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/ CAPE ISLAND. CAPE MAY COUNTY, NEW JERSEY, /WEDNESDAY. APRIL 12, 1865.

NO. 16. " "

J-rlcct |? get™,.. ► — — THE SOLDIER'S WIDOW. Wot! for BIT vlnMl *4 home ! Th»* l« tfcuuUl tr«r be so dtfk to mr. With lit bright thrnhoU, "ivl itt wht«|«Hng tree ! Thtt 1 should mrrow, . Fruiu the loaeljr eeho of n i reed. Beneath tSerboWree Of my glortou* deed I Lend on! inj- orphan bog! Thj hoax U not to desolate to thee. And the low (hirer tn the linden Iret M »r bttns to thee > Joy ; Put, oh I how dark >• Ilia bright home before thee To her who with agnyous spirit bore thee I lewd oo I for thou art now My sole remaining beipei. Cod hnth rpokrn, And thd alrooc heart I traneuyrpoa ia broken ; And I hate aeen hie brow. The forehead of my upright one, and juat, ' Trod try Ilia hoof of battle to the duet. lie trill not meet thee there Who bleated thee at the eventide, my ton ! And when the thadowa of the night ataai on, He wlfl not roll lu praje.The Up* that melted, giving thee lo GoB, ^ Are In the ley keeping of Re tod ! Ay, my own boy ! thy tire • It with the rler peer of the vtllry rait, And the proud rtary of my Ule hath pelt. With h>» high gin tire of Are. Woe ! that the linden .and Ihe vine thank! bloom, -■ nd a Juat man be gathered to the tomb ! -fntwratiug jHorit. DAVID PI AT SON. On* bright gumm|tr/«fornTnp. mora lb«n threticore y*.>r* agd? Hariri Matron , with' bit young wife nod Iwobenlrhy, bare-footed j boyt, stood on llto n*r.k of tbp rirer negr their dwelling, Tbey were ^waiting there for PeUllhh .'Curtis to come round the point [ with hi* wherry", nnd take the br>»hhnd and father to tho port, • few mllee below. The Lively Tortle w»« nbont to nail on n yoyug* i to Spain, and Darid wet to go in her at . mate. They atood tbera fa the level morn tag fombine, talking cheerfully ; bnt, bad » yon been negpennaph, yon could have aeen tear* IrTXHna MaUon't bine eve*, for the j lorad her hatband, and kntw there wat al. i way* dapper on'the tea. And nevid'* blnlT, cheery voice trembled a littla now and then, for tha honetl tailor loved "hit home on the Mrrrimnc, with the dear wifa and her pretty boy*. BoYpiesently the wherry came along- ' •id*, and Darid war jo*t tleppinp-tnto tt, wban ha inrned back to kiia hi* wifa and ' children once more. i "In with yon, man*" laid I'eUtiah Cur- j ' tia. "There'* no time for kming, and »nch j fooleriea, when tha tide »er*e»." And an they parted. Anna nnd ihe bny* J went back to their home, and Darid to l he jiort, whence he sailgd off in the. Lively j Turtle * A k.I mnntlia liatretl — aul uni II fill- ! And anlamn Col. j

lowed the tummer, nnd winter the dutunir., and then tpringcame, and anou it waasummer on the river-side, and he did not com« hack. And another year paited, and then tha old lailor* and fishermen abouk their A head* solemnly. and taid the Ugely Tnrll« wet a lo«t thip. and would neret com# back to port. And poor A two had bar bombanine gown dyed, and bar »trow bonnet trimmed in moamipg ribbon*. end thenceforth the eat kuown only a* the Widow Matron. And bow wa* it all tki* time with David hlmielf ? Now yo^ wrott know that Ihe Mahamme. dan people of Algiers, and Tripoli, and Mopedore and Salle*, ooJb* Barbaf y coatt, bed for a long time been in the habit of Siting out 'galley* and armed bnnla to artce ■ npoo,iAertbenl iMeitrf Christian iiatmu^t •nd make tla*r» of their claw* nnd pataeuger*. jutl pa eien calling tbrmitJm Christ - innt in Ameiica were tending rrtwl*. t>> Africa to calph bleck »la*e* for their plantations. The Livaly Tnrile fell into the J band* of on* of theee roving sra-roblwr*. > and ihe crew were taken to Algiers, and . •old in lh» Ana'kei-place a* tlavts, poor ; Ifovid Mutton amang the real. Whan a boy he"bad learned tha trade of ; Vhip-carpecler with hia father on the Met- j rimac; and new b# wa* eel at work io the ' dock-yani*. Uu master, who wa* uator- ; ally a kind wtalC did not overwork him.— | He had daily bit thrmt loare* of bread, and whep bi« clolhiog waa worn ool iu place wa* (applied by. tho coaree cloth of wool and camel*' heir woven by the Berber women. Three boor* before sunset he rv- | leaaed from work, and Friday, which ia the Mohammedan Sabbath, wti a day of entire rati. Once a year, al ihe teuton called ' Ramadan, be wa* left al leiaore for a whole week. Bo time went OB— dajv, weekt, month!, nnd years, Hie dark hnir fcnenmgrev. He. Hill dreamed of Mi old bom* on the Mrrrimnc, nnd of bit good Anna nnd ! tha boy*. H# wondered if tbey ret lived. 1 whet Ibejrtbongbt of him, and what tbey : mere doing. The hope of erer eeeing them •gain grew fainter nod fainter, and at last ; o-aily diad col; and ba reelgned bimatir to ! * hie fata aa a alave for life. Bnt opa day a haadeome, middle-aged gentleman, in tha dree# of ona or hit own countrymen, attandad by a great o«e*r of . tha Day, entered the abip-yard, and called L mp before kited* American captives. Tha

[ hand a* they came up, nnd told tjiem they : were free. Aa yon might agpect, tha poor g : felloes were very gialefnl : *s*it laughed, ' some wept for joy, tome shouted and »nnp. " ; tud threw ap their cept,' while other*, with ; Darid Motion mnnnp them, knell down on j the cbpps end ' theuked God for \tb« great ■ j deliverance. "Thi* it a very affecting tceoe." said the j romim**i»a< r. wiping hit eyet. I mu«t keep ! ihe impression of it for my Cotnmbled , nnd, drawing ont his tablet, lie proceeded , io writ* on the spot an apostrophe to Free, i dom, which afterward found a place in hi* j gre»t epic. I Darid Mation hud tared a little money | during bit captivity, by odd job* and work "I on holidays. He got a passage lo Mabyrn, j where bd bought n nice *lmwl for fait wife ! end a wnlch fur each of hi* bays. He then ■want to the qoey, where an American (hip i wa* lying juat ready lo sail for Boston. " | Almost the first man he taw on board ! was Pelatieb Curli*. wrho bad rawed hint | down lo ihe port «ee#n jeer* before, lie 1 found that hi* old neighbor did not know ' 1. him, *o changed wn» be with his lung beard ' and Moorish dress, whereupon. wilhontV-ll- , ing hit name, he began lo put qaeelione ; about hi* old home, and finally aikod him j : if be knew a Mr*. Metson. "I rather think I do," said i'ulaliab ; "»h*'» my wife." "Vonr wifeTrr"cried the other. "She it mine before God and man. 1 am Darid , Maison, and she is tho mother of my cbil- ,. dren." |J "And mine loo I" (aid I'elstinh. 1 left . j her with a baby in her artna. If you nra , j Darid Mairoa, your right to bur it out- , j lawed ; at aoy rtt«. she ismine, and I am I ! tat the man to giro her op." , j "God is great !' ' said poor Darid Matgon, , J unconsciously repeating the familiar word* , i of Moslem ftibmiwioH. "Hi* will be done. ! I loved her, but 1 shall never tee her again, j ' I I Gire ilictc, wiih my bihseing, lo the good i i wotnno nod ihe bnye," end b» handed oeer j , | with n«igh, ibe iillle bundle containing' j Ihe ^ifta for hi* wife and children, i He shook hand* with Ins rival. P. Ini tiab," he taid, looking bark as be left the . ! tbip, "be kjpd lo Anna and my boys." "Ay, ay, *?K" responded the sailor, io ^ a carele** tone, lie watched Ihe poor man j passing (lowly i|p the narrow street unlit { nut of Sight. "It is a hard case for old ( j Daritf," Be said, helping himself l^'a fresh , I quid of tobacco; "but 1 am giaH I've seen ! ! the last of him." j Whm Prlutiab Curtis renghed home ho '■/ told Anna tha story of hfisbsnd, and | ' laid bin gifts in her lap. She did not shriek ^ | nor Taint, for ihewu* a healthy woman, with . j strong nerreVf bnt she stole away by ber|t strung urrvos ; uas rue iiuiv swtj uj u«i-

self and wept bitterly. She livad many ! year* after, but could never be prrsusded 1 H lo wear the prvHf shawl which the husband ; „ of her yool.b had senl her as his farewell ; r Sift. M There Is. however, a tradition tbnt, in < k accordance with her dying with, it wns ' _ wrapped about hor poor old khooldcra in ! the coffin, and buried with her. Tha litlla old boU'e-nya watch, which i* w (till in the possession of one of ber grandchildren, is now all that remain* to tell of ■ j llarid Matson— the loal maa, — Our Young ; Folkt. ■ * Schools of Cape .Hay Couuty. d (LTitnlNTEMPCTrr RBTOItTS. i . rrrnn roWKSBtr. e According to costom, I lend yon tha an- | y nual report expected from town snperinteoi. dent*. It being my Ural year in office I hare not ,, been enabled jtl to accumnlaU all tha in- . formation desired, to an»«rr yonr series of v | questions as eorrectly in every particular as i, j 1 would like to have done, j j Our schools are provided with lawfully r j licensed teacher*, and a* fat as 1 am capiTi hie of judging, tbey are conducted in'a cre,f ditable and efficient manner. JOHN STITKS. Ji., e ' ' loan Supcrintmdent, . - CA tt ISLAND - | 1 herewith tend you the required »tatisil : tic* of onr schools, with only a (ew ajdi- • tional remarks. I j Onr school* are kept open not more than - : tbrej quarter* in the year. DoringTbe past ■ ' year tbey have been iMoccenfnl operation » ! fop about thtt<,time. l'h# teaeheia bava * : been excellent, end in proof of thle, in red \ forence to the male v,te*cfiar,'I will remark « | that ha it now on biMgeond year in the | public school, end had previously taught ■ j here in a aelacl school. I believe bint te o j ba of the flret order of tesebtr*. d | Onr eommaaity la waking upeomewhat, I, 1 In reference to the subject of education, io y I evidence of which I will remark that a sen | I ret school has been started this Autumn, it with a view of permanency ■. 1 his school is o j conducted by Rer. J. 1*. Hughes, a natlra of this county, and formerly the Principal d i of the Rdgw Hill school, at Princetoa, N. n | J. The attendana* has bees good, all that if ; ona teacher coald do justice to, and hat for d j want of va liable room, in nanistnat would e | bare bean omplojed, as quit* a number >, | could not gain n inmunre who sought it. O | lore the probe at Winter for a charier for , an and Mntoamd, it I* InUndad ' ' . •

y to erect suitable buildings for tha pnrpote. >r \l should al*o remark that we have entireI. lyl remodeled our icbool house, at an expense of several hundred dollars, so that h we hare now two fine school rooms, sealed n io modern style, which are not excelled by t any in the couot\. J. S.'LEACn, B . Scfywl Superintendent. i-owsnt Towgsiui*, In accordance with your request and the ' req'niremenu of tho law, I herewith tran«mit .Series No. 2. and a report of the public ■ school* in the I.ower Township, Cupe May. i'oonty. Tho number of scholara between the nee* of five and eighteen itfour hundred ' and filly-two, for thu present year coding ' 186a. The amount of money recnived from # surplus revenue it 860. do ; thu county ap. 1 porlinnr.ient 0161.00; raised by tax, 81^ 1 ' 336.00; total amount, ^h.577.45. Tliit I amount is expended in paying teacher*, in j i purchasing fuel, and io paying soch other I ' [ incidental expanse* u* the necessities of the | ' j School* require. I haw* visited the schools : ' j about once a quarter, and, in all cites, have I ; bean cordially received b«lb by teacher* < ' and children. They Invd shown a willing- I ' nesa in whatever seemed likely to promotn1 the licit interest* of the school*, nnd ad. | I vanec thu cause of edncatinn. All the i 1 j'ncboTJD are at present rnpplied with teach- ) ere, who, so 'ar a* I can jndgr, are intelli. j ' gent and well qualified. Tbey appear to , ' bu devoted to the profession in which they , are engaged, and labor assiduously- for the advancement of the children placed fonder ■ their care. ' Hoping the cause of education will evof ; prosper, 1 submit this brief report. DAVID KW1.VU, J'Jinen Superintendent. ] dknmk Towxmitr. The schools of Dennis Township are enjoying a good degree of prosperity, owing priacipally,to the fact that tha township j made a liberal appropriation for the support J of the schools, and in consequsnce we are ! enabled to employ good and efficient teacher*. Few, if aoy, township* in the State | hare a better corps of teacher* than Ifonnis. W# are deficient in good building*. | Out of the six, but two of them are adapted to tha wanta of Ihe districts in which lliey j are located. Tho other fonr, in construe- j ; tion, had no view1 to health, comfort or ; architecture, and are most miserablo ahan. j ties, indeed. J. II. D1VKRTY, i Tom Superintendent. j J An abstract from the returns of the pnh- I - lie schools of the several townships io Cape'; , May county ; ,

lihll Is -j r • ! . , ~ _ I Whole oumheruf Out run lu town, i ~ I ship or rlt) . c. -i u c» — i bfomher of public schools In cilj or I . - IOWB*hlp. I 5sl $■ S o I humbcr.tf chitdna brtwren the 1 1 Stoic »i I »*»» of Hvr tod slghteen years. | Si ssiil s-s-tssrssaa.-*-] ||!-PI ; -1 I SsSSSS Anmuol of rnooey received from the : ggggg siSsi Amount of ranary matved from issss ■ o CT S 2 js Total amount rtlssd tad spproprlt- . K"t" * w ted to ocbool purpart. \ SgS8g I C-. -v o> -j ru J Number of teacher*. COWCABATIVg STATKMCNT. The following table show* tha amount of money railed in tha eonnty in 1863 and 1861. 1863. Amount raised by tax, 81.931 OA " ree'd from other sources. G09 85 't raited io addition for building, Ac., 35 00 Total $5,565 85 1864. Amount raised by tax, $6,190 OA " ree'd from other sonrces. 412 45 " raited ia addition for bnildlog, Ac., . 800 00 Total $7.4112 45 Inereeee of appropriation for '64, 81,836 CO — A women is either worth a good deal or nothing. If good for nothing, the it not worth getting jealous for ; If sha V* a iras women, aha will give no cewse for jealousy. A mea ts e brute to be jealous of a good i womee— a fool to be jeeloas of a worthiest ona ; hel be is edoubl* fool to cut his throat ! for either of them. — The "boy" who wee told that the best . cere fer the palpitation of ibe heart was to . quit kitting the girls, said, "If that'* the I only remedy I eey lel'er palpitate !' ' r — X Toatt.— "ilerb's to the internal Iro- , proremenU !" ea Dobbe eaid wbae be swal- . lowed n dote of sells, r —Dow doe* Jock Froat woo the roaa1 bod T . An*. — ^WUi thon.

■ilfcciiim Scene. B" j Tbongh it begin* li bo believed th-it 4 he < brer* men of oar land, already -devoted. ,l i beTc fought Ihe best of the battle, vet the i I ' enli'tment of hutbsnd* and fathers, with ail '' t i"ts touching conriimitants. continues to re- i I past the parting scene' in many" a family, i j A wrifer gives the folluwiug s* an illuttre- j I Tha better part oT man's nature. at.wi-H | e ' t* the worlf fna tubes, are often mad visible r ' at tho supervisor's volunteering room.. 'c A whole family, mother om^jjlvjs cbil- j J. dren, led by Uuir stalwart head, the ho*, j n band and father, presented, themselvat a, d | few day* since, to Chairman Blent, in New ' i 9 York, for the six hundred dollera' buubty. it h«, the hustiand, having just been rxnm- | 1 >• j ined and mastered in.- j' r- It was a larga family, and a sorrowful ! ' • ' one— all except the lull., tow headed, frl- ' 1 n lorf'in il* mother's arms, who was leaping ! ■ ir I tnp crowing ea though li* nelty thought it 1 " a I wns excellent fan. e capital joke. | 1 a j The family appeared like a respectable ' • on*, tbongh the hand of poverty evi lently " • ' rested heavily upon it, and this, moat like i ' • Kv, was the last roaOrt. tha last hope. Ihe ' " | throwing of one urrrhoa'rd to save 1 he rest. < -I A* Mr. ltlunt countedoat lh« money— e one, two, three, fonr. live, six hundred dob ' -jlers, and presented ' il. a kind of sickly, ' ® j den lehr* which were cunrsidg down his ' f! checks; for his lime, he know, with* his 1 ' | family— ils joys ai-d hopes — was now about ' v | up. His 'children were clinging lo his legs, i > begging him not la jeave I hem ; hit w if-. ' ^ | too foil lo speak, looked unalterable griefs, ' , j and clong ell thy closer to her babe. The 1 money was all right ; he held it .n hit hand. ' | mare thin he had owned at once, do.-ing ' , j nil hit lifetime. •« . i "God bless rm. wife end children; we ' I I must now part, perhaps forever. This ■ 5 j money, wife, is yours; bat let me give ' I : some to each ; it will gratify mo. end will ' » ; go to you whenever yon want it. Here, ' - j wife, i* one hundred dollar* lor you ; may ' I i Heave,, bless you ; Here. Billy, it one - j hundred dollars for you . be good end lruo ' . to your molher, end, as you are the oldest, " I | watch faithfully over your brothers and tit. j ' r I tars. James, here is onahondred dollars'1 • for you: give it tn your -mother whenever J r I she warns It. Mary, take this one hundred I - | dollars, be a good girl, and in your prayers ' ' I pel Alice I ere it one hundred dollars for I I yon to keep until CO d mamma require* it. ' And now. toy lulls- land without a name— - yes, -let us call it livpn; do you tay so. ° wifcr - - j It was assenled to. '■Tk.n I,..,. ,.<n lillt,, i I '^Then here, litt'e croaing cock— j

' llfrH the littla fellow ! 1 may never tee bun ! * ] again. Kiss uic, boy. Here, put this one i 1 J hundred dollars in yonr -.little baud, and don^l cat it, but pass it ovor lo yonr mo- 1 j lhar ea soon as po**ibl»." ; ' j The noble. hearted fellow's heavy frame 1 ; teemed to quiver all over es hejitusbed his ' j distribution ami knew that* his I me bed 1 r ; corns, lie embraced each and ail (eptrat-- 1 ly, and declared himself ready to go. r j "But,"»eys Mr. Blunt, "there is another | r ' hundred dollars coming to you— tha band ' | money. Who brought you here?" ; 1 j "That weo bit of a babe, your honor ; I'd I ' r never come in the world bad il not beyu lor I that dear. babe." j "Well, then, the band mony or premium - j belongs to him t "Bless me, it it roj Wife, put that one j J hundred dollar* into the savings bunk for! Hope, and never loach it if yoo can help-it 1 — if yon can help it, mind— until he comet ! ' of age. God bless the little fellow ! He starts well in the world, after all, and may yet be president. " The man stepped upon the platform of ^ - the lurn-tlile, and was whirled in out w| sight of tbo world aud all he loved. Tire f whole scene was a most touching one — one ] or troa family affection, and long to be remembered by all who witnessed it. Who tayt that poverty sears end dries up the i J living streams of affection, ncd the mater- I nal fore which we hear toward our kind? 1 — Mr. Toot, coming borne late one night i ^ from meeting, waa met at the door by hi* wife. 9 "l'retty time of night, Mr. Toot, for yon '' to ctnc home— pretty time, three o'clock 9 •» the morning; yon thu father of a family." "Tieo't Three— ii'e only one ; I beard it 5 strike ; committee always sits till one ' o'clock." "Mr. J«ol you're drank. Xl'a tbrrn in I the morning." t "I say, Mr*. Toot, It's one. I beard it < s strike one as (icam* round the corner, tsro - - or tbiee limes. d 1 i , — According to the calculations of Prof, j x Ceselta da Fopdoace, the present popnle- , tion of tb* world is 1,300, 000. 000. Allow- , t ing for increase in popnlstiun at an eono«! 0 rata, of 1 in 292, it it shown that the present e jvopulation woold be reached in 5863 years. Tii is patting the in create at a low rate. — An editor ie western New York is in | I- a bud fix. He dunned a subscriber for hie aubacrtbtien, which h# refused to pay, end ^ u threatened Io BugUe editor if he slapped , b'tepnpM'. _

Only a Child. ■ I In the afternoon I strolled into the burial- - j ground, a place I ortan visit. My old friend j t i thu sexton, with whom, el *ome future day ( > i I may pnibaMy here a nearer arqnainlance 1 . I —when he shall ba my last agent here upon . earth — was nrcupied with bis u»u«l melntv-? i j cholv task, digging a grave. The o|jl man j ' J is e philosopher in his «ay. On this day ! i , he was cheerfully smoking his pipe, end,. < i resting a few minute* on hi* spade, greet-d I i ■■<• wills a contented, complacent smile. j < j "Well. *bq shall you bary here?" 1 ca- > i anally asked bint, "O. only n child," wa* bis cateles* reply. . ' as be roumed his nark. ^ I ' "Only a eliiUl" thrnght I. s» I turned i away. "Only a child!" O.-oid man, you i ! evening after evening, bedded the little * 1 tfoiSan. ringleted bead oo its pillow. «ud s J nutched the darling'* slumber at its lull* ( ! velvety band reposed upon your breast.— ' I have never welcomed lire fir-l lo«,k of I : waking spiritual lifo ; hare not gaaed uja... r recognize a inotber * love in tliet glenrv >! You have never sh-d e widow's 'leer* on t that new.born baby •* hen.l. which, as yet. r does net know its lo,*. Your heart, bowed * down and inconsolable, has never felt itself t reiwtrd np again by thai feeble voice. You d never waged a hard ,trifo ailh I lie "* , world, never braird Ihe pang, of .ell-deniaR | that your l-m* darting might want for no- ! - ' and never in ... .nnocent pr.llle found a „ r.c-h recomponsa for all that you hare un- „ lie r gone lo thiald that little one from want. Iifo't journey? |W the al.y of your declining years, and that al Ineat one eye * di Iwan, y which that child has ever borne the bright, est part ; yo'i have never known what it is nng/i*l< when si.knesv rail upon her darling when the clear aye became dim. and the t little bead throbbed with the bent of fever: paiience *ho bore that light burden, hour after hour, up and down the airk chamber, i laid her hand upon ihe beating heart, or prersvd the burning forehead, in hope of el- ' laying tll« suffering* of thai hoar. You have never knoari ihe wrelchedneis i and mid of n mother'# bewrl whec, efler »" hope hat departed, she ba* bent herself j over that Child'* deal h. bed After all. aid we. vain, and Ihe lillln sufferer -

| breathed il* lest sigh, Itt feverish head ptl. • | lowed on the fon.l mother'* bosom: : V pii I.W-.H ir. thin earth of that child'a cold fore. | as the coffin-lid closed over it, and ! the moarnert were standing ready lo hear ; their light burden lo the cold nntl narrow 1 chamber which you are now preparing lor • No. old roan, you have -erer fell all ibis ; i i end well it i* for you that yeo should never ; | know it, els# would your work be weary ! j and sod. But if you had once felt il you. j would never have so carelessly answered, "I "Only e child Indian Justice j Many years ago, when n gentleman from j the-crntral port ofjilas Uempaliire w*s in I the l'equaket country, ^tending to his j property near.lhe. villuge of Fryaburg, a I | company ol Indiana from the renobscol tribe came there for a temporary abode, and pitched their {eot* on an elevation near the j SaCo river. In pasting to bit lends he no- j f l.cadeeqoaw kneeling to pick strawberries, nnd creeping to different, parte of ilia patch ' that furnished the frail. Heretlitud# struck him a* singular; but he concluded she look \ that posture u the inost convenient for the purpose. Un hi* return she had disappeared, and he ; 1 supposed she had gone to sell barrie*. t> at j i a* he approached ibe*ettlemoptheobwved | the unusual aight of ao Indian carrying a squaw on bU back. A renter view showed him the persou whom bp sew in the slfowberry field. After having witnessdd the j occurrence several lim#*, on inqttiTy of the , Indians, es to the cause of ibis action, one , of them replied: 'He bed Indian, lie drink t much Sorcspe*. He drank, end Ohecipie „ get (d.vel) io hired. Than ba put squaw's , foet in fire. Tbey burn off. As he looked, be se^ they were crippled end ntelcts. The tribe resented the crnelty, end iu # council wee ebont to decide on his imme- , diet* axecniioe. But one of the eider end wiser of the number interposed hie opinion, and gava tfaia advice; "No ahoot ; tneka live long es sqoew llvo; mske him , carry sqaew when she weal walk ; when- „ squtw die, than shoot. The dscision we* in accordance with, the e . ,'une.l, end tbn* secoretf to lb# injored wo- # men perpetnnl kind treatment from her has- 0 bend. The feet of hi* own death eeeoou ea h fl u lied Med* bim careful Jo preeerv* bar # baellh end llfo ; end tb# ponishmenl of bear- , leg beraaAis constant bnrdan.es well ea the c compelled alteelioo to her welfare, formed * striking exempt* of lh« retributive ihtnwdneaa of "lndiM Jeaitee." fl

I Women in Paraguay. | The author of "Sketches in Paraguay" give* as this free rent morsel : "Everybody «mok»* in I'eraguty, end every ferotlujibovo : thirteen year* of age chews. I am wrong. Tliey do not chew, hut put tobacco in thair " month*, keep it there constantly, except when eating, and inateed of chewing, roll lit about with their tongue and. suck it.— {.Only imagine yoertrlf about In ealoi# ^h# I rich rail lip* of a m.gmficent little Ilebe, j arrayed in taiio and flashing with diamond*; : she puts you bark with one delicate hand, ! ahile with tha fair, l*p>-r Sogers of tha ! other she draws forth from her mouth e j brownish black roll of tobacco, quila two . inches long, looking like a monstrous grab, ■ and depositing tba aavory morsel on tb* ' rim of yonr sombrero, puis up l.erfac*. end it ready for a talnie. 1 have sometime* shudder of loathing uoder such circumstances, and get tho epithet of el sucoeo ;lht sevngri niqdled to him by ihe offeoded for this seneitive aqiiramithne**.— IHj»ii<ei. one soon gel» u*vd to thi* io Paaliere you are. perforce of cnttom. obliged to kits -very lady you are introto : and onr half yon meet a ft really tempting enough io rmder yon rcckleu of ctinsvqusncvs, and yon would tip the duw of Ihe profiured lip* in the face ol a lobieto, v rtvn the double-distilled ■finoey.j t.i.i Yirg.mu. ' i'lisslff's (L'ovnrv. 1 ALL Kulciovt. tUddlet. Quettlotis. Ac., mutt b* icromtMata* wtlh roe Auvwvrt ai>« Solutioat In |,irlmroi. must be r*lirtl> my.atf.ov they will re. TliHi-rllancatia Euigma.— *&. 32. I an, complied of Dll letter,. Mr Ml. II. 52. 15, 19, 69, 3, wat a general in Ihe I" army. My 24. 92. ft a river in Virginia. My 50. 16, 9S. 24. 35. 8. 30. 90. ijthe capital of one of the State*. NJy -9. 32. 6. 10. i« a w.ntry eiaitor. My 18. 24. 13, 55. 37. 93, 100, i* an eniMy 71. 96. Tt. 1.9, .14. 91. 41. 59, 39, U e town in the Holy land. My 17, 65, 54, 28. 83, 99, 48, it what we My 42. 79. 56. 57. 64. 23. 75, 76, i« ebet-tie-field of the war. * My 5. 46. 12, 84. 87, 97, it n»ed by ell blacksmiths. My I. 70, 43, 21, 2. is an article uted by

My 26. 21. 21. 94. 31, 4. 23. ,8?), 58, 82," 31. llll. is a book in thr Bible. My 9. in. 73. 22, 47, is a fruit tree. My 61, 29, 7, 62, 63, every pert on should My 27. 36. II. 20. 49, 11. +1. the soldier .. he* done to In* wouodt. My 45, 14, 33. 67. 96. 43, i* u*»* on nil My 38, 60, 51; 40, it the body of e thip. My 77. 74. 72. 88. 59, i* a aroall tree. My 95. 53, 14, 57,-80, 81. it what the an. C'ent British PrietU' were called. My 66. 73, 62, is a troublesome animal. My a hole i* e Verne having reference to the draft. IL S. S. Charade. N : V 1 >— OXE. My first it e personal pronoun. . My tecond ii part of en army on the merch. My third i» en implemeofof labor. My whole is the title of e no rot written ' e celebrated author. Mac. Cliarudr. Nt'WBCU TWO. My firtt it required lo cook my whole; My (econd it a vowel ; I My third, e pert of the body ii. And it quite near the tale. Zkcx For Hie Oersn Watt. Geog'fitythical Nnmei. , 1. An animei, n*«d by (tilora. 2. Two. ^ female names. 3. A harbor, n vowel, e nickoame for e girl. 4. A latin prepoaition, a man's name, and a company, fi. Worn by ladies, and e month. 6. An amploytr, and e weight. 7. An ancient veaaal, end heavenly being. Zack. Answer* to Last Puztln. No. 31 :— • The flag of America shall never grow dim. ' one star be obliterated from itt ^Qgbl galaxy." RtMiut.— "Damoethenee." • "Jolla," of Cap# .Island, eoaware No. 31. Annie H. Oommiegs, of Fitbing Creek, suawere 31 end Riddle. NOTICE.— Well written and carefully composed Knigwtet, end other Pugxlet ere' solicited. Lei ut beg r from the young folk* end little fotyt; nad each (belT have a bearing in their turn, provided ell the rule# ef the "Coreer" ere complied with. In writing Euigmes for pablicalian, it ii nethat. tba figure* be properly panet noted end net toe much crowded. Dee't thi*. . ::£l ' -*4*4- > ' .uiim 4