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VOLUME 8.

CAPE ISLAND. NEW JERSE^ THURSDAY. APltTL. 30, 18&

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Stlcd Slisttllsnn. J , Froin lh« Cur.d«y Sefcont limea. [ . Texromro schoolmaster. In a retired district among the moun* ! tains of Sew York a young led, joet J ' turned of foortcer, was engaged to keep j 4 the school for three month*. lie wee 1 an excellent scholar ; no doubt was en- ' 1 taclaissd respecting hi* ability to teach ; the question wa», cosld he goreru the 1 seWol f Thh question »u put to biro | by the trustee who engaged his services. ; Ills answer war, "I cao trj." One bright morning in the early peri of Imeeubcr lie was at his post. The ; school boose wea a comfortable framed j tn'ilding, though moat of the dwelling | booses is the district were log booses { The papils began to come in. TVy ware of sll ages, from six to nineteen. They took their pise* silently, end oc--copied themselves in gazing tipon the"' features of the new "mister." it was with no little difficulty that he eoold ■command stlf-possession enough! Id announce the fact that school was [ began. It was necessary to call the j popils-to order. lie then took his pocket Uible, and Standing op. I1® r*»tl • chapter, and . said, "l.etos prey," The pnpils sll kept their sehis. exercise was a j new one to them) while, with a faltering voice, he asked (sod's Messing to rest Bpqa. their 'efforts to acquire and comoiUDieat* knowledge. ♦ - Ho next prooeeded «o arrange the cbUdroa ia vlaseee. Whan this ana done I hero sins no* present to whom he bod not spoken. He was a Isrgs youth, nineteen yean of sge. He found to bis q^qalihmiTl tbet he could scarcely read ia. the >'sw Testament. He prop•rly belonged to one of the lowest dayoq ; but the teacher told him be wonM teech bira by himself. . As tbs stork of the school went an. the teacher Haw a large nnrober or tbe pupils watching this overgrown yonth, ■« though something interesting was ex* pseud from him. They were disappointed. He attended*) the task assigned bin, and babared with the at* „ . When the qehool wn dismisswl at noon n number oT persons wars at the blaeksmilh shop. As soon as ,*nt of His larger boys ootue near, one said, "Baa Udtepqt the master out!" "No." was tbe reply, "be baa been all the morning as still as a moose." "What does that mean V' "I don't know. There be eomes ; yon can aakblm." "Wall, Hngh, how do you and the »ew master draw together !" "First fate." -Yon have not pnt kins ent yet ?" "No ; and nobody is going to pnt him oat without patting me oat first." Bo saying, be passed on, leaving bis auditors astonish*^ at his words. Hagbbad bsaa a thorn ia lbs aid* of urary teacher for a anmber of years, fla stsmed to go . to school merely to pake disorder and annoy the teacher. had heard that a hoy was to keep aobool, and he bad gone to tbe hoase milk the purpose of pnuing him out of daors. Why did be not execute his | dan! He was dhatmed by tbeyowng track* art prayer. His old mother, ha raM, wsedto pray io the eame way, and (bough ha was as wished ar Satan, ha *wfld stand by the petaon that preyed gka his mother who d£*d long ago. Hngh was the anhuot of the yong H npna him to abantUe, withoat the teacher's knowWdgs, tech as did not gjse bead to his order*. Ha also made _ bisatndlas ^ ■ A . - . - ' - *" .. 3a *- . 1 — ' umnt maul asm — n*ir

j while men are indulged in another a j ( great deal lower ? We sever could fully i { understand why men should be tolerated 1 1 i in ebeving tobacco, in smoking and in j i ■ epittiag everywhere almost, and at all j ( limes; whereas, a woman cannot do any 1 t ! of these things without exciting aversion I ! and disgnst. Why ooght a man to be j i | allowed to drink liqnor till his breath it I offensive, and bis manners vulgar, while j a woman must do nothing which shall | bo indecorous in the rye of the most j I I fastidious judgment ? Why should man < ' ! be aOowedly so self-indulgent, patting < | hie limbe end person in all manner of j 1 i huitodes, however uncouth and diitate- 1 1 j ful, merely because such vulgarities yield | him t emporery ease, while a woman is J always required to preserta^n attitude 1 if do! of positive grace, at leakv of de- j ceney and propriety, from which if she ! departs, though but for an intfant, she | jfforfeite respect, and is instantly branded I (us low creature ! Can anybody say i j why a man. when he baa ike toothache, J | or ia called to suffer ia any other way. ! i shall be permitted es a matter of coarse, j ; to groan and bellow, end tent bis feel- . I inge very much in the style of an sni i . mat not endowed with reason, while a ' woman similarly sufferings must bear it I I la silence and decorum ? Why should 1 men, as a class, habitually, and as a ; i matter of right, baldly wr«r tbe coeraeet , quaiitiea of hnman nature on tbe out- . side, and swear, end crowd, and fight, end brntlfy themselves, so .that they are . obliged to be put in separate pens in the k cars on tbp railroad, and St the depots, , while women must appear f Itis an agree- , able coMlenaace, if not in emiles, even i when* the head, or perhape the heart, , achea, and ara expected tq permit noth- . ing itt-tetppered, disagreeable, or even l unhappy, to appear outwardly, but to j keep all tHeae concealed it. their own bosoms, to soffef as they may, lest they might otherwise lessen Uie cheerfulness ' 5 if oilinrs ? These are a lew suggestions , oaly among many we woeJd hiat to tbo . stronger and more exactiag aex, to be . reflected on, for the improvement p f . their taste and manners. In tbe mirror . thus held np before them, they cannot avoid observing the very different standt ard by which tbe behavior of the two » sexes ia constantly regulated. If any f reason cao be assigned why oak should , always be a Wjr, tad the other ever a gentleman, we hop* It will ha done.— - 1 Home JonmaL DASDT EIPXHSXB. If the present ^igbtfnl advance in the cost of .clothing crutinacs, w» do not t know what will become ' of the nice young men who <preod themselves daily on tbe aristoeradc side of Broadway. Not only baa tbe vrifie of garments int creaked, bnl tbe dfcdno&g little surroundings of gloves, cravats, per fa OK ry, s Ac., realize almost fabulous prices. Wc sympathize with tbe gnfortunale crea* f tares to whom these articles are mat* i, tarn of neenssity, and entreat oor Na0 tional Congress to provide a remedy .. forthwith for tbe dreadful affi'.ctloo p Kid gtovea at two dollara per pair will „ eoon resolve oar daadiee into very ordi,f nary beings, for tbay will be compelled i, to deprive themselves of this essential artiele of laxnry. It is a actions mattar, in a pecuniary point of view, now 1 a-daj*. for a young gentleman to have ^ tbe dlstingnisbed honor of doing escort m duty to one of tbe gentler sax. Tbe 4 draft on hi* excheqaer for enterprises of this character Js frightfully depleting _ -Take for example the rsoeat ball given _ at lb# Academy of Iflusie, in *M of tbo ^ Fba Department Fond, and aggregate )t tbe expanse fofdotog" the eotartala* l# meat in tbe bandaomeet manner. One of oar most tellable authorities on sucb mature, has furnished us with tbe sub joined figure, assuring us Ibnt they embrace the moat eopoomical expenditure A pout Me o. saeh i«maioas; raids of in admlaaina . tee daUan ; baekhey-ooack, '■ ^e««* '*

gloves, cravat, &c., four dollars; total, . nineteen dollars. If our young gailaats , i compelled to disbursf U)e above j I j amount for an evening'* unnsemeol,' we ) | fear that the ladles on thak.eUUinf list | •' 1 will receive but few invitations until j ! the cost ef such enjoyment is largely . j reduced. | ( BAT mo CT. ( j Not every one knows what virtue | i there ia in the homely frugality uf ' j "Poor llichatd,'1 or how much a babit i 1 j of saving, when oben established, coo- 1 I centrales the energies and consolidates j the life- Nature gives up the right sorts ' of biots in this important matter ; with , | her, nothing is parposciess or vain, I nothing fails to conlribnle itsslue share | 1 to the great ends and designs ol the | ! Creator. In other words, economy, [ in the use of resources is the universal , 1 lesson. To learn how to husband the ' I strength, not that it mayjhe secured from j use entirely, bat that it tony go a greati er way when U ia put to gte, ia one of ; j the primary lessons in ll^e .everywhere 1 We are to become saveft and .eennom- j i ist not of money chiefly, but of every thing ; we ire to preserve, to secure, to collect and accumulate, but never, to , hoard, to hide awoy, to pnt out of use, | i or secrete beyond the power even of ! : oor own reaching. With sucb views, | - the habit of saving np is beyond all de- , scription desirable and deligh ful. No ' i m-.n ca» really know aod fee! bis own i powers, until he bM patiently underta- , ken ibis work of collecpng his powers . ■ and resources so as to tarn all to the j i best advantage at the proper lime. a HAM WUn>. i Old Peter H lived in a one story j i wooden bonse of not very extensive dii mensioob, and when it was subjected to ' ' tbe force of wind its jiowcrs of rcsii- I i tance were insufficient to withstand so ' i great a presnre, and i^yiefded tbe point 1 s withoat a struggle ; however it was not [ i upset or torn to pieces but merely < f moved a few rods. In the course of the j r journey, the stove was upset and the i L fire was spilled out, and the danger of - conflagration was imminent. Old Pe- ! > ter wm too moch excited to notice the ! r removal of bis bouse, and seeing tbe 1 I necessiiy of immediately plying water I i to the burning embers on the floor, he j - seized a backet and darted out behind the house, when great was his astonish* ment to find all traces of his well oblif erated. After loosing in blank aston- : iahment a moment, he called to bis ' wife : » "Sarah, 111 be blamed If tbe wind F balnt .blown the well clear okt of tbe . iotr I>o not think yoc are fated to be ipls* erahle because you are disappointed in e yoot expectations, and baffled in yonr . pursuits. Bo not daclsre that God has - forsaken you, when your way Is hedged about with thorns, or repine sinfully, y when ITe calls yonr dear ones to the i. land beyond tke grave. II — — ; i i. Yon may be forced to toll wearily, d steadily on, to earn a livelihood ; yon il may encounter frand, and the base avar* i- ice which would extort the lest farthing, w till yon well nigh turn ia disgust from e your fellow being*. Bat never let tbe t tee of utter d«P*ir block np the nvw* e me to yonr heart. ►f — , God's people nra often eoraly tried. D No wonder ; bo Intends 'them for greet , honors ; and so be puts a great deal of ^ jrork on thea. By xneceeaHre trials they are thne cleansed ftoo all scna and _ dregs of sin ; that they may be tberfa o uglily pari fled, they ara emtied, a* IV warn, frna vaoaalto xdbal. - ^ 7^ t* v _ _ i ■ ' • - — » * A true hop* of Heaven rxritas an nt»f ter dislike to earth. Hop* la toe pare ». a plant te-Aonrisk or grow ia •• icapnra 'i Wtl*. - -■i'.v' "<V" " ' te i— 4

X— ' • I LAWS OF HEW 'JERSEY. 'h v I a 1 • ' V ; a Supplement to an set entitled " An adt to make laze* a lien on real oStfte. and to j* make Sates for the seme." j 1. Be it enacted by tbe Senate and Gear- ! ' erwl Assembly of the State of New Jersey, ° That 40; »«.»»»rarni of laaea'made io this Hole against any person or parson* or Svr- i ' porstiqu*. rending oat of the coouty in which the l.md i* located, on account of any land, tenements, beraditameuli or real ^ ' estate of sucB person pelBATii or eorpo. j rations shall bo and remain a lien oo all ^ ■ lands, tooemeats and hewditaments or real I rslatr. on ar(*»ant of which Said a*ae*imeBl shall be made, with lawful interest tbeteoo accrotng. aod all coals and fee* in relation 1 I to said OMessmrni and collection thereof. ' for tbe ipacc of two yean from tbe time ' when tbe taxes so a* aforesaid assessed ^ were payable . and in case any such assessl meol of taxes, together with lh« inierett i tbeioon, and the costs and fees as aforesaid. ' I shall remain annoid for the space of fonr ' , moollit after tbe said taxes we to payable . ; then It sball be lawful for tbe township | committee of lb* township in which said ' j assessment has boon mads or a majority of them, to proceed for the collection of tbe |" (same in the manner prescribed in and by I ' the several provisions of the act i which , this i« a supplement ; sll which proceedings 1 . , sball be at valid end effectual as in cases of 1 i assessment under said act. j 1 And lie it enacted. That in all eases 1 I or ami* made of any real «i*tutr, in porta- i I aoce of ibu act and the act tu which this is I I a supplement, the o»oer or owner* thereof L1 shall ha*e ib" right to rodrem tbe same f' | ' after the expiration of one year from tbe . ' ^ j time of soeh sale, by paying tbe amount i 1 | paid by the pnrebaser therefor, with twelve , 1 j per cent interest thereon, and the porcbo- i' ' ser opon payment thereof shall remove; ! 1 ! mod restore to tbe owntr or owners hacb 1 real eslsU. I I 6. And be il ebacted, That this act sholl ' i lake rffeel immediately. , Approved March 2-1. IBC3. ' 1 , I A supplement to an act entitled "An Hl- I . ButUtiriaing commissions, and tbe taking of, depositions," approved April fif- | ' j teentb, righteea hundred and forty-eix. I > j WiimiKas, great ioconvenieoce bos arisen to I parties litigant in the several courts of f this stale, on aceeont of their being una- . I ble to obtain important end necessary . I evidence of pereons who are absent from ; this state In the military service of tbe j United Slates end territorirs, where civil ' r i functions of tbe United Stalee are for J 9 tbo time suspended by reason of lbs ' rebellion there existing ; therefore, i 1. lie "it enacted by the Ecnato and Geo- . erul Assembly of the State 'of New Jtrsey. . . That after the passage of this act, it sball | s and may be lawful for the commissioner or j commissioner: appointed by any coort of , record in tbi* slate, in pursuance of lbs act to which this is u aspplemeol, or any e supplement thereto, before proceeding to execute tbe said commission, to take an oatb or affirmation before any commissioned * major general or brigadier general of the t United States orttefnre any colonel of any r regiment of New /krsey troops in «ucb ■ state or territory in tbe eerviee of the Unij ted Stales, "who ere hereby authorised to administer tke vame, faithfollv, fairly and ' impartially to extent* tbe said commission, which said commissioner or commissioners shsll thereupon proceed in tbe maimer directed by the act to Which this ii a supple- '» ment, tp lake tbe deposition or depositions n of tbeisid pervon or persons earned in the ■- sold commission, sod to return tke same f, with oil convenient speed to the court from m which the said commission issued, in the IB manner directed by tke act aforesaid. 2. And be it cmetsd, That this set shall take effect immediately. Approved March 26, 1863. ^ At act to make mortgages and other conf trocte assignable at low. L Be it enacted by tbe Senate and GsnJ erwl Assembly of tha Stela of New Jersey, d That aO mortgages no projwrly In (his r* state, and alt tneenants and stipnlofions it therein contained. ted'aH eoatkae'a for the sole nr erafiyaraa of real estate, and efl wrtttags. whether sealed or not, containing avopwemoot for.** paymmtt of money. 4^1 ^ » maJ1 mm ikoreoa la hla ew* same ; but ia * Ntfh soii thera shsll ra oHoeed »U just nMA and other ihks en against tke 'r~~ j

assignor that sroald have been allowed ic any action brought by hknand enMiag before the defendant had optica of such assignment, and all" payments mode to th. assignor in good foiih before soeh notice ; and leaving lbs assignment In |ke proper sCnesSn b>retosdod>. shall be actio* of Aha assignment ol a mortga«**,as^ aAasrignment shall prevent or Inlarrnpt the running of apy statote of limiintjohy. 2. And be it enacted. Tbnj nay assignment auibonxod by this Ml shall b. ki 1 writing, aod the execution thereof may be ' proved or acknowladged a* (be exreutinn . of deeds is or shall b* requited, to be t ( proved to authorise the some to be recorded; ( and when so proved or acknowledged aod a certificate thereof endorsed on or annexed ' to tbe same may he offered in aejdence as if duly proved, t*d shall bo sufficient to pass tbe right o( tbe assigour, even if ■' married woman. 2. Aod be k enacted, That this net shell take effect immediately, Approved March 14, 1863. Supplement to as act entitled "An *cf for tbe defease of the State, " approved May tenth, eighteen buodred and aisty one. Be it aoactrJ by the Senate and Geocrnl Assembly of the Stale of New Jersey, i That all expenses incurred or which sball i incurred under and 'by virtue of this act or ibe act to which this i* a supplement, shall bo paid by the treasurer, on the warrant o(*tho governor, out of any moneys ; derived from loans by virtue of the set entitled "An act authorizing a loan for the' ' purpo>es of war. to repel iarasion nod suppress insurrection and appropriating the lime, and providing for tbe payment t'jere- ; of," approved May. tenth, eighteen hundred and sixty one, and tbe supplement thereto. | commonly called the "* war fond , provided, ' that tbe wboU expenses authorized to be . incurred by this act shall not exceed oud ! m.llion of dollars. | 2- Aod be .t enacted. That wVonever th* governor, attorney general and quarter waster geberal, or aoy twCof them, sbslp det ermine that articles authorized to be procured by the act to which this i* a sap- (■ lament, should be purchased without pub- . lie . advertisement, such articles may be purchased in open market of by private contract 2 And be it enacted. That this act sball take effect immediately. Approved March 23, 1863. A' supplement to an act entitled "An act for tbe more effectual organization of thfc' militia,' approved' ufkrch twerfty second, eighteen bundred wOd sixty. , B* It enacted by the Senste'afcd General Assembly of tbe State of New Jersey j That tbe thirteenth Motion or tbe act to' which this ism supplement be and tbs same is hereby repealed. 2. Aod be it enacted that this act thai!' | take effect immediately. ' _ I Approved March 13lb, 1868: i An act to regulate the record of stamped' instruments. t T. Be it enacted by the Scnatc and G*oersl Assembly- ef the State Of New Jersey, , That in the recording of deeds, mortgages, i wills or other instruments of writing, ri!* . quired or oatb o rix*d by law lb be record Al, , t|g» clerk, surrogate or other1 officer whose I duly U is to mike tbe record, shall if th* tame have affixed to them aoy stamp or i stamp* purporting to be io Accordance with . onyliw nf tbe United, tusks s scroll in . the rfargio of tbo record in ike. plseo or i said stamp or stamps, aod eater upon tbe' B record, wltbiff said scroll, the amount ia' , vslpe of lb* said stamp or stamps. , X And be it enacted, That tbe record , so made, qr * certified ropy thereof shall bo prima f-cia svideuce of tbe origtiisl' I stamp or stamps, and that tbe eame had bee* affixed oo the original deed, mortgage will er otber inatrument in writing, ia the manner and to the porport indicated oo tW said record, or the certified copy thereof. 3. Aod bo It ooaeted tbsftbis *ct stall' take effeot immediately. Approved March M; 1W3. | Jl Is no Diikfortuns for * trice jonttg \ l«d, to low l»r (00d SUM, if s sit. 1 J<»«» S>'" tor ». Imur. " -* .'i •■SvftadC"' X