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CAPE MAY OCEAN WAVE CAPE ISLAND 3. a uA.cn, Editor, I PaMlahir and Prvprlnor. ONE DOLLAR fB H A NX UM'i Thnraday. Sept. 25. 1BB2 PROCLAMATION, j BY CHARLES & OLDEN, : Gottrnor ofth* State of 2t«e Jeney. exscurm oxrAXTMEyj. »' The condition of tbe country readers it prudent that immediate efforts should be made to increese the efficiency of the Active military force of the Bute, in order that in , nny sodden emergency the people may l»e protected. The enlforro companies of tlie Bute here been recorded by our people ea tbe nonaries of those gallant soldiers who tore cenferred honor opou New Jersey by ; their steady brarery on the field of battle, and it is to those companies, organized and armed as tbey are under tbe authority of the State, that resort must now be bed. 1 tberefu'e recommend the commissioned , officers or. the companies or the active mili- , tie of the State, to proceed immediately ^ end with the utmost energy to recruit their j V rcspectire companies to the maximum nam- < ber of ninety-eight men each. These com pauies wilt proceed, in allYases wbero it is '.necessary, to elect tha proper commissioned und non commissioned officers, and will i ' meet Tor drill at West twice in each week. I ' ' uod ofuner if practicable. Bulb officers] and men are enjoined to hold themselves i*i ; readinnss.to be eaUed into active service ' whenever, the cxegencU* of the State m»y require. The captains of ih« several compeules will forward to the Adjutant-GiHey. , u! on the first day or October nest, moaier rolls of their respective companies contain- . ing the names of their, officers and men. Tbe Commander in-Chief earnestly calls j npon the yonng men of the State to enrol themselves in these uniformed companies, provide themael tea with ouifnrms and perfect themselves in drill, in order that they may defend their homes if thfi State shall

THE GREAT EAILTHO 0? THE *03Tlt. Tha intolligoncfl. recently announced, ! > Ant the rebels lied invaded Maryland, j aud probably Intended- an invasion of , Pennsylvania, sent n thrill "fllriAjigh the . entire loyal Stalca of the North, as well it might, and led to that which should j lisve been done a year ngo, viz: n gen- j cral uprising, nt least in some of the j States, to repel an insolent foe. In thie respect we have been behind : dm exigencies of the the times. We recollect to have pointed to the very thing which fie rebels are now contemplating*, both in Pennsylvania and Ohio, more than a year sigo, and suggtsled then the necessity of organizing, arming and d tilling the entire militia force of the North, boi we were langbtd at fofsnppocring that th« rebels would ever attempt so foolish a tiling; hot late cvenU prove that our opinions were notaltogether so chimerical, filter ail. - Tbe fad is, the people of tbe North, and the Government, hare never till now, (and scarcely now,> folly awaked to the msguitode of tha work before thrtn, or the dangers which beset tbeni. We ere beginning to learn, however, that the rebels are terribly irr earnest in j their wicked work', and detvntfinrd, if it j is among the possibilities, to overthrow 1 tbe beat government the light of heaven ever shone upon, which has never, in a ■ single instance, done them an injury. — ! * — "" X :,«l" -unless we are as terribly in earnest 1 ift.tWendiag That gasentroent, we shall ; yet V- .i to oqr sorrow, the result of onr j apathy. It is a feet well kuowo, that the peo- * pie of tlie Southern States have paid ; far mors attention to military matters, j for year* pest, than we have, with a % view to this very thing. And esp^ctally during the past year have they required ; every man and boy, who was capable o( i carrying • musket, to learn the art of | war ; so that they have bat to pnt their conscription laws h» WTee, to fill their j ranks with tolerably good soldier*, as long aa their nisle population, flam ffwrtrcw years und np, shall last 5 while the grcnttr proportion «f «hr popnls- j not ulready in the fi»W; are ! perfectly iguwsmV of wttitary matters. | K1.1l hare b>- where our gre-l dinger] L

Ijes. We have the men and the means, : if tbey were only made effective, to ; crush the jwhole rebellion scheme in a ! {short time. Let us then erouse ; let | ! companies and squads be formed in evo-1 j ry neighborhood, and thoroughly armed j and drilled, und we shall strike terror ! inlo the hearts of the whole rebel clan. I . Tire South are not ignorant of our apa1 thy, nor of our wnut of military knowl- ; ! edge. • Did theyjpit £now that every , ' j male in tbe North, Trotn fourteen to ; sixty years of ngc, was a we'll drilled, j soldier, they would as soon contemplate . an invasiop of perdition, as the free ' States. ' What we want uow L, a thorough | ; military organization, arming and drilling. Every innn should feel that he ( owes himself and bis conntry a duly in , tltlt respect, nnd instead of using every * : j lying device to escajre a Jcafl— should . i tit bimseit for a soldier, and stand ready I for a volunteer, when nny emergency de-^ Lmonds bis services. And our State - Legislatures, which have not nlrendy I I taken the matter in bund, should be * j called upon, ast'her throngliv the ballotr | box or pslitions, to do so at their next . sessions. Lot ihcnf enforce an' organization, and a thorough drilling ; and let ' » the men be paid for the tTm£mj£c83nrily - Spent.. We have got a mighty work 1 1 before us, and the sooner we go nt it in , • earnest the better for ourselves nnd pos1 ] terily. We hate. got tlie material, and I Iqtt us say hhnt,dn the strength of the , ' God of battles, we will conquer, and . hsna down to posterity the priceless . | boon of civil and religious liberty tinr Urniehed, and the- work will be occoro- - pltsbed. ' i THE WAR NEWS. 'j i '• j The tSain feature^ of the href account | of the bottle *t Middletown Heights, pr J, ! South Mountain, more properly, which ! we guve I"»t week, vcre correct. It ;wul,a decided Federal victory. ,Tlii* wui _ u urcjucu rcuciui 'iiiui., ,4i."

j occnrred on Sunday, nnd the next day | McGlellnn rappidly. pushed forward his whole furce to the westward, in pursuit r I of tha fleeing enemy , which lie overtook I near Sbtrpaburg. .about tenor twelve i miles from the Scene of the battle of Sunday. nui^ about tha same distance 1 j to the north of Harper's Ferry, antLnear I the Fotomac. No fighting occnrred on j Monday, and none on Tuesday, until ; about 4 o'clock in tbe gfternoou. The 1 enemy was in strong force, posted in on : | advantageous position, behiod "the erect of a range of hills, with tlio Autielaui creek between the two armies. The creek could not be forded, except iu a ! 1 few places. At about 4 o'clock, Hooker, now in command of tbe rcrps formerly 1 under McDowell, crossed the creek ' without opposition, and on eugageineni ensued which lasted until dark, with but ' slight loss on either side. Hooker bad ; carried, find now held, the grofind from which the rebel fire first proceeded. His position wss at tbe right of onr army. 1 The next morning, (Wednesday,) at j 1 daybreak, the ball .again opened, both j 1 commencing figh'tiog most vehemently. Boritside'e forces crossed the creek on ' onr left, nt the bridge, and the engage - 1 | tncnl became general, and was coutin- • ! utd nil day, without intermission. Both ' forces were immense. The rebels find 1 : brought their forces down from lingers- j k. town, and up from Harper's Ferry, with ' ' others held in reserve. Gen's Lee, > ; Jackson, Longstrcel, IHII and all the ! 1 best of their officers and men were there, ; " ! *nd fonght ts if tbe fate of the expert- ' mentnry government depended on tbe ' • futa of the day. Kj So far as we can judge from tbe re- , ports received, tlie result was not decis1 iva for either side- The enemy, howj ever, appears to have been driven from I j the batiic-fiuld, so that our own killed I I and woubded, and many of those of the • r-j enemy, fall into our bands. The bailie - ' was not renewed the next day, aud the *i rebels hare since re-eroswd tbe river » j inlo Virginia, l>om vrjich it irould np1 pear that they had ^bt enough ot iuva1 ding Muryiand, fur. the present, at least. . I The losses on both sides were very 1 ■ j heavy. <It is estimated that tha rebels • I loat, in killed and wonaded. soma 20, : ■{000. tbongh tbttr It no means «f know 'LIS*

j log, to any cerUinty. We also took Pj sonrt prl^anar*. it is said nboul 2,000. . ] ! Onr ioMjJia kij^d^rounded and miss- { i j big iyestimated at aliost 10,000. The , < 1 field (presented an /aw?iit scene of carI B.fT. JFany of the new regiments were in | 1 tlie battle, and are said to have fought like vetcrimu—Thare ia doubt that ; ■ j it was one of'ths hardest -fought battles f ' of the wor, aud can scarcely be excelled - > { in the history If warfare. Brig. Gen. i| Mansfield was killed, and Gen. Hooker, > and several others, with a large number j t j of colonels, and' other officers, were ! more or less wounded ; Gen Hooker so 1 1 | seriously as to have to leave the field | • ! during the battle on Tuesday, and sytnp- ■ toros of lockjaw' are reported iu his cose. 1 Many officers were among the killed. " The rebels ore reported to be in full rc- . I j treat townrds l^chmond, but this wanu ^ f • confirmation. V Daring nil the other fighting in Masl ryland; the rebels have attacked our r troops ut Harper's F«?rry, asd captured ' them, nunthcrifig over 1^,000, since re- - leased on pnrole. This is a henyy loss, to The rebels are satd to have sinco cfdtMi- - atcdthal place, and one report says that* I I it is again in our possession. Colonel • Miles, in 6omn:|nd, was killed before tbe ' » . surrcuttt*. » ! Thesis very little news from tbe • Westi.^ Tlie rebels have nut thought fit • to attaek Cincinnati yet. ami the Ifnion j e j forces are ssid to be rendy to receive j ' them, with the ultuest confidence or re- ^ 8 pelting them. We are annblq to learn "j how near they are to that city. Tbey '* . have /oHcn back, however, sb-.ce their first approach, and it is .nimored^lhnt they arc turning their attention towards ! Lonisville, Kv. 1 1 The OUfo militia, called out for the r I defence of the State, have returned ■ borne, the force of regular volunteer* be ' ( iiig considered sufficient. Tlie Ft-nnSyl-\t 1 vanirifellitia are also being' sent honiel

This tusy be wise, but we doubt it, at lliis State of affairs. We omitted to notice, last week, that onr forces nt MutqfordaWlle. under Col. ■ Wilder, after almost desperate resist- 1 : ance, had- surrendered • We havo nn offiqjel account of a bat-! *■ tie at luka. Miss., on Saturday last, be- J 1 tweien IlosecVans nnd tbtf rebel Frice, in j which tlio rebels retreated, lliongh they j j appear to havo had a superior force, j 1 Our H'inyin kfr-1 and wounded is re- | ported fit 4l»0 or 500, and tbe rebel tuss'i I Mly equal. Vhe rabal Gen Little, for- 1 : tnerly Governor of Aliisiasippi, is rc- ■ , ported kiM^Caod Gen. Whitfield is u i 1 prisoner. the hew jersey twelfth. AH oar New-Jemey n-adera are interest- ! «d in th4 movements of oar N*. J. troop*. ! j Tbe following i* from *• W. K. P.." corre* i pondent or the Bridgritu Chronicle, writing I ! from Kllicott's Mill*. Md . Sept. 13th. We ; are glad ttr leatu from it thfit our friecd \ I CapL Ii.S. Thompson, or Company K, trotn | oor county, haa been honored with 'bo poI sition of Provo»t4 Marshall *t thai place, | and we reel confident that l>« will fill it with : fidelity; and won b« to the " Beceih " Wiping into his -baud*. Tire, following . ia the* ! 1 main body of tba letter : j Dvu* Chbosici*.— Yoa wiff veo^iy tbe . ! dale »r my letter that our liegiine^t is al- • 1 rrAiy in aetiva service, of whioh we bore j ' »e»u within a week, a very coniideruble 1 i share. We are new situated upon the line , 1 of the Baltimore and Ohio R. Ik; fifteen mile* from Baltimore. Tbe Frederick CUy , turnpike runs directly through this) place. With the exceptien of the !4lh N. J., we 1 have been of all the army, in tbe extreme 1 I frent. We left camp at Woodbury on Sunday, , Sept. 7th, and arrived in Baltimore »afoly av 10 j P. M. After tapper al the Refresh- 1 ' i.meol Saloon, we made oor Bret bivouac op1 • iu the cobble stoops to the streets of Bob i timore, a town 1; •• of (relit *iu3 Mire, And psvBBfOU rentotwiUi inurt. rout stnaes " Soure of tha.officer* spread their blankets upon rorne hay which suiod by tl<e altevl. On mooday oe >e#o otdered ooi by Gen. o4Ho bur present poviiien. We bivou- i , acked Monday nigiji opou tha lop of a high 1 j hill, rieeping'nndsr the bare »ky io tb«f j I maonHght. On 'Ta. »day. fccwe/cr. wc | ' pitched our t'arf; ^«d" organised onr eu 1 MBB&jtiBBttresiftemi-T..' '' * ~ if aarii.

campmeut regularly. Todtday nigbt, about ■ 12J o'clock, tbe Adjutant ordered a* te fall j ia with oar men immediately, folly armed ; and equipped. The order was 6ivat> to the 1 men. wi>° frii *« with s'nch order and alac- j j rity, that in five minot'. * we -««re ready to ; j march. We were the first company is line, and such was the eagernee* of oar men, that j rome who bad not jet beeo armed, (ere hpv- , ing as *nl received but ninety musket* in f oor company,) fell in with axe* and stick* , of wood, bat were ofconrse ordered back. lurtead of being called on to repel an nt- ■ : tack, as vu 'expected, vre made a foreed- , | march of nine mile*, and Laving spent the j | nigliF iu picket duty, returned to camp I about 10 o'clock th» next day. On Thu> «• | 1 1 d»y morning the Cnmbeiland compary war ' i thrown out to guard a large bridge, some 1 two mile* from camp, and also to perforin I , ' picket doty. It was tbe night of the heavy : 1 ruiu,. which I **o liy the paper* proved »o , i ditastrons 'in FbiladelpLia. It rained' t 1 nearly all night, and everything was propi- j I liout to invito an attack from the enemy. We poured our pickets with care, and in- j *t rite leyl them, if attacked, to Qre and fail ' ■ back rapidly toward* our h«ad-qaar'i-r», ' ' which were ia a Hone cburclt near by. We had dlfricompany divided -into throe dm . . »ion», fne rallying point of twn. in cum- . ...and of the 1st und 2d Lieutenant*. fS^be arches or the bridge, whore a stand a as I to be nit£e if the enemy were not in fore- : f .rtfre whole, if necessary, to fall bock upon lh<i Wad tioartwrj.. where tbe Captain w** . uirfoncd with the remainder of ibr compa-. p : ly. We had two alarm* during the ni^lil t uhbwe* caused by «mr pickets firing at a * | Vebcliscoul, who we* seen upon tbe i.dl p : side. The shot *u« fired in my dtrisioji, j.' immediately qhore^ us. W iiwyfST my( U \ pickets fell hncy upon tllBWliin I i'cy j were immediately formed in fine to repel ' . tbo expecteiHsltaek. but nothing further ' canto of it. A short time niter, oue of tlie II boys seeing an object moving fur some tune 4 - io the bnsho* uAar big-post, commanded it 1 to halt, and not being obeyed, lirod. and c 1 *liot n large hound dog. Such a howl ng (J ! as ensued, tbe dugs of Orl'erut himself ( -I could scarcely equal. We returned to Camp 'yesterday ot I V. M pretty well fatigsed, " I pome of ue. not bating bad any sleep for thirty-two coil eculivo hours. We Iibv« tllini *1 — *» v. v..

j sincp recvin-d relialde information that a 1 j' plan w-u* lorincl bv llw. enemy on that j night to cut our company off. which »j« I oiiiy dof-aleJ by tbo oslreiue vigilance j which wo obseivcd. j 'l% asot cf our eneamp-r jnt is a heaali J . ful cine, near tbe'l'^wpsco river, nnd npon , | the summit ofa High hill. The scenery is. fHCturesqoe. and reminds me of.tbe interior [of Pennsylvania. The inbnbitant* in the ' town are largely htyai, bnt every farmer in j tlio neighborhood, with one exception, i* a j rebel at heart. I am satiafied that ranstast j c'liiamuitioation is hail with the l.ebel army, j I |t is difficulVto stop it, Tor every foot uf ; jgronnd is known to those who bear it. We j ! have arrested, however. mnnmber of people. Captain Thompson has been appointed j Provost Marshal of this post, and grants all pastes through our Jines. Every one is ■ obliged to take the oath of allegiance be- j • fore receiving a pass. I OtJIt AHMY COmtEHI't)StH-..NL'K'. j * ' Caur Camra1.tnr.11, ) I Ilorerly, N. J.. Sept. 19th. IM'I. { 1 ^ J)car HVtrc:— At last there ij a strong hope or the Cape May bay^beir.* orgun- - izwd into a regint^nVqpsiflreceivinc their , uniforms, as two regiments are already organized and mostly uniformed; while five i companies have just cow» into camp ^rom , Camp Ferrine, Trenton, in fui! dress.— ' There companies ere to unite with tlie fivo remaining here, and to-morrow we will > compare the 25lh Regiment N. J,.-V6lnr.- . leers. The troops from Camp PerriiJe 1 j number abont 490. and are the qaeU of i Passaic county. From, what w* saw, as , they marched along, wn Tormgd a good 1 opinion of them. Who ear regimental offl- ■ cers are to be we cannot tell yet, but ano- . the.- day will decide 1 As might be expected, we are progressI 1 iug in the " school of the soldier,'' hot as ! far ss the " manual o f arms " is concerned. , wo, as a company, know little or nothing, j a* no arms hard been ^given o* yet-; bat . ; when t VrfHFeonre, frisnd*, and we are ac. . : ruftethed to handle them properly, end are ' transported to thojnnd .polluted by traij tors. then, oh tlren— woo l we honor onr : loved conntry. fight for our insulted flog, | sad sustain tha'Cnian of oor birth. I I Days wear away, and we still are" hecom. ! mg more pieased with c»mp life. Many of ' oor boys'lijve l»e*n home oil furloughs, and j I b*va heard most of them ronasrk that- they : i were glad to again reach ewmp. In fact, it scarce seems ihel wo are over a hundred | i mrlee (rata Cape Msy. as there am visitors '■ ' - »er with vs from oar tmmsdislv -loealttus. | ,A ' I

• Thoredsy last was quite 'a jovial reason # with as. The company had received a do- • os lion of fire ba*k«ts of peaches, from Mr. j John Richardson, of Philadelphia, and our | worthy cooks— George T. Weeks and Thoa. ! H. Hand— prepared a peich pot-pie, which tbe company and their Jrimda present , pronoanccd to be a superior dish. Capa May friends need hare no beeitation about sending os vegetables of any kind. One of | oar-boys suggests that some of those farm, ers that bare a large supply of sweet pot a- , toes might forward Capt. Blcfikow's cem. ' pony a few barrel*. " 1 Jiave no doubt that it will be gratifying 1 to our friends to know that our comptqy . i Iras religious worship io the barracks everV 1 , nigbt. One of lbe uio;l fervent aud solemn j prayer meetings tbe writer ever attended 1 I was in oor camp. We feel proad to refer : I to tbo good morals of the company. > : My last letter I notice did not arrive ia, ^ i ' time for publication ; but I hope this will, ■ a* 1 make it short. Youts, J. GRANVILLE Leacu. ! CAPE HAT COUlfTY BIBLE SOCIETY. The Eleventh Annual Meeting of the Ctfpe May Bible Society was held al Cape Mhy Court House, Sept. II, 1362. Tlie meeting was called to order by t tli" .('resident, !»**. M. Williamson. ' The Treasurer, Charles Hand, Esq. 1 reported Ural lie had received during ' the pnjt year, - - - <121,50 And had paid out as follows: • To cash paid for freight • and carting on books from New York, - • ,ST y To cash paid Uev. Geo. v* Sheldon. Slate Agent, $19,70 . !| 1 ^ $80 51 I — — " Leaving a balance iu baud of $46,93 II The lie*. Mr. Sheldon, State Ag-re* *' , gave a Mil/, interesting account of tlio c workings of tlio American Bible Society lf 1 during tlie past ycur, as did also the sereI' ' r*l ministers present from tbe different de- • nominations, of the interest manifested " ' tliroaghdat the county, in the spread of tl'U .Word of God to those destitute of tha . . !

j The meeting appoiu'cJ the Rev. Mr. Durelf and t.'liSrles ilun>l, I sq- as uCen- I i Irul Committee, and two from each towni ship, to canvas 1 lie cunt v, oml to supply the destitute, if uny. with the Bible. ! The meeting also passed a resolution j sympatbisinj; with our conntry in its pre*- ] ' ; ent trochlea, and that this Society will ' cheerfrflly bear the expense incurred in' 1 supplying pocket New Tesikmsnls to tbe 1 men going from Cape Ms* County. Tii% following officers were elected to serve for tbo ensuing year: /VewVcnl.— Rev. Moses Williarosou. I j Lice /'residents.— Rev. Israel Towosend, ■ - | Il«-v. W. H. Ushorn, Hoe. Josbaa Swain. ' Hon. Downs Edmnnds, lion. Jesse II. I I Divert/, Dr. V. M. I>. More/. Br. C. F. , ' I learning. Joseph 8. Iseach, Sam^Springer, ' ! James I. Smith nnd L. C. Edmonds, Ksqrs. j Sccrttai^. — R. D." Edronnd*. * I Tfeamrer. — Charles Hand, Esq". , Ermtiee Cemmittet. -Rer. Henry H.^ Beecle, flier. Williair Zaae, Rev. Mrises , Williamson, Uev. K. II. Durell, Hon. j A brain Reeves, Dr. James S. Kennedy. ' L'sptnin Enoch Wheat on. Captain David W srwjak, Jacob Corson, James C Hufe'd) r Jjibfl W. (Inndy, David R+ere*. A. H. ' ibri,-» and Richard U. Holmes. Ksqrs i^H Vhu next Annual Meeting will be (Aid , ! at Abe Asbary Cbnreh. Townsend Inlet. H I M. WILLIAMSON, , 1 I PrctiJent. ' R. D. Konixok, Secretary. • t •rvt- 1 roeidenL bos issued his Preo- 4 I 1 lamation, declaring tbe slaves free ia all 1 States or parts of States in rebellion, to* ] take effect on tbe 1st of January next. iJrl^WsriiU, Ky.. at last aoeountt, wsv sSriou*l4 threatened by the rebels. The city Was in a bleie of excitenieot. * KB" Allen and Needles Ba-e rednced'tho i<ric» rif thair Perurisn guano <10 a ton. See advertisement 011 next page. . ' MARTtl^U. ■ I KfCHW-lRELAN.— A«eapeMM»»4. Aotcs» «sf, by IUv. J. Dewing. Nr. Albert It. Hnghfe aad Ml.» Il*rt let W. Irrtaa, t«fh of Cape M*j. ■ r SHEPPABt— LEAM«WJ.-aeto.I«h.bj Ibeewae. Dr. Wtlfiim f* Bbepp*rd,bfCoH SortTMfr,*b<J «'•» Ablgstl H. laaitoc, of Cape lataml. i NEW MIL-LINERY AC. ' iiRn. mxr If. surrli. . 3 ' atthkcocrt HOL-sr, . f | >VIU opea, on Ocroaew 1st, l»» a , t ' LAH<"-E ASDWUtTmXASSOItT.YKST ■ I ITLSSL I. I segment el bret-eec*.