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11 1 j. .... 11 1 , - - — 7^~y CAPE ISLAND. CAPE MAT COUNTY. NEW JERSEY, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20. 1SG7.1 '

NO. B15.

NEW APVEWTISEMeWTS ' WEAL ESTATE. 500 COTTAGE LOTS ' FOR SALE,. AT OB ABA* CAPS ISLAND, NBW JERSEY. K ARMS PM IAIA - • 1 . IB TUB covirrr of cafe mat. A FARM FOR REST OR SALE, OBB MILE BBOM CAPE ISLAND. J COTTAGES TO BBKT r OK TUB corn NO BathiBf RraiaD. APPLT Tto OB ADDRESS R. R SWAIN. Real Estate Agent, AAPTtjor A Co* vey nicer, orricc, cw. pbbbt a norrn *t*„ (nwar Cauftna* HalLl 1MB CAPE ISLAND. N. J. REAL EITATt FOB BALE. caffiti' ufrV'iStS"Slf>i'a: ommmL FAM'UXM.a'vulllMl:.. 1. A MwtaiMk'* Hwlsl >lt»oI About Harm. With atoash M natWiww wf owe ibo ureas f**j-with ■uuto dmrea** (actiniae, or*»iul<l 'mala' Mltj l«t«a Itaa iwaag* Lota, wltk a splendid ass Bo. a. ALolof land. Sao fart square, ad wlih'n » faat o I tbr katklag noml bwuwd- d «a all aliia. ii lWltBOl Whisk awoar* will ba auld la Ma fa an If purchasers. Thia square aaU lb. SSlu7oS32SO •*" a&'&Sjite&r la (ha Cava Uland Maikal Hotua Propartr, sssiRssi; sttssi wUaaa -aBlda v totally of Ua business pat t Plft* Balk U»uaa lata, iaaa tad attkaklaV aad wlrna a Ma Mat af tc tart. will bo aald loaal Ma. a. A»tblaaala'y Pettaf*, raptor* wl'k r.a'j coealal'VaU JRSt* aa ik aadrara'taaa tug ***" ma fews That saw aad kwaurifu?" CoMags at tkr 'Millar Perm," bbaat « stria from taia I.I, ad aad a taw mlautaa' itiuh of im aaa baaah. Ykl. i»oCaf*aa**>d^|a VrEfity ot "caya "'aad1 '' Tfca 3K|&&3LE35£ sgj, j» ^cisscrreS.S'SS.M; OSSKSKIKSi ,?t aS3EJ?2i" SM^tft|faaAaaa^^W«'i>^ {^'aHbauffiM1 M fssi'c f*ih'i jettsgr MMa or lr» «n. . . . MaMtk Pam a^oMdaj >»». il.aoako.lat ! £*fcrhg|j^i[s w.DgaTtoure, 1 dAi hit i»aada>d aad dwa.-i i *— • 1 .OB* ^MMrysM red. ^ ( ■pgj^aA 'tNa aa^f rtl MM jXa . ' ■ : ■ / : . : ' MWHWi to* (si W as taw* 1iIm(

®I« port's C iorarr. A W OLD MAN'S DREAM. Oh.fwroashourof joulkful Jwyt Cite back at* taaotlath apriof ! I'd ratbaa l.uib a brig k'-k. r d be* Thau relfa a fra* halted A lag OB BUk Iha arlaklad apolla of ag* i Aaa* altb trsralaf a crown | Ta.roull-D'a wUdom-a rlltea page, Aad daah ita trophic* dawa I Otis moment let la* llfa-blood .traam Pram boyhood a roust of Bkaia I Olrd ma one jlddjr, raallac drram Of lift all lova sod fame I Aad re'iTy, TmUUufl* aald :** ***' "If t hot loodt Ik* MKarad hair Tbjr b.alj with had apad. "lot U there aoUriog la ■* track To bid thae feadl* da*. To dad Ua wlahrrMbr da* I" "I • Ah, truest aoul of woaaa-klad t Wiih-ut thae whtl ware Ufa) I 111 IU< my precious wife ! '■ The «n*al look a aapphlra pan. ] "The aiu would bo a boy a{ala. And ba a hutbaad loo! "Id (h* ra .oothar j at uoeald Bafvra therh.nfa appraral Bamambar all Uolr gifta haaa tied i With thoaa dlaacil. In* years t" i M hy yea, I would aaa /aver mere, ! My Oud. pateraM Joy., I a *uld oot boar to leate thaai all— I'UAake m> girl, aad boy. I To# imlllag angel dropped hie p a— ! "Why, Ihla apuld Barer do i He man would ba a boy agala, Aad bad father tool" Aad at I l.ugked— my laughter woke - Iba bnraabold witk Pa art.e. I wrote my droam whan mora'ag lar ka Td plcdda tl.egrey Ji.lr.d ho>. ^Uiocrll.uu'ono. f — ~r~— i 1 ' What Every Vouug Man khauld Do. 1. Kaery jouag man ab„Bl<l 01. ke tb. . meal of blmartl, intellectually. Morally. 1 aociellr tad physically. • 2. Ha aboold daptnd upon bi< own el- ; [ foda la accoirpllih ilium reaoltf. 3. Ha should ba %illiag to laka adeicr ; from Ibeaa eoaipaUol Ui giro it, atai te j [ ioIIbw each adrica, aali-aa hie own jndge- ; mant or cootictioM, properly rosndxd. sboald otbarwiao direct. , 4. Ifbaia uuforlanale aooagb In bar. j > a rje 1 and ioteHigaal rather, ba wuat d tb* br-t ha eat aader the circnmaianc ,. ' ahich will ba ta caadaet bim-rlt re 17 ; >' mach aa tboagb ha had aol lhaaa obiu. 6. Ha aboold reatemb^tkat yoaoyvai . If they life, grow eld j bud I hat the bab|t> { of yoath are, oftaaer ibaa slharwlse, per- ! pataalad io tba aiatora man. - Knowir; ; ! thte (act, ha ahooid "go*tra himaair ac- ; cordiagly." 6. Ha (boild aarar ba discoe raged bj ; .mall bagiaoinga, but raMaiaber Ibotoaai' i ly all great main hare bean oroogbi oa' (ram apparently alight eaoaet. 7. lie should oatar, under aay circun - ; slaocac, ba fdla. If ba caanet 6od tha am ; . pluymant bo pre far*, lot bin come aa oaar ! | hia desiraa aa paaaible — ha will that toon- . : a«t roach tha object of Ua aaibllian. ■ 6. All yoang mat baea "iaalbaable , righta," among which Bona is greater ar [ mora .(acre.l lhaa tba prieilrge to "b- ' • tootobodi." Waterfall!. 1 The ridiealou fatblon of hag* watorlbID . illailralaa tha jrorerbial "Maatlag 0' ' extraotca." Jl wa» capitally barltaqaad . in "LAatari# hlaglque'' at tb* "Chataln ; Tbaalor," la IV'«, 'aat winter A proCiaalaa or putty ballet girla paaoaa a ear tb* Moge, the trrt with tb* Btodaal little hoot of "black hair" that aatar* iiggaitf aad gaad last* adopt!, ft* bell with 1 tha third with r od* still larger, aad ae oa till tbaaiith bad akoot of about tha fashionable eta*. The* cam. tha rr atainder of tho paocaaaioa, wktsb aa* a praphacy of what Was to come, ail tba Brat part waa an illnstrat ion of ^el bad been, and wat. Tb* (rat aoe bad a "chlgaon " a* big awa tamsU pwmphia, lb* next war too big ta b* aaad "off baad. sad tb* loner and waa xapparted la a beaket at appad oaar tb* ebaoldaea. tb* Ian came i* with a bead aa emo-'ih aa marWa, while two men carried bar "•higeoe" behiad bar in a baakat aa b(f aa * batcher'* wagea. ■«» Wxoicd. Tba great wwM af ihD aga la bos. Maa whiiieutfceiib. Ma. ok* are baa t aat, aatad frowi taatra ta circa arftraoee. Ma* who will aanbor bug 5ar rwa: Ma*

Phil. tbcrldaB. General Sheridan's appearance ii ox- . eacdiagly remarkable, la height b* i» ■ot maty ioekaa orer Br* fact— about Napaluan's sixo — aad bit face u Napoleonic, though ralbar animal ia ju lypa, bayand tba ararag* of likaoaaaea. H# haa the dark cya*. dark hair cloiely cropped, bru oatl* eaatplaxioa, oral cooloar, elaaaical faatoroa, square jaar, promiooal cheek 000**, itraighily pompraeaed mouth, eempoct and oiatkamatical forehead, which w* ar* io lb* earlier picture! of First French Coatnl. Like Napaiaoa. also, bis oacfeia tary abort, briagiag hit head wall 1 down betwaao bia abowldara, like* Urge conical utaskuscm without o Hem ; and the striking, or main peculiarity of bte app« era nee ia tba length of bii body osd arms, coutraatad with the •hcrloan of his ' legs— those latter lermioatiag (let 10* add in justice) wilh rxqiMlile little feet high 10 tb* lost. p aod tapering in tb* toaa which 1 might be abown off to adrenlipe in "Lsdi**\Nomber Twos, the Material either piok aatin or bronxed calf, and with pin's "" or blae apaatus at lb# boltoM of tbo ioslap. ■•Yon want to know what Phil. Shortj dan is like?" *oid President l.iocoln once 1 ' to Carlo Gideon Wallrn, who was asking ' | in bia drtetny way what meuuer of man ! W*I th* young Western aoircor, whose lame waa juat then beginning to attract attention. "II* is a brow* little f.llow, ' with * lung body, short legr, not esoogli s.ckTC beng him, and snch long arms that ba can scratch his anklwt if they itek | witboat •looping." No bcttrr doacrip1 tioa ronld bo gieeo in inch brief Inagoagc ' of Gen. Hbtl.'a external,, rxcept by add 1 jpg that bii lac* ia iolensely Irish, of tbr , soutbweitarn or Tippctory typ* (*ith s i daah of Spanish blood); that hia smile is ! ! genial as a lover's w»leume ; aod that bis 1 i bend, proving its good balanea, ia lass turned by tba flatli ring attention which ' i everywhere meets him. than evar before 1 I ' was Ibe head of *07 bearded aod bifar- ' ratrd animal > wit h a Milesian correal in 1 ; bis vein*,— the word "bearded" reminding 1 , 1 ma that 1 shoald have daacribed bit olive 1 end oval faca oa decorated with a aimplv 1 ■ | 2aik btowa maslacb* and imperial, not ' Laving the *nds elongated aid waxed in 1 ■ ; ebat may iadiffsrcally bo called tba Vic. ' j tor Emaonal or Joo Corlioa style. At ' . labia or ua horseback, Gaa. Sheridan ap- 1 pears to b* a mat of tba ordionry height | and with a powrfful frame. It is only j a ben on foot that wo notice b* was to. I leaded for a Uentaor— tb* roan's body , ! joined to a bursa's aaek — by Ik* shortness ] ' of Jits lower rxttamilia*.— Corrtiptndent ' . I a/I*# Hart/oni Prut. Nnyiugv Af Josh Billings. ' Let the world understand that yon kan : ba spit apoa, aod yno ar* a spit-box fut « , j life. 1 It coats mora mooey bow daxa to bod ' .and clothe "at aaltry" lhaa any other I 1 feller ia tb* family. * Cwnseienc* is nothing bnl reason more I or l**e odieatad; causcicoce is not so ' j strong a aataral gift a« a* ear of marick. « There is ao< and then a Hon putt oa a ' ; j cksss s.m, aad lur which be dm it the < j Lord ealy kaow*. 1 Looking glaao*a won't lie, bat they tell • i soma offal plain troths oaco ia a coaiidi- t j bal while. c A d"g Is tb* only dapendent that 1 j kua a* apoa whom ja kaa allnx rely aa a « ; friead. t Thar* ix no oo* who ia to certain nv t . allnx feeling good aa be wboao oan vanity t i allax tnppliar bit awa boppor with gnat. ' If jl era agoing Uw help a man be • l ' lively aboat it ; promised assistance after ■ a while is'hoasidared a debt. t i Don't never profnss much, for If yon < . gat it right, nobody will remember il ; and < if fa got iuwratg no una will dixremam- > , bar il. • pom pes pis are vary apt lew think that 1 ibair opiaywo, barked ap by a pair av t . Bora** aid a coachmen, is omalpeuaa*, bat 1 htv, thaa far, pel more belt of eon- 1 6 dance in brains thaa I kav by laag odds ' in boss feed. i Den't forget that averj man is a beg- I gar ia tb* opinyoa av God— "Givt us i , this day our daily bread." , ■ This trying to liv* oa the reputasbun « a* a dud grandfather ix just about at no- 1 tarprlsisg at tryiag to batch out route t tgg* aader • tin wvbtber cock. — I — As laag uX a miser llvaa, bia money j cb«*t ia v*ry sore t* be heir-tight. i — Oar mast iutfmat* friecd ia not be • to wham we show the wotit, bat Ik* b*at ' — Tb* cotrt* *f trim lev* Is a two* 1 course wb*r* tb.ee it *fi*a a rata* Marl. ' i aaDnhbt said >b.a b* vwtaU*w^ * d^a j -"Short vMu on the bam." as the , J j ' OtJy -omon lW. t

CongreoolomBl lumniary. M ox oat, March lllb.-Io ibo Saoatu bills providing for ibo regitlratioo of solars ia tbo Territories; lbs adjustment of claims of eitixass for spolialiuos committed by ^ba Preteb prior to 1801 ; for tha defence of the cortheaitoro ; relalise to Ibo redemption of lands sold far taxes; and amendatory to <b« eet defining it* number and regulsliLf tbe appointment of ofioora of tbe onvy, were iotrodocad and appropriately referred, ltesolutier.s of inquiry as Io wbotbar too sale of voces!! to belligerent pow.is was lawfal, were agreed to. Tbo resorition introduced by Mr. Sniooor doeloriig farther guarantees raqairsd ia tbe reconstruction ef the Bouihsrn States, ess called op agd debated. Ona section secaree a pine* of land to lb* freedman aa a bomrstead. The retolalinai were laid oa tbo labia by a vote of 36 yeas to 10 oayv. la tba House, under tba call of States for bills and rasolatioas, bills to eocstrucl j a ship canal aroand Niagara I-'slls. to | guarantee (o certain Slates a republican [ form of government, to equalise bounties, j and aumerons others war* referred to | committees. Tb* Committees aa For- j elgn Affairs, Enrolled BHD, nod others : were appointed. A bill toppletseolery | to tb* act for tbe more efficient government of the rebel Stales, wax reported 1 from tbe Judiciary Committee. It pro-1 vide* for a registration of eoters under lb* Shermitu bill and lb* holding of Coa- 1 vantiou* io tba Southern Statss. The | bill waa debated by Meecrs. « ilson, Wood. { Blaine and others, sad was finally passed by 117 yeas to 27 nays. Lenea was seked to ioirodnc* a roaolatioo of sympathy for ' Ireland, bst Mr. Steven* ohjscted, sod j pending o motion to suspend tb* rules, the House adjourn td. Tcksdat, March 12th. — In tb* 8rnale a retolatwn repeal eg the appropriation of (100,(00 for lbs removal of tb* wreck of tb* Scotland was passed. A bill to facilitate tb* *sUblisbment of * naval aad marin* coal dtpot ua tbe Eatlern.tkaf*-* of N'aw Jersey aod inikoriiiog the coo ; • traction of * double track rallrood from ; tome point aoar New York to tbe coal ! regions af Penaaylvania was lotrodnred | and referred to the Cummittee oa Naval ' Affairs. Tb* iipplamaatary Krcnnitruc tioa bill was taken ap aod referred to the Jediciaty Committee. Oo a motion or Mr. Morton to uke op Mr. Somner'a i resolutions requiring farther guarantees ' from lbs r*b*l States, which among its , other provisions, teenres a koBestcsd to freudmaa, a sharp dtbau ansaad betwseo ; Mr. S*mo«r and Mr. Fesseodao. WithI oat taking op tb* resoalalinos the Senate adjourned. Io th* Heat* consider. his time uss consumed io making peraoaui explaotregarding Monday's debate oo lb* i Land Claim retolnliao. A resolotloa apprepriatiag $500,000 for carrying ■ tb* recoBttraclioo acl*iato effect wat passed. Tba bill to proridu cloibing for , destital* soldiers waa passed. 'I be Senate joint resolutions of Wreaks to George Peabody, and appropriating $1,1)00,000 lb* destitute people in th* Seatk waa referred to (ba CommitUe of tbe Whole, aod tbs Senate joiot resolution appropriating $13,000 for tba reltuf of destitute colored poopl* in Dialrict was passed. Wxdxxsdat, March 13ih.— la tb* 8*nala Mr. Morgan, from tba Cammitlaa on Commtrce, reported a joint reaolalion 'directing o sarvey for a ship canal beLaka Erie and Lake Ontario, which waa passed. Mr. Tmmball, from the Jadiciary Commuter, reported a sabstitut* far. lb* Hons* sopplemtnlal bill to lb* Racoait radio* bill, bnt, Mr. Howard objecting ia it* consideration, it went Tba joint resolution relating In j the satllrment of alums da* to colored soldier*, was called *p, aod, a(Wr aoare", dabat* was recommit ltd to tb* Military - C'ammitlee. Ia tb* Uoare th* Beoata joint raaolc. I tioo of tbsnka to George Peabody was : tabsB op anil waa opposed bj Mr. Hardtag, *r lllinait, who declared that Mr. bad snade money by the rebellion aad given it aid aad oondforl. Totrardt tbe close of th* saaaioa was again taken up aad paasod. Th* 8*aaU joint ratolndonating $1,000,000 for the relief oi tb* dMiitare ia tb* 8u*ib w*a lhaa taken ap, aad prodaced mack diacadaiea. Mr. o Be red a naUUtal* apprapriatiog $1,600,000 U be *xpeid*d io relkviag' ' tb* widows aad chlUrso of Unio* aoldiur* Starved to death ia rebel priaoaa. .Mr. Bingham srgad tb* passage or tb* original reaelattoa aa aa eel ef charity t* th* starving lb ease ads la tb* Soalh. After tomowhat lengbly d*h*Uth*MMilI*e ros* witboat disposing of tb* hill. Mr. Banks la trod need a trill 1* more tffseiaaily power to tha aoatml relwUOBo of tbe tod B la las, which wu referred. Tb* H*ua* iMt *^o*ra*d. Tbtmbat, Marsh I«th.— !• tb* Baaats several petitisres wore pr*a**t*d aad referred. A Mil was repartad hack farutal ly ultoriiiii th* Atlaati* ToLgrarh Company *f New Y.rk to make ,00«d. m«* aad toy *«*Ma an th* Aawbu aaon Homo *tb*r baMaeet of aa nwi»port..: •atos. ww* treaaactod, after whkk Mr. TremboU aaltosi ap th. Bsjgli. mreey 8a*o*.ira*Maa bill. Mr. Oak. efbred a* aassdm.nt awtWeoreg Iha regwtorW - a, :

a convention or not. A lengthy debate ensned, daring which Mr. Feerenduo de ' clnred that rather lhao force the people r of ibe Boatb bath iolo lb» Union be would ' 1 keep them ool. Tbe amendment was re. ' jeclod by a vote of 17 yeas to 37 nays. r Mr. Drake then off. red «*o liter atneud- ' mvnt requiring tb* rlretoi* to vote by closed bal' n ts, and providing ibat such ' shall b* the mod* of voting in lotnre, on- . 1 less otberwia* ordered by cantuol of Con. ! I greoe. Metre?. Cookling, Fuueoden, ' Dooliltle, Wilson. Henderson. Bockalew - and Corbott spoke sgtinst the amendment, denouncing secret ballots. Pending th* - diecsssion ibe Senate went into executive | r session und soon after adjonrned i Ta th* House Mr. Covode offered a res. I olution calling for a select committee to f investigate certain charges of irregularities io th* Treasury Drpaitmsnt Mr. < ' Chanler objecting, the retolnlion went I over. A bill was iotrodocad fixing ibe | i lima for tbo election of Representatives ; 1 I and Delegates to Con gross ; alto one mak- 1 i ! log eight boars s day'* werk foi all me- ' i ) cbaoics and laberers employed by tbegot- , j urn ment. A petition nskiog that the saiuu i privileges be exuoued to sailors at are : i now extended to soldture was presented i | Friday, March 1Mb — In tbe Erode ' I resolutions inquiring into the disposition^ I amending a joint role prohibiting tbe tale I . * of liquor io tb* Capitol, were adopted ' | Several rail'nad and postal bills were in- ' traduced. A bill su tQtruduced proveI it illegal to sell war eettelt to any govI j urnuisntal peace with tbe Uoited Stales, ' ' provided th» seller bus no ioteol to lake , I I pari in any hostile act of tbe purchaser, j Tbe bill was referred to (he Committee ■ on foreign Relations. The Snppltment. i ! ary Reconstruction bill wu tbeo taken i , up, the question being on Mr. Drake's amendment, abicb was modified and disagreed to. Tbo discussion upon tbe bill 1 • was interrupted to permit Mr. Sbermao i-"to offer o joint resolution to remove the dihgbiltty to bold office Irom Ruber! l'at- > | too'pf Alabama, and Joseph E. Bruwn. | Judiciary Committee, and Ibe Senate adjonrned uilkonl farther action ou tba In tbe Ilea** severs! resolutions amending tbe rnlee were adopted. A resolution callag for tbe sppointmebl of the Milli lory Committee, nod giving it power t* sit {luriog the recess, catted forth th* re mark from th* Speaker that It wu (upoa- > sibl* to appoint fragmentary committees. Mr. Blaine then moved to poatpoue the subject until tbo' first Mooday in Dscorober end thu motion wu agreed to by CD yeas fo 36 nays, Mr. Bullsr remaining that tb* vole wonld settle Ibe qoulioD if adjournment. A joint resolution directing ibt Secretary of tbe Treuury to keep lb* com and bullion iormerly stored in tb* Richmond books, and now oo special I ds'peail io tb* Trauory. wu pasncd. Something about Oj stern. Whom oysters go to, niter being drndgrd from their nntivn element and spirit ont of tbnir natural bouses and home is well nndnretood, bnt where they cume from, bow they are obtained, and in what numbers they are token, It may be initialling for oar reader* to learn. Fruoi j oarly historic times they bnv# been rec- j keaed n snlinbl* and palatable article of diet. The Bnaene used them, u found in their naternl etola on their couu, nod ' , alto props gated them by utificial planting in bade or io piu, u is done nt lb* pre- j , tent day. In bo period or coontry, have ] such vut Bombers of ihtm eblppod down 1 tbn human cscupksgns u ia onr own.— 1 j And we ore sow in tbo midst and the j ; height of lb* season for oye^pr eating, ! ». which well for thai department of (esfoceo, ; dots not CuDtiene nil the year rnund. — • j From May to Aagoet is tbe breeding sen- , eoo, and daring thai time tbe oyetors are i j not believtd to be adible — a pnpnlar i error which wo has* io~ wish to correct, as it Savsl the slock Jrom exhaostion. Oysters are rouoffull along iho Allan- , tic rosst, Io tbe quiM-S#tore of lb* bays and inlets, at tbe depth of frum tuulvu to , thirty foul. Tbe j increue at a prodigious rata, lb* epuwu uf atingla oyster coutnio- , mg Waa uf tuwUBodi Ot eggs, or, occurd■agio soma naturalists, hundreds of thoo•aodf . They are fsuod, also, in th* Pa- < mile Ucaaa, to tba nortfasrn latitodws.— . Europe is sappliod from ita own waters, altbougb larg* qaanlit wa bar* been exported IBIlbor Irom thin eonntry. Ao , idea of tbnir pvolificnnnr enny be formed . from lb* following etotomoal ; A f*w years , ago th* French ewpply gronoda bwcwme uuo-predoclive tbrungh ovcr-dregging, . nod a a enterprise of propagation no. andsr tabic. Threw hnndrwd acres, in a , favorable bay, worn nbwwn with throw milliow breeding oyttwrs. In lows than six months lbs band tow of brwebwood sunk . into th* wntor tan own In* th* yow»* nod wiustw wywtotu, wore found, though, aol I larger than u sbaof of wheal, la Lava , siieebwd to uweb of (hum wot leas toan twoaty tkowuaod yaung eyators. — Th* two ipuulss of oyutorm maeUwaad ta tbw Dnitod Stolon are urmod Yweh Bivi ar nmd York Buy, tbwfwrmwr b>m< taken I ww tha «M of Yafgswia nod the hwuth, | aod thw Iwttov aw tbw New Joreoy ris wu » ood North.

Public Nfretiisc. , A p'.bUr ibMling uf Ibe citixooeuf this j I f d'J *>• beld in Ibe Mayor's office on Bnt- . : nritay avannig, 9tb iwst., at which tb* following speech was delivered by Cul. John . i West : J M*. CuainuA* «io Qarusu-lt is] i scarcely nucessnry to prufneu any remarks : . I may odor with aa apology, u it it well . | knwwn to yon oil that pablie speaking is , ! ever, to offer tome eogguttioos which has i occurred to ma will b« well to consider, , ; pertaining to Cap* Island, whurrby tb» , | common ioterett nod welfare of th# tiffin concerned. , oommuoicsiiun by mil nod wotur. What j . ' then is wanted that will benvfit onr com- j j moil ioterett, is a question wc should ask I i | ourselves. In my humble opioioo, my , | friends, lb* ohjacl most desired, it to br . | the improvements that onr city requires, i In unioi there i« sttfrrgih, ia an old adagx. I , without il we can oot hnpe to aoeceed, i . bat to coolianv plodding on without uoy organization of vitality. Bhull ih« street' 1 < , and sidr-waiv remain at land marks, ungeared for from year te year, that annual ' 1 I visitors oi*y bare ao opportunity of fsu.t- j i , ing nt a moral lector* for neglect and | . would suppose sinew lu* facilities of * j < Rail Itoad kas invilud capital to odoro ' I , tbs city wilb handsome cottages for torr- I mer residences, adding greatly to tb* valnu ' of city property, end to increase tb* city I i revenue in tbe shape of tnxot, that it , ' , should act at an incontiva for mnnici|uil 1 ■ improvements. Let as not fsncy our- k-i ! stives secure from rivalry because we bev* " t Rail Rood to Cape Island ; (hot would | be an error, and if entertained, will cer- ' i toioly deceive yon in th* end. Atlantic ! 1 City aod Long Branch are alive to the I < interest of their respective localities, aad j i without any di-paragrmrnt Ao either of ! I tence and safely of onr bathing grounds. « offers to visitors advantages that can not I be found tqoal to Cape Island. , ' t The necessity iliur-fore of b»ing oni'ed | t interest to which th* citizens of Cope ! f Island, on* and al! era concerned, of a ! I local cbarsctor, confined within tbe Dm- j t its of tbe City itself. At citisrnt of Cspu t Island, it it worthy of onr consideration 1 I to refer back, sixteen years, and rend i r i over Isaac M. Church's first commaDicu- | | lion, av Mayor of Ibis city. Every citixao ■ of Caps Island slioo'J read aod carefully ■ digest il, and if lbs precepts-It contains • is sot noaasworabl.-, why then tba impor- • t taoee of iaUroal improvsments— sock at ! s - proper core for bsallb sod cleanliness. | | tbe prossrvation of peaca aod goodorJ. r, , the protection and fottoriog of moral in- \ ditntiooa, lb* detection and ponishmenl , I of vice and misdumean r, tb* judicious j msnsgrmect and tollable encouragement , • of educational interests, wilb lb* product , . direction of finances, may be set down of ; , oo vain*. Is it not a doty for the citizen- j i of Cop* Island to live np to the etondard : | , of onr invitation to aiinnai visitors, ami | , i consider tbeir interest— sod partienlarly i i the larg* interest invssted by those whose i ■ ; have not any part in representing It.— i ; i | Tbeir interests, comfort and wi-heishonld , , . not bw overlooked or passed lightly by. [ It is a wall known fact, that from this ! I j clasa of people hae-_coms thw principle ] i I part of the money thatTaV-tlio. far bnilt . op onr city. It is therefore the remart, . \ aad loggastiooi offuryd by ynor worthy p i Mayor sixtoan years ago, should even at i this day, b* prized ond accepted as raln- . able. By your permission I will give yon . aoms extracts of Mr. ChOrch's address, or , first enmmonieation as Mayfir, to tboriii- j , tens of Cape Itlaod, oa tbv 22d day of 1 .. Marcb, 1631, at rullows':*, "On the lOUrj . of Iks present month. Cape laland^tonk j , bar place among bsr older sitters af tb* | r Union aa~7l legally incorporated city.— Aad ibuugh tbe mty be th* lead among ' tbe tbonsaods or America bearing sncb : . a title, yet tba vigor of bar icfaocy prom- [ , isws well for a apwedy . a populous tud a j , far-fumed maturity. Tba realization nt , this rota!', bowover," depends very moch ] upon tb* spirit witfc winch oorchsriereii I privilegws are improved and cs-'ied out 1 ' to Ibvir p radical operation. Ifslhalr- j fore, yoor carel*ssne<t or arrant diVWenrd . or tha comfort, safely and gratification oi I l.eao nai ore ; tliey tboald he turned oft in sons other direct inn. onr hop* of pens." ■ parity most end io bitter and rumo-rluts ■ disappointment." . , These vagg**lincs aod precepts, od. I ranced sixteen year* ago, my fritnds, •ere well weighed considerations, *»«! eeidrntly giceo wilb ibat force and earo1 e.ineta not to bo wiisnod rat nod. ao<lc*r. raroly with a* aarneit»aaa that they tliooh , b* pmpwrly spplimi. VYhal ib.o— is a qnestioo, eao be done for lb* imrrt-ce-1 rwwnt of_Cap* I si wad? What alee bwi ■ prompt actiim oa tba part wfowrcitiawoa. 1 **d U tha same Spirit la infused, to oirl*. . ot* our municipal nffieere, it would soon ' mould a* Intaonorgaoisalion nf pruduaee . and* "led are for tha hri'urisre of th. 1 iaureess of tba Chy. *'o should tbeo , Bud w# were' *u Ibo right path- way In ; vwuure wholeooma spring *al«r, dru.sg. u«J improvement uf streets and ride • albs, marks' -Y>a # and yahUu batldivg* tor 1 city purpowee, gaa wiwks aad Br* a na>. - alar, good aad aaffict.nt eckooD. olfof , which Is required lotoaanr prtwpentv.and , Itehea'.d rereir* tb* coetwtors Uea of tverr • asussw. wilb a purp.w — iLaI ft earn bw I awtd wbrwwd tbw iwaavwwl wf t 'ape Iviawd 1* , (gvwd to. by It* tdthrb.

Iawi *f Hew Jersey. . j A supplement to th* act autltled "A* Ml . to ascertain by proper proof lb* aftlI sens who shall ba eotitlod to tb* righto of suffrage," approved April fourth. . i eighteen hundred sod sixty-til. ! Be it uomrled by Ike BwaaU «bd — I General Assembly of tbe Blot* of Now , Jersey, That al all elections foe elty, Mroogh ai d township officers, where by law > sutb election* ar* bald by ballot, tha laspuetots of registry and electioaa cbtwt . tt tb* thro last preceediag aaaual Nwswt- : bar elsclion, in th* <«Tto*a elocttoa 4M- - tricts. mod sutb peraooa as may b* prwparr l appointed to Gil vscaaaias in their aom- | b"r. 'ka11 preoido at aod bold sack •!**- | lions io tbeir respectie* distrols sabjact to tb* regulations sud proclsiooa by Uw . prescribed for such elections ; nod tor lhaa purpose. they shall potsaea all tba powers ) and l>* subject to all Uia liabilitita wf la- | spactors ot registry aod alectiaai ootiag j at the general annual elections ; provided, ' hat wbenerer a toaosbi i bos bran divided into more than oue election diltrict, under ik* provisions of tha act to which this ts a supplement, in that cat* tb* datiosabov* prweribud (ball be performed by lb* ia. speeiure of registry auj electincs *f too district In which the i»wn mtstiog it held. 2. And be it enacted, That hereafter al I oil ulvttionflor chatter officers io th# several cities, boroughs and incorporated of this state, where the tame are held at a differsut time from tb* general November elections, tbe inspectors at registry aod eleciioot for th* aoverel oloc. districts tbereol, shall not b* reqairod make a new loglfter, but they shall, aa | tbo Thursday of lb* weak proceeding lb* day 00 which tha election ia to b* keld, proceed to revise, correct and complete, in tbe mauner prescribed by tb* aat to abieh this is a supplement, tbo regular of elections made and perfected for tboaw I district* for th* general November elections immediately prtcavdtng ; presided that Ibe said inspector! of registry wad election shall, at least fsar days prior to lbs ubove mentioned Thursday. give notie* setting np posters io ot loast four af the mort pobiic places ia said elseMow i district, luat tbey will bold snch moating ! ttggr purpose ol revisiog aad correcting •aid registry of elections; and further pre. , vidnd, that 40 incorporated cities or luwa* bet* tbe charter or town elections ot* hold io tbe mentb uf April, th* hoard of 1 registry sbwll publish suck aolie* as ubwt* provided in a uewtpapar priored nod poblithed or circulated io said city ar towa, at least two weeks prior to said 1 bored*., and conrino* tbs pnblicatieo of tb* ram* .- • usiil sura day, at l«uat ooce la sack woak aud give , similar notic*-' by pastors rr j handbills, nod tbs said register so re. vised, corrected and completed, shall 00 tb* day following tto completion aa afore-' •aid. b* filed acd posted io th* manner prescribed in regard to tb* register a* originally made by lbs second sartioa of the act tc which Ibis ia * sapplemoot, aad shall b* need at tba ragistsr of sUclioa* ; lor tb# disiriet, for the city, boroegh aad elections aforesaid ; and tb* previsions of th* act to which thia is a supplement shall in all other rispaets, at far *• th* lam* ar* applicable, apply to tb* (aid : last mentioned registers io lilt* manner as to th* registry Inad* and perfected tbr th* general November elections. 3. And 6* it enacted, That thia Ml shall take effect immudDtvly. Approved Marcb 3, 1667. |. An Eccentric Divine. \Th* Rev, z*b. Twitcbrl was tb* nwat nnl'^l-fAethodifl prescber ia Vermont for shrewd and laughable sayings. " In th* polpi> h* maiaiaioud asmuble gravity wf msnasr and sipr-asii n, leal oat ef thw palr ! pit bw ovvrfluwiMf with fan. Occasionally r he would, if emurgunry t*sm«d so require, j introduce something qensr >9 a ssruui far , | th* saka ot aruniing tb* Bagging altonti** j of bis hesrurs. Musing that bis aadivac*' , was getting sluepy. bu p tused in hit d u. , cunts* und duru. <>1.1 ee follows: "Brethren, yon b*v»n't any idoa wf th* , sofioriugs of oop nii.si.iauria* i* tb* now » *ti lumenls, on tccuuul of tb* mosquitoua. jib* movqnitout iu som* of lb*t* regioat 1 are WBOrmoas, A great many of Ibam ; *»igh a poand. and tooy will g*t nu legs ; 1 »od ba.b when to* iniaeioaariu* are galag along." I By this lime *11 *nrs nnd *y*s ware opoo, and he proceeded to tiuish bis diaowuraa. The next day ws.tf bia koauare cailori bio. tu uccuuut lor ivinwg Ire* i* ih* past pit, "Thus* u« * was • otwsqaito that weigh. a • pound" he sa.«l." "But I didn't say oaa of them would •uigh * p..**.!, | uW a great saouy, aad 1 lb ak a mill..* of rbwsa would." "But yos said tkuy bnikud at tbs aalasioosPisa." "No. an, brother; I said tbsy would gWA .no log* and bark." - Th# boy who waa cooght low* lag into Ibe lotnre, bus hues arrestod lor try - iog 1* e* * ttwsb..* wfthawt -poymowt. - Aa edUto. **«. it usrsuas tor ItM- ' 'g * J*. ire* J ika r~f. was regwwwt 4 b, lb. j«iiw# .. giw* ib. prmu. w tothreMo ootire. - What M th- re. wf rigbtog wrelMrep- , tog *• ww fiowt dwwu tbw aVUMaV Why -••.^pwrfliw. ! ■ ( l)Vl