ca.pe m jfy ooe^s wave, wednesday, february 34, 1bb9. _r

ikr #te»» IKttt ' omwmmo, Oape May Camtv. M.J. . M. E. MAOONAOLE, i WeAaesd ay, rek. **. IMS. CITY AND mriKlX xotick to ooadtaraiDxiTi. jsetsv :r™« Tin; lex Cxor.— The scarcity of in. .luring the present winter baa too rentarkabla, and we fear that great inoonvrniepee win be felt the* coming «eaaoo in couawjoroce thereof. . But few of our Ice-booses' hare been SIM— Indeed, we do not, know that any have been entirely tiled— and thooc dealing in the article if ill regret not harlot nude ore of ifac opportunity atfordod early In the season, aa the prospect* and 'indication* arc that we win not hare much, if. any more cold weather. The frog* hare made their appearance in and around tha pond* and marehe* in the neighborhood, and we hare I wen told that thla la a pretty surosign of the departure of cold weather; bealdea we - proarli of spring. During the cold snap Which prevailed In the month of December, we anggeated the propriety of i«e dealer* taking advantage of it and gaUhag In their (apply; but we were (old that there waa plenty of time yat,.and that there would be a auffleiaot quantity for all; that there waa no peed of being In any hurry, Ac. The eeqnel ha* proved that our tvmarlu at that tiiue were not altogether worthtaa. , Hvowareor «. — It I* surprising what a propensity the youth of our dty have Ibr pngwrrity. Fsssing mloqg one of our rineta oil Sunday evening, we taw eonffregated together aome four or fire of there young scions, earnestly debating the propriety of " alapplng " aome other Individual, of larger dimensions, who had unfortunately offended, In aome gtieriou* manner, the aforeaald aaplrmnta to pagifiaUc honor*. Thla disposition on the [art of there Tonngatera la assuming auch proportion*. that we begin to feel somewhat alarmed aa to our own safety, lent some •nir unoffending lv-nd. We shall, how- , ever, keep our • 'tfljveye" open, and ad- i viae all peacably disposed citizens to do i likewise, else they, too, may GUI a vie- ■ tlm to the malice of there dangerous personages. n _ Guehbt Rtbhet.— The action of our City Conned in refusing to accept , tiurney street, which waa tendered them by Mr. John C. Bullitt and others, ire are inclined to think, waa | rattier an unwise proaeedlag. We be- ; '""■"liovt that this, street. In a ehort Mme, would have been of great value to the i city in view of the taxes which would . We have good authority for stating, , however, that the gentlemen who tendered this gift to the city, are glad that It waa not accepted, and that It will now be opened aa a private enterprise; . anil should the dty authorities become ] desirous of possessing it at any time Ih the ftiture, they will be ablo to do ao : only by Its purchase. i Be-oboanixatiqn.— It Is prepared to re-organlx# tlie "Curbstone Commlttcc" In this dty. We understand that a call will be issued soon for a meeting, to take the subject into consideration. Wo would Aggret that a number of aubooramlttee*, composed of three or mom poreorm, bo appointed, " mod inatmctad to post themselves on the rarioes oornera of the streets, and In front at the churches every Sunday 7— New PaJpHL-We are In receipt of the first number of the Beeerlf Weetl/ Visiter, a cfean looking and neatly printed sheet, published by D. Scatter- J good, at Breerly, Burlington county , . In this Stat*. *' We would extend our ' •T to our brother of the quill, wishing . him anceaaatn Ma new enterprise, and . a hearty welcome to the Visitor Into . every hotas-drele throughout county , and State. | ^ J Tux aeraion on the "Training of 1 Children," lrttlch we announced In oar ( lost Issue would be p reached by Bct. 1 Mr. Hewitt, on Mtaday morning last, e has Been deferred until next Sabbath t morning, at TOJ o'clock, at which time 1 the rite* of baptism will be odmlnia- i tared to children. The attention of r portaut subject. S Felling tiieTrrxo— On Monday last workmen ware engaged in felling v the trace that remaiaed standing In h front of the American Hook property, c "o^losrettl to".^, fottoj t: stood too mcb In toosqtarof the o side-walk, and the removal t£tom (' adds much to to appearance of to a street and property- 1, Thr Ministerial and Church Confer- * rare of to Bapttat ehurchra of this < county, wffl meet in the Calvary Bap- '' ' to tSdwdT' toT h o'clock a. H. Sermon* are expected * from Bar. Messrs. Hires, Manl and \ JTuZszzzzxz ; §™i§r 11 I,, . . i 17. In attend fo professional b^tore q

PtOCEEDIIM or COUNCIL. Ixr amitiMiir.j | FimtiT isth, isoa. i A apodal meeting of toooundl of • todW^MydMsWdl.^ - PrearJtC-Msynt Williams'. Ticrordcr Hngto, Alderman Lyeett,CouncUmen - Blake, Oska, Ludlam, Mccray, Sr., MeL ,f*ny> Jj-sJUhlScheUengpr. TGe Mlnntem of to last meeting were __ read and approved. » • The Committee appointed to go" to I Trenton reported that toy had nt- ; tended to the dutiea resigned tour. • On motion of Mr. BeheUrhgef the report wu accepted and the thanks of a to council tendered torn. ' J Mr. Lycett, committee appointed to draft resolutions hi regard to the death „ of Mr. 8. R. Mngohagle, reported that ^ be bad drafted the same and ordered them published. D On motion of Mr. ScheBenger to ir report was accepted and to committee e discharged. - , The ordinance enptlod " An Ordie nance to change to name of Front e Street, Second street, and Beach street, a wu eeiud up to Its third reading, and passed finally. A petition from Mr. John C. Bullitt t and others, requesting coundl to accept j (inrney street, wre read. e Mr. Lycett moved to accept it— i Lost h A communication from the Odd Fel- „ lows Lodge In reference to to Mayor's K Office, wre reed. j On motion of Mr. Mscray, Jr., It ,f was accepted and placed on file. _ A report from the Commissi oners »pt pointed to assess damages and make e awards to property-holders for dama,f ges sustained in widening Washington • On motion wre accepted and pieced . on file. I The Ordinance Commlttee'prescnted r a aupplement to en ordinance entitled " An Ordinance to widen end extend Washington street. In Jhe city of Oape t Island,'* pueed October 5th, 1866. e On motion to title wre taken for Its f first reading and It ire* ordered to e ' second reeding by sections for amendThere being noamendment* it paeeed " a second reading. , A petition from Tbomja L. Clifford > to beep en Inn dnd Tavern was pre1 sen ted. f On motion ofTMr. Hughes the prsycr 6 of to petltinher was granted, the - amount rexM^td wu one hundred dolI lore for (me year. > On^hiotion of Mr. Mecray, Jr., to i CUfk wu instructed to draw an order 1 In favor of the Street Commissioner for - two hundred "and fifty dollars, to - amount awarded by to commissioner > to Dr. J. S. Kennedy for damage sut- - talncd in oxiending Corgie street i On motion council adjourned. 8. k." Stite*, City Clerk, r Council was colled to order at 8.45 t o'clock. I Preeent— Mayor Williams, Kecqyder I Hughes, Alderman Lyeett, Coundli Blake, Cake, Ludlam, Mecray, • Sr., Mecray, Jr., and Scbellenger.j'fcr A supplement to an ordinance cn- ■ titled " An Ordinance to widen and I extend Washington street in to city ot Cape Island," waa eallsd up on He thml , reading. - Teas qnd nays called. Yeu 7.—' 1 Nays none. Passed finally. I On motion of Mr. Schellenger it wu ; ordered that the Coundl have a sup- ) per on to 22d Inst, i Amended by Mr. Ludlap that the i apftolnt a committee of arrango- , The Finance Committee reported in I reference to the bill of M. H. Ttaubal | for lithographing bonds, for $30, that the order had been paid by to Treasurer to Mr. & R. Msgooagle, in Oe- | tober, 1808. On motion to report wu accepted. . The following bills were presented and ordered paid: Ware and Mecray, expense to Trenton, $10; Johnson ft Hughes, nails, ftc., $5.00; G. B. Cake, for shells, $& On motion adjourned, r S. R. Smog, City Clerk. We bare received The Phrenological Journal for March. It contains— The Champions of Social Reform— Mrs. , Osdy Stan ton and Miss Susan B. Anthony; CMe Ball, the great viqilnist; Samuel A. Crowther, to negro , Bishop; John {. Watson, American , Musician; Man's Power over Death; ; the Phrenologist; Among the , Pacific Islands^ Quaker Religion; , ' TB^Woman Question in George Ottinger, to Rocky | Mountain Artist; Friend, Go np nigh- ■ Phantasmagoria, or Sketches of dia- i tingulshed personages; Prosperity; . Thibetan Women; Sir Hum- | phrey Davy's Experiments, etc. With < many partrslu and other illustrations. , Only 80 cents, or $3 a ytar. Address | R. Wells, 389 Broadway, N. T. i As a matter of news for our readers 1 would ssy that to post fortnight 1 been a lively one throughout the ' country, so for as sensation items of new. arc concerned. The bodies of all to conspirators in to assassination f of President linooln have been dug up i (with to single exception ot Payne) 1 and given to their friends. Dr. Mudd < been pardoned, and is now on hi* r way home. The murderer of Dr. Bur- ! dell, In New York, in to year 1857, i hu confessed. This is to cgae in r which Mrs. Cunningham figured so . largely. The Rogers murderer hu nc i been oaptutVl, and the Air Line t Railroad billhu passed to House of 1 BepraoentoSlvee in Washington. i Be Wax to-pat.— ' Tie madness to ' neglect a cough or cold, however slight. SSSSS™ ; *.** ; To BeautIFy and dress to hair, < and restore It to its natnral dolor, and I use Vis. a A. Altai'* Improved (««•

Atlantic CityThe following item concerning to hnprovements at our sister watering- - place, we take from to cotnmns of our f conl nap unity, the Bridgston Potrisr, I and give It u an Article * interest to » , will be inclined tofffftibt a statemrnr f' . or two rontaincd .therein, u toy have R heard thai tore is another place some- P j' where* along to caul, known u Cape May; h „ " The new Excursion House at At- f ■r lanttc Cl^ wtll be entirely completed o before to watering season commences. 0 „ The main building la seventy-five feet f front, by fifty feet deep, mod three \ . stories high. A tower eighteen feet t 0 square and two stories In hlght, pro- , h Jects above the main building. From , it the lop of this a splendid view of to c a ocean and surrounding country m*y bo* seen. A ball and dining-room exc tends back of to main building 10$ e fret by 78 feet wide. In too rear is a ! peojebting bay-window, twelve feet bep yond, making to whale depth of to j ,t building 184 feet. ,.T6e' house will eon- ^ tain crerytldng necessary for the comd fort and amusement of the excursionists. To the right of to main entrance ' ;t is a billiard-room and a bowling saloon, * ,t which will be neatly arranged. The ' second story la deslgoed exclusively for ° _ ladles, containing a targe parlor, private dining-room, ftc. A great feature p on the lower story is the ample wuh " „ rooms and waterdaeeta forigentlemeii. 1 The buildings ore to be put up in the 1 ' It most substantial manner; lighted j ' throughout with gas, nod will prove i 1 y. an attractive feature on the Island, j 1 c At no watering-place on to coast c*p ! 1 r bo found tueli a comfortable and con- f „ veil lent resort for temporary pleasure ° seekers as to Excursion House. A d band of music lias been engaged for the ' season, free of cliorgfc to excursion par- t d lies. Atlantic City is prospering great- ' d i ly. There arcfeetwern thirty and forty * d ucw house* gojiig up there this season, ' e which is good bvidcnce that its ad van- t tnges as a summer resort are duly ap- ' £ predated, "TUsjals a prevalent opinion I £ that to coming season will he one of 1 to most briilllant and profitable vet j t known there. 1 American Wreck.. 1 I have been enabled to obtain a table 1 • of wrpeka of American vessels for the . " past eleven years, which may bo re- ' lied on aa accurate, the figures having | r been obtained from owners and inaur- j ( e a nee agents interested in the lost ves- j . • sels. • 1 ( . 1858' 355. . W.897VW5 t , 1859(9 months). 300.. 8,389,971 t c 1800(11 months)...: 405.. 12,011,030 , ' 1861 558. 17,387,100 ' s 1982 452.. 12,785,000 1 r 1803 452.. 20,531,800 18G4 495 . 20,449,850 , • 1865 502 . 33.7W.300 I860 ,571.. 31,050,100 1 1867 530.. 21,742,200 1 1808 (9 months) .... . '257. 11,096,500 1 5 Total, 10 y'ra 5 rno's 4833 $108,702,876 ' These figures -are enormous, aud if . r they wire accempanied by the nam- , - hers of Uvea lost would In appalling. „ , The average of vessels lest or portly , lost, It wiU be seen, is over 35 a month," j - or one a day; in money, the average „ 1 loss, nearly $1,800,000 A month, or „ C $50,000 per day. Enormous as this , 1 may seem. It Is bet u ms%ai(U»«t portion of to total casualties of the t -' whole world. In to year 1800, when f the total loss of American ship- ( • ping was 571 vessels, to total casual!- , - ties of all countries wu 11,711. ,In ( 1807 our loss was 530, out of a total j 1 loss of 12,613 Teasels. Of course, many f - of these are but partial losses. Those ( which attract atttentlon by their mag- ■ > nitude and appalling chharacter, are I but a small portion of to whole nam- j 1 ber.— W. F. G. Shanks, In flajcr'i , - Jfsissfos. d Life Insurance Matters. I A bill introduced by Mr. Lord, and | now before to Assembly, concerning 1 the non-forfeiture of policies or life in- e surancc, provides that no policy of In- i suraucc on life hereafter Issued by any s company doing busings* In this State r shall be forfeited or become void by s to non-payment of premium thereon t any further tl||n regards toVlght of n I the party Insured td have it contiuued I 1 hi force, beyond a certain period to be fc • determined u follows, to wltg The net r i value of the policy when the premium n - becomes due and Is not paid, shall be p ■ ascertained according to "the combiifed ii ' experience" or actuaries' "rate of o ; morality,'" with interest at 4 per cent t' 1 after deducting from such net value p ; any indebtedness to to company or i notes held by the company against the I ' insured, which Botes;-, If given for I - premium, shall then becctacelled; four- a fifths of what remains shall be consld- 1< ; cred u a net single premium of tern- si ponuy Insurance, and the tertn for b which it will insure shall be determined a according to the age of to party at U the time of to lapse of premium and *i the assumptions at mortality and in- k aforesaid. The bin contains « other provisions regarding to proofs h of claims in case of death. b A Paterson loir Story. ^ Daniel Foos, a Paterson organ- u grinder, ran off, one day last week, with Miss Anna A. Tiers, a boanttfol V girl. The girl became ac- ^ qualnted with Foot about one month ^ ago, while on ber way from school, and , ber fhther dreamed of to Intimacy, she took a trip to New York and married to one-legged veteran, who dropped his organ and bravely " returned in broadcloth instead of blue £ Paterson, where he announced liis ^ induction into to femily. The motor ' upbraided and U« fetor scolded dread- h whereupon to spirited daughter * shook ber marriage -certificate In the " feces of to old folks, and sold she " didn't core if they did scold. The sol- &l dier displayed $2,000 In Govemment bonds, and his wife s $500 goM watch, and a set of moss agate Jewelry, which dl be had given ber, and the twain an- " nounced their intention of going to ® Chicago, where toy awn a hone and JThe parents, after some sputter- * Ing. gredalmed general amnraty. , ^ TUX folr gotten -up by the ladies of j Camden, for to benefit of to Wlldey „ Lodge, No. 91.L0. of O. F., and v wlfofo continued three wrok^rimed d - fSn* j'

STATE SEW*. I Tmt Common Coundl of Jersey Olty, committee havefojectod tope- fo, titioa for exempting church property p« A XtaBLTTIOX h" ham adopted by flo to Common Caancil ofjsssey OKy In so favor of sending a memorial to Coogreea to make Jersey City and Camden de porta of entry. . » The trial of Collector Thome and °' kis sureties at Trenton, for alleged * on the revenue, was concluded « on lVednewtay. A verdict for $100,- * was rem* red for the government. ra The velocipede fever baa reaehed T and toy ham a borne- " mode vehicle. Which attracts no little . attention, as it and to rider are propeUednp and down the prominent thoroughforrs. ^ The Common Council ofPaterson, In d view of to terrible death by hydrophobia recently of Timothy McCarthy di in that dty, have directed to Mayor „ to authorize the slaughter of all dogs fc !. on to streets. „ % it is proposed to sell eggt by weight ip Instead of by the score. An exchange n don't like the proposed change, and r "Some eggs are very heavy— h when toy contain Jnvenile chickens, ;r and we object to purchatelng poultry „ in that condition at present prices. •' 0; The Senate of the State of Nsw'jar- u sey is composed of to best and most tl mature minds of to State, nearly all c< , j of torn being " gr»ve and reverend n looking," and of large phj-sical propor- I |tions. Senator Torrey, of Ocean, Is It the youngest looking man In tho body, tl j We observed that out of the twenty- p I one Senators, deven of llicin require tlie « nid of spectaraes — Emporium. p i Breaeaoe is tiie nkw Dam.— h >At Millvnie on Monday of last week e : the restlela water in tlie great dam, h succeeded In bnoking through the " walls of sand ou tlie west and east j ° ends, and for a period it waa feared | " that It W£pld totally sweep away those j ° . but a forcejif some twohundred j1 persons armed with spades, succeeded ' in steming the torrnnta and repairing h j the breach that lutd been made. r I Is PRtsox.- Edward Dunlap, who " | arrested for robbing the residence " j of Dr. John B. Bowcn, in this city, a 1 j short time since, was brought to a i on Saturday morning last, ° ia charge of offlcur Taylor, who hooded ° ! him over to Sheriff Peacock, who is ° I takinggood care of him. Ifhecscapes, | it will not lie the fault of to Sheriff : Our new jaH, however, is not much E morcaecun-lh»nthe State Prison. Atbare been made lately to work through the walla of county our Jail by h tlnT present inmates.— Piouttr. y A Remarkable Aoe.— Thomas a a colored man, resided near I Trenton, died on Thursday at the ad- ii vnnced age of 115 years. He was bora d Virginia, sold to service seven tiroes r as many different masters, the last fi one living on to Eastern Shore of * Maryland, who when dying, wnicd he li should be set free, but to heirs being V about to sell him again, he escaped -n and came over Into Salem county , New ,c in 1827. He was employd as t! team-driver In tlie revolutionary t! and used to relate some roar- o velous things of General Washington. » Mr. Josei-h South, formerly sta- b Hon agent at Jamesburg, but lately a c resident of Trenton, was found on Sunday morning of last week, by Mr. Wm. c the station agent at New- 0 town, lying on to railroad trade dead. " body was literally cut to pieces, a " freight train having evidently run * him during the night previous. c No evidence as how he came there has * yet been discovered. He leave* a Dun- f ily of chndien— his wife died two or 0 three years ago. Mr. South had been drinking lntcmpcrately for some time previous to his death. Vegetables.— The act before the a Legislature to regujntc the sale of vegetables, provides that hereafter it shall . not be tawftil for a^y person to vend, J sell, or dUpose of ary- sweet or Irish ( potatoes, turnips, Iseta", carrot*, par- ^ suips, onions or cabbage except by es- . tablished legal wvigtiu, and not by Chcrriesstra*t«Tles, blackraspberries, curranta, goose-, n whorl lelierries, and cnuilier- j. riestiruat be sold liy established legal j nieaadres and not by weights. The ^ penaM for to Infringment of to tafe j-twenty-five doUars for each offence, half to go to the State and one half tl to person who takes the trouble to , prosecute. Precaution Against FerryAccidents. — The Hobokrn > Company have just introduced x contrivance on to ferry hoot James n Ramsey which win preclude any posof accident by jumping off the d When to boat U about to start, number of Iron rails, constructed on , to sliding principle, so as to form two of a gate, with spiked tops, are ^ down from two pillars set at each side of to boot One of to deck ** h ah ds Immediately listens both gates together by means of a clasp, and when the bsat has reached the bridge be h opens to clasp and poshes to gates G upwards, when toy Dsn back to to tl pillars by means of weights, which n descend into the hold. The contri- a U simple, and yet it appears to a most effectual safeguard against sect- r dents. m - ci Deatb from Hydrwphabta. 0 Timothy McCarthy, living at Pater- " dltd at three o'clock on Sunday afternoon from hydrophobia, after suftwelve boors In fearful agony. 'J He waa bitten on New Year's day by 0 own dofc; the wound being merely " little scratch upon tlie finger. No ° one suspected the animal," which after- d wards died, of being mod at to tin*, » no evil effects were experienced 1 from tho scratch untH about three » o'clock on Snnday morning, when the ' began- to grow ill, and when k water waa brought to him he at ones * into a violent fit. He appeared B to suffer «fe most intense agony and 3 •any "was brought to moisten his lips. 1 After undergoing an almost con tin- a nous series of terrible spoons and yiodkd at three "o'clock In to afternoon, p ■ ; Trouble has arisen between the Sisudardt aqd Ciibnns jraidsnt in New o i terattod"^ f:

Sis all Tvrltcteell fee TarTV Philadelphia /W of the 191h has to following remarks on the c pardon ot Twitebdl, which, it la ro- • ported, s number of precninent sad In- « finenttal dteta an aidynrtin ta It Ls staM ok good authority that a I lawyers Is now in Harrisburg sndeavpardon for Geam S. TwitebeU, jr., J convicted sf lbs eMrtv df Mm HUh , We heartily coadses capital punishment in itself, but although we believe . TwitebeU to be a mardsrer, tore are . some other thing* to be considered la , this sSK. Previous to Twitehell 's 'con fiction Gerald EdtoB bAd bsesi oob» vlctcd and sentenced tor the murder of Timothy Heensn. Eaton's pardon been unavailingly ssked for. If ' of these , men an pardoned, it should be Eaton, for there Is at least a of his guBt, while there ll none ' whatever of TwitcheH's. H our law I to punishment of murder wam 1 ho such perplexity ss that which now presents itaelf ootQd silst. A pro- ' vision of such a taw would have to be, however, s withdraws! of the pardonpower as it now standi, for otherwise the murderer might serve a part . of his term and then he let looae again society. Bat to new taw Is with , ftiture. What we hare now to consider is present with us. Many • readers will rail to mind that port of . District Attorney Ebeppard's speech , In the TwitebeU trial when .he asked jury to show tlat toy were not prejudiced by the social position and wealth of the defendant. Mr. Sheppard argued well, for too much weight heretofore attached to such considerations in our court! They did not the jury in this case, but their influence is now seen operating in anI other direction, tout fir the same end— j screening of guilt, and to defeat of Justice. We do not wish to preGovernor Geary's action; we, in fact, are glad to say that we believe him an honeet public officer; but the report we here mention ls current, and to not our judgment merely, but that of the vast majority of to citirens of Philadelphia, that to pardon Twitehell and hang Eaton would be an outrageviolation of Justice. Its very enormity leads us to doubt the possibility of its perpetration. Trlchlon'iipir trails. The trichina fever which prevailed to such a fearful extent a few ago, has again broken out afresh, and so for with equally fetal results. After a careful scientific investigation the causes of this dread (hi malathe sevsnts traced it gencricaUy to rats, from which hogs receiye it by on them In sewers [and elsewhere, and these in bun Impart it to behgs who eat largely of pork. When the animalcula get into the human body aad effects.* lodgement, the .case is hopeless. - It was proved by investigation that bailing water Is tlie surest and most effectual method of destroying trichina in meat. Lost I week seven boarders In a German j house in Carlisle street sick- 1 cned with this malady and were taken to hospitals. Two of torn died in a : day or two at the New York Hospital, and a piece of flesh taken from the j arm of one of to me» while he was ' alive, when placed ariler to micro- 1 revealed miniou of these little creatures. It is also reported that several other deaths Save occurred to same cause in different parts I of the city.— N. T. Sw. FOREIGN* NEWS. From Cable telegrams doted Febru21. # europe. A dreadful disaster occurred on the Austrian frigate Radtut jr on Saturday last while on a cruise in the Adriatic. An expbsion took place tho powder magaxne, completely np the ship and killing nearly nil the officers and crew. The Spanish Iron-cUd Victoria Is under orders to sail for to ever faithIsle. The Colonial Minister, by a has removed all restrictions to office of cqpunesstal broker In and Porto Rico. A French frigate has been ordered Cuba to look after French interests that disturbed locality. r cuba. One thousand more chasseurs had arrived at Havana. The Banco is authorised to issue $8,000,000 In paper which General Dulee is to declare a legal tender in payment of all The old amnesty having expired, Dolce has issued* new one, pardoning all Insurgents except to chiefe and criminals. Dunlap, the American, who was detained for want of s passport n day or two ago, has now been notified to leave to island. Negotiations having been opened hf the representative of Spain with our for* postal treaty with country on to same basis of those made with most European powers, oertain difficulties have arisen which may for a time prevent to satisfactory conclusion of to matter. One difficulty Is that of reaching Spain in any other way fcan through France, and it is stated foot our postal treaty with France will not allow of dosed moll bogs being sent, through ber territory another country. Another ia that to«paoish Minister wishes to mails sent to Spain via Havana, but in the minds of many of our dtttons it is whether Havana will be long a port under the control of Spain.— Therefore H anay he wise to postpone negotiations on this point until we know something more certain in regard to future nationality of Cuba, by of which Island to cheapest and most advantageous postal route to certainly . lisa. There are other minor points to be settled, hut it is to and cheap postal communication with all driltaed oomtrira It is rumored that General Butler and .Mr. Flsk, of Erie, are. about to purelmre a newspaper taHprir^fleW, Bowles* RcpMiea*. IK to United States Supreme Court Friday Attorney General Evarta Zn the Bkteffpjf Onirtln

GENERAL NEWS. nxabLT fiftotf' of eggs were re- un; reived in Richmond Ya., by the severml railroads daring to month of Jan- fia A FttLOCH-XDwT nowpropcM* to u, fit up to bicycle with an am tolls, a Co splash-board, a locker for lunch, and a tn earpd-bOg. * coi Union ah Young's snn.jor, Intake* hi) good dgors, drinks good liquor, gets lai drank, plays poker, licks bis wives hi; Odd preached to gospel. In; Thirty shoe-pegging machines are Jc operations In to town of ftttoo, N. « H. A shoe can be pegged iu two W minutes srtth one of these machines. Judge Csnosn, of Clay county, N. r C., recently charged to Grand Jury ™ , of that county that a tawftil fence " r should be "horse-high, bull-strong and UI iw i A severe shock of an earth quake w, j occurred at PhlRlpsborg, 6L Marfan 's . , about noon on to 28th nlL, which , caused suspension of business during r to entire afternoon; st i Under to head of " domestic info- m ■ lidtfes," to Terrs Haute (Ind.) Ex- er , press reports that a couple were mar 1" - rled recently in Kansas City, Mo., in jn - less than one hour after they first saw I each other. 1 Torre Is a targe colony of beavers ' on to Appomattox river, Virginia, D. ' just above Battersea dam. They „„ ' have cut down'quan titles of shrubbery c< f and young trees, and eaten off the j ' skin and tender branches. j , ' THOMAS FAINK'S sent is in the pos- I . session of Colonel William S. Morten, ! New Orleans, whose brother. Ales- 1 '• ' under C. Morton, son of one of the ex- | 'r ' ecu tors of the author of "Tlie Age nr ! $ [ Reason," is about to publish his life > J,' anaVritings- ; * ThIs remains of John Wilkes Booth f were relntcrred oh Friday morning, at | , six o'dock,ih to Baltimore Cemetery. Tlie motor and young brother wen- , i-i t there. The brother identified the re- j " t mains beyond doubt by a peculiarly „ e plugged tooth. iI The Secretary of tlie Treasury has t directed the Solicitor of that de|eirt- e if mcnt to prenecutc the pilots of Ohio " II river steamers United States and el - America for manslaughter in conneci- Uon with the less of life by the recent v TnE Richmond (Ya.) Grand. Jury o brought In a true bill of indictineot - against James P. Grant for the mur- J * der of H. Rives Pollard in November " last. Grant plead "not guilty^, and t <1 was admitted to bail in the sum of * w $10,000. The trial was fixed for Mon- J i. The recent strange cases of hyd roil phobia in New York have been inl- vestigated by prominent physicolns, fi o and they come to the conclusion that , y the bite of a dog enraged Is ss poison- „ i- ous as tot of one that is rapid, nnd , 0 hogs are just as likely to go mod in the 1 winter montlis as during to heated , c The Democrats liave been spread- ■ y inga pencil enricaturc about the House, ■ ' '® I'ruyn addressing Grant, smoking— ' d sajing, "Let us liavo peace.'' .The | '' I Republican side, to counteract, got up o D j another, representing Grant smoking, t '• ] saying "Whiff," with to words of f n Pruyn's speech coming out of his J '■ Mad Dogs ijr Virginia.— ^ The dtl- J " | sens of Free Union and vicinity, in , j this county, killed between thirty and " ^ j forty mad dogs in two days during the J { post week. Some of the dogs did some t , ! biting before they were killed, and acv- 1 ! eral hogs have gone mad from the ef- '* fects of \t.—Ckario»tmille Chronicle ' Feb. 18 , To remove Indian Ink marks from j the skin, prick in warm goat's milk over to ink until t^c blood flows free- ' t ly." The process is the some as that ! a « employed in making the marks. An- , y other plan ls to apply to the part n'J Q blister! argcr than tho mark; keep rhe ^ spot open for a few days, then dress . y with some healing ointment, .and, as • y tlie new skin grows, tho Indian ink marks will disappear, is The Irish Church Debate. — j i- On Monday March 1, will commence | " tlie debate on the disestablishment of ; : is the Irish Church. Whether regard lie I n had to the intellectual gladtatops en- 1 - gaged, to the magnitude of the interest d at stake or to to efiect which it will ^ > is have on Europe and the world, it will ; . be one of the greatest debates whicli have token place in modem times in d any national assembly. A Good Bill.— Tho bill to prevent ' :r to locking up of to currency, which J* has. passed both bouse* of Congress and now awaits to signature of the President to become taw, ls a good t "" one. It will help to check to tricks of to banks and stock-gamblers in . [•- controlling to money market A Ut: tie more ^legislation for a simitar pur- ■ " pose would be very acceptable and I would tend to enancipate to business • d of to country from to power of unr scrupulous capitalists and stoekjob- - h here. * Co mino Near Home.— The Herald ; i. makes a slap at Its contemporary, The « h Sun, in this wise: Some time ago we i >- gave to pnbUc all to psu-tlcatars of ° I- what happens to a man anatomically J and physiologically when he U hanged, d Our little article on this subject was b used freely by the papers of country— d as all Herald srtides are— and, having 7 cruised through to columns of our d Western contemporaries for some : '• weeks, it turned np in the columns of A the Sun to othar day, credited to.to j Louisville Democrat. 8 How to Restore Specie Pat- j kemts. — The New York Herald gives < * its views thasly: There are but two ' ways to restore specie payments, and [ all to palaver In Congreae upon the ' subject may be reduced to this proposition: Specie payments must either ° be forced by a reduction of tlie cirrulaT tion or we mnsj grow up to that state | " of things by a natural coarse— by the - * growth or the country In population, . trade and wealth. There ls no middle course. The first would paralyse bua doess, arrest the progress of to coun0 try, bankrupt every debtor and lnifig universal distress. The second would r- carry us on insensHily ton specie basis. srithool a shock to trade ora distur- ' rt hanae of valnes; tor In a few yrars tots popntatlou and. business of to ooimtty -I^OtatoA^i TvhichptowiU ' ■ i I

New York Markets. The stork nuuWt'oa Saturday was unsettled during to boards, toil closf-d steady. Gold was irregular tnd closed ' at IBS}. •• a Business in moef deportment.- of trade is SnGHlfn-isl circlsgrwas quiet was in good dehtabd from the trade and prices were firmer, while m cotton was felrly active and jr. per lb. JJ higher, closing at 2tie. fur middling -ft land. Sugar— Raw was nctirt- and Je. fc higher, felrto good refining Cuba cios- »' at 13|c. @ 131c., while refined wns " ,'c. higher, hard selling at 20c. On w flour was dull aud uominal. c Wheat was active nnd steady, while ( corn was steady, and oats quiet anil a "■ shade lowsr. Pork was in better demnnd, tait at 50c. (i $1 lower priocs. * Naval stores were .lull and generally unchanged. Freights wrre quiet and a lower. Petroleum— Crude, iu. bulk, was dull Mid heavy at21Jc-.@ 22e., » refined was quiet and Je. Of le. " lower, closing at 86)eA Chicago Woman's Rights organ 0 states that the woman's movement ' among other things, her sov- i erelgnity in to parental realm, and ! first right to woo instead of waiting to be wooed. SPECIAL NOtlCES. b oTLn . " h A "fumey* ? SvsirfbE« Is^sSsss** " ( a So D»N O ••l7ul>»"°o,l'lt. 1 The best knowr. remeCj tor || ^ jie«mfttl», " -pie Of Dtuejuu'uftjtj""' "" * NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. | 'Ok opeo'iUi'- OI " ,?i?oCA'.er.-.e.ee j " One, Two niid Three Feet I | Sisimsh. ThlT*5re)' ttt&t's'S^l. ' 1 j Mow Ninth. PhllsJelphls. 1 i No.SU (Clfht rair7jteis)AU«Jh«'iireit. ' 1 b-lo» Nlolh. rails-lsli-hts. 1 VIUi loat. MAURICK BKESLCV, • Counlv Suporlolrolpul. , Fsb. sqiara-n •El FF FOR HALE. . - ; skss ; raasa,°" * "a UI.VK. J. w.Hiralsfe ^ Jltwckholder*' Meeting.^ ^ ' S?l YaTf stssalslar said cori-oioil.'U and ole«lTaf*l>i- | JUHN JT"1' r Bank's Raw Bone Super e . Pkesphate of Lisitr. ^ ^ p K^syTrarM'hi'shi, .► . s!ld&!S!SraAMKM'>i »«d •istagnoss. Tha article haa s isaataUos of , ' ■ ; LUMBER? ..... 0 SASH. C BUILDERS, TAKE NOTICE 1 DOUQHTEN St. COLES, " Kalghn's Polst Ferry, Camden, X. J., ' ruts, tm fix a srjiSMiocr s BalldluK fc 'Fencing Ltinsner. - rr hhhhhhhi

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