Tile Bapubilcnn voUn of C.pr May City aad the aertml To«i»liir» are'reqoeaUd to w-l«l llvp iMfgutM -Moh, to matt in County Con nation at Uk Court IIoiim, on ■ati'Miat, ami'er ISUi innr., for Ilia purpoat ofalacUug delegaloa to (apmont'Capc May County, in Uk State Convention, wbicb at Tranton, on Tbnraday, August 27th, to nominate a candidate for Governor. Let them be fc" aentaUon. Ihj order of Chaim lad Co,

Tu*t Fcblic Daivn.—For Ilian u week put Hie IFure—weekly and dally—has been giving ve upraMlona of ecstatiu delight what the editors am pleased to ‘•the. (rood newtyh.it onr city fatliers have lavoniblv rereive.1 ihepropiaition of the iian-rasidriiis. regarding •*“ re evidently thankful fa > adniaUv adjectiTEt remind tu of a ragged f-ni year old urchin with i outing at the top of bit voice to everybody be •»hat got o particular to sing praises cf glory in honor of the action of Council on the “pubHc drlv” question. That body lias

This Is all Council could do officially, for the following reasons : “Irat. Tire re is no bona JUr propom before Council ftam said were ready to r id dollars. as not known to Council that the Turnpike Company cr tlieir rights to the road, in any manner acccptablt City authorities. Third. Council lias no authority to appropriate monies to he expended ' nprovemeuts to be made outside of w City limits, and consequently they ut legally ex|iend one dollar Turnpike improreiucn til an act of the legislature authoruake appropriations lor We favor these public drive improvemenu as much as our neighbor possi-

bly cs

and four nays. The special committee appointed to rcstigstc charges n: Ike by .Mr. L If '

The. report was nice, lee discharged with i Tira chief of police yejmrtml Ibe^mn

Mr. Williams u foMJretOTnTre

' s.-| Agreed

*-"• ’-cdnald: ;iass, ece y f 17 8S

Clock Keeper 68.50 Police Pay Hull 508.50 The bill of Mr. R. F. Ware, for mrdl-

- ' - d, Mr. Spree last y<

Mr*Wan m

half the roel ofthc nollci' uul lioDbM. Ayre 8. Kays 4.

....- Iiands ofllic printer On morion arUouniad. L Stranger Ikrowur

re of Caps May Saturday evening, a stranger s observed aitllng upon the rail,

■o that i

the members oi Council, who thorough business men, will i this matter underaUndingly. We bells vs It to be of vital to Cape May City, and stao to Lower Township, to invest every dollar they can in the making and improving good and substantial drives. Tltcre is i other investment that will pay linlf wall,—but be euro \ ou start righi. The Haldtrra and their Widaw We are frequently railed upon to give information relative to the provialon made by law for the gallant fellowa who entered tire service of tire United States during tbe late civil war, and were honorably discharged for wounds, injuries, or sloknesa, or at tbe expiration of their term of enlistment. To answer tbeae Individually would tax our time considerably, and wc therefore give in brief, from memoranda furnished by our friend MaJ. Wm. I). Moore, of tbe firm of Ford k Co., Sansom St, Phlla., the following In-

formation :

All men who nerved the foil three years, or ware discharged on account of injury or wounds, are entitled to tbe original $100 bounty and lire extra #100 bounty under the Act of Julv aath, 1866. All men who served the full two yean, or ware discharged on account of injury or wounds, an entitled to tbe original #100 bounty and tbe ‘ t #50 under Art of July *8,

latiun with the remark tint lie couk not provided with funds. Shortly aOe ... . .. •• nai it b

At

soon as this fkel was made known the officers of the Inal, tbe was stopped and turned bock. A small boat lowered and the stranger reached taken from tin water Being car on board the steamer, u Sorts i Ogle and Dr.

j lllb. I

without success. He w»

tin arrival ol tboboatal the Steamboat of the occurrence and proceeded to hold an inquest ou the body. The facta given above were duly proved by w nceaes and a verdict of acoidcnl drowning' was rendered by Hie jury. The deceased was a stranger, tu posed to be from Now York, about years of ago, Dva test four Inches high,

stout, awl weighing '

lee, and wore a straw hat with broad black ribbou, dark coat and vest pants and high bools. With white shirt and muslin drawers. On his person

attar H. worked in red, in one r, a lane brass latcb key. a four i) knife and thirty centa In money There trere no papers, and the label ofblabstlip wsagone. Nortoa to his indanlity could be obudoed, and the Cerooer caused him to be buried yes terday. retaining bis clothing for recog-

nition.

The Body ef Alfred 8 her pi res

All men wbo enlisted for tw three veers Irefore tire lialUe of Bull Bon, V«n July Si, 1S6I, and were discharged on aorount of disability, are entitled to #100 bounty under the Art of April SJ, 187S.

Ati.axtic Cm, August S—»i86 P, M. —The body of Alfred H. Sharpies tbe uafoitnnste victims recrollj wired by I lie apart ting of » ysebt, place, was found about twelve miles ■a. opposite here, at 8 P. M., to day, a salMng party. He was ncs much IguiwS. with the exsepdon of Iba eyes, and hair, which were mostly Be had s bunch of hair clutched In Ids

t U'SSJr ! from the I'nlted Sutes.^tbey s

in the work i editing It. By the way, Mr. Her kins takes tbe lead in roost of tin doings at the Coininliin, «|*<rinlli the concerts. On Julv S7th, tbrre was an enjoyable concert, in which lie sang, as well ns Mrs. FairUmh, Mr. Slmpaon, a young gcntleniai an exceptionally fine baritoni and others. Mr. Fnlrlaml and Mr. A. H. Emerick alternately presided nl tbe piano—Sum! n rea. The West Jersey Uni I load h

lines In the country. Tbe Pre* of the Company, J udge Yorke, of thia county, now 74 years of a one of the moat active and beaded gentlemen it has ever our good fortune to meet, at years ait so lightly upon him. almost every day lie rides back and forth between his residence at Salem and the general office of tlie Co. Camden, and with as little appan fatigue as with men of half his yea The Superintendent, Gen. Sewell. ' ' e man for hia place—oi

Is practical ability, the

dents on .their roads than an with equal lenghth of lines United Slates. So, wc might speak in the highest term of Sec'y and Treaa’r Robbins, and Engineer AI len, two trn# gentlemen, and wel trained for their work.— Ifooddom AHKBiCASs'MAnniKO Annoan.—

lull marriages snlemnlxcd si junce of a f -

i fiction ol

ant marriages at all. By lie national biw, the resi-

dence of an smbamador nr mlnisterTs considered for curtain purposes jiart of tlie territory of the country he rrpre—"cs only to- dfiilr

emlitcd. A marriage c minister's residence beti

subject and n foieignei foreign official wl Tbltdooisiouwi"-

an

who have married l

husbands at our ministers resu Paris, and who wish fur any re

As tbs “flag oownthadock,'' so the roof of an ambassador aanctlfleea marriage. This is the true American doc trine, and as marriage Is nothing more

LipnaiNO A benevolent i patrirtic oltigen of Harrisburg, I who said res to the dignity of a in her of tbe Legislature, is Intent promoting the healthfnl exercise laughing. He intends a bill at tbe next session, if elected, to make everybody laugh. Some legislators make their constituents laugh without intending to do eo, but this Jolly fellow is bent on tusking tbe keyetone (tale lively with laughing, according to law. If he was In our sanctum, mud could bear the lady in the opposite cottage, chirp and oaohiiiatr night and morning, be would feel encouraged in Ids laudable endeavors to promote oily hilarity and suppress, by proper penalties, the acidities of imaginary In PaoroBTion—The whole bnman figure should be six times the the length cf the feet- Whether Hie form be slender or plump, tlie rule boids good ; any deviation from it ia a departure fr-typ tbe highest Iwsuty of proportion. The Greeks made all their statues rule. The fiu», from the highest point of tlie forehead where the hair ins, to the chin, is one-tenth of the whole stature. The hand, front tbe wrtnt to Uw middle finger, is jhe From the mp of Urn chest •

By this means two gentlemen the parly hurriedly went up the rt and In a few minutea were at side of the unfortunate girl. I waa just returning to consciousn and the force of her fall had so eurcly wedged her between t and the limbs as to require no 1

Wise Johnson st once realized her fearful situation; she was pale am weak but still hod the good sense t do as the gentlemen desired. Tli rope wna pulled up, n slip knot wn made and then passed around he Isxly, under her arms, the other end passed around the limb, and re brui*

Certain crimen—infanticide, i oide, homicide—show a tendency certain time* to multiply themselves. The reporters notice it, and tell ‘■An Epidemic" of this, that, or the other. For a thousand reatom to he hoped that we are not to on Epidemic of Child Stealing. ’lie first place, it is a felony eai accomplishment. Unless children are kept in burglar-proof safes, they will wander away from their guardians, ami they will go off with strangers who make them pretty promises. Wo shall not attempt i depict the agony of a parent tbt bereaved, and feeling as the hope of recovery becomes smaller and smaller that the death of the child woold bare been less Intolerable. Another painful feature of the matter i necessity whlelt It may entail of making terms with the cliild-etesicr. This may be the only re sou roe, though, after all, it la a compounding of a felony. Bnt what ia a par-

Under auch circumaUn-

a, he m

v best t

possible. How can he he expected to wait patiently for tbe necessarily

of the notice.? '

buy back hU lost child at The thief knows, tills—It controllable fooling u|ion which lie speculating from the very Brat. There seems to be •are the' prompt and eev< mentof tbeehild-Btcaler whenever be can be apprehended, for life appears to be the least penalty adequate to such s horrible Tbo'nssnds of pretebes hare been Ininltejy A dangerous counterfeit having Traders' National Bank of Chicago, the Treasury Department ofle half per cpnt premium for tbe Of the genuine #5 notes of that bank to tlie Department for dcstmotion. Tbe notes should be strapped .separately and may ha included in the packages of National bank Dotes returned to the TreMRry for redemp-

Plbntv of Law —Heflry Becker of the Falls of Schuylkill, Philadelphia, lias been held in #3,000 by Aid. McColgan, to answe charges of perjury, larceny, conspiracy and assault and battery, all growing out of a caw in which he swore lie did n Jt owe a debt he bhd previously admitted; driving Sheriff out of hia house, recapturing his goods and playing old sc rati generally. Henry .has evidently fondness for law and hot water si s likely to get plenty of both. As L’xi-Krrxsnnua Rksidkhc —I pointed out Grant's cottage tu Western man the ether day, and was unwilling, to believe me correi

(gain—that It or tbe kind in Atm lah expenditure, az little wooden hot' 1 could not be the pukicc lie hud pictured lu hia n fany Unmet, (LrmpoMieucc, An -njured Chinese husband Francisco broke a large earthen pitcher over the bead of an unwelcome intruder. The I nit bend wi number of hie friends nearly murdered plaintiff had Indicted the wounda upon himself The wurthiessncaa of the -tbe prisoner Advertisements-

16th ANNUAL STATE/AIR N. J. State Agricultural SOCIETY. Will ensnmenee a| WAVKIU.Y RTATION, SEPTEMBER 14, 1871,

D. F. BEATY & CO.'S CELEBRATED ^oltaJngMfttlttJrjan

LEADING ORGAN NOW IN USE. We challenge tbs srorid to equal them. For tbeCbarrh. flabbath School. Lodge i well as the Parlor. Diet hi « Organs.

X-VXIX.XO WAX.1S HOTEL AT CAPE MAT. ■w,..uirenl0 1—niWr

r Sttcttnnnc. soaulolug 11

SUr, CoaatrrtCies Ml

(JAFEM^CX

.4 at Et .set “' lu ' ilnllHr., wlilth snMt - HI was di- 1 - iln. Kiu Bc : reiurned hy IheHhrrmortheoonalrorCS L Irt J.B.RuSBau.Allv. isajri’HJ its .rwtfo J^»TICB OF ATTACHMENT, iM n> 'pises H COBn ‘

NKL60X T. ILDRED0I. 8h

Notice Is hereby alvea Uisl a writ of alls n J ■ -'I'.TVJi-i's’s-.a ii.'i re LSeiw

grtart sa the property rt TWwss U-lare es4 Msrj ale wifs, dsfsodsau. sad lekss If ssresllos rt th. re It o( W|dtaa >. 0^s,o, KkUtUX T ELPBZW1X,

DR.J. F. LKAMI.W, DENTIST. ^

I. BEKESET A II

he County rt cups May.

WM. T. CHAMBERS. LICENSED AUCTION EE Osld Spring. Caps May Ce. N.J.

COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA. Aaaetta 64,000,000. Mrchants of Newark, NEW JERSEY, AS8ETTS NEARLY $1,000,000. And Bcvcrnl other Companies. DWELLINGS, STORES AND HOTELS. Insured at low rates, JESSE Nl’COLLUM. CAPE MAY CITY. N. J. J^IU.VILLX MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO.

Assent Nay. |<L 1872 i8Fo!l»Tsi FKKMH'M N OTKS. (StS.IMM.OO

IN A AC H NHITH, Furnlahlng.Goods. V Wsshtnatou Htrrel. caps May llty. ELPRFPGE JPHMMM. - n/w. ntsTLeUnva asp mn. iRKX tiPOOTB.arrow.< <;.i rr/.iix

MISCELLANEOUS.

A. ALLjnjTFS

MUSIC,

ORGANSp

PIANOS.

HOHoulh KI.EVRNTTiai.(sbovp ^\i.pt. - AU.Mtmi. Bole Aaeotairtbsrelebreud SOMMER A CO.S PIANOS.

Fire and Lightning;

'TH Pnadaw Mates naslr

Farm Buildings & Contents It ha iarared u th. vary l.nst re la.. ILL POSSrS ARE PROMPTLY PAIS. NATHANIRL STRATTON, PnetdeuL PUIIMAN L. MULFORD, SrereUhy. PRARCIS RfKVXii. Treqaprept Dl.aily aai Alfred H. I.adl.a; llaBalarUla, Wlln.w K..ii, Cap. May Cesrt Raerei BmJ.wla Rareali, LaaXurg; Rohn Rudd, Tbuaia. L. Rewall. Tuehah.-i J. MUiaa

. ^HfoaR—vwlH No. 77 WAimNOTON Street, A* 4oer t» the Past OS re. whan harass. MABUFACTURlMa A RRPAIRIMfl

•OfFALO R6R RS, BLANkRTS, WHIP*.

^ Horse FcrEishiBg Good

Ford 4 Ciockot# 08Y State CABINET ORGAN, «2»