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MAT 20, 1909

CIVIL WAR PLOT RRVCAA.U.

An Incident of Libby •y Old An toddom of tbc Clvtl Wat, bUhnr

roll, Ptm. 0 A. R Tbc iiropoccd gift U au orlgtoAl iirocrui: at •bow (Ivcc by Untao m lo Libby Prlcan. Richmond, ewniber St.l»«3 in wertfylag He »utb«p Unity K ha* been learned that the cntertalocnetM w A* conceived a* the ".■ ■ R (or a plan to free all the ftorlh era aoldiera to Klcbmood prlaona^ala* arma at U>e arwnai In Lhe city and rejoin the Union army encamped not far distant The proaram wa» *lien U> Mr. Kane about a year ayu. alone with Others

no* Live. u. Springfield. M+m Mr Norcrue. wai born In New York OUj and was raised In Newark. He was a minstrel for thirty year* Mr Kane does not know where the Springfield man obtained the program Ootuemporary history conlaltte no record either of ■ Libby Prison or of I'ntou prisoner*, but both are attested by a veteran Union officer who was confined In tbc Coofndorate strong bold and participated in the minatre! performance He Is Major Robert C. Knagg. of 710 -Michigan avenue. Bvanstown, HI . ooe time secretary of the Libby Prison Tunnel Association He vouched not ooly for the authenticity of the prubrsm and the min atrrl .bow. but also for the fact that tbe chronicles of leniency at the pris on have. U anything, underestimated the actual fact. Himself a prisoner at the time. Major Knaggs was scUn* adjutant of the prison and bad full charge of the distribution among hi* fellow prisoners. So far aa be knows ooly he and Major-General Wallac f Randolph, then a lieutenant. ar» alive of those who were with him It. Che prison General Randolph Is re tired and lives at 1317 New Hamp ■hire avenue. Washington, D. C According to Major Knaggs. Mr Kane's program, which is yellow wilt age, yet quite legible, was printed b» the Richmond Eiamioer, the arrange meats baring been made by Major 6 bus incus agent of tbe per through either CMptaln Turner, inspector, or Ifcirnham, the commissary of the prtaoo—both Q>ofederate off leer*. Tbe printing cost MOO Confederate money .tor &00 copies. All of those who took part In the show were Union man. Lietkeoant G W. Chandler was manager. Captak. Henry Washington Sawyer, of Ur t Cavalry. Now Jt,.sej

tow, pieced the The Minstrel Show. Tbe program consisted of three parts The Ora. songs by the chorus or 'Tjoupe," as tge circular has H and by soloists: second a duet by rtoiln and flute, a song and dance banjo solo, a riolio trio, a vocal duet e dog dance and a vocal solo. <*» eluding with • sketch entitled ~Rivv! Lovers." played by Captain Bdmunc A Maas and Lieotsoant—now Generrl Randolph The third part opened will a sketch known as ••Countryoan 1 a Photograph Gallery." presented 1 the two foregoing officers and Maj Helper Tbit was followed by a “mm querade baH." and the eotertslnmei. concluded with a "grand wall aroacd-" Tbe performance was ai pounoed to commence at * o’clock end «A tbe foot of the program appe l the Una, "AdmIsBion free—children k

Those who took p*rt In tbe ent, tainment, hi addMIon to thoo* Mrvai'

t Kendall. Adjotan

Stopftin

Tain ONE of tfeLittk Tabkts

Painb Goo*

RHEUMATISM sad SCIATICA

25 Doses 25 Cents

__ _ «« 1 believe, |g.0M in OoofederaUt money which at that tune waa worth mb M> “I paid MM (nr a vtalla. and ■till bare It la my possession. ~ brought to ms when I was Ubby Prison after It wa bare, by Captain Mass. I bad U plaoed la Gunther's collection, at the war Museum, and It was there until tf$6. when I had it taken home "In the prison we were allbwed hare our show with candle light i U1 midnight, once a weak: ordinarily lights were out at » p. u.. and I do not think that the same privMsgvs was extended to any other prison. In fact the boys did not have the candle to burn la the other prisons. U afforded great amusement for tbe Confederate officers, when off duty, to witness our performance, which thsy j any

“It waa our intention to get as many as four of the Confederate officers In at one time, and while they were being amused by our performance to overpower them and secure their side-armi, make a break (or liberty, overpower tbe guards at the prison—of about onehundred men and

their arms, and go to

er prisons, then to Belle tsk-

the men there, and with the

cured from the guard proceed

Tredegar Iron work*, where

w there were arms enough

Do Not M This

Kh Marshall. Field & sold out to them and tineas, dying In 1905. ooe of tbe i. He came to Chicago af »«wi married his brother's widow. He remained here irntH 186*. •hen he left for California. 1 have died 'here. Kendall w*» jut violinist, and a very X°od 0“'\ that he hailed from For Wayne, lad . X have not beard from m ilnce 1880." Although tbe name Is spelled with a "o" instead of a ”u" in the min atrei program. U ie thought that Ad mdy hare been a brother of JuleaLumbard. tbe stager, sod ooe of the few remaining charac of the Lincoln campaign, who reported In a Chicago dispatch recently, to be dying to that city Jules Lombard waa credited by Pres Idem Lincoln with raising 30.000 Northern troops daring the Civil War. He had a brother Frank, who died >srs ago. Courage of New Jersey's Ron. The fortitude of Captain Sawyer daring his imprisonment, under senof death, has been made the iribject of a sketch by Onion el D. C. Godfrey, of the State adjutant-fener alls department to whom Major letter waa addreaaed. Saw a carpenter at Cape May when tbe Rebellion broke out. He waa tmong the first to offer his serricee to Governor Olden and waa sent to Waablogtoo wkb important dispatches to the Secretary of War He tnllated aa a private In the Twen ty-flfth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry at the capital on Afitl 18. 1861. and lore than a month later was promoted to a sergeantcy. In Angus! of the same year he waa commissioned aa lieutenant In the regiment to whlc he was attached when be waa captnh

could not get

with

while a prisoner, acting ad Jutant of the prison under OMond Charire W. TUden. of Maine, he making up the list of pro vision* that the prisoners wanted and. after consider 1 would take them to Captata Dick' Tyiroer, tbe inspector, and be would fill the order In town and have I would then distribute according to the small tints from different meeaoa, aa some had money, and. aa a general thing, they - would divide with those that did not have the money to buy." On the tetter bead sent by Major Knaggs appears a diagram of the interior of Ubby Prison, ooneerntng which he says: “I have written this paper that I had printed when in charge of Ubby here. I have marked with a cross where I slept for nine long months on a bard board floor, with my boot* for a ptUow, between two men—one who chewed tobacco, and another who had hemorrahge of the lungs. But I lived through It, and thankful. I have had lot* of fun since the war. and am capable of

battle at Brandy Station, Va. wa* at first thought be wounded, but after a couple of w< he recovered sufficiently to be moved to Libby Prison, where he sentenced to be shot, together with a second Union officer. In reprisal for the execution of two captured Ooo-

MsutawK Welsh. Lieutenant Mbrc: Lleuunaat Bennett and Captain W.' llama. Mare was captain of Comp* : B. Eighty-eighth Pennsylvania ¥t*t>-i leers. HU borne was In Pbttadelph! where be died in 18M. Captain Bhe belonged to Oosnpany I of the same regiment and lived In Scranton.Whi: Major Knaggs last hoard from him be

g car c

c the Lehigh Valley RaBroed Both be and Maas were takes prtaooers st the battle of Gettysburg Lieutenant FSotrsea. Major Knaggs writes, was a remmriseMy prefldeot ariiat. and ta the Tas, wbee be at the rsglgieigil reualoo ta Jett Mich., was In the advertising department of Charles ft Scribner'* Sons,

of Mew York.

Enthueiaam Among Prisoners. AdJatant Jones was a New Yorker. Be had an excellent veto*, dedarea Major Knaggs. and waned

the name of a Union captain ta Libby. were deposited la s hoc. and tbe first two name* drawn would Indicate the officer* fo be shot A chaplain of the United State* army drew the names, gad the lot f*U to Sawyer and John M. Flkm.of the Fifty-Grot Indiana. When this Information reached Washington BrigadlerOeoeral William H. F. -Lee. eon of the tamoue Confederate leader, and Captain Robert H. Tyler. OghU Virginia

M, 1864. gad was honorably discharge at the close of lhe war. He died at Oxp*Uhy Cky. October 16. 1886. •I knew CeptaJo Sawyer qtrtU IntV U»r," Major Knaggs writes, "gad whan he wa* wader sentence be eftea cam* to me for such

very I

to our Uoea.whicb ■ distant. But wc he necessary four

A Great Attraction. One of the cxhlbka which has proven an attraction to Cepe May visitors is the model farm which has developed at Cold Spring, two miles above this city, by N. ZGraw*. of Philadelphia, which represents an ' tment of 1160.000. U 1* ooe of ineet ta the country, and Its principal bustiieea is that of dairying

A CHANCE FOR ALL. How a Few Dollars Invested Now Will Givo Any Man a Start In the Great West—People Want Land— They Realira There Never Waa But One Crop and There Never Will Be Another. There are thousands of good agrtcwitoral land left In the wn states that can be purchased for nearly nothing. Tbe firm of H..B. Sander* A Co., idge Building;' Utah, have quarter of a mHtlon acres that they offering at 13.96 an acre. Thli ta scattered ah over the Mate of Nevada and there Is lota of R that will grow crops without IrrigationSome of It adjoins towns and can be

tetajlLake Cky, $Kloo on over a

Other places raped ally that lying ajaoent to rhwrx and creeks would make excellent fruit land. The shove land waa selected 35 rears ago when the entry man had Ms choice of all tbe lands of the

The shore Onn mala of lands. They can sell youatknt land* In the Northwest OH lauds oroia or Utah. Trait lands. Irrigated Lauda, or Agricultural Lands

Thsy secure control of targe tract* id sen at small profits. The above Arm has aecured an the Irrigated land* of the Green River Valley Land A Water Co. Tbe large* Carey Act withdrawal of fruK laadr

ta the United

Unless you are tatereetad In getting a tract of farm land for practically nothing. W# hare fust received an option on over a quarter of a million scree of land ta tract* of from forty acre* up. This land la not In ooe body but la scattered ait o*£ Urn State of Nevada In every Oounly. k t* not rocky, barren or low alkali land. But ta first-ciaaa fsrmtag land that was selected twenty-fire years ago when the entry man had his choice of any land ta the State of Nevada to select from. A great deal of U lies on the bank* of the Hum holt River and other stream*. Thli land Is ail catalogued and a description of each pleoe ta to be found ta

same.

You will find we offer land adjoining towns that can be mod for addition* LAd for Chrmbig. truck gardening, fruit growing or poultry, cat tie or sheep raising. TWlv absotutrty perfect. i sirzs i

The History of /:Cape May Count/:. L FROM THE ABPR1GINAI [(Mil PRESENT DAT EMMACIRC

AN account of the Aborigine*; The Dutch l> Delaware Bay; The Settlement of tbe Cbomt , Tbe Whaling, Tbe Growth of the Village*- The Revolution and Patriots; The KaUbluhraetP at : the New Gov, 'ament; The War of i8i»; Tb# Progrcas of th. 'ounty and Soldiers of the Wsi J

Turn this page upsid* down and you will see whst w* eel) thi* land for

Did you ever boor of land being offered at Ibl* price before where the title is perfect* If the lauds we offe-sd were rocky and barrai a gold silver, copper. Lad or stac mfcie night be found on same. Or If they were low alkali lands they might contain borax or nitre bed*. But they not. The land* we offer are etnrtty agricultural land*. Therefore we truthfully say that there lan't ar acre of land In Nevada that 1* not worth more than Two Dollars end Ninety-five Cent* per acre. Term* 81.25 per sere down balance at th* rat* of tan cents per sere par month. Tan p«' cant, off for cash. This LAND PUZZLE Has mystified thousands as they cannot understand how we can sc* at this price. We could not k we hadnt taken m option on the whole quarter

of a miiitau sere*.

Send for our catalogue, alao a copy of tbe New Nareda which i a deacriptloo of Nevada from an agricultural standpoint. H. B. SANDERS & CO. Judge Building, Drawer H, SALT LAKE CUT. UTA1 References: CommercUl National Bank.

*» LEWIS fXWKSEXI, STEVENS

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LEWIS T. STEVENS, PublUbcr |SI0 Woshlngt. o St Cape M«». N. J DO YOU READ THE HERALD? IT IS TO THE INTEREST OF EVERY man who visits or owns property in Cape May to be a reader ol the Cape May HeralJ. In its columns you will find throughout the year much matter that will interest and be of value to you lor the trifling cost ol one dollar per year If you do not already take the Herald cut out and All in the following coupon, enclosing check or a one dollar bill, and mail same to “Herald,” Cape May, New Jersey.

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LEWIS T. 8TK Views, FubUsbcr CAPE MAY HERALD Send tup toe Herald tor one year, tor which enclosed Bud I

I* Chancery of N«w Jereey.

Pursuant to an order of the Coart ( Chancery of the BUI* of New J«r e, made ta th* above tatted cane* on the twenty-eeoood teg of March, mb hundred aad tta* the creditor* of th* A. J. BattH KnglIra Company are ordered to preto th* receiver ta this cane* aad

within two mouth* from the date at attd order or they wlH he exttud

coeds of the afreets of ■aid corpora am Lewis T. Keren*, Receiver. Port office sddreee. No. 6X4 Wash gtoa Street, Cape May City, P. F. 89.00. New Jersey.

CAPE lAY COUNTY ORPHAN* COURT. By rirtae of an order of the Orphaae* Court of the County of Cepe May made ou the third day of March, nineteen hundred aad nine, the whscriber, the admtniitrator ot the e* tala of Jolta B. Brtattm, deceased, will oo the twenty-first day of May.

We Make Harness and make U ngbL Tbe quality of tD» leather and tbe other materials used, a tbe best obtainable, and iteeut put U gather and stitched bv skilled bands Doable or tangle Hsrnres, for farm delivery or road wsgona. Fine earriagHarness is a specialty of ours, etc. NTDoB-f rtargot th* Ptaca. W. A- LOVETT Car. WaahlaatoJfad Parry Street* CAPfi fTXY, N.J, O OP OUR OWN STRAPS FEES FREI With your first rash purchase of SI ,00 and upwards, by preaaating this advertiaauieat and learn all about oar ■HEW STAMP SYSTEMWe have th* beta shoes wa can boy for tbe money u

^ on Sngpection Smiled

O. L. W. KNERR. 518-20 Washington St.

, tn u>. the Sherif irt House, all the fifth Interest of said Julia B. Brtntou. detae**d, ta the foltowtag trarts ta * - * “ —\ B. P- 1 -

ECZEMA and FILE CUR? fuse jstejBBaagfgfe aOUcted a poeltiv*

1 those two certain contiguous Iota of sound described together as oue lot or piece of ground, tatnele ta the Borough ta West Cape Mhy, ta the County of oape May aad Kata of New Jersey, ta the Bouthwert

Rochester, I* draerthet as "to shake hto fret ra w*! of the beta talett." Major Helper prominent ta O. A. R-. dr gee thirty ysra* *«o “Welsh."

the said Oape Itaaad Turnpike, se rentysight and threatantks feet and extending of that breadth ‘ length or depth South w eat wa parallel with Btihth Areau* oo th*

Weet Itae thereof, oua

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