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to look at them as they walked up the
old church-side, he with his proud,
manly tread, and she delicate fragile
creature, fair as the orange blossoms
that trembled in her hair-I remember
| how clear and firm his voice sounded
through the old church as he promised
! to love, protect, and cherish the fair
girl at his side; and | know as he look
ed down fon9ly upon her, that the
very winds of heaven should not visit
her face too roughly" And then my
father would tell us Of home made
very bright by watchfol affection, and
Of dark-eyed boy and Of fair haired
girl who came after a while to gladden.
it (; and then, you know, he removed
to the West aud lost sight of you Mr..
Strong"
Once again the lady paused, for the
agony of the man before her was fear
ful to behold, and when she spoke
again it was in lower and more
mournful tone -
" / promised my father previous to
his death, that if ever I visited his
native State | would seek ont his old
friend. But when | inquired for you,
they unfolded terrible story to me,
Mr.. Strong they told me of a broken
desolate houshold Of the gentle I'M
complaining wife, who went down,
with prayer on her lips for the err
ing husband, broken hearted to the
grave and Of the fair haired girl they
placed in q little while by her side.
Oh, it is sad, sad story have heard
of my fathers old friend /!
cit was I Tt was | that did it
all ] killed them " said Old Bill, in
a voice haorse with emotion, as he
lifted his head6rom his clasped hands
and looked upon the lady, every fea-
ture wearing such look of agony and
remorse that she shuddered to behold
it Wide, wide open stood the door
then, and that lady FASTENED TO pass
in. A small hand was laid gently up
on 0 4 Bills arm, and a sweet voice
murmured,-
Even for all this there is redemption
In the pame Of the mother that loved
you, in the name Of your dying wife,
and Of the child that sleeps beside her
ask you, will you sign the pledge p
Il WILL" said Old Bill and be
brought down his hand with such force
on the pine table that its rheumatic
limbs hardly regained their equilibrium
and he eagerly seized the pen and
! pledge the lady placed before him,
!
end, when he returned them to her
the name Of William Strong Icy il
broad, legible characters upon the pa,
per.
There vas an expression, ledicrous
from its extreme curiosity, on the bar
keepers face, as the lady passed quiet
" through the shop" after her long
interview with Old Bill snd the ex-
preston was in no degree lessened
when, in few moments after, Old
Bill followed her without stopping, as
usual, to lake his first glass;" And
he neUe,' passed ovey the threshold
again.
And now reader you whose heart
throbs with tenderness and reverence
for humanity, fallen, despised, miser-
able though it may be, remember
that somewhere in the heart Of your
fellow-man is door, which, though
closed for many years, will surely oper
to the hand that knocks in kindness
and the Voice that calls in love.
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Coon ADVICE. "A short time since,
Bishop James, of the NJ. E. Church,
delivered an address to some candi-
dates for the ministry, at Evanston,
Ill, in which he said Ny young
brethren, there are three things | hope
YOU may never do. One is, to use
tobacco; another is, to make apollo
gies and thu third is, to speak OF
your sacrifices in the ministry"
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gg(istellanp.
The DOOR IN THE HEART.
By VIRGINIA F. TOWNSEND.

She was stern, hard woman. But far away
up great many pairs of winding stairs in her
heart was door easily passed by, and on that
door was NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. DICK
ms.
Sand so it is with the drunkard. Far up
is door, and on that door is written MAN, and
We must knock at it Ones twice, seven times;
yea, seventy times seven. that it may open unto
us."-JoHN B. Goueu.
He was an old man-not so old,
either, for the years of his life could
not thus have wrinkled his forehead
and whitened his hair, and the hands
locked together on the low pine table
did not tremble so with the weakness
of age; yet very old and very miser-
able looked the solitary occupant of
that narrow room or entry, with its
faded red curtains, and its atmosphere
rendered almost intolerable by the bar
room into which it opened. A hat
bearing unmistakable evidence of long
intimacy with "brickbats and the gut
ter" maintained safe position on one
side ofthe owners head !; and a pair
of elbows thrust themselves through
his coat-sleeves, in rejoicing concious-
ness that they could "aford to be out /"
Add to this, reader, pair of pants
whose original cclor it would have
been q matter of time and study to
determine, and you have the tout en-
semble of the wretched being who now
occupied the back of the only grog-
shop which he was allowed to frequent
In all the village of Greenfield.
And vet that miserable, solitary
friendlnss creature, sitting there half
stupe6ed with the effects of last nights
reVel, and utterly unconscious that OUT
side the May morning has been born
of God, with its glorious birthright Of
sunshiue and dews and birdsongs, has
a heart; and, far away up great
many pairs of stairs in his heart is a
door, covered with cobwebs and dust,
and on that door is word written,
which, Time and sin have never been
able to efface; and that word is Nan
But nobody ever dreamed of this,
aud people shook their heads and said
Billy Strong's case was HOPELESS one
Had not many kind hearted persons
reasoned with him earnestly on the
evil of his ways? Had not the ITEM
perance men gone to him with The
pledge, and promised him employment
if he would sign ii ? And all this had
been utterly in vain.
All, none of them had CROPPED THEN
way mp the winding stairs and read
the name on the hidden door there
But, while The unhappy man sat by
the pine table that morning the bar
keeper suddenly entered, followed by
lady with soft hazel eyes, and face
that child would have gone to il
any trouble.
The old man looked up with va
cant gaze of wonder as the bar-keepel
offered the lady chair and pointed te
the occupant Of the other, saying
"That's Billy Strong, madam, +" and,
with lingering stare of surprise and
curiosity, left that gentle woman alone
with the astonished and now thorough
" sobered man.
The soft eyes Of the lady wandered
with sad, plying expression, oFel
Cid Bilps features, and then ir a low
sweet voice, she asked
Am l rightly informed ? Do ad
dress Mr.. William Strong"
Ali with these words the lady hac
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Career Of a Rich Man.

we have seen 1t stated lately, upon
what appears to be reliable authority
that the wealth Of William B. Astor,
of New York, amounts to at least for
ty millions of dollars. It is curious
to trace this broad, yellow stream to
its first beginnings in the early career
Of John Jacob Aston, father of the
present millionaire.
From a sketch Of this remarkable
man, which appears in work entitled
Fifty Years in Both Hemispheres, y
by Vincent Nolte, we learn that John
Jacob Astor was bern at Heidelberg,
where the original name Of his family
is said to have been Asch err, and that
he came to New York as q furrier'
apprentice. He was at that time as
poor as any other apprentice boy,
then, or now in New York. The wa
ges he got at the peltry warehouse
for beating out and preparing various
skins, he invested in the purchase col
all kinds of peltry, bear, mink and rab-
bit skins, which he got from the In
dians, who, at that time, wandered
about the streets Of New York, and
as soon as he had collected a certain
quantity be sent them to the .Leipsic
fair, Europe. There, it is stated, he
traded them off for Nuremburg wares,
cheap knives, glass beads, and other
articles adapted to traffic with the In
dams on the Canadian frontiers, and
took them himself to the latter points,
where he again exchanged them for
furs Of variors kinds. He often told
Mr. Nolte that he carried on this work
untiringly, for twelve long years, go
ing in person, alternately, to the Cana
dian frontiers and then TO the LeipsiC
fair, and lived all the while, as he had
been accustomed to do, humbly and
sparingly. After he had thus man
aged to bring together considerable
capital, he gradually became freight
er Of chips, and fitted out expeditions
to the northwest coast to trade with
TIE Indians of Nootka Sound for furs.
Another and very considerable round
up the ladder of fortune was taken by
Astor in land speculation. Some o.
his copntrymen owned land in New
York by virtue Of being relations and
heirs of German soldiers who had
fought in the American army in the
Rev olution, and to whom Congress
had voted land in consequence.
Many of these soldiers died without
converting their property into money,
and Astor, after a isit to Heidelberg
made an arrangement with the heirs
which was mutually agreeable they
thinkin e it better to have a little
ready cash than to own good deal Of
land, the value Of which was very slow
in increasing, and he having the fore
sight TO anticipate, and the patience to
await results. So the heirs got their
money and Astor obtained their land
some of which is now among the most
valuable and most important in the
city Of New York. In his way for
time of twelve millions of dollars was
accumulated. The vast interest under
the management of his son, William b.
Astor, Esq, shows that be inherits
the energy and business habits Of his
father, but affords no such demonstra-
tioR Of money making genius as the
career of John Jacob Indeed, the
latter is reported to have said that it
cost him more trouble to make the
first thousand dollars than all the re-
mainder of bis fortune.
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EARLY VICE Lord Shaftesbury
recently stated as the result of his per-
sonal inve Stigation, that Of all the a.
dult male criminals in London, not
two in hundred who lived an honest
life up to the age of 90, afterward en-
ter upon course of crime, aud that
almost all who enter on such a course,
do so between tee ages of s and I6.
oh, the necessity of family discipline
Oh, the blessedneSs Of cary religious
Instruction
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gORt's Slopk,
FOR THE PREss.l
Old Friend.
KATE ".


Old friend, oh where art thou to-day.
Hast thou a thought for me
! know rot why, and yet this hour
Ny heart is all with thee.
I'm thinking Of the summer tine,
The summer long ago,
When we were roaming midst the towers,
Our hearts with hope aglow.
Oh, in that summer long ago.
That happy summertime.
How very red the roses blushed,
How bright the warm sunshine
Old friend, there was another then,
Who met rs midst the flowers,
And tinged for me with happiness.
The feeting summer hours
And I was then his piighted wife.
A soldier 9 promised bride;
But on the battlefield be fell,
And bravely there he died
Old friend, oh in those golden days.
Do you remember how
He twined the fairist flowers amidst
The curles about my brow
Alb, well. amid those jetty eprles,
There's many silv sr thread
The hopes Of that bright summertime,
Are buried with the dead
Dear friend. old friend, Oh say hast thou,
A thought to-day for me;
A thought Of that bright summer, time.
gathered flowers with thee?
PAxA, I'll.
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4 humorous fellow, subp@naed as a
witness on trial for an assault, one
Of the counsel, who was notorious for
brow beating witnesses, asked what
distance he was from the parties when
the assault happened he answered:
Just fonr feet FIVE inches aud a
half.n
How came you to be 50 exact y,
said the cornseI
Because | expected some fool or
other would ask me, and | measured
it,
Habitual intoxication is the epitome
of every crime.
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How do you know p
i kinder smelt it,

Well, now, said the judge, straight
ening himself for the conyicting ans
yer, which he supposed would be Civ
en- VIII yeu pl ase tell me what
kind Of spirits it wasp
Spirits Of tp1peatine,'
The explosion Of mirth that follow
Cd this answer fairly shook the court
room aud as as it subsidized, the wit
MSS was discharged.
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Old friend, oh where art thou to-day.
Hast thou a thought for me7
I know rot why, and yet this hour
Ny heart is all with thee.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-11-12
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

LONDON MONEY MARKET, Monday evening, Oct. ~.
The English Funds IRE rather weak to-day but transac
tons have uniDportant The first bargains were aal
for money and the final prices 92s for money and W %
for the The next Conso settlement is fixed Tor Dec D.
aud the last price for that date 93dg8l.
In the Discount market the demand moderate. There
were gold Withdrawals from the Bank today. 4,
THF TIA TRADE, Oct 29-The deliveries IN London e.u
mated the week 1884 TO- whchis an increase o. a.
N on the week -.
Improvement Of but the market generally has exhibited h,-
ness although the highest prices not maniaincd TO me
Consols for money inst quoted 81 ~ G a Nch
they were quoted and 80 for Nov For the new
account Dee the final operations SJ 49,, The market
apparently was not influenced by any political news
Discount market tho best short l. rapidly taen ~
81 y cent AZ the Bank there is full average demand In the
Stock Exchange loans offered at g. cent. 81,
the impression 20 be that no advance IN the
Bank discount will take place Thursdy The last
price from Paris GO, showing gn absence 81
Illinois Central and New-N ork and Erie declined.
LIVERPOOL COTTos MARKET, Oct 29Ihere has oeeh con
siderable excitement in the market to-day in consequence the
reported killing osts in the Southern STATES being coobored
and the sales % coo bales $1,000 speculation and
export American descriptions having advanced d. 4 10 oter
softs are partially 3D. deare Oct 0There has been an e1-
cited demand or Cotton again to-day and sales exceed
bales 1900 speculation and for export Prices tn@'iou'
higher than last Friday
LONDON Com MARKR1, Oct. 2S-Ihe market was hIH d'
the rates Of last week. ~ a. =.
LIyaRPooL CoRS AND BRRADsrrPPs MlEKRT Oct. "a
GOOD demand experienced for Wheat ~ fully the prices OF
Friday or about Id q lower than Tuesday There
reduction ofuly 3D. y Dbl sack Flour unaered Vats
Cd y as II dearer Beans brought n Or more money indian
Corn wa In good request at 80 for prime Yellow aud Mixed
while White from scarcity, l. worth i6Ia4'I q ~ b G
LoNpON PRopUcR ASD PROVISION MARKET Oct sugar
advanced Cd ~ cwt Coffee hai. Tea firm. Rice hrm tsow
quiet. Scotch Pig Iron 52i.
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Destructive Fire at BuffhNo;; o.


A FIRE broke out at ! o'clock this morning IN the
kitchen of the Clarendon Hotel, and, rapidly SPREAD
inc deetroyed the main building, situated on the
ner Of Main and South Division streets and the wing
extending through to Washington street. The wing
ON South Division street was saved.
III %. Chamberlain, oyster dealer, jumped from the
fourth story, and almost instantly killed. Mr..
Garland, Of the firm Of Garland q Beime, clOthiers
Was burned to death. The building was owned by
Orson Phelps and valued at $4,000, upon which
there is an insurance Of $4,000 in New-York and
New-England companies The furniture, owned by
MIR Hodges Of the American Hotel, and Mr.. Bckford
proprietor Of the Clarendon, was mostly destroyed
Loss furniture about $1,000; fully insured Mr. H.
Peabody, druggist, loses about $4,000 above his in
snranoe Minor losses will make the total loss moi far
from $l2O0 600, upon which there is an insurance of
$4,000 There was heavy rain falling at the time
which prevented the fire from spreading beyond the
building. Ii is rumOred that four servant girls are
lost, and IT is thought that many strangers have per-
ished also. One in the fourth story raised win
dow ard exclaimed that he a stranger, and could
not find the way out and could not live another Nun
ute in bis room, and begged the crowd 10 save him.
lie was not seen again.
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ITALY.

TCRIN, Oct. T.-According TO dispatches received
here an engagement bad taken place between the
troops of the King of Naples and the Iledmoniese,
half way between TeanO and Sessa
The enemy, leaving many prisoners, fell DacH upon
GariglianO. .,,
The official Ga-ctte maintains that the Pontliical
prisoners are treated with generosity and socitude.
NAPLES, Oct. 27.-King Victor Emanuel has arrived
at Tcano. -,
Tomorrow the Court of Cessation will proclaim the
result of the voting on the question Oi annexation.
NAPLES, Sunday Evening.-The Official return OF
the voting on the question Of annexation Ill the Cly
and Province of Naples is as follows Yeas, lS1foS
Nays, ,G09
In lie other provinces the votes are equally favor
able TO annexation
TUgIy. Oct. 30.-Victor Emanuel had arrived AT
Sessa GaribId had gone 10 the headquarters OF the
King. Il
SEssA, Oct. 3O.--After the concentration OF INC
Sariiuiins Yesterday, ecOnnossnce wa, maze ny
the SarGuiaug on the left bank Of the Gaii9lldno.
NpIFs. Oc-. H.-Garibaldi and Emanuel, whose
military operations are now combined are preparing
for u battle with the enemy.
Emanuel is nevertheless expected 10 enter Naples
on the ooh. Great preparations are beng made ioF
lr reception: -.
Kingdom of Naples, with the exception Of two prov
;ncc from which returns still wanting, Is as fol-
lo,ys: Yeas, /. l02, 499; Nays, 1871.
Mtupu1. Od. 2S.-The strength Of the Spanish
army for 1861 il fixed at 100000 men,
R6MY, oct. 29.-Lamoriciere bd" been created a
Roman noble.
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AeRi,AL or THE UNITED STATES CokvhIi f W
pyyI.Kp.-The United States corvette Cumberland
he recently appointed flagship of the home squadron
- "a, Portsmouth n. H., "Wednesday arrived
'ntsde the lights last night and came 10 anchor oh'
comes here to take on beard an armament o. . NM
ser doing which she will sail for vera or~ A r
c-v Of the Cumberland, numbering %So men, war ~
c,ni,ed at Boston and VIII DC Ieel"o'TTr iii
rom 30 ,he NayyYard this forenoon and IRE 'he
COM 20 Annexed il full list Of her officers
usua' r'' Mo,.,op Iieutenants: j. S. Moray, Alex
D. dr MORAY j. H. Rochelle, c. II. Green Flee Flee,
sIosr NH %y.,oas billiard. Assistant do; Frederick
S S.asSse, D sailing Master l. o sedge Captain
NsnPiUO'i' n D Kiptzin. Lieutenant DO: Charles
o. hi1hT - - 81 the Brooklyn barracks Paymaser
Az ~.e Other officers will join her here Inc
a asirs company is in excellent health aud spirits aud "
80 49, ,,,,d boys NAV &c. liberty IN to"n'
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StrompAis. The Opposition party Of Vaud obtained a
majority over the Government.
BKRSE, Oct. 28.-1he Federal Council yesterday re-
Piled in note TO the demands of the French Govern
ment concerning the affair of the flag Of Sion.
The Federal Council observes, that before the annex
alton of Savoy and Nice to France vessels, hosting
foreign coors ever landed on the Swiss shores, ana
maintains the terms expressed in former dispatch, IN
reference to international offences.
BYRSH, Sunday, Oct. 29-The elections for the new
Federal Assembly commences to-day. II is expected
that the Liberals will obtain majority everywhere
except in the Canton of Lausanne. The new Assem-
bly, will meet in the first week of December, and pro-
coed to the election Of the members OF the new fede-
raj Government.
The Marquis de Turgot is expected to return in q
fortnight to his post as ambassador of France.
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Another Battle.
DEFEAT OF THE NEAPOLITANS.
Meeting of Victor Emanuel and Garibaldi
PREPARATIONS FOR A GRAND BATTLE.
THE VOTE ON ANNEXATION.

The screw steamer Bremen, from Southampton on
the 3ls October, arrived at this port last night.
The Canada arrived at Liverpool Oct y.
The Olive iAmerican) from Liverpool to Calcutta,
was off St. Helena Sept TO-
The Channels of Halifax, N. s., was stranded, Oct.
90 near Rugen, but will probably get off Crew saved.
The North Briton went ashore on Tuesday at a IN,
at Baycastle about two hours sail from Londonderry.
Every exerion was being made to float her: the grain
was being thrown overheard together with other arti-
cles Assistance had been sent from Londonderry and
no anxiety was felt for passengers or ship.
There were no signs of the Vanderbilt at noon on
Wednesday Oct. 81.
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Tn NV It.r TO KINGsToS.-On Saturday the
,ere,, steamer Zulu. Captain Goodwin, saed Tor King
sion, Jamaica, with full cargo and iair
list Tic Zulu il under five years eohlfa 10 pei
form mail. service between this port ana hinsS''',
leaving each port monthly. She Ii An IRON steamer %
about 500 tuns, and WA formerly employed IN '"'
Cape of Good Hope service; is handsomely h"ed 'f'
and her cabins are roomy and well 'enla'ed "'
the California steamers do not touch at Ming Sou I"
here oeore. the line " "a 90 doubt be SUCCESSFUL
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INDEPENDENT BATTALION PARADE.-The lndepen-
dent Battalion under the command of MAJOR John N
Wisey, will have parade to-day. The Battalion il
composed of the Lindsey Blues, Andrew s. Graham
Lieutenant Commanding; G. L. Fox Guards, Capt
Edward j. Fearon; and the Talcou Guards, Capt
Geo. N. Hopper. This line will form on Lafayette
place at g. o'clock. The National Guard Band oil do
men, led by G.. S. Graiula band master, will Precede
he battalion,
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GERMANY,

FRAsKroRT on THE MAINE, Sunday, Oct. 29-ln
Yesterdays sitting of the Federal Diet the notice given
by Sardinia of the blockade of Ancona discussed.
The Assembly resolved simply shelving this notice,
declaring at the same time that they could not alto
gether agree with the policy of Sardinia in Italy
The Federal Diet resolved in the sitting, upon
tie expediency of equippng the Federal fortresses
with lied guns and declared that il gratefully accept
ed the offer OF Prussia in reference TO this new kind OF
armament.
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L,4yn From NEw-JERsEY, AND DIT H. 80
>r,eoton True Democrat has ofhciai returns NoiH
nearly all the counties of New-Jersey ana DeHovi",'
Estimate for the remainder, by which II aIilVeS az inc
CONCLUSION that the Republicans have certainty ee''eu
1our Of the seven Electors. Inc iehlAH''e' '''
ponOlsa Electors.
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RUSSIA.

WARSAW, Friday, Oct. 27.-It Is stated that the
Warsaw interview maintained to the last purely
personal character rs regards both the Princes and their
ministers. At the interview Thursday last no sti-
pulaion was made, no convention Of any kind was
concluded nor was even protocol drawn mp.
WARSAW Oct. 2S.-The Emperor has conferred upon
Count Rechberg the Grand Gordon with order st.
Andrew.
The Emperor Of Austria has presented to Prince