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Vol. x.

OAI>E ISLAND, CAPE MAY COUNTY.NBW. JERSEY, THUKSDAY. BECKJIBKK 29i ISlil' - - _ e •

• NO. 31.

?. Select goctvn. . * LJtJ^i V W ■ ■'»> ■ ■*■ ' * '•*—"• * - - Vklt TKlHOCCill ULMTI1 TO MIT. lt»r» )tM *©«4 um l*ko<a» Alt* pUet, Awuy Ui U« HiW»jr cllow ' 1ST 'maUOa (R<rtt ©f *» buaiml >r*r* , j t Wk* 4t» taouaOa< ll»e $ lt>eO a w©*dn*i» *t lt» rrvua ■ nil uvj a ll»t-*o4 flowri* i Ti~i ftml **©*. la u* hlaemrtc »<*•* l.lt»»^t«i»<^tt^tiVi4c*lbo»rr^ JXX Um *Ual U) tlM ftuwrt U a Tct U Woc«* tut owe©, la W***" l»l «*•«• llira JM fartter brant ottfcU AU* |4aot, TWrtjwwsUtka»uaaycb»e, !*>««> *r/ oceufiU tLwavad IJWM, A« lb«| 4»P la U* Uwxala* Uw, 4*.-j»uu»ivimluluti**lrlulur>wt* " ra tu >uca wart© u tau co the cttjus j | At-I (aluUtf dwp froa it»©*Jj l*| »UU| I. row U*eJy o«*l ***** mwM 1 J»« 4)U* U UfTtli a t£ou»a»«WoiJ I bat «p(lo| fry** tX* OcathoHLcoU. TUrvoub^^ltbctJ"1"*'1* . th* Aral*' glawt tl luir. k ix%nwsla?hs alrtc*o»oun-j.a, I V7kri*tirlinUihaUli«kfcly aid I ii.f» you hewil bow U hues )<*"*« - wiffi^A+X carrt aaJ toll# tot ttrlr p*>i 1 i ' II '-'■p tbca water from fouaUla* afir, Aral hUi LLo «r« foe (Wr la (talM II ktdt tho « -what love can 4©tUo!Ti» Uoai ed It* brm^a, aa*J fc <^c« tb»a Or*. * K»*ra jw Arard txTtalo U*jr 1«» <>* •**5. ft« •oow'wbita blai oi ite ukaljl <iolkm«olr 00 tb* »Wr«rjr *a\A it MkaUjr tits la U» IrtLe •. ivrll win |UiM|tUI ticroloJIlfr, AAI Ibee, la Lhl iclt, atvll n«o, ♦»;4 tb«ioM«a lUbt of ttc • U »!««• A4 tl wan lalo brairol A el Iba felMKd note* fall Wk fr«a tba »kl«x »TU Ita oalf waCi for la tln<i»c II AUo. YiiQ hat • brmrf theoi Ulra t abja I tril j ou eat, A frratrt »*< t*«trr Ihaa *11 1 sitvaj"** IUa» vboca ihrbratriu o4ons 5rfor»*bota Ike !»«•'-* «< lb«ta Ml' ho w 11* left tt» cbolr> ao-l natbrcu ror a*rtb La it* * *lUor» **i * w*» to ea*r l*e »h»a*« aoJ Ibo j^laof lb# rrorr, aa4 dl* fctf tl>r ib* of hu i«k« 1 O rttaccof O >aJrcrrOHlofl Wktl •*«« w abJ Boalbc* f«iu*t to 1 bli*!. II A* jtw bMtd Of IAI»UI*-IU l*»1 of U.e« *UTtttUta orifc* lloljr *al True \ lie 4k*, but HI* llVs bi uetuld »od», , Llvrco* La the »r«ul J »«*• Kk w<*4 prtrmila, aa4 I* AlHa< 'I* rirtli • A*Ut«lar» tU lbe»klr*tbo»ri lie Haftit u* to jWU ap lte t6»e ®f llfr, rorUkiute<ftlMli[<or tote. Hte drelk U oor Uk, 111* Iom U our c«i», Tkrjoy tor 1be t**r, ike j«r»ee lor ibr^Uu KevbeartbreeUir*,)* ar*nr Mai wora, Wbolor oiktm 4o fire op your ell i Our tartoor h*lk told you tbrrrrd th»l wouU gia*, lato «*rtb*e dark UMota *u»t f%U— Mart put trvm the tk* <u»4 dk a*»y, Aid Xbr* «IU tbe fruit appcart Ike Ciala that wc«e to»« la lb* r**lb trfcne WBl rttui aur fel4 la tbe car. vy «r*U ec*M« Hit, bjr law cn**« r»l*. Tbeief fortbelaar,lbei*aceforlbepila. |

' ^titrt ^istcllaniT. ) XOOV, DIRK AXD DAIBUEAItJ ^f.yrj dollar or U'idot* Forrtrl'* Ira # jiirt* "rating, orrry ram »od andrat * lioaitbold toatenir. porchaoct^of lllk, or goW, or poirl, IradillnMl of lietUr dayc • «trry Pepcirabla eliair. aiul toil and mirror, j •ltd article of wa* »poro J lo mako ! dear (irrlniilt a bridal nntflt, A»'l oti the . et t ulnf ©f h»r roarrhiKe the d*aglt» ♦ ur lookjfil lorel/ moogU ti «!etfrr*all thi« j and roach wore. Mn. Forr«»t vaa a prou»l and happy toother. Proid *hoolway»aa*; ! happy ah* cflrtalol y looked that ivljbt when [ ||4SittgraUUtlotia waro ahowerod'tbiek opnn | pborfor (I«rty*« nke, ami she ^aoght at j orery tarn the whlrptrtd prolyl of her beiaHfal daaphter. The hride.'room'a *p- ! pemrmoco «m tnoet ■oeplcJoflif and not on© >%f th« fe« and effect yncti ■ wfan kluad aad wept om Garlrod* at parting woold bate ▼cat ored to gucra that her fatoro wooM not bw peace, aad that eny olbnr tear* then taara of separation would ever be ibed fur bar. fof&IWW* tor whon all tM* raertCea, and * pr^paratlon» and domailTo itlr waa made, ww hy bU own acta on I a wealthy merabwat ortbe Wtet, Mood WUIlaot itaaridere, wadba had often efiowa letten wrlltaa to hint ©« bofleeee and mailed from tbe city vhoi^tijbted bla rteMenee. lilt dreit , bet rich, ebd the preMttte he ^••4# lo Gertrude corratposded perftclly :^Jmb t^l»prrMlo»p(reti of hie teeane, aad ' ^ obowied 'lUfewtea a delicate aad calttfaUd &^«nH»la y after the wrddlog, be ^Ja|k«tU.liUjfmgwife {□ ihodfr*ct(oa of hie dliuat ha we, U ••« * swret mhleoaday, Tha B*tda were elite with Jolly ind'ell teJcae of roitle % ladeete Jf to welcome ioto tbe I ^it^'tBi ybeoy pair who rode away from Airttttaft doof of lhe Widow Fnreit. tfime g* d that thay ahoeld art i*e pB#j|l|fe^ilireo waeka, after i elay at diltvewb-yiliiliar (aUraei oa the Madron nttfril Hw JilBiljt il^|iig ptfi 11,1 ■ d fba t (fet jfcjir &* > i*o4 Me If ri: Forrwt' to Acccrdl.fly iib BtUlalttf Gertfade'f oeffit bid. • A^Alt IbeleaertHI, and $9|bl@^wafw Itlenrel. iqiw ii >«r iiuia bt^om aktlre, mi r^^g^ umu ^ prop* rl y aba

'ojja. l*unr Grttiode Wnk (jail* a ontlri* hvcr. A>i>t* fieci lh«i f»cl that Cm *i!«l anil thoughlteaa life of I Lie great eatnnor rviort •«•* a* liitlu egreCab!* lo livrtatlr as ll *ii lo hrf pr^iioaa h»Mt«. ah n wa* j erpelually afraid »»f mortifying Lor bu*. Land by h»r. simplicity -nd unmphiiiicAlrd nay*. Hcatnro the order of th» day and programme for t Tory nigh*, but ll*, young wif.< tuoU litlh. comfort of it. &uati. . iter* h«d uict aad introduced levrral of hi* uuocinlr* ah .m »lu did ant like, end lhi» increeard Lt r arit-afioo**. Hut a earpri*** in preparing f«»r Ler mar* f«urful ihao tbo could anticipate, and one $Y*fiTlig It earn*. (ivrtruJi* «t** littih/, with her hu»bandH on the balcony cf the ho cl, *hrn aoddenly a tl ulccer came up, and in u gruff tuice, j hying lit band roiigbly up in hi* *];<iu!df-r, | lafurraod JjaatnVii thai L* • «» a prL«in» r. dauodi*!* **ino.a turritl* call, (it aa* the fir*t (jcrtrade I n! e*» r li.*ard blm •:.<•*,) and witb a fuco a Itiic kith f®. r nod panion: wheeled upon hi* captor a* if tn cr-t'ple in a drtiL-rtnh'. UuL It war a UirtvM »ln>w. A police mail enj (uo . auitlnnle ovre <<li thn rpot ioAtantly, and thn mi«i rat lo man | uai handiyfT.'.t and borne away, hating i hiiymjng wife el.rirklngatid jobbing hy«te.. I ricalfy in tho arm* of utraiPfVra. Eight day* pa*»eil oter hkr a t.Iaek ! dreaiu, and then nearly »rery thing vahiahl© | wui taken away f.-oct the poor'irl, and aho : waa rviautud t*> a bdubler residence, wkcrw - u hind wa'Le r-wotnan proadn d l«» Into carc of h*r till alio could nliifl fur li»«ne!f. Gertrude cradually learned thai her has. . ' Laud km a forger 'lo a largo tmoatil npi>o bank* In New Yor^ city, and ov«m upon netrral in New Kn^LmJ. NxiT, Lo had been so bold a* lo forge her tnnlhrr*! indorsement to a unto givon by Lini in U*r j native, Tillage, and on it* prmontalian the 1 atluniihrd and boaitdoied widow Ladinort- ' i «*grd 4b ®r h« u*o to^inert It, und *rnt her ■i»o.iu.law a letter which be look c-.ro that < * Gertrude should never lev. If anything mnrw wav needed to ronvfn?® tbe forsaken girl'uf her Lnriuml'* villainy ; and ortU dccepiioti 'practiced upon her, il •canio to her* in the parson uf Saunders' "other wife,1*. a Talr wotiivu hrith n sufTrrioj li>ok who enteredl th* d<>or nf Gertmdn'* ; lodging onn day, and look bnrplucoaby her hedddo with ai*trrly low, until »hr win jatreng enough to rise am) novo about ; nlcne. It was »he who con»«*!«d bor when f ; other cotufuria failed, and \ leaded the right ; | of an oldor and muni prudent grief to pre. : j para lb© mind of U'rltud* for th* Adur. i auca of the wont wrong that'cunM he done j lo woman. ,» j Tha Orel ©nx'aty or Geitride ni toon 0* I she wftf ablv to go nut, was lu rvtur.i to h*r ; I nfnthrr. Her new friend fuuod'eml forced i upon her auilicivnt means lo acc"tnpliO tliu . i journey, and uitli aevpirrg regret* and mu- 1 tual bl*Mt»g« thw two women eo slrtn^ely J kindred la eniieticn parted to a«u each ! other no mure. ] .31 r». Saundera foond hwr molhrr feehlo : and de/pouding, and aumaioDeil all li*r ttj iniining resolution to rvsiure ncd auppurt I» her. "I did nnt run away from ygp, did 1, mother ! ShnaMi.'t w« t>* thankful fur that 7 I f U> both heliovid that WiJJ.an was acting i J in good faith, and would prow all ho rop* j J rvfenled biri<clf lo be. T*ka courage. I . ca^ do a great dral, for I an yonny, and brforo long we will work th«« cottagu and ! garden hack into again into nor band#. They spent a year in this way and then tho tnotbor broko down, her high spirit cnald nut survive tho tnuiliflcation she inffvrad, and afier iJngriiug n weak from j an apvpleiic stroke died In her prime. It was a drwk day fur thu uiothvrlef* end i wore* tli an widowed 'dnogl.ter. .So yowhg j •tnl obliged lo boIJel Ibc noild alone, livr ' rcfolnriou was sobn laken, bovssir, am) J having rrnJ much of tha ahnndent employ, uiant and gnod wages of girls that were basdy with lb# ifredl* in sandry asublishmmt a nf the great city, tbe packed her few affects, and mi off lo seek her livelihood there. Sbo pel up at a respeetallo board. (Bg.hontu and commence!) ber eearrh, bat J*y a! tsr dsy wltb^to soecels. The ihr.oght would perpetually return lo Corment ber, ibnt a little mora lUo ft pir ago aba was tbe Jiappy wife of a wealthy Western ra«r« chant— In all re« Illy, to Hrr food truat*^ and placed, aa iho dream>d, forawr abgve Ibe reach of eare; ami t aw aa she returned to ber lodging* with Bchlng hetrt and fart •ore, aftrr the jr*aty travel of the day, each •occeitivf etenlng re^ruel to close do an a deeper wiwiobedneia upon her, and #he ihonghl ftolemaly of those fmaaksn ones who »tf pt away tbolr diiftppnlotwirnts under the influence nf the deadly drug, or hid * Jiymstlsta beneath the d«»p water Jill the jalfmmloay. , - . ' . •. • /?s&$$&sis ! place was found 'al l«tt— in a large clotblDg-hvoie, The . Wageu 'were, email, bat V" *ho would hare refeiatl bread In , rt Mtbl: put « M>0 w I h a n k fa 1 for crombi* 8 be w eot|^(eijfy't^ m^w^eek . hoing bar earnings at tha end of a monlh, ^r)>t4^m;ah;i.h *d saved encagb la Jay a i\sj»l»yu s*? wnw*,®* twiiiw

nrriTaw — ai pie ■sftiimmi iTnftteian • l have It in the piisning tno'ilh. «llh th« in. 1 ! tercst that \\ nooltl gsle in that time. r Firdlug that ,tln* other liarulft* had Wtn • i pit eft in il.* iitciu Uty, shu satiitird- -bur i ; Nodlady a* '**11 a* sea «*otdd. and vvlssil . | t»n ru.iking tb«t h*%l of il. Uvforu the t itd I ! cl tii«* next mo u lb, it n*» announced that r i the hnrt bad Tailed, and MtVvn'y jsiur girls ■•j who, like (intrude, w«ro d«*prsidcnt cn ■ i I Lvir labor, nvie inhinuud that there' wa* . • lio further ur..rk for lh«tn. i - Thla calamity rsd'iced the poor giil to J I ho l*» t oatrrndly. T.» rjuirl her lunlLdy, ■ ! »hv was oblicvJlii p4*n herd tli.'ft, except ; aliil >be woro, r.di! Well hrr trunk. . ■ l*rn» itlenco see lord In CaVof hrr, h«a.#r*v*r. iti tinding a j lacv, lor abn spvut hut I one day ;tt »ea;cbiug, b. for.« »be aa.i xga;ti • ul work, ll-r t in | h»tnr *■»< a .Irs*, but he | >t«*rti»d full i»f money, nntl forlhr lint *rek } or tae paid her re-.ir Sat unity u-gM, but ! ht-fiire long the m.idv dixcovrriv* nhlcb : ' convinced il* r that sll sir.* nut ri\hl about i lot | la co. no 1 ate ilrtrriiiiiicd to lr*\v. (lb apjdying for u bat was due Lvr, she ' reccire.l u brutal- refusal, and wbeti *hu re* iroijiraud ate was 'insuliv.l 4ith a fib*!d ! coci;l niefit, that sent hut us«ay di*gutt**d . and iadignunt afier u puhceiaaii. TlirviU- ! err uf tLe law gave hrr no redr#*», Ima. ] vter. She hvd goli* ♦Mil- «l:«lai l'v to Slid i htm, and ou l.sr return lb© Jew itemed hid ! ih'lilily, Aitil ln> *°ai aurronndt'd by^faUc ; wiiiio***, who *wu(e ujiind thv pour i.iil that ull uudrd in Leg. being COfistgt.ed tu the imd-r mercies of thr street. Wilflu *liou|d »lif* go note? li -jltrs-d, but : pvr.tiilv»s r.^U frirmllrt*. "Geitm For- | r» a i , (iortnniu St itdrr*— It liatttis nut," all- said to hvr*-if. "Yini am lo*l uh*!" Outi morn effort jet *hv Uugrd to tnakv, ltflurr U«pe ninl virtue g*v© way. If »ho cuubl only drriu u lilt lo Ln'ller rim soulil go and upply fur u situutiou as teacher uf n primary tchool. > 1 . Such was tho slmy toM, among the thrill* iug vuri-livs of | be pulicc-cuurl recerd, in ' j one of our largo cities, not aling ago, of a yuuug womap of preptis sensing np| circiicv, • **|io was apprrberded for Uicsuy.j She had stolen eoiua article of dolbhif*, whin ! wilboua uiuary ur frivnds and driven In ■ desperation by want. The judgim-all honor . to hiiu— conildered her a prup-r sabjerl nf cLmeney, and she was rrlvaiid wiih kind . 1 counirls and promise* of a«fti*lucc«. Will it be wondered at that suTcra! in*^ flortdial and benevolent cilixno*, hearing I • tl.v atiove recital uf Gertrude's wr.mg ao I J distress, look car© toSev her 'provided far ' ' tod placed rvcisloally, an *he desired to tig ' in a plcnrunt country town, tUu-mMrr** of ; I to litllo school. .Shu st di d on thu threshold !- 14 of a life of crime, und Go I sent hi* servants ' , jind snatched Lvr b#tl*. May llu pinion j j tlosu who abused h*l| . • T. li. j heath sit ttfuilok. It £» nalngsiUr fact that dcxtli may ho - occasiuned by imiginary peril, a* well «x •, ty tbe reality, Tbfc inciJ-ut i* velbknowu thai a criminal ' once, died in tb- hauds of • sorgsous who rxpeiluit'tits'd upon liim l»y | | preliigdimg to hleod bici tu deatb.' having j i waitn watur trickle user [ils arm, a^l fall ! into a burin Mow a* II il w*r«i tdiiuil. In' j a llttlo timejbo grew f*lnt ao»l died. The i fallowing incident is of u similar clmrarter: : About tbo em] of the eighteenth Century ! whenever any student nf ibv )f«il*ch*l L'uf- • lege, Ahardevn. incurred tl.o di«pIe*iuro of ! tbo humbler ritizen#, be wai aisiilnd **i:h the question, "Who kil!ud l>AWDle1M Ibiwnie was Sacrist or Janitor at 31 arl- j i ^fihal Cullfge. On© of hi* diliva consisted • ' in ^CCQfipg lte gala hy a certain JiOnr, pre* • I vpius ti* which all the atudvnls had in as- ! i i* rabla in th© common hall, whrrn a Latin | : prayer «m del ive rail hy the principal. | j Whethsr In discharging this function lW- } ul© wa* more rigid than hla^rcdacfssor in ofllrv, nr whether he heeamo »trict-*r In the performance of it at one time than another, canard nnw be ascurlalr.ed ; hqf ther© cxn he no donbt that be closed- tho ga|« wfib austere pacidfthty, aad that t It own who w ei., not In the common hall witldn a mlnaiu of th» jirracriLrd lime, w#r© shot nut, aod tf »r* aflct ward j rcpritnaedrd end On«d l»j the principal and )>rhfrssors. The students became irritated at this strietnois, .tnd took every pettymran# of annoying tho aacrist ; be, in hit Urn, applied the screw at oth«r fioiots of acaylrniic routine, and a fierce •vnr soon hygao lo rog.i livtvu n the cn). Irglaus and Ihw hurahle fumftloDary. "* Ofie evening, when fated with hi* family In his odlcial residence, n ' ina»s*ngsr informed hlai that a gantlaoun at a nrlgh* ^ bming hoifl wifthtd AO speak with Mm. Pownl* nhry«kf the summons, and wan nshored from on© room lot© another, till at fengnChTTuMd^blmTrtMn a larg© apartM«nt hong with black, and. lighted by a solitary candle, Arter wailing for somo dim© lu this Strange • place, abaci fifty flgnre«,- also drvsiad In h\Mt and. with black masks oo their facts, prrsimud tfcem. Sllva#. Thty amoged thtrindres In Jh© form of a ctmrt, and Dowel* pal© with t©rrt«f, was givftn tn andttftUnd h© was .Wl .O b, M» 0, kl. tfl.l, i.sarA'pssssu maaaMMnafe:

- .... ... l' . . i... — : • ni- *t fir*( tbo ^holr affair a* •• ; j.iki*. but the y. *rr.iog# wvrv cuudacted : i with such prr«iM< r.t gruily that, in epitv r id hbrs-lf, h- 1- -an tu lifL v© In lh^ gmit* I iop mi*«h il of the awful ifihiiial. Th* I clvik iv«d ai indict in v«»t, cawtging hint | I with conspiring asuinst tho lihortm* uf it e j » »l'id.,r.l>; witveMU** wert* vXamitv d »n J'lv 1 i hsfia, tb© public piuvfCiilor iiddl«»*eJ t!.e| ' Ju'>» 'til th*. judge summed up, ealil l).»wa|v, " ihe jok© • ' I ha* been otniri! Mr i noogh. It i# x'rtiiu; I lair, ar.d my *if» and family will h«< arsiou* j oliiittt n*." | '1 be jut y t* Lr-J. f'uc(r.g Ihvir *d«»ri:co • Ihw lnv*t p>4<fuund rilvnee wa* (iWrtvd, • j and txeepi rcm-wir.g ihw roiiury cani'l© ! j thai buritrd b-f .dr t J.«* judj*1, there um J nut rt.rt rl yhlt »l L'lOl VtHraf, • » *1 he jury ratntord au-i nih<ri!*i! « vor.lirt ' ail' irnUv. ) i 'i-» jntjgo Aoleirdy A**um»d u bug© Mark • j csj*. ted addrosrd (lit* pri*navr • : "lUhifd l'oaxii-1 Ih© jury have unaiii. tnauo.y found y»u guilty t>f ct»n«| Iring | ar&tb*! I)..* ju *t lit'Vitv ami innticniiiop «»f - the iUruchal I'elMg*. Yon I '''"t1 pteptin for doat'i. In lifb'-n itiimilos tbr.xi i.ii i.cti uf thu court will M ciriiti] . into ••£". ci." • . I h** ju.lg** jtljriil his W*tfli mi the hetU'h. I A M»« a, ail »ite, etel^ u Lag of ramluM • *vr* t*ruuL*ht in I n t!:r venttv «»f- (U r.mn:. A tjgur© u.cic U rriUlo than bn>| \oi jp. . pearvd, c-iii© forward osJ psopatvd tu act the j o.t ttm <luoi>i*ti*r. ! It w'a* no** jiai( inldnijht ; there wm« im ! sound aunildu »aw the oniniou* ticking of* la© judge'* b»tch, iMwiua Licautc mo to ' ami rnnro alarmed, ^Foriaj mkc. gcnllenec." »«i«l tb© i^r* tiOed tnan, "Jet me -u huine. 1 pTomi*r that yoa never again shall have ca*j*« id CMtiplaiu'." ' "Iticbard Doftnif," r em-irked ihrjudce. ' "you are uit;!y ira>tj:»g the f-w m«*tnenl> that at- lelt »ioj on earth. You ar-|ln thr hand* nf t?r««© j^hn inml Ir.tw vonr I if.-. No human jmwvr ccn *»•© jcu. l':« pxrv, • then, fur death; nouihcr Cv.» mlnutea will li* ul In wed, ton qn more." * I Jhc un'or I rnitti n loan, in nn a^onv of deadly Irrmr, raved and aCri-ked/.ir in*rry, * hH the awnger* paid nn heed i«» Ins vri» «. . Ill) felt thil I )i U hritf Spue© b^lwrerl bit:i ; and eternity wa* but n« a fow tnom tickings ! of that odiniotH unich, ^ "Ximl" exclaimed 'l:c judge, i'mup persons atepj ed hirwurj and aeized ; Dnuiiie, nn whn>n featunta n cohl, cMmr.ny i swoal had hmai f.<rtb. They lured his [ i riwek, an J u<iul<i him knrvt befor© . the block. j p Elnk.'I" vsrhliced Ihojuil.e, I A* the exerairloBcrr r.n*« d the nxe, tho i , avrirtunt ^n thv uppu*il«* hiip Ihtrd n *et [ | towel, und struck it ncrui* th© ruck tf tho ! j.rvcnmlent ciimlrsl. A loud laugh anj nnunceil jhal tbe ji»ka h»*d ut lavC c|ilr.n lo i ! an end. ^ i ^ Hot It.iuni© responded not t » th* oprn- ! riuu« merriment. Th-y Uoghm! again, hnt i still he did ♦ «t. Tin y iitird him n|*~-©ntl . lioiviiii* tl©* ilt sari 7 ^ Fright bwd kdlvd him m effo^iually a« | | , 111© axe nfn r-al liradsma.i huilservrvd his " ' brad lr»»ui IiiA body, NnxCmut&lng th© liody wa* found, Jo* dlcial tiiipdry w«.» iustitutoil, Lot no satiffactory remit conld he arrived at. 1'owtilv** widow and family were provid- j : ' ed for, and hi* slaughtrr ioiujilvU w Wtys* ' trry eiitil, nhnut fifteen jr%»»r5 after il* i • rorrence, a gentleman on hit death tied ill'** ; i c.ured the whole pntliculats, und Atovcd l ; Llwiflf to Lava hrlon^ed to ibo ohaiixiuae class of Mudsill* who murdered llo«i:ic. ] ! . , -•*• . -i^«» — _ . _ j , otsterv* I About a million of bu»hrl« nf oyslor* are { ! j yearly reported from Cherap'akn H«y, Of \ \ llitie, about linnhel* are sent in thv Hpring, aod."plstited" In Norlbein water*, | *hil* 400,(KlO buyhel a are ©it purled in th© fill aifd winter, end coa*uinr<l inuned lately • i:i Nurtlisru maiksU, sotn© of- Ihu largest ' livalert using aft many at :Eb'i.OOH hurin-!« ' yearly, tfm»u oyaters. piautod in the! spring mod taker? up lu the succ+vdiDg fall* do not liicneat© Iri number*, but almost i dooblu in six©, Tba growth varies some, what la dlffartnt saaion*, hut usually th© i saiuo nyslais that measure a bushel In the : tpriug will mcaaoro two in tho fall, 'I hey. do nut incrva*© in numbers uulcss permitted lo llo ant il lb© second «u minor. Althnagb th© usual milktnots attending prop igal Inn, ar.d which renders Ihvra uofit fur foyl during th© -warm months, t« ol» isrvcd lb© first sraton, yatjhe spawn doe* not auufwo pwrrcpt.tlv Ahw'p# until th© second, when liltl© s|Mcks of- oysters are i foaod clinging to th© tbvlltfrf ihs old outs, or to sit*©*, «Uck#..antl^wliiUTfr„ rough objects com© lu contact with them. Tb© Imported pyslwrw «r© subjected t« m»nj dsngfttf In Irutisparlolioo. ^Ylm pitching of tb© vetsrl In a rongh "*ea effects tLsm, mA tf tbo baichrs ar© lm open In a denao fog, and il pvrvadrA tha hold containing thetn, thty art kllUd hy It. A I hoods r Storm II alio fatal Id them, lb© concussion jarring thrm In sth© ism* mannvr •• does th^ plittgiog af tb© rntil. Under favor* f tdil © M ttumi uacnSl»jf$^ir^iii ship* % If

that rj'"sm;fui i.utui, A hiantiful lam! by tajih I m, A land »«f rv*r, fitiin *««rroa fr» v, Th" bmnvuf t|m ratiifixivd. iuiw'-f. anil Ijir.'J An ) b^autifal aog-lx f»«?, uts there, 1'ltoxt *♦ Will yna gi»7 Will you ru f | *1 ii that t*c.tu1ifu| hoJ •« if I* Mif 7 Wit y -u go? Will y.ui gu ? To that ii-^uiilol la'o! ? i 1 Tint hcantriui land, th- City nf l.u%t. li n-'i-r h»* Ljmwii tLv i*Ladr* *»f uiyhi ; | Th© glory «»f thv »«f dir ♦ Jlatb driven tb© d itkti •*» f«r au tv, —Will >uu go ; Will ynu go ? In virion ( *•».• in *ir©*-ts uf gold, .Is© IvflUlilol g.il' < 1 till* lo 'inid, 'I U rtvvrxd li.'", tl.v vry«tal r-a, Th© ©inliriiiial fruit of lite'* fair tr»-<\ flioltv*.— Will yuu go? \Vt!l }ott g«? *lt.o hrasrnly thrnng arinyvd In slutr, In raptUi© tangv Ibv p'uln* uf tight; Ami in ou*» hatiiiuaiou* clmir tbiy | ral'i* • 'I heir gliiriviii Sar.ur'? tiiulcLlv-* g»ac«'. CtJor.vr, — Will )i>ii g© ! Will yuu >,♦» ! "Iri'MlilOX." YiiiV"«ii licvd nnt ti* told tlm Mc*niiig of.! j© word "gumption." a* ruM*l ot thiol k'N'in its vale©, ©ad kv©p II la rnratstit r-x-vc:*©. It i* oft v.i worth mure than wealth ; or !©uriiin?. ilr. I*. \\ idis givvs an an;u*iirg illuxir tli'm*: I ma a f-w dty.; riuco. The cun«jc©*l liitwrfa two in*- u v. ku w©:v sntUrc for iti© *ain© v«ge», is nOilii iincnbing. U041.10 It iiiu*tr.t"S roum truth— the dif- . frt©iic© lii-t x«©u ilia i*>>n:tiiui) American niuiil ar.d th© con-*ni>n European. W*» wvru ( prvpsif ing t«» our I'tiJc* Jcrn*> Idle* *»ii«l I'ltHtk, A rjn.rtt, Inilv, tiarruM.-huid* K-iVil Amviiceti," tr;ib my t.ur«v hitcu©d tu m dr-g. ©a* i'lP^itsg »tuuv far th« rr»Ail*ay bryund, nod a lirt ad-<hoiddi i«-d f-lluw troiu . thn vld country wa* digging «.ulii lu fill in. 1 sltivd looking on to rnviurnl, I raw • a thfiJty li.tl«» tviiar, ub;ch was partly ujv ruotvd, sud r©rju©ftir.g tl.v «!tg-©r to iliotil ruuiu «2iit aroand it, I wril.vd nn. Hi-turn* iug it fr* tuinui'-s afu«r, * raw ivy cidarI'tevl vr«ough, hut il* run!.-* riili i-xpo.*«*,t, . "Why didu't you cover il with dirt;" 1 tukvJ. "8urv, air," imd alunly Great In i tain, • wit If a tonk of inu*t huMol rvgrct tlmt he bail nut b©i-n nMr ij old g© «i r, "yuu told : ijw? tu shovrl it, hud I had nu *aotcl." 11© uoj w-rirking with a spuuu! It wn nut trii DliimtP* after this I Saw , • iny IttlU Yunkv© dn!Ur*a*day uuh.lrhing i th© horse from th© drag. "What arv vuu going In do?" I a«fccd. J "Why, tuvtv i» it j titan* none to Lc gnt nn this side," ho said, "and u« the carprn-l*-r ruiu'l sveui to h© rouwiig oti ng to fix j-lbi* bridge, 1 thought I'd atvpovi read gel • What's. hi*. numu'a o\rn, and nnuko tkjex:i limhurs up, und then haul Vin acrd»s with ' a Muck ut»J ijci.i©, am) timber over, ard : put ou Iho phtik*. I could draw stoco from ' lh» utliur el J© tbvn." ; ( l!©ro was .t quioi propunl to do vhal I ' ' looked forward lo a* quite a ptoMrro. even • fur a professed snathauic. 1 had hospaken a carpcnier fur I he job' thred Stcnka t^etorv. • ^ .Ttavr© etuud the aliotiitenlv v:X' feet high ; nud t*en'y-tiie fuel cp«rt; the itrvar.t. . frwulleu by th© frrth-t, a«d tiardly forJaM© ; un borirUack, m.d.i* g lottwveu; ut»d how' thcro iko imciDV©ldc timbers, thirty faet j lung, wrrc to-tvu^ got acre «a without rnacbi- ! ' u©ty and scaffold to span this chasm ©f i twitity-fiv© feet, | aa« rod engineer ©nouf h ' to x©c. It wa* un.otig tint "chutes that a ' ruin with com umn gumption Could do wn»y j ruuugb," however, ■» iny littl© lr end said; j iiud it w«a dotm the butt mcrntng, wilbj Mock cm) tackl-, rid|vr*.ynd lv vers — he go- i hig about il a* naturally am] Imaddy las if I h© had bvetl a bsid;e-buiM©r by pn>f<»»U-n. ] There bring no higher pr.ee for day labor i with hir amoutil of "pnijilioD," and day ( labor *ocl» a* th© «lhtr man's, who cunld ! not roacelve how a sptodo nilghi b© bbci) j Nn a sbnvid, shnsr* hvw ecmiuuB ingenuity i« in our country, and Low i'h alOot eristic ! of a Yerrlite it is to Lrtnw tin ob>Ucle. ca1ielk88 coft !ils i'ondkxts* In lb© iVstoiaster (leni-rnl's report it is I ■ stated that 113>iU letters *vrro lutoroi-d ! last year to the diad letter oflice, it Iroltig 1 tin|Hi«sibln to ih;llv©r»th©m Tor want of pre. • payment srf tliv pnst&ge, or hrcaus© lllegii bly directed. This ••ems like a Urge nutn* ; ber nf persons intelligent enough to write, ; and yet nut rafefnWtmngh to secure Ibo benefit of t bo malls, lino HnntoVmor© lime in directing a letter would rnablo the wilier to tnika tha direst Inn legible enough to bo read with facility, and gtvo th# clerk* In the post tfficc no trnnbjo in forwardlog it to its pmpor destination. For wxnl of that minnte's cere, the whole time con* • uir.ril ill aril iug a letter lean! Inly wasted, aod the Miriness or pnvtro*t nf tb© letter is rl»f» atvd, Thv re I* the samo carclessBcrt in omitting lo affixlho potirgTililnp, aod " of coarse the Mrne cohscqtvncv#. if cornte would Iniar lo mind Hist JcG lera cunnni reach their deilimtloa tinlas tbe dlrtciluti, nam o of the perton, village, tn«n, city, and Btate In which tW place Is locttsd Is dlillnuily written, to thai II eta he wid^eBllly and without ' mistake, and (irtSjJ&elage sump )• BfcesMry to iccore iaaAdeliteVy of lettvr*, ibej wonld eare Ittlrtt lebor end dliappolBtmcVCead others" mbeh troubtv end mfaepe' ,«u.. i, m^r. ; .

hum an oil uell is eoued. a cnrrespmidri.t nf ihs Boston Travel- ' i"f.'«ii'iiig from the o'l renons of Fennj 'jlrania, ijivv* tha fullcaing dvcrlptlon of • >h© manner in which oil is found : | "In »©|rc'iug a spot for a «« ii, the artej *isii drdl©r rai»vi a drrrick nbuut 111) fret % i in h'ighf. t»ringing lip a steam engine of ** | cliuut rix h«*r>© power, end then after diiv* ; ing down an iron pip© »tx incv-c In diaiwe- | t©r through the earth end grsvd *nm© fPty • fort or so; tu the tir»t strtiu «.f rotk. introduct1* u drill, uf a'<i>ut tnu and a half inchoe t in diameter, atlncbed to a trmpsr screw. nod thvue© lu u 'workiog-t-Ham' and ri.ciiie i vvitli which Im buret n^w at the rale of v'x'hl ©r trn let pi iliy into th© solid i flat© alid *o»l«mor.i*, #sy on© hundred f-et ; ! h« then ruuies to the ci-t strala ot rauil. ston©. which may bo tuft or twelve 'f. rt iu thickness ; and burin.; through this comes again to a slate and »na|winn© of a blulib isd, am) working on, say mr twenty f©©t • or so, ho reaches ll.o second strata »f sandstone, out uf which thai© comes tUkldtig up, alum ih© tight vein is struck, ititMnialdq p«, rail uu!©r end p«-lnd«uui. Tl;r hut© of thu well i> * nlatgrd hy a' » rimm©r, and then an iron tub*, in s©clir>ns of about fourteen feet und clcselj screwed together, i* insetted in two »©cri>in* and run dan u lo the vein* of oil; a llax-srad bap, which Mipnad# wi.en net, i* fixed th•^ • twueu the tubing am) thn ©ull* uf hi* well, iti order lo prnvrnt th© soifoco water from dr«cer.(ii(ig ; a 'plunger' ur railed piston m it.l* mluced into the lube, and lh© sucking rod being attach**! t© the 'workingbvuin,* th© cucdutt jd|-s« auj tasks which limy itom >:x'y barrels, beiog iu roadin©**, th© etigiae mores uod th© precious lr©a*ur© gnriies turth. tl.-i* is what is called pomp, ingawell. in th© 'fiowing wells,' that lr, stocb a« sriid the oil out spoBtan©oa*1rv ih© dtril rnuvt go down |uto th© third strata uf i.Diliiunr, but this in *omu instances i* wry d**wp. In a well on Watson'* Flat tha . drill has reached ihs depth uf three hundice feet, and yet tbo ibird bed cf sxnd* hon© is Dot reached." how a1t0ixt31kxts atte tiolleilukh midk. General Scott, in his autoMogrmpbr, furnirires a bit of scandal relating to ap]*oint- < men's by tha President, In February, ik!-4, Major General Brown died, and a new Major Geo«raMn*cbief was to ba ap. ; pointed. Scott wa* lh© senior. But mr*. mason, of Aoacotla Island, Georgetown, dorired ihw appointment of Geo. Alacomb, hec«u*c he had promised to plac© ber sun. in-law*. |,l©i»t. Cooper, then at Fortress .Monro©, upon his staff. She accordingly through Mr*. lCu»b prevailed upon Mr. Kuril, then secretary of Stat©, to pcrauadu Mr. Adam*. Iho President, to appoint Ma- ; comb. Aod this iniriguga wa* successful. The l.irul. coo- er. who thn* got his staff appointment, in order that" Mrs. Mason might b« near her daughter, bis wife, i* now th© rebel Adjutant G moral. ^tt.wUt'jS (Eovncr. all toilriax*, |l'.*'ulrt, qucilloo*. a.e^ mu»t !<© • -cotrjrteicu v.llli ttw aqimcib a.vl SutuUoaa la uolrr tu bfvure Ixwtticn. '» ccofiuransu, exh.iiji.~xo. il v . « — . / out cotnj^ifd of 17 tetters. My 1, i i. !). p. 17, i* a country in Iho northern part of Africa. my .1, is, 1.1, 3, is a lake In Ireland. My s, 1a, is, 9, is a cape in South America. My 1, u. A. 8, 1ft, in, n, ?, Is a city ia WUtembery, Germany. My .1. 17, 7. 3, l» a county In n, Carqlius. - va 3iy 11, 12, 3, 3. 3, 3, tsaconaty In Ponn. jl' | # Mlvania. My f>, 8, 13. 10, 5, Is a county In New York. My 16, 5, 1v14. 4, 3, j* a river In ami * lfi"\ ia i . my w holts it. jujlly ndrnlred by tha vli|.* v^ tore of Cnpa Island, i.tmx mic. ^ a ■ j c cry>^. 9 ' MISCKlUXEOrS CMCiML-Xo. ik - % ( I <r«i eompnttd of ) 4 Itflcrl' my 1, 10, 3, 12, d, Is what most people litre, My 2, 12, 14, 12, is a part of the arm. . My 4, 1^, c, Is a pvrl of tba mouth. , % My 7, 8, c, (t nn animal. • My 7, 5, 14, ii'vary wrong. My srhola Is tha namo of ait officer In Iho ^ cuarijcv, HIDDLE.— 7 letltn* Omit oty 1,4, ft,- 7, aud 1 an soma thing we all do. _.0w(lpu" i, 2, 3, 4, aad l am of tha famain lex. * a **" r ~ Omit my 3, ft, c, lj and i am not rtfj. Oiuft my 1, 2, fi, 7, Iranspoi©, and 1 isi^p worn on thu head. Omit my 1, 2, 4, 7, trans pose, and 1 aat'^S Unit my 1; 2, \ 6, transpose, and 1 am * . My whole Is snmstblng vllh which wo at. MlJvm aa| 1-8-4. ?■*$£ i amttf U Kalfa . • ufufnl Wlnfiald - ■ v