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VOLUME (i. CAPE ISLAM"). NEW J HUSKY, THURSDAY. MAY -2, IStil. " NUMBER 49.

THE MUSE. For the "Ocean Wave." LINES, Written on the Nineteenth Birthday of a Friend. Nineteen years have gilded o'er T&jr fair .in J suni-.y hc.vi, L . AuJ Ibiouyti the "rnctsmjurstercd vsle. Of lilt Ibua I: -it born IrJ," The brow I lore It itUI u fire * rna erary j! woe. Thou teru'tl the mrrry child thou wsst Jut! nineteen jrnrs. •MUk-ioniil mirth uid Joy f.ilwu. Thy childhood's years were |<*unl | Tut* nlsnrenth one hath prated to thee The happlnt and the !>•!. Ami for the merry days or -'ore fc- • For b< r t. lip lore* thee ao Give til i a plaee with treasured things — «*■«»— mtfrtn ngo. And, (tlx e or, only give to me A .'«*» love ao tweet, • *Twul ebeer tho Ute that row wllh care And aarrow la rrplet, ; Ar.J If the slrra ilerrre of late Should triala fnkkly etraw, Still keep a green apot ta thy heart >'or nineteen yeara ago. A new Hie toon on thre will cawn, Another's we >1 thoul't ahare, O ! may there be no war for thee Shall ever t* my prayer : Jiay all the elocda a! &i e thy head ta With ' iittl.ta glow. And ore- tm.hr iu uicjn-r.isorrivxgt Than nineteen yrma -;.o. May "ii n «hlnc crer gild thy path, 4a And fear; thy bowin Ml ; * And lore, a;.J joy, forerer r.ow In one unfailing rill. May lore, • charm mora potent prove Than aught the world doth know, To make the coming yeara mere awed, Than nineteen yean ago. dud, now, farewell, my • later dear, Ttieee rhyme* muat hare an end j May every Meaalng mert \U knuw Be niae, my rheriehed friend. Bui wlit Ihon at ill within thy heart let one lount freely flow, for her who aang thia Imple lay Of nineteen yeara ago. J 'mmAmmmMaamm zuM-mimmaiatseam-sW^/mimr FATBIOTIC LETTER FROM COMMODOBE K. F. STOCKTON, The Governor received recently the following patriotic letter from Com. 11. F. Stockton : — r«*crrox, A pril 2d, 1801. •! To Bis Exalleney, Charles S. Olden; \My dear Sir,— Yon arc aware that 1 hare for months, without regard to personal reproach or convenience, done bat little else than to use niv best efforts » » to preserve the peace of the country. In (pile, however, of my efforts, and your efforts, and the efforts of the whole people of New Jersey, War is upon us. My apprehension* often expressed to you tre realized — Civil War ~ is now raging in Iiabitnorc. I will therefore take the liberty to suggest, that after yon have complied with the requisition of the National Gov. erumenl lor troops, you consider the best .means to preserve onr own State; from aggression. Yon remember that | it is only the river Delaware which separates New Jersey from the Slave States. Jf you should see fit to call upon me for any aid that 1 can render, ' it is freely tendered. This is no time to palter about pari , differences of opinion, or to criticise the administration of public affairs . * We are iu the presence of an awful danger. We feel throes of political con- ' wulsion, which th: oaten to bring down ! to ruins the nob'i : mafic of Govern--1 vnent ever constructed .or the purposes ■' of civilization and humanity • Every citizen shonldjeel that any sacrifice which he is called upon to make j in snch a crisis is as nothing. I am ready to do all I can to maintain our , own rights and preserve peace. I win hoist the Star Spangled llannc-r j at Morven, the former residence of cne ; . of the signers of the Declaration. <:f In- * dependence. That Bag, which when a j t boy, I nailed to tho mast-head of the * Frigate President— that flag whoso honor I have maintained iu more than one ' ^ combat — that dug which I have cinie .', honored and respected in every clime— j v whic:, 1 hoisted on C'-,,c .\!-ssurado in ! !< Africa, and carried through the territory 1 of California— that indcntictil flag j, whieh 1 bore across the Rio San gZ j k Mel and over the plains of Mcta and ' I )

[Jioisfcd in triumph in the City De Los, , [ Angels, in the (ace of a despotic foe — j ' that which the immortal Washington in | ' the name of our Country oca wnou . i cocntbv, planted on the ramparts of Liberty. Faithfully. Your oU't servant, i It. F. Stockton. Forth.- -oetux wut." ! WEST JERSEY ACADEMY exhibition. | Ma. Editor; — The annual exhibition ( of life West Jersey Academy, at Bridgci ton, took .niacs in Grosscup's Hall, on ' ! the evening of Thursday, April 4th. — I The Hull was crowded with the friends of j the scholars, not only from Cumberland, | bnt adjoining counties. The exercises j consisted in declamation, the perforj tnance of dialogues, and in original j speeches delivered by the studcutt. — j Among the latter was a well written ornj lion upon "Hope," spoken by Samuel I i W. Reeves, of your county. Mr Reeves ! abij appeared in the dialogue of "The i Village Lawyer. " Coleman F. Lad- , lam, also of your county, did biwseif credit in the dialogue of the "Will '* — The dialogues throughout were intcres- ) : ting, amusing and well performed. In. ! deed, wc have seldom seen students of i 1 ! rite age of most of these, displaying ; : nioro complete self possession at a pub- j lie exhibition. The original composi- 1 i tions were for the most pari well writ- . ; ) ten and delivered ; those bearing upon ! > i historical subjects showing a fumiliar ae- j i | qnaintance with the theme mI discourse, j 1 | As a whole, the exhttililmr was most]; I creditable, both to the student*. ami to > i the Institution' which the# represent t ' The West Jersey Academy is iiuw in its j i ' : stveuth year of successful operation, and i I , ; is unquestionably the first institution of : i i the kind in this part uf the Mate. The t nltendunce at present is good, and wc j - j | believe increasing, and no effort is ' f c . -'.I.v.v .uviianug, Hilt, in, I IIUI i in

. ; spared by its present efficient Principal, ■ | Mr. John Gosmnn, to make it renti izc in every respect the object for V{ldch ' it was founded ; namely, to promuto : i the cause of cdncation among the youth I i in the lower part of the State. In this i • i it has already, even within the range of j ■ our own observation, been eminently s sucivs.sftil. We trust that the day is not : fnrdlstont when this Academy will be the ; pritlo Of all the lower counties of New ; i Jersey, as it is oow the pride of old ! ' Cumberland. p. i Jhidyelon, April 0. 1 SGI . Fiirrhc ••Oepnit Wnve.'1 I Boston April lyth. Verily there is war ! The fighting has began. Fort Sumpler has been taken, and notlrern troops arc mobbed on their way to the Capital to defcuu the Seal of | Government. - While we view the madness of the { revolutionists let us cherish -no feelings I of wild revenge, but firmly »tnnd by tho government for the maintnance of authority. Massachusetts trill do this. So promptly did she respond to the demznd ! i for two regiments, that upon the traitor- ^ | ons reply of the Governor of Kentuckv, ( | additional regiments were called for. . i— j Four regiments hare Itft Boston in j ' four uays. One left thisafternnon, one < | yesterday, and two tho evening before. : < j — one for Washington, and the other | j ! or Fort Monroe. j The spirit whicl^ made Lexington ! , I memorable on the lDth day of April, 1 1 j 1775, eighty-six years ago, lives to-day j ' I in the sons and daughters of the Old ' I ! Buy Slate. Laughters of Massachu- j ' : setts ? Yes, many ladies of the noblest t i families of Boston yesterday manifest! •] - ; | their rcadint ss to go at call, tocaro for j ] i the wounded. I (" | . Our Irish citizens are patriotic too. \ I i Andrew has already sent to lieu, j i Scott, asking whether a regiment of tltctt: L needed, and tmrl; a regiment of I \ volunteers is being rapidly enrolled to : t at once it called. 1 , The telegraph has brought the news j i to-day liit-t four of onr men bavp bent ■ killed iu Baltimore. More anon. t B- lj

s , DNION SPEECH. . J The following CXlritts of a speech, . arc taken from a New York paper. It • it tho laugnago of Hon. Fernando C Wood, mayor of that city, and "was dc- ; livered at the great Union meeting, on the 20th iujt. It will be remembered that Mayor Wood advised the secession ! of New York city lust winter, and up ; to the (laic that Mr Lincoln called out : 75,000 troops, ho aided the secessionists i . j hi the South : "He said that tho President had an- ' ! nou need that Col. linker* proposed to , raise a brigade of New-Yorkers, if ; No w.York would pay the expense. As1 Mayor of this city, so fur ns he had the [ ! power to speak, he pledged the Corpor- : ation for that same. [Loud applause.] Ilis oath of office was to support the : Constitution of the United Stales and i New York, and he inferred from that : that it was his duty, as it was consistanl ; with his principles ami his sense of ! right,. to Kiippoyl not only the Constitution hut the Union, the Government,! ! tht laws, and the Hag, end in the dis- i ! charge of that duty he cared not what ! i past political associations might be ser- • | crcd. [Cheers.] He was willing to j give up all sympathies, and, if they j | pleased, all errors of judgment upon all j national questions. [Applause.] I j j am willing to say here that I throw my- j self entirely into this contest with all ! J my power aud might. [Cheers ] Tne j Chief Magistrate of this nation, iu | j sit-bir as he nets within the law, riprc- 1 I seated the popular will, and that will uutl < ' must he siisliiiued at all hazard* ami un- ! dir ail circumstances. It has been said ' to day that our flag lots been instil1 ted; and u Sccrelitry of. War, n-siiuiing ; to represent the Confederate Stutes, hud | said that the Confeder#l|fHlag would i ' over l'aneuil Hall at Boston. If it ! n ^ it » uccr c aiteuii iian ni j>os;ou. ii it

, j did it must he over the dend hotly of ; - ; every citizen of New-York [Great i | cheering.] In behalf of New-York he 9 was prepared to say that, und through i j the press to the friends in lira South, if > the Confederate (lag should ever float I fj over the national capital, every man, r woman, and child would enlist for the . war. [Cheers ] He knew no poiuts ; : j now. lie called upon every man, what- j ' j ever had. been Jiis sympathies, to make [olio grand phalanx iu this controversy, . to proceed, in the language 01 Senator i Baker, to conquer n peace. [Cheers.J j * Co .. Baku, above spoken of. i- the IT. S. Seuut-W from Oregon, lie led u New J i York regiment in the Mexicuu war. »u>) the j | lion. John A. l'ix, (late Secretary of the i Treasury.) president of the Union meeting, iuu tie t tie announcement front the *|u-aker's.' . stand liral Mr. liaker tlesirod to rat«e a - , brigadtt lu said city. Tor the present war. For the "Ocean Ware." , WHAT IS TREASON t I Mis. Editor . — It is nowa proper time for every one of us <b know what con- 1 Rlitates treason. The exclamation ofteu gushes from uur lips, that "ho is a trai- ' tor;" or "they are traitors," and in or i j dcr that we may, to the letter of the , law, know who arc friends, and who arc , foes in our (and,. I copy the following, ! t from Nixon's Digest, page 1 CI, undc/;t the head of "crimes — t See. 1. If any person or persons on - '■ t allegiance to this Slate, shall JeTy j against i|, or shall adhere to its ; j enemies, or to thoeitetuics of the United ' 1 States, giving 'hem aid or comfort with- \ f ; in this State or elsewhere, or by giving j * ! them advice or intelligence by letters or ! •" ; writings of any kiud, or in uuy way j r whatsoever within this State or eise- : r where, or lty bribery or reward, or U j it otiiine thereof, or through favor, par- • h S tiality or treachery, yielding or sttneu- j t I derihg to them any town or lortresa, cos- [ B i ties, garrisons, militia, citizen or citi- j zetts of this Slutc or of tho United I j States, or by giving ihcui uid or i 1 comfort in any other way, * * * shall j * adjudged guilty uf treason, aud shall ] j suffer death- s Sec. 2. If any person or pcreous, 1 1 ' having knowledge 01 the treasons afore- i j said, ahuli conceal, aud not, as may be, i/j ! disclose and make known the same to f" j the governor of this state, or to some I ' nuo of the jnvtices of the supreme court j " r thereof, or to souio one of the (justices of the peace iu aud fori l '

; any uf tho coantles of this slate, such person or persons, on conviction, i ; -shnll w adjudged guilty of misprison of „ ; vrejsoti, uud shall suffer imprisonment at , hard labor, fur any term not exceeding ' seven .vears, or be lined not exceeding " one thousand dollars, or both, at lh% il ^discretion of the court before whom sucfi it offender or offenders shall be convicted." > , All of us should keep our eyes open t and ears unstopped, so that we may be s able to distinguish between a friend and ' foe. I hope, however, that none in. this i . 1 county stand up for anything but the j j General Government. If one is found f j who answers tho above description of a s ( traitor, let him be immediately reported j 1 1 to the proper authorities A. SElZl'KES. ] : The steamship Star of the West, u ^ owned in ihiti City, but under charter ' ( by our Government, nnd sent down to i Indianola, with provision, kc., to take 1 off the United Slates troops still rcniuin1 ; ing in Texas, has been captured by the • , armed steamer Matagorda in tjjjc 6Cr- ' • vice of the Jeff. Davis Government. — • j There are suspicions of treacherous colt ! lusion between the captured commander ■ > aud his cuptovs. The less will be quite ' > heavy, and the troops remaining in Tex- ! j as may be exposed by it to cxtreme^riI j vntion and suffering. > | Commodore Rosscau of tho "Conled- | crate" service is fitting out several other I : vessels nt New Orleans — the stolen Uni- ) i tod Steamship Sumter among them — to , ! prey on our commerce lrt the Gulf. — | The steamship now on her way hitlier from Asplnwoll, with the Caiiforuia pashungers and about One Million Dollars T ' in bulliou, is watched for by these pirate*, who confidently expect to mnke her tlieir prey. _A» shc.!is probably eni lirrly unsuspicious of danger, she is ; very likely to fall iuto their clutches. (,V. 1\ Tribumr.

THE TWO FhESIDEXTS. Davis and Lincoln worn both Imrn in ■ j Kentucky, iu 1 SOS and ISO'J, res|M-ctiv*Iy ; i j hoi Ii left their native Hque in cltildbotm.' r| days; one «mi8rated North ind the other ; I .Sojth ; both served in the Indian War of ' i tho Weil j both comnieueed their political i , | career* about the same time, being 1'iesi- , | dential Elector* iu tho election of 1844— Doris for I'nlk, and Lincoln for Clay ; "both ' j elected to Congress about the satno time, : '-i5 or 40 ; and were in the same year, ant* aimort the tame day, called to preside ever ■ | their respt-c'.ivn Govermucnls one a* I'resi idem of the United States, lite other I'res- ! : ideut of the Confederate States of Amerij A company of Secessionists, ttttmliering I 113 men, left Cyatbiano, Ky., lately to join ( the Southern Confederal h Army. When i the train arrived at l-'rankfort, Ky., they j wore ordered to show their flag, which they I did by dht-lajMg a Secession Uag from a, Mndow of the cars. Several stones were • , thrown lit it, wl«n the lieutenant of the » ' -mmpahy fired into the crowd. Immediate- j ! ly the ears were attacked by the citizens; , ■ una .'.-(raiders and paving-stones rained u|i- ! ' on '.hem promiicuorl.v. They finally got | off with hut little personal injury. Great ! ! excitemeat prevailed during the remainder of tho day, and threats wore made to tear 1 : up the railroad track. The citizens declare 1 ■ that no more trains heartug Secession ' ! troops shall pass through that place. j , With one mind and purpose the lovers of I ' j tho Union are rallying to the call of the ! ' government. The cry of the nation is "To j j Asm!" From every quarter there is but j ( j response, nnd that is, "We will give ( , j material and money to pot down this ' , j retrallion, thB wickedest lira world has ever , known." And wo tTnst that now we shnll 1 have no roscwater policy on the part of j tho (soverr.icent. Tho whole power of this j 1 ; creat empiie should be employed to crush 1 I out the treason which would destroy the ' : nobles'. Uovernuivot the world has ever ' seen. 1 A patriotic minister, of thirty years ; j standing in the New Brunswick Presby- j ' , lory, rvi-idlng in a neighboring village, j ; drove through that* city on Sunday to an J i pappoinimral, having an American Dag fly- , j isg from the whip stock of his carriage, . j which naturally attracted considerable at- ' I tcutiou on the part of lira citizens. Farmers should take the "Wave." ; t ) I

MAJOR ANDERSON'S STATEMENT. i, ; The -following D a copy of Major Anderif son's despatch to the Serrrlnry of War; it Sik Having defended Fort Suiupter ? for tuirty-fanr hoars, nntil the quartet* » were entirely burned, the main gates destroyed by f.re, the gorge wall neriouly in- ,, tared, and tho magazine surrounded by flames and its doom closed from the heal, n four barn-Is and three cvrtrige3 of powder B only being available, and no provisions but I . pork remaining, 1 accepted tho terms of s t evacuation offered by Gen. Beauregard— G being ihu snmo a« were offered by lt:m On j the lllli iit»t„ prior to tno cominencemenl k of ihe hostilities — and marched out of lira . l-'ort on Sunday afternoon, the 14th instant, ' with colors llytug and drums floating, bring, i ing away the company and our private ptoverty, and axluting uty flag with lifly , ; guns. f IloBRIlT A ,\ OKRtON, , Mujot or thy Filsi Artillery. 9 Tin I'troRiANt eor Four Momcok— - 'GoV- • . i.-roor Wise declared iu one of bis war 9 speeches la-l week; ' Virginia will have . ' Ilia! fell, if it cost the lives Of tell thou- . -uud of her sons lo get it." But -at the . same time Gov. Wi-e uilmitted that tl.o p:.* slate- .f Man bind, IVni.sylvania and ^ j New York nre deeply interested in it# n- ' jfontiou as a iiaiiiraal furl, iracuuso it ismaktor of the commerce nf the Chi's-.ji--ike ami, ' tho Susquehanna river, the Utter rising . near the "lip ..f Bra lake" in New York, • and sweeping through that .Stale, I'emiajL • , vania nnd Maryland, and bearing the pro- . duels of all threo pa.i tha fror.uing front , ; of Monroe. Dram. — If we ..'ra tu-day. the sun wilt ' i > bills* as bri. luly and the birds ring as ' sweetly to-morrow. Business will uui bu I f suspended aynnm'unt, and tho great mass will lit »tuw but u thought upon our memore*. I* lie dead f aril be the solemn in. quiry of a few day*, as they pass to their work. No one will miss us except oar ia>1 | iirai'iate connections, and ill u short time, j they, loo. will forgot us, aud laugh as mer- ! rily a* wheu wc sal beside ibnu. Thus

i shall wc all, .now in life, pas# away. Our children crowd closely behind, and they mil s-on be giiac. - In a few years, Dot a '. Iranian being can s-iv, "I remember him.*' IX « lived in aniilln-r age, nnd did business p } with those who blumijor in the tomb. Thia I | is life, llow rapidly it paimi» ! A youngster from the country was walk. • ■ ing long, and upofi -c-ang a lawyer's office, i walked iu und inq-jin- 1. "What do you . keep to t--H here t"— ""Blockheads," replied 1 trie lawyer.— "Pretty good business, said r the chap; "I ice yju ha-e got oaly. one - j left." A teacher lud beau explaining to hi* cia-s the points of the compass. All were 1 drawn up iu front toward* the north. •New, what if before you John?-' "The i north, sir." "What i* In-hind you, Tom V i "My coat tail, sir," said he, trying at lira -aiiie tune to get a glimpse or i(. CVsiui M. Clay ; Minister lo Rn**ia i recently- offtred lii* services to .Secretary Cameron, either as an oirlcer to raise a regiment, or as a private In the rauks. Mr. Cameron said "Sir, jhit is the first imtaace I ever heard i of. when? a forcigir-Mtrrtstcr volunteered in the rank* " ' Then," said Clav, "hjt'e wake a lillli- history." | Molly wits telling an absurd dream, when , her mistress oxclaimod, -you must have j been asleep when you dreame* such aluff j u# that !" — "No, indeed, ma'am," aha rej pliad tartly, "1 was just as wide awake as I - ' am this minute." ' President of « Wettara book rSSfiiK up his friend : "Charley, can't you give lira chnuga for a dollar? 1 see the bank sjiprr- > inlendcnt is in town, aad I want some *pe- ! cio in the vault lo mike a show." No man who watches the course of Ira- ( man events but tees tbc action of an over. ' ruling Providence, which ia iia own good uppulls tbeguiltyar.il confoan- a tho who Tho Hon Caleb Cashing, in a speech at Newburyport, said : "I am ready to die in «j | defence of my native Sla'e or the Union." " - •ri'Df. WisUr's Balsam of Wild Cherry ii .truly a balsam. It contains the luiaam-c j properties of tar and of pine. It* ingrnii em# are all balsamic. Coughs, cold*,, and , ennsumptioo disappear under its balsamic I ! ioHurnce. Why not use it thou t It j# ■ j sold bv storekeeper* everywhere.