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~ A reporter in New York has at last been
able to jot down ono of Mr.. John B. Coughs
unrcportable good things, being passage from
his lecture on "llabit." Those who have heard
it from the orators lips will enjoy the reading
of il; those who have not must try to imagine
some of the speakers humor and drollery of
action, which added no much to the fun OF the
story rs he told it. Mr.. Cough said he once
snt in railroad station for an hour and watch.
ed how civil the railroad officials were, and the
extent to which their civility was taxed. lie
listened 10 the following conversation between
an intending passenger and the ticket clerk:
"Docs the next train stop at Newton?'
"No, sir; il, is the Express train"
"Don't the Express train stop thcre?'
"No, sir; it goes past"
"Ilow much is the fare?"
"One dollar and twenty-five cents"
"When will the next train 30 that stops at
Ncwton?"
"At four o'clock, cir" .
"why don't the Express train stop there ?"
"Bccau-c it goes right through"
"Docs it never stop therc?'
"No, sir never
"Will the train that starts at four O'Clock
stop therc?"
"Yes, cir"
There's no danger Of its going past without
stopping, is thcrc?'
"No, sir"
at isn't tho Express train that goes at four
o'clock, is it?"
"No, sir.
"Couldn't tho Express train just as we'll stop
as hot?'
mo. sir"
:Why don't it,"
"Don't know, sir."
"Will tins ticket take me to Ncwton?'
ayes, sir"
"Does the train stop anywhere between here
and Newton?"
"No. SIR"
81 couldn't get of anywhere for u few min
utes. could IL"
"No, SIR"
"W hat time does tho train start?'
-Four o'clock, SIR"
at will be sure to start on time, will it!'
Cirk-(angrly)-"Ycs, cir"
Tarciirr-"Wcll, yc might be eitil.'
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PERSONS TRAVELLING
FROM MAINE TO CANADA
AND THE WEST!
5000 LESS
EorccIosu,.c OF ,WorfyUgC.

T HEREBY ..iye noti'n that Luther ID Stoyor, oi
| York IN the County ur Work. and state OF Maine
nv his mortgl-u deed bearing date August 3Ith, \.
ID ISiS aud recorded i'm the York County Registry
of Deeds Book 2il, Pagc ls9 conveyed To- nc In lee
aud In mort gage the following described real estate
situate in slid town OF York, and bounded thus viz
Bcrinnin. at hub at the SOutheTly end Ot u piece
of stone wall land Of OhCdah StOyer. from thence
North siNty-on" degrees West, fourteen rods To \
spruce tree spO,ted thence North thirty degrees
Nest ten rods aud twenty links To white maple tree
spotIrd gu four sides, To land Of Joel Norton, de-
ceased thence By suil Sortons land SouthwoSterly
eighteen rods and i've links thence by sald NoEtonS
land Southeastcrly thiTty-sight rods and nineteen
links 20 hub in tile marsh; thence North sixteen de-
grscs last twenty-five rOds AMI twenty-five lirks To
the place begun at, containing i've acres, more or
less. Also, privilege OF road tort pass way on 10
said lot IRON the beach at the Westerly end OF the
field 20 said premises by his opening and shutting
bars aud gates Also. one other lot whereOn said lu
ther II. StOyerS house now stands, bounded as iOl-
lows, via; Beginning at the road at the corner OF
Gcurge DoWlrns field, from thence SOuthesjtcrly by
said field eight rods and seventeen links thence
south tWcnty.siN degrees West six rods by sad Obe-
diah's land 90 large rock thence North seventy
degrees West, four rods thence North hity:hNe and
One-half degrees West, live ruis and hUeen links ny
said Ubediah's aud 90 the rad thence Northeast
erly by the said read to the place begun AT contain
in thiTt Of an acre, more or less bey the Sane
lot purchased by Luther Stcvcr Of Obcdiah Stoyer
aud that the condition Of said mortgage has been
broken, and that by reason thereof J claim fore.
closure or the same. MARk PooLE.
Witness. JNNFs W. STONg.
EgnnphuuE March gslth. l~tl'i iwlS
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TnE WICKED WoRLD.-The world is good
enough if those who inhabt it would make the
best of it. Yet how many arc groaninS and
signing through it, rs though itwcrc but u
lcaky, wrc,clci tenant place, which the soon.
CT ono were out OF the better. Not 80 do we
regard this glorious creation OF God, where
beauty and plenty crown every landscape, and
splcndor quiycrs athwart tho skies and SHIN
mcrs the waters. Believing that the All.Fath.
er has made man but think that no has lily
provided him with mortal habitation.
We behold the earth. and all its surround.
inc elements, quick and bursting with bountics,
adupted TO the deeds and tastes Of man-and
our only wonder is, that in spite OF six thous-
and years gamo Of war, crime, hatred, and idle
ncrs, man has found this garden not 30 inhabi.
table. He has done all he could TO cover IL
with waste and ruin, and make il Q "vals of
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A coppERHEAD's MODEL PATRIOT.

That degenerate son of Maine, G. Chauncey
Burr, the friend and fclOw-laborer OF Valand.
iclam and Fernando Wood, the untiring Win
fer Of our bravo soldiers, OF the government
aud the war, publishes magazine called the
Old Guard, in the last number OF which he has
taken occasion to hold up before us the example
which in all our land he deems most worthy OF
imitation. We copy brief extract, partly
that our readers may see who it is that this
copperhcad patriot holds us the highest possible
model, and partly rs presenting tho best spcd.
men of consistent coppcrhcadism which we
have lately met:
ave should despiSe ourselli wewere wanting
in the integrity and courage to thus plainly
utter our honest opinions in relation to the
public character whom We believe to be one o'
the foremost men as well ns one OF the purcst
patriots OF his age. And it sa question which
impartial and inexorable history will have to
settle, whethera success on his part would have
proved benefit to his country, by preserving
the grand principle of self government and
liberty which was established here by our iath
ers. The Union, Rs il was established by our
fathers, was dear to General Leo as 1t was to
every body in the land, except thenegro equaliz
ing revolutionsts now in power. They were
and are tue real foes of the Union. They,
not men like General Lee, are traitors to the
great American principle of government And
we have quite rs little respect us patience Tor
that by no means small number of northern
journalists, who fully understand this question,
who know thar the distractions to the lasting
peace of this Union are even now, rs they ever
were, not in the South, but in the North, anu
yet most culpably fail in rcbuking that i'm
pudcnt, noisy and sensclcss larrigo which
would regard inen lSc Lee and Stephens as
traitors, and like Ben Butler and Stanton as
patriota. Shame! eternal shame! There Is
not single leading statesman in the South, nor
a single Southern man, who Is not believer IN.
and an admirer OF the principles OF the Con-
s,tution and the Union; hut there is not ono
single leader of the Northern faction now in
power who does not hate and who ia not trying
to overthrow those principles Disunionism
ii. Q. enmity to the principles OF the Union.
is ut this moment confined to the northern
states. Here il sc0wls and sncers, and mum
bles its Internal incantations in the face and
eyes Of honest patriotism, and there are not
twenty editors to be found in all the country,
who have the pluck and manhood to strip the
false covering from the foul, seditious monster.
They venture to utter some limid. doubtful
protests, hut they have the field. When every
Democratic editor will speak out his real
thought, and say boldly and defantly that he
believes men like Robert f. Lee to be patriots,
and men like Stanton and Seward to bc traitors,
there will be moro honest men in the land than
there is now, and there will bc more hope Tor
liberty-ior our country's lasting peace and
honor"
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tears" and yet ], is rcaplcndcn. with beauties
and rlorics. such az man could not conceive
were the frulning OF world lett TO him.
live will consider the mortality and breyity
of this life. we shall zee enough u do and en-
ioy in this world, to claim our best powers and
lofty aspirations. The trouble is, ws too much !!
disjain the sphere God has appointed and It is
fair to presume that, could we carry our 'em,
pers unchanged to higher spheres. we should
there equally arraign the providence ot uoa.
We are too proud and rcbellous oil present con
ditions-or us Pope says;
"Men would be angels, angels would he god'''
We are but men and women on the earth'
and never shall be more under heaven. until we
accept and approve Gods blessing in an huino-
Ter and purer spirit, and practice those virtues
which, more than aught else, constitute the an'
golic and divine.
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y The Boston Advertiser calls attention to
the fac. that the influence cxcrtcd by the Prcss
dcnt in the late canvass in Connecticut, to in
ducc republicans to vote for English, was used
in the most elective way possible. lie removed
no nan from Office, hut yet by his conduct Gre
atcd the idea that the true way for Office hold
crs ~ retain his favor, was to vote Tor English
thus cxerting an influence not only on the
o!ice-holders but also on all who wanted to oc
cupy their places. Thus tho Executive inilu.
encs was carried to its maximum and given to
Mr.. English, and we can now measure it's
strength, or rather it's weakness, in the closest
OF the Republican States.
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9uftrp.
THE WORLD HARVEST.


BY Eprru OAKLEY.
They are sowing their secl In the dawnlrht fair,
They ar- sowiug their sesd In the ncon-day's glare,
They are sowing their .e,,l in the son twilight,
They are sowing their s.-i in the solemn night.
What shall the harvest be-
They arc sowing the STD u pleasant thought;
In the springs gTren ght they have blthely wrought
They have brousht their finces from wo"i and dell,
Where the mOsses cr-ep aIl the fiowtr-bris swell.
Hare shall the harvest he.
They are sowing their seed Of word and deel,
Wllch the c,ll know not, nor the careless heed
~ In. gentle wuri and the kindly deel
They have blrsscl the heart In its sOrcst need
Sweet will the harvest he.
Ana some are sowing the seed of lain,
Of late remorse AMI nailened brain;
AMI the stars shall fall AMI the sun shall wane,
Ire they rot the wc',ls irUm the soil again.
bark viii the harvest be.
Ani srlnc arc standing with lille hanl,
VT t,lay 'cytcr 80 on their native hnlj
Awl some arr sowing the sseSl u carr,
Whch their s,.l hath hJrie, AMI stiil must bear.
SVl viii the hary,sthe.
Tbcy NJ, sowing tl,ir secl of noble deed,
MLl a h.. pies watch alId au earne., heel
With ,',r,lesS halal oer the earth they SOW,
Ali the fields are whitening wherccr they 60.
Iich will the harvest be.
Sown ia darkness, or sown in light
Sowu In weakness, 20 sown in might,
Soyn in mcekness, &c sOwn In wrath,
Iutlc brad wOrll Geli, or thc slalowy path,
Sure win the harvest lie.
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STATE OF MAINE.

q tNiNNs ~
To ihs Honorable ths ss,icss ofths SsBT'ms Jseiai
CosHtJ Of iork, hs toHTth Tuesday Of May, 4. ID.
l~GGs
rLI.EN r. LORD, of rcrwlck, in sa'd County OF
" York, wife &c GcOrgc l."rd. now of parts un'
known tsspectfuly libclS aud gives this Honorable
Court tn he informed. that she was lawfully married
20 said Georsc 4. at RollnsfOTd. IN the County ot
STAFFORD and state oT New Hampshire, on the ninth
lay OC July, A u 1879, and has had by HIN one
child now living, AMI aged six years, Harry a. Lord
hat since said ncunarrilc your llbellant AMI said
Georgc j. have cOlabte husband and wife At said
Berwick that your libelant has always since said
intcTuarTiasc behaved toward said GcOrgc j. ~ u
chastc, faithful ami aiIrctonate wife, but that the
said Genr,.. ~ wholly regardless OF his marriage
eoyena nj and duty on or about the first day of Feb
rlary, A. u. lsGl committed the crime al adultery
at Concord, in said State Of New Hampshire with
some lcwd woman tU YOUR libellant unsnOwni ON ar
about the first day or March, n ID. lsGi committed
the crime oi adultery with some lcwd woman to y"nr
libellant unknown, vt SomcrSwOTth, In said County
Of StrafOrl ani State at New Hampshire also. ON
divers DAYS an times between said hrSt daN ot feb.
ruary, \. u. IS6i aud the day of the filing hereof,
committed the crime of adultery with other AMI di'
y-rs owd women whose uamcs are To your lihellant
unkn0wn, at Slid Concord, said SOmer'woTth an,i
said Berwick. Alsu that the said UcOrge J., on or
about the twentieth day or May a. lsGS, wholly
deserted your hclaut without any good or sufficient
cause therefor and since said May ~, \, ID lS6i has
utterly neglected AMI refused Ia contribute anything
toward the support OT your hbellsnt or her said
child, Harry u.
WEeTeire and because II l. reasonable and proper,
conducive to domestic harmony and consistent will,
the peace aud morality OF society, Your hbeilant
prays that a divorce frUm the bonds ot matriinony
between her and the said Gcorgc j =, may bc granted
10 her; that the custody Of her said child may he
cCTccd o her; and for such other and further relief
as TO this Honorable Court may seem Just and prop.
er. and n in duty bound will ever pray. ,,
-, ELLEN I. LORD.
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Erl.GGd0ln .N0ficc.

I Hereby give 10 my son, Joel waldron, and 10 my
daughter, Martha j. Wahlron, their time 10 act anl
trade tnr themselves a. shall caim none OF their
earnings nor pay any debts ot their contracting alter
this date. FREDEklCh NALphoS.
Witness 4 J. MLLINEN.
~. A,
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Why is love iiko ducks loot? Because it
often lice hidden in the breast.
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ORDERED, That the libellant give notice cf the
" pcndency of this libel by Publishing the same,
with this order 1t notice thereon three weeks sue
ccssiyely in the Union and Journal, y newspaper
published at Bdleforl in said County. the last pub.
catOn o. he nj least two weeks before the sitting ot
our supreme Judicial Court next to hc held az AL
fred iu ssd County, ON the fourth Tuesday oI May,
A. u. lSrG. that the respondent may then AMI there
appear and EhcW causc. " any ne have, why the
PRAYER Ut the hbcllant shOull not be- granted.
RUFUS T. TArLEY,
lrlN Inhrn 4 i Court.
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Agents Wanted
In every town iu York County to sell the celebrated
LEAvITT
SEWING MACHINE

n Apply to Emery q Co., No. Union Block
tor Va Gnunty ~
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HURRAH! HURRAH!!
THE NEWS.

Our special dispatches this evening are
lengthy and very interesting; embracing
as they do accounts from many sections OF
the East, and giving all the prominent
points in the fastest national legislation.
C. C. Clay is released; Green Clay Smith,
of Kentucky, is appointed Governor OF
Montana; Colorado is to have another
show for State life, in the Senate's cons'd-
Grafton, while Utah will be reported out
with developments" Lincoln's funeral
car has been purchased by Mr.. Durant
and presented TO the Union Pacific Rail-
road Company; CONFESS has been censur-
ing Thomas Francis Meagher for his con-
duct while Secretary and Acting Governor
of Montana; the Post Office Department
will recommend a national system OF tele-
graphing. whereby i, is believed ''ordinary
dispatches" can be sent for three cents o
word; the rinderpes. has appeared along
the line of the Panama railroad; a steamer
collision and burning, and a big fire in
Pennsylvania, and a 100000 coin haul
by the Liberals from the French, in
Mexico an official declaration is made by
the United States Adjusant General that
the Peace Proclamation does not withdraw
martial law all Of which and more is
duly heralded by our special ,elegraphio
bulge, of this evening. Any reader, how
ever, looking through the dispatches in
expectation of finding another Reconssruc-
ton resolution introduced by our Senator
Stewart. will be disappointed-to-day.
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rar aosprrAn ooNrAAor SWIM.

oA0s
Go into the Hospital to-day. There, 1t
is said, are to DO found four sick persons.
entirely dependent on the county. The
county is made to pay $4,000 per month
$4,000 per year-for this Hospital
care. $4,000 per month is $500 for each
patient this month!
This contract was made through the
exer,ions, and by combinations with, Geo.
F. Jones. BY means of it, not less than
$4,000, and in all probability $4,000,
per year is plundercd from the public
treasury. This $4,000 or $4,000 drain
is what the people Of this county, tax
burdened as they are, W to Jones. It is
an unparalleled outrage upon the people,
so afflicted with debt and straitened by
annual assessments for the support of q
county government. Columns of the Viz
ginia papers have been filled with expos
ures Of the enormity Of the preceding
arrangement for the care of the invalids Of
the county but that was a pittance charge
compared with the present imposition.
This contract" should be broken up.
We believe it can be established that it is
illegal as well as extortionate. If Jones
is defeated in his aspirations for Mayor, il
will be ripped up for the strength Of a
certain combination that now has the
keeping of both county and city purses,
to O great extent, will be e~ffectually de-
stroyed by the election Of John Piper as
Mayor Of Virginia.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-04-19

TRIED 1T IN LYON CouNTr.-A promi-
nent Union man from Silver City, last
night. came up to remind US that ak
months ago, the County Central Commit.
tee Of Lyon tried to get up just such a
Convention as the Triumvirate named.
The County Committee actually proceed
ed so far as to name delegates; but the
people would not abide it. Primaries
were ordered, and matters took their usual
course. Here we have an example and q
warning from the Banner Union county
Of the State. Our friend from Silver in
quired if the masses Of Union men in
Virginia were so spathesic as not to see
tina. the plan of the Triumvirs, If carried
out, would surely result in the defeat Of
their party next Fall.
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WHAT REDUCTION s-The outstanding
Indebtedness (principal and interest) on
the Is, day Of April, 1865, amounted to
s2ls,l22 70. There has been redeemed
Sy the present administration, since the
10th day Of May last, S6s,266 OF. princi-
pal and interest Of the indebtedness
Jones' Report. :,
We are not here informed how much
actual reduction Of city debt has been
made. This information would not
serve a point" in this connection.
When Jones went into Office the city
owed about s225,ooo So there has been
an actual reduction of between Ave and
six thousand dollars, only. And what
reduction has been made, has been secured
by the Aldermen, in spite Of the Mayor.
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Aenafble Viewa.

Mr.. George W. Curtis is known to
everybody as an emphatic, outspoken
Radical" His views are indicated in q
strong article in Harper's Weekly, Of
which he is the editor, from which we
quote as follows:
"If this hostility continues, practical re-
organization Of the Union will be delayed
for two years certainly. A political revo-
luton will inevitably arise which will re-
turn the late rebel States to Congress
without the oath Of loyalty, and transfer
the Government to the present opposition.
Now Congress, it seems to US, for reasons
which must be apparent to every thought
full man, must take the initiative in return
ing to cooperation with the President. Il
must consider what is called his policy to.
tally irrespective Of his personality. The
central idea Of that policy is, that q change
of feeling cannot be wrought by law.
We must remember that we are TO live
with the people Of the late rebel States as
fellow citizens, not as subjects ; and wise
men will see many reasons why it is bet
ter to leave many things that we might
now wish to effect directly to the surer
accomplishment Of indirect method"
II we cannot get all that we would ex-
act, all that should be justly conceded in
the way Of guarantees from the South, We
may obtain something, possibly all that is
necessary, under apolicy which the Fres-
ident and Congress may agree upon; while,
on the other hand, if there is irreconcilable
division between the two everything is
lost. Wisdom counsels US, under such
circumstances, to surrender no principle,
but TO yild something-aye. very much in
policy-and save all we can, rather than
persist with iron will in every demand by
which we could ave nothing and only
reap disaster for the party and calamity
for the country. In other words, we
would say, in the spirit Of the article we
quote from Harper's Weekly-Radical as
that journal Is known to be under the
editorship of Mr.. Curtis-let us have har-
mony between Congress and the President,
harmony in the Union party, and a con-
centraton Of harmonious loyal sentiment
and policy, for the reconstruction and re-
generation Of the South and maintenance
Of the integrity of the Republics. 10.
Herald.
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a.A.ssni.aiien 81 ihs Nav Line.

- 49,
CHICAGO, April ls:-A Washington
special dispatch Of the 18th says that in
the Senate, Grimes, of Iowa, introduced a
bill to define and regulate the appoint
ment of officers Of the Navy. 1t provides
for the following line officers: one Vice
Admiral, eleven Rear Admirals, rs Com
modores, so Captains, 90 Commanders,
los Lieutenants, 100 Ensigns; and in all
other grades the number now allowed by
law. Referred to the Committee on Ma
val Affairs.
Another State Chance for Colorado.
Senator Wilson, of Massachusetts,, call
ed up the motion to reconsider the vote
on the admission of Colorado. Sumner, of
Massachusetts, said it should not be re-
considered, and was speaking against it
when the morning hour expired.
Poace Proclamation Does Not With.
draw Martial Law.
The Adjutant General announces Off
cially that the Presidents Peace Procla.
nation does not withdraw martial law,
but adds that it is not e~xpedient to resort
to military tribunals in any case where
justice may be attained through civil au-
thority.