CAPE MAY COUNTY OCEAN WAVE, CAPE ISLAND"- NEW JERSEY.

CAPjS may ocean wave. | cape isl and n. ,t~ j. s. leach, - Editor, publisher aud Proprietor. o n i : j>o i. lra it i» « : it ansi : j Thursday, Oct 17,3661. care fob our soldiers. One yetir ago, a cure or thought for! soldiers was about ilie last to enter the ' mind of an American. So loug bad »c enjoytd un-iuterrupted peace among our; ' Mires, and with all the world, that we had come to regard hostile armies ni a j myth ; or, at least, a sort of foreign in ; •dilution, no way connected with the j democracy or republicanism of Atnerieii. ' But the erents of the post few tnontliii hare materiolly changed the aspect of ; this subject. To-day, the subject, ' which, more than any other, engrosses j the attention of every American citizen, I ia, the trying diflirulties of the -United | Slates of America, and the movements j ol her vast army — tho largest the world ' has witnessed for many years. From \ tha child of five years of nge, todh«. man ! of fonr-score, whose liend is /^Iiiu-ncd j lor the great "reaping duy," ami- whose ! limbs arc trembling on the verge of the ' grave, litis is the alhabtorbing subject ! of thought, conversation, and anxiety ; j and it is uo wonder, when we content I'latc tlie vusl change in the affairs or { the country. We have now, probably, not less than | 400,000 armed men in tho (it-Id, which have sprung up, as if by magic, during j tlio short space of six months — men who j left tho comforts, and many of them, the ' luxuries, of home; who have torn themselves iroin the embrace of dear otses at' borne, end accepted the burdshtfM of the touted field, and the fearful hazards of *^te bloody buttle, to defend the cherished and blood-bought, free institutions which have so long been our boast and pride among the nations of the world. ■ Never before did the world ever witurti such a spectacle; so many men, in short a time, brought froin^Hic valions penccfnl "jTUIMuunI lite, to become n well organized army ; aud all done by the voluntary action of those eomposing that nrtny ; and, we had almost said, the world would never witness it again ; and wc hopodl. may never have occasion to do so. Ortaiu^we are, that In no other county then this, or ! one with a simitar government of freedom (which doe*. not now elsewhere cx- *""* hit) will it ever ho witnessed. The magnitudo of the work of raising, nriuing, equipping and providing , fbr such as- arm/, in to abort 'a time, is ( almost beyond our comprehension ; and • the only wonder is, that it is hair as wolb , done as it Is ; aud the Government, instead of being complained of for any ; deficiencies, should be lauded for its , promptness an '. energy. There undonbtedh arc iefkirr cics. and . our ( Brave men who have entered the army l feel them, in .tW ciAa. And these de- | flciencies often arise from tlie mercenary j conduct ofe those to whom .have been j confided - the various departments for , supplying the Mcpoadesvof the oarap ( and the field ; and If there is nny class of men that deserves the everlasting ex- f ocratlou of maukiud, il is those,, who, lo , fill their own coffers, will spon and trifle with the comfort and efficiency ofour *f army. They deserve to he placed along- ; aide of the traitor* who have brought f about the present deplorable state of af- t foir*, and forever scoru-d by *)| human [ i kind, as monsters. in human shape. IJul, with alljpt mi orgy and goodwill of the Government, it is impossible J to do all thot fa to be desired, for the [ * health and comfort of our soldiers. 1 1'or instance, take the single article pf i * blanketa, »o absolutely neoessary for ' * oamp life, it la stated that a sufficient ! 11 number cunnol be bought ; 'and there ! 1 are, we are credibly infowued, many of- ll our soldiers entirely destitute of that ah- ■' aolutely ncceaaary article; aud- families o are invited to part with some of those ^ provided for their own dm. And here, kind render, is an opportunity for the b, uxcrcise of your patriotism, your benev- gi

j oiencc, and your just appreciation of the ! i services and sacrifices of those gallant ' men, wht have gone forth to defend j i yonr kwmes and liberties. As you j | in you sir in ibo*e comfortabledomicils, ! | by u warm fire ; dnd especially as you j r j retire to a nicely, and, pel Imps, richly j U famished bed-chamber, and stretch yourj self upon a soft Icallier-bcd. with ul- • j most a burden of quills and blankets for j | your covering ; with, perhaps, a surplus j 1 stowed away io a bedding ehurt, for ! | wliot purp-ise you scarcely know, accept ' | for the moths to devour, wc ask yob to ■ ' j rellc'cl that our soldiers, braving all hard/? ' i ships aud kazzurtlo, have, many of them, j ' j during these cold autumn nights, nbth- 1 ' j ing' but tlie thin covering of u tent ! j above them, with no other bed* thnn ' - loose straw thrown upon the ground, ' ; and some with only one blanket to cover ; '"jtlieui, and others with none, while the i 1 ; fierce autumnal north-winds are howling i 1 j around tiicm. -And these, too, are men 1 j who, like yourself, have been accustom- . ' cd to the comforts und luxuries of life, - ' ] and have only renounced them for mo- i ' i tires of patriotism, winch you should, in 1 j some substantial manner, show that you 1 j npprcei 'lo. j Hut wc commenced these remarks | i with two definite objects iirview, Tho • i Government will, os far as it can, pro- ' j vide the usual woolen blankets, though, 1 j nfter doing ull it can, it will full short of . | the necessities of the soldiers ; but there j j is another article, cqnalty as important, | i which they do not furnish. We refer to j j India-rubber blankets, which are consid1 j ered iudispensible to the health of the . soldiers, sleeping in tents, and on tlie ; ' ! damp gyound. The Governor cf our ownSfatc, in view of this, and the feci ] that he has no authority in our State ; ' laws If furnish our volunteers with : | them, at the expense of the State, has called upon our patriotic citizens to do it by voluntary subscriptions; and where is the man, worthy to be rilled n man, who will not voluntarily respond I 'to this cofl, so important to the health I and life of those, our brave and patriotic sons and brothers, who have voluntarily staked their health, comfort and lives, to protect our liberties ? For a tuaro full explanation of this ' matter, we refqr the reader to the letter front Gov Olden to our County Clerk. ; to be found in another column, from ! which it appears that the blankets cost ! only one dollar each; and uoiiMqueiitly it will require only about $1U,000 to furnish all the volunteers of the State, and | what man is there, who cannot span- j one dolinr, aud thus furnish one blanket? How can you sleep in peace pttothi r night, on yrtir soft bed, and in yonr ' comfortable room, until yotf have done it ? Let us cheerfully pat our hands in our pockets, and do what we can. The other molter to which wo refer, the fumisbing of woolen stockings, mid umkr-sltirU for the company of which our "Capo May boys" form a j i considerable part. And for n-full nn- i dcrstomiiug of this, tfo refer to on "Ad ! dress to the Ladies of Cape May," found on the first page of this paper. — j For the faitlifnj carrying out of tlie I scheme, mid. the proper appropriation of the funds ftifi articles, we will bo per- j sunnily responsible- Aqd, in conclu- j sioa, we say to our kind lady 'friends, j are confident tlmt you never used j ' .jour knitting-needles with greater cheer- 1 ■ fulness ami alacrity, than you would in : ' knitting a few pair of good stocking* j"1 for those who nave gone to fight for ' yonr protection. Where is tho woman, { ' j worthy the name of a woman, who will j , > not furnish, at least, one pair ? , , j Tht} propeller Fanny, in tho service i ' j of the Government, was captured on , I the 1st iust. " by tlirea Hebe I steamers, { j while on u trip from Haltcra* Inlet to 1 1 ! with supplies. A nam- - < | of our mrn were captnred, and a 1 i quantity of atores fell into tlie bands of ' enemy An expedition, having for j ^ its object the reca^tnee of Abe vessel . ^ taken, set oat at once from Fortress ] j Monroe, but has not yet been heard j <. Seven regiiueuts of loyal troopa -bare ! 11 raised by the pooplo of western Vir- 1 1, und are uvw ia sorrice. » ti

!| OUR CAMP LETTERS. Csvr Gahicv. yet. Oth, 1804. ' ] Funtxn Lkacii.— Yesterday oar company i was suddenly thrown into tho deepest , ; glooift. by tha death of our worthy friend , and fellow soldier. Sergeant Kichard T. . ! Tindull. Wo all foe) hi* loss deeply, as lie ' always liad a kind and cheeriug word for . every one. In Ms death we have indeed 1 lull a warm Iriend, a good officer aud a j brave soldier. As soon os Ins death was ' announced ib the company, a meeting was called and a committee appointed to draft L j resolutions expressive of the sentiments I i^mlfeelings of the cohrpany^Wlio reported ' /Tib following, which were unanimously , | adopted, and wbich I forward to y«u for ! j publication, by order of the meeting: ' Wiirax.vs. — It has pleased- an Almighty i Providence. to remove from our midst, our i friend aud. companion in aru.s, Sergeant . Itichard T. Tindull, endiruKiiius, beltaatltg | it 9o bo tho duty of alt men, to bow in »uh- i " misiuo, and meet with fortitude and sesig-J ; i naxii a evcty stroke indicted by Him in , . 111! wisdom, his comrades, do therefore, | Jictolrt. That we, us well u* hit family ! i i and young bride, liuve sualuiuud a severu : . ! lo-». by .Ins de-tili. and wj tinceiely condole ; ' with those lie left behind. 1 ' Juiulct it. That n- Sergeant Tiudall met i ■ i his death whilst in tlie service of his couu- , try, diaehargiiig himself fnitlifully until Ins . dying day, and lit engage in Winch, lie lelt , 1 i friends, kindred, u young bride, home and : everything, iudueuced by the purest motives .of patriotism, he . ileserres the wannest J ' prnisrs of every fii.-rid bf onr glorious llag. : i ! Uemlccil, Tlmt the company, with the | i consent of the proper officers, turn out in u body to escort In. remains lo the Wash j , : lugtoo Depot. f ! Retolctil, That those resolutions be prin .[ i ted lit- thl' I'luludhtphiir "Ledger," the ' j "tecoan Wave'' of CafVoAlay, und that ( copy of them be transmitted to his fauitly. j ij Today no paid to hint the respect, usually paid only'to k^oinmiisioned officer, j , The whole compuny tunied out. in full ani. ! , j form, and escorted the body to tho railroad , ! depot, witli reversed arots, marching with allow und measured step, the band playing i '■ the "Dead March." It was, indeed a sol- ; ' j emu eight Com. on kesolution*.-— -Miflliu W. Row. I Joseph M.HIiufT, und J. Albert Tyson, cf i I'liiladelphiw ; Wm. S. lloopar, und John ; i Stiles. Jr., of Cap# island; Walter A- ! Harrows, and Levi K. Johnson, t'npo May. ' iiftoHi-.K W. Sntnt, Chairman, j I Jo*. W. Joii.nson, Secretary. Faibfax Kksinakv, Va., ! Oer. 7th, 1 861. Dmii Wavs:— Thinking your readers . might bo interasu-d in an account of a sol- ' : dier's life, from the starling point untiLlie • , arrives on the "sacred soil" of Virginia, 1 j I will give yon one. One the 18th or August T left the Island, 1 Mr. Crcsse kindly volunteering to convey i I me to the Steamboat Landing, sphere 1 j ; found the splendid steamer George Wash- ; j "ngton in waiting. After a pleasant trip I j of about six hours, we arrived at tho pier ' j in Philadelphia, vbec I took the steamer! Kdfrin Forrest, for Crouton, arriving there : at C o'clock. ADer a short walk with j Lieut, Sawyer, wo arrived at Capt. Boyd's ■ headquarters, 'and nfter a good night's rest. I proceeded, in company with the Captoio to the barracks, and after taking a thorough' view of his men and officers, I came to the, conclusion that I shonld not be suited with either, although I wa« treated kindly while there ; hut that did not satisfy me. Tlie • following afternoon I look the cars for ' j Philadelphia. j After spending several days there. 1 .1 concluded not to give it up ; ,0 j crossed ! ' over to Camden, not wishing lo join a j company out or my own Stole. Meeting there with Mr. Samuel Swain, he recomj mended me to Copt. Aarnnsnn ; and aft*r walkirg about Cnuucn a short time. 1 met gentlemen, am! after a short con -I vcrsatlon, concluded to join his company. and accompaincd him to his hrariqaar*tr? Tlie next morning, at an early hour. 1 again started for Treulon, and on urrjyjng tilery, | took a cab for Camp Olden, where 1 urI rived ubuut noon, uud spent the afternoon ! in viewing the different companies ; and returned lo my own company, feeling some. ' u bat fatigued, and on being shown to my j tent by lite Orderly Sergeaul, I "turned in," to have a short nap. 1 awoku at -an \ errly hour the m-xt mortnng. (notbeeausa 1 ; tcunled lo, but because 1 kud to) to fiud | j myself a soldi.-r. j Oil the following moruittg wo received ( • order* to mutch to tho seat of war, and j into line, we atarted off for vren- ' I ton, where wa-were uddresaed by ouP^lol- ; onel; then stepping into the cars, vgi^were ( i off for Camden, where we ware ( j weicotped by the cheers cr the gentlemen f j and the waving of i^andkcrcbiofs from the ( ' Marching lo the wharf, we were I conveyed across the Delaware and landed I at the fool of Washington street, and ' I i matched uy to the V olipiT eer'a Lfotiiig Ba- 1 I wlieio wu wuro rclre.shad with the ' truils of good old Ponctylvutt J, and soon

' found ourselves seated in the Cars -again, pushing on for Baltimore, arriving there at aboat 4 o'clock the next morniug. llere ' we were pressed on both sides by en imj memo crowd, bdt after n short time we formed into line, expecting an attack from tho rowdies of the city of riots. All at r once the thundering * command rang aloug j llio lino to "cap pieces and oh ! dear reader , if yon ever saw scampering there va* some done then. Kvery fellow ratr as fa«t as his cowardly legs would tarry him, and ^ the crowd *•« soon dispurseil, leaving us to march unmolested through the city to ' j i tho Washington depot, - where we halted 1 for a short time, and feeling very hungry, ' after our night's Journey, sou.e of us • bought our breakfast, but were not allowed to eat it, for fear of poisoning- Getting ' inio the cars, we proceeded to washington : i and on arriving there, were marched into a i > : long frame building, where every loan re- ! ' cwved a loaf of bread and about a pound j * of suit junk. We then look. up our line j j of march for Virginia. Passing over Long j Bridge, we started- off Isora Washington, j ' ut ubuut -i o'clock p. m-. and inarched un- { . ' til 11 o'clock nl night, when we halted al ! i ' Gamp Seminary, some three mile* beyond j Alexandria: and. oh. dear! if yon had been j ' along, you would -certainly have seen some ; . j | ttrt-d and worn-out boys that night, litre j ( ( we laid down la about two inches of lltnd < . ' a Ad water, all being ton tired to Rii»e our • tenia. The next morning i awoke, and j | | 1 raw the men scattered^ all over lllo field. i we were nil soon called together, to aid ! , 1 ill putting up our tents ; and after working i ■i hard ull day we got coinfortutily fixed by i i i tii„lit. i am torry to sny that there was | : many a poor fellow wished hiuiielf nt lioine 1 ( i tlilt night. | . ! The next day wo were sent tWwork on ; . Fort Taylor, and Imvo WniuSfurking . there ; , j • every dny since, from tiro/b to eight hour* j , i p4rjj".v. except whence c" picket duty. ! , vkeppujo you hgord of tho gallantry- o( , . | : Company f. a y the taking of Mtrosou's i ! Hill. Our company was led by Lieut. Col. ' Hutch, a brave aqd gallant officer, for the j . j prt-Kurvation of wh^ym lito there is not u ' : i man in the whole regiment who would not 1 _ i lose his own. His lungnage, on leaving ! , i nnmp. was. "i shall take Malison's Hill or | ' 'not come back alivu-" Trite to Id* word i he dnl take il. and held it, until he .was ' i relieved by the 3rilh Maine It. giment. l i jam at present Bitting at the foot of Man- p j son's Jiutyyrriling this. We still remain nt onr ofd place in Virginia. we ask the - j bleiflings of nil our Gape May friends. | ' - j. ii. | Uomp'y f. 4th Reg. n. j. v. ' india rubber blankets For the n. j. Volunteer*. * i i QTOor County Clerk lias received from i Governor Olden a letter,, the following be- ; ing a copy thereof, to wit : j Slit. — ft has been represented lo tno by j a. number of the Commanding Officers tmd | ' | Surgeons or thu New Jersey Regiment*, | , that the health ol our troops would be i | more promoted by supplying every soldier ! , with nu India Rubber Jtlanket, than by any ' other means. The tinted Government < > does i.ot furnish the uien with there blank- , ' eta, and no authority is vustud me, as Gov j 1 ernor, to provide thorn ul the expenio of ' ' tho State. ' I am much impressed with the importance of furnishing one to each of our vol- : uuteer*. The season is approaching, and ! indeed is quite near, whan the health. and \ ■ l.ves of many of tho men ,may be endutt- 1 gered for want of them.. We ought not to ! | permit the strength of onr regiments to be impaired aud our patriotic volunteer* to bo \ subjected to direare (or want of these arti- 1 cles. They may be had for a foliar each, j It will n-qclre some ten Uionsaud dollars i to furnish enough for nil our regiments. I recommend that subcrtplions I hi opened in all parts of thp State, for the purpose ef raising fouds for this object. As the - health aud lives of many of our men may t depend on our prompt action, I request | that you will aid in this matter by giving • it year immediate personal attention ond cause a subscription to be raisod- in yonr district for the purpose, and the mon cy sent to me as soon as possible. Upon the receipt thereof. 1 will expend it in the purchase or thu India Rubber Blankets, and forward thorn to our regimrnt* in the field. 1 annex hereto a form of rabsrrip. j tioa list, which may lio nteil for luu pur I am Voors, Rctp'y. « CH A8. S. OLUKN, ,J The t^lerk therefore hereby respecfully request that the teoeral Pmtouittcrt iu the County of Cape May will aid in the matter and open subscription lists immediately at _ their respective officer, and forward the * araouuts received to the clerk by ihk 24th fcof October 1861, per mail, giving the names of the subscribers und the amount - paid by J( •tch. jonathan haki. -x Capo May-O. H., N. J. Oct. 11 is, lbbi-

",i " ar*t affairs! There seoms to have tw-en no Important clisnge in the affair* or our army, in the various localities, during tho past week, sofar as made public. At Washington, they' appear to be steadily, yet slowly and surely advancing towards tho enemy, strongly fortifying as they advance. It is said by some - of the wculd-bo. knowing ones, that sGeo. Mcl%llan intends wintering in Richmond In western Virginia everything appears U> be goiug well ; ond hi Kentucky, things look more ettconraging. The report, in tho ' last Ware, thai the reMs under Free had j evacuated Lexington, Missouri, which was • .bseqnontly contradicted, is now confirm' ed beyond n reasonable doubt. They seem to be falling bafrfc tcwfnrds Arkansas; and Fremont is advancing. It is supposed, however, that Price is falling back, only foj tho purpose of forming a junction with j Ben. MrCullottgh's force, intending there to give battle. WATTLES, SKIRMISHES, V General., Reynolds has tuade two reconj nousanccs in force within the last few days ' ngajtMt the rebels, under. Genvtal ia-o, and I 1 1. xs driven them from llig Springs, the ! former rendezvous of his main forca. Part ■ v-r his force is now posted at Klk Moan tain and Groeo .Briar Bridge. The rebel* dotneir camp equipage, ammnnition and several hundred, muskets. The rebel:- left several wagons, &c, tho roail being absolutely Impassible for vebiJ cles beyond a point twelve miles from BlkGenerel Rosccrans had odvance<l also to ' Little spring but findjpg the enemy too strong, and too well entrenched to bo attacked, he fell back, to induce Lee to fol+(Tv liiin. The late fight at Chapmanvillo j was axliarp ond bloody affair, in which our : troops lost five men and the rebels thirtyfive. The rebels are aow one hundredf nd ! firry mile* from Klkwater, and one hundred ; and twenty'inilos from Cheat Mountain. Fort St'itiTia I'hkfabko fob a Sieos. i — All the cooper* in Charleston have engaged in making water-tight ! kegs mid liurrels, to be used nt Fort Sutn|Her. Thty arc to 1m filled with 1 fresh water, so that if communication with Charleston is cut off, they will not •perish for water until three thousand j'ensks full nre exhausted. W u have news of t"e lo«s of it Russian ; line-nf battle ship* on tha const of Japan I with -WW men on board all of uhom perishled. notice. 'Itiv Ann :»t Mertlae ..f lh- MwkbnU-r* of thr At *1I«- May TainVUr c<i4i|...u, , (orthrrto-tlon of I. nr. In,, to H-nr ihr cMuins yr*r, will bo hrM nt I *|*- M- - t 'on»f 1 1 o-.i - r , on -Viiunlny thr Indrtnj ot .NwTraiU-r iirxt, at la o'ctork A. M. Bjr ortlrr ot ItKiixuut'. Jlou'iu, I'mlOcut. i'nthi.l* Haxiw Kxratuy. Uriolwr lotb, ll«l. IMv american union ~ ' j t 1.1. rltis>-n» (ntihout rrenrtMo iw«t party itmliI . who nr.- oiqM>ar.l to tin- )»r lui i|Wc II' »r- ! n-uiou, hy auv stair, or nuniU-r of Main, ahU who arctalatnrwl .Vi.liluln* thr Fntrml Uovrinmriit In pKwruliux thr pinrut war attain. t tbrlralloi* of our Lmintry, t.>» .ur-naful -baur, wUI mrrt In their mprrtttc foWnthlpt, on Moinlny tbrSlat lest, - at the hour of Vj o'rloeM I'. M-, anil at thrlru.uai ;.!a.«ol botdlne such m,e:iu*«,to wire I It.cdrhsatra from raeh township, wtio will meet at thpCourt How, on Wnlnrsday thrtSd tnst., al f P. fl. to nomltiatr a Sfatr senator and Assrnhlymrn, and surh Coo nty oOlmv aa air tohr rlcctrd at the eftsuluj i-lntioo, In Notraibrr next. JIMSK H. D1VEHTV. r. -X— thrlna to -the ntwraee of tti - oflrrre of the taut lounly Com rutlon. and by the rrque-t of vrry - m.u.y in favor of cooMlidstlna all ;nlltiral rtnnrn a ; (rxcrpt thusr of disunion) into one crrsf Cnion i I'aMjr, 1 havr made the above rslK J, H. I), collector's notice. NO! ICE is hereby Ziven, that thr Duplieatv |. ■aajvln my hand., ttr thr eolleetmO ol tasra .In thr lowct--4oh tuhl|> Alt laxrs not paid hy tbr i'th ut DrerinOrr, wilt br rrtuined to a JuatTre o'thr i-«ae« for collertlon. I'lir Comml*slonrre of Appeal In rasra ot faxaa tloa. will mcrsivt thr AreWeuji at Cold Spring, 00 the I'oarth Turaday (tTlh day) of .Novrmlrr, at 10 o'clock A. M-, to altrud to IM dutire of Ihrlr ottlee. - UA.MIih If. KCUHEa, Collector. Oct. n, mat. NOTICE OF 8KTTLKMKNT8. ^ N otter la hrret-y clvrn that thr aeeouuta of TTioniaa Urraliy, kar.-utor ul Hliwla itrvalry. dreeraed, and tlx ham If. stltea. ndnnniatrator ul CbtuUm C. Aahlura-l, dee d , will be audited aod atafl-I'liy. Svafiosatr, and frpi>rtrd Tor erltlrmrnt-lo thr Ol- - ph. viia' Court of the county of Cope Nay, en the •evrnikrain day of Urertnlarr nr*t. ELIJAH .OW.NSKND, Svirrtwalr. Court Houar, tJctolirr Hlh, ISSt. n-Je lumber YARD AT SC1IBLL1SG Eli'S LAKDtNQ. r.1H K subscriber has for sale n good asJL svirtmrnt cf WHITK.NMK inch OOARIiS-HKMLtH-k SCANTI.I.N. xlllNtiLLS aod PICKETS I'LASTICEIHQ LATH. Ilo will continue .o k<- ;■ on hand, a good aareHarst of Lv areca lor hoiMlu* pnrpoara, whirl, he w.ti sell at the lowest market price tor Cash or t will alio rootract for llulldlns Houara. JEREMIAH SCHKLUNCKR. Kor.MR t-r. HOME INDUSTRY. / Persons make good Wages atcollecting bonks, a V which thry aril to WILLIAM SUTES. 4 buy« -» ifryat deal more stace hi OAI»KUtiik pnitl 'lowuM-nd lalet, J. sc ll-tt