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8hr 0rcan *¥arr. V G*pe Island, Ospe May Caui tj, K. J. t Wednesday., Feb., IS, IM»i. — 1> • t3r Our uiotio : "Small proliU, and qaiek Mies'!" "V* . B. .Miu.Cli. Cap* Jalaud. N. 3. J _ • ...j — a- ■-'■•-* -- J Amdltlon Moetlnigs. Cap* I.l«d I-odgi No.sr I CI ol <>. t. m~. ' nnj Monday *r**lng la 044 Fellow. Hal:. ""let a£d Srt°" i urday even w"" wttao'ih'' * Cape May *s.W r.nd a Building Amoe.n'tlub 'Mmii <m|iiv ll.d oa tar fourth N-.n<lvy r>mwall«kuln I.. .Ml g^S. IMBA.W T drmr W. frovredwTSSeyi '***2Zf «I th- v 4 rellowi' The Jew School I. has. IVrbaps ihu-tLOsi important luencurr th«l baa »• yd beeu brought t>dl'-ro the I.eicisUturu is tk^uwiMftvf faebooi La", a copy hf whirl. wo »i<e (jrril pleasure in lajinff tetters our mutter* Ihil wouk. It furuUhe* a auhjcC! in "hick the people ot l he >UI» a« a "Wbola, should bsie a iteop ir. ert-.-t, and • it therefore command for it a csrrful consideration at the bead* of all interested in tbe csus* of Kducalicn In Cape May ciuuty. We have baiiily glanced ovtr It and bod that it atilirely ■ upplaali tbe lav paaaad Uat winter, and re-enacts chiefly Uie old tew pi 184G. Wa regard noma of itl prevision* at dangarout to the very tenitenautgls of oor prevent t ducaliona^ay'iW. Rutfr. l| adoptad, will produce the mail aertoni derangemao t of our seTjo.ilaa now organized Itl frienda aanert that It haa embodied in It tbe qualities of aoooomy aad efficiency, to entirely loat fight of ia the provisions of tbe praaaal law. A* regard* the economical part aa do tkluk it goe* into thai with a vaageauca alien it provides that "no appropriation for the schooling ol ■ay one nebular ahull be more titan lain caola par day thai aucfa Scholar may attend acbool " Tbo office of County tin per ta tun den i it aboliabed, tbe lowoabip coomiittee 'firing called upon te ' apportion the school money ia their respective dlatricta, and tbe dtelrioi trustee* U lake the cruaut of the children. There ia ao prohibition «f corporal parish me tit, and disorderly hoymay expect ta be birched by tba issch ara aa barriolore. Tne appropriation •f $100,000 ia continued. Where thr law provide* tba appointment of » debool oxamluer by to*o«h|p commit teea, it Uiakaa, In oar opioiou. a aa" mialaka. Tbe peraoai computing Ibosi eommtttaea ara not ia very many inataacea tba uiou competent to mnk. auch aelactien. We would aaggcii the matter be placed under thr control of tba Board of Cboaea Freeheldera And vt> should like to inaert a proviaieu giving authority to tba aama Boar to iairaduce witbio their respecUu eanotica a Uniterm aeriei of acbool beoka Tbe pat rung or propriatora oi any free ac.ioul, organizing under thi, act and reporiiuir the number of child Ten between tbo ages of five and eighteen Jeers, may avail ibeauclve* of thprevisions uf the act Tboae who di-

al re that aactariauiam fbould be kep - oat of oar seUuoia abould prepare to givo a vlgorooa resistance to thlt bill. Tbe twelfth eeetloa look# to aa very much a* If it (stored a division of tin acbool fund among the different religloaa denonite*lioiii. The genera tenor Of the bill while it 1* iutrnded U allow tba peopte to tnanaga their owi acbool mriCers, ia locoagranaa, ano ia likely to dicel with atrong oppoai tibn. fk'bilr lOadetnning tome of th. ^roviaUni of tbe proposed oew law vi / moat not be auppoaed to be aapportrrof the preacul law aa it now ia. It i> by tui aa* parfect ; but It U at al event* aume improtaurat ever tbe o!<> tytttm. Then let it b* amended w her ever experience baa taught aa thai amendment wai aecaa«ary At aoy rale the prcaeat Lw *boald not be re- - pealed without two or three Tear* trial 1 at laaat. A* our reader* will oolic•a reading lb* new/law, any taggntiuoa tberi-jn will be gladly received by : the gvallemeu repreienting thecoauty. TUe Poal-OOice. I . In a roeaat roo vera* linn with our j worthy po»tiaaatareonc*raiag tba publication of the article ia laal week', i H'urr bating refarcuce to tba Cape , ]-Ln4 poat office, that article lie pro- I uouaced to he libelous, acurrllous, nod j fate* ia every particular, and. being ; anck. be eoaatdercd tbe writer to lie u< geotlemaa, aa ne "lady," be oaaerled. \ aver penned it. Thi* being tbe corn c view of tbe cue, kr coa.id. rcd It war rigkt aad proper in damned tba wri- - lerte name, which wa deeliacd.af yoane, giving at preaaot. We do not pnrpoat fighting any aoa'e batik, bat oar gwn. > aad wa trual in our ability lw do that tame. If it be taoagbl that tbo charaotar erf Urn artiele joaffiaa a e«u*e ol aetioa, aa baa been tnadvartaatiy hinted ta aa, wa ba*a an apioiua that tbe pubiteber became, tba party rrapooaibit to tba peraoo aald to be iojur.d. aad a atrosg conviction also prv-usou itself tbataa atiiaie'a librlou* ekaracter moat brat be proved. if tbe wninr of tbe ar.icL came* far- " formaUna, why Utta tbe partiaa di..ES2Z£SJ— *" la vagard la ta* fmbtecation of the . . • : ! bar nf eadar.er* wa ab.-feM t.va o.cbnod tbe aanrtiac of <; -aataaur

Tape lelunil Improvrmrot. Although the first frmend the mat l« T fiS-ii .rsd CM aaiutuvV Tiftii leute df £*pe May to their winter ; aomra in the'^ity, ulihooicb tbe""cotjwage t.y the *pa" te de.en.-d, and but a j -bury IqoUli-p ecbuta tlirougb the ' _^l**erifd U.ii- <i| the moat popular bo- ' T*l., the genius ol iatproeement t» i<6i ; ,,u'. undw tbe guidance nf the . »rch«tect, the tnuumer «nd. the saw are j ?*pidjy 'occupying the vacant lots nitli J'e.i.dkeaic villas or. ntarane residences, J ami con verting*, antrodden thorough-; fare* into built-up and ba*m«*s-lik>-j .treeta. Keprditiiy ba* this hrru th» Maa with Certain parts of L'ape Island snitib a few yeara ago were compare • i-e strangi r» to the footsteps of tbe visitor, and wbere'the signs of bahila- | i-BU w<-re unheard of and unseen, li. j tne fill of 'i>6 the ireci lying epposithe Colombia House Was laid out and placi.d In the luatkat by Messra. BaHitt •'». Fiiiiborue. lu i.liic— being alia•ted adjaceiit to the beech, with ati 'loobstiucted view of tbe ocean — was •umedintelv rwe-igmsrd by several genI 'Oicn uf Ptnludriphtu and elsewhere, ■'he i t. hr.rly all told, and since tf.en .one In..- c-.ttage* w.-ro erected The i'esi r .-U-i butll on tin. trsct fronting on i <T vrtioii. t.y Mr.'l'ete" McColloro.d ■ f lilt. C'ty ^Ttir coltngO atanda^jyp •i,d, in appcoi.ucc and Style of arc til ' ■ Clare v il raik high among oar Soulier residence^ Mr. R. Suuder i» Lbc - Iodtoalioawhl thrift and prosperity neat the observant eye of the peraat'niistor of oor street* in every direction ■.in JmUm street. fa>t becoming the tiusiness ibori'oghfare of Cape Island, - '.Irs {mrticulurly noticeable. What vacaut lot*, presents la-day an almon fcmtttjoons row of bnmness cstsbltsh.luats, and uiore are going up. Mr. Geo. Htldretb is building a large struc;nre, with a front of seveuly feet, adloining the H'ape ollice, and in addition to hta old dour and feed headquarters. The building is being erected under ita own supervision, and with the asistance of the contractor, Mr. Grows, if this city. Mr, Rice has moved « -j ore to Jackson street and nnproven .ta front materially by adding another lory. Washington street wa find greatly iitered ia its meat frequented section -iv the transformation ihe American llun.e has undergone. The habitues d this well-known and deservedly popular establishment will hereafter look n vain f- r ^he wann reception and uiifanu attantion tbsy wire so accus"mud to at this hotel We have, n stead, a block of eight fine, cohimo iious stores, elegantly appointed, and icii distinct from tbe other. For ■tacts of buiineVs these atorea are cumulate In every respect, aud we hate m. iuubt will be uncb aeaght after by ■er*i,ta wiahiag to da a summer bn»iu«a on Cape Island. This conversion if the late American ws* erigltateil ■ mi carried on under. the surveillance if the proprietor, Mr. Ueergr J Bolluo. The work v«* doao by Meaars. Ware A Rldredge. Another great change is apparent In the metamorphosis undergone by the tfelropolllau Hotel. Mr. Dawoa, tbe •wnar, wiibingvm retire from tbe anther and auxietf attendant on batvl

life,, has converted the Metropolitan iuIo four or"five distinct cottages, which 'w iuteods renting during tba sammer •eaaoa. Mr. J. F Cake la re building for a lamily reaideaee, a very tioe mansion •u tbe bluff at tbe foot of Ferry street Messrs, Huffman A Williams have the -ontract for ibis aodertaking — an imrovpinent that U dvcidedly au ornauciit to the plane. Tba strocture is a fety Costly one, bat no dollnite Idea of is architectural finish caa be got at In il4 jet unfinished state. l>r. Jamas Mvcrsy has been building iimaelf a cosy cottage daring tbe wincr on Xerth airvrt, at a cost of ba wean tbri-a and four thousand dollars - Hoffman Jt Williams were tbe builder*. Mr. Isaac Smith has jast -finished a -pirndtd cottage at the corner of Wash- ' lagloa and Jtffi rson streets, at a cost j if say between foer and five thousand i ' loiters The contract forbotiding was { I lerformed by Mr. Job. Kastell of Capo I May Cuonty. Col. H. W. fiwyrr ia bnthling a rottage on Beach street, which ia aloust finished, the painter's, bating com-a-acad operntlor-a Tbe Bannnktr i (nose bss breouudrrI going a 'great change aud is now tboj ongi.ly reaovated aad much improved t n external appearaaca. The wbrk prrforuu d by Messrs. Ware & j Kldredga, cat|>cntcrs aad builders, and j cost over $4000. j A very fine and commodious cottage .sa b»en erected during thj fall and . winter by Mr. Richard Bunder, for Mr-. Klitabith Rid: edge, of this place, iu Hagbua street Tbe mat of tbis structore la between $4000 aad $0000 Fronting Mr.. Kldredga'a eeUega is mother reeeatly erected by Mr. Peter McCellum, wb# ietaads bnildiag op every where that ha fiada a raoant ■it. Wa want such au on Cape I 'island. Tii* two most importawt buildings! '• mt of wbtcB has bean fiaitbed. aud tba i j -tber being in course af t-rociiou. ban j i Ire.dy been apukva of ia the Wbi*. I ' Wn r«f»r to the n»w Excsrsisn lioaae, j •iew being boilt nader the anpariataa- ( dene* of Mr C. C Williams, and tba ! (.«• Scaani House, which was srvetad 1 ny Maaara. Head. War* A Co , Toara art sewral atbar tmproe*- . i saaat* aad Madding* going on. or are \ iircoeteteipterioa, wMab watbaH aauca j ; baf eerier. o«t '.S». above will aaswsr aa i « ap-cWis of tba gaaeral ppagrwas ef ; . a r saeugivi CUV. io its divvrsifis.1 fen- ; 'oraa. LvalyrWelM aaipaoMr'st.w ! sed bam car are heart Ms pari- ct,:,c rbb ' ; .-o air'a work ef tbe ha.tdttigt. aaa ba t t ooiwibg of tba patnt U-uek m ten tm- , isowB.— . ;

Jtailroads and < anal*. T'»# t.'airplrofter't Report is aa latersling u'ocuinaDl aod.gi«sa tba raadar a 1 I. • spitat Idea of oar nlai. affatr*. lo ra- ; c •iioca to tba rstrsui frum reilroide aad |; i-aalsls ibsrte aia t.ilaio i.cj* oi.ich in* t , ,-sBiie will find iirpor.set'*jun at tbis ti Km*." The CempUwIlar »•)* thora ia no a i iiilform mode «r taxation a* applied to e tisM corporatieaa. Tbas tba Morris p i *n.l and Beaaiiig Cooipaay pay Bulbar I «i i in- it ilaiy our lax apoa its capital. Thi d '' Uelawart and llaritaa Csttl Cempauy j i ' md Caudra aud tinboj Uailraad alio ; t, I ranij orutioo Company pay transit da- i p III. bat no lax. To# New Jarsay Kail- 1 .| ;oad aud Traaaportatiua Company pay* « .otb, sod tbe other roads coutubcliog to ' i hi t rrs.arj pay a tax S|Hia tbrir capital , a .r rarbiags at tbe eats uiay.be. The pay- o urtiis last year ana as loliewe, iu all : ; j, . | isOeil dalles, t'J7,be4.2ti. bung in tstMi i , , I if lb • pri-vioue year gh.lUl.Si, But in ! Uiut of fait be pa)>u<ate last year in- | '! •luded giio <74 41. wbicb Oriuoga In the ' ' i»Cal year lelib, aitbaugb paid in 18b". i 1 1'bia thiows tba bataoca the niter way. ; ( ■od iOdlcalas a Uio.uhaiiua iu racnpls lor I < - ua laal year as compared with tba year ! , , sabre, of $17,632.04. * Camdao ami Auiboy Railroad aad | transportation Campaoj fut iransiletatii-. ! ; $133,726 27. being in excess of tbo ' {' -ay me i.t- iu 1 «66 ol 812.251. 33. ,N.w Joi.oy Railroad SOU Trantpoila- • on Company lur trausit dulit. paid $36. >tt j.'JS, *u axcr-i beyond tba receipt* ot j , J ■ -on . I 8l.JBd.76. (; lie liabviueiu tJ-Uwere and Flaming- : ) aa Railroad pmu $50 14. Tba tranrtl duties paid I n dorm* tba 1 ' >ra^uw»^Bi.iid to $266,255.96; and , j -.25.55, ami lui liavs upou capital, Ac., i he lutlowiog ware p>vdi_^ r Central Railroad of New Jar*»y $36,998 4|i | ^ Trao-purtuliou Ci'mpaov . . 25,000 Ct - faurson aud Rauiapo Kail- , ' read Companv OP ! ' '.loins and Katcx Railroad ' Company. 26.437 fin j ^ 1 Warren Railroad Campaoy. . 10,295 25 1 ' $93,971 16 ] j Tha-e traa*it datiea and tax#* ia tin- j vggragata amount lo $341,506.70, and | | iivanty-fivo pa: cefll. of tuh outlre ordi- | ° nary r«*»no» of the Slate daring the pan ; oeipta ot 1066 ftoui tba aama scares*, | i , $23,624.66. ! i Tbe prubabMitiea are that these pay- i i uiapts will not decrease in coming y«aru. . r lur olbprralffVads according fa their ebar >, ore, must aiAner or latar bvceaie contri- j , '■Blurs UiAa Treasury. Home of thou- ; ' low cenmba'ing have increased than 1 < apitais, and lb* Uelawarn aud Raritan ! ■ i.'aual aud th* Camden and Amboy Rail ■ « road aad 'I'raasportktioa Ceiupaai-s ari- , - .iiund, by tba staiata approved Maicl. 1 ' I 'C. 1*M- '• pvy <fcv , nqoirid aflrr Iba year 1H69. if that ai-e provision whicb finirall emerai individual* and ongtat alaays l.. I'Overn Ntatas, and is icdioated by lb- ' maxim "lit* wiibio joar iocemi-," ahuolu , , ! prevail In th* L-agi-latura of Naa Jer»*v, ; ' r us doabiU.I it will/ than will appear th- ; . rara apectaele of a 8'ale wbicb pays it-' •as Willi -at taxiag ibp people. This Wu- i ' ba enndilinn of the State before tbe re- j 1 may ba irstared. t From Or ten Creek. To the Edt tor of the "Oct an \v«vp." At the dead hoar of bight on Tarsday last, the Inhabitants nf Urvau Creek , i were aroused from tbeir peaceful slam- , - liern by tbe roar of artillery. Wo at > unra viailtd lbs spot from whrnee ii < i-mniited aad found Capt. Joaalbai I Wilinttsin command of ths arttlicrv ' i preparing to give a arcond salute to

i <inr esteemed friend, Cnpt. Wm. Crawr lord, who bad that tdftt brought home liia benntiful bride.^Tlmre were at * least fifty, men present under eonimand « of Capt. vViltetta. The filth discharge being mocb heavier thao those prei- viousiy Drrd, brake many pane* ol . clasv, wbicb were r.'placejFyhe Ul-X. . moraing by sotue of the p«V'.y< Capt i Crawford tueu came out and invited nil f to walk in, where they were very bandi somely enteruinad. y Wishing tbe bridu and groom Juoc'u t joy, i remain your* truly, J "HosTrrrn " TtlX CXltBRBATION TllO-— tWglllTfifth anniversary of tbe Methodist Suod^g^chool of thla city wHTch will bi, , grnndTy eclebraied ua. TueeUaywext. ' j ith insu, bid* fair to be one of the ' i mW Jntcreatlog vxbibiiion* of. Ai I i kind ever bald on Cape Island. The, h exercises, such- as dialogue*, recitetions, speeches, tableaux, and tbe vocal pieces sack a* quartetu, trios, duett*, -xiloi and choruses by th* whole xchoai have bean aelarted with great care and | judgment. These entertainments always prove successful, and invariably draw immense crowd* We look for a densely packed building on Tuesday J evening and ".mid therefore recommend an early utttuiterrice to secure ' .seats. The price of *dtrt»iion it placed | si 25 cents; tor ebiidrao under twelve yearn, 15 cents. Tbe proc> edtgsf the above entertainment are designed for ! the benefit of the Siinday-Srbaol connected with the M. E, Charoh. PaYMXXT or Michasics —In tbe ' Senata, Mr Hoppor introduced a supplement to tbo set to secure to me 1 chaaic* and others payment for Ihoir r labor and materials ia erecting any ' "ailding It provide* that in tba vib 1 lag*#, boroughs, towns audacities of ' j this Slate whrre laud for' building ia . ! aaaally told by the lot, the cartilage • ; mentioned ia tba original act shall ' : consist ot the lot. if only one, or lota, if : j more tbao oat, whereon the building - | saMjoat to the lien claim shall be arect- - cd, nnlaaa tbo bafldar or owoar shall la ' | good faith have designated by fcnro* J j tneioaarv a d>fferaat tract as ihe enrti- ' lag*, and opto the tract eo designated . .baft ba daomad to bo eartilage; aad ' | that to other cases tbo cartilage abatt r 1 not exrsad fire acres to emobot. I i PosTrovao — W# r-|M to snneor.es f ; ihal ia C'-Bveqaencs of tbe aaddaa lUoaas it (ha math*r of Or. plariisg.al Barllsy- ; ton. Um «eta»»s *h.eh bo ta'.rndad (Uiir ' astaa km aud at tba Ooan JHaaw hive 6 a* an loJalativly i«:re»d. Mrs. Stav- * ; »t. It tha ma* of >n« iMaspt of li- - idlapa ct ;aterai. «g ua of the avaot, wnw in £ • dyteg CIOOH oi *a6 Caat uakiac

State ffiefftUa turn. n Mosdat, Fca. 10 - lu tba gaaate Mr. •* ' iotrpdare#%btU'to pravaat horse*. « I eottte au* Strip, from rnuoiug at Urge in " lown-bip. Capa May coanty. Mr. ••pplrmrai to an act to trcura t aiecbaaics and others cumpiaa-tiao fgr work dona no baildins* -, .upplamiot ta s ehartar of th* Na» Jarny Buitdiug com- - v ; supuUmaal to lb* ael for th* pre- „ ■rrvation al diir had otbergama- tteviral c ' lulls antra ordered to s third reading. ; *' In tba-Hdaaa of Anaaroly a aomnar or ' j bills ware introduead and rafirrad lo tbe i i ) pro per to aim i Haa#. Mr. Waalcoll lulro I daced a bill doing away with th« "dan- ; >«t lew," and providing that at all ! lions tba poll* shall be opened at 7 A. M. i and close at 7 I*. M. Afier the passage t of ihr-a hoimportaul act* the House ad- . '. TcrsuaV, Fxs. llV-Ia the Senate Mr. i I prisantid laruty piiiliona in favor ! o| renins thn township ol Pittagrova back 1 trout Uun-berlaud into Hal-rn county. • j The Constitutional Amendment qaa* ! '.ion coming up en a special order Mr. j t.'obb moved that it bo po-lpooad on1 *«ek on uccouat ot tba illuass of Mi 1 1 ebey, who, ba understood, dusirsd t<> mske a faw remark., which area adapted Sixteen acts and two aupplemvuli wer, | ;>« sod, but none ot them of any internal ; m reader* in tbia section. Mr. liaskill introduced the bill ralatin > ; in the public priotiug which disposes at ' j th« pristiug ai follows Near Bay aud 1 Near the bill-, reports aud carreut print 1 j nig, John li. l.jans of Jersey City to j print thi legislative documents, Cbristo- " i phev S- M "*raib, of Uapa May, lb* Juor ) nal of the Houi* ; A. R. Bpeer of Sea " | to punt thr vuluinu of law- | : for lBt<8 ; Cbarlai Wilis of MouDt Hail) j J to print the j urealj lu the Home, petitions were presonied I i >r the repeal of the school law. by Messrs. | ' | i.ipptncoll. Albertson, Uoseobaum and : ' A number of hills were reported : when I j lbe Senate bill to incorporate the Dre» i , j -Sempsary was taken up. aoi. | ! on -a suspension of the rolss, tb* lull n* -J , I mid a second time. After tb* dnfaat ol | I so amendment to the bill, it was ordto" ! ' to a*ijiird reading, wbsa the rules w«r- I i again suspuudad and the bill became . | Several uuimportaat bills were passed | Against and in lavor of the bii | io repeat tin- law probibtliag the sale •. i ou election day. were presented, i Mr. Nix-in ba» inlruducad a bill gituu I 'itlv to uncnclosad swamp, bush or fore, laud, after twenty y.ars poise, a, u ease of enclosed lands. Mr. tieddeo inirpdoced a bill makin, { •helegalconteaU of a barrel of al* - j beer 31 j gall'ins, ofa hogshead 63 gallon- , under a penally in lb* former case of $5 I iiid in the latter of $10. If the bmrel n | 'ing.head' enntaiu Ipss, then tbe quantiii : •ball be marked thereon. ] WxDKKSDAT. Feu. 12. — In the fipOll 1 j ibis afternoon, Mr, t'abb introduced j i uill to "inenrporut# th* trustees of th l ! I' Uriels or the (-Wer.Dtes of the M. L j I I'hurcb uf N.w Jersey." A meoag* «ns reeoiiiid from the (loi .•roor in regard to the History of the pa\u« Jersey took in the suppression nf to. 11 hellion, published under dhe dirvctin- ■ if tbo I,egi. alure. It providea for Ik ■ < nun nor of distribution of the 1.000 copie | ■ rniied for ii..- o-« of the Stale, iteferr*. ! j la'tte House, Mr Magonsgl. intro ! -eien Mite iteuch Reilroid Company: ' tiie other to annex the township of I.aadi« id Cumbi-rlaad to Atlantic coanty. The bill retell vo to th* distribution oi lb* surplui revenue of lha United Staler, for the benefit of tba public achaols, cairn oa its second reading. Mr. Picklr moved the indefinite postpoomenl af tbbill. Mr. Nixon spok* against the bill, which provides for distribution of the fum*-* according to tb* nqmber of children. Mr ■iage defended the bill, whicb h* eonsid- i er.d eminently jest. After fnrth.-r riiscur | rr.u iuiiii.il iij jbsi. Aiiar lurioi-r OISCUS

' -loo lha bill was postponed aatil Tuesday 8 Mr. Pickle introduced a bill suppl*t nieotary to th* Sehool Is*. It providr- ) that the (teaoty Muparinteadsul shall hav. power to administer all n.eesiary oatb< and afirmstlcns to district clarks. Th. • i-oinfteti-ation to the tettnr is aot to b. ner* than $5 per annum. Tbe Count) j ' SnperwiHtiitsni, when appoiatcd, must ' * resident of the county for which lie i- I I sppoiated. Each inwnsbip Board of 'ITior^l . to.# shall turn authority to prescribe 1 to I i-ourxe oi studs tirb* pursued, and A tnl- i inrni aeries of text-hooks jo fae aa f6 iu th. ] pbhficgchonls ortbat-rSnuship. lbs 61st ! section of thjk-<rfd law la repealed. THS IgqCOU WW. Tie repeal the law prohibiting . - the Said oi l iqoi.r on Klectisn days, corniug I J .UP ovfri* paseage io the llous.. tbo . i aflatmien, tl was delsnilad by Mr. Kran- ' , ;dvm. jnbodeclaiadbitnself to ba opposed la all laws regulating the social habit* of " fyos people — Mr. Pickle, (dem.) spok. •Tin favnr of ibf present law. which be he • lieved to b* for tba preservation of tea 1 end avder aud by no means a political . measure. Mv. l'earee favored tba bill, .-haiaeterizing tbe present a* ao arbitary j !*w. Mr. Ilood (dam.) referred to th. oetitiooa be bad presented against tbaezxilng law, which were sianerf by soma af ' ihe most aabataalial citizens ia tba city ol I Camden. Ha considered th* preaeat la« •e ealcalcled to da mora harm lo tno{nl« . itiaa any tew oa the statale book, because . it trBilei) to tirankanncss, and b'Csuae II , wad uojost to a large class of aor eitixeas engaged ia thr sal* of-llqanr. Mr. H. 0. ' Clark (dam.) spok* strongly agatust the ■ repealing bill. Meters. Brown aad tiaith r (dem.) also opi-nted lb* bill. Mr. Uagr, (rsp.) strongly nrged tha retaining of the present taw, which -had worked well ia tbe mining diitrlcta of . Morris coanty, wheradt was almost unsar. _ to travel formerly, no election days, bnt where at the last election everything was orderly.' Mr Haudriekson (dem.) warmly r opposed tba bill, aad at csnaldarabl* ' tengtb. Mr. Chriati* (dam.) spok* af tb* goad f effect or the law. Mr. Vliet (dam.) said , that although h* voted against tba tew , wbsa it passed latt yaar, ba was now prm pared to iota ia tavor of tba law aa U stands. Gal. Jonas said that ka wanld 1 vote against tb* repeal lag bill kacsst* I that wa* tba desire of hi* eoattltuaqta ; ■ bat personally ba was opposed to arbitrary I iaw* of this kind. Mr. Wkalas strongly > opposed tb* bill wbicb b* aald iDtorfarad . with m- as' wills aud is a specie, of lagit I latino which 1* sapping and uadarmioiag th* (onadabont of ear lihartis*. Dr. Co*. 1 son. (dam.) "W* *10 favor of tb* repeal of i the bill. In Trenioo there were more nou an election day nader lb* prohibitory law then ever before s:ee* lbs war. Mr. J. ' K i aldwia, (rep.) apoks at earn* length • iu faeor ol ihi prsaeol law. M r. Albert- - [dim.) af Camjteo. said that he would rata far 'he re #ai, allhaagk he bad oat ' drnak liqaer far tw«cly-fiv# year*. Mr. ' Hold- said ikki favared th# bill aa a t-mperaaaa »*". Tf.* Wll was teal It 1 !a*t. « i* 2», Mr. W ill' ebaagiag hi* veto ta tba afitaahM ta ardor la ba ahla ta

move a recusal. Ii-re' ion. Duriog the da bate t'ii lobbies were densely crowds, 1. and there was maeb excileiuent. The faiioxhlrf C as iiie T*a»— titer! sob. Cnlltas, Corsoe. Cos, t»wr«, Evan*. | Speaker;, Clveda, li.dd# Herttig. H-iod. i ^naln^^Mteeoagli, Xnww, , Moloaj. tVsree. smlTh.Tayter^VaB Voorhies, W Mleo"!!Vh^Ua! . Nils— Atlen. j. t. RatdwlD. i. K. Baldwin. i ; ioaee. Kefai. KeaaedJ, Mpilleewlt. ImrU. Ms.km. I JTixiia. reck, PlckcLi. speer. Van Jurat. VUct. Who Tsu Totr. - Msius — Kvery mala citixea. ; , New Ham pah ire— Kvery male ir»tfib^ j ■ r Vermont— Kvary maa. / Massacbosetts— Kvery malefCllizAO. ' Rhode Island — Kvery male citizts. Connecticot. Indiana, llliaow, Mistosri. ] lows.. New Jetea'y. Ohio, Caliiarnis. Ore- i •;oo. NevsdsTWrsl Virginia aud Colorsde • — Kvery white m«l« cltixwr ; New Yark — 1-teery nsale citizen, bm i -olorad mea arf requited to owo twe ; ' • undreil sod fifty dallars worth of lex*- ' il# properly. Pennsylvania— Kvery white freeman. ; WiscooslD— Kvery mnt* person. Minoeaotn — Kvery mele person. . j Kaotaa — Kvery whit* male adult, j Helaware— Kvery free white mele cilk | ' Maryland — Kvery free whit* male einTeooeaswa— Kvery free abit* maa form- j 1 ■« vote and bald ulfica. New JxtlSKV CllM UKKNC* Th* oex' j | -ei-ion of thlk conlcrencc will meet el , ! Kembertville ao the 18ih of March I Only four weeks • ct rcuirining unxl I iiaur changes will tek* pine* slid ol« . | .ies will be surrendered iietwcen pastor. .nd pnople. We .re gted that Cap. I j litai.d does not lose its pastor tbi> ! tar The t imnbu^i ng~b*en ch»age. | tour May $■> March lor the annual as -■'ssment of lncoiurs. Ac., orders hati ■•<•« received from the Di-paruneni t I rocred at once to the- assessment o ' Item. Ail persons are required i' under o statement nf iurnme^and tin loinber of gold watches in their pos i cssion, before March 1st. 1SGS. t ' Thus. Williams, Assistant Assessor 'ffice nt Tucknhoe, N.J. , tua Pu iiknoi.ooica i. Journal for f*i • nary contains Peter Cooper. Charles A ■i AC). Ilam.i Drew, t.'barles F. |l»em- ' l». I).. Karl I ferny end l.ord Stanley., h* British Parliament. Beron IV odi ■ouse, Lord l.innteoeni of Inland, we j Portraits, Urographies, and Characters iso Poor Whites ol the Somb. C-.n | i-n.osnesB end Menial Aciioo.AI.ua-.. ■ iiltur# ib tli- M.ntst.v, How to fh.ros1 .v.fe, Witnl i. th. I' si of Pnrenoiugy ! duple Sugnr, Origin of the Rocs. r<. , ; tills 30 cents, or $3 s veer. S. l! . ] .Vklls. Pslilisbrr. 3e9 Broadway, N< » ! I if the oldest inhahitnnt. has there been •luch id- iii the he'ad waters nf Ihe |)>li I -are as this wiofsr. A s.i.l.l.-n ib«w o , re. bit inevitable. — Ths Clergymen of Lambert* it)*, has. { ' ineral services on .Sunday, axcopt whan unavoidable. j . Poyrsrr is Bap. but th* worst kind o1 i rioverty ia poveriy of the blood; the j j oaken a man "poor indeed, " tor it take- j , .way his sMfogib. courage, and energy : I iut enrich lb* blood with its vital clemem . i sfemeni ,

> Iron, by taking the Pernviao Syrop ( protoxide of iron), and you will fad riei i . '' m i "a* good anybody. ' Try it r Tux Litvi.1 Corcohsi., for February, i ; ' \ very fide number. 'The Psblisher offets -nost beautiful premiuma. and onususl in i ' iucetngats ta raise Clubs. Terms, One I ' | l>i'll/C a year. A sample copy w|:| be' 1 | -enjt free to any one who applies for il ^-Muriog Fe1 reary. Address Airaxo L. -Ewxid..|Pnblisbsr, Chicago, 111. S PECIAL NOTtC E S . 1 ' John W. Lycdf, I LIFK, ACCWCST. niil A St) XAMSK I.1XCRANCE AC KNT, P" r , OavISI-ANH, 8. J. >». W.' Reeves, , i ATTOkSEY-AT-Hir ASD WIATEPdirrCfi, ,i Ro. IM gouth Kourlh Street, f j PHILADELPHJA. J- Granville l.each. , ATTOKSEY ASD COVSXKllOK-AT-LA W. ,| »1 south fifth street, mhJSAni PniLAOCLraiA. I R. T. Miller, . ATTORNEY -AT-LAW, if orrict,- artei cor. perry n sooth stx., d. cape island, s.j. fIN ' Especial attaotloa given t* collections, e John B. IlufTinan, 1 Attorney & Connscllor-at-Law, Solicitor, i f naxyeh a examiner is chan0kry, supreme court commissioner, * and notary fuiuc. h cape may court house, newt jersey | Char lex. M. Meal, i irroKSEr at law «- f FAOCTOS 0 * ADMIKALTl, s OBC*, tM South FOURTH XL, 1 PhUadelphta. ^ , Special attention glean to all Bustlers nlatlnc . to Vessel Properly. aats-tt J * Or. J. F. Learning, , TXENTIST. eg* . 1 U OFFICE DAT* : t CA TE MAT COVMT JfOUSX— Tueadaya aad Wed- * Wty^DBiSE. — Thursdays. - SLA VJZZA,— Frtdayi. t Ct- Tissi MouraiTi. COaCI linos Cash. }•)-* i "■ s Errors of Ttatk. A Car-tlaaaa who seObrad for y—ntnm Mor , y voua DahUlty, Prematura Decay, aad sll ths y aUbeta ot youthful todtaoraUoa. wlD far thanks i of sulMnni humanity, soad be* to aU who UM ' pi* ra£3T by which hTw^Ti^OL* Mem . Wtahug to pratt by th* adeems**" aaparlawe. ,f oa do ao by addraaatag ta pwrfact ooofldaaee, , JOHN r OGDEN, , "AlS-y a c*d« r *1.. New York. * DMtfani, HiRiMU It Ctterrh i Treated with the otawat soeoaa, by J. Jsaaea. " M. D-, Oeallst aad Aurtat, (formerly of Leydaa, a flat lead,) No M Arch s tract, Philadelphia - the ally aad roan try caa be sees at Us ofBoc, a The Medical r*c*lty an Invited ta arcbwpaay ! y thOr panacea h* ha* bo »*cra**te Id* pram ] * «**. ARTIFtOlAL XYhaisMrtad erithoatpagp. 1

SPECIAL NOTICES. DENTAL OFFICK. it. i„ taLWMK, »- «». 8-. CAPE ISLAND, NEW JERSEY. SITRpt'S OXIDE CAS admlalaicted when •teilred, :( rax*<emcots are msdV in advance. I.FVtCE HOURS— From l »-«. to 15 M.. ami UB-ce.liir I'OLaulUtloa— <U Octiac* on front ' To Farmer* and Planter*. 1 ot the LiKll MsDutsrlurinx Ccmpany, made fraai - the nlsbt soil, hlood, t<oaaa.otrkt nod dead snli ~"r"' 1 - TWENTY-EIGHT DOLLAR*. PER TON. dcllvsrrd <m hoard of cars aud boat al Phtlada. j weighi lor wdx?t to aa)PMsh "p^'upe,! phosphate In uiarkvd-^Thr veaulta oa Corn. Co.- j Boils. ! -n e ih' cause ot such suBertug It .. only ceccs." vary lu vUatlie the Blood by supplying li with ; will do this effectually, and dee strength, vigor t,,™< 1 °*a lr • Iterfnd^" "^"rh^h-d so long Jfn IlggrctcB l IrciHara free. J. P. DIKSMORF, Propnator, SS Dry St., New York. Sold by si! tiracc'ii Crlrbratrd Salve I aroul St.. Bvvlon.aiid tarisjs>b)'lDrugxisls yur- — ' SPFFIAI. NOTICE. I Tour *e"'' u 'wimTn'r'' ThJ' litoomM y'wi i ! ctevy .Vwm" trayim^pIuMe^owhSEtaess wia j ' ,ic III." r 1 1 1 1 . > III. I. , ■j

! -'.ch men romptsin of bring melancholy, ot oer j vou.oes.. n( palpitation uf ihe^heart.^ Yt.ey an j hey ^ don't t-e«m» ssd and dlscourafsd ; Ihe) : t face— ueuwgf y^iiir^dowscast looks o|\nj o!hc, j t- w many ofsn fronXiAdlj cured ■ Iveases, frorr j i oi v "# 1 hat loss radoeed tl.c general sr.teui so I m - .- IS lo Induce almost evcr^ othiBr dlseascJ | ' the trouble scarcely ever suspected, and ba?. d,<tor*d tor all but the right one. ■ Diseases ol thsse organs require the use of s diuretic. HELMB'U.U'S FLUID EXTRACT cure for Iravsea of'the BlaliXer. Kidaev Graver Dropsy, Organic Weakness. Femilo ComulslDb. General Debllt'y.aad slldlstaae* of the Ur> oaiy Oriauv^ whrlbir existing In Mele or Fe it insanity may ensue. Our flesh and Mom! are sn|.ported from these sourrea, and the health anv nappinean. and thai of po*trrtty, depends upon prompt use of a reliable remedy. Hrlmbold'v Extract Burhu. csubllahad upward of IB yean, prepared by H. T. II K I. " BOLD, DRUGGIST, SO* Broadway, Naw York, and 104 S nth loth atreet, Philadelphia, Pa Pbicb— Btxa per bottle, phonies lor UM, dell., rrad to any address. Sold by all Druggists everywhere. oMm MA-RRIKD. WILLIAMS — CORSON.— On the toth Inst., at ths house of the brtds.'hy Rev. J. K. Manning' Mr. Thomas Williams, of Turk shoe, to JSrs Rhods Corson, of XeavUle. GODFREY- VAN GILDER.— At the house of the brute's parents, on thr Itth Inst-, by Rev. J. K. Manning, Mr. item X. Godfrey to Miss Emily 1 Van Glider, both. of XeavlUe, Cope May Co. DIED. STITEt.— Ob Saturday night, 8th fauL, Charles ■ Itaaea. Infant too af John and Fanate T. Stiles of Camden, N. J., egad 1 mom hi aad four day*] BARTON.— On th* Sth In at., EddM. Infant son of Anna Barton, aged I* weeks. Llitis Eddta, thou hast led uv : And thr Ion. en deeply feel. . But ths hour that we parted. Left a mother bra* aw hearted ! NEW ADVERTISEMENTS j NOTICE. puMMsxamtutloiia far Ltcoulng TeaehCape May Court Honaa. ou i FRIDAY, FEBRUARY Mth, 1 1*8. at 10 o'clock A. V. . * N. X. COBtOn,) Aaalstaat Jv W. LTCEY T, I Examiners- , Dawn lai Ilia, MAURICE BKESLEY. , Fib. it, -an Co. BupartataadaaL. FOR SALE 1 l ONE OF THE BEST FARMS IMCAKSAY Co., ' aad Coaraofoaw* af LseeUoa, . with rafaraaaa toth* Bslliaa l aad tb* astwrol prtvHag** of ear lis hneid. . zsjrsssA Mwa«Jsaa i i

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. notice! _ "N °Tlw U Bml Thr ^Amf it*'!"* reported to the Jndsre of the Orph sns**Coort ut z 0 r* " NOTH E. i it Lewis Shiwards admlnistrsA-r el Beth H. Will be suitlted and staled by thr Surrogate, and jepbrjed to thr Judgeytf the Orphan's Cuurroi ^ ^ ~ " ~ NOTICE. i M 111 he^audDid^aml stated by the Sufrngate, and ' J jj-r-ri tTir'^T'1^' , wni^au* Jted^and slaW by^h^fforrvgale.and ae tlemen|^nd MU w ante. listed Feb. toth, ink . ROTICL OTICE Js^hereh) gl.^i, that lira account at ■eportvd'to the Judges of the t>rphBn?Cburi Vf j the County of Cape May. at ths term al Apul Far Skntrrs, Kunnrrc I I OU HERS El-Ens Sc., we have parRages of 1A^ prepared Crocu ivv- Em o^ t l o tl. ofsaaoic ^ , No. *» (Eight Tt^rJyVB rrl j'ALK El( Street ITII'OIITANT TO '«E( II AN If >. 1 "and "tts D iTe'm 'vTmg4v<rT 'e 1 GaTd ThT* , he la no* prepared ^wTu-nlvtreacvllent aiivvmI, Transient Boarders glA0|,rr diem. „ Proprletorof SURF HOUSE, Ja3*-jm Cape lalanil. N.J. P6UIC RALE. I1U ARIII ANN UA I.^IIF IIML ESTATE. SATURDAY. APRIL llth. It"*, . at I o'clock P. M. of aald day, on the psem— s. ,5 the iolluwlsg deaerlbed property. Hi.:— All that •owiuhip.'county' if*Capi*MaV"j!ng .m''the r .a.'^lradtogJrrm^the^Court Houar^to^yei. Norton, rceased, eud CLDW^^^ ' J T H TEI FOR ) - anlage llous,'. Shialv, lllvekimllh >Lo^> and lee an Apple Orchard, freer, peach aud t berry P.^a.— If the^bore property be not sold In aia Trn-Trxys rind Hnilrri , are or vac a TRUMAN h SHAW, u No.US (Eight Tt.lrtv-nv.1 MARKET XDret, Below Ninth. Philadelphia k ATTENTION !

j HOFFMAN k WILLIAMS, j Carpenters ami Builders, ; with BulldllurjlheEha^r at eonald- i.blr ixpvr.se procurad ail tbe neceaamxy Machinery (or moving Buildings, we are now prepared to Move S^umcttii'OH Of Erery qatrrlptlon. At th* Xhorteat Notice and oa the most Reason. ' S.UitP— Cor. Washington St- k Dolawsra Ate. For f urls. T°.s is; iSffSBs S2js,;i5 • onts-a variety ol kinds add slm-fiir sale si the Hardware store of TRUMAN fc SHAW, No.aiS (Eight Tblrty-flvei MARKET SI reel. Below Ninth. Philadelphia. MILLINERY. REMOVAL fc OPENING : ^PRING AND SUMMER GOODS! MILLINERY ! MILLINERY 1 ! MILLINERY! The subscriber would respectfully Inform her friends and Um public, thai she has removed (ram th# old stand as Perry SL, to WASHINGTON STREET, Opposite th* American House, h haa just received AS ESTIM. SEW STOCK And Fmh Supply of DRY GOODS AND NOTION*, LADIES' AND hUSSESLATEST STYLE HATS A BONNETS. A Full assort maut of IIAKDSOMC DtCSS DOOM AMD TMJMMIXC v. AlsA. CLOTHS -nd CASS1MCRES for men aad boys' wear. All of which wlU bcaold at UmIowswI llutefltepBIa prtiaa. All kinds of Millinery work dona with ear* and dispatch, and In th* lata at itylwt. Bathing Robe* mad* to oteor. Ac., he. , he. mylS-tf GEO EG IE H. DOUGLASS. 63*. HOOP sjetwrrfj' OL iritLfartTT. hopkixs. Hour ow* masx." After mora Shan rivr imgumiitrmi and eiperlmantlag lb IB* manufastui* of STKIc TL: first QUALITY hoop SEIBTU, w* otrr our ot bira^ln th* Aaa«hmn markh^iid O^ an ao NOT GIVEN THEM^™* k L * R OU* D 'DO ml WITHOUT FURTHER DELAY. ."i-2.'2sSS,TT'-.'sS£ aa hwnd n faff Bm of good S.W York nod klsS.ra m*d* MHrt*. al .My love aad Retail, at the PkUadatphla zsszzr ^ WM-T. HOPE (XX. jadies^^?^