Sea. Isle Pioneer. <i ' * i+Tt E, LUDL.iM, I<oc«l Editor. -~T ERMSrS 1 .50 A YEAR. — 'T ^ . Ji.lvcrtlolji.c XLutow Xj3"W. ' ~~~yitiDA r, M.uicjr so, IHS:I. ' ' — Wchavednubduring the >**f one birtli aii'J one death t no marriages. — Woodford Aycr* ha* taken Coral tn(( jj(« on C'untl Slirrl, and will tiaov* ill immediately." ^ — W'c Jrjrr. that Cnpl. Win. Sutton has taken the LiUCarier [!ou»r,«iiil will aoon more into lb* amr. —Al. Bciicxel la Jarre tliia week, put* t'ng-in nn HI kins* gas nuichinc, at the - Hotel. of Cliaa. .Ismgi nolle. * —At no time nnfrlli^ ojienlnc of th* branch r«vnl his aurh qu tlitl'-s of biiiht tntf material been brought orcr tbo rt>*d n« at present. 1 ' ' —Mrs. R!ii*1»e!li Crlppa.nf Fratl^fonJ, Pa., an ilium liure recently miking arrangement* for n hiiildlnif, which will be completed in tlnio for the summer. —The jtolcs and wire have arrived, anil aoon a .teh.vr.iph Jino will !>•• erected to .Sea l*|r. This will prove « great c*»iivv-iiiciicu to (ho many visitor* hrfa. — The cottage of It. M. Ahvnlc-r, of • Millvlllc, ii Wing rruiodcird by 1,'ha*. Preston, the original biuhta'r.' Thr im proromcnt* bring mmlo add mucli in it* apj^earance. ' ' —II. M. Allium*® l» Irrildingnri liar** ann Sr, ami K C.tirowoh Ltmdti Ave. Both the-v are to bo very pretty cotluge* and are under the tupcrvialon of Mr Palmer, I >u IMcr. | — El. Kenlon lms atarted an oytler in I -Mting aalonti ill the basement of .( •! »•'< building. Undoubtedly thi*wil) ,u>u convenience to transient vbitors » I^Jiiy" Mr.'Fentuni • . t —W« understand tli« plan Tor tho •- v. ;i r»ii>ii hr>u*e j* to he changed, making tln-huil ling cnn-IJerahlo larger, and t-tdiiig to th" pu—ent quite u number ii r > una for Invarviera. ■ ~Jr>t ••(•!) B-aomnut vv.it on 'he Idnnd r *«-eut!>, lo -king uftnr htaintereata her*. He didn't forget tho Ptosxxa, but called nnd h'U the money for ii subscription to * umr. -Al« interfiled patlica should do likewise, ' ' * —On Sunday 1a«l wo were* favored, with a Hying vidt from Mi-rr». Jnrrrtt and Applega1ef of Caindrti, N. Both gentlemen were highly pleaw-d with it h»t they a*tv and express thrir nttuori confidence in tho iUccc** of Sea Isle. • —The pole* nnd Other Materia) "hr* fin the ground for building », turnpike . to .I.u<llatn*» Bay and other fi-hing ground*. Mr l/mdl« i« doing hit idmoat to auWtantlally improve the place ond make it M attractive at jnudble fur lieat lummer, * -r " — The Hotel of John Organ, «■ It approaches noinplrtion, draws' rommenl friDi avery one on arcntinl of in i eat ap|KJ.iranr*\ It It certainly a credit to Mr. WheUn. the builder, and If tlii* it a fair wimple of hi* work he u deterring, of the utmost tuecoaa. ^ . \ —The ,,\Va»r,irt orre«pondenl from H\t«idet In. Uri week'a Wue, lake* tit to • t.i*k about Sunday gunnipg. Now ire li ire been hete for the j*i«t year, and hive -yet to -ee anything of ibit klmf. The'fae't k'lhrre ii tin' g* Me to ahool nnytTMere within the limit* over which thn Mayor ofS«\i ,J-1e. ha* Jurivlleljon, -nnd ifw'ould ho in ontoc.for the jorlr in queillon to todgo ld« eoinplninu witli j % anlhoritlea r»f. .Dennla .Tuwn*hip. ';t,% wherft.* the iruhnltig *refflfr<H] to undoubto<llr I* rarrieil on, if at nil. Chnreh Anrcdofea. Bome people fnln t)ie xninlaler Instead of joining the church. When lliry iliai eorrr a atrnngcr in thrir favorite'a pnh nit, IhfT sometimea riao tip and go (Mb Tho 'oliVfaaliiaciod MiSbodLuU uard to aay that anrh itinerant wurmhiprra had •' ■"heel religion? only. .. : Y ; *, A fow jeora ago, m a slrnnger roao in one of trnf dty prdplta to )>egiii.tho a<r▼ice, aercral of tho congTrgalion began to leave tho church. He vm m lame man, and tho pulpit Wiia located near tho doom, "Wait a' moment, my friend*," *n|«l , tho preacher, "till I get my hat, and HI go with too. _Puwn ho enmo, lljnping, hat in hand, ; iho •: - •• "* Thia ahrnpt closing of tho aerricra •aught thn pronto that there wo* at Icoat *• <o ttiniafcr who would not lio tn-atcd Hb eontctapt. * ' v" O.i a orrtain oceaalon, tho eloquent • }\ E. H. Chapln, being aick, wroa eom. . - i II -d to oak a frirnd to preach for him. a- tho almngrr roao to anuonnoo tho -»p -nlng hymn, a aooro of pemona rcao to .(ol'Ut, This clergyman also na equal to such fti era^reency, >•'. . ' v.' ) i •'AH,' he said, "who mrao hem to .worship Dr. Chapia will please Inrra " now; but' thoeo who came to worship i > fl»»l will aing the forty- 1 hlnl hymn.? ' '' That atopjiod tho cxcxluo, I ^ , , „ , . . * AisaooniBhK reward. ~ j % ' • . I » • ».Tha»mibli*hera of *'Rut!edge*a Month* *e ' W" olfJe -twelve, Ystuahlo Vewar<U III \Miielr *;Menthly'Tar April, among which • • 4 Is the Mlnwhvjr s »•'•# v. Wr will aire |*J0. In jmld to the person leljiiit! us how in*ny veraea there aVe In |l«e tlld Tealament Scripture* by Al»rll lOtir, 1883, Should two or more correct i »

W n-ccirrd, the rfwanl will l<o iln d -1. TJjo muiii*y will !»e fornattlnl (<» tun uiriiuT April li»ih, Jk>3. I'rr•un* trying for thr M'mumJ luuat s«*n<l 1)1 .cents iu silv-T (••» s uki ii) wilh liirir muuiT, for which the name and a<ldrc»> of the winner of the reward and theivirit-et mi-wer will Im- puldi»hi>d. This may I* wni th £20.00 to y«»u ; cut it oul. .\<lilrfM, Jiuili-tlgw. iaub|i»hiug C»mjM4tiy, Hasten, Hcm.a. . AJSICAJVables. A Tax wlio had goTged himself wilh Ihreo Koala wna aiding m o fenoo airu< r «AJh a disgusted lcaik oa his Faoc wbau ainmr cm no a l'caaant. who said: . ' "Tlic only thing I havo against you i* that you shod my Koala.** "Jr that's ah, "wo can l*> Friends, M rejdhtl the Kox. "How r . . "Why, I am ready to promise that I will never again disturb tho jx-nco uf your Uru-Ibaist." *4Honcat>"Kuorat Iujun," said Ilcynard oa hr laid his law oa his sti<msrh. Tao ilayn piu-nranl tho Pcaeant was | crvoMUig hi* Fu-M* wliru ho sudilenlv come upon the Fox ihmxxriug one of ht* ducat lie us. "Ifa I Imt it is scarcely foriv-Wght hours ainco you' promiaod to let my Foal* alnno!'1 . "Yea, I know," rxqdied Ilcynard as he gitlprd down a leg; "Imt inat then 1 ane •tuiTcil aith Chicken and could hold Im mtxn4.* ^ - • f uotuL : ' Don't erpect that whatamantirnraUex on a full aUuuach will bo carried out trn an empty our, j/wmv or ooxrtnCNrs. A ftheplietd waa eating hi* dinner lxsido a Boring 'when a \V«4f walked out of I ho Furcat and coollr inqtiiml : *' Well,- how is tho iVoul and Mutton, bnalncss T" , *.'l*n*tt r /air," rrj»liod tho aatonidied iSheiiljerJ. "1 hare come to tell you,** continued tho Wolf, Vlhat the JlyncM hsreformej % plot tu lirrah into' your Bhta |>-foUl trv ui^ht, and to oflcr my service* oa a Kri▼*to AYstehman.*' t - . - ; i"You arujjTir to kind to giro mo lid* warning.** "Aud you jiut leave the rate open and go to lied feeling perfectly asfe. Tlie first ITvcna who ootnea fooling anmud jrmir Jjutton will find liis heels brraking Affer some further ormversation it waa agreed Hist tho gate should be left oiwii vnd that the Wolf should stand gnarJ. Darknras ws* scarcvly on hour old wliro. a great otitcry waa- heard at tin* Fold and the Hhepherd ran out and dis* •ovcrvd tho Wolf in a Trap ho liad act within the Pru. "I» this the kind of confldenoo you liad In mo?" howled the Wolf as ho «trugglrd L> get frea. • • N "I had pl.-nty of cotifldenco In Ton,'* repUorl tbo Bhrpherd, "hut mure in tllo Trap f ' Prrjmr© to die 1" Monsz.: 1 Don't lend lioth horac and aaddlo to the ftonxe i»cnsoa.— DcUvU lYcc I*rc*± L'fgarrtte* and .Suir/T* * Cigarette* nre in many rc»]>rcls the «rml*iU of the a^e ami Its influejirr*. 1 li o Six-ial atithnrily ox err 1 oil by run! is nevrr receiviil » (Jlmirr tribute ihnli in the jtojiularity which the riynrolte ha* won. KifltH'ii )r.n ago ei^.m-tte* wail- turliv/ly smoked by school Iniv* mil h«l young' IndiiK. 'i'lo-y w« rv r»i;ardnl as forriyii nnd cfVelilil.nle nlmiiiinmtirvii*, nnd th« y wma nrvvr avu in llic li|>s of mir (►ervm'iif ni*inre yrarv vtrc the tisllie' rxile, lrnq«>r-*rily n>ident in l«e»i*eiter : sqtwT**. The o.vaiii* |ib(r<r ijir I'ririiv of. W.lii rlutipol all • liio- His Royal llighnr-*, in ihrmnrM* "T lib jx' rvfi rin nl ii»n». had rniitruiitivl llic habit of.inokinj: clgarrt h**. Si rsiy h tway tho habit «T tiie fnliirr Kinj of ITMcland l-oc.vme the fxahjoii of pal) Mnlt and St. .laiura* street, Uilnar It • thirtuV* nrri' at work. Tlie l ipa-Hr Vasltehl to luite nlxuit It n rartsln incite! of iirivntidi«nv and ever *lnro thr Crimean war nil the vntiitie*. nnd wars «I the A«i*llc hare Iwcn In m«rr or lr»s fa^hionahle repute, ("iyarctte* I were nt fir*t reganhil'a* on cxrliuirrty ! Turkl*h pifxlnpt, and . addiction to | llirm was. a cennmed a marker i^reoual { dhtinrtlnn. Tliey had olhrr rUlms tigs-. I on ptildie roudderation than thl*. . Up- , on lliu Coniinrnl of Eum|x» thry -had. long been favoiltca with stalc-mm nnd dlplomatbis. Tolerable clyare.ttea wrrc naturally prolerred U> execrable el^mrs, and Iho fancy for cigarette* was soon acquired by EntlMimart morinjr in |xv Itilcsd and diplomstio circles. — Such is the force or association that a elgnretto !>ox gradually bccime distinctive of the cltitcn of tho world — this crvmio|x>li lau fitnenr, who was behind the scene* in I every Euroj>esn rsplul. Tlie afire t atlon had It* advantages. I f it was not very enjoyable it wa* economical. (J<v*l clgarv were increasingly difficult to get ami dear to buy \ suiokalde clgir«rttrs were generally to bo prort*re<l nnd on very modest terms. In Alii* way the prartico has grown till It ha* bocotue lo tlj*» present age" what mufT-taking wast^our grund father*. The B«tli foot nisr* in the "Pickwick 1'ijew'' fe'iind It at onca more agrrealile nnd chrap to fill hi* box with coflVe than with rant»ee. (lentlcmen of all decrees "anufTed," not l>ecwuse (liey liknl It, hut 1-v cau*o It waa tho rrrrect thing to do. The art o| oiHminc * «niifT box and of handing it to one a fViends wa* as dillgenllr studied uvlho art /»f howingorof entering a rooni. SnufTtaklng In so. ciety was, in fact, not a pleasure, but an accomplishment. This is the sort of position which cigarette smoking may l«C oanl to I tare secured In our own time.— Lnarrax Wdilh. ■ . . m — ♦ ■ — ■ Ohio Jtatnanrr. - H • tux SKCXKT* arraxvKe *v x srifirit Titaoi ou x siukV nnvru - • There- Is a JittU (own rvear "here named Nor ih l.lnu, which ha* a vlml of romantic hbtnnral 'alfalr % which has furnished the nelglibota and vlllagn* foo<l f»»r talk. The htm, ir such he could l»e ralleil, was a queer old man named J*cnb Augustine. He lately a,ie*l. lie was a strange, good-hearted I tie Mali, whu bad never slept a single

i night away from his* home, and the longest journey hu wver inade w^* to I'Oinc to (hit city, a divtauce of but ft ► trw miles. And yd this stranger to i theworMnt large, who**- life ua* «l- > most that of n child, thruugh u!l it* years had a romance, the M-rrct of which he carried t'» the grave. When lie wa« a stunly voung man ru» la-camp 1 li-trmbcd to a bright, viructoti* little (iermaii girl, tioUbch Wi-a!niidl. Bliesm'tlnl tipui his .suit, but her f*ll«er broke thr match. l5«ju this niunn-nt-Jacob A ugu»tiliu te«l I lo) htc of a bach* •lor. It has l»cen known nflrtlc that Jacob' Via* uccumulatilix; culoidemhle wi-allh, altiiough hr inadi no exhibition of it, nnd when he died a Murcli «*• at oiicv ilislitul«i) fu. tbo money and hi* will, which hi* bad Uladc a p-»r ago. The -««ri'h thn»<rgh tbr attic of hi* hou*e trvrslol in out ^ofit he-nay mrtiur* fiwnv and varl-.us amount- of in'mcr. wliirli wa« largely In M*xic*ti!'and SjianUh iviin* 1'tif iio trace of the mixing nil! *»• found until u trunk w*« cxariui>u<l, and' their, l in Med »wuh*h lo the »1n-ve<if an •iM-raliionr l »w*Jh>w tnile.1 wcilding emit. Wo* tfir-. will and u log nuitaiiitng nearly t"**' in g^l't. Yesterday all ihe |M-r*ouiil rll'n t» left bv the *1 range old man were *oM at sucliuii, ami tiimo*! w i I bin hearing of (hi* aiiclirmciT'a voice, a prisoner In Iter «>wn house, waa the once fair mridrii tintllicb Wealaiidt, n««u and for the la«l liflvi'ight yeois hoj»elvs«ly inline 1«ecapae of the cruel lute llint kepi h<T I'roru iiuiiiug hrr hcnrl and lib- with her l*e»rr»tli«Hl. She rctimili* »hc lif»t '•lirvivor nf ihla aad ri»Ul.vm-e uT a l.tilf , ccnturi ugo. A J'J*l/*fr{rtu'rt Story, Among the paj*-r* • left behind him" by n H- ruiaii phy*i<i«U who died a few «n-k»*r" i- "in' rviiitalnitag imli-s of ht* • tuili c<>iii-liiiiiiii»li(' Imil ai.iol at during a plufi-sdonal e>|H-rie|ice i'f lllore" th no forty year*. In dih< llu**e iii.lea' lie »axpte»M-« nn opinion ihal nt J«-a*t n| thlld or the illiM-s* of the jtiticiita wh'o'j •c-uglil hi* ad vim* w»re pnicly iuiaglno nn. He found it not only *;niii*t hi*'' own interest, hut iilMmgaiiol ilmt ofthe ' acll allcgnl kiithii-r*,in diotidf the illusion by informing ih«-m that there tth' really nn rati-*- fur aiixiely. Ill health wna to tlielD a Ilixtlemf ulmo-.t vital tip; i«orlant*c. To *leal«»y the pinning i-*-ii>T tlinl thry pa«arm| llti* |>|<i»l|ig wa* all- ftl-solutc cruetiv. lit the W inatonci-a in which hr l«r«»ke to! fliVrn1 the terrible tinlh thnt they rc/C qttTf^' wull In* found 1 1 1 a I the result was penijf ' inc illties*. For the Jiatient*. all lllfcr-1 cat ill life dc|»atted with I heir faTorlp*' oeciqwition of nursing thsmsclvrs. uiM ihcir Jimlth 1-eraiiift a«-riouv1v Atlectikl' by nervoii* dcpro-aion. He nl-o found - that,n< a nite, weakly person* live Inrig. er than strong trues. Without going "so | far a* to any that tho I nt live* are tho*<* i rcjreteil by the in»uranee oJHhv*, he • thought nevertheless that |H-r»on* with ! a 'Ww loo»e" more often attain longevity than those in whom no trace 01 disease can U ileli-ctiif, ' , A I Vein from M'an/ititgtan ,lf«uir-' turnt. A reporter or thu Wn-hington "S| ir'' gives t In* folluviing ih-*rrintiou of a vi»-w from the top of the iiiitinidird monument : . f "The cily look* i* trifle ilifirrvnt i\'hen ' view «il ulino-t fmm the Tenlm* oT the clouds, ii lid a teal ixAt ion of u hat it must Im* to go ludliMMt-voyiigingdawiia on yno. 'llie public buildings inward the north, 4 tho Trcnaury. Ninir, W»r.«nd Xivy lb*, tkorliiiettls, ninl thr While Ihmte l^'k ' like «hdl hruw-s. Sprm-s are a* Mock* on ft checkcr-lMiaril, and a|n*eis but hair lln/s, Trees b***a thrir individuality, ninl tiio wisals are *nly exeggen»l«*l clump*. Tlie river t-mnnl the Mintli* 1* j only a |<ond. but still y<»u can I nice it* all very line for mile*.' Mount. Vernon can Ik* seen on clear day* wilh a field gln«a, ami many well known, place* fn' llie tirfg hi airing hill* of Virginia nn»l MatyUtid can Ik- eftdly jdckei] out. 'Ik i* thou slit when the monument renrhc* - • It* full height lllfll Vesael* (v|) -Im- seen' on Chesapeake Bay.' Tug lioats on" 1I1A | titer excite moir atlcntion l»j thei? | j >uf!lng and hlow.ng than ihcjr do* IW thrir sua*. Kvciy where you lUrft'dhA' j view la plm*iug. The litiir pneA'of • precri rrmviilnjf the fiClglilt and 'WeT t titer woahing it* shore*, frame the 'city like a picture. Vi*i lor* are always impre«*rd with tho *afr|y»nct arootid iltb' monument, lait tunia bar* cxhibh«il nn^ pn,nks that would cxpowi them "to' l»cing raiigbt in It* ineshr*. The WotV-' men get so used to their derated |witlon os to sit cm the edge with their feet hanging over while they pnt their luncB. They know the seeuntv afforded by th* net, and c*n la* a little ri*ky. Tils ftrCmge visitor keeps within a respectful di«tflticn of both outer and inner edge* id the wall, and reel* nil the tiitt* ft* if be were trmdiiig on Wr. The wind blow*, too, with a hii-lnes* velocitv. and b vory windj day take* up rohaldernhle attention. The wind • ha«* blown one workman ofT hu feel, bill ha wn* caught in the safety-net. The only cases of bravado exhibited yet wcre 'hy a young woman, who got out in- ihe safely net ju*t to see Imtv *-it wtwibl frvk ami a rat, who rukrd one ol»-hii nine Urea in jumping from the lojv but with no seriou* result*. Tlie ilf *crnt on l»e made either by the i-lt-vnlot. or hy the slairrase, Mori prefer the known tcrinra of the former in tlie undi*oorec-r nl liorn">rs of the talter. The .-hen frsuie-work of thr stairease I* all right, but osdy temporary stciw are in pUre^ There are no rWrs at oil, and only narrow plank* for atepe,'* - JyOcAa and Kryn'fbr the Mat)** . % * \ % ' - , ^ Second Assistant !'«<stms-1er General Eliuer 1* making a mmplete change In the mail-lock* iwil by ihe P^-t tHljce l>i-]«oitinr nlf .apd new' keys are now leltig is»iifil lo pn*tnia»trr^, emidoyeea of the^jiailsrav Mnil Service ami other . authorised persons. This It a work ,K»f great inagnltnde, a* over XMVlit Aries must le irstfil, di-trihuted under many prrcaiitionv and receipted fev. IVUft A lh* dUtributkm U bmnplefe*! the pyw, 1 bw-kv will lo siil-stiluted for lluwe now In u*e. Thry are niudrl* of tiealnefa and securitr,* and afoul Al.V\0d0 vrRl be rcqiiiwl to supidy the »civlc», • ,i ^

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MlLPrisce &0o., j Vineland, N. J., j *x*crACTCtrx» or **o MLiLCis ix Building Lumber, | Doors, Sasli, Blinds, 0 m Mouldings, Aluls, Rockland Lime, j Cement, &c. ! ,o: Estimates and Designs Furnished. s . I o— ES^-AII orders will be promptly attended to.-^gj i SopLlHsg '■ ■ ■ ' ■ - ■ i: 1 . ■ ■

| #™E: fe send to IhcKotise, hnuing llie Urtjcst Slock Lj ^ and gaaran-tecing llieloiccst ptiecs, I STRAWBRinGE StClOTHIER. 1 Going to SnmmeF^ Quarters. Important notice to families and ■ . . travelers generally. i i . si'* f • The courtesies of the entire establishment (in close proximity to the Broad street Station for the New York, Baltimore, . Washington and all western trains) arc freely extended. Beside tlie vast stocks of ladies', gents' and children's suits, dry goods, fancy goods, carpets and house furnishing, there is a spacious waitingroom, picture gallery, lunch-room and toilet-room. i . -i . • • The new department of public comfort, with wash-rooms, closets, new lunchrooms, for both ladies and gentlemen, will be opened ist August. Baggage can be loft and checked while persons arc visiting. Philadelphia is so cheap a place for shopping that there is often a saving of more than railroad fares. \ • % 1 A'V John Wanamaker. ' ^ ... - Thirteenth and Chestnut and Market Streets, ;!4 ' \ Philadelphia. j

, SEA ISLE CITY, Lodiam Island, J. engineer's report. j f>* I*!* City i* locate! on tL« AtUsr uivtn, od Lu llara Ialand, rn th* 2<u»t of New Jrr»*-yr2V* Zi' N# Utt.hide, «r.d 74* VS" L. longitude, CO re:ln er-uth-•aO from PhLUdrlj.liia, «nd (A\ fc.i>a by rwil. It is Jft ruiles north «a*t fn.a • C*jk Ma/, *u<i aJ-ool lL« uci d_»Unro from Atlantic Oly. Tl*e n*een temf^raturv of luzdUrs l«1and does not vary cr.uvh froir. that cf Atlantic Orjr, which i* ir* i . The humility of ;Le atmosphere U oiiniLar to that of Atlanlic <"ityf l<ing «i}ually dry and aal ulnk-us. It is will » locatii for b>^h a winter aud »un.t:Nt reaort, ex. acrcuut of iu chrr.itir a Jvattagca. Ti»e island ia 6J rulU* in Irrgtb, tr.d »ciw from J to 1| r..i!n in width, tx* (ceding frctn f'oraon'a IlIiI, on iL* | j cortL. to T«wnn.r.d'a Ir.lrt, ».n tx e L t aoulft, aud ia surrouitdrd by ll<c Allantic Oc*an, Ludirtii lUy and a JiatipJ-lo • channel called the 'i botT.ufkrare, furcthhing excrlUnt advantages fog t»hing. tailing and ailllwater Lathing. A bcarli ir*0 feet w yia extfr.ds the entire length of tie l»Und. gcniis shslTtng. of tery Ixanl. e 1<j»c -j -at Led sand, affording a fine natural drive f« r ; more than C mile*, and unu*ti*1 farilk lira for walking and LalLlngt wh>h are not carolled, by any «*le nng j lore rn the mast. Jn walking; or driving, - indentation i* made cjoq the uu<(, iffcrdirg, iu this rv-j>cct, a striking contrast to many other bncUs, wLrre the sand is Irnwe and trearherot^. Tl>» ailunltpi the t-cerii affoids fn-. bathing, art- eirrlh nl, there being no under-low jcieej utlc, fti d in (Mi ICi|»ect THi-ulitr. Tlie bottom de»<-i rds so graduallv, that »hal!<»w watir extendi a great dlrianre firm the there. In batliing, no Ii je» arc required, at.d U ift safe for women and ehildrv n. Ii u <u fhriejit |y |>nttii of I>i l*wrrc Ili» to l># entirely free firm the mud cf the twn , *td Laihipg c*c always l-e htd in I j rlran, clear wstcr. I 1 TLa "fast land" of tha I»Ur-d rnnaiats • of low hills and ridges, w ith Inr! j«or I ! lions of sand, which a.* found hi scti.«l I survey tn vary from 2 teet to ITT fee I, j ihe highest in eli-vaiicn, stive ht, b I j water. I Tha meftdow lands arc never i flowed by high waler, except by stcrxa tides, wLirh are cf rare occurrturr. I j Thr abundance of game ard fi»h in ithe vieinliy hat tnsdc the l«Un<i t^r years a fsvoiiie res< rt of spcrtriiien. The inland bay, known as Lurllrm | Bay, affords safe still-water Iathi1i_ | baring a gently thriving sh«*. i liio aafe yachting, and al-cura- | oysters, crali*. el»m», Ac. On* | n: u j of it'ia only HtO tevi frvcr. -. j I bcarh, ao thai on one aid# aurt-L«;h i j I J can l>e had, and upun the other si«.e j still-water bathing. The site select e*l fr»r Fca Isle City v» on the northern half or tha Iftltrd. extending lo the centre and then southwardly. ^ It will have ft frontage on the .ntlantie of three miles, and extend Inland lo Ludlaci Bay xnd the Thorough fare, •long which it i» practiewble, and it it proposed lo lay out and eon»tmei a carriage drive for the distance cf tuurv than two mile*. It is yropo*ed to prefect the Oty from high tide, by a aulwUntial se-a wall on the tar© sides* moat exj*wd. an J by eevbaakments on th« remaining side*, which can be done at a niodmta •xpenve, eondderlqg tha economical and other sidrantagea. Atvolute security will the* ba obtain- ! ed ftgainit encroach men ta l-y the *--j, j thxt base occasioned tuoch* «le marc at j C»pe Mav, Atlantic Otv, Monruouth { Beach, lianliattan Beach, ami other places. No other seaside re*ort at the present time, hav the protection that w proposed Cor this place. The Island Is uninhabited \ tlierw being no houses on It except two Oorrmtnrcl Statveno, and no . Ctas-poola } the way Is clear for carrying Irlo eperwtoon a thorough system of sanitary rrguUtioev ; such as yon projxiae endrt th« supervision oT an eCrient and experli en red sanitary engineer. The Island can be vety easilv c-fs i nectfsl with the W'evt Jersey R. K., by | a short leanrh mad from 4| to 8 miles J tn lenctb, there being but a nmm-w i Thoroughfare to etvwsa with a bri-lgv. ) A (tovemment bight -boc*e sbouhU-e , ealabli-hed ca thu Islsntl, as numrd>us I wrecks here occurred on It. knd l-y a ! liltla expense on the peri of p-rrrn-j ment in the construction of irttk-*, two [ •xrellent harlmrw can t*e c*i«h!r-h«-d en J the north and south end* of tve Island, at Orson's and Tc*ws*rnd'* Inlets, which would l«ecome itu|v%rt»nl coin- ! merei*! points by viwzneeiimi with ta'b | fend, and ft safe rvTdge for trss*l» in j stoma. I Tlie plan upoe which yoa ycopase to lay oct the Lily i« calculate! to sub. serve the twqeses of convenience, health and l«eauty. With proper railroad faHS'liea, a*J lols ofTere-1 at a rra%onabla pficr, I do fvot see Why (hi* pls<-e shouM not 1-e-rom« aa great a re*-»rt as Atlantl- tire, | bv reas-sn ol its proximity to lliilxdel- ; phis, and the rhsrseter of tha I -each. . And" when the sanitary question rs taken into c\-e»*id«-ratk*n, t p'ac# cf •ten greater resort. llie Weri Jersey Railroad can makt the same thoa to Sex Ids (My Itorw rhilodelphio, as to Ailsnlie Otj. ReopeetAilty, j H. FARRAND. Chief Eoo*nrs#