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Our Correspondence.
FROM TON.

LETTER FROM BOS STON.
To write to Minnie is one thing-to
the .Nr,c Era another. But who is to
know under the nomme de plume of Ellen
de Mar, anything at all of my identity
So l may gossip, talk scandal to my
hearts content, .extol or decry this good
ly city of Notions, and have my own
say about just what please-with no
prospect of being taken to task, or of
any soul saying, why do ye so ?"
THIS is privilege dear to my heart !;
therefore is it a pleasure that sit down
making my first essay at Newspaper
correspondence.
And frst-a hearty welcome to the
New Era I! Long life to it, and peace
and prosperity. May its days be as
many as Methuseleh's, and as iull of
wisdom as were those of Solomon.
Coming to me in lieu of Minne's letters,
hail it weekly with heartfelt greeting
and blessing. trust Boston is not so
far out of your hearing, as out of sight
0, how can you, readers Of the New
Era, dwell so far among Bufaloes and
Bears, as that it should take nine days
for our oracle, the Boston Post, to reach
you. A correspondent from St. Cloud.
which town believe is within some
hundred miles Of you, in my estimation,
gives an undue quantity of pufs to your
region of country-but suppose since
he has settled himself in so out-of-the-
way place, he would like others to
keep him company-just as ! should be-
lieve of Minnie. as regards her Life
in the Woods" did ] not know her of
old, and keep in remembrance the ro-
mantle cast of her mind, which was
wont to make such beauties out of de-
formities over at Madame's Boarding
School-over the Bridge from where
write-under the eastern shadow of our
Monument of Bunker's Hill. By the
way, l attended literary society there
brife space ago. But forget that l
am writing to the Era. Now what shall
| say (: That Boston remains yet the
Queen of Cities, the pride and glory ol
New England that Washington street
still shines in splendor on either side,
with its gold and its silver wrought into
every cunning form and curious device
that State street still presents its look ol
law and learning, and Hanover still
opens its extensive bazarrs, filled with
all that a princess could desire for a
royaI wardrobe and that the antigua
rian books fill many room in CornhiII
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We received some time since several
numbers of this very sprightly and tai
ented little sheet, published at Milwau-
kee and Fort Atkinson. Failing to re-
ceive number for a week or two, we
looked it over carefully to discover if
we had made an error in its place of ad-
dress. Such was the case. We had
sent the "New Era" to the wrong place
Milwaukee. We admire the spirit and
tone of its editors, T. w. and Emma
Brown, and shall hail its weekly coming
with pleasure.
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lDeSe are the three essentials In nu-
man character. Happy that individual
in whom they are found combined
''Some seem to live
Whose hearts are like those unenligh,ened stars
OF the first darkness-lfeless, timeIess, useless.
With nothing but cold night-air about them,''
Have we not all known such in our
lives, and felt the cold chill, as of a
rarer atmosphere, when approaching
their presence Without faith, dis
trusting words. motives, wrongly con-
STRUNG actions, they see no good and no
mental beauty in another. Such pride
themselves upon their knowledge of hu-
man nature, and boast themselves TO be
beyond the power Of deception or art
The dark side Of human nature they do
perhaps understand-gathering their
knowledge from their own heart-and
believing the hearts of others to be
blighted with the same mildew. Such
scorn the sweet words, to which Faith
so truly subscribes -
&c Better trust all and be deceived,
And mourn the blight Of that deceiving,
Than doubt the heart, that if believed,
Would bless the soul with true believing
Faith in her own conscious innocence
believes the world to be the same. and
hand in hand with the angel Hope, builds
every day paradise, and lies down at
night to pleasant dreams Faith and
Hope, twin-sisters immortal-shall we
not pray for their companionship through
this vale of tears, and love and bless
their gentle ministrations
'sFath ce, tres in the sky tits there we turn
When earth is only darkness-there we send
Our vows to those we fear, and there we burn
When the last pulse beats low, to find the end
OF all we hate, and thus in Hope, we tend
To the high dwelling OF the stars"
Though sorrows encompass US as a
cloud, and sore bereavements leave us
desolate and lone, these attendant angels
of our earthly pathway gather close
around US, and point to some light that
our tear-6Ied eye had not discovered,
to pleasantness below-to blessedness
in the Beyond. Carlysle, who writes
mystically at times, but never despond-
ingly, says, Man is, properly speak
ing, based upon Hope he has no other
possession bur Hope this world of his
is emphatically the place of Hope. +"
Jean Paul says, /" Man is fool from the
very foundation of him." We think he
is indeed, if he goes mourning, distrnst-
full, respondent, and groping darkly
through world made so luminous and
resplendent by Faith and Hope Divine
g The greatest of these is Charity
Ah the Apostle truly knew. Hope to
raise the soul, Faith to sustain it, and
Love to bind it unto all the world in uni
versal brotherhood. 0 let none cast
out from their hearts these heavenly
gifts Watch and guard, cultivate and
preserve them-nor suffer one breath te
mar the purity of so inestimrble gems.
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Queens of England.

.. Queens OF England.
We shall never forget with what in
terest and delight we read many years
ago, the early volumes of Agnes Strick
lands Queens of England. More
charming and captivating than the mos
fascinating romance, they please ane
delight, while they warn and interest.
We earnestly recommend their perusa
to those who are fond Of reading, and
to those who think time lost that is spent
in reading fiction. For ourself, we
can not understand why people call
"Novels" overdrawn--exaggerated--w
think the contrary is true-that they
are actually fame, when compared &c
everyday, living reality. And sure are
we that in mere fancy-life, have never
been depicted those startling scenes.
those rapid reverses. those powerful
delineations of passionate love, undyine
hate
And all the earth-born soul can know
OF blessed joy, Of bitter woe,
as thrills us at every turn Of the leaf of
the histories of those mostly beautiful,
but mostly unfortunate and unhappy
Queens of England. There, if any
where, can one learn the vanity and
folly of a merely frivolous life, and the
imperishable beauty Of an existence
spent in the highest cultivation Of mind
and heart, and in the exercise Of chris
tian and patient Faith, Hope, and espe
cially Charity, "for the greatest ofthese
is Charity" For every queenly char
acteris our pity, sympathy, love or admi-
ration excited-and some there are who
arouse within us all these emotions at
the same time. Such for instance is tn
Lady Jane Grey, with whose name and
general history every one is familiar.
Though princess Of the land, daugh-
ter of powerful Duke, heir-contingent
to the most glorious crown in the world,
yet she gave not herself to her stations
attendant gaieties and luxurious idle
ness, but often when her family and
friends were assembled at Court, was
retired in her study, absorbed in the
wisdom Of Poets and Philosophers.
How we'll for her, that thus she chose
so good and wise part, thereby fortify-
ing herself to endure heroically and
magnanimously, at even q. childish age,
that sad, cruel fate, that we feel should
have been spared one so wise and good.
1t is with peculiar pleasure we contem-
plate her character, possessing in its
structure and adornment, so many ma
terials for calm, elevated, earthly hap
piness and we admire the Poet who
writes
go yes it is a wasted heart,
1t is wasted mind,
That seeks not in the inner world
Its happiness to find
For happiness is like the bird
g8 That broods above its nest,
And finds beneath its folded wings
Life's dearest and its best.'
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For the New Era.
To my Husband.
LINES WRITTEN IN SICKNESS.

~ A4Ay 4&@&00G&4xN&s
INES WRITTEN IN SICKNESS.
Fain would linger, love,
From that bright world above.
To be with thee.
For this world caring,
Each sorrow sharing.
70 be with thee.
But should He call me, love,
To that brigh: home above,
Parted from thee,
All things here losing,
Eternal life choosing.
Follow thou me.
There shall we dwell, love,
In that bless'd home above,
Through all eternity.
There ever swelling,
In that bright dwelling,
Praise to the Trinity.
Then let Us I've, love,
For that bright home above,
Honering our Lord.
And o. the sweet meeting
OF parted ones greeting,
Around his dear board!
Content then I'll 60, love,
To that bright homo above,
And wait for thee,
And o with our little band,
Safe in that happy land,
Glorious twill be,
SALLIE G. H..
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A verbal order was delivered 20 a
bookseller to send book, the name OF
which was written on the paper to be
given with the message. This at first
puzzled him-"r a b n i I s." until an
ingenious assistant suggested that it
might mean. "The Arabian Nights, y
and the conjecture proved to be correct.
The new era., 1860-03-01

Many Of the carriages running upon
the Paris and Versailles, and upon the
Paris and Vincennes Railroads, are two
stories high, having covered seats upon
the roofs.
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A person whistles when he has cold
fingers and he whistles when he has
burnt his fingers and strange to say
when he has lost his money, he whistles
for ii also.
The new era., 1860-03-01

The sore throat disease has made its
appearance in Detroit, and thus.iar has
been fatal in almost every instence. 1t
still fingers about Albany, but the ply
sicians seem to have control over it
now.
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~ Buffers Excelsior Mercantile
Fluid, an excellent article in the way of
ink, is TO be found at DR.. Marlatt's Drug
Store, St. Cloud. Also, Stewards re-
fined Candies such luxury to the little
folks-and rarity up in this region.
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A bill has been passed by the Virgin
ia Legislature appropriating Sl5O, 600
to pay expenses accruing from the Har-
per's Ferry affair.
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Selected.

A lazy fellow, named Jack Hole, has
adopted away of spelling his name,
which throws Fonotyp clear into the
shade. He makes big ~" and then
thrusts his pen through the paper for
the "Hole. -
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- A second epistle from Molly
Doyle is laid over until next week, or
later
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Faith, Hope and Charity.

These are the three essentials in hu-
man character. Happy that individual
in whom they are found combined
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THE WISCONSIN CHIEF.

Glenmore, Va, 1860.
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sAUK RAPIDS. MIN. THURSDAY. MARCH |, 1860.

this the Bachelor Judge wore worthily
his dignity, and pronounced his decis-
ions with all that soberness and gravity,
as did those who elsewhere leaned upon
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1860-05-24
Hv.vyy .nrrrc.7,oxs-Mr FowLER, Post

Hrxvr DrrXoArroxs.-Mr. FOWLER, Post
master in N. York city, is discovered to be a de-
faulter to the Government, and has fed the city,
on, at least the officers. who pretend to- be in
search of him, say he cannot be found The
defalcaien, which is said to be of long standing.
some of it dating back as far as 1850. viii
amount to near S2ooJoOo, for more than half of
which amount the Government has no security.
Ike. Cook is still retained in the Chicago
Post Office in the face of the most damaging
evidence, because be threatens exposure preiu-
dicial to the Administration. He was permitted
to go 10 Charleston, though Mr.. Holt had long
since urged his removal, and the difference on
that account nearly led TO a rupture in the Cab
met. Others. like o'Flynn of Detroit, baSe
been retained for for more than a year subse-
qnent to detection, for political reasons only.
Evidence Of the grossest corruption exists on
record, which has been first concealed and
then assiduously denied, when the proof was
furnished. l...'s7-.-.,
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1860-05-24
The Platform.

The Platform adopted by the Ghicogo Con-
vention is one upon which all can stand, and
one ft for the deEotees Of Justice, Liberty and
Patriotism to support. at is one that will tell
with the most terrible effect against the slave
code platform that will probably be adopted at
Baltimore by the African Slave-trade Democ-
rasy. The platform is opposed to Disunion un-
der all circumstances, and condemns the course
of Democratic leaders in threatening to dissolve
theUnion in the event of the success of the Re-
publicans; is opposed tothe present extraya-
gance of the administration; to the present un-.
precedented subservieney of the Democratic
party to the South; to the dogma that the Con-
sitution carries slavery wherever it goes; to the
doctrine that Congress or territorial legislature
have the power to establish slavery in .theterri-
tory now free; to the re-opening of the African
Slave Trade, and to change in the naturaliza-
tion. laws. It is in favor of the immediate ad-
mission of Kansas as State; of protective
Tariff; of the Pacific Rail Road; of the House
HOMESTEAD bill; and Of River and Harbor i'm
Proyements.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1860-05-24
EVENING SESSION.

The Convention re-assembled at five
A large banner was brought on the plat
form by Pennsylvanians, bearing the in.
scrption, Pennsylvania good for 10000
majority for the peoples candidate for Pres
ident, Abe Lincoln" 1t was received
with loud applause.
At half past five order was obtained and
the President announced that the business
before the Convention was to ballot for
Vice President. q
NJ. Wilder, of Kansas, named John
Hickman, of Pennsylvania.
Mr.. Lewis, Of PENN, seconded the nom
nation. Applause. RS s.l
Hannibal Hamlin Of Maine, and N. P.
Banks Of Massachusetts,, were nominated.
of Mass. Lond applause.
Mr.. Lowry, ofPenn., named Gov. Reed
er, of Penn.
The first ballot was then taken, with
the following result Hannibal Hamlin
Maine l6; New Hampshier 10; Vermont
10; Massachusetts /; Rhode Island 8;
Connecticut 5; New York 35; New Jer-
sey 8; Pennsylvania IL; Maryland 8; Del
aware 2; Ohio 46; Indiana 8; Michigan
8; Illinois 2; Wisconsin 5; Iowa 6; Min
nesota 6; Oregon /; Total l94. For
Cass;us M. Clay-Connecticut 8; New
York o; New Jersey /; Pennsylvania Al;
Maryland 2; Delaware 8; Virginia 23;
Kentucky %; Indiana 1s; Michigan 4;
Illinois 2; Wisconsin 5; Minnesota 1; Ne
braska l District of Columbia 2. Total
lolt. For John Hickman-Massachu-
setts l; Connecticut s., New York IL;
Pennsylyania Z; Maryland i Delaware /;
Missouri 9; illinois 2; California g.; Min
nesota /; Oregon 8; Kansas Z; Nebraska
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1860-05-24
Ashmun on Lincoln and Ham,in.

AShmun on Lincoln and HGmlin.
The Hon. George Ashmun, of Mass,
President of the National Republican Con-
vention, is one of the most distinguished
men in New England, and was the warm
personal and political friend of Daniel
Webster. He is an admirable presiding Of
ficer, and in his valedictory he paid the fol-
lowing deserved tribute to the Republican
nominees:
1t was my good fortune to have served
with Mr.. Lincoln in the Congress of the
United States, and l rejoice in the oppor-
tunity to say that there was never elected
to the House of Representatives a purer,
nor more intelligent and loyal Represent
ative than Abraham Lincoln. Great ap-
plause. The contest through which he
passed during the last two years has tried
him as by fire, and in that contest which
we are about to go for him now l
am sure that there is not enc man in this
country that will be compelled to hang his
head for anything in the life of Abraham
Lincoln. You have a candidate worthy of
the couse; you are pledged to his success;
the cause OF free government is pledged to
his success. The decree has gone forth
that he shall succeed. Tremendous ap-
plause. rzs
l have served also in public life with
Hannibal Hamlin. In the House of Rep
resentatives We were ranged on different
sides. He was firm Democrat of the old
school, while l was as firmly, and perhaps
too much so, acopy of the Webster school.
(Applause. But as is known to many o.
the gentlemen who sit here before me to-
day, there was always sympathetic chord
between him and me upon the question
that brought us here to-day. (Greas ap-
plause.) And as the old divisions of party
have crnmbled away, and the force of cir
cumstances have given rise to new issues,
it is not strange that We are found bat
Ting together in the common cause. l say
then gentlemen, that you have got ticket
worthy of the cause, and worthy of the
country.
Now, gentlemen, that we have compile
ted so well,s SO thoroughly, the great work
which the people sent US here to do, let us
adjourn 10 our several constituencies; and,
thanks be to God who giyeth the victory,
we will triumph. Applause.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1860-05-24
Nomination of Hannibal Ham.
lin

The selection of Hannibal Hamlin, Of
Maine, for Vice President, viii meet with
the cordial approval of the friends of Free
dom throughout the Union. Mr.. Hanlin
was born in Paris, Oxford county, Maine.
in 1909, and issnows in the 5lst year Of
his age. He is BY profession lawyer,
and for the last quarter of century has
been much in political life. The N. Y. Tri-
buaae says: -rs-=z--zs
From 1886 to 1910 he was a member
of the Legislature of Maine, and for three
of those years he was the Speaker of its
House Of Representatives. In ls43 he
was elected member of Congress, and re-
elected for the following term. In 1S47
he was again member of the State LIE
gislature, and the next year aschosen to
ill vacancy, oceasioned by the death of
John Fairfield, in the United States SEN
ate. In 1851 he was reelected for the
full term in, the same body, but resigned,on
being chosen Governor of Maine in 1857.
In the same month he was again elected
to the United States Senate for six years..
which office he accepted resigning the Gov
ernorship. He is still member of the
Senate. This record is an evidence of the
confidence with which he has always been
regarded by his fellow-citizens in Maine.
Up to the time of the passage of the
Kansas Nebraska bill in 1854, Mr.. Hamlin
was member of the Democratic party.
That act he regarded as proof that the
party, with which he had been all his life
connected, no longer deserved the name of
Democratic, and was treacherous to the
principles he had so long cherished. Thence
forward be gave his support to the Repub-
lican party, of which be has ever since con-
tinued a faithful and distinguished leader.
Mr.. Hamlin is a man of dignifed pres
ence, of solid abilities, and unfinching in
tegrity, and great executive talent Fa-
miliar with the business of legislation, be
is peculiarly adapted, by the possession of
all these qualities, to fill benefcially for the
country, and to his own and his party's
honor, the high post for which he has been
nominated. The name of Hannibal Ham.
lin of Maine is fit second to that of
Abramam Lincoln of Illinois.
The Chicago Democrat, edited by May
or Wentworth, formerly a Democratic mem
Der of Congress from Illinois, states that
while Representative of Maine in the
House, Mr.. Hamlin distinguished himself
as an out and out Silas Wright Democrat,
and adds:
We always met him in private consulta-
tion with such men as King, Wilmot, DC,
to devise means for the passage of the
Wilmot Proviso; for in those days it was
not antiDemocratic to be free-soiler, nor
anti-Democratic to oppose the extension of
slavery.
/ Mr.. Hamlin took his seat in the Senate
in the Thirtieth Congress, where he con-
tinued until 1856, when he was elected
Governor of Maine by the largest majority
ever given to any person who had opposi-
tion, viz: II, ,eS1.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1860-05-24
Cut Out the Rive.

The value of the wheat crop can be
greatly enhanced in many fields by trifing
expenditure of labor NOW. In many pla-
ces there is, here and there, stool of rye,
standing CONSPICUOUS above the wheat. 1t
can be easily cut out now, and now is the
time. Any "visible admixturen of rye in a
single bag detracts a considerable per CEN
tage from the market value of load; as
not few farmers have found out. Cut
the rye carefully out, and whether for seed
or market the wheat will be worth ten
times more than the cost incurred in clear
ing the field of other grain. ear
In company with friend, we made an
"editorial excursion" through considera-
Bile portion of the southern part of the
County, and also into the borders of Stark.
1t was very pleasant trip. The verdure
of meadow and wheat field and orchard
shone in its perfect emerald brightness; so
far as one may judge, there is through'that
section, every promise of plenteous sea-
son.
The breadth of land sown to wheat is,
we should think, not less than that of last
year, and very few fields comparative
ly have been injured by the winter. We
talked with very many farmers, and with
single exception they all looked upon the
wheat prospects as first rate. One gentle
man told us that his own fields were bad
ly winter-killed and he did not look for
half a crop. r7-c --e -
The prospects Of fruit are uniformly
good. The apple orchards have never
bloomed more profusely, and the small
fruits appear to have suffered but little
from the frosts thus far..Akron Beacon.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1860-05-24
The Democratic Meeting

Held in the Court House, in Millersburg, on
Saturday last, was one of the most farsieal af-
fairs of the kind ever witnessed in this county.
There were not over half-a-dozen present when
it was organized. but as the numbers increased,
the "aoise and confusion" increased proportion
ably. At one time there must have been doz-
en- speaking at once, upon as manF different sub
jects, and as many more earnestly gesticulating,
with hands, yes: and mouth. Some of the
speakers seemed angry and talked about fight
ing, whilst others, we thought; were striving to
see how ridiculous they could make the whole
affair. Our old friend, JoHs Il. SMITH, Esq.,.
was Chairman: Weare sorry to say he didnot
preside to the satisfaction of all.e One veteran
In the party used very "unpurty" language to-
wards him, fright out in meetin, !" and another
charged him with coming to town purposely to.
be appointed Chairman, de-, Altogether, de.
mocracy was true to itself for once on Saturday
iast-it is farce, a humbug.