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CAPE MAY OCEAM WAVE - . j . ■ a.v . . * CAPE ISfcANJL> N. .1. . J. 8. LBACH, - Bditor, PakUilm M« Pwfrletur. ONtDOLJ.AH PfiU ANNUM' -u^^araday^July 24. 18R2 *» m rinar cimou juhctcre. *| Prom present appearances, tha pre*- | «ot it the mott critical juncture for tha ! country in the history of the wnr, thus j far. When For; Sampler fell'; when we suffered to disgraceful a de'eat nl ! J lull Ran, about one year ago, and when Banks' army was driven back over the Potomac, but a short lime ago, lite .heart of the nation waa fired, and voloaUera by thousand* offered themselves ; bat tha recent event* before Richmond, oomebow. have failed to produce the aame effect ; end the indications are, that it will be hard work to fill up the rue nt call for 300,000 meu, by voluntary offering. At firat thought, it ia difficult to account for this stale of oflair* — to determine why it ia that the •pWtof the people aeema so different •ow, from erhat ilhufbeeu on apparently aimilar weeeaiona oelore. On more . mature conaideration, however, this difference may be accounted for, partially, at least. Just Before the recent reverse, the pnpple guaerolly were led to believe that we ware jaat on the ere of a most ' decisive victory; that Riehmoatl would certainly he oars in a abort time. Aud. V with a aajorify of the people, it was thought that that victory (of which they Ml so certain) would decide the fate of : the war; though, lu our opinion, that was | . < a moot falaeiona expectation. Then, ' 1 added to tfaimr the fact that whenever I , ■ I ww army bad (track a blow, for mon lis ; ■4 previous, victory had almost universally : 1 crowned oar effurta, had strengthened .. \thi» confidence. A ad e van after these ^ battles before Richmond had rota rncuc-ed-though tha news of it .was suppress22 tlmn, it was asserted that every. 8 i v* *** *wlng rig,,t' ,im* ih*1 Rich" ' mpad would soon be captured The ' 1 th« rr fore, were Illy prepared to 1 1 r > htar. »• the next day or two, th-t terri- ' . We battka were going on, that our army 1 was loosing iu thonaands, and daily i fallfog back ; natll, nt the end of six or I aaren days. thqv werp twenty-five, in- ' \f - stead of fire miles from Richmond, with i ^ a loan of thousand* of onr bravo men. , '.jf then, the sudden disappoint- ■ jy meat of hope* raised »o high in the pub- ! He mind, that has dispirited the people, i IJj- aod made them to stand appalled, and ' V unfiled them for a spirited response to | tha recent call for volunteers. And it' y - h j«t this condition of affairs that ran- } -• dera the present so critical a juncture. Were regiments f«om every quarter! 9* (--.taking to the standard, there would be t Jj^ wo danger ; but without them there kj' fc, dangvr. and that danger has pevtr been ' y, more appalling than at (hv present. By the long aeries ot defeat* which the reb^s had aaffered, they had been jj driven to desperation, and it was that ; , K very das pe ration which caused our re i E weme. The government, the army end j B tha people were not prepared for the ! B results of auch desperation aa exhibited | M by them in those battle. And now they j 'T' art flushed with a senna of their sneevss- : t «B, trippled aa they are wade to appear I to tha rebel pnbUe. by the greatest ex- j ' * agferalioa uf their press, which iuipir- i iu ibem ia prajtortioa as it dispirit! the | , ' 1 Horth. j , There ia th« beat af reaao;.a for be- : . UavJrg tlmt the rebels, under present t •inaaMai is, ore meditating, nay, are j • now preparing lor, actlva offensive ' 1 -Bfawinwi. Uitn^ .nljw. | j >» aoneiderwWo extant. They have;1 Ml ll I . as-w. Mated bet week, and j 1 «i mmmtUfi dopredmloa. i. K«.|, jriU more appalling tV.«, ihu« w, nare 1. the miiM of aH thia. t tz.'TSZS*^: • v:"

' nes; if the rebels are allowed to continue J « to regain the ground they have lost, or even if we do not advance upon 'hem, 1 and gain some decided advantage, and capture Richmond within the next few i months, England and France "will ia - 1 tervene, aod we shall be planged into a ' , war wjth them, as well aa with the trai- 1 , tors of oar uwo country. ; To avoid all these cvila, it is easy to ! I | see what is required, which is siiuply a ■ ready response to the call of thetsorern- 1 rnvnl, cud an energetic prosecution of j i the war. Shall tbia response lie given, j then ? is the great question now proiui- ' | nently t>e(ore every stale, county, town ! ; | and individual. Oor country i*. in danger, and it. become* u* all to arouse. We all have onr infiaenc: ; let us use il for good. patriotic" arpiAL. In another colanur, we publish aa "Ap- j peal to Cape May/' adopted by a' meeting I held at the Court House, on the 12th id- < slant. The vobject of the appeal -is One j which cqnuneodt itself to every patriotic : cititena bCHiP loyal State*. That we are in the midst of one of the must terrible I i and bloody wars known- hi the annul.- «f | | civilised warfare, is a Tact too «c!l known , to need repetition or proof : A wnr Torced | upon the Uevornraeut by tha motl grace- | lee* set uf scoundrels this sidu of I'andeinoniuM. and prosccuteJ by the CoVern- j i tnent eimpiy to mainiain iu antkority and i iu very existence— tha authority and existence of tin- best human government ever known to the world: To carry out this object, hundreds of., thousand of our low. abiding ciliieu* have voluntarily left the endeainiMit* of home, j breaking loose front the atrudgvst domestic j ,1 ties whiek bound them there ; accepting all | j the deprivations hardships; tolls aud dan- ! : gerw of the tented field and the bloody bat- { | lie. and even death Usalf, that they might ; | beqweathe lo their children ^and ohr chll j dren the priceless boon of civil und relig- | ious liberty ; that boon at firat purchased ! by the blood of our revered siren of '<6. Aod we eaunot, if we would, shut onr eyes to tbo fact l^at these meu hare endured sufferings from which maoy of us [ would shr.uk. That they^ have exposed . tboraaeivrs to the heat sud cold, to lira '• paktbg snows son rams, And -Abe rude I blasts of the lierco norib-winds ; that they ! kavfr forded rivere, waded through muddy i morasses, stub when wearierl, till tired natum had become exhausted, hare, in those damp grounds, lain ibeinsalres down — ' i with no covering hot the canopy of hr-aven j . —to rest for the night, with, perhaps, nqlh- j iqg ont dry bread and bacon to satisfy their J 1 hocgry appetites. Nor ban we fail to nn. , ! darstaad how, by these exposures, they have contracted diseases— colds, cousnmption/j j r beam at ism. fevers Ac., — from which thonisasds, when far away from home and all Its endearments, have yielded up their lives, ' a« willing sacrifices to th«ir country's | canve. And surely no one, who is el al| I posted in tha cnrrinl news of the day, can have failed to know bow these sick ones , have suffered in their sickness, for the want j t»r those comforts, la which tkey hare been i fc.-rrr'nmed, wbso on a tick-bud, under their J own roots, with an affectionate wile, mother ; or eider to mhrhtvr to their wants, aad, is 1 1'.', last struggle, to wipe the cold death _ Iwrat from taeir brow. AadCsrthar. none of us can have failed i j !« leaiti -»w these brave men bare been 1 : colled to face an Infuriated enemy, 'with ( 1 roaring cannon, whistling ballets, balls and j ; j btiui shells, aad gl it taring bayonet*, sad 1 I I thprw to aoa their comrades falling, bleed, j ' ing. around them, ofieu piled one upon ; , : another, like so orary slaughtered ballocks; | I aad. finally, to miagla thalr own mangled j corpse# iu the common slaughter, till rlrcrs ! , of blood have drenched the ground for j acres around. ' I ' Now all this is no fancy sketch, hut a I dread reality, nut a hundredth ;«rt told, as i ' ! eye wltacsee* caa well attest, And for! j whom bavatyey done all this! Tor them- ' reives aUue ? No, but for you. reader, and j ; for oor wive# jrud onr cbtldren : foSr j , | our reeiuos oounty ; and wt ue ass bo so , i blind as lo tail to eee it, though sorvp may ^ j appreciating it, fail to re^d^U^^ ' ^ h . Now five society nrehtag the appeal to , i thing to allayUta. these sulbriag* , or, at ; on. public -for\lhe patriotic devotion of j ' '1 • »' | Cape Mays too, Ume brave soas ia ih, , county. A number TTthcwc have bid J dan their bias, ant !e?l their friends to \

mourn ; »oma af whom bar# thus lost their j ! oaly prep of Jif«. And who will rafale to I j come to their relief. ' t (But una word more dud are leavt- the j ^ uabject for tha present^ fct the preseol j j . redder'* reflect io1.«; Soma seem to think ( i when these claim* are presented, that it is, \ 1 claim of charity. Render ! do not insolt ' e j our gallaot volunteers ; and, especially . Onr J ' gallant dead, with soeh an insioaatioii. No j«t is not a charity ; iVi# n debt, a debt of ! e ' gratitode, a debt which wo can oarer a | , thousandth part repay. They have fought f uar battfa*; tbey have laiil their { i lives, whiln yon and we have beeu left to . ^ J enjoy oor home* and friends, undisturbed, i I. I os acknowledge the debt, by paying nt ' ; feaii n tr:" ..g inniety nt t Ge interest. APPEAL TV'CAPE MAY. The committee appointed to organ - j izc for lire county of Cape May an max* i l iliary branch of the Slate Association •j for the purpose or raising funds for the relief of the tick and wouaded soldiers I J-of thu State (if New Jersey, who ' j are now, or may hereafter become sick J l or disabled, respectfully call upon you ( I in tho name of the great end glorious | j Union nuder which we hard eo long I 1 lived' and' pros|>ered, to come forward | to the aid and rescue of those pelriots 1 ■ who have gone tyrih tn' battle, and have j ; stood shoulder to. shoulder with the bra- 1 ' j vest in defence of the sacred canse of | -Liberty, end tlifc perpetuation of our 1 1 i government. j* But took upon the derk abyss which j , | frowns beneath us, if thia n holy, tbi» ! < j fratricidal, this iniquitous, aod, at Ptr- ' i^aon Brown low soys, "this Infernal" re- ' \ bcliion should sacceed in its nefarious , 1 J scliemr*, and undermine tbo keaulifal 1 1 auperauukture ' which has stood tire | i vicissitude* of so rtraay yearn : if eo. 1 1 1 farewell to freedom, no', only ia the ; 1 i Western bemitphrre, but throughout the j i world. u. »" Then-let Ca|>c May, in the name uf 1 Ler sons already sacrificed upon the hi- | of her country, buckle on her armor i more firmly than heretofore; let the call 1 j of onr Oovehmrent and State for more j men b« promptly and speedily filled ;. | ; let funds be immediately raised to ena- 1 ble every Nfcw Jersey volnntorrs, now | sick, wounded 'or disabled lo l>e furnished with every comfort end nsx'efance hi* 1 . condition mey require. Iret these \ ; things Ire done, and the- hydra-headed j I monster which now grins so hideously ; at Richmond, iftll soon Ire among the i , things that were. ^ i ' This sppeal to yoa foi sssivtsncc wc 1 I trast will not bo in vain. Sympathy ' h sometimes a virtoe; but the kind of;] sympntby we now want is meu and mon- " ey. It lias been aptly aaid that money is the sinows of wsr ; but it is Rogatory without tha sinews of msn. Alone they ] ere s nullity ; combined thoy protect I the canse of Freedom, and enable the [ 1 soldier io.atsMeioa bis noise high is | the roll of fame Young men of Cape ' May, to the retcne! Volunteers, fill op ] ike ranks, yt»r coanuy culls! Let III, not be ssid there is uot ss glowing 1 j J patriotism in Cape May sa in suy other l I sitter county of the State. May the 1 < : spirit of onr Rsvololionary aires inspirit i ' if necessary. Tkey carted out with J 1 their swords the heaolitul fabric of tire M j ; it it for you to protect it by the ] j same saeues, and hand ilto your uhecess- | \ j ore pore and nnsuliied. We appeal tbeu to the Creator of the | i Universe to sotts you for the fight to i | vanquish the enemy and preserve in the i | palm of Ilia might the supremacy of the ' I . 1 i J. 8. Nixon. Cbair'm.. I Tiior IiExatxr, Seet'r. 1 Latcst »ai>n Bore.— On lb* l»tb in*t., ' i a larg* cavalry reconnoisancc wa* made by j , •! G«n. Popr, i rum Frederick burs, within f j ; thirty Ave mi'.cs uf Richmond, deslreying . i tha track of tin Virg-'nia Central R. U„ ( for a long distance. Thuy *)*o karaed *p" f I a R. R. depot, captured dO.OVO rounds of ( j amusmutren. Ac. _ igyTbe Confiscation Bill has buee t signed by the President i " hi-i MmM. ! fy Xn-UOLAS 7'. SWAUf. ^ ^

i arw. call attention to lire follow- ] i report of a meriting of the Aeaocia- ' 1 ! tion for the relief of our sick and wound- ' ' j ed so'ldierr, held et the. Court House ] I last Saturday, and especially to the re- ' | eolations calling on the clergymen and ' j | congregations throughout the conuty ' , collections to aid in the work. Those j (resolutions, as weft as the entire pro- ! 1 iaeediugs of the meeting, we can endorse . | with onr whole soul ; and we call upoh 1 thosa congregation for n most hearty j end liberal response. Christian melt" and women • no jield of Christian liberality presents a stronger claim upon you Caps Mat C. J!:. July. 19. rSf-2. At a meeting of the Cape Mny connty : Association for the relief of bick and | 1 ; Wounded Now Jersey Volunteers, held ol ' ibe Court House Ibis niteruoon. in the abnuce of the Cbuirmaii— the Hon. Joshua Swa n— >'.r J. tj. Nixon was chosen temporary chairman. The following invnvbers 1 pn-scul . Revo's. Messrs. Willinnvsoa, Joiie» and Durull ; Joseph K Corson, ; Chits. IT and, 'iT'orna* Heesley. William Kl - d ridge, Andrew II. Reeves. S. F. Were. Kdoiunds, L. C. F.dmoods and C. V. I. earning. On uioliuH tbo follow ipg members were added, W'ni. Ross,, Nathan C. Price anil '». IV in. B. Osborn Jar.-d Dewing and j Henry Bo'eglc. 'rtie following RoAhlutloim were passed- ■ • ftesotrct. That the clergymen of the I lie p-qui-.-teJ to pwweut lo I heir j congregations the cuu.e ul lire sick and pounded New Jersey Volonleer- in the I army of the United Hleics. and l» make I col'eclion* for their aid und cnuih-rl, fiy • circulating d*rds in their coiigregatinus loi cash, «r •ubscripliooa pavAble on or before tbe third tiunday in August irexl.- ahicb , monies are to h* r-ui J lo the treasurer of I th# Association. Mr, Cbarios Hand, il soon ' aa collected. ! Jtrsulced, That the Secretary be n -{Her ted to write to the President of the Stale : informing liini of onr organisation, 'and inquiring what articles oilier than I will tie most useful. Re'sutced. That the irefc-nnl res id any sick and wounded volant- ers in «ur»owii. , c»uniy be fir»t relieved under lire .Supervi . ' ! ur of this Aksociatioa. and any Surplus funds be belli subject lo I be order of thn > | President of thn .Stale .Society. Rcsolceif, That the Herrelnry inform thn | different clergymen by letter of these re*". \ • Intiqns. and tjmt tliq A««oci»tic>u has full t 1 coofiihincn that they and their rcngrega- I ■ lions will heartily respond thereto. Hesnlced. That A II. Reeves J K t'ori; | son. Thn* Bee<d>-\. .1. 8. Nixnti und J. | | tlrnnvillo l.earb a't-omiaiMv— uiilhurired ; . to relieve the necesiniie# of any sick or ; woupded soldiers in our ro<uly. A collection nmouiiiiiig to thirteen do|1 lurs wa* then tdken Up, and allrr rr verul i spirited addreose* were Ibtenrd to. the pro. | i caedings were ordered to lm publi-lo-d in j i tho "Ocean \Yav«r ami "llridgeion Chron- \ icle," und the Association adjonrnrd in • meet in tli* Court House. Saturday Aug.] 23rd, 18C2, at 2 o clock P. M. C. F. Lbimimo, HoeieUir. j | Operations of the Bible Society, iurhtd- ' ing those in Cape May Connty It ia a singular fact thai in the general breaking up of acrlMiastical and b- nevoI lent organixations consequent on th* war, . the American Bible Society ia Mill nation Ial, no attempt having be»n made to with, draw from il. This doubt less arises from ! the simple and unexceptionable natar* id j ! its siid. It is encouraging to know thnl ] there » Mill one bond of anion. It* field ; I of labor has bben. however, nccemrily j lessened by th« int«rropt»oii . of former i mean* of comimmicaUoB, but i* euiargiug j again aa intercourse is rt-cstabliihed in the South und South- West. The past year of ; j tbu .Society baa been one of unusual activ. 1 | l\y, with malt* sccomplisbed greater than i ; ever before. The irvaet from tbo Bible I House bare reached lliw unprecedented I number of ovar one million volume*, in j thirty-three different lungnagas. This ; includes six hundred ' and firty thonland volumes— mostly New Testaments— provided for the Army and Navy. These J also were for the most part in English, but , msuy were in the different Ubalineoul Ian- ' goagka br Aorope, to meet the case* ef our | i adopted ftWbw citirenr, wbe save so ex- i I tensirely and nobly enlistod ia our Army 'I'he Society km* given its fell eympalh v aadL energy tolhi* interesting departmeu t of iu labor*, and while the demand for these Book* wa* aa pressing during tbe months of the last summer, produced at the Bible House as average of AQOO vaL par day. Besides .th* work in onr Country/the Society lead* Its aid iu printing tha Barip tares at tbe various Miaatou- 1 - *ry Stations abroad. In Now Jersey the interests ef tha Cause, , which arw reganlml with mack dav or by our i : people, are, ib trailed lo .the County Socio- I ties. The anneal meettogs o! these A mo- i ' ktattonv have tk*o utresaally Hmfe thdrp.r- j J

{ itad. Much interest h«« been manifested :n ] thu supply of our soldier*, who. on gnlog in. , to service, were' funiivhed with heat pocket copies of the New Testaments. AH oqr 1 regiment* have been so provided for. The' tn-w ltt-giineiiW now forming will be IfiJutSil ' tn the lams way This indeed- bus -borib ' ami continne.v to lie the great wiyk in baud —a work of Christian patriajHm.— Tho i whole amount raised from the State for thn y«ur ending 31at of March' last,- Wyut'%13!'JOO 93 : and tbo number of -Bibles deceived frem tbe Bible House in New Yorlfi docicg that tiue, 2G. 782. 's -"V'."- T ' f' lo thi* Corny the cum.- iVuti! ■ usivined. The l»5t nnnoal nu ctiuirabeld ' : at the Tabernocls Church, ncwr * .•ip.ring, was well attended by cicrgynnk and other influential friends ef the , from different ports of the t'ouuty, and uas an occasion of much intern*!. ' ^ T he Roceiptw from the Ccuote to Apri! 1 ' 1st wore $122.18. • . » ■ I Tho DiqM>»iU>rics » iivre Biblos and T.-j-lament v are on sale at New York pricey aad cau lie hid gratnitoiidv for the pour, arc kept ut tbe store ol1 Charles Hand, Court lioosc.and at the store of Enoch Furauods. Cnp« Island. Tbe Officers of the" 8r»ciety ore, ' T resident— Rev. M. Willi*oisoo. Secretary — K D. hdmnm|*. Treasurer— Charles Hand. The next Meeting i> to he bold at the • C, H. on Court day in Ango»t, lb* -1th Tuesday. obituary of a Cap* Hay Volunteer Died of typboiJ fovt-r, on the 1th insL, at the New York hospital. WimjasII, Ftoatoov. son of Aaron and Mary F. t idridge. aged 19 yer.r* and 9 mwnth". lie wat Hie prnnd-on ot Nathaniel I J. dndg* and l»:mn-t tfufi". both loyal and pa tnotic cuiMil,aliu«u>n«ivil lo their conn try's cull, in D,» year or 1812." Ilis ruth*, was a seumrlv. ami wo« n- ciilently drowi.«d in Hi>,i"u Ii.ii i. -r, li-aijiig . three sons orphan* III the wide, w id* world ; Wlllioie. the eldest, being only lour ygars o! age — At seventeen. Jie commenced hiASrsdc, br-t when the sammoiM-raine for vj|iunii-ur<. lo ■Ivfeiid live Cnustilutioii und 'the Union. I ■ . h*<icunJ to obey, .ami iiiilistuiL with Co l . ■ tli lteg, N.J. V. and Uoa* his full elia:. ojj ill* peril* uttil. dangers lo which tli.-y l bav* l»o*n e.\pn.«ed. rhuogh.olliers.cori: plained of their lot, yet ha- kept profoutu, | silence, until hi* mother, leelitig anxiuSY »« I oo!y a inntiier can, and,hoatipg.thul-other> • mm u.ui *il. wrote to him sat j p;. • be* so-' tell ber if lit- was (at is 11 *1, Ilis aiuwsr ; was : "When 1 entitled, I expected tp taku soldier's lure, andlivi- a soldier's, life, which ; I Jmi uot expect s« an cany oue, bat I ! tell you luolliet, il i ; hnrd to be litre* J*J8 with p^tbipg to eat, and then, lo ha*e pnly a little dry bread and bacon."., Ncthwitb- . standing lM». his letter* bespoke hna a* bfci ing chearful and ever ready to net hit jwrl. , He w.'s taken siek and luy for soma tiove 1. 1 i iie White lloun hi>«pital..till It lis or. i dcied to be em-naiad and bnrnetl, wbeu he , wan removed to the Nag York foo-pitwl. j where Wc died n:i the anniversary of the j d.»v that "Onr Country" assorted it* lb- . • depeudi ucc. In the morning be said hu j was better, and entirely free from gps-'u- — But bis physician told him be con|d. n61 live, and a»krd him if be had any friends bp. wialK-d lo sue. lie said. '"To day is Friday: Mother cannot get here lo fee no-, j but tell her I nui rebdy und willing to die," j blJ .liortlr after passed away. \Ve«|i nnt for ate my motber dear 'jj«- , Aod Urotben. fond and trur, ; Thoach |««i will see me nu more here. In tleavro ms) 1 sn- )oa. Tlmash msB) IflaU t'ie pa**"! JlirougS, The Ian) will t*kr aie tmuie, ( ' Where rest' will frra so sweet to me, ; Mow all my woik f« done. KS'I'JR. - lien, lialleck ba* loft bis com meed of , j tho Western army, and hi now ia Wawhtng. , ion. AY hat fo . w'« know not. ; WEST JERSEY ms -m. n wa rem. 9 i Hridgeton, 3". J, ! i Johx Uosmin, A. Ml, ' Principal, THE next •folon of this IiiStjtutlon wttl rota- ■ Ira ewe WEDNESDAY. rrrrVMBWB Si. A ' ! foil eorfw «l abl* aud rxprnVi cad tndun w t:l be . i ia attraUoJKV. I-upUs my pureur either i ( Issstred or aastnen - ( Course, al fne ofdlon of their ^areata. Tbe Claeslul t'ourae will nlTrrrO a ihorrurh *01 rMuietapreiMratfoa for Collare. or H wtB be twsc i iSMMtb eatenmvr to mm th* waafeaf fb>»e who drtlyp to roiu|itcte their ClsmSrM «twOle«s( the taHij^ ^ -( ^ ^raywyn^lSusad ^ErSjinlcJ^ I the Academy Is high, airy Bad healthy. It roetslu a Library .aCifta ti SiIUB so. Tli* buituln* l. icn.irnbly adspv d Sw wbA.l jmrpoee* Tire xrwuDd* are i*r*r. .ad v*0», ari ,o wure ,he Terau1orfco.nl aad Tuition. ««« perqai/ter. » I pet, ftw Whom other tolorautftea ma, h^voew^d. ' ngsssisd&iSB." ! "±Si^iSl!&ySXe^. ; ^p-||i.«'Lu"ou», rrt! m-r