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"rwUHi-Oi«n . f, INTERESTING ANTIQUITIES. j & Mb. Editor I am not a worshipper L of. relics, nor a professed uutiqurian,? ' but I confess to a great lore for nie■memoes of former years. They strike 1 us more forcibly llifn mere history —the ^ eye effects the mind, and carries us back ?to the good eld days of our fathors. I j was particularly reminded of this a few ^ ■days ago, when spending a pleasant afternoon with a few.frienda at the house j •of Mr. Albert 8ouiers, iu our quiet, ( * rural tillage. Mrs. Somcrs, (formerly Miss Sarah Beeaijr of Beesly's Point, 1 •Cape May,) has a great taste for collcc- * •ting and preserving curiosities andnntiqnitics, of which she has a large and in- | ten sting collection. Some of them relate to her ancestors, the Townsend and ( Young families, with which she stands, intimately connected, and sane relate to our National history, and especially to General Washington. She has in her possession a sampler, mnrked by her grandmother, Sarah - Townsend, who was born in 1150, and | t ie sampler is dated 1772, four years be- J , fore the Declaration of Independence. ; She has also a pictorial linen handier- [ chief, owned by this Sarah Townsend'* : ' mother, Tabilha Townsend, which must j 1 be some 110 years old. It has several 1 pictures of the prodigal son, represcn- ' ting different scenes iu his life, with a 1 1 verse of the parable underneath each I one, — all in a good state of preserve- , ' tion, and also the initials of her owu 1 1 name, worked by her own hands. ; 1 llut the greatest piece of antiquity, is < a small basket or box of wicker work, 1 owned by iter grandmother's grandfather Henry Young Ksq , the father of all the Young s in your Connty, who came to Cape May, from England, in I T 13. This basket — about six inches long, and two inches wide, with a lid to it — is nca'ly made oT broom com straws, and wo* used by him to carry his sharing utensil* ! Must likely he had this with ! him at Trenton, where he represented ; the county in the legislature from 1733 lo 1744. It has been handed down in She family from generation to generation a * till the present time. She olso showed os -copies of the "American Almanac" for the years 1724 end 1725, by Titan Leeds. "Printed snd sold by Andrew Bradford, at the sign of the Bible, in Second Street, Philadelphia." This is die Andrew Bradford with whom Franklin worked • as a journeymen printer, and who knows but what these Almanacs were printed iiy his hands ? One peculiarity about them, which seems to us a little singular, is, that March is called lite first Month, and December the tenth / A verse of snoral or rePgious poetry stands at the head of each page, and some quaint old j proverbs around the margin. Oue of i «hcm reads thus: "A man must eat a (icck o( salt with his friend, before he fcnows him well." Another : "Be not a bailer if tlajr head be made of butter."—' Pretty good for our own day, dotg't you thiuk, Mr. Editor ? We aero also shown a specimen of calico, of the Inst century, which coat £1.50 per ynid, not so good us the ti n cent calico of the present day. But what may he considered of more ] general interest is the fac simile of a let- j tcr, written by General Washington, iu ' 1785, to Francis Uopkiusou, Esq , ana . appears to relate lo a request of Hon- j kinson that bo would set for his portrait j to lie tqkea by ooe Pine, lately from 1 England. I herewith send you a copy, as follows : Morxr Vernon, May 1 Hh, 1785. Dub SIB : — In for a penny, in for a pound, is nu r oM adsge. — I am so hackneyed to the louche* of Painter's pencil, that I am * now altogether at tbeir beck, and si^ like patienee on a monument whilst they are delineating the Hues of ray fane. It is proof among many others of what habit wad custom can effect. At s

first I was impatient at the request, a^i , cl restive under the operation as a coil j u ;L of the saddle.—1 The next time, I.sub- i ti milled very reluctantly, but with less h i flouncing. — Now, no dray-horse moves b more readily to the thill, than I do to I) the Painter's chair.— It may bo readily j c conceived, therefore, that I yielded a g ready obedience to your request, and to j t i the views of Mr. Pine. ! 1 i Letters from England, recoromemla- 1 ( j tory of this gentleman, came to my 1 h : hand previous to his arrival in America, 4 | not only as an Artist of aekowledgcd v ' eminence, but as otic who had discover- : n i ed n friendly disposition towards this , a | country, — for which it seems ho hud t been marked. ! f It gave mc pleasure to hear from you. i i : shall always feel an "interest in your j t happiness— and with Mrs. Washington's ' : compliments and best wishes joined to . \ ; my owu, for Mrs. llopkinsou and your- ' f self, I am — D'r Sir; ' Y'r most olied'l and nffec'te, ; ' II 'hie Servant, q. Washington ' Francis IIopkinson.^Esq. I I This lady olso has a copy of the 1 I "New Jersey Stnte Gazette," dated at f | December >4Ul, 1199. lib 1 I draped in heavy, dark lines of mourning ' on account of the death of Gen, Washj ington. His death is announced in the j ' j following language : I "On Saturday, the 14th inst, died sud- ! denly.'at his seat in Virginia, General • jGcoBOB Washington, Commander-iu- 1 j Chief of tho Armies of the United ; States of America. Mature in years, covered with glory, and rich, in the affee- • tiona of the American people." •'Since the recording of public events ( bus fallen, to our lot, none has occurred more iffferrsting to the feelings of American citizens, than that which now , occasions the mournful gnrh of this i paper. To describe the effect that the death of the beloved Washington", must necessarily have on the hearts of his ' j countrymen, would his an impossible task. Who among them, from infancy to old age, were ignorant of his virtues? Who knew not his merits? Who cuuld rpn.il liic nnlim utltimif irrnt il iwli> rn. repeat his without gratitude, re-

( spect, and admiration ? And who shall * now hear of his death, and not feel the I keen paugs of sorrow and regret ?-— Let the tears of four millions of people, ' answer." Thus felt and spake a greatful people I at that early day : would that all tho i 1 citizens of these States felt the same I gratitude fur his memory, and hia great [ achievements, nt this duy. " S. Townsend. 1 Woods town, N. J, July, 18GI. '' SEIZURE OF THE BRIO JOHN WELCH. J i Lost «Vvk wn noticed the seizure of the ^ I j brig John Welch, L'upt. Fifield, by tlia ^ r i fiioihcrn privateer, Jeff. Davis. As Copt. 1 Fifield is a native or oar county, liin official ^ 1 statement of the affair will no doubt be j * read w:th interest, by tho readers or the I Wave. Below we give his account, oa fur- t ' nished to the Philadelphia North Alneri- 1 j. can: B Ob boa til skip Mary Goodcll. oft Ope Cod, I * t Jul) II.IMI. ( ( ] Mb. Moiiton Mi Michael: Sir — I send you a report of the cap- * a ! ture of the brig John Welsh, of I'hilo- , ' . dolphin, by privateer Jeff. Davis, laii ^ i ' tudc 38 deg. 50 min. north, longitude i fi9dcg. 25 min. west, on July Gth. At , - j 7 A. M. we saw a sail ahead standing ( l : southward ; at 8 A. M. she tacked to , a the northward and westward. She np- , | pcared like a foreign vessel, as her sails j | were hemp canvas. At 8 80 site set j the French flag, and I supposed she was ( of that nation by the look of her 'and ; u Iter sails ; at 9 A. M. she fired a shot ( e across onr bow. I took in studding | ^ j sails and bore to, supposing her to be J , i a French naval vessel. When her boat _ i came alongside the French flag was j I banled down and the confederate flag ! ' run up. 1 wos then within a quarter of \ " , a mile of her. The wiud was very light ! -I j*t the time. I had no thought of her ■

until the confederate flag was I and I was boarded In two minutes ' C by eight mer. well armed. They j ( hauled down our flag and demanded the i v paper*. We were nil taken on 1 1 the Davis, am/ n prize crew took t charge of the brig. They took all the i stores except enough te last two to 1 three week*, and started southward with I wns bound from Trinidad tic < Cuba for Falmnulh, England, w ith 273 i hogsheads, 54 tierces, 23 barrels and t 43G (»oxes of. sugar, belonging to Sal- : | vudor Zclucta, of Trinidad dc Cnhu. : I and n certificate from the Engiisii consul i I attached. Tlie same day they captured j I tho schooner Enchantress, from Boston j ! for St. Jago de Cuba, which was treated^" the same way. On the "ill they cap- ; tnred the schooner S J. Warren, of j < New York, from New' York for Monte- j vldo and Buenos Aytes ; treated the i same. On the 9th they captured ship j Mary Goodell, of New York, from New - York for Monlovido and Buenos Ay res, • 1 nod tho brig Mary Thompson, of Sears j jHirt, and she was taken soon after. As , the ship's cargo wus mostly lumber and ■ she drawing, eighteen feet, tlicy thought they could not get her Into n port south • and as they had tweaty-oue prisoners on | board of the privateer they would re- » I the ship, and put twelve of the j prisoners — three captains, four mates, I three seamen, and two hoy* — on board , | the ship and let her off. The brig has J a prize crew, and wns sent south, or ; t lint wns the intention when wo left. , , W« wore treated very well while on I hoard They kept our seamen. Five | seamen from the ship joined them ; only < one of the others from the three vessels. They say there are a number of privntecrs fitting out in Charleston and Sa- j vnnnnh. The Jeff. Davis is the brig (slaver) ; ! Echo. -She has two 32's, two 24 ponn- ' i dcrs, and a long swivel, and had seventy men with plenty or small arms. We were the first vessel, as far as I conld learn, captured. She was six dnysfrom ( Charleston when she took us and the : others — in all five vessels. The French flag was not hauled down until the boat nug wus ii ui iiuuicu u""n uhiii mu imwv •

with armed men was alongside ready to s board, and no one thought of her character until too late. I expect to lie 1 landed in Portland if weather permits. * Yours, with respect, John C? Firirxn, ' Mnster of brig John Welsh hewTItehs. y t Gov. John W. Elb*».of NoiUwCqroli- i na, ia reported as having died at the Bed Sulphur 8prings, Vn., on the 7th 1 inst.; nt least, so says a Richmond dispatch to 'The New-Orleans Picayune.' ] He was a thorough secessionist. We f believe lie is succeeded by the President , of the Senate. ** • Gen. Robert S Garnptt, whose deatli i gave point to Gen. McClellnn's crown- i ing victory, war net the Congressman, I his brother. Garnelt wns a gradn- ( ate of West Point and a Major iu the 8. Army before his resignation. He served with distinction in tho Mexican wnr, and was promoted Wt gallant and j meritorious conduct It is believed he sought death in preference to the dis- I grace which was otherwise his portion. ! ; lie was not happy of late years, having . his wife and child. John W. Forney, Clerk of the last 1 | 1 loose, was, on Monday week, chosen I Clerk of the Sennto, receiving 2G out of I 1 35 votes. Mr Forney is capable, en or- i j getic and industrious, and makes an ef- ! ficieat Clerk. He is aUniou Democrat. 1 Gov Hicks, of Maryland, was serana- , • tied at Baltimore, by the band uf a ' I Pennsylvania regiment, aud he address- . led the crowd present/ in a 'good Union! speech. I it is said that the Hon. John 8. Phelps of Missouri, is in the saddle co- ' j operating with the Union forces, and r! though holding no military position is , j of great help to Geu. Lyou, hence his j absence from Cou great..

Wf learn from Rlibnosf by offj that Jcfl'. Davit Jia* ordered P j Bowman and another prisoner of ^ j wnr into custody, and has given noticc-to j the Government that if any liarru is done n one of t'ao*i»i rates of the Savannah, ' will be immediately followed by rctal- 1 lielion, cvcty4o hanging. c Every one irho bus read Secretary report must have been amazed ' at his announcemcul that the value of the real and personal property of the ; people of the United States, according to > the census of 1860, is ^10,102, 924,1 15. # | In 1850 it wus only $7,0%6,5(i2,9GG. It ; lias therefore more than doubled ill ten , i ycurs. During tho last decade, too, oc- a "furred the great financial crash of 185", . ' seriously checking tho prosperity of ll.c " country. Ex-l'residcni Van Burcn, in conver- j | sation, expressed the opinion that tlio ^ j war ought to be vigorously prosecuted ( 1 until the full authority of tho United ( i Suites (JovenimenL'fs rc-cstuhlished. | I Major Nuvoouojof iufuntry, and Cupt. ( ' DiVcechy, of artillery, Italians, of cmi- i uenco in the profession, have solicited ' • service in our army. By order ol the Pennsylvania .S'late authorities, alt the cannon throughout j the Commonwealth are being collected, j with the view of rifling their bore mid otherwise improving them. The Americans iu London celebhttcd the 4th of July with a public breakfast, i Dr. Patten of .New-York presided, and i prayed for the extirminution of slavery. Thomas C. Reynolds, the runaway j i Lieut. -Governor of Missouri-, issues,..', i from Nashville, Tenn., an address to lite ! people of Missouri, modestly suggesting * that eveu if Juckson should Lk$ taken , | prisoner by the Federal tioops, A«"ia ready to accept the Governorship; ur- j I ' ging them to drive out the Lincoln in- . j vndcrs, aud join tho Davis Confederacy. ; Tho swelled legs of the Pope give • great uneasiness to bis physiciaus, and | uu iuiniediute change of air is rceomi mended. I'inx IX. is 71 years of age. » Gold continues to pour into- New I I York from Europe and California, at : I the rate of about a million by every

steamer. _ u j The ruuior that cx-Govarnor Wiso has fiecn captured is re;>eated, but wa find no ' ' such eorroboralion as would induce beliof. 1 j Wise will not be easily caught; he has u 1 ; |>air of Virginiu legs Virginia is now represented in the 8en i /ffv. Messrs. 11. Wiley und J. -8. Cariih- j I having been admiltod to seats, after a Ring ' i debate, by a vote practically unanimous. ; i j The result was applauded from the gallc- : < : rics. . i Itecent experiments made. in England.! prove the utter worthlessncss of iron-clad I vessels. A 12G-pounder Armstrong gun shivered a 10 inch plate to piocoa at GOO I yards. It would appear that a nav.il engagement is never likely to take place, as the BDii-makora have goue ahead of the j shipbuilder*. . General James II. Lane, of Kansas, has I received an order from the War Department for the immediate mastering in of his brigade. Tho Cburse of the Secession press of j Baltimore is viewed with concern by the Government. It is apprehended that their ; I steady inculcation of treason will provoke I | riotous -demonstrations. The Itepubtican and tsoulh, and tbo Exchange und Sun, fre , qucnily contain editoriilVL which are oh" noxious to the Unionists that city, and j ■ the prosecution of tbo proprietors or those !. I journals is likely to tako place. I The government has released tho "con* ' | traband slaves," 008*101 them lo work iu , { taking care of tba.bortQ) of tbe troops. | cleaning the stables, ita. i Tbo rebels in northern Missouri have burned the railroad bridges at various . ' j points. * , Mr. John Merryman, who was arrested by General Cadwalder. and conGood in Fort i i Me Henry ueder the charge of treason , wus | bunded over to the civil authorities on Sat 1 urdaj , week when ho was released by the ' j United Stales Court on bail iu tbe sum of j £4u,000 lo answer the charge iu November UBXl 8 ! Over half a million boirels'of flour were I 6 • received iu Chicago Irow the 1st of Jan j uary to tbe lat of July tbis year.

i S|arak*r Grow has had removed from It* place in the Speaker's room the marble hurt of ex-Spcakrr Orr, tho traitor, nnd has sahstitnt'i'd Jh.il of Johu iiuincy Adaris. which has heretofore occupied a , nir.hu In the Representatives' Hall. The Springfield correspondent of tho St. ' Louis Republican say* that Indians entered Miraoiiri with tho Arkansas foices. Kx Governor Stave"*, of Washington Territory, lies reached Washington. 11c com :t to offer his services to tho Govornj menl in a military capacity. Ho was formerly in the United Status army. A " sailor of fourteen years- service uud | ! expurieurt'," now in the CenMerato n*vy, subiniltod a plan to drive off or destroy ; the Idockaders off the port of Charleston. - ai an ntpeU'e not exceeding S25.000. Tho (iiiif.ii-. after cxanining the plan, tkinks it ahniild be tried. ^ ADVANTAGE OF MILLITAttT EDUCATION. General McClollau. since bis return lo Virginia, bos laren making short work of the reltfls. Now that ho l> there wo hop" will stay and keep at it until tbo end of i llip wir shall be reached, for if he rests os bo did lielore, and albiw* the rebel* lime to gal her bead, ho will have all his work to go again. Hu lis* hail no generals of any accimiUto contend with as yet, thb ! re'icl olfioers fp that quarter beiug mere - poiiiiciuns, while in addition to McClellui> . fine millitary education and tulents. our iirmy has tho ndyautnge of some well trained officer*, such us ltosencmntx. The. reader mast bare observed what a difference it ha* mode on both sides, where the forces have boeit commanded by mere politicians. AgaiiHt tha -.inefficiency of Pierce and Sclienck wo find a lour list or | simijur tuc»p£blo* among the rebels, such I uy t'i ice. .1 .ickson, I'ulerfiidtjL' -Garaett, nnd Linkers. Wherever thj^vlflbcls have lieeu y led by regularly trained officers they have 1 alone better, a* under Magruiler at Great ' Bethel, Beauregard at Charli-lon^ aad i McCullough vl lirthagc. Our advantage I in Missouri has tdiran Trom the campaign . j being conducteiLoy a regular officer, lion- . end I.you. aided by German colonels cdei cuted in European military academies, or [ ! who had seen service in war* abroad. . Among tho recent operations of the army under Patterson we find a captain of Pennsylvania volunteer*, named Giraril, - i earning distinction, who hail served in Al- ' gier* in tho Chasseurs D'Afriquo. In sayl ing these things of course we do not menu j lo disparage the claims of meriloriou* volunteer officer* like Butler. Patterson nnd

Cadwaludcr. But the campaigu is teaching us the lesson which cannot b« avoided, that if we wish success in this war we must 1 chiefly depend upon regularly trained offi. ! cur*. This will becomo more and more manifest with each succeeding event. GENERAL LYON. Lyon, the bold general of tho West, is di'xcribed by u Dubuque aditor as "a man ' of :t."» or 40 years, some flvo foot eight inch** lugh. and wuighs perhaps one hundred und f.-rty to fifty pounds. He is wiry in build, and tough looking in appearance. I lis linir is long and thick, his whiskers bushy and heavy — both are indescribably ! sandy iu hue. Hi* ayes art 'Ms most remarkable feature— either bjuonr Crav, at times perhap* both, a sort or stormy expression, which i» higUlonod by- the wave like wrinkles around them, dwell'* constantly in * hem, making him look a* if some, thing was constantly going wrong, or differ. . cut from his wishes. Hi* forehead is high ' and of oven width,' giving Jiim, when un. | covered, an npperfranca of great intellect- | uu! rurce, which is aided by tho Dnu cot | lines of his mouth." _ COL FRANK" SIEOEL Uol. Kiank Siegal. who so gallantly lei - the Unilod States forces ggainst the Mis.soarians at Carthage, is about thirty-Mvcii years of ago. Hu if a native nf Baden, - and was graduated at the military school I at CarUrnhe. He entered the regular are ' . my of Baden.'ond was advanced to the post or Chief Adjutant in 1847. His symps- • thins with' the first revolution in Southern I I Germany lost him his commission. Ho was appointed gencral-io-obief in tho be- ' ginning of tho sucond revolution. May, 1 1348, and led tho forlort hopo of tbo libcr- • ul party with great energy "and zaal. lib camu to America iu 1850: was a professor in Dr. Ihtlon's academy, and married Mr. f Dulou's daughter. He received a call to a , professorship inHl. Louis where hu soon became distinguished by bis great military ; talents. o | - .«■■■— — Ideal Sslemine', cf Port Pickeus lame, j ha* upcuod a recruit lug office is Chicago.