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VOL. XT.

CAPE ISLAND. CAPE MAY COUNTY, NEW. JERSEY, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15. 1865.

NO. 25.

(the i'ort's (forncr. - aCtes.-..- i~ <•00 BI.EXS TOl. How swrrtl) fsll lho«a»ittpl* word* ; Upon '»» bu*"» he»rt, When f.lrm!. long Ismail by ■ Iroogvll (In An Aaavd by (at* to pad. You aadly [on (be bawl. »' those Who thua In lot* cam# you. ADdwoul ruponflva beats to ooul. Is brrslhisg out "Uod blna you." "Cod Una you I". ab t'loM, Uw« nuaib. ago I bean! thr moumlul J*'**"Wbea oo*. whom I Is childhood lored, Wat (torn my dnomy *»" Saw bllodioR trara (all thick and (aft, I mourn toy lone Unrt trraaurr," While ecbmw of Urn heart hr.o* hack The farewell prayrt "Cod blna you." The Brother arndls* 'orth her boy To mm untried and new, lisp* not a atudlrd atntrly spe*ch, Nor murmur* out "adtou." She aaally between her aoba. "Whene'er mUfoetuon pen* you, Come to thy muihet-boy, con.e back," Then aadly sight, "Cod blraa you." "Cod bleat you!" mm of love e* pre ran Than eolumn wttbout Mutter i a Itrveal we thna our traat to Him Whur eyellda never alomber. I aak Is parting no lone speech. Drawled out lo etudled meaaure. I only aak the dear old word*, V. eweet-iao aad-"tk*J Urea you -

■? elect Reading. - THE OLD HOMESTEADOur home lo youth— no matter to wb at endStudy— or Strllr— or pleaaure, or what not i And torn la* b*ek In * few ahnrt year* we find All aa we left Itoulaide; tl8 ol elma. The bnuae, the gras*— the rain, and tbo Utcbet'a ' aethonme rl*k. But Ult that latchri -and all ia aa chaofed aa doom-Ilaaley-a >"*a«at Who be* not some spHTijti e«nh to ; which he may' tarn hi* fond rcatvrabranre and feternlnff ifeze — *t'd ewll it the "old hotoestvad 7" II t— ho* n.ily— ho»)»t.dr«r- • iu, ore *U 'hose fund nod sacred lit'*, ! that bind -or b'*rt* u that spot. how«ve? bomblr — however distant. in which ; we- spent the infant je»r* "f 'If" I Th*' •Iter of our childhood, nrouud wi.tch »e spor-ed awsj so many guileless houra. ■ and jrars^ end which i» now coosecrai'd | by nil the pure and hasting emotion.; which innocence alone c»n hr*inw-7 H»m*_ » hat • Akket »..nl -f j-?*! what a garih n spot of innocent pica j sure* ! What a alt riti e m Iran Hz* 'he! fon deal hopes of anticipation I Let ns linger • few momenta ar uti>! | the old family ' he«rth — and liat* n t» ' thuae familiar— those household M*t"ri«* oler again, as we have Itsteiird I" them in years gone by. L- 1 u« imagine the i old graj liutrrd darnm there nnqe tn-re. i our gr .nd-pnrent» »■ d their friend* — The fire is freshly *urr>d op the flames ■» crack and curl wi-h e*ch other in fairy . •porta, while the joke* a* well an the prorerb* pass arou d Tli" "Ideal neigh- ; bore sr> th»r* to partake of the eren ing'a lasers e j si.d thsflnrsi apples-are •elrctad for their eniertaioiueiit, while | every tree io the orchard undergoes it* usual histoW, rntd tals of vieissitod. s | ) Here and there the younger men of j the femily ere discussing the merits of a ■ favorite bone-, whito the yoong ladies j a are doing the same over the fashion* of j the day, and wondering how they shall | show to the best advantage io the first j ride to church in the new family carriage : The juveniles ere gathered around the j great table, humming at their hooks, | preparing for ihe triumphs of theii am- j bition before ihe country pedagogue on ] the mot row. When th* lessons ere done j with, then comes the eteoing's sports — j * the harmless games, which are of more moment to them than the conquest ot an empire. One by one of them becomes tired of the pleya, and nestles closer to | the fir* to hear «bst the "old folks" say •boot the affairs of to-day as well ss ' those of the past bslf century— emit one ! ^ • after another drops sweetly and confi- j dioglj into the arms of Somnus, at d arc borne lo the land of dreams— end oh 1 ; what dreams ! what visions of Utopia ' haoot the iafaot braio, and sweetly covers all I "How 1 Cretan CKtbtiwatmpi aatNal <eo«M sleep do novel) Ot joy* perpetual la perpetual change I Xtarwoi aunabtne la the storm* .>( Ill* ' With gorgeous tspMtrtr* or pictured joys t Joy twblwJ jet, IB ewtleaa pre peetlie !" " Beaoliful. guileless • < Itlhood I — Bleaeed be God that it has iu eves of * radiant anticipation, its mornings of golden reality, upon which to look backward in future years. And- in coming days, whea the heart goes out on the great battlefield* of life, and learns its ^ solemn mysteries { whto It bseomes chilled aud changed, or cold and selfish.

! and proud ; when some it. whom wr haw | trusted have proved hut Idols of clay, or j ifTr world "disappointed, ur our hopes j been darkened — thm it is nwrtt to look I backward and reuiemhet we were once i pure little t h'ldf' l>. wiirahipi'lhg an 'deal | — believers in a v.gur dreuin, the crea- | tii.n of some loving lirad or heart, but a ! dream than" which after life brought nothing more beautiful, or from thr nwakeniug of which we cms forth aith ant ssddi r consciousness that life was , a reality " Around (be old homes'ead, how well . we knew every stone, and upon which grew the greenest moss! Upou^hich tree grew the finest froft, and in which •■od of the garden to find tbb sweetest flower* 1 The old vines that crew against tb£ wall and. lent a shade to our fi-st tottering years, we knvw every elmjH j ter it bore, and which hooches dj*eppeered every 'lay. The great old TTees : — oh ! that tbey too might still breathe , from their branches thus charming tones ' : of harmony which blended so sofilywith j the gushing langh of the innoemi mirth I beneath their shade! ,Thgo, there was the old liarn with the bay peeping from every window and the swell- wa circling round IB gamboling flight, and return- " in* to it, their home, for the protection ofits roof; ret. even the old barn is sacred ; it haa been consecrated into onr memory with many pleasant ass' clarions; there many s rainy d- y was spent ; there., we could Uogh and play with ss ranch freedom ss in the open air, with none^ to crush the outhorsts of joy and, even ' ihe pets of the herd, and the horses seemed to payiske »f the scene, end ' " Oh I ye who daily croa* the all]. Step lishtly. lor I love It till! : And when ynu rrowil Ihe olj harn eavea. Then think what counties* harvrat ahravea , Have paaaeit within that acrnted dnur . I To gt*'dra the ryet Ibat are no mote." , | We kni w everv field they Were nor i j world— *nd of th» very fence thst bound . tb*m round we kn w every po*t *, and _ i^knew ton, when one wss removed ;• it I j wns s matter of history -to our then in- . ! (positive and wondering step. Wc still 1 hear the echo of the gnsrdisn dog as he ] i plunged through the grass and loudly | barked only for our own amusement i Rut why wander thos over the fields of memory so rich In their yield ; why I count the -cry posts of yen re those pan , i el* that close in the liuinsn life ; and , «hy call hack every echo that still ring* , morp sweetly thsn rauric in our e*r* ? . ] They are gon-— gone - like the last U0'e of the minetrel thst leaves at the . i daWn T>r day. Oh I how can one bring a j in a though' hi* Very being 1 Thl* Colli r | *ad world loo «Oon send* Its chilly pell* f o»rr ti.e s.-ul, and "lasts all it* yonng . null taiider g> rms ; too. Soon the garden f. nee of our A -wery age is hr.'ken down r and made the revel gronnd of grief, of „ he*rtle>ine-s and age ; too soon the a j bright pesrly brooks of onr Herring hoors J arr dried up and gone ; aud too soon, if alas I is many ah old bomeatead deserted a end forgotten. Oh ! be not this our ( doom *£he raiqembrance of oor childf | hood is all the legacy Ml to life and age Hi "On tky aatnjnva wtth nhat drttctit I .'.n-am, t Favy o'r» the atill waeea th' eachsBtlni; wa ml, Aa J every nook ol liar to (airy latnl" : How we still delight to linger around i ' the scene ; how full every hesrt bests si . . the mention of "onr childhood's huroe 7" j „ ' Let as tske one more peep et the foudj e | old plsce end then depart for the pres-j _ i ent. IIow we seem to see sod besr the tall it ' clock in the corner, tick, tick, and thee , seem so long tolling the hour. We still D i fancy ourselves teasing the bouse est, y I roasting himself by the fire ; and now a hear him purring over some favorite 0 | dish. We still gaze opon'lhe old family . pictures, the relics of a century The P text of e vuiume of history. We still see in onr childish fsncy, fantastic goba ; litis dancing upon the Walla, those shay ! dowt from the ligbt of the great fire-place juat as nirht begins to settle bie sable ■ pall over t%e earth, and as the fowls seek ; their house, and the herds their shelter. | We (till live over those long aod happy • winter evenings, listening to those domestic legends handed down trom parent to child, and cherished with as mneb — sacred rsg -rd aa ibe household deiiias of af I the Roman age ; aod when those e»«naf ; inga are all passed, we still fr«l the farek- ! well kiss, and that good old word "go»dig j night." We atill kneel and pray with le ' the teaching voice of a mother, to "onr la | Father who art iu Heaven," and still lie • s | down and dream over and over those b, long, »wect and untroubled dreams of

* i those ever remembered uight# Oh. how r j csn we lorge.i them ! never I Rut oqr [ s j evening must close ; the old clock will j k so >n bid us |fsrt ; end our reveries must e ; cease. «» wo bid you once more "good >1 i night," remembering thai — I "When thy heart, lo Its pride sroul.! atrsy : Frt>» OT* put* Brat love* o< ita youth away— it | <y*ribr fl.iwvt# it brousbt fioe. itachildkooJ how*. i Tlimk of th trcaat thy (athrt'adoor. r Aoil th* kindly aptll shall have power onr* mo.-v," h ! A CritlcisiiiK llu»baui! A contributor to the "Independent" II ' givbi a graphic picture of a very on ^ ' pleasant end annoying phase of domestic li ' lire ^ ' "Quite a dishful of rs« egg*." vsid ! Mr Kllery, as be turned the third one from its shrll into the egg-cup The ' remark was made in no ill-humored tune li Hi* fare w°re f0°r exprwfclon. — Jjg^ferertheless, his poor wife wbn'had ; daily boiled eggs for hiiq during the Lst twenty yesrs. and alwaj» by th* minute ' hand bad^ never the expression once in ^ ; sll that time, "My dear, these eggs are just right." ' Daily had Mrs, Eltery varied, and daily did the ^objections vary. "You forgot yoqr egg* this roornjng, didn't { .Job?" Next- morning. "Your ergs i are pretty soft, but they'll do." Morn-' 1 j ing yfter. "Better save these eggs for bullets j" and thus the poor woman never pleased Still, he could manage ' to dispose of twoTtliree, or four at a " breakfast, very Well. ' Misfortune never came alone, mid Mr. Elh-ry's eggs were not his only mishaps. ' Hi* »tiirJs never fit right about the nlmul- ' d*rs. The bosoms sre stiff ns* a board or limsy as a handkerchief. His niaais are always n little too lat^ or a little too early, and the room for ever too hot or too cold. s But we are not pretending to follow r the poor man through all Ida trials ; we | have only to do with the eggs, Mr. | E lery is upt nn epirure or a gormandit -Zer, lie is only at his own table a littl.- . particular ; or, as he expresses It. he I "win not e»t what l» not fit to eat." From , home, he Can r*li>h whatever i» before ; lit tti, and is ever deemed a moat pleasant guest Perhaps should th* truth come f out, it would appear that Mr. Kllery j ha* fallen into a habit of home faiihfinding n sort of domestic criticism ; snd j , from this unoonscirus habii. hls'wife, , Ike labor of whose, life i' is to please r" him, i* doomed to perpetual dfsappointt ment Pi Mr Eltery is an upright man lie U values himself on being n go d htlsbsnd j A mall of purer morals never ,|ived. — - : Down, away down in the bottom of 4*iw » heart hi* wife occupies a warm place, ii But ii is so far down as to lie u master offaitb, not of sight Mrs. Eltery Was f ns ur-lly social, ller young days over- ' P | flowed with cheerlulness and chat In « i her fafher's house if she cooked sny- , tbii-g, "Whv, Bessie I what' toasr you $ make 1 give me another slice ; and these r egg* 1 it is something *o have a daiigh- . ! ter that can cook them juTsi right." Bessie had faded yoong, as American • women are Wont to' do. Her brown enriy hair has given place to many a silvery thread, and bcr meals gtre few-in-j limations of the gleesome board that ( Bessie Welcott gladdened in her girl- .. | bood. J,' The FiraV Bonnet. •/[ The first bonnet Worn in England was | broognt from Italy in ibe reign of Quern " Elizabeth^ and its form was a comproII raise-between ibe present bat snd the " French bood. Toe materials employed -t | in constructing these hesd orusmeniR * ; were crimson satin, elaborately emhroie i dercd cloth of gold, and similar rich 7 : materials. The Leghorn flat, with per- ' ! pcndicuUr crown aud wide brim, stand- " : lag out tar around the face, wa* the first >* legitimate bonnet worn, and t is ap- | prared long after Queen EriZabrth'a j e j time. It was trimmed with artificial e flowers aod immense bows of ribbons k , — A man boasting of the smartness y ' of his children, vsid that the youngest I was so smsrt thst it would take its hand t . off s bot stove withoot being told i h i — "That was a horrible affair— th* af ! mnrdsr of Dean, and the sealing up <>f ,. hi* remains in a tin hog I" p. "What De*n 7" '8«r Dean " 1- • Aont," inquired a medical pr >tllgr ;h | fre*b from a lecture on surgery "what ir < do you thluk i* the most difficult « era. ■e i tion io turgerj 7" "Don't know Ch*rie j ley ; what 7* "Taking a jaw off a woof I wid," answered the hopeful student.

v Economy iu i'uel. r| We know of no method so simple, to \ j cheap, eo in>taotspeous for heating a lino** ( j as to contradict lour wiRT It is <o iufal- j (ihl- 'hat w* iutend taking out a patent lor ' ' it. Should any married man dhuht our ' , word, we ohly reccammeud him lo try the experiment, and if be donl feel cndanleru-. ! c ' tily warmer af'er the process,- we will con- j ■ . sent tn lo»e nnr repnlation of being a good I „ | prophet, (to everybody that we have com- j j mercial dealings with.) However, we would ; sdvi«e tho bold uiso not to try the exp*ri- ' ment a second rime, or else the bouse may 1 : become a great deal too bet to hold him, j - 1 and he will certainly have to seek refuge ; ' in bis Club-before he csn get cool again. — I ,WA Tlic Penis}' Postage. i ' The party who set up th» penny rale in j London for the cnllectinn and delivery of I _ ' messages and parcel*, was namat) Murray. I He was en upholsterer, and commenced : hit private speculation in ldsl. In 168.1 1 Murray resigned biv interest in ihe venture tn Dock nr.-, ; hut in a trial at the King's j 1 Bench Bar. in fhe reign of Charles II.. : ' Ihs right to circulate correspondence was I adjudged io belong to the Duke of York. ' | as i art of the Ce,.ernl Post r and in con. j and the revenue* arising therefrom war* : . favorite* at coiirl. and ol(ier ''distinguished personages " Dorkura was compensated for his loss and made general "Controller" 1 hut for subsequent malversation of the I , 'funds he w«v eventually ilitftnis ed tho put*- , i lie service. The Old Oaken Bucket. : The following remtaiocance bf Samuel YVoodworth po»«e-«e* snlGrieoi interest, we think, to warrant us in presenting ii lo j authortly in the matter cannot be qubstioned. In reference to the period of the : production of the "Old Oaken Bucket," i the writer *»ys; "It was written io ihe spring or summer of Ihl 7. The family j were Irving at the lime in Duanc Street. • The poet (am* home, to dinner one very wurm day. having walked from hi< office, snm-where near the fool of Wail Street. [ , Being much heated with the exercise, he pcored himself out a glsaa of water— New York pump water— and drank it si a draught. ■ th* Utile, 'That iv very relroshing. but how ' 1 much mire refreshing would it be to take a goo-' long draught, thi* warm day, Tr-m , > ihe old oaken bucket I lefi hanging in mv | | father* w- II at borne.' Hearing this ill-, , body, a:d, 'Si-hm, »by woq.dn't that b- a pretty subject lor u poem V The p.-et t'" k j the hint, and uc Ter the inspiration of the! mooter t, *at down aud poured out Irom hjr very -oul those beautiful Imea « h ch have ; immortalized the nam of Woodwurlb."— j ■ //orne Journal. Hot Shot. "Bill, don't you know Dad don't allow ; f yon ro buy shot T" said a young urchin to i a brother, somewhat hi* ssnior, who was making a purchase of that'arlicle. , "Y'ou jeat mind your own business, mistrr Bob. I'll jest hbj* what 1 please." Little boy, slightly agitated, "I'm going ' to tell dad rushes out of the store ; runs , dowa the street and bounce* into 'he room where the old roan Is quie'ly peru-iug 'he mqrning puper. ' \ "lisd, dodl Bdl'g went and got shot. " i i I "Good lieaveooJ^' cries the old man. ; . j dropping the paper in consternation, ami - . I Polling for th* door. "Where w he T" | "Down 10 Thompson'* store," reipondeo Boh. | In hi* excitem- at til# old men lorgels to ' remove his "reading spec*," and io going down the front steps mi-jo-ige# the distance to thr pavement, steps off too toon, and comes sprawling on all fours, lie hastily gathers himself up and starts for " . the store. The pavement appear* to b» r ^ uboot the level of hi* knees. con*equ*ntly, I . hi hit violent endeavor- to keep ii unJer I , bun, b* cut* a very luuicroas figure, and . draw* from ihe a*luni-bed nyslamler* such , a roar a* was never bestowed upon a single . iiidividaat before. "Bay. ibere. idd "liff _ ; up," abere are you going— what train do i you want-to catch T" cried one— "What'll j you take to stop and give us a jigf'ioquiret another "Where'd you learn (bat * j etepf ask* a third, ami thus he is assailed 1 j on every side. But he be-ds nol Ibe jeer* ; | ami scuff- of any one ; be care* lor no hing i but William. At letigriiiu* tediuoa oiuiTfa * j is brought lo a close tti arriving at (he I j store where Bill I* alrrVched ooi taking H d j *a»y. I be old man, sdpposiag him lo be | badly hurt, ruebr* upio him Irootically, _ | "Oh, William, IVdlmm! abere are you ^ : wounded f" "Wbet'e ibe mailerTNDad.; ye're going : crazy?" exciaiiu- Bill, raising on bis el-bu-s sad casting a look ol a-totiishuieiu at "Win- Bob sal you'd - ,.i ?" II I "S I -Ho, 1 gut naiLpouo i ol the o- .i I. dm k -hoi m iiw store. p. j The olo Uiao left aUIld Oolse elortlg.. 1,1 drown a tnauu> r-clap. Aa nilgiil Ii- -up- >' . posed, Bob got Ibe "laiuili," aud Bill Old i uot.

The New" Jersey BapUtl Annl0j craw l ie*. „ ' The Baptists of New Jersey hejd the I. | annual meeting* of thefr Slate"Convenlion r | and wMucallou Society with the old P>*ca<|("j swaVy church, in Middlesex county, liege , i New Brunswick. A The Convention, commenced Its thirty- ^ sistb anniversary on T.ies.'lay. Oct. 3l-t D. () j M. Wilton, Esq., of Newark, pietiding, | The s< unal termi-n wa' preached by ltev. d ! T. B. Griffith of Trenton, from Exodu* xiv; i_ | 15: "Spesk unto the children of Israel _ j that they go forward." Th* sermon "»* i muile to neai upon the special work ol the j _ aguuirnti instructive and encouraging to i | nil engaged in the work of home rvnnfcrl-'j j The annual re, ort of the Board t>r Mana- " ' gers a- read by It. v. 3. M. Carpenter, who ! ,f ha- lieeu the Secretary of the body for I e | '■ I past se en teen Mmrs, represented the work I or in: smqs in the B'ste as hopefully ad- j '1 vane ng. Am ba- been extended re twenty- 1 " : four feeble churches llwir | * ; pastftrs . raring the year Nineteen brrth- I * ; fell had been eio,.|-yd all or. part 'of th- | * ; year, whose fab ra had been distributed • ! in eleven different counlies. They have " | occupied forty-one preaching atati-ns, (. " ' Verts, made pgktorittl ri-its, and dia- j " I rib- ten 20,274 page* of t ract*. The re- j 'J ports irom these laborers were in the main j i that they bud .reat reason 10 thank Uod The venerable Treasurer of the hod»; ihe ! ' Hon.. f. I'. Kuoyon, who had raithfull) ; I served in that ffige e*ef since Ihe Cnu- ' ven'ion.was org >n xe-i, pie-eni«i HI* re- j • ; port. From till* we lear »d thai the Jiasi . " year was coo.meiM- d wirii a —bt .-f«3.5U0. * The .he year we, e $775; dit- • ol ffl.580. The Trea-urer received during " the -es- on ote- ffo.iHKI. which, a'ter meetI ing 'he •-xi-ling obligation, would leave " SI. 500 IO couiuiei.ee the work of another f year. The applications f-t aid durioge»the ■ I coming year, already presented, amount to I $1.5011. It was voted that 85IW0 were .in-ce-sary to meet .he clam he current ■ year, and* cmotniM".- • : ceasary .» make up the. amount, aod to . . , entreat them ktauly am! e«rt.e. ly to re. ' | spn, d to such uppori ,"i.me»*- ! i The following brethren wore elected offi. ' j cers-fo- the ensuing yeer: IVsidem, D. tiM. Wil*«nr, Km,.. Newark ; Ytce-Presi- : I d-o.s.U. B. Webb. D. D., New Bruus- ' j wick, and Il-v. J. M. tihalli*,"' bf Bridge. f ton; B-'cr.tary, It. F. s» i'b. Bloouifleld ; •Treasurer, Hon. P. P. Uunvon, New i Biooswick. A Board "f Managers we* M also appointed consisting at twenty five " i It-port- were received from th* five As- - j sociattoiis in the Slate, seliiug forth their I own condition -ami tbo state of religion r I within their bound*. From their reports ; , ! it, appears that their are 124 churches in i _ ibe Stale, having a total membership of \ , ; over 19,000. About 1000 have been bap- ] ! tiled during the year, and Ibe condition of I . ' the churches generally is hopefnl and en- j i couraging. A plee-aut stqyson of religious I (, i coufe ei.ee followed these report*. , ] A plan for the better- division of the : „ I churches into associations, ..was presented > j before the body, and Us general features': ! endorsed end commended In -Ihe considers- !' } lion of U>e chutube- wml aseucratton* o the' ! Slate. This l ino proposes to apportion ,1 j ike churches u ill"., g the a— ocialjiin* so I that llie large associaMons -hall be -le-s - j Hal, making them ail ne* ly . qual in -iz „ j and more efficient m working, g The entire session ol the Convention ess >- 1 oce of interest, harmony ami pleasure. '■ tHB KDfCSTlOX aoCISTT. r 1 This boily commeoc d its 2S'b Amiiver- " ! sary on Wednesday evening, November I, '"■I., J. Mukford of Bridgeton, presiding., .'. : TnelteV. c. M. Delia, of Upper Freehold, | ,f preached the Auna'sl Bvrnion from Acts J xxti, 24,> which »»« beard with rasrke h . at I ent ion and plea-ore. , Dr. Fish, of Newark, read the annual ff, report of thr Boa. d of Managar*. It wa- | an interesting and *ual--lirruig paper. "'Although '.h- operation- of Ihta Society ! are limited, yet it lin* done and .* still tt doing's great fcod nod w.-rk. More then ,J forty men, now in the ministry, some ol i hem occupying position* of p.omineoce, ; and all doing *.-r*ice, have been aided f by this ri.H-.ety in prep .nog lor their work, 'b A»...ng i tiese are J.t.-n Gertnabs, who le ! thro gli the in-lroin-Dialjiy of (Hi-rioeie.y, : luve been .prepare.: for the work ..( the j mini-try, and are noa preaching to tbou- . as lid* »f their countrymen, and gathering >. j souls lo Christ. - iu i Five more beneficitries wextjec-ivvd by ; the Board, three of whom are Germans. , The Society now has foarteeo imneficiarie#, i six of whom ar- Germans. •- 1 I'hereoei Is for lb. year were g}, 149.44. .t : The dishurseine ,.* 81,079.94. leaving a | i.sla c- in the Tr««sury ,,f <69.50. The ] ri c»e If a.- s upon the principle of ••lopliXK .. | e.-ry y.-.^ g mi. w.."^. prt.pe aabjeel ..lor not. I'hs- f<r ins G -.1 kelpedjthero In p- loeir work. The rioco-.y .e-elerieil ibk on. Id officers ao-i appoint* i»«aty-fiv* brethren I so a Board of Managers.

- V GENERAL NEWS. ' f — A new Baptist C'.urch has just been established at Jersey City. — The Grand Lodge of Odd Fallows ot- ... r New Jers.-y held its annual session at Trenton on Wednesday, fi'.b inst. A diploma f-.r present .tidu by tbo Grand Istrige to Past Grand- riirt* Nicholsob.'bad been prepared by Mr. Win. J. Urecknell. P. G. o/ Howard Lodge, aud was- pre-rntrd with . appropriate aud interesting ceremonies, i —The incen.iisricV~kho have figured so i extensively in setting fire to burns, slabli-t r so.i oih.-r building* in Camden for the pest j j few months, are still at Isrge, no poiiliva .-j grounds sufficient to arrest m. snspicioc, having- jel been obtained. The boldness . I With which these incendiarism* have been , I perpetrn-e.l. snd the immense loss sas- , j tain, d, call loudly for the adoption of some , | plan by winch liiey cnu br prevented. . | - The United Slaty* steamers Rhode . i Islam, and llornei, commissioned by the i ; Navy Depart ln--nl to convey Ihe eX-tebel . ; ram Stonewall to (his coet.tr> from Hat j the ,-Hllh and 31-1 oil.! and on'ths 2d in*t. » formal posseS-inn Wat I >k*n by Commander , |. jlurray of tbo late rebel crui-er, and the -j riUie »nd 'Btripfl Were hoiste-l on hoard of her. It was supposed thut before leaving . j Havana she would be dockr. I io undergo I —-The chiefs of the Fox trib* of In Jinn* 1 now in Washing! on, we're nd my ted to an , interview with President Johnson, who re- • reived them very cordt illy, expressed hope , for a rontiiiaanre of amicable relation* be- - snd promised them thai he would spare no . pain* to see that their interests are protec- . ted. The F.-xea Wert- much pleased with • the Presideut slid their visii. They are to ■ have another audience; when he will give a t response to their request that there shall - be a division of the land* and annoilies • allotted jointly to them and the Sacs, so r that the two tribes, there being great en- ■ mi^ on the part of each towards the other, ■ may live apart. — The statement of the national indebtedness, a* shown by the Treasury Iiepart- ' ment liin-k- on Toesdsy last, the 31st ult., wa- made public by Secretary McCulloch. -From th"* it appears- that Ibe total amount of our national debt' outstanding is now t«o thou-atid and seven hundred and forty million eight hundred and fifty-four thoo* ' sand seven hundred sod fifly-eight dollars, showing a reduction dor ng the past month of s little over fuor millions of dollars. The total yearly interest on the present • delft is one hundred and thirty-eight mil1 lion nine hundred and thirty-eight tbou•and and Venty-cigbl dollars, of which about sixty-tkvcti anil a half millions are |myablgriir^oin and about seventy-one end a quarter millions in legal tender notes. r The amount of legal tender notes io eircu- ' lalion ha* been} reduced about forty-foot " aud a half million of dollars since the lost ' monthly statement w«i made,, it being now _ » ' about ktx hundred and thirty-three million* ' sereu hundred and nine thousand doller*. f There are now in the treasury orer eixty. • i eight millions ol dollar*. Anecdote of ('boatc, Uufus Cl.oate, ihe groat Boston lawyer, I ; in ^n important assault end battery case, .. »t sea, hed D.ck Barton, chief mete of the clipper 'ship Challenge, on the stand, and p : badgered him ro fur. about *a iioar. that Dick got hi* tali water up, and bRuled by ■ he wind t bring the keen Boston lawyer t ; under bis batteries. A' 'he beginning of bis testiinony, Dick said 'hat the tii bt was ss dark as pitch, " mill raining like seven bells." riu-.denly Mr. ' hoate asked him : "tt as there a moon that night?" ••Yes, sir." '• "Ye-,^* full moon." ■ : ''Di<t you see it t" "Not a mite." L < "Then how do you know there was a »'.n..on?" * "The autical almanac said so, aud I'll believe that sooner than any lawyer hi this 'I world." " "Whei was the principal luminary that r- night, sir!" > " Binnacle lamp aboard ihe Challenge." " "Ah, you are growing sharp, Mr. Bari0«." "What the blaxe* have jroa been grind.1 ing m# this hoar for— to mwke me dalll" "Be civil, sir. And now tell me io what " iatitad- and longitude yon croeead the i. "riho'— you're joking," g "No, sir 1 1 sui io earnest, aod I desire yon to answer me." ^ "Irben't." i, "Ah,' you refuse, do yoa I" "Yes-I can't." '* "lo eeB ! ' You are chief male of a clipper ship, aod unable to suewcr so simpla a g qutsiion?" I "Yes, 'lis the ri at; Jest question 1 ever had asked me. Why, I though i every fee) " oi a lawyer knew that there ain't no latitmda D at (be equator." That sbot floored Rufu. *Sr* (