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EST ABLISHED 1910.
LOVE AND AGE.

We doubt not that many heart covered by
the frosts Of even sixty winters win read the
following beautiful lines with the emotions ol
younger years crOwdlng about il; and he who
never attempts to read poetry OF any kind viii
be instantly touched when his eye falls upon
theEe lines:
played with you mid eowslips growing,
When was six and you were lonr
When garlRnds weaving, fl over oalls lili s.
Were plea surss soon 10 p ease no mo- -
Thro' grove and nneads, DER grass anc heath
With Little plsym lteS, 70 and irG,
We wRnC cred hand in hand toSe -Aef'
But that was sixty years ago.
You grew a lo~e'y rossate maiden.
And stu our esrly love wss strong;
Still with no care ur day were iaJeuf
They elded joyOuSiy along;
And did love you very de liy-
aoVS dea-ly, words went power to show;
] thought y Dur heart was todched as nearly;
But that was hfiy years age
Then other lovers came around Ynu,
Your be Iuty grew {, ON year 10 year,
An many sDeodid circle found You
The cenfer OF Is ( .itterlng sphere
4 saw you then, inst vs. foTsakins-
On rank and wealth yoIr had oeslow'
-, then thought my heart Was 0reakingi
But that WAS forty yeas ago.
And lived on to wed another;
No cause sue gave me 10 repine;
And when ] heard yOu we've a mother,
d not wish the colldren mine.
Make mp a p "a ant Christmss row
My oy In them vas pa expression;
But that was thirty year ago.
Yac grew matron. plump aud comeiy,
Won uwelt In fashi0n's brightest blaEsi
NV earthly lot was far mo = homeiy,
But 1, ioo. bad my festal days.
Nc merrier eyes have ever giistened
Around the hearth-stODe's try glow,
-Ths n Sgneu nay youngest child was cnIisiened
But that was twenty years ago.
Time passed. Ny eldest sir ves married,
And now am gfandsire gray
one vet OF four years old I've rfled
Among the Wilo-nowered meads TO play.
q our old fields Of childish pl asure,
Where nov, as then. Che Ws1ps blew
She f ils her baskets ample measure
And this ig not ten years ago.
But though first loves passtoped Eli1oness
Has passed away in g ptCer night.
I stiu have thought OF you with kindness
And shall do llil our last good night
The ever rolling. silent hours
wiz bring time we shall not Know
W men cur young days OF gathering hoyer8
VIII be q hundred years ago.
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A God Nomination.

The nomination of Anthony Trollope
Of Charles Dickens as Minister to the
United States, at the Dickens banquet
given in Liverpool on Saturday evening,
is notable as a recognition of the Amer
lean practice of rewarding literary men
by diplomatic appointments. We have
honored literature as no other nation
has, by giving important places abroad
to such writers as Irving, Hawthorne,
Marsh, Motley, Bigelow, Bancroft, and
a score of lesser lights. If England de-
sires to initiate our example, she could
not make q better beginning than by
sending Dickens to the country where
he has the largest constituency of ad-
mirers. If any one could heal our old
sores and bring about a cordial good
feeling between the two countries, it
would be Dickens.
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From the Natisnal IntelIigeucer
THE HOUSEHOLD ANGEL.

She grows no o,dsr year by year.
At least, not to the outward seeming,
she only wins all hearts anear
With that sweet face where peace is heamine
Yet ciose'y view that golden hair,
And you shall see the white thread STEALING
And though the brow IS smooth aud fair,
Yet Time his way Is 'er il feeling.
So soft her stepl SO sweet her voice!
So frEught her daily ll,e with loving;
Her very smile makes all rejoice,
And from Its spell there is no rowing.
The lite children round her cling;
She tells thsm fairy taIes at even,
And with them oft she loves TO sing
sweet hymns that brealhe OF Christ ant
Hsav=D.
She listens TO the old mans tale,
or told and Numbering Of the hours
When life for him wore z easure's veil
And youth was gsrlanded with flowers.
No hand can raise the sick ones head,
Or CO j the burning Il iash of fever
Like het's-and not an angels tread
Could cOthe 20 lightly, thing never.
She has helpful word for all,
She wins the recreant back with X ndness,
She stoops o lift who stumbling fail,
And, plying, never moeks their blindness.
To her ve go when s1rrows come
he SoOthes ihs hour of bitter weeping;
Her stiil, swee. face ill1mes the home,
Though death within his watch Is keeping.
s. gently goes she DER Iife's way
Perhaps her feet "a torn ana bleeding;
Intent To aid another way,
The tborns in hers she JTeads unheeding.
50 gently She goes DER HES way
We never hear word complaining.
Like some s8eet bird at ea;ly day,
Her wirg to Heaven is ever stra ming.
PeIchance that untun aful heart of hers
May have some strirg forever broken;
Some chord that yet II memory lars,
And echoes sJirCws never spoEen.
We know not-Only this we know,
SHE'S dearer far than any Other,
To part with her were crushing woe,
For in our home we call Der mother"
h Mother v'-sweet name that iRfant lips
First leaned to call oar household ang6l,
Whose brieie { absence is eclipse
Whose presence Is Loves best evangel
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silver in Aueghens Mountains.

A correspondent writing from TGn-
Melton, Preston county, West Virginia,
says As a matter of general interest L
send you a short account of a valuable
vein Of ore found in this county. 1t ap-
pears that there has been vague i'm
preston for some years that there ought
to be mineral in the mountains lying
close to and on the east-side of the Cheat
river, and several attempts have been
made to discover it, but without much
success until recently. a company Of
men has been for the last three months
prospecting for it, aud have been re-
warded by the discovery of a vein Of
silver and lead, of about four feet in
thickness, and underlying a large extent
of the mountains adjacent to the Balii-
more and Ohio railroad. Since this
company has been at work, several other
companies have made preparations to do
so. | believe there are four more COM
panies now operating near the same
place. There IS some excitement here
in consequence of this discovery, and
land owners in the lucky district are on
high stills. The ore has been examined
by several competent mineraloeists, and
pronounced very rich in silver. [ would
like to send you sample, but have none
of the ore here. The railroad employees
have several times shown me pieces of 1t,
and it certainly has very silrefy ap-
pearanee. TIE vein is now being opened
partially in one of the railroad cuts, ON
the grade east of the river. fit proves
to be as good as it opens, it viii be a
big thing for Preston county.
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Immense Land SsIe North of
Texas

Z treaty job" is now before the
Senate for the purchase of certain lands
from the Cherokee nation, which, accord
ing to the preamble, is an independent
nation like France or England, al
though the Cherokees have always been
practically paupers of the United States,
inhabiting a portion of our own public
domain and being supported even in
their local governments by the taxpayers
Of the Unied States. The present
treaty proposes to pay them the sum of
S3,500,OO0 for 13, 1850 acres of land,
situated just north of Texas, with GER
tain reservations as to the land that
render them utterly worthless.--Houstoa
Telegraph.
The writer of the above must have
taken the cue from the New York Her
aid, and we say to him as We said to that
journal, that the writer misstates, either
ignorantly or wilfully, either of which
in this case, is criminal-when they
assail one of the most grossly outraged
people on the face of the globe, except
it be the Southern people just now, and
calls them. ..paupers-when plunder, ,plunder
has been the word, sir and that which
would make them rich has been wrested
from them, for the benefit of the United
States taxpayers, referred to by the
Houston Htiegraph.
Mr.. Telegraph, find out some more
about Indian history, and then state
facts about them do it in justice, not
in prejudice to the whole Indian race,
because perhaps TOnkaway may have
scared your mammy.-Fort ,SB,ih Her
a'd.
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Strawberries i'm New York.

The New York Sua, of Tuesday, says /.
Strawberries have been selling here for
some weeks at ten dollars a quart, and
some of our luxurious citizens, blessed
with palates that relish the taste of silver,
have been enjoying them, literally regard
less of expense. Strawberries at $40
quart in Broadway, and within stones
throw of hundreds of poor people who
can't get bread enough TO eat at ten cents
a loaf City Of contrasts truly is this.
Strawberries are delicious, but not when
the sum paid for them would keep many
a suffering family in comfort for whole
week. One must have a very dainty
palate or very quiet conscience to ban
quet on food that suggests such un-
pleasant opposites.
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A wager.

The Princess de Metternich laid
recently, at the Tuileries, wager that
she was able to ride any strange horse
that was brought to her without saddle
and bride. The experiment was made
at st. Cloud, in the presence Of most of
the members of the Imperial Court.
The Emperor ordered one Of his chargers,
the famous black horse s. RivOli, to be
led into the courtyard. The Princess
Datted the head and neck Of the spirited
animal for a minute or two, and then
Jumped on its back, riding Rivoli at
first quite slowly, but gradually quicken
ing its step. until it commenced eanter-
ing and galloping about the courtyard.
She won the bet, and said she had learned
to manage horses in that way in her
when she was vet In her
fathers chateau in Hungary.
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Distinguished MHthematician's
BIat kbOaTd.
Paris Correspondence Chicago rribune.l

Paris Correspondence Chicago TFibunel
Lefebvre de Fouroy, who recently
died in Paris, was one of the most dis
tinguished mathematicians of the age.
The mountains of algebra did not dismay
him. He loved figures for themselves,
as others do flowers or poetry. Singular
fancy Still, they say that all tastes are
in nature, and that for figures proves
the truth of the saying. Member of the
Institute, ETC., he belonged to that cohort
of learned men who are almost ferOeiously
devoted to their scientific loves, and who
were so much laughed at at the begin
ming of this half century. 1t was to
him and his friend aud rival, Ampere,
that once happened the singular adven-
ture of the hackney coach, which has
tickled the spleen of so many youths of
the present generation.
One day, while leaving the SQrbenQe,
where he had done less calculating than
suited him, he noticed a carriage which
had stopped at the door, the rear of
which was magnifcently black, large
and shining. It was a perfect algebraic
blackboard. Lefebvre' stopped. To
show arms to Achilles or black kboard
to a mathematician, is to tempt human
flesh beyond its powers Of resistance
Ones soul needs much virtue to resist
the thing it loves. Lefebvre did not re-
sist. He took a bit of chalk frem his
pocket, for every person with mathemat-
ical sympathies is as sure to have some
about him as billiard player. Then he
began to figure on the back Of the car
riage. 1t went well. His symbols null
tiplied, but suddenly, oh human misery
his blackboard went off on a gentle trot.
The sayaut follOzed, still cyphering, not
even thinking to call out to the driver to
stop. He followed, painting aud cursing,
until, at last wearied of racing after
these pitifess horses, he stopped, saying,
q That cursed board and / was on the
point ef getting the answer"
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The Contemplated Expansion of
Our Ters itOrIal Republic.

The New York Tribune advocates the
purchase of the Dominion Of Canada.
and of course the vast expanse stretching
far away above it to the North Pole,
which IS marked upon the map Of the
world as British America. Gen. Banks
advocates the immediate annexation of
San Domingo. Cuban patriots and
rebels, both Creole and Republican fiji
busters, not fearing either the famous
Spanish garote nor the tripartite treaty
of England, France and Spain, by which
the possession of the Queen of the An
titles is guaranteed to the Spanish throne,
are preparing the "Iovely isle for its
manifest destiny-annexation to the
United States Mr. Caleb Cushing has
defined the Southernmost limits Of the
Great Republic which, of course, viii in
clude Mexico, Nicaragua, Honduras,
Panama, etc.
The history of our territorial aequisi-
tions may be briefly summed up as fol-
lows
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-04-18

-Awhale recently captured contained
$4,000 worth of embergris.
1t is said that Gen. Spinner, the
Treasurer of the United States, handles
more money annually than the banks of
England and France combined
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THE late CHARLES \ MeIms e M;l

The late Charles I. Melms, Of Mil
waukee, emptied $4,000 worth Of his
beer into the river last year, because it
was not up to the standard
( The Union Pacific Railroad sold
10000 passenger tickets from Chicago
to White Pine during the month Of
March.
Baron Sina is said to be the richest
man in Vienna. He is richer than any
of the Rothschilda.
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"A movement is being made in
Parliament to open the government
libraries and useful exhibitions on
Sundays after the hours Of morning
services.
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The citizens of Newport are about
to present life boat to Miss Ida Lewis.
The cost in the recent convent case
in England were $4,000 day.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-04-18

Geneva, New York, boasts Of a COW
which sold last week. for $4,000.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-04-18

A country that has increased from
S15,615 to 3,57S,3 ,392 square miles in
eighty-six years, may well look forward
to continental Empire.
The New York herald., 1869-05-29

OF sale but unaltered In value $50 b. B coke
al 80 O5 gold and 200 boxes Machen charcoal private
terms We ouote:-l G. charcoal $S 80 $3 sag; j. @.
coke 70 % va %: coke terne 6 1914 s 2S and char
WHiskEY-kecepts l25 bbls. The market dull, the
demand being gh and prices were easier There were
sales Of 70 bbs al III o8 81 TO- tax paid chiefly at the in
wmALEBosE.-Arctic dull and nominal at 9ic &c.,
gold. No sales
wHALEroors, though quiet, steady ioc loSc.
Tor unbleache1 AMI losic FOR beached.
WOOL.But little demand prevails for fleece, and that
almost entirely for the grades which selling at prices
&c. &c. below those during fore part OF the
month The stock Is only moderate but with
ndsposed TO operate any extent In OF tne n
state of the dry goods market holders generally
anxious 10 realize. For pulled moderate demand
prevails, but Al low prices. Texas Is In small
stock and In improved demand,. and prices are
quite s.say at former pr.es For California na me
nal Foreign remains quiet Tho u particulars OF the anc
uon SAFE OF yesterday were published In our last we
neutrality-suspicious. Pennsylvania and Virginia, choice
S,sss.S Nc s01 ana oGnsn nssS. .1d &c & New
u, 47c . &c.,; common and Y. 47c 60c.; Illinois,
wisconsin and Iowa, and above, 46c. b0c' common
common, ssc $oc tub washed ssce, Sc Sc Caliior.
MIA fall clip lambs, A. p, CSC. 2sc; AL Csc. &c. Az
22c 9c b, &c. 2c; 20c &c. extra pulled Caiifor.
MIA SOC a4ic super do &c. &c. low do sc Soc The e
lbs. Ohio at Soc Sic;, $50 ONO a SOc iO0oe
and Xxx do ut Ole, II 900 Xxx do. at &c., b,0W Xxx
do: at tsbc., 1000 understandable do. at Se, sWU
Xxx Ohio q Sc, 5000 Louisiana and Misaour at &c
unwashsd fleece $780, also IS 900 lbs pulled at Sc FOR
combng and S9c Hec. for super and extra SooO lbs
slightly bury Texas at 800 do bury do at xc sec
1909 Lake and Texas az ac, SOC Mexican At gc Shc,
s0c and bury at 92 20 bales Cape $780,, and lOO0 lbs
unwsshed Smyrna ut 2lHc.
The New York herald., 1869-05-29
CALIFORNIA.

Miners Strike at Grnss valicy-They Object
90 Any improvements In Mining-The Mines
70 Be Worked rs In C0rnwall-Particula 70
Of the Strike.
NEVADA CITY, May II, 1853.
Some 800 miners in the neighboring town Of Grass
Valley are on q strike against the use Of what is
known here as the ''gant POWDER" which Is now
being used quite extensively as blasting agent. BY
the Of this powder, account OF Its greater
plosive force saving can be eneced OF nearly one
half In working mines, according to numerous tests
made. The miners appreciate this, but, being
mostly ignorant Cornishmen they imagine IL will be
detrimental to their inter ests to have the mines
worked more cheaply. They look only to the
present and take no note of the hundreds OF mines
In the county. which are too poor to pay BY the
present method Of working, but which may be ope-
rated with profit by means OF the new powder.
The miners have organized league and adopted
resolutions OF the most preposterous character the
substance OF which IS that the owners shall have
nothing TO say TO the manner In which the mines
shall be worked, and declaring that no improvement
can be made on the Cornish system, where IN their
estimation mining has been brought to perfection.
As consequence OF the strike two important mines,
the North Star and the Empire, have suspended
operations. These two mines have been yielding
about $4,000 month. and their suspension mas
thrown out OF employment considerable NUMBER
OF workmen who were employed In the quartz mills
and other work outside OF the mines. The miners
were receiving three dollars day, in coin, and the
general feeling In the county Is that they are IN the
wrong In every particular. They declare that the
mines shall not be worked except by COrn1shmen and
In the Cornish style; but the superntendents are en-
deavOrlng to procure American miners TO I'LL their
places, and the probability is that force of men
Will be at work in both mines who can neither
be intimdated by threats nor driven OH by open
Qrf n
The New York herald., 1869-05-29

lowest quotation OF yesterday. The following
were the closing prices on the call at
the last session OF the Stock Exchange
Canton, 64zs; Boston Water Power, 10 bid; Cum
berland 81 a "a; wels-Fargo Express, 80 q 32H;
Adams, 59I q 59ss; American, 80 o 39k; United
States. SO 66H; Merchants Union 14A q 14k;
Quicksilver. 1914 19H; Pacific Mail, so% 81; West
ern Union Telegraph, 42zs a 43; New York Gen.
tral, 1929 1927; Mariposa, 2iH PAX; do. pre-
ferred, SIX 51A; Hudson River, 156k bii: Har-
lem, l4s,l lat; Reading 9sss q ssll; Alton and
Terre Haute, 81 40; do. preferred, 6S a 65; Toledo
and Wabash, II; do. preferred, so S41S; Milwau-
kee and st. Paul. 76sl II; do. preferred, 871S
S7k; Cleveland. Columbus and Cincinnati. TAX rs;
Ohio and Mississippi, SAX SAX; Fort Wayne. 16S5z;
Michigan Central. 126 q 129; Michigan Southern.
1l0K a 11OX; Illinois Central. 145K q lat; CIeve-
land and Pittsburg. s7X a97K; Lake Shore, 1lox
IlOK; Rock Island 12e 126,1; Northwestern. 9lN
91I; do. preferred, 1881 1Oa1S; New Jersey Gen.
trial. ia l1s; Chicago and Alton 1853 bid; do pre-
ferred, l59,6 1eoh; Hannibal ana st. Joseph 116k
NIX; do preferred, 1867 1ls; Columbus. Chicago
and Indiana Central. As 4311.
The receipts for customs and the receipts, pay
ments and balances at the Sub-Treasury in this city
for the expired portion Of the week have been as
follows:-
The New York herald., 1869-05-29
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.

FRIDAY, May 2s-6 p. M.
The gold market was quite steady to-day in con-
trast to The Wild ald wide fluctuations which have
marked its course under the speculative influences
OF the street. The announcement from washington
that the public debt Will show reduction OF not less
than twelve millions Tor the present month, while
vestng national affairs with coueur de rose aspect
is fatal to the hopes OF the advocates OF higher gold
1t seems that the sale OF two millions OF gold per
week has not reduced the government gold resources,
while the currency balance has increased to
about fifteen millions. II Mr.. Boutwell, will only per-
sist In giving the rket gold whenever the gamblers
attempt to force up the price he VIII afford the friends
OF cheap gold the OF holding out till September
when the corn and cotton exports will defer the
necessity for specie shipments If they do not bring
specie this way. With three months more OF the
present policy o. Mr.. Boutwell, the country viii nave
made an important stride toward steady gold quota
tions and specie resumption These facts were lore
seen to-day by the spears" who put the price up
nalf per cent to make better market to sell upon.
The 'short" interest In the market Is very heavy,
and II the premium goes with the feeling OF the
majority 1t is likely 10 undergo further nuctuaiion
In effort OF gold to md its true place. The course
Of the price to-day Is shown In the table,
The New York herald., 1869-05-29

774c. for Western aaoa closing THE bid and 7bc
81 30 or iSs %sstes Barley was still da and non
ns ssrey malt was dull but unchanged Small lots were
FnEiGars-with free offerings comparatively limited
oay 0i for sa Sa as viii be seen the
low The obar.erng business was unclaimed; grain and
h hraSsss while Other kinds were bu: hltIs sought
soar ssr ans s ;ngagsSsaSa gsS bushels wheat tons
oil eAks us Ss iu.sss sas vsa 9a d Sa's go sSS: SSg:
syrup sas 3d. ssllo1. $50 bale. cotton at sssd
ali Il ss ss nsas rate hS%s SSs oar
D., and $50 cotton d To Glasgaw
ss sS:s'i: xss. ss'
to- in g. & ss sss
wrs a, British bark C.econ1 sla.D 70 Cork for
@ g eo:t s1 io4 Orders "a go
Hsra Nor~s.n bass e TO- copsahssn with pero cum
% 1rs from % s''s % he saio
Win SS !, ss,A
q CORK e. ss x d. s.1 sa sst e.
GUssIEs.-we heard Of further sales; prices
HOPS The The DEMAND was without improvement. being con-
fined e The nas wants Of
from &C. TO lbc for inferior 10 choice grades Sales 90
HAY in moderate demand at about former prices
sss% a ;fs sS .Ss1 Ss: dd lot: & 49, q %
ss ssa &C. ds s s1 '
HIDES was only moderate degree Of activity In
the Market which rather heavy at quotations sub
Joined The sales I were go GMslifo.ni. w :. sc gold e
terms. wequote eBuenos Ayres, 81 % lbs, 2ic.
Buenos Ayres 25aT s0c: 2c Busnos Ayres seconds,
tes, 81 2s aoc aoac; Rio drande 90 IL 2oSc 2lo
20c Central American IS a. 1sc 9c. San Juan, q 2s
l7c &c.,. Maamoros q 25 16c 17c Vera Cruz, l6 49,
1ec 19c Tampco, ~ a. l8c. &c.. Porto Cabeo, 70
%. 17c 18c., all gold
ssv q BY. held :: q % S
Gengarnock private terms American only in mode.
rate demand but unattsnable except ut former prices The
sales were 40 tons No. Allentown at @38 10y do No do
on private terms 50 do Carbon At $40 30 do No Thoma:
at US and 81 do. Clyde private No. quoted
S4o $ Wrought scrap wa: in demand and 100 ton. were
9SS $9O New rails dull at &55 80 $56, gold, for
English and 876 $76 currency, for American.
LRAD was dull and nominal at 6 30 @6 IS gold, for
12c.
LEArHER-The market for hemlock sole exhibited good
degree of activity and closed strong at former prtces the
stock Ia considerably reduced and good leather Is scarce
Oak fairly active for crops, and moderately active for
Light, which s scarce Rough was dull but unchanged We
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