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W*vt] i* niuuts m«r >amn>T, n a. n. M^OONAOLE, Kdlter and Proprietor, ^ | flip* Iibud, Cape May Oonnty, 5. J. TWODOLLAKS fBM YEAR. Wednesday, February H, IW3. , Ktntr (Juolu. The q«ofa of Ibis Hint* lit* hera re- ' dverd lo 11,695 adiffareoco of 7,274 from lie fint adjustment. The asaignineili for i Cap* May county ere aj follows Cape Mend — 5. . Lower Townehip— 1C. Middle Townslilp— 37. Dennis Townehip — 27. Upper Townihip — 40. Resigned. Lienteeent Colonel H. 8. Thompson, of ; Ike 12th New Jerae; Regiment, has ten- ] dered hi* resipoalioD on the ground of inn- ' liility to perform field eerrice. hy reaeon of j wound* received at Reams .(Ration, Vs., oo the 25th of August last, and in order that the officers in the Held should receive promotion. At present he is acting us ' President ol % grneral conrt martial iu Philadelphia. Cape yiaj C ounty Bible Kociely, The fonrteentk ennnal "Meeting Of the Cape May County Bible Society was held at the Ptybylertan Church, Chid Spring. September 19, 1864. The meeting wes celled to order by the President. Iler. M. Williamson. After a portion of Scriptnre had bees read, and prayer offered, tbe follejing reporU were j tnbmilUd : a. Kmtcase, DeroarroaT.-CApe islahd. That on the 26lb of September! 1842, he had in hia pemsession Bibles sad Testament* to the amoaat of forty-tbrae dollars and forty-'**** cents ; and that np to September 1Mb, 1864, ha had sold and handed o»er to Re*. Mr. Williamson together, books te the relne of twelve dollar* anil eigh'y-nin# cents ; tearing on band a bal- j anca of thirty dollars aad fifty-sight eantr. cna'accs hand, depository, oarx mat c. n. That he had sold and -distribnted books* to the amount of sixteen dollars and nine-ty-five cents, end still had on hand a bal- t ancc of tweuty.oae dollars and nine cent-. ( Tb# Treasurer, Charlee Hand, inado the i following report relative -to tbe reception I < •f collections frem the several cbnrches : ] i Cape Island Preebyterian Church-Forty- j six dollars and fifty-nine eenie.. j j Atlantic Circuit — Twenty dollars. ' J Lower Cape May Circalt— Plftj.two dot- 1 c lira and fifty cents, From Depository of Treemrer. for book* ' | •old— 'fru dollars and •igty.fi** cents. j , b/ — -

Haoeh Edmund* Dwpotrtory. Cape Isl- i gnd— Ten dollar* end ninety-four cents. Preebytsrien Church. Cold Spring— Six-ty-ons dollars and cigbly-flvo cents.. If. B. Charch, Cap* HIgnd— Ten dob 1m*. UpperCape May Circoit— Seventy-one dollars and twanty cents. Making a total of Two baodred and olgb- j ty-thre* dollars sad ninety-thrce cents. The Treasurer ernt sinety.five dollars of j the above mooey to fb* Bible Hnue*. lea*. I ing a balanes of one hundred end eighty- I •Ight dollars and niaety-tbrae cents io hit \ hands. The officers elected for the ensuing year wars at follows : — President— R»r. Mr. Willlemtsn. Vic# Presidents— Rev*. Htiir-, Convey, ' Atwood. Otbwrn, Toanaeni), Brooks and 1 /. T. Price. Secretary— L. 0. Edmunds. , ' Treasurer— L'harlr* Hand. Itepoaitories— Charles Hand, Capo M*y ■ Court House ; Knocb Rdmnodr, Cape Island. Tbe tneetiag was closed with prayer bj Rev. 8. Townatnd. The next annual meeting of the Bible ( Society will be held at lb* M.' K. Church. ' Cap# May Coart House, in tba third week j of September, on such day ai the Stele I Agent, Rev. Mr. Bheldon, mey designate. An address will be delivered by the He v. M. Williamson, lo case of bis tbstace, j tba vacancy will b* filled by tbe Rev. Mr. 1 Brooke. Downs KnarxP*. I Secretary, pro tern | , W The Annual meatiag of tka West Jersey Fruit Grower*' Aatnelatlna. was held at Mooreatown on Monday last. Speculation In Oil Lands. A correspondent writing from Oil City, describee tba way in which the apsculat ions are carried on In the oil region. A sp#cn. letor look* at a farm— still in an nndevslfiped ceedition at to oil— asks the nnsntpectlog owner his price ; finds thus it it nbeut six time* the price of farming land in district* similarly sitnated for marketing parpo**$ ; pays lb* farmer fifty or a hun- . drwd dollar* for tka privilege of refusing tke property within fifteen day.; rone it meanwhile into tbe oil stock market, and endeavors te doable the real owner's price «poa U before the fifteen days bav* ex. plred. Tbe oparation it then repeated again and again, on a porely (peculsiive Mr, until probably tba one hundred acre let earn** te Opera in Ike market for en* knotted thousand dollar*. Fmncis Grin; formerly Navafoenttseem el the Philadelphia Nary Yard, died „„ ' Thwrwfoy, at hie resideeoa in ¥*uat Yer. noe Street . He wu born in 1788. in Mt HeUjr, N w Jwmiy , w.e .ppeieted Nov j. Cenat rector from New York or tb* Tib of May, 1(11 7, end ranked aa Captain la the j |

f Oar Trcmlom (orrripnndrncr. I I Tnexvox. N. J.. Feb. 3d. 186§. I >1 K. Knrvoa ;— The public rxemin sties j I ! of thr Slate Sorts*) School. ahjc'i took f ■ t place on Tuceday, Wednesday, and Thors- | ' j day of this week, hat attracted more than J 1 | u-oal attention, and appears to have given j 1 I eetieral «atisfaetiun. ] noticed among ll.e ; ' 1 ritilora on th» occasion, Oo*, Parker, Mr. !•' ; Scndder, President of the Senate, end a ' ' | large numlirr of the airintirrf of tbe Senate j ' »nd Assembly, bhsid* a great 'crowd- Of j I , citixena and at rangers. !< The last day's proceedlags were enliv. 1 j enrd by the announcement that the bill j 1 had passed finally authorizicg the pnrcha-e ' 'of the building* io which th* f-chool Iril j now held. Thvic buildings; and the gmnnd 1 ! connected ntlb them, now valued at ' 1 000, have become the property of the 1 j State, et s co.t of only §38.000. The wi*e | forecast and prudent management of the { " i Trustees in this matter, are worthy of *p«- ' ! cial cummeodation. ' Tbe following are the names and aver- , j , j ages of the graduating class : Fanny, ji. Ayrcs, Warren, average It.'i ; ; F.leanor Beyles, Mercer, 90; Klixa Con: ' i stantipe, Union, 87 ; Allie Ely, Mercer, 1 ,82; Add in Klli*. Mercer, 77; Rose I, 1 llolmn. Somerset, t'5 ; Imogene Pock. 1 1 j Essex, 9G; Cornelia Prntlen, Morris, tut ; 1 . Carrie Skili^J^ Somerset, 95; Lottie : ' ! M'heaton.^AfiCtic, 9fi ; Irins Meisler. ; 1 , MonmnutHrfi6; Ssflia M. Riley, Camber- , 1 land ; Annie Rice, Cumberland. Total 1 13. Thefollnwiiig are the name* of those 1 who rece(ired Diplomas, they not only h«r- ( ' ing graduated, but having taught success- . fully not less than six months : i l.hutss Havllsnd. Bnrlinglun ; Annie E. ' | Slont, Middlesex ; Sallie C. Hillman. Cam- ' J den; Thomai W. Forsyth, Burlington; , John B. Whits-mack, Somerset; Lottia j Wbeaton, Atlantic ; Sailie M. Rilsy, Cam- j barland ; Francaa E. Shot wall, Kaiex ; j j ivtns Measlsr. Mouioouth ; Lizzie French. . Middlesex ; Anai* J. Ji ice, t.'umbWlaoJ. ' Total, II. ; | -Tlte Srhrol reents to bar# gained largely ^ in public favor in th* last year. O. M. ( Death of II. M. Smith, Treasurer , of the State. ( Tlta citizens of this Stat# vara surprised . Monday by the telegraph annoincrmrnt , of the death of Col. 8xtTH, Treasurer of the ; r which took place about twelvs j o'clock on Monday. W# capy the follow- j , ing from tb# "Trno American " On Satnrday ha remained at his home ! , in Hightstown, bnt was actire. and in his j i ' usual heallti about the streets. Ha retired ' , 1 on Saturday night abont eleven o'clock.— ! c | About threw o'clock ha arose with a violent i j ! headache, and in retiring again to bed he j , deranged tha bed-clothing, so tbal bis wife ' , I i"" u»u-ciuiuni|, ao mat ots wilt

proceeded to rearrange them. Whlla doing ; this. Mr. Smith saiif that he bad a rintent ' - headache,- and fell against Sirs. Smith, H* : ! was immediately suited with a 8l of vomit, j - j ing, aod aoon after became in*#p*ibl#.— j | Physieisna were called, and by bleeding and { • | tha application of ica to his head, every- ' J thing waaArne, bnt without any apparent ; - ! affect. Mr. Taylor, of Trenton. w*« sent j i 'or. Dr. M'm. A. N'awcll and the phyai- ] if ciani of Hightatown, war# present, bnt the i - patient had passed beyond the skill of tke j - J most eminent physicians. H* aestntd lo be ' s | in a sonnd elrep, from which no hmnan j power could awaka him. He lingered in ! r ; this situation until twelve o'clock, Monday'> j { when he brrailicd hi* last. | In the death of Col. Smith tha Stale of! ' | New Jersey has sustained a great lo**. Aa j ' a public officer he bad few equal*. Accurate 1 10 lua accouiita.-conrte 'u* and attentive to j all who had busine** in hi* department, h* j ranked high in pnbtic animation. Few men f in public capasniet pa<* through io long a i - : trial of offiiiai qualification ami intagrity ■ ! with #• marked and nnivarsal approval aa f j ba has dune. • | j Ha wa* elected to the office* in the poa- ' ; saaaioa of which It# died, on th* 20tb day of I ' j February, 1831, and held it nearly fourteen 1 j years. The tenure of ll.e office is one year- ' j ilo wua one* sleeted when the majority in . lite joiut uin-ting was against bis own parly- ; Once he teld orer. there having b»en no : ' j election ;"'and every Olh«r year, againit all j ' i the competition and the argumeois against j long tennrrs, lie *e* elected. Many pio- , ' mioanl and highly res|>ected man were fr*. t quant ly urged Tor the place by infiuantial j t friend*, on tba ground that it was th* poliqy of tbe Democratic party to cliangs it* office, holders frequently; but against all arguments, bis fitness for thw place, aad tbe ' order and accuracy with wb.ch everything was kept in his department, carried him through at each euccestire term. He was an example ia ibis respect, worthy of all imitation. i , t I Col. Smith w*» also a prominent man in , Ih* Odd Fellow* and M atonic Societies.— Ilia council among them was alwsys re- , gardad as wise and prndrni. It is auppu-cd Una th# unmans* labor of hi* department, which ha* recently been iborosghly investigated by ■* committa* of tha Lagialatore. overtaxed hia physical en- | ergiea, and finally brought the paralysi*. which svanioaliy terminated hit ntefal lifo. lie fraqaanMy worked daring tha 1**1 month until alavea o'clock at night." * Hold quotation*. . . . COhntl'tED EVERT .MO.M1AT. ' Milan* v, FeU. «, 1MB. **"• HIltM. gsw roe*. Taamfay, si 2'taj J83J. Wednesday. 1 204 2U3{ Thursday, j 2lflS 2ft3| Friday, u 2(»e| . j Haterday, i jjjjj ^ j Monday, « jjaj J13| I

The Peace JtoTcmrni. I' I paSudev. 29tlgn!l., a fiag-of.irnea ap- j fprorai! on tb* haw (tear tba 'emirs of the j Army ofth- l'otamae. nd being answered j , it wa* f.-nnd to be a irq i-sf, iu pursuance of an ondrr-tanditig with Mr. Blair and j i i tien. Grant, for^permisaieb fur tb* follow i ; iag named perron# to pe»« to Gen. Grant's |a ! hradqnarirrv. vix ; Aivxander U. Staphan* | i R- kl. T. lluntar, *ou J. A. Campbell* i i | Owing to Grnaral Grant'* abtenc* from i j City Point, no reply cimld h« «<m t immr- , ' dialely, but tbe r.*Hrr tva* reforrrd li» • i Wethiugton, and aftrrarveral cotnmunics- ■ tione had patted between onr authorities jj and the romuii*tionrr*. the prrtnissioa wa* ■ granted fur tke deputation to coma within , uur line*. 'I hry were escorted to th# roil- ; road in carriages, where a special train was , iu waiting p> convey tbem lo City Point. A large crowd of soldiers was here at- . temhled. anxious to gel a glimpse of tbe strangers, aod when tke train stsrtyd loud ] • cheers greeted them. On arriving at City ' tbay were taken te General Oraut'a headquarters, where they spent ih# night. Mr. Saward retched Fortrasa Monro* in [ advance of Messrs. 3teph*os, llanter and Campbell. Upon the arrlvafof thee* gentlemen. they were at one* invited to an interview, and informed Mr. -Seward of lh»ir j desire to proceed to Washington, for the ; of discussing thw question of peace i i with tli* Presidaul. Mr. Hvward informed ! thrin tbat.it was the President'* wish that ! tbe ditcutsion should lake place at Forlreas Monroe, and that ho had been sent to meet them at that point upon that subject. : The commissioners pressed, with cinsid- ■ erable earnestness, for 1.,-are to visyt Washj ington, and finally alleged that their Govj canmeut bad contented to sand tbem only ' { in coaseqornca of Mr. lilair'a euuranco . that they should have a personal interview j with President Lincoln. ' Sir. Saward assured them that ibis pledga j should be fulfilled, and at once telegraphed | ! to th* President that hi* presence wa* ne- < ie-sssry. A* yon know. Mr. Lincoln at left Washington, and in due time j reached Fortrasa Monroe, and in compsnv with Mr. Howard, gar* tbe commissioners ; . the interview desired. The conference luted four hours, and s , waa perfectly friendly and goo.!-ieaiperrd | tbrougbonr. Not a word was Mid on either. : side indicating any. but amscabln ernti- | mwnts. On our tide lb# conversation was mainly condocted by tbe l'reeideut ; on tbeira by Mr. Hunter, Mr. Stephens nccaj sienaily Inking part. ; Tbe rebrl commissioners said nothing . | whatever of their personal views or wlshrs. ! spoke eolely and exclnaively for their j Uovermatt. and, at ihc outset and througbi out lbs conference, declared their entire . j lack of authority to make, receive or con- | | tider toy proposition whatever looking to- !

* j ward a close of tbe war, except on th* l>S*i« 8 i or a recgaition if tbe indw|>*ni)ence of the '• ! Confederate States as a preliminary condi- * ! tion. The President presented tbe subjecl to tbem in every conrelrabl# form, suggest, j I ing tb* moat liberal and considerate modi- : J Bastion of wbaHver. in the existing legi«. " j letioo and action of tho United State* GotI I ermaont, might be regarded a* *|x-cially j II | hostile to the right* and interest, or wound- j | ing to the pride of the 8*ntb*ro people— * | bat io no single particular could he induce * | them to ewtrve for a moment from their * i demand for recognition. They did not pre- < D : sent tbi* conspicnonxiy at reeling on tbsir 1 " j own conviction* or niib*'. but ai thw con- ' | dilion which their (^irerumvnt had made - | abiolnlbly ibdisimn table to any in gull*'f j lieha or ducusiiou whatever concorhing ' peace. _/ * i President Liu vole, on tb* other band. |n1 j formed them, at uveiy pr-iot, thataoch fvf- > i cognition was utterly and talally nut of the i | qoestion ; that ihw United Slate* could stop i | the war anil arrest even temporarily the l' j movement of iu anniws, only on the ctfndi. * j tion precedent, that tha authority of the j National Government should be recognized _ ; and obeyed over the whohs territory of tha . f | United States. Tois point conceded, he ! | assured lh-iu that upon every other matter . ; of difference they would be treated with th" , l utmost liberality; hut without tbatrecog. . I nilioo the war lnu*t and would go on.' > All the conversation which took place I { between t e reepecliva parties cam# -back I io and lamed upon ibis radical suid irracon. * i cilsblw difference. Neither tide could be ' - i swerved a hair'* breadth from ill position. ' l -V>d, therefore, the attempt at negntia- 1 1 r ! lion wet an utter railor*.. Upon separating * . it was distinctly understood and explicitly ' , - stated that th* attitude and action of #ach | ' Government was lo be precisely what it , I would have been if this ietarvisw had never | 1 taken place. , 1 The Cabinet received the** explanations ' i 1 a* complete and satisfactory. And the foel. i 'ing was nnanimnns and earnest that the .i ' country mnst now arose* Itself to renewed j ' efforts, and prepare to Wieke freah sacrifices ■ In defence of the intagrity of the Unlokt'and ( the* preservation of the Government. All ( r hopes *»d wU tbougbuof a speedy peace. < 1 in any other way Han through vtgnroot and ( f etrccaoefnl war, most now be dismissed. — , * Tliny have been ntterly di*«ipeted by this j most formal and imposing attempt ot wegonation ob tli* pert of th* two bellifskenl*. I ISSWI : I 11. Newton Conger, of Newark, new U. - S. Consul at llong.Koag, China, has been ■ confirmed a* Commissioner of Immigration _ r viea James Uowss, rvaignod. t Gen. Fop* it at St. Losis, en rnnte to ; commend the northwestern department, t lORtbweilern Missouri, Kansas and tbe mi- ' i ItUry division of 81, Lowu. Uss. Cartis I goea to St. FanU. s Bar. Henry Ward Beecher'e salary fi*> ' increased to $12,MW per en'onu . , I

T~ ~ — TT " I The ( oiihtitntiomal Amendment j Passrd. ; 1 Th# passage of the Constitutions! amend. * ' meal proposing t» aboh'h slavery,' by tbs-j < j House of lUpreaeatativc*. marks an epoch ; • I which will coniplcnoos in onr tanalt for i t ( ell future time. Th# wvent excited the r ' en oel intense possible enthosistm in-Wnsh- « i ington, which was abundantly apparent in ■ ! the jabileut demonstrations thst burst forth . with tporitaiiecns ecgard on thw«npotiner. t ■nvut of tho vote in the House ; this spirit 1 « rpread with rontagiuuv sympathy to the out- ■ ! side, where the oonorous thunder of artillery I j reverberated tbe intelligence, aod the alec- • . aires lisslied It wilU lightning speed lo ; i every city in th* land, proclaiming that this r vexfid question had at last been lii>' r posed of, so far as Congress lias the power j ! to decide ii. It is the only legal roetho- — prescribed by the Constitution itself— by , i , which the abolition of slavery can be effected , throughout the Union, and tbe question ■ now goes to tbe State Legislature for their i final action. Many of these are now in avr- i , sion, and w* shall doubtless soon bear of ; , nuch action uu their purt as will indicate i whether the amendment shall take its place i ; henceforth among tbe vstsbiislicd arliqles r ! of the Constitution. The history of the ; I measure is bricfiy at follows : The fifth arti- ■ cte of the Constitution, providing for iu | own ameudrnvM. declare* that I'ongrrrs ! may, of it* own motion, propose such ■ . amendment, pr. "on the application of the , j 1-egislature of two-third* uf-the several i i States, shall call a convention lor proposing i amendments, which, in either case, shall he ; ; valid to ail intents and purposes. n> part of , j this C'onsiitution, whon ratified by the i ' Legislature* of thxge-fourlhs of the several ; thereof, as the one or otber ni"de of ratificaj tion may be proposed by Congrrsr." Iu ' ' t)i« present instance, Congress cbose lo ori- ' ' ginate the measure, which was introduced ] in tbe Senate early in the last session, and on the 8th of April, Irtil, was adopted by ' a vole of thirty-eight to six, as follows : . Be it resolved by tbe Sci ato aod Uoose i of KepresenlaFvrs sf the United Stales o | America, in Congress assembled, two-thiids ! of both Houses concurring, that th# follow, ing article be proposed to the several States *• aiwamondment to tho Cnnsiitntion of the • United Stales, which, when ratified by ■ I tbrec-fuurtbs *f laid Legislature, shall be : ; valid to all intent* and purposes as a part ; of the said Constitution, namely ; ARVII'IA THIRTKKX. ' Section 1. Neither slavery nor involun. J tary aertilnds, except at a punishment for crime, whereof the party shall h*r# been duly convicted, shall exirt within the United States or any place subject to their jurisdtcj tion. -. . * Sec. 2. Congress shall have power to en- , ! force tliis article by appropriate legislalioo. 1 On Ihs 1 .'.tli fif June, the joint resolution, | having thus passed the Henate. wes reported • to the Hons* of Reprearntatlves. and after I ennsiderub]* debate, was rejected by a vote j of *jj to CC, two-thirds of the whole number I of vote* being, necessary. On the 18th of ; December last, th» Senate rasolutions cutmj up in the present Hou-e. and debate thareon • "as continued until the liilh instant, when their consideration was postponed for two ' weeks. On Tuesday morning last, by pre- ! vious order, and the final vote was reached. J resulting as follows ; for the ameudmcnt i 119. sgaititl it 5fi. Tha Di-niocrui* voting j in it* favor were Messrs. Baily, Baldwin, j Coffrotli, English, Gaosnn. Griswold, Her. j rick, Huiciiins, King*, McAllister, Nelson . ! OJell, Radford, Rollins, Steele, Wheeler /and Teaman. There mer« nineteen toto* t in faeor of the amrndment from represents- i ■ Hers of Slave States, wnd of the New Eng" land delegation only one — Mr. Sweat 6; , Maine— voted againat it. Every Republican ; member was in his real, and voted in favor, . ; Msssrs. Ferry and Steele of this State voted ! again* it, Mr. Starr fur it, aad M»Mr*. J Middieton and Rogers were uot pretent. SUJIMARY OF WAR NEWS. i Despatches from Kherrrsn's army, bring j intalligrnce of the highly gratifying sneers* altemiiug Ilia* far the opening of tbrecaiii— paign in tho State of South Carolina. One portion of Major General Sherman's army moved direct from Savannah, G*.. and the otber, couiiatiug of two coip*. moved from lieaofort, S. 0.,'iud were both . rapidly advaac ug against CbarUston, S. C. ' The latest intelligence from Sherman'* | army represent* it to be at a distance of less than forty miles from Charleston. The 1 rebels were offering reiistanco at wery : point, bat wars rapidly being driven from ' every available position for defence. For- | eg* and *absistanc* were found in targe : quantities by oar soldiers as they followed • the retreating step* of tba rebels. j The army commanded by- Major General Foster wae co-operating With the nrmy i under General Sherman, and th* move. • meat* of oarlroopv through South Carotin's - are bat the precursor af a far more tumble • , sud disajirout eauipaigu tb tim r boD than i ' that of flieir celebrated nfarcb through the - ; heart of Gaorgia. A Cltarleaton despatch of the 3 let nit. . that all tb* movements ludic.ce (bat : Augiigta or Braacbville is the destination. Twentieth Corps occupies Robrxlluill*. , fifty miles above Savannah. On lbs 30'h a hrery Federal force advanced from Whitesport and drov# iiyha rebel skirmish line i here mike to King'* creek. Th* piokct. ' line, R it claimed, was afterward* re-esta-blished. Bhtew then ail be* b**n^|hiet oa , i th* Combaber. McFbersouviUe^five miles j northwest of Focolaligo, is reported lo have , burned.

! 'Fb# lints of General Sherman were being gradually contracted, aod ft wa* probabl* ■ j that Oo d-tjserate resistance would be nana, i battle offered, until onrTores a had reached ! ; wi th ih a few mi let of Cbarlaston, where j the main l.ody of the rebel forces would he j concentrated, to make on# lost terrible ; effort to save t'iw State from the inruadi of , Sherman's toiiqurring army. Artny'of the dair.es gdvicc. of Friday ssy that it was reported that the rebel fl.-et Started down the river that morning, but , after proceeding a short distance turned . bsck again and auchoHd-in the old po-iiion. j A good deal of heavy firing in the'direction : of Fvtrrabnrg was heard during the afterand ibere wars reports of n brisk engt'gvmcii' hariag taken piace ngar the ApTho steamship Rebecca Clyde, one of tbe . , vessels which carried the contributions' of ! ourcilixen* to tho snffervrs of Savauuah, I retnrned on Thursday, the 2nd inet., laden with a cargo of the cotton captured by ; Georral Sherman. She brought as paasen- j gers from Savannah several pronflotnt Now i York merchauts. Deepa'.cliss by this arri- j val Eire a most thrilling account of the dis- • 27th ond 2.-th nl!.. by which orer one hun- • Among r lie kvysv* cbueumcd was one io ror'evTvval hour., cansmfi Hi* aildrat alarm. It is not yet fully ascertained whether the tires were the result of accident or rebel design, l bong Is tnv general belief was that tuey were caused by the latter. Tin- Atlantic Telegraph Fable. ' The shipping of the Atlantic tiiograph • cable from the work, of Messrs. Glass. Eli- ' 01 4 Co. to the vessels which are to convey it to the steamship Great Eastern, comniencad on tbe l,9lli of January, and will ' continue without interim sion until the red of May, when all the cable will be coiled ' on board of the great ship. 1 ha London I'im-n lias a vcty hopeful article nit the enterprlte. and says that should the weather prove favornble for let . ; ing the cable there cap be little donbt that . it will ho rucc- i-fully done. I he Directors of I he Atluntir Telegraph ' t-'ompan} have tnade e foorth and final call upon tit* shares uf that Company. In the beginning of the month of Sep. ; , in the liilh Infantry. Twanty day* Inter he . became a brigoillvr. and in Irss then two months' time a major general iu the regular , service. Such are tbe reward* of gallantry j end skill. | Colonel North, New agent during 1 the fall vleciion for snpeAblehdnig thr vot. > ing of aoldb-rs. and wjxrhas been fur some : time chargrd wllli the cornrnis-ion of frauds, on trial b'rforo a military court, var |..st week troconditiunnlly relra$ed by thr Secretary of War. . setting type in sn Ohio printing office. It it said that Boh T$fr'bNr;H«.*-Pr*ai ! dent's eldest *on. ia to become one of Gvn. Grant'* a.»ff officer*.

Dcfureil f'urrrnrj. Fosltnantors are obliged to receive ell ) Treasury notrrtbr stamp* and postages, ' if clearly genuine, no mattar bojrr turn or defaced thry m»y be, prorided one twentieth part thereof he tint missing and fractional currency, if.uot one tenth pert be missing Such notra and currency ! > received as nre unfit for ro-issue should ' - ! be kept separate and distinct, and re- i turned, ns occasion rrqniy, to the Trea- : kUr' rJsiit,p United Stxtes*. Washington, . 1 in not less thao thrtd dollera, to ! 1 i ; be rxchanrd f.rr new. j ' ; A PicToBtati Qoudi.e NtunEit. — The ! ' Phranologtcnl Journal sud Life Illastre- ! ted, for January, appears with 32 quarto . neges, end a beautiful illustrate d Cover. . It contains portrait* of Tennyson, Silli- ; I maw. Sheridan, Cobb, Phillips, Susanna : r i;, Wesley — mother of John — an Indian;! Chirf. Franr Mnller, Mis« Muggin*, i Miss Fury. the. Frincess of Wuiea, Flor- ; ence Nightingale, a group of Warribrs j — Hannibal. Julius Coisar, Pixsrro, ' , Cromwell, Charlei XII . Frederick tb# • Grent. Scott, Wellington and Napoleon, I 1 with Ethnology, Pbrffnology, Physiog. j nomy, Fhtsioingy, and FeycHolngy. — j! 1 No 1. YoL 41st. Published at 20 cent* - ' . a Number, or $2 00 a yedr. by Messrs Fowler &, Well*, 3S9 IUoadwty, New York. j SPECIAL NOTICES* WIIISKFRS • IVIIISKF.RU ! 1 r On you srsn! Whiskers er Matlaebesl Our Ct» ; , . visa Cnmpouui! will loree Ihrrn to grow oo Ihe ! I •noolhr.1 fare or ehla, or h«lr"oo bikl heads la its , ; wrvkt. .rviiw. *| va Smt by ainll aaywherv.'rtose-"; ly svatwl, ea rrvclpt o( ptire. ' t Aditrrsa, Wamtr fc ( o., nruekly*, Nvw Vark. — * IBYE AND EAR. : rxov. I. ISAAC*. S. a, ovullst aad Aurtst, ] j formrrly of Ujilnj, Holland, i» npw >i No. an I , rtttv Wrrvt. Phltada., where prrsnos aflll.-tedwllh eiseasra of the Eye srnl Ear wUI tm erlrntlBeslly • < I (rested aodcurvd. If curaidr. ArftBcrot eyes loorrtad f Wllhoul pain. Jt-JL— So diarget made lor nul- j t The .Unllcal H|cully b Invited, as In has se i \ seerelslahb modeoftrvalmynl. > I* ly ! • AO. WAGES PAID flOO. ! ' TO sail Roods for ihe ADAM* SEWtM; M*.'1 ; CHINE COMPA.NV. \V* will glva a caanwlailoa j ( oa all (OOUS sold try our Acante, or pay wW*re at ■ • from bid to tree per month, aad pay all nevvaoary I f cap rasas- Cksr machluv ts |<er(rvl la lb markaa>sa. j ( 'j A child eus Iran to oprral* II by hair aa hour's > lastrucllow. It b equal to any raailty eewleg M»- j j I ahlae to oat, and w. h»a» ladan* Uw prlaa So ftrivea | Oollan. ■ Addmas 'C. KUCCt-ES. j ] eciay Cea. Agl-, Detroit, Mich. J

special Notices'. dental" NOTICEr ' Da. i. T. Li; AMINO respectfully ootlltvr hia I ! patrwua that he wUI b» aeerasarlly ataeot tram h:a i offl re* a. long 'at this aotlrc It cocUoued It .the January m,is«e > f john r. 1h ffman, Ulorm-y-pi-Law, Master. Kxonlier, xnd Sollrltor in (Ttanrrrj-. cape mat cocrt hocje. new jerxet. t He « til alien.! to all lr*al l-ualneoa, either rtvlt , 1 . or cmnlual, la or out of the Coualy. i 5. he wib write Hee.lt, Bonds h Moilyarei. Leasee, ami-les or Agree u. en!, Willi, and all kinds ol Coatrart*. ■* i 1. He wltl arknoa ledge all klada of wrttlnga, ellhvr a he vriltalve partseuUratteatlaa talhaeeUrcpoo s. lie lasrii*.^ suvevasful .-\perlercv with nuuniy- , I- He bar on hand Stamps of all klodaaod thr latest [ Jsauary All. |7oi. _ q the first national bank , . of camden, p covebnjtent ACEKCT ^ , IlKSICNATED DEPOStTORT OF THE C. *. this Rtok is now la full operation as a National Bank, and prepared to attend to all legitimate b -liners cnouedtrJ therewith. Odleettoos made at _ tarn* taa.'e promptly oa thermlpl of fubds. And It Culled Sta'.ca IO-SO aod l-SO Bunds for aale. JONAS LtVKHMOIJt; President ; 1 dee Udyl -ms. ii. steven s, Cashier. ; I ) 1 E TV. • l i'rkssr— On the 228 of Janaary, Is. rael t'resre, aged -53 yeor*. l\ manlhs aad » i 22 days. He dl^l In the Irlunph of faith. 1 Beneath the eold dark earth Ms *>rm tils B.U1 is happy now in hravrel. townsknd.— At Haarilla. Wednesi j'lsy. February 1st. 1863, Henry Townsand, in i he 7'.kh year of hia age. Rwr. Messrs. Hall. Wvsic.'tl had Davits officiated at tba Mr. Towo.ee ,i wts aa old resident at SeavlUe ; a i ' . ember ot Ihe rumeruus lamUjtof thla name. He , leaves a widow ami fourteen chlktreo to mourn his i new advertisements ( ^ ^ I,u <lics' Rkntti; " ! fieri i'l.'i.'s am': o v:"r share t" Vl'ora f^lvsle h/*1-' tbi man h shaw, No. mo ( eight Thl.tv s.el Market, lelow Ninth, PhUadrlpua. n Parlor Skate*. / ' 1 ve you all the a.lrant«xre or mus-uUr artloa * j,' ' ihr ,rhral-hf Ir'slVrr'ev ,r *' 1 '' RVK A"N' Ik^S 1 1 AW, % N*». SXS t Eight Thtriy-uvel SUrket, below Ninth, v ! Philadelphia. Yurdsticka, l)li'-i:vt*pc Measured, i'.mrd .Measures, aid 8 i k Nqosres Of varloua kinds, for aale al ure lyiiutrl'man h shaw, e No as* (Eight Thlrry-llve) Market, belnw Niatk. Philadelphia. ! notice. t" ;■ N j-n.»- l.'Vtn*haod?M™H(^oijyfe»eTul#?I tv ill iv ••. lira and Slated by Ihe Kurro*sle. and . rei-o'i !'• u.e -udees Of ihe ur|ihans' Court of the irt"" u lease v dlio *' "" ,'r°' a8h' "Sit, - ^ " peter sobder, i x Feb. i. i**i [n; Surrogats.

- • NOTICE. ~ V OTICE is hereby given that the aeeount af ;l4 jtVm'-rer tv . vtcoll, admiulslralor of Uarrey IVIU be audited and staled by the Surrogate, and re;.»ne.l lo Ihe Judges ..I the Ori'l'sus' Court ofathe 1 fm Mlltrmeu* 'taid1 nl? wsaee* '*rm of AprU wxl> PETER SOIIDER, Rated I 'eh- I, IMS. [WJ *urro*ate. NOTICE. N I nmi'lon (.orauu, adrlolsUalor o'f H^mpkrr°y . IV 111 be audited and stated hy the Surrogate, and — resitted to the Judges of rlie orphan-' Court of the Lou iiiy of Cape May, at ihetecm of April neat, for sejlitir.':.! aud alh-waueS. " PETER SOCDER, SurrojaU Dated Feb. I, ttCJ. f» NOTICE. ' Notice j« hereby pirn that the aeeeual ef HaniFdffjJS""*' ^ Joeeph A. ' « ill le audited .and stated liy the Surrogate, and r»i«irtrd in li,e Judge. I,f the virjihaaa. Court of the i Mr- ^ APHJ | P'"* Frt>- I™ **eure§5le. NOTICE. . " • N OTICE .Is hereby given thai the seeeuat ef Tmrnny* v angUdet. aiUofaUltotor of David Will !v aiiilirrd inn 1 statetf- by Ihe Surrogale, and 1 reported to the Juders of the Orphans' t:ourt of tlie . vounlr of Cape May. at Uie term- of April next, J for settlement nod allowaore. peter XOBDEB, j Dated Feb. 1. 1»*8. [ f) (arrogate. NOTICE TO <'RFJDITORS7 John (-RES1E and NlrhoU* Create, AdralnlnleIralors of Israel Cresar, deceased, . By dlnelloo of the Surrogate of th# Couofg of Cape May. hcrvby gives aotu-e lo the ctralUora at avid drredroP to nelng Io thrir debts, d*wisam. and . rUlrna'agaiaat the eetate of said decedent, unaer oath, vvlthln nine months, at .hey trill be forever ; barfed of aay action tacw^ar against aaldarimlals-. JOHN CRESS E, MCll'JI.A* CRESS r. Date* Frb. Ilk, 1MB. fs cipti island Lots fob ijllEw 'I'llK rwherrttsrr will wU at pub tie sals oa lb* X premises, on * ATWUIAT, FEDRFARV Mb, MR, I al 10 o'closk la lb* mornlag. all tha LOTS OF . LAND belonging to th* Estate of Wlllhua Uorxlt. deeenaed, lying oo Corel* street. In Ih* CUy of Cape 1 Island. FbtiNTINU THE oOKAN, aoi George Allen's collage. These arr the must etlglMe bulld- .: lag lot. on Cape Island. If the weather should prove stormy, tbe sate srltl adjourned to the Brrt fair day- at tfi< same hour. A! tendance gtv en and lerma made kaowa by Kltli.'.lU) TUMX. ' Cqie Island, Feh. H, VMS. 4 Al.l ABLE PROPERT Y AT BEESLEY'8 POINT FOR SALE- : county, New Jersey, curtaining THIRTX-FIVt ' AC-HkR. psrt tiPLANll "Sd raOMKADOW'. Tha ; fShf&SSK KX'W'.CRSTJJS'tMraaiK all ia food order . ! Tbe iMVIMk*# for OYSTER* aed FIRM on this I propurly are uu equaled by- aaythlagof tke kiadqn in e roast of New Jersey, there b«*« 0*wriy three- -: vnnv^r.sss'tssss'srtsitsi I pita ted on llic jiropertv, aad atoet at Ikara #1* ta tuiUMe condition lo lake up fcr bsarkst. * ; OYSTERiNG aad FIIIIING FACUJ TIER. It adhi Hotel property .aad casta r made a good location for Ihe ereetloa Of a JKsUm .Bre^^ur.ra.wMay^yRJ, | I Al the o!»ce of tha "Ureaa Wave," lJcnslry't Point, Feb. *, MUX. M