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CAPE ISLAND. NEW JERSEY, THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 13. ISfri.

NUMBER 3G

• . For the "Oct tn Wave.- 1 A FEW THOCOHTS OH 8LAHDEB. Eoitor Although line after line, page after' page, and volume after, volume has been written upon thin subject, yet if every scribbler in the world khotild pen his thoughts in opposition 1 to Slasher, too much conld not be writ- j ten. Thus far it has proved to bo an , exhaust leu subject, fpr upon our right j and at our left we find those who freely ; indulge,' almost to intoxication, in tliut I roost detestable, satan-formed cup u I [ ► Slander. Therefore, as long as there j are those that so indulge, just so long- j the suSject is inexhaustible, and should, | of- right, bo discussed Rut, right or »o right, -exit instion or no exhaus ^ lion, wc shall utter a few words, long held in reserve, for the inlmediute edtfi- 1 cation of slanderers, if such there be, who -may, perchance, read your everrolling "Wave." - The three points of Slander which wc shall briefly consider, are, 1st, Wtat it is. 2d, The causes of- It. 3d;~Ilt u'lli- - mate effects Iu tlio «fir«t place, wc remark, that it is a tula or rumor spoken in a tualcro- > lent manner intended to injure or tarft l'i the name and character of a person * y~ This is plain English, and an uncontrovertible defin ition, and no one -caw-mo re justly define lifts. wOrd than those who hart felt the sling of the viper, Refore ! passing to notice the second point, w_e^ quote the expression of a poet, who, in* t delineating slander, says : ■ , * ru »n ■U.n'ln— at il^ol Inljlit hour Urged on Uj eavjr, thtl.ivllh footstep soft, Mrols on the slum!" r id swerl Innorrm-r, And "Ith the Suit drown duster of the mind, Drinks ileep the crimson current of the heart." Secondly; To enumerate the manifold causes of slander we shall not ultempt ; ' Imt shall otCly name some of lite most * -conspicuous, which arc haired, reveagr, jealousy,. love of tattling, ami ignorance The person who has lite spirit of hatred lurking within his breast, .seldom refers to' the one that he hates without making use of a calumnious expression. Ilis feelings check liirn from speaking iu a 1 friendly manner, and he repeats some idle runtor, adding oq, eunze pr two ».f bane with it, or relates a constiiiiate lie, in the form %f an opinion, which is in- j tended to cdlar the reputation of his foUoW'tning. 'lit its relation with slander, Wre'd bear* n connection with rc- ; wengc. liotli spring from the same feed j and lend tu the same end. Revenge, however, it (ottered la the heart with ■ more design than hatred. The hater he- ! comes o slanderer without foroiltonght, ! ■whllo the rprctiger, who thinks he has ; •received a wrong, after many honre of •

restlessness in studying how he may obtain revenge, hilt upon nn idea trod premeditates his plans, which prove to he that of marring the reputation or defaming the -private "character of Some • honest individual by slander. As in most other miseries of life, jealousy has her part to piny in this drama. Persons fcecomc jealous of others art* account of I «. their high standing in society, their inF -crease of intelligence, their promising rgpatalion, or their augmentation of Triends, Ac. This jealousy Incites the possessor of [it to a< tiof viliftcatiuft, dc- ' (faroalinh and jaiebbiior, by slandering -one who is praise-worthily endeavoring to establish a name that will not perish - when bis body returns k to its "mother -dust." Yes, like Lntrtfer, who, because he bat committed the unpardonable sin -desires all mar. kind to err likewise, and. thereby gain a future home in etecoil perdition, these jealous mortals, because ihey have not the ambition to rise in the world, ih-s ire to drag down on a par with ahenytheir uprising, energetic fellow-oit-xi*ww; and. dn trying to do this, have recourse tu ignominious slander. The , Jove- of tattling comes next in turn, and ore shall dispose ot it by saying that tat* * tllog begets slander. Wherever you wee a person with a tongue somewhat lunger than the law/ allows, and that loves to use that tongue in tattling from

door to door, there' you will find one I who ever nru^ anon spits out ti' word 1 . of scandal. There is generally more or r • : less slander connected with tattling, for i . ; tattlers never repeat what they hear rerI j batim, but always add a degree of. sen- i i I soning to their tale, and they very often f • j tell "original fibs", strongly tinged with 1 i | slander. Now it is asked,*- How is it t t ' that ignorance cause* slander ? We re* i t ! ply, that persons with no intellectual at- t I tainments, or educational cravings, v when at the social circle, arc quite apt * ; to bring up for comcrxatiun some one, r j. : not present, and how frequent it is that I , the good traits of his or her character ' : arc not mentioned, whilo evcVy trivial I i misdoing of their lives arc scrutinized c f : and sentence pronounced thereon. This. 1 is too' often the ease, indeed, and even s in alt classes of society. Rati if ilia* t I reader will notice, slanderers are com- v i raonly found in the poorly-read* class; i sometimes among mediocrity, and sel- s i do'tu among the well-educated. ' We s • might dilate upon, ignorance und flan- f der. but' will pass to speak on the <1 I Third and lost point. " The ultimate 1 • Effect produced by slander is unpleasant ' - and unenviable to both the slundcrer nitd t [slandered. A person that continues to h breathe forth this "worst of poisons" r i : will reap his reward on earth. by having g ' his veraeity doubted, his name despised, d ! and by being made an outcast (rum re- b i/ syctahle society ; and this, we hold, \{ I i* just and proper ; for, among all the vile ^ . trails of the humnu l|rart, slandi-r is one B -of the most contemptible, .wicked and I" dfetrilish-clothed. In all ages of history ^ ' thonsand* of the purest and most virtu- Sl ] ous have been 4*1" ived of their chnrac- J I ters; men taken from the pinnacle of B< fame a nil hurled into the pit of degradn[Km ; fitmilies robbed of their content- 0 nieht and happiness ; the connecting ^ chain ^between lovers broken; friend- ® I ship's conl severed between .friend- and n i [ friend, and, -in /?» e, oceans rtf unhappi- '' | ness, misery and despondency brought f i I upuu innocent beings, am! all from i/itc- '' I der 'When* will the honest, upright n public leant to search out the slanderer l' ' end tr.nnpfe his unhallowed noma -he- 1 ' ncath their fret, and remember him as j ihty do the scum of society ? Or, when 11 ! will the slanderer see the hcinouxneas of .r i- his criuies, repent of Ids ungodly ways, ! and forever withhold from ngntn adciiii* )" i isteriu^ his poison '{ If wc rnnnot com- ! mend or speak well of onr neighbors ; let's uot utter evil or tradurc their name. J' "Car»"J be «hr tongur, W Whence *UniVmue rumor— like the ■ditcr'i Jrop, j DUtlla tie venom— wIlberlnR f< lrni!ihl|i'« lain., Ami tun ing lovett favor." tr i ' ' * „ G~C' U

DOES HE DRIRK! • Young lady reader, we heg yon to i p .ssk this qaestion in, regard to that ypntigJ " ir»«n wlio is trying to win your lorwf 5 j Thongh he may be all smiles, all irrfn1 dishment, all a seeming soul of/tonor, • and a golden prize that voty may be 1 proud to gain, jot if he puts the deM stroyingcup to his H|m, njutrn hint front • | yonr presence. Crush the growing hud ' Of love jn jour heart to death' at once, f i if you value your future peace. You - ^ may think that you will possess tho ' ' power to restrain liiin iu his degrading • . indulgence, and that /or your sake, after f.*[ yon are married, he will put the vie* far awav from him ; hot in bilternes* you ' ' ; -will discover your mistake and repent 1 of yonr error when it is too (nte. Ncv1 er risk yourhappittevs by boeoming the L; wife of one who drinks. | Disregard this friendly counsel, and ' 1 what will happtt^f You intrry hint, 1 and the wedding day seetus so bright 1 • that yon think surely no cloud esn ever gather it* gloom or darken the glowing^ 1 prospect-opening before yon. You :go 1 to a new home, not like your old home, ' but with fully as pleasant shade trees ' : shadowing it, and with full as mnny birds singing -Id the welcoming boughs ( - Your soul ihrolt« with pulses of a noble • and geuerous love, ami jou wonder how any wife cau be ubhappy iu a world so \

and full of promises. An I it j hag never entered into your heart to | conceive the terrors that /are embodied > the phrase — a druqkard ■ wife ? Months roll by and yon begin realize terrible truth. Your IttfthnndTs love hi* drams is rapidly burning tip the ' that he once vowed - to- you. You in vain to pursundc youmlf, that he not •ccotnihg a diui.kard ; but the, evidences are too conclusive' — too overwhelming. His evenings are spent abroad, and by -nod-by . he comes homo reeling and singing in the deTTriiuit of~a~ intoxication. Curses linger on lips against you, his tongue^ is on fire with abuse, his hand that you clasped at the altar .and plydged to take better or worse is raised against you, and vuu begin now to realize the misery, , i the auguish and sorrow of q drunkard's wife. Yen, indeed a more terrible scene awaits you. All of- yonr earthly possessions — the little legacy your good .old t'ur left you — ill, j|ll, will be squandered, lut that is n% the grcaiou caawaiting von. Your husband strong when you married hint, but the continued blows of the rum devil laid hiui low. He is physically and morally, n shattered wreck. Ho is a great and hopeless sinner .lying nl iron gate Yon sec a dim and terrible vision tbrbugh the flood of tears that crush yon ; your once noble husband gasping after a fleeting breath, : t and in u whirlwind of delirium nnddes- , pair, cursing heaven, earth, hell, and a Saviour that diid on Culvnrv. You see the Just ngqny of the poor map, and you know that his soul ikut you loved, wildly, lias no rest ; link that it is lost and torn by hlirickiqg storms of . everlasting despair on a raging seu of fire, "where" the worm dietli not and the t is not quenched." This is 'the great and terrible calamity await in e/you, und It will rend your soul nith/C»£iiislt in to cqme,' after the s/'l lias taken deep root and grown grafen on the spot where your lost hushuml miygk-s with dnst: You hauf a lively hope that you will gain heavOd in the end, and rest from your lubors/but you cannot hope meet your lost husband there ; for roar own faith in the knowledge of the liospel forbids it. He is lost — lost to — lost to happiness — lost to lieuvtu ! Lost ! Lost ! ! LOST ! ! ! Avert ,these terrible calamities, dear i lady render, by a zealous care of wlionyyoo.mec'. at the sdcred altar there to pUWgeJ your love-fuith Rotter not . inaryy at all, thaii to reap u little of tli/se calamities, for we do assure yo't • , ~r — — J w •

tnnt it has never rutcrsd into your yonwg ^ /heart to conceive one hall of the ah- , Jguish and misery of a drunkard's wife, j Temperance Gazette'. ' THESAILOaBOTSPSATBE. Atone time it was feared that the'1 e Cordelia was on her last voyage. We . were but a few days out from the, barj bor, when n severe storm of fire days' 1 1 continuance oyettoufus I jnust loll 1 , you of an act performed by sailor boy, i ul the height of the "storm, lie was ' j literally a-boy^ and far .better fitted for C thumbing a spelling honk, than furling r a sail in a' storm.' The ship whs rolling . r fearfully, some of fho rigging got en- ! , i ' tangled at the mainmast head, and it i l wns necessary that aotue one should go tip and put it right. It was.n perilous t job. I was standing near the mate, and ' heard him order the boy to do it. lie I lifted Iks cap, and glanced at the awing- f , ing mast, the boiling seas, and at the f 1 steady, determined ebunlenaueo of the t > mate lie hesitated in pilcnce; thea, ( •-rushing across the deck, ho pitched i down into the forecastle. Perhaps he < 1 , was gone two minutes, when lie relumed, > ' i laid his hands upon the ratlines, and " r went up witii a will, i My eyes followed him <till my head . was dizzy, when I turned and remonitra- , c r ted with the male for sending Irim aloft, j | > ■ "lie will u-it cotac dowu alivc, and why ! u V .

; did you send hltti V "Tdht It, "'replied • • [ the mate, "to save l.fe ; we've qdnic- j I i times lost men overboard, but rtcver a j 1 boy. See how he holds on like a squir j rel; he's more careful; he'll 'come dowti I safe, I hope." Again 1 looked, till tears dimmed my eyes, ami I was cant- ' pel led* to turn away, expecting every i moment to catch a glimpse of his lust ! i fall. In about fifteen or twenty minutes he cauic down, and walked aft with a smile j on his countenance. "i I:i the course of the day I'tcok occn- , sion to speuk to him, and nskea him ' , t why he hesitated when ordered to go i • aloft. ' . I j- "I went, sir, "v said the boy, "to 1 pray." i "Do you pray ?"' "Yes, sir; I thought that I might ' not come down 'alive, ami I went to commit my soul to Hod.". j "Where did you learn to pray ?" , "At home : my mother wanted me 'o go to the SundavaSchoiW, and my teach, i er urged inc to/pray to (Jed to keep me, 1 and *o I do." "What was that you had in your p«k.ir "My Testament, which my mother f gave me. I thought if I did pgrisli, I would have the Word of Hod close to , uty heart." — Children' t Friend. * , LOVE AT BIOH? AND W1TH0CT SIGHT. • A- Corporal, who was (or some time I confined at Richmond with the Union | prisoners, is furnishing the Rochester ^ ; Kxprett * nine interesting reminiscences . of prison life. From his letters, we ex- , tract the following rouiaitlfc story : i 1 have bi(jre stated that >oine of the private soldiers front the upper rooms i were employed in the dficcrs'' quarters, * a service tvhica tlii-y gladly accepted a* ' affording superior rat ious[>- Among " these was Corpora! M it, of New York, uyonng man ol very wealthy j»arctituge, of at tractive- manner*, good Tu- f teiiectual endowments — and withal i "handsome as Apollo." * • At the request of some of the officer^* ' he was occasionally permitted to visil^* the iOwer floor, aud upon one occasion •was permitted to leave the prisbn on ] parole, for thfc- ptffjfMo of pnrcbasing ! supplies.. JVhile passing througb one of the main thoroughfares, M -ti was ( oceo.sted by n little girl, who presented i . him with a hoquet, "at the same time ( pointing to a young lady on the oppb- i ! site side «f the street, as the donor — j 1 • The Corporal acknowledged the gift by -> a polite bow, ami procceiled upon) his ' ; mission. The lady, apparently fu-ciua-ted, followed hiut at n distance, to the prison, and as he entcrcu it, she reciprocated la# bow, aud leisurely (bulked away* < < •For somV inexplicable cause the cor- I i'p&mi wus not again permitted to go iu 1 j or out, and u ntgro — I should have men- ' | ii'ined tliht quite a number of servants Vrereju tho prison — was despatched iu t « his stead. The negro had not proceeded far, when he was met by the young ' hfty, referred to. and the sequel to the in ■ ' terview wns ileveloped in a package with which k« relumed to the oflici-r-.' quarters, and delivered to Corporal M, ■ n It 1 was found to. contain a nfcw suit of clothes' 1 j and upon one garment was pinned a small 1 { curd, neatly inscribed with the ueuiu ul his ' I benoTacirers-v '-Onljr this, sod oothlnc more/' Corp. M — — irimnantly addrvwod, hi a- , ■ i self tu the task of epistolary . composition, 1 j ia which he gracefully acknowledged the ( r-ceipt of the gift, and expraesed his heart- ; . felt thanks. This was dcliv«r*d by the i.e- ^ gro on the day following, und he ruluraetl [ : with a package containing a number .of : pocket handkerchiefs, socks and shirts 1 As in the first instancit. the only com. c j municatiou which accompanied the - gift | ^ ; was the donor's card. 'J'be corporal a.-ain * 1 ncxaowledii*'* his obligations by a polite < 1 I note, which was duly delivered through Uta j *1 | same nu dinm. | Thenceforth the corporal was ia daily re- | ceipt or the choicest dainties, end a regu- j 4 I epistolnry correspondence was carried ] | on Butfl I hi? day of his release, which uc j «

curreil on the 3d of January . A matrimo- ; inal rngageiiienl hud been made daring thw ! interval, with the understanding that the I parties would limet in Raltimore on the 1st of March next. I have omitted to state that the corporal i had lAcn yent back to his old <pj»»taraLj>nt i having ascertained that his fair inumoralu 1 dadj/pw^mSadi'd/'uTtlTin v;eW „r tho ollic *£' iiaMgCrs. he obleinrd emplovmeut ss a c-iok fcnl was therbuller unfailingly at his post io.r*i|iri<u||aiM hiving smiles of hi* She had sentqSi her daguerreotype. which he frequently exhibited to uie. It a luvoimage. ojtd one tliut would have required no "collateral" inducement td carcaptive the most ffigid und h-ihargetfc f.u cy. 1 learned that she was of a wealthy family; and of as good blond at Wiu t«> be found among the V. I". ' V .'*. and. her letters, 1 was assured, evinced that she wa*. less intelligent and refined. . . When thu glad tidings of our release came. I lie name of .L'nrporal M— — n was foiiiid in thu list. . Tbu intollig^hce was quickly conveyed to his yearning admirer. * We saw nothing of her however, as wo marched through the street* of Ilirhinood, though the Corporal's lunging vision was strained at every animated object. Hut when u halt was ordered, a One carriage, iljiwn by a negro, suddenly made its appearance, utrd hailed at a short distance our ranks. A lady descended— tbero was a brief, but earnest colloquy among the ' ieU-1 nflicers of our guard, and the next moment llw enrup tared I *a 11 (Corporal M 11 ' and his ufhaiired) were face to fii|-c ! A feW words, the first they had ever exchanged pi person, were exchanged \ff subdued, yet melting tones; their UCee* fora moment lighted, as wither gUinu —'the engagement was sacredly tniswed there wu* a fervent, tlirilling^^retsaro of their hands, und tliey separafctd. A circumstance is conae/ted with tho daguerreotype above refsc^e.l i0> which de. n passing uo(ic/ Before it left the prison, the picture taken Trnm the csso and a sinaff slip ef /mper, closely written. - wu! (jjillnswl llrili-n McClellun, was deposited therein and the daguerreotype then replaced. It was safely delivered to th« commander iu^rhief, n meeting of ttie 'CstI- " was ca!b-d. mid the day following there a leak stopped— a iiiy«erHMi« leak. - • liiab ofKcinl' circles, and which' IhNI in^stfinably henvtitted tlio rebel* for ' many TBEATMEHT OF AKIMALS PKOFITABLE. Tho lioiwo serves u« Aitli a superior abiL ity and a letler «-»«. if treated kindly. On the same rumlttion, tlio sheep gives ns -a : bettor fleece ; tlie ox more i*flirii-nt labor; and the swine a better carcase 'The cow j that i« dealt gently with and made contented with her lot, gives ns, not. only more .milk, but of n richer quality, than if ill "•Created, fretted and made miserable. All animals make u lietter return, if ciWsU - for considerately. "The merciful man is mert iful to his beast." He would be *o if there wok-iii* 'reward. We owe it U> the uuiinwU .which are put Into our power; we owe it ourselves ; and wo-owe ft (o God. who given "us power os»r ihero, to make the space we intend for them, free from , all unnecessary suffering. * • * Jtfccru-r ran Cons. It mud.—' The publishl er* of the 'American Ayrieulltritt in New York recently' otTured premium* fur tt.o; belt receipts fur making corn bread, and the that took the premium i- as folio** ••— • ' "To two quarts- of- nuul, add mie pint of ■bread sponge j walei; mfheient to wet tlis whole; 'add olttqliulf pir.t of 'flunr, and > tdhlerponnfiil of salt ; let it rise, fbea knead well for the second time, slid place the dough in the oven, and nlltA it to bake uti boor and a half." ' The Nu»bville Cn ion, says that proceed* | jng* under (he rebel 'confiscation act havn ■ been taken against the properties of Judge > t'utron at-d - .Senator Andrew Johi son. ' property of Judge Xiutron is.valurd at | g'-'i.OOO, and (hat ^"of^jidrew Johnson at tJitOJflW. It seems tbst Gen. Jfunlor is to take i command of the expedition denominated ( [ J .one's expedition, l.une it' only commit. I sioued as a brigadier. 40ne report says that tome dissatisfaction exists iu consequence, while others deny the report. ' A widow said to her daogbtcc "When you are of my age, yon will J>« dresming of a. husband." "Yes. main its," replied the girf, -for a secoud tiue."