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VOL. IX. *" CAPE ISLAND, CAPE MAY CCWSTY, NEW JERSEY, THURSDAY. OUTOHER 8, 1803. NO. 19.

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*rlrtt I'ortrn. x — u. 2 1 0H1H>H0Wl. ^ — i » '«f «*r. iM-iso 4-jifaa. ' •' ' *] -ViaViair Ml of Mrda. »• ' ( Tr«-|>inir ^ ia lli* nvwhbof'd-yar :«— . , KarK i» f.nr' (ff ch'liibood'a ran'<. 4 . hiaoreirt of weitti of fair..-,' .iJIpcinj; pcoifil aw»j. Soma ^rWiSuto itibjr o«c«l Cb» »vr ; I jc-Woy Oat (fir r,.»rktt.<l»y. Whrti ciloMI Kooia on ailra pie— 1|'.» ih-y Jo i-i joy ii.i- fun. -4|r« Hie jjro » uig liico.i* done. Un aiMcior* sboat lite room. I'rr»im»tmrfal« *n4 mien-, So»inp of .Uw « iooRi. ■• I>no't H m itch t(j* rar|iet hie* r F*ir> wcaVcr*. Mill tuotn:»Ita». Itnoehip lika'ito •oeitnt'fNos \ndoiat aben the prayer ia loofti |J Am! ilh i j.-a arc rabOmi in raiir; In the Biiirttin- up arilh aony. Hnldiaff Imbiu U>. rfelch th« rain — 1 Too. coma In! jroa ropcitb Will! i \ Uo ta achool. arid tharo be rtill ! j'( , ' Li In a hotidar of tweeta. \ Care a IJoabaard pat uoknowii ■ Rrarr day it* joy rafiaat*. who that it.'. oro wooW a:«h to clood ? ■ Who Ibftl fairy lao<) would throw) ! I'j Hard their drrtinr who Cr.»j> , Through a childhood full of gloo'n, :,. : rl.t'1 awake And >ad aaJavp, i' jL. -0or.ed in u hyhtg tt ml..— i • Old liafacmlheir ream bar* sped. ( Oray nl boait ere morn hutli tied. — . — 5-rlrrt )rtltstrlla«s. h m kwfuins piit.ai n" • MtM. " ! . • ' • •' ' I , j rir* act rro* btcrcjuc. K w_ n. wlbccn. ; •' -tit Taks t'oc fulkiwinK «« • specimen of' . i Utelr preloctioos If *«» a dEacoarto | dilivrred i»y tiicsllrr. jaoi.i AnL-jr. fa- , tniBarly known as " oM Jimmy," a rc- ' ni'*ni J nnd reduubUdtle jmachor of , ' East- ' TcnnW'tt. ij It aa*.. nuUcu Ihrougb t liar loWnof', ■ Jutiesboriyiigh thai Mr. Alley woafd", hold forth On 1 l»e Kitraiiife of a he next 1 1 .Sebliatli- Tlic fatnoas. (Jiiipe was a frrrat Tu*ori;c — with cone tp»re lhan , • I'.h Jndge White. At ttni appointed , ' hour, lira Jad^r, in pomjaaiiy with a . ; i»rre eonftvgwhiun, woe ia oltatidance , • al siin htf«M uf prayer. All wen ! , • h;;*imTia expeeiation. Air. Alley en- j ti red, hat with h'.m a eltrira! brotlier, , who* a- at " pat up" lo prtach. The , j coBgrcKation •>«« ctMppoMil «f a border . j«i potation ; th"f Were itoappoitited ; | t bis was not the man thaw trad come to . hear, conocqofrflff' fhtre itni a (rood dial of miabeiiheipr. Tlu 'aiaconrse was ended, and Air. Axley ^roac. It: is a cnatom in tb« new wwnntry, when i t two or more preacbura wre. proent. fur 1 each of them to hare something to any. i Air. Axlry stood sUautly sarreying i i : the Congregation notli cwery eye was [ ' rivet id. He iheu began : 1 i ( " It may be a very paififul doty, but 1 1 It is a very aoletna ear, for a minister of : ] | the gospel to rcpi"- ■' e ir\ mi>eoovftict 1 1 and sin, vbeofrer run" vfcarefcrbe sees it. Rat especially is t hie his dnty on Sunday and at cbtreh. That ia a duty j ' | 1 am now about to attend to. "And now," continued the wecerend . i ijieaker, pointing with bis long finger j ] in the direction indicated, "that man I I silling out yo ad<r brhhid the door, who , ! go; np and went put while the brother ■ I was preaching, stowed out aa iosg as ha j I wanted to, get4di booh* f«H «*f mud. j < i-amw back- and auwiped U>e mod «tf at it the door, making ail tbe noiae be could j i or/purpose t. disturb the attoaiion of j t ibst ono Vhiaka 1 nraoa b!m. A'o ws>il iV.te trabam. lira, w.y .t m»«ia* Id | , How. nay fr.eud, I'd adtiee joa to Wo \ ' ; batter initioers befi re joa coos to i. church ntxl time. Bat I don't mtan | him. 1. "And sow," again po Intra* at hbji ;oark, -rbat lHUe^giH Vlttiwg tberr, j | i abhwt half way of the boose— I aboald I '■ ■' ft; otHM* of bcr tionaii aw! the inStdc ' ] '■ of her bo fact ; At bw a bceastpio ou.h

j t oo, "(they were eery eeresc ti; oo oil sn- I j ptrlinitira of dress), she that was gig- ( 7 gjing snd rliaticring alt the time Ae 'i throifier was jinmcMiip.'sb that eVbn the ' j.'old listers ht the ifCTpliburho'od ctioVfAf' ^Lcsf .wbst be. was ssying, thongb they j .tried to. phe tiiinks.l B!rcn..lM.T. J'uf, ( sorry fr^. the bcitorn oi my, .beat t ft»r , I any pogents that have raised a girl io i , ! Iter time of d»y, auii imten't UOgbt bsr i j bow tu li.fc.ir.; iiL.ii -:.u cotrcs to ' , | church. LiWhv girt, you hrte dtegracrd | , ! your parents as well as yonrt'.l!'. Be-', bate bener' "n'csr time, «on'i yon.' But., I doti'i mean b?c " . Pirccting Uis fingir to anoihrx aiy, | I be said. " Tbal uiaa silting llicre, t bat ' looks n» bri* Ut and pert aa if be oerrr , was aaierp in- lite iifr, and never expectid : ; to be, but that just? as t oon n« iboAro- , j itior took H< text, laid his head" down i oa tbe back of thw scat In front of bim, . went oootrd ade»p, slept the whole time, . and rtiorcd j that man ibiiLs I mean j | 1 My frissd, don't yoq know tbe , church ain'i tbe piuce to plcpp ? If you I , needed rest, why didu't yon stay at botue, ' take of yonr cloibce, and go to bed ? i ( ; ihw's lli».|ihw to alec p, i.ul the church. , Tl.c nr» time yoo have a chance to K , hear A eertnon, I advise you to keep ^ awake. Bul l don't mean kiln " Thus , bo proceedi-d, pointing out every man, j , woman and child, who bad in the slight- j , esi daviated from a UhOlling linn of qoar : duet ; characterizing the wisdtmenrtor, aad rending thorp lesisiim of rehnks. Jadga white was oil lids time silting ' f at the ernf of the front rest; jns*. undor , j tEu speaker, enjoyiug the did gentle- j , i man's disrjrtiihion to t!ie list drgrf e ; ' twisting bis neck arout.d to note if the anditpec relished the "dfwn comings"; | las uiucb as lis did ; ruuiiing bis bsnds, ( ' gmiling, <bnpkliiig inwardly. Between .bis icolh and efirik was a mottslrons i , quid of toimcco v.hitdi »the better key . i. was pleased the mote he chewed ; tbs 1 1 i he ebewed tlic more he *pnt, (rod ' j \ behdld, tlTe floor bore witness to fl»4 tt- f_v : anlt*. ,Af. |eRg.th the. uW teh^emW.T, j straighl'coing himself up co bis full , , ' bl ight, coiitiaotd with great graTity : ; "And now, I recoa yon wsnt-w knew c who I do uisan. I mean (bat dirty, . ■ nutty, filthy tubaceo-chewer, silting on the end of thai front seat"— bis finger I meanwhile potntiag true na n need Id to"' j the pole — " sej what he has been nllifiit ! j ! Look at these, jniddlts oti tie floor ; a frog wpuldn'i gi t into tliew ; tkitik of j '' ; tbe si.tera' UrosC* baing dragged 1 i Ihrough that muck." The crest-fallen j 1 .fudge averred tbal he never chowrj aay ! I more tobacco in chureb. A " WKTIJt" TO mUVKLU, 1AWK. i« i " "• \t Mr. Robert -RutteR, who formerly 1 1 : hi Schoharie -coooty, New York, ' i: now rt'iiJei in H&Vity or Albany. Ros- j t tell appears to ySthe victim of ntipro- j • , pitious circumstiincef. Bossell has on l j unhappy faculty jfif d«ing bu|ine*s con- ( l to law. On Tuesday lnat, Mr: | Russell was arrested for ihe eleventh t i time sinoa aatam act in. We give bis y r vamir.klion : 1 I >' Well, Rnswfi.' raid tbr magistrate, j t i ars here again, 1 perceive.' r [ ' YsS. sir. The fact is. Squire, J*c> a j c j wictim. Blow me if I cere »b»t Bobby j s Russell does, As Is sere to rriolate tome f I iaw or other. When 1 coma* to Albany, j I I I says to myaeU. KaaM-U. my bojq •«-' a | take a butt lo-m«>rro*>, and try them fox : c j ^Weil, Mr* cot I goea, acd ( t what do joa think T Before 1 got to ! j tic ntxi corner, Barney WbuUn tapped J'l i me on ibe abo&idvr, and says, ' That's j _t | agin the law.* "AVhai'a ag!n the law ?' ' n I 1 replies ; and he saya, ' having dags in s 1 the stroat wRboul mufcics.' He accord- j i ! ingiy srtesied me, e»d bruagnt me to j t Ilka poboa noart. Tba ra-oli ofihwtja j piece of-fcra »« a laa of live dollars, i o ' who* do I do iUo !' " j k •Owrt ooy.' li j 'Well, It.tea and IT! tell y»u 1 «,.| | , j the fog hounds to on" df 'Aunt RutS* ! g • free da for twenty duif«t«. With thwji | proceeds I bought a sow and piga. I i s j tcvk them home, built a pen ia the bock , y ' yard, ood .ihwwgbt oil my truukk- wsos i.b | at an wed, bat I was miatahen. OSeaLi t ! Bradw«n CaHcd wpou ma «iw my next j t ' Borning, and atys : ' Rtmcll, kt*pi»g e

hogs iu ^Ihe yard i7~*gfn tbe law '1 : ' doubted it. This riled Officer Bradwcii, j who h»d inn arrested again. This litnc ; , I waa'fiiitd five dollars.' ' Wall, what did jou do.tbca ?' ; 1 1 sold my sow nnd pigs, and bought ; i a bt*r»e nnd cart, . aud uodcrionk lo j i-draw wood.. The very first -load I put! I On draw the attention of poiiecmmi : ! Sickles, aba Aaid ALai driclcg a >-aU . ' tflthout Ikriisa was ' agiu Ihc law.' He | I arrraud mc .Tor that offaooc, which caused tnc another fine of five dollars ' ; ' Well, what did yba do next f ' . I sold the horse q.nd'cart, and bought . the half of a cbnrcusl wggbn ' ■ -'Well, what success did too meet wlUt n.'ter that"?' f 'Tl.e su nth old lack, sir. The first | day I conrmr need peddling, policeman j Sneaks took me by the collar and ears : ' 'Russell, that's agin tile law, ale feller.'' J 'What's spin tbe la"», 1 said* ' He rc1 plied, ' selling charcoal in a wooden : | mearav.' That colt me a fine of thru- : | dollar*. ' ' Did that d»i*e you out- of the char- : | coal business ?' j ' Ytt, sir. I sold tint and thought I ] • won'd try my fortune in carrying bag- ; j gsgs Letvvrcn th« stearobort* and rui!- ] , roads What's the use .' I only coin- • i oeooisl work to-d«y, feud yet here I nm • jagam ! ' What tor; now f j' ' For soliciting btiggipn' without n permit from rho Mayor*. A* I said In- ; [Tore, I'm a wictim. If I should rnvc a . ; frost d.-owwlng by jumping info e 1 Lwhirlpcol, dash my vlg if I don't believe , lite first , pelicatnetv I met in coming 1 i asliorA wwuld up and say : • It's agin the j Russell, to go.iirartioord wilbout a; j linense frooi tba Ordtiff ' j. yh«- jortico, hwftny bosrd Mr. Ru»- ! «••'! to the end, admitted thai he wns al 1 wictim' and let hint off without paying ; J fine; Ruisell left tho office, saying' j that he would go nod kill himself, ' If it j I- vara not f«r~ «wiu tubig ' • On -being j L a>k. d- whfetJtkaS was. lie rwplird thai! kou»a|>ollcrBian -woold discover it was' 'agia the l*w 'to commit suicide,' and : | undertake to collect tl.e fine from bin ' ; mlsfortiuit clilldfrb.' 1 ' Rtftsrii's case calls for sympathy. 1 ' S«t: VAMiLT KITTISb 80BM.- ^ I '.I ! This ia the plesssiitest room in thej i ll is thet to which the heart of. the abyent or homr-iick "diild always J tonimj ft is the Caaba of every dpippsUs j j Mecca It is the room thai makes . . , home; there tho family lives, and there j ; ihc family life flows in its pnrest, swcil- ; I cai stream ; and hence wo call it the ! ' family room. There is tha fountain of ; the bonarbojd life; hence to many of us i | it is known as the living-room. Tho us 1) j j these words *rc not found in any die- J j tfonary, they arc found in every heart, j : llert; tho family sit together; here those i j domestic accomplishments, writing, »#*- j nnd reading, cro carried on : here j thj> children' play ; here even tiie qmt i , , purs, and the farosly dog ha» hf» plaM.'i j This is the room thnt is found iu every] , | house. Iwrge or small. Tlicrc may be ! ! parlor, po dlolng-rooa^jto bed-rootn, "kftcfTwn, bol a funuly-room there j tlweys is. limaybeqsed for- a draw-: [ Ing-Mom, or a sleeping. room, or a din- ! j \>r even a 4 lichen, but it • always remains -the' famlly.rbtm. All; | othar osca ar« temporary and exigent ; I lW» ia permanent avid perpetual. As lhii ja the ploaeantcvt room in the j ( heart, it thwuld be mode plvttsantcst in | jbe house. It thouid be large and niry, j nnd its location should invite the ann- • abian and air. Tha famltaM should be j plain enongb not to be formal, and not j too plain tu be comfortable. If liter* i»- ; room, a tow Bower-pota Should grace ! of the wind owe. A bookcase Is ' i afed childrooV booke to j j : one or mora of its jhelvw( Robini son Crusoe, Arabian NightC afeU-A'ji- ' grim "a Frugref* ahould nutv«4> wanting | ' • in'bny family ihuteoB afford them. En- S | graviuga, aow so cheap and good, and ; ; particularly atereeacSpio viuwa. ougbt to i ' kb« the- aim of arnry household. Ami J ; l-.t da ray, -that every ^one caw afford | , j to get whan ha rumlly wants. What ore j 1 eau't rfford to get is what otff vaaky trll • '

envy craves. The bCal thing* for ■& arc i tboscjwhich our h*art dwitvs— which atI can appreciate— which t-xprttf* our chn- j Iraetcr, and nr<; fen rglrntiofi of oprwlves. Whether each thingawrc books,- pictures, j . or ilowors, wc can get ihctn ; and these, | . as l>ciougir.g Yo4he .h-.-art, belong to the j faraily-rootn. j The window. of thU fooai tlionld have i a good outlook ; fur from R couie in. , many thoughts aud t uggealiona to stimu- i , late and adorn tbe inoer life. Erom the ; > w indow of this gomn the citldron ftret i stfidy Nature. Hcre- "nb'vrly crowding j to the panes, they listen to tbe luonoto- j ■nv.ua rain, or wateh the failing, leaf. M Hero thayivitow thu snow at it comusi : down in ckTiiing whirla ; or dreamily, j and with distended ayoe, -g»r.e nt the i : large flakes sinking to the ground so | . pure end t.oistlcsely as If abfeken from | • ) the wings of an uugel. Here, after j hrcakluai, w heir the larger children have gone to shool, and tbe father to hie , , business, the mother, with the smeller i children play ii-g around ber, ails doing I ; bur more quiet work. , I'encvfully and | evenly the current flows tip P«*i uoon j till tea-tlma, when tlir larger children, | ; with stronger voices and. iuhder tread, j j hate come fr.vui school, era the father j . front lis business. Then the stream ; ' dcepeas and widcus, and the family life j ia again at full Uda- Trom this point it { . begins to ebb. One after another of! the tributsrica dry up. Little hands I ; grow still, iiuie voices are hushed, little j eyes close; the roar of tbe grate it! hushed, its tyca of Heme grow dim, and j one by cue the rod coals art quietly | , i sinking to iiou|k aedgr the grcy ashes ; ! the candle is near the socket, nud the'j . uiutl.tr, thoughtfully Lying aside her wurk, gathers up ihc loose things, put- ! iir-ft ilkL tbo oliiUren 'a tojra'nud littlss ! J ahqrs and sto.ckinga, quietly takes the • candle, and, like aguaruiae angel, pastes { -J out of the UpiUy-room, aud the day in j ! done. . Who can Arget tho fsmily-room 7 | U is the family scl ool-ivom, atd .should f i be made tin- Imusubohl shrine. ijvi tha t parlor, with its finery and formality, be i forgoitao. The thought of the -bad- j j room muy neveg wjthc in tho uiiud of the 1 j abm-ut child, but let pot The sitting- j I room, ihclir icg-room, the family-reo r. ■ i die out ,in the hearts of Jour children. | fur from thet sacred cell j» the future \ house 'of your child to grow. i . - • . I'LL TOTE rtlll TBI OTRCB JUX. The folfowing story is toid of a Rer- . oiutiouary suidier who waa rouulng for i Congress. It nuffian thai he was opposed by n much younger man, who had 'never heen to the war*.' wv-.i it was the wont of 'lira j i ' Rev -'stiov.ary' to teli the people of the i batdebipa he hadwwndured. Says Jte ; " F» Haw citizens, I have fought nud j bled f..r tsy country — ! helped to whip j lujt British and Indians. I bare llupt i oa the field of battle with no other eov- j < i ring than the canopy of heated. I j I have walked over frozen ground till t erery CuoUtep was marked with blood.' Jnal about this time, one of the .'*ovt rcigea* who hud become very much sfj fee ted by this tale of woe, walks up in I frqnt of ihe speaker, wiping the. teora from his eyes with ti e extremity of his j i aoat-tail, and iq^re^ing him, says: ' Did you say pit you fought the | ' British and the lujines J« ! 'Yes, six, I did.' ^ | ' Did jou say you bed followed the j enemy of your country over frozen \ i ground till vytrj footstep was covered ! with blood V ' Yes.' cxultingly replied the speaker. ' Weil, then,' says the tearful sovereign, as bo-gm azlgh of painful emotion, 'I'll be blqmed if I don't think 1 you're done enough for jour country, and HI vote for the other man.' ; elm .vkt Cotri-tmnurr — KoetenTllv, at the agu of 67, aflar ugog many amiable and Igeitant things to* young and brant iful j Madame Helvetic , peracd before hev wilh- , out perceiviug h»r, in order to-pUoo him I wif at table. - See," laid Madame Uelve* ! tins, "how I ought to valee yohr gallant. , Res ; yon pae#beforo me without looking at j me." ^Madame." said the old nhra, "if I tVfefl looked" st Jon I cwdd net have paucd."

• j MOW TO POP THE fll EfiTIOT." . ; "Urunious saya I, "Dur twAmtyono past, and it's time to look aftrr Nance." j Next diy down I bent Nnnry was , i sltar.c, atid I ashed her if ibY Squire vras ' j ] In. She sah! he neer.'t ( '-Ososc.* snid I," making* htriio*e I » wai ted lo see liinv, "oar Wilt has j-praifl-i ! ad his foot, and f «-ome to tee if tho' te ..j Squire wouldn't lrnd.u>e his mare to go ! i (.to town.** t ; She said sue giinesed he won'd. I'd f better sit down and wait till the Squire . ; came in. Dawn I set. She looked sorter rtrangc s and my bourt frit queer-round the odge. ' * , j "Are yon going down to Betsey Mara tin's qeeiitin* f after a while, »ez she. S.z I, "wkoo-i wHI " i Sez fhe, "suppose you'll Pike EliXn r j Dodge." " " • ' ; * Scz*I. "I mouilit, and then rgalo I * ■ ! moughteuV." r| Sex .she, "iheard.youwes agoing to- . ' | get married.'' Scz I, "I wouldn't wonder a bill" 1 1 I looked nt her, and »v cd tk* teere ■ | eoaiing. ... ... . > ; Six I, "maybe she'll ask yon to bo r | bridesmaid-" 1 She ri:: up,'*he did, litr face as red fel * - 5 ; u boiled beet. ll "Seth Elokes," anil^ she couldn't ssy f anything tnore, she wes so ioIL s I " Wouldn't- you be bridesmaid, e ' Nance? ' sez Ii * "No," sez she, and bust right out. ( "Well then," ttz I, "if you wont bo f the bridesmold, will you be the bride ?" • | .She looked up to me. I. swan to man L" | I-never sow apytfilng so awful puty. I r | tout right hold oflter hand. ■| , "Yes or no rlftht off," sex 1. Si "Yes," ae* she. M ''That's the sort," srz I, end give her * n kiss find a fang. AVe soon hTtehed ' J traces to trot in doffble harness for life, ^ I and I never had cause to repcut of my If bargain. -- ^ H THE HAS!) IHALSAkhh TBI "j Two painters were employed' to fu-scO - 1 J the walls of a magnificent edtliedral. Both , " stood °n ■ rude scaffolding, coos'.ructail fq_r , j tbe purpose, suiiie forty feet ftu® the floor. . Otie of thetn was Suteot upon his work v > thai hv lieeantw wholly ahsoibed, and in 1 uumhwt'oa Mood off froiit thj picture, gas- " ine al it with Jotense d>'4<.«kt. **■ > Forfeiting, where he was, he moved : hack sloaly, surveyiug critically tho work . . of his pencil, uqjil be bad naarail the edge - - uf the plank upon which ho stood. At tfaie r critical moment bis tompanioo turned sod. delily. and almost paralyzed with horror, \ beheld bis imminent peril ; another iusiunt, I and the enthusiast wouM bo prccipiiwud j j upon the javemeut beneath. If he spqlcn c to tim, it waa certain death; if bo held hie peaer. death Was equal iv stire. Saddenly he regained his prrscr.ee of nriod,' nud reizipg » wet brush, flung it sgatosl ttw wall, spat taring thu picture with bo- ' aijyhtlv blotches or coloring. 1 TuPpfeinflr flew forward and turned - | upeu bin friend with Scree upbraidiogs, ^ [ but, atartloJ et hi* rbwtlyfope. he*li«tened I j to his recital of danger, looked shuddering , over the dread spsce bJlow, anj with tests of gratftude l-ICssed thw Laid that saved htm. - . Jurt so we sometimes - t ab oftod ujion . ' the pictures of the world, and iu contem- * platiog them, step tack wards, tmcofiscioos, » i of -oar peril ; when the Afrnighty In uforcyr ! dashes out the beaotlful imager, and draw* ■ or, *j the tltnw we are complaining of hia , _. j dealings, into hie" outstretched arms of i compassion and lore. » j A8EX. , , I - _• J Dr. (iuliek. of the Mierouesiaa Mission,' | uji tbal. when translating eeWtioM front the tioepei, the translator was.loog in doubt what iitttir# word to use to signify •' Amen.v A'ler careful Inqclry-'among lira - oalives, be HtJljMMBBU ssnpowuf stos t^ ; aeariy gave it* i-Jes. Wist wis his I ore , prite to Bad. awhito later. Ibat hit synonym for tbe devoot word which gpds the Chria- .. tlan's prayers had tha equivocal sense pf , y — dry up BMm Ktcorder, , ! WLVVy pnrfoaadfy homsn- is xn «W j man's roetwury of a mother who died in his'earlier years. Loosing back cpon t»r ia - fait; yoalb, be sees, iu the sweet Image 'h« - caresses, not bis" parent, hot, as it aero, his ' child. [ Opportunities, like eggs, mnst be oaUko* • when I bey are fresh#-