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VOL. XI.

CAPE ISLAND. CAl'E M AY COUNTY. NEW JERSEY. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBERS, 1803.

NO. 28.

(flu Sort's, (fornrr.^-i the insignia oj' labor. ■V ihulu ». urssuos. How silent are Out < n the r*lr, prlarrd psp- 1 But their raPw shall be 't» oklng through ev rj A voire that do tootsl esn an II ; The Anvil rtngroiM to the wiii*1c*l Lara ; The Loom echoes bnrk from the Mill : The Plow from the farrow It turns by the Bume. Colin oul to the Mrth tor tin H*tit-tn free room, AaO Urn fcarth sniweri "Tost" with a'wtfl. The S'fdp- Itfl. lie rotce, and the Fntye makes re- i ptrThe flame of the Furnsre roam Mrewrrlng by. | Where clsngin* Trip Hammers resound I Tk. smelt Iron nxasoi. through Its smokr In the | Sard, As the Molding rtapoode from th- ground . The Pick mnttris sharp, as It wrings In the hand : I Hie Ship halls the sea. as It sweeps from the lahd, ! And Cupolas shout all ardund The Pallet and llruah hy the eanvaa are heard. ] Where Fa e apeaka to Color the llfe-glvlngwnrd. The Chisel eatvea g ulpture a lay ; The Aiehof the Ball Way with thunders awakes' While songs round the Telescope play ; The Engine responds over mountains sod lakes a The Compass proclaims every sweep that It mahea. And the 1 elegnph rings night and day. Bnt, loader than all, speaks lbs Fen to the Press, An Idrn to sail from tha Earth's Wilderness, • - With the Flag of the Free' In the Van i Together they plead every cause to redieaa. Where hearts aU. Cpirt In Ihelr plan •, They apeak, that no Wrong may a mortal oppretr. They speak that the Right every mortal may Ursa . With hop r0 Lanon and Mas. I

jjjftttmstittj jftotn. THE BLACK BEAS. HT MR« [lEXNISOS. ciiarrut i. Tbe »bip dnahrd hra»o!» on AH tint ■ waves were alive with flashing pointa j like diamond*, and the son-glare wax softened ty the white canvna covering . overhead. The paaseogrrs had di*po»ed them- - selves in groa|i«. 8"m- r ad. a. .me 'Old atoriea of the pe»t in a low volte. and tha aoond of soft tnoaie was now and then heard, serving nan lullaby lo the unquiet daab of the ocean. "Therr'a a passenger -hat'* eery aick j in the aire rage. air. ' Ife »sya he ah.iold like to ate a tuinlater." The man i hn» addressed stood near the helmsman. linking far nway over ! the bloe waters." His face wore a quir J gentle expn avion, a« It thought w- re ' buay on some sweet memory of the past ' or tone food nntirip-tioo of the future It 1' at 't* quiet however, as he listened' "I'll go do» with yon directly " h. j said, and Rioted t" follow the aail-r The steer, ge was uncannily full f : passenger* and presei.tt'd a lively up- j pearance. Squad- f fa', • 'intent- d U r- j msna fat smoking th- pip— of F th- r*Und, and eompUeenily c dor' g tlm discomfort* that a.. uid have' en u.iearabla to him natures B«*y Irt»h anthers were — mg qo'te s» uncomplainingly, indeed, t"y -••■med to enj 'y the dirt and confusion, while the hahi a cried, and chattered, and climbed ov-p j each othrr. and quarrelled It was with difficulty that the el. rgyman moved among the accnmnla ed luggage and human forms, many of the Utter belplesa from eea-slckness At length tic came to ITDfla where Jay a man in a slate of almost complete exhaustion.— Hia ryes were sunken, his lips blue, and bis limbs fretfully emaciated. It was evident his last hour was near, and by fait pitiful glance, be understood the hopelessness of bis ease He was a man of small siatnre. but seemed oaif to have been exceedingly handsome. At 'his feet in the rude bed, sat a child of exqaiaits beauty— a little girl gome three years old, oontcntedly playing with a little yard aassaih. As he caught sight of her lovely face and innocent smile, the eirfgyman thought of his own denr ■ babe whose age was neatly the same. | and traced a reaemblnnce between them — both having eyes of the clearest blur, •nd carls of Isireat amber. Hia heart warmed to tha little owe placed tbna in ' startling contrast with disease and denih. "Yun «eem very ill my friend.*,~eaid Mr. FlemnrillVt. addressing the aick men in his native tongue. The sunken eyes brightened gloriously •t the sound, the check flushed high with j beetle red— he tamed n loving glance towards tiro new comer, and hit voice sounded atiangly sweet and clear, aa be replied— "Oh I iad'cd," iad-ed I am. sir'; so ill that I shall never see the shore of thai j new country. I have thought of it ao 1 moch — I have longed for It no often " j L. "I hope yon may set t • shore of lbs j heavenly country," said the eleigyman. ; Again that quick bradlcation, r«»tor- 1

ing light end beauty to the worn coutiMMMknce • - ' "Ah ! sir that's mv. hope— ray drarest hope. My wife has gone there. She i died, eh ! .an slowly— wasting away — it was h»rd I., tee, sir, very herd She 1 talked nf that heavenly country, sir I ' j am not «ure ho; -he sew it. She would tell vie of bright shapes and loving leers 1 — not quite sure if she dreamed of thoin ] ' or nut. I 'hink she saw theiii, air Ah! i she was so good I ao fitted for ihe hetter " | life ! A- d ef the lasi. I know they were I present bodily. r i " 'Look th re, Jean,' she would a»y, j 'and t ere— that is Li Celts — and Ihere ia onr own liiile Paul holding forth hi*^ 1 i i baby arms. That other is Marie— oh ! i | »o beautiful ! Be e tan red, iove; I «m : not going to vtrangefa,' nnd truly I think < j a. o was not. I ' Our little Marie, there, we« three i j the very day she died, and then I could i have no longer the heart to stay in ■■ y own country where her grave was — i •here all my earth-happiness had heen i l rustii-d. I was sick when I look pas sags, but the doctors thought the seawould do me good Instead, 1 have i !' grown worse. My child ia my only com- c | fort now— the dear babe seems to have 1 wisdom given her beyond her years, and .1 ia a constant and sweet companion 'o 1 | me— hut my boy | ah ! Pierre — the poor, ' | poor lad." ! « "Well, what of Pierre, my friend?" j "Oh ! sir. he hu learned bad habit* • during ihe si. kuesa of iny wife when all ' my mind was given to her He found • nicked companions. and learned vicious t i j ways — sod I ala- ! have not been a faith ' ' r , ful father to him. But M*ric Raid it sl| • : would be right. •j " 'I wont leave him, Pierre ' she said. > I : "don't t>« sad about it Our poor Pierre 1 I ; will he ail honorable man yet — honors ' I | tile mid noble — I foresee It.' Do yon 1 ■ j think the dying arc ever gifted to see ' j the future ?" i ' ■ j "They may he." said the clergymm. i 1 j "though I have no fixed belief about the ' : matter. Bnt where is Pierre ?'■ i "I don't knew, s'r — somewhere wiih 1 r j the awilora lie ia seldom near me 1 ' I don't thmk the boy knows ho* sick I ' am. Would you do me the fa- or, air, to apeak wiih him ? In such a condition * as mine. o< C "Links of all lie h*s done ; ■ • . of all lie miwbl have done. It ir»ubb-a ' < me — the dread that I ban- not been a 1 good fath-r to Pierre. You will k'< <w 1 f j him. sir. iiy his face, it ia like my little 1 • ; Mari lie says now he wilMraa amUr - I had drM|(rtt liiin for soifir'hii g far ' - different 4Y^tf will God him, Sir?" ' I will." said ihe minister; "make ' ■ your mind easy. And now tell me of ' ■ your hope ; I judge hy what tou have r • said th*i you and I are of the same faiih 1 ' — thai faith that hinds heart lo hear and ' 1 soul to soul even if ihe visible chorda i ' that we call life ar^ snapped asunder." ' "I hope for » glorious immortality, r - tile society of ang> l«, and the companion ■ ship of Christ," said the dying man — I ' He ha* promised," he added, wi h ex-.' ' iiltntion. 'Ood's promises are j^-a and . " | ano n I *ive myself entirely into hia 1 hands, air — help me hy prayer to keep i Ihe faith." J t "So the good minister knelt down there in the cWe. crowded place, and c prayed fervently. All arouod the sounds of revelry were for the momerfi silenced c Mothers boshed their babes, and more ' than one Caiholie fervently crossed him- 1 self. Some crowded silently round to " look at the emaciated ai ranger, and it ' seemed aa if the very babes stopp d th-ir F crowing. " The little Marie bad been prattii g P happily and unconsciously ; now ahe lain ' her hand upon that of ihe young clergy- ' man, and when be looked upbersweei f smile made his heart leap aa if it were * the face of bis own babe that greeted ' him. ' t "You wiU find Pierre," said the sick ' I mas. 'with a feeble smile — "a dying fai ihrr ««ks you " ' I will not rest till I hive found aud j f r spoken wiih him," was the reply. i > i He went on deck, and hia eye sought f • i for the French boy H* was uoi t ere. • Passing f. rtber on. be gained the op* n- ! 1 » ing of the forecastle. Some of the men i Were tinging. He went towards them, j I and hit gaXe fell' upon aa ill assorted j t i group. Two battered, - rim and scarry- j , » ' faced men w- re playing cards, wad ibe«r , j third partner wa« the young boy wiih j ; a the innocent face like Maria's. Tha . | same soft, silken carl* Ml over bis fair | • almost girliati lorchtad. Hia eyas were ' .

a* bine and his lip* as red a* those of j the dimpled child, hut from those red lips already proceeded bntf-foruiad Hog- I li 'h oaths. la Thinking it nut best to go down in t the forcastle, the minister wni'md pa- 1 tienily liU Piqrre ahonld come on d*rk 1 It was out load 'before- lua wish sea* era- * ti6ed and i.e spoke io th" boy. Sur-pri-cd at being addressed by a afTinger, „ and an American, in h>* nativ* tongne, Pierre gave him his undivided attention, li He blushed crimson when the clergyman n told him gently that his place should * ' he by hia father's bedside. * *D" you know, my boy. that your fn^ther will in all probability be buried at " sea ?" he aek"d. The color left the boy's face till it was j, a* whvba-ju* marble It •e*e»idenl that : didro^oream of such near and positirewdanger The long duration of hi* h mother's dines* had deceived him. " "No, sir; yov can't think that — yen u can't believe that 1" be cried pa*«ioo- * •fly- ' "I d<> bat ere it Even now I think ' ' he may lie dying He i* louging for * presence. -Thlyk ho* you might , comfort him hy remaining at bis bedside „ and altendinK^t# hi* little wants." „ "OH I nir.^dqn't ti ll m* my father is a dying p-I wont believe it. Why. hia a j voice is strong, and his cvaj-lcar — my " mother was sick for years " ' "My boy in my Opinion, ^um.irri.wy-^ at the set of the run yon will be faiher-C j less V ■ (i The f>oy grew pale again and st-g \ gered to a seat. There was deep feeling 'it j there ; all bis strength seemed to hare ; left biro. ' b j "Yon must be braV", Pierre, and not " give way thus to grief." said the cl rgy- " man, recovering hia kind, aympa'hetiv J anxiety on your tjcount He frara vou d had conipany, and it fill* hia pillow i wnb tjior'-s. And did I not myself see n playing cards, did I not he«r'ynu * mter profane word*? I wish yen to ' ' promis me to remain wiih yoor father | till hr dies, and *ry to comfort him with " the hope that yon will renounce all these dangerous habits." j Pierre looked up with « lia gard fare c and ey-s full of bitrer tears He seemed „ indeed penitrtll and sorrowful, promised 1 ii he would do <11 was asked of him. re- n reived tbf III lie French tr*rt given him | 11 | by ib- good miniiter. and urried down j i i below | The next dav at three in lis ihe clergy- h was sent for— lli lie poor Fre> eh pas- 1 sengcr wa* alm-at gone Litdo Marie] r' j had been coaxed away by a kind Eng. I j emlgiant who had often belore taken I _ char e of h-r Pierre leaned on the ! (l bedside, his eye* red and awul|.nwil j jj ; weeping, and tw*i or three of tic ottier j ii -passengers had gatheri d around and j s stood in respectful attitudes, looking i •' -mpasaionaiely on the suffering man. j B "Who will take .ny little Marie — my , 1 poor little- lone Iambi" This he cried, eagerly, clutching Hie i aide* of hia ii cth. a* the minUier cams j • in sight. "Have nq fc*r. my friend — I will sec n ■ tliat'your little child is cared for " tl He gave one imploring glance at llir <1 : minister— another towards bit son. d "Trust Jail wDb God," said tha former, fl compassionately The dying man smiled fl faintly, bowed hi* head and signified £ th t he wished for prayer. The clergy- b knelt down, and aa ihe waters, oul c with the apendor of the son, rip . pled against the sides of ihe great ship, *< and a golden Jialo enwrapped the little <' group, the sweet petition went heaven- d Ward for tne waiting toul — waiting no " longer w h-n the hushed amen was spoken fl for il had gone home to lia God. The ailvnce was broken now by loud cries # bad t' town himself on ihe lifrleva , j of hia father— hia pewit* nee— bad 'i come too late ? * TO RX COVTU0U b j — A few days since a fellow was tried ® j stealing a saw. but said he only look t | for a joke Th-- jus-ice asked him how B j f*r he had carped it. and was a swered, a 'About two miles " "That ia carrying « i ttie jok*- too for," said ihe magistrate j | and commitied the prisoner 1 i — Of all the specie* of Qtrman Amer- ' j ican orthography thai ever saw the light, ( j thai of a Hartford aabroq keeper is the ( ! m»*t rxcrutiaiing. He baa "painted | j him a sign," and it reads, "Bosbdevrle . I Nodrnsbd." 'P«aiii*dly no trust " i ! — Th** bsaotifol rresaes of yenng ladiaa 1 ' are now called beau-sinngr. ]

TAI.KM WITH WOtlLV. ax CARKrcL Airorr Acccafno. | PatWBtS sfaoiild bo very Csuliout abnut | arcosinu a little child of a foUabervd, nniesa | the rlearasi evidence »xi«t« "f th* ofTenc*. J The assert innv of domestic* a™ not always j ill be relied on, a* many all unpriiicipled j girl will criminate a defenceless child lu : order in screen bt-rself f run reproof. 1 l-i-.Ji up a favorite pen ln>4f my desk ■ one morning, and lound, lbs ca*« all cov. I ered with little denlv like leeth mark*. It | evidently Ii- ao crushed, and sn effort made io repair it. A pair of liltl* bands sometime* meddled with writing material*, and were at once suspected. "Ila* Eddie been meddling with Olimms'a pelt ?" I "No, mamma." I "Josr loolc, Eddie J aeVhow the case is ' ; are you quite sure Eddie has nuy touched it 1" j This lim- the denial was made with more and 'he frsrl'nl suspicion crossed mind that the dear hoy •» telling an accounting for the mischief, and Eddie urged to tell mamma the whnle IrnihI He stid persisted in hi* denial, and yei w.k much disi orbed, thai it seemed almost a i proof of his gdlli, "YVill«Kildie go sway in his lilile playroom, anil kneel down nnd ask Gmi I (ui I be i may be hel|ied to tell mamma thn Iru'h about lbi«?" He wis itrieved ; hul went and came bark with. ihe same asser. giren with still ereaier hesitarinn. bear's wvre ail '-eavy, bul lie was sent 3 play wiin the exhortation lo ilunk il Ir. The uod-rsianding was clear in his , id thai 'he -ihltig >x ecled -if htm was suy i bat b^diil nop meddle with Ihe pen. a temptalUkn lo lying had been put in the dear chili's way < •'Do yo« know anyrhiug rihoiii my pen injure sot" I a-ked carele-sly of a colored girl who came into Ihe room in, the course of the afternoon. I had no ; exp-ctaimn of lesriiing anvihing about ili from her, but asked, as | ihnnehl, by mere accident, though il proved Pi he provi"AV'hy. yes'm," sbeaabl j "Mary nru*hed il qff ihe iie.k aud si-piwd on it, and then she Hied IO make it round sgam with her teelh." I 1 felt as if s inounl on was removed from ' heart, m-l I did not wail many minutes i : before I t»ik the load off Irom Eddie's i ! spirit. Wah a faru and heart all sunshine ! he went ■« hi' play agaui, but nroihar . : Coold uoi ln-lp calling him bsuk for one I more kiss. A< »r>eii •• 1 look ul Ibo.dsuls 1 in ihetass I h-dd, I think of that unhappy I morning wl* n I utmost pressed mv tilthidlo telling all--. Mother' a Magazine. ] President's Daily Routine. I This beirg Cabinet day, none bai the ; heads of deparluienis were granted an in- ] | tervieq' wiih lire Prveldnn-. War* II D«t ! for ibe relief from daily annoyances afforded ! in the Cabinet meetings on Tuesdays and 1 Fudays, no physical constitution, however , sirotigycould - oiiure the i-ibaiisiing labor ; (e-rfurm-d by tti- ('resident of the Uni'ed ! Slates. There is Do office ol the govero- ! rnent so burdened with reaponsilqlily soil I I anxiety, and no man living required to . j listen o such an entiles* lecitsl of prirsle i ! grief-, as unsophisticated viaitors pour into the President's ear at every public inure j view. President Johnson ha* few equals j > in industry. He rise* at six, aud until j • breakfast, which is served st hull-past seven, i looks over the new-papers. Immedislely afler break'asl he goes to the Kxrculive aperimenls and commence* labor of the day. First Ihere are bumdie* of letter* to be read sad the replie* j to the secreiarivs. Aoplicatiou* j eppoiotmeul*. promotions, discharge* ; Ibe army and navy, political advice, j [millions for Kxecal've clronency and unomersble olhfcr si.bjccls are disposed of, ■ befor# half completed ihe visitor* have commenced lo flock into the anterooms ; aud ibrtut their "cards upon him. Pardon seeker* swarm on every hand. Former ; owners of confiscated propany pace up aud before the doer of the President's and female* with indiscribable ef. insist upon immediate admittance. Alter the moat important butiness of the morning ha* been disposed of, ibe visitor* j 'are admitted one by one, aa-i the President \ -baits himself to the artesian process. lasi* till abou hair-past one or two, I sometime* three o'clock, wbeu tha door* of bis apartment are opened and the whole ; crowd admitted. At lucb time* (JMon-i Jokimun, »on «f the Pre*ideut, or ffolouel Drowning, the Private Secretary! staods 1 near ibe Presulent, and lake* tn-ifloranda directed hy dim on the cose^ Af lb* visitor* who succeed one aoolhar flit sub- j for Executive actiuu, Jtke D^.il»nse j throng Sl Ilto post-oflice window. The; satooer at such limes is alweya plraSabi, <nd-j[iv«. couflileDCw to the most limld. His fociaioos are quick, aad sack . individual elm ie>* hi* Cuse before tbe I* resident lento* in Keif a do*rn Xooriroo* I word- Ibe ha«lv dnewnu:. U' boo JtLI have llstroedko, end Ihe halUv««*e once more empty* jk» President turn* again io pa, er»a* hieUbia, aoAii four u'ciock, tb*^

I hour for dinner. After dinner ho reiurai to his office, an.l there generally remain' a ! until a late hour, seldom retiring befdfr ' eleven o'clock. \ * j ...Jo addition taall of the* duties it mu»t - be remembered that there arc dm nigcirlio '- * visitors constantly presonting tbeinselve*. '' Itepre-entotive* of foreign court*, Goier11 nor*. Senators, G-neral* and hundrods nf i«*ser oiagnitude must be received, each ' having some important subject rcqgiriug ' earn and deliberation, while over -II tower* 1 the great and ever present problem of re1 ronsrruetion. Cabinet day* and tbe Sab. * hath afford three day* of rest from Ibe petty * and uxhaostiug annoyances that beset the J President, but at on time i* he free from ; * the oppre-uve weight of national diffluillli-« which now, more than ever before, obscure , ; the lulure.— UodisylM^sr, Hth tort. I V "Proceed with lh> Eleplinnt.' In C turn i<iu nounty, Ohio, reside* an old t e feliow renowned for hi* beUigareDt ditpo- j i si-ion. who is'g- nurmily known a* Friend ti .Shavey. Horn and llred a Quaker he was ' r long «incs read out of the meeting, or ac- • * ha still perl iaac nnsly cling* lo the pi»in * clothe* and plain language of hit earlier , i d •)•», possibly a* a protection against the j ; araib which h< was continually provoking > lie is alw y Ihe owner of the rro****l dog I in ihe neighborhood, ihe m»>l troublesome, j l hrrechy aleers, etc.. and is continually in I . hot - aler wuli some of hi* neighbor*, in I consequeiirn ol thn depredations com • itted I I by Ins unruly live slock. I A few week*, since. Van Amhoreh's I ! . Munagerie, travelling through Columbia, j i w«s ohhgM to pa'l.'his rmideoce. rtTllttlo i befure daylight, Nash, the keeper of tbe J' l elepb«nt Tippoo Saib, *> ti-i was ps-smg i over the road with hie elephant, discovered 1 i the pseqdii. Quaker seated upon a fence by ' I the roadside watching n hull which he bad i , pawing, bellowing, and throwing up a ire. • Li mendmis dnsl generally. In fact from the i fury of the animal's demonstration*, one . would really have taken him for one of tiro J idant tela bread that halted a locomotive ' i1 "Take ibat hull out of tiro way!" shouted I "Proceed wnb thy elephant," was the I reply of the Quaker. I I "It >ou don't lake thai hall nway he-will , ■ get hurt," continued Nash, approaching, * 1 while the bull redoubled hi* beligervOl , r . demonstration*. t ; "Pwb'1 I rouble thyself about Ibe ball, i bat pri-ce- d with thy elephant," retorted t Fr eud Shuvey, robbing pis ban-Is with , < delight at the prospect, nf ao approaching, . arr-inmag-, the o'd fellow having great . confidence in th» invincibility of his bull, j f , which was really the terror of ilia s-bolo i . ; 'lippoo Saib cuma on with fo* uncuth ' j shambling gnil ; the bull, lowered hi* head | , and made a charge directly upon tha ele- ( phattt. Old Tippoo, without even pau-ing . r in his march, gave hi* co* -catcher a sweep, I catching the boil on hi* side, .crushing in hi* rib* with his eoormon* tusk*, and than I raised him abo t thirty fret in Ihe air, j , the boll striking upon hi* ho»d a* ho game ( down, breaking hi* neck and killing him I , ! instantly. \ "I am afraid yonr boll ha* \ neck a lilile," shouted &ia«b a* ha passed ' I I on- , ! "Bend the devil," crjed Old Sbavey, ! i with a troubled look at hi* defunct boil ; ! J "thy elephant it too hefty for my beaut, t bul lhn» will not make so much out of the : operation a* thea suppose*, f was going t ; In lake my family lo tb* »how, hot I'll »ee , you and yoor show blnwed lo biaze* he'ore t I go one step, end 0o*r thea may proceed ! wiih thy elephsot." Wiin ti'il «o «o to Morrpw-M-irroW is a -tsttou on vhe Ijttle Miatpi , ' Road, a'-uol fort) miles from Cincinnati, j s i A u*w brkieman on the road, who didn't " know the names of the station*, was ap- ' prnoched by a- stranger the othea day, - d while standing by hi* train si the depot. . * who inquired — r- "Itoef this traip uo to Morrow to-day f" i • No," said the brmkeman, "wbo though' j a that Die smoger was making game ut him. , ' | "it go** to-dsy, yesterday, week after '• j "You don't understand me," per«i«ted th* »trsoger, "I want to go to Morrow," J , "Well, whj in tunnder don't yojw.it ; until to-muria* come*, then, aud not come '» I bothering eronnd irore Ao-dsy. You can ''•j go tu-morrowior any olhee day yon please," ' ''Won't you aosweg a civil qoe-uou, eiv,- * j illy for at*? W'tli tbis train go to-dejr i» 1 j Morrow ?" " ] "Not exactly. Jt will go to-dey, aad * ! come back -lo-muirow." * I A* the stranger jvho wanted to go to * Morrow eras atuint lo leeva is -dt»gus', an- * finer autploynw wbo Kne.w Ahwautionalk laded to, came along and J*V» ,hun ibe ds " sir- d iuluriuation, a, * j — U r. Hen has etagtwd a naw -pepar to e low a. H# *ay* he Agues -by hard »cravcho tog to *aabe a living far bmtirlf sod JiHie

HTATE ITKSJS, t — The December Term of the Gloucester Courts commenced yesterday. Oth inst. t — The new Baptist Meeting House, at 1 Crotoo. New Jersey, will be dedicated on next Friday, tub inst. — The new pa|iec mill at Weymouth is f rapidly approaching cuinpletioB. and tha i machinery it cxjmcted lb nrrivo in a few rjday*. ' — Tbe Governor elect o»f Ibis Htate, Marcus 1,. Ward, will t>« inaugurated oil the third Tuesday of _.lannary— uno wpell uf'er the tnneling of the Ijiguiatoro. ! — There are now confined in the Camden , ] county jati twenty. live inpiates, awaiting , ' trial at the January term of the quarter j sessions, on charge* of Variant kind*. I — We understand that arrangement* tro j being mode, or will bo made, tq put a con. pl» itf good iAtat.* on the Red Bunk and ! Philadelphia Ferry route Dexl season. — A new ferry is contemplated lo run ; from Glouceater City to Greenwich Point, ; wtnch will be established as soon as iha . IVnn-ylvanis Itsilrond c>implet the in.* i provenronts ut that point. — It is spjd thai Judge Moore, who some ' time ago purchased tbe ift-ge *t«ne hotel near the 0"On H--n-« at Mays landing, has hsit it put in guntl repair, nnd holds il ' for (ale, j - The Palermo end N'e*oik Railroad j ia, it it said, tit u tail way of being built. ' | The nunoal meeting for th« election of Dij racier* took plane on TnsxUy vf last *ecK, , | —The water power at Mays Landing, | tbe*Sooth Jersey- ntpib'ictm BAJS, has been j-parci-nsed by a coiupcny a ho will st onpe devote it to purptMes of cotton manufacture. They htve ordered the mnchinery end will put up additional building* in lb* spring. — A grand conctri of vocai and instrut • menial music will be giren at tbe cpl)r| bouse to Camden, to-morruw evening, 6tl; inst., the proceeds of which nr* to-b* epprapffated to the benefit of tbe Home foy Friendless Children. Sr.TK TksCURRH AMOJUlTtOa.— The n«Xt nnnuiil tneuting of this atoiocin'hiD ail! be b*M a* Hsckettstnwn. Warren couuty, on tbe 26th, 27th an -t 2Slh of December. Tbw EXernliVe ' Committee rammi'ly requests tiro attendance of every teach- r ill the State. — The Uightstnwn Gazette say* that tha nurserymen of that neighborhood are doing sn utitisuull) brisk business this fell. Car - loads of tree* leave the station at ibat place daily, uitwl of, them being consigned to lli'lawurii and Maryland Price* are better than u*o*l, and trees qre in such great demand that although an unusuaiiy largo ' stork was raised for thj* fall, many growers have at this enrlyTliy disposed of nearly j their wholo stack. — The census for the tonusbip of Lsndi* ! has just been completed. The result is a* i follows: Number in Landis lown«bip returned to the rounty, 3.05U; nuntbvr moved into town since June, and *ho could not be legally returned, Cfttt ; total population on Vineiand Tyaot, 5.121. The fiopulation , of Vineiand at the present lime is probably. — , | about 5,500. as families are constantly.ipor. ; ing io. / lliiint Likc tltr Sxvindla. i I The following -tory of i-x-Guv. Grimes, i is voucbrd for by any one. who knew him ' , i win a-. 1 | The Legislature had jnst convened at the cepital of .owe. Governor Grimes had •ijuHurrived tha night before and taken • 1 rooms at a certain hotel— at least so a • young aspirant for office from a different ? ; part of the state scerlained, a* he drove I up. a-d alighted from his cirriage ut tha I step* ol that public bouse. Tbe hostler threw out his irunk, and the landlord conducted him to his room, leaving the trunk ' : to the bar-room, y/ tailing bis trunk, tha t young man demanded lo bava it brought up, and seeing * ntao pass tt-rougb th# I lower hull, whout he took to be lire por^ar, he gave bis cntnmaud* iti an iot|i«riun« and ' I lofty tone. The order was obeyed; and , | tbe man charging a quaiter of a dojif.r for | his sarvices, a marked quarter, that waa ! good foi only twenty cunts, was slipped ' : slyly into his band, and was put into bit r pocket, by the mse wjih a sutile. "And now, sirrah!" cried lb# aag ^rrfc . val "you koo* Governor Grimes ?" • "Oh, yes, sir." *- 1 "WVJ tuka my card to bim, and teb him J wish an iolarview at tha earliest cooyani* , ance.*' A peculiar iookfl*tlii!d from the old man's Woe eyes, and with a smile, extending jti* ' hand, ho said: "I am Governor Grimes, at ywu service, sir," "Yo"— I— that is my dear sir, A jamj g—g —a thousand pardons !" "None needed at all, sir," /epiiad fiov. *co or Grime*. "J «js rather foy«rph|y tmpraaoed with your -letter, god Ibupgbt y-tn well aaitrd for tits office spacifisd,— i liut. sir, any matt who woaid swioqia - wcrking man .out of a .wdlqr If# caqt^ s would dafrmou the public Ueaqgry bad Jy the opportunity. Good arening, sir^V