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VOLUME 8. GAPE ISLAJsDu NEW JERSEY, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1862. NUMBER 22

.BQyrBBOFTHK MUSKS. on mov. Dissolve this nighty Union 1 Go 'lop yon rolling Son — Blot oat the pi too la from the spheres, Which now in order run , Go (top the raging billpw*. Go calm the raging era. And then thli mighty Union. Hay be dissolved by tbeo. Dissolve this happy Union ! Command God to sleep, And canto the Sons of Freedom In bitternnss to woe p. But hark ! they ray with one eccord. » This bleated land shall thine. The freedom of this country Be preferred by power Divine ' Dissolve this matchless Union t Oh I what n wicked though; ! To. blast tbit mighty structure That was so dearly bought. Dissolve this starry Union*! Go bide your shameful beads— i - Behold ! the mighty hand of God ' Her Spangled Banner spreads. j • Dissolve this Wide-spread Union ! \_ I _ Her mouotains on you frown ; * ' V oleanoes to their fory rise" In hoods, to sweep too down. j Bnt hark 1 from every State the nouod j Of Union still it beard ; ller countless Sons assemble round 1 Their banner*; at a word. , SELECT^ MISCkClaN yT~ SOLDI EES 0 *mtt* FOB, Oat of one thousand soldiers, one hundred nod four *ro sick ; this is the constant proportion, as reported by the Sanitary Commission. The autumn always increases the number, by reason of the hot days and pool nights, causing diarrheas and dysenteries of every shade , and degree. On# ya.rd and a bair of stout woolen flannel, 14 inches broad, worn from August to Nov. tightly end , constantly around the abdomen in such • way tint it will be double iu front, t with a bit of tape strougiy tewed on , one end, and about one yard from the other -According to the siseof the per , son, for convenience in tyinfc— would , do more towards preventing bowel com- , plaints among our breve "Lid. self denysoldiers than all, known hnman , means besides. This simple dovice or retted the 'onset of cholera, ip three days, In one of the largest divisions of the Prussian army, when the wrrlbt;] aoourge last visited Europe. Let every | family who has a member in the* army, forward each an article on the instant of %l reading this; if you can do no. better j send an old worn petticoat, for by reason of its softness and pliability,' it h 1 better than anything else'. Let every | mother who reads this, and who may. , bare no sou or relative bravely battling . for the perpetuity of our glorious Un- ! • ion, Mud one abdominal bandage, to be i given to some worthy soldier who has , no mother, sister, or wife to exercise i those kindly caret for him. And let | the generous rich, of whom there are i so many among us, be assnred that it is i impossible to spend au equal amount of | money as efficiently iu any other way. < One man who has been in the srray < twelve months is worth now two*raw re- t emits ; hence one dollar's worth of good t - flannel for one of them, or even an old I petticoat., for keeping such soldier healthy in the field, will be worth 'more t than fifty dollars boqnty paijJ for the I two recruits, under thVxpreseut exigen- ' cits of the case. \ ' i Winter is coming; let Ike mothers i and sisters of the soldier* begin to knit i tiro or three pairs of thick woolen t soekt, to be fot warded to each son aud i brother by the first of October ; let the ; toes and heeie be donble knitted, or a sheathed with the blue cloth of some i wore oat coat or pantaloons, cantioning t the soldier to keep the toe nails closely a trimmed, so at to prevent the cutting of 0 the socks. # c Begin at once, had pnt up in quart "] Un csms, to be forwarded at iiyfervela t (for if sent iu Urge qoanUties ay a lime j they wlH be wasted or too larisMj used) t pickled euceabers and cabbafce. On- I ions are represented by physiologists to bs among the most wboleaomJ and on- i t*Uk>ns of mil the vegetable! prpdncts, i besides the iamadiaU isrigofatlng and ( r

eulireniog effects, ir e gallon of onions could be sent to each soldier once a month, in addition to a qaart of pickled cucumbers or cabbage, scurvy, already beginning to manifest itself, would be unknown. And if it conid be felt bow grateful a quart tin can of preserved berries, tomatoes, or fruits wobld be to'j . a soldier who does oot see 6ucb things, | either preserved or fresh, sometimes for months together, their sisters and moth- , ers, wives and cousins would spare no little pains to prepare a goo £ supply for months to come, aud wouJt. begin to J seAd them instantly. In connection with this, thd following j j suggestions in reference to hospital wup^* j lies; clipped from an exchange, may" be ! j of service : j "The want of the proper marks ac- [ j companying the donation, packages, | j parcels, or boxes forwarded to the var- * ions associations aud hospitals, -make it j impossible in many ^stances to identify | the goods, and to lender due credit to • donors. Every package should be mark- ! ed on the outside with the name of the society, cbunty and town from which [ scut, and a list of its contents enclosed, I and a duplicate of the same should be 1 sent by mail. "Directions for Bandages : — lfonda- I ges should be made from cotton wbicb has been washed; sny old cotton which ' will bear a bard pull will answer the ' purpose. Tbey should be from three to '• six inches in width, and from foar to ten j yards in length. Tbey shoald be pieced j by lapping one end over the other and j sewing tbe piecing securely ; the edges ! need not to he turned in. No selvages | or hard seams should be allowed on tbem. "Kinds of Lint Wanted. — There are three different kinds of liut wanted lor our wounded soldiers; the common ■craped lint, another of reveling* about three or four inches long, and the third of revelings cut into muoh shorter pieces." I'loas the American Agriculturist. late pastcbikg. _^J5ome farmers keep their cattle out as as possible in the fall, and even into j winter. The postures are gnawed very .close, and even tbe after math of mowing fields, as if tbey tfever ' expected to get another crop of grass from them. This is very bad husbandry upon any land, and especially upon that recently seeded with herds-grass. This gross, as is well known to all careful observers, a bulbous rofct, and the fine roots of most other grasses. It is, therefore, exceedingly liable to be torn out by thf roots by grazing collie, especially if tbe gross is short. In, a close cropppei meadow where this grass has been town, nothing is more common than to see thousands of these dried bulbs lying upon the surface. We doubt the economy of grasiog a herds-grass meadow at any time. But if done nt all, it should not bs cropped niter tbe first of Novemin this latitude. Tbe roots of all the grasses are designed to be covered with their own and stalks daring the winter. and the show, protect them from the alternate freezings and thawings, and bring them oat in good condition the spring. The farmer who undertakes to thwart tbe designs of Nature this respect, will find it a very expensive business. The little that he saves in feed now, he loses next aeasou the diminished yield of the pasture or tbe meadow. We ought always to manso is to bare Nature workiug with Ids tend of against ns. This is one of/ the evilz of overstocking farms. fanner is afraid that he has not quite fodder eaoegh for wioler, so he peithre* till tbe%rennd is frozen, lie cats less bay for lb* next season, and be srili more sorely tempted to pasture. It ia quite as bad for the cattle as it is for th* lend. If they have no fodder in th* month of November, they loee, rather than gain upon .>»• tore, unless it

- is mach better then tho average Eve- , i ry animal ought to go into the stable in i a thriving condition — if not fat, at least r in fall flesh Thry are then easily kept b thriviug upon good hay, or upon hay r and roots, straw «ud soeal. Af ter severi al years' close observation directed to this particular pointy we do not think . anything is gained by pasturing ia this ! r latitude, and north of it, after tbe first | - of this month. All the grasses must I have time to cover their roots in order r to make flash feed next season. Cattle > foddered through a part of October, ' and brought to the (table about the first { » ! dt November, in good flesh, arc easily j I-f-winte;ed. It is better management to 1 I buy bay or to sell stock, than to piuch | the postures by clo so feetiiog. h0w-io speak to children ■ ! It is usual to attelbpt the management of children «itber by corporal punish- ' ments, or by tbeprewards nddressed to r the senses, anduy words alone. There 3 is one other means of government, the ' | power and importance of which ia little " regarded : I refer to (he humsu voice — 1 [ the soft, gentle, soothing modulations of ' ' the human voice; and this seems to me B j to bo the mora excellent way ; a blow j I may be inflicted upon a child, accorapn- * i nied with words so uttered as to couu- 1 ' tcrect entirely its effect ; or the parent 1 . may use language in the correction of a * ; child, not objectionnl iu itself, yet spo- I 1 1 ken in a tone which more than defeats j 1 I its influence. Let any ono endeavor to ' | reall the image of a food "mother long ' since at rest in Heaven. Her sweet 1 ' I stuiie and ever clear countenance are ] ! brought vividly to recollection ; so. also, j ' is her voice — the tone o< her voice; and | blessed is that parent who is endowed ' ' with a pleasing utterance. A sweet , ' voice is a grant floral power if it be era- 1 1 jloTct^isehr. What is it which lulls ' * the infant to repose? It is not au ar- j ' ray of mere words. There is no charm r to the untaught one io mere loiters, syllables and words. It is the sound strik- ] ing tbe little car that soothes and com- i poses it to. sleep. A few notes, howev- ; ^ er unskillfully arranged, if uttered in a j soft tone, are found lo possess a magic influence to quiet and prepare for re ^ pose. Think wo that this influence is , confiued lo the cradle" ? No, it is dif- | fused over every age. and cessgs not I while the child remains undrrthe parental i roof. Is the boy growing rude in his ' mann*^ and boisterous in speech? I ^ know of no instrument so sure to con- : trol these tendencies as the gentle tones ' of a mother's voice. She who speaks ! to her ao.n harshly, does but give to his ' evil condncC toe sanction of her own example. She pours oil on tho already [ raging flame In the pressure of duty we are liable to utter ourselves harshly It- our ch'.ttlren. Perhaps a threat is ex- , pressed in*a lond end irritating tone ; I instead of allaying the passiona of the . child, it serves directly to increase them. Evt^y fretful expression awakens in him the same spirit which produced it. So docs a pleasant voice call up agreeable feelings. Whatever disposition, therefore, we would encourage in a child, the same we should manliest in the tone in which we address it. Anger, # severity of .reproof, barsh words, are of all things tbe worst. Tbey excit* evil passions, lead to resistance, and become the stimulants of disobedience and evil conduct. Speak gently to tbrchMt / A URAL FOR' TOIJIS LAD IRS. 41 Listen," said I, "listen and attend,' ud you shall have a moral and an exami pie. When the wasp flow on the window, entered, yon flew at it with a kind r of 'violence. I wonder It don't sting every one of yen. Now in future, let a r wasp, when it comes, bare its little boa' i and make Iu little noise. Don't stir a moscle— don't move % lip — be as qniet as tha statue of Venus, or Dions, or anybody of that sort, until the wasp , s veins inclined, as at this moment, to i s*uk. Then do m I do now," Where,v^ — 1

upon, dipping the feather end of the i 1 peu in a cruet of salad oil, I approschedf- ; the wasp, and in the softest and tender- \ , est manner possible, just oiled it upoo the body — the black and yellow, like ; groom's waistcoats — when down it fell, ; i turned upoa its back, and was (lead iu • , minute- " There, girls," said !, "see ; what kindness and a little oil dose. — ! , ' Now here's my moral und example : ; , when a husband comes home in ao ill- i humor, don't cry out, and fly at bim ; i | bet try a little oil-»in fact, treat your busbar. d like a wasp." i.ovtng the law The to«l» for " coins to law " potst-sced i by «ome ample, it really a (trango thing. 1 Thry are never happy or. lew engaged io • - lawsuit with somebody, no matter who. about soAethin;. no mailer what. We | have met with just such individuals. Ons ' ■ ol them was an old friend of o >r own ; and - llioush he »an only in moderate circniu* 1 1 st.oce*. litigation w»s as great a luxury to < him, as wine, brandy, cards, or dice ir« lo other men. Ha roald not have lived a < . year in health without bi» lawsuit. The . delight which * f""1 vieant find* in lbs p choice bo que! uf nunc raru (w inc. or an en- ^ I thutknslic bfiUiiitl discovert in soma new plant. In enjoy* in thi- nov«| points of c I legal quarrel brtneen lnmtelf'and neighbor: and though he wat pervonnally a kind hearted man, he wn« a most implacable pit nlil! or defendant, and preferred spend. ! m- hit Irat dollar :n lb* law to acquievciug I io uny verdict again*! lum. { I J ill', tucli a creature must have been the pent It-man in London, who recently sued ' the International i£xh:bition C'ommittionI ert for damages, because they compelled j bim to pay one penny for taking charge of j his uuihroila He cared nothing for tho j sum tbey exacted ; not he; but he would j not. submit lo ao illegal extortion ! it wa* ' ' not the penny, bin the principle involved, j wbicb annoyed lum a> a "free born En - | glislitnsn." Anil although he wag aware | that it would probably cost him twonty j pounds lo mulct the Commissioners far [ j abairacting Ins penny, he carrivd on the i l ease, heroically, to its termination lie was emphatically a " trump " in hi* warI fit- stood upon his " reserved rights. ' ! Ana jet, if everybody were juti a« fastid j tout ab^nit Ibvir " lights." wbul would be ■ como of u; T The peace ol society is tbumade op of compromise* of precisely such ' rights. We " give and lake " all round, sa . enticing small persona' immunities for tho | general benefit. Were it otherwise, there j would be nothing but discord. Ail of u* I have our peculiarly salient points, and ; should »« all intil upon going through the . . world with those points immovably erect i and projecting, universal suffering would he 1 the consequence. We have an undoubted J | right to walk with our arms abimbc, if *c I please; but if every body insisted on prom | enading the streets with elbows rigidly fix- ' »d at acute angles, peace would soon be at j end in any commgnity. Lawyers might | thrive, but sofwould co other class, of citi- j Zens, \ our camp correspondence ' Heodequartcr* 6th .-quadron. 1 ' jfst New Jersey Cavalry. I t Camp at Fall's Cbarcb, Vy, ) \ Ms. Editoe: — Believing that, "to many | ofyonr readers, a fsw lines from this qnsr ter weuld be of interest, 1 forward you this | communication. - Our regiment is at Ceuterville. tbirlyseven mfles from Washington, nnder command of Msjv Gen. t". Bigel. Of oar do lugs sloes oar adrauce here, and onr raid to Wnrrenton, when oer regiment, with tbe lit Pennsylvania Cavalry, took 1A00 prisoners, besides forty wagon*, yonr readers, no donbt, are ported. The rebel cavalry, (boot two squadrons, numbering 400 neo, got away. With few ex. ceptions. Tbe infantry, abont 600 "strong, snrrendsrsd. The rest were eiek and con. valesoMt msc, aaol there after tbe battle of -Ball At#. » l b* way we attacked this place is inler•sting. We entered at every avenue and by-road leading into tbe towo. But the rebel cavalry received information of oer I approach, and fled ; and considering tbat oar horae* had made twenty-bye miles in a abort lima Witboet funding or evea stepping, beside* charging for, bair a mile, it is nat to be wondered at tbat the rebels es»aped ; for their bo raw are nperior tc onrs > at any tiaie, aad tbey were perfectly freqh i . so our pore nit proved futiir.

s We were nnder the necessity of paroling [^all the prisoners, as «c could not be troul bled with tbem on onr rear ; bnt having pa- ~ t 'sale papers with as, it took bnt two boors to coritylete the work ; and these papercount soNnaay men el an exchange with ' the rebels.^ ' j Yesterday I procured a pass, and went • to tee tbe 3A th Regiment, and Company F - , in pariicnUr, end was pleaaed to find tbem : loohipg as -well at I did. I have been in . service evbr since the first sound of tha bu- . gle— nearly ninaUen months— and bare. , during that time seen many regiments and I companies ; bat I have oorer seen a batter looking set or men- in eoe company, than Company F. 25th New Jersey ; and if they I ^ -prove as serviceable as ihoy look, we will never be uthamed of our nint> month's men. k ^ Let me hire add, tbat I differ somewhat io i opinion from yonr correspondent uf the lOtb i ) •*** Jersey, and 1 think he was rather pre- , sumptous in his remarks Lookatlt:nis I i own regiment is nicety and comfortably . quartored, (and always has been) in tbe ci- ( j ty of Washington. lie has never had oe- ( sasion to lack a singlo day's rations ; never t performed a bard day'a march, nor been , compelled to lie ont a tiuxle night ; nor , has he seen a battle-field, or even a rebel (only as a prisoner.) flis regiment is the , 1 only ore ol tho New Jersey regiments tbat , ha* Wen so higbiy favored ; therefore be . ; should be rauci. and not blame men for I look ing to the pecuniary interest of their . families ; for 1 consider it one of man's first duties to provide for his family. , in connection with tbcta remarks, bowevor. allow me to suy. that I think the coun-' , ly should make some appropriation to her I old volunteers, as it has created some feeliuc Wtweeu the old and now regiments, and I such an appropriation would entirely banf rah that f> cling. This feeling is iu ewery , ' old New Jersey regiment 1 visited Comi panjr A. of the 7th New Jersey, and I found , th.- feeling there strong. Will not the Ho.. i J of Chosen Freeholders take this r matter into consideration * it is>sertainly ' nothing more than' ju«l. I hope I' mhall . j oot b.i misunderstood in speaking . > matter, as I only speak for others, aud not , j for mjs. lf. , ' Let me. in conclusion, gi ve a word of advice to our new volunteers, and to thofe who arc yet to come Good morels, study of lactic.', dost- application to duty. cour. . age aad gallantry on tho field of action, will , siwiij * tail 1 rulisicd os a pr.vatc, and ( ha « heco in every rapacity Iroin tbat lo arc particularly food ol Federal officers, there will be a plenty of chance* for promo-, ! I want twenty-five men In my company . ( and sa Cape May must still provide mora uioo for the old ruffkmcnu, 1 should like to ' have tbem from onr dwn counts. We here ( | a recruiting officer oAl reuloo, irtio will | scud fir pay back transportation from Cope May to Trentou. By addressing Capt. \V. Wv Gray. Trenton, N. J„ a volunteer can receive all necessary information, j Everything is quiet here. We are boldI ing tb« passes on Blue Ridge mountain,, so • that th# enemy cannot come unexpectedly ; on Washington. We have received joo I new horses, bud the boys are baring their ' owb sport, breaking tbem lo staod firu and tbu sabre. E. W. Sawyer, Cnpl. Co. K. 5tb Sqnadro'n, 1st N. J? Cavalry. ofoloqical wonder. About thirty years ago iptnebodj made tlio discovery tbat tbe ice fields of Siberia contained immense numbers of , fossils of elephants and mastadons. — i Where tbey camo from, or how they got - there is a problem, which perhaps may • oerer.be solved ; their existence, however, tjns no chimera, and as ivoiy is one of the most valuable commodities or trade in all nation*, some ntilitarian Englishman conceived the idea of tarnf ing these vestiges of a former epoch to profitable account. Accordingly, about tho year 1883, Thompson, Roarer A I Co., a rich London Arm, fitted oat aa 1 expedition to seek for ivory in the Siberian ice. Novel and incredible aa it 1 seemed, the expedition was crowned with k complete recces*. Tho ships returned to England richly Udeu with the choic- . est ivory ; aad even to U>* present time, t although the* world knows little about it, the ivory market is mainly *oppll«ta from the ice-fields of Siberia.