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• DEVOTED TO THE GENERAL INTERESTS OF CAPE MAY COUNTY. '

VOLUME I CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE, NEW JERSEY, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16,1880. NUMBER 33.' • - .

COUNTY DIRECTORY. !

JUDICIARY Pit raiding Judge — 11 on. Alfred Reetl. Lay Judok* — Jos. E. Hughe*, Cuimj May city^ Jease II. Divorty, Dennuville; Somen C. Gondy, Tuekolioe. ■ ■ ♦ Commissioner Surplus Fund — J. B. Huffman, Court House. Sheriff — -William H. Benezet. Co u ntt Collector — David T. Smith, Court House. Countt Clerk — Jonathan Hand. Dacrurv " — Morgan Hand. Prosecutor Pleas — James K. Hoagland, Bridget on. OoRRoam — WlUUm Hildreth. Co. Sdp't. Public Instruction —Dr. Beeslev. DcnniHvillo. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. J. F. Learning, M. D.f D. D. 8. W. tt. Learning, D. D. S. J. F. Learning, 8? Son. DENTISTS. OFFICE DAYS: CAFE MAY COURT HOUSE, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays. CAPE MAY CITY, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays. 80UTH SEAVILfiE, Fridays. mchGlyr. Physician and Surgeon, CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE, N. J. mohOlyr. — -rr — -~V ■- ' •- — - • _ . — * -- ! B® J. B. Huffman, COUNSELOR AT LAW, SUPREME COURT COMMISSIONER, AND MASTER IN CHANCERY, Cat* Mat C. H., N. J. W Will bo.thU office at Cape May City every Haturday. rach6Iyr. _ Jas. H. Nixon, ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR AT LAW, Officb in Insurance Building, MILDVILLE. N. J. Mrs. S. R. Conover, Fashionable ■ Milliner, i i ■ i 'I «--- RHWI mmmm mmm nr?MN— mm ■ mRA— m — 1 11 ■ — m* ¥V i im«j hi ■

MILLV1LLE, N. J. mchGlyr L. B. CAMPBELL, dealer in STOVES, HEATERS, RANGES, TINWARE, CUTLERY, GLASSWARE, Ac., Ac. IIioh Street, Millvjllk, N. J. • mchGlyr J. JPrBHiCK" Dealer in HORSES, CARRIAGES, HARNESS, Ac. main street, near the briixje, MILLVILLE, N. J. mchClyr HIM, CAPE MAY C. H. 1 e » LIVERY ATTACHED. Horses always on hand, For Sale or Exchange. L. Wiieaton. mchGlyr NO- PATENT. NO PAY. PATENTS obtained A>r mechanical device*, mwllenl or other compound*, ornamental design*. trndomarkH and label*. (Events, Assignment*, Interference*, Infringement*, and nil matter* relating to Patent*, promptly attended to. We make preliminary examination* and furnish opinion* a* to patentability, free of charge and all who are lntore*icd m new Invention* and Patent* are Invited to send for a ropy of our "Guide for obtaining Patent*," which )**crtt free to any addre**, and oorttaln* complete Inntrurtlon* now to obtain 1'ntcnt*, and other valuable matter. During the pn*l five year* we have obtained nearly three thouiand Patent* for American and Foreign Inventor*, and can give ■ntufactory reference* in almost cvenr county In the Union. Address : loitim waookil a C5o., Solicitors of Patent* and Attorney* at law, Lc Droit Building. Washington, fLO. PURE Fish Guano, FOR SALE BY FRANKLIN HAND . juti26,tf.

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. mchGlyr. AYOURISOli, ems im, AND DEALER IN READY-MA D&harness9 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 ,

Nets, Blankets , Valises, Trunks, Etc., ALL OF WHICH WE ARE SELLING AT LOW CASII PRICES. o Open Wngon Harness a* low as $ 8 00 i Carriage Harness as low as 10 00 AND MANY OTHERS OF DIFFERENT STYLES AND. PRICES. A*- Cull and see before purchasing cl*owhcrc, mcti6i,r. A. Yourison. J. L. STEEL, MANUFACTURER OF LADIES' AND CENTS' FASHIONABLE BOOTS d OR GENTS' BUTTON CALF GAITERS ONLY $8.50. NEXT TO THE "GAZETTE" OFFICE. CAPE MAY C. H. Repairing neatly and carefully done. mchGlyr. StnrdlYJinpft Great Catarrh Remedy, I* the *nfc*lt m«*t agreeable and effectual remedy In the world, fur the cure of CATARRH. No matter Irom what cause or Jiow long standing, by giving STUHDIYANT'8 CATARRH REMEDY a flilr and Impartial trial, you will ihy convlnced of tlil* fact. The medicine I* very {dciiHAUt and ran lx> taken by the most detente Htoiimeli, For sale by all druggists, and by Hollowayd Co., «ri A rob Mt., Plilla. mchflly R. L. Howell, SURVEYOR AND Civil Engineer, MILLVILLE, N. J, Special attention paid to leveling; establishing tho overflow lines of promised ponn* for mill kite*, cranberry l>oga etc i drainage work* etc. Plana made, estimate* furnished and sneoifieationR drawn for Mills, Bridge* ; Waterworks and nil similar constructions or works at short notice, mchGlyr ♦

POETR Y. ' Twenty Years Ago . »r t. a. gold. I've wandered in the village, Tom, I've tat beneoth the tree Upon the school house p laying-ground, Which sheltered you mul me. But none were there to greet me, Tom, And fow were left to know. That played with u* upon the greon, Homo twenty years ago. | Thl* gross is Just a* green, Tom— Bare f» k> ted boy* at play, Were h porting Ju*t a* we did then, With Mplrit* Just bm gay ; But the master sleep* upon the hill, Which, coated o'er with snow, Afforded us a sliding place. Just twenty year* ago. Tlie old school -house I* altered now. The benches arc replaced By now one*, very like the ha me, Our )M>n-knlfc bud defaced ; But the name old brick* arc In the walls, The bell swing* to and fro, It's music Just tho same, dear Tom, A* twenty year* ago. The spring that bubbled 'neatli the hill, Clone by the spreading beech, I* very low—' 'two* once so high, Tliat we could almost reach ; And kneeling down to get a drink, Dear Tom, I started so, To sec how much that I had changed, Since twenty year* ago. Near by the spring, upon the elm, You know I cut your name— Your sweetheart** J u*t beneath It Tom, And you did mine the same. Just a* the one whose name we cut, Died twenty yeara ago. My oyelld* had been dry, Tom, But tears came In my eyes, • * I thought of her I loved so well, Those early broken tics— I visited tho old churchyard, And took some flower* to Mtrew Upon the graves of those we loved, Home twenty year* ago. Home are In the churchyard laid, Home sleep beneath the sen — But few are left ofour old class Excepting you and inc; And when our time shall come, Tom, And wo arc called to go, I hope they'll lay us where we played, Just twenty years ago. : « *-:V | ■ — Tc It AnnhndiTfi Rusinrsx ? -.IS 11. filUUHUULS, ' ,

I* It nnybody's business If n gentleman should choose To wait upon a lady If the lady don't rofriso ? Or, to *i>eak a little plainer. That the meaning all may know, J* It anybody's business If a lady has a beau t Is It anybody's business When the gentleman doe* call, Or when lie leave* the lady. Or, If lie leaves at all ? Or Is It nceossary That the curt4iln should he drawn To save from frirtlicr trouble The outsldo lookers-on ? ! Is It anybody** business But the lady'* If her beau Hides out with other ladle* And doesn't let her know? I* It unylKxl.v's business But the gentleman's. If she TWTOTna"areepiTiTim.nere*cNTrt _ When he doesn't chance tube? * I Ifn person's on the sidewalk. Whether great or whether small, Is It anybody's business Where that persbn means to call ? Or If you see a person. Ami he's railing anywhere. I* It any of your business What his business may be then*? " I Tho substance of our query, Blmply stated, would be tills: Is It nnybody's business What another'* business Is? If it is, or If It Isn't, We would really like to know. Fur wo'ro certain If It Isn't, There are some that make It so. If ft I*, we'll Join the nibble, And net the noble part Of tho tattler* and defmncr* Who throng the public mart. But If not, we'll act the teacher Until the mcdlor learns It were better In the frituro f»li| puim ox own concern*. Law | Legerdemain ' OR, The End Justifies the Means. [Concluded.] But Ellen Iirh returned with the linnd- | kerchief, and we will proceed with our | story. The hearing was before A. f'., a magistrate in our city, There was a long,; high desk at one end of his oflloc, behind which ho sat during the examination. T stood behind the desk at one end. The prisoner, witnesses, and audience were in front. I had procured a newspaper, whieh I opened and spread upon tho top of the desk, and stood rending it while the preliminaries were being arranged. Tho handkerchief wa* produced, and while I was cross-examin-ing tho principlo witness, 1 carelessly spread it over the newspaper 1 had been rending, and with a pin, unseen bj' any one, I punctured tho handker-

chief and paper around the margin of the blood spots. This 1 did while I was cross-examining the witnesses and "quarreling0 with the District Attorney. When the. examination had concluded and the defendant had been held under bail for hi* appearance at court, I requested the magistrate to enclose the handkerchief in ap envelope, and keep it until court. I did this because I feared some one would discover the love knot, which 1 found as Ellen had related. I then returned to iny office with tho punctured new*paj>er, inakiug Ajteompleite ma]) of ttie btood spot®. Next, spreading out the handkerchief Ellen gave me, and the punctured newsj paper over it, with a tuft of eoUon, I -j i dueled red lead over the pin hole*, and oa removing the paper there was a map of the spots on the handkerchief. We had chicken for dinner that day, and a vial of itn blood found its way into my office. -With the blood and a small brush I saturated the spots marked on the handkerchief, let it dry, laid it away, and awuitod the tirno of trial. It came at lait, in the month of August. The" jury was impaneled, and the District Attorney opened tho case. By the side of the prif«oner sat his mother and affianced bride. Ellen was really a very beautiful girl, and while the Commonwealth's counsel was s*atIng the fact* he intended to prove, she looked at the jury witirsncn » »uuu**irpleading expression in her tear-dimmed eyes, that I thought to myself, Well, gentleman, if you can disregard that "item of evidence," you are made of different material from any jury I ever selected. Tho witnesses were called and the facts proven in substance as I have narrated, up to the identification of the handkerchief. When the District Attorney called the name of William W., 1 felt the blood rush to my heart in a | way that almost silenced its boating. The crisis was at hand. I knew if I failed tho young girl would bo heartbroken, niul 1 believed it would kill the

•|»w wmnummn'i wiwnwrf.M. . up in her idolized son. Not only this, but the defendant, as honest and worthy ; a young man as there was in the country, would be branded, as a felon, sent to prison, and ruined for life; and all this because the infamous license law hud spread its poisonous influence over the little village of S , and tempted its young men to vice and crime. The witness, William W., came upon Mie stand with u supercilious air, full of , the importance of his position, as principal witness against a defendant in a case that excited so much interest in the county. I knew ho was a deepdyed villain at heart, whose loftiest thoughts and best acts were so mean and low that tho Tow est and worso -thou stmrnUTt TTGlAUTTh e prisoner at the ] bar hud never yet descended to their j level. In my practice I have observed that j there are two kinds of witnesses who appear in our courts. One class will tell a lie so adroitly that it will look just liko the truth, tho other will tell j | the truth so bunglingly that it will \oSk j , just liko a lie. Fortunately for my cli- i ent, William belonged to the latter class, and when he tried to mix truth and falsehood together he mado a most | lamentable failure. Tho fact was that ho had tried to become a suitor of Ellen, and moved now by jealous hatred toward his successful rival, I believed he would hesitate at nothing that would procure that rival** conviction. The witness nnrrated the occurrence at the ball, the broken glasses and bleeding hand : and when the handkerchief was handed him ho identified it without hesitation as the one he had taken from Henry's pocket and wrapped around his. hand. When tho Commonwealth had j ended the examination in chief, the > witness was handed over to me for | cross-examination. 1 sat behind tho ' counsel table. Close to me, on one side, sat the mother; on tho other side Henry and Ellen, to whom, my imprcs- : sion is, 1 had given some instructions ; before the trial commenced. It is so j long ago, however, that I may have • forgot ten. The handkerchief lay upon tho table. The one Ellen brought me was in a i small roll in my lap under the table. I j took the right handkerchief in mv hand j\nd proceeded with the crossexamination. My first object wus to get William angry. In this I succeeded most completely ; for when 1 proceeded to ask him about hi* «tore, and if it were not a place of nightly resort for canal thieves, gamblers, and canal-boat cook*,

to aay that he was angry convey* a very faint idea of his mental condition. While our amiable interview had been proceeding, I accidentally dropped the right handkerchief in my lap, and somehow, by mistake perhaps, picked up tho wrong one and laid it upon the table in sight of the jury. The court, audience, and jury had become so interested in the "unpleasantness" between the witness and counsel that the mistake was not discovered. Henry took the right handkerchief and put it in his pocket. By this time the amiable ...Will inm mould ti*v» .-beatified to _ anything — that the moon was a cheese, for instance, or any other equally credible statement — had he. dcciucd it uecewttjy to secure a verdict of guilty, 1 then took the handkerchief from the table, ]>u&>ed around in front, neat to him, and asked the following questions as rapidly as the nerves would permit : Qucstiox. Did I understand you to say that you were positive that this handkerchief is the one you tied around the defendant's hand the night of the ball? Answer. I don't know what you understood, but 1 said so. Q. (Still holding the handkerchief in my hand). What i* there about this handkerchief that makes you so positive t — A Thr ano*" white silk with raised flowers on it. I know it is the si.mc one. Q. Now, sir, did you not say to Mr. 0. that, If necessary, you would swear to a lie to send Henry to the penitentiary ? A. (witness in a greater rage, if possible tlu.n before). No, sir, 1 did not say so. It's n lie; 1 never said it. Q. [handing the witness the handkerchief.] Now take this-handkerchief and show the jury any marks thcip are on it, if you can, and tell the truth. Witness took the handkerchief, opened it, and pointed out the blood spots to the jury, and said : "I know it is the lui.ndkiM-c.hinf • \ .cannot, be mistaken / 1 iLa.ruu£©r*-.uu'.i • i caiiJiuv. jju iiusuuvyji.

Q. i ou can F! Don't you sometime* ; make mistakes, or are you always right | and never wrong ? A. You need not try to make me say anything else. I know this is the handkerchief. Q. Now, sir, is not this the handkerchief? Henry [turning to the defendant], give me your handkerchief. He took tho right handkerchief out : of his pocket and handed it to me. 1 j took it, and, holding it out to the wit- j ness, asked, with all the severity of tone ' I could: "Now, sir, is not this the handkerchief?" To (uy that the witness was astonished . is mild. That he was confounded was j certain. lie took the handkerchief, ; i lookod At it, and eompU<Udy broko ! down, said he could not tell, but ho be- | lieved the one lie held in his hand was the one. This was the one Ellen had ; brought mo. Thus ended tho cross-examination, and "die commonwealth rested." 1 opened the case for the defense. I ! don't know what 1 said, but 1 tried to I do the subject justice, i I then called Ellen to tho stand. She burst into a flood of tears, and for some { time was unable to speak. Her relation j to the defendant war well understood, ; and many eyes in tho court-Doom wore ! moist with manly tears. The Judge, a most excellent old man. ! and a fine lawyer, spoke kindly to her, and as soon as she was able to proceed j I commenced tho examination. She narrated the occurrence at the ball, and > when 1 handed her the handkerchief Henry had taken from his pocket before j the jury and given to me, she identified it in tho most positive manner; showed the love-knot on tho corner flint she hud tied in the ball-room before the j fight, and also stated that she knew it was his, for she hemmed it. 1 now trembled for fear the District , Attorney would ask her if she did not hem both handkerchiefs, and feared her I answer would lead to a discovery 1 most , ' certainly did not desire. 1 therefore . I immediately asked a question possibly | I not justified by the rules of evidence, ! The District Attorney objected, of ] course ; 1 insisted ; and soon, amid the | smoke and noise of the legal battle, her ' answer was forgotten, as I hoped it j would -be. The District Attorney commenced the eross-cxaminntion in a very harsh tone and manner, by asking the witnesv the nature of her relation to the prisoner. This ww to show the jury the interest she felt, and to affect her ere libllity . | i

| At tbb she commenced to cry, And her j tears and sob* were more eloquent than word*. The jury looked at the "'hard- | hearted" attorney with hn indignant j expression, and 1 felt that the case was i sale, particularly if Ellen wo&ld only continue to cry a little longer. This ; she did, until the counsel for the Commonwealth, fearing he might prejudice his case, told her she might retire. Okl what a weight was off my mind S I then called a soore of witnesses to prove that the defendant had always j sustained a most excellent reputation, J, and ffStadnw -case. - - • I commenced the argument fof ^ UfB 1 defense : what ! said I don't recollect. I »j>o.ke of the uncertainty of circumstantial evidemse, and that white *ilk handkerchiefs wwe common enough in the store* of the country ; that when | Henry cut his hand with the broken gloss in the bar-room, it was a natural thought, from the circumstancea, that led the witness, Mr. W.f to wrap thd wounded hand. If the burglar, in entering the store, broke a pane of glass, if he bad accidentally cut his hand, it ; would be most likely that the aame thought, begotten by simiUr circumstances, would suggest lo him or his companion, if he had any, to wrap it op with his - handkerchief. He was as likely to be the owner of a white silk one a* the defendant. Ttoc Tde Of law L JKa s.4. TU»1 (>1X CUCCSR&X1UL SnOfiSCIL, thk inculpatory facts must not only j dc consistent* with guilt, but absolcte- ' ly incompatible with innocence." I - said something about the mother and younger girl, and the tender relation* j existing between her and the defendant; ! and when, in conclusion, I spoke of ; J the hotel and license to make drunkard* of the rising generation, I think I made one man at least, with a good * moral character, wish his reputation had been so bad that the court had -refused hi* license. When I closed the case, I knew by the expressions on the faces of the jury that Henry was safe. . The District Attorney made an able argument ; but when did either law or

Mpc ever1 HSJuaaa agauwi a suuwi ■ tears ? Says the proverb of the Talmud: "Men should bk careful lest they i cause women to weep, for <xod counts their tears." The court charged the jury favorably; they retired, and in a few moments re's turned with a verdict of Not guilty. It w^s received with every manifestation of approval : in fact, the court had to suspend basinets for a few moments, j while Henry was receiving the congrat- ' illations of the people. Yes, Henry was acquitted, and although it was accomplished as much by legerdemain as by law, and may not meet with tlie approval of every one, yet 1 have never regretted tny act* in the case. Why should 1? 1 had done nothing but procure the acquittal of an honest young man, who was made insane by a man who had a license to do i so, and while in that mental condition had committed a crime. But for the j law he would never thus have sinned; and if ever the Jesuitical doctrine was true, that "sometimes the end justifies the means," it was true in this case. I am not much skilled in casuistry or ethics, hut I am forcibly struck with I - i the doctrine enunciated in the prayer i of Brudder Brown at Bill Hooker '* ! ball : j **Rcmbcr. mnhsr, mln* dl» now : de slnfUliww ob Kin ! Is 'pemtliT 'pon de Kporrlt what we goc« an' dow It In." And if the legal profession disapprove my course, and the general reader shall not approve it, yet 1 am satisfied to know that long after the trial I wa* remembered in the prayers of a Christian I mother, and in petitions to Him on high from the pure lij»s of her whose betrothed 1 had saved from undeserved ignominy and shame, I have practised law twenty long and weary years since j the event above narrated, and have re1 eeived some very satisfaetory fees : but : never have I felt the pleasure at the reward paid me that I did when, at ; parting with my clients, ~ the poor old ! mother, who had been well-nigh heart - i broken, took my hand in hers, and, ! while the tears streamed down her cheeks, said, "God bless you Mr. R , i I will pray for you as long as 1 live, Henry is no criminal. He never would have done it but for the liquor he drank i nt the accursed hotel; and I almost- ! pray that Godks lightnings may strike it tliat it may ruin no more young wen. ami bring sorrow to no more mothers' hearts." But no, the lightnings did not ftrike it. It stood there for many years like (PontHnted en twflt pace.]