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CAPE ISLAND. CAPE MAY COUNTY. NEW JERSEY.. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY S, 1868.

NO. 657.

BUSINESS CARDS. A CARD. J USB M. SMITH. CuaElMonei of Mr ORkwJsduoa XL. opposite toe Centre H"uee. ! C»P» UI.M, Sow Jmq. HENRY IftWAM, ~ ' ; i&SISF?!' •""* '"r r,p* ! Offleeai fowotead-a lalei Howo.iWMtcoffa. Cop* M.y Counts * Mil ! ~ iPCTIOS BINISt'.NN. r»'HE undor.ii n-d would refpeetfullf iifnrm hu . JL ftm* eaJ IS* public, tkot hr 1. * ifrul.r Urns. GEURUt'w. SMITH, " I C.jo I.lsnd, N. J. | 8. H. KRET, ATTOKKCr-AT,LAU, MAS 7 I. X, SOLICITOR, 4 i:\AMISEM IS CHAMCEkY, Mass st Stsect, asots Fsost, Camoes, N. J.. .11 A4JoUIm First National Buk. ~ ARB *•» UIIIREB I R. B. HWAIN. ftMUai MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPAXT, yQjw the County of C.J* Ms j- N. J. oU A I (TIOAEEH'S .VOtTc l;. IJ'HK und.-roifnoO baring taken out license or to stiauil to lublle St-, {nosy Mp'ofS. MM county, St ,h'£[ uoUrc sad cm roswuMi Jan. I, taw. ■' |yj . Cotdjipttsf. X.'j. II. U. KW'AI.V. HEAL ESTATE A GENT, SURVEYOR CON V EY A NCE U, oa«r, Cor. FERRY k SOCTH Uteri., J.U-T Cop* Island. Jt. 1. JEMKM. SMITH, REAL ESTATE AGENT, I nit cm suil Jackson .treat™ """" W**h" I JACKSON ST UK IT, OnMUr Ik. Chair. UMu r, w*i . CONVEYANCING. HEEDS. BONOS, MORTGAGES, soil otbrr In. U ntruncnt. of writing lr-g.il> drawn, with osntsns ABU dr.paicb, .nil Ae.nOwlrdrni. iil. sud Deposition t.ken by HjNKV hu^in,, OtBc# nt We.trolt '• B~.rU I aor Houa*. Tow uccli J ttant'l*1" •STILL AT IT." . WARE A EI, DREDGE, Contractors and Builders, CAPS ISLAND. N. I. .UfU-1 I Saor.— Chestnut Alley, Dear M.nMoa Street. CRANE'S PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY. No. SB ABCH St root, PHILADELPHIA. PhotBtr.uk. from cuts ds Visits to LIT* Mar, Pl.tn, inventor, or India Ink. ^ nd pj, ^Work'^donc'wHa* peon IftMwsT r

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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. :jl>,000 FRENCH ! HERRING'S PATENT Champion Safes. : J AWARDED THE PEIZE.MEDALS AT r WORLD'S r*lU, - London EXPOSITION I'MVERIKI.I.K. Put* * Woana ok the wukb30,000 Francs ! lepott of tkr Juj)' i.n the airnlaol tkraro.trna- - lest ujl •«* the I.fteisl sward to the Hrrrlng '■ HERRING. FAILRLL A SHERMAN, El Brasdwar, i Cor. Mump St., Naw Totk. PARREL, HERniNO A tOHERRING A Ca, CbIes«o. ' HERRING. PARREL A SHERMAN, JAMES TICK. IKPOETER AID OEOWEE OF i FLOWIE & VEGETABLE SEEDS, BttCHKBTKK, N. T. . ' VICE'S ILL EST HATRO- CATALOG L*r i Seeds & floral Guide for 1868, la now pntdlabod sad.rcad^ to^seod^out. It I'n,*., coai.ininii lull dLeiipiibut ot tb* oTi Hundml VV...^-t^rst .a«n ut llowei-.u- • UttAUWULCOIiORED PI.ATC «1 FLOWERS ! workn id the kind lubii'hed./ ^ j. SORTB iUUWI s i i. vn MI 1 1' to. i TllHOl'G It I .INK TO. CAI.lFOUNt A, Via Pannmi or NIcaraKua, ■ml tins 'lorn Now York ] I Ore. SIR and cub ■ Janaarr MR. IBtR i an* »th. and F»R. tatb and SSth. j j With .Now Slrnmabtjo ot tbe First CI— a. j ruaafa Lower tb.a by say oiber Line. j For further Information npply lo toe uader i I *n ^'^.^StEfNGTON, Art., INor I80S. For* 1 868. ROOD RELIAilOVN I'APER For tbe New Year .houlU .ubsailbo for "THE ADVANCE" Lite.' JPtraral aad Sptntual. Just tbe^ Paper tor I nil ur " Tot touaw1 who *rt upVlub." .jwei.iru j ' tuple, mm free. A do rem THE ADVANCE CO., I ' | to Lombard BJoek. ( hlc«o.

! 4 URN Tit WANTKD. FOR THE AMERC I A CAN FARMER, the ehe.pw.1 and bawl Far- . 1 met . P.por In Amertra. only si A yaw. Pot J 1 Premium Hat. «., .iklioaa JOHN TURNER, Roeheeler, N. T. | G.P.ROWELL & Co. AVtCIIK A.\ A LOCK CO., 8 (drllsudl Hfreef, SfR lork. ""^inoTn! A® ertean UurtJ BETH THOMAS' CLOCK*. AGENTS WANTED FOR THE BLI'E COATS. „ - 4 ND how thrr Lttsd, Fought aad Died fnrtoe ' A Colon, wttli venea and Incident. In tbe arnrlaan and MX) p.s*a, and la ibe aplelest nod chaaprot war book published. Price unit n a v j c Al'TION, —Horn* ot our Aaenu hare t. ten I wtrkatoyr 'b« *re«t popularity aad lat*e eUa . of tola worn to rams tb* pete* to S> and Sa.So r ; copy. Tb* public are brr*by aoilSed that thry : hara do rtfbl toekarf more than SJJo. S*ad ' CO.,-PhlUdJiphK'p»"* Isa"™£M ' . am: dollar each. irrm Cotton, Cloth, Dm Psttrraa, Pant TT l attern*, kewln* Maeblucn, W allkea. Oiy Patrnt Pen Pimnuln.'wllb slip daserlblnc an Htflalcred fr there "samplri mailed"fr*e to any adoioaa. ^:a*i mas s Kendall, \1T.ABTSCD.— SALESMEN to tret *1 and sell Vf S b"«la by asm [ile. G<wd wajrra aad at*ad< eaipUjjrconl^A^ldie. with alvn.p. LAN^HEAH AZYGOSgs— — - — ^ Tnass masaUkwaUy lUuaD.tert Medtosl Book., oontalnlncTareortaal rbjalototleal IWonnath.ii , for Mao aad W..aa*a. oral free na rere.pt of S> . eeala, by adiltemilut tbe »*.-rr'a.-j of Ibr Sea Toek Medical Cnleartlry. ■» cttaton Plan*. N. Y." USSTI of Sewlaf N achlaea can aaouo tb* aseae, ol Foot*'. Patent Neeil.r Tbietder Aaylnm St. Hartford, lona. A Htwrel diaeuuur ; m.d* to Ami* aad tb* trade Seat to any addle—, pi. paid, upon receipt ol »1. ¥• (nu fi&S oy^^KESirsKfL'sr s •aotbod* Introduced by tbe I OLLaK h« f.i: , -ip.e. a. ..8. re l by G.Lo ti~ IU..<mda ad whototoie urtoee, w!tbaS«lt aaltmli*d ! r ri'^a.'"^id0is«5ie-ura,.r^* tue d*orripttva allp.^Great tadanemeata for perhetolfthwi vi tkade i "DOLLAB r" of •em eaerta tor aeah daaartpilre cheek, aid to. ETCKYBODY TAKE HOT1CE. WB DEFY COMPKTITON: Aad wm Qtre Men For ONE DOLLAR, Y'" JkkS'ACS WUIOE-y, S-e^ To,

5hr Lett's (farurt. TO OXE IX HEAVEN. Oeont* D. Preall.e— blniaelf one of tbe moat igffod of too Amertean Ibarda— think* that do llrlas pool can .urpaaa the freeefuTo*** and i beauty ol the follow las Uaaa Irom tb* aim o! Amelia. They are eeceodlnfly bcauUfnl i— i-ale star, that with thy aofl aad light las—Rut upon my bildal e»e! > , I bare a sons to amy to-atfbt. 8 lne*Urr?*D tcU iy' 1 toTehat'hVurTr? ' I Aa?fam™kaam*"bW,,*n*''11- | I hal'a slept tun loj^amuv the Sowers, I i Soft Ilualni 'mtd tb* abadeaof ereo ; . 1 But Ob. with aadder b. art I aioa— j I alas ul one *hu dweila la Hearrn. I The win » at* aofl. toe elonda are lew. I And tendeieai tbouaht my heart brgullta, AaBoatlns upjbrouah mlal and dew^ ^ *In all>»n*toi>pa lb* r.j-plea crowd, L.t a up It. voice aad lauuhi aloud i And star an star, iail^aoft aad ulm, " J* My spirit lloata 1b° other iyw. i I leal Iby apirtl Unerring Mar, I Aa softly .rffaol tb* lisbt i That tremblr* tbruuab ibe atouweberr, ; . I Aa la aeunr bo y temple's hull shad. a. j Tbouan mufa toabymnaMfbrwbed the prey er, Wd ItonNtbi wiad«to*Ukea*Mib'J' » ho tteada Uf rouaeetated ground, j I know thy soul from wotlitaof bUaa^ I heaVa' m urmur"rum toa" ae am ' ' , j ^ ThaMh.il!.meltoetoy^avirltaslgh.: That I ah all know and uieet thee there. I'll know 'beothere by thataweil tare, ^ I BlAbnn'«j"k* the liebt III ei en, . ! I i \» buae w.D^apivmil.a B'l||eaT»B 'l I Frir ahFtta"ark nod liquid beanD,' | huugb rml^raeiM^^. tuouaad Mghs, ; 1 j Too tad lor *>ea wJere amtlea ere born, 1 Too young tor ear, that learn to grlet e. r^r^t'SL'r^0 h> bro,r' ' ] For etorv knur we bieathe apart, ■ Wilt but Ineiek.e. II that ran be. , 1 The tore that Bila Uiy ronjUnt heart Yet many a 'tear these eyes must weep, 1 • 1^1^ I^'ldj^n mrttoViJjp- J

^Histfllit neons. EiMUfi A WIFE. ST MART dlACS RALPIXK. f ' I | "And so jou want to mtrry my daagh- ' i tor, vi.ung mm t" taid farmer Blitkln',. 1 ■ 1 removing Ilia pipe from faia mouth, asd 1 looking at the young fellow, from head to * 1 tespita his rsthor iodolenY inefleetinal.air, ahicb was mainly tba result of bis c O&urallor, l.uk* Jorun wn* a Sna look- f ipg lellow. and not snarly moved from bin eelf-pnsrt-siion ; bnPb* colored and grow * ronfmed beneath that sharp, sernliniting look. -*■' ••Vss, sir: I spblts io Miss Mary its) ■ eren-ng^nd the— ah# referred msloyoo." I • 1 ; Thr old man's fsca softened. * "Molly is st good girl— s vary good ; " ; girl," be sald/sirnking bis ehio tub a k ; ihoaghiTnt air, "scd sba deserves a good ■ i huMtand. What can von do ?" ' The yoRng man looked rather blank at ° this abrnpt inquiry. ° "If yon rofer to ray ability to support a " l wifa. 1 cao atoar* yon"— " "1 know yon are a rich roan, Lnka Jor- " i dsn ; bat I take it for granted that yon 1 1 a-k my girl to marry you— not yonr prop- c , eriy. What guarantee can yon giro tne • i in case it ahouid bo swept sway — as it is ' in thousands sf instances— that yon eonld c provide for ber a comfortable home t — ' Yon bare bands and brains— do yon knew ' now tons* ibern? Again 1 ask, what L i jan yan do t". 1 This was a style of eateebism for which ■ Lake wsa qnita nnproparod, and he stared ' blankly al the qnoetions wilhont speaking. 11 "1 believe you managed to got ibroagb " ; college— bare yon any profession T" ' "No, syr; 1 thought" "Have you sny Dade f" "No, sir; my Is' ber Iboaght that, with b ; lb* wealth I woald luberil, 1 shosld not ' . need any." "Yonr father tbonghl like s fool. then. B , • He'd much bettor have given yon some • bnnest ocaapation, sud ent ton off with s * shilling— it might bars baas the making 1 of yoo. Aa it is. wbst art yon 8t for f 11 ' Hero yon are, s strong. able-bodied yt.no g 1 wan, twenty-foor year* old. and oarer c earned o dollar in yonr lib ! Yon ongfat 1 I o be a-bamed of yonmol f !' ' * "Aad yoo want to marry my daogb- D ! terf" rrvumed the old man, aftar a fan 1 vigorous poffs it bis pipe. "Now, I'vo ' -given Molly as good advantagaa for laorn- " logos any gtil In town, and sha bssa.t 0 throws 'rto away -. bat irabn didn't know , bow to worh, she'd be no daughter of u ; mine. If I cboaa, I coo Id ksep mora than ' una servant ; bsl I don't, so mora than I 0 I chooas thai my daughter should be a pale 1 ; spiritless creator*, foil of dy«p»paia and 1 , ail manner ef fin.-lsdy ailsaems, in. lead ' af tba stalling, bright-eyed, rosy eheeked * Isas ah* is. I did aa, that aha abaald " ' marry bo lod Ust had baeo earaod with n ■ rich father ; bat aba's taken a foolish Ilk- " | ing toy*, and I'll toll ya what I'll do. — | J ; Go to wo'k. and prove yonnelf a man ; " perfect yoaraelf in sua* occupation— I don't cor* what, so it he hooeot ; then t com* to me, and if the girl is willing, sha l tsyoon." t As tba aid moo said this, he very de- , ; libetBtaly knocked tb* aabe* oot of bis t . pip* agaiaas atsa of tb* pillars of tba i : pornb. vktn be woo nissiog, lacked it . into bin nsat pocket, ood *Nt into tb* J

Pretty Mary Blifkint was waiting to see her lover down by tb* garden gate, ibeir osnai trysting-plsse. The emiliog light faded from her eyes, st she noticed bis sober, discomfited look. "Father means well," sbs said, st Lake told ber the recall of bis application. ' "And I'm not tor* hot wbtl h* it shout right," she returned, after a thoughtful pans* ; "for it seems to ma thst e*vy , man, be ha rich or poor, onght to barb % soma occopatioo." Then, as eh* nolioed her lovor'i grnvs look, she added, softly : "Never mind ; I'll wait for yon, Lake," Lake Jordan saddenly disappeared Irom \ bis sccutiemed bsnntt, macb to the tor | prisa of his gny sssocistes. Bnt, where- ; evsr he went, be carried with him, in hie I exile, thee* words, which war* like s | ! lower of strength to hit tool : "I'll wait ! | for yon. Luke!,' One plenvant sanabiny morning, let* io j I October, aa farmer Blifkioe was proppiog up the grapevine in 'St* front yard thai threatened to break dowo wub Ibe eeighl : ol its loxoriooe bnrden/'s nest looking ! cart drove np, from whiqb Lake Jordan alighted with a quick,.' eln«tic spring; i quite in contrast lo.Ais lormsrly easy, i latsnrely mnven-nto. / I "Uood-moroing, Sfv».Blirkins. 1 no- i ■ j ric island that yen Wanted to boy eom* ! butter tubs nod eider barrels. I think I j ' bore some here thst will jnst suit you." "Whose make nro they!" inquired the eld. man, as, opening the gat* be paused by the wegon. "Mtov," replied Luke; with an air of I pardonable pride; "sod I challenge any f cooper in the Stole lo bent them. " Mr. Blifkint examined them critically "They'll do," he taid eoolv, si hs set down tb* las! of tbe lot. "IN hat will yo Uk* for them ?' ' "What I asked yon for six months ago ■ to-day— yonr daughter, sir." j The roguish twinkle in the old man's j eyes broadened into a smile. "Yon've got the tight metal in yon | after all." be cried. "Come in, lad— ; come. 1 shouldn't wonder if we moke * j trade after all." Nnihiog loth, Lake obeyed." "Molly!" howled Mr. IJhfkins. thrusting his bead into the kitchen door. Mully tripped into tbe eolry. The J : round while arms were bared above the , I elbows, and born traces of tbe Hoar she . had been sifting, iler dress was a oeat ; gingham, aver which was lied a blue checked apron ; bnt the looked as winning , . sod lortly at sha always did wherever she Sha Slashed and smiled st she raw j Luke, and then, turning ber eyes npun ' j father, waited, dutifully, to hear what , he bad to say. . j The old man regarded his daughter for , i moment with a quixa ral look. , "Molly, this young man— mayhap yon I | have seen him befjr*— ha* brought me a , i lot of labs end barrels, all of hit owu • , \ make — a right good article, ton. lie a-ka { j j a prellv sleep price for 'em ; bnt if yon I , , art willing to give it, well and good ; and ' , ! hark ye. my girl, whatever bargain you , j may maks yonr old father will ratify." . At Mr. Blifkini said this, be consider- , ately Stopped oat of the room, and wa seijl j , follow bit example. Bnt tbe kind ef bar- , gain the yonpg people mad* can readily , ] be conjectured by the speedy ■ wedding ( j thai fallowed.' , j inai lenoweo.Lake Jordan turned bis attention to the

slndy ol medieina, of which profession he berame a otefnl and infinential member ; but every fear, on the anniversary ef hi" 1 ! marriage, tie delights bit father-io-law by , ' specimen ef tbe handicraft by which , : he won what lie diclarna to be "the best j and dearest wife in the world," what is r Billion t A writer in the Chiitian Adoucalt says ; In the Advocate ol December Alb there is among tbe selections, a dialogne between | fqtbar and ion relative to eonntiag a j I billion which It there said lo bo, on tbe ! | authority of Webster, a million of miUioiu. This is incorrect and may reqaire explan- j ation. It was not notil men began lo bare tome notion of lb* vast distances | which modera astronomy reveals that 1 than nina or ton places of (gores ever nsed. It was not till toward tb* end of lb* 17lb tenlary that a greater number of figures were sometimes required. Mta then began lo speak of thousands or millions, million of millions, nod millions of millions of millions, which ltd great confusion in vary large nombsrs. A boat 1690 John Lock* proposed lo writ* bgaren In periods of lis ; the first anils ; Ihn second, million* ; the third, billions ; sad so on to sixty-six placet of figsres. This Is tha English mod* or reading figbnt it did not gat into general use even in England till after the observations made upon the transit of Vanns in 1739 began io reveal .omr* (oily the immense ditisoc* Irom each other of the heavenly bodiay. About 1780 it cam* inte general use in Knglnod aad America. Them It some doubt a« to who originated the idea, bat it is certain that *bmn seventy years ag* it Wat proposed in F ranca lo writ* figures io periods of three, tb* third boiog millions, the fourth billions, and so on, asing names derived from tb* Latis namaral* as far at might b* necessary. This tha French system, began b* pretty generally used in tba United about 1835, and its sm is now , nearly naieersal. The English arithmeticians and a few old mra her* still adhere ts tb* system of Lock*, but lo a-few years ' mar* it will b* numbered with the things of tb* post. — A mas Initialed at a member *f tbe , Sons af Temp* rase* at Newark recently , on dor tha impreeaioa that he was joining , the Odo Follows, for which b* had paid , tb* initiatioR r*a- The rooms of the two , societies were in the sum building, and ; eaob was expecting to pat tbroagh a , member on tb* nam* night, k*ne* the mistake. Tb* Uvolaaury temperance man backed oat after be had discovered tk* mistake, bacoaaa he said ha likad his ; 'V- — Whoa people treat yoa ill, and show . thai* spit*, aad nLsad*r yaa, sstar into i thair tall* soala, go to tb* bottom of i thom, search thair nadarttaodiagt. and i yoa will aoaa aao thai nothing they may thiok or say af yon, aaod give yoa on* i troahlna— a thoaghL — W**ftasapoak *f "IRia* pretanct* < Ar* Umn aay few* sstr'

i, llowr thr noDoisgatacla was Wrecked. i ! tih csBTiiqcsKx at vxns rncx. ' An officer of ibe Mooongarjels. in s ■ letter tb s friend, pobllsnad in lha Yonk- ' are .Sfolesason, giret a graphic and intori esting acceant o' the recent earthquake i ' 1 oa the island *f Vara Oral, and tha wreek- ; ing of bit vassal : "We bad jatt finished f | dionar on tb* aftsmaoa of the 18th of ^^Novambar, aid I with several otkar* had gone, aa ntaal, lo bava oar accoatomsd 1 snsoks on UtR-fbracatlia, whs* w* were , | tnddtoTy startledhywjoud rumbling Dais* ; ' nod a violent shaking of the ship from 1 1 ; atom to tlero. Oar first tbeoght was ions | accident in tbe engine room, or some dam- ' ' age to tb* boilers. Tba mao below decks ; j rushed op io drnadful consternation, torn* i ' ! running lo the side* of tb* ship to throw - 1 lhamsalvet into the sea. and alt apparent- > ly confounded with the noise sod agitation, i so strange and unaccountable. At that : ' j moment one of nor officers, who wsr look1 i ing toward the land, exclaimed : "If is ' 1 ' an earthquake ! There goes the tower ol 1 I the Eoxltsb Cburob !" Uut-.;u-L then all ' was quiet again. W* thoughi our danger past ; when now, seemingly io a second — 1 i for to rnpidly did all things happen, that 1 j we conld not not* the nine— 1 saw a iurge ! speed dirvcily on to ibe laud, snil our own • bottom of the hay, from which every inch j The chain to which oor anchor was atr tacbed Uronght up with a violent jerk, we a fearful velocity until tbe whole lenptii j of 130 fathoms was mo out io less ttme i than it takes lo toll it. At onr chain we< ; going oat we swoeg nearly nil the way ronntl, end were thus being fast driven on : to the shore. Ourpnsitieo tow was fright- i ; ful ; certain death seemed Imminent We ; were anchored about a quarter of a mile ' from lb* lend io five fathoms of wator, i but with tbe rapidity of (bought all tbit had careened ever, and was fast aground on a bottom which seemed also fast sinking beneath us. Al/tbi* moment .sae of ' 1 the men aloft in tbe tigging rung out : — , "My-Uod ! — look, look out tn sea." I here, about three miles from land, w» ssw a parfeotly solid wall of water, com- | iog directly toward the ship, and threat- ] j ening lo carry everything before it into irretrievable destruciioo. It was about 3D feel in height, and cilt-ndid the whole ■ length ol the itlnod. You will not won- • , der that for a moment a fearful pain* t j should have paralyzed some of the men. < say that at that awlol mom-ci the ra jori- ' ly of the crew were cool and collected. < ooeyiog every oKd*r quietly and with alee- t lit), though expecting in a very few mo- , nieota to be overwhelmed in the impending destruction. Most providentially. ! before the sea struck us. the | water hud deepened onder us sufficiently Boat the ship again. Had it nut bve'n j' ; for (bis, oolhiag conld have tavsd us. It J ' ' brosdtidt to it, then lifted at bodily

aud rushed at io shore nl n tpe> d putt ail ! reckoning. When Ibe set reached us. we . still lying on our port side, bat the sudden shock sent us nearly as ranch upon ' ; our starboard side ; indeed, we ctme within an aea of going on onr beam s aud on i that tide. If we had done sa, tha ship 1 , and all bands would most gnrttinly kavo 1 bean lost. Following immediately behind this wave were two others not quit* so large, yat very neatly so. Each on* of these, ' its in torn it struck the ahip, mad* her 1 I tremble in all her joints. Already w* - were oo tb* inland tide of the street which mat parallel with tbe water, aad the action of these consecutive waves was fir»l to draw as bsck a little in the recession, and then to impel as forward again and i , land at Upon a bed of coral ja«t "oppotii* to the hotel from which I em now writing . > We passed over aloog row of sheds, which i I w* helped lb* ten to knock dawa, ana | then directly in front of the second story ' windows of tb* boatet opon the street, 1 within whioh we esnld distlontly hear, at | i w* went along, the heart-rending screams { 1 ' of the nnfortnnaie women and children > ' who bad not hsd time to tanks their ei- ' 1 cspe. It is msst carious thst, notwithstanding j . nil ths hard knocks and snddao jerks 1 through which we pattsd, not a tingle spar was lort. Tba rifle gna npon the forecastle wa* farced from it* fastenings npon ths first larch, and lest overheard, carrying «na of tbe craw with it, who. , however, liErfortaDately rescued. One man jomped overboard and at one* disappeared, and three who warn in tbe boat at Ibe time were alto drowned. Their bodies J have been recovered and decently buried. , Jost us soon at wa were firmly landed the crew made a rush for tbe side of lb- ' ship, sntl begat to scramble down te the gronod upon ends of rope, or whatever they could lay their hands npon. This 1 was toon ttnpp >d. however, end I was 1 detailed to go ashore and bring back the 1 runaways. 1 round that qoito a number 1 ef them, in their rapid descent, were badly bnrned, and some almost flayed alive. I One poor fellow, when hs was about half 1 way down, fell and broke both legs, which have sioce been amputated." ■ Tbe letter next describes the desertion of the town for tents mad* of isle* and 1 awnings tent from the ship. Tbe efifs *1 - the place occupied a tent togeiher aod ' war* goarda I al night by the offienrs — ' Tb# negroa* war* horribly frightened.— < "Ae toen at It it derk they begin one long, lood wall, which they keep np stood- , ily nil night long. It is necessary to have . Strang patrol fore* to keep (hot* from | the country oat of the Iowa, There chance | of pillaging is goad, and they com* in in , shoals to ransack the deserted houses for , anything that can be carried off. W* , have been obliged to flr* on them el time*. | so desperate and rfeiermiaed are they ie , their intent to ploodor." ( ' 'i *ra I Thuix or It.— r*opla who think anew*. • paper cao be ran for nothing, and that j tb* proprietor it axtortineato when ha in- 1 sitto on pooctool payment for advertise- < menu, isd craiy if be askl payment in i advance, may porhaps, obtain a liitle|:~hi . on tba character of newspaper basin— •, , when we inform them that thadabto of * i small newspaper establishment in Wil- I . liamebarg, N. Y., lb* Prut, which faand- I ered after three montht' experiment aad , want into bankruptcy, exceeded Uiriv- , nine thoesnnd dollars. ,

All Sorts or Item.. , : d«n .here Drl.w'.re a;> p^rep.rio ! d~epen the water by dredging in Irani oi . , their wharves » j — Oborle* Lobdeil. Itesoriwe edi«*v of * the Le Crosse Dnoufr/tt, burned ro death ; I | (fv the disaster ar Angola. w«t on his aui ' ' ' to Bridgeport, Conn., to h* married I — There is n marrying mania in lb* , Bay Bute. One clergyman in Hosloo , I took five hundred dollars in marriage i#»s , idoring two days of lost week. He it ear*. , est in tb* work. — Gnffy taid he'd rather die in a rail- ' road tmnsb-np than a aleambont batl-up. ; 1 | for tnis reason : "If yon gets off and smashed np. dar y«n is ! but if you gels - , blowed up oa tb* boat, whar it yon?" ' ! — On Wednesday nigbt. a Miss Loxier. i of Jersey City, in attempling to extin- , i gnish a kerosene lamp by blowing oner. was so badly horn.il thai, after living in : , great agont. she died on Thursday, j — There is a legislnlir* enactment j which fot bids nil indecent, abusive, or, insulting language in the strcert or else. | wb*r*. io emphatic italic. If thi> entrr. ; 1 arrests woald be daily marie. Fearful to j 1 hind.. A sale look pl.cqr-ccoily to B*>- 1 I ing ton county by whirh .'HI acre. «... solj for 8I5.WH. the original cn.t 1 which was only 50 cento *■ acre, or $35 ! ' — An Alabama editor recently made n i wholesale black mail' specnletion^ by an- . notincing thai if a bot'le of rhnmpagnc : was tent biui he should refrain from men. > Honing a "certain litrle affair." II* re. i ceived seven bottles from seven person. I With ..sea nates requesting him to "keep/* shady." , — The New Y'ork Miftr ot the 14th .aye; "On. of the tiaO. who has ere. 1 fully examined the immense mass of It— * publican exchanges received by that pa- J Salmon I*. Chat*. -I for .Sheridan and fi ^ discovered this sly# got the apeciHc fiom n : bis own bead. ; „ i — A man named Sporting, tbe boss of ! 11 a gang of men on the Cape May Railroad, " ; train, el I'anid.n, the other day. slipped * and lei! under the wheels, when one of hi- 1 ; legs ves run ever. It was thaught the' 11 I tb* irjory would prove fatal unless he " I Should submit to amputation which h- " I was not. at first, willing to do — The venerable lli-bnn Siranton nl ! — Bishop

Ibe M. K. Church, is a sireng advocate , Conferences. Ile hat recently dcluer-n , several abla addresses in behall nl bit view on that exciUqg question. The Christian , Advocate and Joarnai opposes Ilia Bish- J op's position, aud the Meibixiist snsiains . j him. Both of these ar* able journals. , — Senator Snmner and bit wife, it n ' Stated by the Hmnt Journal, have hnaliv ; I agr-ad. on a pcrmaneat separation. Tbe i ' ground alleged is "the Certainty— divcov. « .-red only jA-> late— that there exisis be- ' tween tb* parties an mcompaiibility of « temperament and opinion on certain social ' ■ questions which prvcladct the possihiliiv j ' I of tbeir living happily together ts n,*n ; < and wife." i — It is curions bow fashion changes J ; i affsct trade. The Indies' new style cri : ' short dresses, for instance, has htlped tie . shoe trade wunderfnlly, while it has dam- ] ; aged tha business of lb* dootore. At au i eminent physician has said this change of , fashion would compel a morn complete , covering of the feet, tbe neglect of which, , I under cover i*f long trains, bad, in b's , jadgment, caused tbe death of thousands. , To CLsiRASTa or Extra Bocxtt.— It | may be interesting to know that a report of a special commute* to Coogret* states ' that the total namner of hoaety claims filed op la Ifecembar 1, 1867, was 412,- ] 030; tn* total aurnber paid, 126,806 ; die- 1 allowed, 11.750, leaving the number ye' 1 to ba settled. 273,474. Tb* Department ! is able to pay, 15,OU0 claims a month in regolar order, so that It will take sboul 1 eighteen month* lo psy off all those al , present on file. Fox GxxtRAL Graft.— A aoldier m . Fori Leavenworth, who bad been eonsi j letter to Geoernl Grant, made a fiaal and desperate attempt, ■ and wr~t* lU following snperseription on the envelope; 1 "This Gear is distinctly aod m~*t positively for Ganerml Ulyxaa* S. Grant, ana not for hi* "~ftitj*tont-G*n*r*l, nor hi- ' Assistant Adjuiani General, our his Act- ' ing Assistant Adjutant -General, n r his Military Hecretary, nor his Chief Clerk, nor bis Ass.stsoi -Chief Clerk, nor his Assistant Chi*r Clark's Orderly, unr his 1 valet, our bis brother-in-law, nor hi* aoai. 1 oor any other man." Nevertheless, ths ' has not yet reached tb* General. — Ben W served in ths revolution | nry war. aad had been in the habit ol r»- , prating hi* lung and toagb yarns so often . i bat M lost ha believed in them himieir. Bro waald give a personal anecdote of , battle of the war. In which he him- ; ss-K always figored aa Ibe hers. Oo beiag , a-kad if he was in the b.(tla of Moomoatb. j replied: "I xaess 1 wae. 1 hsd my , right hand pocket fall of pawdsr, my left hand pocket fall of ballet*, end 1 had tny fatbar's doahle-iwrrelled ducking-goo, feat long, sir ! seven feat long ! I , pat in a hmndfal of balleto, and every ■ 1 let her off knocked tha British | down, sir, fifty el a time! General Wash- , rede np to m* and Said, 'Be* do - stop,yoo'ra doing 'em too bad I' 1 touched , my hat to lha General, and astld. Well, , General,* if yoa any an. I'll cease firing, bat 1 think I ought lo kill a few aera of scoundrels.' With that lb* General < prang from hi* horse aad, throwing bis r arm* around ma, axalaimod, -Baa, doa't , •all »• General ; call ma Oworp.' " i

.^grifiiltiiral. Axi icullur al Not**, for -?»m- " uary. { Nt intor is tba period for farmers and J ( gatiieaers to prepare for tb* crop* of tk* uext eessoo. Many of tba dutisa con0 acted with the operations of ths field , uuay ba performed io winter, qnita as adi vuntagaously as in warm weather. Plan* 1 lor future operations may be laid, month, bafoi* ih* time arnvte for doiog tbe Every farmer .horrid have a work-lhap, where he can repair larm implements and i store Ibem from the injurious influences i "f Ibe weather. When cold storms prevail, and highways are blackaded with snow-drifts, he should bae* a convenient place, wbeie himself and boyt may employ tbeir leisure hours in repairiog tome tool making a farm gate or some such work. Boys should be instructed in tba u.e of tools. II they do oot sncceed, the «r br.i lime, in making a water-tight jointj let i hem try again. A cheap book ou edge tools, end a lew dollars worth of ■ tools delivered to an ambitious boy. with ' uo« anil then a word ol encouragement, will often be of incalculable vain*, net i only in restraining hint Irom doing things that tend to vice and dissipation, bnt m s developing a mechanical talent that may he ol great advantage in fulute year*. Y oeng men like ro try experiments in pirating namernuv mechanical opera f "tb "j'0'd *'"1 dr,*loP ,l"' P"«*to Talk over with yonr neighbor* the propriety o tr inaugurating a renovnllag systein of larm management. Excellent snggesuon. may frequently be obtained from turned^ to work fur many years at eertain r~ V\ niter is tba best lime to procure seed graiofor sowiog nod pluming io the spring. I bis job is too often neglected notil lha growing season ha. corumaaeed. Visit good larmrr at a distanca, aod axchange seed wheat or sard Oats with him; sud have the grain cleaned tkoreaghly and pot in barrels for as*. There is sgr. at advanlagr in exchanging seed ol all .kinds, provided one get. grain that ie fit lusuw. Much of the grata that it used i lor seed i« scarcely fit ler chicken feed. Frail trees of ail kinds may be benefited by spreading a dressing of iron tiling., iron torniogs, the .weepings of blacksmith shops, or tte litter that may be collected at iron faaodriet, aroand lha trees, as far as the limbs extend io a bor. izoolal direction. It will pay to cart such material Mr* or aix miles, when the sletgbit good, to be applied as a dressing uround any kind of trees, boshes or vine, that bear fruit, arneh material caa be spread in the desired piece, even when tbe snow Is deep. Then, after the growing season hat comineuced let it be boed into ibe sail. The more of sncb litter the Letter for frail trees. Oxide of iren im-

parts health and productiveness to growing tract, and especially to grape vines ; sad a dressing ot uon litter it one of the I.'uisl^rfficaneas securities against mildew. employed. I he mechanical department it many year* in advance of the agricultural. The cultivation of the soil is too greatly nag- • except on certalo farms. Thorough cultivation and feilriualiea bava accomplished .under, in some sections of the- country. The satisfactory rssnltt in I lb* line af bunnlifol crops of grain, asd of Choice vegetables and fruit oa term*, tbuuld eucourag* lardy cultivators of ths soil to edopt a ;eiova-'-ing system for the eotniag year. Tb* , choice sheep, the beautiful horees.th* hoe ' cattle and ewiua that ar* fouod in 'ergs umbers all aver oar country, are the result of tk* effort* of tbrokiog aad laboring men. On* common mistake with a large proportion of American farmers is overstocking thslr land, aod a want of thoroughness io thair operations. In many Instances. two cows era kept, when, if lha earn* teed wore appropriated to the mainteof ooly one good cow, the yield of milk would tie much larger than from two cows. Hera is an opportunity for improvemenL The asms it true, in certain instance*, of field crops. If an acre wsr* cultivated thoroughly, and brought np to itagraaust productiveness, by tbe application of rich miner* and freqneat plowing, a givea quantity or gram or vegatablea conld be produced at a macb cheaper rate, than tn raise tha tame amount on two or three acres by tbe cstsmoo, vaperfieiel system of husbandry. Farmer, aod gardeners should hasp io mind tbe beaarifol and important compep--f-ation principle of paying back tn the i .oil a foil equivalent for every eioprnited. W'e can't cheat Ibe soil. If tbe ground i» manured with straw, the bardsn af straw in Iba next crop will be heavy, and lb* yield of grain or v-gelablea light. Fer--ilize I he seed bed with grain prodootag waierml. and ih* crop of graio will far exceed the nsaal yi.ld.—JV, Y. Ohttrrrr. Drainage. "Take this flower pot," said the Prssi--deat of a Heeling in Franca Uttly; --what ibe meaaiag of this small hula* at the bottom J— tb renew the water. Aod why lo renew the water? Because it gives life or death— life when it it made only past through (be berl or earth, fur it eiih the soil its prodective principle*. end readers solnbla the aatritire properties destined to noarieb ib*,planl ; death, on the other head, when it remain. " lt" R^1' f°r '* ""J" b*,r"a>#* ,nd from pvoetr.'ing. " Thst is tb* real theory aod illustration nf draining. Bkbkdt ro* Huts la Uonsn* — Mr. D. Wood. Venice l.'entrr. N. Y„ wrjtea thai a vetoriaariaD bar beet tryiag experiments wirh beta la horse* ; sad he found that boto died sooner wk*a pel into •Iroag let ibun in spirits of turpentine. rendu. ion it, vh.l eoM I** it more -ffirnciw*. when x home hxs the boit.Jbaa alher remediee. — Itie sdvieabie, w the cccilractioo of poultry boats*, lo aa* pis* laaber— Ibe mure pitch it rental** lb* hotter— ibis to aery affveaive to paltry far-