CAfU MAY UCEAB WrATK, WEDNESDAY APRIL 28, 18BB. X -i 7 a

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Teajs*- Two Dollars pet annum. AU mimfilM •omit a meat fe orsded utnuSj. X* paper will I* Hut oat o( th. lute unless paid for in advenee. AOVtRTtiEJIKXT* are In-wrtrd at TO rent, per Una for Brat lown Wa. aad rrvc reota pet line , tor earh subsequent laarrmi Advrrrlreauote of I In Han or bee, alt charged SO not. for Bret laarr- t Uua aad IS casta far each tuberquret laaartioo ; aad | Advertiremrate rxrewding lea Uaaa aad aot exceejlog (aa Uaaa, are charged gi for drat insertion, aad ! to crate for each laeerdnn thereafter. All Obituary notions, aad all ootamaaleatfoaa. rea- j alulieaa aad other Doners of llml'ed or tndlv.ual | loterrat. are charged tea cent a per line Adrerttaeat-oia or tubed ptiont may be teat dt- j raetljr to the publisher, or through aay reepoaalMr • Ctty Agency. g. R. JJAGON agle. Proclamation. V SrrTe or Nvw Jerky, 1 j Exccctitk 1 iter art* int. ) j , Tatx-roy, April, 17, 1665.) CIRCCI.AR. Tbe late President of the United I'.atea, qn the tl Tenth day of March, HU4, taiu d a Ptoelamatli c . ' requiring a:l deaertrra front the Army of the United ] ■ta'ra to return to lhair proper poet a- and promising J ' that aU detainers who would^oa or before the tgathl Cay of "May, A. D. IH1, return to aerrlca, or report . to a Pro* oat Marshal, 'would tie pardoned on modt- j tloo that they ahould retain to ibelr leglmeota <r i coaiptntea. and aerva the remainder of Jh'lr original | tema of anliatmeat, and in addition thereto t(jot:mr < loat by deeertlon. Tile Informal on It published for the benefit of thoae who hoe draertrd fiota New Jersey Rrgimenta ; and I a short <11 auch to avail themarora ol the eiaullUosa of pardon. apSMt joel PAR Kin. Otlar Italia. Atlealion it called to the sale of cedar 1 rail* advatli<#<l at th* Shell Bed Farm on t Satorday, 29th insl. • ^ In Mouruinc. Tha Methoriial and Pieshytrrian chnrcha , of this city are latlrfully and elegantly , draped lo uioaroing for our deceased Pres. I *«• Death of (.i n. M m. Cook. WjfTegret lo leera that Geo. Cook diet! , at llohoken tn Friday eraninr, 21st inat. ^ lie wa( Engineer-in. Chief of the Camden ,' and Ambtry Railroad Unmpany, and hnr , been Identified w th the Internal improve , *• tn-ol> of Sew Jersey for the lait thirty j years, lo hi* death the Company Inter one of ita most valuable officers. The President's Remains * Alii lid no tin ir way ham. W ualuofi! oj_ ' to Springfield, Illinois, fir interment. Tliei " arrived in Phdadelibia on Sai'urtley after 1 noun Inst, and left an Monday morning fin ** New York. An exyaremn train was rm (root this city an Sunday, leaving at 7 ' o, flock in tha morning, and returning at -I o.clock in tha morning, and at

in the aiicrnoon fmm Philtdelphia. Coneros Hall. The coming bathing seaims-at Cap# Man*' promise* to be one of the most crowded and f.shinnaide we have had fur years. Thr improvements throughout the i'laiid ar< extensive, and will add much to'the.comfort and pleasnre of guest*. We are informed, i fflri-lly, that the application* f»> room* at CVngrasa Hall art unprecedented, most of the engagements being made ft" Jun^let. The aclninudstlon. at this celebrated House hare been enlarged by tin purchase ff 'tha well known su->-tiile col lag-, which i* being newly and .magnifiri-ail) furnished, and will be reserved for fsmiiiv exclusively. Charges will ba moderate the ccxnin; season, and tffbm'is an evident determination on the pari of all our hotel proprietor to plaasn tba pdhlic. Great Sale of Toxrtt Lots. We availed -wreelveyif an nppnrlnniri Iti visit and examiaeTTie lan<l« at t.'ape May Ctrert House I he cnnnly town nf this roomy which are to lie anld at aact'oo by Thorn*, ■ef- A Sens, auctioneers or Phil .dulphia, os the 20« It or May next. It is with great pleasnre that we ar. ena'-led to hear testimony, fmm actual *nh. serve! inn. nf all Ihe troths contained in fh< de^-rip'lre advei ti«vnienl of ottr last i«sn-. Tlia lands eiceed the deacripllon. There ( is not a single swamp opnn the entire tract. , the laud beautifully endnlaling from the , . railroad to Ihe bat ; and iheta are nn lo* , grounds except immediately upon Ihe margin of Spring Ron, which are more Valuable , than Ihe high- lands for the cultivation ol , the rranlH-rriet tttid early vegetables. -. , " There are not* in" our humble judgment t , aay Iff?* along the entire coast «o eligjhh ^ r rtas led — el! her for Truck farm* or country f re*id*i.ces. TTri latitude, railroad fitcililter, ,

acpetior quality of th* toil— nnqsallad in Sonth Jersey— Ihe even tsmpetatnr* and healthfulnes* of ihe climate, soperior natoral ^>rivilrge* — ail combined, is the basis upon abicb we (brm far opinion. Thar* la no doubt bql the lands will be aold teiy low, as th« advantages and soperior quality of Cape May. lands era not t known abroad, and th* Bale being peremp. ( tory, of which fsrt the standing, of tha ancliotieers is a sufficient guarant y There is naa clars of enterprising iitiaans of Caps May what* attention »« w.,uld . f direct to tbesa lands, vix : Ihe sea captain*, j , We would like to re* them lortn a settle- | ( wwnl mrih.ir own at this place ; they always j , tract sack alee, neat dwellings. We eat | ( to those pet.oa- in' Cape May. « ho may ! desire twines cf» aish tn Ch rge tBhir lore- i | tloo, to attanil this a -Ie and purchase. In I a ea month* *- -hall a»ak- op mist lit i ( momlog. and Sou the nbityiiloaa Yankee: "alnkmg oil" "to the plara ire ouafat tn l-j be," tbe prioa r»f land advanred, uur old | t fotry idea, acomafcad jiy fia march iff im- < pioremer.t, aad norewtve* lit-ially lalt aot r the eold. lAt as wake tip in tl'ma. J 1

LeeT Amy. An army corrupondentoftha New York Daily Times furnish** lb* foltowiag account of Lee's array In lb* lata campaign : 1 had an estimala mada by one of General. Hill's (or l.nngstreai'*} staff, and. as It i_» no dnubt a very fair one. I append it : — Ewell'S corps. *7000: Loaff*tre*i'|> comi mind, 6000 ; H.l^a corps, 12,000; Andarf son's corp*, 9000; Gordon's corps, 7000 j , srtillriy, 5500 ; cavalry (iwq diviajoos), fi,. r j 500; local# (Cutis tare's command). 4000.. ' Total. 56.000. 'in addition to these cactfo [ added; Tuamttrr* and train men, 3000; .■other non-combatants. 6000; or, io other 1 [ words, tha total sirensth of Lee's army j wu* 67,000 m<-n. Uf thssa w*\h*v* cap. I lured nearly 10,000 men during the camI peign in actual cpmhu, and on s'omlay the ■ army aarrendvrad by General I.-- was 22,t 000. As a matter of course, the casualties ! matt be larger than 5000.. However, thia j is not much out of the way. Without goj ing into any statement 'of oar lorces, I may j venture to say that the number of oar troop* ' actually engaged in the pursuit of Lea was | n..t over £>,000 men. Of course our rej serves would eaell this figure considerably, ; but no occasion arose fur their employment, j except to hold tbe evacuated cities or Rich1 mood and Petersburg. (Rebel Cannon Captured. Our captures of rebel artill-ry since the 1st of D-ceCber last may b# briefly summed j | up as follows Ktmbtr e/ Omasa. J Captured by Cm. IhnraM from the rebel C*a. Hood in bis Nashville campaign "a I Jiy t.rn- terry Admtnl Purtar and Cm. Scho- I hrld (rom Fort Flahcr to Wilmington Inelu- ■'**' ISO j Ujr GvUer-l Clllmore si Charleston, from Sherman's ii any movrsirut, ........ mo 0y Sbfrtnaii, ca route througl^Sou'h sad North Gmrral Shandu m Ch-ulottetiUls raid, . n by forces ImmcdUtely under Gmcrsl Croat around Pvtrrsburr 18 Around and In Richmond, aoo Dy Canby at Mobile ft Sloaraiui at vallabury, IS try Wilson st Sclma, ; a Graodtotair !,*» If we add In this list th* cannon sank by ■ ha enemy on the water during tbe senn period their total losses will exceed sev-n-■een hundred pieces, gront and small, since ha beginning of l)*c. last. Tha ninnumeu>al column rrerted by the Firoi Xapnlentthe Place Vandam* from th* captoree cannon of his sweeping Austrian eampaighIS considered a grand affair; hut in lha presence or lh» column which these loat fun? nontlia raoinres nf Gen«ral Grant would mifS, "Napoleon's mmromeol weald Jwiaslle lo the pitifal proportions of a Lornhardy poplar under tha shadow or one ol • hose gigantic cloud kissing cedars of Caliivajiart of war neds. 1 Sl'flMART NEWS.

The diasolniion ol the last remnant* ol ha once formidable rebel organisation o il .-he army of Northern Virginia took place i *>n tha 171th inat., the paroling ot Lee's ► -Ptrrendemd troops being compJwjed anil , 'he residue or tjiem leaving for their homes ■iq that day. 'According to the official re■ort. General Lee surrendered to Genera! i Urafit tamity-six thosand one bur.dred rd 'Teen m-n. oh# hundred and fifty-nin. i niece* of artillery, seventy-one stand o> •olora and fifteen tboassnd nine hundred ■ nd eighteen stand of \ntsll arms. Th' , number of aagoos, caissons, Ac., is esiineled at eleven hundred, and of bursts au<l ■i.nle* at f»nr thousand. The capture of Culomlms, Georgia an Kufala, Alahamff, by a p.<ntoo of Gruaral l homos' cavalry, no iloubl-th* colni-i ' inder General Wil-on, is rrborted from ' Savannah ; bat the data it not given. The ' -apltra ol Belma tiul M-ntgomery, Ata- 1 ■sius, by General "tVil-oa, was aimuuncd ' *omw day* ago, ai.d i( it is hit force ahiOh ' us* taken Columbus and Hulela, it wuul- • pp-nr that he struck east ward for tome 1 distance, alt-r taking posjefoion of the two ' A UVhiagton despatch slate* that Gen. " iherulan, at City Point, ou Thursday nigh' 1 -iith. received a communication from Gen. " ahennao aniiohiicing lb* full surrender o> ^ Hie rrb-1 General Johnson's army. Kvtln 5 if this report should not prove atnclly cor- * reel, its error, can only ha a little prema. ' u on Sunday. 16'h, the di poai- * 'ion of General Stcneman's force* wits such as to inaare Johnson's ^hpture in a vary " abort lime. Kilpatrirk had pursued the " rebels some thirty mill* beyond Raleigh, '' aithoat meeting wirtrany. resistance from tt'em. Raleigh being in the umlispoled possesion of thm national forces, the rail- ". road was being rapidly repaired, and train*

1 would be running Uiiowgh to that ci'y from ' Wilmington and Newborn# in a raw days. Th# majority of the peopla of North Carolina, wherever General Sherman's troops penetrated, are represented a* being exceedingly anxious to be allowed lo resame thsir former position ia tbe Union, and perfectly willing, ia order to attain that object, to give np the institution of slavery* entirely, fbo old Tenth Army Corps ba* been reorgaoixed, and ie commanded by General Terry. Artuy of the Potomac advice* say that J the annoe rawaat sif the assassination of Lincoln was received with the I j I in— t sort >w, every man seeming to think j ' lbat.lt is th* great*- 1 Calamity t'lal coold J | happened at ibis time. Tba greater j portion of the army is now con can Ira red at ! ■; Km keaviila Junction taking a ahort rest. j A 1st a arrival from North Carolina '>riugs ( [ lha int-lligenca that Gen. .Shennao had j -Birred Into an arrttgeuieni with General | Joha*i"i. which gives greater concessions ] i the rebel* tbae they have h-rr'o'ora ; asked- The arrergament he* been diss p.

Prealdent lehaianb Policy. I t President Johnson ha* been called npon i t by many delegation* of cttisans reave* eol- ' i ins various States aad associations, for th* < i- purpose of pledgieg to him th* support of l l themselves aad thoae, bo whose' behair they i - appeared. A large naxiber af oaval i.Oicers 1 - also called 1b*w biay, a* likewise did ihe « - diplomatic corps, and paid their respects I to the urw Presidant. To each delegation i . Mr. Johnson mada a suitable address, it'Si | .. all were pleased vyitk their visit* aad tba . I cordial recaption they met. 1 | The President's policy in tba matter ef . t r dealing with the m*stnr-<pirit* o! the rebel- ' I ; lion ia clearly set forth io hi* reply Id th* < Illinois delegation, which -we deem proper i I 'o transfer to oar columns this week. A-, I • delegiiiun from oor own State aleo called ' npon the President to pledge to him lha j ! ' support aad essislancJorN-w Jersey ia his ' -Rrrts to suppress the rebellion. j i The following it the President's reply to i ' the address of tb*^l|inoi* delegation : — 1 ' GsNTtJatsx— I have listened with pro. ' found emotion ta the kind word* voa have 1 addressed t" me. The wisit of this delegation to apeak to me, through ydo, ' - sir, these wonla of encouragement. I had j ' not anticipated, in lha midst of lb* sad- 1 ■lenii'g circnmstadces which surround ws, 1 ^ ■ •■I the immense responsibility thrown upon ' me, an expression of the confidence of indi- ' 1 *iiloa!«, and still mor^of an infiuential body , iltko tlfht before m#( representing a great ' commonwealth, cheers and sirengtheos my ' t i heavily burdened mind. I am at*i loss for i * ' words to respond In an hour like this, of | 1 | deepest sorrow, were t possible to embody I ' > i :n words tbe feeling of my bosom, J cnld j ! uot command my lips to uttsr'lhsm. Per- ■ ' hap* the best reply I cold make, and lha i , ni'B most Teadily approprial* To your kind ! ^ • is*uranccs of cnnfideiice, would ba to re- ( caieve them in silence. (Brnsation) The ^ , 'hrobbiag* of my heart, einca the sad ca- ; i tastrophe which has appalled a*, canon', be j ' 1 reduced to word* ; and aa oppreved u 1 tin ' 1 with the new and great responsibility which ' ' has developed upon m-, and saddened wit h ' grief, 1 can with difficulty respond -to yon ' ' it all, Bui I cannot permit em h expression* of the confidence rep get|. in ntri by ' ' 'h* prnple to pare without, acknowledgment. ! ' To an individual like myself, who h«s never ' ' claimed much, but woo bus, il ia tt ue, re. j ' i-et ved from a g-natoo^jmopla many mark* j 1 of trust and honor for a lung time, an nccn- 1 ston Ilk* this, and a manifestation of public 1 f-e|ing to well timed are peculiarly acceptable, sprung fmm the people myself, everj J mediate antiwar in my own. By many men J' m public life such occasiorii are often coo- ' .aidered merely formal. Tci m* they are real. ; 1 Your words of cnnntena'ica sod encourage- ; ' Mlrnt link doen in tn*- h-.-t -..,1 I 1 link deep art, ware !

wen a coward I couU', not but ga her front : them strength to carry out .my convictions of right. Thus feeling, I shall enter upaa •tut discbarge or my great duty firmly, sleadfa.lly— (epplwos*)— if not with lha signal ability exhibited by my predecessor, which tl atill fre»h in nur sorrowing wind*. Need I rrp-at th .t no heart feels more sensibly than tniae this greet affliction. Io what J •ay en thia occnaioc 1 shall indulge in no , pv'tjf spirit of >ng*r. no feeling ol revenge. • Hut w.i bave-.hch-ld a notable event in th* history of mankind. Id tha atidil of the -Auerican people, where every cniaen is taught to obey Lw and observe fi# roles of! Christian conduct, onr Chief Magistrata, i Aha balotad ol all hearts, has been s«saaai- j nated j and wnen we trace lliiaicrinia to its ciuse.whrn we remrniber the source a hence tne assasun drew bia inspiration, and then look at tha result, we stand jet mora a*, tooiehed at this lisrharons, most diwleulieari a*sas«instion. tiiich a Crime aa lha inurd-r of a great and good man, honored and revered, the beloved and tba hope of th* people, sp-tngt not alone from a solitary indi- : viuBal of ever so desperate wickedness.— j We can irqca us enures througo succa-siva ela'pa, without my enumerating them litre, uavk lo that source which ia the Spring ol ! ail onr woes. No one can say that if the j perpelratoqof this fiendish deed ba arrested he ahuold not unJrrgo tha axtremeit pan.Sty ihe law knowe fur crime ; none wilt s«y that mercy ahonld interpose. Bat is he alone guilty I Hera, geulleoien, you per- ! haps expect me lo present some indication j ' ol my I u tare policy. One thing 1 will say, eveiy era leachaa ita is. son. Th# time* we ' in ere nut "without instruction. The 1 American people must be taught— if they 1 no not already last— ibel treason I- a crime. ' ..ml must be p« is h*d— (applause)— bat .' • be government will not always bear with ' us eiiamiBt— th.t It ia strong, not only to 1( Il ia airuog, nut uuiy 10 1

- protaal, Uut to peutab. (Applause.) WtKD "I ^ aa lura to the criminal code, and examine ■ the catalogne or Crimea, w* there find arena ' laid down a* a crime, with us appropriate ! ~t penalty. We find there thefi and robbery • t and murdar given a* crimes ; and ibere, loo, ' ( we find the last and highest of crime*— 1 treason. (Applause.) With other and in- ' | feriur off.n.as our people ere familiar.— « ( But in our peaceful h, story treason' has ' been almost o . known. Tba pao, I* mu*t ' ' l aoder stand that it i* the black**! of crimes, I f and will b* surely pnnisbad. ( Appiaoae.) j 0 , 1 make this alla*iuu«u|4uexei!e the ijroady : 0 ( j exasparab <1 faul ng* of lb* public, but to | 1 I point out the principle# of public justiue 0 r which should gnid# our action at This psrti l! ( i lieu lap juncture, ^and which accord with ! * 'sound public Moral*. Lwt it ba engraven ' ( I nn every heart Ihattrecsmi it a erimt, anH ^ [ j ,ro«or' *laU HftrtUptnatf. ( Aj planee.) '' ! Whd# wear* appalled, overwhelmed ;he " ( j fcll ef on* man in our aidat by tba band of • 0 i [ a traitor, shall wa allow aeo— I care not " j by what weapon — lo atieapl the life of""*1 [ i lh« si'*'.# with iapnoity 7 While w. .ir.U . " lewrmiade U comprehend tha awenwiiy of j J

thia aaassioation, ball we allow, lha nation I ba assaasinated. (Applause.) 1 speak I io bo spirit of uukiadiMti. I leave the I i s vaols of tha folure lo be dispensed of a* j i they arire. regarding myself aa th* humble i I ipsirmnent of th* American peopla. In | 1 this, us in all things, justice and judgment j shall be determined by them. 1 do. not - bitter or revengeful feeling* towards awr. In general terms, I would rev that i s public morals aed public opinio* should ba . : j eitanlishad upon lha sure and indexible j i principles of justice. (Applause.) Wben tba quest hiii of exercising merry rams* ba- ! | fore ine it will be considered calmly, judi- , cioualy, remembering that I am tlK> Kseeo- j I • of th* nation. ' I know men lorn to j ; ^ their names *pok*a of in coaneetioiv i j wilb act* of metcy.-and bow easy it i« to i yield to this impulse. But wo must not . i I forget that mini mag be merry to the indi- .-t riituol is eruelty ta Ihe Stale. (Applause.) ' I the exercise of mercy there shoal l be i j no doubt left that lliU high prerogative i- " ' [ not nrwd to relieve « few'at the expensa of ■ ■ the mnny. Be assured 1 shall never forge' ' | that I em not to cnnsnll my own feelings , hut to givw an account tn tb* whole | people. (Appl*4{&) lu regird to my fu- | lure Course I ail) now makn no prufestion*,' j no pledges. 1 laava been ennn-rted ' j what actively with public affairs, and lo ' ; th# history of my pa't public acts, which is ) | familiar to yr u, 1 refvr, for those principle. | which 'have governed mi heretofore and • j will guide r.ia hereafter. In generul I will say 1 have long labored for the ameliori 'I ] lion of Ilia grant mass of mankind. My j j opinion* aa jo the nature »f popular govern- ; , j msnt Itaro long been cherished ; an.d, cAtt- • atitatasi us | am, il is now too late in liftj Tor roe to chsogn them. 1 believe that , I govern ment was made for man, and not man ! I for goverrmeot. (Apylanse.) Thia strop, t ' j gle of the people asainst the most gigantic j rebellion the world, ever saw, hns demon- 1 | atratvd that t.ie attachment of the people i ' • their government is tbe slro»g»*i na i 1 i tinnal defence hnman wisdom ran devise. < i (Applause.) So long as each man feels that I Ill# latere*'* of the government are his iu- ' j lerest*. so long as the public heart turns in . the right direction, snd ihe people Under- ' j eland and appreciate the theory of oor g.>v j | ermnent and love liliarty, oor conslitsltion I i will be transmitted nnfinpaired. If the j 1 j'tima ever come* when Ihe people shall fail, j ) the g'j'vrnmeni will fail, and we shall cease ! i I ba one uf the nations of the earth. — ' i | After having preserved our furro of free 'i ' government, and shown its power to tnaio- | i | twin its existence tjirongh the viri.ailudes j I ~-»f -Marly a century. Ij may be that it wa* ! [ necessary for os to pas* through this ordeal * , j of intestine Strife to prove thai tiro g.ivagjr. j merit wilL-not perish tram 'interna i ness, bat will stand id defend ilSvlf against : , i will lo against

D j all foe* and punish treason. ('Applause.) ; , f i In the dealings of an io'Crutalila I'ruvi- ; ) B • dencc, sod by th* operation of Ihe coiisti- j _ [ tutioo, I have been thrown unexpected} j j into this position. My past life— especially ( my coarse during the present anh.-ly r.-b-l-i : I'""-!' before you. 1 have no principle* ' ^ lo retract. I defy any one to point to ant j ( I | ot my public acts at variance with the fixed # j principles which have gnided me through i life. I bav* r.o professions lo offer. Pro- j I I fession* and promises would lie srorlb no- 1 n i thing at ihi« time. N-> one can foresee th* ' t| circumstances that will lioreafy-r arise.— j * j. Had any man gifted with prescience, fout ' 1 I years ago, uttered sod written down in ad. " _ | rune# tha event* of this period, the story ' , j would have seemed more marvellous than 1 , | anything in lbs "Arabian Nights." | shall , | not attempt to anticipate the future. A" J _ i'event* occur, gnd it brooma* necessary for " I Ian 10 act, I shall dispose or each a* it 1 . ; arises, deferring any declaration or message ' , ( until it can h* written paragraph by para. 1 •' . J graph in the light of uveal* at they trans. 1 , j P'r*. \ - ■ ' | On Thursday, 20th inst., a delegation of; j, I one hundred citizens of New Jersey, coin- j ■ j poted largely of g*ntlrmea from Jersey j U«tJ, called upon th* President at ihe J | Treasury Department. Governor Parker } ! introduced tha delegalion, addressing Pret- , ' i'leffr Johnson at follow* - . n Mr. President : 1 present to you a dele- c galinn composed of soma of tha most re. a ; spectal'le and infinential citixens of th* j t ' Statu of New Jersey. They cumu to this ft ! city for the purpov* of msnilesting their "a sorrow for th* great calamity tha^ has be. a fallen Ihe nation, and ^pressing their re. : h apeel for the memory of. the the la * Chief j J Magistrate by participating in the solemn ■ n ceremonies of the fnneral. i !■

i We-hate thought ft proper, hefure leaving j_ for uur liumes,— nrritl "t"V|»TTri yon, «a whom 1 devoirs* tba important dalles of that high position, for tba purpose of assuring , you that, in the fntura, aa in th* p**t. New Jersey will make every sacrific* "f treasure ; and of bltfod to maintain th* Government! in Its conflict with treason. W* are a law ; loving snd Isw abiding people, and will j sustain th* regularly constilutrd^ithoritles ! of tha couatry in all lawful ronaeoras to viaI dieate and establish the legal authority and , j j ot the nation. Whatever differences ; ' I of opiuion may exist among the people ol j our State as lo questions oft nati-nel policy, | j are ermnd ir thu determination to . | ' maintain,, at all baxards, yie integrity of | | Colon. We can appreciate, *n soma extent, tb* vast responsibility i.fyoor pmii- ' ; lion at this cvisis^. We know that grest •difficulties will roAtinnslly srite in ynnr i , pa'h. I asrure yon sir, that in every eon-- , siiln'i'mal act ohioh will lend tn sopp'reta ( Rebellion, prrserv* tba Union, end- [ establish a speedy jmaca on a jail, firm and | j On'luring basis, you have the -upi-ort of the • t autborliivv aad people of the but* of New [ !'-» \.

May H# who 'roles th* destinies of j nations prtserre your Iif* and health, aad I to guidu aad direct joutbat your, udminisj tretion will conduce lo ube wellfsre tud | happinet* of the whole people, and >la i I blessing to lha world. President Johnson, in reply, said Gentlemen •— I can scarcely ' 6rtd lea- ' : guage lo expyrsstRysfeelings and thank* j j npon t hi* occasion. y5har words of com. j fort and kindness ar# especially ausfdeious ; { at this time. Having been called1 to thie ! post by Providence, I am overwhelmed | by a sense of the obligations and duties! ! devolving opnn me. and 1 feel ihe kind ! ' j hypretrionsufsnppuri andconfidemVwtiicli ' ' | you have given. It w.s but l a other day : ] I our la' e Chief Magistral* w*s inaugurated, i [ after having served one term with wcrep. j 1 lo nearly all the people of litis country, i-enil npw he has been slrnrk down like a j star frosn i < s sphere, leaving qnesliont of; great political importance tn lie set' led. 1 * . ' em especially thankful fur your encourage- j ■ | cept my thanks for your tendered aid and J i support. Personal. •I —It is now njsp.-ct.-d that Booth, the , I assassin of President Lincoln, is coucalad i ' in W ashingtnn. ^ k — Col. Mind, II nf th- 33.1 N. J. regiment j I haa been appointed Chief of Geo. Slnrom's ! [ staff, with the rank of Brigadier Genera!. ' i — Secretary Saw.nl and Assistant See- . I retary Frederick W. Seward, are b'oth lm. . ' i prnving. and are now cnosidored out of all j I I danger. \ - Gen. M-tt reached hom. nn Rnnd.y ! ] morning, lie |s ..„„„|ed in I h- leg. Both a are broken, fori r.o terieu* c.vu.e- j 1 _i q»'"ces are 'apprehended. — The venerable Am... Kaldall, P-..t- ^ j master Genar.l up.trr Jarks.ro. and B«w j s*reenty-six years .J.I. was baptised at Ihe . . I Calvary Baptist Clinch, Washington, last ' [ Sunday. ! Bishop L L. Ilamlins, of the Methodist ] i F.piscoi.al Church, died at Wurit Plea-ant i Iowa, nn thd 23d of March la«t. He hid 1 1 bveir sick daring the enlfre winter, lie '1 '[ "•» on* of >h» most eminent divines and | ! promineiil leaders in tbe Molhodist dennni. i j iuation. l( — The regent* of lb* Rn-ithsnniun Insti- ! J tnti'.n have decided to rebuild those por- . tionsiqf the building deslr-.yed by lire, and j I to make them firs-prnof. at a cost of $120,. i | 00 which will be pai'd from tba surplus ; ■ I fund of the Institution. — Peterson has been enjoying a l.resch ' ' j of promise suit. Une TUTeii J&IIB UIrii, k -had had her heart fractured by no* John'. ! ^t«Pg. John refo—d lo convert ibo |

j tor having brokvB the Glass heart. I —'I be Ci'lon-l cbmiiisn- ing the post of i Cl.arlsstuu . has is.ne.l nn ad<ir»s -to ' tine m >-n of Cliarlv.ton, urging I elu in re. to the tami* and planiw'ions abm.- the ; coast and go to work. ' I lie op-mug nn. 1 tenc* is "the Union army brought you tbe , right to. he free, hut n<-l to h- idle." — A sldveXirl ii. N-r'h Car., lint, who jj ! belonged lo Mr. Alosley. was a pupil in one ; uf •'"/ school*. She frequently enn-ed [ disturbance in school hy ladg'nng. Her ! teacher asked her if sbe-uyd to laugh a* , foucb when she was a si**..-. She replied' qowYry. "I never saw nolhin' in laugh at , till thu Yun^riuok Newbem."j —John Wilkes Booth, -who appears be- ' : yond a deiiht, lo have beep tiie murderer | of president l.int-oln it a son of Juuiti» Bru- , Booth, the well known English aci.r. ! lie-had four tons, Junius Brutus. Kdwiu. j I \\ ilkes and Joseph. The rldust hro- , ! 'her has aitainril * fair reputation on the ! , j B'"l Edwin I* pronounced by many ! 1 j of bit admirer, to be unrivalled in some nf] • j his dramatic repre entations. J. W. Booth 1 1 j met with bpt indifferent gnccel* us com j I pared with hit gifiad brother. Ha has ] | played one or t*a ciigtgeinei.ls in Newt j and has also appeared in the Boston, | ' Washington, and other theatre*. Some ' months '•go J. W. Booih left the S'ng? in j I of ill health, spend, ng much ! ' of his time in Washington. He is repnrl- d j : hare accumulated a considerable fortune - a from oil speculations in Western Virginia, : i 'and has bean rnoch given to dissipation, and on tavrral occasionlVrheii intoxicated, t h* has been heard to threaten lha life of Lincoln, but his threats have always been considered at so muclr reckless although he was knuwo to be a violent secea-ionist ~T" , J violent secea-it.il rat. l

I'. S. Internal Revenue, [i snbcal rSus.— 1665. jf By th* elev. nth section of the «rt (gf ! June 30, 1864, it i« made «b* duly of any j ( ! person mad* liable' lo anr.nal tax, on nf be | for# tb* first M mday of May in each year, i j to maka a list or return, to the assbt.nt as. i • se«»nr of the district where located, of the j . article* charged with separata daty or tax, j ' including income, and ar'icles in schedule j \ j A. Every person failing tn make such rr- ' 'torn by the day specified, will be liable In ; . he assessed hy lb* assistant assessor accord t.< the best information which he can. . ' obtgin ; agd in sorb ease iba asiislanl »** | j sessor will add twanty-firo par Mot, to tba ' amount of tha ta*. In case any parsoii shall deliver tn an as- } sestnr ant fwts* or fradolunl rial or stats. 1 I msnt, with latent tq defeat or evade tb* j t< valuation or -numeral inn required bylaw, j - tho assistant aasrssor- will add oat hundred I . per cent, to inch duty, and in aneh case the f J j tba list will ba made out by iN* aasesso^or ■ * i> tent assessor, and ft.im n* vglaation ' - and aaarwereltoo so aad* there on la to; I WHO. It

■, 1,1 — ■■■' ■ ■■ : ~ — ss: Gold Qaotatlou*. CORRECTED EVERY MONDAY. |. Moxosv. April U. 1SSS. ' Toetdmv, 18 U7j 147] Wednesday, 19 Thareday, 20 147 148f ' | . Friday, 21 - 100 149J i Saiurday, 22 149 - "i»i 1 Monday, 24 , . ■ . SPECIAL NOTICES. WIIIHKEBRI WBISBtiit ; Do ye.1 wa^Whtmkrr* ar MustwlMt Uur Crw- ; wrchs. rncr.Siw Vat tj maiMaj-n here, rlosof I, Mated, oo rorelpt of wire fJX^, AttUrrss, « i t.tr a Co.. Itrookljm, New York. DEAFNESS. RMXDNEftM AND CAT AtlRII, TRF.MTD with tfie u-mosc snnef, by Dr. J. IS 4 ACS. <K-iiltst snJ Amtst. 'fonaertyef Leydea, HolUril.l_No.8l* RJNEstrrel. PtltUoletphll. Test I - mt-msls tr.ua the stost rMlst le siurro. to the nty • art, I Country cen he se net hi. 0«-r. The luHllea I Vts'lBM T'",r k'" b'«'bre^"*|tTlt lLlAL ; rxxataalicn. • ■ ' )•», JOHN' R. HFFFHAW, j Ittorory-si.Latr, Matter, Examiner, and solicitor In Chancer). j C4PE MAY COURT HOUSE, NEW JERSEY. i. ' ' p rcma t uTl \ otw'mf** ' ^a"nn*- vt""' *'vtt J. lie wli! wrnr DeeOa. thin, Is k Mortgages, lasses, c'aflnrt"' As're-tut' Win*' *"a sit kinds of I. He wgl^arknow ledge ill litade of writtofi. althar | el all ssaaejra! " wlleettoa «. H# hss^bad lucmstul expertaocs with Bounty t H® *u,ul" of su Unds sad tka Utnt NEW ADVERTISEMENTS IIottM- unit l.ot for Sulr. I ate* I" N'int-I j oan.rhaU « mile I rum Rio ' ' THtEBt 'tT^^aata. Cape May CO., jt. J. Resolving Wnffle Irossa OF .. rrr-l .tr/. W.ifrr Irons, MuGta. Roll, Wl*. con sin, Mlanrsoia mot other Cake Has, for sal* .. __ TRL'MtN.fc SHAW, * (tush t Ttilrry-flve) Mukct, b.-iow Nlotk. j Philadelphia. I'ilrs. RttA|>a, lltttnnirrs. C ' VoMp,in*i'°H»r"*\* s*xv'^'uh"i oilier tl.rnw aroand Tool, for M-eUs*' n. for sale by rm mns k siiaw. i No. US ( Eight Thlr y-flve) Market, below Ninth, Philadelphia. RPlifira MI J.I. IN ERT. ~ ^£1** «hA bdM to her SPRING t VD SUMMER .MILLINERY. Above told M,rl..g. »pM-l» -L— nn*\-ps, X\ "it T . km tuiabhriT bi Bftir For aale' atthr ll'l lln '"rf •'"C't'log

No. t£i (Eight Thdrlr- C > r i^M 'rkJt, be f.'i\ lath, PhHadrlphK. • • ri'iti.ic N4t.:; «F< niti; KAII.8. W ! nat | J( ■"! e-'k" p'V*1'"'"'' **** , It'll'. I', i i n V »n , I.I- Ml- II lu ,'l f -rm. Ihrre-f -arlhs ot I ' u v-'c k n /Tn '«?' m ' "f'm' ' o1"11"00" li. D . W \ I N, Agent" fop . ; W, B. MILLER. bl'Etltl.NOTICE. \ LI pervuav are n-n-hy ratified thai thev.-sre .'V I..H.KUI-:. in I.e.. ..,e>n ll.e pfop-rty . I John Pr -. .t ee-,.-:. •* b guns. Uigt.ke., or aanlngor tniiMftgon trie lam, or In the erveks. umfor tha Hy of er oi the hrlra of John Pries, defeated. JOHN PIHCIL. Jr. ; Cold Spring, April rd. IMS. «-n NOTICE TO CREDITOR*). OANUL II II CCII riant ELlii a f. ilt'GIIES, - Hydlre":" ", r,r," ultMo nine siaethr. or ihey will i— forvvrrharmi ol aay ar(.on lt.er.lnr sga/n.l .aid administrators. na.MEL D. DVGHEX, ELIZA »L HCGfl-n*, . „ • AdauaMcaion. Da-el April Itlh. ISO. apg* . CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS. / ) • X Aib-i-roed Alee Hog of Ui' Ifoinlbr Cl.ns* / FJrehoW rt of t e .jounty .,f C.pe May, wm/La / a i e [ MAYfoh,*'0" >1 10 o-etoek, A.V.. lor ihe purgaweof tettllngnp : ihe wrre-r-grs ol Ihe County for ihe past yssr. AU . I- r-ons having ,in~nl-.l a- nunt" with s.'d Board, will pie*. • eve their arteadaaM at aaid plaoe. Tne a-.nual m i-i.nr of .aid Bote! will be heU on | ttu-f.tlowing'iai.aaths L.wdxvott. '■■leMiff. II., Br order of the Board, ) April St. info. JU.IIUA.HWAIN. Cl-rk Jisi "^j',^n^j'loCFItY STORE.''""'' , I'.NUERMGNED rrspeetfulty Inform the 1 punilrth.i they have oiwned a new Gxaerey on lieeator street, whleh ihe< have au polled mill a I Mfr and rxrellent a'oek of FRESH USDCE* RIE-.ronsi.'Ineof u.e best ]SUCTAttS+TEAS, COFFEES. . and every other article comprised In tho Una of a store, which they wilt sell at the "lowest ; posailJe prire. I p- Gravis delivered to rottngrs tree of ehtrgs. Purehnsers ahould e-U and r. amine oaf stock, deeUngeieewbere. » *• ' CHURCH k LCDLAM. Cipe Island. N. J-LAptll IS. lafo. . CONGRESS HALL, CAPE ISLAND, CAPE MAT. NEW JERIET .** |-"£'nil UlCTf ( LAlI FhiMoaable Hotel will opea

JUNE lat, 1600, j for the receptioa of gueeta. -L. Visitors are reminded thai tb* month of Jun* la th# isost pleasant month at th* Cap*. j. r. CA-ifE. , April is. IMV Proprletoe. . * WEST JERSEY RAILROAD. ; -VOTtrF. H hereby given tha (he aaaual meeting ! IV ol th* si-wkhoMri* tn tfie West Jereay Railroad , Company, wtU t« held at Ifiwell'. Hotel In th* city oi Crtaorn, n. J oq Tuesday, the *d of May aaxf, ■ info, at It eVUo-k M., foe tor purpoae of vleettag ' thirteen director, to reive dureK the eaeulng, year. T. JUNES TOREK ■ ] »P'*- Sar retary. M1LLI3TERY. : "\r S. XOCDER, Green. Creek, *N. J., would tts- • *>1. VP* the tteo-lon other friends aad thapuh- ! 1/c to a St* .ran StLscr stock of MILLinRY GOODS, such a, I MjrjjTh, TUtOtLfS. . rixrtrttx. ""fewre. j (s made ta order, aad Bleaching doa* at tba ! th -neat nottre. aw PI- aas give a* a call aad aaa pnrehielog elsewhere. April IS, IMS. IR NOTICE. 1, r FORBID aU pereoot harhortogar troatlag EiUah ' J K. Bills on ray aeoouai, or tLry will ba daalt I with aeorml.ug lo law. . Kfdt. ELIJAH D. BATT*. Coabea. AprU «. !*». y - - CARDS j