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VOLUME S.

CAfg ISLAND. NEW JERSEY, THURSDAY. APRIL. 16. 1363.

NUMBER 45 "

$ctotr of % glnsts. from the WUJs WqrlA | tnmXAlO AID IHADCWi. ■T t. W. T AM CtlK. Lift has jU light* and shades. It* snnsbina and iU shower*. Both grief sad pleasures bright Mark ell tbf pamlng boor* ; We often find the thorns Amid the sweetast blooms. And often pleasures me'rred By heavy. derk'oing gloom*. life he* it* cent* end toil*. Iu rest end joy* supreme. S cloudy tkie* foH oft. ■d sonshine, too, I ««eo . J wbsn the *ho»ere descend. And alTwems cere end peiu. l.et iu renumber then *j The wn still thine egein. Stint HtuaUmn. ABSOLUTIONS Deseed et tbe Iota eeeslon of the Now Jersey Annual Confereoee of Ike M. E. ; Church, ct Borliugton, X. J., with ouly | " one disMntiog sole WHKRCAS.Thenrmed rebellion egaiiiit , the authority of the government uf this ( leod *till continues, participation in f which wes declared by thin body, at its ( ■+> last session, to io«olre crime 'against the ( Country aid ein agaioit God ; sud ( WnraXAS, a feithfnl discharge of oar ( daiy, religioasly blading la these clr- ( /cumstences, rsquires a proper feeognition of the principles in which this duty ' f ' is involved ; Therefore, 1. iJMofrsrf.rThnt u the powers thst , he are ordained of God, end tbe diic' ( pttne of our Church recognit.s the Uui- ( ted State* of America a aoterrlgw and . independent nation,, our supreroj <tllegienoe is tine to 0>« National Govern- 1 ensnt of sold States, as assumed in the . declaration of the Constitution ratifitd ( and established by said^Tnlud States, , six : " This CoatUtutjuii tod the Iters y of the United €utee which shall be ( made in pursuance thereof, shsll bo the | supreme lew of tbe land ; and the { Judges in erery State shall be boood { ♦ thereby, anything in the CoasUtotloe or/ laws of any 8ute to the contrury not- ( wUhsthnding. ; { 3. Rttohtd, Thjt Christian loyally to ( tbe Gorernment requires submission to ' ( and co-ope rslion with the enthoriliee ^ doly appointed to administer iu affaire.; | within tlu limiu prescribed by the Con- y alitntion. ' . 3. Resolved, That the official neu |»f ^ khe Executive and of tbe Notional Con- . - grew urn' presumed to he in bonoou; [ with the OousUtntion. end m in coses f supposed to be doobtfttl. the Conetha- j tioit makes prorieioa for testing tiieir ^ character, such ecU, in their execution, % ore not to be opposed and resisted, hot t respected and submitted to, unless an- 1 nailed end repeated by the proper con- ; [ Slkntlonsl tribunal. I ( 4. Retohtd, That while we do not * deny, but ©u' tbe other hand -maintain * and affirm the right of onr people, as j eitikens. W discuss lbs meeseres and j policy of the Government, we feel celled t npuu'to remind there that in lb* present f critical condition of public affairs, this | right Is to be oxon-bwd with great pru- i , denes and forbearance, remembering the e exhortation of the Holy Scripture, § (Kpb. Jl): " I*»t «U bitternees and ! t wrath, and anger, end clamor, end evil ' t speaking be pot away from you with nil ( g. Rnoked, Regarding slavery OS the j u prime cow * tin war, bating ret- j t dared those bow in rabellioa too arro- i „ gaat to bear the restraints of Coastiis- I # fteaml judicial limitations, and ia the Ljhaii i ' -1- " — "L -* u . cahiMAof mach diseaamua ' . ' fT"l ' •w oo"*1 lo 100 *lLeu w amsfotr people to the fact that the Methodist Episcopal Church, viewing it j b , . e get*! moral wrong, be* ion* -.fc •>.

! tsincd on tho pages bf. her ^ook of Dlsj cipline tbe qoestion, "What shell be j done for the extirpation of the evil of j slavery 7" and her present recorded les- ' tlmooy ia regard to it is that we believe that the boring, selling or holdiog of ' human beings to be ased es chattels, is contrary to tbe laws ol God and nature, , and inconsistent with the ,golde n rule and with the- rale of our Discipline, ; which requires that all who desire to continue among us, to do no bsrm, and to avoid ceil of every kind. I 6. Uesolced, That we sympathize with ' the President and Heads of Departj merits in this trying statfrqjt^ condition of our natioaal affairs, and that nothing within oar power to render for the sapport of the Administration, and tbe ; most rigorous prosecution of thenar ' for tbe conquest sod subjugation of tbe r rebellion, shall be withheld. , < • ?. Ruohtd, Thst the highest hope , ; we ontertein regar Jing tbe wtr, is that Mbc Government our and a ill avail itself j j of all tbe means s id instrumentalities j i within its power, to hasten this contest j | to a conclusion by crushing the rebel- j \ liou. I I 9. htt ohtd, That we will earnestly j j | prey Almighty God, tbrongh Chris*, our Redeemer, in public and private, \ < for his blessing upon the President end { i ell ia authority, upon our soldiers end : 1 sailors, for the speedy re-establishment ' | of pware upon constitutional principles, ; and tho future prosperity and glory of j ; oar country. SJ. Resolved, That a copy of this >« j , port be traasmiUed by the S-nrretary of \ the Conference to the President of the • , United Slates, and also to ilie Governor , of this Bute, and published in the { Christian Advocate and Journal. | """> \ I TXAMSLATIOK OX THZ XAXV. ! As the rain fells heavily on the «K>f. \ speak* manifold things, and this is J , the trsnslatioa : "My errand' Is life. I | aroused the sleeping streams ; they Ie»p from the rocks abd tear down j through the chasm, roaring and foaming ( and proclaiming wealth and prosperity ( to man. I bar* ray hoary companion { ,0'n tlie mountain tope, who wiN not ( ^ yield ap bis treasures until wooed by tbe summer snn ; I, answering the prayer ! of tbe thirsty earth, am here. I will j smite on tbe cabin roof and wake the ( sleeper to labor ; I will beat on the win y pane ngd rouse the debtor from bis stopeBed despair. Oathering my forces { I will tnra them against the bills and ( ' unearth treasures thst make the veins . and arterl?}! and the heart of commirce f pulsate with fever. My power shall, be ( folt by every kingdom, from the jewels queen to tho Laxarns by tbe wayside. f I will send messeegeri of joy to the dwellers by tho MlieoOri «j*d tbe Keo- f aebec, tbe Bolway end the 8bsaao.<, ( tbe Khine and the Loire, and the tawny . pooplo of Pagan lands. I will make j I the heart of emperors Swell with -pride ( and emhitioo, or tremble with fear, aa j golden laavea shake their thrones. 1 . quicken the cold blood of tbe miiar, m . be adda to his store, and answtrato the J widow, who crisis ia bee desolation for. . bread. I sharpen tbe settler's axe, end , •end him forth Into tho forest, end temp- ( er the piowsharo for ground that is nn* ! ! subdued. I will have c voice in the ^ council of nations, end when -empires and republics ere weighed I will even ( the balance ; and then I will freight ( the river* and seas with ship*, soma to gather tbe aoes of tbe world's waters, aud some to wreck against lbs icebergs ' jwf Arctic sea* Ob, what a heaven ' ! sent monarch am 1 1 My seeptre is gold, ! j my empire la tbe world, my subjects everywhere, my power infinite, my reiga ' of ages of ageal But gently I To the ' qaiet sleeper, peace ; to the sinking and ( desponding heart, hope and joy ; to wives sad- eUMrta. raiment aud bvwad jto deaartod fathers sad mothers, the re- Iof their prodigal tons ; to wqhiog J ervWc ov, -tho ewlimcr- c.f slrbng err* $

sad the kisses of lips uopollnud by untruth ; and to God the gratitude of •U t" , WHAT SHALL I DoVlTH M^MOKLT. A few days ago, a farmer came into our office to inqnirw ghat he sbonid do j . with some money he whhed to invest. ( "If you have a mortgage on yoor j farm," wo replied, "pay it up." "My farm is all dspr, nod I do net { , owe a cent to any one " "Buy another farm, If yon ceo meet j with one to auit " "I here lend eooagh " "Is there any tendon your form that L needs draining ?" "I guess not. .It is mostly rolling j land." "l.Tqsy be, end yet need ooJerdroln- • | ing. There are thoa*atid<. of acrce of land iu Western New York that look | dry, bub-s^ghleh is nevertheless full uf , , stagnant water." / ; h "Perhtpj so, but 1 do not believe my | , I land needs drsiniug-"\. j "The fact that yon have money to in- - . I vest would indicate as nweU lint | when yon go borne take a spade and dig | i few trenches in different parts cf tbe { I farm, three feet deep, and see if the | j water will not remain in them. If it does the lend neede draining. And if | so, you hed better tile-drain ul ones | Tbe money so in vested will per a good i with no danger of depreciation. , Yon will get bock interest end priccii pal in specie." , "The Banks here dou't pay any inter. j est." ! "The banks on yonr issai trill, if the t J money is properly invested, is there t no low land That needs ditching — no old 1 meadow that could l>e improved — no < land where the reaper end mower can 1 not be ased f" 1 "Yea. I ha«e aa old meadow that It c too rongh to mow, and the grass iu * ' spots is so course that the cows do not It." „ "Just the.place for yonr spore money. a field when drained end improved i often proves the richest end most prodactive lend on the far n. Yon can not find a better investment—certainly not * this city " — Gentses Fanner. .THXOLO KILLEB. , Tbe country miller is a character from lop to toe, ho tends hie ; or two "run of stone" under the high dam, takes generous toll, eeiis | pioveuderto the farmers, goejips and | talks town. politics, and dwells In a whirl and rattle and duht that seems eiertlacting. We have a decided fancy for tb* miller ; or it mny - be a sort of follow - feeling, foonded on our love for the sol- , ivery life he has led, off in this country s eolitudee. Wo cared nothing for Ids ^ f mealy coat, ia onr early days, if it did j #h<- ' some of ita accumulated atorrs ; * upon OHwlvee. We can very well re i chamber how toothsome and svect tbe ' warm grist tasted, running oat from l»e* - the-upptrand nelber millstone, eud raggesiive i.fwaa of johnny eekee, bitty. puddings, wbifBe-jenuie*. and . all thoa* delectable morning diebea which ( the yellow grain of New England sop- - pHes with such certainty such winter, t « the grist-mill always stood in the < prettiest spot* to be found anywhere, t There was a stream, a dashing fall of ' water, great brown and lichen-spotted 1 rocks — growths of hemlocks huddling J around witb'tbeir twilight mysteries— a , swift mill-tail swimming oat from noder , the "buge wheel into tho taiddln of the i current, and th» most charming iitllo I streak of a cbaotry*ro«d that a fanuark < wagon star Uuudled over, with its bag 1 foil of meal thrust in behind. We do 1 not wonder tho pointers select such 1 for their canvass ; we should not ' belitvt in ooe of tho craft, if they da. , 1 1 berate ly p— d^em by. Do not lose yoer failk in human sioel . | becooae your eouBdeno has sometimes has", betrtjedj nor bsliavs tb.t friendship .* uo dslssloa. and low a bright ' jJHeK-m wWrirfHdwe from jrwr grvp. . »■

A rtmuiti. i The habit referred to is not vicious ia itself, but it leads to rieo, creeping upon * its victims wi h a fetal facility, the pan- 1 ally of -which many a fine heart has' <! i paid at the scaffold It ie the habit cf W I irresolution. The idler, tbe spentbrift, tho epicurean, and the drunkard, are f ; among its victims. Perhaps in tbe letj tar its effects appear in the modi hideout p j form. He knows ih*i.the goblet which he is about to drain Is poison, yet be I swallow* il He knows, for tbe example / i ol thoDtande has paiuted it in glaring colors, that it will deaden all hie facul- | ties, lake tbe strength from his limbs aud the beppiuees from bis heart, o»- ^ ' press him with foul disvsae, sod harry \ progress to s dishonored grave, yet be t ; drains it undor a species of dreadful p • pell like that by wblcb email creatures t ore said (o approach and leap into the e jjasrt of tbe loathsome serpent, whose c I fieodith eyre have fecinetcd tbem. Hofc ' beautiful on the contrary, is the power c of resolution, enabling the one who " ' ptwxetsex'lt to paas unmoved ihroogti {icrils and dangers, trials and tempts- < tiont. Avoid thou the contraction of | l the habit of irreeolntion. Strive against to the end. | BY AUTHORITY. ' LAWS OF NEW JERSEY.' — — j Ad act rvlalive to clerks »f conn lies and i 1 county court*. j I 1. Br it enacted by tho Senate eod Geo. | • crai AkM-mbly of tbe Slate uf New Jersey, n TUnt aihero any of said clt-rks shall hav« 1 appointed a deputy shall havo au- D tba-ulicatvd acts or signpd cprii&catet in * his uwu name aa dvputy, and such 0 deputy clerk, iu.leail uf the name of blf principal, all each autheu | ° tication* horetoforo made and alt certiB- | 1 cmtos hurotofure la signed by toy acting ( 1* 1 deputy ctufk, shall be taken and doomed a. ; va'id and effoctoal iu law ae if the seine j r bed been done in the oautv of tho clerk and ^ under his own band. Vl 2. And be it enacted. That this act aball u tako effect ir.imvdiately. Approved February 20, 1 "CZ. 11 di An Act increasine the compeosation of | ( the i reasuror of the Slate of New Jer : *' rev ' " WttcarAS the servicer and tbe respomibil. ties uf tbe treasurer of the *tal«. and ' thn rxpensi-s of hi* office, have been ' ' much itic*n»*vd by reason ol tbe rials j loan and aoldii-rs' bounty, incident to the | " rebellion, which increase of sercxes and ! expenses umrt cootiuae to exist during | ' the coming year ; therefore, | Be il enacted by the Senate aou General J i Assembly of thn Slate of New Jersey, j 1 ; That tho compensation of tho treasurer of j - tbit slate be, aud the same is hereby in-r creased the earn of fifteen hundred collars | ff-ir the preeent ^vear. I 2. And b»At enacted thai this act shall I take effectUmwediaUly. | Approve^Mareb 34 lb. 1863. || A k'cvthuf suppUmeat to tba act aatilUd , "Au act forth*1 preservation of sheep, t approved April fourteen th, -ighteen haitr , dred and forty -ell. 1. He it anacted by the Sen tie and Gen- ^ er»l Atwembl; of tb* Stato of New Jereey, . tb* appraisement of demoge* for ' sheep or lamba killed or woeoded by a,dog or dogi. mad* by two freeholders, as au- i tboriaed ats6 direefisd by tbe act to which this is a supplement, and the supplement* said act, shall bo verified to bo jui^ooff' e tree by lb* oath or affirmation of the ' free- 1 holders making too opprsiMinont, sod also a the oath or affirmation Of tbo claimant, o and the damages which shall bo allowed for t the billing or woaodieg bf asy ehoep or t< aboil bo tbo real, troe and aetaol volte of tho aboap or lamb so killed or wounded, t bat if any sheep or laaeb bo only wooded, d aud not fatally iojsrod. the* the damage to s allowed for neb wounded efceep or tomb n eh all but be more thou o component ion for tbe injury actually do*e to such tkeop or t lamb. . * "*« 3 And be iteoaetod, That all neu end parts of onto, ooafiMring wits Uiir act, bo ' aud tbo asm# aw he.eby repealed. c 3. Aud bo it ouootod. Teal thicust shall * take fffisct imniedietoly, ■ • ■ -Staff fctad'ttxwb ?fth. IgSA- * V

dapplemcnt to the M i.'itia Low. 1. Bo it ouaetod by tba SooSts aud Gee owl Aeaombly of the State V New joW«J. tbo person, no* by law liable to do duty iu tbo militia ia tbo lewuablp of goat ^Owogo. Essex county shuU remum ov Uehod to tbo U range brigade us osgUsMed by tbe usUlitla taw approved MarcA tWouty second, eighteen hundred and sixty. 3 A ml jv It euoctad, Thst Ah adt (ball take effect immediately. Approved March 18. 1863. A supplement to au act entitled "An oCt to regolai* feee." approved April fif. leeoth eighteen hundred and forty-six. Be it e one led by the Senate aud U—ttdf Aeeembly of the Stats Of Now Jersey, That the constables iu and for tba ^yoruf onuoties of this state skull bo wvoralfy on to receive ooe dollar and fifty oouteday for uvery day tbey shall attend aX tbe supreme court Circuit, circuit court, of oyer and tarminrr aod general jaif delivery, court of cshtswio pleam sad gfip. era! qnaru-r session* of lb* peace In said couuuo* respectively, to b* paid in tbe now directed by law lor toe pay meat of .oooetableu faao aba* — „ the courts above oamed. | 2 And be it enacted. That iktt act (bell ! take rffsct iininediately. ' Approved March !3. 1863. Ae Act respecting Law and Rqbity feeports in tbo State of New Jersey. | Be il enacted by the Senate and Geooral AsM-mtily of thn Slate of Now J«ruhy. , the report* of cases rrquiWd by law* ! to be published by the law reporter of tbgi slate, shall henceforth be designated by the of " NVw Jersey Law Report!*." the volume of which shall be exiled hud inhered as Volume twenty nioo, and subvoleioes shall be numbered than CO consecutively in order. * 2. And be it enacted. That the reports of cues required by law to be publiebed by the chscory reporter o' Mris state, shall be designated by tbe came of fcN«w Jersey Kqalty Reports," «bp litvvolume of which shall be called aud ttumbvrwd e* volume tliirtavn. aud 'iTiTqiilt volumoe shaM bo nuinbcrDd Uieooe eoneocotively in order. 3. And be It enacud, That ia binding •aid rvporta. tbe backa thereof shall bo' divided into five spaces, in each manner oh to makn the volumes uniform in else and' appearance, si n*ar as tnay bo ; that tlm saeood spare fiom tbe top shall bo OUvawd with morocco or other proper leetber. colored red. aod theron shall be primed in fil# 1-tUre. tbe names aforeeoid, wapocUv*|y . that on lbs oext lower space shall bo stamped oriftprintod. in bloek tbo number o' the volume in fignrv* ; and that tbe neat shall bu covered with morocco or othri> proper leather. coloieJ black, sad tSowon •ball be printed, in gjlt letten, tbe name of the ("Spvciive repoefer. and alto tbo figures indicating the number of rack volume of hie reports. 4. And be it enacted. TU« on a fly leaf of each volatile of law and equity r- ports hereafter to be published, shtl bo printed a list of all tbe provious reports pub'fiakoU In this state, designating which- are equity and uhich are law report*. 5. And be it ended, Tbot- tbo sot uf the tame title ae thie, approved February tooth, eighteen hundred snd sixty two, be. sad the sams U hereby ropoalod. , A And be it enactmj that thie oe4alm'ttake effect immediately. Approved March lb,' 1863. Au Aht making appropriation to pay id' debt Bete ol 8 tat. I'rieou. 1. Be it enacted by the Seoule nod GeoWtal Assembly of tbr State of Ntsw Jonoy, the snni of five tboYeopd dollars bo oad » bowby appropriated f'c.- yW purpows •f W'H off the indebtneM tho former keeper prior to MmH tooutk, oigbtoun hundred 2. Aod be it anactad, pay tbo dollar* to tbo pwna%M|ffi^^H warrant of th* geiueiClffi'* aforoeaid. 3. A nd be tttaiKt JH take effect i mmwffihiolje Apiir«am^MHli- ■ t .aidaffi too torvq*. 0f life, com* to <Lo Affitakfialon that sekH , ever ■« M)^raPIcteti at you , shuwd^ut WRrn "West cnticipiJ^H