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VOLUME I h

CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE, NEW JERSEY, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1880.

"* NUMBER 30.

COUNTY DIRECTORY. 1

JUDICIARY . PftiuiDiso Jroow — Hon. Alfred Heed. Lay Jidur* — Jo.s. k. Hughes, Cat>e May city ; Jrese H. Divertv, Deunuvillc; Somer* C. Handy, Tuckuhoe. Commissions* Sutri.ua Ku.ni>— J. B. 11 liftman, Court House. SiiKRirr — William 11. Benezet. Ooumtv Collkctor — David T. Smith, Court House. County Clkuk — Jonathan Hand. Dmcctv " — Morgan Hand. Proskitto* Plkao — J ames R. Iloagland, Bridgeton. SuiatHiATK — William Hildretli. ftvrV. Pvauc Ix*t*cc*io* — Dr. Maurice Beesley, Deniiiaville. ~BUS~INtSS DIRECTORY. J. K. I^amlns, M. P.. P. D.8. Vr, H. Leumlnjc, T>. D. 8J. F. Learning, # Son. DENTISTS. office iiays: CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE, Tuesdays, Wednesday*, and Saturday*. CAPE HAY CITY, Tuesjuys, and Wednesday*. SO UT H SB A V I L LE, Fridays, inchtilyr. _ iOW^i ¥1UT, Physician and Surgeon, cape may court house, n. j. mchfilyr. T / -ifr B. lIiirrMAii) H • COUNSELOR AT LAW, SUPREME COURT COMMISSIONER, AND MASTER IN CHANCERY, Capk May C. II. , N. J. Will be ut hi* office ui Capo May City every Haturduy. mehfilyr. J as. II. Nixon, attorney 4 counselor at law, Officii in" issi'ltasck bvildixo, millvili.e, n. J-_ Mrs. S. R- Conover, Fashionable Mil liner, lliufl. Stukkt, Below Pink, "^T MILhVILkK, >. inchftlyr ; L. B. CAMPBELL, UKAI.F.Il IN stoves, heaters, ranges, tin- "" wa r e, < ttleuy, <! lassware, Ac., Ac. tjwa strkkt, millhui, n. a. mcliOlyr J. P. BUCK, Dealer in horses, carriages, harness, at. MAIN KTHKET, SKA It TIIK BKlIXiK, MILLVILLE, N. .1. mchfilyr __ HEREFORD USE, cape may c. h. - - a » »

LIVERY ATTACHED. Horses always on hand, For Sale or Exchange. L. "Wii EATON. iRch61yr M) PATENT. \0 PAY. PATENTS «»btalnfHl for mechanical device*, medical or other oompouml*, ornamental design*. trademurk* an«1 label*. Caveat*. Assignments, Interferences. Infringement*. and all matter* relating t" Patent*, promptly attended t«». We iimkv preliminary exainlnatlon* ami furnish opinion* a* to patentability, free of ell ir«e and all wlin are lnlcrr«lcd hi new Invention* and Patent* are Invited to send for a e »pv of oiKr "fluMe *>r obtaining Patent*." wllfeh i- -rut free to an V Milit rw, "lid oootaln" complete liiMtrnetlon* liow to olitniii Patent*, and other valuable mutter. Imrhnr the na*t five veer* we linvo otdalned nearly ll»r»*e thouea'id Patent* for Ainerloan and Koretun Inventor*, jind <an give fMttMftieUinr n fernici'A III nim **t every eoutity in flic t nlon. Add rem f I/)U!8 ftAOtIKH AfY>.,llollr|tor?i of Pntmil* Attorueye at law, J*e Dn»lt Ifntldl nir, Wnahlnfton, f>. C', PURE Fish Lriiano, Fnn SALE BY FRANKLIN HAND. jiinlfi.if.

UNION HOTEL, Cape May C. H. This long established Hotel is still open for the reception of permanent and transient guests, where all attention will be given to their comfort. William Eldridge. mehfilyr. I ~ A. YOURISON, MESS MAKER, AND DEADER IN R EAJQY-MADE_ . HARNESS, CAPE MAY C. H., N. J. Please Call and Examine Our Stock ! Wc have on hand a good assortment of Ready-made Harness, Collars , Bridles , Saddles, Whips, Robes, i * iVt C») /MrrrArT.^ F • fiseSy Trunks, Etc., ALL OF WHICH WE ARE SELLING AT LOW CASH PRICES. Open Wagon Harnes* as low as $ 8 (Kl Carriage Harness as low as 10 00 AND MANY OTHERS OF DIFFER ENT STYLES AND PRICES. m£~oall and kco befbrc piirdianliifr cljictt'licrr, ,„h,..iv,. A. Yourison.

J. L. STEEL, M A XU K A< Tl" II El* <>K | LADIES' AM) BEATS' fashionable B001S ui SHOES, GENTS' BUTTON CAI.F GAITERS ONLY Sa,.'.0, NEXT TO TIIK "GAZETTE" OFFICE. • j CAPE MAY C. II. Repairing neatly sind enrofuBy done, | I mchfHyr. SturdlvnntN Uront ('ntarrli Remedy, I* the mi font , m«»*l HKni'iihln ami ftlWual i. j reim-.ly hi the world, f*»r tin- eurn *»t OA* « i TAItHfl. N*» matfrr imin wluitrm»*ocir liow , i. : lonu Miumliiig, hy glvhiK ;• STI'RIM VANT'S CATARRH REMEDY i- a fair ami tiii|>arllal trial, you will he cona vlueed c»f till* fart, Tim inedlcln** I* very idea*ftitt and can Ih» titkcn hy the ni«»*t del* n [cute *t<iftuteh. Kor *ale hy all drn««l*t*. ami * l»y Holloway <V Co.,tW ArenMt., IMitlu, turhtlly . t ! :: R. L. IIOWELL, ; SURVEYOR A N l> Civil Engineer, MILLVILLE, X. .1. Special attention paid to leveling; o*tahli*liing the overflow line* of pro-* 5 iKWcd jioiid* for mill *ite*, eranLerrj* tHYg* etc ; drainage work* et<\ Plan* made, e*timat<"* fnriii*lie»| and MiYeeiftention* drawn for Mill*. Bridge*; Waterwork* ami nil *imilnr count met inn* or work* nt fhort notice, mehfHyr

POETRY. T] Our Ships at Sea. c BY THOU AH Y A HULK Y 4 I. Our fthtpa of nlr, 1 Which arc mo fair, ! < And which mucIi eoatiy cargo®* boar, j How fnr, how far They ever are \ Beyond the lUt'nlng harbo:«'»ur I i " - i How dfMance drape* 1 'iiiclr ahudowy ahape*. i Aa they go drkAhig p**! (be en|>e»! ( llow slow thojTaall I How ever full To catch the homeward-blowing gale ! 1] Ileyond the reach , 1 Of wcleomtng apeech | ' That wait* them on the txM-konlng Iwaeh, ' ( They mtiii to tl«»at— lloat after IhnU — j 1 To regloua more ami more remote; IV. ' Until they iwlm Aeroaa the dim 8k.v-clrcl<tfi oeeunV rounded rim; And, Miundleea glide Sheer down the wide, I* alighted *lo]>e the other aide. V. And wc- we wait Till llfegrowN late, Wearily hoping against fate; # And evermore. At night, deplore Our ahlp* which never reach the ahore. VI. ttlNMytfJUVwi.. — — I On aome *u*plcloua mors, or pier. And that, at la*t, With anchor* cant, Willi worn Mall* ribboned at the mnat, VII. They brought, though late. In caak and crate, A royal atnuencc of freight Kmui tribute h»»k, And clime* where Ea*e And Plenty hreatho the Orient bns-xe— VIII. With what wide eyus Of glad Htirprlae, And throbbing heart a, would we arise, kuil rend the gyve* With which our live* Are fettered In the*c work -day hive* ! IX. TueT.'-fYi'r . free "■ - From trnmel* of Necowilty ? Would we Ix-gtn flood work*, and win, Men'* bless I n ga, li our ships were In? « ' xWould we fulfill Our wayward will, Througli all r**|»or:* «»f g'Kxl and 111 ? Would we pursue The wise ami true And narrow pathway, or a new ? XI. Ood know*, not wc; III* I* the sea ; And Hi* Its varying current* tw; And lie the tide* \\ It hln iik guide*, W heroin each Ufr J.* tracked or ride.*. XII. . For Mvery Mill Thevulm or gale lie wllleth, nut*! for It prevail; And If some eraep Henettth the ileep, HI III waters to perpetual sleep— XIII. And some on Ktruml* Of alien land* Strew treasons* for utiliallow«*«l hnmli— And wime- though few— Steer safely through The headland* hidden from their view— XIV. Not our* the right. With finite sight. To doubt the all-wlae Infinite; Hut, with mute llji*. Till lite * eclipse, Trupt him to guide our sailing Rlitp*.

A Letter from Mao Mexico. Bovdvillo, N. M., Sept. 0. Dk.ai: 0 azf.TTP. : — Well wc are again out in the wild* of the mountains, somewhere near the place from which we first wrote you. But now the iron horse carries u* over where we used to trudge along on foot. We thought that Colorado and New Mexico were the most level place* in the scenery lino that wc had ever visited ; until our first trip over the mountain* hy rail. Now we are very much changed in opinion ami can say : wc never have seen it excelled in any of the 13 different state* we have boon in. In some place* one can in a 5 minutes walk from one point on the track reach another point which the train will occupy a $ least 15 minute* in reaching, and whore there are 5 hor*c-*hoe curves within a half mile's distance. From there we reach different reck cuts, • some fill feet high on cither aide, and with n live minute* ride pass into full view of a gorge 2000 ft in depth. Then into tunnel* and emerging !Yot)i thcui are on aomewh it of a plain— hut a very cold one indeed, even at this .*ea*«n» of the year. Tor it i* on t »p of the mourn

bin and hiiow U already falling and ice is forming every night to the tliicknea* of ufi inch* Wo have just had what is not an m>- j usual thing in this country, Viz : an in- | accent man in the discharge of his duties is shot down like a dog. He is hit exactly in the centre of bis forehead and with his brain* gushing over hi* face he exclaim* "Oh !" and expires. His companion standing by hi* side hu* A hole shot through his head at the •ume time, by unother desperado. The desperadoes were under the influence of liquor and did Hho shooting for sport. lujmc<li*tt*ly all the 11. K. employee* i lfcn theirwork and started in pursuit ' but to no purpo»o us they hud oscap^. 'They have, however, since Ixjen captured and nothing less than lynch law will satisfy their pursuers^. On the next morning alter the affray your correspondent rode 30 miles over the mountain* to join the others in pursuit of the ones who did the shooting. A party of 80 men all mounted and_armcd with Winchester rifles, ami about 200 men on foot (all armed) cleared out the town of all saloons, gambler*, and gambling dens. At this writing such notices a* the following, posted in conspicuous places, ure no uncommon sight: "Skip Out." "All gamblers, confidence men. and all others having no visible mean* of support are hereby ordered to leave Iwu in»ide of 24 hours. Wo mean bu*i- : no** ana ire.- * ■ ■■ , - \ cheap." All the officers of thetnwn as Well as the oouittv sheriff and U. S. * i marshall have had to "skip" also, and now a more quiet and peaooablo town no one could wish for. Its quiet i* not even surpassed by your town at <\ M. C. II. Hoping that no such occurrence will ever take place down in your own ! town, we remain, aa ever, the friend of the 0.17.KTTK. S. E. ♦ ♦ ♦ - Circumstantial Evidence . I A Henakkam.e Stoijy from tiik ties or j Unitko Mtatk* Sknator Dan Vuokiikkk. The Cincinnati t'oMMHHCt ai. gives this • tTfPlHiv»«r:— i y..

I remmnhcr once defending, at Cinwfordsville, I ml., it man named Owen indicted for the murder of hi* wife by poison. It was twenty-odd years ago. Owen was a respectable farmer, in good circumstances, snd a consistent ehurch member, lie had been twice married. 1 1 <» had several children by his first wife; hi* second was childless, a circumstance whicji peculiarly affected her tiiitnl and temper. She would not permit hi* children to reside with her, and compelled him to find a homo for them ; elsewhere. She had a fancy, too, that he was criminally intimate witli the wife of one of his tenants. She had frequently threatened suicide in consequence of those troubles. One night Owen was awakened from sleep to find her dying. Ho tidied in assistance and sent for a physician, but she was dead before any one arrived. II or sudden demise excited suspicion , and three days after her burial this was communicated to him hy a friend, who further informed him that arrangements had been made to disinter the body find , investigate it. Owen wn* greatly agitated at this intelligence, and, after a abort pause, replied!— "If this is done and poison is found in Kexia's stomach (his deceased ' wife's Christian name,) I will he accused of her murder, eon icted, and hane« d. . But I am a* innocent of it as that tree," pointing to one near hy. That night lie transferrin! all liis propi erty to a son, disguised himself and fled the country. The hotly of his wife was exhumed and an autopsy had. Enough I strychnine was found in her stomach to kill a mule. There was a universal ex 1 prcssion of horror at the discovery, and a large reward wa* offered for the arrest of the fugitive. After some month* he wa* found in Canada, where he was living under an assumed name, lie wa* brought to Crnwfordsville in irons, ami it was with difficulty that Ids execution hy a mob could ho prevented. Jo© McDonald (now my oollvnguo in the Senate,) Jim Wilson, once a Repre scntntiv© in f Ingres* and subsequently Minister to Venezuela, and myself defended him. There was n formidable prosecution. Lew Wallace, Judge tire gory, and others appearing against him. It wa* proven that a short time before Mrs. Owen's death her husband had purchased strychnine at a drug store in • the ncighliorhood, telling the druggist that lie wanted it for poisoning rat* r But lie asked that it should l»e charged to him, h fact open which wc laid groat

stress in the. argument, insisting that had lie entertained a criminal design in buying the drug he would not have put ' , the damnable effect* upon record. A i (laughter who was visiting her father's i house when the poison was brought home testified that he handed it to her step -mother in her presence, cautioning her to be careful with it * A brother of his wife, who wa* greatly embittered against him, and was a witness for the Stute, admitted upon cross-examination thai Owen's treatment of his sister via* 1 invariably considerate and kind. There was an entire failure to establish the fm.-t ot w%m lnwisg . with other women. This was all we had to base a defence on. The odd* were fearful. There wo* the remark of the marked agitation of Owoi\ when first informed of the susjneions existing against him, his admission that if a post-mortem examination showed that |x»i*on was the cause of his wife's death he would bo accused of administering it and hanged ; In* purchase of the |K)ison , his transfer of his property and flight, all combined, nearly irresistibly led to the conviction of his guilt, "Mr. Yoorhees," he said to me, "however darkly things may appear against me, I am not guilty and I believed him. We fought the case like tigers ujHui the reasonable doubt which we deemed the evidence hud not exeluded, and won it. I ^ "wo ivnTcyfTTTX i ntrtn n witnessed. Owen was taken to Wilson's private residence, pursued by a crowd crazed with di*frpi>nintment and thirsting for his blood. Wilson, McDonald, , and 1 stood at the front gate, with pistols ill our hand*, and ehecked the approach of the mob until Owen could escaj*e. | from the rear of the house in n conveyance that had been provided for him. It is the only time in my life that 1 ever saw McDonald with a pistol, lie showed an unmistakable purj>o*c to use it if necessary, Owen went to Texas nntl died there, I presume, as I have never seen or heard of him since. His wife had committed 1 II.. fcm.w it. lull nrelWrtxl l<i . ynruu- uc ouckv. iu uui iiu>uuu wv -

1 keep the tact to li nil se! r To avoid sennual and cx|>o*ing her. 1 1 •• was a weak, ^mt an honest man. For his safe deliverance he was indebted to a capital jury, men who could be neither liought nor scared. The foreman had served the county in the State Senate, other* had held office, and all were person* of consideration and influence. ♦ ♦ ♦ — How Italians Educate their Children. Fi.orknck. Aug. ffl. -Italian children are drilled in society manner* as Roon as they can toddle about. K*j*»cinlly are they taught deference and polite attention to ladie* and obler persons. ( 'otn pi imentury phrases of speech and an easy, graceful demeanor become aw natural to them in a short time as to their jMirenta, Too nuieh stress in comparison with more iin|H>rtant things no doubt is attached to etiquette alone. Hut where every one obeys its rules it allows a more familiar and gntial intercourse between all ages ami condition* of society than whew- there is no prescribe* I code of manlier* to ameliorate social contrasts and protect individual position, and cvorylxaly i* «»n the defensive lest the artificial barrier* of differing social position* be invaded. A state of society in consequence ha* been long established that admits ami encourages pleasant but respectful fainiliaritv^'tween the varied ranks of the population. Royalty i* perhaps the *roo*t rigid of all rank* in exacting obedience in children to those rules of etiquette which are considered projwr to their age, with (ait regard to their future position. On one occasion, when, hy request, I had called oil the sister of one of the great sovereigns of Europe, the conversation turned on children. The Grand J)uch- < Ms *eht for her daughter, a girl of 1«, who had been to her first hall the night before, but was not yet considered as having "come out,** After presenting her, during the chat that en*ned, slie was required by her mother to stand while I remained seated, which, to my American notions and experience of tin* homage paid by their elders to our young girls, seemed to me quit* an awkward and painful reversal of the pnq>er order of thing*. But I am now jMki» sunded that the European system of discipline of youth, inqmrthig to it in t «ea*«on *«klf-»*v*traiiil ami delerenco to age, i* more salutary to character than the license to self-indulgence not only tolerated, l»nt encouraged in Vmcvica. Anglo-Su\oii%, for sanitary reasons, %

do not permit tWir children to keep late hours with their elder*, eat lata meal* and go to late amusement*' a* do Italian*, no doftbt prematurely maturing the minds and cttftoms of thai r offspring at the ex|s»nie of health. Apart from lhe*e cogent consideration*, tlio habit of constant familiar intercourse with their parent* and elder* give* t hem a quiet, re*pectfttl demeanor, and put* them at their ease in any sociaty. Early accustomed to be noticed and praUcd for good look*, behavior, or IM»ii4i* of dress, they seek to emulate the icathetir style of the adult society ut wUkti iwU> m. Y-a. k mm mm ling to oor ideas, no doubt tboy often teem tame and colorless, Or else unnaturally ! restrained in one direction and detpl«q**l in another ; but they are early fitted for their future |>o*ition« without disturbance to the social machinery about them. At their eaac and actf-re-liant in society, when Angl^&anoo children would be constrained or awkward, they lose much in other respects, in force of character, independenoe, and self-judgement, where initiative action is required, in which essential point* American youth excel. The social restraints, narrowness of intercourse, and excessive formula of etiquette of fushionablc Italian life, with its extremes of bigotry or atheistical materialism, would ill suit the Anglo-tiaxon freer spirit, greater breadth pf view and Unaccomplished Italian is, undoubtedly, more or less of an actor, but in legitimately seeking to please he pay* a compliment to Society and an homage to virtue. There are instance*, doubtless, in which skillful. acting is a hypocritical pretense to cover up some ba*c end, but such are the exception* to general rule of politeness which is based on the genuine ditqxxsition to please aud be pleased in social intercourse. The sincerity of affection of American father* for their children cannot be questioned, but the quality of its practical manifestation a* a whole i* open to comment. American father* are too reserved und undemonsUtive ; too little

gTv onto IB mm B^ws'iaiiuii *1111 ew chagrin*, am! personal training of their children. From want of practice they do not know bow, a* do European father*, to participate in their live* and become their confidential companion*. They arc over-sol icitou* to mm- them on an independent, self-made footing early in life, working out their own career* prematurely, in their separate reH)M»n*ihility, while relieving them of theirs in the matter The fact with which cultivated Italian* pay compliment* is equal to their fastidious sense of personal beauty. Nothing elicit* more heartfelt admiration thlte grace or bright vie**, j«articiiUrlv in children. The most commonplace* are noticed, while any >p*-wl attraction gets enthusiastically praised. Their quick eyes, even in adults, scire on any distinguishing feature, if it 1* only a well-shaped ear or nose, <»r other minor organ, and cordially praise that, politely ignoring the homely ones out of consideration of the feelings of their pos>e*-or. Their icMhetic symjmthic* are so keen that they detect charm* which untrained sense* overlook. They* are much less prone than Anglo-Saxons • to s«-e only defect* and crudely condense them into one sweeping eondemnation of absolute ugliness or bad nam, with no discrimination of mitigating or compensating detail*. In social intercourse they are lea* inclined to the superficial, impressive, and wholesale prejudices ot |>coplc of coarser fibre ami colder hearts, in regard to person* of unprepooseasing ap|H>arance. Instead, they charitably discover Botnetliing u» recommend the most forbidding m lotiks if. lik»- themselves, well bred, while tl^-ir r*|HH?t t«» age is partienlail> ciunmendnhle. Whether this conduct spring* frem charity of h««art or |wli^ of head, it i* certainly g^nnl breeding. The habit of considering others sometime* brings uiUTpvt^d results. There lived in Florence some years l*aek an lri*li painter of merit, who wa* on the verge of starvation from inabilitx to sell his work*. Otic « veiling it mi happened that the journal lie had taken up at a cafe tu distract him wa* zvkwl for by a stranger. He immedtailcly liandetl it to the inquirer, saiing snoSher tvoubl serve hi* purpose a* well. This led to an acquaintance, wlikh ended in hi* selling all his Winter's work to his new friend, who was an amateur, and placing him at onoe in a comfortable jxsi' tioii,- Another more rematkable in- | *t«nee is the Ml© wing : An elderly p «mtmu<<t IB tellti