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C APE Iff AT OGEAH WAVE j f, ,r'' 1 ■ t =sCAPE1SLANT) N .T. s j. a. lback, - « ■ .aattor, j ~ " . » VUlMni n»«i H»Kitw. j V0N£ DOmTk pgn ANNTTM.f| Thursday, March. 21, 1681. ' Tin CONCEItT «t th, 5f. K j r Clutreh, will come off, this Wednesday J '■T" IvniTiowAiHiinw. A visit to our National Capital will well repay any Mr, if fo* no other object than: a Via* or (bo public boildio^a and public iO»tiluii>Mi». A» yon approach tho city, pn tbp ruilxo»d finm .Baltimore, the most .prominent object thai ilrikeilbe eye it Hi" Capitol building, siacdiug on u beautiful "'eminence, *f the east part of the town, a jittln .to the left of the railroad depot. *_Ypu im£ il »*,• U»lfJ»eil to, or read the most > iqj^ta descriptions of lt,l or cured upon "the raeifsccurate stereoscopic eiewe; butthese utterly foil tAg«e»-oA-Adeqnatu idea - of tbw magnitude magnificence nnd nHitic eJfcdaatr or Ihe reilliy; ofld ae yon pa*> •- theoaph the variotw a«p«itmimte..anil wit-

-Mm tM urrhitectifral akill and aymmetrU eAl'pre portions there dfrplijed, jonwiii— » , wonder the) one mitid eowtd here conceived the entire plon, M Carried it out, through lite bands of the artisan. In dtber parts of the dlf, yon will aee the Treasuiv Building, He PoatoGice and . the Patent Office , eofh occupying an entire . apart, ell of iheae, as- well aa the Capitol, • or marble Whiteness; pterenllwg • beautiful contrast with the brleb direllinge, stores nr.J hotels which ebtTdcnd them. And yon will nbt'fail to etrter these buildings, and Tiew the interior, a* well aa the exterior. Ks- . penally will yon enter the Patent Office, where yon will hare aa opportunity to witnesa the dieptay of American ingenuity and inrentiretieft, in tha ten thonaand timea . uu thousand modtls of Amerieen improve"ff ftoenls, which barn proved practically orofal ■Arnftfrggn the. caee.nray be. .One huge section of the building it devoted to an al•Is I "showing how wnfuiae. men maybe of favosa*, and fet bo diuppointed in tho nnd. ulihen'theJr. works are trroiiaixed and teeted. And ir, after viewing lUit department, •you should ever be deluded ,wilk the idea" that yoer mecbanici»rtngenuity is equal ..to Ihe iovefllfoo~of a "perpetual motion," dou't rwke the attempt, until" jou 1iavo. deUDU i ™>r in ■Iicinpi, unui juo imu ur-

liberate!/ seated yourself in a earn basket, and, by main strength, lifted nod carried jpnrself b round a Igfaro by the bandies, nor per own pari, ofier viewing these, we ySould not Juru attempt the invention of a gqcre yob# ^fram a erothed rapliig; and while lookiog over |Wit multitude of. apparently ingrain* pieces of mechanism, w hicb baye'jlgurcd only in the show-cases of live repjeted department of tho Patent-office, werstild but pity the peer fellows- who rucked their brain*, squandered i heir time, etui collapsed their ppcktt-bOok' for nu l»trpoae bal «»d disappointment. But leust we discowrape the jimkte ingenuity *t:lhe age. *n wdil invite yoAlo tha oppoaila'soctiosi of the building— *rhe successful Jrpaitment — fiul evr u though doc* disappointed, you way bo induced to "try. try eg nifi," ' with tho b one jthnt yon may yet turn out s iinrse or Fallon, after riming the still greater multitude of successful itdicls. When you Lave visited "all these koildhrtla. Rill to go lo Sin it '..soi. i an I stitata, situated ju ijig,mldst of a"rati lam or park; This bnildiug. to our nye. is upt as aunwtteo; bwolta mrateota, to the adOliver of works ol KntaftR as well aa the Curiosities of Art, make the ptare one or the most oilmen** feolaret is vVaUington. No on 3 can foil to appreciate Ihe display of stuffed boost as birds, reptiles, insects, Ac.; of almost every apeeiee, ifaa and hu% gathfrinl ftom'all over the country and (kg wStlu, a* well al tb«- uuhilude of enriositVi'or Nature and Art." If you are an ad. -mftvrof fttoutifa) cdtotaro, go to the east end of tha baildiug, where' you will find an ^tWfietel tree, on the branches of which pre, pprohed apflciaueste pf birds, of die • jcLtliest hqee, defying tbojikiil of the artist and nlmu>t'ilatzVii2 t be Sj e of ihe-beii older ' d"l uukfli,,|!i in 'm'j tlievgl'.tt, and soUttiu mil yet iuti-res-.trg felgrtiuaa. y«B'witl »onn trr. aaay firm the loMtsome-efett behold ihe ami ga* AUrownf i. But w# hare not altewpted a descstptiau of what is hc.e frewht d to the eye of tbo viejiw; we qo- i

I' coat leof blue cloth, jBidwed:- with with Jarge brass buttgos.^ad the vist and < breeches entirely of drab. And with them i j are tho camp fornlture. portable writing i iWtk. medteteechest aid war fjrord of tho j departed hero, whom Americans delight-to I honor. There also-'vrua tho gold headed r|t»|tflSlrcon»,_pre»entcd to Ocn. Washington 'jlj flcnj. rrjnLlin. a» well as'nemerougoth j ,r articles, once owutd and handled bytbut j greatest and best of mar, statesmen and j warriors. These relict cssll forth pleasing, ' ! and yet solenio re|«dtoa». especially at this lime, when the cmce noble, political • iupertroclure, for the rearing oT which I Washington *0 demnlly priiyed, and yet so 1: bravely fought, socio* to be crumbling to lust. And while looking upon the vvlirs. . and viewing the states of him who war » the owner of them, we could scarce suppress * the wirb tljat that hero of the past, now I quitely -rlceping ut Moony Ycrnon, ^oiily t nExtrS^.njjM from wbero wo were then • standing, would burst the portal* of that l hallowed sepulchre, and clothed in that » rarb and grasping thai sword on which we ' - went looking vrlth so much interest, would, » by word and look, reprove the madners of t tha limes, and. rend traitors and fanatics ► , cowering to their hiding places, never - again to come forth to curse the world.

But we had almost forgotten to notice ■ -sbdtXwcijlivc Mansion, better know aa thv Whiltf Houi?, or President's House. Thla. > edifice will scarcely come up to y our pro conceived ideas ; yet it it by no means a mean affair j and will lomerhnt eirtl the residence of n country editor ; and If we were jn. .possession of. ,tbe likn, with a plenty of "needful" invested in a ***«» bank, with the important requires* of a content od mind, we rather think we couTd mehaje" to spend (be remainder of our threescore years and ten, without superadding' the delights of en editor's sanctum. The Whits Hunte is situated near the .westerly pail of tkd city, and consequently 'at considerable distance from the Capital Building ; and, indeed, none of the- buildings earned are located near each other, except the I'ostyihcr and Patent Office, which are sepcrated only by a street. But when we took up our pen. we only intended to cull attention to these matters* ' and aay. a* we did al the outset, ihfft'to nny , one who can consistent/ Spend the lima ■ and uionoy, a view of them alona will well . r'lmy the outlay, and ft v»*t amount of f tinio and money is far more foolishly spent, > than iu such n visit, even if for_ no other ' purpose than n view of these buildings.

RAILROADS IB BOOTH JERSEYj Two years ago. that part of our state south of the line of tho Camden and At- , lantic Railroad _jMis entirely destituo or t railroad facUit^wllh the aiogle exception [ of the eight miles from Camden to Wood bury ; and, so far aa any previons move- , wants were cnncarilfel, wo were likely to t remain in- thu tame condition. But the .efforts of the friends of the Millville and , Glassboro' road, by their energetic, and persevering action, in connection with the | Camden nnd Amboy company, bate Intro- . duce'd a new'rra iii this resp-ct. The Millville and Classboro* road, hot been in operation for 'Some months past, I and bos uetteil nearly* ? 1.000 per month, . , above all ranning ewpenUua, notwiihstaodiug the disadvautagvs. connected with it, being only a lillle interior section, commo- , niquling with Philadelphia only by a stage j r^de of ten miles. If then, with such .ditndvanfoges, this, road pays so well, what wTtTlt p'lj, when that inconvenience It re. . m rived, and the carT ran through from Mill- , viKvto Camden, a» Bioy* will be, on or before the Irst day of April? And farther, what will it pay, when .the read is exien , dad to C»;e Iriaud, as Ibere is a^w'every r reason to believe it soon will b«, and the whole bathing-season travel lo Caps island I p'isres over that road ? W. ware, but afew days since, on this route, and find that the. track -U oil laid ( from Ulaesboro to- Woodbury, and'ihst [might ear* bad already been run over It, and that they were only waitina |al the i track leveled Ac., lo put tho road in full , operation, agreeable to the contract -entered into betwean the Millville and iritM- , hols' and the Camden and Ainboy companies. In a Milieu to thi«v th*» Watt Jersey ! eompaiVy, o» this OadHan urtl ft^boy com- , pauy IbruUgh them, are pushing, the work 1 on tha road ttr Bftdgnoa. wftb all possible | dltpach, Wgreeblu to their promite to the | people of thjt fagiou. The track is being i IjM an J in a fa* wbolct thv road will • be ' i ompUiid. wad ia fall opevati*-.. Nor i, : this «B. A read ietw be built ta balem. in I j « grant wjwura by the same company, and ! i tlu work will no Roubt be comm- acad iu a C What is most in- • « ' fee:- ■

t Glaacboto'A^uipaap-. which cannot j£Sl St | complete lb (* road to Capo Island, witWi | lilfla more tSio a year; so that SootU.Jer- ! will soon realize her long delayed, and oft disappetnicd hopes, (mainlg tbrongh the action of these companies) in ftecing her territory threaded with railroads, eqngl to any other part of tho»tat», affording every necessary railroad -facility. The course of , those companies, as cited above, cannot foil to inspire the utmost confidence, and we *ee no reason why tho people should not>( without the luasl hesitation, perform the. .moderate part assigned them ; and we have i - no hesitation in saying that they will do it. i EVAM'S TDBUCATI0H5. 1 The popularity of Goorge G. Kvmns 19 a ' book publisher, is almost world-wide. Ma : ' I ny of tho finest volumcs.thol adorn our li- j 1 bvary, are Iront bis cslablistmenl. The tir 'tie* of Ihe two [ait books received from ' hfm, are "1"le Union J'txt ISooL," and j ' '■ 7 he Homancf of tie Revolution." 1 * In speaking of the first named, we would 1 say that it is a most excellent work, being | .principally selections -from the writings of the illurtrious statesman — Banux W sr. f srxa. It -il*o coniaiDSlhe^'Gonstiiution of 1 the United Slates, " "The Declaration of r Independence." and "Washington's.FurCwell Address." For the present time it is well AUMfVH. iur mv . - ■ '

strikingly lilted, and we invite the people • toSend for it. Tlio second book is one that " be in every family, aa it gives nc- s counts of all the principal generals uitd pa- n triots who fought for onr freedom. AVho d ' does not love to rend the romuoooB df the r ' lfovolaiion of l".7fitf In this work, ynu c ' have history which will bo benefioial lo you a « ^asaftuturo . h The "Kbman^e of the Rovolulion" will be | ] ' forwarded tqjyiur address, after you remit ' to the Publisher, $1.25, and the "Union I Text Book" will also -be sent after yon en- t 1 close the amount of SI.00 More than ' this; Mr. G. G. K vans, has connected with a * bis establishment, a Gift Enterprise, of a which, you have heard. Ifyou.will send 21 a 1 cents to him, (the amount of postage on a 1 book) in connection with the $1.00 or a I $L.2-">. he will mike yon a present of u hand- a handsome Gift. i ' -Direct to Goorge G Kranf, Publisher "( * 439 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. t , ft SHOT AT FORT SOMPTER. I Some two wtfeksago. a shot was fired f from the batiery al Oummlngfa Point, 1 which struck some of thu surroundings of ' i Fort H ampler; nnd the gallant Maj. Anderson immediately opened all bis cmbra- ' .tures, and three of the columbiads were ' run out, ready for aalion. A messenger, '

with a white Qag, was sent to the Mnj., ' however, assuring him that it was only a mistake, and consequently the matter en- 1 ded there. Tber? is very little doubt, how- 1 ever, last it was done intentionally, to aee 1 what actios- Maj. A., being a 'aodtherncr, 1 would take; as Ibey have all along entertained the idea that he would prove false ' to bia country, when , thu trial of firing on tbq chivalry pre* ep ted Reel f. If they con- ' linneeucl mi«Uk*a, we are inclined to tho opinion that they will find that they hate ; made a *aJ mistake In reference ta that patrio tic offlrer; fcr we can scarcely conceire'thnt there Tires a man so vile a traitor as he would appear to the world, should he - prove untrue so tho trust reposed in him, after all that has paased'io connectioa with him. gjrTKXAS — S'otwilhstandiiig the onec Ion 0 star state ot Turns has so ceded, and Got. Houston has recognized tho legality of that. secession, contrary to LU former protestations of adhesion lo tha Union, atill he objects to joining the Southern Confederacy but prefers logo alone, raising the old ion* etar llug. Upon (his question, however, the people *f that state ate divided, and it it col improbable that this division will yet produce serious results, as both parties are raising forces, ttd civil war among themselves, it by no meaps improbable. Io deed, ibis independent stale of Tcxaa ' would stand, rery mach in the way of an- ' nexing chaotic Mexico to the Confederated States of Davis k Co., sod it ia not impotlfbte but The Hoost.a party lo Texas are looking to tho ultimate annexation ' or MeXicAto tit* lone slur, tr a kind expression of ihair gratitude for former favors, at U* bond of that marc i/ul foreritimont. - i - ■ 0* Preside ah Datift of the ConCedederat* St ale a it i* said, had ranted a "White , House," at Mbnigouiory,' Ala., as a Presideulial mansion for himself, if ho could not , bo permitted to occupy, rent free, fAr ! -Whito Hoese,"-«t Washington ; and if we , are not mistaken, it is mntf tho diiap|jojntj meat of that dignitary, at not being- puri '■ mined to-oc:upy_ that Camoos house than - anything clan, Mta*. has Induced him lo pur- . wltulmndbbcnmubu; ,«i ». I OU> "«• it , ],tf,.Bi.b[r i, « limi itr I, - - ■■ I S - ■ ■ |

[ gj^riis BoSaUStxtki.—' The great i' ' probability now ta, ilrut oenft of the bordgfl State* will sdceue at pVesent, and we are j inclined to the opinion, that if tbey do not | now, tbcyvriU not at all. 1 1 IK now probo- 1 ' mir.it c In a cnll for a Convention will torminute in X call for a Convention of lbs | border stutch, to devise measures of ad- ' justiqeut, and wo hope kjfat by that time the country will become so well satisfied that Mr. Lincoln's Administration contemplates no infrlngement_^j^. "Soulhein i 'rights," thai they wflnTn^l^cqn?la«t« that j Ihey are quite Orwell off where ihey-arc, j as in any new faigled confodyraVy. j ttiT 1 he U. S. benato, on Tbyrsday lest .adopted llio following " Whcrcsi*, the | seals occupied by Mourn. Brown and Da j vi*. of Mississippi ; Mallnry of Florida ; , j Clay, or Alabama ; Toombs, of Georgia. 1 ! j und Benjamin, of Loui*iuaa, as members of - I the Senate. Iiave become laCOUl ; therefore . be it res-iltq^^liai the Secretary be direo- ■ ' ted to omit toeir names respectively from , | tlio roll. ' | CiT Dr. Wislar's Balaam of WiM Cherry is truly a balsam, it coutaiB* the balsamic. ( properties of tar ard of pine. Jt* ingredif ents arc nil. balsamic. Uniflu, csbls. snd . consumption disappear under its balsamic i influence. Why uot uso it thou? It is

told by storekeepers everywhere. , CjTlho New O, leans /Mt a. of March S Stales that Gen. Braxton Bragg, Of the ar. l my of Lonisana. has been appointed briga- 1 diur-genoral'of the nrmy of llm Confedc I rale Stales, and has been ordered to pro ! coed lo Pennsacola aud lake command of I all the troops of the Republic (hero Assent- • | bled, and oouduct tha operations aguinst I | Pirkeu*. q^r-I'liu Jaaugursl Address of President * nu received with greater favor io the Son'.h than was at first reported. i I CJrTh.. extra session of the U. 8. Senate i» likely to coo li line for some time yet ; ' and muchlongci thar uraal ou such occa- I sionsi ' ^yTh" scramble for official appontmont»t ' at the various departments al Wa.hinjlon, ' usual at a change of the Administration, 1 is alinusl overwliclining. und the besom is ' over our conntry, gratifying one elan and disappointing a M ill larger one. ; < firTho qu atom of evacuating Fort • Sampler, as noticed iuvtnr la«t issue. ImJ j I not beun'dvcide'l at our advice, of Satnr. < day last, io far us was publicly known at , Washington, bit It was the g-meral im pret'ion that it would be .leci«".-! aflirma- ; I Uvoly. This, if ileus at nil. will be done j on military grounds, by Ui« advice of iten. Scott, because tho government ha* not, | without farlbor Gqugreasioual L-igisUtinn, asntflcient forco at its cam.naiid to r-.-in- j force and provision. an 4 it would be uttco- ! ded with great loss of lifo,' under any cir- [ camstances. BjfMc i-ri. Forsyth and Crawford, commissioners from Uio Aidnfoderated Steles, ! to tho'U. S. Government, on WeJnralay ( of last wa«k, soul an official U'»lo. /Xsking , for recognition, hut have been ylClJ time was required forconiUnritLua— BJthe I Administration, and it is thought that thu i President will refer the matter to the Sen- i ate, now in scrtlbn, for advice. Q^*l'reiia«nt .binculu it said to adhere | to the promise, of his jnaugural to send no ; on welcome strangers Into tlio Southern States, to occupy offices in his gift. Ho is . very anxious tb gratify-.Gov. Ilick*. of ' Maryland, Andrew Johnson of Tonncsse. ; Prentice and Ifarney, of Kentucky, in this ; respect. OrOasaiu* M. Clay, of KentncVy, bat ' beeu appointed minister to Spain, end lion. ' - Tho*. Corvio, of Ohio, minister to Mrxi j I co, both of which apppiutuieats have been > . accepted. . j I t9"The Italian Senate, on tha 20th ul1.., ' I pasted the prqjeel of law gran)iug Hie title ■ of King of Italy to Victor Emmanuel and his deccendents. ®-Thc foreign ministers at Washington i and our own m in inters at foraigm courts - eoneur.in declaring that tho Soolbahi Cm- - federacy will not. be recognized by those I coon trios. What a nation lh«y .will bo, without such recogoitivn I , .W'O"' French aruiy hat boon increased 1 - to a million ..of men', being equal to nbout - one tblrtylsixth part of(the popelation of - the Empire. Then there' are tl.b nary, tbo police force, the apies, Ae., making a fonni . Uable public service, o " «TCol Faulknur,, the American Miait- . ter at, Paris, lias been officially assured by t M . Tbouvrncl that oo delegate from tipaUi t Carolina, or from any other secession t State, has over been received either by the . Emperor or by himself. iB^Tha Tkto State election to New , Hampshire has raeuliAd In the complete irl- . jitAph ef the Repuhlieaoa B I YgrHeu. David WKmet baa been elect ed r ! United riiaftca tteaeler, frem.PenniyhsJtia, | ia piaco of Hon. Dkriaa.Caft.urou.

| QAPE hTAY OCEAN WAVE. * I .OCA I, AFKAXHH. i CS*EI*LA*D, B.J., *areh«,IB«l. Wilt Sts* I.onK Xlgkl MVII Kali I BT rLASn. i 1 have longed and prayed for sleep, Bnt mv heavy eyet jdx kvo'p Weary vigils Hiroagb ihe night : ' Vainly is the pillow press 'd. i Sluuibur cometh not, nor rest — Kven dreams are driven to fight f - What is this whieh bids sleep fly? | Fevered blood and glaYing "ye Attest it* power of woe malign ; Through aching brow come throes of pairf Which almost paralyse (he brain— Oh, Headache Fiend! this work Is thine"/ Cease thy moan, ok,* man of grief! For tby trouble there's relief. Science aids all human 111*; '.I Ccare thy moaning— slop tby ery — Buy it.box. and quickly try , , * Hffnld.ng'* great CeptralieTills. Thr«e pills are a great thing. Ws have r te«ted their superiority If you \ro pin- .. gned with ihe Headache, enclose 15 cent* ir. n letter ami tend In llenry Spalding, 48 j Cedar Street New York, snd yon will re. , ceive by return mail a bos of Cephalic [ I* Ms.

IIoom Burned. Tbe people at Rio Grande, Cape Mty County, were startled about 9 o'clock, ou Tnetday evening of Ls«l week, on seeing iLme* issue from the bouse of Arcby Mcio Mill lane. If was a i»o story building. 1G by 24. There were 5 persons 1 .n't lie house; Mr*. McNeal and 4 children; the husband being absent in New York, They had just retired to bed, when tha wife saw lira, and io a few moments she was almost suffocated with smoke. Raving > succeeded in getting her children oat of doors safe, she rushed into tho hoosa, and are informed only one article of foroiwas saved — o byd. Mrs. McNeal burned her hand terribly In doing this. Every, ibing was a total loss, and as Mr. McNral a poor hum, the charitable people of our c mnty will certainly not hesitate in making a sum -fid money for tbe homeless family. Wo havu known person* to get subscript i lion for loste', who were able to bey and ' sell the above named loser, twenty times. - I « thi* m»t A foot b Ssunrll Dloair. Agreeable lo a resold ion, tha retiring City Council held I heir Anneal Dinner, at ' the Washington House, on Satunlsy lest. , The present Msyor, (the* Mayor elect) 8. U. Magonag! Esq., with several other gentlemen were ptetsnl by invitation. Tho Dinner was got up iu good style, nffordiug n * sumptuous feast to tbe guests, and reflect- * in* credit to the houtq and fte proprietor, | W. W. Ware, whose catering abilities are I unquestionable. After the dinner was ' over, toasts were offered and brief speech ci made, turning upon the subject of c«lacntioo, eliciting some interesting and Irnjprrtant remarks touching that question of r*sucli vital interest in every community in the civilised world, especially in Urate couutries^tNiibera! government, nnd moro i especially In V govcrnineuls like our own. March in.n si Ares. Last Friday und Friday, night, (March ; iJll) we had qb^ of the heaviest eocv* storms of ihe present season. The snowwas accompanied by n heavy easterly wind, ' ; which heaped it up iq baukr, which iu somw \ of par streets, werwashigh.as the fonees, i rendering those streets almost .impassable ; j bat tbe sun of Saturday in a great measure i dispersed tbo cliiliug titiior, so/hat, with HhA exception of some ol the largest drifts. — > j very little snow was to be wen on Sunday, i 'j Aft a mere guess, we should" think tbo mow j most have been some five or six iucbei deep. J Otis level, had it been for the driving wind, c So heavy o snowstorm, at so lata a lime I In the season, is aomnwbal rare ia this latitude. Since writing ike above, we have had an nfter-pieee of the above pixy.. The first. - vdAappoee, tea* the, part of St. Patrick, e ooiy a day or two in advance or time, i. That being played oot, Mfs. St. Patrick how comes upon tha stage, end U fteting J bBT part to peffeelioo. . Tbo weather by t Monday had become very cold, the groom! if foOBen, and dutlat that day flftkes of enow e were scatleringly flpljing. ■■Hi neftrly i ' ethoiog, when it act In in mat'earnest, and MViontiiiuing at the time we write— no arty i- noon on Tooadny— giving us the butt end y of wiator, in spring time, h Wrw j«rwr LrgUiatwte. u Our Legislatare adjourned on Friday a last . They pained ike biB for re districting ike flats, apportioning tho wpreteotaliou. ar according to tho latt centos, a* Provided. I- for by Ike ConSVUoa- ..They bate passed all bills favored bv tbo Camden and Aps d boy Railroad Company. adhering K to tha faith of tkoatefta with U^t cotona- • i V*