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VOLUMES. CAPE ISLAND. NEW JERSEY, Till1 lis PAY. PECKMHEli. -25. 1862. NUMBER. 30

Stlttf IffistcIliMn. a Fan uraiTzoi. The following' somewhat remarkable narrative (which we find in a late number or the Sal Francisco Mirror) U related by a Western lady, now on a wislt to that city from Mariposa. She;'* herself a character. 8he has crossed the plains twice— first in 1849. during which her hosbqnd perished— and is the first American lady who retamed to ->tbe East by the Istbmns of Panama. Kheisa genuine heroine — a fine specimen of stoat-hearted Western womanhodd —and her adventures in the wilds of the unoccupied West have been numerous and exciting. If the good people of Mariposa bare missed a lady from their neighborhood, they are hereby apprised that the is comfortably located at the boarding bopse of Mrs. Neeblt, on corner of Montgomery end Botter streets, and will pot return 4o the mountains ohlil Uolmes of thaQuzette, ceases to barrow (he hearts of Mariposa mothers by calling their little bpbjes "brata." Well, while the trein of which this Isdy was a member wee encamped at a . plaint ou the Humboldt, where the JjCSsen trail intersects the Carson track of travel, she visited the tent of a family tponslsiing of an Elderly couple and one child — a daughter of fourteen or fifteen. The old lady waa sitting on s pile of . blankets, Jinder the canvass, eocoarag,ing a most determined attack of the ''sulks," while the masculine bepd of affairs had planted himself on his wooden tongoe, and was sucking his pipe as leisorely as though he expbutcd to remain their fprgver. A single glance developed the difficulty in that, little train of one wagon and three peraone, and that it had attained n point or qniet desperation beyond the reach of peaceful adjustment. Three days before, they had pitched their tent at the forka of , the road, and as they conld not agree upon the ronte by which to enter California, there thsy had remained. The hnsbsnd expressed a preference for the ^ Carson road— the wire for the Lessen— and neither would yield. The wife declared that she would remain all winter; the husband said ho»shoitld be pleased to lengthen the sojonrn.lLrongh the Hammer following. On the morniug of the fourth dsy, the wife broke a sullen silence of thirty-six boors, by proposing a division of the proparty, which consisted of two yoke of cattle, one wagon, camp furniture, a small quantity of provisions, and twelve dollar* in silver The proposal was accepted and fortwilh the "plunder" was divided, leaving the wagon to the old man, and the daughter to the mother The latter exchanged, with a neighboring train the cattle belonging to her for a pony and packeaddle, end piling the daughter and her portion of the divided spoils apon the animal, they resolntely ► started across the desert by tbo Lessen trail, while the old man aileutlg yoked bis. cattle, and took the otht r foutt Singular a* this may seem, u i# nevertheless Una. It is among the many occurrences of life stranger than fiction. O." course both parties reached California bs safety. Wa say "of coarse," for it le scarcely possible that any obstacle, death included, could have Interfered with stubborn ess so sublime. Arriving at 8acraaeoto with her dsagkter, the old Ijiilj readily found employment — for women were less plentiful then now— and es Weq neatly opened a boarding hm* and -In in few years amassed a handsome fastens. Two years ago she vswTW B" Ffaaolfcco, and the daighter, nbose education had not beep aegleatad, was married to one of the most substantial

as msn and wife fur years, and she sometimes reproached herself for the willfulness that seperatcd them, after uo long a pilgrimage together through 1 this rough life — But he was not dead. We cannot trace bis coarse in California however. All that we know of him is that fortpne had pot smiled upon him, and thst for years be had toiled without hope. Finally, feeling scarce able to longer wield the pick and shovel, be visi ltd 8ao Francisco, in the hope of obtaining employment belter adapted to his wasted ftrengtb. For three months he remained idle after arriving here, and 'ben, (op want; of occupation, became the humble re- j tailer of peanuts and oranges, wiyb bis j entire stock of traffic in a basket upon i his arm. This was about six months ago. A few weeks since, in psssing the open door pf a cottage in the .southern j osrt of the city, he observed a lady in the hall, and stopped to offer bis merchandize. As be stepped upon the threshold, the lady approached, and the old man raised his eyes and dropped the basket, and no wonder, either, for she was bis wife — bis "old woman !" She recognized bim, and throwing np her arms in amazement, exclaimed — "Great God ! John is that yon 7" "AH that is left of roe," replied the old man. With extended arms they approached. Suddenly the old lady's countenance changed, and she stepped back. "John," said she, with a look which might have been construed into earnestness, "bow did you find ibef Carson road t" "Miserable, 8a!ky— tuiierajjje," replied the old man, "full of saud and alkali." "Then I was right, John 7" she continued inquiringly. "You were, Sulky." "That's enough !" said she throwing' , her arms around the old man's neck-; "lh4Fs enough, John ;" and the old conple, strangely sundered, were again aniled. Both are living with their daughter on Second street. cy.ltyrx of wheat. As a rule that admits oi no exception, wheat likes a solid bed. In stiff lend we have it naturally, and oar greatest care most be exercised to prevent it being reduced so fine tl^at in wet weather it will not pun together like plaster. A good summer's fallow for that kind is the best preparation for wheat, bat it should be prepared daring fine weather. I bar* always^onnd it best not to cross plow, but simply keep turning the furrows back. It has these advantages : if the weather sett in wet it Is always in the right form, and yon can plqw much deeper that way with the tame strength. To produce the solid bed for wheat on land naturally too tender, the first thing I find recommended is sbwing wheat on clover ley ; bat at the discussion held bere some time since, on the system for this district, it was condemned on account oj its pronenesi to make the land foal. The next plan proposed is to use the land-presser, and to that I entirely assent. The next is to work the land as wet as it can be worked, but in this locality I have always found that any land, sown wet has invariably produced plenty of annas! weeds. Yon wllj see, gentlemen, thst tile one object Aimed at by all is a solid bed, and It will be for yon to decide which is most suited to yonr district, or if any improvements apon them can be suggested. I have always fouad It best to sow early, rough and dry, and as the soil becomes more porous in quality, to sow later and damper, but never wet. With respect to sowjpg wheat after soy other crop, I think the only requisites are that the land should be clean, should be well ploughed (not too deep) for a seed btd, after the winter rains, to give the reqairite Irmaesa by rolling, *Jt wMw «w»pw that wheat

r loaves root before the dry wimls of i Mnrch, unless from sings. Tfc all teni dcr lands, sown with wheat, the rolling i shoufd be attended to when the weather admits, although other work might seem . to demand attention at the same time, r Cut wheat as soon as tbo straw pre- I seats a golden appearance below the | , head to the first joint. Tbo grain will ; i be somewhat soft, bat there need be no j fesr of shrinkage ; it will produce more . and better floor per bushel than if let j i stand nntil it becomes thoroughly dry. I Bind in small siieayes ; pOt tbcm in a j stook, capped, with two sheaves secure- 1 , j'ly bound on. Put up in this manner, I wheat will stand throngb a long spell of j I wet weather, without any fear of grow- . ing. If possible, thrash with a machine, , as it is drawn to the barn ; it will saw j once handling, and it may then at once ! be secured from all kinds of vermin, aiqj^ will be free frfrmAlth, which will en- : hance its value. Of coarse, if the a©ve directions are followed, your wheat will j be of such a superior qnality that it will | be marketed at your own door for seed, . which will save the expense of transportation, and will command Gfly cents more per bushel thou an ordinary arti cle ; and in proof of the above theory, ; I will give you the result of two - fields treated as I have prescribed .- — From j one acre aod four rods, forty-three and ; one half bushels, told for teed st two ( dollars a boshel. On the other field 1 j towed 'fourteen und one half hnshela, . and harvested three hundred ant) fifteen 1 bushels — Ohio Farmer. 00* ARMY CORRESPONDENCE Headquarter! 15th Erg. N. J. Y.. ) . t)A«r M Wlt.OtK»K*», v near I'iscatawuy, Md. ) j Dear Here:— My let tar this week will I be crudely written. In Maryland, fifteen ' miles from Washington, near a village call- 1 yd i'iscatawuy, oo the side uf a massive I < bill, leaning against a lores t stamp, near a ! camp-fire, surrounded by my comrades ofj Co. F. I commence another letter. Oo Sunday evening at dress-parade (be Colonel officially gave ns the order that the ' '-'dili Reg. N. J. V. wouid leave camp on Monday, under heavy marching orders, with seven day's rations and a hundred rounds of ammunition. Where we would go war again the litem*. That we were to join Burnside was my conviction, bat what route we aboald take waa e puzzling point. W« made Sunday evening's supper a rich -one. as there were many nick-nacks on band, and as we could not carry them with us we thought it wise to put them out of sight. The thought of active service did not debar as from sleep, but it rather caused us to retire earlier and sleep sounder, thinking we ; might not get another good night's rest lor tome time to come. Bright and early > Monday morning we began preparing knapsacks and equipments for the march. Many little articles were thrown away, and only those retained which ws thoagbl impossible to dispense witb.> About 12 j P. M. ws were in line ready to go, bat owing to the backwardness of lbs other regiments, the whole brigade did oot get in motion oalii near 2 o'clock, when we moved off in high glee. We topk the road for Washington ; the same road we marehtd ou our way out. A little after 4 o'clock we pasted over the Long Bridge, baring marebed a good gait. Entering Washington, we look direction towards East Capitol flili. I Some of us thought we were going to onr 1 eld camp ground to pass the night and march from there in the morning, und we did not think otherwise until we turned I down the alreet that leads to the Washing. ton Nary Yard. On going down the street | I met an officer who told me that we were ^ going to march through Maryland to Liverpool Point and orosa from there to Ae 1 quia Creek. At the Navy Yard we crossed 1 a branch of the Potomac, ami marched bei yond. a mile aod a half; when we pitched i oar ■bsltur-teota for the night. You may have heard of sboiter-teuts, bat perhaps do not know what tbvy are like. They ale made of uobleacbed mnalia, la two partv, each pari measuring Ire by six fret. E:u ry soldier carries his part on hia knapsack Four of us join together and make a tent with shelter all aroaad. In this way we encamped in as old corn field. The ground waa stony, and as to its smoolheets. * will I leave those (armors who'lnow anything

f about rubber blankets we puton the ground to, , lie upon. While some were pitching tents . [ others werqfgqthuring brush and wood for fires. Shortly the Work wa* over, etd we 1 gathered around the fire, chewed on "soldier's pound cake and nibbUd at nnr " tur. ! ' ' key jfsk,1' and talked over the morrow's j ! | knapsack drill, our fulere movements and j i [ | our former day* at liome, Aod then retired | , , to dream of war and peace. L was dark i | I when wo reached the ground, a distance qf j J eleven Allies having been passed over.— j ( j Thus passed the first day of winter. After , eating our scanty meal, Tuesday morning, ' j NtVrmed line# . "tld our regiment being pot i i i in the advance guard, nine o'ciorirfotyul us ' i in Maryland. On the march we saw traces ■ • " 1 of troop* having preced-d us; and I now . j learn that Lpro brigades nje in advance and : i that two Jersey regiment* are in each Srij gadd. Our commandefvviiut wishing to ' I tire ns out, tdv moved slow^bw^ at sun-set r we halted where 1 nut at present writing. ! 'j The whole brigade pitched, their tebl„ : ' near «aph other, and when we took a look i j at '.tie encampment during the evening, the , thousand* of camp-fire* presented a sight ; | worth beholding. It wa* truly beautiful. ' ■ • lu our imagination we thought we were ' drawing nigh to the counties start of heaven, f I and the nearer we approached the bright- j ' : er the stars seemed to shine. 'J'hc 13th , New Hampshire Volunteer* are in our bri- i ' | gade. There is a splendid bra** bund con- ; ' necled with this frginieul. Jit*i at the 1 I time when the boys were about crawling | j into their dog. house* this band commenced , j playing. The music was charming. Away from homo, in a wilderness, with no friend j j near except the soldier, and after a march over a rough aod billy road, with a load of . j sixty pounds, what could do more toward | enlivening cur spirits than the music of a | fall bras* band T It carried' me bock to gay summer boars at my Island borne. ' { j We had a enp of coffea. slice ofjnnk and 1 • hard tacjt for breakfast, and a* I want to I | I make a chocolate drink before starling. I ( j will delay finishing the letter. J. Ubaxtimjc Lkacii. j ! j ^ ,a, , J Nkar Monu or Acqt;- * Cause, V*, t : Monday, Hecember 8th, 1662. J | i | Dtar Il'dec: — While on our march li^re, 1 l I I several times dropped you a line or two. 1 , —not getting time to give you a lull ac- 1 ! connt — that you might know nur course. ! Whcther.they went through southern mails 1 safe or not. I cannot at present know. It wa* 11 A. M. on Wednesduy .when wo left , on r camp beyond I'iscataway. An half-; , hour's walk brought us into that village. J. GRANVILLE LEACH. ! ' Jn Camp, opposite Fredericksburg, t ' Hkadqcahtius CO. F. N. J. V>. V December 10. ) Dear H'ore :— Yesterday morninjr whiio I was trying to finish up the account of our march to Acquis Creek, Col. Derrom pass- | *d where 1 was writj^g. and informed me he bed order* Tor the rigiment to more 'at ' I P M. Tiie -jestined pla^e was to the main body of Bornsidel army near Fal- j ' month, and as bpt little over ail hour was lelt to gei in readint". I had to cot short. From present appearances it seems that we ' are goingato mois faater '.»ao I can write. ; But to close what I had undertaken. I wit • proceed to ray that early on Thursday 1 morning we took up our march from pak 1 Grove. After maggbing eight milee we , ' came to Pop Tobacco, a town at the head of a cove on the Potomac, opposite Aqnia ■ Creek. It was qnito a place, but all the inhabitants were reported to b» secession- ' I ists, and from their countenances as we ^ »»w them, while hslted on the principal " | street, we take the report as .true. Tho I merchants kept their stores closed, and woold not sell ns an article. One of our 1 boys went into a private residfoco to buy. ' He did not obtain anything, bnt bad the ' " oold shoulder " turned upon him, and 1 waa told by an inmate that tbay wodTa"nol sell a Union soldier n cent's worth*. Quite an altercation pawed between tbem. Five miles beyond Port Tobacco wo ' ' spent the night. Friday morning ws marched. Abont noon a rain commuucrd fail- 1 1 ing. Previous to this ire hod enjoyed clear, : though cool weather, and the roads h«d be- j come reasonably dry ; but now the •• tog or j war - began ; and If ever soldiers labored ; bard, we did in onr end vors to keep up. j on our foot and gain ground forward. Ooo ' minutes wo wonld bo on a solid clump 0f oaitb, oaotber in mud four Inches deep and ! again in mud and water twelve T'nclea below the .level. Considering aha loads w« j. cd; 1 cannot believe them was anything de-

/igbUol in this. Until 4 P. M. we thus 1 i toiled on. at which i- me, mid rain aadxnow, we filed to Qie jefy, into a pine woods, and pitched onr tents. At 10 o'eiqek in tho oveninr. after the snow bad fallen* to thy depth of four inches, tho stars pesped forth j and gave promise of a coming fajr day, — Notwithstanding the dampness, we managed * ' to gel some sleep, imd the morning found os refreshed, and ready to re enter the Old i Dominion. j [I aui writing by tbo light ore camp fire, about a mile froju Fredericksburg. It is 8 o'clock, and the New Hampshire banj} la playing •• iJld Grime* is Dead." Tho vound i is beyoud description.] By 11 o'clock Saturday we were at 1 1- • verpool Point, on the Potomac btnks, bar. ing marched 7* mik-s since Monday afterJ. Granville Luta. watchijio one's self. "When I wusw boy," said an oltj man, "we litd a schoolmaster who had an odd woy of catching idle Boys. One day be called out to us "boy's, I must closer attention to your books. fir*t boy t|mt sees another ond (die, . I want hibt to inform me and I will uti tend to his case." "Al», thought I to myself thero is — > Joe Simmons that I don't likfe. VV( j watch him, aud if I see him Iooil,ojMiis I'll tell. It was not lotig Irafore 1 Joe look off liia book, and immediately I iufcriticd tbc master." "Indeed." said Jie, "how did you know he was idle 7' "I saw- him," said I. ■* , » "You did, and were your eyes on your book when you saw him 7" "I was caught, and nercr watched for , We boys again. If we are sufficiently watchful over our conduct, wo shall have no time to Ont] fuuli with tho cou- | duct of others." strength of characters. Strength or character consists of two things— power of will, and power of-aeif-resirait.l. It requires two things, tlisrafore for its eziiteuce— strong feelings, ar.d strong command over them. Now it j* here we uiake a great mistake, we mistake strong feelings for slfqng chjiaCSer. A man who bears all before him, before whoso frown domestics tremble, and whose bursty of fnry make tho chjjdrep or the household quake — because he has bis will obeyed, and ! his way in all thioge, we'call him a strong man. The truth is, that is the weak man ; ' it ii bis passions that are strong ■ he, mas. tered by them, i* weak. You muet measure the strength of a man by tbo powor of the feeling be subdoos, not by tho power of those which subdue him. And hence composure i| very often the highest resolt of strength. Difl we nover see a man receive * tlygrant insult, sod oply grow a little i pale, and then quietly reply T That it a ! man spiritually atrong. Or diyj- we i.evsr see a maqjn anguish stand, At if carved oat of solid lock, mastering himfiajf ? Or oue bearing a hopeless daily tricl retftaio silent, and never tell ti-.e wilrld what cankered hi* home peace ? Thai it strength. He : who, with strong passions, remaiued chaste - ha wbo, keenly sentatire, with manly pow- - ers of indignation in him, can be proToked, . and yet restrain himself, and forgire— these are the strong men, the spiritual famous.— ! Kev. F-.' IF. Robertton. Information has been repaired in YVashington that the Central Railroad, frcii San Francisco to Nevada, wilj be carried on to a success. Out of three millions Of tab* scrlptions required, four hundred thousand | were got in Sacramento in one day. Two million dollars aro set down a* Use thnrv o( San Francisco. The yearly cost o| freights ; to Weiboe. in Nersdo. it estimated at six millions. Tho entire length of the railroad I will be two hundred and veyeoty miles, and the highest grades over the mountains will be eighty feet to the mile. This road is to * i part and parcel of the great Pacific -Railroad. FOR SALE. ANUMBER OFCOW& farrow and otherwise, GOOD MILKERS; Also, YOUNG CATTLE, 1 30«mtovi of pnusii h*t, - * 1 i will IW self or St* tnJnlhs credit b» f jonas miller, ^ I »>u Cap* lataaC.