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(Titt flrratt Srt'avr". ' Gape Iilaad, Cape Kay Const;, H. J. ° 6. R. MAOONApLE, " astro* xvt> raoraiEroa. mmm, ........ tl WcdDMda), Dec. 3T, 1*423.

Sunday Hchool Celebration. The .Monday scbcw.ia rrflfDegted'witti «hw C . Cold Syring Prrthjli-ran ehnrvb ih'entl eilebfaihtg their twi-Mj-seventh antifcver- C aary on January J, 1866. The exercises will cousin ofsinging, atdrefie* and report* tl •f superintendent*. The Pair*. These iistitotion* ba<ro been tha feature * of tb* week in till* cily, Th# Methodist. B PrnbyUriao ttd Baptist fair* upaoed on HalurJ y wveuing, 23d lost., and Kara con- ll tioor.i during Monday— day and evening. 'l All hiva been eminently anccrMfal, and 1 11 have been the toarre of infinite dslight lo 1 ,J lb* ri-ing generation, wbib* titej ham Sarve-I to replenish the irea-unoa of the ! a churches." Th* M« liodui and Proshyte- 1 11 rian fair* alpowd on Monday evening, not a lb* Baptist people intend to fight it on* on u the sat or liqynOlU New Year* day, ch-liug : * op with* grand on Monday aveouig. . January 1, • 5 !" ' " I a Rolliiout Meetings. A tariee ot marling* havn tiarn in pro. n press for aoma Itina at l.*annng'* school j honaa, under the charga of Kev. Mr ( . Jenrka, pa- lor of tlie Coort llou-o Ri| I let : Cborcb. On Son ay. 1 Tib in»L, several i t peranna wera received- into membership by ; ( the rite of baptism, administered at May- j ailla, and on Monday, 24tb, other* were ( admitted. The mectinjty ara itHI- in pro- . press, ati.l swung intend i* mauifeated j among lhu*e attending. : ^ The meeting in tbu Metbodfat cbnrrh in ^ tbl* cityrare atill continned, and tha Inter- ; rat remains unabated. Tile auriy morning prayer innlinp, held at 5 A. M. in the cbapel, ara wall attended, and arw-eriden-caa of the sincerity and-carudr tna.a of Uioi e engaged to tbwm. _ The Anti-Slavery Amendment. | tl Secretary Sewoid ha* oflictally announced j t that uotifica'ionj or tbu adoption by tb* . t Legislature* of twenty-sewn Slate* of tbn j amendment to ibn notional comtitoiioo J J abolishing and prohibiting slavery through- . l out the country baa been Sled in tha Stale i t Department ; ibat. the number of State* ; being tbirty-ii*. tha amendment ha* been t: ratljed by tbroe-fourlh* of them, and that j 1 it it therefore no* a part of tha couiuu- j lion, and valid to all intents and purposes. | p Ratification of the t oii.tlfutiunal I mend ni< n t, proclamatTon by the "SECRK- j TAKY OK HI ATK. To AH vi bom tbcia 1'retenU May Coma, ; . ti reeling : Enow js, ibat, wh»rru«, tba Congress of ( lb« United Slater, on the lat of February Uat, psssvd a resolution, which i* in the"^" wordt fallowing, namely: •*A reaplutian lubtftilling to tb* l«egi,la. j toraa of the several Slate* a preposition lo ; ' amendlh«Con»tiiutionol tha United Slater: ' Reaolved, i'.y tha Seoa'o and Houra ol *' Representative* of tha Unil-d Stater ..f 'J Amerirt, in Cotlgra-a assembled, two-third* J of both lluorea concurring, that tha fol- j * lowing arllcla ba proposed to the Legiel*. j ll tare* ol tha aeaeral State* a* an amend- j * men t to iba Conatitation of tba United I Hlaler, which, when ratified by tbree-fourlhs . a of taid Legl-lataraa, ahall be valid Lo all i *' Interna and purpose# aa a part of laid con- , " •tiiniioo, namely: AHTtct.c zm. B«CT»o* 1. Nailbar rlarery nor involon- j " tary aarvilode, except at a puoirbmaut lor , crime » hereof tha party tball ba«« been " doty convicted, rhall exiat within tba Uoi- : " tg>t Slate* or aoy place wbjeot lo their i ' Krc. 2. t'ongre** lhall hare power lo | p anfotca tbi* atucla by appropiulo legi.Ia-j 8 lion. Aud, where*', il appear* from official " document* on hie in thi* deparlmeol thai . tb* Amendment to the CuMtitotioO of the i 11 United Sialra propueed a* aforeraid hoe." been rtltified by tha Legi*latare« of the . * State of IllinoU, Rhode Itlacul, Michigan, c Maryland, New York, We*t Virgiuia, | 81 Maiur. Kuirar. M*r*acbuiatlr. Pennrylf*- i uia, Y irginia, Ohio, Miaeaonri, Nevada, In- i l' djaoa. Looieiani, Mtooerota, Witconrio, j 0 Vermont, Tettneeiee, Arkanrar, Countcti. , tot. New liampahire, Sonth Carolina, eud *' (jaorgia, iu all twenty-*even Stater ; j ci 'Aud arberear.tho whole uou bar of Slater j d iu tb* United Slat e ie thiny-jix ; ' And,wh*r«a«, the befor# epecially named Cl Slale*tntc*V Leg i»l hare ratified tb« j 81 aaid proposed ameodment, cooutiole three, fourth* of the whole number of Stale* in tl the United tiiata* ; in Now, there fore, b# it known that I, Wil. j ,| liim II. Baward, Sacraury of Stat* of th* ej l oitod Staler, by vuiu* and iu pur* >anc« ti of tbaeocond aectioa of tha act of Coogreer, j ti approved the 20th of April, 1818, antilled | al "An act to provida tar tha publication of ! ci tba Uwa of Ilia Uullod Slate* aad tor other i a parpu-ei," da hereby ceiuly that the pay- , *1 meat ofbMMid baa bvet-ma valid lo all la- I v \rate aad pwrpoaee a* a pan of the Cooni- 1 o lotion of the Uaited Stale*. ! it Ji» tretlmeey wheTeof. 1 have hereunto a 1 1 p my hoc d and canted the .eel of the Do- | d yiti-— ' Of Stam to ba oIExmI. Done • U ngtk»4My of Washington, thi* ISth d.y ' p "December, in tbe year of oar laird )8&i, { tl Ml of Ibe independence of the Uaited ' tl BUtet «» Awlre. tba Wk . « Tluux 11. Suwann, i ij eivniary of Slate. ! j, aoiEtmacaoaiiMiBHK:'™

Cape May Acadctnltul luriitutr. In accordance viith a cell tatoed by aelrcoiar addreered to a a timber ef tbe citizen* of the eoenty, a meeting w*i held at the Court tloeee on Saturday, 23d iuet., to con*nW upon t^e way* aad inean* of r*tabli*h. ing a firat clu* ioetiUUun of* learning io the county. The meeting wa* organized by tbe election of lb* following officer* s Chairmau— Rev. Mfcae* Williamioo, of Cold SpridfT" " -* * . Sacrelory — Sameel R. Magucag'e, Of Cape Irland. The Chairman then stated the object ol me. ting to be the raiting of the n«Cr>•ary mean* to erect (citable building* in which lo conduct a school of auperior advantage* than are furoiehed by our com. school system. An act of incorporation having been obtained *t the 1**v ret* ion of the IrgialntuV the "Cap* May Academical Institute," ; iu reading »av called for, and it was read lbs Secretary. The R-v. Mr. llubbard. then followed in ! able end eloquent eprecb, Milling forth ] | advantage* of tha a*iabli»hmanl ol *uCh an iostiiutioo in the cuuaiy, and urging | ! opou the people to take bold ol ibe matter | wnh^enrDoine** and eoergy. 'Che Rev. Mr. WiHiamion then addrtile i ! the Hireling, and *pok,a of the ben.iit* that j would accrue to tha county, morally, roi cially and financially, from the *»tab!i»h. Hit of »uch an institution lo tba county. On motion. Dr. Colanun F. Learning, ol j ! the Court House, wa* elected Treasurer. A mbscription book wa* then openrd, : and *tock to Iba auioOrt of twelvu bundrv'd dollars Immediately *ub-cribed. I On motion, a committoe of one In each ' townrbip was appointed to cenvs** for lob. ecriptiune. 1 Tne following named gentlemen wets Iheil appointed for their rekprctlls town- : | Upper— Dr. J. F. Learning. Dennis — Rev. S. TuwtiMind. Middle— Asron Miller, K-q. Lower— Isaac M htlldin, Jr. Cup* Island— Cepl. Ueorge W. Smith. ' Tba Srcrutary was tn»lrucied to notify . ; ntrmben of tba committee, lo futjitiih j tbem with subscription' books, and to fill j vacancies in cases ol declination. 'I'he 'bars* of stock being on» hundred • duller* each, tha couuuiltae wa* inttruclaii . receive pledget ol srnulUr sum* *• dona- | The meeting tben adjourned to meet al the Conn liuase on Saturday, Jauuary 27. ; 2 o'clock. K. M. Fur Iba iofurmatiou of tbe public, wa ; print the act of incorporation of the ! CAPE MAY ACADEMICAL ISSTITUrr. , An Art to incorporate the Cape May Academical Institute. [ 1. Its it snscted by the Senste and- lien- j • • V»y of the Stata uf Naw Jersey, that D-.IJ , awl ... srtvwrtj, I Downs Edmnndt, Ueorg* liildrvtb. Issue | NVbildin, Jr., Aaron Miller, Ai-lbooy Steel- | >«ian, Jonat ban F. Learning, Joseph Yuang, Elmer Edwards, M. C. &«■, Morris Crcs.i , . Virgil il. D. Marcy, Joseph Hall, Jr., S. 1 Msgonagle, Jui. Ware, \V. W. Ware, Iboma* Beestay , Josh a Swain, Joseph S. : L-uch. J. F. Calie. Suoiner Marcy, lorii Ueorgn Schvlliliger anil Waters : It. Miller, and their associates sbsll be, anil are hereby created, declared alio eooeii- ; toted a body curporat- and politic, in fact and in name, by tbu noma and style of! "The Cap.- Mu'y Academical Institute," and by that nam* they and their snccessois 1 • hall have perpetual succession, and may ' sue and be sord, plead and be tmplradrd. ' answer and ba anawered onto, la all courts ' ! and placet whatsoever j and to make com- ' teal, and to purchase, take and hare, ' bold, receive and enjoy any lands, bene. | meuta or hereditaments, m fee simple .-r : other* iie, or aoy goods, chattels, legacies, donations, annuities, or other personal pro- j |«riy, or what kind or quality euevrr, by j piO, grant, devise, bequest or otherwise, i end the same tb grant. Convey, assign, Sell j or otliei wis# dispose of for the purpose* of j •aid corporation ; and tba raid association, hereby incorporated, shall succeed to, and : is hereby vested with, all the property, j rights and privileges intended in tuts act and that all pro|»tly acquired hy tbw taid j corporation shall be csrd egpmsly for the [ same. 2. And be it enacted, That the objects of j corporation shall be for Ibe promotion , of education, and shell bo located in Cape May Coooty, wherever- a majority of the j sioikbulder* may io determine, at a ape. j cial election held for that purpose, lw»my | notice having b--en givrn by advri- 1 tisamenl io any oewpaper potdi-be-t in eaiu i county, or set up iu bve public places in | ■aid couuty. 2. And ba it aaacted, Tbu th* capital nf this corporation shall tie tweuty-Bve thou- 1 sand dollars, khicb shall be divided into j • hares of 'one hundred dollars each, #bich . be considered personal properly, and , transferable on the bouka of the corpora- ; and any parson holding one or more ! •bar** of stock shall be a member of the coiporation, and (ball he entitled at all meetings of tbe stockholders, or at any electtoo or qaaslion at issue, to cast sine vola, in person or by prozy, for every share of stock by him or bar owned, and suodmg his or her name on ih* books of said corporation ; and that whenever fire tboasand dollars shall b* subscribed of said stock, tha may p»tch*ee a lot of ground, and proceed to erect thereon such bniUuigs a* nuty deem nesdrul and proper ; and installmeata'af Mm share* may be called in as the wants of tbe corporation shall reten par centum of aaid anbocripiiou be paid at lb# lime «f subscribing.

4. And be it ecactcd. Thai tbn- Corpora- i tion ahall be managed by a board of 1 tees, five in number, stockholders in sae> i i corporation, a majority of whom shall co"- I . stilale a q-iornm ; and David Iterve*, A- i , MUjeV, Jacob F. Cake. Jr-sc H. Divert} ' and Juahua Swain shall, be th* first trustevs ' uf tai-l corporation, ucttl the fourth Toes- . - day of December next, when an elcctiuifor trustees shall take place.. [ S, And be it enacted, 'lliat the said iru*lee* shall be elected annually thereafter, on r t!.» last diy br.tlie academic year, ut a inee'ing of tha stnckholdiirK. to be held at ; I th* institution, and'by a tnajunty of vdv* legally cw I by th* st»ckho!dera and repre# I srnlatives of stock ; the trustees heretofore named, and thua elected, shall hive ptiwr to make by laws for their own eovrrumsii! and that of the iu>i:totinn and h* officers, which byduw*,. shall cat be r pngnant to ihelawsur this stale, nor «f tha United i | Slate* ; to fill Vacancies oceuring iu their i i J own body by means of death, removal, inability or refaaal to tarvaof any pers'onelect- I ed ; and on tbe event of any failure or ne- i | gleet of 'be *t ocL bpldej s to hold u.n elec- i i : tion on tbe day anunally appointed there- , ; | fur, said trunldfie shall contioue in cfiice i - until a new election rhall be held, either at . < j a special meeting of ibe stockholder*, to be i 1 held upon twenty day#N*yKe i^frmid, or i . at a subieqnenl 'atinuuhsfflRiu^- ; ihe said ! trusters shall at thei^hrel annual iiieatiug, i . and annually thereafter, eicfel a president, ' secreiary, and treasnrer, and appoint such i i I j oilier officer*, and fix compennation fur'the 1 ; saniv, as they may from l-.uie to time deem , nece»sary. I 6. An^ be jt enacted'. That tL is act /ball , i : take effect imVpedisiely. i Approved, April 6. 1865. , i < imsrcssional. Tczansr, I»*c. I9th.?-Tbe proceedings of Congress to-day wrre very important, and of a tar more than usually inters-sting character. In the Senate a me'sago ««• i reived from the President, in response to the resolution requesting infi-rmanoii re- | gar-ting ihe Southern State*, covering the • report* on the condition i/ tbi>se State* and i heir people of Lieutenant fleneral or tit and General Carl Schuiz. The reading of ! thai of (ieu. Grant produced a profound I sensation in the inind* of the Seuator*. — Tbe President's metsage, accompanying . these reports, strongly advocates the ros- j j tnratmn of the Sonlhern State government. ' j in their former uotrunim»!lrd position. T'.ie | ' report i.f Geueral Schnrz «*» «0t read, hot 1 was oiderad to be prlntei!. Mr. Snmner. '} in a short speech, denounced the mey»ace of the President, -ay ng il was worsd than President Pierce'* "* hltewasliing message : j oil Kansas." He was replied to in defence - of Ihe President by Mr. Doolftllr. of Wis- - " : c-nsin ; M'. Dizon ef Connecticut, and Re- ! . v*rdjr Jubosvll, of Maiylsnd, the detiate I being sonu-whst unimated. A resolution • as adnnted calling for lh« report ol U-ue. ■ i ral Howard, Commiaaioiier of the Freed- 1 : j u.en'a Bureau, of bi late trip through the ' j Sooth. Resolutions were ariopied calling ■ on Ihe Secreiary of W#r fur a eta'.eitirnt of the numerical .trengih and disposiLiun i.f • ; ihe vwrion* ponion* of iMi'army, inereaeing the bund* of ib* Sups-riniemfrni ot Public • Piloting Ironi forty to eichty thousand dot1 t ire. A lull was .passed giving to sailors " who have Inst Im'li feel in the t.aliunsl ser. ' vice the same pension of twenty dollars per " j month as already. provided f..r similarly af1 | fiit-ied soldiers. Dills «#r* Introduced, and ' | referred, lo establish a uniform militia sys- ' tam throughout the cnontiy,* to provide tor ' ■ the defence of oar North, a'toro frontier, I' j regulating tha manner of tb* entry and : ■ | working of public cunl land*, and- autboriz- ' i ing the I'rasldanl to extend and maintain : " | branches of the Free.lmen'e Bureau in the ( ' j lately rebellions Htoter. N otic* was given | by Mr. Trumboll of anoth-sr bill of purport . r I .umewbat similar to lbs latter. An execu. ' I ute session was held, aftar which lb* Seo- ! *is adjourned. ' ; In tha Hn»*e of Repr»s*nlative* the Fre- ' i deollal* wf ihe Irt-otstaoa member* were pre- - ' j seated j/u-l referred to th* Committee on ' i ibe Bonlbern Btaies. A resolution wa. ' : adopted, instructing tln^Conimittcs an Klec1 j linns to inquire into the air.-umstusices eon- • ' nested with tbe at fieurmice in the Hoots - il ■ member of lienjmniii G. Harris, ol . ' I Maryland, who some time ago, as alleged, ' | »** convicted by a court martial ot burin* ; aided the rebels, applaodeil tbe character ' and cans* of Jeff, Davis, and ap(iroved the ■ ; assassination of Prsaident Lincoln, and wa> • | sentenced therefor, among oilier I hiugt, to ' jwrpetaal di.qnalificatioa for hobling any • j office under government. A bill wa* rr. ' j ported from the Committee on Comm- rc<- ' " , authorizing every railroad company tbrougli 1 j ont the cunmty lo carry freight, mails, pasi | sengers, government supplies. Iroop.s, 4c.. . across the Slate, cot wiilirtandiiag any Slats f | law to tb* contrary, which, after some de- ' - J h*te, was pa*»ed. The Secretary of War i j was called on f«ra -tatcment of the present i ; c- adit ion of tbe harbors of the country. A 1 , new committee lo be known at' the Coin- ; - j in it lee of Mines and Micing. was antharixcd. - J The reeoloiinn proposing au ainendineut to . i the const itntion to prohibit aoy portion oi'| I the debt incurred to ussut the rchollion - being ever paid by either the m-lion or any • Stale was reported book from the Commiti tee having it to charge, and, after along! ; and earavst debate, in which a number of : member* participated, w** adopted by a I vots of one hundred aad forty-nine ye*. t„ i eleven nays, after which tbe liouoa ,ad-j joornsd. ., i WxDxzsusr, Dvc. 10.— Io th# Senatj- toI d»y petition# were preivBted from th* jr». I cieiy of Friend* recantly as.ein<l#d in B«|. - timore, trom ctlizetts of Mastachasem, i New York and many other States, from j Dr. Cbrtirer uf Naw York, and wiiivrt, #1> ■

relating to the g-neral Johjeet of |.-g:slu-'i Hub in regard to the rebellious Sta'a* and j , in tielntf nf tb* froeihn»n. They were re-] ' ferreff to the Special Committee on Recon. I strnction. A bill was reported to add csr- j ta n roomie, to the dials of West Virginia. J Mr. Morrill repprlgr) a bilj to.regalste the i elective rtancbine in the District of Colum- : i-ia with reotriciioh to those abiw lo reed , ] ihe irniie-l States Constitctinn Hi F-nglieb. 1 | The bili to maintain the f^JJ^om of the. j paopls nf thu4*beilK>u» JMulcS by abolish- .. ■ i"J as' dim^petions of jolur w aa called op - ! by Mr. Wilson, and wa» debated at length ' ; by-Mr. Somher. who reiterated his remark : that th# message of the President w«J an | . i attempt to whiteirash the unhappy rondi- j i lira of the rebellious .States. Mr Haul--. liory and Mr. Cowan .replied. Mr. Harris , delivered lue'ulogy upon the lata Mr. Kel- | ; b'gg, a niembor trom New York, and a re- - soiution of r>'epecl lo tbe memory of the 1 * deceased was poised. A conference report : in favor of the adjournment of bo'h Hoo-es ■ : frolb Thursday, 2t*V in«t., to Frrua- . Jan- | i nary 5th, was agreed to, and the Senate, ' ! ! at half-past 3 r.jt., adjourned. In tbe House. Mr. Broomall offered a]i rus-ilutlun of congratulation on th* ratili- j 1 cation of the nnti-S'.avory Amvudmanl, j which was "refurred to the Reconstruction ' Committee, and* a resolnti-n that tb* re- i : bullious Stales I: eve no political rights ex. cept sach in may be gran ted by Congress-, \ which was objected to.' A bill wn' pasted ' authorizing the Secretary of. the Treasury, : to appoint A isistnnt- Assessors of Internal • ! Revenue. The Secretary of War was diI reeled lo communicato to tb'o I loose'' bo ; r- cord of the Harris Court-martini. An ' i Aikausas cvrlificat'e of election was pre. j si-ot- d and relerrsd to the Recoastrnction i C-'mntiitee.. Mr. Steveif* introduced ut-ill | i to double the yo-csions-of sufferers by »b« and lo snfotce f or-HtCatioiiS to provide a i funiWor these purposes, which was referred* to*%inmitleS of the Whole, and a reeon-i. 1 deration moved. The petition of Judve j Warir.Onth to be admit ted as a delegate - from tne Territory of Louisiana a as referred Tto thu llvcMi <i ruction Catniniilee. ' Mr. .! Lawrence, 0f Ohio, wffrreil u series of re. < solutions demanding a speeJv trial of Jeff. ; Davis, hi* punishment if convicted, together i 'ilhlhatof other chief con'|-'irjH^r<. and Ilia trial by military tiibnnal of all acc-m- t plicsl in tha BMiiS'iuatton of l-n- President i _ j or the starvihg of Union prUonere. These ! I were laid on thn table and ordered to be i primed. The eonfrrenco report on a re- 1 ' cess was agreed to. i Mr. Stevens offered a resolution, which ! f i form the House whether any lands assigned j j to frredtiten had been restored 10 rebel j I owners, wnd by whose authority, and unjer 'what pretence. A mereaje was received] ! from the President concerning' th- 1'ari* j Lxpo-itiod, T"e svus'" .eeoiunou relat- 1 "j ing to Internal R-c-uoe and Imports wa- i i passed. Eulogies -era pronounced on Or- i ] Undo Kellogg, of New Yofk, IS<OlatillBB I * ' of respect tvero put'eii, and the House ad- j 'j TnuBsn.iT, Dec. 21, — Jn tha Senate to- 1 day 51 ess- s . Fes-rn-ion, Grimes, 1 larVi-, j ' Howard, Juhfisnn an-l Williams were op- j p.inted as the Sftnte** |>art uf tl-e Uom- * - mil tee of Ftf een ou Bees- nstruclion. Pe- j ' [ right# to colored people. Mr. Howard! ^ j cilletl for information srh J Jeff. Davis had ( not been tried. A r--.plution was passed i J iiquiring into the expediency nf abolishing ] r j tie franking privilegu Mr. Wil Son inlr-i ] ' iliced a bill "to maintain and enforce the 1 ' fwisdom of the inhabitants of Ihe United : j States,-' upon which ho ttpoko at groat- " ] snglh. * I In the Hon>e. Mr. Ashley, of Novads. - J look b'i saal, Messrs. P.t'terson, of New ' Damp- hire. Faroaworth. of Illinois, and ' ! Garfield, of Ohio, were upp-iiiiludtRegenfa : - , to the S|tttthsoiMjn Instilutino. A Comj mitlFe on Message • as . appointed, Mr. Ash. ,. jey, b- ing Chairman. It was voted to _ prp" if, UK) firp[-* f8 ,h* 8 "IT- Reri-ter. ■ - M-itiroe d-ctrine resolutions were referred I 0 j Infnrmotir-I) was called f-.r about Jetf.-rsnn ! * Davis and his prohnhle trial. I'he Post ' : I lilies frnnmittee were ordered to report j upon the expediency of uinkioi; the tele- " ' grat-h part nf the Post-office establishment. I * -*c*ve was ask-d to porchase a sit. f..r the if i pott office in New York. Mr. Voorhne* , lt : stthmilted resolutions indorsing th* |mlicv ' j of the President. The propriety of baring a delegate from ihe District of Colombia j r ! was mooted, and th- t-roper Committee Is ' e . to inquire into it. Some ilrMite r-crnrred > on the claim of Mr. Johnson, of Arkansas. 0 i lo a seal in the HonV Heveral relief hills 'i _ ; of m-iror- importance were offereil. The ] I" ; session was ennc tided with .an t mporf an t j - : diseasainn untm the reconstruction que.. . C I tion, the policy of Ihe President. Ac. . Mr. | I, : Finck, -r Ohio, spoke particularly for the ■ Democratic aid-. Mr. Raymond, nf New " j York, followed in a *neech of an honr's . i length, mainly in reply to th* recent *da ■ d-ess of Thadd-tts Stevens, and taking the ! venerul ground that the r-onthern StSlea ♦ were still and always hud been members of j ■ Gin Union;' that lite effort lo recede was 1 1 frustrated, nit-l therefore was void, and the : l acts, speechev and dee,|s of a^ns -,f the _ - reb, la-were of on treat eff.-vt'fn -tis-olving j their cannect ion with the General Govern- , ' : ment. Both houses adjourned over the 1 holidays. ' 1 . Southern Itcslurntiou. 1 1 Presidet.1 Johnson, viewing the reconj »truct,io* pr-grrs* being made by the lately . j rebellioas Butaa ill a more favorable ligh'l , | than tbn radicals of Congress, iscoglinutng I iba work of relieving. the (Southern peupl* ; of Ihejr pr-tvisipnal government* inauga. t I rated by authorizing the Governor elect yf . J Alabama to assume executive function, ax ! was announcer!, in the official despatches of 1 Ks-r»iary S*w«rd on Tue-day. Hy similar ] dcpa'ches from Mr. Seward It is announced * j that lbs Provisional Governors of Georgia . I and .South Carolina have b*s-n relieved, and . , ; dirertsd lo lran»f-r the coxtody of the I pa p«rt| wild property of th- States to tha 1 ! Govcihora elec-, thu» restoring the people 1 , of thHe States to the control of tbe txreuI , live eficcrx of their choice.

SPECIAL NOTICES. llciioiii Lift- Insurance ' CutnijHU}. .VEXYARK. New JERSEY. : • ^ . 4. »*. LI AMINU, Sssvltle, i J.ihti II. liuOmaii. ' ] Atiurnr}.iit-LiK, Mitslrr, Ktamlncr, and : Sollrllor In (lianrrfy. "Hf i cam: may court fittCse. m:w jj kxi ?" ' t l»r. J. f. I.cnming. Df""' ( <ft» ' i CAPE A-.II »-.rt *r'/loI i/.-lue.ds\.. I Si: A I Lit.,— Thursdays, l-rtuaj's, and f -c fnercOKti ' V . oLSxturds)'. ' CT- 1XW. Noaoirt Conditions Cash. Jeteii i ' Whiskers! Wliiskerx! Do yoit w ant \YU*ket*>r Mustschret Our Grre aai.e.lhrst la.c or -Ida. or lisir no l-sl,l uevt. la sis , s-.alcd, Oh.ro.-. I,.: .1 l-rit-e. '(diJ-J 1 AiUreas, Woru- r A to., Pro-Jkljn, Now York. htraisgr. but True. j livery youuc U-l, aud graUcBxa in the l'ulte-1 * Cifors of Youtli. ] A Ccntlrman w Ml sufi.-i.--t lur years float Nervous t | Dvtulltjt, Pre mature Dway. and all lac effccrs -.1 t j humstrit), read tier to al. » h- 'nerd jr. rhe rv.l" " Drafntss. BliuducM fc i'utarrb, I i H.dlaod.'i No A,* mmt'tw, . |* EYI» inserted without pall No shnrgs laade f-r To ( OUSUIUpti Vf s, J I MA II HI »•' I >. xl NEW ADVERTISEMENTS I j MiK*N'Kr 1 v j"s' ,u I | No IBS t Light Thlrty^re^MaVm alrecs, ' i "J ' ' THf ,uy A^Hi'tw"**' ' 1 » Na.'StS (right thlMi-n-ci dsikei .trcct, \ t| Bc!o"h Ninth, Hiitadelphia. \ Xt'Pl.K PtHIM- UtrillXKX. A'-'rP-«-ket I rut* Knl-t'U'.'l'v*cr^ ?tralnco^'pirI r ' TRI'MAN ti SIIAW, ' ' No. Mi (eight thirty- B-d Market .trret, ta-t-iw Ninth. PtilladrlptUa. TUT: IIOI.ID.ftYN. ^ FA I It FOR THF. BENEFIT Ol" THF. j!' BAPTIST CHURCH, *j THE EXPRESS OFFU K. ! , ( Ofipostts Wm. Townsead'* Store.) Camairurias: on I '^SAJVltDAr EVEMXC, DEC. 2 3rd, And continuing t#«!tcr- , NEW YEAR'S. , ; Closing with a | it It A N D SUPPER , j On MONDAY KVESIXO, JANUARY 1, IMS, i • J ' I otuauiiteing at * o'clock. P. M. ■j ICECREAM, f AREA. CONrrtTIONERIKS, ! I And Other Refrtwliutcnis will be prov idol In abunr ; . Ah*., Toys and other Fancy Article*. « A TAMABLE I.VVE.YTION. - JAVERY BODY^ HIS OWN PROOM MAKER, [ MILIJtR'S METALLIC BROOM HKAD, f ] durret In this country. 1-atretrd June 11. IMS. | ( this arteJc is a n» tittle arraurrinent. try the use • : .ol which rveiylxrmrr csu m.k- Ms uwo l-ruoms, ; f.- without Ihe use et -stf-l or tylaz* ot any kind. : "doMMtvom his a iiWl!-!ii*«g^tv\re*ooSrC«!"hr j' f sp.inea to gr! wit ..I or. Nr. • i Wewsnt an .arrive. eDcrgctte msn laearh o-unty 1 t ! IB N|« Jersey, to swot, t hluseU. life eaaltmve ! '^lemdcmlnre mmhkemMqb '^'eomuetltliSm ' i If I nr address HA \ M A V R XM • til. FY. Ufb-tt Heesetlllc. Cheatrr C-tuhly, Pa. I PRO BO.YO PUBLICO I 1 15 i ^OU' A,4c',u,e*- Osgaos.and Ptano* ' JOHN HARTMAN. at MILLVfLLE. N J., who Is hgrnt lot the l.'rovrr A Baker's Sewing sss- ] f chines, laicy's Celrliralrd Collxge tfrgani and Mo- , , , l.sleont, Ptvnos, Ae., aad deft vers them to you, at I . City Prton, wltaont ibe cost uf Irrlgbt. Ttir ptrtlrulvr alleaiioa of all those desiring Ma- . . , rhinea, is directed Isltr Isets that they are not only ronveyf .i lothe-rdexiluatlua wftiKKit Ihe cost of ' ' nod all the necessary loatrih tidus given for their1 ' management la HEMMING. FELLING. BRAI1P 1 INO, EMBUIHERINO, and 1UCKIN0 with the I : some. We #vy, buy of ltartman. Ad-tres# I aolX-Sat ' MiHrtlle, N. J. I

NflTK'E TS h.rel - even that Apt-ti.-stl-in will be mode st I she a.M -. • ii cl toe Lrvisix-ure lor « supjile. c-r^.tr,'', ' .j.^V in^^scT.u-'ThVHghr'mrf?-rm^ fi" "!l \OTIPE I APE MAY TKt.FGIttl'll. . •'^Jv;W.''^C^imny hxrej^sn j1' ■ ' y-1 ' ' ' • : . i vt. >i. i-rei-sied t-oWrr every COAL AND LUMBER. iP.Efit.i All Nf llELLEYGER I Vv '?»,! 'ial' re^l" »K,1h* «">"•"> 'fix .CEDAR SHINGLES, WHITE PINE LUMBER, 1 !,r v.:ri!t.t>h ihejrji-lL' ., respectfoDy ooBctlesL ft -iTty:Lt.i:xi.rR- . BOOTS &. SHOES. : ; tttK - rsVr-tly n h. nit t tfc ' *jja '-A'TER*. IIOtIT AM> MI OK NTORK. •j'HE eobwrtber --uawhand a NEW stock of i. ^T^hfiflifml2^inils*il ' * H- ntur Ulrerl, In the 1 '• ut.-tj.-yu^.H'd hy Mr. Halsall. be. -i.e.. t.CN.' ING'A IHYClflSO BOOTS (UXhlMPTIti:*, . it J. If. SCDF.SCK. ^ l>r -» -Jk. . : - I II a duty t ojreto^you, xnd to r ':in A . ' -I , li . -u c.'-.'.-.'s vSoQWaaitugat ;; v.- - st IU.» Iiwafwiw MM fest »- ... t'W te-u- re u.' a t. U.ltoBIU.hul any- ' ill ' r V. 'i 'was'swiftkht doaa'aMai » i i tret, at.ii » n.it e\i«-.-teo lol.ve tbe aignt uuL , yt> h". , it u'""' * •" ''""k 1 *W4W ever leave iiu'r"1 vv. i.i!" .'"i1" * * i-' rr.J *'h« ' •|i»^adjVW ""ad • Mill vr me. whim hedio, and examiwxlaw With the i ' "!"!! I? r'.', ti W'l ■ n V m -hf 7Zj$£VZ?>.{ ."k"t _tJ''.''2k jggLSLYgjwak-atitHamitMa^MdSw^aiaw- ; rr.1 dli.i,- - .'.'.-I in- •ludjod. He said In order to ! i' • nx'l'diw- i ttj',tW*i,a«xrrrug^ ' ^Mandrake Pitta i **555, "■ .-.-S a.raet my v ital 1 oner, vine too much*woa- . SuU "ft" to g^iuoMbValawnjf*'*' " 1 IllTll^srIrTli^,\tt'^,Q'm^ll,|a'l,1' vaj.clornBtv. n..- strsagth, so that -o noodxy al't-TTIilt up • ana ale n.-ariliy Re a skk n.m.sn : but tltv mi'l.. I • nope aad WHheff my husband ! kH*' htm of talc, wad wm' >fie>wmci w tJw * i, .li.., x-d to perse. rrr; and he taalaird uo ntyr ixtttag it: a ml oow I Ire. the twaetit ot It. For 'iter . Ignt -.ays i Wt*ah tu*aia u.y .Weagui, and. | » tin thsM exception ol s eld teat |n,-. au- tack some, i . fir* efivngtRof toady , 01, cough Is .i «iL .ii1' l'!","1' u,) *'V gonvi 1... norvneaa ol tee uw>, ii-j l Un.a are nguiar, and tuy- breath "^ rel'.ud 72 pis «t"re ' *i'n° c'i!r o^' ' *' M"'^*'T»l|raM ls*!m 1. .utei,. .-, 11) w,, i iiiju.ee, at reei, AmreXorit'cHv* , **»• NAk> ► FAMt.ltvY. tt e, the Uhllrtsteaed. 1 ^oeeibol New lot A. an ; . acuuAUOwi W..I. Arsft. tor ovr. snm kbi-w her stale. i "'iT'eAh^'u -v* "it)"vv ''ul "i.l't " 8,> * " : t.l oL.oE C.voFKIIIi.1.. *;a orveuwleh at. Mrs. .. I .Nl'Ehll.eL, nmOrrennieheA i AUF t«iARRt* *"■* 01""-W,ra SL j LSHLY h'a'tgi., Ii/Uaat llooeuw st. J- L. « v.Lt, At - oilc.ye |i|. .M A Lc-lGHiuN, tat nroailwsy. Mra. UI..VJ. GLai'l', 1* Amity pe t sa. a ctt. A|e«novJ a .in Mi. Mary T. I'xrlow, ■ : is, s:r.; iTtdsgrsr "" "" JOHN i hiV. UNO, D. D.. Pastor o. fi.dl-.-o M tlaplllt l.nuttli, JL Y. - 1 -!*' *-■««•».' * W'U Ou j-ioiesseipstly at to* BVlaaaal oilier .\u IX Nortn a-xiu snvei.coii.ei ot Cvamterre, PhtlAOsniaiia, avetyr n-iuMsy, l.om * AM uatltii / *: U"'J st-set. A.W York, r-a.y Tuem / ' re1 vf 1^ . "r- •" tmnou- r M, ts.sHOi, *•*., ft > eteti w.dR. oioy, trom « -oA ouu e»e-y othar » it- • I ■ 'WJI I'* o--i..oot» *u, tts.nmom, no. ai. s.u« axamruxiion of uia Inag* ' V -rMaTtAe 14 doltara. dtskc'pMml* !^Fi ^|w«h*U^ doSm. ' Maiw For sale by kit f>ru;gl.'. aud pcxtrrv. dS-ly