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I CAP£ WAY OCEAN WAVE : it I ~ ... ' | CAPE ISLAND N. -I. f. ■ 1 : ( » ■ I. a. LBACB. Ddltor, ,Q B P>MI>k«r »»* P»»prlfJor. " Q, fl J ONl£ DOI.LAH P E it A NaN IT M j :Ol ■ Thursday. April 10, 1R62- * B THE HLXT GREAT BATTLE. * fl At tlM lime we write there seem* to J si ■ have been a kind of loll in the martial u B ntorto, for Rome time past, though we B know not how eoou it may again bint > B out. with renewed and iucreascd fur)-. s fl .It may men before (bit taveU the eye of # fl the reader. - One, an the principal cause j B of thli apparent loll, howe*er, ia, that | f B the movement* of the army are very { B wisely kept from the public, so long as f B the public knowledge of them would f B seem prejudicial to the cansc of the Un- j B: ion B But there l» enough known, to satisfy _ B Uioae who are posted iu such matters, ( B; that we are o» the eve of events that | fl will aliprihe very heart of the nation. ( ■ By jottings of information which wc . fl are able to gather, there seems to be ( ■ but little doubt, that there will soon lie ( ■ i some important movements in the direc- | ■ lion of Fortress Monroe ; bnt tnoro esC, B peeially doe* the public mind seem ill * ■ reeled toward tbe West ; and if there is ■ not stirring news from that direction | ■ ^ soon, we shell conclude that there is no | ^B ■ confidence to be placed in indications, ^fl The flotilla under Com. Foote has m been operating at I«!am) No. 10, a rebel stronghold, for some time past ; but ,, B we are satisfied that the Commodore has ' ■ not yet made a real effort to take the B place. He seems simply to hare been ■ - playing with them, for tome good reaB son, no doubt ; probably to try his gun B and morur boats, their armmuent and B crews ; and, more especially, to divert B i > and distract the rebels from some other B point ; and is only waiting the proper j B time; when, we firmly believe, he will | B capture No. 10, without a very prolracB led effort. Hut there is another point, B in the same department, where there ia j B every indication thai tire next great bat- > ■ Ue will be fought, viz., near Corinth, ■ MY- ■ Corinth Is situated jrnt over the Ten- ■ aessee line, to the eastward from Metn- ■ X phis, and at the junction »T two impor- • B Sunt railroad* ; one leading from McuiB phi* to North- Carolina, Virginia Ac.,! B and the other from iu junction with the B oliove to Mobile, Ala.; and this poiiB tion once in. our possession, all railroad B communication between the rebel enpi- i B Sal and western Tennessee, and one lotB portant line of coimnunicnliou between B all the above poiuU and ttm gnlf coast, ■ is cut off. Heuce the position Is one of-; B vast importance to the rebels, as well as j B because is seriously threatens Memphis; i B and the rebel government well under- 1 B aland iu importance, and undoubtedly ■ B will make a desperate resistance; for | ■ which, from all that can be gathered, i B »hcy are making extensive preparations. ! B Of cuorae the-public, and perhaps our B military authorities, have no means of , B knowing the extent of those preparaB tions, and the rebel force concentrated there* There are indications, however, B that they have a formidable army, with ' B, Beauregard at its head, and no effort B wHi be lacking on their part, to -'maintain their position. But wc hope that ■ our authuritiea do not underrate their B strength, and have not failed to mdfce ■ the, necessary preparations (or a success- ■ fu I assault. B The rebel government has been at j ■ work, eiilisimg and iropfeswiwg ; and it i appears quite evident that it has been j H more 'especially for Uiil point, and that they have also transferred largj numbers j Jrota Virgiuia and the south to the same j ■ point ; and we await with the utmost j ■ anxiety for lUfe result, expeetiag soon ■ (and it may be before we gu to press); H to bear of the most desperate and bloody > battle of the war, thus fac, and, per* ^B haps, the moat desperate and bloody ■ mm daring the war to the end; and, it ■ may be, nne scarcely excelled in tbe bietuffr of rivtiized wsrfore. , ■ The rebeb know the importance of j H the iesrr. and I hough ihrj art: -iim-what ■ dnpriicd by a loag eenes qf defeats, j I

they mar contend with the energy of desperation ; for a defeat here will be r fata.1 to their waning cause ; and it c would l>e bard work again to rally their t! for a formidable resistance. Bat l< our army are nerved with the thoughts j a of repeated, former victories, and it j I must be a desperate and formidable re- 1 r sittance that can repel them : and while , ( can but have our fears for the re- '■ { salt, we St HI hope soon to hear of the ! ' most signal' victory of the war. * fiF** Considerable noxSety in regard ' | to the ojverations of.tne famed rebel ^ steamer Merriwuc. should she make j ( ! another dash upon our fleet in Hampton j Bonds, has been fell throughout the | country, notwithstanding the' oft repea- j ted amuraucc* of the press, that the ' navy was prepared for her, iu a manner i not madc.jiublic. We bad no donbl ' i the little Monitor would give ber 1 1 some very warm admonitions, should she run across her path, and yet we fell a' kind of trembling, for fear she might not bs able successfully to contend with the rebel monster. But we have sonic 1 information, which we deem reliable, oft other preparations, which the press has not made public, wbicb we think will j ■lie fnlly equal to all the powers of^lie ; Cbostcd monster ; and we say, let bdr try j j it on sgaiu. | the hew jersey ninth. j This gallant regiment wo perceive, was j 1 again selocled by Gen. lturnside to go , where bard knocks were promised. They ! made a part of the expedition to capture ! Ueaafort, and although we have no d»ul>t j they would hare borne themselves valiant- ; ly we rejoice that the rebels thought "dls- i crelion the better part of vajor" rvYid did j not aait for their arrival. Tbe expedition ' Was under the commend, of Gen. Park, and 1 was composed of the 4tb and Mb Rhode I-lsod, 8th and 11th Connecticut, and the ! 9lh New Jersey. Although they had no! fitbUng to do. the expedition have, accent- j plished-very important results ah'd secured j { a must important point by which, threader' ! the blockade even more effectual thaa ii J has been. the rebel! april fooled. 1 i On the night of the Ut of April boki- afi v»r bravp ' fellows composing the expwdi- 1 1 l:on down the Mississippi, now in the wi- j Cinity tof No. 10, playmla Mine ah at d.»ri f»al of "April fool" on the tebeU. !•'.*. ■ boats, manned by twenty men each, (It. j i sidee I he officer- J niado their way to |b*> • , . upper fort OB llie Island, landed at about! j midnight, carried it by surprise, 4 he rebel i senliaels firing a frw guns as theyNsoeTj i tanning away,' but doing no 'injury. The ' i rebel troops in the vicinity retroalcd. Our j ! little baud spiked the six guns mounted in ' I the fort, end retired unharmed to their . starling plaee. taTL.lt advices report Fort Pnlas- | jj-W, at the entrance of Savannah river, 1 ; perfeclly invested by our army and navj, , | all communication with the city being ' : cat off. Also that the rebel garrison ' hed offered to cBaruntc, on condition ; tlml they should watch out with the : i honors of war; but (ien. ilhermutt » demanded an Bncuudii . nal surrender; , and still later acconiiU ..ke it prob- ; able that' the bombardment of the j ! fort was ewiBttH tolne two peeks ago, and it is pot unlikely that it is now in ottr possession, i It is mix) (jtat the rebel forces hive been • withdrawn from all oth^ parts of that ! slate and couceetrated for the defence ! i of Savannah. Refugees from Charles- j I ton represent that city in a panic ot ex- : citcment. On Wednesday of last weeks most i terrific torntdo pasted over Ute vicinity j of Cairo, Illinois. It was accompanied with thunder, lightning and rai|i. A 1 large number of IrausporU and atcam tugs were turn from thuir moorings on the Ohio levee, and blown across the ; river. The slate roof of the St. Charles , . Hotel was torn off, -and completely de- ; molished. Some vessels were damagetl, : large qnantitiea of lamber were blown I into the river, wooden barracks were ■ blown down and other damage to prop- . I crty done, and aaveral lives lust. - pgfThe report of the escape of the ' : rebel steamer NathvHle, front Beani 'fert. K. C., »a coofirmed. No 1st- • Ule incident has recently happebvd more annoying thaa this «capc. '

®-Uj order of the President, Sec- ' «' ratary Stanton ha* (aoucd a wnr builuttii. n creating a new military deparitneu? iu 4 portion Vl'ginin and Marylami ' between the Mounlain PepattaMml . ^ I aud tht Blap Ridge It has been called | w I ibe Departmetil of Shenandoah, and is ' ^ j placed under tbe jurisdiction of Major > » ; I Ranks. That jmrtiou of Mr- , 1 ginia east of the Bine Ridge, and we*t tl ; of the Potomac aud of the Fredericks- ' ti burg aud Richmond Railroad, (includ- 1 ; the country between— tijfr-J'otoVinc- 1 , aud I'ktnxent riveis.jjfar, bcpinnade \!ie t Department of the Ilappahqnnock, tmd > the cotQtnaud of It has been hssigoedW} , : Major General McDowell. gentleman from Memphis, . | wlio has arrived at Louisville, states ; t that Gen. Albert Sidney Johnson ha* u J asserted that our forces could outflank t i nuy rebel foriiGcation they erected, and . that their only chance was in field light. > He reports that the rebel force in the ' vicinity of Corinth was about G5,000, ' aud coiialautly increasing. Ue also 1 says that they were determined (o barn ^ r Memphis, iu case it was likely to fall 1 into our hands. It certainly tunst be , very poor revenge, to put the torch to , ! their own property, to spite the Federal ; 1 Government. -- — ... ,^i — [qp Commodore Foote telegraphs to Secretary Welles, that on Friday three , I I morlar-bosts opened tire ou the rebel 1 j floating battery. After nn hour's bom- j ' ' bardment the battery broke loose from ' its mooring, and floated down the river considerably injured. Tbe rebel steam- ! : er Winchester was burned by the burnt- ] , ■ ing of a shell from one of our fleet. 1 C3f~The rebel pupcrs at last own to ' j having suffered a terrible defeat' at Su- 1 ' gar Creek or Pea Ridge, Arkansas, where they at first claimed a victory. - j Date* from Fort Union, New Mexico, np I i to tbe 18tli invl., have been received. Col. r* Canby's command was still penned up In t Fort Craiff. bat it was thought that a sufficient fiibsa would be sent front Fort Union I to surrnr Litis. .'.fWiiBetjfOC anil Hvili > I Fq are in iMtksesiuOA of ti n rebel*, an. I , 1,8011 'I'nxans wi-re between (In former, I pUfte and Fort Union. Some of ibe'T-rf.-, • ' gathered in Ijnnsa*. 6* 'the Hunter I.ar.e V_'. I '! tsraop. Jnn~ Nix«Ht, Si. c., 1 1 i wiit apeept opr thanks for » funy of. the • [several si||hnN dtiitvercd in Congress ! # | o\ the dtntii of thu gallant Raker, who r | fell at Rail's Illuff ; as well as other u I public douamentii r j. Hon. J F. Learning and Hon. W. ' j W. Ware, of our State Legislature, will ' j also accept our thanks for sundry State . j documents. , . | t l or the "(Mm Waya." ; THE r RESIDENTS HEW AGE sad SLAVERY it*1 AltTICLK III. : Wr have not entered .upon, the discus- ; e ; slon of this subject with tits forethought. ! # j car* and precisenets that we should if we ; wera a legislator, debating the question _ in ■ ' ! the eouncit chamMfr of our uelion ; nor # ard we bound iu our writing by any party e or clan, by any platform or creed . fair from 9 it. Our anticipation * nut to enlighleo y the minds or dirtod lit* actions of National representations ; bat merely to interest n the private clxisan. We speak as ao inde- , t pendent American, a freethinker, and ttn I offhand writer. p ' The distinctive leatare in this article. " j as we stated ib oar lert, will be a conetder- j - ntion of general eaianci/xirion. There are those who urge this policy; and as we are I adverse to such a measure, il ls natural.thal j we should entertain reasons fef pur opposif tion. To give such reasons In fait it wo«W . ^ require a lengthy nrticle ; so we shall only ' k make a few statement*. » As we have before remarked, that which n aroused tbe Soatbera spirit to arms against e the Government, was tbe opinion that tbe t Republican Administration wu going to | open a powerful crusade upon slavery. Tp , eradiea'ie this nii«-i eptts»-ntsllon is what all ' true lovers of their Country should undeavn or to do ; Tor thtsoofter it is accomplished, ' justsomurb earlier this unhappy conflict - j will hare its, termination. 8 oppose the ; Govern went should directly interfere with j slavery in the .Stales, ue-1 declare freedom " to all the eusLved, what would be the eon- '■ i sequencer Do you tbink our armies woubi Ir- 1 as, they advanced, tad any degvwe of pestb # ' tence and returning (eally 7 No, not onu ^ t-psrk ! Aud wbyT Bv-cuusc tbe traitors ______

then would saj tl-et i: w«-s u.-elcs* antl uo- 1 A , - t i ib. .. to beck to tbe 6bi Colwt.'] «■ tbVir rishts werw uhriJ-ged, tbe Cot»*t»- 1 tutiui* broken the highest interests of tbe South destroyed, and heuccfortb the law* j er were not binding upon the »; W bra wo a I Tl konthernor such would be our plea, if the j ^ Constitution should be infringed by Coo- , iu passing an emancipation -bill. — > ur They would havo every reason to believe j c* what their leaders had told ibent was . to the letter, aud that we wure, in eve- ()l ry senve 'of the tenu. rank aboltlionUU.— fo , is our candid conviction that ir a law of 1 1 reneral emancipation was paUed. It would • ! take us as long again to conqoer^hu South; jn !~apd, in feet, they never would be complete. t|. j' 'ly subjugated. Tor although we might/van- ti /quisii every armed band of -conspirators, ^ I Still iberp would be that sumo slsvery-fe- j y j betlmus spirit lurking in their heart*, sod ; ti ; every now and. tlieu it would show itself in c< un attempted insurrertion or rAnlt. Had i our generals, at their advance into Ten nog- c- ; see, Kentucky. -North Carolina end Florida, j t, issued procbimatione, "declsriwg that they j wera come to battle traitors and liberate j E the slaves of all, do yoa imagine they woold , ^ have found any Unionists ? Certainly noli j c i Kvery Southron son and daughter would ti j mvt them nt their thresholds with 1 ; aimed muAet and dnusn dagger. The fact a j of an itilerfereftce with their "state rights," v ; by Congress, would doubly nerve them » ; for the bitter contest. " If in freeing the four million of slave* ^ , we would thereby endanger the restoration - of the Unipb — the greut object of the bar I t>n our part — would it not be impolitic to take such a step 7 We think soj i. ' Unexpected circumstutice* deprive un or ' arguing this subject more nt this time.. and | we are obliged to leave off in nti abrupt i manner. Suffice ii to say, general emwnci- f j pation wiH iiever he resorted to. It wil^ , he brought nboul by (gradual ubulishuienl. I The resolution contained in the President's ' i Message bna passed the Senate, utwl before 1 i long it will have passed tic ilottsn. ' , DON ALPINE. , j I nUtd SUUt of .nrrka. April 4th, ISUJ. l HY AUTHORITY. LAWS OF NEW JERSEY. ; j A furth»r supplsmonl to the act entitled J I "An act to .ncorporntc »he city of Cape ( I >1 antl," approved February twenty- | eight, one thoosaud eiglit hundred and ; fifty-m •• , l itv.i ■!., I l.y the Senate and Gen- . the S'.vti' Of New Jersey, I j i'na. tl-u dwt.-- i-s-'Wiors of the j ( ► 1 I"** =" «" '•/ « ';l"e : i May »m thu provuion* of an j a i e.l ' i i act concurniug taxes " to' j ' I p-'tfo 'i bet'-.- n ttio tWi-nti.-tli day ol May j i i n "i the tasi. th day August, shall he j j I | performed by them between thu twentieth ! ! , day- of Apiil and the twentieth day of June | iu each year hereafter. 1 ' 2. And bo it enacted, that the said as- ■ ; tessois shall meet annually on the first Mon- | ! - day in Jniy, instead- of tho first Mocdar in I- ■ Septemle-r. to perform She duties reqnired | . j of them by-law at such auouul meeltiig ; i | provided, that tho tcnnecripl or diiplicalureqitired by the fifth section or the act en 1 ! ) titled "ea-aci concerning taxes," to be do liverod to the township CoUeUto*,. kimii bo { ' delivered to ths collector »>( the city «if j i Capo Island within fifteen durs after such • meeting, and to tfie collector* of the sever- j t at town*liips of the count)' or Cape May ' within fifteen day* from tfie first Mouday : • i in Sejiivmiter. a* now directed bv law . 3. And bo it enacted. That tt-e cmnmis- 1 . ' sioners ol apical, iu cases of taxation in I ! and lor the city'of Cape lelatid, shall meet ' [ Annnally on the second Tuesday in 8eptr.m. 1 ' !• bar in each year hereafter, to purforei the > r ; duties required or fliem by In"'. , 4. And be it enacted. That the duties > 4 !, which the collector of the said city is ru- j ! quired to perioral by the tenth section of! ] the act entitled "au act concerning taxes." t i shall he performed oh the first day of An- ! . I gust in each yeas hereafter; and the said . , ! collector shall |>ay the taxes by- bim col- i ,'lacted. and the fines and forfeiture* by him ^kfceivod, by virtoe of any law of this stale, ^ (to the collector of the "county by tho first . Tuesday of October in every year! mid in I 9 | case of (h* i.on payment of taxes by tbe j time appointed, the said collector shall de 1 liver hit list of delinquent* to a justice of j 1 the peace »n the twentieth day of .October - ' in every year, instead pf the twentieth Hey | i of December, us mw provided by law. j !>. And be it enacted, That llitx act shall • ; take effect immediately. Passed March 'JOtb. 1813, and approved i : by tbe Governor. t e , A further eupplement to .an act entitled "An act, to reorganize the court* of law" 0 I approved' February ninth, oa« thousand > w | eight hundred and fifty five. 1 | 1- Be is enacted by the Senate end Gen 1 . eral Assembly at tbe State el New Jersey, | That front and after the fifth day of July, i • | next, the regular terms of tbe courts iu end • forth* county of Cape May, shall comn mence on the fourth Tin lijgjplii August,, I, ; tha third Tuesday in December, and the , . firat Twesdoy is April, in each "and every year. 1 3 And be it enacted. That ao much of I the sixth aecii*>a of theect to which this ia : ^ a supple meat, aa it inconsistent with this : act. be, and the raute ia, Uxtby repeated, j Passed Merrb 26tb,* iWt aud approveiL ■ j by tbe Governor.

Ac'. '■> authorise th-- mayor altd c -y *. council of Csqw Island to porch iso and S hold gas works, and to iasae hoods therefor. . "=i I. Re it enacted by Urn Senate end Get. "J eral Assembly of the State of New Jrrter. , it shall be lawful for the mayor end '• city, council of the city of Capw Island to \ i raise by loau any Cum aut exceeding twenty thousand dollars for the asu of said city und tho inhabitauta thereof, and to i«sae « city bonds therefor, rcdaeaiabls in ten W years ; provided, that the i«gal voters of said city shall, by. a majority of votes. *n at a special town meeting held such purpose, as ben-iisnfter i Yovidrd. « * 2. And be it cuacu-d. That it shall be ! . I lawful for the said mayor and council, when- i ^ eve» they may have determined upou raising money for tb" purpoae aullioriSed hy \ act. to proridy for such 'special el.-c- J in said city for purpura aforesaid, gjv- j ■ ing the same notice a* is now requtrvd for " | ? their annual city elecl.oo. which said eloe- i iS shull l>u held at the place- or holding i '* election immediately preceding, and S» • 1 conducted in the sainc miUDer and the polls * opened and closed nt the same hoars, isnd the result certified. lo-the council, si in tbe A election ; and the officers for the time '■ shall hold such special election. "3 And be it enacted. That in case such work* shall be purchased or erected a* mitborixod by this act. it ahull be lawful Tor the city of C'upe Island iu its corporate i capacity to buhl the title to the same, and r city cimoeil may make all each regulaus lira) be uecessary fwr the ma-iagc-ment of said - work*, for tho montUaclare - aud distribution of gas for public and prt-" vale use. and for the collection, disburse merit and appropriatioo at Use prolit* nod income snsing 'rum tin- santo. t. And be it enacted, That this set shall , lake effect immediately. Pusred March 37, 13C2 sod opprovuvTby the Governor. . . - ; ^ A further supplement* td an net entitled "An oi-v concuruii'g roads," approved April siXleviilh, eighteen • huqdrvti and 1. Ho tt enacted by the Street* and l!w/^ eral As-emhly or the State ot Now J^ey. That the act entitled "A sttppleitn-nydo sin act conceniiu • roads." upprorciy Marcls twenty-third, eighteen hundred smd tiflyIre ami the tame k herelVs«|MaUd. to far as the tuiite shall apply yd tho county ol Gape May, and that so myth of all act*and parts of acts a* arc u/t inconsistent with this act, which lry-tjte>4atd aupplemeui tepeslml, Ire and this same is hereby i . revived in and fir ihu saill countv of Caim I May. 2. And be it enacted. That the over- ' *»ers of the' highway* at tho *ev*ral road districts in the roont) of l':ipe Sfav shall fleeted by the legal v. iters of the said •' districts n» they (lira suid districts,) may I-u . arranged from limo to time by the several- ! township committees for their rrspoctlvw ' . i i*w n-ltips ; and for thn purpura of carrying lb:* provfston into vficft the several , township committee* shall give public u-i-J lice in their respective township* of the 1 tune and phicw of holding the Kr-t rouUTii*. J j trict meeting, for the election of nveraeers 1 of the highway under this net, abicK inrvi- ; | ing* slmll he held ou theai*aiurdsy *n*xt4 I preceding the nnnuul town meeting* "in -aid j county, and shall cause notice the-.-.-f to ? 1 he pes teil op in some eouspigaoc* place in j . each roud district, at least five Oats bvtar* £ . hohlNrtr any such meet fur, which ; ntics ^ , shall designate the time aud plocu ac-; »b *. | ject of sucli meeting." ' 3 A uff b« it enacted. That when n rood - ; district meeting shell thn* nssriitbTs. they ' shall lir-t organize ty ducting a moderator, i hy a plurality pf voles, ulirr which they ' shall proceed* in like uiftmerAo elect an overseer ol the highway for aui4, road di»- ! .| trict; the moderator of each il'stricT rneul- ^ i ing sliall notitv his respetlire townsbvt> j,i , committee, nt their firat meeting after such I election, in writing, nf the election «f tnclr i overseer ; ar.d ftvieasn of failure ol any roait - district to elect un overseer, or of the peri son elHcted to accept of the appointment j the township committee shall fill such vacancy, and shall foroi-h a list or tbe name » ' i *1 said overseer* of the highway so elected j ! or appointed, to 'lira clerk- »f the township i j and ii 4lrall In- the duty of the said.clurk tir ; publish such list, with the names of the 1 officer* and the proem-ding* of thu 6r*l towu meeting after kbc eU-ctiou of said , : oversrer*. _ " v 4. And he it enacted, Tlisl all snbra- | i|aent roai) district ineoting* shall be called by the over*eers of 'he road districu re - ' *|iectiveiv, upon written- ootico pesled njw _ ' iii snch districCdt lea'C ten day* before the ' tim^ pf holding snrh meeting; sud all i such subsequent road district meetings ' shall be bM<l pn Saturday next preceding ' j tbe annuo! town meeting* in the respective . townships of said county : and should the * ' ) oversenr of aay road district fail to csl> r - such msetiug, or the individual elected re- _ ' fuse to sccupt eatd appointment, or In case . of a vacancy arising fro ii any other csoee, the township eommiltew shall fill such- va- , caocy, and csuso the uames of the person* so elected or appointed to be published se : aforesaid. . | 5. And bo it enacted, That this set shall . - „ take effect immediately. . .Paused March, 12, 1862. and approveff ' by the Governor. LATEST NEWS. Gen. McClellan with s large forcw, was j j before Yorktowu, on Saturday last, ready - to attack the r«b*lf ; who are said to nam1 ber 30,009 and strongly fortified. Firing * ! bad been cafomeeced hy the rebels.- It I would probably lake a two or three day's- ^ >f *vign to redoes the place. v,j * Gen ('one has cfoMed into Tenuvseee- ♦ * ; from New Nladrid. Heyeral gunboats have run the rebel bibcltads at No. 10, ta- assist j l'opu, ■hbbhJ