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NOTES ABOUT TOWN.

We have found out ali about that monstrOsty, the
"Grecan bend" We saw 1t In all its nudity at
stewards one day last week. II il "a "crinOline, "
I,e,tt paye, ana wears the astounding title of tho
.'r,lite Grecian Bend Skirt" The thing is made
thus:--Immedately in the rear and just below the
waist the steel hoops are combined Into broad belt
which, when covered looks like q pillow punched
This is the bump. To give the bump due promi-
hence on every possible occasion q steel c0mbt-
nation tongue Of about three inches in
length il fastened Ia n peculiar manner to the
belt or waist OF the skirt This tongue rests
on the small OF the back and Is an admirable con-
trivance for causing spinal disease Altogether the
petit Ddaier crnoline for the encouragement Of
medical science, should he introduced into every
family-worn by every woman.
Mr.. Bergh has not. Notwithstanding the pressing
invitation Of Kit Burns 'come to the scratch yetw
by giving 'his boys' u lecture on cruelty TO animals
The great phanthropist must not sleep at his post
when the wicked Johnny Allen and Tommy Haddea
are being put through course OF spiritual
sprouts" Take hand, in Mr. Bergh, and crown the
great work Of reformation in Water street by drag
ging Kit Burns, his followers and his "dogs" from
the pit which the missionaries, pray they never 20
loudly, cannot do.
Sachem Tweed desires correction OF the para
graph which appeared In the columns OF the HERALD
the other day, In which II was stated that he was
decipbering certain characters on an Indian Stone
found buried on the site OF old st. Tammany. He
says that the work on which he Is really engaged
Greek treatise Of the preHomeric age In the
original CetoGreek, In which 1t will be clearly de-
monstrated that the only aborgnes Of this country
were the ancestors, q long way back, OF the
moderns, who didn't fight at Mssolonghi. lie II
hard at work preparing this important document NJ
II ia the desire OF his friends OF st. Tammany and OF
the Supervisors ring to have it "ready for circuls
tionr before the elections. He does not ike 70 say
more about 1t just now but he expects the 'boys ov
the Couucmanic Chamber III btdre like blazesr about
Il in November and December and carry 'the party"
upto Harlem bridge with sixty thousand majority Ter
the regular ticket. ''bedad.-
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THE FUNERAL OF THE LATE EDWIN 4 STEVENS.

The funeral OF the late Commodore Edwin A.
Stevens will take place tomorrow at one O'Clock
from ST. Paul's Episcopal church, Hoboken. His re.
mains to be inferred in the cemetery at Bergen
ana will be followed to the grave by the entire civic
and military bodies Of Hoboken. The New York
Yacht Club OF which the deceased was one of tho
Oldest and most popular OF the members, and over
which organization he at one time presided Com
modore. will also attend the funeral in 0 body, In
pursuance OF the following order issued yesterday
by Mr. II. Morton, the Secretary OF the Club by order
oil COGiinOdOre ii. q. Stebbins:-
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY or THR !
NEW YORK YACHT CLUB, \
a. LIBERTY STREET. NEW YORK, Sept. ID, 1868.
By order of Commodore III. c. Stebbns the officers
and members OF the New York Yacht Club are re-
quested to meet on board the ferryboa at the foot
Of Barclay street, on Wednesday, the 10th iust At
half-past eleven A. NJ, for the purpose OF attending
the obscqnies Of the late Commodore Edwin A.
Stevens Esq. by order.
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The Parnguaysn War.

The dispatches from Rio Janeiro vich we
received by the Atlantic cable and Iblished
yesterday report the uncondi tional s'render
of the Paraguayan forces left in the CIR, Chaco
after the evacuation of Humaita, the King to
the ground Of the Notifications of Humta, the
commencement of the march of th, whole
allied army to lay siege to the fortifedosition
of Lopez on the Tebicuari river and tharrival
of the iron-clads opposite the environments,
against which they had opened o lgorous
bombardment. These reports, indaI, are
given on Brazilian authority, which e have
learned to distrust, so often have state
meuts been subsequently contradctd But
our Rio Janeiro correspondence, datedAughst
8, which we also published yesterday as well
as our letters from Buenos Ayres. d,ed July
q and 20, and extracts from the Anglo
Brazilian Times. present details of theevacua-
ton of Humaita, the siege of I.opes new
position on the Tebicuari river by IA entr,
allied army. aud the rumored cousiracy il
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Great Musician 4, ssauy InstyumentS.
Professor Dana, of the Sun, is a man with
many irons in the fire. perhaps too many, and
great musician On many instruments With
his reconstruction of the Sun it was doubtful
for some time whether in this canvass he
moderate republican or a war democrat but
no has at length taken his position, and it II
that Of chief engineer of both parties and
chief dispenser of the spois on both sides.
He has assumed the special guardianship over
Mayor Hoffman and carries Brick Pomerev
under his wing. He looks occasionally to the
interests of Seymour, and is not neglectful OF
the claims of Griswold. lie patronizes Gen
eral Grant as the coming man, and is already
beginning to cast about him in reference to the
division Of the choice places under his admin
istration. With high consideration for tho
claims, the merits and the modesty of Greeley,
the last nomination of Professor Dana is that
OF the chief Of the Tribune philosophers for
the mission to England. In behalf of this
appointment the admiring Dana says all that
could be desired; but we guess that in this
magnanimous appointment he has in view the
grinding of numerous axes of his own
1t is possible that under General Grants ad-
ministration Greeley if kept at home, may
take the place vacated by Thurlow Weed az
general manager of the powers that be, and
especially as master of the kitchen cabinet
and king Of the lobby. Hence with Senator
Conkling, Dana and their ring 1t becomes an
object to get Greeley nicely out of the way;
and to this end they accordingly offer him tho
finest plum in the basket. We know, however,
that Greeley has his kinks and crotchets, from
which it is hard to divert him, and that for
years past he has had his eye fixed upon the
chair of the Postmaster General at Washing
ton, mainly for the purpose of regulating the
franking privilege and the transportation Of
Congressional books by mail, together with the
regulation of the mileage of members of Con-
gress. From these great objects we fear
Greeley is not to be bought off even with the
mission to England-not, at least, until at the
Court of St. James the cut of the diplomatic
coat and breeches Of the American Minister
fashion of Greeley-white coat, white hat,
short pants and cowhide boots. Our musician
of many instruments, therefore, although, like
a styeet professor we have seen, able to play
at the same time a hand organ, a reed instru-
ment, q pair of castanets and bass drum,
will, we suspect, hardly be able to play upon
Greeley with success the air of ''Over the
Water to Charlie"
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Religious RcyivaIy In the City.

Religion has taken a new phase in this city
of late. The ancient temples of worship-and
we use the word ancient only relatively to
our national existence-havc almost fallen into
desuetude, have become obsolete and stale in
the contrast with open air preaching and dance
house worship. One might suppose from the
religious proceedings of last Sunday, and,
indeed, for some time past, that our legitimate
parsons were altogether behind the age, and
that for the good Of human morals they might
az we'll not have been ordained at ALL Johnny
Allen and Johnny Slocum, the latest converted
Saul and Tommy MADDEN, who il is said yelled
the niquities of his barroom with the sanctity
of the American flag, are apparently cutting
the ground from under the preachers. Before
long there may be more white cravats in
Water street, Mercer street and the Five Points
han in the sanity precincts of Plymouth
church, Old Trinity, Grace church or st.
Adams. Bat after oil Il Ia in lust such places
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The Maine Election YESTERDAY
Earthquake.

The annual election for State Ulcers in
Maine occurred yesterday. 1t will tseen from
the returns that the republicans be carried
the State by largely increased morlty over
that of last year, and thA sort political
earthquake has swept Over the Pinfree State.
From the returns, so far as receed at the
hour of writing (thret A. NJ, weudge that
the majority for Governor may be t down as
about twenty thousand, or betwee eight and
nine thousand gain upon the vote last year.
The entire Congressional delegatio is repub-
lican, as last year. The Legislatmis largely
republican
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the PATERSON RACes-OpssINs nAY.

The Paterson races open to-day with hurdles, seven
horses all good ones, being entered. II is doubtful
however, n all OF them will be ready at the start. H
Is thought that Climax will not be prepared to put
in an appearance. Lobeia, the winner OF the second
hurdle race Of Saratoga, is the favorite against the
field. Starlight and Harry Booth stand in good favor
also. The latter won At saratoga the first day beat
ing good field.
There are eleven entries for the second two-year
old race OF mile, which ought TO make good field
The third race, for which four enteries were made
yesterday Is for all ages, mile heats. Last evening
Underwood opened his pools at 1,160 Broadway and
brought around him quite crowd OF horsemen aud
owners OF horses. As usual on the of race The
betting and bidding were shy. The following VIII
serve 10 show the estimation in which the horses
were held by the racing fraternity
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the Paraguayan camp, which tend towards
confirming the general impression that the close
Of the war is not far remote, and that, how
ever reluctantly we may assent to it, Lopez
and his brave Paraguayans must ere long,
ss;;..er most heroic e !., ,- Smit to the NJ
iaexorable law Of might versus right.
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preston that Andy johnson is NOT disposed to
make any further mischief and that Geaersl
Grant will be elected though all the recon
structed States may be turned against him.
Within a day or two the question will bs settled
Of a session in September or no session till
December.
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that the Spirit Of the Lord is most needed.
These are the places where the enemy has his
'strongholds and which should be most vigor-
ously assailed. Salvation may be very easy
matter in nicely cushioned pew, with damssk
upholstery, soft kneeling stool and gilded
prayer book but the battle is :. ~. 40 easily
fought in the dens and sums OF
the city, whore human hearts
and wavering resolution are surrounded
by the destinations Of vice and gin. 1t is in
these places and with the classes who fire.
quent them that the efficacy of religious teach
ing can be best tested. Therefore, when we
hear of preacher discoursing on crime in
New York and its causes to congregation
which is probably acquainted with the sub
jects under discussion we may expect that
some good is likely to come out of it. We
notice, too, that an Indian chief addressed a
congregation touching the condition of his own
people, and told some wholesome truths when
he said that they had been taught ''the rel-
glon OF rifles, powder and whiskey." He
might have added that the red man is taught
the creed of duplicity and lying by the exam
pie of his white brethren, and he would not
have 0vershot the mark.
1t is evident that religious revivals have
assumed new shape and have broken out
in new places. If there be any earnestness
and sincerity in the parties engaged in them,
whether those who preach or those who are
preached to, some good may come from it.
The churches, however, will have to look to
their laurels, or the Aliens Slocums, Haddens
and Van Meters will strip them bare.
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The southern States-Itadicnl Reconstruction
Its Last Legs.

Our readers will have noticed that in most
of the speeches Of prominent Southern leaders,
recently delivered, the colored voter has
formed theme of more than mere passing in
terest. To-day we add TO the number extracts
from speech delivered by distinguished re-
preventative of g Young South, General James
b. Gordon, Of Georgia, and from letter on
the subject written upon the more mature
Judgment of Mr.. James Is. Campbell, of South
Carolina. These appeals and warnings cannot
be without their effect upon the colored popu-
lation of the South, and that they are destined
TO produce revolution in the minds of the
colored voters in favor of their former masters
seems TO be az clear as the fact that the inHu-
cnce of the Northern adventures over tie
freedmen is fast waning. There is nothing
at all extraordinary in this. The I'M
tutored negroes have discovered that the
promises Of their newly found Northern friends
are shams and decisions, and their natural
instinct leads them to distrust all who have
once deceived them. In no instance have the
pledges Of their radical allies beep carried out.
At the outset they promised them forty acres
of land and pair of mules If they would vote
the radical ticket They obeyed instructions,
but have never seen either land or mules.
They were assured that they should possess
the confiscated houses and lands of the rebel
leaders. This the radicals failed TO carry out
from fear Of the indignation the atrocty of the
act would create throughout the North. They
were told that they should hold seats In Con-
gress, in the State Legislatures and in the city
councils, and in all respects enjoy every civil
right and prerogative possessed by the white
man. In all these promises they have been
deceived aud cheated. They have neither
lands nor mules; they possess no confiscated
plantations; they hold no seats in Congress,
and only few days ago batch Of their CO.
lored brethren were expelled from Southern
Legislature by the vote Of nearly every white
radcalinit. The sensible portion Of the South
ern coored population begin to realize that those
Northern adventurous who have located among
them have no lands to give; while on the other
hand they see that their late masters have and
that those masters are disposed to treat them
with kindness and with proper copsi deration
of their newly enfranchised condition. Hence
II is no wonder that the Southern colored voter
is in political position which, with very little
adroitness, can be turned TO the advantage of
their old masters, leaving the trcacherous car
pet-baggers to their fate.
Now, then, comes the opportunity OF the
Southern leaders With the assistance of the
votes OF the colored population they can
secure ascendancy in nearly every one of the
Southern States, and that accomplished down
goes radical reconstruction OF its own volition
aud up goes The era of Southern restoration.
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A SEPTEMBER SESSION OF CONGRESS DOUBT
FUL.-The latest reports from Washington say
that Senator Morgan and Representative
Schenck win most probably decide against .
September session OF Congress, under the i'm.
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SAN FRANCISCO MINsTRELS, sS5 Broadway-ErHIo.
Plan ENTERTAINMENTS, SINGING, DANCING, &c.
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STYLES of Preaching

MIR. Rowland Hill was a great OBJ.
server of the different modes OF
preaching, and once drew up, in his
peculiar style, a string of character
istics, of the various kinds of pulpit
orators. He thus describs them:
Bold Adnav.-The man who
breaches what he feels without. fear
or difIidence.
SelE Contident-A man who goes
by nobody's judgment but his own.
Rdsh.-A preacher who says what
comes uppermost without any con-
sideration.
Ranabling.-A man that says all
that pops into his mind, without any
connection. t@--
Stif.-One who ties himself down
to think and speak by rule without
any deviation. r.-,
Po,cerfm.--The man who breaches
from the bottom of his heart the
truths of the gospel with energy, to
the conscience of his hearers.
Einical.-Minces out fine words
with nothing in them.
iSober.-The man who lulls you fast
asleep.
Elegam.--The man who employs
all his time in dressing words, with
out ever aiming at the heart.
Conceited-Vainly aims at every
thing, and says nothing.
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Tributes to Grant.

In a letter to General Grant, just
after the latter had been appointed
Lieutenant General, dated "Memphis,
March 10, 1884, General Sherman
wrote as follows: an. al
81 believe you are as brave, patri-
otic and just as the great prototype,
Washington-as unselfsh, kind
hearted and honest as man should
be-but the chief characteristic is the
simple faith in success you have al
ways manifested, which l can liken
to nothing else than the simple faith
the christian has in the Saviour
This faith gave you victory at Shiloh
and Vicksburg. Also when you have
completed your best preparations
you 90 into battle without hesitation
as at Chattanooga-no doubts--nt
reserye-and l tell you that it was
this that made us actwith confidence
My only point of doubt was in your
knowledge of grand strategy and ol
books of science and history; but ]
confess your common sense seems to
have supplied all these"
Gen. Halleck never liked Gen
Grant but in an official report he said
concerning the Vicksburg campaign
1--WE cannot but admire the skill
and daring of the commander. Nc
more brilliant exploit can be found in
military history
1T is hardly necessary to remark that
Gen. Grant never disobeyed an or.
der or instruction, but always carried
ont to the best of his ability every
wish or suggestion made to him by
the government"
On July 13, 1868, President Lin
coin wrote to Gen. Grant from the
White House: 81 write this now as ,
grateful acknowledgment of the al
most inestimable service you have
done the country"
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The Wilmington (Del.) CONNER
cial sayo: GA gentleman of this city
who was for some time during the
war chief mastering officer of the De-
partment of Washington, refers to a
fact which was well known and Sc
verely commented upon by the Off
GERS in the volunteers. This was the
conduct of Gov. Seymour of New
York toward the officers OF regiments
from that State. His disgust for the
Union cause, or his personal feeling
against the soldiers, or some similar
motive, made him the most tardy,
accommodating and ill-natured
Governor of all the loyal States. In
the matter of making out commits
sions for officers who had been pro-
NOTED, his delay was so scandalous,
that many served for months and
months as captains or field officers,
but for want of their commissions
drew pay only as lleutenants. By
securing the personal influence of
some of the New York political as
sociates of the Governor, greater
promptness resulted but when merit
c" the necessities of the service were
the only recommendations, it was
evident that the Union soldiers could
not be included among the Governors
friends. So
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lightning Rod.

At parish meeting in one of the
towns in the interior Of Pennsylva-
mia, where new meeting house had
just been erected, the question was
agitated with respect to haying a
rod put up. Opinions were
freely interchanged, and the project
seemed to meet with general favor,
until an influential and wealthy old
German thus let himself swing; Civ
ing utterance to a rather novel senti-
ment, one not in accordance with the
generally received opinion of the es-
tablished laws of Nature and Provi-
dence.
"Now gentlemens, I tells you vat
/ thinks. / tink we lash beens to
mush trooble and expensh, and none
has gin tollars more as 1, to build q
church for te Lord, and next Sunday
we gives it to him, and if he will
dounder down his own house, den ]
says, let him dounder away-I gives
no vote no monish for doundering
rod"
This multum in parvo speech prov
ed a settler of the question, the enter
prise was abandoned, the meeting
was adjourned sine die, and the wor-
thy parishoners harmonized beauti-
fully over glass of lager at the Will
age inn.
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AFFECTIoNATE TIMEs-When eve
rythlng is as dear as it can be.
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An Unreliable Darkey.

A recent anecdote of the late Isaac
o. Barnes reminds a correspondent
in Springfield, Illinois, of little in
cident that occurred in Boston just
after the enactment OF the Fugitive
Slave Law. Mr.. Barnes was then
Marshal, and, as such, charged with
the execution of process against per-
ipatetic slaves. A warrant had been
issued against fugitive, and Mr.. B
was called upon to enforce it. As
certaining where the party lived, he
forthwith proceeded thither, but did
not find him; Mrs. Cudjo said he
was away at work. "Well,'' said
Mr.. Barnes, "when he comes home
you tell him to come right up to my
office have a warrant to arrest him
and send him back into slavery" In
relating this afterward to friend,
Mr.. Barnes remarked, with perfect
gravity. "Would you believe it, that
cussed Niger never came near me at
all, but ran away to Canada. The
fact is you can't place any dependence
Do 'esm, anyltO,o I"
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TVelch Manner. man that bawls
out very good thing, till he can bawl
no longer.
Dognaatic.-A man that goes by
his own brains, right or wrong.
Peevish-One who picks into eve
rybody's thoughts and thinks no one
right but himself.
FancifEl-One who, instead of be-
ing led by wisdom, runs after a thous-
and visionary whimsies and con-
ceits.
Self Lmportant.-Thinks nobody like
himself.
Noisy.-A loud roar, and nothing
in it.
Genteel.-The vain fool that is fond
of dressing up words without mean
ing.
He once said of man who knew
the truth, but seemed afraid to preach
in its fullness--"he breaches the gos-
pei as a donkey mumbles thistle,
very cautiously He could not en-
dure anything like vanity in a minis
ter. A very fine Dissenter, with a
doctors degree, fresh from the north,
once paid him visit i; he fidgetted
about all the time he was talking;
when he left the room, Mr.. Hill lifted
up his eyes, and said in the most be-
coming tone of voice, ''only think
that D. d. degree should ever be
converted into pedestal for pup
pyn - 80
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Indictment of Horatio Seymour
GuiIt COnfesSed

Indictment OF HOrat1O seymour
Guilt Confessed.
From the Albany Journal, July Is.
Horatio Seymour stands indicted
for:
L. Inciting to riot
2. Yielding rioters their demands
on the Government, at the peril ol
the nation.
). Threatening the President ol
United States with the disorderly vio-
lence of "the people," if he proceed
ed in efforts vitality necessary to the
salvation of the Union.
Horatio Seymour is confessedly,
therefore, a fomenter of sedition, a
champion of rioters, a menacer of
government.
A fomenter of sedition, is that he
told the turbulent masses of New
York city that mob had an equal
right with the Government to pro
claim the law of public necessity.
A champion of rioters, in that he
their cause, said that they
should be satisfied, and demanded of
the Government that the draft should
be suspended and stopped, at their
violent behest.
A menacer of government, in that
he warned it of the "temper of the
people," if it did not yield to him
and his riotous friends.
And all this in criminal disregard
Of the imminent peril in which his
country and its defenders were plac-
ed at the time.