' ' 3flaii fl)ccan Have, ? .

VOL. XI.

* • . ' ' , • . ^ ^ • " • . . : » . - ■ CAPE ISLAND. CAFE MAY COUN TV. NEW JERSEY. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER' 11. IS®.

NO. 20.

flic poet's (forncr. TII»: IJELllWlA.V. Th* alchi la dark I th» wlmls sr* louJ I Tha ak> I- aown with flying clood i Out guoAahl;. scuds before the gal*. All tsut and trim with ahortrtmi tall. Af-tatt lu-r-*l.!*s thr lilvk warn rock | Hrr tltut»r» qulvrr with the shock ; Th» thrlU loam Iih aa-m-a hrr bow, Flung sky ward faun hrr sharproail (trow. 1 * Before ua alt la thirk and dark, J Yal onward bound# our liltla hark ; I With hoaraa loud i>>mult akrlrlta ibr wind, Like tome mad demon eluaa behind. Brs.iV Ike wheel the hrlmaman at and. ; He rra.pa it with I. la alnawy hods ; And all the while bla reatleaa eje Ilia (org la white; his sjinlowy lorm la butrcmrd tloarly ag-tast Ibr atom s Ilia lawnjyialr atrrama nut brMod ; Hla beard II at.akeu with Ibe-arlnd. Oh, aeeaa Us now a phantom there " ■ Dealde the jaheel— a 'bin* of air ! And Sterna Ihla ahlp ar'mr (h< at!) h|r!>. Thai ruahea bltmU) through the dark. O. hrlmamnn, whwher are we bound I Ha make* no alga; he apcaka no wold; No noawrr Iron bla Ups la beard, r Bu( straight before the biasing (ale. All Inn and taut, with abortrard rail. Ukr aume wild troJ-inl in hrr flight. Our gallant obip apeeda through in* Bight. O, hrlmaman. width*, tail wanow I What fair land Ilea before our proa I What friendly harbor aall we tot He aoawrre not, but allent atanda. And praapa the wheel with both hla barnla | ! And onward, o ward, through thr dark. Like aume wild aaa-hlrd a|-eeda our bark,

©rijiual 5ton>. IFoe the Orran Wave ) j iRio\, tiii: s t: ,4-nntit. Or a Tale of Love and OonatanfQr, 1 DV CKNEVA. CHAPTER I. Our (lory open* at a time ttben the ! leaves of Aotuoin were falling, and all nature wear* that nolemn nnd beaniiful U'ery, which in to *ad and yet soothing , to the sensitive tool of roan. Iuwaa during ihla baautlful MMtti, that two lover* might have been «een ■rated npon the trunk of an old gnarled oak, at Gape May, listening to, and gazing far tiff npon the dark old Atlantic, which with thundering sound was break i ing upon the shore "And ao. dear Harry, mnst yon really leave roe, and be gone for three -long weary years," asked the young . irl, as she look* i-up in*her lover's face. "Yes, Arion," mi ewe red the y>0llg rami, ns he threw hia strong arm about \ her and whisperrd, "C rer up, dnriiii", j it will not be ao very long, sfter all ; and then I shall come bark with honors, »nd claim the "fairest diamond" of Cape . M.y for my wife. 8»y, Ariun, shall H ! be sof" And Arum laid both liitliwbite bands in one of hi*, nnd her •)'- ; , apoke the words'which thcdip. r. fu*i d j to otter. llul before we prticrid fur her, l>t,u> atop and t^ke a-glance for a f.w m»- j meats, at the history of these two luting ones. Arioi^ Clifton was the ride. t d-oghi.r ' of a family, consisting of five member. ' —Mr. and Mm Ch'ton. Arum out be- , Toiur. Fanny an interesting child Of ten, 1 while Frank the youncest, was n brigb - Syefl boy ofetghi years. Mr Clifton wsa a wealthy merrham. • ho tied in early life been left with an omple fortune, and ihia, Yumbined with "some speculations »hirh proving Ti ry : advantageous, bad enabled him to retire j from business at a lime, when many of bis brothers in tradp were just beginning to prosper and accumulate the riches l>f this world. But Mr. Clifton was possessed of neb a social, sunshiny naybrr. that to see hi* wif* and family happy. j . afforded him pleasure aiijl^(ontanLnvr.i, r without further wishjgg to in/rease his j wealth. / , / Immedistely eft*r~tils marriage to the j < beautiful Mary Klbeit, of New York, in which State be was then residing, he j started with bis brida to visit the conti- : nent, sod also to behold lha scaurs that ' he dreamed of since a boy — the far-famed j skies of Italy. After an absence of throe years, as they ware returning homeward, one ■ bright, beautiful night — as thg_stara looktd down with itwir twinkling eyeend the moon thud a holy, silvery light upon the dark blue waves, while the soft zephyrs seemed to sing a beautiful soojt of praise to returning Spring— our Arion was born, and gladly welcomed by two Jovmg hearts. "What shall tie her name, dear husband V said the pale little wife, as she looked op in her hovhsed'i face, about a week afterward, * I

"Wo will call her 'Arion,' onr little ' sra-hird,"*was the reply, "in memory of the ocean opon which G-d gave her in us." And our Arion gn w in beauty dwily, until the time when our siory ; open* when her sixteenth birthday was ushered in, and found Iter tio- most love- i ly creature who eve- dw.lt in brarii g of "old ocean 'a" billow, or on Jer«- y a sorgr-hound coast. T II graceful, edu-rib-d ; with eye* of eerofean l.lue, and 1 bright : golden hair which fell in aof, showery ringlets around shoulder* of tha i mmi snowy Whiteness; 'gh. intellectual I ftirehead, Grecian note, and lip* of cln f- ' i ry redness, which wlirn .til ling disco. - j .rrd a pair of dimpled cheeks, and dis- ! closed a set of ptarly tenth ; iu truth, , j .he was without exaggeration a perfect j lieauly Such at least thought Harry ; tic Haven on thai beautiful autumn et^ni ing. when h-- repeated the word* we | ham qtlnied in the brginbing of our | tale, i-ul let u» glance for a moment al | him who had gained the love of ihis i bgaiitiful girl. < Harry d>- Haven was a nol.l« looking : v-iuitg man, just entering hi* twenlielh i-yvar; a faee entirely Grecian in it« east, j wiili daik curling hair, and eye* of the • deepest hazel. He was the only son of • | wealthy pamot*, and *a* their put and ! idol from the time uf hi* birth ; uud now that he should wish to leave Ibrin. and - : go far away to fight in behalf of hi* : country, was more than' their selfish . hearts could understand At leuglb, j after much pleading, a reluctant eonI sent was given, and Harry lie Haves •j ipraug with a strong htmrt and willing j foot to bis Country's rescue, only «»d- , j di-nr-d by I Ha thoughts ol a tearful face ® which he left behind, and perhaps never . more would see. { CIIAI'TEH II. The morning after Harry's departure. Ariotf look up her slmplr duties at first , ' with a sad heart, but calling up all bur j love for suffering America, ahe silcnliy . thanked (tod that she could do something for the great csu-e of liberty — And through those autumn nay* Ariou's fingers .Hew swiftly, making palatable . ji-Mies, kuilting socks and st«ekings for the brave soldier boys, against ibe hour B i of need j Ai tb»' first approach of winter Mr. f Clifton had retired with bht family to I their stalely residi nee in tlie city of New York, and here, while m ated in j their handsomely furnished |wrior, wo I will introduce our r. ad- rn, on a cold L. night in Deccmtiar; 1868 nearly cigbi j teen mon'hs alter il .rry'a •nli«t,iiei.l r • The A-b'Idren had rcL'rd t > the nur.ervj , Mr Ml, ft Mr- Clifton *nd Avion s|0.,c I j remained w-airft, "'What l* 'hr matter with m. -e-.- rd , ' to-mgh' ?" jd.ylul.y retDaiked Mr Cl't- . ion. "II* she heard sail iidn g« f:om - j j the one «"be to»es ''ett.riliaii her lnti.ee i "No father " Arion replied; "hut a r ' tad forehodtng id coming evil ha- h «unt- , ed me all day— a aeary. de* lata feeli- g ha* inuWied my heap this blisk D-ce - i I er nigbi, nnd it is luipuaaibi.- <o rid I : my- lr of it " ""You are nerions. Arion," re, lied Mr. Clifbn; "and the wind inowanig and n sighing abrog .tha street has 'increased || the fee ing." y While Mr* Clifiwu, with all a mor : tl.er's soliciludc, persuaded' Arion to ,f I ritire. hoping »leep would ag .in re«L.rc j g bar favorite child to bar usual health, f ] And Arion wani, but many a long . | hour passed before the light in thai chamber vu extinguished, or tb» weary . j eye* deled in sleep— not before she had ; read many timet, in the little Bible which „ had been her solace in childhood and ] new the guide of her yontH, that b.auii- i r ; ful psalm beginuing, "The Lord i* my Q shepherd, I shall not want;" and come rotted herself io prayer to God in behalf i. ! of country, parents snd lover. At last I I came nature's sweet restorer — balmy ^ sleep, and with it beautiful dream* of the absent one, to cheer and strengthen g i ber against the day of trial which, though r I suspended for the present, would fall , ' tha more heavily on that loving heart „ j when it came „ She awoke in the morning, refreshed f, | and happy After breakfast a letter was ; „ j handed her; il proved to be from liar ' n | ry, telling her in glad, hopeful strains j u of hi* promotion, in reward of the brev- ; j ery exhibited ^y him, ao the com uand- ,. ; ing officer told him; (as he modestly IC i wrote.) and ended with itill assuring lt j her of hi* undying affection lor one he j loved to dc'rif. •

When Mr Cl:ft<m came in (or dinner ; r j that day, she tidd him, in conjunction ; 1 . with Mr*. Clifton, of Harry's good 'fortune.' Tt>sy both rej-iped with b»r. a' the same lime gently i-liiiiing' her lor the ; 1 nnaei»ary t«rr-'r. of the previous d*v Time passed on. mid winlef was faal giving-Wiy to -prii.g when, on Ji)"k'iig over the 1,8. f bill- <1 and wouiied after .fiie .it oflr fie vest batt!a*i_|,iiping l | . ; hi* iiaU» wa» no aiilolig the i.uiii'-er, slid h r 'it aft lit.l cec-.tf 'O bp.il a.- \ wddlv, for o«or Iw.oibifda ..f that long - list hmJ lie> n •canned— j'i*i nt to fn i ■ of the ei'lomn her eye C uglil the name : 'Harry de II vpn,' and ii«»ide it li e . word "mi»»ing." She ga-e a ouiek. UIW fXJ i l»r p«p-r I fell from her ^and, and a statue could! not have reuiuined roor, fixed and molionloea iban that fair" girl, with the i | color all .fled, and wearing a : stony, gl ..ay look vThMieing apiu.ed : fr .iu till, scennng nT'bil ty io nmve tag ! h r mother's voice calling- on h.r to tell i ' the cause of h. r abandoht d sorrow. -Iosaid nut a word, hoi turning ur. iuiplor- 1 ing, beseeching lo. k lull up ii .Mr*. Clifton, poiuted to the paper Then the lull lueuning of that sp-nchlea* sor-* rnsbt-d full upon ihut.fond rouihtr's heart, and Catching up thu- paper the name WS« soon found, but seeing tiiul it' said ouly "missing," slie seated herself! to dA task of chet riug thai grief-atricken one. Telling her that he might have been separated frutu ibe main portion of the army, or (icrbap* u prisoner soon to be exchanged. 'tNo! Ob, 'o"i" wildly exclaimed -Anon. "M.y. dreams of copiilig evil are realized ; he is dead ! My hr«ve llarry will ne»i-r return to uir, and life will he one long day of clouds " Thus she sal and moaned pitouusly, until at last, the words she bad been reading ibe night prvviou* wMxnii-CtOzacdJlur uiiud ; — "lie that walketh io darkne.* and halli no light, let him trust in the Lord, and slay OpOD hi* God." Their effect Wu. iusiantaueoub. Immediately she became caliu and composed ;. I.ui.gaoii day grew thinner ami paler, when no' word came to tell of the Uiisaiug one. Her lather • and mother bulb watched her daily, nnd saw fading bvfore them ih.ir first and best brloctd child ; and thinking that perhaps a change ot scene would lie of . some benefit, planned a trip to the niouuaim*, and from there lo Wniltiugton to spend the wiutcf) which was stftordiuglr \ put into praclire, and in a few mouths ! wc find t.-om at Wa-ll nglou Cll AI'TIilt III. It w»« again Winter, and al the window of a stately mansion, sal Ariob Oliftirtt, taoi not 1 oklng now like the gay c ild of other days. Then her eye* ■park), d a lib love aud happiuevs. aud h-r. f r<o wa*. beauliful in ii*-aymuietry ; now hi r ■ }■■ «er. ilimm-d, and h .d a *-d. pen ah- lot-k, • hlle <h« 'ft-Dn los' its roandiia**, and h- ■ -tep it* elastiritt. S e a' II a us l.nu-f -i h '«evtr, ai d many >■ tlo ae -lem 8- nal->t> «nd geiUemen of Washiiig on aci. o*l dged i», ; and km It at her. ahno'. offering tbeir 1 , hearu soot bind, to onw so beam ifnlnndg .nd as our Arion. She refuud ihem all firmly tint kindly, saying that her i love had long been brstowed upon a heart br»v>- and true, but which migM even tben he lying io aome( unknown grave. E« ii turnrdjaway with feeling* ■ >! sadness, unroiugl^d with anger, feel ing more re*peet for, and loving more I dearly if anything, one -a bo could he so constant io the dead. I' happened about this lime that a 1 ! friend and fellow merchant in former ; days of Mr. Clifton's, for whom the latI ter bad endorsed Oob-s amounting to ! more than half of hi* fortune The friend had faded to meet the demands, : and ' this duty consequently devulvid upon Mr Clifton, who saw, wit out ; having the power to avert the blow, the ' i stay of his declioing years, and that 1 j which be bad hu|>ed would hereafter be 1 : of beuelit to hi* children, swept away. ' ! In this crisis, Ariun .one day came 1 unexpectedly and unseen into the par- \ lor, and discovered ber mother in tears, ' : and tbe children looking ou in speecb1 ; less dread of some unknown evil. 8bo | game softly up behind bar father, just as 1 i he was bending over the drooping -head " ' or hia beloved wne and laying, "Marv, wife, our love for each other is as deep r now as whan I first woo my fair briue 5 1 is it not ?" 1 j "Yes, Frank, dear husband." gently ; replied th* wife; "but were it uot for

r : Ariun, dear child, we could bear it with ' n ; calmn-s* if not resignation. She ao ■ frail, so d. Urate, end indeed airy, a* her ,t naue implies." r i At this jnne'ore they were bnth startled by AnotiV arm* rlaspii g them, I ami her fi'rdlike vpice wliisp.rin'g, Fs«r-, j ri -t (or me, ilrar parenis, I am not r airy hut t!.«i y..ur birdie can w.i>k — ! A <k*h • kt'ows hut that thi« i« sent to - ■, cause i e purfuru. gome gr» ii and glorious tn's.-U' la roa-e u» a I fr. nj J |lhc Iiidolent Hf.d am I- a- lives Wear. r Tt>Vy aurtied .t b-r eethuslasni, r-* e'lu.irkii g ehri i fully t f «'-e could t lr - 1 try, aud ii.wardly f— ling -n- g'hr ent-d wuh her l.t.pe inspiring ton--*. I Tlie a|pb ly mansion was 1- ft awl a - small cotl .gr in the subnros of \Vn>U-. r ■ ingtnu secured. H-lp wsa discharged, n and by the aid of Anon and her sister ii Fanny, the household work was perv ! formed White 'lie np>tli*r did the »err- || lug S i onlajr uflrriioona. our sen bird ,. 1 fo iid lime to gather a*fe-v po.tr ehildrru . j int. i their airgll nitlng roeui. and inI airuci tttv-m in the fir-t r .dimenis of the "i'T'1 ' • /- I .• Thps paeat-a h- r airapliv life ; hoi a s ; cl-md was wising which would for a ^ lime mar her happiness, for •he was t'i happy, and regretted not the elegant If! walks of fashion she had left, nor the n . hutteiili friends who aere wont, in for- - „ mg^ifiues, lo hover near l.er, hut loved „ tne more dearly the few who remained ; n 1 constant and true. J tliiuuei.i. 0 "liiiukeiio jioi.it of morality," say* a y ' viilrl, "never lo find funll with n. ml lo-r for giacef I. blunt orpuliie, pufi-b-d or rastie. j 1 rare not whit llu-v are, if u man .iieau< 1 well, ami acts fiipo holiest inl.-D|i»i|- i>iil|1 nut eceeutricitv or' affrrlinu. All no-lip - • have mtr tbmvfvanjmre rif 'gnmJ" snrltny." " h I n- i\i* culled, _to >clo.ol Iheiiiacli. . t ft all J its faiLtStic rule- ami ceremonies : and if , ; I lo-riyW-orryYVjtulurd of |nunnt-rs. i- t* well : founded ou reason,an-l gnwl -etna, ami out I upon these artificial rrguluiioua. Manners, ; Ilka i'otiveraalinii, ahuuid Ih* • XI. itipina- ■ licous, aud uul aluilied. 1 ulaay* •utprci n man lhat meets uie with the game p-r '' j peloal sinile ou hi- face, ihe anno le-ndiug d ! of the body, and tbn «am« premaditaled t j viiukti of thn bund, laive me the liewl \ — if : it mill be rongh — grip of the hand, the . | careless nod of recognition, aiid'sheii occa. 0 | sion requires, the homely but welcome -a|a. ^ j tation — 'How are yon, my old 'riend!' j 1 Fall of yie WattTfuII. j I'lo- tungow-like bunches of wool, curled 1 have been currying on tha'kope of ihenerk, i have had limfUky. The wareifall orctiy ' ' noil, t» aholiahed y u. decree n| fi-hl-n. I Tlio-e who -hall emit inue to v—r ji w-li lie S ! declared behind the lime* an.1 unfa-hi toll j able. Yesterday a ffereat number of tha ' m»Weai style of bal* MiQadies made ihe.ripj pvaranue. T'.et are -ma-l, hul come .1 wo ( 1 well over the back ol the bead, and s-lniil of no wate/fall. A lo.iz-ido of 'Hi* i-r-iiy affair rhe woolly escrecnncea which aera '' eiiti Won. by many l«- ie-, looked hideous. • I Il m.df lake oniric w- k- t.» nring about th- . > general adoption o^ ihe lo w Ii ad-.-ear, but r i ll rnusl Com*. Thats u no a -t-iUll III ihe it e 'all Caekptaa. A gseal am-.an> of anAand i, chvled hair Will itn'lhrowu on lha maik-t, ir io If transferred from the neckt of fair woman lo "tifa c iahiom. piM-iw- ind be l«. t l oung A in erica Teaches Dad a „ Trick. .„ 1 "My »oo, 'uke that jug and get a. -me I beer." ! "Give me some money, then father." "My *«n to gel beer with m ney— any. - " body can d»> lhat; but to gel peer w.lhout j money, lhal'a the trick." a i 8o the hoy lake* tbe jog find ou' he goes, r I Soon be retirna and. places the jug before [. j hia falber0 ; "linnk," said the enn. e "How can I drink," asid ihe father, ( i "allien there is no beer in the jou." i "To drink beeroul Of a jog."uuid the"aoro.' "when ihera is beer— anybody can do; but II ; io drink bekr oat of a jug when there it no e beer, tbat is tha trick father. 11 j — The Frnians are largely engaged at ] 'e ' New York In tha ynenafartufe ol wagon-, 1 '• of a kind not all unlike iho-e aero in army >v ! trains. Those already bail! are marked as r- ' the prrtperty of the Order, but i». is said », ; that they are lo have no more arrino- ut» | thnu In "apply the wauls of numeroqa pic- |(] i nic excursions ! Perhap- an, bu| aome peow ! pie think the pic-nic |ier!ormaiice may be preceded by a cnpaiderable -ail on th.- -a- ' let! Wa shall oee, perhap.. — ExcAungs. "—In the prngxamtne (orbia hew Mormm. ^ leciura, Ariemot Ward says: "Attar lha firal jiwrl, an inUrmi-ai.tn will occur, so" that tha tleciarer sao ao across the street If to '*a« a man.' Tha pianist, however, wil| jt meanwhile practioe soma osw" masic."

Our rbilailrlphiu Work-Bot._ Pai L*»KLW«U, .fiB-pf. 80. Bex* ffxTt-Laat Tuesday I paid a - vi.ii io og* Aluiahniiae. Iis^gomelhing all - I'hilad- Ipbianahave beanl about but seldom seen. A very pretty Invitation t-v behold from ihe «l»iil»i*gnli lle'gable windnwa, and lol-lt linef of alis ly l.eet ekivling the i bank- of lb- HchuyUill. .Very pleasant ; and^ski-ifnl ui-n an- tin pl^sipiana ; uimuqf j fwln.in I notice J.-nng fir. Spark-, from [ i 8 air nt, in y.-ur Si le. t'oiooliug Hi-, io | ' thing t.-db | i.veiiy slrickeii i.-llow men and women are «o well caied l-r. as you read j- ' (h<- u'de -ioi Ii ttfVuicol r.puris of euudvy | cl pub ill gettf 1%-tpeo, siyle.1 "Guardian* • I ti-r pom." 1 L-n.rred the uia-mve portal, ■ gib-en by mjsieri.-n. door-, lahelb d "comHon l.y log), an. I lull odii.g walls, ' I was • -"dreary aignt. I'-einaiuri-ly old men aud I women sat n.uo.lily aud unhappily sunning S themselves in the corners; here uud there j. was one more fortunate tbau hi- or lit-r companions, with pipe and lolgicco, puffing u-ay ua thuUi.ii vuvb pull were drawing iheiu. fufthei off !r.i||i air -ynrpwihy and ! \\ wulider-d ihrouttli ail the waid. — ibe not one happy, group. l'o«r anil Irieudie.a, culled by I lie Uesigloiig, mil .liuiincl by tlie Weallby, ill.- Iu ihedita P< g and dreary. . F'ul >»"» auir-UIK.ru by a It gu ' ground, uud dig- »n-d all tlie -crap*, 'l'tie i putiuutk theuiselve- are Wall aud* Iturigry ; looking aa l hough io lie will. out a iuin.1 was knowing to.- uiucb the degiaffal-ou Id which i lo y ban airlnuittvd. L'na-. ibekrua, ru'lna last novel ..I "Our Mu<ual Frirun." describe- i.Q.-' liep-le lllg-ten, alio, ill her nrgnl overtook tier minui'.jur- u-iy, iaro ^ l lo u n uioiei t if .'alt and toe tree*, and g.Hi.L - bed u. lio daoif^iul j< re .-a- Wi, and aud at eudauve'at tne puoliC expgua.-.— tYhen 1 left the puoi Uuui*, in .tliog I ' Wai a second Belly itig.eu. 'lis. batter ; to liv« in aquaioi and a am outside, and luoor hard for .1 , tbari to be a c-orrruon puuper, rrioudleoa alio detest- d, iu a city aluts-. I i Nli locals ilii* week woilhy el a>rnli-n ; , : der- bale takeb k'nr-mut siisrl by .torur. . Itai.rH KceTic. Aiiecdulc of (•cm- ra 1 Sedgwick. (In one orcjs on a Virginia matron came • to hea' qunri-r-, with a number of tuikays 1 for -ale, ami one la'ger than Ihe r i-ft a- a pi-*eni for l e General, lie wu- aitting mi u^porcn of the house, attired as usual, wilh.tul any bailee of rank. The woman - appriiicbed him, and eillieg down commenced lo converge lanuiisilv , telling him, - after a while, tl-ni .he baii the largest turkey in the country, which aire wished to present in General Sedgwick ; and a-kml if he km w how the could tuamtgtt lo see the General. II* replied tbat the General won ' he would he ibere. He then added conti-d-nti-lly, "h -ve yoo evnr. seen Gen. Sedgwick J" She an- We rrd in the negative. "I ' r Ii- uu lit no<,"» .|d the General, '*or you • w "Old nsv. r~l-ave brought h turkv to prei fmiMivtilw;" "Why n t," -aid ihe madam*. ' \ ''Because he ia th* cru-lie»t old bachelor j in the army. He hale- women and deserves no favor from l hem. Moreover, he »hh--r< 1 In. key." "Well. I never heard thai before, but 1 | sappoo* yon know him." "Xn onn in the army knows him b»tt»r. j And, i I were io your place. 1 would nor ! think of offering the old follow » present. "Now lhat ia loo bad: I raiaen tbt« lur. key no purpose for him, if ynn think he , would not like if." "You had belter say nothing ahnot it," j said th* Genenl, "an ' if you like I'll hny' _ | the turkey." | After sortie farther convcrsaiion, Ihe pnr. , ; cha-e wa- completed at an nnusuilly large t . price ; and at the requeat of tha h-txom , ven-ler, ih- General wrote at onler on the ! purvey ..r far ihe atipolaved quantity of : groceries. Tne turkey Wa delivered lo q ' j servant, and the Gen--al han-'ed over ihe nr er an t W,-lked toward- hi- tent. The ' Virginia darn* examined (be writing -1-wly. ; U;hiq recognizing the —goat are, •hel.irtied' savag*ly In a -tiff .-Hirer who had overheard -he ronvcraat i«n, and exclaimed : .'l'li ere! airy did you let me make ancn a " tool of myoell T" — "I s.y. Tom, isn't it loeky that Vllaa'a ■ ey *•" are curbed t" , "Wnysor , ' "Bctvsw tf i bey matcn, his red nose s" would set tb*m on fire." t — A Friend has a dog so very serious I l. *l even bis tail ha- oot th*. least bit of i wag suoal it.

■TATB ITEBM* — According to th* lat* ceireoa. tha i popolaliotiof .-tus-rx ronnty is 22,(50; ade- . crease of 1.1 fG sine* 166(1. — It Ik said thai Mr. John Ten F.yck o( th i- Siaie. i« ■ candidate far Ui* office of Secretary of the United Stales S»n«t» io place of Sit. Forney', who desires to *eciixa the United Stales BvtiutorSlilp for f j r*nnsy|vatda. 8imon Cameron will slss i bo a competitor for tbe latter poail'ron, 1 | — IVilliatn A. Raffeily, son of Col. John ' ( C. Rafferly, Ibe military agent for this St al* ' F io Wa'htlfglon, hah just graduated front I the U. S. Military tea emyat West Point, 1 standing 26th in a class nf 69. H* has been ai pointed iu the bib Regular Cavalry. ' which ha- fa-rn ordered to California. — fir. i.nliertann of I'atnrsaa, haa been elected Grand High Prirxl of Royal Arcb ' Ma-onry in New Jersey, at lb* it-crnlcon. ' vocation uf Chapter*. — Th* Synod - f Now York and New ' Jersey will meet in the First Presbyterian r Church, Orange, on Tnesday, October 17th, I uml will be opened wilb a sermon by tba ltev. Win. Adam*. f». D.yof New York, — H> v. Davt.i M-gie, of Men hatn, N. J , has teceiv.-d u call to tbe Prvsbyiatiau Chinch al P-'tin Y sun, N, Y. , — A new roanierfetl has just been put into ritculalloa in Newark; a 83 on tba . J.-lier-on Co It 0 ty Bank, t-tate of N-w York, which although tV lias the general .'up earuncr ol a cnuolerleil . u celcuUted to deceive. T'U* Hgii. l(.-S in Ih* two , lower corner-Hire badly i-xeculed, and (be Mgoatu'i** are eng.uvnd. Tha pap- r is , lb "Cii (roarer aud coarser tligti the origlual . andsul a dirty rulor, - — Al a recent meeting of Ihe board of i Tru-iee* o! lb* Coll-ge of New Jvraey, lb* a In.uuraiy degrea uf Master of Arts wax con-feir-d gu Ihe .h-tingui-bed opticali, Alvan Clark' of t.'amhridgeport, Ma—, r _A meeting of wurkiugmen in favor of i e ta'-ii-b.ug tbe eight hour aysiem of labor, • w s hei.i in N.-wuik, ou Fridnv evening i lusl. u -i »a- j.idreesed by J. I . Fin. b-r, J — I lit Giuii.l Juiy of Allanlic county, ' which In- ju-t clo-ed its inquest at XI y . , Laud. n. , f.-und Uu bill of muicUnenl ag I net I George M. Iluwet, a ho wa- coitimt' t d ti>. r jail 0» toe .burgs .-f h ping Kill". I Thllli-BS II .Si.ribi r, at AtUnlic Ciiy. last suinu ur, ti.u , - juiy being >a|t-fied that lb* act wo« douu in •- perfect sell defrnso. — T • Cumberland Co. Agricultural ' Fail' we ure informed waa a meagre exhibition. Tha articles rxhihitud were general. ' ly very good. The bone ring was thi grvel attraction. I'bo attendance wa* larger than Usual. • „ The Biter Bit. t A «1ory is told of a man who In sored in B Lon'don one ibon-and cigars, valtA-d at g SI, UOO, against Am and wat*i^--Afie- the laps* of six months he mad* his appear. „ aticc at th* m-nianc* office and demanded i. his tnouey as Ihe cigars bad all been burned. "But net on board tbe veseel, sir," said r. the Secretary, "fbrshs is in the dock now." „ - "Yet, on board the vessel ;*I smoked them and. therefore, burned lh*m all OtySelf," „ The Secretary seemed taken . aback, imt j, told ibe smoker to call again the n*xt day. u ' He cull..-' at the appointed timu, bn' was I. met by the solicitor of Ihe company, wfao told him if b» dfd not relinquish hi* claim, y h« would tie pro»eruted at once, as one who „ : had knowingly and will oily set fire to goods ,. "insured hy the company. A Nsw Kisd or ScBLTroa. — Atth*— - lha other eveoinr, one gentleman pointed ir 1 out a daudified-loukiag individual to bla friend at a sculptor. "What I" said" bis r<i - friend, "s> cb a looking chap as tbat a sculp. t r 7 purely you mnst ha mittakvn." "i.o ' may not b« the kind of on* yon mean," - said hia informant, "lint I know tbat be '■ chi'tlltd a tailor oot of a suit or cloibas " last weak." Tsli.ws-.xd.— There are a sat of mao who iro continually Imriwg people for an. jlographs; few have th* talent of refusing them with polyene#*. Tall- yrand, being -. once asked a similar fetor by ao English coblentnn. prnmteed lo tend him one jn a r f-w day*, and thns bap' hia word. He asm b m so invitation to dinner: •'Will you 0 hge me wiib yoor company al dinner, on ib Wedna-slaj nail, ai 8 o'clock f I have in. ^ ti »d a number of exceedingly clever persona, and do not lib* to ba the only Lot ^ among ihefn. — A father, who bad pi-se.l innomarabl* .. sleepless uights, ba- immortalized bim-t-lf ,,j b> discovering a method of keeping habia* r. qoi-i. I he inodu- op-tandi i- aa follows: As soon a- lb* sqnaller awake-, -at it o;-, propped by a pillow, if it cannot set alone, and smear It* fingers With thiCk IU01 .Me- ; then pot half a dolrn leather- into '■ hi* hands, and il will sit end pick tbe faalb»r< from one hand lo the oihar, till it" drops a*'*# p. 'A- soon as it aagka* again, mora * molasses aori mors Caaiber*, sod in place of uerve astuonding jells, ibare win ha a si. j, lane* aud *hjo>m*nVonsp*ak*bl*. )f — Foremost among lb* Dog* of War— tun Wan Pointer.