CAJPE MAY OOEAJST WAVE, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 38, 1868.

ifcf #frai Sffarf W Kw Omtj. I. J. S. It MAOONAOI.F.. imtm .n no*un>. WMMtfir. tetokt'r »g. issn. CITY AND COUNTY Vu'lmanl IHa'afc-Kirinc Trof. ' "" IVrfdrtrt Jahnsmi ),i« hsutd tho In the year wfaehto now drawing have faeu employed kXIi greater dilligem* and vigor ami 011 brooder Ix-Mh tban ever fccftmrtfrid the ftnlta of the :• «Mlt Into the tans ubuo*aec..^^,^iwa)™havc ,' hren leoraMied and new and prolific ' reglnaa U» boon neewjiM. Wr arc prrnlHWdW hope that long protracted I . political Rpd sectinoal dhuentlone are, Issjfisataa ■x W iten Jinroagboor the republic. Many 1 forefjh nfea h*ve entered Into liberal i ngrifinenla witfi ns, whUe ration. , which are at) far off, and which hereto- . fimr bare been unaociai and exclusive, 1 have become our Mend.. The annual 1 |»-r!od of reat which we hare reached in health and tranquility, and which i. . crowded with tw.many hl.-a.ing. Is. by unlrrml cuueut, a couveulcnt and .iiitnhle one P.r cultivating personal 1 |dety and practising pubBc devotion. I. thereftm-. rrenmmentl that Thar.- ' day. the twenty -sixth .lev of Novrny- ; safeMKBasL1! - day Ibrpoblle prntsr, thanksgiving and prarer to the Alnrtghiv Creator ami 1 IV, vine Ruh r ,ff the. Univ. rre, by who** , ever watchflil, merciful and gracim*. |irovidencc alone State, and iiali'm. no leaa than famHlc* and Individual men do more and live and hove their Mng. . In wiltu'M whereof I have hereuulo M-t my liaud and caum-d the seal of tlu- 1 I lilted Htatn to he nfflxefl. Heme at the rtty of Waahlnutim tlii. i I twelfth ttay of October, in the year r of our Lurd out Ihouniid eight hundred ami eixttr-cight, and of [he Independence of tfi, United Stale.. 1 I' • " ""^LKDBEW JtHIRSON. i By tlu- Prvaidsut: State 8wretary of " lit*. JXBeKV St-XUAV .SCHOOL A»- r "OffATiox — The Eleventh Annual „ ConvcuUau, of the oaaociadon will l«- i held in the M. E. Church, Plainli.M, j -V. J., Toeadoy, Wedneadayand Tliure- ) day. Xoremtar 10, U and la, 18W. , All iutaivated in Sunday School* are ( Invited to .meet iu oouvention aa above. • Great pains have been taken by the , Hxculire CommUUv to onoure IiUepret ami profit to Hum- who atteud. A „ pro^rcnuur of Uliuauat interest ha. • been prepared, anil (lu-diw-uiwione and ,, oddrerecs will emanate fromaomc of the nuat oeMn-ated Sunday Selrooh, , hiborera oT our owu and other State*. „ DAegatlooe fm„, other AaaoettUon.. r and laborer* iu other Stalea are expect- ,, cd, who will contribute to the interret of (lu- occaeiou. f Every Honda) School in the state la earnestly solicited to send delegates, . and clergymen throughout tlie Stale are invltetl toatteiul. Delegates Bttrodlug tlu- Convention by way of the Morris A Essex Railroad. will retnro /r(r. Armngracnt, if any, with other cued, will lie anuounred at At Convention. In order to wrurd entertainment, ., delegate*'' will plated send notice of . -thnlr Intirtrtt 'to attend to the Secretary or the Local Committee, James ,, W. Jncfcaon, Esq.. Pkfnfield. on or ' la-fore the 8fli Inataiit. The First Session will comments- on Tueaday afternoon. Sor. 10th, at 1 o'clock. . „ Let u> make thin the bret Conyeti-

nt - ■ i " C.e.TtaBfMttf.lMaident. Samuel*. Chut." Wrrri;»*d,n3 StcrHar,. , Lauok vm ktablk-. —We were ln»t week pna(Btc*UIG woo rare : Hied mm of tin. v.p,-ubl.- kingdom, in the Jmpc of u Bret and JfmlL.l, - the former lying of the ap-clca known waThe 1/cg Sueur 1, Bad Wlnta^lh-et. and weighing *J ponmhr; the Utter mu a chffleee ltore HTutnr RadlaL wcigtdusti |wuutl«. TV)' were rained , by Her. Socnitre Townaend, of Lower Townahlpj aod are certainly breutire. ( Imat week we notlcod "8m»c rump- , 1 ■ Jimt «<|' wr were gutting reodjr for , prewa yeaterday, Mr. Chgrlew RUinpaou on the Cum of Mr. Uoorg. Eldredge of [ ! ■ VJ|" M"'1 u' dolmt focy. thing, in the vegetal. !e , "■ I w.wml.-yur-mti».^,™r t eAee ha. h» Infested with teal nun,- e !" how % 1 r ahnoat ImWdlble-, y. t " the cty i« aUll tUycouw." and ineiead if growing < j' «!:' ^SiSu-" ^ ; i N^mnnUllg Wean- '

' Cape illay Co. * no day School A -irWntion. anxUiary it lb..- Stale 8. s. AaahcUiton^wt bn^li'^p. »th F.. cjfceh. ' M. Williamaoo, Vlcc-Prealdent Geo. .. XgJMttl antt& AU united in aingiog hymn 174, M. E. collection, , and Rev. Mr. Wilaon oft-red prayer. \\ Alter the reading and adoption of the ii Secretariea made their annual report*. J ' A foil report of the eehooL. of Cape ; Ivbnd, Brother George W. Smlth,"8ecartarr, .how, the achoola there to be g in a- proaperoue condition. Their ■ Quarterly meeting* are regularly held, and life and real and energy, charncterirc the Mend* and worker* In the . cauar. They nend W.flfi for the State • A moduli on. Lower towmhtp. Brother Abnun ReeVea, Secretary, report* all of her a fehool. but one. School* generally in a proaperoua condition. ' Quarterly . nut-ting* en- n it regularly *u*taine<l. - Contribution, $.",.53. " ' Middle townahip:— AVreport. | Denul* town»hlp. Brother WUllani : Piddler.Twcretary. report* every school ? except the South Dentii* M. E School • Contribution to State Anaociation— ! W.fiO. No quarterly inH-ting*. I Hbeppord, reported the • tat! stir* of . four out of the nine nrliool* of the I township. Complaint of eulpablotn- • dillurenre on the part of SuprrlntendI ente, to thoae report*. He has labored 1 to send in a full report, but lia* ' filled. No quarterly meeting*. Coni tributioti, (3.00. ! Remark* were made by Mere. Ed- | mtmtU, Hires, Learning, Recrew, Manning and Corenn, on the canar* of our Imperfect *tati*tieal report*. ' Brother N. S. C.w*on, Rev. M Caere. - ! and Hire* were appolntrd a 1 j committee to arrange the afternoon 1 and evening exercise*. 1 Brotlu-r* S. R. Mafomngle and A. , ' were appointed a committee oil , Enrolment , Kerr. Mraure. Water* and Taylor, to ] audit Treasury'* account. , Re*. S. Iliumuitt. Brotlicre L. C. | Edmund* and William It Smith, to i nominate officer* for the ensuing year. , Tlie committee appointed to arrange the afternoon and i-vmlng exercise*. I nqxirtol the follorrlug programme : J Addreaae* of tan minute* each, by j William R. Smith, to parent*;. , Mr. Water*," to teacher*; Rev. Mr. Taylor, to ehildmi, which was t adopted. I Tlu- committee on nomtruitlona ns ' ported a* follow* : For President, Rev. M. Williamson, of Cold Spring ; Vice-President, Geo. t W. Smith, of Cape Island ; Abnun • Reeves, of Lower township ; E. Clinton IlewIM, Middle township; Joseph H. Wilson, Ueunls township; Theopoll* J Upper township; Secretary ( and Treasurer. Jonathan P. Learning; - "Web were adopted. < After singing the IJoxologJ, and pro- j noimcing the Benediction by Rev. A. | J. Hire*, the Association adjourned to t meet at A80 r. X. M Afternoon session.— Vbo PrwldeM « AV. Smith preakling.— The com- ! mittee of nrningements for the evening | reported the following questions for I vbt:— I 1. What nut we do to obtain a great- ] er degree of Interest In the work, and , .In the meetings of the Cape May Coun- . Sunday Sehool Association? t 2. Should not Sunday School lustruc- ' ti.rtj be extended so as to include the [ member* of ourVmrehc* nnd cohgre- , gallons generally? < 5. What are tliVqaalMcnVioui iieces- I sary to a good Sunday school teacher? ' 4. Are Sunday school pic-nice a good | If no. bow -hould they Ire rem- t ducted? j i. Should not every Sunday school ' the rounty have a stated prayer t rure ting at least onco a month? I 6. Are Sunday school Exhibition* 1 useful? Report adopted. Committee (m Treasurers accounts c reported the sank- to be correct: ' reported the same correct;

Ih. (.'n-li from lit.- Treasurer. Sit 12 '• • " from A. Springer. . . 1 75 j - "• ' ' • " •fcW . Crj PaM H. W. Clark; for N. J; ! , Stale &- K Association 118 .00 j For one blank hook ' I 00 | •10 B0 ! i llolance on baud ..... . S tff ' after u spiritc.1 competition it was reaolvrd to meet with the Second Baptist ] Chmvh of Cape May, <m the thiril. > Tuesday of October, , Resoivrel, That Rev. Mcasr*. Waters , and Taylor, together with the Huperfn- , tcrahnts of the Sunday schools within , their charges. In a committee of ar- ' , mngmuenls for the next anniversary , Addressee of tan minute* each were , Hum made by Brother War. R. Smith, , to daa panaris: Rev. Mr. Wales, to the , teachers; and Rev. Mr. Taylor, to tlie j Thsae addrcsaw were interspanud ' with ringing by the children, and aKogvOwr making au itupremive .re»on of , pleasure, profit and Instruction. ■ Bros. Smith, Learning and Randolph, j were appointed a committee to crioaidcr , the pniprlety of, and ir thohght by , them adviaahle, t^call a Tmdwrs' Institute during th. owning winter, at , *uch place as they may aaleet. It wiaa rewrlvrd that the action of the ! Sunday School Jubiieo, fixing the next 1 JuWUr»tC^I»!^.l.ta»rT~^by J r .p SuiwrintendsnJ'.f Ca)« Wand, ' ! A vote of tlu.uk* waa extended to . the dtixen. of the Court jTcjm •"* f rtfe offire-r. ffir Church, for enier- ; ; "rcsoIvwI. That the proevediugs of ! tins utreUitig tr puhtished iu the W AVB , and Star. • llreuvlred. That #11 l>e forfeardad Jo-

The regular order of t&eveninrwa* 1 takat up. and wa* participated fa by ; ) , were laid over to the meeting of the Teachers' Institute. . After singing and benediction the a Association adjourned. < g Altogether th!» "Convention of the r r. lovers of the Sunday school causa Was t a Interesting and harmonious, and left p upon all present an exalted Idea of the , L importance of the work. The earnest ' , exhortation to dedirala aft 'to Christ . > and with perfect ' aelfahaecation, to . r obey the Divias-Onunamd ; "Fori J r my lamhs," found a rarponse In the 1, heart, of many a true lover of firm*. , > end we earnestly hope that more will e enliven this annual gathering that ' e we may all see eye to eye in this great ' " west Jersey Presbytery. ] r . Wo copy the following report of the ° Presbytery of "Went Jersey from the T columns of the Pr«»*j»«r4la.:-'- ^ stated meeting at Cold Spring, New j JerseiA on Tuesday and Wednesday, a the. flthand-7th taste. The Rev. A. I d Proudfit was reflected Moderator, and !- the Rev. 8. W. Prattcbosen Temporary - Clerk. Inquiry upon matters referred by tlx. '• General Assembly was postponed unto 'f spring, a resolution hcing adopted fix-' ' e itig the age at which persons were to j i- lie considered ss "unlaptiard childI- ren'- at twelve years. A petition was ' I received for the organisation of a » church at Bunker's Hill, which was j • referred to a special committee. Committees were appointed to visit Lead's 1 - Point and Atlantic City, to examine c - the condition of aflhir*. ' The Rev. J. H. Spclman was dismissed to the Presbytery of Newcastle. ' • Mr. Samuel S. Wallen was examined 1 4 in jiart for licensure. A call from ^ ' Waterford chureli, for the pastoral ser- 1 vices of the Rev. Solomon C. McElroy, 0 ■ of the Presbytery of Mankato, waa re- " 1 eelved and put npon the docket. The " overture of General Assembly, respect- f 1 ing lay expoalticft, was referred to a " special committee. Six cents per mem- f ■ far wa* fixed as tho assenment for " » ConttngMit Fund. The following res- - nlntions were adopted: C ' Resolved. Ttiat It Is the province of J , the Committee on yreduntiids to satis- h fy tlicmaclvcs as to the standing and v views of ministers not connected witli . ; this Presbytery, before they shall fa I allowed to labour in our churches. v Resolved, That hereafter In, the ex- 3 i aminatlon of applicants for licensure, n the tket of the applicant baring passed ^ through a regular collegiate course, r ►hall take the place of an examiuatiou on the languages, andarts and science*. 1 i Resolved, That a religious confer- . ence fa held nt Blsckwoodtnwn, on ./ i November 30th, and December 1st. j i On re-union, it was ^ Resolved, L In answer to tho over- . hire of the late General Assembly, con- , taining a Basis for the re-union of the 11 ' Old and New-school Churches, we vote I ; "not approved "—adopted bv the ) foUowing vote; yeaa, ministers, right; . ruling elders, ten; total eighteen; nay*, minister*, five; ruling ciders, two; " ■ total, seven; absent, one ruling elder; ' • excused, one ruling elder. d , Resolved. 2. Desiring the union of h I all who agree fa the reception of our standards, the Confession of . Faith nnd Catechisms of the Wcat- ' minister Assembly, a* soon a* It can ' efifated consistently with the true 0 interests of all concerned, we fkvor . that omendruant of the Basis or re- , union with ilie New-school branch of n 1 the Chnrch, which will make the First T ■ Article to firad as follows: "The re- tl union shall fa effected on the doctrinal . and ecclesiastical Basis of our common standards; the scriptures of the Old c and New Testaments shall fa acknowl- a - edged to be the Inspired word of God, tl and the only InfoUade rule of fidth and . practice; the Confession of Faith and Assembly shall coutinu* to be sincere- h h- received and adopted aa containing » system rf doctrine taught in the Holy" Scripturea; and the Form of .. Odvcrnrocnt and Book af Discipline of 11 the Presbyterian Churoh fa the United shall bo approved as contain- 4 the principle* and rule of our poll- , tics." Adopted unanimously. " Woods town wtfi chosen as the place F of the next stated meeting, on Monday, April 19th, 1969, at seven r. x. " April 19th, lH69, x. '

, C. T. M., Stntri t7«rl. 1 mm ■ \ > | R*v. w, K. Maul,. of the Lewis- , : : burg Q Diversity, Pennaytvmnia, is ex- a [ period to pnjacit in ths Baptial Church, , ( . in this dtjn on S«U*itb uoruing next. , 1 WE liearihat a pugilistic encounter J 1 took placo on the faach on Saturday | last, but no report of kDied or wounded ( 1 lias yet been received. ^ Beau J. S. Garrisoif's ariverUscment of "Cheap John Hal* "in this 1 - '"*"*■ ' * Iteraar liable lalclde. a About a week ago, a man named I/rei d Pitta Gregory, who livid near Dixon ^ . committed suicide under the F moat extraordinary circumstances. It .ll appears that the deceased during the h received a fright, from which be 1 entirely, recovered, and was at * various periods exhibited alight afarra- " lion* of his intellect, which were no- * ticod by his friends, apd some months n since his reasdn was entirely dethron- ^ ed. His insahlty or mania was, that 14 a plan to hang him hart been concocted hi* enemies and thAt they were coo- J sturdy pursuing him for that purpose. ), Que morning he arose more than t usually excited, and evidently out of 0 ' mind. He told his wife to hang r Instead of permitting him to 1U1 , into tlie hand* of Ids enemies, who 1 were pursuing hint. His wife tried fa ,] vain to quiet him, and finally Gregory t started Man his house toward the 1 wood*, ne followed him until he die- , appeared into an immettcc thicket, 1 1 when she returned. She sent word to t 1 the nieghbore, and it was arranged that q I a thorough search should take place. ; ' This was done tlie next day after t 1 thedepahureGngory. Thenrighbors 1 were to reuik-xvou. at his house, and „ ; ; He wa« hanglug in the forks of an lni- „ " mensc sugar tree, sixty-three ^feet from ' the ground. Tfo! Wee Was three feet j ' In diameter, arid limbic** "for forty feet , , from the ground. He had cHnwl the ;^afesgf£ ;

•TATE Mm. taeaptain of the "N.O, Nina" J was drovrttod th the Rarrtan canal,' at „ Biund Brook 00 Thursday. 0 XXB New Jecsey RaOroartCompsmy \ are shout to boild 1 990,000 depot at 0 Metnririn. Commendable liberality. C The Tom's Rlrrr fearesr says the ^ cranberry-growers in that vidnity hare " nearly gathered their crops, it will not sum dp one-half it did hurt year. ° Mateixqxial.— ChariroK. Landis, ( founder of Vineland. was mar- a ried, last week, to Mias Meade, daugh- „ ter of Captain Meade, United States ! and niooo of General Migtdc, of j the United States qArniy. , Tm| Court of Chancery opened on t week. There ore eighty-fire C coses on the list and the Chancellor is r quietly engaged In bearing them. It C would take about our year to hear ail the cases, if each one was to be argued a as the parties expert. I TexpeHaxce. — The Grand Division Sons of Tefopentm* of New Jer- c si-y will holi-A qnatcrly aossion al r Ellxafath, on Wednesday, 28th Inst, r in the hall of the Tonng MctTs Chris- d tian Association, library building, t Tlie morning seasion will commence f at ten o'clock anil adjourn nt noon. 1 The afternoon seasion will commence v at two o'clock. ' v A Child's Body Fouwd. —Coroner I • McKinley of Camdcu wss allied ou one li day last week to take charge of the 0 body of a female infant which was - picked up in the Delaware, at Cooper's 1 Point. The body was carefolly wrap- " ped up and bore indications of having I heen but a few hours old when com- ^ mi t ted to its watery grave. Who ' caused the death Of the child yet re- j •' mains a mystery. ' 5 The grand jury of Hudson county 11 found a true hill aguiust Patrick '' RUey, for murder in the first degree, for his wife, Roesonnah, by throwing bcroff the Uackensack brlilge, the plank road lending to Newark, " several weeks ago. Tlie prisoner was arraigned yesterday afternewn, and plead not guilty. Messrs. Dixon, Stout nnd Hoffinan were assignrel as his r counsel The trial will take place in a days. Mil. W ILLJAX Stillwell, a Jersey grocer, has been missing since morning, 19th fast., and ua he ' a considerable atpouut of uymey 1 with him when he was last seen, it is 1 suspected that he has la-en foully dealt 1 with. He started to go to New York 1 Monday morning to buy goods and has not since been seen or heard from. Has hair and, blue eyes about five r eight inches fa height, and about 1 twenty -one years of age. A Team or Houses Dkownkd.— At four o'clock on Thursday morning a wagon laden with dressed hogs was li into the Central depot, fa Jersey o City and the driver not being aware the » was shirting drove on the bridge a towards the boat at a brisk pace, n he perceived fas mistake it was t fata to pull up the horses, and the c I mat being out several yards the horses t went headlong into the slip and were drowned. The driver saved hilnsclf 1 jumping to the boat. The team was valued nt'91,000, and out of thirty-six only sixteen Were fished out I Fire at Williamstown.—A fire * occured recently at WilHams town by r which the family of Mr. William Brood p narrowly escaped with tlirir live*.— r were awakened by the roaring of 1 Homes and were compelled to leave d the house with nothing but their night n clothes, and to walk some distance p against a cold north-west wind before could flud shelter. They succeed- o ed in saving's few of their valuable F papers, but the furniture and housegoods were consumed.. A sub- j' scription was set on foot, and a hand- d some sum obtained to provide tlie famof Mr, Broad with clothing. b A not he 11 Gone.— Anne Stout, of Frances Hopkiusou, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence,' and sister of th* well-known Judge, died a few days ago in Borden- I

been staying for sometime past with relatives in that dty. In her lost yean she presented a remarkable example of cheerful and vivacious old age, of the people and events of tlx: olden time, she took on active interest in nil that was going on about her, sympathising no less with her troubles of age than with tha hope* and pleasures of a woxax BL-BNEtl TO DEATH.— Mre. Mary IjLeh, a widow woman -tEgdJng at No. ^.H^kfarWCNwjrork, Was burrx-dWiVlralh some tunc - during Monday nlghti~~she was in the of sleeping alone In the basement part of the house, and aa usual went to _fa<Jon Monday night after her son and his wife lmd retired up stain. During the night the son thought he heard noias down stair*, and supposed was his mother (who was afflicted ' with rheumatism) up getting some medicine. In the morning it was found the kerosene lamp had been upset and she literally hurried to death. Max Drowneh.— A man namod Smith, the captain of a canal was /drowned in the Feeder, at the Quarry Street bridge, about eight o'etoek on Thursday evening. People the acme of the accident heard a splash in the .water and . loud cries for help, and hnatrailng lu the spot, Oxof the host said It was his Capfell off the stem of the bant. Effort* were at 00c* made to recover the Imdv without success until about an afterward when Hfe was extinct. Coroner waassmmoMd and an hold. The man wan rwedont of New Hope, Pfe. Fatal Acchikkt. — On Saturday afternoon a carpenter named Giifart S. Smith, fifty-nine year* of age, and a resident ef No. 900 Adam street Newark, wUle working on the repairs to the Ilaekmsack bridge of" the New BoUraad, wo* struck by a Ml- 1 timber and Instantly killed. It appears Mr. Smith waa engaged on the > lank of theEsrer underneath the Mdgc, | and was wmroaS to get out of the way. He tried, but felled, nnd was struck pu j the bark of the net*. The latter was broken and his skull crosl.nl in. His , face «*• .1"' disffanred riforkfagl,. lie leaves a large family and is sold to have been a man of very estimable sbaaclex. The mm authority cx- ; Brained tb* liod.v and granted a burial | taftificate.

Railroad Meettno.— The Com- i missioom of the Atlantic and Cumberland Co. Railroad met at the house 3 Lewis Mulford, Esq., fa MRlviUc, thursday the 8th iiaL Richard D. Wood, Geo. B: Coopeo, Lewis Mulford 1 of Millville, and Chaa. K Landis. W. < n. Gwytmotfa'fif Vineland. and 1 Hanthorn. and Mr. Green of 1 May's Tending were present 1 Chas. K. Landis was called to the I chair, and Geo. B. Cooper elected Sec. 1 Upon motion, W. O. H. Gwynncth. B. Cooper and Mr. Green were ; appointed a committee to open the ( On motion. Chaa. K. Landis, .Geo, ' Cooper, and Silnon Hanthorn, were ' rontwwUhAbe West Josey Railroad ' On motiao adjourned to meet at call of the committee of con1 The object of this coso pony is to build railroad from Vineland to Mar's ' MOlrilh RepMicm. 1 VlXELAXb KextnAHY,— The work this institnlion is progressing if . mil, and three sides of the wails, to a ! of four feet, as far as tbey ore , to be mode of stone, are up, "While the , fourth is in process of erection. Nov. , has faen selected as the day on ( which the corner stone shall to laid. . which ceremony Is tu fa performed by | Simpson. The Rishop will do , an address upon the occasion, and , other prominent gentlemen of the State ( connected either asqiotross or educawith the atase — are to be present | and deliver addresses also. Hon. II. , C. Walsh. Esq., Dr. J. Mo J of I)rew Seminary, nreaniong , j fa a large concourse of ministers , - and people from the adjacent territory , ' present at the time, as very luany pco- , ! pie who never liennl him are anxious ' to listen to the most eloquent speaker in tho Methodist denomination; nnd 1 those who have heanl liim will fa ' equally anxious to liear liim again.— 1 Fatal Railroad Aoirdehth.— - An old man named Hiram Fanning, a resident of Bergen square, in Bergen city, was walking on the track of the , New Jersey Railroad, near tho oakum , factory, on Thursday afternoon, when j the twenty minutes past five train from New York came up. Another | train was coming in the opposite direo , lion through the IhRgen riil nnd in trying to escape one he was struck by , the locomotive of tliq other, hurled off , the line and instantly killed, nc was n cabiuct-iuakcr itnd leaves five childAnother man was run over on , the Central Railroad in Bergen and in- , atantlv killed. The Election lafei, Tlie following correspondence in reto the time of opening the polls 1 on November 3rd. nnd a* to the per- ' who may fa properly considered legally authorized to act ns judge* of election in the several election district# Of the State, will fa found iff gen cral interest, hut Is especially Important lo the officer* of election: Ymcntox, Oct. lfith, 1868. Geo. M. IIouexox, .Sir: I am in receipt of n large number of communications from various sections of the State, nhldng flir tlie proper construction of the election laws passed by the last legislature. They relate principally to two important points which ought to be settled Indecision* which would ensure uniform action throughout the State. These I. At what hour should the polls to opened In the election districts of the .2. Who arc the properly authorized judgca of election in their respective at tlie ensuing election ? Your early attention to thfasubjcct Is solicited. With respect, yours truly, II. N. CONGAIt, C'AHDEX, OCT>Vth, 1868. H. N. Ooxiiau. "x. Stcntnj 0/ t 8m: Your communication of OcL- ,

t 15th was dnly received. Iji reply to , . your first InterrogatAry I Would state , , that tlie effect df the supplement of , 8 April 9th, 1808, is to revive tlx: " laws , , regulating the times of holdlug elecj tion* In this State, "existing before the , . passage of the net of. March 9th, 1800, , E 0* h rte njfirmnlire proririo a . f of the lat section of tlie act of March , 26th, 1808, which provides " Tliat at , nil elections to be held in this Slate the , polls shall fa opened at seven o'clock, , A. x., and close at seven o'clock, P. X." , j. This nfflrmative provision reraitins nn- , p rbpralcd nnd governs tlie question.— , ( The polls ill each clectiou district will , therefore be opened at seven o'clock, ; I A. x., and close at seven o'clock, . j The reply to your second lnterrognI tory must necessarily embrace several j I conditions which ore raised by the language or the seta referred to, or are ! created by the time at which they sevcrally went into effect. Where Judges of election were duly . elected nt the annual town meeting 1 A*M o* or n/lrr !*/ M 4a, of Anvil la, t, \ ' the judges to e/«*i7sliaU comluct the 1 election according mfa laws as they , ' existed before tlie pasgoge of the act of , 5 April '4th, 1866, known as the Begin- , 4 try Ihw. i When the Mayor and Common ' Council of any. dty, or township com- - mittee of any township, have set off I any new election districts in aocor- • donee with the 1st section of the ad , I approved April 22nd, 1808, the said , 4 Mayor and Common Cotmdl, or towq- , - ship committee, shall appoint a clerk , 4 nnd three judges of election for each , ' district so set off The judge* of election for any district thus appointed or ■ r. elected at any election hdd sfter the ■ t 22nd or April last, cannot lawfully to 1 selected *11 from the same political , - !*«)•• , 3 In all cam, oxresA-thoae snore men- ; r tioned, the ImqweWrs ef Registry and . - 1 Election etcelcil, appointed nnd quallt i fled under the Registry law nnd it* > j aupptrmr -nt* as they existed before the , : paraagr «f tlw r*[wiling art of April 1 . Mb, 1868, 'wilt conduct the election* in { j thUr reapective district*. In the all- , s ; sence of qualified officers, ready to atrrr 1 s j at the opening off Hie polls in any dis- - trict, Juilgen must fa elected by the ' »"i voters present according to the provi- 1 E : sious of the old few. 4 With reopest, wwrehfely, 1 GEO. M. BOBB8t)N, 1

(astro Sit Rart bquaki In San Cranclsca. ; [huilstAfe la Rtw Tofk ROral#.} \ Sax Feaxcisco, Oct 21, 1868. . By far the most terrible earthquake t tliat ever visited this coast occurred , this 'morning at seven minutes before t eight o'clock. The' shocks were tre- j incudous, and the vibrations were, so j far aqi'I am able to Judge from the re- t port of others, from north-west to i south-east, and were prolonged. It is impossible to estimate the dam- , age at this time, but it has been very ( , greaL That portion of the city east of < Montgomery street is very much wreck- ( ed. Some buildings are down entindy, , , otlx-rs are craekrd and split from fouD- , datlou to roof and hardly one has es- , There has been some loss of life, but , , how mcch we are yet unable to deter- | After tho first heavy shocks several , . others occurred but of much less vio- , Business is nearly entirely ausiiended , and half tlie pamilatlod is in the street. 1 In several parfajpf thff "p— - made grond, tlieWartli "has opened and , water has boen thrown up from tlie | cracks to the bight of sevrra! f«:L On sunk some inches and been left In every conCeivahV- shape. Scarcely a build- ' in the eastern section of this city ia. ' plumb. The principal hotels have 1 1 damage. Of course tltcf, ns »e!l us 1 every other house, were vncnt.-d as soon as poesibie by tlit-ir iufantsn We ' hear that at Oakland, Man Leandro, appear to have had the shock n* heavy working for some time. All the clocks | condition of nffiiirs. I will .nil in.,nas soon further information is Inn I —The principal damage in this city is J | Montgomery slris-t. ami lunnug tlie old j rous house* iu that portion of the city 1 have been abandoned and pulledjd.nvn. j ; The Custom House, n liriek building, ' cials have removed 10 tin- Revenue ' buildings. Business iu the lower part ' of the city is sns|x-udpl. 1 a numtorof buildings have fai-n thrown down, causing loss of life-. The damages will pot exceed a million dollar*. .^-A^Oakhitid tin- slioe-k was very 1 greatly damaging a number .ff liuild- . Ings. The ground opened in several I place* and a strong sulphurous smell , was noticed after the shoek. The Court House at San Lauclro . was dctnolisbed and one life l«m. | ta *hd sH !rti 'cil"«? 0-!i Kri"^| I water Jusfad forth. "rlh The streeL. are crowded this evening J with an cxciu-d multitude discussing ] with, an excited multitude di-cu».i,.g . the partlmlLw* of the disastrous earth- , ; ronning Tfam ^rtl^^ld'tmlh' I 1 east, commencing near tin Custom | I House and ending at Folnoni^ «tn.-t j corner of Mnrki-t and Kirat alnvl* the { ' ground ojicnad several inches wide ami j wri-k. The rourts have all n.lj'mrnid and the prisoner* have toon taken from All the patient* 111 tho l iiinsl State* Marine Hospital have torn removed.

• "tho building boon declared unsafe. The ' chimney of the United 8tnb-s Mint is * 1 so badly damaged that tho building Is r f closed for repairs, lingers typo foun1 dry suffered greatly. „ Tho Lincoln School Houso is badly 'J damaged, nnd the largo statue In front of tlie building completely buried. The j 'J San Francisco Gas Works suffered I " | severely, t)y: toll chimney having been • thrown over, fell through tho roof. The | . 1 Mission Woollen Mill* is considerably j - | damaged. Tho large chitnuey of the ' sugar refinerv on Eighth street is badly cracked. The gable end on tlie girls' ) ■ side or the Dear, Dumb and B1 lull lnsti- , tute fell in, crashing tlirougli the ceil- J uig*. Many chimneys in the southern part ol tho city were Uirowu down, but ' no one was seriously injured. Only ' four live* have been reported lost, al- I 1 though numbers are seriously iiyuml / ' by tho felling debris. The water iu J 1 the bay wasrperifatlr smooth at the time of the shocks and no perceptible " disturbance took place. The shock I felt alnard the shipping in the har- ( ' far as if the vessels had struck upon 11 * 1 rock. Tho earthqnakr was severe iu the.in- ^ terior. Shacks were felt at 8acramcnto and Stockton, aud n uutufar or other place*, doing more or fees damage to ' life and property. 1 Another shock was felt sit 7 P. X. r r The baric I_ H. llisslll, owned by W. BisscU, of Detroit, left Cleveland ; on the evening of the 25th inst at, five 1 o'clock, with a cargo of petroleum, ■ stoves and shipped by Thomas Walton r ; and consigned to Cunningham' Shaw * 1 A Co. A terrifleexplosioa, followed byfire, destroyed the vessel and cargo, within three miles of this port. No ! were lost. The vessel and cargo ' were frilly insured. The bark carried only-such Bghto as she was obliged ; > do by law. Tbecaosc of tho exploainii I ■ is unknown. The venial nod cargo rained at «SO,O0u. 1 Its Good ErrEcr a nr. Perxa- ' ' : xekt.— In this it differs from all hair J dye* By ito use luxuriant growth is I guaranteed, natural eolorand glees » - ar restored. One trial wiO cause vou " I to any this of Ml*. 8. A. Allen's Im- * ■ proved (*#• ft It) Hair Restonw or - Dressing (10 one battle.) Every Dniggist J • st-lla It Price One Dollar. [oc7-4L b from tfe- track -J the (Vnlral Railr.si-I ■■ at Bound Brook, a few monrtngs since.

AoUDKST.-On Wodnesday nighL juaMtcr the " Owl line " from Fhiia-d.-lpWa posrod orer the ereeki * cry for | " lielp " Wa" heard bv PBtrirfa Smith, I tlie feithAll watchrimil iff the Jjtooovery | store works. After cTosdngtBerl^l found James Ssnford, agad ID year* aa the edge of the creek, with his T leg almost torn off by the locomotive . that had run over and thrown him the bank. "* 1 A surgeon was called, who had the * unfortunate man carried to the office J of the foundry, and with the assistance of his servant and the night watch, amputated his leg tolow the knee, and * . took him to the City Hospital. This a accident is not the Result of carelessly JJ walking on rill road tracks as is too p often the rare; bat from the fart that * walking a p4snk fatweenftie rails, over J the creek, and felknriugvthe railroad ■> for about aTmfedred yards, is the only I direct communlcsdion with the east end c ' of Broad street. Thisis not the first unfortunate oe- , ' curronce in this locality, si tier* the bridge was washed away. - Ir t* the business of tho ciiy autSori- ' ' ties ta protect, as for as possible, the ' ! mid limb* of citizens and traveler*. 4 Life has few charms for the Dys- c peptic, which is not to fa wondered at when we take into the account the a- . nidrnif ofhodfly and mental suffering i 1 , that this distressing malady generates. I e , The Peruvian Syrup (a protoxidq of Iron) lias cured thousands who were , suffering from this disease. ' TlIE father of Robert Bonner ivss • on innkeeper in Raymelton. In land. • SPECIAL NOTICES. f Get Your sett n llorue. ; Cape lalsad. J i II, tiHil aaslDal belts dretlved by any ol Hit j J otlty of the Peril, Inn Syrup over other pre pa. ( 1 1- 1 1 a r «ia,-r IBOI Ctrurlan Uaae} b.o^, , Deulness. Itllndneaa A t imu rh 1 I I i^repAjoifLd.) Xn sob Awl, i praeltee, ArtlSelal EVKS laarrtrC wllhoul t I once with Ihr blood, (trio* alrooflS. , laor an# , j ramphlnla rontalnln* certltlcatoa of ourea, * arTl'l" ' P?Se 'i0*1 n"n *"J nllirra

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