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i • CAP£ MAY OCEAN WAV£. " I C.\PK 1SI, A N 1 > NT. J. E J. 8. LEACH, * Editor, I Pabiuhrr nod PnprlcJK. I DNi: X»OI. I.Alt I»KK I Thursday, March 6, 1882. E —mmmmmmmmmmmm—mmmmmmmjt . . ■ ' oua CITY ELECTION I Next Tuesday, a;rer*blo lo the pr*>»isI' on* of our city charter, occur* oar annual » alection for municipal officer*. In the ■ midst of tba intense InUrett fait in, our na- | , lional affair*, especially at ihi* season,, K when Victory tread* upon the heel oi victeI ry. ahd the rebellious i»r aeetna to bo » - constantly waning, wa am In danger of I looting fight of minor civil matter*. lint I tht* ought nut to be ao ; for while the great I; national rtachine require* the first utteu- ■ - tiou ; still, that our whole systoflTTimy lie ? prosperous in the future, oil the minor do M tail* thoald he keplip'proper order. eteu i to such minulm- a* township, borough "and ■ small city government* ; and; we might I ffllJ, even the family ; for. upon, Um proper : adaiinislration of these, depend*, in o great K * measure. the real, future weal of the National Government. . In a municipality, as well ai in uny other grade or government., very much doped dt on the jodicidu* seler.Mii of officer* ; and p». municipality can M IBng proiperou* without such judicious selection. And esI ' peciully in a small municipality like .our* we would again counsel; as we have often done before, that no political porty ingredient should enter into the composition of L ticket* j bullet us, n* rensonalde men. if ,»e hare the prosperity of our little city at lw> irt, honestly svlact the be*t men, (who I ; will- serve) to fill the several official posiI lions. And, to do this, considerable cure , . and discrimination is requisite. One moo may be well qualified uttd adapted to fill ! oho office ; but, at ibe same lime, totally inadequate to another. One man may maka an excellent constable, but utterly aufit for mayor. Another muv maku a good treasurer, bat no way fit for superintendent or. trustee of the public schools : and the same may be safd-of the entire- list of office*. The question should not b», Is b» qualified for office ! fiat is he qualified lor tin- office- for abirh'he is- homiaatvil 7 ■■ And, among other thing*, one thought that ' should cater fu'.o the calculation^ is the inteietls of Ae nominee, as compared with t|>e interests ef the majority of the voter*. A man may haw talent, both natnral ami " • acquired, to fill un office ; hut. at the same time, hi* interests, iw connection with the duties of hi* office; might be rulirelyavcrae t*» the interest* of the great majerity of bis, oonstituenU ; Mid if so, and hu was not a man of the must sterling mid disinterested imparity. his personal inieresi* weold hu " Hkely to tnflueuoe'his action, lo the detri. meat of the public interest*. It i* irtre, if . lib was a man of unflinching integrity, he would yield hi# own interests to tho public interest, as every man ought, in an official espacity coufereJ. m» him by the public, lint then, those diseatorested men are not nlway* to lie found. In nil departments of Government, there are too many men. who will be swayed by persona! interest, oathc i»fre»t of a few persona! friends j.andit i* not nnfrequent that office is Sought for lb u very purpose ; audit is* hut just lo rcrwafk, that the mon who will seek uny office for hi* own personal interest, or tfie interest* of the few, bit persons! friend*, to the detriment of tlm mrjor part of the public, is ui qorthy the confidence of voters. There is aitolHwr matter in connection 1 with tbb election, or au afterpiece of it, ! which we hare in our minds, l?nt will defer < Its cqnsMorution till .anbther week. \\ o refer to tba- subject. of official secnritiei. ' But, porhap*. it might not be amiss here lo say, that voters shonld consider, in casting their votes fur those officer* who are to"; Handle the public money, whether they are honest aud responsibiu mentor, whethsf I tbey csn give responsible security ; and . those who run for such offices should count j tha coat, beforehand, in ihot respect. ENGLAND AND THE REBELS. Tba correspondence between Messrs j "Yancjr. Bust and Mann, commissioner* from tbe rebel States, sent out in the early , part of the rebellion, aad Lord Russell, of ! ' tbe British Government, has juti been pub - ( t tished. It is dated i» Ainmst last, abonl a -j month aftarthe shameful Manassas defeat, tfi line, -when, if ever since the commencirarnl of the rebellion, it inigUl-be supposed j that the British Government "would give i them some Jits I* countenance, and hope of ' recngnitiou; but not one word of it. The eoirttaanicalioo of tha commission, •rate Lord Russell is quita liuiibjr and iu- j geniou*. and conaiderable labor nut £»*« bis treat ou cd pptm it. On tha other bfcuA .j

the very brevity oi Lord ltu»*all'* reply is J almost provoking. It i* a mere politenote, briefly ioforiuin{?~thw-afore*aid com mictiom-rs from Rebel-lorn that liar British r t Majestey can, and will, do jual no inch 'u : thing a* thay desire— recogniss their iwde- | pendence — "until the fortunes of war or Jh the more paacefol' inodo of negotiatiqh shall have more flearly determined the respective positions of the two belligerent*. ' * ] How crest fallen mult hare been tha chivalric commissioners, whirl they opened u the brief. little note, aid read it* decided '' j negative,, coalen'*. llut wbut hope cau " I they have, now that the fortunes of war '• ! are constant ly against litem, if tbey uiet '• j-witb_such a decided rebuff, when the report '* I of such a terrible Victory, -right at the u i threshold ol oor capital, wa* sounding ,r! th rough the- world ? The fact i*. they bar* 11 j found that all their hopes of an .early rell ' rognithnn about which th»y have heretoj fore said so much, and bpon which they to * strongly, i elied;- arc entirely cutoff. We - j ha r« no doubt tint many of the leading n jVpinta It Korope wouW like to recognised ' tham. but they cartnot, without danger to. 11 j thefiiselves, unlil they have shown Ihcm,r - selves worthy of repognition, which they lt ! are now in no very fair way to do. DAVIS' POBLIC DiXrUMENTS. ,r i . We hnve rend the niidrcja of Jeff. Ii j Davi«, delivered nt his inauguration at d i Richmond, lon^aturdhr week, Feb. i* j 22d, hlao hi* mrmgt to tire tebel Coni gross. The "Confederacy" has existed * J as merely a provisional government up D i lo the 23J ; nnd at that tiate, what they i f call their "permanent government" came j,-! into exislcnop,'llie present Preahlgotand t j Congress having been elected hj the 0 people. i- ; The turo dorumenti above referred to '« : are somewhai interesting ; tire Imtugu- " ral a< one of the most-perfect. tissues of " • Lies ever invented, not excepting "Gul- ' i livar'a Tale*." Wc scarcely think it ^ | could have been the production of Jeff"* [l i brain, as wicked a liar as ho is, for vre „ ! can hardly ^iiink he is smart enough to e I concoct such a string of falsehood*. It i. ; certainly yniitt have 'been tho youngest » j child of the "Futlwrof Lies," although d | w* have never seen the ^cihjutusliip, to he nhle folly to judge. ll j The meVsago is pecttlinrlr rnnrknl 1 • with a ilolefuincsH, which cannotbc vpry ' exhilarating to tho rebel j?tb|}fi. There ,j hi. at lenst. one lrutb h it, however, hi „ ' the P»r*t paragraph, where' he vays, "I e I hare to commiiuieate that, since myv, « | mesflage at the last Congress, events. '*•' have ib-n\onst.ncd that the Government : lud attempu-d-uiartsj'i.iii it had power *' | successfully to nehievd " T\ That's so, Mr. Davis, and we think !j.'i you will he more nnd more convinced of e ; the truth and forca" of that remark, as c j events trnuspire in the future. Keep ,1 up your courngo, sir; if you uever tell a. ?. greater lie than tbal.'yoii will yet estab-y it lisb your character lor truth and verse »r1ty. ° j It ii somewhat amusing to see how 0 ! be speaks of their "permanent governinert." Permanent! What a strange . wonl in a strange place ' Davis ia elec,r hid for sik-years, nnd wo rather think he s wil learn wliat permanency means he- •- 1 fore the expiration of that time. We 1 !«ve ti& doubt that Ire will b« permanently located, somewhere, (we can't e.x- " nelly say when-) before that time, and ! I Ids "permanent Government" will be0 ; come one of the permanent things op , ' the black page ef history, as one of the B i moat foolish and wicked' things ever ;- 1 tried and proved a failure. " OUR T.EOISLATDRE. r } There >eeras to be bnt little of special J ! interest to' ibis locality, in the proceedt j ings of the Legislature. The hill to : pay Stat# bounty to New Jorsey YolnnI teere not in the regular New" Jersey reg- ( i iroents is yet under cpni'dvretion. We* ,t i notice n supplement to rond law. in Cnpe _ : May, but are not apprised of its proj; j visions. Senator Learning has intro- >. j doted a bill to change the timo of holda- ing Courts in this county, but we have k | not learned what the propose^ "changes are The committee on the memorial J of Jauiea W Wall, asking the Legisla- " | lure to institute an inquiry iu . refereuo lo hia arrest by order of the Secretary , j of War, on the 11th of Sept. last, has : reported at considerable length, concla , - : diig with "the opinion that the matter 1 I does not come under their supervision. ..Jjjy r . .. ^ '"JSC n ,

' 1 Thc'report wbs ndojrted and the com mittee discharged. A bill has been in- - troduced into the House to disc.intinne 1 '.he nppropriations to . the Normal | ' Scl-ool. The bill to exempt telegraph , , operators from military duty has passed , the .Senate ; also tbe joint resolution i . nskit^ Congress to establish a Naval ! School at Perth A in boy. 1 < ■ Senator Leatuing has introduced a ' series of concurrent resolutions relative 1 lathe measuring ami sale of wood from 1 West .Ijtcgey^soHciting the Council of IMiibTTlphfo^) retain! contract of the t wood whales in thaV^Ity, and appoint , proper perVms to measure, Ac- A me- . moriat wns>res*atelK.ybm citizens of i West, Jersey" aiuT ^HTaiklphiu, asking - the |iassage of the resolutions. The - resolutions were passed, nnd subsequcn- . 1 tly conenrrcd in by the House. ' The bill to revise the. mililii^law wus * ' lost in the House, but, lire fcame djy, i wo* introduced in the Senate, by Senator „ Learning. REBEL LIES. The rebels nrc cothpcilvd to resort to every species of deception and lie, to * keep up the spirit* of the peuplX One 1 writer iu a rebel paper, state* that toe * Federal* nijjnit the .Union log* nt the • . Fort Donelson battle to bif fi.OOO killed 1 and 10,000 wounded, whereas Gen. ' ; Grant, in his official report, sets it down f 1 at about 1,200 killed, woondtd nud s missing, including in llse mining some , 1 2fr0 taken prisoners by "lie rebel*, in the B early pari or the engagement, wlu will ' bo exchanged soon. There is no douhl 3 ! that there was sad havoc on both sides, " though the exatt loaa cannot yet bo as- ' ccftained. Anotlier of tlicir lies is, 1 * that only about 7,000 of the Confeder1 i rftes werq taken prisoner*, while it is * known that there were about twice thai B number. One rebel writer has honestly a ' enough admitted that they lost some 1 j &>0 or 400 killed, and 1,200 or' l.aOO 1 wounded. Their papers ure nearly fill- '• cd with lies, but their lies woqt save J ' them in the end. j > THE WAR. IX TEHHES8EE. f The report that our troops had taken e pern-cable poy esauJn of Ns*hville. Tcnu. |f proves true ; Uifillgll the rchtil .-t*cu_ . . Johnson says he can recapture it wltenC ever lie choosrt. We don't think he g prill cIioohj it aoon. Nashville is the , "capiial.of that State, nnd a very hand r some town, with a beautiful State- 1 louse and other- public edifices.. It appears l_ not lo be true that Governor Harris Ims" C rolled upon the Stole troops to luy down their arms, nor that he has called - p the Legislature together for the purpose of repealing unconstitutional laws. Iwdead it coold hardly be expected that he ''would soon so discover his bHudnrss to the best interests of the State. On r the other hand, be is represented as ■ doing hit ottnos* for tl»e rebellion. He lied Irqm Nashville, of course, with a - a gteat many oilier rebels. Tbcre is e great excitement iu that state. Tbe rebel troop* which left Nashville, with others, concentrated at Murfreesboro southeast of Nashville, wkli the pAibable intention of preventing our : j. troops from advancing on somo of their * important railroad connections. We * shall ace h*w far they will succeed. e Ciff The retieatin.' rebel Gen% I'rice hat r ret mated pretty well down into Arkansas. Our army under Gen. Curtis has taken pu. session of Fayatterilie, Washington Uo.. Ark., tbe secoud county from the Mi*- 1 ,] sonri line, and Price i* still further down, . orcv iLo iioslon inoantuin. Curtis cap- : , ; lured sonic ptisonrrs, with stores, bag- \ gage Ac. Tbe rebels left p«i»ou«d previa- | ions b.Lmd, and 42 «jf onr men had been ; poisoned,' one nf whom hud died, e QTG m. Rinks has'cressed tho Potomac 10 Harper's Ferry, and lis* occupied Chnriesluwn and other important points about Harper's Fotry. Tile Virginian* in the- region are returning to their homos, e i rejeicod ar the preseocn of oiA troops. ^ * | (3*0*0. Lander, late in command in the '' vicinity of Romniy. western/Virginia, jl|cd - on Unnday lost, from the effect ol wouVidt 1 received at the I'utal buttle of Bull's. Bluff, r He wo* an energetic and able offices, and 8 : his lo« is deepl; lamaoted. i , Orlloii. Jno. T. Nixon nud Hon. J. N. ! - ' Goodwin will accept our thanks for tnudry ( public ducttuicni.-. » ». . I H I i

For the ••tSceih Wove." | • • WHAT SHALL BE D3RE "WUH THE j TRAITOBSr . 1 .Ma. Eoreqat— In all^stagc* of tine and j history tbeVe are p-fti.-olar t heme* that oe- 1 , Cupy the minds of the ciliaens of a com- j muiiitv or a nation. To day one subject j , , excite* onr attention, to-morrow another ( takes lis place ; to .Jay, uuewtatsitnan il'm, > to-morrow he is forgotten a* another proves worthy to fill his station ; to-day a nation is shattered down, to.hiorrew another i* j built up ; to day the ocean is lulled to rest, j to-morrow its billows ure surging mad ; lo- 1 day our prospect* are bright and fluttering, , ' to-morrifW' |hc firmert hope* ore blasted, and to-day we discuss pence, to-morrow we wage war. Nothing earthly i* stable ; but tUe whole world i* clmngeable, nnd so it i*/ wilh vhe mind* of all human creature*. ^oinethiug more than a year ago the great question which tho people of the : Northern State* were contemplating was, j "Are tlifi Soutliertiers in earnest iu making ; 'j their threat* Of disunion T" aiul, nllffoagh ' I shail not name all of the subjects ">* tliey followed iu turn, 1 mil give a part of them. . which cainu alter weVonnd they were ' in , earnest. They are, "Will i.incoln be-capn-ble of guiding the Nation in this hour of I - unttaraileied trial?" "Cau there be nn ar i iny'rui-ed largo enough to conquer the re- ; hpllionr "Have we got enough competent j j general*?'' "What amount of damage will : , the. rebel privateers uccutnjdiah?" "Oogbt 1 I*) Ihc- piratc* to bo hung ?" "Hare lortvgn i power* wcognixe tlfo Sooth?" "Will our j blockade be respected !" "W hen wil! the i war be over?" "Shall Mason. aud Slide! I be j 1 given opt" "Will yro have war with Kng. j land J" and, now, that all tliesu quest ion* ; i ' yre virfiiafiv settled, and thb future partly unvailud iu tho great victories thai h»v« , ; crowned our. arniV, another question is be- ' ing discussed Itore, there and everywhere, I ' namely ! "What shall be done with the | jTraittsrs?" In year last issue. I notice you J ' 1 editorially hinted on the subject, in your < "Advice lo tha 11,-beH." Not knowing , 1 what disposition tha Federal Government ! ' will make of tho arch-traitor*. 1 wilt not. at- ! tempt Id say what shall lie done with them; | I bnt 1 propose to throw my view's into the j i, balance with tlionsand* ef other*, and stale j , h..w I think they should bo' disposed, of i after the raging clement* cea<e to" war. Some contend that hanging should be 1 j tho penalty for their dire crime*, other* , think imprisonment, but I cunstdor ban ■ moot" severe punishment. Indued, it i* j rather preposterous to suppimu that the I fToverfimunt would nnilii/foift^viq bung sevc- ^ ' ral huudrud men, or flint it wtfulil impi'lson | ! them ; for allhungii they merit stretching, ! if w« were to do it, the Irow'n of the civil j ized world would fall upon u*. As to-tm- ) J ' prtsonment il would never do, for wa do | [ | not want tho vile rascals lo abida in our | j-j land ; therefore, wa say, away with them! | . • bunish them forever from the soil of .\merj ica! Thishliio style by which other Nation* have punished their treifora, and lot's ' | follow their precedent. It lias not been ' j long since Great Britain exiled here Irish ! 1 revolters, most of whom are among 'as now. » Hut au important |twint hero nrtse*. What i par) of the truittfre nngjit thus l>e treated? . Why. nil the 'members of the Ttnriy-Sixth , | Congress that paid obedience to the rek : quests of those who defied the Constitution . : in their Secession Conventions, and gave tip their officea and went home lo swell the ranks of truster. ; alt the reglUr army offi- j ' cers who threw up their commissions and \ ' i joined tbe Cou federate hosts ; the Kxccu- 1 M" tiva port of the Davis Government, and ' r | the Governor* of nil the slave States, ex- i r ccpt Maryland and Delaware. Hut, I am , | tab fast. There is one that shonld liuvo his | I neck twisted, and that one is • old Jeff." ; . himself. Iu my opinion tho popular vbico " ought lo demand, if Jeflerson Davis it ever i secured, that his life be taken freiti him Bp- . op the accursed gallon*, in presence of! the I . army of the United States. ^ Ry so doing, ! - a timely warning would be given to any j . : who might - hereafter think of playing the < - : wicked part, now being performed by that j - bloody apostate. .There aro those who do not believe that j > ; banishment is a. retribution stringent and rigorou* MM Ugh for tho lerriblo wrongs perpetrated, -but. J would iuik. could there j " be a more ucrimonions, revoking or ? more j offensive chastisement, to au Auiericmi ! 1 heart, .than Vu lw banished froth his nniire Country, nnd inmory ciiatW sfagmaliaf-d as ! ' a traitor? flow ungodly must be the bit- : ter pangs that woold pierce the very souls j ' of such men when wandering to and fro, nrer foreign land*, like a discarded lover, ■ 1 in quest", perhap*. or giddy pleasure, ir. j ' j which, to drown their opprbaeivc sorrow, or ' | case tlqr burnlhg of a guilty conscience, and, | now and then casting their crimsoned eyas ; . 1 to tho shores that "gave them birth, i-duca- , r lion aqd renown ; lo lliAfrce and lispyy ! pcupjeHhey hail strove lo put in thnlldem, (

and ty the m.'je-tic Government Ancydiad 1 grotsly betrayed and* battled to subvert — •» j but which, instead, of being *u^e|brtcd; 1 would be advancing to greater 'prosperity ] ami more exalted attainments of dominion,' : influence and fame t hah had ever! been mi- • ticipated. llej,.'eu forbid as the denthly- ! gnawing* of a banished traitor conscio: ce ! T — ~ — DUN^AJjPINE. I w.Tnl v«it, c/ Amrrict, March t*l„ ISC. - - - j TOCOBREaPOKDENTB ^ Thit paper goe* to'press* on Wednesday 1 morning of each week, so a* to die ready for tin mail the same evening. On Tuesday ! the proof lias In bo corrected uml other preparation* made, re that tbe greater p. rt • «f tlm type is net by Monday evening con- , , eiqucntly, cdmmunicatidns of anyronsidor-' ab|* length must be received rx>t later than ; Monday morning, in order to' insorw an inunion the some week", and, if very lengthy, they must-bo received moch {garlier still. : This will account lor tho non-appeafance .last week of reports of celebrations of tho' « 23d. which may bu found on tho first page (3~The fullowing refers lo the fertilizers 1 ; of Messrs. Hough A Son*, (whose advertise- | ment appears -in anotlier column. ' ' ^ Haiwoxtox. N'. J. March. 1st. 1861. ! (iiNTi.v.ucx — It gives me much pleasure io furni«h you the results of my experi--ii. eats with your "Itaw Hose Super IMios. J phate of Lime." 1 applied to my corn crop at tho rate of 1 3(hf pound* to the acre, and found it fully j equal to the best quantity of best Peruvian ^ base, egg plant* Ac., it mure than an*wiweif my moat sanguine expectations, Mr most " cr.uiiid sawed with Ashcjwirt* A .Shirring'* 1 I improved S wee dej^fmp. . 1 plowed the Uroond late in Jftgust. ond .sowed^on the ; furrow ami hwreiiued in 300 pguiid* of tho Super plia-jffiate. I harveated 750 bushel* id liliii iflruips. many of then* weighing Judging of this fertilizer from the effects I rs(U)*ing frinn il> uppi;c.tiioh to •my crops ! thJj |>a»t *ea4.u;. 1 n., prep«red;io Myitis . etiun! in i'eruviao Uuonu. Having n . knowledge of thu nn weaned cfforia you' !iavu taken to obtain tho^besl materials* ' j frnm which to prepare, and tho skill and •cience brought to bear, in preparing and ■ compimn ling this VnliiiiM*,. nrtlcle. I can '/~\ j roenmnw-nd it in my brolh'er former* n« | one of the very best artificial manure), now I in tlw.mnrkel. • • ■ J Respectfully Yours, :s " shm. H. Nomtm, ' i We shall probably never know the Iruw | loss of. the om-my in mo«» of the" battle* i, ! fought, a* mnuy of ffie killed and wounded ' , , aro either Concealed, or carried off tjie j U I field before the clore of the battle, un.d tbe ; : defeat or n>r?eni!rr of tho rebel*. Such ' ! wa* no doubt the case ut Fort l'oneltoil. .? ! Ono who was iu the rebel army and escap. ! ed. reports that their loss wa* very heavy, ! numbering, he estimated, from SOU to 400 i i killed and front 1 .200 to 1.500 wounded, ' who we re_ curried off the field. At Fort I leiiii) quite a number of bodies are said '• f ■ o bate been found concealed, some days'* i after the but ll«. KPFrom an official dispatch from Oonv: ! Foole, there s6?m* to be no doubt that the ' rebels hate evacuated Columbus, their1 ' stronghold on tho Mississippi rivpr. • I | At *.hii taking of Fort DoneNon, il was- _ j reported thot Maj> Gan. Sidney Jotiasan. . j the senior officer of tha reliel army, wn»' 1 . j among the prisoners taken ; but this wa* a - ! mistaRe. it wa* Brigadier Gen. Buthrod* i ■•'oi... H SEED OATS. M > j Several Hundred Intshels of Seed Oats,. ri of a Superior futility. Very Clean? nnd Good Wj ight, for ante nt the' ^ , i farm or J. Iltunmitt, near the Court' ' ( House. Apply to . . Hicii'd M. Crawforu. FURNITURE, SASH, I SHUTTERS SL DOORS.. H 1 'pilK Subscriber ha* nn hand a LARGE I Jt stock or Ki iitmiiK, or i i, ns u«. . which hr cnowtl at very acMOSASLO' 1 Mill. el rp All o.vvr. for vvsn, sirrft krx «nj iioors ■ ; will be lirtuaiillk nml well sllrsileil to.- J* ■ ■i GEORGE OGDBN, Cape May C. II. DENTAL NOTICE. .The public Is rr»peetfull)' Informed lh*t M*. N, I : CORSON, Dcbtut, will Iw lo stteixUlKs at the OIBcr* of Dr. i. F. Iwainlnx, on TorwU)*, at ths , Court.llouar, aad on Thoredsys, sod Fridays, if '■ ! Seaillle. > IT* Suupls nirtlres of deaths (oiPIMMd la this |a-.\ |«-r tree of charge. . Poetry, or any remark ■ more lhaa the mm ooHre, wkMnr p uMirM wSM Ik* nraaf I ; atticr vr athtnrur, will be ehatzrd format the r«te of 1 five mill a line for poetry, nod (illy eeota a hun- - I dred word* lor pstwe i the rnooey t.^ccuiaieuiy tbe-V (3T Take tha "(k cau Wavtt,"