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VOLUME 7. CAPE ISLAND. NEW JERSEY. THURSDAY. MARCH 27. 1862, " NUMBER. 42 ."Ml'T^JLLlEJi 1 !": -- 1-1 — - ' ■ T.Ll— — 1 J , i-- ' r rr ; . i . ■ "n 7.-"T. . II' "• . .J ~ "" ■ J ,i

r* THE POTTTION OF NEW JERSEY. It ahoold be a source of satisfaction to every Jerseym&n that iy the preheat crisis, we htTc had an Executive who, fully comprehending his duty to the nation and his fellow citizens, has discharged with umparing energy nod I self sacrifice, all the reaponsibilttiea of his position— careful in cvt cry thing to . maintain the honor of , our State, while in the largest possible , degree,' facilitating the labors of the General Government in it* operations against the rebellion. No State occupies to day a better position than ourown before the country. No state has j sent braver or better men to the battle field. The people of no state have contributed more liberally to fit out their . soldiery or to furnish them with home , j comforts in the camp and hospital. No' W people of any State will more cheerfully pay the neces*ry taxea to accomplish the restoration of Constitutional authority over every foot of our terrkpry, for none more deeply realize the t%ssing of the Government under whiuh we live, and hoar valueless, comparatively, propI ' erty and everything else would be uuder an oligarchy such as the Southern rebels would impose upon them. Willing to forego rauny petsonal luxuries, am! to cart til public expenditures to the limit of absolute necessity; our State Treat try, under the prudent supervision of our patriotic Governor, is iu an easy and sont d condition, with no cmkarassmoots, | ret h or prospective, to impair , one full co operation in every measure I fur the good of the nation. JL Facta so eminently creditable to our State and people should not, in the mul- i tiplicity of demaudsupon ouraltenlipu, L ' b J forgotten.— They form the vitidicat on, thorough and complete, of our noI b'e commonwealth from the sneers endreproaches which some luvve delighted to heap upon her, and « such thejv L ' should be valued Ly all who care fori L w that good name which in better than f. ranch riches. — Newark Alerchry. L GEN. HcCLELLAK'S ADDRESS. The following is Gen. McCMcUnn's od dress to the army of the Potomac : llKAiH}GARTrRS Anur or rue Potomac, Fairfax Court-Iloojc, Va., Mar. 14. > jSpMt'ers of Ike Army of the Potomac: For a longtime 1 havo kept you inae- i five — bnt not without a purpose. You Were to be disciplined, armed and in Mrsctcd. The 'formidable artillery you how have had to be created. -JDlher ar- [ mies had to move and accomplish certain results. I held you back that you might give ths death-blow to the rebellion that tins distracted our once happy ' country. The patience you have shown, and your confidence in your. General, are worth a doxen victories. These preliminary r. suits are now accomplished. I feel that the patient labors of many months have produced their fruit. The army of the Potomac hi now a real array — uiagoificient in materiel, admirable in discipline and in- 1 strucliou, excellently equipped and a-ra-ed, Yonr commanders are all that 1 coold wish. "* The moment -fir action ha* om'rerf, and I know that I can trust In you to ■ save our country. And as I ride through i your ranks I see in your faces a sure presage of victory. I fed that yon will do \ ' whatever I ask of you. f The period of inaction hat patted ■— i ! will bring yoo face to face with the t rebels, and only pray that God may do0 fend the right In whatever direction yoo may move— however strange my actions may appear ; to yon— ever bear in mind that ray fate ! is linked with yours, end that all I do is j to bring you where 1 koow yon wish to I be — on the decitive battle field. It is ray j business to place yon there ; I am to J # •> watoh'over you as a parent ooer hit children— -and you know that your General loves you from tho depths of bis | heart. It shall be ray tare, as it has ever ! I . L . . : . I I >

t been, to gain success with the least possible loss ; but I know that if it is necessary you trill willingly follow me to' Your graves for our righteous cause. • God smiles upon us. Victory attends ns. Yet I would not have you think ' I that our aim is u>«bc attained without a 5 inanly struggle, n will not disguise it from you— you have brave foes to cu- ' < counter — foeinan worthy of the steel that ' j you will use so well. I shall demand of 1 j yon great, heroic exertions — rapid and ; long marches — desperate eombuls — privations, perhaps. We will- share ail !— these together ; and when this sad war I j is over we will all return to our homes, ; and feel that wo can ask no higher honor than the proud consciousness that wc j belonged to tho array of the Potomac, j Gco&SE L». McCl.ELt.AK, Major General Commanding. lincoln taxes command of the arvy. For some time past the people of the Country hove heard that president Lincoln was going to exercisj/iis Constitutional prerogative and assume command of the armies of the Union From the War Order of the President, below given, it will be seen that Gen. McCleMan has ceased to direct the whole force of the Notion, nnd is placed in command of the army of the Potomac. This certainly is a. wine more, for it requires ! McClellan's solo attention to properly direct onr jjallant sons of liberty on the j Potomac. Gen. Fremont is put incomj mind of a Department. Head the loi1 lowing Order : kxwctivk m asm- i , . WasiitsnTox, March 11, 1862 j Preti'lffl'* War Orilcr. ^>o. .1. ■ J Mujnr-Uenerat MeClellao having person1 ally taken the field at ilia head oP the nrmy • , ! of the Potomac, until otherwise ordered, he !. is relieved front the command of the olh?e_ I J military I>eparlmvnts he retaining cn.-n-I utaml nf the Department of the Potomac. Ordered further, That the two depaVt- ' ments now ender the respective commands ' J nf Generals, Halleck and Homer, together ' ! with qs much 'of that onder Gen. Uaell. as lies «e»t of u north and snath line inddfij nitely drawn th rough Rnnxville, Tenn., ba j cnnscKdated and designated the department of the Mississippi; aqd.on'il other *i«e ordered, Major GeniraT Hatleck have com ' aiaijd o.'said department.' 1 Ordered alto Tiiaj Ihs country west of I the department Of the Potomac, and east | of the department of tho Mississippi, be a ' military department, to ba called llm Moun- ' | tain Department, and that the same be ' commanded by Major Ueueral Fremont, ; I that all the commanders of departments af- ■ [ tor the receipt of this order »by them res i . ; peetively; report severally ami directly Co j , ! the Secretary of,' War. , an J that prompt! . • full and freqornt reports will ba expected , i of all nb<l each of them. (Signed) a. LINCOLN. ! gallant jltstvuan. A t-orrespondent of tho Tribune t peaking, of (he cheerfulness and ' courge of the wounded <tl Roanoke, says : I "The mult rrumlkwblc case iu the . hospital, is a man named John Lorcnce, , of Gloucester county, N. i., a corporal . i.ol Co. K., 8th New Jersey, who had , both legs carried awajr by a canister I shot in the battle of the 8;li ult. One leg was amputated by Dr. Thompson, Sorgeon of the Firat Brigade and the , other by Dr. Rivers, of the 4th Rhode ! Island. Tho brave fellow hod hardly . ! recovered i'rom the effects of tbecblorii- , | form adminietercd, when the wild cheers I of the army told the. story of our sue- , cess, llo raised himself np on his arm, , and, with an enthusiasm which thrilled the bystanders, waved his cap i» the air and gave tltree hearty cheer for the Un- . j ion. Since the battle he has lam on Ids I bed and borne bis sufferings with un- , ; murmuring patience, expressing to all , j visitors his desire to Im' well again, so I I that/he may go oil his stamps and have • another chance at the enemy*! Gen. i llqrnsido and all his Brigadiers hare ' j been to sec hiin, and nil speak .in culo- * ! gium of his pluck. Men like him, who , j reap a small harvest of giorjf, ore your ( | true heroes, rather than Gererals and | Colettel* who are caressed if they wiu i batiks, and pnbliely mourned if they I

payment of new jersey troop*. .j The payment of our troops in the \ ,- army on the Potomac for the months of ! ; January and February will, it is stated, ; j be delayed in consequence of the Urdi- : , ,-iess of Congress in passing the act to ( , provide fundae'TW^eiigrBving, print- i i Ing.and OIIINg up wt the Irrievury notes t have not yet been qompleled, ami of the | first to be isstwd tbk.(^uakt>*mayer and < Commissary dcpartraentvNswsr have a i large supply. ' Nsxt the armies of the i South and \Yest will be supplied. The money necessary for" the troops under . General McClellan will be "furnished 1 1 from the first to the tenth of April prob- < , ably. Prior to that time, the pay rolls ' i will all be prepared, and fittlc delay will I i ensue before the money is paid out. As t the eleven regiineats from New Jersey I are expected to receive about $375,000, t and as more than $*200,009 will be sent ^ home to the families of officers and pri- ■ t votes, it is a matter highly important to ■ i all classes of people, -and to every sec- 1 1 lion of the State. | < bra veot "rewarded. One of the most noted cases of hero- ! i ism during tho present war is that of i ' ' John Davis, gunner's mate, on tionrd the steamer Valley City. At the attack I near Elizabeth City, Davis was in the hold of the vessel pouring nut powder { from a barrel, of which the end was tuk- , | eu out. A shell fell into the hold, ex- ' t ! ploded, and set the lioul on fire. Instead of leaving Ids post, Davis set up- 1 i on the open fend of -the barrel and covered it with his body ; waited till the fire . was put out, and then continued, to t serve out the powtfor as before, lie ; ' was a gunner's mate, receiving a salary j of $25 per month, or $3UU- per rear, t The evidence of Ids!, bravery was re- 1 at the Navy Department. On the i next tiny Secretary Welles seitl him a 1 . letter, appnin'ing him a gunner, an ofi fire which carries 'with , It a salary of i $1,000 per year, and is a life appoint1 ment. the salary increasing by length of , | service t^ $1,450. j ' The sharpshooters performed inipor- 1 taut service nt the Fort Donelfon ; fight. It is sni-1 that Floyd swore if 1 he captured one of them h* wonld shoot hint off hand. One of the ] boys of the 11th Illinois stood be- ' hind a tree and fired forty rounds, I 1 each time taking a bile' of hard bread ] and a rip of coffee between firing. One man in the Second Iowa regiment had i two ^wllets through one leg, splintering I the bone in each place, yet lie begged of - n eomrudc to place hiin against u tree, ; saying he was good for forty rounds , j more, and did sit and fire his whole nmuj nition at the rebels. It was "impossible ! for the rebels to being their artillery to hear upon our men, for the sharpshoot- | era would pick off every man Mliat attempted to load a gun. ^ \ Nothing like the recent. Hoods in Cal- \ I ifornia has ever been witnessed on this ] I I continent, within the memory of hs civ- j ' ■ ilized inhabitants. The San Ji*ahcjsco [ ! Herald says it has iuflicted n bmrfupotN IB State from which it will uot recor«r P i jln half a century. Thousands of the citizens have been utterly /bankrupted, ' and in round numbers tliciloss may he. - estimated at $5(1,000, 0Q0. A i miny deaths by drowning are report*<lp\ ■ and probably many hundreds have/ met , with watery graves. Tile' lowj/of AlI varado was six feet und<* wi^hr at one j ' lime, and the inhabiumsw' fired minote f gune, to call atterttjgMo their distress ; i bnt it was HnptlsSbblc to render them j ■ and assistant*/ ' akxi — If Christianity hnd no higher rec mmendutjon than this, that it moke* i man a gentfeman, it i wonld soon lie m ipraluahle aocial element. The Ne » Testament inculcates ' good manners. Our Saviour was courI tcous even to lin per»ecutorn. Look at , , l'aul before Agtippa ! His speech is a" ■ : mode! of dignified courtesy as well as of persoasirc eloquence. A spirit of kind- ' / • : 1

j ly consideration for all men character- i ' ized the Twelve. The same mild, self- ' ; sicrificing 'spirit which pervaded the say- i i Ings and doings of the early disciples is j f exhibited by the true followers of the ! J cross at the present day. A man. it it ; | i may be superficially polite without1 1 | being a Christian ; jjul a Christian, by I % \ the very condition of hi* creed nnd the j t obligations of his faith, t» necessarily in . 1 i mini! and soul — and therefore in word u and act — a genllemna. CoxnoEXTui. — Afie^ matnre reflecl tion, we have reached the following eon- j . elusions: Firstly, that a newspaper j worth reading is worth paying for; sec- ; ondly, that it is unpleasant to be con ! i tiiiually reminding delinquent subscriol their iudebtcdue**, thus rcflec- , ting in a mtnsnre on those who pay as 1 well as those who do not pay ; thirdly, ' that the satisfaction which a subscriber , i must derive from the consciousness llint r ! paper is paid for, is something worth ) , | considering ; fourthly, that the most ef- ■ ! fectual means of keeping duns out of a ' 1 1 newspaper is prompt payment on th« j ' part of its subscribers ; fifthly, that our . views on this subject are the x views of , * printers generally. | BY AUTHORITY, i LAWS OF NEW JERSEY..' Supplement to an net entitled " An act constituting court- lor tho trial ol -mall cau. 1 . He it enacted by the Senate and Gen. ' oral Asseinhly of lhn State ».r.New Jersey. it -hall he lawful lor any justice of ; revival of the juJ.-ement 't.y tci'rc. fa', 'at I jadgemeni ohtauied'befo" him ""prnvi"^ * the parti— to the judgement be living jt ! the Utne of the i-suing of tj.e execution. I ' ; 2. And Ih- it enacted. That u« -warrant ' to arret the l.nily of my defendants shall | i henceforth be issued out of thecunrt forttie | , trial of small causes in any action of trover, j " trespass, trespass on the ease, or other ac- [' i tion founded upon tort, except upon 'dan - I ' proof made on oath or aniriuuiion before ; any justice of the peace of any county in . , this stale, establishing to the satisfaction j of such juntics a sufficient causo of notion [ with resonable certainty, and npon muk- • < i eg such proof it ilmti be the duty of such justice to make so order Tor the issuing of a warrant against such' defendant lor sach amount a* sucli proof stnill justify and re- , quire, and upon filling each order with any , justice of the peace, a warrant mar be is- . j sued •* heretofore. j 3. And be it enacted. That this act shall - < ] take effect immediately. | * Approved February 17lh, 1862. A supplement to an act entitled "An act ' for the preservation of deer nnd other game, and In prevent trespass with guns. 1. Be V -nuclei) by the Senate and Gen- • ral Assembly of the Stale bf Near Jersey. T hat tL shall not be lawful tor any person ; within this statp to hunt, watch for deer with gun. or let any dug or dogs to dri/e . deer, or kill the same for lira term of five I j year* from the passage of this act. 'j 2. .And be it enacted, That every person | ..(leaning against this act shall forfeit and i pay for the first offence the autu of twenty j five dollars, to be recovered in any conrt ol competent" juris Jiclinn. to the use of. j any one who may sue for the same ; and 1 | slmll for the second offence, on convict-ion j thereof, undergo an imprisonment in the county jail nut to exceed sixty days. . ] 3. And bo it enacted. That the act to i | which this is a supplement- be, and it is ! hereby repasted, as far as the same coilI flict* with the provisions of this net. [ >J Approved, February IB, 1-862. :\kn act respecting Law and Equity Re- „ j \ ports, in the .State of New Jersey. \l I5u it enacted by the Senate and Gonejal Assembly of the Stale of-New Jersey. I ybat the reports of ea»i;s recpiirvd by lu'w i J/o be published by the law .reporter of this Estate, shall henceforth be designated by the | ?n»m« of-"New Jersey Reports," the first ; j volume of whicleshall be called and nuin- | j bored m volume one, and subsequent vol- . : iime* shall be numbered llielce consccu- 1 I lively in order. i 2. And be it vnacted. That tho reports ! of esses required by law to bs published by I I the chat>««ry reporter of this stafi:. shall j I henceforth be designated by the name of ; "Saw Jersey Reports," and shall be nmubbred in orde^ consecutively, as herein pro. i vided in esse or volumos published by the law reporter. | 3, And bait enacted. That in binding ; said reports the backs thereof shall be dt. j ' v|M HVto five spaces n such manner as* to make the volmnes unifurm in rise and appuwraoce, as near n mi). be ; that the sec- ' or. J space Irom the lop shall lie covered with- morocco or other proper leather, cql-l - ored red, and thereon sbtll be printed in* gilt -lelttnL the natno >for»taid ; that on ; tne'nvxt lower space shall be atomped or , I iuij rinted in black the nnmbcr of the vol-

urrm in figure* aud also the word "equity."' ! on the volume* of the chancery . reporter, - f aud the word "law." «n ihw volume* of tb»^ reporter : an. I lint the next sbtll be I j covered with morocco or other proper j cd.ire.l bjack, and thereon shall fee H | printed in gilt lelt.-r* the name' of the reporter. and «!••» the fl.nres imliratiNg tha i numher of luck velnmn of bit reports. I 4. And be it enacted. That on a tiy leaf f each volume of law and chancery rrj port* hereufter I" published, sbaH be punted a list of nit tin. previo « report* pu>di«!ie.| in tin* ti jle— Je-igiiating which . : equity and which are law reports, j 5. Ami ixi it enacted, Toal this act shall' I take effect immediately. < I Approved February" 1 0th. 1862. | A v.. implement to an act entitled, - "An act' j for the mora easy partition or land* held | by co-partners, joint tenants antf tenants I He it enacted by the Senate and Ue&- - era I Asseiqbly of the State of Nt* Jersey, T hat in ali cases where partition of lands I .shall be mad. under the act to which this i- a supplement. I, y commissioners appein- . ted t.y the orphan*' conrt "of the proper i centy. it kIiuII lie lanfoPfnr said court toorder u certified copy of the report of such commissioners, witb map* annexed, if a*y there he. to ho recorded by the clerk of ■ such conntr whereupon it shall be the duty of sach to caate the same b« recorded accordingly, at tho cost aujt ex pea-.- of the parties interested iu said 2. Ami be it enacted. That upon filing such copy of the report and maps, if any there !«•-. and of said order wiidi such cleric , shall he hi* duty to record tho rame hi | the proper hook as a Awed ; and' llpt^Cna paper- required by the •eventli^£ii.>n of •aid act Li be recorded shalj^Ce recorded by such clerk in tlie pru|ieV7iook a* a deed, . • 2. Aud Ih, it enact-H^^'hal thi* act slisll Dry *T>«*J* st-aV.-H are sometimes the sc^fTP of iWrilur conversations. The: ^/ther'duy a yo^ng lady stepped into a well e*tabli*luiicnl in luwn, and inqnirodof a finv looking yuan-' clerk : '•Sir. have yon any mourn colored ladies,' •Mouse colored ladies,' Miss?* I 'Yes— a sort of grey — just the color- of your drawers here.' meaning the slore ! drawers, lof course, which were painted I 'BW.V- ; •M v drawers, Mi**.' ejaculated the young i glancmg downward to- see if everything was right nm] tight, 'My dra*rer*r i Miss ! why, I dnn'5 wear any!' The young lady w'a* carried licone on a I shutter. An Irishman from Matlle Crook, Michn wa« at Hull Run battle, and was somewhat) startled when the head pf his compauiotr on the left hand was knocked off by. a cam : notvbnll. A few moment* after, however. a spent ball broke the fingers of his comraduon the other side. Tile latter threw down hi* gun, yclliiqt with pain when the Irishman rushed to him ; exclaiming': 'Blaslil your sowl, you owld woman, shtop your cryih' ! you mnku more noise about it than the man that lost iiis head !" Pi'jccruALfTT. — Ay. that's the word — ' . ! I'unctualitj ! Did you ever see a man whowas punctual who dit. not prosper in tbir long rnr. ? Wo don't ckf* who or what ho was — high or low, ignorant or learned, »avi age or civilized— we know that if he did a* he ngrefcd, snd was punctual la all hi» i engagements, lie prospered'.A doctor's wife attempted fn movo him : by her tears. "Ah," said he, "tears are use- 1 less. I have onulyxed tbem. They .contain' a little phosphate of lime, sonio chlorate of solium, and venter. Gen. Curtis who haw just gained a splen* , , : did victory over Price and McGulIoch Ire . the sontbwest. was tho Republican nwmber of Congress from lown ! The work »f gun making is crowded to ' : such an extent at the Springfield Armory that all the daylight is used, and over , | 85,000 worth of gos for the last quarter. , It is stated that H--u. Re.rerdy Johnson, i the new U. S. Senator from Maryland is in 'i favor of emancipation iu that State. Wo sincerely hope so _ _____ ■ I The Star Spangled Banner which waves I over the Capitel of Tennessee, was for n>ca months sewed inside e bmhjuilt by a .. Union men or Nashville, who slept tinder i ' it nljiighl. . i The rebels wit) soon he obliged to give I -op drinking even try* eoffeo. The Lynch- ^ • Lburg Virginian doeoanews some "extortion ' | nrs"' who have pal the price of Abut grxit» . 1 up to three dollars per beshel. J