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VOLUME S. CAPE ISLAKI). NEW JEUSfiy. TUt'ilSI)Al". mXyTTl ISIS3.' MTMBKiTaT

Stlat Ulisttlhnj. oi» mm Character* of this description bre ijy tavspersed, (brooch every cosHSanlty. It is pleasant to know. that if they are to b« found among thn class wi'h whom we have tc do at prcaent, (he fraternity alao supplies very many examples of an opposite kind. Every one will redfcll, on the mention of the subject, the nam* of alngtn qromen who are as free from — selfishness rsnny human haings can expect to be. Instead of being engrossed with themselves, they illustrate (he hint dropped • moment ago, and keep up a cordial interetl in persons and things around them. They enjoy and reciprocate fhhjffeetion of their relatives, nnd ' are ever otfthe alert to perform a kind office for any one who may reqnire It. rerhops, If society were explored for the purpose or fiuding the best personi- • licet ton &' disinterested kindntf, one - -tha seediest apeeimcn* would come up in the gnito «r a Maiden Sitter and Jm rt. T"U hare all seen such a one. : I shall not err much if I describe her as » lady of middle age, of easy and graceful manners, Intelligent und sclfpostesesd, with a heart lull of the milk . of human kindness She una seen much of tbf world, and aeen it to some pnrpose— for she is none of those people who go through Hfe with their eyes nnd ears shut, end who know no more of ■ men and "things to-day than they did . twenty y eats ago. Without being in- • fallible in judgment, and, iu truth a lit- 1 < (la predisposed to distrust persona on { 1 their first introduction, abe has a great { : knowledge or Character, and licr eati- . ' mat* Ol n new visitor is nsually pro- ' mate CI a new visitor is ommj ||| v .

nouneed with OBtliority. and listeaed to With merited rcipeet. She is the more fcflftKfidPTorro am apsninn hs -there cases, that the responsibility of entertaining company is often devolved npon her, espetiall? "hepjiicgt coll at unscaaonabb hour. For it>.ie one or tiie fundamental articles -of '.he domestic creed thai tie is never engaged : all the other constituents of the household may be busy at often and at mnch as ibey choose ; but else la at liberty to answer crary coil and to look after every interest which may demand attention, I«ct it be added to her honor, that she is j as much at home i« the parlor as in any j other department, and eititrtaini as agreeably as tbongh that were her only function. ' In theory, as Just intimated, it may be ber only function ; bnt in fact her functions are somewhat multifarious. It voold not comport with the place and the occasion to describe them in de- ' Uft. , v Let it anfece to aay that, baring nothing in ^frlienlar to do, alibis ixpected to do everything by turns. Her sphere is neither the drn* Ing room nor the di- j. nlng-rrai, neither the library nor the | jiuraery, neither the kkebeu nor the laundry, neither the conservatory oor the garden, but all of these combined The bead of the family often confides to k her his books end pa|>eni to be arranged, and money for the household expenses Her lister, (or stater in-law, as' the case may be.) relies upon her to supply her own leek of smiee In nil the branches of housewifery. The children look to her to osaUt them in their lessors, to do their trivial bot oft-reemring mending, to oh none their pveoenta, and when no one else can go, to nceompany them in their rides nnd walks. Her hands ore always free to bind up their bruised finger, and ber lap to receive the Infant. In sickness she knows what 10 do, nnd has the grnllcnvta and the fortitude to 4o4Va#it should be don* She watches night after night without complaining, given tha physician cola and discriminating report* of the progress of the diaess*. aud goes through the daily rouk tla, ^ her anxious aMatratlans, with nil tha tact nnd wave than the landerbum she wooid'bnve displayed had nani"

iug been the business of bar life. If the j honse is to undergo its semi-annna' ren ovation, one at least of the laboring j oars will b« in iter hand If there is a ^ joncney, aha roust superintend the pack- ' ing. If there is a wedding, the honor e and burden of the preparation devdtve ' ^ upon her. And to crown all. she is the ^ wise and faithlnl conusellor of the f t youthful group around her. She guards their morals, inquires about every new j associate, lodges in their ears many a j wholesome caution, enconrnges them to study the Scriptures, keep* iheiu to s| I due observance of the Sabbath, and - t commends religion to them by exempli- , 1 t lying in her own cbtra^far its benign t influence upon the temper and the life. , Is not this a wotuun to be honored and I loved ? A woman who live* for" others, . ■ and finds Iter own happiness in peemottng theirs. And are we not warranted. 1 . with such examples tin the right band aud on the left, in saying that socie y , supplies no Gnvr exhibitions of the on-;. , .aelSah spirit than those which are tre- jt j | quently to lie foo(pl among the unroar- ; i | ried female* ? • j 1 how to pbocvue a husband. 1 1 TUo following true story might, per-' ' hapa, furnish matter for a little comedy, j if comedies were still written iu Fug- 1 land It I* generally the case that the ' more beautiful and rich a young female * is, the more difficult are both her pn- • ' rents and herself in the choice of a hasbond ntid the more offers they refuse. \ I The one is to tall, the other loo short, r this not wealthy, tlml not respectable f I I enough. Meanwhile aue spring pusses * i after another, and year after year car - , i j rice away leaf after leaf of the bloom , of youth, and opportunity after oppor- j ; tonity. J I

> Miss Harriet Selwood was the richest 1 » heiress lis ber native town ; but she bad ; i t-almost completed bee- tw>cMy-si-«»»d ' . year, and beheld almost Jt\\ her young j i friends united to men whom she had at I . one time or other discarded. Harriet | i began to be art down for an old maid. : Her parents became really uneasy, and j ! she herself lamented in private a poai- ] r lion which is not a natural one, and to r which those to whom nature and for- 1 r tune have beer niggardly io their gifts j - are obliged to submit ; but Harriet, as1 l we have said, was both handsome and i very riclt. ' Such was the state of things when j i her uncle, a wealthy merchant in the i r north of England, came on a visit to j , her parents. —He was a jovial, lively, ! 1 straightforward man, accustomed to at- , tack all difficulties boldly and coolly. •' i "You aae," said her father to him one day, "Harriet conlinoes single. The tr'tvl is handsome ; what she is to h*v» i for ber fortune you know; even in this I scandal-loving town, not a creature cm i breathe the slightest imputation against j her ; and yet the is getting to be ax old maid." i "True," replied tbenncle; but look j ' yen, brother, the grand point in every affair in this world ie to seise the right , i moment ; this jon have not done — it is ■ a misfortune ; bat let the girl go along with me, and before the end of three months I will return ber to yon a* the < ' wife of a man as young and as wealthy ' as she." Away weat the niece with tbo ancle. > On the way borne he tbae addressed her : "Mind what I am going to say. Yon ara no longer Mica Selwood, bot Mri. I .cm ley, my nice, a yonng, wealthy, ehildlrss widow. Yon had the misfortone to lose yonr husband. Col. hum Icy, after a happy nuien of a quarter of a year, by • Gill (rout bis horse labile hinting." "But; uncle-*-"Let me manage, if yon pleas*, Mrs. Lam ley. Your father has invested ma vrith foil powers. Here, look yaw, is the wedding ring glveu yon by yonr lata hu*band Jewels, and whatever elaoyoi neod, your onat will Apply

you with ; and accdstom yourr-ll to cs-.l j down yoar eyes." j The keen-witted enele Introduced his ' j niece ercrrwtrerp, n^d the young widow j excited a great Fcwjptfeai The gentle- ' men tbrvagrd about her, and she soon had her choice of ta-eoty suitors. l!«r uncle rd vised her |o take the one who was deepest in love with her, and a rare chance decreed that this should be precisely the most amiable and opnler.t. — The match was soon concluded, and one day the uncle desired to say a few word* , : to his future nephew in private. " My dear sir," he begne, " we have told you mi untruth." j "How to?" Arc Mrs. Lumley's affections— •• ?" . - > " XolkiKi* of the kind. My niece is < aiuc-rc'y mtui-hcd in yci." " Then h"r fortune, I suppose, is not ' ! equal to sl at you tjild me ?" i contra y, it is larger.'" , " \V i-ll/Sr hat is ^1 c mmier, iben F" ! f i - " A- jakc. an ins.ocrnt joke, which ] , ; eame inio my head^affay when 1 wes I ' a good humor, ana we could not well ' i ' rera.'l it aftrrwaid. My nie?5 is not a t 1 | widow1 " | " What I is Col. L'im'ey liviug 5" i1 " No. no ; she it a spinster." T.ie lover protested (hut he wn« a ; happier fellow ifaan ho had conceived ' ' him-elf ; and the ohi maid was qu'eklv , tuetamorphofed into* y Jong wire. i ST3t7gI> HIOHT. i Mademoi elle — we won't give hrr • but an actress, tolerably well ' ; known in I'dris—invited e number of ! wry wealthy merchants .inJ stoek-lirok- | ; u s tu lake tea with her the evening he- i c she ««1 to ap|»*iir in a new part ( She was brauttfully tj*e*«ed, end did the ' honors with much grace. Her mother; iiuiiui, - ui-ivi, ^i,v-* orr aioiurr •

t was present and rxclaiaicd, "My dear J j yon are aadly In want of numerous | * things — a ptowu, nt4ver tea service, a i f j box of doiaiuovs— nut to mention," she : * ' said, turning ?• the Holiest man in the ' f-l room, -'a set of 'nripioisra. that are ab- * I solutely neccsssry (or my daughter's up. ; 1 1 pearance to-morrow night " The even - j • ! ing passed nnd the guest * dt parted. , » 1 The next morning % great many parcels ■ j were brought, ts many as there bad been I » ! gemlemeu at the miree the previous , ■ ! evening. The mother and daughter ' opened them anxiously, throwing them aside one after the other, till all had ; 1 j been looked at. Every one of them I ' ! contained — n box of dominoes ! ,j BY AUTHORITY. LAWS OF NEW JERSEY, j n " ■ A further Supplement u the act entitled , j "An Act cocroriqg taxes," approved. ( ' April f irteantb. one thousand eight hno I dredand forty six. ' I B* it anaeled by tba Sena'e and (Jen. j er»i Asmunbly of iba Slate of New terocy. i I Hut tberu Skull be assessed, levied and col i i . -eted on the inhabitants of this state, a»ii ! ■ | on tbair togabls real and personal property | ' anl upon the other objecta liable to taxa- | I . tion. a state tax of three but.Jred thousand i i ' dnUars, which is harvby apprnpristed an 1 , | shsU bo rppliod as fu. Iowa two hundred | | thousand dollars, or so mach thereof a* I I may l»o needful, to tbo payment of roch 1 inter -st as shall have o eraod on the first ' day (>•' January next and u tha first day ot July next lU-rwsfin-. on the loan author - , is*d jj an act entitled " An act oathorioing | x loaa lor the parpoies of srar. to re pal in ranion and suppMs* :iii arrvctinn, and np- , propriatiug '.ho tanio su-l providiag for the poynont thcreaf," uy prove J May tonlh, oo« thousand eight bnncred sad sixty ona ; an i ' tho rvsidae therv j'" shall bo appliod .and addod to tha rinkiag fuod provided fnr by > tha firth lection of ssid act towards thr 1 psyt.iet t of the principal rf said loan ; and ■ one bacdrwd Ibnu.si. 1 dollars of the said lax shall bu applied «o mach thereof as may be nesdfhf, to tb ' payutoot of b*j othar indvbiednessnf <bw o*o*v. «Bd tee residue thereof to nny other uses or tba state; ' which said state ux .shaii be and the tan, a 1 is horaby apportioned to awd amoo< tba ' severs, counties or this state a* fellowsr that is to say : To tbrcocnty of A italic, tho ism of en®

, j tbou'and sight hundred and nine dollar*; I To the county of Bergen, tbo rum of. ■ twelve thousand nine hundred and sixty six , | dollars; - ) To tbS eoawty ef Burlington, tha torn off* 1 tsrsaty ttro thoosaad five hundred and eight dollars; \|. To the enuwty of Camden, the sum of ; fourteen thousand foor hundred and sight , dollars; To tlie coonly of Capo may, thu sum of two tboasand three hundred and eight doil lart-. To tha cnaoly ol Cuinh. rlsn<', the suns of ' I sov -n thonsand lour hundred sud fifty doi1 ler': j r„ ibe conoi v of F«»rx. ihe sum of thirty \ ' right thousand mint hundred aud fifty four . dollar*; To tba county of Ulououster. the turn of eixht l.iouswcd eigU'. Lnmlrrd and eight doi- • lari; ( To the county of Hudson, tba aura of1 ( thirty fiva thoa(*aJ srrea hnndrvd and twenty fi-ur dollar.; To the county of lionlrrdno. the aom of J ; seventeen tfci.uMod ,ovn. hundreil end twenty fhree dollars; | j To tbo coei.tv ef Slorewr. the *-n» «.t ■ ; eighti-rn tlien<-and *ix hundred and forty throe Hulhirs, To the county uf .MitJdloses, the sum uf . j fnurtcna thoutan-J* five hnndred and fifty : , seven dollar-; > To the yuoply or Monmouth, the sum o seen, ir. n thousand (wo hnn.lrril and ninety ! eight dollars; i To the ennnly of Mnrr;*. the sum of ' thirteen thousand six hundred and ninety dollar*; To the county of Orean.thu nam of (wo thousand und ninety one dollars. To the ci-uuly ol i'e-.-aic. (he sum of trh tliiitisaad six hundred and eighty (our doii T» the vomit y of Salem, the «om of ' twultit Ihousaod twu huadred and seven ' : dollars; I 1 ( to the county of riomcrset. the sum of . '

r i twelve thousand and thirty three dollar*; t . To the rounty of Sussex, the sum .of lyn i ^ j iho'tSApd fixa hundrail aiukfifu Cpor dnUnlW»To Ihe county of Union, the sum of ' ! twalve thonsanu four huodred nr.il seventy ' > dollars; To thu county of Warren, tho sum oH ; thirteen thousand ami eighteen dollar* ; ! . whicli sal. I Ux and the sum* reqaired t-j be i | raised for Rounty city, towuslun and other public taxes, shall be levied, nsso-setl and ' . collected on the persons and propurtr and 1 ■ in the manner directed by the above recitod I act. "An act concerning taxes" nnd the several supplements there' >. and the la«s 1 . of this state now in force reguluiing the I | assessments and collections of lax«* nt - i | eept as in and by Ibis K-'t is otherwise ' | erderad and din-cled. 2. And be It euaciud. That the endow. ! | ment ot fund of colleges, academies, semi- j i narles of learning or public libraries shall j j not bo taxed, and parsonages with lots . I attached not to exceed five thousand dollan ; ' in value. | 3 And be it enacted, That at the annua; '' i meet ing of the jsaeuora in each year every ' I s-sessnr shall famish to the board of nssrs ' | sor* bis book -of assessment, con! - 'nlng the | I nsrori uf tju. taxable inhabitants :i his i | township, an^f the amonnt and valno ot ' j the 'a.-.ab> prVnnrty belonging to said I ' , inhabitant*, and ^hat every assessor shall i ' | make oath that 'Ve statements contained ' | in said book are tine to the best of bis ' ' I judgment and belief. 4. And bn it onartad. That readouts or | ' this (tale (hall not be taxed far (locks an I I other property belonging to tbom ont of j this state, end npon which taxes (hall be j i assessed and actually paid in any other | state. a i 5 Aud be It enacted, That all other acts i and par's of acts, Incoasisteot with tlie provisions of this act, be and the same are 1 hereby repealed. 1 a. A I'd be it Mooted, Tbet this act shall la ko • Orel immediately. Approved Mcrcb26. 1863. An act for the partition and sale of rwa ! estate wkrre soma of the owners are ' unknown. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and Gen- 1 ■ era! Assembly of the Slat* of New Jersey, J 1 That where real estate !» held by eoparee- ! i ; nan. joist truants end ienaats ia common, i > some or eey one or whom era ouknowc, ■ ■ i the others, or either one or more of tbem. 1 ' > may cowrawocw a swi. by bill, far pni«ition, ; f in She eoort of chancery, in the soma man- j , i ner as if ell the owners of such reel estate :

wvro known, making such unknown owner or owner?- if eaid real estate a party or parties thereto, by n | ub'.ication, aocording to the law aed practice of wild eoortin L^bMe of ntiserit defendant^ unileVttjtM)Bfe of the chancellor, in one or wore 4_uew*pap«rs ot thia state, or elawbsre.di- 1 '.j rec'fagruch uuknuati owner orowanMtu appear, "ylaad. answer or demur to the sahl I'llt. within soch time a* Msg chancellor -hall direct, not lew thaw »i* month* flbm the data of such order, which order sbaHJtw: published as sforesaid. within twenty daya from the dote thereof, and rowlinned in ooid newspaper or newspapers nt least once r each week, to within ten days of the expiration of the time limited io appear, pirad, answer or demur, und at ll o expiration of ' tiie time limited in sqid order; the chancellor did mate such J.-crvo ogeinet said unknown owner or ownorg a» if thay w re known to the coort, und us utay be vquita- ■ ! blw and ju*t, and shall have power t» decree '■ a partition uf said real palate anions Hi,i owners thereof iu the rain* tudntier'a* if bll were Xno a i. uud l>j uam* bod ticvn madv ' parttui u. said suit, and it tin .-ofirt *h*.! unable t. ■letei-iano tho aMut)? .g «... uakuowuji | the clmncjjjoy s^H ' maku partition uuiotig tl.os* owners n i.oro 1 r»lal.-r tun i . a»c. rinb.ed, in inch manurr ' ns may rn hi* ju.lgmei.1 be equitable, and ; so tfcul l!.e o»u«« ,.r such escor. aincd e-ratr- »bu.! hold their r.-spectifo sbai. - ir sevvrel"} . nud :n ease ;1 shall appear to tho ebaaceilor that the said teal estate is en i iTomsimnced that sach partition thereof cannot be r adt wrthont great prejndica to thn iiiloresla of tue owners thereof, then the chancellor -halt have pnpnr to decree a sute of s*id real estate and In direct tb« execution of x deed or deeds therefor to tho purr baa* r nr purchasers, which deed or .'node kbail convey ail the right, title and dale of all the owners of said real estate ascertained and una -curtained, as completctly and effvctnally as if sll the qwnrrs i by name made parties to said hill and as socL brought tieforu the ennrt, and after , — """I- ci.uri, a nil oner

sucn sale, the chancellor shall dccreo Ihe • dislribntiou of the moneys prising.- thereJ faog th# rtwnrrs of sa^Tqmi estsiee in sucS^shares sF UtVy nisf he enOlled to, and shall invest, under tbe direolioa of Mid I CoOrt, sue a portion of the proceed* of said ■ I *« le as may lielong to those owners who are unknown to tho court, for the benefit of such owner*, and shall order thw j ajmrut I tboreof from time to time, to those who ere entitled to receive the same, end as they i shell be ascertained by the court. 2. And be it enacted. That in the proceedings aforesaid fbe chancellor Aril ho xoverneii l»y the rules and practice of aaiil court, o nil by the provisions of existing laws, in the partition and sale of reel estate, in suit* in partition in said conrt except only as the same may be. inconsistent with this act and ell estates by curtesy end dower in said reel estate may bo sold bv tbe decree of ssid court, and a certain sum 1 be ordered to be paid in lieu thereof, or a certmn share of the proceed* of (be sales of aaid roal estato shall be invested far tbe , benefit of the person •» persona entitled to such estate, in tho tan. manner as existing ' lews provide. 3. And be it enacted That the efifperi- ' lor shall make such order for tho payment * of tin- costs nnd expenses of the proceedtngs aforesaid nc thn practice and authority I ol said court: in suits fa partition and tale therein will permit, and a* ho shall deem j rq liable and just. 4 And be it enacted. That this act (bail - take effect immediately. • . Approved Slarcb 25. IBGX ! Let no chilling influences freeze op the fountains of sympathy and happiness in on^ hearts ; no cold burden settle over Its withered hopes, like snow on tha faded flowers; no rode blasts of discontent moan and shriek through its desolate chambers. Kenp a holy trust in heaven through every trial ; bear advereitj with fort!1 tade, and look npward ia boors of temptation and suffering. When yonr Jocks are white, yonr eyes dim, and your limbs weary — when your steps Mter on the verge of Death's gloomy vale,. still retalh ths freshness and buoyancy of | spirit which will shield yon from tba winter of the heart. S U RRO GAT E'8"NO Tioi: The surrogate will attend at hi* offire. •at Cape May Conrt Howe, as Taeeday l soil Ssturdnret eOcfcweek; PKTI'.R 30UPKR, Farrognte. * . ^