1 - ' ' . _ . CAFE MAY OCEAN M ATE WEDNESDAY, JANUAKN lo,38C*. . . ' ■ • ^ ~

®hc (Gcrnu (fcpe WxuJ. 0a;>« Maj Com ij, F. J. I H. -IS. MAOONAGLE. < a Si*MiATH, Aaarev.ay IWrm*. ■■■ fffdui'>dar, Juu., IS, Iri6H. gro^n.;^# " Sural J proflu, •■•rt quirk sale* t" - a . B. Miller, 0 v . Ca|M Idlaild, .V J. Association Masting*. C»p# talaad Lodge Ho. t> t.O. of C. r.awi ' evocy Monday evening In Odd Fsliow. Hall. I Cnlno of C.pe Mvy Count, nt'i the j Ut ud Ud Saturday evenings In each mootli. * . rape Mm *arlsg Fundfc Building Association j mt, in i ho City Hail on (He fourth Muni ,7 | visaing IB sseh month r«rm-r.' * Mortmain' Building it Loon inotlitloB of Cop- Ma) ■WUOtr m-#iatW_tth Moodegaj. A D. Kumusus, nn'rleaning Mar Lodge No. u I. O. n/G. F.useeti • very Thursday evening at th* Odd Folio wo Holl. Com loUnd Lodge Bo 10 f. a, m. mart, ever) Tueodoj on or after the full. The Hoe Cy Under piVta upon whleh the Watr. U printed. U ottered (or sal*. Ml. of Utl 15 bj f, Ht IneBeo between Wrdeo, work, two roll#, oere <ho bow, Bed to o bargain Ot the price aefcad, The IfwBrhool llouar. IT* BENEFICIAL IXFLUEKCkS; 1TB ERECTION CERUIIXIKI, Alio l.K.S'BSUL h KM A HE* So one rati look n ifcffilHre adrauct •ad eoiutue., liable pri£[res C*p«I-l*nil is luukiux is lite number and clmrnct-r af it* itupravvaienU, without vxperiruoitrif • local pride fur our beaulilul itttlo cttjr, and In lire entire number, Ihtre U none ibat rtQ»eU -non to the credit or will ovntribuio mora • nufetj" ~ i u wo rile U10 'future protpint; of the people it, bii the noble structure ou Franklin street, alilcb lino juot been oonplritorl and dcdtoaled . for the ase ol oor Public Sobo.lv. Now, inure than •eer, do the tokens bivotne mnnilrot that on «rn ot growth aud prnaprrity. inure inpid and striking time baa existc.l at auy time In tbe paat, tun art in for oar ialand. Oar tiluatiou upou a 1 liarbm to wOicb »d«»el» bavc compare- j liv'olj easy act-eat, being the teruinoa I of an iinportonl railroad, rial surround- | cd wilb a country eapible of bearing : Die moat profitable kinds ol produce. | lorinud in tbeoiaelvaa strong reconi- 1 luat.daiiutifi fur making Cape laUnd, if ! it only had the energy aud nuierpritr j to grotp the Jpjsoraaitie within it> i teach, importaiit ut a suiutru-r rraori . nu i ar> a place of business ; bat it re- ; •B.iuod fur ibe event *f Idol Wrdnco day to oap the climax by making Cape , Island ■ moat desirable place of Tesi notice for famlliei. There is not ibe . ■lightest doubt that eontiderabie Imri ta the reputation of tbe plac- abroad j lias rratiitod i'/oui the f«ul that ah arte ailiamrd to point to sikitdWtho wreub-cd-ioukiug iusiitetioo for iheiniphrlint,«f instruction, and hitherto recognised •• the "phblie ichool-house." The objection, that we bare bad uo desirable educational advantages, Is at length rumored, and to-day Wa pan point with pride aud admiration to the ■>>* ichool budding as one of ihe finest and most I h.irongl.lv appointed ioklil'itiont of the kind anywhere, perhaps, aaoth ol .C'niud»n, and one whlcii any. corporation inuy well feci proud of. Wednesday, Jantiary 81b, 1868, was j a day of much ioterrai to tha friends . ol Biiuoatiun uu Cape island, and ••- peeiaiie to thoar who, for aereral .rears paat, baee been laboring with ail their might aud influence, in tbe face of opposition and at tbe risk of making enemies folk tbrmselree and the cause they repiearnu-d, toward the rasuil at length attained — the actual rrretion ot a ballding dereiled to the education o! our present rising generation and ol those that are to come in future years, when we are passed away. The remoral of the schools fr-itn the old concent, kuown aa the Indian Queen, so long occupied by them, giras occasion Jar ■ abort description of the una building now deruted -to their use And lirat it will b« in order to say that tire site of the new building forms hut n part of the splendid lot owned hj tbe city, farmerly tbe property of Mr. Han•fd'i, of Philadelphia. The erection ol the school bonne was la pursuance ol »« action of tbe Ciir Council, duly lot, 'til, when it was b-i- rmint-d that the Commit tea 00 Protection of Property and .improvements, together with tb, nchool Trustees, bo appointed commissioner* to carry 001 the require menu of the ordinance authorixim: thr prorev Moion of the wmlcrtnkiug. Tur contract for the baltdi- g was awarded to Messrs ' Hand, Ware & Co., tb, well-known contractors aud builders, uf tbts city. Towards the close tif September the work was entered upon, and on Ihe 18 h of the same month tbi building was raised under most aaspi viwio oircti install ;v>. The work has progreswd steadily through the intervowtng munlho, until finished accordlag to the very letter of the contract ; Twebuiifitngsrn-tttffrmtliugon Frank Vn street, viewed trout the exieiior. j-rasants a rather linpwaiag appmorance. ■ « The dtuiausiuns are 68 lest la length ' h» M fret to width, #ni |a, three st -ries " btgh. "Tha reof, which bas a bea*} j hmkrt ea'e., is surmnoet-d with •: .■••t eapoU, fr-rn which rises a rod aatpporiwg the raaa in tb* ahape of a qutfl pea Tare tea ho sera from a otrtaBoa, and phstwty daatgnaieo or e of tb* uoh.e pur(^<», in . h rli tha huildMg h»k beau dadiaafrl. On tbe first t ,ur •» 6nd two Itdir and ttbetrlnl tpu®, ao« •« o:tW »«le of the main As aSfrrt tw« 4vaM*olt robma. but by tb* aimpla M*(ed f -JT gl rea fram-s the pwptU in Sfris^'rarrs . !'%•"<» -e^ um, £

I a I and it finished »llh arches la tbr-e-iot 1 ; »nd with -four Urge care !«•• as a finish 1 si j f.-.r 'he ceiling In trie centre ol tbe 7 b [ceiling is • bean'ti/ul piece of 'workmsn- g 1 -hip. and. altnge'.ber, does great credt ' -.0 the to, to and ability of tbe plasterers It j^f I ha ■o^ruclura.-Maaors— C-tV. i L. ^S. hbi'i.rs. of Luwer Township. Tbe 1 t> 1 -'"lino devoted to educations! purposes b 1 i,v« been elegantly end properly fur ■; I 'ished with tb" utosl approved fitrt.i- ! ore exprgosly designed and .pa! en ted •> ' or tbe use of sct'Ools. Tbo desks 0 land in iroe fromro, tiilh finely pol- b | -lied cherry io(fc and . seats ; tbe im- ti { 1 rn red bi tch— board i are attached to '■ | he walls on all sides. With ibis C j :Unen at the building we will now re- ll i er qoco more to the event about wblcb ti j «e commenced tbls article — namely d j be formal opening and transfer of the r •chool house to tbe city authorities, 00 'Vednesday aftsramu last, 1 On that' occasion there was a very ti arge and raost'respecloble attendance n ■f ladles and gentlemen, Including the p Mayor, City Coaocil, the clergymen of «i he city, and a number uf specially in- * ,-iird goes s. The assemblage was .-.lied to ertler in one of tbe school- h -■mint on the st-eqnd flaor, about half- U •ast three o'cluckfby appointing Hon b S H. Mngouugle chairman and C. S '■< Mogrith secretary In a few intro- n K.ctory remarks the chairman sanonnc- " •d lire o'jset f..r which tb,y bad ga- n end together tbat afternoon, and a, - 1 mo-l befitting commencement to tbo n ccii, ion, he colled opon Bev. J C. h ilyde, ■ I Cape Island B-p'i.t Cbutch, - m ojieit the ceremotiies with prayer to » Vlinighty. .God. Succeeding a muoi .-hiquent prayer, in wbicb the blessing J •f Heaven w«o invoked 00 tbe Institn- ' inn and on the city that supported it, ' 1 lie formal transfer of tbe building to h xi» city woj made by Hon. W. W " ■ M'wfe. chairmen of the Building Corn- 0 niltee.in a tieat nlia'a'p'propriaW gpWFtr + • liich was becomingly responded to ■'•id accepted by tb* Mayor on behall ' •f ;b» city . * A volunteer choir, accompanied hv 1 swaet-tutied organ, kfhdly lent for 1 Ire- occasion by I>r. H L. Gilmnor, ' bun sang a selcclioa c-IItd "One lion- ' ired Yeoro Ago"— biting 'ho first note, 1 •f ui^ic thai hate reverberated thn I gh i- ; he new buihiing — and wbiuh was well j .ad beuutilully adapted to tbe place [ -nd exercises. , j ' Th# opening address was delivered , uy Rev. Mr. Hyde, who was nnw in- p I irodaetd. He.comnicuced by drawing- s | i striking but trnthful rontrest between J i he fscilitjes affnrded for educating tht " i Miasms in' Near Jersey and those of the \ ' N'.-w England Elates ; at tbe same time "d aviug * high eiicouiiuin on tba"putilic , ■ ,-iiaoi system" fis it is universally ac- ■ vpted. Tbe reverend speaker then r otered apua ott exceedingly interest- ' 1 ng bat necessarilly brief sketch of tbe ] -rsrem as in vogue in the Eastern i -itote.a. There the yuutb of every clats , i •■.n be fined foMollege at any public ,. • cbOol without incurring that extra ex- .1 •ease Sv uusvoldabla In oar owo State ' ,ttd which io very many iuoianeet can ' be bat poorly spared for the yonng 1 nan iu moderate circumstance* who iooires to prepare for college. From t 1 recent statistical lul.le is was ascer- , lined that in the whole State of Ver- 1 1, wnt but 47 children were found who " •(ibid ceit bey read nor write — asmaller 1 lumber, pefhaps, tl>*n may he found ' in tbe county of Cspe May. Ia the "ormer, Educstiua hud to bi properly muri-hed and supportvd He then 1 ! vent on toeeoegratulste the parents of 1 tin childrra of Cape Island 00 bating • .-'•nipetent teachers for their schools, tad having sOcnred at length this beao- ' ful structure eXprvseiy designed for he noble purposes of Education. He ■vatglsd to see b fore him so many re-.,r«-rnutives~ of >be gentle sex and. •«htie paying thrrn a very flittering 1 j -nmpliiuent as being foremost in every- ' ' tiling that is good and praiseworthy, ' be could not help being ectxid with re/ret at the backwardness nod apparent nd'ffrrenc# 00 the pert of tbe young ucn ot, tbe place. Drawing n power1 ml Inference from ihe present state ot uiciety; tbe epeekcr went on to say, 1 if we wish ta have our yonlb grow up • a designed by tbsir Creator and to be 1 so honor to their parents and their 1 mote, we must snppnrt the cause ol ' Education, not grudgingly hut arcord- " ing to the menns planed at our dtspo1 sal. Hotel* and other large urucluree ' have been established ol th« Island, ■ hat nunc si ill bencelorth reflect more ' ,-redlt on tbe community at large, then r ibis vrty building, the open'Bg ol *hicb tbey bad that day come together * to romtnemurale, it bring not only an ■roamrnt to tbo city but a blessing to 1 is people. Tire speaker closed bis very able address by encoding- some 1 practical advice to parents, A sccoad besuttful selection*, entitled "A Hundred Y'esrs to Come," was 1 hon sung by tbo choir, after which - Bev, E He wnt, of Cape Island, was 1 introduced to tke assemblage. Mr ilewltt, in bin peculiarly entertaining ' Banner, made a most excellent speech, * and wc ere compelled to regret that the " necasaery briefness nf oor notes pre ! rent* tint giving n more extended rcpore. He opened with a most ondei liable assertion that our public schools - j .re the source of tha nation 'a education '' j. ind intelligence It .afforded him a ' f -ubjnci to rejoiea over whan on ioaking } .broad he beholds tbat not only are * I -ullegst. nnirersiUaa, academies and d | oka favored lastitatioas Improving and * ncroasing 10 nnmsera and prosperity, ! oat tbat tbe yvo blie schools of the conn- I J* try are also rapidly pasblng onward to- ! wards aecomplisblag the important ob- [ * j-el for which tb»y bars been designed " >y lh»ir founders, with none tbe less { » --redded nod eeergvUc strides. It bas i 0 modi, at Urn present dny, n weil-oa- " tabti-hed fact that national intelligence * is tb. canea of tbe nauon's prosperity. 11a tboa proeaetM ta show tbat U* " Uaiolag of tire masses ia tbo aecority * 4- tha nattoa'a p^-p. laity ia fotnre * agoa; and that abaa Mr »-tio* ar any

great respoi'sibil.ty, and incur tbarjoat ; and severe <Jfyple«sure of AlcngBty j Gad The f**.r«jd gc-*le«"e sUo . gate advice to 'parents to co-operele lib tbe teacher in ednflpMoral privi- i Tnen, wirit LibertAvad Edu- » Oitidn ba our moith. vie rea see nothing ■ 1 oefore n« but pesea,' prosperity aad *" uappuiess in-tb* years tbst are yet to h come. Mr. Nicholas S. Corson, Principal j , of the school, in aebort and well-direct- , g ed speech, (brew .ont sotnS excellent ■ t hints, eontainieg good, aonnd, prar- ' * tical, common sor.se- advice, to the pa- * of the children entrusted to his ' a and it is to be earnestly hoped ; ^ that bis bearers on that occasion/Will ; , treasure ep tbe aame for future gui- j „ and ronnsel in their every day ! t relations with tbeir children. 1 V An almost neanimous call being j ' mads for Hon. W. W. Ware, that gen- 1 Ucmsn, with his aCcnstomed suavity of; J tnsnner. msde a few pointed but ep- | h proprlale remark*, which, *1 bare no n douht, will, like bresd cast npon the j 1 **<hru, return after many days. He i U stated, among other mstters, that the { " building in which be then stood had j J started wheu there Was not udol- ! ( lar appropriated towards it. It gave , urn all tire greater, pleasure there/ r« i j, be able to testify that the cotfocil : f >iad well and nobly suaUined the com- j " iniit-o in tbeir m.dertaking. He'also j " -poke of the contractors in terms of j ° nraiso, inasmuch at they not fulfilled j " their written egreement, but bad, in : n -oino respects, performed more ibeo it t stipulated. . * A rising vote nf thanks being ten- { » dered the li iilding Comuntler. and sui- j " •ably acknoa'loslged by tbeir chairman, lie assemblage was dism seed with tbe ' l)i-nedlctlen. Thus was concluded one \ , of the most intrr-Htlng it not important events that have transpired ia the bia- 1 : lory of Caps Islam!. j t Before 'closing this brief report of ' 'lie eveqt referred Jo, it ia hut meet and proper that public mention th-iuld ' he also mad* of tho painters' part of j | he work. Tire contract for the same i , awnr led the firm ol Emith A More . in or. of this city^ and it only left to us i 0 soy, they have well and faithfully I ' performed tbeir part of the work. He member the Poor. Th* cold, bleak aud stormy weallier ol | .•usss mach sutfi nog among ibo.a not I ' urovided with good *ud asra> clothing, ' ' -oiminrubl* dwellings, cheerlul tirvsidis j " shd abuudaot provisionu wherewith to meet the piercing blusts and lOeonvsoieu- j aver, .provided s.slual physical waul, noi': ate to be fonnd, and while w« cannot help i ' rejoicing greatly at Ihe blessed privilege- i oroaston to remind on* anntber that wc ihottld keep a liberal vyii out lor oppnre j I.dt call os leund III our midst. 'I be find ' j- sbarity smllss beoignsutly npon lb>»c ! who give Ireely to tbe poor, let onr . readers rem*oib-r this during the cold ) winter days and nights, aud to better impre** 1 i. ..n the memory, p.eserv# tbst Meaaltfol snd apprnpri-ta litllt sslertinn mu onr first plfce, bearing tn* eame cap- . on aa louad above. Also remember thai here is ao higher p'sciieal religion, who a claims are at all time! upon a-, ban' th»t of relieving ph'iirel want-— and ductrins are umuuiIim* excelceiii in their place. Phblie Worship ol ijod is a grand dnty. Hal lho»e deeds ■ y the rich help tbe poor, ate ever a Higher worship of the liod of charity, at well at the lied of jostle* and of merry, than that is. At such altar* we may i) rove what a good thing that kind of re. that it demonstrates lUell to be Iran. — Ala* I thai there la so liltfe of that reii- j /inn nowaday* ! There w-old not be >0 | 1 nch suffering abroad in the world if the -iiviua command af linn who rules the . uuiveree were observed tif thnsd%ho arc 41 season* loudest in their public praying. ; and must regular m tbeir attendance on ibe palrlic mean* 01 grace. j t SutiUu v Nctaool AsewciatioD. The ainth qu.ilerly and second annual meet i*g of to* C.pe 1-1. ml Sal.i.aiji School Union was bald last Eaador afldr..oun in the Baptist Church, hW." E.t Hewitt, pre.iding. ' Very interesting and encouraging report* were receiv. d from lb* variuus ru perinteudenta of the srhnols repr»sent-d in Ibe association. These were followed by au eoterchange of views among the ulfieera on varieut topic* connected with I ihe management and lavtruclinD of child- j •en I-. Sanbath schools. It being tbe an- ! una! meeting, aa - election .of officer* to | serve during the ensning year took place, ' resalliog in the appointment of th* follow- ; ingi— Joseph <j. Williams, President ; . Nicholas S. Uareon, Jeremiah tvtralton, ! and tieorge W, .Smith, Vice Presidents ; ; 0. H. Magralh, tierrelsry. ' Mr. Williams having assumed the rein* ' of office by taking lb* chair, interesting addresses Iron Mr. Award, ol K»»iocliey. itev. K, Hewitt, and Mr. L. U. Edmunds | insaed. i Mr. Lesch, late superintendent of tbe ' | Baptist school, offered th* following as a ' reaoloiien to be adopted aa a subject for 1 general discasaioa at tha next taeeliog of the association. Jin ./red. That io poiat or importance ' . and re-puonhility we ; consider tbe'posi- . tion of tbe Bahbath reboot teacher encuod j only to th# Chiietieo Ministry. The Association meet* in the Metho- < dlst Church en tb* sacond Handay iu ' ■ ApriL | ' Nxvr JnacT aad tbs KoatuJos — W# | 1 are pleased to an Don no* to ear reader* f that two ageots has* been appointed ta , Cap* May CoBDtv for tha pnrpoaa af cao- • vaasing f»r sabseribera for this work. — Mr. B. F. Pag# has bew aeieoled agent 1 for the townships of MiddU and Lower . | togethsr With Cape leioad, while Mr. Je- • eiab T. Craig, or Cap* May Court Hons*, • I ia authorised to eel a* caaesaeer ia Upper . sad Deaais Township#. Tats it a work a that every Jereey mao who bod any iolerI -St in tbe 1st* gigantic straggle,' ueode. snd mere parOseliriy those who have • 'Uaght ta the aorvvce. Seen re a eopy at • oae*. a* the edition t* tab* limitad. Toe a b-ek ie written by Mr. John Y. Feetwr, . who is tally eqaal to the eadertekieg and • ww will worract that it will arava a reha. . bin sad standard work. Tha agwata are • ztez's&vz-rztSi 1 O. tooee -he dreire tn see 1 epooemea of • to. murk. Tha book w:M bo reoey far it dsrtvwey the MM of a oooglo ot

For the -Oosaa Wave, - Gambling at t burcta Fairs. . y M* coDtnnBicatioo, week before Iset. s eeekiog tor * defence of the practice in p I vMgueat Chetcb Fatre, of takisg snares ) -••0 article-. ro lottery snd chsnco schema*, j , he* ool, it eeeau. mulled in eltaitiBg a j, I reply to ibe qaery 1 th»n propMsded- a M bv such it tie cor. whrr; ltiui may be , so many highly eilucal'.d intelli- - , ; gent ladieeond giutlemrn iuu refit ed 10 r three very scheme* el Fair* and Fevtivo snd whom we must not lorsooth. lor the . , world^cooadsr capable ot taking part 10 , t ) anything (bat htay have io it a demornin- ! c jan-tcadeucy. it mere than 1 can account i 1 ! lor. "tjufBlj they s til nut allow soch a;, j stigma to remain uo tbeir acttouv without j ! linking eoiM reply io exteuoatton. Ou • c I beii all ol tome of them. th»refore, I lav | r j Crfore tb# leaders of tbe B'trnr two pn- , | ftol* spot -gies offered by advocates of j , ikK sprciev oi sacred (?) gsmbliog to my | , end let them Judge according to , "doe* out tee any intrinsic immoralit) 1 , tha act of a man's risking money on the , ! of a lottery wheel, the cast of a -dice j , i or the eboo-iog of nomberA," or in ! 1 j other wordr, be dors not' thick there ie j 1 : any intrinsic immorality tn gambling. 1 ' , deem it altogether unoecettary to anrwri j , I this ongthal propusition. aa^the^morel ; , ; long since decided tbst gambling in even j ; it not only opposed to public policy. ; j other aays- "the s.srrtioi tbst all gam j| ir.g Scriptnre— --Jusge uot.P|liat yre b- I not judged. " There it 00 nreessiiv for u ' ^ j of gambling to tb# cists of people wb. | 1 : nsaally omuna the supporter* end pro I . ; motets or t.' buret Fair-, bat it may b.- i considered oecrstsry for Ihe benefit mi ; person* whose msrai tram 111 g ha* been o- ., , 1 -ucb a character a* to lead them to. tb. | i individual troia whom 1 hove ju.t quoted. ! j ;o •asy snineihiog on this point. Tlo sou to avoid discussion let Ut lake tin | i iowefl definition that can he given— im 1 j morality Is ihe committal of those aci- 1 I'lii* tuoch m ondispota'do, ibat gamblinn j ; absolutely and t.eceesarily involves tlo I | laklfig freni otfirra of vnouey or goods, o. I Mioliva may prompt the gambler, it is cer- | lain that Lie immediate motive it to uuV | j or, iu ulher Horde, be gambles "for the ! | -ska of gaiu" at the expense of somebody i ...Slug, uo tnsii-r how fairly— in a gam- j :nt>. K »euse_— anullier man'* money with- i d. 're h*woST2r d»ua"b* t IUoTwiU yield I ...e point St one.-. Hence it follows, Ib.i . | n any gambling '.rsn-action on* of the . ,.srtie« to it nu.-r he injured, hnw much ot ! " w th'th""''' (hl,'fK*^",K^l,,lb,nlf[ 'J' ' j whether H ' o"'(e'r" ih- b-n'fit of'hThuTe ! nuild a pstsunege Bouse or tu aff ird thj means rf S.D-usi grill ificatlun. Wilhii the limits uf a communication like this. inliiy to enter ufs.r. th* many p- iuts that iiave a bearing so llio qu-slion. However. 'wc will prvet-ed in a following cum ess merely "hit oa tbe head" in my former article, i there said these "chanclency." That I# reiierstrd. and I shall .-ndenvor ta maks it appear plain, in a ,-Mmtnun sense way, that such is the esse. With many other, 1 do not again desire 10 Wllne'l a re-occurrence of the chaacsnd lotteiy scheme* e* wae iu o|Hiratiiiii it our (.'Lurch Ftir# last Christmas.-' I tave oflen listensd to dtmrch mewtber--pesk lb opprobrious laogatge on the wellknown custom pricttceii in taverns dnriiii.tl.e winter bulidays, of throwing d.c# foi . | turkeys sod ohtrketts, but what dtieore I conlu they make tn*in<elve* when it i> ; pointed out tn tkrm that chance scheme- ! rqr watches, wax fruit, and cokes are inj tnqle.1 under lb* auspices of their awn j I chorkbevf ll eitbercoold ba**a redeem- ; ! jur^q Msltiy. I. fe' one, should give the j L-p reference to Ihel which furuUbet a meal 1 to a family. _ I'lipc AcuUesu) Liamiuul ion. The' regular qafirierly xsiuiuauoo ol ■Lihe pupils belonging to tha Urauimer aoU ! High School DrpartmeoU of the Cape : Academy look place the last wark of December and occapied three days.' Tb* : -xercitr* were very interesting and great ; interest was msnilested by the scholars. I I til the pupil* examined the following war* ' , utertlorioa* having obtained a vary high j general average : Division A. ' | Martha J.Bleveoa.Charlotlo M. Beeves ' I Sallie II. Hand, James W. hldredg-. j Elixa W. Beeves, MaryS. Beeves Willism ' A . KldreOgr, Charles B. Hoadsr. * | Disiaro* B. Loaita E. Sawyer, Clara F. Uutberford. I Ella K. Foster. Ell* H. Little, Anna SI. ! fleesrs, Julia K. Lee, Liod* L. Head, ' : Anna P. 8t**ens, I'beb* J. Slim. on. Mary Liixl- Batherford, Fauole Haotlll, 1..W.1IS F. S.s--ns, Mary U. Fuetei. ' . Eveline 11. Wkilldie. Division C. ' ; Martha II. Whill.iin, Hubert C. Hughes. 1 ! Stokely Johnson, Frank S. Johnson, Mary ;! J. Ware, Mary Ella Steveos, M.mucao '! Hoghee. Charles O. ToaL j Mi*. Marlka J. Slevaue was distiu1 ! guished, having obtained aa avaraga of 1 ! Atier the close of tbe examination on ; Monday Dec. SOtheon* of lb* payiUprn. ' | reeded to tbe desk of tbe principal and 1 j placed npon it a targe box which upon his [ opening It, wo* found to eontaw a large ; and very baudeoma Bible, accompanied * by a dpi* ask tag him to accept of H a* a * gift from Us scholars. " H* was so overcame with surprise and ' wtsoiibo that it was ecm# time before be " cotld return appropriate thanks. Be 1 tkee mad* a few remarks thanking tbem ' for their assy kiadoesse* ana endencs ' of afftcUoc sad esteem wbiek vhsy bad ■ civao Mm deriag hie five year# labor* on ' tbeir school aud paruealarly for tb# hacd- ' too* xtft which baited, that day b^ th* ' high hwor and great pleasure t. receive. '• W* the# .aisred into a brief review of * tb# school daring lb* five year* which he 1 bad posted *iib them, aad chmml with * complimeaticg them for tha good order and tha energy aad mdaetr, wkiah to » charaeteriatk o! Vh» school. , Both scholar* aad teacher were highly * gratified With ike proceeding? aad Doc. * wdl be a day loaf xamomhered » v - lMMipT^foed M fiSMi bare t—a •i ky tog, iawo. tevrertip. Oa^

The Legialatarc rii* New Jtieey Legislature eonvese • yesterday. Tc» D- moerat* kaviog b.»<b branch.*, afier adjusting the claims nf ; official aspirants to caucct, sff-cted *n ar- j gaeixslion a few honra before aHembliag ie their respactite ebemb^ts at th* State ! . tioflle. W# have nndoebt but tbet there ' ' will be an aooual amooauof iir.portaot , brought b-fore eor Seee'iors j j and Bopre'sctativea daring the present | j seesinn. and «. therefor* hup* tbst they j ' shall ail he imhned with a sp'tlt of mote- I j ratios from yesterday until the final sd j juurnmeot of ihebody . >Cap* MayCoanty j i will come in for a fair share of legielatiun. ' | Among the most important of the appli- J cations lo be aitde sre tb* enlarging nl 1 i th* boondariee of Cape Island City, the i prohibitiag -sine fishing in the sound. I ! during the eummer. Ih# pterenting beree., 1 j cattle, yic., from running at Urge in lien- | I njs and Lower township, and sundry acl. j j of incorporation for cumr>aoi< * and indi- 1 j vidua!* are' also to bw sought. Th# early I j of onr going to prres preveait the publication of th* organixation of tin of tbe old. and all wnhk barnmnion-ly ti | their proceedings be ma fVetTTfyc hl'r a y .' ' I and good temper. We .hs! endeavor, in the followinc weeks, lo kep| | readers acqoainled with every impor. measure brought before lb# Legre- | ! The Earlhquukea aud Ocean Current*. IkcxeaiiE or the velocity or the Gui ► i Currents-New Danoehx tu Nam j | ""Tile recent earthquakes, cyclones and I ! convuleiiiti* uf lend and water acem it . I I.a.sfbsfflrd th. taraue of ibe world ! end pone are found «ble tu give a sat mfpfitory solution of the cause* founded | .«• scieutific principlee. That tialurr t | hVjievn playing singular antic, w. | ! -tow have undoubted evidence, hut nj to the great first caoseVu are left i> otal ignorance by the scientific light- | i f the present ng*. Even f'rofrssoi i "ITidqtUfo. IffF "fd uet eomiiK-uT'.Tfir."! j weeks hare passed since the meteoric j . Iiowrrs and uphruvtngs of Itnd and I I »'ler ua tbe Atlantic Ocean, and no I odv has ventured lo enligliten th- ' J .labile npon this deeply scientific subI A letter has been received in Nyw I j York, written by an electrician of the I Cuban cable at K*y West, who has , I given the Gulf currents some study, j j 1 list increases the interest fell in them j - arthquskes end opens new fields for uveatiKaiioti. IJe remarks: — "I learned n few days ago that »xp» 1 York' K.V'w's^^'svnn. and*Nww ^Or" ; loans r-port lbs currents along Ih* Ftori- •» helT mil«s per hour to 8v» miles per i uoor— almost drawing , sl*sm v#.s*l open | ibe re*!*. They report that o*vvr ha- i the like occarred b-io.*. 1'revlou. to th- ! -arlhqu.ll" at St. Thomas^aml tb* partial .ng drawn io upon th* re-la. W h*t, then. ' .niTsI be lb* fore of sailing v-.-l. r,.u(. • he time of th* earthquakes in the W»-i •if St. Thomas westward towards Cuba. Mnna passoge b-twe-n St. Domingo and I'nrto Kieo, and also blocking up lbWindward channel between Cuba am' Haytl, and forcing the great volume n water 10 rush up through the old Bahemu •h.nn-l, from whence it strikes across th. Florida reefs with great violence. Th# lessening of the Mon* pa.sag- and Wind vara channel is sathci-nl to affect th# If the fact * are as rcpr-xented, that i the 'current of the Gulf ttreem bus in : Teased in force, no doubt L>e recent ; .;*rtbquak*« have bad somrthitig lo do ■ vith Hie pbenumenon, and the coeclu- | j .ions arrived at by this correspondent j .nd navigator, are entitled lo aom# . j '-eight. The queaiiun now occur* 1 ! what will he the consequence of tht gradual closing up of tb# M -nn pa-tag#

■ nd tbe Windward cheunrl ? A glanc# I at tbe map will show that these rhatt , i.elt are of great commercial and natu- ' rul importance. Through them pas- ■ all the steam and tailing Teasels ply 1 ' ing beiwren Panama, Venezuela and ; 1 the Lreward island, and the Uaited ' ; States and Europe If the rrcrnt aon- , vuUions of nature hate loosened th# oce.n bottom and it is being driven <nto tbese channels, a year or twaunay 1 suffice to close them sffcclually against • navigation, and v aoelx will be com- ' palled to make a detour of many day* . arnnnd tho west coast of Cube.^"'"^ Tbe subject is, at all events, worthy of investigstion by the United States , Coast Survey, Professor Maury and . other authorities on ocean currents.— By all means let ns have light. Pxasoxa r ana Cars Mat Vumxa Philadelphia at tbi* season nf th* year in quasi • of fine qa.lity, and at the same tima ck-ap, I Hosiery, Gloves, Notions, Gents Forn-vb-1 ing Goods, etc., will do well to remember lb* following deeignated store for two " reesoat. First, they ere tnt* to be ec- ' commodsted ie any Poorness transaction, for they coo Sod there the bast, thaebeap- " est, and perhaps tb* largest assortment , ef tbe ab.'V* goods io the city. And second, tbey will beva so oppurta:,|ly of " again shaking hands with tbeir old friend • Mr. Ben). F. Mratton, farmerly of Miller A Co.'e establishment, Oap* Island, who ' is bond tbare, constantly ready with a Lappy smila playing o'er bit good-humored 1 counteaauer, te lend to tba waaU of bis ■ castomsrs. Thsrsf.ra, frieads, -a advU* • joa for the above psageat reasons to make ' a call at th* large store of Boberta, Wsr- • ford A Uoldtmttb. Importers. 219 Market ° St., and 208 Ghareb St., Pbiiadtlpbia. ^ stolxn. — Tha boras of Dr. Marey, was • robbed of hie blanket and a valuable hat >- folo, rob*, while hitched lo front or Me- " Gray'* Drag Store at tbe comer of Foerth • sad Piae ttreeu, Eenth Ward. Informatiaa wae lodged with tha Mayer, wbe ated >' every effort 10 secure the stolen property. >* M tribal Brown aceompaaiad tba Doctor • a pursuit of tha thiev**. bat failed lo flad 'I tbem. d —Ho Bight Beva re ad Bishop BrpkMa» PraaWiag Bribe p of the Piet-stast Bptoowpal Charch te tho Dal ted States. • dveil ax the Bpsscopai rertdoaoe at Mask • Patel, Baritagtoo, Ysmsil, Tkareday , aria rati a, aged teres ty-tu yean. i i

Beer At B«xa.— The sadden tuap of cold weather which set in oa Friday look sverjhody aback', except log our hotel m*o r: and that porfioa ut oar commonjty adj dieted to Ute most elippery of all science* 1 — skat ur. I'h# cqld not only bat coni tinned but increased in its isleaetty even. ' teally freezing everything tbet would I Stand the process Early on Monday • j morning our AtreeU drere otive with all 1 1 manner nf carts — oae-borsr, two-horse. 1 ' j and io some iuttaoces oo-hors* wsgone. ; ■ b-lag pressed into eertiea for baaline ice, ; 1 1 of which there appears lo h« an excrllent* ' and plentiful crop. Email boy., hardy . , ■ j and find ready employment ia the cepsci- , ' '1 ty nf driter's. A day or to more will tee ! ■ ev#ry iee-honse 00 tha island filled and . ■ j ready for tha approach of the summer ■ . csmpaiga. . _ ' i Ltauvtinr. — Official information bas | , . ! been received at tha office of tha Light- 1 1 , I nous# Board that on and after January 3. 1 t Mi.-, tha Fiva Fathom Bank Lightship, I • 'Hated by a relief thifwing two lights. 1 i »ith boll painted yellow. The doyjnark- I •re red No 26 «n th* ttarn, and "Five 1 Fathom Bank" on each side, ; ^TonNovkltv Poitxt Tiawiert— Paica i | iiriuciplet and warranted perfectly cor. : act ; cannot g-t nut ef repair, and it tear, -Leap and durable. Snod metal, whit* J I Hal and bsndtotne case. Ire exreem* , -haapoess places it wilhin lha reach ot | -v.. y one. B-oi srcarely by ra.il on r. c-ipt nl line Dollar. Address, Novelty Co., Bex 742 Alhany. N. Y. j I ' llST#iis<«0bnnn u" ov-r'unTil ntii weak. 1 'V'e are atYo7)blic#d to delay lha poblirs I '".n "f the annual statement of the Cape . j lon.ms Is by th- sadiiors at their annual • I .Ut." and want something In /onr /Ar . I Or II And-rs' Iodine Water, a rniq" ! , ."—'fnl vitalizing agent and restorative. ( j ■lie.-t i> permanent. 'j — R-v. A Atwoo"d.~foY seme time . Tonadn,over "the" m"e. " horch 'te' tht- . niece, left last week lor Camden, where "a proposes to reside, as bit business in I hat locality reqairet bit personal atteu # ' ItEi.i'iinys XI KKTixna will hs h-ld every s ; evening this week in the Baptist Church. •« a cnntinuatton ol tb* week ef prayer. , 111 accordance with the spirit ofonrLorif# f Prater. "Thy Kingdom Uoae,""filVt u* SPECIAL NOTICES. Juts ■■ VI. Lyceif, | «rc, jctioent. rmc ash amuse j J. Granville Leach, y 1 John II. II uirmaii. ' : Attorney ■& Connirllor-at-Law, Solicitor '• sl'i're.ke co prt commissioner, Charles 91. Aral. " trrouir at la iv *• 1 psorro g is insiRALTY e ; lo Vessel Properly. ma-s-tr ' Ur. J. F. l.tTiiuing, nENTIST. MR orncE davx: 59W ! Ij-Ttiijsi MontVart. Conditions Cash. Jel-r J I DENTAL OFFICE. ,l U. L. GIL9IOCR, D. D. 8., CAPE ISLAND, ' NEW JEHIXEYI- I NITROUS OXIDE OAS administer® whei , Or I'lCF. HOUHS-From t A. M. to IS M., *»• * en - ("r Consul tat Ion — At Cutttge on Free'

Errors of loulh. " A Gentleman who ouBrrrd lor years from N#' ' vans Debility, Premature Decay, sod all tea rilbrts ol youthful Indiscretion, will for tho ask' ol suffering humanity, trad lite to all who ntei tha mips tod directions .or making the sin I'le remedy by which he was cured, thsfftrvr- n wishing to profit by tha advertiser's txperlearv can do to by addressing In perfect confidence, JOHN 8. OCDEN, mslft-yr <1 Cedar fit., New York. To ConauiupflTei. The Rev. EDWARD A. WILSON wUl scad F (free of charge) to all who desire it, th* prescription with the directions lor making and using 0 the simple remedy by which he was cured of t p tloa. His only object Is to benefit the afillrted script Ion i as it wilt cost them nothing, and may prove a blessing. Please address myll-ty NaT. EDWARD A. WILSON, No. 1*6 South Seeond Ft., WlUlamsburgh, N. V Arioso tho many restorsttvs* which Nature has supplied lo teller* Ihe affile lions of humanclass of diseases than the " medietas I gum" of th* Wild Cherry Treei but however valuable It I Ir, IU puwer to hetl, to soothe, to relieve tad to clout combination with other IngredUata, is themselves of equal worth. This happy mia- . <ltag exists to a remarkable degree la Br. Writer's. BaluRa of Wild Cherry, i STRONG TESTIMONY. 1 ' From Buutssrs Wsnus, Ew^ Depot Matter. : srS.r.rir'.TSssi.KKy : ■ ■ s^siiiBiajsw.'s iwrwiTE tar*# Balaam of Wild Cherry, and before oslag two bottles, tha effect wae almoel msglesL Ny cough entirely left ma, the night twwafcdeetrtti ! affifatsiri-jjsTsara . vigor. That has this Ralssm, as has aOew beea 1 rr marked by p annas saavorstat with Ih* above . 1 tacts, Utarally snstsked me from th* yawning < . CasaT^e-afi^ - ! AEXH W. FOWLS S SON, Pi ope* las a. IS Tremoot SL, Eestaa, and fit* sals by Drwgglata geae- ' r rally- aia 1 ' The beet known remedy far Is all !»# msatSsld fioetaa, lactofftag Uteere, Cars- - t •

fiPECIAL NOTICED. 8. W. Rfftrt, ATTOSSEY-AT-lAW ASK COVPEV.t.vrE*. No. Ml soqth Fourth Street PHILADCLFW1A. Deafness, BIlBdn'est It Catfirih D.. Oeulltv nod Aortal, (forsnnrly ot Uvdeo. Hotlsnd.l No. BW Arch street, Phllsdeiphln .— ! Tisttmonlsts from tbcvnosl reliable -our .# lo Thr Medical Faculty are In. lt-d la seoonrr-n) Information. Information guaranteed to produce a luxuil-r t growth of hair upon t b.ld brad or lw>rdlrs. | Iter, also a recipe for ihe removal of pimples, ! Blotches, . Eruptions, etc.. on the skin, leaving t slued w'tUioul charge by addressing | >THO«.F. CHAPMAN, CwKMi v. 9IARRIED. DVDLET-GODFHKV -tin Sunday evri lag, August 18, 18*5, by Ree. T. A Fvrnl.y. Mr. Silas ! Dudley, of Phil vie phis, and Miss Lydla D Codirey, of Cape May, New Jersey. ! THOMAS — EROWN.— lo Mounl Holly. N.J.. Arthur Thomas, to Mitt Llllle Brown, bolh of Mount H-lly DIED. w AHN ER.- Maty teas » sr. w. dle.1 January Protection It h-ll find In me, NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. notice. I'HK Townvhlp Board of Truntee-^romprlv h* lower Townvhlp, w 11 plcte meet at the near tcsdnmy In Cspf 1 Lud City, on Sstoids), the jsth ast.,jrt ^half-psst oMnkAf. XI ^ I un.Ihe Township sis raapMt Itj^a^icnd. FKBSH CLOVER HAYNAEE • •I HE undersigned has lor tale about Five Tort 1 Fietl. Upland Hay , and a lot o! Cedar Ponta at reasonable prices. . * JOHN *. LUDLAM. Jams, 18C8. (st) Mayville. FARM TO KENT «K i. FANE. — uplsd ^j^lti^O^IKfcK, N.^J.. ^ on the premises. Foiioi^,*^# rty ^"0||TKK, Jsejm Fishing Creek, N. J Glrii for Misses. 1 c EATEN, lion Furniture or baby bouses, ficlstors, neat Pocart Knives. Htnging Bsskrtv. nest Garden Tools, Sewing Holders, Sr., for sale No. 8X8 (Eight ThtrbvdtveOtARKET Stiest. Below Ninth. Pull drtph». fslfifi for Yadx. I 1HEST nl Tool. Work-Broehes. Adjnatlble L MJItv-^Poeket Kolves. Coasting Meds, -tel.. No. SIS (Eight Th^yg^MA MET mivet. For Foalrring. 1'HE Mechanical talent or Ingenuity of your L"«:. « h\v^j,v™' - *•"> NO. m (Eight J 00,000 FEET whilt; pine boahd8. At (M.60 per Thousand, For tale at the LUMBER YARD of JOHN r. STARR, Jr., a CO., Cooper Street Wharf, ' Jst-y Csmd-n, N. J. FURS i Fl'RS ! AT KAEHLEH'S ISt NORTH FOURTH ITREKT, PHILADELPHIA. || IGHEXT Market Price paid for ail kinds of JOHN F. STARR, Jr., A CO'.N. SEW LUMBER YARD. COOPER STREET WHARF,

The uaderslcnrd have opened a Yard for the Bulldlax, Including la part Oat, fine, Sprue* and Item/net Frame Stuff, Cedar, Cfprtu, fine and Spruce Stingier, Shingling and flattering Lath, ficketi and other Fencing, Carolina Heart, 1'irginia and Delaware Sap. While fine. Sprue * and Hemlock Flooring. BILL TIMBER Of aU Kinds Furnlshtd al lha Lowest Rates. sad Terms wUl he made Satisfactory Order* for Lumber to be chipped by Rail, or other transportation, will he promptly Wed, sod particular attention will be gtvea to sec that It 11 properly loaded aad forwarded with deepatch JOHN F. STARR, Ja., h CO., Coorxa fir. Wiraar, Jsl-y Camden, Hew Jersey. HOW TOE S AW BATE MONET BT GOING TO R. D. EDMUNDS A (6gq STORE, COLD SPRINO, HERE you will Ind t gooses 1 assortment GOODS, GROCERIES A PROVISIONS. At Prices that will defy competition. Such a. CALICOS, MUSLINS. (Bleached A Unbleached. | SHEETING MtfoUR, (Meaehad * aalAssebtd.i *M yards wide, DELAINS, CARTON rLANNSLd, Bad, Whits, Crryl Plaid, Shlrtrags ami seek FLANNEL, GINGHAMS, CAMBRICS, Balmorals, Kail Cadsrtehlrta h Drawtrv, xsi,s^nsss.'jnsxur "' ~askasf!«»»! QutlUng, Cotton R Weaha Tan, Ssnaaiaur— , * '""STSS: smsUaiaacur*. ^ ^ RDMtlBDa fc BON. ^o.ooo nn 3 YELLOW MR •CAJfTLIIVC, OS Extra Quality, yWjaM.shssfi.athe LUMBER YARD of JOBK r. STARR Jr, h 00. . Pissm MsaWWhorfy Jed-y . Cassdse,*. J.