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VOLUME. 5.

CAPE ISLAND. NEW JERSEY, THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 23, I860.

NUMBER 37.

From the “FUdly Herein." • THE PUBLIC VOICE, tr MU. TALUTIXK HOPCKT*.

'1 flnrjr in’rry native land, Tba Lirtb|tlacc of jbe free,

Where every brerre around her at

Brestbei boondlew liberty!

-Jiboald tyrauny on power btued

md weak oppreaa.

I world, onr nation in an infant btate, Europe con raised with war, and our ! Father dead, what a burst of sorrow ! overwhelms our hearts! What native i American can conceal his grief. Invaded, who now shall go out before ns, and lead on. our armies to victory and renown ? Who now shall -lead in onr councils,‘and by a wise nnd nSagnanimous policy establish the prosperity of the nation? Weep over him yc Military

The low ant. rr ,

Lei but the Public Voice be rai*ed

meets redress.

*The proudest despot shrinks with dread ; Legions, for his name was better than a

ll’ I.!!. L.r. t.U

While honest souls rejoice,

^And vile oppression hides its head When speaks the Public Voice I

^ irlnrv in the sister Isles, And share iba lofty pride

Of those where independence smilei, Wbosa sires for truth hare died !

I venerate the nation brave

Which follows Wisdom’s licht; I love the nice that own* no slave,

And dares osserl iu right!

Though otf.er climes may be more fair.

To that I give the choice.

And a*k a home, there, only there. Where reigns the Public Voice I

I glory in the right wc hold, T hat few on earth possess :

'The freedom •> our men of Md—

A bold, unshackled press !

Tbs press Md people hsnd in hand.

Who dare their right deny V

•Or who oppose their just demand T

Or donbt their majesty ?

"None ! while such uaity we boast,

Let loyal he rta rejoice,

3i*>r shall their liberty be lost

Who owns a Public Voice I

THY NAME.

thousand men, bis presence was equal to a weli disciplcned crmyl!! Weep over him ye Civil Rulers, for bis counsel was like Abitbophels, bis capacious soul was the main spring of Government!!! Weep over him Masonic Bretb* ‘ em, roar Grand Master bos gone to bis j upper lodge, to bis bouse not mndc j with bauds, eternal in the-heavens !!! Weep over him, ye Danglers of Columbia, who clothed yon in scarlet with other delights, who put on ornaments of gold on your apparel!!! Ye citizens of i every description weep over Washington, ; for know yc that a great niun is fallen in America. How is the mighty fallen, how is the beamy of Colombia perish-

ed !!1

That we may be sensible of the loss

j sustained, and as it were methodize our | sorrow, let ns draw the character of the i man whose depth we this day deplore.

Let ns sptpik of his Trials, his Talents and his as a General,^a Citizen. and a Christian Magistrate. Early in life he consecrated himself to the public good. When Druddock, by

a rash adventure, fell the . victim of Ids j

fatal trap. This wift, perhaps, tie most j Montgomery aod Wayo**, that (jreen end ; psrord in ri^htcousncts. Alim.' alas! bt^r trying crisis in his Lie. It was the 1 “t>d Gates should have the honor af being 1 many heroes have led forth their armies to turning point of hit glory. It was * ( workers together with him in promoting enslave the world. Poshed on by ambitioM

moment that tried his soul. But while t,lC cnufe we woold notde^ the enemy were wailing for Washington 1 ,,y So ,Le obscnrMl lh «* portion of

to s-wteh it. Ho chat like . stllv bird, I ’’"t* *“* ’• ""■'i be retired tvitb the tatbtiltj of a fol, | ” n ! b ™ ,, r , . , J ’ i our Hero as the head, directing the rnrtous

and left them d,«.ppo„ted, to take »p ! m™..™. aadaa the baatt givlag lift totba

their trap and walk. They pursue him . body.

to the White plains, dragging tlitir* In reviewing the character of this extra-

heavy trap after them ; but all the bait ordinary Military man we are struck with i r.-spectmg him which I have never heard of the enemy could not dtteivc his wary j admiration at the assemblage of his tclents • from others. It is an opinion of my own, soul. As a lion, when pursued, goes I “ ,U J h ’ s rirtne*. Il«- was o'rien Died, ; and perliip*. like dome oUier* of my opin.

or revenge, bow many victims have fallen »« stepping stones of. accursed osnper*. Hut iriu&ia^ron drew his swqrd. not to enslave, but redeem the world. U« came the harbinger of the Princa of Peace to prp>are tbe way for tha promised Milieu*

ium.

This leads me to make one ohiervatiol

through the cohw.ks »hich Ihe i u , tu . I “"d r «'"»d f.iihful lo Ini utk. .nil r.iihf.l omed npidcr has wo.cn in his passucc, ! 10 l "‘ l "" , • .'.rjlhins r, WWUttW CMpcdi-or ^ toy...m.'r .1.. non .cccpli.h. , , , - , , | eirgeTic-nJT-atld abilrtvea- wore entanglemenu, and wuh as much appa- | coulroieil ,,y that wisdom which is profita.

] hie to direct. Precaution und forethought

If tlic enemy ennnotentrap our Hero, j were at the foundation cf nil his enterprilet ns see if he cun entrap the enemy— j ***• never rushed headlong into «lauFollowing his giorioM track, lei us view j £f r * J H * when it assailed him. he met it him passing through Jersey; see him with a in* nly fortitude. Among the rarest cross and recross the Delaware; ace him ° f hls « » general, we may erect a lire and come o» the ee.o, .1 S'»''•"•h »f'.lood.

Trenton, like a thief in the night!—

on the enemy at' . . . .

rj« «i.o ..;«.i.f t j “is heart pitied the hardship* of the soldier

O, Britain ! our General lias deceived yon; ye sons of Hesse CasseL this is not a lime to riot. While you think him retreating, nay, while yon think him sleeping, his soul is awake and the fortune of war rouses hint to Victory Our Hero, who warily escaped your trap at Long Island, has now entangled and taken you with ids devices. Go forth ye prisoners, and submit

Thy N»nre was once the magic *p*-ll. Uy which my thought* were bound. -A mi burnm:: dream* of light und love, Were wakened by that sound. 34y heart beat quick whan stranger

tongue*.

With idle praist- or blame, , „ . _ .

Jtaoke it* drepost thrill of life, M)/, «nr hero (nsliiigiii>lica him- j To ireaihlj at that oauie j^elf by c hii'u :liflg the retreat' 'with' s'u- ; O-M snn-lMf J-.r. l..t. >MW 1 i l»H«r«W«l». f b» i'n|.en.nt .eniee.

away. i whidi he rendered his aountry iu^ the And altered is thy brew ; ' p renc |, wnr which took place about the -Ai«I ua who metieo glu<il> eoice. . . _ , , . , , . Mn*i meet a* Mrau t rS now-* iniadtc of the pnst cauturv, placed him

ivoided carnage as much

sisteut with the attainment of liberty.— Unlike the heroes of antiquity, he wished not toTound his glory in the desttuclion of millions. lie thirsted not for the blood of his enemies, but abated at much as possible the severities of war. His humane treatment of prisoners is a monument to his glory, that neither time nor accident can demolish. The enemy whom the fortune of war threw into his power were treated more like brethren than prisoners.

IThc Irieadp of tore come runm! irrwa^iB,

.Hut sulk no uiurt-of (to-e;

Will thy name, thv blrued name,

.My Ion ely bosom till*,

Idle an echo (hat hath loti itself

Aiuoug the distant hills.

Which still, with mclonchaty note

Keep* faintly iiuxeriug on.

Whea (be jocund sound that woke il first

Is gone—forever gone

CJtATIOH ON THE DEATH OF

GEN’L. WASHINGTON. ArUrceed at Cold Spilng, February find, 1S00, by

Rxv. Abu ah Davis.

Mournful, nty friends, is the occasion the present concourse. Wc meet Utouwuui* 01 our feilow citizens iclf to testify our grief, for the best that ever descended the territories le Dead. W« may well mourn, for ,<iur tlUmlaious Waahitigton has goun aJqwd to the Place of Skolis; he who so abstu risked bis life in delcnce ol ours, iboa length fallen a victim to the stfuV °f Terrors. He who «o often mjKbrsved Death ia the field has finally gntthim iu his obu Jictiie; he has met •him, not as any enom/, but as <m Envoy Extraordinary, aeqt to condoct him 4o a better world. fiVere we only to •coMider the happy ^change which our immortal Hero has made, at a time too «heu the world kahaken with dreadful

an eminence to attract the notice of the public. Mo soouer hud the late. ILevolutiounry War commenced, than the eyes of life new world were directed to- I word him us the leader of its armies. He was appointed by Congrc s to the Supremo Command. He accepted the appointment with that diffidence which always accompanies ability, and which generally proceeds success. From this moment trials of a new and imporlaut nature commence. He bus not only to I combat with the common nffliciions of | life, burdte is also threatened with all the horrors of a civil war. Behold a j cruel mother chastizing her own off- ; spring with scorpions!!! Behold the 1 immortal hero, like an elder brother j .stretching out his hand in rescue chit- j drt-n of the same flesh and blood !!! : -VYhut an exalted genius, wlmt ndaring coterprize! Cnn Washington, with a | few undiciplined soldiers withstand the j forcnduble power of Britain f • Without money, without ships, without arms, and . bltnoRt without men, can he support our ' Independence and send back invaders j ashamed ? With a numerous enemy iu our own bosom, (I-mean cur good old friends the Tories,) can he rouse the : martial spirit of the tardy, unite the hearts of the watering and lead on de- [ tennined patriots to a glorious conquest ? It appeared to much to hope, hat bis matchless Genius was found equal to the mighty labor. His steady ]

to him who notches while his enemies 1 , . ,

iiiej were not thrown into prison ships to

rest, wire makes thick darkness to favor i p eri , h wil i, Longer; but a pleutv of bread the cause of light. Awake ye Prince- ] constituted the snm of their punishment.— ton slumberers, his morning guns salute Ills impiisomnent was a tlumsand times your ears ! It is ibuhc to the Sons of: more to be desired than the British service. Liberty; but to oppMaors it is a dread- | , nc ' the British soldiers had reason to he fdl kouud: 6tc friin.-4no*pitcd on |,i B j ^ad when'hey were taken, and sorry when white horse, while he gbes’fortR to uinkc i 1 y mere ^^hneged. I o Li- o«n soldiers war in riglileousncra.,-forgetting him-i lu ‘ ur hiscireum-, self moral, he susialnBtthe featller-etlm IC " • hem ragaed and ,, ,,,- * r* 1 , , , I ha refect, (lor it I* was no* nlwuys in hi*

the Olive, firm os the Oak and lofty ,, r , . • | power to prevent tins) his rompession for

ttstho Cedar. How dots he animate ] lll( . ir CaM) WBrnM ,,, ,Lcir he.ris better ihaa his suldicrc while, with a «wuiitonauce us pair of shoes, lie possesse.l ihe happy bold us deuth, he rushes on the etiemy. < (uculty of coneiiiatiug the affection* of the Come on my brave lads, said lie, this is ; soldiery, and of animating their drooping the day to humble invaders. But I must spirits. His skill was eminent, his policy

correct myself. It seems as if I were lighting when I urn only celebrating the

praises of our hero.

Yes, my friends, while wc were sleeping or unbent, did this parent hero of Columbia, with his patriot band attack and repulse our enemies. When they thought him retreating and almost ready to surrender, he suddenly lacked about, and iu spite of sleep, iu spile of hunger, in spite of darkness and death,

was profound. Well versed in militarv tactics be knew how to lead on, and haw to lead of an army. Tie possessed the happy art off retreating in a superior, and, I had almost said, in an exclusive degree. There are many generals of ancient fame, who coaid plan with wisdom, and prosecute with courage, but if their plans failed, they were routed. But such was the evenness and intrepidity of the soul of this hero that he converted his retreals~into pccuIIiFTdvuu. luges. Such was his magnanimity aud presence of mind, that he conld view the most

he rallied, fought aud conquered. This ; .| urniing project, with a calmness tba t was the successful euterprizo which con j could not bo discomposed. In danger he viuced the British that they were but had iho perfect command of his army, and

men, which gave importance to American arms. .But, alas! the fate of war is changeable. We sec him After Uiis in a trying situation. The battle of Brandywine was unfavorable to the cause of liberty. No trials, however, are equal tw his talents and intrepidity. Counting on loss as well as gain in war, he suffered them to march in triumph into Philadelphia. The triumphing of the wicked is short, and the re-

but is more drflicnlt, the command of him. self. I.niicht instance, as a proof of this, his miraculous retreat from Long Island already mentioned, in which serenity and fortitude were essential to his escape. It was there he placi d himself on uu eminence, and while the messengers of terror flew thick nronnd him, bis mind ev’er the same. Viewed the works of the enemy aud calmly* luok«ol at death through his telescope — \V jvhoui a mind never to be disconcerted, ho hud probably been destroyed in some of

joicing of tire hypocrite but for a moment. '“Deals, But, prepared as he was for It was a city which made tiiem twice glad:' cvcr - v eTent - il WB * ulwa J* * good sign for

Lkva, we should rather rejoice for

t one who baa labaredand/ought | mind, not much elated by success, ami

r tke good ot bia wouutry lias k * happy .exchange

Taken away

undismayed by misfortune, entered his : military career, and pursued an uninves- . tlgeted path to glory. In a field which no hero before him ever trod, lie maich- • ed trinmpUa&liy on, and never halted until he commanded his men to sit down

on the grassy beds of ]>e*cc.

Time will not permit, in this place, to give a full history of bis wars : Suffice it briefly tomeouoa a few of his more importaeUriak and successes. Viewing him in the more perilous virisitndes of the war, we discover his worth and the depth of Ue capacious Soul. At.Long I&uind wb sec him surround id with wecon- I ships aud wen, and io the opinion offeite • troahle ow* j the «mdy. within the spring of their

Glad to take it, and glad to leave it; the same hero, who, a li ttla before, had retreated before them through Jersey, now in his torn pursues them over the same ground. Let ns next view him bringingvhe warlo a conclusion, giving a finishing stroke to oppression, and exalting the humble to a rank among the imtions. The British having crossed the Jersey and embarked, attempt! their southern expedition. Onr hero is soon with them to plead the cause of

bia oppressed coamry.

Behold the Chesapeake covered with the fleet of our magnanimous ally. Our hero begins the siege, the enemy are *ntraped, and on the UUh of October, 1780, Cornwallis surrendered his army. Thus the invader who onduvored to entrap him

U BOW

America when he lied before the enemy. Hi* penetration was oeep.snd his judgment solid. He was master of the art of deception. The enemy could out fathom the depth of his slratagrtn. His macceovera exceeded everything which they knew of tactics. When be had three thousand men be would display them in such a manner as im make them believu he had tbltlJL lilO.Ur

sand. He -voutd make them believe his

men were in health and high spirits, when tiny were deslilole aud neglected. When he was in Jersey they thought him in Pennsylvania. He was marching when they thought him asleep. Such was his secrecy, asd so profound his policy, that he was often the wonder of bis enemies. It seemed | as if bis mind was in -their cabinet, while its counsel were envelpedimlbick darkness.

11 be thought absurd. The ohn Va'ion I would make is respecting the color of his horse. It appears to me, from rea--ding-tW-Raralalam, that M'anhinyton^ is a subject of prophecy; that he is the pere son described io the nineteenth chapter^ setting npnn a white hor*o. The passage Yu which 1 refer reads thus.- And I Saw lieavt-n opened, and behold a white horaej end he that sul upon him was called faithful am) true, aud in rightcoasneoa be dutb judge and make war." Certaio it i* that the character liere described can apply lit* erally to none but the Captain of SalVe* tinn. \Ve can. however, hardly imagin* that Jesus will over appear tp ns at tha head of an army. The description given of him most he fulfilled in some other person. acting as his representative. From the time when Washington appeared, from his actuAHy riding a white horse; from tbw justice in which he fought, it appears that he is the representative of him who makes war in. righteousness. He is the visible. Jesus the invisible leader. I have no iouht but Jesus and Washington fought side l»y side. Had our ryes been opened Hlislia once opened the eyes of hit meomight have seen the angels iu tkeir white miiform operating os the cavalry of llm American army. It is to invisible aid thni wc arc chiefly to attribute our success. enemies l.nd only had to conflict with an unprepared militia, led ws they were by an expcrienccif general, they hod doubtless conquered. But America had itiliU auxiliaries. Jcsns nod his angels fought for us ; and to him. over Washington. ait- vne indebted for our Liberty. Considering our Hero ns subject of prophecy lighting under the command of the God of armies, Low docs it exalt his character. What reason can* be offered by he should net have been spoken of, as well os Alexander or Constantiue. It is certain tbat he was os great a man. H* iss performed as great wonders, and paved the way for a happy overturning among tha nations. Be was the greatest genera! IhaV this world ever produced. Thus he is universally acknowledged. Signal honor* liavw been done by his own country, and high encomiums have been ’ given by the most exalted characters. The mighty Frederick presented him with a sword with this commendation of his valor:— “From the Oldest, io tie Gukatest General

in the Wortif."

.Such a mighty deliver wo* the Lord pleased to rai»o up unto the nation. He tried hini that he might make his excelleitcies to uppear, and finally he has called linn to the reward of virtue. (Co'KCLVDKD * EXT WEEK ) That is a very definite prescription which one oi l woman on Long Island g-ve to «n-otht-r respecting tha mode of ascertaining whether indigo was good or not. ‘•You;se Mfs« you mast take the lumps, grind 'em up e'en a'most to powder and then srinkle the powder on the top of a pan of water—and if the indigo is good it wi | cither sink or swim, I don't koow which !" Why xiii there a panic in the early days ofMu*e«? Because there were rashes on the bank*, aud Pharaoh's daughters withdraw a valuable deposit.

Why was Adam’s wife railed Evef because when she appeared, man's day of hap-

wing to waioaa.—

An Irish paper lately gave an account of* duel, and announced the retail of ths mee. Hug in these words i “The ona party was wounded severely in the chest and tha other tired into the air." (juery who wounded

the buffer!

Melancholy is another name for tough

^ _ . , ,, , , .. , bow imaginative a at Long Island fe'now uken at York- Ms counsel were env.lpediirthick darknera. mtv ^ ,„ t Lim eat two pickled pig« town. “They dog a pH and fell doto it." ! To complete Ins character as a general Lis j ftH ., ullt iLe will feel 3* Hum mated a* a aaefc•Tbe wicked are snared in tbe work# of : heart *»» strictly honest. Proof against | *r coal- Wlmt woCTwu think is braia, H:££.inn. Kclah m " , j | “ ^ . In this succinct accdtni ol bis mate and j ^ w ,-, r ia had been m.y tvtiiptatieu to i Heaven i* a slate ef entire acquiescence of hi* war*, we wish not toI**H>n tbe glory j abandon binbolored conmry. AttacLrdio ; in the. will ofOod. »ud “perfect sympathy

are...Billing that ' virtue be fought from priucipl*, h# drew hi* • *> ,h **•* purposoa.