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tract for &c oouveyancc Of the e tire letter mail ir
sch pain, on The Mississippi river AZ The contractor
may select to san Fnncisoc In tne state Of Cshior-
MA for six years. ~ cost not exceeding three hun
drcd thousand dulll- per annpm FOR senlimopthly,
far hundred and my thouslud dollars for weekly oT
sx hundred ihou and dolals of seta.Weckly service;
70 le IeI 9rracl e'n.mou,hly, weekly cni-goclsy
al ne opti-n - to Postmaster Ccrfrai.
. see. n. Ard De- e iirthea enacted, That Tie con-
fr4st SHALL requic tie service "a be performed with
-uod foprloEse c0-ch1s, or Spring wagon. suitable
Tor nc Conveyance o sengcr-, as vel a. the -aIe-
y and security o. iAe nliis.
Sec. II, ATl "a . further enacted, That The cen,
tractor sha' have the right ~ rrecnptl g three
ardred AMI twcuty acfcs q any land not thea dipo-
sed of reserved az each point necessary for sta
ton n,tt be nearer than t,n mlos from each Other;
and provided thdt mineral land shall be thus pre-
einpied.
Sec. IL. And be it further enacted, That tic said
service shal le performed within twenty-five days for
each tip; ard Mat before entering into such contract,
the Postmaster General shall be satisfied oi the ability
ard disposition Of the partes bora Ode and in good
fifth % perfor-n the aid contract. and shall reqnirc
same; the service % commerce within twelve months
afler the signing Il the contract.
Sec. IL. And be Il further enacted That The Post
master General Of the United States he and he i here
by authorized aud directed u accep; the lowest bid
offered aud now on record Crowded the same shall
not exceed twcntythrec thousand dollars year, for
weekly servces,) 10 convey the Unted6iat nts n
good and sufficient steamer steamers under the ad
vertsement Of the Postmaster General Of January 10,
1856 for proposals. for conveying the United States
mails On Prget Sound Washington Territory and
70 contract with the bidders thereof % put into imme
date operation the said service Puget Sound Wash
ingtOn Territory, commencing at Olympia, and sup
IlyinC SielacOom Seattle Port Madison, Port Gam
bic. Port Ludlow, Port Townsend, Penn's Cove, Bel
linghAm Bay, (Whateom) New Dungencss, and such
other places said route the Postmaster General
NAV direct; sid service 10 be paid for out Of any
Cy in the treaury not otherwise appropriated: PrOyi-
ded That the said service shall be performed In first
cias steamboats, under the eighth section Of the act
approved March 3D. 1876.
Sec. Is. And te II further enacted, That the Sec
rtary Of the Treasury he directed to pay 10 George
Whitman the aum Of ten Thousand hundred dollars
being the amount Of dram issued In his favor by the
Postmaster General the llth OF August 1885 upon
the postmaster at New Orleans in payment Of services
rendered by said Whitman mail contractor less two
thousand dollars paid thereon, which draft was not
satisfied by the drawer.
Approved, March ., 1857.
, 1857-09-04

FARNERIs GuIDE.-The concluding No Of this work
Is upon our table, and we but repeat the unanimous
verdict of the Agricultural press in saying that Is
among the most complete and reliable contributions
to scientific and practical agriculture. The arrange
ment of the work is convenient for reference the h.
lustrations beautiful the language plain, clear intel
ligiblc and truthful. Tie work comprisis two royal
svo vols Of 1000 pages including Geo wood cuts and
II steel engravings.- Ohio CuiiiratOr.-
We have received this highly interesting and nseiul
but above all, practical work. We know Of no other
agricultural work ever published IN this country which
might compare with the one just named in practical
usefulness and intrinsic merit in general-Bu6alO
IpOOi Gr0tCer.
THE FARNER's GUIDE.-Tls work is q rich mine oi
agricultural knowledge, presented in simple and "a
miar style, giving cOPious details Of the best practice
on English farms and adapted to general In this
country by the udcous notes Of the American editor
The intelligent farmer will find II very attractive read
ing. In the comparison between English and Amer
eau husLandry for which it furnishes ample materials
he may obtain many valuable hints for increasing tbe
product of his own acres. The mental stimulus giyeI
by the perusa of such writing is quite important Al
their more immediate pufposes and even Y they
should not refund the expense Of their purchase u
dollars and cents at the end Of the year. they will mon
than make the outlay good In the Intellectual benefit
which they impart.--lNs,o York Tribune.
, 1857-09-04

- EARLY COPIES SECURED. N,
The receipt of Advance Sheets from the BrIsh
publishers gives additional value to these nPrlns'
especially during the present exciting state q liz
pean Affairs inasmueh they can now be pasea ~
the hands Of subscribers about as the oreHA
IoltN
, 1857-09-04
Letter from MIR. Stevens.
REDBRAE COTTAGE, EDINurFcu. 1
- IN -

"REDBRAE COTTAGE, ED1NrrFGu,
September 80, 1851.
"Messrs. Leonard Scott & Co.-Gentlemen-Ik keg
to say that your Farmers Guide is The only penpps
edition published in the United States Of Ameca ~
my work the Book Of the Farm. The edition ercr
lating at present in the Satesunder the title Of tbo
Book Of the Farm, is taken from the fizt edition Of
my work written ten years agO, which, in my second
edition. entirely re-mOdelled, and in great part NJ
wrote adopting all the more recent Improvements In
the practice Of agriculture suggested by scientific ex
pertinent, and making it, in effect quite new book
81 am siT your Obedient servant,
"HENRY STEPHENS.n
, 1857-09-04
For SnIe or Renf.

TNHE LARGE and commodious two story dwelling,
l. located on Main street, eligibly situate and well
adapted for use either retail store, family resi-
dence, boarding house, be had for sale or rent
by applying soon.
For further particulars terms Of sale &C., apply to
the undersigned, or To Geo. Gallagher, Olympia.
THOMAS JOHNSTON.
Olympia, May %, 1851. 2Gtf
, 1857-09-04

DY1 WOODS ASS &C.,
Among which may be found the following articles:
Sands Sarsaparlla; Townsends do; Guysotts Yellow
Dock and do; GIEfenbergs do Ayers Cherry Peeto-
ral Wistar's Balsam Of Wild Cherry; Greienberg's
Consumptiye Balmi Mexican Mustang Liniment; Ii
by's Pile Ointment; Humphreys do; Green Mountain
do: Nerve and Bone Liniment;. Liquid OpedildOc;
GOdfrey's Cordial; flateman's Drops; Thompsons Eye
Gnfenberg's Children's Ihuacea Do. Uterine Cathol
icon; Fahnestocks Vermifuge; Bay Water; Wrghts
Indian Vegetable Pills; BTandreths Vegetable do;
Ayers Cathartic do; Jaynes Sanatiye do; Grefen-
berg's do; MeLane's Liver do; Blood Root do; Cod
Liver OIL; Olive do; Rose Water; Seidlitz Powders;
Soda do; Hair Dye; Snuff; Indeble Ink; Strychnine
White and Yellow Wax; shoulder Braces; Trusses;
Amiea Flowers; Alcohol; Turpentine; Brandy; Cas-
tor Oil; Nader; Log Wood Copperas; Alum; Prus-
sian Blne Indigo Arnatto; Poor Mans Plaster; Court
Plaster; Fine Sponge; Do. Emory; Isingass; Rotten
Stone; Bronze; Sal Soda; Lemon SyrHp Cream Tar.
tar; Hops, (fresh); Arrow Root; Sago; Rad Ginger;
Soap; Windsor do; Wash Rails; Cologne, Pomatnm;
Bears OIL Tooth Brushes; Spectaeles; Lip Salve; Mus.
tard; sulphuric Acid; Murlatic do; Nitric do; Aque
Ammonia; Spirits do; Win Colehci; Oil Cubebs; SIir.
It's Nitre; Balsam Capaba; Chlorofom; Ether suphu-
ric; Gum CamphOr; Do Arabic; Do. MyTTh; Super
Carbonate Soda; Tartaric Acid; Rochelle Salts; Pill
Hydng; Blue Ointment; Extract Hyoegamus; Do.
C6nimn; Do. Black Root; Balsam ToIu; Iodde Potash;
Capsules; Opium; Rad Rhci lodlne Red Precipitate
Capsicun; Calomel Sugar Lead Sulpher; Flax Seed
Tanzy; Horeholnd; Catnip; Composition; Lobelia
Powdered Cubebs; Ladies' Slipper; Slippery Elm;
Csrdamon Seeds; Magnetism Liquorce; Nitrate Silver
Harlem OIL Colqdion Adhesive Plaster; Oils Of Cedar,
Hemlock, Sassafras Rosemary, WormwOOd, Winter
green. Canway, Orange, Lemon, Peppermint CHINA
mon, Origanum. Lavender, Tanzy, Aniseed, Amber,
Cloves, Bergamot, Almond, etc, etc.
All these articles arc warranted pure and unadlie-
rated and Of The uery best quality, having been select
ed with view Of being used in my practice, and are
offered to the public and trade at the VERY LOWEST
rRICEs.
Orders from q distance will be attended to uwith
promptness and despatch.
share Of public patronage is respectfully solicited
RS PRESCRIPTIONS will be attended to and put up
as heretofore.
- Remember the plaee-Willard's new stand, one
door sOuoh Of the Washington Hotel formerly syves-
ter's. q. X. WILLARD.
Olympia, April Q, 1857. no.20ly.
, 1857-09-04
WASHINGTON IIOTEL.
corner OF xAIN ASD sEcoND STREETS,
OLYMPIA, ~. T.

corner OF zAIN AND sEcoSD STREETS,
OLYMPIA, ~. 7.
THE Undersigned having purchased and become
I SIZE owner OF the above named Hotel ana com
uletc.y renovated uu1 rema1e'cl the same, hereby
Sse. " return bis incoru thanks for past pat,
and rclucsts Ceutiauancg O. Ike favols. Hat.ut
cnllrgsd upon his former business, he feels conideE
lie can EGlr the aujJlm o. strangers with him com
,tslie and rllaz;ui ard no pains shall lie spared t
set his taile ~ well as any in Ike business.
Beds and bedrooms furnished to such as may desir'
them.
Beard by the day and week.
which will he empty supplied with forage for the ac
commodatol Of animals Of the travelling public.
4 share OF public patronage is respectfully soil
cited ..,,,,,,,,
u23-tfl SllAo GAlLlhEk,
, 1857-09-04
OlYMPVA MARKET.

THE UNDEEsIGNED having pur- ,---s==77-.=7sEss=
| chased the entire interest Of a@ lS{T%A
Nitcl,I q Stewart in The former es assJg
a. ..hmeut as above, design coutinu- tFC IN
Ing the business at the Old stand. --EkxsastAass55
Having made extensive repairs and romoddlod the
tab.hgout they viii hereafter tc enabled tD wait
upon ard serve ont u,e!r goods and wares to cuato
mcts IN . manner second 10 none on the Pacific coast
Fresh 'c,f IoIs mutton, YeHisrn. Nc. will he kept
constantly on hand Also, hams, bacon, lard tJllow
ls.tcr, egg etc. Game aud poultry WhGn i can bt
oltainod. Frr,its vegetables, praiG, etc. etc.
The shipping interest will lie attended to, and BE-
properly supplied on application 10 the undersigned.
Far1ers are reqge>ted to give US call-wc Intend
paving a good prires as any Of our neighbOTs.
Town customers regularly supplied.
JAMES X. HURD.
Olympia, May %, 1857. 25tf
, 1857-09-04
SEATTLE STEAm SAN MILL.
IL /. YLSLER 4 co. arc now nanpf,c,u..
Ii. superior article Of sawed lumber. g
Seattle, Sept. 3, 1853. ~ ~.
The British Periodical
Republicaticps,
AND THE
"FARMER's GUIDE"
RepubliCaticrs,
Price Reduced TO Five Dollars!

NTOW ready, complete in two volumes royot O.
IN THE FARMERS GUIDE TO SCiI'SNSTIfnnto.
AND PRACTICAL AGRICULTURE. ala, tLai!.llC ~
and only correct edition Of STEVENS ECaT ISE e,J
THE FARM = by Henry Stevens, =. r. s. of fS!lf ~
burCh. With an American AlTtndix, by J. : MN Nm
ton Prof. Of Scientific Agriculture in Yale (,lis,.
New Haven. This work emLrGccs every sulicctttet
Importance connected with Agriculture in sI s ~. "
riGus branches, both theoretican and prnctrai M
clear and copous "details, TIE funess and acenfac !,
its information the conn letCuCss Of every u
have in on agricultural work practice ne,rr ~
equaled.h II Is arranged under four separate bssS.
Represented Ly the four seasons Of the year DjTt
ISpring Sun mcr, and Autumn-and the notes n p,
Norton are appended in tie same order addny ~
ly 10 the value Of the work by sdapng It 10 tbs ~
climate growth &C., OF this country Tie uni,s3 =
bors of two such distinguished writers constt,t ~
the most complete and valuable 8plieulturt Worl ~ ~
issued, iron-Ee press. 1t comprises two Iarre I
syo. volumes, and contains loco pages LSs,dtygSff
splendid steel engIavinps, and about Geo eBgrsvirt
on wood. The latter illustrates almost eyerv imnie
ment Of husl andIy rev in use the vaTious netprJ
Of plowirg, planting, &c, &c.; and the ftrmer ~
domestic animals, the farmStcadng, &c The vo,l
is elegantly printed on thick white paper fron H.
English Stereotype plates and neatly bound In r,rt
matte guilt muslin price s5. The work will Ia ssNt
by mnil free Of postage. To any posLoflce moi mnra
titan 1900 miles distTant from New Yuik, for n a5E
tional over 900 niles from New Yoik, for 20 adj
tional. Good cRnvassing agents wanted TO wbem
| liberal discount will Le alloNcd.
| LEONARD SCOTT 4 Co.
Publishers, No. %, Gold st., cor, Fulton and New
York street.
, 1857-09-04
Hair Cutting, ChampOOing, &c.

N0W OPENED in Olympia, one door south Of the
IN Nonpareil Saloon, maghum bonum, No. -
BARBER SHoP in which the various functions Of such
an establishment will be satisfactorily performed, or
no charge made.
4 supply Of fancy soaps, oils cologne water per-
fumes &c., constantly on hand and for sale.
Call and be shared
Olympia. NAV % 1857. 2Ctf
, 1857-09-04
Registers and Receivers Notice to Settler

Ai peisVue VAlninS lanos IN tue ABOVE named
townships, under the act Of congress of 9th Sepem.
ber 1850 and the acts amendatcry thereof granting
donations to actual settlers requested to file their
notlheations specifying the particular lands claimed
and their location in the government survey in the
Registers Office at olympia W. T., on Or before the
18th day Of September next. and all persons in the
above named townships, who do not fe their Motif.
cations as aforesaid before the 18th day of October
next, will forfeit their claims under the provisions Of
the act Of 18th July, 1854.
Given under our hands at Olympia, W. T.. this
18th day Of June, 1857.
W. A. STRICKLER, Register,
S. GARFIELD. Receiver.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1857-01-23

GREEN TEAs.-The Missionary i'd
vocate for January contains long letter
from the Rev. DR.. Wentworth, at Few
Chau, China. from which we make the
following extract;
"Several American ships are lying
in port, awaiting the arrival of green
teas. The English, who love the leaf
unadulterated, have taken the first car
goes of the season, and sped homeward
with them. The Americans are green
enough to prefer an infusion of Prussian
blue, rendering that article so scarce and
high in the vicinity of the green teas
that the natives can hardly afford to use
it on the venetians of their verandahs.-
If some hundreds of good ladies, who 90
with their heads tightly bandaged day
or two in each week with sick headache.
and whose only remedy is green teas,
would abandon the use of green tea
altogether, they would find in the remedy
itself the source of the disease"
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1857-01-23
The New Postage Law.
G. H. NEWELL

Congress recently passed an act max
ing prepayment of postage on all tran
silent printed matter necessary, before it
can be transmitted in the mails. In order
to carry out this law, the Postmaster
General has established the following
additional regulations
!. Books, not weighing over four
pounds, may be sent in the mail prepaid
by postage stamps, at one cent an ounce
any distance in the United States under
5000 miles, and at two cents an ounce
over 5000 miles, provided they are put
up without cover or wrapper, or in a
cover or wrapper open at the ends or
sides, so that their character may be
determined without removing the wrap
per.
2. Unsealed circulars, advertisements,
business cards, transient newspapers, and
every other article of transient printed
matter, except books, not weighing over
three ounces, sent in the mail to any part
of the United States, arc chargeable with
one cent postage each, to be prepaid by
postage stamps. Where more than one
circular is printed on a sheet, or circu-
lar and letter, each must be charged with
a single rate. This applies to lottery
and other kindred sheets assuming the
form and name of newspapers; and the
miscellaneous matter in such sheets must
also be charged with one rate. A bust
ness card on an unsealed envelope Of a
circular subjects the entire packet to let
ter postage. Any transient matter, like
a circular or handful, inclosed in or with
a periodical or newspaper, sent to a sub
scriber, or to any other person, subjects
the whole package to letter passage; and
whenever subject to letter postage, from
being sealed or from any cause whatever,
all printed matter, without exception,
must be prepaid or excluded from the
mail. 1t is the duty of the Postmaster
at the mailing Office, as well as at the Of
fee of delivery, carefully to examine all
printed matter, in order to see that it is
charged the proper rate of postage, and
to detect fraud. At offices where postage
stamps cannot be procured, Postmasters
are authorized TO receive money in pre-
payment of postage on transient matter
but they should be careful to keep a sup
ply Of stamps on hand.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1857-01-23
Lowell, Vt, Jan. Is, 1857.
For the Standard.
NV Early Home

How indelibly are the scenes ofmy early
home stamped upon my mind. 1t seems
but yesterday since was greeted with
fond mothers smile, and the caresses of a
kind father, since 1 enjoyed the society
of loving brothers and sisters. Oh! how
Ijoyously did we sport over the green
hills and fertile valleys of the sold farm
How oft would we gather flowers from
the streamlet's edge, and play ia its tiny
waters and how oft would we ramble
through the pleasant groves and recruit
our exhausted natures from the ripping
fountains which issued from the many
ragged cliffs, and then return home hap
Ply beyond measure. How little did we
dream that our happiness would ever be
less, that anything could enter our "house-
hold band" which would strip from US our
Joys. Our finite capacities looked not
Beyond the present, and not one ray of
light could penetrate through the dark
portals Of the future that we might see
its fearful forebodings. But disease with
its slow and solemn march visited us and
in one short month we were left with
out mother. She was called hence to
be with US no more on earth forever.
Her spirit took its everlasting flight to a
world of bliss. How we'll do I remember
the paleness of her marble brow, as
gazed upon it in the silent hall of death.
Soon she was conveyed from our sight,
and placed in the lonely grave. We re-
turned home, but all was changed, every
thing wore a gloomy aspect. We were
then called to part. Those ties of friend
ship which bound US so strongly to-
Igether were severed. Never since that
time have We been permitted to live TO-
together. But [ often visit that IowIy
cottage, and those old familiar scenes
but how changed. The murmuring brook
to me.sings mournful song. The songs
OF the birds have lost their sweetness, and
the aged elms seem to mourn for the de-
parted. How few can realize the feel.
lngs OF one thus situated; how few can
give that sympathy to the motherles:
children that he deserves. The stranger,
unfeeling heart, how different from {
mothers, and strange scenes how unfami
lar they look. The mind turns from then
and dwells with painful remembrance up
on the scenes of childhood.
/ Troy. ar
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1857-01-23

strom, uttering a voice little short of the
British Niagara heard from Table Rock.
The whole scene, to those most near,
was truly awful. Nothing equals the
crushing awe maintained over the mind
by the near approach to violent volcanic
action. A spouter, for instance, may
risk his head within half compass OF a
fair blow from a whale in his fury-as
disaoreeable death as l know of-iust
for the moments pleasure of thrusting
his long lance down over the whales
shoulder and cause his spout to spring
out in two pretty blood colored jets over
his back. Or may face down the curling
lips and grating-fangs of polar bear
on Gove's Island, or elsewhere, just Il
plant ball between his cleaning eyes
and make foot-mat of his hide for thu
next quondam friend he meets; butt il
my humble opinion that no man shoul'
suppose he knows the quality and ex
tent of his own nerves, until he get
within close proximity to an angry vol
cano. For, let him be assured, he wi
, then drop his crest, until his plumag
droops like fowl in storm.
The ships escaped, leaving the sub
marine volcano undergoing a successio
of changes of comparative quietude an
, violent action. Its throes assumin
about the same character as the frs
with unequal intervals limiting the var
Gus stages it passed through.
G. H. NEWELL.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1857-01-23
For the Standard.
Character VS.. Wealth.

Man in his persevering and undaunted
spirit, is engaged continually on one SUD-
iect and that's Wealth, and notwithstand-
ing he may have character as pure as
the drop which is Graded IN the BOSOM
of the flower. and which scars above the
grovelling things of earth, and lodges
itself in some hidden recess; notwlth-
standing he is the possessor OF all these
still in the eyes ofthe community ne oc-
cupies the same position, let his lot be cast
where it may, as the cipher in Mathe-
mates, namely to count up II IN addltlon
to these, he is not possessor OF that, the
love which is the root all evil.
Ever since the Almighty peopled this
world, wealth has in comparatively every
case, been the chief end of man. 1t IS
true, that in few instances, where fame
and wealth have presented themselves at
the same time, that fame has been chosen'
but few are the instances which can be
quoted in support of this assertion, and
few are the instances where man has re-
fused wealth for character. But when
we reflect, our surprise or astonishment
decreases. Take for instance a child and
note its progress, its playfulness, its glad
/ some glees and fondness for its parents.
coupled with its cunning, wins the love oil
all who sec it. In a few short years.
those hours so filed with playfulness and
mirth. are now frought with pleasure
pain and troubles, kind maternal advice;
, and fathers council is his, and he set;
forth upon life vastly deep in pursuit o
Treasure.
Stealing across his mind like angel:
promptings, comes his mothers advice, Il
, keep untarnished and free from stain hi.
character. Well, thinks he, I have aimee
for wealth, my parents wishes for ny
prosperity ought to urge me on, and l be
come wealthy and receive their approvin!
smiles and earnest prayer by so dom!
injuring my character. And thus h
reasons until character, which formerl,
was first and foremost in his mind, nov
becomes secondary, and ike the rai
after it has commenced TO fall, it fall
despite the obstacles which present them
selves, which now appear aerial and of
more common nature.
q What think you was the aim Of Wasf
a ington, who made for himself nam
: which is a rich inheritance for the cour
: try, did he ask for wealth :? did he spen
4 his hours Of toll and study, his years {
IS service for his country merely for paltr
e gold ? did he accept and so faithfully PEI
form the duties of Chief Magistrate of til
5 most independent nation on the globe ft
il wealth No; his motives were as pun
Is as his precepts, and he has left a nan
N as pure and noble and beloved, as he dot
e a character, without a stain or blemish,
le worthy example for all to follow.
1t D. B. D.
l. Lowell, VT, Jan. Is, 1857.