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^VOLUME 7. "~ ~ CAPE ISLAND, NEW JERSEY. THURSDAY. OCTOBER^, 18(51. ~ NUMBER21.

RK7LECT10HB Ob the Death of Mr*. Rebecc* D. Coma. Pssth under ihjrud ill circunntances ii , terrific and solemn; Utit when', as fti the prfrsent instance, the family circle is invaded | and ayoang and fondly "loved wife, nu idol Ised sister, a kind and affectionate daughter, i. taken therefrom, tbo bereavement becomes an almost nntnpportablo one, and the survive ni feel as though the strongest and tendure st cord that allied them to earth had be»n riven. Hut much of consolation is derived from tlie blest assurance given by living example, and corroborated by 'lying testimony, that the perishing things of mortality were exchanged for an "inheritance that fodetb not away." She patiently and nntnnnnuringly endured the most intense suffering, and that So- 1 'vionr whom, daring her life, she leved to nerve, was present in the dark and trying ' hoar of death to smooth her dying pillow, and to light ap the darksome valley to the , tomb, and, like tho wafting of a gentle aefihys, her pare spirit winged its way to that brighter World "whom verdant tnrf conceals ■no grave. " Hare death's shadows closed around thee? . Could no earthly power save 7 Hat his icy fetters bound thee. Sank thy form to the cold grave T Art thou dead 7 in breathless slumber is thy form forever sealed T Has for thee times latest number To eternal ages wbeel'tl 7 Yes, the last sweet link that bound thee To oar world. ala«! is rive* ; Bat a brighter cord aronnd thee sllath been threw", in yonder Heaven ! "IVi«e sweet eves thai e'er were beaming With a lender sister's love. Now are gaxiog on the gleaming Ueantics of tho world above. That dear tongue that oft wero sinking , While on earth, its Saviour's praise, With the eiherea^ahoir is ringing Now, in pore seraphic lays. Farewell, sister ! we mast sever From yon— been tho' lie the dart I lint remem'bratice. feilhlul ever. Shall eobalm you in each lieayt. On the lips, the lust sad token Of affection, we have preasvd ; And the fiual farewell spoken, v . I .aid thee to thy lonely rust. ^ "I'cnderest ties may heru be riven ; Silken cords be broku in twaiu; dint each golden link in lleaveu, Shall cenieuted be agaiu ! Friends shall join, no more to sever From affections sweet embrace ! j I'urting grief, or tnrrow never Shall invade that happy place. 'There, sweet sister, we will meet tbee, i Where we ne'er sh ill part again; Yes, in yon bright world we'll greet thee. Whore love's link* ne'er break in twain, } Amelia. J vb" pes: ADDRESS TO THE PATRIOTIC LADIES Olf-CAPE MAY. pemaxk voluSterkb wax THIMM M K D I ATI! L Y . Two weelca ago, there was publish- .J in the "Wave," an address issue J by the I..iffies' Aid Society df Philadelphia, to .ladies of thie amKsdjoiniflc States, --dlinr upon them to forward to said society, articles of.eaderclothing, fur the soldiers, and hospital stores, for the sick. Thinking it doubtful whether anything of 'importance would be sent from Cape May, 1 was itn-4 pressed with the belief, that our ladies, wero (anciently able, to do something for the glorious cause of the Union. On the Impulse of the moment, 1 resolved to start n project, which, to me, appeared perfectly feasible. I look up my pen, and.. wrote a Jotter to Geo. W. Smith, 1st Sergeant of the company, in which are forty C'epe May volaateere, asking him if nnder-elothing. end, more especially, wollcn-itokings were pot needed among the men. If snch were wanted, 1 reqaestod him to consult wit^f" the Captain, and bare him make oat a certificate, giving me the authority to thke measures for the collection of stockings. Ac. 1 also stated in the letter that I firm ly believed the ladies of Cape Mey would joyonsiy accept of snch a project and be most happy to have an opportunity of tho* expressing their sympathy for the bard ships, and approbation of their noble actions. A* few days ago, 1 received en answer to my letter, from Capt. Francine himself, with Urn desired esrtiCcato accompanying it.; both of which are published below, and 1 ask a reading of ibem by all.

j And, now, l%lir* *>f Cape Mey. the inio- ■ " lory steps are taken in this matter, and the j i noble, the 'merciful, the patriotic work, is < left for you to «WT"'You are not invited to 1 come forth upon the bloody-Oeld-of-battle, ■ ' there to offer np your tender, loving lives, j i | or to ooze out your warm blood as a libalion for onr dear Country, tho destruction , , of which i* threatened by throngs, yes. mil- i i liens, of frantic traitors No ! This is j i what the men are called to do. Hat. then. > 1 there is a work for yon to perform. While 1 ' your relatives, friends, and fellow-country- j ' men, are sacrificing an endeared home, to > strangle and crush this high-handed rebel- i I lion,' ynn can sit at tho fireside of a quiet ' I cottage, and aid, to a mighty extent, in ac- \ ' cbmplisbing tho saino great purpose, by i ( using the-knitling needle, or potting your , Sands down in your pockets, and tuk- , I ing the trilling amount of either a dime, a j quarter, a half-dollar, a dollar, or any other j ' ' piece of money. Will yon do it 7 Tho an- I gulic spirits of those revolutionary ladies. 1 , old and young, who fod Washington's army, ' ' during tlm freezing winter ol 1776, while j ' it was quartered ul the memorable Valley | . Forge, whisper in yonr ears and implore j , you to do it. History tells us of the ( worthy deeds of praise, performod by the , . "women of the revolution." Some even 1 went out dpoti the battle field and died ! fighting ; others did what you nre be 1 1 seeched to do. And why did they do this? ' Merely to establish a Freo Government, » which requires yonr aid for ite sustenance ; i for, it is, uml should be acknowledged, that . without the help of ladies, this nor any oth- j , or war ciin cud with brilliant success. No | . one. except tko soldiera thgniselves, can j 1 rualisu the benefit dorivmhftmn having un . i I ilerclolhing and stockings, in a campaign, j 1 Winter is hastening, and, ladies, think liow ' pleasant it is, for thn bravo volunteer*, lo 1 ' woife through mud, watur, and, perhaps, ' snow, and then lie down with thuir wet ! 1 stockings on, for thn night. Was it known | how many there are that die from disease, , earned by damp feet, and from not having | -uflicienl underclothing fur the body, it j ( would parylixe you with ustcmishmeiit. The number would muku a largo army. ; ^-You are beings of mercy and now is the Ilium to prove it. As I have said before you have the moans. Iml every lady in I Capo May immediately set to.jiijrk, and j i : knit one, two or three pair of good,; stout , i woolen->tockings. Doa't delay the matter, I , I a, day, for they are needed note, j I shift endeavor to secure tho services J | I of * number of ladies, who will act us ! I agents, all over the county. Tlicy will con- | ' i vats the localities where they reside, with 1 subscription papers, and ask each lady lo 1 1 (Mil their names Upon the piper, with the ; ; number or stocking* which they wiirknit.il ; and the amount of money they will give , j towards .purchasing nndorsliirt* for the I Company. A certain time fcill be allowed j , j f»r th«» knitting to bo done ; after which, j . I these ladies will go around, collect the mo- | j ney and stockings, fool np the amount, and I forward the bundles and subscription pa- i J pars to roe. An account of what each ( ■ agent has done, will be published; and when I tbr undershirts are purchased, tho whole ' will be boxed np and forwarded on to the L Company. Thus erery donor's name will be presented to the Company, and I as- 1 sare you, ladies, the gallant soldiers will be reminded of yon, wherever they are, and whatever tbey may be doing. 1 Awaken to the exigencies ! Kiaill* the slumbering fire of Amorican patriotism within your breasts ! l>o your duty, your whole duty, and oothiqg hot your ifety! In life or in death, you will never havu cauae to regret! J. GRANVILLE LKACII. Cape Itlawl, Oct. lllh, 1861. 1\ S.— Since the above was written, I i have seen Quarter-M aster Sergeant, S. R. Magonagle, and he informs me that redm flannel uuder-clothes, are the best for sol, , diers. 1 1 was my expectation that woven i uodrr-clolhcs were required, and that tbey i would bote lo be purchased in Philadelphia; ! but I am pleased to know that red-flannel i is far more preferable, for these goods cau ■ be uiado by the ladies, just at well as the i stockings can be knit. Those who cannot ( knit stockings, may mnk up a red -flannel oodorshirl iustead. llal if there be aaj*! that can more ccnreniently give tbo eash.iT let thorn do so ; for the money is needed lo j purchase winter-gloves for the volonteers. I Mr. Magsnaglo says these gloves are very J I desirable, as tho Government does not fur- 1 ni»h anything of this description, and tho < hauflf suffer greatly without a covering !

There is no exenso for the person who nets I j upon the "do-nothing" policy. Every one can coctributc their mite, if nothing more < me a lady that shrinks from this work. ; , and I will prove her a sympathizer of this , [mad rebellion: . J.G. L. .ww. - I DODOLAS W OA-CALLED THE "LITTLE j | ^OIAET." ! When Stephen A. Douglas first Ion- j | ileil nt XuplcB, Scott eounfy, Illinois.^ i was not quite 21 years old. and had , | head that seemed too large for his \ and only a couple of shirts tied ' in a red cotton handkerchief, nnd less ; than fifty cents in his pocket. After re- ( crafting hi* finances by clerking it nt the auction sale, he taught school in Winchester for n few months ; but not paying expenses lie departed, leaving a , "due bill" with the landlord for his board I nnd pledging Ids honor to return and ' ! redeem it. During his residence in j Winchester ho heard Lamborn, the 1 I grant whig orator, deuouticc Jackson, 1 I who wns then President, in a speech at ■ I the court house, and was so stirred up | by its illogical conclusion, that he resolved, live or die, to confront Lntnhorn \ I if lie again spoke in public. Lauiborn having given out an appointment to 1 speak in Jacksonville during tho following week, Douglas sot out to meet him . the dny before the appointed time, travelling 12 miles of the distance oil fool,. ' I It wus in vain that a few of Douglas' ' ! friends attempted to dissuade liiiu, saying he was loo young and inexperienced [to confront the greatest orator in Illi- 1 nois, as Laiuborn was then consider' d ' Whigs and Democrats. Rut Doug- 1 las nothing daunted, said that Lamborn been "lying oh General Jackson," I and he was resolved to defend the old 1 1 ■ ns lie had the documents nnd could | do it." ' j At the appointed hour the court house ] was crowded to its utmost capacity. The Governor, ami nearly all the wenli thy and influential men of the county 1 ! present, and Sir. Lamborn deliver- 1 i cd his charges against Jackson in the i •r most approved style, and Whig docu- , j ments utid newspapers were triumphanti produced to prove that the old patriot was the enemy of his country. — , j Everybody seemed convinced, and the . I meeting wns about to disperse, j Just then Doaglns.-^ who sat on the • > loft hand of tho speaker, among tho . crowd, stood upon the bench on which i he had been sitting and* said he was ' there for. the purpose of answering Lamhorn and defending General Jackson. A restless disposition to bo gone, and not very respectful glances from the ! people followed this statement, but the j young Douglas proceeded ; and having made nn assertion, backed it- up with documents" in a style' peculiarly I nis own. — From point to point lie went over the great speech of his predecessor, disproving, arguing and exterminating as he went along, to the wrath of the Whig leaders and the growing admiration of the people, who were ignorant of his name, and who, as he went on would say to one other, "Hark !" ; llark yc, hearken to the little fellow!" and as the burst of eloquence and logic : followed faster and faster, tho exclamaj lions were "Tho Litllo - Giant!'' - "Hearken to the Little Giant !" and - at the close a great shout of ''Hurrah for the Little Giautl" went up, and the ! people carried 1dm in triontph around !• , the room and court-house yard, i At this meeting Douglas first assorted j his powers, and acquired a mastery over I the popular heart and a soubriquet that never left him. The chiefs of Whig- , : gery wore dumb foundered, and this Democracy were craey with jojr'fur the i unlocked for victory. Orders hare been Issued from the ar1 j my head quartern at Washington that as 1 ! 57 of the U. S prisoners at lUchmoud ' have been released on parole, an equal ; , ! number of rebel prisoners shall be ru- . j I. used on the sauie basis. I .!

| THE TWO GREAT H«VAL EXFEDIiTtOHS. { Wc have reason to believe that we shall hear, within eight or ten days, of i at least one naval demonstration which I will fill the country with rejoicing. I'uri ticnlars cannot of conrse, nt this time ! bo stated, but wo may sny in general j that a fleet with not less than 20,000 men will leave Annapolis, (if it J not already done so.) within a dny or two, nnd that the |>oiot at which it will strike is not a Gi t.r city. Another ' expedition, of most formidable jiropor- ; lions, is rapidly fitting out nt nuoihcr point, nnd this Also will soon, if our information is reliable, slriku a blow which will carry terror and consternation lo the very heart of Secessin. A letter from Raltimorv to the N. Ysays that on Thursday last 15,000 passed over the Annapolis Railroad from Washington, bound upon unknown expedition, which is to comprise 75.000 troops, — infantry, ar1 lillcry and cavalry, being demanded. ' The preparations for the Naval expedition to the coast of Secessin (exact point not stated) which have been making nt X York for several weeks post, 'urp ,,0lV nearly completed, mid in a few days, perhaps n few* hours the whole licet will be muring towards its destination. Two of tho transports, viz., the Cnhawba nnd Coatzncoaicos sailed on,» Saturday evening, and others inuy .Re under way before this meets the cv#s of our renders Both vessels ate supplied i- with surf boats, and experienced stufmen from Toms River, Long Branch, Stpjan and other places on the Jersey coast. Among the vessels belonging to the expedition, are the Mag ship Wabash, steamships James Adgcr, Augusta, Florida, Alabama, Curlew, O. M. Petit, Mercury ; gunboats Ottawa, Uuadilla; transports Baltic, Alt nil ic,., Cnhawba, ! Vanderbilt, Empire City, Coatzncolcns, Ocean Queen, 1'nrkersburgh, Roanoke, uud a large number »f other tvurlike craft of various names and dimensions. The largest army ever collected was that with which Xerxes, the King ol Persia, invaded Greece in the year 580 : before Christ. It is estimated lo hare numborcd 2,500,000 soldiers, with as many more camp followers, making the whole host, 5,000,000 human beings. — conquered Athens, but only a 1 small remnant of the army over returned to Persia. On his way to Greece,;; Xerxes took twelve youag girls of the country through which he was marching, and from tho promptings of some barbarian superstition, buried l>icm all alive. 1 "The wbolo expedition," says Abbott, "was the most gigantic crime against the rights and iuterests of mankind that human wickedness has ever been permitted to perpetrate. It is boaslingly stated in tho Rich- : mond papers that Messrs- Slidell and Mason, Rebel Miuistcrs to England and Prance, have escaped from the South on the steamer Nashville,, which is said , to have run tho blockade for the purpose ' of carrying them to the countries where ' they hope for recognition as diplomatic : representatives. It is thought that the . Richmond papers fie when tlicy utter I this boast. However, as soon as the j news reached Washington measures j i were taken to send a steamer from Now I York, and by this tiina a swift vessel is ! jt# pursuit. If tho two Rebels mentioned have not evaded the vigilance -of the I National Government in tho way stated, ■ but purpose to try their original plan, , they will Uncivil as difficult as ever. j We find Uifl pnbjcined |n*rograph in . | the New Y*j)»t^xpreM . . i "A Present from® Prussia. —The . • | steamship Boston, which sailed last j ' evening for Philadelphia, had on freight j I two hundred and sixty cases, containing ; 1 G525 Prussian miykets, which were ' ' ; made a present by tho Prussian govprn- ' raeut to~Hic city or Philadelphia. Tht-y | arrived in the ftcamship Bavaria."

The sloop-ofewar nnd gunboats ordcr- ' ed by Congress will J»on be afloat and '. ready lor action. Already four of the 1 eight i-loops have heel* launched. The rmuaining-fuar are in on advanced state, 1 and will most probably be ready for launching before the end of the month. " 1 Of the twenty-three gunboats ordered lo be built by private contract, twelve linve been launched, and others are rapidly approaching completion. All the gunboats ore pierced for twelve guns, and will carry formidable pieces fore and uft. — Those that have received their - armament, however, Imve only four brondsidc guns in odditicu to one forward uud one aft. t The last reports — published in tho ! Washington papers — of the number of sicK and wounded in the general hospitals, shows that there were then bot , twenty member* of New Jersey Kcgi- , ments in the hospitals of Washington, Georgetown nnd Alexandria, including one lieutenant of the fifth regiment. This dees not include the sick in tho regimental hospitals — The cases treated 1 there nre more numerous, but of a slighter character. Tlie^hhfll American' states positively | tk-jVGen. Shields lins not declined tho odinmissioii of a Brigadier-General, ro- ' cently tendered him by President Linr coin ; but tlmt ns soon as .the intellij geuce of his appointment reaches him lu ^ Mexico, where he has gone on privato business, he will linslen , to the scat of war. to devote himself with all his might lo the duties of his new command. The prisoners in For; Lafayatle live i in comparative luxury, nnd have noth- , ing to complain of under the circatni stances. Those able to pay, contrib- ' ute one dollar per daf extra, are supi plied with nn exclusive table decked . with choice edffilcs, the delicacies of tho : siavon, and prime old wines or other beverages when desired. They receivo the daily papes nt 7 o'clock each mornI ing, in time for breakfast. I Tho Chicago Tribune says . "Tho _• grave of Douglas has been nearly fenced, i and the enclosure grassed and laid out • tastefully. It is visited daily by large / ■ uumbcrs of people, many of whom leave tokens of remembrance and respect in I the shape of boqucts nnd wreaths." ^ By I'oney Express from California, wc learn that a very large emigration ' from Texas was on its way to that State. ,It consisted of Unionists, who had had enough of the rule of Secession. Tbey ' report that Western Texas would be ^ nearly depopulated for a like reason, unless the Uniou flag should soon bo plan-ted-there. , Dr. Ilaycs, of the Polar expedition, " lias arrived at Halifax. The party were ' all well. Dr. Hayes reached Smith's ' Straits on the 26th of August Inst year, 1 but could not penetrate the Strait' with * bis vessel cither last season or this. Ho s wintered at Port Foulke, near Alcxanc dor, and with his'dogs and sledges reach - c ed lut. 81 deg. 35 mill. May 18, this 5 j year. • r • ' B The Missouri State Convention, in s : session at St, Lonis is considering a r ! resolution to confiscate the property of s all citizens who may be aiding the rebellion ; the property so confiscated to bo q used to reimburse loyal citizens for losses sustained by them, and also for tho use of the Slate, Mojor-General Halleck and Brigm- ^ ' dier-Uencral Sumner are expected from Californi.y l»y the next steamer. Both e j will be assigned important commands. { Gen. Harney expects to, and probably t will be assigned to the Department or y j the Pacific, y e The Washington correspondent of the . Baltimore Sun state* that, at tbe pre*, v cnt rate or expenditure, our uulionul debt will be $750,000,001) within a year