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JWNVILLE. NEBRASKA.
TO COXSOXI TIVES.
idrert-aer nsviriK been Eesoradto
fow wi'Ki, by a very r.inple ri tueity, uf
g auffi-red several yer with a severe long
, and thai dread uisenae, CoUEuruption is
otnuke kuuvn to his iellt-uf:erer( the
cure.
bo det-ire it, he will aend a copy of the pre
ued (free v( chsrjre, ) with tbe directions
nrijjsnd nnp the enme, which they will
;K URK FOU CONSUMi'TlOX, ASTU--'NtHJTIS,
Ac. The only object of the
r in fending thp lre!k-.ription i t-f benefit
and spread infurtnntion whioh he enn
te invnhtaVtU, end he hopes every .pufferer
Teimdy.as it will cost thtni nothing, and
t a tet-f !ng.
uLingthe prwriptioft will please address
fcev. EDWAKDA. V1 I.SOX,
WillinoiHhurjr. Kin.ra Co New York.
. tnce, uplce, pepper, rtnrer nutmeg, Cln
e., etc. of X-fi quality
At McLaajlJlin & Swaxs.
or trxj.:
A Grand Old Poem.
Wb ha!J judea man fri.m mantera t
Who rhall know hiui by bia drees?
I'auperi may be lit for princes,
I'rincei fit for acme thing leas.
Crampled ehirt and dirty jacket
Hay beclofbe he golden ora
Of tbtdeepegt thought and feenga -
Satin veaU could do bo- men.
There are cprings of eryatal aactar
Ever weiling out of e tone;
There are purple tmds and golden j "
Hidden, crushed and overgrown;
God, who counts by eouls, cot dresses,
Loves and prospers you and me,
WLib he values thrones the highest,
Eut as pebbles in the sea.
Man upraised atoTe his follews,
Oft forgets his fellows then,
lla?ters, Rulers, lords, remember
That your meanest hinds aro men,
Hen by labor, and men by faaae,
Men by thought, and men by fame,
Claiming equal rights to sunshine,
lu a man's ennobling nam.
There art foam embroidered oceans,
There are little reed-clad rills,
There are feeble, inch high saplings,
There are cedars on the hills ;
God , who couiW by souls , not stations.
Loves and prospers you and me ;
For, to hiac, all vain distinctions
Are as pebbles in the sea.
Toiling hands alone are builders
Of a nation's we 1th or fcine ;
Titled'latinesa is pensioned,
' Fed and fattened on the sme ;
By tbe sweat of other's foreheads.
Living only toiejoioe
While the. poor man's outraged freedom
Vainly lifted jip its voice.'
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.Truth and justice are eternal,
Born with lovlinees and light,
Secret wrongs shall never prosper4'
While there is a sonny right ;
God, whose world-heard voice is singing.
Boundless love to you and me,
Sinks oppression with iU titles,
As the pebbles of the sea.
The Latest Decalonsne,
Thou abalthave one God only ;whq
Would be at the expense of two t
No graven i magus may be
Worshipped ,tave in the enrrencj ;
Swear not at all ;' since for thy ctirua
Thine enemy if none the worse ;
At chcrch on Sunday to attend
Will eerye to keep the world thy friend.
Honor thy parents ; that is all
From whom advancement may befall
Thou ehalt sot kill ; but needs't not strive
Officiously to koepalivo.
Adultry it is not fit.
Or afo (for woman) to commit ;
Thou shalt not steal ; an empty feat,
When so lucrative to cheat !
Bear not false witness ; ict thyTie
Have time in its own wing to fly ; ,
Thou'thait not covet; but 'tradition
Approves all forms of competition.
I11GGINS ON SKATES.
Everywhere, in all sortskof newspa
pers, I had read of glorious skating
Central Park skating, Schuylkill .Park,
diamond ditt private ditto the grand
fun men on skates, boys on skates;
plended sylphides in scant skirts, steel
shod, and skirring away over the ice
the thethunder! The very reading
rave me the ice fever, and in the deli
rum cprsquent upon the sudden attack,
I resolved upon taking an icercrpise my
self. '
Why not? What was to hinder? J
had qever'navigated that sort of craft,
'tis true. Bui then I'd been on the water
and under water, all my life and on
ice, too some ! Had I not killed seals,
and chased white bears, for weeks to
gether, on ice ?
Women could skate so the papers
faid So did every body else, when I
inquired of them. I could skaie !
What was ihe reason I couldn't? The
only things I'd ever seen a woman do
that I couldn't was to hook her dress "aft,
and carrying six feet breadth of crinoline,
sail through a twenty-inch doorway.
Yes sit I could skate : and I was bpund
on an ice-cruise.
,There was nothing to prevent the ex
pedition from being fitted out at once.
I was lounging about the Piavy l ard, de
tached from everything all acuain
tances included waitincr orders. Dis-
gusied with bar-roouf?, detesticg thea
tres, what was I to do for amustment ?
Whv. skate, of coure ! Ah. ves ! the
very thing, by Jove ! Why hadn't
thoiiht of it before? I'dhaye a cruise
directly, or saoner if possible. No,
must have the tools tirst ana started on
up town to find 'em.
- I brought up in front oT a big window
on tbe starboard side of the Chestnut
street, going towards Schuylkill, where
they had morf different rigs of sliding
machines than yo'u can see national flags
in pibialtar. Knowing about as much
f the cualifications of the' different pat
terps ai.a cow doe of chronometer
time, I went inside, acd asked fpr a pair
of skate. ' ' ."- '
What kind do you prefer, ir!"
"Oh, I have no preference. Give me
the beat article you've got."
"Yes, sir," and the clerk "passed for
inspection a - pair-or orais-ciaa, - steei
clippers, with more gilgifcs and running
rigeing to 'eta than there'is to a french
elloop-of-war. '
"These are he best, are ihey,!"
. "Yes, -sir.- decidedly! Just get on
them, sir, and you'll go everywhere and
any where, like patent lightning! If
you don't find it so, bring 'em bark, sir.
and I'll return your money.
"What the price V1
- "Fourteen dollars ! Very pheap, sir.
Didn't b'eleive that, of course ; but in-
rested the amount and made sail for
Fairmount.
- Found superb ' skating. Every body
said so, only those that called it elegant j
splendid ! maguifiicent ! , There was a
regiment of men, a battalion of dimity,
and a whole brigade of small craft, on
skates "-skivering, 'scooting., and cutting
all sorts , of, fancies, on the ice ;. every
body laughing, chattering; whooping,
skylarking.and tkirripgp all direction?,
and I don'Lwonder that newspapers.and
everybody else, called 'skating glorious
fun.
"Have your skates strapped, sir?"
said an itinerant bootblack about the
height of a walking-stick.
"Do you understand it, bub?"
."Oh. yes, sir. I strap all, the Jadis
skates for 'pp.". ;
Ah ha! Do; eh? Must have a jolly
time of it! Would like the birth' my
self.' There you are. Go ahead boy !"
And I &at down on Blackie's box. about
a couple of fathoms out on the ice. .'
Wbix ! like a rocket, weqt by a
creat strarninrr. Ionff-leffffed chap, with
a cigar flyiiig jibboom, and swinging fiis
arms like a triga.ie's neaa-yaras m a
hurricane, wjtht the braces all adrift.
"Oh, ho ! So they can smoke on skates
-eh, boy ?,'
"Lord, yes, sir. Everybody smokes
en the ice."
"Exactly." So I fired up on a Prin
cipe and shipped it for the cruise.
Urchin announced skates all ataun-
to, and lock' a ntty cent "tractional
a
ee. ... .....
"Here, boy, here's another fifty.-
Just allow me to sit on your box a few
minutes, till T get the run of the naviga-
lion.
"Yes sir you can set there till J git
somebody else to strap."
Sol sat there studying navigation by
dead reckoning, till directly a little pet
ticoat craft, in yellow trowsers, skirts to
her knees, red ' belt, Russian cap, and
arms akimbo,.' swooped down apd check
ed up right in front of me. There she
hung for a minute, quivering like, and
balancing, just as fifji-hawk does pver
hispre)'Tand all the time eyeing me
with a jolly twinkle in her dancing black
eyes.
"A challenge for a race, sir ! Catch
me if you can !"'....
Little Dimity lifted her left foot a tri
fle, bent the right knee slightly, made a
graceful curve, the bottom of her skirt
just bruiihiiig.my no?e, and off she went
like a flying fish zee-e-t zit !
swinging Lither and thither from side to
nde, her tartin skirt swayinghither and
thither, like the folds of a spanker
brailed in with the ship-head to wind.
So-ho! Thai's challenge, is it ?
And that is the way to skate ! I can
skate? Anybody can skate!
But I couldn't though, whatever any
body else could do. I accepted Dimity's
challenge, however, and her practice on
ice. So I immediately bounced from
that blacking-box, lifted left foot a little
bent right knee, and stuck my arms
akimbo. But I don't cut a "spread ea
gle." Port fopt slid due southeast, end
Btarboard one nor'wtst, still I realized
those spread out pietorial impossibilities
on circus bills. I wonder if my boots
and skates would ever become shipmates
again.
"Hullo ! mister, you musMn't try to
skate all over both sides this ere pond
at once," growled aa old. commercial
looking chap, as "he checked up long
enough t put in the remonstrance
against my ice-monopoly.
"I say. . Blister, Saltwater, couldn't
yer lift yerself amidship a bit, so we
can sail between yer leg?" piped
youag scamp, nie leader to a string of
juvenile, skaters.
"Dn't try-to skate on both sides at
once, my dear sir." advised a '-sensible,
Christian looking young man, who cam
to my assistance, and set me on an even
keel once more, "When you lift one
fool, sir, you must throw all your vigor
and muscle inio the other ' limb. And
then remember to sway your Jody so
that your weight .will always . be . upon
that foot which has the ice. -Tis very
easy, sir just this way,"' and away
went my Christian, mentor, with a long
striding, graceful swing. '.' ; ' '
- Oh, yes that is very easy. . All the
vigor. innhe other limb.' Yes, I cn do
it, : So I made a prodigious scout, and
did it ! . ' :
I stuck out jiff, leg; like ' . mpsquitto
when he n blood sucking.,, Put all my
vigor and muscle into right limb, and
wouldn't gef it out again. ' Went off on
one foot, like a shot, crooking right knee
a little, twice'a minute, just as little Di
mity did. Saw a crinoline craft: cross
ing my erase, under convoy, of a big
double:banked chap,- both skating like a
streak." Tried to sheer to port,' and go
clear of. 'em.; Missed stays,-and went
afoul of crinoline-V
The toe of my port skate hooked Miss
Somebody's skirt which gave 'a' broad
sheer to starboard, and I rammed big
convoy .butting him square en ;hjs; cut
water, and drove the re of my Princi
ple half way down his throat. There
was an everlasting tangle, and all hands
went sprawling on the ice, like a nest of
Ineauga land-crabe. , i . j ;
''Look here, sir ! Wbjtdoyou mean I"
yplled the-big convoy, scrambling to his
feet, and mapeuvering for a broadside.
: "Beg'pardon, sir, couldn't help it ?"
I replied meekly, still sitting on the ice.
; "PouldnV help it ! ; Why don't you
stop!" ' ' : : '
. "Didn't know how."'
. 'Oh, he ! green on skates, eh ?" ;
"Yes, greener'n a cabbage !" . v
That mollified big ; chap ' and setting
me on my pins again, ne volunteered) to
educate me in cheering up.
."Turn your toes up. anfl dig the heels
of your skates into the ice and he il
lustrated. V
"O. yes; I can do that." And 1
did, directly. Off I shot again on one
leg ; steermg this time for , the shore
for Pd skate enough, v
Halfway in, and there slide right down
in my cruse a crowd of forty or so
girls and mep, and women and boys.
I tried "down brakes," according to in
structions and broke too much. Up'tpes
agd digging my heels into the! ice. I
sagged back like, and doubled amidship,
as if I was going to take a seat and I
did ! I wept down stern foremost, with
a whang, tjiat broke the ice like a pane
of window. glass shivered ly a pebble
burled through it. I had an idea just
thep that spch a bump as'that would have
startefl the arrnor of any iron-afloat.
I sold those infernal' skates just as I
sat, for' four dollars, under a strong con:
viction th'at'there's no fun in skaling.
It's all a humbug. I cant skate I don't
want to. :
The Law to proilde for the Insane
of Nebraska.
Sect. 1. Be it enacted by the Coun
cil and House of Representative! of the
Territory of Nebraska, That the Gov
ernor of the Territory is hereby author
ized and required, to make arrangements
with the proper authorities of the State
of Iowa, for the adroissjon of nsane pa
tients, being citizens of Nebraska, into
the Iowa Jlospital for the Insane, upon
furh terms as may seem to him just; and
provided further, That'jf, from , any
cause, the Governor should be unable to
effect an arrangement with the authori
ties of the State of Iowaj for the admis
sion of said patients, that he is hereby
empowered to enter into a contract, with
the proper authorities of such other v?tate
as he shall deem will bez subserve, the
interests of the Territory. , ; V
Sect. 2. -For the admission of pa
tients in tl e "flospital, the following pro
ceedings shal be had, : viz: Some resi
dent of the proper county thall file with
the Prolate Judge of the same county
an affidavit, which, shall be substantially
as follows : "Territory of Nebraska
county, ss The undersigned, a citi
zen of county, Nebraska, being
sworn, says that Jie believes : is
insane. ' His insanity is of less than two
years duration (or! that his being at
large is dangerous to the community.)
He has a legal settlement in county.
Dated this--d&y of . A. D V
When the offidavil aforesaid shall pe !
filed, the Trofcajg Jgpgairfqrthwithj
issue his warrant to some suitable per
son, commanding him tobriogthe: per
son alleged to be insane before hip
a day ip such' warrant named, which
shall pot be more than' five days after j
the affidavit shall be filed, and shall im
mediately issue subpenas for such wit
nessesas he may deep necessary, (one
of whom shall be a respectabfe pbycian)
commanding those persons namd in such
subpena to appear before said Judge on
the return (Jay of said warranty and -if
any person shall' dispute the insanity
of the party charged, the Probate Judge
shall issue subpenas' fpr such person or
persons as shall be deemed on behalf of
the party alleged to be insane.
Sect." 3. At the. time appointed,
(unless for good cause the investigation
shall be adjourned) the Judge shall pro
ceed to examine the witnesses in attend
ance, and if, upon the bearing of the
a
testimony, such Judge shall be satisfied
that the person so charged is insane, he
1 s a v
snail cause a certmcate to be made out
by the ; medical witness in 1 attendance,
which shall set forth the following:
1st. That the patient is free from
any infectious disease.
Spd. The age of the patient and i
concise history of the case. ' "
3d. The duration of the disease, da
ting from ' the first symptoms which
statement shall be sent to the Hospital
wiih the patient. ' J
4th. The supposed cause of the dis
ease, and whether it is hereditary,
' 5th, Whether the patient has attemp
ted volence on himself or others. ;
! 6th. Whether the patient is subject
lo epilepsy. ' " ' . i '
7th. The medical treatment pursued
in the cast as pear as 'the same can be
ascertained, ; , . -
4'
lownicn tne witness shall add any
other information or circumstances known
to him may tend tQ throw light "on -the
subject. -'- -
. .' Sct. 4..:. The Probate ' Judge, "upon
receiving the certificate of': the' medicaj
witness, mace out-according to the pro
visions of section three of this act. shall
forthwith apply to the Governor of the
Territory, ind shajl at 'the same time
transmit copies under his opcial seal.'of
the certificate of the medical witness and
ofthe findings in the case. 1 Upon re
ceiving the application and said certifi
cate, the Goverppr shall immediately ad
vise the .Probate Judge whether ;he pa
tient can be received, and if so, at what
time. If said patient is received, the
Governor shall forthwith issue his order
to the sheriff or any other suitable per
sun, ccnimanding him to forthwith take
charge of and convey such insane person
to the. Hospital. ,
Sect. 5. Upon receiving such patient
the superintendents shall indorse upon
said order a recipt and this'order, with
the receipt thereon, shall be returned to
the Governor who issued the same, and
shall be filed by him with the other pa
. W 11
ners relating to trie case, in all cases
the relatives of the insane shall have
the right, if they ehoose, to convey such
insane person to the Hospital, and 'in
such case the warrant shall be directed
to one of such relations; Provided, That
in case the medical witness shall not
state in his certificate that the patient is
free from any infectious disease, l shal
be the duty of too Probate Judne to
refuse to make, application to the Gover
nor, as hereinbefore provided,-until such
certificate is furnished.
Sect. 6. When a patient is sent to a
Hospital, under the provisions of this act,
it shall be the duty of the Governor to
see that the patient v is supplied with
- ' a
clothing and such other articles as may
be necessary, or required by the rules
regulations of the Hospital to which such
patient may ne sent.
Sect. 7. - The necessary expenses ac
curing under the provisions of this act,
shall be paid out of the Territorial treas
ury, upon the' order of the Governor
eountersign&d by the Auditor ? Prodded,
That in all cases where sqch insane per
son or his or her natural guardians have
sufficient ability to pay the expenses in
curred in his or her behalf by the Ter
ritorv of Nebraska, they shall pay the
J w
stme, together with all costs and expen
ses incurred in recovery thereof ; and
. ...
suit may be commenced tor tne same in
ilia name of the Territory of Nebraska
at the direction of the Governor of the
Territory.
Sect. 8. The Probate Judge shal
be entitled to the sam? fees as far - sim
ilar services, and, upon hearing and de
ciding upon such application, he shall be
entitled to the same fees, as bearing and
determining a writ; of habeas ctrvus.
ftcx. 9. . The Governor shall reportj
o the Lt slatuio 'annually,' ihe.nutu
ber of patients sent, and the Auditoi
shall furbish a report to the Legislature
annually, of expenses incurred under
the provisions of this act. . ., n
Sect, 10. This act shall take effect
and be in full orce from and after
passage; .. ' ... -. 1; ,: . .
its
Approved, February, 13, 1SC5.
Amendment ofReTenns Lair.
Sect, J. Be it enacted bv the Coun-
cil and House of Representatives of ihe :
Territory of Nebraska, That whenev-j
er the word ' January? occur in sections
fifty:one, fifty-two and fifty-seven, of an !
act entitled 'an act to revise an act. to
provide for the- valuation' and assess
ment of the real and personal property
and for the levying and collection of tax
es in the Territoryr cf Nebraska," ap-
provftlFeb., 15th, -1S64,. the same is
hereby amended so as to read "May."
That wherever the . word ."November"
occurs in section thirty-six of said act
the same is hereby amended so as to
read "December." .
Sect, 2- That in, all cases where any
tax may or would have -becoraa delin
quent under the provisions of the' act to
whicl this act is" amendatory, Jthe time
of such delinquency is hereby extended
to the first day of May, 1965.
Approved, February, 13,1S65.
How to GctEIdora Rock.
Uriah Abell was a Connecticut far
mer, and in his time a pretty good one.
H s farm like a great many other Con
necticut farms, was full of stones, and he
delighted to clear them out of . the way
of ihe plow. He fcuilt up a gteai many
rods of , substantial stonej wall, but he
could not use up all the stone. He had
cleared one field f alla but onergreai
boulder, about the 'size of a large hay
cock. He wanted to get nd-of that.'
He would haye "blown it to flinders," as
hp. hd aJT find rnnnv nhtera hat -it -a-aa
withinjiwo rods of the "best room win
dows.", which might po to ' fi nders
the same time. So he attempted
to
haul it out of its bed pee day. After
tiring his pwn and his neighbor's oxen,
and breaking several chain?, Uriah grew
wrathy, and "declared that 'the would
give S5 to any one that would put that
pesky rock out of his sight."
"Wa'al neow, I don't pind taking the
job if you'll find a spade and throw in
some dinner, and a mug of cider along in
the'afterpoon."
This prrpositioa was made by a stran
ger who had just then come up. He
was a fair'specimen of working. Yan
kee, and Iriah dropped the broken chain
and turned square round to look him full
in the face. ,
"Yes I'll give it and the dinner aud ci
der too, but I won't pull my oxen again
at that stone, no how."
"Don't wint you-should. I'm to "put
that stone out of sight; making all smooth
about here, so you can plough right
along. . That's what I'n to do ain' it."
"Yes, thaWis all I want I don't care
how you do it, but if you fail I don't pay
anything, do you understand? Very
well, thep come iaiq dinner."
That done, and,a large cud of tobacco
adjusted, the Yankee threw off his coat
and took up the'spade. He gave a look
at the stone to see the way ii would tip
easiest, and then commenced digging a
hole on the lower side; large and deep
enough to burr the boulder quste out of
siffht. ' In three hours he get out and
o ok a careful measurement, and then
tdug little upon one side. Then he wept
to the wood pile and get a stout stick of
wood, which he planted firmly with one
end in the bottom of his hole and the oth
er bracing against the rock. Tnea he
becan undermining, and worked till he
saw the dirt began to give, and founJ
that the rock was resting on his brace.
"Now'' says he "I ihink I will take
that mug of cider." '
Uriah, who had been watching" him,
ordered out the cider with a rigid good
wilL He even offered to add -"doughnuts
and cheese."
While the ; Yankee was' wiping away
the perspiration and drinking his cider,
Uriah brought his oxen around and hitch
ed a chain to the Toeden prop.
"1 did say I wouldn t pull my oxen
again and I don't mean loo, causa it enly
needs a smart jerk."
Jerk it was, and down went the boul
der and with it a shovel full of dirt, and
another and another, in quick succession,
until all was smooth and level, and long
before night the Yankee was ready, to.
resume his journay. 1 v
"There," said Uriah,is h
le handn
him the fivo dollars, "ihtic a iLe lH
sperit five Jullars ikul 1 pt. J f.r work .-u '
my farm. Wbui.you'ta'c aLuiLcr t-'rik
of cider. Youare tutlrely wclcccic.
I have learritd tome'ihiLr of ycu."
Perhaps some persoHs nLo rtad ihls
may learn scmeihing IcarnLow ta get
rid cf sam of the boulder that enusilr '
the'syrfnee andnhich art- cfted llisud
and broken up and haulecaway "j'io't, ?a
get rid of thcm-'iVt 'a'mu;h rfeater ex
pense than it wculJ require to bury tl.e;u' "
weereihey lie, entirels.'cut cf siht. '
1 Inbuilt. ' r 1
The following are the debts cf thi
several of the principal Slates cf tha
Union, according to tbe last cfiicial re
ports : New 'York', -$29,720,721 ; Fen."
33.370,603 ;'Masa..,.22.S53.C7-i r n;,"
S13,590,751; Ill's. $11,173,514; MaineJ ai
55,137,500; Conn., S5.C 00,000: Mich.,' Us
53,451.129: Wis., 52,500,000 ; Yt., Cli
642,815.-.'.';' : . ' V
' The quota cf Delaware i3 033. cf
which Wiunington'stporticn is 373. acd
that of New Cajtle ccur.ty537.
The quota of Philadelphia has been re
duced to 6.&15.
No member of Coagresswa hss iha
been re-elected voted against ihs'ccnsii-
tutional amendment. ... :
Dr. J. S. Jeffries, a government de
tective, doing duty from post headquif.
ters at Cincinnati, wai betrayed ly
rebel deserter last week into the hi- U
of ihe-rebel guerrillas in Bourbon ccu;.
ty.Ky.,wjio first murdered and then rcl
bed him. '- " : .
' Advices from Peru indicate that ih
Government is likely :o corns to terra i
with, Spain,' and pay tollerably heavV
dacdages. ' ' . " r ma
: "' ; -..'.: '. ' , ;en:
TI9 i?r?pessille-Boker has attacked and
Fort fisher after Porter, and waves a swn
string of verses'over its ruins as Ion" m ;ext
jrux aim.- a pa a"ujiinmrami"rViaaiJ4J' -
. j .i in
; In ihe. Pans'archieres of Justice iln?r ,:M
are 36.0,000 full and tccurate reparts'ef j03.
cases of su.-cide, every one of which ccn- jar3
tains all letters or scraps of writing Ift L
by: the sslf-murderer which relate 'to his Lzi
crime.
John Steeir died the other day in
Philadelphia, from the kicV cf a h fir.'.
He wai the weahhiea; man in Philadel
phia.. Income 3,000 per day ca Oil.
Onlv nineteen men fiave bAn pnl-iia ! f
in Philadelphia since the firtcf January. . f1C
Reason, small buuu'a?. . f
lava;
The sum of SS65.C43 has. been rail I
to the owners j?f ihe garble quarribs at P!
Lee, Mass., for material furnished for
the extension of the Capitol. '
Empire of Mexico u ' the formation cf p,
compani23 for runaing horse-railroad
cars in the cities of Vera Cruz and Mex-
. - r ' . , . . "
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New York.has -e new institution a
Petroleum block Lxchange, Twenty- paj j
five dollars is the annual subscription ; .
single admision, twenty-five cents. j .,
Under the pew ctlculation of tha Pro- haV.
vost Marshal General of the State of j his
Rhode Island, is called upoa .to furnih i
1,459 men. But? a Ifew days ago tha j a
Governor (who had confiirret' with the , 8
War Pepartment) exulticgly proclauned
that the gallant little State waa Voul of
the draft." The ne', decision ?reatej
y-l
a yery uatv(l surprise. . . ,.c-
The ' Montreal Telepraph Company A?-7
have completed arrangements to carry r
their wires down itrouzh Lower Cicada ft,!?
and tne Hew Urunswick. to tnterseit
with the wires of the American Tele-.
graf h Company at Sackvjlle, N. B.; !
anticipation of the speedy completion of
the Atlantic telegraph cable frcrn Ir
land to New Bell Foundland. '
There are now six thousand men em
ployed in. the Brooklyn navy yard. The
keel of ihe new frigate Ontario' is beici
laid, and the work is being hurried on 'o ea23
an early compleiicn. " The steamer u lo it
have capacity for three thousand t.:n3?3usj
and will ca:ry tweniy-tv?6 nine-inch i
. . . - . $
guns, each weighing cne thousand ;
pound x.
A correspendeat cf tha Mcttreal Ga-,. '.'
zette nys that the ports of. Canada areV4'"
jn s!ite of bkekada. Windsor, To- j .
rcnto, . Hamihcn Kingston, and Mont-1 -
real are as effectually blockadedby th3'w
psssport system cf President Lincoln ss"
they posf-ibly could be by his cu'sbcatj
system, should , there ganbost? trer b?'w
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