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VOL. X. " GAPE ISLAM). CAl'E MAY COUNTY, NEW JERSEY, THURSDAY. JUNE 23, 18U4. KG. 4. ,

Jrlrtt i'octrn: mrnxucuTOK TBEO<EA\. * ST (tconoa w. ix c*ix 'V Moonlight oa tbw i-rein, Where tfc# xfld »o»r« . Bilent midnight vigile Wfctn She worlu- !■!>«;. ) llownllgbt 00 lb# UCcil., Where lb* brave thip* bound On. lb* miliar billow. . " Mooullj; all around. | Mnoahgkt ot tbe htfiuw, j Where tha winds a ro high, ! Brs*'lj streaming downward i ' Wnw iWMH«in fly. Mnonlig. t on tb* ocrei., -. .. Alow itlicbif I be bin* Of the Ineely saflor Far front kindred ann I Mownlirht rn ih# orear, I (lined* uo longe>*frow«; And l>a lUt. mo imm; S0W7, gaily cL-wn Moonlight ou lb« ecmn Where the »|:d *>»,•! bound -» Oo the iron bled wutar— Moonlit hi ell broom! _> ' s-clcct s^isttiJann. ' "H£ DIED IT KETTVoBl Eli." | Th* following beautiful extract u from a j , fenaral sermon preached in Maim-, orer » j brave youag volunteer obo fail at Gettyt- ! burg. "W# esteem it an boner that r o « biaar, young Lfa baa, front this mflPfreg*' ion, been yielded ap in ta great, »o holy a 1 i can -a. ' "tVa consider it an hoatr—sore,* mint- 1 ' trrable grief tbo -gh it b*—tq there parents ; ' who bare been called to glee op their fif.tA bore; the obj.Cl of their lore and their j 1 I bapa, to God and tbeir cuun ry. to tho |! oh le race whom Cbrut esme ta tare ! "Died, St Orltynhnrp | No prouder epi- I tkpb ored any man coieL Who, of all*' ■bo hare oecapied these boat**, nnd tilled : ' there Bride— bedding, planting, reaping - ft ud returning ta the dust whence tlwy ; ' b « taken — who of "tbao ull hit esrui'il a 1 ' I " MMj^Bar memorial ? Who. ef all >bo no«~* 1 A bare, will merit a more uff«etior.at-, ■ ,k hororsd retnenibrancr, than thujoimg sol9 untrer who, from tbi* cummanilv, »•«' 1 W) fbrtb-toDsht, and an tlni t-edBt prorr , die 1 ' far bia concur ? K| "Diad, at Gettysburg } Do ypn know t B what -it manna? 1 i maun*- 'Died to eha«- j 1 tea the icinleoce which had grown inor- ; ^ dinnla through a nrtie* of mcclUtt.' It i mean* 'Died to restore eovrage wn- 1 bop» • to an army saddecrd and drapnm Ultl' through long coatlnuud diraatar.' I' means 1 'Died id tare back the torrent of invasion ' 1 and pillage, and wide spread devastator.' | It snaaii* -Died to itill tbe panic Tear which - BDed all h*ait« in the grest citie* of uj land.' It meant 'Diud that inotbasa might ; poUheir children in a eurity to tbeir night'; ' reet.' It meane 'Died that infirr^i lion and riot, theft ami robbery, eonSigrntion and red-handed murder, mig a not rage at j r will— tot ia New Yerk*nd Buitoa alote, | bat In arer j city, aorry town, errry nllagw i la tbt latd-' It moan* .'Died Ihnt yon j might ataemble in the bona* without fear j that yoor Some* will bw |>!aod«rod atnd ' bcrued in yoor abaence— '.lirl yoa your- ! aelrea might not fall by the tbot or (tab uf ' "Far all that w»* -ecperieuced in New Vorlti* bat a *aaii rample of what moat, BP iqJill;ptobability, hat* been axperieort-d I) throag bee* tbe North, bad the men abo | \r died at Get! ytburg' faltered when draper- ' ataly aatanltcd by a proud, outnumbe<irg J foe. "Died at Gettyiberg ! It m»»n« ' i/..- i that the beat Goeerumen'. cn rtleb "tSe sap ever iboaw might bet b« bound and pwararierr . calliag in tain for the eoecot which would not coma— a* oar Goeeroment, inwUaeemiog, would bare been, had but God, io Ilia aiercy; Tiilarpbeed f,.r Ut, **t. ! . ing u a by tbo»a who, at Getyr*borg, opv po*«d tbeir brpaata aa the bulwark; ef our drlhnee, ogaiott the enemy who thought to tread u* into ,!ba dutt !' "Abed at Qeltyeborg ! It meatio 'Died L for tbe lafld'a talvatlon ; died (or tbe openB lac of the prrttou door* to tbeai thai are B unjuetiy bound j died to proclaim the acB eepialle pear of oor Lord. aad tbe day of • rongeaoce of our God, to tbe oppnued oatiiiM of the naflh ; died that met! might B| » lift hope and atroggia upward ta tlfe ami B| liberty, <S»il and religiou* ; died that a W Belli Cur miruMury aourpna* might be ■ opww (w wwr owm Iwiid, more widofy aprtad I E _JrSTS^'i28e?L luSaVlS.". E "TBwf ia what it mean*— Died at fttlyr B * - A li^7.UU. hwapar cW a Utlir" ■— l»t htanrnf ia b«iI K v - ••

A MASOinC ITSEii^U Tb-* Crtj Ma*t>(f1c funeral that r*er tnok | ('Dew in t'ali'ornia, eecorred in tb» year 'Btt, «»..i wo* performed orer tbe body o! bro her foond drnwijcd in the bay of San F,«nciK<i. An a.-i-« cut of the ewjemooirtaiu; that op -a the hctfy of tba dcceaeed wae (mud a * tier mark ol a Mark Maeter. upon »hic-ii cdie.ragrarwd the initial ie-. ten uf bia ata.i-. A little ' further inveeii1 galion r»t -.led to the beholder* the moat j noire exhibition of If atonic riobirino.lhat | «>r« erer drawn b^the ingenmty of man !nn bomatf rbin. There i* nothing in tlo hi'tOry or tradltioea of Fri emaaonry e«|oal •oft. Headiffnlly dotted r» bD d ft aim, in red or blue inV, w .irb tin e eonld ivt ef. Lea, apaearad all.tia tmblirm* of U.c Enier»d Apprentice. There were the It-.Jy Bihle, tb* Square andCnmpaM, tba twenl; - fr-ar inch Gaag-, and tbw common garel.Tbere "era el»r> tba Maaontc pareiixnt reprrt»at og 'be ground floor of Ring Holo. mon'a Temple, the iodeutad Te*»«l aliicl. • orroonderl it. adil the Blaxiog Star in tbe centre. On bia rigi-t arm, and ottiaticaily executed 10 the -a ne ind. lllble liquid*, i were the rnibie nir appertaining to the FelIjw Craft degree, vix; the riumli, tbe Square end the Uriel. Tbeia aero ul.o i tie* col man, rrprOkeiii ng tba flee Order* | of Arokiieetor* — tba Tuictn, Durir, Ionic, | CdrrlnthTan, and Compotlte, i In ren.OTing tbe garmet|t*-frem bi' body, th# Tf wel p relented itself, with all the other working tool* of operative Makomy, beride* all the emblem* p-cuiiar to tba degree of Ma'.ler klaaon. Cor,*| iruooily on bi* breat* were tba Great I.irbteof Makoory. Oaer bl» heart was tbe I'ot of In-. : crate. On other (>»fU of bin peraon were •| th* Bre Hire, the Book of Conililniioi a, j gueadrd ly tbe Tylrr'a Sword ; tbe Sword puiCting to a naked TTrart, the AILSmring ' ! Eye; I'm Anrborand Ark, the Hour Ularp, j ; the Scythe, tba foily-iwr.'ntb problem ol 1 •Euclid; the Son, kfoon, Star* and a Cornet, j ; tbe Three Step", emUeroatical of ITouth, ! ! Manhood and Ac*. Admirably exeroti-d I I w«e_»he Weeping Virgin, reeling on a bro- i i column, upon, winch lay tba bonk of; • C,)n?ii:nMiiti«. fir tier tef.'haqd ehe held; ' tha Dot of In«*n*e, the Masonic emblmi 1 ' of;* i ore hr.io, < mi in her uplifted right ' haftfl a *prfg of ocacla, the beautiful em- ' i o* innnmtality prtlie n,;ul. Itnmediab'ly benralb etooJ winced Time , < with iiis rytbe by hi* aide, ".which cut* the , ; thread of life," and tbe [lour Gl»* i 1 at bi* feet, which is ater reminding u» that i 1 "our live* are drawing to a closa." Tbe ' .withered and a'tcuuated fingsr* of the lie- ' i! rover were daiicabrly placed amid the long | and gracefully dotting ringlet* or tba dia- ' conawtatw mouroer. Tbu* went the itriking ! emblem* uf mortality and immortality beau* tifullr blended in one p ctunwl rapreienta- ! lion. It was a epcrtdCla auch aa Ma»on* j a*»er taw b*f..re, and in all probability, I such a* tba fraternity may ne»*r Wltnen again. Tha brother'* name was newer ! ksowr. "OSIiT A IT 113." | This wat. tba rrm»'k of a looker en, as a ' funeral cortege |iMFe<l where wr were itandj ing. 'Ih* procession ex ware abort and unostentatiuu*, and at the heed of it a uiao ; w*IUed With a little coffin under hi* arm., j It w»* "only a child," that wa« evident. "Only a child," and y»t it ws< the a*h«a I ; of an extingoDhed light by the brartb- ! »lone.— Jlie gUdneas bad gone ont of- a j mciber'a eye a* the sow her infant droop | | be ore her ; she had bung tearfully and y.t ! dot altiigetlier despairingly over iu uiid- ! night cradl- a* it continued to grew wdrra ! and worm-, and at Ust >h- laid it back with . n bitter pang upou it* little couch, cold and d««'l. "Only a child," and yet H had been tba hope ami. pride of doling peranta. Ofirn had they IftKB-d out the future of their child, and pwin'ed the picture wiib ail tha bright color* that feed heart# can Invent. And now thwii bopea were dmhud to il«, ground. / "Only a child," aad yat it hadbe»<h« toy and pat ol tbe houiebold. LJWe brother* and li.ter* bad lavished hundred* of ktise* qpou it ; had called it by eodearing names, a*d frellekhd with It a* it tat in thc.r mothai'a lap, and they were bow sadly folowiog tba tiny creature to ila last quiet rlveping-plaer. God real thee, little one ! "Oaly a child," aud yet no immortal ! ItiStayujwo earth bad been very t rie!, and 1 it* wundertag-eyel bad baett »oon Opens d tu tha mysteriaa wud gioriae of aa elvriml slate.— From Mt* great, buay, toailing world of owre it will be ml*eed I>ot UlUw . more tba* • grain of **ud fioa the tcaahure, aad ret it bill conUaue to live ann ■bine age* after A fa world aad all our buy schemes have gets by fbrever.— Jokn fon Dmrwi. iBHGfi

a sr BsnrrtE dehsed. • Toe Hr*ft give* nee to *ome navel lucir dents, of which we give aa exampie : a, man, who ahail he nsnieless, was drafted. II * wife w*a w r -ly diitrasaed at the bare ilea of parting, and wa* vnioiy euJeaCori -ing to invent wine excuse for getting him . • ax'inpted, when a knock wse hearJ a* her • door. On opening ber doer *br found nthar - a rough leuking chap, who accosted Lar t thus: r "Alsdsm, 1 bear your husband bia been > drafted." • " Vtw, air," abe replied, "be baa; but 1 gooilnese kai.wa bowl >m to apara bim." " Wall, ma'am, I've e .rne to offer my ■ services sa a substitute for him." — " Ascirtf" as! * iba nnarbicitad lady. - " I wish to take bia place,'' anawered tbe • nil*. " Yoa— yuo lake fbe plaea of my bosb- ■ and, you vagabond! I'll taeck >ou to insult a poor lonw widow :u dislresi, you mean, dirty wiatcb," erled tba prospective ' widow, nrconipanying her remark* with a 4 I discharge uf dirty water at the head cf th# , ustouiilird iubflitolr, who fled down the ■ s'air* just In time to r*c*p« tb* pell whirli ! followed the w-ul-r. Tie last heard of hint > he wa* flting into a recruiting office on • street, wh-re be tbougbt of enlisting a* a i private rather than venture again' to offer hie aerrice* as a aubstilBte, which he now • brlmvcA to bo a more' trying and delicate 1 r-latio* than that of Artrinu* Ward's ■ " episodes." i silence Iff satire. Il ia remarkable that many'of lk«^*mo*i s important cipr ration* ol bature are carried *ou iu an oubrokeo ulcacn. *1 here is no I ru'lung round when tbe broad tide or aun- . j 1 gbt break* on a duik worM and fluoda it j with glory, aa one bright wave aflar anjiniber falls from the fuuntam, uiiiliont ui j miles aw ay . There la no creaking of heavy j axir* or groaning of cumtiroua machinery, I j as the solid earth wheel* on its way, and ] every planet and ay tew yerfmrna its revof | lutions. The great' trers bring forth their | , hiitigbs ncd shadow the vortti beneath them [ , j —the planta cover themselve* with bud*, i t i ar.d tbe bada bnrat into flowers; but the ' _ 1 whole tranaactiun ia unhetrd. Tbedlwnge I from snow aod winter winda id ll.-a bloscom* , I and fruite and aonabin* of rommer, is seen , . in itaslow development, but there is *CaiCr- , ' lr a found to tall of the mighty trnniforir.at lion. Tba solemn chant of tbe oftan, ** t ; it raise* it* nnrbaagrd nnd unceasing voice, . thtf rear of tbr hurricane, and tha soft notes , uf the brer se, The rushing of life mountain . rirer, and the thunder of tha black browed . tinrm ; all thia la the mntic of natore— - a great and swelling anthem s»f _ praise, . breaking in on the oniversal calm. There I is t Iraaon for as bare. .Ha mightiest wotker in the striven# is the most vnohtroi stve. r uow three niXDtti'.d-pocndf.r pahrots are worked. A cprre»pondetit no Morris Island writer: t A* there ia no manual laid down for the . thr»e hundred -pnen er P«*rot, 1 aut^do ] that in u*e. The piece ia ou it* carriage , aad "from battery." Implement*, nu two in the same plaee, and r.o one in it* proper j plicc. The instructor givea the coiuinaot! I j "load her up 1" At thia command the gun- . j oer saps, "soma of yos felert bring » shell, " k { and "John, bring a. cartridge." Borne of j j the "fellers" take a small bandharrow and t j bring a aheil. Gamier ears, "Stick io that . powder." "Now, boca, bold on till ] get I ouia/sse." "Stick it la." All bauds by j h h«vd heaving get tbe shell to the ambrai sure. Gaaoer aays, "Swab bar out." Bbe I* swabbi-d cot. "Now, hsavt slid haul, i and in it go#*." It gwe* in accordingly, a "Now, rem it down." It f* rammed down. t "Now, ruo bar ia." Kb# is run in. "Screw ■ down the recoil bands." They ava screwed . down. Gunner aim-. " Blew bar rnond a a, little." "All right !" " Where'* the primer!" "Now, git <mt of the wayvverc- • body. All gn to wiodward, and No. 3 step* . round a comer, so aa ont to be hit if tb* f uun bursts. Gunner "ay*, ''.Blase away I" T ^hn blase* away. Remark of the gunner r or. returning to the ftis ; "How are you . Sumter f"e*R#peat. ! HOW TO OOTERff CHILDREN. "ii ia b*Uor to govvrs by love than rule d by fear"— who can dispute tbi* ? Farea^re " depend upon it, a smile, a loving loolPn 1 kind word, does mora good with a child K tbao all your angry words. Howr deceitful • too, fear makes children. If they do aCy- )" tbiag wrong, they are afr.ld to eckn wla adgwtl to their parent-, and, wb*"nfluerT liuued, dotty ft for fear of con-rqaencra. • Teach ibrm to conflite ia you ; to bring all tbeir little troubles, joys, and fear* to your bosom ; aympathisa with tbtm, aad they will caw a! cf yoar love and care with trutb- ° fnlnvu and affvetion. a A flr*rt>r-_t Oui Lxdt. - A lady or Gary Wt*£7^i5bw Vi *2 t- ito»fcw»„ ssmartsg llOO hin* of »fi t , dnm ^l Ttar Vow*, "WHlad tferf bsfure inset, and retired tn re*t 1* good aaaaon. HHHBHHI

fro* csattanooua to atlanta. 'fha (ollowing table uf distance- between Chattanooga and A tie its, Georgia, will b<Of iateroal to any one who bat watched or may f#el ihtlin* to etody oa% tTe campaign in that region : Ml--*. Chbttatinnra to Bnyce SiotioD, . .7 Chick, ma ig ., . . -12 Johnson, - - 17 Ringgold, . . - n Tunnel Mill, . .31 Dalton. . . - 3d Tiltoo. . .48 • Brefaea, « .. . 63 t'aitiour, . -60 Adbireville, .69 Kingitun, - 79 Cass, - - - 65 -uartrvrUle, . j©Etowab, ■ §2 Allutoona, - *98 Ack.aonb, . - . 103 Marietta, . ll« *'»«««:• Atlanta, - - - 139 Tba rnaii i* celled tha Western and AtAiD'ic. Probably no railroad of a similar length in the United States contains ro mony bridge* nr ro nmcb trestle work.— There are five bridge* between Ribggoiii and Tunnel Hill. Tbe Etowah, Coantairrh, and II ig blower riven ate vulnerable points lor Cuvalry dailies. The Georgia rirate troop* are scattered slung tbi* ro<d an guard duty. THREE IXFORTINT THINGS. Threa ti ings tu love— courage, fentl*; ) new* *nd affrclioo. Three thing* to admire ; — intellectual power, dignity and graceful-! n#«*. Threa things to bate— ciuvLy, am- 1 gnnca and iograiituile. Three thing to delight in— beauty, frankne-s and freedom. — , Thrift thing* to wish lof— health, friend* : and a cheerful ipirit. Three things to pray ; for— faitb, jwace und party of heon.— ! Three things to like— cordiality, gpod ho- j mor and. mirthfulne**. Three thine* to j avoid— idleness, loquacity and Hippant jest- ! ing. Three thing* tdcnllirat —good honk*. : ghod friends and good humo-. Tt.jee things , to contend for— honor, com. try nnd friend.-. ! I ,0. sovern—umpcr, impulre- ; j and the tongue. ClIItKAHAlGA IND CHATTANOOGA. Th* name of Chirkamanga means "yagnutit water" or still water. Chattanooga is tbe Cherokee fur hawk' » nest or eagle'. ue*t. The town was originally the headquarter* of John Ron, the Cherokee chirr. It received it* nntne frem it* location, being surrounded on ail aide* by mcuntaips, tbe poetic vision ! of thn red man seeing in it an erurt re»vmbl*ece to a hawk's ne»t— albeit, I *0p. pose, Ursgc'a definition, of it wonld -be "hornet's nest." Ronville, to which oor ' army fell bark after the second day'* fight, wa* earned in honor of Juhn Ron. FLEXTT MORE Iff THE WORLD. A conple were engaffed to be married the oilier dry in Chicago, and every preparation wa* made to celebrate the nuptials, but | the bridegroom did not appear. A mesion- ( gf-'r, hawrver, brought tha na«« |0 tb# waiti"JT party. that he had been drafted in New ! k ork, and mold not leave. The reply of ! t' a young lady was worthy of the occasion. ( ! With teardrops glistening in her ayes, and j her heart ready to burst with grief, she , turned to the rnmpiuv and »ijd : "I don't f Iter a dure ; Merc's pltnty more men in the I tco Id, anyhmc. 1 — "Madam," stid a very polite traveler ' i to a testy aid landlady, "if I see proper to ' ' help mpaelf to this milk, is there sny its- ■ p-epriviy hi H T" "i don't know what yoo^mean; but ir , yon mean to insinuate ihat that there it ■ anything nasty In the sj'lk, yoa have struck . tha wrung house ! Th-re ain't the first ' ,bair in ft, for as aoon;*- DopoUiy Ann told I roe that the eat w..« dhibned in tha milk, ' I wenl straight and straiord it over." The young man fainted. , Wovak.— 80 long as a wnftan inspires , love, ghe ia not Old. But what i* it to be • old I U float not dupe rid opon tha fact that r we bare existed during a certain mysterious , nomhtr of year* which hare been allotted to each of os. To be old i* to haaa no long r a beat) or charm. If a woman pre. serves her attractions unui aha reachit tha f aga of on# hundred, abo wilf Be yenncer tbao tha rosea of twenty wbo wants tbem. — He's a fool that grumble* »t every lit. ' tlemischance. Put your host fool forward, 1 in aa old maxim. Don't ran about and te'l • scquaiatencee that yen bava hero sn'ortunate. People do not lika to bava nnfor- ' lunalaaava loraeq'ialntanee*. V I — Bar# are put cn bank aiudowt to kaap r thieve# out. f Bart are put 00 jail windows lo keep thieves iri.- — "I say, eaiiter, bow earns your eyas ^ so all-Brad crooked 1" J "By aftaiug between two gala n' trying b to look tevw to both at tba same tlAr." — UaaHartad n»dl«y b tha sweetest a charm of fvtoala .xc»ll.Dey, ti# riahaat L jewel ia Us diadem of tSeir boner. ^ |

BY AUTHORITY, i LAWS OF NEW JEIl8Ky. '. A further *oppl»ment to the act entitled. r " An act to inrorpiratn the New Jers»t 11 Railroad and IVauspOttatiun Campnny," pus-ed the 7th day nf March, eighteen D hundred end tbirti-two. ,f 1. Be it enacted by ihe Bona'e and'Geo- r eral Assemll' of tbe State of New Jersey. (| That the time at tbe expirst < n of which i; j, may be lawful for the legislature to cause j an appraisement to be made of the road ef the New Jersey Railroad and Trun- porta- g tine Compony, •» pr..vid- d for in tbo seven- ^ •eentb section of the eel to which tbi* is ■ n supplement, (ball bo extended to the flret t diy of Junaxry, in the year eighteen bun. h died and eighty-nine. , T And bout enancted, That it shall be lawful fur -aid company, whenever they f( may dv*m it expedient lo shorten, s'.taigbt. „ *3, widi-o, or otheswisn imprnve .ti.y part cf , tbe route of their railroad, nt or between it* p present termini, to change tba R-cxtion 0 p * »nch part ir t-oded In be improved, ann ^ ' when snCh change of Iqcati'on shall be dr. f B lermsned'op.-ui and th* tioW-roqt« laid wet, f to construct their rnaii upon I tie Kani", ann n ' 10 take and arqqire tit'a to the lundi r. . ^ * quired for that purpo-e io the rnenner pro- * v.d'd by the art to which this is a -opple. # * nal'y iui.i out, and ticking e- d arqairiog titie to t^e land* required (berefas; qj:d lh--j" t are hereby fur that P' rp. *« uiair fnrest.-d t j W'th s i the powers and privileges given ir. ; J a aid act fur ih* laying not and con*i|fci- c |. It. lie to the lol.d rtqurrei" 1 1 ere for ; prn- 1 | I vid«rl, th-t one ofth- ccmnrisa'oueT. ap. j ^ 1. pointed t.> approi-nshe value - f laud* *hall * which the land* propoped to he t-ki n lie j i j y nod it stall be luwiu) fur raid company aft'-r ^ - ! »ucb change rhal! be made and the road j f 1- j over such new route campistW, to abandiui | ^ o | that part of their preseut road f.r »b:cb j tbe new route shall be substituted, as soon ' | [, I as they mnv derm tln> same can bu done . ( s I without injury to the public or the bush ear. , .[on «aid road; »och abandonment to b» 1 1 e-|_tiiade in writing under (heir ti-a! filrd in ' , [ tf o o(i'ce"br the secrelary iVf.S'.eJe'. affd UK- ' , til (o abandoned they ehull maintain and . oparatA tha seme ; provided always, that ' j I thn said new location- a- all Oot bo luid on; . | j ol any greater width than 'autbnrlsati by , ( '* said act, nor ahaii tbe san e be extended ! ( u over any public street in hny^ncorjo-' ' j ra'cil rity along which the rnme may run, j j without the C"li*ent of tha nmnfcipal Yu- , ' '' thoritiet thereof, nor shall ;bo new route, I " authorit-d by thia tection, in any ra*c, be l loratpd at a greater distance than onu mile ( and three-quarter* of a mile f.-om the pre- ' ( >a sent route, nor shall this act be ao con. ,r atrted, a* to authorise said com; any, to j ( * remove their toud from epilation to wb cl. > . the said rnad now runs. 3. And be it enacted, That it shall be 1 f lawful lor the State bygen-r*' law affect- ' is tag in like ■> anner all railroads io this j ( »- .-lata except tho»e now Imviug iriepraUble it contract* uf exemption in their charters, to , 1- impute on (aid company, forSla'.e purposes, j , t- saclt ether additional taxY* the legislature * . w (nay by law direct ; but said tax shall not j of in any year together with the nmui.nl paid - a. in that year 10 tho Htnte for tax' und transit I id dlitm* provided in amid charter, eicqpd the i ie ..mount by »aid law impoa* d npon any other | 't railroad in thia Stat*', such amounts to be { 'ie estimated by a percentage on tha amonnt j of the capital stock and funded debt or upon the gross receipts from railroad Wi- " ne»* of raid several railroad* companies. Approved March 16 ISM. An act relative to the exchnnge of Rooks if published under thri aolhurity of the . Jitatw of New Jrrsvy. •1; 1. Be it rnartcd hy the Srnate aid Ger- i ,1 «:a! As.embly of the State of New Jersey |,| That it shall he tha duly of the Treasurer , of ibis State immediately after (he par- | *age of this act, lo tTelivrr to the Bute ' Librarian a number of copies of the last ] edition of Nixou'e Digest ^rf the laws re of NevrJer-ey, sofficient to furnish one >e copy thereof to the execmire of each Blate at an.l teiritoty within tbe United blate* ; aa and it shall tharrnpon be the doty of tLe id doty of the librarian upon thn receipt of 10 "the tiine, to distribute and fnrwatd era e. copy thereof to tba rxacstiva of each State ia and territory in the Uuited Bla'.a*. er 2. And be it t nacted, That it shall bo n. tha doty of Ih# Iteasorar of tbi* State hereafter, upon the receipt or any jodieisl raports, alaiutss, digest*, laws or public documents, published by or nnder Ihe antbority »1' of this Bute, or the Irglata'.urp thereof, or ir- of .which Ah# B'tate baa t«*com# a parchaa»r, ,t. tn deliver to tb* Biale IAb ratlin at many copies of each of said publication* aa (ball be nereesary to furoirh one copy thereof to tbe executive of each Slau and Territory 9 within tbw United Status ; pnd it stall thereupon be the doty of the Hint Librsrp rian, open tb* rreeipvof the Bame.'tn distribute and forward to th* executive of each Mai* end Territory within ll.e United OS ri teles, one copy of each report, annual law, 'digrst, statute, or other public doea-m-al published a* aArevatd. . g 3. Awd ba it enacted. Hut all -ecu and parts of acta inconAstenl with lb# pru«t- _. (ion* of t*fl» act ha and the asm* are hcre- * by rvreaisd. -1 A Aad a* it aiaated, Thai tbi- act shall take effect immediately.

^gcicultural. - thf ho^an b ho vt tfl i'be it. No imptemvot-apoB lh~ .anm-will be marv nteful than the iiwe, daring tbw f.'taant mouth. Much can t-» done with the c»U:vatcr, and wherere'. tha crop ace he rsof the -ground will nan.it tS it, hoe.# should be aabstiteteri for head inky. many plscee, however, rh • pre.ene* vf skohrs or other obstroct bms, sod row# #f g owing standing n«*r tngwlhar; ta- j quire the u*e of tbi* old tashjiOaed implement. Much labor can ba sav. d by havio* th# ho* of proper con-traction. It ahoald tuada of good steal properly Umperea, that thevd^- may neither turn nor brtak, uttcl not be too heavy to be bandied wpV tociiity. Any ore wbo baa attempted td work with tbe weighty, eombertoma eon-t.-i ranee cnmctonly ured upon smtlbrrn plintations, will pr xe the ehorp light in>. plrment of northern manufacture. -Tub ilcsh uld be jntt irrga rnou. h tbgraep readily, and inserted into tba .blade at w convenient angle lur working, or *0 thct it Im easily used for cutting weeds evac iAhe surface, and for drawing earth around x bill. It should always b* k*^!t bright, uml lo do lbi», care mart be taken to tops • t clean and dry after workiog ia wet srirl. Every obe know* th* itnportanre at using the hoe to keep wrcd* in subjection', but iu i'.o ni.r.y case* tins knowledge is not tcatiw practical. Other thing, bring equal, c°a*s ture will giv# at the luaij taanty par I c- nt. better return* than when weed* era I left lo brx* tho nouri-lttnenl which vhonid i tu th-' crop ; with corn this would make j a iffer- uce of eight to ten bushels per a ere —enough to pay well for several hoeing*. Let thit fact *i(ain'ata tb* reelected to : the bo* busy this rrsrdv month. Ani other lo** nbtiuu* but sqqally ioiporiaab fit conferred by frequent hi or tb* . ta keeping tbt surface of the ground* 1 Tin* 1* needed fur groaing plant* i in wot or d.iy weainer. In the former case, the surplus moisture evaporate* more rapid- ; ly ; Jn the latter, tbe moisture from belo^ 1* atiracted'iipaard, and also the warm atm n s p h .• r-Th« in g SIOvMd IK {HIMIrilla Jliy ygooler eoii, deposits the vapor wootaitifd in If culture i.e needed r.fter th* root* have extenilsd over wrint of the ground,, tha bo* thuuld bu n*rd very lightly *0 as , uut to drilutb tbem, or more bans tbu» 1 good may be done. I cr.lff DEBET CTLTl'RK— HOH TO OET RID OF SEDGES, ETC. ! IV (th Solomon we agree in tha sentiment 1 at " There i* aafaty in tbo multitude of I eoun»eliora"- if they only be wiae oae*. , A Maine rabaeiiber to the American Agriculturist proposed tbe following four qnes- ^ tions, sod turning to onr friend Hun. Was H. Bturr, of C'onnecticnt, we rreeivad tbw reply mhirb is siven below; Qurttiont— lat. Can tbe sedgaa and mo«i b« HIM | (mots an I all) by floodiag with water? 3d. . - ] How long, el what seesaw, and to whet | depth, in u*l tbe water cover tbtm *o this end?* 3d. .Will tbe vice* now growiag 1 era survive inch treutiwent ? 4th. _!• I there any other n-.ode of getting rid of thw j sedges, except by the laborious proee** of i removing tba lnrf? Eastwood b*i nothing I | on thsse poiat*.— C. G. A., Augnita, Ma." Rer en*e— "Tb# locality of tbe meadow ! your correspondent does not describe, aim- | ply remarking, ! It is on the shore of * , ' j pond.' This is a favorable locality, if tba ft water Is not sopqliad from cold springs in the neighborhood, which probably 1* nob tha rase. Th* soil Ia 'past,' which, with a little modification, is vary favorable. Tb* con. iron cranberry, ( I'occiniwni tnacrocar. : p* in) ta slicady g'.owiug. This, alio, iudi- ■ .en re* favorably. 'I he plot it ronvenlvnt for winter flowing, another v. ry Liu ruble fasj tore. A* to I. a first inquiry.— Tbia can bw . ' done by flowing in fall, aeO keepiag tha plot 1 ! revered with water from 1'i in 18 inches ] deep, not lest Han one entire year, and poui1 bly two. The roolt of tbw sedges ai* V*ry • t t.aciou- of life, und not easily killed by . water, and tbu great cifficalty would be, ; tbe cranberry plants now there would no* 1 survive ibis treatment. This, 1 think, r briefly answers tb* lat, 2d and 3d queries of 1 your corre-pinilent. I reply to his /-qrhb 1 interrogation, yea ; if be Cms dra* off tba water both lb* pond, by ditobijag or uiker1 wjte. If he can *0 far drain th* plot as to . - plow it early In tb* Call and tiro under I kw ■ moa* and sadge pretty deeply, aad leave tha - penty soil lo free fa (tbe mor* thoroughly ' tn* better) during tbe wiatwr, tbe next ' June it will ba in a perfectly friable stale for preparing and potting ta a conditio* to plaat tba vines, 't han, occasionally do- , nng tba aommvr raise tb* watar, il th* aaaaon ah raid prove dry; and before tbw heavy 1 'black' froaU ocrnr, flood thw viae* a Irot • or eigbtMa iucbva deep, aptil thw'toDowin* spring ; then drain The ploi. and ntr.'sHe' f auccerdi ig lall tb* vines wi'l beeatahU-I.e'd. I If b* canuot drain tb* meadow saflreuatiy 1 for plowing, tbw labor of remoriag. th* sod . . is nut very formidable. If b* ware to rt>n ova the eutlr* asrixce of tbe bigtiMl p. rI liui.s wf il, and cover tb* Inweat p.rt.'witb beach or bank sand to the depth «f three invhee, ami then est bi* planta, be would pn.b.tity be aacowaafal; bat draining and I plowing is by far tb* mere prvMtaWw ibatbod, il 11 b. positble." , -