquarters, where he was detained until midnight, ind then transferred to the Gotham lock-up, and Buperintendent Jourdan sent for. When that offloer arrived, a planatkm was made, the lawyer sent back to Broooklyn where the wrest was finale of this over zealousness of the Brooklyn detectives.

A Lima girl and her their way to the store one winter morning. The grass on the common was white wltn frost, and the wind was very damp. They were both poorly dressed, but the littie girl had a kind of cloak over her which she seemed to have outgrown. , As they walked briskly along, *he drew the boy closer to her and »id: „ “ Come under my ooat, Johnny- „ “ It isn’t big enough for both, aW*r. “ Then I’ll try and stretch it a lust*, and they were soon as close together and as warm as birds in the same nest. Now* why em’t we all stretch our comforts a iittlef There are many shivering bodies and sad hearts, and weeping eyes tnthe’world, just because peopledon«Jt stretch their comforts beyond themselves. —wagprfrw. ~ , —A Colorado gankner haa g*db«*d twenty-four hugdred quarts of ties from an acre find a b»M of vines this

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