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New Fractional Currency"

8ie proposed new issue Of fractional
currency is not yet ready for distribution
aud the notes Of some of the denomina-
tions are still in the hands of the engra-
vers. The ffy cent notes. OF which a few
specimens have been finished. are thee
aud half inches long 10y an iEch and a
ha.f wide. In general appearance these
notes ale not unlike large portion of the
bank issues in circulation. The vignete
is lhe figure Of a female holding III her
left hand the scales Of Justi, e; IN ler
,ight hand is tie sword, and her arm Is
resting on an illustrated shield. Covering
a mar, of the shield is a cloud Of smoke.
On either side Of The vigEe,.e, and extend
inc across the note Is the word Flttv
in bronze, and on the extreme ends also
the word Fifty" Oh a lathe work back
ground al eacl corner in the border
are the figures 50.' The legend on
the note is as iollows:--
"Uui,ed States Fractional Currency.
Fifty Cents. Furnished only bv the A>sls
raut Trea,nrels AID designated deposita
ries of tie United States. Receivable for
All Uui,4d States stamps. + (. Spinner,
treasurer 5 3. Colby, Registrar"
There are also the words, Act approx
ei March 8, 1863 and Engraved and
printed at tie Treasury" The face Of
he note, except the bronze figures, Is
printed in black the back is printed in
red. At each end, in an oval lathe work,
are the figures 80" The border is
composed of the word. I" United Siates,'
" So" and in the centre is The inscrlp-
tlon -
This note is excbangeable for Upifed
States notes hy the Assistant 1rersu'ers
and designated depositare' of The United
States IN sums not less than thee dollar
Receivable IL payment of all dues to the
United States less .han five dollars, except
customs
Outline figures in bronze go are print
ed over The Inscription. On the corners
Of the back are the Treasury marks, " s.
2-6-4' The engraving the paper and
the printing Of tho bills are all good, and
the security against countorfei':ng, aIter-
ing and r!!otosraphing i. far greater than
in III - rntrppr- now in rirrul ati1n
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NAVAL DEror.--kefe,ring to a discus.
sion in the Assembly relative to a Naval
Depot on the Lake, the Racine Jour'tal
thus speaks Of the advantages Of this place
for The purpose:
Msnitowoc is vastly preferable to
Green Bay 1t has a harbor easy Of i'm
provementa: comparatively small expense
and when improved, it will be the most
capacions. accessible and safe of any on the
western shore Of this lake. The vicinity
Of the por, abounds with ncomparah,e
timber for shipbuileing, and its mechaoieS
have turned out some vessels, the equsi Of
which, for model, strength and capacity.
do not hoat on western waters. II has ali
the facilities requisite for he purpose, and
would be practically available every day
0! every month in the calender"
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Ey Gold ia kitDg agsio. II vent NJ
~ a2l5 90 The 7th.
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An Eloquent Welcome.

On the 81 inst, Gov. LEWIS and ls'g'
number OF the members of The Legislature
visited Milwaukee. Tie Governor ane
the Legislators were welcomed by Hon
| HENRY l.. palmer, The Democratic cand
late for Governor in 1868, as follows:
| GoyeRNoR LEWIS AND GENTLEMEN OF
The SENAIE AND ASSEMBLY 1t Is not OF
| Ten that an occasion ike :be presen, oc'
ours when The cily of milwaukee, has The
pleasure of welcoming the Legislature O
WISCONSIN, and The State riilco!a n
bodv to her hospi;"litics. When, te"
hour. since. the telegraph announced that
you were to come TO our city, the people
came together spont taheously, determined
TO make such arrangements for render
ing yonr stay among us agreeable. as the
lnited time at our disposal would enable
us to make
TO me has been asi gred the pleasant
duty of welcoming you to our hospi.alites.
You, Governor Lewis, we receive MS the
worthy representative of the proud and
sovereign State of Wisconsin. AppIau,e
We tender YOU, in behalf Of the city oi
Milwaukee, an honored and a hearty wei
come. You, Senators and hssembI ymen.
10 " HON the interest anil tIe welfare oi
the State are entrusted, we re- joice at this
opportunity o. making a more thorough
personal acquaintance with you.
II is true that YOU aud |, and that you
and our peopl. may sometimes differ on
some minor political questions. as ii is the
genius of the Americsa people to DO; but
this does not interfere with our social ie-
Ia,ions, or orr lire Of conduct in regard
to matters of common interest. Men will
differ on some matters until the human in
tellecl shall be moulded differently from
ha, i, now i~-tnen will differ in regard
TO politics. religion. and everything Which
admits Of 'lispue-hut let me say 20 you
that, in the great question Of whether ON
glorious nation shall be mainiainej
and treason be put down, the heart Of The
people Of Milwaukee is "a sound as thu,
Of anv people on earth. Loud app!aus
On lha, subject no difference Of opinion
rxis, among ourselves, aad none between
US and you.
We all seek alike. too, the wa|fare OF
our noble State Whatever shall be
agreed upon by you aud your fu.ure leg
i.Iature that shall best develop ber Re
sources >nd promote the good Of lar ''-", c,
l'1, .,,.w~uk4e viii GO operate 10 her III
most power in tie effort to make Wiz
cousin rsisin the high and proud position
among The States which she has ever
;m@uinned.
But gentlemen. I Am aware ths, ever,
'monent which con.ume in talking l..
yon, Is keeping you from the little ban
qnei before lou which yea don5iless need
alter your long ,ise. Every moment
which consume is also keeping YOU from
that other and intellectual banquet nsich
YOU have come to eIj"y, and Which, !
am able TO say. is a : feast Of reason and
a flow Of soul." | am tlereto1o adnon-
ish,d 10 be hrief In conclusion, let lne
sax, that express The hesr, fa't ecnIjue:.,
Of The entire people Of Milwaukee vhei.
biQ you- WELCcME.
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THE PEACE MOVEMENT.

Rebel Commissioners como to see US.
Lincoln goes to meet them.
Various opinions and specuIo:ions upon
uhat iras said and done.
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The Consultation q Failure.

lincoln ,pants more men and more par.
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NV York, Feb. 6.

The Heralds Washington special ssys
those in position to know the real t4cls of
the recent peace coufereEce, look upon The
result as bang very far from 's'ure, as
i, is impossbir Tor Lincoln or SEWARD to
say TO ~hs, e1seD. negotiations have fall
ed, or succeeded, until a reply t. Il" re~
por, Of Stephens and associates, is ieceiS cd
rom l.lclmohd.
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Tie Conme,ci0t's Washington 'Eecial
saws 1t is coniiden.!a,!y asserted that
;ho preti!ert Will issue Iroca'naNon
setting forth The result OF tie peace rs2o-
,iations aud calling upon The re'p,e % Eli
up the ranks ot tie arr:ie, aod assist N
closing the war Ly overwhelming military
operations.
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The Tribune says the rebels required
Of the PRESIDENT imm,dat. and unanaI,-
fled cessation Of hoslilties, leaving in
obey ance all questions concerning the ia
tegrity Of The Union, and tie sighlfrl ai-
thorily Of its government over the several
states, which The presiden, eourreously hus
promptly opposed. He told them that he
was neither authorized hor dispoFed 10
concede ard there the conference ended
The World argues 'hat the conference
was not failure, by showing that the reb-
ell comm's 'ssionefs were not autLof'zs 20
propose any terms bu, rather merely TO
have fn interview for information, SO as
10 enable the Richmond government t,
decide whether peace conference is e1-
pedient.
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arrived here from Fort Monroe this morn.
ing. They had an informal conference
with Stephens, Hunter and Campbell on
board the steamer River Queen in Hsmp.
ton Roads
The conference lasted four hours and is
positively known to have resulted 10 no
change Of attitude Of either our govern
mens or the rebels in other words, it
was failure.
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OTY1cE oE CorN1Y SUp'I Or ScHooLs, !
Msnitowoc, Feb. ~, 1865.
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w" q n VU Q.
The Posfs Washington speciri says ::
|, is reported that the president ''ili send
specAl message TO congress- tomorrow,
announcing the rau.e Cf ihs failure of the
ai,emp, st peace lsgoiiaions. Measures
VII he at once adopted By congress +"
strengthen TIE government, tho armies,
and ibe finances for grand summon cam
lagn.
Smyrna times., 1865-03-09
The Cotton in the south.

\ correspondent of the " T. H1uN writ
ing from Savannah, says that large quantities
Of cotton are collected ut Augusta, and that Il
sharp fight is going on between the owners and
the rebel authorities as to burning it. The
writer says:
The rebels are not inclined to burn the
town for the privilege of throwing away the
cotton, and 50 it remains there intact and ready
for our occupation, or, hat is still better, for
transportation to the city of Savannah, for
sale, as soon as the Government will pursue
sensible course and the railroads are repair
ed If the Government will assure a safe CON
duct to the cotton as against seizure by the
Treasury Department, and Il fair price to the
owners for the sanle-say ten cents per pound
venture to say that in less than three months
at least 80, GOO bales can be purchased in the
city~of Savannah from the interior, and the
greatest step tohea to bring back the peopIc to
the Uni0a than dny other the G0rernn,ent can
taAe The policy adopted in Savannah Of tax
ing every pound Of cotton without giving re-
ceipt for the same is suicidal one. and ought
to be changed"
Smyrna times., 1865-03-09
Petroleum.

The historian hereafter Of this great strug-
gle will record with wonder how nature herself
seemed to try to heal the fearful waste and loss
Of the war, so that the most profitable natural
discoveries Of the century occurred between
1865. While pouring out our means in the
costly effort for uphOlding liberty and law ON
this continent forever, the mountains and the
oil wells have opened their treasures to restore
the national wealth.
Petroleum has been known in all ages and
various countries, but its discovery and prepa-
ration as AN article IN extensive practical use,
dates back but few years. 1t was the method
of publication, learnt i'll the attempted produc-
ton Of illuminating oils from the slow distillatiOn
of kerosene from the petroleum. The origin
itself OF this oil is not, in scientific point of
view, certain; it is known to be the product Ot
the bituminous fermentation of either vegeta-
BILE or animal substances.
I In the United States, the oil is probably We
7 getapej IN Canada, OF animal origin. The
supplies are probably mainly in the cavities OF
uplifted strata, aud not diffused between reg
ular planes of stratihcation. 1t is found il
| Western Virginia, Northwestern New York
Ohio, Central Kentucky, Michigan, and Can
ada, "a, af' ~ ra
I The richest wells thus far have been discov
cred in Pennsylvania, but there is nothing Il
prevent their being found in many other States
though, from various analogies, the sdUGns ex
pect them more on the eastern slopes Of ou
mountain systems than the western 9is D. -
A. The increase Of production in it and tn
amount OF capital employed in Its discover.
and preparation are wonderful. Ihe value 0
E the soil GU Oil Creek, (Pennsylyania) for tw
!. miles wide aud twenty miles long. is estimate
f Lat $3.50, ,00o,O0O. 1t was worth about FIVE do
! lars an acre four years ago. Farms valued q
Smyrna times., 1865-03-09

during the year. Twenty second. Average number
of passengers per trip. Income Of road. Twenty
third, Total receipts from passengers. Twenty
fourth, Total receipts from other sources, and what
sources. Expenses Of operation and maintenance Of
road Twenty fifth, Amount of salaries paid to Of.
fcers of the company. Twenty SIKH, Amount paid
to employees, with the number each of clerks, con-
ductOrs, drivers, station keepers, and latOrcrs -
Twenty seventh, Amount paid for of all kinds,
and insurance. Twenty eighth, Amount paid lor
reconstruction of and repairs 10 track turnoutS and
other structures. Miscellaneous. Twenty ninth,
Amount of div,d nd, paid during the preceding year
in cash, and dividends in stock to Stockholders and
per cent gc of cach 1hrtietI, Increase nf capital
stock, i! any, during the year Thirty first, Numb
OF persons killed or seriously injured un the road du
ring the previous year, and the causes thereof.
Sec. D. And be ii further enacted, That it shal
be the duty of said company when said rood is com
plcied, Ia have prepared tickets for tssage an ihe
aud tn keep them at their office tor sale by In
pac~ag. oftNcuty.ti ovcf at the rate o twenty
five tor the dcllar.
Approved, jay |, 1864.
Smyrna times., 1865-03-09

$4,000 formerly have been purchased at prices
varying from 5000, 900 to 81 100000.
There are now over $50 companies working
tor oil and representing capital Of $3.50, 900, :
900.
1t is doubtful if the production of 1865 will
so much surpass 1863 as might be expected,
on account of the immense speculations going
on Ill the transfer of land for this purpose
The excitement has reached point in which
1t Is unhealthy for the prosperity of the bust
ness itself, and production is diminished by
speculation.
How long our oil-wells will last is of course
most vital question to our business commu-
NIFTY. Neither science nor practical skill can
an ,wer it. The Burmah wells, in India, have
lasted for ayes. But whether our own wells
are soon to be drained, or whether the supply
is to be like that of our coal, practically illimi
table is ulcertain. The Indications in the
failure of various springs, and the geological
condition of the coal strata make 1t probahl,
that our supply may greatly diminish in few
| Years.
| The production of the past year, no doub
worth S3OOU0.OOO to the country, is a erea
! help to our wasted resources
| One other discovery science indicates as be
Ing yet III store iOr Us, which shall add vastly
to the wealth Of the nation. That is, the un
locking the vast supplies Of Illuminating ga
which lie closed up somewhere to the east o
the great coal fields OF Amcrica Then vii
the land be supplied with such cheap mean
OF illumination, that petroleum will be NJ
| longer needed to the same degree, and will b.
exported III sill greater quantities.-N
| ViurS
Smyrna times., 1865-03-09
MISCELLAN EOUS.

ATIANuC MoNTIILY.--The March number
of this, the leading literary and political maga-
zine of the country, is at hand. Its reading
matter, as usual, is of the most interesting
character, contributed by the best authors in
the country. Price, $500 year Ticknor &
Fields publishers. l3j Washington street.
Boston.
ORR YorNG FoLKs.-The third number of
this magazine for boys and girls has come to
hand. Its pages are full Of the choicest and
most pleasing reading matter-suited to the
tastes of all youthful per ons who care for lite
nature. The magazine is daily increasing in
popularity,-it now having a circulation of
40 900 copies, making the establishment Of the
magazine Il complete success. Persons wish
ing to subscribe for it, should enclose two dol
lars, and address Ticknor I: Fields, l3j Wash
ington street, Boston.
FRANK LEsLIE's MAGAZINE.-T March
number of Frank Leslic's Lady's Magazine
and Guxctte of Fashion is ON our table. 1t is
rich in embellishments. The fashion plates
are truly gorgeous, and exhibit in a full and
accurate manner what is to be in vogue as the
style Of dress for ladies during the spring
months. Accompanying them are complete
instructions from the pen Of one fully capable
Of imparting information OH this all important
topic.
PETERSON S MAGAZGNE.--We have received
from the Publisher, the March number of Pc
terson's Ladies' National Magazine 1t is en-
beished with handsome engraving, entitled
Forest Leaves" :" The Fashion plates, and
colored patterns in Embroidery, Crochet. &c.,
arc very valuable to the ladies.
Smyrna times., 1865-03-09

No MILITARY GENUS. - The Richmond
llhig thinks Sherman has displayed none OF
the characteristics of a great commander :"
Then Beauregard, Johnston, Llarlee and Hood
must be very great blundcrerS, to let a general
with SO little claims to military genius com
pletely out general them as Sherman has done
lie may not have the characteristics of great
general, but he certainly has the merit of a
very successful one Whether genius or au-
dacity inspires he knows how to accomplish
the objects of his campaign, and that is all the
greatest military genius can do. If he comes
out of his South Carolina campaign successful
ly, he stands very fair chance of leaving a.
name upon history which will not be eclipsed
by that of any other general the war has pro-
duccd.
Smyrna times., 1865-03-09
Didn't Work.

The Honorable Grantley Berkeley, who sew
eral years ago visited our western Territories
for the purpose of buffalo hunting, has Just
published in England two volumes Of his Life
and RecollectiOns, in which he gives picture
Of the very peculiar times in which that author
was born and fourshed. Among his sketches
of royal life is Il story of Lady HaggarstOne' S
scheme to charm the Regent - Her lady ship
had at her residence miniature farm yard
and three pretty little Alderney cattle When
the prince and his friends had arrived she
came forward from a side wicket as a milk
maid, for the purpose of making sylabub for
the prince. She had silver pail i'll one hand
and an ornamental stool in the other Lady
llaggarstone tripped along, with ribbons flying
from her dainty little milking hat, that hung
on one side Of her graceful head, and the small
est little apron tied below her laced schumacher,
.tll she came opposite to his royal highncsS, to
whom she dropped Il really graceful courtesy.
Then passing lightly over the beautiful plated
: straw, her tucked-up gown showing her neat
ankle as well as her cOlored stockings, she
! placed her pail and stool conveniently for use
Leaning against the flank of one Of the cross
est looking Attorneys, she was attempting to
commence her rustic labors, but not having Sc
! ected the righG sex, the offended animal did
not seem to fancy the performance, for he frs
kicked out and then trOtted away, nearly up
setting pail stool and Lady Haggerstone, VIII,
covered with confusion. made haSty retreat
back to her little dairy, whence she did no
| appear again.
Smyrna times., 1865-03-09

TIE DEATH WATCH-The "death-watch"
is very common inmate -four houses Among
those who are unacquainted with the habits Of
insects. there Is common superstition that the
strange ticking sound often heard in old houses
is sign of approaching death This noise.
however, is caused by small beetle, which,
during its boring operations, rubs the neck and
chest together, by which means this Ito some
persons terrible omen is produccd-a fact
which, if more generally known, would save a
world Of causelcss anxiety and uneasiness. In
the larvae state these insects do great injury to
our furniture and the wood work of old houses.
which they gnaw continually When captured
this beetle feigns death with the strongest per
tinacity, preterring, it is said, to suffer death
on slow fire rather than betray the least sign
of vitality. The death watch" on account
of its retired habits, minute size and dark col
or, is very seldom seen and as there are often
several individuals working at the Same time
in their boring operations the sound seems to
proceed simultaneously from opposite direc-
tons, thus adding to the Supcrtitious terror
wherewith by some persons it is REGARDED. 1t
is not larger than good-sized flea.
Smyrna times., 1865-03-09

TIE UNION PRISONERS All WILMINITON-
One Of the results Of taking Wilmington was
the recovery Of four or five hundred Union
prisoners, who manged to escape as the town
was being evacuated, and afterwards returned
to our army. 4 correspondent says:
''They were found wandering all around the
streets the next day begging for a piece of
bread, or anything to sustain life. Many,
worn out by starvation and disease, were una
first cares was to collect and feed these men,
Two large warehouses which had been vacated
by their owners, were turned into hospitals,
rude hunks were hastily constructed, and soon
filled with thin bony forms, which told too
plainly story Of rebel barbarity. ="
Smyrna times., 1865-03-09

TIE OFFENDED DoG.-A gentleman living
in lodgings, having dog, which, in wet and
dirty weather, much annoyed the mistress of
the house, She desired it might be put away.
To comply with her request, without thinking
to do the animal any injury, the owner contri-
we'd one evening to enter the house and shut
the door SO suddenly that the dog was exclu-
ded. Being unwilling to lose his faithful quad
ruped, he rose early the next morning and
went in pursuit of it, and, to his great JOY
found it walking on a wharf which he had been
accustomed to frequent. He was, however,
much mortified and surprised to find that all
his attempts to invite the creature to his ca
resses were treated with the utmost contempt
The dog, as if conscious of the unmerited in
suit it had received, disowned the man who
had been cruel enough to exclude it from the
house. Thus it continued, subsisting by rov-
ing too and fro, and no efforts or overture>
could ever induce the dog to acknowledge it,
former owner. The dog was finally taken on
board Of Il ship and carried to sea.
Smyrna times., 1865-03-09

FoRT SUMTER AS IT STANDS The destruc-
tion of the walls of Sumter made it stronger
fort than when it stood intact The rebels
had piled gabion upon gabion IA deep wicker
basket filed with earth or sand, with terraces
and bomb proofs, till the defences were hun
dred feet thick. The mb-proofs Of the SEN
tnels and soldiers GU duty are little steep holes,
down which they ran and hid themselves ~
soon as they saw the smoke Of the guns on
Morris Island, remaining there until the shell
exploded. The heavy siege guns are conceal.
ed and protected beneath these impregnable
defences, and are worked in under ground gal.
leries. The quarters of the officers and men
are also bomb-proots underground rooms,
against an attack ON the sides that have been
battered down, there are wires stretched along
the parapets, and lines of chepamr de Jriese at
the bottom to trip up and arrest the charge of
an assaulting party @ -
Smyrna times., 1865-03-09

A Coop ONE-Somewhere in the outskirt,
Of Hartford there is Mission School that has
the reputation of being rather noisy" SC
much so that those appointed to take charge
of it generally resign in few weeks. Last
Sunday, the school being destitute of a super
intendent prominent manufacturer Of Nor
wich, Conn, volunteered for the day. Having
called the school to order, and got the most of
them seated, Boys, " said he, mounting the
platform, let's see if we can t have it still, -
and he put himself in quiet posture for the
school to initiate As there was some noise
" Boys, we can have it stiller, | know and
walked tc the front part of the stage and rails
ing his hand Now let's see if We can't heal
a pin drop
All was silence, when little fellow in the
back part of the room, placing himself in an
attitude of breathess attention, spoke OUT
= Aet her dropF
The stern features of the superintendent are
said to have slightly relaxed.
Smyrna times., 1865-03-09

An Indiana exchange states that only about
one in six of the rebels confined in Camp Nor
ton are willing to be exchanged Therefore
only about one thousand will be sent on, un-
less, to get our men out Of rebel hands, the
Government makes the rebels 90 home Evi-
IDENTITY the majority of the rebels in the North
are not sanguine Of success, nor are they Ian
gushing to die in the last ditch. This is not
because they are so delightfully."- situated in
Camp Morton; for although our military au-
thOrities avoid everything that approaches
cruelty, the location is not desirable one for
a thin skinned-man.