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WEBER's FIr.-We have ssry little sympathy for
an indixdasl who viii complsin that be suds il inn
possible 10 obtain coFseJjshtting boot or shoe
and thsth is inc ossantly sud- ring from this ineon
Venienoe' when be has merely to stop at the corner
OF koysi aud Customhouses fhere our old friend
n. weber car restore his st;ls snd send him on
As way rejoicing. ~
The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-04-11

An ELBGASr AssoRTMRET.-As we have no
doubt that majority Of visitors at present in our
city viii avail themselves Of the opportunity for
purchasing their different supplies ere returning to
their homes, We will mention that In their
search for boots, shoes, trunks and vsises. etc.,
they win End no establishment better prepared for
responding 10 their demands than the fashionable
resort OF Messrs. Blakely & Hogan, No. 90 and
l0l Canal street.
The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-04-11

wear gloves ct all. and sre In any pretense to-
wa, IDS fun dress In your costume. see that your
gloves are fresh and your shoes in good order.
Next week We VIII speak Of riding habits, gloves,
etc., and OF gloves in kid and lace.
The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-04-11

EUREKA.-By reference ia Jan advertisement In
another column, the sp0stng community will
perceive that new gamblft saloon has opened
Its portals at No. a. st. Chi les street. We are
Informed by persons who I I've visited the estab-
lishment that its interior arrangements are more
than equal TO any OF its predecessors. The pro-
prietors announce that utmost order and
decorum will be observe2Ia sill times, and re-
Treatments every evening ftstuitously dispensed.
The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-04-11
NEW ORLEANS FmExES IN MoBrLE.-The Mo-
Bile Register OF Friday says:

Hope Hook aud Ladder Company No. :, Of New
Orleans, with their beautiful truck, and accom-
panied by delegations from Columbia No. 8, Me-
chanics' No. s. Perseverance, No. Is and Ameri-
can Hook and Ladder Company. arrived this
morning In the steamer Mary. TO take part in the
annual celebration Of our Ere department t0-mor-
row. They we're received at the wharf by Cnief
Engineer Lyons, Assistant Chief Foster, aud
populations from the different companies, who
took them In charge and escorted them TO the
Shippers' Exchange, Arcade and Wavsrly, 10
which places they had been politely invited by
the respective proprietors.
During their passage through the streets they
attracted considerable attention, the music from
the brass brands having drawn out large num-
Der OF persons. Among the visitors are Mr.
O'Connor, chief Of the New Orleans Fire Depart
and Ladder Company No. 9. The visitors are
heartily welcome, and every courtesy and stten-
ton win be shown them during their stay. They
are stopping ct the Battle House.
The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-04-11

BRAY's oASDHs.-we gfuId respectfully OBJ.
serve 10 the fair sex who Gloom and blossom 10
their woodland homes, thai pn Camp street, op-
posite the Lafayette SQUARE a celebrated candy
mandatory is located, wliere they can obtain ali
the rost delicious productions which are offered
in this line.
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fnsNi,cEs'-We must inform our country
friends WHO are now sttstbsng the Agricultural
fair, that Ga Royal street, 40 43, they will find
q Furniture establishment conducted by Messrs.
Meyer, kotwi'z Co., vtbse purchases can be
mace which WIZ more than surpsss their highest
expectations IN regard 10 pnpderate prices.
The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-04-11

Zura hears q footstep falling
On the blossom scented sod,
And her heart throws kisses softly,
Shyly, where that foot has troo.
Hark the tender notes OF minstrel
with the blossoms interlace--
And her creole blood goes bounding
In bright bushes to her face.
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III xARIFFA.

Zuss. from her easement learing,
HesTs the song Of mockinE bird,
Sees he laurel and laburnuh;
BY the sweet south breezas stirred.
Sees the rose and pallid LILY
Drop their faces from her .visr.
Haif ahasbed and half emb !sened
Dainty iipplers drunk withstew.
II.
Zura shakes her 5usky tressG
Backward from her forehead whitos
And with parted lips she drinketh
or the glory Of the night,
Revels IN its waste OF verdure,
In iis prodigal perfume
While tho royal hearted Southland
Holds lis carnival Of bloom.
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III.

Zurs tees the moon OF midnight
Der her airy ocean ride,
As some ship that drags her anchor
And goes drifting with the tie.
Here and there silent meteor
On iis secret MISSION flies
rtuunrIuK I'm usy.e~-t---. ..ar ann
Blockade runner Of the skies.
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..To The starry high seas, Diaiden,

Lift the glory Of thine eyes;
There they'll and in all that's brightest
Than themselves no brighter prize.
See the red rose where i'd, petalsf
Nights narcotic goblet sips;
Were It's crimson 1ues snd sweetness
Borrowed from thy sweGter lips,
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iSee the fair WisteTia casting
Purple penDons 10 the breeze
Round about thy easement climbing
Tell me maiden, what il sees
Does IL kiss thy young cheek, Zura,.
Does IL look thee 10 the eye?
DOesit see Thy bosom beeyingf
All, most enyiable spy
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"Love, such ss bear thee, Znra--
Answer me with smile OF sigh.
Wilt give love for love, my darlingw
Softly came the answer-s"Fie W
Sang again the pleading Minstrel,
MAIDEN, triae not with 1--we,
IT'S the signet ring of Heaven,
Dropped from angel han0s above.
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Affairs In the Red River Country.

The following account of the climate,
soil, and present condition of affairs at Red
River is extracted from the letter of an Off
Ger, published in the Ottawa (Canada)
Times
$50 far as have yet seen, the country
is great, inexhaustible, inconceivably rich.
Farming here is pleasure there is no
toll in it, and all who do farm are comforta-
BILE, and some wealthy. What do you think
of farmer within bow-shot of here worth
$1,000 or $4,000, and selling to the Hudson
Bay Company last week e5, 900 worth of
cattle pa man who came from Lower Can
ada nineteen years ago not worth si1pence.
"The half-breeds are the only peo-
pie here who are starving. Five thousand
of them have to be fed this winter, and it
is their own fault-they won't farm. They
will hunt buffaloes, drive ox-carts back to
St. Cloud, at the rate of twenty miles a
day-do anything but farm. Hitherto it
was so easy to live here that it did not mat
ter whether they farmed or not; but the
grass-hoppers put a stop to that last sum-
mer, and now they are on their beam
ends. AS for the farmers-Scotch, English
and French-not one of them requires relief,
other than seed wheat, which they are quite
able to pay for. This is the true state of
the case here, but it does not lessen the
claims upon humanity. 1t will take e40, 900
to feed the people through to next fall, but
the 100000 will be forthcoming. As to
the future of this country it is as inevitable
as to-morrow's sunrise. The climate is
delightful; the weather just now-and
there is no appearance of change-is
clear, cloudless, bland, and inspiring and
the thermometer has not sunk below thirty
degrees for week. In deep winter there
q re cne11S IF cnvara waothar hut tbnv ~ro
short: SO they all tell me, and certainly my
experience SO far justifies the assertion. I
never felt such fine weather in November
in Canada as we have here just now, and
there is an exhilaration in it quite new to
mel
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BLUE AND WHITE.

'OF all the colors sweet sir, what may
your frvorite be?'
And the lad had hurst back to life looked
up, and made answer to me;
1.-TWO colors choose, - blue and white.
Then up from my throat did there spread,
Yea, to my very temples, a dye of the hap
Ply red;
For a maiden face will flush at the light
est thing evermore;
And blue was the ribbon that bound my
hair, and white was the gown that wore.
"May I tell you all, lady sweet??" Gay,
sir, an it please you So"
All alone with each other we sat in the fire
lights glow
He, the lad whom our men had found nigh
dead close by,
And the mother that bare him could never
have hurst him more gently than I.
Sister,-nay, pardon my freedom,
o, you have been SO good,
l well could wish that l owed you the duty
Of brotherhood;
Crown your sweet favors with this, the
greatest of all, and be
AS tender to her / love, as you have been
tender to me.'
Then over every sense there swept down
terrible, dim
Dusk of oblivion, as there sat, and listened
to him.
Silence monet, and then, by the helping
of God His grace,
I answered; "Yea, brother, I will, " with
very smile on my face.
Snow, God bless you, sister. Listen. A
year ago
She gave herself to me forever and ever,
and so,
One sweet autumn eve, in the time of the
falling of dew,
I gemmed her little white hand with a Giro
let of sapphires blue.
''she, my own lady, taketh ever the most
delight
In the calm virginia. colors, blue and
white;
And, sister, mine eyes were soothed with a
sense of lonesome repose
When saw you this evening wear the hues
that my darling chose
Oh but the bonnie blue ribbon pressed OH
my head all to tight;
Oh but my heart beat wild beneath its
virginia. white;
Oh but the hours were long as knelt in
the dark alone,
Moaning; My Father, teach me to say
but, THY will he done.'''
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ones ferocity. Up the Yukon river
some of the tribes heap over the bodies
of the dead cairns of stones or piles of
deer-horns The natural feeling for art
is amusingly shown in the rude but
highly characteristic carving in stone
of a Russian soldier. The high check
bones, stolid features, and martinez fig
ure are done with infinite life and
truth. -.
"The denizens of the banks of the
noble Yukon catch somewhat natural
pride from the grandeur of stream
which even the Americans of the party
were wont to compare with the Missis-
sippi. WE are not savages,' is the
boast of the natives, we are Yukon
Indians The breakup of the river in
the middle of May was spendid scene.
but one of no little peril and hardship
to the party who had to face the sur
ging and grinding masses in their frail
seal-skin canoe Better, however, this
tough and flexible material than the
cedar-wood or birch-bark of British
Columbia or of the Indians of the
Newicargut or the Porcupine. These
rivers, when free from ice, swarm with
moose, the meat of which, fresh or dried,
is the staple diet all the year round
In tea; the natives, as in all places
touched by Russians, are most fastid-
ious. AT the best British mixture their
noses are turned up in scorn. gilmore
value, in their eyes, are English need
les. Ten goose or wild-fowl eggs are
given for "a single one. So highly
priced, indeed, were their civilized visi-
tants, that on the withdrawal of the
scientific force, the poor natives at
Unalachleet, Norton Sound, hung black
cloth, in token of mourning, upon the
deserted telegraph-poles,'
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The amount of mutilated fractional
currency and United States notes, now
being received at the redemption bureau of
the Treasury Department for exchange, is
greater than ever before, and requires the
force employed in that division to be at
work until a much later hour than usual.
Since the Goth of last month the daily
amount received for redemption from all
quarters has been very heavy, and seems to
be increasing daily. Seven hundred thous-
and dollars were received to-day, and a
larger amount yesterday. The large sums
returned for redemption indicate that the
original issues of United States currency
are worn to an extent that interfere with
its circulation.
Generals Porter and Babcock, of Gen.
Grants Staff, have returned from their tour
of inspection through the Southern States.
They visited every military post in the
country through which they travelled, and
will make an extended written report to
General Grant. They represent North
Carolina as in the best condition, and next
to that State is Alabama. The worst state
of affairs exists in Georgia, and some leg
islation by Congress to secure the rights Of
the loyal people in that State will be rec
commended They say the negroes were in
the right during the Ogechee troubles, and
they should be protected. Notwithstand-
ing the militia troubles in Arkansas, the
State is in flourishing condition.
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AN ESSAY on RATS.

The Leroy Gazette recently offered
a premium for an essay on rats, which
brought out the following:
Rats live in Europe, Asia, Africa,
and in North and South America
They are also great travelers-going
from one country to another in ships
When the ship sinks they always go
ashore This is wise in the rats. If
they did not go they would find wa
terry grave. Rats are naturally grave
animals. There are several kinds of
rats-house rats, given rats, musk rats,
hair rats and ratification.
Rats in color are always gray
Hence the expression "gray as
rat.n
Rats and rat holes are always found
together Rats dig their own holes
If you can't find the hole, give the rat
a chance and he will find it for you.
Rats cannot live in Alaska.-because
their holes freeze up solid as fast as
the rats dig them. Naturally the rats
get discouraged. At St. Thomas the
earthquakes turn their holes wrong
side out forty-three times minute
This surprises the rats, and they leave
on the first steamer
The largest rat hole in the world is
in Washington. 1t can be found for
the present at the White House. 1t is
used for confiscating poor whisky into.
Rats are easily domesticated. Any
one can keep few dozen in the cellar,
if they feed them we'll Arsenic does
not agree with rats 1t makes them
feel thirsty, and they often kill them
selves drinking.
Rats are good scavengers. They
will clean out a house in about thirty
days.
The female rat always brings forth
her young in pairs-generally several
pairs at once. Some people think that
rats were made to amuse rat terriers
1t may be so. Young rats are nice if
picked Mixed half and half with
picked pears, few barrels would last
a small family some time. In eating,
always take them by the stems. You
can always tell rat from a pear be-
SauSc JIG SICuu uoCS uot pun JUL ~
easily.
Rats are also made into pies. They
are called rat pies. The Chinese eat
SO many of them that the hair grows
from one small spot on the head, and
hangs down behind. 1t always grows
braided 1t is called "pig's tail"-
Rats have been an article of commerce
in this country for some time Young
ladies buy and hide them in their hair.
Very good imitation rats can be
made of old pants, old gators, hens
feathers or old stockings
From muskrats we get the musk Of
commerce. The rats are caught and
then boiled in potash kettle. The
musk rises and is SKINNED off and put
in pint bottles. 1t is very nice to put
on the handkerchief A pint will be as
much as most people will need at once.
If they smell very bad they can use
more of it.
This kind of rat is commonly called
"mush rat" | have never known
them to be used to flavor mush, or
cooked with mush in any way. The
only one l ever saw that could properly
be called mush rat was caught in
dead fall. He was good deal mush-
ed. That is all we know about rats.
b. AN OLD RAT
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The Old House Far Away.
The wild birds MARBLE, the silyarY rills

The wild birds MARBLE, the silvery rills
Sing cheerily round the spot,
And the peaceful shade Of the purple hills
Falls dim on my mothers cot;
Its windows are low, and its thatch is low,
And its ancient walls are gray;
o, see it / love it ! where er / go!
The old house far away!
The little clock ticks on the parlor wall,
Recording the passing hours;
And the pet geranium grows rank and tall,
With its brilliant scarlet flowers;
And the old straw chairs, SO cosy and low,
Where mother sat knitting all day;
O, l see it love it ! where'er 90!
That old house far away!
Dear mother how plain see her now,
Reclining in that arm chair,
With the sunset resting upon her brow,
That was once SO smooth and fair;
With her crimpled border white as snow,
And her once dark hair now gray;
o, I see it love it where'er / COL
In that old house far away. ......
Not all the treasures the world affords,
The riches of land and sea,
Nor all the wealth of earth's proud lords,
Can blot from my memory
The roof that sheltered each dear, dear head,
And the humble floor of clay,
Where the feet loved were wont to tread
In the old house far away! .a.
Dublin Journal.
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ALBERT AND SAMUEL.

There is music, there is sunshine,
Where my little nephews dwell
There is music in their voices,
There is sunshine in their love,
And joy forever round them
Like a glory from above.
They will win our smiles and kisses,
BY a thousand artless ways,
By the sweet, bewitching beauty
OF their sunny, upward gaze.
And we cannot help but love them,
When their young lips meet our own,
And the magic of their presence,
Round about our heart is thrown.
Yea, of such is heavens kingdom,
And if we would enter there,
We must seek the sinless garment
Which the little babe doth wear.
Father, bless the little darling!
Bless children, where'er they dwell
In the palace, in the mansion,
In the hut or in the cell.
May the clouds of sin and sorrow
Never darken DER their way;
And in heart may we be like them,-
Pure and innocent as they.
.-.. .... ANXIOUS.
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in gold and silver stocks is about as
venturesome as any speculation which
could be entered upon. Such lodes as
the Comstock are rare enough, and even
on this, to seven mines which paid div
idends in 1866, there were thirteen
which paid nothing. 1t seems, how
ever, to be law of progress that the
individual shall be sacrificed for the
good OF community. In material as in
intellectual progress, many waste their
fortunes or their lives to increase the
riches of the few, and add to the aggre-
gated wealth of the world.
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NOTICE.,

By the Orphans Court for Cecil county January l3 1869
ORDERED. That the sale made and reported by Owen
Roiser Executor of Evan Rcser deceased he ratified
and confirmed. unless to the contrary thereof b
shown before the eighteenth day Of March,
n copy of this Order he published in some
newspaper printed in Elktnn in said county. for
month before the fifteenth day of February.
The Report satcs the Of sales lie SS030.25.
X. b. LAMAR. Register.
Tru" copy: test, Il. ID. LAMAR,
Jan l6. 1S6q-lm Register.
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PUBLIC SALE.

The undersigned will sell at Public Sale his resi-
d-nce the farm Of John W. Holt miles northwest
of Elkton
Tuesday, tile 18Th day Of February, 1869,
good Work Horses, Mare with fF373SS
TD~ foal, thrcc-year Colts. , wn-year Il ~
A-4A Mold Colts, ! Yearling, all Of good 49,
AA stock: Cows, will soon he in profit pair
of threeyrar old Steers. partly broken Yearng
Calves
l Family Carriage. two hrce-hnrsc Wagon Mill
Wagon nearly new, some Farming Implements. Plow
Gears Brides and Collars Double and Single Trees.
Chains. and many other articles.
RsJ-Sale to commence at o'clock Pm
TERMS AT SALE.
Jan 80 1S69-3w s. X. BLAKE.
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The father of Samuel A. Arnold, of
Baltimore, one of the prisoners at the
Dry Tortugas, is in Washington endeav-
oring to obtain the influence Of members
of Congress in securing the pardon of
his son. a.-..- .
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FI'he following nice little poem was re,

The following nice little poem was re-
ceived two OF three weeks since, but, by
some MEANS it was overlooked. Although
the delay has doubtless caused the author
some disappointment, yet it has lost none
of its beauty and affection thereby. The
writer should have sent the name along
with the poem, for without that, some ma
licious person might suspect, it Of benin
plapiariSm 4
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Estate of DIR, John Gilpin. decd.

Notice is hereby given that letters Parliamentary have
BEEN by the Register of Wills of Cecil county granted
the undersigned Executor of the last Will Of said
decedent And all persons having claims against said
estate requested to present the without delay
and those who in any way indebted to said
requested to make immediate payment
JOHN GILPIN. Executor
of the Will of DR.. John Gpin, decd.
Exchange Hotel, Elkton, Nd. Jan 80, 1S69-3w
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Valuable Real Estate in Cecil county, Md.
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE,
The Undersigned as Agent, has large number of
FARMS FOR SALE, in the aforesaid county, varying
from 20 to $50 of 1874 acres. adjoining the
Town of Elkton the county seat with others very
the said town, where land is very valuable well de-
sirabe. One farm of about $50 acres within miles
of Station the p W. b. r. Il. with first-class
Buildings. &c. Also, HOUSES AND LOTS in the Town.
He has also for sale, owner, TRACT of -
WOOD AND TIMBER LAND. about IL miles <ss1E
distant from the said Railroad; BUILDING 1914
LOTS in the Town. from 100 to 30 feet deep. at -
So SIS front foot to locality. Terms for
LOTS cash; balance on time, to suit purchasers.
For further information, address
DANIEL BRATTON,
REAL ESTATE AGENT,
Sept 10, 1S6S-6m Elktnn Md
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MISCELLANEOUS.
FOR SALEOR RENT.

MY FARM. in Elk Neck, on the North East River: SO
under cultivation: 1000 Peach Trees good Apple
Orchard. &c. Apply to EDWARD KEMP,
Jan 30. IS69-5w North East.
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For Rent---A Farm Of 165

ACRES, two and ahalf miles from Elkton.
Also DWELLING HOUSE, on Main street, Elktnn.
from 18th of March, next. occupied Icy Matthew VI.
Cantwcll. Apply to VIC. HOLLINGSWORTH.
Jan 30 1S69-3w Elkton. Md.
FOR SALE.
The undersigned offers for sale YOKE OF WELL
~ BROKEN OXEN, and TWO GOOD WORK
<fx2t2 HORSES. suitable for Single Double lar-
>ness. ALSO, SORGHUM MILL. in complete
-SAC<rsDorder, with Cooks Evaporation, capable of
making II or 10 gallons of Syrup per hour.
JOHN MAULDIN,
Jan 30, 1S6e-3w Pcrryyille.
The Weekly Arizonian., 1869-05-22

HE undersigned will run a weekly two- horse Dngey between the above points connect, ;nng at HesjiIa, with stages for Santa Fe and fine i, East |. Iaso, and San Antonio, Texas; and at i"c.on, .k@the Los Angeles and San Dieao Sen" Weekly Stage Line, and the Weekly line for tenF csii!o and Guaymas, Sonora making B ,- connected e. stage line for any point in the , O:''.ed ota:es on the Pacific or Atlantic slopes ot .Ae coLauent and points in northern and and central Mexico.
 Particular attention paid to ExDress matte, and comfort Of Passengers.
 Ihe company are responsible for all Express matter sent by their line except against Indians Bdg-ies leave Tucson and Mesilla eve,v Sunday at e clock, D. m. C. Il. L0hD, Passenger and Express Agen, Tucson, 4, T.
 DAVIS & BARELLA.
 4z>'t. La Mesilla, N NJ