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VOLUME 7. ' CAPE ISLAND. NEW JERSEY, THURSDAY. MARCH 20. 1S62. NUMBER 41 "j ■_ LJj -■ 1._. 1 r . ■ n ,, , - - I - ■ ■ il i,

official securities. The follow lag editorial »P*e«r«l us lui week's » lib a moat jrlei ou« U'iaiKrr. the {suit v of the penon who eorrorted tb« proof. *>i 1 j-rest ... tWeWuodcr, that our l*u« of Ut arttcT.WM rrudeml oatlrri) «w«lilo<tem1 wbkh ladurtd uitto ro-puUlsli It, s* follotri tAttbe clove of some rem irks ia our last* on "Our City Election," we briefly hinted at the subject at tbc.head or this arti«l«— ^ "Official Secaritie#"-— with the promise of - farther remark* on that eahject this week, which prhtaiee we will now attempt to redeem. In all bodies-politic and bodies-corpo-rate a few are selected by the many to . tranaact the business of those bodies. as a ' matter of economy aod con*ebienc^T"Bd these person*, the (elected officer* of those bodies, are expected to represent and tixecate the will and wi»hea of those by wnom* they are raited with their Official Antbnrity ; Ati the man who doe* not, i« rywreaol to the trail reposed in him ; and, in a gov- - eminent like onri at least, i* won deposed, and another pot in bi* place. And, that . anch officers may that (observe the pabtie interests, every safeguard U inpposed to be thrown. around'them. T" In all auch bodies, there. Mb. necessarily, j expenses incurred, to meet which, foods are raised, either by taxation or other source* of rerenne. For the collection and disbursement of tbo necessary funds, ' •certain officer* are especially selected, uppn whom a great responsibility rests, and thoso to whom the fond* belong have a right to V. every proeantion to jnsnre the proper discharge of those financial responaibili- . tlesl in tho proper ore or tbnso fund*. : * Hence they arc supposed', ir wise, to select , men of houesly, prudence and .financial capabilities. Rut thi* i* not enough; The pnblle may not aleays fully know the charactera and capabilities of thoso placed in such positions of finaucia) trust, aud men • may. by various influences, be raised to them, who may be totally unworthy of the trust. There are designing men. in almost , , all communities or corpo/ate bodies of men. I who may seek thi*«e position, for mercenary purposes, and thus thu public oeccrjioralu body suffer serion* loss. Nor do we knnu the temptation* that" may «riy*M.influence the antides of men" In this re- • v ' sped ; nor doc* ihe official even know himself."" There are many men. who would acurn the idea of nn improper u«c Of the money of others, committed, to their keep- ■ inn; who. nevertheless. under the pre#* or . circumstances, might be induced to do (he •Very thing they, uuder other circumstances, would scorn. And. it may be, the act is' ** " done with no intention or expectation of wronging any one ; bat (till subsequent cti cu instances may reveal that a wrung is done. To meet all theae coatingencies, the al- 1 most uniwi al practice has obtained, for bodirs-|«ilitic and bodies-corporate to re- . quire their financial a;en», servants or afwers.to give security for the proper di*- «, Charge of their duties, in the proper use of the funds cotnmiued to khein in trust, j For thia purpose Itfw* are enacted., rvqirrL . ing all such men as may have the handling of public mooey, or the money of indirid- I , . uala. placed In their bauds by virtue of ( their offices, to give good freehold seru- : . rity. Hence it it not a matter of chcnco i whether such security shall be giveu or : not, for the law makes il binding, and j inch officials are not duly qualified for their j several positions nntil such security is entered in due form. It matters not «riiat j ' maybe the character or supposed financial i I ability of the officer himself ; be may be a pelttet model of honesty, and "as rich as Orrcse*," still tho law makes no distinc- j 1 ft fion he must givnt his bonds, with suffi- ' [j " ' Cient security, jest the same a* the man I who is not worth a dollar, or npon whose I reputation fer honesty there may real some j tespicion*. And there is wirJotn in this.- - What right have wo to make any distinction? Or who is abla to lay down the "line Of distinction ? It is wise because then Is Ao respect of person*, and hence there is no 1 cause of complaint. If, becaav^ you are ' rich, or tappo'ed to tie so, no security is rv- ) •paired, while it it required of ona who is j ■ poor, there is cause of unnecessary | grievance, which lbs universal security \ A I rule entirely obviate*, and the man who is , elected to s»eh position expect* to give , his oecnrity, no matter what may b« hi* character or financial resource*. No man 1 f . however wealthy, feet, insulted becsuke. f [ when elected to such office, ha is requited 1 j * to enter security. If, in a private capacity, ' \ the same requirement were tuaile, he might ' i Uwl insulted, but not in this public capaci- « & ty, because it is a matter of law, sad uvl

choice, and of uuiversal application ; -aud*! > the man rather feel* proud -that h» finds no j 1 difficulty in giving security. | Rut notwithstanding all' the prwckutiont i , of the law, the pahlic often suffer* loss in | this respect. This, in some eases, is owing ..to circumstances apparently beyond the I rontrol of tho pnblir, or. those who act for thorn, in taking the required security. Offif cers-havd presented their lecortliei, which , say one might have supposed reliable, . while subsequent events have proved to the contrary, and the public hat hern oom- j - pel led to packet the loss. 1 Iiut, more frequently, the diffic^Jy bat 1 arisen from sheer -neglect or carelessness, 1 und this neglect or carlrtsoes* i* too com1 mon. We repeat.il is lo^cqratnou. Year* may have pasted, and a county, city oy township lout snffcied no loss. Those elected have proved honest men. no reverse' has befallen them, and their accounts have been found to be correct ; hence the ; - public have como to regard the security sjs- > t>-m as little more than a nominal matter; : hut, after a while, circumstances may occur j 1 to open their eyes to to the importance 1 of making il a thing obesity, i j Aud, to bring the metier to tho point 1 . which We design, we will say that there has been too much cnrlet*ne»s on the part of 1 ; our cKy authorities, ever since our- incor1 partition. And wo apeak from act.ul 1 knowledge on tl is subject ; to prove which 1 we cite au instance, of which no tine cau 1 complain. Tho third year after the city of I Cape Rand was incorporated, we happened to be elected to an office, requiring u> , ' to handlo a considerable amount of public ' | money. At tho proper line. we tailed i tt|K>n Ihe authorities to give .security, but • ere informed that we required none, and that our predecessors had given none, be* mora the city charter did not require it. j We reminded Ibi-m that the statutes of j the Elate settled that matter, but llivy t bought not, in t:,u silence of. the | charter. Rut before ae lo< k pail ' session of the paper* and funds belong- i 1 ing to the office, we drew up n-boiMrair- ; >vlf, had it pro|ierly exerbtm. und deliver- | ed it to the aatboritie». The two-ewecied- ' , ing years ure were re eiccimi. and not liking : the Idea ot doing the work of other peiqde < iu drawing' up tbsf btittd, ao guro BO *ecur» i ity, not did any commiline call au u« for a , settlement, during, nor til the close of", the . ; three reors And we believe this is not a r solitary instance of equal carele>sne*s. j SetnetimvK no seour'.ty is given ; -while, in"! , other cu#»-», there are 'twiwT'ilB^ciencie* iu : Ihe bond*, or it grqpl looreoots a* to the ! ' characti.-r of the securities. And we take ' ; the liberty of clulioninj the next City ' • Council, whoever may be elected to till ! that. Roard, (we know nut at the time ' we ; wnte) to exercise the greatest caution. ] Let no one elected to an office requiring ■ bond* exercise the runctipn* of tlDt office. . nntil he ha* given reliable security. Let a i ' | committee thoroughly examine every (iond \ ; before it is signed, aud then' let the incntu- ; Uht present the namea of hit securities ; 1 ant) let-then >;ames be laid before a private ' i session of tho Cooped, and thoroughly con- , Let, in every respect, the gieatest cantipn fo exercised, for the people j ! hare a rignt to expert this at your band*. the l*7c naval battle. 1 Below wc append an account of Iho i ! fight between the rebel and Union war ! vctlcU, ^tear Fortreu Monroe, which ' took place on the lib and 8lh insts : j The Merrimac waa first seen from tb( ( | ramparts ut Fortress Monroe, on her i way to Newport News, nt about a quar- , . i'ter before 1 o'clock. Two rebel gnu - followed her. They nit carried j rebel flag at the stern, nnd bod a • ' French flag at the niaai-heud The 1 Mecrimac also liavl a flag at her bows -j ! which waa deacribed by some as a com- { ' ntodore's bine flag, aud by others as n ' ' block flag. The side*, bows and stem of the Mer- 1 j rimac were covered with* sloping iron- 1 plates, extending about two feet below , ' the water line and meeting above like : the roof of a house. At her bows, on i ' the water-line, are two sharp iron points, ' ' resembling pliiwa, qbont tix or seven ' feet apart, ller number of gans is au- , ' ted at twelve, but sho might not Have i ' so many. At her. bowa were aecn 1 guns, projecting frcm long elllplV ' col port holes. " i Alter firing two gune at the Cumber- t

h| unil, the Merrituac struck her with her ' sharp bows, making a jagged hole in j her at the water-line seven feel in extent. The Cumberland immediately J ' commenced to-sink, when the Merrtmac, ' hacking ajhortdistnpiyvj'nn into Iter a , aeconiJJume/jjlAkingi another terrible . hob iu her, ywbicU catW'd the water to i run into hcXat a fnrionk rate. The , Cumberland yntinbclKffi rf:;g until tho ' water began toetnelCwr port boles, ' i when she. ciircened over slowly and Guai- ! ly sunk nt about S o'clock 1 | Shortly before S o'clock the rebel ' | boats Yorktowu and Jamestown arrived ' from the Jumcs River. The latter wnj » . ; disabled in the fight early in the after- , noon and pat in shore for repairs The . fight wo* now with the Congress, which i ! grounded at -i oMock, and us only n pori j tion of her gum could.be used she had ■ 1 to lower her colors nod surrender, '^lic • rebels burned the Cotigresi ■ during the , ' evening, and at miduight slit; blew up. i Occasionally dpring the night, qnd in the , morning the Merrimac came down and | engaged the Minnesota, which had also grounded. While thus engaged the i Monitor, which arrived from New York ! in the night, surprised the Mt-rrhuuu by , her sudden appeuraner; and but lor Iter i fortunate arrival tho Minnesota might have been lost. The two iron-clad_ vessels, the Me.rri- i • mac and the Monitor, engaged each other for two or three lionr*. at long und i short range. No perceptible effect was ! produced on -cither. Tliev were nlong side of each, other once or twice, : and seenied 'almost to run each Other; 'down; But tlirv soon rcoppehrcd agnin to renew the action. The Kric«*ou buttery finally succeeded iaT forcing a long l hole in the port side of the Mcrrituiu'. 1 and she retired with the wlmie rebel ; ' licet, Nqrlolk, at about 1 o'clock. Willi the assistance of thu steamer 8. j II. Spanlding, the Minusntu was got off.' j Til® Monitor litis come up to the expectations that vvrre formed of her, uud has proved herself impregnable to the | litav irei shot nt close quarters. She be- ' haved-reinarkably well at* Iter passage from New York, uud' ((Ithongh the acq covered her decks. completely at times, her speed did not sectu to be at nil diminished. To her presence here may ' bo attributed the safely of the Minnesota nnd other vessels in port, nnd the final disabling of lite Mcrritnac, which had previously been proof aguinst every - I thing.'' Cap!. Wordcn of the Monitor' ; pat wounded iu the head while he was j i looking out of tho wbeel-ltottsc. No : other nccident of any kinjff occurred to | the battery, op crew. Wo have not yet; any list of the killed aud wounded. Njivnl men ure generally of the opiu- , i ion that, considering everything, the i 1 Rebels had the worst time of it. — i I Without the Monitor, the damage might i j have been knucb more serious.' con-boat" noNrroa. The foilowiug i* the description of , the iron-clad floating battery, Monitq|, ; built in New York, "by" Mr. Krrinoh, and which performed socli' effectual «cr- ! vice in the late engagement with the iron-clad steamer Merrimac: Externally, she 'present* to the fire of j ; the cnemy'i guiu a hull rising but about ' ! eighteen incites above the water, and n ! j sort of Mirlellii lower, tweuty. feet in I i diameter, and ten fecrhigh. The amoke j f stack daring action is lowered into the • ' hold, it being mad® with telescopic i slides. The ball- is sharp at both ends, ' the'bow projecting and coming to a ' ■ point at nn angle of eighty degrees ' the vertical lint-. It is flat bottomed, ' | six and a half feel in depth, ouu liun- ! dred und twenty-four leet long, thirty- 1 | four. feet wide at the top,. and is built of ' ! light three-eight inch iron, Another or ! ; upper hull, reals ou tfiis with pcrpendic- 1 ular sides and sharp ends, five feet high, ! forty feet fonr inches wide, one huudrvd j ( and sevrnty-four feet long, extending.", | otor iht rides cf the lower bull three ! i

f ect scrco. inches, and over oacll end ; f| twenty-five feet; thus serving ns a pro- • tection"To tho propeller, rudder aud on- ' | chor. The aide* of the upper liull arc , composed of an inner gnarJ of iron, n i wull of white oak thirty ivichfS thick, ■ 1 covered with- iron armor six inches 1 1 thick. ^ When in readiness for action, the 1 lower hull is totally immersed, and the upper one is sunk 3 feet C inches leaving . only 18 iuckes above water. The interior is open to :hu bottom like a sloop, ' the deck, which is bomb-proof, coming I flush with the top of the upper hull. 1 'No railing or bulwark of auy kind np- 1 pears above , the deck, and the only ! tilings exposed are the turret or citadel, j the wheel-house, and the box crowning tin smoke-stack. The inclination of tha lower hull is such that a ball to strike ■ it in guy part must puss through al least » So feet of water, ant! then strike an inclined iron surface at an ungio of nbout 10 degrees. In the event or jho enemy i j boarding the battery tliry can do no 1 baatu, as the only entrance is at Ute lop of the turret .or citadel, which cannot ^ easily be scaled, mid even then only 1 ouu aims ot a thnc can descend into the ' i bull. ' " Thi* turret is a revolving bomb-proof fort, nnd inoutiYs two ll-iuch guns. It is protected by eight thickncsA of inch , iron, overlapping so that al no one spot i* there more than one inch tliickiu-ss of joint. . A shell-proof flat roof, or perforaied plite iroti, placed on forged honuiR inserted six in'cius down the cylinder, i covers the lop. The slidiug batch in , this cover i* perforated to give light. , and lor musketry fire iu case the battery is boarded. A spur-wheel, Gj inphea in dinmcier, movc-i bj,n doubl® cylinder cngitie, turustho inrii-t, gun* ulidall, ft . j rod connected uitli i|;c running gear of i I the engine ttnabling tho gunril-r to con; ' ! trol the •aim. The guns move in forged ..iron slide* across tbo turret . the carriage* being made to fit litem accurately. These guns were • furnished with 400 ' wrought- iron - shot by the Novelty Works, each bull weighing 184 pound* and costing $47. The bulls were uuuie by forging square blocks of iron, which were afterwards -turned in the Jutho . Cast iron shot would break against such ft vesjtl as the Merrimac, nnd these shot were forged for the especial purpo*e of smashing through her sides. Lieut, i Wordcn intended, in case the Merrimac j ' did not conic out, to go into Norfolk . ; harbor and lay his vessel alongside of : her there. She has saved him that iron- i t We. | I'tom thi- Am<-rl<sa .Vgriculluri»t j potatoes. small ob lakoe. whole oe cut. "Rig, and the but entj, by all means," says one. ''Cut potatoes, if you want to econbuiise," says another. -"It i* ol J no consequence," says a third. "They j will rot any way," says a fourth. There is a great variety of practice wh ch stiqwa that this very useful vegetn- . bie will" bear more abuse thnu almost any other crop grown npon tho farm. The ' writer has tried almost- all methods and lias settled down npon whole potatoes, an inch to an inch and a half in diamc- | : ter, as on the whole, the most desirable j for seed, taking into account the'immej diate crop and the future welfare of the I J tubera. If wo look merely at the ira- ! mediate crop, we can doubtless get more ■ from a givfln amount of seed to cut litem | into single eyes, than to- plant them I whole Rut we have very strong stispi- j j cion that this catting weakens the alatn•j ina of the^lant, and if followed up with i any widely for a long series of ycats ' would run it out. We ought to follow such u method, if wc can discover it, as > < will keep the pl.tbls in the highest • 1 beaith, and make the crop sure aud're- j . ., ' •- • li ! inunermtive We have grown good potatoes from the smallest setd, a half inch'or le|| in 1 i dimnetrr, but it Wis* only apou very rich t rdll Mid with e-xfra cat^; The objee i lioua to' using large potatoes whole, ure

I the extra expense for seed, as it requirea- ■ from twelve to fifteen bushels to tha ■ acre, and the. overstocking of every hill tending to produce a great many small i potatoes.. The medium sire remove* , these objections, furnishes just about > seed enough, slocks the bills sufficiently, and preserve* the health of the plant!— I Tjiis practice we have followed for scve- > rul years and on the .whoi?, U gives tho ; best result*. If wc adinif the theory tb be correct , ou which the practice is foumled, it ; would not follow that it would in every . case preserve the crop -from disease. — . Almost every variety baa been subject - to catting and to disease for many years, r und no one catt be perfectly sure that hb * • plants a sound healthy tuber if the lite f is everything desirable. If ho coustitu- . .tion has been wiakcqed in uny way it is i muck more likely to he injured by the" , hot, wet weather of August, than a l strong plant would bo. The universal prernl.-ncc of tho rot is probably owing i quite ns much to tho treatment of semi, r u* to soil and climate influence!. ' TO MARE A horse follow too. -Place u briddle on him and turn him into n large stable ; approach him and caress him for u few mimiies.^Urrf take hold of his bridle and tnysrllim toward* you, at the same rime touching b'"! j lightly over the bisfa with a long-whip. [ You will now Uyn him the length of the stable, rnbbiitir him' on tho neck, aud Rpenking to/him in a steady tone of voice. Ky/ry time you turn, touch him, lightly with the whip to make him step up to you. lie will soon learn to hurry ' up. lo escape the whip mid bo caressed,untl ia less than one hour you can mako bim follow you around without taking hold «'f the bridle. If lie should refuse , to folio* you, give him a few *li£rp cut* 1 about the hind leg*, and ho will promptly obey, (live the horse five or six leaton* of one hour each, for as many days -.nBd he will follow anvyheip. 1 A Witritihgton" correspondent of n New York paper says-: 'iThe town listens with delight to n rumor that I'resi1 dent Lincoln ha* declared his purpose 1 to take actual command of the army' and suppress the Rebellion iu Virginia 1 w ithout further cU-iay. The credit of planning the victories which have just saved us Kentucky and Tennessee ir (justly accorded- to him. Whatever plan ; i of action upol the Potomac Hnfc wiil on-' doobtedlr be nis. 'flie actual execution ' ' of i; by tbe President in person would ' j be a splendid surpass. No man in the j'coanlrr could so awaken the enthusiasm | ntid restore lite confidence of the troop*' as he." nv AurnoitiTV. | LAWS OF NEW JERSEY.A further Supplement to an act entitled "An net respecting tho Orphan!* Court altd Ihe power and authority ol surro- : gates." approved April sixteenth, on® thousand eight hundred and forty-six. » 1 Be it enacted by the Henate and Ceneral As-eiubly of lhA .State wf New Jersey,1 : That the citations issned according to tha 1 rlfcmrion* of the sixieenlh and* twenty fourth *ertit.o* of tha act to which thi® i* h ' i supplement, may bo mnde returnable to* 1 ; any day daring the term el tbe court, tut , ..liallhe served at lesvt tin day* before the' day whereon the same shall be returnable. 2. A nd be it enacted. That when it shall ' I be desirable and pruper for any guardian or i rosiest to render an sccoant to the Or. pliant' Court of the proper coanty in thi* 1 state, and the wsrds or other parties inter-' •••ted. or nnv of them, reside oat of this state, Il shall ha Iswfal for soch cu#rdiou or trustee, or any person on hi# behalf, to j serve such citation on anch Wards or other I patties residing out of this slate by ! delivering a copy thereof to them, or by i leaving a copy at their usual place of abodo with sutne while per»on of the ago of four- ! teen years or upwards ; and to make and file with the surrogate an affidavit setting I firth the time, place oad manner of aUch I «crVice, win- re upon tbp ismu shall have the ; force and effect of a service by tbe proper" officer upon such non-resident wards within this State. . . " :t. Aod be il enacted, That this act shsUtuke effect immediately. ApproVeiW cbresry 18th, 18)62. 1ST Advertise your bonnes*.