n A VTT, MAY OCEAN WAV^ WEDNESDAY, NOYKMBEB 18, 1868.

O^UluiO*. H .J b. r. maoonaot.k. W«4^MtoT, »•*• jj. IHM.T CITY AND COUNTY JsgSSES&iya a proclamation UOVBBHOB OT^KEW JERSEY. uwph of ike »rla«lFlce OWmnM m « ui us S»r •( Tbaakn«l rlny. Prays. ua hlto •l«r of Trvnloo.oa ituf Firth day of emg&smei's * W""A" *" "ft'vais femwy. uxv. a. G. Thomas or Camden, will deliver a lecture in the Calrary Baptart Church, Soorillo.on Tuesday evening, 04th Inst. SobJ«ct-"Arouud the Pyramids." Mr. T., has but lately returned from a visit to the Holy Land— and no doubt but' that his lecture will be highply inWresIing and profitable. Wat. Nicholson, of Philadelphia. . wiu leotun upon Telhprrancr on Saturday evening, 21st Inst., in the Calvary Baptist G1iurc» at Hcaville. Also on Sunday aoniing following, and in the sfiernooo at Dennlsrilie. The attention of our readers Is directed to the advertisement of Coe's Dyspepsia Cure, in another part of This truly Valuable Medicine is rec- i ommendrd by all who use it. Read the certificate*. Pastoral Installation Rev. T. A. Leggvtl will lie installed Pastor 1 of the Ospo Island Presbyterian church 1 on Tuesday evening next, -24th inst., ' at 7J o'clock. The public are cordially invited to attend Uie services. Uav. Mil Hewitt preached his i -Sermon to Young Men on " Mistakes : In lift," on Hnmtny evening last, to a large and attentive congregation. The sulgcct was one of great interest, and ! Mr. H. preeented It in a plain and - forcible manner, and we trust Hint i much good may accrue from iL -Drktwtry.— Dr. H. L. Gllroour , desires to announce to the residents of , this vicinity that he will be at Cape Iaiuud to attend to professional calls ■ (luring the week commencing Nov. 23, , and anding the following Saturday.— Nitrous oxide gae wiU be administered | to those desiring It. Examinationk. An examination ' of public school teachers will be held ' at the Court House, on Friday, 27 U. ima., at 10 o'clock A, g. See notice in ' MVCEBDUtM OF COUNCIL. , ... [bt authority.] j NovEMnKB 11, 1868. t A special meeting of thfCily Couu- ' cil was held this evening, % the City Ilall. ' r Present — Mayor Williams, Alderman Lycett, Recorder Iiughes, Councilmeu Blake, Oaks, Magonagle, and Meexmy. r The Minutes of the but meeting, L were read a»d*pproveil. t < Hi motiuu of Mr. Magonagle, the > Clerk was iaatruotsd to draw an order j l^iavm rf^Wm.^Chureb, JcUaf J. Mr. Hughes moved that sn order Is- v drawn in &wor of lin. Hatpin, for the I amount of pull tax assessed on Patrick h Hatpin, deceased. Lost On motion of Mr. Magonagle, the . Clerk was instrsctod to draw au order iu fovor of Rachel Church, for the „ amount, of her tax, , The Mayor called the attention of r Council to the foot that the citv lnm]« „ which were placed la the old school , hM- andeouMnot c On peden cf Mr. Blake, the matter p on Protection and ImprovcnumL J George B. Coke presented a petition „ for uosqm to ksap aa hut and taCeiu. {. £3R!T33& ■ i .ure»w»tatanrt«i to return the note , toMnH^sutingthmifhewonki , "wj'fl#" " m awremiknl as . I

j The Tata IsT EtsctsnsaS Bsrrot* « the Info ei^ino*. ^ fori*. &eeretaJJ of ' lSSSc,^-» «SS'to-0^-^ > SBereen,. DOB MO « Burlington, 785 085 1 Camden, 630 170 v Cape May, 200 258 Cumb'land, 1423 1347 ' - Essex, 1518 11M « • Gloucester, TOO 6M c ., Hudson 3951 9D0S , l Hunterdon 1802 1411 Mercer. 50 143 ' » Middlesex, 329 413 • Monmouth 1405 1507 c . Morris, 309 . 141- t 8 Ocean, 808 830 w Fkaaak. . 032 001 t- Salem, .353 333 c • Somerset, 349 361 , - Sussex, 1083 902 I d -Haistti 309 — "410 1 • Warren. 1529 1602 - d • — 1 „ Total 11058 7985 11458 7065 , " Seymour's may 1071 Oandolph'a maj. Lin. ^ Congreislonal Vote. c 4 1st District. Moore, il Bayard, d. . 1 Atlantic, 575 , • Camden, 434 .... 1 • Cape May, 254 .... 2 J Cumberland, 1883 e I Gloucester, 675 .... , t Salem. 350 , Moore's niaj. 3JJ71 ~ t £ 2d diht. Binding, jl HalgbL D. j, Burlington, 015 Mercer, 216 * Monmouth, — 1879 s Ocean. 709 .... j " . 1324 2098 1 " i Height's majority, 771. * '| . p ; 3d dist. Clark, it. Bird, D. a , i Middlesex, 537 I Hunterdon, 1400 i Union, — 612 ' Warren, 1500 » Somerset, 374 1 ~ 4143 p Bird's majority, 3,800. , 4th DOT, Hill, n. Raflbrty, D. \ i Essex tawnsldps, 012 c . Morris, 355 .... . , Sussex, -. 1026 jj Bergen,' .614" tl , 1018 1539 fa Hill's majority, 70. ^ 5th Dist. Halwy, B. Clcaveland, D. » XcWEik, 1197 .... * • Hudson, 3532 \ Clcaveland's majority, 2335.- „ Congrc. | ' Extua Session— No quohums Piie- v Wasiiinoton, Nov. 10. « j SENATE.— The Ornate met at 12 a . o'clock, noon, and was called to order h by the President pro Ins. Membeni « present: Messre. Wade, Corbet t, liar- ^ ! Ian, Morgan and Whyte. Tlic Journal of the lust meeting and H concurrent resolution of September 21 » were read by Mr. McDonald, Chief d r Clerk. The President then said: "In b , accordance with the resolntkm which i lias Just been mail, nnless it be other- £ ! wise ordered by the Senate, the cliair f( will declare the Senate adjourned until „ the Orel Monday in December;" and t, i no objectton bring made be so ordered, 0 i nudtiie Senate stands ndjouroed till i December 7. ! House.— Speaker Col&x, of Ind.; 11 I Messrs. Kelly snd O'NdD, of Pcnnsyl- " I vanln; Mr. Kellogg, of Alabama; Mr. J* t Deweca, of North Carolina; Messrs. IJneoln npi Stcwart^of New York, J' and Mr. Ingereoll, of IlVpols, Treretha J* only members present ^About a hnn- ' r dred prisons sppearrxl liHhe galleries. P ' The Hon. O. J. Dickey, successor of 1 Thaddeus Stevens, was present, bat S i did not qualify. ai Tlic Speaker said that the recess J I having expired, the House resumes its h sessions. If there be no objection the li reading of the Journal of the last sea- w sion will be dispensed with. The Clerk, Mr. McPborson, by dl- it rvctiun of the Speaker, read the eon- C current resolution of Congress, under 21 which the adjourned session rras held, ii and as the House did not now order it otherwise, the Speaker sold the ad- A Journment would be without a day, A the next session commencing, by Jaw, B on the tlret Monday of December. On motion of Mr. Kelley, the House M adjourned. ^ Princeton College. It trill be remembered that a Mr. Je- p romuofNew Yorkdty , about a year ago donated #10,000 to Princeton College, tlic Interest of which was to be annualawarded to that (indent whom the *' should decide to be the most jraMfWHnmn., — ~ The Bev. Dr..MeCoeh, the newly eleotod President of Princeton College, , the course of his Inaugural address .. Tuesday 'spoke of the several Immediate wants of the college, among ^ which he mentioned a gymnasium. ^ In the course of the afternoon a (ll quiet, unpretending gentleman among the guests, who seemed to he the redpi- w ent of much more attention than he m sought, asked one of the trustees what cost. " About twenty thousand dol- ^ lore, "srms the reply. "Well," modestly al replied the gentleman "I irill give ten u, thousand toward it, if .von can raise the other ten." The news srms whlspered through the crowed, and In the L coarse of a fcw hours another Wend of the Collage had oObred t^ contribute ., Ore thousand toward the remaining ,. ten. Later in the evening the same ^ script! mi from five thousand to ten, so B as to base the gymnasium secured. The tot'contributor was Mr. Rol«t M Bonner, oTthe New-YM Ledger, snd lu thesecood, Mr. Msrpuand, a banker 0,1 of New York. ln This timely gift of Mr. Booner, and J* Uieh^toT^^bem^™^! g 1 ert a powerful iuflmee in promoting " tbc growth of Princeton OoUege under ™ lis new and distinguished President. „ WhO shoBsay thai Mr. Bonner ws. not entitled to bear sway Mr. Jerome's * prise— nnless the sward of that i. lira- " SrSTJtri

•TATE NBW8. Cfrxs stalk. Stxteyn foal tslj have ■ grown in Ocean'osasty this year. , «»S! itii 2^ mong his fine stock of eattk two cows ( that will weigh 3,400 pounds. Bctqeiul — At the meeting of the , Trustees of Rntgere College an October , G. W. Alheeton, A. K-, irea elected Profiasor of History, Poljtka! snd tiileruatlunnl law— and ' bos signified his scccptana. Prof. Athcrton is now Profreanr of History and Social 8cienoe in the Illinois Industrial University, and was formerly Profiasor in BL John's College at Annapolis. Profiasor Atherton's in- i stiuctlons will extend to the stadenls < of (he Scientific School as well aa to those of the Classical Department. Nixon's Dioxht.— The new edition of Nixon's Digest of the laws of New Jersey, authorised by the last Lagisla- ' TBie, we-fcafn will be Issued In a tw : bv the publishers, Messrs. M. IL A Co., Newark. The Newark - AdttrtiiT says, It will be a volume of pages, sad will contain the digest of all the laws from 1709 to 1866 inclusive. Tills Digest will be a valuable . book of reference and authority, TBr. Nixon having spent much time in the : compilation and condensation of the numerous laws of tills state. Urn this winter. A Governor is to be ' inaugurated; a United States Senator, i and Prison Keeper snd Inspectors of Prison arc to be appointed. Be- i polntments. the railroad and other I business incident upon the Legislature I vrill draw together a large number of I people. The tavern lnvpcrs are in for i big slice. I The stone for the new wall around : the Mercer County Jail (new addition) 1 being delivered on Thursday hist. The work, we understand, will be 1 poshed forward with vigor. 1 Drowned. — Intelligence was re- 1 ceivcd in Trenton on Thursday that ' Wm. Valentine, well-known in that ' city, was drowned in the Schuylkill, at 1 Bridge, West Philadelphia, ' Thursday. The despatch gave no parW c learn that Mr. Valentine Went to Philadelphia on Wednesday ' sec the owner of the bouse occupied ' Mr. V., at the corner of Market I and Lambcrton streets, to get his coil- 1 sent to the transfer of the lease. Mr. ' was not long ago engaged in the i manufacture' of a self-propelling swing, ' and was also engaged in selling rights ] for their manufacture. The swing 1 the invention of Mr. Valentine, 1 and is said to be a good tiling. He an Ingenious and good mechanic, and a good companionable friend. He 1 a wife and six children. His 1 wife is the daughter of Captain S. 1 of Trenton. 1 It is rather remarkable that some 1 three or four years ago Mr. John Val- 1 tine, tlic latlier of William, wus I in the Delaware at Burlingon a fishing excursion. ' ' The Morris and Essex Railroad J have made several contracts ' first class draught engines, which to be used for the coal and freight on their rood. The business of the road Is very rapidly Increasing. < It WAA qulte amusing on Thursday ' says the Trenton 7H» American, ■ at the Warren street raHroad station - sea some of oar prominent lawyers 1 from the upper part of the State trying ' chase the locomotive, being a little ' behind time. They succeeded in catch- ' lng the trains with ss ranch case, up- ' potently, ss they do their clients. 1 Tint ee boys were arrested in the , Ward Trenton, on Wednesday , and bound over to apjiear at Court by , Ashmore, for putting their , through a broken nane of glass , a candy store and helping tbem- j Tnx Jersey City Tirnm of last evensays: The dinner to be given our , at Liverpool, is fixed for the , ot November, and at the Trenton t Trenton. Among those tender- t the same and on the Committee of , we notice the names of , A. O. Zabriakic, Dudley 8. Gregory, , G. Clark and I. W. Scudder. i The steam boiler owners of Pater- 1 son have completed their arrangements I contest the legality of the law passed last year requiring lock safety valves ' on steam engines. The Inspocios-itD ' informs them that all Will be ' prosecuted who reftise to comply with c Its requirement, and the boiler owners 1 themselves as well prepared ^ to contest iL ' ■^.Minima ptwin n— McsHo ' excitement was occasioned recently, by the appearance In the upper part of the i city of Neirark, of a rabid dog. After frightening several persons by his ferocious appearance, the dog bit three j other dogs. One of these sn a valua- ( pet for which the owner had a few 1 days before refrued #100. The rabid ' dog, and those which be had wounded, either killed or placed out of L way so that no farther, difficulty l Is anticipated. The appearance of a J rabid atrfmal so for in tbc winter sen- ( son, warns those Who keep dogs not to rareftilly the nsual precao- t < A PECULIAR fatality seems to have ' pursued the officers of the United States 1 District Coort of late. Within a few ' months the Court has lost by death, 4 Deacon, the Marshal; Ralph H. Shreve, the Clerk; and yesterday, j Deputy-Marshal Abraban H. Harris , ' , Among the most prominent of the f new building in- course of construction „ Morris town is the Methodist Epis- ( copal Church on Morris street, front- 1 the square. It eras began in the i spring of last year, and a year more is , likely to be SHnsnmed before It (s com- r ted. It is one of the mast Impo- . sing buildings In New Jersey, and is | estimated to cost #125,000. A oirl. aged six years, daughter of > Jorcph Colby, of lsmcwste*, ra., c was drownrdatGtaoceetBT, about seven 1 o'clock au Thnreday evening. The > cWkhwaeoo. visit to some Meads in . GlouceissrrSnd she was on her wsy to . them on* Gloucester ferry boat from .

A WAN by the name of Pierce is filing rip a steamboat (o itm en the bay waters, between Tncfarton and Toms ■ carrying potatfcgeAdbdiMghL . A Ban named Lake Raman eras ! arrested at Patrrsou, ou Sstnriay for . 1 off the ear of James Doughty. ^ Tnx veteran Soldiers aod Sailors ex- j pect to lay the corner stone of the great r monument at Faterson, this month. I A rro err next— Rev. J. L Blaine I formerly of Neirark, has reosired the ; appointment of Traveling Secretary of \ the National Temperance Society. -RfETsFinaoN Kxxrza.— Governor r Ward and the Prison Inspectors yest tenia y appointed Mr. George A. Walk- - er as Keeper of the Statv Prison, to fill i -the vacancy caused by the death of Ms > brother. Mr. Walker has resided at the prison for some time and has be- , come fomiliar with the duties of Uie , position. The wtdoir of the late Krep- . er irijl have the general supervision of r the itanalaenovieta, as heretofore: Mr. Lett Scobey, of Mommouth c county la spoken of as likely to receive f the appointment by the next legistot ture. The closing yegrhas been a marked s one in the advancement of Trenton aa ■ a city. To one who had not visited us 0 since November, 1807, our streets would » now present s strange appearance.— In place of bumble or insignificant - buildings lie would now behold great c piles rearing their handsome and mas- , sivo fronts three or four stories high, f with all the modern beauties of brown . stone or pressed brick. Gaps of vn- . cant lots ho would flild filled np with r prjj-nti- residences or flue ! stores, with the whole people givr snd evincing s more energetic and enterprising spirit than they have for [ yean before. This dawning spirit of 1 we trust Is destined continue , the lethargic influence incident to all political centres is entirely outgrown and eradicated. We possess all the i natural facilities for becoming a great , manufacturing and commercial city, , and nothing but a refusal to avail of these advantages can prevent iL — Stale j Gazette. , Seizl-rs fob Violations of the , Customs. — The Perth Am boy DemoI few days the Costora House ofll- . dais ill this dty have mode three seizures of vessels violating the laws. The : schooner G rape Shot, of Staten Islaud, , discovered to be running without i and was brqught up with a . round turn. At Keyport, on Wednes- , day, Deputy Collector Coddington and • Inspector J. K. Smith seized the sloop ( Ann Augusta, at Keyport, for the same . Irregular practice. A sloop was also i seized at this port by Coddington for , carrying contraband goods. It seems there were forty or filly barrels of tobuc- . on board npon which, it is alleged, no . duty hod been paid. The cargo is said i to- have been sMpped from KqyporL . It lias been stored in Perth Amboy to await the due course of law, the sloop I also being detained by the government Baptist State Convention. Trenton, Oct 27, 1808. I Tile New Jersey Baptist State Convention met at the First Baptist church , in this dty, at 2 o'clock to-day. D. M. Wilson. Esq., took the chair as , President. There was a large nttend- , once of ministers and members from , various narts of the State, notwith- . standing the greater attractions at . drew many there. Upwards , of (fljOOO have been expended in mission work in various ports of tin State, with encouraging success, besides an equal amount spent by the City Mission of Newark in similar work. And though more money has been expended this year than in any previous year, yet the fields have opened more rapiilly nnd the expenditures have gone beyond the receipts. Twenty-nine missionaries have been aided by tin Convention. These missionaries have labored In the aggregate twelve hundred weeks, preached three thousand two hundred and fifty serbaptized about one hundred persuns, held seventeen hundred paryer meetings, made about four thousand hundred and sixty pastoral visits, and distributed seventy-five thousand of tracts. The second day's proceedings was confined to a morning session, in order to afford an opportunity for the assembling of the New Jeracy Baptist Educational Society. Thk principal busitransacted was thf election ufwffi- - cere farthe ensuing yethv ' T!»<yTolIow; - ipg gentlemen were elected? ' ark. Vice-Pkrsl dents — G. 8. Webb, D. i D., aod Rev. D. b. StouL Secretary— Rev. Henry F. Smith. Treasurer— P. P. Runvoo. ' Board of Managers— Messrs. IL C. ' Fish, J. T. MorTflL L. Chase, E. V. ! Glover, J. IL Murphy, J. M. Careen- , W. B. Tulan, IL F. Young, T. & Griffiths, 8. SprouL W. IL ParmV-y, ' H. J. Mulford. J. F. Brown, W. E. : Watkinson. 8. Van Wlckle, K/' Walling, A. Brown, II. B. Sherman, Miller Janes, G. H. Larfoon, J. Banvanl, . wTClaxk, W. V.WUson, IL A. f ' the principles hdd by the Baptist ' that believers conversion ' must precede baptism, were unmni- ' mouslv adopted. These resolutions | were published in the Wave of the 4th ln«L Meteors. — About midnight on Friday, 13th tasL, the heavens, which perfectly clear, were traversed by small meteors which seemed like to The directions were from all porta of the heavens. About oae o'clock the display became more brilowing to the appearance of numerous huge and Intensely bright meteors which exploded like rackets, carrying a thin cloud of what teemed smoke in the heavens. One ot' these large meteors, at twenty minutes post one a. JL, passed from northeast half way across the heavens, and when descending made a streak of intensely light, «o bfrh^thattho ^letters Unit up the whoW sky witit the flash on exploding. The majontyof tbene S*fo JA wiu"ta ,

taW. 'According Idgtmremenl fist-UBta i a batid o t twelve rcvolntiouiats were arrested at 8no Chris total. They i purposing to creataa terolutiep in the i . Vnelta Abaja regiaa. A mseehantof i Yarm, charged with receiving anns ammunition for the rebels, has been i - arrested. Count Bslmasda. at Man- . ' xanillo, hod issued a proclamation giving the revolutionists right days in . which tclay doim their arms. A pn- . Vate letter from ^pMttjent insurgent r in Cuba states that the rrvoluntary Junta in Havana has sworn " to desZ troy the property of «v«ry individual " ' Who ahaii, over hia signature, ofler his life or wealth or prateetioa In fovor of ' the government cause. In no other rase shall property be attacked." • Recruiting for the Cuban expedition . ' has ceased in New York, Olonel Gibbons having already enrolled 6,600 e men, which la 1,509 more than 'he ~ wants. He alleges that tilt whole command Is to devolve upon a wealthy . llaboocse, who Is famous as a military 11 leader under Don Carlos and Maximfle llan, and who so for has furnished all the fltnds iSsccssaty. The intention is to annex Cuba to the Union. A pubi lie meeting is to be held In relation to s the matter In Cooper Institute soon, a Accounts by telegraph from Havana J state that a railroad train had been - captured by the insurgents between t Nuevltaa and Puerto Principe. Tlic t baggage vans were plundered and tho - track was torn up. , The United Stairs war steamer Con9 toocook had arrival at Havana. J More economical, remarkable ,,.r. good quality is guaranteed for Mrs. s. A. Allen's Improved (»-e <l,te\ Hair • Restorer or Dressing, (in nne tuail. i - Every Druggist sells it. Price One r Dollar. (No4-4w "Their Name is i.eoion." may ° he applied to the innumerable diseases J J" « 'deli theskiu is^uhJccL^ Jtwm.1.1 1 apparently incurable ulcers, old sores. ' t viebniled Salve. 1 ould rims in a vrrv • short time. cuts, hunts, scalds, flesh ' wounds, Ac. "Mr. Browninob Parish. s Under this title the Ifem fort nhzerrer . is [lublishing ii serial story, to run „ through a large part of the next volume. r It is written by (he author of the Prize , talc, "llie Puritan of 18113," "Win Ac. The story will commend itself to , its higli literary chameU'r. its decided- , ly evangelical tone and spiriL and its , grand object to illustrate the wonder- ' defence of tbc right and bringing to , naught Uie counsels of the wicked. r AU new subscritwrs get the storv coms pletc. "Hearth and Home."— m«-s»rs. 7 Pottrngill, Bates A Co., 37 Park Row. 1 New York, will issue on or before Jun- - uary next, the first numis-r of a Rural ' and Family Paper— to bo published | ? thereafter Weekly, and to lie devoted ; t to all tluit pertains to Count'ry Life in j its broadest sense. It will not he par. i tisan or sectarian. It will be called Hearth and Horn-, j _ and will under tho general Editorial . charge of Mr. tfonald G. Mitchell ; ! 1 while its Homo and Fireside Depart- i meats wilt be subject to the supervision 8 of Mrs. Harriet Becclierq^toive. tr/,o iritl aim contribute regularly t > er erg t 1 numher. t A large cor|w of associate Editors, i s of high re|iuUtion in their special do- | portmenta, has been enlisted in aii|s j port of this enterprise: and no labor or ' I expense wUl be spared to make our I paper— in subject matter as well as il- 1 , lustration —worthy of a place in every j household in the land. , "The War iiktwkentiie States. r its Causes, Character, Conduit ; - and Results," by Hon. Alexander , H. Stephens, is the title of a ^ulimble i work just Issued by tho NntiouahUjils j - lishing Co., Philadelphia, Ha. > Histories oi the late civU war liave I s sprung up like mushrooms, and they - can now be numhetfd almost by hun1 ilreds, hut all who are desirous of arriv- j I causes, aud a clear history of the events , of the late lamentable war, have felt 1 the Want of a reliable history of the same from a Southern stand-point, by » some representative man of the South. r Tiiis wont is about to he supplied by - Alexander II. Stephens. Mr. Stephens . rebellion, and only succumbed fit the - -l#st moment, when his State, in spite : of nia^wantitqfr committed the great T ,r I 111' Data y ntlounivTiu-n t that this distinguished Statesman had dcter- ■ mined to write a book, would of itaelf, be sufficient to kindle a lively sad widespread interest In mil sections of the , country; but when it is known that he . las chosen as his theme the one so ' fruitful as the late American war, the absorbing interest rf the subject, to- [ gethcr with the evident and peculiar - fitness of tbc author for its treatment. " unite in awakening a cariosity entirely ' unparalleled la the of American literature. f. j It presents a careftd political analysis of the post, depending real from , apparent causes of the late nnhappy . conflict, and gives those Interior lights , and shadows of the great war, only I known to those high officers, who watched the flood-tide of Revolution from Its fountain-springs, sad wMdi i were so accessible to Mr. Stephens i from his position as second officer of r the Confederacy. > To a pobUe that has been surfeited > with spparcntly similar productions. 7 It presents a diange qf fore, both agrcc- - able and salutary, and an intellectual - treat of the highest order. The Great - American War has at but found a hla- - torian worthy of its importance, and 1 at whose hands it receives that modee rate, candid and impartial treatment t which truth and justice so urgently f demand. l This in net valuable work la sold only f by subscription, and the publishers i want aa agent ia every County. [ Extent or the u mi tee States. —Including Alaska, our territory cx- ' tends over 4.600,000 square miles. Our ' public lands, excluding Alaska, nre ! 1.465.4<H,800 acres In extant, the Alast ka purchase, including ire fields, add - 309,629,600. Our population is nearly ; ThJ I'1 ' w«l Is- 42,000,600 in 1870, and 170,- : ixKUrtO in woft. There are now thiriy-

HSRI3E IITBLLMEffCE. A STXAM-SLOOF, 384 feat in length, ' sndl,123 tons new measurement, colled H i the Alaska, was launched at Choriew ™ r Mass.. Navy-yard, lately. Her " i battery win consist of 1- pivot gun (H G i inch) end 6 broadside guns, of 65 cwt. it • on the gun-deck; 1 60-fo. rifle oo the J" ■ forecastle; 9 34- fe. rifles an# 9 12-Ib. - I bowltsers on the poop feet ~- Aji adjourucd meeting of the Veeeel ' Owners, and Captains' Association of I the Statek of Pensylvanla, New Jerary n ■ .and Dolqwnre was held recently at their J 1 rooms, Walnut sl, above Third; John ° > W . Gorman, President; (n the' eholr. f A report was^ received through the J ' President in the case of Captain Soencrs, 1 or the schooner Man- K. Somen, wMch .« 1 was detained in Boston liarbor beyond - tbc number of lay days, for which de-, ' murrage was refused him, and that'the 3 s matter had been placed hi the hands of * s John W. Hudson, Solicitor of the As- * L socistinn fur the eastern- distrll-t uf " f Massachusetts, und that the mercliants a - of Boston hod resolvyd to nu^ee a ti-st c 1 case of it. in order lod.-tcrmini'win-thir " » captains of vessels can claim demur- * - rage for Sundays. The Secretary, C. - » H. Steel man, n-porieei a balance in tlie * treasury of #2,519.02. The Assnciu- j f » (Son numbers 521 members and 313 j j vessels. 1 Showing False I.toitTs, — We bear | " the question ogitgh-d in insurance and j * " shipintig circhxtu, lo tliv HaMtlty for damage of a vessel flying additional I lights for telegraph purposes to those inward bound steamer. A |s'r»<m wlio < y was in the immediate vicinity of that * and saw the light, of the iuw.nl bound j ii «!"«■ »• » J"'1-- 'j* ; i b steamers [dying ....rlh and .iWould it u-t answer n tauter purpose. ' aud be safer, for a vessel wishing to IsnU danger lo life and property?- - .V. )* j '' fomiatinn has been res-rived that .... I l«t 'ffiVt'CouMta''"^ ilT' i " Tlie liglii will Vl'revolring red hgM. . '' minuta"Ril ''is eb-vTtrel 'l JU^feiu ai™^ weather should I.- «s-n at a distance of -. Is of the sresind nnler. Tlw tower is of ; I- atone, and stands nbout 1 lOyanta from d | the sea. in lal. 21 (SI 24 X. Ion. 75 37 | d | 41 W of Greenwich. The keeper's (I I dwelling is in the rear of tlie lighthouse, ! n ' and white- washed The roost j. low j. Tue oyster war between Virginia! and Maryland still continues I" rage, i - j This is not exncily a foreign broil, hut ; » rake, are fres-, from l»lh of Hi. suuia. ■ SPECIAL NOTICES. 1 ' ?rrs'sHrKv?.» : " i j- for Ctafta. OUe, fl'osrSlru, c~.,. M Wyis, ^ 8 L»(|»1. M sill ss Uisl SM.H dresdtpl of all dlsC soar. Thosr wbo-Ss.s asrei Ikli rrntstj ksow j r make s single trial lo tw sstUOrel that of all ! y Ths h.*. jatoij lacHutn, " "?i ulTf """nLa1" Mam. Hasovea, F*., Fsb. in. isst. 1 mr fswj'r • ; Sij£KSSESHl".2 ' tll'W Snpns at krr recover, were rhlmslari. 0 I toes proe .red a IsrtUe of . our esrell OI S,S _ asm, nod eefovo .he bad tskeo IS* obete of II mere oas s met two ovemrol to b-c sesnb. h L^ur-r'y-?'-4'j^»' '•?»■ , j SSjSer-t^ b' drU*" t Grace's Celebruled Naive. t ; r a ONLY B CXETS A OOX JETH^W. rtrWLX A SOB^Soetos, ^ . raatlon. •! f rsilona ot troo Is diie la' a great ■roaurv fo the ! ;

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NEW AmeW^TS. open i A NEW PLAN S TUOS THE FORMATION OF LIBOABIVS, P. T, both public aud privata, toe tuwuo and - ^Too-:: r." AGENTS WATfEfrTOB THE BLUE COATS," } KT~ ^^taud^friae^ G ^* unot^t'ras h'co? niuiuieipkta'ta-i tnucisUAtl. Obtol Cklearo, 111 | or ill. Louis. Mo. Teschera aud SuprvlatroJaote »f Satsl*alh Schools, aud olhers, to set as " JIV5 2 COTTAGE UIBLE, " AXb FAMILY FXP3IITOR. to 1WO V*lumsa, | " ronlaialae oasrly IS0O puma, eomprlsl-e tha a OkF^and New Teatlowuta, witapsarlWal JO- Q ol'l'hcVllVt I "oay irrational Chutvb. lia^ord. C riylooatV Ckuo-h. l^rey*. lit —jl rhrer'uL irtl'Jurrs lor yenrral use." For trrma and ( II O O K A G F. 3 TJ ^ j ; Hccnllcclious 5 Busy Life, j ? . j -| IIJcdKICA ^NKWjYISHK lUkn ttl- ] , LVtM Wai-IPLH - to.* IttlHAI. ASIKIII-,! 1 ; ST. LOUIS & IRON MOUNTAIN s | p."!wat"v zrr I GOO 1 )ST F,E D'S '* COOILHriltltlfc CttaH I'lrk^How, Nr» Vovh. RED JACKET AXE. . Patented July 9, 1861. Ke-Uaued iMRSt 18, 1868. j. Fxtrnets from Lettem^and Reports ot the , 1 1 ^ * (^" l^t pr'rdovn /"bit "r * ^ a IV, if I could not yet another. Iwenty-tlvr . .#»( dollars woold no! |h * " 5lt. n*S*i£TL ' uinad'suwl *" re*P°°**b'° 4e»le". 10 '"r Plllaburuls. Vs., lUnularturrra ot I ha RXD JACKLT AXES. SSIVS, SHOVKLO aod SCOOPS, SBd sit sis irovMskapra ae^Stylra of AXES Sol sow a- ; ctonnn * eipbmbs fAVJyU TU ACS NT.', to lolradurr tfar * (iwpmau 1mm W1 "let. ^X^rm twdnw^rule k •r r iskt f therefore, we sead snsspts sad IDuo- '■ ('t^ii^risoe,^«,YertbW' IWI,L' f ACHT CLUB Smoking Tobacco !, ■ •••r,taE.'^irrhK^m:,Ju8f" * ! • • Is Owe I rum drupn the AfcuSr" lav lay also been extractedLilppF E'iSSHr-'; " Ash htm lu ■*! II. , EUREKA SMOKING TORACCO - "sfcrss ■ rlri-aetMlwtneto^Pyww .Biw jtlxerd Is i I

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. THIS ® xo HUMBUG !^5 ^a"mYJd,'kai'r*ranJli* hj mTo" diem' iv"?o""p "o^Dmwvr ^uJsl'riitUiu? JBIxOOD.^ EVaS'Siri-g-" A.B. = C. ESiSsiSSSSg" MAMMOTH Dollar. Sale Jlouse ! (Licensed by the V. 8. Authority,) PA?fisr is . AT WOOD, BATES k CO., a UndaU aim Boat—, —ss. 56 PES CENT.SAYm 1 °tp3T^2 ^0/' OT5fffe.LAR aw A t ""'^r'^^^o'Vta'tar A <5 i( EKN^HAC IC ■S "\rs 1 1 h t "i" D Vh'i DO IH \ K IV Iji S k , " ; | cliAdl.r snd Sd^ Greenback or s^l F re r INTKH— AN AGENT In .set 1 .*, :■ sasi;sl= ;|U re a t DISTRIBUTION ; . METROPOLITAN t FTi COMPANY ! . : cash guts to thk_ae0dkt op $250,000 1 i kvkri til'kbt draws a pkiee. " ro't: •U.S.W n.dlo.u, ^nl-Sre 8xl.vr.|jTra oet, send tor ^cirru.sr Rlvlhs tusoy more refer* PACIFIC MOTEL, ~~r' 170, 172, 174 fe 17 j Greenwich Street, _, ^_45f.t'tau.iil«isn tiisrtatli Ulllll, lhai'mom fta. °iSi' tbe' «b^."ot'5he''rarin' *BeUMf aolePreop^tor o» Uls house, and Ihr t.JIr^lU^taboonbtally supplied wttk PUBLIC SALE! ' By aider of the Orphans' Court, wlDbuoaid stpuMi'.nlv, si xou'h he. vlila Hsllnmd ' snljou on 7 UEsfaaV, Urn Efoklh day of Do. t j n T" RQMkbtbab - ^.".sHo-r^nTi^ l fo.msUun'mn'obuUi U*by'callla( oaths sit 0 .nta"1""0"' °°TH um'i S**TO*w'l?1tND|' "* ASSIGNEE'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE. sssbh tsfcswsi# ! mi" *?1nn*!nT"'-T'-'-^ ***** '•"Whta"' 1 still AT^rrr""" WARE A ELDREDGE, t Contractors <uid l uiJders, a CAPS ISLAND. N. I. SB«lt-l * Also, Afenln for thu Rant Improved ORAVBf. tOOnjB RATZXUL, 1 nsd la wurt. Skor.— Chcalaut street, nesu- Jtnutau .L ffi