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VOL. XI.

CAPE ISLAND. CAPE MAY COUNTY. NEW JERSEY, "WEDNESDAY. MAY 31. 1S65.

NO. I.

JSrlcrt fotttti.

WHAT 1 LIVE FOIL st o. umra m»u. « ' — i I live (or these who lor# mr, i Wb"v heart* are kind u< tree ; , For the heave* th.t ssillta shove me. Ami awaits s»t sptrtt toe : For «lUmn«b tws Ibat bind ma : Far tha task bf Ced aula rd b*| For ths bright hope. left behind at. , And tbi food tfcat I c*o do. JUge to kara their sicry Who've auArrd tor my uk« ( To omulnto thetr glory, And ted low in tbelr wake : Bank, patriots, morijrs, ■>!'<, Whoa* darda uoai History'* pogws. And Tlmt't front actum* woks. ' I Uoo lor thoss who loa* me. For thoo* who know mo inn i For the hssvea th«t snlks nboae me, And swslts my rplrlt loo: Tor tho cause that lacks assists!**-. For lb* wron* thai needs rraUlaarr ; For Ik* future Is Ihe distance And Ihe food that I ens da 1 Use to hall thnl'araaoa By fined mind* fortoid, Whea men shall lire by reason. And sot Siena by fold: When ssss to man united, And tray wroof :hlnf rtfhtcd. The whale worpl shall bt Ufhtad As Eden was of old. |nt«nsting j?tor». [From the Banday fcbool Time* ] THOICHT OJf T II E OCEAN BOTTOM. Par dowtn in Ihr deep water* or the ocean there are mountains, and rocks, and Tallrys, •ad eaert, jost as tboro sro np in onr world. Sometimes the tailor drops the lend attached j to s cord, and it sinks dowa not Tar, and , then again, at a little di-tanee, it will silk down, down eery far. In tlie first place it fell spun a mountain and then in a valley. Wore tbe great ocean dried op, w# ehould too great wonders there. At tbe root of one of these mountain* in the oconn, there wan a "kind of tea party nisi, consisting ..fMr». Kol, Mrs. Lobster. Mrs. Cod, Mrt. Shrimp, Mrs. Flooffffer, and Mrs. Nautilus. Tba fact est, a carious .Nautilus. Ihe (set a carious

erent had happened, and they w»re met c to di»co»a it. A long, tmall thing bad * ~ come creeping doao the mountain, and v across the eslley, and aloog it went on lbs 1 ocean's bottom, to long that tbey could 1 sss no end either way. Gently it c m*down and lay still oa tbe bottom of th» j ocean. "Mr*. Bel," tayt Mra. Lobater, "ia not ■' tbit tome rslation of yours T It^e kt more like ene" or tba eel family thaorisjvytbiog -else!" ••! would base you In know," said MrC , Eel, sqoirmiog and twining herself every ( w. y, "that a eel ^as a bead, aod a tail, , and fins, and don't yoa tee lliit hat none ? . An eel keeps moving, aod don't yoa see | * 4hi* don't mere at ail T How could you ( think It was an eel J" "{thought it waa a worm," said Mrs. Ci^. "ana 1 tried to bite it. Whew! it j almost broke my leelb oat. It'e nothing th.t I can eei, though yon know, Mr*. ( Lobster. I Can eat a "holt family of lob- ( ■tars, if they are not too old." "1 te|J yu what J think," laid little . Urn. Shrimp. It't a thing for oa shrimps ; to creep on, and cling V», and under wbtfib > to lay car eggs aad rails our yoang." "ll'a very plain," laid Mrs. Flounder, i "It le a acnslrhsr, jutl for oa flounders to i »wia< over, and acrape our breatlt on." "Yea are alt wroae," eaid Mn. Nantilnr. "It it a thinking machine:" -A Whatr' exclaimed all together. "A ihiaking machine, 1 tell yon ! There < are orealares that lie. up out of the waters that think n great deal. They send messages instead or going to carry them. They are carinas creatures, aad sou rtimea when { hate hews np no the top of the water I hate aeen them. They tail about in groat tsss.ls of wood, and, "ben at home, bats creature* to draw Ibem roend." "Why, w at Cat-let you are talliog at I Do yoe expect that Be shall belies, that c real a ret ceo lira oat of the water?" "Yea, they do. And inelead of Got aad tails, tbey hare two legt with whteb th.y «aik." •ftar • : "A twry likely ttory," aaid Mra. Lobster. "Vtfaea even I, akillfal at 1 uu, can 'i walk on laaa than a doaen legs, how "They don't hase flnt ; tbey have arms Yd hand* instead. They teem to b. full lies elhct end of it in a bfetime. It una of (beir ron:risai:Fes. Tory wiUaisad at on* ihvarh ta the ether end iu a moment aod 4 ,hf Ihryutk' t*. each other hundred* and I kit m. J I wf miles apart. Ktm now. while

"No, oor hear it." "No, nor small it." "No, nor feel it. Now yon don't think we ars inch fools a« to beliefs a thing which we can't tee, onr hear, nor smell, feel, do you ? You don't expect at to believe there ore creataret who coo live -| out of water, and mora without flnt, and , think a.1 along on the bottom of the ocean i O, Mra. Nantilu*, wa are proud to know j we are abort being deceived by aoch tloritt. We don't believa there It any world v but our ocean world. Prey, what kind of I light do tbey jiara op there ?" "O, it't stronger, aod pnrer, and more j ■ beautiful Ihan oort. Compared win onra, , ! it it consolid-ted light. It't a more glori- ■ oat slate than onra, and tbe craalaret who ' lire there, and think ao much, are Tar higher J in their nature than we." , "Well, Mis. Nantilu, that will- do Tor ■ one day. We iney at well break up our « parly, i We can't associate with one who j triet to make ot believe what we caa't oa- ( dersUod. We koow too much for such < deception." < At that Mra. Lobttar opened her gr' at ( I claw at If *be would cruib poor Mrt. Nan- , j tilot, and Mrt. Cod rolled bar syea aod | I mapped bay great jaws. Mra. Kel twitted 1 j aod darted h.ra and there, aod Mrs. Shrimp | swelled, and Mrt. Flouad.r turned hercyet ' I auil looked sideways. Alat ! poor creaturea ! jntt at wita at tba Saddnceaa aod tucb like people, who tay ' "there ia neither angal nor spirit," nor a higher itate than this, becaata they can't , comprehend it ! Tears. There It a tacredoeta io tears. They are not the marks of weakness. but of pofcer. They are otesaagei of overwhelming grief, ' of unspeakable love. IT there were any j ' srguni.nl to prove that man it not mortal, < i I would look for it io tha strong convulsive ' 1 emotions of tbe breast, when the tool ha* I been agitated, when tbe foantnint of feel- ! I ing are risiog. aod wheu tears are guthiog forth io crystal streams. Oh, speak nut j 1 harshly of tbn tlrickan one weeping in I . tilencp. Break not the solemnity by rnde laughter, or intretire foottteps. Despise no woman's tears ; ibty are what makes , her an angel. Bcoff not if the alorn heart of manhood ia semelitnes incited into sym- i u

pathetic teara; tbey are what hS'P to e-t- ~ vats him above the brutr. 1 love to eee ! f ' teara of aff cl Ion. They are paiorul tokens, j t I still most holy. There is pleasure in c tears— an awfnl' plea«oie. If there were . c on earth to shed tears fur roe 1 should ' be loth to live ; and if no cat might weep j over my grave, I could never die iu peace. t — Dr. Johnson: Conversation. 1 The art of conversation is the flnest of J fine arts ; it it not tbe art of saying much ' or saying well. There i preaching men , who talk, bot listen not, or who speechify I in private; or gossiping men who think li tie and art never still, and yet they are j not conversable men. Tba real art of coo- , veisation, consists Dot only in expressing i your owo ibought* freely, bnl drawing out 1 by encouragement tha thoughts of others. | Yon will neper be liked for loog talking by , anybody, bui yon are sure to ba liked if, joor talking, you encourage aod stimu- < [ate others to think and talk in response to your thought. H — A young lady from tha rural districts i lately entered a city railroad car. Pretty I soon the conductor approached her and a dd ; "Your fair, Miss." She blasbrd and looked confuted, hot. aaid nothing. Tbe conductor waa rather surprised at this, but ventured to remark oace more : • "Yonr fair, Mis«." Tbia utne tbe piok on her chaaka deepened to carnation, as the rustic beauty replied : "Well, if I am good lookio' yon bsdo't . ought ter say it out afore folks." The passengers in (be ear roartd with laughter, and her lover at once settled her ! raiv. . — Ha caooot be an unhappy man who has tba lo*s of a woman to accompany him ' ia every department of life. Ton world ' may took dark and cheerless without . enemies may fattier in his path, but when be " retnrna'to the fireside, and feels the under • love of a woman, be forgeU his cares and ' troubles, aod is comparatively • happy ' u. - ■ i — A clergyman wae lately depicting beI fore a deeply inleraeted audieuw, the alarming iocrewae ariaumpetai.ee, when ^eaatona ished t> a bearyre by exclaiming : "A yoong |f woman ia my aeighbortood died very ande dealy last S.bbalb, while 1 waa preaching tbe gespel in a Hats or beastly iotoxinad lion I" Morel— mind yowr stops, aod how d yea cdoatraot yoer uutaoces. e —AO -jeaopbisticaud cobs try man, the ir other day, coming to Washington, saw a military oMrer, Mlowml at . rmpvclful diaUnce by two cnWrlm*. in fall gallop.-ai^sMm.-sAw -—•—»* MM.

Laura of New Jersey. 1 1 f (av AOVUOBITV.J j , Ao act creating tbe office of Comptroller i t of ib* Treasury and defining tbe dalles : r thereof. c 1. Ba it enacted by the Senate and Geo- 1 eral Aatembl of tbe Stale of Naw Jersey, j 1 That there shall be appointed by the Got- i ] ernor, with the advice and consmt of tue , i Senate, a comptroller of the treasoiy. who | * shall hold his office three years, aod until i hi* soccessor i* appointed. : ■ 2. And be it vnacted, That the eoeip- ! t trollvr, before enteriag opoo the duties of i his office, shall take an oath or affirmation ( t»f>ue ODV of the justice* oi the su reme | court, that he will well, feitbfully and impiriially tHschaign all the duties required i of Dim by law, and that ba will aol alluw ( any claim, charge or account against this I Slate anle*s satisfied that the same is ju-ily i due ; which oath or affirmation shall be filed i io the office of lb# Secretary of Slate to be j there prceerved among the public paprre, i and shell enter into bond with two or inure . securities, to be approved by the governor, i io tbe sum of fifty thousand dollars, payable , to ibe State of New Jersey, Cuoditiooed i for tbe faithful perfuimaoce of bis offioiel duti**, which bond be shell file io the office j of the Secretary of Slate. 3. Aod be it enacted, That the comptroller eball receive for his services annually the »am of two thousand five hundred dollars, but no fees or other compensation shall allowed him. 4. Aod ba it enacted, That it shall be the deiy of the comptroller to examine, audit, adjust and settle all accounts due to or presented against tba State, aod certify tbe amooul adjusted or allowed, to the treasurer Tor receipt or payment, nou thai in tba perlormaore of Ibis duly he eball be, aod u hereby, aathonm-d and required to administer ao oath or affirmatiuu to the person or parly presenting such account, or to any wanes* presented ou behalf of said person or party, or presented by hiinerlf or tbe attorney general no bsbalf of the stele, aod to axaimoe tbe same, as to the troth, fairoass, correctness nud justice of •aid accounts, aod tha s-id comptroller shall keep a record or registry of all acj counts so suditrd, adjusted, alioeeJ and certified, aad tbe time when the same was ' ! 5. And be it enacted. That it shall be j ! tlo duly of tbe comptroller to superintend i the collection of the revenue, to lake gene- , ! ral charge and supervision ol all right., in- ■ ' \ terests and property of the stale, to iuill1 : lute aod direct proeecutious agaiu*l delioi j officers of the revenoe, aud for just claims , ; and debts due to the stale, aod lo draw all i warrants on the treasurer in twvwuif such : public officrrs as receive salanfei l^uni the ' j stale, and lor the payment of all moneys j | directed by law 10 be paid out of the tree- : |

1 sory, aod such warrants suall designate the ' 1 I purpose for which tbey are drawu. 6. Aud be It enacted, That tbe eomp- » j trailer shall countersign aad register all i 1 ' checks drawu by the treasurer, aod all re- 1 J : ci-ipts for money paid to the treastrer; and | ' receipts shall be evidence ol payment i » unless so countersigned, and oo loans shall ■ be made by the treasurer unless with the 1 concurrence of the comptroller. j ■ ". Aud be it enacted, That the cotnp- ; ■ truller shall, wheu ueceeaary, draw id teror 1 of tba treasurer ou all persoos indebted to 1 the stale for money* due, aud Oh li.o prrii- J deals aod directors of all corporations iu ' which tba alare may own stock, for tbe 1 dividends on sucb slock, as the same may 1 become due. 8. Aod bt it enacted, That it shall be I j the duty of the assessor in each towoship 1 : end ward ol this stale, on or belore the i ' ] fifteenth day Ol Beptember iu each year, tu ! 1 make aud tranamil to the comptroller ah | ■ abstract of tha amount of all tha ratable* ; io their respective townships and ward*, 1 designating in separate column* in Said ab- 1 elract the amouutul quotas of stale, cooi ty, 1 poor, road, aud of all other taxes a*#ssrd | ' and to ba collected, aod also the Dumber or ' taxable iubabilauls iu sach township or j 1 ward. 9. And be it enacted, That it shall be ' the duiy of the board or cho-eti freeholder* . 1 of each county, -Ua Cum oil It re men of each i 1 lowosbip, the mayor aud common council ' 1 of each city, aod tba representative au- 1 thonty of each borough to this state, to transmit lo tba comptroller, no or before j tbe Bret day or October io each year, a | . statement of tbe debt or dable ol their respective county, towusbip, city or nor- j uugb, the purpose! for which iucurred to . be stated separately, aod tbe rata of iolerest paid on each dsbt. 10. Aud ne it euacted, That the abstracts required :o be made and traosmilted by the . , clerks of the common pleas of the several | Counties of this state by the sixth section : of the act entitled "An act relative to the ■ offiM of secretary of slate and register of the prerogative court," approved April , seventeenth, eighteen hundred and fevly- . eix, and shall hereafter be made aod transmitted at tbe time therein slated to tba comptroller, instead ot lo the pecretary of •lata. 11. And be it enacted. That tbe comp- ' t roller shall be, ax-offieio, a trostse of the ' school fund, commissioner of the stale . library, and general superintendent of , books, and all quarterly aud annual statemenu which are now mads by banks or r other corporations shall be made lo tbe 5 comptroller. r 13. Aod be it enacted, That ao much or the "Furteer supplement lo au act entitled i 4Aw wet Waolbonsa tbe business of bawk- • i"g.' approved Moreb tweaiy-aixth, eigb- . teen hundred and fifty-two," as appoints tha governor, aerreiniy of state aad attorney general w board of eeoamimrerar*, to I be styled the board of bank commissioner*. I- be. wad tbe asms is bwrebj repealed, and g all tha powara aod dabas conierred by said . act npon the aaid board br, aad the aerie aregbereby devolved a poo tbe comptroller, " and tbe eoaimiastoaara in tbe several eoealies ta U<S stale appelated by the govwrwer, under Ihe seveota sectlou of the above • meeliooed eepplemeat. shall fiia tba affida- • vit required by satd section ia the office ol iipiil A,.—, a ~rv<, a.

i foel for the nse of the legislature : i { the enseieg year, and to contract fur : t | the same upon the most advanlmgeoo. term* i I that may be offered, which proposals shall I i remain in bis office, there to remain of re- ] ! cord. ! 14. And be it enacted, That on the first I in March, June, September and • or ofiener if lie deems it nece*j the comptroller shall carefully exj the account* of the debts and credits the bank books kept by the treasurer, and if he discover* any irregularity or defi- ! cieocy therein he shall, unless the same be I rectified, or explained to his satisfaction, forthwith report the samn in writing to the governor. 13. Aud be it enacted. That the comptroller, shall . cithio three days after the auouel meeting of tba legi-lelure, report eecb bouse the Unsocial condition of the stele. Eli estimate of expenditure* fur the succeeding year, arranged under their appr priale heads, together with ell the trausaclione of bis office ; aud tbe usual number of priDled copies of tbe report, for the uie of the senate and tbe general assembly eball accompany the same ; the printing to U i executed by the current printer to the : legislators of the year for which the report is made. i 16. And be it enacted, That tbe accounts of tho treasury shall be examined immediately upoo the close ot the fiscal year, i y a joiut committee or the legislature, which ; committee shall report to toe next legislature, and the usual number of printed copies i of the repbrt, lor tbe use of the senato -nil general assembly, shall accompany the ..me ; the pruning to tie cyecoteil as pro- , i viued for by tb« fifteenth section of this act. 1?. And be it enacted, That so modi of j t any law which coufiicts with this act, or . , confers on) of the powers ann done* which > by tbia aol are vaeled iu tha comptroller, in . ' aay uther officer or officer* Im, and the same is hereby repealed, f 18. Aod be it eoacled,,That this eel shall • take effect immediately"; provided^ Ibat i nbtil the complroller ie appointed uud en- ' ter. upon' the duliea of bis office, or iu case f of a vacancy hereafter, all accounts stall r ! be audited aod the disbursements and re- ( ceipts of tbo treasurer ehajl be made as I | heretofore. « i Approved March 17, 1863. , Au Act to legalize and require the issuing I aud payment of certain bands of Middle . j Towusbip, in the county of Cape May. . j I. Be it climcled by tbe tienate end Con- . | eral Assembly pf the State ot New Jersey, . That each aud every person, who has he- n , or shall be drafted to fill tbe qnuia ol MidI die towusbip, Cape May cuuly , in pureuauce I, of the call of tbe President of the United „ Stales uiadu December, eighteen buudred , j nou smy-lour, and has gone himsell or baa . ; a substitute, ur shall serve the furmsUvd a substitute, shall serve the (

I United Slat'i* as such drafted person, or j snail put ill a substitute to Hal isly sucb draft, | aliall receive of tbe.tuwnlhlp committee ol j Middle township (in case he has not already | received) a towusbip bond Ol llidebtenes* i for I lie suiu ol" five bundled dollars, p»yable in three equal lustalmeut*, io lour, five, | aud six years, with interest pnyablu'auuually j Irom del--, end the township committee ! | aforesaid shall and are hereby empowered. I authorized and required (iu addition to the other tax now required, or beiealter required by law) to order and cuu»e lo be levied, assessed and collected, such auiouut by lax as shall be necessary to pay ibe iuleraat 00 tba bond* annually that have been issued, or Shall be isloed for tho beuvfil of the persuna aforesaid, aod also the principal at tbe Uuie vet forth iu* said bunas, aud . the auid towusbip cuiiuiitieu shall CuUlltiae ' ( order and cause tu be assessed aud col- | lecled sucli lax from year to year until all I such *i»a*ui--iu.'»s shall ba paid. | 2. Aod be it euacted, That three-fonrtbi : ol the anioOBl of money as eball be necesj sary 10 cerry tuto effect -hi* act, shall be j raised by tax on the real aad personal prop- ; erly in the township, as other tax is rai*ed in tucb properly, aod oDe-fourlb shall I I raised by pofl tax. I 3. Aud be it enacted, That all the ofliI Cars uf the township, county nod stale : aluresaid, shall do and cause to be done ' all and stery thing that may or eball be nrcesoavyv to ewtry into efieot the true j meaning aod Intent of Ibis act. 4. And ba H euacted, TDal this aol shall : take effect immediately. Approved March 11, 1863. I A Furtbar Bopplvroeni to "An act for tha guvvromeut aud regulation uf tha State Prison," approved April sixteenth, eighi teen hundred and forty-six. 1. Ba It enactey! by the Senate and General Assembly of tha riwte of Naw Jersey, i That whenever it hall happen that the I keeper of the ritate Prison shall find it na- ( J cessary lo raise money for the o*e* of the r j said prison, or whenever ha may be enabled I to economise tha expenditure* of the eeme by the u«e of ready muoeyff he (hall be, and i> hereby aathorixed to draw hie dratl>, by sud with tbe coorent or the acting inspecr t-re, upon the Ueaaurer of tbo Btata, Irom lima to time, for aay eqm»or some, not exceeding in tba aggregate tba. sum of ten thousand dollars; in any ooa year, to be ' applied lo tba uses af-resaid ; and it shall !. be lawful for the treasurer lo pay to the order of the said prison keeper the sum* so ' called for, out of any unappropriated funds iu his bands. 2. And be It enacted, Thai tha aaid r keeper shall, from time to lime, aod we • I eooa as be shall be in food* from the receipts of the income of the prison, repay to [ the treasurer the SUM so advanced, a* far | as i« practicable, previous lo the close ef ' 3. And ha it vn.cted. That this act shall take effect immediately. J Approved March 30, 1863. i At Act to prevent freod in the payment of " baeati s lo vnlauuers. 1 . Ba it enacted by tha Senate and Geo- • erel Assembly of the 8lata of Naw Jersey, That say peraon who may ho entro.ted with • any bounty inaaey far awy Naw Jeraay vol- >" qnlrav eetaring tba eervice of the State, or »' ibe eervice of the United States, who shall withoal thaeousent of eaid volunteer rateia w the same or any part thereof, or shall fail ■a to par aarti vMaaleav at tha time of his be1- leg mastered in, the full arnoanl of secb .r t.uwoty money, wi'.hoet any" dedactlow or ia abate meet, taall ha gaiUy of a miademaaaia or, and an ooaiicuoa thereof ia aay ooart

j of quarter eessious, or court of oyer aod ! terminer, shall be sentenced to pay a fin* t« ' Out to exceed five hundred dollars, and to u be imprisoned at hard labor ic the Slate prison tor the term of six months. 'I 2. And be it enacted. That toil act shall t; taka effect immediately. Approved March 80, 1865. t' An art to reimburse l,enn*ylvania Institute for Deaf und Dumb, for losses sustained j, by llieoi ou account uf the pupils of New Jersey. t< \V iiikk.s, tire P»nn*ylwania Institution for Deaf and Damb ha. sustained a loss on tbe pupils maintaiusd, clothed and io- r stvueted, from the Slate of New Jersey, j ■luring toe years eighteen buudred aud c sixty-three and eighteen hundred and t sixty-four, of six hundred dollars beyoud u the amount received from tbe Stare ; „ therefore, l 1. Be it enacted by the Senate an-l Gen- | eral Assembly of the Stale of New Jersey. | That the treasurer of the Stale be directed, , and i* hereby authorized to pay 'he L'enn sylvaoia Institution for the Deal and Dumb, j ; six hundred dollars, from any money i.l ihe treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the j above mentioned purposes. Approved March 30. 1863. Supplement lo ao act rntitled "An act in- | curpnrating the Cortlandl Van Keouae. lavr Memorial Institute," approved Feb- ' roary tweniy-aixth eighteen buudred uud ( eixlj-one. ' 1. He it enacted by the Senate and General A-*enibly or the State of New Jersey. ! That in all meetings of tbo board of lru»- j ■ lees, five ehpll conetitple a quorum HrtMfce . • i traiu-srtion of business. 2. And be it enacued. That upon the ( r failure of Ihe general assembly of the l'res- | 1 l.ytenaii Church lo eiect trustees, a* pio- j 1 ' tided iii the third section or said act, tbe ; ' | kaii) h 'Biil of trosli'e* aliall . ave lull power I . to fill all vacancies which may occnr by reason of resigualion, deuth, or expiration ol tune, J. And be it enacted, That ibis act tbsli . ° take effect immediately. 1 Approved March 30 1865. » A"ii' act relative to tho Teacher and Moral Instructor to tbe couvicts iu the bialu . " 1. H« it enacted by the Senate and Gen- 1 h' eru| Assembly of the Stale of New Jersey. " That th» per-on employed as teacher ana ; moral in»trucior iu tlie convicts in the [' State Prison, shell hereafter devota ni» i ' whole time to Ihe heller and more- efficient ( discharge of the daties of the *«id office, | and that io eousideratlon thereof he be paid | T a salary at tbe rate of one thousand dollar" j , hy the year, to be paid quarterly by tbe j trea-urer, upon the proper warrant. " 2. And be it enacted, I'bal tbis net shall | " i.t- -ll-i-l inimmllttli'lv. ! t

Approved March 30, 1865. 1 1 A further supplement to the Act entitled | . "An Act concerning Taxes," appro red j t April fourteenth, one thousand ngiil bun- i r dred and furty-six. i r 1. Be it onacled by lbs Senate aod Gen- ; i eral Assembly of the Stale of New Jersey, j That thrre shall be assessed and levied and | a collected on tbe inhabitants of this Stute, j r and on their taxable, real and personal ; property, and upon the oiber objects liable ; t to taxation, a Slate tax ot ibreo hundred j und fif.y thousand dollars, which is hereby j appropriated and shall be applied a* ftl ■ low*: two hundred aod eighty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may ba oeedI ful, lo the payment of sucb interest a* shall .* have accrued on the fir*! day id January next, aud un the fir.l d«y of July n-xt ! thereafter, on the luuu auihorixed by an ( , act entitled "An art anUiuiising a loan lor , ' me purpose* ol war, to rrpvl luvaslou and ; 1 suppress insurrection, and appropriating ( ( ( Ihe same, am? pro tiding for the payment - threof," approved May leiiih, one tto.ueatd ( e I buudred. end nxly-une; and tbe rei ! kidue thereof, atuive wbat may be Decease ry ■ io pay the H .id iulerest, "ball be applied ! and added to the siuking fund provided for | | i by Ibe tillb section of said act towards Ihe ( | I pay me u ■ ol the principal of said lo in ; and | seventy thousand dollars of the said lax ' | shall be applied, so much tbervol as may ' be needful lo ha - pevmaut of any other , i indebtedness of the State, and tha residue j thnfvof lo any other uses of tbe Siatw ; I which said Slate lax shell be and the same I is hereby apport-oned to aud among the , J several counties of this State, OS follows, . that u to say : To the county of Atlantic, the sum of two thousand two hundred, aud seven dol- . I*'*; To the county of Bergen, the sum of sev- ' entrvn thousand two tn-udred aud thirty . doll.rs; „ To the county of Burlington, the sum ol j taeoty-four thousand uiua hundred aud „ sevanly-bva dollars ; j To the coanly ol Camden, the sum of six- . teen tbouaand nine buudred aod eeTeutytwodollara; . To the cooonty of Cei>e May, the sum of two thousand eight hundred aod ihirty-one „ dollars ; e To the county of Cumbeilaad, tbn sum H of nine thoosaod four buudred and tweniy- . bis dollars ; 0 To th" county of E*mx, the sum of fortyi, seveo thousand six hundred and sixty-nioe dollars ; j To the county of Gloucester, the sum of „ nine thousand six hundred and ninety-eight . dollars ; „ To tha county or Hudson, the sum ol ,r thirty-eigbl tBousand two buodred and sixty ,r dvllais; To lb* county of Hunterdon, tha earn ol || twanly tbooseu'd funr hundred and sixuwu dollars ; To tha county of Marcer, the soip of twenty thousand ona hundred aod atxly»f funr dollars ; > To tha coanly of Middlesex, the anm of a- seventeen thuttsand three buodred aad r, forty-eight dollar* ; ;h To the eouoiy of Monoioulli, the anm of 4- twenty thousand ureu hundred and fiity>r three dollara ; ill Tu the county of Morris, the anm of sixia lean thousand font huoditd aod forty dollil lan ; #- To tha county of Ocean, tba sum of two :b thouaaud and thirty-eight dollara ; or T<> Ike couaty uf I'asrsic, the sum of a- thirteen tbouaand two boadfud aad eightyrt three dollars;

To the cueoty of Salam, the sum of fourteen thousand seven buodred and thirtynine dollars ; To the county of Somerset, the ion of thou-and eight hundred and twen-ty-three dollars ; To tha county of So«sex, tba sam or twelve thon-aiid two hundred aod sixty-two dollar* ; To i ha eoonty of Color, the som of fourI hou -ami one hun.ired and one dollars; To the county of Warren, Ihe sam of fifteen thousand seveu hundred and fifteen dollar. ; Which tax, and tbe earns required to be raised for county, city, township and other pu>>tic taxes, shall he levied, assessed end collected on the persi-ns and property, and in the manner directed by tbe above recited act-, entitled "Ao act concerning taxes," and th-< several snpplemeats tbvreto, and the laws of tbia Stole now in force, regain! uu lha asse'Smente aod collection of except ne in and by this act is otherordered aod directed. 2- And be it enacted, That ibis act shall lake effect immediately. Approved April 6, 1865. ! An act aupplemenlary to ao act approved March thirtieth, eighteen hundred end sixty-four, entitled "An act for the more effectual organization of tha New Jane/ Hifirt Corps." 1. Ba it enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the Stale bt New Jersey, That 'the companies attached lo tbe riHe corps be aiiipoaeiod, as an in-lspaad*nt ' organization, to lorm battalion, regimental : and brigade organizations, in accordance . with tbe militia laws of the 8 tale of New Jersey which are now or may hersaTUr t» ; e-tablisbed. 2. And be it enacted, That in addition . to the non-cnmuiis-inned officers now an- , : thorixad by la». there »ball be one payIiia*ler appointed by the commandant to . each company, who shall be empowered to I collect ail fine* and duos In such in inner as : i-, or may berealtor be prescribed by law. I ;t Ami be it enacted, Tnal lhare shall ' ha a company court martial lo each cumI pany, consisting of ooe commissioned offi cer, oija sergeant, ooe corporal, and two I privates, who -ball be appointed annually 5 by the commandant of lh* comp -oy. 4. Aud b« it auacted, That every officer, - no!i-cumtni**loned officer, musiciao and pri- . vale now belonging to, or who aba!! bere1 alter enlist 10 the rifie corps, and *hp hall " fnit hlully serve a* a in mher uf auy com- ■ : pauy jiuchad lo any battalion, regiment, t 1 or brigade, shall be exempt f um military , tax, and jury duly, and tax** on real estate l tu the amount of five hundred dollara, " ( during auuh service ; and if he faithfully c : serve for the term of seven years, shall, at hi* request, receive a dt-chargu entitling 1 i him I-- exemption thereafter Irorawll mill.rv dutv ,-xcehi in Hole of war or iusurracduty time

( .3. And ba it enacted, That all military ; district! whore wx is or may be imposed military i urpoaes, ihe companies of the ' rifile corp. shall ba entitled to .hate pro mta with nil the companies in said district | all niou»ye so collected, i C- Au'l be it enacted. That all general : sird h.ld officer* suall belong to the Slate ■ military boaid. ] 7. And be l> enacted. That this act shall ! take effec" imrocdi itelv. Approved April 6, 1865. i An eel to Secure statistics of orphanage resulting from deaths of soldiears and sailor* or New Jersey, daring thr present war. 1. IV it enacted hy the Senate and General Assembly of the Stele of New Jersey, That the assessor of each township or ward of this Stale »ha!l annually record the Damn . anil age <-f every boy and girl made orphan ! or hall orphan bofoi! the firel of ibe preceding May of each year, by tbe death of j a parent enlisted from tbeir respective ! iiiwn.hip* or wards in tlie military or naval : service -f the United Stales since the outbreak of Ibe rebellion, to be staled in a ■ book, and on or before the first of SeplemI her of each year shatl retorn the same to tlie town clerk, who shall record tbe seme in a book kept for thul purpose, and shall at the limi of inJking hi* returns of births, marriages ami deaths to lbs secretary of Stale, forward a duplicate io lha aarraUry uf State, to be by biei, on or before tbe fir t or Junoary, recorded with a suitable index in a book kepi for that pnrpose, and who shall certify to tha towo-hipclerk tbe number of names so returned. 2. And be it enacted, That the township committee, on the presentation of a certificate from the secretary of Slate of tbe nnmber ol names re-orned as by section ' one. shall pay lo the saaessora aod clerks five elms each for every e.me so certified. 3. Anil b- it enacted. That the secretary of Slate shall be untitled for all said service to tbn .um of twenty-five dollars, to be paid by the treasurer ou a warrant signed " by the comptroller of this Slate. 4. And be it enacted, That tbis act shall . take affect immediately. Approved April 6, 1865. A supplement to the act entiled "An act i creeling tha office of Comptroller of the Treasury, and defining the duties there- • of," approved March seventeenth, eighteen hundred end sixty-five, s 1. Bn it enacted by ibe Senate and General A-semhly uf tbn Slate ol New Jeisey, f That tbe Cuwplrellnr of the Treasory be, t and he i. hereby auihorixed to employ such clerical asvi-tauce io the discharge or his I duties ss may bo necessary for expediting • the bnsie«-e of his office ; provided, that .aid clerical asauOanee ao obtained eball f not exceed the expenses bow incurved by u tbe oiber departments of which the Comptroller's office shall relieve of their preeeni f daties, so Ibat there shall be no edditiooal - exprores to the State, and the expense* r snail be paid by ftm Treasurer of Ibe BUM ■I on ibe warrant of tbe Goveroov. rX d 2. And be it enacted, That • room ia tbe Btate Ctpitol 'ball be appropriated if anff furnished for tbe owe of the ComplVbl- - ler of the Treasury, ondor tbe dlreotieo of ibe con.mireiooew uf tbe Blate library, tbe oust of which "ball be paid by said comwi*I- sinners ool Of money* appropriiud fbr tho uurpore wf adding a wing on lha southerly o side of the Suu Capitol, aod fitting op and * •r»£r*5a-A.wB«- -