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Year: 1865

"A ledge of plumbago, superior t.
any heretofore found in the State. ha,
just been discovered in the vicinity o.
this city. This is not the common
dirty plumbago found everywhere in
the State, but is a more superior arti-
Gle. Slabs two feet in length can ca
silly be obtained. The BEST Fabre pen
ellis are not equal to the raw plumba.
go taken from this mine. The vein is
SIX feet in width. We saw slab
yesterday, sawn from a block Of the
ore-tricd it upon different qualities
Of paper, and must say that it is of a
far smoother and better quality as
dug from the mine than the best Eng
lish pencils. Finer material for pen
ellis certainly cannot be found in the
world. The black lead, plumbago,
graphite, or whatever you may be
pleased to call it-all these names be-
ing proper-is as fine and solid as SO
much pine plank, and may be sawed
into pencils of any size or shape The
best mines for plumbago are found in
England, and very high prices were
formerly paid for the crued mineral.
We might say much more of tue vari-
Gus localities in which it is found, and
of the processes by which the mineral
is manufactured into pencils, but we
presume it would be nothing new to
the majority Of our readers .-Ncrdda
Enterprise.
Year: 1865

We would advise all young people
to acquire, in early life, the habit of
correct speaking and writing, and to
abandon, as early as possible. any use
Of slang words and phrases. The
longer you live the more difficult the
requirement of correct language will
be and if the golden age Of youth.
the proper season for the acquisition
of language. be passed in its abuse.
the unfortunate victim, if neglected,
is very properly doomed to talk slang
for life. Money is not necessary to
procure this education. Every man
has it in his power He has merely
to use the language which he reads,
instead Of the slang which he hears
to form his taste from the best speak.
ers and poets in the country, to treas
ure up choice phrases in his memory
and habituate himself to their use
avoiding. at the same time, that pc
dantic precision and bombast which
show tho weakness of vain ambition
rather than the polish Of an educated
mind.
Year: 1865

The name of each article offered for sale as
"Gold Hunting Watch" Gold Oval Band
Bracelet" " " Pearl Breastpin aud Bar drops -
Gold Enamelled Ring" " Silver Plated
Cake Basket" &C., is written on card and
enclosed in sealed envelope these envelopes
are then placed in drawer and well mixed
then as an order is received, with twenty. five
cents for return postage and other charges,
one of the cards or certificates is taken at ran.
dom and sent by first mail to the customer,
who wtH see at once ehat he can get for One Dol
lar If he is pleased with his fortune he can
forward the money according to directions on
the certificate aud secure the prize. If the
article awarded should be unsuited TO the pur-
chaser--as for example, set of Pearl Ear
Drops and Breastpin to a young man who
could not wear them, and had no one TO gire
them to-we will send any other article on the
catalogue of equal price which may be PREFER
ed. Or if, for any reason, you choose to ven-
ture no further, then you can let the matter
drop where it is and spend no more. Exmine
carefully our Catalogue .f.
Year: 1865

hard work to convince the devil


that it would be better to get be.


hind him. One old darky asked me


if was from the North. On being
told was, he asked where from. /
replied, Iowa" He then wanted to
know if that was near Boston. A mig
gers idea of an earthly paradise is
Boston.) l told him it was not. Then
he asked me concerning several arti-
cles he had seen come down from the
North. Wanted to know if there we're
"possums in Iowa. This question 1
was not able to answer. AS for fish
| told him there were plenty, and so
large that in low water they had to
go under the bushes along the shore
to keep from getting their backs sun.
burned. l could hardly convince him
that the Mississippi river extended
along the border of Iowa.


On this place there are one hundred
and twenty acres of corn, about forty
acres of oats, and the rest cotton, which
is in fine condition, though badly in
need of repair. The farm is managed
by Finley Mcdonald, Esq, Northern
farmer of great experience. There
are one regiment of troops and one
battery here the whole commanded
by Col. Donaldson of the cath U. s.
Colored Infantry. My next letter will
be on the moral condition of the freed
men. WINFIELD.
Year: 1865

and therefore greatly superior to the goods
imported from abroad and hawked about as
the cheapest ever sold. The simple duty on
imported goods, and the high premium on Gold
(all foreign bills are payable in gold, amount
to more than the entire cost Of many of the
articles afforded by us to the public. To IA.
cilitate the sale
Year: 1865

| Sec. 3. And he IL further enacted, That the


said lands hereby granted shall be subject TO


the disposal Of the legislature of said State,
or, II the legislature thereof shall not be i'm
session, or shall adjourn within ten days after


the passage and approval of this act, then said


lands shall be subject to the disposal of the
governor AMI board of control of said State,
tor the purpose aforesaid and for no other; and
the said canal shall be and remain public
highway for the use of the government of the
United States, free from toll or charge upon
the vessels OF said gorernment. or upon vessels
employed by said government in the trauspor-
tation OF any property or troops of the United
States.


Sec. f. And be Il further enacted. That be-
fore 1T shall be competent for said State to dis
pose OF any of said lands, to be selected az
aforesaid. the plan of said break water and har-
Dor, and the route of said canal shall be estab-
lished as aforesaid, and plat or pats thereof
shall be filed in the office of the War DEPART
ment, and duplicate thereof in the Office of
the Commissioner of the General Land Office.


Sec D.. dRd be further enacted, That if the
SAID breakwater, harbor, and ship canal shall
not be completed within two years from the
passage OF this act, the lands hereby granted
shall revert to the United States.


Sec. 8. And be il further enacted, That the
legislature of said State shall cause to be kept
an accurate account OF the sales and net pro-
ceeds of the lands hereby granted, and of all
expenditures in the construction, repairs, and
operating of said canal, and of the earnings
thereof, and shall return statement of the
same annually to the Secretary of the Interior;
and whenever said State shall be fully reim-
bnrsed for all advances made for the construc-
ton, repairs, and operating of said canal, with
legal interest on all advances until the reim-
bursement of the same, or upon payment by
the United States of any balance of such adj
vances over such receipts from said lands, and
canal. with such interest the said State shall
be allowed to tax for the Use of said canal, on
ly such tolls as shall be sufficient to pay all
necessary expenses for the care, charge, and re-
pair of the same


Approved, March 8, 1865.
Year: 1865

WILL ALL MEET AGAIN IN THE MORNING y
Such was the exclamation of a dying child
as the beautiful rays of the golden sunset
streamed on him through the window
GOOD bye, Papa, good bye Mamma has
come for me tonight Weep not for me !;
we'll all meet again in the morning" What
consolng words to that bereaved heart /!
words in the hours of loneliness, and be
comforted by them. 1t was as if an angel
had spoken unto him and how we'll did he
know that his beloved child had gone to
Join it's angel mother in the world above,
and that he had nestled on the bosom of
Him who hath said, Suffer little children
to come unto me, and forbid them not, for
of such is the kingdom of heaven"


To many who have been bereft of loved
ones, how consoling and blessed is thought
that, when all the trials and cares of this
world are over " Well all meet again in the
morning "


Many persons, at the present time, when
war is raging so fearfully i'll our land are
called upon to part with loved ones. The
father, husband and brother leave the cheer
full fireside and the happy family circle, to
90 forth to fight their country's battles.
liz" SlCdG ID tilc any ulSl Vi ludI parting !,
for small are the chances that they will
ever again be permitted to meet their loved
ones on this earth, but they can have the
consoling thought in all their trials and ad-
versities that if they live Alright they will
meet all their loved ones in the morning"


There is an aged man prostrated on bed
of sickness. As we look upon his pale and
emaciatcd cOuntenance we know that he
will soon be clasped in the cold embrace of
death but every now and then his counte-
nance is lighted up with smile of peace
and joy, which shows that he is resigned to
the will of God. He calls his family with
whom he has spent so many happy days, }
around his bedside and pours out upon
them his parting blessings. Mourn not
for me-" he says, for God willing, we'll all
meet again in the morning"


Clouds may darken our pathway here Oh
earth, disappointments may gather around
us, but still they cannot extinguish the hope
which lies within us, if we have this motto
within our hearts and upon our lips, "We'll
all meet again in the morning.
Year: 1865

OvERwORK. above many is the
man who considers every hour lost which
is not spent in reading, writing, or in study;
and not more rational is she who thinks
every moment of her time more lost which
does no find her sewing. We once heard
great man advise that a book of some
kind be carried in the pocket to be used i'll
case of an unoccupied moment-such was
his practice. He died early and fatuitous.
There are women who, after hard days
work, will sit and sew by candle or gas
light until their eyes are almost blinded, or
until certain pains about the shoulders
comes on, which are almost insupportable,
and are only driven to bed by a physical
incapacity to work any longer. The sleep
of the overworked, like that of those who
do not work at all, is unsatisfying and I'M
refreshing, and both alike wake up in wear
mess, sadness and languor, with an inevi-
table result, both dying prematurely Let
no one work in pain or WEAKNESS. When
a man is tired he ought to lie down until
he is fully rested when, with renovated
strength, the work will be better done, done
the sooner, and done with selfsustained
alacrity The time taken from seven OF
eight hours sleep out of each twenty-four, is
time not gained, but time much more than
lost we can cheat ourselves, but we can,
not cheat nature A certain amount OF
food is necessary to a healthy body and il
less than that amount be furnished, decay
commences that very hour. 1t is the same
with sleep, and any one who persists in al
lowing himself less than Nature requires,
will only hasten his arrival OF the mad
house or the grave.
Year: 1865

STRENGTH VERSUS SWEETNESS.-Ne plain
but clever women who are restlessly con
scious Of their plainness, but decline to
adopt the attitude of humiliation, will dis
charge their impressions with bang, like
the bolts of cross-bow, in way that
shows they almost triumph in disregarding
the etiquettes Of social suavity but, after
all, they are better worth talking to, and
will generally succeed more entirely in get
ting out of themselves and changing for a
time the moral atmosphere they carry about
with them, than those who lose half the
singleness of their aims in the study Of
pretty attitudes, or in watching the effect
of each drop in the healing stream of their
conversation. Conscious beauty and a con-
quering ease of carriage in man or woman
ooze out in a mannerism that generally
awakens, a sort of reactionary thirst for
hard, healthy hitting--just as you are apt
to come away from the unctious moral elO-
quence Of the Bishop of Oxford with
strong resolve never again to indulge i'll
sweet and persuasive manner and wish
to rub off the impression by striking some
one intellectually on the spot. The con-
sciousness of a winning and persuasive
grace, physical or moral, may be very
pleasant but we suspect it is a pleasure
that pals upon the possessor, as it certain
ly does on the recipient of such suavities.
Year: 1865

PRINCETON, n. j., March IA, 1865.


Mr.. EDIToR.-Having had opportunity to
learn the feelings and determinations of the loyal
legions of New Jersey the great questions of
the age, Declare freedom to all the inhabitants of
the land" L have thought few words on that
subject might not be unacceptable to the numerous
readers of the REPORTER. 1t is cheering you
know to the old veterans of right in Bradford, to
hear that the great cause is marching
" on. All are doubtless acquainted with the re-
cent defeat of the Constitutional Amendment d"
abolishing Slavery in the Legislature of this State
and perhaps too many have imbibed the idea that
the measure is irretrievably lost Let such be as
sured that disgraceful result is by no means
even probable. Final action on that matter is yet
II come when more patriots and fewer traitor sym
pahzers will be privileged to arbitrate and to vote
Tie people have yet to speak, which they will too
next Fall III thunder tones. Every loyal Jersey
man holds himself duty bound to wipe out this
foul stain upon the record of his native State He
knows all true freemen throughout the world are
Watching the issue of this question with breathless
anxiety and cheered by the glorious prospects of
the day he is now straining every nerve to make
the victory sure and complete. There exists every
reason for sanguine hope in the triumph of the
Already have skirmishers gone out to feel
the enemy and with armor buckled on in the de-
tense OF truth justice and good government, the
patriots Of New Jersey confidently and calmly
await the conflict, assured that the whirlwind of
popular opinion aroused by this disgraceful action
Of her Legislature must sweep the State next Fall
for Freedom and Union, triumphantly. There
hardly remains the shadow of doubt but that
New Jersey having washed her hands from the
foul polutons of the past will in due time take her
seat among her sister States around the banquet ta
be Of universal liberty, sta sit.


ANXIOUS REPUBIICAE
Year: 1865

In the sad and mournful Autumn,


With the falling of the Leaf,
Death, the reaper, claimed our loved one,
AS the husbandman the sheaf
Cold and dark the day we laid her


Meath the signing cypress tree,
For, though nothing to another,


She was all the world to me.
In the month of song and blossom,
In the month when tender flowers
Spring from earth's maternal bosom
Walked to life by gentle showers
As wandered close beside her


Meath the spreading greenwood tree,
Fair said, and radiant maiden,


You are all the world to me.
Then the rare and bright-eyed maiden,
In the month of song and flowers
Rosy-lipped'and cherry laden


Curtained by the twilight hours
Gave her hand into my keeping


Meath the spreading greenwood tree
And she said, with eye-lids dropping
You are all the world to me.
Bright the visions round us 1oated
On the quiet evening air,
For to those whose life is loving,


There is beauty everywhere.
Long We stood, yet scarcely spoke we,
Meath the spreading greenwood tree,
Sometimes limiting, always looking
You are all the world to ME.
But there hovered near spirit


Darker than the bird of night,
And it touched her dropping eye-lids,
Covered up her eyes of light;
Then with careful hands We laid her
Meath the sighing cypress tree,
And my heart with her is buried
She was all the world to me.
Year: 1865

A submarine torpedo was exploded 463
feet down in an oil well near Titusville, Pa,
on Saturday, making the oil and water
shoot 80 feet into the air, and the earth
groan like monster in death agonies. The
we'll had ceased to yield, hut as soon as the
disturbance subsidized oil appeared on the
surface as fast as it could be dipped off
with sand-pump The theory is that the
oil veins got stopped up with paralhne,
and the torpedo blew them open again.
Year: 1865

BEHAy1oR AT TABLE-It used to be high
caste to eat with a spoon every thing that
could be so eaten, except fish, which was
not made spoon-rneat Pease, pudding,
curry custard, were all conveyed to the
mouth with spoon The same of serving.
A lady, whose social position was dubious,
caused opinion to pronounce that she lo0s
lady by helping lemonpudding with
spoon. Nowadays, whether fork or spoon,
or fork and spoon you may do as you like,
provided you do it without affectation. No
where may you eat any thing with knife.


1t is not polite to express surprise, re-
pugnance, or ridicule at the introduction
and consumption of any eatable which may
be new or unusual TO your own experience
The world is wide, and you have not yet
seen the whole Of it. II invited to expert
mental repasts, such as the Prince Napol-
cons Chinese dinners, or the recent French
and German horse-fesh banquets, you
know what you have to expect beforehand,
and can accept or decline accordingly. But
if fortune unexpectedly bring you into con-
tact with strange messes which others Ell
joy, good manners require you tc took as If
you could enjoy them if you pleased.


1t is not polite in private house, to
breathe in your glass and polish it with
your napkin, or to wipe your plate, knife,
fork or spoon, or in short, to do any thing
which can imply suspicion of the n;at-
ness and cleanliness of the service. In no.
tells and restaurants only you have the
right, by paying for it, to take those pre-
cautions.


General Grosdos, who retained many of
his army habits, was dining at a minister's
house in Paris. When a livery servant
came to fill his glass with wine, he antici-
pated the movement by wiping it with all
his might and main. The hostess, fearing
that some little accident had occurred,
signed to the valet behind her to change
the glass The wiping process was recon-
menced, and the glass Immediately changed
up to a third, and a fourth, the General
losing temper, whispered to his neighbor,a
Senator's wife, Does NJ. lie Ministre mean
to make game of me, by asking me to DIM
ner to wipe his glasses"


The lady, with some difficulty, got him
to understand that what might be neces-
sary in camp canteen was quite unneces-
sary in Partisan dining-room.
Year: 1865

Tonight we went into camp in the midst
of magnificent grove Of pines. The feet
are buried in the bed of spindles and burrs
which have fallen undisturbed for centu-
ries. The wind sings, or rather murmurs
for that is the sound-through the lofty
tree-tops, while the air is filled with the
delicious fragrance Of the woods. This
evening the sun went down behind great
bars of silver and purple, although now
and then its bright rays would stream out,
throwing long shadows across this great
Year: 1865




A SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY FOR NAN TO EN-
"A gag W lhe Hotel business down town. In the vicinity
Of the principal steamboat landings The house is nicely FUR
nshed and well patronzed None but cash toner need
apply TO WILLIAM ABBOTT, No. East Broadway.
Year: 1865

that this Is q mistake as far as Davis and Brown
are concerned, for they are both now in our
hands; but IL is not at all improbable that
some members Of the rebel Cabinet have ssc-
ceeded in reaching that point, en- route for
Havana; and hence the confusion as to the
presence Of Davis there
Year: 1865

OLYMPIC TnsArRx-The Sleeping Beauty stIll draws
crowded houses Tho brlancy Of illustration that this
piece gives TO tho old fairy tale something wonderful
In scenic art Scenic illustration DO carried much
further than It has been usual 10 carry II without any
necessary injury TO tho better part Of the DRAMA and
there Is now evidently development of that idea 10
progress In theatres Our greatest general excel.
lnce in scenery has hitherto been In the admirably up
proprate and we'll designed interiors that st hold thor
place at wallacks Tho Winter Garden has this winter
done great things In scenery, as in the mountngs Of
Hamlet and Catorcbe, the admirably studied scenes Of
which OF the highest character In every respect
Mira Wood promises close the season in blaze Of
hight There has been nothing superior In the Inc
10 the mour,ngs Of the Sleeping Beauty; and, as a
simple piece Of gorgeous spendor the closing scenc Of
the piay Ia above praise
Year: 1865

The American Numismatic and Archaeological Society
have in preparation bronze medal designed to 'co-
memorate life and perpetuate the pame Of Abraham
Lincoln Il will be three Inches In diameter and Will
boar on the diverse bust of'tho late President aud
the inscription. Subscriptions will be re-
ccved by the Secretary OF the Society," whose direction
can be found at the Society Library Building The
names of the subscribers that have not already been
printed will be oxnd in another part Of ths paper The
list is still open at counter.
Year: 1865

Such is the daily sale IN that Southern city.
The bulk Of 1t goes TO the army, in which Of
course the HERALD is preferred from ancient
experience that It is The only paper that con-
tains tho news But the fact that the people in
what papers they do buy indicate the. same pre-
ference shows well enough that the people Of
the Old North State know what good news
paper Is.
Year: 1865

. FINANCIAL.-The New York Commercial of
the 10th says that in financial circles there is
an evidently improving tone, and we observe
more disposition on the part OF the capitalist
to invest in government and other dividend
paying securities. Gold is steady but dull at
1i7al47h. The loan market is working with
more ease. There is, however, a fair amount
of activity, and the rate is fully per cent


Commercial paper passes more freely at 7agH
for first-class, and at l0ai2 for second. The
stock market is steady, but dull. Governments
are better, and railroad shares opened ouiet
Year: 1865

81 At the farewell dinner which Sir Morton
Peto gave in New York the other day, two
hundred and fifty guests were present, and
the dinner cost about S25,00O, Just 500 for each
person, being, no doubt, the most elaborate
banquet ever given in this country. At least
twenty -four kinds of wine Were drank, and the
price of some of the brands, the Imperial Tokay
for instance, was $50 per bottle.
Year: 1865

d country girl, says the Rocky Mountain
News, was spit from wagon the other day
and had all her inery mussed ia the snow
drifts. After recovering from a short spell of
insepsioiity her first struggling soliloquy
was, "Oh, fiddle hope there is mo editor
man in sight b
Year: 1865

AMxN proves himself fit to so higher who
shows that he is faithful where he is. A
man that will not do well ia hts present
place because he longs to be higher, Is mt 20
be neither where he is, nor yet abcVe IT,
Year: 1865

Mn. MoCULLocH is advancing steadily
with his plan for the gradual contraction OF
the currency. The revenues nre such that
he will soon be able to withdraw and sup
press twenty-five millions of greenbOcks. OF
course the value of those which remain in ex-
istence will be correspondent ely increased,
and the prices of commodities purchased with
them corrcspondingly diminished. The coun-
try will receive this information with un-
qualified pleasure. The Secretary of tho
Treasury is on the right road and If he does
not attempt to go too fast, he may safely
count upon that gratitude which is sure to
be awarded to a great public benefno'or.-
Chicago RepNLk'raN.
Year: 1865

lone or THE FRArERNIrr, who wrote
the article in the REPUBLICAN yesterday on
the subject of employing Female Clerks"
in the Treasury, made n very unnecessary,
unjust, and indelicate fling at the Secretary
OF tho Interior, which would not have been
printed had we carefully noted it. Such of
fensive personalities are not generally looked
for in communications from ladies' hence ii
escaped our attention, which We regret.
Year: 1865

BoRAx.-About two hundred tons Of borax
has been shipped from the mine in this
county during the present season, and the
prospects for large yield during the winter
are better than ever before. The company
at present employ fifty hands, aud are taking
out from three to five tons per day. Those
who are posted consider the mine inexhaus
tbe, and increasing in value every year it is
worked. Clear Lake Journal.