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VOL. XT.

CAPE ISLAND. CAPE MAY COUNTY, NEW JERSEY, WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 24. 1866.

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*> >11 1 urn. wrtnorr. Upon the h»td, whlle-exae"! beseb. All •trrwu with moss and tiny shells. There plijml eehlld, whose lU|>i«x epereh And wtasom# ways. mm *"*'* To win ttetorrol >11 who knew The dartta* boy ; end u he [•t»yed. Ille auburn curie, end 17c* of blur, A lovely, witching picture made. The wave* cuu leaping to hie fcet, Ae If to k lee htm, aa th-y broke Along the afc ore, in murmur ewvet, Aa though old ocean gently epohe 1 While he. the boy, > heap of Mod Had ralaed— a cattle (air to eletr, With moat, and draw, and turret grand. Of mimic atyle. U likeness true. Kor knight, nor prince, more proud than he. Of una gay atmature he had made t Roe did he dream the trracheroua aea Could make the pretty tabrtc fade 1 And than he played the lleeluog houie Of that bright uimwrt day, » tthout A thought of winds, or waves, or showers, To mar bia aport.ouie, marry bout. And when night eamr, he eearee eould aleep. So eager he to aport onoe mora Upon the ahhgiy beach, where aweep Urn created w.eee along the ahore. At leal he elept. and aweatiy dreamed. Hta coral ll|ia and marble brow— Hie eparkllogeyea that ere while beamed, Are ealm, and huahrd and qulel new. • And while healapt the long night through. The rain dcereoded on Hie e ran.! 1 The ftooda, th , came, the wind. they blew, And heal the houae upon the aand | Alaal It fell— and great the fall • Thereof Morn broke upon th# world In eptendor, hat tag thrown t» i-.ll Of night aaldr, iumj eloae furled. The euallght hUerd lb* foamy ware. It made the tieee with dlamonda hang i All bright Ibe (lowers the rain did tare, While all the earth with mil tic rang, No trace waa left of rol.tertwe win.!. Or aweiltag Hood ; all, aU waa now. ' Serene ae come fair atatuc ahlnea. With holy ealm on lUeold brew. Hw little architect awohe! And haated with s* poet ant heart Adown tbe beach. "Ob I where," he epoke, "la now my eaatle bruret" A dart Of angry grief went quleerlng through Hie aoul. and bltler tearf. alned faat, Aa not a Testis* met hta *>ew. Of aU hta loll and labor paal. . l«o aaaooth, wtdMtretchlng aand waa all He aaw •, net e'en a foot-print there To mark the spot. He shook hta email. White 8.1, la powarlraa ragei and where The ahloc III up the ahelly beach. He threw htm down and groaned In pain 1 > HU grief wu all too great lor speech*— He could but weep and waep again. O pHgylm. la a weary land. Where all la care and wild unrest. Build not your hope upon the aand. Or they will tall when put to teat. There la a reek on which to found Tour faith— the Roek of Age*. trtta^^ And there, your aoolta enleatlon too. Jjffltrt grading. •utter AHD ceoom. Many borne* *re elegantly furnished with small Addition to dctoestlc comfort In this fast ago, ibe Mr*. Potipbori often lire In palatial reaideneea, oeerlaid wiib gorgeont decoration*. for the «jm of fashionable visitor*, wbila tba home-loving Mr. PoUphar gigbi for the qolet ease of the hnmble old homestead Tbe Marysvillo Tribune give* an amusing sketch of tha ioaar life of one of theae comfortable honeebolde "1 declare. Mr. Smith ibis it loo bad ✓ Hera yon are, stretched out on the sofa, mossing ti op, and my nice carpel is all •polled by the tramp of yoor coame boots. I shall be ashamed 10 bring any ««e Into tha parlor again— and I hate taken so mnch pains to keep everything nice ! I do think. Mr. 8mlth, yoo are the moat thoughtless man I eter did m - — don't appear to care how much trouble job gi»e ssa. If I had no more care than yoo have, we would 1000 bate a nice lookiag house— it woeld noi be loeg till onr new house end furniture weald be just es bed ee the old." So •aid John Smith 't wife to him, ee she •aw him in tba parlor taking a nap on tbe sofa. Mr. Smith rose op early and nnswerrd _"I was tired and eleepy, Mary, and tha weather to hot, end this room so quiet end tool, and the sofa looked so inviting that I eould not resist the temptation to anoose a Hltle. I thought whew ws were building a new boose, and furnishing H thua, that ware doing it baramea tbe old bouse and furniture were not eo comfortable and desirable, aed that "I and my own dear Mary would indalge ourselves in a Rule quiet leisure la tbuea aice rooms, mad If we choose, U lounging on the sofee end reeking in then enbtoued arm-chairs, awey from tba aaisa of the family ami lbs smell of decern of dfeplneieg yoa, Mary, aad I tboagbi H would give you pi. in re to saeme ee joy teg . sap os

| a hen Mr. Merchant Swell, or Colonel ' Bigman, and their families are bare, you - ' appear delighted to haveVofea and cosh j lotted arm-chairs for tbcm to sit lo or lounge upon, 1 thooght the hoose and tha sofaa ware to use— that we were seeking our own pleasure when we paid a large sum of money for them ; but I suppose that 1 was mistaken, sod that the , house and furniture are for strangers, I and that we are to sit in the kitchen, and if I want to have a nop, or rest a little when fatigued, I am to lie down on a slab in the wood-house ; sod if yoo want to real, you caa go the children's trundle bed io ibe little cloaet bed-room where the flies can have no chance at you." Tbe irony of Mr. 8miib's reply only provoked hie wife, end teeing himself threatened with a repitition of Mrs Smith's speech, with unpleasant addi- ' tions and variations; and kbowing that be would get tired of gaining victories 1 over her in argument, before sue would think of getting tired of defeat, he took himself out, and left Mra Smith to fix up and dust out, and lock him out of hi* own house, and look a seat in au old chair in the kitchen, which Mrs Smith ■aid was good enough to use every day' i — in ti e kitchen, where no one aeea It. i Poor, mistaken Mrs. 8uiith. thought I. And yet many are like her. They ! want a fine house, and when. they get it they want an nuthouse built to live io, : and they confine their families to a few small rooms, poorly furnished, while the | main room, well furnished, is never seen by the family, only when visitors come I Both house and furnitnre arc loo grand for use. The carpet ia too fine for their husbands to walk on ; tba mirrors are too fine for him lo look into ; tbe furniture it all too fine for bim lo see or use. Just so it goes ; wc dress — wn women, 1 mean, and I am sorry that many men are so foolish as we are— to please others ; or rather to excite their remarks; 2* build bouses aod furnish them for those onlside of tbe family and live aa poorly when we are rich aa we did when we were poor; as poorly io the new bonis as In tbe old. It is a fetal day lo snjoyment when a family gets a boose and furniture loo fine for use ; aod yet many have au ambition to have it so. Better would it be if they were contented with a bouse and such furniture ss is suited to every day use ; - the bouse large enough to accommodate one's friends, and the furnitnre such as all nss when at home. Miseries, j Hearing the balls ring for the marriage of yoor rival. Toasting cheese, 1 a and, when its more than half duos, 1st- : ting It fall into the ashes. Drying a long e letter, by holding it negligently behind a yoor back to the fire, aa yoo converse B with a friend ; turning .round and beholding it all in flames. Forced by politeneaa to iaave a comfortable party for , f the purpose of accompanying a cross old maid 10 her lodgiogs, two miles distant. Making aeveral memorandum knots in your handkerchief, aod forgetting tbe II important cause of every one of them — e Dreaming that yon have suddenly acy quired a large fortune, stretching out t yonr hand to grasp the welcome booty, { awakening, and finding nothing in your c fiat but the bed poet. Going with a j j party of pleaeore oo the water while in I, the act of handing a lady into the boat, e yoor foot slips, and you lambla in up to e your neck, dragging the affrighted fair t, one after yon. e Pat's Dream. 0 Two sous of the green aod glorioos e isle met a day or two siace, aod thus * colloqaixed : ^ "Good morning, Pat.'* 3 "Good morning. Den/is." A "How is it WJd jo, ftuj^ye isms in B a qaandry ." " "Bedad, hot It's all right ye are wid- " ool knowing it, for it's in that same I 1 am. It'# a provoking dhrame I've had." 11 "A. dhrame 1 wea it a good or a bad 1 one?" * "Bad lack, bat it was a little of both d I dbramed I waa wid tbe Pope, who waa aa great a giullemao aa any boy ia the * district ; aad he axed ase would I drink '• Thinks I, wonld a dack swim T aad ace- ■ la* tha Iaiabewea aed the sugar oa the * sideboard, I toald him I wouldn't mind »r takfa' a wea dbrap of poach. 'Cowldor hot V says tha Pope. 'Hot' soya I. aad ». with that he supped down to the kitchen * for the hot water ; bat before be got beck * I woke ep, aad.eow IA dtstbreaale' me * tt oak 1 KMat eta a w«ts."

el | A Bull ou the It*. u j About nine o'clock yesterday morning j. u large boll, which had become sepe>r rated from a herd on the other aide of d the river, atpeped forth 00 the ice and ;. made for thejeity of 8t. Louis, walking ' strait forward with a dignified mien, ). j and a look, generally, like that of a ei Xumidiso lieo. nil neck was abbot a i, j yard wide, and a foot in thickness ; and d ; tbe flrtnuess with which he treed the « | brittle highway on which be had era- ■ i barked, clearly indicated to the beholder it ; that he was a bnll with a will. At the 1 „ | same time that the boll aet out for this „ '■ side of tbe river, a aeriona looking. : : thick-set gentleman, from Illonols, set j ' oat from this side for the Illinois shore j If He sew the bull approaching at a ' 1 : short distance and liked his looks, j. thooght he wss a bnll that behaved him,t self 06 the ice, molesting no one, and |S showing by the sober expression of bis d 1 countenance that he had sense and k pluck. He calculated that tbe animal z ' would turn aside a little when they met; 1 1 I but on approaching very closely be d ' found that tha monster was loweriug his h | horrid bead for an attack, y | Being thick-set snd^hort-legged, he was not naturally a good riicner, but t the Burning wrath be saw in tha boll's y I eye, the uplifting of his long, straight t tale, and the shaking of bis terrible ia ! neck, sickened his heart and he turned # to flee As the boll turned to give e chase, tbe perilous situation of the fugi- „ ! live produced a feeling or intense anxiely and excitement 00 the part of apecj tatora at a safe distance. The wild r beast was upon him io s second and the 0 manner jo which he waa lifted from his . heels and burled aloft some ten feet io the air, presented itself as a ludicirous [ and amusing spectacle to the crowd, , : though the unfortunate victim no doubt, a | bad bis eyes closed, and was uttering a . prayer for bis own salvation while r undergoing the lofty tumbling Taking a the seat of the man's pantaloons gquare- , ly between his horns, tba mad animal r tossed him helplessly tygh over heed, to j the distance, aa stated by some, of threa 1 or four timet tbe meo't perpendicular . height. Alighting io about the aante } postore Id which he want op, be sat for j awhile tbe picture of otter dismay. He < 1 soon recovered his wits however, and strangely enough, was found to be ouly 0 slightly bruited. s j The boll rushed madly oo, and pres- ] ently encountered another roan, whose | ! name, at we are informed, ia J E. MilI ler, who received serious injuries. Instead of running, lie tried to take the > ' bull by the horna and give battle. One of tbe horns of tbe infuriated beast was ® throat directly into his -eye, tearing it from ita socket. •* The animal finally e : reached tha levee, and instead of befog ' * ! shot was driven out Elm street, and tkenee oat Clark aveooe to some stock- ' I yard. Miller was picked up in a parI linlly insensible condition, and was taken " to a room on tha laere, where be waa n , attended by Dr. Vanxader. — St. Lovit j Republican Words in Hie, t The peasants of Englaud have not , more thad 300 words io their vocabolary. r The ancient sagaa of Egypt, so far as a ; we know from their hieroglyphic in 1 | scriptions used bat 685 words. A well , educated person in England or America 0 j seldom oses more than about 8,000, or r i 4,000 words lo actnal conversation — Accurate thinkers and close reasoners who avoid vagne and general expression*, and wait rill they find the word ^ that exactly fits their mesning, employ a larger stock; end eloquent speaker" may rise to a command of 10,000.— Shakapeare, who displayed a greater variety of expreesioos than probably B any writer in any language, produced all hi* plays with about 16,000 words. Milton'* works are composed of 8,000 ; A"d rile Old Testament aays all thai it " has to ssy with 5 642 words. d ' — — Our devil think* this a great world. , He aays that at tha printing office they M charge bim with aU tha pi they fled, aad r at- homa they charge bim with all they do . not find. He aeemi to doubt the pro- ,. priety of the proceedings. m" — Ladies are like watches — pretty d enough to look— svreet faces and drliir cate heads, bet somewhat difficult to d "regulate, N when they are owe* sat to « «otaf! k — Mrs. Partlagtoa aays thai a genie Uvmaa langbed no heartily, that she

The Report of tbe City of Cape . Island Usnrd of Health. Ths Board of Haslih most rtspeclfally ( . sohmits tbe following report : First. Tbst is thd months of July snd August last, they w-re apprised of the fact 1 that in certain localities of the city, noi-an- . ces did axiat, which were injurious and oft f«nsivs to many whose, property aod places 1 of bntiueis adjoined the sums, and prrjn- ) diciul to the health of the- commooiiy at j , 1 large. Ths Board dreiued it a duty incum- | ! bent upon ihem to ascertain, by ocular de- : _ I monstratino, iu what those nui-anrrs con | | silled, unit alio to find out how much cause ! j there was, if any, for complaint. Accord- | 1 i ingly ths Board waa called together, and ! . aftst a short. consultation on Ibe subject, t | they proceeded to view thole localities which hud been complained of. In doing I ! Ibis their attention was drawn from place r j 10 place, until they found, not one or two, ' but '.hat eleven intolerable nuisances were I soon brought to light. Due of lliasj. was ' death through the whula community. The ' chairman and, I presume, each member or ! I , tbe Board were appalled to find that such I ; a state of tilings did really exist sierei.tr 1 1 much. loved city. The Board ascertained 1 , that suute of those nuisances consisted in piles of sheila,, chicken beads, corn huakt, ; and sll kinds of garbage In s decomposed ^ statu— the refuse and slops which bad been 1 , pens, privy-wells, 4c. The stench arising l from some o I them was so offensive, that it ' I required a strong sense of duty on tbe part I of tba Board to visit those localities. I'hs ' 1 proprietors or property holdsrs, upon whose notified by ths Board to remove the same or abate tbeni within forty-eight hours from lha lima they received such uoticv. Tbe lloard afterwards in visiting those localt1 ties foaud, with some very lew exceptions, 1 Ihsl their orders bad been complied with. 1 It is a source of rrgret, on the part of tha 1 Board, that such was tbe tuititary condition of the city daring tb* past summer, as to causa so uiany visitors, who resorted here for health aod rucraation, lo speak of it as | ! 'Vtdtriy place," aod lu a-k why it was that such a state of things was suffered (0 exist? Had we no luws that prohibited such things? And if to, upon whom did the ' . blame rest for ool putting In form thosj > j laws? Tb* qoettion would sometimes he 1 asked, and with a great deal of propriety : Has tbe city no Board of Health to look I 1 into this matter ? The Board endeavored, . so far as they were able, to suppress these | thing. ; aod they flatter themselves that ISBch a slate of things inty never again exist. And they hope that such saorary . measures may ba established and carried out and enforced, as shall secure in every - 1 locality a healthy atmosphere, aed that no 1 I I measures shall be neglected, on the part of . 1 tbe city council, that would have sny ten- 1 , | dency lo effect such an object. I If we should at any future time be visited with cholera or some other scourge such as ' | has already visited soma of the Oriental I nation, of tbs earth, and .oine of oar cilt- ' ; teo. should fall victims to that ditea e, and ' J it .honld spread all around US, causing genI ' sral aukiety aod alarm, aod the cause and I origin of such disease, upon being traced oat, should be found owing to some fll'hy . location which had been overlooked or ne- ] | glected, upon wbom would tbe responsibil- j ( ity real ? Upon the tb* Board of Health or | upon tha city council; tor there certainly j would be a great responsibility resting somewhere, for the evil that might result | front such a causa. The question might be j asked by some : What disposition can be j made with' the refuse and garbage which necessarily accumulate around tha board1 ' tng-bouses and privaia cottages, and which usually become offensive, jp warm weather I in forty-eight hoars ? There might be many 1 suggestions made a* to how tbase evils, - already referred to, might be obviated. — One is to have tbe city council confer with ; soma farmer, and meka arrangements with tome one whose farm ia located one mile or I mora from tbe city, for depositing all th* garbage of tha city in tba midst of some field, aod that form fur bim a valuable com1 posite, which, wa thiuk, no scientific or '. practical fanner would ubjeel to. Aud then ' have ao ordinance drawn np, making it obti- ' gstory upon every one, to have some ooa | coma nvary day aod remove all garbage from their premises. This might ba at the . expense ol lha proprietor, or tbar* might I be city cants for taat parposa, aa io other cities. And let an ordinance ba *0 drawn np, making it on* of tba dntiaa or tha Marshal to go around onca each weak, aad , sprinkle cblorads of lima or soma disinfect I ing agent about those psru of th* city, erhnr* nay offensive deposit may have been removed from. This of course wonld only ' be aacnaaar) in lha threw month* of summer, and would neutralise any contagious , miasm thai might arise therefrom. Ia ratsraoea to hot-peas in tha elly dor- } ing tha sammsr, tba Board feals at a loss to know what suggestion to make ia refer- ' eaen to the name, knowing fnll w*U thai MOW members of the ally conned ore in lha " habit of raising their owa potk, and ia mmk- * ing any saggaetioaa that wonld be likely to . Mhjaci them to any taconvaaience, sack

• suggestions wonld be "treading on their < toes." Tbe Board is of the opinion, bow. ' [ever, that hoc-pent it, warm weather, under j almost any circumstance!, are so offensive ' ' I that they eoold not ba located in any por- 1 1 ' tinu of the.cily sufficiently far off, but what " | they would become a nuisance or a source '.I of annoyance, espeotally in those a ho might 1 1 ; be unfortunate enough to live nrnr by lliem, ' unless they should be located on the e>1 | I re me eastern end of I'overty Beacb. The 1 - I Board of Health would here remarii, that ' j at, ill all probability, tha inclination of some I to rait* Ibeir own pork ia so strong, that , ' | they would be unwilling to give it up. that • . there might be located on some portion of j ' ; I'overty Beach, a hog bonrding-h»u<e, J ' where the hogs aod pigs of all persons w ho 1 1 , desire to raise their own pork might be sent j ! ' to hoard for two or three months. Th* lloard thinks it would be better lo adopt | , some such plan aa this, than that they should | 1 b»,eo often complained of aa uoiaauce*, and ' 1 1 perhaps bo ibe occasion of spreading sick' I neas and death around os. Such boarding- . hou-es have existed and, we believe, do F ! still exist tomewlrara cm the outskirts of > 1 1 Philadelphia, near the Schuylkill river, : ' whurr hogs w*r# received to board on res- 1 I .unable terms. These places are generally 1 located near some extensive brewery. But if (here should be airy who objected to such j I a court.-, then let it be made obligatory by I 1 a special ordinance, that each and every | : a floor In it. anil thai they should ba re- | i guUrly washed out every day. to that no 1 I filth should be suffered lo accouiulate about 1 1 1 them. The interest of the city, and the 1 1 comfort nnd health of oar visitora^CS wall j ' as of our own citiunt, drmaniLims. The j 1 city of I'amden, onfcyal—ltrc'tfnerd has le- 1 ! measures at shall justify the removal of | , ev^ry hog-pen or pigsty entirely beyond j tbe limits of tbe city, in order that they may : ' thereby, 10 coo:arl with ulher measures sl1 ready adopted, be prepared to counteract I 1 by cleanliness any tendency which cbolura 1 or any other epidemic might have to pro- I 1 long its »tny among tbem, should tbey be ' 1 visited with th* earn*. There is another subject which the Board t would like to Cull the attention of the city cobncil to. which i< this : Tbe dust which j in very dry sausone l« very offensive both ; , 1 in-doors and out-of-doors, and which Is to , unpleasant at lo interfere materially with 1 the withe* of those who come among us for health and pleasure. Tho Board would re- j commend to the council tbe propriety of I ' having two or three watering -carts on hend, belonging to tb# city, which should be used j for the purpnae nf watering the principal | street* io dry weather, at least once a day. j at the expeore of tbe city. If those object* can be that effected, so j ' : arc in the habit of resorting lo Ibis place | 1 during the summer months, that in the fa- j tare them will be 00 cause of complaint I from those sources, bat that every thing j 1 ' has been done ou the pari ol the city au- j I ihnritie*. to secure to them comfort and { 1 ■ happiness during their sojourn among us— i 1 ' then and not till than may we expect to ; ' receive commendation from tba traveling | 1 I public, and feel that w* bave discharged 1 our doty towards tbem. JAHKS 8. K xxxxot, .] W, B. Mii.i.xa. J11HX Win, f W. W. W ARE. ' j Cape Island, Board of Health, t | Dec. 4, 1665. , Equalization of Bounties. , It uppeurs from an official statement that , | the total number of men who havn received . | respectively 8400, 8300 or 8100 bounty , daring tbe war was 1,730,340, amounting in the aggregate to nearly 8301,500,000. The total enlistments daring^ the war were 2,461,000 men, of whom upwards of 731,000 received 00 bounty. , In answer to an inquiry by Gen. Schsnck, , Chairman of the Military Committee, resr peering a proposed law eqaalitiog tba booo- , lie* of all soldier* who served daring the , war to .oppress tbe rebellion, tbe Papmnstur General aays tba sum required to pay r each aoldiar or bis representative enough , to bring up his bounty to 8400 (tba largest tarn paid) is nearly 8683,000,000, and tbe , taut required to pay eacb aoldiar auch high- , est bounty in proportion to lb* time of ser- , vie* is 8550.000,000. Wasn't Posted. ' A young lady went into a store a fair 1 since, selected her outfit, end gov# order* 1 ' for the articles to be seat to bar. "Recollect," said she to tbe accommodating dark, "rats, miee, waterfall, aet, 1 1 crimper*," etc., etc. ' An unsophisticated elderly lady from tb* I ' rural districts, who witnessed lb* treosac- • lion, lifted her spectacles aad gased after ' tba departing mis* ; then turning to tb* ' proprietor, in a ton* or tb* sines rest pity— "Poor thing," said sbs, "gka'a craxy, ' ain't .her* | Th* smlls at thU was sadiMa. -* - ' ■ ' ' —A Prjwtes's Toast.- — IV em an— tbs , 'f fairest work of erewlioa. T edition befog ( exuosiee, let ao tea* be without a oopy.

•TATE ITEMS." — A chime of elegant bells are 00 their way from London for 8t : M ary '$ ( Episcopal) church, Burlington. — The protracted meetings et tha First Baptist C'bnrcb, Sulcm, coLli - ua with increasing interest. — Mr. John P. Stockton, of this Slate, • as nn Mpmlay admitted an attorney and counsellor of tbe Supreme Court of the . United Statds. — Ths Methodist Churches in Trenton are I quietly enjoying quite a revival season. ; Protracted meetings ate being held by ; nearly all th* chnrche*. | — The Bapti.t Choichwk Prioeeton are having a season of revival. Ten candidate* j era awaiting baptism— making thirty who j have made a profession of faith in Ibe last thirty days. — Tbe charter for a new railroad, to inn from Swcde-buro', Cumb rland county, to Carpenter's Landing or Woodbury, will ba i applied for at tbe present session of tba . legislature. — The Atlantic Jlejiuhlican is opposed to . Inking s slice off of tbatlonnty end nooax- : ing it to Cumberland. There will bo a bill introduced into tbe Legislatuae to. give j Cemberlsnd Pittsgrove township, now a part of Salem county. — A Washington despatch toys : It hat ! been -decided that aa Now Jersey only caded the ground nl Ssndy Hook for tba purpose j of building fortifications, the Government cannot uso it for any other purpose, tend the permission to locate cholera hospital* , there will be withdrawn. ] — New counterfeit 81 greenback's, poorly executed, bnve made Ibeir appearance ; also j 3"s on the Urangu Bank, raised from It, | snd 10s on the Gonlret Bank of N*w J«rsey. iligbtktown, raistd from Is; vignette, ! train of cars, bridge end te legyaph pole#id right end. TEN. male portrait— left and j 10. State die TEN. — In tbe Supreme Court, sitting at j Newark, on Friday, a verdict for $3,000 damages was given against tbe New Jersey Railroad Company, tha sail baring bean brought by James Thomas West, for in. juries. received by bim at tbe John. street . crossing in 1864, and which resulted in | total blindness. — There it every indication that thw present session of the Legislature will ba a j short one. lostsad of taking a holiday after tbe ioeugnration, the two booses went to work io earnest. A large amonot of I business will be disposed or in the next tw» j or three weeks. Persons having businata requiring Legislation should bring it forj ward early. — On tha arrival at tba Waterloo Station j on Thursday last, of the Northward-bound : afternoon through train, on (b* Morris and ! Esxx Railroad, a Urakemsn named John I Rent, was found lying dead upon tha roof J of on# of the cars. Tbe presumption is that | while standing upright on the car, be wa* j struck on tha head Id passing tioder the | Stsnbop* bridge. Kent resided in Morristown, to which place his remains wdrw conveyed. — The Grand Ledge of Masuus ami In Treolou yesterday, and alerted the following officers : Grand Master — W. 8. Whitehead, of Newark. , "T'' ' * •**' Deputy Grand Master— John T. Rapper, of Peterson. Grand Senior Warden— Robert Rusling, of IiaekelUtowo. Grand Junior Warden— John 8t*vwes, of Catadao. Grand Treasurer — Jonathan 8. Fl»b, of Treoton. '.ttodot Grand Secretary — Joseph II. Hough. — Hon. Marcos L. Ward, tba Governor , elect of New Jersey, was iaoagurated, ou Tuesday, 16tb Inst., at lbs Stat* House, Trenton. Th* line of procession wo* formed in front of the cottages at a boot ooa o'clock —tbe delay having bean occasioned by. tbe non-arrivnl of tbe train from Newark containing a large oomber of soldier*. Tb* line moved under direction of tba Mayor nod Marshal to the State House, where the following order Was observed ; 1st. Prayer by Rev. J. 8. Heisler. 2d. Th* officio oath was odaSMsterad to Ut* Governor elect by tba PretManifof tba Senate. " ;a#» 3d. Governor Porker than Mapp*# forward and toid : "After' having -team the custodian of this Mat for three ywmw^ast, I band it lo yoo DDtonilsbad." *aitt 4th. Governor Ward then delivered his inaugural address. ' c ■ " ' . Aa th* military poised oat of the Capitol groooda thay w*ru reviewed by the Governor. lv? Everything passed off pleasantly, and, bat for tha uow tb* Bight before, tbe pared* wonld here bees owe of the gvobdest Treoton has ever seen. As it was -there was a much better display than ia 0*0*1 oa **«h oecasi as. — Mo, I've ■ track *0 oil spring, axclaimed yonog bopafnl.'tba attar day, an be run e slice of hrttd into tkj graryttowi, before company. X re ' . -»!*■ ie »v*t