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CAP-E ISLAND. NEW JERSEY, TlIURSl) AY. OCTOBER 16. 136-3. _

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il'l'Vl H. OK Till. MIM'S. THE GERM OF THE BEAUTIFUL. Scatter tbc ftnn* of Uie beautiful, „ j By the »»y«ldr let fees fall, i That the ruer may spring by the rotteye a*t*. And the tlae-aa the cardan wall. Cover the rough and the rude of earth With a a*il of learaa and flowers, ' And naik with theejwnlnf bud and cup The march of auauaer hoora. Scatter the pnaa o I the beautiful la the holy ahrlne of home ; let the pure, and the lair, and the (fretful there, U their loielleat luatre eoine j t tare net a trace of deformity In tha teaple of the heart, But rather about tta heart the feme „ m Nature and of Art. Scatter the (emi of the beautiful In the temple of our GodTho Sod who eta r red the upltftrd eky, And flower'd the trampled aod. When he built a temple for hlauelf, • And a home for hie ptleatly race. He reer*d each arch In eyametry, And curred eaeh line In (raee. •ratter the (era* of the beautiful In the depth of the beautiful noul : They (hall bud and bloeeom, and bear the fruit. While the endleae age* roll. Plant with the Sower* ol /parity • The portala of the tomb, ' And the fair and the pure abovo fhy path In paradise ah .ill bloom I aKLKCT~MI~BC K N Y- ~T~ RA80ETWEM 07TKE REBEL AE*Y. Everybody has read of the Jamons ' •rray of PalctafT, with whom that val- ; iant knight refused Xo march through j Coventry. According to his report there was but a shirt and a half in bis [ whole commaud, and a wag, who met : him by the way, inquired if ho had not unloaded all the gibbets in the country | and pressed the dead bodies I The rebel army that recently crosstH from Virgin - iuto Maryland, and then skedaddled back again, is, according to all accounts, . no better off lhau tho one Falstaff so graphically describe*. We hare repeatedly heard of the raggednessof the rebels, hot a description of the inrading army, gireo by one of our surgeons who was eapluredjft Har- | per'a Perry, caps the climax of all for- I mer report!. FT- had the opportnnfty ' of seeing the whole of the fotjei nader Longsttfcet'a command ai they,,, passed s ' prominent point on thcirretreal. They - were two corps i'armtt : tbey marcltud i io two solid col omns over the bridges I at the Ferry, a^d were about fifteen i hours in passing. This gentlemen I » counted the numbers tn a gireo time, < asd then made a rough estimate of the l whole force? hie reckoning would show i those corps alone numbering close upon i 60,000. He bad heard the nsnsl accounts of the costume, appearance end condition of the rebel army, and, like most of us, 1 eupp'osed them exaggerations. But be i now says that no descriptions he has ' seen approach the truth. There neTer 1 wes beheld such a gang of ragged, i rowdy-looking men. It' wet like an i army of rag-pickers. There was no i uniform or' attempt at uniform. Offi- | eera and men were equally dirt> and < dingy. The hats were commonly old i "Wide Awakee," stained by a long cam. i paign, often with the tops gone nod the < hnjr streaming out. . The troweere were i all colors, and generally in tatters up to ■ » theknaes. The coats, If tbey bed any 1 were dirty and ragged, and often well , greased by the piece of bacon which i eecb man carried oa his bayonet. The 1 shirte were' black with long osc. One i rebel officer told him that he bad not been able to change hie shirt- for six i weeks. Their blankets were of all col- f ore and materials —often bits of carpel- 1 ing and old bed comforters. Nearly ( one half of the men were bare-footed. « Thoy carried their crackers and bollets i and eapa all together in their pockets. 1 Both officers aod men were excessively 1 looay. and the stench from the passing enlumus was almost unbearable. c As they marched by, oar men (prison- , ere at the Fstry) were surprised at first c at the grea^nnmber of field-officere, rid- k lag in the lines, and then at the small k nnmbera gathered around the flag* $ Their first theory was that throe were t sections of regiments, each with a sep- 1 crate flag. Bat It was soon discovered c that tbey were hmn/it regiments, aum- \ ^

i beringirom 150 to 300 men, with their ! own banners and mounted officers. - Many of tbese regiments, it was said, had numbered 1,000 and 1,100 men. ! Thsir method o( treating tbeir sick and ' wounded wonld account for much of this ! diminution. After each regiment, fol- ' lowed some half-dozen men with stretchI cm. and whenever a roan fell oat of tl^e ; ranks from sickness, he was taken at i once to the nearest house, and left' there ; to the mercies . of the coontry people. ' . So with those wounded in battle. They i ! vfere never carried with the nrvn± ^The i men there by bo means in good ^Spirit*. ; They said tbey had . been- constantly j ; walking since the battles before Rich- ; ' mond, and with very little to eat. They , reproached Jackson with working them*; too hard. Thero was no enthusiasm shown by any of them, and the North j : Carolinians and the Irish were particu- | \Jarly lake warm. The .Virginians alone j expressed soma bitterness on account of t | tbe ravages which their^tato 'had buIT- ' ' ered. Tbey evidently felt the deepest | j disappointment nt their reception in ' ; Maryland. With regard to the luture j ; prospects ot the war, their great hope j and sustaining assurance was that tbe two new levies, Ky volunteering and j ; I drafting, eonid not possibly be raised at the North. We had come, as tbey thonght, to the end of our power, and i | we should soon be compelled to acknow- j ledge the independence of the South. I This snrgaon's opinion of the physi. | que of the rebels it also interesting, be- j rauso he is a judge of such matter*. He says that it is far inferior to tbat cf our men, and they evidently suffered for want of food and overwork. Even the horses looked wretchedly. -It is evident from this, and other rc-. ports we have seen, that McClellan has a splendcd opportunity to uttrrly dekHFoy tlie rebel army which infded Maryland. .Men can only fight on erastomachs and endure long and haras- 1 sing marches, where victory and plunder ] reward thtm. Tbese rebels, when they fled beck into Virginia, evidenty wan- jted both food and rest, and a vigorous | following up of our victory of Wednes-1 day, last week, wonld easily hnve scat- 'I terred and demoralised them, if it bad j not resulted in tbe capture. of the whole | rebel army. — Brother Jonathan. A SAO ASD TRUE HISTORY. I Two years ago, along the flowery ' banks of a little rivolet that ran laugh- ; ] ingly through one of the valleys of Old ! a maiden and her lover walked. Both were young, one was beautiful, and. both were sad. It was a farewell meeting. Tbe lovers bad met to ex- . change their vows anew, -and then to i part — he to embark as a sollor upon a vessel bound for America, she to remain j at home, patiently counting the locg j months tbat wonld elapse before tbey I . coold meet again. Those lovers were ) rude, ignorant and superstitious peas- j j ants. They knew bnt little, but their j . was great. Fondly tbey pledged j each other tbeir eteroal troth — linger- ' i ingly they held each dther in a -Tsi em- ; — slowly, and wi^h bleeding hearts j i and swimming eyes they parted. Three months afterwards, a letter i reached the home of the yonng girl, tbe captain of the ship in which i lover bad sailed. He had been drowned, and in bis chest were found i papers tbat enabled the captain to inform her of the fate* that > had befallen i hire who alone had- made earth happy to i Not long aflerAbis, there came to that I country, the apostle of a new faith. .He was a man of strange and fervjd elo- i ' lie drew a picture of k new home in a new worid. Be peopled that I ■ with saints— he filled it, with tbe i glories and delighu or. Heaven brought i eartb. He proclaimed himself the i seat by God to lesd his chosen i children to this promised land. The parents of tbe yonng .girl of.^i

r whom we have-spoken took her jCo-iieicri . . to this strange and enrapturing- Ais- 1 , course. For many weeks a deep nod . profound stnpbr had settled npou her, I and sbo lived like one in A dream. She i listened to the wild 'enthusiasm of the - Mormon propagandist with a stolid spa- • thy, until he chanced to pronounce the i word " America." That word — the t name of the la/Id for which her lover had • j sailed — acted on her like a spell. She < . listened henceforth as one entranced, j ' i and at tho close of tbe discourse nbc ■ ; sought out the preacher and conysrsed I , i with him. . ml ' r i What lies he told hen-^what canning - 1 arts he used to draw hero* — what spells : r : he threw around her in the name of re- ; h ligion — wilf never be known. In a few 1 i j days the missionary hoarv-hesded, and i ! the ha*ban<TWfcA h .rem of wires in the - ; citj of tbe Great Salt I&kc, urns scaled i ' as tbe husband A)f this poor and betnti- ■ f i fol young girl, and Jkre long, with lis i • ' colony of converfs,'' and his yonng wife, j I j embarked for tbe laud of lbs New Jeru- ' i ! salem. . \ I Last Satorday they reached tb is city, j ! | In the peaceful twilight of lite day, tbe j i j poor, deluded Mormon wife, seperaring I 1 1 herself from her companihns, walked i ; I «iown to ths river's brink. Slie stood ' 'upon' its bank, and watched its angry . I ] and turbulent flood hurrying on towards ! the sea. She heard w footstep behind ] her; she '.nrned ber head and beheld j her lover, he whose grave she bad be- ] lleved to be in the ocean, and to he reu- • nited to whom, in the spirit Iffnd, she ■ ' had sold herself on earth. A wild shriek piercid through the I evening air She rajsed'her arms to- i wards Heaven — up towards tbe eternal j sky, and tnrning, Icaped madly into the ! rapid stream. WitlfOut a word he fol- j lowed her — for a munierj^tucy were both j lost to eight — they cO»o again, clasped in each other's arms— then suuk to *rise i I no more. j A crowd of agitated nnd weeping women gathered on tho bank, from whom . -.our informant learned the incidents of j this strange story. One of them who 1 had known this UkaurreA couple in I Wales, had met the lover a few moments j before. Tbe story of bis death was false. He had been picked up by n ! whaling vessel, carried to "the coast of I Oregon, and from thence he was making I his way eastward. She had told biai ' ' j his betrothed was 'on the river bank — he , hastened to meet her-i-and died with — St. Joseph {Mo.) Journal USEFUL INFORMATION. - O. What is dew ? A. Dew is the vapor of the air con- 1 1 denied by c«min£ in contact witb bodies 1 coHt'r than itself. - Q Why is the ground sometimes cov--; ered with dew ? j. A. P»caose the surface, of the earth, , , j (at sontel) is made very cold by radia- ■ , ao that tbe warm vapor of the dew , is chilled by contact an4 condensed into j i I dew. * ] Q. What is tha difference between dew ! and raiu ? A In dew, the condensation is made near tbe earth's surface. > In rain tbe drops fkll from a consider- 1 able height. , Q What is the canse of both dew j and rain T < A. Cold eondenring tbe vapor. of the • air when near the point of saturation. . 1 Q. Why do mist and ^eg~Tafiish at ' sunrise ? A. Became the condensed particles ( are again eharged into invisible rapor ; , tbe heat of the sun. i Q. Why is the earth made colder than I the air when the son has .set t A. Because the earth tadiates heat < very freely, bnt the air- dues cot, in conof which, tbe eartb is five or ( degress colder than the air (after , t.) although it was much warmer , than the air daiing\he. whole day. - < Q. Why is the earth, warmer than tbe ( air daring thg day I j «

I A. Because the - earth absorbs solar ; I beat very freely, but the air does not ; ; in conscqaence of which it is often matryj degrees warmer than the air during tbe : djy. Q. Why is tbe surface of tbe groaodi. colder in a fiue, clear night than in a ; t cloody day ? * - j A. Because on a fine, clear, starlight I i night, beat rad'miet from the earth free- ; r i ly. and is lost in open spare ; hut on w ; , dull night, the clouds arrest The process ; i of radiatinu. [I Q. Why is dew deposited on a Goc, 1 clear night ? " A. Because the surface of the ground j : radiates beat most freely on a fine night; j and (being cooled dowi^ by this loss of , heat) chilis the vapor of the air into ] I i dew. ^ , ' Q: Why does abniidance of dew in I : the morning, indicate that the day will { i be fine ? i A. Becsuse dew is. never deposited! hi dull, cloudy weather, bat only in ve- ; , | ry clear, calm nights; when the cold] f currents ol air arc not mixed with those ! j of-a warmer temperattfre. , [ Q. Why is there no dew on a dull, ] . | cloudy night ? * ; j A. B» cause the clouds arrest jhe re- ! ' diation of heal from the earth ; and (as ' the heat cannot escape) the surface is 1 not sufficiently cooled down to chill the ] vapor of the air into dew. Q. Why is a cloudy night warmer i than a fine one ? i A. Because the clouds prevent tbe ' radiation of heat from the earth ; in consequence of which the surface of the • I earth remains warmer. j A Suokt Axswca. — t'ne of tho enrolling i | marshal!, the other day, received a strong ' ; hint from a down-town female.— Stopping ' ' at the lady's boose, he found her before her I i I door endeavoring to effort with a vegetiibln . j huckster a 20 per coot, abatement in the i I price of a peca of tomatoes. < . '• Have you any men here, ma. am !" - The reply was grufT and cart — "No." j ' " Have you no husband, madam i" j "No." •• X or brothers ?" j "No." ' " Perhaps you iiare a son, ma'am.?" i " Well, « hat of it V j " 1 should like to know where he is." 1 ; •• Well, he i»n't here." | " So 1 see. maJam. Pray, where is he !" I 1 j " In the Union army^ vkert you ought to i i be.h * ] Tho marshal hastened around the corner. - j He didn't further interrogate the lady. — i j / At7a. North American. ■ t THE AST OF LAUGHING. The man that laughs is a doctor without ; | a diploma; his face does more good in i 1 sick rdo.m than a bushel of powders, or a 1 1 ] gallon a f bitter drawgbtr-* People are al- j ' j ways glad tn see him— their hands instinct- '. ! j g° half way ouk to meet "his grasp, i j while they # turn inyolunlarily from the I i clammy touch of the fiyspepsic who speaks j 1 I on tha groaning key/ He laughs you out j 1 | of yoar fault*, while you never dream of be- i j ing offended with him ; and you know not ' what a pleasant- worid yo%»re living in.ua- ' til he points out the sunny streaB»--<inJts . pathway. j IIowEstcx.— Jo« Robinson enlisted in - the 190th Regiment, of N^w York State j [ Volunteers. The men were jn cemp on the island, and (hair friends were oiten via- , iting them. Joe'a brother John, came to ] see him, and found Joe verj home-sick He begged so very hard for John to get a furlough that hie brother went to i the Colonel and told him his sister was 1 dead, aod be wished leave for his brother] to go home for a few daye. Consent was ] < given ; and as they were leaving the ground j c ' one of tbe men who heard of Joe'a afflic-, « j tton.-and wished to say eometbing asked I how long hie aister had been dead ? Joe eaid, "A boot ten rears !" aod want on ^ hie way rejoicing. - , Gf&pel ministers sboaid not Be too hasty j aad eager to wipe off any aspersion that is east on them falsely for Christ's sake. Dirt - oo the character, if unjustly throws, tike i 1 dirt on the clothes, should be let alone for j 1 a while until it drits, sod then it will reh j j off easily enough. j 1

j TRUTHS AND TRIFLES. Tout's So.— "There's a greet variety of -jbdnorable pursuits in life." remarked'Jenh* ] seMggtioasly. "but, just now, there is one in paryewiar that etrikes me as being specially'nob^e, and deserving of success.'' L "What's that, sir T' asked tbe bystander ; dreamily. '"The pursuit of ti e rebel invaders !" re- [ plied J. "Mr. Brown T own you s grudge remember that-sir."' , "1 shall not be frightened, then for 1 , never knew you to.pay anything that you 0-." — . It is told of a Connecticut Ceid-officer- . bag tor acquainted with firming than sof . drering, that when cireamstances placed ** - him in commaud of his regiment at ilatte. res, he wished to ibtiqae his column in ! marching, and gave the order, "Haw around : that mud-puddle." Tree charity it never lost. It may be«f j no service to those it is bestowed upon, yet ' it ever doeu a work of beauty and grace opi on tbe heart of the giver. One of our soldiers who was in tho Pitt*. I burgh Landing battle, happened to be inor1 diiMtely food of card-pleyiog. During the battle be boil three of hie fingers shot off. Holding up bis mingled member*, he gazed at them witii ineffable sorrow, and exclaim- „ i ed. as a big tear stole into the corner of his I eye, " 1 shall never be able to bold a tull ' ban J again." Poor fellow ! • A Frenchman having heard tho phrase. " lv> got other fish to fry." very readily Ibarm-d its application. Hoe evening, after » c«corting a lady home, and being invited to waik in. he thought of the above expression, and excused himself by saying, ".I tank you, mum ; 1 must go cook some fish." A portly young friend of ours, tho other* ; day contemplating for some minulea tho , pooderuu* dimension* of our townsman |j 's leet. and then in a tout oi otter 1 wond«r, said, as he surveyed the mlto^s u;>works: "Could have been a very tall ] if thoy hadn't bpot you off eo far np.*> The gentleman who has been trying -to- " nme the wind," Gods himself," blown "all over town. Tbe time wher. the wind is most destructive to forests is when it is chopping round. Notwithstanding the saying of physicians that perspiraton is frequently checked by a draught, .-vo noticed that when a draft was tal'/ed or. a great many able-bodied men were geiiiog into a sweat about it. Fonts line tbe hedges along the rood of life ; let (be wise pass with a smilo and a It has been asked if. now that postage stamps have become legal tender, there ia mot danger that somebody may get stuck? ] Aim to bo in all things acceptable to Cod, and ;op nee-Pirnubleyoursclf but little I about the opinions of men. i Driveka.of mail stages are "exempt from ; draft;" nnd Artemn* Ward tells of an in- * * stance in which' Bixteen able hodied matt bought » mail stage line, pat on sixteen ; horses, and tho whole sixteen mew drove ; the same stage at the same time. Tbe ler- ; gest number of letters known to have been I carried at any one time was sixteen. Fas setfgrrs seldom traveled ia the etage: the | roads' being rough they prerered walking. " Cotton is going to be drafted. I tea." remarked Valentine, languidly, as he dallied j with the last "English Items." l .. " Drafted 1" exclaimed Orson, " Cotton f ; drafted 1" > " Yes," replied Valentine. " they are tryto find a substitute for it in England." The market gardener, in one respect, ia like tbe policemen ; be has*his regular J&\ . Tub "'Ocrcr*r!ON or F'BKDRatrx."— Huggand klstinig Maryland, who is overjoyed see lum safe oat of tbe rebel clutches. ] Women are called the softer mx," bej they are io easily hnmbngged. Oat j of otiq hundred girls, ninety-five would prefer ostentation to happiness — a dandy husto a mechanic. A philosopher on being asked from wheoee he received, hia first lesson, in wisdom, replied, " From the blind, who never take a step until thoy have, felt the gronodbefore them." A fiueh of hope rendera toil and trial ] beautiful, as tbe tuobeam gives a sparkle to the wtour's frost. j I "If God "and conscience approve, it mat- ! tare little who mav coadema. I' „