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■ CAPE ISLAND. CAPE MAY COUNTY. NEW JERSEY. WEDNESDAY. APRIL 1SBS. i reduced by the ordiuaryprocc-sof tlecK,. i

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B'JS!NE5S DIRECTORY. John w. Lycctt, i . urs, xc«ut>r. V™ **" urt m"K I . . IMXURANCE AGrNT, v 1 Cam fttaaa, M. L_ j r. "w7 V. RMV cs jTrouwr-dT-w 4 so cosvcYMtczt, i HO. rn Eaath Fourth Slrsel.p PHILADELPHIA. . 1 ~ "X unnrllle Leach, { JTTOMKCY 4*0 COVHUtLLOM-Jr-LJ «• ! ; goUTH FIFTH «T*Wrr.^iii> | » B. T. .niller, ATTORNEY -AT-J-A V , rn(^- w««« '•' »>*»' " •00T8 »T«. ; ° ' CAM ULAHP, N '■ f,B Fspscla aUrnrlrf f1*1" ** eoUrstWas. j Or. E. »•- PhllltP*9 Hvmaoy alkie Phgeirim* 3, Surgeon, i*4)"tsuu« lawc H sm'.th'e SWI'.I mix* CAM IIUM. *- 4-_^ , | S. H. UBW, ATTOtt>kT-4T-Uk#, -VA*l AS. (OlKITPAt J i X"" $"!£**>*•>>■« ' IRE VOl' l.IH'BEO I Jt. htf .1 1 N

HI.SU* J»MAI\s^.l. IHA1I, Mi:A-ih\r. sum urou \ Co VKYANXKH, . 1 Offlor. cur. FS.RRV A SOUTH *ir» j AtCTlOA BtiWBW. 1. public, tOAl I*' b " 'v*u,*r ; IJcea.ea Auctioneer, and >• ready bow *"*' ; «„ thai buainesa at Ail iun«. «» • * ; UEORG> W. SMITH, Cat 4 Island, H I. j AICTIOSEEU S NOTICE. •j'HK nhMWl "u,™.i°«s rt!5 to ' hi. r"t.oSAo""'c7«fl''i,,,»« " U. '"f'riS N.> cuuatj, A1 .A W1LLIAM CH A MB. K , ; JaaTs, WO. Ul cold SpilAfc H.J. ! \iotux ts. Attorney k Cotmiellor-rt-lAW, Shelter, MASTER h EXAMINE* lb CHANLERY, SUPREME tuur. UHMISSIONEK, ; lUMMlbSIOHA". >•

nod HOTAHY PUBLIC. ' « CAFE MAY COURT HOUSE. NEW JEHSLY i ^ " Charles M. Mai, "j ATMWCY 4T L4 it ♦ r fMocroM at jDjruuirr, US»,ni South FOURTH St., Philadelphia. j Dr. J. A. Le.mt.1, I)"""' orricD.V., S* ! cjrrjur couci JWMK. TmnWi.AAd wad- *» r T^M^CTATR. Ceadltlaas CsSh. Jam « JESSE M. SMITH, RKM. ESTATE A GEST. \ Hits removed Ul. oB'« f'Va 'he coracr of WaUi- , iDgtua A»d jDchson Dlrccr*, to 1 »— '"W""""' , jaetmo xT 1 A CARD. - JESSE M. SMITH, Co»»l»W«» of ngMT . ^ J«h^»t..^^CN?«« H«. . _ J I >wT j CO!* VET ASCITIC. ; hud UcpoAittoAA t.kot. liy ^gweiOWictf. i OOM At WMtcolfD tv.«nlln» Iloutc, Tuwu.oti<t'« t lAtct. i .pc Mat CohBtjr. VJ. A U AtTIT IB, IttCA. ^ ! I DENTAL OFFICE. ! H. I- SSJIOCB. D. D. S., - c*pk i,l*n%kw jfksey. ; NITROUS OXIDE OAS hdml.I.tArod when < "ts;L-?oT.r;;r.r;:vlrr.., . rr.im s f. n.tASF. m. frtBcA fnr CAMuttStlBA— At Cottsj* on Front sim*.— AitfcsWtcV HOI TH JEKSFV P1.0CUH FACTonr At ntemlurg. Cup* MSg Ce. j I tK.AL.KR In all kind. "< M.til'BM« od J I « A>TIN(i». Stcl t Bi.rlVATO**, 1 IIaRK 'ws, Ih.uhle CORN i'LOCGHS, CORN j SHKLLERK. MOWING MACHINES. MOW ING MACHINES. j

rtortr. Rsbes. Iliw*. . arks, «t«el Rales, ke. . tiua ThMld-UJ v.» Gilder, F^eprletar. I Grl > our self a Itoutc. ^ ».«e ' mIL. LK FAttM," l o umb ■ IWiM, | Caps letaad. Hotel Proportlea fc CoHnfe* BATHINO SEASON. ok»uf Opd Maa*. 1. J »utw.««.i " STILL AT IT" WARE A ELDRKDQE. Coatact^and Builders, j

LEGAL NOTICES. sro-riCE. ^ lhj,>cwmiit of ' j w^!s"£ ^od'lTaTod «Uted b» ihr turre«.t«, .ml j O rep.>r tad to the Judge, of the Orpbaaa' Court ol W ! |hrc.ajaty ol Cape Mnf. »t the term ol April ! c. , -1.j5Ki5.umuu. i 5 Dated Feb. lotb, i«9. ___ _ 1 " NOTICE. ,, NOTICE la hereby Mitt a Ib.t the areounl ol ,. lew l» EdwsnlD ailtalnlDtiDlor at keth^ H. ' .turned sod Dialed br the Surrogate, and A i fbi^o o7ap,u ■ t neat, for a 1 1 r a. ei. Surrofatr. , J' | Paled Feb. 1Mb, IKS. ! ! ~ ~ .NOTICE. i N OTICE la hercbr «l'<n thai the tlnal aeecont < •I Ikota ID T. Smith and Wartkk URden, ad- t mlntatrator, of Jam»» J. luJUm. dee eased, Will be audit, d and nated by the Surrogate, and retorted to the Judees cl lha U,p' an s court nf the County of Cape Ma^mr^^tOw^teirao at April c t neat, orsa fETEEROUDME. Rnrtogale. r Dated, Feb. 10th, tw* _____ 1 1 • ROTH E> ! C 1 > Jamra Wlil.ta, adn-tMitrntor ol Lnoeh Wtl- | vViu' beaSdpid and by the •arrogate, and 1 I nepruUd to the JndciaikT the JTphaa^D Courwd ^ ! ***'' t0t """"^FtTfck noUPKR. Surrogate. '■ Dated J>h. 10th. 1KB. J ■ NOTICE. \^OTlCF UhnMH ^rw.^bal JbJ.a^joaa^eH

VOTU E TO CREDITORS. ^ j tor wtmnat .aul admlalatralnr ^ HKW|TT j I Da'fd Pee. Md, hut. Administrator. ] ~ NOTICE TO CREDITORS. ^ !; . ' it) direetioa ol tba. sertugal^i*UssOawty of - IheTaul* leee^leii't to UHn^VnTlielr debt.. deraaii.t., 1 ! uLdeiTTt* ? w'ttfio' cUhr ' ni.nths, or the) will be* , (uret er hatred nl any acHon Ihetelor .gaunt aald | ' l.veeutHa. , ARAH ROWER, taeculrt*. I ; Dated Marrh -o. iKn. ! NOTICE OF API'UCATION. V OTICE UbarrtF^ttYM^tkat the ^baejrtbCT| ' I the uadtt ided seirath part nf certain laait mid ! county ol fape Slay, els Belu* a certain Yatm and antuue «nd three Irarl. of Woodin.d, whereof oaa Lean. in* Ewtng Inl.-ly died MTHrd, FHj ah HnnJ aad wife bring rnillkd to iamdv- , ] en tl, pail, W illiam FwtMtv lit, .'j. n'" n ' TE'i aim" 'and

l^eKundl"w^,on™.CuIrMMwJ[ j s (art thereof; wm ^ay ' I ; ! ; ■ SHERIFF'S SALE. CAPE MA* CIRCUIT .CO CRT. Thomas M. Cbamploa, ) la daburi^Fa. ; j Ruley sharp. J et herns. , liLsSfSss'hite'.r.i's < Hotel ol Jacob Wellr, UennWa ille, on SATURDAY, the TiftTH of MAT. 18«, , at «w- o'clock r. »., Ike following deeerlbed real | o Vclpe*1 IU«" ',7nd°hl'»ht e o^VjerMnMUo^og ' lands of Thomas M.rahall. h.lrs ot Heteklah I i and"n*the add" toad from W'oodbmr to MaithalN J • vlllc.ll being purchased ol Thomas M. Cbamploa ] i and wile by deed da'r^t Uwcember Sth, u*i. and t^1 i"dwaV<^^^^h'r,5oHN ' W ^tOff"'" . Dated Marnh Sad, 1KB- (aim) Sheriff, j , , Notice of A|>plicutioB to Orphan a" Court. 1 rN SUSTStoi : ' I un li tde I twrltemerenteenih |i»-iri part ol^cer- ( I l.laad, county of Cape May and State of hi; lands iii the African M. F..l T.urrh nnd others, i pft^^mitel^UamlM^Wat^era IL Miller ! Iwraih part/'KUIa Hughw,' "s«rab H.'hUr.h.ll, . (Wife of Randclph Mar.hall.l lydla P. Hand. ' ManhV fh1^ Hughes'.1 oimuel tm^th'/fughes^ohn 1 Hughes. Allen II. Heche., lomc ft. Hughe, i and Ktchard N Hughe., heirs Of Ellis llujtlics, 1 dsceared, being each entitled tn oae-featb of onN : j serenteentb pari. Eaten Hughes. Mary Hughes ami Memucan HngbeawbonreatUore.belngeaeh i entitled lo an vadl tided oneahinl ul oneeerrnteeath pari therein, will male nppllcat.oa loths Orphans' Court of the said county AT THE TERM OF APRIL NEXT, , for the appointment nf Cuamlsaiot..rt to dieldn they .me bet w een aaM own«e ta^ rtnreet^re. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. W HITE PINE FLOORING, Far sain at the Lumber Yard at JOHN F. STARE Jr., k CO. Cooper Street Wkarf, j u. >eper strrvi wsan, j ^

r*»R BALE I J THEEE EDIiDIKG LOTS, 1 ; th- most Central part af Cape UUad.nppo.lte I - Ih« Lotted BUMS Hotel, aad frwaUmg on WASHINGTON STEEET, are offered for aala. The Lots are «# fast front ; . b) tea lee i deep, aad the pureh.eer ol one can hare ike pri. tV»e of buying Us three "t Ike ssmepne. Forlor.kee ».r.,eular. addrem | JOSEPH MrMAEIN, Philadelphia. 1 Or apply to THoS. B. HUGHES. ] Rt-lf AUAaUe Ma«aL Caps lalaad, W. J. COO.EOO FEET o White Pine Lumber! JOHN F. «TAER.Jr-kCO, Cooper Street Wharf, JaGf •* CsuEu. 1.1. 1 ^C^FETA^A OU.^-tLOTHB^ ^ i

She i'oct's tfoiw. ! THE IIEACTIF1I. GATE. O roar ye. O era. ye, 1a youth', sonny time, ; ^Xgf"^heP«SwSTI» mwtMMw Mr, | I) come. O -ome to the bSsuitlW gate! the Mgh.a) ol the rauMtmed srtll suiely And it. m 'Hive bus wlU open whra J «U fPM G eonie* O comiiT U the beeutlful gale. I "Verne la the glory oftn.ahood's full primeI Come When rare., tope, aad pl.asures and eorSthe tr-c- an lliy brow Top surely I know, ■ "Cim/(>.'7o'm7u, "h?beaut"ful gatel" *"* i ( For lha highway, kc. C^r^je'^rho ar^eroi^^^t^atirS 'chilling . WhanTsNBtity ImmmiaS' 4«^Som rt"'t°mbj j Fiir "t"le hlghway.'be. . ^HistfUancous. eU I *

Ue|iort of the Slnlr Super intcii- (| drill of Public Schools. (| I>gPA*r«g*r or Public Instruction \ ; » TnhNTuK, Decenthsi 0. Ib6". ) • Ike honorable Ike member/ of Ike Stale * lionril of Eltu iilioa : f ukky1.EERN la obadtenca-to there- t ! (|uifri>ioni. o' tba Isw, 1 her. iba honor | lo |iireeiit tk joh lbs foilowiag reporl for t . scbool year ending Angus! 31, 1867. q The fullowttig is a brief summary of the , | i,e in bur of cbiiiken Tn tba Blata and of f 1 the amount o' "*■> appraprlatad for the | raj purl of public edurailoo dnring lb* c : .t bool year ending August 31, 186" : c i of money appropri- < priaieil by the Stale $100,060 00 i ' Amount received from sui- I I pits reeeaur 26,53154 i ship end eily las "25,664 09 t ' Ann ual receieed from die- t j tricl tag 32,534 79 Ara'l appropriated for sup- ' i purl > ortnal School. _ 10,000 00 i A m'l kppropriale l for eu<i. pull ol T'smnoj School. . 1,200 00 | Tot-.l 8893,930 42 The abore total does aol include no- : neyi raits d f<r building and rspuirtkg sghool.hoaees, aor that cellrctud as tki- ; seliuol-liuuser, loat eatircteu at int-

! lees fur Iba pay meat af Isacbert' 1 ; fJtrifi- ' The wbol" num' or of childrra ia the 1 ' Stair bdla.eo fire aid eigbleea years of ' age, is 230.51s. It has been with earnest solicited# that t 1 have observed the preetieal workinge i nl the present school lew, end tha etate i of public seitimeDt id rrlatioa thereto. , In regard lo its practical workiop, it , can scatcel^ ba said to bava bad a fair liial, yet few cas bare fail^Rlo observe , that il has already been prod Bru of eeme moil excellent re-ellt. Tbe™'ouoly 8u- ' i-rrinvetdente are heartily welcomed at t. e mretinge of tba lowasbip Boards of Tro.teat, wbare subjects rein ing lo the interests of edueaiieo art disceesrd ; a de- ; among teachers lo acqaaial themj selees w.lb improved methods of instruction, aid lo became belter edocaltd and more proficient in tbair dunes, hat been ' excited by the system of graced liceoset which are graded ; scnool districts are/ : consolidated and made larger aad slrangerr in. lead of the rpverse,-a« was tba esse) aadet the old law ; larger salaries are paiqt 10 teachers, and teachers hoLting firs'. I ■ gr de c -rtiflcates are io demand ; uniform- | ; II y of tell books it being geDerallv adopt- ; ,ed; tb.uW schuol. bouses are being ten I doun, and oew, commodloas and roote- | ; uieut opes are ia tba course of rrec'.ioD ia | I nil) pari" of the Suit ; lowotbip school ; taxes haagjboen greatly toareated, aad ia I ■ many of ihr tn al distrtcis the schools are 1 beicg made Iree by disiriel taxes ; and | . thai general apathy in ragard lo .dotation which for years bet seamed ta pervade a ' cobimerabic portion of oar peopla, it be- ; > . mg removed, and e lively interest in rela- " ttoo to lb. inleltecianl welfare of the j chtldr.'D I" becoming general. wa.a the tcbool law was firet paraed, niuraurtngs aad eoiapUint> were commun. A» tar at possible 1 look peine to" ' apparen: tkat a very large pari ef ibe 1 1 on Pie was dueclly rdferable to a misappiebensioa 01 the provision af the law | itself* Tf-ey misjudged ibe motive! of - i;se|i, suey Ultsjuugeo isr niuiires ui

thu e who advocated ill paseage ; tbey did : i not understand lha powers conlerred aad i ibe unties imposed upon achuol officers, aad their gre»le«t fear, wera that ondaa ' authurit) would ba exersi.ad. '1 have Ir.asun la bwlieve that (be great majority of iboea who a firet Gbjecied to the law were entirely boneai in their objeetieaa. This appears true from th. feet that as lha taachere, employers, tresis., aad paopla i tbr agh iu practical workings, are made acqoateied with lha raai acope and rwquir.meats of lha act, aad tha maoner of perfoiatiug lha datiaa il impaees, thay are bacamiag taaerully eatisfied. To e« great aa exi.nl ia ibit traa, that maoy wba at firet wer* tha meet eaooraprominog in their opposittaa, now claim ta be among the firm.il fr.eada and elrocgesl advaeaiat of lha law. la asakiag ihua pramioeat Ibe greal lateresi maaifested io lha canst of papains laieiltgonee siaca lha paaaege of ibe new school law, it mast oal be aadenlood ib-l we before warn ma{iiag ao progress, oor Ibat ibe present in'.orast is entirely das lo lha worhiaga of this r law- For the past 8{teoa yean Ne- Jeri sey hat had the benefit of tba aelivs labun af auay oofale frieada af edaaaliao, aad bar system at pabiic iaatracUoa dar- - Tha eetakt ahanat of Ua SiaU Normal ' Sahaal haa al.u ceair.boled maoh to lha pcsiw* Hh maAe aad are an w mah-

| But we are again open tba eve of ea- i , other I'giejeliva seesion. and the qn««tioo, ; ! vri.tch t. of special inlereet. it shall »uy l amendmenU f» mad»A»4he Isw. Il is 1 my Bun mWietion that iOfhoeld not be » .u, ended at Iba present, ioany particular, t l bat Will io any degree cripple lis workingi, dr change the cardinal principle, i upon wbieb il is fuaod-d. Tha worktags ! of lha law havo thus far l ess imeoih and t sallefarlarv, and lb. yromised results when I in iu fell uotking, are rich and eocoung ing. llo« rtaseuol'l", Ih-refore. lhal II shall remain ss H Is untii it has barf a fair 1 trial. Judging from lbs change ia public I saoltmenl during the past six months, we may certainly expect that o»xi year will "'But* whtW we woalrf : change, befnr. H- proviiiuo. ar- fully lasted, we would also remind Ihrm that Ibay may expact loo much from tl« practical working#. No legislative enact- •_ went, however jost acd perfect, baa power al once Is lift a people frunt low to "Salted tdeaa of adacatioo, aar mure than lb. Bible alone cao al once make all men etirltlt.nl: There il wotk lo be dune, old prejudices are 10 be removed, new ta1 uresis are lo be awakened. Iit.-r.lny is to i be cultivated, higher and nobler coaeep- - iteas of education are 10 be eaierlained. ' belnre Ibe beuefile of any scheel low cat. I ! be remitted, appreciated o» enjoyed. I be i werk ol edecaiieo IS a^Wotk of reform. , | and all reform, need time. lb my remarks upon .the working, of j lha seho- 1 law I regrat that at. little refer j in. lias' i ». i i.gi.. ^

; Than anion l of interest manifested u the I j publietchoels; the efficieocy of eur sehoel I system ; tbe work perfo' med by our school j i officers ; aad the praeOtal working of oar ! school law can ooly be learned by refer- . ence la reliable statistical information t relating lo the cause ol edacaliaa iu ibe^ I Slate. The greatest defect of Iba old > was thai a graal perlion of the statu- t abtaiaed were mere 'approximations. | prbvisidos ol the new law, however, i are such Ibat when fairly complied wilb, 1 a d reliable staltslieal tolsgta-t'*0 r-' to our public schools can readily be ' obtateed, and eatisfeetery anneal reports ba given. Such a report, hewrter, j cannot be turuished tint year. Al the' expiration of the year lor whtth tba counsuperintendents have made reports. . none of these officers had been in office mora than fear monlr.t, aod some of Iheui I only two weeks. Tbe new Isw reqetres ! each teacher to ke-p a scbaol register, ii ' wbieb are recorded tbe attendance ol cblld- ! reo and other important Hams of infrrma- | lien, bat a« such registers have not hsrsj tufore boeu kept, and as those which bare : been sepplted can unly fnraish the re1 quired .tannics al thu eed ol next school yesr, il will readily be sceu bow meagre must be the information which the county superintendents, during Ibe short period ibey have been ia office, csalrf gather, lo

incorporate in their present annual reports. Hence the few statements which i _ 1 desire to make al this luge relative to tbe practical workings of lbs school law mast necessarily be of tba moil genera! ( ubaracler. The plan provided for ia tha new law J of apportioning all school moneys among tbe several school distriqjs in tbe ratio of ; tbo number of children botwe.u five and j eighteen years of age in aich. makes il necessary that lha acbool census should bo corract. It affords ma pleasora to state that this census hss he-n taken. I ' b.lieva it may be relied apoa at entirely f accurate. No diifficalties will therefore, ' | be experienced in making correct and ; r ; salisfaclorMnpportionmeot- of sobool no1 j rteyt noxi Jnar. Tbnra it probably no bailer criterion ' by whieh w« may judge of the Interest • ! the people lake ta the canst of education I j than lha amount of lax Ibey voluntarily ' 1 impose opoa lllemselvei fer tbe aopporl ' ' of pnblic schools. Thane schools are '/sepported by fundi derived from thran ij sources ; S' firet— By ntonnys nppropriaUd by tbe M State. 1 Second— By the interest of the Sqrpl" ' Raveooe. ■ ! Tkird— By voluntary lax. 1 ] Tbe amount of Ibe Blain appropriation ' I is dolermioad by tba Legislators aod rn- ■ ! Ditins nearly the same frum year to year. ' ; The interest of Ibe Surplus Itevenne is 1 a fixed sum. ' . Tbe amannl or volaatary school tat, J within certain limits, is wheteeer lha D people determine opon. lo sectioae where * , hut little inlereet ia taken id education, • ! this ameoBl It small, bat in iba eitlas and 1 in those sections of tha Stats where mora ■ i interest is manifested, lha people pay a I proportionally larger amonnt of scbool '> 1 in. In lha soma manenrr as wa tornpare lha degree ol interest tha people of 0 different localities take in pabiic iostrae- * mo by the amonnt ef achoal tax which • they voluntarily pay, so we may compere * < the interest maaifested in the whale etate - j at different times by tbe amoool af tstx " paid aaab year. ,f In order, therefore, to compare the Into order, therefore, to compare tne in- ^

I tereil which the people have manifested at different times, and also la determine the effect tne school law baa bad taYacreasiag this inUrast, I will give lha amonnt of sehoel tax pout to iha State for several taeceaaiva : The amount ef school tax paid to 185" "as $317,18" 93 1838 338.160 06 f " 1859 353.2*5 12 • •• I860 353.242 06 ' " 1861 385,031 29 r •• 1862 868,966 39 1863 403.190 71 ' • •« 1864 427,067 14 ' ' '• 1865 486,878 23 ' I •• 1866 606,662 60 f •• 1867 723,664 09 ' Tha increase for 1853 Wat $20,975 13 . ' " 1869 " 16,115 06 . ' Tha decrease for 1860 " 33 06 , ' Tbe iicraaaa far 1881 " >1.779 V , ' The decrease for 1862 " 16,064 90 , Tha ioeraasa fnr 1863 ,34.224 32 , • 1864 " 83.876 52 ■ » •' 1865 " 69,811 SI , 1866 " 19.784 46 , •* 1867 " 219,001 49 . 1 Tha total Inereaaa from 1857 , to 1866 (IBB years) -aa... $189,477 67 Tha iacreaaa from 1866 to y 1867 (oaa year) -as 21f,601 49 ■ That it appears that tha iacreaaa or j - eobael lax aeasaaed during the pant year | i nave tba paaaaga of tbo saw school law j haa be«. 419.913 82 more Una lb. whole

! for the previous tan years. I Nor ran this increase b- said tn be^t/1 f any compulsory proTisioa in 'h» \ ' The minimum amount .ri vcbonl rax wKicb i each townelup is raqnir-d ta raise uh. er j t the (.aw law. t. two dollar, per abild j Daring the y-.r 1866. thu amnujl or tqwn- ! t i shin school tax raTiad in tb- StateJw'is . t $606 662 60; the whole nnntbar oLcnild > rer. W.a 216.601. ThJs H, wilf^6e savn i that under the aid lawfi- we/a afeeady t per child, lb. mlniranm amount required t III" new law. The amount now raised l t j throughout the Stale, is n Ittll" more ' than three dollars per child. 1 1 No more uonclesive evidence than this. ( t ' clfect the school law baa had in awaken- I ing the people to a greater interest in the : cause trf education. Thu dealt# of making the school irrly free id becoming gento soppo-a that it will aol be many year# , before "taition fees," that great bar i-r between poverty and eduraS'nn. will not be known in the Sto'.e. I el the ^interest continue, and before three years have . passed, all the public pcbools in the Sta'e , Will be free, anil Sew Jertey e,!l l ava a , system of public iovtruction second to .'one in tha Union. Th. expeo-e. incur i red in support"1* a free system of ednca- , tion are willtncly borne by the people^ il ' ! our eehools can all be supported wttbnut f taxation. It is well known ibat there er« . I ml. of imtnrnae valu-, belonging to our . : Stale, oow I. tag under tl." V'"r" ,,f ,blaow

| Hudson riser and tha New York l ay. i which, il proporiff ditposad of by tbe enable every school dtJtrtct G' have o ] free schuol. Tht. rssenua mu'tjocrea^e wbtcb il should be applied, ta the exlio- , guishment of oar Slats debt ; when tl»t '■ paid, which oeed require but a few years, this rereoue abottld be exclusively appro- ; printed ta tha support of free public \ eekooli, and the people reliesed from ; Agricultural. Manures andtlxeir Applicafiou is derived from the natural Acsy or chetn [ i ieal ilacurapostlion of eegatablas. Vrge- ; lablrs aollected into masses, at leasee. ' wood, gra'tcs, straw, lha stalks nud Hemi j of all plant*, frails, viatos, roof, 4a.. j aid moi-lur", rapidly undergo, fir-l. the J ' fermentelioi ; and. secondly, the putre- , faction process. Whore Ihete is lou mach

Tne fibre, ol vegetable, thai collected „ , in at asset, under laeorehj- circnmstancas, „ softan and -well, and b-eome permeable ( air and water. Their salts, starch, , gum, soger, glutei and extractive matter ( ; oxygea, aod carbonic acid i« formed and , j peoetrulat tbe whole mase. Tbla acid , J combius* with tha alkalies that are pre.- , i enl, at potash, Ittne, soda, magnesia, and t ammonia, aad carbonates of potash, lime, t Ao.. are formed. Certain dements in the , mase eooa take on tbr action of putrefac- , | lion. This process is owing chiefiy t" , | the proeencn of alemants containing aitro- , ! gen. aa glatan and other mailers of eat- , | msl origin. All animal substaness pats | J rapidly into tba process of patraraction, , | and the larger the proportion nf sack snb- , • lances mingled with the vrgetkblemasses, \ tbe more rapidly palrelaction proceeds. ( Hance the additioo of animal tannnres to vegetables composts facilitates petrefec- ' Ilea. By tbe process af potrefacfton hy1 drogaa also is rapidly developed, and com- 1 bine* with phosphorus and sulphur whan j 1 those are present, forming sulphuretted and pbospliureltsd hydrogen. Whan lt$i ' surfaces of these pntrelyiag manes are exposed freety to the atmosphere, these gases, which are very volatile, are rapidly 1 dissipated. To prevent this, substances ' should be applied whieh bavo the power of absorbing and retaining thvm. Carooa, 1 when nearly pare and dry, has a strong affinity for litem. The addition of dry ' charceal, or ol peat, will absorb large ' qnantittes of thorn. Whan these gasas era thus absorbed thnir pressaea c-a.es J to ba iadimad by their peeilier odors. The salpbatei of lime, iron, and xinc base ' a similar power, hence their salne as d«J odorix-rs. Than sulphaiaa base also the powar of dncompoting carbanata of ammauta, displacing tha earboaic acid, sad' farming sulphate af ammonia, whieh ta oot " eelattle. - Chi rio end nitric acids will eleo decompose carbonate of ammonia. * forming with it chlorates aad nitrates yj : * ant mum a. which are snlabl* la water, es are also sails which thay form with the , other alkalies. Vegetable compost, then, j j wbas the decomposition is complete, con | in« ueconipoBluuB ia lUDipi.™, au.i I ,

title cbivfiy of carbouacroos matter cam- ' , kined wilb gases and salts. , By a praceas to many raapects simitar'; to that above described, vagatable sab- j j stances are decomposed in the digestive ' ( urgent ef animals. The fibiet are com- ; ( misaled by tha laatb, and fitted to be ; pervaded and eolUaed by the fiaios con- j i a|i ad iu lha stomach and iatesliars. A 1 , le ge portion or tba starch, gam, sugar, _ glatan, and eaha is dissolved onl, en I taken up by the lacteal Vessels of the aui- ■ mal, aad aerva lha purposes of eatritica. 1 while ihe remainder, mixed with the Juice. | | of lha animal, eoalaiaiog variuas Salle, is ajestad. This process Is accomplished mach mora rapidly than tea ordinary process of eegatabla decay, and lo sabtl.nca resalting m mixed with a large amuant of animal matter, which its it for rapid potrafecltou. Who a tha" necessary condiera pra-eat, thin animal matter. Which pervades tha mass likv leaven, telap tha process ot potrefactton at once. These two processes, vegetables composting aad the leediag of animals with >'g» tablae, are tbe roe reel from which car bo 1 aaceout manures are ehi-fiy derived.—. Vegetables radaeed by lb# proven, of df gaalton, allhaogh taey hate parted with • large fforttea »< thCtt*Eir»'»a elements, 1 yet, ia cuatrqueoc- af tbe rondttioa I" r I which they ae- broCght, and Ibeaddtttoa. ■ which thay haea received, are mora valni able as maws rat than wkaa. w»«»at earv- , ing the pwrpaaaff af cwUlliotw, they are

lh"^B ll'c,"nP""'^n "r vaRf^Mv j ouVr^namtton o! plant • affords nut rimcai ; 1 I i'h e'esr boascenc ."ma 1 1 vr' remit irr from I lit® decay of eegeUbfes is nol nil taken ' j up #a it ts farmed. Masses of it Lav# • '.'accumulated in swamps, ba»it.-. an.: .meadows. These accumulations. mHixl.t! ! slitute muck or peat, and furr.i.h -tn i the culiivslnr. The difference which ifnuau tit d.ff-rer.t acramalariens rf .!„• , tnatottal is awing in pari to th- d.ffcfOc.. , | io tbe vegetables fru... which it lias been : formed, and in pit to the diffrrepr- . ike soils opon whirl it r-.t- and by which ' i | oilier- bet partial. Hut the tnoBl ■> -• « 1 rimcV™c!h%"h-ndejm.,l|Wl of'mrlk sr.i it n del laid by clay, ot iccotve ill" Weeli of j ! ptt'eeE'.' i l^'ulmsVlphurU oT'ir'n.^r' py,!:'.^ f Wbeit any of tl.es- acids abulud lit rf;

; mess, like thttt ot y«k»t through the wbole ; mass of dungb. while at the same tittle tt t combines with theurtds and tlecoutpu.'S j gr. wilt of many plaotD.^ Murk^whmjn'e ' Hself w.il. greal'liencfi t 'on *ligh I . sandy or^n.ny. oil. from which the v-g-- • d»ustkg the gases arising fruqt the putrfeclton of tli-se suhaunc-.. Such a.un i posts nr» adapted lo nearly all the uics , of thu garden eutl field. ' No iiih.uuee it so well adapted to com- ■ sud retains alt their vaiuehle alro-n:. • Ol ap, lic.tion, aiTordmg at the .am* . - r the dtlntiun which tsRecrssar) for the -

The be" modr'ol'prapariiig uiuch fe.r u» in M tbrnw it Lo.n ' the barn-yard or «• liar, ami tr»;x-.l. It. .q " 1 cieul quantity to he u— i Luely as a tiro-cbarg-u w.llt gases and salts, and he converted into a highly valuable tuswhich for a garden and fur fruit ft:!- , tare bat perhaps no equal. Many skillful farmers consider a compost of ouc-balf : good mack and eoe-balt stable otauuru fully vquel for corn culture to pure stable | Vegetable composts. enirnal excrements ^ aud mork are then the chief source, ol 1 carbonaceous maoarss. With these, as | wv bare teen, ere corafilbed serious ga.es ' end salts which ere essential to vegetable growth, either as elements of uuiiiliun ur 1 a« sttmulauls. These may uleo ho found ! in mere conc-otralrd forms nnd in smeller ' bulk, capable af mora easy and direct application to growing plants. Varioo-lj ' combined and condmiied, these fcrliiixitig I elements constitute the nuaieroas articles ' kn-'wn in commerce as artificial ntuourcs. ' All plaala during their growth lake from 1 Some require lh»tn in Urge qestitilt".'. rtecb plants ere said to exhaust thu Ini! 1 ' oo which they grew. Tb« small grain-, ' | which appropriate in their culms end seed. 1 much eil-x, lime, aud potash, arr instaccei J of this class. The element* of klttcb «r . 1 .re now speakiog are all toluhl-, aud an1 ' washed out of tha soil— and the better tb1 soil is worked and the finer the filth, the • : mure rapidly does this take place— auJ, I : unless they are frequently renewed, the ' : culltseted eotl is soon exlteosted of tliuiit. ' ! Owing totheirsmall bulk they are easily '• | applied. N'ltrngeoun. manure, am IV ' resian geaoo, nigtil soil, poodrut'.e, urj'ur, 1

! wool-waste, fish maeares, end nni- ■ mat snbsianars generally. Tha phosi phklat are hua»-aiaat,^nperphusphai- ol Irsne, and .Mexican gaano. All tlie-u ar . coYhhiord with mineral rartbs and alhalic, : I and ilia lo these that il dee whatever [ permanent snide sneb manur e pos-e.s, | the ether el-m-OU being si. solxble »od I volatile flat Ibeir effect* ere luim.dia'.u I and temporary. I ' In this connexion we me; meoUoo the ' j saltpetres nf nitrates, a cl«-s . f manures ; which litfle attention he. beeyt gfiid i* I I this coaniry. Kerlh containing nitrate , af potash is uften found th cavern-, where | il has berk accumulating for ,ng-«, pro- 1 t feted from the wrath. r Jfitrate of aud. ; ■ ia fbued ia extensiva beds in N-w Jersey ! and in tbe aorihrqel part of lha ftiste ol New York. Larg- qaaetUies of it ere imported trom Chili- Tbe hitmles may , be Kt.nufac'ored artificially by m-ana— of ailra be #. These are farmed by yoeah- , uf -arth aad BBiotal maiurea oussd with potash, lime, aad soda. They are pro teclad from the rain by roofs open on all. ! ..do. to. be air. Th« mixture I. kept at th# proper dexrne of molsiare. . and. fr* . , qaehtiy elirred lo expo.# new -urlace. to lb# almas hard. Tha alkalies. th»s treat- | ; *d, camhibe- With the Htrept o lha arr I . coafinsd in the parens mase, aad by a . eomesrhal iompIicmla-1 process nitrate, hi ■ . lime, potash, and Soda are formed, end , , tba whole mate beeawsae impregnxiad %itb I

! ••*»«• by . V- . . o tu .y a.,- bred f,.r tf'." Eian»'V. (.uwdur. eh.i for ' - o-h'-r - .» •!• wi-t.. The wt.ola - .. rd«Ij,L. 1 It iiuRVcnllan. ; inc. Ai " ib M Ilatl, Vim- | Tit* i. il.iic ng ; • • i- nppainlad pro Sirs. M. IS an .-m:. M". V. T.; 0. 8. Ms-.-rain, V. . .- . K Haieman, W. V. Ki-i.-npe Mv-re, \V. T.,. Rev. A. K._ ' ~T.i t v, : . ■ V- LI SL-vene. \Y M > ' .' ~l.-sens. IV. M.j'~ ''

8 s'.r Rich, W. (! ; L. N. Libia;, W. V\ D credent?.!.': "" Nw .21; ti IV. McCowatf. of 9; and II. I'. Ires, of 1'/, | fa.- crmmilteo itnmodtnlolj reports I tfcu loii-iwing named persons ;u utiendancR as duly nccruditrJ Wm .1- Kirabsll, ' ' i>„ No. 9 ;"l». I ha 4 . J. "sju-u i.. 1) i ' No.'l'J" Mrs. L a". ' . I .-Vu g Vc'dL MdD'llle— ll-v. . A. K. Street, I. llarrtsoit, l. xuc Lih.'.i>,r N-.'l. VVrlaud-W. C. Far- ; sign. D A. Newton. Sl-ter* L. K. NewLxralatirr.' Na •». V lowland— O. IV. Sarah Wt-ifhet, VI at lie Morse, und Uru. ' A. .1. G..Bld, ii. W. U. T. i'apa Ti'a d. No. 2*. Capo Island— it. V l',. U-'tsiti »U'i t' 8. Mag rath. I oily. No. 26. Forest ti-oee-J. W. ' Ituk-r. Faeoiw A. Muidletou. Ill tag tin*. N ... 12. North Vinefend— ' I u-rka. N u iu, N-rfielJ— Bro. f'uttln- ' "k":.. N 2-i, ri" "V meland— N. HA ! ! V a V u . land— Fr.-a-

ct.u '• • !- ... i' ■ jr. '!"• i r: is.-, arc p'ed aud comm. t an in.- ■■■ i. •• r. :|tp"!nt-'d th" following r.e_l:t"S. Nl reel and H». It it-». • • d that members of lha O'.i-r |we.. rut "tl.gst.a, base all pt rileges '-i, lb" CfBtaptlOO i xc.'pt rtmt Co I'tne. of Mi ettngr- Bros. Hpencar 1 On Finsuea— P. P. Ive?, \Y. Mi^ow- (»:. NomiuafioB— M. J. Kimbal, C. S. Megralh. l.ixxi* S'r.et, U. puits front th" various lodges repro- , sctAe.t were trad by tha H»cretary. ( v I niuimn t U- > r.vculion adjuurnvd to TW^IXt.vui.'.i.i, ra-assembled al l«o o'cl-tk, whan il was (.pco-.l HI doe form. Thu t - -n-.i' lee «u c r.sliluiton govt in r i a ;.'puit ba* accapled eotl edopfed, nil pu n-r.'is-.ry for lb- put1 The com-r.,' C'.; I I' :.l;"u' reported ■ ' ikuy bs:l Aii ■ ■ ..I ui-!) ar'.icia 6tb. ofil.it . J-'-f adapUd. gr .rcing tbo i t lectio:- of o|i-e»r». una tvuuM recommMtd to Ih. fontr-nlion Hro. Her K. Heeitf, j No. 25. f- r i- w. 1 i' . ecd Bro. J. IV. Baker, Nu. «• VV. K , ibi oiber offi. [ cers »i, ! n t i i-i'j-.d by the Convention. y -It being decided that at all alecliont of . j th- C .iiventioo tha officers ha elected by , ! ballot, «n mu'.iou tha IV. M. cast thsvots ji oftk ir'-i-liitg, fur Rev. E. Hewitt, who j wa« rfi'piari'rf eh'cted by lha chair, j i Hi-. i, .!. Uaksr was rlseled secrulaI iv in Ilk" atsuu- r. j . Bro. .~ieteb- moved ll;a» thu chair nf l tie- r. \V. C. T., bo filled ty a I*. VV. C. T., of fhis Convention when present,

and if tione he prarrui, (bun by the senior I'. \V. <;. T., uf an; MbordiDhli Lodge. Th- f unmilf" on Ksinlotinns eflnred the fuiloa-ing which eers adoplsd: — j lYsnBrc "Ijh i e I create drla^fe • j Jet xuflaJtif'j • g'Ttt reaisnt j- a 01*1 n iVgubile i the .emueisu.-^-fc-s i:. 1, -it Ibe* mW Ills/ lat- ( Ka'mma of-'r. Hgi "'.""aid Kcsw.ll* atST "l