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VOLUME 8. CAPE ISLAND. NEW JERSEY, THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 6. 1862. NUMBER 23 • — " - - - m, g m — ^ !. : — — • - - - - '-- ■■jflilgiJl. . » r-1

BOWKBOKTHK MUSKH. ONE HWEETLY ROLE** THOUOHT. On «»Mtlr Kilima thcoftit •P» mux heat to-i»jr Tb*a X ever' *«i tclorc ! , Knrrr my tub ftr ton**— Where the mmy muulrat to ; Mmtm Uu (ml whllo throne. Nearer tie crr*ul .e* I Newer the boua£ of Ult. When we Ujr on hunuse Sows ; X wcr ienrtec the eroM. Nee rer w»«rlh< the crown I But lylnf iterkly between. Winding down through the night, -- t» the d«rk and (badowy atream Thru buret* at U»t Into light l r <th*r, perfect ay lore j strengthen the might of my faith : lot ne feel ee I would when I etunl On the roeke of the eh ore of death— IVel aa I would when ay feet An dipping orer tb* brink ; For it any he I am nearer hoar. Nearer cow than i think. ■- BFtLKCT l*fl ftCKl.1 , ANY. : HUMOR by SOLDIER LITE . A private soldier, by the name of ; Richard L-ee, was token before the mag- 1 istrate of QfakifOsr. for playing cards during'divine service. The account of j it is this given In the English Journal : j Sergeant commanded the soldiers at j the church, and vhcti the parson bad ' rend the prayers • be took the text — j Those who had a Bibls took it out, but , Ip'1 neither Bible or Com- • inon Prayer Itopk ; but pulling out a pack of cards, qe spread tbeio out be- j fore him. —He first looked at one card [ and then another. The sergent of the : company saw bin and said : " 'Rrchar.d, put up the cards ; this is , no place for tbem." " 'Never mind that,' said Richard. "When the service was over, the eon- ' stab!* took Richard a prisoner, and i brought him Wore the mayor. " 'U ell says the mayor, "what have.. / yoo brought the soldier here for 7" j < '"For playing cards in church.' j '"Well, soldier, what iiaveyouto say ! for yourself.' " 'Mheb, sir I hope.' '"Very good ; if not, I will punish 1 yoo more than ever man was punished. ' ! " 'I bare been,' said the soldier, ' 'about six weeks on the march. I have J neither BiMc nor Common 1'rayer Book. j i I have nothing bat a pack of curds, and j i I hop* to satisfy your worship of the j i purity of my intentions.' • < "Then spreading the cards before the i mayor, he begou with the oce : i "When I see tile acc it reminds me i that there is but one God. " 'When I see the dciee It reminds i me of Father and 8ou. I " 'When I see the tray it reminds me ] of Father, 8on bud Holy Ghost. * i " 'When I see the four, It reminds me of the four Uvangelisu 'bat preached— i Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. ! '• 'When I see tha five, it remind! me | of the five wise virgins that trimmed ; their lamp*. There wer* ten, but five wer* wiae, and five wer* foolish, and t were shut out. '"When I in the it*, It remiods me j < i _ that in six days the Lord made heaven : and earth. " 'When I tee the *ejen it reminds f tne that on .heY-veath^dey GoU rested < from the ijfr • YeriP he had made, and t hallowed it. " 'When I see the *fght, it reminds o roe of tb? eight righteous persons that C vftenr •' irttd when God destroyed the t world, vis., Noah and Ms wife, his three | c ■ocs and their wi Vet. . j " 'When I see the nine, it reminds mt » of the- nine lepers that' were chased by ■ our Saviour. There were nine oot of t ten who never returned thanks. "When I see the tan, it reminds m* It toM few » *mm 0» Ik. tsblM .|; —Wtool •« Vk< qfeti, : h iwfe*. ,

as he was a man. She -brought with ' her fifty boys and fifty girls all dressed ' in boys apparel, for Ki«\g Salomon to : tell which wsre girls. Kiog Solomon sent for water for tbem to wash ; the ; girls washed to the elbows, and the boys i to the wrists, so Ring Solomon told by i that.' j " 'Well,' said the mayor, 'yon have | given a description of ail the cards in the psck-except one ' " 'What is that ?" " 'Tho knave said the mayor. ! " 'I will give your honor a description of that, too, if you will not be anBr;.' " 'I wtfl not, said,' the mayor, 'if you j do not term me to be (be knave.' . " 'Well/ said lb* soldier; "the great- 1 est knave that I know of is the cotfsia- j ' ble that brought tne here,' ! '"1 do not know,' said the mayor, 'if | he is the greatest knave, bat I know ' f i that be is the greatest fool.' " ^ " 'When I count how many spots In a I > pack of cards, 1 find three hundred and 1 r i tixty five — us ma-y days as there are in j a year. J " 'When T count the number of cards j , in a pock, I find there are fifty-two — the ! number of weeks in a year ; and 1 find [ i four suits— the number of weeks lu aj, ' month. ' — ' - j i " 'I -find there arc twelve picture j i | cards in a |>ack, representing the nuni- [ ■ bet of months in the year; and on count- - | ing the tricks, I^nd thirteen — the num- 1 ' j her of weeks in a quarter, t J " 'So you aer, sir, a pack of cerds ; , I serves for a Bible, almanac, nnd Com- j , . mon Praye^ Book."' | "*" ~ i ' THE MOTHER DO VS. i The old mectiug- house was to come i I down, so that the new one might stand i otKlhe same spot. The church hod a ' | liigb,- *e»y higiraterple, which could be j seen a great way off, and to which many 1 1 eyes had often been tftrued to see which | way tho goiden roostdr on the top was ( looking: .as lie alwdys kept his eye di- , reetly on the wind, no matter how hard , the gale might blow. t The first thing was to get ths high j steeple down with safety and witfwtf' ( crushing the buildings. So a man ' I climbed far up toward the top, and fast- j j t-ned a strong rope around it. The j rope was a verf long one, too. The , next day they want into the beffry, and | sawed off n number of .the strong tim- J hers on which the steeple stood. They < seemed like legs, and were probably as 1 blgb as two men wonld be were one 1 placed upright upon th* shoniders of 1 another. Now, then, tlie street is fall of men i ( and boys, a great many of abom lake,, hold of the long rope, to pull the stee- > > pie ov«r. But they must go a long di*away, or it wBI fall upon tbem. | • " Ali ready ?" cries out the master- [ > , carpenter. j " All ready," shout in answer, scores ! ' : of voices. j "Pull carefully I" ! Bo they all began to pall, the men to ! ( give the word, and the boys to shout, j the poor old steeple began to j , tremble on Its faltering leg?. I i It seemed almost to sbodder at the l awful fall which it must make. It made » one almost feci sorry to see it Just ! then there came a beautiful, solitary, white 1 i dove, end flew round and round ihestce ^ pie, not daring to tly into it, and not be- i iuc »ble to leave it. She was evidently ( aware thet some great diaaster was about \ befall the steeple. , " that dove " — exclaimed a huu- c j dr*d voices. < ' '' Poor thing ! she. must. b*»e yoang I | ones up in the old steeple I" exclaimed a ' j few persons. Again they polled away, and again ; . the old steeple tottered and tyled. The , distress ot the poor bird was now so great that all the shouts were bushed. | Every person fc'l jorry far the bird.— , Not a voice «•» bsard ; end they pulled i« |v

i the rope, the old' aienpre again reeled, 1 and the old timbers again cracked — t^c i bird hovered a moment* «n ber wings, i and just at that moment the steeple fellshe darted up into il entirely out of i view — for one instant more the lofty spire poised and trembled, and then it : came down with a crush that crushed - , every timber in it, and made the ground j tremble. I went to it. and there I ' ' found the poor littie dove lying between ' j her two little white children, ail thrco I . dead. " I * Alas I poor dove! You were willing j , | to die for and with youc-yung hut you < ! could not save tbem. j i j But Oh l.,whtn Jrsns died fpr men lie 1 saved them. Heparan up ont of the 1 grave, and will bring Bp nil bi^ people ; ' I out of death, and will to Ye thi-m stive j I for ever. lie didiuot die in vain, like;' ; the poor dove. Fertile '•Ceti* Ware.* i' ooaiiv. Althongh miici* ha' bf«n wtitfen. and ! 1 ; many npiuioi^ adXneed oh tbivsubj-ct, yet ' I il evens audi an influence lipan a person's character nod reputation, ll.ul it .i* at ways j presenting Itself in a new and different j ' Iicbt. We are all vlavea to its baneful In. j ' i fluence. and more or less subjected to its ' { wbilhertng tonga* and unjust and outra- | 1 j geous slander. No period is so remote, no i ' | clime so distant, no court <>o polished, nr. i | nation so limpU and oaeontaminated, no ■ j cio.ster so scclmled. no army so powerful tin person so pure and- Righteous, and ro i individual so acute as not to be exposed to this nil-pervading and pernicious element'. It is found and felt io all ages, in sill na | J j tions, in all ctiaies. niaee man left thn j i nleoaant Kden, it has trodd.-n down sweol j ' flowers whieb-*»<w along his pathway, und I . j rnftde thdrns and thistles tii spring up io ] ! their stead, has established falsehood and ! malignity upon the ruine of troth/and jnstand blasted the'bopes of munVn youth- j , ful worshipper at the .tKWhe- of ommi — Why 1Mb is and has beeo lLu «ae* i* es- • j plained by tho fact that it i> opposed to ' every principle of honor, truth and justice, i bus error or envy for iu foundation, is an enemy to friendship, srfeiubijity and character— ami often indulged in Mr the purpose ( of injuring, slandering and defaming the ' . morality and nwpectabllity-Df the lanocent. ; f Under the cloak of friendship, society 1 f thro* oat insinuations ami sfanderoc* reports about a person's conduct hud conversation, which bosom* current among ! ^ that class whose minds oro subtle and casi- 1 ly bent, and always willing to rrcatTo any rumor which bas a tendency to injure and ' him in the estimation of the world ' indulge in this practice from (he \ " want of some interesting tonic of converts I lion, and il becomes so in-tilled luto their i very being, implanted in their nattiVe, that j it is converted by degrees into a part of 1 their existence to babble their opinions an ' j conjectures to the world, without an j re l gard whoee ratoe and character lUay 'are i i destroying, through the inflcmce of dii-ir j ' ! tattling tongues. Among each, there it r disposition o be I ' | contmnally talhlog— ll-ey know not silence ; J in company they are the moat forward sod ' sesnmiriR, and ulthongh conversation upon. [ and di<r union of, int ertsti w and improvtcg ' j topics, each as history, literature and the > I affairs of their ooonlry affords oo cora'fort 4 | Md pleasure, and tho society of the learned I and intelligent i* avoided, yet they always 1 will have something to talk.abont, and of < 1 coarse add to suit their oau desires end t love of beings heard. Reveilibg in anch '1 liberties, they hot unly add, but invnt. and < ir in any #ajL_-wffended with eneuiias or 1 fritndt. (as friendship is bat a nam* to r tbem.) pvroiil themselves tu -revile withont I any limit; although, parbaps, at the same ; time intending nu injury. And what ra f dress ha* the injured |>arty 1 Can he ferret nut the offenders 1 Can be defend himseli by means of the. pen ! Is there any way by which ha can have retaliation, or justice ' done him J Shall he resort to anger, and j endeavor to find nnt and punish the cnl priut No! There is an way left bat qui , ally to submit to tho creel injustice, and ( •d-pcud npon the good U*M of the eommu- ! city, whether or not Uuy will credit every , idle saying which baa oo foundation whatever. J ShonW g person attempt to vindicate ' klmsair, A would only be a fraitlau endear 1 and ae satiafacUen to himself P* friend* I No anther ctold b* fhe*d. and th* osiy to. 1 •' # '!

, ply would be— -'Il ia the common talk." And the mare fact ol resenting tha rumor" woulfl. again, by the vary same people, be represented at coaclutira evidence that . there-must be some truth and correctness I for thetalk. j Does this seem right? I* it law? It it j justice? h it huoianity ? (Yet there is no | alternative but to submit to the sad fact. 1 " Curse the tocgue j lYhes« sUaderou* rumor, lilt* the adder"! drop. ■ ■ Distils her vcaon, withering (r.eadihlp's lalth." , The christian, who io,tbe;midtt;of tempt- ) atton has the moral courage to refrain from ' 1 doing wrong, aod float more to alavala the I standard of Christianity than tfao'so who | ' babble their creed to men, nnd practice not I ■ , its precepts, the soldier who performs acts • 1 ! of val»r, ami become* distinguished for hit j courage, bravery and perseverance, the me- ■ j cbanic who attends lb htj own n flairs, and I ^ is busily engaged it* I. is daily pursuits — alt J j alike are tuhjerled to the relentless grasp j | a«*marciless hold of a gorsiptng world. | I Tha qo^tion then might arise— who, and | j among what class, am those to be foondT" : who indhl .-Q iu this practice, and resort to , I ; this conlvmukable plan of maddliog with J • other peqple a business ? Fawning, flatter- ; | !-iug friiinja. syiH|iallii*niR coiiipaainns, jeal- i •>os of iiotoriVtT, and envious of reputation, | j ftroftinng. nftl-r. friendship* of the Irpest 1 | character, amy apparently endeavoring to! outvie>«cli''bther in deeds of kindneri, yet t beneath the surface of the deed itseif, j • '"VVhlle mlagUng truth with UUrhocd, sseera with ; ^ imtlsw, ^ ^ b f I ' • ' * . influence* go forth, which, like * mbUrra- ' nean stream, injure and destroy th«« plants | ; which bloom above, and ultimately And nn ; outlet where often they blast a person's ! prospect, welfare and happiness for life.— j 1 Ilowr accustomed some are >o speak lightly r j of their neighbor, without any cause what- j ^ ever, or t^o believe every statement eminat- ^ . Irofn an idle brain and utulicioas heart. ! j They become. to Insrto selfcstemn, so ad- j ^ ; dieted to the habit of gossiping, as to lose j every principle of honor, respect and truth- ^ I '• Suspicion Isaunu the guilty mind." and 1 1 | verj^oftgB thft desir^a and plans of such, < however mocfc they may emlcavor to hide { C • them, are embodied in eacli look nnd act, I i , and thoub the mwfk may ifl for a time j ^ j closely," it- map at last full, and reveal the j ; true character of the wearer. Acting thus. I 1 shows not only foolishness and great fully, j • b^t great viciou-to s* of ininJ, great indif. ! ® j ferenro to troth and falsity, and to the w*i I ' ! ftre, prdsperity, homdnoss and good of oth- 1 1 j ere. The-e isTv»*reBl|> n in g. no rellec: on, |l ! no seeking uftor trntii, with such minds, j ' I hat a mere gratification of scandalizing ami 1 , j defaming Dors such a thing as true friend- . I ship. exist among tliem ? I | | Cat) confidence and trust, reliance nt.d ' I assurance, credit and faith, he placed in | ■ tbem? Certainly not. j Hear what Dope say* aboot anch : [ " Ttie ttj la- rumors Kiiher'd as they roil'd -, | Scarce any talo wa« aoaaer hearvt tliaa told, ! 1 And a!l who told It added something tew, And alt who heard It, made enlargements too: 1 . la svsry ear It spread, oo ctcrj" tongue it grew". ' j ThaiA lortun*. however, there are thou- j I in trhoin. wo can place implicit confiib>ucr. j j .ho are not tniluencVd and changed by r». | j c. y tide, bat even in adversity extend to j yoo cheCful, welcome and kind greeting. | and artiwilling always to stand up nobly In ! vindication of a friend's character— with j j feeling* emanating from a pare and Intty 1 soul. Although such "are few, like angel's ( ^isrts," yel Jk*f~g»a to bo found. Enrh , frlond*hip* when tried is the allay bf our sorrows, the ease of our passions, the dischargn of our oppiwesionv, the unctaary to ' onr calainitjei, the counselor of our doubts 'the charity of our mi nrf*. the ommisHon of ' our ibnnghts, the oxorcise and improve- < meat of what "we meditate. Would that ( none could prove recreant to, and consider ( lightly the beoe6ts accruing and adranta- ( go* derivod.from, tha principles of true - friendship. Jctmrx. VOTED UfeHfTOE DOWH. I We have beard a good story, told by I ton of Erin'u Isle, which is worth .re- c pealing : r Some two years ago there was quite < a struggle between two prominent politi- t cians of Weavereville, as to which should go delegate to the Bute Convention. ( evening jtrior to holding the Copnty Convention, Jodge M nnd Squire J each had bailou printed ] with the names of their friends npon , tbem. The Judge's delegates were bra* I and before -miring b« consoled bio. • : jT

•elf by loading his hst with bricks. Next morning, in good season, noting ' npon the principle that "n hair qftbe dog is good for the bit*," Joirt as he was calling for the decoction, Billy Yfd Blarney stepped into the saloon and «a-" dated the Judge, when the following din- ' iiogoe ensued j *. "The top of the mernin' to ye Jndge. And the martherin' tbavesbate us lul j night entirely— the corus of the world - j light on them ?" "Qood morning. Biliy. Yes, the Squire was rather heavy. But I say, Billy, I understand von voted against j me. How is that !" I "Billy McUlamcy voted against ye f I Tbe lying spalpeens ! By mo sowl, | Judge. I would rather have me whisky flopped for a yea# than to d-j that saraa thin#."" | "What ticket did you vote, Biily 7" "p* "And sure, I voted the ticket wid yer honor's jjame on the topaviL" "But. Billy; my name was last on the , — at the bottom." Tbi* was rather a puzzler for Billy ; 1 he scratched Itts bend for nn instant, | then suddenly exclaimed ■ I "Ilnjl lock, and what a fool I am 7 / j Votr<l my ticltl fjmdt doicrt /" j The Jadgo immediately ordered an for Billy ; he fairly beat bim | on the examination. — Trinity (CW.) 1 Journal. advice to soldiers. Some years ago, Sir Charles Napier the following advice to n Bristol regiment in Caicnttn, which is just as apI plicahle to onr own soldiers io tha South : j " Let me give yoo a bit of advice,— i that is, don't drink. I know young men not think* ranch about advice from old I They pal their tongue in their |«heck, and think that they know a good : 4e»l better than the old cove that is glvthem advice. But let me tell voir I that yoo are come to a country whore if ' I you drink you itrr ,1 dtad man " If you are sober and ateady you'il ! get on well ; but if yon drink, you are dons for. You will eithciv.be invalid or J die!" I kncw\wo regiments in theooun- | try — one drank, Ihe other didn't drink. | The one that did drink has been all but destroyed. I know there are some met* | who will drink in spite of* Ibeir officers, j such men will soon be in the bospi- ; tal, and very few in tUi» country that ! go in ever come out ngoin." religious training of children. I Many parents are doubtful whether • their childreq will hold out in a religious" I life. That depends apoa' whether tho*parents will bold ont or not. If you I tiring yowr child to Jesus, If yon tesch j him to Ityre-tWSsvionr, and that the' j Saviour lbves him, if yon. teach him to ! please Oo\ and instruct him in the ways by which Qod i« to bo pleased if, when h/ does wrong, yoo carryAfeirn to the Scriptures, and 6bow him what they teach in the offending matter, If, when. he giveaway to his passions, yoa expiain to him the philosophy of ths pasalons, ami tbe will of God respecting ' them, if ypn lake him by the hand and lend tim, *tep by- step, through all tbe educalion*of hiraemptr and feelings, and continue to help bim as long as hs Is a child, then he will bold oot. If you will pcraevere, your child wijl persevere — That Is the meaning of the declaration— "Train np a child in the way he should * go, and when he is old he will not depart from it." If yen simply Instruct m child in the way be should go, and do not train him, but lenvo him to taka enre bf himself, there is greak dangsr \ that be will depart from it Give a yoong maJia tastTfor readiog nnd in that aingle disposition yon hav« .furnished hiin with n great safeguard — He has fotwd at home that which otl err have to seek abroad, namely, pleagorable excttemenl. he haa learn, d to thiuk even when his book it «o longer ia h o and it is for waat-of thinking- thnx youth f*> to roin. ' . I' - * - .