VOLUME. 5. ffpingj.;—- T,. I - ,r- - - I_ ms m^r aM m-z mm* » AHOJCEBTYOND THE T1BE. AVt »«■ oat on the ocean sailing Hotncwmrd bootid. are ■*fctly elide, We are out on the ocean sailing, To a, home beyond the tide. Cho.—AH the storms will soon be over. Then we'll anchor is the harbor; We are oui on tie* oeeau sailing To a hon.o beyond the tide. Million* now are safely landed, t'ver on the golden iuot.-; Millions more are on their jonrney. lint there'* room rormiliiona more. .Clio.—All the slorme will soon be 4 c. Come 09 board oer ehip for glory, Jia in heate—make op your mind. Fnr our resael’s weighiu? anchor. Too will soon be left behind. Cuo.i—All the tlonus will soon be tc. .Yon hare kindred* overyond.T, On the bright and happy shore, My and by we'll swell our number, When the (oils of life are o'er. CVo»—All the storms will noon be Ac. ^Spread your sails while heavenly breezes Oeetiy wait our vessel on; Ail •uu board are sweetly singing, ¥rer salvation is the song. Cuo—All the storms Ac. When we all are safely Anchored, Over on the shining shore. will walk about the city, And will sing forever mun** Cao.—All the storms will soon be Ac. Ffua the Sew fork Wsverljr. THE VOWS OF LOVE.

ST SC1XA OVKSAS.

’Twas on a night, long, long ago. The stars wrere shining brightly. And the witching moon wa« Minting on, As i cla-ped h' r hand so tightly. We stood beneath the tall old Ireci;, Beside the flowing nver,— And as we stood thus hand in hand, We pled ed onr love forever.

CAPE ISLAND. NEW JERSEY, THURSDAY. MARCH S, ISliO.

NUMBER Sf.

! was created and pronoonerd -‘reTy j to the fact that the Orginal Designer lyootP* by nn Alwise Creator? Wc think i considered itncccBsarr mid proper to the jit may well be questioned whtlber a perfection of hi* work*. We do not man can improve his looks by shaving 1 believe that Hite disuse of the razo ;

siar.iirg a paper of his own, and ke rlarted it. He purchased a Hltle flimsy nlTairtlint was wearing out a sickly cxis-

and cultivating docked bristles, jaggou would be a yjowocea; but wc do belietw’^cnce, and laid the touudation of lb

and mutilated stomps or stubble, in | that msn’s beard was given for the cxstead of a natural and graceful growth ! press purpos2 of subserving a use that of beohl. We think nature has formed , nothing else could subserve. In sbnva more beautiful nulline to the beard j * n 2 tbe upper lip with a dull razor, the than any circles cut by artificial incani-. .eyes waler, showing a ponuecsiou Tjiefull'grown benrd is notonly n use-' between the nerves of the beard and fal ornament, but an cnitdem of manly j tho*e of the eyes. According to some power and dignity; for. if we mistake ! skillfuj physiologists, many cases of not. a naturalist slates that the bear- j wink eyes may be traced to the shaving

ded races have been the conquering and of the beard.

progressive races in all ages of the j Instead of shaving producing moworld. The full-grown beard is npt on- ' mentary comfort, it is generally nn unly an admirable muffler for the face and pleasatilopetnUon. To us, afull-grown neck in cold weather, but is eqnlly ns beard is not by any means “a disagreej useful In warm weather. It protects ^ a PP endn 6 e on ll,e racc .” on t,ic con- : and shades the lower part of the face lraI 7* il fee,s better than when shaved, j from the burning rays of the son, pre- Gu ^ om appears to be the only reason

I vents tan. blistered lips, and lessens the ' that * ,,arfr * can gcaeralty give for per- j mgjire or its pages covered wji I axtent of surface exposed to the attacks petratir.g the unnatural act. Custom is;‘ fellow’s proclamations. As a conscof musquitoes, and other insects. ' ~ a greardtlng. rffynnrfthat-causes-!W-*qutMcc4hejailjscriptious came pnuriiifr Another reason given by Mr. Spicer P ab,icans 10 ntanufacture. shaving im- in at a marvellous rate, and business be. : fur Outing i., that hn enn 'mort rratlii, l‘ lemc " 15 . ““< l V 6 ” 15 W* “f I* ««r»Iulmiilg.* U« next fecund ; conTcjt food to hii mouth. Pcrhnp, he l,cn ‘l' in S llieir f*ce>-ti«ie llm'i Kmemou lieiinclt, the mn,terl)- dcliuca-

tical printer, he conceived the idea of

Ledger. . Fanny Fern, just at tbut lime was growing Immensely popular, and osthere were no “big names’* upon Ik>n^ncr’s Contributing List, he made an offer to ber of twenty-five dollars a column for a short story. She refused he offered fifty; she refused this—lie offered seventy-five ; she refused this, and he finally increased the offer to twentyfive hundred dollars for twenty-five coluiu'iis. Fanny couldn’t stand this, and she came over; apd at an enormous salary she was permanently engaged to contribute to this aug no other journal — And then Bqnucr went to advertidug, uud such advertising 1 ail remember taking up Uie»w York dailies und find-

jth.this

i« In the habit of enting too tint—und I llir ° w “ , |vfreliance hi. benrd aonld bn a bnnnOt : We 1 * Ue1 ’ n ,hc '“ St0^], » r

«S bin. by retarding tbn rapidity of hit " Pd ' l n,a "-' ^ f * tlli °" s of °“ r

eating propensity, and preventing the dj.pep-ia. A man who U not glutton-

one can cal last nnongb aitbonl .having. ' °“ r 0 *■ U ', n “

With nctaor. nn b.nd to tfim the orer- I J? T •* *

growth of In-ord, would be soffleient for

all larberous purposes. Mr. Spicer «dmiU‘ that -the

tor of pioneer iife, and his productions hud the benefit of this wholesale advertising. He then wrote to Sylvanus Cobb jr., and offered him a salary jost twice as great as he was receiving, for contributions to his paper, and of course Cobb, como over, and has ever since

ticen the Ledger’s buck-bone.

shaving (like many of the old, feudul : The Evening jW of I’hiluMplua, mast 'customs of the middle ages) will not] then get jeafrus of the sucters of a rival

ancestors, but wc ore not sure that u wiser posterity will not turn many of*

bich

tain that the time honored custom of

mireraoT poetry, Bryaut's. Wjllis’, Morris'. WuiUee'*, Higonniey's and the Careys'; *];iUful old nicidi. Fancy Fern's digs; and 'he lover of romance may become absorbed in Mr*. South worth, lil.z Young, or Cobb, or Dr. fimith. - Tlic.l Mr*!. Soathworth is a rcarfnl wrif ’vr—oh! n fearfoi wriu<r • if she can’t mak* & fellow's liair riso in horror - wc rhoold like to know who could! And if eho can't beat any man at throwing • d«ogerons fascination around sensuality, and if she er.nt't ^lk with moro freedom about forbidden subject* than any living perion, then we am uiJully mistakea. But there is loo much of Cobh io the paper. He np|w*ai* to hare a sort of literary diorhea. Story after story come* out, and they are just ollk^ except the names perhaps. They always commence llm nine, go three ofrtptcrs and break off there, just a< the hero is getting his head cut off. The next week the head is mended, ant ngi.in broken just where the “To be Continued" is reached ; and so the thing goes, ending after two or tjirvo months, with a revolution, wbieh could have been predic-led-hy-aMycnci This-Gobb -oogbt_to.be . hired to "dry u/i" for awhile', or io take another tark from that which he has been-

pursuing for teu year*.

Emerson Bennett is “ji splended fellow. Looks over six feet high and weighs two hundred and twenty pounds; is jnst in the prime of life, very fat and good notured ; wear* long black hair, and resembles an Indian in features. He is anivenally popular throngout the sooth aod north. Hn hu jost commenced the pntilieation of a >cheap Monthly in Philadelphia enriched by many of hi* own contributions, and which is surely worthy^of his great genlnC

AY• plighted our tows beside the stream,

And all nalaia on os smiled.

While the soaiheru breeze so coy and warm,; cause, lie thinks if the beard ii

Mode love to the flow’reU wild,

Aod the leafy boughs above our heads

Mysteriously whispered together,

Aw they told hour oft h.td the »ows of lovt

Been blighted and broken forever.

1 of the beard under the chin m./hT« “l* 0 * ”” d \ *****>*■ mimmmn*uieering «iIS. # .... , ter light of a higher civilization. H w e Iae,1 c«'v. poking fun at it, omit Benner - mend, the ’ C ' nC . 11 "’ - V ! e recem. nr( . not . wron{ ,|j. i c f orra .d, it lias not i coulJn ' 1 * tar " 1 iL do eeveore, tnwielr : ZveHn e, d ^ T.r 7 ! eipittv jeer, einre tll0 | O ho.mht ed theie tre ., eonuib.,0, tipper ]i|i emend the mootl, hr. t . r „ c .i.^vlend covered the r Imeds with ‘'‘'f'" So " lUor "‘- ^"eethee.

suffered . .. , ... , - I it has been nnpo»ihie to get tie Post to

to grow, it will hide the most interns- , 1 ^ ’ nn 11 ,s : say n word about Ledger—It In* been tie; pert of hemen vir.ec, ttir tmilr „ f »«1 •!»< •fc<rrer»ra.w n rg« 1 U«»«i eompletelr. The tut ... frieedihip. Ar. Doe. hi not koo» “"“ K*” "l> 'h-ttneoetl, cevtom, eere write,, lekee totteiier. ere n rol,.l,l,- the

Dot we listened not to their strange, sad tale. For their voices were soft and low, And we plighted onr love-tows over again. And dreamed not of sorrow-or woe But os months sped by, th»re came u lido, Bearing sorrows with bitter flow, A fond heart was crushed and broken— Alas 2 for tbe .«** of lou^ago.

; most popular i

touiilrv, and

aioustachca—>he natural jiroti ctors-

I’or U»e “Ocean Wave.” VUB OF THE BEABD.

Mr. Esitu* :—Perhaps it will not be entirely useless for your humble corres|»onacut to make some remarks respectlag the nses of the beard, by way of replying to*n artk-Ie in .the ''Christian Advocate aud ^Journal” against the «uti-r»«orites. Wc will give nnothr-r aide of the picture, if yob plcnsc, arid our remarks are iutcuded for those who have brains and ideas of their own, and are eot-the slaves of every Lshiou, but

ti..e independence ■euoitfrh not to ' m,y be Hie wnson «hy lie i« fnrniehed to ever/tjr«.nit»l eurtotn of lit, pret I .i lU . heard. Tin benrd is the outentdtp. nnrdlj- distinguishing fentore of ntnn

Mr Ti Spicer, the writer alluded to, Io defence of shaving gives as one of id* reasons that tbe freet enn be kept

edeaner when shaved. Mjfry

shave his bead.?

1 Is uot more

proved February 15,1860.

coming m

contact with that delicate organ. Men

’ntmo- ‘f r‘“^“ ld! et or

jihercK, such ns miller*, sawyer j, *t one Ml,on ' , . , cutlers, lime burners, mortar mixers And now, Mr. Editor, fearing that • | v ongiua!; thu couwe of no other paper knife grinder*, needle grinders, cattle’ liavt lr ^^d the limit* ; ha,' Mlowed. Tb, gigantic ry.tem pf drover. Ac , stuiid greatly' in need of ° f * n . ew *t' 3 P t ' r ar, J cle » W ' !I close by adv c ri:*i..p wo* commencHd and ended by

on our side, and we might quote more, ; ' 11 re ^ n ' r * ar^rtuv months before

Tim plan of tM ledger 1ms been entire-

remarking that wc Imre given nbr hum- its proprietor. The idea of excluding oil

given by a beneficent Creator Hr na. L,c 0 I ,inil,u "■' U ‘ u11 duc resj.ccl to those «*»«*,.. how excellent, unfes, from i , 1 3 who think otherwise, and Uie intclli- I ►P'Ca! coutributor*, wo, a novel one. ore .t„ mans lot, and not woman's ^ nt rcadcr ^ takc lt for what u lt ] «^ U added circulation ,0 the novels.to perform the more rugged and ex- . - , - t Brilliant norntts, and imm> s that had aequirl>0i«l dulie, of life, >i,d perli.|* this ' . r , , _ „ ' "i“ enduring repvtatiuii, were added until

Itio Grand, Cape May co., >. J. - ••— '

February 8, I860.

. Tor tbe “fVraa Wave.*

THE HtW TORE LEDGi.2.

Breathes there a man who Gas not

•the contributiug Jut included enough talent Io overshadow all other publications combined. The very firet poels'cuiitribute to it and many others, wIiom fame shall not increased by a gratuitou, notice here.—-

from woman, and a lady might cs rea-

sonably pat on false whiskers in order 1 v v . i.f Tl« .Ki »ndJ the ^'.1.0. h^c .id

ore 10 be kept. Another (to us) extraordinary as»cr- ! D ^ S neS ’ trc 0 Blan w >0 j boys and men, running and veliing like all

clean than th. skin under the hair of , t ,- on of Mr Spicer is, that a long heard h “ n0t hcarJ ° f U, “ • n,n, I ,roscnt ^ our - : creation, and such exrilemeul is evinced iu the bead, aud we can see no reasou why ; is-i'nconremrnf in Kpeakiifg. intercepting *^2 hundreds cf other places, when this paper

» may not as well shave his bead ' H, c musical intonations of the wire ^ow w« arc not going to give the ! is expected.

«... vj« U iv-«. 1 ses ,i oni on d all fudge. Onr own e>- l " J .~ ~ ''S- - ; r „ ba, also djaaged iu fora*«o as to e should laugh at a man who would j perience goes to prove that u ' l ° t f , , k “ b0Ul II ? . f ° r we j bcbeVe J„.bU it, »nd Scored one or *lo l °*

shave off his eve- t beard has a Jendency.to «renj

Uutt a nseful Msson can be gained from

sbave his bead all over,

ould be considered rionbealtliv, end necesIhe custom of the

it, and secured one or two **big uamefc” (in these papers we now and then

1 f

X:

BY AUTHORITY.

L^WS OF NEW JERSEY. A'n act in relation to what shall be considered a vacancy in tu 0 Board of Trustees

at i'ublic .Schools.

1. Be it enacted, by the Senate aud General Assembly of the ,-tate of New Jersey, Tital whenever any trnstee of any school district in thi- State shull ilepart < *

considered eccentric and outUudish. , ,

The distinguished Dr. Biliotson,* in when it lit-comn known ibtplheir writings 1 hon-iofore depaned Horn said district with

I, , dil could Pc frand .I.Hn, to tl.if on, i.nir. no. I!!'” ■'WWJitatot U.c-rorrom tor

the hairs in the ear* wud nose afford some protection In the way of tempera-

Ittrp, anti Mp^inllv llt.i tltcy „id |. “ ,s “.77T'vi“1 I^ “■ il “

keeidnc dus,; from these deli. ate ,„,rt s 6a ^ 8 : " ll C “ n 1,01 but bc ° aulv l H muil ■ 1 ii* . '*«•' nreord. J . nol re , urr . r ,j. JlW o3 i cc 0 f tnulw , (hall ho PP romthwe dchcalcpam. iHSxdlinrj , io na/ure l0 sbave off the From this-point, the Ullger ha* bad a declared vacant, aud the wme shall bafilllu like manner, also, does tbe full-grown , ^ ^ wonderful progress..'It ha, reached a cir-i cJ b J uu election according to law. beard protect the mouth. By sharing. bett ™' »hich, if •kept in proper trim, culation of nearly half a million, gieatcr; . il ‘' n , acl ® d ’ Tllut lbi * ^

we not only exoose the throat to the a8 birds und benslc instintivcly keep than any journal has ever before attained. ‘ ^ n " MH< Ul, ‘‘- T - vicissitudes of the weather, but twice l,1 “f l ,lnmo ? c a,ld bair »» good or- , Few can gain any idea of the prtwiigicius ^

from the chin nnd lips the beard which der *“ con 'l do,t8 ,,ie priferiiou of man’s^ number of one edition. Suppose one [■®* racl “> r,f,n firm acknowledgment* and . odd form . »«W/„rr Utc Ian.-,, f *"- Uo <* .W j m^U to pink ap each SbiS^ and tint, pmrra. d«t front non, in «*“• **.**" ! •r^*V 1 ~ d *** f ck W •» .«! j Stopto. * ‘ ^

Thu* you sec we hove high authority ; ^" nu,e » *“hout evastug for ten horns every | \\ hereas.it appears to the legislature that

Richard Stephenson was uppomted a ccmmistiiouer for taking the ucbnuwledgemeni and proof of derdii for the county "■ Cape May, on lhe'1).Ui day of Apm. Anno Domini eighteen hunured and tifiv live, and was duly sworn into office: uud. wherea* the said Richard StepItenMn was at th» tiiqf! of such appointment, u; <1 now is a mident'of Dennis township in said counlrj;-anil whereas it. ha* recentlv been discovered that he wa« appointed fur the .Middle township, under the impression that h* resides in said Middle Township, and llyst therefore his said appoint* merit no* illegal, and his commission

void—therefore,

1. Be.il enacted by the Senate and Generel Assembly «,r the State of Kew Jersey, 1 hut tne M-veral acknowledgemeni* and proofs of dee s, inoringes, muU oilier instr . menu *f writing heretofore taken by tbo s-id Richard blepbeusou. by virtue of am) under the said appointment. l»e and the same are hereby ueclar d valid and eff e c. that, in like nianm r os if he had been legally appointed, coin missioned, aud duly «malitieU to act ••Ificially. Ajiprovr-d Feb. 7, I860. A Supplement to the act entitled “An act to incorporate companies to erect buildings for the use of Lyceums public libraries, *c is Milk, charitable and benevolent AsKociatuMW," approved March seven, teen, eighteen hundred aud fifty four. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and General A M«mb|y of the State of New Jersey. That such perrons as are deacribad jn the first section of the act to which this in a supplement, shall 1« further competent to acquired by any mod# oflawful purchase con veyance or trahsfer, any bqilding ar bdU dings, nuilt or erected or in cunrse of erection. with the lauds and premises thereio appurtenant, and to hold. u*e. enjov

hnmDD voice, and makes it more tnusi- i tbe CBrccr of lls propnetbr. His a?- Bec u,,. productions of E. S. Ellis; and th.-ir cal, by preventing colds, hoarseness lou,8b ‘“S suc « s * Wl51 SH, we believe, constant auiements of their -imprecedenand sore throat • and for thi* am*,I r». ! ®'P d _ B of *5 young men, with a ted circulation," do doubt is owing to thi*

*o°, S omc Umo’m .ingix- n,^l„ s of rt.t ca be done bf tm-| tocl).

king of tbe forest Cut «nj one "tit! ,ben n were voting we sronlil bnre " *' "'knl n r on 1, critic*. tl.c ! A*"'! »iU. ud in reflects for a moment bdiece tknr it !"• «!>'”«* were ,onng ,r . «tnld tare ^ ><io|iJc . t a, SSR£22SSi2S5““*“**! to «

iroold detrect nothing fl bis strong “ 1 ^ ~

voice, ms proud strcpgth asd beauty to; _ V ^ " mance and anmseratut, and it* circulation ; coutled -An act to iiico|>i)nit« aocieiir* oiuee off tus magniScent maoe f Robert Bonner, uow a middic-agcd : better tian words of ours, thh fa- *“ r l ,run: J>non of iearuiog" approved

... | m*e, commenced life as a poor printer ] V or with which the peoole re^fd it. Mi, - W *' twn » hundred aau tonyOf : , »; And be it enacted, Tkn. tbi,.,,

: ” - - - . «Fjj a6 bein'* a prac- < " A ^ TTa . u * 1t ^ s'rtrciatli* •*va«v» ; ~ st rr»- take efl^ct vutine.luidy.

It was a wise kw cf M<

forUd. lke J.„ to tn.r tb. .. , 11 tbe beard, aud bad rcfereaec, no doabt, rapid jype urttiug.

I Applied *wbU istifl.