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CAPE ISLAND, CAPE MAY COUNTY, NEW JERSEY. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11. lSjiS.

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THE INDEPENDENT. Price 12.50 per Annum lo Hall SuWrlb- | • era, or fi by farrier* In New lork ! % and Brooklyn. HENRY C. BOWCY, I pvbushkb. No. 5. Beeknian St., New York, i GJtKAT NUMBKK THIS.WEKK. i f KKUKL AU.V Alb. ATtnA^TIO.'iS A* FOLLOWS : T.o r.M THiUlO! U S What the)' propose I.J .to. By Hod. HEN H V Wl'LSoN, United IUl« Miitor from NwlnauHtli. 1 •HUNT and COLFAX, ^ Thr Prsplr's I k..l(M. (or Teadtnsle. o Raastlsa.-Woondi of th* War Tsastlon.— Hie F»rtg for FreeHy Rev. T. M. rorr, W Louts. Mo. KKKP1NG ALIVE, As Appeal to Chrlstlsss. Bj Ear. Theo. L Cuyier, D. 0., Brooklyn, If, T. PBAYINI3 IS TOB HOLY GHOST, By «r». O-otp B. Ckwrtr, V. Ki> York. . . LETTER FROMWASHfUGTONr Election of Geo. Bcatly from Olilo. Ths Rrst (On kt fhk White Ho,.., Hopeful idrlM front thr b>uth. Raw lUtopihlrr *a# Cono., i . • MB* Court on HaoOBStrucli—D. Thr President and 111. CaMnrt after GsurrsI »v Croat. Ipsskrr Colfax'. •'■"MEst'""'' TUK LOIT 111 AUK. Wrtttaa by' an Orthodox llergvmsu expressly for The fudrpandrnt, and dcrtmad to ba, wo bslit-vi, one of lbs tao.t popular, racy and In.tructt.r rrrloa of contribution, arar (Iran to a religious no wpspcr. BOITOk CIIIT-CBAT. Ho. ion nrvrr aay« die. Religious l-rosprrtly.-^rl. crow., of Naw Lngtoud. Goul.Us Altilisw. Law and Dtaoidar,- A trtcR on ilr-i. Harrison, Cray, Oils, rtn. Bj aur Ho. ton rormpoadant, C . , ggiTiTT Ona of (ha ablrat and Boat aplcy wrltcra la tka country. I WMF IT ABO BBKCIISB ADD OLIWB HW.V. DULL llot.Mt:*. The Cuardlan Angel and Norwood, By liuia foaay. DECEMBER WOODS. An Original Poatn, . I Fly fori Beaton. A mania, New York. t A COMPANION fOH THK WINTER. 'l.tPLK WOOD »THK. Xedorsad by a "Blessed old Blnrk Woman." k A STORY WITHOUT A MORA IBy Abby Sac, Cnartettowa, Maaa. KDITwHUf.9 Ad FOLLOWS: The Tungu- of Fir*, or Kxteaiporaasous Pisnehtfurrn Victories Eaprrlraara. Two Waya of LovlngLorlas tba iffuoj aad Lot-In* I he Wicked THE METHODIST BISHOPS— Thontpaon, Nutria, J aura, Scoft. Simpson, Bskar, A»««. £latk. Dr. Kinsley, KdwsrA ThoieAa OLD KKWSPA PER— The Federal Spy and Dally Advertiser, ot DM. xd, !1K International Copyright, """ *WMk* uV'Ivar r'r" L*W ' Editorial Notra. Paraaaal New* New York and Vicinity. Religious Intel [genoe. Uaoaral News. Book Table, be MlaDterlaJJta^Dtrr^ lot An New*. Pabblaa. - Selections. Commercial aad Financial Drpaitmrbt Aa Follow. ; ^ - / Commrrelnl and Flnaaelal— Tadt, Nrtos and Go., alp la Well Btreet— Important RsWITur Cspilslisia, Bankera and Hu.lnraa Men— Mon > Market- Contra] Pacific BallDry Goods Report— Dry G^md. quotation.- Produce Market Report*— Prtaea Current -New York Cattle Msrhet-Far-mere* Column. The whale eomprtelns Attraction. Never Equalled IB any other Badfiou* Newspaper. Urssl Premiums. HOWE SEWING MACHINE We hare made a epecial aaalraet with the Howe ^ Sewing Machine Company tojuraiih their Premium far New Subscribers THE INDEPENDENT Ourtr-g tha prvaest year. Any pareoa who will aend ua the nawraolteraoty. four new yearly auhaarihera, at our regular mbscnMlns price, isrr terms aa* strove. wt-1 ba preaaated wtlk one ol thane srtsbratad machines the lowest price of i .".pimj'.s.'ficst,'""""-'" We Dimply want the nam-, (with «ha money i kSSTS'S'ES particular that thay ahall ha bnaa-Bda aaw sets. ^ Anyone person miUwtbiaeferN^yeaiser an) ahoeeoShw. iv.-e-n. Iniemlin^la Uhe^adraataca of ^th I. U2u^^5Se<2wuS5thL ukem't'uuaM"' mult "m*" made by poet otttw Mmey ueiei, baedl-okech. oe aapmrntpaidp CARPENTER'S BOOK. SIX MONTHS AT THE WHITE HOUSE. ^ Anypar^aw k^wlj'aaad uajba aamarf tm > i dma iTTwIth I* ^pyoT^^a.' >n e» HI s Ilty ta tha eauatey. The retail jwwc TW demand See tbtaparWdKaleoattaaea; aad

I m; INDEPENDENT. UkVRY C. BOWES, j ^ BDBUiHUL No. 5 BEEKMAN STREET, . New Yottx. 0 \ The Largest Rolixions Weehlj in the World. ( The Cheapest Religion-. Weekly in the World. The Lar Rest Circulation in the World. Price |U0 by Mall, SLOO by Carrier In New York or Brooklyn. SPECIMEN COPIES SENT GRATIS. ITS CASH RECEIPTS Tha Paat Year LARGER THAN EVER BEFORE. 1 Ita Caak Receipt, tha. paat elk mr.nl ha I « rift than erer before duriiuc lift correepotidinj period. in Cash Rec»lpt«^darloi the fmet^three month. Ite Cash Receipts in^Jauuary laner than errr , IU Proa peril J la unprecedented la the history o! ! ralUlsue journalism. . It to the oaly paper ...to to any e.tenl Ihy new. | nsenta and booketorca lo ail partv of the country . It Employe thr ablest writers In the country j Ita '^Ylealt *ool*J*!L\aa tapk yatoli, ifn* ; and stupid. j II paya mora for its weakly contribution! tbar. _ I any usher ^THRKK relUfioue papers I II baa tha ablest correspondents In all parts ol 1 tha oouatry and Europe. • It dan t fill up Ita ^column* with aelaaon can It discusses boldly and fearlessly all nllfitous. moral, aad political topics. j It hu mora ujldnal eoatrlhulluns and othei Ita writers areeboaen from aH tha loadlnfChrtoHa nadar^aro tbr^il.lnkiiii. proireaiivr^wldr It alma to ha a champion for truth aad equity. II to untaetarlaa hod ear neatly seeks Christ tor Its expenditure^ the present ^ye a r will ba fai II will bare mora apectol departmeato than aval . It Will take a decided Interest In coming (real \ Presidential conical. le will earnestly seek the moral, palltiaal nm'> relialoua latrreaia of the « hole jwuple of the natloa, Irreepectlee uf It will dtocues freely all FloanctaT Matters from a high moral ataad-poUL It will Insist that every enxaremfnt and o'dl*a Hon of the country shall be promptly met with (okl aaaftved. It will oppose, under meat circumstance, currency. It will not be to haste to *1»« political power to those who have been rebels. It will odeacnte Reconstruction en abasia leaf lbs I only) of exact aad Impartial Justice. ' It will oppaae all Political MamrureHof am! machinery calculated to lower the or aad Integrity. It will consecrate Itself with all Ita power and influence lo tha rrsat work or moral, political and religious reform and Christian JTeedom It la (he paper for Farmers, bavin* weekly produce and market reports and It to the paper for banker, sad CapttalfaU, bavin* weeklv^moory ari.i-lesj financial news, H to tha paper far Merchants, bavin* weekly It to tha pst^f for t-ualae ja ^ men of al^elMMa. It to a great fsverite with chlldraa.havlo* week ly etoftaa from the ablest writers. It ta tha hast adrertlatn* medium, It to baUarad, la the soaatry . Wa aak ao •>»'»^PiJt>aatowJgK«, us aa a ahar- ; VTaaal ft land, to kelp ua la Inornate* our rtreutotion and uaefulaeea. tf thay balls ra wa aaa doing gaaS and apt otherwise. j "•m&sam&r THE* IN DEPENDENT la tka toaaa lavwtawal af (Ra Klad i EYER MADE. *

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS, •j ' WINTF.D. ACJENTbI ; _ ¥o SELL Dr. Witt, a 111 if h% Bible Dictionary. jovHK1^^o~.;^^r.'ns cheapest and the- t-ft. See that tha wqiji you ret coatalna over 1,00 page.. j Agents are delng a .pleodld bualacaa wiU thl. I To those who want the Small Laden Edition. , ! Inferior work! baa been copladi will be furnished 1 in March «tf:.:i per copy, 75 ceuta leas than the Fur full particulars. aendTor circulars. A g. SCR ANTON, 1J« AayluijNt., Harttord, CI, I ••THf"H*ISTOEr'5rW ni^yWAR*BETWEEN THE STATES." | Its Canw-a. Character. Condu^^a^fiKllltr— ! rSBUSHI NOIxr."ra'lUdcl^hTa^! *T . "iMATKI U 1.1 IUK ' I KITCHEN and FIAlWKtt tiiRDKS, NOW READY. I A Jni.t-aie.l with beautiful colored plctc ani ! l-o c*rx rings, containing » I,.: "f ovcrffltiOrai rteUSs of Flow-rand Vegetable Seeds: alan, IM vaUrltea of the choicest French Hybrid Gradio- ' i XV., -table", lor tmsTwtll he fouiuldeacrltwd to th1 above work. Tastefully bound In cloth, t n>u ! "red plates, prlc-, poat-pald. IW eta.; in paper ! covers, post-paid, B1 Ctl. Addlvaa to ASHBUR.V K to., Horticultural Hall. H...1..". M-.. 1 sl<> HDHIMI MACHINE. ta TO fV, A DAY TO AGENTS. IT la the largest, beat, andatrnngeat cheap map|^ chine w,la. It maura a^a-atn wl.lc-h will net ' \liv chine ~dd That"w'lf°Jew he'vy°!iarrr cloth* I SMI try Express, with full Instructions, on re- ! MIRTH AMGKICAY STKAMKHIP CO. | j Tithocnn link to rii.iFim.vit. j i Via Panama or Nicaragua, ! Sailing front Naw York j March Sth and dfith , April Ifilh | May | With New Steamships of Ike First lists. m •I Passage Lower thnn by any other Line. W ' Bltorill'inWl.f1 MlI'fLYr"'1' '° "" " .• P. M. CARRINOTON, Agt-. tt.KSTI WANTED ! \ I n wsat B rat-class Arrots to Introdur. our , I >> JEW vTAIt nlllTTI.K SK1VISL MACIIINKS. Extraordinary Inducemeato to I good salesman. Further particulars and sampie work lurntohed on siiplicatloo to W. G. WILHON fc CO.. lleveland, tfillo; Bt.alqn, Masa ; or St Louis. Mtr. ' THE CELEBRATED 'ESTEY' ORGAN VOX HUMANA «TOP. YIRONOUNCED by all who have heard It Ihr A mogt natural and beautiful Imitation of the Human Voice ever yet lutroduead. J. ESTEY * CO, BratUehors, Vt.. the o.ii*;n«l Intcnlors aud Svrroy.N. Yd BJt Fayette aV., fiy/acuae, N*?! IS N. tth »I, Phlla-i IIS Hsndolph St.. thtrago. ^irA*TKD.-IN EVkTir^COCNl V In the ^to!M»WH.AW« comb?N-A^'N,"p" SUGAUE, PLUMB, LEVEL AND BEVEL, | The grestesi invention of the age, and one thai j every Mechanic, Wt rbman and lart-irr 1R thr j to « BATi HtLDLR n llo, PltUhurgh, Vt. | ijUAN •^r! -1 rith Guano, Plaster. Phoaphati Guanos, he, fbr sale by GEO. E. WHITE, tflf I Front street, N. Y. \1 • A.YTKD-TO Make an Arrangement with II s lire man lo every county, who w label to make ntonry. and can rive good tvfarrncea. Ni; ca|U'al lequlrrfi. Will sell ;» buainesa n;n paying *l.fwu 1-er month and rely uu pii.uts f,r mj pay. Address J. C. T1LTO.N, Vltuburgh, Pa. LKKiT tl'OCUl .HI Its II k CO.'N ONE HOLLAR PURCHASING AGENCY. ; RECEIVING our goods dlroct from Impnrtrn and Manufactur-ra, »e are rualded tu s.1 better goodi for !1 lhan any other firm ta the i cunt I). Parties desiring to make purchases ol any goods In our Una fsec circular, trill find It t. 2r- frwn"*1 tf*i 00* ** of Dry and Fane, Srode, lillrer plsl-d Ware and aa rndlear rarirtv of articles carefully aelected lor dursblllly »nd utility, coaiprtslug a lit af over Rs> dlBbraat artlaira. any one of which • UI be sent upooraawlptof ONE DOLLA*. If iny^nrtlelarecelTaddoea not^i-rov - asafprwnifunded Py return mall." ! for a Ust of twaarrtclca send cants. Fora u.tofTcn.:::::::::::::::::::X-^i. which will be accom |ran ted with a full dascrip Uon af each article, any one af which will to senl for •!. Additional list from IS to SIM) will to sent at IC eta each, tte oiler the largest Induce menu lo agents erf any firm engaged la tha bullosas. Our pure bast a* Agent has the largest experience— having bean engaged la the bualaea. lor the past five year*— and "II articles are warruled ta give sattofnrttani Rafale wees gtraa If desired. Circulars sent free to any address. Give strictly tons. Address, with lull name'ststc. JTrvment Row and II Howard St., Boston, Mass '1'IlK REALUIti PO<»l_ Howard Aaaoeia1 Uon Report., for Young Men, on tha Errors , Abuses and Mae see. which destroy the manlpowers, and crests Impediments to Marriage, with aura means of relief, lent in sealed letter envelopes, free of charge. Address, Dr. *. HKILLIN HOUGHTON, Howard Association, Phils PROFCBBIONAI. CARD. ' A REGULAR PHYSICIAN wUl treat by Pre■cripUon— that can he put up at nay Dru* Stora-nnd with susneaa or no -barge, all cases of Aenta, Chronic or Prlsate Dlsssse. Youthful VMS. PeaMle Dtsrasra. ObstructloBs, rtc ^ (and ON£ DOLLAR EACH. ItTBl CottoE. Clotb, Drees Pstteros. Pant |V 1'sltsras, aeain* Machines. Watches. Dry and Faney Goods, he., he. Band Ten cento for ' Patent Pan Fountain, with slip daosrlhln* an Aay parsed, (mala or female.) can send In a , elnh ot from IS to l.eoo, at aanw rate no cents lar each), and gal n premium lor ao doing. Bend In Registered Letters a. in pica mailed free In an. sddlias. ^KASTMAN^h KENDALL. J )»rr«.at A NCY.^or X".il QMtoHn How tlona of totoss, instantly ; "slso] r eaetttog book has bosa pubRnked by us to ysnra. thn noli of wbtok has bnan asamela and la the Eierasuie.t'RBesisrc rerbrr with a guide to the uniuarvtod. Address T WILLIAM n CO, Rook mhilshem, Phiieda. ■^BsOOO rcjcr EXTRA qt AI.ITS VIRGINIA PUE FLOORING. For snto at the LTURXR YARD of JOHN r. STARR, if, h Co,

A Word to thr People ot Cape j Island about thr firuniine of i.icrnnrn. I To the Editor of the "Oeeaa "Wave." Sir : — Tha eirCdlhtioo of nimrroB* pelitions by n certain elaat af iodividnnls. ! at this seaeoi of lbs yetr. requesting grants of Lieeotei to keep inne nod TavF ants io this cily, bus npponrnd lo. me to ] be lbs Blleil and melt opportnna lima 1 Cdul.l bare seleclvfl W direct Iho allanlion ' of I n public lo ■ hie great, ibis mouslrous . evil, tknl id nnounlly rnietsd. of deiuifiiy i nar otharwiis benoufal li.tlw laid wilb J place* tbht impregnate the very nlmosChsre with foul odors anting from r«molet nod gambling-hell.. • I bnlieve rnm selling nnd rnm-driukiog 10 be n *10 ngnlotl lied, nnd I think lo enae ulna will deny tbn assertion. And if 11 bn a tin, base we, at beings Rcconil- " able lo God. a right for *ny parpole whatever, however apparently worthy, lo tone- ~ lioo il ni Individusli or ne n cnaiinunily ' Tear ly oot. Uvea gntuuag thil individunt nnd statute condemnation of Ihr -mp — should Ike Clty~C<vm.cil nnd lit lo r«?d»» th. granting of licenses— aggrnrat. . it. ah has been freqeenlly alleged by ■ .ippouVqls of all I'rohibiiory Inns, i* our | ; rtnty to KWd^sgr ikirli niitirely clear of j tbn elaio any tbn leis clear .' If God io I ■ hie infinite wi.dnm permit* sin to ha up. i | par ■ ally stimulated by bomnn condemnn ; r tiuo and tbn attempt of men tn prohibit ' it. il is a matter »f no concern to *« and sill not trooble as oale** we tbink eorselvn* wiser thnu God,' and bate little oi no feitb in his provideacs. , It ba* been *«id by *om* good i.pjier1 sac* m«B in thi* camroabity. that we, a* i » Stat*, are Dot quit* ready for prohibition. Ye*. Sir^n e This is a severs > case, and as ifTotsdicins rsqaire* a sever* ; : remedy. Vh* corse of intemperenca mini : be critbed, and il moral suasien csnooi , I do away with it, e- ash it al eaca witb a i lew loflicliog a severe penalty #u every | of paltry gfla. Tiutb urges aad duty dt- j | maadi Ibis mssiure at our bands : then | | let us all nark aaywksre. erarywhere. for I probibitioa — no licente It trtmy ." 1'eoplr | j nf/Cape ialabd, trill you A*.'/> ir .» fair', mihsa. sign ao more petitions for l.icsnts W without reading what yon eigo, sad n«- ■ lug year awn beart the simpie <|aesttou i> j | this act of mias neCessarv or will it con i dues to the ptblic good ' If you think | it is your dniy to do so, by all msaos do ; ' j it. . Oa no accuunt vivlat* your consciea- | tioos convictions, but wbii# yoa write your j name ramamber Ibut you sanction rum- 1 sailing — aye, ayew that you ibiak it's for tbe public weal— and you become answer- ' able b- lorn God for its Iroits. Ketnember. j alto, that tbe worn tavern. Cape Island i has, more drinking mast necessarily fol j low, aad drtnklag, be it known, retard. . edaeatias, industry, sanitary reform, and -very branch of political sod social itu- ' provemeoL Coma then, bands ust of , pocket; and snler heart, soul, body, time, talents, latluunc*. inonsy, nil, for God aad ' humanity. Let no lalse fear that you may off - rid a voter at election lints* prevent your boWIy lakleg a place an lbs .Tern- - perance plutft.rm. Muni woman! child ! ; we oetd your help! Ministers, Sabbalh- | school otlicsrs aad teathsra. parents, i I frieads, come, come to the rescue ! Gird ! ; on the armer for the Spring campaign, i Header, think ol tbe fact that nearly | tweaty-lve taverns were granted .liceoae. < I to ssll liquor last summer. Y'ousskwbo ' ' signed the requisite petitions for this large i { number ? 1 answer, your rapreseauurr men, men occupying high und responsible c | positions, ^Dn supposed to be wall ac- I qnaintsd our laws, aid csrefnl ol thsir strict enforcement. Aye, citizens j 1 of Cape Island, tbrsa art the very in.n j i • hose names may be fotind ntUcbmi to those shameless, lying applicatina* for j ■ permit* to raise fathers to he fiends; wives, widows ; children, orphans ; tod to ! ■ incrvave the vast srmy of dronkards now I staggering an lo it* doara. Names, too, < uf member* of tba Christian church ure seoo Can it We possible, yon say, that ; any iRau-Cbuld so lorgmr tbe luachingt al their Divine mastrrT *nf in utter oppoai- i tien to the doctrinsv olYpeir church, mak- i known to the world thH thvv believe tbe i establishment of a pijee for drinking, card playing, gambling, carousing and qaarrellug is necessary and will conduce io lb* public good ! It is possible . out Ills hardly creditable, .. b ! were thou- . maa as thoroughly acquainted, wilb lbs dread fiaits of intemperance aa is thr i writer, tb«y would sooner see their right i arm rot from off their body than peimit il I to sign a like petition. Knead* of bo- i inanity, ahall wo coantaoauc* wrong — for who will gainsay that onr council does not wrong in this matter of grastiag licenses i —and forever bold oar pear* without ra- I monstrance f Hball we drink of the bitter i cop aad oat enter a protect f Ao/ No ! ! < NO'.!! Alraady lb* merniog light is i dswaiag ; fur 1 tte oroand me mvmbera of. various churches, co-workers and co-mam- I bars af tk* Ordar of Good Templars. This i Order is ao little wave af aeatimont ovar ' th* land, bat a Strang, powerfal currant swelling nod surging us it goes, aud are leng certain lo became a stream af pria- I ciples and ideas that men will retptciand ■ faar; aud but few will be feood hardy i enough to endeavor lo dam its course'. 1 aad they will be swept away in lb* time < of their attempt. Tbe resell of o ne of | the processes of their work it now before the people of the community in lb* skaptof several ramoastraucr. against th* iadis- i criminal* maanar bitbario followrd by oor i connctl in graatiag licenses, avsd-i-tofalnk 1 th* Order hat strong reason ts be prpud ' af th* act. i For lb* bansfiFOf Lb* pedplt at larga. < 1 herewith append a stateoivn* which 1 I Think will prov* painfully interatlisg lo many of tham, and must produce tame sad reBsctioat on tba moral aonditioa of th. i . cooseiences of our loading citizsts. 1 i . vouch for it* correctoeee. I Haled above that nearly 25 palitioa* ware granted last I ! year ; of thi* aambar 1 could ooly esc ure i capias of 15. . ! Total Dumber of Signers to 15 poti- I tions granted in 1867 <3 i N amber required by law 180 i Of tbe** 43 Freeholders who signed ■ Ktiliona for th« 1-ieeasiog of loaa and vernt : 1 gentleman signed 11 petitions. 3 gentlemen 10 3 " " 9 " I " " 8 " 3 " " ^ " S - " « " 1 M •' 5 4 " " 4 " .

' ' :::::::: 2 :: 18 " " 1 ' - Thus nny on# can •** thst out of 43 ■ frvehpid-tfi. 1 ■> complied witb the ri-quir.m-nte of th. lew. and 25 s*W»rrib.d i : th-ir names time and again, knowing they were goilty of ao offense tu thuir State, | their Oily and their God. Then, ngmin. wo find on multlplTicg the i somber of petition* by tw.lv. it gives u1 180. while the actual nuinberof signaturex amount only tn within nz ft seven of tbsi i Duniher. clearly (bowing that .ev.r-.il of ■ tha licensee crant.d were Illegal and. being • oot in camplianco wit- this particular of lh» lew. was pULiababl. t»y tin. or iini Ywors, ia a good can--, . sl!oo. r §Htfu$trag (Eitlr. THE HON OF MY FRIEND. I "Mrs. Carleto* !" A /raak. cheery ! , mice dropped ml" my ear It «.« ikit I of Albert M.rtio.tal-. lh« son ol u.y friwn.-l II* wa* band."*!., aud had « Ifae, isil- ; nlng maannr. I saw t»y lb. Hash "• bit . wine hpd slreidy quirxepsil Ike rlvv blooirin his veinx, "You are enjoying rqnrSdif. ' ' 1 said, f "Off, spl.od.dly : then bonding u. my ear. b» afldsdx- Y au'va given the h nest entertainmeut ol the season i I "Hush ! I whisper-d. raising my fin. q [ ikis brows knit slightly, in. cra-d ■ parted as, and wa did not meet again dor j |0g tbe asaning. I By, twelv* o'clock, most of th. Udias | had withdrawn from /[tit supper. reont , | ol tna men there— young and old. Ksr*t> | of coarse laughter, loud exclamatiaus. and | matches of song rang out from th* eem1 pany in etrange canfosioa. It wts diflij volt tu realize that lbs actors in this scene Go.su now beget to wnhdraw quietly ! , It was shoe: hall past iw.lre wbeu Mrs. ; Martiadal. cam* down from the dresstug- 1 room, srith bar daughter, and joined Mr ! Martind*!* tu tba hall, where he had been j "Whore is Albert 1" I heard the mother 1 j "In the eopp^r-reoin. 1 presume ; I re ; j looked fur him in the parlors," .Mr. il m j tiadale answered. { "1 aiil call him for yon." I said, com- ! ">« forward. 1 "Ob, do if yon please." my fri.od re. | plied. There was a litsky tremor in bet j 1 went to the topper-room. All ibv ; Whalu scene for * genii. man's house presented itself! Cigars bad been lighted j and th# uir wut ibic*. with tqioke. As 1 j pushed open the door, my ear was hurl) j stanned by the confusion of seocdv.— There was a hush of voices, and i ses I bottles from meuy hands set quickly upor i the Utile, and glasses removed from lips j already too deeply stained with wioe. With three or four exceptions, all of Ibis company were young men and boys. Neai < th* door was the pferaoo I sought. : "Albeit!" 1 called; sod lb* yoang j | come forward. 11 is face was darkly ; dashed, aud lu* oye* red aad glittering. I "Albert, your mother it gwing," 1 I k "( ire her my complimants. he an- I ! sw-red, with ao air of mock courtesy "and : \ tall her that she has my gracious p.rmisj sion." "Com#!" I urged, "sh* is waiting for j you." Ha shook his bead resolutely. "I'm ' oot going for an hour. .Mr*. Carlton. Tell mother not to trouble herself. I'll be in good time. " 1 urged him. but in vain. "Tell him that he musf come !" Mrs. Martiadale turned on hsr husband an *p pealing look of distress, when 1 gave bet Albert's reply. Hut th* father did Dot care lo assert an authority wblob might sol be heeded, *nii answered—' Let biro enjoy himself with tbe rest. Y'oung blood bests quicker than old." The fieih of excited feeliog went eit of Mrs. Mertiodal*'* face. 1 saw it but far an instant afisr this reply from her husband ; bnt like a su -painting, iu whole axpreslion was transf rred to a leaf oi memory, where It it at paiofolly vivid no* on that oever-to-bs-iorgnttva evening. ■ It was pale and convulsed, and the eye. fall of despair. A dark nreseatment ol something terrible had fallen upoa berth* shadow of as approaching we* that was to burden all her iif*. My fnond paused out from my door and ; left m* so wretched that' I could with j difficult; rally my feelings to give other ; parting gaests a pleasant word. Mrs.! Gordo" had to leave in her earring* with- : oat her subs, who gM* a* heed to the repealed message* the aent to them. At Itel. all lb* ladies were gone; hoi ' -there still remained a dozen ytrsng men in thn supper-room, from wbsuce came to my ear* a aicknoiog toaod of earwBtai. 1 •ought my chamber, and partly ditrebinp thraw myself on a bed. Her* 1 remained in n slit* »f wrefchauneni impossible to j describe, for oyer aa hour, when my hatband cam* in. "Are thay sll gun*?" 1 a>k*d. ritiag. "All, thank God I" hs answered, with a sigh of reltar. Then, after a moment*' pause, ha said— "If 1 liven thousand years, ' Agnes, ib* seta* of lo-uigbt shall never repented ia iny hens* ! I feel net only a sane* *f disgrace, bnt war**— a t#n«e ol guilt! What have we bean doing T Givear inlaaaea and oor money lo help in the wnrks of elevating unci refining society 7 or ia th* work of corropting and debasing II? Are th* young men who j left oar boas* * littla while ago. an Strong , far good at when they cam* in? Alas! ala* ! that we moat aaswvr, Ne! What if Albert Mnrliodsl. war. our eon?" This Ust senleasa pierced as si if II had bean a kaife. "Hs wont oot just sow," coctiased Mr. j Carletes, "so much lsloxisated that k* i wolksd straight only by aa effort." > ••Why did yon let bus go?" I asked, I

fear Uying amMeely Its cold head an - my heart. "What ii harjn should conir 3 ' 'Til* worst harm wW'beBV.iBtt at the . Stsl.on ll' n^r. tl.adld he ha|q«u lGgai , '•Vao.gh, of )Jt, " feplied Mr. Carle. | « V" 1 "« y>» depart jut.i new. and , sst't lAjwgielG«itlcr'y— T o tbiuk at eend- , lug hifuo irtfc my hues* lo his mother, l son fh thai eWudltliiD !' Aud he wee uol . ' tbe only ! ; ,f : Wo were eilent after thai. Our be*r>i . • Were M, h._avy Ihst we Could nut t.ik. It "l he "light came dimly in through hn'f- ' ! * "-WI.M is WBot.d sa. Did Mr Albert Martind. le .leephert 1 •p<arg Iron my bed, strangely Bgi- ! leled. »tid pertly opru:og Ibe cksmber ! dour. said. Hi s voice sbw uasleadioees t '«•»«»'«' euntrwi — "Why do >.u aeb , ' b" want* to kxow rhsmb«( dear slegg-ie.t uark tn the t>x, ' Send oar word tn inquire a: on* of l>nr under the Vnilucnce of brnaml. ag ....sing evetjtlireg eiulbed in s air How tbe •igl^' rhiiied m* 'I but ' n *'t "" '"'"''j1 *",m >h' ! ' A fret break last I sent to Mrs. Mania . dale a acts ol irquiry sl.ont Albstt. A , »nd '.hat inquiry el ib# police bad failec j, t* briug any iblslligsoce m regard ti | him. It was still huped that he had goto i I borne with sen.* Ineud nnd woum retort ' , | I during the day. ' btaadily the ison cnniii.uvd te fail, aaii j as the mud bad risen Since meining. it i . drifted heavily. By ten o'clock it wst j i . many iuches deep, ai d tber. wa. n.. ngi , , ! so oppressive thai, ia .pit* of tho .lotin ) | ' 1 drveved niysell aud went oat lo call ox [ • my Ir.eud, I fooud her in her chamber ! j loeUng Very pel", au 4 Calmer then 1 liar 1 | i hopvd to find hi t. Hut the calmness ] j , ' I ear of the went had Iroxett th* will j \ [ wevel into stillness. ; "God knows best," she Raid, in a voter I i , j heart. "We are all in Hit lisaJt. I ' r»; j , If He Uei'S nol gtte .»• etreuglh 1 Sl.el , die." 1 shivered ; for boih in voice und Inol ; , I to comfort her »:ib eoggustiobs aa ti • . , where Albert m.ght he. "No donbl." | | said, "be went home with a ft mod. ant • ' , w* tnnj look any men, tut for h.s reluro. j . . | Why should lh» abser.es 01 a few hoari j , I s* alarm you !" . I j, There was a stony glare in her eyfft at , i she ehoolt btr head silently. Kb* arose. ; | I and wsUiug to the window, stood for sev. j , I 1 watched her closely. Sh* was motion-,, ! . | l«s. a< niarbl*. After awhile I »« i , I ! quick shadder roc through ber frame.-- J , , i Then the turned and came slowly back ti : i th* launge frets ahicli «h* bad risen, one ' j , | Isy down quietly, shutting her eyes. Oh. '• , j the Still anguish of that psle, pjnehtc ' | , I face ! Shall I ever be able to draw a fail j , 1 ; over its image in inv mind? Kuddunly she started up. Hsr tar hat j, caught tbe sound of tbw street bell wbicl I , bad just been rung. L-u nsnl hurnedl) I to the chamber door, opened it, and si on. ' , oat io lb* appcr hall, listuning. I "Who is It!" she asked, in a hearse , •agar undertone, as a servant came u. , oiler answering Ike hell, i "Mrs. Gordon's man. il* called t< , sfik if we'd heard aaythinr from Mr. A i bert yet." j , Mre. Martind.lv exmo back into ha j chamber with a whiter face and unttead; | p steps, nal replying. The servant sluo- I . laokisg after her with a countenance i- | „ which doubt sad pity wore mingled : thai ' j tamed aud want down stair.. r 1 did aot g-i home until evening. A! '1 day lb* anew fell drearily, aad the wiu> sighed and mosned along the strnetfi, r I shrieked painfully Serosa sharp angles . or rattled witb wild, impatience the loosl shutter, that obstructed its way. KVar • hour had ila breathless suspense or n»rv l ! out excitement Messengers cam* as<: , j went parpetaally Asthsoeweef Albert' r I prolonged ebeence spread among hi i friend*, and the friend, of thn laauly, th. . | cirpl# of stanch ausl inquiry became larg. r end th* suspense greet, r. To pierrnthe almost costiuoaT ringing of the heir " I -41 was muffled, and a servant atatiou*dT>\ , th* door te receive or answer oil whi , i cam*. I . Night dropped tlowi, shnttiag in wi^l x strange soddmnsat. «ia' »«roe heaviv* | j oloiils darkened the west. l.!p to thi- , | period oot a .ingle item ef tutelligeucj from the absent one had been gained since | et related by .on* ol the young Gordons l j be parted from him betwseu two and three I , , | o'clock ia th# meraing. aod taw him tsk>- , • his wey down tsuo of the streets, not far : , | from hit hume, leading to the river It . was tnowiog fast at tha time, and the i j , 1 (rouad waa already wall covered, t'lueei I j nneetloning *( th* ynuog man sevaalee . . th* fact that Albert Martiadale was, at _ , tbw time, so mach intoxicated that ho "> , | could not walk stoadilr. i "I looked after him." dhid Gordon, "a- , | he left me, aid saw him stagger Inn side 1 , | to did* I bit in a few moment, th* snow • ! and darkness bid him from sight. II* 1 f , was net far from home, and would, I had no doubt, -fiod his way there. " i | Nothing beyond Uts was ascertained »e i , i he first day or his sbeswe*. i went home ? 1 . soon after dark, leaving Mre. Martiodal* I , with othor frionds. Tha anguish I ni l suffering no wwrde can lull. Not tuoh j ; r 1 1 aguish as pisrsud tha motbor's heart j 1 1

!I but. in one .ieuree sharper, ia thai gailt r and responsibility wsrsoa siy cooseisneo. lb re- d.jwjjeot by. He bad vaaisfaod and It-It no rign ! l bs wbots police of ' efy vouglit for him but in vain. Tbair iheory BBS that ho had nus.sd his home and cm. dared on towards tbv dosks.whsre i he had bsen robbei: sod maidsred and his I body cast into the r . sr. 11s had oa bit person a Valuable gold watch, aod a die:l tuon.i pin rorih over two hundred dollera ; - sulTico oi Jsaptatioti fur rubbery and mur- . »r. if hie unsteady fret bad chanced to t bear is 'in into ibal pin -of the dity, lying All Imp* of finding Albert, tliv* was i abandoned alter a wrek'. agonizing so. i-vnee. and Mr. Marliudals offered a rs•sard of five bocdred dollar* for the rsi- over y of hie son '* body, txtimnlitsd by "ostmrn bspt tba where the body might havs^bern i ;...ra-- v.-, the tides. But over larga por i tioa. ol thi. livid, jr* had formed on lb* . -ar.'.-e. cl-xir-g up many small hays aod Inn,, Ire, is ul places, into any on* of which :t must remain uoti! Hi# «*rm air* of Spnng set th* water fre# agais. lbs Mr. M.rliri'lalwt meani uoe. had lapsed *!.. s .tare of ilainndifiereora to tli-og bat ht-r graat sorrow. That ab.or bed her a hole mental life. Il was the he,:..- ;n a Inch her Soul dwelt, th* shem her O I affliction wherein sbe lived, and moved, had BSr bung - so darkly draped "-»• no light catue IB Ih rough lb* windows. _,jvto*ir.s lo Ol. comforted. .lived try doty, yet dreading ^ways to !"Oa inlo i her fee. that seamed full of acconaiii.Di, 1 went often lo see my friand. an accessory* lo her son s death. Not < after the fits! few days did 1 venture I* offer * word of somfort . -fcr. ssrh word, from my lips seemed a* mockery. They (alters* on my losgeo. One day I celled end the servant took up ui v name, tin returning lo th* psrlor. ■no seld that Mrs Msrtindais did not foel , very well, end wished to hs excused.— ; I be isrrsnt's msnocr confirmed my inj s'.uot suspicion, f had looked ( - t/f; i yet was not the paog it gov* me Is. '.«# ! lor Ihf aoiicipHi ion ! Was 1 not lbs in•trumenul cause of a great calamity that had wrecked her dearest bops in lile? And hew cosld she near to see my facsf 1 want homo very heavy. hearted. My hasband tried te comfort me witb words thas had uo balm for either bis troubled b-art or mine. The great fact of sir ' puf tbn cop ef conlssion- to that ( Uian'a lips aod sent him forth at | midnight io no conditioo to find bis way . home", stood out roo sharply dafioed for | any aelf-daluaios. I did not venture to the house of my ftieiid egsin. Sh# had dropped a curtain I between U-, and 1 said— "It shall be a wall of separation." Nat until spring opened was the body ; n! Albert Martindale recovered. It wee fooud ti uuliti g is the duck, at th* ead of street dervo ssfcich young Gorden sew "iiuu gy with uu.loBKy steps in tbe darkand etortn on Imal, night of sorraw. Ill* welch Wee in R^pncket, the hands ' point i g t* half-past twu. the lime, ia all probability, wheu be 1*11 into the water, i'he diamond pin was in bis scarf, aud bis | pockd-book it> bis pocket, unrilsd. Hs "*d ool been robhed und murdsrod. So much was certain. To all il was plain that the bewildered yeung man, lift to himself, had pluuged on blindly throogh the storm, gulag be knew uol wbitbsr, until br reached the whatf. Tbe white • sheut of snow lying over everything, hid j from eyes like hi. the treacherous margin, | sod he stepped, unheeding, to hit death! il was eoajcelured that his body bad beared, by an incoming tide, under lb* : wharf, and that his clothes had caught in ; tha logs and held it there for to long n Certainty is always belter/than doubt. I On tbe Sunday after tbe saddest faneral it has star been my lot to >tl»ad, Mrs. j Martindalu appeared for the brsl.tims in church. I did not pee her face," for she ; kupt ber heavy blaak veil closely drawn. On the billowing Sunday she was in th* family pew again, but still kept her face bidden. From friends who visited bar (I •lid uot call again after uiy first denial) 1 lasrned that she had become calm and ! resigned. To one of these friends she said — "It I i« better that ne should have died, ibao ! iiv# to be what 1 too sadly fear our good i .oeiely would have mad* him— a sosial : burden and disgrace. Hat cattom and . ibe lo. use o| one of my eldest and sarssl ; friends that win* enticed him. The nister ; ol my heart- put mminiu* in hi* brain, and ibenSei.l him forth -I* m»et a death he bsd no skill l.ft to avoid." Oh, Jiow these esnteacti cut, and bruised, and pained my beaft already loo . sore to bear my own thoughts without agony ! \V list more shall I writ#? Io*nol this _ . unadorned story sad enough, and full enough of eoaussl and winning? Far v ^sooner would I 1st it slvsp. and go further aod farther away lata th- uhlfvion off past events ; jiot th* timet demand a startling cry of-waruing. And ao. out of tha dark depths of tbe saddatt experience ot my , lile. I have brought This griaf. and sham*, sod agony lo th* light, and Iwt it aland riiivaring in lb* faca ol *11 men. W Hire. AM. Hi. .. a Voir. -The Tribdan : giras.lhe followiag future. :— White registered sot# South. 7til."U4: black, 673,- ; Chy. Tha blacMKuIs " would mii-oumbsr lb* whil- il Soulb I uroliao. 33,8ffl ; in Mississippi, jy.'jyy , l«nuiuhn. 38. 17:.; ia Florida. 3,257, and m Alsbama. 15,--90. ' ,,"X — la ih# cumiog imp#B*hmant trial II " is aadsratord that objection* wMI b* mad* , to th* prsseqcs «f tosaatRr* Wad* and I'sttersaD, the former a* having an interest i« tho reaalt. nnd tho Utter an being «o nearly relatad to tba I'reatdaal al 10 biased ia hi* convictions. — Caaoda ia told to )rev* a war of rosea j in prospect. 1 1 is reported I bat rianl petitions *1* il circalalioalo sow;* parts of ' tba province of Octane, ous signed by iss cbiafly, pgsinat isssing say lieso-a aell ■ nst- •«' Ih* arise tern lbs so* that tba (walmtton da u ti* [ aambar of l.qtor J*-!cr* may bo rrmoood.