" CAPE UlAY COUNTY OCEAN WAVE, CAPE~)SLANO NEW JERSEY.

C(w Capt gtm Ann satibt, ( CAPE IBLAND N. .1. , 7. 77 X.MOOH. Editor and Proprietor. • Thursday. Oct. 30, 1862 i ONE DOLE Alt PER ANNUM! ' i == I thx pirate 'ho." The "290," which we noticed losl | week, u bating destroyed aod captured , a large amount of property, is an ann4 ed rebel steamer, called "290," otherwlso the "Alabama," commanded by the former commander of the 8umpter. She bids fair to be a troublesome cusiomer ; more troublesome than the Nashvillo, flompter, or any other rebel craft heretofore pat afloat, except the Mersim»e, which they stole from na. She is rsry fast, and consequently can easily , — - eeuc our unarmed vessels, even st earners, and it not easily canght by our war | steamers. ^hTii^Meisad some ten or i twelve vessels, mosttjLSMtern ones, pnt their officers and crewa In. irona, by way of retaliation, and captured such article* of their cargoes as they wanted, and destroyed the rest, with the vessel*. The manner of proceednre is, on captaring a vessel, to trnntfer the crew to their own vessel, secure what articles they detire, and lay by nntil night, then i * net fire to the prize, to attract other ves- • . eels for the relief of the burning one, when they cepture them. She yas built near Liverpool, England, by subscriptions of SCO merchants ; of that city. Hcnct the name . 290. ] The commander calls ber tiie Alabama. One of the cnptoreU vessels was freight- ! ed with goods owned entirely in England. The effect of this piratical work j wit) be, to ranse all goods to be shipped In European vessels, in which ease they wjll be respected by the pirate*. American ibippicg will be of little' value, while she is at large. Hence the importance of capturing her, if possible. THE WAR NEW8.

' "After a storm there is always as | ' calm," seems to be literally, verrifled in llrfewef war. After ono or two great battles, there seems to be a calm in the army. 8och appears to be the case 1 now, since the recent battles in Mary- ] I land, and those at Corinth, Miss., and 1 Perryvllle, Ky.. hence there is very lit- ' tie war news of startling interest. It 1 takea time, after an cngsgoment, to -reorganise the respective armies, and l marshal them for another contest ; and i tbeMtaovementa are kept from the pubIk, aa'tar as may be. ( It appears that (Sen. Bneil baa been , saperseded, and Gen. Roaecrana ordered to the command in bia stead. There { appears to be a want of energy, on the part of Gen. Bneil, and great complaint! were made -against him by the people of Kentucky and the West: Bosecrana has proved lits energy and military skill, in the sphere in which he baa been called to act, and if his skill is tqaai to the enlarged-) sphere in which be is aow placed, ww may expect to see a more energetic prosecution of the war in that qaarter ; hot whether his skill and experience is equal to bia ne w field of operations remains to be miw. v — On Wednesday of last week, a reconBoisoance was made by a squadron of the 4th Pennsylvania Cavalry to Hedga small village near Martinavbo*g. The * rebel pickets were driven in.? >1 e town, and uinatean of the main body eaptwipAramong whom were three officers. Nbtte of oar men were hurt. * From Fortress Monroe we learn that Commissioner Wood bat succeeded in obtaining the release of over one bondred Union prisoner*, at Salisbury* N. C. -Tlm«kb^»d Enquirer of the Slat say* that Biagg's army is .at London. Ky , tailing hack toward Cnmbetland tefciap mamy prisowm.

Late rebel papers contain some items of news, ^together jrith amusing reports U of "Confederate- victoriea." Tbe rebel Stuart is reported off on another foray. It ts recommended to draft negroes for ^ military service. Great complaints are p ■ made of the neglect by their own ear u geons, of the rebel wounded. The Ex- a aminer thinks the corruption of the rebel departmeoUjrill nival that of Wash- tl ington. Van Dorn has been anperse- 11 ded by a certain Gen. Pemberton, who *' was in the qatlonal army early iu 1861,' [J but deaerled his country and flag for the ^ cause of rebellion. Great anxiety is „ manifested by tbe entire rebel press lest • Mobile sbonld be attacked. g On Tuesday of last week an expedi- | J tion was made into Loudon county, Vl 4 : ^ to intercept a force of rebels whot/*ere a forsping there. The result was loecess- r f ti 1 in every war. Fifteen rent's were | kilted, and thirty two captured, among < wbom was the rebel commanding officer. r On Sunday week the rebel General * Forest, with a large forcev crossed tbe \ Comberlnnd'river near Nashville, but r was attack' d by .a force under Col. ] , Miller; sent by GenvKeglsy, and driven r , back in confnslon. - \ . * i Tlie rabe! Governor LetcWr, of "Vir,- j • 1 1 ginit, having recommended the destrac- ! ' . tion of the Baltimore ond Ohio , Railroad, the recommendation is being. ( ^ carried oot between Harper's Ferry and j , . Martinsburg. The rails are carried off i t \ add tbe lies taken op and bnrued. • | By an arrival from Newborn, N. C., • 1 we are informed. that the gunboat Ellit - I had captured and burned the British - ' schooner Adelaid near Wilmington, N. C„ while attempting to run the block1 ude. Owing to the vessel running p ground sho waa destroyed. Tbe Greoada Appeal (rebel pajfer) • of tbe 16th tpeaka of the capture and occupation by the United Sute* forces of an island in Galveston bay. A large Union mealing has been held

at Beaufort, N. 0., at which resolutions r were adopted, endorsing the President's 1 emancipation proclamation. 1 Galveston (Texas) papers state that f several attacks have been made on Cor- , . pas Chrisli by our (Union) guuhnsts, j j but'beyond the demolition of a few hou- , ( I'ses and the killing of one man, no barm < waa done. ! ' The rebel schooner Two Sis'ers baa I " captured by tbe gbnbhht Alba- ' , ( The Granada Appeal sajs that Sabine ' City. Texas, was occupied by the Union j 1 troop*, last mouth. The Galena ond Ironsides are said to i , be at Newport News, month of James , river, watching for the Merrimuc 1 No. 2. An order has been issued directing ' the occupancy, for government purposes j of property in Washington known to . belong to persons in the service of the ; rebels. t On Monday of last wfiek, a party of ' rebels, two hundred in number, were attacked near Manbfield, Mo., while they 1 were endeavoring to get into Arkansas, and routed and scattered with heavy loss. One of our men was killed. The Potomac flotilla is said to be do- > ing a good business in seising rebels and contraband goods intended to be ran into Dixie. The rebel armies of Bragg and Klrby Smith have escaped from Kentucky, with all their baggage, and one fyrces have been withdrawn from pursuit. Humphrcy Marshall ia reported to have said that Kentucky was not worth two drops of Confederate blood. Feara for the safety of Naahville are i entertained. Their communication with !' fhe North Tr ent Off, and It fa possible j ! that the rebels are concentrating there, j The yellow fever is raging with terrible jl viral# we at - Wilmington, s9L Q. Tha Richmond paper* report that people aw dying ther.- faster than coffins ran U forn if had to bary tbe in Tha Journal, at 1 that place. b«« been impelled to suspend ' pghdlMrtfi*. in coooeqaeoee or th* hsnds f deserting the office, on nee cant of tbe pew- . velaaee of the fm*r.

y nupr 7 A*Ti*»,2>th, Beg. V. J. **. M. ") / Caxr Cassv, Washington, D. C, f j ( ' /October '.'3d. 1862..) , Bear WoWt— :tjtretched on my beck in ; i tWhon-commiuinned officers* tent, with a ; i pipd filed with ** l.yncbbargh" between my • 1 teeth, Lscrmtchp few paragraphs, that yon may know Of-Uar whereabouts, ke. j i 1 cannot iofortn yoa of say cbsnga npon . < part of oar regiment. We are still fn j i 'same camp, and living in the eame style, altboagb each di^ heralds us n re ' port of some new move, bat no* move ie pnt into ekocntlon, except when Gen. Casey i ns oat oq a M grand review," sod marches us throogh Washington, to see I and to bo seen, and to test our " marching t grit." Una of these reviews came off' last j >Bturdar, when' both brigades of Casey's j ! Division *ere formed near oar camp. — i | When nil was in order, Gen. N. P Banks I and staff came npon tie grohndand review- ; »d as, nnd afterfpassing up and down our > lines, we perlSrined several evolution*. ; whou Geo. Banks took SSlnto the city, and" hod us t owards tbi Long Bridge. For a tla.e. the opinion prevailed that we were ;

going to take np our ab^e on tbe " sacred 1 foil of o'u) Virginia." bnt on nesting the | bridge, th'u column halted, wb^thc Brigade was dismissed. They pasfHtK, I over the river, where they are encamped J 1 aud we wended our way to camp home a* | 1 j gain, fgcl i tig wenry, having been oo our feet ■ | about ^ei hours. j' | Tli-- people and prevs of Washington' i complimented as on cor fine military npI peareace. The First Brigade was compos." j ed of three regiraunU of fbfantry and a bat ! tery or artillery, and our brigade iTThide ; a p of four infantry regiments and the 11th j Massachusetts Battery of Light Artillery, j This battery is stationed near us. and on every roview it participates. It is composed of a hearty, gallant-lookiog set of buys. By order of Col. Derrom, firs men out of j each company are allowed poises to spend ! a day outride thu line*. Last Friday it was j my turn, and. in company, with Corporals i Steven* and Gsrretson, and John W. Beeves, 1 procured a " pass" from Gen. Ca. i sey. and we took onr coarse for the camp ' of the "th X. J. Y's, to see the heroic and 1 battle-tried sons of Cape May, in Compauy I A. We found litem in romp, about threu j

milos from Alexandria, and a little west of J j, Fort- Lyon. To once again clasp tbe binds j ^ and greet the faces of those dear friends, j tl from whom we bad been more than a year ' .. separated, made ohr very soul* leap with ^ j, eceteey. Onr feelings can better be imeg- ; ^ | ined than described. I.ieut. Smith was on j ^ I picket-doty, and *p passed beyond tbe camp ! p ' over s mile, where we found bint reclining j, J in a cedar -bough picket house. We had I p j an old-fashioned cooverso with him, and j ^ j then tramped back to the 7th. During the |-p ; afternoon all of ns attended ^brigade drill ! ! of the 5th, 6th and 6th X'. J., and a Penn- ^ ; syirqnio regiment, under tbo gallant Gen. i ; Pottorson, whom the Jersey boys of. | f I tbe 2d N. J. Brigade so ardently love and i honor, Jn viewing tho brigade, 1 could i 1 scarce believe the fact, when told that tie j : whole nam be rid less than a thousand: — j > Kach regiment seemed ubout ns large u I c : one company. My attention was particn- ( I lariy attracted to tho flog* of tbo Gtb Kegi- i c j ment, which were tattered nnd torn, and ; i but a renjeant rtf-them loftk The fire of), ; " Williamsburg," "Fair Oaks.'* "Sev. " i Days," and "Second Bull P-on" had- left' their mark* npon them. .j After witnessing the gnliant Patterson j manmuvre these brave follows, we repaired , to the tenu of Co. A, nnd after spending ( some time in a pleasant that, were under the nece silly of bidding fbem farewell. , All of them were in gay spirits, notwithstanding the many trials and hsrdsj^pe they have bad to undergo. Their camp was a pleasant one, and moch more comfortable to the boys than about the time of the late Ball Bon battle, when. Tor several week*| they. had no tents for shelter, bnt Were compelled to accept the broad Leavens ss their only .covering. I forgot to state that I visited tbe camp of the 6th Regiment, and roond Dr. John Wiley in his tint. For some time he has performed tbe duties of Brigade 8org*oe, and Irom acconnts received from different sources. 1 learn that | be has honorably and raitafally served his j country. Tho soldiers intrwsted to bis care -feel' him to be their tree Mead. | On arriving egeln to w>r «mtp tbe bey* informed me that Cnpt. Harry W. Sawyer j hid spent tbe dey with Ihetn. having rididen in from Ceotroville to see his Cape Majrrieods. H e reported the Cape May boys in tbe 1st N. J. Cavalry " all well. ' \W bod also a werpriso and- agreeable visit from Harry L Gilmoar, who is now connected with the Mediae! Inspectors Department, id the regoler army, lie bad . Jaet arrived from the battle- field of Aniie- {*»«• '!

Satarday, Oct. 25ib. tl I ha^e just seat Corporal Stevens oot to • drill my squad, and have taken tbe drill time to fidbih.tbis'!etter. It is tongb work . to write for the preso here, and I treat all ^ ; who rend thesn letters will Cor-give or over- ; all imperfeeUot<- '' I There waa agreed Divine aerriea on 8nn- 0 I day last, at 4 P. M. The brigade was 1 I closed in squares, wed the chaplains of the I several regiments took part in tha Service. I Sacb a choir as tang, 1 have never belore | witnessed. At tbe close of the worship, i - ^ the field *nd line officers of each regiment , i met together end passed a social time in , general. Vermont and Jersey grasped , hands a* brothers. i 1 have the pleasure of informing you 'hat .( we are armed with new guns. We made , ' I tbe change yester&ty, when our Colonel , i marched ui to -tha "Washington Arsenal. , i ' where we laid down onr old muskets (some { - of which were marked *1776' and ' '43 B C,') - ' and took np the new Austrian mnskett- . | We are delighted with tbe change, as onr I pieces are brighter and of n better quality, r ; With them, we lope to do good execation, i when the day of powder, ball and blood ar- j

| rives. The weatheT hero hat been very dry. — ' Westerly winds have visited as. for the pkst s few days,'niid wo have alinoil been suffocated By dnst. For hours at a'tipi", it swept over onr camp like a perfect simoon,, , Evpry part of our body and every article of Kcfoilnng was covered with dirt, and even ' par grub was rendered unlit for any one but i I soldiers to masticatu. 'I Tpe bealtb of our regiincul cannot bo I boasted of. There are' many- niiwi-ll — •Nearly every soldier has a cold. Some I Company F are in "the hospital. Maa«ie», | diplheria and rheumatic complaints are the 1 I diseases. None are dangerons. I The cauve or religion in oar camp is on | ' the rise. There have been some hopeful ■ ' 1 conveniens, and not a few are inquiring j tha plan or salvation. When opportunity , presents, 1 will give a more Imgtby uc- ; } count of onr religious state, aud of the {-working* of God in our midst. , No inure for the present, i j j . Gran villi: Leach. 'I P. S.t— Reader, do not despair of seeing '_! my reply to Sergeant Harry Lawrence. As 1 j soon as I can get an extra hour for writing. soon as I can gei an extra nour lor writing. , i

will be penned and sent lo the " Wave." j * SdVgeant Lnwronce of the " bloody Tenth," 1 1 ' deigned to visit the camp of ns poor f dfttfuid " soldiers of Cape May. He has • in the U. S. service over a year, and j | has never yet heard the report of a rebel | gun. lint lias been quartered bvre in Wash* t i under the protectiou of a t'ox. n t and thousands of brave men— doing ' | but guurdiug " salt junk" and "pic- , | mule," Ac. Isn't he n bold sold(er, a | J par&ck.h«ro^: jn«t such a boy as can cousci- i ; eutionsly riBicu's the nine-months boys of ' * Cape May. who have volanteerod to outer 1 | the bloody contest aud meet rebels face to | T ^ J. G. L. i . kor the "Ocean Wave." republican union convention. | Pursuant to notice, the Union, Repnhli- i can, Coonty Convention met at Capo May j Mouse, on Saturday, 25th inst. The convention was, called to Order, when Dr. Maurice Beesly was appointed chairman, | and W m. 8. Townsend, Secretary. Dr. Coleman, F. Learning, yBsmnel F#' IWara and Champion Corsos were appoint vd a committee to examine credentials.— f The committee reported the various town- . ships represented by tbe followicg dele gales: Upper Township — Tho*. Williams, Henry Young, Champion Corson, Thaddeos Tangible r and Willis Wheaton. Dennis Township— Thompson Vangildpr, Wm. 8. Townsend, Kleaxer Crawford, Jr., Dr. Msnrice lleesley, end Charles I.udlam. Middle Township-i-Tbomas Douglass Dr. Coleman F. Learning, Aaron Bennett, Dr. Alex. Yduug and Jamea Miller. Low,-r rowosbip— Sam'l F. Ware, James Learning, Jr., Nelson T. Eldredge, Joseph Halt, Jr., and Benjamin B. Hughes. Cape Island — Dr. James 8. Kennedy, r Kldredge Johnson, Jesse M. Smith, Peter McCollom, and Wm.'S. Hooper. , , Thaddeos Vangildar being allrent, oo motion, Williams was r.uibojired to cast 6is rote. '. The Convention theo went jnto nsroina- , tion*. when thr following person* \ were unonimoosly declared the nominees : v. Aitfibly — Wjhncn W. Ware. V SKeriji — Aaron Miller. ■Surrogate— Elijah Townsend. Coroners— Isaac Wbillditi, Jr.. Fnoeh Wheaton and Enoch Edward* W. W. Ware wo* then introduced, and. i on accepting the nomination, favored the I Cooveolioo with some remarks, which vera received with applause. The nominee for Bsrrogsts ana tbec in- - A

trod seed, and addressed tbe Coareouon in * few able an d well-timed remarks On motion, tbe chairmen appointed Dr. Coleman F- Learning. Dr. Jas, 8. Kenneand Jos. Looming. Jr.. a committee te drart resolutions, who presented the rollow. ing. which were unanimously adopted,' end ordered, together with the proceedings of tbe meeting, to be published in thr "Ocean Wave." The convention than sdjoOVned. rscAXBLR A*o asaourtoss. j , WnxsKAS,— The Govwrement of the Cetted Stares is engaged in a straggle with and traitora. unprecedented In the annals of the world j and, Whxrkas— The only method of terminating this ^ntioly war consitu in a vigorone support of the Government, in men and means, until its powsr nnd aopremacy are acknowledged and yielded to, by tbe rebels now in arms la tbe Booth ; therefore j&jMMd— ' That this Convention endorse ** tbn opinion, that this Government can never err. ip fighting for the unity of tbe 8tat«s and the supremacy of power, whilst a rebel remains under arms ; and that the shortest way of terminating the wor will be by a vi- } gorous and unflinching prosecution of it. Second — That wev accord to Abraham Lincolu'4 administration of the affair* of tha country, in this afflicting crisis, our entire support and confidence, believing him to be actuated by the most patriotic principle*. nrd to have an eye solely lo the per- , m uienr* and perpetuity of the Union. Third— That we fully endorse the norai nation of Marcos L. Ward, of'Kssv* coani iy— the soldier's friend — for the office of Governor of New Jersey ; as likewise that I of John F. Starr, of Camden county, for ' | tbe office of Congrvremso, of the First Dis- . trict. f Fourth— That the nominee* of this Convention, for the offic-s of Assembly. ' Surrogate, Sheriff, and Coroners, lire in ejt j worthy of our entire confidence, and shall, receive our cordial support at the coming i election.' i MaPOICK BsmiT.xT, Chairman. . j Wm. S. Towxsrxd, Sec'v. ■| ..... ' (AitVrrtUensnt.) Pram the t-ur\ Register. MARCUS L. WaRD. Tho clrctiun of Murcus L. Ward for Governor is perfectly enrr. if nnytbiog like earnest effort i* made in his behalf. He is a man in ewry way capable, and entirely deserving of tho highest honor* that bis > fellow citizens can bestow. He is tree as i steel to the cause of tbe Union, and prepared heartly to co-operate with the Gen-

{ crul Government in nil iu measures neccs I Mirry to vindicate its authority and restore I tbe »upremacy of the Const itutipa. He is from the least quaint "f disloyally; either personal or by a»sbcieluni. Xo £y in pot I iy iter with treason— no apologist for rebellion — will vote for him. 11 ie pare for the Union shines oat in all his actions. and repel* the ba*e plotters against the integrity oftfc-s Nation. As well might Lucifer fraternize with an angul of light, we a vile end prowling secresionist seek affilia tion with so genuine a patriot as Marcos L. Ward. He it sustained only by Union and they nre strong enough to elect him. 1-et them go to work, therefore, and maka " assurance doably sore." ( Advertisement.) 4 Hum lb* W Ml Jersey "Press." john F.BTABR. We cannot say too much of onr candidate for Congrats. When so many men in tbo old Whig party went over lo the Democracy, mislead by the plausible sophistry of their leaders. John F. Starr never compromised with the enemy, but' stood fiijn by^ bis time-honored principle*. When the rebellion first threatened tbe dissolution cf onr Union he Was vigilant and^jtclive in his effort* to crash the enemies of onr Government. He ha* risen lo bis comparative independence by his own energy, aud uoti ewf industry. Having tasted himself, tthe "sweet uses of- adversity" he knows Vow to legislata for all classes. Tie will tibp deal in tha arts of tbe demagogue, but hq will go among the people ana state bis' vaiws frankly and with ability, that no qbe call mistake his positiwr; i or fail lo die that' he Is thoroughly and -earnestly In mind and heart opposed' to thie accursed Rebellion. Like the fu.'.hfnl sentinel of 1 °'1'- bf u '" bo found ever at bis post lo , guardrhe welfare of the Suto. Car* Slav Craccrr Cot-ai, , InEqulti. ^•Theatx or Cape Ulaod" | ; • « .ad U"npl't' i Orftr of puhlieatlqo. Sion* W. smith | I deTt. } It appeuiac to tht* court that the eooplalaaaU .hare filed their bill la tbe above causa, M.laet tha labove netned dcfc.-Hl.nt for tha loreefoenre aod ■ sale oT certain uior!r***d property In the aaM UU r mewiloaed, and- that prooiM of soMmoa to appear -and aaiwer directed to the 4shq4>al h|l>i brenduly laaonl returnable on fhe Mth d*y of Oe- . tober lauj, but thai the defendant . Oeonn W. SoMh. could not be found la the elate to be nerved there- . with and that he t-»» not cau*<-o hla appearesee to be entered aa la eaae auctr p.-«ec*a haa been dale nerved aad U helm .made to apMor hf aflMavtt' to the aatlafaetloo of the Judjre of the aaid Circuit - court, that UM aaid Ceorce W. smith mISm out , WWIjrtMf New Jereej aa4 la' the alate of TlffSwStovi on this tlhi day cf Ocuicr a. k. *p|»arT|i|if*J. aiwwer orOemur «u the aoauaajaatrta v N- \