Show miscellaneous STONE SHELLS A private letter from aei ati an officer at bermuda hundred says baya the rebels have hav ejust just unmasked a battery battel which they had constructed behind some trees and have been tb throwing rowing in shells shelf with irith nii no great damage however they are using stona stone shells a new article to torne me in warfare I 1 have read 0 their usein use ure in oriental countries but did not know that they were used by enlightened men the shells are made jrade of stone in conical form some are a foot iong long ion lon with a hole bole which contains the fuse and combustible material the same as in any sheil shell the tho advantages claimed for these sheils shells are tha that they fly into more fragments and are cheaper but they are less reliable for accuracy OM thao stone is a kind of quartz NEBRASKA has voted not to organize A a state government as yet in this we e think she haa baa decided wisely she had but inhabitants in 1800 1860 she has no more than now and she could aoud hardly fail by mak ing herself a state to double her local taxation al serious amerious cons cols consideration dera llon lion in these days whoever expected to be governor U S senators etc are doubtless annoyed by this vote but the great mass of 0 the people can bear the disappointment of this class with unshaken fortitude nebraska will be coming croming in as bl a sate state with a population of or over iu lu reabon reason to vote for president in 1868 1868 nevi new nork york tribune july 16 A DELICATE COSTUME A paris paria letter in speaking of riding at longchamps says now and then came a turnout turn out so very exquisite that all eyes v were ere fixed upon it one in particular a phaeton looking as delicate aa as a seashell bea sea shell sheil the coachman and footmen iu iii w white hit e li veries faced with scarlet the occupant a fair creature looking almost too fragile to be trusted out of a glays glass case but all in ini keeping with her surroundings wore a pale violet je de pa me silk dress edged with ruches of slik silk a shado shade darker a paletot of the same color as the dress trimmed in the same way a white lace bonnet with a soft crown a of defecate flowers falling failing backward backaric bac karll karil toward the cape and holding in her delica delicate tei td ilac lilac kid gloved hands a parasol of lilac iliac alik sills of exactly the same shade as the dress THE immense building now dow bein being erected a ai chicago for the democratic national convention will it is estimated accommodate persons it is feet in circumference by ily in diameter teach exchinger inge if jf grant should happen to capture richmond and defeat lc lee L c before be of august there will be a large building to let somewhere in the garden city howg no bounds lonis louis napoleon js is backing spain in its demands upon perano peru no doubt with the inter intention tion of giving hla hia legions a taste of the land of pizarro lie he ia is also deep in madrid politics potting plotting the abdication di of the queen and the succession of her tier young oung 3 ounh son eon the prince of alb Ais asturias under the regency pt of the dowager christina A BRAVE A letter was received in stockton lately from a ir rr ember of the pennsylvania regiment sixth corps army of to e potomac stating that the r rel reb gi ment which crossed the rapidan with mea men and 33 35 oili of macera ficera cera fighting in at alt bil I 1 the tha battles ct cano cuno une nde out of the lie tie bierce fierce contest at coal harbor jude ad with but 72 men all told fit for it 11 duty |