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®hc(0cran #***. Cap? Islivwl, 0»p* Mtj Cuo^. N. J. M. It. M^tiONAtiLK. Wrdnr<iUi), Juu.. H. IMH. ggf" Our unilio : ".Small anil quick I" . li. Alu.i.m, r.[.a Islaml. N .1. Association Mostln«s. r'siw Ul '■!* Lodge No. tl I. O.of C. I it'll ; every Mod.).; *. suing ■* '«■> Fsllosfx Hail. : 'aoUlirra* Union of Capo p.j (Dual, mee's the : Cape Ms» Hiving r»»J W UaU.li.ir Assorts' inn j Wis la^Jtoqir^a" »4 th* fourth 4*nsd»y ruH«o< Mpr'tMay roaatyln? •u'tte'Vrtl'jfoodsystraiag '« imumEfSmfr" Caps lllsnd Lodge Nmap^F. A. M, insets every TO Printer.,— Far Sola. Tlia Hoc Cylinder praroopua which the Watt la printed, la offered lor sale. Slge of bad tl by n l-« Ucbae between bearers, woras two tollrra . oror The fans, and la a bargain at flic p.lw 1 asked. *»*>. JI*W Vcsr'ii Day uuil Kir-nine. .Tbe B'" ISCii. ana urheretl in on Totodrfy "Tljfl.t. according to ihp good old^nabioncil cuiloio a Licit it •aid to bare Bairersally prersilnl in tbe happy by-gone dayt of our grandlalbera, «Hh a atorio, which in tour sections prored to be of a unowr character, but In our rait water latitude a r -gular northeaster, accompanied with rain and piercing winds. • The weather prophets bad been predicting u snow storm fur sereral days, and probably ; bat for soma unknown circumstance tha clouds would hare unburdened tbamseltes of their snowy couteiUs, and fulfilled their predictiona. During the arming of Tuesday, howrter, • change j In the temperature occurred, and soon : it begin to driztle, than rain, then . Mow. until at length the condition of j tt.iogs in the outaide world arsumrd a moat wretched and deplorable aapeat. | Those looking forward to a pleasaut New Veer', day took it for grame'd that »>Kih hopes acre now contolt-tel. blasted, and many gate them-eives op to utipleautiit aiid d'sagrrcaMo ptnapecta for the cumin j holiday.- lint the storm canned ere morn came ; and after . a kind adieu lo'bis friend 'GT, who ctti- i lapsed during the night, the sun blazed forth -New Ycnr's mom-tig at dawu in j all bis dazzling splsndor. intent, no | doubt, in impressing upon mortals ; generally that he still llred end had hi. | being Thedsy being ushered in un jer such circumstance*, according to tbe old oraclea of the weather, is omiuont of another term of twelve months of , storms, convulsions aod recolcliotif among tbe physical and political ale-ui-ru of tbe earth Be that aa it may, New ye.r's day in thin sretion tnost . ■ uexpeeie'jiy, prored to be delighlfn) , and balmy . and tbtf erenlng, on the 1 i ascent of L'ifia, one of the most pro I pitlout and beautiful w« hnee expt-r • •nci-d f r some time, Cspo May and it people -obser-od the day about tbe r same as usual There was no call-task ing", there V.r no hiring of carriages for that porpoae,. there was no drinking of healths U> tba fair "roceirars," or any of tbe nasal compliment* which * pass between bell-# and beaux in clliss when risitisg ou New Year's it made the sole oocupatiou of all who can afford to be idlo.

Of coor>o tlie great feature of the ( day, or ereolng rather, waa tbe grand tapper rote, prapsrtd under tbe nospicrt of th* lsdirt of tbe Baptist Church, at the La Pierre House The weather . Was extremely propitious, aod though the walking wsa sodiewhat oneotufnrt- < •ble und the chances of geliiog aoklcdrop into u rite eomponnd Of uiud und slush decidedly against all who renlurtd out of door* thera waa tbe lnrgsat turnout ,»■ haro teen at any Is.uval this aaasOn. In fact, such was i the prsssora occasioned by tbe immense | rath, that the hall la which tbe Ur was ; i h-ld, was found to ba altogether too i i limited in extent fur unytbiug bat j ■ Btaodmg room. Precisely at 7 o'clock i •upper waa annoancrd by tba onmasi < r»l voice of • gong, when about one j i bondred persons disposed thamselrr- - to read-r justice to the good tbinga so ( i profnaoly . provided on tba Brat tables , The scrne that ensued can be more f r-edlly iamgined tbua deacribed, anf Ilea it to any that tha tables worculeared ■ in a »-ry short time. and again bountifully spread fur u second coarse, which, in due season, anded with the like n;- I suit. Tiie affair was, ia all it* par(ico- ' lor., preeminently successful, and every- j * ' one departed expressing them.elre. ' more eoaldent than uv*r in the ability , ' and prowess of tbe Baptist ladies to j - excel til competitors in the preparing i i of ebaruh snUrlainments. Tbe fair ! - rlfcsad giih a *sry Interesting Incident ! A boautilui aUrer eaator, etcrylfeing " • complete. waa rated for, and proooated ' Mrs. W. fititoa. of this city, a* a token ' ' " Of thl respect wad rfasiloda aiiicriatni-l h»r her biy all that am acquainted with ! 1 htsr ' Tbe proceeds of the fair, wbioh , ' amoeoted to *lroci 1853. th* expenaoa ; 1 Waing about go towards lbs par- : ►caw* a mod. Eirwosr Sciroat. AaaewzriuK — Tiia '' r **t isarterly teeeUng of tba Cape l.iaad Sunday Sehooi Dnioa will be ' eeM >* th* Baptist church of ibiacity. . en eon Sot. d» j afterneee, 19-h teat., remmaaaiiwg at half post t.o oVfock C- S Hstitm, Soc*y. Cssust Bai a SO tarn Ceas — Oe *od"*~£r •»,

tia.ki. . Th'* lately purrbitseil trrrltory. in i which abound icetirrga, soo«. rain anct, K-qoimaiix. i. «Ur*ctim| eonsidorablc ^.leoiion ironi (he public and furniaix-a ' s great drwl oi -u'-j-et-iustter to naw* . paper writers and rorreapondenia - I -el ua for a moment, lake a glance at n Irofti nor quiri; matier-of-Uct little -.lo-by^tbe-sea. What a ra.t subject 1 for coiil- mpl-itioif- is here prepared for { tbe mind 1 Dn scanning aomu of the ! ' ialeat accooets from that i billy region, I - n C'-nld not help exclaiming in the : .auguage of tlie poet. (yu. lorely laud \ ■ it Al-i.ka 1 ( Seine reprobate, with -nor- tyulh than poetry, characlcristi- : • j.lfy calls it— DongwayoQski ) What : i country for ducks ! .Kt-ader, aiong- I • -.ide of it, our fainoan Jaiia, Jenkins j 1 md Learning's sounds are nowhere 1— J ' ll'-rc '» ■ specimen of thw kind of wea thcr they burn for gunning at this as*- j win -at Sitka, the capital of tb«^loag»»y- off' rtgion. This place lie#v4ewo | the coast, at the end of the panhandle, ' ; fire hundred mile# sontb of the line ! wherd^we strike tbe balk of tba lerri- | tory, going north Think of what it mn.t bn in tbe most northern parts, »hen at Sitka, from the middle ol Oct. ' to the middle ol Norember, tr* fiud weaty-Bre days ont of twenty aix i.»rk«rd with such report# at these Hein «nd fog— Deny raios—Rtin, 1 hail and snow ; rrming lightning and ; builder — Kog. rain and hall — Squalls i ! of snow, rain hail, strong galea ; cyclone ,t seten P. M — Ilurricaoe, lightning, tiail *nd rain— Squalls of ruin tod | jii'o* Drizzling rain and fog; and so -n all the way through. It is said, too. 1 that the#* aariat ons of wtt weather . i-vi-r over three huudred days in tbyear at Sitka, leading about fifty eemi--unehiny ones, witbont rain, bail or snow to" sps-ak of. Speaking on this j '• -object the New York Herald eay's : "Mr. Be ward's lar.H purchases areceri tninly.well adapted for meteorological -'adies and valcaiiic phruomcna, froth tha anhrokea taccossion of fogs. rain, hail, snow, lightning and thunder, ice I ind icebergs of Alaska, to the exhila i rating t-irmdnes "of St. Thomas, which ! >w-ep off the Yop of the Island, and be delightful earthquakes wliich shake i -ut the bottom." With another poet t goes on to eiy : — Oh, csrry »a to Alaska. » Wb-r» II snows and rslsTalgajti I Or lake me to M. Thomas, Where y Good Tuh-lab*. — The Irieadt of Tea»p-ruoc« in Cape Island are pervciing «rrig-meDft to advance the - -ose more rfflcienflv tbe present y**r. The Lodge of G od Template recently rgtnized is designed to carry oot spe1 -isl object*, ard to aid in every material respect the interests which Ml Teo<I oora&ca orgsuizationa should 'have in ilew The work of iastitatlug Lodges j hrooghoat the State has been prosej -u'td vlg-roosly daring tbe psst ye*r ; -tid it is the determination of tbe order t> renew it« afforts tha present yesr. Cap*. Island Lodge No 33 I U of G T. will speedily increase ia number*. >r,d with increased labor and zeal it is r-iain much greater result* can be ob j'talnM. Tbe following it tbe list of ; the oftiet rs elected at a receut meeting /or the present quarter: Geo. W. Smith, W. C. T. Mis* Bessie H. Tii dall, W. V. T. C. 8. Magreth, W S. Geo. 8 Ware. W. F 8. , Mrs. M. G. Hyde, W. T Rev. J. C. Hyde, W. C. Rnr. Kdmond Hewitt. W. M. Miss Emma M. Oarrotaon. W. G. Miy S. Hughes, W A. 8. .Mrs. A E. Smith, VV. R. H. S. Mitt Jennie Tindsll, W. L. H. S. Mr. >'. 8 Coraon being recommended to tbe G. W. C T. as D- G. W. jC.T, has since received hi* commit"'°n' Railroad Changs or Ba».— Wc

•ire greatly pleased, and we leel that *ur readers will alto coincide with nt shst a change of arrangement baa bierdecided upon, and that the Vioelaod Railroad will terminate at Pemberton, instead of Alston, sod connect with the Camdan aod Atnboy instead of connecting with the Raritan aad DelaBay road. This we consider a j great Improvement. Application la to ; be made at the next aeatton of tbe legi mixture for aa amendment te the charter of the Vineland road. The comoletlon of thia roata wil seenre a direct eoonectloo with New York, and tbro' 1 train* to that eity daring the boarding seaaoB. The Camden and Amboy company have done mnch for the southern part of tha Slate in the way of railroad facilitiea, and tha new arrangement reerred to above will still farther Inter- ^ ust for people la tba welfare of that company. The New Organ, mentioned in our [ iaane as having bean pnrchaaed for "bo use of tbe Baptiat Church of this j city, waa liatened to with delight hy j -he momb-r* of tbat congregation last Sabbath. We had the pleasure of iieAriug a voluntary hy Mr. N. 8. Cor- | son in tbe afternoon, and, judging from I i be sweet Atynn and puwrrfnl voinme of : the lastrnmunt, seeoodad by the wallj anuwn ability of the performer, we heartily eongratoUte oar Baptist frieads on an aeqaiailioa which hat long boan j -seded and which do-s honor to th* ! charch and to tbe mnsieal t«sta of tbe ' -uemh-rt. At we eUted, the instrn- [ -n-nt is one of Estey'e Boudoir organs, ! with 4 steps at-d the "inmole attacbj laeei ; — conaidered by eompetani : judge* to bo n- t only tho moat appro- i j priau for church mnaic, bot tbu very 1 b-. at ameiler organ* manufactured Tax New School Hocst. traded for 1 the nao of tbe PeMe aehook of Cape lalAti, will ho open to the pa We for inspection ihlo aftmooe from 1 to 6 } e'deeh P. M. At 3 o'eloch th* bBiW—f wtfi ho Uaeafamff hy o commlua* i to sh* peeper aothoritio* ef the Mty, !2S^«2322J5 , trot eaaatee to the w> mrwroere to ; menew (Tbmaeiey) Sth too. . ;

j The CaibJMat Academical IkStij TCTE — This Ihsin -vtabiisbed Tairf- j ulionds b-coming so well kni-wu and j • *jdcly sppr-icistrd ibst qnestioea are [ - io long- r. fuout-d a* lo the probability [vif it eventually proving » »arce-A. In ; 1 lis hands of Prof G H. Hays. (and j ] ■indcr the-management of tbe able and ! , > - iGcient corps of tsacbers -inplny-d by j , . j nim, the MayviUe Institute is fast ap- | - • j orotching the period wbeo her name :'< v III be as familiar in the mouths uf the ' 1 , people of Cape May as tl.u-e.uL Prii- ' ! • -lington, I'rinOetoo or BriffgctSo*-to ! I j Parent*, why *end yoftr childreo a dis- L i j lance hvyubd the iiiniu of tba county, j ■ • wbrn an opportnnity ia now affordid ' i | if eniDraciiig tbe scif-saine edncational - - j advantages for them at hotAe ? We; I sdow people woald indeed foolish j . j f they w-nt to Philadelphia, paying j ' tare, etc , to proenre an article, and j - ' nay for it t tie- same money that It could I be bud fur in their own tillage. Bur j . i parental reader* will do well for the'; : honor ol their own county at leant, to - ponder over the important aubject of -dncating tbe children entrusted to j ; their cere, and act accordingly. Ther- j ■ re at jirJsent a considerable number •if students at Mayville, and tbe ournI ber is steadily increasing. We cab 1 ; lafely eay that not a better loeatian. ; teachers or appointment* can be fonnd j , in any academy than at the one nt I Mayville. ) Leap Y?ar —The vear 1868 it leap rear, and everybody who reaches the | Srst of March will consequently hsv. , lived one day longer than they did during tbe first two months of Issi tear. Leap year is the period of privi- ^ lege for the fair sex The rule# arc eutpended, and the little dears, instead if wailing for the comiug man. ary at . | Ibcrty lo huut him u:». aud indulge i- j •ourtiop ad libitum. Marriageable iirl* never embrace the opportunity, j I .ud, perhaps, net the individnals, but ■ ( town talk is to the effect that those who ore rir if in' on the shady side of thirty .remaking preparations fur an active -ainpaign daring tbe coming season — r t regular charge ef tbo chignons, it I f-icL Wurthv or Imitxtion — fomnwhere •>ut west, it Ohio, »e believe, an antiswearing society has been formed by '.he yonng men of tbe towu, aod fines -re imposed upon members who an,'uiliy of profaoity, the proceed* being levoted to tbe purchase of newspapers ind periodicals. A society of tbi> -ind, embracing all the young men ol Caps Island — tnd perhaps some of the nlder men too — wanld yield a bandsome revenue for inveslmint in newspapers and works for the development and cultivation of tbe intellect. Green Crkke Ltcetm — This Society at one of their regular meetings, oo Saturday evedng la*i, di-cu-sed the following question : Resolved, Tht: Avarice is a greater evil to a coinmu"ty than Pride It was decided in the olirmative Matthew Murcy Presi-i-nb Affirmative — R. D Barratt Negative — Aaron Miller. At a former -ii acting fh*y discoraed the following : Kefolved. That 6*pe Island o* a wttrr- f ing place, has been advainsgeoat to Cspe May Coooty. Decidtd in tha ' affirmative. The W kek or Prater —Tbe present week, which ia the firat in the new , year commencing with a Sabbath, it ; ibierved by many Christians tnd most I Christian churches of all denominations 1 '.broaghont tbe world, according to a ' custom of tevtral resra standing, at a week of prayer. There hat been serai j -rs in one qr two of tbe churehev on the , Island, so far, and services wih,ba held I nightly in tbe Methodist and jiaptii-t - chulfhe* ontil the close of^-Hle week. 1 All are cordially invited toRttend.

A New Ikbutvtion — *An Institute - has bees ergaolxrd in Gloucester Co , 1 having for its ..'el>jtei.tbe instrnction of Snnday ~6cbohl teachers; the commuuicatian ef information oo the brat ' mean* of conducting Sunday-School.; > teaching classes ; preparing lessons; 1 illustrating troth ; aad ie every way ' possible fitting those who are engaged - In impacting religious knowledge to 1 tbe yooog for the responsible dotiea of ' their great vocation. Foarxse* Monsok Jar. 3 '68. . Editor of the Ocean Hare : I Dear Sir We. the umJertifRed, with - to express through your press oar thanks to Capt. Joseph M. Norbory matter or r tha Schr. "7. 5. A L C. Ada au" for bit speedy relief in reacting is from th* Schr. I ft. C. Howard of New Yerk theu in a I sinkioa condition ; and alao for kit kind . attention (luring thapusaaxt bom*. Master — D. H. Nickertoa, . 1st Mate — J. F. Christy, 1 2d Mate-F. Feast. New Papehs.— Th* aew year seems to r be prolific in tbe etarting of new newtr paper establishments. Tha Conrtitntioni alitl, a Democratic paper ba# bean started r al Plain field, Wn. 8. Tore# aad brother, t editors. A oew Democratic paper has r alao bean started at Phillipsborg, by Sigman and Weikhalser as u-litor* nod poblisbvre. A vary east papar, called tha 1 Waobingtou Star, also Democratic, has f hvso started at Washington, Warren • cosatjr, K. W. Oaman, editor andpropriet tor. ' A Spuudsd Gift to a Fsiexd.— Fonr 1 Certificates of the Waahiagioo Library 1 Company ef Philadelphia, is aid wf thw ' Rivsrsid* Intfitata for adacaliog orphans, - costing four dollar*, with tba So* aagntv- , ioc -Tha Perils afoor Forefathers." «aeh . Cartificata secures also una present at the , Great Diatributteu by tha Company, a»k■ug four praseaU. one or more of which ' ; may ha worth thousands of dollars. It f | alsmje peysto he kind te a tra. friaud. r tar I've gat two dollars aod I MB f K°'*ff *• J- 8. G.rri to#'. Variety Store r .ad get a Magic Uueo Marker, aa h* B gives • saleable prwaat with aach oe* - sold dwriwg th* holidays. ' TwwLsmim ivuask— The .waty^Kasj ' saesioe of the 1-giaUtnr. of Ult Stale. ■

tape 9Ssr f'Mft Haair. Dae. 28th. IfihT. ' \ Dear -firtoi Wane. ■ — " U«r# id s iropitaled room 1 haar thy j 1 aiara-nriDgs, aud as .thy murmuring cu- 1 ii-ocaa ara wsliod to quo* ear maihinkr | rosy check. o .lumtoir is her*, cod I an- 1 ostbvd iu isydaaWiyi-llows.'aod torn* 1 ' mind thy loamy cram* corn# sparkling 1 I with gem. uf. thought frsth from tha hanni I I of tbe god uf the yrideat, leasing aa thy 1 ; crista racada.tioy shall# aou |-**rls. lo ha ' gaiherad by tkstroiuuraAaekarand locked j away io the ck.k-t of memory. ' . tt* ar* now ia tba midst of th* Christ- ' mas holidays, but bvru there is little to 1 ; i.U cs of old customs orbriog to miodzba 1 i Ciiri-tmsa of childhood days, wbm stodk- ! icgs wer* the aoaoal uroa'menu or cbim- | u.y corners, when Kri.t Kriogl-, oo ih. I -lings of tbe wiod, cam* with hi# fiesi ; reind.ars drawing biAvC»ckl*-tbell sleigh. ; loaded with jouipiog jacks, crying babla. 'and mint sticks to make glad oar youog ' hearts. Bet, alas, to us Kris* Kringb una his good initiialion has failed, for th--act of a oionied pap* hod mstnui* anc ; bachelor uncles and good old maiden The littla that has occurred waa pigeoi j shootiag for turkey* by that prince I good fellows, Law Wbcalon. From r* D-rt th* nteikemaoship was indifferaut. Be that as It "hay, tbo princ* bus eaougli uf bis gobbler, left to garuith bis table I aud lickie tha epicoreao palatas of hiI guests fur a week to come, to say nothing On Christmas are. seventeeu'Sadies ol tbe'M. K. Church, a. a surprise aod ri.-oa tloo parij met at ih. bou-auf ouuaflheii aumber, with their usskets and oqodlrs When all were io readiness tfcey procaadrd in a body to the house ol the wor-hj "Local Preacher" of ibis charge/ who wa* j to bo the recipient of ^their dotation.- < i ing "of GrcIroruV^DrosMood'^ j j art of |f.io«|u«'»». 10 the Tan ol grenloees. ' | sod leader in the path of righteousnuss. " | Yon may sell be termed the gi-oereu. I -event-en, fur thou haal gladdened the good c-nse ; yon bar* certified lo bin- ! that ba Is appraciaied among you t you | • ill* knowledge ibal iie has your esteem ! and good will, and in bis nightly prayi j he will beseech the great ruler ol tbucifarte in watcb over aod protect yoo, that thy guardiao angels will hover over yuu fropi all berth f tbat thy pathway | throogb life will b* free from pain ano iribulation. One of (he best tbinga about was that it wa* kept a pr-if-iond secret ameog ibe donor-, uo one outside of the ; great tersbiven were awaie of wbal asr ( going on. lip to Christmas eve women ! * to at par, now tbey command a pr. mium. Who now will . remain iu single ulessednass in these woman-seerel-keepiug days. O. Sage of the Isle, assist me tinvoke the troubled vpirit uf poor Whar. I"0, who died bucaus* the fair duughu-r- j uf Kvo could nut keep inviolate the grea' Yours truly, "Sonetins." Importnut Us-cisioa lo Fnrmers in u ltaiirssad Case. Some tiui* ago a cow, belonging to a | urmer who lived upon the line of the ! Pittsburg, Fort Wayne sod Chicago Rail- I oad. iu ooa of ti'a norihero counties ol Indiana, says the N«w Albany Ledger, j ran epon th* track lo front of an adrtthc. ; ing train, throwing tbe train off ton track ! badly wrecking it, aod injuring several ' persons. The railroad company sued the j owner of th* cow for the fall nmoanl of - damage caused tbe train by tho uccideot, | And recovered, in the lower conrt, a v.r- | diet for 84,000. An aupi-al was taken by j (he farmer lo the Supreme Codrl of in- [ ■liana, and on Tneaday last the coarl *1- ! firmed the verdict of the coort below, j holding the farmer1 fur tbo fall amount oi tbe 84,000 damage! assessed. This it an j important decision, and it holds tbat per- ; sons living on th# lines of railroad* iurtlial ) Slate cannot allow thair stock to run at large, so as to endanger tbe safety of pair- j ing trains, withoet being legally obligated 1 for nil damage* that may ensue from such ; stock being run over, and throwing tbe | trains off the track.

Whiskey. , It is settled now thel tbe honest whiskey distillers of tbe nation bars cheated ' the government, during lb* last year, out ' of over 8250,000,000, and it is belitved ' that if th* unascertained fronds were all ferrettad out, tbe 'aggregate woold reach ; the enormonseomol 81.000.000.000. The ; whiskey mep are clameriog for a reduction , or lb* lax, and modestly saying that if lb* , govarum.nl will rwdoce" it to twaoty-five cents oo th* gallon, they will pay it. Wr ' do not believe iu this ut all. If thev will ' cheat tba govarnmeal now, (bay will do it Ibaa. aod tbe true remedy ia to be feomi io a system of taxation that cannot be evaded. Toe Prussian system estimates tha capacity of a still, aod it is taxed upon i that capacity, and then no amnnnt of false 1 swearing will avail to gat rid of tbe tax. Wa trust tbat their system will ba intro- > duced bars, and thrn, what' ar lb* diatil- - lera pay (ba tax, or r*aea to nunifaetar*. ■ the country will be the gamer. If anyI thing skooid pay the laxra which ar* esaential to our governmental working, it should certain); ba the trod* io wbiakay. — Tba list of th* distinguished dead of Ih* post year includes the namaa of N. P. ' Willis, Washington Hoot, Professor - Backs, John A. King, Miss Catharine M. - Sedgwick, Jeremiah Day, Charles Anthon, I Tbomae F.Meagher, Klias Howe, Charles » A. Kiog, "Artemua Ward," Admiral i Palmer, Charla* 6. Loring. General Qrif. - fin. Fits-Ursso* Halleck, Prof. Chastar Dawey, Chancellor Walworth aod John. > A. Andrew. Among th* prominent Eo- • ropeana who have died in 186" are 8ir . i Archibald Allison, Professor Faraday. ■ Louie Das Ira Veros, the Archduke Maximilian. Lord William Rosea. Sir Traderink Bruce, aaV Puccini, tbu eumpoaar. Hasoxd.— Thomas Walsh, a boy of r tHiruau, was banged at Newark, N. J.. , ua Thursday, fur lb* marder wf Patrick ■ Terms;, ou th# sight of tba Fourth of I July last. Ha mat bit death boldly, haa- > ing taken a coot view of tho gallows th* > day haforn while b# smoked a cigar. Not > a movement wan aatlcaable la tbu body t whea tha trap fell, aad b* died apparently without u atrag'gto. Quo or tbu temporarily uppoietad sheriff's awia taste fainted at the tight of th. banging man.. B« W tax to- pat, — 'Tia madden to oeg- • U«t a eough ur cold, howar.r ulight.— ' Coauamptiou may follow* aad thaagh Dr. • Rusue's Balsam of Wild Cherry has fro Qaaatly cared this mack dreaded disauwa, for thw primary diinan of tha throat, » (wag. aad tbe. it aisaaya aava* wkaea ) - aitfcur ro madteu foiL < I i —Thro# lhaaiaad aaroa- haadrod aad j

The tmrrirs n Agrirnlf urial. Few p-raous can make a better pay-'-;. tnVestmrnt, of* dollar and a hair, than lo •aud it for U whole year's autworiptioo lo tba American Ayicultoriel abicb iv now entering npon it 27' h aonnsl voluins.— Tbnogh very good io the past, the quality of th* first aumber f-ir 1866 show, that ] this aaperb journal baa still batter things ' -n autre for tbi* year's vaiuair. The papar j tieen kept op to lis foil standard of j ( excellence, by the associate euttors, and j wa laara from tha number before ns that Mr. Orange Jedd, the long turn- editor in i L-htel, ha. jnrt returned Irum bts leegtbt ! lit Europe, railed aod reiovigotalad, ! and that he will resaiae bts labors upon ! ihe Agricnltunsl, with no dtmiontiou in > tba receot strong editorial lores that bav. ; so ably conducted the paper io bis ab--ence. Taie journal has already a oircn- • atloo averaging half.* dozen subscriber, lor every Post Office in the United Bute, and -British America, bot we presome leadqaarturo at 245 llroldway,Pth.re wil ■lumber of beauiilul aod losiruttive en-.-raviDgs, ite va«t Ulore of useful, practical, rod reliable information aboqt all matterpertaining lo lb* Farm, Ih# Cardan, and the Household : its pleaaiog and instructive department for Children aod Yonth. w.th its unsparing exposures of the humbag. aad swindler* that atioond, all rendei t-its journal a vary valuable, und almost lodiepensahle aid to every Man. Woman, and Child, io City/Village, and Country i The .terms, owing to us immense ci-cul. - tion. are pat down t- the vary low ptic of 8150 a year, or four copie. for f5.~ . or. at leeet. send 15 cents, and get u postpaid aprcimeo copy. Obanuz JvodA Co.. . | 245 Broadway. New York, are Publish . writings of Charles Dickens, w* have onl ' io note th# appearance and cost of th- : new and cheap edition of lue work* tba s now being brought nut by M#»sr*. D A|.pl-lon A Co. We have already re- ' - Nicholas, Nickleby, Pickwick paper and ] tbe Chriatmassiories including the Christmas Carol, the Chime., the Cricket so thi Hearth, th- Battle of Life aud the Haunt- . I • d Man. Baiug told at the marralloo.li j -ow price of tareoty^fiv^ceots each retail. , j -iat are handsomely got up and the type 'ban that of aoy othei small Aditioes o! , , Dtckans' yet published. [ Tus Northern Monthly for January. ' ; lubli.bad at Newark, bas^ jnsl appeared. •eTeral agre.sble sod raadubla article-, , -specially that of Wirlriikea, npon I'bil ulelphia which gives mack interesting in- ; 'loorithing cu v. All Jrrseymeo sboolc I support the magax no devoted to the iu- • a rests of their Sla'e. gJT We have received a copy of th I /'radical Farmer, publish Jd at 1120 Mar ' i let Ol., Philadelphia, by 1'aschall Morris. I rod which appears to us to be a valuut-l-idililiun to lua agricultural litera'ure ol ih# country. It l« well gotten up, fillsu I with valuable practical reading for farm era aod others. Merry's Muskcr.— This excellent jo ; -enile monthly comes in as enlarged, im j proved and r-juteaated, with a oew sntloi, ' new engravings. new fsaturee, and a ne» iilrass. Only 81.5(1 per annum. Address: Horace B. Fuller, pub-iahar, 245 Wash ington gl., Boston. I for tbe asaemblrogerof a convention a' Trenton on tha 22d inst. lor the purpo - of organixing an oppo.jtion to the Cam I den and Amboy Railroad Company.

| SPECIAL NOTICES. John ». Lycett, INSURANCE AGENT, J. Granville foeach, | ATTOKhKr AUD COVSSr.LLOK-AT-l.Alr. 1X1 SOUTH FIFTH STREET, mhXMm PiiiLAntu-ntA. John If. ttuainun, Attorney & ConnselloT-at-Iziw, Solicitor MASTER k EXAMINER IN CHANCERY, SUPREME COURT COMMISSIONER, anil NOTARY PUBLIC. CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE, NEW JERSEt Charles M. Aral, ATTOKSEY AT LA IF 4PKQCTOK IS ADSIKALTY. Office, tor Soa'th FOURTH St., PhlffiUalphla." Special attention gtreo to all ami ten relating to VessAgroperty. maxa.tr Dr. J.F. Learning, D™T"T' m CA PE MA T COVET HOWE.- Tuesdays, aad W#UW oUtPBISC. — Thursdar.. SEA V1LLL, — Frtdar.. Cf Txawi Modisat*. Coadltlosa Cash. Jel-a ' DENTAL OFFICE. H. L. UILIIOI'R, D. D. H., CAPE ISLAND, NEW JERSEY. NITROUS OXIDE GAS administered when desired. If ansagements are mads In Advance. OFFICE HOURS- From s A. M. to IS M., sad from I P. M. to S P.M. Office for Consultation — At Cottage on Front strast, near tha beaah. Errors of Youth. _ A Gentleman who suffered for years from Nar voua pehillty, Premature Decay, aod all tha etfhct. ol youthful tndlsereUoa, will for tha aaka of taOhrlng humanity, aaad Baa In all who road It, tha red pa aad directloaa .or making the tin wishing to proRt by the advertiser's eiparlence •an do so by nddreaatng ta perfect confidence, r JOHN B. OGDEN, mslS-y <t Cedar St., New Tosh. , Desfncit, Blindness It Catarrh Treated with the utmost success, by J. Isaac*. M. D., Ocnltai aad Anrtst, (formerly .1 Laydaa. Holland.) No. aps Areh street, PhUaddphU— ' Tictlmcauti from the moat relUhta aonroro In ' •he city and country aaa ba aaaa at his office. The Medical Faculty ara invited to accompany ' their pahaata, aa N. ha. no secrets la hit prwe1 tier. AKTITICIAL ETXS laeaetod wtlhootpala To ContnffiBptlve*. th* Bar. EDWARD A. WILTON will send (fro* of charge) to ait who S.clu It. tha twa with th* directloaa for maklagsad adag > tbo dmpU remedy by wklek ha was sorod at a > [ I nag albrtlae aad that danad disease Coaaamp > I TXoa. Tv aaty ahjac* *e ha h laaBI the adffialad . ' aad. h* hopes every aaffiaaaswtU WJ tht* pro- ! ■ j »**n ^ |

SPECIAL NOTICES. sippltci I.™.1..' tbe afflict .om t-f humsoIty, liter u no more favorite ou lor a certain .i.AA .-I dyeessv. Ib.n the "medicinal gam" of ■ lire, I. enhanced Ico-told by cetcatllc sad Judo , clou, roait'inatloo with other ingredients, in ' j (bcmselves ol equal worth y This happy mlai Dr. «l»ur'» Balsam of Wild nirrry, j whose value la curing Cough*. Cold*. Bronchitis ' tVhoApmg Cough, irottp. Asthma, l-ulmonari j Afierllons. and laclpleol t'oaaumptmn is 1ne.li- j ma *. ,rRONG TESTIMONY. From BltUAMia Wettua, Esq., Repot Master, at South Royalatoo, Mass.. | "In the eprtaf of lShf I was moat severely af - HI, -ted with a hard, dry eough, with llo-rousl j accompaniments of night sweats, o-inplefhj) | through the lafiueode of a neljhiior to try tflatsr's^TUlssin of Wild Chany. and before u.lje ! ■BT1I w. FGWLK a SON, Proprelors, IS Tremonl .*'.. Proton, and for sale by Uruggl.la jeneThe beat^knawn^remady for In all It. manifold forma. Including Ulcere. CanN. H. Hreto. zrroR.vEY-zr-LAR- a no cokyeyascee, MARRIED. HtmEMAN— JOHN* — *1 Mhe Wa.hlngfoi NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. FRESH 4'LOVER IIA1 KALE! FARM TO RENT OR LEASE. ; reirrh ; go, lo.e. Koficc, 1 .,K . . '«r Misses. No. (OS i Eight Thirii-lfi e'l'ilA KKKT street. Below Ninth. Phll -delphl.. (Jiffs foi Lads. ' ( 'S Prok~Ko" 0,kC^.n,\iro J,'i|id!l No. Sis (Eight Thtrtj-avel'fii ARRET street. Below Ninth. Philadelphia. Tor Fostering. -J'HE^MechsajesI tal.nt^or ^Ingenuity ofjom Itench, such as we ava^oreale^ ^ sua w, No. (OS (Eight Thlrty-Ove) MARKET "Tee. Below Ninth. Phlladslphl' ' WHITE PI YE HOARDS, At S3X.60 per Thousand, For sale at the LUMBER YARD ol JOHN F. STARR, Jr., h CO., Cooper Street Wharf.

JUDY F. 8TA|(r, Jr., A (O'k. N KW LUMBER YARD COOPRR STREET Wit ARP, CAMDEN New Jetiay. ■»|V I'f.'h* rsrtnn. kinds of Lumber used Ii Oak. fine, Spruce and Hemlock Franu Stuff, Cedar, Cgprett, fine and Spruce Shinglet, Shingling and flattering Lath, fickett and other Fencing, Carolina Heart, Vir ginia and Delaware Sap, li'Ai/e fine. Spruce and Hemlock Flooring. BILL TIMBER Of all Rinds Furnished al tha Lowest Rates. Price, and Terms will be made Satisfactory Order* for Lumber lo be shipped hy Rail, or other transportation, will be promptly Rllad, and ■ Is properly loaded and forwarded with despatch JOHN F. STARR, Ja, A CO., Coorsi *t. Wwsnr, Jal-y Camden, New Jersey. HffiW tot i ay BATE MONEY BT GOING TO R. D. EDMUND* A RON'S BTURJC, COLD SPRING, HERE you will finds gsroral assortment DRY GOOD8, GROCERIES k PROVI8ION8. At Price, that will defy competition. Such aa CALICO*. MUSLINS. (Heachad a Unbleached,) IS yards wide, DELAIftS, I CANTON FLANNELS, Red. White, Cray, Shepherds Plaid, ShlrUaga and Sack FLANNEL, GINGHAMS, CAMBRICS, Balmoral., Knit Under- thirls fc Drawers. Hosiery. Gloves, aad Mlttaws of all kinds sad quality for Ladlaa, Gentlemen aad Children, Raft Shawls aad Cap far Ladles aad Children, aad Trlmmugs ef all klads. Quilting, Cotton fc Woolen Tarn, Cloths aad Caasimms tor Men aad Boys' Wear, riooe aad TehtoDH Cloth 1 A large assortment of Boots aad Shoos foe Ladles Gentlemen, Youths and Chlldrea. ; Dtshsa, Glass, Tie aad Earthenware. Sugars, Molasses, CaHTO, (green aad routed.) Teak; Rotter! Laid fc Pairh, ptoa^aai Paaahaa, grroa Apple, by Urn tamTOI or ■ S3r ^ R. D. EDMUND* fc BON. I [ 20'000 rKrr YELLOW PINE SCANTLING, | Of Extra QoaHty, | Fro saV, cheap, at tba LFRSik YABC of 1 JOHN F. STARR Jr. fc CO. , | JaJ-f Om«a*. I*. J. |

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