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VOL. XI.

CAPE ISLAND. CAPE MAY COUNTY. NEW JERSEY. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 3. 1588.

NO. 33.

tthf i'orYs (foiuw. w i (.ood Intention*. Good lalcMlomt doa'l In rhi-ra deceive you, As thejr ii*vr don* theirs! of msuklHt Thou nil the world Bwy Iwllw la brlicte you, And • pMlOrd conscience irbtv* you,# Ncvrr luuul | You ulll nod That the wlmt anil furnt latrntli>n. Good Intention* *r» plenty, like troutJrt, And cheap Ibc lllo-slvlo* «lt ; And flasUy bunt ttkn » bufcblo. K»l«» "fid f.il»; IL.r * rue ; And iinlrw wool. Mid do. il. fot.fl.lhrr, Good teteatlno* make people I.Ik civil, tAml pro in I u- ol conlnn* no end, tikh.lf not followed up. com. to cell, . And |A>r twt n wit* of UwiWvlt. *■ Heaven defend , / Ton my friend. From his m.jeeiy. nemret Invention, A mere unfulfilled good Intention. Good Intention, that bend like Ihe wWow, Or fly an the wlmt. ol the l-rerie. Will pi Mil I horn, on tin' downirrt pillow, And make llir one turbulent billow. IJke the ee... Yet lire. IhrOUfh a lifetime of blunder. — .Vrr. M. A. Ki-Urr. The lli'iiufy of Arc. Life1, choicest rift® lo share ; Nor dor. the bloom of early year. All of life*. Itsgranre bear. Aa wben the flower, of sptlrut are none, Aod iimmri rlurtre fled We hall the hri.btrr autumn hue. Th.t leek our lore lu.trad, flu. In Ibe autumn tide of lite, And "mid the fnwt. of ngr. Are yielded, oft, the rlelmt (rolls That bless tire'. pllsrunvre The heart that. aye. for other, tent* In kindliness and truth. Cannot grow old, but wear, within The element, of youth. And a* the forireou. euniet hours Uur happle.t Ihnurhta ens are, * i So. oft, the hrtrhteat flower. ■■( life Untwine the brow of are. M riftt gfailinj. THE YOI.IVM.IH COIANIII., John Tnylor was licensed when a yonth of twenty-one, to praeltqft nt thts bar. Ho was poty. but well. educated, nod possessed extraordinary genins He tnnrried a branty, who afterwards desorted him for Another. On the 9th of April, 1840. the Court Home in Clarksville was crowded to overflowing. An eliciting case was •boot to be tried. General Hopkins, a wealthy planter, had offered a gross insolt to Mary Kllison, the ynong and beaniifnl wife of the oerrsecr Tlie husband threatened lo chastise him for the > outrage, when Hopkins went to Ellison'* house and shot him iu hie door. The murderer was arrested and bailed to answer cbsrges. This occurrence produced a great excitement, and Hopkins, in order to tarn the tid#-of indignation, . bad circulated reports against her character, and the had brought a suit against bitu for aiander. , The interest became deeper when ;t was known thai Ashley and Pike, of Arkausas, and 8. 8. Prentiss of New Orleans, by enormous fees, had been retained to defend Hopkins. General Hopkins was acquitted The Texas lawyers wire overwhelmed by their opponents. It was a fight of dwarfs against giants. The slander suit was for the lOtb, and the throng of spectators grew in number as well ss in excitement. Public I opinion was settled for Hopkins. His ' money had produced witnesses who ' warred aa very powerful advocates— i When the slander cose was called np, ' Mary Ellison was withont any attorney 1 —all hsd withdrawn. "Have yen no counsel ?" inquired 1 j Judge Mills, looking very kindly at the 1 plaintiff. I "No, sir, they have all deserted mc. 1 nod I am too poor to employ any more," k replied the beautiful Mary, bursting into v tears. I "In such a esse, will not sirmc of t tbesu rhivalrons members of thn hsr ' volunteer I" said the Judge, glancing around the bar. n Thirty lawyers were silent. t "1 will, yoor llooor," said a voice « from the thjekest part of the crowd be- 1 Jiind the bar. ' 1 At the sound of /hit voice many ' etane '—It was so ifbesrthly, swert and ' mournful. ' The first sensation was changed into « ^Jaeghter. when a tall, gaont. spectra! ' figure elbowed his any through the | crowd, and planed himself within the , bar. His clothes looked so bad that the i

A potrrt-hfrtiiMed to -lerrtif rose procei-c i under his management. - ij_ "Has your nnrae been entered ftpor the roils of tb« State T" demanded tin Judge. . ! to*It i| immaterial." answered the stroger, his thin, bloodless lips enriing .up with a fiendish sneer; "LereV my .license from the highest tribunal in Ajuerfes 1" and be handed the'Judge a broad parchment. Tbe trial then proi eroded. I He suffered the witnesses to tell their own story and he allowed the defence to lead off. Ashley spoke first, followed bv Pike and Prentiss. The latter i brought down the home with cheers, in -*-wh!rh tbe jury joined-2 n was now tli*- stranger'* turn. lie «tood before the bar— not behind itami so near the wondering, jury that he might- touch tbe foreman with bis long lingo?. Ha proceeded to-tenr to pieces the argument* of A-hl. y. which melted I »w»y at hi* touch, like frost before the i sunbeam; everyone seemed surprised, j Anon he came to the dazzling wit of th« poet-lawyer Pike. Then the curl of his lip* grew sharper, his smooth face began | to kindle, and hi* eyes to open, dim nod dreary no longer ; but vivid as lightning, red as fire globes, and glaring a* twin meteors. Then, without bestowing an allusion on Prentiss, be turned short round on the perjured witnesses of Hopkins, tore their testimony into shreds, - and hurled in their faces such terrible invectives, that nil trrruhlee like aspens, and twq of them lied from the court house The excitement of the crowd was becoming ircintndous. Their united life and anal seemed to hhng on the horning tongue of the Itranger; he irt- ; spired them with the power of hi* malignant passions ; he (ceaied to have stolen natures' long hidden secret of attraction. But hi* greatest triumph was to come. His eye* began lo glance at the assassin Hopkins, as his lean, taper fingers assumed the same direction Ho benimed i in tlte wretch with a wall of strong evi-. v dence and imprrgnable argument, cui- . ting off ull hope ol escape. He dng he- * neath the murderer's feet ditches of di- - lemma, and held the tlaudcrer up :» the scorn und contempt of the populace — I Having thus girt him aboot with n cir- > clot of*firo, be stripped himself fur the i massacre. i 0 ! then it was a vision so glorious j > mid dreadful to bpbold the orator. His ' i action* became as impetuous ss the motion of an oak in a hurricane Hi* voice i became a trnmpet, filled with wild whirlwinds, deafening the ear with a crash of powder, and yet intermingled all the i while witli a sweet under-song of the softest cadence His forehead glowed like « Seated furnace ; his countenance was haggard, like that of a maniac, and ever and anon he Hung" his long, bony arms on high, as if grasping after thunderbolts. He drew a picture of murder in such appalling colors, that in comparison hell itself might be considered lie utiful. Jle painted the slenderer no black that the sun seemed dark at noonday, when shining on snch an aecurfed monster; snd then fixing both portraits on (he shrinking Hopkins, fastened them forever. Tho agitation of the audience amounted nearly to madness. All at once tho speaker descended from the perilous height. His voice wailed out for the murdered dead and the beautiful Mary, more lieau- . liful every moniuit.ss her tears flowed faster— till men wept and sohlbtd like ■ like children. r— He closed by an exhortation to the and through them to the bystanders be advised tbrin after thc-y«hoald i bring in a verdict for tho plaintiff, not | to offer viol, nee to the defendant, however richly he might deserve it ; in other words, not to lynch tho villian, hut to his punishment to God. JThHl w*s the artfujlest trick of all, aod best caku- ' to insure vengeance. The jury returned a verdict of $50,000, i and the night afterwards Ho; kins was . I taken out of bed by lynchers, and beaten •, almost to ileVlh. As the court adjourned tho stranger said -John Taylor will j preach here this evening at early candle j j light." He did preach, and the house ! was crowded. I htTe listened to' Clay, ; Webster and Calhoun— to Dwight, Bas ] comb and Beech er— but never hesrd 1 , anything fn the fotro of snbflme words, I even remotelv approximating to the elo- ! quence of J»hn Taylor— massive as a 1 | mountain, tod wildly ruvhing as a catn- 1 ' ract of Ore. ,

.d I>an .Warble's Trout Story. Dun Marble, the comedlsn. used to on tell a story about trooting, that always he enn led a seb nation. It seems that Dan, while crossing the Allegheny mountains he one summer, fell in with a fishing party ng from the city, and theydinsisied on hie ny holding up and going out to fi>h wiih in them. • "Well," says Dsn, "we went li.hing, u- i and liebed aod fished. W" drank a bar1 rel of Monongaheia, and carried about •ir | >wo pounds of fish back to the hotel in ce j Iloilidsysbnrg. One morning I strayed i'd j off froin the^iorty, rod in band, and was er ov.-rtnkgn by nn old covey In an ancient j built gig, high as a three-story corn , Ctib Uii sober , faca, bxoad-briwoied le hat and squgretwti^l cpat, liospoko him - « (Junker. fellow drew up. he . yed me for A— moment, and coming to >g 'he conclusion that I was n hiimaii, he e* invited mc to gel in ami ridadowu the •d mountain, and as 1 bad some distance lo he ; go to overtake my friends, 1 mounted li.^the concern, and the old* fellow gave hi* '•* mare th»4itring, and away she went. i* "'Thee's fronting, eh in : "Slightly," said I. "I "Has' thee a fondness for fishing?" t- "Not so very strong inclined that »* way," said I IT "The trout is very cute fish," said ti|t rt old fellow. >- ; "Yes." 1 replied. "I once had a tame trout in my pond, le I put bim in my pond when he was s. about as big os my finger. I fed him I"t regularly, and he became very social I d frequently lifted him from the pond with d my hand, and lie grtw on, till I reckon « he weighed a matter of three pound/ good ; and I thought one day, as I haftsome city friends to dine with us. I'd n tnke out my fish, and have biiu cooked. • - Ha! ha! really. I believe the critter guessed tt.y intention, for he never would >• come near me after that I coaxed, and '* trird to inveigle him for some time; but I Y was 110 use ; friend trout was shy, and i- avoided all sociability. I boiled a hook > with the-mbst tempting morsel ; but no, I '• plague take the critter, be was dune • with me. I next borrowed a scoop-net. e and though I'd got- it very nigb under - bim, away he'd dart beneath a stone, • and out of my reach. The trout grew i e bigger and biggec, and so saucy (bat I made up mj mind he - must be eaten.— 8 lis! ha! ha! at last I made a snare s Now, my old friend,' said I, 'the/* • bound to conic out.' Plague take the u fellow, tbe moment I put the noose over - his body, he'd poke his nose dowu into f tbe gravel at the bottom of tbe pond, wiggle his tail, nnd off would slip the '' win*. Of course, the sleek rogue actu- • ally appeared to be laughing at me ; and I wr.nt away, declaring that the provo1 king creature might live forever, If be f could." "Well," says I, Interest'-d in the fish story, "did he stiii continue to'iiva und flourish ?" ' "Not ioug, for my «on, he'd bet most5 iy anything he could catch him, and be » did " "Ah, indeed I" said I, iu amazement, ' "how did he proceed ?" "Ha! ha! I will tell thee. Ileuben ■ caught a dozen grasshoppers, and threw • ' tbeut into the ptftid — the fish was very fond of grasshopilers, and having eaten ' them all, became ao very springy that in ' jumping fur a fly. he actually sprang ' clear out of the pond, and Reuben caught the critter before he could jump ' buck again !" "I told roy Quaker friend 1 guessed I'd get ou,t about then, ao he drew up and let me reach the ground, and then ( ■ drove off with a long face." .\e»v Kiml of Army Contract. | A Cnicago paper says : — "The bootblack 'boy is an institution peculiar to - himself. He flourishes in most of our large -cities, and it may. ba owing to Jiis frequent contact with the understand- ' ! ingv of others, which render* him, at 1 times, peculiarly sharp and witty. A J returning soldier was accosted by cue ( i'of the tribe, with the usual Salutation— : 'Black your boots, sir T make 'em shine!' j Looking at his unpolished 'gunboat*' in a contemplative way, the war worn 1 veteran replied: 'Well, I don't care if ' you do — fall in promptly, though.' The ' iirebin *c»zed"* moment at the soldier, J ; surveying him from his 'leathers' up- < warda, and then, turning tu a/omrsdr 1 by, shouted oat : Bill, lend . lis a band, won't you ? IV# got an army ' • contract.' "

Market Garden/of New Jersey . 10 My. 1'etar Uenderana. of Jersey CitlJ-, >lelivere«t an address on this subject before n the Horlirnltural Association of the Amer1S ; ican Instimte, which tbe Tribdna reports ! as follows : Tho pisrket gardens of New Jersey are * »tiibrnrcd in a half circle of 'en mile* finm '' i the ("it* Halt; New York. The land OCCB- ■ pied hy them i« about 1.IMMI acres, snd it is f. ; i)a«-siionabl« whether ih -re is an eipmlaria r- I unvahcrrebe in the country SO thoroogMj ,1 rnltivated, or wi^b such profitable results n In many cases the returns are 81. '.00 per J acre, oral it is perfectly safe to say that tbe Ahule average is $!.M)ti per acre. But this '* high degree of fertility is only obtainable 11 • by the highest..' collivatii.ll, and it takes n ! about three years to break 'in fsrm lands d * and brttrg'Ttlf rS iip ' lo th isliIgY si andard. 0 ' The varieties of vegetables cub i rat ad are i, \ few in numbi-r. and mostly different from a those or l.ong Island, whose land embrace ' hig- ly cultivated. The vegetables grown are prinripaly cauliflowers, enhhaces, beets. ° ..-spinach, onions, and lettuce far a first crop. ; followed t*y celery, horse-radish, thyme, sage aod other herbs f«r a second crop, for .to produce t lie above -Ve'^lts the soil must he kept at work, and as soon a« the spring crops an- off in July, the plow and harrow iiguio invade mother earth, and she is pianj ted with the fall crop. Th** particular tnan- | ner of cropping is something like this : Cauliflowers, for instance, are planted It out two feet between the tows, and fifteen inches between the plants, setting lettuce : between tbe rows, which is fit for market '. before the cauliflowers are large enough to r be injured. The caiilliowers in turn are ll marketed the last of June or first week of j July, when the ground is prepared- and l( planted with celery in the following man- ^ D *( : After the soil has been well pulveriz- . ed by plowing and harrowing, lines are Struck out jhrae feet apart, but no trenches are made as usual iu privatu gardens. Tbe 1 plants are set in these line* si* inches apart. . and the ground kept clean by the cultiraior r ailtil September,' when the plants are strong ] enough to allow the earth lo be laid up ' j against ikrw. hy the plow, nnd tin) banking ^ is completed With the spade. In private1 I gardens the plants are often set on a level : sat face one foot apart each way, the ground '-j kept free from weeds nntij the celery »o • | covers it u« to smother or keep them down. I I lo its straggle for light, the celery sta ks , 1 shout up in aconvenient form fin blanching, r ■ This process l* best performed by Itftiug , | the plants and setting them out in a cool , J cellar in saoJ about the middle of Novetn- [ \ ber. They are pocked pretty elose and tbe ! sand sifted in nearly to the tops of the ; plants. Grown in this way a plot 20x2(1 i feet * ill* give 400 plants — an abundunce for 1 1 any family from November to May. Tho » variety best suited for this market is known r as the French or Incomparable Dwarf. > Another feature peculiar to the Jersey , market gardeners is the forcing nnd for-' , warding of eal^y vegetables by hot-bed* and cold-frameaVjaiuiense numbers of which I ! are used, some growers having upward of 2,000 -ashe*, ptiiicip-illy for the forwarding of lettuce and cucumbers in cold frames. . ' This frame is very simple, being two boards It lo 10 inches wide, fastened lo und boards ' six feet lung, on which 3*6 feet sash are I placed to any desired extent. The lettuce ; plants ere set in them in March, eight . .inches span, or 50 plants poc-sarh. By , . the middle of May the lettuce is ill for use. As soon us a few heads ate cot, seeds of . cucumbers ore sown io their places. They come up quickly and take the pjace of the remaining lettuce at it is removed. By ; this method any occupant of a city lot could fiud a corner for a sash or two, and : with little trouble provide lettuce aod cucumbers at a time when stale onus, which • have passed through half a duzen hands, could not bo purchased at less tbau $1 50 j per dozen. Mxtcnxo or tux Txtniro or ratxccros j Coujnfcs— -The' Trustees of tbe College of New lereey, at iU semi-annual meeting, held in I'rioceton on Wednesday laat, ap- | pointed the following gentlemen members ! of their Board, to fill existing vacancies, i j viz:— " 1 1 Rev. J. M. Crowull, I). D„ or Pbiladtl- : ; phia. I I Rev. W. C. Roberts, of Elizabeth, N\ J I i Rev. Dr. I'axton, of New Yotk City. | John 1. Blair, Esq., of Blairstnwn, N.J. i I They also elected Rev. Cba*. ffJbsHl. ' i ; I). l>.. or Philadelphia, to fill the new / Ghair of Natural and Revealed Religion; I and appointed Prof. J. If. Mrllvalne Pro- jl 1 feasor of Bellas LetDee atid Elocution, in j' addition to Rhetoric, of which he is now/. ' Professor, and made Mr. Peabody the Ad-j Professor of Elocution. vj They pawed a resolatioa rally sastaifling I | the Faeally in their recent dismieaioo of 1 ( ; ha. siodeuta engaged in the horn-aproe. ! ( and taking tbe ground that hereafter when violence ia done • to parsons or property in i , the town, 'the offending students shall be , turned over to prosecution according to j - civil law. 1 It wee agreed that as snnn a a th* weather permit, ground* should bo broken for the | A«irnuouii(-al Observatory, iu which | if is proposed to place the largest telescope in this Country.

I'. ! Freeholder*' Mt-eiiug. j\ I -A meeting of the Board of Chosen Freere | holders was held at thd Court House on r. i Thuredarj-JJttih ulf. \ l* ' Present — Messrs Williams and Corson of | Upper; Toau-eod and Lu.ilam or Denuis • rg j learning and Young, of Middle; BteVens in and Hughes of Lower ; Leach and Kennedy j. ' of Cape 1-lund. is I The minute* of the last meeting resa read and apptoved. with a slight amrnd.iy .ment. , : Thn Committee on copstrncting n new ■r j bridgs at Stuphensou's mill in the Upper ' townshiji, reported as follows ; . , is ' To the B..»rJ of Chosen I'feehhlilwrs ; le j By a notice of Thomas 1- Russell, over1 seer ot the road to District No. 1. Upper !, tuwnthip. i-uunly of t ape May, the l-'ree- |. ' holders oTCppur, Dennis and Middle towne I ships, r^et at the Stephenson mill bridge, n 1 tn said township on the 20th -lay of Sepe t ember. Present— Meters Ludlain. Yonog. » i t'orson and Williams, when it rctulvtid n to build a new bridge ' Where the old one was. provided thn heirs or osreeve of s,id i. 1 property would give their consent, and thai Thomas Williams secure that right, and ir proceed to bafld a bridge of the following ,t dimensions ; 12 feet span, 14 feet wide, 12 g feel w ing wails and 4 feet high, at a cost of „ 8101.03. ('. 11. Lt-OLAM. Thomas VVii.i.ua*. ' SVl.VAM s Coksos. '* On motion, the report was accepted and • committee discliargtnl. '' The committee on the Meant Vernon 11 bridge at Cape Island, reported n* follows: * To the Board ol Chosen Freeholders : ' The commute no the bridge near Cope 0 Island, appointed at last meeting of the Board, report adversely to accopitng the ' bridge built by W. B. Miller. J C. F. I.KAUtioi, W. -8. Ton.wxo. On motion, the report was accepted uo.i u committee discharged. • | The bridge referred to had been hoilt s by Mr. Miller at his own expense, and on ' r county bridge the committee reported adf ter-ely, and the Board siibsuipivntly au- > -ftburized the cotistrccttnn of a new bridge r at the same point.- En. j . The cumnutteu appointed to erect a new 1 building for Clerk and Surrogate's olhces. I made the following report : > C. M. Coi'rt Hocsk. Dec. 16. 1*63. To the lloanl of t.'hosen Freeholders : ■ We, the oodersignefl, couimittre of the 'Board of Chosen Freeholders of Cuim. May j county, appointed to erect a uew Clark and I Surrogate's oflico at t.'upe May (,'ourt . ; House, do rospvctfully report to said Hoard , that we have contracted with Mr. Henry ; , l'hillippi, of Philadelphia, to erect the (le. , : »ired building, (the contract for which, or . a eopv thereof urcomtisnie* this report.) lor , i th. sum of fifty-one iondred dollars, lo be , completed by December 1st. 1865. and having advised with Hon. J. 'I'. Nixon and r received lii« written opinion, which accum- - panies this, that said contract being signed , by the parties and filed with thnY'lerk of ( tha county barred mechanics' liens, we . f have already paid said contractor by order , on Dr. Wiley, coauty trearoier, -jhred ' thousand dollars, and loid building having I been completed by said Phfllfppl, Hove ' . ordered our chuirmun. Dr C. F. l.-amikc, to pay the balance, twenty one butidiid , dollars, to said 1'hrllippi, und lo authorize L said Pbtllippi to furnish suitable shrives, , boxes aud tablet for offices, respectfully make ibis report, and ask. lo be discharged . from said committee. Cot.SMAD F. I.«A«KO, Josseit E. H in lies, Building Committee. In accordance with tho above, 1 have I given the contractor, H. l'hillippi, an order oo Dr. Wiley, treasurer, for balance duo as above on contract, $2,100 nil Previously paid 3,000 00 ' Making cost of huildiotr $5,100 00 ' Amount paid Pbtllippi for tablrs. shelves, ladders, Ac. as per bill, 24" % ' Making total cost of building and fixtures, $5,347 06 i aod enclose receipts of l'hillippi for same. C. 1". Lkamixo, Chairman. On motibn. lhe report was acc«|ilad and j committee discharged, j Dr. U. K. i .entiling wax appointed a comi mittee to tear down tho old baildtng and I sell the materials. *1 he Trustees or tha Alma Hutisr, who j had been instructed to erect a o.w-kltcben, . ; made the following report t j/l'ii the Board of Freeholders : j Tbe Trusters of the Alms House beg J leave to make the followiog report : J To Daniel Hand's bill for building kitchen. ' repairing cuoklionse, Ac.. $1,254 11 i" There remains yet lo settle, li Paint bill $32 23 |Y'aiiiter'abil! 21 0(1 1 ' 1 large iron salt kettle . . 12 0(1 I Carting brick Irom Dennis 30 00 Carting 2 loads lomberlrom , Deuuisville 4 00 89 23 ' ! Making total coat of building ,$1,343 34 1 1 Less old malarial* sold '33 $1,336 01 j1 W. 8. Towxscxu, ! ' Hrt.rAXCS Coason, Trustees

Co motion, the report was accepted aod . - "the Commute discharged -eo far a* relates .•n j to new baildings. Messrs I. nit lam., and Hughes wsre appointed a committee 10 settle wilb Joseph • K. Allen, county comtnissiooer, about Deans ! "Isviile _roaJ,. and mails the following ly f-por* : 1 Whole cost of road 8198 73 ' r.. l.e«s amoout of landing rent 35 15 } I. Cash drawn by Jacob Sunder 18 00 53 13 er * Balance dua $145 60 The committee also report a balance of over forty dollura unsettled landing rent in r. hands of former commissioner, which will reduce the cost of road to about $100. On motion, the report wa* aoeepted and n. coiniirittve discharged, f, The Trustees of tbe Alms House made p. tho following report : • , To the Board of Freeholders : d I he Trustees of the Alms Honse beg le ive to make the following report of the ,! condition ol the same, that they find that n there are 27 inmates and 3 in thesleward'a ,1 own family. mo«tly in a healthy condition, g The steward has raised off the place as fol'"ws bushels wheat, 160 bushels oats, ,1 COO bushels corn, 20(1 bushels potatoes, 75 bushels turnip*. 2,700 pounds pork, 600 pounds beef, beside* various other vegetubles, and the present -steward deserves praise for keeping th* bans* and premise* , iu good condition. W. 8. Towxskxd, n I A. if. Brcvana, t; ! St lt Aitra Coasor, I Dec. 28. 1863. Trustees. <• On motion, the rejiort wa» accepted. Joseph Izard was elected »tewurd of the „ Alms House, to b* kept oo I he same tsrma a* the present year. I hp following resolution wsi then offered '' Resolved, That a wooden and uncovered bridge, with stone abutment*, ever Cape ' . MsnU creek, near the Mount Vernon prop- " erly. about twenty I at wide, be built, aad u (list the Chairman appoint a committee of (hree to build said bridge in a plain, subp'uttZial manner, with aotbority to draw on (he county treasurer for any twoncys they nmy need to accomplish this ead. Messrs Su-vcjis, Ludlam aad Corson • were uppoititod laid committee. ^)n motion, Thomas Grace, keeper of the coulily jail, was allowed tho sum of $2.25 por week (or board of pri*ooere. The clerk of the Board was instructed ta • have one thousand blank certificates printed " for nso of the Board. ( Mr. t". H. Ludlam was appointed a com- ^ mittee to settle with John Tomlin, road The clerk was instructed to take the ne- ^ cessnry bonds of the Alms Honse keeper. ^ tin motion, the Board adjourned to meet ! «o the day previous to the annual meeting. I'hnronhe' Srrpenti.; The latest novelty of tbe Parisians is a 4 very curious little mystery called "PbaI rsoh'4 Serpent," or "Phuroab's Serpent " Egg*." "i"he toy i- creating quite a farore ' in Palis, and has crossed over to as, and II is becoming almost a necessity to an e*e5 , ning's etitertninment. H is thus fully de- ' scribed in the -Scientific American : In 1821 Prof. Wo«b!er, then a young . i_ju*»-wUHeufe1butB University, discovered " that a mass of solpbo-tyaoide-trt maroiry, • if set on fire, would swell op enormously, y enlarging its volume many fold. Wben d Prof, Joy was attending lectures at Heidelberg, be saw the experiment, end ha* *iuce been in the practice of exhibiting it lo his class at Culomhia College. Recently a very ingenious Frenchman has adopted f the plan of putting little cones of tbe sobn stance into bottles, and selling them for » e franc a piece. Prof Joy bought ono of !i these in Paris, and there was a constant 3 stream of people baying them at the tame ~ place. The con*, about sji inch in hfight, »»* placed on a plate aod lighted at tbe ; top by a match, wbeo it began to biro - slowly with a pale Sam*, and to swell, pre5 senting the appearance of a serpent crawling out from the plate and writhing in painful contortions. This continued for perI haps a minute, when the crooked serpent had reached a length of aboot a foot, wilb a diameter of abont half un inch. In the ' process nitrogen is driven off with a very little sulphide of carbon, and the mast rooming in sulphide of mercury. Another singular fsct in these wonderful 1 things bus been discovered. If the serpent made by burning tli'e con* is brld in a gas, or any other light, it will be entirely consumed. without leaving a single Testrge of what it was. The part remaining after tbe -burning is a deadly polsoa, aod while the experiment is a very beautiful aod wondrr- ' ful one, caution must be ueed. A now and convenient M. E, Church edifice has been erected at Kwaneille, Mullica Hill charge, Gloucester county, which will bo dedicated to divine purposes on the 28th inet. The congr*g«tioo ba* long needed such a honse of worship, aod have supplied themselves with ibis fine edifice. Thedediuatory exercises were commenced at 10f I o'clock A. M., by Rev. Bishop Scott, end j wets participated in by a Dumber of eai- ! neot Ojioislers.