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NOT ALCOHOLIC. A mOHLY CONCENTRATED. VEG ETA H LE EXTRACT A PI KK TOSH'. - DOCTOK II OOF LAND'S. VCSVIX BITTERS, WttfftAltKH BY Dt 6. *- JACKSON, muitlpki:, P*. WILL rrrSCTPALI.T CUBE I4VKR COWPJLAIfCT. • ... . - axanirfiA.. I • jAWntrB, i etroplc or Kerr mi* PebUtty, Ltsoasr, ( ■«f t ha KMmpi. «n4tll dluuM mstefeif fcoic a diaordered Llwer or Btcmacli. , .« D^atlso. f!on. Id* «r0 P0«. PBlM of ok*! (r. I*« • W,. . ...Uk-ruJ ihp Slrm.Apft. '.StHHL HMitau, UUtfjst lor Sood, ftlOT- «; W. *Cl Inthamoaaeti.Soar Km- ! tattoo*. Maktecurrfalttftag »> Ik. Hit of lb. . ftwa. Mudirif l*» H»*U Hunwl »c4 I ' BUBralt •raufitwc. K.utirrlaa .1 lb. Hoart, i Click I cam Suilor.tIM Si sen lines (Iva la a * " ItlM pO*lt|W PlUUN nf VUl.n. bod Hlorr tbe Slant. Fever and Hull Vila la lb* Hew). VMeumer of Herest- I Valine, THbmm of tho , Sk!o wl I.) M. Pais U - cm Ha, lock, ! . . " afHwU. Iturclba la ibo j First* lunim tmaftam*. re af Sni, «U »#eat MimuM of spirits. ■ j AM wUIyo.lllr.iy jhotmit Vrllow r.iir, mi- ' Mu fever, Si. yarTiecaVAt* v aOAXCOIIOI. OH BAD WHIIKKV I "N»"- , "Or you ««*! eaood appellor 1 ' Do oa weal to build up vocr eonatltutloet , . 6* rDB W*ot tu frr! writ) Bo >,.« want i ■ -,! rid of .frrvousneM I KBSffl'... ; Do you want a brtak «oJ freliajt 1 II roudo.ua. B0(VFLANI>8 GERMAN HITTERS. ' P1RTH I I4U AfJTH E. f Tb.r* arc' fiiao} iwAwrallona rotd under lha ] •act •<-: I ( uafa ouart hottlM, coB|touoOed of lb* rheeprst a fcttkpj or romruoo rum. co.1- ' In* from fro* #j tu IB rest* prr olk». lb. laal* •UanlordJ* ABM or CMtaadrr «od. thlr rl-r. of Mttrr. ha. ratiacd and will ooetlaae 1 dte?h"ra*l>h!7 Ibr' d^aKol" By*1' htlt^uZt' lb° , ■yalcai l<k«l> uai!«r . I h. ^ IBB of ' IMr Lk)uor la malad and krpl up, aad ibo mult I. ' BMytMuowoa alDadaal upon a dr.ak.nl'. life | rot Ihcne aadwtll WW a Liquor HI- ( bo, wopu«lflfl»18llowN«rt»f*lpt. (>tou»l«ii- j sssL"„n -,:ss sr. jrr. ■sr2rs.rjf3*JS > miBviiu, Yuu will hat. all Um sPun *i . HooU'o.'Ja k> roowwlloa wflk a mail art tele af LWjunt, al a atucb la a ptlto I baa tbeae laieltor pr.e«r.tlu=- njll coat you. ATTENTION, SOLDIERS! n ■ rtn i ivnt ovi>i/icnoi

AXD THE FRffi-NDS 19F SOLDIERS, Veaall the alte»lin»<>( all kaTlnr nlatleaaor I fttfod. In the annyU. the net that •• Huoflaod'. . Oeioi.n Wtfef." Will eure ulive-itiib. tH Ibo rtlaOUae. 1 . prK.l.n*. In.-. l. i,l L->"' jSmO U<» >b lb* Hat. uubUahrtl atsMSt dally la 1 the aSbrpapora mi tbo arrival nt !h. nek. II will be «et|< nl mat a very latpo pmpoetHk. at. .ulTEvln* fro* UUHty. Every com of thai kind ma Bo rrWVI) eerod by HandMul't Uia.p Billet.. 1N. .K. mill line ttni. illMtderi ol to. .tluMtlre or an. are nieedllt n nor.d. We ha.o no healiatinu la aC.Ilht met. II tbeae Btteia were neoly u-ed amooc our ■ol'jirr** l.noaHeda nf Urea Mtblbeaarrd thai ° W e rati Bulk ulv attenlioa to 1Kb follow tu rr- 1 mat.. Mr am| well aulboaileated tun of oar of Ike ' Ballet', fceeoea. wlnte tile, to u.r kie own laoyuacr, ; " baa barn and ky the marrai"rblladolidila, An*urt SJd, iMt "y&mm Jgt*% k T*noat WoU, MUnaaajroui I Huuflaa-I'a 6er»*o Mrt-r» bat eaied my Hit. TVrt W Bo Biiitake la thla. It I. touebed lot l>» Buaibrts orWTtoai'adee.wme of u-hoBB a.Mee at* appnu'ed, | aad wbn *fr. full. cogftUant <ti all Iba citruantan- 1 rn ol aiy eaer. I aw, aad hate Kea lot Ike la«i foot rear", a mmi'.rt of "term an', rrk-hratpd hatter., and tlOd -T the laaawdlate omoiu.ikI of Captain R. B- Arm Through Th. .»|«aiurr aitrodaat u|.ui tuy anlnuu. dullea. I .. altaokod la KoreaOwr ! iMtwUhSnewMat'oe uf the lunga, ar.d wm fut aaraat. -two c.-t In tbe ln.pllal Tbfawat r.il-Joa-ej In groat .'rhltlt}, hi iyhlrord by an ayuek ot ; asfJr wrkSswaSs " <iaU Qi Ha no, : ikku whlek 1 Haded ua the Wrh - Of lu dew J.nre h\! Uiar I Mil he. a about aa low ; u anrNRd rttuM lw and etlll retain a apatk of 1 mauft. Fur a week or Met I vu e aten-. .Mr , to awnUow MlTbtaa. aad If I did Mi eg a awwwd . dtaUTwaa inrt»ejt»raly thrvwa u» .gala i eoufd sul errn t.-rp a glaaa of u ai»t oa »y ; ■to Mark, kth" eu'Jid not !a»l .in iter ttnr . |rvuai•taaert. and. aetamllncly, the |*>.'giaua wk.. ha I baeo wutklrc Mlthi-illj, though uoammar.lly, So , I- # . r y ' ^ ^ •. • ■y.'X' « I - and fnuur nmrum! a teill'v. nora I lie time I |S I taking them the ghHu.y akadow of ddWi trtMtod. and 1 aw fcuw. th.uk ISrtt tot U, get- • koura yatj truly. I1AAC * AXON v. We fBl> rtggw te «ha Uuth tflbo aburealataHa. HiSaaai iuaiue.e. lo health. JwwlT«i»«al,-r,akl how Vork. »r^^S^naurroaf^C. 1L JAf kAOK," la wm-nr'birk'^ , *u"' ei'' . A-:;V.: ;V '

^clcrt ®0ftnr. THE OI.B C III RC H BELL. ■T MU. M. W. UaSKbTOif. Chime, chime, (4ea<apit£ ciiiina, The church ball »*iog* with a Bolaatn > rhyme, Solemn iud aweet through the loft, itill ! ! Ai the liltugvni go to the bouM of prayer. | . i'litterio*" light oti the 'lawy prure j d.'hildreu'i that tkrciii-o the tnaodow paw ; I Through Ike aieetlow, ere- the rtraam, , Paia the) Oil 1b a twauttfai dream j She hath an eye like a young gaielle. I j Check* like the blulb of the pink .eaahel!, j Shining curie of a mlden brown. j.Orar hrr whitu Deck ibwriug down. 1 //* hnilda I palace; if* Mil aro bright | With flooJB of crinilun init amber lijbt ; He erowna a <juet-n and he uredi a bride, 1 Ai they walk to lha broan church ride by j .hat J( Chime, chime, mournfully chime : Alas, for lha change, that come with time, j Yearr bring loraoni of toil aod care, j it ne-hu«d palaooa raoiib in edr. ! De In tba ci'y, far away, j Sila in a cn-biouad p«w to-day. Wearily ahula b'i achtngtryra, Stlklo hit cuahinaod pew aud ligbf ; - j Tbirki of the meadow where, years ago, 1 Ulna-eyed rioleta need to grow j Of rlu.»riiig curia and meek brown eyri— Thiuki uf the long, lung past, and eighs— Sighe m he bold* the open door, W..il» wife and rbtldran |«h out before, And aoadars if er.rYMi lire B|ay Mem Half ao fair as bojhuod'a dream. Aod she kneels' down by a eh arch yard alone ; She beam tha burdens of life alone ; Her brow is furruacd with year, of care, And.iher vu.ee hath a sorrowful tuue in prayer. heart goes keek to tbe tweet ipringWhrn life gnaw lich wiih */joy aUdime. Aad abe wonder, if aught<fbe blest hall see ' Jn the after lire more (air will be. rblmk, solemnly rhimi; Lore'i •ternity fullows Time ; A»d Up- fc»>*p aboM gukee we kawe made with w-ara Sh>Jl iW)ron She joy of bis gloriOBi year*. 1 Self ft fftUstrUanj!. ;

- C APT. MMPEIi ON THE DRAFT. Mb. Enm» : Things is in a muddle. I Gorerumciit'j got demorilited and gone H into the lattrry baitncM like t gay old * gambollar, Tbe government wheel's ; aorsa than roulct'ti, tor ia that you ran j lee the ball spin lound, and you Han' a | 1 chance sif doubiiu' yoar pile ; but in J j Oapi. S i. iituiiV uhr cl you atan' two '• i chancel of loain' to none at wiain'. I'i ' fact, fur a poor ipccyola.hun. It beets r anything tens the data of Joshua, and j * j I'm down onto it. I've no panlclrr j i objcckrhnn to a square game, whrre you ; i git a site for your money, but to back I ' | «gin governtneut ahethtr you want or : [ j nut. with nary cbaaoa at all e scent of ! f luaht 31)ondred, aint exactly what I've [ beeu -brot up to eonaider tbe lute of | J movality. Tc my mind government, | might be in Uttar bnaioM*. r : Beside* iu immoral pints, this govern- j i j I menl gamboliering is a oaheahby buiii- 1 > j neia. It tort o' piiona tbe atmusferi, j t| and brings on all aorta of diseases. Tim i | ' ■ f.iliu around here yuwd to be totpoble ' ! f laloebriow. Now they aint. '.'baa h I yrtru ago yotr couldn't And -a man in I . | the town that wasn't a magnus Apollo. \ \ Now thry aint none of that ion left, I ; | nulcii he'* notnc poor cow which halnt « : | got no fren* and no 3 hundred for ) [•! Duthin'. Some baa tnbercali (which ii , thfnga like potatera) growin' onto their i j hings ; some baa very course eeina ; and ' ; the reitl aint very well generally An I all ia conveka'ina of government's going 1 into the lottery profession. You soe < taint good for body or aoul, and it iliouldot ooght to' bo coutlner.d. t What makes me specs bully down onto 1 tha io*titu*hio is that I'm won of Lha victima. .The jibecl lDS gone and dona M K, B>* », whieb fcaitrt wren F«md «.en f ' «p (br it- dn-k, (p.n frm principle j • and part from hHarwai) ia mor'n a yoar, I am boot out of tbrea 100 by~a game In t which they wouldn't ivea let ma hold a c Y«, .ir.JJ.ey have -grafted tae Ifto t i Y boliava thatV .hot iho, 5 call it whea ihey eaU on a filler for the. •oap, b«t which w oulyw piece of sarka.um, for tba amy hgiht »«hUC p-rtldhr U do With it, that I can »«. ll

j -When I wa; drafted I fclt dlfferaot ' about it 1 thought then that they wanted more soldiers. Tbe admiuinrashun papers led ro ; they sed it wai men ^ the government wanted, not money ; and ! j when anybody pro|k>sed to rase 8 ben- j i drrd fur every grafted mso io't be eowld ! j go or ifay jnst ag he'd a mind to, tbey sed be was a copperhead and a rtburl - sympathiser. When I got*T: e paper with lbs nifrte* of tbw grafted moo ia our vtwn, I f^iud my owu and j«*t j Item others that I trained with among I j the Wide a wnkes 3 yean ago For a niuinei.t I felt bad, ami kinder'tho's IU go an make Uncle Bill over lu Canada a abort visit, and if I liked the country, take off my close and nay a few yean Then 1 ibo't to myself i wou't. Ilvrr'. . fifteen of ,ub valyunt fell ri of that regiment which Burt Van Horn sed conld march rite thru the whole South. We're the men fur the crisii, and now that the backbone of tlia rebelyuo is broken. w«1l make thein big rebuilt By to the cat-In, U. So I Spoke to my wife, and srz I : , "Wife, I'm go'n. Government's sent for me and I respond. I'ui wanted to crn«h tbe rebelyun and I'm goiu' to do ; it. I've got thrrc,wceks to get ready in, and then I'm off for tbe fust families And intelligent contrabands." "Now, Ethan," set she, "You dout say so! Why, wbat'll me and tbe children do f ' Oli," ses I, "youll get on well enuf. I'll lot you 10 dollan a month of my Qiy, and the town board'il see yon doot suffer." "Town granay, set she ; "do you •pose l'a> goiu' to take help from the town f toe which com from a good famerly ; - I'd as soon go to the county hou<i to wona " "W elf." se« I, "ten dollars'!! keep yon and the babirt in eatables, and you wont need many close, for tbtekin' that your husband is a aervin' of his country and a winnen of di»tiu<*shun will warm

your lioaoin at d no mistake. Braidcs ' IM he promotrd r te along, and befote the war is oter I'll he a bold brigadier, , aud have two row a of brass but ens onto I my cote, and a drww'd sword in my l band, and Jt 200 and fifty a mouth fi-r , |iiikiiig my terth in front of a big hotel , to illustrate the stimgtb of thacooutry." "Ethan," suv she. solemnly, "if you must go I'll try no bear It, but wun thing I waatjou to promise, and that is that you wont go to bain1 a brigsdii-r j on no accaunt. I know tba,pay'a good, | but what's that compared tu tbe issocia- ! shun. You've children growio' up j think bow they'd feel." | "Weil," tea I, "I promise, for I tbiok a good deal af my name, and it shant be ' sullied by being reported in the list of : brigadiers." 1 tbo't 1 would qnift her, I and it did for a minit, but pretty soon I I beerd a sound, and 1 new somttbin was cumin'. I "Boo-boo-boo," sht remarked, and I j noticed several tests about the size of ; pigeons', eggs a coarsin down btr lowly , ' cbtek I kept still, but sht continued ! rfpaatin her last observasbun. At last < Irs she : i "Oh, Ethan, them rebut I. are so cartl.ow tlity sl.oot. What would yon ' do ef a P.not proj >c°yl« was to bit 1 T" "I)o !" srs I maj'-atically, repeating the impn rtal words of 1'etrick Ilenry, , i Td wrap myself into ike bar- j ; tangled spauntr an-1 die, conihurs that I had aided in making some iodividool , of the Afriesn j«er*uasJiun happy." , ''Bui, Ethan," tea tie, "a hat good i would tbat do ma and tbs babies? < and off «be went again. 1 Bea I, "wife, you unman me which 1 are ready to face death In its larribulesi but which hat to care if you'za] ' mi ia for a cry." Then speaking hka a ' kun-.ktipt father, I sed, "rath g-o-r l, 1 tbiak of ill \youldst you bar* your f own cboeen Ethan the recreant wan ' a ben 14 other valyunt Wide Awakas go whnr glory wnUa W, and wbar it has maud of mot'n Syeaa." . . "Who are tbcffl iteea T" rta tha. , I red tbair names. "Jdeib tbeyll go," sat she, aad 1 , that there *a« a tweb of isrkasea into J I

t| her dulcet tones; "ef you doat go till I they do I'll pnl off my cry till after • i bsskia.*' « Sea I, "Damsel, tbon mistakest. We I I rvport on the Sth. • I 'I dont car* when you report," sed 1 j she, "I only want yon to sgree not to | r go til) half them other fellers do, ar.d I I I'm satisfied." * * r ; I agreed to it and tbe began to laff j » rite off; aald tbe draft in a famcrly wrul \ I I so bad as the mea«le>, aod perpetrated t j 1 vtriuos other wittyclviss, which, in view ' i of my early departure, seemed out of 1 place, as I reminded lier. She professed ' i not to sec It, and ber visual orgius was ' j about correct, as you will see in my j next, for tbis letter'* about at long a«1 , you'll car> to wun tiuia. Your fellow soldyora, 1 Etban Swtrc. | 8 i h'OBLi GIRL. i . In tbe late draft, ssyt the Doyleatotvn 0 Democrat, a young man not a hundred ; ] miles from that borough, was so unfor- ' turato at to drtw a prize. He made an \ ( effort to get dear of it through legal j , process, but failed, and did not report | j < hidlsrlf to the Povovt Marshal of the | , ' District, at be was in duly bound, and | s ; after some lime had elapsed the youirg I man was arrested as n deserter. This 1 intelligence reaching the ears of a ce r- \ . tain yoong lady who fell a deep interest j in tbe young man's behalf, aod who did j not think any one should deprive him of j r bis liberty excepting so much of it as be 1 1 might be willing to surrender to her t i keeping, appeared before Capt Ysrdley t , and appealing to tbe better feeliogi of : t ! »" » kind-heartedness, procured a fur- . i longb for the young man to make ptept j sr.tiooi In, pledging her word that he I would return at the proper time. Be- , foru the expiration of lha furiougb. she , again appeared and asked an extension . L of the time, and through her perauasive ; r powers — and woman is all powerful ; , through the magic of her persuasive j , powers — obtained lite much cmcted tx- | , tension. It is proper to rtate^hdwescr, | that b. tween her visits to the Provost | , Marshal, she became the legal advocate | , of the young man, he having aurrvndered | . st discretion to her chirms and loveli- ; I acss, and the two became one. After j i 'the extension bad been granted, shs dl- { | reeled ber course southward, and ap- 1 peered as an advocate before a higher j r power than Capt. Yardley. Omo in j ' the presence of Provost Marshal Genc>al Fry, she brought hsr persuasive powers to bear upon him, and dicw from him an order upon the Draft Commissioner to receive tbe commutation money. Where will you find the equal | of this young lady? bbe is possessed of . more energy of character and perseve- ' ranee than most of her sex, and indeed ! many of the opposite eex. We doubt very much if there ie e drafted man in ■ the county who could bare done as: much. She is entitled to nil praise. j —A tasty U*yer, JaWly in one of out courts, found himself bntbered with a knot- j ty witness— who wouldn't explain as be j desired, the diflVrvnca between tbs "thick" ' acd "lonk* kind of r-alabone. "why, man." be raid, "you don't icrm to tbe distinction between thick and long." "YaM. I dew." "Explain it, then." - W,l — jea're plagwey thick haadsd ; < ain't long beadad, no heow," said tbe « Greeny. , — W hen Cromwell find coined bis money. I eld oavaUsr looking upon one of tbe « new plrcrs, read Ibis inscription on one side, "Gad with *» i" no the oll.ar. "Tbe Commonwealth uf Koglan "1 are," said "God aod Comaonaeolih are on differ eat aides " — Biassed ii the calamity thai makes as , kaatblai tboagh oo repugnant thereto Is i e-afra ia ovir prevent state, that After a whiia It la to be feaswd a seeoud and sNtrper calamity wo aid be wanted to cava as ot pridk in barfog become bbmbta. 1 StoVBAttrr.— A ebild it never bappy from ' having bit own way. LMe.de for turn, and he baa bat one tbiag ie- do ; pat bim to " ptaatt kfawtr, id ia Is troubled with r everything, aad aatisfiad with aoUtiag. ■ — Rvary man oagbl to. aim at emiaaeoa, J | ■otbypaUiagfatbeva down, bat by vaiaing 1 JpftiT

i schooujir ciPK m.tr c«bstt. i f ' — The volume ot the variotri reports >' . presented to ths legislators of New j Jersey at its last session, has just been I laid on our tabic. These reports eon- i , tain every eariety of statistical intelli- | gence in regard to the operations of tbe : i State. They are printed for the Infor- ' fj mation of the people, but a very small j J portion of tho people ever see them, or j I | learn anything of their coolen'ta. To I , I supply thfs Informatiou so far at it re- ' C lates to Cape Mny county, we shall pub- 1 I liab from time to time, such portions of , j the reports as ora of local iutereat, or of . ' general application, pi first ie imporuoce is tbe very exeel- [ lmt and able rrpoit of S. W. Rieord, [ State SuperinteDdenl of Public Schools, whose interest in, and devotion to, the j cause in which he is engaged, U equalled , ! only l-y the energy and ability which j i he bring* to tbe performance of bis doI | ties. His report for last year should be | . | in fhe hinds of evtrv town superintend- i i rut, trustee auil teacher in tbe State, and | 1 of every cttn who ever expects to become ! I j one, and should receive a careful stody. , j { We give at this time wbet Mr. Ri- 1 1 card says of Cape Mny county, and'' ; what our town superintendents say for i | themselves. No report appear* from - 'The Middle township, anil of course the t i people of tbat lovrnship must remain in 1 | darkness *s to thh condition of their f ! schools. r care uxr cockty — art-oRTiowsxr f $1,050 76. . | "Here, as in so tnsny other counties, ' there his alto been an increase of moneys raised and appropriated for the sap- , port of publie schools. The excess over | j last year is $032.40. The school* have . not, hewever, all been free, as was tbe case last year. In ten of tbe twenty-six ' i that have been maioleiued, the small , j sum of sixty-two cents has bren charged j for instruction. These schools an not i ; all spoken of in i lie most exalted terms, \ | j though I am bappy to «iy that about | _ half oftAhew appear to hove been well j ! | taught and disciplined In sixteen there are no register* kept, and five of the : | teachers are without licenses. The ount- | ber of children between the oges of fire | and eighteen is somewhat less than that : reported last year, and the same thing ^ j is true In regsrd to the numbrr that have j attended schoul. No money was raised i during the year for the erection of | ' school houses, although two are very { much ueeded." TOWN RUPBRIN'1 EN DENTS' ' RKFOU1U cam ISLAM).. I In transmitting my eonnsl report, I j j bare nothing to say farther than tbat | our district schorl has not bsen open for ; the lost eight months, but still we are j j iu hopes that it will be re-opened shortly j as soon as a suitable teacher can be obtained. Ws have a select school, where a limited number nf pnpiis, say twentyj two, are privileged to attend, at six dol- j per qoarier, and alvn a primary i school, taught by a female teacher. One thing I would like to call yoor attention to, and that is the practice of too many school trustees employing those to teacb who never have been licensed; aod not only employ teachers, but procure books, etc., without consulting or acting in concert with tbe town superintendent in the premises This onght to be remedied. James 8. Kexxidt. h Town Superintendent. 1 LOWXR TOWMSMirAs I told yag when I seat yon tbe , series number one, I am nnable to make | report this jaar of tha five districts. tkwr Wlytifs commenced the foil i school, and three of tboM. have eom 1 roenced bnt very lately; one of them 1 last Monday; one last Monday week; ' one has bad no public *ohool since I have been ie oBce; one of tbe sehools I have notes yet v iiitad, ao yoa wee I rnnoot | make a tksozablg report; and - I do , not wish to my oaythiog disparaging. , yoo will excuse me with the promise if . am sleeted next year, to seed yon as fall a oct as 1 ess procure,

There srs s few colored children ia I this district, who are a sahjeet of subay.8 ance, and I was appointed one of a co«- ' | mittee, at our meeting for the elrcl'On I of trustees last April, (p see if tboy - 1 cannot bs removed. I have not. as yet, " , been nble to lesrn any way; if yoa know 8 of any will you please Inform mr? We have county exomiuer* appointed ' I in ths county, who have inet this fall. r ! and one of the districts has since hired 1 ! aa unlicensed teacher, aud cue skat I " | think would not get a liceave if ha was to apply. I asked one of tho trustees ' i bow te expected him to get bis mono; ; ' i bs said bo did. not consider, from ths j law, it was a superintendent'* place lo - inquire for a license, only the tmuw*; • j if tbey choose lo hire an uajic«ts*(l ■ teacher it is their business, cot mfhe; e now, what the law js 1 don't exactly » ' < know, but that trustee is oar «x thenff, II twnd ooght to know. Last spring two cf the distrtctwfailed e to send the number of children between ' i the ages of five and eighteen, aad (Va* pretty well aware and informed they e j were too high; so wbeo I sent tbe rv- | port to thy freeholders, I 'recommended " taking off tea from each, and when I made the apportionment I look off tew from tbe former r«port, n h te n has ratdo " some bard thoughts; I nm aware "two 8 wrongs never, or seldom make a right," " but 1 thought it unfair to give them r more money than they ought to have 1 because of tbeir injustice. Fuake Whitakn, Town Superintendent. dbxxis ToWKittre.' !. I enclose you my raport as soparinteb- - dent of tho township of Deuoit, of tha . county of Cape May. It is made oat with r aa much eorrectnsss aa i* coosisleat with F tbe "guesaing sysum," which grows oat of e Thii.otter impossibility or ohlatoiug reports according lo law, from the teachara ot pab- • lie school*. This can only b« obviated, aa I bare often r- iters led to the State Supar- ^ intendent, by bis furnishing tho township 1 1 auperidlendsQlf with proper blanks* to sup* i, ply tbe teacbars, for tbem to fill op sod i*. t j port at the and of each term. Abrt this I course Iibb been recommended by a Urpe I I number of the towoibip anparinundents f | of llto Kiate ; and yet the Ktate Superb.' teiti'cnt baa paid oo herd to its retnonstran. ces. And It it lo be presumed, with alt ' due respect to yourself and the Legislature, 1 1 both of wbom have iavited its to expross t j onr»elre«; wherein tho free schools of the e Elate might bo benefitted in government, j policy, or usefulneae, that ooe would hear f . to anything that might iaeua from a Iowa ! auperiattadeel in tbe matter, about as roon I as the other. Thi« is said iu perf.ct i spect, and it will be tbe last lima I shall j trouble yon on the subject, although ooe i of vital importance lo tna welfare of pot*. | lie schools. Our school* have bren progNaeira dueI ing the year, aud eompaUtt leathers are t moftly employed. County ixaoriners have r ' again bein appointed, and teachers must t receive a licenve before they can e'uUia any of lha public money Maubu-x Prxjs.tr. ^ Town SuperiiJendent. crrx* vowKsaip. The spools in this township ate at this , , time in a proeperois stale. The teacher# , are all regularly licanved, and most ot | them ase fully competsal for Ihp work of teaching. Tbt board of freeholders hare appnintefi 1 axaaiinera for tbe county. The free school rysten: is at this time ia general favor with tbe inhabitant* of the several school districts. I hear of an complaints, only from those who are eoxieas to give ll&ir childrtn -n more liberal eaoeaI tion thsn can bu obtained ia our common schools, which are ooly primary at best. They think that a s-bocl of higher grade should ba established ia every townihlj', or at least io aver; coahty in the Bute, where tbe mo-t advanced vehofore should ba Mat. like thoa# Of Philadelphia or other oRKe. It sarom to ma that tho frao school law, deficient on this point, aod that dm free J •ebool sytus will svsr remain Ineoapfoto . - aatil sncb schools rra established ia oeary lown.bip or coeot; la the EUh. Maay are of tha opinion that l/..tho Slat*) should sppropriate the ^moaty Wow expeaded in raataioing tho Normal fcefcoo! to the ssveral eouotltu, to estabUsb a school of higher grade in. each woeotp.V much larger amoaat of goad Meld be accomplished. - Jog* Jossa, ABBS .- iwro'assrtdrW . J