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i, VOLUME XXIX. CAPE HAY CITY. "NEW JEBSEY. SATURDAY. DECEMBER 8. 1883. WHOLE NUMBER. 1534.

OA.JP.E MAY CITY, J. $ i .50 • y*ar in Advance. Tro'fssionnl (fards. J B. HUFFMAN, *cpe* K * '( v ir htVv , * J i ■ s t o s * p.. I as A NOTART PI-BUC. Mat rtorwr Horn. 1. 1. AlOM*M»TCByaAl»ljow»»puDWMMMl f. douglass, attObnet-at-law No. ^LrarO*I^CJUKC*KT j alter a." barrows, attornity-at-la w SOLICITOR IN CHANCEET, ■QrTjT f. leaning ft BOX, dektYsts, JriS**!* C'orsv Itorsr -'ritnre'laT, and Satjames m. e. hildreth~ attorxey-at-law SOLICITOR. MASTER AND EXAMINER IN jjerbert w. jsdmt'nd^ attorney-at-la w, •oucrron and master in chancery Caps Mar city. If. A. mll-j At daps Ooert how, To redan im Pndsr». j)r. james n. ingram, physician and surgeon, GREEN CREEK, V. I. A fan rapplr ol ma druxi roosrattj c* hand. fjenhy m. boyd, j^ttorne y at-law conyf.YANCT.lt. thuft rt ""j^visrrmkmt!5 *°* notart public"1 j^euben townsbni), aoent cumberland mutu al fire insurance co. ComtlSAIONER or DE'DH. om« its Bu osn Hw, ». j. j»t 1 a lfbeiTflanpers, : OOUNSELIXIR. AT-L A W, Ma r» Mtrtrt ft-rot, lta>M Sttij. ■

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1 . : yrdiral. Loss and Cain, r " I ins fat's srekayear ate My -doctor pronounced me cure!, but 1 X. go: sick again,.w)lb terrible pains in toy bark and aides, and I got so bad I Could Bit more ! I abrunk ! " From S88 H»! loISft: I bad been doemrtn* lor my llrer, but it did me do g-««j. ™ I dirt not expert to lire more than three months. I I»gao to use Hop Bitten. Hi rrct ly my appetite retarncd. my pains - 1 Irft me. my entire ayatom "rtirtl reorwitf I asif^by magic, ud after using resets! hotw bu! weigh mm than I did Lelore. To ' Hop Bitten I owe my life." I Dublin June 6. "81. It. FirxiiiTWi-E. J ; 'iiss^SSfssisr " ; Neuralgia. female troubles. for yesn in llie moBi terrible and excrutiating ntan- | No medicine or doctor could gtre roe I relief or core until 1 used Hop Bitten. | " The first bottle Nearly cured roe The accrrod made roe aa well and strong as when a child, '■ And I hare been ao to Iblariay." My husband was an invalid fur twenty yean with a serious " Kidney, llrer and urinary complaint, "i'netounced by Bualoo'a beat pbyt; •• Incurable!" SPrrn bottles of tout bitten cured biro and I know or the " Lirea of ei/tbt peraons" a In my MlghbortHMd thu bars been •arrd by your bitten. Aod many more are uaing Uteta with ^Tt^hnu-t Di miracles >" -Vrt E. V. Bivl. How TO Get Sick --Expose yoorarll day and ntjrlit j eat too mucb without ex. ercise ; work toe bard wiibout rat ; doctor all the time : take all ibe rile noatrums * Atjrertised, and then you will want to know W it gft wtU. which is answen ii ' in tbtee words— Take Hop Bitten ! SONGS NEVER SUNG. ' ttBHaW "'*** 8o"MUl!' , -Tkm are who mock tke taaxte Striae, must, ms nl a keuw shown ror ths otksr day tw tiatZn. ?TCjyT»l^^!iTiiilaiMM fnKk'

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' «"-Jj ; *pH0MAS ERRICSON'S GRO C E R I ETPROVIS IONS, DET GOODS. TRIMMINGS, NOTIONS 1 Abes' i Gallotti Faniitijif Wear 1 is mw .T LO*f5JS 1*53* *iS2, -aaStaua'a.'vSS JOHN M. HUB8ELL, (Borosnor to HsxAm a RaasaU., GENERAL DEAIJCH IE : DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, ' BOOTS. SHOES ASD NOTIONS. AND FEED, PATENT MEDICINES. PORK, LARD. HAMS, SEEDS, Ac. JOHN M. RL'IWEl.L. Bprtax. teas May On, N. J. J ^ C. PRICES' STORES, | OTOE, VH8 niiomv^ on*. rsMisiitaijuBuA Pivrr. i "O. tt PERET STEEST, FEED 8TORE, I OGEE. OATH. MAT. fcB AN AND MILL PEED :

Peopla Will Talk. And propte wui tall. If ntuctAndaaodtro.ruaHka.au ir.sawi i - re- That jottr homt.tr poattlon u only aasnmed— »i. Too -re a well In akreps rlotluur. or sine we're m. But deal xrlexenM-terp prrfreUy cool- *' Dot keep atralxbl ahead— don't atop to explain— Pur people win talk. II threadbare your drae. or old tastuoood poor ^bEn'^r'^^r1," T * way: Por people win tall. It juor errjo ts ms r.stnon. dnoT tllal to a- 1 For tkey crttleUe tketn id a dtEermt shape ; { J" Bot toiod ynor own twslnns. iMh> naaxbt to Por your atnd. If wo hare uae. will then be at 1 u A BALLOON ADVENTURE. * On Ute Illh of April, 180J, at flee o'clock p. m., an erent, bulb tbrillinx and : amutlnx, occurred al/>ur camp in front of i - York town. The cnmroander-in-cblef bad appunted FilA John Porter to onudoct Ibe aiege. He *u ^ aoMierly New Hamp- „ ablre getft lemon of Ibe regular army, had fought Rallaotly In Jlexloa, was forty yean of age. handsome, enthusiastic, amtritionsand popular. He had made aerrnl , ascenaiooa with Profesaor I»we and | ki learned to go aloft alone. , »- One day he aeccndcd thrice, and aeemcd aa cosily at home in the drroament aa upon , ^ the solid earth. It is need lew to aay that , t he grew care Ins, and, on tbla particular , r minting, leaped into the car. and demand- , ed Ibe cablca to be let out with all aperd. ■i I saw, with aoroc anrpriae, thai Ibe flurd ried aaatatanla. were fending up the great straining can rats with a aingicropc alii The balloon was bat partially Inflated, c and tiif knar folds opened and sbnt witb ' s i crack like that of a muskcL Xoiacleas- t , ly, fitfully, the yellow mass rote Into the I J iky. ibe basket rocking like a feather in" r the xephyr; and Juat aa I turned to apeak I ! t > a comrade, a smod from orerbead, like w the explosion of a abcll, aod something , striking roe acroaa the face, laid me flat * upon the ground, , ^ Half-blind and stunned, I staggered to my fret, but the air seemed full ol cries I my tree, out toe air aremro tut] ol cries

-a and curses. Opening my eyes ruefully, •i I apw all fares turned upward, and when n I krBkad abore—tbe baUuoc was arlrilt J The treacherous cable, roued with vitriol, at bad snapped in twain; one fragment bad V been the cause of my downfall, and the £ other trailed like a great entrail from the u- receding car, where Fitx John Potter was •; bounding upward, upon a Prgaaua (hat he could neither check nor direct. »- The whole army was agitated by the £ unwonted occurrence. Prom battery No, £ 1, on the brink of the York, to the mouth s. at Warwick near, every soldier and offl- ^ ere was abaorbed- Far within the C-n-J| federate lines the excitement extended, re We beard the enemy's alarm guns, and 5" directly the signal flags were waving up J and down our front. I. The general appeared directly over the _ edge rd the car. He was loafing bis hands frighlrnrdly, and shouting something that we could not comprehend. ^ "Open the valve!" called Lowe, in his "The talvr! — the valve.'" repotted a multitude of tongnea, and all gazed with S thrilling, interest at the retreating balk. that •till! kept alralgbt upward, swerving r neither tke east dot Ibe weal. > It wash weird spectacle— (bat frail, lading oval, Riding against the aky, floating in tbe serene kxore, ibe Huirreaae! iwiagtog silently beneath, and a hundred thottand f martial tars watching tbe loaa of their ' brrAher itl-arms. bat powerless to relieve or ■ rwyrecr him. Hid Fire John Porter been drifting down tbe rapids of Niagara lie

* c»ld not bare been ai far front human as- " slaunoe. Bui we saw him directly, no _ bigger than a child's toy. clambering up tbe netting, and reaching for tbe cord. "He can't do it," muttered a man beride me; "tbe wind blows the valve-rope jt Jo^and fro. aod only a spry, oool-heedcd We row tbe General drnornd. and Apia peering again over tbe edge of tbe basket be seemed to be motioning to tbe breathis baa bordea below tbe story »f hit failure. [; Then be dropped out of sight, aod when - wt next row him, be was reconnoitring tbe Confederate works through a long black spy -glass. A great laugh went up and down tbe I lines, aa this onol procedure was observed, and then a cbect of applause ran from group ui group. For a moment it was i# doubtful that tbe balloon would float in either direction; it secrued to falter like ao irrroolnle being, and moved reluctantly aoutbeaaterly, toward Fortress Mqgrac. A huzxa. half uttered, quivered <re every . lip- All eyes glistened, and same were -A j dim with tents of Joy. But tbe wayward i j canvas now turned due westward, and ! j ww. blown raptdiy toward the Coofedtr- . ; M^rorks. Its come was finally direct, . "todaertaed tovaev often, as if i oCrary enrvenUL omadoua of tbe wppx. "tolly, were struggling for tbe porormtou of tbe daring narigaror. Tbv south wind bedd mastery for' ) awhile, and ibe Uhoon pawed Ibe FVdereJ : boot, amid a bowl of dropalr from tbe - aoUMry. IP k^Trigbt 7^^"^ ! •hooters, rtfle-pila and ool-wo^ uoi i

finally [eased as if to delirer up its freight ie directly over tbe heights of Yorklown. The cool courage, either of heroism or despair, bad seized upon Fitz John Por- ; * let. ifir tinned bis black glass upon tbe ram paria and masked cannon below, upoo tbe be leagued town, noon tbe gun- of . Gloucester Point and upon distant Nor- , - Mb j Had be been reconnoitring from a ae- ; " cure perch at tbe Lip of Ibe moon, be criold not hare been more vigilant; and the Con. I frderatea probably thought this some ! g Yankee devioo to peer into tbelr aanctu- ' ary. in despite of ball or sbelL None of their great guns could Is 1 brought to bear upon the balloon: but there were some diachargea of moaketry that appeared to bare no effect, and finally. even these demonstrations ceased. " Ikilb armies io solemn alienee were gazing aloft, while tbe imperturbable mariner r j continued to spy oat tbe land. Tbe son was now rising behind us. and roseate raya struggled op to tbe zenith, ' like tbe area made by showery bombs. " I They threw a hazy atmosphere upoo tbe j balloon, and tbe iigbt alione through the ! network, like Ibe aun through tbe ribs of ' lite skeleton ship in tbe "Ancient Mario ; ncr." Then, aa all looked agape, the airJ craft "plunged and racked and veered" and drifted rapidly toward tbe 't^dm! . j liner again. 1 j Yht- hallelujah that now went up shook . j the spheres, and when be bad regained j our camp limits, tbe General waa seen clambering up again, to dutch tie vairc- | rope. This time he was successful, and | the balloon fell suddenly, ao tbat all hearts j once more leaped upland the cheers were ' hashed! 2*1* Cavalry rode pell-mell from several di- V '■ j rections. to reach the place of dracent; 1 and tbe General's personal ataff galloped ' | pan tnc like the wind, to be first at bis ' debarkation. I followed the lbroog of '■ soldiers witb due haste, and came up to • the horsemen in a few minutes. 1 Tbe balloon bad struck a canvas tent with great violence, felling it as by a bolt, ' and ttie General, unharmed, bad disrslanof an immense number of people. ' While Ibe officers shook his hands, the 1 rabblr'hawlcdtheirrotiafactionin hurrahs, and a band of music marching up directly, the throng of foot aod horse give a vocifTopnoody's Thanksgiving VAEKirs REASONS WI1T HIS BETTER-DA IT ' Front the Merchant Traveller. 1 When Mr. Topnoody bad finished sapper 1 Thursday evening, he stretched bis legs under tbe table, locked bis fingers back of bead, aod remarked to bis wife: " My dear are you aware tbat one week from loilay Is Thanksgiringr' "I read tbe papers, Topnoody," was tbe 1 ungracious answer. "I am glad to bear it, ' my dear, ltare 1 you occluded to observe the day?" ' "Why stroild I observe it, I'd like lo 1

"Because, my dear, you have ao modi 0 to be thaakfnl for, aod it is only a annul L ti.Uu:e|i. Ibe Giver rrf all good to devote I, one day igtecially lo thanks for all our d blessings." * "Tell me a bleroiog or two, will you?" * "Well, you are alire aod wdl, and hare IS plenty to emt and wear, and a good home. It and kiad'friands, and dear relatives, and a pleasant church, and a nice rowing * Widely, and last, bot not leaat, lore you k bare ute." b "Yea, Tapaoody, I know that, but In - addition I've got a bouro to Take cars of I- and worry me to death, 1'i^ot a hired L gill to run after, I've got marketing to d attend to, I've got dolbea lo make, I've P got rainy weather on wash days, I've got an old maty cloak when I ought to hare e a sealskin, I've got to cook a turkey on Is Thanksgiving Day. l'vrgot to thiok about d business instead of thanks, and last, but not least, I've gut you. Now, Topooqdy. is gel out of this dining room pretty quick, - aod let me clean up. or you Won't feel half to much like giving thanks aaynu b Topnoody get out. g 8ha Loat H«r Handkerchlf . !■ A laughable Incident occurred Ibe other 11 evening ou a South Side car. A nice, g modeat- looking giri look bet rat near the i 1 f -oat door of tbe car next lo a well dressed I ' middle aged gealleman. She laid berdaluly : ' ■ ace handkerchief In her lap to adjurt per i i hat aa tbe oar door waa opened and a gust , list mm lite w uwi was opvoeu anil a gust

* ol wind sent tbe delicate lace 'kerchief into tbe lap of tbe neighbor. She hevitat10 ed about reaching for It, when the geutlc'P roan glancing downwards, brbeld some. thing white, and, being a little nrar- »- fight ed. at oner Jumped to tbe ooocluaiuo * tbat be bad met with a disaster ind lost a *1 button and his shirt needed attention. He swiftly flapped bla overcoat screws his lap >- with bia left, and with hit right hand d tucked tbe offending linen out of sight in *" • jiffy- Several prrsooa who noticed the act were convulsed with laughter, and the c gentleman, not dreaming of tbe real cause, g wtoo left the car. If any Booth Side wife g baa this week found any dainty lace handkerchief about bee bosband'a clothes * she need no) be jcaloaa— It w« only a case 1. of mistaken identity. m A Nashville man had to pay *800 for n kissing a school teacher. WeH it rotunda e high, breihern, 8800; but if abe Was tbe ^ right klnftof a school ma'am, with pit* l cheeks and a while apron; not ao tall y by a bead and and abouldera aa tbe big. e i grot boy in school, with brown eyes udi decided whether to be rogoiah or serious, d : a mouth made for smiles and her chin - ; fastened on witb dimples, jns> a ripple . lajtarbalr-e-a-e-n-and Ult. N'asti- . ! enjoyed it, and didn't kba ber likr a a turtle snapping at a fly— a-«-a— we're j growing old now, but if things were ijlwtthr Naahvilie juij let bim have ilk r I Hole umlt: .the. ruling qtwiaikta. llci - | oegbt to be wtntng to pay a th .uaaud 1 1 for h, aoybow.-Burlitwiou HnrToy.

it Took tha Frllla out of Him. j K . He waa a shrewd, white headed, old r. ; gentleman tourist who sat sipping a leroIC cnade in Baldwia'a bar room, tbe other I ,n day, and who remarked, as a rolf-itnpor. ' ,f tant looking individual came io and ' r- haugbUly ordered a whiskey stfatghL j J "Now. I-aporoiBH -geoilcman ia one ; v I of your bmanaa fellows, and owoa about I d j two-tbirds of the rati estate 'round here?" j j. j "No," he replied ; ' 'tie's a much great- | f ; er personage- He is one of tbe successful j .. candidates of our Ute election." "I might hare known It," exclaimed j , tbe old gentleman, emphatically. "Hr ! - lt acta Just as I did when I was elected to ' j. Congrcas." I. "How was that?" L "Well, you see, I was defied M. C., g from tbe Fourth District just after the , war. We bad a pretty lively campaign of IL and. ma I bad never been in politics a before, I somehow got the idea that the ' whole country had quit work and waa 1 watching my contest with quivering anx. ' t iety. Every time tbe other aide secured t me of being a chicken-thief, or a bigamist, 1 I or something, and I'd get back at lbcin I . with a card in the ItedviUe Varhtop, 1 . headed. 'Another Lie Nailed !' I'd rood 1 . a matked copy to every leading paper in 1 j the country." ' "Did, ehr l 1 "Yea, and 1 was disgusted to find they 1 I never paid the slightest attention to me 1 I neither. What surprised me more was 1 _ thai, although I kept the Frejident and I Cabinet advised tit everything that oc- ' ( curred I never got tbv slightest-sympathy ' , from spy of I ban. I «a« an Admigjjra. ' list ijBPVvt. and I lltought it wat blamed 1 . ^"P-Mr-"DkluT notice you at all V j "Not at all, air, and when 1 *a» elected, ' , aod tbe hoys lighted a bonfire in tbe main " I atreel, and I spoke six hours in tbe open ' air as to my future course on the tariff ' and finances, the New'T ork papers mere. , ly said tbat 'a Mr. Gunn had been elected ' by a small majority.' my name being Gon- • I ley, to you know." ! J "That was hard."' ' "Well, I put that all down to envy and ' malice, and I started for Washington. I i . expected that at leaat tbe Speaker of tbe ' House and a committee appointed by the « Senate would be down at the depot to 1 I welcome me to the capltol." i "Did tbey do ao?" 1 "Tbe only persons tbat met me were a < committee of hackmcn. who tore my over- < robbed me, with tbe aid and assistance of 1 tbe hotel clerk, wbo then gave mc a dark • on the top floor, and asked tbe first > , week's board in advance; said it waa tbe "The impudent rascal." "That's what I thougbL Well, tbenext e , morning I got away from tbe bed-bugs as t House to «ee if tbe President would like c stroll dowu to the House to introduce f and see me sworn In. lysettt op niv l card, and in aa boor or two sonic accre- a I, tary or other rent word tbat tbe President

was at breakfast, and couldn't be bolbr ' That waa pretty abort, wasn't it?" - ever, I went down to the Capitol, and j told tbe arrgeant-at-arms to go in and announce to tbe members tbat I had arrived, j 'That's devilish good, that is," said he, and ; be rushed off. 1 expected tbat, of course, j the members would come crowding up lo congratulate me and aay something , like -Mn^plflccnt speech of youri, that j last ooa.'Goclcy. Brat 'em by focty -eight ] votes, too, old fellow.' And then maybe j they'd give me- throe cheers, aod all that . sort of thing." ! "And did Ibey?" B "I hope 1 may never stir if tbey dida'l i give me a back rat lo tbe cloak room ooi til my name waa called, and a doorkeeper I fired me out in the corridor twice under lite impression that I w« a lobbyist. Well. , after I bad been put on tbe Joint Commit. I tee oa Spittoons nod Window Washing, i and apeot a couple of months trying to wedge in my great four boar speech no tbe Match tax, aomrthing occurred tbat let d two my check rein, and look all tbe frills i out of me for good. ; r "Weil, I was taking a drive out lo lite , Soldiers' Home, one afternoon, witb three ' • caber members, when a light buggy went ' I like a streak of grand lightning, the 1 i trotter, drisan by a aolemn-iooking man 1 r a raaty plug hat, wbo was smoking a | I cigar and steadying a small terrier on the

i- "Tbat'a Butcher Boy," said ooe of my " com pa tt ions with great interest; "trots in - 80. He is a rattling good stepper, bet - yxur Ufa" " "Did you notice tbat dog?" mid anoth- ■ er. "Beat breed pup in town; lailnnblg- ' ger Hum a rat's; infernal fine dog that." J Aa I bad nothing to my. I casually inquired who the driver was. D "Why. that's tbe President," said one e of them with a yawn. "By Jove! bow ' I'd like to have one of tbctro pops!" " Tbat rellleg lu Pee been as meek and * sad as a car bnr* pulling a pic-nic party ° ever sioceK , e A Father of Hla Son. Some yeara ago Hon. Alfred Cockling ' wMiEtrodocrd at a political meeting as • the father af Roaone Cookling. He waa c furious. "When 1 was a boy," be tbun F dered, "my frllow^jtixsna began to booor 1 me with public dutiea, and in my early - more notable proofs of the esteem and - admiration of my coantrymen. In tbe » dipkxfialic service or the I'oited States I e won my approval of thp Department of - Stale ; In C-dgraa I waa ibe crmfldantial i friend and intimate associate of aoch men « aa Henry Clay and John Randolph, of r Roanoke, aod as Judge I have command, s ed the reaped of the bar and Ibe homage ' of rite people. Throughout my life I I pity me, 1 am nothing but tbe father of . Roaooe Cockling.

j Thou Shalt Not Swear, d rnrotrepatirorehetmPrrt. ,. i X lady wboae renal bilities very freqnenL r I ly have I teen 'not rag<«l no Ibe atreets and in . ! public places by tbe bhupbetnlea nf prolaw againM swearing, and. If an, why it is ' r ' not enloreed. She atkr "tt'hy cannot • t ; wc have a law against profane swearing, - j aod tboae who violate H punished by fine ! . ; aod imprisonment ?" As we have no pen- j I tlon fond for tbe benefit of firemen and ' policemen disabled in the diachanr- of 1 their duty, she suggests that the fines re- . ceiled from thia source would make an t excellent and liberal fund for that purpore. Men with to little sense of decency as _ lo ure bad language la Ibe praenee of . ladles, or of gentiem'en. either, ought to be [ puniabed severely for each and every , offense. Wc noted with satisfaction that . only last week a hlaapbemous cake pod. , dler, wbo no forgot himself as to awar at . a policeman who udd him to move on, 1 wat incontinently baled before a magisand fined sixty rerven cents for his i profanity. Our correspondent will perccive, therefore, that, we have such a law I as she desires, wad there is, at least, one , recent instance ot its being enforced. It was enacted in 1T84. and slumbers on the statute book, a trap lo the unwary. An ■ policeman can Dearly always have recourse to it when tijere iano other charge i can prefer, as few men are ao happily I .constituted that they can come into colli. . sion witb one of our blue coated guardians without sooner or later bringing themselves , within the pains and penalties of the Act of 1TM. This law provides that "if any person of sixteen years or upwards shall profanecurse or swear try the name of God. Christ Jesns or the Holy Ghost, be shall on .conviction thereof, sixty-seven cents for each profane curse or oath." There is one case on record where a man Indicted for swearing twenty-five separate rod distinct oaths. The intcili- I gent jary, after bearing the evidence, made a count for themselves and convict, ed the prisoner of having sworn tweotvnlnc timet. -By thns overdoing the matter the twelve good men and true threw aw»y chance to give tbe profane person a good moral letaon. Tbe counsel for the swearman noted tbe discrepancy between lite indictment and tbe vcTdict, took the care to the Supreme Court and got the convict ion set aside. He saved bis client the twenty-nine timet sixty-seven cents, charged him, no doubt, ten times tbat ' amount for arguing tbe cue before the Court. Tbe same law ot tbe last century recog- ! nlzea a minor class of oaths for which the ' cost oa conviction is forty cents a piece Tbey are vaguely described aa "awcaring curiing by any other name or thing . than as aforaaid," to wit, tire sixty-seven . cent oaths mentioood above. -In tbe case of the cake peddler last week, it was ' proved tbat be told tbe policeman to go tbe bot place. This form of objufatioo. , well as tbe big. big D, does not aecui | - «■ wen si toe oig. otg u, (iocs Dot sol u

1 to come strictly within the language of . the statutes, tint the" magiitratc very properly treated It as the moat serious form of profanity known to Ibe law. Swearing . by otbef than tome ooe of tbe names of the I Deity, for which a liability of a forty-cent . fine it incurred, includes probably all sorb . oaths as "By George" and "By Gum." I While tbe fine for each oath is rather , small, yet, owing to Ibe prevalence of this t form of vice, a strict' enforcement of tbe ; law would realise x very considerable sum I in fines. There is great force in the sug. I geation to set apart thc*rj}prt as a fund ! for disabled policemen, as it gives those 1 worthy guardians of the peace a direct Interest in rntorcing Ute law. With such incentives before them, the police could , hardly fail lo become a great refining force in tbe community through promptly ar- . resting every person whom tbey overheard . relieving their feelings in unlawful oaths oc cnforoelng their remarks witb proline Lincoln's Prophetic Dream. It is not generally known that President Lincoln once dreamed tbat be would be I assassinated. While be waa neither a professor of religion, nor even fixed in bis belief in one particular creed, still be was , fond of reading aod discussing tbe Bible. , On Buoday evening! be invariably read a chapter or two from the Scripture, and , then gave bia explanation of iL One evening at tbe White House he read aeveral passages, both from the Old and New Tcwlamenta, relating to dreams, to which ; p ■ (viamcuia, relating to o reams, to wnich

Mrs. Lincoln aod tbe children gave great . attention. He began lo chat with Ibcm , on tbe subject of dreams, and said be bad t been haunted for some days by a dram be bad. Of course tliey all wanted b^feo tell U, though Mrs. Lincolo satd abe dldfi'1 believe io dreams io Ibe feast, aod *a< astonished al him. So he preceded to tell it: "Aboot tea days ago I retired not night quite late. I had been up walling , for important despatches from tbe front, ; and conld not bare been kmg is bed when 1 fell into a slumber, fori was very weary. | During my slumber I began to dram. 1 thought there waa a atillnea* about me, and I heard weeping. I thought I gw up and wandered down Malta. The same •'.illness waa there. Aa 1 wept from room to room I heard moaning and weeping t At length I came Ju.tbe end room, which t I entree)}, and tyre before me waa a mag- ■ ni Scent diaip-r* which waa a corpse. Here there were sentries and a crowded r people. I said loooeof thesoldiera, -wbo U dead at tbe White House?' He answered. -Tbe President.' 'How did be dicT leaked. 'By the hand of an assassin, ! waa tbe reply. Then I beard a great [ wailing ail over tbe bouse, and It was an laud lt seemed to awaken me. I awoke I much depxaacd, aud slept uu more that i night. 8uch waa my dream." Prom ! tbat time onlil bia tad death Mr Linoatn . was haunted by tbe fear of «— ilmtiOo, : and Mrs Lioooib'a first words after Wilka [ Booth bad abot ban on April 14 were.' 1 "Hfe dream was prophetic.- Tbe remark r waa hoi fibaamood hmri. Bur wens" ; r story of bia dream wax tnbaeqwsUy told it -»i • lplained.— Nashville UttnL :

Mr. Gould'a^Early Life. In giving his toatimony before kbe Sen- 1 ate Committee. Mr. Gon id said tbat there : 1 „ -was very little in Ma career thai be j • u thought would interest the committee or [ i n the public, but be waa willing to tell all ' , thai there waa. and lie continued u fob} ' , ! Iowa ; "I watt born al Roxbnry, Delaware ' i ; coooty. this Bate, May S7, 1886. My 1 j father was a small farmer, wbo kept a ) j' | dairy of twenty cows.- 1 was the only j < f b y In tbe family: ao I helped my sisters in ! r mukleg the cows both morning aod night < and drove them to and from the pasture. "] C ' As 1 waa obliged to go barefoot through , I tbe summer, and often hail' my feet t j pricked Ify the thistles about tbe fields c aod pastures, and 1 concluded I didn't r t like fanning, aod sr. one day I naked my < father In allow me lo go to a school, which f ' waa situated about fifteen miles troro r from borne. He replied tbkt aa I wasn't i " worth much about the farm he would give , my time. I found a blacksmith near t ' school wbo would board me if 1 would j. write up bia books at nighL I was then t •bout 14 years of age. I attended school , for a year, and then obtained a clerkship t io a country store, where 1 waa obliged to , j work from 6 a. m. .lo 10 p. m. By this ( , timo 1 had acquired a taste for matliemst- ( " lea, especially surveying. By getting up f , at 3 o'clock io the morning and studying , [ until 6 1 obtained a good knowledge of ; . the latter branch, and at length started ( out lo find employment aa a surveyor. (] ~ "1 made an engagement with a man i, ( who waa making a map of Ulster Coun. , , ly at a salary of 880 a month aod ex- d proses. Wbeh' he sent mc out with my t S instruments to survey a portion of the „ country )ie gave me a pass-book, and told t, me lo get trusted for my board at tbe «ev. 0 j era) placet through which I passed, am! he j, j would pay tbe bills. I soon found that , the people were not willing to trust my u employer. Tbe second day out I pie- . rented my past-book to lite man wbo bad ,j entertained oie. and told him Do put down j, the expense. He looked at me very an- ai 1 tfrily. and then said : '1 guest you don't know your employer, lie's failed three (l times already. You've got money, and'" I am going to have it." Thia frightened j me. but 1 managed to explain to bim that n I didn't have a cent and in proof tbe statement I turned my pockets inside out. 1 Convinced of my honesty, he said lie B would trust me until 1 could pay the bill. I thanked bim for hia consideration and t, left Ute bouse. Aa I walked along the j [ road 1 felt aa if my heart would break a. with grief. I could see nothing ahead but Y failure an mirery. In my dtapair 1 went p Into tbe woods and bad a good cry. Then , , [ I git tlown am my knees and prayed." 0 Mr. Gould'a voice trembled and hla eyes p tilled witb tears as be said this, (senator ^ Blair was greatly moved by the recitnl. ' effect upon tbe audience was marked. a mnatrnt not a a-iund was heard ex- f cept tbe rumbling of tbe tcami over Ute ( . psTCQtcn's in tbe slreeU below. "\Yhen I store," conlinned Mr. Gould, „ "I had made up my mind to go ahead. . Lste that afterno-m, having bad ntHhing 1(| , to eat since morning, 1 called al a farm-

' ietureand received some bread and meat from the bands of a kind-hearted woman. J Just as 1 was leaviog lite yard Iter bus- ' ' band called roe back and asked me to fix a nnrib:and.souib line by which the time . 1 of day might be determine I. I did so, and received, after paying for my lunch, ' seven shillings, lt waa the first money 1 B had earned since I started oat, and of ' course it gave mc new courage and confi1 deooe in myself. The roan for whom I " was working at length failed. I proposed to the other young men who wcreemc ployed in tbe survey that wc go ahead and complete rite t.tap of Ulster " County. Wc did ao. and when tbe workwas done 1 sold out my interest in the ' map for 8500. Soon after I made maps j of Delaware and Albany Conntles, and in tbla way succeeded in accumulating ; The pext man was a tall, bow-backed, long. faced chap wbo bad worried through ' tbe winter without an overcoat and per- ' , tups without changing his linen. "No ore to ask if thia charge of vagrancy \ , is true," remaffied bia Honor, as he aur- , veyed tbe prisoner. , "Not a bit ol use. Judge: you know it's 1 false!" waa the ready reply. . "What! Do you deny tint you are a ' Tag?". "Certainly 1 do!" ' 1 "Then what are you?" "A gentleman aud a speculap*, air. 1! 1 valuable lime I'll make tbe iin.t aa! ofar. t valuable I'll make tbe uwel aatisfac-

a lory' explanations or my present appearance and financial embarrassment." 1 'Go .bead," ° "Well, air. my name is Rhodrric [ De Langlcy. To begin with, no vagrant owDcd such a name. I am a speculator in grain, bonds, ailvcr atnek and other thing-. When 1 make a atrixc I rireaa likes I'riutv and lire blgb. When I lore I sleep lo the " alleyt and cut my expeura clore. my j tart apecuialioo ill a loss; therefore 1 am J "W bat'avtTyour last speculation?" "Four bhndred abara at ten dollars In • an invrntioo to batr-b fish by steam, my partner ran away witb all Ibe funds aed left mc fiat. In thirty days I shall lie on 1 my feet again." < "How?" ' "I am after ooe hundred abara In Union Pacific tbey are down to hard-pan ; and must react- Give roe thirty days and I will be lo clover again." ' 'Til fire you alxly," aaid tbe Oourt, ' after a pause. "Good! I am a thousand times obliged. ' Every thing is perfect ly satisfactory." 1 "Taa — dxtj days in the Wurk House! ' April shower, will be invigorating tbe : oanh when yon otme onL." t Thai" was a bare trick." said tbe , prisoner, as he fell hack, when out of the ear-shot of tbe Court be told Bijah that if be hsed to aerve out bis sixty days be • would eend hia Hooar an infernal machine I and blow him five hundred feel high — • Free Prru •- Aw «M lady fiewa hi Mahiilaayaher ramies" atop i» 3"* kredy.

. , A gentleman wbo wat in New Orieaai j tt tbe lime writes to tbe Chicago JlrrahL • A correspondent of tbe Herald yesterday a.kcd to bojof^rrnrd wbo it was tbat Gen- ! ersl Boiler banged in New Orleans for I The man was Wro. B. Mumford, ' .1 prominent New Orleans sporting mau. aod tbe cireumsUncea w ere t bear : After fleet bad paired the forta below the city and aDCbored off the levee, ; Captain Morris, of the JVasaeafo, waa directed by Farregul to land a beat's crew, take poeseaaion of tbe United States I Curtorf House and Mint, and boist the j Sag on both buildings. Tbe rebel under Mansfield Lovcll bad fled the city, but Butter's forces bad not yet arrived. Tbe flag w*s hoisted ou the Mint April 27, and within two hour. Mumford bad collected a prase of followers as recklesa u himself and proceeded to tear down. The flag sru cut intjufeipa and distributed amoog tbe druafcn crowd aa trophies. The next day General Butler landed witb bia troops. The rebel papers that morning were filled witb glowing accfiunu of Humford's deed, and be was applauded as a patriot. Tbe "enemydefiantly assured that tbe act waa tbe act of tbe city, ami that the whole people would aland by Mumf&d and debim with their heart 't Mood.- Thia and other twaddle in tbe Picayune forced ?o take greater notice of Mumact titan be might otherwise have He arrested Mumford and brought bim before the provoet guard. His object »as to punish him for drunkenness and disorderly conduct. The next nxwning the Picayune and True Delia fairly .-reamed their defiance, "Mumford must -resetted : The Yankees most tie driven out:' they yelled. That was too much Ben. He sent a guard and took possession nf both newspaper offices, put their proprietors In'the gusrd-boure.called f"t volunteer printers and editors from ranks of the army, and next morning papers appeared bang-up Union sheets, and crammed with local ncwtaucb as New < trieana papers have never printed Wore. "What ar# you going to do witb Mr. Mumford?" drfianlly asked tbe rebel mayor, as be strode Into old Ben's pres. I am going to bang Mr. Mumford," aaid Butler sarcastically, "and if you are not mighty careful I'll bang you. A a it is 1 am going lo send you over to Ship Island for your health. Captain——," to aid, "tell Ucocral Strong to came here." the Geoeral came, Ben said with a pleasant smile. "His Honor, the Mayor, thinks after lite turmoil and excitement of tbe peat few dxya, he woold like a period of ratal 8hip Island. You will have a boat ready to aail at two o'clock, and ace tbat his liooor lakes passage in her. I baye given bim permission take his family," and with tbat the General leered at the Mayor in bia peculiar way. Expostulation wax io vain.and Mayor wenL

T wo days after Mumford waa arraigned : l> lore a military cummisaion on a charge ; of treason and was convicted and nenten(•d to be banged. The moat at tenuous e fiords were made to save him ; eren FarS rtgut counselled caution, but old Ben only ' Stud. "I mean to convince the people that " this is war, and do child's play." And be ' did. Mumford dangled from the gallowa ' in lest than ten days after the commission ' The following biautiful tribute to the 1 memory o(.a departed friend written by ■ ooe wbo has since herself joined the great ' multitude of Jhoae wbo watch ui from 1 tbe" other aide, will be of interest to many more than the acquaintances of tbe srriter; 1 "Turn It back gently, for be sleepetb ' quietly. The cluard eyes, with tbe long 1 lashes drooping on the marble cheek tell 1 us tbla. No wrinkle of care oa Jhc pure, broad brow now. The lipa are parted as if tolrllof Ibe heavenly music tbetearthly | rare arc dtiDking in. He loved music— loved it always. Smooth the poor, waited hand, kiss tbe cold, lips; tbey respond , not: it Is all you can do. weak mortal. Speak your words of praiae; drop your tears you wbo can; bear him gently young t friends, and lay him down in the grave; Heap tbe earth bigb and lam away. It is all you can do. Death unknown and mysterious, has stepped in; face him If you can. save your darling you could not. "Why there tearless eyr| aa wild? Why there raised bands, imploring, an . unknown God? What ia death? What it tr unsnownuoa; n run is ueautr n hat Is

^ tbe hereafter? I fear not death. 1 fear r. not the unknown; will I meet my loved one there! Heaven could not be wholly Heaven unless my band could be c leaped ie as it wu here; H la drawn upward now ,1 and my spirit' wishes to go. n "SuB'-Ode. though it may he silent aa .. light, is like the light, mightiest of agencies, r for solitude ia essential to man. All men , 'rame In to this world alone. All men y leave tt alooe. "Of this, al least, I fcq u assured— that there b no such thing as forgetting possible to the mind. A thousand accidents may and will interpose a d veil between our cncaciouaneaa and the r secret inscriptions oo the mind. Accident! 1 of the fame sort will also read away the J veil; but alike, whether veiled or unveiled, the inscription remains forever; Just aa the stars seem lo withdraw before theoommon i light of day. whereaa, in fact, we all know : tbat it is tbe light which b dawn over 1 them as a veil, and that they are srailing lobe revealed, when the observing day- , light afaall have withdrawn." Thb back gate of the Jenkln^Jamily had a bolt, wbicb tbe nook secured each . nighL One morning about two o'clock, j Mr. Jenkins returned home hi an oofreb.cd condition, Iiefraining from trying to : find the front door, ou account of Mia. J. ; and tbe baby, be tried tbe alley gale. It ! waa locked. Witb great difficulty he • climbed the wall, with lts cap of broken bottles, and, dropping into tbe yard, unlocked the gate. He then, to tbe anrpriae Of » Merpira oeigh bor, whs KMched the . Kmc from afar, crept back oror the wall : to the street aod entered by the gale io gorffi order— Boston Adtcrtcter.