CAPE may ocean wave, thursday, dbobmbkk UX, 1S7Q.

Jht (ficfan Jftarf. -V. .n_A«.v, ....... p — - — 1 1 C c- MAGRATH, Edrtre. <1 R fll Tbnrtdaw. Uommbrr *1. 1H70. , — — i iiwggi •rin&TJXs&zSr ,Mf « kil atertb-r numhet of the Wave ' b printed, thi- familiar greeting mil J lute nwtudtd throughout the length . ' .li iimi'ltli ITOhfWendoa— In iu , ;i.nti-Vre.l».'Its pabUe thoronghftn*,, ( ; i ir in-- Any place where (Head meet (Heml amid wm of social Inter-' . worm. OflO the treasured holidayt In i'M ClirMrtn calendar. Christina* , liny i, the moat endenred D n» by pre- .!.«• motiuirir.Eitdawvrtawoi-fati.ari, ( that never tan stow >dd, but Uoio ( pcrjKiually in the hrnrt. eotwlned ( .M iU dearrvt olfcctlonn, a» the ltol- ( ly. and tlie mUtletoe nrr -entwined about our llreddc* at night. The ( Chriatmaa festival commemorate* the | WHtunfi-ur Saviour, and ha» been »o , •dMnod for more than twelve ocu ( turif. Hut It la Important to tiotkv , . Uut tin twenty-fifth of Iktvuiher U , I* not to l»- taken a*4hc artual day or ( lie Xallvlty— It .Imply 'tommemo- , rate, that event : the Ai-tnal .lay l» un- ( ete.wn; and tho difference of opinion , .a. ihb subject I. reauiriutWr A aim- , : t liar dlrewlty of opinion prevail* a* to . tie: year. Hut the tradition, and cuv torn, of the festival havi- alwaym lam j perpetuated. and their charm, ore - fadt-w... The Chrbtmaa tree iiiiqe leavd In hare ••riginab-d In Germany, tan It b hrnr|«tnled with tbeertrbra- ( 1 thai of Clirietlnar in thi. c- entry, , , eq**-rtlly iu New Votk and INmnvyivania: tin- German* have dotted thi. , ( land wltli their happy liomra. ami have lTouglit their Santa CUtia, their KrW-KlnkV— a corruptind of CbriatIditdlnfn. -u • the Infant ChrHl-- Ibelr Christina" tree. It wo. anciently a custom to carry a Imx . from door to ■toor for th" colkctiou ef little pro-cut. 'at Chriatoaa. In an old work entitled , '•The Athenian Oracle," It l» dated . that formerly It waa a eualora for the raooka to offir uitrac* for the safety of ad ahlpa that went nr. tag ruysgra; to each .hip a little tout waa affixed, into which uk sailor* pat money or other taIubuta. In order to secure the ' prayer, of the church. At (liri.tniAi i Uirwr luxe* were oprued. and were i theurr coiled '"Christmas lioxt*." It mud to !*• axacrted that at Oirtttmaa 1 time not only w«. the cock "luetiy." Ian the owl for twelve day. waa sprightly. and conducted Itaelf alter a ' fa.ldmi siugpforiy at variance with its . uaually exchmivc habits. At twelve ■■'clock on ChratauM Eve all water waa sM to btuab, and for a moment turn to wine; the bee* In their hlvre were heard to sing: dumb animate were gifted with .pererli, and that oxen knell down in adocstta: the dead tre** l«t forth tender hud. of liopr, ami •nbterranran helh were heanl riutrlmi .warily and aolUy for the birth tla. laud! Thrac Iiualnl auperetitlou. wrre brld with tenacity by many brld with tenacity by »"

Iwoeot main try folk, oAcr they had ™ tern bonlahed foam the popular mind. It wu aeecrted that alter the altera- ah tlim of the style, tha wxeo still perxtet- •>' ml la adhering to the old ChrUtmaa w Hw, And one good roan wmt mi for a. -to alole that he had witneaaed the two cc - "kind oxen foil u|hmi their kntce at twolTCo'cloek, and "nuke acrnrl moan, "! lik'-Chrietelncrratarea." IVrha]- If w tla: good man had watched every night, p lie might have eccu the same thing; oxen will not Ibomarlvea, and are not ?j alwaye "lent. Tho htetory of the Chriatmu foatlval baa ottentlmre hern written and la Ml of interert, butescb A of ua ha. an unwritten htetory in hi. "I iicari, whrsc value U above price, and J wtewe lollnaoow U wholly pure and a molding Ut all of tu remember that p Obriltmu mraoe brgireoeea of ene- jo mire; the lifting up and encourage- ^ iurnt of those who are lowed down; j tlw uiin itraticn. of mercy to three g, who are In need; the deepening of el foiendehips end aflbetiotte, and the re- 11 mcmliranrc that lie whom birth te ^ ndebraUd, nO]Uirea pnrenosi of Ufo |a and correctneu ofoonduct, u well u m faith lo Hie miaaioti. Then will the p i - itulng Wunday be to all of ua, a. we " irtut It may bo— A Happy Chrtetmu. ^ tue nuxEtxe i am ll. r " line Important Wep in the line of m reform ha» been definitely taken by the U national Heore of Representatives. * which on Tuesday pamed Mr. Hill*. £ amendment aboliehlng the ftmnklng * privilege, by a rote of 103 to IB, and ^ followed thi. by psaahtg th* entire c postal reform bill, of whoh Mr. HUlte S amendment wu a part, without even JJ a lUvtelon. There were, it I. true, •me or twu inodlflrstlsna made to the amendment u cdfond by Mr. Uffi, but v tlwy do not materially affi-ct ifas^iur- J |HMe rf the bIB, and to for aaabe arh'na „ •4 th* Ilonm mm the iaosbu. of the 1 v -called banking ,wivibge te done It a way with, and the po* office depart- ^ ment relieved of a great and gricvoe. c It renbtnn, however, tor the senate I p. confirm the aellfln of the lower ' lloum, and here. It la to lie feared. . umtc wifihraetremgeppoeiaootothe c ! think List Ha sbolHiw luvoh-. hm « .mffi.M my nothing of the wound It I ^wrasssss i would ex;«icnoe if Owy weMeompeO- J odtopayftetghllnthedmpe of poet- I age en the vast an.1 variouedocum-nte ' l^rT""Tf*' m7 too ' ■ -v ■

nuxBEaxT rrtTTW. The crauheiry crop In the United State, i. quite an important fern tare of ■ iwudurtioo. Tho eeientUie culture of thi. valuable berry ba. democtrnfod , tk«t, on land, at all euited to It. pre- , It I. one of the moat profitable ] : of all cropa. In thi. state particulart ly. where -» much alien tlou te given , to the cuhlvaUon of .mall frulU, Iran, of acre, of land have rach year, tor I be put ten years, been reclaimed from a virgin and un producing condition anff devoted to the cranberry culture- And that state now .upplle. three- fourth. oT the whole amount ot cultivated berries, awl two-thlrd. o' the total amount marketed, both wild and cultivatcl. Tho latest lull repucu remind by the . agrk uli ont^Ufh-A at Wadiingfor the ymr, WOO, give hitliedate tg^taino 1,000 barrel.: Uns-iaclinsett., 8,000; Connecticut, Art.', aud Sew Jersey, r.d,«si Irern l.. Tbi. amuunt , iirinri|olly dcricrd Iroiu culli rated tteld». (hi tire SL Itxol and Milwaukeo . railnod. 14.08J barrels or this freighted |iW0, agmind only .1,33'! I arr Is In W. A recent California paper also states that then- i. an extensive trade in tbb fpilt httwwn Sun i'raocisco and Oregon. TIk- crop of WHO, it i. c-tiwatcil bV Us- commhalonemf agriculture, was sold for fflOfoOOO; awl the ' crop of 18S7 at over <mc milium . Tlie most iwpot taut matter lo bu do- : termiwd iu iinbatkiog in thi. Iiu>luew ' k the selectiou of .uitaCle tend. The ' mod productive cranberry region in the .late 1. a belt or land -underlaid ' with white .ami, ms. li «! it pure yilex ' tin- u;4awl covcrc l with pine awl «crul ( oak, tho lowland awl bonlcts of streams with white rcdsr end an undergrowth of whortleberry hushes. The Miil is 1 light, n thin coating ot v.-gctaUlo mold ' covering the turfoot-. The climate a. ' well a. the .oil •f'lhl. (art of New ' Jersey I. well edsptnl to th.- ruHlrn1 tloout this vine in the highest pcriee- ' Won. The price of the (hilt tango., at ' prncul, from ?d til 87 per Iw.ltcl In Itiiladctphls. For some >crcii years. ' from 1103 to 1«V. the (wjn- ringed 1 from 814 to'815 a hanvl. except in Wise, when the jwire- wa. from 823 in | 824 per barrel, owing to a fidlnre- of the crop In our 8tau- ' llECOKOTBPt-nOXOK XEU JKU.-ET r IXTBBXAI. llEVKXl-B IllsTnll-f..-i The Washington rarrea|andcnt of the , Newark .4Jr«rtiicrsay»; Internal revc- . nne officiate will do well to put their hooses in order for 1-Io.lng out tin- badI at an early day. The New Jersey I districts will rarely lie reduced from five lo three, awl probably Ui two, soon after the lint of the year, und of course ' there mint he a comsponuing rrduc- ; Uon of cnlloetore awl s»ws>or». It U in i-ontempiallon to make one dls- . trict of the firet and .re.uid; anotlici of the third and fourth, an.l a thirl of ' the prewot fifth. Another plqn U to I consolidate the- first, tecond and lldrd , into one district, and the fourth and t fifth into the second. The csU mated ■ districts of Uio State during .tlie next ' fiscal ycararelit follows: First district, i FiO.O&ltBeeoxid, 8187, 000". Third, 8488.- . 000; Fourth. 822-i.Ortl, Fifth. 81,lltl.OUI. Should the Income lax br dl.1 prated with, there amounts will he » .tin fort her reduced. What brings r the official, lo grief will give Joy to t t*x payers . * West Jkuaey 1'icB.nrrmv. -I ISA r- n mm meeting of tlw -1"rrsbytcry ' of West Jersey, will be held at lite Iieei turt Room of the ffilnt Church of Bridge tun. on Wednceday, DeeemUr ; 21, at 11 o'clock A. M., fiw the following ^ items of baaitMsa: h I. To reeelre theltrv. I. II. lterson. i- from the Presbytery of Nareau awlcnDy sidrr and act upon a call from tb<vwcami acv uis'n a can irom umi-w- n

owl Church of wfoniUt, f-ir b te yp.- t 1 1. To rooaidcr what change. If any, tl be made In the corporate name f, that church. ■ HI. To consider tho acta, may be ( required, opou a call from the Church of Cape I.Krnl. for the pastoral rerrl- i, of the Her. E. I'. Shield,.. . I V. To consider, aud act as may lw ,| Uhrt-sre, upon a call from the Church „ oflirernwiefa, tor tho pastoral servl- / of tlie Rev. J. It. Rawlolpti. of the of New Drunawick. „ V. To dissolve tho pastoral relation a Rot. J. K. Scott and tlie Church at £ Mllltrlllc. ^ Aaimrhan fur te the skin of the c Astracfaan lamb- From ten to fifteen n are required to make a clnak. cloaks rary lo price from 8«> lo n »lnti. A.lrachau h tho uauie or a c country somewhere near the North a Wt awl belongs to Russia. TV ■ mother of the lamb h killed before the t is horn, iu order that Uk- iamb'a t skin may.be In the best required con- t dIUon. The natural color Is a sort of t gray, or dirty while. Tim white A.tra- e chain It produce. 1 by bleaching, while r block is dyed. This for ll never curled. What often pas*-* fur Astra- t chan-a close-c urloil surfheed material- , Is Persia lamba wool. A.lrachau cluth t manufeteturrei; abo cloth to Imitate i. . lamb', wool; and both of there In a variety of colors. It la a ■ yard and a half wide, and range* in price from M.fiO to 811. W per yard, t Tbcy an much used fbr cloak trim- 1 mfogs-ctc. t Following Is the amount of state tax < asre.se* 1 upon the severs! counties, at ] rate of ow mill npoo the dollar, iTisir ' (Sisayu iMrt w Press. JJ.S w i Wffil, IUS a'teA, \ rcSS j , KlLI.Eii.—.U young man named i William Harris. mldingat(ilas.b.-ro. i was instantly killed by the accidental - discharge of a gun In the hand, of a companion, an rfotnrdav the 3d lost. deceased and two o thers had been - gunning, and had ml down to rest, - before starting for home. Upon rising to leave, oue of their unmte-r discovered that htejmn sra. cocked and rose up directly opposite the squad* ol the gun, which at that !nmtekjreut Oft tbu load of one barrel reared site about S I years'. doge, and Irevea a wiifowrd mother who was dependant upoq him for rapport. Turn tTMMw Stale. Patent laws, | with Instructions how to obtain I'll- ! oot*, i* the litis of a work of 113 page*. ' rent to as by Mt'X'X A Co.. 37 I"ark ! Row. New York- It ateo contains the official rules, forms for patent deeds, on telling patents, l.V) diagram, of awebankal inmrenuffi, and a teror . variety at other useful Information It it a bnok really srortli having, awl I ' can bo had fir. by all who will tend ! firiruun to Mresr*. Jlrxx to Co. j I ja'AJV^Mr^r ^ cte, ynu* j re.! ; , »■

lie following report of the mrellng of <te Cajaaiu awi Owners of cs Ycsrete cogue rd in th- cooatwiae sc trade, held S PhQaddphls test Wed- a Deodar, win prove oTlntervsl to many b ■ oT our County subscribers who are in it i the coasting trade The meeting waa a . held at the Atsuriatbia rooms on Wal- si „ nut street, and wa* for the puijwre ! of taking Into consideration the I. ■ Decern! ty of some congrcsakaul kgl»- j , tattoo to protect aud advance the in- 1 y | terrsla of vessel, engaged In thn roast- | u inc trade. 1 Mr. John W. ln-.-nui. jnxsldeut, ti ' waa in the chair, and (Sarle* H. « * SUclnait, recsctary. 0 r The attendance was large, and- deep o f Interest was msnjlestetl in the )«o- r , reeding*. TV cnandftec, conffiHta I or Messrs. Joel Coot Jr., Jeremiah c smith. L>. K Strrion. II ran- R. Kd- t t rnundv. I'Idllp Fiupalrtak,' Wm. c , Moore, Jr. and E. T. Ratliwrll, sub- . . mittrel the foltosring report, through I Mr. Cook, the chairman: a * The Vrsscl Owners awl Captain*' « ■ Association of -Pennsylvania, awl t [ other person* lutrrestrd in American f shipping, having assemWol In geaend c meeting at Philadelphia. December 1 4. t * 1870, lo consider the prereot greatly r 3 leprresed condition of American cotns merer, and the measure* thev think n neorarerv fur tlie relief of there i branches of shipping in wbh li they are , * more- imrwslialelj lnlerrstr.1, respect- , 0 folly urge the consldcrffitotrof the fob - First. That thrdrpn-sion'm Atis-r- . * lean commerce Is ore- "f the most scr- , ious drawbacks fr-s.i the present pros- J I v perity and fotnre lrelfiire of the conn- • I . try now pressioc ui.>n t .'mere** for re- | lief. . . | * hecteid. That in dctdin- » ith , n ure-a for re-ii'f, the iwreeut eondit'.ou of | ; d the *hi])ping of tin- country should not x Is- tost right of: and no act that en- . rourag. * tho future building or buying 1 i I of v rereh, at lis; expense or tlie tonnage . '• oow on tht registry, "HI- in onr opsnII too. rectlre tp. relief so anxiously , S derirc-l There were ot the. dure "f . t V last fiwwl year -J8. 138 vrs»cK with 3,W«,I l-.i tmutag.- on the American , '• registry, ..f which considerably more " tlian ooc-balf were railing vessel*, i- Third. That tho great mass ot j .. A nwriran tonnage ronsi-t* of worieu. i jt vrmds of 400 i*e -V«> pju* bmvlen j " InSte trade, niul It Is suei. re—-!- as I 1. there to a Very great extent, and It. , ,| which manv millions ofen;ilfcvl arc !nvested tliai this meeting rrprcrents; 1 and the experience of sevtral ytor* \ " past ha. shown that the trade avalla- - :l i>k <j{ these vessels does not pay sufficient income to oover the heavy rx- • pensrs and rxtraonlinary- risk: tliat ; practically no vesrel-owucr wbiv In . surcs lite proiA-rtv can make any prolit : | " and that this uabeallliy eoodlthm of " affoire prevent* thi- majority ftomlttvnr- < " log at all. ' Fourth. That the caust » ot'thi. depre. si on of trade are found in the 7 heavy nal of hnilding Vessel t, and | 11 ninallv heavy cost of runnlir; - n |W>. tte. p-sofr Mug thai n-rjr lew *" are now being bnilt. ;• FIftU. That tlw Island awl .rusting ' trade objects to uo mm.urr of relief * that may be devised for tlte foreign ' trade, or for the encouragrtnent of * special classes of vessels: but. It being J the chief branch of American shipping, J its own care demands at least equal : attention with the others. Sixth. That for the rarels now inexJ butter, tho trwle ask* mrasnre* tn i1 ehrapi-n tho cost of running them; and * fur tlie .rot uls of tlie future, measure* •" to cheapen the rosl of buildiuj. f Seventh. That fortheeocounigciw ui J" of the prewxit .hipping, the trade ask. ° relief Irom harbor master*, awl port J warden's toes, rompubory lalf-irtkH-agc, awl very many other charges of a aimiiai nature which are IcVvkd bystate and municipal rcgnlatlons, llwt 1 arc believed to V clearly unronstiiuT Lions!, and an- paid for no service 9" rendered and in tla.- awgrrgste cost a * vessel a large sum during the cnurf ora season, while the money they ylet.1 dues OtUe go-el in any one nnt the oft. cute who |«cket the foe*. a aaEighth Tliat for the ■ li.up ning of f *- the onnslivicli ui of vessob and their j > repair the trade usk. a reduction of the ! repair the trade u-k* a reduction oi in. ! .

levh-J on the article*. tvvSMry | Jgr ship-building, bcllcviiig (his tn b- 1 r thMwil and mi»t direct maun of af- 1 , relief, and tar better than nuy system of drawback.. rabskUre ur hountte* Ninth. That the gram of penubaton ' to take out of hood and free of duly ' such store. a« arc necessary during ' the voyage will be a great ewmirag.- '' tnciit to the enptaiu* and crews of , Ameri'v.n v. awls. Troth. That the American ship- ' owners awl marinrrs are wiQlng.atall J go.*I dtlaros ought, to pay their foir [ ahare of taxes for the support or the j Crcromeultandb llevc that if granted ' r play they still ran soctTssfully ' compete with any shl|> owners or mart ner* ua tho face of the globe. I Eleventh. That a ropy of thi* state- ' narat, attested by tho offiwrs of the 1 nreiiug, bcforwanlrellothe President ; of the United States Senate and the ' suaakrr of the , House of Representatives, with the request that ll be oOoe municated to those honorable bodies ns the reapoctful and canwal exposition of I ' thcvkrasnfthelargenttmberufpcrsous : engaged in uarigation In Fimnvylra- t nia. New Jersey and Delaware:. ; Mr. II. R. F-dronnds, tho solicitor o' . the association, and weU-knos n in this I ■s-.-ti'in uf Cape May county. dcUvrred . a ffcw re-marks, after which the annrt i was unanimously adopted. I The following resolution Wa* abo t adopted: . That the association .anic.lly nx-.ud ■ the action of the ltoard of Trade and - Board of Port Warden*, the Commercial ExrliangifAssocialiooand ttaUUy i Ooaaclte in Mr sailaavsts hare llobstruction In lb" river Delaware, ; ■ known aa the horseshoe. rmnoveiL Au amcndrntnl to the roustituticii i of tho association wa* ahn adopted. , • providing that all nraeb may otnaln . \ the proteelnm and as»ivtanro of thb , i aaodatton by paying the following aa- , [ nual foes: A cswis of 323 ton. and upr ward (custom hoove p-gistcr-. 813; > vessels from 150 to 223 Ion.. 811.30; ! venck from 100 In lk) tons, 811): vrawb trader trt) tons, 80. Said member- , ship to laciodc captains, a. well as vt»I sck, and to be paid as port charge* liy , the captain to the secretory, at the 1 office of the aMociatinn. on tho Oret i arrival of the remel at the port of . Philadelphia, sftrttle llr d VtMu i of March in cadi year, iu drf-vul! of , of which the right te. rorndswvhip and - protection will be forfeited, etc. The meeting then adjourned awl ia1 dulgsd loar-dlation. - A Db i-iov or Ikteukst tu Do- ; Mtertf seetaet* — Among casts 1 raerntlv itocidcd ia the New Jersey >u- : preae "court was one, s;mcate.l from Essex county corom.m [dcas. which " had <h*-i<|ed that th* dunitrtioite HtlL : who was JnstifisMv dhmi.se 1 for inv. Ihmand a irilfol'dkobdtenoe ofbiwI fol order*, wa.. rc.t withstanding, en- " titled to recorvr of her stnployer wages I I .pfwopriate lor the time she had wrvnd. J ! 'nie supreme court hckl that what a | servant whom waxes arc doe and pay- ' i able poriodicallr, as quarterly monthly, lor wretoh", reftan to wrvc in the man- _ | oar rontraeted lor or b rightfully dis [ charged at aar intervening period, bteuii the day s whan hk wage* aredue. he flan rtcmcr nothing for that ' I portion of time during which lie has ! "erred since fab hut pcrlodied) iwyi i b^taterf,toUlirA NwyhiSrcSS : ■ j wtAto re-nld b» remranwd. tow a ,

The nnutxad asks a nocsteoo very, easily answered, but which ba* lssra are several time. prop. Hi tided U n» within alt n few days from diflbrrntqitarter*. W* in made an allusbn to the prcviou. lb inquiries as they were- rutin ly auooy- « but ihb ootne* fr .mi au c. tee mid b" •nbKTibrr it - ! ... ->6rr Yocv. Nov. ifi . all | •/ (1. Jommml ef r-row F. < Deab Slit— Win von ptou* give an I vour opinion ouadi»p.:U*l |-imt .vine',. Pi s cent rtamp? tTtar tank with which n< we deal ffiabn that a ten cent stamp b fit in traai (j^vridla .y.arc uf the contrary w copy of the kw. A ret ii-v maxit. to Reply— The MSm» require*! l. ten n cents, (to promissory botrs for less l< than ?J"4 no slump L* rxartrd. CHi a exactly 8100. fire cents U require . I: on b ® amount over (DO and not over J< ), ten rents is required; over 8300 S and not svrr 83rt). fifrrcn cents Is called fiw. and soon for all .urn-, the law . exacts five rents for ovrrv niMllloral „ of a hnndrrel; so that the eal- u roktlon mtt»r always ie made up to , the next even hundred »/ t'o—rere. ^ r, Fashlrai writer* annorince, nmnug , oilr-r matters, thai "jsatlliiou wabts." uUatevcrthey may Iw, are mure in |T ■ vogue among the ladi. * than ever; j j • that chatelaine hrauls of the lioir are j „ displsclng chignons: th»t gip-y hats j „ • wlibl->w crowns are the lst. «t *«••*'- - thins; that Ahsfanabk* arc fo.hiroa- ., - hU-; that kc"d boots arc rctdociug v • m'-.ii-'!.:lhitl'.ail'-gre* nrec -foi. ,. ■ I insev 1. a favorite winter street, ros- „ tunc for lire fair, with the oddllton "f a • "live green. niat—'O, garnet, brown, i f pduui ai»l dark bin.-; tliat hells, with | : ! ls'puiar; that '-,>•« .-f. ctirrrv or ' \ garw-t silk, cut no the bias fringed at I - tho edge- "re more fashionable than t r rvcr.jind lluVt English ralkktn gV-v.s - f of chalk slate odor, tag and tw-. e i huttuoc'l. are now worn fiw dcmi-tnil- 1 > e(t.A. It i* anii.-uni ,d ako. thai .! i piece ofl-kln ror dotted Muck Oct are s j i the wiuic manner tint Wiw *- > .1- were • 1 ! throughout Ui" "Hiuiry er.»- of New . I I Jersey.. The liridg. :..n CS* i- V and • 5 ! StarfUl fo'-d"t«-.' mortal I ' | columns into the Pioneer craft, which r ' returned the lire by .. Imndsidc «f f-ur - ' | columns. The Swjw) thn* describes I pule I* os'to whlcli is the muter ra*- '' . «k Up to Mr la-' ' iltwterda.v. aVnip and IWaV. with, "I chsorcs in lavor of the /Ww. Rut ^ till* is Issrluips hvaiin- th " |nrtf ou , I that side Ihren the h-t ■Otlnkpot.'- ( • If tho <8 her toller is ahla to come to ! . J time' next week, ik-riuip. wc shall U.- ; - 1 able to 'chronicle' a clatn-e in the . , > terming fortuiHA' of I be fight. TtioJ : t.nrartweSiwl ,e«tnty.1'lbiUi of Ibew ' J ■ editors, wean- proud in say. an lb:- ^ publicum. Tlie original accusation ^ I disrgrel the /'"'"cr feller c- ith print- ' • ing Republican tickets with ltn-vm, • the Republican candidate for tie- IssgIsbttun-, h-l; "IT, und Crosscup, Drmo- 1 " crat. snl— tinned, and dronlstlng 'the 1 I ratne with Intent to deceive. ' -Vne- , ' wrl Owner. i . A DiatR 11 C N T. — A enrresi smdemv i , from Port Elbnheth, in tha Beidgetoii : ; Clmirlr ot last wtwk. relate i that re- > 1 crntly DBt J. If. Willetf. was .rat . j gunnlns aud saco-edr.1 In bringing , I starting, tlie Oliver s large hoi',, -.villi ■ a fine pair of bnrni. The latter w«* I ' kilk*l.aft*-r.a gvillant liglil. Tlw Colo, i ' ncl discharged l».Ui horn-Is of htognn I • si |hn qnlmql I which mortally wuundrd i I It; wlien-up u tha buck mane nlh-rhi* sntaganlst, who. bring can of ammnni- ' < ll«ti. defend'* I hlmw-lf wlih a small , iredar slab. Floslly, tho buchrelrealod ! i ? I In tlio lOrcctl-vn "fllwdam atlluntcr-- [ I Mill, plunged into it.^iuil sunk. Ii . ' ; bring null.- dirk, it was iiupo-iiblr t i . . I ilsrfc. was to e

j rveovrr the body that night. How. i | ever, ll is presumed tliat It his kx-n I s I isjfore thi..; Tur. 1'RorLEj I.rTEts.tiiv ConlAJHCHr. — The -l|fluarv number of- I Tlw People** l.B-rary tAwnponta, ! has breu rereisod. ll pr>-sculs as tlnv i an appearance as crv-r, and, of course, b lilies I with all sorts »f uissl things. Its enterprising publisher*. Miwars. , E. C. Allen to C'o . August .. Malm, j i appear dstonulncd I" |«l'li»h a iwp-r I that win |dRis>- and bum-fit ail. and its ' large and inennsiog general eitrnla- ) tlon prove* thai tb-y ore sue: re-dire.:, i admirahlr. ThcCompani nb always ! very band-oracle Ulustimtod. Tfeo I price, for such a impcr. Is very Tvaaao- ' abl*. loderd. only snjvntydlVr 'tent* i per year, ami each ucw euhs-ri'.s-r t* i a hue*, sired engraving, repr sen'ing I thr jouvnuv of III,-, fcai . lul il, ...I ■ i old age. II b puhlahrd moathK:- , A DAUotrrxn of Thomas smiih, of! • BRabeah. N. J.. Art with « .*:rnng>- ' I accident a fi-w days ago. The little girl put a pobldo In her «r while at I piav. anil It worked In so far that it ; Wits thought the child must die. At j last the family physician tried the novel ; experiment of flooding the heml with water, aa ranch as possible tlirotieh I the car, and pumping it out Ou i I tho sixth trial the p-bhic came out i with water, and the child's Ufo was — Tho Bor. Horaoo Coot*, lately toe torioos through lib etaoenrut with a ytaiiig school gtrt tn rWbrtripMa; has [ - since hrcn acting ss a clerk In a store. . lout Monday h* was found drunk In I i tlw sterols, and foelod np In Jeffonvon I i Justier Cox during the day. und di."- j ' chargfld. When relied by 'the police j • nfltosr be sen. extrrdinglv holliirrtrnt. ' ' I ; i'hiloilolpl.ia contains over 4(ri ' churches, it ought to be the "City if j Brotherly foiv,." It lias a's-v 'the "ld-st I.(brary in the Unlt-vl ijtatw - ' Fuither, It contains rtrwe bonus than ' any other city in North or South : America, or the world, saw iamdon. j Pari, and perhaps Pokln and Yeddo. r At Fair liarrti tha Good Traptare f hi'lhc ptoroTaad orc-anblkl1"^! which has prrwper.-d Sn-fr. aud the • roauf nwn wl»> u«*l to inqifni thr nkwa now go np into the fo*li-e ami spend their evening*, murh to their own advantage a. Weil as to the odran- [ tagr of the town. A ring was fouud I-J a ls.1. reocoUy. ' in the water at South ltoieh. Nail- ! > locket, which wa. lost by a rt.lv while , • bathing twenty year* ago. The ring j V« returned to her. She raid she j - had abandonrel nil Imp*, of p--.it ring - It tome six mnutire ago. Tlw rami return, af Atlantic CUT I ; show !,am InhaMlante. who hw a I . permanent witkttieol there. About j fourteen new and handsome cottages' ' ' rcnewl" courw.' of freeti*n, and it Is j to bolkl work- fn tint i l:;. , ' n, At tlw loll Ultwllng pf tlw (foc.n i i County BulMInc aud fo«n Ass- -la- : i (too*, loon, were -4.1 as f-itows; - J ■ loans at 31 per c.-m ; loons at 3B prrj rout; 2 ban* A 27 ;vr cent; 4 loons at i 3D per cent. FiMoy nlgbt Drr. 2. ksm. ra'd ay fivi- : 1 nv» bran nt 1*: throe at PH . fire ' ' ; at IS; tbhtacn «: l«4. - ; - j

THE EOtTOBa TASLX X DEKOBXcr** Moyrrrn.T foe January astonishes us with its profifoiou of sltracttocu. Wo can not lietp Mffijnin the general acckmslioc of lte bring .. Mrrfd^lor Sagaxin* of Apwri- ,- holds With tta prqwnee, the pe^ahims !; ofto-r* to toch suhscrirt r are taapar- - ntaong which b oa elegmnt Parlor Gttmao, pnee 83.00 a kirge j; and taulifnl steel engraving (The « Pto-Ktol, worth 810. 00. or tha .pieodid ; bold: of home iiuprorwaenl. "flow tn Write. T.Ik. ithavc and Do Bn*l- E new." Isafod in cto'.h and gilt, price J r , orcl num. tiro other prpalpms a worth the whole resU of tha magaxlne; _ or -the splendid ebretmv, Hiawatha . J ™^Seitn^"oe?o^(2&i^S.lS " sutwTiptlnii*. or eme. snosertpuoo, lor tyou*. A' early 83.00. Hood for 6 .pecimen copy giving fujl.particu- u pcire 13 rents. Address.- W. J Demurest, W Broadway, o V. Tub IdtoT-h Fciexd res Jaxu- t auy, 1871.— The X*w Year numher * cert.iitilv snrtnrets anything this. !; -C Ih.- Mupthtlvs has hilhrtto P; acc.mpli-ht*! two htevl itxles, A oc , of them au exquisite - Dradronead' a » colored tW'cpaged rteel Fashim Piste. « »u|*ri'W lo anything of the kind; a ,\ colored I rami Mat; a pretty firacy ; WHsl-eut, "My little Lndy;* a prnu- i lar pwco "f mode; and n mrot proftne 0 variety of illastratlnas of devss and I j ! nnuncci Iu thb uuuibrr. Ihat patterns i ' of nil thiso jacket*, ovrrsklrts, dretsrs, j • [ toe., ate furnished cheaply nni newt- 1 • I paid '«i upplication to th* pohibbcra, I • will he eagerly s*r Irony d ot tlw j a ladies. The literary matter n most ; • inviting. Pre- 82. -V) a year (which I i : also lncln,l.-s a faege-trcU-ngrtvlug). ' ' ihit-lblu-d bv Dei con ft Pcs-rson ; ' lldbulelphki. Sim;.!., opus sent 1 . gratb. to tins'- who mean krtUi.ni. J I)K«"i:r.*i -'Yui so A -nticA for ; January I. aim-li curtrged. and filled , the' brim witli p, "l things. No j ' cnirtivatnl hv t!" ir I .illUtilnamerakc. ! ; is wauk-ri",'! !i much equally i , within the cum| ,,-- n book ol thb | J sir, . It i» th; 11.. accept* We pres- 1 i cut or ,n.i tliiuV ..1 for a child, con- j ! laird to engHge Ih, fancy and ilevelop I liable qnilili. - in n.nref and^hrart; a ! and isotniVul ' Parlor Chronw, ' richly worth 83,10), and other valuable , . gift..' a. a premium torac-hsubacriber. i - Specimen copies,* with circulars, are : I ■'mailed Trie, ou recilpt of price. 10! n-m-. Address. W. .leanings Item- ' "ret. si8 Broadway, x. y. ! ! Muoue's ui-iul New Yobkek is j ; >C- -Iijl to uo Agricultural pa|»:r pul" ilejnrtih'-nu excel* nil roiupetftors.— ; live farmer, especially, it is a most ; iiicnlunhlc ;*uuiMninn and couniwilori j i- i;*:,,'- Information on oil matters re- \ fating to tlw Farm and Garden. Stock 1 ' tho Dairy and tnr Hnturhold. In pages art- regularly beautified with ; engravings of a superior kind, and tiro general appearance of Un Itl'iiAL U quite rnua! to it* prclctoions of being the "Naiwicon of its Class." Tho t'r ran Wave aud New Yorker sent for one year on rerelpt of 84. ll.v llol - Maua/jne - t'oit Jan- j utv. —The January number oTBal- i Maoazine is aln-mly iisued, i aud a splendid nmabcr it b in every n * licet The engravings are numerous | ' and well executed, aud the stories arc "I the hcst.qiudity, and of such vsri- ' civ that even tlie inn*: fastidious must | : suited with three or fiur. There ' i« u» BBtotral"! article "ti tlw -i-ro- > ; j sidmgwBon Marriage." * -uiwihiug i i : that will Is, n-ad with intetvflt: there ■ j is a "Juvenile Craze." hv B. P. Sbll- , lali-r: tlie aval story of -'Gums." by I , (.'. A. St'-piieus; tlie "Crystal Palace, • i I-ondiin:" "Paiiuma;" "A Leap in ■ tlw Ikirk." mi int.-re.ting novel by I I Frances M. Schoolcraft; "A Night in I Uo old Run .Ml R-ar Rivnr," »v Kit . I'.IIW, J r., Is-sldM lots of good |wctry» ( tunic,.' ,i. matter, housekeeper s re- 1

single ropy, or 81. Ml per year. It i» ! tin list iiugoxin.- lo the can try for I Thome* foXWhit. 03 Congress ?t'hrcc R-ston, are (If puhlfafara, hut the ] ! rati l»- found at any period- ; j Rev. Fr.tifi.cs Tiffany recently deli- 1 i tin- radical cfiili of Breton, and In il i l-s.k the grotunl "livatlbfl only |oafoct . olu.-i tlon was org-anir dcrehipment— i a devttopment by cukure of one sense and faculty at a ,inr. and the com- ' , plcte development o'lbat sens* and , faculty." About I* sensible a plan it wouUl is: to exercise one leg for a r mouth and then the other, or to I rend with one eye for n year nod then ! by the ntlwr. Sd-mou Wild there was i oatliing row un 6-r tlw sun, but in 1 Breton and Now Yutk wc have some ' "new oonwvrio c very arek. ! ! c.spe May City Directory. ! i ■' 888 ■i s^yraffisfc , j ri>s rawrc • Msnsts. I , E. -slpx -Ou to. -W Ni, sa. l o nf tl r. wtote j fCsnr Ho Kossparkl, Xort I U O. f- . ,-*,* Iks ssJ .sir. Wurf.i ml M l wrato s.»qfl I'slrtwi HsU. ' • s.Vri Mrafls I "JJj^si^«0ridtow(i^a!l { ; .Urollj' torartl'.la* w'-lnilSJ "ll " SSisstsdsaassss: i ... — . p I^'omSnaratoV'sMira " j , *f~* j»ri«a[ M E OsaS-Or ISw, Special Notisei. "I ssytasliMUrta r '"--"mstiirs. .to Cslw ' | Owl rtlrtSsur'.'sals l rawreos Usrasrerts. * si Ufor raw Istenratsc Oi to. amasoMto j w-fc**4-. 'tis sosw.tbs SlHT, lbs plaster . j •*.. . 0 Mn • . u,-,i c rtrtq j si,-'. Jo- sis. UMnpsi-4 wllk pwiortsl'm ■ " - i

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