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Death of DR.. Alexander

The Rev. Joseph Addison Alexan-
der, D. D., whose death at Princeton,
on Saturday last, has been announced,
was one of the most distinguished
scholars and theologians of the Pres
byterian Church. He was the third
son of the late Rev. DR.. James W.
Alexander, who died recently in Phila-
delphia. He was born in that city in
the year 1899, graduated at the Col
lege of New Jersey in the year 1925.
In 1880 he was appointed adjunct Pro-
lessor of Ancient Languages and Lit
erature in the College of New Jersey,
and filed that position until 1888,
when he visited Europe, and on his
return assumed the Professorship of
Biblical Criticism and Ecclesiastical
History in the Theological Seminary
at Princeton, having been elected to
that position by the General Assem-
bly, of the Presbyterian Church. DIR
Alexander held this last professorship
at the time of his death. Dr. Alex
ander was one Of the purest of men, an
eloquent preacher, and scholar whose
powers of analysis and critical acumen
were of the highest order He was
the author of various Biblical works,
among which the leading ones are
"Critical Commentaries on the Proph-
ecies of Isaiah" Essays ON the Prim-
tive Church Offices" and Psalms
Translated or Explained"
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THE GREATEST SEAPORT OF THE
WORLD. In 1851 the amount of ton
mage belonging to Liverpool was 1885,
022 tons, being 1882 tons greater
than that of London Nearly half OF
all the product exported from England
was shipped from this port. The
amount of shipping which entered and
cleared during that year was more than
5000, 900 tons of the vessels from
abroad, by far the largest and most
numerous were from the United States.
A large portion of the British, and al
so of the German emigration to foreign
and colonial countries, flows throgh
Liverpool. The docks of Liverpool,
which are her pride, cover 400 acres
of water, extending a distance of five
miles on the Liverpool side of the riv-
err, and two on the Birkenhead side.
The sea-wall along the Liverpool side,
by which the shipping in dock is pre-
served from the wind and storm, is
more than five miles long, with an av-
age thickness of eleven feet, and an
average height from the foundations Of
forty feet.
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who thought the salary provided en-
tirely insufficient. He said he was in
favor of cutting off the Normal School
which cost $4,000 year, and was
doing no good The sum of $1,000
was also thrown away upon the Far
mum School at Beverly. The State is
wasting $4,000 to $4,000 every
year in different ways. If q reform
was to be commenced, he hoped it
would be thorough, and embrace all
departments of expense.
Bills introduced. BY Mr. Cook, to
Incorporate Industrial Home Associa-
ton of Trenton.
HousE.-Prayer by Rev. Mr.. Cline.
Bills Noticed. BY Mr. Banghart,
to incorporate Clinton, Hunterdon CO..
Mr.. Dobbins offered resolution in :
Structing the committee on Stationery
80 furnish lessee r. Mills with knife.
Adopted.
TRENvoN, Feb. 6.
Senate. The roll being called, IL
Senators answered to their names.
Bills Noticed BY Mr.. Buckley, act
to allow masters, guardians, and 9TH
ers to purchase property by Mr..
Cook, act to authorize the election Of
delegates to convention, to revise the
constitution
Several Assembly bills were appro-
priately referred.
House. Mr.. benson from Commit
tee on Engrossed Bills, reported sun
dry bills correctly engrossed.
Several bills were taken up, but the
House being thin, were passed over in
formally.
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@@epislatire.
Eighty-Fourth Legislature.

TRENTON, Jan. 81.
SENATE. Prayer by Rev. Mr.. Cline
The President presented letter from
the Engrossing Clerk of the Senate,
in relation instructing him to engross
forthwith, the bill to fix salaries of Of
fcers, stating that the bill had only
been received by him on the morning
of the day the resolution was passed,
and that he had in no manner DELAYED
It,
/ Reports of Committees. Mr.. Rob-
erts, (Engrossed Bills) reported seve-
raj bills correctly engrossed. Mr..
Stratton (Militia) reported the bill to
revise the Militia of the State.
Rills Introduced. BY Mr.. Camp
bell, act respecting proceedings in
criminal cases by Mr. Mowry, act to
authorize the Phillipsburg Bank to
elect two additional directors by Mr..
Norcross, act to dam Delaware River
at Scudder's Falls
Bills Passed. Sup to act respecting
streets in the town of Melville act
respecting dockage in Monmouth co. ;
sup. to insurance law.
The sup. to the LambertVille Iron
Co., was taken up and postponed.
The sup. to operatives wages law
was passed
The supplement to Lambertville
Iron Co. was passed, IA to 3.
HOUSE. Starr moved that the
Speaker Issue writ of election to fill
the vacancy caused by the death Of
Mr.. Harker, of the second district of
Gloucester. The motion was post
poned.
The bill to create new county of
Musconnetcong was taken up.
Mr.. Drake moved to postpone for
two weeks, and the bill to be made the
order of the day for that day
Mr. Rushing opposed this post
ponement, and the bill was postponed
for the present
Spndry Senate bills were referred
WEDNESDAY, Feb. l.
! Prayer by Rev. DR., Camp.
Bills Noticed. by Mr.. Perry, act
to consolidate the Frankiinite Co.
By Mr.. Roberts, act to reduce sala-
ries Of state officers act to repeal
law establishing State Normal School
Passed. Sup. to act for more easy
foreclosure Of mortgages act to fix
salaries of officers of the Legislature.
rThis was opposed by Mr. Roberts,
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attention to the law, which expressly
forbids the arrest and Imprisonment of
females in cases similar to the above.
The jury. after being out nearly two
hours, rendered a verdict against the
defendants, and awarded $500 DANA
ges.
We do not see why it should hare
taken the jury two hours to come to a
verdict on such case, without the
we'll known kindness of the officials
had managed to surreptiously SNUG
gle upon it some of those convenient
gentleman who are ever ready to de-
clare black is white-for a considera-
ton. We have heard that it is nc
unusual thing for a constable in some
parts of New Jersey to arrest per-
son on the most frivolous pretences.
and although bound by his oath o.
Office to take him before the first JUS
tice he can find, he yet keeps hin
locked up in filthy cell till he can
meet with his favorite Justice, with
whom, no doubt, he has made very
pleasant arrangement. These pro-
ceedings must and shall be stopped.
At all events they shall be exposed
With the same aimless aspirations,
and weak misanthropy which charac-
terize the journals of Gotham, does
the editor of the above sheet pour out
his spleen against New Jersey. II
would be to waste criticism with un.
resisting imbocility to say anything
to these metaphor mongers, more than
that the disease of their minds is a con-
stipation of thought Were they
aware of the lack of sentiment embo-
died in these outbursts of egotistical
feeling, we shall have heard the last Of
them. Little Jersey, with her sand
hills and seraggy mountains speaks in
bright pictures when brought in COM
parison with the vile city of Gotham,
which runs riot in disgusting sensations
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THE VICTORIA BRIDGE. This great
tubular iron bridge across the ST..
Lawrence at Montreal, one of the
greatest works of modern engineeing,
is completed, and train of cars has
crossed it. 1t consists of tube 5000
feet or a mile and quarter in length,
supported by "a piers ard abutments.
The centre span is $50 feet long, and
IL spans on each side of the centre ar e
242 feet each. The extreme length,
including abutments, is 1000 feet, and
including the banks. 1924 feet, or
nearly two miles. The tube through
which the trains are to pass is 16 feet
wide and % feet high in the middle,
and 19 feet at the extreme ends. There
are 100000 cubic feet Of masonry,
some of the stones weighing Il tons,
and the highest I tons: the fouuda-
tions of some of the piers are % feet
below the water. The weight of the
iron in the tubes is 5000 tons, the
iron plates being riveted by 10000
rivets. The whole cost of the bridge
was about 100000. The Grand
Trunk railroad, with which this bridge
is connected, it is expected will be
soon completed to Detroit, Mich,
distance, in direct line from Portland,
Maine, of 862 miles, and with branches
making 1909 miles of railway, costing,
including the bridge 100000, 1000
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The Railroad House and
EATING SALOON.

Bridge St., 8 doors below the Depot,
LAMBERTyILLE, Nj
TOHN K. ZEIGLER would respectfully call
- attention to the fact of his keeping the.only
LICENSED RESTAURANT
in Lambertville, all reports to the contrary not
withstanding.
At all hours of The day or night may be found
at his establishment, all the viands and delica-
cies to be procured in the market, and the Pro-
prietor takes pleasure in returning thanks to the
Public for their patronage.
BILL OF FARE.
Roast Beef, Sardines, Stewed Oysters
Beef Steaks, Vegetables, Fried Oysters,
Mutton Chops, Oyster Pie, Fricassed Oysters
Veal Outlets, P'k'ld CLANS, Picked Tripe,
and Pies of all kinds
DRINKS.
Champagne Wine, Domestic Wines Ale, Smiths
Grey's, and Kohl's.) Porter, Lager Beer, Cof-
fee, Tea, &C., &c.
% Good Family Oysters, so cts per hundred
G- Boarding and Lodging'by the day or week
Co In addition to his establishment in Bridge
St., the Proprietor has opened branch saloon
in the basement of Cray's New Building cor.
of Union and Church Sts., where everything
enumerated above may also be procured.
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S(Y(arried.
GU

On the oath ult., by Rev. John
McNair, Mr.. James r. Kline to Miss
Francis Alletta Durham, both of Gin
ton.
January 25tb, at the house of the
BRIDES father, by Rev. Thomas Wal
tiers, Mr. John NJ. Smith to Miss Ann
S. Larue, both Of Readington.
Jah. 26th, at the Methodist Par
sonage in Pennington, by the same,
Martin V Rose, of Kingwood, to
Harriet S. Reading of Delaware
On Thursday, the 10Th inst, by the
Rev. Mr. Van Lien, Mr. John Forker,
to Miss Mary Scomp. all Of Reading
ton.
On the 23d inst, in East AmweII, at
the residence of the brides father, by
John S. Williamson, Esq, William W.
Hoffman and Miss Telene Osborn.
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MINUTE WORK. A visitor at the
American watch mandatory at Wal
than, Mass, says he was shown q
small heap looking like iron filings, or
grains from pepper castor, which
when examined with a microscope
were seen to be perfect screws, each to
be driven to its place with screw
driver A single pound of steel cost
ing fifty cents, is thus manufactured
into one hundred thousand screws,
which are worth eleven hundred dol
lars.
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The House Organized.

Just as we were finishing the labor
of stiking off our last issue, we receiV-
ed telegram, announcing the organi-
cation of the House, by the election
of the Hon. William Pennington, of
New Jersey, as Speaker. Undoubt-
edly, the news will cause the Republi-
cans throughout the State, and we
may say Union, to rejoice, while the
Democrats consider themselves, alike,
victorious We say let every one re-
joice, for surely they have reason to do
so. We herewith give brief descrip-
ton of the gentleman, who so unex-
pectedly has been called to fill post,
high in point of honor. William Pen
nington, known throughout the State
as Governor Pennington, was born in
New Jersey, in the year 1891, and has
always resided within its boundaries,
one of its most honored citizens. He
studied law in early life, and practiced
for many years. When this State was
under the Old Constitution, which
gave power to the Legislature to elect
the Governor, that body conferred up
on him that dignity in 1881, and he
continued to be elected until 1843.
During his occupancy of that Office,
the controversy upon the admission of
the New Jersey Members, into the
Twenty sixth Congress, arose, in which
Gov. Pennington achieved national
reputation. This is known as the fa-
nous Broad Seal War" In 1874
he resigned the gubernatorial chair,
and returned to the practice of his pro-
ession. In 1849 he was rendered the
post of Governor of Minnesota, by
General Taylor, but this was firmly and
most respectfully declined. In 1851
President Fillmore made him Que of
the Judges to settle the claims of the
Mrxican Treaty, which, like the other
appointment was also declined. In
1858 he was candidate fran the Fifth
Congressional district of New Jersey.
The large experience of Gov. Penning-
ton well fit him for the successful dis
charge of the arduous duties Of the
position to which he has been chosen,
while his gentlemanly qualifications will
make him special favorite
This is the second time New Jersey
has been honored, by having her sons
placed in the third place in the govern
ment. General Jonathan Dayton was
elected Speaker of the Fourth Con-
grsss, in 1895, and reelected in 1871
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How TO Stop DUELLING. -The first
and last duel in Illinois was fought in
st. Clair Co., in 1920, one of the
combatants falling MORALLY wounded
at the first FIRE. The survivor escaped
to Arkansas, where he remained two
years before he was discovered, when
he was arrested, brought back, tried
and convicted of murder. The gov
ernor was besieged by his friends and
the advocates of the code of honor to
pardon him, but he refused, and the
duellist was publicly executed.
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Jersey Justice.

/" For years it has been facetious
remark of reproach that New Jersey
was out of the Union, and we must
confess that some recent transactions
in that State have quite recopciled us
to the idea. One of the most brutal
outrages ever perpetrated in land
above Cannibalism has lately met its
exposure and punishment in the pres
ent Session in Hudson County, and
that it may be warning to magistrat-
es who lend themselves to such cow
ardly and brutal actions, ecopy from
the New York Herald a report of the
trial;
A suit was tried in the Hudson
County Court, before Judge Ogden
in which two sisters, Caroline and
Louisa Bates, residing at Bulls Ferry,
brought action to recover damages
against David q. Dyer ana Jonh .
Earle-the latter named Justice OF
the Peace-for an alleged imprison-
ment. 1t appears that Mr. Dyer held
a promissory note against the PLAIN
tiffs for the sum of 500, and under
some pretence early last spring ht
went before Justice Earle, at Union
Hill, and procured a warrant for their
arrest. Mr. Dyer, accompanied py q
constable, proceeded to the house OF
the ladies and endeavored to induce
them to secure the debt by bid OF
sale of some household effects. The
constable becoming impatient, stated
he had a warrant to take the ladies
before the Justice of the Peace, and
minated that he must use force ii
necessary. The plaintiffs were accord
ingIy taken in an open wagon, some
three or four miles to the Justices
court. which was held in the upper
part of lager beer saloon. Here,
after being detained some four or i've
hours, it was ascertained that the note
was not yet due by some two months
The prisoners were then discharged,
and taken home during rain storm,
in the open wagon, 1t was alleged
that the excitement and exposure re-
suited in sickness for this as well as
the illegality and che disgrace attend
ant upon the arrest, a suit vas brought
to recover damages. Judge Ogden
in his charge to the jury called their
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THERE are at present about 500

THERE are at present about 500
workmen engaged upon the Bergen
tunnel both night and day, and the
work is rapidly approaching compile
ton. 1t is expected that the rock, the
entire length ofthe tunnel, (about 1900
feet) win be removed about the LIST of
April, and two months thereafter the
work will be completed.
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She 9ambertrille @ress

had been sent to Brown to deliver up
those arms. The matter passed out
of his Mr.. Wilson's mind, and he
supposed all was right. He never
heard word about the organization
of forces for invasion at Harper's Fer
~ in 1853 or afterwards, and did not
know that DR. Howe had sent his let
ter to Brown.
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ADMISSION OF KANsAs,-The I1.i-
bune's Washington correspondence says
that a number Of leading Democratic
politicians are there with reference to
the question ofthe admission of Kansas.
Southern Senators propose altering the
western boundary, which is on the goth
meridian Of longitude west from Wash,
ington under the Wyandotte Con-
stitution, extending it to the summit
OF the Rocky Mountains, and the nor
thern line to the Platte River. This
alteration is designed to make the State
Democratic by including 10000 set
tiers at Pixies Peak. IF passed it
would require new elections for Con-
gress, Legislature and the like. The
programme is for the Senate to amend
the House Bill as stated, and in the
event of its refusal to accept the mo-
dification to exclude Kansas the present
session.
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AN EvENTFUL LIFE. Mr.. Darius
Nash, who was rescued from the ruins
of the Pemberton Mills after several
hours of great suffering, has passed
through as many imminent dangers as
usually fail to the lot of one man. On
the stormy night in which the Minot's
Ledge Lighthouse was carried away,
he was on vessel some fifty miles from
New York, and was wrecked. The
whole crew dashed themselves to the
wreck, and out of the nine only four
survived They were picked off by
the crew of a vessel from Salem, after
four days and three nights of danger,
and Nash was among those saved. AT
another time he fell from the maintop-
sail yard and saved his life by catching
at the refng bit. At one time in his
life he had accumulated $4,000 by his
own industry and frugality, and in
vested it in a bark. The bark was
wrecked on the Florida Reefs, and the
insurance had expired two days before.
Last spring he had long and painful
siege of bilious fever, which was follow
ed by the typhoid fever in the summer,
and on the night of the terrible calam-
ity of the Pemberton Mills he was
among those confined beneath the ruins.
His thrilling narrative of his imprison-
ment with Miss Lizzie Flint, who per-
ished, the public are already acquaint-
ed with. Mr.. Nash's father was kill
ed by falling of a load ofhay. His bro
Their was killed under the ruins. Mr..
Nash is still in good courage, and says
that all he desires is good health. -Bos-
ton journal.
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HEAVY ROBBERY AT CHARLESTON

HEAVY ROBBERY AT CHARLESTON,
S C.-CHARLEsToN, s. c., Jan. 81.
The Charleston Mercury states that
General Delza, an Ambassador from
South America, who arrived here in
the steamship Isabel, was robbed at
his hotel on Saturday, of $4,000 in
Spanish 100 real pieces, the coinage
Of 1859, $500 in flO and EGO notes
on the Bank Of England, together with
a number Of honorary. decorations,
crosses, jewels, watches, &c., the total
amounting in value to ST., 900.
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Miss MI. Wetherill

HAs large supply of Shetland Wool and
I1Zephers Paper Muslin, white and colored !;
Whalebone's Nets for the head, &c &c. In
Corryel St., opposite the Methodist church,
Lambertvilie, Nj.
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THE ISLAND oE New York FILLING
UP.-It has been ascertained that
there are now within the limits of New
York houses already occupied more
than sufficient to fill every vacant lot
below fiftieth street, so that the city
may be considered as densely built up
as far as that street. This would
leave a space sufficient for 6,808
building lots, IS by 100 feet, within
the city limits of thirteen miles by one
and half If from this 1000 lots be
deducted for churches, school houses,
public institutions of charity, lumber
coal yards, and public squares, there
are less than 80, 900 lots left for dwell
ings. The population of the city has
doubled in the past fifteen years, and
if it continues at the present rate of in
crease, it is probable that before many
years the citizens will be Strengthened
for room ON the island
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DDied.
G

Near Clinton, on the 26th ult., Mrs.
Eliza, wife of John Alpaugh and
daughter Of John Evans, aged about
so years.
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NOTICE TO SHIPPERS

= Put all articles up well, in good order, mark
plain who from, with weight, and count &C., and
name of articles put bill inside, and send one
by mail, giving notice how and wnen shipped.
Commissirns-5 per cent. ON all Produce, and 10
rer cent. on Summer Fruit when packages are
peturned.
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THERE has been large incsease in
the number of barefooted monks and
friars who may be seen in the religious
quarter of Paris, in the neighborhood
Of ST. Sulpice. They may be seen, it
lis said, at all hours of the day, walking
along in the quiet and almost deserted
streets of that quarter bareheaded and
barefooted, their blue heels and chill
blainy toes creating the greatess COM
misseration among the ladies and chill
dren, as they tread bravely the frozen
covered ground They have as
sembled there at the present time to
further the "great work of liberating
the Pope of all anxiety concerning the
increase of expenditure necessary to
meet his present emergency.
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PRnaPE CTus.

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win be free to advocate our own honest opinions,
though we may stand alone.
WewiN advocate what we believe to be for our
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she bigoted portisan, and the cant of the ultra
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We will advocate heightened morality-be-
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civilization is advanced and the problem of mans
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A summary of the daily news which will be
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TRIAL OF HEAzLETT. CHARLES
TOWN, Feb. 6.-The trial of Heazlett.
on the charge of murder, treason, and
an attempt to ineite the slaves to insnr-
rection, was commenced to day.
Talesmen had been summoned from
Frederick county, but the number in
attendance was exhausted before the
panel was completed The court was
then adjourned to allow the sheriff an
opportunity to summon more talesmen
Messrs. Green and Bolts appeared
as counsel fer the defence. The prose-
cutiou was conducted DO Messers. Hun
ter and Harding.
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BOOKS RECENTLY PUBLISHED.
Translated from the French.

MenOa7's Of RObert- HOud1n.
Prestidigitenr, Author, Artist Wizard, Conjurer
Ambassador, Magician, Sorcerer, Ne
cromancer, Enchanter, Esca-
moteur, Professor of
Sleight of Hand.
ETC., ETC.,
Written by himself Edited by
DIR. r. SHELTON MACKENZIE
With copious index, carefully arranged.
Bound in one vol. II mo CLOTH 446 pages. $I.00