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. VOL. X.

CALK ISI.A N I >. < aim: MAY COUNTY, NliW JERSEY. WEDNESDAY. .A PUU. 1!). 1865.

NO. 47. _

GREAT «4LE • O F TRUCK FARMS 9$& — ~ ■ TOWN foTS! COMI'RISTNO 300 ACRES, , ON

ts S.1T1RDAY, Mil' SO t 1885, At Cnpc May Court Boasc, Cape May Co.. Sew Jersey, On the Lino of. thr Cape Slay Railroad. w The annexed diagram reprrseriU.a moil' •* desirable property, divided iota I rock Im«m or iqnure*, containirg rix acre* and six j one. lino Irentbs, ami these squares. are <!■- vided into building lots, sixty feet fruot by two buudrvd fart iu depth. All tba nvecues are fifty fool in width. Tbe wain sveDt« exi.'fds'f.nm thr Railroad to Ilia Hay, a beautiful sheet of «»trr about fix inil-« ff in circumference, connecting with tbo Ocean, tj»o tulles distant, by in'»t». The property will b« sold on f Saturday, ni 10^IK63^_/\ next, on, lb« grpsn-t, bj^Mosw Thomas A Sew, Auctioneer*. .if I'lnla-b-lphhi. The yala oill be peremptory. A special tram will lenee W alnut afreet lY^ayf In lha morning, ..ml la-loin in Ibe sfleruo ui on the day i f sale, * i.p* mg nt all way stations on the road, line nniice will be given in the public papers of the hour of Marring from l'LiUih l|-t.ia, and. the I cordor returning ; , also where ticket- eon he procured. COM.tlfJK. • A eollat'on, wi'h refreshments will be •«rYeil«fatii'tnn*lr in a heiutiful erov" . n' the property, under ho •noei-visi-ut of that prince of caterers, Col. Joiix U *-T, of the United Stat. • Hotel, of lha city of Cap* I eland. ' SITVATIOk. i The land ia sitbaled at Cape M.ijr Couit House, Cape May eaunty, Na-* Jersey, imimmliairly on the lias of 'lie Cape Slay and Mil|edl« Railroad, end ..os-tml' .mile fioffl tlia Ooqniy-eeel sturim ; two a-'d a half 1 hoar, froio Philadelphia by rail, and taeiiiy. five minut-s fn.m the city -f Cspe Island. It MtUmde from 'h» rail^ad lo Siell • Bed .Bay. whlrh Imand* llm property on its whola *onlbero houn 'nry. The wind" properly will he sold except two squares, ope of them hpvinj; ali-ady Iman appropriated to 'tb" efeCli.'u of a first-cl .»• Intel, by John T. An lrvwa, E*q., of Philadelphia, tn accomodate 210 ;u-nn; tin' elite' square neat the sit" of the hole', comprising an oak groT e, ia designed for a public park. Tim sou. It a sandy l««m, with a strong and relentiee day nriwil, which, lo all intelligent aaricuharists. I* kr.O"B to be the -nil be-t adapted for tmcU end frail (trow ir.jr, from the fact of iMjSprly wauninc in th- spring, and its mpadiy f-*r retaining ell fertilise'* ; that wisy liewjijilied to it. On th« farm is an o -'hard of ab- ut 2011 apple irees.- in .full beanos, wbirh to pervnn* deliroh* of coin# into i La track and trait growing ia v doable. run rui n axd BKAi.Titrct.M;** nr i.ocatiox Thit' land fc not «u*pi.**e<l be any between Beealey'e Poiqi and Cape l-!and city, it basing It penile d»«cent from the Railroad toward! lha sna'b, until it ■ reaches thr bay. thus affording eeery facility for drainage and riew of bay and ocean. ► r*nn. For tba growing of fruit, each at apples, pears, peaches, plows, apricots, cherries, Ac., it is all that can ba desired, and for which the soil ia eminently adapted, a tares. The frapa eloni ran ha made a source of j iioinense profit, from tba fact thai it is not liable to th"M "blighting mddawa to which it is tQ ankjact in other localities, but hi ings a sera reward (or the labor bestowed o& its ctbin, aad for which there is at all times a great demand ia tha cities of Pliiiadalqihia, >'ew York, Boston and Baltimore, with which pilirs tha fsrtu is in dallj cummaaicatioa by railroad. * rCABS. If U bwllaoad that tharailPQ part of the Cuitad Statu wherein tba paar su'ceevds hotter than in lha coaoty of Cape May — Thoro «ra pear trees growing here, which, from the boat information to bo obllioed, 4 bars born annual bearers for tseanty-Bro ysars. Tbo caltaro of tba dwarf pear is becoming an important item in tba horticol. tare of Gaps May, and it ia coofidaatty bslaired, that tba place 1* MX TO be fused on this side of lha Atlantic Ocean where they aacoee'l bettsr. Tba valtpof thil fruit i upon:' Jii't qt:»!ity of Jarso* apples and j

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j ■ TglCK rA'cwtxi). • | he ' The land has bf"n dic'tdrd aith a parlic. i , ular vi«« to tb« cultor* of truck, and the j : berries, such as strawberriss, ra*pj>srries. I l'' i the improred rariyty of bl*ckb«rri"<, crsti. r !n ] be trie*, Ac., for the culliration of all of i •j which certain portions of the farm are not | I surpassed. The property, on its north snil j H .east boondurirs. is skirted by a running 1 ,-i, •t ream of pure, clear spring water, whi'-b 1 p) ■ to a truck Vai-er i« invaluable fur the pur- : ' pose of waloring bi« 0>«ly Sri plants, nr..! ; ' lor irrigation in times of drou;:h'. w'srre he can )»<• at all tijnrs his," VegrUblss in u , ; slat" of progrrs*. and ready tli«.«arlie»t , ^ market. Any person who is u judge, of A. such maltria, can. at » glance at tbo prop- ™ env. see the anpentoadratiiagcs !>■■■»*. »«'! m y.ia location "for fC" tiuci; boam-ss. , thcrefo'rt) it i* aides* to dilute iurlber up- . Tl.r crops of cfahbrrrirs atol strsnbrrries that ha»c lieetl galhored Iron prop-r- , liei adjacent, and |Ki«s«a*ing no . superior , a)lrbntage*, ate I orfectly fabulous. i i, I ' Any one by taking a map of the United ^ '• States npd obser«inyc the latitude t>£ ll.r .. firm, w.li readily *•••• ins great nstcait'uge nearly '■irrouii-le.r bv lb- Ocean on. I ll.<y, tl ur.d n fleered but little by rtie summer'. ' .brat .or wjuln's Cold, lllt-fcby producing an eipiality of leniperaluie i-: joyed t»." n • Tery few plu.-e*. It is a vny rmc ibiog. " ' indeed, that the frost stops the plough Ulura then two weeks ill llm yu*r. Avryi'rs. (l Tba names of all tbe'accnaca, exc-epl i i "isliell lied Aeeittre," will left its ih r choice cf the pon-l'S-cr-*. ."iliell Ib-d an nue, h ■ at the railroad, arid terminates at tha s?l»* II a Bed op ibe bsv, H miles ilflaat : a large l"d of* o'L lb p-i.llrd I.T lire lliiil.n., wiieio fo/yanrs, iLeycame annually ro thefall, frnm far ill the interior id the country, -ill* Urge nuiubers, trl collect r ljni* » l-ich tlley strung ain string*, slut ilri. d f.<r M.-d during l o 1 winter; l-rewhin/ t'.e ebells ami using the 1 henrt^fiir anuipuiii. The soil on the - oh r Ii - * erh jKiriion of the pi qr-rty. south of tlib* ■ Inpipikn, seems to b» mixed wir|i sheila. ' that iu.TiimV mill be iieceWr.V f.7*ji.p>Tiai! ' in render the soil juuru fcttilc. for tlia teat 1 - , half Cs-nlury. * 1 hat* been raised for u series of year*, withput the application of tngnafc of any kind. ( , W|i?t» cloaet; is iniiig'/ou* t« tlirbgiiH. , r shells nl tlw landing l"a»e herount incorpo ' f rated with tlieTaenJow bank, and feotwdLa ( «ri.i\mi> HATtltsq fiiork. (Srailnalinilsdsc.nl. TkA water is pure and a -It, and ebl.* nod tlnws from theorem •Twico-iii twetiir-fuur bouts." Theshorc ia ' of graitmil rbsceiit. making it entire!}' safe for inti^li'I*, an I to t sii fatiguing as the surf at Capo J.latfd City or Allur.lic City. | I« dry, solfieienlly near tlio ocean for the t henefit of the s»a uir, and is-free from the dauipoega and mildew of clo hi"g, which ' n.Tur* at A»!sn*ie G.iy-arul-Cafui I.laiu!... . Near rh* bathing jr..un-l, in*li- suit mar-li. • is a strong spring of pnre cold soft water. • which resembles the crd.tr swamp water of i Bnrlingtnn county, in this Stat", ami which • ■ p-.s«esseg, in. the opinion of many rniinem physicians, such won.ierful curatire powers, i . Tttie xatchai. rairn.mrji — ^ Of this prnpeytT ars un-iirp»«'"J br any' T other on ibe coast of New Jersey. The j ground* for ptaming oysters, along the j 1 shores of the Bay aru. very ext»usi»e, and , no finer flarnrrd oysters %row', llisu are ! : found ia this Bay. f f ' Of ecery description that tire found oq the ' i Atlantic coast, are abundant, and at. the ! i proper state of the tide can ha taken with ; ; a hook and line a short distsnce frqm the ! • shorn. To this Bay the sporting fraternity j ! of Cape I*land retort in the summer irasnn I ; when they do not wish to be disappointed i j in a good day's fishing, and they seldom re- ! tarn without liaring mq)iy doxen fine la'ge , sslt wal^r trout —the string int. rsper'eil wilb here and there a Rock-tish, Mackeml. King-fish, and |ierhapa tbe ebo'cest of all fish. — what ia termed a "Cape May Goody" —the most delicious |l fisvor of all the fiaM tribe. Tha Immense quantities of fish that ate annually takrn ir. the Hoh'iiits furnisti kB-fliexbagrtiblesapply of excellent fertilizer, known at "Cancerlne," which ha* been thoroughly tested by tb« farmers of Capo May and Long Island, and It held id high repots for all kind* of crops. ■ajucrt*. Tha markets for Bah and oysters game, Ac. , are Capo island, I hiladslpkia and jNewYtuk.* During the Bathing seaspri, w ihrmprising tba mouth* of jote, Jwljf.sAt^I gut and Sopumbor, no bolter market can

be found lhan that of C*p« Island, eleven miles distant, and which can be reached by water or railroad. Vea«el* of 1(!0 ton* barthen can come op to tha landing, and take in and dischacgw cargo. »4!.T O'ATXK TKBRAMN. In Ibis Key is whern the celebrated salt water terrapin are caught,— which nra considered' by epicure" t!;a finest m«h they can pbssjbly have saM»eh»ra them. " ^ Persons fond of hosting, rowing and sailIr.p can b" gratifi-il v-i their hearts' content" on Shell llav..' .Taking all the features of property into cou'idaratton, the ,.wner '■^jg-m.-tit but lu«t to oifer to the public lbs iipifortuntty of purchasing lots fur "tromar. te-idencra. « lu-n- I h.-v cub enjnv quietness, the benefit of the »ea air and s-u bathing, . the ifivilege of gunning and fishing." ebH cutebn.g their pwjt oy«ter>, wit h'-at tping compelled to (Ire** llire" or four times a day, and "ci'tiTirin to atl the conventional!lie- .,f h fashit-n" td« watering place. It is ■ ie'-igiied lo *»II Io'« lo'tlitiso only who cotiletU).|Ac .liuM l'ilg. Slid to prwvent ill" in - IIU, .i, of any element Wtb.rli would be like- _ ly Uexetiiier t' *• plare nnattf.-.i-'iv# to tho*e « 111! (le-ire a clieup count: y residanee. «dmro they Can nttcnJ t" their l.us o»»« iu Polls— ■ • elpflia. and re'urn the *au.e etemng lu rn,i..y a good n.g bi'» mi. Fur such apnrf po-oj Ru other p!ar« cau b« found with ad-' i iilayes superior of equal to ihi*. , lots oil! bo ...Id with ilia privilege ej^eqUA'e*. 1 ■nt.einiiig nx seres nod sixmo* hundreths, and ours if ilulrvil. when purcba*era may have the priviledga of 1 ha i*ei It' yt» of Sale will ba 21-l'er ceut. i.i the j orrba.e money ut sale; the balanco lay* a ben the 'lined Will be delivered, rite properly lias been surveyed and laid «.;T m lot. by U-turn B. Swain. I'oq.. an exreuuin- «* vieirors the lands, or reply to. any i- uiimuuication* addressed to in ai ( u|m May Court House. New Jer-ey. ' Inf.iruijtloli (,'ivwa, and letters uqswared also by . • * * i • \V. R. MII.LF.R, • "Capo Island. New Jersey. The So!ilier-' Home. We invito alt.'minn to the udver isemnnt no wh I'll t<* erect and establish "Thst - N" «'J. r*e'y 1 1 ("tie for p;*sb|ed Holdiara." Tiji Con if :.-ii.ii»r* by joint resolnthm of •b>< p(-i'.'iliiig l.ei.irlature, were Hirerted to iiKj i.r.- ••\Ylinl,pri.vi-ion shall be made for tlie.e n. r.*oii* To this it wa* replied: '• Tli y nr.- not paupers seeking aim* at dm hmds of tli- government, bu' p«n*ionor* . untied to iMfinpensution for" services re'i-ii-reii, Th.-y nro not d"btorn Iu, but creditor* of 1lin~p ibl;c. They have impei— I their lues u:nl *had llfir bbmd in tha c io-e of their cmp try. By privations, haid-htpt anilnounds in tint c»u«e. they Inivw, been det'rived of lite pow.-r or selfsupportySoid the country is ind-ht.o^ to ' tl em. W> Tile extent at l«a*l of a comfortable ma itt"n.ince. during »h»ir disability., Wha' is needed j* not an Altns Uou*e to 'impress them with the sen** of heirg objects nf. cbari'y, and lo crush out overy fm ling and hope of indepeitdenco ; but a IletrMt, -ptovided as far as prscljeable, with the comfort* and ini!u«rce*.of a home ; . where they may rculrZ't lhal'tbe ropaMiw.ia ** nut iingratefnk and where, they umy enjoy the tcsjtect of their fellow citizuuV, shd W-~~-— ce re in part the reward due tu their "patr | riotism and valor." i On this ^J*p,"■,. Ute Legislature u« an act I not of b. ncob-neo, Lul nf simple justice,havu made provision for the establishment ! of such n Retreat. The (.'uinmistdonar* advertise for proposals (or the gift Of sale i— tif-a-aita-mijabicb la sreel "ih — Aotl-ttOWp- ' ru this hour of Ihe ntftum.'s joy and grati- ' tilde over lk« fall of the t'onfoderatu eapi- . 1 tal, is a fit lime for tha exhibition of geneG, runs patriotism, by. the donation of a situ ' . -aitable for the purpose designed: It is j hoped that some of our wealthy benevolent i citizens .may wnlig in their elforta lo (ecoro r the eftab!i»bniri.t nf iliv iiistitotion in onr own vicinity. TBe advantages of it to any a ! cmnmiiBiiy are not to be disregarded, and -Sonld not be lost to us. Jl will be 00J. ; served thul- rominnnicntions ,oo this subI j"Cl should be addressed tp Marcus L. Ward, Esq., of Newark. ' B'rctiurnr)' of .Iccldrnti. During the year Ififid there ware UOrailtuad accidents, to which 4<M persons warn killed, and lb-lli w ere wounded. This j* a greater number in proportion to the whole . somber. transported by rail than has bean ( kua»n in any previous year. There' were »|.o, iu the sauie yesr 26 steanHioaJraceP'/ dents, resulliog in lb" death of 358 perrons, 1 and. the disabling of 143. Ponder these * j fact* and lake oat a policy in the Travelers' Insurance Company' before it is too late.— Tba'^iremibms^ere low, and tbe policial cover every apeciea of eccideoL $500 to , £10,000 are paid in case of death, and £5 i to £50 per week in case of iajory. For information, apply to Dr. Jongthntr . k\ Learning, Jjeaviile, or 10 S. K. Maguno- - i gl«, Cape Island.