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CAPE WAY OCEAN WAVE CAPE ISLAND N. J. J. 8. LBACH, • - • Editor, Pabllibw and Pnpriilw. ON E DOI.Un PEU ANNUM! Thursday, Jan. 3, I860. DENTAL NOTICE^ "T"\R- J. F. LEA MING, would rtlJWKu lv Inform X-i br put'lir, that, <1 urine hi* hkthuj niacin-., from I bo County, * com|«n-nt student » lit he in taoduioc at bl* oni'T*— on Tuewlay at t be Court j Bouse, ami on Thursdays am! Kridajs at Searllle. Tboee (loilrln- dental op«MUoua will Sat! litem* •circs well arrrrd. January it J, 10*0. Ira A HAPPY If cW TEAS. Adoptive rentier ; it is with no (mail do j (tree of pleasure that «rc, in cotntnoo witb the bthcrs. meet'you with a hearty greet ing for "A Happy New Jew. Wbo can comprehend how floeting are oar lire*? It seem* to ui. a* yesterday that the light of 18C0 dawned* upon oar ^ face* ; bat however much like a dream our day* may appear to have been, yet we are ' awakened froui oar slumber* and called op on to pay homage to the iixty Brat year of <• the nineteenth ceil! a ry. /y Tbo pa*t year, which i* now counted j among the thing* that were, leave* on record many eventful occurrence* ; and we think there aro few only of our patron* that bare not met with *ome change. Do we not speak to a ba*baml who was welcomed on the Hrat morning of 18fi0, with | that joyful exclamation — / ici»A you a hap ■ 1 7, py nt* year— by her who (bared hi* pleas- * urea in tbe day of proaperiiy and hi* trial* * in. tbo boar of adversity! Yra! hot you b ara mourning at thi* time, for that one. i ller body ha* retnrned to iu mother du»l, and tbo »pirit to God who pave it. "T»*c bap* it ie a female that theae line* are read by, wbo wet caresaed by a fond and loving companion, one year ago ; but lie ha* do* ad bit eye* 10 your 'air face, and ia sleeping ! the sleep, of dea^b beneath tbe chilly r<M Again, there are tbe parent* who bare j ; watched their darling children through t •ickneaae* ; bat at latt have had to yield to | . the Angrl of Deith, who bus carried their , * immortal *nnl« hern** the stormy river into , tbe Msosioos of Kternal Glury. Hither by ( tbe lo»* of a relative or neighbor, all have

experienced change*. lint let na divert yonr attention from tbeee Men** to tbe gloomy aspect of our I country. When the year nf I860 first shed I lU light upon fair Columbia, a beautiful •tale of affair* were presented to oor view. The harvest cf 1859 wa* plentiful, and while tbe Great West waa shipping her rich grain down the Mississippi and into all the sieve *tatcs; we, of the North, were • freighting oar manufactured good* to tbe Houtb and West, taking in exchange cot ton, tobacco, sugar* and rice from tbe former, hod receiving provision and specie from the latter named place*. Nor is trade simply carrieJ on among ourselves ; bat with every foreign nation. A* a proof of thi*. ero need only refer yon to the fleet* of merchantmen that were constantly leaving our port* laden with valuable cargoes. And what mast .have been the political 1 prospect of thi* Nation when all wa* alive : witb business 7 Hnrelj everything looked bright, and it appeared to nt that nothing 1 soulU retard the rapid progress of linerica* ' Lo ! what see we at present 7 Indeed, our pen cannot pictnre the condition of the ■ — * Republic; it h so prostrated and imperil ' ed. Goo section i* swearing vengeance ' and detraction, while the other counsel* f

peace and desire* mutual friendship; one section iu drawing her chivalrous sons in military <He and equipping them with armaments toe battle, while the children of th* other part of our country are only dream. I»8 of war: yet a solemn awe ia fastly stealing o'er Ihe heart* of every patriot. Among the important cause* that are reuniting from movements in the different States, we may notice lha financial panic; ef which you are, or will be a participant, although it may be la an indirect manner. Ho to bar large cities and there witness thousands upon thousand* suffering witb bouger or cold, and if you do not come to the conclusion that all ara passing through a terrible crisis, we are grossly deceived Hut you neud not visit these places* lo fiod nneommnu mi«ery for is may beseea many community. The midnight usaastuis, high- i / way robbers and town this ves are now on i the alert. and bloody deeds will be commit- ' led by those wbo wirh to replcnis1] their I empty purees and quench their starring np I petite*. These, with sooru* of other i plague* ere upon wu. and era should raiae t one voices to the Most High, pleading that 1 be woobl forgive the si'n* we hare been 1 charged with as a Nation. Having done c our pwrt of this doty, we wi»h oar kindred. ,

Mmmix t ten. _ , Intelligence from Washington inform* u* that a heavy robbery has been committod . in the Department of the Interior. We * have different accoahla of the act, and cannot tell to a certainty the truth of the mat t j tw. until tbe committee uppointeJ by the » j House of Representatives shall investigate ~ j tho subject, which will be soon. Hut we will give yon statements so far as known, j * I Secretary Thompson, on returning tql j IV ashington, from a ahort-ttfp Sooth, found i * ! a communication for bim, which proved to j - j be the confession ol (Jordan Bailey— fint ; I law clerk under Mr. Thompson in tho Inte. ' " j rior Department, of having abstracted j j-bondi from the safe of the Indiao Trust I Fond, to the amount of $670, DOfl. Win ' j H. Russei, of the firm of Russel, Majors A ' j Co , at St. Louis, Mo., (government con 1 1 j tractors.) appears to he implicated, aceor- j | ding to the various versions or the afiair.— | About five montns since, Mr. Russel con- I ' J traded to famish supplies to tho American I , army, and had in his povfession, official ar- ! r ccptances of the Secretary of War, amonn ; r ting in all lo the trifling sum of over a half 1 a million of dollar*. Ita*3-I could not ful- ' HI his pledges, and being embiras>cd in • monetary matter*, applied to Mr Itailey— j f *''o was a paiticular friend— for^his oasis taucu. At this point it inav be well to | state that Rn»*el had frequently sought ac j cess to the Department, and therelore wa* 1 knowing lo how account*. Ac., rested — ! Bailey bad charge of obout three million j , dollars worth of bon Is, belonging to the I Indian Fund, and Russell bargained fur the sum of $870,000 of these bonds, and gave i i in exchange, or a* security, the acceptan- I , ccs as signed by Secretary Floyd, which j i were placed away in a proper place. Bai- h . .Ujt.onfi*«Uqg out that phot he lind receiv | | cdJftm Itos^vj was of litflfr or no value,', » confessed, and delivered him*elf op lo the j "District uuihoriiiv*. and, oo railing to ob- . lain bail, was committed to prisoo. A writ | j w«s issued for the arrest of Mr Rotsrll j | I and oo Tuesday he was qgptured in New ■ York city, by tho IT. S. Marshal and after! being taken to WisLington, wa* bound over in the »um of $500,000 and ordered to g»i ' bail to tbe amount for his appearance before I I he Supreme Contl ; but befailcd to Hu this ' and is at present keeping company with his j 1 olJ friend Bailey, who is a South Caroli- 1 1 uj jn. I '

I here are many persons accused of aiding " to this abstraction, and wo do not presume ' j thwt it will be defiointty known .who merits the punishment, fof a few week* to come.— What is the country coming to 7 j WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE. ' . Satur-tay, Dec. 29, I860, i I Ma. Editor — Congress convened on ' , Monday morning, and after some talk, ad- ! journed over till Thursday, so that part of j the members might spend a Merry Christ- j ina* with their families. When both lloui ses, met on Thursday, the Senate listened ' lo a speech from Mr. Doolittle of Wiscon f sin, defending the Republican Party from | ' the slanderous assertion that it was ; the instigator of toe excitement among our j people. A Committee has been appointed by the House, to investigate into the I defalcation made in the dvpartmant of the Socrutury of the Interior. I stated in my last letter that Mr. Lin- 1 coin had not formed his Cabinet. It is ' known that the Hon. Edward Bates of Missouri, will occupy a plac# in that high Mr. Bate* was a supporter of Fiilia 1856; but no could find no fault with the Republican Platform, ttn,i therefore helped in electing Lincoln. His prio-

n ciples are cmineully Conservative and csui not fail to please the masses, Bome say • (hat the Hon. A. H. Stevens of Georgia * will bo tendered a Cabinet office, but j . whether ha will accept oroot is -question- : f ed. Mr. Stevens arrived in Washington the early part of tho week, and had private ! . interviews with Congressmen and ethers — I i in regard to the preservation of the Union, r The minds of onr people seem to bo eb- j , * orbed with traitorous workings of Soalb ! 1 , Carolina. '1 he Commissioners, appointed ' by the Convention or that slate, to treat | ' with the government, arrived in this city • i on Toesday evening last, and did not stop • at the pnblic house* ; bnt desiring to be r»- ; J tired, took op their abode with friends of j ' tbe secession cause. Mr. Buchanan would ; I not receive thelites representatives from a a seceding state ; bm as citisets or the gen- ^ oral government. Tbe main object of the „ visit was to get proper enthoritiea to do- t the Charleston Forts, Arsenal, Light r Ac.. ov»r to the wovild-b* Sovereign 1 of Booth Carolina, la a short' time " they intended forming a treaty witk the i United Stales, as §Uh other foreign nations. 1 am el a loss to know why these gentle- j 14 were not arrested and tried for trea * son, end swung into the eir like Old JMjb h Brown, and aiders. Instead of doiae this. ! 0 the Provider, entertained them as Uailed j :f' 1

Stateo citizens, - end tob-ned lo their ap ' " P«®!* ; (probably sympathising) and has J prepared a special message lo Congress, e setting forth his views on the subject, and - giving instructions, to he delivered on fionday Unfriendly debate will arise and tbe > end I canoot foretell- # No item of news has met with more gen- ® cral sotisfuciiun here, a»d I may say, 'J tfirooghont the Conservative, states, than ' wa* the aonoanceroent of tbe evacnatiun j I of Fort V online by Maj. Aq^erton and ! 1 j force*, nnd th-ir occupation of Fort Kopip- ! 1 j ler. It i* believed that Mr. Buchanan hod • never authorized such a move, bg'lhtt An- ! 1 ; derson acted upon hi* owm^CTpoqriWlity* 1 | Lei this pari of the rps^siion bo a* i^wiluy j that gallant Kentuckiln is snpporteil t by ' : I three founlis of tho citil*,,, of those United States, for doing as lie did. The ; ■ j President on learning what had takrn ploco j | called hi* Cabinet together, nnd you may 1 judge that an exciting lime w»s th* conre- j i quonce, as the mrmher* wi re equally divi- . .led a* to whether a wrong had beeu pcrpe- | truted. Gen. Wmtield Scntt was an inn- i r te.l goest in the council, and ho boldly! j detrnilcd Anderson, while Ihe Piesideiil j appeared undecided. The Fori now coin- | ; ma.idciL by that chivalrous *ou of liberty ' , I* one of the »tronge*i in Aoierica, and is j well furnished wit. amuiiiiion. Ac. It is 1 built in the bay. whd can only be attacked | 1 I by water craft, lis guns cau be so fired \ ' i '.hat the wails of Fort Mnu(|ne can be levi e'led to the earth in a few hour* lime and j the city of Chatlegton laid id ruins. 'i John B. Floyd, Secretary of Wat, has 1 j tendered b**" resignation, which 51 r. Bu- ' j chanan yiccepts. Thi* gentleman is a na- j I live of V irgiDio. and has been working with ' { tho secessionists, though the fact wa. not ' known by every one. His reason for re- j 1 j signing, is that Buchanan refuses lo recall ] ' Andersou's garrison from Furl Sampler. ' ••Let hi in rip." for there is a chance oT the j 1 President appointing a Union man lo Gil ' 1 bis place. CONSERVATIVE. Km Ihe "tVesn lV«»e." I ♦ r.BAND UNION MASS MEETING. * Mi: Editor Accord. ng lo previous no. u i tice, the citizens of Cope Ishiml nssemblvd I i" Mas. Meeting, at ihe City Hull, on Mon- ' !" 1 day evening, llec. 27th. ultimo, and organ j j ix-d by calling to the chair His Honor'' I ... .. — ..mug iu ma rnnir ins Honor

j Mayor Wore, and appointing Vice I*re»i- | deet* oml Ht-cretanes, as follows : g j I'ice I'retiJentl. — Col. Jtilgi West. Rich- _ J ard 8. Lodlam. J. S. laach. Nicholas S ! Corson, Lemuel .Swain, and Janie* Mi-cray. I Secretaries— Samuel t:. Downing, J.M | '.Smith, and EMridge Johnson, j Th# object of the meeting being staled ' i j by tbe President, the Rev. Air. Dewing was j . j called upon, who offered an appropriate and f ! impressive prayer. On motion, thu following gentlemen were . appointed to draft resolutions, expressive | of the (elite of the meeting: j B. It. Megwiaale. \V. W. Ware. J. Q. ! i j Williams, . W. B. Miller, Goo. W. Smith, i j R. U. Thompson and John S. Corson. ■ The committee having retired, Mr. J. A. I j Leach was called upon to uddress Ihe lueeI lis;, which he did n an eloquent and cou. ' j scrvutivo speech, at the close of which, the I committee on resolutions reported the fol- | | lowing, for the consideration of the meet- 1 j 'nR WE the citizens of Cape Island Capo 5lay ' County New Jersey, iu moss meeting assembled, desiring to show out devotion I to, and attachment for. the Constitution I nnd Union of the State*, finder which we have enjoyed so many blessing*, aud -v ..».u iitjutw ao many nissstng*. aud

by which we have beeu protected during tie lest seventy years; and being further desiious of manifesting our willingness to accord a cheerful and carnost support Ilo ell constitutional enactments and requirements, and to raise our voices in support of those who are endeavoring to preserve the pegce and harmony of these Slates, do hereby resolve .- — 1st.— That the Constitution" of tbe Unij ted Stales ha ring been framed /ftt. a spirit , of concession, compromise und good faith should be williug to yield te it a cor-' : dial CO operatiou, gi-ing our hoerty aid end support to its requirement*, demendiag a rigid enforcement of ell its provisions, and i discbuntenancing every attempt to render ■ its enactment* null and void. » , j 2nd.— That in our opinion, the pertonol , liberty bills, end oil laws rendering inoperative the Fugitive Blare Law, ere in direct violation or every •'principle or honor, jus- ' lice and love at country; end that they , shoe Id bo immediately repealed, io order i that our sister steles may enjoy ell the 1 rights and privileges guarantied to them by ! the Constitution Red laws ot tbe govern- C Mbnt, which rights and privileges we bold I to be spcred and inviolable, i 3rd — I hat in regard to the right of eitL ■ tens to carry their property into life Terri. r lories, we cuosi ar it thu doty of every r good citizen to yield a cheerful submission ? to tbe decrees of the Bopreme Court, that g high and honored tribunal, the interpreter of the lows of the government. J 4th — That ww will five ell aid tad as- o . 1

i mtence in our power to help Union-loving 1 statesmen and citizee* oT alt partiv, to i make some permanent end satisfactory ] • ctiinpromise in regard to the question of J slavery, the agitation of which has already I - co«t tbe country millions of dollars. Imnk- j r ruptrd hundreds, and thrown lh>>o*am!» onl ! of employmen:. nnd that we will frown u;>- f on and denounce every attempt lo interfere | • j with the convti'niiaiial rights of any portion ! . 1 of onr beloved Union. t | , 5tL.— That we point with pride and gra't- , ilicetion to tho bicb and noble position of ! |onro«n State, und refer to her statute ; hook u* .in ^sefflonce or the conservatism ■ ' which prevail* within her bonier', and prom I J i»e that Iter fair fiine shall uever l»« tar. . nisbed with any statute baring lor its obj jucl tbe obstruction of constitutional law* j ••L On motion tho resolutions were unani- j I mou>ly adopted, with many expression* on tho part of the meulwig of concilistioo and j devotion to the Union. On motion, tbe Secretaries were in«trucI ted lo forward a copy of the proceedings ,t the meeting to our state and national repre- i sen tat i res, and lo the "Ocean Warn" tot publication. ; JSiynctl — Jot. Warr. President. J I J M. Smith, I Secretaries. | LI Judge Jjdro*on. j Foreign intelligence. W e have later new* from Europe by the steamship Canada, which left Liverpool on , the 15lb nut. The news from China it j very important. A dispatch via St. Petersburg hud been received in England sla J ting that peace had been declared be- j twee n the Allies end the Imperial Gov. j eminent. The Emperor had returned to l | I'-lU, There was a rumor that Gar.haldi had ' assassinated, lint it was not credited ( j Colonel Dunn, of the Siciliian army. The ( j Karl of Aberdeen wa» dead. King Fran- I | cis II. was still at Gaetn. The numbard j j ineiit of that town wo* about to be reconii mecced. UNION TA5T. ] In accordance with the recommeiidn- | , , tion of (ha Prcsldciit of the Uuitrtiii Stntes, in view of the thrcelotug aspect | of the limes, the variou* christinn chor. j ; clics of this city, will observe, by n IV I | • ion service, in the Presbyterian Church, I Friday, the 4th of Junuory, 1361, as n (

,. t day of Humiliation, Fasting, und Pray- I ; cr to Almighty God. that lie ruay avrrl ! I- tho inipeiidiiig storm of evil, which, lo ^ ull liu ruuii appearance, is Longing over r- : our beloved Union, threatening ns with ' : that most d- re scourge— Civil War. J Services lo commerce at liutf post ten 'k I o'clock A. M. I fold Sjrli.j * H Annlvrr.wr, | The sevi-fnl Sahbulh schools e nnef-pd 5 ; with the Cold spring Presbyterian church. i | held their u-ual anniversary exerrues, at I this Church ut ("old Spring, on Monday . I evening last. Notwithstanding the unit- • j vornhk travelling, owiwg to lha fall of siiow in the forrroon. tbu house, we ore lo- • formed. Was well filled, and the exercises - ! passed off in a manner pleasing lo ail par- - ! ties. i ; Chnvvls Notice. I I Providence permitting, the new M F.. Church, at Dyer's Creek, Cape May Co.. will bo dedicated lo Almighty God, oil 1 • Sabbath the 13th of January, 1861. Ser- < i vice* at 10 o'clock in lha morning, and Cj | in the evening, A distinguished minister is expected to officiate on the occasion.— J Miuisteis and people are cordially invited I «• V LUIUiDllJ lUVIlCO

to be present. J 'VPS V Alt* ANT. ■ John P. Voxm,xt. Tiir Carrikrs.— Although the Carriers or the "Wave" on Cape Island have found that it did not pay to issue their annus! ad' dress, yet they would bo grateful for any ^^^TfrjiMireekly^emce^^ LEACH.— On Ihe soth of Dretinber, iMa, In this cltj-, J. Eltirlilgr , yoangps: so* ol J. S snfi 1 tophi* K. Leaeh, sgrd S months and SSCsys. T A "Wter row plant, ptarked from n field of thorns, ere the bud had opened Its folded leaves »nd tiwospl sated to the Csrdea of raradtee, lA In peteaalet beauty. CAPE ISLAND MARKET. ■tLt... rra-taLm c.. ' ' «»"» ESS* ' J CiL. routoee. j , I Swewi Pvtiloes, : , . . 2!0"0?* Mewl ptrSwMK , * *.£ Dlled Apple* pvrlT : SJS m-i arrIA : . _?i! L lime, per lb XWO U KEXsTsriiSw' • , "} Oltaon hrC'""-- i ; ; •sssv as&a ; ■ i ; .'"s

a\oth er= . <! GRAND SECESSION MOVE.tlENT. 'j — The Way the World Goes. hard TIMES MADE EASY. Save your Money is the order of the day. We the Subscribers do proclaim to the World that we have this day | seceded from, the regular way ofsel- | ling Ready-Mnde Clothing and offer our entire stock nt [greatly reduced prices to make room for a heavy " Spring Trade. Now is the time to buy Clothing | cheaper than any I ■ ^

i other season or at any place we know of. We also make ' to order all kinds of Men's A Boys' C lothing of superior materials and . in the best workmanlike manner at the lowest prices. W c also keep on hand Cloths, C'as- ~ simeres, Testings, Satinets and Trim-

mings, to sell by the yard. Also. ; Silk Hats, Soft ' ■ Hats, Caps, Rca-dy-Made Shirts, " Silk Cravats, Neck ; Ties, Gum SusKndcrs, Embrel- _ i, Ac. mm, Next door to the "Ocean Wave Office,!' Cape Island. J. II. 4 L E SMITE. JANUARY 1st, 1861. Terms Cash, or . its equivalent in Trade.