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®ke ©ftaa Ware, | S. R. MAQOSAGLE, | Editor u4 Proprietor, Cape Island, Gape May Oo'nnty, 17. J. : TWO DOLLilB «r« PEAS. Weinadty, narch 8, !«C3. Thr Conslitut lomil imrndmrni The CeaUitatioml Amehdinsat nbol- j ishiug nlavwrr ihroechont ilie Ui.ittd 8lnt-», «a< de'raird in thr New Jer-vj Hums of AsiemUy on Wednesday, 1*1 Inst. This action defeat! that measure fur the present. So far {eighteen Statehare ratified the action «'f Congress. • bile only three bate rejected it. The question ail: «i»«r come before tM» people of the three SUios which have r.Jecied • the wiMndiuent, osd will probably linro a direct (staring npon the el-cMwi of thr memberi of their next Legislatures. Tha Legi-Ulurrs of the following Stales here ratified the amendment ' 1.— Miaow. Veil I. 10.— .VI.eK.rl. Fib. 7. ■ j-gj*Wi«A ret.. a ji.— otiio. ran. e^ _ . ..jfe,, re-knculraXU. tviaa. »«— viretoU.'iv:.. a a « — M.-irylAirt, F. j 11,— ln.li-.u i, Feb. if Y^*Ja»elcliu«-l U. Peto a H— -Nr. ad*. r»h. 10. _ *-»Utar. J5XL ^ PcbJA ! The Legislatures •cf the following Stales haee rejected, the amendment;— 1 -W.w.rr, Ft 1. A 1 —Net, Jersey, Marrh I. 5.-K»iitw.-kj, t. b. S3. The Legislatures of the following hiy. al Suit > hare yet to rote opon thc* amendment:— • .Viae nf Mr- fOHLa. ■Mrrt.ay »/ U^uUUart. f ooaertfciW. Rrput-tiran. " Mar S, I iaa.' i I iliimaie. Ilryn-htu-.n. I> l.i«l tun*. R. |«,t..lr*n. -J-n. 7, if*. N. Ilawpahir*. h. |.u' ,.u. Jure :. mv (Mean. Rr,"iM!r «u. Sept: io. lass. TaStmm. ttrpuhiiaaa. Aprils, re®. \vrttuiu-. Republican. l>-t. n, nei TOtst mnshee of Slate* ' * . Nr.-ar.ry to mil) ruwurlurfnt (thlv.-I<.urtb->. . t: ; Mate- widen hare raldled . . Ill Rsjcstcd i (•real Cii us. Since the fif oentli day of in-t Dreem- \ her onr raptures of artillery front the rebellion, field and siege pieces, braes iron andaUcI. smooth bores and rilles, American aad English manufacture, of all sort* ; «•«>. — - s iu«uviH.kuir, yi an auric

and sizea. from the little howitzer of s flying raralry rquadron to the ponderous, mahogaay-mouiittd Armstrong guns of; Forts Fisher and Cnswrll, hare hero ' about as follows; — Ity Gen. 1 bomas from the rebel ('Jeuer'l llood in thv late Na-hvilie Campaign .60 Uj Geu. Sherman at Sarnnnah 160 'By IJen-. Terry ao.l SthoOel.i ued Admiral Fuller IQ Cape Fear rivar fence* 175 * fly tien. Gilliaoie at Charleston dieTotal tftf, : . Nor is ibis all; for, including the enn- - tq»n lost by the enemy in the blowing up of their iron-dads in the Savannah river, Charleston harbor and Cape F*nr rieer. their aggregate losses are sumt thing over nine hundred cannon. A pretty gohd budget for the winter campaign, and h • very good explanation of tlta fVCsrut panic nt Richmond. Well PlU. Tlie Berwick Gazette says that eome of lla friends complain et the increase of its subscription price. The editors reply | suits thi* locality as well as others : lo the summer of 18C2. when *e commenced publishing the Gazelle, we could purchase all the butter we needed for 1 2 cwnta a pound. It Uicu required hrelct ynundt to pay for a year's subscription. Now butter is selling for 50 rents per pound. Tweivo pounds would be worth W 00. Tlta present price of the Gazette is $2.00; leaving a balance of $1,00 io ftvor of otif former frfenth Who has the best right to complain1? Appointment*. Ti.o following gentlemen wtre an- j pointed Commissioners of Deeds for Cape May eoonty at the Joint Meeting ' of the Lrgislalsre held on Wednesday, 1st instant : — Cape Island— Jesse M. Smith. Lower Township— Ntslon^TiC KidMiddle Township-^*Thonias Doug/ass. Dennis Township— W. 8. Towntend, Learning M. Rice, and John Wilson. Upper Township — Thomas Williams. Home for Disabled SOIilieri. Both houses of Congrera have passed . the bill to establish a home for disabled 1 soldiers. It incorporates L'^u tenant General Grant and ninsty-nine others. The capital is to consist of n million of dollars, made up of military fines, dedurtfoes from pat and donation* Thrrais' to be ho expanse to the goeernmant- — Re*. Charles II . Wbiucar, Pretid- , iwg Elder of BrWgetow Dletriet, was re- 1 esmUy praaeattd with a puree contaiaiag i two handred end fereaty-Bve dollars, being a dona'.ioo from twelve of tbe charges on hindialriet. ISy The ste»m<r Major Reybold after hefhg laid hp f.raome^nontiis. owing to tba Ice embargo, resumed bee trips betwc.n S: at.d Fbiiadelpbie, on , !

I' — Death has been gatlieeing aeveral of our old and prominenlcit''zens daring 1 the past few d»y«! Wm. II. Nelson, u' , | one time n memher of the Legislator* j end olwsys n primlBent cit'X-e. first j was tHfcea ; thru Eltaha lilt-el. ionga ! director in the Salem Banking C" ; then . Jiv.-.h Hdrrison, who was -slmo'st » ren- ' tensrian, yet bad the sprightltn.as cf a | boy,' wriifi g en.1 reading without the aid of spectacle* w^td the lim«scf his decease. I ! Mr. II. w.i an i 1.1 time lawyer, and e l . | Itetl -I'.nainRtoti'* Treatise," a w. rk nl I moat iMditpcioai-le in tbe Courts for the ' TrUl of Small Cause*. Next foiiowtxi Joseph K'llc, whose commanding figurr ; *itr as w < II; known throughout the State u« in hi* nwn.coniity. Mr. Ktlla filled , almost every ofijee io the gift of the peo- . . pie of Salrtu eimniy, and wafatyine titci a candidate for Cmigress. During hi* ; [ ! long public lit- he ««*curvd ho*t* ol friends j . : in all parties although he «»« a warm • ' purtesiaii— never cuocouling his opinions upon put lie quwxiif.ni. but b"Idly enun- • ; ciating them upon ell proper occasions. ; These gcntleuiro, eitliough lout retired I from active Valines* life,. will be mixed , in this community, where their influence was lb long f- It — tafcm Sunbeam. tsr T«r Ninth Natiosa>. Bask of thi: Cirv or Niw York— Joseph U. r | Orvis, President — has been one of the ' ; most enterprising and successful agents ' . f-.r the v ■■ riou* Government loan* — - Over fifty million dollar* hive beeu placed in tbe bands of the people through . its agency within nino montht. nnd it • j now adverlisvs to furni>h the "-30 .Votes. by t xj rcss. free of charge, in all part* ' | of the Ciinntry. Its object is patriotic, and the high reputatio'i of its officerr, : a* well as its capital of a' million do'lar*, . is a *ur» i-tiar«nt»e that tbe i-30s sulij scribed f.<r through its egrney* will be t promptly forwarded The Illchtbateo Puben-olooical Jock- . > sal for March, eoiitnins Gov. Fanton ef . New York; Edward Everett, tha Ora- , | tor ; Major Davidson, the Patriot; Aril- . | totle tbe Philosopher j Charles Fourier, j . | the Socialist ; \V. II. Fry, the cumftosc'r;

, | with Portraits and Biograt Lht. The , : rscrs t-r Man ; Caucasians, Mongoliaus, j fi Ktiiicpians, American Indians, and Mai layans, with Gyonpad portraits of each, ; and a Map showing tbe Geographical j ! distribution of Mankind, with Strenteey | illustration*. Also PamocfionT, or "signs of character,'' Love under Difficulties, fore-seeing, nnd "Seeing at Ses," "Working together for good," by ; Rev H. IV. (teacher. Ruling by Love. Experience of * SchviB Tttcher. Light ■ Gymnestict. Tie b-Hn'.fc. Our | ' right to Reason; How vu: Tnjstu:; , How the brain molds the cranium, and > the head conforms to the Character. With answers ,to correspondent*, etc. I An excellen\Nnmber. Oaly 2o cU., by I first post, or $2 a year. Address Messrs j Foai.iT. & Wells, .'!c? liroadway, V. Y 1ST We are Indrlitcl to Hon Thos Beealey f.-r '4 copy of the reports of Ibe f Committee of tha Howe of Assambly in i . the Constitutional Amendment. (fif The attention of Farmers, is Invited to the different Fertilisers uanufactored hy . M'wasrs. T*»kvr A Clark, nth A W ■•hington I I 8t».. Philadelphia. Read their advertise- , . meat in thi* issue. | St* Hopkins' llur.p Skirt*, for Indies, sod Children, advertised iq thi* iaswe— call at f..'* Argh St.. Philadelphia, |»n.l eiauitne axmrtmi-nt of good*. C&-Wli.u Zine. Ac-, Ac., Read ■ advertisonieat in this i*sua of M»un. Zirgier A Smith. .WKpla«pls.l)«a|ers in Drug*, Patau, Ae., 13« V. Third Si... Phthd's. The Post Office in .New Jersey. ' The following' items are taken Trout the : . Report of the Postmaster General for the j ' ' fiirkl year IA64. ** pablished in a paiqphlit ! ' t y tha Department : 1 j In the Statu 711 miles of railroad are ein. i ployed, at tha annual co»l nf $32,01X1. Tha I i l*rc»t pay i* $2t\b90 to the Philadelphia aud Tiwntoil Corepaey, from New Rroaswick to Philadelphia, equal to $373 per j Imile. ' | | The whale number of postoffic**, June • 30. leW. was 4K). Of thrre. 21 Posunss- j 1 lers are appointed by the President, the | j rest by ibe Postmaster General.' i During tba year ending at that date, 4 ' ! offices were established. 4 duconlinaed, 33 ; poatmastaitk resigned, 10 were removed aud ' S died. The salaria* gf the ptiacipal office* were : - ; Newark, 83.600 ; Trer Ion. $2, 7tX) ;• Jersey i City, $3. 300 { P*ler*ou. 82,41X1; New Brnmwick, 82,300; Camden, 82,100 : Mojrif- - . town, 81,900 ; liurlington wad Elisabeth. | each, $1,700; Oranire and Princetoo, $1,- ! 6011 ; I juhgken and Rah w ay, 81.300 ; Uar- ; drntowa, $1,400; Bridge'.on aud Plainficiil, i $1,300; Freehold. Uuoct Hotly, Nawtou and ti»i»n . $I.2:X>. A surpiu* of emolattent* sad commi*- - siont arctuad wt the following oBicat, after dvdaetiog tha maxia*uut compeuealion of I $2,000 par annam of- Hie Poslina^trrs, and : incidsolal expanse* W lbe office* : Newark, $1,033; Trenton, $1,770 - Jariuy City,$l,- ! 732 ; New Brunswick, $337 ; Camden, 820 ; 1 Elixabath, $16. , -Tha postal receipt? from tin whola State , amount**! to$2MLOT«. af >h;cb 8217.01"), I was fi r •t*n>p« suW. Its lot*! ajyienaes i t - ware JiWhlW. M

FERHOSAI.. — IVesidkot Lincoln waa irsnjaritled for hi* second term on Saturday, Rk Inst. — Judge Llngbes end Gei.entrHiatdftna haw txmn pasaed through thw rah*] tioae to Richmond, and the National Intelligencer assorts that Singlfir.n r-c-ived atuhorily from our gavernmca'. tf> pass to the rebel line*. -f Jt.hu Seargesnt Mead-. «~e ij'uMaj'" i Usneral Meade, died on Tuesday evwninp. ; 26th nlu. at bit iatlur's ie.«i<feec in Phila.telphia, Oi consnmptinn. lie aat a.yoong man of mu.-S promise, aud esteem* d for hit many good q:i»liti*«, — Martin' K Delaoy.tf- Pitttbarp. ha* | receisid a eommitsioa a/suraeon. with ti c rank •( major, in a regiment of United j ; States colored troor*. Tin major i« a black j j man, and this is bebered to be the first "in- i ' stance in which one of h:t race has been \ ' commii»iuned to each a commsuJ in ottr ! — It is understood li nt I»r. Liriogst. n ; Is detenu. 'fled again to derola himself to' ' j African discovery, and is mlw planning an ; ! explorinn expedition /row the eost'eoast of Africa in ,tha district lying between his 1 . most northern poii t of l.a'su Nyss*a and Bartnti and Spcke'a vnuthermost on Lake , j Tanganyk*. , — Ity private Utter from Pari*, welrarn ! . tlrst 31, l.Tintranrrnaul, th^wpppiatrd tfucdptnor ro M. MnreiarTo the Untied Ste>*. i i* soon to have for this country. Tile, | slateutvat is said to li« bawd o:i •ornethinj." uiorc than mere rnntor. The iirw Minister, i it is said, fully sympathize* with !!,.■ North ; gaged. If th's* asrertir.n* t« true, his ; ntficant.— Tribune. •j — The rormpondebt of ?h# Ciaoinnali ' i Gaulle says Oflirisl stat.-mrnts carvfolly j • made np in the War Department wdUbow. i it is said, that tfie rvamb- r Of snldiers in out I Service who have died since tits? war began, will reach the atartliug number of two bun. j riyd and forty' thousand, or very nearly a j quarter of a million. Of lhes>1«o"hundred j and twenty-i'uu tliuttsapd h«*e actr;ally died ! in the service from wounds or sickna*? in the field and in hospital*. Tim Mill- ri lies ; estimate tiie number of death* from woamis ,| or dfireasu eoutractrd in the service, which j did nut prove foul till after discharge, and ' do not therefore appear In the foregoing

' slateinvM, at Iweuty tlmusaird more, The Oldest Man lit the World. " 1 Vie will not assert that the oldest of lir. 1-1 i ing men is a resident of \Vi<consia, but tr I challenge any other State or country to • produce a man or woman who ho* attained c the age reacheTT fry Joiepli l.r^le, BOW IS- '' ; siding in the lawn of Caledonia, Columbia ] county, in this Blair. During the French a , Revolution one Jean t.Taude Jacob, a'niem- , t i Urr of the NaOonal A*s"mbly. wu* calleiff I - the "Dean of Ibe human vprtiw." "the ' 6 eldest nf men." On hi* smeared worn lac- fi | were ploughed the farrow* of cne, hundred S : and twenty yeiir*. Hut opr "Dean nf the V human species" is nearly twenty year* older fr than Claude Jacob, who did not complete ' d ' lit* one handred and twcnty.first year. e i -Joseph Ctele *u* brrri in Detroit, of i' | French parents. Tha record of hi*. L-pavsm II | in the Catholic church sboWalhal he i.*'ini«' n ' 139 years of age. lie has turn a re-ideat r. of Wisconsin fur about a century. When- ' d : ever mention i* made of tha oldest inliabi- ! n ] tant, there ocr-l be no qu-stfop us to tha 1 ! person,' JnMph. Urele is undoubtedly the , ti j riisn. II- was first married in New Orisons, d ' icj'xears ago, .Some years uftar ho set^jed a at Prairie da Chiee, while Wi*eoa«in was J ; yet a pruvir.ee of France. Before lh« Rev. ! « | idutionary war, be was vjipluyml tn carry I h : letter* beta erq PvAirie du ChirWauil Green ; i1 i Bay. It i« bnl a few year* ago. thai be J ' I i was.called a* a sitnrs* in tha I'iicuit Court. | ' ' ia a case involving the title to certain real , " j aslata at Prairie sin Chien. to giro tnsti- * I j pinner .in ralation to events thai transpired * ' eighty year* before. He now iTa.Ues with « | tha daughter of I. la third wife," who is over * seventy yaare of age. •! I The re»rjenf»7Jr Tb» fomiij- it only fonr i v I or fivo mil* * out of Portage City. From ; c 1 citizen* of that place we learn that the oU I j man is still active.- i? aid . to chop wood, >1 j end (>■ walk several miles. Ha speak* Kn- ! ; gliah quite imperfectly, bat conrersas flu. r i vntly in tbe French language. He itoopn , > ' a little under the bnrdoo of years, bat cot u ' ! more than many men of seventy. In per- d i ton~ be i- rather al>ove the medium height, ; r I spare in flesh, hut showing evidences nf n | having been in hi* prim* a man of sinewy u j strength. Concerning' his habit*, * subject i | of mnch intrrett in connection with an in- I } stance cf such rxtraordln ry longevity, we c have been able to Darn bat little, except ■ that be is an inveterate smoker.— Jladitvn t ( I Vf».) Journal. » Rnijern College, ut New Brunswick, r has 75 etndent*. II of whom are Jersey men, 31 from New Yolk, 1 from 'Japan, 1 from ' Teonesspp, anO I from Michican, The class*-* are dividvu' : Seniors 15, Junior* 23, '' Sophousra* 16, ffrr -Nmen 21. . ^ Gold qudiatiou*. J ookhecteii ever* monday. t " -NTO*D * r,- SSarrhW, VMS. rto. SOI t.* OA . sew vows Tuesday, 2B 20 If tf» J Wadne'sday, I 21M> l»«l h Thar? day. 2 I9H4 197" Friday, 3 l9Pt Satardar, 4 199| Monday. f. 11^. .. tift J DennlaVlllo l.nxuber Jlarkct. , Ced« Rail*, best qndily. V l«l. $12.(61 ! ' do . Calling*, " $3So/i.00:n Cedar Shingles. M, - - fiK.tnt i d ! Odsr Sidln: , P M, - $85.00 ', • Cmfar Plank. F M, - #45.0') I Cedar Boat Boards, - $35 io 45.D0 ( I Cord Wood, Oak ud Pine. 854*5.50 | »

It'JltaAHY or WAR NEWS. Direct an-.l vory Important Intelligent* from Gen* ml .Sherman bus reached u*.— | Dvrpatches by tha Aragp, -which have arrived from Chqrirstun, inform us that the entire 'cty of C'olom-.is, the capital Of Sonlb Carolina, was committed to the ' flames. on tie 24tb nit., by order of Genera! ; Slirrmin, in relnliutioo fiir his troupe h«- ' ii ;; firsd on from "the Louses. wh:|« pe-siog j thrqqtih tht town, after" its occupation by 1 bis army. The v-ccnpailoii of the Important j . city of AugnVt i, Get rgi*, by a detachment . of General ShiOman's ortny is also an-! nnnnrcd. bnt noffufly rubOrmcd: It w'bs ! understood in Charleston atd gAvant.ah'' I that there were over a hundred thousand I ' bales of cotton collected at August,?. We | have nothing farther regarding tiie repotted ' 1 jnnctfoa ofrihernian'sanil Scln-lield'»fuices I I General Joe John* lou asicroed command i I -st Thnrwl.iv. Deserters from llardee's | • ' ainvy were of iTre cpinion that Shrrman h**; 1 intvrccptedfit.on its retreat from Ubarlcs- ' | ton. Tlrry, also report that tbn,. hut of ' ; .Hood's artny. cosisting of tsrelvn thousand ' ; map, pasted through AcgftsU cn the I9lh ' i Th«* Richrrinnd Sentinel, lltr.mi/.er r.nJ ' : JZ.,, Hirer of the 27th u I., contain eaa!. a i very significant article. It appear* that tbe rebel Congres-inen. beenmiog alnrmcd ; at the o«pi-rt nf military affair*, have, one ' ! by one, for some lime j nut, been dcre-r:inc ' ! their seats and • oitir-; safely at their di - r : tant tomes, till Ibcc r> a pi.repett «f the | two houses' In' jog left .at! tout qai.ruir?. J i Suepicior *. t. o. are expressml ... . r.iuMi, ' | not pV„r agMnvt .he temptation of follow. ' ; iog the example <-f hf* legi-lalore. .ed the I m.-mbe-s of Congress who remain in Rwh ' j mond rxhrhit a feverish anxiety In t-ving* * j the session Io a c'OJO. To p?e»en: them ' the return of the absentee*, the /fnyuirrr - i urges that military force* should t>« urcd. ' I nmpli or rum," on a dty tvhith "is not far 1 ! dUlnol." The Stomir'er hue long article ' ; t>. provo that tbn abatiilor.n). nt of Itch 1 ' of on independent Southern o.»ifodernti<.|>/ 1 hut the article of the Semi,., I {the officii.1

organ) indicates that thi* has" already been 1 actually rt-solwd upon. It alludes Tn sonic 1 mysterious movements which it says have • caused much disgust, hut which, it adds_ ; ' - "are only precautionary," and i^-ncluiie* by urging' ell aoo-combatants and useless 1 corityiuelt to immediately "withdraw from , | the city. ! Significant and imp r'snt hints regarding ( 1 affairs in North nnd South Carolina arc ( y throw n out bv a Inte liiehiuond Examiner. f ■It intimatoa that Gem-rals Sherman and Schofivld have formed a junction of their fi.reos at or near Gotdshero, in the former ! and says there is reason to fear llul .Hood, u. w oil a* Hardee, Ira? br.n cut off ' ; uniting with Johnston. It was liar. ; .Ire's force wh-ch held Charleflop, and on ' ' idlr a* possihl.*, for the purpose of joining ; 1 17. aStrgard, then at ilin head "of I 'icjjgmy n»« couiiRar.de<I by .1 •tinsL in. \Vu halve a , ; report, brooght iuto Charleston by rubol ' ilm-rtors, that Hardee entertained rears' of not being »!■!•• to effect thi* junction. The ; Enlurintf't remark* render. tt probable thai ' tlisto fears ii.avu l-e -n raalixo5. touch to the ; j discomfiture *-f tbe rebel*, and with uu equal j advancement to the national can re. Gen. ■Johnston's or nor, rui-urning command a* I aucreshor to Beaurexard. i« rfot.d C'harj N. C., on the 23th *.r Fubrner- . In ' ; it hu «ays%e a*somcv command of his old ' J Artny of tha TwD*e?-ue and thw tr. ops of ' j ti.e departments of Georgia, South Carttii? , - and F.orida. Be urepurd, who, it Is : ■ said, was relieved at hi» own requeat, h R : appear*, to remain wilh Johmton in a snb-ordiui-la capacity. Though General Johnston has. only been io coffmaud lire, or six | the Richmond Eximiner had already , ommaaced ln bcrafe hint, probably on account of his fail*: re to frustrate Sherman's plans'and lorn-cur* tha co-operation of'Uat* . and Hood's troo; s. Tha ormiss Irefore the rabel capital still remain qaivt ; but it is evident that on both i sides the belief U thai Ibis stela of affair: • will not coutiuue n great alula longer. Ini of rebel designs to essay another raid *$h tbeir James river fleet are daily I i maiiifemrd, and Ihu llicbround papsrs give additional report* regarding a heavy massby General Grant on tha left of btsJille*. which point they say he hua moved hie cavalry, the main portion nf his infantry and a number of pieces of arlilldry. All Ibis, tbvy say, mean* u dcpprale battle at ■u early day, or at least as toot? "a* the road* shall bo in proper condition. Dessrlers still report preparation* for tbe (*' evacuation of I'etrrsbarg. Tbe r#he)» ore ' busily engaged in improving tbeir torpsdo ' defunct* of James river. • aymuaters have ' i.veo for some Usys occat-ied in paying dff ; ^ the Xruiv of the J ames lor tbe montbs of and Feb nary. During the la-l days, it is said, the doily average of • rebel dCurtefi Cbtnti-g into rtflwlhforv»f-the-j-l James and Potomac armies boa been one > hundred and fully. i — In a salt bruegM to recover the value I i of goods destroyed by fire ia a steamboat j ? depot at New 1-oadon, ,wbere tbvy were ? stored, it ha* bern decided that tbe respnn- |4 j sibiiiiy of the steambost company, as com- i ! mon carrier*, ended when the goods were j I I dcliewred on tbe wharf. By this decision, • t j nil goods are at tho" ostrvr'* risk while be- ; . j terra tba steamboat aad store, as insurance j t companion haly insure goods at tins, wharf '■ i

Execution of a Rebel Spy. Captain Jam ra Y atea Dull, the rebel spy. 1 was banged oq Friday sftrMvooo-, tba 2Kb ] ojtj. on Governor's Island, in accordance ' win the iwntacce of ^canrt.tnavt'.al. lie 't met hi* death with firmness, maoifrsting no . pegret fi:rbi«t-arr^PlorJrea'!of the Solemn : lerminatiiiyi of bis mortal existence. The j j . xevutioo WW. witr.eved by several l.un lrfd j ; perm:.'. From an account bf the last SC. tie .. j | we extract lire foll-.^^-C : | During tho r. a i n^.f tl.-e -document* w. - I nnnncibn the -ffindiog of the' corny martial,; ' j Beatl frequently smiled, dirisiveiy thnk-i-i; , | ),i» head occasion.- By. Boon ufier the Ad- ! i i jutsnt ci.minei.caJ, the prisoner rat Jowti. ' l aiiudei! \j as a sf-y and gterills. AT the . eonclmn n he rose, >ud p$>hii*g tha chair • * I - uiurenJatory I'ray-r" < i the Kpi?copel i . 1 M-tvlc-. all present oii'evveiirg. VVUsn the , | ii.ii.ist. r had concluded, the reevrend mar. j , a worJ oi hope, and ih. u retired bnhin-J tbe i ! tsoodew alms ture. sfot waik.ng away from ' thv w-ouui ui rCeuv. The cond. mnud bv.ng ; ' **ntj-iice i? jmlicul mur l . — " int.l Intn ier. I *lM tB l*i e service ni..l for the CO f I 1 my cuiii>t<e. That is all I have to say.' " The assistant of ilarahi.lt .'dnsiuy. '>-•> w).i> ti.e "orders" n-u b.i.ig read hud * l.r«t»;'\ nid ill a iou I voire, "Cut it abort, " | row. hod tho prisoner, and after arvsngi.g . tt.e r-o.-v or. ttio nvck of the criminal, prer res;" cui'g tho .fispnsilioa of hu body, etc."' ' ! Then the cap was drawn down. A inuinet- _ . teiy vHmcs pirtsilsi Tne IV-l I'rovosl : ; Marshal* w.th a clang, ifoaw h>a- sword ; r from its scabbard, pte.enled' tha weapon! and lowered lis pr int to the earth. -In- j . staidly a dull thug sounded from iftthin the [ ^ j euciusure, followed by another as thej i widghia descended, and this body of Ileal'. ; I j the pirate and *py. h-iog snsjieodud six fort j . in ll.a air The boilv stichllv l*Slv l bY ; The sligbily taayo.l ^ ^

: the swift upward motion, the left leg bsrely ; .. : contracted, the g uved hand* twitched lor 1 moment. Thro the cheat wwrlfod visibly, ! ( i instuDtly callapsicg. th>- spirit having dv- N parted for ever. After hanging twenty min- , nntrk th* body «a> taken down. '1 bn enr- j • geon of the post, inude his examination, ! j nifOHTmnEFfl- M»-oprnion thnt-lho mnn-was . n ■lead. Other physicians having ligreeJ to 1 :, thi* slnlcmi ni, the Muck cap was removed, anil tbn eye* of the deed uian wore closed by pressing the lidsdown frmly, Neil th-* ( •: rope was tekeff froth the oeri, .li?eli.*ing a , a. ; bread discnforalten *.f the skin. The body ' *■ dressed in the befaerurt uniform of a rebel - wards boron lo the i.'oad lo-i" c, al^iicn it * ; uill be claimed by tho ftirnd*. j , bine eyev. light colored hair Mil iwoasuChe.. „f pi. jsmg ruuiitvnsRCO and sb-.m * . thirty years hf lie was horttin Jcf- , j fetsoiv county'. Virgin- ., and received a V fempls)* cUfsinvl education at the Char. ~ j lottavidlr University. HUTim-.lv were very ; ' uealthy, tlu-ir pri.pstty being rained si a . million and a half of dollar*. At the time [ ; of thr famous John Brown raid, R.-oll Recti ! , ! amiul fire* mile* from Harper'* I-', rrv, on.! J ; continued to re-iile tlierr until lbs oulbr .!,# • ; of the rebellion. " He waa one of the lir«t , to cepoute the it he I ca'isa iu bis neighbor. * . Atir! less wsfrty knoxx" na one of the r iih.sI determined and hnplaesbln ad-ocst-s : „ or ss-ceesiop. As a reward for lni ardor in j the cause of treasou he was nmdi? captain i • in the Second Virginia infantry, and served ; ■ under tbe celebrated St>>nnwull Jack-on. ' lie" was sngsge.l in a number of the promt- i r.tietit-hattlev fonghs in Visginis. JUoLwai fl, |... ' naHy transferred to tba'rwbc! navy, receiv- • 2 , iug a com mist inn as acting master's urate, j SHERIDAN! !; ANOTHER VICTORY! EIGHTEEN' HUNDRED I'RISD.NKRS CAl'TURED. Thv swarnw of reh»4 deserters 1oGhn."-J {'Grant's array report that -Gen. Sheridan » ,-ha* captufe.l Charlotte* ill-*: V a., defeated j Early and taken njm prisoner, with a lar.e , ; 'part of his fore*. Desarlvrs' xiories are ' ^ noj always to he relied on ; but there seem* ; " ' to be good ground for b.-lrcving that this * one is, ia the main, correct. Tbe Ilaleigh Stafe Journal, of March 2d, • ^reports that our forces hnce defeated theirs ' ! snmewb.'re Brnr the Capo Fear river, and : {that General Hagoou's brigade, wit.i tire |« exciqiiion of one battalfon, hai been cap. ; { ; lured. Thus G.ncral Grant's grand plan is ; ; working well nil around. In Into rebel papers vre hf vn the m.-'vsaga j \ - of Governor Brown to l!ie{Grorsia Ltgis-' * -| latere. - The main portion ol it coii.«uu Uf ; t . denunciation of the Jeff. Davis government I J ' and of Jeff, himself in pmrtlc-.lar, who, be ! J i *ayt. will have (o be reatrainad, or the 1 " whola crew of rebel conspirators "must j | sink together, and all he buried in irrecov- ' K ; erabhrtorn." He give* various prescrip- I I lions for tbe eradication of th* iunaptmabtv l i ills of tha sick confederacy, and insists that x I State militia • hall be aollrely free from • i the control of tha Richmond authorities, ! * | Allogntker the doconieut i* better ealcula. ' ' ted for any o}her purpoae than to asautthe h ' now drvparwtely »|tqvt-.-d rehrlliow, , {

SPECIAL NOTICES. WHISKERS! nUGKERS ! Do r>u vra'-l WihUcrs *r >!u.tache*« Our Owed.:. (jparp-und Will larva tbea to crow on tbd iwou'ti-i: (ueor ehia. ur-fvlr en b»W heaCt ia ut ; wn-k'S. Price. »IM. St a t,v u.*Jaop«hrre, «lo»clj re-. ia.l, ,.«iK*u^t«r • • "j A Utrca*, Waiter X Co., B.ouk!rt\ Sew rarkmi. . dts C-lf DEAFNESS. Ili.lVllMA* AND ! CATARRH, TRFATEO, wita the Woest .»«>, tjr Dr. J. ( ivAtCx ualM anil Anrtx, { li.rtoetlj- of Ur>Wo, { .No. »:s ns^Uiitl. VoliadcipLit. Taarl- ' 1 ml»t? fr-M i'ie mm re'da-qe w.urcesta meCltv •. I --..iitry eaa be ?.*|i qt hiv t»3.-e. Tar or«*U * are to rated to actom-an, tad, r.vrieou.aa .ia fcU >'r:""ia»- AHTtMt-'lAL !. i u..er.r4 -rfltooft p«;c. >Ko sharje a>?4eTor .N»a:a*:!on. . ^ jtU.r jonx n. IIIFFMA*. Altorncj- i.-i :itr. Uaslcr, Exantarr, ahd SoIirUcr ist < iunrrry. .-APE M.tv fJV.IT Ho'. sr, NEW JJTISET. 1 "ur* V' ,:V j"' r,'b*r elT') L It,-.. .11 u:i;e Oi--d*. Sua.'? A Mertxagea, Laswe*. Art It Sea m Agree, rat. WiUa, acd all klad* .to CUatiwet*. s. ttc » .-I a.-k.i.>» lr«!ge all Ltod. of vrrtriac^ either - Me fc ,\»ri '' ' ~ '.loll'1' *rM* vuvwoe ni »ueh. n,- ' i Niuupacf *u kladcaod th*|Itnt MAic uii:i ). G I ) D F It K V — STITK8. — A t Beverly, on t1... 27-.h .if J.. |v, I H!|, by the Rev. i'. I'oaiT. Captain Benjamin J. tfiidfrvy, -f Tnckahi-.-. ' May Co., N'Tj., to Miaa ; Jane N. .Set,..; DeTtqi.v.ile. N. J. ' 1 TOWN .■» KN D — M.-K LAG. — At Court Itoiree. F.-hruary 27th. lnfi.'., by R*v. W. S. i-.J.-i", Mr. Charles W. | nwnvvnd, of Go. siii it, to Miss Ann* Mi Keay. formerly . f > : i:D. CHAMBERS. — On fiVhroar* 27tb, '63. ^arah Jin r Cl^imViera, the wife of John ' t'hantliur*. i» ibw 3t*t year of- her agw. Imreall. in e.lr • I— l.-r Nn-well! ; Though i.-.r.!, ..I O.J I u ta pari, W iHi yen lite ieved »m> o( a. head. ' ' a wife, toll W ._. kind aad true | I »ny..r <re«r« ll '"..or*, tnnre. wlleu ! I I hoi*, ere Ion*, to U- Willi you.

ADVERTISEMENTS Tobacco Mint . . I ..Y hardware • ow'|{.|.t| AN S„AWN.. -i rUqht TM»'y-IIre. Markr'. 1- low NlaU. Philadelphia. ^ ^ Horn- i-ochn, " "'"'™TKn]l(.. x snA(v, *5. . No. i !;.- -lit 1 hir-j-U'. i MaaLet. twb.ve Slatb, PhUattolphla. A tirral I'uav .era 11...1 .or -n!e *>TnrMAN,4( 5I1AW Nn. tVnL':;!.: thtrlT-tl.i-i .'!..r*el, te-low Ninth, «.l|..l?li.hlra_ 1MB?. It NOTICE. re"i-'e..: . M y ...nol > will he held r.t tho ' s-mhv't 1V1 Ni\..!'dAricniM»«, l" i '{'• '■■■"* I^j l-ri'l'tlety til eitabjy.ust.y si Fic'.tjr. coj ut. t'TII F OF ATTAtllMrNT -Nollre ra ht-e^r - or I "palaat'he f.ta'en' I Soieinhar XHh, tato" I !< MILES P. SMITH, Clerk. «'• Kiaon-s, •!>'.. mV-ln llltUHitltC'S EXCEEHIOK r COFFEIL # P. T.) MY CtfXTdXKRA ' 1> C««»rwwN J , >l*reh S. >S*i. . Pri e of nmw-n!nr> s:\cridH.ili (OFFEK at " lb'* d tie la * -.> |wr -leu. An* a-ftanwfo price tn luture will be Jiubluhed tn the Philadelphia Latere. Oaiall ili-tow^ra a* ^orrbr.^ to In amad .piaalltlea, I artlr? not hvv-ug tnld this OoaKsbtltar* wllllar rtrnsflt ancment.1 nnd ti nnretoeMe. have Uw i-r.\ .lee.' of rviuintag it tf In pad .irdrr, at the ewd ; oi thirty day*, and money rvitoned. Unto.-, in m.il |ir*m|>nv -oiendrd to. , r f~ I .ood« natlvcred In I1ille.k lr!il»freeotehar*e. • msJ Ml.o L MOWSBtk CAKPKTITVGS. •" *T. STKWAltT DI3PUY, _ • AT M. MAHAN'8 . 2it Sonlh Second hlrpft. abote Sproct-, PIllfoVDULPIIlA, i Atrnt'l.D ladle the attention »rh:« friend* tod ! 1 1 She iHitare to oiw of the tor*--' »toek» of C AKPrTS, till. CLOTHS. MATHXR*, tVIMBOW 'SUA DPS. he., At-., tha: to- haa had to offer them for"* I 'II- oy year. -at very -mall pioBia. I Saia..fhN. _ J • - tioninsiiOD: iw hale.* IS PCnaCANiT of an onler of the Orrthsaa Court orjhe I'-uniy of rain Mar, N. J., at DeI ces her Ten*. I"C*. the -'jhwrtrwr*. C.iinmmioneri, or.leieil by -aid Court, trill -ell at pui-lle aale at the . I alore uf Laoeli Kdmunila, ta the City or Capt (aland, • A.\TCRI>AV. APRIL •, USS, 1 at ! o'rlpek tn the aftrino-jn. the following deaerlhed 1 realcatale. lair the |-ro|wrty of Anthony Crease, d- ei.ed, aituate la the Ijtwrr towrnahip. County aud Stale afore. liejlDU-Bd et the -onlhwr-t ; corner ol the lot on whieh mil Crrvae Ureea-ed, rr- ; »iil d.and running Iheoee -outh rodpgrerarnat. al\ ; iw-rehA arvl eirhlrea tinka. tl.ene- north ts.|e«reea < we«r, 0te pap-bea aud Iw'iaity-thiae link-,- turner ! Dortf. thrte j.-aehe. Io the l-Tlooing. roouinlnic 1 aevva aqilmre jieirhet of Itnd. < onditloa- made known on day ofavle by N VTtlA.N C, PRICE, j 'KLBB I" Ut March 1, ISS3. _ c -mataaloher*. 6'JM HOP KINS' 62H U OOP SKIRT MANCEATDHV, ,N«. *06 Statu ■tract, above Math. Philadelphia. WHOLESALE AMI RETAIL. Tha moat eomrdetu 01 tmenl and beat qualltr' and >t)l<f »r L$i<-'. M.-sea* and ChtMrrn'a Hoop •' Skiare. tatbeCtiy. -I hoar of "Oua Owa M-aa,n , are gotten up rtpro. 1. to ineef th* waata of Plrat I SrahJ *££*. aliea leasih* amfalM waiata, la trail | ud plain WlM l$ lmiwtn Cie tprnor.lrem u W *4 iwehea long n.ul » V. ».H *V. ». I Si . IN. taUlj ! vanta round tne bottom t makln. a»e* Ituta a has-. *red tartrtlre U* Ladle- i to Mtaar.' avd thtod. ee •* SKIRT* we »t.bei. .n.1 all c.mietlpoo ; ail lh»»aro k— ; ma-'e by u, have liampvd wa the kid pM-Bepklaa' Il-M.p Skirt hl-nuto. 'ory. .No am Area fttwal, Phil-, adelphla an* are warranted to give ratt-fecllvu. ; P- Agent* for (he "NRW. > L)r\lBLr." SKIRT, tlrn.u-t pll.lde lloop WUrt made, eqnal to JWwdley'* -Duple* EUplto" Skltt, and at much )aw*f price-. * Alto, eoaatutlr la revelpt of a full aunrttoeut of good l.A»t,n. -j,a,V Salt!., which are beta* -Old a*, vert low price* — Kid paddnl and s>et*IU> (aatewed ' tpriuk-i s > .vol.. Jj ■p.'.s*. Or tax 16 -prUiga (1 IS, I jd-pttags 6t ti ao.l to •.•■icy* 61 10, sUita Bade t.1 order, ajtrred and rrpulrrd. Tens* C-IOr-U't t OaLV. Por utietifar 1 octstatow OUoioau* of • tjleo i.-ugiha.auaa and Pwre?, «U wt ta midma , 1 HOPKTN? Hoop's UYHdAbVPACTOKV. I NO. m A SIB at ft.., I'MtLAOCLMM*. _toP-J