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CAPE MAY OCEAN WAVE. ; ' ■ ■ — - 1 CAPE I SLA Nl > N.J. J. B. ^BACS, Editor. | P»UI>Wr and Pr»prk««r. ONE DO(.I>A^a>£lt AKKliui | « Thur«da^^[-xrch. 7, 1681tesgssss1 a. ujj-iiia , a wemokb to tpanro. , Friday Ewniay. hUr h im, IMI. j ; Reader, "Tin Winter ia ended." A* i | *e ratired with loved ones iu our peaceful lioma last nigh:, wo bade ila «eunc* fhrewell, tbankod Ilearon for mercies roceiv•d, closed onr eyes and railed into the | '•dreamy laud." (J really refreshed, we _ arose froui oor pillow, thin morning, looked ^ off oyer the blue Atlsr])toj ami saw the banniifol Bon dropad in golden colors, •merge, apparently, from the crested wave; and then did we welcomq another SpringIt ia sow evening, and «e are seated as usual, in onr sanctum withp«n in haod and 1 paper before si. The orb of dey has pass- . ed- below the western horizon, and as we ' fot>k from thewiudow. the stars of night ore twinkling in the hear on*. All ia quiet {Co sound cornea to oor ears, except the > ceaseless roar of yonder ocean. What a * time indeed, it ir, for Jbe roniai tic mind to j ' cuitleiiiplule on the days that aro no more ; ! for a Shakespeare or Myron to begin their writings ; fur lovers to tell their heart bnr- | ning* nnd make solemn vows, nnd for the christian to raise his voice In fervent pray, er to God. Never have we beheld a lovelier d>y. and never «'o we axpoct to again. March dawned upon aa a< mild as a lamb, and seemed to alter tbel its winds woald csose no barm. It it for the time-being fancied that the tempest which has been raging so terribly over this Union, is stilled. Woald that it were uol mere imagination, for millions Of liesrts are saddened in consequence. As era bare said before '.ho scenes or j Winter era bid adieu ; bat we will never' ' forget them, until the hoar thpt our spirit " leaves this mortal body, to spend our eter- \ Bsl Spring io the realms of II s«. 7ht census of cape mat. Last September we pebliehed the state- 1 ' meat of the Census of this county, txrA"I im. as furnished as by Mr. F. II,- Wostcutt. ^ Here are the figure*. J Upper 1'uwnship, 1555 1 / i»«#uu •• 135# ; Middle " « 2156 Lower " 1365 Cape Island, 501 Total, 7,136 Ia the report as presented totbs Legislature, on Tuesday, 'week, the following wore the returns.-— Dennis Township, 1553 . 1 ower, " 1865 1 Middle. " 2153 1 Upper, " 1552 i Total, 7130 | It will beeeen that I hero has been an error, both in the total, and in the town- i ships. There is a decrease sincj Mr. Westcott sent ae hie report, of 6 ; but thi« . """ 1i Of minor iwpoi'.ewee. — That- which we •specialty call atteutiuu la the nomber of lownrhips named before oar Legislature. Only four oie reported ; while there are 1 five, end bare been since 1810. Capo Island ialefi out of the ring, and her peopie ore numbered with the inhabitants of Lo«•r Township. We cannot re . why this is. for oor /ami aa a corporated cily is tatted of iu other States ; aad eertqjaly it ebould ' bo kuowu in New Jrrsey. It waa oor opinion that the law required lliu census to ' be taken and reported from crery eleelioo district; but 'we may be mistaken. Who will inform as how thin supposed error occured? After Mr. XTtetedt forwarded the census returns left Fall, v« took pains to gel Ike number of iohabitaota oa the Island, thinking that bis statement was small, and We found a 'population *f 541, instead of 501. Quit* a di-^rtoee we should jwdge. If the same mieUkr was made throughout the cocoty, ;.t thia relio, our population should autabtr about 370 more thus is now TAMTP. This word has soeudad in the ears of the American people for many years. We fori seenre io raring that very few politic:'.: - speeches were delivered daring lu.1 Fall's **citing campaign, hut what the subject of • Ikvir was spoken of The Republican party mU that tU country met have . '

, rich manufacturer* of Kutnpe. The I I psuperi of Engtaud have been drora into ] j employment, to-work nl a shilling a day. ! while honetl laboring men of our States have viewed grim Poverty atcp in at their j 1 ■ doors, for want of business, lint we have ; I every rqaaoa to believe that aucb will net-- ! 1 j more bo the case ; because Congress 1 1 , has passed a Tariff bill ahich will protect [ , AmttUMlt industry, to • much greater ex^jj ; teat than bdrehofore. Nut only wilt it save ! ! us money direct io the community, bat onr ■ j National Ti^nsury coffer* - will receive a , i good repletion. This is not the pure MorrlTT Tariff bill, j 1 as waafjhsssed last session by the House of' Representatives ; it having receivoJ many j 1 amendments from the Senate this winter, j i Wednesday lost was the day of its final j i passage, ui.d the fact it worth depositing in 1 , tbo mind. ... j, EX-PBE5IDL5T BUCHAKAN. j1 For the Grit time do wo now apply the , title or Ex-President to him who has Sailed tbo "Ship of Slate" for tbo past four ! , years. It would afford u, unfeigned pleas- j ore if circamitfoces had so been, that we might help to crown tho head of Mr. . Bu- , eboiwn with a crown of-glury.and write. bid . name apon the upper pinacle of Famo with our own feeble baud ; but Heaven has Coj erred otherwise, and we rest assured that every reader, every heart, is iu possession of the fact. It is true that the Kx-Prosi- j dent has done tnany good act* ; but we ap- 1 . peal to your candor and oik if bis dark deed* *111 not overbalance his ueritable owes? O, ye*, your ontwerf- and/wo^in company with uine-tyuJbs of Ite^Nortlierif people and a great porttSw of /or Southern brctbern, also, answer io the affirmative. Hie Presidential life is opened before our eyes, aud a shudder startle* us, Mr. Buchanan, "When I remember thee npou my tied, and meditate on 'thee in the night watehos." Bat, as eome say it is not our . our province to scan a tnao'a political course, wo will please those at this time, j , and only ask the public to evil to mind the . worthy and anworiiiy dseds of our ExPresident— Jamns Buchanan — although thia paper it "Independent in al- lh:ng« an l i , Neutral iu none," on-J if we should sea fit, we have the right to »p«ak of lha noble \ , achievements, and the worthl<-*s, base aud : rile traits of wtiy person's character, who I may be in paldtc office u* public property, of whfjtcver political orgailixatio i he pr-* fo.se » to be a member It ia nvl only a|, privilege, tmt r*v*on and justice toll* u« that it is the duty, of tftry journal to ac. i quaint its con-iitornts of the actions of.' our lawmakers and law oxecut >r«. I.a«t weak, the officers iu the several Be. | payments, at Washington, took leave < f . Mr. Bucbanao. He says that what ever he has performed, has been wjlh a clear conscience and in a spirit to do well. Perhaps this it true, and the future may poul- i bly teach nt our error. On Monday, be rode to the Capitol in a barouche with Pres ■ i lent Lincoln, where the la'.ler wan wrap, pe I in tbo presidential mantle, and the next day ho returned to bis home at Wheatland, 1'a. Ho willseoou committee the writing of his life, which has. long been promised. the peace cokgrees. The eyes of a once happy people hnve ; watching tho progress of this extra < t'augress, since its organization, on the | Fourth of February-. Every day the qoet- - was asked by thinkers, whether this Conference, wl ich was represented by twenlf-ooe .Stales, bed done any good. We never answered them, yes: for there lias stall tines been a donbt lodging in oar tnindi it to any satisfaction that wold arise from tbo move ; nod although, the Conference has went ahead in peace, yet they did not ap. pear to be doing ranch batinrs*. Contrary ie onr early expectations, they adjourn* ed, tint die, ou Wedneoday lost, after adopting a plan of adjustment, to bo presented to Congress, for action. The plan is thst proposed by Mr. ~James Oothrie, of Kenreeky, and as amended by Mr. Frinklia, of I'riir.M Ivr.ny/; something similar to the! Missouri Compromise, which is to be idcor-%l poreted into the Constitution. sThs vutel taken in the Conference were not onar.i- ) utous. Kl I'revidriA Tyler was chosen to ■■ lay lbs prepositions before Congress ; and < this he did ; after wl ichhe retaraed to his j native Bute, and denounced the result of I ho Peace Congress as a worthless affair ! »nu a wham npon Virginia. , QFAxomxa Taairos — The private secreUrv of Gen. W.infiuld Scott ha* proved to be a secesttoi.irt. .lie is acqoainled with tU- m.'.ivss of the Goveenmeut, and will

I THE FOURTH OP MARCH. f TUB XtW AOJMXIJTRSTIOX,' 1 t I Thank God, the anxiously looked for ^ day bns passed. Abraham Lincoln was ( ! peacefully innngurntcd l'rdsident of the 1 j 17 OP AtikWA'JL, on Monday i lltst, at Washington. Chief Justice j Tnner administered the oath of office ; lalter whioh, President Lincoln prtrece- ' j ded.to the eastern part of the^. Capitol, ^ where he delivered his Inaognrul Ad- ( : dress Then it was, for tho first time, t , ' that he showed his policy and purpose, i j We have read the great document, and | nro perfectly aatisGed. Mr. Lincoln j t ; recognizes no Southern Confederacy or j 1 ' lite right to secede. lie will know no | j otto section ; but his whole country. ' ' i The laws are to be administered, and ^ I the provisions of the Constitution tar- ' j ried out. But cs we are jnst going to press, comment must be excluded from our columns. | Wo present bnr Connty patrons with : : the "Inaugural," aud the account of the |t ! proceedings connected with it. Read | • road "cbl'II Hue and weigh the matterwithout prejudice. It is short, but to 1 tho point, end the youngest of readers ; | can but understand its uicauing. The names of Mr. Lincoln's Cabinet i arc not definitely reported. f ' CAPE MAY OCEAN WAVE. /c —,-3^=, S. j LOCAL. AKX'AIHH. - CAPE I8LAHD, H. J., Harch 7, 18GL »»r Jtnrjr t-rgUlature. The pitceedings of our State Legisla- i : tare were qaiet important last week. On Monday there was no quorum in either ' breach. I On Tuesday, It. M. Smith, State Treasnrt' er, reported to the Senato, the number of , prisoner* that had been brought to the ) Stale Prison during the paxt year, and the j amount of a.on^y that it coat the State. The number was 204. and the entire eu»tg : • of- tranaporution,- hill* of cxi*u, Ac, tea*! : $19,087 10. Also the report of-the Slu'o Treatnry was pretculed, read, and ordered to be prin tod. The receipt* for the year with UJ- , unco on band at lite commencement nf the yrar. were 8218,288 95. Kxpnusoe, §223,- ! 0G0.37. Btil..uce on hand. $25,228 58 • The estimated receipt* for the preseot year ' ate $221.518 00. 'I he bill providing for tho the purchase of Nicun's Digest passed the Senate. The Speaker laid before the House the ! report of tbo Secretary of State, presenting ac abstract of the census of New Jartoy for 1861. The report give* tho follow- ; ing tabio of population of tho different counties : Atlantic. 11.78C Burlington, 49.730 Bergen, 21,618 Camden, 81.457 Cape May, 7.130 Cumberland, • 22.605 K*»cx, 98.875 tiloucestcr, 18,444 ITudiPKr 7 4MH Hunterdon, 33,651 Mercer, 37,411 Middlesex, 34 810 Morri«, 8J.C79 i Monmonlli, 39.345 i Oeeun, 11.176 "Passaic, 29,013 A. Salem, 22,458 ^ Sursex, ^ 23.845 Honier*et, • 22.057 • Union, 27,780 Warren, 28,434 Total. * 672,024 Of this total, there are Whites, 647.080 Fre« colored, 24,936 Stares, ^ 8 01 slaver, there are, in Huntordon, 3; in Middlesex 1 ; in Morn*, 1 ; in Passaic, .2; an in Somerset, I. j In the Senate no Wednesday a bill pass- , ed rotating to cattla running at large, j What tho uoture of tho b:ll it we know % tied. Dr. Learning, introduced a bill, iff1 I the lloute, relative to town supcrinten- | dents of schools. Ho also offered a resola- ; tion to hold evening [session i the remainl der of tho week ; but it was loit. A bill . : incorporating the Cofitiqeiftal Hotel com. \ | pany of Atlsutie Oily, wa* ordered to a : • third reading. *J" The annaal report of tire Trustees of the j ' BUle Normal School was presented and : read by Hou. Richard S. Field on Thurs- ! By a resolution paasad. the Legislatare ! will not adjourn until the 8th of March ; ; i waiiiwg. sapporing that the Na«_Admiuis- 1 t ration may require their services. ' D-y-nS— .krM V j j If st>, goto James T. Smith's and buy some of his tegars. Tbty are ejftlloiit, we ' 1

Aitelr* to Lh* F.rorr. 1 (f any person had told its one year ago j that we should at this lima give advice to a ! I portion af onr farmers, of the chsracte. j t that we are abont to write, they would I i been sot down upon our black li*t< as i a little cracked in tire, "upper story." Rut i y oa ask what*is the advice, llesr. The American Uuion from berth to south, and , east to wast, has been for a i:uott and is 11 ow. torewjpJ'- on the precipice of 1 de*:rur|foo. Nvj'Maicuiiytts or aigameat* ■ > j to clearly prove thi« Vrentark are needed ; { forevdgy citizen fed* the truth nnd »hud- ! tiers to cooteirplale. / You a!i know tfcnt j | au nnparallrllrd finunclul panic is hover ng i ) o'er as. and hid* fair to basof along dura tion. This being the case, it requires no prophetic eye to scan tho future, and tell asTbat next summer will be a dull harvest ■ for all watering place*. Capo Island will ' sitae* sorrowfully, as a .large part. of her • wealthy visitor* are now in a complete rev- i j olution in the .South, and money is in do. ' maud to carry on their htovcmenl*. Ilut | should affairs be soon adjusted, the next [ boarding season will be an nnpr<)Stabk|4<V>e, nnd wo therefore recommend to those' | farmers who drite carriages on the Island . i not 4s- uogloct their - farms this seasucj. ■ Commence now to prepare the gioaud for i cultivation ; SOW ehuudtinl seed. nnd. nt ; tend to having a rich yield. By ilio suuij mer of 1862. we t run our country, aided by ilheKuig of king*, will Im in a tranquil I state, antl that wo shall have a ruilriuxl commanicatiuu between here and I'luladel- ' ptiia Then, perchance, our land nil! almost (low with "milk and honey." Stilxr.I>ho*|>n«!« of Utur. Tho attention .of farmers is called to aoif advertisement in another column, of I Uaugh St Sons. This firm is the only one in j this country that inanufacturqrs u Super j j Phosphate of Liinc from ray bones. All [ | the good qualities of the bone are contain- j | ed in this article, and we do not hesitate , 1 to pronounce it rqual if not superior to . ' any dther fertilizer. A great in .^iy farmer. ! in thine May have used i> , Vnd j recommendation. Mea.rs. B,agh*. inform j ! m that their trade h is greatly inc ea*«d m i ; this county, ami we are glad to hour it. 1 j Now it the time f.ir farmer* to scud orders i _ • " < The B trees I ] ll'U always gratifying, to see any m..ve i inm.'e by our }wople towards repairing our j : Street*. We notice tliit the street rV-m - ' • missloner ha* again conimenesd carting ' shell*. Ac., on the roads. I.-l l>>m o-nlin-inoro, tho citizens of Cape l*lnnd, will ' , have no c«u*e-to be ridiculud by sum*nt>>r ' j visitors, fur tucir du*ly street*. I Artlinri' Ilamr Magnxlnr. j Of all tbe monthlies that we recoive, Ar. i ; t liar's Home Magazine is the most choice. I ! The Mvrch number is b*fore ut, filled, as I j ever, with tho best article* of the dy. No I ; family Mioald be witbool it. Its sabrcrip. I ' tion prico i* 82 0«\ and wu u-k tho*« <vb» j ure without this houy'iciM j-mrnal. tu for-' ward tl-o einouot i« T, ,S. Arthur «V Co^ 3.3 Wi-Iiiiil street, 1'iiiladrlpliia, and lie ! ■ como its patrnn. You will nut have reason i ' to repict rcch a move. . - Another Pnlmitlsflag. j On SaMjrJay lo»t, a llag^ representing the j . ohori.ln.il anii|7n nf di4oh* tiP11t frfo.ni; Car : olina, « as M£ti Hying from a polo near Con- j gres* Hall. ^.Wo cannot conviuca our- j selves that there are any perion* on Cape Island who respeet (hi* ritu Hag ; and eon elude that it was placed there by sous idle i %hnp, to create a littlo fun aud excitement. As mo were going toward, the Post-Office, about nino o'clock, Saturday evening, lite night appeared liko day,' and on moving farther we saw a nnrabcr of men bnrning the Palmetto, and crying that such should bo tho doom at all traitors. Dud Psp*r. Our subscriber* are no doubt sick of teeing suck-thin, dirty paper come to them. I It is. indeed, too bad ; bat if they .will be ' patient for a few week*, we will giro them belter. Our paper dealer, grossly chealud us in our lost purchase, and he shall receive | condemnation. ^ Bchootter F.tUn Baker. This vi-nsel which we reported in last i week's "Wave.1* as having run ashore on j our l-eacb and being got off, hag, probably, ' ' at tbe time we go to press, reloaded her j caigo. at Poverty lending. It cnaiitied of - 1 72 bales of cotton. 102 barrels of spirits-of. 1 . terpentine, and about 200 barrels or tar. I A Inact of Caru. j A sloop from Delaware fans been lying si j Schellinger's landing for a few days, with a load of corn j which told at 60 aad 65 cents I I per basket. I . Tbe *u>l<rr» try. At tbo repetition of the tiabbath Scbowl j celebration , on Thursday night last, lha [ ! «om of fll was received, making iu all ' oboat$40. Bev«ral new pieces wore do- ' , livered, ted we aud»r»t*d the atrdleucc I i was well pleased.

Were «ar Krtnere to met under the mot. « ; ,0 or "%cournge Homo lodasUy," tbsy 9 : plows of sny one bat. Tbqd- 9 I dens. YahGildi-r, Petehibatg. jfe «i|| ; takes trip through Ihe 'county food, ^and we in* itc those who ere In need or fsrmSg utensil*, to give him tb«4r orders: Da J on ChfW I If so, just Step in at the Tobacco Store ' of James T. Smith's, Qape Island, and, |for- - 1 c!to*o some of bis "weed," Ail kinds lor 1 GENERAL ntTUUGENCE. INT* Elections of State officers and for A members of the nest Con gresa, are to bo bold In New ifiunpshlic aa tbo 1Mb or M arch, in Conneetfowt «n nt» T*l of ^ "XfrTT; J nnd.in Rhodo Istandon the 3d or April. GrTlie majority in Tcnne»«c« against holding n Stale Convention is 14,000. • ■ CTMany Southern.. papers complain of1 I tho scarcity of. vessels at soma of thoir port*, to carry cotteu. «-ft appears that tbo Now Orleans Marine llappiUil.-lately seised by tho Stato . • . a tkorilie*. is an iuftilution in which xho people of Ptmasylvuiiia have tome interest. In the year 1816 lb* I-epithiltrre of that State mad- an appropriation of fire the*-ssn-l dollars towards building it. nnd granting an appropriation of five- hundred per __1 annum tot its support. The boepitel nl ^ \ ' New Orleans, like the State of Louisiana, i itself fenms to have been bought with Northern money. Another revolution is- threatened in Honduras. Walker's followers are not oil' j dead. 1 ffSTThe Governor of Georgia ho* ordered the purchase of a steamer Tor tbo Georf girt Navy, at au expense of £60,000. - CtTl'hiiip Clayton. ex-Auistant Eecre- | | lary cf the Treasury of tbe Unitod Elates, I has been appointed to a similar position un- ' d-r ihe Southern Confederacy. | CjTThe Missouri Convention, has met ■ and organized. No bdsiuets ol intpur- ' tauro. war and secession! F.l HULKS =* . ACCOMMODATION LIN B. t5/A .4iihui/ Season. ■*llil War sn* *f«»«!on. tlmush jrou amy ro*m. 11- thf, -to •« leiuidtaf. rton-t l«sv« your koiaat | It'll "II Iiu * tnsll'lrr anil «iv wlis< h- ha* lhar> j No Hlawa mo r-v tap To t* muni else* twfw ; rlic-m -Hesp. rl>*%|> flows, , . tu j-rhe I «i» Uoua-I to sntl jwi anyhow. WUru vnu cm In hti Waiyna nu4 see hD r«H»l Wui, Vo:, ivll! • iv, ll'» «u cAm/i I'll nnl rl»t» here I . A lim rati' flow for only Twrlvs IMriHx, | I know u Iu iuv >nl«n-c nlili far <lullun> ut tiara. Clie«p, rhcip. ctirnp. rh«*p Pto* \ aa^lltlt-r 11 hou ml to nut yo.i auyhew. se-l will Iw ouiuz iu al«n itsys. Plrsae giro aw ! your orders rsrl>. 0.. . TIIAOPKt/B V tMUlt-OBH. , j rstrrshurf, Matrli 6tl>, ISSi. ma. « i l*!t i:— SUA TV.— (Mi the jut of /•nuary, met. »y i J,®v- r"i*nklln Moore. Ms John It. fairs, ef 1.»* Irtown. Del., aud Mia Cuii P. Shaw, of Philadelphia, Cnrrirrty- eflhiaptMe. Vt~ The lUl-tui't Uiully arkeowlsne the soreltnirat of a fine pleeeVf -wrtMitf cake." Slay jour hymen!*! life be one of |«i* sad plraxulne-j. ltuLME?.— tin the Sth ult, nt lUadlat, fa.,»t ltu> r-.l.t.-nr- ot her on-m-'.aw. Mm. Masv L ! Ifoxwas. st Cape Nay C. tj~. ta the IM year of he* , i age.— ~Mi>. H. k.-uio! the rnpect sad csttrn : of nil Who knew her. She wni hospitable sml i kUnl— eharlKt.1* to the poor. She was a mcmhfr of the Preshyterlan C hurch, at Cold SprU.*, for maay years; and waa aa, nOerilnnate aad renslateo*. ehrlstlwi. IWra-veril years pant ihe «ulTr»rS maA la body from mental dej rtsosloo. ffortreahltoem . earth have passed sway , and her hope In the rent that reumtnet* for the people of feed reaRied. Jlor ' end WOJ prooo. she d*.l with oa morh apporesa calmnem aa If culdg to oleep. Ji. TllXVI.l Y.— Pepaitrd this life, on Sunday, Feb. iTth ISSI, at Bae»!*yk Point, Rn'en*, wMow offho lata Thomaa Ocesley, in t he atd year of bar an*. shoes? shoes* shoes! selling off at ; wholesale price8, to close business. 1 COME AND SEOURR I BARGAINS' h . - HPHE peoplr of Cap* Slay aria tahe notice that Br, 1 Tliuat At CI.VRK. will fth.Lt. Off hla Stock! i women's ,axd children's ; boots ani) shoes. at hfa Store, opposite > - > r Mr. UoftUAn'* Ma«rr flcin. r Until the 19th of this Month, Af U'Aoftaafo J'riert. Women'* leather Xlcroree, . gi.Qe Chi! flrm-r " . " * - 4Cwl» 1 MUSICAL COMCERT. 1 1 Mt SlCALWURDBT, WUI fo hedtnSw M. ' l A»: t-fiurvh, at thia ploee, on WkUM:*Da V the la tsuvteilr*. Ttlo* asm D-irt*, By Ikar aHtftrm. ^ . ..swsxiviasL. ssr 'Aisr* ■ wariK ttsw - , : | ^'.ar-tacrsB truss.- A jy.Hfinii*' j«r' b-iincw. * J