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VOLUME 7.

CAPE ISLAND. NEW JERSEY, THURSDAY. JANUARY 30. 19H2. .

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WHO ARE EKTJ 1 LED TO PENSIONS — AND , HOW TO OBTAIN THE*. We cop j following frotn a" very 1 tiwful little publication entitled "The Union and Army Reporter," published , ? in Washington at 25 cents per year : An experience of fifteen years onablcs as to speak on this subject with r -some confidence. An officer or soldier who is wounded, injured, or con tracts disease while in the service of the United States, which disables him from performing mannal labor, is entitled to a pension, when be is dis- , — A charged, to commence from the completion of the proof in the ear:. The . amount of pension depends on rarilt and the degree of disability. If «' man lose* an nrui or a leg, it Is deemed or called ] •'total diiability,1' and be is entitled to the highest rate of pension. Chronic d:arrhna consumption, Afc., if contracted while in the tertice, if they disable ^ from manual labor, entitle the party to- ' a pension, the ewe as if wonaded in 1 ! battle. We know of a colonel who contrnc- ' diarrbiL-a in the war of 1812, which to- • tully riit*lil«d- him ; yet, owing to his ignorance of the law, which ho suppos- ' aed only applied to those wounded, he., did not apply and complcto his proof . nqtiU1833, whereby he lost over fee th out tin I dollars pension money. This , - would base been saved to bitn, had he »-» consulted au intelligent attorney, experienced in pension claims, who would / have instructed him as to his rights If an officer or soldier is killed, ' or dies in service, or of disease' contracted while in service, after Ire is discharged his widow or minor children, ns the case mar le, are entitled 'to a pension, 'to , i; m nenco from the date of t(ie dcntlr of ! the officer or soldier. Tire rat^Ttf 'pensions is In ah eases one half the pay of the officer or soldier received wldla In t set vice, provided the pension d>>es not exceed the pay ol a lieutenant colonel. ! If there is no widow, or she marries again, in that case the perftion is due to < the children nuder sixteen years of age. The foregoing remarks apply to all the wars in, which the ' United States have been engagWj-*n«H|ll as tbo pres. cut against the rebels. ki All widows of revolutionary soldiers are entitled to pensions. It will be impossible* to jjive the form, of declaration required in each case. Under some laws, the regulations re- . qoire that the dceiartion shut! be made before a court of'recofd, or a judge : thereof. In another class of case's, the declaration may be made before a jus- > lice of the peace, notary public, or other officer authorised -to administer oaths, ' The form is different nuder each iaw,r andmast be complied with to inenre aucct- with the ■ claim.— rTbe evidence i necessary' to sustain a claim varies with its nsftire end the facts. Take, for an example, a widow's claim. The •evidence of marriage k divided into .three classes. U A Record evidence; 2d. Testimony : of crediblo witnesses who were present mX the marriage ; 3d. Testimony, by •jjortie* as to the reputation and cohabitation. If a party presents an inferior retsss of evidence to support the mar*l*ge. without properly declaring on], it in the declaration, the claim will fail to •be ellowed, and will be suspended. This will occaiien delay, and subject itho party to additional expense. It may be stated as a safe rule, that •every materia] fact In a ease should be ■stated in the declaration, and proved by . the best evidence the nature of the case ssdmits of ; and if said evidence is sot the "beit evidence," it should be showa that it is not attainable. FTwb Um "J-hll*. Prv**," Jan. W. math of ex premdeit tyler. Ex-Psesident John Tyler died in Richmond, Virginia, on Friday night ! • ,> tuW. WM bora in Charles county, Ya , on the Sfftbof March, 1780, and ! at the age of nineteen was admitted to the HtT- Tyro years afterwards fce was

cboseu a member of the \ irginis Legis- j luturs-. In 1&15, when, by the death of j the .Hon John Clopton, a Vacancy oc' curred in the representation in Congress 1n the Richmond district, Mr. Tyler was j clectpd-tsS'-Tjiat posTtTon, in which he coWtinuedffll 182t. In December 1825 ' the Gubeknatorial tehw-of Mr. Pleasants expired, apd Mr.s3jle* was chosen his j mi nil hi, "If i* A^tlniii il to fill that i office till 182", wntn he was chosen by the Legislature to fill the office of United States Senator, mode vacant by -the ■ ' expiration of the Term of the Hon. i John Randolph. He was early noted ! for his opposition to the principal'measnres of General Jackson's Administration, and when the Vofco bill was before the Senate, he opposed it in ph milmated speech. After w lengthened debate, the bill was passed, MPT* Tyler j being the only Senator who recorded s vote in the negative ; the other opp meats of lj>c measure having absented . themselves from the Senate Chamber While il was being adopted. In 1833. he wss reflected to ths Senate, but he ' leaigned before his term expired, and returned to his home in Virginia. In 1840, he was tlcctcd. by the Whig Ipirtv, Vice President of the United ■ •States, apd on ' the death of President Harrison, in April, 1841, he succeeded him to the ' office of President. His j | disagreement.*, with that party on the I bank question, arc familiar to all oar readers. At the close of his. term, he i i retired to his mansion, near Foftrcss Monroe, where he resided , when the ' present rebellion broke oat: In -T8G1, Mr; Tyler was appointed by Governor Letcher, one of the Virginia delegate* to the so-called Pence Congress, convened In Washington. He was elected President of that body, and although, j duriiig^ts session, he professed to be an ardent friend of the Union, he early dis- : . linguislied hirartif as one of the most active instigators of the existing re- i bullion. On the. adjournment of the • xencc Congress, he repaired to Virginia3>nd was elected one of her rip re- 1 j srntntives'in the .Rebel Congress. In that body he exert&l nil his influence to keep that State in a hostile nllitudo to the Federal Government lie was aev-enty-ono year old when lie died, and leaves a wife and several children, by each of his marriages, among Whom are ' Robert Tyler and John Tyler Jr., who ••formerly resided in this city. PONTOON BRIDGES. -Pontoon boats ore fiat-bottomed, thirty one feet long, two and a half feet ! wido at the square bow, and five feet ' wide at the stern, swelling out at the sides to the width of six'fcct. Each one i fits on a running. gear', of four wheels, sad used as a baggage-wagon for., the pontouniers, -carrying also'ils proportion 'of slryig-pleccs and of plank. Op ! reaching a river the boots are unloaded, : floated, across by cables, made fast 'up-stream, then the string-pieces are laid across from one boat to the Mxt. | and on these ore placed the planks, each ! one twenly-ooe feet long, which form ! the gangway of that width. i A Grkat Mistake.— The sons of the rieh so -often die -poor — and the sons of the poor so often die rich, that it has grown into a proverb; and yet, how many parents are laboring and toiling to accumulate wealth for their children, aud, at the same time, raiting them up in habits ofindolence and extravagance. Their sons will ireailer their property •much sooner than they can gather it together. Let thein-have their hcadf well stored with useful knowledge, and their hearts with sound and virtuous princij pies, and tkey will ordinarily take care I of themselves However affluent may , he his circumstances, yet every parent 1 inflicts upon his son a lasting injury, who does not train him up to habits o! I virtue, industry and ■ economy . CAofrwi has authorized , the appointment of two Assistant S«cretaii«-* of War. ol a salary of $3,000, tor tbe trru> Of on* ' year.

THE PEES EST AITO* OF THE UNION. f j "Occasional," tho_ Washington corres- ' j pondence of the Philadelphia "Pr.ss," 1 * on Monday week, siys : ' Some of our public 'men do not hesi- " late to Say, that rather than bring back ! ' the seccdedislave States into tbe Union* . ' ; they would agree to a peaceful and j * j prompt separation. They contend that , in the event of a re-union the slave des- ( polism will rule by its unity, and wi b the aid of the Republicans, the desti5 nies of 'the future of our country will be J completely controllsd by traitors to the Federal Conrtitulion. Although no ; open demonstration in favor of this theory lias yet been made, it is undoubtedly sincerely entertained in certain influential quarters. No mbrp dangerous nnd ! demoralizing doctrine could be. preachI ejl. and it is the duty of independent journalists to put it down forever. BepI oration would he productive of almost universal and perpetual distress. The States Now in revolt would suffer, if pos- | sible, more than the Stales that stand j by the old covenant*. The cotton Commonwealths would ot once become 'lie dependents df the British Government, I subject to" oil the chances uu<J changes of foreign intrigues aid wars. Tjo | mouth of the Mississippi, held by a hostile l*o w or, would result in iinpo- ! sing taxes upon the products of the _ North-west seeking an outlet to the sea. Both aide* of that great river, occupied for hundreds of mile* by people entertaining different sentiments on the subject of slavery, would bristle wither- ' 'idles, njid bloody forays would be frequent. If separation is acceded to; who would hold the cipital? The I North would never consent to yield it ; • and yet, to secure It, neighbored by two ' i disaffected Stale*, all the time in sympu- , thy with the Cotton Stales, WoUljl rtt qnlre an enormous standing army. Bar- • der cottUicts would be incvi table. AntJ ■ how long could we expect to retain Kentucky, Virginia, Maryland aud Missou- _ ri among the loyal States? Could they be restrained by a treaty, with the ac- } tive elements of education and Interest ( at work in their midst on the side of the Cotton States ? Separation, on the I idea enunciated in the sentences at the r head of this letter, would almost at once B compel California and Oregon to declare } themselves an Independent Republic. — j inconceivably distressing. Factions j would .spring up , everywhere as a jTesult of separation, but -the factions in these Slates would be As to* ^be great Middle, Western, and 1 Eastern Stales, their situation would be s more numerous and mischievous than iu 1 15 any other quarter. To swell the geae- • ral calamity, bankruptcy, poverty, anar!.chy, .and total disregard of law, would ' contribute their many nameless horrors. ' Such is a brief summrry of tire certain • j evils of separation. Will wot our statesI ! men consider them well before commitc tiogj themselves to so frighful an'aher* • native f . '' But one course is, in fact, left to the 8 Government and tho pcopH. Wc must - fight this battlo "through. The traitors ( must be struck such" blows as wilt inflict ^ severe and lasting wounds. If they will s not yield tbey'mnsl be subjugated ; and if the worst conies to the worst, their pe- , } caliar institution must be attacked, front | and rear, until Its overthrow is effected. ' . If slavery is inflect! the bulwark of the I rebellion, then let il go dowu— and the sooner the better. * Bat there is another great dnty that II ' cannok.be disregarded. There is on aer ; tivefiarty in the loyal Slates which, -an- ' der cover of being for the Union, are at : work to force a dishonorable peace, by v. sowing the seefls.of diaaffeetion among it i the people- Its lenders have called to r. their aid the worst" prejudices and the ' basest passions ; and if Ahey can divide the true friends of the Government, they l' . will clamor fqr-nn adjustment, and toil to bring back the despots who have long ruled nod ruiued-our boppy country.— i '

f How to checkmate these schemes Is a I great question. It cannot bladone by j exclusive counter |»arty organizations — j J nor, yet bybaatv legislation — nor, above j . all, fly efforts lo weaken lift E¥4Wtfve ( and bis constitutional advisers. The j loyal voters most be got together,. 7his ' , the remedy. It cannot be resorted lo t too early. Of eonrso something must l be conceded on all sides * but if such *• • combination -is not effected, the rouse ' ' our brave countrymen arc lighting for ! 1 will end in a bloody catastrophe. He ^ who stand* in the war of such a frater- , nization as will be vital, enduring, arid , instinct with the element* of corquest I < over -Treason, will be guilty of a crime j t in the sight of God and man. 1 < CUBIOUS ANECDOTE. Towards the close of lire Revolution, • | the owners of the North Church, -in : | New Ilnvcn, sent to Boston for nails to 1 1 make repairs with, tfhen one '-of the kegs sent in return for the order was found to contain Spanish dollars. The deacons wrote to the Boston merchant that there was an error in shipping the | goods ; but he answered that the noils > were sold a* ho bought them ol a privateersmen, and he* couldn't Rectify mis* i takes. . So the s Hvc** il !B muted up and made into o/dervice of plate for tbe church whore it is in use at the present * day. S / A VARIETY OP TRUTH9. Ave carefnl to keep your 'word, even in the ! most trifling matter. iNtnctuably begets confidence, nnd is tbe 1 sure load to honor and respect. Sensible men show their sense. I>y saying 1 much in a few words. Ambition is liko love, impatient, both or ' delays, and rivals. Iteprore thy friend privately, ond COM- • mend him publicly. " • * Thick water* show no image* of thing*; +■ Friends are each others' mirrors; ami ! should be Clearer than crystal, or the mountain springs. And free from cloud, dOllgp or flattery. The value of ihing*. is never more real- , ized than .when nZ are deprived of iIhmii. Without a friend, the world is hat a witdernass. K9male delicacy ia-lhe best preservative of female honor. Mow sweebttre words of troth. Breathed from the lips we lore. . Revenge fs a mean pleasure ; hot no priiffiiplo is more noble, than that of forgiving injuries. A man'a^ best fortune, or bis worst, is a wife. The follie* we teil of others, are often i 1 only mirror* to reflect our own. The love of praise, kow'er concealed byart, j Reigns more or less, ar.d glows in every 1 heart -. I The p'roftd to gain it, toils on lolls en dure. I The modest shun it— bat to make it sure. HOUSEKEEPING , Almost every man' likes a back-door of his own to go in and out oC Boarding- 1 houses ere very much the rage in oar ex- ; temporized society, nothing toald well be more destrvclive of the domestic sentiment • — the genuine borne feeling that humanizes 1 and harmonizes mankind. Housekeeping * ought to bo entered upon lis soon ns a I young couple ora* married, and continued t as long as they live together. Tim ^family [ is the truly divine arrangement. All other I plans than this, which la of patriarchal primitiveness and simplicity, savor lo much ^ of the- promiscuous and indiscriminate. Many a man has barn saved from ruin )>y being -kept outjof scandal bar-rooms, alid 9 kept in a comfortable and cheerful home, , I by a loving wife. .Dr. Franklin commended early marriages, believing they tended t to derelopa\cnt of the affection, the . strengthening of good habits, and the encouragenienl of thrift. Wo defend house - t keeping on preei*ely the same grounds. . A mac is not yet misted into the profound ' contentments of. married life, who dees oot > have a gentle wife to pour his fragrant tea » from lhe..opposile side -of the" table. ° . Com. Tatnall, ona of tbe mast- distin goished U. S, navy officers wire espoused ' the rebel cause at tbe commencement of '' . the war-, ha* recently resigniyl his position It in the rolrel navy, aud roivrsd from the nor • - vret- tu disgutt. ■ ~ t

THE BRTrtSH NAVTi Tbe annual official return of the British ! ho* been published. The list shows a ! total "of eight hundred ar.d fifty-six vessels ' reparing, or in commission. Of ' which seven hundred nod two are steamers. j comprise* "eightf-ono line of-ballle-sbip*. each mounting from seyenty-foar tohundred ond thirty-one guns ; twentyvessels, each with on ormanerst of from . sixty to seventy guns 5. forty. lour SV-gun ' frigates, the whole with the ezceptloB of - ab^ut ten of that two her, being screw steamer* ; fifty-sereo ships, snch mounting , from twenty-two to fifty gnns, and a majorii of 'which have n tonnage as large n* ship* of llie line twenty-nine screw cor. vettes, or frigate, each mounting twentygiyis ;.and one hundred and eighty-five - gunboat*, eucii provided with two , Armstrong gons." ___ i Their fleet in American water* comprise* \ ! fonrteen lino-bf-battle steamers, rnngiog f : from Ufty-one to one hundred guns ; seven j from twouly to fifty, add foorteen smaller vessels exclusive of ail the vessel* orders , o join the same command. . CUT DOWN TOUR CHAWS. J If you cut off the back legs of yoar , chairs so that the back part. of the seat ; shall bo two inches lower than tbe front pari, it will greatly ruliuve the fatigue of sitting, and keep yonr spine in- much 'better ' shape. The principal fatizue in silting gome* . from your sliding, slid thus straining the | ligament* anil muscles infehe small of the back. The experiment I have advised will *; obviate tins tendency, and us 1 have sugI gested. add greatly to the comfort and ! bealthfulnoss of tbe tilting posture. The front edge of a chair should not Im j more than fifteen in: lies high, for the averj age man, nor mora than fourteen for the j average woman. The average yhair is now . seventeen inches high for all, which nn amount W slanting in seat can make • m 1 comfortably. , . OOO D FOB EVERYBODY. . Marryiu' is a good thing, as Aunt Jan* l ose, a grot* inslitushun. (bow she noes I can't tell, for 'she never had a chance to try ;) it's good for everybody. Are you , old — marry; it'll make you young, (or you'll die tryin' to fear so.) Are you your.g— it'll make you old. lu fact, it is sooted to ev'ry and <-'nnyt>ody. It's a brier ru«e hedg« that society ha* set up to Keep folks inside thy bounds uv good behaviour; and tbo' . . I've had up* and down in it, and no all atniut it, still 1 say. hooray for marryin' ! It's good for everybody. 1 The hogn* Provisional Government of the rebel* in Kentucky is now attumpting to collect the yearly taxes in the counties now under its control. Il has attempted a novel plan for overcoming all refusals oa the part of the Union sympathize!* to par. IietuchmenU of troop* are sent out with . each collector, and p*rs«na\^ property, equal in value to the Amount demanded, it immediately seized -upon in case of uon- ' • payment. At a training down east, after an order was given to "return ramrods," one 6f tkn ' soldier* broke from tire line, and was off at f | full split. — "Ifaflo !•" bawled the command- . | ing officer, "where arc you going ?" — "Down . [ to Squire .Nluggio'*, to return the ramrod 1 1 ' borrowed or biuu You said, 'Uuturn ramt rods? " An Oxford stadwnt" joined without invi- ' tation. a party at an ihn ; after which ho 1 boasted »<> much of his abilities, that one ' of the party said : you have told us enough f of what you ecu do ; toll as something yo 1 r cannatdo." — "Faith," said he, "I cannot ' pay my share ic the reckoning." It will be Bstibjeel for regret to many v that Cot Brown, the bravo defender of j Fort Pickens, i* compelled by the Mala of ( hi* health to be relieved from hi* com . msnd. Hi* illtes* was brought 00 by ex.1 | .0 sure while re t^e discharge of his are duou* d tie*. • Flattery is. a compound of falsehood, selfishness, lervilrty, and ill-manners. — ^ Any one of ibeso qualities it enough to . make n character thornugMy odious.- - 1 | Who, tin>n, would be the person, or hara a any <x>nceio with him, who» esindis deformed by lour such vices? 1 We bear from New OrfMm tbat the , 1 French residents in that city are anxious ,f to s>*c>pe ; that they have held u meeting a 1 to mk« measures to effect this ; and that ■ r • ihoy lm«» pot ihumwlsw «• eommuunw lion with the L'uion troop* at 2rhip i»l«o«L •I ' •*