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VOL XII.

CAPE ISLAND, CAPE MAY COUNTY, NEW JERSEY, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 1867.

NO. 616.

NEW' ADVERTISEMENTS J ual estate. 500. COTTAGE LOTS > FOR SALE, it oft mtaft k CAPE I8LAND, NEW JERSEY. FARMS' I'OB MIX, ia raft county of Caps may, A UMI A WD COMMODIOUS COTTAGE Oa Lafayette IW, Cap* Island, »Jlb lot Mb/ nu IHI lot Ml,. Cheep (or nib. At TteUirs*, Paralture nd Uw with tour month* to rue, of I A. DEPOT HOUSE tlESTA OR ANT, ^ near the Dtps*. COTTAGES *w . 1 to ftftwr fob tub com wo • Balklai Bra >e a. imi TO Oft ADDKUI R. B. SWAIN. Real KaUt* Agent, i i Bftrveyor "A (onvcyanc rr, j or net, cor. psftftr a south sta, (MAT Coagrvse Mall,) waa capb ULAWP. M. i. ^■EA^EBTAT^ AAIJE. _ 'iShasse' bug ol» Get teg* Lola, With ^ splendid •*» Ma to null >unbiun. Iliia w.uarr and th< km fliinhl piaa.il, an La (h* laaMlila TLalallj of Coocaaa Hath S2^r..z£"Jr.l-,:,z£.i::: •ad q«M aa allfiaij tltoMed lar coua«a lota. aaaabla of boMlaf M* toaa of laa. It. laaa'loa SUtLHaaMlUi vfcqaltj. al Iba baalaaaa port ^*rcfs£6?MS!at.iss iaaSsC^KS'.Si, rx-r.; evw wete »•>£ Tftal Ian* aad valuaMa kTOftC, ea lha earner of run aaa SOU tp. streets, present atoak st^nknvmsrsfs'-'""'-'zeres ■ ^Sfea^?wss?,'S Mi aaa .a replete wlib erarr oainwan, aad - jggs&srs :a£gggigi; fSfzsr^rsssnJt'Sf,".^0*.^ tg^^itM^tWtMMu aaril Ta'platla p»oprl?jTjf?h# ytafally M^any kilbUf* 5gSSiaj&s% i.mj batklac Orouadl, oa.l particularly aallaO (o.-cot-tewan {That lag ararf facility for aspic dr.lotew 'a/hytee g. Mdat^a&a5a%i*pSiR luaaoa same ■- KdJ^r or ■ , • ■ totaled vitals aooo Warn. T*aL*alaa»la Tana adUatofog Mall, ooalalclny Mating fteteelpetlj afhZCyetd oak. 1-' iaa In' i*5iSfiS5* H b,

Aini AL BCFOBT / \P tha Treasures of the city of Capa Island I I lor Ika yaar laaO. j . ELDftftoO JQHNSOK,^ Traaaarar, u account To Lalaaw aa Load aa par lay aat g>M u j To Cash raadrai off. S. Kaaaady for | ToCaak ncTof T. L. oKa^'tar. Uai 10 5 I - a !» Jo ha PsaUs. « to 00 j " ftobort fttoo, to 00 j dehaftoCaan, •' aooa | To erdera reeM ef G.J. ftoltoa, 100 04 W Mr Mutt, •' ® <*> j Toaaak iac*4 of J.'MclUaly, woo ' " Goo. ft. Cats', " 10 00 Wa. M. Grara " woo I " Job. Mgte " 00 oo i " Leasing a ktaalry, oa sreounf, for. lteoaaa. . Moo i " Blair ft Saackclloa, u 89 00 I . ;; j. MoCoutft, ! -u W« \( . j'm B MaMakla " too 00 'sa.J •• Mfohvel Bona « oo oo U\23XS&!?.?- ..oo •J . Waal a MlUar.ta. lie 100 oo I I vgSS-^sS w's f •ohallaoycr? col' !!" JW » : . awggj: | — x faoTniieUawrtVioi!! OMg To orOor, raaatrcO of J ( Icoajdy^rro- ™° °° etc . city property . 00 to To eaak rcoolvedof W v^B, of la,. Uoanao 18 00 - Joo 8ofcolloo(cr. col . . too oo Bisr M C«. »a.af'rBrr. !s?.- wo ..... •» Thoa Coapball, work Lrat. Ovaia, aoci oa adnata... 7.7. WI 9 00 couoa,tt..,),~.T;.™,.'.Df M0 I 40 far ft 99ao.ay, work oa •' 1 G WVV.rai tradtay HI ,m Sbood palJTtfnwa'to'w THaod', r too i» ordar paid Jo. a laacJi,9 yaar. . aahoolaoparlataouaai. too WOO J 8 loach , |laaa fbr at. jYjfo^WMtMwy " ' ^ ** '* K waatlk. too i oo By bood, paid, drowo to ftac Hand. M« Bfokwo,aerTlcc« ka ^ ^ ^ - J M Bwria wnlcM aaalark...., in ■«> igotw bkBdJad*a of ( ^ " 8ft MaiosaBlc, ptluili.( for .treat cow KB I » i Haa. Haod, aatUlBf «- aaaat aoKKlttaoA.... >10 ia i ft. felKuada, aa.tltpg MBaaaawda.. 900 d oo - *Maaftffaftkayapalr« ' » tt lfu^a It LUaMwrtl ai °*3 caaU X «»' I"1 " C t alga Utiia, work oa ^ ^ ^ i « «" - 1 '• Wwu btitoa, judga of taSrYeCoiioia.* k *** ' " - ' Jno>a*Co alyr. oock aa " g ^ . * i iS^±rr~ Z "I X J, t*. W Wara, Baaaoa " tfrfiSpwaar ' work *" * °* ■ r >'Z ■ LfJTST*:..'r: «. 7 ' ^jj^awr«9 m | " " kto ,» f x j q WUUaaaa, oobmII ataatlaf — 7T. 8W I 90 , I BrSsj-S-^ £ ss X Btrh U'eolaoo, Judga of • ?*I"S ugiroo, oiork of *° ' ". x Daalol C Waiw'olVaoi x t ft MAgoBAgla^ tkraa .. TTagSaS ■ : Z H!! ! - CkMW8oUaa(rr, alght I JWpi' luiUi day po- ^ * oo ' Jrwcph ha ad, feadlag | i nt oooo X W W Wan, oumbarlng I mBooi »iwraa.....w. tta o oo I I Si'SC ~ " : '<■ BbmV* ' foBBI ■■ - Fnwyv-an- - ■ DaalM C^Won." atioM ^ ^ w x Kcw'an.^t eee.'.' PM^M io x I Boat lag. rlty taspa, J - &>WMM „ * - ag»SioASi» ™, '* ■ ;; gKjjggg* . .. i ■ SgSrav' " " - Ete?;—-:: ; - -- ■ I ; : :: ;

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J M. SMITH, COKtTABlt, B Amouot collected oh warraaLW ^ ^ «J "■ x x tam.7.77! aw at >> rJf«Sim>io''t!!!t.:".'. :::::;;::ww « .** BU due . M Smith, at laat 0 meal 1 " n *"* * ° Annual dua lor war Sonde.".' MW0 on » Oohool Tvad J" " City piopcHy "J ™ B x Gaa Compftmy W» 40 ^ Caah la_haada oCJ M^MUth. . . . 89* W g x jf anheUuwri.- » » j , Doa from GW Imllh *j| W' 1 br"S5SS£*,S8 ! «• E::::: "S5 ! • ! , I j 810^14 01 | i fadehladnaaaof Ika ally, 8991 01 : ® ! All al which u mouraagrotfally 9uha Ittad , ® JOHB a! w'^ARK, I ; _ _"r~ "™ ' » . CoDfrritiontl Kummurt. 1 t mosdat. Monk 18lk.— In Ika 8-oate ■ n killo to confirm certaio itloo is South ! I Carolina, lo aothorita lha Baeretarj of I • tha Traaaory loaall Ika jorarnmanl wara- ■ booac oo ibo Atlantic Dock la Brooklyn, i ' and f*r lha coaeolidatint aad tarrilarial ' ROtornwoBl of Isdiaa tribao waro lotro- < ' docod aad rafarrad to apprapriala com- t ) mittooa. Tbo joist raoolalioBi to farniib t , tha eilata of Taooaaaca with arma aod I | aqiipmeaia for twoatj-ifa^Bdrod militia 9 > and to doelara talid tha lawa of Now i Mexico wore paoaad. Tin Bopplamaalary i ' Recooalractioa bill waa celiac! op, tha ] j qaaation baing apan tbo Hoaaa amend- I mcntr. Ooe of them waa disagreed to, I ' and tho bill ratnrni to tha Home again, r ' In tha Hoose, ander ihe eall of Ika I • Statei for bills aad resolutions for refer- i i ence, a bill to aolboriie tha iaaaa of Traa- < , lory ootea not bearing internet, to banted ( , in presiding a linking food for tho extic - | I gaiobnieot of lha public dobt, waa referred to tha Committee oa Banks aad Currency, i t i Raiola lions were adopted calliog for in- • formation relatire lo tho trials of Fenians • ia Canada and the withdrawal of tha I French troops from Mexico. Tho Seaalo ■ ' cancarreot resolution relatire to the in- < 1 vestigation of the Treatsry Department I i by the Joint Committee oo Retrenchment ) wae agreed le. The Henate snbelitote I ' for Ihaeapplemrntary Kecoa>traction bil1 1 1 waa takou ap acd with tha addition o' < I eoraral , amendments waa adopted. The 1 i joint reoolilion soapdudiog payments for [ ' •larss who rolaotrared waspaased. Sec. I > oral other bills and reaolalioni of a local ■ i v koimportsnl character wtra alsa pasaatl. i " TcaaDAi, March 19th.— id the Senate , ' | a bill to farther delae tha qaalifiaalions | ' of members cf Congreu was introduced, j 1 referred lo tbo Jadiciary Commilloa, aid c ' urdorod lo bo printed. N amorous bills ' 1 and raielnlioas of a local or unimportant ; " > character were reported, and rehired, er « ' otherwise acted apoa. The actioo af the ' lleote oa the Supplementary Uecoaalrac- 1 i tioa bill bafag aonoanced, the liaoaU In- c I. ted opo a He amaadsoaali, aad agreed ' to a committee efeosfereoee. Tbo report 1 1 of tho csofsranu committee oa tbo 8op- t 1 plementary Roeoaolractioo bill was ' I agreed to, * lo tha lloito a joiot mailt tioa, prehibI mag tbo iwoo of Agricultaral Collage « oorip to tho 8tetet lat*ty in rabailioa ex- 1 coptiog Toonoeseo, was latroducad ander I a taspeaiian ef the ralea. aad paaied by a <■ ' rata of 103yaa> ts 23 ityo. TaaSanata's ' > diaagreamaat in tba Honta amend meat to < ' tha HnpplcmaaUry Recoaitrnctioa bill ) ' ww aaaaanead, aad lha amendment being ' 1 insisted upon a eommittaa af coaforeaca 1 ww aikod far. Mr. Hteseos called ap a ■ i motion to recsasldor tko sots by which bia bill presiding for tha eenfiscaliea of ' 1 tba pobiio leads in tho Sostb ww rafsrrod i to tho Cammittw of tbo Whole baths 11th 1 > of March, aad altampted to road a speech 1 , ia adeocacy of bia motion, imi becoming * too weak threagb ill health to finish it, ( l^r. McPbarsea, tha Clark, ww called c upon aad read the remainder of it. Mr. ( Slasaaa tbaa mo red that it ba poaponad 1 aatil thk eecoad Taaaday ia December • which was agreed ta. Tha Hoaaa tbaa • went into Committee or tha Whole ea lbs 1 hill appropriating $1,000,00* for the relief ' •r Vwtilpta people at the Booth. An ' amendment ww offered by Mr. Bailer - aalhe rising the dialrict commaodert ta < aw aw certain earn for tba perpow from I landholders ia their respective districts. I Tkecbmtaillee rose after a long dlscsseios- * wlthoatdiapwiagaftba bill arthw amend- f maalu. Tha coafbrtaca report oa tbw Bop- • plama alary Buooailnsctlon hill ww agreed i ta, aad it bow gaw to ika Prwidaat tar ■ hit actios. f — Hirern Woadraff, lha m oat calab rated j of America* TarfWao, died a I bia re si- j dance on Loog Island, on tho 1Mb last. £ 1 Ha ww tha ridat af nearly all tha fastest , boraaa that base appeared ww tha Amari- ■ i can tnrf for tha last so yaws. Ha hi , tha Bret man whs drore Flare Temple ia , 1 qeiek tian ; ha tsniaad aad drore tba feat- , oak Urea that Mm yet appeared, tbw re- ] , ®MM' < • — Xl M away la gwi iata dJBwaliy, bat 1

i glistfllanrous. ; HIST9RY lower cape may circuit, 1 4KD ' TABERVACLE M. E. CHCBCH, ; Recording Steward and Secretary, iaoo. 1 J la tha year 17BI, James Cromwell, be- 1 iag stationed in West Jersey, preached in 1 j tha eoent) of Capa May. Ha ww sac- | ! ceeded occasionally by John Fidler. John > MeClotky, Benjamin Abbott aod othors ; j and their labors wore blessed ia tba awak- , I aoiog aad csnsareioa of a number 0! j : people in different parts of tbo cooaty. | j There ^ere the Uofib at West Creak, J Pater CorSon'e family lo tha Upper township, Nathaa ('rosso and tba Layere in tba noighborbuod of Create Town. I)ari,l j Hi'dratb and Phillip Crease in tho Middle. . and Abram Woolton ia the Lower town- 1 skips, 'l'hwa pionaars always stood ready j introdace Methodism into tho conoly In 1802, Cape May ww formed into a j "Two Weak.' Circuit." aad Richard J Bwaia had charge of it. la 1803 ho aw J oeectedad by David Danham, and ha waa ' •DCModtd b; Caleb Morris. Tba circnil I did sot extend et far down w wkere tha | now standi. Thin year lha ; eirciit was attached 10 Salem circuit, aad ' tha prearhare did oat come any lower . down thai lha Middle lowaabip. it remained so twa years aad than ww divided end lha ctrenil ww called Cambeiland, to , which Capa May was attached, and thus 1 remaioed far the spate of twanty-aino j years, or oalil 1834, eccnpyitg Fairfield. Dividiog Creek, Richmond- 1 Union, Mearicetown, aod Haley's, (Jar- | riooas, Cossiboon. Mill ville, Schoaner | Port Elizabeth, Leeaberg, Maurice River Neck, Ewiaga Neck, West | Creek, Dsaaisville, Uoshea, Tabernacle, ' l Conrt Douse, Litlluworth, Tnckuhne, j | and Buckshutam. | In 1807, David Bartiae aad Joseph j j Stevens traveled thie circuit, and were j succeeded ia 1808, by William Smith j and Aiiserles Reed, who extended their ; dov^ below where Ihe 7'eberaacle | now staadr. "yJames Smith, thie year.ww i Jersey Missionary, aad speal mast of his lima in tha Lawar township. This yaar a dead ww taken of Mr. Momncso j Hogkos 'or tba gioood on which the | no* elands, aod a boilding j eammaaoed ooder many diacanraganienti In the first place tbay ware strongly opposed, most probably by the old established dottriniste of Calvinism; in the I seteed, their mesas were qnita (leader ; j aad in the the third, they were oeac- j j qualnlod with boilding meeting houses, j However, by application and pesaveraoce, J the Louse was to far advanced towards | completion, that in tha Fall ef 1808, Jos. | Tottaa held a quarterly meeting in it, tbr j work-beaab mil standing is tha house and asod w front for a pulpit. This bouss ! ww uaver laisbod, and ww always at. incommodious affair It ww howavsr oc- ' copied by Ihe travelieg and local preachers for thirly-fivs yean, and ia that time thoro ww a great alteration effected ia f Iba complexion of that neighborhood and j quite a largo society gatborad into tba church af Christ. a la 1827, Charles Pitman ww presiding j el er aad eootiaied until 1830. Jobs | aad Bedgwick Roiling were ! preachers for two years, Robert (Jerry year, and wore succeeded by Waters two years, Jowph Ashbrook oae year, end James Ayeri in 1831. This Rev. Heary White ww presiding elder and tha circuit ww traveled ia 1832, by William Foalks, William Stephens end Nathaniel Chaw; in 1833, by Richard W. Petherbridge, John litory aad Jacob Ia 1834, the ciraait ww again divided, aod Cape May aireait ww camposad o! tba ceaolry from Tnchohoo, Port Elizabath and Manricetawn an tba North, aad lo tho Tabaraoclo in the Lower township, tha Somlh -, and lo after yaaru, aeon ta Island. Richard W. Petherbridge presiding elder, Joseph /fshbreook and Jeoab BoodaoilogerpreAcberaj aod camp maeliag held at Wool Crook, Sept. Bib, 1834, on land oKjohn Uoff, which was occaplad w a oampiog ground several years, David Ooff, James L. Smith, Joaeph Ooff aad George McKeag mtnsgert. In 1883, Jobs MaDongall ww appointed 4a the cireait. Ia 163t, Gaarge A. Raybold aad Matthias traveled tha circuit, aad held tha camp meeting at Gosbes, oa lands of Reuben Lwdlem, which bteamsafaverils camping graaad far many yean, and many aaa Is data their new hero existence from that aaaa hallowed spoils 1837, Rev. Thorn w Noel ww appointed tides and Jooo P. Crench aad Jaha H. Spear preachers. This yaar, Bamaal Bishop, recording steward af tba circuit, died. Be ww aa early, earnest aad sealw man ia tha great caeea, and g laa twap port to tha ministers sad tba efforts af Methodism. This v.asrahla rnea WW a co-wevfcar with lha Goffs, Jw. Basilk and Oworgs McKeag, at Waul Jaha Tawaouad of D.ann, Lad*f tha Middle, aod farael Tpwauuad fU AhM WpoMoft of th. Lower t»w».

| shijiT. whose aameu, ua doubt, are dwtys ' recorded with their deeds, in the ar^liivee ) ; of iiravoa. The lato lamented Charles - I Hand, was appointed this year to fill tha 1 office thus made vacaat by lbs death ef 1 | Mr. Bisbep. Oa the 'Jjtb of Pebrnary of 1 1 thie year. Samoal. Towmead was liranaed 1 | to preach, and John Price of Cold Spring ■ . to exhort. Io 1839. Joseph J. Sleeper 1 ; aod Abram Owen traveled Ike ciraait. , , On the 2d day ef May, the trustees ap- ■ painted te boild a meeting house in the . ! n.igkho rbood of tiwhea, were directed. ' j "to proceed te their duties aod build 1 . said House w soos as thty cuovaoieotly ' ; j • Ia 1840, a committee of three, Israel ' - j Townseod, Parsons Townsend aod Win. 0 I | Price were appointed to receive a gift of * . land from Margaret Barnatt,' at Cold " , Spring, for the porposeof buildioga meal- 1 I I tloao therefor , bat mealing with • dm. I | aion of opiniou aod not chtaioiog a suffi- " ■ This yaar. Thomas Christopher was seal lo tbo circnit lo 1841, Abraham Gear * ' hart was appointed to tba cireait, and thU " I Rev. Charles T. Furd ww eldur. Thi« * 1 juur up; ears the firat report of lb# lrat. * 1 ; Townseod ia behalf of the trustees of th- | * I ont ef debt aad not worth macb. By ltan | 11 1 b#a Lndlam, the Ebaoeuer is in debt In 1 the amount af $150. Ry Jamas 1.. .Smith, " I ; lha bouse at West Creak it aut of debt, j 0 1 | By James Megeire, the houee st Gosbes | c ia ia debt 8450. By Jaha 'Townsend. the | * i ' bouts at Dennis is out of debt. By Hum ' - I phrey Draining, the Athhury is out ol (l | debt, aod ioa prosperous condition, peace 1 | and plasty. By Uaerge Uelsler, the 8 ; houses al Laesbarg and Maorica River K ! Neck are oat of debt. p In 1842 David Duffell ww sent (0 the " ' I sharge, Abrahem Gaarhart being preach " ' er in charge, aod on the l&ih of Uctvbei D al lha quarterly meeting conference helo j at West Creek, the fellowieg resolutioe 1 Betolvcd, That tba following commit y | lae ha appointed to get a let on Cape fl •' Island for the purpose of bmldiag a meet. ( j iog boose tkereoo. aod superiutend the 0 j boilding of tha same a-heo they think ^ | proper : Israel Towoeeod, 1'araoot Town- j. taod and William Price, which hoaaa we> y I completed in 1843, aod the firat quarterly j meeting wet held in It 00 the 16th dsy ol „ I j September Tint ia now Ike African ja church on the west lido of Franklin street, j ' I In 1844 Jacob Loodenslager was preach ! «r ia charge, ami William A. Brooks col- i Isagoa. Tha society at tka Tabtrniclr j ^ j af the old house, rtsolvtd 00 tba lltb ! [ day or May to build a naw house on the ' P same groom), which was finished on the j . 19lb day of November falloaing, and , dedicated to Iba worship of Almighty j ' God by David W Berlins/ 00 the 24il. j day of tho oamt month. Hioce tbeo there I * | has bees regaiur Sunday preaching, large j I congregations, aod srtcral gracious revi1 I vols of tha work of lha Lord. (Amen.) ' j to 184* Rav. John K. Bhan was elder, i The following year tha quarterly meeting | conference resolved ft form themselves ' into a Bible Bociaty for the distribution j of biblee, aod Charles Hand ww appoint- ' I ed Corresponding Secretary. William 8 1 P. Corbit and Bromwell Andrews were " appointed to the charge tbit year. * | In 1847 Abram K. 81 reel and Joteph I * | Gwkill wore seat to the charge, and an ! . | effort woo made to baild a new church at j* | Doanisvillo, which seemi to have been ° , abortive. At a quarterly conference held j j 00 the the 17th day of March, 1849, at | ' Goshen, a vote aas taken on a resolution ; te divide tba circuit, wbieb resulted 10 | j ' five you / and seventeen aoys. This year I Rev. George P. Brows ww* appointed t elder, aad James Whita preacher in a charge, and Joseph C. Suuimerill col ieagae. At qusrtarly conference oo the j :10th of March, 1830, two important res- ' ; olotions were paased ; oae that it wwrx- | I podieot, if practicabla, to ' boild a lew ^ cbarch al Green Creek, aod that the se- | ciety al Cape Island hare Ike sordini per- ( ( mission taaaparata tkamwlew, if doaired, ( . into a separata tkargs. Bolk of tkose ( I resolutions seem to bars been pnl into practice al ooea er aooa after, w a quarterly mooting ww held ia tba new cboroh | at Urooa Greek in tba following Dteem- " bar, aad Capo Ialaod dates its separaliaa f from ahoal this time. This year Ham or I ( Barker ww wot to tba ckargo w awiolant | preaebor. » , Io 1831 Koab Edwards and John Hick- ^ 1 man ware appoiaud lo iba cireait, and a , resolilina ww paawd on tba 3lb of Jnly "That tbo doaiga of tbo bretbren at Don- * I nis Crook lo buld a aow.M. E cbarch at (| , that placo is approved by tho coaforeacr, , and tboir rsuso reeommendvd ta tho ( . friewdo and brethren, aid solicit theiraid.' (| I Oa the 61b of Fobraary, 1832, it ess re- a solved to boiid a now eburrb at Aybory. , , Tbia year Bov. Tbo 11 as Bovoroiga ww appointed presiding aldor. | la 1833 Cbarlw S. Downs aad Samool b I F. Johnston ware seat to tbe cireait, ami !• , tba gvwwt qaootiwa of tompoiwaco aa tba ■ entire probibitnry plaa cams up. and tka a eoaforeate oopporlod tbo law kaowa w p ' tba "Maino I.-qaor Uw." k I lb IBM the old Kbeweaar cbarch which c stood tear j>W f a mile portierly of tba o

• village or tko Coort Uouee. ww d.m.llished, and a new oae bailt ia tbo town so a lot adjoining the Conrt (louse building in thu following year. Ueary Trambooer traveled thu circuit io 1854, aod thio year al tko anauol ceofcreaw tba cireait waa again divided, end (be now circuit ww celled Port Kins both, end Capo May 00cupied Deoaisville, (Joshon, UreaaCreuk. Tabernacle, Gravelly Roe, Cbort Uc hend Aahary. - -> lo 1863 Iwae Hngg and nerriltoii N orris were sent to the charge. Norur, eeot ont under tha eldor, and ewft10 bis charge from Philadelphia, hnvlag a spirited herie, ted being biewoif oe used to drieing, performed tbo "big of coming from Kaigha'e I'otal after a late breakfast time le DoanierUl •, ..ver sixty miles, arriving sometime baaeusel, briugtng himwif aad family oitb e single horse. lo the winter or 1836, ebon t tbo month of February. ■ gracious awakening aad conversion -1 souls look placo at tbo Tabernacle, and the church ww Mvtactd eod strengthened, after having bad a 01m. our u( yuurs of gloomy times. Tha lain the Rev. 8. Y. Monroe ww aldor, , tod Wilson wa* sent to tho chwgo. la 1857 J. F. 31 0 re 1 1 and J. 9. tfaaglx smt le the cireait, and to the aeat year un the 13ib ui March a motion ww made to divide the cireait agaia, hot was loot. Tho aoxt year Cbariw Hand reI signed tbo ofico of Recording .Steward, noting held it for twenty-one yewt, six cepiiog en intermiwiOD of three yean, I ebvn it wee held by David T. Bmilh. year e still mere powerful awakening c. ma to Iks Taberoaele, known w "MoreU'e meeting," when about ninety were added to the eburck records, end many ere etill holding on their way rejoicing in e hlewed aeeuienco. brace time there have been several smaller of ohockiog op for tko Mwter'a lo 1859. Jemce Valiant, and John P.' Donnelly were appeioted to tha cireait. lo 1861, Edward ti. DuroU aad Baaj. U. Palmer were seal to tha ebargt. This year the circuit euffered another division, •oiling off Dooms. Ashkury, Goshen and Dyer'e CtaOk, and assumes the tnltuomer of Capa May circuit, and T.beraaels, Court Honse, Green Creek add Gravelly Run WW therefore called Lnwer Capo May, aad E. II. Dnroll aw paetor. The two firat quarterly meeting* of tbil yaar j held jointly by the two circuit*, aad ' on the 16lh of November, 1861, tbo flrnt ! quarterly rureLag for Imwer Capo May circuit wee held al Greea Creak, William 1 E. Perry presiding elder. Tha faartb •as held at tbe Tabernacle oa ibe-lst aad I Jd of February, 1862. Bishop Beolt i preached a miseinnery eermon oa Baaday looming, uad Pareeot Townioad ww ari .lamed Local Deacon i* Ike eeoaing at Cape Island. At thie quarterly coaferJ eace, Netkio C. Pries woe elnoted rej coming steward end secretary, the records having suffered considerably so account or having o* regular officer to hoop them lor the interval of about three yean, — I'bla year th* Rev. Israel Towowud died, en thu 3d ol November, who having accomplished bis greet miieien on eailh. was celled la his reward on high. Hi* labors iu tbe eharch were nearly co-exis1. enl with Methodism in Cape May, having a local preacher abunt felly years, ordaised Deacon April 25tb, 1824, end Elder May iat 1842. In all tbneoau. I cils ef tbe efficmry, he ww emioaoily tho i,niost powerful member, and when the bonr I of difficulty came he cewsmnijitely geid. I the councils with very divtiigoished ablii- | being e mighty piller of uh uui j ttreugtb, and tbrn burnt to his I act retiI itg piece tko church mourned its great j loss, w "Barhel weeping for bar children and rtfoseu le be comforted." In 1863, Rev. Laertes H. Whileker was Elder, end Benjamin F. Sharp Peator, who labored wilb considerable suefor two years, leasing plewaol muuu - rise elUellog bis use uiuuis. lu 1863, Robert B. Site I iff ww teal to tea charge" end i> now tinting bis labor* wiin IF* centenary year of M,etb*dlio-, wuich had* tbo cireait eajiyiag a geed degrr* of peace end provperity, being largely charged with Ike Huly Urosland holding up heads let tbe mighty powar of aalva; liuD. lis sewwot of grace are ticb io eojeyuiMl, giving epirilaal food I* tiro hungry and drink from tha etarlesuug to the thirsty. As tha sainted Islhere end mothers fall tka power of easing grace te manifested end Ihe eharch te Siokiig 'forward to * happy aod gloriona la re. Tka foor appointments have a membor•kip of two hundred and nioely-fivo, exclusive of probationers, disposed as felloes: vno kindred aad thirty-two at Ik* Merely-one at tbo Court iloow, forty-aio* at Gravelly Bno, aad farty-tbre* at Green Creek. Tbo ckarcheo ere thro* in number, aod on* chapel at Creek. — Hot. Benjamin Actoa, of Salem, bra confirmed as U. 8. Assessor Uteres! of" tblo Dm trial. Tbo appals tmont te en exceUent one nod ws frel * us red will givowatire nsltefoctiow to lb* people of th* Dintiiot. Mr. Actoo is well kuown w s high-minded, pobiio spirited citiw* and will dinebarg* tko dotfanof tbo ofico with impartiality wed Wolity.