a h«™ recently pret&it tliimidi —n ... obll(f»ti.t»” “of eouncilmm In end for ,h. Otty "f C«P* m proof, w, quote the iblkxtlnc ertnot from tbo . mny of the 5th in*t.. In whkh the editor, rafering to the City Council. '•‘Member* of thie liody opoo teklns J-lr Mete, voluntarily limd thcmn-lvc-he e’eoletnn ohlitotli"0 to perform all +Z. dutieeof councilmen In and for the Otty of Cepe Mey. No* the 9'“? euflamted hy preeont even , whetli rtninclliutin In abeenting lilmeelf t ell mectinWW tliectty council foi par.tow ot piorentln* the tBtneaclloo ffSibne bnMorae. b ectlng In no Out of their own mouthe let t be Judged. Wd not the Editor of the [Fere, end KocorderStitce, (both member* of council for the rneuiog yeor.)on “taking thelreeettvolunterllyblnd them

iHJho dutic* of councilmen, etc? And upon them eeupon nnyof their colleague^ If eo, will the Editor teU the people by what proeee* he we* eh from the dhclwrge of thoec omn obligation ’on le*t Wedneedey evening. Aid we would a»k h‘ • If be acted In accordance with the quiremeote of hb oath, by “ebeentlng hlnieelf on that oceeelon,’ end that to after he lud pmmleed to attend that

That other membera

Dr. W. 7. Headetrom. Homoeopathic PhydcUn, of thle city, he* removed with hi* family. t<> Vfcat New Hrlghtn. Staten Wand, JJ. V. where lie w contmne the practice of medicine. ' wl«h the Doctor aiytbe succeea her

cipatee In hie new local ton.

Dr E. H Phllllpe, for eeveral yea rceident and praoUelng, nomtropoUtic phyeician of tUU city, left yerterdey with hb familv for Paeunlo City, N. JWhere lie purpueee, ui.,t,t»tt m- reel-

mo time. The Docter hae our beat wtaliea for hie *ucc :w home.

Cave MaT Orrr PuattC Scbool>

a THE DimtlCT CCEEE ASt> ,OSS or THE Pl’DLIC ScttooLa.

.ipec[fully prerenl the *ub|nlned record and etatement aa my quarterly report, ending Starch Oth ne required by “ law* of the State, which report I h< by ccrtilV ha* been cnrefblly made from the' record*of the *cveral depart-

menU. ae given in thalr rw ’

rd at the *a:

" ' Quoting mill furthei artlolu In the Wore, th “The people of Capo May Cilj ehonkl tSluk. hav tide of the above c —-- tore,, who when once elected ... oBu* they enugfat, hare tendered yata IntereUe and preJuatceaT " 1 The people have already *ald In meet emphatic manner, that they’ ‘b had onough’’of Ju*t«ach “local leg) tore," aa the editor and hb colleague* of the •‘rlag.” • And right liere it may Iw eald that the “local legUUtore■ , referred to by

10 ballot box, and their action In

council (preYitm* to th* election) which ■Imply had tar It* real oMeot the con■unmuiiiou of nn act to which a majority of Urn people were oppoteti, lute been •uetolned and approved l>y the popular voice expremed Utrough the ballot box. white on tha otbor hnod tho action of Mwere Tb>mp*nn, Ma 1 gmth A Co., In council, who declared that the “people of Cape May did not know what th^r wanted,' have been moat emphatically rebuked tnd con-

demned by the eante popular

The ii

• had

their origin In tire city council aeveral month* before the election, nud the two wing* went belbrdr the people on thorn lumen, and the r.wult was tire complete Vindication of Mcasrs. Price. Smith, Detwtet and Wore and aplironigpf the poridon they bed taken on the queatloonl iaaae before creincll. Con tinning onr quotation* from‘the

AW, the editor my*:

■ Wllne** tbo bid effireta of Hie deadlock in our city government to-day. which wu brought about through trerMinal »ntmo*Uy mixed up with n llllte HottOred fading Th* rituaUnr. i* *nythlog bill eredltablo to our »worn odlNow that the boot U on tire other teg the Ware will no doubt bo prolific finding exetwee to JaMliy the 'dcadlc

In oor city affair* to-day. n great dlflereuce a* to

IneSti 8 wit* but lr ... -v. ——aw **' Percentage of attendance.

w-

reading, writing. “ aritlimctlc, “ book-keeping, •; ctytuology, divisions In school, ibject of thought on die partol the Directore, next claiming attentioo the change of «nmcor onr text book* till* change is not only deslrabte I tea necemity long felt in our revt departorents, tint only have some present text books become nn do In die amy of advancement the port of the scholar*, but somt assistants bare respectfully m illon uf their fsllnrein aruusing scholar* and exclUng that Interest necessary to success. The first and primary study and that which should eWm oar undivided tag, this properly taught Includes spell- • [. or In other words the twngo hand hand and as snme cisira the latter be die fore-runner of would not Mop to dispute tcolion cannot be devoted

timed effusion, as disguatlng. and co Sidercd uut uf place, and injurioua to It iolvroits of the clmrch which he trith mock piety would twee the rould lielleve are to him tender as the apple of his eye Oh, false scribe, thou trt like the whitened seiwicher Thou hat prsacheth. ‘ Thou shall not lie,” dent thou lie? We admit tlr - *

what has It Uooer ne tear umi uni

ifaodyroent of the

principle lie hat soofteu defined to otbere, via; Fallen from grace and made shipwreck of a good conscience. ' j doc* magnify and distort its bitterly denounce the mild senlltocoU of “Now and Then.” Eetth. compare the two nrticlee Iklrly

and lie will rendil

He public Inter It of himself and bis three wlsa and patriotic eolka

erory particular, i

advance a pupil In sno nn oi icmuiug and their oplnijnt cudoreed by the Directors, but this teeiiraony would not set aside forever the neceeatty ol a clutnge, by tho constant friction of sound tblnktag minds, sclntllatlone or

thrown ont which often

at ridicule. Tbo

sell-conceited paragon ot virtue Ukee ■xceptlon to arc teally not the of hit annoyance. We believe hr doet it the necessity of reply Ini ten cM-etiug an opportunity

point of attack

the benefit of a vemmiutu we are not taken at all by surprise— But we pity the man who will stoop • such personal n Cannes*.' and do it so cowardly a raauncr. We feel fi such as be,ouly the most supreme co tempt at the same tlmo we can forgive the weak offender. He aeks who ’ responsible for the difficulty Umt eurred rulalire In the church mo when he should know belter than any one else tar Ac (iltw* caused whole dlfficnUy, nud it b so uut stood by eviry one In tlw church ont of it. He is the alpha and on of the trouble. Tbe writer of Ihtearticle well romambere Uie time when till* i styl*d‘‘t'rtond uftlie Church''went from broUter to brother sowing t discord and dissension particularly ngstast one who never did him ipjury liy word or deed, and who hot so nobly stood up against hit perascutlons.— Others have aot escaped, and if oot hU bidding ere mu* etaud from atjder, or he bound *inl gagged lied band foot tongue and pan Is it ' wheel* of the church clogged,sod harmony and peace do theyever ehonld. band in h

thousand people ousted tbe launch of this ne er. Large excoursioo Washington, Baltimore, New York and I'hllndelphta, brought witness the lanndiing The ceremony of naming the vessel was very handsomely anil appropriately done by Miss Kmellne Roach. The City of Pekin ws* Jaiilt for the Pacific Mall Steamship Company. Her length over all is 423 ft. BretdUt of beam 48 ft, depth of hold 38^, register 620# tons, nearly C000

harden.

i© will lie rigged with four masts, four decks, and six water-tight compartments. Will accommodate 160 cabin and 1800 steerage passengers. In all her outfit and appoint.1- ro— Pnktn u ■ first.

uleuIs, die Cltv of elan floating palace

taily is fol

TTiue, nr

_ who, in his own peculiar

jargon of »Uly tanrndoes, desire* to know something of our“oriBin'’ wo will say, just for his benefit that it Is highly probably that Adsm and N’oah wore among our ancestors, at least we have never disputed their paternity.' Tracing our genealogy to a more recent-date we find Sigtemtind, of Germany and William the “ in the direct line of succee-

in h«

which in Us effect I* sujierinr l© some previous one. On the reme principal, w* claim that our present readers are old an I worn out with os from their long use in. our school. This betas tbe com there 1* a great want of Interesl lathe caercUeaf our rendlug lessons. We ihorefore need a change which, if proper, will five s now impetus In this branch. The scncaol readers now in ose. might he thought hy

some to be equal to a change,

is a change of reader* when a |icomo-- . that takes place In th* sevr—'

rod from one department

hat this argumeat is fealty when

viewed In Us proper light. . Oar present readers hi

ohr school seven rears and they are not only becoming antiquated and dry l* the older scholars, ’ '

I It with yourself, brother fell upon your article with glory In making so personal; consider s various rid ten lous sentence* therein itlsn, then answer, is that the spirit ymir master? if so. then your

•isnot mine

As regards our articte of the it we can only .say that what w< vs written we hare written.

, ' - vt-iu wi-. wUh ,,,e rra “ ! ' n ' of the whole scliool r ) sms h«hl) creditable to |, tDce „t, r n a promotiop is made

there is nothing new brought before the one taking the step in this line. ■gain tbe style of some parts of this aeries is objectionable We chum that

when the art of reading is being tauBul oUm „ romlvartenUy make that this should be tanghl sod n<Ktfl| ?rrI , w it Alll ,

etea. We do not proposy to teach in

•• with this the eel

would array against us too Qauthey read and judge for themaof ret 1 yin should beonoM their interpre-

of you i

elieve it onr privilege tc

■a'waut of perfection

•e yet

» e did not deal in porsooaiattempt an impeachment of icter of any whom you w

altftlUy lead Into that belief if . could. We deem nothing tnoredv*i>ic able than to fa a common mischief-

maker. As ytt we have tinned the ‘musical abilil

Back-, th Sordid

'Hy,»

r a fool in reply

SSsgiiSvii

a still I

self first seeing tiro light of clay r the tanks of the historic I’oto- *, tlie iHiaie of our furefatbert fur •ral generations, but whether tlie tbe first of the generation, came to Amrricn. with Hlon the Norwegian, Christopher Columbus, Jolm Smith, Duke of York, or In tlie Mayflower, ve not yet decided; but on Uie tag points we arc quite clear, rp not tarn in Europe, ‘ Africa, or Ireland, and we chi relatlonehip whatever, to Darwin or Saint Patrick. We have never [other country. We are no tlait eitixt n, iul are native am ic manner bom, and hare nr dt tbe nred of on imported editor > teach u* fealty to the flag of.

native land.

If our gentlemanly neighbor deres any furyher information on this aubjeot, he wUI-pIecae notify u* or apply in person tolbe AWoniey General of the state of Maryland, to whom we will gire him, a letter of

Introdnction.

igata iexleu In

froitful Imagination Our church ' merits n go »d choir, and to this day would have had it but for Ihegratlflailon of your own pers.oual spite. Such course Is certniuly wrong to say the jest, and aa you hare had It all year wn way stare, yon should not Jnmp

Utile expression

Pubuc School Lieeaet,—At the suggestion of M r. A. L. Haynes, Principal of our public school. Master Horace Wore, eon of Maekel Ware, Roq^ circulated m sutacripth paper, for the pnq>o>e of rsUing twenty dollsra, to aW in ettahlisliins a library for tlie public schools of this city, and wc are pleased tokurn tlisLMaster Horace was successful in his undertaking, having obtained Uie reqalred amount in a few day The snm ihos raised, in addiUon fund* (Wim other spureea, will assn the commencement of a very reapectahlc library for tho school. This i* a step in the proper .direction, and we hope to bear that other .districts, in this county are following Uie ex. ample set by onr school here. • On Saturday list fol. Wm. Potter, Hpt-ctal Muster in Chaoo* ■old at pnldip sole P*vis, hotel, t estate of the late Oinrge F. Hann de«aeeii; of Deerfield. H consist of twenty-one traeta of farm land, oedar. swamp, woodland, Ac. Five farms brought WOA84.75; Bye year* ago they would have commanded JT5.000. The niiUnnd hrotight $*,- 471.20 and tha Uroher $7,188.81. making a total of $70,194,711. This ia one of the Isrgi-al ealen that haa ever taken place in Bridgeton-—

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