VOLUME. 5.

CAPE ISLAND. NEW .JERSEY, THURSDAY. MARCH 15, 1860.

NUMRER 40.

j America—but soon wagiit a quie! re* , onncari-d under the stnibriourt of Or-| ihua «ilv*r and c<'lii on account 0 f tbeir | P Hd*'•»» obj»ci in vie*«r on- ..... _ ... .... . , . .. Irwulnn. ...

Tilf. PniNTKIt HO V. treat around the firesides of Neir Enf;* pheni Junior If OrpUcnt. son of | scarcity. Cautribations flowed in Mag-

i’ll slnr tbe song of thn Printer Boy, Whosa bright and houon-d name

Stands oat in glowing r»m*L-> Upon ska scroll of fame—

"Who. in the «lay« that tried nan's souls,

In fraeflont*# "darkest ntehi—

Hutod iiianfuHv with Wa>bingtoD,

w An<l batllrn foV the nsht ;

land, bearing the olive brooch of peace and the myrtle bongh to enwreathe the new temple of Literature about to 4>e i consecrated to the “Sacred Nine.” Tbe sturdy pioneers, although en? gaged in the primitive work of civjluu'

Ssa Fjukki.ix aaa that Printer Boy—one lion, at times fell tbe kindly inspiration

; of the Mose ; and warming in their admiration of tbe natural beantities of ' the land they had chosen for home. «ang their rural lays in sweetest cadcn-

;ce*.

The wild magnificence of the monn- ; tain ipenerr, that was everywhere pre'

of the olden time.

And it was that boy who flew his kite

Tu the thunder cion<!» on high.

And broaghl lup forked lightning down

Prom the region* of the aky ;

Twas he who caught this Gary horse,

And traiiiNRhim for '.he chase.

Till now he's driven sale by If orve.

Right to the Printer’s t-ose.

aiBs Fa*xKUX was* that Primer Boy—one »snted to the eye of the settler, afforded

a boundless field for the stretch of im- ; Agination, end tasked the varied powers of description in painting the wonders

of the long sought Atlantis.

of the olden time.

Long shall tba world exl«! hi« name—

The patriot-and the sage— Who. fully justified by tailh. W«s proved by every par* :

lit* form, carrecied'and revised, 1m now worked nff and pressed;

A i e* edition fn tho.rk>.-M, Awtarntnuii" ih«; blest, r v_. t-. ij.

Apollo end Calliope on the classic soil of Greece, could, witlslhe magic tones of his lyre, lead after him the listening woods and cause tbe birds and leasts to assemble aronnd him, so did tbia Orphens Jr., charm mnnf mi lulvLutnrer from bis fireside in England and can sc aultitndes to flock westward to scek their fortunes. * , William Morcll a Clergyman of lire Church of England came to this conntry iu 1623. lie was tbe author ol that celebrated work in Latin Nora Anglia on the physical geography of New England, itK herbic verse. The opening address fs n noble tribute to

the land of hie'adoption, nnd almost iDarned to appreciate the priceless boon of

prophetic of the tf&pornlelled prosper- Education;

The mighty rivers of the West, thn’ rolled gorgeous-sbored whb the loxnriant growth of a thousand years upon

AH honor to lh»f Hlmgrftry*»onwof -thdrJiauks. nnd. the waring praLrics.

'flhh-n lltue.

And now. my brolhnr Typo*, lake •

Tliss leader for yner guide ; Follow correeind cnpr: uml All error* iriarlt omvidi-;

lie fnig*!, chastr »'td temperate—

Etirk t» th«- eoldcn role—

And you > ball uthung the stars.

In Xhe Priming Office rchook

roiling onn«fd towards the setting sun, were themes to'call forth the loftiest • flights of fancy in the fields of poesy. ! In the langnagc of the Sweet -poet of 1 Rhode Islandilhe early bards of America, to call forth adventures in the new i world; sSnglof “rfrera forerer flowing,

-Jmt immitate the Primer Boy—iono of tbe | and cloodlcM. skies mid green ficias that

i never faded, nnd the mournful music of | water-wheels and ttie'wfld momotony pT ■ Western life.” The fubled p]t-dorado of tlte West loomed np like a fuiric isle.

'T>fden «i»

UNITY.

Whetiwhal! w* meet r.gain? V Marl n.>Vr to sever? When will p«-nre wreath her chain Round «* fnrever?. ,U«r Heart* will ne>r repo«e. Safe from each bla'l.thatblows, lo llii* dark ' ale «f woe*. Never, no. OeVcf. When ahafl Hive frewly flow, Pare a* life'#*river ? When Hu.ll sweat Triendshlpglow. Chnnycl^rs lorr'v^r ? ■ Where joy» ee1»»ti»l thrill. ‘Where bli** each heart shall Gil, A ml fenr* of parting cbtli „ Nev«r, uu, uuvar. Ur> to that world of licit Take n« dear Saviour ; Mar we all there unite, Happy forever: Whan- kindred spirits dwell, Thero may our music swell, And lime our joy* dispel. Never, no, never ^ Soon tVall we meet again, UmI n*Vr to acver; Soon will peaoe wreath l.wr chain.. RoanJ u* forever; Our hearts will then repos , Secure from worldly win** ; Cate Irom each Moral that blows ; Ever, ye* ever.

ity of that country— “Uoclemu igaolam pepolis ego carmine

primus %

Te Novu, do veten cui-cbnligil Anglia no-

men , .

Aggredior trepidot pingui celrbtare Mi

Cq>t. Jo'hn’Smilh kav}ng well nigh exhausted ail that Europe could offer in the shape of adventure, at the age of twenty seven came 1o the colon to of Virginia to gratify his wild daringsptrlf.' Here amidst lUe'.toUl and hardship? consequent upon, a new settlement he became traly Americanized and united the titerflowing sympathies of his generous nature to the interest nnd welfare of the colonies. Last in his admiration

• I • , mm ~ yet still the vAfal fie* t>ur««d paroand ho-. *! ever *l ^’rts of food: althou?ii*th.-v li . ! nvillii-r . i, iv - .... t

Irmtnmrlrd trredom of mind to WO'Ship

tied and -erve hamsnity.

H*--. .he author of several works in n gqrd lo the colon;** vf A:i.tric*k—in owe of which, “a k*y into the huixcaga iti America" in describing the asnno:* and ha’djU, of the testier*, bix j.->viic mo** acquits itself in the following qnaiut style: -Cnar*'- braed and water’s most their G*n>,

O Jfoiasd’s diei fine; *

Thy cnp rrna o>r with plenteoas Mora

Of SSholeaeine beer and wine.

Soraatjmes Uod give* them fith or flesh,

Y et they’re content witbont;

And a hat come* in they part to friends,

Aiastrangert round about.

Godfires them sleep on grmai. mm s'rair,

Ou sedgy mat* or board

tVbwi Kegluh K-fieki u.-dsof down

Sometiniea no alucp afford.

Tore day they iarocaM their Gods,

Though many lalsa and new ; •

O imw aooaid timt God’* worship be, ’

« ho i* bat one Had tree”

Aadin niroibcr passage he ears <v Ifow swoeilyjoo ull rhe several sorts of heaven *

dimer un I dimer and then to have gone out. : k*'.''l'*** °*r Vlf * or *pr^a^-h* uor , ■ . , , - . 1 ° uh!,, ■ h ' , praise of then makers wisdom f. rever leav.ng the gloom of ignoranca to power and who Teed, then, a“d settb down upon Columbia in utter night— j th"ir young one* summer and ’winter with

titrates rabscribed liberally, ud a noV. proof of the generosity of lha times 1* wituessed in tbe number of small gif;* and legsties. _ Those who had no money, in their teal to advance the interest of this new in* MU(ition,. < fnely bCVrrd mch books as they could Cud to sacll the library, nud some even sold their family plats which they had breoght from England, lo odd to the raaoareoa of the College. One curious instance is left on record of .a man bequeathing a number of rlieep tfr tbe University, so ardently did tbe people desire the supears ol (hi* tolitary standard, raised on the-

Western world.

With such precious stones were the foundations of Harvard University laid amid the prayers and tears of those who had

For rr.aay yeara the flickering flamn of intellectual light cast abroad its rays of an. dying beauty. At times it seemed to shine

neither baruy!”

1y upon it* altars watchud and cherished

by guardian spirits.

Among the list of worthies that have been connected with the college wa notice the name of Henry Dunster who was tbe first President and who for bis excellent oriental Scholarships was entrosted with the revision of the Ray Pslam book. The

first printing press io America was set np 1 oral Ajuembl

reap, tier gullier ISlB Couctoded next meet BIT AUTHORITY. -

LAWS OF NEW JERSEY.

An act regoiaUcg Uw public printing. 1. Be *t enacted by tU- Senate and t

Gen* ■

Bt printing press id Amerxa was set np era! Assembly of the Slate of New Jcrser .bis house in Cambridge in lhayearlG39. That David »iaar. of Trenton. Now Jersey

The first book published wa* arT'Almunac H** amployed tu execute the carrrent printl

o. '"Srflh.S.OM.ud Iloo.e of iVuemblj

entitled “Fraernan's OAtli."* Thn* we see

durhlg the present session tliereof. -• A “‘ 1 enwled. That John Simer>a. of Uelvider.-, Warren conntv New

rSrSo*e Aom retc ItneJ with BlitWii.,-' “f'heli»Wr.l SonnlW the Uo-I ' ttallk. Sr.L boot J-dic-LJ to wltile (told nnd .ilver rofierted ttic : ° r ^t 6lure *l»« M* fo- ; f Lbon., .„,l «,«.*, th.t

, tropic bcautic. of tit. r.st pl.ic. ! '“ re<l c,il "'- 1 “W .trctchicB IttUnd. SucU were tltc . til- J ia “t' °l'P r “ inn. of tlic enrij- Adicric.it rcr.iBcr., | ll '‘ JUlrtcu.or

wIiurc pot. were only t«d in ,,r.i.in* ].«».«“ ,B ***»«• "*W* ‘‘ l ^ L

the wondi-rs cf the ncHpcoutiticnt to cn-; or on l ' ie l , ! cturc ’' t l ,,e mour.tuins o. in Ictie/I of living light on ihu temple of /.. it enacted. That James 8. aL. it their itom.. j Non-H.to|»Mrr. Tlt. met c.lrnsivc | i rtSi wSSfffl'*•

; of Capt. SinilliV works appeared in: In tbe long array n^inentnl luminaries ,,j M»e HoUMi'of AaeeioWc. ; IC30 uniler tho lille of “The Trugi that have ca>t*tl»»ir .-ffutoncc on-llie hulls ! thervti. for Hie cn-rant rear; and thaiboS Travels Adventures nnd Obscrvntiuus ' of <*->0'»»ridge we | *«h"t.ld in •.hiding cfaarae* 1 1 ||« Journal «t thv Semite ai.d niinnles of

..f lncra.se and Cotton ; ,h,, ' Ho,w<> *'“ i ohall be printed

in every w.y to corraspoud in compactness

1 lice emigrants to make it their Iromc, | The first literary production on Americnii soil, at leust the first that history linn mm!e mcnUon of, was a ir*n<lalion of Ovid’s Mciumorphonis in 162G by George Sandy*, a settler in Virginia, j For thousands of years, nay, from the ! time that the “morning stars sang loi gelher” no kind iluve had ever visited : ted the Western world-—no shrine had been erectr^ to the • Sacred Nine,” to catch, amid the primitive wilderness, the wandering poet’s note, or IrroSbre ! up the historic and legendary love of the red men of the forest. But behold - along the shores of the Potomac—“the river of Swans”—ah Englbh nubiewan . war Lies the sweet notes of poesy. There smid bosJilc Indian*, engaged in

™-- LEG T IJ IC'e wars and Usninlts Smidys .plutnitig his

! wings for a loftv flight, in a holier at-

Dsslramt UyL. A Owuiavy, before the Cop* M»y ’ , , , , , Ccca It—t u™— tBO.|>h,re 1 micj o! tl.c Gcidct, Arc o( I«a, IMS, and pubtfched ia tbe o.ta* Wavs vj thc^vorld, when man lived In peaceful rsqwsat of tbe am vivtioa. j umplicily and held daily communion

— ' with immortals.

Frcnt tl« time ti.t the ttcficttK of no „. |,„ mi r.l . tl, el0 e lo cotnmtccc tb; free r.,., out on tit. wild nioltt nir. lllc oad ^ of Al „ n . on tbn .tom, itu-bed co.st of l-l,m«.t!., ; „„ Liu „ t „ t , , Uo . ,|, c „ t , 0 Amcrtcmn I.lloralo« b.8 iteen lit. Dei- „, c M .„ to .i.il Hdontdo b, phi» Omolc. .mood ttlitclt itod clnsttr- ch „ cini .„„ lb , 0(lldc „ A

cd the l,obl,,t titousltl. or li,. mind,, of ,„ d EoD „,

1 tbe holiest inspirations of the Muse.

, George Landve was an edneoted EngIVui.plftntcd rmm tit. .ClMic .oil of „ t! „ ntl , „„ d bt]d „ |d h in ^ 0 . Cambridge u d 0«focd, .nd borne ttifllnujutcr L.rlno I,,.'. A,^l,i.l, n „ i

of Capt Smith “In Europe Asia and i

: ter* the immc*

Afric. from A. P. 1533 til. Itt* i *“??■??? U*^. ’ 4 ^

his eh a,,d ^ IU,C .'> 11 J ‘ & corinu* f*ct j with a running head line. ie.r_ lST’

This

i written to vindicate his char- j

'that from thu year 1072 until 1£2D the i d*y and «Jat« of lh« inontli, ar^Dert-Mi^ur

actcr, against-the nfijost attacks of the * o(rice of PM$ debt was held only by minis- 1 ° r Journal of the Vermont llr-liLor E. British Mage, in regard to tho horiihle ter* 0 r the gospel, so bigtfly did they rover ! J, e ! R, ‘ t " n [■’’ndr.-d and fifty, tragedies he had pasted tbraagh in diff- ; cnce this holy calling in the good old timei j : B ry of tilate, of this SUI^* ** lll< ’ Secre * erent parts of tbe world. HisIcm grcnl j ot tbe Poritcn*. VuM piles of sermons and ! And l*e it enacted, That Andrew K work was the Histary of ?Ce\v England I Thcblegical difowiUtions wert writien by i ^vad. *1-Pa»«nsori. New Jersey, t, H em I Prodoetion., Itoncr. ..d Cctont. o, t’-c- My . c. of God .l,c d,r.l,d U»ir SSSd“tSS¥^fct l *.“ n S i Jr 1 '4^1 the People. to E elLcr .itk . ren. r.l de- j t, “‘ 1 1 "' ° ^ , | tri.tl.tv, in “f. - . j , , llsrvord still »t«nds the AlmsfAfster of! <-r exwcutimi of tho work will . i—, V script ion of the const mtrodurrd by a , , , u . . . . i- r _„ . , K W|1 1 I admit of. ! . .. ,, . i bcuolnrs m America—and from i ° n , » r S* octavo pages, 'nmme.1 as diract. l |> I'*'" 1 P' 1 ™ c,, " cd lh ' S, “ ll « r * I .to*, ..11-It... F ..» btth tniui.n.rii-. ; ^ lllL ' ■'•■ervtiir, of Stole. ..,1 t,„„, 1(1 J in which, in a plaintive tone hr laments j i 3 ev.rr lu,J. G. on tho. ..tie H.rr.rJ SwiT2lXi .11 orti'. r

Oad the nnnlimr. I.in.tinr. -.n.l '* - '

his own misfortunes nnd hardships ib ! in tho Holy work of^haddiny abroad tho j pn‘n^‘“bijdli

ight of divine Iru4h and ihe s;*ter light* j wilhth* ramjilo of the fiws of tjMrtWa ;t;-3?e uud knowledgu rhatahuil ilium-! hundredjimi tiny^igb^tinwon fll* i n ji, 0

pnOv.y to Umin„t! ; “f a"»J

As in the past thou didst send frrtH Treasurer riiall p«y f,. r ti.* pritSf J1&

1 thouc.nobla reformer* that have osbrreil directed, tlic* Mucralary State sboil amliL

■ ' . r l . . - * I itM IlittA ■.(■J *ra*. * t

the following words ; >,

•Tho Winlrr's cold ai.d Sanimcr's heat

Altarnativrly beat.

Upon my braised sides That roe, W-use loo tmu

relief c:n come ;

■ uai itt. iLiiei A-“a ...iiia , - . *.-|| j . ** aumt But why should I despair, being promi»ed m tbe present nr* t-f literary brightness tnejHtU aitW-certify UJdm in-wvilijiz that tnf.it . V | m.t.l exclU;,..-, n-.y tli.l r,-, 1 -ci.

nli.l.m that ...nn.lly h* n Iliy fottcrinj • O.Ae.i'u- iUmM, TIM thi. .ot .lull

Halls, resplendent in mettal worth end mor- take effect iiumedialelv.

Approved Feb. 15, ifcco.

That there shall be a day of doom.” / But although there were alight addi-

tions being made to the precious More of i ul parity. Hasten on the mcllemal morn of

knowledge, yet a brighter day was aoon j *’ ,iM!

to (isn't,, AtictitiT bUr vei ait-tol to : ««-e mtut, .u from tbi. .«t cflran,. ri.e cost iu n.dyi.J t^t. of Intel-1‘"B‘"'ureenuih.ut. tn It. Itt

lectual light o’er the wertara world.

Uarrnrd Cni.et.ity, tint briyl.ln.cle-1 „ d „ r , : „, y An „ ric „

us aronnd which clnMer such a conrtcl- BO tbors in so short an article as ibi-. hut eiety. hisfalher having been A rvh bishop, lation of laminaries wr.s to inaegarnte . in ti>vf« monn^hin war is of Ju>iab Quin*

Uie aweliing tide of freedom nsross the j of York. Up had traveled in Bonthtrn j ^Hd reign of Literature and the | r.' u i ch unerve to be written iu gold. 1 Wester* wave to the shores of Inc New , Kure ,, e 0Ild lhc Holy Land, and his writ- ; peaceful disreminuUou of the arts and won,J ia J • “While pasiiug down the seWorld, and U.era cherished in tbehaam j in d , 0 roantrics „ - scieucea. Born in tbe cradle of freedom ri « 01 *««^i»S J«rs as through tho inof those who, next fo their God, loved e Brc peraird mith inleresU As B and nourished in the beam of New i *«»”» ^cieo^ uimple which dm-

An act to authorize lh* .Secralarr of fJiura to purchamiu iurther rapply oruiffi-rd * Index °f lh*- i’ainj.hlft Law* of the Slulm

eiatnra ol our nun country. It will bo auaMiu blalotory Uonttradieas. imj. oiAil.lL-to describe tl.o various charac- " h,r ‘‘ a *' r ®*°l ,| tioD approved Feb-

ruary toe sixth, eighteen hundred *ud mty-one fc t he Secralarr of State w as a ti tbor se.1 to subscribe for five Lnndrvd copies ot • »» alphabslical and chn.nolozival ludn „f the psmphlct law* oT New Jers-y from, tho rarolaUon lo lb*

•MJtwxtuM, nnatlily *rrr i>n-.: ]OTd

among whom was Dryden, who

oMenng eare, an , in afur ; prunoopced him the best y.ersifier of the

Hood with perennial beauty. r

teMrilyriM^J p™^ ^; „„ ri? . iUl ,M -J W»nl«l. ?«. Ut. tit. . O ., or|;i jgu.dy. i„ Virjjiota, W».

Vaoghman a Wdeh aettler/

which, during the bloasom-

las of Suvru* in Sprisg ..d S.»«.r, .rote . book tnti^d yGcl. i„ yeti. .11 u,. «kil. 4m Flecct „ j,, , w * ht KtT fth lW

> >1* frna-r*noi> In sticd nun.. ! ...

crian spring around which the sistcra«« , —> , . , , - “ r ▼ stay for a moment In tbe presence of each the Muse fondly love lo ItngcrTOtnHrom j doing jesttes to the bumble, iileMratiug whence have flowed streams of mental the sbscure, placing iu a trap light the growth and vigor. On the twenty- modeal and noting rapidly tbe moral and eighth day of October, 1536, eight yeura ! intellectual traits which lime has spared after the landing of the MasiutcUusaUs j l ° lh « •“J that ingratitude, the proverbial Bay Colonics under John Eodicot, tbe j ° r ^pohlics may not attach iis-H to

: the republic of letters, nnd that whoever

general court at Bostoii«volcd lour bun-

shed onon « sci ipnn feed* the lamp, of science however ob. rich Autumnal air, m^Zi*' 0 ***- 'WJ***!* I™!? MUb ? ,,bu,CU '° f * | K uriy. however emptily, may know that

m was gafheriug

s of a home in America in compar* College.

j ocuny, However scaumy. may koow that sooner or later, his name shall be made

in its i wn iriii) the labors and burdensome! following yewr they located mt conspicuou* by its light, and throughout Wostom? ; _ Af KneiiKh hf,. riumm we*. ! N«*'on, afterward* charged to Cambridge . limc tccompilV y lu l aU er.

present jM-riod, with the cur.strueUve decltitin* of the supreme court, tngitber w.ih a synopsis of tbe new coimituli-m and coiiM rue live deciriona tbereoa.” and which i;vo hundred copies wire ddivorad to auul secretary of *t«ie : aP ,] uketeas. sai.l nnml.er of copies have been distrib*i«l *..d nm wra copy thereof now re. moins in the library and the librariar. i. unable to funush «opjes to persons eili-

tied lo the same,- therefore.

1. lie It enacted by thu Sonata and G«r. f,™ 1 Assembly of the State ofNew Jerter. n«al the secretary of Stale b*. and berabv IS, authorized to procure from the executors of Archer Gifford, deceased ouch number of et.pi. s of raid book a* they may hava to of. tuft exceeding three unudred copies, at two dollars and fifty ei-nu per

copy in sheets. * *

2. And be it enacted. ’I but the Traasor-

enneje, ® r of thlJ, Sut * I“> “> ‘beexecotor* of Said

country ; A.rcnrr Gifford, the price of iwodollara a

lowwd so

: cam of English life. TLcw were many | anerwaros caangeo .o vamonuge lilBC mccomi , a , v iu lnilcr .

, IvmIm *««*«. -~a.a. kw^cw^ t ‘^1

i .-J u I ... V. , conlc j encB J, e J e f t | U - J ^ ome j B ’ ding three hundred copies. Upon the certifi.

England—for couucience sake hTeppo*«U I ° r *ccr*tary of Stole, that t:,*

I., n.n— . I- .. sluie have been duiv deitr^r,..)

’ I”**® written in ^ style -to allure | who donated eight hundred pound*, besides con , c j, ^ • th« jOcawre seeking'population of Eng- ! vbro^hnadrad and twenty volcme. of tbe Englai _ land to emigrate lo thi* cfmalrr. It j r,r ,u: age, worth far mow • every ;

ativtiipt lo usurp thj richu. S’ Uie ' rtU ’* Ut * b * ,fn dB, -’ r d «l»vervd-to him.

1 Approved Feb. 16, IbCti.