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CAPE MAY OCEAN WAVE j CAPE IfU-Alfll NT. .j7~ j A. A SBACB, Editor, j PwMtskrr »»• lTr»prl,<or. ONE DOt.LAlt PER AMN'lIMI Thursday. Sept. 4, 13fi2 OKTAxnntx at on vo mimosas. . lh>w man 7 or* the tad nee net enacted . throughout the lasd, in consequence of this , w-'eked aid uncalled Tor rebellion. How { many strong lie* of affection are severed- [ Ibr a time nl leaat, and perhaps 'forever — At tho call of a bleeding conntry, our yoongand nftddle-aged men. with the fire of patriotism burning within them, tear themselves away from the endearment* of , - home, leaving behind affectionate parent*, wires, brother! and (later*, 'children aud j l^reM-Mhrta, to faen a rebel W. that they ■ may aid m maintaining Ihfc Constitution and tha supremacy of the btat of law*. From one end Of the loyal North to the other, these secnea have occurred for>morv " thau a yoar paat, ahdiitnat' continue to occur, for, we know not how* long. There ishowever, ono redeeming feature in all ibis, Odd that 1*. that, hitherto, it haa been dune at a freewill offering, and even now, when n draft was about to be made, a greut purliod of Bra last S00,^0 men Im* been 1 or. fered hi adtmuce, notwithstanding this. It la no light and triUjng matter tn'se* these tics rivenMen may Offer tbouiselvtk rolnntarily, but thiadoeannt argue that they love their J homes and friend* less, but that they lure their country more than thousand* or other*; for where you find a true patriot y yon will Bud a man whol* strongly attach, ad to hi* dear one* at home, and it is fur this that he leaves hia friends, that he may protect thetn, by protecting his country. Hot for the must part, hitherto, these scenes herb scarcely reached n*. We have heard ufthvm by the ear, and read of them in publje print, and.it la true, about one year ago, we were called npon to experience and wilaea* them, end, in other part* of the county, they, bavo bean experienced u*. se rural times since. Hat, during the past few days, aaclt ncoitoi have heen\ revived in almost every aection oftho coontty^ I-ast Friday afternoon wa< a memorable, time in this rieiojlj. Tbs rdtanteer* from the Idwwr Township ant* Cape leUad as- ^ asm bled at the Academy el CoTil Spring, in the afternoon, where carriage* ware pro. I ^^krided to convey them to Millville. A vast ^■nfoT poople assembled, composed of women nod child fen. The urrangebring completed, then c'-mie the phrtan affecting scene it was, which bat touch the hardest heart. Path^^^^Hjratbvrv, sons and lovers bid adien to ones left behind, to go forth at ^^^^HetWntry'* Call, opt knowing what shall or who of theiu shall meet on earth. Bat the;# seamed to bo ^^Kmrini! in their purpose. Many wars 1 ^H* tears shed, and kisoea impressed, and' Hm ' how hearty was that last shake of the : head. At last they «cre all seated iu the r carriages, when the volunteers gave three cheer* for the Union, which wat returned by three Trow the assembly, for the volunteer*. K.verythiog being ready, Bar. J. Dewing made a few remark*, and offered op a fervent and appropriate prayer, and", tha ptoceaaion moved off toward the vlourt Hooae, where they were registered, ur.il proceeded to Denniavillc for (upper, aid (rem thence to Millville. where they arriv. ed aariv the neat morning. Soon rrtsf they left tha Court Uaaae. tbey were folInwwd by the volunteer* from the Middle Tosrnehip, who jotafd then, at Millville. where they parlooh of a *nmptnoaa break fast,. ptovi'ded. we are informed, by the libarattly of the citisen* of MiiivitU,. Breakfail over, they all proceeded ro the cart and were off for Camden end theno* to Be vjriy, the urn dsy. We hnea heard from oar Cepe May boy* , several time* since 1helr arrival at Uevwr- . )y, throagfc aoara of oar citizens who have vial ted them. They are quartered in a ; brieve C batch, and at* in the beat of spirits, j The volunteers from Dennis left for Bev , eriy en Hen day evening, and tUoee from Mm Upper, on M onday tooraing. . _ "\lBttjll1 IhHMI. | RFSPBRATK FIGHTING. j ' twb cam nam to m at vak»! j La* week we noticed rnmott ol fighting in Virginia. Thnae rnmora am tally con- J mliinlumnmiualklpv, . -» WU.I tact Kh., JtaMfec win «•»■« bA»,h, •r «* •"!»■*»■ •»> sm. »J,. r>.» b.ta<ltabl.ltatU»nrf-t, «. ■»*., . hoW iffhritr Mfenktogton. a* wo bare be-' fare wagigdrtefi. Fro in the report* of the , above battle, it appcuft that the 1st X. J. '

Brigade were surrounded in a valley, ahd ; ' tho greater part bflhem captured. The 2nd N. J Brigade (oth. Cth. Ttla and C'h 1 Regiments) of 'looker** Division, «rere in one or more of "the eogase>n*ut-, and abi good service a* usual. A Urge am.-iat o , our *tores was captured, and the private t effects pf lien. Pop* and Staff, including I Pope'^impprtaDt papers, j Uu$ril of these buttles were but the beginning of more bloody and terrific fighting_ j ! which commenced "in earnest on Friday, j , j On that day. on the identical field of the r Boll Bon battle of July 21st, 1861. Pope . J attacked the enemy who was in great force, . and the fighting continued all day. with r terrible daughter oil both side*. P.-pa'* . official report estimate* our lo** at 8000 r | killed and wounded, and. from tb« appear- j f ' ance of the field, that ol the enemy at _ j double that number. The enemy was drivI j en from the field, and a lar^e number of I I them captured. The battle wat renewed on Saturday, and continued during the day in W^de>ulti»- , ry manner, without decisive rvauli*. Agaiu , on Sunday did the battle rage, our forces . having fallen back lo Cenierville for rein. , ' forccMsmli. Both armies were largely ro ; , 1 inforved^The report of thi* day are con- j Aiding and confined! but the general tea. ) ' ture* indrcgle that our men at least held . 1 their own. Itih.evident, from lire indica- : tions of the engagements, as well na from tha reports of tho rebel* taken prisoners. 1 1 that the enemy regard this as utmost their j • ! last hope, And consequently, they fought I with the bravery', determination and mail- ' r I ness of desperation. The slaughter on : Oth | I ' s.Aesd8 te'rrfbl*. Kvery means of convey- I r ance Within the reach of the government t is seised to convey the killed and wounded j . from tha field to Washington Ac., nud men , r and women, in large numbers, arc Docking f ' to the bit tie field to care for the wounded. J Surgeon* end uur«e« are callgd for. nnd . many are going from Philadelphia and elsej where. It is snid that we hnvo captured i ' ton* 1 7,000 prisoners, and a large amount i of property. • f • From eceonnt* by Twe«d*y'« mail, it ap- . f pear* that there ha* bren no fighting since Sunday, . . 0TO HIKE MONTHS Mr*." I Arrangdiienla having been innde to | that effect, tllh greater portion of the i nine months men will be raised liy vol- - an leers, instead of draft, as appears from . aoeoont* from all qtlurters The people *! have taken hold of the matter- in eor-'i J nest, nnd raised liberal sums of money as a bounty for volunteers, where the , men could be obtulned. In this county . , i this lias, been the case, to some extent. J . ' From the Upper-aiql Dennis Townships i 'we have jeceived no definite account, t We have heard, however, that lurge j I , amounts of money could be raised, more j • easily than the ifien. We have since ; I I heard that quite a number volunteered | 1 , in Dennis, but ore not nble to speuk • ] I positively. In lite Midcle Township, , we are iuforfiied that some twenty- i t ! volunteers over their quota were I ' raised, nnd forwarded to BeTerly on - Saturday. In the Lower Township, • an excess of four or ItVo were also raised ' nnd forwarded on the same dsy. QnWc 1 ' a large amount was rafted by. the ciliJ i *em as a bounty, though wn -hat* Mot j heard how tqneh It amounted tdtfiPttiHP . volnajier, in either of the tofeMMpa.' 3 r At Cape Island, a fund was raised - sufficient to pay each of those who vol- ' uiitccrcd $ 100, and a surplus of several '• hundred dullars. Only six volunteered, however, which, according to the list Quota, will leave ten to be drafted; which, t when done, will Itare in from six to , ; ten subject lo a subsequent draft, so , that drafting will hare lo cease here » soon, unlesa tbtr take the women. 0T Since ilm above was in type, r we bare been informed thai tlin Upper : * 1 and DesHiis have more than filled their j quotas, and that $5600 was rai«ed in , , Upper as a boffniyT' Wg, ark glad to i hear it. f3gT Gen. Tayh>r. of tire 1st N. J. ' Brigade, died at Alexandria, last Mon- . I day, from wounds "received in the hitc . i battier. ' Col, Fletcher WeUtec, of the t 1 8th Massachusetts regiment. »fc tmortally wounded in tWUtUrwv^atueday, 1 nnd baa ainoe died - 1 i RF* City Point has tit en' entirely . 1 demofiabed by our gunbovts. ' j The rebels arc marching against 1 . ; Fort Douclsuu. < 4

■LtYEaT AKB THI: U'Alt. " The slayery qurelion seem* lo enter; very largely into our present war ilifli- , cutties; and apon that question, in con- 1 , iieclion with the war, 'here seems to be a diversity of opinion. Horace | Greely, editor of the New York "Tri- , bune," it (cc.iis lias published a letter, . ' directed to President Lincoln, on that, subject, to which he has received n reply ; froui the President, which Los also bcen^ i published, which, i|f<Mir opiuioq, views , > the matter in its true light, nnd in a, • ' light which we think cannot fail to re1 ctire the approval of all our renders. The letter is as follows ; Kxermvw Mansion. Wasii invito*. August 22, 1862. ; Hon. riorum i ik, .ev—zw .-«<•: i , . liavu juat reo.1 runr* of the)19lh. addressed t» myself i hrungli the new York tribune. If there b« in it any «tatenients. or assumptions of fart, which 1 may know to be erroneous, i do n->t now aud here controvert them If there l>« in it any inference* 1 1 wlu'ch i may believe to be lalsely drawn i If there ye percepiii.u in n an impatient ' j ami dictatorial <»ne. 1 waive it in defer ' once to on old friend, whose heart 1 have 1 always supposed to be right. As to the policy i " seem to be pnreuing.'' 1 as yon say. 1 have not meant to leave an> i i would savo tho .^Iiiion. I would saves , it i he *hortc«t way Under the UtMHIilnt ton | The sooner the national anthn'ity can be ' Union a* it wn*." If there bo tbnso who wpn Id not save the Union units* they could i at the same time *>n-« slavery. i do nut ! agree with them. If there he lbo«e who would not rav.. the union unit-** lh«) could i at tho aanie time i/» rf. oy slavery. i do not "free with them. My puramoniit ohject in thi* a'rnggle it t„ »jv« the uwion and is w either to Save cr to destroy slavery — If i con Id Save the Union without treeing ^ any alnves i would do it. and if 1 caalil »,ive 1 ' it by treeinc till the -laves i would do It ; unil if i could »»<e it by frecm.' some and ' { leaving others elan,-. i would also do that. , What i do about slavery and ibe colored race. i do hecaaso i believe it helps lo i save tin* Union; and what i forbear. 1 far-lu>arbccau-e i do not believe it wu iid holp to sure tile Union i shell do /»»* whent Bror 1 shall 1 >uu doiug hml> i tho cause, alid i shall do mure whem-n-r i | shall believe lliut doing mm e will help the ' Cuuse. j shall try to correct errors when : . shown. to be errors; nnd i shall adopt new ( views so fast at tb*y shall appSar to bo true views. ! I have hero tinted my purpose according lo my' v.ows of ojfirinl duty- and i inteml , no modification of my oft -expressed person- , i a i wish that all mag everywhere could be ! free. Yonre, a. lincoln. ToWnseails Jalet C*;»e U«y <*o., Aus. »»h. i lilllsr o{ dau Watr.- IMr Un i | At a special meeting of the Board of Cho* , I en freeholders of said Co. held at tlie Court 'House on the Mill inst. (August) the fol- , . lowing Besolntions were adopted, and ordercd to be pablislytd in the Ocean Wave. 1. IlesoUftd, Thai, Tor the purposo ol filling the requi ition tnadc on the County of i Cape May, tinder-t^e call of the President. ' , or the United Slates, (or 300.000 volunteer*, ' B'avi'i on tWfi"tTtT3ir of August in-t. the f ipMCTbf Chosen freeholders of said Coon- | H-.tr, will pa/or eaare to be paid to each and i »i pW volunteer from the Oounfy, the snm , . of FiBy Dollar*, on thsir bring mustered! into tha reprice of the United States *" 'not ' if, ic. case sny township cannot fill hsr quota by voloa leering, and shall have lo 1 ■ retort to a Draft, that the »ah^ tuwnship t shall ba credited with the said sum of Fif v , Dollars, on each and every man so dntfi- , ed,' the said triooey so credited, to be do- , dccted oat or iioxf year'* Cobnty tax 2. WnaaiAt, ^[liis become necessary to raire.money.'to enable the County to pay the volunteers from Cape May. there ore 1 | be h ri Hesnlrnl. That the Counts Collector be r i auilioriaed to borrow at.soch limes a* may ' Im necoASarv, on the credit of the County, any aam not exceeding ten thousand do! > Ism by Issuing tha Bonds of lbs (Jouniv. payable in 1.2. 8. 4 5. 6. 7. 8.» 9. nnd lo years, with kh.< aamikt interest ; but ir, in caee there (hall ho likriy to bo any delay ' in raising llm mef*>y.au such bond*, there, ' and in that cave, be shall havewne or more, : notes durouuled in Bank.. 3. hesolre'l, Ttilii Kichsrd S. Learning be *|qwnnted a committee to proceed lor t , Baveriy, (tha plate ri reodexvous) and there ' i give to each volantvur. «n bi* living hum-[.•r.-a Into the aervira of the Unit-d Htatv*. , *n order on tiw k'oanty -eolkeior fur hie ! bounty front lbs «'unuly. end the t>licctnr be hereby ipstrweied to bwne* uiidpey thu ► *me. I It was then ordered tlial tho forte ing j lie solatium be. iinbli>hvd in the Oceau ■ wave. A tra* fiiny. ~ Jumh a dwsiN, L'Uik of Board.

I LOOAb A.n'D STATE AFFAIHS. j Our r snaly Cossrtv. ] The last term of our county courts was held last week, Judgo Whelpley j : presiding. There were no cases tried I | at the terra, and rery little business of] importnnce transacted, except in the Or- \ ' phans' Court. [ " The. Grand Jury found two bills of Viadictment each against Bob l. Edmunds and -Joshua Crowe)!, niul one each against antes Kirasey nnd Clias. Sba«r, | 1 for pclt/Jarcency. All of these, if we j understand aright, were oyster easesI The jurors were all discharged in the afternoon of the first day of the terra, (Tuesday) there being no business but in ibe Orphan*' Court. In the Orphans' Court, the sale of land of Elijah Camp, deceased, by ' John \Y. Go IT, administrator ; ulso the sale ot luuJ of Aaron Bennett, deceased, by Enoch Edmunds. Downs Edmunds and Alvin 1*. liiidrclli, commissioners, were confirmed. Kobt. lUymore was appointed guar 1 dinu "of the minor heirs of Chus. I'. 1 Mi-guire, deceased, and Eli Uurnelt, guardian of llesu-r Newton Burnett. Final suttlrnicnts were made in the following cases; John W. G 'fT, administrator of Elijah Cuuip ; .Wilson Ross and John II. Ross, iidininisirulors of , Thus. Ross ; Tho»- BeesleV, executor of Khodn Beesley, und Kicb'd. D. Edi iiniuiL, administraipr of James Qlafk. ' Orders to show cause were ordered ■ in the case* of H W Godfrey, ndmin i«tr»tor of Ssaiit'l. Thomas and Kiehurd ' |l. E.liiiunds, administrator of Alex. Swain. An order v as granted lo C- F. Learning, administrator nf ihcrrtuteof J. F Learning, for tha sale of real estate, nnd mi ci r i «-r for the division of the real es- 1 ; tale <>f Rl.odu Beesley. The Courts were finally adjourned for the term, at noon on Wednesday And so it seems that there has been , ,1 mat 1-ric.l change in the quota nf the' . several township* in this county, for the 1 draft made this wetk Aci'tmting .to ^ tin: old upportionmeiiv. ns published hy ' author t> in la«t week's "Ware." Ill stood us follows : UAI-K MAV Uoiktv. ' , Dennis Township 4« i Lower t « i|> and Cape Island C'i»j ' Muddle Township ' — 20; But we ore credibly infprtned that the Commissioner of dralt lint received a ; letter chuiiglng the whole nffnir. nnd. niskiiig ibe quoin of the sewral town- i ships and Cape Island as follows . U pper Township 39 . Dennis 4; Middtu :.2 Lower 3* Cap* Island i »> 184 f> At present we have very little to sny 1 rill reference to this change, as, when we ' speak on such a matter, we wish to speak "by the book." However, if, , • there is not some grand btmfder'ln it, j , then wq acknowledge that we are "rery 1 ; iliwub." Why, one more draft of this l | kind will hare to fall on dead men, as, f I after, that number is made up, we shall ' ' not Uovo over 10 men left, subject (o ' military duty. Tlfough, for want of ' time to, have the matter adjusted, we j may bo compelled to submit to it now, , the whole matter thall yet appear in its , true light before the public. ' A Card. > mn. Editoo: — Allow me through your columns to return my thanks in behalf ' of iLe American Sundty School Union, , to, the members of ibe PresbyteriMi ' Church of Cold Spring, for the liberal ) donation of $40 made by them on Sab- ■ bath, August Slat, for the cau«e of the ' ' Sunday Schools In West Jcrsry, la : j many portions of which there Is great ' destitution. This collection hat proved | r that the Old Brick church Is equal to ' ' any emergency. May the Lord abun- j . danlly reward them. ,Jxo. .K. F. Sims, ! ' Agent and Miaaionary of the j , A. & 8 Un^eit/qr -Mew Jersey. Wt- c*[l«tt«niiun to the aalrerliiement 1 of (lie atiuve- num.-.l iastiintinsi, a mos t ex- ( ' crileul KLUOI, at Norristoau, FA. I • I > \ X

j There is eometlmes a disposition on { tho part of some to complain of the late- | ness of the arrivals of our malls, espe- | cially during the past summer; and £»e j must confess to having indulged, to 1 some extent, in this feeling ourselves. Perhaps tne complaints are not always ! groundless, but, on our'trip In Philadel- , phia, some two or three weeks aince, we almost promised oorselves that we ( would never again indulge in such com- ' plaints. Tho road* were very heavy. ! the weather £extremelyjbot. We really ( pitied the poor animals yrbich were compelled to drag ns along, nntil tbey were nearly exhnused. Only the day before, > on t lie down trip, two of the horses en- ' tirely gave out. on the road between f Millville and Tuckahoe, so that another t team had lo be sent up from the latter : place to take the passengers; and but a • few days previous to that, three horses - out of the four on the team between • Port Elizabeth and Millville, fa the Bay-side route, on their upward (rip. 1 were entirely ruined, so we were informed. We ore confident that these stage- ■ horses are generally pressed as hard aa they are able lo bear, nnd it would be r extreme cruelty to drive them harder. • TjfmV of this wheu you complain of late 5 . arrival*, especially when the roads are f heavy, or the weather hot. ' The \>« TvVJTrh The X J. Twelfth, at Camp Stockton. Woodbury, had a fine time last i Thursday. The c it irons of Gloucester anil Snlem counties provided them with I n sumptuous dinner, and at 4 o'clock . P. M. they were presented with a United States nnd a regimental flag — . Messrs. Starr, of Camden, being Uiq donors. The flags were presented in I nn able address by Hon. Juo T- Nixon, - 1 on behalf of the donors, aud received oir ■ behalf of the regiment by Capt. ft. 8T r Thompson, ol this county, of Company u. of that regiment, who replied to tho address of Air. Nixon. . There were , about 3000 spectators present. i Ilr publlaait lonrfBlltOT^ ' , i We omitted to notice last week, that I the Republican Convention, which as- . | xe mbled at Trenton Aug, 2IfL qoniipst ted Marcus L. Ward,, of Newark, n« I Mieir next candidate for Governor.' Mr | Wurd has never, We believe, been a politiciaii. but has taken great iitteresl Irr the New Jersey tropin during t*n> *>r. A Sprrlnl Itrifftrat. ; Will ^iine one in oaeli toWnritip in r the county furnish ns, at ait early daft, tj with the names ol the recent volunteers I . from their respective towmfhip, and lite - amount of bouuty raised by private Atbscriptiooa, and thus do as, the volunteers and the public- a lavor. Prmalr Cnll«(< Attention is invittd f* tfed advertise-' ; ment ol the Female C'Ollegoot Bordvnloan. one of the lieq^and most flourishing iosti- ' iution<%f the kind fit the coantrr. t IHVwAJt'li1 lUHTOeffT. i Thero wot a severe fight off Friday f last, not far from Lexipgton, Ky., UfJ twec-n about 8000 or 9000 Union men, ' under Gen. Alanson. and sume 15,000 f or 20,000 rebels. Our forces were finally s compelled to retreat to Lexington, Im- , ing overpowered by auperior number*. I The roelc citizens or Lexioglon were called out, and slept upon their arms during the night, herge reht/orcement* ! were arriving, and there tsoe perfect cont | Iklenco among the Uuieu men, that they f J would .fa able to liold" the city. Our j I lotfi I* reported to be from 150 to 200, j and that dtthe enemy very heavy. ovb c*hp comxporanFcz. Cs*r CsbwalsoRB, Beverly, N J, H*pL 2. ' Dear Race.-— 1 was >ll«>pprin tod la smrdinc off my letter of Bandar in tiara foe , this weak'* publication. It iaiugtby, and » will n*t reach yea before tonight, toe lot* 1 Tor print. 1 would just say that the Lower . Township and Cap* Island boy* are here, 6 ; nail sworn into tha s«rvic* of Uncle 8am ^ u solJtvr* for nine montlis. We number 1 forty fire, are qnartsred in a brick ebnrch, leel well, and nr* happy and Content. Tho " j Middle. Dennis and Upper Township* xro y here with their qoota*. also, la a Ihw • days I will send yon the aaaraa of nil.— [ There are now over two th ons>«d men *n- ! camp* d bare. War n*ws R excitiBg us (all. Wewaat to leave lor WasUngtea. 1 Thousands of troops are coatinaslly passing throagh from the New England Htaprs. , t The Cape May boya are the finest sat of • ( fellow* that have come into camp. 'k' J. GtrivTiu.r I f* ft.)