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CAPE ISLAND. CAPE MAY COUNTY. NEWliriUSKY, WEDNESDAY. MARCH 8. 1865. „

NO. 41.

Select gjocfrji. sri^srioni:. m* tobow lae l-oeei by Sir EMWVOB wypravwtw | thi rw«K'> Iriutt, th« >.llor»->«:r new.; >ajwr published lu Uosten.) I Kenrl, or secned 'o I"*'. the IhMlnc m Key, pilfiim. «hj to tat* tad tlow !o comet Am 1 ao« alwsji here. thy tumowr houc ! It Ml top "'7 must*, mom »r.a evel My brtath Ihy healthful ciimilc Inihr heals. My touch thy antlCote, ny hay lUy bodit Was tverbalMUs: like my tenarest /Wm ri ercourti m-iji-lIWi-t x» tr-lncl JJt OS the wars rock4«ljca, acJ Ihers Irtra 1 sake four K-uliitarrd arthltceturv vain. Vain hcrti*- ml dc ; lo I he* la Kama, and WswTDW, and Thebee. Knrntk. awl Pyramid, ami Gianl-a Etalra, 1UW piled oe prostrate ; axa my tawea*. al»h Older than all thy race. Behold the lea. The opallse, the plentiful and t Irani 1 Yet beautiful aa la the roa* la June, Fatah aa the trtrlUing rata bow lu July : tea lull af food, the n juriaher of Atmls, Purgcr cl earth, aud medietas of tan. ( Creating a sweet ellsalc by uiy ttaalh, And, la a J ma thematic ebb ant flow, Clring a hint of that which chantea not. Rich arc tna KeeGoda i who fives illia hul they I They trope lUe tea tor pearla, but aiote than poena' . Thcj pluck Force thcoce, aad glvs it ths wtl«. roreerry wa.a U wealth lo Dmdalue, Wealth to the cuanlDf arttat who can work Thl* match! era atreagth. Where a hall We Dad. t> A load your Atlaa ahouldera cannot lift! I. with tnj hammer pounding rvrrmora The rocky coast. amltc ani-a Into dual. Strew log my had, and In another aye, Rebuild a continent of heeler men. 7nen 1 unbar the doora ; my patha lead out The exodus of natlona t 1 disperse Jleu to all ahorca that front the hoary main. I, too, hare arte and aereertea t Iliuaton d walla fore> ae with lha wave. I know what ahrlta are laid. Leave me to deal With trqfuloas, lmaylnatlrc man rot. though he acoop my water In hie prim, A law ruda off be deema It gems amleleuda. ITanUnc strange fruita and aunahine oo the ahora, I make eom* coaat alluring, net Inn- Ult, To dlataut men who must go thrte o: die jMtft ^ttisfcHani).

» CAPTURE OF CBihLESTON. — ! r Colonel Bonnet:'* tnnreb op Meeting 1 ■ street was on* continued ov:iti;n. Crowd* j * thronged tbe streets, and cheered. hurrnbed i waved .handkerchiefs, and ill alber w*ys . mssifeated their delight at tbe arrival of : « our troop*, and nt the eight of lbs old lief, i t borne ahead or tbe little company of col- i , nred troopa, Tbe officers fcer* mounted t on horses, borrowed for tho occasion. and , could hardly keep their saddles, so many ^ col holiest 1c individuals, of hoib IfH", , were at the same lime shaking them by the , hard, caicbing bold of their garments, hue- t ging tbeir horaes. mid welcoming them 'in other violent hlylae. Charleston never «it- : t retard encb a scene bsfore, or echoed ao ; , leafly to the chsers for '"Pieeidvt.1 l.ii,. . coin." lha."fiiar* and Strip-*," the "Yau- j ; ires army," and olber palno'lc subjects, as I , it din on that memorable day. One woeld , suppose thai lbs people hall gone mad nilti • ( j»y. It was a aniretsal outburst of joy, ; , ^ ami tho litlim liancl of Y takers move*: t,n i with til the tei-l of most honored friends, ■ ( inaleed of snrctssaful >• unites and conquer. ' - or*. War thia, inilped, the hotbed of sob-— the eery home of d'el'-yolly and rebellion? None would base dreamed of U i , bod tbry wiiw^ssed ihe reception of oor flag , noil troopa lhal day. It was a r.ioit won- • derful di.play ofluyulty and patriotism.' | irrumM t or the ctrr. | , •T'hw*repurta of the (.'hurlemoii editors , that lb* ci'y exp, rirnsed bat little damage from our »hell». Iiks uonrly kit others eem- " dating frooi the earn* source, were rsecn- * linllr faJ«e. It requires tin very emended •Xaiiilnntion m tbe lowrr street, pf the city j —those near thu bay— to sanely the mtul ] skeptical of the fact that Our shells Were | working nine! acriyas injury lo the town, | and ihgj the custiinuauce • f thai iMimbard- ' nwtit would tn.-ke jt a mans of rutoe, us it j bail already rendered It untenable to the fnoal cuoragenua resident. Hut ttsd'per- * Sons r*side<i in "Shell town," as soma wag i named that portion of the city east of lb- j tww mi In poit, visited by our sheila, and ! tbey clang to their Gretjiles with a tenacity j of purpose that tbe most demonstrative and aggressive Parrolt shell failed lo relax. | I'hnigb their beds a era torn to pieces while they ware engaged in their domestic affairs ! — both being Tarn ilre— by impertinent shells j • iid tboir culinary affairs sarioofiy damaged ! by prpjectilee, their roofs perforated, and j | • -Btilntors pot in front of tbeir dwellings, j " ibey would uot move, but endured the : ituMrdlneflt with n eoolueei and eqonniilj rarely found. I'erlftpe their love or j 'WtmHI and aweliwina may u.vu bad' -omethiOf to do with this p»«ky exbibi- ; -ton, (or they were never annoyed by its. ' jjertlpeut vi«ils from jdle gossips or tax < gatherers. Krer. the 'rebel officers, who vrdurod Utcni awsy from this dasgerous , rJoud, failed to pall » third licit v ascertain whether er not the order bod been * choyed. Tbey lived through the entite l.irtntdirdmwcl, beckme eccDstotned .to tbu utisri 1 1 tbe raohieg shell and its sharp ex- ; aod pvid no rest,' although the * uUdWk tfcrj nrtoplMl aaggvgted heavy ^ y pt'ipoae to repair aod live COW-

; lint 1 was ahnat describing briefly the | i ap|>earance or the city. . j On landing you observe that the erttartes ! ■ are in a. very dilapidated condition, that " 1 telle verr t-i iir,iv-vb»l tU»y_llavo-_nQt_ U?<n * j mufh in use the past f»ar years. The pal- i | nrrtts logs «.h* form the cribs ar'o covered r J vv-th grass, and lha planking is much de- ; csyed, (uil of man traps, and ahnat worth- , less so far as carfare it concerned. Ad- ; rencnig up the rickety docks, you com* j to a 'parapot of saud. ovitr nbicb peer the! uiucxles of heavy gups, bearing dowii the channel, for home defense ; then around or ; . over tb» bsttere" into the silent streets. ; covered with the dtbrit from shattered -Inr-t and dwellings, and bearingvt point* • a lolerably good crop of trass — lL»> same kind of gra»» that was to bare sprung up . in tb« streets of New York when liu-.g j Cotton exercised Ins potent sway. Not » j buiiding for blocks here, that is exetr.pt . from toot and shell. All have yjffered more or leva. Here is » fine brown" stone ' bank building, vacant and deserted, with grist gaping holes in" the sides and roof. ; through which the sun shines and the rain j pours, windows and sashes blown out by j rip'odingAheU within, plastering knocked j doan; counters torn up, floors crushed in. ' and fregtneiitt of mosaic patrinenl, broken - 1 and crushed, lying around ou the floor, mingled with bits of slatuary, stained glao eud broken patUofcbandeiiers. Kuin within and wiibont, and its nrigbhqr in no beittr pligbl. Here a great shell has stroc'.. the chimney and crushed a large portion of , tbe roof in ; then exploding, distributed its fragments li,rungti the Ceilings, and burst oat great patches of brick ar.d itiur. tar, which now lis un tbe pavement' be!"*, untouched aince thsy fell. Kerry imapina- ; ble portion of buildings have bceu damaged ! by our fire, end not u aingle boose in this portion of the town has escaped. Not a . j nodding is occupied, urs by the brave { women to allium 1 base already referred, ■ I and tbe frout doors or windows g"P« open, a through which you may eaxe upot battered

1 offices, demolished etores asd counting | in ruin, where commerce once dw- it j sod active buaiocss men pursued their re- : i speetire vocations unmolested sod andit- j turbed. Tho t (lurches, St. iliebaelV and -n St. rtjiip's, buss tqs'. eacajied lh« storm ut ( projecliiee. jTbeiryuofs sro pefo rated, t i their walls troundsd, their pillars demo!- ; ithsd, and Kitaiti. the pews filled with plus- t taring i.t fragments of nitirul lableis, which 1 ^ weir to ur;M-tuate tbs inemnry of.^oine r , good man long asleep in the graveyard utar | -by. You may count op abound numberwf H shell boles In tbeir and muny Dp- c , turned n-ODsments in their graveyards. — | War.ia rtqei, a'a^ tho . bowling prcjhellle • f lliat tuWca its slartjf.iur miles add a half . 0 awsy isvnJiS.-rrBt sibetlier.it ploughs up : I the marble fliaYhilVcUofl has placed over | the nrmsius of lotrg-buiied worth, or crashes i j into Jbs political balls where treason ii , , philled or crime against humanity is coo- | ceivrd. The cold iryn has been no res peel- ; i of |wrsoni in Ckartrslcr. The good and ' i . bad, rich and poor, criminal and sai.it— if , : there bo any of Ihe Utter here — have re- : t ceisrd visit- from ibe i'arrolt projectiles, , j and keenly fell the justice ol llir visitation, i From Bay rtreot, atudded with batteries, j i Calb'oun street, our shells hare carried j ' ' .j. st mc lion and desoietion. and often death ! with tb*m. WitbitHhnt limit oo hour was I j safe from tbeir destructive visits ; and tio one lived there except iu a constant state of tlhrm and dread, s None know when tho ' death-dealing shut would come, and. none i fell easy ur s'ar*Ti,rjpmon;etit. ttelOWCll" ' ] hcun si ree>. but little buslues wa« done end i i but few lived, and this was tbu inosPimpor- ' tant portion uf the town. | All the hotels were vacated wben the : bnu.birdmeut commenced; stores were closed, . filers were moved, churches ro- , mained nui-pened, and an air of desolation - ' soon brooded over that portion of the town < where, in days of peace the«no>t animation and life were to be fuund. Fifiy year* will not trak* ihe ciiy.whai it was before tbe war; and ^et we Were^told that the Iowa : was not damaged by our fire lo an* greet ox- ' ! tout. What magnificent liars were the fa1 j gacions ediiorxof the Cbarletton preas ! J | m* rodn or tub crrr. 1 I During the war most of the wealthier i : classes have left the Siiy and foand a tern- j ' | ponsry home eltowhes* ; bol a Iwge portion I of tbe inhabitants, hot weli supplied witb . I I wordly effects, was compelled lo remain. | , ! There are new, perhaps, trn or twelve thou- ■ I snad inhabit ant* in the city, and ninety. - j nine ono-hunareths of thoic are fin extremely f | reduced circumstances. They bare littln 1 1 or no mowoy as*ilahla_nadaz .tbs .different i -j order -of things that bow exist, and tot a - J very bountiful supply of provisions. G«t * ' off frcrm any meaos fnr tbe pres«at to gain n ! a livslihood, they will suffer for some lime s | to come for tbe cotumou urraitarift of life. , '• : Rsccgniring this slate of facts, Col. Drnn j nat*) comiaoodant of tliscily, bat had eii - * the lice end such other subsistence sa has >* j beep fonud turned ever to Copt. Fcwler, I- • Cosr.ii.iery of BnbsUlnnce, who, conjoiully !• l with Governor A'ken, Hon. liaorge F. } j William* and Dr. Albert G. Mqpkay, a enm- !' j ir.il t-c appoinied by L'oloeel Brnartt wi.l >- 1 disliibau tiivtn among lu* poor, and aliwriae is s Mun, the suffariog that matt

e | enene. Governor Aikiyi and Dr. Stele) | are prominent and weil. known ciliitens of ' s ! this city. The furmer was Ibe candidate in ' it ; the memorable contest for .Speaker against [ n . lienvral Banks, and t he latter is well knpwn i. i by the Masonic fraternity the world over. ' d | Of Mr. Williams I know nothing, except j ■- that he is a gentleman and well sjr len of- 1 i- ! Governor Aiken and Dr. Mai. key are men ' !. } whoso Cuhm scotiments have been known - e | in Charleston sir.co the war began. They it ' htvo opposed secession from ibe beginning, e ■ until opposition ceased to b# of avail.— r IL-ta arc IiTgli tuned, p*triotic guntlcmeo. • ' who niR oid lis materially in putt hg this j d j cilv. sobis of these days, in \ loyal attitude w f lo the country. -They are lhe leaven that ■ e ' nhsll ye! work a change in the mass of per. p , vcrti.-d ideas and disloyal sentiments that it g j lo b# found m Caroiiua. t ' I had the pleasure of circling Dr. Macke* ' d | this tr.orr.ing. and eijoyod ijuitdan interest- j e : ing convor»aliou with bim on various topics, j h , All bis friends will be glad to learn lhat ho j r. > i* in excellent health and e» strong in bi< i n lovn for tbe old flag and the L' urosit a* ever. ' y I When he met Colonel Bannett near the, d i whstf, and saw tbe flag mice more raised in I i. | the city, ho grasped his hand and e.-tit for i n joy at the-qbraga of sffsiu. Iiu will visit 1 ■, tho North ns soon as affairs become more » settled, 'and will then lie glad to once mure < i- ; meet hi* old friends and renew pleasant re- . | lat ions with all of tbem. k ' Governor Aiken speaks cmfitlootlj of the if j aituati'on of affairs, lie -njs Ihe rebniilon : ii | is on its last legs and mu-t sot-n cense. It J i ho* boen a faiiure, and all will soon be glad v 1 to com# hack (gain if slavery is gradually . -done away with, ut/d even with its total ex- , ! linctinn. The prtdn of a few leaders is a.' J ' t!iut" keeps the rubsBion up at tins day. — s Tin. most prominent men. civil and Military, a ai-ki.owU.ige that the reboltioa has wofoliy e fail-iik and lhat Di« snprcmacy of the nt , lions! government mutt •oon lie recognixed. , ; That it the feeling throngii the South.— d j Ihrald Curretjioudtnct.

nuftbrd^y a Bi-man. In tho Somewhat Catmint cs'O of Mr*. ,. ; li.igdvn's will, wllftli was iried AOtu'v years v jogs. Mr. Webster cpiiearnd as c luusvllor ' : lha appellant. Mrs. Greemiugii, «>ii* cf : the ltov. William Gr. enough, late of W.-s» j ; Newton, a tall, straight, queenly looking 1 0 tvotnac, will, a keen black eye— a woman' of ' great self-possession and decision of cba- : : ructer — was called as a witness for lha op- •; posits tide. Webster at a gluucu liad the f sagacity* to foresee that her testimony, if it j, contained anything of Importance, would ,] j have great weight with the jury.- jlc ih*re-« \ 1 reeolred, if possildv, to break her np, i; j and w lien sba answered the first question r ; put to her : , r ; "! believed •" Webster roared out, "we „ - don't want lo tear what you believe, wa s , want to hear what you know." , Mrs. Grerr.oagh replied: "That it just n what 1 was about lo say, sir," aud went on t with her testimony. " j f And, notwithslatidingdiii rejmat-.l efforts . j i di-romfit liar, i-hepurvoed the oven teror - j of her way. oolil Webster hecoming quite j fearful of the result, ayosc Wj.pa'rently in , great agitation, and drawing out htTlargc j stuff-box, throat hi* thumb and finger to the ' i very bottom, and carrying tb* deep pinch , I bottiJiostnls, draw it up with great gusto. , M'ebtlfr— "Mrs. Greenougb, was Mrs. ; BogdsP » "cat nomsa J" ilrt. Grtemmgk — "1 cannnt give you ful' t information ws|n that, sir; she had one . f Tenr dtrty trick. 11 ' L , Wcltltr— "What's that, roa'am?" t iln, Grtenoui/h—"rtbi! took snnff. " The roar of the court wes such lhat he neither rose nor spoke again till after Mr*. - Grecnough bad vacated her chair for another witness. Births. Deaths and Marriages. The Secretary of Stata on Tuesday laid | 1 before tbe Legislature tbe following return : ' i of the ldrlb*. marriages and deaths which ' i hare occurred in the various couutirs of the ' State, daring Ihe past year. Some of the 1 ; town clerks have failed lo famish returns, ! but tbe report i« mare foil thsu last **>ar-' Births. Marriages. I eatha. ■ - Atlahtie 2SS 5f, U9 . Iter gen -tl'J 1M 2&H ; Horlingtoa 1»7I i.-ig 773 i Camden 7!» ,'159 620 1 I Cape May 161 29 127 , Cumberland 683 214 421 . ! C-»ex 3,008 v*16 2,485 Gloucester fill 128 284 " Hudson 718 303 664 r , H ewtcrdun f.4;: 238 fitt4 1 1 M-reer 827- 403 632 . i Middlesex 376 106 182 . Monmouth 773 252 647 j Morris 6«- 196 451 * Ocean 230 63 159 1 ; r««s*ic 774 379 467 j e Sslero * 517 145 425 ! ; j Som-reet 350 115 281 t ' 1 Sussex 389. 183 213 " Union 696 24ft 45s ! I' Warren 639 2« 360 * ' _ 14,553 5,007 Iff^WO ! * i — A pore soul mirrors, without staining '. | itself, tho unclean one, and feels darkly the - >- di-tr- sting noigbbsrhopd, ju-t , as dorrs, •I thiy say, tsaibe lasmwive* in limpid water, »- ,t» "<ereio the images of lb# hovering u bird# #f prey.

1 ; Petroleum. | THK GREAT CtASTMTTr* COUVaRV. BOW tj ox* r*R cirr. AVIOSTM otvioMo. ( 1 | "The petroleum mania rages a* fiercely. . : and its victims er4 as iitimr%' vhase of the 1 | .peculators ill lottery policies, hod theto it \ ( no reason to brlirve that ninety in oue bttu- j ( tired of the companies are conducted on any i 9 i c'.ber principle, than that »f a swindle. We ! 1 ' 1 have never seen or beard nf a man who ; I ' ; has visited the nil region, who ever returned ■ 1 " j rati as Ihe eimpl* shareholder in a petto- ' • loom company. !l» i« inramhty the I're- , ' j si.laut. Director, or some o'ific.r of t..me J , : Company, alio have a rtrj frit- .hares left, . 1 nliich they will glsdiy dispose of to a fiivn.!, 1 , "easy »st rolling off a log,-" Any individual »i po*a*» -«J to. tbo amount of tea thousand - : - dollar*, who h*v a reasonable amount of im- : ' j podrn.-t, may calculate l-i increase it to a | ' I hnndrcd thousand in three wool be, in tlii. 1 1 j basiaesr. Tbey do it. and that . is as good 1 ' | sa iirguiiisi t in furor of it a. ran be mad*. w ' ' Wo knos. of earown knowledge ol two cam- . ' pimos operating to this business apparently ' ; whose officer* have iocroasnl. tl'cir paltry _ r | firff tiisutaud dollar* each to more that, fifty. 1 • They did It in about this way : 8!okv* and ' • .8unt.es, both gentlemen of gold Speculating proclivities "prospectdd'llha regions, ha." ' ; ing io view the investment of tbeir earing* ' in "puts" knd ■•short*." Oo e certain ' stream fn that nil giving country. Venango '! Count}. Fonnsyivaaia, tl-y pnr-hased 1. 1 fve simple from na«MV idv> , fiv* a-r»' of Iscd, paying her therefor, one hundred . { and fifty dollats per acre* This tract of land I >,1 considersbly within the swamp angoi range or whet sni i.to be an oil Well, or ! would h». They improved this tract by - ' the erection a\toon a* possible, of a huge : ing for wkich tbey paid a well. meaning »t>il lisrd.workitig carpenter and blacksmith odd cents. An engine. »ncc used fi.r lb*

cutting of fuel on a curtain rstlroa-l h.-tw. »n ' 1 the Delaware lliver and tho Manor, cabela. cas purchased f -r seven b Aid red am! s*Ven. a ty-tive dcilars. and ,-itie w«ek thereafter «a« I puffing ar.d snortitt; away under thu super. I . viii.,11 of Snok*t. who was vujwriiitetnlen',' , ; duiog it* little bast to bl.ckti. the bloc sky 1 ! of old Venango. j , 1 Ftokes came to Now. York and. opened , ; the office of tlio Great j3ya<tacutus Oil Co. r eluding incidental expertea. machinery . and ail the appurtenances, I.vl be.in j depleted about tlireo thousand dollar*. — 1 j , While Snokes smoked nn.l lii«engio« puff".!, i ! spread far and wide lit* eloquent ! t | circular cf the flreat Gyasiacuta-. Knnkes ta ; reported jirngre** mid Stakes ditto. In j i-t ; ( j one uiootb Stokes had sold ton thou-and shares at three dollar* each (;«r value five ! ( j lioll.ir.) and Sttokn bad bured. aav l*n fret. I ; . aud tlio most of ibis with a «bqv»l. It is , 1 nut mucb lo tbo purpose wh cli. Stokes or | . {Knokes origlnaled the Idea, but tba'Rturb- j ^ holder* recoiveik-a'. tho close or the moutl. ; , j one per cent. divid«od an the month'* euro- j . Stoke* and Snokm looked quietly on. and tbsxishier of the eonceru paid the out | , per sunt, witb one baud, and sold- fresh »tock with the othvr In ton days twenty > , thousand shares more were sold. Oil was j struck within twenty rod* of Ihe G.G.,auvk ! while Stokes concocted, bulletins, an/. ' Snoke* in company with tke Kogitio puffed and smoked, tbe public bought stdcU. At j , the 011.I of two months Stokes examined ; tltt tnrok account I togelher with Stoke*' the'ro was $90.tklU cash in bf»d. tliey had told 15,000 shares each and held each 5000 : more, while t^ie four honorable director* to " a man had disposed of their 5000 each. — | Again lha delighted public were notified to couio forwarJ and receive oue per cenL ! monthly dividend. The third utonlh it up ; j neither Stokes nor Snokes have a share of I the G. U.; the capital stack, 8150,000 i* paid in. and tba stockholder* as a body own 1 in fee simple fiv* acres of land, a derrick 1 and a second hand engine. Stokes and , Snokes have retired on aecnunt of ill health, pretty well satisfied with their three months' : work. This i* tbe actaal hUtqry'of one . I'elrolconi Company, aud we have only to ask those who fesl like taking Ihe fever to choose whether it Is better lobar petroleum shares or born their money op. Tbey may get two per cent, in monthly dividends, and may b« not. We Jo not mean to say thet petroleum is not an article of Value, or that 11 is not produced, io large quantities in tb* oil bearing r triors. But the wild sptcnlat ion id oil otocke io companies, based on nothing bat tbe "gouging" and "cheek" bTTfotB- bpOTRWr* i« what we are showing up. If William B. A«lor or Alexander T. : Ste Kurt fietda tbe prospectus of so oil com- ' pony, capital stock 8100,010. as President, mad any a'tly individual insinuates (hat if i tbe prospectus tells one-half tho truth, It it a Hole (unay-they don't own tbe whole cau- . vera 10 fro simple, don't ii*t»;i to him ; he ! know* nothiog ohoit it. fff you are told that neatly three hundred millions of dollar* g ' are invested io tbi* busiueak witb a fair prop mis* qf it's craving product*** to our-thi(3 , ! ..fit, fc tore you va ill Im in the lucky third. ' Oor advice i*. however, U the Prvsidedl of r' ! a lNiroleum Compaay Ri'long as yoa can S i tall what cons yon obo cent for five dollars. That pay; Ur,ty CUf limit. -zMSk'

Taut Armies aad (bcir Move- | meats. There have be*n va*t armies and grand , nioveniei.ta in ancienf times. Ilsro i» a record of M« of Ihem ; . ! [ Sennacherib, the Bibia tells os. lo t m a | ! tingle night 185.060 by rtto destroying an- j I The city ofThebs's ba.1 a hundred gates. and could sand out at eaclf gale 10.006 j j fighting men uuri 200 chariot* ; in all. 1.0*10 | DM meo pint 'J.Oiftt chariot*. «j The army of Trarab, king cf Ktbiopia. I consisted «t 1,666,6.16 men nod 300 charioU j ! of war. ' .Se*u«iria, king of Egypt, led ogainsl hi' ' ' eneiuie* MUl.OQO man, 24,000 cavalry, and | ' ■ 27 " kcyihe-anncd cbartol«| -1491 before . 4 lain. leaf went from Carthage and ! ir.rted ' I'ldermo. Ho bad a fleet of 3,iW0 *h«p» ' and 3.666 veaaad*. and bad a land forte ul j. j 360.006 men: At ihe buille ID which lie wa* defeated, 156,000 w ere s'.afn, Ninas, the A-» lien king, al out 2.200 '"year* before led »;ain«t the BarIrian* no urmy of 1,700,000 foot. 1.700.006 bones, and 16,600 cbartoit aruied with scythes. Somiraiaia employed 'J.OOd.OUO men in building Bahyion. *ni>« look 100.000 pripu tiers at yi.- Indus and sank l.OOOdioaU. A kbort lime otter the taking of Bub. Ion. tho forces ..f I'jru* cer. i«ted of IWO.OOO . 1 f.«.:. 1 20.03 > bnrace, and 2.000 chariots. - An army eH'smbytes. 50, strong, was l.ariod up .11 tho doses 1 suuds of A'rica by Wn.tr x-rsas arrived at Th*rm»py!*, '■ l.is lard and rea forces am.Hinle.1 to 2.014, i ! 610. exclusive of servaols. eniiuch'.-wuatvn, j ; tio say Hereout ut. I 'tut arc I. and l.ocrates- [ 'Hie aruiy ..I AilOAUtXe* bofore Die battle [ of t'ui-axt'aai onntsd to about 1,2'W.MtHL i Ton lhcu»i-«l I, arses and lOn.tWU foot tell < on ihe fatal fidd of IreOS. When 'Jerusalem wa* taken by Tito*, I.- !

' (Mil) pcri-ti.-d in vaiuiiS way*. | 0 The army of Temisrtaoa i» »a:d to have « ani.iunrod to I.6W.0MO, and that «r Ins arta[;..:,;.l BajaXel. 1 . 100.000. -Zio- ' » lltraltl. American Ribtc Stociety. Tho follow ins briel sommsry of some of v , t hrt '<rpr rattuaa of tbi* lnstilo(ion is sabmit- : led I., its friends. Tbey extend over a pa. J nod of right muni ha of the pr.eeat year., from April 1 to December I. inclusive: Receipt* from all sources. 8407,891 06 ' Issue* at Bibles, Tetlamon sand portion*, f Grants in ho.-U have been 412.033 vol- ! ; -J&y Or thesinftmfflfir.a we may tpociry the ( | following, vit: To the Army and Navy, Hospital*, Gun- | aud returntd Prisoners of War. 2$U, 8.M ; lo the .South, for troops and people, i 61.660; to Prisoners of War. 22,648 ; • ! Southern Refugees, 570 ; . to the freed pee- ' - pie, 24,783; to Eabbatb tichools, 6.160;bailors and Boatmen, 6,667 ; Miscella- j - uaous, 19,543. The United States Christian Commission • 1 received grants for distribution in the 1 Army and Navy amounting to. 227,035 vol- • In ill* For*igo Work grants in book* i , from tbs Bibl* House have boeu 17, 063v.ilCf ibese nr. specify t e following vix : ■ Or tflierokc* Testimvots, 3,000 ; for Japau : 1.260; Africa, 3,292 ; South America, 1,- j j lh2 ;. Mexico. 0,600. . 1 ; Besides these, book* are now being prfn'ed iu bolislf of tbi* Society in rarjoun parts 1 of the world, a* io Tarkry, India, China, ] Italy, Germany, and Russia. 1 Wo like* now io preparation alpctiotypn plates f*r a Hawaiian Family Bible, and : for the Dakota TwUmsot ; while the jilaivt ; ' ! of tbe Arabic Bible alou* nr* estimated to ' cost about 833.000 ; and to there are 10 be j 1 added plmtas for the old Slavic Testament, ' 1 and the Slavic and Bulgarian Testament. ' I'll* expense of these works will necessarily ■ b* eery great, while tbe work* themselves are of immense importance to lb* religious ' interests of mankind. ' The Agencies of the Society in Mexico, * South America, end the Invent, are etiil ' saccossful, a* well ae the work of colporug* ° abroad, but they are now carried on only ' by a heavy expenditure. 1 Owing to the lai^e grants by the Board 1 lo lb* Army, Navy. Hospital-, Prisoners ' of War, Freodmco, etc., tbo greatly in- j " created cost of labour and of tbe paper, : leather, etc., ated in ibd menfacture of oar jbooks, and the exeweaivw reto of exchange , 1 in our foreign Seniitlaucwa, unr ( rynieBll . * during the p*»l aright mouths of tbi* fiscal * year have exceeded those of the correspond. ' log period uf tbi pa*l year by about lf~ 845,000. j users IIoldicb, 4 W». J. It. Tatlob, ^ Cor. Stc.elaritt. ii Bibl* Hoate, Aitor Place, New York, * Dec. 15, 1684. J — "Mother," said lj;* Partington, "did '• you know ghat tbe 'iron bone' bas bat on* oar V "One ear ! marciful graciuus, child, " what do yoa menc ?" "Why lb* engine wer, of eoan* J" •

Hovr Petroleum 1» Formed. W» may *et it down a* an axiom, that nature i> not onlycapnbl ■ of producing now nil , article* that she has ever prndocwl. 6nt 1 t!.at siio will continue to produce them antil nhn Hi^tbtng Im-uc. PvrI haps our meaning will be bailor understood I by applying It to a *ingle article. Suppose ' ; all shava »q deep an int«re»t— petroleum. I i Tbi* i» known to be hydro-rarboo, composed of I wo gaars a* primary eiemeau, iiidektnie- . iible and exhtoM'e** in quantity. Ou* or I llieiii — hydrogea — i> a constituent of water, : aud, of Course, is us in»xh«u*tabto a* thw 1 ! ocosn. The other is a con*t|tu*nt Ih all 1 . vegetable forms and in many of our tuck'. » . Due hundred pounds of lime-tana, when 1 burued, will weigh but sixty pubuHs. ! pi ft driven off by burning is carbonic ' acid. Underlying the t'Oil Bock" is a stra1 : turn of limestone, of unknown thick ores, e but known lo be upwards af one thousand feel io depth. Tbe water fulling on the surI tare and percolating thro-gh tb* porous - enud-stoan that overlies Ihe oil rock, beII 1 cornea charged with salt j otasb, saltpetre 1 and otter chetnicrl isgrsditnts. and finally reaches the limestone tuck and decompo-ea > tt— the carb-ou in the rock and hydrogen of . or uuil* will, mineral* and form oxides.— 1) . The reverev id this provost is teen in hnro- . mg the oil iu a lamp, the oxygen in the atmosphere unit tig with the carboo 111 the * i o.t. forming carbonic acid and with the by1 drogcu loriuing wutar—lhnt completing thw S circle. Tii*. question i* frequently naked, , ahrn will the o.l become exhausted ? Wo . j for*.— I'tlrrtbucj Citunicle. ;| ^tt«kr's (forurr. tl - -SU Lalgsias, Riddles, Questions. Ac, eiull Is ^ aeeneiieinied with the Answere aad Salutloas ta

eeiv'v no att.-uUua whatevei. For the Oresn Wave. Geographical F.iilgma.— --No. 20. I am composed of 34 lelttrt. My 20. 3. 13, *23. 3. 29. 19. 3, 3, is a rirer in the United Statss. My 25, is, 3. 5, 3.1, is a county In New Jersey. My 26, 12, 14. 19. 4, 32. 6, is a county m New Yolk. My 1. 17. 3. 6, 8, 25. 33. is the cspital •ofvuV,i the United States. My 7. 13. 14. 21. 9. 23. is an Ocean. . My 24. 22. 27. 14. 3. 13, is a city io My 16. 5,' 17. 17. 31, 34, 25. 13. is % 'ceudtyiri Indiana. My 3. 6. ID. 11. it a county in TonnesMy 26. 9. 10, 7, 32, 13. it a county in lows. * • " My 24, 16. 10. 21. 30. 6, 21. 12, 23, is a county in Illinois. >ly whole is respected by tbo greater portion of the army and navy, and should helped by all tbe ciluens of the United Stales. Charley. -MUvcllaiit'ous Enigma.— No. 26. / am eumynttU of 24 lelleri. My 23, 2. 12. 6, 21, is an article of household use. My 17, 22, 15, 13, belongs to the body. My 17, 21. 4. 6, 11, is eaten by most My 10. 4. 19. 19. 3, 31, is a eeason. My 19, 16, 4, 10, 14, is a troublesome My 18. 9. 9. 20. 21. is a kind ofsnaka. My 21, 24. 7, 1, IS, 5; is usvd at a cans, j My 21, 8, 9, is a color. My whole i* a division of America. ' C. H. ror Ihe Ureas Wave. Enigma. Kuwiber UT. Iam composed of 16 Ut(trs. My 1, 2, 15, 16, is fouod in tome parte of tbe earth. My 3, 4, 6, 9, 10, it what we are all boxtout to have. My 5, 8, 11, 12, it a doleful sound. My 14, 13, 4, is a reverential fear. My" 7. i» sometimes a vowel. My who'* is the 11 tine of a newspaper published ia New Jersey. R, j. g. ^ Ant v?era to East Fuxiien. i Ni®. 24.— "Tb# discovery of Kerosene -fit ^I'-il CIHlnty. Michigan " _ Docvut Rons.— ••Peec#"— "Unioo." Ax aobaiic.— Potsdam, Hanover. Triowto L-ipsic. Valencia, Aberdeen, Cork, Opnr. ta, Dresden. Monich, Turin. Bruseelt, Rome, Amsterdam, Rbeims, Verona. Nottingham, Norwich, lleetfna, Prague, Liege Genoa, Barcelona, Warsaw, Bristol, Edinburgb, Palermo, Madrid. Tbe following additional answers to Enigma* Not. 22 A 23 have been received 1 George Ii. Roes and John M. Rota; of PbiladwtdbU. 23 ; Daniel M. St*v#n«, of Capw island, 22. ^