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T \rUU ItITj u. THE Church Festival! -■jUJp™--,. "^nAETra’J HOME. O&n MLAKD BA-pTIS-r CHURCH, Wax W Ru> n the OftOVC or V WL ELIJAH H. BENNETT, yr, «.«C.UI*prU.*, ^»gluwl« r , A»gu«t30th. ’80.

CAPE ISLAND, NEW JERSEY, THURSDAY, AUO. 30, 1860.

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StrjCTTTrODS TABLE, At > O’clock, to contlBue ontll 8, gan b»*8d At mar time between the M th# delleielee of the Muon will

ji'Si.'ss;'£jEf'° pr "" J ■*Bs»a.?sr£.r£,tGnsRiis! the ■ethen of the church. M * iotmj 11 wU> CO!lie PEOPLE’S lee Cream Saloon (TMOtEerosi STREET. ibotirMD th# United State* Hotel and :be AYeibingloti Home. • l! tlJW. SMITH.

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.. On one oocahinn Ur. Lincoln wateplitiiag arell ip th* parlor of Jodj« Dougl»o'" **tidance, when -^o ^Atter.jeined him,'nnd .tliplrinc.to make Sgood jcke about our be-

ru't vxtrvme Uanneny rtroorked ; .e^-V'thjf. Abo. jpu are a rail yfuueir." Ur. Lincoln looked up from hi* «ork

' whti that aoblirae flaro which bee often

IwtriSed a world and gratrelj’ rospoti't-d; ••yon. »if, ace th* J MVer*8 of a rail ” Duugia* i»ata«liatcif graitpcil hi* hat an<l

Carpal Wg.Sraat’lfo Wailiinglon. and a«k. ad rtm f^rtffidrnt To Vxplain what Ltltcaln

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’•Why." replied the Praailent, "the rc- ■ WVAMT Wdlt* All (pelt bock»a <K" • ®l»e# Shec Bonple* and Lincoln have teen warm friend*. TtoMbject of oar biography wee ilefcnt. : «d by Mr. Dougin* for tho United State* ■•■.float*, ia lAH, on necoanl of vickne** in th* biBny, and ha* aiitca been known a* "Honed Otd Abe" to lha whole coonlry.— B«t>» man of anlincliing intpgrfty, and thawgb h# chew* tobacco at preeanl, will •0i.4kMtt tbe . Wand .for ■ companion if doited Praowlent. N. B.—The author of this biography died imnadiately after pfenning the above week. __________ ;; •nm GOOD UAWK8 Tiara aia »*v«n rvuaon* why famor* are btftttMer than profewionnl man. via: 't. Tbay’wwrk mor**. and dewlopa all thr Itadwg otwaclea of lb* body. j lek* exercite in the open air and l« a greater amount of oxygu.t. 1 food and drink aw commonly Mted and far Lore *imp:«. o not overwork their brain a*

“ ronal men.

r their aleep commonly doiarkana, and do not try

not *o ambition*, and conso-

tr—W# love upright men. y and the other, and they 1 aover. break. Trip them B a trie* they are on their feet ■ in the mud, and to an * out and bright. Yu* cao-

—you cannot dettroy

are the salt of the earth— y tut. any noola project ?—

whiten the ocean

i .with

■ car*. Look to them, b a fpark of their ener

For the "Oenao tv»r*.” THX C0N8ECRATTD SPOT. ■r a. w. t>omo*. They eweetly eleep, emaantleU In pew*. Far remote from the turmoil of Ule; Their conflicts ended In full -clew. Gate* of (lienee excluding the etrlfc. We parted near the shadowy land Wh-we portals lead from the earth, to hesren. Kill Ungers that faint touch of the hand, And that dim last look, lovingly given. The calm that bore the spirit away, Sertned like glories assorting the blest >— As stars yield to the light of the day, Or gold-girt clouds, lo the gorgeous West Then a weeping band, with weary feet. We sought the Reaper's garnering ground:— Trees and flowers embower their retreat. And the winds chant their vespers around. The mate, shrine built City of the Dead 1 Here the pilgrims of sorrow must mourn. Not the mere darkened dust where I tread. But treasuresjn the heart that were home. That Love and that Joy laid la the tomb, Light of yie home, or hope of the state: Mind-aspiring* In Messing* to bloom, Promising bright, but buried by Fate. Eloquence of UtU silence supreme 1 Rvang'leal preacher to the soul! Time—It teaches—w»» not given ts dream, For the dark Inevitable gral Will bound all pomp, and glitter within s— And swift winged mo menu hurry tuc on I'ntll destiny vast,shall begin. Erief Is the day when werk can be done. And that night—that sleep, O mute ones say' Dream ye na sinless Infancy dream* t Whilst lull’d In arms taalcrnol l*ry lay, The dawning thought, forth revelling seems Flo sting in light, midst fairies and flower*, Fancies and forms In childhood that rise Blcnlng, and gaildlcg It* roseate hours, 'TUI waking (u I hose same delating eyes. fo, when plltowM on our mother Earth, Doe* the death lee* mind, the lire subliraat Exultant la Its immortal birth Nor trammelled by Unltudes of time, Step from erb, to orb. In track let* way. The whole aalrcree search with agl»ncr, foisting and flashing boundless away. Or repose, near Deity's advance.

Lnwrapt In knowledge,'purity, truth; Nor doubt, with all the tran-port combine, Radirnl io beauty, fadciem lo youth, Katagy, bills, the glory Ditire. 'Till the grave shall bMu with lleav'naown The angel'* trumpet opening Uie •m Then soul with body seal* unite. Awaking in tho smileoX.ita Cod. Yes, envious Tomb, my faith replies Not thine, (he tweet weallh <*f the heart Thy Victor has'claimed them far the skies, fils lustre of conquest, to Impart. Though desolated and cold the hearth; Ruthlessly riven was sympathy’s chain, Yet, those endeared love circle* of earth Must be restored: construAcd again.

Then courage,—e'en though natere may grieve, An* still «eho thst sit4, sod farewell; Though tear* he-dew the chaplet we weave, And clustering memories here will dwell, From timer sainted heights they seem lo say Rest for the weary, at length Is sjiren; Then, strfsken, look from the earth away, v .The love* ye mourn, gem the crown of Heaven. Like Sabbath daws o’er the world of care; Like at teadlug'sYlnta, or seraph's wings, Thus holy Inspiring* hovering her?, Ulc -stags, as blest, tbe.r Influence bring*. Temple and urn *»*> crumble fo dual, • And oblivion reign where they stood, But the deeds of the noble ai.d ju*t. Are embalmed la the hearts of tho good.

At 8 o’clock the train started-frotn Vtltie Hunch, and Bonio oth’

Camden. We rapidly passed the var* ion* villages on the rood, the most important of which vtas HaddotiBcid— quite a ncal-looking town—uboot the only place worth noticing on the line.' # • e • • * * - * • « w ■ (r \

tidhtf. The oMy redeeming quality <t ha* over aqy other place, •:* the facility VUb which » Philadtlphiau can rcafh 1 il, and tspcciaUy lht. efl*c trilh which he

To bum np in a few word*

et benches, 1 the' numcn of which T do not now recdlfect. So far, so good. The Inlet is at least two miles froai the Surf llouse. , l then walked the beach, and tf very Ban one U it. Them was only one other-place left to me—Ced*r

The train rrached Atlantic City^honl . Grove ; ..bBt I would advise all visitors 11 o’clock A- M., Biter passing threagb | to AUAntioOity to-avoid it, if they 4o sand cnoogh to create a desert, beside* 0 ot wish to be eaten np by mosquitofea some swamp and a marsh by the way of and green-headed variety. I have no fault lo find with j After remaining at Atlantic City a the officer* of tho compaii)’. I found , week, I came to lha. couclusion that. I them civil and obliging, end I think it jraa^u.tbn wrong *hoD.” Tho phMe is tt well condncted road. Hut I must <d« (w* „p t0 mT aiuicipa-

say that the car* are nothing to what they ought to be for snch a class of pasj sengera as they carry. The director* of I the componj-ar* greatly lo Lin mo for

j llyiir neglect in L this umUor I have can leavcjt.

' seen belter cars o*ed forthe poorest em- ’ wfiat I liav« to any in relltion to the

{grants on other roads. j pla:c : AtianLio Oily hoa some fine I*»II would liavo nniiio you laugh, oil, ( tuls and two good- Avonnes ; the Iniet

' good Dispatch, to sec uhat a plight w« to uke a sail ; and u good beach Bfc j were in on our yrtLal at Atlantic City, f ride 6n. The disadvantages of AlW

! There waa sand ^n our eyes', ears, neck, ‘ Ho City are mrfbllows ; nostrils, hair—in fact, wherever Band j 1. The botefi ar^i ^too fur from

| could penctrale. Our clothes were dll- 'oai^ng^rodqd^

ed with it, and il took ns a considerable 2^ .'iJut lipl^ls art loo far apart (epm lime lo get rid of it. 1 have traveled each oL'icr. If you are at the Sarf j over a great many railroads, and other j Home, and .vow wife, or d.»oght«r, i*r ' ! roads, for the last twenty year* ; but I | any of your female acquaintances, w I mast say, for saitd-dust the Camden and to visit a friend at the TMted Stal Atlantic Railroad can "take them all j (and there «r* n pood'ntimber down,” beside* having a quantity to j still farther off.) you hat© to spare. I least a half mile. Of a hot day 1 pul np, with a good many fellow rnol very plenspnv; infret, I bhV($ passengers, at the Surf Hoa*'’, kept by , dertuken it with a lady and wa| glqil 1 Air. Denson, also proprietor of the A>li to turn hack from tho effects af fl land House; in- Arch street, Philudvl heat. If it should chance lo bo l‘a||y l p'lin. The lionsat.-i- 1 'well kept, iv clean ( of course Jo palk.would be out of IpL-

ns n new pin, and the table is eiteellem. . question.

[ hud read so rangh about Atlantic City i. 3. I His. not safe to bathe at Atlantic ; in Hid newspapers, puff* editorial, etc . I City. There is a strong undertow , that I expected lo see the greatest wn- > there, nod the week I remained at tho - tering place on the *ca-boord, but I was < place there was a young nuin drownfe, sndhr divappoiiited. I found good ho- | scarcely out of his depth, [lo shrilltd I leljL 80(91 M‘ tfic’ 8ur? House, ifnfled for assistance but there was no one "Tb ^ Elates, and several others, and a good 'aid him. To the disgrace of th" hotel bench to ride on ; bat when that is said, i keepers be it said, not one of them up | it is all that can be sold with troth. The ‘ to lhat time—notwithstanding t! large houses are too far from the bathing - number of visitors they had null the ground—near a half a mile. The only great patronage they receive had the ; exccpttans uro the Surf House, White j public spirit to have a surf-bont t» md \ House and Light Honne, and (hey arc , any of the visitor* in case of accident. I far enough from tho bench in all con- j And 1 would advise anyone who nmy j science. After a person travels through [ visit tho place next season not to pul the sand to take a bath, and travcb ' up at any hotel there where the propric-1 back again, he is very much fatigued, 1 tor or proprietor* are to penurious aye, and consequently the bathing does him j too hearties* to provide a bout for th

ed Slafifl. r of hotels ) walic*Vt

NUMDERT4.

1 ton, Capt. Crooker, for Cape May. It wb* a'reraarkitLIy boA 4*y. ih tfcf jfty— onaof the sultriest days of the aaaac*. We had a light head-wrnd, vrSttS mads our journey down itife rl.ver 4a«I l Bkjf ,a pleasant one. 1 " t ^' n » » * * *'* ■» * * * -i Tho <fearner arrived at Cape May Lauding at half-past fear o’clock, T. M. ' ‘ *’* Then taking a wagon,*,ire’ ftatT a fine drive of two miles and a half over thp turnpike u» ,U» ..Wand. The IvoUlp were full, the iiland lively, and: the hotel keepers in the beat of spirit*:' ■£«»/# Roaming round the town, I ofTjphrtfc visited the different hotels/ ' waa.xlavi# • * l%tlnfepk^a* In fact, it has been a |rtgl»ly. tncoyjfui .s-.av.-u, ni Cape May. I Late yet, tp hear the first hotel kcepar-coinpjeip. and 1 have made dili gent inqntcjr SAOOg them. -«s.[ ' iWwaatll J 1 have given yo«, ol» ( gbwtfll'yfl, w»n»e of ray reasons for tiisflklh^’SMMvtic City. Allow me '•now'YtPWP'Iytfli

why I like Capo Island!

tiy can enjoy themselves 1 here’^i^firia\ ad vantages u has oy»r the forajen^laie 3 : 1. Cape Uland is cenaixily.t^eopigink place on ibe seaboard.; ifeMtVff 1 on a pointof land, with:thAboy; «Igl|. teen miles wide on one eide, anti irtfc ocean on the Other, IPthertfWartFkrfnta

at all is has to cross vrater^fe t^ltcli V Ever since I have hebo pfi tfir*: I !mv« *lfjit undfrblarikyt«-^i( City it was top T&rjR, fo u^’

but a sheet.

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ATLAimC CITT v*. CAPE ISLAND. According to promise, we give below,

part of a correspondence from Cape Island to “the Philadelphia Sat day

ihemMlm out io rap- Dispatch in reference lo Atlantic City for rivalry. «nd oar lsland home, a* watering pla-

■imida and leu

h cet. Let no penion think it is a cau-

ftfngty written article by onp Interesjed at Cape Island, for it is not. The writer bus undoubtedly visited Atlantic City, expecting there to find pleatnre uniurpaucdin tb# continent; but has been ndly disappointed, and left in disgust. Read *s follows wad digest Deer Dispatch:—Now th'at tin autamn is dose at hand and tho summer resorts are rapidly thinning oat, and ns H is too laU to benefit or UL injure any of the vai ion* sea- bat hi ng places, allow me to give ray opinion in relation Itf 1 _ k • L h . I i - — • i .. /SI, ~ a a. rl

ie% deal—to take breakfast aad reach the Boat at Vine stveet wharf, a little be-

7 o’clock in the morning.

bout f<

little good, if it is not an injury. i safety of tHoir patrons I have heard Atlantic City, I think, la the most, that Jdr. McKibbcn, of the United Overrated place I was ever in. There | States Hotel, has at Inst* provided a

has constantly been a largo amount of j boat for bis bosrders.

Atlantic Oi

money expended otrit in opening streets i and levelling sand-hills, etc.; but in comparison to some other resorts—particularly Cape May—it has no show wbatevM', as I think I can prove to any unprejudiced person. After travelling about the city, I inquired of a great ad-

vocate of Atlantic City—

What ride* have you here,.sir, for visitors to wbila away their time ?”

'We have the Inlet,” ■Is that the otfly place 7"

'Oh, nO; i^o have Cedar Grove.” 'Any other, air 7 I am a stranger here, and wish to inform myself and friends of whatever drives and resorts yon have, so'(hat we can avail ourselves

of them.”

Oh, certainly, sir f any information I can ghe you, I will give with pleasure. Let me see 1 I believe I did toll you about- the Inlet and Cedar Grove. We have—we have—^res, sir, we have— the Beaoh, sir; a nioe mile Beach, sir —a noble Beach, sir—yes, sir, * nine

mile Beech, sir 1” “Any other place 7”

“No, sir;, I believe I hare mentioned to yea all our resort* and drives, sir!”’ I thanked the gentleman lor his information, and then proceeded to

two ol them, vU: Atlantic City end

Cape May.

Abont two weeks ago I left Fbiladel-!

phis for Atlantic City. I had to rlee connoitre. My Brat visit was to the of. the Jiolp io safety I* And - now let me a»-ly—ralbar early for your eorrespon- inlef, where I saw about twenty aail '* lif*

boats. Yen can hire one of thenc boat*, and have a nice sail, or go baking, just as you please, or you can go to Brigtn

lity has nny quantity of j

mosquitoes nnd green headed flies. Two or three famUtea left the place while I was there on account of these pests. A friend look a ride to Cedar Grove; ho drove a white horse, and wherever the ‘•green-benders” toadied the. poor animal, blopd waa drawn. The animal was in woful plight on his return, and roy.Inend assured mo that ho was very much afraid wjjjlo tbero Hist hts horse would be along la death, lie denounced the place, and I do not think he will be’ caught al Atlantic City

pi a harry again.

- 6. It i* very hot there. It is quite common to hear vieitors from Brigantine Beach and Long Bosch on arriving at Atlantic City, jray, “How awful hot it Is here 1 Let ns get to the city as soon as possible, or else we will be roas-

ted i’»

I have only, given a few reasons why Atlantic City is an ovorrated place. I have beard at lenet a hundred Philadelphians express themselves as I have done, and'wbo tbioVnbw as I do, that when they took the lying accounts published in some of the Philadelphia paper* ae troth, the# were otvSUgregions. ly “sold !” Thank Heaven 1 I got nut

give ytra some account of my trip to

and sojourn at Capo May.

On nrrivtng' at Philadelphia I took passage in the New Ytfrjc steamer Bos-

2 Tho buihiuf£ia*- r cr,-I

two surf boats always manned during the bathing hour,’so that sti uncitUnvhiy drow ning nt t!mt lime is alboSfe' an^itapossihility here. “ odw 3 The hotels are befer sltuat<5& tieVa thou tliey arc at Alantic .CfJy.' j^ey are nearer the ocean, nnd tliere.ia i a.^qo bluff in front of Con^-en 11*11 and McMakiii's Atlantic, whare persons can sit and enjoy ilie sea lircexe. ' ru* 4- The principal hotels being situated so ni'itr to each other, the plae* f* more lively j nnd if you wish tb see ’a friend at another house, you tan do so will: but little trouble. For Tliitifyice, Congress Hdl, McMakio’s, Centro House, Columbia House, United StO^, and several others ere but a few tninutya walk of each other. If you? friend tdiould linppen aot to be at hia ncScl when you call, by leaving word for hkb, on his return it would not take bim'ffYo minute) to call on you. This, I take it,'i* particularly favorable to lailie* who wi*h io cal! on each other. Those know what fitfec* viaiioil Atlantic oily who a walk thty woni-l have lo vi*il friend* there who happecSdto pul up at different hotel*. • ’ '»* .t*w Capa Island has more rMOVta-Wnld drive* to enjoy one’s-teff at. 1 wrilhtdhmention a few of thflnV If job •«! fSwfof drive*, there U Diamond Heaeh, Poverty Beach, Tligbeo'* Landing, Cdld Spring), Steamer Landing, Capo Mor Court Mob**, tho Beach, the Light-House, and varidu* other ride*. A re you fond of fishing? (here is Schellinger’s Landing, th* Sound, lha Bay, and varioin other p]«ee* liuH 9 e«muot at present think of At AtladMwtiky

you have the InKrlf Cedar GroM—wbaro

you will never go but once—ioti "tte Baaeb, sir j yea, air, the B«ach,’si^/f a '" { 0, Oape Island Is aot troubled r illi mosqnitoes like Atlantic City, .jCV anrw thing for a person to be Iron bleu mth'tSani on this Island j not to b**o is ktill rararat . , .. • -.EH

Atlantic City.

7. You nr,i not troubled »ith green-lirad fli.-* at this platSe. 1 fiav* ffhvtMMOrattten with either rad*qaitie*-o* "gTv**»-b*4tJ-er»" here, while at Allunlio T"' * aorely teu»>yi by the formtjr. ■ ‘ take a buffjiulh tlie'ru oiife 3a|, , tho water, bat I wa*g!udto f

thought I nerar

self—i ked to *

my shoulder* h the. pest* off L did touch, blow

'MU .re rife* d«nf DlMpaick, why t pvefrr .'a^pt^a ilira, Chj * Mand, wbich ha* aw many ••lural eWawsuget above Ihai overrated, bepaffed^ AjUntic City. And I have heat.l aumberl of Philadelphians her*, wbalaft thalpfitM. as I did. ‘n disgust, expraa* UwiawrivuB (a RtU

stronger term* tbsn I have dooa.

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