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YOL. XII.

^"^CAPE ISLAND. CAPE MAY COUNTY, NEW JERSEY. WEDNESDAY, .HII.Y IS. BBS. , _ ■■■ V r-

NO. 560.

ffct fort 's Conw. 1 cvrb *1 i MITINU rim. Or stirs tbs drowsy lull si s#os ; •ay eel ha #rrs lbs shreteat sbeda, <■»!■ rplred with *Mla «e 'ha air; Thai MtU all th* towi thai gear. Ak, ao! Lava pleas upon ika lead, ABB mil fcsssths saaaa, Ira. , Ha plasass kU ptaleas oa Ike sae-i. Taaaak Ma smthat oa tha Ma. Ha haiya to laaaak oat tra.tr boat That aMB, ha kaaoa. will BaAb afloat. With yearly joy or awMtsurpriaa. Uahtahaa pun tolew, oa kl*h, aoethaa tha heart's too wild quaatloolof . Mo bigger stood ebacuraa tha ahy Tbaa bora aaA than a nostra* wis* Mo rtppla llraa opoa Ua toyOar BAM aball .rull. It la to atara ; Oar kaol nptoro tha silvery >ay, Aa4 lay our traka with aeallgbt tiersLara aMan all Irem alarm to prow, Baab (allaat boatataa claims hit fain Ae* ooa aball balp a a#ala to ataar. Tha baaklal Jaak aball taka hla tura Lra tha rods oat bath taioad hla atnoftb. Aad lotra (no Lory at tha atrro Tha bluah that abotra klat Meat at laagtb. Harr, booo aball baM the ropaa. Wbllat Taaay takaa hat ataisr'a arat. To Hat, wall pleased. tba loya a ad hopaa Ha trill a humdrad tUaaa rrprat A ad I tba laat, wlthfelvsrtai haad. TbOopobI. will oaba yat bolder play i Tha Upa that faltarad -yaa" oa laad. At aaa aball yeetlag aaaa the day. Thaa toll aaa ool Lota hauau the glada. day oat ka flre. tba chaatsat abasia. Trust or, Lore ploea npoa Ua load, And would ha aa tba «a.a, Iraa ; Ha trim* hla wlaga ope* tha aaad, A ad brooda at hoaaa upoo tba aaa. frirrt ^HisrcUann. PAMTT.TAR QUOTATIONS. TUBE OklOIN. TWK1K

"Tksco la Sooth Is tto pot," ia from I tha WW#, 2 Kings, i». 40. "Lovely aud « plooaoBt in tUoir hvae, and Is dsa'b thay t ■an hot divided," ia epokai of Deulaud a Jooatbaa, 2 Hamael, i. 13. "A man aftar , | kidowrftoart," I 8a«oal. ilii. 12. " Tha ( ■ppla af bis aya." Uaat., xix. SI. "A ( atin, tnall oataa," 1 Kings. ***■ 11_ "laaapad with tba skis of my Uetb." ; ' J.b, XI*. SO. "Tbal mine adrorsaty bad ■rittaa a booh." Job. iMi. 55. • 'Spread. ' lag himself lika a graetiAey tna." Paalni I xxxvii. 15. "H sugad oar barpa upon tba I „a arllkow," Peslm, tllltil S. "Richsa 1 oortaisly tttak# (ool lota, aa it ia often t qeotad) themselves wlaga." Provafbe, | URI. A "Hasp coala of fire upon kia bond." IbM. M». 31. "No no" Ibtuy under tba tu.". KccfMia.tr.. i. 'J. "Of j ' making my hooka tban ia so tod." Ibid. I 1 biL If. "Paasa, paaeo, «bas there is be j « paeae," (made Casta. by Patrick Heavy), i (ton.. viti. *. "My sbma id legion," Mark, t t. t. "To kick against tba prick*," Acts. , ix. 5. "Make s rirlsa of saenaitv." 1 , Shbktpera'i Tw# Uaaliaana of Vwruaa. . ( "All id not gold U«l guttata." Merehael ( of Vestee. "Sataa yoor aosraga to ika etieblag plsop," (M paw. I.) Macbeth. — 1 "Mak* ashorhssa doably aara," Ibid.- I "Bai| eat yosr baasars opon Ua outward I anil a," Ibid. "Kaap Iba aord ar prom- i in to ear (Hot Oa) ear, bat bnak it tn | •ar bopa," ibrd. "IfS aa ill wind Urea , a# good." (saoally qaoto!,) "It's Mill , ■lad biowr as oaa My good." Thomas Teaser, 1M0. "Cbriatmma soma* bat one. ' • paor."lbid. "Look uea yoa laap," Ibid; 1 •ad "took before yoa are yea loop," lisdibna, commaaly quoted, "Look bafora I paa leap." "Oal of mind as ayoa aa oal i of sight," aaaaily quoted "Oat or tha ( sight, oat of miud," Urd Brooks - , "What tboagb the Bald be lost, all la sot , , lout." MiHao. "Atraka. setae, or be fbrerar falWa," I tod. "Naasasity. tha ty. | root's piss." Ibid. "Pases bstb bar'1 wisterias." Ibid. "Tbosgh tola may i 1 bo ploy to yes. It la death to as.":1 Sogar I'KstrMga. 1XM. "All or, and . m msoi," {eat lulls wool,) Usdibrae. j i "Osaot tbslr abiekaB. are (sot batere) I tkmy saa bstobod," Ibid. "Tbioagb Utok J ( sod tbls." Drydea. "When Oraaka | Mm Ureeta. tbaa ass tba tog of osr," aaaolly qootad. "Wbas Urc.k maatt < , IboaM Ue, l&rt "Of two atrils I bare ' sn: 'tzsgsrz. ; Mom. IMS. ."Ask ma aa qaeeitoaa sod I"B tall yoa so •ha." OotdsasiU. "Nalj, •ash tha wueaa tor (sot ooa. tba , JOaalhas Aao^l. • ll.tk giesa boatagre ' 1 tsMsss-ltom. "Hia (God'a imago) I ' oat is ahsay," Ttoam PhOsr. "-Win ( MtoMhomaelly.'JMl.lMb.'A : 17M. tb—gh gaar.aAy adtrtoatod to Jobs , ui'i" it 7a

Waahiogton Irelsg. "At good u plsy," ! , King Charles ohea in Parliament attend- { ing tba dieeeeeion of Lord Roea dieoree | hill. "Sailing a bargaia" ie in Lore'e lehor Lost. "Past and looaa." Ibid,,' "Psmpiag a man." Otoay'e Vasiea pre- j-1 aarrod. "Uo Snack'e," Popa'e Prologue " to .Satires. "Is tha wrong bor." Pbi'e i Martyrs. "To Istn." in I bo aaoao ul to ii bast, "Kisgaad ao King." b, Branmool , sod Platcbor. Tha beekn.yed oawipapor I-atin qaotation, "Ttmpora mmlantur, ] >( mulamur in illii," ia not found in any | classic or Latin author. Tba oeo rest a p., proaeh to It was, "Omnia mulamur.' Ac.. 1 and this Is roaod ia Barboniar. a Herman writer or the middle ages "llall is paeed with good iatsntiooa." tboagb foand in Johnson and llarbert. , ■as obrieasly in ihat da, a proeorbial ■ nprcssioo. Walter Beott a«eriba$ it to roma "stern old dirine." "There's a good lime coming, " is aa ■ 'iprtrsiun seed by Sir Waltar Scott in llob Boy. and bis donblless fsr a long lima been a familiar saying '■> Scotland. Pax populi, car I)ti. The origin of tbia ' familiar phraaa it not knotfn, bnt it ie qaotsd a»e prorsrb by William of Mslmtbory, who lirstf in tba aarly part of lbs twelfth century. I'llimo ratio rryuei. This motto was sngrared oo the French cannon by .order : of Louis XIV. .> .• I "Whlrtllacslrir sad rrowla* bear • In ooa of tba carinas Cbinaka book* rit " easily translated and published io Pkria, Ibis prorarb occurs iu substantially tha ratue words. It ia an Injnnctiog or tba L'kioaaa priaslhnod, and a carefully ob. eertltd houeebuld custom to kill amino, dialely aeary ben tbal erowe. ae a pre- ; •entire egaintl the uiiefortano that tbfj _ circa metan ce is sappoaed to iadicat, . The same practice prerpila through msuy porllona of tba United HuUe. HrB-bHthing. Sercral of onr exchanges, end especially the Philadelphia Ledger, hare pt'ciany tun riiiiauripiiiB nmyir, n»,r .

• contained uxocllant article* oa Ilia good effects of properly regulalad sea ' bathing Aa all, howctar, do nolthlnlf ^ alike, and as »a differ nialerially in ^ points, from lbs roles laid down ( otbar writers, we shall proceed to , gite aouie general Inlurmation on the , use and bonaftt of the salt bath Salt t water contains a liberal per cent of ' lbs Hit* of iodine, polatsa, eoda mag- '■ netia and a trace ot alluniiuum. The 1 [ first and great adeantage of Mi-bathing ' la oleanliosM^jfPPbn sand in tlie wstcr^ ( aided by lbs eariqha salts, act as Stlum- | to tha wkole'surface ofy-tbe body. , It la also raasoaabls to suppose tbgt a I certain quantity of the water ia absurbed by the akin and macons mem- ' of tba bather. In all tcrofolous ' , affactione, no remedy is ao efficacious as the iodide of soda and potasaa. The | . Maitant besliag of tha araees again. r | tbe body while in tba water, is on tha | sains principle aa tba douche, and in i ' all rbeamatlc neuralgic or oereoue : affections, is a saleable adjunct to in- 1 terual treatment. Tba passage to and 1 from the bathing bonnes, across the ' 1 beach, exposes the body more or has | corrects of air, rendering one awrto hardy and capable of resisting tba enroach men la of disease. Tba bath ' •herald "always be indulgtd ia before meals, when the stomach I* free from. . the labors of digestion, aad tbe circulation slgoroos and eoergelic. Tbe beat time for bathing is la tba morning j or, leaning, when tha (aa doe* not ^ shoot down his bot rays opon tba bead, tad tha* opeo tbe wejr for speedy H- , | ucks of biiioas end aersous laser, i" i For gentlemen, a bath early io thai . morning, wbaa the body Is perfectly 1 nude, is tbe best paeecee for loeal dia- [ orders, that Materia Medics affords. For ladies, nfortenately, this pita is ' j impracticable. Tba duration of the : , is re lad entirely b, tba coaistltui tioo, whether strong or weak, of the • ' bather. No settled role eaa be laid , 1 down m to tbe exact duration of tbe Tbe writer of tbia article has ; ' many times remained ia tba water oeer ; ! : aa boar, aad oeeer (sit an, bat tbe | I bant effarU, reeoltiag tberafrom. To j : ; others, eo long e bath would lie a sure | processor of tseara sk-kaeaa. Tbe beat rale to be followed, it to ; i-go entirely by yoar eMsatiua-, while ' j in the water. As loag aa tbe body re- ' i desk of tbe waeea bet eagmefted It. • glow, tbe belber ma, kaow be ti ml j . excreta, tag hia titsra. Bat aboald the .lightest fssHuga of chiUases occur, iooeo tba water iaetoati,. Neeer wait tffl tb. body km«. p«rpl. -,tb eld, Md Itoeireaiatto. rdnMJ, toae- *

[small of tbe back and lower extretni- » 'tie* bc'speeialli looked after, and keep i _ the friction till the bod, is all in a glow. Tbe rougher tbe towel, the j y smoother and more soft will it mske j j, ' tb* skin. Vfter the body is perfectly j I dr,, the clotbot shoo Id be assumed as 1 I quickly as possible, and some mild j d stimulus, Msberry and egg, partaken of c ' No - adraotage can be expected to re- ; « | suit from the salt batb if it i* not re- j j golarl, indulged in Aa omission of I § two days will spoil the good effects for , a rail of the week. ; c Betbing to be of permanent adren- i i tage, especially to those suffering from j t chronic diseases should be indulged ' at least one month. Borne complain j j 'of an inability to enter tbe water. , ( owing to a species of vertigo, or rush ' . [ | of blood to tbe bend, which tbe, cxI perienced. This is caused h, entering , , ' tbe water, while lb# bod, is too warm, I i j and the feet first coming in contact ! I I I with, that which is cold, csuses the bot < • j blood to ascend with great rapidity to [ ' ! tbe brain owing to the contraction of ' tb* small capillar, vessels io the lower I extremities Wbtn this is tbe esse, F the head flrtl ; indeed this should -aiways be dons oo entering tb# water. Tha good effect# of a dip io old , ocean, are'seen la the brighter eye, , | '"the deep Vermillion of tbe cheek, and I I the increased vivacity and animation, . ; and speak more tbaa a whole volume ■ | of hygiene. ^ THE ART PHESEH* ATIVE. ' Let tboaa who ar# iocliotil to grumbls el every little typographical error which unavoidably occurs io tha myrning paper, • eltvutrvely reed the followiag: T'erbapa tkare is no department of eo- - Icrpriae whose details are less nndaralood B by uitvlliffuol peopla than tba "art pre- j

i'servaliv. "—tha achievement of tjpes. Every day. tbnir life brag, tbey ere ac--caalonivd to read tha nawapapar. to find | fault with itastaUmaoU, its arrangamenu, ! •lyl looks;, to plame tbamaelvea upon the , dtacuvary of aoma roguish and ucrobalio { that gala into a frolic and stands j upon iu bead ; or of aoma waste lelUr or j two in is ; bat of tha process by which tba : nawapapar is made ; of tba myriads of ' 'motions and thousands of pieces necessary its composition, they koow little and think lava. •• Thay imagine tbay discourse of a wonAar, indeed, when thay apeak of tha (air while carpal auvan for them Io walk oo, of Ike rags that Buttered on the beck of ' tha bagger yesterday. Hut there is something mure wondarful still. feWhen ae look at the bondred and nil, two little boxes, somewhat shaded with Iba touch of inky fingers, that compote Ika priutar'a " case"— noiseless, except tha clicking of Iba typar. aa oaa by una tbay taka their places in growing — we think we have louod the marvel of tba art. We think how many fancies in frag- I menu there ere in tba boxes ; bow uisny aloins of poetry and eloqaeoca tbe printer | ceo rneke bars anil Iberu if be only had a | little oliarl tu work by ; bow many IscU ' io e small " hand fa 1 1 huw much truth 10 cba.... Now be picks op tba scattered eb-maali j until be holds iu hia baud e aiaoxA of j 1 "lira} 's Elegy;" or o tnouody upon; Urimee " All Bultouad up before." Now j "sots" e "peppy missing," end now " I'eradlee Lost be arrays a bride in 1 "small caps," end a sonnet la "nonpareil;" ha commences tbe lenguiehiug i "livo," iq one eealence, transposes tbe ! words and deplores the day# that are few and "evil," in the next. JT" A poor jest ticks iu.way slowly into tbe prioter'a band like a clock Just running dowu, and a strain or eluquanca marches into lino lalier by latter. We fancy wa cao tall tba diffsrenoa by hear- ; ing of tha ear, bot perhaps not. Tb* type* that told a wadding ysaler- | day, Mooeaee* a burial to-morrow— perbaps ia tba self same letters. Tbay are tb* elemeaia to mak* a world I or-lboe* types are — a world wilb somej thing ia it as bsaatifal a* spring, as rich ! that frost caaaut will, Iran that shall ripen | for all Usee. The newspaper has become lbs log- ; ef tbh aga ; n tolls at what rata lb* t world is raouiug ; wa Cannot find our "reckoning" without it. ' True, the green grucar may baadl* ap j a 1-oand of caaukn ia our last expressed ! tbooghu, bat it u only coming to base i Bees, someUuag tbal Ie douw tisaee iono- ' merable. We coaaole oarraloas by tbiakiag tbal : one Sen make of that use. paper whet he j cuaupi make of living oaks— a bridge for •j urn', tbal be cae tting it ever tba chasm J of Ue dead year a, and walk aafely back i jjpMlb. shadowy ~ ,a.o tb. Lr pasc. 1l3«ager aball not ..J bis swag, dm it. ; giaabd. SaMUata* the editor ha. tbe hip|iisaea af kmawtag tbat ba be* data* did lb. r«b<. expeeed tb. vm|. protested toe weak; tba* be tod gto* all rain to »ma*» nl«tosto« rkmid nmtoity'i

j solitary hour, made aomebody happier, ! kindled a aroilO ap«n a sad lece, or hope j ' no a heavy heart. He may meet with that sentiment many ■ | years after it may have lost all charm of j | j paternity, but he feels affection for it. j , welcomes it as u long absent child. ' | | lie reads it aa for the first time, and won- j ! if, indeed, he wrote It. for be he- j ^ I changed sine# tbso. Forbepe be could not i 1 perhaps be would not if be could. It seams like the voice of bit former J j self-calling to its parents, and there is j ' j something mournful in iu tone. He be. J gins to think — to remember why be wroie j , ! it, where bit rasdvrs then, and wbiiber j tbey have gone— what he aaa then, and , bow much be bas changed. So ha mores, ootil be finds himself wandering if that . | thought of bis will conltone to Boat after ' | is dead, aad whether be is really took- j I ing opon something that will survive him. j ! Ihat there is nothing iu Ihe sentence tbal he could wish unwritten: tliet it ia a betI ter part of him; a shred from a garment ] ! of immortality ha shall leave behind bun j i wbeB bo joins the innomereble ceravao, , | and takes his place in the silent halls of j j deulh, Frccious Stone*. ♦ | All that i*#ld, rare, roystcrions and j supernatural, has always possessed n : strange faciuation over the mind of Diamonds, rubirr, amethysts, sap | j phires, emeralds, and topazes, " those ! i Sowers of the mineral world," are nd- | mired, coveted, and sought after by , j man, not because of their intrinsic . , value, but on account of their scarcity | and vague history. Tbey seem as , strangers among the rongh old rocks ' | and sands, and secthiug waters, among 1 j which we find them embedded. ir _ ' i Formerly, a powerful charm was su|k i formerly, poweriul cnann 1

\ posed to lie in precious stones, and I j ministers and bigb dignitaries were al- I I lowed by the ancients to wear them, aa ( i j a mark of special vnvor, Tbe souls of ' a ) i the good after death were thought to i ' enter precious stones, " Eveu as filthy . ' and frightful places, are usually tbo 1 ' j chosen abodes fur evil aud unclean ' • ipirile." [ I The diamond it tba peer of gems, and was consecrated to the celestial t . powers. It was supposed capable of | r reproducing itoeif. De Boot records t . an instance ol s lady who possessed t ' two hereditary diamonds, whose pos- ' ! terity during ber lifetime, numbered ' ! lets Ibto a score, and whuse deacen- ' I dents, to-day, may ha glittering in tbe " . crown of some grest monarch. Tbe , great value of the diamond arises from » iu bigb power of refracting light, so 1 ; great is this, tbat k is asserted tbal 1 1 Noah's only source of light, while in J the ark, wu furnished by precious ( " I .tones. , 't | Gerciss nb Horto, physician to the t k j Viceroy of tbe Indlsrf, relates that ht : > i had heard lllat the ruby give* forth < i light in tbn dark, bat he himself be- ' ' j linved it not ; but Louis Verolam, j ' ' more crtdalous, writes Ibnt the King i ' | of Tegv wore rabies of such msrvel- 1 , , ^ loos Inst re, that io the dark, kn shone , , resplendent m the sun at mid-day. In- • i deed a modem traveller gravely records ■ that al tbe 8iam**e coort where only a 1 { sobdoed light In admitted, the diamond. 1 " and earbonele* opon tha king's person 1 ' glittered nod fashed like mioiatore ^ lightning. Aelian, io bis eighth Book of Animal i, toil* a story of a woman ' 6 named Ilenclen, who, finding a stork , , with n broken lag, nurud it cartfolly , . until it recovered, whan the grateful , bird brought and dropped into ber - bosom n carbuncle (the amethyst of 1 " the Ethopians) which shoo* In the ' ! darkness with preternatural brilliancy. Tbe veriosi classes iu different ages, | t who have worn diamonds down to our , present time — the greet diamonds , , brought forth by the war, which brought , to our Island covered it with e halo of < " light, will be treated M in to morrow's < ' issue. • r r a i — At a prayer meeting recently » held oot far from New Haven, an earn- ] 1 est brother whose seel surpassed bis ] ' intelligence, offered this petition ; "0 1 Lord, have mercy ua tu miserable stnl n ere, of which I em the chief**! among , , ton tboosand and the on# nltogetber | r lovely. ij — If a eu cheats tto* one*, atoms on , .;*!■; If to chants tto* twtas, atom* oo i tto*. i " — AUOyie PitoCMBly. MA, to* called < ' i tor last toby Veto in ce.plio.oi to I ; tk* Fisatdeav. I — Wtoe is a asaa tkiaoar ttoa a katto ! t . Wtoe to". Batons* I — Wtolsttohtgtostapptoaaitotsasi' , -to— MTrv,^.! —Wtoe k a tod ae* a tad? Wtoais'* I ' -j j.

The Fair. It mill be interesting to the visitors i at Cape Island, to learn that several sre busily engaged in ranking | arrangements for the Fair which is to hold here the letter part of the I present month. The plane trhete, la • ; the point now spatially under discos- ; sion, as the fine bulls ut "the hotels, ! which would answer the purpose ndJ mirably, will at that lime be needed | for the accommodatiou »f their nu- | raerous guests. There will be quite a I display of elegant and useful articles. Orders for the new game of Croquet i will he received by Mrs. H. A. Soulier, at the corner of Washington and J Jefferson Streets. The proprietors of j the hotels will doubtless hasten tosnpply this amusement to their youthful i I visitors. SeTaral boxen of this game have already heen received from the establishment of O. A. S.-hwarx, I'hi- . ' i ladelphia, aa well •.» nu tlegnui dona- ! tion of Scotch gqoil*, from Messrs. p ,'Clark and Biddle. "I'J ('liteluut street. ; Mr. .NUson. Iba well known dealer In stationery and wedding cards, lias sent 'a contribution of paper and envelopes, and the Me.sra. Lockwnod, have geu- ' eronsly donated an nsflortment.of their >! cloth-lined collars. Offier donations f are daily expected from the Quaker .1 City and elsewhere. We trust that tha Fair will prove a complete success > ! 8. A tiai.it laeHovKUKST.— During tbe [ few days, the uu.i'gh.ly balh-lraoar. ' Ocean and Parry aLai-la. have Im-i-o re! r forming an uninterrupted drive tu thv beach Tbe imporlanca of Ibis change

\briog with tbem to tbe island, tbeir bor. les and carriages. Heretofore, entrance ' to the beach cunld only bo I'lfccted by ' •IreJt. but now a CUCUIt I. formed, and tha pleasures of the drive much increased A plea* ant route In drive, |. to pa.a along Washington tu Ucv.d .treat, tbu. pausing United Sum. HulcU.'lbenc" down Ocean ktreet to the bench, before fbo Ia Pierre and Colombia Humus, p.saing up the beach put tha Atlantic House and Cottage, and complete the circuit by Parry atrest, which I. tlsnkod on o«nb side by the walls of Congrea. llall. Uy this ruole, a viaw uf nearly all tha prouu- ; nam hotel, ou tbe Islaud la obtained. Lafayello strvat ai.o praasute a beautiful, shady, and level appearance, and It on* ; of tbu most charming drives on the Island. . A* Exci'uuom. — Tb* 6 rut excoraion of tbu season, by railroad, arrived at Cupii Island aboal 10 o'clock Thursday. The excursionists numbered nhoal 400. threefourth. of them being men. Tbey were urdsrly and watl-bebaved during tto duy. ' and departed io tbe evaoing .ligbliy weary. ■ but saamiogly woll pleated. The pleaanre- : seekers mostly belonged to tha working I classes of Camden and its vicinity. They evjdaolly laid morn store by tbsir one | day's aujonrn at tbo tea-side then-would j j onr regular palroua daring u month', atoy. j j We ware on lb* railroad platform when the train arrived, and beard anongb am a- - •ing Commeats to supply a small volnme. "Why, ware, in Iba world. Is tbo ocean I" •aid an old lady attired io monrniog and ~ wearing spectacles. " I guesa it's over ; bat meadow," said ber allendact ; " but it'# low tide, and yon can't aae iL" Neither could we, but era didn't say so. " Caps May ! I don't sea no Cape!" exclaimed the oddest -look ing Odd Fellow . wa aver saw. " Dr causa all Ibem big j frames is ia yonr way*," said an odd little j woman. " 1 saw lG? Cap* last year ; it's | got a boat-boos* mi tba and of it." Nearly all tba/ excursionists dioed at j ' lb* United titatdk Jlolel, which is cer tainly a compliment to it* propristors, Messrs. West A Millar. If ■* wished to go on an axenrsiou. we shonld not come to Cape May, tocaoee, first, tha slay is not long enough on tto Island. .Second, because neither tto majority of lb* bolal propri- : ' store or the visitors like the presence of axcaraioni.ta, whom tbay always renrd aa intruders. Wa have a wiuy man In tbe Warn office. Last aigbi, after tba troanlaa ol lb* day war* ended, a little dllatloD wu partaken of. n good tim* prevailed, and witty mao proposed tb* followiag toast: Tto Editor— tbe man that ia expected to kaow everything; tall all ha know-, and gaaaa at tto remainder; lo mak* good kia owe character, establish tb* reputation of hia neighbors, and alact all Candidal** lo offioa; to blow ap everybody, and ralorat the wbula world; to live fur tha ton-fit of other*, aad have kit epitaph oa his tomtotMS— "lisia to tie* si last." —Tto editor wkokiaaad hia sweetheart, " please exchange," is tofievwd Bel to too* onsaad.d tto proper liberty j at tto prwaa ! ' — Aa *M lady, towriwg aoaaebady aay | tto metis mare vary irregalar. said : " 1 1 i

SQUIBS. ' their vocabulary. Tbe ancieut Msgaa of ' Egypt, so far a. we know from their bi- , ' worda. A well educated person in Keg- '[ I ' land or America .eldoin o.e. more Ibau . about 3.0WI or 4.(IIMI words iu actual cou- | ( nruUoc. Accurate thinkers aud close j ^ reaaooars, w bo avoid vaguu aud general 1 , e, pre.., on., and wail till tbey find lb. (. woid that exactly bta their Cleaning, era. ^ ^ ploy a larger .lock ; aud eioqaaat apeak- t| • rShakepi-are. who displayed a greater va- ^ I plays With about l.i.rnw word.. Milton's ^ f a oik* are computed of P.UOfl; and in- ^ ' _Ke„L*aUea A.aa '' t WA A pigeon .booUug ui.lcb lo ju.l „ ' ton, of Loudon, and Mr. Taylor, ol Ne» n " Yuri. -Tbe stake, were Sou" . the bird. 1 allowed thirty varus rise Irou. Uve traps. • aud douM&ba^hlvd guna. with I j ox. ol (| 1 atiot. were u-ed I 're. toll killed 5b our „ I of f"l birds ; Taylur only 43 out I. — " My eon, bold up your hand und tell ' ,, . me who was the .troug.it man V < „ , "Jonah. : ,i " 1'au.a Ihe wh.ie Couldu'l hold linn r after be got bun Joan v ' curs on 'the Huston and Providence rail. ■ ay wa* approached by a young niiin.tor d to bim abruptly. "My dear air. do yos 1 ,'m straight lo bell ?" m looking tbe minister in the face Willi an ,

cburch'tu work ell day. and then any- H t I ia wicked (or me lo build my rabbit bou.e 1 on Sunday 7 I pretty cane with the yellow lion', bead on ' tbo lop and then a.k- me for a cant In ^ I I put in the missionary box < Don't 1 a.nl < cane ? . I WoniWwhat make, papa tell such ato- . < I ries about hiding Hie manor's rattan when ■ he went to school, and about hia running I away frosi tbe school mistress when she ! I was goiug to whip him. and then abut ure up • I , H Wonder wbat made papa «.y th.t j I i j wicked word when Ii«Uy upset the ink all over his papers, aud then slap my ears ^ ! because 1 tgid tbe sauie thing wbeu my ! ? kite string broke » ' Wonder why mauima told Uridget the ' other day to say she was not at home when Tommy Day's mother called, and j ' I tban pnl* m# tu bud without my aupper every liiglil 1 tell B lis? ' ■ Ob dear! there are lota of thing* 1 ' i waul to know. How 1 wmb 1 was a man t , ! : Tit ron Tit.— Th* old I aabion ol wear j ; ing vary light pantaloons and very abort ; I (ailed coats having been revived by tbe gentlemen, a lady thus "pitches in" as a | ! ael off lo Iba diatnb- a published oo "Utt- ' ing hoops." She sensibly observes: 1 "1 think tbe geulleineu have forgotten, io tbeir leal lo promote greco aud mods.l} ; j am ong tbo ladles, tbal tbey Ibeui.elvet do | : not always dress either gracefully, becoiu- j , i iogly, or modestly— 1 write H advisedly - i The present fashions fur gcnllomen are • ; unbecoming, ungraceful, aud immudwl. | Are Byron collar., aud l a very econom- , ' ical crevai kuoau aa 'sailor's Tie.' ba- j , coming ? Are llgbl straight pautaluon. , ' ! gtacefal f Is a rouodabudl a modest gar- f . ! uisut for a grows man ? I doubt if Byron i 1 looked well with bl. Deck encircled by one t I of those articles— so irresistibly remindful oow-a-dsys, of oagro miostrui.y. As to lbs present ridiculous short coal., 1 can only say that thty presaot lo a person el ell belligerent, a tauiptaiuu scarcely In bt- , ovsrlosked." . 'Wist is a very fair bit, and it must to „ | qpolesse d tbat the bit is well deserved. ' j Congress Hall. Bar a toga, lo be Krouilt. ' Sabatooa, N. Y.. July II. — A meeting was held here I sat eveuiug, culled by l*ading citiMD*, to taka messun a for rebuild- , ing Uoo grata Hall. Judge Hock-s pretiI dad; aud speeches were mads by Jadges i Docket and Holburl, Kav. Dr. Magoon, I of AlbMy, Rev. Iv. H. Atigiar and IJou. J. M. Uaber, of Do. too. end others. It ti propuaed lo ralre «400,000 oo cooi poo bonds, payabla altar Ua years, aecaiad . by a mortgage to Jadge Uockas, Judge Hulbert and 0. KUmar, at iru.to-s *Hb ; jaurret at mv«u per cent., payable al , OB* of the tonka to this place, or tha i' First Netieael Bank, New Yurk. Uv.r $40,000 was aubaenb-d. and it ti > i expected that at leaal slDU.ltHi w|ll be I ; —cared tore. Aaaorsac— are gives that ( ' j large aatweriptisma will to made is New ; . Yeik, Bos to*, aad other eilire. among i ; thorn, who were palroua of Ural hotel. It;1 ijti Mini did to rstoUJ ti ta Has is* next

FROM EUROPE. Naw Yokk. July 1ft. — Tto at»am*r Oi'y of I .midun b*« arrived wilhtiatas to I'.atit'Hi.ix, June I". Evening. — Siaos o'clock tbia morning, a continuous firs of artillery- to. been kept up by Use Austrian end I'rnesisn Torre*, between Nauttodt and I'aslnr. in Hitbeinia. Tto Fraa•ians were rrpuIw-iJ near Skafilg, where ■ be cavalry look part in tha action. At o'clock this evening l be Prussians war* and are in foil retreat, leaving their ilrad and wounded on the field. IU*i.tx. July 37. Evealng.— The ••- gagenural which look place yesterday at I'aslue. lo the east of Furnan, was of a very spirited character, end lasted eotil midnight. Tto troops eogtged way® tto division, under Usneral Pot*rhample. Tbe Piu.sian* Inst a coloaal, and raptian. Tbo Prussian t'humhera will probably bo convoked for l»lh nf July. XkCiiXA. 27. — Twelve Aaslrien nieo.or.-s/er. comprising tbo Austrian Reel, appeared before this port to-day, but ure now leaving. The Italian sqoad■on are preparing to follow and attack Hr.ai.iK, June 37, Noon. — Ixtst night tbo army of the Elbe had a successful engegeinent near Furnan, taking seven officers and 500 prtiunare. Hkk.nk. June 37.— Tbo Anatrians have returaed to the first station oo tba Dtel- , aud Ilia Italians have taken np position uear tbo Foul do Dinbla. I'baccr. Juno 3G.— Tbo Prostiaot bava destroyed the railroad bridge between Wrrdun and Uro«anitx. near Alteutorg. King of DaXony left Prague to-day. F has kvobt-ok— vug— Maik . Jooo 37.— Fifteen thou. and Badan Iroopa are now statiouod near Heidelberg and V. srra beirn. and will occupy a position belwaeu Dnruialadt and Frankfort, and will be reinlurced by all tbo available Federal force*.

FiosaxKCK. June 26. — At tb* balll* of ruslozza the Auslrisos numbered fiO.OUO. heights to tbo loft of Vsloigo, hold ia chock an oveiwbelming number of Ausbefore which Ueoerel Craoo was ' I'orcad to retire, liixio'n division nnd tbe cavalry uf the line protected th* retreat of the army, which wa* effected io good order. The Feamgli Division capsou re." Tba Dalian cavalry bad aeveral engagement* with the Anstriaos, who infrared severely, nnd the third army corpa I sbunl l.(KH) prisoners. The Italian cavalry did not abandon its position, nor were tliey overcome nntU after lb* enemy had been reinforced. Both Italians and Au.triaaa retired from tbnir respective | positions. Bkbmk, Jane 26.— Prussia has agai* offered the King of Hanover an alliance, with a guarantee for bit possession of tto tkrooa on tbe busia ol Federal reform, and on condition of his capitulating with tbe honors of war. It is hoped tore tbat ' tbe capitulation will lake place to-day. The flying corps commanded by Dial. bi-rg-Ajkdvnucing into Bohemia, lost eight | men in an engagement with Auaohivslx. I'xaru, J one 27. — A Mcood eooaeripi 1 lion ba. bean ordered io Croatia. Tb* ' , Croiian coast district* on tbe Adriatic havu been declared in a stale of siege. Disastrous Eire. PniLADitu-HiA. July 12.— At 3 o'clock 1 ' this afternoira, a most dia-utrous fit* broke ' ■ nut in Frankford. Among the buildings ' i consumed was Brigg's Print and Dya H'orks. The total 'ion* is valued at ' §100,000. It was situated at th# onruer of Orchard and Tacony street-, and oae of ! the largest in the twenly-tbird ward. Tba mill belonged to Aaron 8. Lippio- ' i coll, and employed three hundred hands. ' ThA fire extended to a large number of ' ! iiwnllings, wbicb Vera alec destroyed. I ba losses ar* estimated at two millioa ' dollars: machinery and building* veined ' at e millioa and a half, and tto stock nt 1 half e million. Tba Traotao railroad 1 bridge we* slightly damaged, tot ool sufficient to prevent the passage of traioa. Altar tto breaking out of tba fire a man r was detected Mttiog Bra to another m )l tu tbe vicinity, which confirm* lb* *n*pi- . cion that it was the work el ao iocondnsry. A general alarm througboal the city was I ordered by Chiel Engineer Lyla, not by - ringing the Blete-Huas* toll, hot throng# tha box** located ,in the different engineConflicting Kcpurls Kriardlng Hie Euroiserau War. Nxvr Ytn, Jely 43.— -Tto war arcs ti rather couflictiag, but Lie dtipatcbe* - Irnra Berlin claim decwiv* and huportent •ietortw far tto Prosaisms, after tto affair ut the 2 Tib alt., near bkalnx. Disjwtctoa from Vtinna claim a victory f'.r the Aa.trians. and a—ert that the Prussian defeat wa. complete. Oa tto other band, tto Promise accewole are directly to the contrary, ami rtaim thai the A utilise, woes erivso back aad partoed by tto Press ias». -Ttora are ovsrtwe Ihssn.and Catholic , charrbe* ia tto Waited Hialee. | -Utofhtoatoaletomvagp-J. He ae« lMmiuiww«$aw