__J CAPE MAY COUNTY OCEAN WAVE, CAPE ISLAND, NEW JERSEY.

CAP£ MAY OCEAN WAVI? OAPE.1S1.AN1 r S'. .T. J. 8. LEACH, Et'Jitor, Pahllaliri anil P»|nrl<tor, OS K 'no I. LA « J* K H A S X T," M ! Thursday, Nov. 21, lfifil. proclamation! s BT CHARLES S. OLD EX. OOTKRNOR OP TIIK STATE Uf'KKW JKBUKX^f While under the rnJ. o-i-l suffering Merited chastisement for oar many natioaal sins, i 1st ai not forgd the many unmerited blew, iiifi that ant yet spared to a*, lost they too be withdrawn. Thai we may gire inetft and united expression to uqr gratitude. 1 reecutumend that- Thursday, tho twenty eight day of NaveflliM>r,.in*tant, l».- observed by the pen. pu of t hie Sita'e as a day of Tbauk-giving i to Almighty Gud. froth whom cowtwlli e vary good and perfect gift, and that, abstaining from all n»e«lle»* secular employment, they assembly in tbeii several places of. wcrsb p to "offer to liiai the sacrifice of' ' PrayeK Praise and .Thanksgiving. (.liven under inv hand and privy seal, this Or t day of November. a. l>. e^cliii i n .hundred and sixty one. / charles ri. olden. Atle t. (.'. M. NiutaMT. private Secretary. — -M 1 ■ ■ ■ 1 " ' — '

rat naval kxranmoji. Last weuk we announced that our grelt naval eX|tediliou had captured tho fort* ul Port Royal, South Carolina; but since that wa have received morn lull particulars.' a synopsis of which we give belorr. The alal.-inenl which we made that they had taken possession of the railroad betwA— n Savannah and Charleston was not correct, according to later advices. Thay encountered the gain on their' pas sage, which was ler-thc but tho damage to the fleet was small, all circumstances . considered. Two of the transport vessels, the Union and Osceola, went ashore on tho North Carolina coast, and were !o»l ; the erew«, cbnsis ling of aouie seventy men. were taken prisoners by thu rebels. Another transport. lire -Governor, foundered nt sea; but all hands except a few marina^ were rescued by auoUier veuel. Tbo fleet was scattered by the violence of the gale, but they soon came together alter it abated ' The \V infield Scott came near being lost, and bad to throw ogerbourd nearly everything to sere her. Her masts were carried away and her bows stove. The fleet arrived at Port Royal otrMonday, the 4 ih inst. On Tuesday tho smaller gouLoOte— sounded, and • buoyed out the ' c'lapnul under a Are Tram the forts which ' nid no damngc. On Wednesday the weather prevented active operations, but on Thursday- morning, Tib inst., the men j of war nod the gun-boats advanced to the : attack. Tlw action cemmeaced between 9 and 10 o'clock A.M., and was hotly carried on , upon b itfi sides, ond lasted fqur hours, at j the end of which lime tho rebels were com- j palled by the ahower of shell*, to abandon their work a, id beat a hasty retreat. The vessels came up and discbaiged their | tum, and then passed nr. mod in a -circle, | firing place for others, and an continued i during the engagement, pouring a most uu:iiig i ue engnceineni, pouring

terrific shower of shells into the rebei fnrt. ! n mounting, it is said, to 2000 in an hour, j *>r more than one in eeery two *eco*I». I The engagement was entirely with one tort, (Walker) while little notice was taken ; of "the other (Beauregard.) The rebels J 0 however ovaruatud this the next tWjning J without a shot being Bred at llietn.i Thus the two Torts were captured— Fort j Walker, on Hilton llrad. moasting 23 ! guns, und Fort Beauregard, ou Ray Point, i mounting 19 "guns. The guns wore of ! heavy calibre. They were both new and Splendid earthworks of great strength-, cor- ; -rtructed in the highest stylo 0f military ! science, and pronounced by our engineer* ' as impregnable against any assault by laud j forces. Tbo Seal retreat of the rebels Was a i /\ perfect rout. They led everything— arm*, equipments of all kinds, even to the offi- j cere' sword* and commissions, and even. J it is said, in sum* innsne-s. their gold! watches, (ioos knapsacks steord* pistols Ac., have since been picked up by the n«- j grot*. and brought If. the fort, having been strewed along the route or Hie rebels io their precipitate flight. Not a gun wan spiVtd at Fort Walker, ai.d yuly oue at Fort Reaurrgard. AH tb»Tetiers and papers, both public j and private, order books and documents of ' 1 all Ltuds were left in their flight and fell ' into oor hands, affording our oflWf* alaeh | valuable information. Among uie papers j was a. dispatch from Jeff Davis to the Com- j i

f 'taander of toe post, informing him of the"1 sailing of thu fleet, and that be knew their j .destination to be Port Royal. Our lu'«s was only eight or ten men and one officer billed, aod ibout twenty wonn- j ' ded. 'i he loss of the rebels is not known. . •Oor officers report having buried, fifty two of their dead, and thosoutheru papers make their bxs about that number. so that it is probable that they left all their dead be- j .'hint), in their hasty flight. Oaly two of their wounded were lqfl behind. ■/*"* jtgth t he/fBTtV are provided with covered j w;ra« end bomb proof*, and contained a ' " ' li^ge quunffffjut ammunition at|d prnjec- \ ' lilal. whiA latteqhavo the marks of eng-lish-^tiai|ufjriarrr» upon them. The forts 1 were" bultff^e injured -by our Are. When our troops got to |lwulsit they ' found that llf entire white population had 1 r left Ihe city except one man. and he was drunk. The rft-groos had commenced t-> j pillage the town'. Tho whole. population of IMiufnrt and ! . vicinity, and all along* theeoaat, wi-re coni- ; ' ? pletely panic stricken, and the plantations ! 1 are totally deserted by the white popal >- . ; lion, leaving nothing but the negroes, mauy ; of whom refused to follow their masters,! for 'which, io. many instances, tliey report that many of them were shot down.* Tinslaves, ignorant though they are, seem.-d to understand that the "Yankees" were | expected,- having overheard the cbnvef-o- | tion of their masters to that effect. Tbev - ! seemed to snpp.iso tbat'lhuy were coming. aeriucu \u sujij-.-sa mil iiiv.% ncin tu'iuux

. for their liberation; and >hen« Ihe buals passed,'they came down to tbo shore, e.- - ' ■ peeling to as tski-n off. Many of lh--m ^ came to the fort, after our forces hail lamli-ti . and wero taking in charge, to bo hired a> ^ laborers on tho fortifications. The grealoat excitement is Said to havt^ j prevailed at Harapnab ; und tho Boutbem ' j papers report that inuny of the inhabitants warn leaving tin- cjty for the interior. tt.e - black flag is sni.i to be displayed ist riavaunah and Charleston, indicating that they ask no quarters ami will give o me. * ) Not ono of oar vessels-of-war wore disabled by the fire of the rebel batteries ; ^ but were all in a fighting condition when 1 the rebels cease 1 their tiring, though some of them we're considerably damaged. After tho capture of the forts, the whole or our army, almut 15,003 men, landed on ; , the rebrl-m'l of South Carolina, aud look possession of tho fort. On leaving the j , fort, the rebels had left one 01 their flags flying, with its halyards so arranged that when the (lag should be hauled down a j mine should be sprung, und bljw up the : victors. Rot the plan Tailed, and thu ruln-j Hag Came down, and the stars and stripes j were run up ir. its stead. From paper* i which felbioio the hands of our inen, it up. j pears that the rebel force was from 3.0lltt :o 4,000 strong. ' j it is understood that gen. Sherman, in con-mamt at the forts, dors lint intend to ! make an advance at present, until he takes * time-to strengthen his position ; as it is in- ( ! tended to niuke tbo position a psrmantytt ; ba«e of future operations. Thu harbor is • ' ! one of tbo best on Hie .-oulheru Atlantic ; | coa«t. and the buoys and lights removed by I | | tho rein- Is are to he replaced. I he rebels 1 i boast tlmt they will soon re-capture the 1 fort*; bnl they will have to send a better 1 j force tlmn that* which defended 'it to mjr y ' ! out that boast. 1 — 1 OEDIKATIO;.' AT BEAVILLE. 1 uauisailUA AT 5EAVILLE.

I In compliance with the invitation of the Second Baptist (Anrch of Cape May, an , leclesiosticai council assembled at their : . I meeting- h nine at HymVille, (,i, Wednesday i or last week, at 10 o'cloek A. M . to take , j into consideration the propriety of setting apart more fully to the work of the gospel , ministry, Rduard Y. by ordination^ l j Tliq following churches were represented! ! l-j vii.- . First' Cwpe May, Denisville ami Cajm _ i I -Land, in the county; Bridgetou, Green-'; r I wieh, New Brunswick, Mullica Hill and! I Sacdy Ridge in the Stale, aud Willjuown I'a. The council was organized by up- ; . ; pointing Rev. Dr. Webb of New Urutis. f wick, Moderwtnr, an. I Rev. U Kain, ol | Mullica llld, clerk. Alter introductory j j services, the candidate, before a crowded ; house, related bis christian experience, call ' to Ihe ministry, ami doctrinal viovrv, in a j very calm, clear and watisfactory manner. ; I after which unly a few questions weie asked, | : i aud satisfactorily answered, whereupon the , council retired for a lew moments, when it j j was unanlrnou'ly agreed that the exawina. j ; lion was entirely satisfactory, and that they 1 1 immediately proceed to the ordination ser- i i tuccs the various parts of which were ap- | proprialuly assigned as follows : Reading of hymn ami scriptaie.— Rev. 'j I M. R. Ox, of .Sandy Ridge, a former pas | • tor of tba church. ' Introductory prayer by Rev. k shrp i pard, the late pastor of lb* churph. j j riermbn l-t Rev. G. S. Brown, of Bridfr. ! ! | l014-

s"1 OrdaiaiOg prayer, Iter. J. M. Chillis, ot \ r Bridgeton. < ■ ' Right-hand-of.f«llowsbip by Rev. Wm. I 1 Maul, of (ireenwich. Charge to the candidate by Rev. Dr. Webb.. — j i. Address to the church by Rev. Wm. s Swiuden. of Cape May Court House, t . Benediction by the candidate. j The council then returned to the -chnrclr, ' • where the audience was ic waiting, a>.d tl.e , riercites, according to the above pro ; ] gramme, were conducted. The sermon. ' i ir'om act* 21) : 28, was appropriate, solemn . . and^mpte-MCe, end Wu* listened to With : . deep interest. The entire cxetcises were '■ > of the mo; l interesting character/ ■ Connected with 'this ordination, there j f isona feature of rather ancommon iirteiest. ! I The candidate i* a nativu of the place In ! » nhirh he now becomes the pastor or a largo ! ■ church, but so unquestionable ha* hi* character been in.the community where he ha* i 1 always resided, tii-'t tho call for bis ordina- - lion was hearty artd unanimous ; affording. ' i up aien ly, an rxfeptioo to the general ■ rale, that "a prophet is not without bouor, . t save in bis own eodnlry." AH2E8T OF MASON AKDSLIDELL. Tlie world ho* heard of Senator MaI son of Virginia, member of U. S. Sen- • ate up to the secession of that State, • and the Hon. .Mr. Slide!, nls» U. S. Senator from Louisiania. Who has nut ; heard of the boosts of the Soutiiem j press, of their successful departure from ! it southern port (notmtnslunding the i ; blockade) on their way to Kurupe. a* ministers to England and France ? Well ' these selfsame notables, tliongh eluding the vigilance of the Idockade, and getting will on their way across the ocean with their families, are, by this time, v j probably, safely enseonsed in Port \\*prren, Boston harbor ; or 'at least, /oon will be. They hnve been captured, j The general facts of the arrest arc-vgiv- j on below, as extracted from the Wi^li1 ingloti correspondence of the Philad'u ; Prttt : ' Commander Wilkes, evidently n man of "grit," was sent out to bring home • tbo war steamer .Sow Jacinto from the ! coast of Africa; on his return be touch- . ed at Cieulucgo*, where he ascertained that Matou u:id Siidell bad run the blockade, mid were cu route to Europe probal.lv by the way of Culm He I -ailed up and went into port ut Ilacuiia. There lie ascertained that the Confederate commissioner* Imd been gone but u few hours, having sailed in the British ; mail steamship Trent, the swelling be- j fore, (7th of November.) He immediately put to sen, directing I. is course so as to intercept tlm vessel When about forty miles off Mntanzas, ! in tho old Bahama Channel, the Trent hove in sight, and the two vessels were soon within hailing distance'. Commodore Wilkes sent n shot ncrcss the bow* of the Trent. To this no'attention was paid, when another was directed near* i the bow. This brought the steamer to. | Lieutenant Fairfax, to whom both of j the Confederate passengers were person- ; nliy known, was sent on board in a bout, | supported with two more boats, filled ! witu marines. Lieutenant Fairfax went i on deck nnd called lor Messrs. Mason atid Siidell, who soon appeared.

, i "Lieutenant Fairfax politely informed j i them of the-ohj&ts of his mission, and . I asked them to . go on board his boat. ' To this they objected. Mason remarking , that tliey had paid their passage to Eu- , rope/ to the British Consul at Havaun, (who acts as agent for the mail stearn1 ship Hue.) und he would'not ieavo withy out force. Lieut. Fairfax, pointing to , ■ his marine* drawn up on. the decks of i the British steamer, said : "You sec, j sir, 1 have the force, if that is what you f require !" " I hen ytrtt must use it," replied Mason. With this Lieut. Ftir- ! fax placed hit hand upon the Senator's 1 shoulder and pressed him to the gungi wuy. At this juncture the passengers | rushed forward, somewhat excited, nnd j attempted to interfere. The marines ; immudiately showed their bayonets, and Masou consenteil to the decision of Lieut. Fuirfax, asking that he might l>e permitted to make bia protest in writing. ! "Just then a fine specimen of an I Englishman rushed uri deck in military or uav«) uniform (the, officer in command ! of the mails, jjrobably), and deuiandep why passengers on board of tliat ship ' were tmileyhlf Lieut. Fairfaxjinforraed hi in tlmt he bad stated to Capt. Moir, of the pheket. why he orrested two of i Ms passengers, and farther than that lie : hn j no explanation* to make. Protests | were then drawn dp, and Mason and : r-lide.ll, with their qpm'eHre'e*, Eustis nnd jjhfcFarland, went into the bouts of the • San Jaoioto." The vessel arrived at Fortress Mon-

* i roe on Friday last, and dAnetoengar was I sent to Washington for orders; where- * I upon the San Jacinto was ordered to ! proceed to New York, from whence the notable prisoners were to be sent to ! . 1 Fort Watreir, a* above stated. a BLOODY massacre. . i One of the mo»i wiclud and harbarou. * i oecttrrenepw of thl* war., took place at 8 Gnyan.lotte, a town in Western Virginia.) Wb compare it with the bloody massacre*. , • , j-er|«et rated, by the Chinese, in the late war j i in India. 'The neconuts we have are a-> ii ! follows : — ■- f .It seems ;that a force of rebel cavalry, i | variously estimated at from 500 to 1,000, 8 | hud concentrated in the county back of the j " j town, and it was proposed, with tbe assia- i 1 uuee of the rebel inhabitants of Gnyun- ! ilulte. to annihilate tba Federal fotces in that town. tuc Federal troops consisted * of 250 men of the Virginia Regiment, anj ! u few of Zeigler'a Virginia cavalry It * wa* arranged between the rebel cavalry and relief citiaeM to " mu*sacco. our troop* ' in cold blood, i Accordingly, the rebel) citizens became i very' courteous to our troops, and, on Sun- . 1 day evening week, invited theiu to their i bouses on various pietoxt*; The invitation : was accepted by all who ' were off dnty ' , und. while they were beiiig^ontertainet), ai ' j 8j o'clock at nighl.the rebel cavalry- dash-. 1 i ed into tha town. . Signals were displayc' i i from every house where the loyal Virgini j ian* were unsuspiciously enjoying them. ; j -elves, and'uitOj these the rebels rushed. ! j murdering the unarmed toldiert in raid I ' blontU The rebel citizens, men end women. . ! rushed to arms, anij judcd the cavalry in 1 tho *l4ip*j*tt. wreilsnl troopi-Jwho ware in cani; ' ui^pured as soon as ihissihh for their dt- / 'ence, but were overpowered, and bad t« ' break )itie» and retreat. Very fjw ol ou> men were killed in the engagement will the cavalry, nearly all the killed being mut , tiered in tho ho- ses; , j Wlien cdt. 2ei»|or arrived and asceri lained the particulars of 'litis - fiendish* out ! rage, he ordered the destruction of the | town. The buildings were immediately tired, and the whole town reduced to ashes

ARMY MOVEMENTS. ) Price und his rellels are' said to retreated 1 entirely out of the state of Missouri, into | Arkansas, where he is preparing for winter j | quarters. Our army under Gen. Hatiter(for- j nieriy Fremont'*) have evacuated Spring- ' i field, as "no eneniv, of any magnitude, wu* ' j near them. Hunter and his stuffhr.ro re i j larnedjto St. Ilollu and Sedalia | i ioned; ammunition &c. supplied for an army ! of 1 j.tmh) at each place, should it he tieces- ' s try at any future time ; while a large num- ! ber of our troops, it is said, will be sent ih- ! to Keniubky nnd down .the mississippi. The rebels in Kentucky are fulling back.' and well they may ; for tbe Union uien in! eastern.Teiiiiessoe begin to bestir them i selves ; and considerable excitement pre1 vuiis there in consequence. Tbe Union men im.-e burned some of the bridges. ) which may stand in the way of lue retreat , of the rebels. Colonel Geary tins hrd another gallant | skirmish ou the Virginia sine of tho Poto- i mac, and routed a body of rebels, killing j three men u«.d one horse. the Rich mood Examiner says that the j Federal troops are invading the eastern j shore of. Virginia, having crossed the tine from Somerset counts, m.i.

1 1 New Yora. 5ov. 15, 18«l. " Dear WAvt^_\y'ar ! war! is ttreon^ i ly topic on t^iicli conversation can for any time dwell with the New Yorkers, i nnd I presume it is the same with your Cape May frrend«. The particulars of every movement are anxiously looked" for. by oor whole population." Up. to within a few days past it was customary ; j to aew tunny persons surrounding the •! principal telegraph offices," abstracting j what news they could, in advance of ita j puUfotion. That is now dSne away with. The officers of . tho far-famed American Telegraph Co. have seen the | necessity of keeping things still more private, and notwithstanding their pro- , vio-.;« rules were very strict ngainst the j revraling of nay news whatever, a few days buck, all the employees of the said company had to take nil oath, binding themselves not to mnko known, or cause to be mode known, or converse ■ among themselves abont anything what- * ever passing over lint wires; consequenly ly, the public, attention is now called to the bulletin boards', which are closetWfilched. Are there ever, in your churches, humble null fervent prayers offered up lor the absent friends now serving their Country ? Tbe question is a Jooiish one ; I know there ore. Well do I remember, when attending your churches, of hearing the manners spoken of. and . a blessing and guidance asked for them especially. But prayers cannot save the lives of tlionsauds. who ure now enlisted in this war Alt, no! we must all do 'our best to influence litem and keap them in the right path; for as ftgenera! thing, morality of yonng men uwny from home does not improve, bat quite the reverse Life — What is it ? It is a mystery, never to be unravtllcil upon earth The reiri object of mun's creation is a theme thnt no one cau clearly demonstrate. We are lost in tho inconsistencies of our existence, the mo- • •< inent we begin to contemplate onr being and onr relation" to the Ureal Aaihor of our existence. Christianity, hn•nnnity nnd elightened reason would itiud us to believe thai all mankind are brethren. Yet, by lorce of circumstances, our soldiers stand* watching every chant-fa to send into eternity — into the presence of Almighty God — without I'lcarinc ui .1 uuw— -iiiiuu.

warning, wicked end unprepared souls; .tnd while liiey strike the cold steel to lite heart of a "brother" they thank ' • God that lie hus enabled them to dc1 i stray a fellow creature nnd triumph ' i orsr bis destruction. Is it not liorribti- • io contemplate? i* not the fenrftnd ; ' anxiety one feels who lias relatives and frientl* must dear, in the conflict, itanl, i [ very hjrd to tnlure? Enough! of this.. . , i buve spent toy time in ineditatibn, in- y . stead of mi effort to keep you pested of _ our New York doings. Dr. lluves, the newly returned Artie ! Explorer, delivered a very interesting lecture on his late- discoveries and irci- * ♦ ' dents nf his trip, a few nights since. — The departure of Gen. Scott was very 1 sadly fell by some. Although the Gen'l resigned, 1 wu* Mill in hopes he would ■ hold a position that hiscouucil might be i taken. Physically he was of little value to his country, but mentally lie was ' invaluable. After counting regiments going from this city, ^ud those going through from ; Eustern states, i find the average to be 1 about live regiments per week. Yours ns cfer, -Union. An intercepted letter from the robsl en1 i voy, Yaucy. hi Europe, to hi* son in alaburnt, speaks discoaragiiigly or the prospect of thu recognition of the rebel government by tho European Powers. ~~:r — • ' T-11 'rTira

OFFICIAL ELECTION RETURNS. oaqx Mat c. ii., Nor. 8tb, 1861. Joszru 8. Lbacii ; — Dear Sir:'— The Board or l'oiinty Canrasnere met here t6-day, and organized by njipointiug Thoa. Williams, Esqt- Chairman. The following i«"takun from the ofllcial return* of the election : . sk.va7c. • l>. Den. Mid. Low. c. Island, Total. .7. F. Learning. 160 77 159 «j9 63 - , 648 k. w. Wbitaker, 89 146 104 42 30 411 Assembly. W W. Wore, 161 63 143 100 68 535 J.W.Swain, 8» 160 115 . 39 15 4li Suzatrr. * II. D. Edmnads, 88 160 U4 51 35 448 coboxem. Jos. D. Chattin. 163 73 163 98 54 541 Charles Grande#, 163 j4 152 96 M 639 N'el. T. Fddridge, 163 . J63 M -4 M7 John S. Corson, 88 152 110 43 28 421 Join Tomlin. 88 1W « 48 418 Joseph K. Allen. 88 140 10* 43 28 408 learning's majority, 137. " Whole nnmberttf votes'polled 967. In I860 thare were 1214 polled; that showing that we have some 200 or 300 voters that did not vole at thw A election. .Your, truly, / Jonathan Hand, Clerk of Board of Canvasae ts.