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THE FLOWERS OF GOD.

oh roses. roses Who shall sing
The l4auty OF the flowers of God,
or thank the angr! f.om whose wing
The seaIs are scattered ON the sol
From which such bloom and perfume spring
Sure tho have heavenly uesIs
Which make a heaven Of every rlace;
Which company Our ialr and bliss,
And never to our SHINING race
Sp-Ik ug-ht uuhallUwri or a!aiss.
N'Isa iDye Is gsievel, their buds atone;
Vixen love Is S.-l, their fJIIns are near;
They blend their breathing viii. the mo,tn
OF love when dying, and the bier
j. white with them III every znne.
No sIot Is mean that they leSemi
No rose-.sy fair that holis tlrem not;
They III L tIep:ile md s;ir the pil,ym
OF I,gi anil rlurl, III ,ouTt and cot,
And -res'ye a eIUIaon dlu!efa.
Tor human hrows where'er they grow.
They write all languages Of red,
They spenk all dn,lants O; suow,
And "a! ihu SJl - Ut "pll are said
Wi;h fragrant meaning where they blow,
oh swectcs; fiowc:s. uh flowers divine
In w!irh G3d comrs - r!eS-iy down,
Wu g.thcr flou lis c,.oscn sign
re tiuts that cluster - LIs Gown
TI.er.:faur Of his breath benign.
uh SWEET 81 flowers: Oh II ,vcgs THAT hold
The fragrant lite Of Paradise
Tor q !Gic: day, s!rUt toll ia I'D,
that We may drunk j. in .. tricc,
Aul lasoy Tie empty pink AMI golI,
Oh sv9cc; st flowers, TINT have b.etth
For every passion tlr; " tgel,
That tells rs wh.t the Mister saith
or blessings III our wee aui veal,
hud al events Of life IN death.
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A CHARMING WOMAN.

4 charming woman I've heard il sail
By other women aS light as she;
But al in rHn Puzzle my head
To find wherein the charm may he.
Her faee, indeed, is pretty enough,
Ami her form Is quite a good as the best,
Where nature has given the L,ny stuH,
And c,erer mil!iner all the rest.
Intelligent, Yes-.n a certain way,
With the feminine GIFT Of ready speech;
And knows very well what not to say
Whenever the th-Ine tr.,nseenls her reach,
But turn the topic on things 10 wear,
From speIa cloak ll a Tqbr dc a4it
HITS, laslues OF touncts twill make yGE stare
To sec how fluent the lady can lie.
IIeI hnah Is hardly :iiI.; TO please:
For lu honest laugh must always strt
From Gleesome mood, Ike a sudden breeze;
And hers Is purely matter Of art
\ mu,rGLar motion u.a3e TO show
WLlt n..:,s.. designed 20 lie beneath
The fncr mouth, but that c,,;, -lre da,
II that is ru;nci TO show the teeth
T. her sea, in church COOL hilf nile
When the day Is line she Is sure to 20,
AgTayci, q courHc, IN the latest style
L' mole de PIr,s Inns got To show;
AMI she puts her han' On the velvet pew
Can hand - white have taiut uf SIN 3
AMI thinks-!ow hur prayer-Lo,k'S tint Of Iue
Must harmonHe with her milky skin
All, what shall We say of one wlo walks
In fields OF flowers to choose the weeds,
Reads authors OF whom she never talk,
Anl tIIk1 OF authors she never reads
Shes charming woman, We heard 1t said
By other women light as She
But ali IN vain Puzze my heal
70 TN wherein the charm may ba.
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Every scheme that was brought in had 10
receive his approval before it could have the
slightest show. OF course he made money
rapidly. He certainly made half million
of dollars, while he WAS a legislator 1t is
admitted by ~ell-informed New Orleans peo-
pie that Piuchback's property would be
worth, 1nder favorable circumstances, fully
three quarters of million. He has still
unlimited influence with the negroes, not
withstanding' he has broken With Packard
and CaseY-N L Nlrs
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CPCM EkTIEG.-There Is some reason fOr
believing that in addition to the ordinary
vices characteristic of what Is styled q Wcs-
tern civilization" the practice of opium eat
ips .aast soon be credited to rs as national
weakness At present We import between
three and iour million dollars worth of the
drug, and it appears to be making rapid
strides in parts Of the Eastern States, as a
stimulant which poor anl shamefa-ed p-gtes-
sional men, women, etc, affect II Is need
less to state that is effects are, if possible,
more perpieious than those Of spiri's, ani
that those who have once acquired the habit
Of taking opium IL any Of It's forms rarely
if ever escape a fatal termination TO the prac-
tice. In fact, We doubt if there Is well
accredited case Of the kind on record, and
certainly none Of those who have written on
opium eating have bsen capable Of lIberatIng
themselves from the spell.
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JAMES LICK, who a short time ego decided
all his property, amounting 10 some four
million dollars, TO board Of trustees TO be
applied to certain public and charitable uses,
has filed with the Recorder OF San Francisco
document revVking his trust deed aud all
action relating thereto. He had previously
asked the trustees to resign, which they re-
fused to do. The ressons assigned for this
singular prOles2ing are tLet rs health is
improved and be pow wants TO have a hand
in the bestowsl Of his benefactions, and also
wants TO make better provision for his heirs
than he has done.
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THE grsssheppers, it is saia, are preparing
to petition Congress i2r an appropriation 10
save them from starving, Is they have eaten
up every thing worth having in SIX States
aud are Row subsisting on fence ralls
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SENSIBLE NEGEO.-A negro writes to the
Augusta Georgia. C15cs'ale as follows about
the ciyil rights LII: s'As ara aesrq ny
self. know something about the black race.
None of US arc 50 blind and dul! of sense as
10 take our weeks wages and spend it all at
q hotel for a single dinner, erd then 60 hun
gry for the balance Of the Feek- You may
tel your friends that all the negroes want Is
their seats IN the court house, on the jury, On
the trains, and at ell places OF business Give
u the rights that God intended US 10 have,
and the white men eau mon0Polizs t5s hotels
aul Szc-ry0nI=.
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DEINEING ~ New YORK.-Becent statis-
tics snow that there are 1000 licensed saloons
in New York, yielding revenue to the city
of $537, $50. 4 rough calulation shows that
at the lowest average income these places
represent a daily expenditure of $4,000 in
s;ir,ulanisr or yearly total Of S5I 100, COO
As thoIe are also 2G00 unlicensed saloons. it
is estimated that the actual annual oG,l>y
reaches sos, .0O, 900, or a little over sixty
dollars for each soul Of the population. Il Is
further ascertaiaed that ,So-thirds Of the en-
tire amount Is contributed by parsons who
depend upon their daily earnings for their
subsistence. 3 that The state OF the whisky
tCaHic accounts Tor two thing: fJr the ire
quent periods Of pinching poverty among the
working classes, and for the IUEtennees OF tie
municipal government.
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Forbearance is no. always virtue,
even in a clergyman. Imagine the
feelings of the rural divine who, after
getting fifty cents for marrying
couple, found that the bridegroom
had gone off with his new SILK hat.
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"Yes boys" said Nancy Bell, q fe-
male blacksmith, of Iowa, as she
straddled horses leg and yanked
off a shoe, II was brought up to this
business and so was my mother; and
there amt been no Beecher scandal IN
our family, for fact"
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CARSON CITY,

the capital Of the State. Carson is q
very pretty town; 1t Is smaller than
st. Louis, and a size larger than a coun.
try town. Carson is 4 little more do
eIle than Virginia. iere you may in-
qnlre the time of day with perfect I'M
pUaity. The Legislature is in session
here at this time, and as the State is
So much indebted for its prosperity to
the just laws enacted by former I.egis-
iatures, the people, of course, expect 4
great deal from the existing body ;
but, Judging from the number of elec-
tiOn frauds and the manner in which
the members have been chosen, it IS
doubtfnl if their hopes viii be rea,
lized.
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Her mountains are filled with lodges
Of precious minerals. Iler deserts are
covered with sage braSh and grease
wood, upon which feed countless herds
Of sheep and cattle, ami for miles
about the shores of her innumerable
lakes the plaias are covered with nu-
triIiouS grasses. Three words sun up
the sources Of her wealth-cattle,
sheep and silver. The country outside
Of the mining regions is sparseIy pop
ulated 1t IS often the case that one
wealthy cattle dealer CLAIMS scope of
territory large enough TO make half a
dozen Missouri counties. These claims
of course would be worth nothing in
3 court Of law, but it woul9 be court
ing personal encounter for an III
Yader tv insist upon legal inYsStiga-
ton Of such title Nearly the whole
Of the State is owned in this way by
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1t is time to stop talking about the
softening influence of women. A
Massachusetts, man who has four
wives has Just been sent 10 the peql'
'an.I3rv for stealing horses
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THE Supreme Court Of the United States
has rendered decision in q case presenting
the question whether, under the Fourteenth
AmendIaeI.t, woman who Is . citizen OF
the United States and Of Missouri Is voter
il that State. The Court Is unanimous in
the opinion that the Constitution Of the Uni
ted States does not confer the right 0f suffrage
on any one, and that the constitutions Of the
several states which coramit that trust to men
alone are not necessarily void.
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a dispatch 10 San Francisco that viii
shake California street from one end Il
the other, and cause millions 10 flow
into his Golfers. lie lives like
An ORIENTAL FRINCE,
and the Legislatures of two States are
the peculiar creation Of his genius.
When the Legislature of Nevada urc.
sented him the Senatorial toga, he in
vIted that body 20 lunch which is
said 10 have cost $4,000. He pur-
ehSsed two Of CarSon's finest saloons.
and generously invited the people Of
the whole State TO "take a drink"
These saloons are still open, and all
sorts OF fancy drinks will be admins
tered to thirsty patriots during the en-
tire session of the assembly at the ey-
penSe Of the great Senator. There are
men III the country who could cover
with ten dollar gold piece every dol
lar Sharon could produce.
VIRGINIA CITY,
the stronghold of many of these mil.
llonalres, and the field of their heavy
financial operations, Is a city worth
seeing. The strongest impression in
the mind Of 4 visitor from one of the
quiet villages of the Mississippi valley, |
is that the people are all stark mad. |
Ihe streets are narrow and crowded |
with wagons, pack trains, howiing !
mule teers, bull whackers, and peop!e |
Of every nation. Piute Indians, in war. !
PANT Chinese, bearing burdens at
tached to their native bamboo poles !
RasSlanS, sweating beneath fur cloaks. |
MexicanS, lean Italians, fat Dutch
men, chattering Frenchmen and sober
BrltonS, all apparently laboring under
the greatest possible excitement, nav !
be seen passing through any street. |
Every one in hurry. The crowds
rush through the streets as if they
feared the mountains were about to
fall on them.
NH one size ol the street YOU NAV
observe a stream of miners and work |
men crowding their way to a faro
bank oa the other side are fair ladiea,
with the wealth Of an empire III dia,
monds and laces upon their persona,
moving III the same throng with the
successful gambler and the dashing
demi monde. 1t has been the boast Of |
the people that the streets Of the city |
are paved with gold, and You may cas- !
Ity i~rnon,tra'e ttaI The beast IS not |
4 vain one. So much quartz has been
crushed in hauling it through the |
streets that yOu may at any time wash |
gold from the very dust that clinSs to |
the sides of your boots
Next to Virginia in Importance IS
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SPRING FEVER what's the matter.
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Ing NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Wonderful
Wealth ana f.a wish Expenditure.
have seen a great deal of Nevada.
| have something to say in her favor,
and some facts 10 state that may pos
sibly displease those who believe that
her agricultural resources are beyond
comparison, and that bonanza efteT
bonanza viii be unearthed until silver
and gold viii be so plentiful that even
the poorest in the land may eat and
drink from vessels made of the pre-.
eious metals. The face of the Terri
tory Is anything but preposSessing.
With the exception of the sterile gaad
plains and a few small valleys, the
whole region from one extremity 10
the other is
RUGGED, MOUNTAINOUS COUNTRY.
as barren and repulsiye as was ever
seen by any traveller.
The valley of the Carson, only a
portion of which belongs to Nevada, is
for a distance of forty miles moder-
ateIy good farming country. The val.
ley WAS settled by the MOrmOns early
III ~, and many of the inhabitants
are Of that peculiar religious purSua
sion. All Of the arabic land Is under
cultivation, and, owing to the limited
quantity Of good soil, the price per
aore is very high. Wheat, barley and
hay are the principal crops. Accord
ing 10 the statements Of the most sue
cesSful farmers, ander the most auspi-
clous circumstances there is never q
harvest that you'd astonish our East
0rn people. No kind Of fruit trees are
sufficiently hardy TO survive
THE INUoSPlTABLE WINTERS.
Only . few varieties of vegetables
are raised, and | am compelled to say
of such as ! have seen that they are
nothing TO boast of. WaShoe valley is
similar to the valley of the Carson in
almost every:respect. Mason's valley
possesses some advantages not observ-
ed i'll other portions OF the State The
sol! is rich, timber is abundant, and il
is watered by one of the finest streams
in the West. There are many other
small valleys, but | venture to say
that. if every inch of arabic land in the
Stale was placed under III" highest
possible cultivation, it could rot be
made to Yield sufficient supply Of
food to support Virginia City Tor @
single year. Notwithstanding these
stubborn facts Nevada Is far from be-
ing without
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! FEW CATTLE KINGS.

One man, whose Eame is Bailey,
manages to support himself off small
grazing farm of about one thousand
square miles; 1t extends over one
large county and portion Of several
others. This man drives from the
plains of Texas between 10000 and
$1,000 head Of cattle every summer.
Bradley, Mason or Singleton are equal
ly as extensive dealers. Bradley Is,
perhaps, the wealjh!est and shrewdeSt
stock man in the State. lie owns vast
herds of sheep, cattle and horses, and,
through good management, he has aG
Cumuiated colossal fortune. lie Is
now serving his second term Is Cover
nor of the State, and, although he Is
an uneducated frontIermaI, with
strong lack Of confidence in his own
ability, he has thus far discharged the
duties of bis high office i'll 4 manner
that challenges admiration.
| have examined countless numbers
Of ledges, and witnessed the assay of
the ores. There is no question about
THE SUBSTANTIAL WEALTH
of the country, but counterpart of
the Comstock Lode located here would
be worth nothing to a man who had
not a few hundred thousand to begin
with. When that COLOSSUS, the Cali.
fornia Bank, shall have swallowed
Virginia. it may possibly breakfast
here. In that event common mortals
will have a chance to pick up the
crumbs.
An evidence of the substantial
wealth of the State is found in the
great Eam6er of It's rich men. One NAV
meet any day upon the streets of Car
son or Virginia more than dozen cit
izens who ere worth from ten to fifty
millions. Sharon owns a railroad,
bank and a palatial hotel; the like Of
which has never been seen. lie talks
of millions as ordinary mortals talk Of
cents. His residence is 4 palace, a de-
scription of which would read like q
CHAPTER from the Arabian Nights.
There is no end to his wealth, no limit
10 his power. Any day he may send
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THE SILVER STATE.

Good Description of fhe Snouy and
Golden Lands-CatfIa Kings and Min
Ing NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. WonsierfuI
Wealth ana "a wish Expenditure.
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a dispatch to San Francisco that viii
shake California street from one end 10
the other, and cause millions 10 flow
into his Golfers. lie lives like
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freaks of the Pen.

There's nothing In this world but
al echo can get the last word with a
woman.
The New York herald., 1875-02-15

the market. and an advance Is regarded among
the PROBABILITIES OF the near future. The extremes
OF the week were 1l4t4 ll4X, but the bulk OF
business on the basis OF ll41s ll4A. IL is sid
that considerable amounts o gold have been with
drawn rom the market in order to make cash
gold scarce, although the rates in the gold loan
market except for time loans. were easy. Hold
ers paid per cent Tor having balances car
ried. Time loans are quoted at i a SIG per cens
for use for thirty days, 71o o-1e Tor sixty days,
" 4 Tor ninety days to four months, u a u Tor
six months and ls l'< per cent Tor all the year.
The banks now hold ess gold than for a number
OF years past-that Is. for this season OF the year.
The present hrmness or the gold speculation Is
largely due tn this TACT. The following shows the
amount OF gold neld by the New York banks dur
ing the first week OF February for series OF years
The New York herald., 1875-02-15
LONG ISLAND FISHERIES.

The infringement OF private rights in the fisher
les OF the Great South Bay. which Tor years has
been cause Of complaint among the BAY men, and
especially the depredatiops OF poachers upon the
oyster beds and the evil OF dredging have at last
aroused the residents Of the bay towns OF suffolk
TO take action in seli.defence. consultation
among the ieading men has been held ana a law
has been drafted for action by the Legislature,
which, II passed, IL Is believed, VIII not only put
stop 10 the aggress0ns complained o., but viii
tend to encourage and l0ster an i'm
portant industry. 1t Is entitled "An act
providing for the election OF bay con-
stables in the towns OF Brookhaven, Islip,
ana Baby ION, IN the county OF Sulok and to de.
line their dutles.n 1t provides Tor the annual
election IN each town OF not more tnan TWO such
candidates., TO hold office Tor one year. Their
duties are defined AS folio
FTst-io enforce az lar as practicable all laws
for the protection, preservation ana regulation or
the fisheries Tor sheldsn within the said several
towns or any OF them
Sec0nd--lo prosecute, In the name OF the county
Superlntendents OF the Poor. Tor ali v!Oauons or
said laws or any 0! them, whicn may come TO their
knowledge or of winch they may have reliable ln-
formation.
Thtrd-To furnish the names OF offenders TO the
District Attorney OF the county Of Suffolk, To the
end that tney may be indicted and tried.
Fourth-To go on board OF any boat vesse, In
either OF said towns which he may suppose IS en-.
gagged IN any viola ton Of the laws roatve SAID
nsheres 10 arrest, with or without process, an
persons whom lie may lind in the act or violating
SAID laws, or any o them. and TO take MIN OF
SAID towns, TO be dealt with according to law.
These constaoles are TO have the same powers
and the same fees az the Ordinary land consta-
bes. beside one-nat the pen0itles received, the
other half gong TO the Superintendents Of the
Poor oil the county. section OF the act entitled
AN act Tor the promotion Of snetsn In the
waters or the south Bay, Suffolk counCy," passed
IN 1870 Is to he repealed, and the new act IL to 90
into effect on the 6tn OF April next.
The New York herald., 1875-02-15
THE MONEY MARKET


The monetary situation remains unchanged,
capital being abundant ana call loans ranging
from TO per cent. Prime commercial paper IS
quoted at AZ and per cent. ana ON government
collateral loans have been offered as low as 1 per
cent for the balance OF the year. The rate OF dis
count OF the Bank OF England is still per cent,
Notwithstanding loss on balance by that insrlru.
rion during the week OF over f500,0oO. The Bank
OF France meanwhile gained 72, 041.0O0 francs. and
subscriptions to the Parts loan OF $50 lraucs
were iorty-two times greater than the sum re-
quired-an exhibition of national faitn and credit
tnat cannot too quickly DO Initiated In our. own
country.
EXPORTS AND IMPORTS.
The foreign commerce OF the port for the week
was as follows:-General merchandise imports,
including dry goods, S6,60l, 92s; produce exports,
$4,3s2,57e and specie exports $5sl,0l5. The total
imports OF merchandise since January l. this year.
were $685. 1885, $50, against s42 ,942 In 1874 and
s5s,6sS,477 in 1873 The total exports Of specie
since January were slL65ass2, against s. o44, ss7
last year and $s,9 COZ In 1873.
GOVERNMENT BONDS.
The speculation in these was fairly active, but
toward the close there was fractional decline in
sympathy with gold. The following IL the range
rcAa fnpoJ Ia =
The New York herald., 1875-02-15
OPENING, HIGHEST AND LOWEST PRICES SATURDAY.
The following table shows the opening, highest

CiOSING PkICES-3 r. NJ, SATURDAY.
Pacific Mall 32k a 32'I; western Union Teie-
graph. 72M 72T; Quicksilver, 3lh ass; do. pre-
ierred, 81 q 80: Mariposa Land and Mining, 6I o
8; c., G., q. and l., 06 66k; Adams Express, 1918
1903; American Express, 63 a 63,s; United States
Exprcss. 5ea57; Wells.Fargo Express, s5 SO;
Chicago and Alton, lo7 a los; Cleveland and Pitts
burg, eo5s 90sj Chicago and Northwestern, AK
4S9I; do. preferred, 55k u Sc; Chicago and Rock
Island, 1oSX lO3H; Milwaukee and ST. Paul. a4N
a34T; do. preferred, IS 66h; O., c. and /. c.,
~ a6A; Delaware, Lackawanna and western,
lo9H i0sk; Erie, 2sK 2sH; Hannibal and st.
Joseph, q a21k; do. preferred. 2S 81; Lake
shore, 7sa73K; Harlem, l2s o l2sN; New York
Central and Hudson River, lOlA 1917; New
Jersey Central, 1O7k io7A; Ohio and Mississippi,
2oA 265f; Panama, ll2K u l13; Toledo and Wa
oasn Is 13k; Union Pacific. 40 4oS.
THE GOLD MARKET.
Notwithstanding the unsettled condition OF the
ioreign exchange gold was strong, although not
particularly active. There Is no apparent change
In the eeiing OF tho majority OF operators at the
Board With reference to the continued nrnnsss OF