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VOLUME 7.

CAPE ISLAM). NEW JERSEY, THURSDAY. .SEPTEMBER 26. 1861.

NUMBER IS.

Vofhr "Orr«0 W«*» una pr the degeneracy or the TIMER ■r Tiimu /. ut-ioti. In food old SnaUf-tU, mn would not yield Tu any Mvrrrlpi uudvrneath th.- *klv» •, A>4 fur dear Liberie they took the Held. — 1") nil I J tfetrrnii..<ci to eoaqurr or to die ; \* %Ot, In ll.r-r Iter day*."" MWB tiewt* «re raid TO Bit tot "to fcfcir Marling Idol— Gobi ! Tor lhl« t)i»7 h.ive * r.o*l khanrtdax p***lon. And ftr H jiv* op couohy, kindred, name— ' Sell ofct afcd run upon their rtouht fu 1 mluluo, Thl« (ravelin?. delay in?, money -bunting i*m»i *5 low Iflry may .peed Ih itili ilnttr ernrrh for f. • torn. It.e'-illifc.'lii, certain futb're nuit unfold. f Ilut m bet dlly-dalUr* lii'yonr five, . l»e«r render, thnl the time trill rarely rome Tbnl hnir that bo their. If they're Win atlva, Will trleh wmI heartily they'd staid nt home; , for ear, thnl U luyrutnl In heart and purse, Trn will fan bkrdrr, poorer br, and eorfc I And I am frier ed to aay, that there are tbhee 1 In our community, that atlll remain, Who every want of principle Alerloae, And, In their ureecty butifln? after fain. Pursue II In thoae mode* whirU J»i men fire, And ahun the patha of rightful Indnalry ! Drune* are they In the commoo, busy hire — Vampltra thai on the public rltala prey, Who every arherne and artlOee continue, Their wenk.aMiftding neighbor* to hetrty, T Such men, how many In our midst tre flnd • / I'aai'i re the rare rail -a of mankind. They may he Lawyer*, mlnua n freak brier, Or IHirlrirs, too well known to Bnd employ j Needy adventurer* ent off rlerka, or, chief Khar|M-r*, ah we art Inn a puMlc fallh dretroy ; Who, after a eurreaaful hrrak and amash, Want new Invratmenta for their pilfered rath. Thla golden mania makea the paraon preach, ' Who scarce would catch at Bun without eurh tcill; It adda freah i Igor to the patriot** »|«eerh, | __ Wko'aerrra hi* country Ihraugh thin gulden •rate ; ^ In eplradhl hall, as In the humble cottage. Men *ell their ixmntry fur a meat ol pottage' But what to him ate rauntry . honor, name t 111* aordid thought rdnreutrntrd all In self; Who, while prufeaaing to arek hooeat fame, Te». who* aula thought aiul wUh are gain and pelf I A vapour, phantom, empty breath of wind. And they are dupes the wordy traah w ho mind. hum*., >ept. iim, isst. -asfr??.™ CHaP.GE OF judge elmer. The following is an extract of Jnilge L. Q. C jSftncr'a charge to the Grand Jury of the Cape May courts, on .Turkday week. The court-room was filled, nn>l daring tho delivery, perfect silencu reigned. Every car appeared tie lie listening : — "TIib Crimea which you may indict it k are DOl such raitdefcds as may seem to yoo deserving of puiiislnnenl, .lint such as have been declared to bo crimes and prohibited by express law. "First among those enumerated in our act for the punishment of crimes, is j the crime of treason. This crime is denounced in Ungnage which Imm sto^ih on Hlte statute book without change, since /be -first rrvhdon of, oor criminal law nfter the adoption of the Constitution of onr Federal Vuh;;:, although do ■ far os I am informed; tliere bus ■ -ecu no * instance of any pP-Jtwetttni-s nndcr it. "It ii«s been dnbtrd by one of onr ablest jurists wkeiLer the crime o. treason can lie committed against ',ie government of a particular State, but onr present Constitution also defines it, so - that no question can be raised on the subject in this- State, and it id believed that tha Constitution and laws of most, If not all the States, contain similar provisions. It iaperhapu, at most, only « qtjestion abont words, because it canwot be doubted that it is competent for ! each State Governmant to protect itself, by denouncing aud inflicting the penalty of dead) against those who, shall resist | it. The only importance that attaches to this question, arises from the manner flu which designing men are often able to pervert and misapply language. The destructive heresy of secession, which has misled so many of onr fellow-citi-zens, aud brought snch terrible evils on 1 onr country, has iu main support in the . false principle which assumes that be- j cause each individual Stale can punish rebels against its authority as traitors, f it is therefore absolutely sovereign, so ! that it cannot be subject to n superior j sovereign, although the people of the | '

! Statu who have established the Stato > government, haye also ratified and adop- | led the Constitution of the United '■ States, and in express terms declared > ! that it shall be supreme. "lint oar statute not only dcnonnces 1 those who resist the government of ibis ' Statu, as traitors, but it would seem to provide for Urif punishment of tiioao '. guilty or. treason agaiust the government j of the United States. Tiie constitutioni nlity of this port of the statute is >r much more doubtful. The government of the United States is clothed with | powers amply sufficient for its own protection. It not only has fleets and nr- ; . mies, but It has courts and officers com- : pete ut, and we doubt not, so far as the district of New Jersey is concerned, disposed to enforce its own laws, by the punishment of traitors and pirates, as well as obstructors of-tho mail or petty ■thieves in n post office. "Should the Prosecutor of the State, whose duty it is to lay before you the cases to be Investigated, think proper: -w to introduce a charge of treason against ' the United Slates, it will be your safest nud best Course to assume that the law 1 is constitutional, and leave the accused ' persons to raise tho question before tho ! court, whose doty it will then be formally to decide it, subject to the revision of the Supremo Court or Court of : h Errors. We have no information that i any such crime has been committed ; ; and if there has been, we take for gran, led that the Prosecutor of the Pleas will not brlug it before rob, unltss tire case is one attended with peculiar circumstances, rendering snch a course cxu pedient nud proper. A grand j««TT has this day been c:lled together at Trenton in the United States Court for the District of New Jersey, whose appropriate I duty it will bo lo investigate and pass ' j upon I lie cases of (icmons charged with . the odious crime of treason or our otliB cr crime aguiu»t thr government of tho 1 Utdti-d Slates. 'It is especially important, upon- an occasion like the present, that this tri- } htinal should he appealed to. The citi? Zens of this State, as well as the citt- - zem of each of the oilier States, arc also citizens of the- United States, and ; I owe allegiance to its government — art1 » allegiance, which as to ail matters comi iug within Uto enumerated of that gov1 crnraent, Is parpamounl to the allegiance due to the State, nnd it is 'jjgli- > ly important that, they should be of- < ten reminded of this. Every appeal to * tbe tribunals and officers of the trcnernl ki government tends to the strcnghtening ■ of this feeling. What we need in this I crisis is, that all should rally round the ' - . authorities of the government of the 1 United States ' : "Many of u» have repeatedly taken a solemn oath to support the Constitution ' of the United States and whether we - hare all taken the oath or not, it is ths duty of all not only to obey the govern- i ' raent established by that Constitution > • bnt actively to support it, wherever it : ! needs onr support. This is not only I our doty, but our dearest interests re- , quire it of us. We may differ, and we - ' do differ, in regard to the causes which 1 her e produced the fearful conflict In • which we nr*" wow engaged ; and we , r may differ, and do differ, to some extent as to the most prudent means of bring- j. | ing it to a safe and happy issue, llul { , i wa hare no legal or mors! right to differ 1 - . in regard to the duty of aidiug the govj eminent to the ntmrsl of our ability, in < maintaining and bringing the contest to ; a successful issue. It has been commenced by th'ose who have resorted to hrms to subvert the government, without rea- 1 sob or neeeiaity. Even if we thought | j them morally right, it would be our daty ' lo yield obedience to tbe lawful authorI ity of our own government. Au fnspir- j j ed Apostle did uol hesitate to write to j christians at Rome, wbeu they were tut- < j der the government of-.n detestable ty- ! rant : 'Let every soul be uuhjtfct unt«< j ^ »•

> | tlie higher powers. For there is no | ■ j po#er, hut of God : the powers that be I art ordained of God, Whoever thercI j fore resisieth tbe power, rexisteth the I ordinance Of God, abd'thcy that resist ! t will bring judgement on themselves.' > But those in arihs against onr govern- 1 i meat art hot moraHy right. The peoi pic of New Jersey con never yield to I I tha principle that the people of amy 658~or more of the other States may ^injoy i : all the benefits - of tbe Union wlrilc it 1 1 suits them, aud then reject and attempt 1 1 to go out of it, when so impelled by . i passion or by interest TO yield this, is I in effect to deny that we can have a fed- ! erhl government. Neither can we con- : sei^t that a revolution, even if there was some good reason to attempt one, > should lie made cosy of accomplishment, i ! Such is not the order of Providence. Our fathers, when driven by zeal and intolerable wrongs to sepaiate from the . the government of Great Britain, found the road to freedom hard and difficult. • j So must it be now. Those resisting , i the government, conscious as it would seem that they suffer no grivanccs which will justify a revolution, claim the right •to secede To allow either, without' earnest resistance aud a resort to alt the force at the command of the government, would be to invite disaffection ' | and revolt, even for imaginary grievan- i ' cos. We must subdue those III rebellion, if wc can it mar not be found practicable or desirable to bring back all tlie revolted States into a mriott whir those who have remained true to their engagements, fur us to this we are not . now iu a condition to form n safe and prudent judgement, hut it is not only desirable, but absolutely necessary to | our safely, that we shall conquer a peace | that will promise durability and security to those who may constitute our United Slates. It cannot be safe <y prudent to . talk of a compromise or of pcacu, until there is a reasonable prospect of securing these ends." FASHION— WHAT IT DOES. Fashion rules the world, and a most tyrannical mistress she is, compelling people to suibmit lo the most inconveni- . eul things imaginable, for fashion's sake, i She pinches our feet with tight shoes, j or ckokesus with a tight neckerchief; or squeezes the breath out of our bodies by light lacing. | She makes people sit op at night when they ought to be in bed, and keeps thcin in the bed in the monilugr^jijyr^theV ought to be up and doing/' She makes it vulvar lo wait on ourselves, and geuteel to live idle and useless Sho makes people visit when they would rather stay at home, eat when | they arc not hungry, and drink when J ; they are not thirsty. Sho invades our pleasure and hinders j j business. | She compels people to dress gaily, j j whether upon their own property or i that of others ; whether agreeable to I (the word of God or tho direction of' pride. 8hc mini health nnd produces sick : ness, dealrort life and occasions death She is a tormentor of conscience, des- j < poil-r of morality, an enemy to religion, : aud no ooe can be ber companion and : ' enjoy either. !: She is a despot of the highest grade, I full of Intrigue and cunning ; and yet , ' wives, fathers, mothers, sons, | , j (kioghters, and servants, block and ! - white, have voluntarily become ber obe- i dient slaves, and vie witb one another to see who shall be the most obsequious, j 1 : I STOUT OF GEN. MeCLELXAK. , i The Washington corr spondeot of tho i | Philadelphia Inquirer tells this story of 1 General McCleflan : 'Gen. McCleiian is in tlie habit of ni ding around occasionally in citizeu's ' | dress, accompanied by a few of his staff. - I A few days ago be wa* walking through I ; * one oT the vucaropmeals across tliv l'o- i ' *

i tomac, nnd pa&sing the rear of the tenti , : he saw a bucket of coffee standing near ; ■ a fire, lie asked what it was, and one ■ i ; of the soldiers said "Coffee." "It looks j ( t more like slopB," he replied. "Oh," . , said the soldier "it is not .fit to drink, ; , • bat wc have to put op with it, and oar I ■ other food is not a bit better." "Well, ; i whose, fault is it ?" he asked. "Oh, 1 n onr Ijanrteruiastee h drunk moat of the ' ' time, and when he is not he is studying 1 ; bow to cheat." y "McCleiian passed on, and seeing ( more evidence cf the diny nnd slovculy p i muniier in which the Quartermaster con* ; , > ducted his operations iu his tent, he accosted him with the remark that the men were complaining of bud treatment from > , | him. The Qnartermaster flew into a j passion, and swore it was nunc of his ' I business, and he hud better not come j " sneaking around trying to make mis-!1 ! chief. McCleiian answered him, telling j ' him he had better be cautious how he I talked. Quartermaster replied, "Who' I nrc yon, that you assume so much appa- i rent authority ?" "I nnr George B. ■/', .NK'Clellan', ami you can pack up your , traps nnd leave ! The Quartermaster . I , ; was struck dumb, and McClcllau turned ■ 1 and left him. •'That evening the Quartermaster left j 1 to the tune of the "Rogue's March" | | played by some of the boys who had j got wiud of it. They wow have a 1 1 Quartermaster who* doe* n^ "get drunk i ' ' amT cheat," wml ihat regimvnt woifld . ' risk their I vex nt tire cannon's month ' for the man whir cures how the men ( are provMed for. "The story has l>een circulated around ' , sonic of the camps, and thVofficer* arc ( now always on the lookout for the Gen- i eral, and of course do not have too ' • much lying around loose." • ' CAUGHT IN HIS OWN TRAP. A very mean man oncii hired a servant , girl fur six months, agreeing to give her ! hnurit for her service*. In a few week* Jie ' discharged her, and tha hither of the ' girl wied the man for damages..— ' When the case come to triaf, the folio* ing ' conversation took place between the Judge ! ' and the defendent : Judge.— Why did yon discharge the y*irl? Defendant.— She was sach an enormous , J-— But you agreed to board her for her , ; work ? i , I). — Yes, your honor, but she eat so to- ! , I raeion,],. , | I J. — How much would it cost ttrteed her? j i One dollar a week ? « D. — Oh, that Isn't a circamstaiicp. !' ' J.— I'erlupa a dollar and a half, or two I dollars ? | 1 j 1).— Nothing less than two dollars and a [ half, I assure your honor. ; J. — (Willi a merry twinkle iu his eye) 1 j Well then. 1 give judgment that you pay to j 1 | the girl two dollars and a half per week for 1 | the remaining time she was engaged — j j which, according to your own slut anient of 1 the contract, is what she is entitled to. j | MR BUCHANAN ON THE WAR. j ; The Washington Star of Tuesday, say* : j — We. have been, favored with mi interest- j | , j ing account .of a late conversation of ex- ! | | President Buchanan, at Wheutland, where- j j in that distinguished gentlemen expressed j ] hit hearty approbation of tha policy of j • President Lincoln bearing no our present < unh^py rational affairs. 1 | lie took occa«io>n to say that had the is- ; suu bean tendered to his administration by j J tho conspirator* known as tho JfefT. Davis ! , ; so-called government, as tendered to that > ! of Mr. Lincoln, he would hove instantly j accepted it precisely as President L. haw | , j done, lie avers that there can be and should be bat a single eolation of the diffi- I , I cullies— the arbitrament of the sword, on j ; which Ilia u*igarchy so clearly insist, lie | regards the idea of any other mode- of set | ' j tlertient, under existing circumstances, as ' ' . involving more danger* and disasters, far ' more, to the fatore of tbe entire nation, than any possible result ef the present/war for, the restoration of the Union, which must end favutably for the good canse in | due time. i He holds it to be the duty or patriotism1 j 1 j on the pari or all to give the war policy I ami' measurers of President Lincoln nulim- j i | lied and frank support, etc. j

AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. This is the must valuable scricnltnral I journal of tbe country.— Though publish. 1 j in New York, evory number contains arti- ! clo* of utility to farmer* in every section of : tlie country. Its pictorial iUuatratlttns are excellent, fbis difficult to see how it can i be afforded at. the low price of a doll&r a except npon tho supposition that its ; circulation is extensive. The proprietor, Mr. Jadd, presents extraordinary induUe- ; then! s to subscriber*, and makes good ids promises. The oditnr offer* ono cop7 freo , lo every family sending for it. It will err- • lainly pay to send for the number ooWR* fore ub or Sept. 1st. Sond to Orange Jadd ! -11 Park Row, New York. * A SAFE MAN TO INSURE. By- a steamboat explosion an tbe Wes- . river, a passenger was thrown unhutt , into the water, and at once struck ont lustiforth.- shore, blowing like a porpoise all ! the while. He teacbad the bank alrao-t , exhausted, and w*» cacght by a bystander j and brought ont panting. "Well, old fellow," said bis friend, "bail a hard time, eh T" "Ve-ye*, pretty hard. cOnsidertn*. "Si , jHSWCdoin' it for myself, though ; was, a j workin" for one o' them insurance companies iq New York. tlot a policy on my I and I wantou to save Ilea i. 1 didn't i .care." .J 1 | Pom* true lirarl has giten expression fn j ge'nrroas nature in the following bcaati- : ful sentiment "Never desert a friend when enemies ! gather round. When sickness fall* on bis : heart, when the world is dark and checrte**, h Iim time to try a new IVicnd. Those who from a SCOBS of distress, betray tbuir - ' hypocrisy, and prove that interest move* . then*. If yon have a friend who loves you, ! and studies your interest and happiness, be rare tn'snstain him in adversity. Let htm feet that bis former kindness is appreciated, and that his love is not thrown away. Heat fidelity may be rare, but it exists in the ; heart. Who has not seCn and full its pow. er T They dfny it who never loved a friend —endured to moke a friend happy " Sn.-or. — A volunteer in the Wisconsin j after »peaking of tho Light I Hoards and sending tii* regards to all bis friend* in La Crosse,- says :— ^ "1 hove o-gOoi! lt-brt horse that 1 lire light from the field— thought tho rider did not need liint after a , little trouble be and I had." A married ludy lately consulted her law- . ye'r on the following question, vis. ; "A* F wedded Mr. T-r— for his wealth, and time wealth Is now spent, aui I not, to all ih. . and purposes, a widow, and at liberty ' marry ognin ?" The New Jersey Brigade hart lelle.l several acres of limber, mid are actively . employed in barricading the Loesborg turnpike, about. half a mile bcyoml tha seminary 1 j Alexandria. — We hope that the occupation of lira . | "Jersey Blue*"" will be changed, ere long,. from "felling trees" to- llial of fcXlimj traij tors. • % From Nusliril!« wo have news that L. I*,' Walker, lUo rebel" Secretary of War at j Richmond; ha* resigned on account of ill ' health. General Bragg, who dido't capture | Ifort Fickwns, succeed* Walker. ! There is a cockney youth who, every lima , 1 wishes la get a glimpse at bis swewt--cries "Five 1" directly under her win. I dow. In tho alarm of thn moiqwit. sho plunges Iter Head ont of tfje window, and in— I quite!, •• Where f When ha poetically I slap* him«slf on the bosom, sod ex- | claims^ " 'Kris, my Hangelina!" I "l'inL boy. statu wbat were tbwifcric ages ' of the world ?" . ! Boy h'esiiates. "Next — XFaster Jones, can yon tell tno I what the ilark age* were V., j 'Why, the ages before gas had been inI vented." j f meant to have told you of that hole." j said an Irishman to hi* friend, who was walking with Mm in hit garden, and stumbled into a pit of water. "No matter,"' said Pat, "I'ea found it. "Tom, arc yon broke ?" "Yes," said Tom, with a sigh," and so broke tbsl if steamboats were selling at a ernt a piece, I couldn't even bny as uureb at , gang-way plank !" - v i "Love," tayi a French wvitev, ''is like* , Itlin monn ; when it is not growing, it Wwf be dniudliug." 1 v . . ■ . Iji