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I 1 VOEUME 7.

CAPE ISLAM). NEW JERSEY, fflPKSlUV. FHlli'PARV *0; 1S82.

NUMBER 37

" t'ur tM ••Ucpna,VV**v '• THE *0«ra AJTD BJTJTH — A CDXTBABT. Dk*r Wave. — A c*intr«t between the loyal nnddisbival Slates of America Thigh: bo perused by your readers, perhaps, although imperfectly drawn. If I •could, for an hour or two, wield the pen of an Irving, an Adams, or'an Ererelt, ■ there is wi question lm: such a picturing j would be intensely interesting ; for as •the foundation for a contrast is attracAire, the eloquent lungunge and bcaali- ' fnl " coloring in which tiiese gifted wri lera could coach the foe's, would make nil article fosciilating in the extreme My dcscrlptron will'lie that of a "erode country boy," whose knowledge is limited, owing to the press of circumstance.*. Less than a year ago, ercry immunity enjoyed' by citilizetl, man, the people of the South were Itqlr to. Freedom 'of 'thought, of speech, and of action were • their boost ; and, indeed, each were ex- j ercised fally; so folly, that they began \o ! (flint treason, la. preach (rente, i — even j in the halls of our National Capitol, — 1 and toorf (reason, bypassing '"sccesaioq ordinances'' ami raising, secession armies. Yes, as in everything else, there were bounds to freedom of thought, speech nml nation • but the selfish and too much petltd sunt licrn aristocracy overleaped these bounds of freedom, and brought about the present state of j nffuirs, which I shall now contrast. In ! doing lid*, to make thing* plainer, 1 • propose to give tho contrast under ! * heads, nt follows ; — Finances of the I , ' Government*, Finances and Butfness with the People. Tho Conditions of the 1 Armies Ac., and ICiinncci of Sneers*. FlX.lnczs or tub G'jvkk.VHI.Vr* '("he ; comparison between the FcdeM and the i so called Confederate Government, in a • i iinancisi aspect, is tartly wide, While ! the moneyed interest of the North have, j from the breaking isqt of the war, cheer- i i Ally responded to the call of iho Gov- j . vrumeut and furnished the bullion m it i was needed, the Confederate dynasty, in ' t all of its majesty, has issued fpgua! al"tcv t appeal, demand after demand, amhwhat ! t has been the result ? Why, not linff of ' i. the money ibey required to keep their j i oligarchy in good working order, has l lieen loaned. Where specie was ob It w» tnined it was almost forced fromdlt hot- v . dcri. The confederate scrip was shun- s ..v.— I'M.iiuriuu: rcrip was anun-

ned, and why? because the people were -dubious about the final independence of Mlierr'govemment, and had not faith to I believe that their treasury, scrip would ever 1ms redeemed. And well might ; they t|(k confidence in tld* respect, for 1 it in altogether probable they will uevcr | regain their taouey. What must ere j Joirg be the condition of tbeir finances 7 < •A yenr has passed, the government has i been expending its loan, ait-i, to keep i •alivj; must continue to apand. There is ' no specie orrivitrg in the country, com- ; i ineree being annihilated, nnd certainly < their coffer* must eventually become ;1 empty. The great question, is, then, i where is jther money to corno from 7 I i will leave the reader to answer tehere ! *! "i FlNA.vcih a.vtl .bcsixe** with the ; i *• I*XOTLt. — There ha* been a notable do t •crease in business, in all section* of the I fe -connlry. Tiii* is always looked for, as ; \ ■ • . • n natural attendant of war. But the I Br' -condition of the Northern public u«*o i H much higher and better, than that of t K the Southern. people, that we ahould oc. i knowledge the band of a Ju*t God in t H guiding the American Republic to u I memorable, its well as honorable, deliv- t W trance from dismption. i Basinet* with ui is crippled, wldle ' t with the rebels ft i# totally disabled. ' Tnos> that sadly frtl the effect of "war * I times" in the North, ore tins profess- t ♦ouol men, the- hotel- proprietors, and f the merchants, There is a railing-ofT I in other trades, bat not so great as!® miglit be expected. The city median- 1 t fc-ha« gpod employment, and the sturdy ' 1 , r farmer is as busy ' at erer. Oar ports j * are open and we have trade with all ® parts the world; and, instead of e J " > : , t M I ■■wsmimia.-a.Ja.sm.e.-- 1 1 1 M I vih

| buying much abroad, we purchase little , ' and send away morh. for which, we' oh- ' " tain Use "ready cash and thus, money' a is coming. into, the- conutrv, which. /St '• other times, ha* been going out. The" "necessities of life" aro bought at Tea11 ' sonable prices. Our soldiip.* get their • pay in Ike best of money, which is projp > ' erljr distributed. In n word, if a person « Kfiouidwraoko n tour-throughout the loyr al states, vi»itiiy» eTerr community, he wonlff not he led to suppose, from np« " . pcarances, that the people even drenm of war,' except, that he might . find" an occasion*! band of troops, preparing : for the field. But how much of tire • is fittingly applicable to the people in • Dixie's land. Not a great port #of it I imagine. None buj the army cotitrnc- • tors and farmers nre doing a respectable f business ; . *tjj^ they, perhaps, nre pnicJ ; in "shin platters." That which is driv- ' j ing litem to tho brink of poverty nnd < ' | want, morv then anything the, .is the i blockade of their harbor*. The hun- ' ■ iked million dollars worth of <mtton. ' l hay would hare shipped ^Korth am tp . foreign countries, this year, still remains , < I nt home, nnd (lie cash nnd merchandise i | tlfry would have received, in paVment, , tliev are to. d.iy suffering for Tliclr , cities (ircsent scenes of desolation and j destitution, and all over the states the ' j aspect i* far froin cheering or inviting. « | Tki! rich aro brought low, the poor nre t almost sunken The food of life is got t j at famine prices, and the actual comforts ! of men, such as wearing. apparel, Ac.» ! enn scarcely be reached for "love or mo- S ; ney. " The toldi»r is paid in paper for ' I his serv ces, and hi* family suffers. In ' ^ every shape and hue the financial condi- !i i tion of the Southern masse* is far exceedj lying worse than at the North. 1 Strength axb Condition o»- the A nj i atn not prepared to definitely ' " sjieak in regard to the rinitobera of the ^ \ secession army, but do not think, how- > ever, that it exceeds 40Q.000 'men; in* the field. This is, at least, 180.000 Irs* : « j than the Union army. The contending c armies are not *ery similar in their con- ^ j dition. The Federal forces nre well fed. » j well-clothed, well-armed, and well-paid ; ^ but the "soutliem chivalry," or "nrined " j traitors. j»re. in every respect. In a re- N ; versed State. This we learn from robel V ! sources, and there it no doubt of the U . , -nu iusiv ib iiu uuuol ol me '

» | facL> r rj €TO^cea or ScccEts —Of all points , f i j and ipiektions pertaining to the war, ( I theie is non.) of so vast interest and im 1 I ; portance. to the great mojority of the - t ■ | whole American people, as tho chawcen I ■ ! of success nnd the final issue. There t : most be a grand success by the slavery i ' ' contestant, or else the contestant of free- ' r •doin will wear a vktor's crown; and -t i there must bw an ending of the conflict, s ; j North and the South ere both In- t ! terrslcd, though not nlike. That which s i excites such a lively interest in the South v | is the question, "Which party will triumph ?" But in the North, it is all I matter of time ; I J mean aihong f •j considerate, an -biased, and intelligent I classes. We do not, for a single mo. c ment, anticipate anything bat that tlie n banner of Liberty will"triumpliantly r I over every inch of this beautiful ns in days before. With a well* t : disciplined army of near three hundred r ' thousand men under the immediate com* * u inand of Gen. McC'leilan along the To- 1 ; with an ariny of seventy-five i thousand bold arfil etitliusiastic soldiers, v coinmanded by Gen. Buell. making good e marches, and threatening the cxtirpa'. a ' tion of the rebel hordes in Kcutucky ; n with nil army and navy of nincty-tliou- 1 |i sand tried and competent warriors under n the cfmrge of Ucn. Ilnlleck, sallying j forth and purging Missouri from trai* L ; threatening the annihilation of all ' j obstructions to th% free navigation of j the Mississippi rivpr, and achieving re- *t victories on the soil of Teu. n j ; with Butler's Ex|>editiua mena* ^ cing New Oilcans ; with Sherman's for- i t ' holding a section <T South Carolina n _ ,

and preparing f»r the conquest of Sa- ; • ' vuunah or Charieuton ; with the Burnj side Expedition, in possession of Ronl nuke Island and other plaJps in Aorjli i* Cajvlina and, iuAientenvo, with the en- . cmy k' rat egically surrounded and locked - in a vice-; with all this, I say, and with ' a clear aoiisciencw I^oin beipg the instigators and producers of this wicked rebellion, why should wc, the loyalist* of i the AioericaA Union, expect anything-' but victory ! victory !! victory II! nnd it, too, nobly und proudly won? Ah, yes J a Free Government must bo sustained and perpetuated ; treason must ftccive its denth sting, and ■ the' good oto~?irip will still soil on, uuder full canns in the past. DON AI.t'fN K. t«J<* .<Wi cf Aarrle*. IVtimarj- ijtb, l**J. KTTSY CLATS 8FEECU AX CAP2 MAY. Sometime ago we procured If'scrnp of Mrs. KHen II. Ludlwtu, whichcontained the report of n meeting, held on the Lduud, during the Suninier of - 1811, when the illustrious Hesry i'lay I delivered a speech. Mr. Clsy delivered two or three speeches while here ; but i the one given lielok la thaonly ono we 1 ubtaiiud Both of the others rc- ! iated to our watering-place, the people < of Cape May, mid to our Country ; but 1 I thinking the people would gladly read , aiiy- remark tljut the Sogd vf Aihtaml l uttered on our shofes, we give this 1 j speech. The account below w as pub- . iished, but. we know not In what paper ' When the immortal statesman c«:ii- j it wn* just after his son had been killed in the Mexican war. -Many of . 'our renders will remember how hurdle- s ally he met his death upon the bloody ) FwnAj. Aug 20, 1 347. ,, jjkboot seven o'clock this morning tho I Steamboat New Hateu let Jnllher >n- h chnr* opposite the plnw. having left '' York the preriou* nlw-rnoon, with e. a number of eminent citizens, to invite Mr. Clay to visit that city Among 1 visitors were Recorder Talimndge, . Demi.' M. G. Mlart, Morris J tlorace Greeley, MotI!icI7Nli. « Jainc* A. Coffin, -Mr. (•nuimage, o — -I -»• < •HU.lllugC,

and Mr. McCrakcu of New Haven. A surf boat was cent ofi' and brought a : Committee ashore, who waited on Mr. nnd reccired Jiis promise to meet them nt tlm Mncsion House at noon. ' During the mersing oil the paiseugprs cum* n*hore from the steamboat. The . mode of transit crcnlcd greut amusement and iminv jokes; Some called it j -the lundingjbeforr. Vera Crm, and - to dignity perched on ti.o shoulders of. the boatmca„wlM>,>adiiig through the - ' surf, depoMted .th' ir kmds on the beach, j wns'|ruly laughable. The New Yorkers stopped principal- ' , ly at the Coluuibiall duse. At the np-* imiiited'time Mr. Lodlam sent down hi* band from the Mnusion House to oc- 1 conf|ieny the )>|pceshion, which soon arrived at llio place appointed- for the 1 reception. The hall was piled with ladies nnd gcntleuicp, and "mute expectation spread im, anxious hash," inleyrupted only by the Ktrains of the band, , j until Henry Clay made his appearance. - Then eusueii sacli a shouting and cheer- < ing, mid applaudita from fair hands, und ' waving of 'kerchief*, as Cqjie May net- : 1 er s»* before, nnd probably never will rl again. Old Ocean started from his ' noonday repose and lifted up his white | to listen to the unwonted shout, mid, then there enme wave after wave, j -spreading' ami sprtidiug itself on the us if doiug joyous hoiuuge to 1 1 "the man and lite hour " 1 Nicholas Dean, Esq., ds Chairman of 1 •the New York delegation, then arose, ] and in behalf of tbe.cilizehs of New f A'ork, irre*i«iclivc of parly, expresksd . { their appreciation of ike luug and emi- j neat services of Mr, .Clay, null ' ftqsui- ' i I - - «

• | ted ntjd opuoruuniiy of tendering him - an exprs**t£& fit their confidence and : - esteem. In the umne of the hs!f mil. i iiun citizens of New York, 'he' invited ; > Mr. Clay to vhft the metropolis — lm ! I said thousand* of tongues were waiting i to give him welcome, ami the er.iiro ng- ■ gregate hcmtmid pukeof the -city^.Wus beating nnd tliroblmi;* la/nd llim wel- ' come —thrice wc-lcou.e^O tlie hwqdtali- ■ ties of New- York. /\ Mr. Cluy, who had'. lislfrneijU'nTnm^eh emotion to the glowing l-inguJ^w and' impassioned tone of Mr. Dean,' after a , silence of « Tew moments, arose* to re- i ply. Hushed then was every qpnud, lest one wdrd that was to fall from lirosw • eloquent lips should be .lost. He commenced by alluding to the presence of 'i •other committees, on simiiur errands to 1 ilia one from New York — especially from I'biladelphia, Trenton, and- N'pw 1 Haven— and then cvutlnued : - ' • / '' Fellow Citizen*— The el<vi|ueiA add re.' ' ( wiiicb hi* j«*l been. del iverud. ha* had the . effect alnm-t to indore Hie to adopt the langnage which wa* used pW a-moro Y»|emn - , occasion, -Tlion ulnio-t' perstmtlest me"' to j go to New York. -Hat in all-tlmt upright- i nt-ss of my nature which I havo ever en. dratored to practice. I nw*t tell voadlie object and inoiirm which havo brought me' ' to the share* of the Atlantic. 1 return- i ed tolny residence, after passing the- irin- . New Orl.ean*. on the 23«l or U4th ol March last and n day or two afterward* melancholy intelligence cam« to rue. 1 7 have been nerron*. ever since. n,n.| was in. 1 ducrd to- take tliis journey. f,.r I could I

u«t look upon the partner of my sorrow*, w ithont experiencing livelier, ntiguifli. (Mr. Clay was here completely overcome , J>y hi* reelings, rovertid- Ins r«co with hi* hand* and was silent for Several minute*. * At length wi:li ab effort iiu recovered himself- and resumed.] . , Everything shout A -bland wa* n**oeiu- ' j te^milh the memory of the lost one ; the : very tree* which his typoD assisted m« to ti'aiit, served. to rvmir.il me of hi* los*. . Ilud the ftroke come ulone, I could have it with lliv ii>si»tatire. ;se.J su*iuiuud by the kindness of. my' fFTtMi.Ti~atf.T~f 'Kow citizen*, with inVckne** and resignation- ' Bui of eleven ^children four only remain. Of, six lovely tttul nffeillonote daughter* not one is left, -rinding niyseit in a .theatre of sadneis, 1 thought'l would tiy to this < mountain top, and decend to tfre ocean wave, and by meeting with the tympalliy

j of friends, obtain some telief to the sad. ne<* which encompnssed me. 1 cutne for private purposed, and from private purposes alone. I have not doxiied those public •' : maniTestation*. hut have 'rut her desired t.. ' | escape from them. My friend and travell--ing eojitpaiiion, }*r. Mercer, will tell yon. that in Virginia, in every section or the i StWof my birth, 1 have lieen implored In 1 ■ emain, if only for a few-Jhour*. to exchar.ee 1 congratulations with my friends, but I iii | variably refused and Only -remained in each i piacs sufficiently dear enongh to exchange I ] one vcbicMur enother. Yon may imagine . . that I made a visit to I'biladeljdiin. i»ut I - I was aceicen ly thrown intp Philadelplro. i . M ken 1 arrived in Baltimore. I learnt that ' : j the most direct mnt^to this place wb« "by i tlie Delaware. I haR lio public object iu ! view in taking that rtiwie. und yet indiffer- | cut I am Hut nor cannot lie to these muni- i fesiatToi:* of popular regard, nor to any- < thing which connect* nre with the h -uirr. I wellare and glory of my country. Uctttlvmrti of 'he Committee of New , < Yw*k 1 havo truly and sincerely duel..*- | ed the purpose of th« journey, but 1 ran-,t not but deeply feel this manifestation of your respect and regard. Ii i* received wiih thankfulness, and excite* the warmest ' feelingv of my heart, that I. a prirule and j citizen, without an army, without j J navy, 'with'rmi even a con>(Vbhi'* staff," f sliould havo been niel at every step of my ! progress with the kindest manifestation* ol feelings— Ifedliug* of which a President, a ' Monarch or an Emperor might well be , proud. ' * No— I am hot insensible to these token* j of public affection and regard. I all) thank, i. for thi»m all. To yon. gentlemen of t e ' 1 Committee of New York, who, in behall of the 400, (Kit) individual* whom you represent j ' have taken to much' trouble, 1 Bm deeply j thankful for thi< manifestation of your re ' >gatd. bot" I mast reluctantly devbue the!, henoi of yhnr invitation. .A ad y..ti gen ( llomeu of the other cwuwHtv-v*. to ;.,Ur i

I fellow alimias »f Tivnten. New llaveie , ! | ; end Philadelphia; I mu*t tmg of yen to- . excuse me, an.] tru«t to tiieir affection tor , | do so. for ir I do out (dace myself on th^ ( j cSrctinn of my eoautrymnn, whither »Uoul.l I go, and whe.-e should I be* — on the wide 1 , '•rrun. wtthoul a compass und without » gnide I ~ t.mnzl bog of yap, gentlemen of holt these committee*, to retmco your aseps, - j charged und xnrc!iurg»d wi^U the warmest ■ feelings of gratitude— go back charged • wiih warmest thank* Vom .i e. and tell my friend* thart.llothiug but the circut istanee* in which I am placed, nothing— for «■ may • • at well iniuglo a laugh wub oar learii. and harrow the word* of thn Irish Amlia«*ad«r 'situated as I am ait J I may say circfftiv. stanced as I am"— prevonts tlo* lu»uor of ' ' iueeting.yv)d. Tell the it' — and I hope thai '-general re*poii»e will i>y considered a* "a specific answer to narii of tlu-yCffinmittce* —that yon arc charged with tBp expre-si.it. or tho best fueling* of wy heart. And you. i gentlemen oT New York, bo ansnrtd that unmng the recollection* of the incidents o' thi* fmrn'ey, tbw visit will be paramount, nnd the eircnmsiance* which led to It. _ , } wi-hyon an agreeable voyage on your ; return, and prsy umke my apoloci. • for be- • ing run strained to dcc'nne your kind zui* ion. . V| M it Clay then rat do*n, and from khw which had been so copiously shed during hie speecl). thn sinitc* of welcomeand felicitation Kt tip a RieMow radienca which fell wifh rainbow so^tstthtg over the scene. Thrunghnut tho whole reply of Mr. n»y, he was deeply and p*ra'CTluI>y affected, and it was * ith n giant effort that ho j i i in. ■mi u «« >hii u "ijui ei.orv imii no

. sucroedcd in ottering hi* closing remarks. HCSBASM LOVE Y0UB 7H7ZS. Only let n woman he' sure that she iw p'reriou* to her hnshund — net swfaLdMtt " vaiuahle, not convenient, simply. Is®* lovely und beloved; let her bo tho recipient of his polite und hearty attentions; fet ■h*r feel- thot her care and lave are noticed und appreciated j let her opinion ho asked, lief approval s-ought,- und her judge* meat respected in matter* of which she. i* cognizant ; in short, let her only be t j IfiVcd,' liMvured und cherished, in falfillinrnl ' of tlio luurriage vo#. and f^h) wiU~fae to Jief hiislmnd. umiI l.'-r children, nnd society, a well spring of pleasure. .She wjll licur jmin nnd toil; and anxiety, fur her husband'* love is to her a tower and a forlresw. Shielded therein, adversity ni l have lost it* sting. She uiay-n ff-r. but sympathy will . dull the edge of her sorrow. A bou«e with

lore 'in il— and by love-. I mean luV* expressed in words, in looks, and deeds, for I have not one spark of faith in tho love that uertV creep* out— is tu a house withoilt n* n to a niachinu ; the Ime s* life, and the nlhct mech*nt*)'n. The unloved womiiu mnv havo brenJjost a* light, a house just 'a* tidy u> the otfier, but the latter ha* a spring about' her. a joyousneie, unaggressive, and penetrating, and pervadiug liriglitfieA>. to wldch tho runner i* u stranger. The deep happiness ut the heart shine* nut in her face. Bho is a ray of. sunlight iii the hons*. i»'he gleams all ov.crjt. It is airy, and gay. nnd graceful, and warm and wi-lcoiuing with her presence. She i» full of device* and plot*, and sweet surprise* f^r her hashaiid'aud,her family.— She ha* m-err done with Um romance ami poetry of life Shu is herself a lytic poem, » rttiug herm-lf to all pure and gracious met* (.die* Humble jiousehoM wuy* and dntiss^Jiove for her a gulden significance. — The ptixo makes the calling, high, and lha end dignifies the niosu*. Her ho.ma !*■# paradise, BOt •infers, nor painless, tret ,itill a psrkdisc ; for "Love U Heaven and Heaven Is love." tXPrlESBlVElTHOUe HT8. Ilnw musically and beautiful some poop toI ex tires* their thoughrs ! Are not tlm foilo wing. ifefinit ions iu m quaiut, enript's. pleasant ity let Religion — A key whicii opens "wide tho gate* ■ if Heaven. Death. — A knife by which the ties of . earth are riven. Earth. — A desert through which pi|£rini(j Wend* their way, i. Grave.— A htirS- of rest which end* life'* weary way. HisuirefiioQ i—A sudden waking. from » quiet dream. . Hr.iveu. — A land of joy, light and lore , supremo. • • ^ . j Faith,— An anchor dropped bsyuml the rale n( deatti. Hopo*— A loo-> star beam lug o'er a bar- . reft lira to. i . *