cape may county ocean wave, cape island, new jersey.

CAPfl MAY OCEAK WAVE j CAPE ISI-.AND X. ..~ J. 8. Z<BACB, Editor. P«bll>ktr and ProprUJor. o N e doliiaii .pku^asm: m: ; Thursday. March 27, 18fi2 CAPTURE Or hewberit H.T. The Burniide Expedition lias struck another bio* ot the rebellion in North Carolina, in the capture of Xewberti, 1 which is situated up tile Nease river. j Tho expedition consisted of three brig- ' ades The; left Ilonnuke on the 12th lost , anchoring 17 miles bciow Newborn that night. and landed Uio next day. On the morning of the 14tb, they took i up their line of march for the scene of aetion. Tho fortifications of the enemy were very formidable, ^jtttcl well garrisoned. Tec loner fort is some six miles below ■ ilia city The lino- of furtiflcations • attacked was some three miles in length. - The action was a most determined one, ou the part of our anen. They marched up to the enemy's batteries like veterans; and while their comrades were tdliing, i.hdso who were left never faltered. At last Hbey made a desperate charge upon the enemy, storming their \ fortifications, when they (led In confusion. throwing away knapsacks, arms &c.. and croning the river 'by the railroad and couuty bridge t, burning the former and destroying the draw of the Tatter, to prevcul ous army from farther ; pursuit. This also caused sotne delay in occupying the town, which was finally , accomplislied, by means qr the. nnv>.l vessel*, several of which aecompaincd the expedition. The expedition tfas composed mostly i, of New England troops, except one or t>o New York and otto J'cnnsylvanin I regiment, and the New Jersey Ninth, in which are sevlral of our Cape May volWntaeqi. The loss of this regiment, according to reports received, was 4 killad and 53 wounded. The Ninth' acted . a conspicuous part in the battle, at also at .Roanoke. None of piir' C ;pe May friends are reported among the killed • and woanded. The liuttie lasted about four hour*. The loss i* not -yet fully ascertained 1>ot i« estimated at u'rbul 100 killed and 600 wounded. The lo.-s . oT the enemy, wa«, probably, considerably less, owing to their lighting behind fortifications. Our army eAptnred.tiighl 1 batteries, containing forty-six heavy . guns ; three batteries of light ' artillery of six gun^ each— making i^jall sixty four guns ; two steam boats, and a number of sailing vessel# ; wagons, horses, a large quantity of ammunition, comtniaaary and quartermaster's stores, forage, and the entire camp etrotpnge of tire rebel troops, a large quantity of rtmin, turpentine cotton kc., and over *« two hundred prisoner*. the wak'itarkassas. Tii" lata battle rtt Sugur Creek, or , * Fea Rldgo, Ark., was, undoubtedly ! , the most desperate of the war. Our < army consisted of ouly some 13.000, j i while the enemy had 26,000. The iebel papers confess their loss to be 2,000 killed and woanded, while it is probably eibeh greater. Cur loss, by o&cial re- i port, in killed, woimdud and missing, is , 1.618. • The rebel journals confirm . the ( . report of the death of Gen's MrCul- , loch and Mcltitusch ; and report the 1 1 death of Gen Herbert, and Get*. Slack j i niortally wounded. ' 1 The report of another victory in Arkahsat, which we briefly noticed last 1 week, is confirmed. It was at Salem, Texas county, Ark... between a scouting ' j«arty at our tro*|it, numbering 260, J and tOOff rebels, who were totally rdul- , ad. Their loss was 100 killed ucii , wounded, and sefi^ul prisoner* ; while , onr loss a as only 86 killed and woaud- i ' \i i - ;pr»«. a current roftort. from • j aateral source*, though not official, that Yancey, the retel commissioner to Eng- ' laud, has hern captured on board a 1 sehwuwer which uttempied io run the ■ blockade. > lie is said to have been (lis- 1 gatsad a* a tailor, and discovered after ' I the crew had bee* .pat «■ prison at Key i i i hml. .1

i «3T At I'm election *t Gape IsUcd City i j on Taesday, Joseph Q. Williams (Item.) ; ■ wis elect*?! Mayor,—' Thomas 1$. Hughe* ( ; (Den.), Recorder.— Cri«tonli«-r Learning , ( l\ep 1 Alderman". — John W. Hlak:- litem.) 1 ' ! George L. I.udlsui (!,*em./ Aaron Schellin- I Be# Jr. -.(Dem )— and Aaron fjarietsoo,-' | George Ruieman, and. J*". S. Kennedy , ;fRepv) mefnMra -of Council Smith; 1 1 Church (Pern.) City Marshall, — F. Johnson 1 1 Rrf.) Treasury— A. 1*. Jtfldreth (Pern.) « | Ai«nMir — J. Sebelliager (Hum.) Jociea of t ; Election— A. &cheUiog*rJ(Dem.) Collector , ; — llnnry Hand (Item V 'L'iiv Clrrk — R. S. I.nillam (Rep.) and rir-t*. hUrcy (Item j : ; Chosen Fr aholdcrs — and Iwiy Hand (Derii )and fonrel HugV* iDenr.t School . j Trustees— brother l<eurh (Hep.) editor of 1 j the Ocean Wave being defeated i Tbi* is tlni first liihfc. Democrat! hare Med allowed any jiartki-ation irrthst City government since it *« itieorppruted. The above we clip from the C'auu/vn . ' ; lyemocrit. of Saturday, the 15th "in*t. ' | Pram what source brother Hamilton rv- ' ; reived his information wo know not, though > ; | we, at n yonkre, have a right to ywc»». i However, the editor i* responsible fur the : i ' ImlS (?) of the statements; and certainly , he, er his infurmant, ought toliuve tho fir.>r t l.prsraiotn, at the next agricnlturul fair, for ( , the greatest crop" of untruth', and "small .potatoes." Hut then. What hotter (fould wo 1 expect from a rabid politician and esjmcial- 1 Jy from a political editor. As to the political complexion of the ' list of officials as above, we are atdlionze 1 from Mr. John W. .lllakc, to say, most emphatically, that ho is wit a democrat ; and, from onr own pursbhal knowledge, wo can , say the esrtie of simrehw* or three otliers, to whose name* is affixed above; and still nthors, who, know, hove not voted that ticket, but in part at least, for two or three years past, in reference to ' ' ■ the City Clerk, wo have only to say that i that office is filled by the City Council. -and ' not by the people, and he was elected on < ; Satarday evening, a day or two after the { paper fiom which, the above was clipped • was printed ; and the question arises. How ' did broilo r Hamilton, or his informant,* ; know so much it) ndvauce, unlets it was n ' f.ireguno conclusion, bacau'e be was s Dein- | octal. Hut here is a difficulty again, when it it known that all the rotes for the. Clerk i elect were cast by Republican* ; and one of .tho liemoc-rutic inenihers of the council, to our crtain knowledge, refused to re" cogniaooor worthy clerk as' n Democrat, because, as h« said, he vnt^d, and del alls; ' he could for tbw other ticket, which. »f tuppo'e. brother Ham.-, tou would call RepuMican. Hnt the Ittmtfrtil telle us that' brother Reach, editor of the Ocean ll'tjec, das de- , fcated. M elT, that wus tiot-»irniig». wbeu - polirics run *o high and especially, when it Is known that "brother I^nch" was bm of . the Judges of Klrclion, atld dtinscqueutly. by law, was not eligible to au offico rated for at the election. It so happened,, bowever, that 'the name of "brother Leach", • was on every ticket, for member of tho Council, not excel ling the so called Demo- 1 fistic ticket, and on lint same ticket fur > another offic", notwithstanding his pre- .■ viods refusal to accept either or the offices; and on tho tnnrning of the election; ut "brother l^aCb's" owo request, his nawe . | wasjsin soute instances, erased, when Le i 1 , posted up a notice of bis positive declinature, and another name wittien in its place, bat for whidi there would have bean only una democratic councilman elected, though i I the so-called democratic ticket was viqju- i Hut cs to the- last statement in the above i | from the Jhnacrai, that "This is the first I j time Democrats hare been allowed «ny < ' participation in that City govrnunenl siscu , < , it was incorporated." U'ho ctntlJ bat * t i bad tho conscience (?) 10 promulgate such } an outrageoes falsehood ? Why, we cbul- < ' lenge any one to point out any tiamektu lite 1 | list of officer* elected at ibis last election , t who has nut held an office Mfur#, on Cape ) i Island, mice it was incorporated, end most t of them repeatedly. Tlifl fact is there Wat j i no political party complexion to cither of i the tickets voted, and never was; and . * | should tiny demagogecs. of either party, at- j i to bring party politics into «>n'r city.j « elections, and the people wvrn awaie of it, - 1 they. would at once put their foot' upon the < silly attempt. Never bat trnce was the at. t tempt Made to have a ticket printed with a perry heeding, add thai was sent out or t the county to be printed, tutd when it cotne i to the public, wis headless, having the ■ i words "Democratic Ticket" cot off. AnJ | even then, not more than about half the i antes wvfe those of Democrats | Aula little farther. 8iir person hxveij electail to the mayoralty since the < rity was incorporated ; and, if the present - on. tMr. William-) is a Democrat, (and we » j tbtuk he is) three of the *:x have Men I ' Democrats, sad ' broiher Leech" whom , t brother Bamilton chooses to style a lie- ; < publico", has voted for each of them. And j « not otdy so, bat the records will show, that 1 1 j abvht the some proportion lias eamte'd in j t

■ all the officers from the firs', and «e hope , j may always be so. Ant in couc!csiont • ■ we beg leave to sny to brother Hamilton, ! r and bis veracious informant, that if they f f have ran so low in political cspitel, us lo { i- loop to each "small potato" burin.. -, ; the above, they had better tSwpewd ;" and, t ' while our good brother is acting tis Skcrt- ' tury of our"Htale Sena's, apply for m nc's ;J to legalise the luspentiun. We- hath made f 1 these remark*, simply to frown upoo the ) , attempt to wriggle into our little city or j ' township elections, tl>« name hither of Deci- ■ ! | ocral or Republican. islasdt0. io. .Tlie snnduncetncnl uf the capture of ■ I- Inn -.i No 10, in onr last issue, tvns " premature. It was ramie upon the an- > thority of a dispatch published in tlic i'niladelphin paper* The botnbnrdmcnt of the rebel fortifications, by our gun and mnrlnr boats, bad been com- i menced, and iins.bcen continued ever i since, up to our last advices ; but with- . •>ul any decisive results; and, if we j , can understand %thc movements ; they are awaiting reinforcements, before they commence. in earnest. No. 10 i* an is- I . land in the Mississippi river, the next rebel fortificntfi/u below Coluntbos ; to : which the rebels retreated front Gol.nni- ■ bus. It is very strongly fortified. New Madrid, now in our possrasion, iim9m> Gen. Pope, iiwtotuc 18 miles farther j j down the rivq^ und the rebel fleet is lietween thetn, penned up. They huveen- . gnged Pope'# batteries, and been driven back. One of their vessels our sunk, and Others damaged. Our mortar boats at X<>> 1 1), under Coux. Fuote, also sunk otic of them, and damaged others. . Our licet had suffered no ] . loss. For the "Ocean VVwc " tue pr— idekts kessaoeaad slavery. Anrjn.n I. Abraham Lihcnhi. Chief Egecntive of* thp l.'uitei! States, h»v delivered n npectal Message to Cnngrep>. T>.- message has been published and read hy -very m.ih, in j th'u loyal yefctinn" nf our Country, whn cares ; to. read nnd lw ndvivd of eten:* n» they ij transpire -"Ittaring the progr-*1; ttf the re. ; helitcn nothiug bn> luVen tM people mora by *arnri«n than th.* step of j)hef*f*>id«nt. It was n.,i even ramareil yhst he w», meoi. ; tating the>uti>jv«ti "and* it I# uut often thai' ' any eitvamstoncn ocbuva now.* dbys with--oat ** "ttyy or aforentonilioa of it. Bat' Mr., Lincoln i« one o.' a f-wjlmt can keep his own se'erots. until a proper time for tWm fn bo made public. He ntC •h-rstands fnltweli what to withhold win when to make known. For this rich trait*he stands^re-emiaent among all oor public men. The main fnaiqre of thn morsage in' question, is thu following reanlatloo, which the t'reinlcui rwcomniunus Congress lo ' adopt s— » "■RevileeJ, That tl^i United Stales onght to co-operate with any State which may ndopt gradual ultoli'iiment of slavery, giviug to «uch State pcconurv ntd to ba-uard ! *uch State in it* diseretiua. locompett. : sste for the iocOnvenieures, public und pri- f rate, produced by »ucb change of »y»|uni." i - While three ere those who, frerin the out- | break of thia wicked conspiracy to over- ! turn and dismember our Government, have ! iRcostsnUy cried, -I^et the slave go free," and • Dei lam general ^mancipation," it is ' I highly gratifying to know thil tho Prfcai- j d-nt ortl.ir Knpnblic .has out been iutlu , ei., or moved by vaobcri*-*; b.:t7hat he, j i to-day i« ac conoervativo on the slavery sutv \ a* -. .Vr. nnd b-Vit not i-i«t sight of hi* •cath to carry out the requirements of the Constitution, lint there am those who I now act-mo Mr. [.Inciilo of being an abo- i ; Ironist, and interpret his mcasage, in which ■; the above rusoluti.xf l« inserted, to he an | abolition document. With such persons, if any there are who may scan this article, i •«- agree to disagree. an fcboKlionixl ■ n'ow-n-days is one in favor of the complete i emancipation of the four milliett slaves in ■ the South, and that, too, immediately, in : - defiance of the Constitution, und whether the r! fates are willing for it, or hot. That j Mr. Littridii J» one of this se.-i and creed is denied, nnd 1 challenge any one to produce speech of his, or a sentiip-nt, or name an ) act, »r you please, from which it Coald be proved thai ho is a brother to thu fanatic abolltionUts of the North, ll it curUyft, j however, that be., is owe of a large ma- ,• J'irity of the people "of the United Atales ' who believe nogro bondage to be -a moial, j «.,cial and political evil, a cur*a te Araort- ; ca, and the fuodauunital caa*u of ibta-eirtl broil. It ia slw curtain that ho deplore* . the uxistence uf slavery in our laud, and . i wishes that rami- constitutions! nieaui ■ , 1 might bo adopted for the gradual emancii patton nf the »)i\ea. If ibis makes him au j < aboUticnr.t, tlftn Washm^ca; Jvffertoc,

Adam-, Clay artTt, Webster were of the camO : strip*. In this message Mr. Lincoln doas ! not *ay that CaStftgss mutt or *An/f infer' I frre in tbA matter; but 'merely invites ConI. grew to eo-o|»eraie with any Stale thai ares . proper to take afep* toward* abolishing stu- - ' very in their respective Slates. There it nothiug unconstitutional in this ! The i President give* hit view* as to tho mode , 4-by whi^h tlte great object could. bo accuiu- ; tdished. end 1 cannot perct-ivu what there j objectionable, either to the slave or free I ; in bis opinions aed iadviee. Hnt 1 ' v. , II .not pursue thu subjuct farther now, being only desirous of opening 'the way for J othttt artjgleS on.iba jame quesltou. ilote ' ( \ DON A L PINK. i tfdvai tf ja«ri«r*m»reh s»d. !s«. C U L E T T E R S . Dnrmos or Lowxa PoioUAC. I ; - cami* Haker, Md., Mar. tjth, tedl. j dkaii .Wave:— Our Regiment h**just 1 returned !o camp jifter a bnig tramp over the river In deserted eecesls. Immediately I after -disembarking upon t lie sacred. soil we took op the line of March tn'o the interior, [ i for the purpose of rfeconnoiteting arid *c- \ curing nil contraband goods which the re- i treating loo might hare left behind. We advanced upon the Intra of Diimirie*. and ! !,a* we tnarckuil in'tlie soldiers and tunst of th» citizens inn roll t-d out, in qiffck time.—* We plntiled the glorious old "stsir* nnd stripes" upon the Court House of the old I ' renownmfand deserted Dumfries. The for- i j l»rn looking hamlet *n« the llcnd-Quarter* f>f Gen. W igfull, the commander or the Confederate force* In'.e in lliis vicinity. Upon I the insurgents taking po'sustfon nf tho place tliey turned ull the inhnbilaiits out of doors . fliat showed signs of Union proclivities, lea-, ring them houseless and homeless, to seek I protection among people where, at least. ) some degree of humanity existed. The | ' dwell. ngs were in a- horrid condition ; tilth , and dirt everywhere presented itself t t\i your view; -also their Camps were in the; »ntno unhealthy slate, which tended greatly ■ »(o iucreara the mortality that existed ' among litem. There are srid In be over: live thniv.ind of lire Southern Chivalry tpIcrred within the suburb* of tlic village. The enemy iu their precipitate flight left a : larcn amo'.im <u Confedarato property j which consequently id I iuuvour ImmU. it consisted of ninntutiilion, Hour, beef, cloth- ; . ing, army Utensils, tents, stutL-r stores, Ac, ' i mount ing to several ilinueoiid dollar*. > - Thu Davisite* of lain seeut lo be uxcvlfont ! on retivut. Tho mnskut bail is to-bitter a ' pill for 'IbemMo take. They plainly see' tUvir eu-e is hopclcFS, amithrtrtato is *er.l ' ed. In vain hnve their leaders nttein(>ted' ■in rally them ; Iu rain have tin y mih-d fry v"vnid nod assistant-,-, in till# the hour of ■eafonuregerd'* trial, and Davis' gloom. Victory after victory cruwtis tin. l'ed-rul ' cause, and aids in reAerlng tho Union to : it* former prospnrty aiid peacu. While do- - feat ufU-r diifout hastens. thu day when s.cesh shall bo no more; when, the rebel i braggadneio* sl.nll lie mouldering in the dust, and tho tyrannical powerMtall sway . no more on the Continent of America. Mom Anon. W. Whoujik. / Co. I, Ctb N. J. V. Camp Ccstu*. Va.. Mar. Wth,*C2.J Hiud QiARTKits, Call. 1st N.J. Car. j Mr. KntTon i'rahghts or Homo will ofre.H cemo "across the mind of a soldier.— Time anil distance can never a. senate thii - "affections of llto heait. Amid the events i of a sol titer's life w* inav, at times, losu sight of . those "far from uvp but' never for any length of time. We have ut the head of oar regiment a] Sirff'arcy Wyndhaw, aiitl officer of Ifolian I . recown, whp served as Hrlg.-Ueneral of I'avuiry io the "ltaliun army, and sontn ray that oven now he-hold* his commission frem j King Victor Fmanael. There is quite a ' difference iietweuu tbe present Col. and the ooe who previously commanded this Re'gk < ment. "Col. Wyqdhanv it yonbg, (about X0 year* old) dashing, and a splendid horse- ' man, and seems to hare 'ull the qualili- ; cations necessity for a cavalry officer.— I Jrince he has taken command Ike men have been equipped anew, aud thiegs mora on : more cheerfullv. BoLh officers and men feel confident that he in-the man <o- lead us, , und ut this present time wo are assured ihat w« wiil have a chance Uf do something, for we art again under marching orders to go with Gen. Heintzleman's Kipedition ; liut ■ when and where I cannot *ny. The Infantry is aoout to ba put on board nP transport* to go down the I'otomsc ' t 'ur sick 1 art sent off, nnd all who are'not fit to Mtand tho liaqlships of a campaign we have gut rid of. Our regiment number* i)U(l men, where it formerly numbered over 110t); besides, we have no officer* now who were not examined by a board of Regular Cavalry ( Officer*. W* are -splendidly urmcd and equipped. Our arms are Bu reside'* CarJ bin# and Coil's Arm^ RerolTer. Cavalry

i it a very expensive branch of the Wrvice. > i ; Oar regiment has ((pne all the reconnoitur- 1 iog, scouting nnj picketing in Gen. Hiint- . tleman's Division, which was, up till lata , the most advanced post of- our Line; he I . commanded the left wing of the grand Ar_ i my of the I'olomoc. - The rebuts who have ! been stationed in this vicinity well know, i 'aud have canso to recolh*ct the First N. J.- . Cavaltr; but a more extended field of ope. ' ' raUi.u> will tfo ready for twin a ebwl lias*,, i We .n re still doing. scouting, us for as iho . village of Occoquan, where the rebel* pro- . viously had a formidable ltattcry and Ifort, », ' ■ ' to prevent u* from crossing tho Uccoqaa * > Creek nnd to blockade the Potomac. A 1 said' before, wo are expecting to go on ; board ofyi transport every hour, and our r . boy* are anxiously looking for au opj>oytui mjy to distiuguisb '.kemseives. Oar urmy j i* ready for action, and it will be as Gup. | McClellnn said, ''a short and bloody con- 1 i diet;" bat let it be severe enough upon the •, t traitors, that from henceforth and forever ---• — •-<(• r ■ *eceM;oa shall be a stain upon any man'* character that would dare to mention it.— ■ Verily, we are beginning to witness tho gi- j . ' pan tic power of the Government almoit - j every part of"oar domain. Treason is com- - ! uuncing to- fee! our blows, and the time i* j * ! near at hand w hen a grand victory of on "n1 1 resistible army will show these rebels, and f ; foreign Nations, that] our Government i« not only a govern mi- tit in name, but ip fuct. 1 .If. W. HAWIKR, J 1 : Lieut. Co. D„ 1st X. J. Cavalry. . S3*" The following is a portion of a letter written front Fairfax C. H., 13th j inst , by our frignd Thomas S. Steven*. in the' 4lh Regiment, to a person who ( s ; Imr kindly haudedjt to us for publico- ' lion. "It giues nn eccouut of Gen. » Kiartfcy's Brigade ndranciug upon Maj .*•■•*•■• Wu came in from jr ' ' picket duty on the the third ot March, and ^ | found the whole brigade packed, and ready to merch. Gur company wa« ordered to / I . bux op whn| we could not carry, and .-end / j it to (he quaiter muster to be stored. f j r Well w* did so ; and ou Friday, the Ttb ' \ ( r, cetved orders to march; no about I j i ' | o'clock I'. M. the brigade formed ou the ' j pat ado ground and started, We didn't know , * j uberc. and inarched till about dil»k. when j (t« halted for about fifteen minutes, to parf take uf some hard bri*ad" an J pork, which | ' ; we had in oar haversacks, imd the 'renewed | : oar march, continuing uuti! 9 o'clock, when we come lo such miserable road* and , dark woods, that our officer* concluded to J hall, for the night. We tn arched out into - . i . a large field, stacked arms aud relieved - outsolre* of our knapsacks, which yon J may know were not light, containing a* # ' . they did, a change of clothes, one woolen | aoil one India rubber bfouket and a small j marching tent. We laid down -but a ahort time, for about hu'f past nine, order* '•» { come to tako up the line Of march again i , so we | lacked up ami were off. The roads J were wretched, kuoe deep id mad ; and 1 i sometimes we come to creeks, over which - ,1 >ve had to foil traot before we could crossOur team* mired, and wo hid to unload | them, und pull thorn out. In this way we " marched till daylight, when wo came to Hutk's Station; where we,pHchcd our tents, and "tnrned In,*' pretty well tfred out, yoa • niRg imagine. I slept until 8, when I "turned out" to get soniu •'.•rub;" but all c we hod was some hard crackers. • * * * "On Saturday, the cars broaghl out font* » . provision* ; so we did very well. Wo r stayed there until Monday, ar.d then started | unl. With the oxpcci.it ion of a fight. We a j trent to Fairfax Station, about three miles, a I this sido of the Court House, where the f regiments went out o scouting, each in ■ i a different direction. Uor General had i * ;wo companies. of cavalry with Itira. He n ; fell in with two regiments of. robot cavalry, <4 e about'noon, and charged upon ibem, kill- . ing 1L, and taking 13 prjgopers Oar loss ' l) was One."AboBl 3 o'clock Gen. }\»*nrj -come up tn us, saving, "Boy* wo must quarter a; - Fairfax to-night so lie sunt the other c three regiafen's back of thu town, on diffn eient road*, to cat dff the retreat of the n rebels, aud onr regiment march into the i, | towh. in line of battle ; but the rebel*. .1 j having "smelt a rot," hud all Juft, tho place r in the morning. Our band struck up 0 I "Yankee Doodle." and «c marched up to * • 1 | the court house, throwing to tho bretzu the i. Stars and Stripes upon it. Ilcre we re- .. tnau.ed dnrmg the night, nnd the next It ] itoming. the 2d nnd 3d Regiments started i! for CentraiiHe. which is about three miles t : this side of the ever to-bo-rvmombered , ; Hull Run. i. "On arriving at Ceiitr*viilo,_.Uity found ^ t i it abandoned by tho rebels, alt* . bo Gen. y Kearney add Col. Taylor took the Third. . £ i ; xod went clear to Manassas, which iky' ■. 1 found bad just been t3c«*rtcd^ the rebels .y ' ' 1