CAPE MAY COUNTY OCEAN WAVE, CAPE ISLAND NEW JERSEY. _____ "j|

CAP±: WAY OCEAN WAVE j CAPE ISLANP N. «T. •J. 6. I-EACH. - Editor, PnblUHer ami Proprietor. , < > N 1-1 • l»0 1. I. A It I' K it annum;' Thursday, Oct. 24, 1661Bloody Battle AT BALL'S BLUFF, j FEDERAL FORCES ROUTED WITH TERRIBLE kOSS or LIFE, j On Monday or last weak, there was quite ; an important engagement, at Half' Bluff, ; not far from U-u.burg, Vn., and op|>o- j aito to llawinon'a Island in the upper I'o- i tonne ; bat tbo Tott particular! cannot, at tlii* writing be ascertained, ua those hav- : iog chargo oT auch matters deem it most : convenient and expedient to Irtep their ; own counsels. It appear* tSiat on tli« I aforesaid Harrison's Island -troops were j stationed, ma a guard j .and on Sunday night ; - m Col. lterin, who was in command at the j place, sent oat » iWtacljjiuMit of 200 men. ( towards Lnesburg, us a scoot, who went | within about thrco-foutths of u milo of ; that place, and discovered. what they sup- j |>o4od to be a small rebel camp, about a j mile from the town, and reported tho same j to Deviu, who starlod with about 300 mom j men to destroy it. At daybreak the scouta j returned to Col. Deviu. who with his com- j mand remained concealed, and reported ; that no enemv was in sight. Soon ulter j this, however, a company of one men, iu making an advance, fell in with n, company of Mississippi riSemen, and drove iheui back., and then, fell back V) tho reservo concealed in the rear, on thu appearance of a body of rebut cavalry. During the morning others were sent ovor from the island, * nine to reinforce Col; Deviu and oUiarato cover his return U the shore "N llu however maintained his ground, until nbout I o'clock, when n considerable Inrce of rebel riflemen appeared, and attempted to outflank him. Fearing they might Ihj successful, jjler resisting for souie time, h« retreated In" perfect order to the riaor. where Uop. Baker had arrived with a battalion, under Lieut. Col. Wistar. Gen. Baker then tuek command, forming in baltlo array, having as near as we eon learn, only about ihflB men. The enemy soon commenced the action, which raged terrifically for about two hours, during wbioh- a complete shower of leaden hail lull. 1 1 was not . long after this that Baker full dead, having been pierced by several hulls, from which it appeared that some of rebel sharp-sluiotcru had singled him oat as a mark. Our men. now ceased firing fur a lime, and the ileulh of the gallant Baker . unused soma disorder in the ranks. About i this timis Col. t-osgswell srrived with two! oompuuiut of 'tke Tammany Regiment, and the command" iluvwlfott upon him. lie, | finding that the day wu* lost, gave orders i to Tall back to the river, which woe execu U'd in as good order as could be BXpected, ander the circumstances. 'Ilio enemy of oonrsc followed. Our trnop* reached llm shore a little before nfeht, where seme of .them deployed- along lite aln"o as skirmishers, while other* attempt, ed to cross over t o tin, Island, by means of two hoots, the largest oT which :arrisd u<tly shoot 4(1 persons; andbeing-overloaod, was swamped. Those who could swim, plunged into the river, some taking tlieir urms with them, while others threw- them into tho river. to prevent thoni from (ailing into tko liands of the rebels. Some escaped under cover of the darkness of the nrglit, nod the thick woods along the banks of tho Tivor, but several are known to have been drowned. The troops which remain- , rd alone tho shore, while others were cress-in;cov«t,-tuoile a desperate resistance, nod it ts believed thai but few we're taken prisoner*. TIM rebel forces are snid to Imvt been vastly superior to onr» m numbers, bat our men fought bravely., AVhat the loss was on either sidn cannot at this writing bo ascertained. but it appears ovid<-nt that it war very heavy. These are some of the leading facts ay near as wu are able to ascertain then, from soma of the firrl reports.. Latkb— Later account# of the above battle , are by no means encouraging. It appears that Harrison's Island is sitoated near the Virginia shore, that only a few men were stationed there as a guard, and - that the troops eogsged in the battle cross- . . ed OTCi from the Maryland shore, principally. passing by the Island. Some 7000 to SHOO were intended to be sent over, bat, from the iamlrqaoey of the means of transportation, lliey couki Ins passed over bat vary slowly. On crossing over tbo river,

j oar troops bad to go up a steep, woode bluff, and at llie top of this bluff is a field j of some six acres, which was the battle- | ; field. This field *«« surrounded on three , i sides with woods, where .'lie enemy taold , : si-crcle themselves, and fiie opon our men. ! The enemy is sopposed to hare been nboat 8000 strong, whilu of onr forcA| not more | jhnn 1800 ever crossed the river, and thoaa only a lew at » liWn, and engaging with the ! enemy while otlim were crossing. They fought bravuly, against fearful odds; and, [ indeed, their bravery and fortitude seem ' to have amounted to rashness and prasump. i lion. - The great difficulty seems to havo boon a , want uf .proper menus for crossing tho riv. 1 1 or. Could our whole forco crossed nt a > j time, or so as not to hare engaged in | battle until they hud 'ull crossed, the result | would, undoubtedly, havo I wen far different ; [ from what it was. As it is. we have suf- • fered a sad defeat, and lost many brave ■ ! inch, «nd some galktnl oflienrs ; and it does • i *oem to as, (and we are by no means alone > I in this opinion) that the whole affair was i , a gross blunder, in attempting such an on- ■ . gagement, with no belter means of trans-' ' porting troops than two or throe scows. ■ j All the troops have been withdrawn to - tho Maryland shore, and many of thera prer ! sented a sad picture; most of them without ■ ! urms, and many having lost most off their i | clothing, and were almost exhausted by • hardshipsjhxposure and lost of sleep. No ' definite account of our loss has been I made public ; and, indeed, it car.uot yet be - j known, as the missing wore constantly comI | ing into camp. According to the latest r | accounts, at the time we write on .Monday, i ; between* 500 "and 60 I wero cither killed, - wounded or missing; lint how many of the s mhising hud been killed, or bow many had • been taken prisoners, or how many would - yet find the' way to the camp, was a mailer ; of uncertainty. 1 Stili. Latkk ' — Still later accounts do not 1 present any nnve favorable aspect of tho disaster. One makes our loss, in I killed and wounded, taken prisoners and • missing about 91*0, qlmut oue half of all in ' the engagement. The slaughter among . » eur K*w and field officers was fearful, evi- « deully showing that they were picked off, • as above, intimated. Rebel* were seen to " vliuib into tho to|is of trees, und sliool down our officer*. - | e Kkuix Acoooxtwtur Batti.k. — Tho foT- - lowing ncconuts or the Ball's Bluff battle - are from southern sourcis • A dispatch to the Richmond Ihuminrr, I slates; — That Gen. F.vans, witli twenty-live hundred Confederates, engaged Gqfi. Stone r with ten llionsand Fuderals, utM.eealiurg. 1 on Monday; that the fight lasted ail day. f and the Confederates were victorious ; that i the FwderaL-Ior's was 620 taken prisoners, r -100 killed und bounded, and 300 drowned ! r i whilb Irving to re-cross the I'olouiuc. It t i is stated in the same despatch that the i > I Cosfoderaie* had three hundred killed and ' I wounded. FROM FORT EICEEKTAND NEW ORLEANS. ! We given large portion of our space | j this luoruing to the news front NSw-Or- } ; l*au> and Fort I'ickens, comprising authentic wild full details of tho recvul eveuts I there— tlii ultntk i.e. our squadron at thu ■ ! latter place. Everybody who knew Capt. I llollins expected that it would bo itnpoesi- | ' bio for liiin to tell the truth; or to refrain I from the most idlo boasting ; but probably i few were prepared lor so great a dricrepau- j ' ey t utwran his story and the facts as they . appear* to exist. Tho rebels seem to have : r umde their attack at Now Orleans by allowing fire-ships and a marine rem to drift •' ' among oar ships, meaning to open upou j flie latter if they should by chance drift j • jpdiore. Thay did indeed go ashor^r und | ^ the rebels blazed away at thera — "pipper- | ed them." as llollins. said ; but there was no pungeucy in tho peppfiring, and not a ' man was hurt, while the vessels were tow- ' ed ull very leisurely on ihd morhing folitig. From Fort Pickons the naws is equally - eiicouragiog, even more so. Tho llebols, 1 instead of gaining the great victory they ' claimed Tor themselves, really suffered a 1 terrible defeat. On the 9th inst., 1.500 of Jhcm attacked 85 of tho Zouaves, and for Fa short lime bud a partial success ; the coin. ' ing of three companies of regulars, howev. er, fumed -the tide, und the Rebels, after luting heavily, retreated «n confusion ; our l troops followed and poured their fire into I the retiring bouts with dreadful effect, r The loss ou their side was, by their own I acknowledgement, 350. On oars it was, 14 killed, 36 wounded, 19 prisoners. Both - Wilson's Zouaves and the regular troops > behaved with unexampled bravery. — Ex'ge. William Smith, who has been nn trial fur several days past, in the L'. S. Court at ' Philadelphia, for piracy, on tho Jeff. Darn, , was found guilty, on Friday iast.

THE GREAT NAVAL EXPEDITION. Considerable has been said nbout tho i great naval expedition, Gtting for some I enterprise, destination not known. It is ! tire largest affair of tho kins) ever heard of in this country, and ne the fleet has by this time, left the North, we hope to hear cheering intelligence front it before long. Our people hare been growiug j impatient nbout the slow movement of our unity, «ttd could not see the cause of it. The mystery is now revealed; for during the pant three months, while some hove believed the Adminhitratioiito be pursolng tho noliey of "masterly inactivity, " sircipMs have been the exertions to prepare this mighty expedition for action. It is now "armed mid cqipped," and could onr renders know the vast dimensions of this fleet, they would stand appalled, and ask how could it he, that so inuuh «vas completed, in so short ' ' a space of time, 1 j The New York Pott, in speaking of - the expedition says. "It will lie found that the Sonlhern , | expedition is on a scale more vnst than | ■ anything of the kind hcrf.oforc nttempL i ted, on this continent, at least ; and that ' 1 from the completeness ol its outfit and i , the skill of the men to whom tho cont- ( mand is entrusted, we mny hope f-»r n , severe blow nt the insurgents in their . weakest spot. t "Where the blow is too fall is known only to the Government and to the enm- , mander«in-cliicf of the expedition. It | ' wns unknown to every one hut Genera! ' ' Sherman — the captains of the different ' ■ ships sailing with scaled orders, which r j were not to he opened till they got into' u certain latitude and longitude. < It is ' i probable, therefore, thai tho insurgents will know before we do where tho land- ■ iiigs are to hu effected. i ■ • "With the object of the expedition ; ; we havo nothing for tho present to do. * But of its composition we are permitted ' to speak, now that it has got safely to ' sen. ; "Tbo expedition is the joint work of . the Navy and War Departments. It - wns meant to have been ready by the : middle of September ; and the Navy Depnutincnt had its vessels ready then. , * It was, however, Impossible to get ready ' ; the immense material of the expedition ! by that time : and though everybody ' ; concerned worked most diligently; it t i was only on October 13th that the transports wore luden, and tho final shipment I j of troops ready to be begun*" ' TELEGRAPH TO THE PACIFIC, 'j At any nthsr' lime, except during this; * j great war excitement, the completion of j a tohtgraph lino from tho Atlantic to tho , Pacific, would havo boon a marked event, I and Oqr fellow-o untmnen, we imagine, . would have celebrated tho day, as one of . j importance. Although, we now can speak ; | t« our brethren in the Goldon State, us if ■ | by the tongue of lightning, yet Utile notice . | h paid to thu fact. It is remarkable, that . while, it wood seem, every energy of this i I noble Government is being exerted to r i crush the hydra headed monster — treason — . j from ihu'fair land of America ; still a tele* . j graph line Ml* been erected ovcr.llie Rocky : Mountains, through uncivilised regions, to . ! tho "rich, rolling shores of > California.*' i ] Our Nation bos not taken down the broad t i banner oLFrogrus*. and wu are still alive i j to the arts and sciouce*. 1 I Wo are ia receipt <-W"I-loyd*'« Official Map or the State of vflginia," for which " the publisher will acceptrour sincere thanks * This map lias boon drawn by special surveys mode by order of tbo Government, by the best topographical engineers in the country, and at an immense coil. For cor: I roctnesi and beauty of execution it is nl- > most unequalled. In time of peace a map f like this is a valuable acquisition, but •*- II pecially at this time it is far more so, a* it r presents the chief theatre of nn insurrection against which the whole military - strength of the government , will soon . bo * brought to it pot do*u. Derides the map r itself, it is accompanied by extensive marr ginal notes and statistics in regard '.q cli- ' mate, soil, vogelablo productions, mineral resources, heights of iu mountains, popu1 1st ion, Ac., Ac — The price to suit the ( times. For farther particulars, address J- ' T. I.loyd, publisher, No. 164 Broadway ( " TKk W York. The rebel ateamer ThaoJora lias arrived t at Cardenas from Charleston, haying n» passengers Messrs. Mason and Slidoil, the rebel Minister* to Frauce dud England.

BATTLES. SKIRMISHES, Ac i -V Gen. Freemont's Body Guard, number-, ai ] ing 150 mounted men, charged upon 2000 b; j rebel* at Sprfngfield, Mo . and routed- them T I in whort order. This i# tho most splendid 1 ox|doil of the campaign. Major Zagoni h; commanding the body gaard, says the war ai ' cry of bis soldiers was, • Fremont and the I Union." 'llie 'stari and stripes' again float ll ! over Springfield. We hope that thia victo* ti rv is a forerunner of Many successes to be h i won by Gen. Fremont. I Upon the heels of the reverse at Ball's i": Bluff, we have news of another brilliant! ri achieveroent by the Union forces weft «.f ■ of the mountains. Gen. Kelly, whose glo- . : nou» dusli at the R«-bcls at I'hillippa stiil j lives in the grateful recollection* of tho : people, has distinguished himself at Bom- ' ! ney bv a bold dash upon thu camp of the ' " 1 : traitors at that place, by which he routed | ^ ' I them, took their camp eqnippage, cannon, j . ; and captured a large number of prisoner*. 1 There has linen more lighting in Western * ■ Virginia, Captain Hill, oT the 1st Virginia >• p cavulrv, with forty -men, defeated seventy. ^ 1 live rebels, killing twelve and tukiug five \ prisoners. Two of tho Uniouisi were ^ j wounded. ' A dispatch from Gen. Bosecraos reports ' ! that the rebels are felling hack Btpl are . '' I concentrating below (iauley iiridge to co1 ■ Operate with Johnston, «U> lias separated - - from Gen. Beauregard. ' v The Richmond Kxatniucr of the 17th , r states that Ilio Rebel army had evacuated ' Fairfax Court House, leaving that place on the night of thu I3lli, und burning the j ( ' sheds about the town, in order that they j ^ might not fall into our bonds, and become ! 1 | useful. It furlh-rmore snys.ilial the rail- j { ' road butwceii the point named and Manas- > I *ns is constantly iu use carrying the troops f| to the latter place. A dispatch from Rolla. Mw., stales that - J s i Lieut. Kirbv, with lifieen men of M*jor^ s ' Wright's battalion, had another fight vviylTj forty. five rebels, near Linn Creek, otyrthe | 1 7 1 li, killing five of litem, olid woeuding . about a dozen. " < Lost Saturday week, two hundred loyal | '• Missouri vulnnteora utlucked and muWd , J four Inindrud rebels nl Big llurricano cn-ek. ; | J Carrol county, Mo. killing lour teen, taking | eight prisoners und pulling the balance to j , ,f flight. Our men bad fourteen wounded. | ; ( ; At Fredtfricklon, Mo.. MJtll) rebels nn. | , der Col. I'luitiiuvr. Lowe, tbo rebel lea [ , L i duc_wus k.lled and lour of their heavy , . y ; t'L? captured • i The latest accounts from Missouri report j F that Gen. Price was still retreating, having ( it 'left Cedar county for Greenfield, Dude i' county. Gen. Siegel's advance guardgwas I I nl Bolivar, en route to cut off Price's re. : . 1 treat. A detachment of U. -S. Cavalry, on '< Tuesday nig lit week, broke up a rebel camp j at Buffalo Mills, kilting 17 men. wounding j ! a largo number am) taking 90 prisoners, as | I well as a number of horses and Ti wagons. ( s ' Gen. Todd has been assigned to the com- j if I mand of the Union forces in North Misa ' souii. . ! Th8 steamer Salvor, from Jlavana. laden ! '. with military supplies for the rebels, hus k if i been captured in attempting to enter Tarn- jj k | pa bay,. Florida, by the U t .steamer Key- | if ! stone State. The U. S. Consul at lluvunn-j e had sent a previous warning of the Salvor i •t i to Key West, and pls'o that another vessel ; » laden with supplies for the rebels would > leave Havana on the 18lh. SOMMARYOFTHa WEEKLY XEW3. y From Cairo we havo news that tho arse4 j i nnl and cannon foundry ol Memphin havo | been destroyed by fire. Geii. l'cdk'# com- 1 d | mand has been ordered to New Orleans to j e ] defend that place against the great uoval j : expedition. I Tho Delaware I."gislalnre 'ins been sum- . inoned in special session by u pn-clanintion j ^ of Governor Burton, to make provision for ' the national diriKt tax, Ac. . j Colonel Taylor, of -the rebel army at j ' Springfield, Mo., has declared that the Un>C ionisL vjpjio had belonged to tho Home I I Guard mnsl leave the country or go into j tho southern army. '' Asbnry Dickon*. Jhe late Secretary of ; tho Senate, is dead. Ho lias occupied this position for a number or years, and f KM twice oTCupiud the position of Secretu- ' ry of State. ° The British squadron on tire Halifax sia- i '' Uoii, under the command of Bear Admiral f* I Sir A. Milne,' 'consists of tweuty effective i | vessels. In addition to there there are : several tenders. The squadron is manned "e ■ in round number*, by COOfJ' men, and • L ! mounts npwtv/ffrtf 500 guns> i The people of \V«sieru0Virginia"(Uio 39Counties now openly adhering to the Lin - 1 ioA) voti-d, on Tbariiday, ou the question ofid being set off from- the Old Dominion and if formed into the new Stale of Kanawha. — ! ic j Tito, vote wp* largely R>r a division. ■ The. brjg Gicuada, frout Ncuvilas' for- - v t ■

York, with a cargo of sugar, molanres ^ and cedar, was captured alisea on the 13th the privateer Sal lie, or Charleston. Sallie is a Brookliuven schooner of " J 140 tons, moonU one long gen amidships, - a crow of forty men, and ran the blockado off Charleston on iba 10th. On the 5th of November next, being .. the Bret Tuesday after tho first Monday 'initio month, the annual elections will' be' held in the following sevfe) States : — New Yotk, Mas*aclinsetts, New Jeriey, • Illinois, •Michigan, Delaware, Wisconson. * ,;'l Governor t'urtin states officially that" I'ennslyvania has now ia the field 73,000' volunteers, of whom 5!>, 000 are in the army ■ of the I'otnmac, 3.W00 are in Kentucky, and TO, 000 in ciimp in varioui parts of tho ■ State Waiting orders. 1 our camp'letters. I Camp Cahkt, Oct. 24th, lfifil.) * 1 IlKAP-qiABTKUs, 7th Beg. N. T. V. A Fniorp Lkai'ii : — On Monday last, wo -1 a grand inspection by Gen. Silas Corey. His Staff, Mrs. hinculn, and* many* I Army officer*, were present | There were eight regiments in tho review; namely:— New Jersey 5Ui, flth, 7lh and 8th, I'ennsyWania 3Ctli. and Rhode Island Regiment. W e had a good time indeed. Capt. Francinc took about twenty of our men nnd went out scouting. They returned ! safe, but brought no trophies with them. There are u number of i'hiladulphian* in Company A. The writer of this is nno of ' them. Tho Cape May aud FhiUdelphia . are like brothers. There are some , Germuns among u*. When tho drum kuats [ for meal*, it is laughable to see thu Germuu chaps ornwlbi- "I'-na their euting. One fellow oirt Rut, "Slion. yonr piece pc big- • geMsfn.minu," Wo ore becoming perfect^fl in our drill, nnd. sir, it is our opiniou rtlial we will muke good tlglitiug soldier*. e»v Your*, Tiiovias Uamxku. Camp Kai.viiama, Va. Oct. 23d 'CI. I Mu. Kuitok : — Thinking that you.vvoiilJ like to hear from us. as we are moving about on .Southern anil, 1 embrace this op- ; portoniiy of drepping a few lines. Yon at home may read and hear of the effects of j j ; but to wimats it is almost To sco tho once beautiful I dwelling*, orchards, gardens Ac., that hare . > cu*t year* of lull, all' laid wnste and desolate by the ruytfgmreof war. The eastern part of Virginia, in the small portion of' ' I which our force* havo been able to penetrutw. i* completely deserted. Tho forma I and dwellings, ulp-ro the buildings nrn not burned, nro loft in charge of a few old no.. ;.groo«.« Fields of corn and grain are tmm- ' pfod to tho ground ; roofs under which ■ childhood matured iutn mutthood. and womanhood, mid under which bright eye* have I grown dim with rge. are now converted* ^ s i into broken fragments, or have been con. sumed by the torch of the incendiary. Tho | tinkling of tlm bells attached to the cattle . are y«t heard iu tho- woods, their owners ! having loft thorn behind, ia their sadden qiiighl. j! A dead silence reigns throughout the/ ! country, save where it is broken by thu ' I sharp report of a musket shot, or the b last of a haglo from n distant camp. The beau- , tiful town of Huuipion, which numbered two hundred comfortable, and some elegant | dwellings, is all in ariie*. and the pretty village of Falls Church has but two families remaining in it. It lias been a neat little village, auJ contains about twenty. Iiouces, four churches and a hotel, called ' Ilio "Slav." Thufrostv nights olresHv ne1 ! fusion much discontent iu tho rebel camp.i i It ha* all along fc'ocn a- part oT their pro: grame to spend their winter in Washington aud Baltimore. Disappointed in this, it ' will bo almost impossiblo to hold them tojM gcther, rugged destitute und exposed as they ere in "Dixie," The dram is now beating ' for battallion drill, and 1 must close. Wltks • much regard I remain, Y'our* truly, U'h.mox Wnn.mx. Co., I. Capt. Lee. Cili Heg't. N. J. V. , 1 COLLECTOR'S NO 1 (CE. 1 'I 'he IH'l'I.IfATE la now In my hnmjt for the rut- • A lectin® of t*xm for to® CttJ of C*jie IUasiI, tor : tssi. All l*\r« nol ealil by IheSoih nf Iwrrmbcr. ^ will I* returned to a Juillccof the Peace Inr prove- - The lommlulonrm of Apnrsl la eases of taxation v. Ill mtrl atlbedty Hall, mi the Fo-irth I ; Tuesday (SKk day) Of November, at 10 o>chy-k A. ! M.. lo attend to the diitlr. ol thrli oOec. > AAKUN SCIIKLLINGKB, folleotor. , I Cape UlAOd, Grtohcr 1st, IbSl. J j "a DmIn iSTR ATOIVS SALE ~ I'j UFBBAL KSTATK. i 1)urmuaat to an ntder of the Hrphoa'a Court, of , i Ike Ceunty of Cap* May, the subscriber 'will r sell, on Salunlay I to TthtUV of Itoeembrr neat, at ■ one oVIocZ I*. M.. on the pmulrre, a llon.e aa,| l/tt of IjswI; eoiiixiuiu* tilt) .three portle-*, tie the f »«an-Aiinr«orU-a#t late tiiepropi-rtyof Jxr-ih t/lsti, . 4 , doe'd.. with alllhc lmproi rinVuta thrtntn; attuatp i- • In the village ofSCaiw Mny' Court ffouae, adjolnlaw. Uudaof Aaw DoiiKtua. nndWther*. ~ " i Condition* at Bale b>R. M. CUAWroKD, Adm'r. < Ikl.i, ltd. St. ■ ]