We learn with mncli regret otthi Terr (langi-rone illneai of Join. Spaulding, Bag., of Cape May Court

mty Jail la without &,

ant and has l»en so sinei' the u imoniout departure of Kntvinire

“If I lite. 1 wfll of the fuMc Udgrr” This neVapaper, which..Mr. CUll.ls had thus ■narked out for bia oa'h, was at l' time h very aourialJg ]Mpcr, wl .liad bceh cslaliiished aliout 18 years

Hon. R. S. Learning, ol

Abdl^aild A. H. i a^penny- paper,

CHCBCH DIRK*

e arc indebted to Hon. Thomas ley, of the State Senate, foi . m of the General. Kailifeod Lair, J Annnal Statement of Hal I road and a Canal Companies, and other docn-

, will bo found the ndei i Mr. Tbos. H. Rose, of Camden, 1 -to especially direct the attention of ir Cape May Farmers and Oyster-

Swain, Aruuab ■ —)ns. lt»

ta furnished

attained bis twenty-

iH-camea partner in the ‘publishing flnu that became subseqaentir welt huown nmler the UUe of Chiide tt Peteraon. While Mr. Childs was cifcneeted with it,thU Arm published Mr. I’etefSUn'a “Familiar Science,''

which was pushed by Mr. " ’ activity and energy to aeale lOO copies; Dr. Kane's works'

Arctic Explorations,'

copyright of which the explorer netted $70,00(*Tand Parson Brownlow’s book, which, despite Che trashy diameter of the coutuute, Mr. CbihM managed to make a great tnooeas, at* the Hrm aoid no fewer than 50,000

. Childs' leo^O,.

-MASCBBG ISIDeZ, NiTii.

fc J-EK1KO STAB UIDOK, NO. 6S, I f . o. r. orricKn-s.

Thad. VanGilder, has made Petcrsi burgh, fnmons, not that be reigns

r it likeMfeCiur of all the Khs . mi, but that be aells the most slid | taut work published by Childs • '“-st agricultural implements of, erson was “Dr. Alllbone’s Dlotionnry *-r establishment in South ; of English and American Authors,"

| which the author dedicated to Mr.

OTH*a.I,sr,Ncu Mr. Juste H. I Child*. As he had never forgotten ' t will Isnnch a ven- fine : bis ambition,to control a great daily HUVom hut ship vanl at Den.' newspaper, so was Mr. Childs' ekVin next Saturday at 10 I portunity to come with time. ,B.«in. This schooner Is well; eumstanecs, in 1804, had «cooi._. and MilMtnminlly built of the besW 10 depreciate tile vsinc of the jmper

ad material—Mejsi’-s. Gandy A Bbn; ( to the proprietors, if *ot tbe public,

master builders. Tlui ve ssel is built “r while, in consequence of the war, for Capt. John Coreou, of Peters- Pfiees of tdl kinds bad doubled, tbe

• burg, who will rtm her in the coast- proprietoi^if the I^dtjtr reoolutciv,

ing trade. . adhered to the original price for the —. — J paper with which they bad'oom- > In reftrenee to the subject of pav-1 menced lu publication. Conxequenting tlie side walks, onr neighbor of! ly they were losing-a great deal of rks g- flr . ' - i.l., : i —m.—..... 1 _.r,r: . . - ,

tv, til inks we , are ‘‘iaboring | money,

terian Choreh on tins WedHeadsevening, and Williams, on next Friday Easter Edas Mr. K. C. Price. Corner Perry and South 'Lafayette fit reels, has >in store and for sale aliout fi'nity-firi! doien frenli eggs.

i waili

v store and dwelling is being ’.he cornerof Decatur and „ 11 Street*, for tlm Misses m, of Philadelphia. ■. M. liefajj-, Clryi.ty Superintend of poblio aohoolt, viaitetl the . • achoola of tbia city and

where the authority for compelling Ah* paving to lie done rests. - We ilitid last week, Unit the author- .... was vested in the council—.our neighbor takes a different view of the case, anti thinks tbo responsibility rwts with the commission, and quota) the 5th and nth sections in proof of hia jAisitiun-; but we beg leave to demur to bia conclusions.— Wo admit that tbe law give* anthor-

- the commission to “prescribe amt refalaiimu for the curbnil paving of tbe side-walks,” confers no authority on the l U> compel the work to be done; re still bold that if there is.any

power anywhere,- (which upon close examination we are inclined to doubt)

the council; but how they

it is Alio-question.

■e willing tc

of the journal. Acoot Childs ottered them 4H

sum which It was estimated Uie proprietore were losing ajmnally.on the Mijcr), and they accepted his offer, and said him. the paiier. A week after this ptirohaae, Mr. Childs announced a change. Thereafter the charge for tbe paper was to be two -* Ter copy, or ton cents per

This innovation at Unit met "favor from readers, but it

was soon acquloacct! iu, and tbe Ledger started anew upon that career of iwosperity which ha* made p “ lillionairc in running i.

JaUon to 85,000 copies

daily. The magnificent new Ledger building,'which Mr. Childs put np a few years ago, fit a coat of over $400,000, is one of,the ornaments of the city in its-feature of business architigrUirc, and is admirably ar-

HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTING ! J. C. FENDERSON WITH DANIEL F. LUDUM House and Sign Painters,

'tF“*

-- t . _ » Stady to Plei

to F1a»*e ibose llisl we work far. my C.,..] or Rada Oil ia oar Work. 1

GOfcfD REFERENCE GIVENPAPER HANGING DONE TO ORDER. SHOP Nd 8 MANSION STREET, oa-fb mA-TT cjit-z- isr. cr. «i.

New Cheap Cash Store, nsro- es© .'w^KSUXTsra-TOKr street,

(NEAR THE POST-OFFICE.)

BOOTS. SHOES. HATS, CAPS AND WALL PAPER.

CHEAP FOR CASH, AND CAM ONLY.

Rare had-all tbe Gredjt Trade I want. Whan all my.old creditor* pay D p may

I shout it.

iney.

O-A-SEC SALVES TIME, CASH 18 netime*. t EI.DBED0E JOHNSON.

EDWARDS & LAWRENCE. CREAT EXCELSIOR C.LOTHING HALL.

LOW IP RICES. It.. WK PkKOSrC^VlUI DRIED LUMBER .1, ORDERS rfioMPTLT ATTRNPKD TO. , , E LMDALt,. l-ItU*CLU»-

CHILDIIEN'S t

ClMBlag A tt'P*l>t«,paaMn*lF} nllnidoA to.

-m-M- c. eh&zrtfr.s.

DMlEE and TAmffi,

CAPE MAY COUR

ORTMEXT of BROAD CLOTH. CASSi BERKS.

r WARRANTED.

,goaL!_coai:h ,„a. .t^s^of

$500 REWARD WILL ISK PAID 'CO THE LADY OR GENTLEMAN, PURCHAS-

ING A STOVE FROM

J. H BENEZEF, ad3k.I>I3 MAY OOTTIIT IHIOTTSEJ, J, H, BENEZET &6RO.

CAPE MAY CITY, N, J.,

| WHO I AN SHOW THAT THEY HAVE PAID MORS THAN PHILADELPHIA PRICES JF'OXL TOSCaEl S AMIJ AH-TIOLET. BOU&HT m PBIL1DELPHIA. jWH HAVE A FI LL LINE- OF THE NEWEST AND ’ I1EST j TLV-WAU1*:, .HOUSE-FURNISHING GOODS, LOW FIGURES.

POTTER & NIXON. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. • Bridge,™, N. J. T WllUtUnd U.. OMMa wnth of cioufcui,--.

BBtoUBTOS, XfW J KHS BY. Ill «ieM ik. Court* of, and trenmot feral ume-s if u,» Cooeljr of Cap. H v . \ jM»-tyr ORNKY-AT-LAW AND SOLICITOR IN CHANCERY'. No. 35 Perry Street. Cape May City. N. J. j

I. T. CHAMBERS. SED AUCTIONEER, Spring, (fepe M*j. C/ JL J.

DANIEL M; FOX & SON, fONVEYAN.ITNO. HEAL ESTATttA- MORTGAOKS,

Rs. J. F. LEAMlNa, 3DB3STTIST. OFFICE DAYS. ‘Itftfes'F.ltaJ? 5 " *“' i

.J. 11. ■BENEZET k' BRO., neksott St., Cajm May City, N. ;

^ (TjrjyES YOU ALLJDH^LESAL AOyiGE'FREE. ^ A Magnificent $5.00 Oil Chrorno, 1BE LOST BARE,

Stove_Coal. THE “NEWT'-WHEELER & WILSON

FAMILT SEWlIrG MACHINE

CONVEYANCING. DEEps. BONDS, MORTGAGES, w*i*“no»lne^'™ilhJIuh. red sJkSLbJg* IM.nl. ind Ii>i, 'i-i-o. I*.mi hy ItKItftY DWAIS, fe.alar In Ch.oe.ry. kW.'Vrrica. nt Weiteod'i Boarding UonM TownMn.it'* Inlen bop* Mar C-onlT, ft. J. d

*rr“-tf 1'erry BL, Cope Esy City. Qt'KVKViSU AND I'OSVEYANclKOe CONVKYANCpJC AKD LKG.U. DOCUMKNTw NKATT.Y AND CORREOT. LY DRAWN AND KXECCTRD, THOMAS T0WN8ETO, 'i-iua "■ NEW DISCOVERY