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VOLUME 7. CAPE ISLAND. NEW JERSEY, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 19. 1SGI. NT'MBERTTT" g J- ( ' _ J' L ■ - gg-l

THE TOLUHTZZRS TTOTE. I ktew br the light in bit deep, dark eye. ^ Whew ba heard the beat of the mastering 1 drum. ' * That h« nerer would fold his arms and sigh Over the state of ill* that would come ; J I kaew ihat the blood of a patriot sire Coursed through his veins like a stream ef k Ice ; F 1 Ho I l««k his hand, t •* \ And bade him go, ^ { ^jBot'ht never dreamed \ That it grieved me so. ^"VrnJ^Csired children he left with mc | W*0 lisp bis .name at the eventide — The -very hour whwo upon hit koee He used to foadle his pet and pride. ^ Alas! they may aever again l-o blessed | I -liy a father's can- in the old home best ; And he never again May bear tb« tones ■ Or list the lips Of bis little ones. 1 know that ba has ansaored his country's j That bis breast is bared ht a high com- ■ ' wm ; ■ But my heart will break, I know, if ha fall > ■ lo the battle front by a tiaitorfs hand ; ■ - Yet 1 murmur not, though my tear-wet ■ "J« Attest the worth of tho sacrifice; ' Tis-a wifa'a free gift, Two lives in one. Id the name of God And of Washington. Perhaps when the maple tree* are red. Aud the ggjden glories of harvest come. ' 1 shall wake soflje_ morning to hear his tread. And irivo him a warm heart's welcome home; • To kneel with him in fervent prayer, iv ^ ■ Thanking our God for his watchful care, I la shielding Ais heart I From the rebel's brand, Who honored the flag Of the cherished land. THE HUMRER IN OUR ARYV. By tho report of the Secretary of War 1 1 [ we leara that the whole military force 1 1 now ia the service of the Government is \ BL 660,971. Of this force 640,637 aro vol- t y unteert, enlisted for the war, and 20,334 I [ are regulars. The report calls for ap- ' c ■ propriatiuns, however, but for 500,00(1 I H men, this being the force authorized by t H Congress at It* last session. The ex* eessttas been caused by the uumerous of- r f fera made in response to the call, In ' which it was found difficult to discritui- i note, and it Is left tc Congress to decide I ^■ 3 whether the force shall he further uug s f~ ' mentefl or redueed to the limit establi h- c f ed by Iff*. la the latter case, it is pro- i posed to coaiolidate such regiments us > [-- may from time to lime fall below :hc i t re^Vlar standard, by which means the c t numbet*- will be gradually diminished to ! i f the "deidred-point. At the commence- a T , ment of the rebellion, saya the report, I vl r the entire force at the disposal of the j H Government was only 16,006 regulars, -j % employed in the West to hold marau- ! M ding Indians; in check. In April, tp,- ■ ooo men were oilled upon to enlist, and j (] ■ in response 77,875 were obtained. In ' ^ accordance with the ' snbscquent sot of ., & Congress, 60/),t>00 roiunteors and 25,- ( B 000 regular were galled for, and the re- ; a ■ salt it that we here now the immense er- tj 1 my already stated in the lipid. If to j b ^B these are added the three months' quota, ■ the aggregate force furnished to the C| ■ Government since April exceeds 700,- J ■ 000 'In, B The Government has reaeived vain- '« H able and interesting information . from - ^B deserters who have lately come' into onr I Cl B ifnes. A colored boy came in on lately T Efe [ from Centreville, and has made a stale- *■ k which is deemed reliable. He says the j Bl ■ rebel* had a review of eighty thousand U B troops at Centreville a few days ago.-; ■ Beauregard and all their principal gen- 11 Hk orela were present. During the review •' an alarm was created by the report that j l,l B| «ur entire army in that vioiuty was B marehlng to attack them. A panic and j ' otecupedc took place, rivilling the re- ! B treat at Bull Run. Several guns were v< IS left on the field, and not recovered till i ni B the next day. Army wagons were cap- j g, B sized and wagon poles broken olT, and i M r-r their driven fled in disduy. The scene ! th B : is said to have been ludicrous in the ex- ; t|, m lron,e- j m Kf t3T Advertise your business. | of B . ! 00

EXPAND THE CHEST. Those iii easy circumstances, or who !» i pursue sedentary indoor employment, h use their lungs but little, breathe, but little air into the chest, and thus, indef pendent ol position, contract a wretch- ' ed small chest, and lay the' foundation ; of the loss of health and bcanty. All this can be perfectly obviated by a little attention to the manner' of breathing. Iiecollect that the langs nre^iky a blidI tier in their construction, an/ can 'be j stretched open to double tUrir size (frith j perfect solely, giving a noWe chest, Vfid j perfect immunity irom chnsumptioiKl | The agent, and the only agent we - Ye-\ j quire is the common air we breathy j supposing however, that no obstacle ; ( ! exists, eternal to the chest, such as ty- i 1 lug it round with stays, or having the j ■ shoulders lie npon it. On arising from ; i your bed in the morning, place yourself i ; in uii 6rect posture, the shoulders ; • thrown off the chest; now inhale oil i tho air you can, so that no more can be [ got in; now hold your breath, and j throw your arms of behind, holding Iyour breath so long as possible. Repeat these long breaths ns often as you please. Dono in a cold room it is much 1 better, because the air is so much den- ' ser and will act much more powerfully jn j expanding the chest. Exercising the , Chest in this manner, it will enlarge thci Capability and sizo of the lungs. / QUACKXRS DOIHO WAR DtJTT/' The Quakers of Montgomery and ' | Frederick Counties, Md., have formed : j sewing societies for soldiers, anffVe lawith an alacrity which wonRl n«- ■ lonish George Fox. It is said that when some committeemen were going ' the rounds iu their neighborhood 4o-gct kcn for the soldiers, they ctme to a' Quaker household, wbcro the first thing that arrested their eyes was a table loaded" with blankets and quilts Tho committee modestly preferred their request, und a placid ledy. replied \ "Friend, wo cannot assist theo in the work of .blooshed, even so far as to help those engaged in it ; but there are some things on tkat table, and if thee chooses to Heal them it is equally against our principle* to use violence to pre- j . vent ihcc I" Convinced that *he articles J vory carefully placed where they j could be stolen, the committee took the sin upon their own shoulders and left, amid the most explosive laughter of the ; Quakeresses assembled, in which they 1 : THE SLAVES TO 1* 8ET T0 WOEK. Secretary Chase lias issued an order , providing that there shall be agents np- ; pointed in the different placea'conquered our arms, who shall secure and prepare for market the coUon, rice and ; such other products as may be seized, and that the naval and military author!- ' lies shall aid in this work. Slaves may employed by the agents, nnd will be organized for systematized labor, in securing and preparing for market their j products. Pay-rolls will be prepared,', and a jast compensation allowed to theue j the amount to be fixedly the , agent, and approved by the military i | commandant and the Secretary of the i The cotton and other goods ! i will beehipped to Ngw York for market, t and accounts will be settled by the Sec- < fptary of the Treasury. The agents, j must so transact basiaess, that as lit- | tie injury as possible may accrne to loy- | s al' citizens, or those who within reasons t blc time may assume the character of I r loyal citizens. ' t IMMATURITY Of OURTOUKO MER. President Felton, of Harvard Un7- r versity, in his inaugural address, made I of the following suggestive lan- t gnxge t "Our yonng American needs,, more 1 European yontb, the training that | give him composure and self-corn- * mand — that shall give . bim the mntery 1 ( his-C|culiica, aud the uabit of steady [c action* lie is a citizen of a vast re- j , i

[ public, wherein every inan ha* his Ca10 ; reer to open, li^ fortune to make,- his lf. j success to achieve. He feels, every tnoul ment, the social or party pressure, and ?* the weight of individual responsibility —These very circumstances make the 'n ! period in which we live one which " i tempts the young man into_ premature I® ' activity. He is allured into the bn«y "• scene when his faculties arc bat balf un- '• | folded, his principles are as yet uncer- • ie i tain ; hit views vague, hii hopes gor- " ' geous as the rainbow, mid perhaps «s ^ fleeting and unsubstantial. His tastes 'y unformed and his moral being crofrlo as '-lithe unripe fr.uit of every summer. A. *■ 'ktqlid character is not the growth of a: e ! day — the intellectual "faculties are not • : matured without long and vigorous cul6 lure. To reiiuc the taste js a laborious 3 ! process— to fortify the reasoning power ^ ' with its appropriate discipline, is an *rs duous undertaking. To store the mind j I with sound and solid learning is the c work of long nnd studious years. It J i ; is the business of the bighor education j ' to check this fretful impatience, this - crude nnd eager haste to drink the cup 1 of life — to exhaust the iutoxicating , > - draught of ambition. " RICH. -Wit HOUT MONEY. 1 J 'M—y"a.llllll is rich without money. I^Pfumsand* of men with nothing in the , r> pocket, and thoasands without even n I ' pocket, are rich. A man born with a ' j good sound constitution, a good atom- j I j acb, a good heart and good limbs, and a I ■ pretty good head-piece, is rich. Good | • bones are better than gold — tough mus- , - clcs, than silver ; and nerves that flash ; 1 fire and carry energy to every function, r arc better than houses and lands. It is better than a landed estate to ! have tho rtglit {kind of a father and ; , ! mother. Good breeds and bad breeds j 1 exist among men as renlly as among | herds and horses. Education may do j ' much. to check evil tendencies, or to dc | ■ .. vclopejtood ones; but it it s great thing | i to inherit the right proportion of fucul- ! ; ; ties to start with. ; , 1 That man is rich who has a good dis-'j I position — who is naturally kind, clieei- j c ful, patient, hopeful, and who has a flu- 1 1 i vor of wit and fun in his composition. ; . The hardest thing to get along with in 1 1 j this life is a man's own' self. A cross j i selfish fellow, desponding and complain- | • ; ing fellow — a timid, care-burdened man j i i — these hare all been deformed on the | : ^nslde. Their feet may not limp. butTi their thoughts do. \ CORRECT SPEAKIRO. 1 i We advise all young people to acquire in early life, the habit of using good , - language, both in speaking aud writing, j v and to abandon as eorly as possible, j | any use of slang words end phrases. , ; The longer they lire, the more difficult • the acquisition or correct language, will c be; aud if the goldeu age of youth, the proper season to .acquire language be | patscd in its abuse, the unfortunate vie- ■■ \ tlm of neglected cducatioo is, wry r i properly, dooomed to talk slang for life. r I Money is uol necessary to procure this f j education. Every -man has it in his „ j power. He has merely to nse the Ian- a | gauge which he reads, ^instead of' the ! slang which he hears ; to form Ids j taste from the best speakers and poets a • of the couutry, to treasure up choice ^ phrases in his memory, and -habituate r j himself to their use, avoiding, al the ' lime, that pedantic precision and 0 j which -show rather the weak- " ; ncas of a vain ambition, than tho polish (c i of on educated mind. 1 | • ,,„| e Oct of sizly-eighl thousand loiters sent » off by one Massachusetts regiment in Mary, t since its departure froiy home, twenty- tl six Ihoatapd were addressed kMis»," and il one thousand 'Mrs.' So says a lj,l- f< writer, who adds; -Tho figures show 1 that the females receive much Ak« largest share of attention, and this is jasl as it n should t>e. It is ralber significant of tbe I | material of the Thirteenth thai -Miss" , re- » Iceiven to large a share of iy letter- writing » I patronage. All right, of course.' >'

,. . WHAT THE LOUISVILLE JOURNAL" SAYS; ' s "We do not beliova that even in this use ! of cheap pobKcations any work can be more J • j reasonable than the terms of the Scicrnnc : ii j .Vvwicjn at 92 _per annum, wiibjtwenty- j j fivC per cent disconnt for clubs of ten. It ' ' 1 forms a yearly volant-* of KK page* quarto. I p pwith an immense ntrmbur.of original engra - , | t ings of patented machines, valuable invea- - lions, and objepts' of scientific interest:— s . There is not un industrial pursuit which! r • does not rec-ir- a share of its attention . ! It conlaias official lists of patent claims, 1 ibiportar.t statistic*, practical recipes for i • | useful domestic purposes, and hds long ; . j stood, both in this country utid Europe, as ; t J the highest authority in the mechanic' art* j j an-l sciences. There is no publication more I j vuluabie to t ie farmer, t'.e miller, the engi- , n-i-r, th«- iron ftramler. the mechanic or the ) ; manufacturer. We have never opened a J - 1 number without learning something we ner i ! er knew lo foie and obtaining valuable infor- ; nution for the bebctit of oar n-adere. The ' I I'ublnhers, Me-srs' Mfxx i Co., of 37 I : I'urk Kow. Xew.York. have de— mod the i i success which they have achieved. No ; , | one should visit thai city wiqiout calling ! at their palatial establislin'iont. whichls a I mnseum of inventive genius, collected from j •the entire world. If any of bur friends; I awny off in the coonlry tlo not know this i 1 wairk. and will take our advice, they will ! | majl pt'2 and become subscribers immediate- 1 I ly.'or bv applying to the Publishers tlu-y !. can obtain a sq-ecimrn copy gruli*. which 1 will lie sure in confirm the truth of ourrec- i ! ommenduiaon.'" \.J I We fully indorse the above, nnd would ; , j recommend our renders to take I'ren- j I lice's ndricc, ami subserihe for the pa- i 1 i per. A new volume commences on the i first of January, and it being n valuable ! ' work of %-fcrenee, eoutainiivg, a* it • j does, the only official list of patent ' i claims published in the country, every , ! number should he preserved. The pa- ! , | per is published every Saturday, by the 1 1 ! well-known patent agents, Messrs. Mt .vx i I j k Co., who'havc conducted the paper 1 1 j during tiie past sixteeli years, I In addition to furnishing specimen CO-, 1 1 j pies of the paper gratis, the publishers ! ! I will scntl a pmnphlet of advice to inven- ( | T-fohe, free of charge. . | , Address MUNN k CO., r 37 Perk Row, New York. ' A romantic story is toM by a cotcm- 1 j porory of Captain Wilkes. In his 1 i younger years he wns smitten by lite ' j charms of a young lady, who rcciproca- 1 1 *! ted his affections, nnd they were engngi ed to be married* But the young sailor [ I had o rivnl in the son of a wealthy tal- ( j low chandler of New York, who "in- it flucnced the mind of the 'stern parient' 1 Against hi* daughter's lover, nnd the re- i i | salt was that Charlie Wiikcs was dismissed, and the lady became Mrs. John 1 1 | Sliucll. Charlie Wilkes went to sea ; 1 again, nnd never saw his lady nfter- j J wards, nor his rival, until he received , him as a prisoner on hoard Ids ship. Tiicro seems to ha fatality about the I ofBfcc of Vice-Presidents of the Uijited 8tatcs. Auren Burr, the third Vice 1 1 j President, was a rank traitor and con- i spirator ; John C. Calhoun, tho sixth i Vice President, wtfs another virulent 1 conspirator against our national life ; 1 John Tyler, ninth Vice-President, and f an accident, President, is now n zealous rebel ; and John C. Breckin- ' ' ridgo, thirteenth Vice President, dares [ not show -liimself in Washington, for .fear of the halter he so richly deserves, c as the most sneaking -traitor 'of them ' all. THE CAMEL'B'REQUEST." The following is an old Table with a mor ■I that is ever fresh und important. . One night a miller was wak.-il op by his { camel trying to get his nose into the tent. t It is very Cold out bora." said the camel, 1 * only want in pot raj nose in." The miller j mado no objection*. Aftrt- a while the ' I! camel asked leave to have bit neck in then •> his fore feet ; and so-, little by little, it j I crowded in its whole body. This, as yon ! S well think, was very disagreeuble to I' lh« miller, and lie bitterly complained to j ■ forth-pulling beast. ' If yon don't like j I it you may go," nnswsred the camel. "As 1 me, I've got poasesaion, nnd I rhall stay ( | can't gel rid -of me now." I Guard against the first approaches, the . a n.csl plausible excuse, only the nose of sin. ! 1 If you do not, you are iu danger. It wjll « surely edge itself slowly jn,:' nnd yop -«WK overpowered before you know it. Be on ' ( youiegusrd. Watch. ' r .... -V . j

U A OAELART SEAMAN i- At the Navy hospital in lirooklyn there ' ^ is a gallant officer whose leg was torn off by a round shut daring the hite engagel j ment at Port l*ov»L This offirrr, in whose . vein* flows the good old lSerolutionary j blood, was in r >mimu d of a vessel at Liver- ' j pool when fhw now* reached England of , j tlie infamous opening of the wwr at Fort . i Sumpter. I.envi.ig his ship in the Water- , j loo docks, he hastened home and ottered hie service* to the Government. As acting maMpr of ono of the gun-boats he waa , j wounded in the battle ; bnl us soon as iba torniquel had been applied to his leg he demanded that he should bo taken on deck ' again, where, without asiyh or groan creeping him, he witnessed the magnificent ending of the coolest. The only shot thai took effect woe the one that has made him a cripple for life. But be says that "that shot." which *he has pst-mrvrd, "Ie price Us*, and that ho- will hand it down to his' -children as a suggestion to them, if they "7**" . should over be called upon to offf r tfceir^ . blond for their country." lie is proud, he says, that, he has lost one l«g for the cause, and is ready lo offer ihe other one if a fu- | tire occasion should demapd a Dottier sacri- ! flee. * V ,,,. ^ . ; ,i The New Orleans t'mceut expresses the j j opinion which is apparently general in the ' Mouth, when it suys : "Wr shall never j achieve our independ-nce of_tle North by I foreign uid. Nor ought we to expect It. : Our own strong amis nnd cnqualing hearts _ must accomplish that object. We bavw no ullter safe, earthly reliance. Of course wo would be delighted if Ji\n Ball would . take it intp hi* head to make the insult off- , ered Ids flag a pretext for inflicting eoo- [ dign punishment upou Lincoln's ocean i But John will uol do anything of | the sort, unless he is forced to it, or sees that lie can make a grant deal of money by jit. Just nofc the cotton famine io Man- | Chester, etc., is becoming' oppressive, and j in a few weeks will become terrible. The ; manufacturing polo may stir up the I old li-llow to do a good act ooce ia his life. ' We sbatl sce."V Anukst owCflt'XTKRrziTtR.s — The detecj live I'-iliceJiave arrested aodj imprisoned C at iluffnlo/N. Y.. one Andrews and bis as-•ociato/whoni.-tlicy caught in the act of iiiariiigh counterfeit of Avar's t'athxrric •Fills, ll'heir detection tm accomplished* at tho iestancn of Messrs J. V. Ayer A Co, of Low^J, Mass., n-hoflave shown u commendable energy nnd pewmptitode in pro- ! tccling the public from imposition through spurious imitations of their invaluable medUucl. Ayrr's Sarsaparilla, Cherry Pec- ( ori.»l and Pill* have conietobo staple uei ces*.itics with the community, and the imi position upon the sick of sparioax, worth- ' less, if not injurious fabrications uf them, i' in fact tin.- consummation of villainy. Wh ho|ie the scnundrtd* will get thoir jjue, and in i lin keeping tliey now are, they are pretty sure of it. Genoral Drayton, one of the rebel com- ■ mander*, lefl-his plantation and negroes i iu South Carolina, at the mercy of our ! at Port Royal. A correspondent of the lie-ton Journal, who has explored the . place, gives this story about the General's slaves : "Did our shot come round this way f . a'ked the doctor of an old negress, tbeap- ; parent chief or a family hutted near by the ; mansion. a "Oh, yes, masse ! all round here. Cot ! off a tree out in de garden, sab ; seemed Vcf do day o' jodgement come, sah!" "And do you know the reason we beat , Vm ! ' pursued the surgeon. "Wha's dat, sah V "The Lord was on onr fide !" "Yah, yah ! dat is jes so, sah." responded the dame, in a confidential under tone, and | she approached the physician more nearly. j Oslt two KtxvC* Lett.— The national ' now floats over the soil of every seceded State except Alabama and Arkansas. I Yitginia it floats over one-third of the ! ; In North Carolina, at llatteraa In- : ; in South Carolina, at Port Royal and | half-dozen other neighboring islands ; In i Georgia, on Tybe* island i in Florida, at " ' '« West, Santa ltosa island nnd other I points ; in Mssistippw al Ship island ; in Louisiana, at Chandeleur island, jn Texa«, j at Kl Paso ; and in Tennessee, at Bristol, ! and. jilber points in the eastern pari or the Stale. | W Mrs. Rachel Church will prepare a | Ciirutmus Table; on Chiistmai Eve, at her 1 residence.