CAPE MAY COUNTY OCEAN WAVE, CAPE ISLAND, NEW JERSEY.

CAPE MAY OCEAN WAVE- p . . t> CAPE ISLAND N. J. J ... , I J. S. LEACH, - - - Editor. B PiUlikar «»< Proprietor. ONE DOLLAR PER ANNUM! ■ — — — ® t Thursday, Dec. 27,11860 ; — « UXION MZETINO. ■ In accordance with the recommends- i tlon of tha Prcsideut of the United { States, in view of the threatning aspect , of the tirnea, the varioui christian chur- « chad of this city, will observe, by a Uu- ( ion service, in the Presbyterian Church, 1 FiiJay, the 4th of Jonnary, 1861, as a J day of Humiliation, Fasting, aud Pray- j er to Almighty Qod, that He may avert 1 the impending storm of evil, which, to ! oil human appearance, is hanging over onr beloved Union, threatening as with that most dire sconrge — Civil War. Services to commenco at half post ten o'clock A. M. , * "" rai rouTiCAL auiw. m? Since oar last i&sus, events have Iranipirrd, which have materially changed tbo •7 appearance of onr present national dilficulw ties. As will be seen . by rerercnco to W another place, the South Carolina Cooven- ! tion have passed the fatal ordinance, declaring themselvaa a free and independent nation, and set forth to tbe world their rea- ^ aonsona for doing so. To many northern t man this may seem to be but a dream, from 2 which wo shall |oeo.p«ajt*r4<t reflect witii_ V satisfaction ."that thy*1 through - which we ' have been zoTsafaljy passing, is bot a delur ai»e dream. NoTqol Would tha^tt were, t We do not wish, unnecessarily, to alarm, } and awaken fearful apprehentioua in Iho I Diiodsof osrroaderv; nor do we. on theolh- | I er band, deiire to hold back the truth, and keep the people in the dark, at a lima like this, when onr dearest and most sacred interests are at stake. We say then tlmt the present is a fearful time in the history of our coostry. We, as a nation, hare passed through sore trials before, but none to be spoken of in camparison with the present, since "the days which tried men's souls" — tbe memorable Revolution— the traveling pain* from which we date oar birth 'as a nation ; and what will yet bethe result Cod only knowa. This ono thing, however, we can say: Our country— our Republican government ; which baa been our boast, and which wa have held up as a model to tha world, is trembling to its very center ; and ii is high time that the entire public had a roots d to a doe consideration of the ' peril which is impending o'er us. A dark cloud obscures tbe entire political b- evens, from horizon to zenith, whether to burst in an awful storm of war and bloodabod, or to pe chased away by the rising of the son of prosperity, with brighter beams than aver before, remains to be seen. Thai tbe latter may be tbe ease, may tbo King or ' king* rule in the hearts of the rulers and the ruled, end overrule io the midst of all flashing events, to the glory of ills great name. It is, indeed, a fearful omen, that Washington correspondents of the northern press, who have heretofore manfully contended for every measure of conciliation, now call upon the north to prepare Tor war. declaring that "the day for peraeelion has patted and gone. The time has come for action 1 action I ! action 1 1 !" These few words we quote from the correspondence of one of the most influential, reliable end conservative democratic joernalt in the county, the writer of which is at Washington, where ho has every opportunity to koow%e true state of affairs. Few though the words are. they are big with meaning, coming from the source tbey do, and they •peak to every men, in whose broesl barns the Are of pelvioiitm, no matter to whet party be may belong. Fatty ! Let it not be once named, at atime like this, whan our liberties are at stake, and the entire super structure of oar Republic is tottering on tbe veigs of rain. -la, adversity consider," are tbe words of wisdom, sod now is Ine time ^for consideration — deep, solemn, calm consideration. As we hove several times before said, let ui l.o p« Tor the baiter, hut, at tbe same tiiue, lei us prepare Cor the worst. Let us bope for peace, and an amicable settlement of ell tbe present threatening difficulties, though may be hoping against bope ; but, at tins same time, let ibe^lorera of their country nnbrohea, prepare tor war, if ecme it. must. Let all party names be obliterated. in the gwr.erel peril f let every jar- cooewwioii be made en the part of the north ; t ut If, after every LrediUo effort fur conciliation tails, let every nun nerve ! bis heart for tbe exegvneiaa that may aria*. ! Aod.az we suhhia onr last iwoc-, bp- tbe

present perilous time*, let those who ack- d nowlege the hand of Providence in tbe e< of. nations, look to the great Rn- C ler, that wisdom, and a right spirit may be 1 grants J to tbe rulers and tbe people. t <■■■! a THE VOICE OF WASHINGTON. , "The unity of government, which eensti- , lutes you one people, is also now dear to v«u. It is justly/; for it is a main pilllar in the edifice of your real independence — the c support of your tranquility at home, your t peace abroad, or yoor safety, of your proa- j parity, of tbet very liberty you so highly prize. But as it is easy to» foresee that, from different causes .and from different /» quarters, much paina will liu taken, man*-- t artifices employed, to weaken io your min<fa the conviction of this truth ; as this i* too t point in your political fortress against which the batteries of internal and exter- * nal enemies will be most constantly and I actively (though often covertly and insid- j ionslyj'directcd— it is of infinite moment that yon should properly estimate the immense value of yonr National Coon to yonr collective and individual happiness; I tbet you should cherish a cordial, habitual, and immovable' attachment to it ; »ccu»- 1 , touting yourselves to think and speak of it j ( as of the palladium of your political safety j aod prosperity ; wutcLing for its preserya- j i wish jealous anxiety; discountenancing • whaterer may suggest even a suspicion that j it canVTn any event, be abandoned ; aod in i disnantly frowning upon the fifst dawning j of every attempt to alienate any* portion j of onr country from the rest, or to eufeeblo the sacred ties which now liuk together the various parts " Reader, tbo above lengthy paragraph — which, If you have not carefully read, we , invite to read agpin — were among tho lost words that beloved WnsbLafrton spoke to the people of these United States. Over sixty years have passed away since be alter ed them, and trnu as it ia that those who " listened o that speaking have leupod j from the stage of homan action ; yet they are intended for the present generation. The councils of that glorious mind were not given to be lost sight of in a day, or even a , century ; bnt were intended to be cherished as long as yonder ocren. with its surging • billows, lash the American shore. Washington could not be called a prophet, bnt we imagine, that hi* thought* ex- > tendt-d into tbe distant future; for, we ask. doe* sot the langnage come homo to tho hearts of u* nil now! lie say* "it U or, infinite moment that you properly estimate 1 , the immense value of your N'atioual Union ] to your collective and indtvidml happiness" end we of the free states, with thousands in the sieve elates have carefully weighed the mutter, and liar« came to tho patriotic conclusion that our Country is worth pre- , serviug. (O, lied we a living George Washington.) But. on the other band, there are those io tbe Cotton Slates, who, "from different canees" have employed crafty means, and are forcing the southern people to the i belie! that "Cotton mast be King," if they i wish to dwell "in peace. Great God, (we speak It reverently) are we to be plunged ioto a civil-war to satisfy the craving political appetites of a mad people? The i limes indicate this. We have internal i enemies who are battling Against Ike migb- . . ty castles of civil and religions liberty.— | Washington told as to discoantenanco the sQspicion that onr Union might be abandoned, and to frown down tbe first attempt to enfeeble the "sacred Use which now link , togelhor tbe various parts." This bss been none from the time that John C. Calhoun , entered tbe United Stales Senate, in 1832. i to favor the nullification coarse that South Catolinasrai then pursuing, and was there met by Danirt Webster, who replied to hia traitorous opinions. Yet, 1 add, from that day to this, nollifiers, secessionists, or , whatever yon may term litem, hare met with acorn from a sensible people. Bat these degrading principles are (till entertained. and we Tear that the annals of history will soon contain an event, that will be a stigma upon prospered America. W e see a dark chad gathering in the southern venlt of heaven that signifies tbe approach of a mighty tempest ; and more, tho writing on the wall is becoming visible, aud when it is translated, statesmen inform as, counsellors tell at, and citisens remark to ns that it will read, "Prepare for a CivilWar 1" U BBCOMOHCOrVEETIOH As we announced last week, the 8outh Carolina Secession (treason) Convention melon Monday of last weok, at Colombia, the capital ; bnt owing to tbe prevalence of tho small-pox — as it wa* alleged— they adjonrned to Charleston, immediately after tbe organisation, where tbey met tbe next afternoon (Tuesday.) Y ery UtUe bnsiotM was done on that day. or the next ; bat, on Thursday, thw loag boasted ordinance o£ • sccrssloo was reported by tha conuniUeo which dratted it, as follows : "An ordinance to distal ct (is b'nihn between Ike Stale «/ teed Carolina and other . States, wiled ntk Act- under the compact entitled the OnutiluUvt of the United Stales of , jAasarjaL - w - • We. Um People of (he Slat" of Sooth Carolina? in Convention, ilo deviate aud or-

dain. and it is hereby declared aod ordain- I ed, that the ordinance adopted by ns in i oo the J23J day of May A. D. i 1788, whereby tbe Constitution of tbeUni- i ted Statee was ratified, and also, all acts < aod parts of acts of the General Assembly ! ef this State, ratifying the amendments of said Constitution, are hereby repealed; end I that tbe Union now subsisting between i Booth Carolina end tbe other States, nndjr < the name of the United SUUXST^Auerica- i hereby dissolved." - ' The ordinance was taken up and passed | i Ly-4r^aAmmoas vote of 169 votes, at a 1 qoarteV past ouWjlock. As soon ns\it« pan rage wask r own without ' tbe doors of. the Convention, it rapidly spread on th^ street among the crowd coland was bailed with immense cheer | •ogIt was moved that the clerk telegraph j to the members of Congress at Washing- j immediately. Carried unanimously. A resolution offered by Mr. Rbell, to ap- 1 point a committee of thirteen to provide' j for the assembling of a Convention of the 1 | seceding Slates and to form a Constitution, i ' was adopted. And «o, in their folly and madness, tbey j have done the threatened, fatal deed, which. I accordiog to their views, cute them loose | from thegre.il ship of Stale, in which they have hitherto so prosperously sailed. But j wo hare yet to see whether their intcrpre- 1 telioc is the correct one, and whether they ( aro able to carry it out ; aad, if carried ont, what will be the ultimate result* upon tbelr fotore prosperity. Their act, in our opinion, hold* tbem up a* an nnprecedented ipeclacle of gild intanity. WASHINGTON COREESPONDENCE. Saturday. Dec. 22, 1860. i Ma. Editor -. — According to expectetlon. the galleries and committee rooms of the j Senate chamber were crammed with spec- i tators, on Monday last, to hear the speech of Benjamin Wade, which I stated would < he delivered, in my last article. All the Senator* were in their s«at*. when Mr.: 1 Wade are* o ami in an aide manner ho defonI did the Republican Party from the charger II hat were brought against it, ns being to , blame for tho present detracted condition ' of the country. He said tho Republicans | I had not yet got in power, nnd could not j have doue anything injurious to tho Booth I j it they were to disposed. In speaking to the southerners he said you have changed, but we stand where Washington, Jefferson. Jackson— where Henry Clay of blessed J memory, stood. Borne states inform us that they are boon-l to^ecedc, and will d«i wait to try Mr. Lincoln's Administration. He wonld sacrifice anything reasonable to maintain this Union of States . bat if a state should declare herself independent, it wes the duty of the government to force ' her to remain in tbe Confederacy, and his voice and power were therefore for ceer- | cion. It wonld be well if Mr. Wade's I speech, end also tbe speech of John J. | Crittenden, ol Kentucky, made before the Senato, on Toesday, could be read by all J men in tbe land. Mr. C. argued tho prac- ' ticability of restoring tbe Missouri Compromise, end extending the line to the Pacific, as a way to restore quiet to our tr.oub. led Republic. Tbe resolution nf Mr. Powell, to instruct the President ef the Benate to appoint a committee of thirteen, for the- purpose of devising a plan of reconciliation, was passed on Tuesday. The Kansas bill was lakon up, and, on motion , wtffi made tho special subject for Monday next There have been Union speeches de- ; livered in Congress from members of eacb parly; none, however, hav* bad so powerful effect as the one made in the Senate, on Wednesday, by Hon. Andrew Johnson, of Tennesse. Thie gentleman comes from the home of Andrew Jackson, and spoke the sentiment! as were entertained and ottered by "Old Hickory," against the heartless fire- > eaters. lie strongly denounced the action I of'South Carolina, aod said that Tennessee i would oever be dragged into a Southern or 1 any other Confederacy. If be was an ab ' olitionist, tbe first step he wonld take wonld bo to diaaolve the Colon, for then tbe slavo statee conld have no protec- , tion for their peculiar property. lie i thought that tbe Boutb wonld be the greatest loeer in case of secession, lie inten- , ded to stand by the Constitution and see r the law* oatorcah, and trusted in God that . the Union* would be preserved, lie said Jf , onr man (Mr. Breckinridge) bad been elec- , ted. noons wonld desired to break op tbe , Union ; bnt Lincoln it elected and they say [ "we will leave the Union." Congress has , power to arete* secession, and he traced it woc'.J do it. He oloeed hU masterly, elo- - qnent and conservative remarks, by saying * be wonld support this edifice while human 1 effort lasted, and nailed upon bis country - men to- do likowioa. Mr. Johnson is, a . Breckinridge democrat, and a loyal sUleemau, indeed. Tbe Pacific Bali ltoad bilk

passed the Hooae, oo Thursday. The com- > mittee of thirteen, na choaen by Mr. Breck- 1 o were reported tojthe Senate, tho h day. The Honse adjourned on Thnrs- ^ day, and tbe Senate on Friday, to meet on * Monday. ^ It is a fact worthy of note, that ont of ^ the many candidates for the office of Pres- { ideucy and Ylce-Pra*ideney. in the late j 0 conflict, there is not a single one for recession. Messrs. Belt aod Everett, LincoU j and Hamlin, and Douglas andJuhnaou you , J must be aware are for the Union as it In ; i while Mr. Breckinridge who has not giveji " his opinion in public, has told in conversa- ^ ] tion that be was opposed to tecesaion ; al- , f j tbosgb be, like Mr. Buchanan, does noli , | seem to tkink that a State can be com j i | pelted to atay in tbe Union, under the pres- j > ent laws. Joseph Lane thinks the South 'j have cause for Secession, bnt hopes they , I will not. John Bell ho9 written a letter, in | , j which ho, deprecates Lincoln's election;) but cannot see io it any just reason why , ' one or more of the States comprising tho ' 1 American Nation, should force disunion. , , ! as he will be in the minority in both llou- j j ses of Congress when he ahull be imiuguru- | I ted. He desires every Constitutional > I means used to preserve the Union. i N> vrspap-ia in genetnl, have pubtishi-t * names of ponons that are said to bo those , 1 designated by V.r. Lincoln to fortu hi- 1 ■ Cabinet. Upon the authority of knowing r ' gentlemen, 1 say that Lincoln has never I I informed any one who will be called to h;i , i Cabinet. r Tho National Campaign committee*. d.« - j tribnted about 11.000.000 speeches and o:h- j I er political documents over the country.' I during the late canvass ; or near three for I every voter. The House Select Committee have been . in session the past week, but have adjourn- | i i ed over till Thursday, so that the members I - i may have lime to reflerl upon tho propoM. * lion* made. The bui-ine** transacted by I this Committee, will not be published to | . : Io the .Senate Special Committee. Mr. Douglas t ffer-d some "remark*, expressing' s bis wiali to hove ih« Coo«lilti ian amended * so that the Slavery question muy be taken t from l'on»re*» altogether. i Judge Black's appointment to Becretnry l of Stale, has been confirmed by the Sen- I i ate. Mr. Cass's move iu resigning his of- | > fice, it unanimously seconded by the Union 1 need not speak of the Carolina t'onven. I | tio- a* you have the n. *«, given by the j » pre*s. It has thrown n gloom over this I city. That state will stop the collection | - of the revenns. and then conies — War. j i This it a dreadful slate of affairs. Dou'i i j you think so ? I j Hon. Blophen A. Douglas has not yet ' 9 sjioko. He has a view in waning. 1 long ; > to hear him. Affair* are in a dark slate in this c:ty > It is feared that no compromise can be 1 . made between tbe antagonistic parties, j i , The southern fire-caters inform us, tbey in- 1 I lend to capture Washington, on or before ' - ) tbe 4tb of March. The great Union Georgi- statesman — i Hon. A SI. Stephens— it expected bore, | * in a day or two: His welcome will be a) - hearty one, and 1 hope his visit will be ben- - eficial to OS all. r CONSERVATIVE. ! - - I f KD&EIOH IHTE'-LIGESCE i By the arrival ol the steamer I'ersia at f I Now York, from Liverpool, wc have one I . | important item in reference to China. It i was reported just before tbo departure of ' . tho Persia, that Pekin bad been captnred j by the Allies, end that tbe Emperor's sumf mer palace was tacked by tbe victors, who e obtained immense spoils. The Emperor is B reported to have fled to Tarlary. Mr- } Parks dad Mr. Ltfeh, the English prisoners' . have returned to the artny. Two other n prisoners had died from the ill-treatment b they received. The Allies are to winter at r Pekin and Tien tain. There was nothing of special interest 0 from Italy. B OEHEEAL ntYELLIQEXCE QjTQocen Victoria ha* written an aoto- * graph letter to the President, through ~ Lord Lyona, expressing, in tho strongest '* terms, her grateful acknowledgment of the e cordial manner in which the Prince of 1 Wales wa* received by the people of tbe r United Statee. QT I'ho New York paper* *tate that, in * the nmtdle oT last weok, tbe Hudson river J was firmly closed fiem. Albany to Pough. * keepsie. Booth of that city the river was 1 toll of beevy floating ice to a point opposite Piermoot, with tba exception of a few * miles between Weal Point aod Fort Mont0 gomery, which, was still open. Cff*Jadge Black took possession off his new office, as Secretary of 8tate, in place *• of Mr. Can resigned, on Wednesday of Ik le»t week.

^ t3TThe South Caiolina members ; of Congress have seceded from our leg- * . lative councils at Washington, bnt tbe Speaker of the Honse has directed that the names of the South Carolina mem-beia-^be retained on the roll of the House, not recognizing the conduct of their State a* severing their connection with tbe House, as they themselves I maintain. \ OT A strongly written address has beei ' presented to the people of Matsachnsette'. ' It denounces tbe personal liberty bill As unconstitutional, 'and demands its refieal. ' The signatures are those of thirty five of ' the most prominent gentlemen in the ! State. WAJHtaaKUbms* SMITH — CHURC1I.-— !!y Rc». M. WUUaaaOB, ua the 78th of November, Ma. Chviui P- Smith, aod Miu Mas V t. Cinn, h, all of (.'*;•* May Co. — At Cnpc May C. H-, oa the ltrh ln»t„ m« J »•••»• Kiom. la the tsth year of hU ageDt lioi-V— In nrl'lfelon. onthe seth davof Notrm. I K-r, Lot it Dowd*iv, ton of Jeiwailvb and Hcnrlrtla P, Uvibn.t, rgeU « year* and II man I hi. CAPE M AV TURNIMEK CO; \1ISTR aCT of the account! of the Cape May Tnrn;»l>» Coinpiny. l«-lni a summary of the M -reli.tt an.l Inthutaroirntf from the &th of Nov - em ler IV.->. ■» Ihi- JO!h ol N.., ember IH»'. at settle,! Uu nru,n 'r ! r ' '1 "*• nEtKiPT* ITo bsUnee al Settlement Mh, Nov. HO*, ST. IS i veL reerlveU of Mortbetileii fnr Mnrl Si m of Toll Ciair Keepers ior Toll 9*4 74 " . " for |ienalty fur passing Toll Gate | go I " for culling lumber sold for S»«l « utamRREsmxTH. By Cash |Mild Contractor bat. lorran•trucilOR read, no 00 1 " " for building or* Tull- House. I " " Interest on Company's Bonds lot 00 " " 1 no3'sMi?Sn,o'MUi*t%l ^.Blns , -j 1 i " fortc^nlrs in Rood, he.', for* •< for Con nr.! lees. 34 tJ ^ Joli Gate Keepers for laUec- ' tin* Toll |R It " ' " "Tmi'oate IV •• for Salary- at (Mierra ' 76 oo " " f"i postage an-l staflonery | ti> tilucr on hand 71 93 j SI11I E I Whole Cost of Constructing Rood, a*!*: «>i< iiigned C II. LUPI.AM, J I I I U W ALL*. } Comiuilire n EDMt'NPs.ir.1 Otreetors. -RlchM C. Holmes, I Hrnrj' *ualn, I) lAtmunds, jr. John Vv lley. ' H. t-ndpim, I »:ii n. Wales. I RICH *nt> f - HOt-MI'S President HIINRT SWAIN, Treasurer DABE'8 KEDICAL PEEP1BATI0KS. HINDOO OINTMENT, I-na TUX CfRZ or ; E1NU80M', SPAVIN. CUB. WIBNIU, SPLI5T ' and other diseases of the limbs of horses, j XTorsrman haling c-ses which hsre resisted the . ' XI use or Liniments, Oils, fcc.. should at once hsve I resource to this king ofall rcmedlre. ^ ^ ^ A ' | disrates' wi-.lch disable and rttstlgure His horse, lis . 1 p-actti-al rn-cls hale more than tulBlle.1 Ibr mw! I sanguine expeetarlona. Numerous certificates of . ! Dare's Family l.lnlmeni Is sn established remedy for sprains. Strains, Drulsca and Hurts geni erallv. for man or hnrse. ' I»are. Clialrra Kperlfle Is a powerful cure ■ j for Colic, Cholera, marines. Sr. Dare's Internal • j Rheumatic pains, but effectually eradicates Ihr itls- '-[ Dare's ConRh Canity, (or Cough's, he. - j Ware's Conirh fiyrnp, composed Of Wild I Cherry, squills, Taa-oait Llver-ioot, and possessing ; their virtues In a esibemfrnlcd form aud it n Cheap I rate. « r Picpaird only l>y I FRANKLIN liARF, Druggist. Bridgeton. N. J. I and for aale hy F_ Kdmunds nr.d Wa. Townsend, ( Ctape {standi C- r Ashmead, lleeslcys' I'olal; Wm. Ross. Cape May C. H. t ' Pre. H. »t. j » T1IBERLD LANDS AND SALT ILADOKK 1 j IN DENNIS TOWNSHIP POR SALE. r ~ I ' fTUie follow laic described lands, belonging to RedIX man and Susan F. Abbott, (late Learning} are offered at Pilvatc Sale, on liberal terms. No. 1,— la tho Northern and vaetern part of t' » Seth Hand Tract; Reswear the Long llridgc, south 9 side: joins lands of David Warwick on north, Dr. . Wiley, on weat; FHen H. Learning, on south-, isgeu- ■ etiUy well timbered, and rontalns S28 arrrs. No. 3. — Is a small piece of Cedar Swamp, situate on the north-east side of Long Bridge, nnd was puri' chased by the late Jeremiah Learning, of tbe Sate James Conovrr. t No. X,— Is part of tbe Jacob Cresar traet. et Creese > < • Towns lies on both side* of tbe road Iraulng 1 through Crease Towni constate of Raadsomely I timbered land and old fields, and contains l«J arret. No. 4— It the "Dels Tract," lying on both tldre the Cresar Town road, near William Sutton's house!' , Joins lands of Jeremiah Ludlam ami others, is band- ' somrly timbered, and contain* I* acre*. No L— It n lot of salt meadow, part of the Elijah Godfrey nirodosr) joint John McCravcn, and eontainr I0<; acre*. No. Is a lot of salt meadow an Mulrecrevs, near the fork; Joins Nathsnlel Holmes and olbers Tbe Timber oo tha above tracts will be told sepah rately from the tolfT and In loU to mill purchasers, and The sail will also be sold la aar quantity thai t may lot dealredg or wbola tracts, timber and toll, wlllbe sold together. I • . Nor fuithrf particulars address tbe sabMvlbcrat ,e Cape May C. ft. " COLEMAN r. LEAMINO, attorecj . • P— -'*• » t THE NINTH ANNIVERSARY n OP WE r PRESBYTERIAN SABBA 1'H SrIlOOL^ I. CAPS ISLAND; — ' WILL at held is TME fZKIBTTERt AlN CHURCH, o> " Wednesday Evening, January 2nd, '61, ' commencing st T o'rlock. L Everelses to consist of Aodbeoees, Oiammces, R^ctTATiOR* aad Siaoino by the achoUn of thw la "eAn*Admlsaion Pre of 10 cents wflL b- charged at ■ the door, for Ihe bmetlt of the Library. * • ChiMr** under io years o" age half-price. -V The friends of the kabbath School oausa are Isvl-