*' . , .r- CAPE MAY OCljAX WAVE, VVKfrNKSOAY. 8E1TF.M BF.R 20, JSCS, •>!*■ ; . -

She (Ocean Wart. Cape Itland, Cape May County, IT. J. B. R. MAtMWArtliE, Wednctdas. Hep». 40, 1H85.

Change of Tiwr. Oo and nfrer !o-flay (2«th train* •a th# Cap* Mat A Miliviil# Railroad aill I, tare Capo May at 6.30 x. *..JJall ; 12.00 *., Freight: Dears PhiUil.-lpbia 10.00 a. *., Vr.-ighl ; 3.rt0r.*„ Mail. Tlia followiay i* the lime-Ulile as corrected Mall. Freight. l+M Caj»M»r. - a a»* jr. - mnc Ku> tiriu..!', *XI 17.lt ' N Capo Nay C. H. t.lt i ll MoAtaaasat, i.Vt . -Tit Wwdtlllr. a 00 JtH Brllr Hals. ».to s », Maauiamtla, a.3: an MWvUIr, ku A at ruu^ li J* ». m. FwhtM. Mall l«are PhKvJv, W.« i «. J OJ r. a, Jinitftir, a 17 1-. a. a . (7 • Maouin j-lln. « 3.1 a.4# * - SttaPUIa, til • ta . VTouUbtiM-, 131 € :l| Ml. ftraMiil, 7M lu feartilr, - J7 . ti Cap* Ma J 10. li ato nroivntdi On Saturday aflartuxm, a colored man . aamrd David Balton. while not fidiing in the I aland Creak, above tbe I viand', fell ■ overboard and an drowned* 'l'he parlicu- ! lar», aa wv Darn them, are aa follow* : It taenia that Button alerted out in lb.artoinoon 'or the purpose of enjoy ing a half-day 'a aport at fishing. Some boys 1 on the *h»re swing him, nihil to him to 1 .throw Ijietn a flab. riai-tog in hi'-hoRl for tbo purpo-o of throw-inn the fish, he bream.overbalanced and the boat turning, be fell ' overboard ui.d eai drowned. He wa« taken from tbe water by parties oo the shore. Ty casting a large li-kiiig.lin--with a he ry ">ios«i? aitachori, and cntcbjog the nook in hta Clblhea. When found, be til rntanifled ID the luvsttt* or his ' crab net and fishing-line. •• Itlflswa) IIou >«'.** Aitsotioo la invited to the advertisement, in another column, of thia welt-kniiwii hotft winch baa been nndrrvoing a thorough ■ • course' of repair*- and improt eun-nt The, proprietor claim, for it all the comforts and advantage* of the larger hotel* of lb.city, and r*tp>e1fully ask* the atiention of visitor* to the city to the eatabliahm^nt. Ita location ia in the immediate vicinity of ■ the ateamboai landing*. Camden ferries. "and the depot of the Weat jersey HuilroMl i Co., thus affording every advantage to lii.traaliog public. All who are acquainted with Mr. Williamt, the getitlein .nly proprietor. know th.it he ia jam tbo man ! "calcolale.t to keep a hotel." '•Suae kour Money." • Pi.'h il the advice given liy Mr. Henry I Ilili, or alove notoriety. No. 326 South Second at reel, Philadelphia. Mr. H. ad- ' vorliacs all the beat stoves now in use, and ' eonia new j attrrni, cevor before offered, Jx aboot one-hull the usual price. Head bis advertisement oo fourth page of to-day', papar, then call on hire at bia "New Market Stove Store," and be continued of the ' facta, an clearly enunciated. Mioner. We were visited yeaierday afternoon by j qolte a heavy dTiower of rain, which at thi> writing ih-bii to have eettled tain a rrgu | lar "Northeaster." It baa had a tendency te cool the atmosphere, from the heated ' condition of which wo bate suffered so ; much or late. ftetrapapty tbttlitr. The .Treotuo 'Stole (la ette, for many years peat conducted t.y J. K. h'reeae, Esq. bat changed bands, and will in the future . he carried. on under the supervision of Mr. I Jonathan Vacuole, its prusect editor and ! • ■ proprietor. Ntw PaiHilL— A paper has been started at Vmtiland, N. J., entitled the "I'ineland Wttklg." It i» en eight page paper, and . it devoted to information specially relating to the growth aud development of the ; Vine land tract. . . Km ConxTUcrgiT.— (.'ounivrivli $lub: Ir on tb# Gloucester County Bank, N. J., aula circulation to New Yotkg 'I n. y are vtitirely new ; look out for them. W R A J, Du Buia give antic# to lb»n - Cape May friends, that ifiay will make ihei, aecond trip through our cuuuiy, leaving Bridgetou oo the Ihlb. See advertlsuuieul in Ihis'ivaoe. feff Carpeting#, Window Shades, m Cloth*, Ac , of a bopenor Quality, •od at low pneev, — adv ln thi. i.,Ue— by J. T. Delacroix, 37 S. 2ud. St., Philad'a. , — Jersey City baa, ur thiaka iit> hae, aj ihawaied cflatcb, wbare gruanw. tbriek. and | /*ha clanking of chain* raaoond at midaigbi petting ail the neigfabora in jfrbrinl' tear, i 'llwee doa.bty gentlemen tntdertevik to j watch the other aigbl and a«e what came: of ilj but whra tbe witchiag-lseur. when j cbutobyards, Ac..,amwd, their lunrago, like Bob Acres, ull ootsd out at their #ogcra' aads and the; went home to bed, teav- 1 ibg the mystery uaaotwd. «

Patal Rr-ull. * Some 'three wevka ago. we gave oar read- ; er« an accoanl of the shooting of an- [riahI man by the name of Bull iu Fairfield Tuarn- , I ship by Jo«*ph Murrivon.- Sihcy the OD- ' fortuaate circumstance. Bull ha# been in a prerarioaa comlnou. and on Tuesday la*t died from the effeet* of hi* wound*. lie was shot in the groin, the gun being loaded wiih shot and nails. Morrison is now in prison and will remain there to is ; await hi* trial, npon whatever charge the II : (irand Jury prefers against him. It is not OBI pmviuce td *peru!ate U|mn the puseii bility of a tiill being fonnd agalost him. ■'noiigh for uv to aay tKat lie that soweth - tbo wind mu<t**p«ct to reap tbe whirlwind. The Wire Trial. j Wsbncstuv 13. On the opening of the military court to-day cotr.muaira'ions were ' presumed from thO sujVerinteii.ieiit and ' sutgeon of the Old fapr'ol IVDon, statiag ! ibat Wiruru *u(Teriiig from mental prwi (ration a< to be unable to leave bit mom. Therefore no aitnessea were examined and the proceedings were brief. The counsel of the accused was ugaio asked if be could furnish the names of the aitnesses arbo he | a few days n.o charged were lamps-red with ' by the government, and be confessed j inability t«r do «o. The court adjourned till Thursday. ; e3'iiL>asD*r H. PteVVir* Md.tary Com. uisiiop asrcmbl-d hut uwiug to the con tinned illness offne |i(lilner, atijpuraaji j nntii Monday. Ahr. Baker his counsel. . stated that Wine's mind is niuch deranged, ! and he cannot concei tfute it op any subn : — The grand jury of the county of Hurr II terdon. in view of the great Dumber of [mrssius brought befom them charged with crime growing out of the use ■■■ i . ■ nxicating liquor, have proposed certain re mo dies which ara in tbe power of the i-ourt to upply, viz : tbe strict enfoicriaep-i . uf all law ugaiost gaming uY the keeping or using, at uod about taverns and saloon* | of dice, cards, . qnhita, and oilo r gamingt II apparatus, and the selling of liquor on Cui.day, or otherwise illegally ; the refusal o! liceimv to such per-oon as shall notoriously * , continue to pursue or ullow the** illegal practice*. unJ the prolecution of all per- " »"ns engaged in them, and in broils and ^ tights refilling from them. — Hon. t.ynuin A. Chandler of Morri* : coooty, died suddenly la«t week of drop*)-, ; at hia residence in Morristowo. Mr. Chandler ha* liven State Senator lor .MorriscOtin- | ty for the past three yvara. and previously member ol the House of Assembly. Mr. * ' t 'handlcr^wai a leading in*mber of tbe * ; Deqiocratic party, and took a prominent ! position in their deiihrration*. Ho was u ' j leading member of tbe Ker of arhoUrly I tastes and attainment*, sad bis genial lew ' - per uod suavity of manner made him a fa- * | vorite to all his personal at^irainiaiicv*. I Hi* death at tbe comparatively early age * 1 of forty -four year*, will 1* a subject of rv '* gret to a large circle of friend* Ibrnrtgboo' " ; tbe entire Blate. | —The Mount Holly ^TteralJ lay* that | quite :■ "sltfody" was kicked op at that | place on Tufcsiay night, pr. iwing out of ■ 'Hie dumvaiiS ;dilhrultn-( in the family of ' | Mr. Henry Ufoome. h appears > bat Mr*. " j tlroome took a fancy to u soldier named i Jackson Quigley, and proceeded on Mot.- ' day to I*i iladelpliis. where they "ere mar- * j ried, and returning to Mount Holly, pro. * | c-eded to remove the furniture and other - j effect* from Mr. Uroome's hnu*e. Mr. I{. " coming home, obj-etrd to thi# part of the per.'orinanree, #nd intdSedmloly took 'nut a ■ warrant lor the newly married couple, and l they were landed in jail to< answer the , I charge of forsible entry and scaring. * —Dn Wednesday morning 13th ins!., i Samnel W. Pollard, a little' boy, eight 1 : year* old. uf Newark. Irft home for school > at p o'clock with two other boy*. Instead | of going directly In school, the lad* wan. j dered away, tiad While paying nw.ri.* Uant, f Can#! ,"'or Hiplev's saw'-niill, Sammy ' accidentally fell into the water and w«> r drowned. Htrange yo say^Sho eompamons • of the little fellow contii.ue.l their Way to j reboot, nod did not give infofnation of the ' fatal aff-ir until tbeyArrived Lit at noon. Search j»ua immediately made akjl tbe body i was found at about tklf].,t-i odeTTclock. I ' and conveyed in tbe residence of Jhr p*. I runt* of deceased. aid j — Ti c lied Bunlst Monmouth ••Standard" ; I State* that within the last three We.-k* Mr. j I John West, of MiddUtowa, lost five child- 1 » ; ren from malignant scarlet -fever. fMr«. I IV est and the last child Were buried a few - , days since. St* graves, ail newly made, ; j tell of a desolation which has been w, ought j ( ■ in a heme beyond the power to describe or . j conc.-tvc. [ — The body of tbe late ('nlocrl Henry O. Uyeraon, of the Tenth New Jersey II*. , iiiment, who was killed In th* battle of the ! Wddern***, has been taken to Newton for * ' interment. — A c -nrention was held at Washington ' j on th# IClb, tq,cou»ider the expediency of > : making eight h»qra rfon*ti\nta a day* work. ; A eumtnitb-c was appointed to nddre*a the i j wo'kio'gnico "I the country, and arrange fur , j a Naltuual 0>Dv#ation. i i — A New bury port man ha* just r*cei-ed . a lacacy of B3U.0U0 from p mau to whom , | he rendered protection gad assistance when i . ; h* was drunk aud in want in the alr«eto of , i Boalun. , j — Artemus Ward aay* that when ha - hear* that besuUlul song, "Cniaa where - my lo»e lie* drwaming." be daa't go, lit ! ! don't think it would b* r-shk. I

tjencit 41. new?.. J" — All tb* forts and fortiflratinni Jt nud' about Washington, ar* lo be dismantled j ^ ' the present aotomn. * , 0 | — Pol. Myfnn II. Beaumont, Ia»w of th« ] First N. J. t 'avalrr, ha* become tbe editor • J |u i of the Itubway "Advocate and Tin#*.!' | ( if 1 — U i* estimated by those who are r-ru- i i ! peieot Ibj d(fe, that the corn crop ib Salem ( f 10 county this year witl exceed a miihun or , ^.bushei. ,t ot . — llero.-tk# Bnssian hluoilhonoJ from , ii. ' ('a*tl# Thunder, and Javk, the bloudboand j , kept at Andrrsonvitle. by C'aputn Wtrs, j j i h -"v now on exhibition ia Boston. J. — |-.J#ard B. Ken-ham *<* arraigned in i ! tile Court of DeOerai tieninns. in New < l Vork, yi-*terd*y, and ph-ad-d not guilty o' > the iodictitieut for nlleiinr gold checks. j < rB I — A new Roman Catholic Church, now j 1 b-inir erected oft MarksT Street, near llJ | 1 t.'ourt House, int'amdei, will b»compD eU 1 . obnul the first of January. When fioivheu/^ n ; it will be a very iuiposiar edifice. ' 1 id j The taking of the rensns of Jersey ■ ,,! City has just liven compktod, VMtd give* a* Id !the present population :;7.:«11, being nn | ' ie | increase 0r k. }(>"«. since IbCO, wlien th* to. S 1 I : tal number uf inbatiiiauts was 2t'..2."i>. i ' | — A woman in Charlestoan. Massachu?') -■I , *ett s. has a family- re tame toads iu lier ' ■yard. She feed* Ike in. pets thrift up, ! I. ; tlr»«»e» them on Sunday* in velvet, and an ' ' joiiber day # in ilrsW, ki«*ea them, and' ,j utherwisv tenderly Cures, for them. 1 1 I. , — I'he Bgston Journal understand* thai 1 I, the cover, In. ei,l military authorities, all M ti- over'tho -ountry, have been specially in- 1 ' structed to us# every mean* at their com- 1 B* ; miitd to proVi-nt the t fiVets of the cholera, ' ' nl / "''""Id that pu*UjeOge visit oar shores. ' 1 ■d i — ' 'Andrea* Hansen, thy ilussian gi4itt. , lormi-rly a'cuiiosi-y in Baroum'* Mnsenin, n went • an a spree" the other night in New ,e Yolk. He t* eight feet one'inch tail, and ' it j large in proportion, so that his capacity for 1 g beer drinking rather astonished the inn- ' i» j keeper* whom he patromx-d. He finally g^sent lo sleep, and.w.1# then arrested by a i " ! a single l-.l.j policeman. 1 . — The death of lio7ernor Brim gh iva* y ! i-UUSe.l by the following accident, as elated 'I in the report of his surgeon : Atmtn -five j j r- or. six week* since be slightly injured- hi* J i foot try stejfjiing on a pi-liMe ••lie evening — | on injury whlrh he .apposed to he simply j, ' a htui-e or apra'ti of th# foot; and to »e*t j i that font, walked shout for a week after. ^ j_ I leaning heavily on a can--, which produced | the same condition in hi. left haml." y I — A little daughter of tie rg.- W. Mull. , r_ | ul NrWsilD, Cumbctland count y, died suit- , Ji'ily. a few day. ago. from lite effects , K ol eating gray v*. Dr. Zitxner, of Carlisle. , „ «»y* lie ha# lia^ several cut** in hi* pise- , y. ttce. tbi* #*«*•••>. « '!»•« I—V on- .lied from j I the situu- Cause, lie I'elieves that tli»ru I* i- | » [Miison ol some kind in a largo portion of , . I he "grape* grown thi* year, e j — It ia rvlated that Marvin 8. Tod !, ol ' i- Delhi- -hem, Connecticut, wa« hnt.n hy a 11 j copperhead snak» the other day, while sow- { tog r e in III* field. He continued to work, ^ fA"1* *" did the poison, and he soon began , ^ j to grow- dizzy. * lie made hi* way h uae in ' ^ , great agony, hut oo hi# arrivul there drank i 1 j about two quart's of fuurtluproef cider,' . i randy, anil is now in a fair way to reci v>r. j ' 1 ,1 ' — Ovn. rremont. Col. Ztgony and an- - , other gentleman, have taken out a pile It , r. i for rlfsllm* *#p that produce* rot in wood, , ; and insert sulphate of iron and other sub- , ,, i stances that render it incorruptible. D the j i discovery is what they believe it, i- wi I be ; n fortune to tbe A*nersof the papent. Tbe j m"0,i Can M prhpared very cheaply, 'and ( d j h- nse.1 ror railroad ties, wharves, ship ( r .(imher, and vaiiuu# other putpuse*. ) — It i* reported in Washington that, us 1 one of the results of the good sense showti j by leading SoatWern tien, and especially ' (l ! the large delegation which visited the While ! (1 j IlbflM recently, in cbe.rfully accepting the [ : present position in their States, the -Tresi- i lij shortly to withdraw a|t the , 1 . | BMWWkl troops from th# .South, emceptgnch 1 ' ' a# are required f«»r garrison duty, -and lo 1 . ugain restore the people there to the undis- ' ' turbed control of their owo affair*. - " j ' ! I c ; — The committee apgointed r.t Ka.hville • | i. j to examine the botes raptured wQ^*t-u*tu , >' . contaiuntg the asset# of the Bank ,of\jjy " i I to-saee anil the archive* sf the Hl^e. have i , | recently opened one ho* containing §l(iii,. i | 1 10(1 of gold bonds, mostly belonging lo the i ■ , j fr«-e banks. One package of SfiG.tWKi he. ' longed to the former L\ SrSurveyor of th# I i " I'ort of N#«ht|jle,. Thi* package I* *n. ! i Horsed, "Deposited to tbe credit of S. R. ! i Cockrell, Confederate Hiatal Receiver. ;j , j — The largest train of car. *v..r pa««ed t j over" the Central railroad of New Jerry. 1 ' vim drawn lo this pity on Thanday loll ' ' j from Ea«|on. It numhered one bund red ; ' | and twaty-aeven loaded caal car* of five J ton* each. Th-se sere mken to Neafurk ' >.y rog.ee No. 39. of the New Jen-ey fmi- , ' roaiTcompany. Tl.i* extra effort aa« the. , " rrsnlt of a bantering wager which had been , mad* hy certain parties, that the New- Jer. ! n *ey railroad i tigine wis not e<|ual lo the1, d emergency. — Setr Jerrry Juun.nl. i, " — Th» Newarjt "Advert wet" aaya ; Th» 1 f kor«» thieve. »t,|| a hound in thi* taction o!" 1 the country. Probably return, in a f,-w 1 eaaea, |U the old Kngl sh custom of bang- 1 ing such offender, would put a atop to «ocli ' n | depredation*, although it ia t0 be hoped j B ! that andh a course will aol b* oeteskaiy. i . '' j It weald he well for all person* owning 1 > • hor«ea to keejf a tnorc than vigilant guard . a I over tfaam just now, and if a few of these t « I chap* could be taken in the act of stealing t !> and made example* of there would be rre- 1 j tnn to rejoitM.

1 Another Railroad Accident. - ' Tn« Owl train from Jersey (Sty fir on Tbnrsilwy. ran into a long and heavy freight train, which was going | in the sums direction. The accident hap,'. ' pencil at I'rinreton Junction, ahont a mile ; from l'rinceton, N. J. Tbe engineer ot j the passenger train did not see tbe other i truin uotil hia engine was close npon tbe i rear freight car. And sll-C.r "nearly all the . momentum -of tlia owl train was expended open thefr-ight train, Ttiqe- ginegxmheii ! i to* first and second cars lo niter*, and two other height car* were rpfflrd. Much lie l jury ln-*ides w#s done to the frsight train, j The damage to the owl train »«• principally lathe emokiog cur. Ahead of-li icar was the tnjil cut. which *4. Itt'eiaily ! driven through ! lie smoking car. and theuil uf tbe •■■ail cur was carried upward. »u that the rear of it. after breaking the antes i afrUefiume ot tbe sliU-lang car." had mouMni urthe extreme upper corner of tint car, ft lid remained in that po*iiion. It is sunt { thai nbi'oiiv was hurt, i Anolber of our exchange* *ays thi* last ] was killed A"1' several prisons Very srv, re- , iy injured It i* added that the biukeniaii ■ on the fr ight tinin did not do hi* duty iu ; keeping r. d lights on the r*»r car. The I engineer of the owl train cmini. that be i» j rxcu<alile on tbis'ground. Tlie New Jersey Reform School. i Ibat tbe Legislature had made provision for the ee-atilisbiiieiit of n r< f>, tm .cluiol for ; juTentle offender*, under the charge of u ! board of innintsp-rs ; and that it is intened ! t» have^tlie M-tiool located on n .ultat.lv I the advantage* of tR»riil and inii-llvcunil I improvement, hut shall likewise be in- ( structed in agriculture. With it.ie view it i will be. seen by un advertisement in another ' co umo. that the manager* desire to receive propo-al* from persona holding lauds suitable for that purpose to uiitke tlio same kiio»n to them. i1 In our judgment this eslablithmi-nt shou d • located iii.Myi e centlal patt o tbe •State, where latSK-f n good-quality call he obtsitted'al a moderate rate, iu a health nl { situuilon. with agreeable surr-nndinc., not | fur removed from pnb ic line# of travel, and .. still not ton near In iargecitie*. With proper effort# on Ibe part of ciilZell* of the filate |o promote ibis valuable undertaking, we think eurh a place ran he , found within the m»an* which the mwnag-r. w'ooLI (e*| warranted in paying, and we 1 shoiilV. not be surpiised if some of our ia' ! uvvoleiit people, who own more land than | they, ran profit hy. should immortalize i tbeoiselves hy brstoaltlg a sufficient quaili iii) for the contemplated pntpoae. It can- : not be bestowed Upon a more laudable oh jecl.—7'rwfitdn Amtrieu a. A' Strange Act ideal. j A moat remarkable accident lo'ik plai-r ' on the I'jMuago and Northwestern R .ilraad ; yesterday for-noou. A* the express train I was approaching • naler.lulik* the sigimj ; «a* given in atop th« train. Mr. V". N, ■ DaiikS, of this city, 'was in the car at th* the Main, put hi* lo-a-i oilt of llie door tc ' •.fieri a n tin. difficulty. At this .iu-iant. ! tlie trull, • a*|ird hy t e lank, and from tin } pljm by which ilo- tender* ate filled hong a rope -.loch iiistuolly wound it-elf ah-ut ' th- urck of Mr. Dunks, and drew h.m from the car. He hung tl.n* suspended uiitil j fie I nut | fl—ed. when llie rope slowly unwound and Mr. DunksjMI to the ground. When picked up he wa* insensible, hut Iv, | -ho application of restoratives, returned Iu : Coiilgiousnel*, having imd a narrow escape from ih-atli t.y hanging..- (.'hieaya Ht/iuhli- — Tiw N. Y*. World *#y# : Th* largest mnn li'« liu-i ie** of dry good* ever trans. ■ acied In the metropolis «ra» during the ! thirty dayv ending September 10, liff,.-,. | The city wn* swept Ptb.r.of cotton gn.-d*. I sod so importonate and ince»*ant wen- (he " order*, lliat th# tnanufaciorers have beer • asking-ami getting from »itty to nn« bom ; dred per Cent, upon the cost valae of Iheil good*. But thi* was too good t<T last, am! trade ba* come to asn.i-lto and aneX|iycter ■ jiaase. Retailer* have discovered that com 4 mmgfs won't stand the #normoa* advance ;rii cotton good*, a* compared with the ! early snmmer price*, and so th-y refuse tc j buy,' Price* bavp receded already, ant ; llieyo may lie, and ought to be a tumble. ■ With an abundance ol raw cotton at a mode. ' rat# price, and tbe mill* all uver tilt- country loll blast, there will soon begno i«#nntigl nnd at fair rate*, if consumer*. will bold oj t-e-Ellle. Manufacturer* cannot expect to get thir ty-five cents per ya'd for print# abich cosl thara only- afxtaen cent*, f. r more than i . month at * time. Consumer* do right in "striking" agstn*i so eaininiiu* a profit. Haccr "S" HitdJt.v arrxxtwo.— Sarara • Stranger*, ssunteaimf tiWsurd saw astlori • saluting signal* Silently. "Say sailors. .* sv-afV nj.-i.ilj s/m.tbpTe, satisfy seveoiyj seven sag' ten-rslrcAWard : vemi.aalioa aci jons!" Said several sometitne ssi.i.ienni I sojourners : tailor* sp ke: "Sauntering ; stronger* seeking ealir'actury solulinr. spy. ' j lahly ; seek stilt silei tlv, •ontidly. sagat ciously, signals soberly something, soma. ■ s sallsfaciorjj tic temper, aaucy sauntertug atraugeia!" i — Morris Kelchuiu is reported In have s*id to hi* crvoitorg: "If 1 could hav# my soo bavk with hit good nam* und you were all palu in toll 1 would die content " Such ' tbCla't amblliun of one ol our great financiers. A lifsliui# of activity, an ample ! t J r. Ward ; and now all wuaid be I given for a Mitt's 'j-«! nunc!

A Drs|>rraf<- Niiilmitn. ir About fnor O'clock Yesterday niorniwg. ig the Rev. Peter liamill.'of Nbwhorjpoit, J ig Massarboaetts. sltrmpted 10 bill Aim*. If ( p- ] by c.U'ting bia throat with » ewser •hlh-wn | r ie i the Boston express tram oh hi- way to this j , ot ' city. At the time he made tbe attempt, j er ti e train was between Bridgeport and Nor- j 3e walk. There were some fourteen or fifteen 1 i iie passenger* fn the car who bud noticed thai 1 rd llamill bud acted in a very strange manner - '■ -ri from the time of bis first coming on tbe i T i-o train. As It* silt in bis seal be deliberu'ely i «- drew a razor from bis pocket, and leaning | n. - bis head against the hack of the seat id :i- front -i him, made a gash iu'bi« throat. — i- A pa-senger sitting near him heard the ty flowing ol the bl-ugi, aid oiscovering llie ' he cause ol it. went to NTr. Franklin, the coo- 1 mi doctor, wtm.occ ipird a s-ut in the rear ot 1 es tbe car, and told iiim that ajna> in '.(ie, i rd forward part ol the car had cm bis throat. ! i ir, t Mi. Frar-klin imniemalely- went toward i id Haunt!, who arose and placing the razor ' on the »«»!'. advanced to inert tnc conduc- ! st tor, wlie ii-ld him lo to back and sit down. - ,11 • Thi* . e refused to .1... .lid Mr. Fr^iklin r- having secured the rax»r. wild plac-d It lu i ' tend In llanull. As he a|f Osched the Uc bleeding mall, the latter became ii i o • i ii.i • riou.-. lie urew a knife from I. is poch&l, ami upefiing the blade plung-d it into bis . throat, near the cut made by the nscor. '• BrgOnish.ng the knife, he ttn-uU-neo to r" use it on any per on who atiemptgd to . take hold ol bun. 'Ite pa«». ugers hecom- ! e ducier and avsingle passenger. Ilmnill i ' v finally giew so luiiou* thivt he dashed bis , v ti- 1# through panes ot gla-s, kicked over the -eut«, atti! ni-fnt iq nqf h » wild tn-Utier that the coaitlclor and lit* cotnpaoiuu Were I finally obliged 10 retire. "T Worn the train reached Nor walk, Hainill broke through one ut the window* of ' tlie cwr. aud, leaping lo tlte ground, tau up ! the street. He *« p'uisded by the pus- ! 1 train, wbu finally succeeded* id -caprurtng, j him. lie was taken ta the train, where hi* > logs uiiJ hands were lied In prevent hi* [■ moving aliuUt., On bis arrival here ho was 11,1 . taken to Bellevuo llospitwl, whet# 111* j "o euuiid- wef# drcssvd. It was believed tlinl ! ' Wblie oil his way to tho hospital he i llamill, of Newburypott, endeavored 'to j r* ' kill mj.elf. in pnrsu.uco of my pliiluadphy. j lie IS Ihirly liv. year* of age, and la an ! an | undoubted n.muiac.— IVortd, 1 vh. ** j A New \ oik dispatch tutorial as, that |" ,n' i iluinltl has since died from tbo effect, ul j In* wounds. Opening or tlie Mil-/. ( .v mi I. Tbe coiiiplet inn of this great work, whirfi irr i sectiro* uninterrupted communication h». J ,a,j tweeii th. M ■llti-riunewn ami tbe Red 8-a.j (lll • and between Afrtea and A-ia, con»lita!e# I 'iaj "n" ' k--»e biillinnt triiiinpli* of scieneu ' un ii .ungurales -another -I the iiiui-V ep -vlihe pf','F,v"'» which make the 19th century u» • .. greut in eXecniito , »wer(a* lire ICth Con- j """ 1,1 maritime di-covery. nt. Ev il the. ancient Egypt lan* l^ere nliv^ | ng the Me.ieterruii.-an either with, the Nileuyi ill the Rid Sen find if I lie lujTrstitinn of the ( iii priestliiiuj bad liul opjmsed tho, Work ilj ^il would linxe boon completed, as it was hr- | in- gun. in iii* days of Se-ostrii. or uf Si-^u. h. . Egypt, aruh-r Mirca* Auroltus, a canal *■- ; to* tnl.il. bed by Darin* llystuspi* wn« artuully | pe hi opernMon and entered the N.I" iu llie I //. vicinity of. But>a*i||s. The Red Seii n4> tbe muni iilie route between tile Mndiurms| in- un uud the Indian ocean, and the great the niufriie. age*, until if* imporlnnc# «■• | .. destroy nl by the discovery of the passage ' , .round the Cape of (>»<>d Hope. Ill the j _ | present century, however, tlis tiallie of the j ,_n ' W'lfKea ha* Been "partTy revrved by the i() English nverfimd route to India,' putt it- a- • I laily siure the opening of the railway from , ml ; C .irotoHoez. ' "• j vd . Napoleon I. projected a canal between nn-; tit* Ifr-d'S-a nnu the Mediterranean.' Thir ire enterprise is at length completed, thank* ■ he ' to the indefatigable labors . of FerdinadT ic, : E-**.-p«, whii'e name will be for all tinA ] aid ! held in grateful remembrance as the great j |r. promoter i-f thin memorable work. In its de- prosecution ha una not only bad tornntend i My i with th" trearhery of Kgvptian ruler* and ; igb j the inefficiency of Key , tian workmen, at^l , with the immense trouble* fomented by j English jealousy, but also with the misretir_ | preseotatinna of civil rogioeer* and the: u,t ; mirsgivingsof faint-hearted men of wcience. j a |t,#aseps ho« conquered all these dilficalties. ■ Enthusiast ically supportad by the maaa ofj his countrymen, he bus raised for. France a ' munntnenl of genius in Egypt far higher in ! it* oniveisal »cnpe than the loftiest cleva- i u" tinn of th* monumental pyramids. r*' ; It remain* nnw to be seen whether tbe { '7" ' canul can We enlarged *o that largo ship* i 'c'" j can "pas* thruugh it. When this hecom** ! i possible, tb# Red Sea will out-do the great- | "" U"S* of ii* former glory. Thorn historic !>3" : water*, Hollowed hy the oldest scriptural ] asanciation*. will th-n onco again become * "lbs highway of tb" nation*, er- 1 . — A timely warning. Tlje Boston Daily" ve Adrer titer, criticising the prediction by a »y I British officer that the world will come to m- an end on tb# 2lkh of September, 1B7H. cb thoughtfully reminds IU reader* that note* ■at due on the 2olh, will accordingly be psya- [ do : ble on the 19th. On rarerul examination ( of our books, we fiuJ none of our notes due" ■ on that date. ' |

-- jt - - — ' -- ' v - - — - r r.Iii.cnlnr Ntrt-ngth. The tniiM-nlar ^Veogtii fif th# human J>«dj re indeed wonderful. A Turkii i port- r wil' tri.i at a rat-id pace stul car- ! * wrig t itf » x- Inn ilr d p- iri ds. - ) ' i, a c bbrat.d htldele •> Crotifiin, | in Itily, at-fu-t'omi-d III sell to carry the ! gr.nteat burden*, and by degrees brI Ca.no a monster In atrrngtb. Il (■ said ■ '!i»t he carried on his shnuldrrs an ox - years «.]J, wrighiug upward* of (..no thousand pound*, and nfrerwards , killed him with one bio* of bis S,t He *« seen liuirs crowned at the Pythian 1 ■ "t"j end six at the Olympic. 1ft pres. uird himself the seventh time, but no one had the courage lo enter the list* ugai. st Into He wag one of the disciple* _ of l'»Dis(ti,r#» and to lit* . viic.xmnan : strength the learned preceptor and hia : pupih ow«d their lt,»is Tue pillar* wiiich supported the roof •■f the bouse sudd, nly ga-e way, hut Mtlo supported tbe roof of the building, and give lite pbtlosopher tiotfi t-» eseupe. i In old age he attempted to pu|l up n I tree by the root* and break it. Ho partially .ffeeted it — but hi* strength b< riig gradually exhausted, the tree, where elift, reunited, and left his hand pinched in the body of it ID was .then alone, und ii n uldc 1 1 dj^cugage himself, died in ilint position, il illrr mentioned that lo- -aw a mnn, whose finger caught in a * . ehuilt nl the bottom uf a mike, hy kcrp- • ing it forcibly bent, supported by that nivalis, the whole weight of In* body, I one hundred and fifty pound*, until be »■> ilsv. au up to the surface-, a distance of six- hundred feet. Augustus IE King of P»Dnd. coold r r li up a silver plata like a sheet of pa- . p _r. and twist tho strongest horse shoo . a- under. A lion is said to have left the i : impression uf his toetli upon a piece of -did iron. Tito most pr nlig-'u# T"Wer ' of tuuscle is exhibited by me fish. To# wIimId iuuvi-s wun a velocity through a dense medium, water, and would Carky t iiiui around tlie world in a fortnight ; | and a sword f>*h has been known to . ; *trkt' Ills Wt-npou through jhg plauk of r 1 a ship. MinokiuR,u» tsual ! An cxi'bitigi' tell* this iJtory : a "While (Jeiierai Grant w«# making : his triji to Montreal it was currently rei :• por cd nt Mauchestcr, N. II, that be i would pass through that city fiver Die : Concord K .ilroud. So the waggish : ticket master at thiit station inforiurd a ' f.-w ftiaiid# one tnuruing I ..at Ueu Grant * a# expected on the afternoou train, .! A'-e-.tdiegly at that time a large crowd I ( ■•*eil|litril a. ill wli li he .I VIO cw.nh ihey ii were gr aifi. d with the sight of a Urge, •.new engine brnrimv the name of bur * ; fortunate suldivr. Among the victims -•f this tuispUecd curiosity Was a jocose lawyer, familiarly known us ' Sam,' who j i had seen tile General before, though we l>r.Miiiia the General had never 'seen Sam.' This apostle of BU.-kstone saw , the engine and the sell at the satu'c litue, / - i. nd i ouitirvlitu .ing hi* situation at a* . gl i .ee, holt, d iiH-ontiueutly for the 4 • . and lira offi e. A# he re iebed *thi;' for- ; mer lie was asked tiy a knowing, bno if i I tie hud aeeu I In: General, ■() yes,' said ' I Ham, indifferently. '11 *w did ho appear?' ' i Suiokt g. a* usual,' -was the cltTer rc- ( spotrs'e." ' — The Millvill" Republican in an fir- '• j t tele rntit I d "IE-aril Frpui," speak* tbtia, . mi reference to the lute elopement from , ! Irotn thui place : ' Tur j u'r i-.-lijU i-iop. d from Millville, . oti !£puda/ week, were heard Irotn on i the TourMioy lullowiug. Two Itjlti ra "j .rrlvit^jicre, on# for Mrs. Run and the dher for Mr Garrison. The lttiiera anuouticd that the parties were not to^""Tbwr^butlJswr MT\lHoss 1iad gone to / sea fur • year. \jt* tbet-i we hdih writt ten by Uiu "gay gall sl t n e atf ' tempt at deception' snu 4-' mtserablu • i ! failure. The letter* were sent rouod by 4 way of Wilmington from Philadelphia, ^1 1 hut on the return the Pistmaster at i i Philadelphia marked each one as having "j been "received from Wilmington under e t cover " The purpose or the parties, i therefore, wa* utterly defeated. What 4 f has brcomc of them is not known, and „ ■ wo may add, is not cousidcrcd of any a I miTment. To I'revext Mosqtnron rao* Brnwo. ^ ; --At this season, when mo>quitoex arc , j so tronblesdmo, a simple receipt to pros' vent their "presenting their bills" may - j ho acceptable ; Take a few pounds of rosin, a little glue, and a little lard, ' and "bile 'cm j" stir aud boil it until it " is us thick as gusva jelly, then apply, while but, to tbe entire surface of Uiu j- body; the mosquitoes wHI fly on ynn , t and stick, and yog can have a p.n knife a in your hand and cut their heads off at . yfiur leisure. — The number of naval prise claims ^ , presented for sett h-ment in August w&a / e" 'J.ftOR, of which 1.783 were tel'led fry \ the payment of 1182, 532 20. • m