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CAP j£ MAY OCEAN WAVE- j CAPE 1K1 jANJ.) N. J; J. 8. LEACH. Editor. Pdbllaher «o4 froprlr Jor. ' jfonk i)ol,l>ah i*kh. asni.-m: Thursday. Jan. IE, 16A3' abkt asd havy movehentc. \Tiie Burnside expedition ha* sailed • from Aonapoiis, lid., and anchored at Hampton Road). Its destination is as , yet oftknown Xo the pobHc. Conjecture sajs that jt is either up the lUptmhnnnoc, York or James rivers, and iivdtca-' tions seem to point that way, or nt least somewhere in that tlclnity The formidable expedition, on- Ih4 Mississippi, has also sailed- from Cain? , — nJtjoot the same time, the middle and latter part of last week. The destination of this expedition, is evidently up the ! Tennessee riser; but at what point they are to disembark, and commence Operations, is yet in the dark. The bridge over Green rirer is said to hare been eoompieted, preparatory to an ndvance-of Gen. Boeli's army towards. Bowling Green, Kentucky. The movements of Gen. SlirrmWs command at Port Royal, S. C.. in^advancing to the main land, and destroying the rebel entrenchments, and the recent reinforcements of that command, also seem to | iadieate a still farther forward movement, "probably to take possession of the Charleston' and Savannah Railroad : or perhaps, directly towards one of .those cities. Some 3000 troq>s have also been ad- 1 ded to the force on Tybee Island, at the moolh of the Savannah river, where fortifications have been hi process of : construction for some time. There is i nlso a considerable force at SKip Island, near New Orleans, who have possession [ also of- Biloxi, on Hie main land near , ' ■ bf' ' '| From all these preparations nod movements, it appeal* to ue that it the intention to ranhc an almost simul tilneons advance andmtet-V vti the tine- • '** ray in all, or nearly ait- these points, as ' well as all along the line of the Poto ' mac. from Fortress " Monroe trp-y and other points ; and it seems to be indicated that the advance will He tu-de I soon, though we- may be mistaken. The wisdom of sutrlt a-conrse — a .gen- ' eral advance — appears **xideirt to us- ' We fears undoubtedly a fort* vastly superior to the robi-lq hot if wo attack only one'poinl at a time, they having J advantage of railroad and telegraph , cimcmftication on their own. ground, van xpeedily reinforce the point attack- • cd ; but strike them on every hand at '• once, and they willtiave euongli to do 1 »t each point, without- transporting ' their troops to other places, and we certainly bare a force so lar superior to t theirs, as to he able to attack tbein on t every band at the same time, with al- t moat u certai.: jr of swccesa, at least in , t .•majority o: ,'ie different points. 1 There, seems to be an impatience in * the public an advance ; but, '

fdr our own part, while wr desire to see [ it as soon as expedient, we are inclined s t0 4hie opinion that nothing has yet been • lost by waking. And we believe that those who ought to knerw betttrr than we, or an impatient public, will advance as soon as practicable. The army of' the Potoma'c luu probably been ' ready for some time, but some other divisions have not bsen ready.. Ayer"s American Almanac i« nnw ready far- delivery, gratis, at Knock Kdoiutid'm who is hsppy to "apply nil that call lor litem.- Kverv family should base and keep this hook. It it worth having — comprising murb general information of great value Jt gives the best instruction for ihe care of prevalent complaints, that we tan get any. whvre. Its anecdotes alone are worth u hnabvl of wheat, and it* medical advice is ! luasstimas worth la tbe sick, tba wheat's j weight in gold. Many of t ha medical aimanse* ara lra*b. hot this la solid metal. It* calculation* ara made purposely fortUL latitude and are therefore eorrert. tialt ; and got an A joe's Aimanw, and when got / kwpit' . . 8JT We are indebted to Hon. Johw T. "v ■ Nixon, for a copy of thw voluminous repon nf-ilis y«i VV vck, congrv'Viobal i ammittee m> it«* invert ig*lieD*-t-f Government ooc- \ • IVecta.

. THE rioHT at POST BOYAL IBM. Last week wo briefly noticed a battle, or, | inorw properly, a raeonnoiamaea, near Port ; Royal lirrj. il. 0,.-a» received, from rebel j ; ioWi, i" yhich it *b incorrectly stare. I that oo r forts* wero reptflsed. The scene ; ! of "he engar.-ement was on tho tin in ia.id, ! ; to I hp north ward .of Port It. Jul Island. ! « j jost over the Cooiaw river, which separate* 1 I lha island, on the north, "from Ihe ina'n ; ; land. The rebels had earthworks and bat- . I teries here, from which tb-y hm! menaced i our troop* ^ and the object of the expedi- j. 1 liou was to seize these, not for the p«rpo»* • 1 of holding, buljidYfvwj'tV: thrfnTTrf which : they were entiswly suaV?s»rul. expedition was nmUr cmnt&ml «tf "BfigMler Wen. : . .-j rfte /en*. Oar force Whted of part* or • t j six ragiments, having O. i.- auder 1 carer of which .they were to c\lvihc river ! ( or lard lho*e who proceeded in two steamU ers— the Boston' and Delaware. The ac j • i ,lion was commenced by the gunboat*, by j " i shelling, while the troops crossed* ot landed ; i j al different point*. < The enemy, supposed to be abtrfll 3 )'«t 1 strong, made hut a levlde show or resi-. j t.-nre, bat soon left their enlr*QciiiT|eiit*, ! which were eeenpied l^f out ^troops during I the night, and IrVellvd the next nyrnsing. The rebels left behind only oue cannoni 1 ; which was captured by onr i*-n and tsken | , ' , away. Having accomplishod tiro original : i design of the espeihli'in, they relumed to I ; the island on tho soroaii day. O .ly a few i I of our men were wounded, rno-t of tbein . [ slightly. Moj, Watson,. or Michigan was. . severely, and it was feared, mortally woun.j ded. One of onr men was wouuded aud missing, who, prubaiily. was the one reported by the rebalTto have been taken pris- 1 onlr by llietn. The rebel* sent a flag -of, truce to get i heir dead nnd wounded, which ' was sappp ad to be heavy. They report i their Ins* at Qlteen. 'The affair happened' < on the 1st inst.. and the re.bels may receive ' j it a* a new year's present from Oen. Ster- ! ! en»- ' 1

THE THE AT* St T 0FPBIB0XEPS | There is, nndoubte Jly. quit* a differenco j between the treatment of the pri oner* ta.ken by the respective contvndig parties' I In the pre«»ii|t war. This was acfcnowleflga i by Mr. Faulkner, the rebel recently re. 'j leased from Fort Warren, on hi* return io ; j Virginia, and he pledged himself to -usu J. his endeavor* to havo the evil remedied. The Federals taken by the rebels are subjected ID the tangle and indignities of the j rebels with whom they come in contact, are i (cnrt-rly half fml, and liu'^poorly cared for in every restmct ; and if appears "beyond & doubt that several br out men at Richmond— : Imre been shot by rebel sentinels, simply for npproaekiiig.^be window* of the prison; wheru they-dould g> t a view of the outside ' world. It i* true tliis pa< pot approved nf the higher rebel aotbo^itiiN. on n- representation of lire facts to tha<n. but it showa the bitter hatred of the r.-l»-k>. who have tnade the war, towards tltoso wftj. pre sini. ply defending The duly constituted 'iuycin Very different is iVc ireatment <m the . other hsnd, a* aci^cxiiedgmJ by Bhose whom we hgre held as prisoner? Thrn I the numheH recently drawn at Fort wiir-L-v*n to be .released wa* made known to | the : pirties, several or them declined going.lprd gave op their places tb- others,- giving! a; theirmain reason, Hint tbry had no desire tu go hack to their regiments, rrh|cb • they r^ould leave to do if exchanged, saying that a* if woe winter 'they could get nothing to do at l.errre, and their living in The fort mart better than they expected. Tboio who have been liberated, retorp home ■ ■".»» « ii»tc uecn iioerarou, return Home

[ j with their ideas of the spirit of 'the North I quite ci nngod. f Wa mention theso thing", simply to show 1 the spirit Of the two parlies.' The South i : boasts or dti chivalry and gejieresity. nnd [ i • fhvypre now manifesting it. *J'Str North . j qever desired ihh war, and weh: slow to p. lako op the s, word, u »?i| the alternative pf ' , Bgbl or roiv was fairly lorced upon tjiem i , ' The South eritcrtaiu the ino.t bitter hatred ; ' toward* the North, without « cau-e, while! J the North pities 'he folly and tnadneta of the Month, which has brought ail the die- ' tress upon (be country, and only take tho *«ord to chastise them, as a kind' parent ' . doc* a refractory child. - • FIRM ih the south. " Southern papers mntmue to give aceuunu of fire, in rarttms ocoiities in their- ' I j States. Hince the memorulde otic in I ; j Charleston, which destroyed a rrry large r< and the moat importaut portion of the' hot- 1 I bed of disunion, (hore are very frequent ' ! j reports or other*, of leas uagaituslw it i* ' ; true, in the same city. A Montgomery. ' ■ i paper also reported, recently, seven at. J • tempt* to fire that town, where the first , rebel Congress met, nod twe ol the attempts proved, ic a measure, successful, i lustance* of the same nature are occuriug t j is* various |mri», ami iho imprewivii Mkiu i

. seems to he that they are usual ly toe work | of Micendiaries, aud there seems to be cc>i- j stant apprehensions of danger, from this ) I soarce, anil from seqvileiasnrrvctlah among". ' the slaves ; and we' hare no donbt there! are grounds fur soch apprehensions. rf Whether these fire# are the work of the ; ' ' slave*, free negroes, or white Union men. 1 « cannot be known ; .but be that as ft may. ! 1 '[ they undoubtedly, bare an element in their ! 1 . midst, which must' be anything list pleas- 1 1 ■ ing"; nor. In our apinidrt havo .they" *ei>n j 1 j.the worst of it. Fact* wilf yet prove, an ' • in many instances they hate already, how j : • tronglrthe slateif attached to b'S master. I I In many Case*, no doubt they arn'but there ! i ; are enough disaffected •neff to yet avrnge : i i the- wrong* they hare snffsred, and cause | 1 their masters much trctrMc nnd distress , 1 The very thoughts of such scenes as an i extensive imurreetiotr tfuttld bring t" view | i | t* viAening. Were none to suffer but < I those who have Keen fSSs actor's in the dtsj union scheme, we could not so much pity j i them, bat when we eonte to cdntemplatn j i tbe^nffering* of the innocent with the guil- [ ty.Tflcladirrg thothmndsnf Union luviug men women, and imopent children, the thought . i is repulsive. l?ut so they- wguid ha c it ; i I and they will Utsvrf A reflect that t heir own i wickedness has brought it np«n them, in | > poking to break up the Government which h ! wa* pledgecl fof their protection. 1 testatfekts for oub soldiers. We have feceivctl tlie f->!lo\s in pr fir* . t ulur, which k|(edks/lor itself. We pub- I - li»li it, ns, perhaps, the best manner of | bringing lite thutfir before our readciR. . 1 A christian public cannot fail to nppre- - 1 I cint .The object ; nnd, wo hni] nliuort . said, a christian can rcnrcrly fail to rentier. material old.,- IIctc v6u not a cinnr- 1 / 1 • ter, half or wh^Io dollar to spare for ro ^ noble an object. Read the letter: , St*: -Vour attention is respect- ] fully called to tha effort now being made to j '

supply our soldier* with the Word' of God. ! I ( These men removed' from the wholesome I influence* "T home, with diminished means I of religious instruction, subjected to* tho 1 • pectiliar teni|itati- m nf the camp, olid ex- i po*ed to sodden -death, greatly need litis ' c mo*t important provision' for theif ffbud. I Kuril regiment wlren in Camp near Tren- j . ton and jo*t before leaving the State, i- | furnished with neat pocket copies of- the 1 ( New Testament, costing about twenty-five I cent* per volumne. In thi* way sotge l'i.- 1 f 0i>0 men have been already supplied, .and t an expense incurred or nearly 8-T0OC: The t I work" still gees on as new Regiment a leave , 1 fir ile seat of war. — These volume* are i received invariably with respect, anth in I ! v-wy many intianeA* with expression* of t . thankfulness. There is tride&ee that the p men who have lei'nre for each employm<-tits p | and whose situation i» calculated to in- p duce scrionsnes*. are much sngagfd in teaJ. I ing these useful books, and that spiritual • ' good hu« resulted from these distrihutioii. . ' i ^ This is the only systematic effort ipsd'e ■:! x this direction in onr State, and this plan v reenrea the supply of all our tit-n. j\Vill it suit you to aid in this work of i! such great importance, and of inch tender r interest t | Donations may ho sent to Charlc* 'Hand 1, st the Court l^ouse or to myseU bore. i Respectfully yonrs, I GKOIUiK SHKLDON, r Superintendent'* ol distribution in N. J. | I rrioceton, N. J. « A BLOODLEM V.iTOit V. v The" Cincinnati Gaxette, of the I'lth | ' has the following report from a .. person front the vicinity of the ecene of | tlie occurrence r . ! * V'Oh Monday Inst, Colonel Garfield's o fykes, inclptiing g lue Forty-second Ohio, j * Nkth Kentucky, and l,8flttcemlry, had * pro<Mded up the Big Sandy la Raines- '' ville.-wflhin seven "miles of the rebel *n- 0 campmenv^hen they wefe met by a ^ I ting of truce tearing a roeuage from , | Humphrey Marshall,, asking if mntfers : could not be' arAinged without a fight. ! tl i "Colonel Garfield immediately replied 'I thatj be could offiT no . arrangements * except either Jo fight, or ,tt? surrender -l unconditionally. \ "Marshall then addressed hie men, ^ _ informing them that they m^d no alter- j n nattve except to snrretider ot tHabnnd, | , ,and givinc tliem their choice ,\immedia- , tely collected anil set fire to Wli their „ tents, camp equipage, supplies, ^ utc.. nud then each man w a* ju-kmittrd c take care of himself, the whoie\foree ( Mattering in confusion. No atldniptwna matie to save' anything except tftcir u cannon, which were hauled ofl". \ 0 "Colonel Garfield despatched his-caV 1 airy in pursuit. They "expect to cau\p the gun!., atiri \|«erh«|-c pick up V ninny o# the ay Log Abel*. _ \

OUR CAMP LETTERS. t'.**r Krvixr. f"o. A. Ttli !fag. 1 . j< j Gc*. Ifetttxa'l phvutok, Jan. 1, '62. J Daaw Wsvr -Feelitfg thimkfnl for the pgreat interest which you have uniformly manifested !U the doinx# and welfare of oar cotOpaoy, anil thinking a portrait of a part ; 'of the dancers incident to a soldier's life, i wuulJ interest your reader*. I will endeav- > ; or ti» give it. without trespassing too much j opotvy off r space". ' 'All is quiet along the Pntomac"to-night' I* a sentence -often read in tho papers; ' but how few. realize all that is embodied in it. . Had you aver been haunted by hideous nichtmare, or htrd you ever felt as -the zai. ; feel*,, his good shijv st.raininv at every 1 seam, laboring close on a lea sli,ore. you could appreciate the mental snflefirig Of j tliosb olBcer* who have charge of the picket guard along the river bank at niyht.— ; The proud, placid sheet, spreading from shore lo shore, reflecting in its bosom the shelving" banks . and fantastically shaped pine, scarcly seenisj a fit barrier -between | ! loyally and patriotism on one side, nnd crtt i i elty, treachery and dishonor on the olhar ; | such it is. Tim l'ofolttac, t think, i* ; doomed to become a* famous a* the.Rubii con in IVsar'J time. Oo every bluff, In ev. i'ry thicket of Virginia's shore, lurks the : Irafto.r fo«. Daily and nightly ihies the • shriek of Their murderou* tdiells convince " n> nf tlie'r dire intentiunA. Around our brigade lines, nnd along the banks (St tba river, our picket guard* am ' po*t»d. To them is entrusted the lives i.f _ thousands. The picket, whilst his com- f grades calmly sleep beside their tittle watch- 1 fire*, paces tip and down, gneitig steadfastly out upon the river. . musing, perchance, on | I companions left behind/ Bright memory "'.ill* him hack -to thu liujjpy Tliwue* tiud ; pleasures of borne. Iiiyr^nalibn picture* j him, iti beautiful eoiC r*. the sittiling hap. i 1 py faees arouiiiXno fauilly fire.«ide — | Thought* of oU»<fr timh* Crowd rapidly upon j him. and ho />:i scarcely suppress tho upi sigff, or check the drop pi tig tear. ! His thtriea are simple but dangerous. The . | lurking, hidden foe is e-rer on the alert, and often, in tho silent watches pf this night, the crack Of hik rifle tell* of the life blood eli 1 hing fa'.fl from the lonely picket's heart.— j All is re|mrted quiet the next day— only u I priv'atn shut. Few think thut one j | hctosehnld, one family has been. made de><> . ; late. T'hn sentiy lias ottered his lu»t tTivil | lenge, and sunk to that re*t lr«m which their is no rel ef, until the reerille sounds . awaken ni all Tor the final Judgment. — 1 , and relative* wi f'gusrd the poor ( relies It., baa left .behind," but thejgreat df the people will throb on the same the gt^at ocean "of. tint* will surgeon, enl gulphing victim niter victim, aird only thu ! ( gentle wind softly sighing through the tall ' gras* that grows rank and wild over his ani I otrored and unmarked grave will sing are- , quieni to hlxslnmbcring spirit; the mighty ; [ that vio wjth'eacb other, (-nlogi- ! j Zing tho actions of lhp*o who have fallen ; wh.lst in cfptmand, rarely stoop, to indite ' pattegyrft on those Who fought aftd diedWu ' them. The Iok; weary march, the dt;- ; nidi wdtch in tho acnd.houni or night, the perils of the field and the danger* of nsick \ ly cum p. all seem tosink into insignificanc# in the presence of the Lure!* which, halo- ' like, sat roondx the name* of those stales- ' ' and warriors who f«U ut Ball * Bluff, \ I llcital, Wilson's Creek at:d eisnwhure. where blood bas'befcti shed. I.el all praise be accorded to those noble spirits who per- 1 | ished in defence of oQjr glorlo'u* flag and 1 ' our Country's sacred' Hon Sr. but, at the ' i rtithe time* he'quaathml to their posterity it 1 or honor and renown ; but, let the i world not forget t re self-denial and patri- 1 ; Otistu of those who left their homes to 1 j serve ic tho ranks. Ijet them all tut trea- i 1 sured in the popular h«art, a'ik^ entitled t« ' honor arid fame, alike deserving tlie thanks . 1 bf rotllion® yst upborn. Hot my «ubj#ct is I running a#ay with inv pen, and 1 reo 1 am : fast tending toward* wlfat I promised in J I the. outset 01 this lettot not to do. ? T he New. Year has dawned. It wa* my ; , : to pass New. Year's Kvo on the bench. 1 The uighl was beautiful and clear. All was ; silewt save the plashing of the . wave* a* , j.they kissed the pebhlH on the shore and receded back into the borotn of the Poto"- 1 1 mac. The ilvWp fdae-t waved to and IrJ^lTTj i the night wind; raising a hollow mnrtnbr, ^ , not unlike the" distint dirge. The stars , f (winkled brightly frofti their high home*, j , seeming to whisper better thoughts and ! | words of comfort to tho«e in so ninfch Iroff. j-| blfc here below, when, trout the furthermost.! , centre, growing louder w* it passed from '! sentinel to suntiuel and acboing far out up. ' . the silent waters, came the cbetping erj ■ of "Twelve o'clock and all la well." It was j "] knell of the old year. Ube bad quietly j. pawed into the great sea of time. - The K Vtare icemvd to twinkle brighter, the wind ' , Mew »ltougrr| the waves rilled liig&tr a* | |

• the Old year sank to rest. The boor* pass. ; ml -slowly on ; the smaller alare like liltla l^nildren. shot up their bright eyes, one by , *a •OCA, and sank to sleep; the larger and brighter constellation* lingered Itiuger. bat at List faded slolrty faom view. Iffigbt streak* of red and blue, flecked the Kwtcin horizon edgf. Thu mi>Tic cloods rnj« *1-, w- ' : ly from vale to h ill-top. When, to! thu morn » of the new year dawned vfith all #the refal^ence of an aututno sun, the hour frost glistened like a silver sheen, the heavy moisture oh Ihe tree# reflected back.' With* a thousand gorgeous colors, lb* rays of the - first run of '62. As the sentinel in front of me stood Ivnning on his mnskelr I could ' - tyil imagine his thought*. Jlis tr&ck of\ life spread" Oat before him, like an umber-" colored pathway, on which the sub shtVnw" in some beautiful spot*, here a sorrow and 1 there a "cure: here he sew his, darling - babe, the pride of the hoo»e. the joy of his ' lieatt, clasping i'.s tiny hands, as it gaies, - with staring and wandering eyes, upon thu happy faces of tbe household around him. There lie sees the face of his loving wlfoi * , h*. lender smile lincturdd by a «hade of j grief ol tbe tho i^hts of the absent one, aa ' she bends tA. kiss those little lips, and wish 1 hiui, so far away, through this connecting' link, a happy new yflar. ID, perchance, in imagination, he received a fond mother's kiss or a sister's cheering smile. But to' -thee, my bleeding comitry what happiness dues this now year briefc? Jtevolrir.g time new season* brings; rewfrtiing summer's hun decks hilt aud dale with charming beautie* ; but what Ktmuner's sun' shall change ! our country's wintered state? what power re -tore her former gieutness ! God grant lhai'we may cruslt out nil treason, and ban- ! ish nil traitors froqi tho land, that a new ! '"re of peaco and plenty, like the new jrvwr, may dawn brightly tipotr ns. when this shall be once again "Columbia, happy trend." j * Gxo. W. Suitul CAFE HAY reserve HIUTIA. * Care Mar C. II. Jan. 1st HOT I'ursaant to the order of Uol. Uhns. R. * Powell ot itic Gape May Regiment* N. J. •M. the Field officers of said Itegt. met to organize the reserve militia of Capo May Co. by -direct ion nf the Brigade lSbsid of Cape May nnd Atlantic Brigade. v ' The following companies were ofthblished. . Company A Consist* of all thV'feeervo militia residing it." tire--., Uppdr Township, north and west of Cedar Swamp Creek .™ Reuben Kobinscb is appointed drill »eri gvwnt Company It coftkist* of all tbh reserve militia lending iti The Upper Township *o«»b «n«l ewt of Cedar Swamp Creek . John Klitbs Jr. is'appointed drill sergeant. Company O consists Of all the reserve militia residing in Dennis Township, north nnd west of a line running doe south west from ' the east end of the l.oftff Bridge : [ Clinton II. l.udlum-i* appoiuted' drill ser■Company 1) consists of all tho reserve militia residing in Dennis Township, south : nnd east of the last named lid*: Amos' W heatan i* appointed drill serguant. Company' K consists of all the Reserve militia resldirfg in the Middle Township, - east of a line following the centre of Jbe rotd from James McCJHney's Taylor /Shop' . at the C. H. to Capt. Kninncr Murcy'i residence on ill's Bay Shore road : FranWtn Hand ii r.ppointcd drill sejtgimnt. Ca.mpsny V. consist* of all thw reserve i militia residing in the NYldHIre TVwnship ' south' and west of the last ntmed line : Samuel Springer is appointed d?ltt ser- ! geant. Company G consists ofnll the ' rv'sCrve militia residing in the Lower Township north und earl or a line running tbe centra' of tho. road from George Bennett's store, below Cold Spring, to Town Bank: Clement Bishop h appointed drill sergeant, j » Company II. consists of all the re^rve ! militia residing south and sfast of thk hift.' : itnm.ed line, in -the Irewor Township : Nei- ^ ion T Kldridge is appointed drill sefgeant.' Company I ronslsts of alt' tfie rtlerVa ♦ miiiTIa in the city nf Cape liltad : Jesse * Smith is appointed drill sergeant. ChaAIrs R. I'oircu, Col. Attest, J. F Lksuixc, Maj. 'Hie paw V. 8. war" steamer Pensacols, - IjuUlLdt the Washington navy yard, which fthh rthel* borsted should nbver go do^ti ; thw Po'torttatf, on Snn^py morning last, ! made the attempt, which was perfec'.fy-suc-j t'essful. Twenty two shots w«rw fifed at ' but none slruok.' She did not retarn ; the fire. She was heavily I mini with can- ; and other appliances of war. and fully ' prepared for" foslT# service- Tbe safe.de- ; pat tore of the Pctisacola is a general sub. 1 jeet of congratulation, as it is known that the rebels have b«M, for werks past, rcLrerving their fire, in order either to destroy a j this vessel or prevent her 'passage out of' j the Potomac mar. <. ■*