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C4P£ WAY OCEAN WAVE. ' « ■ ■ t===|' capkislan'T) y. >T. [-j 'J. 8. LEACH, - Editor, \ ' Publisher ainl'Prnprtetor. ONtK oot. LAI: AXVCM:'' Thti^aayTA^il 2-5, 28G1- : J ' WAR NEWS! I SIOT AT3ALTHH0RE. Baltimore, that city so umoui Tor elec- j lion riots heretofore, was t!;>- feme i.f a rootisnsmefal aflHy, on Friday last, bo- j tween the' citizen* of that place, and troop* ! from Massachusetts ami Pennsylvania; -o»j their way to_ Wasblnglon, in_compiiancv ; with the call of the President. At about 11 o'clock A. M . a train 4»f Iweiity-niue cara from PhSladcl^Ma arfriVd a^j&eir <ie. pot, at Baltimore, containing a regiment of Massachusetts volunteer*, comprising eleven companies, in uli nioro than .boO strong, tinder command of CoL Jouos, and a regiment of Pennsylvaiiisot, under com- j ihaud of Gen. Small. The locomotive was | detached f out the train, and horjf3^ntr|, tanked to the cats. to. draw them • throng!*' • the City, to the railroad running froifl Haiti j more lu Washington As l*r as We can | gath-r fiom th j confused account*, six car* passed through in J«f. ty.'whilo un excited crowd.gathered around the nest .cars, and after taunting them with ibrcau and tile epithet*, filially as*ail«ul ttiem with 'paving ■tones, and anything that thev could reach For some reason the horses were finally detiched from the oar*, and the men aitumpted to march through the ci«y, exposed to the constant Gre of stones and brick-butt , till, at last, thn troops were compelled to fire upon them, when a tetrible sceno of riot ensued, the mob madly assailing them with pistol* a* well as it ones £c. The Mayor and police Were out in full fqfee aud appeared to doall they could to rystore order, but apparently without avail. The. Massachusetts volunteers Cually pressed their way through the city, and arrived nt the Washington depot, where an iuime,n»r crowd was gathered, but no violence w#1attempted, except as tin? ears moved off the mob again fired atones ut them. The cor*j»roce«jded to Washington without any j farther molestation. A* near as esq be as- j certuined, only two of the Ma**uchu*elt.- j r>'gimenl were. killed, ami eovernl other* j wounded. The 1'entt'a regini'r.1 vr.- , motlly without arm* of uniform, which ; were to bo supplied ut Washington The) j remained ut the depot, but worn assailed j there, though most of them rein lined in J the cars. Some of the men Jumped from j the cara, notwithstanding the orders of j (Ion. Small, und engaged in the affray, most of whom were seyeieiy injured ; three ; of them, it wos feared, fatally. The train finally, returned with tl,:.- remanent to Ph.l ! adelpliia. lite truck was obstructed in Baltimore ; - ^ond, in iQrne places, torn u|>j Hevorul of the titob were killed and a number of others severely wounded, though ilia impossible to ascertain anything like the exact number. Daring the riot, the city was in the wildest stale of excitement. In the afternoon, an immense mas* meeting was assembled in Monument Square when Go*. flick*. Mayor Drown and others address the crowd, calling on the j«ople to preserve ort.er ; but opposing lbs V pu««ing of any morn troops through th>ir city ; and it is reported that the Ueitrftr has rehired to 1st any mors pn-- ; and that, in compliance with hi* sDbea, no ntorosaii! : be aenl by that rente. The troops. »u pjkK- i log through tbu city, carried a while hap Among the mob were many winMappcarnd to be men in high atanding, who were urging on the rioter*. J1 Aires'* Frncv Abrksai. Brcsrj. Down. , Thn armory and arsenal, at Harper* Ferry, Va., where old John Brown" ensconced himself aud a handful of ram, ;:i their treasonable depredations in that stutc. has been buttled down an2 blown tip. . Lieut. Joi.es, in command of that place, on Thurday last, learning that a body of Virginians, by order of Go*. Letcher, were marching on them, to tako possession, and knowing that his position vf* untennable, in compliance with the order* of the V\ ur Department, inado preparations to evacuate, by piling up straw aud powder 'in ail the buildings, and sotting a watch for the ^approach of the enemy . When the guard gave the alarm, itln-y Ml fire to the tint house*, and finally commenced their retreat, uader cover of the night. The ctsiuus of the place were evidently in league with the advancing pat iy, and turned out, armed, and pursued the kulditVc, two or vgbom wore killed by the fire oft the cili sen*- Two others U- x- rled bdi'orn tWy 1 touched lleeor*lown, >Vd. 'The/ t siblings 1 and everything couuecud with them ate I • . -• \ i ,

supposed to be dcstpjrd, "including 15.000 I J stand of arms. Lieut. JburaMja that nil l-HMtji rushed aor'i.ss the I'otomoc bridge. ' '' ! the people dashed into the arsenal ; and - - ho believe* UtW t* large finmbcr must, have « , perished, as bo k«ayl repeated 'expTfi'^'ons. j c j He saw tho light of the training buildings ' I i fur maor'niiU -. 11m soldier* marched nil | I I night, and took omnibnsaes the next ntorn. ( i j ing, at Hagerstowti, Vor Chambeisburg. r i I'm-, and finally jy riven at Cnrli.lv, at 3 , • j o'clock the *ame -afternoon, very much fa- < j tigned. Later reports sat that the four I I killed and deserving were only captured, 1 and three have dacaped to Tcnnsyhunii. : I Fort IVki vs Hpixroht r.D. ; c ; "It is how 'eZmally annjuweetn^at Fort j • , J Pickens has been reinforced, by trnoji* 1 . | landed from the Urooklyn. The garrison . ' "! if said to be 800 strong. There were sov- i , ,eh ve»acJs of War lying outside, at last af- ' ! count*. The' Southern troops wvm still 1 , arriving, but we presume they will not, bo 1 I permitted to plant their Imtlerie; all otound ' the forf. as they did at Fort Sampler; and ' i they, no doubt, will have a '•mortality list,-' 1 when they attempt i ts capture. The Fbeuxo at the South. o 1 j The energies of the Surtb, which have, S.lill within the last two week*, lain dormant. : JjS nop fully oroui.ed, since the icet»4s »t ! l Sampler, any! especially sinca- tho riot »t ' | UallirtoEe. An attiwnpl to describe the 1 rxcitcim-nt which «cem« everywhere to pre- . vail, would prove a failnro. Words cailnnt picture it. The people. Irrespective of , jiarty, ago on condition arise in their might, ■ deteimiued that no < ffort or money »|,ul! . I«j Inckiag 16 crash the mon*ter treason. ' V olnutecr* offer lbem»elvc» eliuotl. without . number ; and .money both in tho form of i Icaoa to government. Dnd,*nb#*rtpi^M»*^lor\, , tho support of the 'famMffiSI of Vswuuleet-is, i is poured out like water. Wrtllln houses ' in our large cities, who have a surplus of , i clerks, tell them to go and light for their i country, promising; them that thrlr salaries i *liall be continued, and their families provided for, in tlieir nbsence. Men do not ■ seem to vnh;o their money or their "live* I Their conn try is tn danger, and they rush ; ro iha rncaa. •: » PlRACV AXH Bwckak I i Jeff. Davi*. the traitor President, has i ' issued a proclamation, in which lie antherires und xmcouragn privateering on the i j sua*, (bflhaVapturc of nurtfaern merchant vessels, which i* only a mild n»mc for lu- | gal piracy. ' In coiu»eque:icn of'thi". Frovii t dent Lincoln has issued n proclamation for i j the blucaile of all tha ports south of Mary- ' i l-,M. /C - ; ! j ' , MlSCKt^.AXKOtil. - I Tho frantic exuhutions of tho Carol!, i uiuns at their thjuut tictary dues nut ap- : i j pear to.ln» so well limed, after all. It ap. ■ ri pear* tbit M»j. Anderson did not *ujtc/i- : , ' «/»/•. bjjt limply rtacwitd, pretty much ou I I his own terms, firing, a *nlo|e of fifty guns* on hauling 'down his Dug. The garrison; J when they lufj the fort, went wjth colors^ (lying, and tho drums beating "Yankee : ; lioddlc." It is reported that 49 men ncio f killed in Fort Moultrie, and 130 wounded ; - but thn Charlestonian* positively deny this ■ Or course they would. There wo* *rtrrcly ' 1 an apartment in Monltrie left inhabitable; i and two of the guns of tho iron battery were dismounted. . Baltimore, and the surrounding country . in Maryland, seem to be the sceuo of terri- ' ble excitement, sinee the bloody riot there ■ recorded above. The tec.-.*?it>ni«u went to ' ■ ' take charge for the time, 'i'he'y iiavo bnrq. 1 ■ | cd down the railroad bridges between Dal- > 'iuiori- and Wilmington, in order to cut off ■J ike passage i, f northvrn troops to Washing j ton! The mails are thus interrupted, and t*I I f graph lines between those cities being also i . j interfered with, but little oews eun bu obluinrd from ilio capital. (Sov. Hick* appears to be overawed. T M military ' were parading the street* ^Baltimore, and bus- , ' iness was almost entirely suspended, linn-], 1 dreiUof families are -flying to the North' fuc safety. The residence of (£en. Cad 1 wnladm*,-«hpat M mile* north of Baltimore i ' has been burned to ashes, by -the- access ion- > 1 ists; and it i* scpot ted that the negroes < liBre commruced .burniug tl»e houses of the ■ white*. Tho secessionists are said to have demanded the evacuation of Fort Mclltsn-'j I ry, which was of course declined ; and <t i, j rumored that tho garrilnft were shelling I ' Baltimore; but this U only a nunur, and wants confirmation. 'I ho Baltimore papers repori that only | I three -I our soldiers w/re killed jii tlie at- ' ■ fray; while eleven of their ownveilixeii» ' I vhnrod the some fate. ^ It is reported that Col. J«hu C. Free. ' moot has ju»t returned from Knylnnd, wiih ; ' 150.000 stand of arn.a for tbc United j • Staff*, with 300.000 more ou the war. s ' The large railroad ferry boat over the jjufqurhuuna river at Havre de-U roue, un the Philadelphia and Baltimore railroad, j has been scuttled jiud sunk. Two United Steles ships have been sank r j at Norfolk, by order of the government, tj j s keep the srcessioiltila from seizing them. s tort Mcileury La* bo«u_rei»IotccJ. I ^ IH

KAJOk BOBEHT A5DER30K ' • l. Since tho tim* that Mnj Andereon tran*- j • I f. red his men from Fort Meultrc to Fort' ! Sampler, his name has occupied a conspiu- i , uous place in tha public mind. For hit: i conduct in making that transfer he was : loudly applauded, by every true lover of ' . his country in the land. And his conduct, , i in the main, over since, ha* cwmfirmud that i respect for Jpin. "Ktill,. at^Umos, in the j minds of stiiiic. some trifling circumstanaided by a thousand unfounded, rumor*, j engendered a secret fear that there was soma defection • nud tliat, when the , | of war should come, he would, prove 1 another Twiggs. . And evcii after the seige - t of Chariestou had enmmenred -and- ended.' • these fears existed : end (very unwisely we i ! th likj were expressed through the public ! j-rpss. in some fjearter*. And h * was, in [ ■ mc instances, -openly denounced as a trai* ' ■ tor* But, in our opinion,- nothing cuuld ' have been more unwisu anil unjust. It ; ; would be time enough to publish auch | things, when facts proved them. The fears j arose mainly, from the fact that be ,was ; j f'om a slave rlote, coupled with the fact , ! that so many Uoitunfbad arisen from lho<« i * lutes. . Wo do "not so much woftdor that | scipm fiars, or m«r«a*su!.picions were enter- i ; tamed, for we can but say that wo had a kind of a fear, while we could .never, for one ■ moment, make our self believe that ji there was any cause for it ; and we are hapI py to see that lltu utiaiiimous Rtatement of ' I his brother olticer ■ seattorsrtho last vestige i j of that fear to the winds. vAnd «o are fully perxtisde ', thud tficrois not a tiravjff : i or more patriotic officer in the countrypo- 1 ' day, than that same Muj. Uobl. Anderson. , the hero of I-'ort Sumplor. xTHSJiCBDJiB STATES. vJ'hatf course the border uluvo *late» I woi^jbbnally take, in reiereuce to the pres. • I cut crisis, has been a subject of great i doubt and nnxiety in the minds of a large number, boti^ North and South. At the i j time we wri'e ini Satnrduj, advices seen. , lo mwke it certain that tho Vigiui.i State ' ; Convention. pusred ou -ordinance of scces- - si-ti, on Tlinr.May. the 18th, in secret fee- I ] *inn ; and the probability is that it will ! ' not be submitted to a Vote of the people. ' ' niilwith-landiiig the bill passed by the ; ' lhat.lt should lal^ibw xi|l.|ji:lli-.l. Hire, strongly Union m aeiu^Hil^lSh^ioiiiir ' " ' flie 'bruMtA^'ci^hv vubmitivd io o iols, hud' ' ! r-ceive a majority, they might submit, 1 though there are doubts ervu then. But i sliould they be outraged, by refusing this' I right to sot in judgment oa' tlic doings of' ' '.heir servant*, wo can bat think. Chat the, •people ot the section abovn refered to, " B'Htset tn judgmeut in another way — at the : i point of the bayonet ; and they would be supported by the Federal government. .So thai the strong probaliiliiy is, that there* will ho trouble, and re-Mecwiiou in thul | . state. There is but litthi doubt, that the ' eastern part of the stare are preparing to" takojp arm* against thn U. S. , GocertiiiicntlrtHii they will probably makn oii at ; tack on ^Vaxhicgton. And theu comes , the tug of war. Tho future course ^of North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mjaatiuri and Arkan- ' *a<, srwili to tie exceedingly douotful, the : Governors of all of them, except Arkansas, having fbfusod to furnish tliojr qooto of | the militia called for by thn ['resident, j Arkansa*. at this writing, ha* not beeu 1 heard from. I'rqminont men from N. Cari olinoi and Kentucky say. however, that ; '.hosu officials misrepresent tho peovln of their respective* fttaies. Maryland, there f is tome reason to hope, ondvr the lead of i [ Gov. Hick*, the unrlblding Unionist, will i yet remain firm in bet loyalty to tho Un- '■ ion, though there are great numbers of secessionist there, in Delaware, tbe ljuinn . mt-ti are said to he throe to s>»e. With the exception of tliysc lost two, w> should not lie surprised if all tho border slates ' tliuuld secede. . For the 'Oce«n Ware." TEE TWO P tKTIES. s^t tbe time ! last took up uiy pen for 1 writing, actfial hostilities had not preseti- | tod their grim visaget, between brother ! • and brother, on thia vast continent ; but ■ ■ a week ago to day, tbo*e who have long I j uliared the protection, provfierity and [ ■ wealth of the America* Government, "let ; I *lip tho dogs of war" and placed a desptr- 1 ulf tune upon the flag, citizens and proper- | , ■ ty of the Nation. As a matter of justice ; , ! aud duty the defenders of the "stars and ! , ! stripes, though few iu number, resented j tb« aggression in a worthy way. lint I j t m ed not relate the Sompter conflict* for j : tbe event bus been tolJ, thrice told. mU we.j I will ever hold the Audursou band in prtojfl j

I reujembrance for their two-fold victory, j e ! and the Davis trailofs'lo scorn and con- p 1 tempt Tor their ungodly, uncalled for, and 1 diabolical attack upon people of their j i relatin fireside*, which inaugnrated a civil , war— destined, I fear, to be the most terri. j ' ble calamity of tho ninteeiith century. In j view of the gro«s wrongs the Seceding , .State* had liven guilty of ; in view of the j Constitution 'and l.aivi.-nnd in view of his. . ontli of office.' AhWham Lincoln wo* bound ; to call out troop* from thr different State*. : c for the general protection of the Union. — | ^ I That Mr. l.incid* lta|; fi i li In il with the ! . uuthopty t/nct aeUfcLi- proper, i* 1 almos.1 unanimously avoarmhTu 1933, in ' i. the "U. SASenate. Henry* Clay advivcsted • ■ that when ihe law* were impaired by inva- j 4 j sinn or rebellion, tli« President ha«f the , 4 ! power and by his oath was a perjured nian ' \ if he did not execute the laws und suppress ; revolution. General Jackson and Daniel Webster expressed these sentiments'; and ' j they are plainly written in the Cqnslitu- j | j lion ; so that, without the voice of any of 1 i liihso great light*. Mr. Liuco^ was forced ' ' to perform this Jafe act. Now 1 would an- | ,l 1 noire, what, rffttcl did the fiumptrt fight j | Imve in tho Freo states ? Why it cansed I ( mm to realize that Jvffyrson Dairis'lnteir- ^ ' lion «** to nlliiualely subjugate tbo entire j ( ; North; overthrow this Washington Gov- | i ernment, und establish a monarchial ppw- j cr. It uronsed tlui slumberiug spirit of ; ' ' J-iVn-rly, and when the P-resident called out > ^ ! j 75,000 troops, the people immediately re*- | 1 ; ponded. Men of all grades and political { * t name* said "we are no more Democrats or j ' j Republican*, but our ktreimtb is for the J r Union, now, and furnVer!" Thirw the talk, j , For tho onion of i'm-so Ameiiean Mf#»! j . bow swriiet tile word* ; and, fellow citizens. ; | i j.let that language ton your watchword while • | weathering through this mighty tempest ; | f I I for there are but two parties in the present ( i ] straggle— the Union und Dimnion, If you j 1 1 sympathise with the South ut this period ( • i you belnug to the la-l named division, anil | ( i ! a traitor's doom should be meted, out to L ■ you. If we npliold the Government in it* ! • actions We are iin-uihi rs uf I he former great | ( I ■ und glorioc* parly. Affair. Uuve u gluuuiy i , • j it«pect. and some think thul wo al.ull be | ■ i conquered in Imtfle. I pray yon do not | , I I rear tbi« end - U i* not the just that- God j , ' I condemn* ; therefore, wo must toe safe. — J . i We oro lo fishl to retain the frfcodniu e«- j j ' j tubli-hed bv VWtliiin>lii||, auj nuriiired i y j ( » I Adam*. Jetfer*ou. Mndi-on. .Inckunn. Clay j ' I mill Welmler. The flag that is rurtie.l by I ihe fetierul nriny was Unfurled to tbe' • j' breeze in the Now World lltuuy >"»« u-u. | H und it floated vielori.ui* over Great Bri- j j • lain'* host, wml has never yefbeen made to 1 | I rajl long In 1 he dust . und, more, i/ nrrtr irilj. ( 4 | Victory is stamped upon our ba- tier* muf f j in our heart*, ami wiyli. thn guidance and ( i I blessinc of Heaven we will ere longwliout ,j in triumph. > , i t^-o. . <*l" «<»»4- _ * i ! KriliU'lSm Wtw ?! A KHJTABY COMPANY Ki UEO " i | Mr. Kihtob i— IV hen I *uy thai tho Low- , cr township and Cupe Ixtuiid, are. nl the ' present period, greitly in need of a Mili- 1 . tary Cuinptny to protect our home*, soma derision .mar -be made ; but bit's look at 1 i the matter for a few moment*. J.-ff. Davi*. thn fulsely-styled President 1 of fsven rebel States, has issued a Procla- . mation. inviting uH ibose who have vessels 1 . «ailubli» fur privateering, to call upon him, ' aud obtain IcltJDj) of marque, by which f ifiwy are allowed lo traverse thu. high seas, . und pillage vi-Bkv's and merchandise, uher- 1 , ever it may be found. There is no que*- ' lion, bnl before two weeks, our waters will L bu blackened with these piratical crafts, [ wliich will of course carry many men and , gnus ; for there ure plenty op reckless felf lows in thu large cities and. elsewhere, wbo I would ash no better employment tbau to ' sail in a privateer ; as il is a money-making job. Mr. l avis fius no navy, and ho de- , sire* to injure oyr^c|ommerce in'tbis way ; , and beside*, if the privateer* should be I very successful, the Southern army might , aflhost be supported from the plunder. I say there is no doubt bnt there will be privateers on thu alert in a short time, nnd one of the places of rcudwous will he Delaware buy. Therefore, it is altogether r likrjj that they will at time* effect a Ianding tm our coast, and should no party be r • *een to repel, them, they might pursue I I their thieving in onr midst. Tho lower - j part or this county was frequently invaded ' j by tbe enemy, iu 1&12, aud if ycu want to 1 know about depredations that were then ' | committed, go to some of our aged citizens • j who were jeye witnesses to- many scones, 9 j and they will relate to you Interesting ^ | tales. U is, then, requisite thai a military 5 i company should be organised, iu ordrvr ( 1 that when these btoodv piiates make their I" ipearance, we idiall be louud amply pre- I s.1 pared to greet ibetn with a falute of "hotj j lead," aud tbu* protect our lives aud propll

crty. The case is plain, and why will thepeople not lake tho matter In band. JmB V INDEX. H Cape aland. April 22nd. 1961. ■ CAPE MAY OCEA-N WAVE fl i' I.OCAL AFFAIRS. CAPE ISLAND, 5. J., AprU £}th. 1861. isr Several articles arc crowded * out of this week's paper. They wilt'ap- ■ 1 pear in our next. ■ funnir Court*. The courts of our county were in aaasiou' ^ jast week, commencing 6n Tuesday, Judgo Clawson presiding, assisted by associates tiodlrey, Fidler and Wales'. The Grand1 |fl Jury was in session on Tuesday, but no* bills were found. ^ Id the Hupreme Court Circuit, only one :M case was was tried ; that of Nathan Cham1 pion vs. Frauds H. Westcolt, for trespass,. _ • 1 in case of seduction of the daughter of the j plaintiff. Hals lead and Keaibey fo* plain- H tiff, aud Nixon and Browning for defendant- A ''H This chsc occnpied three entire days, so S that tbe jnrv did not retire until about fl half post eight o'clock in the evening of ■ pi'bursday. They remained ^3l all night, fl | being unable to agree sooucr. The next jfl : morning, at about 7 o'clock, they returned B u verdict for the delendant. The following tavern licenses were gran- B j led : — BeBj. C. Bobbins, Beesley's Point ; ■ i Jacob Wells and James J. Ludlim, Den. ^ ninville, and John C. Little, Lower Towu- • bliip. These four, with Moses 8.~Dalby, j i ashen, and Win. J. Koyal, Tnckeboe, wo 1 arelu.ormed, are the only licensed hotels ( in the county, except those ou Capo Island. I .Sural. K. Ware wa» appointed, CommisI sioner of Wrecks, for the lower svclion vif the sea side district, fur five years ensuing. . We do not recollect of a term of our i court lastiug mora than three days, before J this, for the la*t tweuly-one years; nor ( / | have ,wo any rvtVllectioii of any uuu couo | occupying more thin two days, except tho. ' ubovc, during the same time. Mrrling er itle City Council. There was an' adjoarued meeting of the ! City Council last Mvuduy cveaiug, a full. \ board being present. Tbo Finance Committee submitted a re--i port, rvcommoutiing $2<JlU to be raised for f J i various purposes for the present year. Re- j . jfl I port received but not ttcteu on, ' j A iuotiop,by'Mr.,Hildrvth. that tbe fu*. | iiilnre uf the City Hall be removed to thn : iudiuu Queen, by tbe next 'meeting, was ' The seppfement to tho ordinance in " reference to the sidewalk* wax taken up, whew. Mr. \Vp*t offered an amendment lo tbe li. tie, which «iu agreed to. Mr- West llnti moved to amend by striking out all alter the enacting clause, sod in*>"riing a substitute which he offered, wbicH--*»s ttgreea to, and ;ho ordinuueo filially On motion of Mr. West. Ihe Mayor appointed a committee iff eight cooncilmeu, to' eiuiiiine the streets, in company with the Street Commissioner, to determine in reference to what ehonld be doue on the sidewalks ; tho committee to meet the next, afternoon (Tuesday) at 3 o'clock. A rurolation, offered by Mr. Edmudds culling for information in reference to the cost, condition .Ac., of tbe Indian t^ueva- i propenjr, was adopted. A preamble and resolution, in reference to tho slate of the country, offered by Mr_ Smith, was laid pn the (able. A resolution, by Mr. Marcy, that a lamp post be erected at the corner of Ocean and Hughes streets, was adopted. A motion by Mr. Marcy, that neither of the constables receive any salary, was car* 1 ricd. A bill of J. S. Iioach, for printing, was ordered paid. Ami, #2. A motion by Mr. Kennedy, that tha Council rent tho room which it uow occupies, for tho coming year, at §40, waa agreed to. Adjourcedto meet next Wed- ' nesday evening. (IsvtrnmcBl Troop*. The steamer Stato of Maine, from Boston, with 500 hundred government troop* from Massachusetts, passed here on Friduy . last, bound to Washington. She waa to near that tbo men could be plainly teen from the shore, and tbe name of thu steam, er could be read distinctly, with tbe aid of a glass. Our townsman, EL L. Davit, pilotal tbe U. S. steamer Water Witch down tba Delaware, on Thursday last, with troops, with sealed orders. Tbey were very en1 thusiastic. Military Prrparntlam. A grand enas* meeting of the citizens or thia cooniy. will b« hold at tbe Court ' [louse, on Saturday next, at oneo'cloek T. M.. 'or the purpose «i forming military companies, fur (be defence of onr coast and the country. , . -> , A A - - -