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'■:.<; ::.. COUNT Y DIRECTOR,?, ! * judiciary' PutotDiNO Jvjwit— Hon.. Alfred Reed, *.Vlir. K. Hughes, Cim £&>' V if. Divqrty, DeiiiiiiiWlIcj Somer* C. Gaudy, Tuckahoe. '* — 1 — » ♦ » — CoMKisaio.vsa Swirtui Fcwd— J. B. > HulTiiinn, Court' House. « tfUKnirK— Williaui I{. Bunezet. County CoLLBCToa— David 'J\ Smith, * Cottirt -Hpirw;' ' *:v :*r" *•' : ■ "■ ' r~r-«ifc:Tv- " &JVVTT Cleick— J onwtliar. Hand. Dgpctr 4i .—Mop ran Hand. X'ttOSECl'TOU Pi, OAS — -JiUJIOS ft. Hoagknd, Bridgeton. Maurice Beexley; "Dermis villerIBUSWESSJDI RECTOR Y. ®r. Theo. C. Wheaton. U. 8. Pension Examining Surgeon. - — SOUTH SEAVILLE, N.J. 8&»r^-ll Soldier*. n-fao, aro ruptured Mr^A-Ncan bo supple with trusses, free of charge. Apply to above. • l: Octgy f. *. iMJ+lng, M. p., D. v, 8. VMK 'Learning, D. i>. 8. J. F. Learning , §• Son. . j - DENTISTS."opfi'cE niYSi . QlBEUfiV CVL7KTUOU.SE, Thursday, aud Suturdays. " " GAP* MAY. 'CITY, Tuesdays, and ^dnesd^y*. SOUTH SEA VILLI, Fridays. UJchblyr. ioxx^WvvyT^ Physician a, nd Surgeon, CJJ»B MAY COURT- HOUSE. N. J. taok6Iyr. -i -• • S. B. Huffman, COUNSELOR AT EAW, SUPREME COURT COMMISSIONER, ANP MASTER IN CIUNPERY, OapbMayC. H., N.J. J | O-WllI ba ml bU office at Onp« May CMty ailanlftp. * wh6Iyr.

Jas. H. Nixon, ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR- AT LAW, Optica !?f Ixscraxor Building, MILLVILLE, N. J. Mrs. s. R. Conover, Fashionable Milliner , HJWIU^T^UST, Below PINK, JiiLuyiLLE, N. J. mtilfBh-r L. B. CAMPBELL DEALER IS SHfOVES, HEATERS, RANGES, TINWARE, CUTLERY, GLASS\YARE, Ac., A-o. Hiun Stbrbt, MILLYIM.IL N. J. mcbfilyr ~ • - 11* Dm) or in - S«*SB8, CARUIAGBH, HABNKSH, At. " MAiifr jfrrtECT, n ea rt thk tjtu do k, MILLVILLK, N. J. ttichOlvr Sin b, ,7 ' CAPE MAY C. H. . i . Yl - ^ A . ■ » i ■ 4 4

LIVERY ATTACHED. Horses always on hand, For Sale or E\ehangc. \v I* Wiieaton, roch61\T OAfi2 MAY CITY, CAPE MAY C. II MAltULE WORKS. MONUMENTS t : < % a V ' and TOMBSTONES. H83T Tron and Onrvanizod Fencing nnd All Jtinlls of MfU hle Coverings for graven. AU Oram will receive prompt attention by ^slogmph or letter, Flag for curbing work donn at the ahortcal notice. Call and arc, A diaconnt made on all i<y. k hp calling at tbft yard. Proprietor.

; 7 "vlaf SniXiMq \ a m j^-. •' fc: " v if:.' vJ40tn ts,n ■ ..•• '/*> i.: t. . .-. • : norm. . Or, OP jUfttsh iti oa - V *^er *. •*- . jScK^i'^il .-l • W*.'- j £ -V: ' . 4ZJV> V#4IM tHW #FT^KP?rf i Cape May C. H. L. ni; • i- ; Til: .,-.•, {•■;.' ' • >- v This long established Hotel is still open for the reception of permanent and transient guests; Where all ^ff^ntio'fi" wilt "life ' "gi ven to their comfort. A T\ P ' ¥ U I t J ■ * * [ William Eldridge. inc^fiyr. A. YOUmSON, HUMES IB, AND DEALER IN* READY-MADE HAKWESS, CAPE MAY C. H., N. i >Please Call and Examine Our Stock! We. have on hand a good afieortment of Ready-made Harness , Collars , Bridles, Saddles, Whips, Rotes, Nets, Blankets, Valises, Trunks, Rtc.,

't ALL OF WHICH WE ARE SELLING AT LOW (.'ASH TRICES. - Open Wagon Hm-new as low as $ S 00 Carriage Harness ua low as 10 00 AND MANY OTHERS OF DIFFERENT STYLES AND PRIOBS. w . A^OhJI and ace befi>ro'pur^ha*(ng bU*wher<«, m^aiyr. A. Yourison. .. L STEEL, MANUFACTURER OF LAIMES' km WOTS' FASHIONABLE Bad* GENTS4 BUTTON CALF GAITERS .ONLY ^ILOO. NEXT TO THE ^GAZETTE" OFFICE.

CAPE MAY C. Ha Repairing neatly and cmfully done, mohfilyr. OILMORE A CO., LAY* AND (X)LLECTION rtOUSK. 2fi6 F Street, Wjwliinglon, D. C. Make Collections, Negotiate Loane and attend to all busince* confided to them, LA.vb Scnir, Soldier's Additional Homes tend Rights, and Land Wakkants bought and sold. 11. L. Howell, SURVEYOR AND Civil Engineer, MfLLYILLE, N. J. Special attention paid to leveling; establishing the overflow lines fif pr<v nosed pond* for mill altoa, cranberry l»oga etc* drainage* works etc. Plans imade, eat Imates furnished and wpoeificationa drawn for M ills, Bridgca i Water' works ond i* 1 1 similar oonstiqctionK or works nt short noiic*. nWi'Hyrv •- * i

I 1**1 ; : • Of Frontier Life. ilURUEB* HT BQSTILK INDUKS IK KIW* MEXICO TEJtlilTORV. * __ I A COJirAKV OP TKAVUM.ERS AMIll'finfch 1ST vicrpKio'a JtAKi) — pAii.noAD nrii.DKka AT WOKK WITH HIF1.E-S* UV TIIEIK bidk — a scare in cistr; In Cainp, noar F-brt Cumming«, N«w Mexico, Jan. 19, — The hill* seven miles east of here, and fourteen inUea from Fort Cummings, have Been tbo scene of many 1 ndiun murders, the laat of which you have already received come account by telegraph, occunrfg but a few days ago. A stage containing four passengers >raa attacked by Indians in ambush, and the driver, with three of the passengers, .were killed. The body of the fourth has not been found, and ait ambulance with an escort of cavalry is now in the hills. It is possible that, having beer, wounded, ho is still hiding among the rocks. It was five hours and a-half bofore news of the massacre reached Fort Ctunmings, fourteen miles distant. The colored cavalry stationed there at once started for the hills. But after arriving on the ground they were forced to wait seven hours for daylight before they could follow tlio trail of the savages. There were about forty in the hostile band, and as the attack was inado from behind rocks, which offer every opportunity for an ambuscade, they probably j mot with little resistance. I With one exception it was found that the skulls of the victims had been bat- • tered in with stones after they were "shot, and their clothes had boon tied about their heads and set on firo, burning their faces almost beyond recognition. Two of the mules attached to the stage, probably the wheelers, were killed, and four others were taken away bv the Indians. These, according to their habit, they will probably slaughter for the sustenance of the band. The trail crosses the seventh division of the Atchispn, Tope k a, and. Santa Fo Railroad — here called the Rio (Jrande, Mexico, and Pacific — seven miles north of j here, bearing in a northwesterly diroc- I tion. Wo have not yet heard that the | sav'it£«»A have been overtaken, and, in- i ■ r

deed, the chase is likely to be a long r one, hs the Indians bad over twelve hours the start. Signal fires nro still seen on the hills at night, indicating I that other bands are prowling in tbo I vicinity. At 3 o'clock this morning signal lights were seen east of us, where the stage was captured. There have been three drivers killed in this vicinity, and the driver to-night declares that he has made his last trip on Jh*t route. Prospectors on the Flore ta Mountains, twenty miles from here, recently discovered a camp of fifty Indians. The prospectors came away from there with out making any undue disturbance. It is reported that other bands are ucting in concert with Vietorio's. The country from San Marcial on the Rio Grande through to Old Mexico is infested with hostiles, and troops have been sent out j to scout from seven ditTorcnt towns and I forts. Jn their raids the Indians have j regular mountains and springs which J they visit, not usually venturing far 'in- 1 to the open desert country. Of courso ' thoro is great excitement in^this section, [ and nobody thinks of venturing out ; without hoing armed. There nro eight j camps of graders in this division, . niun- j boring about 150 men. Those have received arms from the fort. On the night after the stage was captured an amusing incident occurred at

, the grading camp of Kwitig and Roberts, eight miles from tho fort. The men wore about to eat tlicir supper, when one of them, looking out of tho tent, saw two prairio wolves peeping up over the dump toward the camp. In the dusk they were taken for prowling Indians. One of tho men was armed with a pocket pistol of 22 calibre. There was i at oiico a scattering in all directions, tho > men concealing themselves in tho soap weeds and grensowood hushes. One had hastily armed himself with a hatchet, another with an ox bow, while another retreated beyond the rest and secured u horse. Occasionally one would venture j to rise and take an observation, hut on : catching sight of another, each miatak- j ing tho other for an Indian, would j dodge down and lie low again, AftoV spending four hours thus, chilled through and supperless, one ventured back into \ i camp, lind, finding all right, others from j I time to time dropped in. The one who | -had secured the horse saw the light in the camp. Supposing it had hern cap* tured, ho was cautiously circling about it at a distance, when the others, din- j ; covering him, thought thera was no j

mistake shout tho Indian thi* time, and there was another gohoral disappearance. Tlio men in that camp are how discussing the the old school Jyceum question: . "Resolved, that- anticipation is worse than rcalitfttiorn^ Thay are hoping the negative will not be called. These sterile regions are but sparsely settled, mostly by Muxicans. The' -others likely to be met arc chiefly highwaymen and hostile Indians, and all . engineering parties on this division are well armed. Our party of six is well supplied with Sharps and Winchester carbines. The days are warm, and a walled tent with a stove is found to afford protection against the elements. Against a possible attack from Indium*, our camp is well barricaded with bags of grain and steel road scrapers. This branch of the A., T. and S. F. I road will extend through toGuiamos on ' tha Gulf of California. Jt is now laid fourteen miles west of the Rio Grande, and the rails are being put down at the rate of a mile and a half a day. Near the scefte of the last attack a stage driver and two passengers were killed by Victorio'a band on the 6th of last September. A dog then with Victorious band got separated from the party and has now attached himself to .a camp of graders on this division. Several years ago a party of twenty-four Mexican freighters wore killed by the Indians among these same hills, apd several years earlier n party of about forty California emigrants were surrounded at the very plgce of the last attack. The emigrants erected a breastwork of loose stones, behind which they defended themselves desperately for several days. They were finally overpowered and all killed. Tho Indians who ambushed the ill-fated stage a few days since replaced tho very stones of which tho emigrants formed a breastwork years before, and, secreted behind thane, fired on the driver. The hills m which those massacre* occur offer especial temptations to stroll- 1 ing bands, since, in addition to the op- 1 portuniiioH for ntnhuacades, a supply of ' water can here bo obtained. If a part ) 1 of tho force which is kopt at Fort Cum- I ...... i , ■ .. . . - :1

r ! mings could stationed near tho place ^ | which has so often furnished tho Indians j , an ambuscade, future massacres might , be prevented. 1 i Effect of Strong DrinJi*onJhc Liver . ' ! i j The Family Physician tolls us that • j when alcohol is introduced into the , J stomach in tho ordinary way, it nearly ■ j nil passes through the liver. Undiluted j | spirits are much more injurious thun ' | when mixed with water, and produce ' > greater irritation. Alcohol -consumed . J as wine or boor is far less destructive to ! j the liver than when taken in the form ; of ardent spirits. A hot climate inten1 sifieu all the vicious effects of alcohol, j Tito symptons of cirrhosis of the liver i art* in tho early stages often obscure, • but later they are sufficiently well mark- - ; cd.* At first tlio liver gets slightly onlarged, and tho patient suffers from pain I in the right side, indigestion, wind, and j costive bowels. Ho is occasionally ! feverish, his skin is hot and dry, and lie i has a peculiar, unhealthy, sallow look, ! which he probably fails Vo notlvty VmV ' : which is sufficiently obvious to .bis ' 4 • : friends. The necessity for making a • j change in his habits is forced upon his attention, and for a week or two lie i* j under tho doctor's orders, and not feol-N ing able to drink any more, he consents I to follow a restricted diet, and to tako a 1 ^ *••---* ••

! course of purgatives. ♦Soon tho most prominent symptoms ara relieved, he tancit'S himaplf well again, and quickly returns to his old habits. Gradually, however, ho notices that ho is getting thinner ami weaker, and occasionally he has a good deal of pain in his side. IIo is nervous and out of sorts. He has no longer the pluck he used to havo; first his friends notice it, and then he gradually becomes aware of it himself. Ho finds that be is not "fit for business, "and he is afraid to see I people. The patient has occasional at- ! tacks of diarrhea, his appetite fails, and ; tho emaciation ami debility inore*m\ I • He trios all kinds of treatment-, but 1 j never sticks to one for long at a time, j He consults every one of any note in London, but derives little if any benefit from their advice. Ho would give up i | tho drink if he could, but he can't. His I self-rolianco is gone, the alcohol has ! stolen away his will, and he is utterly I incapable of giving up the dangerous fascination. He will take an oath today that he will never touch another drop of spirit, and will probably break it to-morrow. Sometimes he wish** that

l aoine one would lock hite up in an asylum, or that by sotna chaaca .or other h« could bare nz months'* imprison* 1 rnent, but he never feels able to put hiftteeif under restraint. After a itrne tho liver gets smaller, and ibis, instead j of being a good sigii, is a bad one, for it t is contracting. lie would willingly enough <*>u*ent to knock off drink now, but it is lob Late } the mischief is dutic, ; tho liver is in a state of cirrhosis, and j no medicine can restore it to its natural | condition. Is there any remedy for this j natural com plaint ? Yes, one, teetotalism —absolute abstinence from alcoholic I liquors of all kinds. This remedy must bo applied early. If he waits till his 1 liver has undergone serious organic J change, it is too late. No half measures | will suffice j he must ghro up drink of • all kinds. If he does tlri* he will re- , I cover ; bnt if he goes on in his old plan j an early and painful death is the inevitable conaequenoc. Suggestions Concerning Long Life . If any one could furnish the world with a medicine which would insure a - long life, there is no end to the demand j ho would have for his drug. The Herald ok Health thinks ho would need many factories to make it, and many banks to hold the money he would re- [ eeive. Fortunately there is no such medicine, and so the world will have toget along in some other way. Some time ago the French Government sent a circular letter to all the.j districts of tliat country to collect infor- j mation as to those conditions of life which see rued to favor longevity. The replies wore very interesting, but on the j whole rather monotonous ; and the general result was that longevity is pro- , moted by great sobriety, regular labor. ] especially in the open air, short of ox- j ceasive fatigue, easy hours, a well-off condition, a philosophical mind in meeting troublos, not too much intellect, and domestic lifo. The value of marriage : was universally admitted, and long-lived , nth w«y«s also found an important , factor. A healthy climate and good i water were mentioned. All this agrees It*' f b ~ * . % *1 .«

j w;th common sense, unless the idea that ; the* intellect Is a hinderunco to longevity : bo considered unreasonable, and we j know that some of the most intellectual men havo lived to great age. PEN POINTS — Fashionable young ladies who used ' to call for kids uow ask for sixes." 1 he Indiana House of Represent*- ' tires has voted to reduce the legal rate I of interest in the Suite from 8 to f» per ! • cent. -Ex-Governor Talbot, of Kansacbu- i ■ setts, writes -llIt seem# especially ini- < portaht that women should at this time i bo given a vote in municipal affairs." — A "Jamb" man, who was complain- ' ing recently that he had invented a j large sum of money in Wall street and | lost it all, was asked by a sympathising friend whether he had been a bull or n ; boar. Tho "lamb" replied, "Neither ; ' I was a jackass.'1 —Senator David Davis* political posi- j , tion h about tl»* *• *i«.» -y ofroedum Sawin, in the Biolow Paper* : ; — "Pin an Electric : ez to chusin Twixt j this and thet I'm plaguev lowth, I i leavo a side that looks likeloosin'. But : while tlier'e doubt I stick to both." —Mr. John Bright, discouraged with

tbo state of agriculture in England, and • Hie impenetrability of the farmer*. say*; I — "1 have preached to f&rmsr* for near* j ly forty years, with Vut little result, j American competition may speak to ! thom and to our landlord class with mora effect." New-Jersey State Prison. STATISTICS KRO* TUB ANNUAL RETORT Or TUE orrtcERs. * From t V annual report of the officers* I of the State Prison, the following facts I uro gleaned i The number of prisoners October 31, l$7tt, was 788 ; received during the year, 482 ; discharged by expiration of time, i j 374 : died, 3| ; pardoned, 18 ; by order of tho U. S. Commissioner, 10 : sent to tho Asylum, 4 ; present number, 830 ; ■ ; increase, 48. The crimes for which they wrre sentenced were : Assault, atrocious assault, j assault and battery, assault with in ten- 1 tion ?o rol>, kill, rape. Ac., 130 ; abor tion, 2 ; attempt to commit grand lar- '• cony. 4 ; atrocious^^ssnlt and conapira- j ry to break jail, arson and robbery, 1 ; ' arson, eight ; engrsv ing pistes fr^oonn

■ " ' r„ ' i I • ii'l '&■ j| I f ■ • j tarfesiing^l ; oveakmg. eswm ng and r i stealing, breaking wUh ihUtfU, aUL, 264; • | burglary, 6 ; breaking jail aud catering i j with intent, f j UrfeRkUr^ aE iff renting, t f 6 j burglary with intent to rob and kill, [ I 1 j burning barn, 2 'f breaking and Urc ny, breaking jail, 2 ; breaking and j entering counterfeiting, $./, breaking J a z*d entering, attempt to Weak jail, I ; bigamy, i { 4 ± oonapiracy and iniedemoanoTi B ) oonspiracy and etabeiriemeni, 1; consp iracy, 6 ; cany ing buaiuese of 4^4lier unlawfully, 1 j* enticing cbtkt away, J j entering; 1 ; entering and larceny, I; j embezzlement, 25 : forgery in various i forms, 27 j fraud and embezzlement, 1 5 | grand larceny in various fbritir, 140 ; highway robbery, 8 ; having burglars' tools with intent, I ; having in prism* j sidn counterfeit U. S. obligations, 1 ; ' high misdemeanor, 3 t horse stealing, 7 ; indecent assault, I j incaet, 1 \ indecent exposure, 2 ; keeping disorderly house, 7.} lewdness, 1 j murdefj first and second degree, 36 . malicious mischief, assault and battery, I ; maj»j slaughter, 10 ; malicious mischiaf, 3 ; making false entries in books nv tional [ bank, Jtc., 2. The nativity of the prisoners were : New-Joimey, 345 ? New- York, 132 ; j Pennsylvania, -62, other States, 88 5 Garf many, 68 ;< Ireland , 87 ; other countries, 62, 1 born on mid ocean. Sentences Cor lite. 6 ; 40 yean, I ~ 30 years, 1 ; 20 to 30 years, 21 ? 15 to 20 years, 21 ; KJ to 15 years, 82 ; 5 to 10 i years, 101 ? 4 to 5 years, 38: 3 to4yaars, J 116: 2 to 3 years, 171 -r 1 to 2 years, 151 f under 4 years, 25. Their ages when received were : from 15 to 20 years, 101 ; from 20 to 25 years, ' 259 ; from 25 to 30 years, 143 ; from 30 to 40 years, 173 ; from 40 to 50 years, 106 ; from 50 to 60 years, 33 ; from 60 to 70 years. 13 7 from 70 to 80 years, 3. They were sent from the following places : Atlantic county, 7 ; Bergen, 33; Burlington, 34; Camden, 46; Cape May, 18 ; Cumberland, 27 , Eesex, 171 ; Gloucester, 16 ; Hudson, 139 9 Hunterdon. 18 ; Mercer, 44 ; Monmouth, 21 ; Middlesex, 33 ; Morris, 26 : Ocean 3 ; rassaic, 51 ; Salem. 11 ? Somerset, 20 :

■j Nui«ex« 16; Union. 50; Warren, 23: United States Idstrict Court, 24 5 Bergen and Passaic, 2 f Burlington and Monmouth, 1 ; Morris and ilcrcer, 1 ; Supreme Court, 1. t hie has been in prison over 20 years, | eleven over 10. 46 more than 5 years, and 440 over 1 year, : Those committed for the necond timo I number 123 ; third time, 31 ; fourth time, 6 ; and I serving his Seventh ; tenn. Educationally c»>nsitlerod, 664 can I rend aud wnte ; 37 rca«1 ohty, and J 135 can neither Teed nor write, j The whi;e males number 699? white t female*, 14- colored males, 113^ colored : females, 6, f The cost of maintaining the institution 1 for the year wa* $115,932.77, divided as ; follows: Matfita: nance of convicts, $Xl,135.14 : repairs, 89.447 56 ; given to discharged convicts. $lttS5.00 . paid for rvl lurn of escaped convicts, $100.45 ; mU- [ lies or Deputy Keeper*, $45,504.62: salario* of officers and inspector*, $9,5d0.00; | total. $115,932.77. Lm $68. 572.50. earn - j cd by ihii convicts, i oaves $47,360^18 as 1 the cost of the institution to the State. of each convict 1br the year atcKgi-d $130.68, from which deduct earning*, $82.BT, average, lewre* $57.01 a* the net cost to the State for each convict jwr year. Fattening Swine.

Now is th^ time for those who keep swine, and who have not the bo*t of winter quarters for them, to fatten them as ranidly aa poeribU. Small, un- ■ tnerolian table apple*, squashes and pumpkins which are speckled, can b^' boiled and mixed w ith meal', which* fatten thctn rapidly. In cold weather itpsquirea a cLMisiderahle ; a n\o u • j>rod th>i ng elements t-«> I keep up the temperaliwe of the bodj , • that is not now require<K$>n account of the mildness of the atmosphere, which i during the day approximate? nearly to j the temperature of 4ha animals body." ! Of about ninety <legrecs ; but when the temperature get* to twenty degrees, or even le*s, then it *reqmre$ a largo amount of ibod to ptNHiuce the other seventy degrees and keep up this con- ; d it ion both day and night. We should never forget that the demands of nal tnre are continual, and our supplies to animnls to meet such demands are sometimes fitful and irregular. In order to tneot those demands we should to punctual with our supplies, and reg^ uUte them at all time* to meet wh.it nature requires. It is necessary also | that we should study the like* and dislikes of our animal*. When In a state of nature, roaming at large, they can make their own selection* ; but "w hen our serine arc renned up we select for them, and this should to done in accordance with their preference# a* far as they are known and understood. ->!F*rtft and Fireside.