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^ ^ «■' «'*• Wd to ""H* qu#.Uo*i «n «lw*y. .ilenood by t*c return mfcrro^tory '!• tfc«t M bad as running whits mm down with blood hound* I" ■% Weeks later, on the mime small from a wood that was limit lcm, over 36,000 men wore imprisoned. The state of the swamp grew worse as tho sun grew higher, and a sickening stench filled the air. Maggots swarmed everywhere, and extorted exquisite pain from the undressed wounds of' tho hapless prisouers that were allowed to gangrene and mortify without the slightest effort to give them surg ed attention. The only water given them to drink was that from the creek into which all the cawi- rage of this close- packed town of wounded, starring men was emptied. All through June and July the captives died by the score daily — 1,817 were carried out and given uncoifined buriel by the rude negro undertakers in a cornmop in tho latter month, tttill the new arrivals kept *up the total to over 30,000 throughout the burning days of that summer. Scurry, diurrluea, consumption and starvation — for the prisoners were served with food so bad that they would throw it away and die rather tlian eat it — were doing their fearful work all the time. With the same vivid realism the author touches this revolting phase of the long tragedy at Andersunville.

a DISSf AL SCR NX. "Let me describe the sceno immedi ately around my own** tent during th" last two weeks of July, as a sample of the condition of tho wholo prison. 1 will take a apace not larger than a good si aed parlor or sitting-room. On thi* were at least .50 of us. Directly in front of me lay two brothers — named Sherwood — belonging to company 1 of my lssttalion. , They wore now in the- last stage* of scurvy and diarrhoea. Every » particle of muscle and fat About their limbs and bodies had apparently wasted away, leaving the skin clinging close to the bone of tho face, arms, hands, ribs and thighs— everywhere except the feet and lege, where it was swollen tense And transparent, distended with gallons of which the most of their teeth had already fallen, protruded far beyond their lipa. To their left lay a sergeant and two othera of their company, all dying from diarrhoea, and beyond was a fair- * haired German, young and intelligent looking whoso life was ebbing tediously away. To my right was a handsome young sergeant of an Illinois infantry regiment, captured at Konesaw. liis left arm had boon amputated between the shoulder and elbow, and he was turned into the stockAde with the stump all undressed, save the liguting of the arteries. Of course he had not bhen inside an hour until the maggot flies had laid eggs In the open wound, and before the day was gone the worm* were hatched out and rioting amid tho inflamed and super-tensitive nerves, where their every move was agony. Accustomed as wo were to misery, we iuuuu a ■nu nmer depth in his misfortune, and I would bo happier now could I forget his pale, drawn face, a* be wandered uncomplainingly to and fro, holding his maimed limb with his right hand, occasionally stopping to squeeze it, as one does a boil, and press from it a stream of maggot e and pns. f do not think that he ate or slept for a week before he died."

OLD-TIME STEAMBOATS.

Cap*. Robert Re» is rontribntmg to tbeCatskill ftKooRmuiasoriesof memoirs of navigation on the Hudson river, from which wa .glean some interesting re-

miniscences of the old-time steamers. The Novelty, built in 1830, was called - "Dr. Nott's boat." She was the first steamer to bum cos I. Up to that date wood was used fbr fuel. The old Telegraph required from 30 to 35 cords of wood for the trip from Alhnny to New York; the Diamond and other larger boats used about Ml cords. This quantity of wood required considerable valuable space, needed fbr freight, hence the wood was stowed in side rooms and on the upper deck, which made It a big job to handle. In these days the Telegraph and fttjrallow were in opposition, and had a race from Albany ever other night to km which would get tho good landings at Hudson and (.'atskill, more freight and passengers being usually secured at thf latter place. They left Albany to-gether-about 5 o'clock. Whichever boat took the Hudson channel first, the other ^ scudded through the A then* channel for Y'atskifl point, running the Hudson landing to mure the first chance at Catskill. The racing waa enjoyed as much by the passengers ns by the crews of tlie rival boats, and the interest was equally greet along shore. 0d pleasant ftunday

• ...... ...'I 1 - ^«y ... MA) I people gathered at "Tho 1W to see | the result of the race, with additional ' au U» frill. J*™. Psneoyor of Now Orleans afterward bought tho Telegraph and .fried for that eity with her, for the Galveston route, but was lost on the voyage out, on a ba» 1 . ... • *- ~ » • % • -a «». --a explosion having killed several people as she started after a down-river landing. The Armenia was built in 1847, and has been a remarkably "lucky-boat," always making good time and never exported, oiag any accidents. She was running as a spare boat on tho day line in 1875-7 -8. Tho Aiida's record between Albany and New York has stood at the head of the list for many years— 6 hours and 21 minutes. [A letter dated February 8, 1880, published in the New York Spirit or tub Tunc*, denies the 5 hours and 21 minute story, end' says: "The Aiida's famous run was made from Albany to New York, and the time then claimed was 6 hours and 51 minutes. This was between 1851 and 1853. Other quick trips have been made by the Reindeer [7 hours and 3 miputea— only 12 minutes dower than the Aiida's], South America, Armenia, Francis Skiddy, Roger Williams, Mctamora, Chuuncey Vibbardand Dauiel Drew. In 1864 tho C. Vibbard, having Secretary Seward and George Wilkes Among the passengers, was timed by Mr. Wilkes from the run from Coxzen'a to Newburgh lumling, a distance called 10 miles, which was made in 19 minutes and 45 seconds. It is thought, however, among those familiar with i

steamboating from 1850 to 1860 that tho Aiida's performance remains unequaled. Joseph Maslin was chief engineer at the time." The old South America is remembered and bragged on by all the older boating men al a remarkably fast traveler, no boat in her duy being able to do anything witb her. By the late Col. John W. Harcout's record she is credited with the fastest trips, all landings included. The South America waa built in 1840 and was on the Albany route for several seasons. She was afterward bought by Capt. William Mellon, and in her old age ran on the Hudson route. The Hteomer Columbia, built by John Breasted, Allaire works, New York, in 1841, for Hudson parties, commanded boat ; would leave New York at 12 o'clock, make four or five landings, and at five o'clock be fast to the dock at Hudson. Nelson Doono was Engineer. It war then a common thing for tho fast night boats out of New York at 5 o'clock to make the Catskill lauding nt 1 1 .30 — tho South America did it frequently. The vteamcr Belle was built in 1835 for Capt. Richard Peck. She ran op position on the Albany line for the first year. The following year she ran opposition to Providence with Capt. Peck ; pilots, Capt. Child* and Robert Moore. Five o'clock out of New York, quarter before seven [next morning] at India Point, Providence, 220 miles, one landing at Newport. The Schuyler line of Albany has owned the Belle and run her in its towing line for the post 20 years, where she has done splendid work, tis fiui net i ii iv Alida. In 1879 the belle, described as the "oldest towhoat on the Hudson," made a run of 100 miles in 5 hoars, and the fact was published in tho Albany papers. The steamer Express was built in 1843, and went oiwfchuy Icr's line— "7 o'clock ; through without landing." On the night of April 7tli, 1845, in a snow storm, the Swallow, Capt. Squires, the Rochester and the Express left Albany at 6 o'clock ; fare 25 cents. The bouts reached the vicinity oC Athens about 9 o'clock, where the pilot of the Swallow [William Burnett] mistook the upper light for the lower one and kept too much to fixe

bringing tha Swallow up on what is known as Brig island rock, when •ho zank in five minutes, and 35 men and women were drowned. The passeager* rescued trcm taken off by the Express. Tho accident made a great sensation throughout tho country. Large edition* of colorod plates picturing "the wreck of the swallow" were ■old, and several are preserved heroalnnits to this day. The Express was afterward lost in Chesapeake bay.

Selling A Farm.

Much trouble and sometimes angry word contests or expensive legal proceedings follow the purchase of farms and other foil estate. The following decisions by Judge Bennett, of MasseabwWrtt*, are valuable for reference i "Of course every one knows it conveys all the fences standing on the farm, but all might not thinklt Included all fen efnff stuff, posts, rails, etc., which had once been used in the fence but had been taken down and piled up for future use again In the same place. But new fencing material just bought and never attached to the soil would not pass.

I onoe used on the land, have been con- ' •csitbld nolo* laid looeelv aero** tli< form might take them away. "Standing trees, of course, also pass o* pari * so do t**>~- -- jr ^ • •• - e wr the farm ; though it might not be so the owner had not previously sold' it to M>me other party, and collected it together in a heap by itself. "Growing crops also pass by a deed of a farm unless they are expressly roserved and when it Is not intended to convey those it should be stated in the deefl it nelf ; a mere oral agreement to tho effect would not be valid in Iaw. "Another mode is to stipulate that }>ossession is not to be given until some future day, in which case the crops or manure may be removed before that time. "As to the building* on the farm, though generally mentioned in Uiedeed, it is not absolutely necessary they should be. "A deed of land ordinarily carries all the buildings on it belonging to the grantor, whether mentioned or not; and this rule includes the lumber and timber, of any old building that has been taken or blown down, and has been packed away for future use on the farm. "But if there be any building on the furm built by some third person, with the farmer's leave, the deed would not convey these, since such buildings are

personal property, and do not belong to the land owner to convey. "The real owner might move them off, although the purchaser of the farm supposed he was buying and paying for all the buildings on it. His only remedy in such case would be against the party selling the premises. "A furnace in the cellar, brick or portable, is considered a port of the house, but an ordinary stove with a loose pipe running into the chimney is not."

AN OMNIBUS BOSS.

A Princely Fortune that has been ma dk bt Five Cent Fare*. (N. Y. Correspondence Washington Republic.] J "Do you see that old duffer with a slouched hat — that one sneaking out of sight ?" It was r\ driver of a Fifth uvVnue 'bus who asked me the question the other night a* we were passing the Fifth avenue hotel- "He's my bow," continued Jehu. "If I's worth'* much'* he's 1 wouldn't stand around all night watching stars." "How much is ho worth 7" "'Bout four million^" "Who is he?" "lie ? Why he's old Andrews, who runs tho whole outfit. Thought everybody knew .him. Ws know him. He j runs 70 'buses on thi* line, and scoops in tlireo'r four hundred a day, clean money. He's been offered'* high's 5200,000 cash fbr the line, but he wouldn't have it." "What keeps him around here at night?" "Just'or see that wo don't 'knock down' the fares of ]>as8cnger* on top. Lirh Ju*ke a. special rot urn on the last trip for all top fares. The ola chap hangs around to catch the boys." At thi* moment we met a 'bus coming up. There was a mysterious interchange of signals between the two drivers. The upward bound had been warned by the downward bound that the boss wax on duty. "Sometimes he's there by the Fifth avenue, where you saw him ; next trip he'll be down to Blocker street ; maybe he'll jump in and ride a few Mock*. He's a g?y one. . He think* more of a cent with a* hole in it than I do of a good dinner. Ho hangs around

overy night till 1 o'clock, when the lost TO goes up. He's got an awful grip on his gold, but some day sotnebody'll have his money to spend," The thought of it gavo an extra snap to the whip. "He does look pretty old, that's a fact." "Don't you worry about his dying off hand. Ilia father is alive now, up in Delaware county. No, sir ; if 1 had his stamps 1 wouldn't hang around nights to catch a five cent fare. When he finds a driver short a fare ho docks him 50 cents." "How do receipts now compare with the 10 cent days ?" . "We do more than double the business. A stage average* $3 more a day since they cut down to five cents. We used to take in $6 or 57, and now wo count on from |9 to 511." And now you know as much about the profits of tbe Fifth avenue 'bus as 1 do. > w » As an evidence that tho Greenback party of this city is rapidly beooming effete, it may l>e stated that less than 100 votes were cast at the elect ion yesterday. —Trot Tints.

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Co tbn dining hall of tho Union depot [fi<" ' it ''In I I'iillftft frtf a. >iit if JT. # * • a* I "Jteuer utxe uare oi it, or some one will steal it." "Oh, I guess not ; I'm an old traveler." % The policeman walked on ; in a few minutes in oamo a dapper little man, looked carelessly around, saw the satchel, carelessly walked over to it, carelessly ] >icked it up, and wo* going for the door when the owner sang out t Hello I where you going ?" 4 'Going to a hotel." "Well, what are you going to do with that satchel?" going over to him. "That* my satchel, hand it over." But the dapper little man held on to it, and without any ado the traveler knocked him down a time or two, and was proceeding to polish him off nicely when interrupted by the policeman, who *uperaU*l the men, and while receiving tin explanation from the stranger the thief escaped. The traveler put his xa tch el down by the counter, where it was before, and went to the other side of the room to continue the conversation. The policeman eyed the satchel, then the man, and, walking over to him, said : "Now, see here, what do you mean by leaving that bag over there ; what sort of a game is this, anyway?"

"Well, I've been traveling for over six weeks, and I'm pining for a little gentle exercise ; that's all," said the traveler. — Indianapolis Journal.

POETRY IN THEM ALL.

Mrs. Gov. Lew Wallace finds in New I Mexico what she calls a "subtle Spanish essence" pervading everything. Even the names of the commonest persons she meets are poetic. She says in the Independent ; "Perfectio (perfection), a worthless poon in a Navaho blanket, sweeps the sidewalk ; Benito (the good), a shambling Mexican boy, watching his chance for a spring at the spoons, brings tho mail ; Marijiosa (butterfly), the silliest of Slowboys, pushes the baby wagon ; while Angelius, an angel whose fbrm W lost its original brightness, lazily watches her. Three old witches, whom we familiarity call the -Macbeth*, were baptized Feliciana, the happy ; Kosita, little rose ; Hermosa, the beautiful." Mrs. Wallace adds that most of the people she meets have India blood in their veins, and not a few are mixture of Spanish, African and Indian. Here is her picture of a Santa Fe woman : | "Quite out of reach of tho shady trees, in tho fiercest blaze of tho sun, sitting j on a fragment of tho Rocky mountains, is a statuesque figure, which might represent the oldest, tho most furious of _ Furies. It is Blandina, the fair one, tho soft one, of Santa Fe. Her face, like one of her own foot liiM*, is worn into gutters and seams. Not like them so moulded by the action of water, but by expostuto to sharp sunlight and withering wind, destructive to beauty, which make oven young persons appear old. r ^ / jMiifcsftil I which looks it* though it might date back to — I was about to say tbe flood, but that would imply that st some prehistoric era she had feet tho sanitary influence of a xhower hath."

A PUZZLED PAR80N.

An old gentleman from the east, of a clerical aspect, took a stage from Denver south in ante-railroad days. The journOy "was not altogether a safe, one, and he was not reassured by the sight of rifles deposited in the coach, and nor- ■ 9

veusly asked for what they were. "Perhaps you'll find out before you git to the Divide," was the cheering reply. Among the passengers was a partic uhult (iraeomed to biro) fierce-looking man, girted with a belt full of revolvers and cartridges, aud clearly a road agent or assassin. Home miles out, this person, taking out a largo flask, asked, "Stranger, do you irrigate ?" \ "If you mean drink, sir, 1 do not," "Do you object, stranger, to our irrigating?" "No, sir." And they drank accordinglyAfrer a further distance had been traversed, the supposed brigand again asked, *Rtriiqger do you frimigate?" "If you mean smoke, sir, I do not." "Do you olyeot, stranger, to our fumigating?" "No, sir." And they proceeded |o smoke. Av the dining-place, when our friend came to tender his money, tho proprietor said, "Your bill's paid." "Who paid it f "That man"— pointing to the supposed highwayman, who, frn being asked if he hsd not made a mistake, replied, "Not

* t v ; bers. Elijah Ellis, who died at Corinth on Sunday, mads some singular requests prior to his demise. He requested that his remains be kept in the house for three weeks ; that one of his sons make his coffin; that his four sons dig the grave and inter the body, lowering it into the grave as the sun disappears behind tho mountains near his residenoe. A young man from the North accosted a southern man with : "About how many voters have you in your dis trict?" "About 6,000." "What is your average vote?" "Something like 450." "How's that?" "Oh, we never let the niggers vote." "What, never?" The Southerner who had never heard "Pinafore": "No, by gosh, never!" Shepherd Cow lev is safb on Black well's island, making shoes, in a con victV dress. Once he waa chaplain of the institution, and it is suggested that he be reappointed to the office as the beet means of turning his ability to account, i If he administered spiritual consolation 1 to the .prisoners on the same principle I I

that he gavo out pabulum to the helpless inmates of the Fold, the convicts wouldn't show any very rapid growth in grace. A doodlcm statesman named Bums, p»hn holds a seat in the California legi* Latttife, has introduced a bill relieving insurance companies from liability on buildings in which the Chinese are employed or sheltered. There are some great men in California, and Burns aspires to go up to the head. If he keeps on he will attain an even higher eminence than that occupied by Dennis Kearney. Sunday was a busy day at the New York post office: Six ocean steamers arrived and brought big mails. The employ oft of th» po«t ofHo« Worked steadily from 6 o'clock in the morning until 7.30 o'clock at night, with only 30 minutes intermission. Three hundred thousand letters were distributed in the early morning delivery, and there remained 40*000 circulars and and 200 sacks of newspapers, containing between 450 and 800 papers in a sack. The assistant euj>erin ten dent of the foreign department says that in his experience of 28 years ho has known no such , rush in his department, and Mr. Do Forrest of the newspaper department, who has been in Uiai office du years, says be never saw the office so busy.

S. P. BRIOGft. J. A. BQLARP. DRS. BRIGGS & BOLARD. DENTISTS, "\i. "5. I We beg leave to announce to the citizen* U» vm |TO .ux-r lately refitted our offioa, and furnished it with the latest improved Dental Chair, Dental Engine, the Electric Mallet for ( making fine Gold Fillings, and a com- | plote set of New Instruments for doing all kinds of Dental work. We make Artificial Teeth which are . life'-like. durable, and waranted to fit. We profess to do as good work, in all the * branches of modern dentistry, as can be done in any office in the country. Our prices ore reasonable, Me fy competition in quality and rates. - mohfltf * j

Somers L. Irwin, OF MILLVILLE, iJW - 4!P would call the attention of the people of CAPE MAY COUNTY to the fact that he is prepared to do all kinds of Blaoksmithing at the lowest prioes, and on short notloe. 1 constantly have in stock a large and varied assortment of AXES, which I can recommend as of the best quality. I am also prepared to manutoeturs all kinds of Fine Took. Give me a call and test my work, MFOrder* by mail will receive itrnne diato attention & L. Irwin,

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MILLVILLE.

fr/yfrMMfrily av i w ; . ^ w i a . • r- %t * ■ ■i ^ Ai • ■ :/: y Three very valuable Building Lots, 60 feet 'front by 180 feet deep, situate on Lafayette Street, Cape May city, FOR SALE On Easy Terms. For particulars enquire at the office of the - "GAZETTE." mclifitf i I am happy to announce that I. If the nerve of tho tooth in alive,

it can be aaved by proper medication, " and tbe tooth preserved permanently. The process i* simple and painless. 2. Tooth-ache from an exposed nervs can be cured immediately. 3. The most extreme sensitiveness in the teeth may generally be overcome before work is done upon them. 4. Those who think their teeth & re too much broken down to Be repaired, will be much astonished to see the advance Dentistry has made in this direction. 5. If it is really neoessary to have Artificial Teeth, they may be mode very life-like and useful. 6. Teeth may be extracted without pain — often with pleasure — under Gas. T. B. WELCH, Dentist iyn791y VIN'ELAlft), K. J. I. ■ I ■ ■ ■ 1 ■ | Mf | *^r-rtUew«r(Wh. ||Unl|B|ll I No otaMar from «kt «M,fl I «r W* long nuliu. fry I l*t ••arcaptTjurT-»CATAMml— S— MS— M IlUvxnr." ktkirul lai»*ia*i in*l will U «•*- of ihu imc — — j t* it ■ »4«uW Ukn by Dm m* Mbrii wkmrnrh fv Mb by *11 Dmff uu »*d M«4icic ,*n7•kw- If yo«r3r*tfi« •<* r* M tl.to U D*. ruo«A» SrvBotrAjrr. MloVlD*. OusWrtta* For sale by Johnson, Hollows? , A Co. TfcUa.

G. B. Langley § Co. DEALERS IN Wou.v, YckA, tv\\A Grtxufv oW. VvwA*. MILLVILLE, NEW JERSEY. jun78tf

WW MPiRTITH? IN THE Shoe Trade. t I have added to my stock a frill line of Vyyyc ftVvoe* i\y\A ftVv\\\\m, VOR LATH*"0' • VTT^ M18SB8* 'WEAR. Eiplitli Mrr. i, "lTiln., being rundo tyV the same firm thai supply them, ("Messrs

Weylman A Woodman. J For qua lit style, and beauty of ftnisL, they can not be excelled ; EVERY PAIR BEING FULLY WARRANTED. 1 HAVE ALSO IN 8TOCK A FULL ASSORTMENT OP OTHER GOOD MAKE OF SHOES FOR Ladies' Misses' AND Children's Wear, from the cheapest to tbe medium prioa. In short I propose to keep a regular Family Boot and Shoe Store Where all, children and grown people will reeaiva prompt and i>olite attention. Fleosa call and look through my atoek whether von wish to purchase or not, as 1 am sure an examination of th* soma will insure your patronage. Respectfully Yours, Wm. K Moore, Mi|!viUf, Nsw Jersey mefctab.