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VOL. XI.

' ' ' _L— ■ " '.J—— — — -■ ■ ' ■ ■ T 1 .— '' T— 1 ' ' 1 — T CAPE ISLAND^ CAPE MAY COUN'TV, NEW.: JERSEY, WEDXEgDAY. FEBRUARY 21,'lSfiG.

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" GROCERIES, &c. \ F. W KTOIti: AT GOSHEN. rpHK UNHKRSIBMKD hss earned » Nj« "on- •' 1 Goshen. sad h.i rrtwrff a Prf* and sxorUrut Mr'fiOOM' J\^*0?V(('llSO . . rtt„. ~ The attention of Lurrs'in *Torn' l>«IW lo thr fart that the. esn purvh*se »oods as the*;' 1* GoBHEN a» In Philadelphia. k..,n. Cell ■ndraaoiiw tat «iotk be 'ore vurrnasln* risewtwrr WNKt* MARCY Uoahrn. Mwtll llft ***}' ^"EWOBOCERV S'TOBK""1* X I THE DXDEMIONCD respectfully toforrn the i I public that they hate opeorQ a Be* Grocery nn eu. nil. I atreet. which thev have supplied iuh a TatSTi .nd eaceUcrl .lock of FRESH CB&CK- ; RIES. caoabiUx oT the beat sugars, teas. coffees. before •"•"■*'4w,wfc'r,-ct,clu.„ t LCDLAM. i Cape Island. N. J., Aprtt IV^lSM- ' (iUocEiiir.-i »sp provisions • at ix acira store . WASHINGTON Urec^oppoltte theUaltM THE DtSaMiw! iniooaa the puhUr Ihai he keeps I OB hand. and la eoBtlouaUjr lerelvtnf./ead fru'O . iKSlf-iiiT"""'"' rwmoiwa FLOUR. p AlNTa, STATIONERY. DREGS. ■ | MEDICINES. liluioMs. HARDWARE, asx'* * """■ BRUSHES. , Re., * Ac., he-. ^*the*eboteemt (piaHIj "nd »tl' be sold lowest market i'll ices. Prime Philadelphia Fresh nutler Rerelied Every Day. • All goods delivered to lb* Coru^ea^Ai* at john «. lxb richard b wiluarb JOHN n. lee a co.. Hope- mulct. rat. Ship Cl.aiwllara and OROOKRS, No. 46 North woabtes, below Arch St.. Philadeiphia. fl ANG8 of RIGGING furnished to orI tier, aad ROPE at all kiada eoostanUy ob UtLt.INO TWIN K, BRINK TW1NK OARR. OAKUM. PITCH, TAIL COAL TAR. ROSIN, PAINTS, OILS, BLOCKS, CAHVARK B and erer^ article aa^of re^u^l^Alieiard vessels.— Groceries and Provisions, aaltable lor Ship atorea aad family uaa. Glta aa a JOHN S LEE. k CO.. Suiccaaora toiOLiar A Lar Phlla. Feb II. St- y CLOTHING. 'ciTIRENS of cape ma* co. ] HAVE A SPLENDID STOCK OF NEW FASHIONABLE spring a so summer clothing. The Letaat «»le aad of the Beat Quality, ou hand. Also, a New and llaadaome Aaaortmeat of GENT*' FURNISHING GOODS. j Caa be found at my Store. Call and aea me before you purchase elsewhere- j (J- My motto la : Quick lain and Small proBU. C. D. GOLDEN DEHG, : Cape May Court House. sow 19 the time TO BUY FALL and WINTER CLOTHING, at I. H. SMITH'S STORE, CAPE ISLAND. K.J. Haelaf a rood aisorto.rn! of CIA'THf AND.CASaiMKRES, Suitable tot the Seaaoo, • He aollelta the natron a*- of the puMie. and In. ilea Shew to call and examine hie mock of New Coude. LADIES' CLOAKING* """•sasraissffK.ww.v C*mmm ""^Psp? GsUore (LacHeoaCa Natal, I aXtaOat, ft Clothe aat Caaalmerea sol* hy the yard, tj- Repa trior 'lone at the abortaat aotlee. [oH EDWARDS A. LAWRENCE, C LOTH IERS. No. lo Market St... Phlta. TITS keep eooataatly ow hand Bawdy-made Cloth VV Inf. Clothe, Caaalmerea, V aatlnfa, GeaU' Fur atahlar Oooda, OU Oothlng. At. Clothlar made to order. Dealt ra will Bad It to their adraata»aTo tail ani examine our Stoek. EDWARDI, fie Ij harry lawrence, 0- BOOTS & SHOES. THOMAS O. CLARK'S Boot and shoe store. „ , , """ GEWTP, LADIES'. ■-'■•"BBSiffiS*.™™ T , ■HOES, aad GAtTEBS, eon.tw.My am head, at the towe.t e.ab prtr-x War* mada to order. RapaltfR aeaUy done. | BOOT AND SHOE STORE. re Sut-wrthrr baantthand a new stock of ] root* shoes. a»d oairers. i • far Oaata' Lhdteo' a ■* chlhlreni i aad we feel aafe , la eaytar that we hava oa haod. the /aciaWljad,te« | *"""""5tobk*Vn dTcXtur street, Adjotnlnr Dr Mare-ya Drue mat*. Alao, GUNNING A DITCHING BOOTS ":-*T *41.-1. I lit Ti"rR'>-Tr?ON -VCHt,*C" • CPA L AND LUMBER. fAH SCnicLLENGER rtaoda amd the publte raoerallytha • a Utpa aoppty ol EDAR SHINGLE*, WHITE PIKE LUMBER, y of baDdlaf lnmlwt. JEREMIAH aCNELLENOML FURNITURE^ FCRNITERC, PIMPS, Ac., THE eahorrthee now kaa Ate Bala, aad will keap _l ibaiiii") - r— ■•-—*■ , ^j||niir^ter j " atea to ^Badaaa mfaaMl'kVI UTTERMad DWM Will bo ■ V. . . - ■ ■ aJtf M, ,

LEGAL NOTIONS. i NOTICE. \ ! r VOTICg la hereby riven that the arenupt of t .1 William Malthewa, admlalatrator of Clayton ' U wt.l'hemr.med atid elated by the *utra«ale. and ] repotted to the Judrea of the Orphan-' Court cf the county of Cape May. at the tern of April next, j r for aettlrmrnt and all"* anee. PETER RODDER, Surrofate. Paled FA. I, IMA l'7! j f NOTICE. ^ ~J Cicaac^admlnl.tralor of MarriRt Cre.ro 1 i Will ha audited and at. ted hy the Sutroeate, and > ' r-jKOted to the Ju<l(re of Ihe fitphaoa' Coutt of the . t ; County ol Cape May. at the term of April next. 1 lot acttlr.jciit and at'owanrv. • j PETER SOUDER, Surroeafe. | X OT'K.'E. NOT1CR la hereby riven that the account of Jatnea^A /-.ijtlrr, pdmlnlatratur of Lewie C. . rouaty^ oV at tha term of April next, | • . tor aettlemenl aad aUowanccPITER SOUDER. ' Dated Feb. 1.^ 18S6- (Ic7| hurtorair. I i NOTICE. ' A^OTICE ^Ja ^hereby fHeti^hat^the^ aeoouot^.of ; * 'will he audited ahd atatcd by the Surrti|rate, and 1 rc|iorted to the Judrra of the orphan.. Court of the 1 county of Cape -Nliyr, af the Una of April neat, . * PETER SOUDER, Dated Feb. lit, IMS. ,117) surtopate. NOTICE. N' OTICEia hereby gitea that the amount of Charier F. Thatcher and Thorn an Beeelay.rx- ; ' I "wilrtf audited ahd : a'tated byThrsorro*a!e. and ' reporlrd to the Judcrt of Ihe ( repliant' < ourt of the ' county of Cape May, at Ihe term .of April neat j tor acttlcmcnt and allowance-^ ^ ^ got'DFR I Dated Feb tat, IBM. (17) Samratr. NOTICE. N OTICE ta I.erelT riten that the account of > iKiwna Edmunda A A.ullue iVrituMin, adralala- ; > Will be audUed aad alated by the Surmcate. aad , reported to the Judgra ol the Ormgi' Court of the ix.unty of Cape Way. at the term of April Drat, tore. ticmcnianual.o»ancv.pKTK^ SOUDER, Dated Feb tat, 'BW. I fe7| Surroratc. , NOTICE TO CREDITORS. j JOHN PEEVES admlalatrator of I "hatha R Iaard, i By direction of the Snrrocate of the County of ; Cape May. hereby plvea notice to the creditor, of ; ; the tain decedent to brine to their debjU. dematxD, . (ueidav Mthlfi'ltolu nine montha. or they will be ■ | lot ever barred of aay action therefor again.! aald { admljUatralur JOHN REEVES, AdmlnlWrator. • I Dated Nov. Mr.l IMS NOTICE TO CREDITORS j ^tOLE.VAN^F. LEAVING, Adm'aU'ra'T of AblBy 'llreetlon of the Surrne'ate of tha County of » ' Cape May. hereby flvee notice to the credltoia of aaht decedent ta brine la their debta. demand., and claima ag.lnat the eaUte ol aald decedent under oath within nine taoalhi. or ttiey will he lotcter barred . of any action therelor aralnat aald admlntatralor. COLhMAN r. LEANING, admlniatratot Dated Dee. IL IMS. <B0 SOTICE TO CREDITORS. A of Cbrlatophrr*Laamlnr. deeeeaed,'' H> dirrction of the «urt orate of the -County of Cape Slav, her. by rive, notice to the creditor, of . .awl decedent to hrtBt to their deSta. drmaoda, and rial ma apiainat the eatate of aald decedent, unfer oath, within nine montha, or thev will he forever buried of any action therefor aralnat naidraecutora JOMFS wicu'A V 0' \ C"""0" ; Dated, NOT, It, MM. * nM NOTICE IN ATTACHMENT. NOTICE la hereby Riven, that a writ of attach, ment hath hrett iaeued out of the Miprrmr t'ourt . ! of ludlcaturv. ol the State of New Jerary. at Tren- | pin. directed and delivered to the Sbrrlir ol the I county of Cape May, lor the rum of aeveo hundred dollar., returnable on the eighteenth d.ynt *rplcm- ! ber.etrhteen hundred nrd alsty-Ovr. at the auft or | r WilUam P. Snyder aralaat the property and aatale of ■ hatlea 11. uungnn, In aald'-ounti. and that aald • t our? on Ihe aald return day thereof. ! j nt»^m" 01 "" OU' CHA*. P. SMITH, OerkOltHER TO SHOW CAl'SH. AT an Orphans' Court, held at Cape May Court j Hoove, II October Term. IMS On the applicant n of Juita HewetL admlnletra- j Harlnr exhiMtetl to ihU nourt, under oath^ajtiat j j raid decedent, whereby D npprara that the pertur.al ' eatate of the aald drcrdeut fa InaufBclrnt to pay hla I debta. and requested the aid of the court to the pre- : inlaes". It ta ordered that all persona Intereatrd In thr lan, la tenement*, and real eatate of the aald deccftmt .^pey before the court at Cape Slay Court ""THIRD DAY OF APRIL NEXT, a to show route why to much of the lands, tenements. I her. ditamrate, and real aatoto of tK* aaldjt, cedent ; ■Icl.ta. or the realdue theteot at the cue may require. By the court. PETER SOLDER, Sumqt.tr. December, ISM. Jan ' OARPET8, OIL CLOTHS. CARPET WEAVING. . 'I'HE under. l*t>*d lep leave to Inform the ladle. 1 of Cape May County, that he allll continue, the business r iR/)£r WRAYJNG | at bla realdencr, at the Steamboat landlry, on the ; wUve*Carpctak*r.,| aty rs, at the iowrvt rates.*' I tP Ordetr ran be irlt at the alore of GeotRC W. Smith, Cape Island, and will tecelve prompt nttrn- { "jjaunwRWUM. UTI IQBS A LITTLE. CAKPKTIMiS. . I J. tjTKWAKT DEPOT, , | AT M. MAHAN B, ^ , • " at South SECOND SL. above SPRUCE, = " Philadelphia. M ' M VI' OU LD invite the attention of hla frirn* 5 8. IT and toe puMlc to oueof the larRcatalocka M of / Cf 3 carpet*. \ fs OILCLOTH*. MATrtHC*. WINDOW SHADES, d • Ac., he., That hejhaa had^to o9W them for many year*— at JT~T. DELACROIX, NO. *1 South SECOND 5tmef, above Chestnut, PHILADELPHIA. ' carpeting^! carpet1sgs! Having received by late arrivals, all the newest aad moat attractive Rtyteeaf Carpetitura — I am preutf*Rt^>tt- "aha ErtmUry A Soa'a Eagllek Tapeetry BnaaaMa i LoweU A Hartford rhree-Pty sod . Extra luper luxraln Oryets. with a laree aaaort4" meat ofmedlnm aad lowprMedCnrpetlna, Wladow bhadaa. OU Ctotba.Ae. - _ J. T. DEL t CROIX. ^ ^ Mptket, rblladalphla. LOOK RERE ! LOOK DERE ! ! •YXf THE FEttPLK OF CAPE MAY COURTY. h we eaU aMRr*aRratwa To JOHN LIMING"* PA li'.'-T M, VI DAM 1*1 HS mfaMR ceabe preoetad ami mechanically afjnebwt to LTTTHLA !T£*F.% ! LflR ETH. C. M. Cmwt Hauea, NICHOLAS T s v .'..N. Ca;» Ul.nP, JL«<PH ALLEN. DemOvviile, a» DATTD OOTF, *m CBeafe. Niton f i

a he 1'oft'n (f ovnrr. 1 n| HYMN. >• | O God 1 In dancrr's darkest hiJur, - ; Thy Irulh her help amj'ahleld. 4 f Our llpa should fill the air with praise, t | The floods of mercy flow. Tct Thou wilt hear the prayrt wc apeak. The song ol pr a lie ve slny.— Their fratcful gift, to brlnR< ; Thine altar U the sufferer", bed, e The Soldlar'v turfy pillow* red 1 | With batlh.'a ertuaen rain. No amokeof burnlnc stain, the air, ^ Thy |ieaeeiul Mivnnta, Lord prepare J 4 We bear the wine and oil : j For ua they faint, far us Uiey bleed. For thrc, out graeluus toil ! O, Father, hleaa the gift, we bring 1 I Caiue Thou Thy taer to ablnc, 'f I - And all the earth la TBtne. v ftltrt |'fndinti«y the american flag. >f I An interesting history of the Aroeri- j " csn Flag ints l.een iri«cn in cuniutction , e^wiih sn^essey it (von the Origin .and U«e ' '• of Seals, by Albert W.dl.atnv, K.q„ : lslely published. " ; Previous to the bailie of Hunker Iliii i, ; the colonists used a flag combining the ,f crosses of St. George and St. Andrew, i! The battle of Bunker Hill was fought r under a red flag bearing Ibe motto : J "Come If you dare." The first regular army flag of ihe Re- j volution was a red flag with the mottoes - "Qui transtulit sultinel" and "An np- : i peal to heaveu," one motto on each aide, i y This flag was carried until the first of y Jsnuary, 1776, when a Union Flag was unfurled General Washington over the American camp at Cambridge, composed of thirteen stripes, sltcniole red and while, rymbolizing tile thirteen ret voited colonies. In ihe opper corner oa. , o bine field the crosses of St. George [ nod St. Andrew were blended as Iher ' are io the British Union Jack. The idea of the stripes wns derived from the crvst of the Washington family. Dr. 1 1 Franklin, Mr. Lyuxh, and Mr. nuTrison i \ devised ibis flag, which called in , . | camp and elsewhere "The Great Union J ' Flag." In June. 1777, the stars were 1 1 subxtitu'ed by law. for ihe British cros- j | sea on ihe field of blue, and the common j \ name "the Stars and Srrtpes" bretune i general By three ucta of Congress the 1 1 Flag has retched its present nr.# |termu- * j nent character. ; j Thr fir»t ha* been already not'erd ; j I the second enacted that the Flag sliiinlii * I be formed of fifireti stripes, alien-ntr red . •j ; and .while, and fifteen white stars in a ; blue field. Thia act wni passed in 1794 j The ihird ennctuirnt made in April. 1 i 1818, established the present fl.g. It '■ j discarded the two stripes which had been . added to rrcoguite the admission of V crmont and Kmtaeky to the Union, aud - a* it w*s evident that the addition of a , stripe Air every new State would speedily * destroy the symmetry and proportion* ot t the Flag, li confined the recognition of a new Slates to ihe ndditio^of a star for '. each Stale admitted to the Union The Stars and Stripes, were first unfurled in - October. 1777, at the surrender of General Burgoyne, the law establishing the Flsg not having bten promulgated till > the September previous, t, E ! The sure represent the constillsiion 1 k of States, the idea having hern taken 2 Iron the Conetrllation Lyra which sigk uifias harmouioos action The blue field • ns taken from the Covenanter's banner , in Scotland, and was significant of the " league and covenant of the United Colonies against oppression. The star* were t, arranged in a circle, iBY symbol of eternity, and signified tbe perpetuity or ihe Union. Tbe stripes showed the origin. nal Dumhas-of tbe Uuitad Colonies, and, £ joioed with stare, the aobordiahtion 't. to andjlaptadeiice upon tbe Union, as m well as equality amongst ibamselvrs — The red color denoted daring, tbe white parity, and the bias harmony. In tbe ~ Revolution the Flag bad thirteen stare, i in the war of 1819 fifteen, that Flag jj j which was planted in the national palace £ j of Mexico had thirty sun, end the one I ou the espilol st Richmond, sfisr lis OCI copatioo by Grmnt's srniy, counted thirI I ty-six sure upon its field ot bhia

j Every true American views ibis en- j a j sign of hit ronntry.with-graliuido and | " j pride, regarding it us a memorial of tbe j ti • patriotism of the founder* and preserver* | v I of the nation, and the symbol of thr : ft j unity, equality, . and perpetuity of the j • j great brotherhood of Sutcs in this fa r j 1; I Ixnd. That it may exist, honored at | 1 home and abroad, tbe banner of a grrnl <■ and glorious, ai d good nntion, wlitlr ; ? I Umo endures, is the heartfelt wis'u of , 1 j every patriot an he beholds - its waving ! n j fold* in the free air ami sun-light of hie . i i native or adopted luiid. t j Long may it wave. Let it be tha aim I j nrd purpose of parent* in the North end j c ) tl^Muatli, in the Ensl and the VVc-l. tu • » ! 'each their children tu honor, drf-nd nod j love thiil giuriun* flag : and io rl.en-h , I Ml ss.tjio syroliul of naliui.nl honor and ' j posier, the Flag of every true hinrred Amerirnn in the redeemed si.d ludlvj.i- ■ ids Union. i The MlnKlrr and the t|UAker. , l The following nn, living story wc take , ' frwrn t he Christian i„lrUipH,c*r. The .'I Dr. Smith referred tu «o president of Hampden Sydney Colhgp.^nd had n l ; Quaker neighbor aam-d Jones : , - ! Dr Smith and M*r. Jones wrre very j good friends, and often vi>itcd cacti | - other. One day Mr. Simlh said. i | "Friend Jones, I notice, that although , „ jl have never M-en you at my church, or ( j meeting-house, ns you call H II : "That is very irue, friend Rohnrt, but 5 [ thee knows the reason. We Quakers. t ; hireling ministry, who are educated for ' : , ihst purpose We favor those only who j preach by the Spirit." "Well," soya the Doctor, "without,' 1 1 entering upon the first point of your ob- 1 - jcrtion at present, 1 think I can aay that ' . we Presbyterians follow the teachings of ' f I tbe Spirit in our sermon* to the people, '• ' I "0, no, friend Robert, thee knows very ' r l^well that thee prepares thy discourse 1 ■ before thee enters the pulpit " I I "That is quite tru* to some extent, - r \ but nevertheless 1 cao preach without ' i j such previous preparations." 1 >| "Well, then," says tbe Quaker, "1 " r will try tbeo ; I will go tu hear thee 1 i preach on this condition, nmnelr, that 1 1 ' | will give thee a text, which thee must ' . ! not see till thee goes into the pulpit." i 1 i i "J accept the offer," suys Dr Smith. ' i | "Very well, then, I will go thy meet- 1 i ; ing-bouse next first day j and will send " » i up the text hy the sexton after thee has ( . I made tbe long prayer, which I learu 1 , thee makes.'.'- f e "That is not quite what, I ex peeled 1 . i when you made tbe proposition," says • 1 . i Dr. Smith, "but I accept it ; and will 1 expect to see too st the I'egues church 1 • next Sunday morning " 1 I 1 Dr Smith tn t. red his pulpit the next * I Sabbath with some anxiety. A glance 1 i over the rongregntion showed him that 1 bi» Quaker neighbor was there.; and at j 1 . the appointed time he expected the text. ! ' t He commenced his services in hi»'o*tial 1 ( ii manner, and after tha "long prayer" h» j ' - commenced a very long I'vnlm. 1 he- 1 j lieve it was not the 119ih FnalinMrongA- ' a out, but it was quite a lung psalm. As y »oon as the precentor, or fine singer, ^ t rose, ihe sexton came up the aisle and j if nnnded 'o the pre.cher the text. It wns r from the book of Ezra, 1-t chapter and ' r Utter clatiae of the 9th verse : "Nine ' n j and twentv knives " A sharp a*, a ell | - nS a hard tezt , tbonght ihe Doctor. The e | singing of the lonx Psalm gave him a II ' few m onies fur reflection ; when that 1 j was ended, he arose and announced his 1 n text, and noticed many a smile upon the 1 n : facet of Ida congregation ; even some - venerablu elders could not preterm ihe : d solemnity uf their countenances. But, t the speaker proceedrd with his discourse. - Qc spoke briefly of the captivity uf tbe i- j captivity of the Jews in Babylon; of e i heir condition there ; ihe proclamation r- of Cyrqp; of the wonderful preservation ie ol the utensils of Ihe Tample, which had i- been taken from Jerusalem by tbe con1, qntrors of Juden; none of the knives n which were used for slaying and p reis paring the sacrifices were> lost, mislaid _ or destroyed. Tbey were, said Dr. 8., e under ibe special care and protection of ie God, and were in due time restored to i, the ToffipU He then enlarged npon g tbe * pedal Providence of God "Nut a m sparrow falls without His notice ; end ie the very heire of our heeds are all num. b- be red. "The Lord knows tbegi that are r- His, aad none of tb*m shall parish."— The Quaker was sot only pleased, bat

aroused and delighted. Tha next day. he sent for Dr. Sffiilh dine w ith ' him. After dinner, he in-' ol vited Dr. S. to lake a walk around- his C and coming to n pasture Grid in i which were his cattle, hs slopped abrupt- ol j and said, " | "I was much pleated with thy dW- *" course, Iriend Robert. Lai firet day.— ' the* know*, we follow our leader, j1' , Urorge Fox. who bore his testimony j ^ pay our public friends, bul we some- | times give tiinn presents. 1 wish to give i j- . thtc a present- 1 bare many good milk \ ,, cows. 1 wish thee to select one for thy- 1 1> • self." | b ' l>r. Smilb wished to decline the gift, j .but the Qnakvr insisted, and said, "I I r 1 ail: be off- nded at thee if time refuse." ; • The Doctor having noticed a mii.1I P uikI i!i looking cow, said, "Well, if I • V must v ke one of t e cows. 1 will take 1 ' he li'd noticed, and dfiicb he supposed j, 10.be the least valuable. "Well. 1 do profess," says friend ' ^ Jones, "Hire does not-only preach by j n 11.c spirit, but line can ebuose by tbe . > wj-iret ; that liitlc red cow is ihe host one j 1 nan ; my wife would not sell it for one ! 1 dollars, but tnee shall hare it." . r And accordingly th- same evening , ^ nud proved to lie a valuable acquisition ' . Slander. 1 h«ve known n country society which ; ' withered nw.y all to nothing under the ! ' * dry rot of go-sip only. Friendships , once us granite dissolved to jelly and then ran to wat-r, only because of this ; j t love that promised a future as enduring . I 'us l.esv.n and as stable us truth, evapo- c rated into morning mist that turned to a ! ' da)'* long tear«, only because «<f lliis;|" father and sou were set foot»1o foot 1 with ihe fiery breath ol angrrtlial would \ never cool again batwren tliem. only be- j cause of #his ; and a husband and his ' ( young wife, aoch straining at the hated , which in the beginning had been the t golden buudsga of a God blessed love, j ■at mournfully by the side of ihe grave ( where all their joy lay buried, uUo be- I cause of Ibis. 1 have seen faith trans- 1 formed to mean doubt, hope give place * to grim despair, and chanty lako on _ Itself the features of black malevolence, j ail because of the spell word* of scandal, 1 and th* magic mutt' rings of gossip.— j ^ Great crimes work great wrongs, and 1 ( the deeper tragedies of human life spring ' ^ its larger passions ; hat wofnl and i , most melancholy are the uiicatalogucd 1 « i tragedies that issue from gossip and ,de- 1 traction ; most mournful the shipwreck [ t m»de of noble natures and lovely lift) hy i 1 , the bitter winds aud dead salt waters of ; scandal. So easy to Say, yet so bard to : disprove— throwing on th.c innocent all ! ( : the burden and the strain of drinoustrut- ! , ing their innocence, und punishing them j • a* guilty if unable to pluck out the stings j < ■ they never see, and to silence words Grey i , never hear — gossip and Blander are the > deadliest and crudest weapons man has ' * forged for hi* brother'* hurt. ' — What is worse than raiuing pitvh- ' folks? Hailiug omnibuses. — A young lady out West who lately . ' collided with an ice-buund sidewalk, re- '■ , marked, aa she assumed a perpendicular ' 1 position, "I'll hava a man to bang on to befhra another winter." — '"See here, my friend, yon are drunk." "Drunk, to be sure I am. and been for tbe last three' jreare. You •ee my brother and 1 are on tbe temperance mission. He lectures while I net it frightful example." — Somebody has found out a new way of taking pictures, by which they cau be better takeo in the night than in tbe-day lime A photographer bat misted several from the frame* that hang by his door, and dosu't approve of tbe new , plan. — A schoolmistress in Vermont bad > occasion to trounce a large and violent papil, and the father of the injored youth I sued her for unnecessary severity. A , jury could not be found to try tbe case, f fur this reason that every men proposed i as a juror bad formed an opinion that i ' the boy wasn't licked baif enough." — i Tbe citixens of tbe plare have given the 1 teacher a Ml of spoons and a buttcr- . knife in testimony of her gallant and i meritorious eoadnct in tbe encounter, - and a matrimonial inducement to tha t bridiiDoetanu £otb.

STATE ITEMS. — Eight person* received the ordinance of baptism junduy at thn First Baptist Trer.ton. — Th* bill to a*l npsTt a new county oat of parts of Sfonmouth, Slercer anil Middltlex, to be colled the caSniy of Centre* has reported to the flues*. — A hotel sew ii hundred feet long, four f**t wide, and fourtlnries in hnight U to be erected at Long Branch, and complated in time for the opening cf ihe reason at that watering place. | — Rev. Mr. Aiknian, pastor of the Third ' Ctpirch, Elizabeth, was wte- ; vented the other evening a roll of grelh1 hacks, iiraiiy arranged in tbe form of a amounting to 3-00. A—. ( — A movement is un-foot nnuing lh* va ! ryias branches of mechanics in Newark for aUvance of nave* of from 34 tu SO cents i per day. This rise is deemed necessary in I view Ol the increase of rents, and the eonj tinned high price of provisions, fuel Bud j vlolhing. Meetings of Ihe Various societies j a ol tas'les hcvn I wen railed to consider the j auhjeel. I —The new society of Westminster Chnicb at Elizabeth, have es leaded aanan- ; Call to K-V. Mr. Rubens, flxmg his j salary ihe same as at Mia Second Preshy i leriali Chinch, viz: three tboU'and . dot. ncd six hundred dollar* fur house —The crib house ou ihe farm of N. T. in ibe oeeupancy of Joseph Smith, 1 , neiir Snedesboru', was destroyed by"Rr* o(4L j Ihe 1*« insl., caused by storing hot ashes ' iv a barrel. A considerable quantity of | corn in ibe crib, qjrii of wheat, light wugoa [ und a number of other articles were cone ■ sumed null ibe building*. But liltl* was saved.— Be careful wjlh bot ashes. They the Cause of many Conflagrations. — Ou Sunday Ibe 26lh alt., the mansion : owned by Folwell, Bradford and io ilnn'ison Township, Gloucester ■ county, uii ltavcoon Creek, took fire be. ! I wren the hour* of 3 and 4 o'clock in the | afternoon, and was eutirely dustroyed with ; nil it* couteo:a. The building was a new I total, there being no iusarauce. ' — At the aiinanl election for Director* of the Trenton Bnnkiog Company, held oa . the 12tb insl., the following persons were . chosen for Ihe ensuing ysar : ! Philemon Dickinson, Benjamin Fish, ; S. Olden. Wn. G. Cook, Caleb 8. Green, Samuel S. Slryker, Morgan Scuddrr, Jonathan Steward, Albert >T. WbiltaA Ie sunder Wurla, S. M . Ilart, At a mealing uf th* Directors, Philemon Dirkinson was Uaaoimuasly re-elected — Rev. Mr. McQaaid, of Kelon Hall ^ (recently burned) announces that j the erection of a new building, to cost j is proposed at once. Toward* ' this sum there are 819.000 insurance, and | 84,000 worth of materials on band. Bishop | Bayley will order, a general collection I throughout the Diocese "of $1(1,000. The | balance ($17,000), It is hoped to raise from friends of the insuioiien generally. It ie i intended lo erect a larger and more sailuble collega building, of fine architectural ; and it is desired to bars it fluj i>bad by July 1st. As soon a* the gjinna. . sium is fitted up for the kitchen, the cdftege i will be re-ojwned. — The fojlixving is » list of the persons who had the highest incomes in their re. i >p«ctive counties In tha Thirdr Fourth and Congressional Districts of this Slate, fur 1HG5 : THIRD DI»TRI«ar-~~. ^ V fy Warren, John I. Blair, $80,662 llaoterdon, I. U. Cornish, 16,480 J>oinen»el, Daniel Talum-'ge, 16,741) Christopher Meyer, 93,825 Ciituo, George Mealy, 54,465 rocnill DISTRICT. Morris, George T. Cobb, 47.706 .Su-sex, w. H. Bell, [3,532 Pa-nic, Charles Daafftrth, 143,617 j BergeL, Wm. l.ibby, 48,904 TIYTU DI5TB1CT. K**ex, Phil. Tillinghast, 161,442 liudeon. C. Knepp, 129,793 — The sapplemeat to ihe act coocerning Justices of the Peace inlrodoced io tha Moose by Mr. Costis, provides that where nu appeal shall be takeo from any judgment obtained before any jostica of tbe peace, eituer parly may bring on lb* heariogof the uppeal bef-re tbe Coart of Cummoo Plea* at th* firat terra afu-r the granting of tbe appeal, oo notice given ten daya, before the firat day of tbe coon, by tbw party laleading to bring on the bearing to the opposite party or bit attorney. Tbe supplement lo the act concerning Jneiicet of the Peace Introduced io the Mouse by Mr. Nizon, allows them to admit persons charged before them with crimes, I to bail for eiamiaation, within tan days, . and dsfaall of appeareoee being endorsed . on the recognizance, shall become a record . in the court of Oyer nod Terminer. Many . of oar jnatiowa have been in the practice of ! admitting parties te bail for oxanrinattoa. • apposing that th# low warranted each a ' procedure, ahhoagh this baa been derided 1 not to be tbe case. The pupeoed law te ceo side red jaet and neevioary.