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' VOLUME 6. CAPE ISLAND. NR\V JLUSl^ THl^HS)>AY. MAliCIt 7, . NDMliLU -11.^ : riif.a . r rr iwt ;■ r- ~iiL i ■. i n'tiw joust MotfUMt-HT ^isiociAii^y. \

DENTAL NOTICE. | TJ*. 4. r. LEAMINO, »«mu iiinnf»''r tafana I'll nwfwt) ^hIwiih ; Mum M ki*' Off* iw Tuaads? at tea Court j Thursdays anJ Frid*>s *> S»«« illr. ^Tbw» jj.sti^o« JU«MU ofmnlfrno. will M tk*a- ; Jaauary If J, I Ma Im " NOTICE. " " i T"r-CAPC WAY MUSICAL A*»OCUTir>X. «. Ill I , 1 «r at Scat III*. Toaraarse! Mrrtta; Hoiia, ou , as""- j ; '• ' IVr the "Ureas Wara." | » 60S HELP THE POOE. SV XDWAfcU S. (U.tS. Whaa Up wintry win* bowls o'er the plala, AM th« IBM M Alio a In* drifts la hurlrd, < Aad lb* fcaaa Nafta; W I»<1 slflfea a wild retrwla, Aad IbaroM WidM t»*ms o'rr the aotUj i • Laurels Ik* youthful IM, , Areiu.; balls H a* Out a gt vtsomr rtitrva, -- S Aad Hi alalyha (Uda by lb* OeU aad wood, Ufca lb* rewala at a |*ydtyf bytes ; But (rial i*or*rt>' WsUu a i/tbe aartb, 1 ■Aha a ghastly epactre wired aed wiu, « Aa4 tb* wall* ot hllirwH bar* birth, Aadiaaa) anpot wo* libllrd; | Tbu# whoa rorrrly stsnla at th* door, 4 l»* Threi halii 'by rhllirsn who mt pwr. 1 • * MvalmMiawA.M.'wwo ^ " nnr - I l or tbe "Oor«n War*." ^ BIPTTBIICAXIIM A TA1LCBE. Ma. Kimtob It scemx to bo a setfwviUsat faet lliat our' boasted Itcjiubli- 1 eauurn, M wbieb every American trill- 1 ten h»» been to proud, is about to prove 1 a failure ; audfcari are entertained, and ; ' 1 think Juatf r Wo, that boon it trill be ftumbcrrd among tho thing* that «cr» i ' Aud are not. I purpuar. with your pet- ' ' mission, to notice what I consider lire ' 1 eMvf cause. I at a* nut Sdtanet mncli ' ibal srfll tie 'new to your render* ; but 1 ' btrpe to be able at leaai to inlereti aomc ; 1 • bo tnay not hare looked at things jnat | ! aa otbera liare. The great foudamcniai ' lawa of otir htovrrumrnt am aa pure a* : 1 liiimau wisdom, aided by Dirinc revtla- , Una, eould form, and are perf«clly adap- ; ted for tba happy government of a pure i ' and enlightened Commonwealth When j ' Jnbtly administered by those ii. author!- ■ ty wbo have at heart the welfare .if their country meo, would ever perpetuate to their fMaiitoeuu the rights of "life, liberty end ibe pnnait of happiness." i Sot our form or government can only permanently exiet w; en the. people are generally educate I und a. large majority of them are btrictly moral and under the Influence of Bible Christianity. The Tety (pirit joL our lawa appeal to the heart and conscience. They speak to our reeaon. and point to the'ubligalioits thai exist* between man and man ** so vial beings, and herein lies their force atrtf^iowcr, morr than In the penaliits attached to their biolntiou. Ju«t as em ws those obh.-ations are forgotten •-nd the people become selfiah. ignorant ' •nd vi-ioiis, and the same spirit rxista in ' tbe admiuisUniion of lnw, the Govern- • anewt become* weak and poweAm, and j jl * sn bjec t s onbappy; though the Las may be as pure aa those by wbieb Angela nee governed. . .,lu a daapotja government where tire ftet «)f Crrnfer becom.s the law of the njps, if tl» will of the rnler be eniigb.ciicd by wisdom and influenced by justice, the tnlijeeis or hie realm are rendered happy, nod there does nut | see oi to exlat tbo necessity of a etiiwr- | sal education !a political science. Bnt in a fctad like Ibis, where the "Bojt ' Popoii," la the torereign that roles, just in proportion as the mind or the hcxlr po iiic^rowa corrojH, in that raUo will criait Mfcressn, and oppression, •edition and eeoc^sfon prevail. . (n - proof or Ui. yoo have^ly^o turn to * the post and iu bwtwy • j»kh wit! fully wf o/'hsr wea wt»ee to ue ..rr ciiitis ngi .-drf ,nn I

I norant, licrrofere corrupt and as|iiring t { and gradaolly her liberlies pissed for- j e ■ ever nway. So with Orrero, and so f ! with the Republics of Sooth Arehrica j a 1 and may we not fitufniiy loot for the ;ll ' same iu this our oifte happy country. H I When the firat settlements were made ll ' upon this continent the inlinuitnnts were 1 ll ■ mostly those ash') fled from, oppression cl | on account of their peculiar religious : D i sentiments. Those sentiments were in | U j kipping with the liible, the great foun- t< tain of all liberty, and the Colloidal ' w 'a*s (most of them nt least.) and up j- c j.culed to judgment for observance, in- J stead of their Icar of punishment for vi- ! olation. This high moral tone of so- ^ ciety continued to inctense, for tlu-y | ^ tnuuh; the principles of Liberty, sodenr | )( them, to ilieir children, until the for- j ^ maltnn or otTr tJo(VeWfir?nf 1>y onrfn"hrrr 1 who laid its foundation in truth Unl ^ reared the beautiful structure in justice . (| slid righteousness ; nnd under this lias R, our Nation become powerful and great. ^ from sea to sea lias she extended her do {l auiuion, and her riehes ha* nliotindi d «l- ( j most beyond precedent. UuI^uIun^^T-^ Iter prospvrilr. Iltr timvajs li^|fu he- ; ^ degraded, alld tliouianmuw igno- n Want, vicious and prbflligate foreigners, J( wliose mind* have become tainted with q German rationalism, or what is worse, () lincfliired flritli the false theory of roiuc #| system "f rtJigion whose teachings a» (| : opposed to the principals of our gov Q ; erunn-ut, nre-. yearly tlirown anong us. ; ■ and they immediately take part in the j tl i election of our officer', und to gain tln-ir w • support at the pid!*, men huniiug office : j, . stoop to prostitute one of the beat gift* | our father'* iiloud piirchiut-d — tlio Itul- ; ■ /of //ox ; — and to what extent this j-vil j prevails is not generally known. LegI Llalors are bought nod sold ; Congress - i met have their price ; Senators tskc , j bribes, and high officer* of onr Govern- . ! went become traitor*, and the tro-t of , " | the Nation is a'laiuefiilly bcirnyid, h«-r treasury robbed, and her fund appropriated to individaal purposes. Kvillnti dark arc the times iu which ^ Wt live. Hut lliank Ilcsvcn, (here are some exceptions to the class of people ^ aliovc spoken oif. We have otir Scott, Crittenden, Johnson, Seward, Douglas ^ and others ; but they nre too few. Old ( that the mantles of Washington, Jefferson, Hamilton, Adnhis, Juckvon, Clay and Webster might fc.il upon the state-- 1 uieh of our time, that they may loose their , ( •elfish sectional views und become truly , national, knowing no ^iortli, no South, ! ^ but the Union now anX^forgaM. Stand { ^ tip"my nnnnrytflen fnr-pnrw:-»ei» of • . whatever party, bud for just principle! wherever found, or we- shall be forever fallen. _ . 1 , j • CoSSERVATtTE l ; Towusend's Inlet, Feb. SfjiB, 1861 ' j QCXT THiT. r Quit what ? Quit telling your Inno ( 1 cent, eonfhling, trcitrbLjng children about [ ghosts nnd hobgoblins. You arc throw- i jug n sorrow upon yonng hearts that ' i - will cling there through life, llonr ■ many mothers there are who qhict their ' children by saying "the bug-n-bous will ' coma and take yon off" — come old nig1 ! gent, come, mid— well, will y«u hush tbia 1 I i atnte T" The poof child believes all its own I' mother saya. and, why shouldn't It? It t* ought U believe. That is filiaLdnly . | The obiiing, fluttering heart it quieted : ' but not composed. Those tearful eyes j ' • j close in a sleep Of terror ; a weary, bro- > ken rest follows ; the ' child dreams — I hut oh ! who can tell the sadness of n > child while it dreams in n sleep frighten- ; f cd upon it by alarms »f all that Is terri- » bin aad repulsive 1 I I . S:ick inbiiman traatmeat endangers, f tka, mind —the intellect. .Mothers, ber -warel And see that no a arse or scrraur >, or oMer brodrer, or aister, drive arrows, n of grief to the rery tool of your child. ■ A sorrow early planted and w.Uf<<T by i-.Lre.rs.jril! WingAart>. a karva*t «f Wt-

How oonunon a habit ia tbis to lurch | .children to tear unseen dangers at nightfrill Tne peaceftil aighr, so full of,^ sweetness, and the night t lint bring* | • the honeyed drops of dew, to ble« the nnd refresh the leaves, the night ' e brings rest to wenry ; this dearest J of nM is to ho made terrible to I « children. What wickedness! Wiry, it ; 1 i* blasphemy to make lira little ohet be- ' (l that God forgets them, and send* ; * to trouble them in tire silent j watches of the itiglrl. — /html Amtri SHE REVS* LEAYIS HIH; Look at tire career of a man as he | ' pnssr* through the worlJ ; n man visited i j nii»foritniee ! How often is he left by i lit* fellow men to sing under the weight of Id* afflictions, unheeded, nnd alone ! ■ (_ Ono (reiitl of Iris own sex forget* Mm; ' another abandons him, n t(ti(d,e- perhaps ( betrays him i if his ' afflictions', with an- j alTcclions ; braving the changes / of feeling, of Ids temper cinbittcrcil Jff J the disappointments of tho world, with! the highest of. oil virtue ; is resigned . pn^iem m|shtsQ^hl* wants, even when i t .kt-f^ynn/nrc hard und pressing; she], wcepLwith him, tear for tear, in his dis { , tress ess, and is the first to catch and ro- | o ray of joy, shonld bnt one liglr: ' up his rountcBancc Id i Ire midst of Id* ' ' suffering ; and the never leaves him iu his misery while there remains one net ^ of InVc, or compassion to be performed, j Au-I ut Inst, i-litn life and soi rows comP • together, she follows him to l re tomb . , with an ardor of affection which death : j itself cannot destroy., j I FLAX COTTOS AQAISST KIN 3 CCTT3X. | TiKrc,tire now in. operation, iu •Soston ) ( expcrimctilul work's for the manufacture 1 of fl»x cotton. Tola ran be produced j ( in u»y quantity at. Iretwcen seven nnd i eight cent* per pound, and tire cf-tih ' made frotn- it is bettor in t^-ry r.-spect - and will lake ami preserve coior* bttii-r 1 thuii cloth made from cation Tire raw niittnial, flax wild or cultiy ted, can be p oduccd aud is produced iti Canada^ and all fhe Northern States iu vast |c qutyrtitirs. Colonel Lauder, in one of | ( recent report* speaks of coming to ! • plains covered with immense quantities ! i of this growing wild. Now here is nu 1 article which even now .can be had ia ! quantities, to that its material can lie ' produced at frotn two to three cents per , pound less than cotton, which makes a ! ; ! bctUr cloth, nnd is designed to suprr- ! t j sedc cotton. Slowly but surely the par jf ! tics owniag the patents for the process fur manufacturing this article aro work- ; ! j lp4nto tlic attention of our people, p The fin' mi! I stinted to mnnnfacture , 1 cloth front this material mill be tho'mo»l dangerous anti-slavery society in the . } world. | Some people nre looking to this mat- 1 1 as offering u solution of the slavery j i question. Napoleon I. offered one roil- 1 ' lion franc* to any one who wcdld itlvenl | 1 mncWiurry* to manufacture flax by.s^pi- - ; ning it into . cloth. ^ — (JIT.'T. J'ottS Doxt do thai till I ssi -deid.-4-On : the day or the meeting of the Secession- . ists at Kingston, Ga., n : evolutionary soldter reinrncd toiiis residence in Cobh | county, though his eyes were to dim 1ic , could not see weil. He was told tliey j were trying to get the people to dis- : sotve or secede from ibe Union. Wherej ni»on he dropped his withered Lee, and ; seemed to be in sfovjr distress fqr one or : two minutes, after which bq„ralsed op j I his head, and, wjjjj a fulteriqg voice, | ■ said, 'Oh, xlouT do timt till Turn dflad !' ' • While he uttered lltese words, the large j 1 trers chased each other down his worn ! ' cheeks. He was told that a great nuiu- 1 ' b;r of men would try to prevent ft.; td i which he replied, "Dou't let them do m that till I am dead I' There is no greater obstaclw to sdcrem . II'.aii tru-ting in somvibing to turn »'a»il or goiag u» work to tww ap ooam- . ■ ,u-m - ! XggT auvoiiw youf basing.

j Fcbrnarj- 224 (Wa*hin»TOiiT tMWlj) \ I bain* thejime fixetl by th* i.i lam kjMmt , I diu- the A (lf the New Jer- | $»y Mor.umyri A Mo?Iatit»p. ll^was ttcnr- ' dingi* bffldf at tbe 8tnle\ lloose, at 12 i [e'eloek, M.\ • • Jt The President of tire Arwociation. Oov. i 4'uar. h. Ui.dks. being- absent, tfiefli'iec v GiutuaCstrsi't l|«Vi»eB*fl • took ilia cr.air. Thosas S. Am.ison, acting. as Secretary, "'t'lm fir»t bavitrest c .arn* the election of officer* for IlieeOeflsng year. Secretary Allison having been pro , pwetl (or re-election, naid tliul a* his foture resilience woiltd be somiwhat unrcriuiii. ho 1 beggcil leavo to decline. Tin* *a« ac«n.-di-d to. though not wiitiont regret from thaiilh- _ • «• members of the Association. 'Hut Tol- ' " officers were tlwn elected for U»e <-n- ' « •uih4«e.r: 1 1 Presvlrnt — llis Kxcrlhrtiey, Charles S, 1 1 oi ten. 4 1 T tee /-fWftteiT^Churlei t.'hnuucy Haven: -f f i SrcrWOry-WiIiiam F. Phelps. . \t Treasurer — Thoma* J. Striker. Slut'lim/ Cotumillce— Jacob U Fresse, Jjinre 11. Colcnma. Charles Uorruuhgs, Kd- ; i ward W. 8cu.ld.-r, James W. Wall, Rich- ; : aril 8. Field, Italpfa 11. Shrev. ; ! The Vice I'reaidenl and Ge-n.-rol Agent j then presented the Inflowing report, yhich J ' | wa. adopted and ordered t.> ho published in ! ^ I such of lit" papers of tho d.ate as favor the . ^ | object* or the Association ; I RI'.POUT ' 7u the Ojfieert a m/ hUtwiiity CummUlte of ■ | 1 the Xetr Jersty Monument A;itK'ia(i"n. Os.*rt.KMK.\ In th* prosecution the r't arduoo* duties devulring on me since ou; " n->'':«l inc-ting. iu your General Agent. 1 have made »uc!i progreys .as the ' times ami cirr.i.iistance* Wou'.l |M-rmit, but i it hd« uot cpmlled my o»:i e*n>;niii«upr«- ' i the >nm>i'*»t duly tli-ue more immeilwI tely inl«(i->te.l in tlic hietoricAl di-itincti-ui* ! wl.irh New Jr.MK 'houlil chortdt. A beginning. ba«*v»r. aa-l sofficis.it ' progress in. our ond-rUkrii to serar'e treat- . ' tml »t.cc«-»». Pan «...» be r-j-rtrt d. i Sun sj t ff. rs of n.-ub.s site* jot' the ; Sta.-iuiuent Uuve b-.-i. donated by Sou... or-' our liberal rins-im iu Trtttls*. uir! Cnnlri- 1 , tfii- c»aniy and patriotic ciliseti* in oilier*1 ■ parts of tlie> Slate, anmnntii.g oireg.-tlier j l» about liuif.eti-.n^li to er*et an obchrk , j over two hundred ftet iu height, on the plan originally adopted, and wlricU is gyn- j I ern'ly approved, havu been obtained, and if | 1 | there is u favorably chntige fin tho limes, 1 1 j no donbt tbe other half can be. My av'vr- 1 i njje erilf.-c tious iti 1860 were nearly twenty , j .'ollars per day, and iu n prosperous »|ate j < or circumstances can r.o doubt be kept op i ' this uvera p. llut whilst the moans for . • I: v ug ore in jeopardy, ot cu Monuments for I . I tho dead must nwait u more favorable crisis j i for completion. i. Fortunaln1ykhowevcr,foVNew Jersey, no j Slate iu the L'ni.in'poasesse* a more iiide- I 7pvi»«leni, pobl.o maitinn. or Aisurn ainplo re- { sources from hrrtoful insyitqiiuns and «mploy men!.*. 81m bus also associations to '■ warrant due honors being paid to men and j principles worthy Monumental fame, and : site will not bo recreaul Ux them. She i j stands on ground nevor to be. abandoned, | j and should oth-r* falter iu preserving the j | integrity of the (Juion, she will,, as wo j ;t«»l, possess upon her soil aa entlnring i j eiublvnt of tho Old Thirteen, surrnuudiuga ' i Munumcul with U'u&Liugtou's statue on its 1 su.uu.il, visible front neaily all our battle fir! Is, stid reflecting b-.s ituageaf a bcacm j light to posterity. Tb« uieinuriui we Lave prettnUd lo onr | Legi-hftors, » bicli wo tiusl will soou yet ceiv« • favoreble considerallor., bespeaks ' oar rarnol wishes on this subject, end cau- I nut Im ihsnppruved by onr patriotic eili- | sens ill any putt o! ;he Slate, this projec-t.-d Alonumei.t it a Slatt tcort, and it* tuve- | t. on. here in tbo Cfcpitol, a* designated .by - ' oar ctuiiter— on the spot ino.-t filled tp per- , j pelUito it* fume, cannot be objeelyd to. I Now is the time onr Legislature should, j| . ' ever, accede to an appropriation for tbis I object— BOW whilst uany nre out of WOtk 'land d^f»«irii»g of the future— let as give 1 j the aocld-oun .. ore example in this Slu e • ' of sccomphsbiog a bean:ifai « esign to reJ | k nulla cot.f d» tivc in tbe caare of Freedom > ami Itigbi bwforw the world, a* our Fathevs j did Mi the glmunsest period or tbelr Sting. ! gl-'S, although no MottniuSni stone as v«t • i mar'-s the spot wbere such deeds Ur.!; - j place here end ia other parts ot tb« Jjime. "j blii.uld we secure the upprnpriuiju v. | lit. ted, effort* tofiAtsio tbe raridsa oT ike. ' money to epntplr'.e tbe shaft »bouW-be ri •

cui.iiiieiic.-it at the !)r*t prnp.l iou* uiomout.. I *ee no propriety forxnggesting . pneamres lo. lay tins fcunilation, uur for /erecting tlgj soj'i-rstiucuure. But' .ToTaSe ' c.«re of wliafTami* wo have, adding to them practicable, mid to u«« all our riidoavore J to si-cure as vj1c.--.ly en i-xecatioir as possii.r on; ch-ndied undertaking, seem* , ' U'jw lo beoi.r whole duty. Referring to accounts of income and ' rspendiiuft.*, withit lirt of subiicribdr*, fn- ■ c'.udin* a lyrg.- number of new a«McialA, i am gentl-joicni r.-<;M-cifoIly, % c. f HAW. ' V; Vice F're-'t. and G<-ii*ral Agent. '■ 1 TVenton, Fab 26, IB6K > S A (Teneral exhjbit of the. nffairt of tbV <) A**eciatiou •hnjrn.l that it Wat progrwwmc A • well a« c.mfSS? e i p*cle-l under ext*ting V cireoiosiancwA, and that the linsl accoia1 ptisbinent <»T the purpose ftf the Anocia-ti.-n— namely, the 'erection of a Monument V commemorate th« U.«voItitionary U-tltle* ^ • Near .-Jersey mil— was nu loa* V gt-r problematical A lj. " S c. t*. IIavkn. Frsa't. pro i.w • ^ j 'I uumas S 4t.tJ*"X. Soc'y. S fab it Htsra b There are uuny p.-r*om who bxve tb* I reptithlinu. and perh»|>' jn»tly, of banig t ; goedXarraers, who are frequently .hlil-jlJ L|i ; getting to work .at lire cuiii.noncuMpI, ofl tho seoA-.n Th*l m to #.«y. tboy. do not . : lako advantage of •■v -iy. vvitQ.rtuulty jo : February and the b.-giucir.g of Mar^h, to for the iiporation' that »M .to Col- ■ Th* winler'a bloat? ofloq di-nrraugp «nt -houses, gates, fences. Ac. ;. the mowing field* are to be cimirvd of .MOUH^ brush, mump*, whoro practicabiH. un-i all obslrim* t.oua to the sc; lire or the mowing machine. Tht-,.1 beal-tiuld may noe.l pa*tu&>ty or mUmy Tho orclurU may need A trro€ti »y and Jo, drcwiiig. Tim manure way require pi- • line 1" oblong square* or ployed under c-»y« y er. Lwvci Jr««i the woods, now 1 ing compactly from tbo winter** snows und easily gntbored. should be hauled iutn the «a-■ilu-yards. pig-pen*. 4e., and manufacLurod Mnto mniinre, FolatiM* for early planting - ' rireuld be cut, -aprinbled with plaster, and spread npon the b irn-fl inr for \%o week* ; befuro |daiiting Tools of alt klndk sltnui.f be repairedr .-.fto tool* sharpwHod, ami nil , put in complete order for u*o arbegever ; their assistance shall bo deoiande-l. There arc many other t lungs lo bo cnasiJercd. which wfc have not now room to reI for l.vbut which will suggest themselves to 1 ull vfho wish to go ahead, after the hints nlj ready given. . < } A PaasK.iT to Mire. Li.h-oia — A few . centleniun of New York city have prvs-tn- | ted to .Mr*. Lincoln an elcganl coach made | to order by a celrhralod manufacturer. It ' . is what is technically cade I n fall-dr«S*s j coach, with a richly trimmed hammerelotti depending from the driver's *eat. at.d elaborately carved slumlord fur the fuulmau. The stops sre cO iccnied, nnd descend only ' with the oj.enUig of lire door*. Jl'lie lot ug . js of vtimsnis b'rqcau-Bf, mid the cusl.ion *_ ^ and back are furnished with t c latest iutproveiucilt in *eal-4pr|ngl. Altogether it | is a luAuricasly tilled upertablisl.ment — i The co»t was fltfiOO. It- waa forwarded to WashiugtyD on Saturday. ! AlOrmsioit Utur. — 8aid ayonog g4ntl«a j man to a dtsUaguiwbwJ medical practiuner. ] I'VVtiatdo yoh tlo for yourself when yon I have a torn of the bcodsohe, orotber shgLt attack r 1 'Wo withont my dinner,' was thw jeply, 'And its that doss out cura, whet thsii f". 1 'Go without tny snppo'r.' 'Hot 'if that does not care you, what r then!" * « • , -Go withont -my bioakfast Ws phrsG 1 cian* scldum take medicine ourselves, or * ! use tlrem in our fauiiiies, Tor we know that I abstinence hi better, but Wo cannot make " onr patient* beitarw it. . , - a . , A man named blona exclaimed ia a bat. , room — • Til bet Ore dollar* L have tbo hardest I name ia tbe coutpauy.' , 'Done,' tuid oue of tbe comptuiv, 'What ( is your nwvnc T , -.Stone,' cried tli# first. V ■}' s '(laud me the mosey,' said tho ethac j . *M.y name ia j larder.' - , 1 A good tookiffg young lady rwccctiy en- ' iKTeii a dyerV shop, und ibiu *vco*i»d him : . , 1 'Yob era l.hc man that dies, are ynu pud i 'N.-,'1 rrp ted the' gailaet, *ikn tho man I. t'.at l.ves; l.utl'll.l eforyqd.' . ' Cot fiend iu your' job wtoT iJ.i.ub.Us citeaiar*, rardsg Ac., raevutsd a» this t. «0S. - \