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VOLUME 8: CAFE ISLAND. NEW JERSEY, THURSDAY. MAY. 28. 1863. NDMBER 52 ■■ ■ .1. • mm* — -- i J-. — - - r:- mm ■ -■» t-w.

Stlttf glisttllaim. ORIENTAL 8AOACITY. HOW A KURDSZEX WAS DETECTED. The Asiatics bare a perception of * character which peculiarly flu them for the legal profession— and this faculty, perhaps, is more distinctly developed i among the Arabs than among any other i Eastern race. They are accustomed to i Tead tie book of Nature for the signs by which they find their course over the j traekleta desert. An Arab will Ull by { the track of a camel's boor whether it went loaded or otherwise ; and, carry- . , ing the same kind of sagacity into hit t intercourse with hia fellow raeo. he will ; . read in the human face many a para- . j graph of concealed guilt or goa« ing re- i none. v An Arab Sbeik of some note, retnrn- ; ing lata at night to his tents on the edge j of the desert, was murdered, and the j . body thrown into a dry cistern herd by. 1 .Next day a'nelgbbor called upon the j 1 wife of the deceased, and with a look of ; : flinch concern, asked her whether her ' husband bad yet returned to his lent, or j ' whether she had beard any news of him. 1 On her replying in the negative, the 1 y man began to tear bis beard and display j ' other, signs of great inquietude, after the Arabs, saying: "Last tight as I lay ' wrapped in deep sleep, something caus 1 ed me to awake with a start, and there, ' sUnding upright before me in the moon. ' light, I saw your husband as plainly as ' I sea yon now. lie was pale and his •yet were wild, and withdrawing his band from his brtost, he displayed a i f wound, inflicted as he said in a deep j c and ghostly voice, by the popiard ol ' Mebrouk, who then threw hia body into ' 1 to the old well by the three palms. ' .Search the well for him, and see whether 0 k have spoken She truth » 1 Tne well dt three uflin t^waTl mroodia- ' trly aemrched, and at the bottom of it c •hu .no uuiwiu wi ii

wot found tho Udy of the SheU. with a poniard wound in the breast Melirowk, the Arab iudicnlod by tne ghostneer, was seixed and brought before the ibrue cadis wbu were beeriag causes at the judgment seat, two of whom, on beariag the accuser's evidence, wvre for | linding bin goilty at once, bat the third who was an oM wanderer of the desert, nod a reader of the lines written npon the human face, said : "Not yet, my brands ; if Jantico is Mind, sorely* ahe reqnirta a guide to direct her steps. Have we any law by which the evidence of a ghost may be received as valid ? If there be such, and if a spirit from the other world visited this witness with a story of how be came there, sorely the earns spirit willmot refuse to appear at the bar of justice if regularly summoned. Summon, O crier, with three several cafts, thy spirit of the Sheik Ibrahim to appear before as, in order that we may hear his amative from hit own Hps" Three liases in front or the judgment tent, was the spirt of the Sheik Ibrahim summoned to appodr, but oo spirit came U the crier's call. * Now," resumed the old cadi, "the prisoner Mebrouk hat hitherto borne an Irreproachable character among the . tents, aod w* ought to have something more to convict him upon than the bseertions of owe who professes to hare seen a ghost. Trns, that no blood hss been found ppon the poniard of the ghost-oner, but you will remark, on look ing narrowly at him, a crimson blotch behind his right ear, aa though be bad wiped hia gory finger there. " At these words the ghost- seer made a aoddna movement, and wetting with hit mouth, in trumbling baste, the corner of his garment, sought to wipe off with it the supposed mark of guilt. "Ho pal oe now," said the old cadi, "but he paled not wben he narrated the dory af a departed spirit, at which terrible thing the nonls of the bra vent quail, • Search hia lent, and job will fend there the jowris taken by him from lb* body

of the mardered Sbeik." And it was as the old cadi Jewels and a purse, recognized as bar- | ing belonged to the Sheik Ibrahim, were fooad buried in the sand within the ghost-seer's tent, on which he made foli confession of his crime, saying that he had murdered Sheik for his wealth, aod j sought to lay the crime upou Mebrouk, j both to exculpate himself and to get rid I of the latter, whom he feared and baud ! because of his forgiveness o( him, the I ! ghost-seer, by whom he hid once been j I robbed of a large sum of money. Hating those who forgive a wrong is ; j a common weakness of mean-spirted men, such as the Arab ghost-seer, who s executed on the edge of the desert i j for killing the 8heik Ibrahim at the cisj of the the three palms. THE FIEtT 5 E[(JT IB* THE AEVOLOTIO*. The first American who discharged j j his gar on the day of the battle of Lex- i ; ington, was Ebenezcr Lock, who died j ! »t Dee ring, New Hampshire, aboot fifty i ago. He resided at LcxingtcM In i J 1775. The British regulars, at thffior- > | der of Major Pitcairn, having fired at I : a few " rebels" on the green in front of ' the meeting honse, killing some and ' wounding others, it was a signal for war. " The citizens," writes one, " might seen coming from all directions, in the roads, over fields, and through the wbods, each with his rifle in his hand, his powder-horn hnng by his side, and pockets provided with bullets* Among the number was Ebenezer Lock. |The British bsd posted a reserve of infantry in the rear, in the direction j of Boston. Tills was in jhe neighbor- ■ of Mr. Lock, who, instead of hasI tening to 'join the part/ at the jffcen; ; placed himself in an open cellar at a convenient distance for doing execu- 1 on. A portion of the reserve wg| standing 1 W 'irHiyfl/fllHl 5Tr. "tSefj5 commenced firing at them. i;

k Thero was no other American in right. JHe#orked valiantly for some roiuales, bringing down one of the enemy at e nearly every shot. Up to this lime not x a gun had been Gred elsewhere by the ; j "rebels" r The British, greatly disturbed at ! j losing so many men by random firing of ! an unseen enemy, were not long in dis \ # covering the man in the cellar, and dis- 1 j charged a volley of balls, which lodged j B on the wall opposite. Mr. Lock, remaining unhurt, continued to load aod t fire with the precision of 'a finished r marksman. He waa driren to so-h close j qoarters, however, by the British on the , right sod left, that he was compelled to B re' rest. He had just one billet left, t on$ there was now but one way to esoape, aud that waa through an orchard, I and not one moment waa tojbe lost ; be } leveled hia gun at the man near by, j r dropped the weapon, and tba man wss j shot through the heart The bullets ! t whistled abent him. ( Loek reached the brink of a steep j s hill, and threw himself upon the! ground, tumbling downwards, rolling as | ( if mortally wounded. In thin wny he ( escaped unhurt. At the close of the , war h* moved to New Hampshire,, where , be resided till hia death, twenty years ' after. He lived in eeclusion and died in ! P««ce. ^ i uzortn. EXAsnro. i That eminent apostle or common sense, the famous Dr. Samuel Johnson, i used to say, that to study or read, acI cording to exact system, waa productive •if rfere ignorance than learning. , WpnArrfully erudite aa he was in everyi thiag. it bad always been bis own Satel- ' Icctual incHuationa, and what be road at i omre interested and inatracted him. Direriaiaatingly understood, the Johnsonian plan la the one wMoh should be adopted by ill persona who wish to acqoirc new idem and learning. To resolve that yon will, fur so long a time, road socb books only as related to OB* particular subject, vWOrer they interest

or fin- yon, is tho- surest wty in the ! - world to drrivc tbolesii possible ad van- j - tafcc from the greatest number of books ; i The miutl hw its instincts by nature, as { 9 well as its reason by cultivation; and: i by tyrannizing ow*1 the instinct yon J 9 j confuse and enervate the reason. VI- 1 I cioas tastre in reading are never instine- j , tivc with the mind ; they are fungus 1 I | growths, and are perpetnaBy pointed j I | out by the reason at worthy of instant : [ I suppression ; bat the mental inttlnct is I i literally the pbysio|sn of the mind's j | reason, and when ft demands a variety j i j of food, oo good can be attained by 1 I confining it ngoroubly to a single article i kpLdieL To road is sncb a manner as ] ; | tin Derive the greatest possible advan- . tage books can yield, is to read miscel- ; | laneousty until son* one subject be- j comes cspociaily interesting, when incli- j j nation will dictate as close and long an | adherence to that oacbqbjeit as will be ' ' : of benefit to the miad. iT^tncotal . in- j ' stinct did not thus adapt itself to the j I highest food of reason, the 'latter might ; ' become wild to master all the books in j ' tkc world, and torn Into madness with j ' j mere contoraplatiou of the impossibility ! I of the task. FREAKS Of AX ELEPHAn T. ; Some years ago, there was an ele-i i pbant in the Zoological Garden at Ant- j , werp, whose iotollipmce and docility I made it very popular with the viaitora. I One day, an Kngliih gentleman waa ' so pleased with the Aurinating manners • of the noble animal that be procured a j , quantity of awett cakes and other con- j , fee lions, and placing thero in hia straw , hat, held tbem ont for the entertainment of the elephant, w^o picked out the j delicacies one by ont; swallowed them, and then, taking it for granted that straw, no matter in what shape, ia fodj d«f, quickly crushed the hat into his ; | eh Or moos' mou fh. anil cruucbed it* up i with evident relish. I..L ...1 I_ ... _ # .< '

Thla was upon fine of t bystanders, one of whom, rwho had a : t strew hat on, was particularly farelioua - t , upon the occasion. Just oa lie had , j made a very aeccessful sally, however, at ; the expense of the listless man. lie fell t j his own hat gently lifted off his bead, f j and, on looking up, waa just in time to ; . catch the last glimpse of it qs it disep- . ; peared down tho elrphanl's throat. 1 On several occasions subsequent to ; . this, the elephant picked off and de- ' | voured hats made of the same cheap | tbongh wholesome material; and, in s one instance, a lady's Spring bonnet 1 . was thiis recklessly appropriatvd by him, ' , ribbons, pine and all. At last it be- \ | came necessary for llm authorities to . interfere, andysoticea were pqated up on I ( I the premises, wt-rfingaii persons thutch- . ed with straw from going within reach of ! , j the elephant'f trunk. A run to idlus As vc look to- tho "tiawv killers" on ; . the atnct-lholding up lamp-posts and ( | pillars — we arc convinced that the most , miserable situation a man can be placed j in is when he "haa nothing to do; and: j that the "profcaaionBl'' Idler is a sponge , npon tlie world and a nuisance to the > komu race. Every man that remaina j | idle, or gcta his living without work, is ' adding to the misery of the world — is f really injuring the morals and kappi- ! nets of the hnman family, and abonld bo so regarded by society. What would be oar fate were we all to become idlers? Who would make owr garments, our bonnes, Ull tho ad I, nod make oar newspapers ? What, Mr. Idfer, tf yon are able to live without work ? Dow it follow that you ahoold remain In a state of "vegetaUon" merely f Certainly nut 1 Without a potenlt— aa- innocent and honorable pnrsnlt— no otic can be really happy, and bold a proper rank in society. The humbk wood sawyer, says some one, is n better member of society than tba fep without brain* nod employment t Emy one sbootd be employed ie teshi— ing soma mrtkk or;

• j t stem ing the dominion of tbongbt — In > - j simplifying tho means of subsistence, or ' | should in tome way, be beneficial to his ' i fellow creatures. How mahy persona I i do we ice content to live upon the pro-| i J ducts of other bands, who are, in fact, J . j no better than bare-faced rogues. Thoy j - 1 live on ill-gotten spoils, or the crumbs 1 i i of the lanch table rather than go to I i j work lika men, and be men among tucti. ] the wnic AS tk XUS1CIAY. I The wind Ib a musician by birtfi. j | We extend a silken thread in the creri- ' j ces of a uindow, and the wind finds it > [ ""d sings over it, and goes up and down | the scale upon it, and poor I'agiuifti ! ' m°*1 g" somewhen- else for honor, for lo ! the wind is performing npon a sin- : gle airing. It tries almost anything on • i earth to see if there is marie in it, it j j persuades a tone out of the great bell ' I in the tower, when the sexton is at home ; and asleep ; it makes a nioornful harp I 1 of the giant pines, and it does not dhi- f dain to try what sort of a whistle can I | be made out of the humblest chimney ' in the wtiilfl: flow it will play upon a I greel tree till every leaf thrills with the i , note in it, aod the wind up the rivor thai runs at ita base is a sort of murmnring accompaniment ! And what a j . melody it sings when it gives a concert i | with a mil choir of the waves of the sea ' I and perforata an anthem between the j ! two worlds, that goes np, perhaps, to ; ; the stars, which lores music the most and snng it tha first Then how fondly j l it haunts old bouses ; mourning under : | eaves, tinging in the balls, opening the j! j old doors withont fingers, and staging a f j measure of some sad old song around the firelets and deserted hearths ! •] — — — ■ — ft get ehodgh sleep, Y Oung turn often remark that four oa* j fivo hoars' slerp Is all thry wont, aud all ; that tha hnnma system rrqair v»- TH* Ua k-a f • It of going without sufficient rirep u Vir/ • I injurious. Thousand*, no doubt, parma- i licntlv iflitira t kil.l r !• .... 1 1 1. at... u*. 8 nrnlly their health in way. Wo

B j live in a f»st pgn, when everybody seems to he trying to pervert the order of nature, j I I f fv Iks "ill persist in turnimg night into i j day. IS ia not to ha wondered at that few I 1 j last ooj the allotted term of life. No mat. j t tur what a man's occupation may be — pliys- | , j leal or mental, or. like Othello's, yeWc. and ! 9 ; living in idlencs'— the cunititutuin cannot ' - ; last, depend upon it. without a sufficiency I . of regular and refreshing sleep. John , I Hooter, tbo great surgeon, died suddenly of! ; spasmodic affection uf the heart, a di-ease < encouraged by the want of sleep. In ai f volume just published by a medical man. ! I there is one groat lesson that hard slodents I ; slid literary men may learn, aud that is, j • 1 that II outer probably killed himself by j ■ I taking too little sleep. "Four hours' lest I > : at night, and ore after dinner, cannot he | i i dimmed sufficient to recruit the exhausted . ; powers of the mind and body." Certainly I not ; and the cocseqaence was, that HnnI ler died early. If men will insij^bn dealj ing sleep, bar "twin sister. f'Paath." wHI avenge the Insult. l j — — ■an- — - box wsh sent to the army latwy with j ^ ' the following address: "John Mcl*henon. i | tqnire, cmnpinury C, sekund rigiment rode ' , ilau privateer-. Washington, d, ce. |Kamp ' | close tu tba Wrappauok, au »k wy kreuk." IS : I "How often do yon knead bread 7 ' asked , I one housekeeper of another,— "How often ! i , I Why. I might any Wlleerf it cbatiaaally,' j ( j replied the other. ^ j ' ! Wise men arc instructed by reason ; 1 i men of less understanding by experi- - | enco. the most ignorant by ueccssity ; j aud Uic beast by nature. The poor man's pane may be empty, j i bat be bas aa much gold in the •unset I and silver in the moon aa anybody. j The sunset clouds are the visible song | of the day that is dead. Why i« the letter t like an island, j Because it ia in the middle of water. | Tic >Mt T.lmbh kelp a mou ever gate is whan ha halpa himself. mm tkc NX Mil he nulcbon. j ey, at d the :pidar put ean. ^

BY AUTHORITY. 1 j LAWS OF NEW jgftagVc T [ A Stapplemcot »c'aa act eatitlad " A o act f7 1 j for the relief of saeh portion of tha <Bi1 litis of the »l»U~a»,_niay ba called intolj service, approved May elsCaplb, one ! theusaod eight hhadred and siSty-Onc. | L Ue it enacted by tha Senate and 6eaI prel Assembly of the State of NWW Jbtaey, I That from and after (ha first day of April. JAaoo Domini eighteen hundred and sixty - three, the benefits aid provisions of the | first six sections of the act to which this k j n supplement, be sod the same are hereby I extended to the families of each married persons of tho militia of this state, and to i the widowed mothers of such pereoos, riti- | sens of this slate, "iihoat families depend ! eot npon them for support, as Lave been , formed into companies within this Btatc. and mustered into tha service of the United | H tales, or have joined eompauies of volnn- | leers mustered into the service of the U«iled Slates in other states, whether attached . . lo regiments belonging to this state or to' ■^o titer stales of the United State* ; provided. that this aet shall not be deemed or construed to inclode families or widow*? •anthers of such of tbe militia of" this elate as are or may he liiniltrly provided for by the laws of tbe stale to whieh the regiment | er regiments, to which snch militia are at- ; inched, may belong ; and provided aUoi j that in case any of such of thn militia of j thi< state as shall hare unlisted ia or beeir j attached to regimcots belonging to state* j other than the state in which they may hsve so enlisted, in addition- to the pay si j lowed by the states, then, and in every *«ch i esse, the families or widowed mothers ef I such person* shall only be entitled to the pay per month provided lor by the eet to j which this it a supplement, after deducting therefrom tbe monthly allowance so provi I ded by such other state ; and further, that this act shall out extend to tbe families or • widowed mothers of such of the militia of :tbis state as have been enrolled since tbe v drvtl end sixty -one. or eioy hereafter he enrolled hi soy-company nut raised ondor the

9 authority of and be accepted by tbe gover- > nor of this state. . 2. And be it enacted. That in cane any i of the militia or this state, whoeu families i I and widowed mothers are intended to be . j benefited by this supplement, shift hsvu - | beun formed into compnnies within thir I | stale, the captain of every inch company I | U hereby required to perform the same dnI | lies as are now required of chptains of i other companies by the eixth section of f ! said act ; and to entttlb any penon to thn * > b'tfeCts of ■ hit act , ft shall be lb* doty of i i tbe party claiming the same, at the time of . | demanding the first payment by virtue «>f « i ibis eel. lo produce a certificate fiom iho , j captain of tbe company to wfiieh the voluni | leer belongs, on uccoont of whoso service* I ; tbe claim is uiade. certifying to the name [• | of the volunteer, the time and place of blr 1 enlistment, and his residence at ealfvtmeiit, f whether married or single, and if sin^e, whether having a ihother dependent opow - him for support ; and, also, an uflldaVit of i same reputable, disinterested freeholder.resident in the ward or lownabip in which such applicant retides, coreborxting tbo i j statements made in such certificate, (ex Apt . i those In regai* to the enlistment.) and tte - 9 ting that the affiant is personally acqusio- ^ ted with tho person applying for snch payment. sad knows such person to be th* wife, widowed mother, or proper rep rest n1 utivo of tbe family of tbe volunteer named 1 ' in snch certificate, and is entitled to receive | »uch payment ; nod that, on dumhnd of j every ssbscqurnt payment demanded by ; virtue oMbU act, the applicant shrii pro ■ dace a new certificate, signed by tbe cap-' ■ ; tain of the company lo wbipk *nch roinu- • ; ta«r belongs, certifying that at tb* data j thereof snch votanteer was is active asrJ vie*, nkkb certificate shall bear date not > ' more than thirty day* prior to tba tires 0f 1 ! presenting tbo same ; and all af lb* SBrtifiestas aud affidavits afereswid shall be Am j with tbo person whose doty it shall b* to- : mnko suob payments ; provided, tbo* tbo | provisions of this set shall ooly extend to ' such farefly or {anilies oo ia tbo opinion of tbe person who** duty it tr or amy he to i make tbo paymoats ao' horiswd by this set, i shall b* daowod is Boody circa ButteMHL j. And b* it oss Clod, That this act shall ; be deompd m public sot, aod shall takt c fleet immediately. Approrsd March 2b, I! 63.