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VOL. IX. CAPE ISLAND. CAPE MAT COUNTY, NEW JERSEY, THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 25, 1SW. NO. 39.

£k Capt Sail ®«an fffialit M PL'BLISHXD rVBRT THDE2DAV Itf | S. It. VAUOHACLE, Cape IiliiiJ, Cape Mar Connlj, X. J. TUni »(laj, February aa, ISO I. D IRECTORY. ficpfJrai. government. SSSWMS jansSfte SsMMrv *"»•<- Jit-.wi. M. *s«Blon.<ii : sSkSS&SF 8TATK OF NEW JERSEY. Bjenwr io*l Barter.aaMiry vaba-wMtMaajiiaMw EjggggBT* SasscKi jsri. a. p. 01 ami Mot YtairabaiSi lit'Ttc K. Brovrn, . s. mS jaP-EErt a ttto- - *• *• KmtBT. r it WsIM r c. Tu *>-fk, Wm. Wright. __ BMiMM M Ma OHn-IH dutrtct. JSWo jr.Mri *d, U*o>s» MhWHCooi H »'u. G. ElecU | jSaa^lsta&trlct, Wm. ' Jo.U5 1 CAFE MAY CODNTY. eUtmKJwtm- U « C. nnOT. D. Wto, ttruklvh Oci toKivw Milter. - Ioot^'V SSStoTtoere T. adnfae. boakd or chosen freeholder*. SfUrfk T> — i>fr-Cotom*n r. LwUq, Dr. Atexu- j tSSBraTs^srafis-' ■ «W> y tort tfatiu* »»U». I urm Towxamr. ! tSZZ5£Xjm£3g aa »|HI tgf H£wgs»-Maarv Yimou, Anlhonj strep J Richard T»«r- g •Sfc'sas^sK^JsfEiJTi - ^mhot. ( f U--1H-, ■-•- j„,f. 1 Mb^LMiaOO'w|>lte. DENNIS TOWNINir. Mm ^ Bttitn-WaWm L. FKkr. T»iot;7» Cfcra-l wrntnt N. *k«. t iiMttii Ttinrrr" Ludum. ( -fer- : ■ jJllflf"'" • I " » mwrtv. C mfas— >aei *». ■ebiawm. tt*to ro*. , wsss;as:-isr4'w' MIDDLE TOWIWHir. rteiuti* rv*— wiitUw a LnmUc- ( '■ »■"- *- ■ asaxSKBw »&««». ato, fuse* B. ■wain, Ttoa DousImm, Jr., Hotown township. I^^^^Slto5^^3S\llrilaiL Bitou T. 8 ndreda*, ttsplwa Wrrk*, Mm WhtUdle, Unu. I H *Tg? T- "**"• Koc*t ° OWMiV HM.-H1IK Van WlmkW, John tatbrr- h OeirewraW Bear— X3t]k* H. Oswalt!, Aarea CrewelL >' ifML CAPS ISLAND. , Tri^'^^Sa sgtaJK J c^^a-totoaOT. o K»T*ASTERf. ' -' r.^i'V' n_L 1

tj j?rlwt f?0rtrji. ! THE "LOSE AGO." Oh ! » wonderful stream ia th» rj» «r Tim*. A* it ruaa through tba rrclns of trars ; With a fanllleu rjrlhtn abd nioaleal rhyme, And a brooder aaaep and a Mrga lublinm. And blend* with tba ocean of year*. How tho winter* ar* drifting like flake* or MOW, Aod th* tumiaer Iiko bad* betweon. And tho year in the iheof— *o they come ■nd I bay go. On tho river** breast 'wi th Ua oMr and .flow A* U glide* ia tho shadow and aheao. There** a musical Isle ap the rirer Time, Whore the softsst of air* are playing; There'* a doodle* »ky and a tropical clime. And a *ong aa sweet a* a reaper chime. And the time* with the ro*e* are staying. And itt nam* of tbi* 1*1* it th* Long Ago, Aod we bury our treasure* there ; There ere brow* of beauty, end bosom* of snowThere are heap* of dnit— hot wo loved them so. There ere trinket*, and Irene* of h*ir— There ere fragment* of bod* th*t nobody • iWRf, ' Aod a part of an refanl's prayer. There'* a Into aotwapt, and a harp without string*. are broken vow* and piece* or ring*, Aod the garment* *Ae used to wear. There are band* that waved when the fairra oar .•] Ry tho mirage U lifted ia air, J Aod we sometime* beer through the turhu- . loot roar •Sweet voices w# heard la the day* gone , before, | When the wind down the rifwri* fuir. | Oh I remembered lor aye be Ihwbleaeed lele r All the day of light till the night. When the eveoiog comes with it* beautiful •mile, , , And onr eysmerc closing to slumber awhile May that 'graenwood1 of sonl bo in light. frlcrt ^iisfelkng. THE WOULD WAS MADE TOE ALL In looking at onr age, I atn struck immediately wtlh one conmaad'ing characteristic ; and that is, the tendency of all ita movements to egpaaslon, to difto universality. To this 1 ask your alt so lion. This tendency is directly opposed to the rictus! veness, restriction, narrowness, monopoly which has prevailed in past ogea. Ilomtn action is now freer, more onooaGncd. All goods, advaatages, helps, tre mor* to alL The prlviledged, petted individual ia becoming less, aad the human racs is becoming more. The multitude is rising from lbs dost. Once heard of the h*r, not or tha many ; of the prerogatives of a part, now of the rights of all. We are looking, as never before, through tho disguised developments of raoks aud classes lo Ike common nntore •Uek is bdsw them, and are beginning to lean that every being who partakea of U has noble powers to cultivate, solemn duties to perform, inalienable righta to Mint, a vast destiny lo accomplish. The grand idea of humanity, the importance of maw as man, is spreading silently, bnt enrtly. Not that the worth of the hnman being is at all andrrstood aa it sheald be ; the truth ia glimmering through the darkness. A faint eddsbiguiair* of it has seised on the pnbliie mind. Even tho meat abject portions of »oclety are visited by some dreams »f a better conditio*, for which they were oewigned. Tho grand doctrine that every tinman being shonld have the moans of soif-ealure, of progress in knowledge end virtue, of health, comfort, and happiness, exercising tho powers aad affections of a man —this is slowly taking iU. plsce as the highest social truth. That the world made Cot all— that the great end of government is to sprtad a shield over rights of ell— these proportions are , growing into naioms, and the spirit of them it coming forth in all theidrpurtmenta of lift— >-Jr. Ciottmny Whxx General law wot a priaoncr at Albany, he dined with an Irishman. Before entering npon the wine, the General remarked to bis host that, after drinking, b« wet apt to abase Irishmen, for which he hoped the hast wnnld eiease bim in advene* "Jly my aool, flenrral, 1 wffi do that." said hi*, host, **if yon will cieon. a trifling fault which I have ny*c!f. It U thfa; whenever I heer a man abuse ould Ireland M..v« a red fault of cracking hi* sconce with mv

^ A HARD JOKE. The Mobile Advertiser tells the following good story of n notorious pruoti- , enl joker in thst city, yclept "Straightback Dick." '• Dick was st the wharr one day last ' week, when one of the n]l-river boats r arrived, looking doubtless for some unwary individual npon whom to exercise bis Ulent . He wstched closely the 8 ceantcaance of each ptmenger as be * stepped from the plant upon the wharf, aad at length fastened his gace npon a® Individual. who, from hla appearance j aad manners, was considerably nearer Mobile than ho had ever been before. He was evidently ill at raso, and had ,t probably beard the reports which wvre rife ia tho country relative to tho hnnf drcds who were dying in Mobile every 1 hour from yellow fever. The man started off towards Daupbin Street, carpet sack In hnnd, but bad not proceeded far t when n heavy hand was laid upon his sbonlder, and he was suddenly stopped. I Upon turning around be met the cold, serious countenance off Dick, and it! ssemed to send a thrill of terror through- j oat his whole frame. After looking at | j bim for about a minute, Dick slowly i ; ejaculated : * j "Tea, you are tho man. Stand > | straight !" j WItb-fear visible in bis countenance, I the poor fellow essayed to do as eom1 manded. I "Straightcr yet!" said Dick. "There, ! thst will do and taking from bis | ' pocket a small tape measure, be stooped dawn nod measured him from the toe of his boot to the crown of -hU bat, took a pencil aud carefully noted the height ia i bis pockot book, to the otter astonish- j ment of the stranger ; after which ho j moasared bim across the shoulders aod again noted the dimensions. He then 1 ' looked the stronger firmly in the face aad said : "Slf, I am very sorry that it U to, but I really will not be able to fiaish it , before ■aniiog." "Finish what I" asked the stranger, endeavoring in vain to appear calm. "Why, yodr eoffln, to be sure. Ton see I sm the city undertaker, and the ! people are dyiag here so fast thst I can i bard|y supply the dosoaad for coffins, i You will have to wait until yenr tsrn ' comes, which will be to-morrow morning —lay about nine o'clock." "Bat what the devil do I want with a i coffin ? I have no idea of dying 1" , " Yoo Daren* t, eh T Sir, you will not ' live two bourt and a half I sec it in yoor flowntenance. Why, even «0w yon have a pain — a slight pain — ia your back " "Tet, I believe I have," replied the > trembling booster. "Eiactly," said Dick, "and In your ' limbs too I" "Yea, stranger, you're right, and I ' begin to fael it in the back of my neck and hrtd." "Of course yoa do, and unless von do : i somathing for it you'll be dead In a short time, I assure yon. Take my advice, now, go back aboard the boat,' ■wallow down a gill of braady, get is to your atate-room aad cover np with blaa■keta. 8tay there till yon perepire freely, then leave here Hkc lightning 1" Hooaier harried on board that boat, aad followed DiekV Instructions to th« letter. On Monday be was met by a gentleman at Qltronclle, to whom be related his wonderful escape from death by yellow fever, oven after preparations were marie to procart bis coffin. lie says he wiH never forget the kindness of the toll msn in Mobile who gsvo him « neb good advice A sailor dropped out of the rigging of a sbip-of-war tome fifteen or twenty fort, and Wi plump on th* first lieutenant. "Wretch," said the wffi^ir, as h« gathered himself np, "where did yon come from 1" "And snre I cams from the north of Ireland. yoor honor." A^egro preacher, referring to tho Judgment Day In hla sermon, said: "B redrew and sinters, in dat day de Lord ahall divride de shwap from do goata, aad breai de Lord, we know who | r*or« dc wgel !" " =; j <-■* ]•

THE THRtXK OF SOLORON. I- Tho description which we here give to I- \ onr renders was translated by Cspt. W. i- 1 Franklin from a Persian manuscript, i ! To the Mason it may be intoreatlug, as it | giving some idea of the exaggerated s , splendors which Eastern imagination I - 1 throws aronod all that relates to onr | e ancient Grand Master. The real Mason j e ! knows thst the trao throno of King ^ c Solomon was Divine Wisdom. ', "The sides of It were pore gold, the i q feet of emerald and rabies, intermixed j a j wifti pearls, each of which was as large i r as an ostrich's egg. The tbroce bed ] i. seven slops ; on eseh side were deline- j | j steA orchards full of trees, the branches ' , 0 of which were of precioos stoces, rcpre- , - seating froit, ripe and unripe ; on tho j tops of the trees wore to be seen figures , - Of plumsgo birds, particularly the pea- ^ t cock, the claub, end kurges. A!! tbc-io | r birds wcrq hollowed withiu artificially, j 1 K is to occasionally utter a thousand | . melodious sounds, such as the car of : , i mortal never before heard. Os the Grst ' ' ijstcp were delineated vine branches, ! J - having bunches of grapes, composed of [ t verions colors — of purple, violet, green, j ( r j and red — so as to render the appearance ' ^ of rcul fruit. On the second step, on j ^ I { each side of the throne, were two lions ! | of terrible aspect, large as life, aud i , j formed of cost gold. "The nalare of this remarkable throne I ( I was such that whan Soldmon placed bis | ^ , | foot on the first atop the birds spread ^ t j forth their wings, and made a fluttering , I I noise in the air On his touching the ^ f' second step the lions expanded thoir . l I claws. On bis retching the third step ^ i the whole assemblage of demons, au^ ( fairies, and men repeated tho praise of ( i the Deity. When be arrived at the j I fourth step voices were beard addressing . him in the following manner : 'Son of { i David, be thankful for the blessings ( which ibe Almighty has bestowed upon , , tbee.' The same was repeated on his i reaching (be fifth step. On hit touching the sixth all tho chilprau of Israel joined , them ; and on his arrival at the seventh tnd the throne the birds and animals i became in motion," and ceased not nntil i he had plaeod himself on the royal ecat, ' when the birds, lions, and other auimsls, 1 by secret springs, discharge a shower of | a^St precious peifumes on Solomon ; ( ; after which two of the kurges descended t tnd placed tbo golden crown npon his * i bond. t * "Before the throne was s column of c i burnished gold, on the top of which. was 1 i n golden dove, which held in its beak a 1 i .volume bound in silver. In this book c ' were wrtttffr the Psalms of David, aod 1 tbe dove having presented it t* the , i K>ng, he read aloud a portion of it lo , tbo children of IgraeL It is further t ■ related that oa the approach of wicked i persons to tbe throne, the lions were 1 wont to set np s terrible roaring, and to • laab their tails with violence ; the birds ' | alto began to brittle op their leathers, ' 1 ' and ike assembly of demons and genii ( I I to utter horrid cries ; so, for fear of , j them, no one dared t* be guilty of false- , 1 1 bond, but all confessed their crimes. i > j Soeh Wss the throne of 8olomon, the i son o( Duvid." i THE BKT TFAT TO KNDIRE MATRIHOXY. j Timothy Titcomb writes at follows on i what is called, with exquisite irony, tbe 1 , divine InstitnUon : — I supposo there is * modicum of ro- | i mance In most natures, and that if it | r gathers about any e vent, it is that of | i marriage. Most people marry their I f ideals. There it more or leas fictitious 1 sad fallacious glory rastirg npon the 1 head of every bride, which ike iocboat 1 husband believes in. Most men and ( women manufacture perfection in their t mates by n happy process of their im- j aginations, and then marry lb*M. Thia, f of coarse, wcys nw*y By tho time the i husband has seen his wifa eat heartily of | pork and beans, pad with her hair frit- « xled, and her oldest dress on, full of the ' . ewtnrprise of overhauling things, he see* j that she belongs to tbe same race as bimaslf. And the, when her husband ( get* np cross in the morning, and under- , takes to sbave himself with cold water { | sod » doll rarer, while his suspenders i

j dangle at his heels, begins to see that * man is a very prosaic animal. In other 1 j words, there is snch a thing as a honey- i ; moon, of longgr or shorter duration ; ! and while the moonshine lasts, the ra1 i diance of the seventh heaven cannot | compare with it. It is a very delicate little deliriuto — a fertile mental disease, ! which, like tbe meesles, never returns. ! I When tbe boueytnoon passes sway, | setting behind dull mountains, or dip-' i ping silently into tbe stormy sea of life, | | the trying hoar of marriage life has ! come. Between the parties there are j no more illusions. Tbe feverish desire . | of possession has gone, snd all excite- ' j ment receded. Then begins, or should, ' j the business of adaptation. If they find | that ibey do not love one another as | | they thought they did, they should dou- 1 | ble their assiduous attentions to one ! t another, snd be jealous-of everything j j which tends in the slightest way to ! ■ separate thorn. Life is loo precioos to 1 be thrown sway in secret regrets or open d'fftrences And lut me say to; every one to whom the romsnco of life j ; has fled, snd who ore discontented in J j the slightest degree with their conditions | and relations, begin this reconciliation j I nt once. Renew the attentions of ear- 1 days. Draw your hearts close to- j j gctber. Talk the thing all over. Acj knowledge your faults lo one another. I j and determine tba* henceforth yon will | all ia all to each other ; and, my 1 1 word for it, yon shall fiud in yonr rein- 1 ties tbe sweetest joy earth has for you. | is no other way for you to do j If yon are happy at home, you must be abroad. The man or wotueo qji* ' , has settled down npon tho conviction j that he or she is attached for lift! to an j uncongenial yoke fellow, and that there ! no way of escape, has lost life ; there | 1 is no effort too costly to mako which can I restore to its setting spon the bosom ' the missing pearl. ( Jigritttttntal. ; THE rSK or 8EA-TTKKD. I I "Connecticut" writes to .tba American , Agriculturist : "It is principally through , the u:e of the msrioe vegetation thrown ( npon our shores, that wa can bring back | to tbs land tbo riches it is sver pouring into | tbo sea. From the basks of hrery rill, . brook and river, there is constant waste by attrition; aad from every village and city upon tide-water, tbo fat of tba land ia cast { out through tbe getters and sewers. 1 1 goea , mauni* tho garJens of Ibe sea, and to , nourish a vegetation hardly less luxuriant ■ and bountiful than that which grows upon tbo land. These we»il», as they are commouty ssiied, sro torn up by tkw fait and winter storm*, am.' are thiown in groat masso* upon tbe shore. In high tides and with facorabls winds they are sometimes piled high that they remain permanently. by far tba larger part is swept out to sea* by b« lidos, and permanently lost to tbe land.— To the shore farmer, these weeds a soorc* of wealth not likniy to be over valued. They are greatly underestimated at present, though much has besn said of thsir value in sgricnltnrel papers, end thgy used to some extent In svery district where they are accessiblo. Much is gatherad aod spread over tbe farms within five miles of tide-water, bnt far more either rot* on' lbs shore, or is swept ioto tbo sea again for the want of hands to gather it. The principal varieties used lor dMre sro known m rock or blister we*d, kelp or ribbon weed, and eel grass. In all masses of these weeds thrown open tbe shore, will (bond a great vsrialy of smaller weeds, of tbsm exceedingly floe, and beauticolored. Tbe rock weed is se called from tbe fact thst It grows in great abundance along rocky shore*. It is called blisweed, from tb* mntiilode of eir bladders that form opoo it. This ia justly regarded as tbe most saleable or th* see weeds for making manure. Where ito worth it known sell* readily for two dollare a cord, de. at tbe wharf ot landing place whore come from a distance to pare base it. It is very rich in oitrogea, mad gives good results in whatever form used. Tbs demand is so constant, that maay persons ' in favorable localities make a busi- ' nesa of . gathering it. aod get larga wagea. 1 It is palled from the rocks by band. "It ia need ia a variety of methods, sc- , cording lo the eirceautaeoes of tbo eulti- | valor and the cr ; • %e desires to raise. If , has bo specie* tv»p in view, it it carted i into ;bc barn-yard, where it i

1 serves the two-fold purpose or ioereeslnK ■ the bulk of tbe maanre-henp, and affixing the volatile part* °f 'ho droppings o' eattlo It is particularly valuable for this latter 1 porpoee. Hero it U mixod with muck or or soil from the fields, and remains nntil it is wanted for top-dressing or for tba spring 1 crops. To employ a full supply for tho barn yard, barn-cellar, and stables, is probably tb* best uso tor all kind* of rtsa-we. <1. j "If there is a snrplna a* there always ' Bhoold be upon a shore farm.it «nay.!>» used in teverel other way*. Rock-weed iono of tho moat valuable manure* for th" j corn Crop. It it frequently drawn direct'y to the field that is to' bo planted in tSn spring, and is there comported with mod: alone, or with a mixture of mock snd ys d manure. It ferments in tha heap, and shoold be forked over n few woek* before | planting lime, when it is spread and plowed j "It i* also an excellent manure for turnips, and for all tbo braasica tribe of plant '. After the ground is plowsfl and tbi raw* ! are marked for the toruips, the green weed : is dropped isi tbe farrow, aud a ridge is raised over U by taming two ferrous to- ; gelbor. The seed is then planted npon tbu , ri-lge, and in fresh land a fair crop of tornips is almost invariably grown. ! "For winter grain, tbo rork weed i* | spread broadcast upon the land, and plowed in. It is alio used as a top-dressing for grass land, both pasta ro and mnwing, and j alwaya with good result*, though much leu , of it is used iu this way than in Ike former ! methods. "Tho kelp or ribbon weed is a much l»r- | ger plant tbao the rock-wecd, freqnontly growing several yards in length, asd Is ot- ' inched to tho rock in deep water by a stent ' round atom, from a half-Inch to an ineb in ' diameter. It is treated ia the tame nay »- ; tbe rock-weed, bnt . is more commonly i spread upon the ground, to plowod in. | It decomposes very rapidly, whether in tbe j furrow or in tbe compost bsap. j "Tbe eel grass is lest estosmed (Dsn tbs othar varieties, possibly became of its ! greater abundaaco, as Iroil'on sccosst of itf lass intrinsic value. The dry weod, as drawn from tbe shore, is nsed a goad deal for bedding in stabka aad abode, end for the covering of beds and borders in Urn gardon. It is so excellent mulch whenever that is waotcd. A good deal of it rots upon the shore, aod in "this fioo stats it is usod for a top dressing npon grass Wbsre it can jia had for tbe carting, it generally can be by those who own shore farms, it will pay woll to keep the busy in winter upon this work. We so often eeon oxesllsot crops of gress following these topdvessiogs, that we bavo no doabt of their economy. Bnt a better way of galberiog tbi* kind of weed is if its green state. It is a common practice wiih farmers who lire a little back from the shore to altcod to this work immediately after haying. They have large scows holding twenty or thirty tons, and gather it with rakaa made for tho purpose. A good deal of mad is hauled up with it, and after tbe boat ia loadod^ It Is floated np with the tide to (he lendlng-ptao*, and thrown npoti the shore, or taken immediately into carta and drawn to tba yard. More (ban half tho mass is mad, and tbo whole is easily cut with tbe shovel. This, mixed in the yard with stable monnrc, forms an excellent compost, aad is the main reliance of inany farmera for manure. As it can be had in all tide water creeks snd cores, fur th« gathering, it costs the farmer nothing hut the labor of scowing and carting. With this compost. Which be can multiply to any dutirable extent, be can bring up his farm to any degree of fertility— As all there weeds contain sulphates, it dock not serm advisable to mix pluter in th* compost heap where tbey are nsed. Indeed it is uf little ate to spread piaster in any shape npon shore farms. "In regard to ths nse of lime in connection with sea-weed, it will depend very much npon tho farmer's facility for prom ring it, whether it can b* made to pay. It is oot needed to assiet to tfie deeemposilion of tbe compost heap, for ths green w*d will do this very perfectly. Oysterehell lima, and the refuse lime from g.ui works, are osaslly the cbmpest source* or •apply naar tb* shore. Where these een be procured cheaply, it will de to nse them opoo the land. Btono lime st tho market prio* ia eitiee win not pey. riee-wewd end mod from tide flowing creeks,' nre-Je up principally from decayaa sra-waod. are cheap soorces or manere, and ebooki be nsed to (be extent of the farmer's ability to them." Sqnibba desires to koow, "if figs ore sold^M tow cents a pound by the dram, tbouffl they be sold by tho trumpet ? and if $25 per ton is the price *f lead in sheets, what* it would be worth lw tho quire r